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September 9, 2015 Wednesday

JACKIE CARMICHAELWesterly News

Before the Caledonian went all the way down, two fishermen from the four-member crew clung to the cap-sized vessels for hours into Saturday evening, on the West Coast north of Tofino.

Only one of them was wearing a life vest – and it saved his life.

He alone survived when the West Coast dragger sank to the bottom like a stone, more than six hours after it first capsized in the chilly waters 30 miles west of the entrance to Nootka Sound.

Notes pieced together from the recollections of the survivor tell a harrowing tale.

Colin Henthorne was the marine rescue co-ordinator on duty at the Joint Rescue Coordination Centre on Sunday morning. He summar-ized Saturday’s tragic events for the Westerly News.

There were four fishermen alto-gether, including the skipper. It was cloudy; fishermen a few dozen miles away reported six-foot swells in the

area. The crew of the Caledonian had

one “bag” of fish on board. When they brought a second netful of fish aboard, the vessel started to list sig-nificantly, finally keeling over on its side at approximately 3 or 3:30 p.m.

The skipper and the deck hand managed to clamber, apparently uninjured, atop the partly sub-merged vessel, where they spent some cold, wet hours.

“The other two were trapped under the hull,” Henthorne said.

The body of one of the two drowned fishermen floated to the surface at approximately 10 p.m.

According to the notes, that’s about the time the vessel terribly and finally sank to

See TRAGEDY AT SEA, Page 6

INSIDETHIS WEEK:

SIMRS, volunteers work to help sea stars PAGE 10

BACK TO SCHOOL in Tofino & Ucluelet (including tips for getting enough rest, and the Wick Inn Pro Am!) PAGE 3-6

ON THE MONEY: Vote for West Coast artist Laura Timmermans to design a coin PAGE 2

TRAGEDY AT SEASINKING OF THE CALEDONIAN

Survivor and skipper spent hours atop capsized fishing vessel

Three fishermen died in the Sept. 5, 2015 sinking of the Caledonian (shown here in a file photo) in the waters off Tofino. File photos of the Caledonian, courtesy Hillel Wright/FisheryNation.com

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ANDREW BAILEY Westerly News

A Ucluelet artist is hoping to see her creative passion inspire change by being featured on change.

Canada’s Royal Canadian Mint has selected 25 finalists for its ‘My Canada My Inspiration’ con-test and Ucluelet’s Laura Timmer-mans is in the running.

In celebration of Canada’s 150th birthday in 2017, the mint will be rolling out brand new coins featuring the contest’s winning designs.

“The loon, the beaver, (and) the Bluenose that Canadians are used to seeing on their coins will not appear in 2017. It will be these designs only,” the mint’s director of communications and public affairs Christine Aquino told the Westerly.

“We work with over 200 wonder-ful artists that we have great rela-tionships with, and they design some really extraordinary prod-ucts for the mint, but we receive hundreds of suggestions each year for coin themes from Can-adians that have some great ideas so we thought, ‘Why not open it up and see what they come up with to celebrate the 150th?’”

She said the mint received over 10,000 entries to the contest, which were whittled down to 25 with five finalists selected for each of the contest’s five categor-ies—‘Our Passions,’ ‘Our Achieve-ments,’ ‘Our Wonders’ ‘Our Char-acter’ and ‘Our Future.’

“We were blown away by the artistic talent that Canadians have,” Aquino said. “We were not surprised, but we were thrilled with the response.”

Mint staff perused each design before handing the best ones over to a panel of national icons, including retired astronaut Chris Hadfield and Man in Motion Rick Hansen, to determine the finalists.

The mint has now handed the final say to all Canadians who have until Oct. 9 to cast their vote online at www.mint.ca/canada150.

“It’s very easy to vote and we’re

encouraging people across Can-ada to really check it out, even if it’s just to see the talent that we have across Canada; it’s incred-ible,” Aquino said.

Timmermans, 24, was thrilled to hear her campfire illustration had been chosen as a finalist.

“I became like a lightning bolt. I was just so full of energy and excitement; it felt incredible,” she told the Westerly.

Her campfire design is one of the five finalists for ‘Our Passions.’

“There’s something very timeless about staring into the flames of

a crackling fire and what better way to create com-mon ground between people than to celebrate something that humans have shared since memor-ial,” she said.

Aquino said Timmerman’s design illus-trates a solid sense of Can-adian unity.

“It’s a great design and I’m sure many Can-adians are definitely going to identify with it,” she said.

Timmermans was born in India, where her parents were work-ing, but moved to Ucluelet when she was three years old and said growing up on the West Coast provided a sound beat to her cre-ative pulses.

“To survive on the West Coast, I always say, you have to be cre-ative. So just by default, you are surrounded by beautifully cre-ative people,” she said.

She added her parents—long-time Ucluelet locals Barbara Schramm and Pieter Timmer-mans—were key contributors to her artistic passions.

“My mom is a very talented art-ist and she and my dad have been very encouraging, ever since I can remember, to draw and create,” she said.

“I was constantly being hand-ed new pencils and paints and encouraged to try this medium or that medium.”

She cited a local artist as another key source of support.

“Marla Thirsk has been an amazing influence, supporter, and just totally rad woman in my life,” she said.

Timmermans hopes to see her design, and all her artistic work, inspire change.

“This opportunity gives me the chance to start to really create positive change, which is my main focus in my work: to create posi-tive change through my creative passion,” she said.

Timmermans believes art has the power to inspire action in its viewers.

“I hope to create positive action for the planet and inspire people to make smarter choices in every way they live,” she said.

“That’s really important because there’s no other place to go and we are fast eating up our resour-ces and we are blind to what we are doing as a species...I’m hope-ful that the trickle down effect from my work is that more people wake up and care.”

