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«INSIDE: The city of Port Alberni begins its 2016 budget process. Page A6

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Ensuring junior hockey players get a good education happens in Port Alberni like nowhere else on the continent, Tom McEvay states unequivocally.

“I know there’s no other junior hockey organization at major junior or Junior A … in North America that has focus on education that results in every player doing something (academically),” the Alberni Valley Bulldogs’ educational adviser said in a recent interview at the Alberni Valley Multiplex.

McEvay, who’s helped Bulldogs get a good education since 2004, has impeccable credentials to support that bold statement.

A retired school principal with more than 30 years of experience as an educator, he played in the major junior Western Hockey League. He earned a bachelors degree in education from the University of B.C. while on a hockey scholarship, adding a masters degree in educational leadership from the University of Victoria.

As the B.C. Junior Hockey League squad notes on its website, its educational program is recognized by the Canadian

Junior Hockey League and by NCAA Division 1 U.S. college programs as one of the best in North America.

That meshes with the BCHL’s Smart Hockey philosophy.

“Each year, dozens of BCHL graduates accept scholarships to top universities and colleges in Canada and the United States,” the league notes on its website. “From there, players like Brett Hull, Paul Kariya, Duncan Keith, Travis Zajac and Kyle Turris build careers that put them amongst the best players in the world.”

All of the Bulldogs are attending high school or college classes. As McEvay notes, the proximity of the Multiplex, North Island College campus and secondary school facilitate the Port Alberni blend of hockey and learning.

Another key factor is the excellent relationship the team and McEvay have with NIC, particularly with Samantha BantonSmith, a counsellor at the Alberni campus and a former student of McEvay’s.

“I work together with Tom to support a smooth transition for students and players because not all of them are ready for the academic world,” she explained. “It’s a good relationship … because we do see the players holistically.”

Bulldogs players line up at the North Island College orientation in Spetmber 2015, above.

Two teammates, right, from the Bulldogs play a game of cooperation at the orientation game.

Since academics are not suited for everyone, McEvay and the Bulldogs give players options. Port Alberni educational opportunities listed by the Bulldogs include Alberni District Secondary School, NIC, VAST Education Centre (School District 70’s alternative programs) and online and distance education courses.McEvay is SD 70’s principal of alternative programs.

“We have worked out some workexperience programs.

We’ve got some players doing first-aid courses (or) a truckdriving course at the

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Alberni Valley Bulldogs players get an education in more than just hockey

college,” McEvay explained.

“That’s the perk of a college,” added Banton-Smith. “We’re meant to serve the community, which is different than a university. We have a large Continuing Ed component.” Due to his lengthy experience as a hockey player and an educator, McEvay is ideally equipped to volunteer his time to “ensure the players, the young

men who come here to Port Alberni, that this time in their lives is a positive one.”

As sympathetic as McEvay might be to the players, he puts things in perspective for them.

“I just met with a few of our new players who have come in … and one of my comments is, ‘Guys, if you think you’re busy now and you tell me you want to be a fulltime college hockey

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“Right now in junior hockey, part of it is learning how to manage your time and set priorities. Maybe in high school you were bright enough to slide by and get decent marks, and have hockey dominate the rest of your life, when you start becoming a college

player … it gets harder.”

McEvay helps players with educational and career planning, including enhancing their odds of receiving hockey scholarships.

The education committee he heads has created a program to help players prepare for U.S. colleges’ SAT exams.

In 2006 alone, eight Bulldogs received scholarships to attend universities or colleges in Canada or the U.S. Recently returned from a hockey- and education-related trip to Ontario and upstate New York, McEvay remarked that other junior teams do not place anywhere near the emphasis on education that the Port Alberni team does.

“Tom takes the lead on that, and the team supports him in his vision,” commented Banton-Smith.

NIC helps by offering dozens of programs leading to a certificate, diploma or degree. The college has partnerships with the University of Victoria as well as Royal Roads, Vancouver Island, Northern B.C., Portland State and Manitoba universities.

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2. By adding the following text to Sections 5.19.1 the list of Permitted Uses in the C2 General Commercial zone: “Medical Marijuana Dispensary, subject to Section 6.26”.

3. By adding the following text to Sections 5.20.1 the list of Permitted Uses in the C3 Service Commercial zone: “Medical Marijuana Dispensary, subject to Section 6.26”.

4. By adding the following text to Sections 5.21.1 the list of Permitted Uses in the C4 Highway Commercial zone: “Medical Marijuana Dispensary, subject to Section 6.26”.

5. By adding the following text to Sections 5.24.1 the list of Permitted Uses in the C7 Core Business zone: “Medical Marijuana Dispensary, subject to Section 6.26”.

