Tofino-Ucluelet Westerly News, December 02, 2015

ANDREW BAILEYWesterly News

Unexpected fireworks displays have some Tofino locals fired up.

The district’s fireworks bylaw, which was last updated in 2010, states “the exploding of firecrackers or other fire-works is prohibited within the district except by Special Permit.”

Tofino’s council has directed staff to look into the possibility of nixing per-mits and banning fireworks entirely during certain times of the year to allow for specific holiday celebrations while cutting down on surprise disruptions.

This direction was spurred by two letters council reviewed during their regular meeting last week from locals expressing frustration over being star-

tled awake by other people’s celebrations.Chesterman Beach area residents Sandi

Rideout and Margaret Eady wrote that they have experienced disruptive fire-works displays from vacationers at the beach “at least once a week for the past several months.”

They suggested people setting off fire-works are doing so without considera-tion of the environment or those around them.

“Not only are these people contravening bylaws for the possession and explosion of fireworks, but they are oblivious to the fact that they are disturbing families, pets and other vacationers,” they wrote.

“It’s dangerous for fire safety and this summer’s drought conditions made it even more so. The detritus that is often

left on the beach is there for others to clean up. This area is valued as a ‘pris-tine wilderness’ and to us, this type of behaviour is absolutely contradictory to our region’s reputation.”

They asked council to kill Tofino’s permit process and ban fireworks altogether.

“We are recommending that Council consider a motion to ban fireworks com-pletely from our town and area,” they wrote. “That way, people will be left in no doubt as to how our town will respond to those who set them off.”

Sulo Hovi and Louise Poirier penned a similar letter and also suggested banning remote controlled planes and drones from local beaches.

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Complaints from local residents over noise and environmental impacts have Tofino thinking about nixing its fireworks permit process and restricting fireworks to certain times of the year like the annual Canada Day event pictured above.

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The Ucluelet Rent-It Centre was broken into sometime between Sun-day night and Monday morning.

Const. Matthew Crist of the Ucluelet RCMP told the Westerly News the break-in was reported by employees who arrived around 8 a.m. Monday to discover multiple pieces of equip-ment had been stolen from the Peninsula Road property.

Crist estimated about $5,000 worth of tools was snatched including new chainsaws.

He said the thief, or thieves, cut through a chain linked fence and busted through a door to gain access.

“If the person had enough time it could be a one-person job. It also very well could be multiple people, we’re not sure of that at this point,” he said.

Port alberni’s forensic identification team was in Ucluelet Monday mor-ning to collect evidence from the scene.

“anything suspicious that pops up, or is seen, or if anyone knows any-thing, call the Ucluelet RCMP [250-726-7773]right away,” Crist said. [email protected]

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The results of the 2015 sum-mer visitor’s survey were unveiled at an afternoon event hosted by Tourism Tofino and the Tofino-Long Beach Chamber on Nov. 26.

From June to September this year, 709 useable surveys were collected from visitors to the area.

The survey closed in early October, and the data was then analyzed by a team of experts from The Social Scientists and Vancouver Island University.

The visitor profile generated from the data came as no big surprise to the dozen or so Chamber members in attend-ance who participated in a candid game of Family Feud to

guess the results of the survey. According to the survey

results, the majority of visitors to Tofino arrived by personal car for leisure purposes.

Beach activities ranked as the number one recreation, fol-lowed by hiking, shopping, and surfing.

In terms of accommodation, 76 per cent of visitors booked directly with the accommoda-tion provider while 10 per cent booked with a travel website.

The most common type of accommodation selected was campground/RV park, followed hotel/motel, cabin/cottage, and resort/lodge.

Almost half of those surveyed responded that they were trav-elling with their spouse or part-ner, while 27 per cent said they

were travelling with friends and 25 per cent were travelling with kids under the age of 19.

In the open-ended portion of the survey, some visitors noted that improved Wi-Fi would be appreciated as would more mid-range options for accommoda-tion, tours, and restaurants to make Tofino more affordable and accessible to middle-income families.

Tourism Tofino general man-ager Kirsten Soder said, “It was our highest revenue generating year on record.”

Anyone interested in reading the 2015 Tofino Visitor Profile in its entirety is encouraged to contact Tourism Tofino at 250-725-3414 or through their web-site at www.tourismtofino.com [email protected]

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Chamber members played a friendly game of Family Feud to guess the results of the 2015 Tofino Visitor Survey, which were officially released on Nov. 26 at an event hosted by Tourism Tofino.

