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A O’Toole Gazette staffThe Regional District

of Mount Waddington has responded with some venom to the news of a centralization of Conservation Officers.

As was reported in last week’s Gazette, the COS has restructured its staff distribu-tion on the North Island. One position in Port McNeill has

been moved to Black Creek leaving a single officer north of Campbell River.

Acting Inspector Ben York sent a letter to councils on the North Island explain-ing the rationale behind the move but the District has responded with a scathing

RDMW fires back at C.O.

See page 3‘Policy criticized’

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One of four BC Hydro Smart Meters installed in a utility room at Supreme Convenience in Port Hardy burned early Tuesday morning, knocking out power to much of the store. J.R. Rardon

Smart meter fails store

J.R. RardonGazette editorPORT HARDY—A Smart meter installed at

Supreme Convenience burned early Tuesday morn-ing, knocking out power to much of the business for several hours before a BC Hydro employee and a local electrician were able to restore it later in the day.

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Coal Harbour hopes to house Hornsby J.R. RardonGazette editorCOAL HAR-

BOUR—A tentative agreement worked out in provincial court could see the one-of-a-kind Hornsby Crawler returned to the North Island by the end of the summer.

In the meantime, a volunteer community group in Coal Harbour is working to provide it with a new home — one that was on the verge of being torn down.

“We thought we could re-apply this building and use it for a future museum,” said Steve Sinclair, a self-proclaimed Hornsby steam tractor buff, while helping with cleanup efforts recent-ly at the old Coal Harbour Community Hall. “There were a lot of good parties and bands playing here 20-25 years ago; it was a real happening place.

“It would be nice to get something going with it again.”

The Regional District of Mount Waddington secured an agreement from George Hoffman in provincial court in Port Hardy June 27 for the return of the 100-year-old Hornsby “Mammoth” steam tractor.

Hoffman had over-seen transport of the tractor from its dis-play at Seven Hills Golf and Country Club to the Historical

C o n s t r u c t i o n Equipment Association Expo in Wetaskiwin, AB, in August 2005. But, following the expo, at which Hoffman had hoped to secure investment to restore the aging and rusted machine, it made the return trip only as far as Surrey before Hoffman stored it to continue his efforts toward its restoration.

The Regional District argued that Hoffman had the Hornsby only by vir-tue of a three-month loan contract, and filed suit in January to force Hoffman to return the tractor. That agreement was finally signed in a closed-door hearing attended by Hoffman, RDMW board chair Al Huddlestan, admin-istrator Greg Fletcher and James Furney of the North Island Heritage Society.

“The agreement still has to be ratified by the board of directors at its next meeting (July 17 in Port McNeill),” said Fletcher, who said the agreement would not be made public until that vote. “Then we’ll have to wait until we see the Hornsby come rolling up the high-way.”

At that point, the Regional District’s next decision will be where to house the machine, which was built in England in 1909 and shipped to the West Coast to haul coal in the Yukon gold

fields before making its way to the North Island.

Sinclair and other volunteers hope Coal Harbour can be that home. The first order of business will be providing an appropri-ate site, and the group has targeted the for-mer community centre building as a potential museum and showcase for the crawler and the whale skeleton that for years stood alongside the highway at the edge of town.

The group contacted local resident Andrew Hory, who last fall was elected to the RDMW board representing Area C, for assistance. And Joel Eilertsen, who houses a number

of military, coal min-ing and whaling arti-facts in his own private museum in the former military hangar, pro-vided a backhoe and operator to help clean the trash and over-growth that had built up over the years since the building fell out of use.

“I can’t pretend I was overly enthusias-

tic at first, just because of the shape the build-ing’s in and because there aren’t a lot of people involved,” said Hory. “Certainly, Joey (Eilertsen) donating his backhoe and an

operator to get every-thing cleaned up is going to help.

“But it’s still going to be a massive proj-ect. It’ll take a lot of people and a lot of hours.”

Remodeling the building will have to wait until test deter-mine if asbestos was used inside. Sinclair said samples would be taken and sent off, and he doesn’t expect an answer back until early August.

“If it does have asbestos, it can’t be torn down until the

asbestos is removed anyway,” he said. “At that stage, we now have a building that’s salvageable, which is not a hard thing to do if you have people who have done that kind of thing before.”

Sinclair envisions one wing of the build-ing as a traditional museum and centre for local heritage and culture. The other would have its floor-ing removed and a concrete pad placed to support the massive Hornsby.

Of course, Hory pointed out, the RDMW board of directors would have to approve of the des-tination first. That may mean turning owner-ship of the prospective museum over to the District under a man-agement agreement. And the board is not likely to even begin requesting applica-tions until it sees the tractor back on the North Island.

“I think there’s a strong case to be made for Coal Harbour hav-ing it,” Hory said. “It was just down the inlet here for 50 or 60 years. But in order to present a package to the RD that says, yes, we’re a viable spot, we have to have some things in place.”

Andrew Hory looks on during cleanup outside the old Coal Harbour Community Hall building. Below, the Hornsby Mammoth tractor as it appeared during field trials in Grantham, England. Top photo by J.R. Rardon

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September 30, 2012.I appreciate the privilege of being involved in patient care in Port Hardy since 1997.

At this time there is no replacement physician. All our efforts to recruit new physicians for over a year, have been unsuccessful.

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from page 1letter to the Hon. Terry Lake,

Minister of the Environment, making its position unambig-uously clear.

York had explained that the COS uses a zoning system, with the area north of Fanny Bay considered a single zone. This zone has five field offi-cers assigned to the area with the new distribution seeing one officer operating out of Port McNeill with the remain-ing four stationed in Black Creek.

York explained that this decision was based on “the safety and well being of our officers” and the move to cen-tralize was taken in conjunc-tion with a review of the loca-tion and type of calls that the service received.

The District’s letter slated the decision on all levels, say-ing that it will “undermine the capacity of rural British Columbians to live safely.”

The letter roundly criticized the policy of centralization as a whole, arguing that the

concept is abused whenever managers come under pres-sure to cut costs. Rural com-munities bear the brunt of these cost-cutting measures, they argue, with reduced ser-vices and the forced urban migration of rural public-ser-vice workers.

The District see the decision as symptomatic of a dispa-rate view of the North Island. They point to the fact that the bulk of the officers respon-sible for the North Island will now reside in the geographic south as evidence.

They voice their frustration at the “spatial dysfunction” of consolidating public service

workers, who are hired to serve the North Island but are stationed in the Comox Valley, and argue that rural northern communities are the ones that suffer the most from this “self before service” policy.

The letter questions the rationale and the assurances given by York. The District point out that, given the lower population density and higher familiarity with wildlife, the fewer number of calls from North Island residents does not translate to lower inci-dences of human/wildlife interaction.

In fact, they argue, since the North Island has the highest

density of cougars in North America, a healthy black bear population and high levels of hunting and fishing, the assignment of so large an area to one individual risks turning the area into “an unregulated wild west.”

The claim that the safety and well-being of officers was taken into was also called into question, with the District wondering how the safety of the officer in Port McNeill was enhanced by having no colleagues within 250 km when basic rural safety proto-col dictates traveling in pairs. The local partners like the RCMP, they argued, cannot always be available to assist, and they insist that a seri-ous incident stemming from a lone operator is all but inevi-table.

In closing, the District advise North Island residents to call the wildlife hotline if they spot a Conservation Officer, now the most endan-gered species on north Vancouver Island.

Policy criticized by District

Bell rings on distinguished careersGazette staffPORT ALICE—With a

combined 59 years in the education field, George & Pat Markides are retiring as of this spring.

George has been a teach-er of industrial education and math and a princi-pal for 35 years, includ-ing two years teaching in Stewart and two years as a principal in Port Hardy.

Pat has served as secre-tary and librarian in Port Alice for 24 years.

Both their daughters,

Heather and Colleen were raised in Port Alice and have gone on to take their place in society. Heather is also in the education field, teach-ing grade 3 and 4 stu-dents in Calgary while working on her Masters, and she has a degree in Anthropology. Colleen served 10 years in the Canadian Coast Guard and is now a constable for the RCMP stationed in Prince Rupert.

As a principal and

teacher, George has many special thoughts and memories, always remembering the great home support, the strength of the family-oriented community of Port Alice, and just working with and watching the kids as they grew and changed.

Pat said she has made many friends with close ties in Port Alice, and both agree Port Alice will always be home.

The couple have built a new home and will

be moving to Bowser in August. As for their future plans, they will finish their home, do some traveling and enjoy life. Pat also intends to take tapestry classes, something she’s always wanted to do.

The Markides will be greatly missed in Port Alice. Heartfelt congrat-ulations and good wishes go with them into their retirement.

With reporting from Shirley Scott.

Educators Pat and George Markides of Port Alice are retiring with 59 years of experience. Shirley Scott

Decision will “undermine the capacity of rural British Columbians to live safely.”

Letter to Ministry of Environment

CorrectionThe article “Missoula Theatre doubles the

fun” (June 28, p. 9) contained incorrect infor-mation on the Port Hardy auditions for the troupe’s presentation of Hansel and Gretel. The auditions in Port Hardy, at 9 a.m. Aug 7 at the PHSS theatre, are open to students at both elementary and secondary school levels.

The Gazette regrets this error.

This week in MidweekApprentice carvers Cole Speck and Thomas Bruce stand at the head of a 25-foot totem pole bound for The Netherlands. See Midweek inside.

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Wiring burned in Smart Meter fire at store from page 1The meter was one

of four Smart Meters, serving nearby busi-nesses, installed in a utility room adjacent to the store’s video rental facility.

After power went out at around 7:30 a.m., store manager Tracy Kozak first checked all the breakers, then called BC Hydro.

“I got through to their switchboard and the lady told me she wasn’t showing any-thing at their end, and it must be something wrong here,” Kozak said.

She then contacted building owner Paul Tupper, who arrived

and opened the utility room housing the elec-tric meters and panels.

They discovered the glass cover of one of the meters blackened, and a burned smell lin-gering in the air. The smell could also be detected in the video store, at the wall back-ing onto the electrical room.

Power remained on in a back room of the market, several over-head light panels, and the store’s open signs.

But power to the cash registers was out, along with several ice cream machines, and the store was forced to do cash-only business, with transactions recorded

by pencil and paper.“We’ve definitely lost

business,” Kozak said. “Not to mention if we lose any product.”

C o i n c i d e n t a l l y , Kozak said, during the outage some BC Hydro employees entered another Supreme Convenience outlet in the Comox Valley where owner Jim Cameron was working, and he described the issue to them.