6. By adding the following Section: “6.26 Medical Marijuana Dispensary operations All Medical Marijuana Dispensaries shall conform to the following: 6.26.1 A Medical Marijuana Dispensary is not permitted within 300 metres of the nearest property line of a site containing a school.

6.26.1 A Medical Marijuana Dispensary is not permitted within 1000 metres of the nearest property line of a site containing another Medical Marijuana Dispensary.

6.26.3 A Medical Marijuana Dispensary is not permitted in conjunction with any other use.

6.26.4 A Medical Marijuana Dispensary is not permitted in conjunction with an Automated Teller Machine (ATM) use.”

TAKE NOTICE THAT persons who deem their interest in property affected by the above noted bylaw amendment shall be afforded an opportunity to be heard before Council on matters related thereto. Written submissions should be addressed to City Council, 4850 Argyle Street, Port Alberni, BC, V9Y 1V8. The above noted bylaw amendment, together with the Port Alberni Zoning Bylaw 2014, No. 4832, may be inspected at the offices of the Planning Department, City Hall, 4850 Argyle St., between Monday and Friday (exclusive of statutory holidays) from January 15, 2016 to January 25, 2016 during regular business hours (8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.).

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the roads. It’s just an area that gets smaller and smaller because its from general revenue.”

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“Less, less, less” was the theme of city engineer Guy Cicon’s budget presentation to city council for the second year in a row.

“Our current investment in roads is not sustainable,”

Cicon told city council during his department’s annual budget presentation, repeating what’s become an annual refrain.

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Along with the $565,000 for roadwork, Cicon also asked for $450,000 for storm drains, $612,500 for waterworks and $350,000 for sanitary sewers.

Cicon asked for $65,000 to replace the GUY deck of the Josephine CICON Street bridge. The single-span, 3.6 metre roadwork this year—a long bridge has been decrease covered from by a metal $753,000 sheet since in 2015 early 2015. and Another $705,000 failing in 2014. bridge In 2014, is the Cicon 43-metrenoted that long he could Victoria use $2 Quay – Sharie Minions Bridge over million a year for a sus-tainable Roger Creek; Cicon roadwork budget. asked for $50,000 for “This year is less a study determining than last year, which the best course of was less then the year action for the fourbefore and less than span concrete and

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“We hear a lot about how our road system is going to fail eventually because we’re not putting enough into it—how do we get to the point where we are putting enough into it?” Coun.

Sharie Minions asked Cicon.

“I’m just concerned about when we get to the point when a lot of them do fail at the same time.”

Cicon said that while the roads—and what’s underneath them—are bad, they’re not that bad but that when do they fail, they’ll likely fail together.

“A lot of the town’s roads were built at the same time and they’ll fail at the same time,” Cicon said but added “when we get to that point we’ll feel it and see it.”

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“I think I know what’s wrong with it and I think I know how to fix it,” Cicon said, noting that he’s learned to estimate high for bridge repairs.

“I think if the Gertrude Street bridge over Kitsuksis Creek is any history for me... perhaps council wants more research done into it. I don’t want to find ourselves into the situation where I gave you that best guess of $250,000 without having a lot of hard information and that’s come to be more than that.”

The Gertrude Street bridge originally cost $249,500 but costs increased to $347,000 after more work was discovered.

Going back to 2015’s $25,000 reduction in street sweeping, Cicon called it “a dismal failure.”

“We got a lot of complaints and we couldn’t keep up the level of service that was demanded of us so we weren’t able to achieve that level of cost reduction that I was aiming for.” reporter@albernivalleynews.com

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Bike lane, truck road top engineering wish list The problem that I have with bike lanes here are that we don’t have a whole lot of bikers in Port Alberni.

– Jack McLeman Another FSCD committee recommendation was the implementation of a pilot kitchen and yard waste collection project.

“We could perhaps identify a small neighbourhood where we could give out carts and collect

kitchen and yard waste and deposit it for yard waste at a site identified within a city facility,” Cicon said.

“It’s a concept that has been talked about at the regional district.”

The AlberniClayoquot Regional District is currently debating the merits of setting up a composting facility versus paying to construct a landfill gas collection system.

Whether the city went its own way or with the ACRD however, Cicon said that shipping the waste out of the Alberni Valley was a “weak option.”

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The city engineer said it wasn’t yet feasible.

“It really is something to produce a fair bit of energy.

With my experience with the solar powered generators is that we’d need a lot of surface area to be able to power even the minimal circuits that we have,” Cicon said.

He added that the four solar panels soon to be installed on the city’s new water treatment plant will serve as a test case

for the viability of solar in the Alberni Valley.

