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West Coast welcomes new MP Gord Johns delivers Courtenay-Alberni riding to the NDP

Stuck truck blocks road to voting boothANDREW BAILEYWesterly news

Hitacu residents wanting to vote in Monday’s federal elec-tion found themselves stuck in a sticky situa-tion on their way to the polls as a semi trailer packed to the gills with fish got caught in a ditch and blocked their only road access to ucluelet.

the truck did not flip over but its trailer swung into the road

and blocked both lanes of traffic around 2 p.m. forcing commuters to wait on a heavy-duty tow truck en route from Port alberni.

the tow truck arrived and was able to pull the truck out of the way of the significant line of traffic behind it by around 6:45 p.m. giving those who had been waiting just 15 minutes to race to the ucluelet community centre to cast their

ballot. Social media sites

were full of community spirit as ucluelet locals volunteered to pick Hitacu residents up on the ucluelet side of the truck so they could vote.

the Westerly could not confirm wheth-er the delay caused anyone to miss their opportunity to vote by press time.

[email protected] heavy duty tow truck pulled a stuck fish truck out of the way of Hitacu residents trying to get

to the Ucluelet Community Centre to vote on Monday night. Photo Andrew Bailey.

INSIDETHIS WEEK:

the West coast’s mayors were thrilled with Monday’s elec-tion results. PAgE 5

locals are going bananas over a major motion picture being filmed locally. PAgE 2

Student athletes are digging community service.

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gord Johns celebrated with supporters after being voted in as the Courtenay-Alberni MP on Monday. Photo by Candace Wu Parksville Qualicum Beach News

ANDREW BAILEYWesterly news

West coasters are sharing an orange sky with the rest of Vancouver island but it seems everyone else in the country is covered in red.

the ndP’s gord Johns became the new courtenay- alberni riding’s first MP on Monday after outpacing conservative incumbent John duncan to the tune of 26,595 votes to 19,631, according to Elections canada.

liberal candidate carrie Powell-davidson secured 15,166 votes followed by the green Party’s glenn Sollitt

with 8,190 and Marxist-lenin-ist Barbara Biley with 137.

the new riding’s voters had an impressive inaugural show-ing with a 76.62 per cent voter turnout—69,719 votes cast out of 90,998 registered voters—not counting those who regis-tered to vote on election day.

the national average was 68.49 per cent representing a roughly 7 per cent jump from 2011’s 61.1 per cent average.

While the ndP celebrated a near sweep of Vancouver island securing six of seven MP seats—green Party leader Elizabeth May won her Saan-ich-gulf island riding—they

watched their party fall to third nationally.

Justin trudeau’s liberals won a decisive majority earn-ing 54.4 per cent of the votes and 184 seats.

the conservatives were bumped to the Official Oppos-ition with 29.3 per cent of the vote followed by the ndP with 13 per cent.

this is the first time since 2006 that the West coast’s MP is not a member of the gov-erning party.

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| The Westerly News Wednesday, October 21, 2015

JACKIE CARMICHAELSpecial to the Westerly

If the carpenter next door didn’t confide that he was building sets for the next installment of the Planet of the Apes franchise, don’t feel bad.

Like scores of local hires in the know about the sequel to ‘Rise of the Planet of the Apes’ and ‘Dawn of the Planet of the Apes,’ he was sworn to secrecy.

Vancouver Island North Film Commissioner Joan Miller said months of preparation went into what would culminate in just a few days of shooting film at sev-eral locations – including a huge build-out in Wyndansea, which has had locally-hired security at its cordoned-off front gate for months.

“It’s not a secret there was a lot of local hires,” said Miller.

Six months of location scout-ing. Hiring 35 local carpenters to assemble the sets, 15 local pro-duction assistants to manage the footwork.

The production resulted in hun-dreds of hotel rooms rented out, and a late bloom of the hospital-ity season for local restaurateurs.

The film production now heads to the lower mainland for studio filming for the release due out in July 2016, but the after-effect lin-gers in local economic impact.

“In order to support local com-munities when they do a film, they try to purchase locally,” Mil-ler said.

On the West Coast, that means a trickle-over-Sutton Pass effect for heavy equipment and car rental businesses in Port Alberni.

