Alberni Valley News, April 30, 2015

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Visit students’ Heritage Fair projects and cast your vote for People’s Choice Award. Award Ceremony at 1pm – followed by a very special performance by Haa Huu Payuk Students.

The Heritage fair is sponsored by: AV Lions Club, Family of Val and Ken Hughes, AV News, Quality Foods, Parks, Recreation and Heritage, City of Port Alberni, BC Heritage Fair Society and Ladybird Engraving.

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Kingston named Citizen of the Year at chamber galaBusiness excellence nod goes to Gone Fishin’, volunteer honours to Bob Cole

The Alberni Valley Chamber of Commerce handed out its community excellence awards last Friday at the Italian Hall.

The talk of the night, besides the honourees, was the meal catered by Drinkwater’s Social House, due to open at Sproat Lake Landing soon.

Theresa Kingston was selected as Citizen of the Year for her philanthropic work and leadership. Gone Fishin’ earned the Business Excellence award. Bob Cole was named Volunteer of the Year.

Other winners were: Valley Vision Optometry for customer service; Van Isle Ford for rising star; Eric Gill for Youth of the Year; Swept Away Inn for tourism and hospitality; The Funk Trunk for social media; Alberni Natural Health Group for health and wellness.

Lance Lapointe won the inaugural Spirit of Music award, presented by Kenn and Linda Whiteman.

Slammers Gym was named the Welcoming Work Place, while Aaron Vissia Financial won the image enhancement award.

Eco Dry Cleaners earned the green award for installing new environmentally-friendly laundering equipment.

Gayle Stephen-Player and her daughter Rebecca of Gayle’s Fashions won the chamber’s special recognition award.

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Gayle Stephen-Player, right, and her daughter, Rebecca Palmer, of Gayle’s Fashions receive the chamber’s special recognition award.

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Rabinder Dhillon, right, presents The Funk Trunk with the social media award. The clothing company has been in business for eight years and uses social media to keep on the cutting edge.

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Citizen of the Year honouree Theresa Kingston celebrates with her father at the chamber gala awards.

Bouchra Zouhou and Daniel Savard, right, of Swept Away Inn receive the Tourism and Hospitality Award from the 2015 Alberni Valley Chamber of Commerce community excellence awards.

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Are You Afraid?You can find out if you really are afraid at

the Portal Player’s production of Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf. Delayed by one week, it now opens on Friday, May 8 and plays May 9, 15, 29, 30 all at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are available at the Capitol Theatre bo office or at www.atthecapitol.org.

Get Dirty with the YPAVThe Young Professionals of the Alberni Valley are hosting the Dry Creek

Community Garden grand opening on Sunday, May 3 from noon to 2 p.m. at the corner of Fourth Avenue and Napier and they want you there! Come on out to learn all about the garden and how you can rent a plot. Members of the Young Professionals will be on hand to talk about the organization and the other projects they have in the works. For more information email [email protected] or check out the garden on Facebook at facebook.com/drycreekcommunitygarden.

We Got RhythmCome out to the ADSS Theatre on Sunday, May 3 at 2:30 p.m. and enjoy We Got

Rhythm by the Timbre! Choir. The concert marks the end of their 42nd season and is conducted by Patricia Miller and will be accompanied by Danielle Marcinek on piano and the Barry Miller Jazz Trio. Tickets are $15 for seniors and adults and $5 for students and children and Echo Centre, Finishing Touches, Rollin Art Centre, Salmonberry’s, choir members and at the door if still available.

Hike for Hospice

Come on out and Hike for Hospice on Sunday, May 3 from 11 a.m. - 1 p.m. at Blair Park on Margaret Street. Enjoy live music and refreshments, wear a wacky tie for Ty Watson House, carry a carnation for a lost loved one, and enjoy the company of other hospice supporters at a family-friendly event. Jim’s Clothes Closet will donate $10 to the Alberni Valley Hospice Society and Ty Watson House for every wacky tie worn. The walk is free but donations are gratefully accepted and benefit the Alberni Valley Hospice Society and Ty Watson House. For more information call 250-723-4478.

CIP WorkshopThe city of Port Alberni is holding the Community

Investment Program orientation workshop on Monday, May 4 from 1:30-3:30 p.m. at Echo Centre. The CIP includes in-kind services and community development grants. The workshop will outline the criteria for applying and program priorities and guidelines. Application forms will be made available at the workshop. The deadline for applying for the CIP is Thursday, October 1, 2015. For more information call Theresa Kingston at 250-720-2506.


Craig honoured

Pam Craig, centre, of Port Alberni receives a BC Community Achievement Award at Government house from BC Lieutenant Governor Judith Guichon, right, and Coralee Oakes, Minister of Community, Sport and Cultural Development on Friday in Victoria.

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Harbour Quay leases renewed

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City council renewed two Harbour Quay leases in city-owned buildings following a report on hours of operation from director of parks, recreation and heritage Scott Kenny.

Council had deferred approval for Salmonberry’s Emporium and Sweet Pea Coffee and Desserts at their April 13 meeting due to concerns that the businesses down at the Quay were not open consistently enough.

Kenny’s report said that “it would be a

mistake to impose specific hours of operation for the merchants at the Quay” because “the shops are unique... and responsive to the needs of resisdents and visitors alike.”

An eample of that responsiveness laid out in the report were the Donut Shop’s and Sugar Shak’s offset hours that ensure that there is coffee available at the Quay from 6:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. Monday through Saturday and 8:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. on Sundays.

Kenny said that staff would continue to work with Quay merchants to ensure sufficient hours.


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City hall’s blue tiles to go

City council voted on Monday to re-clad the blue tile portions of city hall’s exterior with $100,000 in cedar panelling donated by the Coulson Group. Mayor Mike Ruttan said that while covering up the blue was $5,000 more expensive than covering up the cement, council felt like it was the more dramatic choice. Installation is still budgeted at a cost of $35,000 and the work will be completed by city workers.

Three per cent tax increase

Following the adoption of the city of Port Alberni’s 2015-2019 financial plan at a special meeting April 20, council passed a three per cent residential tax increase for 2015. Included in the plan are $100,000 for Harbour Quay washrooms and $40,000 for women’s showers at the fire dept.

More cheerful tsunami tests

The ADSS Civics 11 class came to council to ask for their opinions on a possible update to the tsunami warning test that are played on the first Wednesday of every month. Ideas for the proposed more cheerful warnings included the sounds of a heartbeat and the waterbombers.

Mayor’s China trip beneficial

Mayor Mike Ruttan, who returned from his trip to China last week, said that he saw potential for technology there to be incorporated here. Possibilities include a possible solar powered battery that could be used instead of a diesel one for the proposed emergency generator at city hall for a fraction of the price.

