Alberni Valley News, May 12, 2016

THURSDAY, MAY 12, 2016 Vol. 10 No. 61

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Roads face name change on main dragKATYA SLEPIANALBERNI VALLEY NEWS

Port Alberni’s longest three streets could soon be amalgamated into one, if a proposal from city council to unify Gertrude Street, Stamp Avenue and Third Avenue is accepted.

“That’s the one street that stitches the two sides of the city together so we decided a year ago that it would be a good process to go through in order to rename it,” said Mayor Mike Ruttan following Monday’s council meeting.

“We would rename it on the basis of a competition and see what names people come up with.”

According to city planner Scott Smith, the change would affect nearly 250 properties.

“The proposed street name change to Gertrude, Stamp and Third would directly impact about 110 commercial properties and about 140 residential properties,” Smith told council on Monday.

“If a street name was changed the city would certainly install new street signage and we would need to change our digital mapping and information systems.”

Keeping language aliveKRISTI DOBSONSPECIAL TO THE NEWS

For the past six years, Jean Thomas has been going

into elementary school classrooms to teach the aboriginal language to young students. This year, Thomas, a Nuu-chah-nulth Education Worker (NEW), is at E.J. Dunn for the first time.

At the age of 66, she is helping to contribute to the preservation and expansion of her heritage.

Thomas goes into the classrooms primarily from Kindergarten to Grade 3, but occasionally up to Grade 6. She started out at Eighth Avenue Elementary, where she returned for the past two years, and prior to that, taught at Gill and Alberni. Her role is to make learning fun and interactive.

“I do activities with the kids,” Thomas said. “We have made button blankets, mini drums and did a series on the Raven Tales movie.”

She also includes

activities for the various seasons and holidays. There is also a theory component to her lessons where she has the students write words and letters from the

phonetic alphabet. “I find they pick it up

easier in Kindergarten and Grades 1–3,” Thomas said.

The language is evolving, but she can still teach the basics

for everyday greetings and conversation.

“(The students) learn numbers, how to say good morning, their names and where they are from.”

Jean Thomas, a Nuu-chah-nulth Education Worker at E.J. Dunn School, shows Edward Fedirchuk the phonetic alphabet in Mr. Koch’s Grade 2–3 class.

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The Alberni Valley News has earned one provincial and one national journalism award this year.

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Funding setback threatens Friendship CentreKARLY BLATSALBERNI VALLEY NEWS

The Port Alberni Friendship Centre could face staff layoffs and cuts to critical services for indigenous families over funding setbacks from the Department of Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada(INAC).

There are two issues surrounding funding for Friendship Centres across the province: ongoing uncertainty over Community Capacity Support (CCS) program funding, and the fact that the core-funding pot of money—which used to fund Friendship Centres exclusively—will now be shared with multiple other organizations.

“The previous Conservative government amalgamated a number of pooled money for urban services and they put

it under the Urban Aboriginal Strategy as one envelope and they created two streams of money,” said Carl Mashon, acting executive director of the BC Association of Aboriginal Friendship Centres.

The two streams of money are the CCS that provides operational funding to urban Aboriginal community organizations to help them deliver programs and services, and the Urban Partnership (UP) money which is project-specific money.

Mashon said there’s about $43 million for those two streams of money usually distributed among all Friendship Centres in the country.

However, INAC implemented new criteria and guidelines this year that opens up $23 million core-funding

to other aboriginal organizations as well as friendship centres.

The friendship centre association says INAC is breaching the agreed terms and conditions and that the proposed changes will have negative impacts on their agencies’ capacity to deliver

services. “Last week we got

a demand note from the department saying you now have to comply with new criteria and guidelines,” Mashon said.

The core-funding has been opened up to other aboriginal organizations,

specifically political organizations, Mashon added.

“We’re a service delivery network. We’re not political and we’re there to provide community and family services...That’s a concern because they have not expanded the pool of money,” Mashon said.

The sudden change should not affect every Friendship Centre, Mashon said, because the larger facilities run on a larger budget. Therefore the funding they receive from CSS, although still important, may not be as critical to them than some of the smaller centres who rely significantly on the funding to keep running.

“Port Alberni is kind of a medium-size centre and they’re well managed but I know it’s a concern for them too,” Mashon said. “I think

Port Alberni is in a better position than others but they will be concerned if this delay is several more months.”

Port Alberni Friendship Centre executive director Cyndi Stevens agrees.

“This will absolutely affect the way we do business,” she said.

“It will mean laying off staff, it will mean reduced ability to do things, to respond to proposals...it’s absolutely going to increase our workload.”

Stevens said core-funding dollars were already reduced by $30,000 about 20 years ago and now the further reductions will create even more difficulty in keeping services running and staff employed.

“They haven’t even put out the call for funding, I believe that’s going to affect a lot of centres.

Brendon Gibson, left, an addictions counsellor at the Port Alberni Friendship Centre with Ron Martin, centre, and Ann Barker, right, who has accessed the Friendship Centres services for more than 30 years.

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From A1Speaking after the

meeting, Ruttan said that the cost to the city was yet to be determined.

According to Smith, property owners and tenants would be responsible for changing any address-specific items.

“Property owners and tenants would be responsible for

ensuring that the address change was reflected in all their documents. They’d have to change their driver’s licence, any banking and financial information.

“Businesses would have to change their business accounts, letterheads, logo advertising, websites and any legal documents they

have,” Smith said.He recommended

that the city seek public input from affected businesses, residents and local emergency services prior to making any changes.

Coun. Denis Sauve said he didn’t see a need to change the street names, especially given the cost and hassle.

“Changing the name of the main drag going through South and Northport I don’t think has anything to do with reuniting a city—we’re already united. I’m just wondering where our priorities are being and why we’re even entertaining and doing this now,” said Sauve.

He also questioned the cost of changing the street addresses in the 911 system.

“For the rezoning and mapping of the 911 system... there is going to be a major cost. Who’s going to take on that cost?”

Coun. Ron Paulson, who used to direct tourists during his time as a business owner and at the Multiplex, said that the cost was worth it to simplify the city streetscape for visitors.

“I think this is one way of making our community more visitor friendly. I don’t know how many times I tried to explain to people how to get to the Harbour Quay and after I gave instructions they said ‘oh that’s complicated, I’m not going to bother,’” said Paulson.

However, Treadsetters Shoes owner Barbara Mellaart said that the street name doesn’t even enter into when she’s giving directions.

“It’s one strip. When we give people directions we tell them to take this road all the way through to Pete’s Meats, 7-11, the name of the road doesn’t come into it.”

“It’s the dumbest thing I have ever heard,” said Mellaart. “All of those businesses from Gertrude and Johnston down are going to have to change their letterhead, their bank accounts, their cheques, it’s a

huge, huge financial burden to all of those businesses and the name of those streets have been like that since the beginning of time. Why change them?”

SteamPunk Cafe owner Kevin Wright disagreed.

“It’s part of growth. There are growing pains but this is going to be good for this community. Especially the connection, that’s the biggest thing for me. I want the community to feel connected,” said Wright.

Coun. Chris Alemany said that the change just made sense to him.

