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J.R. RardonGazette editorPORT HARDY—
Finding themselves on the picket line instead of in a classroom as the school year began last week, the North Island’s schoolteach-
ers shared the status of their ongoing strike — and a few pointed opinions — with an audience of nearly 50 mostly sympathetic guests in a town hall meeting last week at the Civic Centre.
Vancouver Island North
MLA Claire Trevena and School District 85 board trustee Jeff Field joined Vancouver Island North Teachers’ Association president Shawn Gough as speakers in the event, which offered residents a
chance to bring their own questions and comments to the panel.
“Currently, the B.C. gov-ernment spends $1,000 less per student, on average, than the rest of Canada does,” said Gough. “Don’t
we want our children to be even average?”
The town hall was held last Tuesday, before B.C. Teachers’ Federation head
board feels strike frustrationSeptember 11, 2014
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Gazette staffP O RT H A R DY —
Unsurprisingly, there was a fairly conspicuous elephant in the room as School District 85’s Board of Education reconvened for its first meeting of the new school year earlier this week.
The ongoing dispute between the
teachers and government dominat-ed proceedings as the Board met in the School Board office Monday.
DPAC representative Amanda Jorgenson told the Board that she had fielded “a lot of phone calls in the last couple of weeks” from parents frustrated by the situa-tion and complaining about a lack
of information. One concern she repeatedly heard was from parents of high school students worried that time lost from the classroom would affected their children’s graduation.
“I sympathize with you,” said Chair Leighton Wishart. “Unfortunately we don’t have
any answers either. We’re getting the same information through the conference calls that you’re hear-ing through the media.”
“Everyone is in the same boat,” said Superintendent Scott Benwell.
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Gazette staffPORT HARDY—The
regular weekly prac-tice session for the Port Hardy Volunteer Fire Department evolved into the real thing last Thursday when the fire-fighters responded to a call to a structure fire in Highview Trailer Park.
The quick turnout helped mitigate the dam-age and contain what could have been much
more serious damage.Reportedly, no one
was at home at the time of the fire and no one was injured, although there was extensive smoke damage to the interior of the property.
The cause of the fire was still to be deter-mined, although early indications pointed to the lit wood stove as the point of origin.
“We were called out
at 8 p.m. during practice time,” said Fire Chief Schell Nickerson. “We were able to respond very quickly and per-form a rapid attack and stop it spreading beyond the point of origin.”
With wood stove season fast approach-ing, Nickerson took the opportunity to remind the public of best prac-tices. “Every chim-ney should be cleaned
before burning season,” Nickerson said. How regularly they should be cleaned depends on usage, he added, but he gave the guideline of once per month for stoves used as the main heat source.
“The other thing would be not to have clutter around the stove — keep objects a good three feet away,” he added.
Rapid response to fire
Firefighters arrive on the scene of a chimney fire in Port Hardy Thursday night. Photo submitted
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Teachers ask for backing from publicfrom page 1
Jim Iker asked the pro-vincial government to submit to binding arbi-tration and Education Minister Peter Fassbender responded a day later with an unequivocal refusal.
The two sides entered this week con-tinuing to jockey in the court of public opin-ion. Iker announced his full membership would vote Wednesday — after the Gazette went to press — whether to submit to binding arbitration to break the stalemate of negotia-tions. Should the union approve, the strike would end the moment the province agrees to the process.
Meanwhile, pub-lic school students remain out of class for a second week, with no talks scheduled between the BCTF and the B.C. Public School Employers’ A s s o c i a t i o n (BCPSEA), the gov-ernment’s bargaining agent.
“There’s an incred-ible amount of frustra-tion from all quarters,”
Trevena, an MLA with the opposition NDP, admitted. “We hear, obviously from the teachers, from the BCTF, the teachers’ associations, from the parents, from every-one. There is frustra-tion.”
Talks broke down on the eve of the sched-uled Sept. 2 start of the school year when the government reject-ed the teachers’ most
recent offer, saying it remained well beyond the “zone of affordabil-ity” within which other public-sector unions have settled contracts in recent years.
The union is asking for a pay raise as well as increased resources and the restoration of class size and com-position concessions stripped by the govern-ment in 2002.
The issue is clouded
by the government’s appeal of a judge’s ruling last year that the government over-stepped its bounds in unilaterally stripping the language from the last negotiated con-tract.
The provincial Supreme Court is expected to hear the case in October, but Gough, responding to a question from the audi-ence, said the court
was not the answer to the current issue.
“I don’t think we can pressure the courts to go any faster,” he said. “Realistically, we would probably get a ruling on the court case in June, next year. Which means if we’re waiting for the courts to solve every-thing, it’s going to be at least another school year before we get that done.”
Instead, each of the panelists urged parents and guests to pressure the government direct-ly, through written correspondence — not e-mail — and through their associations, like school PAC organiza-tions.
“It’s time this issue was resolved and chil-dren were back in the classroom,” said Field, a former teacher. “This problem was creat-
ed by government in 2002, and it’s time the premier and the current government stepped up to the plate to right the situation.”
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Panelists, from left, Claire Trevena, Jeff Field and Shawn Gough listen to a question from Starla Burton during last week’s Teachers’ Town Hall at the Civic Centre.
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Gwa’sala-’Nakwaxda’xw Chief Willie Walkus, centre, offers a blessing on the opening of Building Blocks family centre (formerly Family Place) in Port Hardy Tuesday. Looking on, from left, are program coordinator Michelle Dorsey, Dean Wilson, Blanche Walkus, Margaret Joe, Donna Williams and, in front, Sophie King. See more in next week’s Gazette.
Rebuilding blocks
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from page 1“We are only really four days in; we can make that up in very short order. I share the concern, teach-ers share the concern, everyone’s concerned about that. But I think that at this point we need to remain real-istic that right now if we split the semes-ters we’ve only lost two days per semes-ter. That is not a cata-strophic place to be. Now, if next Board meeting we’re hav-ing this conversation, that’s significant… that won’t be solved here at SD85; that length of time would be solved provincial-ly.”
Wishart shared a series of corre-spondence from the Board to the Premier, Ministry of Education and BCTF sent between June and August.
In the letters, the Board expresses dis-may at the lack of progress in talks and urges both sides to “negotiate in good faith toward a settle-ment that honours
teachers as the profes-sionals they are, and provides the province with stability and the opportunity to enhance the reputation and effectiveness of our educational sys-tem.”
The Board also criticized the govern-ment’s plan to pro-vide $40 per day to parents, noting that school boards were not consulted on the plan and expressing disappointment that education dollars were being diverted to fund tutoring.
VINTA President Shawn Gough said he was “disgusted” by the Premier’s response to the trustees, an Aug. 12 letter in which she says, “Labour negotia-tions can be difficult, and I understand that this current dispute involving our prov-ince’s teachers has impacted so many people. As I have said, we need to focus on getting a long-term agreement in place in order to bring stabil-
ity into our education system - for school districts, parents and students.
“As you know, the talks have now resumed and this is very encouraging.”
“I think it’s time that you wrote back and said ‘Thank you for your response Miss Clarke, but we need more’,” said Gough. “There’s nothing in there.”
He also noted rumours circulating around the date of Sept. 23 and govern-ment plans to use the current crisis to force through education reforms. “At this point it seems to be rumour,” he noted, “but when it comes to something that negative and Christy it would tend to have a little weight to it.”
Strike savingsSecretary-Treasurer
John Martin shared a memo from the Ministry of Education on strike savings which seems to be laying the groundwork for the government to recover a larger por-
tion of savings from school districts.
“I found it an inter-esting letter,” he said. “I’m not sure what the plan is from the min-istry but, as you may recall from May and June, they recovered 80 per cent of actual teacher salaries that were saved and that was all they recovered. It looks like they’re going to be trying to recover all of the sav-ings.”
“It’s quite unfortu-nate,” he added.
“It is,” agreed Wishart. “We can put the money to better use than they can.”
Martin also asked for approval for finan-cial statements for June, July and August, which included some clawbacks due to the strike action at the end of the last school year.
“If you look at the statements, the bottom line is that the school district has an increase in its fund balance of $100,000. We had anticipated a decrease of $200,000 so we’re $300,000 better off than we had expected and the only reason for that is the teachers’ strike. It was quite a significant savings… It’s not something to celebrate; we’re cer-tainly not celebrating the fact that we didn’t have to decrease our fund budget as we had budgeted, and in fact we’ve added $100,000 to it. But in terms of our long-term plan it certainly means fewer cutbacks over the next five to six years. The line of the cutbacks is not quite as steep. We still have to make them, we still have to
get to that base fund-ing, but it’s a little more gradual.”
Looking forward though, the threat of a full savings recov-ery by the government had less of a silver lining.
“It concerns me what’s going to happen with the September savings, because I don’t see an upside,” said Martin.
“(It’s) nice to have the extra cash,” said Wishart, “but we’d rather have the teach-ers back in school.”
NISS HeatingTrustees received
an update on the heat-ing upgrade at NISS, which will recycle waste heat from the ice arena and use it to heat the high school.
“I think this next item is one I’d charac-terize as a good-news story,” said Martin.
Darby Gildersleeve, Manager of Operations and Maintenance, told the Board that the project was nearing completion, with an estimated two weeks of work left. “The plan is to take heated liquid
used from exhausted heat used for mak-ing ice at the arena and send it across the field to heat pumps which will send the liquid throughout the school,” he said.
Martin told the board that the proj-ect was coming in virtually on budget. “My understanding is that we’re looking at $20,000 in extras on a $1.5m project, so it’s well within the contin-gency amounts we set aside for extras.”
