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SD70 program sees strong enrolment with late immersion program introduced six years ago KARLY BLATS ALBERNI VALLEY NEWS

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KRISTI DOBSON Coulson Aviation is the new owner of the Salvation Army building on Redford Street.

Wayne Coulson confirmed the sale in an e-mail on Friday but declined to comment further.

“Once we take possession we will be able to discuss,” Coulson wrote.

The sale was finalized by realtor Dave Koszegi.

The Salvation Army announced in February that the organization will be moving to the Libberock building on Argyle Street. Lt. Michelle Cale said she has not been in discussion with Coulson and does not know a specific timeline for the purchase.

Although none of the parties involved would confirm possession dates, Cale said she is confident the Salvation Army will have adequate time for the move.

“We are in good shape to accomplish the move in a fair amount of time without too much pressure,” she said.

“We anticipate to be fully up and running by the summer.”

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French Immersion district coordinator, Marc Fryer, dresses as the Quebec mascot, Bonhomme, in celebration of Carnaval de Quebec. Alberni Elementary French Immersion students skate with Bonhomme on Feb. 26.

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he gym at Alberni Elementary School was full of enthusiastic French Immersion students clapping and dancing along to the French-speaking band, Réveillons, during a celebration for the Quebec Winter “Carnaval” last week.

The up-beat atmosphere and engagement from the students could be construed as signs that the French Immersion program at School District 70 is going strong.

French Immersion offers an opportunity for students to become bilingual and receive a double-Dogwood Graduation Certificate at the end of Grade 12.

Early French Immersion in the Alberni Valley begins for students in kindergarten and goes to Grade 7 at École Alberni Elementary, and then Grades 8–12 at Alberni District Secondary School. Late Immersion students begin in Grade 6 and 7 at École Alberni Elementary and go on to

Grade 8 at ADSS and join early French Immersion students in Grade 9.

“There is not a single other comparable and comprehensive school second- language program in this country,” said Marc Fryer, vice principal at École Alberni Elementary and district coordinator for Frenchlanguage programs.

This is an opportunity to learn a second language while at school.

– Marc Fryer “This is an opportunity to thoroughly learn a second language while at school.”

Fryer said most other Vancouver Island districts have lotteries and waitlists for new French Immersion registrations and not everyone is accepted.

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Program poised to break grad record in 2017 “However, in SD70, we have been able to offer unfettered access to both early and late French Immersion,” Fryer said. “Both programs are viable options for families looking for second language acquisition for their children.”

According to an SD70 newsletter, late French Immersion is designed for students whose first language is not French. All subjects are taught in French and students meet the same learning outcomes as they would in an English-speaking class.

Students who make good candidates for late French Immersion are motivated, proficient in numeracy and literacy in their Grade 5 class, willing to take risks and have a sincere desire

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The french-speaking folk band, Réveillons, perform for École Alberni Elementary school students in celebration of Quebec Winter Carnaval.

to learn another language.

Registrations for the September 2016 school year are being accepted for late and early French Immersion until March 18.

Jean Contant teaches French Immersion at Alberni District Secondary School for Grades 9–12. He said the program began close to 35 years ago because a group of

parents in the Alberni Valley wanted to see French being taught in SD70 schools.

“Next year will be the 25th group of graduates who get a bilingual diploma,” Contant said. “Next

year is a big year for us and we should have our largest graduated class of bilingual grads, about 25 kids.”

Contant said there are many reasons why kids join French

Immersion and that over the years enrolment numbers fluctuate but have been more steady since late Immersion was added six years ago.

“With late Immersion kids who are doing well in school, parents want to offer another opportunity, a challenge, so learning a second language at that point is worth it for them,” he said.

Contant said he hasn’t noticed any loss of skills from French Immersion students once they reach high school, when Frenchlanguage classes go from full-time to about half-time, and that having a second language is beneficial for student career opportunities.

“It always adds another layer for [students’] applications when

they say they’re bilingual,” Contant said. “We have some kids who have applied for some government jobs with the RCMP... even though it’s not a requirement to get in, it helps their application.”

Contant said approximately half a dozen teachers in Port Alberni, who are graduates of the French Immersion program, are now teaching French Immersion in the Valley.

He said some graduates have gone on to teach French Immersion in other places in B.C. and even Quebec.

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Online ‘farm market’ aims to connect producers with buyers SUSAN QUINN ALBERNI VALLEY NEWS

A transplanted Alberni Valley family is bringing their urban farm from the gate to the Internet in the hopes of connecting producers and buyers of agricultural products.

Rick Jorgenson and his daughter Talia, his partner Jane Oliver and Talia’s partner Josiah Gadsby are ViewStreetMarket. ca, and they went live with their website on March 1.

“The feedback has been wonderful,” Rick Jorgenson said.

“People have been read for this for a while,” Talia said.

The quartet work well together: Rick is the sales and marketing manager, Jane looks after branding and accounts, Talia is the customer service and events manager and Josiah takes care of growing food for their market as well as the distribution centre.

They moved to the

View Street Market’s website went live on March 1, and strives to connect agricultural producers

Alberni Valley two and a half years ago from the south Island and have established an urban farm on their

property at Morton and View Street.

With a background in web design, “we saw an opportunity

for there to be a place for local farmers and backyard gardeners and community gardens to sell their stuff online, and we find the buyers,” Oliver said.

“We know food security is an issue and food pricing is getting ridiculous.”

The website gives growers a place to sell their produce, and buyers a place to order what they want straight from local farms. The hope is that everyone from

families to restaurants wanting to shop local will utilize the website, she said.

The Alberni Valley has a thriving agricultural community and farmers’ markets, and View Street Market should be viewed as an enhancement, not competition, Rick said.

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City adds new beach

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The City of Port Alberni will have a new beach on the Alberni Inlet as of March 23.

The city has finally purchased what is locally known as “Esso Beach”, between the Harbour Quay Marina and the boat launch behind Harbour Quay.

The city paid Imperial Oil $209,000 for the property, equal to its BC Assessment value. The money came from the land sale reserve fund.

