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Variety Scavenger Hunt scavenging for teams SPECIAL TO THE NEWS

Joe Roodbol has been taking part in the annual Variety Club scavenger hunt for 27 years and is urging new participants to experience the popular fundraiser.

Last year the event, held for the first time at the Westwind Pub, raised just over $8,000 and although he does not have a monetary goal this year, Roodbol just hopes enough people will sign up in time to raise money for the telethon.

When he got involved in the event for the first time in 1989, Roodbol said times were different.

The event was a challenge organized by local bartenders and each team had a list of 25 items to find, along with a pledge sheet. Pledges were requested by teams by the

number of items they successfully found around the Valley.

“We found it was too hard (for participants) to go back to get the money from people so we had a format change and now the fundraising is a separate entity from the scavenger hunt,” Roodbol said.

Participants now raise money ahead of time and come together for a full day of the scavenger hunt, a hot meal and entertainment into the evening.

“It is their reward at the end for taking time out of theirs and their families’ lives and raising the money,” Roodbol said.

Every year teams come out in costumes to add to the colourful festivities.

“A troupe from Ladysmith came years ago as nuns,” Roodbol said. “And we have a group back this year

and returned by the 4 p.m. deadline, winners are determined by the most items found, the first to return and the most money raised.

There will be a roast beef dinner at the pub.

“Over the years we have had an endless list of donors for food but now the Westwind Pub has relieved our pressure of going back asking year after year,” Roodbol said.

After nearly 30 years of volunteering with the charity, Roodbol has only briefly thought of retiring.

“I thought about giving up but if I stop fundraising for kids, it doesn’t mean they stop getting sick,” he said. “I like it because we are really making a difference for kids who need it.”

This year it all happens on Saturday, Feb. 13. Pre-register at Westwind Pub or by calling 250-724-1324.

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Joe Roodbol is currently recruiting teams for this year’s Variety Club Scavenger Hunt taking place at the Westwind Pub on Saturday, Feb. 13.

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We never really know what people will come dressed as.”

He said innovation

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If teams cannot find an item on their list, team members can use their creativity to make it.

“If the judges think it is good, you can get points for your innovation,” he said.

Teams must have a designated driver

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Sharing the road with bikes City gets busy with plan to integrate bike lanes

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KATYA SLEPIAN ALBERNI VALLEY NEWS

D

o you cycle?

A lot? A little? Have you not dusted off your bike since you were a kid?

Whatever the case may be, the City of Port Alberni wants your help in shaping the future of cycling.

“We’d like people with any interest in cycling or not to come out and learn more about cycling,” said city engineer Guy Cicon.

“You don’t have to be a cyclist to be interested in the event.”

The city, in partnership with Cycle Alberni, has already hosted a consultation session with cyclists within the community to begin to map out priorities.

That meeting, which was held at Char’s Landing in midJanuary, had Cicon and engineering tech Eric Bruvall lay out options for cycling routes and bike lane design.

“What we’re trying to achieve now is a presence. Any presence that we can achieve right now is just going to lay the groundwork for more,” Cicon told the group of cyclists then.

Bruvall agreed.

“We do a small piece

City engineer Guy Cicon is offering two alternatives for implementing bike lanes on certain Alberni Valley roads.

of infrastructure now, prove that it will be used, get the proper ridership counts and then in a few years go back to the province and ask for more money.”

Last year, the province doled out close to $12 million to fund cycling infrastructure as part of its BikeBC program.

This year, Cicon wants some of that money to come to Port Alberni.

He’s asking city council to pitch in $50,000 as matching funding against the BikeBC funding.

“I think that’s the best strategy because getting a few routes established is going to normalize it in everybody’s minds, that bikes are a form of transportation and get them used to sharing the road,” said Bill Brown, an avid Port Alberni cyclist.

Sharing the road is exactly what Cicon’s initial bike lane proposal is.

Cyclists Sarah Thomas and John Mayba turn left onto Redford Street from Stamp Avenue. They hope bike lanes will raise awareness of cyclist safety.

“Cycling is an important element in the community’s active transportation planning and bike lanes indicate the shared nature of the road right-of- way,” he said.

For John Mayba, who’s been cycling in Port Alberni for decades, getting a presence is key.

“I think that the biggest initial reason for doing it is to create more of an awareness,” he said.

That awareness

comes in two parts.

“For the cyclists, that there are places that they can look at cycling safety. For the rest of the residents, including the drivers, that there are going to be cyclists on the road and that cyclists have a place on the road in this community.”

Carving out that space for cyclists on the road is what Cicon is proposing to do.

He’s looking at two different options: bike lanes separated from the car lanes by lines

of paint or shared bike lanes designated by arrows (“sharrows”).

“A sharrow lane is a situation where really there just isn’t a physical ability to maintain all of the lanes of traffic and add 1.8 metres for a bike lane,” said Cicon.

It involves a bike symbol and arrows painted one metre from the curb, said Bruvall, and is being proposed for Beaver Creek Road, Johnston Road, Gertrude Street, Stamp Avenue, Sixth

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Avenue, Redford Street, the 10th Avenue dip, upper Third Avenue, Kingsway Avenue and Burde Street.