They contacted the local BC Hydro con-tractor, who was en route on the ferry from Alert Bay at the time and made his way to Port Hardy. At about 10:30 a.m. he arrived at the store to find wir-

ing leading to the box had been damaged in the fire.

A local electrician with K&K Electric was called in and the two worked to replace the meter and restore power.

The Smart Meters were installed approxi-

mately one year ago, Kozak said. At the time of their installa-tion, one failed almost immediately, but was replaced and there was no further problem until this week.

On Monday, she said, power to part of the store went out

for about 10 minutes, but came on by itself before employees were able to speak to any-body at BC Hydro. Staff did not give that outage another thought until Tuesday morn-ing’s problem.

Kozak, who said she has been working at

Supreme Convenience “off and on” for six years, said the business never suffered a meter-related power failure with the older analog meters.

BC Hydro’s spokes-person could not be reached for comment Tuesday.

Eggs-traordinary findGeorge Kearey and his wife discovered an unusual forma-tion in a carton of store-bought eggs last week. “I’ve eaten eggs for 80 years and never seen anything like that,” Kearey said. A O’Toole

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Clinic closure adds to health care headache A O’Toole Gazette staffPORT HARDY— News

that Dr. Andre de Wit’s practice is to close has left local patients feeling a bit peaked.

The Port Hardy Medical Associates will close its doors at the end of September after a year of unsuccessfully attempting to recruit new physicians. In a statement, Dr. de Wit expressed his appreciation to the community for their support since his arrival in 1997.

The impending departure of Dr. de Wit, in the wake of the June departure of Dr. Izak Adriaan van der Vyver, takes a little of the luster off recent hiring suc-cesses.

A new physician has been hired at Dr. Lee’s clinic and is scheduled to start in August.

In addition, the inter-viewing process for two new Nurse Practitioners at

the Port Hardy Hospital has recently been complet-ed, with more information on the new hires expected this weekend.

In a statement, Mayor Bev Parnham pointed out that, with the arrival of the new physician and Dr. de Wit’s departure, Port Hardy will still have three physicians at the end of September but that was far short of the six or more that the community would ideally have.

She expressed her grati-tude for the extra work being put in by Dr. Lee to ensure that the Emergency Room remained minimally affected, but said she had expressed to VIHA her “huge concerns and frus-trations with this lack of care for our community.”

She urged the public to contact VIHA and let them know how the physician shortage is affecting the community. “To those in Victoria,” she said, “we

are just a small commu-nity at the top end of the island. Let’s show them the human face of our town and let them know that this situation is just not good enough!”

The Mayor will rejoin

the Mt. Waddington Local Working Group next week to review VIHA’s response to the report the group pre-sented in May.

The LWG, made up of medical representatives,

First Nations and commu-nity leaders, was convened in late 2011 to make rec-ommendations to VIHA on improving the quality and sustainability of health care in the region.

The central recommen-

dations that they present-ed were that funding and recruitment models needed to change.

Currently funding is made available based on a per capita model and this

does not adequately reflect the higher needs of a rural community, the LWG report pointed out. They urge that a new funding model should be adopted that incorporates the acu-ity and complexity of the patients’ needs.

The other central tenet of their proposals is that a new recruitment strat-egy be developed, aimed at better attracting and retain-ing health care profession-als to the area.

VIHA has since reviewed the report and submitted its response to the LWG. Following its meeting, the LWG will issue an official statement on the response, with early indications being that the response is very positive.

In the short-term, the goal for VIHA continues to be to provide uninter-rupted emergency care at Port Hardy Hospital. ER locums have been recruit-ed to fill on-call positions

and the arrival of the new NPs will enhance patients’ access to primary care.

Family physicians are not direct employees of the health authority but, when they give notice of clo-sure or retirement, VIHA takes steps to advertise the vacancy and the soon-to-be vacant position will be listed on the VIHA and Health Match BC sites.

Alison Mitchell, VIHA’s Senior Manager of Rural Health for Mt. Waddington, affirmed that “VIHA is very aware of the physician shortage in Port Hardy, and tremendous efforts, in collaboration with the Local Working Group, Mt. Waddington leader-ship team, physicians, our Aboriginal partners and local government offi-cials with assistance from VIHA’s recruitment office, are underway to recruit and retain physicians to this and other Mt. Waddington communities.”

“To those in Victoria we are just a small community at the top end of the island. Let’s show them the human face of our town and let them know that this situation is just not good

enough!”

-Mayor Bev Parnham

Walk ofthe bay

The Kim family of Port Hardy took visiting family members for a beachcombing stroll out to the beacon in Hardy Bay during last week’s 0.3 low tide. Sandy Grenier

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VICTORIA – Shortly after word came of the death of B.C. historian and politician Bill Barlee, my wife searched through her seemingly endless trove of B.C. books and produced half a dozen of his origi-nal self-published quarter-lies, known as Canada West magazine.

The earliest one is Winter 1970, where the publisher’s note advises that subscrip-tion rates were increasing 20 cents per year to $2.95. Subscriptions were up to more than 1,600 and coun-ter sales were increasing, but costs were also up and Barlee refused to accept either display advertising or U.S. subscriptions.

Irvine Adams’ scenes of sacred aboriginal sites in the Okanagan-Similkameen include The Gateway to Inkameep, where Barlee remarks: “Today that stream which once teemed with redfish no longer surrenders its once-valued harvest and the perimeter of the desert

is gradually being eroded by man’s questionable prog-ress.”

With the typography of Old West wanted posters, Barlee provided tightly sourced accounts of B.C.’s legends.

“Lost gold mine at Pitt Lake” analyzes and adds to earlier accounts that begin with an aboriginal miner known as Slumach, who would periodically arrive in New Westminster to squan-der a small fortune in gold, then disappear up the remote

tidal lake. Slumach was hanged for murder in 1891 and in the next 70 years, 11 more men would die trying to find his secret. A scien-tist as well as a storyteller, Barlee concluded that the area’s geology is wrong and the fabled gold-laden creek “probably does not exist.”

A passion for prospect-ing runs through the maga-zines, and hints at Barlee’s aversion to treasure-seeking Americans. They overran B.C. in waves, and accord-ing to Nelson Star report-er Greg Nesteroff, Barlee believed they continued to loot Canadian heritage sites.

Nesteroff was inspired by Barlee’s work, and traced his lonely mission to restore the ghost town of Sandon, “the mining capital of the Silvery Slocan.”

Barlee bought a surviv-ing block of buildings in an effort to make Sandon another Barkerville, but heavy snow collapsed them. As tourism minister, Barlee

found money to build repli-cas, and construction began on three.

But Barlee lost his Penticton seat to Bill Barisoff in the 1996 elec-tion, and today only half-built shells remain.

Barlee’s 1972 Canada West profile of the boom-town of Hedley would reso-nate in his career as an NDP MLA and cabinet minister in the 1990s. Today you can tour Hedley’s Mascot mine, a proud historical site with a spectacular climb up the rock face that serves as the Grouse Grind of the B.C. desert.

Barlee didn’t lack courage, quitting a teaching career in Trail and Penticton in 1969 to start his magazine. On subscription fees and a few classified ads, he built a life’s work that allowed him to walk the boardwalks of history and the halls of power.

Tom Fletcher is legislative reporter for Black Press. tfletcher@blackpress.ca

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COMMENTARY

Numerous Port Hardy medical patients got a dose of insult to go with the injury of a departing physician this month.

Along with a letter informing patients that his practice was closed effective June 30, Dr. Izak Adriaan van der Vyver attached a second sheet with an application and price schedule for acquiring a copy of their medical records.

Those records have been shipped to Docudavit Solutions, rather inconveniently located, for local residents, in Toronto.

To get those records back to the North Island will require a fee ranging from up to $80 for an individual to $160 for a family, “plus applicable taxes and shipping charges,” the letter adds help-fully.

This may be legal, but a fairer approach would have been to notify patients before bolting town. And to offer them the chance to get copies before the documents were locked away with a third party that makes its living by amputating a slice of the photocopying pie.

The doctors are not in VIHA’s employ, and van der Vyver certainly didn’t leave a return number. Complaints may, however, be lodged with the College of Physicians and Surgeons of B.C.

Oh, and now comes word that another doctor is about to close up shop in Port Hardy. This might be a good time for patients to ask their own doc-tors about access to those records.

Physicians, steel thyself.

A court settlement should ensure the return of the century-old Hornsby Crawler steam tractor to the North Island.

The loss of a local Conservation Offi cer is just the latest in the drain of resources from North Island communities.

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Assurances sought on Hydro radiationDear editorWhy does BC Hydro have

to install their “collectors” next to the Lindsay Manor apartments and the Port Hardy Secondary School? This “collector’ is about 10 meters from six apart-ments.

This collector is used to relay Meter Read Data Information, Network Management, Time Synch and Mesh Network Message Management Signals. I will quote from BC Hydro’s Smart Metering Program book: “The exposure from a Smart Meter, over its entire 20-year life span, is equal to a single 30 minute cell phone call.”

What gives BC Hydro the right to strap a cell phone

to you and your kids head and turn it on? This “collec-tor” will be transmitting to approximately 1,000 Smart Meters.

The math is really simple. The apartment building and nearby school will be radi-ated with 30,000 minutes of exposure.

What happens if you complain? If you call BC Hydro and complain, they will quote various Federal and Provincial Health and Safety departments and tell you how safe this radio transmitter is. I have a sim-ple answer to that. Ask for that assurance in writing. When you complain, they send you to a hyper-link somewhere in the world to read how safe the transmit-

ter is. Where is that hyper-link going to be if you or you children get sick?

BC Hydro is the only company that will not give you written assurances.

They keep telling you to “trust” them. This collector will be sending and receiv-ing messages all day and night to every smart meter in the grid.

The collector transmits at

910MHz which is one of the frequencies to which the body is most vulnerable.

It is unlicensed, which means it will also interfere with medical devices and

appliances in our homes. Even more important,

this radiation pulses‚ not like natural radiation. It is this pulsing that causes the damage to cells, puts them under stress, and weakens

their walls. Children, up to age 21, are considered most vulnerable, as are pregnant women and people with immune deficiencies.

BC Hydro’s electrical sub-station is much further away from the high school. BC Hydro should con-sider using their property to mount this transmitter. Is it cheaper to put their customers at risk instead of their own employees? Please ask BC Hydro that question. Remember if BC Hydro promises anything, ask for it in writing. Only a written contract will stand up in a court room, not a verbal promise.

