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, THE I\,IAST}IEADby

, Jeanne Ferris, Coeditor

We received countless lrttersthe Editors this month. Thisld issue has really stirred upurge to write. We thank

t for nriting and hope thatpe of you will write in.['d like to see $ome lettersrut the possibility of recyctinglamfield - would you being to sort your trash intop, metal and paper bins forlsport to recycling depots?and I put our vegetal or-cs into the compost pile, and, the meat scraps to the dog

0r the crabs. That leaves plas_tics, styrofoam, lawn mo*eis,automobiles and other non_bio_degradables which are classifiedas that which ends up in thelandfill'. Most of us in Bamfieldalready sort our trash into morecategories than city dwellers, whoonly have one Out Basket.

NORI WORKSHOPNori is the Japanese word

for the red seaweed known asPorphyra. When it is cut anddried, it becomes that deliciousgreen wrapping for Sushi.

A free, one-day Nori farmingworkshop, sponsored by theInstitute for Aquacultuie Re-search headed by Inuis Druehlat SFU, will be presented atBMS on Saturday, November 4.If you rhink you might like tolearn more about yet anotherAquatic Entrepreneurial ldea,contact the Marine Station en-3301) or call Janet Schlackl atthe Economic DevelopmentC-ommission in port AIUerniQn-Zl8f). According to theJapanese, B.C. has some of thebestwird",ffi

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B.V.F.D WOMEN'SAUXILIARY'byLoretta Amos

Now that summer is over ancfall is fast approaching the Wo-men's Auxiliary is eager,to getback to business. We are look-ing for new members and ifanyone is interested in joiningour next meeting is Mosdfly;October 16 at 7:30 pm at thefire hall. On Saturday, Novem-ber 4, the Women's Auxiliary ishaving another Kids Matinee.

Great gl4lgren's videos, pop andpopcoq[, See you there at 1:30pm at'the fire hall.

EARKLEY SC]UNDEF|Volume Seven ocToBER 1989 Number Ten

BVFD Wopen's Auxiliary"fnterpretation"Cape Beale WeatherVeal PafmigianaIn My- OpinionLetterC to the EditorsUnitgd Church NewsRed Cross ServiceNortFlfstand College,Red C_ross Flu ShotsCommirnity Hall UpdateGet Tough on DriftnettingMarine Ufe'Galendar 1990Regional Disaict Report

Loretta ArnosPat GraceNorbie BrandEva Brand

:James Ferris-:t:

Rev. Marv. Fowler,Ebba JenningsJeannc Fe,rrisSheila ChagtbersPat Garcia'Mike fnico"rtSatly Q{ilonAl Benton

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tn the fatDomlessdeeps ol fieellnglhlngs move,and touch the mlndwith thoughts,which, reaching,find a formless glrost -and other waveringshapes shifilike sfiadowsln a vast andyoiceless lrost -mocklng the probes.

Yel tfiese amorphousimages hlntmeanings thatflasfi like stroDes,symbols of truthbeyond puny reason --ereatures of the blood,and the rnass lntelltgeneeof each cell,reachlng down thelong corridorsof space and manto a unlversal plan.

And once ln awhilea mind graspsa minute wispfrom one of themyriad shapesand hears its geniuscall. But whatwould lt becomeit it couldread them all?

Pat Grace

CAPE BEALEWEATHER

byNorbie Brand

PrinciPal LightkeePer

TEMPERATURESMean Maximum ... 18.5'C

(65"F)Mean Minimum ... 11.3"C

(s2"F)

TEMPERATURE EXTREMESMaximum: 25"C (77.D on SeP-

tember 8.Minimum: 8.5"C (47"F) on SeP-tember 18.

Precipita-tion was 4.6mm (0.2 in-ches) of mea-surable rainfor themonth, with 26 daYs without anyrain.

In 1988 the Mean Ma:rimumwas 1"5.3oC and the Mean Mjni-mum was 9.6oC. PreciPitationwas 150.2 mm (5.9 inches) with17 days without rain.

This year was a lot sunnierand drier.

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1I[O OD$IIARDIS PRESEIiITS . . .

Ski Place opens in OctoberHalloween ls October 31st

Home Sale .... October 2lo 29Toy Sale ....... October lO to 15

Fashion Values .. October 11 lo 22Toyland opens .........October 27f .Cg day ls TuesdaY, October 17Shop 9 am to 5:30 Pm TuesdaY' 1.49 DaY

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FROM THELIGHTHOUSE

INGREDIEN'I'S:Veal cutlets, however manv

neededTomato Sauce, homemade or

preparedThinly sliced mozzarella /cheese

1) Scramble 2 or 3 eggs in alarge, flat dish.

2) Dip cutlets h "gg,

then breadmixture. Coat both sides.

3) Fry Veal in cooking oil unrilgolden, about 3 to 4 minuteseach side.

4) Place veal on a large flat panto which a little water hasbeen added.

5) Spoon over tomato sauce (totaste).

