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Season’s

for ProteauTOPTOP FLIGHTFLIGHT

Christina Proteau checks out

the BC Women’s Amateur

Championship trophy, which will

soon have her name engraved on

it for a third time.

SUSAN QUINN/ALBERNI VALLEY NEWS

Alberni Valley golfer wins B.C. title at home, heads south to conquer US Women’s Open.

Page 4Mark the date: firefighters are working on a calendar to fundraise for WCGH.

Page 16Grads took centrestage last

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‘I haven’t lost all year’Christina Proteau ponders turning pro as she golfs her best year yet.

SUSAN QUINNALBERNI VALLEY NEWS

On the back nine of the BC Women’s Amateur Golf Championship, Christina Proteau might have thought her winning streak was over. She hadn’t lost a tournament since May, and had just won the BC Women’s Mid-Amateur two days earlier. But the Port Alberni golfer—competing on her home course—had just bogeyed three holes in a row, and her lead had dwindled to two shots over Amanda Baker of Nanaimo.

She nearly holed out of the bunker on No. 12, and wasn’t too stressed at the bogey on No. 13. “But 14 with the pitching wedge and to push it that far right, that was terrible,” she said.

“It was really difficult standing on the tee on 15 with water, water everywhere on 15 and 16. But I had three chances, those last three,” she said.

She made par on her next three shots, and Baker did not.

Despite pulling her tee shot on No. 18 and bogeying again, Proteau remained confident, and congratulated her opponents before celebrating. It was her third BC Women’s Amateur title—she also won in 2006 and 2009.

It is that composure that has Proteau enjoying the best year she’s ever had.

This week she is playing in the US Women’s Open at The Broadmoor in Colorado Springs, Colo., having qualified as an amateur in May.

And for the first time, she is serious about turning pro.

“I haven’t lost all year. At all. I’ve never been able to say that,” she said. She has won her zone championship, the US Open qualifier, Nanaimo ladies’ tourney, Glacier Greens (Comox) ladies’ tourney, the Mid-Amateur and the BC Amateur.

“Winning breeds more winning, which is good.”

She smiles about it now, but admits her outlook is far different than it was one year ago. “Last year I was just so poor mentally. I had a bad attitude on the golf course. I just

let every little thing compound. Little things turned into bad thoughts.”

This year she has accentuated the positive, and as a result is more confident. And it shows.

When Proteau graduated from college and wrapped up her junior career she had the opportunity to turn pro, but chose to go to law school at the University of Victoria instead.

Now, playing the best golf of her amateur career, she is ready.

“I’m going down to Q school at the end of July,” she said. The LPGA Qualifying School is in Daytona Beach, Fla.

“I decided not to try after college. I wasn’t playing as good as I am now,” she said. “I decided to go to law school; that’s worked out really well.

“Now is a good time. I have the

support of my office.“It’s best to do it now before we

(she and husband Jim) decide to have kids.”

Proteau was born and raised in Port Alberni, and her father, the late Mark Spence, taught her to golf at Alberni Golf Course.

If there was any bittersweetness to winning the BC Amateur title at home, it was that her father was not there to see it happen.

“It was really special for me,” Proteau said after her final round. “(I was) thinking a lot about my father today. He passed away three years ago...that’s why it was mentally tough.”

She dedicated her win to her late father, and admitted the pressure was on to win this particular tournament in his honour.

Playing in front of the hometown crowd was special for Proteau, whose husband Jim organized the mid-amateur and amateur tournaments.

But playing her home course was a double-edged sword, she said.

“A big help because obviously you know what you hit, you feel comfortable, you can visualize things a lot easier. The fairways look wider to you; they may look narrow to others.

“But it’s also a bit of a hindrance because you can’t help thinking how nice it would be to win at home, but you can’t think about those things when you’re in the moment.

“I honestly though in my mind this was going to be a harder week pressure-wise than (this) week (at the US Women’s Open).

“(This) week no one has a clue who I am so I can just go out and play and enjoy the experience. I’m sure good things are going to happen.”

Proteau left for Colorado Springs the day after winning the BC Amateur title. She is one of 1,295 entries in the prestigious American tournament, and one of 25 amateurs to have qualified.

The last time an amateur won the tournament was in 1967.

Action got underway Thursday morning.

Continued / 9


Christina Proteau, with caddie Greg Palmer watching, lines up a putt on the 16th green, Friday during the final

round of the BC Women’s Amateur Golf Championship.


Christina Proteau signs her winning scorecard after carding a four-round,

four-over-par 290 at Alberni Golf Course.

‘There was one

person I wish was

here...This is 100

per cent dedicated

to my father.’

– Christina Proteau

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Drumming up fundraising ideas for the West Coast General Hospital Foundation has turned into a calendar featuring the Alberni Valley’s professional firemen.

Firefighter Ed Francoeur—who serves as the WCGH Hospital Foundation chairperson—confirmed that firefighters from the Port Alberni Fire Department are part of the project.

The calendar will feature pictures of firefighters and equipment at local landmarks and interacting with community members.

Local professional photographer Erica Watson of Stirling Images Photography is shooting the pictures, which will continue to be taken throughout July.

Proceeds from the sale of the calendar will go towards supporting the foundation.

It’s the first time local firefighters have participated in a calendar project, Francoeur said.

The firefighters didn’t want to be involved in a steamy beefcake-type calendar. “Combining scenery in Port Alberni with firefighters and the public is something that appeals to everyone,” he said.

