LOOK INSIDE FOR FLYERS FROM QUALITY FOODS, STAPLES, HOME HARDWARE AND PIZZA FACTORY! TUESDAY, JAN. 27, 2015 Vol. 1 No. 13 News Alberni Valle y www.albernivalleynews.com A DVERTISER PHOTO COURTESY THE DEVRIES FAMILY Gary DeVries, his wife Jo-Ann and sons Jared and Gavin have close family ties to the Alberni Valley despite relocating to Kelso, Washington in 2008. DeVries was diagnosed with brain cancer in late December, and friends are family are asking for help for him. Page A2 The community rallies for one of its own facing cancer. for life FIGHT See Brook for all your gluten free needs. GH Cretors Chicago Mix Popcorn 2/$7.00 231gm / Assorted Varieties 4647 Johnston Rd. Port Alberni • 250-723-4811 6804457 This Week’s Gluten Free Feature Jan 27th-Feb 3rd GAME NIGHTS WEEKLY GAME NIGHTS: Magic the Gathering, Dungeons & Dragons and More. [email protected]At Kingsway Crossing on Kingsway (778) 421-0141 | www.cardcorner.ca Safe, fun environment 6746876 READERS CHOICE A w a r d s 2015 Recognizes the Favourite People, Places & Things in the Alberni Valley READERS CHOICE AWARDS ALBERNI VALLEY NEWS www.albernivalleynews.com, click on Contests Voting Ends February 6th, 2015 Winners Published Feb. 24, 2015 Enter for a chance to WIN $100 CASH CRAIG FILIPCHUK 250-720-6220 Be on Craigs’ List and Have your Real Estate SOLD! 6709032 l.i.v. Life in the Valley Published by Winter 2015 Fit Mom invests in her health for bodybuilding competition Finance What shape are your finances in? See inside for the latest edition of L.I.V. 6815854 Start 2015 off right with great stories Getting Fit • Saving Money • Feeding Fido Light erapy • and more!
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LOOK INSIDE FOR FLYERS FROM QUALITY FOODS, STAPLES, HOME HARDWARE AND PIZZA FACTORY!
Gary DeVries, his wife Jo-Ann and sons Jared and Gavin have close family ties to the Alberni Valley despite relocating to Kelso, Washington in 2008. DeVries was diagnosed with brain cancer in late December, and friends are family are asking for help for him.
Page A2
The community rallies for one of its own facing cancer.
for lifeFIGHT
See Brook for all yourgluten free needs. GH Cretors Chicago Mix Popcorn 2/$7.00
231gm / Assorted Varieties
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Attention all farmers, market gardeners, shellfi sh growers,
restaurants, and retail food outlets!The Alberni-Clayoquot Regional District
would like to hear from you.As part of the implementation of the Alberni Valley Agricultural Plan we are studying the barriers to getting more local food onto tables in the Alberni Valley and on the West Coast. We have put together a survey for farmers, shellfi sh growers, and food producers as well as one for restaurants, distributors and retailers with an aim of increasing the connections between our farms and our forks. If you have received a survey already, please return your completed survey by Febru-ary 15th. If you have not received one please email us and one will be sent to you. Please indicate if you are a farmer or a buyer of local foods. You can also fi nd the surveys online at http://www.acrd.bc.ca/av-ag-plan.We are also creating a database of regional farms in order to inform farmers of upcoming workshops, and grant funding opportunities, as well as promotional op-portunities including an expanded and improved Farm Directory. (Include the “What’s on Your Fork” logo and “ACRD” logo in the ad-it is part of the promotional opportunities mentioned above)We hope you will join us in promoting the Alberni Valley and the West Coast as a viable food destination. We are here to help you succeed!
Please contact us to get your copy of the appropriate survey and feel free to ask questions, voice concerns and to share your opinions by
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◆ COVER STORY
Family, friends rally for man stricken with cancer FUNDRAISER: | Gary deVries says faith, family and friends are on his side as he deals with surgery, treatment for brain cancer.