Trustees asked about the feasibil-ity of adapting the design to similar proj-ects at other schools. “It’s possible,” said Gildersleeve. “In Hardy we have an ice arena that’s beside two schools essentially, closest to Eagle View. We would have to have a discussion with the District of Port Hardy instead of the Regional District. It’s very pos-sible, and there’s also an ice arena not that far from (Sea View, in Port Alice).”
“Something to think about for sure in the future,” said Wishart.
Strike savings small consolation to SDSchool Board “Now, if the next Board
meeting we’re having this conversation, that’s
significant.”
Scott Benwell
Stakeholders to share views on transportation Gazette staffPORT HARDY—
Priorities for transpor-tation on Vancouver Island will be dis-cussed during a series of stakeholder meet-
ings hosted by Jordan Sturdy, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure, which began this week in
Victoria.Meetings will take
place in seven Island communities, includ-ing Port Hardy on Sept. 16.
The session will not
be open to the public. Instead, the parliamen-tary secretary has invit-
ed elected local gov-ernment officials, First Nations and other com-
munity leaders, includ-ing local Chambers of Commerce and port
and airport authorities, to the regional meet-ings.
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Gazette staffCOURTENAY– The
Island Coastal Economic Trust is once again provid-ing bursaries for up to 20 people to attend regional economic development courses and conferences.
The ICET board approved funding for 10 bursaries for the 2014 Vancouver Island Economic Alliance (VIEA) Economic Summit to be held in Nanaimo Oct. 29-30, and 10 bursaries for the 2014 BC Economic
Development Association Western Economic Development Course, held in Richmond from Nov. 2-5.
“The Western Economic Development Course demystified the essentials of economic development,”
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Eligible applicants for the bursaries must be active-ly involved in economic development activities in their community. Interested
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VICTORIA – The B.C. Teachers’ Federation’s latest demand, for bind-ing arbitration, is going nowhere.
This follows months of the union’s insistence on mediation. First a B.C. Supreme Court judge met with both sides and walked away. Then Vince Ready agreed that mediation won’t fix the current mess.
BCTF president Jim Iker announced the arbitration gambit on Friday. Education Minister Peter Fassbender replied that with five min-utes’ notice to the govern-ment’s chief negotiator and lacking specifics on what would be subject to arbi-tration, the proposal would forfeit the government’s mandate to control costs.
“This government will not raise taxes in order to provide a settlement to one union that does not reflect what the other public sector has done,” Fassbender said.
In short, there will be a negotiated settlement, even-
tually. The union chose to begin the strike, and now must find a way to end it.
The government’s posi-tion in this dispute is unlike any of the many that preced-ed it. And it points the way to an evolution of education that cannot be stopped.
The announcement of a $40-a-day payment for days lost during a fall strike for children under 13 was greeted with scorn by the BCTF. Parents won’t be bribed, they want school, not daycare, it’s an insult,
went the refrain. Before the first week of
the fall strike was over, nearly two thirds of eligible parents had enrolled, faced with pickets at their schools and real and mounting child care and tutoring costs.
Some B.C. teachers have begun advertising tutor-ing services online. With distance learning and other online education options expanding in all 60 public school districts, the digi-tal revolution is unfolding quickly.
The B.C. government made announcements in April, one about moving to digital versions of text-books and another about a digital merger of 1,600 school libraries with public and post-secondary schools. Growth of options acceler-ates.
The B.C. public school curriculum is being refash-ioned for this new age. One of B.C.’s early models for self-directed learning is Thomas Haney second-
ary in Maple Ridge, where senior high students are expected to make their own way through course work, learning to manage their own time.
It was here that the first couple of Grade 12 stu-dents showed up last week to begin making up for lost time from the strike that set in last spring. Self-directed study has become a crash course.
In the short term, Fassbender says the lost strike days will likely have to be restored to the school schedule.
“Do you put it on at the end of the year? Do you take it out of spring break? Do you take it out of Christmas holidays? My staff are looking at all of the options,” Fassbender said.
In the longer term, the whole factory model of school is on the way out.
Tom Fletcher is legisla-ture reporter and columnist for Black Press. [email protected].
COMMENTARY
All the signs at Port Hardy’s Civic Centre and arena last weekend claimed fall had come to the North Island.
But summer, apparently in agreement with the calendar for once, refuses to relinquish its tenacious grip on our parched region.
Yes, the evenings are coming earlier, and they’re getting cooler. But the traditional signs of summer’s demise are nowhere to be found.
Heck, with a few exceptions, even the kids haven’t gone back to school.
The Indian Summer Softball Classic at Beaver Harbour Park is commonly a cool, damp wrap to the summer ball season. But this one was marked by the sunscreen and shades of midseason.
After years of seeing their late-season races washed out by rain, the drivers and organizers at Tri-Port Speedway chose to move the end of their season up to Sept. 6. And had to hose the track to knock down the dust.
The drawn-out summer has resulted in an equally drawn-out fire in the hills above the Nimpkish Valley. Yes, we’ve had fires on the North Island before, but we’re not often told they’re going to keep burning until winter.
Now let us return to the arena for the afore-mentioned sign of our times.
The Mount Waddington Regional Fall Fair was more like a summer showcase. And what a summer it’s been in a region known as a tem-perate rainforest.
Dominating the entrance to the fair booths in the arena was a giant sunflower, grown in Port Hardy, that appeared to be 15 feet tall. And the vegetable table included multiple entries of corn — corn! — along with the usual kale, cabbage and zucchini.
Global climate change deniers are welcome to submit their objections, but if this turns out to be a trend rather than a single outlier season, we may soon be seeing citrus among the fruit entries.
The annual Gazette Hamper Fund drive got a $900 boost from Community Futures of Mount Waddington in its annual barbecue.
Somehow, it’s dif cult for us to see perpetual news conferences, press releases and sound bites as “negotiations” in the teachers’ strike.
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We would like to RAVE about Carla and Lynn at the Hobby Nook.
Our ball team went in on Wednesday afternoon to get shirts made for Friday; they were more than willing to try. We got a phone call Thursday afternoon saying most of them were done already. We had a last minute addition to our team, I called on Friday afternoon at 3:30 and they had it done for us on Saturday morning!
This impressed us, but what impressed us more was the amaz-ing price Carla gave us. We had the most fun we have ever had this weekend and it was largely thanks to our shirts. Even the spectators loved all the different sayings.
Thanks ladies, we will try and give some more notice next year.
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Rainbow Country Daycare would like to say thank you to the community for their support for our Lemonade/Bake sale stand. Thank you to Overwaitea for donating everything we needed. Thank you to our daycare parents who brought all the baked goods.
Also for the support of our Bike-a-Thon at the Civic Center. The Port Hardy Lions generously paid for the floor time, as well as the kids/parents who brought in all of their pledge forms.
Finally we would also like to rave about The District of Port Hardy for painting a crosswalk on Market Street, so we can get to the beach and Carrot park more safely.
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Dear editor,This week should be the
first week of school. For students and their teachers, it’s supposed to be a time of excitement and anticipa-tion. But instead, it’s a time of frustration and uncer-tainty.
I am not happy about where things currently stand. Throughout this dis-pute, everything we’ve tried to do is to have schools open on time and reach a settlement. But the BCTF leadership has refused every path to a fair deal. They won’t even let teach-ers vote on suspending pickets while an agreement is mediated.
The BCTF is asking for nearly twice as much as what other public sector workers have achieved. They also insist on a $5,000 signing bonus. They need to get realistic about wages and benefits so we can get on with negotiating class
size and composition. I worry the BCTF is actu-ally counting on govern-ment to legislate an end to this strike so they can avoid having a difficult conver-sation with their members about what is realistic and achievable.
Our government has been very clear that we have no plans to legislate. That would only keep us on the same dysfunctional tread-mill we’ve been on for the past 30 years. As hard as it is, we intend to stand firm and hope the union leader-ship drops its unrealistic demands so we can negoti-ate a fair agreement.
It’s clear that wages remain one of the big stumbling blocks - and led veteran labour mediator Vince Ready to declare that mediation is not possible at this time. But a prolonged strike will not change the basic fact that the best pos-sible deal for teachers is
an affordable negotiated agreement.
I am sure many British Columbians are still trying to understand what’s at the heart of this dispute. For the past year, the BCTF has been saying funding has been cut, the education system is in trouble, and that students are struggling.
The truth is dramatically different. We now spend nearly $1 billion more each year than we did 13 years ago - and that’s at a time when we have 70,000 fewer students to serve. Per-pupil funding is up by 38 per cent since 2001.
All of the data shows B.C. students are doing better than ever. Graduation rates are up and a range of recent international studies show that B.C. students are, quite simply, among the best in Canada and the best in the world.
In fact, the very students the BCTF claims are strug-
gling are actually those who have made the most dramatic improvements. Since 2000-01, the comple-tion rate for students with special needs is up 76 per cent; for First Nations, it is up 42 per cent; and for English-language learners (ELL), it is up 11 per cent.
Teachers deserve credit for the success our students are achieving. They deserve a raise. But any salary increase has to be afford-able for taxpayers and fair to the other 150,000 public-sector workers who have already signed agreements.
The other key issue is class size and composition. It is government’s number one priority at the table. Despite the BCTF’s claims, B.C. does not have large classes. Average class sizes are near historic lows. The student-to-teacher ratio (18 to 1) has been stable and is the same today as it was in 2001.
