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February 20, 2014 edition of the North Island GazetteTRANSCRIPT
49th Year No. 08 Newsstand $1.29 + GSTwww.northislandgazette.com
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• OH, THE DRAMAPHSS club travels
to provincial drama, music competition.
Page 11
• SPIEL STEALCourtenay rink makes off with Port McNeill mixed open title.
Page 13
• STAR SHINEFigure skaters tip a cap to Hollywood in annual ice carnival.
Page 19
OPINION Page 6
LETTERS Page 7
SPORTS Page 13
CLASSIFIEDS Page 16-18
Gazette staffPORT McNEILL—Cash,
cocaine and drug parapherna-lia were seized by Port McNeill RCMP Friday in a Valentine’s Day raid on a suspected drug house.
A 51-year-old man was sub-
sequently arrested under the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act (CDSA) and was later released on numerous conditions, pending formal charges being laid. He is expected to appear in Port Hardy Provincial Court May 13 to face a
charge of possession of cocaine for the purpose of trafficking.
On Feb. 14, the Port McNeill RCMP and the RCMP Island District General Investigation Section (GIS) executed a search warrant at the residence located
in the 2200 block of Camosun Crescent in Port McNeill. Investigators believe the location
Training program fills gaps
February 20, 2014
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NORTH ISLANDGAZETTECops claim cash, cocaine in raid
J.R. RardonGazette editorWOSS—In the shadow
of a steep canyon in the mountains near this remote Vancouver Island hamlet, a hulking grapple yarder sits idle, the victim of a deep overnight freeze that has temporarily disabled its hydraulic systems.
But hook tender Tavis Menzies, 33, remains in motion — sharpening a chain saw here, trimming a felled tree there, splic-ing a cable with co-worker
Robert Glass on the tail-gate of a Western Forest Products truck while wait-ing for a mechanic to get the heavy equipment back in operation.
“It’s a stable job and income; it’s a great fit for me,” said Menzies, who is no stranger to steep slopes and cold temperatures after spending several years as a professional freestyle skier.
A graduate of the inaugu-ral Western Forest Products’ Logging Fundamentals Training course in late
2012, Menzies has shifted from his former nomadic life of fishing by sum-mer and skiing with the Swiss-based Faction Ski Collective by winter, to a full-time forestry career.
And he is a welcome addition to a workforce which is rapidly aging out of the industry.
“We’re very happy with the people we’ve hired from that first group,” said Robert Trettenero, woods foreman for WFP’s Englewood Division. “It’s
becoming a real necessity. The workforce is changing; there’s not much to draw from.”
WFP is currently accept-ing applications for its fifth Logging Fundamentals Training course, which will begin in April in Woss and which is the first of three such courses planned for 2014. The brainchild of WFP Englewood opera-tions manager Randy Boas and former general fore-man Vince Devlin, the course introduces candi-
dates to a career in the industry through a combi-nation of classroom train-ing and hands-on training at an instructional site near WFP’s Woss office.
Funded by WFP with a contribution by Island Coastal Economic Trust (ICET), the program kicked off in the fall of 2012 as an answer to the shortage of entry-level employees in
See page 5‘Course helps’
See page 3‘One arrest in drug raid’
Dan Bodden, right, jogs along Highway 19 as Port McNeill firefight-ers Chris Walker and Dean Tait wait to escort him through town on the inaugural Wounded Warrior BC Run Sunday, Feb. 16. Port Hardy and Port McNeill both host-ed events for the run-ners, who are raising money for and aware-ness of Post-traumatic Stress Disorder on the six-day relay to Victoria. See more on page 11.
J.R. Rardon
Healinga wound
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tal o
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tere
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of t
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ter t
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pay
men
ts o
ver t
he re
mai
ning
term
of t
he le
ase
agre
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is o
ffer
may
not
be
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for c
ash
and
may
not
be
com
bine
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th c
erta
in o
ther
con
sum
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cent
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avai
labl
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vehi
cles
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of C
anad
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mite
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serv
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am
end
or te
rmin
ate
this
off
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n wh
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or in
par
t, at
any
tim
e wi
thou
t prio
r not
ice.
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d wh
ere
proh
ibite
d by
law.
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ition
al c
ondi
tions
and
lim
itatio
ns a
pply.
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dea
ler f
or d
etai
ls. ¥
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man
ufac
ture
r to
deal
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eliv
ery c
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t has
bee
nap
plie
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the
purc
hase
, fin
ance
and
leas
e of
fers
of 2
014
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ra 15
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rew
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and
is a
pplic
able
to re
tail
cust
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s on
ly. O
ther
cre
dits
ava
ilabl
e on
sel
ect S
ierr
a m
odel
s. O
ffer
end
s Fe
brua
ry 2
8, 2
014.
‡‡
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r onl
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lid fr
om F
ebru
ary
8, 2
014
– Fe
brua
ry 2
8, 2
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(the
“Pro
gram
Per
iod”
) to
reta
il cu
stom
ers
resi
dent
in C
anad
a wh
o ow
n or
are
cur
rent
ly le
asin
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urin
g th
e Pr
ogra
m P
erio
d) a
GM
or c
ompe
titor
pic
kup
truc
k to
rece
ive
a $2
,000
cre
dit t
owar
ds th
e pu
rcha
se, o
r $1,0
00 to
ward
s th
e fin
ance
or l
ease
of a
n el
igib
le n
ew 2
014
Mod
el Ye
ar G
MC
Sier
ra L
ight
Dut
y. On
ly o
ne (1
) cre
dit m
ay b
e ap
plie
d pe
r elig
ible
vehi
cle
sale
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fer i
s tr
ansf
erab
le to
a fa
mily
mem
ber l
ivin
g in
the
sam
e ho
useh
old
(pro
of o
f add
ress
requ
ired)
. Thi
s of
fer m
ay n
ot b
e re
deem
ed fo
r cas
h an
d m
ay n
ot b
e co
mbi
ned
with
cer
tain
oth
er c
onsu
mer
ince
ntiv
es a
vaila
ble
on G
M ve
hicl
es. T
he $
2,00
0/$1
,000
cre
dit i
nclu
des
HST/
GST/
PST
as a
pplic
able
by p
rovi
nce.
As
part
of
the
tran
sact
ion,
dea
ler w
ill re
ques
t cur
rent
veh
icle
regi
stra
tion
and/
or in
sura
nce
to p
rove
own
ersh
ip. G
MCL
rese
rves
the
right
to a
men
d or
term
inat
e th
is o
ffer
, in
whol
e or
in p
art,
at a
ny ti
me
with
out p
rior n
otic
e. V
oid
wher
e pr
ohib
ited
by la
w. A
dditi
onal
con
ditio
ns a
nd li
mita
tions
app
ly. S
ee yo
ur G
M d
eale
r for
det
ails
.
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Vitamin D has been mentioned many times in the media over the past few years. It seems like it is the cure-all for diseases like MS, cancer and diabetes although none of this has been proven yet. For a while it was thought to ward off colds and fl u but a recent study proved that this isnʼt so. However many Canadians do take vitamin D supplements of from 1000 to 4000 units daily.
With all the research into the genetics of cancer, prostate cancer is the most often cancer type that can be inherited. If there is a history of prostate cancer in a manʼs family, he has a 58% probability of also getting the disease. For women and breast cancer, the probability is 28%.
Dry skin is a common problem during our Canadian winters. One tip for helping is to not scrub your skin too hard when in the shower or bath because it strips the oils from the skin. When drying the skin, leave a little moisture on the skin then apply a good moisturizer. That will help seal in the water and prevent extreme dryness.
February is Heart and Stroke Month in Canada. Every seven minutes a Canadian has a heart attack. About 16,000 Canadians die of a heart attack each year with most of those deaths occurring out of hospital. This is a good time to encourage everyone to learn CPR. Itʼs easier than ever before and you never know when it can help you save a life.
Heart medications also save many lives every year. However, they have to be taken as the doctor orders. If you are having trouble remembering to take your medication, ask our pharmacists for help.
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from page 1was a hub for the sale of cocaine within the community. The search warrant led to the seizure of a num-ber of items, includ-ing cocaine packaged for sale, paraphernalia commonly used in the trafficking of illegal drugs, and a quantity of Canadian currency.
“This raid marks the beginning of a coordi-nated effort underway in our region to iden-tify, arrest, and charge those people who are involved in the traf-ficking of illegal
drugs”, said Sgt. Craig Blanchard, command-er of the Port McNeill RCMP.
This effort requires the ongoing support and participation of residents from all com-munities in the North Island, Blanchard added. If you have information relat-ing to the traffick-ing and sale of illegal drugs, please call the Port McNeill RCMP at 250-956-4441, or anonymously through Crime Stoppers at 1 - 8 8 8 - 2 2 2 - T I P S (8477).
One arrest in drug raid
Last week’s article on the North Island Concert Society dinner show (NICS invites tenor to dinner) misidentified the caterer for the event this Saturday evening. The show’s caterer will be chef Joe Richard.
The Gazette regrets this error.