Added to Cicon’s engineering budget was $380,000 for the construction of the port authority’s proposed Somass boardwalk and sewer connection.

Council had some ideas of their own for projects they wanted to see done, including a median down the middle of lower Third Avenue that Cicon estimated at $360,000.

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be based on any additional or excess capacity in the city’s existing residential pick-up system, Cicon added Also in the proposed engineering budget was an LED streetlight program for $150,000, welcome signs for $90,000 and a city hall backup diesel generator for $100,000.

Mayor Mike Ruttan questioned the energy source of the backup generator.

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New cycling infrastructure, a new Third Avenue median and an industrial Harbour Road were the big projects on the wish list at the engineering budget presentation on Monday.

Some of the wishes follow on the heels of the 2014 Active Transportation Plan and the recent food security and climate change committee’s recommendations.

“The Active Transportation Plan was further used to develop a cycling lane plan on the main routes,” said city engineer Guy Cicon.

“What we’ve discussed are separated bike lanes and share bike lanes.”

The cycling lanes Cicon is proposing would be demarcated by a painted line at the side of the road on River Road, the eastern section of Roger Street and 10th Avenue to just beyond Argyle Street— excluding the dip.

Many of the rest of Port Alberni’s main roads are proposed to get shared lanes, where cars must allow bikes to take up the entire outside lane.

These would be in addition to the protected bike lanes recommended by the food security and climate change committee that Cicon called both the most cost-intensive and the safest.

“These are one- or two-way bike lanes protected by different barriers,” said Cicon.

“The advantages of these protected bike lanes are safety and mobility for all users.”

The FSCD committee is calling for a $10,000 study on the design of protected bike lanes.

Cicon’s plan would cost the city $50,000, ideally matched by BikeBC grants, he

said.

Coun. Jack McLeman said he was opposed to on-street bike lanes.

“Bike lanes are a real great thing. The problem that I have with bike lanes here are that we don’t have a whole lot of bikers in Port Alberni and the other concern I’ve got is safety,” said McLeman.

“With bikes and parked cars and cars driving back and forth and a painted line on 10th Avenue... I just don’t want to kill someone.”

McLeman said that he would prefer to see cycling routes designed to keep cyclists off the streets, not onto them.

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SUSAN QUINN Editor

CITY UNDER PRESSURE WITH ‘ACTION’ BUDGET

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ast year’s rookie city council stayed true to its elected word with a twoper-cent residential tax increase and a relatively tame budget.

This year, though, they seem to have come out of the gate with something to prove: an approximate four per cent overall proposed increase (six per cent residential, zero per cent industrial, one per cent business and one per cent for non-profits and farms) and some interesting wish list items so far.

The pressure is on for this council to prove something with its 2016 budget and subsequent financial plan. It just remains to be seen what, exactly, council wants to prove in its sophomore year.

One area we are disappointed to see without an increase is the engineering The pressure department’s infrastructure budget. is on for City engineer Guy this council Cicon told council last to prove year his weakening road budget cannot something stay ahead of road with its 2016 maintenance, and yet budget and... this year his budget is nearly $200,000 financial plan. less than in 2015.

Infrastructure is our city’s foundation: and if our foundation is crumbling, how can we possibly build a solid core on top of it?

Worse yet, with our aging infrastructure, what would happen if we got hit with a 4.0 earthquake or worse? It could devastate the city; how important would things like boulevard medians and bike lanes seem then?

Perhaps we should look at going green in our future. After all, we are becoming known as ‘Pot Alberni’.

Just think of the revenue stream once that is legalized.

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Most of the activity is private investment, much of it in a hot TOM housing market. Surrey has just FLETCHER recorded its second-highest total B.C. Views for building permits in history, a value of $1.46 billion nearly matching n the early days of this the prenew year, readers have I’ll go with recession advised me to do several peak of things. I’ll go with one that one that 2007. seems relatively painless, seems Thousands embracing the “sunny of provincial ways” of our new federal relatively employees government and seeking painless, get a small optimism in these fragile times. raise in For starters, we have a building embracing February, boom going on in the southwest. the ‘sunny based on Here in Victoria, cranes dot the skyline as new residentialways’ of our stronger commercial projects emerge new federal than forecast from bedrock, and hardhats are economic mostly on construction workers, gov’t. growth in scratched and backwards, rather than shiny and forward on 2014. It works out to $300 a year for a medical technologist politicians. and $346 for a teacher.

Shipyards are busy, with Health care costs are rising Royal Canadian Navy work and cruise ship refits to reduce their less dramatically.