The city had been leasing the land for $1 a year from Esso,

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Have you been to the the corner of Argyle and Kingsway lately? Drop by and you might see something new! The Young Professional’s tsunami public art projects has now been installed.

The piece, constructed out of three slabs of McLean Mill cedar with designs wood burned onto it by local artist Shayne Lloyd, will commemorate the 1964 tsunami.

The Good Friday tsunami claimed no victims but destroyed property and cars and ultimately was a factor in the amalgamation of the two Albernis in 1967.

The tsunami pillar was a collaborative project between the Young Professionals, McLean Mill, Canadian Alberni Engineering, the Rotary Club of Port Alberni Arrowsmith, the City of Port Alberni Local Government and Shayne Lloyd.

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The Young Professionals have erected a public art project on the corner of Kingsway and Argyle to commemorate the 1964 Good Friday tsunami.

and built a staircase leading down to the small beach so people could better access it.

Mayor Mike Ruttan said that the city isn’t yet willing to talk about their long-term plans for the site but plan to beautify it in the short term.

“The first plan is to clean it up and essentially make it look like it belongs to the rest of that area,” said Ruttan.

“We do have some longer plans moving forward that will take a bit of money but what we can do right now that is relatively inexpensive is we can

take down the existing fence, put up a railing, do something with the beach to make it more beach-like—add in some gravel that may have been dredged up t out of China Creek.”

When the city a leased the land in n 2014, it was still t classified as a D brownfield site due to contamination from f its former life as a r fuel depot. Former city director of Parks s and Recreation Scott Kenny said at the t time that the area had w potential, because the boat ramp could a be improved and t amenities added. a

Storefronts get a hand up from city KATYA SLEPIAN ALBERNI VALLEY NEWS

Business owners looking to make facade improvements can now qualify for a financial hand up from the City of Port Alberni.

The proposal from economic development manager

Pat Deakin came out of business walks that city council did in the fall.

“What we heard was that several business owners were thinking about making some facade improvements,” said Deakin.

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c business owners were f proposing weren’t t enough to qualify for the city’s commercial t revitalization tax exemption bylaw, which offers a tax break on any increased assessed property values due to improvements.

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Port Alberni’s newer restaurants Third was a wonderful and following that they enjoyed presentation by Mr. Blain not two, not three, but four Pouliot who along with his wife presentations via local people.

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Gertrude Bridge delayed City funds business facade upgrades KATYA SLEPIAN

Contractors continue widening the Gertrude Street bridge on March 1.

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The extra costs were incurred due to forced relocation of a Fortis BC gas line and extra work on the bridge underside.

“The existing substructure itself is sound but there isn’t enough strength or capacity in the substructure to make the road really wide— we’re widening the road a little bit,” Cicon told city council in December.

“That will accommodate cycling lanes on each side but pedestrians we’re guiding down to the new foot bridge that we put in just upstream last year. We’ve got an interesting combination there.”

The foot bridge was installed in 2014 at a

cost of $152,000.

Widening the vehicle bridge will involve both surface and substructure work, city streets superintendent Wilf Taekema said in October.

“The existing sidewalks that are on there—and they’re raised above the roadway—those will be removed,” said Taekema. hey’ll be replaced with “pre-cast concrete deck supported by girders underneath.”

“A four-foot concrete guard rail will separate the bicycle path from the vehicles,” added

Taekema. A steel fence will separate the outside of the bike lane from the river below.

The bike lane will be 1.9 metres as per provincial regulations; that opposed to the current 1.5 metre sidewalk.

The work done on the bridge will also encompass the bridge’s underside.

“There’s quite a bit of woodwork and steel work that has to be done,” Taekema said.

Cicon said that any work identified outside of the original contract would result in increased costs for the city.

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The minimum improvement value needed to qualify for that is $100,000.

“It really came down to painting the store front or putting a new canopy on it or putting new windows in, putting in a new door... something that will change the look of it, catch the attention of people from the sidewalk or the road,” said Deakin.

A facade improvement bylaw could be “a stop gap” for improvements that didn’t meet the commercial tax revitalization bylaw criteria, said city planner Scott Smith.

Other municipalities have adopted similar bylaws successfully, he added, generally via matching funds.

Deakin suggested an annual budget of $10,000-25,000 for the program but was challenged by Coun.

Sharie Minions who felt it was insufficient.

“I think this is

something we could get a lot of uptake on and really see a drastic difference... but my thought was that $25,000 was low,” said Minions.

“I’d like to see a good difference so that people could actually feel the difference. My thought was $50,000.”

Minions added that for the first year of the program, she would like to see it target key areas.

“I’d like to see it specific to main streets like lower Johnston, lower Argyle and Third Avenue so that we’re getting the biggest effect.”

Deakin added that

SHARIE MINIONS some communities were even more specific and chose to focus on corner properties for the biggest impact.

Coun. Ron Paulson suggested that the program be firstcome first-serve and provide up to $5,000 in matching funds but Mayor Mike Ruttan suggested that be left up to the discretion of Deakin and Smith.

“The advantage of a first-come [system] is that you get the applications coming in right away,” said Deakin.

Staff will prepare a program for council to review. reporter@albenivalleynews.com

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Drivers will have to continue to detour around the Gertrude Street bridge for another three weeks, as the bridge will remain closed.

The bridge widening construction, which has been on the City of Port Alberni’s list of projects since they fall, has been delayed months.

“It’s being delayed because of delays in concrete panel fabrication,” said city engineer Guy Cicon.

Unforeseen design details and the weather are the other two factors behind the delays, he added.

The bridge was originally supposed to stay partially open for during construction but Cicon said that it was both safer and faster if the bridge was fully closed.

“Part of the original concept was that the bridge would be partially open during construction but it’s much safer for the public and the contractor to have it closed,” said Cicon.

The vehicle bridge over Kitsuksis Creek and walkway is being widened to allow for bike lanes on either side of the bridge. The work is being done at a cost $347,000—up from the original

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KATYA SLEPIAN Flooding on lower Third Avenue should be a thing of the past after the city completes an extra storm drainage outlet in the area.