The calendar idea came about last year from foundation secretary Pauline Richmond who was percolating fundraising ideas.

The foundation raises money to buy equipment that costs over and above the hospital’s budget.

They’ve raised funds to purchase the CT scanner that is in use at WCGH right now, and many more items.

And they are raising funds to help pay for chair lifts.

“The calendar is more about supporting the foundation than it is about the guys,” Francoeur said.

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A family of four whose trailer was gutted by an early morning fire last week is safe, situated and thankful.

Darlene and Barry Manson awoke to one of their two sons saying there was a fire outside his window. The blaze spread quickly, consuming the family’s Lugrin Road trailer.

They didn’t have insurance, lost nearly everything and were staying with family.

But what a difference a week makes.

“Things have been hectic but they are definitely looking good,” Darlene Manson said.

The family was having trouble finding a rental to accommodate them and their two dogs.

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The family moves in on July 17 and are already looking at furniture.

Some items from the trailer were salvageable and Manson is still trying to wash the smoke smell out of the family’s clothes.

But they’ve received enough donations that a fresh start is within reach.

The events of that morning are fresh in the family’s mind but mom is philosophical.

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The first case of active tuberculosis in a year has been diagnosed in Port Alberni.

Identified as an adult, the individual was diagnosed positive for TB requiring treatment sometime in the last two weeks, Vancouver Island Health Authority public health nurse Debbie McBride said.

The last case was diagnosed in 2010, and two cases were diagnosed in 2009. Such numbers are normal, a VIHA news release noted.

The person is not in hospital but is undergoing a three-pronged antibiotic treatment that will last six months.

McBride would not say if the person is a Port Alberni resident, nor would she say if

the person was known to local TB officials.

Nurses from VIHA are conducting contact tracing in an effort to test for and stem any possible spread of the disease.

Medical officials from the Nuu-chah-nulth Tribal Council, who VIHA worked closely with during the 2006 outbreak, have been notified.

The BC Centre for Disease Control is testing samples from the most recent case to determine if it is genetically related to the 2006 strain of TB that swept through the Valley.

But results won’t be known for several months, McBride said.

The most recent case is the 54th positive test for TB in the Alberni Valley since the outbreak began.

But the case does not signal a new spate of the disease, McBride said.

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An excursion is underway that will determine how much damage the Ocean Network Canada (ONC) observatory in Barkley Sound suffered.

The project is known as NEPTUNE, and begins on the waterfront in Port Alberni.

A team of six people from ONC left on the repair excursion on Sunday, July 3 and

is expected to reach the damaged Barkley Sound equipment on Monday, July 11.

“They’ll be surveying the extent of the damage and checking the functioning of existing equipment that we have there,” said ONC president Martin Taylor.

The damage occurred on Feb. 18 in the upper slope of the Barkley Canyon, where ONC has upwards of a million dollars of equipment laid out. Sensors

picked up what was thought to be a fishing trawler heading towards it before going offline.

The extent of the damage still isn’t known, nor is the identity of the trawler.

“The matter is in our insurer’s hands and I’m not aware of any definitive identification,” Taylor said.

The repair excursion is expected to last until the end of July.

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Railway is cautioning drivers to exercise caution at all railway crossings in the Alberni Valley for the next couple of weeks. Students from BCIT’s student conductor course will be training on the railway beginning Saturday, July 9.

Trains will be operating between Argyle Street and Smith Road (the McLean Mill) anytime between 6 a.m. and 11 p.m.

Drivers are asked to pay special attention at rail crossings, especially at Argyle Street and Catalyst Paper Mill.

“Please obey the signals, particularly if the trainees are on the ground after dark,” a railroad spokesperson said in a press release.

“Students will sometimes use flares for signaling in the dark.”

Walkers and people riding all-terrain vehicles are warned.

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The long awaited upgrade of the Robertson Creek Dam at Great Central Lake has started.

The $2 million joint venture between Catalyst Paper Corp. and the Hupacasath First Nation is expected to take eight to 10 weeks to complete, Hupacasath CEO Robert Duncan said.

Construction of a new earthen dam is scheduled to be complete by Sept. 15, within a window of minimal fish presence.

Knappet Construction won the contract to do the work.

The dam is located within the traditional territory of the

Hupacasath. It is also located

within the boundaries of the Alberni Clayoquot Regional District, who were updated about the project last week.

The replacement plan underwent a full environmental assessment under federal regulatory requirements, and has been issued necessary provincial permits.

The project—which has been in the works since 2007—is being completely underwritten by Catalyst, Duncan said.

The old dam had to be replaced because it’s made of aging timber and is a liability.

“We’ve cleared the area of down timber and overbrush.”

The footprint of the new dam is 720 metres larger than

the old one, and its construction standard will far eclipse the old provincial standards of the old one, Duncan said.

Because the new dam has a larger footprint, Catalyst is exercising reciprocity by replacing a culvert with a free-span bridge at the Somass River Estuary near the Catalyst Port Alberni mill.

The transfer of a water license from Catalyst to the Hupacasath is in the works but is contingent on a special land designation from the province, Duncan said.

The tribe is studying different business initiatives that will utilize the new dam, but it’s early in the process, he added.

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Crews clear land at the site of the stone Robertson Creek Dam in preparation for constructing a new

earthen one. The $2 million project is being undertaken by Catalyst Paper Corp. and the Hupacasath

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Proteau starts play at US Open From / 3

Players were to golf 18 holes on Thursday and Friday, then the lowest 60 scores (plus anyone within 10 strokes of the leader) would make the cut for the final rounds.