6) Cover with mozzarella cheese.7) Cook in oven at 45fF for

about 5 to 10 minutes oruntil heated and cheese ismelted.

byEva'Brand

VEALPARMIGIANA

Tltis goes wellwith the Fetu-cini Alfredo{rom the Au-gust Issue.

BREADING MTXTURE:Bread crumbs - about g ozs.1 Cup gtated Romano orParmesan Cheese

MIX TOGETHER WITH:1 Tbspn chopped parsley,preferably freshDash salt and pepperVz tsp garlic powderYt tsp each basil, oreganoDash paprika

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BATIFIE

IN MYOPINION

by:James Ferris

Co-editor

The East - West road con-nection continues to create con-troversy and oPinion. We feelthat the issue is imPortantenough warrant the sPace theletters occupy in the PaPer.

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Everyone should have an oPPor-tunity to express his or her oPin-ions and we will continue tomake the space available, aslong as the opinions are notvituperative or too Personal.**rF+*rtt*'t*:t*

' Road maintenance in Bam-field has'improved dramatically.

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I hope:the trend continues. It isstill my'opinion that Paving theroads in rthe 'toum would save ::

the taxpaygry mon9.Y, at lgast inthe long run..* * rl r, i a '*.i *'* * +

We have had a truly'mawel-lous September. Th-e:,yea1!er

has been beautiful. In additionto the sun, we have not beenbothered:by the usual Clouds ofsmoke fr,gryr ql"th burning. Isuppose the*fvpoOs were too dryfor that. Anyt"ay, the sunshone, the fog,was minimal andthe sky was blue. Wonderful.{.i.*+tt++d.!F!t

A couple of peoSle from theMarine Station were at thebeach not long ago and werewatching some sea lions. 'A gillnet boat was going bY, saw thesea lions and began shooting atthem. The bullets ricocheted offthe water and towards shore. Itis bad enough that peoPle feelthat they must shoot the ani-mals. Shooting towards shorewhen there are PeoPle there iscriminal.****:*-*ti****

Dave Barrett has decjded toenter the race for leader of theNDP. That is.no surPrise- Hedoes have a.grcat deal of charis-ma and would probablY be asgood a leader as anyone. Theother plus is that he is fromB.C. and we need.all the helpwe can get from people in highplaces.l.**+a**1++!t

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Functions in Bamfield dancesand Hall affairs, continue to bepoorly attended. Perhaps it isbecause we have more things tochoose from than previously. Itcould also be the fact that thesmall town atmosphere is rapidlydiminishing in Bamfield. We arebecoming a community of urbandwellers, with urban ideas ofwhat constitutes a good time. Itwould be nice, though, if morepeople took an interest in localaffairs.

False Killer Whale( Ps eudorca crassidens )

This false killer whalewas photographed nearTzartus Island, BarkleySound, on July 29, t989.This individual had been

in the general area forseveral months. Pectoralflipper shape is diag-

nostic for this species.

L.M. BarrylR.W. BairdThe Victoria Naturalist,Yol 46.2, 1989.

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l..liTH JACK LARKHAM-GUITAR/MAI.IDOLIN AND DAVID I,IATSOII.PIANO

at the Bamf ield Commun'ity Hai ISATURDAY, 0CT08ER 28, 1989 8:00 p.M.

AI{ EVEI{II{G OF OPERATIC ARIAS AilD IRISH FOLK SOII6S

IiCKTIS AI THE OOOR . ADULTS $5.00, STUDINTS/SENIORS $3.00Sponsored by Ga'l a Fabrics Ltd., Victoria, B.C.

l- NEW TEACHERWe would like to welcome

the new teacher to Eric GodsonMemorial School. Her name isMiss SharonGraham andshe comes tous fromSasketchewan.She comesfrom B.C.originally, but has been teachingin Saskatchewan for the pastyear,

She will be teaching gradesthree, four and five. We wishher welcome and success.

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LETTERSTO THE EDITORS

Jim & Jeanne,Bamfield is home to me and

I don't like what's haPPeninghere. I feel like a stranger inmy own back yard. I'm tired ofhearing all the controversy.Can't people comPromise in-stead of constantlY bickeringback and forth. Everyone isentitled to their own oPinion,but sometimes their waY is notthe onlY rvay to do things andinstead of keePing the feudgoing why not make suggestions.I do want to drive home to mYhouse, and I do want mY kidshome here too.

That's what I want in Bam-field - a good school sYstem anda little convenience - like a roadto my house. A road isn't goingto cause a disaster, nothing morethan a few more fences and agood parking lot and some signs.Irss boat traffic and less conges-tion on the East side. Moreroom to'grow and more areas to

make beautiful. Parks andbeaches belong to everyone.What right do we have to sayyou can't see this or that. Ihaven't been to BradY's Beach inyears - maybe if I could walk tothe edge on a nice PathwaY andnot have so many hills to climbI'd go. How manY other PeoPlefeel this way? We can't stoPprogress - this Place is growingand in order to grow we have tomake some sacrifices.'WhY notget together instead of fightingand feuding?