While according to provincial cycling regulations cyclists do have the right to occupy one entire lane even without the sharrow, having one reminds drivers to be more careful.

“When you’re going down a narrow street and you have a painted bike in the middle of the lane, then the motorists will be aware too that it’s a shared roadway.”

The other option, proposed for River Road, Roger Street, 10th Avenue apart from the dip and lower Third Avenue, are separated bike lanes.

“We’re considering the separated, painted lane markings,” said Cicon. “You get a full cycle lane marked out, plus a door zone and allow parking.”

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Fewer managers, a non-profit museum and sharing services with the regional district are among the recommendations in the City of Port Alberni organization and compensation review, released last week.

Commissioned by council in 2015, the report was carried out by former City of Vancouver manager Judy Rogers.

The report contained seven recommendations, including shrinking the number of department heads reporting to the city manager from nine to five. The five new departments would be corporate administration, financial services, community services, engineering and public works and city services.

Changes already implemented include moving former city manager Ken Watson to the role of senior projects advisor and former corporate services director Theresa Kingston to community services.

Rogers recommends sharing services such as recreation and parks, bylaw enforcement, accounting and payroll and protective services with the regional district.

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Sonar gives accurate picture of water sources Part two of ‘Exploring our depths’ feature KATYA SLEPIAN ALBERNI VALLEY NEWS

A sonar map shows the depth of Lizard Lake, one of two main sources for the City of Port Alberni’s water.

Sandy Grant maps the bottom of Bainbridge Lake on Sept. 27, 2015.

in March 2014.

While Cicon didn’t find any wreckage at the bottom of either lake, he did find an assurance.

“It gives us more confidence in the amount of water we have available during drought conditions,”

said Cicon.

“There’s a lot of factors involved in the determination of water availability.”

There are four main factors: “How much water is seeping out of the lake into the ground, how much water is evaporating,

how much water is coming in and how much water we’re drawing.

“That’s the arithmetic, those are the four main elements in determining the availability of our water.”

It’s a lot of water; Lizard Lake, which flows out into China Creek, has 650,000 cubic metres of usable drinking water when full. Bainbridge Lake has 1.5 million cubic metres.

In comparison, this summer Port Alberni used 1.3 million cubic metres of water over June, July and August of 2015.

Reservoir lake levels took a hit, with Cicon seeing them drop earlier and further than ever before.

But even should Port Alberni be hit with a harsher drought this summer, Cicon said that the city will be fine.

“The usable volume

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map the bottom of the city’s two drinking water reservoirs.

“We received this sonar data of our two lake reservoirs, Bainbridge Lake and Lizard Lake. Our data maps out the topography of the lake bottom,” said Cicon.

“It provides us with the volume of the lake and we can calculate volumes at different levels within the lake.

Sonar involves using sound waves to map out a body of water.

Recently, it’s been used by the Chinese government as part of the search for MH370, the Malaysian Airlines plane that disappeared over the southern Indian ocean

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If you live in Port Alberni, you’re lucky—the water that comes out of your tap is clean and plentiful. Even during droughts, Port Alberni fared better than its neighbours in Nanaimo, Parksville or Victoria.

“Water defines our city. It’s our history and our future.

It’s essential, it’s powerful, it’s precious and it’s something we can’t take for granted,” Mayor Mike Ruttan said at the opening of the city’s new ultraviolet water treatment plant.

But how much do we really know about the water that comes out of our taps?

These days, the answer is a whole lot more, according to city engineer Guy Cicon.

During the fall of last year, Cicon contracted Sandy Grant Surveying to

in each lake is the volume of water that is above the intake pipe,” he said.

The intake pipes for Bainbridge Lake and Lizard Lake are 10 and four metres deep, respectively. Those depths were decided upon in connection with the building of the dam at Lizard Lake and to allow the Bainbridge Lake connection to the treatment facility to be gravity-operated.

“If the intake pipe is above the water level, there’s still a small lake there. You can just pump from that lake—put the pump in [the water] and put a hose to the intake pipe.”

Having water volume knowledge will allow the city to see how much influence each of the four factors that control water availability have.

“The reason why this information is so valuable is that it does help us predict the longevity of our water supply during drought times,” Cicon said.

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he pool we have now is nearly 44 years old. It needs to be replaced— period”.

We wrote that line in an editorial in support of replacing Echo Pool five years ago. In June 2011, schematics had been drawn and three options were presented to the public, at costs of $15 million and $18 million with variations from upgrading the existing pool to building a whole new facility.

Our opinion still stands: Echo Pool needs to be replaced. And we are disappointed that the city’s motivation toward this project has been so stagnant.

The 2016 costs for the options have only risen with inflation, and the pool is five years older.

Users proved in 2011 that the pool is Our opinion necessary, and that programs and swim still stands: times are utilized.

Echo Pool Many families travel needs to be to Nanaimo to take advantage of the replaced. wave pool there, and could probably be enticed to stay at home with a new facility here.