Government’s approach on class composition is to help students with new resources, more teachers and educational assistants. We need to focus on what does the most good, and while we need to make progress on this issue, we can’t ignore how far we’ve come.
Over the past 13 years, we’ve seen dramatic improvements to how we support students with spe-cial needs and the results speak for themselves. We are not going to put these gains at risk by going back-wards to a factory model with rigid ratios on class composition that the BCTF is proposing because they don’t work for students and never did.
To help teachers and stu-dents succeed, BCPSEA is proposing flexible approaches that target resources to where they can make a real difference. The
offer on the table would guarantee a minimum of $375 million over five years to address complex classroom needs, and a stronger role for teachers in deciding how to spend these funds. And whether it’s more BCTF or CUPE members it doesn’t mat-ter because students’ needs should come first.
I have grandchildren in the public school system. Like everyone else, I want this dispute to end.
In fact, my sole purpose as the Minister of Education is to transform our system to make sure B.C. kids get the best possible education for the future. I look forward to negotiating a resolution to the strike so we can get on with our overarching goal: Developing capable young people ready to thrive in a rapidly changing world.
Hon. Peter FassbenderMinister of Education
No plans to legislate an end to strike
The present BCTF demands border on insanity. Do the math.
There are five hundred thousand stu-dents and forty thousand teachers, in the public school system today. Divide the amount of teachers into the amount of students and you come up with a twelve point five students per teacher.
This means that twenty thousand teachers could take care of twenty four (ed: sic) students per class.
My question is, what are the other twenty thousand teachers doing besides collecting a good pay check each month? Now they want a five thousand signing bonus plus smaller class sizes too?
Come on folks, grab a brain. First you waste the summer holiday season that should have been used for negotiations. Now you use kids as pawns to meet your demands. Disgusting indeed.
Think. Where else can you get a good paying job with three months holidays each year?
Gertie PoolAbbotsford
Demands insane
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September 11It’s crafty kids time at the VIRL Woss Public Library,
3-4 p.m.
September 12Blue-eyed soul legend Grayson Hugh performs with
Polly Messer and special guest Alan Moberg, 7:30 p.m., Port Hardy Civic Centre. Tickets $15 in advance, available at Cafe Guido; $20 at the door. Info, Christine Hunt, 250-538-8649.
September 13Mother Goose Story Time for your little ones. Playful
rhyme, song and stories, 10:30 - 11:30 a.m. at both Port Hardy and Port McNeill branches of VIRL.
September 13-14Fifth annual Port McNeill Minor Hockey Club hock-
ey swap, 10 a.m.-3 p.m., Chilton Regional Arena. Find great deals on good used gear, and share your outgrown items. All proceeds to benefit the hockey club. Info, email Scott at [email protected].
September 16North Island Community Services Society hosts its
36th Annual General Meeting, 5:30 p.m., Old School Seniors’ Room in Port McNeill. Dinner, followed by meeting and election of directors. Annual membership fee $1; open to the public.
September 17Port Alice Club Registration Night and Local
Business Fair, 7 p.m., Community Centre. Learn what businesses, organizations and activities are available and sign up for a club or sport. Also features the annual Hockey Gear Swap. $5 per large table for businesses, no table fee for non-profits; free admission. For table
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September 17North Island Toastmasters host an Open House,
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September 18Port Hardy VIRL branch hosts the first of a series of
presentations and discussions on remarkable women. Meetings with Remarkable Women: Strength Under Oppression will look at Azar Nafisi, author of Reading Lolita in Tehran and other works, who hosted a women’s reading group for two years in the Islamic Republic of Iran when fundamentalist took control of universities. 6:30-7:30 p.m., call 250-949-6661 for more information.
September 18Kids! Come for a fun story and activity time at the
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September 20North Island Farmer’s Market, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., Hyde
Creek Petro Canada station. $5/table, must provide own table and canopy, if desired. For info or to sign up, call 250-956-2527 or email [email protected].
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Port Alice hosts its 14th annual Cops for Cancer-Tour de Rock dinner and auction, Royal Canadian Legion Branch 180. Dinner at 5:30 p.m. followed by auction. Tickets $20, on sale at Legion. FMI contact Ashley at 250-284-0015 or [email protected].
September 20Introduction to Short Story Writing; first session of a
six-week program hosted by the Port Hardy branch of VIRL. Join award-winning author Garth Holden for this weekly introduction to writing fiction. Saturdays 2-4 p.m. Please call 250-949-6661.
September 21 Cops for Cancer Tour de Rock begins in Port Alice,
with scheduled arrival at Port Hardy Civic Centre at 11:15 a.m. following the Battle of Britain commemora-tion at Carrot Park. A kids’ bike rodeo will follow the commemoration at the Civic Center. Kids from 0 to 12 are invited to decorate their bikes, with a chance to win great prizes. Hot dogs, entertainment, head shave and much more. For further info call Lisa Harrison at 250-949-0409.
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Elena RardonGazette staffPORT HARDY—North
Islanders had a chance to learn a bit more about salmon stewardship and the future of salmon on the West Coast during a presentation at the Quatse Salmon Stewardship Centre Saturday evening.
Will Atlas, a PhD student at Simon Fraser University,
put on the event as a mem-ber of Qqs Projects Society, a stewardship organization that emphasizes the support of youth, culture and envi-ronment — all of which he says are vital to the future of salmon on the coast. “Qqs” is a Heiltsuk word meaning “eyes.”
Atlas showed the docu-mentary “Sitting on Water: A Season on the Koeye
River,” a film about salmon stewardship in Bella Bella and its benefit to the river and to the community. The film documents the Koeye River Weir Project, a project put together by the Heiltsuk First Nation using traditional practices to monitor salmon activity. Developing methods like the fishing weir is impor-tant, Atlas said, in the face
of the dwindling salmon populations. “Salmon is basically the ecological backbone of coastal B.C.,” he said Saturday.
The film was followed by a PowerPoint presenta-tion about recent industrial impacts on salmon, from dams to commercial har-vest to what Atlas referred to as “the 800-pound gorilla in the room”: cli-
mate. Large-scale shifts in climate, as well as ocean acidification, have accom-panied shrinking salmon populations.
But Atlas’s presentation ended on an optimistic note, as he showed evidence that salmon populations are resilient and respond to recovery efforts. Part of this is due to the way local communities — especially
First Nations — are playing an increasingly leading role in salmon recovery.
“There is hope for salm-on in the 21st century,” said Atlas. “If we can come together and make deci-sions catering to the needs of local communities and salmon populations, this can have a brighter ending than the doomsday predic-tions.”
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being sought across Vancouver Island to collect data for a new, University of Victoria-led radioactivity moni-toring network.
The group is looking for volunteers along the B.C. coast to col-lect water samples and share science-based information on ocean health within their communities.
The InFORM net-work is monitoring low-level radioactivity that is drifting across the Pacific from the 2011 tsunami and Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster in Japan. “There’s great public demand for information about the impact of the disaster on the marine ecosys-tem and on the health of British Columbians,” says UVic chemical oceanographer Jay Cullen, who heads the network. “Our goal is to provide the public with the best informa-tion possible about risks to the environ-ment and their health.”
Volunteers are being sought in 14 areas along the coast: Port Hardy, Port Renfrew, Bamfield, Tofino/Ucluelet, Nootka Island/Tahsis, Winter Harbour, Bella Bella, Hartley Bay, Prince Rupert, Haida Gwaii, Salt Spring Island, Powell River/Sunshine
Coast, Vancouver and Victoria.
The goal is a sampling team of 10 to 15 volun-teers per area. Water samples will be collect-ed monthly for three years and sent to labs for analysis. “Ideally, the samples would be taken near the coast rather than up inlets,” says Cullen. “And it’s best if the Haida Gwaii samples are obtained on the west side of the islands.” The levels of radioactivity present in water samples will not pose a health risk to volunteers, he stresses.
The InFORM net-work involves scien-tists in Canada and the US, health experts and NGOs, but the citizen scientists are critical to its success, says Cullen. “We’re inviting those with a stake and an interest in marine environmental risk assessment to get involved.”
The collected data will be disseminated online and through community meetings up and down the coast. Coastal residents inter-ested in volunteering are asked to contact Cullen before Sept. 30 via a contact form at www.fukushimain-form.ca. Once he has compiled a database of interested citizens, the network’s NGO part-ners will go into the communities to orga-nize the groups.
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Fundraising fry-up
Above: David Mitchell, right, and Lawrie Garrett of Community Futures Mount Waddingon serve up lunch during CFMW’s annual barbecue to benefit the Gazette Hamper Fund Friday in Port McNeill. Left: Dave Rushton of Woss, right, chats with Garrett and Mitchell during the annual Gazette Hamper Fund barbecue.
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Gazette staffPORT McNEILL—
Community Futures Mount Waddington kicked off the fundraising season for the Gazette Hamper Fund Friday with its annual barbecue and open house.
The barbecue drew a crowd with salmon and beef burgers, as well as chips and drinks, outside the CFMW office in Port McNeill. All proceeds went to the Gazette Hamper Fund.
At the end of the day, staff presented a cheque for $900 to the Gazette.
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Clockwise from top left: Natalya Child, right, and sister Kiara lead the way in a ladies’ dance perfor-mance by the Fort Rupert sing-ers at the Fall Fair in Port Hardy Saturday; Cameron Dyck fills a balloon at Neva Perrot’s table with the North Island Farmer’s Market; Cassidy Coburn, fore-ground, faces off with Smokey the Bear and Lucinda Janse; Volunteers Lorraine Landry, left, and Danielle Lacasse chat with visitors to the Quatse Salmon Stewardship Centre booth; Pam Jones of Coal Harbour, left, accepts the Perpetual Pallette Award for best art from Christina Hinton; and Larry Clare shoots a photo of a giant sunflower.