After returning

from the US Women’s Open, Proteau will have just over a week to rest before heading to the Royale Cup Canadian Women’s Amateur at Duncan Meadows Golf Club, July 18-22.

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V ICTORIA – There were high hopes and harsh

words in 2000 when the provincial and federal governments signed Canada’s first modern-day treaty with the Nisga’a people of northwestern B.C.

The four villages are now governed by the Nisga’a Lisims government, which holds broad authority transferred from the federal and provincial governments. While Canada’s financial support continues to flow, the Nisga’a Nation is nearing the stage where it must begin to collect taxes and become self-sustaining.

A new study by the Winnipeg-based Frontier Centre for Public Policy offers a unique look behind the scenes of this remote experiment. And judging by the hostile

response of the Nisga’a government to the findings, it may be the last one for some time.

Is the Nisga’a Nation ready to support itself ? The short answer is no, according to polling data and extensive interviews with “key informants” who are not identified.

Co-author Joseph Quesnel told me he interviewed 15 influential people, both supporters and critics of the treaty, since he first visited the region last fall.

A larger phone survey by COMPAS Research found that more people trust the Nisga’a government compared to the old Indian Act regime. But divisions remain, particularly over giving up aboriginal tax exemptions.

Quesnel said he met people who have left the Nisga’a villages for nearby Tsimshian communities, before sales and income taxes take effect in 2013.

According to the study, a culture of dependency that grew up during a century of colonial-style rule remains pervasive. The authors report many of the same problems that plague Indian Act reserves, such as willful damage to housing, accusations of nepotism and failed business

investment.“More

than one key informant observed that old attitudes and mentalities persist regarding

public services,” the report states. “Expectations at the local level that the village government will provide everything are still rampant.”

Quesnel said the Nisga’a Nation’s recent move to allow fee-simple ownership of municipal-style lots is a key step towards self-sufficiency.

Nisga’a Lisims President Mitchell Stevens issued a statement rejecting the report’s findings,

citing two factual errors and denying that he had participated.

Quesnel says that despite the slow progress, he remains convinced the Nisga’a treaty is a positive step. Now investors have only one government to deal with, and the region has electricity, mining and gas development on the drawing board.

And there are lessons to be learned by other aboriginal communities, such as tackling dependency and addiction problems before a treaty is signed, and bringing in outside experts to set up businesses.

“Mitchell Stevens, when I spoke to him, was optimistic about the ability to reduce transfers, even eliminate them,” Quesnel said. “Without financial independence, I think political self-government is really an illusion. Ultimately, you’re still dependent.”

Tom Fletcher is legislative reporter and columnist for Black Press and BCLocalnews.com

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TOM FLETCHERB.C. Views

A decade on, Nisga’a treaty no panacea

To report corrections and clarifications, contact editor Susan Quinn at 250-723-6399 or e-mail: [email protected] or drop by our office at 4656 Margaret St.

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The Alberni Valley News is published every Friday by Black Press Ltd., 4656 Margaret St., Port Alberni, B.C. V9Y 6H2. Phone: (250) 723-6399. Fax: (250) 723-6395.Classifieds: (250) 310-3535.The Alberni Valley News is distributed free to 9,800 households in Port Alberni, Cherry Creek, Sproat Lake and Beaver Creek. The Alberni Valley News is 100 per cent B.C. owned and operated.

Publisher: Teresa BirdEditor: Susan Quinn

EDITORIAL

Where are cheerleaders?

Last week, Christina Proteau won a prestigious golf tournament. Unremarkable in and of itself when one considers she has won the same tournament twice before, and she has yet to lose this season.

However, this was a provincial title—and she won it at home, at the Alberni Golf Course.

Later this month, Echo Fields will be the scene of a provincial boys’ fastpitch tournament, again putting our community in the B.C. spotlight.

Two years ago the Alberni Valley Bulldogs were the toast of the B.C. Hockey League,

and this week cemented a new ‘local’ management structure with the final signing of a trifecta of Alberni Valley-based hockey executives. The team has high hopes for the 2011-12 season.

This provincial spotlight is becoming a regular occurrence for Port Alberni’s athletes. Yet in the great city debate about whether to diversify from resource extraction industries to tourism, very little public discussion is happening with regard to sport tourism.

Perhaps it’s time to change the focus.The BC Women’s Mid-Amateur and

Amateur golf championships—both of which Proteau won—drew more than 100 golfers and many of them brought someone with them. They all needed places to stay, places to eat, gas for their cars, etc.

Port Alberni’s reputation for its sporting facilities and volunteers reaches far beyond our city’s borders. Yet are we supporting these teams and organizations sufficiently?

The thought bears some discussion.

‘Is the Nisga’a

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to support

itself?’


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LettersMail: Letters, Alberni Valley News, 4656 Margaret St., Port Alberni, B.C. V9Y 6H2 Fax: 250-723-6395E-mail: [email protected]

Letters 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.

Mailbag: Feedback on coal and clubhouse queries.

Coal was never clean: writer

To the Editor,Re: coal port.I remember heating

with coal when I was a kid. The stuff would flow down the chute into our basement bin.

I sometimes stole a piece to use as chalk on a sidewalk —black hands, black on clothes, black smudges all over the place equaled an unhappy mother!

My brother and I got to shovel it into the furnace, and clean out the dust in the bin. Coal is not clean. The dust was everywhere.

Maybe Jim Irvine’s family had better coal than we did.

