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TUESDAY, SEPT. 8, 2015 Vol. 1 No. 44NewsAlberni Valleywww.albernivalleynews.com

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Alberni District Fall Fair volunteers Abbie Dods, left, and Jenessa Lange hold up one of the buckets that Fall Fair organizers hope to fill with toiletries for the Kuu-us Crisis Society this year. Exhibitors are being asked to donate one toiletry item when they enter the many competition categories.

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Fair-ly helpfulFALL FAIR: | Exhibitors are being asked to give a hand up to Kuu-us Crisis Society.

SUSAN QUINNALBERNI VALLEY NEWS

The Alberni District Fall Fair is four days of fun and activities highlighting myriad factions of the community. But there is also a fundraising aspect to the fair.

This year, the fair hopes to collect much-needed toiletry items for Kuu-us Crisis Services.

“Kuu-us tells us they are in desperate need of toiletry items in particular, so we

are asking all of our exhibitors to consider donating an item,” Fall Fair administrator Ann Siddall said.

This is the first year they are asking their exhibitors to get in on the fundraising. Siddall said they typically

get 300 people exhibiting everything from livestock to handmade, homemade and homegrown items.

“Even if we get 15 per cent of them, that’s significant.”

Items can be dropped off in the two giant red baskets at the fair office when exhibitors pick up their exhibitor tags. Their names will then be put into a draw for a $50 gift certificate for Boston Pizza.

The Fall Fair

also collects food for the food bank. Anyone bringing a non-perishable food donation to the gate for the first hour of the fair on Thursday, Sept. 10 will get in for free. “Last year we raised more than one tonne of non-perishable items,” Siddall said.

For more info about the Fall Fair, please go online to albernifair.com or a special wrap in the Thursday, Sept. 10 issue of the Alberni Valley News.

‘They are in desperate

need of toiletry items.’– Ann Siddall

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Staff members from RBC Royal Bank are prepared to shave their heads in an effort to raise money for the Cops for Cancer Tour de Rock when the riders stop in Port Alberni later this month.

Losing their locks for Tour de Rock

We have all been affected in one way or another by cancer —a mother, father, aunt, uncle, cousin, or friend. RBC has devoted some of its favourite faces of the Port Alberni branch to help raise money for the Canadian Cancer Society’s Cops for Cancer Tour de Rock between Sept. 1–25.

The Tour de Rock is a 1,000-kilometre fundraising bike ride that law enforcement and media riders embark on in September, taking them from Port Alice at the north end of Vancouver Island all the way to Victoria over two weeks.

“Our goal, with your help, is to raise

$5,000,” branch manager Keith Schindler said.

If they raise $5,000 then Schindler, client advisor Sukh Krishan, financial advisor Eric Matheson and banking advisor Brent Williams will shave their heads during the Cops for Cancer Tour de Rock in honour of the family members they have lost: mothers, fathers, aunts, uncles, cousins and friends.

Donations will be collected in the RBC branch office on Third Avenue or by going to their team page at www.tourderock.ca, click on the donation link, click search for a fundraiser and click on RBC Port Alberni.

Another group in

Port Alberni is also doing some Tour de Rock fundraising. Boston Pizza is hosting Miles for Mihai, for mid-Island rider Mihai Ilioi—an RCMP constable in Nanaimo. The restaurant is collecting sponsorships for $1 a mile.

By the time Ilioi finishes the ride, he will have cycled 2,479 training miles, and the ride itself is about 620 miles (1,000 kms). Boston Pizza’s goal is $ 3,100 for 3,100 miles.

The Tour de Rock riders will stop in Port Alberni on Friday, Sept. 25 around lunchtime. That night Boston Pizza will host a Fun Family Night from 5:30–7:30 p.m. where people can have dinner with the riders and enjoy carnival games outside.

Tickets for the fun night are $15 for children and $20 for adults and are available now at Boston Pizza on Johnston Road. For more information, please call Tracy Berg at 1-250-668-6794.

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KUU-US Crisis Services hosts a free back to school event on Tuesday, Sept. 15 from 12–2 p.m. to

provide low income students with supplies and clothing.

KUU-US is looking to the community to

provide donations or newer or slightly used school supplies.

The theme for this event is “Back to

School”. Donations needed

include gently used back packs, children and teenagers’ school clothing and supplies.

Donations can be dropped off at the administration office at 4589 Adelaide St., Monday to Friday between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m.

For more information about this initiative, please phone 250-723-4050.

This back to school event is meant to reduce barriers and provide to those that do not have financial means.

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In last month’s Shop Talk column, we took a look at the proper way to

prepare rough lumber for use in a project. If your material is not straight and square any joinery you attempt will likely be less than perfect.

Joinery is the art of fastening two pieces of wood together in a way that allows for the natural movement of the material while providing a strong connection between the two pieces that is able to resist the loads placed on it.