Since 2011 thousands of dollars have been spent maintaining the aging pool, and this can only increase as the pool is now almost 50 years old. The pool mural program is putting a pretty face on the building, but cosmetic changes can only take a facility so far.

We have had five years—five!—to decide on a design and come up with a plan to pay for the pool, yet the city only started putting money aside last year.

It is long past time to act on replacing the pool, before something catastrophic and expensive happens. If they city waits until then, it will be far too late.

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Milestone for Fir Park Village was sent to a facility in White Rock, and his wife to Victoria.

SUSAN This was in 1967. At that QUINN point, the local labour council Quinn’s Quips decided this kind of separation could never The greatest happen again, and ir Park Village on began Wallace Street reached reward is in lobbying a milestone last being able government month as staff and to provide for a residents celebrated their 35th seniors’ anniversary. to those facility in Fir Park, and its counterpart who need Port Alberni. around the corner, Echo Village, The battle are two seniors’ residences the help. took 14 in the Alberni Valley that cater to local residents who – Walter Behn years, but on Jan. 26, need additional care as they 1981, the first resident moved age. There is a 24-hour-a-day into Fir Park Village. nursing staff on site as well as “The grand opening was a cooks, program coordinator and great relief to those of us who assistants. have been involved,” Walter Fir Park Village began as a Behn, who was president of the tragic love story. There was a Port Alberni couple, aged 89 and Alberni Valley intermediate Care 91, who could no longer care for Home Society at the time, was quoted in the AV Times. “But the their own home and needed to find assisted living. The husband greatest reward is in being able

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to provide to those who need the help.”

Fir Park, which boasts of offering private rooms for each of 65 residents, underwent a major interior renovation in 2013. Now they will turn their attention to the exterior, which has not seen more than regular maintenance in 35 years, says Joe McQuaid, executive director of the Alberni-Clayoquot Continuing Care Society.

“It is 35 years old and in need of repairs,” he said.

Fir Park will also switch to LED light fixtures in residents’ rooms to increase the facility’s energy efficiency.

Fir Park and Echo Village are the third largest employer in the Alberni Valley with 220 employees, McQuaid said.

Although affiliated with Island Health Authority, Fir Park and Echo Village operate under the auspices of the A-C Continuing Care Society.

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There are two basic styles of air cleaners: small portable units, and larger stationary units. The small portable units are taken to the source of the dust and are intended for small workspaces. They are often placed directly on a work surface or the floor in close proximity to the dust

source.

The larger units hang from the ceiling and filter the air in your shop on a continual basis.

Air cleaners are very basic machines: a metal or plastic box with a filter at one end, a bag filter and motor in the middle and an opening at the other for the exhaust. The filters on higher end models are electrostatically charged. This creates an attraction between the filter media and the dust that helps

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Running hoses to your machinery and collecting chips and dust at the source can go a long way to preserving peace in the home and safety in the shop. I will look at some options for controlling dust at the source in the next column.

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The calm after the storm on Saturday brought out pet owners who were enjoying the Family Day weekend with their four-legged family members. Dogs and their parents could be found shopping, enjoying a “spa” day or just getting out for some exercise. Family is whoever you want it to be and the four-legged family members appeared to be having a great time.

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SUSAN QUINN / ALBERNI VALLEY NEWS PHOTOS

33rd annual Armada Invitational in the books

Mackenzie Boudreau scores points against Manmolpreet (Money) Khehira from WJ Mouat in Boudreau’s gold medal win in Cadet Girls 64 Kg, Saturday during the finals for the 33rd annual ADSS Armada Invitational wrestling tournament.

Jayce Clayton from ADSS, right, pins Lukas Kolobara from MRSS in Maple Ridge to win the cadet boys 78 Kg division.

Owen Spencer from ADSS hangs on to the original McEvay Post, carved for wrestling coach Tom McEvay. Alberni District Secondary won the inaugural McEvay Post Challenge, beating Western Canada High School from Calgary 50-15.

Aaron Badovinac from ADSS, left, wins gold in the cadet boys 70 Kg division with a victory over Dilpreet Randhawa of WJ Mouat, Saturday afternoon.

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No one else can comprehend N tthe sadness in our hearts IIn life we loved you dearly in death we love you still In our hearts you held a place no one can ever fill

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Michael Leon CUDMORE April 1, 1983 – February 1, 2016 6 It is with sadness that the family o off Michael announce his passing on n February 1, 2016 at Nanaimo Regional Hospital with his fatherr Tom and good friend Ryan by his side.

Michael was predeceased by his grandfather Bob Richardson, his mother Vivian Cudmore and his cousin Dean Nixon. He is survived ed by by his children Vivian, Gabe, Pheenixx and and d their mother Grace, his father Tom, sisters m, sis sister ters rs Lisa and Michelle, his brothers Dan (Deb), Bob Bob, an (Deb) b Len and Brenden, grandparents Ellen & George Nichol, many aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews, cousins and many good friends.