Correction
Servin’ up the sauceTim Olesen, left, gets a ladle of sauce on his spa-ghetti from Eagle View Elementary School principal Malcolm Fleeton during a Grade 7 fundraising din-ner held Friday at Eagle View. Also pictured at left are Louise Olesen (obscured) and Rebecca Olesen. Serving with Fleeton are Jillian Walkus and Dianna Brown. Lisa Harrison
At long last, Mt. Cain opensGazette staffAfter losing most of its
2013-14 season due to lack of snow, Mount Cain Ski Area will open “unam-biguously” this Saturday, Feb. 22.
The Mount Cain Alpine Society, which operates the Regional District of Mount Waddington-owned facility, made the announcement Monday morning following a weekend of heavy snow-fall.
Neil Borecky, MCAS president, cautioned ski-
ers the slopes may not be open to the public until 10 a.m. Saturday, to give volunteer patrollers time to set boundary ropes.
“It was a total white out by noon (last) Sunday, so our volunteers did the best we could,” Borecky wrote on the Mount Cain web-site.
Additional schedul-ing details are still being worked out, including the annual TeleFest telemark-ing festival and potential Monday openings.
“Stay tuned,” Borecky
wrote. “Winter is here. You will be rewarded for your patience.”
Mount Cain has not been open at all this season. Directors did set a tenta-tive opening in mid-Janu-ary after a snowfall early in 2014, but the weather warmed under clear skies and the snow base did not hold.
The only skiing on the Island in the mean-time has been at Mount Washington, and that has been sporadic. Mount Washington opened for
18 days in January before being forced to close again, and reopened just last week.
For visitors to Mount Cain’s opening this weekend, chains will be required, as usual, and the road to the ski area is a one-way drive. Uphill traf-fic only will be allowed in the morning, and downhill only in the afternoon.
For condition updates and further information, visit www.mountcain.com or call the ski hotline at 1-888-668-6622.
Gazette staffPORT McNEILL—
Visitors to last month’s Speaker’s Corner series had a chance to view the documentary film Salmon Confidential.
Next week, they have
the chance to hear directly from its subject.
Alexandra Morton, the occasionally controversial wild salmon activist and anti-fish farm crusader, will appear in the second Speaker’s Corner at St.
John Gualbert (A-Frame) Church in Port McNeill.
The free, interactive discussion takes place Thursday, Feb. 27, begin-ning at 7 p.m.
Speaker’s Corner, con-ceived by the church’s
board and pastor Wade Allen, is a secular forum, open to all. Its purpose is to highlight issues key to North Vancouver Island through sharing by local residents with expertise in those issues.
Morton headlines Speaker’s Corner
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Gazette staffPORT HARDY—
The question of chari-table contributions led to a rare split vote in Council Chambers last week at the Port Hardy Council meeting.
Councillors were unanimous in turning down a request from the Children’s Wish Foundation, but a sim-ilar request from the Wounded Warrior Run BC sparked discussion at the table.
In correspon-dence, Art Brochu of Children’s Wish informed council of plans to leave from Port Hardy in May 2014 on a fundraising cycle across Canada. Brochu requested support or a donation from council towards the cause.
Staff clarified that a $1,000 Grant in
Aid fund was avail-able within the bud-get, but the council-lors agreed that, while they would support the cause through pub-licizing the event on the District website, a monetary donation from the fund would not be appropriate.
“It’s a great proj-ect,” cain Coun. Janet Dorward, “we can sup-port it individually but I don’t think we can use taxpayer money.”
During New Business Coun. Rick Marcotte brought for-ward the Wounded Warrior Run, a Post Traumatic Stress Disorder fund- and awareness - ra i s ing event which left the North Island last week-end. After confirming council representation at the event send-off, Coun. Marcotte pro-
posed a $100 dona-tion to the organizers and received a second from Coun. Debbie Huddlestan.
Coun. John Tidbury spoke against the motion saying, “I’m sorry, I think it’s a great cause but I think it’s the same as what we’ve just turned down.”
Coun. Marcotte defended the motion, saying that in his opin-ion they were different causes and that the vet-erans represented by the Wounded Warrior event deserved sup-port after defending their country.
Deputy Mayor Jessie Hemphill called for a vote on the dona-tion motion, which was defeated 3-2 with Coun. Tidbury, Dorward and Nikki Shaw against and
Coun. Marcotte and Huddlestan for.
Food securityMount Waddington
Health Network Food Security Coordinator Leslie Dyck appeared as a delegate at last week’s council meeting to update councillors on the Food Security and Community Engagement Project.
Dyck gave a brief outline of the project, defining food security and the steps involved in developing a region-al food security plan.
By examining the availability, stability, accessibility and utili-zation of food resourc-es Dyck explained the
short-, medium- and long-term visions for the project’s develop-ment including inves-tigations into the fea-sibility of a food secu-rity hub on the North Island.
“There’s still a lot of work to be done,” cau-tioned Dyck. Despite considerable interest in moving towards the hub model, council-lors heard that devel-opment could take between one and two years before coming to fruition.
Council were advised that they could help by: identi-fying potential stake-holders and partner-ships; helping with the development of a food atlas; support-ing workshops and events; and, by identi-fying policies that the District of Port Hardy
would support.C o u n c i l l o r s
enquired whether Dyck was looking into access to fresh fish or farmers’ markets on the North Island. Dyck confirmed that both were topics that came up time and again in discussions and that both were being examined for inclusion in the food security action plan. “People often ask about farmers’ mar-kets,” said Dyck. “It would be something I can definitely see the food hub getting behind… there’s lot’s of potential there.”
WolvesCoun. Tidbury
brought up the recent spate of wolf sightings during New Business and requested that staff be directed to “find
out what is happening from the Conservation Officer Service.”
The motion reignit-ed discussion on the COS’s controversial zoning system which sees ‘North Island’ officers stationed in Black Creek.
“I really think they need to post someone up here,” said Coun. Dorward. “Courtenay is too far away.”
The COS issued a warning last week to residents after a series of sightings and pet attacks in recent weeks. On Feb. 4 a wolf was destroyed by COS and RCMP offi-cers after a pet dog was killed at a Storey’s Beach residence.
“We’re just fortunate no one has been hurt,” said Coun. Dorward. “So far,” said Coun. Tidbury.
Donation issue splits councillors
Residential curbside recycling is coming to Port Hardy in 2014.
Producers of Packaging and Printed Paper (PPP) are mandated by the Province of British Columbia to implement a product stewardship program by May 2014. MultiMaterials BC is the organization formed by the PPP producers to prepare and implement a plan that includes participation by all Municipalities in the province. Curb Side Recycling is designed to keep our homes and community beautiful while saving energy, conserving our natural resources and reducing air and water pollution. Help us create a cleaner, more sustainable community. Program rollout information will be made available in the coming weeks, with an anticipated start-up date of May 2014. Program design and implementation is currently underway and residents will be provided with details about the program.
Information about this program can be viewed at:http://www.multimaterialbc.ca/residentsIf you have any questions, please contact:
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Gazette staffPORT HARDY—Dan
Brooks, a candidate for the B.C. Conservative Party’s leadership, will meet with North Islanders this weekend as part of an
Island-wide tour in advance of the party’s April 11-12 choosing of its new leader.
Brooks will host a pub-lic meeting Sunday, Feb. 23, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., at the
Quarterdeck Inn’s Sun Room on Hardy Bay Road.
Brooks will present his plans for the future of the province and take questions from the audience during the event.
Candidate tours N.IslandOlder and
wiser
Cayden Dinneen celebrates the 100th day of the school year at Cheslakees Early Learning Centre with a T-shirt thank-ing his teach-er for making him “100 days smarter” last Wednesday.
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Course helps new loggers transition to jobsfrom page 1
the industry.The employee crunch
was, in part, self-inflicted. Formerly, new workers entered as chokermen, and eventually moved up to landing man and other jobs on the worksite. But the advent of the grapple yarder made the chokerman obso-lete.
“There’s a gap because of changes in the industry,” said Boas. “Chokerman was the training ground for basic fundamen-tals. Without that, now landing man is the next level, and that requires a higher level of abil-ity.”
To plug the gap, Boas, Devlin and WFP’s human resources department conceived of a training program that would provide the basic groundwork of preparation for enter-ing the workforce through a standardized curriculum.
They requested a digi-tal version of WorkSafe BC’s Grapple Yarder and Supersnorkel Handbook and essen-tially rewrote it into a textbook.
“WorkSafe BC wanted to review what we’d done,” said Boas. “When we were fin-ished and they looked
it over, they wanted to put their logo on it. So I guess we did some-thing right.”
The first class of six trainees — culled from a pool of nearly 100 applicants — took place in Woss in the fall of 2012. It proved to be a rousing success for both WFP and the trainees.
“I had no experience. I knew nothing about logging when I came in,” said Menzies. “It was a seven-week course, and one week before it ended I was offered a job.”
Scott Rufus, a 24-year-old from Alert Bay, was part of the second training class, held in the spring of 2013. Also a newcom-er to logging, he had a similar experience upon completion of the training.
“I didn’t expect a job the day after I fin-ished the course,” said Rufus. “But it ended on a Friday, and I started work the next Monday.”