Interviewed in Ucluelet, Miller said she can’t say enough about support from local municipal offi-cials, the airport and the Alberni Clayoquot Regional District.

“They’re getting great feedback from production crews here – that kind of word-of-mouth goes a long way,” she said.

“This is a film-friendly commun-ity – they’re always cooperative,” Miller said.

A non-profit agency that doesn’t charge for its services, Vancouver Island North Film Commission works with all the on-the-ground logistics to facilitate film produc-tion here – with one question in mind.

“How can we as a region make

this a win-win for both the pro-duction company and the com-munity?” she asked.

In order to attract films out of Hollywood – even out of the Lower Mainland – there are advantages to be represented: everything from Vancouver Island’s 22,000 square miles of spectacular scenery – much of it unimpeded by traces of civiliza-tion – to free parking.

“We’re competitive … we want them to come to our region, and spend all their per diem while they’re here,” Miller said.

Federal and provincial parks – once somewhat aloof to the film industry – have realized that Hollywood can bring them what they need: free publicity with location shoots that will lure a second wave to visit.

“People are more and more mak-ing decisions on where to travel based on what they’ve seen on the big screen,” said Miller.

Maybe that’s the beach from the Twilight movies, or Superman stalking out of the water in Port Albion, or even the dock from the Viagra commercial.

All of the Island benefits from

filmmakers’ fascination with its rugged local beauty.

There are, at press time, more than six documentary crews on the ground on Vancouver Island – including several BBC documentaries.

And somewhere north of Camp-bell River – Miller can’t say where, for confidentiality reasons – the second season of the Hist-ory Channel’s wild hit ‘Alone’ is underway, with 10 trained surviv-alists toughing it out in contest against fierce nature.

“It’s a ‘survivor’ series – 10 people in 10 locations, to see who

lasts he longest over the fall and winter,” Miller said.

Last season’s action saw 6 of the 10 reality contestants fall away after being besieged by everything from 120kph winds to a bear rif-ling through the camps.

“People were glued to it,” Miller said.

That – and a tourism sweep-stakes courtesy of the History Channel – drove online hits to Tourism Vancouver Island’s home page.

“The synergy is wonderful,” she said.

Monkey business brings big business to local economy

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Tanya Price and Commissioner Joan Miller on location at Raven Lady

Oysters in Ucluelet. Photo Jackie Carmichael.

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The ANAF is a non profit organization with a man-date to help support local community events and programs.

For the last year the ANAF interim

management team has been working towards offering the hall as a multi-use venue for all demographics of town.

Last January we closed for renovations to spruce the place up and do some much needed repairs.

It was great to see not only some long time locals but also some people brand new to town help not only paint almost the entire inside of the hall but also re-floor and tile behind the bar.

A key feature to the hall that was added was a green room with a private entrance adjacent to the stage.

This has allowed us to gar-ner some acts that we previ-ously would not have been able to, such as Patsy Cline impersonator Bonnie Kilroe and the recent Melody Man-gler Burlesque Roadshow.

There have been a number of new programs launched since we reopened in February.

The hall has been hosting a free youth drop in, with a dinner budget provided by the parks and rec.

The Tuesday night event has been a huge success with the local kids taking full advantage of not only the pool table and darts but shuffleboard as well.

We hosted a father’s day BBQ as a fundraiser for the Ukee Market Society.

There have been two themed group bike rides through town.

This past Ukee days with the crown and anchor wheel plus the poker tournament earnings we were able to donate enough money to the West Coast Kids in the Wild program for them to participate in more outdoor learning experiences than they otherwise would have been able to.

The hall is also available for private events such as surprise birthday parties and anniversary celebra-tions. Fundraisers for non profit societies are able to be hosted at the hall for free such as PRAS’s Shred Kelly show this summer.

We have hosted a variety of different live music shows as well as opened ourselves up to members who have wanted to organize their own shows for the hall.

There have also been other forms of entertainment brought to town, from bur-

lesque and stand up comedy to a real live freak show. For quieter evenings there is an entire cupboard of board games that got a lot of use at the weekly board game night last winter.

All of these events are organized and run by volun-teers. None of these things could happen without people stepping up and get-ting involved.