SUSAN QUINNALBERNI VALLEY NEWS
Gary deVries may have moved away from the Alberni Valley for work a few years ago, but his former community has rallied around him at one of the most important times of his life.
DeVries relocated his young family to Kelso, Washington State in 2008 for a job, but has many family members and close friends remaining in
the Alberni Valley.Life was good—he
had a job he liked, was involved in his community and his church, and had just fulfilled a goal of running a half marathon on Dec. 6 when he began to experience headaches.
After almost three weeks of headaches that extra-strength Tylenol and Robaxacet weren’t touching, he went to the hospital. Two days later surgeons
removed a mass from his brain and called it
cancer.This week he began
a regiment of radiation and chemotherapy treatment to get rid of the tiny piece that surgeons couldn’t remove.
DeVries’ sister-in-law, Cheryl Currie, said the community response in Port Alberni has been unbelievable. “You don’t realize how many people are there for you until you need them. It touches your heart,” she said.
Many comments have been made on social media from deVries’ former slopitch teammates
and friends north of the border.
DeVries’ former church, the Christian Reform Church on Roger Street, formed a prayer circle for him, as did his church in Kelso, some of his co-workers and his sister in Maple Ridge.
DeVries said this faith is carrying him through his recovery.
“It’s unbelievable. The support of all my friends and family, the overpowering of prayers is absolutely beautiful,” he said.
“I just know God has a plan B for me and
it’s not to be beaten by cancer.”
There are two fundraisers set up to help the deVries family with Gary’s medical expenses: a fund at the bottle depot on Fourth Avenue in Port Alberni, and people may donate their returnables to that fund. There is also an online fundraiser at www.youcaring.com/medical-fundraiser/help-gary-in-the-fight-of-his-life-team-beat-brain-cancer/293881.
Gavin and Jared deVries congratulate their father, Gary, after his first half marathon on Dec. 6.
PHOTO COURTESY THE DEVRIES FAMILY
Gary, an avid softball player in Canada, coaches his son’s baseball team.
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seniors complexes.
Abbeyfield wraps up year with a partyAll around the
various senior homes in the Alberni Valley the celebration of Christmas and the good-bye to the “good old year” were enjoyed by the residents/tenants in a festive atmosphere.
One of the biggest events took place in Abbeyfield House as the residents, along with board members, got together with employees, family, friends and other volunteers in a wonderful atmosphere, which included music and lots to eat at a pre-Christmas event.
“It was a wonderful get together with friends and families,” said Bertha Levesque, president of the Abbeyfield Port Alberni Residents Council.
“We have a good bunch of residents, staff and board members, and at an event like this, we all enjoy it very much like a large family would do”, she added. Later in the program, she welcomed the visitors and thanked the staff and board for making the get-together possible.
Another resident, Mildred Reynolds, was at hand to make some comments on the event: “My son Terry visited with me this afternoon and together we sang well-known Christmas songs that we used to sing many years ago,” she said. “Great memories!
“At Christmas time and other special celebrations, such as birthdays, my husband and children got together to sing and have a good time.”
Nancy Czigany, a board member
and well-known community activist, added the right tone to the event by playing some traditional Christmas songs on her accordion, accompanied by popular local tenor Peter Schroeder, and the always talented singer Marlene Dietrich.
The festive atmosphere was present among the dozens who attended the event. Resident Orize Marcotte, who is always eager to take part at the various events happening in the home, said jokingly: “The music, the food, the drinks, the company, etc.,
were really good. Too bad we didn’t have a dance as well.”
Dietrich, along with other members of the board assisted with the setup and serving and also mingled with the attendees.
“It was a great
event,”commented Roxane Heard, Abbeyfield social director. “How nice it was to see residents with their families, including their children and in some cases their grandchildren, and
lots of volunteers who came to join them for the special celebration,” she added. “All the staff helped and the
kitchen prepared the food trays.”