Negativity is so exhausting, I agree. Complainers are never very popular. I haven’t heard that Port Alberni had a reputation for being against everything though.

Perhaps what we need are some ideas that we can

all support. A bit of creativity instead of old solutions in a new era.

I do believe that our valley, our city, our lives are too important to leave decisions in the hands of others without questioning them. I value the questions. I appreciate the work that people do to collect information and share it. I’m grateful for all the people who care about what happens here.

Does the CEO or the stockholders of Compliance Energy care about Port Alberni?

Barbara Cooper,Port Alberni

Methane numbers smell

To the Editor, Recently, while

reviewing the updated project description for the proposed Raven Underground Coal Mine Project, I came across the following: “Estimated methane emissions from the

mine at 127,500 cubic metres per day.”

The following are calculations I did based on those estimates on methane emissions:

Methane emissions per day = 127,000 cubic metres.

127,000 cubic metres of methane = 1482 metric tonnes of CO2.

One metric tonne = 2,205 pounds.

Therefore, the mine would emit the equivalent of 3,267,810 pounds of CO2 per day.

One mature tree captures 48 pounds of CO2 per year.

One mature tree captures 0.13 pounds of CO2 per day.

At those numbers, the Raven Coal Mine would need to plant 25,137,000 trees per day to offset the methane emissions from the mine.

Perhaps the new slogan for the proposed mine should be “Save a Coal Mine, Plant a Tree”.

John Snyder,Coal Watch

Gaiga clarifies clubhouse

To the Editor, This is to set the

record straight about the Ocean Canal Clubhouse.

It was to be a members only facility for use by local special interest groups, non-profit and charitable organizations for meetings or charitable fundraising events. The purpose was to supply a gathering place to bring people together to work toward making Port Alberni a better community, especially for those who are in need of help.

Officials at city hall instructed us to hire an architect to have the building re-zoned to public assembly to do this. We subsequently hired an architect who wanted to hire approximately six or seven engineering consultants, even though no changes to the structure of the building were

required. The city wasn’t

making this an easy process, and to make matters worse, our building continued to be vandalized. We eventually had to invest in roller-shutters to prevent the windows from being broken because the insurance deductible was more than the cost of new glass installation.

Finally, after one obstacle after another, we decided to keep the building zoned as it was for the bank and it remains to be office space to this day.

It will not be rezoned to public assembly.

The business is registered under “Ocean Canal Clubhouse”, so the sign will remain the same on the building.

Stacey Gaiga,Ocean Canal

Clubhouse Inc.

(Editor’s note: StaceyGaiga has declared her intent to run for the office of mayor.)


Sowing seeds– or saving them?

To the Editor,At the Transition

Towns Food Group meeting, held June 14 at Arrowvale Farm, lifelong farmer Bob Collins told us that the cutoff date for seeding grain in the prairie is almost here.

This means that 25 percent of farmable Canadian, prairie land will not get planted this year. Of the 75 percent that does get seeded we have no guarantee it will mature to usable human food-product.

We also talked about the cold in our region and which crops are doing well and which are not. We discussed that we will have to learn to eat whatever grows.

We will have to have greenhouses and learn to be excellent composters so that our foods will have maximum nutrition.

A stressed plant is more subject to pest and disease trouble. In our compost heated greenhouses we can

also raise fish species that thrive in those conditions for protein and variety in our local food diet. People in North America are doing this successfully.

We all need to be saving acclimatized seed for the diversity and resiliency that this seed incorporates into our food system.

At our farm we are having success with Dragon Tongue lettuce but our peas are not growing at all. If the long-term weather forecast is correct then it will switch over to hot, hot and dry, dry, dry.

Last month we had nighttime lows of six and eight degrees and daytime highs as low as 14. These temperatures are well below our normal June averages.

Farming, an already tough job, has become less dependable than ever.

The Transition Towns Food Group meetings are open to all interested persons. Go to patransitions.ning.com to find out how to get involved.

Jen Fisher-Bradley,Port Alberni

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It’s late in the fishing season and fishers have been on the Somass River since May, but the Tseshaht and Hupacasath First Nations have signed a fish sales agreement with the Department of Fisheries and Oceans.

The agreement was concluded on Monday.

The agreement allows for fishermen from both tribes to catch and sell 165,000 pieces of sockeye.

The number is based on a run forecast of just over one million fish returning to the Somass.

A reported 250,000 fish have entered the Valley’s lake systems.

Sales could increase when the forecast is re-evaluated later.

Road-side sales will likely continue, but will now be complimented but not displaced by bulk cash

buyers.Fish buyers at

Clutesi Haven Marina were fetching $1.50 per pound on Tuesday.

Commercial buyers can purchase fish in the round (heads attached) but road sales can offer the same.

“You can get a good price selling in the round on the road side,” Tseshaht councillor Luke George said.

Last Thursday the Tseshaht voted 47-9 in favour of signing the sales agreement — the first in a decade.

“I voted against it because I think it’s about managing us and not managing the fishery,” George said.

“And it’s late in the season — this should have been signed in May, not on July 4.”

The agreement will bring up to $2 million worth of economic benefit to the region, he said. Hupacasath officials couldn’t be reached for comment.

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Loggers honour one of their own

Jack James was ready for another afternoon of “whistle punking”, or blowing the whistle to signal the steam donkey at McLean Mill National Historic Site, when his fellow loggers ambushed him.

James was instrumental in getting the steam donkey and heel boom rebuilt so they could be used in public demonstrations.