We are proud to say that we are currently standing at over 150 members. Now that everyone has some time for themselves we have a lot of shows and events on the ros-ter for the coming off-sea-son, including upcoming elections for a new executive board of the ANAF.

All members please join us on Wednesday October 21 at 7 p.m. for a meeting with BC Head Com-mand. Current President Luc Mazur, Vice President, Past President and

Treasurer will be hosting the meeting to discuss the sus-tainability of Unit 293.

The sustainability of the unit requires the commun-ities continued support and volunteers to keep the hall open.

We welcome new members and volunteers, there are many jobs large and small to be done.

Come to the meeting on the 21 to show support.

Please contact us at [email protected] if you are interested in becoming a member or want more infor-mation about the upcoming election.

Bronwyn Kelleher is the ANAF’s co-interim manager.

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The ANAF is a solid source of live music, board games, and variety shows for locals to enjoy . Photos submitted.

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Gord Johns’ big win on Monday that launched him into the fed-eral government as the NDP MP of Courtenay-Alberni was both expected and exciting news for the West Coast’s mayors.

“I’m not one bit surprised. I, all along, felt that Gord was the strongest candidate for the rid-ing and that he would do very well,” Tofino Mayor Josie Osborne told the Westerly on Monday night after Johns’ victory was announced.

“I feel honoured to call Gord a friend of mine and it will be amazing to work with him...It’s pretty nice to know you can hit the ground running with a good relationship with your MP.”

Osborne believes Johns, who spent time on Tofino’s muni-cipal council and also served as the executive director of the Tofino-Long Beach chamber of commerce, will bring a valuable understanding of West Coast cul-ture to Ottawa.

“He understands the kinds of struggles that people face and he also understands why people

make the decision to live in a place like Tofino and that’s important. Ottawa is a big city, very far away, and it’s important that our MP remembers our Van-couver Island values,” she said.

“It’s great news for our riding and it’s terrific news for Tofino. We’re now represented by an MLA (Scott Fraser, NDP) and an MP that are from, or have roots in, Tofino and that means they know what our West Coast small town rural life is like and I feel we’ll be very well represented in Ottawa.”

She suggested that aside from his solid attributes as a can-didate, Johns’ campaign also benefited from local loyalty to his party.

“Obviously the policies of the NDP spoke to a lot of voters and I

think it’s fantastic,” she said. “We’re a place of innovation,

and thinking a little bit outside the box, and we obviously have a very strong environmental sens-ibility here and a lot of recogni-tion of First Nations issues and that naturally draws us towards more left-leaning parties.”

The West Coast now finds itself with an MP who is not a member of the governing party for the first time since 2006 as Justin Trudeau’s Liberal Party earned a majority government.

“It seems there is always an advantage to have an MP who is in the governing party. I wish that wasn’t the case,” Osborne said.

“I wish there was a way for some of the hyper-partisanship to be taken out of our electoral system so that our MP’s could work across parties much better to represent the wishes of all of their constituents no matter who they voted for and it remains to be seen how that will all fall out.”

Ucluelet Mayor Dianne St. Jacques was also not surprised to see Johns celebrating a victory on Monday night.

“Gord has worked really hard on this for quite some time now and

I think his work has paid off for him,” she told the Westerly.

“He’s gotten out there and lis-tened to people and met people and he’s worked hard at it so I’m not surprised at his victory.”

She shared in Osborne’s opti-mism about Johns’ potential in his new position.

“I really respect Gord a lot. I like him very much and I think he’s very sincere and he really listens to people when they speak,” she said. “I look forward to working with him.”

She added Johns is familiar with the West Coast.

“I’ve always had good conver-sations with Gord about what’s going on here in Ucluelet and there’s no question in my mind that he gets it and he gets us,” she said. “He’s so approachable and I have a lot of respect for him.

She suggested Johns is well equipped to work with the Lib-eral majority and cited Trudeau’s victory speech where Canada’s new prime minister promised to work with members of the other parties.

“Trudeau’s quite an impressive young man himself and he’s say-ing he’s going to listen to everyone

that was elected. That’s the kind of message that he’s portraying right now and I live in hope that he will,” she said.