It has been brought to my attention that two more radio transmitters have been

installed in Port Hardy. Number 2 is in the 8600 block of Lund Street, with the nearest business being Hardy Builders' Supply.

Number three is in the 5200 block of Beaver Harbour Road. That collec-tor is now across the street from the trailer park.

Do we really need three unlicensed radio transmit-ters pulsing next to where our children live and go to school? Do we really need these transmitters this close to our bedrooms? BC Hydro, please move these radio transmitters away from our citizens.

Rick KirkpatrickPort Hardy

"Do we really need three unli-censed radio transmitters puls-ing next to where our children

live and go to school?"

Dear editorIt’s so refreshing to see that a few busi-

nesses in Port McNeill have renovated their premises to make them stand out.

ShopRite’s furniture is now in the old Sundown building. They added a post and beam style exterior which makes it stand out.

The Clothes Inn added stone work and cedar shakes to its exterior to make its mark.

And the mall is spiffing up with new

paint and shakes by the Subway.And all of these improvements feature

wood products, which is very appropriate for this town.

I should also add the Coastal Community Credit Union branch is looking good in its new location.

These business owners are taking pride in the town. Thank you.

Scott GibsonPort McNeill

McNeill's pride evident

Dear editor,In a suitably fitting trib-

ute to Queen Elizabeth's Diamond Jubilee, the lat-est data out of the UK shows that Britain is being powered by record lev-els of green energy from wind, sun and even waves. Renewable energy from these and other renewable sources now accounts for 11 per cent of the UK’s electricity, putting the UK closer to its goal of obtaining 15 per cent of its power from renewable energy sources by 2020.

Fifteen per cent may not seem like very much com-pared to the 90 per cent of

BC's energy that comes from renewable energy sources, but it's a big step up for the UK where the aging energy infrastruc-ture they have is largely based on coal and nuclear power.

And although the UK certainly doesn't have the kind of hydroelectric resources BC has, it does have considerable onshore and offshore wind energy resources similar to those we have here in BC. In fact, onshore and offshore wind generation in the UK was the biggest contribu-tor to Britain's increase in green energy.

Compared to last year, wind energy's contribu-tion in the UK was up nearly 50 per cent, proving the value of wind ener-gy as a renewable energy resource for the UK and leading some to suggest that Britain is poised to become the Saudi Arabia of offshore wind.

All in all, if this green energy trend in the UK continues, renewable ener-gy may ultimately prove to be greatest legacy of Queen Elizabeth's long, popular and successful reign.

Yolanda Lora VilchisSurrey

Dear editor,I need to express the disappointment in

your town on Canada Day. I was told there would be fireworks in your town and I also read a sign that was on your civic center board which stated:

Canada Day fire works Port Hardy Harbor At dusk. So to myself and my very disappointed

5 yr old daughter they did not happen. We came to Port Hardy from Campbell River

where we have Canada Day fireworks and would have stayed here in Campbell River to watch them if we would have known there wasn’t any fireworks. There was mixed answers from everyone that we asked and nobody knew what was or wasn’t going on. I highly recommend that when you are going to celebrate something as special as Canada day you get your act together and get a bit more organized.

From a disappointed tourist in your town.

Lisa McIlmoylCampbell River

No fireworks makes party a damp squib

Dear editor,In a suitably fitting trib-

ute to Queen Elizabeth's Diamond Jubilee, the lat-est data out of the UK shows that Britain is being powered by record lev-els of green energy from wind, sun and even waves. Renewable energy from these and other renewable sources now accounts for 11 per cent of the UK’s electricity, putting the UK closer to its goal of obtaining 15 per cent of its power from renewable energy sources by 2020.

Fifteen per cent may not seem like very much com-pared to the 90 per cent of

BC's energy that comes from renewable energy sources, but it's a big step up for the UK where the aging energy infrastruc-ture they have is largely based on coal and nuclear power.

And although the UK certainly doesn't have the kind of hydroelectric resources BC has, it does have considerable onshore and offshore wind energy resources similar to those we have here in BC. In fact, onshore and offshore wind generation in the UK was the biggest contribu-tor to Britain's increase in green energy.

Compared to last year, wind energy's contribu-tion in the UK was up nearly 50 per cent, proving the value of wind ener-gy as a renewable energy resource for the UK and leading some to suggest that Britain is poised to become the Saudi Arabia of offshore wind.

All in all, if this green energy trend in the UK continues, renewable ener-gy may ultimately prove to be greatest legacy of Queen Elizabeth's long, popular and successful reign.

Yolanda Lora VilchisSurrey

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Special Thank You To Kurt Flesher, the “radio guy”, the Chamber of Commerce director and most of all thank you to the guy who did so much for our community and its people. Every morning we will miss your strong voice, your smile and helping hand you have extended to everybody who needed help. The Board of Directors would like to take this opportunity to thank you for being a great team player.

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The bras are back!Port McNeill Flower

Shoppe has kicked off its third annual Bras for a Cause promotion to benefit breast can-cer research and treat-ment, and invites cre-ative-minded people from across the North Island to contribute to the cause.

“The stress is on creativity and par-ticipation,” said Lyn Skrlac, owner of the Flower Shoppe, which induces double-takes, stares and chuckles at the whimsical cre-ations that appear in its display window each summer. “It’s a fun, creative, imagina-tive way to support the fight against a disease that touches us all.”

Participants are invit-ed to create decorated bras and submit them for display in the Flower Shoppe during the sum-mer, at $5 per entry. Customers and visitors to the store may then vote on their favourites for $1 per vote.

Both the entry fee and voting income goes to the fight against cancer.

“Every penny that goes in that can is donated to breast can-cer,” said Skrlac. “Not one cent goes to over-head.”

Typically, the bras are done in entertain-ing themes, like the “Treasure Chest” that spilled over with booty, the “Armored Bra” made up of inter-linked pop tops from drink cans, or “Getting to Second Base” with a ball on one side and a glove on the other.

The cause got a huge boost last year when the completed bras were unveiled — mod-eled by men — in the Victor’s Secret Fashion Show at the local com-

munity hall. Plans are already in the works, spearheaded by Cheryl Verbrugge, to bring back the fashion show this winter.

In the meantime, Skrlac and Lynda Biggs of the Flower Shoppe are trying to get as many bras entered before voting wraps up and prizes are issued this September.

To help, the Flower Shoppe has purchased a quantity of thrift-shop bras, and custom-ers may come in and

use the shop’s craft table, glue guns and supplies to decorate at no charge.

The women also encourage “bra bees,” gathering a group of friends together to decorate

“The more bras we have, the more we have to fight can-cer,” said Skrlac. “It doesn’t have to be just women, either. The guys, kids, everyone who is creative can get involved.”

Businesses or indi-viduals may also aid the cause by contrib-uting a prize to be awarded to the top vote-getters at the end of summer, or may simply donate at the Flower Shoppe.

The “armored bra”, made up of interlinked pop-top rings, is among the entries in this year’s Bras for a Cause fundraiser in Port McNeill. Below, Santa hitches a ride on the “All I want for Christmas is a DD” entry in the fundraiser, hosted by The Port McNeill Flower Shoppe.

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nile male humpback whale that died in the early morn-ing hours of June 12th on a beach in White Rock (some 40 km south of Vancouver).

Fellow Marine Education Research Society (MERS) director Caitlin Birdsall was on site in her capacity with the British Columbia Cetacean Sightings Network and I have been haunted by her photos ever since she shared them with me.

While the images stir deep despair, they are also achingly beautiful and fill me with a great depth of hope.

People cared enough to place flowers on the deceased little whale.

People cared enough to stand in awe and respect.

People . . . cared.With this little whale

dying on a beach in an urban centre, great public concern and national media attention were attracted, creating a potent opportunity for edu-cation.

The death of this whale illuminates how little we know about marine life, even the ocean’s giants.

Had anyone seen the whale before? To date, no one has been able to iden-tify this whale as an indi-vidual and thereby deter-mine where he might have come from. We at MERS were not able to find this whale in our catalogue nor in that of the Department of Fisheries and Oceans.

How did the whale die? The whale had an excruciatingly slow death from starvation due to entanglement in fish-ing gear. The gear had lacer-

ated into the whale’s skin and had cut deep into the whale’s mouth. Ultimately, the young emaciated hump-back became stuck on the beach at low tide and died there.

What type of fishing gear killed the whale? Fishing gear that was unfamiliar to local experts. Scott Landry, from the Provincetown Centre for Coastal Studies in Massachusetts, is one of the world’s fore-most experts on entangle-ment and he shared with MERS director Christie McMillan that the line was very likely from offshore longline fisheries and was more difficult to recognize because the hooks had been in the water so long, they had corroded off the lines. Let’s truly absorb that for

a moment - the whale may have been entangled so long that he outlasted the hooks on the fishing line.

Do humpback whales get entangled often? Entanglement is identified as a threat in the Recovery Strategy for the North Pacific Humpback

Whale in Canada but the threat is very poorly under-stood. Therefore, we at the Marine Education and Research Society have undertaken an entangle-ment scar study to deter-mine how often humpback whale entanglement might occur. British Columbia’s vast coastline and relative-ly new Marine Mammal Response Network unques-tionably lead to many undetected and unreported entanglements. Even in the Gulf of Maine, where there is a well-established report-ing network, studies have determined that less than 10% of large whale entan-glements are witnessed or reported and only a fraction of deaths are detected. Scar studies in Southeast Alaska suggest that up to 78% of

humpbacks are entangled at some point in their lives.

Are there solu-tions? Humpback whales of the North Pacific must continue to receive protec-tion under the Species at Risk Act. They are current-ly listed as “threatened” but a 2011 assessment suggests they could be down-listed to being of “special concern”. This is premature. Not enough is known about the population structure of the North Pacific humpbacks, let alone about threats such as entanglement. With a better understanding of the incidence of entanglement, fisheries regulations could be adapted including gear modifications that allow nets and lines to break-away.

But the lessons here go

beyond those relating spe-cifically to humpbacks and to entanglement.

This “case” of an uniden-tified juvenile humpback dying on a beach in an urban centre after months of agony, undetected and unreported, testifies to how little we know about our oceans and how easy it is to kill a giant, even with a bit of stray human-made fish-ing line.

The key to saving whales, and the ecosystems for which they are ambassa-dors, is to retain the humil-ity and connectedness we feel when we see pictures like this, letting it impact our consumer and electoral choices and our value sys-tems. We too often act as if we know it all; that we will be able to “manage” even unknown human impacts; and therefore, we relent-lessly assault the oceans in favour of short-term econo-mies.