Better sani-dump hours

Coun. Jack McLeman gave a notice of motion at council that they direct city staff to discuss keeping the sani-dump station by Canadian Tire open year round. McLeman also said he wanted better signage for both that sani-dump station and the one at Dry Creek.

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InbriefSecond in a series


With some residents critical of the $50,000 management review budgeted for by city council in 2015, the Alberni Valley News is examining a similar report completed in 2011 by Chris Green and Associates. That report included 24 recommendations; this installment of our series oversees how many have been implemented. The 24 recommendations ranged from salaries to department structure. Some, like having the museum and heritage department join corporate services to make up a new corporate services and heritage department, were considered by council to be less than ideal. Instead, to address the problem identified by the consultant of having too many managers reporting directly to city manager Ken Watson, heritage was merged into parks and recreation. This way, the manager of museum services reports to the director of parks, recreation and heritage Scott Kenny rather than directly to Watson.

Another recommendation

made but not adopted was to compress both departments using the city’s works yard. Currently, the yard is divided into the public works section and the parks section. Public works reports to city engineer Guy Cicon, while the parks yard reports to Kenny.

“That wouldn’t have changed the span of control. There’s no efficient and effective savings. We’re not going to save money at all,” said Watson. “It’s been that way for a very long time and it works well.”

Part of the reason for that is the experience of specific department heads. Kenny has experience in horticulture and parks, Watson said, adding that it doesn’t make sense to have “horticulture guys reporting to guys that are more focused on bricks and mortar and not trees and plants.”

One of the recommendations made in the 2011 report was linking management pay increases to cost of living rather than matching CUPE pay increases.

“What that has meant over the past four years is that managers’ increases have been considerably less than CUPE increases because CPI has really been quite

low,” Watson said. He agreed with the recommendation, adding that meant management pay increases have been

approximately one per cent per year while CUPE increases have been at about two per cent.

“The management increases have not been substantive over the four years,” said Watson. In the 2011 report, nine positions were chosen as benchmarks to gauge the appropriateness of management pay: city manager, city clerk, city engineer, director of finance, city planner, manager of information services, streets superintendent, manager of recreation services and the executive/administrative assistant. Of those positions, in 2011, five managers were paid less than the market average salary of comparative municipalities.

The municipalities compared were the Alberni-Clayoquot Regional District,

Campbell River, Courtenay, Cranbrook, Fort St. John, North Cowichan District, Powell River, Salmon Arm and Squamish.

As city manager, Watson had the biggest negative difference between his pay and the market average at 17.6 per cent with a salary of $127,443 compared to $150,190. While seniority was not considered in the report, Watson’s more than 25 years with the city play into his salary. He had the biggest salary increase since 2011, with a salary of $156,683 in 2013 (the most recent available numbers). While averages for this year aren’t known, that puts Watson

approximately $6,000 over the 2011 average.

Also considered underpaid in comparison to their peers at other municipalities were the manager of recreation services at seven percent below average and the city engineer at six per cent below average. The manager of recreation services position was eliminated through attrition when Ron Doetzel retired in 2014. As the city engineer, Cicon’s wage has increased from $102,728 in 2011 to $106,102 in 2013. That 3.3 per cent increase still has Cicon’s 2013 pay $2,773 below the 2011 market average for his position. Considered

overpaid for their positions were the executive assistant/office administrator whose 2011 salary was 15 per cent over the market average of $57,695, the city clerk with an average salary seven per cent higher than average and the manager of information services.

Since then, city clerk Davina Hartwell’s salary has increased by 3.3 per cent to $106,102 based on a separate job evaluation report commissioned by the city from Chris Green & Associates at a cost of $15,632. The salary for manager of information services, Jeff Pelech, increased by eight percent from $86, 913 to $93,878.

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City puts half of 2011 review into play

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Victoria— The Vancouver media’s frantic coverage

of the Great Bunker Spill of 2015 has just about run out of fuel.

By late last week, the usually serious Globe and Mail was reduced to quizzing a U.S. expert who had at first told the CBC he thought the spill response was pretty good. But then he heard that it might have taken up to 12 hours until the leaking grain ship was completely under control, which would be not so good.

This U.S. expert admitted he has not “followed the Vancouver spill very closely,” and was basically speculating. But that’s OK, because the main purpose of this media frenzy is to feed the established narrative that the Harper government is gutting the Coast Guard while trying to ramp up heavy oil shipments to

Asia.Yeah, that makes sense.

A University of Toronto philosophy prof recently suggested that Stephen Harper likes war. Maybe he likes oil spills too.

A retired captain from the now-closed Kitsilano Coast Guard station became the latest of a series of disgruntled ex-employees and union bosses to serve as the media’s go-to critics. He contradicted Coast Guard management at every turn, dismissing them as political appointees with little operational experience.

His claims about loss of spill response capability from Kitsilano are questionable at best. There was no talk of spill response when Kitsilano closed two years ago, because it was a search and rescue station.

Former B.C. Federation of Labour president Jim

Sinclair held almost daily news conferences as it closed. People are going to drown, warned a parade of union spokespeople.

It’s been two years, and nobody has.

Premier Christy Clark and Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson were quick to summon TV cameras as oil-sheen

angst spread through condo towers. They declared the Coast Guard response a failure before they had any real under-standing of it.

Unifor, the union representing

Coast Guard employees, has vowed a full-scale election advertising attack on the Conservatives this year. On federal budget day, Unifor protested the closure of the Ucluelet Coast Guard ship monitoring station. Similar stations in Vancouver and Comox are also closing this year, replaced by a new monitoring system

run from Prince Rupert and Victoria.

I asked Industry Minister James Moore, the federal minister responsible for B.C., if this is a reduction in service. He said 1970s-era ship tracking equipment is being replaced with a new system that has already been deployed on the East Coast, to improve safety.

“These fears were also raised back in the ’60s and ’70s, when lighthouses were de-staffed,” Moore said. “I remember people saying, oh my God, this is going to be the end. And it turned out to be complete nonsense.”

Unifor operatives rushed to the media again last week with dire news of a half-hour outage of this new system, portraying this as evidence of a high-tech disaster waiting to happen.

(Ships were told to monitor an old-school emergency radio channel for that uneventful half hour.)

What the union is really doing is ramping up its election propaganda.

Continued / A9

TOM FLETCHERB.C. Views

Coast Guard hysteria sinks even lower

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EDITORIAL

Let’s resolve to save Earth

Many of us make new year’s resolutions every Jan. 1 and by now, most of them are broken and forgotten. So why not start anew, with Earth Day resolutions?

April 22 was Earth Day, and as there aren’t really any mainstream traditions that comprise the celebrations, we are free to decide how to mark the occasion every year.

We might get a few million years on this planet, if we’re careful, and each of us gets to live here for 81.25 of those years. It doesn’t seem too much to ask, for us to keep it clean and tidy while we’re here, and wouldn’t it be a good and worthy thing to do to leave it better off than when we arrived?