The Westerly News | Wednesday, December 2, 2015


Police have confirmed that the truck involved in last week’s fatal highway crash near Ucluelet had been stolen in Nanaimo.

A man was driving the stolen 1994 red Nissan pickup truck south along the Pacific Rim Highway on Nov. 23 when he crossed over the centre line and smashed into an oncoming motorhome, according to Sgt. Jeff Swann of the Ucluelet RCMP.

Both vehicles caught fire shortly after the collision and bystanders were unable to free the man from the truck before it became engulfed in flames.

The motorhome’s two occupants escaped the scene with no life-threat-ening injuries.

Swann told the Westerly News RCMP and the BC Coroners Service have not yet been able to identify the deceased.

“The damage to his body was very extensive as a result of the fire,” Swann said.

“The next part of the investigation is a CT scan to try to see if there’s a metal plate in his knee or a screw

in his ankle that all have coding on them and a unique number we can use to identify who it is.”

Police are asking for the public’s help in identifying the deceased and anyone with any information is encouraged to contact the Ucluelet RCMP detachment at 250-726-7773.

“Someone is missing a loved one and we want to notify them as soon as we can,” Swann said.

“We are obviously not interested in pursuing charges against anybody. What we want is to get this to a reso-lution and find out who it was so we can notify their loved ones.”

Swann said reports from witnesses at the scene suggest the man was unconscious when flames engulfed the vehicle.

“We do have an indication that the driver was unconscious prior to the fire starting,” Swann said.

“It’s tragic and you hope they’re at least not in pain while that fire is happening; all the indications are that he was unconscious.”

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Local VoicesBRYAN GRIGGLocal VoiceOver November 4th and 5th, The

Ucluelet Warriors Junior Volley-ball Team competed in the North Island Championships hosted by Carihi Secondary School (Camp-bell River). Vancouver Island is broken into three Junior Competi-tive regions, South, Central and North. The North Island Cham-pionships represents the top 8 Junior Teams from the North Regionals. Ucluelet qualified for the tourney through their strong tournament leading up to the regionals.

The Warriors started their tournament pool play against Wellington Secondary (Nanaimo). The Warriors started well, tak-ing the first game of the best of three set. In the second game, the Warriors came out slower, the quality of serve reception plagued the Warriors, ultimately leading to a second game loss and deci-sive third game. Late in the third game, the Warriors watched a 5 point lead dissolve. Unforced errors lead to a 14-13 Wellington lead and possible game point. With the game on the line, the Warriors stepped up, battling back and eventually taking the nail biter 16-14 and the match 2-1.

In their second game, the Jun-iors came up against Mark Isfeld Secondary School. The Warriors started the match slow, not able to keep up with the upbeat

offence of the Ice. The Junior’s slow tempo caused missteps in serve, receive and defensive coverage, leading to a first game loss. In the second game, the Warriors picked up the tempo, effectively passing the ball out of the back court. With quality passes coming out of the back-court, setter Diego Corlazzoli was able to effectively distribute the ball, with Power Hitter Matteo Ludlow capitalizing and regis-tering multiple kills. The lead see-sawed between the two teams but the Warrior’s play kept them in the game. The second game, displayed the caliber of the War-rior’s team, playing their best match of pool play. In the end, the consistency of the Ice’s offence proved to be too much, and the Warriors lost in straight sets.

The Warriors finished their pool against Timberline Secondary. Continuing to be plagued by poor serve reception, the Warriors fell in three games to Timberline and ended their pool in a three way tie. Through the tiebreaker—points for vs. points against—Ucluelet found itself in the 3rd place spot.

Thursday brought the playoffs, and a match up with the Pool A 2nd place finishers, Brooks Sec-ondary (Powell River). The War-riors continued to be troubled by their serve reception and offence. Falling in straight sets ended their hopes of qualifying for the

Island Championships and put them in the consolation bracket. After their dismissal from the championship round, the entire Junior team illustrated they had been beaten, but were not done. Staying on the court as squad, working through player led skill drills. Refusing to leave the court.