,This letter isn't sent to causeany friction or more wars. Thisis only my oPinion and I onlYhope it'makes PeoPle sit uP andtake notice that something hasto be done before much longeror this town is heading for somevef}: unhtPPY times'

32 YEARS OF BEINGON TI{E OTHER'STDE

I've been a Bamfield resi-dent for 39 of :my 40 years- I'velived on the other side of thecreek (Now known as BamfieldEasq for only 7 years of thattime, in rental houses- I movedback to this side of the creek(Now known as Bamfield West)

in 1975. We bought this prop-erty from my mother. In elevenyears this properry has tripled invalue. Our taxes have gonefrom $200 to $1,000 a year withthe homeowner grant. I nowhave to have a foreshore leaseto keep my float, but do we seeany benefits from this? Can Idrive to my house?

Schocll taxes, water system(which I have to pay for yearlyand quarterly), fire protection -from a fire toat. Who put mytaxes up so high - the non-resi-dent taxpayers? What made myproperty and house so valuable?What benefits do I have? I stillhave to park my vehicle on theother side. I still have to main-tain a runabout. My childrenstill have to leave home forschool. I don't have pavedroads, sewer system or streetlights. I have to pack everythingfrom vehicle to boat and upthe ramp. The loading zone atthe government dock is alwaysfull.

If there's a Community func-tion on at the Hall (which usedto be on this side of the creek)either we have to go early ormove a bunch of boats so wecan tie up. Because some sum-

mer residents haven't seen awinter here, I'll tell you now, itrains and blows; so we take ourfish boat over to the other side.Raingear, gumboots and coveredboats are used in the winter, falland spring here. Groceries, etc.get pretty soggy in an openboat. Tired kids have to bebundled up, but now I'm gettingtired of packing things and goingup and down floats.

When I was little we went toPort Alberni on my father's fishboat or the Uchuck. Then wecould go to Sarita by boat anddrive to Port Alberni; then theroad came to Bamfield. Weonly had to use the boat t0 getacross the creek. Now progressstops!

When my girls were littlethey lived at one of the busiestintersections in Bamfield (CarlOstrom's house). We put up afence and taught them to stayoff the road. Bamfield isn't afriendly little community anymore. It's East, West, Southand Port Desire. It's non-roadand for-road people. It's movethe school people, itrs tear downthe boardwalk people, it's stran-gers.

I liked living in Bamfield but0

now I'm not too sure. Can'teveryone be individuals and stillget along? Do we have to havea dog fight every day? My doghates your dog so keep it inyour yard; put up a big fence tokeep people out. Or do we selland run and let the next ownersdeal with all this?

Just a Bamfield Kid,Dolores Bowkernee Garcia

Dear Jim and Jeanne:Thank you for sending me

the Barkley Sounder. I enjoyreading it.

I have read Fred Welland'spoem "And in the beginning" acouple of times. It is a cleverpoem, I think I should say it isvery clever. I like the bit aboutSatan. being too bold, and beingfired, which represents the bibli-cal vierr of the relationship be-tween God and Satan. The bitabout two ministers being homo-sexual and the church being tootolerant would, I feel, be,veryembarrassing to United Churchmembers, and to those who have

been worshippers in the onlychurch in,Ba,nnfield. I don'tundeistand' tfie line "Better Maryhad remained a ,spinster". IsEred suggesting that the historyof the christian ohrlreh, and thecontribution of chfiStianity downthe ages is cancelied out ornullified by a couple of gayministers, or by the tolerance ofa small church? Or is Fredrepresenting this as an evil mess-age of Satan?

But then the poem goes ont0 represent God and Satan asbeing in league together andhatching some kind of plan.God doesn't seem to object tothe line "Better Mury had re-mained a spinster"" In fact'Godand Satan seem to be very sym-pathetic with each other. Godand the heavenly choir are rep-resented as being happy abouiinfliqting AIDS on people, whileSata'n ,tries to find a vaccine toheal them. This is a reversal ofroles.

I can understand Fred find-iirg sources for this kind ofthinkingrin the Old Testament,and in life, but I think his rnoti-vation is mischievous and d€-structive of faith and of hope.His poem is thought provoking

and intellectually stimulating, butI don't believe it would hel-panyone. If someone is search-ing for meaning in life Fred'spoem could fill him/her withdespair.

I confess that I don't under-stand the part of the poem thatrezone's Satan as 'Tourist-Com_mercial." Does this have a ref_erence to Bamfield? If so someof the readers of the BarkleySourder may feel insulted by it.

Reading this poem in theBarkley Sounder revives thefeelings of ciisappointment whichI experienced when you discon-tinued the series I was writingabout the Bamstead Manse Kit-chen Table Conversations.

The "Kitchen Table Discus-sions" in local churches wereintended to repoft to regionaldiscussions which would reportto a national discussion. I havesubmitted a report from theBamfield Kitchen Table discus-sion to the national peace theo-log project and will be attend-ing the national meeting in Tor-onto October 27 to 29.