Thanks to the efforts of many volunteers, coor-dinated by Jim and Mary Borrowman, this little humpback’s skeleton will come to hang in Telegraph Cove’s Whale Interpretive Centre. Maybe the powerful photograph will hang life-size behind it, adding to the potential of this whale’s death leading to some sort of positive gain for the envi-ronment and, therefore, for ourselves.

Jackie Hildering is a marine educator, avid scuba diver, and humpback whale researcher who lives in Port McNeill. See www.themarinedetective.ca and www.mersociety.org for more detail.

The bones of this humpback whale, which was discovered on the beach near White Rock, will be dis-played at the Whale Interpretive Centre in Telegraph Cove for the purpose of education and conserva-tion. Caitlin Birdsall

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Imagine a movie where salmon are the main characters and killer whales play a support-ing role. Or a drama, where harbour seals lurk in the shadows and bull kelp sways to the rhythm of an ever-changing tide.

That’s the scene that artist Jeanne Alley is skilfully inventing in a 100 square-foot mural that will be placed above the entrance to the Chamber office later this summer.

The mural, which was the brainchild of Yana

Hrdy at the Port Hardy Chamber and commis-sioned by the Northern Vancouver Island Salmonid Enhancement Association to promote the Quatse Salmon Stewardship Centre, features this young art-ist’s talent for captur-ing the many creatures and forms of light that move and shift through Hardy Bay.

“It’s a whole new world for me,” says Alley, adding that she is fascinated by the vari-ety of colours and life forms that inhabit the ocean around northern Vancouver Island.

“Much of my work has been with smaller

surfaces, images such as logos and layouts like brochures,” notes Alley, “and I’ve only

recently begun to work with marine organisms like these.”

The wooden ‘Port

Hardy Seine Floats’ sign by the cannery and a ‘happy landscape’ over ten windows at North Island Mall are among her artistic ‘sig-natures’ to date here in Port Hardy.

Visitors to the salmon centre will have already seen some of Alley’s illustration talents in the ‘critterbook’ that identifies the plants and animals inhabiting the ‘Corey’s Wall’ exhibit.

Alley was imme-diately offered a job

with Microsoft after graduating from Seattle Central school of design and chose instead to follow her heart and move to Coal Harbour to be with her husband Andrew Hory.

The two met at an Aikido dojo in Seattle over six years ago and, quite literally, ‘fell’ for one another during one of these martial arts sessions.

It’s a long way from Seattle to the shores of Holberg Inlet, but Alley

is happy to be here and laughs that her journey north was far less per-ilous than that of the salmon from the wide ocean to the shores of the Quatse River.

Support for the mural project has been provided by the Port Hardy Lions Club, Rotary Club of Port Hardy, Port Hardy Kinsmen Club, Dona Koch, Hardy Builders’ Supply, Andrew Hory and, of course, Jeanne Alley.

Jeanne Alley begins work on a mural that will be placed at the the Port Hardy Chamber of Commerce. Annemarie Koch

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Carmen Pend-leton of Stubbs Island Whale Watching caught this rare glimpse of a flock of six brown pelicans soaring over Blackfish Sound last Thursday

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Eagle returns home after care

Gazette staffALERT BAY—A

bald eagle injured in a collision with a clothesline in early May was released back into its Cormorant Island home territory Wednesday following a nearly two-month stay with the Mountain Avian Rescue Society in Comox.

Local animal control officer David Faren was called on May 2 by Arthur Dick, Jr., who reported an eagle had flown into a clothesline and was down, unable to fly.

The bird was cap-tured and delivered to the staff at MARS for

care.Last week, Liz Carter

of the rescue society returned to Alert Bay with the mature rap-tor in a large dog ken-nel. The kennel was

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North Island Life

Loggers let ‘er ripGazette staffPORT McNEILL—It was

a family affair when the local Logger Sports Society hosted its third annual Logger Sports Competition before nearly 250 fans Saturday along the waterfront.

Campbell River’s Dave MacLeod topped the men’s Canadian Logger (Can-Log) points leaderboard, followed by the father-son team of Karl and Carson Bischoff.

Brenda Pouchnik, whose husband Derek was a top-five finisher in the men’s results, was the top point-get-ter among the ladies, while Andrew Murray edged out Scott Thompson and Angus Brown for honours among novice competitors.

Four of the top five teams in the Jack-and-Jill mixed double buck saw event were either married couples or father-daughter teams, including Port

McNeill’s Nick and Sarah Russell, who placed fifth.

The event was backed by multiple local, Island-wide and national business-es, including title sponsor Pacific Coastal Airlines. The Hyde Creek Volunteer Fire Department handled site vol-unteer duties and members of the Reinforest Riders eques-trian club timed the events.

Results appear in Scoreboard, page 17.

Clockwise from left, Spectators look on as competitors take their hacks in the handi-capped underhand chop during the third annual Port McNeill Logger Sports Competition Saturday on Broughton Blvd.; Dave MacLeod of Campbell River takes some high-altitude cuts during the springboard chop; Karl Bischoff oils his snowmachine engine-powered chain-saw in preparation for the unlimited hot saw event; Port Hardy’s Brad Laviolette saws against Lukas Brown John in the obstacle pole; Anita Jezowski rips through a pine log.

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GAZETTENORTH ISLAND

North Island Secondary School June 2012 School Leaving Ceremony Scholarship/Bursary Winners

Congratulations

101 Squadron RCAF Scholarship Hannah Mitchell

Aborginal Achievement Scholarship Award Alex DesRochers

Aboriginal Citizenship Bursary Katherine Holzer-Crabe

A. J. Elliot PAC Scholarship Breanna Podlasly

Alert Bay Lions Scholarship Star Jolliffe, Lara Bragan

Black Bear Resort Bursary Katherine Holzer-Crabe

Branch 281, RCL Ladies Auxiliary in Memory of Mrs. Susan Gilbert Scholarship

Taylor LoganBranch 281, Royal Canadian Legion Bursary

Kate Brown, Taylor LoganBranch 281, Royal Canadian Legion Ladies Auxiliary Bursary

Kate BrownCommunity Futures Dev. Corp. of Mt. Waddington Bursary

Madison Chester Cormorant Island Hospital Auxiliary Bursary

Lara Bragan, Breanna Podlasly Cormorant Recreation Association Scholarship

Donald CookCUPE Local 2045 Memorial Bursary

Brittanii Lasota, Madison Chester Dalewood Inn Scholarship

Alysha Watt District French Scholarship

Alysha WattDogwood/District Authority Awards

Jacquelyn Biggs, Taylor LoganDr. & Mrs. H.J. Pickup Scholarship

Alexander DesRochers Environmental Stewardship Bursary

Taylor LoganFerry Crew Bursary

Culin Gomm Harris and Company Law Scholarship

Taylor Lingl

HR MacMillan Family Fund Scholarship Alex DesRochers

Hyde Creek Volunteer Fire Department Scholarship Kate Brown, Maia Rardon

Jeff Hermanns & Calvin Lutz Memorial Bursary Conner Bowden-Green, Madison Chester, Roland Johnson

John Warner Memorial Scholarship Lara Bragan

Kla-Anch Women’s Institute Scholarship Conner Bowden-Green, Gillian King,

Jacquelyn Biggs, Brittanii Lasota LeMare Lake Logging Scholarship

Jessie Ehlert, Roland JohnsonMalcolm Island Lions Bursary

Breanna PodlaslyMike Durkin Memorial Bursary

Dallas Bradshaw NISS PAC Bursary

Meghan Trevor, Ben Jorgenson, Maia Rardon, Gillian King North Island Administrators Scholarship

Roland JohnsonNorth Island College Award Scholarship

Sadie van RossumNorth Island Community Services

& Second Look Thrift Shop Scholarship Madison Chester, Taelor Pelletier

Northern Vancouver Island Salmonid Enhancement Assoc. Scholarship

Taylor LoganPat McKernan Memorial Scholarship

Taylor Lingl Port Alice Legion Branch 180 Scholarship

Dallas Bradshaw, Roland Johnson, Sadie van RossumPort Alice Legion Ladies Auxiliary Scholarship

Dallas Bradshaw, Roland JohnsonPort Alice Lions Bursary

Sadie van Rossum Port Alice Thrift Shop Scholarship

Dallas Bradshaw, Sadie van Rossum, Roland JohnsonPort McNeill Fire Department Scholarship

Andrew Fletcher

Port McNeill Lioness Scholarship Taelor Pelletier

Port McNeill Lions Club Scholarship Kate Brown, Alexander DesRochers

Port McNeill PAC for Cheslakees School Bursary Hannah Mitchell, Arnie Irving

Port McNeill PAC for Sunset School Bursary Taylor Lingl, Alexander DesRoschers

Port McNeill Rotary Bursary Taelor Pelletier

Ray Lasota Memorial Bursary Brittanii Lasota

Rod Watson Award Scholarship Dallas Bradshaw

Royal Canadian Legion Alert Bay Bursary Starr Jolliffe, Lara Bragan

Royal Canadian Legion North Vancouver Island Zone Lara Bragan

Sheldon Smith Memorial Bursary Taylor Lingl

Shop-Rite Bursary/Scholarship Carolanne Williams, Star Jolliffe

Sointula Co-Op Store Assn. Bursary Breanna Podlasly

T’lisalagi’lakw School Bursary Donald Cook

Top Island Econauts Scholarship Katherine Holzer-Crabe

Town of Port McNeill Citizenship Scholarship Roland Johnson, Katherine Holzer-Crabe

Tracey Bono Memorial Bursary Madison Chester

Vancouver Island North Teachers Association Scholarship Roland Johnson, Lara Bragan, Mitchell Janveau

Western Forest Products Scholarship Alysha Watt

WoodLot 1909 Scholarship Taelor Pelletier

Woss Lake Volunteer Fire Scholarship Connor Bowden-Green

North Island Secondary School would like to thank the many Scholarship/Bursary Donors who have helped the graduating students of NISS with their future plans for post secondary education.

Following is a list of scholarships and the winners.

Just for You

Have you seen the Slugs out there?! They are huge this year and plentiful. When I lived in town a herd of them used to travel across from the woods to my strawberry patch night-ly. They devastated the crop annually, until I figured it out.

Recently I was walk-ing by the flower bed and all seemed well, except, as I got to the far side I felt something was missing. I went back and had a closer

look. There was a shiny slime trail leading from one Asiatic lily to the next. These are the tall lilies, with beautiful large fragrant flow-ers in shades of white and pink. I noticed last week they had buds. This week should be when the first blos-soms open, but instead the buds were hanging down from stems that had been eaten through by a large slug.