It does seem a daunting task some days, the sort of days when we make messes like this month’s English Bay oil spill. Are future generations going to see the Strait of Georgia the way we imagine it to be, pristine, wild, beautiful? Or will it be another polluted waterway, like too many around the world, that have become outfalls of human waste and selfishness, where we wouldn’t dream of even dipping our toes.

Every day we do see instances of people doing their part to make their environment a better place. For instance, Ontario and Quebec are announcing a new carbon-credit partnership. Carbon credits aren’t a perfect solution, but they have merit, and maybe we can think along those lines as individuals. If we’re not going to stop making single-occupancy commutes in our SUVs, then maybe we can earn a credit some other way, by cleaning a stream or planting a tree or improving recycling.

It is our choice to save the world or not, but there is some responsibility, we think, to leave it in good enough condition so that future generations will have that choice, too.

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If we read through the stories of Jesus, we fi nd that so often. Jesus ‘withdrew’, and went up into a mountain; often alone, some-times with companions. After Jesus’ death, his disciples also went on a ‘retreat’, needing to support one another, but afraid for the future. In their ‘uncertaintude’, Jesus met them, gave them new hope, and encouraged them that they would be able to face the times ahead. Retreats can be like that.

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Mailbag: Feedback on praise, ponderings and puzzlement

PAPA deserves our praise

To the Editor,I commend the

recent actions of the Port Alberni Port Authority for listening to the public outcry after banning kite boarding from Centennial Pier. They acted quickly to establish an alternate venue near the maritime museum.

The potential of kite boarding here is huge. It is one of our many natural features that can attract people to our city and we can economically benefit from, like what the waves did for Tofino or the sandy beaches for Parksville.

I also commend the city of Port Alberni, Catalyst Paper, and Canadian Alberni Engineering for their contributions. This is hopefully the first step of many to diversifying the economy of Port Alberni.

Malcolm Menninga,Port Alberni

We need more business here

To the Editor,Re: liquor stores.Do we have too

many liquor stores for a city our size?

Do we have too many gas stations,

grocery stores, restaurants or building supply centres?

I think this decision should be left up to the businesspeople, not a city council member or anybody else.

The general public will decide if they support these businesses where they are located. Customers look for convenience and price. Business looks for profit. Many businesses in Port Alberni had to close because of lack of income. Just because there are more liquor stores does not mean people have to buy or drink more.

It boils down to education.

Alcoholic beverages in Europe, most of the United States, as well as in Quebec are available in liquor stores, grocery stores, gas stations, etc. British Columbia is finally updating, which has been long overdue.

It took the longest time to extend store hours to allow Sunday shopping. The stores that don’t have the customer base are not open Sundays.

We need more, not fewer businesses in town. Let’s move forward. More

stores mean more employment and taxes.

Roland Göhl,Port Alberni

Thoughts on a prime minister

To the Editor,The dictionary

defines a tyrant as either:

a) a cruel and oppressive ruler

b) a ruler who seized power without legal right.

Prime Minister Stephen Harper fits both.

Leo Young,Vernon

No fun to ‘live below the line’

To the Editor,How was your

Easter? Did you spend it with friends and family? Was it a non-event, if you do not observe Christian holidays; simply a long weekend to catch up on rest or errands?

Chances are, you did not go hungry. Not so for more than two billion people around the world. We have an urgent need to fight extreme poverty and if you think you are powerless to help the situation, think again.

Since 1990, the number of people living in extreme poverty has been

halved, thanks to some amazing grass roots organizations. April was ‘Live Below the Line’ month. Why not visit the website and see what thousands of people in Canada, New Zealand, Australia, the UK, USA and Columbia did to help raise funds and awareness.

You might be pleasantly surprised to find that you can easily be part of the solution.

Connie Lebeau,Victoria

What is BC’s treaty plan?

To the Editor,Re: Treaty trouble

has deep roots (B.C. Views, March 31).

No one would disagree that the B.C. treaty process hasn’t been as successful as hoped. Indeed, there are also many First Nations who think it is the wrong process of reconciliation altogether.

However, that doesn’t excuse Premier Christy Clark’s recent decision to blindside B.C.’s treaty partners by refusing to appoint George Abbott as head of the B.C. Treaty Commission.

Although it might be comforting to think that Premier

Clark’s reckless behaviour was done in consultation with the federal government, there is simply no evidence to suggest that.

Not only did Jerry Lampert, the federal government’s appointee to the treaty commission, say Ottawa was as surprised as the other parties to the process, but on March 26, NDP Leader John Horgan stood in the legislature and asked Premier Clark three times whether she had discussed her plans with the federal government, and she did not contradict the words of Mr. Lampert.

If the B.C. Liberal government has a grand plan for reinventing the treaty process, they aren’t sharing it.

B.C.’s approach to reconciliation needs to be re-energized so that First Nations, resource workers and those seeking to bring new investment to B.C. can have certainty. This means not only fixing the treaty process, but doing more work to find a way forward with First Nations who have chosen a different path.

Scott Fraser,NDP MLA for

Alberni-Pacific Rim

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From / A8It is also intensifying

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There was a similar media campaign last year targeting the consolidation of Veterans’ Affairs into Service Canada offices.

There are serious problems with services to veterans, but union featherbedding would

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is also introducing digital technology, eliminating hundreds of paper-pushing jobs in the process, with a mostly realistic response from unions.

But in this federal election year, realism will be in short supply.

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Salaries for all the above managers are still below the maximums for their positions laid out in the report.

While Hartwell and Pelech’s 2013 salaries were approximately $3,000 over the mid-point laid out by Chris Green & Associates, Cicon’s 2013 salary was still $6,000 under the mid-point recommended in the job evaluation report. Watson’s salary was negotiated separately with the city council of the day and thus not included in the report. Apart from salaries, the other issue Mayor Mike Ruttan said he wanted the 2015 review to look into was the number of managers. According to Director of Corporate Services Theresa Kingston’s budget presentation,

the city has one more manager than the total they had in 2011. That still puts the city at 1.2 managers for every 1,000 residents based on the latest census population of 17,743. According to Watson, neither pay nor management numbers in Port Alberni have changed much since the last report.

“Nothing’s going to have changed in regards to our pay levels. What might have changed is the pay levels in other municipalities that may have gone up or down.”

Next week: Reporter Katya Slepian compares Port Alberni’s management structure to that of three comparable municipalities featured in the 2011 management review.

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The Alberni-Clayoquot Regional District is looking at a local solution for processing food and yard waste in a curbside composting program.

The ACRD’s solid waste management committee had originally looked at shipping any food and yard waste to the Nanaimo Organic Waste (NOW) facility, but have hit a snag, says Carey McIver of Carey McIver & Associates Ltd.