The course is not a comprehensive pro-gram designed to vault workers into top-lev-el jobs with tickets. Rather, it is a basic fundamentals course, heavy on safety and conditioning, and designed only to pre-
pare the trainee to step into a cut block and contribute.
“We’re just trying to get them to a point where they can get teamed with an expe-rienced logger and learn on the job,” said Boas. “We’re trying to shorten the learning curve so they can hit the ground running.”
That said, the pro-gram is also fluid, and able to adapt to the needs of the indus-try and the potential employees. Boas said directors are currently exploring a driver’s
evaluation component, and said other adjust-ments to the curricu-lum are possible in the future.
“We constantly talk to our crews and other operations where (graduates) have been hired,” he said. “We ask, ‘What did you like about these guys and what would you like to see them come in with?’ We also ask the kids, ‘Is there some-thing else you feel you need to get from this?’”
For now, what the trainees are getting is jobs. Twenty of the 24
students who began the first four courses have found work in the industry. Boas said only two washed out of the program, while two others went back to their previous jobs.
That may be in part due to the stringent requirements of the program. Applying for one of the coveted six spots in each ses-sion is akin to apply-ing for the job itself, with experience, background checks and a daunting inter-view process involv-ing Boas, Devlin and
WFP human-resources developer Lisa House all involved.
“We want to attract the right people,” Boas said. “We look for a good work ethic.”
Menzies said he was likely aided by his first aid certification and a ticket for ambulance/EMT work.
“I was lucky,” he said. “But it’s probably the best way to get into logging if you’re new.”
For WFP and other logging operators, the long-term goal is a stable workforce bolstered with fresh,
incoming employees committed to the long term. If Alert Bay’s Rufus is any indica-tion, this training pro-gram may be filling the bill.
“I was just talking to one of these other guys about that the other day,” Rufus said when asked if he planned to make a career of log-ging. “I told him I’d give it five years. He said, ‘If you’re here in five years, you’ll be here in 30.’
“So I guess I’ll be here in 30 years,” he added with a laugh.
KELOWNA—Jonathan Lok of Port McNeill, managing part-ner of Strategic Natural Resource Consultants, was elected vice pres-ident last week as the 67th council of the Association of BC Forest P r o f e s s i o n a l s (ABCFP) offi-cially took office at Forestry Fast Forward: The 2020 Vision —the ABCFP’s annual forestry conference and AGM.
The council includes forest profes-sionals from around the province who have a variety of backgrounds that will enhance the work of the ABCFP.
Before co-founding Strategic over 10 years ago, Lok (RFT) worked with Canfor, Canadian Air Crane, TimberWest and Weyerhaeuser in both logging and timber development capacities. These experiences helped to develop his skill sets in strate-
gic planning, project management and business development. When not actively engaged as a principal of Strategic, Lok volunteers his time with the Association of BC Forest Professionals, Consulting Foresters of BC, and the Canadian Institute of Forestry. He also serves as a direc-tor on several boards, including the North Island Community Forest and the Port McNeill Marine Rescue Society.
Born in Oakville, ON and grow-ing up all over Canada as part of an RCMP family, Lok put down roots in Port McNeill while he studied at SFU and BCIT before returning with his wife, Jennifer, to his North Island home.
Another forestry professional with ties to Port McNeill is Gail Brewer (RPF) of Victoria, who was elected Councillor at Large.
She began her career with the gov-ernment in 1982 in Port McNeill where she worked in silviculture, timber sales, major tenure adminis-tration and resource planning.
Lok joins council
At left: WFP hook tender Tavis Menzies is a graduate of the com-pany’s first Logging Fundamentals Training course. Above, Robert Trettenero, WFP Englewood woods foreman, jokes with recent hire Steven Rufus, another graduate of the course. J.R. Rardon
Jon Lok
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VICTORIA – I made an error in a column two weeks ago about the latest court ruling in favour of the B.C. Teachers’ Federation.
I referred to an “ille-gal” strike in 2012, and was quickly reminded that this teacher walkout was sanctioned by the Labour Relations Board.
After months of withhold-ing report cards and refus-ing to meet with administra-tors, the union went to the LRB to seek permission for a full-scale strike.
They got their wish, with authorization under essen-tial services rules for a three-day strike in the first week, and one day a week after that until the end of the school year or a settlement was reached.
This was the strike that, according to the current media and political narra-tive, the provincial cabinet conspired to bring about. This notion is central to the Jan. 27 ruling of Justice Susan Griffin that orders the
B.C. government to attempt to reconstruct the world of 2001.
Government lawyers filed an application with the B.C. Court of Appeal on Friday to suspend parts of this ruling. Imposing Griffin’s terms would cause “irrep-arable harm to the public interest of unprecedented magnitude,” they said in arguments backed up by a series of affidavits from superintendents who have to keep B.C.’s war-weary public schools running.
In Surrey, returning to 2002 conditions would add $40 million to the district payroll in year one. That’s one of 60 school districts.
The government’s submis-sion includes affidavits from superintendents around the province on its likely impact. Here’s a partial list:
Cancellation of specialty programs for vulnerable youth, construction of por-tables to meet arbitrary class size restrictions, transfer of some students to other schools, closure of daycare and Strong Start preschool programs to free up space reallocated over the years, layoff of non-teaching staff, and cancellation of school participation in the interna-tional student program.
Premier Christy Clark and Education Minister Peter Fassbender have begun to push back against the con-spiracy theory that has taken hold, pointing out that when the BCTF finally did get permission to strike, the cabinet of the day acted to
prevent it. Here’s a recap. In late
February 2012, nearly 28,000 teachers (90 per cent) voted to go to the full strike allowed by the LRB. The government tabled leg-islation to impose a cooling-off period with provision for steep fines on the union for any further strike action, and appointed a mediator. This kept schools open, and eventually yielded a two-year deal.
In April 2012, the union voted to withdraw all vol-unteer work by teachers. By this time they had been ordered to prepare second-term report cards, in part so students would know if they could apply for post-secondary studies.
Once again this mess is before the court of appeal. Perhaps there will be better recognition of the real world this time around.
Tom Fletcher is legisla-ture reporter and columnist for Black Press. [email protected].
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COMMENTARY
Large predators like wolves and cougars are highly elusive, but they’ve got nothing on the Conservation Officer Service on North Vancouver Island.
In 2011, when the Ministry of Environment announced it would be relocating one of its two “North” Island conservation officers to the zone office in Black Creek, both the Regional District of Mount Waddington and the District of Port Hardy hammered back with written and verbal objection.
Last fall, the lone remaining officer in the Mount Waddington Region, then stationed in Port McNeill, slipped away much more quietly on a reassignment to the Interior. We were assured at the time the post would be refilled “soon”.
Well, the fall and winter months slipped past and the vacancy remained, unnoticed by most. Until, that is, the recent spate of wolf attacks in and around Port Hardy and a surprise visit by a cougar to North Island Secondary School in Port McNeill last week.
Port McNeill RCMP responded to that call, but when the detachment contacted the COS it was informed there were no conservation officers closer than Nanaimo at the time.
This clearly places an added burden on the RCMP, who have been not just the first line of defence in human-animal conflicts, but the only visible line.
“It’s a public safety issue, and we have to do some-thing,” Port McNeill RCMP Sgt. Craig Blanchard said. “It’s not our job, but we have to do it.”
Now, though, local government authorities have developed a renewed interested in the whereabouts of “our” wayward officer. He does appear in a COS web-site listing as being stationed in Port McNeill. We’d prefer to have him here in person.
North Island skiers, rejoice! The snow has fi nally accumulated on Mount Cain, and the T-bar will be turned on this Saturday.
OK, all that sweet snow on the slopes means nasty driving conditions here at sea level. Take care, and beware fl ying gravel.
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Potri LightheartPort Hardy
Dear editor,This isn’t an open
letter to the govern-ment. They are not lis-tening. This is a letter to the people who rely on the ferry as a means of transportation, whether to do business or live their lives.
The BC Ferries " C o m m u n i t y Engagements” were not a true form of consultation. Cuts are coming and we have now been “invited” to give our input as to the scheduling of those minimal runs.
I read with great inter-
est last week’s letter to the editor in the North Island Gazette from a coalition of European tour operators. They stated their dismay at the short notice of cuts, the detrimental effects this will have on their businesses and the legal implications for them, as they have contractual obliga-tions with other part-ners. The Liberals’ cuts have had far reaching effects. We spent years building relationships with our foreign travel agents and in one fell swoop we have sev-
ered those ties in the most brutal way.
If these cuts are affecting people in Europe, think what they are doing to the people of Vancouver Island and, especially, the Northern Route residents. Tourism aside, what about the socioeconomic impacts to these com-munities? How can one put a price on the hardship that has now been placed on them? Isolation, higher food costs and loss of busi-ness opportunities, just to name a few.
Local governments have spoken out for-mally and informally. Citizens came to the meetings with an atti-tude of collaboration, willing to work with the government and BC Ferries to find a solution. Their voices went unheard.