“It really is a legacy of when the city was

two different legacies so I think it’s very valid to try to bring it together and have one name for the community to have in place,” he said.

A new name is also an opportunity to showcase the city’s first nations neighbours, Alemany added.

“I see this as an opportunity of finally bringing our first nations into the landscape of the city. Maybe this could finally be a place where we could have first nations representation in our streetscapes.”

The names of both Gertrude Street and Stamp Avenue are historical names.

From A3“We’re going to be

affected by some degree. I have no idea what the timeline is going to be and that doesn’t help us,” Stevens said.

Typically a call for proposals for funding is released in November each year and successful

applicants are disclosed in mid- to late February. That has not happened in 2016.

“There should be an increase to core-funding, not a reduction,” Stevens said.

“We’re not saying other areas don’t deserve that funding

as well, we believe they do, but they should be allocating new dollars to those, not taking away from organizations that are already suffering.”

Stevens said the last amount of funding they received from CSS was $170,000 and with the new changes the amount would

decrease to $120,000. “This is our 50th

year and we’ve done very, very well but why do we have to continuously struggle and continually fight to keep providing services to a population that’s in need,” Stevens said.

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Friendship centres call for increase

No costs yet for proposed street name change

Gertrude Street changes names twice between Compton Road and Argyle Street. City council would like to name all three sections something the same.

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are trying to change and I wish I could afford to take the courses every time they are offered.”

Learning the language has not always been a priority for Thomas. As a member of the Tseshaht First Nation, she recalls the time when Aboriginal Peoples were banned from speaking their language.

“It is important because for many years we lost the ability to speak or teach,” she said. “When we got that back, I wasn’t interested. I was married to a non-First Nations man and busy

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In 2001, she studied in a language learning program and has carried on ever since.

Thomas’ grandfather was instrumental in translating the language into English and travelled all over Canada and the U.S. meeting with

archeologists. She inherited the tapes and after listening to them, realized how much she could understand.

“This is a very rewarding job,” she said. “I wish I had gotten to it 20 years ago. I love it and do not miss a single day.”

She said the learning is reciprocal with the French speaking students teaching her words and phrases and has witnessed her teachings become a universal language.

“When we are doing colours and numbers they will teach me the same words in French,” she said. “It is interesting because sometimes I am doing a class and the non-

First Nations kids are more interested so then the First Nations kids want to show what they know and not be shy.”

The program promotes the academic success of aboriginal students as recent graduation rates have improved in B.C. The non-completion rate of aboriginal students living on-reserve in B.C. in 2011 was 40.7 per cent, down from 46 per cent in 2006 according to a report by the C.D. Howe Institute. Of those living off-reserve, the non-completion rate in 2006 was 25.4 per cent in B.C. compared to 30.2 per cent nationally.

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SD70 cross-boundary requests nixedKARLY BLATSALBERNI VALLEY NEWS

Families hoping to enroll their children in schools outside of their immediate catchment area might be out of luck in the 2016–17 school year.

School District 70 plans to preserve student spaces in Alberni schools for potential new families to the area before allowing any cross-boundary enrolment.

“We haven’t filled up all of our schools at max, we’re not filling them all up at this point, we are reserving some space,” said Greg Smyth, superintendent of schools.

Smyth said saving spaces in schools is important for the continuation in the

trend of new families moving to Port Alberni.

“We have seen movement in Port Alberni,” Smyth said. “The real estate market is now alive and there are lots of families who are either moving within Port Alberni or families that are coming to Port Alberni, so we’re still preserving

space in our schools to accommodate for those students.”

Cross-boundary enrolment is not something SD70 is ready for and Smyth said families who are interested enrolling their children in out-of-catchment schools will have to put their names on a waiting list.

Accommodating

space in schools for children who live in that catchment area and for any new families who move to the catchment area is the first priority for school trustees, prior to allowing cross-boundary enrolment.

“We’re just taking a very cautious approach to this.”

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Cycle Alberni is hoping that Bike to Work week, May 29– June 4, will inspire cyclists to stay on Port Alberni’s roads for longer than just that one week.

“In Port Alberni, 1.3 per cent of commuters bike to work, which is less than the average among Vancouver Island communities at two per cent,” said Bike to Work week coordinator Sarah Thomas.

“That means in Port Alberni we have a huge opportunity because with biking and walking in particular, short distances make a huge

difference.”According to

Statistics Canada, 42.2 per cent of commuters currently drive less than three kilometres to work and 7.9 per cent live within one kilometre of their workplaces and still drive.

“There’s a huge body of people who might cycle or walk if the opportunity was a little bit easier.”

Some examples of what stops potential cyclists were seen during Cycle Alberni’s April bike counts where 20 volunteers counted 381 cyclists over two days in 10 locations across the city.

“We had one

person who was counting at the dip. If you visualize the dip, the west side of the sidewalk is straight and the east side bends. So if you’re headed from Southport to Northport,

that sidewalk is challenging if you’re trying to bike on the sidewalk because you don’t feel safe on the road,” Thomas explained. She added that many people told counters that they did not feel safe on the roads.

As a result of the sidewalk configuration in the dip, 65 per cent of cyclists used the straight west side sidewalk while only 20 per cent used the east side and 15 per cent used the road—where bicycles are legally supposed to be.

The stats lead Thomas to believe that better sidewalk configurations would encourage cyclists.

Other challenges identified were pinch points, driver speeds, intersections and lack of lighting.

“But people would love to bike if it was safe and convenient,” said Thomas, citing the newly added bike lanes at the Gertrude Street bridge as an example of cycle-friendly design.

Bike to Work week takes place from May 29–June 3 with a whole slew of events.

“It starts off on Sunday, May 29 with a bike rodeo for the kids at Save-On Foods, then Monday is a two--pronged event at Steampunks put on both by Kevin Wright and Gary Robertson

of Alien Sports. Tuesday the Barclay Hotel is hosting us for a celebration event, Thursday is Bike to School day at Echo Centre, Thursday night will be Bike to the Ball Game night and on Friday, June 4 there is, hosted by Hupacasath First Nation, a salmon barbecue for everyone who comes on their bike to Victoria Quay,” said John Mayba of Cycle Alberni.

Prizes will be awarded in various categories, with a top province-wide prize consisting of a bike trip in Vietnam.

People can find out more and register at www.biketowork.ca/

Cycle Alberni hopes to inspire new cyclistsAdvocacy group hope that Bike to Work week will inspire longterm bicycle use

There’s a huge body of people who might cycle or walk if the opportunity was a little bit easier.

– Sarah Thomas


The Port Alberni Port Authority will open up the waterfront to the public with a Port Day celebration on Saturday, May 28.

Residents and visitors alike will be able to take in dozens of activities along the PAPA-owned section of Port Alberni’s waterfront, including the soon-to-be renamed ‘Somass Strip’ boardwalk between the Somass Mill and Fisherman’s Wharf.

Construction on the boardwalk be finished by then, according to port authority officials, and the new name—chosen through a public contest—will be unveiled in the coming weeks.

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Harbour Quay will soon get musical, thanks to four girls in Anne Ostwald’s social justice class at Alberni District Secondary School.