In their final game of the season, the Warriors came charging out of the gates. The Warrior servers were accurate and effective, cre-ating chaos on Timberline’s court. The team’s determination demon-strated after their championship round exit, seemingly lit a com-

petitive fire. Serve reception was dominant and passers were quick to spots. With effective passing out of the backcourt, the offence revved up. With Middle hitters, Isiah David and Mac Costigan logging multiple kills. Compli-mented by a strong outside pres-ence dictated by Matteo Ludlow and Jarrod Lucas, registering numerous kills. Quality back-court minutes and digs were con-tributed by Maddy May and Carol Curley. The Warriors were firing, serving, passing and pushing the points. The score in the end illus-trated the play of the Warriors,

who took a commanding two set victory over Timberline 25 - 17 and 25-17 finishing 5th in the North Island Championships.

The Ucluelet Warriors would like to thank the player’s par-ent(s) / guardians, Mike Rhodes and Carol Sedgewick for all their support.

A tremendous thanks goes out to Julie Corlazzoli and Mike Chap-man for coaching and supporting. Without you, this season would not have been possible.

Bryan Grigg is the coach of Jun-ior Warriors Volleyball.

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TARNI JACOBSENLocal Voice

The Pacific Rim Hospice Society invites you to remember a loved one you are missing this holiday season by writing her/his name on a tag and placing the tag on the tree at the Tofino and Ucluelet Post Offices and the Yuulu?il?ath Community Services Centre for the month of December.

The Ceremony of Remembrance for the individuals on the tags from the trees will be honoured in a short ceremony on Monday, January 11th, 2016 at 11:00am, followed by lunch at the Common Loaf Bake Shop.

For more information contact the Hospice at 250-725.1240 or email: [email protected]. Visit our website to find out more about what Hospice does in your community: www.pacificrimhos-pice.ca

Thank you to the Common Loaf Bake Shop, SOBO, Tofino and Ucluelet Post Offices and the Hitacu Community Services Cen-tre for supporting this program.

The Pacific Rim Hospice Soci-ety recently held a workshop in Ahousaht on trauma and grief and we would like to thank the following individuals and organ-izations for their assistance in

making it successful.Dea Parsanishi, The Ahousaht

Holistic Centre Board of Direc-tors and staff, Julia Atleo and her team of lunch chefs, Anita Charleson-Touchie, Karen Frank, The Light House, Long Beach Lodge Resort, Pastor Sung, Pastor Roger, The community members in Ahousaht, Island Health, Kath-ryn Kilpatrick, Kathy and the Nuu-Chah-Nulth Tribal Coun-cil, Workshop participants, The Federation of Vancouver Island Hospices.

Tarni Jacobsen works with the the Pacific Rim Hospice Society.

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A unique local business launched by two young Tofitian artisans earlier this year has been nominated for Small Business BC’s Best Concept Award.

Victoria Ashley, a 23 year-old leatherworker, and Laurie Bou-dreault, a 25 year-old jeweler, opened a creative studio in April and began thoughtfully curating their budding storefront through collaborations with artisans across the globe.

“We were initially looking for a studio space and when this loca-tion popped up it was pretty big so we decided to try to incorpor-ate other artisans,” Ashley told the Westerly News.

“We never planned it to be this boutique and this community that it’s become. Initially it was just our studio and the support of Tofino, which is just the most supportive community ever, made it possible to open up this kind of concept.”

They dubbed their creative boutique the Merge Artisan Col-lective and it quickly became a popular storefront where patrons can watch the two artisans work while they browse.

“You’re face-to-face,” Ashley said.

“We know every single per-son’s story, we know the process,

and being able to hear a story behind a product, and being able to see someone make it, really gives someone an attachment to whatever it is their buying which you’re not getting when you’re shopping online or when you’re in Wal-Mart.”

She said the store’s vibe is rich with a contagious creativity.

“One thing we always hear when people walk through our doors is how warm it feels in there,” she said.

“People walk through it and, especially people who are cre-ative, they want to go home and start doing stuff they want to start embroidering or they want to start drawing or whatever it might be…It inspires so many people.”

She added Merge’s inspiration spreads to other artisans as well.

“We support artisans from all over the world. We choose handmade goods that have good branding and fit a certain lifestyle for our demographic,” she said.

“Every time we receive a pack-age from another artisan we get letters thanking us for inspiring them to keep making stuff…The fact that someone wants to pur-chase their work and someone across the world wants to have their stuff in a store, that’s prob-ably the most inspiring part of all of it and everyone is just so excit-

ed to be working together.”She said much of Merge’s suc-

cess stems from the support of Tofino’s business community.