That should ease the crisis emissions, plus work on ferries, atmosphere at provincial tugboats and barges.

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and federal health ministers’ negotiations over the funding formula, taking place this week in Vancouver.

Health Minister Terry Lake announced last week that the province is increasing funding for a promising program in cancer research, using genetic analysis to improve targeting for drugs to treat the hundreds of different cancers diagnosed in B.C. patients each year.

The B.C. Cancer Agency’s new director, Dr. Malcolm Moore, oncologist Dr. Janessa Laskin and Dr. Marco Marra, director of the agency’s Genome Science Centre, described a worldleading centre of research that is reaching out to specialists and their patients across the province and attracting international funding and talent for ground-breaking research.

Outside the urban regions, where retail sales and real estate mainly drive the economy, sunny ways are harder to find.

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Re: Avatar sequel bombs in Walbran, BC Views, Jan. 14.

According to Tom Fletcher, “an employee of the B.C. branch plant of Sierra Club lurks, apparently coordinating media and protesters” regarding logging in the Walbran Valley.

He’s referring to me. Far from lurking, I’m proud to be campaigning with Sierra Club BC to save some of the last significant stands

of unprotected oldgrowth on Vancouver Island. (And, to correct but one of the many misleading or false claims in Fletcher’s piece, Sierra Club BC is entirely independent.)

Fletcher’s diatribe reveals him as Teal Jones’ willing stenographer, uncritically regurgitating the logging company’s talking points.

Fletcher and Teal Jones may believe it is morally and ecologically acceptable to cut down these magnificent trees and

destroy complex, delicate ecosystems.

Sierra Club BC doesn’t, nor do the majority of British Columbians, who support concerted action to defend endangered oldgrowth trees, wildlife, a stable climate, clean water and clean air.

British Columbians know that these things form the lifesupport system of our planet and support long-term prosperity and a diverse economy, including sustainable secondgrowth forestry for current and future generations.

editor@albernivalleynews.com A growing list of independent reports from B.C.’s auditor general, the Forest Practices Board and even a Liberal MLA highlight the need for urgent action to save our forests.

It’s long past time for the provincial government to reverse the damage done when it gutted the rules governing logging. Fourteen years of trusting corporate interests to manage our forests with little or no oversight has got to stop.

‘We’re at the mercy of global forces, but things could be a lot worse’ Cont’d from page A8

The mining and natural gas sectors are in the grip of a slump in commodity prices, with more temporary mine closures expected.

The forest industry is being helped by the low Canadian dollar and a steady recovery in the U.S. economy, and tourism is expected to have another strong year as Americans take advantage of a

discount on visits to B.C. Central 1 Credit Union broke down the regional employment numbers for B.C. in 2015, and found job growth in every region except the Cariboo.

Province-wide employment grew 1.2 per cent last year, ahead of the national rate. That may not sound like much, but compared to Alberta’s oildependent economy, it’s pretty good.

Construction of a new dam on the Peace River is expected to ramp up this year, bringing workers home from Alberta, and the federal government is planning to fasttrack its promised infrastructure spending to create work across the country.

Energy and Mines Minister Bill Bennett was in Toronto last week to ring the opening bell at the

stock exchange with B.C. mining industry representatives.

Not much sun on mining stocks these days, but Bennett’s sales pitch to an investor luncheon included reference to two more mines under construction in northwest B.C., the province’s Pacific Rim trade advantage, and revenue sharing with First Nations that is attracting attention of other provinces.

The Conference

Board of Canada has forecast that B.C.’s economy will “lead the country by a wide margin over the near term,” with unemployment declining in 2016.

We’re at the mercy of global forces, but things could be a whole lot worse.

Mark Worthing, Sierra Club BC

No excuse not to keep up foreign aid To the Editor,

Under the last 10 years of Conservative rule, Canada’s share of global aid became the lowest of all industrialized nations.

In 2014, the only G7 country with a smaller aid budget than Canada was Italy.

The Conservatives and their tight-fisted policies are now gone, and it’s time for new Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to fulfill his predecessor’s oaths.

Nathaniel Poole, Victoria

We need a rental home ‘MLS’ service, says writer To the Editor,

Need rental housing for new refugees and cross-country job-seekers let alone the average Joe-citizen who’s not in the market to buy property?

Property sellers and buyers have a convenient Multiple Listing Service (MLS) to seek what they need.

Let’s provide equal services for prospective renters: a national “Rental Listing Service” (RLS) for everyone, Tom Fletcher is B.C. from low-income citizens to the more legislature reporter and wealthy and upwardly mobile seeking columnist for Black impressive high-end digs.

Such a rental registry is a selfPress.