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Fun at the FairGazette staffPORT HARDY—The annual
Mount Waddington Regional Fall Fair drew hundreds of entries — and nearly as many spectators — to the local arena and Civic Centre last weekend.
Casting a Net: Capturing the Arts of the North Island recognized and honoured the efforts of artists, craft-ers, growers, bakers, preservers, entertainers and much more.
The fair featured a seafood chow-der cook-off, the annual Dog Show, the Scarecrow Cafe and a return appearance by the North Island Farmer’s Market.
Here are a few of our favourite images from the weekend, along with prize winners:
2014 Mount Waddington Regional Fall FairPrize/trophy results
Perpetual Palette: Pam Jones, Coal Harbour.School Participation Award: Sea View
Elementary Jr. Secondary, Port Alice.Best Photography (Best photo in fair): Ruth Botel,
Port Hardy.Best Photographer (Highest points total): Adult—
Ruth Botel, Port Hardy; Teen—Danielle Lacasse, Port McNeill; Child—Sydney Martineau, Port Hardy.
Arts & Crafts Aggregate Trophies: Adult—Connie Cowan, Port Hardy; Teen—Jaylon Grenier, Port Hardy; Child—Mallory Martineau, Port Hardy.
Best Gardener Trophy: Nancy Stephenson and Jim Onions of the Onion Ranch, Port McNeill.
Community Involvement Award: District of Port Hardy.
Best of Kitchen Award: Brenda Fleeton, Port Hardy
Grand Entry Award (Best single entry of fair): Sabrina Dent, Port Hardy.
Best Booth Award: North Vancouver Island Artists Society.
Grand Children’s Award: Nathan Child, Port Hardy.
Grand Aggregate (Teen) Award: Danielle Lacasse, Port McNeill.
Grand Aggregate (Adult) Award: Brenda Fleeton, Port Hardy.
Booth WinnersSemi Commercial: Tri-Port Recycling/Return it
Centre.Home Based Business: NVIAS (North Vancouver
Island Artists Society.Non-profit: North Island Concert Society.
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J.R. RardonGazette editorPORT HARDY—While
hiking and hitchhiking their way through North America, a pair of British tourists have been treated to their first trip in the back of a highway patrol car and several backyard campouts.
But last Friday was the first time they were invited to take part in the judging of a rural community fair.
Port Hardy schoolteach-er Richard Starr was on a routine drive home from Port McNeill Friday after-noon when he spotted Phil Watson and partner Angie Colston alongside the highway at the Port Alice junction.
On his way to meet his wife, Angelika Starr, to serve as judges at the Mount Waddington Regional Fall Fair, Starr stopped to pick up the pair. After hearing their story, he invited them to join in and lend their expertise.
Watson, 50, and Colston, 51, in the midst of a global
hiking vacation, were up for the challenge.
“It’s been all small towns and rural areas in America and here in Canada,” said Phil Watson. “That’s the best way to meet people.”
Only Watson’s silver hair
belies the couple’s ages. They look a decade young-er, and appear as fit as most half their ages, the result of walking half a continent while taking only mass transit and rides offered by friendly strangers.
They camp in their tent on the trail, though they have been offered back yards in Vancouver and in Campbell River. Friday night, they were treated to a stay at the Starrs’ home before heading out for their
hike of the North Coast Trail.
The couple, who both served as veterinarians in England’s Lake District, left their jobs late last year to set out on a low-impact sightseeing tour of the Western U.S. and beyond. With no vehicle and no firm itinerary, the pair arrived in the des-ert Southwest to hike the Pacific Crest Trail from the U.S.-Mexico border to its northern terminus.
“We met a Canadian while we were walking the Pacific Crest, and he said, ‘You’ve got to hike the West Coast Trail,’” said Watson. Once on Vancouver Island to take on that challenge, the pair was informed of the Cape Scott-North Coast Trail. Without so much as a bicy-cle, Colston and Watson began thumbing from Bamfield to Port Hardy.
Ten rides later, they found themselves in Port Hardy’s Civic Centre and Don Cruickshank Memorial Arena, perus-
ing offerings entered in the Mount Waddington Regional Fall Fair and marking down their selec-tions.
Ironically, perhaps, Colston agreed to serve as a photography judge while Watson, who has taken hundreds of scenic and landscape photos on their journey, tackled the sam-pling of baked goods.
“It’s ideal for someone who’s hiking,” Watson quipped. “You need a lot of calories.”
When judging was com-pleted, the pair were treat-ed to a sampling of wines entered in the fair.
From here, the pair is headed to Alberta. Eventually, they will make their way back to Seattle, then take a train to Michigan for a two-week break to visit family.
From there, it’s off to Fiji and New Zealand for more hiking.
“Eventually we have to go home,” said Colston. “But we don’t have a return flight.”
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Gazette staffSchool may not be
in session for many but there are still plenty of activities to keep kids occupied at your local branch of the Vancouver Island Regional Library this September.
Kids’ craft time kicks off this afternoon at the Woss branch from 3-4 p.m., while Port Hardy and Port McNeill will host Mother Goose Story Time Saturday, September 13, from 10:30-11:30 a.m. Port Alice will hold its
story and activity time on September 18 from 3-4 p.m.
There’s plenty for the grown-ups too, as award-winning author Garth Holden comes to Port Hardy to facili-tate a six-week intro-duction to short story writing for budding authors.
Open to wordsmiths of any skill level, the repeat course will run for six consecu-tive Saturdays from 2-4 p.m., kicking off September 20. The program, like all the
events offered, is free to take part in.
Participants should bring whichever writ-ing medium they are most comfortable with, from laptops to pen and paper.
Holden has won awards at the Surrey International Writer’s Contest, WCDR Competition, and Canadian Tales of the Mysterious competi-tion.
Drop-in attendance is welcome at any ses-sion, although pre-reg-istration is preferred at
250-949-6661.September 18 sees
the launch of a six-part discussion series titled Meetings with Remarkable Women.
Presented by Jan Armbrust, the series will shine a spotlight on the struggles and strengths of fascinat-ing female figures, opening with an over-view of the subject’s life before opening for a discussion.
“I’m really excited about this one,” said Aileen Selbee, VIRL Community Support
Technician. “It’ll be fun.”
The first ses-sion, Strength Under Oppression, will look at the life and works of Azar Nafisi.
Nafisi is the New York bestselling author of Reading Lolita in Tehran, a memoir of her experiences liv-ing and teaching in the Islamic Republic of Iran, where she formed a women’s
reading group to dis-cuss Western litera-ture.
For more informa-
tion on any of the events, or to pre-reg-ister for a program call 250-949-6661.
Gazette staffPORT HARDY—
The Glen Lyon Inn Restaurant and Pub hosted a Burger and Beer Night Sunday in support of the upcom-ing Cops for Cancer Tour de Rock.
Port Hardy rider Constable Tyson Richard attended the event, which he said was the last big fund-raiser for the year.
“It’s a pretty good turnout,” he said, look-ing around the crowded dining area Sunday.
Tickets could be bought at the door or in advance. The event also included a silent auc-tion, with all proceeds going towards Tour de Rock. Hats, T-shirts,
and bracelets in support of the ride were also offered for purchase.
The two-week bicy-cle journey begins on Saturday September 20, leaving from Port Alice, and will end when the team reaches Victoria on October 3.
“In the meantime, people are enjoy-ing beer and burgers,” Richard said.
The riders will enjoy the traditional send off from Port Alice, with a dinner and auction scheduled for Friday night, Sept. 20, at Royal Canadian Legion Branch 180. Dinner will be served at 5:30 p.m. and tickets are available now from the Legion.
Volunteers and dona-tions are always wel-come; contact Ashley Bigham at 250-284-0015 to lend your sup-port.
The following morn-ing the riders will set off on the first leg of the Tour, arriving in Port Hardy at 11:15 a.m., immediately fol-lowing the Battle of Britain commemora-tion at Carrot Park.
From there, they will head to the Civic Centre where a kids’ bike rodeo, entertain-ment and hot dog cook-out await.
After refuelling, the team will get back in the saddle and set off for Port McNeill where a 4 p.m. barbecue meet-
and-greet at Black Bear Resort will close out a busy first day for the team.
The annual fundrais-er is now in its 14th year and raises money for pediatric cancer research and support programs. Since 1998, the Tour has raised close to $20 million for the Canadian Cancer Society.
This year the 20 RCMP riders taking on the challenge will be joined by three mem-bers of the media and one guest rider.
For more information on the Tour see www.tourderock.ca or show your local rider some support on Facebook at Tour De Rock Tyson.
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Tour de Rock Rider Tyson Richard, a Port Hardy RCMP constable, chats with guests at a fundraising burger-and-brew event at the Glen Lyon Pub Sunday evening.
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WESTON, Thomas Jack
FEB. 4, 1942 - AUG. 22, 2014 Tom died peacefully at home on Friday the 22nd of August with his wife Alice at his side. Tom is the eldest son of Jack and Joan Weston of Cardston, Alberta. He is survived by his mother Joan, brothers Jim (Pam), Ron (Anne), and sister Vickie (Nolan) Romeril, as well as daughter Michelle and son Tom (Kelly), and stepsons Mike and Wes Gerela. He has seven grandchildren and two great grandchildren, many nieces and nephews.