The city has contracted out the work to Bowerman Excavating at a cost of $400,000. Crews were out in heavy rain on Tuesday working on the outlet, diverting traffic on lower Third Avenue for a time in the morning.

“It’s a continuation of the Dry Creek project,” said City of Port Alberni engineering tech Boyd Wong. The budget for the Dry Creek flood mitigation project was $2.7 million and including the storm outfall being constructed now, $2.3 million has been spent.

“What we’re trying to achieve there is to install another storm outfall to help alleviate the flooding that we get in that area, in front of Deja Vu Books. We always

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Bowerman Excavating workers dig up ground for a storm sewer outfall into Dry Creek on lower Third Avenue on Tuesday, March 1.

seem to have issues with water sitting in that area when we have heavy rains.”

Approximately a foot of standing water pooled near Bute Street during the heavy rains in December 2015.

While according to city engineer Guy Cicon, the flood mitigation work on Dry Creek addressed the flooding caused by the creek, it didn’t address issues with the city’s aging storm drain network.

“When we reached 5 millimetres per hour (of rain), the rainfall exceeded the capacity of the underground

drainage system,” Cicon said at the time.

Precipitation reached that rate for four or five hours during the afternoon and early evening of Dec. 5.

Wong said that an extra storm outfall will be the shortterm measure to stop flooding on Third Avenue.

“This will be a way of helping alleviate the immediate problems in the area and then eventually it’s designed to continue up Bute Street,” said Wong. Currently, the new outfall will only collect storm water up to the Bute Street and Fourth Avenue

intersection. Wong said that while the system used to be able to handle the rains, the city’s one outfall in the area is insufficient now.

“Right now, for that lower Fourth Avenue area north of Dry Creek there’s only one storm outfall that goes through the Husky gas station property and that obviously can’t handle all the extra water,” he said. “It seems like the rain is more intense now. It was designed at one time and it worked fine but for whatever reason now it just can’t seem to handle the intensity of rain.”

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Multiple water main leaks along Sixth Avenue have spurred the City of Port Alberni to replace the aging main, said waterworks charge hand Amar Giri.

“We’re replacing a eight-inch asbestos cement water main [that’s] probably from the early 1970s with PVC C900,” said Giri.

Polyvinyl chloride, or PVC pipe is heavyduty plastic polymer.

“One of the main reasons for replacing this one is that we’ve had several breaks in it over the years.”

The stretch of water main between Roger Street and Wallace Street serves businesses that can’t go without water, he explained.

“We have some very important businesses on this line—like the dialysis centre, the health centre, a dentist’s office—so whenever there was a break we had to fix it right away and 99 per cent of the time it was in the middle of the night.”

The city has opted to use PVC pipe instead of ductile iron to save on costs.

“The ductile iron

John Stephen covers up a water main access on Sixth Avenue on Tuesday, March 1.

is more money and harder to work with,” said Giri.

“We will use ductile if we don’t have enough coverage on top of the line— we usually like to see about a metre coverage (of dirt) on the line with PVC.” Replacing the water main on a block like this is challenging, Giri said, because several other lines run underground in the area.

“The main challenges on this block is that everything is underground. We have the underground Telus, we have the fiber-optic [cables],

gas, hydro and we had to cross the highpressure gas main and working under the hydro wires... it was a challenge getting around it.” The main work of laying the pipe has been completed, Giri said.

“This week we’ll be pressure testing, chlorinating and then a lab sample will be sent. Once that comes clear we’ll be doing a tie-in to the old main on Roger Street and then switching services over and then doing the final tie-in on Wallace Street.”

The work should be completed in the beginning of April.

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ARE YOU READY IN THE EVENT OF A CRISIS?

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mergency preparedness is a theme gaining traction in the Alberni Valley, and there are signs all over indicating why.

Earlier this week the Young Professionals of the Alberni Valley (YPAV) quietly celebrated the installation of their tsunami memorial artwork at the corner of Argyle Street and Kingsway Avenue. Pyrographic artist Shayne Lloyd has preserved memories of the Alberni Valley and how it has shaped up since the Good Friday tsunami of 1964 that roared up the Alberni Inlet in the middle of the night.

The Alberni Valley Bulldogs last weekend honoured community first responders with a pair of ceremonial faceoffs and info on emergency preparedness. First Emergency responders comprise preparedness paramedics, police officers, firefighters, is a theme volunteer search and gaining rescue members, groups and traction in the radio more.

Alberni Valley Mayor Mike Ruttan has been filling a this month. grab n’ go bag at the beginning of every city council meeting, with the goal of having the bag filled by mid-June with everything a person would need to survive in a disaster.

Why June? The Alberni Valley is poised to host a three-day earthquake and tsunami emergency response exercise that will see city and regional district officials team up with emergency responders and others. An urban search and rescue team will visit the Valley for an exercise as well.

Watch for more information on this exercise in the coming weeks. And think about whether you’re truly prepared.

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We would like to publicly acknowledge and thank a number of groups and individuals for the support they gave to the ADSS Life Skills student during the exam week of Jan. 25–29. They made such an immense difference in the educational program of our students.

A big thank you goes out to the members of Port Alberni City Council for supplying bus passes that allowed our students to gain the experience

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and skills needed to use the city public transit system. We had such a great time getting out of the school and exploring our city.

And thank you to the bus drivers we encountered on our travels. They were wonderful. They were always so kind, friendly and helpful.

Kudos to the Alberni Bulldogs hockey players, who took time out of their busy schedules to come and skate with our students. Their act of kindness made such a difference.

The students had such a wonderful time skating with the

players and it is a memory that will stay with them.

A special thanks to the managers at Quality Foods for giving us a behindthe-scenes tour of the store. The students enjoyed seeing all the different departments that make up a grocery store. And thanks for all those cookies. They were delicious. These guys are indeed awesome.

Caroline Ellis,ADSS Life Skills Dept.