The problem is that Port Alberni wants to collect food and yard waste together, but the Nanaimo facility will only accept each separately.

“I did get confirmed from Nanaimo Organic Waste (NOW) that they need food waste and yard waste separately and [the city of Port Alberni] confirmed they were looking at food and yard waste together, so [NOW] wouldn’t

accept it,” said McIver, the consultant hired by the Alberni-Clayoquot Regional District to help implement the Alberni Valley Solid Waste Management Plan (SWMP).

Shipping organic waste collected through a curbside kitchen and yard waste collection to the NOW facility at Duke Point “was a thought we first had years ago when we first started discussing organics collection in the Valley,”city engineer Guy Cicon said.

Part of the logistics yet to be ironed out is the cost of organics collection; a possible option for that is reducing to biweekly residential garbage collection to save on operating costs. Organics collection would cost the city $250,000 per year, while reducing to

biweekly garbage pickup would save it $150,000.

If the Alberni Valley initiated its own

composting program, it wouldn’t be the only region on Vancouver Island to do so.

Regional districts from Cowichan to

Nanaimo have banned food and yard waste from their landfills.

“Why’s everyone doing this? Because there really are a lot of benefits to organics diversion,” McIver said. “It reduces greenhouse gas emission. When food waste, yard waste, wood waste decomposes in the landfill, it produces methane... that’s bad, it’s potent.”

Diverting organics from the landfill also allows for the landfill to operate for longer, reduces the amount of leachate-liquid with harmful

substances dissolved in it and produces a marketable product—compost.

McIver and fellow consultant Maura Walker looked at local opportunities for reduction, collection, processing and markets. Of the almost 17,000 tonnes of waste that went into the Alberni Valley landfill last year, about 7,000 tonnes were compostable waste. Of that, 5,100 tonnes were food waste, 1,190 were yard waste and 680 were compostable paper. If the amount of yard waste seems low, McIver said, it’s because much of the yard waste in the Valley ends up in backyard burn piles instead of the landfill.

At an estimated 50 per cent recovery rate, that’s 3,500 tonnes of compostable materials that could potentially be diverted from the landfill.

However, the ratio of food to yard, wood or paper waste needed

for composting is 1:1, meaning that an additional 1,600 tonnes of yard, wood and paper waste is needed annually.

Some of that waste will come from the 632 tonnes of commercial land clearing and yard waste dropped off at the landfill in 2014.

For the last 1,000 tonnes of yard and wood waste needed, McIver said that some of the construction demolition waste produced in the Valley might be suitable.

“How much of that is clean wood waste? This is an issue to look at.”

But despite the problems that still need to be ironed out, McIver is optimistic about curbside organics collection.

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Alberni Valley Girl Guide Jordyn Goovaerts stood patiently by the tree she chose to plant at Canal Beach on Saturday, the root ball encased in a black plastic plant pot, the fir gently fluttering in the slight breeze coming off the water of Alberni Inlet.

The tree has meaning for Goovaerts, a third-year member of the South Port Guides: “I wanted to plant a fir tree because we have fir trees at home and there is one that is as old as me,” she said.

Now, she will be able to go to Canal Beach and see a tree that she planted with her own hands.

On Saturday, girls

from the Sparks, Brownies, Guides and Pathfinders in Port Alberni joined their leaders and city officials to plant trees that had been donated by members of the community. Earlier in the week city parks and recreation staff had prepared soil and

compost in two spots bordering the grassy area at Canal Beach, and planted a number of trees that were too large for young hands to handle, city horticulture and parks operation supervisor Jacob Colyn said.

“All the trees the girls planted today

were donated by the community,” he said. In all a walnut tree, some yellow cedar, Japanese maple, lilacs, a Garry oak, Pacific dogwood, Douglas fir and red cedar were planted.

Artist Alicia La Rue invited the girls and leaders to place their

handprints on a mural La Rue is painting on the retaining wall at Canal Beach. City councillors Denis Sauve and Ron Paulson were on hand to help the girls plant.

The Mt. Cokely Brownies earned a $2,000 tree-planting grant from the TD Bank’s Friends of the Environment Foundation through Girl Guides of Canada. Leader Alyson Schmitz approached Port Alberni City Council about using the grant to plant trees at Canal Beach.

Ron Lepine Financial will be donating a rock and plaque for the shrub area commemorating the Guides’ tree planting efforts.

“It’s awesome,” said Colyn. “It shows the community is really

adopting this as a community space. All crew members are really excited that we’re getting so much support from the community for this project.”

A number of shade trees paid for by the TD grant will be planted in the second area, closer to the parking lot. Wet weather precluded city staff from planting the large trees before the guides were on site, Colyn explained.

Now that there are trees planted in the green space, Colyn said it will allow parks and rec to install an automated irrigation system, which will cost the same as the manpower it has taken to manually water the park. Crew members already monitor the beach for

debris and perform other maintenance duties at the beach.

There are other changes coming to Canal Beach this summer, he said, such as a beach volleyball pit. Eventually, Colyn would like to see a walkway built and benches installed near the shade trees.

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◆ CLAIRE SAVARD, left, and Danaye Taylor from the Mt Cokely Brownies receive assistance in planting a Pacific dogwood tree from city horticulturist Jacob Colyn, Saturday at Canal Beach as Sparks leader Kathleen Lessard supervises.

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City councillor Ron Paulson helps Mt Cokely Pathfinders Kimmy Schulze, left, and Emma Wall plant a tree at Canal Beach on Saturday, April 25.


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PRIVATE FIVE ACRE WATERFRONT• 1270 sq ft. rancher 2 bd 2 bath• Own ramp and dock• Gated community with year round caretaker

$339,900

Craig Filipchuk

Lot 11 Cheeyah Island

SPECTACULAR WATERFRONT RETREAT• 1.5 acres and 600 ft waterfront• 1450 sq ft circular home w/ 270° view• 3bd 1 bath, private dock, heli pad, greenhouse• Subdivdable into two lots

$697,000

Craig Filipchuk

Lot 1 Rem Kildonan Harbour

WEST COAST WATERFRONT• Over 2 acres commercial zoned• May be subdivided into two lots• Great view and deep moorage

$299,000

Craig Filipchuk

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5075 John St

RANCHER• 3bds 1 bth• Walking distance to all amenities• Big attached shop/ garage

$189,900

Chris & Alease Arcus

Saturday, May 7th 1:00pm – 2:00pm6320 View St

3 BEDROOM RANCHER• Great area• Needs work• Near Paper Mill Dam

$114,900


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2629 5th Ave

REDONE IN 2008• New appliance package available• 5 bed, 2 bath• Priced below assessed value