The students plan to plant a painted piano somewhere in the quay, so members of the public can pluck at the keys.

The idea came about at a pizza party hosted by the City of Port Alberni’s youth advisory committee.

“I’m on the youth advisory committee and we hosted a pizza party to get some feedback from the youth in the community,” said Freya Knapp.

“Some people from the Nanaimo youth advisory committee came and they had just started their piano project.”

Pianos placed around a community as public art is not a new concept: the city of Victoria and surrounding communities have run a similar program since 2012, when a 16-year-old high school student from Reynolds Secondary brought the idea back from a family visit to London, England, in 2010.

The idea of street pianos was originally an art project started in 2008 by English artist Luke Jerram, in Birmingham, England.

Jerram’s Play Me, I’m Yours phenomenon has spread to 50 cities worldwide and included 1,500 pianos.

Kelowna has a

popular Pianos in Parks program, and Kamloops has its famous blue piano downtown.

The group of girls, made up of Knapp, Regan Pley, Frances Wilson and Becca Busby, liked the idea of painting a piano and thought it was replicable in Port Alberni.

City councillor Sharie Minions has donated a piano to the students, who will be painting it next week, before meeting with Harbour Quay merchants to decide upon a more exact placement for the instrument.

According to Ostwald, all of her social justice students are doing a diverse set of projects with one common thread—to make a difference.

“The criteria list was that they had to make a difference,” said Ostwald.

“You have to actually go and do something to qualitatively make a difference in the community to make it a better place. To me, that’s the whole thing about the projects.”

The four girls hope that their project will bring a sense of community and life to Harbour Quay.

“We thought it would bring a sense of community togetherness. It’s going to be in the Arts District at the Harbour Quay, hopefully, and so it’s something that everyone will know where it is,” said Knapp.

The piano will be for everyone to use, she added.

“Some of the ones in other cities have slogans that say ‘play me’ or ‘play music.’ Our is going to say ‘make melodies’ and it will be open for everyone to use—it’s a public piano.”[email protected]

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Regan Pley, her father Tim, Frances Wilson, Freya Knapp and Colin Minions move the soon-to-be painted piano onto a trailer.

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isagreements persist on the extent of humanity’s role in the current changes to B.C.’s climate, and our ability to influence it, as many readers have

told me in the past week.But almost everyone seems

to agree that growing more and healthier forests is a good strategy. I would add that harvesting and building with wood preserves its captured carbon, a fact not much discussed in emotional appeals against logging.

The B.C. government is finally spending some money on community fuel load removal projects this year, after an initial flurry following the Kelowna fires of 2003 faded in hard times. But the effects of decades

of fire suppression in a fire-dependent forest system remain, as northern B.C. and Alberta are showing us again.

There is some positive news here. A Victoria-based government research team has published a study that calculates B.C.’s pine beetle-damaged forests are regenerating more quickly

than expected. Warmer temperatures,

increased precipitation and the “fertilizer effect” of more carbon dioxide in the atmosphere are factors.

“By 2020, the enhanced growth due to climate change and increased CO2 more than

compensates for the carbon loss from dead, rotting trees,” said lead researcher Vivek Arora of the Canadian Centre for Modeling and Analysis.

This recovery even overcomes the projected increase in forest fire loss that comes with gradually increasing temperatures and drier periods.

The federal government is still working on its plan to meet greenhouse gas reduction targets agreed to in Paris last year. But the forest industry has stepped up with its own goal.

I spoke last week with Derek Nighbor, president of the Forest Products Association of Canada, after he announced his industry’s “30 by 30 Climate Change Challenge.”

That’s a goal to reduce the industry’s net carbon emissions by 30 megatonnes a year by 2030. That would be 13 per cent of the Canadian government emission target.

TOM FLETCHERB.C. Views

Growing trees for climate change

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City council has decided to rename the main road that connects the north and south sides of Port Alberni, to avoid confusion for visitors—the road presently changes name three times within a couple of

kilometres—and to celebrate a milestone in 2017.

The public will have a chance to name the road, as the city will soon start a public consultation phase on the project.

It is important for a community to remember its roots. Gertrude Street was named for someone with the Anderson Company, which established the first sawmill at the head of the Alberni Canal in 1860.

Stamp Avenue was named for Captain Edward Stamp, an official with the Anderson Company and the man responsible for starting the Hastings mill in Vancouver’s Burrard Inlet.

Third Avenue was one of several north-south running avenues named at the creation of New Alberni, according to the book ‘Alberni Valley Place Names’, prior to 1912.

Renaming streets in Port Alberni is not without precedent: Burke Street between Margaret and Helen used to be Nanaimo Road; Seventh and Ninth Avenues were Bothwell Grove and Kelvin Grove, respectively. Stamp Avenue was moved completely in 1960, replacing the original road connecting Port Alberni and Alberni.

This community will celebrate the 50th anniversary of the amalgamation of Port Alberni and Alberni in 2017, and the present council wants to have a new name in place by then.

The timing is right for this renaming project.

— ALBERNI VALLEY NEWS

The timing is right for this renaming project.

If the flow of forest products stops, society will turn to other products...

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The other day when the sun was shining I set out for the plant nursery to get a start on my seeds and plants for the vegetable garden. Standing there I was reminded of an email received quite some time ago that seemed so ap-propriate to my planning. It’s source is unknown.It is called Gardening God’s Way. Plant three rows of peas: Peace of mind, Peace of heart, Peace of soul. Plant four rows of squash: Squash gossip, Squash indifference, Squash grumbling, Squash selfi shness. Plant four rows of let-tuce: Lettuce be faithful, Lettuce be kind, Lettuce be obedient, Lettuce really love one another. No garden without turnips: Turnip for meetings, Turnip for service, Turnip to help one another. Water freely with patience and cultivate with love. To conclude our garden we must have thyme: Thyme for God, Thyme for study, Thyme for prayer. What a garden that would be.

Mail: Letters, Alberni Valley News, 4656 Margaret St., Port Alberni, B.C. V9Y 6H2 Fax: 250-723-6395 E-mail: [email protected] should be no longer than 300 words and will be edited. Include your address and phone number (although those won’t be published) and a first name or two initials. We won’t publish anonymous letters, or letters to third parties. We regret that, due to the volume of letters we receive, not all will be printed.

No-option census really dictatorshipTo the Editor,

Lets define “dictatorship”: a government or country in which total power is held by a dictator or a small group.

Now let’s look at the census being sent out to all households: what part of going to jail or receiving a $500 fine—or both—if we do not fill out the census form, is not connected to a dictatorship?

The census asks

very personal questions, for example: how much is your mortgage payment per month? who pays the mortgage? Are you male or female? How

many rooms in your house, how many are bedrooms? How much is your electrical per year?

I could go on and on with these foolish questions.

“A government or country in which total power is held by a dictator or a small group.”

Does this not sound similar to what is happening to us? A government that threatens a fine or jail or both, this sounds like a dictatorship to me.