Cremation has taken place. A Graveside service will be held on Saturday, February 13, 2016 - 1:00 PM at Alberni Valley Memorial Gardens, Port Alberni Highway.

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Norman “Norm” Bryce Mercredi Norm passed away peacefully surrounded by his loving family on January 28, 2016 after a short but courageous battle with cancer.

Predeceased by his parents Lorraine and Alfred, grandmother Vera and father-in-law Gerry; Norm is survived by his loving family: his wife, Ruby Ann; children Bryce (Desiree) and Nicole (Paul); three grandchildren Eva, Bennett and Gracie; loving step-parents Ray and Marg; siblings Mike (Mavis), Bruce (Annie), Maureen and Gayle (Bob), mother-in-law Ruby; as well as numerous nieces, nephews, and extended family.

Born in the Alberni Valley, Norm worked for 35 years at APD Mill. He loved spending time with his family and friends.

Norm loved the outdoors and spending his time golfing, fishing, and camping. He was also an avid sports fan and would watch football and hockey and cheer for his favourite teams; the Seattle Seahawks and the Boston Bruins. Norm was happiest when he was with his grandchildren. He loved them dearly and was so proud to be known as ‘Papa’.

Norm’s family would like to extend a heartfelt thank you to Dr. Johnsen, Nurse Colleen, and the home support nurses for all of their kindness, care, and respect Norm was given.

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Following Norm’s wishes, a celebration of life will be held at a later date. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made in Norm’s memory to Ty Watson House, 2649-2nd Ave, Port Alberni, V9Y 1Z8. Memories, stories, and condolences may be offered to the family at www.chapelofmemories.ca .chapelofmem .chapelofmemories.ca

REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS Restaurant – Port Alberni (New Thunderbird Building) Closing Date: Monday March 7th, 2016 NOON The Uchucklesaht Tribe Government is issuing an RFP to find an excellent Restaurateur to lease the very desirable location in its new Downtown Port Alberni administration centre located at Argyle St. and Kingsway Ave. The “Thunderbird” multi use building will contain administration offices, human services offices, cultural center to include a large carving and art room and numerous breakout rooms, board room rental, small gym, food fish processing area, 3 short term (motel units), and 32 long term rental apartments (1 and 2 bedrooms), and an 1,832 sq/ft restaurant space, and a large covered patio area of 625 sq./ft.

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QUICKFACTS of the debate you fall on, OPPORTUNITIES APARTMENT/CONDO CAREER CAREER OPPORTUNITIES DEATHS DEATHS While Coun. Chris CYCLE ALBERNI: PULSE ON the city and Cycle Alberni PIONEER TOWERS & Cottages- Senior 55+. N/S. Studio & BIKING 2016 TAKES PLACE want your input.

Alemany has, as council 1-bdrm. Call (250)724-2013.

FEB. 17 FROM 6–8 P.M. AT liaison to theLouise food security “It’s very important for rom / A4 Creek and Bainbridge Lake city’s construction of its Anni SorensenECHO CENTRE. and climate disruption people to talk about where “It’s just another element (what the cityDUPLEXES/4PLEXES currently $4 million ultraviolet water 1925 - 2016 EVERYONE WELCOME. committee, recommended they cycle, what are the in helping us.” uses) as the Alberni treatment plant.

Anni Louise Sorensen (nee Moller) passed away Jan. MAIN FLOOR of 2 bedroom house water on North Park Drive, Using Sproat Lake as protected bike lanes, really great cycle routes, It also gives Cicon Valley’s main supply, 27, 2016 at age 90 aft er a long and interesting life that $650+ hydro. Phone Evan spanned WWII, a Great Depression, twoon-street continents bike lanes many Cicon said that’s unlikely what works with cycling confidence that the with Sproat Lake being part of a regional water 250-735-5922. many generations. She was born in Aarhus, Journeyman toand happen with the initial times over the years. and how they might be city’s water supply will used as a secondary supply is something the Denmark on November 22, 1925, the daughter of HOMES FOR RENT push.

“Bike lanes are a real able to bike more,” said accommodate any future source. city is considering.

Valborg Johanne Kaimer, a domestic, and Alfred Millwright 3-BDRM HOUSE + den. 1 “It ultimately could Fiedel, a merchant’s and then

by Vibeke “Separated bikesonlanes areadopted great thing. The problem Thomas. growth.

Currently, the city bath. F/S, W/D. Ref’s req’d, no Western’s recent capital investment to Johanne Holmberg Moller and lower cost,” he said, butSoren Munk thatFolmer I have with bike lanes Cycle Alberni: Pulse on “There will still be providespartiers, water N/S, to its become the water supply N/P. $975./mo. secure the future of coastal sawmilling has Moller. Moller, a department store owner, doted on Avail. March 1. (250)724-5306 added that he wouldn’t be here are that we don’t Biking 2016 is being held enough water in 50 years,” residents, Beaver Creek for the entire Valley resulted in a need for a Journeyman his daughter, giving her the run of the toy department opposed bike have a whole lot of bikers at Echo Centre on Feb. 17 he said. and the Hupacasath and takingto herprotected dockside to see ships bring in new Millwright at our Ladysmith Sawmill.