I have packed these lilies through 4 logging

camps; they have been in buckets for more than 20 years of their life. About 5 years ago I prepared beds for them and in they went. Each year they come back and look lovely, but this year, not so much.

Other summers I have spent an hour or so, 2 or 3 nights a week doing a slug patrol throughout the property. I used to have an ugly pair of garden gloves, a buck-et with sea salt in the

bottom, and a strong constitution. Wearing

the gloves I would grab the slugs and toss them quickly in the salt, giv-

ing the bucket a shake every 10 slugs.

About 10 years ago I started to use the “beer method”. My husband was appalled, saying that using beer like this was sacrilegious. Anyway, the beer meth-od calls for small cups sunk in the ground until the edge is about flush with the soil around it. I mound a bit of dirt on either side of the cup and place a small shingle over the beer. Slugs can’t seem to

resist the yeasty smell of beer and they fall in and drown in the beer.

Copper is a slug deterrent, a little known tidbit. You can buy it in a tape form, but the copper tape is expen-sive when compared to cheap beer.

For every gardener with a slug problem there is a slug solution. There is an old say-ing, that a best defense is a good offence, and in this case, a good offence might be

accomplished through giving the garden paths a good raking over in the spring. Remove any debris the slug could take shelter under, or worse, lay eggs under. If we can keep slugs from multiplying in the garden there is a chance of staying ahead of the damage done by their sheer numbers.

Heather Mary Brown is a seasoned North Island Gardener. Email questions to: hmbrown@cablerocket.com.

Slugging it out: dealing with garden pests

with Heather Brown

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July 9-13Hockey

Fourth annual Lou Lemire Summer Hockey Skills Camp at Chilton Regional Arena, Port McNeill.

July 14Baseball

Port Hardy vs. Hyde Creek, 4 p.m. and 6 p.m., Hyde Creek Ballpark.

July 19-22Slo-pitch

Annual Filomi Days wood bat slo-pitch tournament, Beaver Harbour Park, Port Hardy. Finals Sunday noon and 1:30 p.m. Info, David, 250-949-7221.

July 21Stock cars

Season points series racing at Triport Speedway, 4 p.m. Concession; $5 adult, $3 youth, $2 seniors.

BaseballPort Hardy vs. Port McNeill, 6 p.m., Hyde Creek Ballpark.

July 21-22Drag racing

North Island Timing Association hosts the second Rumble on the Runway series event at Port McNeill Airport. Time trials begin 10 a.m.; eliminations 1 p.m.

July 22Baseball

Port McNeill vs. Hyde Creek, 4 p.m., Hyde Creek Ballpark.

July 23-27Soccer

World Cup Soccer Camp returns to the North Island with sessions in Port Alice, Port Hardy, Port McNeill and Sointula throughout week. Camp wraps up with fun tournament Friday at NISS track in Port McNeill. Registration and contact info online at worldcupsoccercamp.

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Soccer standouts head for StatesJ.R. RardonGazette editorMore than a dozen

local aboriginal youth soccer players will get a taste of interna-tional competition next week when they trav-el with NIFA United FC to play in the Indigenous Soccer Cup in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

The players included boys and girls from age 12 to 18 and rep-resent four local First Nations communities, in Quatsino, Tsulquate, Fort Rupert and Alert Bay. The group will also include several North Island coaches and more than two dozen family members and chaperones.

“Our northern (Island) communities have really jumped on board,” said Dano Thorne, head coach of the Cowichan Valley-based Native Indian Football Association. “We took the task of putting teams together starting 14 months ago, and the communities

are coming together on Vancouver Island to create these six teams. We’re hoping it’s the start of a youth pro-gram in our province.”

Thorne, who is assist-ed by William Wasden Sr. of Alert Bay, will

take boys and girls teams in the U13, U15 and U19 age groups to compete in the U.S. tournament. He has years of experience taking elite-level ladies teams to international competitions, but this

will be the single larg-est group he’s taken on trip.

“There’s been a lot of work putting everything together,” said Tammy Hunt of Quatsino, who helped organize prepa-rations for the 10 play-

ers and additional trav-eling party members from her band. “We had to get passports, go online to fill out our papers and take them down, and do a lot of fundraisers.

“We raised $6,000,

and the band kicked in $5,000 to help these kids go.”

Beginning last May, local players selected to participate have trav-eled to the Cowichan Valley for a series of camps to prepare them for the competition.

Thorne said the Indigenous Cup will include opening cer-emonies with dancers from several cultures, and feature a series of health and wellness workshops. He said NIFA United FC will be the first club from B.C. to attend the tour-ney, and believes it will be the only Canadian entry.

“I want to spend a lot of time with my group, of course, but I also want to respect the pro-tocols of the territory we’re visiting,” Thorne said. “Our effort is to promote health and wellness among the Native American and First Nations commu-nities in Canada and beyond, through sports and culture.”

North Island players with the NIFA United FC soccer team gather with some of their lower Island friends during a camp held in Duncan earlier this year. Sandy Grenier

NHL's Stoner a hit in hometown returnGazette staffPORT McNEILL—

Clayton Stoner proved you don’t need to have the Stanley Cup in your grasp to put a smile on the face of a young hockey player.

Stoner, the Port McNeill-raised skater who now plays with the NHL’s Minnesota Wild, returned to Chilton Regional Arena last week for the second annual Clayton Stoner Summer Hockey Camp.

The weeklong camp, hosted by Andy Seppanen’s Victoria-based Progressive Goaltending, drew dozens of youngsters from the North Island and beyond, including players from Campbell River and the Comox Valley.

The camp was divid-ed into two sections,

for younger and older players.

It wrapped up Saturday with scrim-mages between teams coached by Stoner and fellow Port McNeill pro Ben Olson that included NHL-style introductions under a spotlight.

After the games, players had a chance to get sticks, jerseys and other equipment — and occasionally an arm — autographed by Stoner and Olson.

The meet-and-greet with the pros was a highlight for the play-ers, who posed with the pros for photos after getting their auto-graphs.

The camp was the second of three held at the arena this summer. The previous week the North Island Eagles hockey program hosted

a weeklong camp for local rep hopefuls.

This week, Lou Lemire is back from

the Okanagan Valley for his fourth annual Lou Lemire Summer Hockey Skills Camp.

On Aug. 12, Willie Mitchell of the Los Angeles Kings is scheduled to appear in

Port McNeill, bringing the Stanley Cup for its first appearance in his hometown.

Owain Jewell of Port Hardy watches while getting his Minnesota Wild jersey signed by Wild defenseman Clayton Stoner Saturday at Chilton Regional Arena in Port McNeill.

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Four share checkered flag Gazette staffSaturday night saw

another successful set of races at the Triport Speedway.

A healthy crowd came out to see a field of six racers compete in three heats at the track just outside Port Hardy.

The field had began with a seventh racer, Brock Shore, but he was forced out of pro-ceedings after trans-mission issues during hot laps prior to quali-fying.

After Daniel Hovey won the trophy dash, four cars took to the track for the first heat of racing, with Hovey and Justin Reusch lin-ing up in front of Glen Day and Chris Hardy when the green flag dropped.

Hardy attempted an early pass round the outside of Day on the first lap but Day was able to hold him off until the tight posi-tioning of Hovey and Reusch allowed the field to narrow and Hardy took his chance to move up.

The race finished with Hovey holding his lead, Hardy, who also had the fast time in qualifying, move up

to second with Reusch third.

The full field of six lined up for the second race, with newcom-er Ryan Doyle posi-tioned beside Donnie Lawrence at the front, with the other four cars behind in the same order as the first race.

Unfortunately for Doyle, he seemed to have engine trouble early on and moved to the pits as Lawrence led the remaining five around the track.

A wide turn forced

Lawrence back in the order with Hovey and Day jostling for first.

In the end though, it was Reusch that pre-vailed. After a stoppage to allow Lawrence to replace a flat, Reuch was able to move to the front and hold off Day who finished second and Hovey in third.

The main event got underway after a short intermission with six lining up again but Doyle again had diffi-culties and was forced out early.

Reusch and Hardy started well, each mov-ing up in the pack before apparent con-tact between Hovey and Lawrence on turn four saw Lawrence roll off to the inside of the track.

The restart saw anoth-er reshuffle with Day able to get a command-ing lead with Reusch, Hovey and Hardy in a tight battle for the rest of the spots.

The final order was Day, Hovey, Reusch, Hardy, Lawrence then

Doyle. It was Day’s third straight main event win in the season points series.

The points tally for the day saw Hovey on top with Hardy taking full advantage of his fast time position in second.

In the season tally, Day stays top of the table, followed by Reusch then Hovey.

The next races at the speedway will take place during Filomi Days, beginning at 4 p.m. July 21.

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soccer fields will be buzzing with activity when the World Cup Soccer Camp makes its annual visit the week of July 23-27.

Camp sessions will be held in Port Alice, Port Hardy, Port McNeill and Sointula, with all players gather-ing Friday, July 27, for an international-style jamboree at the North Island Secondary School track field in Port McNeill.

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LOGGER SPORTS

2012 Port McNeill Logger Sports Competition

July 7

Men’s Open resultsSpringboard chop

1. Derek Pouchnik, 1 minute, 16.785 seconds; 2. Karl Bischoff, 1:23.745; 3. Carson Bischoff, 1:41.19; 4. Lukas Brown John 1:43.97; 5. Dave MacLeod, 1:45.285.

Underhand chop1. Derek Pouchnik, 55.37; 2. Nick Russell, 1:00.15; 3. Andrew Murray, 1:01.60; 4. Dave MacLeod, 1:02.25; 5. Lukas Brown John, 1:08.82.

Axe throw1. Carson Bischoff, 14 points; 2. Lukas Brown John, 13; 3. Karl Bischoff, 12; 4. Dave MacLeod, 7.

Hot saw - unlimited1. Karl Bischoff, 7.58; 2. Terry Basso, 9.515; 3. Carson Bischoff, 12.065; 4. Dave MacLeod, 12.69; 5. Matt Mooney, 13.28.

Open stock saw1. Karl Bischoff, 7.01; 2. Terry Basso, 7.045; 3. Dave MacLeod, 7.14; 4. Nick Russell, 39.19.

Grand Prairie accuracy cut1. Nick Russell, 17.61; 2. Roger Briscoe, 20.27; 3. Dave MacLeod, 21.625; 4. Karl Bischoff, dq.