Anyone looking for more infor-mation about Timmermans’ work is encouraged to visit www.lau-ratimmermans.ca to be inspired and to watch the videos she plans to upload every week leading up to the contest’s winners being announced.

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Left, artist Laura Timmermans at work on a Ucluelet mural. Above, Timmermans’ art is a finalist for the Royal Canadian Mint. Art buffs can support their favourite artist online.

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NORA O’MALLEYSpecial to Westerly News Drew Ryan is looking forward to see-

ing to a new batch of kindergarten kids explore the freshly polished halls of the Wickaninnish Community School.

“We’re really happy to have another big kindergarten group come in. This is their first taste of formal school. They have so much energy and passion. It’s great to see,” said Ryan, who has seen a steady increase in enrolment over the last 5 years.

His staff attendance sheet is also slightly longer, with the addition of intermediate teacher Ryan Grigg and student support service teacher Erin Pope.

Principal Ryan promises that the big kids on the playground will once again be treated to an integrated classroom curriculum, which involves elective-based programs such as: wood working, oceanography, global sustainability, textiles, and language.

“It’s a very hands-on, experiential type of learn-ing. As much as possible, we like to connect to our knowledge holders out in the community,” he said.

The opportunity for every class to participate in field school through the Raincoast Education Society is also on the agenda for fall semester.

Last spring, each class received 2 outdoor learn-ing sessions facilitated by the non-profit organiz-ation’s field school coordinator Brady Clarke and by cultural educator Gisele Martin of the Tla-o-qui-aht First Nation.

“We have an amazing parent group here. They are very supportive of connecting as much as pos-sible to the place we call home, so they put aside some funding for us to also connect to the Rain-coast Education Society,” Ryan said.

“All of us here are really excited for the new year. There’s great positive energy. People live out on the West Coast for a reason and they dedicate themselves not only to our community but also to the school community,” he said.

In terms of shaking off that summer lag and get-

ting back into the school routine, principal Ryan suggests that parents make a concerted effort to catch up on their z-z-z’s.

“Get back into the routine of going to bed earlier. We find the first couple weeks of school is pretty challenging. People are used to staying up late and sleeping in. The bedtime routine is definitely important,” Ryan notes.LEFT, EGOLS students learn to suspend wildlife attractants.

Wickaninnish school welcomes new cropEDUCATION: BACK TO SCHOOL

Scooters crash (separately) at Tuff corner ANDREW BAILEYWesterly NewsThe Pacific Rim High-

way hosted two single vehicle collisions last week.

Both collisions involved scooters, according to Cpl. Coch-lin who added both crashes occurred in roughly the same spot at a particularly sharp turn a few kilometres outside Tofino.

The first incident occurred on Sept. 4 when a female lost control of her scooter and wound up being

thrown into a ditch sustaining minor injuries, according to Cochlin.

The second crash happened on Sept. 7.

“Unfortunately, in the second incident the driver collided with a highway signpost and pinned her leg between the scooter and the

post,” Cochlin said. “This driver suffered a serious leg injury.”

Tofino’s volunteer fire department, local police, and BC Ambulance person-nel attended both incidents.

“The victims and their friends were extremely compliment-

ary of the exceptional service they received from bystanders, emergency personnel and the hospital staff,” Cochlin said.

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NORA O’MALLEYSpecial to Westerly News

Early last week, a courier deliv-ered a palette of brown cardboard boxes filled with new back-to-school stationery, and Ucluelet Elementary School principal Adamson promptly told him to just drop it in the middle of front foyer.

Distributing the supplies to her student body of 184 sum-mer-tanned pupils will be put on hold until she checks off more pressing matters on her long to-do list in preparation for the first week of school.

“We’re going to see a shift in who’s doing what,” said principal Adamson of her teaching staff which includes 3 new faces this year.

“I asked them. I said if you had

a preference of what you wanted to do next year, what would it be? And I asked them to list first, second, and third, and some of them surprised me.”

“Most of our teachers are in a bit of a slightly different position. It creates a fresh look, so that’s what I’m excited about because

they have fresh ideas of what they want to do with that group,” she said.

Sustainable living and organic agriculture will continue to pro-foundly influence course curricu-lum this year, as dedicated worker bees have been caring for the 60 x 120 ft. school garden and green-

house all summer. “Even though it’s fall, we can

still do a lot of growing here on the West Coast. And now that the fence is fully in tact, the deer won’t eat all of our stock!” said Adamson.

While stewards of the garden program are the grade 5/6/7’s, the space has also been kitted out with benches and a round fire pit to create an outdoor learning cen-tre teachers can use as alternative classroom space.

“That’s our vision for this year. To make learning real and to get kids outside as much as possible.”

Adamson, who embarks on her 9th year as principal, presented a clear example of the pedagogy behind her schools’ philosophy:

“They had to grow their own beets, then we canned them, and

then they had to hand write what the recipe was. And then it’s a gift for their parents. It makes their learning real and it still has all the learning outcomes that we want,” she explained.

Ukee Elementary School stu-dents may also be stoked to learn they have a new laptop cart, an enhanced music program, and free breakfast program, which is on offer daily at 8 a.m.

Anyone interested in volun-teering for or donating to the breakfast program is encour-aged to contact the school at: 250-726-7793.

LEFT PHOTO: Gardening is part of the school system at Ucluelet Elementary School.

Change-ups at Ucluelet Elementary School EDUCATION: BACK TO SCHOOL

HEALTHNOTES: Sleep deprivation a common, dangerous hazard for teensJACKIE CARMICHAEL

Westerly News If your teen has difficulty falling

asleep, staying asleep, getting up or staying awake, they may be seriously — even dangerously — sleep deprived. They are also in the majority.