Tom came to the island in his late twenties and ended up in Zeballos in the forest industry. He also did some commercial fishing, carpentry, and beachcombing before acquiring the fuel agency. He owned the General Store for a time as well. In 1988 he built the marine fuel dock and in 1990 the fish packing plant. Tom and Alice worked the Zeballos waterfront until they retired in 2007. After retiring they split their time between fishing and gardening from spring to fall. He particularly enjoyed the camping/fishing trips with family and friends and prawning with Jaylynn and Makyla.
In the winters you would find them in Arizona, guitar in hand jamming with Jack, Joe, Leon, Cliff, and Dutch. He enjoyed riding his motorcycle and playing in the desert. Making friends from the desert to the ocean and everywhere in between is how he enjoyed his final years.
A special heartfelt thank you to Kate Racey, the Zeballos Nurse and Dr. P. Armogan and staff at Port McNeill hospital.
In lieu of flowers the family requests a donation to the BC Cancer Foundation or the Zeballos Graveside Improvement Project with the village office.
A celebration of life will be held at Zeballos community hall on September 13, 2014 at 2pm.
It is with deep sorrow, that we announce the passing of Colleen Holloway. She is survived by, her loving husband, Robert (Bob) Holloway. She is also survived by her two sons, Robb (Juli), Ryan (Asha);
her four grandchildren Avery, Alexis, Emma and Aidan; her parents Edd and Betty McDonald; her two sisters Laureen (Pat), Ashley (Andrew); her brother Gary (Lisa); her mother and father in-law Thelma and Bruce Holloway as well as numerous brothers and sisters in-law, nieces and nephews, and family and friends. A Celebration of Life with be held on Saturday, September 20, 2014, at 2:00 p.m., at Port Hardy Secondary School gymnasium, 9350 Granville St., Port Hardy, BC. In lieu of fl owers, please make a donation to a charity of your choice.
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North Island Church ServicesPORT HARDY BAPTIST
CHURCHCorner of Trustee & Highland
Morning Service 11:00 am Plus regular family activities
Office: 250-949-6844www.porthardybaptistchurch.ca
Pastor: Kevin Martineau 11/14
NORTH ISLAND CATHOLIC CHURCHES
Father Scott Whittemore 250-956-3909
Sunday MassesSt. Mary’s 430 Chapel St.,Port McNeill:
9amSt. Bonaventure 4750 Byng Rd.,
Port Hardy: 11amSt. Theresa’s corner of Nigei St. and
Marine Dr., Port Alice: Saturdays 5:00pm
Alert Bay: 65 Hemlock St., 2nd & 4th: Saturdays 10am
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ST. COLUMBA ANGLICAN UNITED
Reverend Wade Allen9190 Granville St. Port Hardy
Phone 250-949-62471:00 p.m. Sunday School and Service
Tues., 1:00 pm Bible StudyEveryone welcome
Meeting rooms available [email protected]
11/14
FULL GOSPEL CHURCH2540 Catala Place Port McNeill
(across from Firehall)Sunday
10:30 am - Morning Worship Church Office 250-956-4741
Pastor Stan Rukin Youth Pastor: Steve Taylor
Cell: 250-527-0144Office hours: 10am-4pm Mon-Thurs
Visitors always welcomewww.ptmcfullgospel.org
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CHRIST CHURCH ANGLICANAlert Bay
Sunday Services - 10 amReverend Lincoln Mckoen
1-250-974-5844Warden Flora Cook
250-974-5945Warden Joan Stone
250-974-2234 11/14
SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH
4680 Byng Rd. Port HardyPastor George Hilton
250-949-8925 or 250-949-8826“Everyone welcome”
Saturday Services9:30am - Bible Study groups
10:45am - Worship/Praise serviceWednesday @ 7pm - Prayer meeting
Avalon Adventist Jr. Academy Offering Christian Education
250-949-8243 11/14
PORT MCNEILL BAPTIST CHURCH
2501 Mine RoadSunday
9:45 am (Sept-June) - Sunday School11:00 am - Worship Service
7:00 pm - Evening FellowshipYouth Group Wed - 7:00 pm
Children’s Programs & Adult Bible Studies are scheduled throughout the
year. For information contact
Pastor Dave Purdy • 250-956-4737 11/14
LIGHTHOUSE RESOURCE CENTRE
• Chaplain Services• Bible Studies
• Spiritual Counselling • Weekly AA Groups
(8635 Granville St. Port Hardy)250-949-8125
11/14
PORT HARDYCHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP
at Providence Place, 7050 Rupert StSunday Worship 10:30 am & 7 pm
Tuesday Prayer 7:30 pmMidweek Biblestudies - Call the church
for time and place250-949-6466
Pastor George & Karen Ewald (home) 250-949-9674
E-Mail: [email protected]
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PORT ALICE ANGLICAN- UNITED FELLOWSHIP
Reverend Wade AllenSunday Services - 4pm
1-250-949-6247 Box 159, Port Alice
You are extended a special invitation to share in our Services
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ST. JOHN GUALBERT UNITEDANGLICAN CHURCH
250-956-3533Email: [email protected] call for worship times
Reverend Wade AllenAll Welcome
175 Cedar Street Port McNeill
11/14
GWA’SALA-’NAKWAXDA’XW SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST
CHURCHat entrance to Tsulquate Village
(8898 Park Dr)Saturday/Sabbath
10:00 am-Sabbath School11:15 am-Worship Service
Pastor Randy Elliott 250-230-1885 cell
11/14
VILLAGE OF PORT ALICE2014 GENERAL LOCAL ELECTIONS
NOTICE OF NOMINATIONPublic Notice is given to the electors of the Village of Port Alice that nominations for the offices of:
Mayor: One (1) to be electedCouncillors: Four (4) to be elected
will be received by the Chief Election Officer or a designated person, as follows:By hand, mail or other delivery service to: Village of Port Alice From: 9:00 am September 30th, 20141061 Marine Drive To: 4:00 pm October 10th, 2014PO Box 130, Port Alice, BC V0N 2N0 Excluding statutory holidays and weekends
Nomination forms are available at the Village Office at 1061 Marine Drive as of 9:00 amAugust 22, 2014 to the close of the nomination period.
QUALIFICATIONS FOR OFFICEA person is qualified to be nominated, elected, and to hold office as a member of local government if they meet the following criteria:• Canadian citizen;• 18 years of age or older on general voting day November 15, 2014;• resident of British Columbia for at least 6 months immediately before the day nomination papers are filed;• not disqualified under the Local Government Act or any other enactment from being nominated for, being elected to or holding the office, or be otherwise disqualified by law.
FURTHER INFORMATION on the foregoing may be obtained by contacting: Madeline McDonald, Chief Election Officer 250 284-3391 Bonnie Danyk, Deputy Chief Election Officer 250 284-3391
Madeline McDonald, Chief Election Officer
REGIONAL DISTRICT OF MOUNT WADDINGTON COAL HARBOUR LOCAL COMMUNITY COMMISSION 2014 GENERAL LOCAL ELECTIONS
NOTICE OF NOMINATION
Public Notice is given to the electors of the Regional District of Mount Waddington that nominations for the office of:
One (1) Regional Director – Electoral Area “A” – including Malcolm Island, Simoom Sound, Echo Bay, Wakeman Sound, the unincorporated area of Cormorant Island (‘Namgis FN) and the Mainland including Kingcome, New Vancouver and Gilford Village.
One (1) Regional Director – Electoral Area “B” – including Holberg,San Josef, Winter Harbour, Mahatta River and Cleogh Creek.
One (1) Regional Director – Electoral Area “C” – including Quatsino,Coal Harbour, Victoria Lake, Hyde Creek, Nimpkish Heights and the unincorporated area surrounding Port Hardy (Fort Rupert Reserve,Quatsino Reserve and Tsulquate Reserve).
One (1) Regional Director – Electoral Area “D” – includingSpringhill Road, Telegraph Cove, Nimpkish Camp and Woss.
Four (4) Commissioners – Coal Harbour Local Community Commission, Coal Harbour.
Two (2) School Trustees – Area 2 – Village of Alert Bay, the Village of Port Alice, and Area A, including the Reserves of the ‘‘Namgis First Nation and Whe-La-La-U Area Council.
for a four (4) year term, will be received by the Chief Election Officer or a designated person, at the following location:
Regional District of Mount Waddington Office2044 McNeill Road, Port McNeill, British Columbia
9:00 am to 4:00 pmTuesday, September 30, 2014 to Friday, October 10, 2014
(excluding weekends and statutory holidays)
Nomination documents are available at the Regional District of Mount Waddington Office or on the RDMW’s website at http://www.rdmw.bc.ca
QUALIFICATIONS FOR OFFICE
A person is qualified to be nominated, elected and hold office as a member of Local Government and School District if they meet the following criteria:• Canadian Citizen;• 18 years of age or older; or turning 18 on or before General Voting Day• Resident of British Columbia for past six (6) months immediately preceding today’s date;• Be a resident in the municipality or regional district electoral area for past 30 days;• Not disqualified by any enactment from voting in a Local Government election or be otherwise disqualified by law.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
LIETTE PATTERSON, CHIEF ELECTION OFFICER – 250-956-3301SHANA SHAMBROOK, DEPUTY CHIEF ELECTION OFFICER – 250-956-3301
Claire Trevena, MLA North Island, is inviting applications for the position of Constituency Assistant (10 Hours/week) for her Port Hardy offi ce.