Obstacle pole bucking1. Dave MacLeod, 14.14; 2. Terry

Basso, 17.47; 3. Carson Bischoff, 17.72; 4. Derek Pouchnik, 22.97; 5. Nick Russell, 24.61.

Choker race1. Nick Russell, 16.06; 2. Brad Laviolette, 17.015; 3. Dave MacLeod, 19.075; 4. Carson Bischoff, 19.095; 5. Terry Basso, 19.715.

Single buck saw1. Dave MacLeod, 18.485; 2. Carson Bischoff, 22.14; 3. Karl Bischoff, 22.905; 4. Matt Mooney, 23.185; 5. Nick Russell, 23.58.

Double buck saw1. Terry Basso-Derek Pouchnik, 8.345; 2. Dave MacLeod-Roger Briscoe, 8.565; 3. Nick Russell-Doug Folkins, 10.495; 4. Karl Bischoff-Carson Bischoff, 16.40; 5. Troy Lambert-Angus Brown, 44.515.

Overall points1. Dave MacLeod, 26; 2. Karl Bischoff, 18; 3. Carson Bischoff, 17; 4 (tie). Terry Basso and Derek Pouchnik, 14; 6. Nick Russell, 13; 7. Roger Briscoe, 6; 8. Lukas Brown John, 4; 9 (tie). Matt Mooney and Brad Laviolette, 3; 11. Doug Folkins, 2.

Ladies resultsSingle buck saw

1. Brenda Pouchnik, 20.375; 2. Sarah Mooney, 23.895; 3. Anita Jezowski, 26.00; 4. Chantelle Ryan, 47.78; 5. Aleta Rushton, 48.64.

Axe throw1. Sarah Russell, 12 points; 2. Brenda Pouchnik, 9; 3. Leone Bischoff, 6; 4. Sarah Mooney, 5.

Stock saw1. Anita Jezowski, 6.83; 2. Brenda Pouchnik, 6.97; 3. Leone Bischoff, 8.70; 4. Aleta Rushton, 8.935.

Overall points1. Brenda Pouchnik, 14; 2. Anita Jezowski, 12; 3. Sarah Mooney, 6; 4. Sarah Russell, 5; 5. Leone Bischoff, 4; 6. Chantelle Ryan, 2; 7. Aleta Rushton, 1; 8. Joli White, 0.

Novice resultsUnderhand chop

1. Angus Brown, 50.205; 2. Troy Lambert, 50.595; 3. Clarke Ellah, 54.42; 4. Andrew Murray, 1:00.185; 5. Scott Thompson, 1:01.595.

Obstacle pole1. Brad Laviolette, 15.485; 2. Lukas Brown John, 18.595; 3. Clarke Ellah, 22.20; 4. Scott Thompson, 23.58; 5. Andrew Murray, 25.545.

Axe throw1. Scott Thompson, 12 points; 2. Doug Folkins, 6; 3. Andrew Murray, 3 (throw-off); 4. Angus Brown, 3.

Double buck1. Scott Thompson, 20.18; 2. Clarke Ellah, 22.19; 3. Chantelle Ryan-Aleta Rushton, 25.97; 4. Tim Chester-Andrew Ashford, 33.14.

Overall points1. Andrew Murray, 14; 2 (tie). Scott Thompson and Angus Brown, 11; 4. Clarke Ellah, 8; 5. Brad Laviolette, 7; 6 (tie). Andrew Ashford and Tim Chester, 4; 8 (tie). Lukas Brown John, Aleta Rushton and Chantelle Ryan, 3; 11 (tie). Troy Lambert and Doug Folkins, 2.

Mixed resultsJack-and-Jill double buck

1.Anita Jezowski-Dave MacLeod, 10.565; 2. Brenda Pouchnik-Derek Pouchnik, 11.49; 3. Sarah Mooney-Matt Mooney, 12.47; 4. Leone Bischoff-Karl Bischoff, 15.16; 5. Sarah Russell-Nick Russell, 15.325.

BASEBALL

North Vancouver Island Baseball League

Through July 8Team W L Pct GBPort Hardy 5 1 .833 —Hyde Creek 5 2 .714 1/2Port McNeill 0 7 .000 5 1/2

Thursday, July 5Port Hardy 11, Hyde Creek 2

Sunday, July 8Port Hardy 14, Port McNeill 4

Saturday, July 14Port Hardy vs. Hyde Creek*, 4 p.m.Port Hardy vs. Hyde Creek, 6 p.m.

Sports Scoreboard

Cubs pitch, hit way to weekend sweepJ.R. RardonGazette EditorHYDE CREEK—

Complete-game pitch-ing efforts by Curtis Martyn and Dave Stewart and some time-ly hitting lifted the Port Hardy Cubs to a sweep of two North Vancouver Island Baseball League games last week.

Thursday’s 11-2 win over the Hyde Creek Hillbillys and Sunday’s 14-4 victory over the Port McNeill Rangers vaulted the Cubs (7-1) back into the driver’s seat in the race for the regular-season league title with just two weeks remaining until the league playoffs.

Martyn homered in both games and Stewart and Chris Lamothe also went deep in the win over Port McNeill.

Martyn scattered six hits in Thursday’s win and threw five shutout innings after Hillbillys leadoff hitter Tom Cessford walked and came around to score on a hit by Ivan Hall in the first.

It was the only lead Hyde Creek would enjoy.

Hillbillys starter Jason West breezed through two innings

and had two outs with a runner aboard in the third when the Cubs broke through. Martyn and Lamothe deliv-ered consecutive run-scoring doubles and Rod Romas fol-lowed with an RBI single.

One inning later, the Cubs enjoyed another two-out, three-run rally when Martyn followed back-to-back singles by Hugh Connon and Lukas Jones with a three-run home run. Martyn added a double as the Cubs put the game away with a five-run fifth inning that made it 11-1.

Cubs 14, Rangers 4Stewart settled down

after spotting Port McNeill a 2-0 lead in the second inning, and aided his own cause by belting a fourth-inning homer with two run-ners aboard.

Martyn and Lamothe hit back-to-back hom-ers in the bottom of the third inning and Stewart added an RBI single as the Cubs reached the five-run limit. They hit the limit again in the fourth, which fea-tured singles by Jason Hodson, Jones, Martyn

and Romas before Stewart’s blast put the Cubs ahead 10-2.

The Rangers got a run back the next inning on an RBI single by Jason Evans, but that was all Port McNeill could manage until Evans singled and scored on a fielder’s choice by Byron Johnson in the final inning.

Port Hardy first baseman Chris Heslop juggles the toss from pitcher Dave Stewart as Port McNeill's Byron Johnson motors up the base line Sunday at Hyde Creek Ballpark. Below, Port Hardy's Jason Hodson gets a force out as Port McNeill's Hugh Connon slides into second base. J.R. Rardon

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Gazette staffTelegraph Cove continues

its summerlong centennial celebration July 12-15 with a four-day reunion to mark the recovery and return of Springer, the orphaned orca

found in Puget Sound 10 years ago.

The week features whale-watching trips with Stubbs Island Whale Watching daily and an environmental fair at the Whale Interpretive

Centre Wednesday through Friday.

It culminates with a panel discussion Friday, July 15, beginning at 9:30 a.m. with some of Springer’s rescuers at the Whale Interpretive

Centre, and wraps up with Gordie Graham’s renown salmon barbecue on the boardwalk beginning at 5 p.m.

It is the third reunion event to mark the 10th anniver-

sary of Springer’s recovery from Washington’s waters and eventual return to her pod in Johnstone Strait.

The first event was hosted by the Vancouver Aquarium June 12, and another was

hosted in Seattle June 23.To book a whale-watching

trip with Stubbs Island, call 1-800-665-3066. For more info on the reunion call Telegraph Cove at 1-800-200-HOOK.

Springer reunion comes to Cove this weekend

Thursday, July 12, 2012 www.northislandgazette.com 19

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WE’LL BE IN BELLA BELLA, EXCHANGING THE OLD BC HYDRO METER ON YOUR HOME WITH A NEW SMART METER.

For 50 years, BC Hydro has been providing clean, reliable electricity to you. Today we are planning for the next 50 years by investing in new projects, upgrading existing facilities and working with you to conserve energy through Power Smart.

BC Hydro is upgrading homes and businesses with new smart meters. Moving to a more efficient, modernized grid will help us meet the growing demand for electricity while continuing to deliver safe, reliable power throughout the province.

Here’s what you can expect:

Monday to Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. PST.

logos on their trucks and uniforms, and photo identification badges.

have safe and clear access to your meter—please remove any physical modifications that prevent a meter exchange.

60 seconds.

For more information about the smart meter installation process, visit bchydro.com/smartmeterinstall.

New market draws crowd in Hyde CreekGazette staffHYDE CREEK—A

new farmer’s market in Port McNeill got off to a small but enthusiastic start Saturday with a half-dozen vendors setting up tables in a grassy area alongside the Hyde Creek Esso sta-tion.

With the cool, wet spring slowing local gardeners, the inaugural market was less about farmers’ produce than crafters, with vendors selling wares ranging from jewelry to hula hoops, hand-crafted baby items and baked goods.

“As long as it’s home-made, home-grown and hand-stitched, it’s wel-come,” said organizer Neva Perrott, who credited the work of Gwen Alsop with getting the market started.

Originally, organizers planned to hold the mar-ket in Port McNeill. But Hyde Creek Esso owner

Aaron Gabrysh offered the vendors free space for the debut market, and tables will cost just $5 for future markets in August and September to offset

the extra use of washrooms and garbage disposal at the adjacent convenience mar-ket.

With brilliant blue skies overhead, the handful of

vendors saw brisk business, especially in the open-ing hour. Amber Kennedy quickly sold all of her 30 loaves of homemade bread and two dozen cinnamon

buns and broke down her tent while customers con-tinued to browse at other tables.

“I’m quite pleased with the amount of traffic,” said

Ashlee Wall, who staffed her table of hand-crafted baby items, herbs and hula hoops with baby Emma sleeping in a tummy car-rier. “Surprised, actually.”

Perrott expected the selec-tion of goods to improve in future markets as the grow-ing season advances, and hopes more vendors can be coaxed out in the next two months.

“It’s a wonderful opportunity,” said Kate Pinsonneault, who traveled from Port Hardy to set up her jewelry table. “It’s hard to start something new; it takes time to get the word out.”