The good news is that parents

can do something about it. Those old days when the entire

Walton clan retired at the same time to a chorus of “Good night, John Boy!” are long gone. Between today’s hectic pace and caffein-ated drinks, many teens are get-ting to bed much later than their parents — and they are subject to

debilitating sleep deprivation. According to the National Sleep

Foundation’s seventh annual poll, while teens need even more sleep than they did as youngsters, and they are not getting the rec-ommended nine or more hours each night, it is often because parents are unaware of best sleep

practices. Just over half of

respondent teens reported getting even six hours of sleep. Sixty percent of the respondents under the age

of 18 complained of being tired during the day, according to their parents, and 15 percent said they fell asleep at school during the year.

Additionally, teen sleep prob-lems can be exacerbated by other issues —alcohol and drug use, depression, caffeine, lack of exer-cise, family problems and overall stress levels — that tend to spike for teens. However, the teen’s big-gest sleep drawback is his own brain.

CHANGING BODIES, CHANGING CLOCKS

James J. Herdegen, M.D. is the medical dir-ector for the Center for Sleep and Ventilatory Disorders at the Uni-versity of Illinois Med-ical Center in Chicago. Herdegen cites physio-logical chan-ges occur-ring during the teenage years that make sleep problems more pronounced.

“Teens

become sleepier individuals [in general]. They seem to need one hour more of sleep than

preteen individuals. However, because of school curriculum and social activities, they tend to be out later. Their bodies tend to adapt to a more delayed sleep schedule, but their bodies [still] need an hour more of sleep. They are becoming sleep-deprived indi-viduals, uniformly,” he explains.

In addition to performance hazards, sleep deprivation denies teen bodies time for needed muscle repair, memory consoli-dation and release of hormones regulating growth and appetite. The sleep-deprived teen awakes less able to concentrate, solve problems or perform in school and social situations.

The intricate cycle of alterna-tion REM (rapid eye movement) and NREM (non-rapid eye move-ment sleep is essential to proper teen growth and development.

But when your teen says she just doesn’t feel sleepy, she is right. Despite an abbreviated sleep schedule and reliance on caffeine, overtiredness just doesn’t register on many teens’ consciousness, Herdegan reveals. “They may not feel tired, or they may not have awareness or insight into their need for sleep. Many people who are sleep deprived don’t have the insight that they’re sleep impaired. A study found that [as sleep dep-rivation increased] self-report of sleepiness or impairedness leveled off, while performance worsened,” Herdegen says.

Trouble getting to sleep may stem from either insomnia or a phase-delayed sleep schedule (a natural tendency to staying up later).

In preteens, one of the symp-toms of sleep deprivation is hyperactivity, but in teens and

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Sleep deprivation for teens, continued from Page 4

adults it’s more likely to be seen in the ability to fall asleep anywhere. “Teenagers start act-ing more like adults in terms of sleepiness. They can also be irritable and emotional, and have difficulty managing those emo-tional swings,” he says.

And, if you thought hormones were making your daughter cranky, you might spread some of that blame around. “Lack of sleep can compound teenage irritability,” Herdegan assures.

Andrea M. Macari, Ph.D., is a psychology instructor at Suffolk County College in New York who has conducted research groups on sleep disorders. She says families who fail to value sleep aren’t doing their teens any favors. ”Sleep simply is an undervalued behavior. In fact, teens who sleep are often viewed as lazy and unmotivated,” Macari says.

“I worked with a family who encouraged their son to drink two Red Bulls the morning of the SAT to give him enough energy to plow through the exam. The consequence was that the boy had to cancel his score because the ‘rush’ the drink gave him coupled with his anxiety about his performance caused a panic attack during the exam,” she says.

DANGERS OF DRIVING

DROWSY Asleep at the Wheel isn’t just a

great Texas swing band. Teens’ sleep phase delays, combined with earlier school bells make them an increased risk on the road. “They are a sleepy popula-tion that the insurance industry has recognized as high risk, at least in terms of automobile driving,” Herdegen says.

“Take a sleep deprived state and combine that with alcohol or drugs and, clearly, it’s a very dangerous situation. There are studies that look at task per-formance with a computer-gen-erated driving simulation. They found that performance is equal-ly impaired for a person who has been sleep deprived for 20 hours as to that of a person who has a .08 alcohol [legally drunk] level. They act very similar,” he says.

About 100,000 crashes each year are caused by fatigued drivers. More than half of those are caused by drivers under the age of 25. And, according to the NSF, getting six hours of sleep or less triples your risk of an accident. This risk factor can be further compounded by sedating medications (antidepressants, cold tablets, antihistamines) or working or studying more than 60 hours a week, which increases the risk of falling asleep at the wheel by 40 percent.

At the University of Min-nesota, a study by Dr. Kyla Wahlstrom found when the Minneapolis Public School Dis-trict changed the morning bell from 7:15 a.m. to 8:40 a.m. at seven high schools, there were improvements in attendance and enrollment rates and daytime alertness — and decreases in the rates of student-reported depression.

WHAT PARENTS CAN DO

Families looking for ways to commit to a good night of sleep for teens can find them, Herd-egan says.

“Things like coffee, Coke and Mountain Dew are certainly compensating instruments for a sleepy individual. But they [teens] should minimize any caf-feinated beverages after noon,” Herdegan advises.

“Parents need to set limits. As far as school nights, they have to take away all the stimulation students are being bombarded with — cell phone, TV, comput-er. They need to set limits for getting homework done early, and they need to appreciate that teens might not have insight into what their sleep needs are,” he says.