This is the time to fight and to fight pas-sionately. We need to stand up with a collec-tive voice, link arms with our First Nations communities that will be severely affected and send a voice loud and clear that this is
not acceptable. Giving our input to a drasti-cally cut schedule is not an option.
The “We asked you” section of the Gazette asked us, “Was the BC Coastal Ferries Community Engagement a waste of taxpayers’ money?” 80 per cent responded with a resounding yes!
What if every adult that was part of Vancouver Island or a coastal community wrote a letter? What if you engaged friends and family that live on the mainland to sup-
port us and also write? What if that included all the companies that do business on the Island? Remember the CORE (Coalition of Resource Employees) rally in Victoria dur-ing the '80s meant to show the government the amount of revenue generated on the Island from logging? How about the HST referen-dum? When the people rose up do you think those things made a difference? You bet they did!
There will be a Defend Our Marine
Highways Rally on the Legislature lawn in Victoria on March 11th. Try to make it there. Write a letter. Information for action is available on both the bcferrycoalition.org and bcmarinehighway.org websites.
Now is not the time for apathy. Make your voice heard! You can make a difference!
Sincerely,
Gaby WickstromIsland Resident & Port McNeill
Councillor
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Dear editor,Your local chapter of the
Lions consist of a small group of dedicated women and men who donate their time to assist those on the North Island. Last year, because of these dedicated individuals’ efforts, close to $24,000 in direct donations
were provided to a variety of North Island people.
The list of North Island residents assisted includes the young and disadvan-taged, the elderly and the disabled.
Besides the care and operation of your local Civic Centre, the donations
mentioned above provided medical travel for some Port Hardy elders, play-ground equipment, scholar-ships, camp funds and local special events sponsorship.
These, among many other things, are a direct result of the Lions’ and Lioness’ efforts.
Unfortunately, this chap-ter of the Lions, like many others, is losing ground as membership dwindles. As a result, we are always looking for more people to come and give what-ever time they can to help to continue these positive things.
Our Lions model is: fam-ily first, work second, and whatever you may have left and willing to give we are more than happy to accept.
We want to thank all of you who have participat-ed in a Lions function, as without your support these things would never have
been accomplished. If you are at all curious and want more information on what we do or how you can be a part of this, please feel free to contact us at 250-949-8883.
Dale WaltersPort Hardy
Lions looking for lift from a few good volunteers
February 21 Watch an inspirational movie based on an interna-
tional best-selling book before it comes out on DVD at PH Baptist Church (6950 Highland Drive), 7 p.m. This movie is meant for adults and teens. Cost is $2 per person (includes popcorn). There will be a concession with pop, chips and chocolate bars ($1 ea). FMI: www.porthardybaptistchurch.ca.
February 21-22Port McNeill Figure Skating Club hosts its biennial
Ice Carnival at Chilton Regional Arena. Shows at 7 p.m. Friday, 1 p.m. and 7 p.m. Saturday.
February 22North Island Concert Society presents Ken Lavigne,
original Canadian Tenor, in its annual dinner show, Port Hardy Civic Centre. Doors open 5:30 p.m., dinner 6
p.m., music at 7:30. Additional dinner music provided by North Island Community Band. Ticket sales closed; for availability call Brenda at 250-949-7778.
February 22Women’s Wellness Gathering 2014 at T’lisalagi’lakw
School, Alert Bay. Daylong series of interactive work-shops covering fitness, nutrition, meditation and yoga with guest instructors. All ages welcome; $60 per person before Feb. 15, $80 afterward. FMI or to register: 1-514-708-8685 or email [email protected].
February 22 & March 1 Word Level 1 course at North Island College, 9 a.m.- 4
p.m.. Call 250-949-7912 to register or for more info.
February 23B.C. Conservative Party leadership candidate Dan
Brooks welcomes the public to join him in a North Island idea-sharing meeting, 11 a.m.-1 p.m., Quarterdeck Inn Sun Room. Info, Jack at 250-949-2971.
February 26Mount Waddington Health Network hosts its 2014
Health Forum, 10:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m., Port McNeill Lions Hall. Booth setup 9-10 a.m.; Health Network elections held during lunch. To register or reserve a booth, contact Bettina at 250-902-6090 or [email protected].
February 27Speaker’s Corner series, 7 p.m., St. John Gualbert
(A-Frame) Church, Port McNeill. Activist Alexandra Morton will speak on salmon and the environment. No admission fee required; donations accepted.
February 27Gwa’sala-’Nakwaxda’xw School hosts its annual Fun
Fair, 5-8 p.m. Tickets 50 cents each, with discounts on bulk purchase. Games, prizes and concession including Indian tacos and bannock. Info, Melissa, 250-949-7743.
March 1Port Hardy Family Fun Day, 1-3 p.m., Civic Centre.
Featuring song and dance with the children’s entertain-ment troupe The Kerplunks, along with crafts, face-paint-ing, play dough, snacks and more. FMI, call Amanda at 250-949-6618 x2228, or Stephanie at 250-230-8777.
March 2Port McNeill Family Fun Day, 1-3 p.m., Cheslakees
Elementary gymnasium. Featuring song and dance with the children’s entertainment troupe The Kerplunks, along with crafts, face-painting, play dough, snacks and more. FMI, call Amanda at 250-949-6618 x2228, or Stephanie at 250-230-8777.
March 4Fundraising Shrove Tuesday pancake and sausage sup-
per at St. Columba Church 5-7 p.m. Everyone welcome.
March 8Free concert by the folk duo of Sussana Hill and David
Freeman, 7 p.m., Gate House Community Theatre, Port McNeill. All ages, no donations requested. Info, gate-houseca.org.
March 9Watch a family-friendly movie before it comes out on
DVD at PH Baptist Church (6950 Highland Drive), 7 p.m. Two shows: 3:30 and 6 p.m. Cost is $2 per person (includes popcorn). There will be a concession with pop, chips and chocolate bars ($1 ea). FMI: www.porthardy-baptistchurch.ca.
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How can a teacher make school interest-ing? According to Chuck Joseph, read a book that grabs stu-dents by the spine!
Divergent is the first of a three-book series written by Veronica Roth. This book is detailed and action packed; it puts stu-dents on the edges of their seats. It is a unique read as it deals with what is called a dystopic society; the society is divided into four factions. Each fac-tion stands for certain things (such as the Faction called Candor, which stands for hon-
esty). Members of the society belong to one of the four factions and, if not, they are faction-less so live on the streets. The book is set in a city that is broken and beat down. The roads and side-walks are cracked.
The book is written from the point of view of the main character whose name is Beatrice but, when she gets the choice to change her faction, she goes by Tris. Joseph says he liked how Tris is as a person; Tris “has back-bone”, she is selfless and cares a lot about her friends. She is the
type of friend he would like to have.
The action-packed book deals with war, power struggles and even a tiny bit of a teenage love story. Students at Eke Me-Xi are waiting on the edge of their seats to read the next book in the series, called Insurgent. Joseph is so excited that Ms. Walkus lent him her daughter’s copy of Insurgent for him to get an early start on the read!
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Warriors heal woundGazette staffIf last weekend’s recep-
tion on the North Island was any indication how the rest of the Wounded Warrior Run BC would go, the inaugural event will be an unqualified success.
The six-day relay run the length of Vancouver Island was conceived by military veterans Alan Kobayashi and Dan Bodden, as a way to raise awareness of — and funding to combat and treat — Post-traumatic Stress Disorder.
The run began in the pre-dawn hours Sunday at the Port Hardy sign in Carrot Park and will wrap up in Victoria tomorrow.
None of the five run-ners and various support personnel are local resi-dents, but they drew large turnouts at a welcoming reception Saturday night at Port Hardy’s Canadian Legion hall and a fund-raising pancake breakfast the next morning at West Coast Helicopters in Port McNeill.
Bodden’s leg of the run Sunday included a brief loop of Port McNeill, dur-ing which he was escorted by local RCMP and fire department volunteers.
“I don’t think I’ve every had that many cops around me, who were offering to help,” Bodden told the Port
McNeill audience to gen-eral laughter. “I don’t think I’ll ever forget that run.”
The audience at both events included Candian Legion members, local government representa-tives, Canadian Rangers, social service clubs, busi-ness leaders and many more, which is just what Kobayashi was hoping when he conceived the event.
“Everyone in uniform is susceptible to PTSD,” he said. “But it’s not just the military. It can happen to our police, firefighters, ambulance attendants, doc-tors, nurses.
“It could be anybody.”
Dan Bodden, co-founder of the Wounded Warrior BC run, is escorted down Campbell Way in Port McNeill by RCMP and volunteer fire rescue members Sunday.Below, Alan Kobayashi, left, escorts his brother, Steve, to the start of his leg in the Wounded Warrior Run BC following Sunday’s pancake breakfast at West Coast Helicopters in Port McNeill. J.R. Rardon
The Wounded Warrior BC Run is presented a District of Port Hardy flag during a welcome ceremony at Port Hardy’s Canadian Legion Hall Saturday night. Photo submitted
Left to right: Alex Southgate, Anik Desmarais-Spencer, Maya Anderson, Kate Gough and Tiernan Case line up for an ‘observation’ during last Thursday’s pro-duction of Look Me In The Eye; Ciara Rosso sings during the musical segment of the Port Hardy Drama Club’s Drama Night; Olivia Haysey performs during the PHSS Drama Club’s event last week .