Dave Noble,Port Alberni

The ‘fault’ will be lack of preparationTo the Editor,

November 11 each and every year is a day none of us should ever forget. As well, any of us living on the West Coast should never forget we live on or beside The Cascadia Fault.

I read a very detailed and most interesting article online from July 20, 2015 issue of New Yorker magazine written by Kathryn Schulz about earthquakes

affecting the Cascadia subduction zone.It brought home the facts of how important earthquake preparedness truly is, for one’s self and one’s family’s survival.

I have had an earthquake kit of survival supplies away from my house on my property for some years now, and hope to God I never have to use it.

After reading this article, I’m glad I took the time and expense to prepare.

Have you got yours? Danny Bruner,

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From A8One of the main

strategies is salvage harvesting and developing more products that use wood.

“It’s basically trying to use every part of the tree,” Nighbor said. “In forest operations right now, this is where we see a big part of the opportunity.

Instead of the residual branches and whatnot just being left aside and slashing and burning, bring more of that out and turn it into something.”

That something might be a console in a luxury car constructed with wood fibre, or an 18-storey wood student residence building planned

for the University of B.C.

The other is improving forest growth. Logging operations have long been required to replant areas they cut, not just in B.C. but across Canada.

Another way to improve forest carbon capture is with more productive species,

with genetic techniques that increase resiliency as well as wood mass.

A background paper from the B.C. forests ministry responds to common misconceptions about forest carbon, including the idea that logging should be stopped to maximize storage.

“Maximizing carbon storage in the ecosystem would make sense only if society stopped building new homes, acquiring new furniture and consuming in general,” it says.

“If the flow of forest products stops, society will turn to other products with

higher greenhouse gas footprints, e.g. plastics, metal or concrete. In addition, if harvesting stopped and we continued to suppress natural disturbances, there is increased potential for larger catastrophic disturbances in the future.”

If Canada wants to make a bigger

contribution to reducing greenhouse gases, forests are a good area to focus on. At 348 million hectares from the B.C. coast to Newfoundland, they represent nine per cent of the world’s forests.

Tom Fletcher is B.C. columnist for Black Press.

One strategy to lower usage is to use more tree parts

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The City of Port Alberni invites local groups and organizations to apply for permissive tax exemption for the year 2017. Application forms are available from the City Clerk’s Department at City Hall. Completed applications must be received by 4:30 pm on June 24, 2016 and are to be submitted to:

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Port Alberni BC V9Y 1V8

The criteria for Permissive Tax Exemptions is de ned by Section 224 of the Community Charter. Copies of this section of the Community Charter and the City’s current permissive tax exemption policy are available from the City Clerk’s department or on our website at www.portalberni.ca.

Please contact Davina Hartwell, City Clerk, for further information at 250-720-2810.

2017 COMMUNITY INVESTMENT PROGRAM

(CIP) ORIENTATION WORKSHOP

The City of Port Alberni invites local non-pro t groups and organizations to attend an Orientation Workshop on the 2017 Community Investment Program. This program replaces the former Grants-in-Aid program. 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 Monday, October 3, 2016.

Applications are reviewed by the Community Investment Grant Review Committee. They will make recommendations to City Council for their approval. Decisions for grants to be distributed in 2017 will be made in December 2016.

Please note: that any requests for in kind use of City facilities, equipment or services or for nancial contributions to community organizations or events for 2017 are directed through the Community Investment Program.

In order to be eligible to apply for support under the CIP, the organization must have a member attend an Orientation Workshop.

Monday, May 16, 20161:30pm – 3:30pm or 7:00pm – 9:00pm

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Space is limited. Register for the workshop by calling the Front Desk at Echo Centre (250 723-2181). CIP information brochures can be picked up from City Hall or Echo Centre.

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Walk with your doc is happening Thursday, May 12 from 5 -7 p.m. at Bob Dailey Stadium. Come out and walk with more than 20 Port Alberni doctors who want to promote a healthy and active lifestyle in the community.

Informational booths, put on by Integrated Health Network and Island Health clinics, will be available as well as seminars on smoking cessation and teaching kids the importance of keeping active. Draw prizes, live music by the Elderly Brothers, healthy snacks and prizes for kids are among the festivities taking place at the walk.

Flea market

There will be lots to look at during the AVUC vintage flea market on Saturday, May 14 at the Alberni Valley United Church, 3747 Church St. The sale is happening from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Search through art, books, furniture, household items, clothing, plants and more.

Live bandThe Beaver Creek

Community Hall is hosting Vancouver Island’s classic dance band, Big Daddy, on Saturday, May 14. Tickets are $20 each and doors open 7 p.m. Big Daddy hails from Port Alberni and plays classic rock, country and blues tunes.

Book sale The Community Arts

Council is holding a giant book sale on Friday, May 13 from 6-8 p.m. and Saturday, May 14 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Echo Centre. The big book sale is a fundraiser for the arts council and Rollin Art Centre. Thousands of books are available.

MS WalkThe Port Alberni

MS Walk will take place Sunday, May 15 around Kitsuksis Dyke with two routes: 3 km and 6 km. Check-in starts at 9:30 a.m. and the walk starts at 10:30 a.m., ending at 1 p.m. Water, coffee and entertainment on site. Free lunch for participants and volunteers.

Mackenzie Siegfried, Grade 4 student at E.J. Dunn Elementary School, tries out the historic stencil machine during the Regional Heritage fair at Echo Centre on Friday, May 6.

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Heritage Fair exhibitors honouredThe annual

Regional Heritage Fair was held on Friday, May 6 and Saturday, May 7 at Echo Centre. One hundred students from private and public schools around Vancouver Island were in attendance who exhibited their projects for a panel of community judges.

“We fully support this program and have right from the beginning,” School District 70 chairperson Pam Craig said during the opening ceremonies.

The exhibits students assemble every year represent the diversity of choice and heritage from this country,

she added.Some of the

students who received Honour Medals will be chosen to attend the Provincial Heritage Fair at the UBC campus in Vancouver in early July.

Following is a list of this year’s winners (project name in brackets):

Ken Hughes Memorial Award- Sylvie Pakarnyk, Grade 5, Ucluelet Elementary School (Nellie McClung).

Genealogy Club Award- Justin Barowcliff, Grade 4, E.J. Dunn Elementary School (World War 2 - Great Grandpa).

Alberni District

Historical Society- Arwen Rauguth-Treleaven, Grade 4, Heritage Christian Online School (Heritage Homes of Port Alberni).

Port Alberni Maritime Heritage

Society- Olivia Rhodes, Grade 4, Ucluelet Elementary School (Canoes and other Early Watercraft).

Industrial Heritage Society- Kaya Fox, Grade 7, Partners in Education (Mining).

Education History Award- Jaida Neilson, Grade 5, Ucluelet Elementary School (Rick Hanson).

Alberni Valley News- Matana Schulz, Grade 4, Port Alberni Christian School (RCMP K-9

Unit).Fire Chief Award-

Heather McKechnie, Grade 7, Aspen Park (Halifax Explosion).

BC Power Pioneers- Lucas bell, Grade 8, Heritage Christian Online School (John F. Allen and Super Fluids).