“Most kids’ schedules don’t have enough routine to them. They need to adhere to some

type of routine at least during the school week — a regular mealtime, because meals [and light] are social and environ-mental cues for our bodies to recognize wake and sleep pat-terns. We use light and eating to keep circadian rhythms to keep on schedule,” he says.

For the human touch, parents may have some element of the teen’s sleep routine they con-tribute to, such as a goodnight hug or leaning into the room to say good night or to turn off the light.

Herdegan recommends a set constant wakeup time, followed by sequence – shower, light (by opening the curtains) and actual-ly eating. Various biological and hormonal compounds are released in response to waking, eating and exercise. Satiety hormones and insulin tell us when we’re hungry and when we’re fed. You don’t want hunger hormones at the wrong time of day, Herdegan says. “Cortisol is a waking-up hormone; thyroid hormone is released in the even-ing. All these have some daily synchrony to them that keep us regulated,” he reveals.

With sleep deprivation putting drowsy teens at risk of every-thing from driving dangerously to depression and academic fail-ure, it may be time for a wake up call for parents.

Teens should be encouraged to value their sleep, Herdegan says. “The more I try to encourage patients to adapt healthy behavior, the more I realize they have to see it as a win for them. What’s their gain — what’s in it for them? It has to be a grassroots things, where they see the benefits,” he explains.

One way to incent teens to get adequate sleep is through informa-tion about the effects sleep depriva-tion can have on their performance in extracurricular activities. Here is some data from the NSF — sleep dep-rivation can result in …

Impaired motor function – tremors, lack of coordination, blurred vision, and the prolonged reaction time comparable to someone who’s legally drunk.

Delayed visual reaction timeDelayed auditory reaction timeReduced cardiovascular perform-

ance by 11 percent or moreDiminished mental functioningReduced endurance; since glu-

cose storage is slowed with sleep deprivation

Increased perceived exertionImpaired moods

To teens (and everyone): Good reasons to get your sleep

NORA O’MALLEYSpecial to Westerly News

Principal Carol Sedgwick will be captaining a fairly lean crew this year with a student body of 145 stu-dents and a downsized teaching staff.

“Our enrolment numbers are the lowest they’ve ever been due to the fact that we have had very small classes coming into the school from our two feeder schools,” said Sedgwick who has worked within Ucluelet Secondary School for the past 18 years.

“We’ve been aware that this population dip was happening. It kind of started a few years ago. We used to average 50-60 grade 8’s com-ing from the 2 schools. And now we are down to the 35 number.”

“We’ve had all these big-ger classes graduating. For example, we had 38 stu-dents graduate this year and we’re having less than that coming into grade 8.”

“Now you look at the num-

ber of kids that have been enrolled in kindergarten in the last two years and this year, we’re getting back to that bigger number. We will grow again,” she said.

In the meantime, second-ary students will be happy to hear that their historic boiler system has been con-verted to an awesome new propane-powered system, which will keep them toasty warm in the winter and save the school a fistful of money.

The kayaking program is also charted to take place

again this year. Starting in the spring, 8 students from grade 11 or 12 will be awarded the opportunity to participate in on-the-water training, leadership courses, and kayak guide training.

“When they finish that program they are qualified to work in the ecotourism industry with our kayak guide companies. It’s a program that gives back to our communities,” said Sedgwick.

Initially launched in 2007, the kayak program

has had tremendous suc-cess, proving to be a real stepping-stone for many students.

“You really see it working in our communities. You see these students going on and working for local kay-aking companies and some of them have gone on and got more advanced training and they are now full-time guides. It’s been great,” she said. Anyone interested in supporting the kayak pro-gram can email: [email protected].

Low enrollment at USS cyclicalEDUCATION: BACK TO SCHOOL Wick Inn Pro Am to

benefit USS againJACKIE CARMICHAELWesterly News

The Wickaninnish Inn Pro-Am is set for Sept. 18.

The premier tournament for the Long Beach Golf Course directly benefits West Coast youth in sup-port of their extra-cur-ricular activities at Uclue-let Secondary School.

These funds allow the sports and academic teams to buy supplies and arrange transporta-tion for competitions and field trips. Without this money, these students would not be able to com-pete in sporting events or other competitions, as the government funding for these purposes is virtually non-existent, said Keith Gibson of Long Beach Golf Course.

“Helping kids experience extracurricular activities is very rewarding. Some of these experiences may be lifetime memories that they will never forget,” Gibson said.

“I grew up around team sports and still remember the people and the places.

And knowing the Pro Am could help someone have this is great,” he said.

The event only works as many people come togeth-er to support the cause, Gibson said.

“The events represents a community coming together recognizing the high school is a big part of the future of the com-munity. And allowing kids access to things without financial borders will con-tinue to make USS a great learning environment,” he said.

Last year, the Wick Inn Pro-Am raised over $15,000 in support of the local high school. In the last 12 years, over $125,000 has been raised for this specific cause.

USS Principal Carol Sedgwick said the tourney is the most important fundraiser of the school’s entire year.

“The amount of money that comes in, is able to benefit every school ath-lete that we have,” she said.

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The Pacific Rim National Park Reserve is enjoying another strong season.

The Park set up traffic counters at each end of its Long Beach Unit, while factoring in vehicles passing through the Park, but the official tourist tally has been slowed by the repaving of the Park’s 22 k.m. stretch of highway this summer, according to Park spokesperson Kavitha Palanisamy.

“Even though we seem to be observing an increase in visit-ation, at this time we are still compiling the numbers for the 2015 season,” Palanisamy wrote in an email to the Westerly News. “Although we do not have visitation numbers for 2015 in the Long Beach area of the park, staff

observations and other indicators suggest that visitation continues to be strong, and we expect to meet or exceed last year’s num-bers. There also has been a nota-ble increase in the use of the auto-mated park entry pass machines since 2014.”