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A new initiative in Port Alberni is designed to raise funds for local community groups through the sale of intricately made pottery.

The Port Alberni

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The business is selling a selection of terracotta ceramics out of space in Cherry Creek that was formerly a boat house.

The selection includes casseroles and cook pots as well as plates and bowls that were created in Spain, where ceramic cookware and dinnerware is popular.

Some of the ceramic pieces are emblazoned with west coast motifs including bears, eagles, orcas and salmon designed by Jaume Ruldua and reproduced in the Spainish factory.

Ty Watson House volunteer Helma Swinkles came up with the idea after attending a workshop on social enterprise.

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Gillian Trumper examines a ceramic pitcher with a bear print motif at a special

display of Pot Luck Ceramics at the chamber of commerce’s visitors’ centre.

CLASSOF 2011


Grade 12 students Christina Wynans and Eric Sasaki, above, sit in the big kids’ chair in the grad parade enroute to the grad

ceremony being held at the Alberni Valley Multiplex. (Right) Carly Watson casts a smile at someone in the crowd after being seated.

WAWMEESH G. HAMILTONALBERNI VALLEY NEWS

(Above) SD70 trustee

Glenn Wong encourages

students in his speech

to the class of 2011;

(Far left top) Gerry

Fitzgerald walks the

stage after his name is

called;

(Far left bottom) Tia

Soggee pauses during

her valedictorian

speech;

(Left top) Ivan Boden

rides to the grad

ceremony in style in the

grad parade;

(Left middle) Grad

Deanna Doucette

plays the flute for the

last time as a Grade

12 student during

a number at the

ceremony;

(Left bottom) Eager

grads line the hallway

under the multiplex

bleachers moments

before making their

grand entrance.



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Murdoch signsto play at SFU

Former Alberni Valley Bulldog Trent Murdoch will play for the Simon Fraser University Clansmen in the 2011-12 B.C. Intercollegiate Hockey League season.

Murdoch split the 2010-11 season between Alberni and Prince George Spruce Kings, netting six goals and 21 points. He started out in the B.C. Hockey League with the expansion Williams Lake Timberwolves in 2009-10.

Nowakowski earns bronze

Current Bulldog Dylan Nowakowski won a bronze medal last month at the 2011 IIHF Inline World Hockey Championships in Pardubice, Czech Republic.

He helped Canada beat Sweden in the bronze medal game 13-7.

Bulldogs newsline

Dogpound Schievink joins Bulldogs teamBCHL: | Alberni-born executive and former player takes on role of director of hockey operations for Jr. A squad.


Rick Schievink is back with the Alberni Valley Bulldogs, but this time he is not behind the bench.

Schievink on Wednesday was named the team’s director of hockey operations, completing a move by owners Okanagan Hockey School to put a “local” management team in place.

For the past five years, Andy Oakes of Okanagan Hockey School has been the team’s president, and operated the team remotely from Penticton. Oakes and the rest of the ownership group—which includes the See Group of Companies and Dave Ness in Port Alberni—decided next season will be different.

Schievink rounds out the rest of the existing localized management structure, which includes

Paul Esdale as head coach and general manager, Ron Paulson as director of business operations and

Tom McEvay as education advisor.

Schievink said he is excited to be back with the Bulldogs.

“The decision to join this management team, in the end, was an easy one,” Schievink said.

“It’s always been clear to me that the franchise has always been an important part of the fabric of our community, and I strongly believe this team belongs in the Alberni Valley for

the long term.”Schievink was born

and raised in the Alberni Valley. He started playing hockey early the Alberni Valley Minor Hockey Association and played in the rep program as one of the original Timbermen before playing junior and pro in Europe.

Schievink’s hockey administration career began 20 years ago at the minor hockey level and has progressed through B.C. hockey as well as Hockey Canada’s High Performance programs and Junior A. He was an assistant coach with the Bulldogs for three seasons and provided colour commentary for PEAK FM radio and online broadcasts of the Bulldogs’ games.

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Rick Schievink, right, and Alberni Valley Bulldogs’ president

Andy Oakes talk to a volunteer prior to the team’s

announcing Schievink as the Bulldogs’ new director of

hockey operations.

‘The decision

to join this

management

team in the end

was an easy one.’

– Rick Schievink


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After a week of feverish activity for the ladies of the golf course, we settled down for a game of “criss cross”- “apple sauce”, which is not too complicated if you talk fast.

The ladies had to pick the lower of two corresponding hole scores for a nine-hole total. On their score card they had to circle the score they were choosing to use and had to pick either: one or 10; two or 11; three or 12; four or 13; etc..then total the circled scores for a nine-hole total.

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The highly coveted challenge pin which was held by BJ Harper was sought after by Sandra Simpson.

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Next week we will be qualifying for the Zone six — four ball, which will be held at Pheasant Glen on Aug. 12.

A team of two need to play together to qualify as a team. Pick your partner and have a good game is all that’s necessary to gain a spot.

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Pitch n’ Putt

Sunday was a great day in paradise for the Men’s Club, finally some sunshine.

The Aines and Tyler par points event was a huge success, with 62 players finding the course not only in fantastic shape but challenging as well. Many thanks go out

to Fred Gray of Aines and Tyler for his generous contribution to our event.

Glen Trask, John Jones and Tom Price all came in with 42 points, with Trask emerging the victor on a count back, Jones in second spot and Price in at No. 3.

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Special Olympians earn awardsThe Special

Olympics organization held its awards night last month at Echo Centre, and named its 2010-11 award winners.