“Our building is pretty tucked away, it’s actually in an alley, so the fact that people come search-ing for us saying other people sent them there just really shows how supportive the community is. It’s been amazing,” Ashley said.

“Even in what we consider now the slower months we’re still doing really well and I couldn’t imagine it to be any better than how it’s going right now.”

Support from local businesses is how Ashley fell into her leather-working career as she got into the trade while trying to craft a mason jar cozy.

“In order for me to buy all the tools and everything it was a couple hundred dollars and I thought maybe I’ll sell 10 of them and make my money back,” she said.

“The owner of Rhino Coffee House saw them on my Facebook page and sent me a message and before I even went to any stores or anything he ordered 50, so that kind of got the ball rolling.”

She said her business partner Boudreault also found quick suc-cess with personalized jewelry pieces that have fostered a steady flow of customers.

“Her pieces mean a lot to every-

one that comes through the door; they just fly off the shelves,” Ash-ley said.

“We both actually just started being makers about a year ago so this all has happened really fast.”

With their nomination in-hand, Ashley and Boudreault must now secure as many online votes as possible by Dec. 11 and locals are encouraged to support their bid by visiting www.sbbcawards.ca.

The top 10 vote-getters in each award category will move to the next round where a panel of judg-es will whittle the group down to five finalists.

The final winners will be announced on Feb. 25 and will receive a $1,500 cash-prize as well as one-year’s worth of Small Busi-ness BC’s educational resources including one-on-one business mentorship opportunities.

“I am delighted to see Tofino’s vibrant business community entering the Small Business BC Awards to be recognized for their achievements both locally and globally,” said Small Business BC CEO George Hunter.

“Small Business BC takes great pride in celebrating entrepreneurs and helping them to become more successful. While individually small these businesses have a big reputation across Canada and around the world.”

Ashley said she and Boudreau-lt are stoked on Merge’s early accolades.

“To be two young women run-ning a business and already be nominated for something like this is a pretty cool feeling,” she said.

“We feel very lucky and very excited.”

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Local leatherworker Victoria Ashley crafts her designs in front of patrons at Tofino’s Merge Artisan Collective.

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Being part of Tofino’s small business community means somebody’s always got your back.

Cam and Kim Shaw, who took the reins at Chocolate Tofino over six and a half years ago, are over-joyed with the support they’ve received from local patrons and other small business owners.

“The economy in Tofino is some-thing very special. It’s like the economy used to be in 1950s and 60s without the chain stores and outside influence. To be part of this core group that’s forging this, that’s fantastic. We’re not like big box store Walmart kind of shop-pers. We’re down home local and it’s fun to be part of that,” said Cam Shaw.

In trade, the chocolatiers from Lloydminster do their best to infuse their artisan chocolates with flavours from around Van-couver Island and from their friends down Tofino Main Street.

Hand-picked wild blackberries, Tofino Coffee beans, Tofino Tea Bar tea, local honey, and organic lavender, are just some of the spe-cialty items that greets the pal-ette upon savouring one of their treats.

“It’s really fun to support other local businesses. We’ve even got some chocolate medallions with Roy Vickers art,” Cam said.

Bryan O’Malley opened the Tofino Brewing Co. in April 2011 with his business partners Chris Neufeld and Dave McConnell.

“This was our first venture that

we’ve ever done and there was definitely a steep learning curve. We were really fortunate that the community here in Tofino really supported us with our idea. With-out their support, that first year could have gone a lot different,” O’Malley said adding that all the local restaurants put their brew on tap.

The entrepreneur from Vancou-ver did confess however that their product wasn’t exactly the hard-est sell.

“People drink beer year round,” he said.

The Tofino Brewing Co. released their first attempt at a dark lager just in time for the holidays.

“Basically, it’s a nice light, crisp lager, but does have some nice malty subtle notes to it that kind

of pairs really well with the win-ter time here,” O’Malley said.

Ahousaht member Richard George has been working in the close-knit Tofino business community for 20 years. His par-ents, Cathy and Lewis, founded the House of Himwitsa by the 1st Street Dock, which he now manages.

“The biggest reward to running a small town business is self-em-ployment and being able to pro-vide work for future generations,” George said.

Five years ago, George opened the Dockside Smoked Fish Store adjacent to the Himwitsa Native Art Gallery.

His three boys now operate the fish store during the summer months and the new expansion

created the opportunity to hire more young staff.

“We take a grant out to employ First Nations youth. You know the kids that normally would not be able to get work, we are able to offer them summer employment,” George said.