She said the Park has earned a reputation as a solid destination for anyone seeking a unique West Coast experience and noted the Broken Group Islands saw an impressive increase in campers last year with 7,139 overnight guests taking in the scene from May 1- Sept. 30 in 2014 compared to 5,416 during that same time period in 2013.

“There are few places in the world like Pacific Rim National Park Reserve that are steeped in First Nations history and offer easy access to ancient rainforests,

long stretches of sandy beaches and amazing wildlife all in one

place,” she wrote. “Pacific Rim National Park Reserve offers

visitors a chance to connect with nature at its best, from camping at Green Point Campground, trek-king the iconic West Coast Trail, or simply enjoying the spectacu-lar sunsets from a long stretch of sand in the Long Beach Unit to surfing, paddle boarding and kay-aking in the Broken Group Islands year-round.”

Anyone looking for more infor-mation about the Park is encour-aged to visit Parks Canada’s web-site at http://www.pc.gc.ca.

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Tragedy at sea, continued from Page 1the bottom. “The one who survived lost sight of the

skipper at that time – bear in mind, this was in the dark,” Henthorne said. “He never saw him again.”

After 10 p.m., the JRCC was alerted that the Caledonian hadn’t reported in.

Buoyed by his life vest, the lone survivor was afloat in the Pacific darkness.

He saw a light in the distance. That turned out to be the inflatable life raft and its canopy, with a single light.

“It took him 45 minutes to swim to the life raft,” Henthorne said.

The man was able to get into the life raft – no easy feat.

Aboard the life raft, the surviving fisher-man heard something that sounded like a

plane or a helicopter. “He fired off hand-held flares that

were in the raft,” Henthorne said. Another fishing crew some 27

miles away saw the flares also. At approximately 1:40 a.m., the

JRCC search and rescue helicopter, a Cormorant, dropped illumination flares, which helped the 507 Search & Rescue based in Nootka locate the life raft and the recover the lone survivor.

A cruise ship, the Holland America Statendam, was passing through the area. The survivor was brought

aboard and was cared for in the ship’s hospital.

Hopes still lin-gered that the skip-per might be found alive,

Henthorne recalled. The night crew organized a search on

scene, with the Coast Guard ship John P. Tully was co-ordinating the search 30 miles west of the entrance to Nootka Sound.

“We were hoping that one more would be alive. The survivor reported the other two had drowned. There’s always hope that there’s a heartbeat,” Henthorne said. “The hope was that we’d find that person alive, but that was not to be.”

The survivor’s 10-hour ordeal at sea was remarkable, Henthorne said, adding that the man made several key decisions that helped him beat the odds.

“He did the right things to survive – having a life jacket on in the first place is the number 1 reason he survived. Wise-ly, he didn’t take off any clothing – he knew his clothing would still keep him warm. He was fit enough to get in the raft, and he waited to fire off the flares rather than waste them when no one was looking,” Henthorne said, adding that he couldn’t stress enough the importance of wearing a life jacket.

“It is the main reason that he’s alive, that he had a life jacket. He did as much of the right stuff that he could do to help himself survive and be found,” he said.

The Caledonian was well-known on the West Coast; at 30 metres long, it was big enough to register in at the Coast Guard’s Tofino Traffic in Ucluelet so its presence could be tracked.

At the JRCC, it was a familiar name to Colin Henthorne.

“The Caledonian had been around the coast a long time – all of us knew the vessel from seeing it in passing many times. It’s been fishing around 40 years on the coast,” he said.

According to Canada’s Transportation Safety Board, there were 89 fishing vessel fatalities from 1991 to 2012. (Some 160 fishing vessels capsized between 1975 and 2009.)

Of those fatalities, 84 per cent were relat-ed to stability issues.

A TSB report issued in 2012 recom-mended that fishers be educated on sta-bility principles, and several other points, including wearing life-saving appliances.

Commercial fisherman Randy Sadler of Tofino was also on the water on Saturday, fishing perhaps 40 miles away from the Caledonian. There were a lot of fishers out there, he said.

“It’s heartbreaking to hear (about the loss of the Caledonian crew),” he said.

Fisherman Robert Irvin of Ladner said fishers from around the West Coast know the dangers of the sea all too well.

“It’s very unpredictable, and things can go sideways in a terrible hurry,” said Irvin, who penned a poem for the crew of the Caledonian.

“It wasn’t likely a greenhorn mistake – it was just one of those things. It’s happened before, and will happen again,” he said.

“The loss is quite a loss amongst us all ... Our sympathies go out to the families, the ones left behind, because the boys are gone.”


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The Thornton Creek Enhance-ment Society (TCES) has been working for several months on a strategy to deal with the expo-nential growth in human/wildlife interaction at the Thornton Creek Hatchery over the past few years.

Subsequent to an unfortunate incident that led to the extermin-ation of a bear at the hatchery last November, the society con-tracted human/wildlife con-flict specialist Bob Hansen to

undertake a risk assessment and develop a plan to address the growing concern.

For years folks enjoyed a unique wildlife viewing opportunity at the hatchery but as visitor num-bers increased, the instances of unacceptable human activity around the bears ratcheted up to the point where some individuals appeared to be vying for a Dar-win award or a chance to appear on the website “When Selfies Go Wrong.”

The results from Bob’s study demonstrated that stakeholders and visitors familiar with the escalating human/bear conflict at the hatchery were unanimous in expecting change.

Our directors and staff have worked hard to maintain visitor access to the hatchery in a man-ner that is safe for both humans and bears.