I would be grateful if youwere to print this letter in theBqkley Sounder, and enquirewhether there might be any

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interest in a continuation of theBamstead Manse Kitchen TableDiscussions. If they wererevived they would be printed inmy name, of course.

Sincerely,Henry BostonVctoria, B.C.

P.S. The report which I sent into the national meeting regard-ing the Bamfield discussions wasas follows and may be printed ifyou have space.

"At our Bamfield KitchenTable Discussions there was aconcern expressed to read theBook of Revelation in order toconsider whether there weresome implications which mightbe relevant to the threat oinuclear war or other ecologicaldisaster. There was alss con_cern to make people aware ofthe danger to the planet due tothe arms race. The 'Fate of theEarth" by Jonathon Schell wasrecommended reading. Themeetings took place during thewinter of '87 - 88."P.P.S. I think my'KitchenTable Dise.ussions,' were easier tounderstand than Fredls. po€tn'and would have been more help-ful to the readers

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Dear Jeanne iOn Sunday, Sept. 3 I had the

pleasure of not only seeing butboarding the boat M.V. Delta, atthe Classic Boat Festival in Vic-toria. ' '

Jim and Gayle Chidley havedone a wolldet{ul job of re-building this historic boat - onehundred years old this year,1989!

Of course I remember theboat and owner Ted Wise inBamfield. I'had a cor.rPle ofrides to Port Alberni on theDelta.

Jim Chidley is writing a bookof the history ahd life story ofthe M.V Delta. He has somefine pictures and material of theearllyears and of ccjurse from'the time'of 'his purchase for-

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ward. ''However, he does not have

much about Ted and his life inBamfield with his fishing boatthe Delta.

I wondered if any of Yourreaders in Batnfield or outsidecould,give Mr. ChidleY some ofthis information.

He would appreciate hearinganything about the boat or TedWise.

Address any information to:Jim & Gayle ChidleyP.O. Box 645 Depot 1Port Coquitlam, B.C.V3B 6H9Phone (604) 941 4501

Do hope you have the oppor-tunity of ;eeing the Delta oneday-

Yours truly,Betty Steuart

Victoria

Dear Mr. Ferris,..'Our visit to Bamfield was the

outstanding event of the sum-mer. Thank you for meetingwith rny mother, HildaMcNichol. $&e enjoyed remi-niscing with you agd+others ofthe area. The. lW school pic-ture and the articlE ha*s beenclipped and pas.led in her scrapbook.' L have enclosed $13.50 for asubscription to your informativepaper. ; ij

Sincerely'

lois..Evans :12 Kolsilahi',8-C.

Another Road Letter

Dear Jim and JeanneA short time ago a petition

was circulated by those we knowof as the "No Committee". Atfirst glance I was concerned thatthe numbers against had risendrarnatically, but closer scrutinyrevealed the most desperateattempt at misrepresentingBamfielder's views to date.

I do not know who set thecriterion for this comedy peti-tion, but I must admit it wasreally quite amusing. What wasnot amusing was that this totallymisleading piece of garbage wassent to our Highways Ministerand other government officials inan undemocratic move to stopthe connector project from goingthrough.

The No Committee has hadto solicit outside support to stopthe road, knowing very well thatby staying within the boundariesof Bamfield they would havebeen aiding the "Roadies" in ourcause. Thanls, Gu],s.

W. GaylardBamfield

The EditorsBarkley SounderBamfield, B.C.

I hare lived in Bamfield forone and a half years andthroughout this time have heardtalk of building a road to WestBamfield. I have always dis-agreed with this proposal, butuntil now have remained silentas I was influenced by the argu-ment that the decision regardinga road should be left to theresldents of West Bamfield.Recently, I have rescinded thisview, as it has becorne clear tome that we are all responsiblefor the environment; anythingdone to an area of land affectsus all. The example of acid rainclearly illustrates this principal.

A road ro West Bamfieldwould, of course, not have suchglobal effects. However, it isnot just West Bamfield thatwould feel a change, the sur-rounding area would also ex-perience an impact. A roadwould mean that anyone coulddrive to Brady's Beach, and

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depending_ on the road's loca-tion, perhaps to First Beach.This would greatly increase thenumber of people on thesebeaches, change the type ofpeople visiting thb' Ueacliii'andperhaps affect the organiSms ofthe beach and intertidal habitats.To me the beauty of thesebeaches lies in their tranquillity(i.e. lack of hoards of people)and pristine marine environ-ments.