Email: tfletcher@blackpress.ca perpetuating job-creator all in itself.

Twitter: @tomfletcherbc

Liz Stonard, Port Alberni

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School bus safety brought into focus KRISTI DOBSON

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Fir Park and Echo Village are teaming up to buy a new, wheelchair-friendly bus for residents.

Bus campaign kicks off SUSAN QUINN

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While the City of Port Alberni is busy presenting its complicated wish list by way of a fiveyear financial plan, the wish list for Fir Park Village and Echo Village residents is far simpler: they would like a new bus.

Both seniors’ residences currently have 20-passenger buses that take residents to appointments and outings, but they are

quickly reaching the end of their shelf lives—Fir Park’s ‘Village Wanderer’ is 17 years old and Echo Village’s ‘Happy Wanderer’ is 18 years old and deteriorating fast.

Unlike the city, though, the residents must raise the funds for their new bus— about $160,000, says Donna Michaud at Fir Park Village.

Residents have already raised about $50,000, and the Fir Park Echo Village

Foundation is willing to make a matching donation. But that leaves them $60,000 short.

They are looking at a new bus because they haven’t been able to find a used one that fits their needs, said Jack Buffie, chair of the FPEV Foundation. “This one is wheelchair equipped and that’s what we need.�

It will take four months for the bus to arrive once it is ordered, and residents

are hoping to raise enough money in time to have the bus for late spring or early summer.

They are accepting donations online at albernicontinuingcare. ca, or people can drop in. Donations $10 and greater are tax deductible.

Fir Park and Echo Village are also looking for volunteer drivers with a Class 4 unrestricted licence.

For more information, or call Surjit at 250724-6541 ext. 253.

There are no plans to implement a school bus safety program in School District 70 despite growing exposure to the issue, school board members heard last week.

Introduced in School District 60 (Peace River North) in April 2015, the Safe Stop program was established to remind motorists that failing to stop for the flashing red lights of a school bus—whether you’re behind the bus or approaching it from the opposite direction—is both dangerous and illegal.

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The RCMP is also supported by 14.5 full-time equivalent municipal employees.

Richards highlighted the RCMP’s community policing initiative.

“One of the initiatives put into place centres around the community policing programs and volunteers,” he said, adding that the program allows for a “sustained and impactful response to crime.”

Other initiatives included the creation of specific youth and domestic violence officers.

“A police officer [position] has been created to focus on youth who have been identified as high risk and aren’t connecting with services that they need,” Richards said.

“A violence and relationship position was created to better address domestic violence and its impacts on people and on the community.”

The detachment has also created a mental health strategy “to connect those in need with the services they need.”

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The Port Alberni RCMP is asking for $6.7 million from the city budget again this year, according to Inspector Mac Richards. That cost is in line with the detachment’s requests in other years—$7M in 2015 and $6.1M in 2014.

“Progress is being made in reducing crime and in some areas the detachment is doing better than what B.C. as a province is doing— however, there is still a long way to go,” said Richards.

“Specifically in violent crime, we’ve moved from 10th in Canada in 2013 to 26th in Canada.”

Richards said that Port Alberni still has its challenges.

“Port Alberni is one of, if not the busiest detachments on the Island.”

The detachment averages approximately 10,000 files a year, he added.

Of the city’s 33 officers, three are supervisors, 19 are on general duty, six are allocated to general investigations including the domestic violence officer and the remaining five are split between traffic, forensic identification, police dogs, crime prevention and youth.

Richards said

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The SPCA is asking the city for a two per cent increase in its contract to pay for additional spaying and neutering of animals brought into their facility, said Port Alberni SPCA branch manager Irene Towell.

The increase would provide the SPCA with about an extra $3,000 in 2016 as compared to 2015. In 2015, the SPCA received $147,500.

In 2015, the SPCA spayed or neutered 334 cats or dogs in order to prevent pet over-population,

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replacing the current van with an electric vehicle provided it was suitable for the job.

The second vehicle the city is looking to replace is the chassis of its 1996 GMC utility dump truck.

“We would like to replace the chassis only—the dump box portion is still in good shape.”

The city is also looking to increase ERRF contributions by three per cent in 2017 in order to make the fund more sustainable— something Coun. Jack McLeman isn’t too sure about.

“If we go to electric vehicles, can we not use our carbon fund instead of the ERRF fund and maybe not have to increase the three per cent going into the ERRF fund every year?”

Director of finance Cathy Rothwell said that the increase was still needed to pay for other large purchases.

“Say, a ladder truck at $1 million a pop or a couple of garbage trucks at $700,000.