SHARED ACCOMMODATION and as we move further merchandise. delighted in telling how her father lanes in the Anni future. in Port Alberni and the from 6-8 p.m. The event “There’s sufficient Ahahswinis reserve and and further down the LOOKING FOR roommate, 2 once bought her a monkey from one of the ships and Qualifiedcapacity applicants can apply Bike lanes have had other concern I’ve got is is free to the public and within our online at: the Tseshaht road of climate change, bdrm Tsahaheh basement. NO Pets. how it ran amuck with Vibeke’s millenary efforts. http://www.jobs.net/jobs/westernforest/ $550./mo, everything included. their criticisms but Cycle safety,” said McLeman. everyone, from walkers infrastructure to reserve.

Sproat Lake water may Moller died when Anni was a girl, but by her late teens, Anni had left home to work in a factory.

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Alberni member Sarah “Witha local bikes and parked to cyclists,en-ca/job/Canada/JOURNEYMANis accommodate future A regional water solution become increasingly more She remained active in a swim club and through sports club dance, she metto hermotorists first life partner Holger Sorensen, sheand married. ey had twoback children: Ron and Jean.

OPPORTUNITIES important,” Mayor Mike Thomas said Rosenfeldt that they’re a whom cars carsThdriving encouraged to comeMILLWRIGHT/J3K2NZ6Y6MNVGYZLY9K/ out. growth within and outside would haveCAREER that expanded The family immigrated after WWII to B.C. arriving on Mayne Island to live with extended family good start. and forth and a painted And while you’re headed the city.” out to other districts Ruttan said in an interview before Holger, a journeyman goldsmith, found work on the Mainland. The family moved to Port “Even if it’s just paint 10th that way, take a look at the What the city will do within the Alberni Valley. last month.

Coquitlam in 1955, living on a on five-acre line hobbyon farm.

AnniAvenue... made the small house into a home, baked, tended put down preserves and frozen to see winter. the road, it’sgarden, an indication I just don’tgoods want to the killfamily through side of the road on 10th with its water supply in 50 The total capital costs reporter@albernivalleynews.com Embedded thepeople Fraser Valley’s Danishsomeone.” community, the family frequently entertained visitorsbetween and twitter.com/alberninews that there inare Avenue Roger years is anyone’s guess; for the China Creek, hosted smorgasbords that started at noon and carried on until midnight.

SALTWATER HUSBANDRY TECHNICIAN there so I don’t think it Cicon doesn’t agree.

Street and Wallace Street... a regional water study Bainbridge Lake and Anni took another partner Chris Mide in the late 1960s and lived in Maple Ridge. Together they Vancouverupdate Island,commissioned BC can be anything but a net “That’s contrary to family’s what Nimpo you might Sproat Lake water system (Part one of this story ran enjoyed travelled extensively, cruising on their boat, visiting the Mide Lake lodge just see the Cermaq Canada is currently looking for full-timewould Saltwater Husbandry Technicians on the cover of the Jan. 26, and entertaining friends and family at their home.

It was during travels that she benefit.” other communities areto Denmarkstart of was something new. by the Alberni-Clayoquot be $10.6 million; to join our Regional dynamic team.

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serving up gourmet food on a beautiful table set with her Royal Copenhagen dishes crowned with COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS a centrepiece she had created. Danish Christmas on Dec. 24 evening continued to be a special time for Anni, even more so with Chris and her own grandchildren arriving. She decorated the home DEATHS DEATHS and lobbied for a huge tree, appointed a SantaDEATHS to ring the door bell and lug in mounds of presents, and she piled the evening’s dining room table with food.

Upon Chris’s death, she moved to Port Alberni, after a short stay in Texada at her summer home, to be close to son Ron and grandchildren, who would come to visit. She spent many years again enjoying her garden, doing large tapestry needlepoint that would take her close to a year to complete, - venturing 2016 out to play bingo or to the casino. Her life was her home and making beautiful1925 quilts, and she continued to cook for friends and family andJan. received many compliments from neighbors and Anni Louise Sorensen (nee Moller) passed away friends garden.

She enjoyed finding antique or collectibles in stores around 27, 2016on ather agelarge 90 aftvegetable er a long and interesting life that town.

While living in Port Alberni, she also to locate several of her birth mother siblings and spanned WWII, a Great Depression, twowas continents one her generations. joys was having sister to talk to and she chatted often to her in Denmark. and of many Shea was born in Aarhus, She was always grateful for support she received Denmark on November 22, the 1925, the daughter of from two special friends in Port Alberni Linda Kelsall Thereza Sperger, both whoand made mum’s life easier in later years as they helped her stay Valborgand Johanne Kaimer, a domestic, Alfred at home.

Anni is survived bythen daughter Jeanby(Vancouver) and son Ron (Port Alberni), grandFiedel, a merchant’s son and adopted Vibeke daughter Stephani (and Jason) (Victoria), Johanne Holmberg Moller and Dolynny Soren Munk Folmerand their children (great-grandsons) Preston and Declan Dolynny and Ron’sstore sonowner, Jamie (Revelstoke).