“This last year, we had two ladies from Ahousaht. They were 16 and it was their first job ever.”

In high season, the House of Himwitsa employs 50 to 60 staff.

George is constantly proud to see his young staff develop confi-dence, progress in the industry, or go on to further their education.

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Local chocolatiers Cam and Kim Shaw own and operate Chocolate Tofino and are sweet on Tofino’s closely connected business community and feel well-supported in town.


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“The high pitched noise and dangers involved as these planes do acrobats over the heads of locals and tourists does not make for a pleasant experience,” they wrote.

Tofino Mayor Josie Osborne told the Westerly News after the meeting that the current permit process is seldom used and has locals unsure of whether the fire-works they’re seeing are permit-

ted or not. “Right now you can have a fire-

works display if you get a permit from the district of Tofino but what we’re finding is that, in practice, people aren’t coming and getting permits,” she said.

“No matter whether there’s a ban or not, it’s difficult to enforce, and right now what’s challenging, I think, for residents is if you hear fireworks going off, you don’t

know if the person has a permit or not.”

She said “bylaw enforcement staff can’t be everywhere all of the time,” and that banning fire-works during certain times would help the community police itself.

She added any bans must come with proactive education and outreach to ensure locals and tourists know what they can and can’t do.

“It’s part of the respectful and courteous behaviour that we’re hoping all of our visitors and residents will have towards each other and trying to find a balance so that we’re not killing all the fun,” she said.

“It’s stressful for pets and it’s difficult for children and fam-ilies sometimes and, as much as everybody appreciates a beautiful show of fireworks, to have them going off a lot near the beach, near where you live, and sometimes the mess that’s left behind is just untenable for some people.”

Coun. Cathy Thicke suggested the issue raises questions over the kind of town Tofino wants to be and the kind of tourists it wants to attract.

“What kind of a place are we trying to promote and what kind of etiquette do we want people to follow in our places and our beaches,” she asked.

“It’s brought back that ques-tion of not being so apologetic

about the people that we are and the kind of community that we want…People do want to come here to refresh their spirit and to be rejuvenated by the nature and the quietness here.”

She added fireworks aren’t just disrupting people and pets but also local wildlife.

“It is pretty frightening for animals,” she said. “What are we doing to all the other creatures that share our home and our space?”

Thicke noted the two letters council received reflect the views of just four locals and she hopes to hear from others before making a final fireworks decision.

“It goes back to that whole party town atmosphere; is that what we want? I don’t know. For some people who have their weddings here maybe that’s what they want but I think it really is about what do the people who live here want,” she said.

“I’m interested to know what other people think… Whether they’ve noticed an increase and whether they’re in agreement with the letter writers or whether it’s something that feels accept-able to them.”

Osborne said that while late-night fireworks often bring explo-sions of social media fury, few locals have taken the time to offi-cially raise their concerns.

“In the case of fireworks, I don’t think people post on social media

as a way of expecting bylaw enforcement or the RCMP to go out, I think they do it more as a kind of venting of frustration,” she said.

“If you want to see changes in laws or policies though, a formal letter to council is a proper way to introduce the idea…It doesn’t mean that council necessarily will agree with the letter writer or choose to follow through on any action but it is a way of ensuring the raising of an issue is done in a transparent manner.”

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Winter has landed on the Coast and local police are urging drivers to be cautious on the road.

“Drive safe; slow down,” said Sgt. Jeff Swann of the Ucluelet

RCMP. “It’s obvious. When you wake up

in the morning, if your windows are icy on your vehicle expect the roads to be icy. It’s that time of the year.”

A Ucluelet driver was given a

harsh introduction to the cold conditions around 8 a.m. on Nov. 26 when her vehicle hit an icy patch of Marine Drive and flipped over after smashing into a rock in front of the Black Rock Resort.

“She was driving too fast for

the road conditions, applied the brakes and skidded off the road striking a large rock on the right hand side which subsequently caused the vehicle to overturn onto its roof,” Swann said.

The vehicle’s two occupants

escaped the crash relatively unharmed though both were transported to Tofino General Hospital to be checked out.

“Both are expected to make a full recovery,” Swann said. [email protected]

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Ucluelet’s Army Navy and Air Force Veterans club brought a spicy new twist to its fundraising efforts by launching a 2016 calen-dar full of local history and local ladies.