There are several classic methods that have been developed throughout history, have stood the test of time and not fundamentally changed. What has changed are the tools, hardware and adhesives that we use.

Methods such as dovetails, dowels, screws and mortise and tenon joints are almost as old as woodworking itself. In the past, this joinery was laid out by hand and cut with hand tools, requiring a great deal of skill. We now have a wide choice of powered machinery to cut these and that has made the process considerably easier to master.

The trick is to choose the best method of joinery for the project at hand and the most effective way to cut it. There are many tools and jigs out there on the market and some deliver on the promises they make and others fall somewhat short.

The dovetail joint is one of the few joints that will stay together without glue. It relies on wedge shaped pins and tails that create an interlocking joint along the ends of two boards such as the

sides of a drawer.Dovetails can be

cut with hand tools but be sure to invest in quality layout and cutting tools for the purpose or you will likely be frustrated with the results.

A more modern alternative is to use one of the many router jigs on the market. The trade-off is that router cut dovetails look mechanical because they have to be of a certain size to accommodate the bit that does the cutting. Dovetail jigs come in a wide price range with the inexpensive models being very basic while the more expensive ones offer features that are well worth the added cost.

For joints with a large long grain glue area that do not have any end grain, a well prepared butt joint is more than sufficient. Today’s modern wood glue will always be stronger than the wood around it.

When we encounter a joint where there isn’t enough glue surface for a strong joint we must create additional gluing area. Biscuits joinery has been around since the 1950s. This system was developed after the war as a fast method to assemble kitchen cabinet components

constructed with manufactured sheet goods. The slot and biscuit provide a

larger glue surface between two pieces of material to be joined.

This system is poor

at providing positive alignment of the faces of the material as the fit is rather loose.

When used to glue up larger panels from individual boards, biscuits do not offer any advantage over a well prepared and glued butt joint.

Pocket screws are fast to install and their advantage is that they are easy to create and assemble on a job site. As the name suggests, a specialized screw is used so there is no waiting for glue to cure.

The downside of this method is that

it leaves behind an ugly elongated hole on the back of the material and without hold down clamps and a table, flush surfaces are difficult to achieve. There are plugs available to fill the holes but this method is best used for built-in casework and architectural details where the back will be hidden.

The Festool Domino is a system that uses a floating tenon.

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Joints make or break woodworking projectMICHAELKAMPENShop Talk

MICHAEL KAMPEN/SPECIAL TO THE NEWS

Dowel joints are one of the oldest methods of joinery in woodworking. Columnist Michael Kampen uses a Dowelmax dowel jig with indexing pins and spacers to create precision dowel joints.

MICHAEL KAMPEN/SPECIAL TO THE NEWS

The Festool Domino DF 500 Q is shown with an assortment of dominos and a special wood cutter for this method of joinery.

The mortise-tenon joint is one of the most useful and can be made with either hand or power tools.

A Porter Cable Plate Joiner, biscuits and glue are used in the biscuits joinery method.

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Community EventsWEDS. SEPT. 9◆ ECHO POOL FALL

GRAND OPENING AND MURAL UNVEILING from 6:30–8 p.m. Free swimming, refreshments, snacks, games following the mural and decor unveiling. Check out the new slide.

THURS.SEPT. 10◆ 70TH ALBERNI

DISTRICT FALL FAIR takes place Sept. 10, 11, 12, and 13 at the Fall Fair Grounds. Check out the midway, all the livestock, zucchini races and

the parade. For more information visit www.abernifair.com.

◆ STARFLEET ALBERNI DEEP SPACE PORT monthly meeting from 6–8 p.m. at Echo Centre. For more info, call Gillian at 250-724-7293.

MON. SEPT. 14◆ TIMBRE! CHOIR

REHEARSALS START Choir is looking for new members. FMI: Pat Venn 250-723-2380 or Patricia Miller at 250-390-7508, Facebook or www.timbrechoir.com.

WED. SEPT. 16◆ RAISE-A-READER

VS BULLDOGS ROAD HOCKEY CHALLENGE at AV Multiplex parking lot. Barbecue (by donation) and games start at 5 p.m. Ball drops on the official game at 6 p.m. FMI: Literacy Alberni, 250-723-7323.

THUR. SEPT. 17◆ ROTARY ARTS

DISTRICT (RAD) GRANT WORKSHOP, 7 p.m. Anyone wishing to apply for a RAD grant must attend the workshop. Register by calling Echo Centre, 250-723-2181. Free admission.

SAT. SEPT. 19◆ 31ST ANNUAL PORT

ALBERNI TOY RUN starts with registration at 10 a.m. at Little Qualicum Falls off Highway 4. The ride starts at noon from

the parking lot and runs through town up to Glenwood Centre. Games and activities for kids and adults too. Show n shine (registration required) of bikes. Dance tickets only available at Little Qualicum Falls for $20. Sober dance at Char’s Landing (tix at the door).