A sound knowledge of North Island communities, strong interpersonal and communications skills, writing and computer skills are required. A detailed Job Description is available upon request. Please send a letter of application, including a resume with references, by MONDAY, 15th September, 2014 to:
Claire Trevena, MLA North Island908 Island Highway
Campbell River, V9W 2C3Email: [email protected]
Phone: 1 (866) 387 5100
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By hand, mail or other delivery service:
15 Maple Road Bag Service 2800Alert Bay, BC V0N1A0
From 9:00 am September 30, 2014 To 4:00 pm October 10, 2014
Excluding statutory holidays and weekends
By fax to: 250-974-5470
By email to: [email protected]
From 9:00 am September 30, 2014 To 4:00 pm October 10, 2014
Originals of faxed or emailed nomination documents must be received by the Chief Election Officer by 5:00pm on
October 17, 2014
Nomination forms are available at the Alert Bay Village Office 15 Maple Road Alert Bay now to the close of the nomination period.
QUALIFICATIONS FOR OFFICEA person is qualified to be nominated, elected, and to hold office as a member of local government if they
meet the following criteria:• Canadian citizen;• 18 years of age or older on general voting day November 15th, 2014;• resident of British Columbia for at least 6 months immediately before the day nomination
papers are filed;• a person or the commander of an armed forces unit who has been granted freedom of the
municipality, if that person is a Canadian citizen; and• not disqualified under the Local Government Act or any other enactment from being
nominated for, being elected to or holding the office, or be otherwise disqualified by law.
FURTHER INFORMATION on the foregoing may be obtained by contacting:Heather Nelson-Smith, Chief Election Officer 250-974-5213
Adriana Pritchard, Deputy Chief Election Officer 250-974-5213
2014 GENERAL LOCAL ELECTIONSNOTICE OF NOMINATION
Public Notice is given to the electors of the Village of Alert Bay that nominations for the offices of:
Mayor (one) 1
Councillor (four) 4
will be received by the Chief Election Officer or a designated person, as follows:
The Coastal Ferry Act mandates a role for the Regional District of Mount Waddington, and other coastal regional districts, in the nomination process for the Board of Directors of the B.C. Ferry Authority.The Regional District of Mount Waddington is seeking expressions of interest from qualified individuals who wish to be considered for positions as members of the Board of the B.C. Ferry Authority, commencing April 1, 2015.
The Regional District of Mount Waddington in collaboration with the Skeena-Queen Charlotte, Kitimat-Stikine and Central Coast Regional Districts will be nominating three to five individuals to the B.C. Ferry Authority for consideration as members of the Board.
Information is available on the B.C. Ferry Authority’s website at www.bcferryauthority.com.
Individuals interested in being considered for nomination are requested to complete a nomination form available on the B.C. Ferry Authority website at www.bcferryauthority.com.
Completed nomination forms will be accepted until the close of business on October 10, 2014.
We thank you for your interest; however, only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
Completed nomination forms should be forwarded to:
Regional District of Mount WaddingtonAttention: Greg Fletcher, AdministratorP.O. Box 729, Port McNeill, BC V0N 2R0Tel: 250-956-3301 Fax: 250-956-3232Email: [email protected]
B.C. Ferry AuthorityCALL FOR NOMINATIONS
The Accounting clerk is a member of a dynamic administration team and plays an integral role in the accounting functions of the “Namgis First Nation organization. You will provide support to the accounting operations and reporting team in the Accounting Department. This position is responsible for accurate and timely post-ing and reconciling of all assigned tasks. Accounting Clerk Responsibilities include (but are not limited to):• Accounts Payables/ Accounts Receivables• Conduct basic financial reporting and analysis• Conduct research as required• Assist with monthly and year end tasks• Perform journal entries, cash transactions and bank reconciliations• Process bank deposits • Maintain bookkeeping records and ledgers• Reporting/Generate Reports• Other accounting duties as required
Qualifications and Experience Required:• An accounting diploma or degree• 3-5 years experience in the accounting field in a business environment• Previous accounts payable/receivable/payroll experience• Strong communication skills• Excellent client service skills
Closing date for this position is September 19th, 2014.Please fax, mail or email your completed resume with cover letter and three recent references to:Verna Ambers Assistant Administrator ‘Namgis First NationBox 210, Alert Bay, B.C. V0N 1A0Tel: 250-974-5556Fax 250-974-5900E-mail [email protected]
Job Opportunity for Accounting Clerk ‘Namgis First Nation
P.O. Box 210.Alert Bay B.C.
V0N 1A0
Tel (250) 974-5556Fax 250 974-5900www.namgis.bc.ca
‘NAMGIS HEALTH CENTRE is seeking a
Home & Community CareCoordinator
RESPONSIBILITIES:• Coordination of patient / client services within the ‘Namgis Health Centre’s
Home & Community Care Department• Managing and administration of the ‘Namgis Home & Community Care Program.
EXPERIENCE AND QUALIFICATIONS:• Baccalaureate Degree in Nursing preferred with three years experience in health programs management and/or home care nursing OR• Diploma in Nursing with four years in experience in health programs management and/or home care
nursing• Knowledge of First Nations health and social issues• A member in good standing with the Registered Nurses’ Association of BC
Th e ‘Namgis Health Centre, a modern facility which off ers a range of health and social services. Health Centre staff includes: two physicians, nurses, mental health workers, infant development workers, community health representatives, and substance abuse counselors.
Th e community of Alert Bay has a population of 1500 people (Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal). Located in Johnstone Strait, off the northeast tip of Vancouver Island, we off er some of the world’s best fi shing, whale watching, kayaking, and other outdoor pursuits. Th e community is also a growing centre for Aboriginal artistic expression in all forms including carving, dance, and other traditions.
Salary: BCNU Salary Wage Grid, plus generous benefi ts package
Deadline for Applications: September 12, 2014
For more information on the position, please contact:Georgia Cook, Administrator
P.O. Box 290, Alert Bay, B.C. V0N 1A0ph: (250) 974-5522, fax: (250) 974-2736 email: [email protected]
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NOTICE OF NOMINATIONPublic Notice is given to the electors of the Town of Port McNeill that nominations for the offices of:
Mayor One (1) Councillor Four (4) School Board Trustee Two (2)
TOWN OF PORT MCNEILL
2014 GENERAL LOCAL ELECTIONS
By hand, mail or other delivery service:Town of Port McNeill1775 Grenville Place
Box 728, Port McNeill, B.C. V0N 2R0
Tuesday, September 30, 2014 to Friday, October 10, 2014From 9:00 am To 4:00 pm
Excluding statutory holidays and weekends
By fax to: 250-956-4300
By email to: [email protected]
Tuesday, September 30, 2014 to Friday, October 10, 2014From 9:00 am To 4:00 pm
Originals of faxed or emailed nomination documents must be received by the Chief Election Officer
by 5:00 pm on Friday, October 17, 2014.
FURTHER INFORMATION on the foregoing may be obtained by contacting:Sue Harvey, Chief Election Officer 250-956-3111 | Karen Cessford, Deputy Chief Election Officer 250-956-3111
will be received by the Chief Election Officer or a
designated person, as follows:
Nomination packages are now available for pick up at
the Town Office.
QUALIFICATIONS FOR OFFICEA person is qualified to be nominated, elected,
and to hold office as a member of local government if they meet the following criteria:
• Canadian citizen;• 18 years of age or older on general voting day
November 15, 2014;• resident of British Columbia for at least
6 months immediately before the day nomination papers are filed;
• a person or the commander of an armed forces unit who has been granted freedom of the municipality, if that person is a Canadian citizen; and
• not disqualified under the Local Government Act or any other enactment from being nominated for, being elected to or holding the office, or be otherwise disqualified by law.
OBJECTION TO REGISTRATION OF AN
ELECTORAn objection to the registration of a
person whose name appears on the list of registered electors may be made in
accordance with the Local Government Act until 4:00 pm on October 10, 2014.
An objection must be in writing and may only be made by a person entitled
to be registered as an elector of the Town of Port McNeill and can only be
made on the basis that a person whose name appears on the list of electors
has died or that a person whose name appears on the list of electors is not
qualified to be registered as an elector of the Town of Port McNeill.
LIST OF REGISTERED ELECTORS
Beginning September 30, 2014 until the close of general voting for the election
on November 15, 2014, a copy of the list of registered electors will be available
for public inspection, at the Town of Port McNeill office in Port McNeill, during
regular office hours, Monday to Friday, excluding statutory holidays. Before
inspecting the list, a person must sign a statement that they will not inspect the list or use the information included in the list except for the purposes of Part 3 – Electors and Elections of the Local
Government Act. An elector may request that their address or other information
about them be omitted from or obscured on the list of electors.
The Town of Port McNeill is seeking a motivated individual for the part time position of cashier/receptionist and relief clerk. Reporting to the Administrator, the cashier/receptionist will perform skilled secretarial and clerical tasks of a complex and often confidential nature.
The successful candidate will show courteous and effective communication skills while acting as a liaison between the Municipality and the public, other levels of government and business contacts. They must also have the ability to multi-task, be detail oriented and prioritize a varying workload with shifting priorities. A detailed summery of duties and job qualifications is available at the Town of Port McNeill office. Applications will be accepted until 4:00 p.m. on Friday September 12, 2014.
Please forward your resume to the attention of:
Sue Harvey, AdministratorEmail: [email protected] • Mail: Box 728, Port McNeill, BC V0N 2R0 or
Deliver by hand: 1775 Grenville Place, Port McNeill, BC
All applications and enquiries will be treated in strict confidence. We thank all applicants for their interest.