She is also survived by Holger’s relatives in Moller.

Moller, a department doted on Denmark, members of the Kaia (Jorn) Pedersen in Aarhus, Denmark, brother his daughter, giving her theFiedel run offamily, the toysister department Carl Johan Jensen in Sweden. remained touch with the Mide family and often heard from and taking her dockside to seeShe ships bring ininnew Leo and AnneAnni Midedelighted and their in daughters Susan merchandise. telling how herMide fatherKiss and Louise Mide. once bought her monkey from one ofwill thebeships and later. Anni loved animals and in lieu of A Celebration of aLife and internment announced how it ran amuck withtoVibeke’s millenary fl owers please donate an animal shelter eff or orts. refuge of your choice. Stories and condolences Moller when Anni a girl, by herwww.yatesfuneral.ca late teens, Anni had left home to work in a factory. may bedied forwarded to thewas family bybut visiting She remained active in a swim club and through a local sports club dance, she met her first life partner Holger Rosenfeldt Sorensen, whom she married. They had two children: Ron and Jean.

The family immigrated after WWII to B.C. arriving on Mayne Island to live with extended family before Holger, a journeyman goldsmith, found work on the Mainland. The family moved to Port Coquitlam in 1955, living on a five-acre hobby farm. Anni made the small house into a home, baked, tended garden, put down preserves and frozen goods to see the family through winter.

Embedded in the Fraser Valley’s Danish community, the family frequently entertained visitors and hosted smorgasbords that started at noon and carried on until midnight.

Anni took another partner Chris Mide in the late 1960s and lived in Maple Ridge. Together they enjoyed travelled extensively, cruising on their boat, visiting the Mide family’s Nimpo Lake lodge and entertaining friends and family at their home. It was during travels to Denmark that she was able to find her birth father and he visited her in Maple Ridge prior to his death.

She kept a large vegetable and flower garden, grew amazing fuchsia hanging baskets that adorned the Mide River Road home, which sat on a large lawn overlooking the Fraser River. Her hands were always busy at the house. She and Chris both loved entertaining, planning special dinner occasions, serving up gourmet food on a beautiful table set with her Royal Copenhagen dishes crowned with a centrepiece she had created. Danish Christmas on Dec. 24 evening continued to be a special time for Anni, even more so with Chris and her own grandchildren arriving. She decorated the home and lobbied for a huge tree, appointed a Santa to ring the door bell and lug in mounds of presents, and she piled the evening’s dining room table with food.

Upon Chris’s death, she moved to Port Alberni, after a short stay in Texada at her summer home, to be close to son Ron and grandchildren, who would come to visit. She spent many years again enjoying her garden, doing large tapestry needlepoint that would take her close to a year to complete, making beautiful quilts, and venturing out to play bingo or to the casino. Her life was her home and she continued to cook for friends and family and received many compliments from neighbors and friends on her large vegetable garden. She enjoyed finding antique or collectibles in stores around town. While living in Port Alberni, she was also to locate several of her birth mother siblings and one of her joys was having a sister to talk to and she chatted often to her in Denmark.

She was always grateful for the support she received from two special friends in Port Alberni Linda Kelsall and Thereza Sperger, both who made mum’s life easier in later years as they helped her stay at home. Anni is survived by daughter Jean (Vancouver) and son Ron (Port Alberni), granddaughter Stephani (and Jason) Dolynny (Victoria), and their children (great-grandsons) Preston and Declan Dolynny and Ron’s son Jamie (Revelstoke). She is also survived by Holger’s relatives in Denmark, members of the Fiedel family, sister Kaia (Jorn) Pedersen in Aarhus, Denmark, brother Carl Johan Jensen in Sweden. She remained in touch with the Mide family and often heard from Leo and Anne Mide and their daughters Susan Mide Kiss and Louise Mide.

A Celebration of Life and internment will be announced later. Anni loved animals and in lieu of flowers please donate to an animal shelter or refuge of your choice. Stories and condolences may be forwarded to the family by visiting www.yatesfuneral.ca

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FAMILY LITERACY Caitlynn Baker and Alicia Robertson, right peek out of a cardboard box fort while Verra Rai, far right, digs deep into a bin of crayons during the Family Literacy Day event at Echo Centre on Jan. 30. The event focused around the book The Day the Crayons Quit, by Drew Daywalt.

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“It’s a communityoriented board that owns and operates Fir Park and Echo Village,” said McQuaid. It is a nonprofit entity.

“It is a proud thing to have our own facility,” says Jack Buffie, chair of the Fir Park Village/ Echo Village Foundation.

The foundation was formed in the late 1990s as the provincial government was trying to absorb community health councils, which previously operated places like Fir Park.

The foundation assists with expenses at the two seniors facilities, and is key in raising funds for large projects such as renovations and new equipment like buses.