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Gazette staffPlayers from the Port Hardy
Secondary School Drama Club enter-tained a small but enthusiastic crowd at the school’s theatre last week in preparation for taking their show on the road.
The night opened with a series of musical acts from Olivia Haysey, Savannah Hopkins and Ciara Rosso, introduced by MCs Maya Anderson and Kate Gough, before Alexandra Southgate and Tiernan Case performed a comedic scene on inheriting an unwanted roommate.
Anderson, Gough, Southgate and Case were then joined onstage by Anik
Desmarais-Spencer for the evening’s centrepiece, the one-act Look Me In The Eye by Lindsay Price.
Set in the not-so-distant future, the performance opens cryptically and it soon emerges that the five students are being reunited for their annual ‘obser-vation’.
In this society, tightly controlled by an Orwellian state, execution is the standard punishment for all crimes, and students observe batches of execu-tions as a deterrent - a key part of their education.
What starts as borderline entertain-ment to the students suddenly hits close to home, and the group is forced
to confront their beliefs and assump-tions when a familiar name appears on the list of the convicted.
The production was a well-polished performance of a tight script; engag-ing, dramatic and touching on difficult themes.
After last Thursday’s presentation on home turf, the group travel south to compete in the zone championship of the North Island Regional Drama Festival in Campbell River today, Feb. 20, and tomorrow. The festival fea-tures two days of workshops and per-formances by the approximately 16 schools in attendance competing for a spot in provincials.
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Alert BayDarek Perrault, Fire Chief Kane Gordon, Alice Shaughnessy, Marcus Shaughnessy, Ben Wilson, Deputy Chief Harry Alfred, Stephen Souch, and Ernest Christianson.
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SointulaJake and Yvonne Etzkorn, Emma Point, John Driscoll, & Ken Griffith, Chief Tom Trimmer, Firefighters Michael Pett, Colby Halls, Clement Lam, Glen Watson, Grant McCormick, JasonLandsdowne, Linny Anderson.
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Hyde CreekTom Atkinson, Cameron Brady, Micky Brown, Bill Cessford, Andrew Cochrane, Darrell Cochrane, Patrick Donaghy, Marc Dumonceaux, Murray Estlin, Jordon Lambert, Doug Menzies, Rena Sweeney, Matthew Tjepkema, John Trevor, Doug von Schilling.
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Port McNeill Front row: Doug Vitick, Rob Yaschuk, Joe Leblanc, Matt Rydalch, Chris Walker, Jeremy Forsberg, Aaron Frost, Alex Wilson. Top: Bert Forsberg, Tom Grafton, Dean Tate, Larry Bartlett.
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Port Hardy Central St. Fire Hall No.1Chief Schell Nickerson, Deputy Fire Chief Sean Mercer, Asst. Fire Chief Barry Evans, Capt. Brent Borg, Lt. Andrew Dukes, Lt./Trainer Kerry Walsh Senior firefighters Steve Holm, Lionel Gunson, Bryan Bjarnason, John Tidbury, and firefighters Richard Mose, Rick Harwood, Mike Andree, Dave Masterman, Alfred Lavallee, Ray Jacobs, Jeff Tam, Tracey Moss, Sean Cox, Matthew Henry, Victoria Estrada
Beaver Harbour Rd. Fire Hall No.2 Lt. Jeff Houle, Lt./trainer Allan Mose, senior firefighter Vince Case, and firefighters Dean Hunchuk, Kurtis Holm, Terry Harvey, Mike Pickwick and probie Chris Barker
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Port Alice Kelvin Beattie, Wayne Beckett, Maria Farrell, Don Rethmeier, Chandra Hovde, Roald Hovde, Kris Jorgenson, Roch Lavergne, Bruce Lundin, Miguel Ramirez, Scott MacMillan, Gerry Rose, Roger Barrialt, Jon Bennett, Chris Hart, Steve Ralph, Craig Andrew and Judd Thompson.
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October 9-15 is Fire Prevention week in Canada, and the Canadian Association of Fire Chiefs and Duracell are teaming up to help ensure all Canadians are fire safe.
On the North Island, Port Hardy Fire-Rescue will host an open house Saturday from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. at Fire Hall 1, behind the RCMP offices.
Food and refreshments will be served, and a live-action exercise will commence with an alarm at 2 p.m., followed
by additional firefighting and rescue demonstrations.
Meet your local firefighters, and fill out an application to join the team.
A few statistics from the Duracell Fire Safety Survey:
· In 2010, Vancouver Fire & Rescue Services responded to 400 fires where there was significant damage and required the services of the Fire Investigator. This year to the end of August, they have already responded to 379 fires that required the Fire Investigator on scene.
· According to the Canadian Association of Fire Chiefs the peak time for structure fires in North America occur during the cooler months with January being the highest between the hours of 5:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. and occur on weekends on Saturday and Sunday.
· Cooking is the leading cause of home fires and home fire injuries. Unattended cooking is the leading factor contributing to these fires. Frying is the leading type of activ-ity associated with cooking fires. More than half of all cooking fire injuries occurred when people tried to fight the fire themselves.
Fire prevention week
The Regional District wants to thank all our Volunteer Fire Fighters for their time and service to our communities.
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February 20-28Soccer
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February 21Men’s hockey
A League: Warriors at Islanders, 8 p.m., Port Alice; Mustangs at Bulls, 9:15 p.m., Port Hardy.
February 21-23Minor hockey
Port Hardy Minor Hockey midg-et tournament, Don Cruickshank Memorial Arena. Concession, raffles, 50/50, more. Info, [email protected].
Indoor soccerCo-ed tournament,
Quatsino Band Hall. Fundraiser for youth soccer trip to Hawaii. To register or for info, call Tammy, 250-949-6262; Jane, 250-230-3426 or Frankie, 250-230-3255.
February 21-22Figure skating
Port McNeill Figure Skating Club hosts its biennial Ice Carnival, Hooray for Hollywood, at Chilton Regional Arena. Shows at 7 p.m. Friday, 1 p.m. and 7 p.m. Saturday.
February 22Men’s hockey
Rod Watson Memorial Game, 7 p.m., Doug Bondue Arena, Port Alice.
B League: Rookies vs. Chiefs, 9:15 p.m., Port Hardy.
February 23Soccer
Free coaches' clinic featuring Stephanie Nelson and Kim Lemming, Port Hardy Secondary School.
Gazette staffA wild, third-period
comeback fell just short as the North Island Eagles midgets bowed out of the Tier 3 play-off chase with a 3-2 semifinal loss at Sooke Saturday.
T h e h o s t Thunderbirds, the top seed from the South Vancouver Island divi-sion, jumped quickly to a 3-0 lead in the open-ing 10 minutes over the Eagles, who travelled the length of the Island
for the game.“The effects of the
drive showed,” midget coach D’Arcy Deacon said. “Our boys were a bit scattered in their play and left the ice feeling a little down about their first-period performance.”
But what seemed a blowout in the making turned quickly coming out of the first inter-mission. Midget goalie Drake Baron, victim-ized by a series of turn-overs in the opening
period, did not allow another goal in the game, and the skaters out front turned the tide despite failing to solve Sooke goalie Zach Mayo for another 20 minutes.
“In the dressing room we kept things very light telling some jokes and funny stories about staying positive during tough times,” Deacon said. “As a coaching staff we reminded the boys that for some of them this could be their
last minor hockey game and that it was impor-tant to leave the ice with smiles on their faces.
"During the second period our boys evened out the play, narrow-ly missing on several power play chances while Sooke fought to maintain their self-control. It was a very fast-paced, competitive period.”
The game finally swung to the Eagles in the third, with David Shaw burying a blast
from the point at 4:19 to make it 2-1. Fellow blueliner Brandon Purdey, getting extra ice time due to an injury to captain Coltton Slater, followed with another point shot, going top shelf on the power play at 7:46 to draw the Eagles to 3-2 with more than 12 minutes still to play.
“Our boys continued to dominate the play with multiple great scoring chances but just couldn’t find the
back of the net,” said Deacon. “The final horn sounded with six skat-ers and an empty net as Sooke hung on tooth and nail.
“As coaches we are very proud of the way our boys played (Saturday).”
Sooke moves on to play for the Vancouver Island Tier 3 title against Alberni Valley, the North’s No. 1 seed, which dismantled Victoria 6-1 at home Saturday.
J.R. RardonGazette editorPORT McNEILL—
On a day in which the hammer had sur-prisingly little strik-ing power, Courtenay skip Michele Haider figured out a winning strategy in the annual Broughton Curling Club mixed open bon-spiel in Port McNeill Sunday.
She left the hammer in her pocket.
Tied 4-4 with Port Hardy skip John Maday after Maday’s steal in the seventh end — the fifth end of the match decided by a steal — Haider employed a key take-out with her first stone of the eighth and final end to array three scor-
ing rocks in the house. Maday nearly execut-ed a tricky takeout-roll combination with his final stone, but left Haider shot with the clinching point. The visiting skip was happy to bypass her final rock’s handle in favour of handshakes for the 5-4 victory.