Pam Craig- Aesthetic Presentation- Alexis Banack, Grade 7, Aspen Park (Canadian Candies).

Lieutenant Governor’s Historical Literacy Award- Jedidiah Robertson, Grade 7, Heritage Christian Online School (Milner Gardens).

Historic Places Award- Ioan Trevleaven, Grade 7, Heritage Christian Online School

(Milner Gardens). Canada’s History

Medals- Marcus Nixon and Jack Carson, Grade 3 and 5, Ucluelet Elementary School (Jacques Cartier).

Honour Medals grade 3/4/5:-Hailey Hickman, Grade 5, Aspen Park (Vancouver Island Endangered Animals).-Lothar Myck, Grade 5, Ucluelet Elementary School (Rush).-Alex Bell, Grade 5, Heritage Christian Online School (Invasive Plants on Vancouver Island).-Kay Bray, Grade 5, Ucluelet Elementary School, (Sidney Crosby).-Hudson Swann, Grade 5, Ucluelet

Elementary School (RCMP).-Aidan Swann, Grade 3, Ucluelet Elementary School (Plains People).-Joshua Robertson, Grade 4, Port Alberni Christian School (History of the Guitar in Canada).Honour Medals grade 5/6/7:-Sage Heyer, Grade 7, Aspen Park (What was the Spell of the Yukon)-Jack McQuaid, Grade 6, Ucluelet Elementary School (Canadian Weaving).-Angelina Louie, Grade 6, Ucluelet Elementary School (Christine Sinclair).-Orion LeFevre, Grade 6, Ucluelet Elementary School (History of Curling in Canada).

-Natasha Jacobson, Grade 7, Aspen Park (Newfoundland Tsunami).-Maya Walker, Grade 6, Aspen Park (Justin Trudeau).-Maile Poetker, Grade 6, Aspen Park (Engangered Animals in Canada).Honour Medals grade 8/12:-Makayla Anderson, Grade 12, VAST (Women’s Suffrage).People’s Choice (voted – public attending on Saturday): Kaya Fox, Grade 7, Partners in Education (Mining).Student’s Choice Award (voted – student participants):-Ethan Grills, Grade 4, Ucluelet Elementary School (Maurice Riddick).

Grade 4 students from E.J. Dunn Elementary School, left, stamp letters and numbers using a historic stencil machine at the Regional Heritage Fair on May 6 at Echo Centre. From left to right: Damian Winchester, Benjamin Fong and Mackenzie Siegfried.Vanessa Frank, left, showing two community judges her exhibit.


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Alberni District Secondary students are hoping to have smoking banned in cars across the city.

Three students from Anne Oswald’s Social Studies 11 class came to tell city council about their proposal on Monday night.

“The smoking in vehicles bylaw was created to make smoking both tobacco and marijuana products in vehicles illegal,” said student Julia Davenport.

According to the students’ proposed bylaw, vehicle owners and occupants may not:

• Smoke tobacco or marijuana with passengers in a vehicle;

• Smoke tobacco or marijuana in a moving vehicle;

• Smoke in a vehicle without proper ventilation;

• keep an ashtray inside a vehicle.

In addition, smokers must stop before smoking, dispose of all ashes immediately after smoking and refrain from smoking in even a stopped vehicle unless all passengers give consent. Failure to do so is proposed to have a $50 fine.

The class came up with the bylaw due to the harmful effects of secondhand smoke.

“This bylaw is necessary because secondhand smoke has been shown to cause many serious health problems,” said Pharyn Frank.

“The National Toxicology Program estimates that at least 250 chemicals in secondhand smoke are known to be carcinogenic or toxic. Also, adults with asthma can experience a decline in lung function while new cases of asthma may be induced in children.”

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“A small contained space like a car can also produce dangerous air quality

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Port Alberni’s city hall has a new, more modern look courtesy of $100,000 worth of cedar panelling donated by the Coulson Group.

“It provides an opportunity to show what we can produce locally in the Alberni Valley with local wood, local effort, local ingenuity. It’s very much a cooperative effort in terms of how much it came together,” said Mayor Mike Ruttan on Monday.

The new cedar panelling cost the city $35,000 for 400 hours of installation and was helped along by the donation of cedar panelling by the Coulson Group.

Cedar cladding for the entrance way support poles was donated by Western Forest Products.

According to director of finance Cathy Rothwell, J Robbins Construction installed the panels; Dolan’s provided sheet metal for the corners and Levelton Consultants provided engineering services.

The panelling has been manufactured at Coulson Forest Products sawmill for the past three years.

“The idea was to take one board, slice it into thin pieces and then glue it to a backing to try to extend that board to seven times the volume. That’s been the idea, to take a species that’s just

about gone now and extend it seven times its life,” said CEO Wayne Coulson.

“We’re very proud that this new council stood up and embraced the whole idea of being a cedar leader in the world with our community. It’s great that we’re able to showcase our wood products on these buildings.”

According to Ruttan, it’s only the beginning of city hall renovations.

“This is part of the renewal of city hall and over the next 4-5 years we will renew the things we need to renew, whether it be old carpets or painting walls or what have you.”

Coulson Group CEO Wayne Coulson said

that it was a much needed facelift.

“We’re pleased because at the end of the day, in a community, leadership starts at the top. We’ve always seen city hall as being the leader of the community,” said Coulson. “I remember meetings in here where we had broken chairs up in the lobby and then we’d walk into the mayor’s lobby and it would have water stains on the ceiling, the chairs were ripped... so it’s great to see that the new council has picked up on setting the standard and the expectation within the community that all of us on the corporate side are here to follow.”

City hall gets faceliftWayne Coulson, Mayor Mike Ruttan, city facilities superintendent Mark Zenko, far right, and representatives from Western Forest Products and J Robbins Construction unveil city hall’s new cedar panelling.

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A first offence for checking your phone while driving will cost B.C. drivers $543 when new penalties take effect June 1.

The fine for distracted driving goes up from $167 to $368, and drivers will also be assessed four penalty points, triggering another $175 charge. The combination results in a total penalty of $888 for a second offence within a year of the first.

Public Safety Minister Mike Morris said the new penalties put B.C. near the top of distracted driving fines for Canadian provinces.

Two tickets in a year will also trigger an automatic review by the Superintendent of Motor Vehicles that could result in licence suspension.

Public consultation over the past year found support for a tougher approach.

“A lot of the input that we had indicated even higher penalties than that,” Morris said.

Transportation Minister Todd Stone said the public awareness campaigns have not convinced enough people of the dangers of trying to use mobile phones or other devices without hands-free services.

“Imagine trying to drive the length of a football field while you’re blindfolded,” Stone said.

Central Saanich Police Chief Les Sylven, president of the B.C. Association of Chiefs of Police, reminded drivers that being at a stop light or stuck in a traffic jam does not mean the distracted driving penalties don’t apply.

NDP public safety critic Mike Farnworth said the government didn’t need to take a year to increase one of the lowest

distracted driving penalty systems in the country, and giving the superintendent

discretion over multiple repeat offenders doesn’t send a clear enough

message.“Frankly, I think that

if you get more than three in the course of

the year, there should be no ‘may’ about it, you will lose your licence,” Farnworth

said.Distracted and

inattentive driving was a factor in the

deaths of 66 people and injuries to 630 in B.C. in 2014.