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Speaking of buses… we wrote a story last month about Fir Park Village and Echo Village teaming up to replace their buses. They both have small, 20-passenger buses that they use to transport residents to appointments and on outings, to get them out in the community, and both buses are aging to the point of replacement.

The two seniors’ residences decided it would be better to pool their resources and replace both of their buses with one that is a little larger and accommodates wheelchairs.

This is important because at Echo Village alone, there are 37 residents who use wheelchairs, McQuaid said.

“The most important thing about the bus is it keeps people engaged in the community,” he said.

“It breaks the walls down as far as Fir Park Village and the residents still remaining active in the community regardless of (their) disabilities or limitations.”

They need to raise a total of $60,000 to pay for the new bus.

So if you’re looking for a worthy place to make a donation, please check out their website at www.alberni continuingcare.ca and click on the “donate” link.

Susan Quinn is the Alberni Valley News editor. editor@albernivalleynews.com

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COMING UP: Arts Around on Thursday.

Vagina Monologues return Feb. 20

The Jon Miller Quartet: James Young, left, Monik Nordine, Jon Miller and Rob Cheramy. The quartet will hold a CD release concert at Char’s Landing on Saturday, Feb. 13.

Quartet releases CD at Char’s acoustic vein of mainstream jazz while incorporating influences from both within and outside the jazz realm including strains of fusion, blues and improvised music.

The band is led by McGill University Jazz Program graduate Jon Miller on drums.

In addition to writing for and leading his quartet, Miller also performs with the Victoria Jazz Orchestra.

In addition to being a prolific composer, guitarist Rob Cheramy is a highly creative and technically impressive solid body player with a highly individual style,

sought out both for his exciting solos and for his tasteful accompaniment.

Bassist James Young is one of the busiest bassists on the Victoria scene, known for his versatility, driving beat, great sound and innovative soloing style. His stylistically diverse original compositions are also a great addition to the

group’s sound.

Alto and soprano saxophonist Monik Nordine is also member of the group “Departure” which has toured Canada and has several releases to its name. Nordine also directs the Victoria Jazz Orchestra.

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Art Matters Society has raised more than $77,000 in the last 10 years, mostly on the mainland, she said, but for the past three years has donated to the Alberni Community and Women’s Services Society. ACAWS will again benefit from proceeds from this year’s production.

The 2016 version of The Vagina Monologues will debut on Saturday, Feb. 20 at 8 p.m. at Char’s Landing. Tickets are $15 at the Main Artery at Harbour Quay or at the door at Char’s.

The Monologues will also be part of the International Women’s Day Celebration of Wise Women at the Italian Hall March 5.

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The Jon Miller Quartet will release its CD Three Days In Winter during a concert at Char’s Landing this Saturday, Feb. 13 at 8 p.m. The CD features acoustic mainstream jazz music.

The Jon Miller Quartet is a jazz group from Victoria that has been making waves in the Vancouver Island jazz scene this year both for its engaging live performances and for the depth and variety of its original compositions. The group’s new CD Three Days in Winter (May 2015) is currently charting in the top 10 for campus radio jazz programming across Canada and has been played on CBC Vancouver’s Jazz program “Hot Air.” The group’s music draws on a predominantly

Art Matters Society is producing a community version of Eve Ensler’s The Vagina Monologues for a fourth time in Port Alberni later this month.

Gwynne Hunt of Art Matters has been running auditions for the Monologues—a show her society has produced for 20 years between the Lower Mainland and the Alberni Valley.

“It is an empowering and special show that brings women together,” producer Gwynne Hunt wrote in Art Link, an Alberni Valley arts magazine she produces.

“I have produced and directed over 20 shows and am always amazed at what a powerful experience

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WHAT’S ON FEB. 5-27 ◆ FIVE WOMEN WEARING THE SAME DRESS Fridays and Saturdays at the Capitol Theatre. Tix: $20 ($15 students/ seniors) advance at the Capitol Box Office, which is open Monday to Friday from 3–6 p.m or online at http:// atthecapitol.org/. Add $5 to buy at the door.

Lobby opens at 6:30 p.m., curtain at 7:30 p.m.

THUR. FEB. 11 ◆ STARFLEET ALBERNI DEEP SPACE PORT monthly meeting from 6-8 p.m. at Echo Centre. Come and celebrate all things Trek. First meeting is free. FMI: albernideepspaceport @gmail.com or 250724-7293.

FRI. FEB. 12SUN. FEB. 14 ◆ PORT ALBERNI

JUNIOR HOCKEY SOCIETY DINNER AUCTION starts at 6:30 p.m. Guest star Charlie Simmer, former LA Kings’ forward, and celebrity auction items. Tix: $75 from society members and the AV Bulldogs’ office. ◆ ALBERNI CURLING MENS OPEN BONSPIEL takes place at the Alberni Valley Curling Club (3260 Ninth Ave). FMI: 250723-3111.

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menu, music by The Village Trio. Tix: $10 each available at the Bread of Life office on Third Avenue. ◆ COMEDY NIGHT WITH ED HILL at the Blue Marlin. Hill was voted the best Vancouver comedian by the Georgia Straight and will be accompanied

by Peter Hudson.