Heard added that there were a number of other events the residents took part in
December. ¨We had the visit by Santa, several entertainers and special programs. A real good time for all,¨she added.
PHOTO COURTESY ORLANDO DELANO
Abbeyfield board member Marlene Dietrich enjoys refreshments at a holiday gathering at Abbeyfield House at the end of December.
PHOTO COURTESY ORLANDO DELANO
Abbeyfield resident Terry Brown enjoys a visit with her daughters, Cindy and Pam.
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◆ SPLASH a musical and dramatic evening put on by the ADSS arts department from 7-9 p.m. There’ll be dance, music and drama. Tickets are by donation and event takes place in the ADSS theatre.
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for neglect after they allowed their six-year-old daughter and 10-year-old son to walk home together from a playground a mile away without adult supervision. Neighbors called the police and child protection services to report them.
The laws in Maryland, where this happened, prohibit children under the age of eight from being left unattended in a vehicle or a home, and a child must be at least 13 years old to supervise a younger one. Despite this, the educated, professional pair is defending their choice to “free-range parent”—a childrearing style that both my husband and I grew up with, and now our children are growing up with as well.
Yet before reading this story in the news, I had never heard of
the term “free-range parenting” and simply considered our style to be somewhat old school, reminiscent of the days when we played unsupervised outside from morning to night. After learning of an actual label I looked it up.
Described as a commonsense approach to parenting in an overprotective era, it is almost opposite of what’s been termed “helicopter” parenting where children are monitored and sometimes controlled continuously by their folks who hover over them.
I’m not about to claim one style is better than the other. I think what’s best depends on the individual family, and in particular the kids. For us, the old fashioned approach is working out well so far.
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From / A4 Not everyone agrees with
our choices though.“I can’t believe you’d let
them take public transit without you,” one of my friends said recently. “A man was just stabbed to death on a city bus you know.”
Yes, I do know. The tragic murder she referred to occurred in Kelowna two and a half months ago and was a shock to our community. But what were we supposed to do? Take away the independence our 11-year-old daughter and 14-year-old son have earned because of the remote possibility someone might attack them?
As we’ve also seen in the news, horrifying things can happen anywhere—even in their protective schools with teachers present.
This world we live in isn’t 100 per cent safe like the vast majority of us wish it was. But is it worse than it used to be? From all the reports and statistics I’ve read over the years, when it comes to Canada and the US it is not. It only seems like it is.
According to the Department of Justice the crime level has
dropped significantly and we are now in line with the way it was in 1970. It is actually safer for our children to play outside than it was for me when I was their age.
Lenore Skenazy, the author of Free-Range Kids, states that our society started believing children were in constant danger “after cable TV started showing abductions 24/7 and finding the weirdest, saddest stories from around the world.”
The internet prominently highlights a steady stream of that as well.
It’s not just the fear of crime that scares us though. All the extra safety concerns we’re bombarded with make us worry as well.
The current tobogganing restrictions and bans making news across North America illustrates this. No one can deny there is a physical
risk and liability issue when sledding, but risk exists with just about any activity.
As parents, my husband and I could still be considered too protective compared to previous generations. We thoroughly child proofed our house, put gates on the stairs and even walked up the ladder of the slide with our kids and caught them at the bottom when they first slid down. But we also taught them what they shouldn’t touch, how to navigate stairs and the safety rules at the playground.
The older they got the more independence they wanted, so we helped them earn it.
None of us want our kids to experience any harm, but I believe overprotecting them and perpetuating this feeling of living in fear could hurt them more in the end. Teaching them responsibility and assisting in becoming self-sufficient is not neglect, it’s a rational parenting decision.
For more information please visit FreeRangeKids.com.
Lori Welbourne is a syndicated columnist. She can be contacted at LoriWelbourne.com.