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• Friday, Nov. 13, 1970: the deadliest tropical cyclone in history, the Bhola cyclone, peters out after devastating Bangladesh, killing an estimated 300,000 people.

• Friday, Nov. 13, 1985: more than 20,000 die as the Nevada del Ruiz

volcano erupts in Colombia, burying the nearby towns of Chinchilla, and Amerno.

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for you relatively quickly why people fear Friday the 13th.

Of course what they don’t tell you is that with 365 days and billions of human

beings to choose from you can pull out a similar handful of tragic headlines for pretty much any Monday the 9th, or Saturday the 25th, too.

The Titanic went down on a Sunday the 14th. Hitler invaded Poland on a Friday the 1st. The Bruins ended Vancouver’s Stanley Cup dreams on a Wednesday the 15th.

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“Superstition is a belief that there is a relation between an action or event when there is none,” Vancouver Island University professor Robert Pepper-Smith said. “The psychological mechanism is we want control.”

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Phillips Stevens, Jr., an associate professor of anthropology at the University at Buffalo, studies the origins of cults, superstitions and cultural identities. In a 2004 media release from the university, he said that Western culture’s fear of Friday the 13th likely started in the Middle Ages, based on Christian teachings.

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The official opening was a ribbon pulling not cutting at Alter Ego on Saturday at noon with owners, Bryn Tall and Michelle Clark and mayor Mike Ruttan.

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The numbers were down on Sunday

for Men’s League golfing at Alberni Golf Club: I wonder if it being Mother’s Day the same day had anything to do with it?

The weather was mostly sunny but windy, as 34 players enjoyed an open day at the Alberni Golf Course.

Brian Tall led the way shooting a gross 77, followed by Lloyd Fairley carding a 78. On the net side it was Vic Carlton shooting 67, while Darren Van Dyk, Gerry White and Wayne Johnstone all came in with 68’s.

The closest to the pin winners were Cory Nielson on No. 2, Bill Johnson on No. 4, Clark Crowe on No. 13 and Brian Tall on No. 17.

Next Sunday, May

15 is the Twin Travel Scramble. This will be an altered course and we will be playing 19 holes.

Where is the 19th hole, you ask? Only the club captain knows for sure.

The computer picked teams will consist of four players on each team.

The entry fee will be $15, please sign up in the pro shop, no later than 2 p.m. on Saturday, May 14.

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Bulldogs commit to playersHayduk’s gone as ‘Dogs lighten 2016-17 budget

The Alberni Valley Bulldogs have announced the first round of committed players for the 2016-17 season, following two spring

identification camps: Henry Marshall, a six-foot-one, 175-pound forward from New Canaan, CT; Trevor Cosgrove, six-foot-one, 182 lbs defenceman

from Phillips Exeter Academy in Exeter, NH; and Augustine “Auggie” Moore from Edina, MN, a standout forward who scored 44 points in 25 games.

SUSAN QUINNALBERNI VALLEY NEWS

Adam Hayduk has been let go as assistant general manager and assistant coach of the Alberni Valley Bulldogs.

The announcement was made Tuesday afternoon via press release that Hayduk’s contract was not renewed. He spent five years behind the ‘Dogs’ bench with head coach Kevin Willison.

Also released was athletic trainer Damon Pugerude, whose two-year contract had come to an end.

“I’m not going to be able to replace Adam,” said Willison. “He was very detailed, he was very passionate about hockey.”

Releasing Hayduk was a budget decision made by the Port Alberni Junior Hockey Society, Willison said. “That’s

a tough question. It certainly wasn’t an easy decision on the board’s part. I have to answer to the board and it was their decision.

“Over the years I enjoyed immensely working with Adam,” Willison said, adding that their strengths and weaknesses complemented each other.

“At the end of the day, as the GM and coach I have a budget I have to work with. They thought very

strongly that the budget they came up with tied their hands and that’s the decision they came up with.”

Hockey society president Ron Paulson said the team was

looking to the future when it made this decision.

“In hockey and in business you are forced to make tough decisions in the long-term interests of the team,” Paulson said.

In late April Hayduk was called upon to coach a team in their first-ever appearance at the U16 BC Cup championships. The tourney, played in Salmon Arm, featured the top 120 players born in 2001.

Adam Hayduk, who spent five years as the Alberni Valley Bulldogs’ assistant coach, celebrates with Team Sabres of the U16 BC Cup in April. Hayduk was a last-minute coaching addition at the BC Cup championships.

Trainer Pugerude also let go after contract ends

In hockey and in business you are forced to make tough decisions.

– Ron Paulson

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From A23Eight players from

Hayduk’s team were drafted into the Western Hockey League the week after the Sabres won gold medals.

Bulldogs’ goalie coach Alex Eivin, who was also an assistant coach last year, will remain behind the bench with Willison next season.

“I look forward to working with Alex in the next year to see if we can grow and make this team better,” Willison said.

Eivin, a goalie himself, will look after the defencemen and goaltenders.

The Bulldogs

opted not to renew Pugerude’s contract, and will bring in JT Ward as athletic trainer and equipment manager. Ward will join the team in August to prepare for the upcoming year.

Ward returns to the Bulldogs with a Bachelor of Athletic and Exercise Therapy from Camosun College in Victoria, and will be in charge of strength and conditioning as well as his athletic therapist duties, Willison said.

“JT has got a little bit more experience on the medical side of things and that’s why we made that move.”

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Eivin takes over as sole assistant

The Alberni Valley Tyees Pee Wee lacrosse team played against Peninsula on Saturday, May 7 as part of the third annual Novice

and Pee Wee Tournament hosted at the Multiplex.

TYEESIN THE BOX


RAY MORRISMAY 14, 1933 - MAY 13, 2015

In our hearts you always stay,loved andrememberedevery day.

LOVE DIANE, SHAWN & KIDS

Bertilla Teresa AndreattaNov 27th 1927 – May 15th, 2015

Remembering the light and the soul of our family, this beautiful, kind, compassionate lady. Thinking of you often, loving you forever.

Missed by her children, Dean (Marilyn), Jennie, Nancy, son-in-law John West, grandchildren Maria, Michael,

Mathew, Natalie, Steven, Ryan ( Katica) and Chad (Ashley); great grandchildren Nicholas, Jack, Ella and Lauren.

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Erika Margarete MayrOn May 4th, after 35 years apart, Erika left us to rejoin her husband, Ernie. In 1951, at the age of 24, Erika left her home in Frankfurt, Germany, to travel to Canada. She found herself in Port Alberni, where she met and married Ernie. Erika loved her family, cheesecake, shopping, Leonard Cohen, travelling and chocolate, although not always in that order.She is survived by sons Ron (Wendy) of Okotoks, and Bob (Brenda) of Port Alberni. She was Oma to Jason, Susan, Robyn and Stella, and a great grandmother to nine.Mom always told us “Growing old is not for sissies,” and she proved to us, many times, that she was definitely not a sissy.At Erika’s request, there will be no service.