“I think in the last end the key was clear-ing out (Maday’s) guard and leaving the house open,” said Haider, the only skip in the bonspiel not rep-resenting Broughton or Port Hardy’s Fort Rupert curling clubs. “It certainly was excit-ing.”
Maday, who scored single-point steals in the first two ends
before Haider finally parlayed her hammer into a single in the third, said the turning point probably came in the sixth end, when he rubbed a guard while drawing for two points and instead settled for a single and a 4-3 defi-cit going into the sev-enth end.
“I think if I could have gotten two there, it might have played out differently, with the steal in seven,” he said. “It was really fun, though; I like it when games are tight like that.”
Only one end scored more than a single point, when Haider managed a two-rock steal in the fourth end to take her first lead at
3-2. She added anoth-er steal in the fifth before Maday mount-ed his comeback with teammates Meagan Cadwallader, Harry Pfrimmer and Naomi Stead.
Haider curled with Sylvia Mossey and the father-son duo of Tom and Tyler Summerville.
“That was a wick-ed final,” Tyler Summerville said.
The local club was shut out of the Black Bear Resort/Windsor Plywood A final, but filled the remaining slots in Sunday’s final session.
Doug Parke out-dueled fellow Port McNeill skip Lee Mitchell in the
Shoprite/Rona B final, which also was marked by its steals. Parke opened the match with a two-point steal and, after Mitchell clawed back to knot the score 3-3 with a point in the fifth, turned a key steal in the seventh to carry a two-rock lead into the eighth. Parke was then able to plant sev-eral stones in the house in the eighth, and ran Mitchell out of rocks to earn handshakes with an 8-3 lead.
Parke’s rink includ-ed Cynthia Lu, Nick Russell and Katherine Pelkey. Mitchell curled with wife Kathy, Dick Wheeldon and Maggie Cessford.
In the Timberland Sports C final, Tom
Baker scored in every way possible to run off to a 9-0 win over Port McNeill rival Jacques Gaudet in a match that required just four ends. Baker netted two points in the opening end with the hammer, then stole three in the second and two each in the third and fourth ends to force the early finish.
It was a rematch of last year’s C final here, also won by Baker, 10-4.
Baker was joined by his wife Kathy in their first mixed play of the season, along with Ed and Tammy Symons. Gaudet curled with Helen Gurney, Stuart Galbraith and Heather Brown.
Midgets fightback falls just short
Courtenay rink claims open title
Above: Cynthia Lu releases a shot for Doug Parke's rink in the B final of the Broughton Curling Club mixed bonspiel in Port McNeill Sunday. Right: Meagan Cadwallader of John Maday's rink releases a stone in the A final of the bonspiel. J.R. Rardon
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Heemels, left, won the silver medal and Harris claimed gold for Port Hardy’s Funtastic
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North Island Secondary School results
Level 2 girlsOverall: 3. Sarrah Moore, 42.40 points; 5. Dayna Moore, 41.20. Vault: 4. S. Moore, 10.55; 5. D. Moore, 9.55. Uneven parallel bars: 3. (tie) S. Moore and D. Moore, 8.70. Balance beam: 4. D. Moore, 10.80; 5. S. Moore, 10.65. Floor exercise: 1. S. Moore, 12.50; 3. D. Moore, 11.75.
Level 1 senior girlsOverall: 2. Natasha Estlin, 44.85; 3. (tie) Bessy Prevost and Hannah Sadler, 44.35; 6. Shayla Beattie, 39.70.
Vault: 4. Prevost, 10.20; 5. Sadler, 9.80; 6. N. Estlin, 9.60; 7. Beattie, 9.65. Bars: 1. Prevost, 11.85; 2. Sadler, 11.70; 3. N. Estlin, 11.55; 7. Beattie, 9.00. Beam: 1. N. Estlin, 12.25; 3. Beattie, 11.60; 4. Sadler, 11.40; 6. Prevost, 10.40. Floor exercise: 2. Prevost, 11.90; 5 (tie) N. Estlin and Sadler, 11.45; 7. Beattie, 10.45.
Level 1 junior girlsOverall: 4. Miranda Estlin, 43.75; 5. Hope McClendon, 43.60; 7. Aija Nelson, 42.85; 9. Molly Lash-Burrows, 42.55; 10. Lexi Chapman, 41.90; 13. Shania Walkus, 36.90; 14. Emily Triebwasser, 33.15; 15. Shelby Wilson, 31.05. Vault: 8. M. Estlin, 9.80; 9. McClendon, 9.75; 10. Nelson, 9.60; 11.
Lash-Burrows, 9.40; 12. Chapman, 9.10; 13. Walkus, 8.85; 14. Triebwasser, 8.60; 16. Wilson, 4.00. Bars: 2. McClendon, 11.65; 7. Chapman, 10.85; 8. Lash-Burrows, 10.75; 9. Nelson, 10.45; 11. M. Estlin, 9.70; 12. Walkus, 8.90; 13. Wilson, 8.50; 15. Triebwasser, 5.20. Beam: 1. M. Estlin, 12.30; 4. McClendon, 11.70; 5. Chapman, 11.60; 7. Nelson, 11.15; 8. Lash-Burrows, 11.00; 11. Walkus, 10.10; 12. Triebwasser, 9.90; 15. Wilson, 8.10. Floor exercise: 2 (tie), M. Estlin, 11.95; 3. Nelson, 11.65; 4 (tie) Lash-Burrows, 11.40; 7. McClendon, 10.50; 8. Wilson, 10.45; 9. Chapman, 10.35; 10. Triebwasser, 9.45; 12.
Walkus, 9.05.Level 1 boys
Overall: 1. Chance McClendon, 61.8; 2. Dexter Lash-Burrows, 59.6; 3. James Bramham, 57.7. Floor exercise: 1. Lash-Burrows, 10.50; 2. Bramham, 10.20; 3. McClendon, 10.05. Pommel horse: 2. McClendon, 10.10; 3. Lash-Burrows, 9.50; 5. Bramham, 9.20. Rings: 1. Bramham, 10.35; 2. McClendon, 10.25; 4. Lash-Burrows, 9.10. Vault: 2. McClendon, 11.25; 3. Lash-Burrows, 11.15; 5. Bramham, 9.05. Parallel bars: 1. McClendon, 10.45; 2. Lash-Burrows, 9.45; 3. Bramham, 9.40. Horizontal bar: 1. Lash-Burrows, 9.90 2.
McClendon, 9.70; 3. Bramham, 9.50.
First Cup 2014Trampoline Gymnastics
At Burnaby
Funtastic Gymnastics Club results
Provincial 2 Individual Trampoline
1. Kaleigh Harris; 11. Cassidy Mose.
Provincial 1 Individual Trampoline
2. Adrian Heemels; 7. Macy Hurley; 17. Ashley Cadwallader.Provincial 2 Double mini
Trampoline5. Mose; 9. Harris.Provincial 1 Double mini
Trampoline6. Heemels; 8. Hurley; 23. Cadwallader.
Gazette staffKaleigh Harris claimed
a gold medal and Adrian Heemels earned silver as the Funtastic Gymnastics Club of Port Hardy kicked off its competitive season with a trampoline gymnastics com-petition last week in Burnaby.
Former Port Hardy standout Brittany Falconer, who now trains on the Lower Mainland, also earned silver in the Senior Women’s Individual Trampoline, the highest com-
petitive category in Canada.Harris won her title in the
Provincial Level 2 women’s individual trampoline, and added a ninth-place showing in the double-mini trampo-line. She was joined in the classification by teammate Cassidy Mose, who placed fifth in the double-mini and 11th in individual trampoline.
Heemels was second in the Provincial Level 1 women’s individual trampoline and was sixth in double-mini trampo-
line. Teammate Macy Hurley notched a pair of top-10 showings, finishing seventh in individual trampoline and eighth in double-mini tram-poline. A third member of the club’s Level 1 delegation, Ashley Cadwallader, was 17th in individual trampoline and 23rd in double-mini in the largest field of the com-petition, with 33 competitors.
“It was a truly spectacu-lar finish for these first-time competitors,” Funtastic
Gymnastics coach Heidi Falconer said. “The weekend was truly an awesome expe-rience for our North Island gymnasts, who are now pumped to be back at the gym and getting ready for their next meet, where we will be amidst Canada’s best.”
The team will return to com-petition in Kamloops Mar. 14-16 for the Elite Canada meet.
Local results appear in Scoreboard, below.
Harris, Heemels medal on trampoline
NISS qualifies 10 gymnasts Gazette staffPORT McNEILL—
At least 10 North Island Secondary School gymnasts will advance to the provincial high school championship meet after qualifying in last week’s Upper Island Zone champion-ships in Comox.
The provincial meet takes place March 6-8 at Dover Bay Secondary in Nanaimo.
NISS sent 17 athletes to the zone meet and all of them brought home at least one placing rib-bon.