“Gord can work his magic, as he has on the Coast here for quite a few years with whatever he’s turned his hand to, and I’m very confident that he can work and get things accomplished for us.”

She noted one of Johns’ key talk-ing points during his campaign was bringing the Amphitrite Point Coast Guard Station back online in Ucluelet and she assured he will be reminded of this early and often.

“That will be one of the first conversations we have,” she said.

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Sometimes the best move is staying put.

Ucluelet local Bill Morrison drew applause during last week’s council meeting after delivering a presentation urging council to reverse a controversial decision to move Ukee Days to Tugwell Fields next year.

Morrison said he and other locals were blindsided by a sign posted at this year’s event stating it would be the last to be held at the traditional Seaplane Base fairgrounds.

“I’m not a regular council meeting attendee however I like to think of myself as someone who tries to stay up to date and informed about what’s going on and it was the first I had heard of this,” he said.

“As I talked to other friends and neighbours I realized I wasn’t the only one that was completely out of the loop on this one.”

He said the surprising news was a hot topic over the Ukee Days

weekend and cited a Westerly News article published after the event that quoted Coun. Mari-lyn McEwen suggesting she had heard only positive opinions from locals about the move.

“We must live in completely non-overlapping social circles,” he said to McEwen adding he has canvassed the community and found no one in favour of moving the event. “I’m getting up to a fairly decent sample size and I’m wondering why our perception can be that different.”

He asked council to present clear reasoning for moving the event and said the only reasons he had ascertained were that the district feels the Tugwell Fields are underutilized and that the larger venue would provide more room for growth, neither of which he felt were sufficient.

“If you insist on pursuing on the current tack, I do believe you have a duty to the electorate to give us a better rationale than I’ve heard to date,” he said.

He also cited several reasons for keeping the event at the Seaplane

Base venue. He noted the Ukee Days festiv-

ities bring a significant amount of noise, especially during musical performances and logger sports, and suggested moving the fair-grounds to the more residential area surrounding Tugwell would bring unwanted results.

“Both the fish plants and the hospitality industry are going full blast at that time and that means we have a lot of people on shift work and I think it’s quite reason-able to expect that some people are trying to get their sleep in the afternoon,” he said.

“I would suggest the probability of noise complaints will rise upon a move to Tugwell Fields.”

He also questioned how beer garden patrons would be handled in the more open venue without the bottleneck effect provided by the Seaplane location.

“Do we want them going down one well policed road as the way out, and then they meet the main road, or do we want them dispers-ing off in a number of different directions through residential

neighborhoods,” he asked.He added locals have memories

of past Ukee Days weekends that are connected to the Seaplane location.

After Morrison’s presentation, Coun. Mayco Noel suggested the decision could be reversed and encouraged the locals in attend-ance to get involved in council’s ongoing budget discussions.

“Nothing’s in stone for us,” he said adding his fellow councillors have differing opinions on the topic.

“We’re not trying to wreck 44-year-old memories that some people have down there...there’s a budget component to it and being involved helps us out with our decision making.”

Mayor Dianne St. Jacques agreed and said the district is reexamining the decision.

“We’re doing more work on this. More investigation as far as costs (and) as far as opportunities,” she said.

“We don’t do anything like this lightly that’s for sure but, having said that, we do have a $1 million

field up there (at Tugwell) and it seems like we could be doing some fun stuff there.

“We will be looking into it more and also reviving our recreation commission and getting input from the community that way...There’s certainly lots to consider.”

After the meeting, Morrison told the Westerly he was happy with council’s response.

“Coun. Noel is absolutely correct in saying people should become more involved,” Morrison said.

“(Noel) recommended people become involved in the budget process and there’s also been a call out for people to become involved with the recreation commission and I think those are both very noble avenues for change.”

Shortly after the council meeting wrapped up, a Facebook group was launched entitled ‘Save Ukee Days at Seaplane Base Road.’ The group had 132 members at press time.

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The Ucluelet Elementary and Secondary Schools earth-quake evacu-ation drill is very systematic and innovative.