COATES, Mary passed away surrounded by family on Friday, May 6, 2016 at the Ty Watson House in Port Alberni at the age of 59. Predeceased by parents, Rose and Neil; family Butch Chipman, Sharron MacNeil, BiffMacNeil and Daniel Planetta.Mary is survived by loving husband of 43 years of marriage Big Derrick; children Little Derrick (Michelle), Rob (Kim), Neil (Jessica), Ryan and Scott (Amanda); grandchildren Chelsea, Azlyn, Kenna, Sarah, Trinity, Zac, Madison, Easton, Neo, Brandon, Makaela, Daniel, Jacob and Joseph; family Alice Planetta from Th e Lake, Scott (Ann) MacNeil from Cape Breton, Sandy MacNeil (Jean McKinnon) from Cape Breton, Donna (Frances) Aucoin from Ottawa, Marjori Vienneau from Kanata Ontario, as well as Sharon Chipman from Hamiton, Ontario as well as many nieces, nephews and extended family. Mary was born and raised in Cape Breton. She and Big Derrick loved traveling and exploring new places. A busy, stay at home Mom, Mary had her hands full with raising 5 boys and keeping up with their adventures. Mary was a passionate Neil Diamond fan and had the opportunity to see Neil in concert 5 diff erent times. She and big Derrick moved to Port Alberni 8 years ago. According to Mary’s wishes, a memorial service will be held in Cape Breton in the future. Donations in Mary’s name may be made to the Ty Watson House Hospice Foundation, 2649 – 2nd Ave, Port Alberni, BC., V9Y 1Z8. Th e family would like to off er their heartfelt thanks to each and every staff member, caregiver and nurse for the care Mary received and the support off ered from the staff at the Ty Watson House.

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IN MEMORIAMIN MEMORIAM

DEATHS

Allan (Al) GrantMarch 14, 1940-April 30, 2016

Born and raised in Port Alberni (27 years) and long time resident

of Campbell River since 1972. No service on Al’s request.

MAX RYBERG“The Cod Father”

Max passed away peacefully in Ty Watson House on Wednesday, May 4th, 2016 at the age of 74 after a courageous battle with pancreatic cancer. He was born in Randers, Denmark in 1941.Max is survived by his loving wife of 50 years, Bente; son Martin (Wendy Lynne); daughter Tina (Jason); grandchildren Marcus, Brandon and Nicholas; brother John in Denmark; as well as many nieces, nephews, extended family and friends throughout the world. Following Max’s wishes, no service will be held. In lieu of fl owers, donations can be made in Max’s memory to Ty Watson House, 2649 - 2nd Avenue, Port Alberni, V9Y 1Z8. Condolences may be offered to the family at www.chapelofmemories.ca.

Elsie Merr ill Finlay1928 – 2016

Th e family of Elsie Finlay sadly announce her death on April 26th at the Victoria Royal Jubilee Hospital aft er

a short illness.She was predeceased by her

parents and her brother Bill Skyrme and is survived by her

sisters June Parks and Shirley (Bill) Cherwak, nieces Susan, Margo, Barb, & nephews Brad & Brent and their spouses and families, her special son Collin (Joanne) and their sons; her special daughters Leah, Janice & Marina and their spouses and families as well as her closest and dearest friend Waldi, many relatives in Britain and many, many dear friends.Elsie was born May 30, 1928 in Tisdale, Saskatchewan and came to Port Alberni in 1934. She attended local schools, graduating; her fi rst job was at the Plywood Mill. She and her friend Velia started a business, the Mode Style Shop in Alberni. Aft er selling the shop, Elsie attended Sprott Shaw College in Vancouver, completing her secretarial course and then worked for the Arthritis Society in Vancouver. She then decided to travel to Britain and worked there for three years; returning to Port Alberni in 1959 to work at the WCGH in the clerical departments, marrying Ian in 1961. Elsie retired in 1993.She loved to travel, one of her last trips was to Antarctica, her favorite place was Scotland. She enjoyed sports – ice curling, skiing, and her daily walks around the dyke with Waldi & “Molly”. Elsie loved to bake, her shortbread was famous; gar-dening was another passion. She volunteered at the Seaman’s Haven and for the Lifeline.

A Celebration of Elsie’s life will be held Saturday, May 14th, 1:00 PM at the Best Western Barclay Hotel,

4277 Stamp Avenue, Port Alberni. In lieu of fl owers, donations in Elsie’s name may be made to WCGH Foundation or Ty Watson House. Stories and condolences may be forwarded to the family by visiting www.yatesfuneral.ca

LARSEN, Florence Anniepassed away on April 28, 2016 at Fir Park Village where she lived for the past 5 years. She was predeceased by her husband John and son Lenard. She is survived by her daughter Linda, sisters Hazel Davis and Jenny Bonar, sister in law Marge Th ompson and brother in law, Curtis Peck as well as numerous nieces and nephews. Florence was born in Saskatchewan May 26,1926 and moved to Port Alberni in the 40’s where she met and married John.Th eir life together was active and adven-turesome. Th ey were commercial and pleasure fi shermen, they camped at Salmon Beach, mined in the Yukon and also built a mobile home park. Florence was one of the fi rst women to work in the Plywood Mill. She was one of the original Plywood Girls. She loved the outdoors and working in her yard and vegetable garden. She continued to garden and cut her lawns into her eighties. She was a very active and determined woman.Following Florence’s wishes, no formal service will take place. In lieu of fl owers, donations in Flo’s memory may be made to Fir Park Village Foundation. A special thank you to the staffat Fir Park. Florence was a force to be reckoned with and staffrose to the occasion with humour and compassionate care. Th e family would also like to thank her niece, Judy Reynolds , who provided companionship and support to Florence during her fi nal years.

DEATHS DEATHS

EDMUND SCHULZBorn October 27, 1927, passed away

peacefully in his sleep on April 29, 2016.

Cremation has taken place. Interment will be at 1:00 pm on Saturday, May 14TH, 2016

at Alberni Valley Memorial Gardens. Memorial luncheon to follow at Canal Cafe

(next to Capelli - 4505 Victoria Quay).

Always remembered in our thoughts and dreams,Pet ra, Nicole, Monica, Silke, Mausl

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Card of Thanks, John “Jack” SeymourThe family of the late John Seymour most gratefully thank all of our family and friends for the love, kindness, support, and

remembrances shown to all of us.To the Ladies Auxiliary of the Royal Canadian Legion, Branch

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MEDFORTH, Douglas Lorne 1957-2016

Beloved son of Jean and the late Gordon Medforth. Born in Nanaimo and passed away in Port Alberni where he lived and worked at Pacific Towing for 40 years, then following in his Dad’s footsteps of a life at sea. He leaves to mourn his passing; sons Kristopher (Jen and grandson Morrison) and Dustin (Sarah); brothers Donald (Deb) and David all of Nanaimo; Mother, Jean; as well as many aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews and cousins; his special friends and riding companions Dallas and Sassy; longtime friend Chris Bangemann who has been there through good times and bad to the very end.A Celebration of Doug’s life will be held 1:00pm, Saturday, May 14, 2016 at the Kin Hut., 4102 Hollywood St., Port Alberni, BCIn lieu of flowers, donations in Doug’s memory may be made to the Port Alberni Toy Run, PO Box 52, Port Alberni, BC. V9Y 7M2.