Beginning this fall, wildlife view-ing at Thornton Creek will now be controlled by hatchery staff/

volunteers during the salmon run. Implementation of our new plan began over the summer.

Hatchery staff and volunteers assisted electric fencing expert with the installation of an electric fence around the perimeter of the

hatchery boardwalk. This will create a safety barrier

between humans and bears and eliminates the chance of a bear encounter on the boardwalk.

The landowner, Island Timber-lands, will install a gate on the

hatchery access road this month that will be controlled by hatchery staff/volun-teers. TCES will make an announce-ment when this work is completed.

Following the installa-tion of the gate, hatch-ery tours will be offered on a regular schedule by donation. As part of our 2015 pilot project, our staff/volun-teers will open the gate for visitors twice a day at set times of 10:00 am and noon, 7 days a week during the salmon run.

Up to 10 vehicles will enter at a time and visitors will follow our vehicle down to the hatch-

ery to park. Visitors will begin the tour by entering the fenced hatchery com-pound escorted by staff/volunteers and guests will access the board-walk via a gate from the compound.

Tours will last approximately an hour and a half and there will be no in/out privileges or wandering outside of the fenced area.

At the end of the tour, visitors will be escorted to their vehicles and hatchery staff/volunteers will shepherd the vehi-cles to the gate, closing it behind them.

If the response to our tours is favourable we may be able to add more tours and/or accommo-date visitors who wish to book a tour.

It is a condition of our lease not to engage in commercial activity and as such, tour companies will not be permitted to bring their groups to the hatchery. School groups are the exception and teachers will be able to book a tour for their class.

There are a few things that we hope the public will consider: Thorn-ton Creek Hatchery has

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The donations we’ve received from visitors over the past few years barely cover our costs of maintaining the road to the hatchery.

Please understand that hatchery workload is at its greatest during peak visitor times and we are stretching our capacity to imple-ment this pilot project.

We endeavour to provide a high-quality, safe and educational experience. We hope visitors will provide feedback on their experi-ence so that we can improve program delivery in the future. Ultimately, the success of this pilot project is directly dependant on the support we receive.

The Thornton Creek Enhance-ment Society would like to recog-nize the invaluable support of the following sponsors of this project.

A huge “Thank You!” goes out to the Clayoquot Biosphere Trust for funding Bob Hansen’s risk assessment and some of the fence installation costs, electric fence specialist Jeff Marley of Margo Supplies Ltd for donating 1/3 of the cost, Island Timberlands for their financial and in-kind sup-port and to volunteer carpenters Leif Hagar and Dave Redpath for assisting with installation.

We have a handful of volun-teers committed to assisting with tours. Bob Hansen and Dave Hurwitz will provide interpreter training.

If you are interested in volun-teering or sponsoring this pro-gram please contact Thornton Creek Hatchery manager Dave Hurwitz at 250-726-7566 or via email at [email protected]

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Guide reflects on bear viewingJACKIE CARMICHAELWesterly NewsLocal tour operator

and guide Cam McPherson of Beach-comber Tours hailed a new plan for guided tours and planned access only at the Thornton Creek Hatchery.

“The new plan at the hatchery is to have a guided tour, with a volunteer guide who can give information,” McPherson said.

The new system will protect people and bears, he said.

For serious camera-toting bear afi-cionados, taking an ocean tour is a

great option for catching the snack-ing bruins, McPherson said.

“It’s an excellent way to see the bear – we monitor them when they’re down at the shore, feeding themselves,” he said.

Tour guides keep the boat down-wind and at a distance that is safe yet approachable with binoculars or zoom lenses, McPherson said.

“We want to stay in a position where we’re not in the way of the bear. We don’t want to disturb his

rest or feeding – think about the mammal and how it feels. If you’re interrupting his life or his lunch, back off,” he said.

“Just before and after hibernation, seafood’s the only thing that’s on special for the bears – and under every rock they roll over, it’s like a bowl of wonton soup,” he said.

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The West Coast’s sea stars are under siege from a gruesome dis-ease and a team of local scientists and volunteers are trying to get a handle on what’s going on.

The Strawberry Isle Marine Research Society is research-ing a rampaging bout of Sea Star Wasting Disease that is wreaking havoc on local sea star populations.

Jessica Edwards, the society’s research and administrative assistant, told the Westerly the disease has brought mass die offs to as many as 20 different sea star species.

“Large die offs have been record-ed before but never to this extent,” she said.

“The symptoms are pretty grue-some: lesions, loss of turgor, limb autotomy—self-amputation—and tissue degradation so severe it appears as if the star is melting.”

The project kicked off in June and Edwards said the society hopes to continue the work through a long-term intertidal monitoring project.

“So far we have engaged over 23 volunteers who have donated over 100 hours of their time and have measured over 1,500 sea stars,” she said. “This time spent in the intertidal will help us become more familiar with the area, which will help us in the future with this ever changing climate to identify subtle changes in this important ecosystem.”

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The society and its dedicated volunteers are monitoring four sites—near Tonquin Beach, Wicka-ninnish Beach, Strawberry Isle and Ucluelet’s Whiskey Dock.

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group breaks up into smaller teams and the search begins,” Edwards said.

She said once a sea star is locat-ed, its species, size and health is recorded with health measured on a scale of 1-4, “where 0 indicates a healthy sea star and 4 is serious tissue degradation or death.”

Each site is visited monthly and each survey takes about two

hours. “We believe that this work

is important locally to help researchers working on the spread and implications of this disease to better understand the big picture; and it is also import-ant to be out there observing any changes that may be happening in the intertidal in our local waters,” Edwards said.