The electric vehicles aren’t going to impact the ERRF that much.” reporter@albernivalleynews.com

Mayor plans boulevard for Third Avenue

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“We’ll be working on a project to rename Gertrude, Stamp and Third Avenue,” said Ruttan following the meeting.

“Along with that renaming—because we wanted to call it something that would end in boulevard—if you’re going to have a boulevard then we wanted it to be a boulevard for at least part of it.”

Council is also standing firm behind a Harbour Road—phase one would cost $4 million—and Ruttan enquired about the possibility of hooking up utilities to Polly’s Point, beyond Canal Beach.

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Last year’s class worked with the The Alberni Valley Museum got a piracy exhibit currently on display little worldly last week, as students at the museum. This group has from the ADSS Comparative learned every aspect of their show, Civilizations 12 class opened their from writing the text to labeling annual class exhibit. and conducting research, mounting The students text and hanging an QUICKFACTS have worked since exhibit, she said.

THE ADSS COMPARATIVE September with Exhibits CIVILIZATION 12 EXHIBIT encompassed the museum education WILL BE ON DISPLAY AT curator Shelley Aztecs of Mexico, THE ALBERNI VALLEY Harding, splitting Hawaii, Ireland, MUSEUM UNTIL NEXT their time between Japan, New Zealand, WEEK. classroom, selfRome and Spain. directed research and the museum. Presentations ranged from “We’ve been working with storytelling to skits, a kimono Anne (Ostwald, ADSS teacher) fashion show and ukelele music. for several year now,” Harding Each group was tasked with said. “I’m so impressed with this finding a connection between their particular group. This group has chosen country and Nuu-chahbeen exceptional in their work. It’s nulth culture, Ostwald said. important for the museum to be The exhibit will only be up for able to share our knowledge and a few more days, as students are what we do with young people. heading into exams, Harding said.

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DEATHS

Denise Hallgarth 1964 – 2016

After a courageous battle with cancer, it is with sadness that the family of Denise Hallgarth announce her passing, peacefully in her daughter’s arms on January 16, 2016 at Ty Watson House in Port Alberni.

She was predeceased by her mother, Simone Gallant and her sister Christine, is survived by her daughter Kirsten, her father Ken (Skip) Hallgarth, her sister Mona (Larry), brothers Clint, Ken and Brian (Rhonda), grandchildren Cadence, Jayden and Quinton, and numerous family and friends.

A Celebration of Life will be held on Friday, January 29, 2016 – 1:00 PM at Yates Funeral Chapel 4470 Gertrude Street, Port Alberni.

In lieu of flowers, please consider a donation in Denise’s name to Ty Watson House. Stories and condolences may be forwarded to the family by visiting www.yatesfuneral.ca

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IN MEMORIAM

IN MEMORIAM

It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Hugh on January 8, 2016.

Hugh and his twin brother Ross were born in Vancouver, BC on May 13, 1955. A prankster with a love of old cars, Hughie had a variety of jobs over the years, most notably as a chipperman at a mill in Port Alberni. In 1997, Hughie moved to Princeton to live with his sister Melodye and was a big help to her on the farm. He fostered many farm animals over the years and had a menagerie of interesting pets. He enjoyed golf, football, hockey, coffee, A&W teen burgers and spending time with his great niece and nephew. His humour and larger-than-life personality will be greatly missed.

Hugh was predeceased by his parents Henry Bonneau and Josephine Middlemiss and his sisters, Rozanne Mannynvali and Carolyn Simmons. He is survived by his daughter Melanie Blight and his two grandchildren; his sisters Melodye Hope, Becky Booth and Germaine Veldhuizen; his brothers Ross Bonneau, Max Bonneau, Phil Bonneau, Mikael Mannynvali, and Marcus Mannynvali, as well as numerous nieces and nephews and great nieces and nephews.

In lieu of flowers, donations can be sent to the Canadian Cancer Society. A private service will be held in the spring at Hugh’s request. Condolences may be left for the family by visiting www.hansonsfuneral.ca

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From your body a thousand flowers bloomed Each flower sending a thousand seeds To spread the flower a thousand more times Until in the end the world was blanketed in your flowers For wherever we may go, we shall remember That the beautiful flowers around us Are a symbol of your compassion and ambition To which we will strive to emulate each passing day Love, Silvia, Ian, Ryan & Sara Hart

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In Loving Memory of

June 27, 1962 - January 22, 2011 Life hasn’t been the same, In our hearts you will remain.

How much you’ve missed, I think you somehow know, For I feel you beside me, No matter where I go.

Only five short years since Your golden heart stopped beating, Your smile stopped beaming, Your twinkling eyes laid to rest.