Following are the results:

The Colleen Deakin Memorial Sportsmanship Award: Male recipient: Mike MacDonald—Female Recipient: Colleen Baird

Doug Waller Memorial Swim Award: Crystal Domovich

Curling AwardsMost Dedicated—

Simone MyersMost Improved—

Tyler Van KootenSportsmanship

Award—Jade VilandreTrack Award: Most

Dedicated—Lioba Rehm

Swim Awards: Most Improved—Crystal Domovich

Sportsmanship Award—Karen Tassie

Most Dedicated—

Anne WilsonSpecial Olympic

Bowling AwardsTotal Points—62,

The Eagles: Donald Stocken, Sarah Young, Norm Sedawie, Kelly Stewart.

Total Pinfall—48,878, The Champs: Brad Cue, Sonya Van Dyk, Karen Tassie, Michael Booth.

Team High Three—1,874, Rollerballs: Fran Kebe, Matthew MacDonald, Jenna Domovich, Tyler Van Kooten.

Team High Single—677, Husky Dogs: Dan Noble, Sydney Hodgson, Mauice Bernier, Ken Tassie.

Ladies High Average—158—Jenna

Domovich.Ladies High Three—

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241—Karen Tassie.Men’s High

Average—193—Michael Booth.

Men’s High Three—701—Brad Cue.

Men’s High Score—269—Jade Vilandre.

Special Olympic

Playoffs 2010-2011A Division—+143—

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B Division—+300—Tigers: Randy Westra, Lioba Rehm, Nancy Andreatta, Jade Vilandre.

C Division—+148—Grizzlies: Cody Booth, Shea Lenihan, Nathan Wilkinson, Andrew Geddes.

D Divisiion—+40—Annie’s Crew: Annie Wilson, Myles Bernard, Jonah Noonan, Andrea Scott.

Most Improved Bowler—Simone Myers—(78 average to 102 average: plus—24)

Wayne Frykas (67 average to 83 average: plus 24)

Family Twosome winners: Dan Noble and Al Webb with a score of 1219.

Hi-Low Doubles: Bryce Van Kooten and Nathan Wilkinson.

SONJA DRINKWATER/ALBERNI VALLEY NEWS

The Doug Waller Memorial Trophy for most improved swimmer was presented

by Doug’s mom Peggy Waller to Crystal Domovich.

The Alberni Single

Speeders are, from left

to right, Jeff Forsyth,

Brad Waddel, Brent

Dame, Mike Parcher,

Caden Stevens, Seana

Wright, Jack Tilley

and Lee Blais. Missing

from the photo but

competeing that day

are, Roberta Wilson,

Robin Nadig and Davin

Carlson.

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Cyclists excel with single gear bikesAlberni Valley

cyclists came away with some honours from the eighth annual 12 Hours of Cumberland event last month.

It was the second time attending this event for the Alberni Valley Riders and Team Ozzies-sponsored Alberni Single Speeders

“and one of our very favourites,” cyclist Lee Blais said.

Alberni single speeders ride with one gear to make it simple, It’s really not

ever the perfect gear, too easy or too hard, he explained.

There were highlights from the Cumberland event .

Seana Wright came

in first in solo women, completing 20 laps in 11:49.

Blais came in fourth with 20 laps in 11:31. Both were achieved on single speed bikes.


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Arrowvale Campground and Cottages are now offering hayrides every Saturday at 11 a.m. There is a nominal fee of $3 per person or $10 per family for a scenic half hour tour around Collins’ Farm.Every Saturday for the summer you can treat yourself to a pancake breakfast from 9 to 11 a.m. You receive two pancakes and two sausages for $5. If you come later they have tasty homemade lunches for $5. There is also fresh garden produce like peas, potatoes, cucumbers, lettuce, kale and swiss chard.Have a child celebrating a birthday, check out the great deals for a party at Arrowvale. They will also host weddings, anniversary celebrations, family reunions and more.There are two deluxe cottages on site, a perfect place to start your honeymoon, listening to the water of the Somass River rushing by your front door.As the name implies, they also have a large campground that fi lls quickly so to make sure that you are not disappointed call them and reserve your space today.

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Supported by Make Children First Network and their Connections group –a coalition of childcare and family childcare providers, six Early Child-hood Educators recently responded to a call for proposals to develop leadership skills within our community. Our successful proposal has provid-ed this community with training and a $10,000 fund to promote leadership skills and to showcase the various benefi ts our sector brings to children, families and businesses in this area.

Lt (NL) Theresa Herzog the Commanding Offi cer of the Navy League stands proudly with the young ladies that won most outstand-ing Gun Crew Team.

MID Terry Pearson, right presents LC Destiny Frew with a most outstanding second year female trophy at the year end banquet on June 25.

AC Claudia Noel was presented with Most Outstanding Archer from Todd Flaro civilian instructor with the Navy League.

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Navy League Branch vice president Al Fry presents May-or Ken McRAe with a glass sailing vessel in thanks for the tremendous support from the city.