The next farmer’s mar-kets will be held in Hyde Creek Aug. 11 and Sept. 8. To register or for more info, contact pmfarm-ersmarket@gmail .com or visit the Port McNeill Farmers Market group on Facebook.

Customers check out the selection of homemade offerings, and chat with organizer Neva Perrott while Ashlee Wall looks on with nine-month-old Emma Saturday during the inaugural Farmer’s Market in Hyde Creek. J.R. Rardon

Heather JonesSpecial to the GazettePORT HARDY— We all

know what it’s like: a much anticipated visit from family, that for ages seemed to be sev-eral flips of the calendar pages in the future, is, quite suddenly, this week! Plans kick into high gear to iron out last minute details, the weather forecast is warily checked with fingers crossed.

So it was at a recent meeting of the Port Hardy Twinning Society whose members are excited to be once again host-ing Port Hardy’s “Sister” town of Numata, Japan, from July 17-24.

Port Hardy has a twenty-year-strong relationship with Numata, a small town of about four thousand people sited on the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido.

Exchange trips between the two “North Island” communi-ties alternate each year. Port Hardy representatives last vis-ited Numata in August 2009, a trip fondly remembered for the generous hospitality of the hosts and a week crammed with local sightseeing.

A highlight was participating in Numata’s famous “Yotaka Andon Festival”, an event fea-turing colorfully lit, seven-metre-tall “andons” (lanterns) that are paraded through the streets accompanied by com-munity members dancing,

playing flutes and pounding on Taiko drums.

Excitement builds at inter-vals along the routes as two of the huge andons line up facing one another and crash into each other in a bamboo-splitting duel.

Our Numata “family” most recently visited Port Hardy in July 2010 and were treated to week of Canadian culture, including living with home-stay families, hikes on the west coast beaches, a tour of a log-ging operation, canoeing, pot-lucks and barbecues.

They also overcame some ini-tial trepidation as they gamely helped build and paddle in the annual Filomi Days boat build-ing competition.

This year’s delegation will again experience five days of the best that the North Island has to offer, such as a whale-watching trip, a hike along the new Storey’s Beach-to-Hardy Bay “Commuter Trail”, a night of camping in tents at Quatse campground, taking in the Tri-port Speedway stock car races and, of course, once again marching in the Filomi Days parade and braving the waves of Hardy Bay in a make-shift boat.

The tsunami disaster in March of 2011 precluded Port Hardy’s visit to Japan that year.

Thankfully, Numata is well inland from the coast and was not damaged in the earth-

quake or subsequent tsunami. However, it was felt that it would be inappropriate to expect hospitality mere months after the national emergency.

Instead, the Port Hardy Twinning Society organized a “Japan March” and fundraising event with proceeds directed to the Red Cross crisis relief efforts.

Our Japanese guests will be in town until Tuesday, July 24. All are encouraged to greet our visitors with a warm North Island welcome when you see them around town, and to give them a cheer in the parade and boat building competition.

The Port Hardy Twinning Society is always open to new members.

Our next turn for the exchange trip will come in the summer of 2013. Contact Leslie at 949-2315 for more information..

A travel blog article about the Yotaka Andon Festival can be found at http://charle-shamel . com/2010 /09 /17 /numata-yotaka-andon-festi-val/ and a You Tube video of the “dueling andons” is at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q6kJm1oju50.

English-language travel sites, such as http://en.visit-hokkaido.jp/hokkaido/index.html, provide lots of informa-tion about visiting Hokkaido, or better yet, talk to one of the Twinning Society members about their experience.

Port Hardy prepares to host Numata visitors

www.northislandgazette.com Thursday, July12, 201220

A natural born problem-solver and an unconventional thinker, Ernie lived a life full of creation, which included raising six sons, Marcel, Gérald, Roland, Alfred, Jean, and Robert, with his wife of 56 years, Cécile.

Ernie’s strength and pride will be remembered with fondness and his spirit will live on

through the unique impression he has left on those around him.

Death is nothing,I’ve just passed into the other room.

I am Me, you are You.All that we were for each other

We still are forever.Give me the name you always gave me.

Talk to me as you always have Do not use a different toneDo not be solemn or sad

Keep laughing at what made us laugh togetherPray, smile, think of me

Let my name be spoken at homeAs it always was… without dramaOf any sort and without darkness.

Life means what it has always meant.The thread has not been cut.

Why should I be out of your thoughts?I am simply out of your sight.

I am waiting for you. I am not far.Just on the other side of the path.

And within you if you so want.

There will be no public service held, however, if you would like to stop in to share a story or two with Cécile, we encourage you to do so. In lieu of flowers, please consider doing

something to make someone else happy.

Ernest Jos Omer GagnonApril 30, 1929-June 8, 2012

After a 15 year battle with brain cancer, Mel peacefully went to sleep with his wife, his “rock”

beside him.

He will be forever loved & remembered by his wife Cheryl, daughter Kari (Nurmi), sons Jacob & Thomas & his beloved grandson Eric. He is mourned by his sisters Lorna (Dale) White, Norma (Richard) Hemphill, Karla (Rob) Broadfoot & uncles Jack (Thelma) Lysne & Olie (Edwina) Henderson, father-in-law Tom (Judy) Bernicot, sister-in-law Simone Bernicot & brother-in-law Mike Bernicot. He also leaves countless treasured cousins, nieces, nephews & greats and a multitude of friends.

His spirit now resides in the loving arms of Dad - Norman, Mother - Sarah, brothers - Karl Martin & Eric, granddaughter - Kelly Elizabeth, mother-in-law - Margit Bernicot & brother-in-law - Wayne Bernicot.

There will be no formal service by request. Family & friends are invited & welcome to attend a tea in Mel’s memory on Sunday, July 15, 2012 at 2:00 pm,

7610 Glacier View Cres. East, Port Hardy. His ashes will be interred at a later time in a private

family ceremony.

Melvin Charles LysneJune 1964-June 2012

Edward (Eddie)

Carlson

Eddie Carlson passed away May 15, 2012.

A Celebration of Life was held for him in Squamish where he had

resided for many years.

Family, friends and co-workers (as well as his logging truck) were

present. He will be missed.

Land Act:Notice of Intention to Apply for a Disposition of Crown LandTake notice that Tom Mazar of Sooke, British Columbia, intends to make application to Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations (FLNR), North Island District Office, for a Licence of Occupation- Industrial General (Float Camp Anchorage), File Number 1413666, situated on Provincial Crown land located at Pierce Bay.

For acopy of the application or to make written comments, please contact: Michelle Beaulieu, Ministry of Forests, North Island-Central Coast Forest District, PO Box 7000 Port McNeill, BC, V0N 2R0 or email to: Michelle.H.Beaulieu@gov.bc.ca. the application will be available for review and comment for 30 days from July 13, 2012. Comments will be received until August 13, 2012. FLNR office may not be able to consider comments received after this date.

Comments can also be posted at: http://arfd.gov.bc.ca/ApplicationPosting/index.jsp?PrimaryStatus=pending.

Please be sure to cite the Applicant’s name and the location of the proposed activity and File Number for reference.

Be advised that any response to this advertisement will be considered part of the public record. For information, contact the Freedom of Information Advisor at FLNR office.

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FULLTIME MATE: for a 94 passenger ferry based in Soin-tula. Contact Captain DougNewman 604-328-8984, emaildmerc@telus.net. For Sept. 1.Minimum qualifi cations: Mate150 tonne.

Holbrook Dyson Logging LtdHas vacancies in the followingjob: 1)Heavy Duty Mechanic2)Driller/Blaster 3)Loader Op-erator, for Town Jobs. Detailscan be seen at http://hdlog-ging.com/ Fax resume to 250-287-9259

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North Island Church ServicesPORT HARDY BAPTIST CHURCH

Corner of Trustee & HighlandMorning Service 11:00 am

Plus regular family activitiesOffice: 250-949-6844

www.porthardybaptistchurch.caPastor: Kevin Martineau

11/12ST. COLUMBA ANGLICAN

UNITEDReverend Wade Allen

9190 Granville St. Port HardyPhone 250-949-6247

11:00 a.m. Sunday School and ServiceWed., 1:00 pm Bible Study

Everyone welcomeMeeting rooms available columbac@uniserve.com

11/12FULL GOSPEL CHURCH

2540 Catala Place Port McNeill(across from Firehall)

Sunday10:30 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

11/12

CHRIST CHURCH ANGLICANAlert Bay

Sunday Services - 10 amReverend Lincoln Mckoen

1-250-974-5844Warden Flora Cook

250-974-5945Warden Joan Stone

250-974-223411/12

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

250-949-824311/12

NORTH ISLAND CATHOLIC CHURCHES

Sunday MassesSt. Mary’s Port McNeill: 9am

St. Bonaventure Port Hardy: 11amSt. Theresa’s Port Alice:

Saturdays 5:00pmAlert Bay: 1st & 3rd Saturdays 10am Father Roger Poblete 250-956-3909

11/12

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

11/12

LIGHTHOUSE RESOURCE CENTRE

(8635 Granville St. Port Hardy)250-949-8125

11/12

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:pastorgeorge@providenceplace.ca11/12

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

11/12

ST. JOHN GUALBERT UNITEDANGLICAN CHURCH

250-956-3533Email: gualbert@uniserve.com

Sunday Worship - 9:00amReverend Wade Allen

All Welcome175 Cedar Street Port McNeill

11/12

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

11/12

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Realtors, attorneys, auctioneers, professionals:help us market the place to a good new owner.

Full-Time Administrative Assistant

Applicants must have strong customer service, communication and computer skills and have operating knowledge of office technologies. Basic bookkeeping skills preferred. The administrative assistant will perform front-end receptionist duties as well as executive assistant duties. Multi-tasking and the ability to work both independently and as part of a team are essential.