Keeping up the land pressure To the Editor,

Sierra Club activist

editor@albernivalleynews.com Mark Worthing (Letters, AV News, Jan. 20) is critical of a Tom Fletcher column against the environmentalist agitation to save more of BC old growth forest (three hectares in the Walbran valley).

Worthing’s sarcasm seeks to decry Fletcher’s column. He asserts the majority of BCers support saving forests for a better life and future jobs.

BC has the toughest regulations for forest management yet Worthing promotes distrust and demands more oversight of the harvesting.

This is how the resource economy

is impeded: by spreading distrust, making counter claims of management violations, and demanding greater oversight based on science.

Much of environmental activism science is based on data collection that is supportive only of the groomed hypothesis.

Assertions are made of planetary disaster and clarion calls for aggressive expensive correction. Conclusive proof of the premise of science will not be realized for decades.

Bruce E. Hornidge, Port Alberni

‘Provincial patchwork’ the least desirable of policies for doctor-assisted suicide in B.C. Cont’d from page A8

(Meanwhile, the term “right to life” is all but banned from university campuses, to minimize the risk of a coarse literal interpretation that it means, you know, a right to life.)

A Liberaldominated

committee of MPs and senators has recommended full-throttle implementation, not restricted to terminal illness and including mental conditions such as depression and dementia. The majority suggested even “mature minors” should

have this new right.

The politicians support allowing doctors to opt out of cases they won’t condone, as long as they provide a referral to another doctor.

In Belgium, one of the pioneers of this brave new world, most of the growing number

of euthanasia patients have had cancer. But as The New Yorker magazine reported in a ground-breaking article last summer, others have been euthanized because of autism, anorexia, partial paralysis, blindness with deafness, manicdepression and

yes, chronic fatigue syndrome.

B.C. Health Minister Terry Lake expressed the hope that Canada ends up with a consistent policy on doctor-assisted suicide, rather than a provincial patchwork.

The closest Lake came to politically

incorrect criticism was to caution that “deep discussion” is needed around the court’s notion of a “competent minor,” someone not yet entrusted with the vote or access to a liquor store.

Three dissenting Conservative MPs went so far

as to say the recommendations don’t adequately protect seniors who might be coerced into checking out and passing on their estates. How old-fashioned.

Tom Fletcher is legislature reporter and columnist for Black Press. Twitter: @ tomfletcherbc

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A few days last week the sun shone so brightly that thoughts of Spring and getting outside perked up our spirits. Then the cold rain came down and our spirits flagged. But take a look outside everything is beginning to look a lot greener - spring flowers are peeking through the soil. As we continue to the end of the season of Lent it is a wonderful time to remember that God wants us to celebrate life as we go along. Even the disciples had to clarify their vision and confirm their insights. They had walked many a long road. Now was the time to celebrate how far they had come. Don’t we all need to sit back at times and celebrate where we are? Enjoy both what we have earned in life and the gifts we have been given. So on those rainy days in our lives, get out those rain coats and boots and celebrate the life God has given us. For God has promised us a rainbow - and we can rejoice in that.

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Soccer Jamboree

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ADSS turf from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., featuring many of the teams they have played this season. The public is encouraged to come and watch some good soccer.

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City Connect at Gertrude St Bridge over Kitsuksis Creek

A full closure of Gertrude Street at Kitsuksis Creek for vehicle traffic is required for the Gertrude Street Bridge Widening project, starting Feb 2nd for a duration of approximately three weeks.

Pedestrian and bicycle traffic will continue to be able to cross Kitsuksis Creek via the pedestrian bridge located immediately upstream during this closure. Pathways under the bridge structure will also be closed periodically during construction for safety reasons.

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SPECIAL BUDGET MEETING Monday, March 14th @ 1:00pm City Hall Council Chambers

COUNCIL PROCEDURE BYLAW AMENDMENT Please be advised that Council for the City of Port Alberni intends to adopt “Council Procedures Bylaw, 2013, Amendment No. 2, Bylaw No. 4895” at its regular meeting on March 14th, 2016.

This Bylaw will amend Council’s Procedures by incorporating a process for electronic participation in meetings as well as incorporates a change to Question Period to all questions on any topic of relevance to the City.

A new Section 10 outlines the process for electronic participation in meetings.

Section 22 is amended to reflect the change to Question Period.

O N T H E C A L E NDA R NEXT COUNCIL MEETING: Monday March 14, 7:00 pm

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The Sunshine Club is hosting a craft and bake sale at Echo Centre on Saturday, March 5 from 1-3 p.m. Come check out craft items, baked goods, raffle tickets and refreshments.

Admission is free and the event is open to everyone.

Now available at: Echo Centre City Hall AV Multiplex

SPECIAL OCCASION LICENSES

PUBLIC EVENTS If you plan to serve alcohol at a community event or public celebration in the City of Port Alberni, you need to obtain approval for a Special Occasion (Public Event) License from the city. The City is now accepting applications for Special Occasion (Public Event) Licenses for 2016.

In order to be considered, applications must be submitted on a prescribed application form available at City Hall. Applications are to be submitted to the attention of Davina Hartwell, City Clerk, no later than 4:30 pm, Thursday March 10, 2016.

Special Occasions (Public Events) are recognized community or public celebrations or events conducted by bona fide organizations or societies. Approval is required from City Council, the RCMP and the Liquor Control and Licensing Branch. An outline of the City’s guidelines is provided with the application forms.

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ATTENTION: LOCAL CHARITIES

Registered Charities are invited to submit applications to receive a portion of the proceeds from the

City of Port Alberni Davina Hartwell, City Clerk 4850 Argyle Street Port Alberni BC V9Y 1V8 Phone: 250-720-2810 Email: davina_hartwell@portalberni.ca

The Liquor Control and Licensing Act requires that the applicant for a Special Occasion License must successfully complete the Responsible Beverage Service Training Program.

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Copies of the draft Bylaw are available from the City Clerk’s Department at City Hall. For any questions regarding council proceedings, please contact Davina Hartwell, who’s information can be found to the right.