With Elemen-tary School Principal Jen-nifer Adam-son’s leader-ship, the students and teachers were able to practice the well thought out and forward-think-ing evacuation exercise with no

difficulties. It’s the second time

I have witnessed the evacuation drill and it is amazing to see how well it works.

By practicing this drill it will become second nature for students and teachers

if an emergency event were to occur.

This is precisely the level of emergency preparedness all residents should strive for because during an incident there will be challenges and difficulties.

I was really impressed with the open dialogue Ms. Adamson had with the students during a ‘what if’ question and answer session.

The questions asked, particular-ly the kindergarten students, were very applicable and got me think-ing, which reminded me that we can all learn from each other.

I hope community members take note and apply some of the tech-niques Ms. Adamson and her col-leagues have created to their own family or business emergency response plans.

The students of Ucluelet are in good hands thanks to the

amazing leadership, creativity and accountability from their educators. Photos and further

dialogue of the evacuation drill can be viewed at the District of Ucluelet’s Facebook page.

The Ucluelet Junior Ranger program is very impressive and led another successful ShakeOut event.

The Junior Rangers practiced setting up ranger tents and their outdoor cooking skills during a mock evacuation exercise.

These young adults showed extemporary leadership skills along with impeccable manners to each other and mentors during the drill.

It’s exciting to collaborate with Ms. Adamson and the Ucluelet Ranger program on advanced planning for emergency response

and evacuee provisions. A big thank you to the leader-

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Karla Robison is the district of Ucluelet’s environmenal and emergency services manager.

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Local police are ready to serve up a West Coast barbecue spiced with a karma-boosting kick this weekend.

Ucluelet’s Black Rock Resort will hold its second annual Cops for Cancer barbecue on Sunday,

Oct. 25. “Our local RCMP members

come in and help barbecue up a storm,” said the resort’s general manager Adele Larkin adding the event’s proceeds will go to Cops for Cancer.

“Obviously we hope it’s a big success because it goes to a great cause in helping to support the

families of children who are struggling with this devastating disease,” Larkin said.

“We’re really hoping that every-body comes out and supports it and helps us generate a lot of funds for this great cause.”

The Cops for Cancer Tour de Rock riders cycle about 1,000 km across Vancouver Island to raise funds for pediatric cancer research and the effort has raised about $20 million since its incep-tion in 1998, according to Cops for Cancer’s website.

Sunday’s event will kick off at 5:30 p.m. and neither the resort’s restaurant nor lounge will offer any menu options outside of the fundraising barbecue that day.

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Thieves target parked cars in ParkANDREW BAILEYWesterly News

Summer’s end did not end the West Coast’s troubling trend of thefts.

Thieves have hit four parked vehicles at the Pacific Rim National Park in the past week.

Two groups of tourists had their vehicles smashed into at the Park

on Oct. 15 around 1 p.m., accord-ing to Const. Chris Squire of the Ucluelet RCMP who said the vic-timized vehicles were parked at the Rainforest Trail and Combers Beach.

Windows were smashed to gain entry into both vehicles and lug-gage and electronics were stolen from each, according to Squire.

Police believe the same thief, or thieves, committed both crimes.

Two more vehicles were broken into near the Rainforest Trail on Oct. 18 around 11:45, according to Const. Jarrett Duncan.

He said personal items includ-ing credit cards were taken from both vehicles.

Police had no suspects at press

time but were encouraging any-one with any information to con-tact the Ucluelet RCMP detach-ment at 250-726-7773.

Duncan is urging locals and visitors to keep their valuables out of sight and to park in visible areas while visiting the Park.

“Try not to park in a secluded

area,” he said. “If you can park closer to the

highway that would help prevent these suspects from having an isolated or secluded area to break into vehicles without anyone see-ing them.”

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JACKIE CARMICHAEL Special to the Westerly

Built in Port Alberni by Raise-a-Reader vol-unteers, then lugged to the Westerly News office by Pam Craig of Literacy Alberni and the SD70 board, the newest West Coast Little Free Library has found its home.

Marcel Martin brought the enclosed shelves on the final leg of the journey to Opit-saht on his boat, after they were driven to Tofino’s 1st Street Dock on Friday.

The tiny seaside ham-let on Meares Island, visible from neigh-bouring Tofino, now has the beginnings of its own library to serve its estimated 300-plus residents.