Chance McClendon, Dexter Lash-Burrows and James Bramham went 1-2-3 in Level 1 boys competition and all advanced to pro-vincials. The boys’ haul might have been bigger, but fifth-year team member Lennox Brown, a two-time top-seven finisher at pro-vincials, missed the zone meet due to injury.
For the girls, Sarrah Moore, Natasha Estlin, Bessy Prevost and
Hannah Sadler all had top-3 overall finishes to lead a 14-member contingent.
“We have so many new kids; I usually don’t have that many girls,” longtime NISS gymnastics coach Joy Zwicker said. “Of the 14 who went to zones, 11 are new.”
Moore placed third among Level 2 girls, and will be joined at Provincials by Dayna Moore (no relation), who placed fifth. Estlin was second in Level 1 senior girls and Prevost and Sadler tied for third in the Level 1 senior group to qualify.
The largest NISS
group competed in the Level 1 junior girls division. They were led by provincial quali-fiers Miranda Estlin, in fourth overall, and Hope McClendon, in fifth.
Zwicker said as many as three more gymnasts could potentially qual-ify, through a petition
process, depending how their scores rank against other zone com-petitors and available spots in the meet. They include Shayla Beattie in Level 1 senior girls and Aija Nelson and Molly Lash-Burrows in Level 1 junior girls.
Zone results appear in Scoreboard, below.
The North Island Secondary School gymnastics team displays the dozens of ribbons won at the recent zone championships in Comox. Front row, from left: Coach Joy Zwicker, Natasha Estlin, Hannah Sadler, Sarrah Moore, Miranda Estlin, Hope McClendon, Shelby Wilson, Bessy Prevost, Emily Triebwasser, Lexi Chapman and coach Julia Roy. Back row: Aija Nelson, Dayna Moore, Molly Lash-Burrows, Shania Walkus, Shayla Beattie, Dexter Lash-Burrows, James Bramham and Chance McClendon. J.R. Rardon
Bantams fall in playoffs
Gazette staffThe North Island Eagles bantam rep hockey
team saw its playoff run end Saturday with a 12-4 loss at Victoria, but finished the weekend on a high note with a 5-3 exhibition win at Nanaimo the following day.
The Eagles actually led Saturday's playoff 2-1 on goals by Cameron Grant and Josh Walkus in the first period. But Victoria put the game away by scoring eight unanswered goals in the second.
Walkus added a second goal in the third and Mercedes Trevor closed out the scoring.
Tanner Roberts, Emma Mitchell, David Charlie, Jake Grinnell, Randi Ward and Alec Schmidt had assists.
In Sunday's exhibition, the Eagles finished with three straight goals to rally from a 3-2 deficit at Nanaimo.
Roberts scored the game-winner and added a late insurance goal after Grant tied the game with 13:13 left. Walkus and Kenton Browne also scored for the bantams, and Nyck Ruel picked up the win in goal.
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Gazette staffThe North Island Eagles
atom side don’t yet know who they’ll be facing in the playoffs, but after a domi-nant season atop Division 4, the young skaters will relish the challenge who-ever the opposition.
The atoms rounded out the regular season last weekend, putting paid to Victoria Racquet Club 6-1 in exhibition Saturday, and 11-3 in Sunday’s season wrap-up.
In Saturday’s game the Eagles only found their gear late in the second period, but when they did they raced out of sight. Four goals in a little over two minutes left the visi-tors reeling before the home side coasted through the third.
Keenan Saunders react-ed first in a goal-mouth scramble late in the period to open the account for the Eagles. With a little under three minutes left in the period, Dawson Hudock drove in with the puck and saw his shot deflect onto the post. Two defenders and the VRC goalie turned to see the puck on the line but Saunders was already in motion from the corner and got there ahead of the traffic to convert.
Tyler Roper made it 2-0 just 30 seconds later. Breaking down the ice in a one-on-one, Roper responded to the cry of “Wheel!” coming from the bench, his turn of pace
leaving the defenseman chasing as Roper casually went left and over the legs of the VRC goalie.
Not to be outdone, Joey Grant had a breakaway of his own with 1:38 left in the second. Bursting for-ward from his own blue-line, Grant raced ahead with a VRC player on his shoulder. A cheeky check on the crease sent the defenseman sprawling to avoid his goalie’s butterfly while the composed Grant pushed the puck around the pair and into the empty
net.Saunders made it four in
two minutes for the Eagles, once again the first to the puck on a rebound. Daunte McKinney did the hard work, weaving through the opposition to fashion a shot and Saunders was on hand to pick up the deflec-tion, sliding in on his knees to nudge the puck home.
After opening by far the stronger of the two sides, the Eagles were almost punished for not convert-ing that dominance into a lead as the visitors gradu-
ally grew in confidence. What had been one-way traffic early on became a real contest with the Victoria defensemen cut-ting out passes time and again before surging for-ward on the break.
A standout perfor-mance from Eagles goalie Kayden Jones kept the scoreline level until the Eagles punched it up a notch in the second. Jones was a minute away from the shutout before VRC finally found a way past, a breakaway shot squeezing
past the Eagles net minder.By that stage the Eagles
were in the clear how-ever, goals from Roper and captain Tynan Klein-Beekman in the third peri-od giving the Eagles the 6-1 win.
The next day the atoms wrapped up the season in style, an 11-3 win over VRC giving the side a 9-1 record for the season.
This time the Eagles found their stride straight out of the gate, roaring away to a 7-0 lead before the visitors found an
answer. The Eagles pushed out to 10-1 in the third before late strikes from both sides left it 11-3 at the buzzer.
Ethan Bono led the scoring Sunday with five, Saunders netted twice and Roper, Grant, Klein-Beekman and Cole Klughart got one apiece.
Klughart added four assists in the win, with Roper helping on three, Bono twice and one assist each from McKinney, Klein-Beekman, Grant and Saunders.
Gazette staffPORT ALICE—Novice
skaters from Port Hardy and Port McNeill joined their Port Alice compatriots on ice last weekend as the Doug Bondue Arena played host to a novice jamboree.
The young skaters swapped jerseys for the day as teams were shuffled up for the event, allowing the skaters to mix it up with new friends.
If you missed out, enjoy these pictures from the week-end...
Novices on iceAbove: Brysen Hall gets after the puck chased by William Grant and Kaylan Hope at last week-end's jamboree. At right: Anna Romphf loses her skates in a challenge with Tyler Wadhams on the boards in Doug Bondue Arena. A O'Toole
Atoms finish regular season in style
Above: Eagles atom Joey Grant checks his drive before rounding the stricken defence to score during Saturday's exhibition against Victoria Racquet Club in Port McNeill. Right: Eagles atom goalie Kayden Jones gets down to stop the puck during Saturday's exhibition.
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Fisheries Coordinator
The Quatsino First Nation is seeking the services of a full-timeFisheries Coordinator.
Quatsino First Nation is located at the northern end of Vancouver Island, 13 kilome-ters south-west of Port Hardy, B.C. Due to impacts of natural resources management policies implemented by both the federal and provincial governments, we have established a Lands and Resources department. The management of the fisheries resource will be an integral part, and managed in a manner that is more consistent with Quatsino values and principles.
POSITION TITLE: QFN Fisheries Coordinator
POSITION SUMMARY: The Fisheries Coordinator will coordinate all technical activities related to fisheries, marine stewardship, fish habitat restoration, marine monitoring and fish culture programs and services with the QFN traditional territories and waters.
DIRECT RESPONSIBILITIES:
Reporting to the Band Administrator, and in conjunction with team members from the Lands and Resources department:
• Coordination of policy and program development in the area of fisheries man-agement and related activities
• Management of QFN’s Aboriginal Fisheries Strategy agreement with DFO Management of other related contracts, including Canadian Food Inspection Agency and Environment Canada Responsibility for ensuring the safe operation and maintenance of marine vessels, vehicles and related equipment
• Reflect Quatsino First Nation position and interests when representing at external events
• Support for Quatsino Council portfolio holders including developing briefing notes and correspondence, providing technical advice at meetings, and related activities
• Participation in negotiation of fisheries and marine resources management relat-ed protocol agreements with neighboring First Nation communities
• Developing proposals for implementing marine resource stewardship goals• Participation in referral and consultation processes (corporate, province, federal
governments) as developed by the QFN• Participation in development of human resources (QFN) in continually expand-
ing opportunities for participation in fisheries management activities• Represent the Quatsino First Nation in regional and provincial FN organizations
and committees• Collaborate with QFN Development Corporation in aquaculture and fisher-
ies-related business ventures
REQUIREMENTS:• Knowledge of Quatsino culture• Extensive knowledge in fisheries and marine resources management as related
to First Nation• Knowledge of fish biology• Knowledge of Environmental impact assessment legislation • Good written and verbal presentation skills• Human resource and project management skills• Budget management• Valid BC Driver’s License• Ability to pass a Criminal Records Check
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Degree or Diploma in Fisheries Management or Environmental Sciences or related field and/or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
SALARY:Based on QFN wage scale (dependent on education and experience)
Please provide two references that are directly familiar with your fisheries manage-ment work experience.