I live in Grappler Inlet andthis summer experienced nvomonths of campers parked frommy house (iust past SeaBeam)all the way to the. 4-way stop.AIso, I was treated to campervans getting stuck in my parkingarea and "huppy holidayers"stealing my firewood for theircamp fires. Serenades fromdrunk fishermen at all hours ofthe night were thrown in as an ladded bonus. 'Wtlh a roai toWest Bamfield the residents :there .o,rid also enjoy theseexciting spin-offs from the touristtradti. : ::

IVe can build a road and i

help erpand the tourist mania iand' the communiry. Bamfi'€tA ,can eventually join the morass ofurbanized North'Ahterica. Is ',

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that why we live here? Ithought most of us were herebecause Bamfield is not likeeverywhere else, Jile came herein search'of'ari aiia smallenough to still have a sense ofcommunity, wh6're life did notproieed in a frenetic rush, andwhere wilderness was at ourdoorstep. Our society as awhole needs more trees, quietand wilderness, not more roads,possessions and money. Perhapsthe road seems like a smallthing but it is part of an overallprocess of expansion and de-struction of wilderness in NorthAmerica where, in the words ofthe gioup Spirit of,the West(1988), progress is measured byhow much we lose.

Sincerely,laura A. TaylorBamfield '

Dear Sirs:Eiiglg:il,g .y check for one

year sgbpgiiptio4 to the Sounder.I wbuld verj^ mup[r fike to havea copy of the Adgust, 1989 is-sue.

I am the younger sister of, the McKee's who were in the

school picture and found thisarticle very interesting.

Sincerely,Nina (MiKee) Kinter

I^adysmith, B.C.

P.S. I have not been successfulin finding books bv Dennis St.Clair. Can you give me titles?

Perhaps some reader might behelpful here. ed.

Dear Jeanne

whale, porpoise and dolphinsightings toll-free to: l-g00J34_8&i2, and strandings or netentanglements to: 756-7777.

Some very unusual species ofwhales show up in BarkleySound, but very few are ,.port_ed or confirmed. The falsekiller whale rhat was (is?) hang-ing around Tzartus Island is aiexample. Even though it was(is?) in the area for at least rwomonths and maybe all winter, wereceived only a total of six re-ports of it, and have no idea ifit is still in the area. We werehowever able to get out our_selves and spend several daysdoing behavioral observations ofthe animal, and are writing upthe information for prcsentatibnto a marine mamrnal conference.I've enclosed copies of some ofour recent writings on our re-search, one of which includes aphotograph of the false killerwhale.

Thanks very much, I con-tinue to look forward to receiv_ing the Barkley Sounder.

Sincerely,Robin W. BairdVictoria

Look forward to the rnonthlygreetings from Bamfield. AIIelse is put on hold until it isread from cover to cover. V"rybest wishes for another success_ful year.

Olive SweetenNanoose Bay

Dear Jim and Jeanne;Even though I live in Vic_

toria I enjoy rdading the Bark_Iey Sounder. Since classified adsin the Barkley Sounder are free,I am wondering whether or nota lotice as follows could beconsidered a classified ad, andcould be placed in each issue:Support research; please report

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UNITEDCHURCH

NEWS

byRev. Marv.

Fowler

I'm yournew United

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Church Minister (Part time);tryrng to pick uP wfere HenryBoston left off.

I live at Shawnigan l-akewhere my wife, Marjorie, uoq Ishare the ProPertY Manager job

at George Pringle MemorialUnited Church CamP-

I am coming to Bamfield onthe second and fourth weekendsof each month, driving in onSaturday mornings and stafnguntil MondaY bvening or Tues-day morning - dePending on theweather and what is haPPeninghere-+,hich means that l-will be :

here for Thanksgiving, Remem-brance Day and Ciristmas {pgt22, Nov 26 and Dec 10). M4rjwill come with me on those :weekends when the camP is notln use.

Since we share'the camP job

my time is flexible enough that'

if.,necessarX,rI, ctlirld come a dayearly or stayi a daY longdr' orperhaps make a sPecial triP infor weddings or'ftrnerals etc.My home Phoner number is 743-2189.

. I was.raised on a farm/ranchin southern Alberta and attendedUniversity and Thqqlogical Col-lege in Edmonton. I was or-dained in 1954 and,s,grved ruralcongregations in the GrandePrairie and Drumheller areas. Imcrved'to the First UnitedChurch in Victoria in;1905. :Since then I have ministered inthe cornmunities of Coquitlam'MacKenzie (Anglican-United)and Smithers. We moved toCamp Pringle in the sPring of1987.

I have considerable trainingand experience in Personal crisiscounselling and in marriage andfamily counselling

In Coqtritlam I orgarlued asogial se1ice, soeietg bringing

together and rePresenting the

. churqhes, service clubs and wel-

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'The Self-Emplolurent Incen-tive option will allow unem-ployed workers to test new busi-ness ideds- Grants in the formof allowances in lieu of Unem-ployment Insurance or social as-sistance benefits can be providedfor up to one year so that theycan establish new businesses,"Mr. Siddon said.

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The Alberni Valley Museumhas sponsored this exhibitionwhich was developed in co-operation with the Medicine HatMuseum and Art Gallery.

The exhibit is on displayuntil December 3, 1989.

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Jeanne Ferris

North Island College corre-spondence students are not ex-actly outnumbering researchersat the Bamfield Marine Station,but there are a few, there are afew.