Have some extra motorcycle gear you don’t want? Want to trade it in? Come out to a women’s motorcycle gear swap and social at Char’s Landing on Sunday, March 6 from 7-9 p.m. Hosted

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Charities selected will need to provide assistance to the organizing committee prior to and during the tournament, July 8 & 9.

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Ruttan said there is a one in three chance for a damaging crustal earthquake to hit Vancouver Island within the next 50 years and that it is important to be prepared for evacuation.

He added that a personal emergency kit doesn’t need to take long and that some people may already have items at home that can be added to a container, like flashlights, clothes, food, water and batteries.

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children born in 2011 registering for Kindergarten children currently attending another SD70 school but intending to enroll in their catchment-area school for next September

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The Alberni Valley Childcare Society will be acquiring a new bus for its Stepping Stones Programs before the end of its large fundraising campaign. Program administrator Julie Spencer said children will be riding to and from school in style by the beginning of March. When the bus was subjected to a mechanical failure last spring, it only received a temporary repair at the cost of $43,000.

That was when board members decided to start a fundraising initiative for a new school bus. The ball started rolling with donations from the summer’s Charity Golf Classic, the Society’s annual Halloween Spooktacular and in-house chocolate sales. The final push is the current raffle, with the top prize being a large playhouse built by students of the VAST woodworking program.

“To date, we have raised approximately $53,000 and if we sell out of raffle tickets, that will be an additional $15,000,” Spencer said.

A playhouse built by the VAST woodworking class is the top prize in the Alberni Valley Childcare Society bus raffle.

The bus is expected to cost between $70,000 to $80,000.

When the Society acquired the 24-passenger micro school bus 15 years ago, it was purchased new, but has experienced too much wear and tear to continue. The new one will be the same size, but will be modernized with new features, including an automatic door opener.

Between the three different site locations for before and afterschool care, just over 50 students depend on the bus for transportation.

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From a program enhancement perspective, Spencer said the bus will add to the children’s daycare experience.

The bus is used for local fieldtrips but the new one will allow groups to visit places further afield, including the Parksville beach, Little Qualicum Falls and the Nanaimo wave pool.

“We can go to places as simple as the neighbourhood park, but in the summer,

some kids are not getting the classic summer vacation so we can enhance their experience,” Spencer said. “It broadens their learning experience.”

Spencer hopes all raffle tickets will be sold by the cut off on May 20.

Only 3,000 are available and can be purchased for $5 each at any of the Alberni Valley Childcare Society locations, through parents of the centre or on Saturday, Feb. 27 at Quality Foods. The second prize is a $500 gift card for Quality Foods and the third is a Wheels on the Bus quilt made by AVCCS board members. The draw takes place on May 25.

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• Ty Watson House/AV Hospice Society have been blessed with many donations and the Scotiabank knowing what an asset to the Valley that Ty Watson House is, decided to fund the Tea at Cedarwood Lodge for major donors. Karen and Jan Lavertu of Home Hardware gave the house it’s new kitchen, a great asset

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The AV Bulldogs celebrate after a goal at Saturday night’s game against Powell River.

It took them 58 games to do it, but the Alberni Valley Bulldogs claimed the last playoff spot in the B.C. Hockey League Island Division with a pair of wins over Powell RIver Kings on the weekend.

Coupled with a Victoria Grizzlies’ loss on Friday, the wins gave the Bulldogs 54 points on the regular season—two more

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The Bulldogs will face first-place Nanaimo Clippers in the first round of the BCHL playoffs beginning this Friday, March 4 in Nanaimo.

“I don’t think it’s

a surprise to us,” Bulldogs’ coach Kevin Willison said.

“We’ve been playing some pretty good hockey. It’s a matter of finishing games and that we can play with anybody.”

The Bulldogs pulled out the points they needed on their final road trip of the season, Willison said, and even though one of the wins against Powell River was in overtime, it was still

a win.

“It’s unfortunate it took us 58 games. I give these guys a lot of credit for hanging in there and believing in the coaching staff.”

The Bulldogs have a mix of players with playoff experience and those who are new to the post-season.

Willison will look to players like team captain Eric Margo or Chris Schutz to

motivate the playoff rookies.

“Those guys are going to communicate with these kids some of the experiences they had last year from the seven-game series in Nanaimo.

It’s no different than sneaking in the back door to the playoffs.”

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Isabella Cross competes in a two-run combined slalom during the B.C. Winter Games outside of Penticton last weekend. Cross finished 21st in the two-run slalom in the province, 18th in single-run slalom and 32nd in B.C. in the giant slalom.

Games in three alpine skiing events at Apex Mountain Resort, outside of Penticton.

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Alberni Valley Special Olympics figure skater Kimberly Giesbrecht returned home from the B.C. Winter Games in Penticton with a silver medal on Monday, while other athletes returned with success stories of their own.

Giesbrecht earned her silver medal in the Special Olympics Women Level 3.

Matthew MacDonald earned second place in Special Olympics Men Level 2.

Badminton player Hanna Ross and the rest of the Vancouver Island Zone 6 mixed team earned bronze.

Isabella Cross competed in her first-ever BC Winter

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ADSS wrestlers third at BC Championships

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Alberni District Secondary School wrestler Kyla McAuley, top, turns her opponent during a match at the BC high school wrestling championships in Abbotsford last weekend.

individual results that propelled the young ADSS team to their third place finish. Final individual results were: Aaron Badovinac (2nd 70kg), Ravi Manhas (3rd 41kg), Isaac McDonald (3rd 54kg), Kyla McAuley (3rd HWT), Morgan Dagenais (5th 57kg), Kiarra Fong (5th 54kg), Seth Price (5th 45kg), Trevor Barker (5th 48kg), Kylea Anderson (6th 90kg) and Owen Spencer (6th 51kg).

“Our wrestlers should be really proud of what they accomplished this

weekend,” coach Chris Bodnar said.

“Little Bado (Aaron Badovinac) wrestled really well. He pinned all three of his opponents to get into the gold medal final. In the final he came up against Brookswood’s Trevor Weltzin. Weltzin has been undefeated all year and is a returning national and provincial medallist.