$197,500

Eleanor Coffey

Saturday, May 7th 10:30am – 11:30am

2677 5th Ave

FAMILY HOME IN GOOD AREA• New roof• Heat pump• Thermal windows

$179,900


Saturday, May 7th 2:30pm – 3:30pm3109 McNaughton

LARGE FAMILY HOME• Great Area• Suitable• 4 Bedrooms 3 Bath

$278,000

Eleanor Coffey

Saturday, May 7th 11:45am – 12:45pm4534 Lathom Rd

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4749 Burde St

REVENUE POTENTIAL• 5 bedrooms upstairs• 3,000 sq ft building• 1,500 sq ft downstairs

$169,000


2640 3rd Avenue

INCOME PROPERTY• 3 bedroom suite up/ 1 down• Shared laundry• Potential rents

$149,000


2736 Anderson Ave

3 BD RANCHER WITH SHOP• New windows & fence• Redone kitchen• 20x28 Detached garage/shop

$209,900


2773 11th Ave

GREAT FAMILY HOME• 4 bedroom 1.5 bath• Close to EJ Dunn/Maquinna School• Spacious yard fully fenced• Vacant/quick possession

$187,500

Lukh Saran

2240-15th ave

UPPER SOUTH PORT ACROSS FROM GREEN BELT• No thru-street, 3 bedroom, 3 bath• Large kitchen/dining area, Split level• Covered rear deck with hot-tub• Large city lot w/ lane access

$209,900

Dell McConell

4003 Johnston Rd

HIGH PROFILE LOCATION• C6 commercial zoned• Many options for businesses• Dedicated parking, Great investment• 3 bed, 1 bath, 1900 sq ft

$189,900


4721 Glenside Rd

LOVELY 2 BD RANCHER• Immaculate• New appliances• Fully fenced lot

$199,000

W. Earl Engstrom

2515 11th Ave

LIKE NEW• 4 bedroom 2 bath• Updated furnace/roof• New kitchen/appliances• Updated throughout

$229,000

Lukh Saran

Sold

5780 Grandview

2 HOUSES FOR THE PRICE OF ONE• .88 of an acre• Guest house rents for 600/mo• 3bd main house

$199,900


Residential

#14-4935 Broughton

UPDATED MOBILE• Nicely updated 2 bedroom• Greenridge mobile home park• New wheelchair ramp

$39,900

Craig Filipchuk

Sold

3861 14th Ave

ECHO AREA• Updated throughout• Lifetime metal roof• Fully fenced yard

$219,000


2465 Hilton

AMAZING VIEWS• Updated throughout• Half basement• Quiet neighborhood

$109,000


3625 Anderson Ave

CENTRALLY LOCATED• 4 bedrooms• Attention � rst time buyers and investors• Centrally located charming house

$142,000

Eleanor Coffey

4701 Redford Street

TRIPLEX CENTRAL LOCATION• Good income producer• on bus route, close to shopping

$145,500

Craig Filipchuk

4702 Athol Street

CENTRAL LOCATION• 4 Bedroom 2 Bath• Possible in-law suite• Fully fenced yard

$185,000

Craig Filipchuk

3588 7th Ave

CENTRAL LOCATION 2 SUITES• Each unit 3 bedroom and 2 bath• Nicely updated with garage• Low maintenance yard, good income producer

$205,000

Craig Filipchuk

3916 Shaunessy

CLOSE TO MALL AND SCHOOLS• 3 Bedroom, 2 bath• Large level lot

$158,000

Craig Filipchuk

3151 4th Ave

AWESOME MOUNTAIN & HARBOUR VIEWS• 3 plus 1 bdrm, daylight basmt. w/summer kitchen• New kitchen & bath on main. approved woodstove• New vinyl windows, new est. metal doors• Private entrance down. New stucco. membrane roof

$184,900

Dell McConnell

NEW PRICE

4155 Clegg N Crescent

UPPER SOUTH PORT• 4 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms• Private home in quiet family oriented

neighbourhood

$259,000

Eleanor Coffey

Sold4291 Michigan Road

GREENBELT!• 4 bed, 2 bathroom• Preferred North Port Location• 1 bedroom suite

$259,900


NEW PRICE

2837 10th Ave

FAMILY HOME• 3 bdrm, full height basement• Oak � oors, coved ceilings• Alley access, wood � re place• Foreclosure-needs work

$149,900

W. Earl Engstrom

NEW PRICE

6416 Beaver Creek Road

COUNTRY CHARM• 3 bed Rancher, Fireplace• Two acres• Garage & shop

$218,500

Pat & Gerry Hickey

NEW PRICE

Sold


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Lots &Acreages

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4771 Leslie Ave.

GRAND CHARACTER HOME• Heritage home on 80x120 view lot• 3 bdrms, 3 baths, lg master w/ensuite• Oak kit. w/nook & lg patio off nook

$299,900

W. Earl Engstrom

310 Grappler Inlet

2.95 ACRE WATERFRONT• Three bedroom one bath• close to boat launching ramp

$650,000

Craig Filipchuk

7373 Coleman Road

1 1/4 MILES OF RIVER FRONTAGE • Over 73 acres• RV campsites, two rental cabins plus owner’s home.• Several mobile home pad rentals, huge barn

$1,000,000

Gerry Hickey & Craig Filipchuk

2630 2nd Avenue

WONDERFUL OCEAN VIEWS• Ready to build on with back alley• In a very quiet residential neighbourhood• Gently sloping lot with canal views

$49,900

W. Earl Engstrom

10842 Lakeshore Rd

SPROAT LAKE WATERFRONT• 3 bedroom, 2 bath• Double garage• 22x40 dock, beach storage

$499,900

W. Earl Engstrom

3189 Sweet Ave

LARGE BUILDING LOT• Level, cleared .44 of an acre, backs onto Dry Creek Park• Underground services available• Beautiful location for your dream home

$82,900

Pat & Gerry Hickey

5730 Strick Rd

30 ACRES• 30x75 detached shop• 3 bd double wide mobile

$799,900


3503 Frank Street

FAMILY LIVING• 3 plus 1 bedrooms, 3 baths, 2 � replaces• Vaulted ceiling in living room/formal dining room• Finished basement/double garage/shop• Corner lot backing onto green belt

$299,900

Pat Hickey

2201-11th Ave.