Back Row l-r: Julie Rushton, Beth Currie, The-resa GerelukSeated l-4: Julie Spencer, Jackie Kenzie, Ashley Salmon


Solda’s Restaurant has new summer hours. They are open Monday through Saturday from 6:45 a.m. to 10 p.m. and on Sunday from 6:45 a.m. to 9 p.m. Speaking of new, check out their patio that is nestled amongst the shade trees and has the sound of the gentle trickle of water from the fountain. While there you are transported away from the hustle bustle of every day life. Don’t forget the last Friday of every month is “Pasta Night” with a smorgasbord fi lled with all your favourites including pizza. Every Sunday there is a smorgasbord dinner from 4 to 8 p.m.Have you tried their decadent desserts? They have the chocolate lovers dream dessert “Volcano Lava Cake” and for cheese cake connoisseurs: Key Lime, Lemon Blueberry and New York. Solda’s also serves specialty coffee, Bellini’s, smoothies, Italian sodas, and ice-cream cones., offers Wi-Fi and is licensed and wheelchair accessible.

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Diane Dobson was kept busy signing her and her sister Elaine Marlon-Lambert’s book “Your Final Journal” an in-formational work book that will help your loved ones when you have gone, after a book launching at Char’s Landing on June 21. There were many who attended with 46 books sold. Over 300 copies have been sold to date, to ensure you get one call Diane at 250-724-1566 and for only $14 you could own a book.

Grad gets thumbs up from Jesse Manchanda, left to right, Dillon Rees and Jesse York at the Rollin Art Centre before the ceremony.

Cody Thompson with his grad date Carly Watson before grad at the Rol-lin Art Centre. Thompson had green accents on his clothing that matched perfectly with Watson’s dress.

Payton Jacobsen, left, gets a hand from Brianne Charles at Rollin Art Centre on June 30 before the grad went in the parade.

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Craig Erickson holds up his HPI Vorza 1/8th scale race buggy on Tuesday evening at the RC Park off of Falls Road. If you are interested in joining the club or owning an RC give him a call at beaver creek RC 250-724-6229 or drop by at their location at 4663 Gertrude Street.

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ness Chips (#9228877/84/91/9226). Page 5: Blue Jay and Cardinal Bird Food (#30162282). Page 7: Pestell Prairie Meadow Grass Hay (#844874). We apologize

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FRI. JULY 8◆ PULLING TOGETHER

canoe journey arrival. At Harbour Quay at approximately 11 a.m. and Clutesi Haven Marina at 3 p.m. Dinner and closing ceremonies at Hupacasath House of Gathering, 5500 Ahahswinis Dr., 6:30 p.m.

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will be set up in the Canadian Tire parking lot until July 10 to administer official Pleasure Craft Operator card exams. FMI: boatsmartexam.com.

SAT. JULY 9◆ BAND IN CONCERT

Silence Theory with Foreign Influence. At the Rainbow Room, 3752 Fourth Ave. Starts: 9 p.m. Cover: $5.

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will be set up in the Canadian Tire

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SUN. JULY 10◆ BOATSMART! BC

will be set up in the Canadian Tire parking lot until July 10 to administer official Pleasure Craft Operator card exams. FMI: boatsmartexam.com.

MON. JULY 11◆ MARITIME STORY

DAY at the Maritime Discovery Centre on the waterfront, 1 p.m. Kids crafts, activities and sidewalk chalk fun are all part of Maritime Mondays.

MON. JULY 18◆ PIRATE DAY at the

Maritime Discovery Centre on the waterfront, 1 p.m. Kids crafts, activities and sidewalk chalk

fun are all part of Maritime Mondays.

TUES. JULY 19◆ OUR TOWN AT

WILLIAMSON PARK

offers Pirates and Peter Pan from 6:30-8:30 p.m. Park is at the corner of Craig and Bishop Street, across from Dennis Jonsson. Free admission for families, all ages welcome. Rainy day backup is Glenwood Centre.

MON. JULY 25◆ TUGBOAT DAY at the

Maritime Discovery Centre on the waterfront, 1 p.m. Kids crafts, activities and sidewalk chalk fun are all part of Maritime Mondays.

THUR. JULY 28◆ PORT ALBERNI PORT

AUTHORITY annual general meeting, 1 p.m. in the Lawn Bowling Club Room at 4255 Wallace St.

Copies of the 2010 audited financial statements are available now at PAPA, 2750 Harbour Rd.

MON. AUG. 1◆ SERVICE BOAT

DAY at the Maritime Discovery Centre on the waterfront, 1 p.m. Kids crafts, activities and tours of emergency service boats like the fireboat and RCMP boat are all part of Maritime Mondays.

TUES. AUG. 2◆ OUR TOWN AT GYRO

PARK offers ‘Paradise Park’-themed free family fun event. Parachute games, giant bubbles, sand pile and more. North Park and Seventh Avenue, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Admission is free.

MON. AUG. 8◆ LIGHTHOUSE DAY

at the Maritime Discovery Centre on the waterfront, 1 p.m. Kids crafts, activities and sidewalk chalk fun.

MON. AUG. 15◆ MARITIME FLAG

DAY at the Maritime Discovery Centre on the waterfront, 1 p.m. Kids crafts, activities and sidewalk chalk.

MON. AUG. 22◆ MDC FISHING DERBY

at the Maritime Discovery Centre on the waterfront, 1 p.m. Kids crafts, activities and sidewalk chalk.

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so, please contact our newsroom at [email protected]

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BOBS & LOLOSat. 11:00 amMcLean Mill

Words in the WoodsWriters Festival

Friday Evening & Saturday

Sojourners Gospel Concert

Sunday 3:00 pm

Advance Tickets available at Rollin Art Centre & Echo Centre

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Martin returns to art roots


Melissa Martin has come full circle as she relaunches her art career at the Rollin Art Centre. Martin started as the new arts administrator at the gallery on July 4, replacing Gareth Flostrand, who retired after nine years in the position.