We have two, possibly threepeople interested in the Spanishprogram PILL course (Pro-grammed Instructional IrapingLizard). This course comes in abig plastic binder with 5 cas-settes and 5 booklets. Youlisten to each tape as you workyour way through each bookletand in the end when sotrleoneasks, Hablar usted Espanol? you

can say St" lo hablo Espanol.Cost, through the l-eisure lrarn-ing branch of NIC, is $5. permonth. (Actually, it's Pro-grammed [nstructional languagel-earning, or whatever).

We also have d student inter-ested in Biology 060, which in-troduces you to biology at thelevel they're teaching it in highschool nowadays, and is a goodway to reenter the system. Itteaches you about cells, geneticsand ecology with less of thejargon you deal with in the firstyear university course (BIO 1001101). Once you've mastered theendoplasmic reticulum, Punnetsquares of heterozygotic crossesand the idea that ontogeny re-capitulates phylogeny, )ou'reready to go on to Principles ofModern Biolog5r (BIO 100).

There are a few labs with060, and a few more with 100; Iwill lead you through the labsusing Marine Station facilitiesand some ingenuity. Cost forbiology and other universitytransfer courses is $50 per unit.Biolory 060 is t 112 units andcosts $75, unless you're golden(over 65), in which case it isabsolutely free, bools included.Biologr 100 is also $75.

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byPat Garcia

CANAT'A DAYThe "summer" was so busy

and went so fast that we neverdid reschedule our Canada DayPicnic. The $105 we received asseed money from the Federalgovernment Canada Day Com-mittee had to be returned be-cause we didn't celebrate on theactual day.

RED CROSSOn July 4 from 1 pm to 4

pm an instructor from RedCross came in to give a WaterSafety course. Five children andfour adults attended. As a com-munity service no rental wascharged.

Due to bad weather the RedCross Garden Party to celebratethe 50th Anniversary of theOutpost Hospital was held in theHall.

DANCEA dance was held August 19,

the worst ever for attendance.A total of 46 tickets were soldand only 36 persons turned up.Marie Ostrom won the doorprize. Art Budding did themusic and was equally disap-pointed at the turnout.

Another first - The RCMPmade two visits and remarkedthat there were more people atthe Pub.

UNITED CHURCHBible School was held for the

week of Aug. 2A to 26.BINGO

Bingo continues to be heldevery Thursday starting with anEarly Bird at 7 p., seventeenregular games and a Night Owlfinishing by 10 pm.

FALL FAIRThe Fall Fair was held Sep-

tember 9. The last two yearshave been disappointing forentries and what the Fair is allabout. We had 15 adult en-trants who contributed 89 entriesand 2 children who contributed3 entries. It was a lot of workand preparation for so few. TheDirectors will have to decide l

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whether to continue on an an-nual basis, semi-annually or notat all.

As a fund raiser the auctionis very successful, as is the food.We can thank out-of-townersbelonging to the Bamfield YachtCIub who were the major bid-der/buyers.

l.orraine Hegstrom ably man-aged the kitchen as usual withher helpers John Bgom, IrmaCashin, Sheron Dunsmore andSheila Chd'rirbers. They handled39 ears of corn, 22 hot dogs, 68hamburger platters, 22 deluxehamb-urgers and 7 plain ones.Thanks also to the dishwashers!

A new face at the fish pondthis year - Ron Dunsmore - hemanaged to get rid of 60 itemsat 25 cents each!

The raffle table was run byWendy Hobson, Dorothy Robins,Eileen Scott and Deb Gaicia.The $50 was won by Joe Garcia,the bottle by Joan Maguire andthe musical barn by Deb Garcia.

John Mclnerney and AlChambers shared bar duties andBev Mclnerney sold the refresh-ment tickets.

John Mclnerney was auction-eer, Joyce Mather and EileenScott were cashiers and Wendy

Hobson and Deb Garcia wererdnners. As well as the freshproduce, baking; pickles, jamsetc. from the entrants and othersfor the auction we also haddinners for nvo from The Bam-field Inn and Tides and TrailsCafe, sidestripe shrimp from BobBowker and Joe Garcia, oystersfrom Ron Dunsmore and IanGarcia, mussels from Bob Badenand several loaves of frenchbread from Al Benton.

For the fifth year in a rowMrs. Mary Patrick won the Ag-$egate Trophy and crystal bowland the Most Entries in theShow trophy with 41 entries for ..105 points.

In the Junior section CherylDunsmore won Matchstick Artand Jamie Dunsmore a Butterflymodel for their entries.

Thanks to all who helped setup, manning the various con-cessions and tables, the donors,the bidders and those helpingclean up.

I ast but not least a specialthanks to the'Judges who shallremain anonymous!