“Aaron gave it his all but in the end Weltzin showed why he has been undefeated all season. He was voted as the Most Outstanding Wrestler

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Bronze medallists Ravi Manhas, Isaac McDonald, and Kyla McAuley all had great tournaments, losing only one close match respectively.

“Ravi is a two-time bronze medallist at the BCs. He showed a lot of grit wrestling on the consolation side after a disappointing semi-final loss,” noted ADSS coach Russ Bodnar.

“He was wrestling well in the semi-final but was a little too aggressive and got caught in a throw. I am proud of the fact

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he battled back once again.”

Isaac McDonald garnered a lot of praise from opposing coaches for his performance in the 54-kilogram division at the BCs.

Our wrestlers should really be proud of what they accomplished this weekend.

– Chris Bodnar “A bronze medal is certainly nothing to shake your head at but it doesn’t necessarily reflect just how good Isaac wrestled,” coach James Messenger said.

“His conditioning is so good and he

wrestled very well tactically. In the quarterfinal he knocked off the third ranked wrestler. In the semi-final I think he out wrestled his opponent, a Grade 12 and multiple BC medallist, but just couldn’t capitalize on the opportunities he created.”

Grade 9 athlete Kyla McAuley “wrestled the tournament of her life,” ADSS coach Jeannette Badovinac said.

“She beat a girl who she has lost to three or four times this season. In fact she beat the gold medallist in the preliminaries but due to the tie breaking criteria in her division finished with the bronze,” Badovinac said.

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The BC Championships officially wrap up the high school season. A handful of wrestlers have been invited to participate in training and competitive opportunities with Team BC over the next few months.

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lberni District Secondary School’s Wrestling Team finished third overall at the 2016 BC High School Championships in Abbotsford on the weekend.

The Armada finished behind Saint Thomas Moore of Burnaby and Pinetree of Coquitlam. There were 109 schools represented at this year’s BC High School Championships.

In addition to the combined team standings the Armada boys team finished fifth in their division.

“The most promising thing about our results this weekend is every single one of our wrestlers returns to ADSS next year,” head coach John McDonald said following the competition.

“We brought 21 wrestlers and 10 of them finished in the top six. Six more wrestlers were only one match away from placing. We have a great group of kids on our team and if we can build on what we accomplished this year I know we can place even higher in 2017.”

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U14 Athletics in road nailbiter

INBRIEF Ladies’ field hockey on tap

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A group of women have organized ladies’ field hockey drop-in sessions at Glenwood Centre throughout the month of March.

People interested in learning more can drop in Tuesday evenings from 7:30–8:30 p.m. Wear your runners and field hockey sticks will be provided.

The group includes people ages 20 to 60 years; no experience is necessary.

Practice will move outside to the turf in April.

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Soccer jamboree on March 6 The Alberni Athletics and other teams will participate in a soccer jamboree at the ADSS turf and grass fields on Sunday, March 6 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

other words, it is not sudden death). Powell River scored about halfway through the first overtime period.

The Athletics pushed back and played as hard as they could, leaving everything on the field.

At the end of overtime, Powell River’s lone goal stood and the host team won 1–0.

“It was a great team effort overall,” team spokesperson Shaun Rust said.

“Considering that all of Powell River’s players were born in 2002, while the Athletics have players from 2002, 2003, 2004 and 2005, they played extremely well.”

On Feb. 21 the Athletics played a game against Oceanside’s U15 team in Qualicum Beach.

Again, despite being badly outsized due to age difference, the Athletics held their own, only losing 1-0.

“It was an exciting game to end the regular season,” Rust said.

On March 6, the Athletics will participate in a jamboree at the ADSS turf from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., featuring many of the teams they have played this season. The public is encouraged to come out on March 6 and watch some good soccer.

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Deadline for registered charities to apply is Friday, April 8.

Information is available by calling 250-723-5422.

Submit applications to Bruce MacDonald, head pro at Alberni Golf Course.

The bantam T3 Bulldogs hosted Tri-Port Eagles at the AV Multiplex on Saturday with the Island championship on the line. The Bulldogs pulled out the win, and were presented with the Vancouver Island Amateur Hockey Association Tier 3 championship banner following the game.

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The Alberni Athletics U14 soccer team travelled to Powell River on Feb. 14 to play a provincial qualifying game, and delivered a nailbiter.

The girls came out strong and withstood an early attack by Powell River. From midway through the first half, all the way to the end of regulation time, it was an even game, with only a couple of scoring chances for either side.

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It is with heavy hearts that we announce the peaceful passing of our Dear Father, Banta Gill.

Survived By Daughters, Belinda (Larry), Gerri (Rob), Delaine (Bobby); Grandchildren, James (Meagan), Chantal (Sean), Jolene, Danielle, Chelsey; Great Granddaughter, Kaiya; Sisters, Karlo Beres, Margaret Loyd, their families; numerous nieces, nephews and extended family.

Many thanks to Dr. White and the numerous staff at West Coast General Hospital, for all the guidance and support they gave us through our journey.

Stories and condolences may be forwarded to the family by visiting www.yatesfuneral.ca A Celebration Of Life will be held at 2:00 pm on Saturday, March 5, 2016 at “Dad’s Office” (a.k.a. Kingsway Hotel) 3203 - 1st Avenue

RON SHERWOOD It is with many tears and deep sadness that we announce the passing of Ron Sherwood on February 23, 2016 at Royal Jubilee Hospital with his family by his side.

Ron was predeceased by his father, Ervin Sherwood on Feb. 16, 1994. He is survived by his loving wife of 57 years, Dorothy; his mother Ethel Sherwood; children Tim (Heather), Brenda (Dan), Tammy (Dave), and Troy.

He is also survived by his brother Gary (Bev) and sister Sharon (Bill) and their families. All his grandchildren and great-grandchildren will forever miss their Papa!