Please send application by February 28, 2014 at 4 p.m. to:
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The Vancouver Island Health Authority (VIHA) is looking to contract a Janitor/Housekeeping service for the Sointula Health Centre.The services will be required 4 – 5 days a week or as requested by the Sointula Nurse or the Rural Manager for Mount Waddington.
The contractor will:• Provide services approximately 30 – 40 hours a month• Be responsible for supplying own cleaning supplies (excluding sanitary
paper products, hand sanitizer and liquid hand soap, supplied by Island Health)
• Be responsible to provide and maintain commercial general liability insurance
• Comply with the Worker’s Compensation Act of the Province of British Columbia
VIHA will provide all of the tools required to perform duties
Total building floor area is approximately 2,600 square feetIf you are interested in providing these services please submit your resumé to: Alison Mitchell, Sr. Manager Rural Health Mount Waddington PO Box 548, Port McNeill BC V0N 2R0 Fax: (250) 956-3653 Email: [email protected]
Closing Date: March 3, 2014 - 4:00 pm, PST.
Job OpportunityJanitorial/ Housekeeping ServicesSointula Health Centre, Malcolm Island
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TOWNHOUSE . #2-2697 Mine Road, Port McNeill. Quiet stra-ta complex, convenient to schools and hospital. 3-bdrm, 1.5 bath home, approx. 1250 sq.ft. Open plan main fl oor. Kitchen with built-in dishwash-er, fridge, stove. Upper level has master bedroom with walk-in closet, storage room, laundry alcove with full-sized washer/dryer. Electric base-board heat. Single attached garage with remote controlled door opener. Tidy, fenced back yard with patio, green-house and tool shed. Price re-duced to $144,500. Quick oc-cupancy. Phone 250-956-9875 or email:[email protected] for appointment to view.
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Civil EngineeringTechnologist II
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FOR SALE BY OWNERSide by side Duplex, 3bdrms,
2 brs, carport, deck, ocean view. Needs renos.
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Port McNeill. For more info please call
250-956-2747
RENTALS
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&Lindsay Manor
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Large one & two bedroom suites, some with a great
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Friendly onsite residentmanagers.
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Oceanview 2 bdrm suite.Fridge/stove, balcony,
blinds, private parking stall, locker,
laundry on premises.Quiet, adult building,
non smoking, no pets.References required.
Inquiries contact 250-230-1462.
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MOBILE HOMES & PADS
PORT MCNEILLMobile Home Park
Pads for rent.Short walk to shopping,
school & ocean.$286.00/ month
Call 250-956-2355
MODULAR HOMES
NEWLY RENOVATED 2-bdrm Oceanfront modular in Coal Harbour. $650./mo. Call (250)286-0880.
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RENTALS
HOMES FOR RENT
4-BDRM HOUSE with ocean view. $1600./mo + utils. N/S,N/P. Avail now. (250)949-7774
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STOREY’S BEACH 1 bdrm, 1 bath basementsuite. Hydo, heat included.Shared laundry. $650/monthContact Marty 250-230-2520.
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PORT HARDY 3 bedrooms for rent. Available immediately.W/D, new paint. Ref. req. Call250-902-2226, 250-504-0067.
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WANTED TO RENT2 or 3 bdrm house/du-plex in the Port Hardy area for mature couple starting in April or May. Must be dog friendly. Call 250-230-1070.
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School District No. 85 requires the following REGULAR positions:
Posting #6: First Nations In-School Support Worker, Alert Bay Elem. - $23.24 per hour, 15 hours per week, while school is in session Posting #7: Special Needs Noon Hour Supervisor, Alert Bay Elem. - $21.14 per hour, 5 hours per week, while school is in session Posting #8: Noon Hour Supervisor, Eagle View Elem. - $19.74 per hour, 5 hours per week, while school is in session
Further information regarding Position Duties and Qualifications can be found on our website at:
www.sd85.bc.ca under “Career Opportunities”.Please complete a CUPE Application Form which is
available at our website and quote the appropriate posting number.
Closing date for applications is 4:00 p.m. Wednesday, February 26, 2014.
SD85 thanks all applicants for their interest, however, only short-listed candidates will be contacted. These are CUPE Local 401 positions.
Apply to:Mr. John Martin, Secretary-Treasurer
School District No. 85,Box 90, Port Hardy, B.C. VON 2P0
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I was humming the song, “Oh, Oh, Oh Beautiful Sunday. This is My, My, My beauti-ful day” as I headed out the door with my easel and lunch box in hand. Although the temperature was hov-ering around zero, the January sun was calling me. Because I hadn’t been painting outdoors for a long time, the freedom to go out there was dis-concerting.
I had lost touch with some of my old haunts and the fast-fleeting sun this time of year didn’t allow me to wander and dally too long before it sank behind the mountains. Because of the temperature, it was also important to choose a painting spot that would be in the sun and out of the wind. When Cluxewe Resort came to mind as a good, sunny spot, my van automatically turned into the site.
(Is that what they call “Cruise Control”?)
I had envisioned going to my usual painting spots at the far end of the camp-sites on the spit, but the road was blocked by a huge timber. Upon investigating the immediate sites nearby, the north wind coming off the ocean changed my mind about setting up there.
I needed a sheltered spot, sunny but away from the wind. I found it a few minutes later by retreating back
to the Western Main and turning right to the Cluxewe River bridge. Decades of fisherman had seen to it that there was a nice
pull-off down to the river. In fifteen min-utes I was painting; two hours later I took this photo of the easel and what I had done.
Usually, in this col-umn, I include a fin-ished painting with my story; but in this case I’m going to “let it all hang out”. Because
of the short daylight, I chose a scene that followed the KISS rule, “Keep it simple, stupid”! Here it is on my easel in front of
the subject, a Cluxewe pool and some alders. I may work this up into a finished paint-ing without changing the composition very much or I may use it as part of a larger paint-ing. If it never comes to fruition, that’s OK, too, because it will have been a joy to be out there as well as a great exercise; one that I would encour-age every landscape painter to do.
Gordon Henschel owns an art gallery in Nimpkish Heights. www.henschel.ca.
Mild winter provides outdoor opportunity
A Brush with Henschelwith Gordon
Henschel
The author shows his just-completed winter painting of Cluxewe River before packing up the canvas and supplies. Gordon Henschel
“Although the
temperature was
hovering around zero, the January
sun was calling me.”
Skate club serves up HollywoodThe Port McNeill Figure Skating Club will present its biennial ice carnival, Hooray for Hollywood, this week-end at Port McNeill’s Chilton Regional Arena. And what is a Hollywood-themed show without a clutch of Marilyn Monroes, portrayed above by the senior skate group dur-ing Monday’s rehearsal. At right, Rebecca Griffith serves up the entertainment during a junior routine. Showtimes are 7 p.m. Friday and 1 p.m. and 7 p.m. Saturday. Tickets $15, or $10 for youths 12-under and seniors 65-over, available in advance at Timberland Sports or at the door on the days of the show. J.R. Rardon
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Park Bench2010 Rotary Park
1986
Rotary Pavilion1997
Rotary Annual Auction
2013
Tennis Court2010
Interested in becoming a member of Rotary? Meagan Cadwallader, President, Port Hardy Rotary Club:
250-949-2660www.rotary.org
www.porthardyrotary.org
Kwakiutl Literacy Building Donation
2013
• Two Disaster Aid kits for the Philippines
• The Mexican Convoy: fi nancial support to deliver supplies to a less fortunate
area in Mexico
•Rotoplast fi nancial support
Rotaryone hundred nine years of
The fi rst Rotary Club was formed when attourney Paul P. Harris called together a meeting of three business
acquaintances in downtown Chicago, at Harris’ friend Gustave Loer’s offi ce in the Unity Building on Dearborn Street on
February 23, 1905. In addition to Harris and Loehr (a mining engineer), Silvester Schiele (a coal merchant), and Hiram E. Shorey (a tailor) were the other two who attended this � rst
meeting. The members chose the name Rotary because initially they rotated subsequent weekly club meetings to
each other’s offi ces, although within a year, the Chicago club became so large it became necessary to adopt the now-common practice of a regular meeting place.
Rotary International is 109 years old and its mission is to provide service to others, promote integrity, and advance
world understanding, goodwill and peace through its fellowship of business, professional and community leaders.
Senior Housing
1989Skateboard Park
2002
Boat ramp Floats(Bear Cove & Quarterdeck)1998
Rotary Park1986
Rotary Toddler Park Expansion2013
Rotary Annual Auction 2013
1989
Fish Park2010
Port McNeill Rotary Trail2012
Rotary Park
1986
Kwakiutl Literacy Building Donation
Breakwater Pavilion2001
INTE
RNATIONAL
• Rotary Youth Exchange program
• Rotary Youth Leadership Assembly sponsor
• Adventures in Citizenship sponsor• PHSS & EVES Breakfast Club
sponsor• Operation Track Shoes sponsor
•2014 RCMP Musical Ride contributor
• Umbrella Program
CO
M
MUNITY
We are 1.2 million neighbours, friends, and community leaders who come together to
create positive, lasting change in our communities and around the world. Rotarians are your neighbours, your community leaders and some of the
world’s greatest history makers.
109 years!