AREA OF QUALITY HOMES• 1.67 acre lot is a choice location• Great holding property for future subdivision• Previously pre-approved for 6 lot subdivision

$182,000

W. Earl Engstrom

3192 12th Avenue

IDEAL “HOME- BASED BUSINESS” OPPORTUNITY!• Professional 24’ x 45’ shop on leg lot, central loc.• 2+1 bedrm, den, 2 bath, 1-1/2 storey , full bsmt.• Hardwood,Elect. furnace, Heat Pump/AC

$279,900

Dell McConnell

NEW PRICE

8281 Faber Road

1/3 ACRE. SHORT WALK TO LAKE ACCESS• 4 bedrms, 3 baths (ensuite)• Heatpump-A/C. Real oak wood � rs.• Covered deck, garden beds

$319,900

Dell McConnell

NEW PRICE

4459 Arrowsmith

AFFORDABLE BUILDING LOT• North Port• 40x84• Level

$44,500


2553 8th Ave

SOUTH PORT BUILDING LOT• 66x125• Alley access• Existing foundation

$54,900

Lukh Saran

3790 Meares Drive

FANTASTIC VIEW• Fantastic view building lot• Over .3 of an acre• 140 feet of road frontage

$109,000

Craig Filipchuk

205 Franklin River Road

NEWER 2300 SQ FT RANCHER +2 LARGE SHOPS• 19.8 acres permits for subdividing 2-5 acre lots• Great lake view,very private setting• Minutes from city

$639,000

Craig Filipchuk

NEW PRICE3170 Mozart

CHERRY CREEK RANCHER ON 5 ACRES• 3 bath, 2 bdrm, 1 den, potential 3 bdrm• Custom built 195 Sq.Ft. 3 car attached garage• 5 acres bordering Hollies Golf Course• Best view of Mt. Arrowsmith in Valley

$627,700

W. Earl Engstrom

6505 Lothian

BEAUTIFUL ACREAGE• 5.48 acres• 4 bedroom home with income helper• Rancher

$309,900


NEW PRICE

5350 Falls Road

RM 1 ACREAGE• 1200 ft. of riverfront• 5.84 acres• Hwy. 4 exposure

$1,600,000


Lot 22 Ferguson Rd.

PRISTINE WATERFRONT• 5 acres along Somass River• Salmon/steelhead � shing year round• Build your dream home 7 mins. from town

$199,000


NEW PRICE

2159 Rita Road

MILLION DOLLAR VIEW• 3 bedroom, 2 bathroom rancher• Double detached shop• Fully fenced yard

$279,900


3101 McNaughton Avenue

GREAT LOCATION• Beautiful 4 bedroom 3 bedroom home• Wood � replace, heat pump• Great location, new roof 2008

$279,000

Lukh Saran

Sold


Coast RealtyGroup

People.Above all.

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Commercial& Investment

137 Winter Harbour Rd.

LOYAL CLIENTELE• Turn key � shing lodge• Accommodates up to 20 guests plus staff• Includes 4 - 22 ft aluminum boats equipped for charters

$699,000

Craig Filipchuk

3113 2nd

TWO SEPARATE CONCRETE BUILDINGS• Of� ce space• Large, secure compound• Use one building for your use / lease the other

$410,000

Jim Robertson & Gerry Hickey

2984 3rd Avenue

SOUTH PORT INVESTMENT• 20,000 sq. ft. building• Two long term Tenants in place

$439,000

Pat & Gerry Hickey

#8-3749 10th Ave

WELL ESTABLISHED SHOPPING CENTRE• High foot and vehicle traf� c• C2 Zoning allows wide range business uses• Building waiting for your business

LEASE $12.75 sq.ft.

Craig Filipchuk & Jim Robertson

C – 4805 Mar Street

SOUTH PORT• Quality lease space available up to 6000 sq. ft.• Great visual exposure• Store front or Of� ce space• Plenty of parking available

$8.50 sq. ft.

Pat & Gerry Hickey

310 Grappler Inlet Bam� eld

WATERFRONT 2.95 ACRES• Fabulous view 4 bedroom home• Beach and shared dock• Close to launching ramp, possible to subdivide

$650,000

Craig Filipchuk

SL 36 Haggard Cove

RECREATION DREAM HOME• Well cared for 2 bedroom rancher• Pine interior, vaulted ceilings, wood stove• Move in ready complete with furniture and appliances

$443,460

Pat & Gerry Hickey

4309 10th Avenue

DELI• Well established turn key business• Great location, 50 seat restaurant• Be your own boss

$90,000

Craig Filipchuk & Gerry Hickey

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that our most valuable resource is our people. So come work at the best real estate of� ce in the Valley,

in the best location in the Valley.

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For more information on how we can help you grow your business, Contact Chris at 250-723-1800 and Coast Realty, Alberni Valley

432 Pachena Road

BAMFIELD ACREAGE• Building lot 6.06 acres• Possible subdividable• Great View

$260,000

Craig Filipchuk

4905 Cherry Creek Road

ADJACENT TO PACIFIC RIM MALL• Development site adjacent to Paci� c Rim Shopping Mall• Just off the Johnston corridor

$300,000

Pat Hickey

Lots P and E Cheeyha Island

BEAUTIFUL ACREAGE• 2 water front lots in the Jewel of the Paci� c Northwest• In the entrance to Barkley Sound.• Only one hour from Port Alberni.

$199,000ea

W. Earl Engstrom

SL 30 Haggard Cove

VACATION CABIN• 2 bdrm cabin w/a view! Haggard Cove, Barkley Sound• Moorage in Owner’s private marina• Solar power system, basic funishings incl’d.• Home base for all your recreation needs

$274,900

Pat & Gerry Hickey

Bam� eld& Inlet

Lot O Cheeyah Island

WATERFRONT PROPERTY• Just under 3 acres in Uchucklesit Inlet• Offers best � shing, diving & canoeing• Perfect location & summertime retreat

$180,000

Craig, Pat or Gerry


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Echo Sunshine Club honoured their volunteers with a special tea and these are the 20+ year volunteers.

Heritage Place honoured their volunteers with a lovely tea and this cake that was cut by board president Sylvia Springer, third from the right and residents from left to right, Vina Hagstrom, Elsie Reynolds, Dolores Ferguson, Springer, Jackie Hembruff and Carla Beres.

Bev Denning the vice president of the Alberni Clayoquot Continuing Care Society, a non profi t society that runs Echo and Fir Park Villages and Fred Mann a volunteer bus driver did the honours of cutting the cake at Echo Village so all could enjoy.

Echo Village and Fir Park Village joined together to honour their volun-teers with an evening get together at Echo Village. From left to right are Rob Toye, president of Echo Village residents, Esther Jones-Dill, 9, Irene Dawes, Ava Carriere, 9, and Yvonne Prive president of Fir Park Village residents.


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Land Act: Notice of Intention to Apply for a Disposition of Crown LandTake notice that Toquaht Management Ltd has applied to the Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations (MFLNRO), West Coast Region for a Licence of Occupation – for a Commercial Marina situated on Provincial Crown land located at Toquaht Bay/Macoah Passage.

The Lands File Number that has been established for this application is: File#1414371. Written comments concerning this application should be directed to the Land Officer, Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations at 4885 Cherry Creek Road, Port Alberni, BC, V9Y 8E9, or email to: [email protected]. Comments will be received by MFLNRO until June 11, 2015. MFLNRO may not be able to consider comments received after this date. Please visit our website: http://arfd.gov.bc.ca/Applicationposting/index.jsp. for more information.