“We also believe that getting people outside learning about some of the issues that face our coast is incredibly important. Through projects like this that arelargely driven by volunteers we can help to spread the conserva-tion message and promote stew-ardship of this beautiful area thatwe live in.”

The project is being done in col-laboration between the society and the Ucluelet Aquarium with partial funding coming from the World Wildlife Fund’s Go Wild Community Grant.

The society’s data collection is not yet complete so an exact num-ber of local sea stars being affect-ed is not yet known but Edwards said the disease has turned up at all four sites being monitored.

“The data that SIMRS is col-lecting will go towards a larger project that is run out of the University of California in Santa Cruz where they are using citizen science to map out the extent of the disease along the west coast of North America,” she said.

“This will help researchers in their quest to understand the disease and the impacts it will have on our coast. We also hope to engage the communities and visitors to the area by getting them out to volunteer or just shar-ing conversations about our workwith them on their beach walk.”

She added that the research is important because sea stars are key players in the West Coast’s environment.

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SIMRS, volunteers seek to stem Sea Star Wasting

The Strawberry Isle Marine Research Society is working with dedicated volunteers to research a heavy bout of Sea Star Wasting Disease that’s hit the West Coast. Photos Kyler Vos.

The Westerly News | Wednesday, September 9, 2015 The Westerly News | Page 11Wednesday, September 9, 2015

The Carving on the Edge Festival 2015 continues to draw visitors to Tofino’s Shore Pier exhibit building through Sept. 10. Photos, Brad Larson

ARTSNOTES: Carving on the Edge Festival 2015

Displays, workshops and special events drew area visitors and residents during the Carving on the Edge Festival.

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Police break up beer pong tourneyANDREW BAILEYWesterly News

Police were recently alerted to a group of people partying at the baseball fields near Fourth Street and arrived to find a rousing, and illegal, game of beer pong.

“When police arrived they located a group of eight males who had set up a table under a light post and were playing beer pong with a least 20 full cups of beer on the table,” Cpl. Cochlin said. “The group had moved the table toward the street in search of a good source of light, but failed to use any common sense or con-sideration for others.”

She said police were able to put an end to the party and return peace to the neighborhood.

Road rager evades police

A male driver became over-come with ‘road rage’ in Tofino on Monday.

Tofino police received a report on Sept. 7 from a female driver who said a man, who had been driving very closely behind her, attempted to confront her when she parked her car.

“The driver reporting to police said a vehicle was tailgating

her for a considerable distance and when she arrived at her location, the male driver of the second vehicle ran to her window and started shouting uncontrollably and abusively,” said Cpl. Cochlin.

Cochlin said the female driver remained in her vehicle during the road rager’s outburst and had tried to record his license plate number but was unable to do so.

The angry driver left the scene and was not located by police.

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9 WEDNESDAY

Seniors Social Afternoons, 1:30-4 p.m., Tofino Legion. St. Columba Church, 7 p.m.

10 THURSDAY

Healthy Babies Program/Family Ties, 10:30 a.m., Coastal Family Place, UCC. Ucluelet AA 8 p.m. Holy Family Church, Penin-sula Rd.The Edge Youth Room, 3–6p.m., UCC & Youth Nite at the Edge, 6–8p.m. Anglican/United ChurchBible study, 10:30 a.m., UCC.

11 FRIDAY

Central West-coast Forest

Society Wild Pacific Trail Free Inter-pretive Walk ‘Survival On the Edge’ 10 am Lighthouse Loop, UkeeUkee Night Market, Uclue-let Village Green, 3-7 p.m.Bingo, Tofino Legion, 7:30 p.m.The Edge Youth Room, 2–6p.m.

12 SATURDAY

Life Beside the Sea Free Inter-pretive Walk with naturalist Ariane Baltic 10 AM Lighthouse Loop, Wild Pacif-ic Trail, UkeeTofino Public Market, Tofino Village Green, 10 a.m.-2p.m. St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church, 5:30 p.m.

AA meeting, 7:30pm, St. Fran-cis, Tofino.

13 SUNDAY

Wild Pacif-ic Trail Free Interpretive Walk ‘with conservation biologist Dr. Barb Beasley 10 am Lighthouse Loop, Whale Lot trailhead, UkeeChrist Com-munity Church,10:30am, 1419 Peninsula Rd.Ucluelet.Grace Bible Church, 10:30am, UCC.Holy Family Church–10:00 a.m. –Ucluelet.St. Lawrence Church, 11:00 a.m. Ahousaht.St. Columba Church, 10:30 a.m United/Angli-can Service, 4

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14 MONDAY

Acoustic jam night, Every Monday. 9-12 p.m. at Officials. Ucluelet AA, 8pm. Holy Family.Floor hockey, 7–9pm, Ucluelet Seaplane Base Rec Hall. $2 drop-in.Indoor Soccer, 8–10pm, Uclue-let Secondary School gym, $2.Competitive & drop-in darts, 7 pm, Tofino Legion.

15 TUESDAY

Healthy Babies Program/Family Ties, 10:30am.

Coastal Family Place, UCC. The Edge Youth Room, 3–6pm, UCC.Youth night, 7-9pm, Tofino Legion.Youth night ANAF Ucluelet. AA meeting, 7:30pm, St. Fran-cis Church, 441 Main, Tofino.St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church, 5 p.m.

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Ryan Teremy from Jamie’s Whaling Station presents a $15,000 donation to Megan Francis of Strawberry Isle Marine Research Society.