The West Coast Little Free Libraries network continues to grow since its 2014 start. There are now Little Free Libraries in sever-al communities.

There is a small kiosk outside the Westerly News office in Uclue-let, and one in Tofino outside Common Loaf Bakery, where in the summer eight or 10 books might fly off the shelf each day, said Lee McNamee, who takes care of the tiny outlet.

In Tofino, St. Colum-ba Anglican/United Church has a cus-tom-built Little Free Library that mirrors the colours and shin-gle construction of the century-old church. It was created by member Whitey Bernard.

After a large donation of war history books came in, a shelf was started at the Tofino Legion.

At West Coast Com-munity Resources Soci-ety in Ucluelet, a shelf of do-it-yourself books is popular, said execu-tive director Margaret

Morrison.At the Edge Youth

Room in Ucluelet, a very neat Little Free Library area is stew-arded by youth and youth director Erica Benson.

A second Little Free Library kiosk, created by the Raise-a-Read-er volunteers in Port Alberni, and complete with a starter batch of donated books, was set to be taken to Ahousaht by boat on Monday to be set up at Maaqtusiis school.

The West Coast Little Free Library system is seeking volunteer stewards interested in starting “branches” in other West Coast communities.

For additional infor-mation, please contact Jackie Carmichael at Carmichael.jacque-line@gmail.

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The little free library took a boat ride to its new home in Opitsaht. Photo Jackie Carmichael.


Geoff Johnson, left, will be dining in style this winter after winning the grand prize of the the Wickaninnish Inn – Long Beach Golf Course pro-am ‘Coastal Gourmet’ raffle. USS athletic director Mike Rhodes presented Geoff with over $1,200 worth of gift certificates to many of the West Coast’s fantastic restaurants. USS would like to thank the sponsors and all the community members who purchased tickets to support USS athletes. Photo submitted.

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Band of Rascals guitarist Malcom Owen-Flood has been reunited with the guitar that was stolen from him after a concert in Ucluelet this summer.

“I’m thrilled,” Owen-Flood told the Westerly News. “It’s pretty hard to explain how happy I am. I kind of always thought I’d see it again but I thought it would be like 10 years from now so I’m blown away that it happened this quickly.”

The guitar, a Gibson Les Paul custom electric with an estimated value of $4,500, was snatched after an Aug. 29 performance at Ucluelet’s ANAF Hall but the

uniqueness of the instrument, as well as its serial number, thwart-ed the thief’s attempts to sell it.

“Essentially, he went into a store where they looked at the serial number and found out it was stolen and that it belonged to me. While they were looking that up I guess the guy got spooked and left with the guitar so I still didn’t have it but I knew it was in Vic-toria,” Owen-Flood said.

“Knowing that it was in Victoria, and within reach, but at the same time knowing he was trying to sell it so it was just as likely to find a new home and I might not see it again was the most stress-ful but also the most encouraging part.”

Owen-Flood quickly began call-ing every Victoria-based music store he could find hoping to intercept his instrument and reached the staff at Guitars Plus who managed to retrieve the gui-tar by convincing the seller they were interested in buying it.

“He could have found anybody on the side of the road that would have paid $500 for it and I would probably have never seen it again but he happened to go to a store that had a guy that knew I wanted it back so I got very, very, lucky,” Owen-Flood said.

Guitars Plus retrieved the guitar on Oct. 16 and Owen-Flood trav-eled to Victoria from his Cowic-han home for a happy reunion on

Oct. 17. The thief remains on the lam. Owen-Flood assured that

despite the unfortunate snag in his West Coast experience, he and his Band of Rascals enjoyed play-ing in Ucluelet and plan to return soon.

“We absolutely loved the show,” he said.

“The band we played with, The Barkley Sounds, were just the coolest guys ever. It was definitely a good experience aside from the loss of the gear but I don’t think that’s the blame of Ucluelet at all; I think it was an out-of-towner.”

Police believe the ANAF was closed and locked at the time of the theft but the thief, or thieves,

were able to climb through an unsecured window.

The ANAF’s co-interim manager Bronwyn Kelleher told the West-erly measures have been taken to ensure similar experiences don’t befall future bands booked by the hall.