TOWN OF PORT MCNEILLPosition: Part Time Cashier/Receptionist and Relief Clerk
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The Gwa’sala-‘Nakwaxda’xw School is a band operated independent school that enrols 140 students from Preschool to Grade 7. This is a term position for a leave with a possibility of continuation.
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An ideal tool for eliminating barriers to health care caused by distance is TeleHealth. It is well under way on the North Island.
TeleHealth Analyst Mya Aylott says there has been a 458 per cent increase in use of TeleHealth in Mount Waddington Region since its introduction, from 59 patients in 2011-12, to 270 in 2013-14.
Dr. David Whittaker, family physician in Port McNeill, says, “The excitement around TeleHealth revolves around access to care. We will be able to pro-vide medical access to a much larger proportion of our population more often. We are currently providing GP services to Sointula. Once other sites are online, we would hope to expand these services.”
According to Dr. Charmaine Enns, Medical Health Officer, “TeleHealth lets Mount Waddington residents have a face-to-face appointment with their specialist providers without having to go far from home. This has many benefits for the patient, including pro-viding consistent care and follow up, decreas-ing the chances of a hospital admission and reducing travel time and costs with a specialists visit down-Island.”
Reduced wait times for services are anoth-er benefit. TeleMental Health services in the Mount Waddington
region are resulting in wait times of 4-6 weeks instead of 6-9 months for non-urgent psychia-try, says Shane Thomas, Practice Lead.
Dr. Marilyn Malone, Specialist Geriatrician, is using the same team approach in delivering TeleGeriatric services through a Nanaimo sat-ellite office. She is able to assess gait and bal-ance, as well as issues related to cognition and physical health. TeleHealth geriatric services will be avail-able on the North Island soon. Malone’s col-league, geriatrician Dr. Deviani Maher, who has outreach experience working in Bella Bella, will make her first visit to the North Island in October to do initial assessments and get to know the local teams.
Dr. Malone feels that this approach can help even out these services regionally. “There is a huge disparity in servic-es in rural and remote areas. Island Health has no geriatricians in Nanaimo and only one
in Port Alberni. The rest are on southern Vancouver Island.”
Collaboration is key, Dr. Malone said. Dr. Whittaker agrees; “What we are finding with our pilot project in Sointula is an added benefit. It is forcing us to work collabora-tively with the wonder-ful RN. Collaborative work with allied health professionals is the way forward in rural medi-cine and TeleHealth has given us a great avenue to do just that.”
The Nov. 5 Health Network Forum at the Civic Centre in Port Hardy will be an oppor-tunity to meet some of the people involved in TeleHealth and learn more. The focus of the forum will be access to services, including regional service deliv-ery models, transpor-tation initiatives and profiling local services from birthing through to seniors’ care. The provincial Seniors Advocate, Isobel Mackenzie, will be the keynote speaker.
For more informa-tion on TeleHealth, visit www.viha.ca/TeleHealth or contact me (info below).
Barb Park is coor-dinator of the Mount Waddington Health Network, which advocates for North Islanders across a spectrum of health and social services issues. [email protected] or 250-230-1238.
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September 11-18Hockey
North Island Eagles rep hockey tryouts, daily at Chilton Regional Arena, Port McNeill. Sessions Mon-Thurs 6-9:15 p.m.; Saturday Sept. 13 9 a.m.-3:45 p.m.
September 13Golf
Port Alice Golf & Country Club hosts its annual Loggers vs. Pulp Mill tourna-ment. FMI 250-284-3213.
September 13-14Fifth annual Port
McNeill Minor Hockey gear swap, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., Chilton Regional Arena (upstairs in Image Room). Donations of used gear gladly accept-ed; all proceeds to benefit Port McNeill Minor Hockey.
October 10-12Motocross
Vancouver Island Club Series racing at Tri-Port Motocross Track. Practice round Friday followed by series Round 5 Saturday and Round 6 Sunday, beginning 10 a.m. each day. Concession open.
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Black leads pack in men's openJ.R. RardonGazette editorSEVEN HILLS—It
was no surprise that club pro Kevin Black posted the low gross score in the annual Men’s Open champi-onship at Seven Hills Golf & Country Club last weekend.
More surprising, per-haps, was the slender, one-stroke margin he held after 36 holes over Shaun Zealand, who claimed his first ama-teur low-gross cham-pionship with a two-under-par 138.
“I was just trying to keep up with Kevin,” joked Zealand, who was partnered through-out the weekend with Black and family mem-bers Brad Zealand and Mark Hutchinson, Shaun's brother and brother-in-law, respec-tively.
And for 17 holes, he did better than that, carrying a one-stroke edge over Black into the final hole of Saturday’s first round. That’s when Black,
who flew the pin on his approach to the par-5 ninth, recovered with a 75-foot, downhill eagle putt from the apron at the back of the green.
That shot nullified a fine recovery from Zealand, who made a nice pitch out after landing in a greenside bunker on his approach to the hole.
Zealand punched out of the sand to within five feet and dropped a birdie putt to match Black with a 69 for the day, one stroke ahead of the 70 shot by Port Alice golfer and former champ Rory Bondue.
Black carried the momentum from the long eagle putt into Sunday’s final round, where he shot a tour-ney-best 68 to finish at 137 and edge Zealand, who repeated his 69 to close out a consistent weekend of play.
“I managed to keep it in play most of the time,” Zealand said. “I could have putted bet-ter, but … .”
Cory McIntosh and Alex Webber finished in a third-place tie at 142, while Bondue shot a 73 Sunday to close at 143.
The low-net title went to Port Hardy’s Rob Martyn at 127, comfortably ahead of runner-up Kenn Oliver at 133. Bob Edwards was third with a 134.
“It went well,” Black said of the tourney. “We couldn’t have got-ten better weather. Our small group of course workers and kitchen staff worked hard all weekend, and our vol-unteers did a great job.”
The open drew 54 entrants for two days of sun-drenched play. With late-summer con-ditions expected to pre-vail for the foreseeable future, Black said the course should continue to play well for weeks to come.
The restaurant remains open Wed.-Sun., from noon to 7 p.m. For info, call the club at 250-949-9818.
Day turns night into repeat track titleGazette staffPORT HARDY—Glen
Day enjoyed a solid night of racing while claiming his third straight track points championship at Tri-Port Speedway Saturday.
But his best race may have been the one he didn’t win.
Day bookended the season finale with victories in the trophy dash and the main event, and finished the sea-son with 630 points for a comfortable win over run-ner-up Jim Swift (507). He seemed on his way to anoth-er win in the first heat race before he was tapped by Swift in turn two on the final lap and spun out, allowing Cody Robbins to slip past and take the checkered flag. Jared Breitkreitz also went past and took second place as both Day and Swift came to a stop at the edge of the infield, and Day recovered first to finish the lap ahead of Swift in third place.
After discussion between
flagger Dan Stewart and the timing crew in the tower, the result was allowed to stand, as nobody could determine whether Swift made contact before reaching the centre post of Day’s car on the attempted inside pass.
That’s when things got interesting.
The eight-car field had been split into A and B heats for the first session, and after the drama of the first heat, Daniel Hovey jumped to a quick lead and ran away with the B heat in front of Paul Weeks, Chris Hardy and Brock Shore. But Shore was forced to withdraw for
the evening with car trouble, and the seven remaining cars were lined up together for the second heat — with Swift and Day side-by-side in the front row.
But there was no payback or hijinks from the pair, just hard, solid racing that result-ed in the season’s closest finish.
Day, running on the out-side, grabbed a brief lead on the backstretch of the opening lap, but was unable to close the line and Swift dipped inside on turn three and moved ahead. Swift held his line throughout the 12-lap heat, with Day shad-owing the entire way and Hovey and Robbins keeping within striking distance.
Then, after the white flag dropped to signify the final lap, Day set up wide going into turn 3 and made a hard drop to the inside, find-ing just enough daylight to push under Swift and move into a slender lead as the
cars made the final turn to the checkered flag running door-to-door. But the tight-er angle cost Day precious momentum, and Swift pow-ered high out of the turn to regain the lead and take the flag by no more than the width of his bumper as the crowd roared its approval.
The main event was almost anticlimactic by comparison, though it did feature more position changes before Day crossed the line with Hovey second and Robbins third as Swift closed in fourth position.
With spectators chipping in money for an impromp-tu purse, the season then wrapped up with a three-man series of “grudge” matches intended to fea-ture Day, Swift and Hovey, though Swift was ultimately forced to concede due to a series of flat tires. Hovey, a former track champion and Day’s shop teammate, took the final heat.
Shaun Zealand of Victoria blasts from a bunker at the ninth green Saturday en route to the amateur low-gross win in the annual Seven Hills Golf & Country Club Men's Open tournament.
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Chris Hardy's modified car generates a glow under the hood while passing the starter's tower during a heat race at Tri-Port Speedway Saturday.
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Gazette staffPORT McNEILL—
The Port McNeill Minor Hockey club will hosts its fifth annual hockey gear swap Saturday and Sunday at Chilton Regional Arena, from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. each day.
Bring good used gear to donate or sell, or pick up great deals on equip-ment.
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J.R. RardonGazette editorPORT HARDY—
The game was closer than the score would indicate, but it’s still fair to say the Port Hardy Fast Balls ran away with the men’s championship in the annual Indian Summer Classic tournament Sunday at Beaver Harbour Ballpark.