◆ RENAISSANCE MARKET, the final of four events in the Festival of Artistic and Creative Expression, 2–8 p.m. at Harbour Quay. Vendors selling renaissance-style items like leather pouches, magic wands, crystals; interactive puppet theatre for kids; a short play at night called In Her Majesty’s Court. Admission by donation.

◆ SPECIAL OLYMPICS AGM, REGISTRATION AND BOWLING starts at 10 a.m. at Rainbow Lanes (bowling at 11 a.m.). Registration fee

is $15; please bring new/ updated medical information. For more info call Linda at 250-723-2672.

◆ 14TH ANNUAL ARROWSMITH ROTARY ALBERNI VALLEY WINE FESTIVAL takes place at Echo Centre, 7–9 p.m. Tickets $35 each available at Echo Centre and Hospitality Inn Liquor Store. Proceeds benefit Rotary Arts District.

SUN. SEPT. 20◆ 31ST ANNUAL PORT

ALBERNI TOY RUN Shriners’ pancake breakfast at Glenwood Centre from 8–11 a.m. Poker run starts 9:30–10 a.m. from Glenwood. Wrapup at Boston Pizza at 1 p.m.

MON. SEPT. 21◆ VOLUNTEER FAIR

at Echo Centre, 3–7 p.m. Come and find out what opportunities

are available for volunteering. Agencies welcome to sign up as well. Call the Better At Home office, 778-419-3000 or e-mail [email protected]. Admission is free, public is welcome.

THURS. OCT. 1◆ ISLAND HEALTH

BOARD OF DIRECTORS meeting is in Port Alberni, 11 a.m. at Best Western Barclay Hotel. The nine-member board meets five times a year. Written questions from the public and applications to make presentations welcome until Sept. 18. FMI: www.viha.ca and follow the links to meetings.

SUN. OCT. 4◆ FALL BRIDAL

EXHIBITION from 1–5 p.m. at Best Western Barclay Hotel.

Admission $5 at the door; all proceeds going to local charity.

SAT. OCT. 10◆ PORT ALBERNI

EUROFEST 2015 is three festivals in one: Schutzenfest at the Black Powder Shooting Range, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. (free to watch, shooting events are $10); KinderFest at Glenwood Centre, 2–4 p.m., $10 per child. Hotdogs and hot chocolate, games and entertainment; OktoberFest at Glenwood Centre, 7 p.m. to 1 a.m. Cost $25 per person. Partial proceeds will go towards the formation of a Port Alberni Festival Marching Band. More info TBA.

SAT. NOV. 7◆ FIRST NATIONS

CULTURAL ARTISAN FAIR offers Huu-ay-aht citizens an opportunity to sell their homemade crafts, art, baked goods and canning. 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. at Italian Hall. Deadline to register is Sept. 30. For more info please call Brittany at 250-723-0100 or e-mail [email protected].

ONGOING◆ FRIENDLY BATTLE,

Feasting, fighting, archery and other medieval pastimes such as games, needlework, weaving, armor making and cooking. Families welcome. For more info. contact Sarah 1-250-951-9065.

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Technology improves age-old methodsFrom / A3

A specialized cutter is used to cut oval holes in the parts to be joined and then a ‘domino’ is used when the joint is glued. This is a well designed system but is relatively complex, relies on proprietary supplies and is the most expensive option.

The mortise and tenon joint has a long history and is one of the most useful. It can be cut easily using hand tools or there are a number of powered options as well. My preferred method is to cut them using the Leigh FMT Router Jig. I’ll take a closer look at this joint in an upcoming column.

The dowel joint is

perhaps one of the oldest methods used to join two pieces of wood. This joint is very easy to make: you simply drill a hole in both pieces, apply a little glue, insert a dowel and clamp. What presents more of a challenge is to locate the holes precisely.

I have tested and reviewed several dowel jigs and without a doubt, the best one on the market is the Dowelmax. It provides absolute alignment for perfectly smooth faces and is dead simple to use. It also creates the strongest of the joints we tested.

If I were only allowed to have one joinery tool in my shop, I would have to choose the Dowelmax

as it outperforms all the others in terms of cost, strength, versatility and ease of use. In my experience, when buying tools, you get what you pay for.

Michael Kampen is the resident woodworker and manages the CNC Shop at Westcoast Home Hardware.

A pocket hole jig, drill bit and pocket hole screws are used for the pocket screw method of joins.

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Several years ago, OMS Tools asked columnist Michael Kampen to prepare several samples of each of the popular joinery methods, which they then tested to destruction in a special rig. Results can be seen in the above graph.

Restorative Justice AGM on Sept. 9

The Alberni Valley Restorative Justice Society (AVRJS) invites the public to their annual general meeting on Wednesday, Sept. 9 at 5 p.m. at Echo Centre.