There is not a day Dear Mom & Wife That we don’t miss you any less.

Love you to the Moon and Back

PORT ALBERNI Family Guidance Association is looking for volunteers. 1-2 hours a week, criminal record check and free training will be provided if required. Call 250724-0125.

FAMILY Resource Association has openings for the following positions: Youth Worker / Supported Child Development Assistant / Speech and Language Therapist For details go to: www.d69fra.org

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Yvette Cowley and family would like to express their heartfelt thanks to family and friends. The cards, flowers, food, gifts, visits and the many other condolences helped us cope at this very sad time. Also thanks to the doctors and staff at West Coast General who helped make Dianne as comfortable as possible. Thank you to Father Stephen for the service and his support and to the CWL ladies for the luncheon afterwards.

It was all very much appreciated. Dianne was much loved and is greatly missed.

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The next art exhibit at the Rollin Art Centre will be something special from local Tseshaht First Nations Chief Hugh Braker.

This exciting exhibit showcases a chosen part of Braker’s personal collection of items from his world travels to Sri Lanka, Philippines, Indonesia, Costa Rica, Brazil and elsewhere.

The exhibit opens to the public Jan. 20 and will run until Feb. 5. Stop by the gallery Saturday, Jan. 23 from 1–3 p.m. to meet Braker and talk about his adventures.

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Please drop off donations at the Rollin Art Centre, inside, under the staircase in the wooden box.

This is one of the Community Arts Council’s biggest fundraisers. Gallery hours are Tuesday through Saturday 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Located at 3061 Eighth Ave. or call 250-724-3412 for more info.

CAC renewals due

This is a reminder to all current Community Arts

A shell necklace on diplay at the Rollin Is part of the Hugh Braker exhibit.

Council members, and everyone else who would like to help support the council, that all memberships will now be renewed in January. This annual membership date will be for everyone.

If you have not yet renewed your membership for 2016, pop by the Rollin Art Centre today. The cost

is only $17 for adults, $12 for seniors and $22 for a family. As we are a non-profit organization we rely on the generous support of art patrons like you.

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Close to 123 wrestlers flocked to Campbell River Saturday to compete in the Campbell River Invitational. Alberni District Secondary sent 26 competitors, many of which had outstanding individual performances as they enter into the peak of the wrestling season.

In the team standings, ADSS Junior Girls (Grades 6-8) took 5th place while the Junior Boys finished second overall. The Armada Senior Girls team (Grades 9-12) captured second place and the Senior Boys were dominant securing top spot over Timberline from Campbell River.

The Junior Girls were led by the gold medal performance of grade 7 Paige Maher (69kg). Grade 8 Anna Frost (46kg) lost to only one opponent to win the silver

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Paige Maher tries to overcome her opponent at the Campbell River invitational on Saturday, Jan. 16

medal. Third place finisher was grade 6 Malika McDonald (33kg) and rounding out the placing for the young girls squad was Miranda Barker (72kg), scoring team

points with her 5th place finish.

Landyn Clayton (6267kg), Seth Price (4548 kg), Owen Spencer (52-56kg) and Ethan Tramer (57kg) led the way for the Junior

Boys, claiming gold in their respective weight classes.

Scott Coulthart (7478kg) had a strong tournament finishing with a silver medal.

Duncan McLeod

added team points with his fourth place finish in a tough 35kg weight class.

The Armada Senior Girls were led by grade 9’s Kylea Anderson and Kyla McAuley, finishing first and second respectively in the 90-102kg weight class.

Grade 11, Morgan Dagenais captured bronze in a very competitive 57kg weight class while Mackenzie Boudreau rounded out the placings, taking 4th in the 60-64kg weight class.

ADSS Senior Boys had gold medal performances from Trevor Barker (45kg), Isaac McDonald (57kg), Aaron Badovinac (70kg), Lane Harris (90kg), and Trenton Vanderkooi (115kg).

Daniel Spencer (70kg) and Jayce Clayton (78kg) both battled for their silver medals

as did Jayden Iversen (66kg) for his bronze medal. Adding valuable team points were Darien Van Ingen (51kg) and Jarod Gagnon (84kg) with 4th place, as well as Prateesh Giri (66kg) and Ravi Manhas (44kg) withfifth place finishes.

“I am pleased with the large turnout of Alberni wrestlers at this tournament,” commented Coach Russell Bodnar. “Our wrestlers are ramping up their intensity both at practice and in competition in preparation for the upcoming Age Class tournament and the Alberni Invitational Tournament. For many of our wrestlers, the Alberni Invite is the pinnacle of

their season and the athletes want to perform well for the home crowd.”