Utilizing aggressive and opportunistic bas-erunning — along with some timely hitting — the Fast Balls upended the top-seeded Woss Brewers 11-5 in the men’s fastpitch portion of the tourney.
It was a similar story in the women’s slo-pitch final, where the Quatsino T-birds par-layed a couple of big innings into a 13-4 vic-tory over top-seeded and previously unbeat-en Combo B.
Fast Balls 11, Brewers 5
Winning pitcher Brian White and Brayden Demoe each drove in a pair of runs for the Fast Balls, who got a balanced offen-sive effort while keep-ing the Brewers at bay with solid defence.
Shelby Cockell made several running catches from his spot in cen-tre field, and shortstop Jake Colbourne extend-
ed deep into the hole to rob the Brewers’ Chris Carlson of a hit for the game’s final out.
“It was a pretty good game,” said Jordan Campbell, who cel-ebrated his birthday with the win for the fastballs. “We had good pitching, and the defence showed up.”
Cockell led off the game with a bloop sin-gle and came around to score without another bat being swung, set-ting the tone for a game in which the Brewers struggled defensively in a five-error perfor-mance.
Cockell raced to sec-ond on a wild pitch and came all the way around to score when catcher Ivan Hall’s throw to second sailed into the outfield. It was more of the same in the fifth inning, when the Fast Balls broke open a 2-2 game with a five-run outburst. The carnage began with two runs scoring on a fielder’s choice ground ball that never left the infield and included a two-run bloop double by White and Cockell’s sharply hit RBI single.
Two more runs in the sixth inning pushed the
Fast Balls’ lead to 9-3 and chased Brewers starter Bill Rushton.
“Billy’s a really good pitcher,” said Roger Yuri, who gave the Fast Balls a 2-1 lead with a second-inning double. “But we finally started catching up with him.”
The Brewers never led, but came back twice to tie the game 1-1 and 2-2 before the Fast Balls’ big out-burst. Brad Galeazzi, Ivan Hall, Rushton and Ray Bono each deliv-ered RBI singles, and Chris Carlson and Hall had two hits each in the loss.
“They’re a classy team,” Campbell said with a nod to the Brewers’ dugout after the game. “It’s always a good game when you play them.”
T-birds 13, Combo B 4
Janey Henschke’s double staked Combo B to a 2-0 lead in the top of the first inning, but that proved to be the team’s high point as the Quatsino club charged back to win going away.
The T-birds bounced quickly back with seven runs in the bot-
tom of the first — and were limited only by the five-run rule.
Alysha Nelson and Tara Nelson had run-scoring doubles, Trish Speck and Erin Klatt also drove in runs, and the T-birds got three straight bases-loaded walks to end the inning having batted around without recording an
out.Combo B closed
to 7-4 with two more runs in the second, get-ting five consecutive singles, but left the bases loaded and never crossed home plate the rest of the game.
“It was good defence,” T-bird infielder Arlene Clair said.
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Zealand, left, claimed the amateur low gross championship and Black won the pro title in the annual Seven Hills men’s open golf tourney.
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Low Gross1. Kevin Black 69-68—1372. Shaun Zealand 69-69—1383. Cory McIntosh 72-70—1424. Alex Webber 71-71—1425. Rory Bondue 70-73—1436. Brian Benidickson 74-72—1467. Matt Irvine 73-73—1468. Jeff Edwards 78-69—1479. Rob Last 75-76—15110. Darren Schmidt 72-81—15311. Cole Morton 80-77—15712. Larry Walker 79-83—16213. Jordan Fraser 82-80—16214. Andrew Laming 80-84—16415. Brad Zealand 89-76—16516. Carl Webber 83-84—16717. Cec Morton 82-88—17018. Richie Brussard 84-87—17119. Mark Hutchinson 86-91—17720. Jerry Mitchell 79-98—17721. Russell Murray 89-89—17822. Lee Tannahill 88-97—18523. Alan Turner 94-94—18824. Neil Zealand 100-99—19925. Neil Fraser 107-94—20126. Mel Nicholson 99-102—20127. Terrance Berger 76-dnf
Low Net1. Rob Martyn 163 (36)—1272. Kenn Oliver 181 (48)—133
3. Bob Edwards 164 (30)—1344. Trevor Fear 152 (14)—1385. Hank Bood 177 (38)—1396. Jim Amos 159 (20)—1397. Jim Rhodes 165 (26)—1398. Dale Dorward 161 (22)—1399. Ralph Von Kampen 169 (30)—13910. Dino Datos 171 (28)—14311. Rick Marcotte 176 (32)—14412. Paul Oliver 182 (38)—14413. Jon Gillette 172 (28)—14414. Ken Turner 169 (24)—14515. Chris Hutchinson 170 (24)—14616. Rick Milligan 189 (42)—14717. Al Thompson 193 (44)—14918. Richard Rainaldi 179 (30)—14919. Doug Kines 191 (42)—14920. Fletcher Crook 194 (44)—15021. Ray Phillips 196 (46)—15022. Harvey Prescott 197 (44)—15323. Steve Herbst 192 (36)—15624. Ken Archer 216 (52)—16425. Dave Colebank 207 (42)—16526. Derek MacDonald 86-dnf
SOFTBALL
Indian Summer ClassicAt Beaver Harbour Ballpark
Men’s FastpitchRound-robin
Fast Balls d. Boozers; Brewers d. Pitch Slap; Fast Balls d. Deadliest Catch; Deadliest Catch d. Boozers; Fast Balls d. Pitch Slap; Brewers d. Deadliest Catch; Pitch Slap d. Boozers; Brewers d. Fast Balls.
QuarterfinalDeadliest Catch d. Boozers
SemifinalsFast Balls d. Pitch Slap; Brewers d. Deadliest Catch.
ChampionshipFast Balls 11, Brewers 5
Women’s Slo-pitchA DivisionSemifinals
Combo B d. Juiceheads; T-birds d. Laurie’s Ladies.
ChampionshipT-birds 13, Combo B 4
B DivisionAngels in the Outfield d. Va Jay JaysBuns on the Run vs. Angels in the Outfield
STOCK CAR RACING
Tri-Port Motor Sports ClubSeason Points SeriesAt Tri-Port Speedway
Time-ins1. Cody Robbins, 18.15 seconds; 2. Jim Swift, 18.28; 3. Jared Breitkreitz, 18.59; 4. Glen Day, 18.68; 5. Daniel Hovey, 19.04; 6. Brock Shore, 19.82; 7. Paul Weeks, 20.06.
Trophy Dash1. Day; 2. Robbins; 3. Breitkreitz; 4. Swift.
Heat 1A1. Robbins; 2. Breitkreitz; 3. Day; 4.
Swift.Heat 1B
1. Hovey; 2. Weeks; 3. Chris Hardy.
Heat 21. Swift; 2. Day; 3. Hovey; 4. Robbins;
5. Breitkreitz; 6. Weeks; 7. Hardy.
Main event1. Day; 2. Hovey; 3. Robbins; 4. Swift; 5. Weeks; 6. Breitkreitz; 7. Hardy.
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Combo B shortstop Kristen Ireton rolls over after making a diving catch while teammate Roselyn Jennison helps make the call during the women's slo-pitch final.
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Wheel and deal at skatepark swap meetGazette staffPORT HARDY—
The call has gone out to parents as local skaters ramp up plans to revitalize Port Hardy’s Kyle Scow Memorial Skatepark.
The Recreate KSM Skatepark group will host a kids’ swap meet and hot dog sale this weekend at the Civic Centre to benefit the project, which aims to renovate the current park.
“It’s not really for our skill level,” explained member Brandon Sparling. “The ramp at the right is too high; most peo-ple can’t go down it.” He said that most of the obstacles in the park were too steep or too high for the vast majority of users so some of the skaters had taken to building their own boxes and rails.
“It’s fine if you’re good at skating, but if you’re just learning there’s nothing there,”
said Sparling.He explained that
the group had a vision for a concrete park, similar to the one installed in Alert Bay, with more beginner-friendly obstacles for newer and younger
skaters.Down the line,
members had also dis-cussed the possibility of adding a mini-ramp and a covered section as well as expanding the park’s footprint.
But, while the group
has an idea of how the finished product would look, for now it’s baby steps. “We’re not expecting to bring in a ton of money (this weekend),” said Sparling, “it’s more about getting the word
out there.” He said that, for
now, the group had opted against trying to bring in a professional skatepark-building company to cost out a single build, fear-ing that the cost would
discourage potential backers.
Instead, they hope to use a series of fun-draisers to boost the coffers and build awareness, construct-ing smaller pieces as the funds become available.
Saturday’s swap meet will be the first in the series, with bottle drives and other fundraisers to follow.
The event will run from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. at the Civic Centre, with tables costing $5 each. Admission will be by donation, with the table fees and donation money going to the skate club. All items for sale will be
baby, child or youth items; from toys to sports equipment. To reserve a table call Hans at 250-949-5120.
The Recreate KSM Skatepark group is primarily made up of skateboarders and parents, but also open to rollerbladers, bik-ers and scooter riders and regular meetings are held every second Sunday at the Lions Club’s room in the Civic Centre. All are welcome to attend.
For more informa-tion on Recreate KSM Skatepark, including meeting times, go to the Facebook group of the same name.
Brandon Sparling ollies up onto a homemade box at the KSM Skatepark in Port Hardy. This weekend a swap meet at the Civic Centre will kickstart a fundraising drive aimed at giving the park a facelift. A O’Toole
“We’re not expecting to bring in a ton of money
(this weekend), it’s more about getting the
word out there.”
Brandon Sparling