“Ride on my son.”

Theodore Ivor PowellMay 11, 1922 - May 3, 2016

On Tuesday, Ted passed away with his family at bedside. He is

survived by his wife of 71 years, Jean, son Rory (Lois), daughter Yvonne, grandson Ryan (Cory), great-granddaughters Tiff any and Jessica, sister-in-law Linda Geddes (Pete) and their family Darren, Rick

(Melinda), Craig, Andrew, Danika, Natasha and Jessie Geddes, sister

Evelyn Barry, and numerous nieces and nephews. He was predeceased by

sibings Aubrey, George and Yvonne.Ted was born at Fort Langley and moved to Vancouver Island with his family in 1937. On the day war was declared in 1939, Ted enlisted in the Canadian Scottish Regiment. In 1943 he met Jean Smith and they married in 1944. Ted worked at numerous jobs logging and truck driving before settling at the Alberni Pulp and Paper mill as a machine tender on the #1 pulp machine. He remained there for 34 years before retiring to Qualicum Beach. An avid sportsman, Ted played softball, baseball, 10 pin bowling and excelled at golf, achieving four holes-in-one.To honour Ted’s wishes there will be no service. In lieu of fl owers, donations may be made to the Arthritis So-ciety - BC Yukon Division. The family would like to extend their appreciation to Dr. Wagenaar and the caring staff of Eagle Park Care Facility.

Wayne Irwin CHAPPINJuly 3, 1933 to May 2, 2016

It is with great sorrow we announce that Wayne Irwin passed away unexpectedly, but peacefully, in his sleep May 2nd, 2016 at the age of 82 years.Wayne was met with open arms those who had gone before him: his father and mother Walter and Florence Chappin and his brother Gordon.Left to grieve and carry on his memory are his siblings, sisters Georgina (Gerrit) Pley and Tricia Chappin, both from Port Alberni, brother Al (Donna) Chappin residing in Courtenay, as well as many nieces, nephews and cousins, his dear friend Muriel and countless friends and acquaintances too numerous to mention. Wayne began his working career as a teenager at McLean’s Mill and ended it with 25 years of hard work at Canfor Forest Products in Prince George receiving special recognition for his years of faithful service. He spent his retirement years in Port Alberni to be close to family. Wayne was always on the go, and you could often see him “scootering” all around Port Alberni; out Beaver Creek to visit family, enjoying a meal at Solda’s or up to the Casino for a few rounds of Bingo.Wayne’s family would like to extend a special thanks to all the nurses and staff at Rainbow Gardens for the specialized care they gave him over the last 5 years. He made many special friends during his time there, both with staff and other residents. Also a big thanks to Ivo, Patti and the staff at Solda’s Restaurant. Wayne went there often and they truly made him feel like family.Cremation will take place and Wayne will be laid with his mother Florence at Greenwood Cemetary. A Celebration of Life will be held on Saturday, May 14th from 1 to 3 pm at Solda’s Restaurant. Stories and condolences may be forwarded to the family by visiting www.yatesfuneral.ca

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The Rollin Art Centre’s annual giant book sale is happening Friday, May 13 from 6-8 p.m. and Saturday, May 14 from 9-3 p.m.

This will be our 12th annual giant book sale at Echo Community Centre. Thousands of books, jigsaw puzzles and videos. You may pay for your purchases by cash, Visa and MasterCard. Stack up for the summer holidays, camping trips and cosy evenings by the fi re.

Days withthe Arts

Don’t miss out in taking part with the Alberni Valley’s fi rst cooperative Arts Festival. The Rollin Art Centre will be the sight of the Days with the Arts aspect of the Solstice Arts festival. If you are an artist, artisan or vendor and are interested

in renting a table and displaying your work, applications are still available. The Solstice Arts Festival is a three-day event from June 17-19. Table rentals are $80 for the weekend.

Coastal Creations

Visit the Rollin Art Centre to take a peek at our latest art exhibit featuring three talented ladies. This trio of local artists features pieces from Linda Ross, Sandy Bouleau and Nona Hawley.

Unique and beautiful and a bit of something special showcasing intricately designed theatrical leather masks, photography and “wet on wet” method of oil paintings. This exhibit runs now until May 27.

SolsticeFestivalThe Solstice Arts

Festival, from June 17-19, brings four Alberni Valley art groups together under one umbrella.

Featuring Days with the Arts at the Rollin Art Centre, joined by Portal Players Dramatic Society, Alberni Art Rave Society and Art Matters Society – F.A.C.E., for an unforgettable weekend of artists, art exhibits, music, theatrical performances and street entertainment. Tickets are available at the Rollin Art Centre, and Char’s Landing. $20 adults, $15 seniors and students (13-18), $50 family pass (2 adults and 2 students) and children 12 and under are free when accompanied with adult pass.

Tea on theterrace

The Rollin Art Centre Teas on the Terrace will once

again be back this summer; however we will only be having four teas instead of our usual eight. Join us in the garden for another guaranteed wonderful musical line-up and back again is Harvest Thyme Fine Foods serving up her delicious delectables.

Tickets are available: $20 for each tea or $75 if you purchase for all four teas. Musical Line up; July 14 – Folk Song Circle, July 28 – Old Time Fiddlers, Aug. 11 – Glen Mofford Aug. 25. – Paul Kurucz – The Travelers.

Wee GleeA Spring Medley of

Music will resound at the Capitol Theatre, on June 5, 2016, featuring the Wee Glee, Glee and Sea Note Choruses. We are delighted to present an evening of music that will cover a broad range of years and genres from the 30’s to present day. Join us for an enjoyable

and entertaining evening. Directed by Janet Schlackl and Sandy Bouleau. June 5 show times: box offi ce opens at 6:00 p.m., house opens at 6:30 p.m. Show begins 7:00 pm. Tickets are $10.00 at the door, children under 12 are free with an accompanying adult.

Bannerpaintings

Arrowsmith Rotary Club presents the

2016 Banner Project. This year the banner painting takes place on Friday, May 27 from noon to 8 p.m, Saturday, May 28 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Sunday, May 29 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., at Glenwood Sports Centre, 4480 Vimy St. Applications are available at the Rollin Art Centre.

Guinness Book

Help put Port Alberni on the

world map, with this year’s Jane Austen Festival, on July 8 and 9. Attend in your Regency costume and help break the world record for most people dressed in Regency Period clothing in one space. Members from the Guinness Book of Records will be on site to count. You must register to be counted.

Echo Centre hosting giant book saleMELISSAMARTINArts Around

Melissa Martin is the Arts Administrator for

the Community Arts Council. 250-724-3412.

Vivian Thomson, left, a charter member with the Mount Klitsa Garden Club discussing plants with Catherine Speechley-Pell at the Rollin Art Centre.

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Sharolynn Armstrong with an armload of plants from the sale on Saturday at the Rollin Art Centre.

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