MAINTENANCEPat Hawkins did a good job

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RENTAI.SIn my report to the Annual

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TIME TO GET TOUGHON DRIFTNETTING

Every morning 30,000 milesof driftnet is laid on the Pacifichigh seas by Korean, JaPanese,and Taiwanese fishing fleets.When the nets are gathered inthe folowing morning, theY con-tain the squid these vesselssearch for - and staggering num-bers of salmon trYlng to returnto their B.C. sPawning grounds.

Since the mid-1980's, NewDemocrats have drawn attentionto the threat driftnet fishingrepresents to B.C.'s fisheries andmarine life. We've called fortough action to stoP this striPmining of our ocean waters'

Yet despite the fact scie-ntists say B.C. maY be losingentire pink salmon runs fromour north and central northcoasts, the Socred government

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has professed ignorance of theproblem and refused to act.

Now, with more and moreBritish Columbians demandingaction to sustain our fisherieqthe Socred government has final-ly acknowledged the driftnettingdestruction. But as usual, theirresponse has more to do withpublic relations than the Publicinterest.

Full-page ads running in allmajor newspapers across B.C.tell us the Socred government "istaking action." But what exactlYhave we got in return for100,000 taxpayer dollars? Thebottom line, apparentlY, is thatB.C. sponsored one .observeraboard a vessel in the JaPanesedriftnet fleet to monitor oPer-ations in the squid fisherY.

That's it. A token observerand full page ads with the smil-ing photographs of both thepremier and the fisheries minis-ter.

British Columbians are wayout ahead of this government.They want action, not ProPa-ganda, from their government.They know high-seas driftnettingby foreigu vessels is PlunderingB.C.'s marine life and Piratingour right as a Province to man-

age,the fish which spalvn in ourwaters. ir

New Democrats want toprotect 8.9.1 fishing industryand jobs for"B.C. w,orkers upand dorrn the coast.- 'We're'demanding immediate.action byour Canadian government to bandriftnet fishing.

This is a serious internationalproblem that requires the fullweight of both our federal andprovincial governments. Itt timelo get tough with the Koreans,,Taiwanese, and Japanese drift-netters. British Columbians

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MARINE LIFE ART CONTESTDRAWS O\IER 8OO ENTRIES

bySally C;arson

The drawings of Trina Bel-cher,Mission, 8.C.,' Jody Bavis,Vancouver,. Joshua Dunn, BowenIsland; I-eanne Hodges-White,Sidney,' Alena Nagal, Victoria;Rosemary Reid, Vancouver;Alissa Stanley, Duncaq TaraSwanrq Maaqtusiis School, Ahou-sat; Nancy Yip, Vancouver; Shar-on Crawford, Ninterburn, Alber-ta; Tara Arnett, Burnaby; EliciaHennebury, Comox; ScottGarriot Williems I-ake,. andTansy Maki of Vancouver, werechosen to be featured in a Mar-ine Life Art C,alendar producedby the Bamfield Marine Station.Over 8fr) entries were receivedin the Marine [ife Art C-ontestwhich was held in celebration ofEnvironment Week 1989. Thecontest was open to all B.C. andAlberta residents and was spon-

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sored by the Bamfield MarineStation, Chewon Canada Ltd,,Chewon Canada Resources andEnvironment C-anada. Some ofthe artrvork received in the con-test was displayed at the McPh-erson Playhouse from August 25to Sept. 16, 1989.

The visiting artists visited theBamfield Marine Station for afree three day biologr field tripfrom Sept. 30 to Oct. 1., 1989.During their visit the groupwalked along the intefiidal zoneof exposed rocky shores, Iookedat the communities of plants andanimals litning on the docks andpilings, and did plankton tows tofilter out the small plants andanirnals living in the water. Inthe laboratory the group exam-ined many marine creaturesunder the microscopes, and tooka close look at how they feed,move and escape predators.The highlight of the weekendwas a trip out on the Stationtresearch vessel, the MIV Alta.The trip included a visit to a sealion haul out otter trawling tocatch bottom fish and bottomdredging to examine subtidal sealife.

In addition to the art workthe calendar will feature infor-

mation on marine organisms andnotes on seasonal marine events,such as the grey whale migrationand herring spawn. The mainobjective of the project is toincrease the public's awarenessof the marine environment. Thecalendar, entitled the MarineLife Art C;alendar 19g0, A Sea-sonal Diary lllustrated by BritishColumbia and Alberta Artists, isavailable from the BamfieldMarine Station (Bamfield, B.C.VOR 180) or can be purchasedat the Royal B.C. Museum andThe Vancouver Public Aquariumgift shop.

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The Bamfield Marine station has an immediate opening for ahousekeeper to clean the main building and various outlling iab facilities.cleaning will generally take place eithir before g:30 a.m. or after 4:30p.m. two or three days per week. Applicant must be able to showinitiative and work without immediate supervision

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The Bamfield Marine Stationhopes that the calendar willprovide a yeiu round reminderof the value of the marine envi-ronment.