“There’s a million sunset cal-endars out there so this is some-thing a little different for the locals,” said the ANAF’s co-inter-im-manager Bronwyn Kelleher.

“People can go through the cal-endar and recognize people they know in locations that they go to often that aren’t just the regular old tourist shots…Ucluelet does a lot of stuff for the outside world to bring people here and to sup-port their experiences here and it’s nice to be able to do some-thing by the locals for the locals.”

Kelleher said the idea for the calendar’s vintage imagery was hatched when the Western Com-mand Military Vehicle Historical Society visited Ucluelet in the summer.

“We thought that that would be an awesome opportunity for a photo shoot and that was when the idea of the calendar was born,” she said.

David Paul Crombie signed on as the calendar’s photographer and local businesses To Cut and Dye For and Beautiful You volun-teered to do the models’ hair and makeup.

Kelleher said the calendar’s photographs are infused with information about local sites some locals might not realize had significance to Canada’s war efforts.

“Interesting things about Ukee that you might not know and will make you smile and love your home town a little bit more,” she said.

All funds raised from the cal-endar’s sales will go towards the ANAF hall and Kelleher said she was thrilled to offer locals an

opportunity to help out without coming out.

“Most of the money that comes into the Army and Navy comes through bar sales and not every-body drinks so we’re trying to diversify what we do for the community to open it up to more options and more demographics,” she said.

“A calendar is something that all community members can buy to help support the Army and Navy without having to walk in and buy themselves a beer.”

Kelleher, who is also featured in the calendar, was stoked when she saw the final product.

“They turned out better than we had imagined and fantasized and we’re extremely excited about them and proud to have Ucluelet represented in this way,” she said.

“I’m so impressed with the local talent and how it all came together into a calendar that I am very proud of and is better than I could have expected and I hope that everybody enjoys it.”

The Westerly News caught up with a handful of the calendar’s models, all of whom were stoked to help out and thrilled with how the calendar turned out.

“It was a lot of fun,” said local DJ Jessica Bedard who has host-ed shows at the ANAF.

“[Crombie] was very profession-al about it and he put together a really good calendar so we’re all stoked. Everyone looks great.”

Marcie DeWitt said she had a great time supporting the cause and “getting to hang out with a bunch of really great ladies and do something a little bit different.”

“The Army and Navy is a good place to host community gather-ings and get people out of their houses especially in the winter,” she said.

Caro Mead-Miller said she was “flattered” when Kelleher asked if she would be Miss January.

“It was exhilarating,” she said of her shoot.

“I wanted to become more involved with the community and to support the Army and Navy and this was something creative and fun.”

Tanya Dittkowski said the calen-dar showcases the ANAF’s young energy.

“It was a really great way to bring some youth into an old institution just to keep it going and to keep it vibrant,” she said.

Dittkowski is featured in the month of July.

“People are going to love July,” she said adding, “All of the months are great; all the ladies look fantastic.”

Stephenie Charleson said she has been brainstorming other fundraising ideas for the club since participating in the calen-dar and is excited to keep sup-porting the ANAF.

“This was a fun opportunity to get together with a bunch of great

women and do a photo shoot and support the Army and Navy,” she said. “It’s a great place for every-one to get together and have a good time.”

Jillian Edwards, Ms. September, said she was surprised by how much fun she had during her photo shoot.

“I was expecting it to be very awkward but it was really fun and everybody was cool and help-ful,” she said.

“I got to stand on top of an old war truck with a machine gun and I’ve never been on one of those before so that was neat and I was just happy to help out.”

Heather Durward, the calendar’s cover girl, was delighted at the opportunity to support the ANAF.

“It’s a place for people of the community to hangout and they also cater to youth nights, which I think is really awesome,” she said.

“It’s nice for the community to have a few places that they can go and have events, music and

entertainment.”Calendars cost $25 and are

available throughout town. Kelleher said it is important

for the community to support the ANAF so that the ANAF can, in turn, support the community.

“We try to do a lot of things for the community and, as much as we can, we want to be able to offer events for people to come together and celebrate,” she said.

The ANAF will be open through-out the winter and will elect a new board on Dec. 6.

“With the election there is going to be more people on board which means we are going to have more time energy and bodies to be doing even more things in town than we have in the past year,” she said.

“This is going to be the new beginning of the Army and Navy.”

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Local models featured in the ANAF’s new fundraising calendar were thrilled with the finished product. ANDREW BAILEY PHOTO

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