Ron worked at many jobs during his life, but his favourites were owning his own gravel truck and his own businesses Sherwood Body Works, Sherwood Springs and the Alberni Regional Landfill. Ron had many loves in his life, first was gardening, woodworking, camping, travelling and country music. Nothing made him happier than sitting at the river around the campfire playing guitars. He loved and cherished sharing time with his family and close friends.

Celebration of Life will be held on Sunday, March 6, 2016 at A.V. Rescue Hall from 12:00 pm to 3:00 pm.

In lieu of flowers, the family request donations be made in Ron’s memory to Ty Watson House.

Cecil Gordon Moore February 8,1921 - January 2, 2016 of Port Alberni. Passed away suddenly on January 2, 2016 at the age of 94 years Cecil is survived by his Wife of 71 years, Nina Pearl Moore; 5 children Arlene, Elaine, Betty, Howard and Wayne; 6 grandchildren; and 4 great grandchildren.

Cecil came to the Valley in 1939. Served in the Army from 1942 till 1946. Upon returning to the valley he went to work in the shingle mill until he retired at the age of 65.

Special Thank you to the Staff at Fir Park Village for their kind care.

CLARKE, LAURA (Laura “Ronnie” Mann)

It is with sad hearts we announce the passing of our dear mother, grandmother, great grandmother on February 18th, 2016 at The Gardens, Qualicum Beach Laura was born in Kingsland, SK in 1917 to pioneer parents and enjoyed life on the farm with her 3 younger sisters, Irene, Mildred (dec) and Mary before leaving home to further her education and enter nursing school at Saskatoon City Hospital.

She nursed in SK then travelled to BC and met her 1st husband, Harry Mann in Nanaimo, settling in Port Alberni. They raised their family, Fred, Judy and stepdaughter Winnifred. Harry passed away in 1968 after which Laura returned to nursing, a career she loved. She met her 2nd husband, Lloyd Clarke from Rosetown, SK married in 1976 and made their home in Victoria. They enjoyed life together, travelling abroad and visiting family in Port Alberni and in SK; also curling, bridge and golfing with many friends.

After Lloyd’s passing Laura moved to Parksville to be closer to family residing there for 10 years before moving to The Gardens.

We celebrate her long life with us and are at peace with her passing.

Fred and Pam Mann & family: Rodney (Christine), Trevor, Sharon (Alan) and 3 great grandchildren Judy and Roy Fedirchuk & family: Mathew, Mark and Derrik, 3 great grandchildren and 1 great great grandson Winnifred Langfield (Robert dec): Bob (Alice), Patti (Auni), Liana (dec) & their families Bill Clarke, Hugh Clarke, Carol Walker and Lela Moore & their families, 11 grandchildren (2 dec) and 23 great grandchildren.

Our heartfelt thanks go to the staff of 3rd floor of The Gardens who lovingly cared for Mom and treated her like family and to Dr. Haslett for his care and support.

Someone who meant so much will live on in so many loving memories.

Celebration of Life to be held March 12th, 2016, 1:00pm - 4:00pm at Arrowsmith Baptist Church, 4283 Glenside Rd., Port Alberni.

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WAYNE HASLER (aka Poppa Wayne, Lolo Wayne, Dad and Mother or Mom) passed away at the age of 71 in the early hours of February 18, 2016.

He leaves behind his wife, Diane, daughter Sandra (Viki and her family), son Barry (his three daughters), daughter Val (Conrado, Soleil, Jhurnee, Ceylon). He also leaves behind his step-dad, Doug Bonk, adopted sister, Rose, his father John Hasler and step-mom Barb. He will be greatly missed by his sisters-in-law, Lynda and Boni and brother-in-law Roger, nieces and nephews and cousins and friends.

Wayne loved to help others and did his best to make this corner of the world a little better. He had a positive attitude and was determined to survive his cancer. His life was good because he made it that way. Wayne requested cremation.

There will be a Celebration of Wayne’s Life at the Search and Rescue Hall, 4790 Tebo Ave at 1:00 pm, on Saturday, March 5, 2016.

The family requests no owers, but rather send donations in Wayne’s memory to Ty Watson House, 2649 – 2nd Ave, Port Alberni, BC, V9Y 1Z8. Our family also is so grateful to Wayne’s health team who shared his journey and helped make it as comfortable as possible. Condolences may be offered to the family at www.chapelofmemories.ca

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The Port Alberni Port Authority (PAPA) is seeking a lead engineering consultant to work on its behalf for a preliminary evaluation, conceptual design and detailed design for an oil spill response base to be operated by Western Canada Marine Response Corporation (WCMRC).

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n encore presentation of the Vagina Monologues is coming to the Italian Hall on Saturday, March 5 for International Women’s Day. This is the fourth year Eve Ensler’s Vagina Monologues has been brought to Port Alberni. The last production was on Feb. 20 at Char’s Landing that Gwynne Hunt, artistic director with Art Matters Society, said was a great success.

“There was 101 people there including the actors... it was a really good audience and a really good show,” Hunt said.

Saturday’s show is part of a whole day celebration for International Women’s Day. Performances begin at 7 p.m. with a 40-minute introduction before the Vagina Monologues.

Opening the show is Kat Wahamaa, a West Coast Music Award nominated, singersongwriter from Mission, B.C., who will sing Wise Women, that Hunt describes as sort of an anthem for the production.

Next is a rant written by 17-year-old Ruby

Cast members from the Vagina Monologues get together with producer Gwynne Hunt, lower left corner, for a rehearsal prior to Saturday’s show.

Hunt called Rape Culture. Hunt and Lauren Bader, also 17, are part of a group called Just Us Girls and will perform the rant together.

Finally, a new play called Breast Friends, that discusses the importance of body image, will be performed by 10 cast members from the Vagina Monologues before the main show.

This will be Hunt’s 20th production of the Vagina Monologues—she used to produce the show in Abbotsford, where she lived before relocating to Port Alberni—one

that she said is going to be interesting.

“We have a dozen women coming from the Mainland to perform in roles that they’ve done before and joining our local cast of a dozen women,” Hunt said. “It’s going to be quite an interesting production and very lively, I can guarantee that.”