The busy weeks ahead include 4 practices per week, tournaments in Richmond and Abbotsford followed by the Annual Alberni Armada Invitational tournament at ADSS February 5-6. The season will continue with the Island Championships on Saltspring Island February 12-13 and the BC High School Championships in Abbotsford February 25-27. The season wraps up for some of the top wrestlers at the National Championships April 15-17 in Calgary, Alberta.

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Bryan Mason Memorial tourney coming up Alberni Valley Minor Hockey is gearing up for the annual Bryan Mason Memorial Bantam/Peewee house hockey tournament, which this year will run Feb. 5–8 at the AV Multiplex.

Mason played hockey in the AVMHA system for 12 years and three years in the Men’s Non-Contact Hockey League.

He was 21 in 2011 when he died in a car accident. Family friends set up the annual memorial tournament to honour Mason’s dedication to and passion for minor hockey.

The annual tourney will take place at both rinks at the AV Multiplex, with teams

from Vancouver Island. There are eight teams competing in the bantam division: Alberni Valley Inferno, Oceanside Coyotes, Gold River Hawks, Juan de Fuca, Nanaimo Northstars, Alberni Valley Hooligans, Comox Valley Syndicate and Campbell River Wolverines.

The six teams in the peewee division are AV Devil Dogs, Oceanside Kings, Oceanside Warriors, Comox Mighty Ducks, Comox Green Machines and Nanaimo Heat.

Gold medal games are slated for 10:30 a.m. (peewee) and 2:15 p.m. (bantam) on Feb. 8—Family Day.

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$

164,900

• 3 bedrooms & 2 bathrooms • Open concept floor plan • Vaulted ceiling in master • Vinyl windows & gas heat

WELCOME TO SPROAT LAKE

$

399,900

OPEN HOUSE

4036 9TH AVE HOME & SUITE Saturday January 23 12:30pm-1:30pm

$

239,900

• Immaculate home • 2 bedroom suite • Shop & double carport • Amazing covered deck

WELCOME TO THE MAPLES

$

349,900

RARE RIVERFRONT!

#11 9624 LAKESHORE RD

#12 9624 LAKESHORE RD

5962 RIVER RD

SPROAT LAKE

SPROAT LAKE

RESIDENTIAL

• 2 bed, Den, 2 bathroom • Wood floors & maple cabinets • Beach & private moorage • The Maples on Sproat Lake

OCEAN VIEWS!

• Sproat Lake waterfront • 1 bed + den, 2 bathroom • Wood floors & maple cabinets • Beach & private moorage

$

239,900

2520 5TH AVE

• Beautiful 5.04 acres • 2 bedroom + den rancher • Feature woodstove • Nook & large covered deck

RESIDENTIAL

RESIDENTIAL

$

149,900

5028 MONTROSE ST

$

229,900

D L O S $

134,900

112,500

SPROAT LAKE AREA

GREAT LOCATION

RESIDENTIAL

$

84,900

AFFORDABLE HOME

10298 SOUTH DR

4731 BURDE ST

STRATA

SPROAT LAKE

NEW LISTING

• 82’ x 265’ building lot • Sproat Lake access nearby • Quiet wooded area • Also ideal as rec property

$

134,900

RESIDENTIAL

#19 4777 MAITLAND ST

• 2 bedroom & full bathroom • Vinyl windows & in-unit laundry • Extensively updated • Well managed w/ low strata fees

174,900

• Generates $17,000/year • Separate electric meters • Fourplex in South Alberni • Close to shopping & transit

• 2 bedroom + den • Unfinished basement • 66’ x 125’ lot • Upper South Alberni

STRATA

$

$

2869 9TH AVE

• Open concept & vaulted ceilings • 2 bedroom & full bathroom • 900 sq.ft. patio home • Carport & storage locker

INVESTMENT

FOURPLEX 4931 BRUCE ST

#4 5131 GERTRUDE ST

• Two, 2 bedroom suites • Separately metered • $1,235 /month revenue • 41’ x 117’ South Alberni lot

GREAT CONDO

QUALITY AFFORDABLE HOME

289,900

• Located on Somass River • Year round private moorage • 4 bedrooms & 2 bathrooms • Fireplace & Sauna

5026 SHARON DR

• Oak floors & fireplace • New roof & gas furnace • 2 bedroom in-law suite • Garage & attached shop

GREAT HOME OR INVESTMENT

SERENE ACREAGE

$

• 3 bedroom & full bathroom • Two story home • Perimeter foundation • 40’ x 121’ lot

D L O S $

74,900

NEW LISTING

7373601

OPEN HOUSE

Thursday, Jan 21, 2016 - Alberni Valley News