Please submit resume, cover letter, and references by

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Wage is industry-competitive . T: 250-949-9450 · F: 250-949-7656 · PO Box 2760 Port Hardy, BC V0N 2P0

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North Island Community Services Society is seeking highly motivated, organized and outcome-experience based individuals to work in the Special Services Program. The Special Services Worker will work and support children and families to increase living skills, parenting skills, behaviour management and communication choices. The position may include routine crisis intervention. The majority of this service takes place in the client’s home. Preference will be given to applicants with post-secondary credentialsand/or related human services experience. Previous work experience is an asset. This position is currently part-time. A valid driver’s license and a reliable vehicle is necessary as travel will be required. A criminal record check will be required. Only short listed candidates will be contacted.Please forward resume with cover letter by July 13, 2012 to:

North Island Community Services SocietyPO Box 1028, Port McNeill, BC V0N 2R0

nicsbc@telus.net

Special Services Worker(Medical Leave/Maternity Leave Position)

HELP WANTED

LANDS & RESOURCES CO-ORDINATOR: F/T position with Kwakiutl Band Council in Port Hardy. Senior position. Email for job description:casey.larochelle@kwakiutl.bc. ca or call 250-949-6012 Dead-line 07/27/12

NORTH ISLAND CRISIS & COUNSELLING CENTRE SOCIETY is looking for an

individual to provide cleaning services to the Crisis Centre

on a weekly basis. Must supply references and

consent to criminal record check. For further details

please contact Sandy Tamburini

phone: 250-949-8333 or email: receiption@niccs.org

PART TIME Offi ce Administra-tor needed for Living Oceans Society’s Sointula offi ce. 3 days a week. For details or to apply go to: www.livingo-ceans.org/employment

SHOPRITE in Port Hardy is seeking a full time sales per-son. Benefi ts offered. Must be customer service oriented and self motivated. Must have excellent communica-tion skills and be familiar with computers. Must be will-ing to work Saturdays. Will-ing to train the right person. Apply by fax 250-949-8911, email srsph@telus.net or in person.

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PROFESSIONAL/MANAGEMENT

GROCERY MANAGER. Jas-per Super A. The Grocery People Ltd. (TGP) provides goods and services to a large, independent grocery and food service industry and manages a number of Super A Food Stores. Located in scenic Jas-per, Alberta, you will be re-sponsible for all aspects of managing a grocery depart-ment including marketing, merchandising, controlling and human resources manage-ment. Applicants need fi ve years grocery department management experience. The successful candidate must be customer service focused, show self initiative and leader-ship to achieve the required results. TGP offers a competi-tive compensation and benefi t package as well as the oppor-tunity for personal and profes-sional development. To apply, send a resume, stating salary expectations to: Director, Hu-man Resources, The Grocery People Ltd., 14505 Yellow-head Trail, Edmonton, AB, T5L 3C4. Fax 780-447-5781. We thank all applicants, how-ever, only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

TRADES, TECHNICAL

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DRILLERS AND BLASTERS Roc-Tech Contracting Ltd is starting a project in the Port McNeill area and is looking for experienced drillers and blast-ers. Apply to: juan@roctech.ca or Fax 1-866-756-7074

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FURNITURE

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STEEL BUILDING, Huge clearance sale! 20x24 $4,658. 25x28 $5,295. 30x40 $7,790. 32x54 $10,600. 40x58 $14,895. 47x78 $19,838. One end wall included. Pioneer Steel 1-800-668-5422.www.pioneersteel.ca.

SWEDISH JOTUL parlour style woodstove. Rear 6” chimney outlet. Great Condi-tion, hardly used. $250 obo. 250-949-8959.

REAL ESTATE

FOR SALE BY OWNER

CAYCUSEWell-Maintained

Recreational Property/Home1500 sq.ft, 3 bdrm 2 bath,

5 acres, garage. A stone throw from pristine

Cowichan Lake. Reduced to sell $378,800.Furnished. Ready to move in! Call 250-478-2648 or

250-745-3387.

HELP WANTED HELP WANTED

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NOW HIRINGWestern Forest Products Inc. is an integrated Canadian forest products company located on Vancouver Island that is committed to the safety of our employees, the culture of performance and the discipline to achieve results.

We currently have the following openings:

Maintenance SupervisorRemanufacturing Supervisor

Assistant/Field PlannerMillwrights • Hooktenders

Loader/Hoe Chuck OperatorDriller/Blaster

Certifi ed FallersDetailed job postings can be viewed at

http://www.westernforest.com/building-value/our-people-employment/careersWFP offers a competitive salary, a comprehensive benefi t package and the potential to achieve annual performance rewards. If you believe that you have the skills and qualifi cations that we are looking for, please reply in confi dence to:

Human Resource Department Facsimile: 1.866.840.9611

Email: resumes@westernforest.com

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Roga Contracting Ltd., a logging and log hauling contractor located in British Columbia, is seeking YARDER OPERATORS, HOOKTENDERS, HANDFALLERS and BUCKERS for full time employment at their Campbell River and Port Alberni Operations.

Roga Contracting Ltd. offers competitive wages with full medical and dental benefit packages.

If you are interested in a future with us, please send your resume to: rogacrresumes@hotmail.com or fax to 250-286-3653.

No phone calls please. We thank all those who express interest but will only contact those to be interviewed.

North Island Community Services Society is seeking a Foster Family Support Worker to provide support to Foster Families in the Mount Waddington region. Applicants must have an applicable certifi cate and at least 2 years minimum experience with supporting families. A working knowledge of the BC Foster Parents’ Protocol and Procedures is preferred. Applicants must also be highly motivated, positive, organized, and have experience in group processes and facilitation techniques. Travel will be required. Please forward resume with cover letter by July 13, 2012 via mail or email to North Island Community Services Society, Box 1028, Port McNeill, BC V0N 2R0 or nicsbc@telus.net. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

Foster Family Support Worker

Londyn Lockard of Port Hardy, 15 months, enjoyed the logger sports competition in Port McNeill Saturday.

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GAZETTENORTH ISLAND

Lisa HarrisonSales Rep

An active part of your business and our communities. Let me

help your business get business. Together we can help the North Island stay strong and grow!!

Give me a call at 250-949-6225or email me at:

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TRADES, TECHNICAL

HELP WANTED

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HELP WANTED

REAL ESTATE REAL ESTATE

FOR SALE BY OWNER FOR SALE BY OWNER

PORT HARDYWell maintained 6-plex

Great investment$385,000

Call Noreen 250-949-6319imagine.it@cablerocket.com

HELP WANTED HELP WANTED

GARAGE SALES GARAGE SALES

REAL ESTATE

FOR SALE BY OWNER

COAL HARBOUR- Ocean-side retreat on N. Vancouver Island. 1750 sq. ft. 2 bdrm, 2 full bath, fi nished basement, deck, sauna, hot tub and new roof in 2011. Pad rent $300/mnth. All appliances incl. Auto/boat shed/ Fishing, boating, crabbing at your doorstep. $39,500. Call 250-949-6643 250-949-0516.

HOUSES FOR SALE

PORT MCNEILL, 5 bdrm, 2668 sq ft, water view, carport, 12’x16’ shop, boat shed, F/P, new roof, deck, cul-de-sac, $280,000 obo. (250)956-4547.

HOMES WANTED

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20 ACRES- Only $99/mo. $0 Down, Owner Financing, NO CREDIT CHECKS! Near El Paso, Texas, Beautiful Moun-tain Views! Money Back Guar-antee! Free Color Brochure. 1-800-755-8953.www.sunsetranches.com

RENTALS

APARTMENT/CONDO

PORT HARDY Airport Rd 2 bdrms, quiet. N/S Ref. req’d. $525/mo. Ample parking. Avail. Aug 1/12. 250-949-6319.

PORT MCNEILLAPARTMENTS

Well managed 1 & 2Bdrm suites. Gym & sauna on site. Call for availability.

Phone Rick250-956-4555

PORT HARDY - 7077 High-land Dr. $695 /month includes cable. Beautiful 2 bedroom condo, fully renovated. New laminate fl oor in LR, DR, and Kit. Newer carpet in BR’s, ce-ramic in Bath. Full size fridge, stove, DW and in-suite laun-dry. Plenty of storage and parking. Ref req. Info and pho-tos, toll free 1.877.470.1700.

PORT HARDY, various units. Call Roy Carlton at 1-866-314-8615. Coldwell Banker, Island Coastal.

PORT MCNEILL- 3 Bdrm townhouse, close to schools & hospital. Available mid August. Call 250-956-3440. www.portmcneilltownhouses.yolasite.com

SEAHAVEN APARTMENTS7070 Shorncliffe St.

Oceanview 2 bdrm suite.Fridge/stove, balcony,

blinds, private parking stall, locker,

laundry on premises.Quiet, adult building,

non smoking, no pets.References required.

Inquiries contact Janet cell 1-250-230-1462.

RENTALS

APARTMENTS FURNISHED

PORT HARDY Highland Manor

•Bachelor •1 bdrm furnished

•2 bdrm $550Move in incentive

on approvalReferences Call Jason

250-949-0192

DUPLEXES/4PLEXES

PORT HARDY 3 bdr, 1.5 bathroom.

New fl ooring, interior doors, paint etc. Quiet location, fenced yard. Avail Aug 1.

Pets negotiable. $850/mth.

References a must. 250-230-1416.

HOMES FOR RENT

2 BEDROOM house for rent,located in Arnsville TrailerPark, Parksville. Small dogsallowed. Available Aug 1st.$800/month. 250-954-9547

OFFICE/RETAIL

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SUITES, LOWER

GREATER PORT Hardy area: Fully private, above ground, 1-bdrm suite, newer ocean view home, across the street from beach. High ceilings. Hard-wood. Tastefully furnished. No excessive drinking, N/S. Avail soon. $495 mo. Call Marie 250-949-9970.

PORT HARDY New 2 bdrm basement suite. Quiet neigh-bourhood. N/S, N/P, refs req’d. $700/mo. includes sat., wire-less internet, $100/mth hydro & shared laundry. Now available. Call 250-949-8981.

SUITES, UPPER

BACHELOR suites available located at Arnsville, includes hydro, cable and internet. $500 per month 250-954-9547

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CARS

2007 CUSTOM Chev HHR. Excellent condition. Loaded. White. 119,000 km, mostly hwy driven. On-Star. $11,900 fi rm. 250-755-5191.

OFF-ROAD VEHICLES

2003 Chev Silverado 2500HD for sale. Diesel, 4x4, 230,000 km’s. Single cab, long box with box liner. Full wiring for towing and camper. Has auto lights, cruise control etc. Excellent running condition with good tires. Can email pics. $17,300. Call 250-230-4950

RECREATIONAL VEHICLESFOR SALE

24’ TRAVEL TRAILER. Port Hardy area. Many wonderful features. Like new. $10,000. Call 250-902-0878.

SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES

2002-FORD EXPLORER XLS. Runs excellent. 157,000 kms. Reduced to sell $4,999 OBO. 250-287-2009.

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Left: Chloe Noel and Emma Ewen share some popcorn as they wait for the feature presentation in Coastal Community Credit Union’s Sunset Cinema outdoor theatre show. Above: Youngsters play on the Sunset Elementary School sign in front of the three-story screen. J.R. Rardon