Hunt said none of the local cast members have met those joining from the Mainland but have graciously stepped back and are okay with watching the visiting women perform their parts.

This is an important play to bring to Port Alberni, or anywhere, said Hunt, because it raises awareness about rape culture, how women are perceived and how women perceive themselves.

Generally from the audience “there’s a lot of crying and a huge amount of laughter,” Hunt said, and that the Vagina Monologues is an “interesting piece that is a worldwide phenomenon.”

Performing the monologue Hair and a transgender piece in Saturday’s Vagina Monologues is Port

Alberni’s Ange Brown.

This will be Brown’s third time being a member of the cast and said she first saw Ensler’s play when she was 16 years old with her mom. “[The play] was enough to stay in my mind for all those years and then when I saw the audition, I thought, that’s scary but I have to at least try that,” Brown said.

Brown said the last show was a lot of fun and brought out a large audience.

“I don’t think people can come and not be moved,” she said. “[The play] is powerful, so I hope it draws conversation... or it stays with them for a while.”

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be bought at Alberni Community and Women’s Services Society (ACAWS) on Third Avenue, the Main Artery at the Harbour Quay or at the Italian Hall on Saturday.

Hunt said because of leftover money raised by Art Matters Society last year, it is possible to put on a full day of events for International Women’s Day. “Everyone is welcome,” Hunt Said. “We hope that men come, they can take the belly dancing if they want, its not exclusive to only women. Our audiences are usually 50–50.” karly.blats @albernivalleynews.com

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At 2 p.m. there will be a one-hour yoga and meditation session followed by a twohour belly dancing and body movement class at 3 p.m.

Hunt said people can choose to come to all of the daytime events for $25, drop in for $10 each or get a ticket for all the day events as well as the night shows for $40. Tickets can

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Join us in the gallery for refreshments and an opportunity to meet Cynthia at her artist reception, Saturday, March 12 from 1–3 p.m.

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Mason entitled “Appraising Emily Carr: a case study in art appraisals”.

Mason will explain the complex and interesting world of appraising art. What are the ingredients of an art appraisal?

How many different kinds of appraisals are there? Why have art appraised?

How is an appraisal created? These and other questions will be answered in the evening lecture.

Bonesky amazes

The next art exhibit at the Rollin Art Centre features muchloved artist Cynthia Bonesky, showcasing her amazing talent in acrylic paintings.

Much of Bonesky’s exhibit will feature portraits, depicting her love of travel.

Don’t miss this exhibit which begins March 10 and runs until April 1.

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he Community Arts Council will be holding its annual general meeting on Thursday, March 3 at 7 p.m., in the AV Museum.

Along with discussing our year in review, elections of board members will take place, so if you are interested in joining this wonderful board of directors and be a part of a great organization of keeping Arts alive in the Alberni Valley, please join us.

Something special is being planned for the evening, an illustrated lecture by art historian and appraiser Kerry

Celebration of Wise Women

An All-Day Event!

March 5 at the Italian Hall $25-cash only on site 1 PM Visualization & the Creative Spirit with Jillian Mayne

2 PM Meditation & Gentle Yoga with Livi from Willow Tree Yoga

3 PM Belly Dance & Body

Tour with a twist

Days with the Arts studio tours are back, however this year with a twist. This year the Community Arts Council is starting a co-operative arts festival—Solstice Festival, June 17–19— with three other arts and culture organizations.

The arts council invites all artists who are interested in taking part in this year’s Solstic Festival Days with the Arts tour to contact the Rollin Art Centre. We are looking for all artists/artisans who may be interested in having a table, display or demo set up on the grounds during the three-day event.

Space is limited, so call or drop by the Rollin Art Centre for more information.

Rollin seeks art

The Rollin Art Centre is now accepting applications to all visual artists and artist groups to submit an application to exhibit their work in our Fine Arts Gallery during the 2017 calendar year.

Don’t miss this opportunity to have your own individual or group art exhibit.

Application forms are available at the Rollin Art Centre. Deadline is April 30, 2016.

What’s on at Char’s

• Fri, Mar 4, 8-10 pm, Kat & Tony ~ Everything Blue CD Release – jazzy/ • Sat, Mar 5, 8-10 pm, Alberta’s Tanner James - folk & country

Cynthia Bonesky’s pieces will be on display at Rolln from March 10-April 1.

• Tue, Mar 8, 8-10 pm, Winnipeg’s Daniel Sky – folk/rock • Thu, Mar 10, 8-10 pm, Harpdog Brown – Travelin’ Blues Show

Movement with Kat Wahamaa

EVENING SHOW 7 PM $15 Tickets in advance at the Main Artery or at ACAWS at the door Performances include:

• Breast Friends with the Dairy Pillows • A rant by Just Us Girls--Rape Culture • The Vagina Monologues *

• Dear Daddy with Gittan • Songs by Kat Wahamaa

*Some of the cast will be an alumnae cast from the Lower Mainland to help us celebrate our 20th production.

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• Sat, Mar 12, 8-10 pm, San Felix: The Rugged Coast Tour, with special guests Pacific Colours – indie-rock • Tue, Mar 15, 8-10 pm, Concert – The Allison Au Quartet – Jazz *NEW DATE* COMMUNITY: • Thurs, 5:30-7pm, Lounge Music – Dave & Gail Morton • Fri, 8-10 pm, Dance Social Fridays – Bring your own Music Melissa Martin is the Arts Administrator for the Community Arts Council, at the Rollin Art Centre. Call 250-7243412.

Theatre

IMPROV COMEDY Saturday, Mar. 12 @ 7pm tickets at the door

UPCOMING PLAYS - get your tickets early!

The Diary of Anne Frank Opens April 8

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Opens April 29

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4833 Johnston Rd 250-724-5794

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5022 Johnston Road 250-723-5663 7475639

with the purchase of any Full Size Sub, Donair or Wrap

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Harbour Quay

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Lunch & Dinner

Licensed

3169 2nd Ave (between Argyle & Athol) Call 778-421-5221

(Next to SugarShak)

Open 7 days a week A Local Tradition Since 1969

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