“I’m getting excited about (art) again and doing what I love,” she said. “It’s a position I hope to grow and to widen our audience.”

Martin grew up in New York with the influence of her artistic father, Derek Seddon, who was one of the founders of Art in the Park at Stanley Park in Vancouver in the 1950s.

She transferred to the University of Dayton, Ohio where she earned a Bachelor

of Fine Arts and since then, art has remained a passion for her.

Martin moved back to Vancouver in 1988 and to Port Alberni in 1991, when her husband Trent was transferred here. They have raised two sons, Ellis, 15, and Foster, 11, who play

hockey competitively.“Galleries have

been a huge part of my life,” says Martin, acknowledging her father, who still paints landscapes in oils. She started her own interior design business, Chadwick Interior Design, in 1993. In 2008-09 Martin worked as a museum

assistant at the AV Museum, and she also spent 10 years as a Fall Fair director in charge of the floral and horticulture building.

Martin says her goal as the new arts administrator is to steer young children towards the arts.

[email protected]

ROLLIN: | Art lover finds her place as new administrator.


Melissa Martin takes over as art administrator at the Rollin Art Centre.


◆ ENTERTAINMENT

Rollin programs front and centre for summer arts and entertainmentTea for twoon the terrace

Tea on the Terrace at the Rollin Art Centre is booking quickly. Some teas can only take parties of two or four.

Yvonne Gibbon, harpist, will be entertaining July 21 from 1–3 p.m. Avoid disappointment and book early by calling 250-724-3412.

Public artto be unveiled

Join Jake James, the Community Arts Council and local dignitaries for the unveiling of the metal art sculpture in front of City Hall on Monday, July 11 at 11 a.m.

James is asking for help from the community to name his work. Bring your ideas to the unveiling.

Small paintings for a big show

The Wednesday Painters, a group of 20 local artists, have mounted an exhibit at the Rollin Art Centre.

All the “Small” pieces were designed to showcase a very small sampling of their art.

Members of the group exhibiting include Helen Seredick, Sandra Walt, Janet Finch, Brunhilde Niederacher and Juliana McCaig.

Small is Beautiful runs until Tuesday, July 19.

The gallery is open Tuesday to Saturday, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Admission to the gallery is free and the facility is wheelchair accessible.

It’s pirate week at the Rollin

Week four (July 26, 27 and 29) in the Rollin Art Centre’s summer arts programs for children aged five to seven years is a pirate week. Make treasure chests, swords and pirate hats.

The fee is $15 per week per child that includes all craft supplies and a healthy snack. Register at the Rollin Art Centre, on the corner of Eighth Avenue and Argyle Street. To avoid disappointment, please register early.

Writers workshop

Caroline Woodward’s workshop during Words in the Woods at Forest Fest promises to bring to light the importance of knowing your characters inside and out.

Woodward employs techniques from improvisational theatre to help writers assume the personalities of their characters and lean to walk in their shoes before writing from them.

This is just one of the writers workshops

being brought to Port Alberni on Saturday, July 30 by Alberni Forest Fest. To learn more and to register, please go online to www.forestfest.ca.

Timbre! sets fall dates

Mark on your

calendars the following Timbre! dates: Sunday, Nov. 6, Sunday, Dec. 11 and Sunday, May 6, 2012.

All the concerts will be held at 2:30 p.m. at ADSS Auditorium.

Gareth Flostrand writes Arts Around for the Arts Council.

Although it’s commonly accepted that oil and antifreeze are not household garbage we can simply throw out, more than 1.3 million litres of used oil ends up in BC landfills every year. When you consider that it only takes one drop of oil to contaminate a million drops of water, the problem is clear: there’s just too many drops to count, too many to ignore.

BCUOMA is a non-for-profit organization that encourages British Columbians to responsibly recycle used oil, oil filters, oil containers, used antifreeze and antifreeze containers. Since the launch of the program in 2003, British Columbians have done an exceptional job of recycling their used oil materials.

2010 RECOVERY RATES

USED OILCONTAINERS

88%RECOVERY

USED OIL

79% RECOVERY

USED OILFILTERS

86%RECOVERY

ONE DROP

MAKES A DIFFERENCE.

BCUOMA is happy to announce that antifreeze and antifreeze containers will now be included within the broader recycling program. From the 12 million litres of automotive antifreeze sold in BC each year, about 45% will be available for collection and recycling. Please check for a collection facility near you.

Protecting our province from the harmful effects of used oil and antifreeze must be a responsibility we all share, together. So please, next time you look to dispose of used oil or antifreeze materials, find a collection facility near you. Here are three easy ways to do so:

usedoilrecycling.comCall 1.800.667.4321Call 604.RECYCLE

for the Lower Mainland

To arrange for a bulk pick-up of used oil (more than 30 litres), please call 1.866.254.0555

Note: Please make sure to return your used oil materials during regular business hours for proper disposal and to avoid any spills and further contamination to the environment.

In a continued effort to encourage higher rates of recovery, BCUOMA has built a strong support

network across the province. Today, participation includes 207 brand-owner

members, 37 collectors and processors, 480+ return collection facilities and

more than 4,000 generators. In addition, BCUOMA is reprising its

successful ambassador program this summer – with two

ambassadors touring the province to educate and raise awareness of the importance of used oil and antifreeze recycling.

By recycling your used oil products, you’re playing an

important role in preserving our environment for future

generations.

USEDOILRECYCLING.COM

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