Doors open at 8 p.m.

Advance tickets $15 at the Blue Marlin Inn.

WED. FEB. 17 ◆ CYCLE ALBERNI: PULSE ON BIKING 2016 at Echo Centre from 6-8 p.m. Come out and discuss cycling, learn about ongoing projects, bike routes and upcoming city cycling initiatives.

The event is free and everyone (cyclist or not) is welcome.

◆ VALENTINE CRAFT SHOW, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Cherry Creek Hall, 3720 Moore Rd. FMI: Barb, 250723-4324 or e-mail dragonflydesignbc@ gmail.com. ◆ BREAD OF LIFE VALENTINE’S FUNDRAISING DINNER, 5:30 p.m. (dinner at 6:15 p.m.) at Bread of Life.

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◆ WEST COAST AQUATIC’S MARINE SPATIAL PLANNING drop-in session, 4–7 p.m., Echo Centre (Fir

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Room). For Barkley and Clayoquot Sound Marine Spatial Plans.

FMI: Tawny Lem, 250723-0708, tawny@ westcoastaquatic. ca or www. westcoastaquatic.ca.

THUR. FEB. 18 ◆ CH’APATS (CANOE) MARITIME HERITAGE NIGHT takes place at 7 p.m. at the Hutcheson Gallery on the Lighthouse Pier.

Learn about the six kinds of Tseshaht canoes and see the exhibit ‘Hisok: Tseshaht Whaling— One with the Whale Spirit.’ FMI: 250-7238362.

FRI. FEB. 19 ◆ PRO D DAY SKATE at the AV Multiplex from 12:30–2 p.m.

SAT. FEB. 20 ◆ EVE ENSLER’S THE VAGINA MONOLOGUES, 8 p.m. at Char’s Landing. Tix: $15 at Main Artery at Harbour Quay or at the door. ◆ ROTARY CLUB MARDI GRAS DINNER at

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Doors open 6 p.m., dinner at 7:15 p.m., dance to follow. Tix: $40 each available at Scotiabank, Echo Centre and Staples.

Fundraiser for Literacy Alberni. ◆ SHADOW THE SEIZURE RESPONSE DOG BIRTHDAY FUNDRAISER takes place at Gyro Youth Centre from 1-3 p.m.

Admission is $2 per person or $1 per kid (12 and under). Help raise funds to sponsor a dog guide for a disabled Canadian.

THURS. FEB. 25 ◆ ANDREW NIKIFORUK SPEAKS ON THE REALITY OF LNG at Echo Centre, 4255 Wallace St., 7 p.m.

Admission is $10 suggested donation.

Nikiforuk will speak abut fracking, earthquakes and fractured economies.

SAT. MAR. 5 ◆ INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY CELEBRATION OF WISE WOMEN at the Italian Hall. An all-day

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SAT. APR. 30 ◆ ALBERNI VALLEY HOSPICE SOCIETY/ TY WATSON HOUSE BUTTERFLY RELEASE takes place at Canal Beach at 11 a.m.

JULY 8–9 ◆ JANE AUSTEN FESTIVAL takes place at various locations around the Rotary Arts District. July 9: Guinness Book of World Records regency parade through the arts district.

FRI. JULY 15– SUN. JULY 17 ◆ ALBERNI VALLEY REGATTA ASSOCIATION hosts the Sproat Lake Regatta at Sproat Lake Provincial Park.

ONGOING ◆ OVEREATERS ANONYMOUS meets Mondays from 7–8:55 p.m. at 4711 Elizabeth St. All ages. Free admission. FMI: Laura H . kittieX2@shaw.ca or call 250-723-7486.

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Free admission. For more info, e-mail PA-Fibro@pipain.com or call 1-844-7477426. www.pipain. com/port-alberni-fibrolife-support-group. html. ◆ JUNIOR BADMINTON runs Mondays and Thursdays at the Alberni Athletic Hall.

8–12 yrs from 6–7 p.m., 13–18 yrs from 7–8 p.m. FMI: Larry at 250-720-6263. ◆ DROP-IN GRIEF GROUP meets Tuesdays at 1 p.m. at the Alberni Valley Hospice Society office, 3088 Third Ave. FMI: 250-7234478. ◆ BARKLEY SOUNDS CHOIR has started its 16th season and welcomes new members of all ages.

Rehearsals are Wednesdays from 6:45-9 p.m. at the Alberni Valley United Church. For more info call 250-723-7907. ◆ COMMUNITY ARCHIVES at the Alberni Valley Museum is open every Tuesday and Thursday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Volunteers available to answer questions on local history, help with family records and other research. Phone 250-723-2181, local 267. ◆ FOLK SONG CIRCLE at Fir Park Village every Tuesday from 7-9 p.m For more info call Diane at 250-7237945. ◆ ALBERNI VALLEY STARFLEET CHAPTER meets the second Thursday of every month, 6 p.m. at Echo Centre. New members welcome. For info call 250-724-7293.

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