Refreshments will be provided and elections will be held so the board looks forward to seeing community members interested in the health and safety of the region attend this important event.

If you are interested in learning more about restorative justice, have questions concerning the AGM or wish to become a member of the AVRJS, please call AVRJS President, Laurie Money @250-720-2635.

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He ended up in the Fraser Valley, Agassiz to be exact and there he worked on a dairy farm, as farming is what he knew about from his homeland.

Vanschie only worked there for a year before he came to the Alberni Valley and went to work at the APD mill for six years.

He then went to work for a local roofer as an apprentice and then worked for Hayes Roo ng and was with them for 16 years before starting out on his own with Vanschie Roo ng a compa-ny that is still in business.

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Pit bull propaganda a deadly proposition

The popular online news site The Huffington

Post just published an irresponsible series of articles and images promoting pit bulls as safe family dogs for their second annual “Pit Bull Week.”

During those seven days a 25-year-old woman was killed by her own beloved pit bull of 10 years, a 48-year-old woman was mauled to death by her neighbour’s pit bull on her way to the mailbox, a toddler was rushed to hospital in critical condition because of his family pit bull, and at least 10 other people were savagely attacked in the U.S. by pit bulls. None of these horrifying tragedies were covered by the Huffington Post.

To be fair, many media outlets didn’t publish these gruesome accounts.

Perhaps in part because of the ferocious backlash from the vocal minority every time a news item presents pit bulls as anything but a harmless dog full of waggles and licks.

The reason pit bulls get a bad rap is because they’ve earned it. Contrary to what the well funded pit bull advocacy camp likes to declare, the press is not to blame. They don’t make these wretched stories up.

There are more than 300 dog breeds worldwide and the American Kennel Club recognizes 167 of them, but the ones we hear about most in the media are by far the pit bulls, referring to the Staffordshire Bull Terrier, American Pit Bull Terrier, American Staffordshire Terrier and their mixes with predominant pit bull characteristics.

The articles come from opposite ends of the spectrum: propaganda, such as what’s seen

on the Huffington Post regularly, and factual, such as the severe and deadly mauling incidents that have become so disturbingly common you rarely see them circulating on social media.

To clarify, I am a huge animal lover and I don’t blame these dogs for the problem they’ve become. They are also victims and this was entirely human caused.

Pit bulls were bred to be exceptional fighter dogs, to bite down, clamp and shake, and to hold onto their victim

while they are being inflicted with physical pain themselves. They were never bred to be nanny dogs—that is an absolute myth that was debunked even by the pit bull advocacy group “BADRAP” which admitted promoting this belief was dangerous to children.

That retraction has been highly publicized, yet it is still repeated by pit bull advocates constantly.

Another alarming myth is that it’s all in how you raise them. Pit bulls that were reared from

puppyhood by good, responsible people who trained them to be gentle have still suddenly attacked, unprovoked and without warning after showing no prior signs of aggression. It is genetics. Border Collies were bred to herd, retrievers to fetch, bloodhounds to be master smellers and pit bulls to be magnificent aggressors.

This is why despicable lowlifes use these powerful animals for their horrendous dog fighting rings. They don’t have to train them. Hundreds of years of inbred dog aggression gives them that instinct, and with their powerful jaws and muscular bodies they’re a force to be reckoned with.

I am not saying all pit bulls are going to attack, most won’t. And I am not saying they are the only dangerous dog breeds, they aren’t. But the fact is, they only make up six per cent of the

dog population in the US, yet they are responsible for more fatal and disfiguring dog attacks on both humans and animals than all the other breeds combined. In the last seven years these pit bull attacks on people rose 773 per cent with the number of child.

I have written on this subject before, so I know what’s coming: an onslaught of hostility over my ignorance, and demands that I do my research. Believe me, I have. I’ve been reading up on this daily for the last four years and the more I learn, the more I support breed-specific legislation (BSL). Anyone who truly loves pit bulls should support it as well.

Currently a million of them are euthanized every year in the U.S. If spaying and neutering is made mandatory and backyard breeding is outlawed, far fewer pit bulls would be born in the first place,

leading to far fewer of them dying as a result. And despite the condemnation that BSL’s intent is to kill pit bulls and remove them from their homes to be euthanized, that is simply not true. These pets are grandfathered.

The intention of BSL for pit bulls is to eliminate mauling injuries and deaths by the breed that inflicted the majority of severe and deadly attacks on humans and animals. It will require responsible dog ownership and hold these people accountable if they don’t abide by the reasonable laws implemented to keep the community safe.

More than 40 countries restrict pit bulls, and no countries except Canada and the U.S. even allow their importation. How brutal must the bloodbath get, and how high must the death toll rise before we stop this insanity?

LORI WELBOURNE

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