After another successful year, Jamie’s Whaling Station has contrib-uted again to Strawberry Isle Marine

Research Society (SIM-RS). SIMRS is a local charity based in Tofino that is dedicated to monitoring the marine

environment in Clayoquot Sound and engaging people in this work through education and volunteer opportun-ities. SIMRS is extremely grateful this year to be once again chosen as a recipient of Jaime’s Whaling Station’s Wildlife Research & Rescue fee that

is added onto the company’s fares for wildlife tours. Their generous dona-tion of $15,000 will be used to con-tinue monitoring, research and edu-cational community projects in Clay-oquot Sound. Jamie’s Whaling Station has been an incredible supporter of SIMRS over the years, and their fleet continues to provide us with infor-mation and images from their time out on the water that contributes to our research. Thanks again to Jamie’s Whaling Station for their generous contribution to marine research and monitoring in Clayoquot Sound!

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JACKIE CARMICHAELWesterly News

The annual pre-Thanksgiving food drive is on in Ucluelet this coming week.

Between Sept. 14 and 15 volunteers will leave flyers and donation bags on local doorsteps. They will NOT solicit cash contributions.

Anyone wishing to make a donation of non-perishable food items is asked to place them in the bag and leave it on their doorstep before 9:30 a.m. on collection day, Sept. 19.

Volunteers will travel back to collect these donations on Sept. 19, and will transport the food to the Food Bank on the Edge, which serves hungry people on the West Coast.

Most needed items include meal-in-a-tin (ravioli, beef stew) tomato sauce/paste, cans of fish or meat, canned fruit/veggies, Kraft Dinner.

“There’s a need, and where there’s a need and the ability to take care of

the need, put the two together. It’s just people wanting to help those who are in need, regardless of why they’re in need. We can and there’s an avenue to do it, so we joyfully do it,” said organ-izer Alan Anderson.

“It’s very, very heartwarming and there’s a bag with some food in it. They just go out of the goodness of their heart, and with the greatest of trust they put it out on their porch … we’re inspired by people who are just being kind. It’s pretty inspiring aspeople participate,” he said.

This event will take place rain or shine.

“It doesn’t matter if it’s snowing or hailing heavily. We’ve been rained on before and it doesn’t matter except weget wet.

It’s not weather dependent,” said Anderson.

Contact Alan Anderson if you wish to help, at 250-720-6525.

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Food drive in Ukee Sept.14-19 for Food Bank on the Edge

Motorist smashes RCMP car, tries to kick out windows

ANDREW BAILEYWesterly News

A Tofino police officer narrowly dodged a swerving vehicle during a road-stop on Campbell Street on Sept. 6.

The officer was dealing with the driver of another vehicle when police attempted to flag down an incoming pick-up truck, according to Cpl. Therese Cochlin of the Tofino RCMP.

“Instead of stopping, the truck accelerated and swerved around the police vehicle and directly at the officer,” Cochlin told the Westerly.

“The officer jumped out of the way and the truck hit the side mirror of the police vehicle before stopping.”

The driver of the swerving vehicle was detained and police discovered she was drunk. She was issued an immediate 90-day driving prohibition and her vehicle was impounded for 30 days.

“The driver was extremely intoxicated and, as she was being transported to cells, she attempted to kick the windows out of the police vehicle,” Coch-lin said.

RCMP seek help to recover unusual bike

Tofino police are asking locals to keep their eyes peeled for a black and white Cannon-dale bike that was stolen from a local resort on Aug. 28.

Cpl. Cochlin said the bike is unique with a ‘lefty’ front fork and a Fox float shock.

“The police are asking for the public’s assistance in recover-ing the bike and finding the person responsible for the theft,” she said.

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“This project is important to the society because the loss of such a prevalent predator on the coast will likely cause shifts within that ecosystem,” she said.

“For instance, the com-plete removal of ochre stars from a particular

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“I am constantly in awe, after being in these com-munities and living in Ukee for 18 years, of the generosity of our com-munities, the amount of funds and time people give to our youth – it’s just incredible,” Sedgwick said.

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A salty serving of maritime music has set sail for the Coast.

The Shifty Sailors are set to host a benefit concert at the Ucluelet Community Centre on Sept. 14 with the proceeds going to the Ucluelet Aquarium.

“They’re a group of really passionate individuals and I think they’ll sing some very good songs,” aquarium curator Laura Griffith-Cochrane told the Westerly.

“They’re going to be silly and fun…It will be really different and really interesting and I think it will be really fun for kids and for adults as well.”

The Shifty Sailors have been performing lighthearted and nautical themed shanties since 1993 featuring 20 voices, an accordion, and a banjo, accord-ing to a media release.

Some of the band’s members visited the Ucluelet Aquarium during a West Coast vacation last summer and became so enthralled with the facility that they decided to bring the rest of the Shifty Sailors back with them to put on a concert.

“They decided they want-ed to benefit us because they really enjoyed their visit,” Grif-fith-Cochrane said.

“They were really excited about the opportunity to come back to Ucluelet and benefit the facility where they had a lot of fun when they visited…It was really nice to hear that someone was so excited about this facility that they wanted to help us out.”

She said fundraisers are an important piece of the not-for-profit aquarium’s operations.

“We have some big operation-al costs but, as an educational facility, we also want to be able to be affordable so it’s this bal-

ance of having a low enough admission so that more people can come in and we can educate, and pass on good messages, but also high enough that we cover our costs,” she said.

“The more fundraisers we have the more we can provide to the community.”

She added events like the upcoming Salty Sailors concert also help keep the aquarium entrenched in the community’s heart.

“We were made possible because of the community,” she said.

“The community has been really involved with the aquar-ium from the start and, I think, it’s important that we always stay relevant to our community and the more we get to interact with our members, either at a fundraiser or anything else, the better.”

andrew.bailey@westerlynews.

Shifty Sailors to benefit the Ucluelet Aquarium

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