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EAAUI.IELI)IABITEATATION

REGIONALDISTRICTREPORT

byAl Benton, Regional Director

Not long after reading theletter in last month's BarkleySounder -froni'my fan club, oneof the signatories came to me toassure me hb did not agree withthe tone or many of the insinu-ations of the letter. He in-formed me that he had beenasked if his name could be usedon a letter delineating the posi-tion of those opposed to a roadfor West Bamfield, but that hehad never read it. This is onlythe most recent example showingwhy I find it difficult to acceptthe assertions of the anti-roadgroup at face value.

Once more, I shall go overthe chronological history of thismatter. First, in November ofL987,I was presented with asurvey doni by Mr. Wade Gay-lard of the residents of WestBamfietld. Sure, people have

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changed since then. None ofthe people who signed the peti-tion in favolrf..of the road were.residents o{ the"SBst side al thetime the survey was taken. It isvery difEcult to compare thepro-road survey to thg anti-road,one, especially as (unlike Wadelssurvey) no effort was made bythe anti-road forces to"allowpeople on both sides of theissue to express their opinions.I know that at least six peoplewho favour the road link havemoved into West Bamfield sincethe pro-road sunrey was done,and that at least four anti-roadpeople have now moved out ofWest Bamfield. The "numbersclearly shod'only the truth ofDisraeli's observation that:

Tlwre are three ldnfu of lies:lies, dawtd liu, and statistics."

The second point I wouldlike to address is the implicationthat I havc been keeping peoplein the dark on the road issue.In January, 1988 I reported ontaking thc pro-road petition tothe Regional District. No onecontactcd me to complain. .At

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the C.ommunity Affain meetingin the Fall of 1988 Bob Skellydid indeed state that,a refcren-dum would have io'bc held.

However, anyone aware of thescope of Mn Skelly's ignoranceon procedural matters shouldhave questioned thpt assertion.I did, in fact, point, out that theRegional District did not havethe authopily to,carry out such areferendum

In the April 1989 issue ofthe Barkley Sounder I congratu-lated Tom and Judy Schmidtand Randy Robertson on theexcellent presentation they madeto the Region One Transporta-tion Committee. Much has beenmade by the anti-road forcesthat they did-not know aboutthe Transportation Committeehearings, but the President ofthe Bamfield Preservation andDevelopment Society, Mr. FredWelland, sent a letter to theCommittee on behalf of theSociety. Even after the hearings,which weie reported in the AI-berni Valley Timeq letters couldhave been sent to the C.ommit-tee. Why weren't they?In my opinion, the anti-roadforces didn't tbink anyrhing wasgoing to happerq so they didn'tworry about it;" When the pro-ject was endorsed, they suddenlypanicked. It is rather like rori-one not bothering to vote in

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the last Federal Election becausethey didn't believe Mulroneywould institute Free Trade, thendemanding a retroactive votewhen he did.

The only other involvementthat I have had in this issue wasto comment on the anti-roadpetition to our M.L.A. GerardJanssen and the Minister ofHighways, Mr. Neil Vant. Inboth,cases I stated that I feltthat the petition was flawed.Nothing has occurred to changemy mind on that matter.

My.last comment on ther9d ]r to report on my.meetingwith Mr. Neville Hope, RegionalDirector, Vancouver Island-Re-gron, Ministry of Transportationand Highways on September 20at the Union of B.C. Municipal_ities Convention in penticton.Mr. Hope informed me that hehas received nore mail on Bam_field than on the rest of Van-couvOr Island combined. TheMinistry is still considering theposbibility of a Referendum, andI offered the services of theRegional District to conduct sucha referendum if needed-G,TheR.D. could:do a referendum ifHight rays asked us to and paidall msts.) ,However, I stilf con-,

sider a vote unlikely, as it wouldset a precedent which couldcause Highways no end of head-aches in the future. He alsoinquired if I thought that the"compromise" of a road comingaround the inlet and ending in alarge parking lot adjacent to theexisting road and trail system,with only minimal upgrading tothe existing road and trail sys-tem, might be more acceptableto local residents. From dis-cussions that I have had withpeople on both sides of thefence it seems that positionshave become too entrenched foreither side to give an inch.

Mr. Hope will be the manmaking the final recommendationto the Minister of Highways, soif you have not yet expressedyour opinion, you may write tohim at:

3260 Norwell DriveNanaimo, B.C. V9T 1X5.One final comment on this

whole controversy. I find it veryunfortunate that a group ofseemingly intelligent adults can-not disagree on an issue such asthis without relying on penonalinvective and impugning theintegrity of thosc with whomthey disagree. Just because lg

someone doesn't agree with you,it doesn't mean they have hornsand a tail and eat new-bornbabies for breaKast.

For the past thirteen years,many of you have had dealingswith the Regional District's Ass-istant Secretary-Treasurer, Mr.Bob Kelly. At the SeptemberBoard meeting, Mr. Kelly ten-dered his resignation, in order toaccept the position of Clerk-Administrator for the DistrictMunicipality of Peachland. Hisknowledge and e4pertise will besorely missed, but I trust youwill all join me in wishing himevery succe$s in his new position.

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