Be advised that any response to this advertisement will be considered part of the public record. For information, contact the Freedom of Information Advisor at the Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operation’s office in Nanaimo.

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The Alberni-Clayoquot Regional District operates six community water systems ranging in size from 2 connections to 1,200. There are various water supplies including groundwater wells, surface water and bulk water purchased from the City of Port Alberni. Under the direction of the Manager of Environmental Services, the Maintenance Technician Lead Hand (Water) assists in the coordination of daily maintenance and operation of the drinking water systems of the ACRD to ensure safe and reliable compliance with industry standards and operating certificates. This position works collectively with all employees of the ACRD to ensure the delivery of efficient, quality services at an affordable price

The Complete Job Description is available at www.acrd.bc.ca. The ideal candidate will possess:

Commitment to excellent customer service; Ability to oversee day to day waterworks operations and coordinate contractors and employees; Skills to ensure compliance with relevant regulations, standards and policies; Ability to interact with a wide range of stakeholders including Regional Board, staff, community groups, ratepayers, professionals, first nations and all levels of government; Competency in responding to varied time sensitive demands that will require exceptional multi tasking, delegation and prioritizing capabilities; A Level II Water Distribution Operator Certificate.

The successful candidate will be required to be a member of CUPE Local 118 (Alberni-Clayoquot Unit). The rate of pay will be $33.46 per hour based on a 40 hour work week and the ability to carry a pager and respond to after hour emergencies. Benefits are outlined in the CUPE Collective Agreement.

Qualified applicants are invited to forward their resume by 4:00 pm on Friday, May 15, 2015 to:

Russell Dyson, CAO Alberni-Clayoquot Regional District 3008 Fifth Avenue, Port Alberni, BC V9Y 2E3 Fax: (250) 723-1327 E-mail: [email protected] Phone: (250) 720-2705 We thank all applicants in advance for their interest, however; only those

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MORE RUGBY / Middle schools compete. A28

CURLING / Arnie Younger lauded. A28SPORTSBlack Sheep win Island rugby title


The Port Alberni Black Sheep came away from Victoria with the Island championship after a nailbiter of a B.C. Rugby Union Cowichan Cup final against Velox Valhallians on Saturday.

The Black Sheep and Velox traded tries in the first half, which ended 20–13 in favour of Port Alberni.

“We scored right before the end of the

half and that was a bit of a surge,” head coach Jas Purewal said. “The first half was pretty evenly scored. They were sloppy a bit early but after that it got really physical. The guys were really tuned in. It was exciting, actually.

“In the second half we started with a bang. We ended up pulling ahead 27–17.”

But Velox made some key substitutions, bringing in four big players—including former Black Sheep Ryan Waldriff.

“He was critical; he basically got them going,” Purewal said. “He scored a try and we barely stuffed him

on another one.”Velox scored three

straight tries to come within five points of the Black Sheep. Port Alberni took a yellow card on the offence

with seven minutes left, deep in the Velox end, which turned out to be a key play. “We just mishandled it, then we tried to run the ball rather

than playing it safe and kicking it out,” Purewal said.

With a Velox scrum on the sidelines deep in Sheep territory as time ran out, the

Valhallians pushed over the goal line to tie the game 30–30.

“Thank God the guy missed the conversion,” Purewal said.

That thrust the game into extra time—two, 10-minute periods followed by sudden death if needed.

The Black Sheep scored 21 unanswered points in the first 10 minutes to win convincingly, 51–30.

“In extra time it was no contest,” Purewal said.

Anthony Selva (one try) and Ty Shannon (two tries) were named “men of the match”, which Purewal said was only

fitting. “You know it’s a real solid day when your top players have a quality day,” he said.

“Cody McClary was unbelievable; he was just so physical. Ryan Turner was brilliant at inside centre,” he added.

Neil Thurley was nine-for-nine with conversions and penalty kicks. Other tries came from McClary, Riley Savard and Brennan Tourangeau.

The Black Sheep will host Seattle Saracens on Saturday, May 2 in the provincial championship. Kickoff is 1 p.m. at the Black Sheep Rugby Club.

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Port Alberni Black Sheep Ty Shannon, left, shakes off a pair of Velox Valhallians in the Vancouver Island rugby final, which Port Alberni won 51-30.

B.C.’S: | Sheep play host to Seattle on Sat.

Romaniuk wins nine-hole low grossLloyd’s ‘Fairley’ brilliant

Well we got away with it boys, another Alberni Golf Club men’s day without rain. Although the numbers of men were slightly down there was some great golf.

First low gross, a 73, was shot by Mike Pechor; second low gross was recorded by Lloyd Fairley, shooting a 76. That was three out of four days that Fairley has been in the money. It must be his playing partner that’s spurring him on.

On the net side of the day Bob Matlock was the low, carding a 66. An investigation is underway on that one. Second low net was Jacques Giovetti with a 67 followed by Don McGowan shooting a 67 (lost on a countback).

Closest to the pins were recorded by Bob Matlock on No.

2 Preben Rasmussen on No. 4, Art Fowler on No. 13 and Gary Korven on No. 17.

In the skins competition on the gross side worth $22.50 each were Mike Pechor on No. 4 and Brian Tall on No. 9. On the net side worth $12 each were Brian Tall on No. 3, Bob Matlock on No. 4, on No. 5 it was Clarke Crowe, No. 12 was Matt Mesic, No. 13 was Art Fowler, and No. 15 was Bill Bjornsen.

Up next for the Men’s Club is the MacDermotts Insurance Agency Waltz which takes place this coming Sunday, May 3. This is a four-man team event. The format is as follows: on hole No. 1 you count the best net, on hole No. 2 you count the best two nets, hole No. 3 you count the best three nets. Then you start over again until all 18 holes have been played.

For example, if you start on No. 11 you would count the two best nets and carry on from there.

Please sign up in the pro shop in your own group or as a single and Preben will place you in a group. The shotgun takes place at 8 a.m. Please try to be there a few minutes before.

GERRYFAGANAlberni Golf

We had a good turnout for golf on April 28 in both the nine- and 18-hole divisions even though the weather was a bit sketchy.

In the nine-hole low handicap division, Claudia Romaniuk

won low gross. Doreen Grant took honors for low net as

well as low putts.For the high

handicap group

Louise Berlinski won low gross.

Continued / A28

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◆ SPORTS

From / A25 Berlinski also had the lowest

putts. Mary Ann Maddison had the low net.