“We have reinforced the point of entry and are confident the build-ing is now more secure than ever,” she said. “It’s too bad something like this happened in Ukee but we all have to be a little more vigilant than we were in the past. We wel-come Malcom and his group Band of Rascals to come back and play another show at the hall anytime they like.”

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Local athletes got their hands dirty for a good cause at the Ucluelet Elementary School gar-den last week.

About a dozen members of the Ucluelet Secondary School boys’ basketball team gathered at the garden on Oct. 14 to help prepare it for this season’s slew of educa-tional activities.

“They’re young men and we’re trying to get them to be a part of the community and being a part of the community means doing things for each other,” said the team’s manager Jason Sam. “They’re here to spend their lunch hour and work, work, work.”

Sam said the West Coast’s student athletes appreciate the support they receive from their communities—the recently held Wickaninnish Inn - Long Beach Golf Course Pro-Am golf tourna-ment raised over $17,000 for USS athletics— and he was proud to see his players put their backs into giving back.

“It’s just about showing them the work ethic and giving back. It’s a good thing to do and you

feel good at the end of it,” he said. “These kids are awesome.

They’re a bunch of good kids and they just want to be a part of things.”

The school garden boasts a wide variety of crops including apples, cherries, blueberries, and kiwi fruit and is used as a outdoor education centre for elementary school students to learn about sustainability and growing their own food.

“Everything here that’s getting planted is going to be adopted by a class in the elementary school and they’re going to prune it, take care of it, harvest it, and then share their harvest,” Sam said.

Basketball season doesn’t tip off for another two months but Sam said training has kicked off earli-er than ever to prepare the team for the upcoming season.

“We started two months in advance just to get some training going and introduce these boys into some physical fitness and teamwork,” he said adding the team will go through another month of team building exercis-es before hitting the court for practice.

“We’re not even picking up a basketball for about a month.”

Sam expects about 20 students from grades 8-12 to come out for basketball this year as the school looks to improve upon its impres-sive second place finish at last year’s Island Championships.

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service personnel are loading up to take on local youth at this year’s Cops Versus Kids Halloween Paintball event.

The good natured competition was first launched by Ucluelet RCMP detachment commander Sgt. Jeff Swann in 2009 as a way to build relation-

ships between police and youth and to keep kids out of trouble on the traditionally mis-chievous Halloween Night.

Swann and his first responder crew are ready to tackle the event’s seventh appear-ance on Oct. 31 at 1 p.m. at the Long Beach Golf Course.

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ANDREW BAILEYWesterly NewsLocal youth will soon be singing

a little love into our hearts.

Tofino local Sophie L’Homme has put a call out for young Tof-itians wanting to improve, and showcase, their singing skills in a brand new pop choir.

The choir is open to children ages 8-13 and rehearsals will be held at the Clay-oquot Sound Com-munity Theatre from 3 - 4:15 p.m. every Tuesday staring on Oct. 27.

L’Homme plans to gather a list of the

kids’ favourite songs and bring in local musicians to help turn these popular songs into choir arrangements.

“It’s going to be a fun hour of singing tunes,” L’Homme told the Westerly adding “choir is a micro society” where children learn to sing and collaborate with others.

“It’s just a great introduction to music and training your ear but mainly it’s going to be fun,” she said. “I’m not going to make it too serious but at the same time I’m going to be giving good tips about music...It’s going to be fun and

amazing musical training.”L’Homme recently moved back

to Tofino after spending the past six years studying music in Montreal and said the West Coast would benefit from a musical boost.

“I’m really hoping to build something really significant in Tofino,” she said.

“There’s not enough music in Tofino...We should start a music culture.”

She also plans to launch an introductory choir for 5-7 year-olds and said participating in

choirs as a youth helped motivate and prepare her for her own professional music career.

“I have so many ideas for kids and I love teaching kids,” she said.

“I just think it would be a great thing for Tofino kids to have a choir.”

She hopes to see the children’s choir blossom into a solid ambi-ence-boosting feature at local events and festivals and plans to hold a Christmas concert this year.

Anyone interested in signing up for the choir can contact Tofino’s recreation team at [email protected]

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