Pars were had by Doreen Grant on Nos. 13 and 14, Claudia Romaniuk had a par on No. 17 and Betty Adair had

a par on No. 14.In the 18-hole division, Janice

Cross shot an impressive 80 and captured the low gross by far. Carol Hastings won low net with 73. For the KP challenge, Carol Bouchard won on No. 7 and Hastings won on

No. 16. Cross won the special prize; it was just her day.

Starting next week we start at 8:30 a.m. It will be Monthly Medal and possibly qualifying for the CTC net tournament, and we will be having a meeting after golf.

Cross sees success in 18-hole play

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Arnie Younger is known as the ‘go-to guy’ at the AV Curling Club, and earlier this month the club’s members honoured him with Volunteer of the Year.

Curling club honours volunteerThe Alberni Valley

Curling Club held a membership meeting and dinner at the club on April 11 to celebrate a successful and fun season.

More than 70

members and guests attended.

Some of the club’s vintage trophies were presented to league winners.

The Volunteer of the Year was presented

to Arnie Younger, the house chairman. Arnie is the “go-to guy” who looks after the maintenance of the building and equipment, a club spokesperson noted.

Champs in LangfordFifty-three middle

school rugby players travelled to Langford to compete in the Langford 7s tournament on Friday. The teams made up of Grade 6, 7, and 8 players from Neill and Dunn Middle School did an outstanding job at what was for many their first rugby tournament.

At the end of the day the Alberni teams walked away as Plate Champions in both the under-135-pound and under-165-pound divisions.

The tournament was played at Rugby Canada’s National Training Centre at Westhill Stadium. It featured teams from some of the top rugby schools in B.C. and was refereed by some of Canada’s national team players.

Alberni entered a team in each of the tournament’s three divisions: Under 135 Pound Boys, an Open Girls Division and

Under 165-lb. Boys.In the Under 135

pound Boys Division the Alberni Team finished with a two win and one loss record to claim the title of Plate Champions.

Alberni’s Under 165 pound Boy’s Team had the opportunity to play in some of the more exciting matches of the tournament finishing with a record of three wins, one loss, and the title of

Plate Champions.The Alberni girls’

team had a mix of girls in Grades 6, 7 and 8 and all but one or two players had no playing experience outside of Port Alberni. Despite playing with a lot of heart their opponents capitalized on their inexperience and handed two tough losses to the Alberni Girls.

The girls played against Sooke’s John Stubbs School and

Fraser Middle School in Abbotsford. Grade 8 Kylea Anderson was selected as the team’s all-star for her gritty play and leadership on the rugby pitch.

“At the middle school level the goal of our rugby program is to expose our athletes to the sport, start building their basic skills and of course make sure we have a lot of fun doing it,” teacher James Messenger said.

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The boys’ under-165 lb. combined middle school team from Neill and Dunn Middle Schools are plate champions following a tourney in Langford.


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THE ARTSTHE ARTS

Days with the Arts

Bill Maxon poses with a sculpture that he made as well as many pottery items at the E&N Train Station, right. Babe Gunn, below, works on a clay sculpture inspired by her granddaughter, Amber. The piece is entitled Amber’s Attitude.

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The Portal Players’ production of Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf is opening at 7:30 on Friday, May 8. While delayed from their original

opening date of May 1, the Portal Players are excited to bring Edward Albee’s iconic play to Port Alberni.

The play runs until the end of May with

showings at 7:30 p.m. on May 8, 9, 15, 29 and 30 and is also part of the North Island Zone Drama Festival coming to Port Alberni from May 16-23.

Tickets for the Capitol Theatre showings can be purchased at the theatre box office or at www.atthecapitol.org.

Portal Players’ latest opens May 8

Art in Schools starts May 5

The Community Arts Council would like to send out a big thank you to all the artists, community venues; AV Museum, Char’s Landing, Train Station, DRAW Gallery, Blue Fish Gallery, the many hosts, volunteers and the community for making this year’s Days with the Arts event a great success. Without the continuous support we wouldn’t be able to help support artists.

Art in Schools next exhibit

The Rollin Art Centre hosts a unique exhibit every year,

showcasing several elementary school classes who take part in the “Art in the School” program. This year’s exhibit features four classes from, John Howitt, Gill, Eighth Avenue, and Wood school as well as students from Port Alberni Community Living.

This wonderful exhibit begins May 5 and will run until May 16. Join us for

refreshments in the gallery, Saturday May 9th from 1-3 pm, by showing your support to these very young talented artists.

Book sale is coming

This is the last week the Rollin Art Centre is accepting books for its giant book sale, which runs for two days, May 8–9 this year. Please note the addition of an extra

day, Friday, May 8 the sale is open 6 – 8 p.m. and our usual Saturday, May 9 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., at Echo Centre.

We are still in great need of any gently used books. We will take book donations up to May 2. Please help support this wonderful fundraiser for the Community Arts Council and the Rollin Art Centre.

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We Got Rhythm concert

Timbre! Choir, presents “We Got Rhythm” on Sunday,

May 3, 2015 at 2:30 pm at the ADSS Theatre. This is the final concert of their 42nd season and it features a little something for everyone.

Timbre! Choir is conducted by Patricia Miller and will be accompanied by Danielle Marcinek on

piano and the Barry Miller Jazz Trio.

Tickets are $15 for seniors and adults and $5 for students and children and are available at Echo Centre, Finishing Touches, Rollin Art Centre, Salmonberry’s, from choir members and if still available, at the door.

What’s on at Char’s Landing:

• Fri, May 1, 8-10 p.m., Concert – Geoff Johnson solo-acoustic Led Zeppelin tribute

• Sat, May 2, 8-10 p.m., Concert - Bluegrass Fever

• Sun, May 3, 2-10 p.m., Social – YPAV post-Dry Creek Community Garden Grand Opening

Melissa Martin

is the Arts Administrator for the Community Arts Council, at the Rollin Art Centre.

Timbre! Choir has some rhythm

Port Alberni native and graduate of Alberni District Secondary (now residing in New York) Bassist Lauren Falls will be featured in the West Coast Jazz Festival Adjudicator’s jazz combo in the International Jazz Day Celebration Concert held at Vancouver Island University

Theatre on Thursday April 30 at 7:00pm. This concert is part of the West Coast Jazz Festival, a regional jazz festival for Musicfest Canada.

The West Coast Jazz Festival is a two- day event featuring 60 student high school ensembles from all over Vancouver Island and the mainland,

including ADSS and E.J. Dunn jazz bands. Daytime student performances are free.

Tickets for this event are only $10.00 and are available in Port Alberni at Pete’s Mountain Meats and Rollin Arts Centre and in Nanaimo at Fascinating Rhythm, Long and McQuade and Tom Lee Music.

Jazz Festival comes to Nanaimo

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New York-based bassist Lauren Falls will be performing at the International Jazz Day Celebration Concert held at VIU Theatre on April 30 at 7:00pm.


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