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Serving the Alberni Valley www.avtimes.net Thursday, April 2, 2015 Great Central Lake Trout Derby returns Sports, Page 11A ALBERNI VALLEY TIMES VOLUME 66, NUMBER 64 $1.25 newsstand (GST incl.) Inside today CRIME Alberni Region 3A Opinion 4A What’s On 6A Community 7A Scoreboard 10A Sports 11A Entertainment 12A Our Town 3B Classifieds 5B West Coast 6B ERIC PLUMMER ALBERNI VALLEY TIMES Port Alberni’s Dairy Queen was subject to a carefully planned break in early Monday morning, resulting in an estimated loss of $20,000 in cash. Manager Lovpreet Singh knew something was wrong when he arrived at 10 a.m. Monday to open the Third Avenue business. The main side entrance had been forced open while the alarm sys- tem displayed an unusual yellow light and a siren was removed from the kitchen ceiling. “I was wondering why this yellow light was on,” said Singh, who has not encountered a break in during his 11⁄2 years with the business. “When I went upstairs to the office I saw that there was no cash in the tills and there was no safe. I was shocked.” A police investigation found telephone lines and alarm connections were cut. The office door had been pried open, where the thieves took approximate- ly $20,000 in cash kept in a desk and in the safe that was removed. Cpl. Jen Allan of the Port Alberni RCMP said the nature of the heist indi- cates the burglars could have previously scouted the business. “The first theory, of course, is that the indi- viduals have been on the premises before and took the time to examine the layout and how much time it would take them to get inside the building,” she said. “We also have to look at whether or not this has some kind of connection to individuals that work at that location.” Surveillance video footage from the Dairy Queen shows the break in occurred between 3:05 and 4:08 a.m. Singh said the video shows the two side doors were forced open by a pair of men pulling and pushing the handles until the lock gave way. When the doors opened they left for 20 to 25 minutes before returning to enter the business, Singh said. He’s frustrated the alarm com- pany didn’t notify the busi- ness when the connection to the store was broken. “I talked with the secur- ity system,” Singh said. “Why are you selling this thing that is un-secure? If somebody cuts the wire then you should know.” According to the sur- veilance footage the two suspects appear to be Cau- casian men wearing gloves and masks to cover the bottom half of their faces. See HEIST, Page 3 KRISTI DOBSON ALBERNI VALLEY TIMES Harbour Quay will soon be enhanced with an interactive aquatic and educational centre. The project has been about three years in the making and after a public hearing, has received positive response from the community. The West Coast Aquatic Stew- ardship Centre is aimed at tying in Port Alberni’s identity as the “Ultimate Fishing Town” and will serve to promote the natural environment to tourists and local visitors. “This will be a year-round oper- ation,” said Sheena Falconer, project manager for West Coast Aquatic. “The activities and dis- plays will change according to seasons to provide the best visitor experience.” The location and indoor activ- ities make sense to Falconer, who said she hopes it will showcase Port Alberni as a beautiful destin- ation that stewards local aquatic life, especially salmon. “We have a vision of an inter- active experience and look for- ward to putting it all together,” she said. Once complete, the building will feature indoor and outdoor exhibits for visitors to learn about the Valley’s recreational oppor- tunities. To highlight the area’s marine life, exhibits will feature the life cycle of a salmon and the aquatic and terrestrial species among which they live. Children will have hands-on opportunities to touch live marine life, tap a tablet and use micro- scopes. The plans also include an aquarium bubble that visitors will be able to pop their heads through. Falconer believes the Centre will attract not only school groups and researchers, but vacationers and eco-tourists interested in the field. The project is valued at $370,000 and will be built with $140,000 in funding from the Island Coastal Economic Trust. Organizers estimate the Centre to bring in 10,000 visitors per year and generate more than $600,000 per year in tourist dollars. They hope to create 6.7 new local jobs with the project. Uncertain of an official launch, Falconer said they are looking for- ward to seeing the vision come to fruition on the waterfront. “We hope to get up and going as quick as possible depending on funding,” she said. [email protected]Thieves steal $20K from DQ Suspects caught on camera entering fast food store on 3rd Avenue, walk away with piles of cash WATERFRONT Harbour Quay interactive aquatic centre expected to generate $600K in tourism Sheena Falconer looks to the future of the new stewardship centre at Harbour Quay. [KRISTI DOBSON, TIMES] Board agrees to draft bylaw for school closure School District 70 trustees gave unani- mous consent Tuesday to draft a bylaw for reconfiguring schools in the Alberni Valley. » Alberni Region, A3 Chronic pain for resident eased with support Elaine McLeod grew up in Altair but has lived in the Alberni Valley for 24 years. Since that time, she has also lived with chronic pain. » Community, A7 » Use your smartphone to jump to our Facebook page for updates on these stories or the latest breaking news. “The activities and displays will change according to seasons to provide the best visitor experience.” Sheena Falconer , project manager Suspects are seen entering with a dolly into the Port Alberni Dairy Queen early Monday, faces concealed. [RCMP] Planned facility to showcase Alberni’s fi shing identity » We want to hear from you. Send comments on this story to [email protected]. Letters must include daytime phone number and hometown. Th d A il 2 2015 LOCALLY OWNED & OPERATED • ICBC Towing • Flat Deck Service • Lock Outs • Jump Starts • Full Service Storage We buy scrap cars, trucks, heavy trucks & machinery 250-724-4050 2490 Timberlane Rd. 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ERIC PLUMMER ALBERNI VALLEY TIMES
Port Alberni’s Dairy Queen was subject to a carefully planned break in early Monday morning, resulting in an estimated loss of $20,000 in cash.
Manager Lovpreet Singh knew something was wrong when he arrived at 10 a.m. Monday to open the Third Avenue business. The main side entrance had been forced open while the alarm sys-tem displayed an unusual yellow light and a siren was removed from the kitchen ceiling.
“I was wondering why this yellow light was on,”
said Singh, who has not encountered a break in during his 11⁄2 years with the business. “When I went upstairs to the office I saw that there was no cash in the tills and there was no safe. I was shocked.”
A police investigation found telephone lines and alarm connections were cut. The office door had been pried open, where the thieves took approximate-ly $20,000 in cash kept in a desk and in the safe that was removed.
Cpl. Jen Allan of the Port Alberni RCMP said the nature of the heist indi-cates the burglars could have previously scouted
the business.“The first theory, of
course, is that the indi-viduals have been on the premises before and took the time to examine the layout and how much time it would take them to get inside the building,” she said. “We also have to look at whether or not this has some kind of connection to individuals that work at that location.”
Surveillance video footage from the Dairy Queen shows the break in occurred between 3:05 and 4:08 a.m. Singh said the video shows the two side doors were forced open by a pair of men pulling and pushing the handles until
the lock gave way. When the doors opened they left for 20 to 25 minutes before returning to enter the business, Singh said. He’s frustrated the alarm com-pany didn’t notify the busi-ness when the connection to the store was broken.
“I talked with the secur-ity system,” Singh said. “Why are you selling this thing that is un-secure? If somebody cuts the wire then you should know.”
According to the sur-veilance footage the two suspects appear to be Cau-casian men wearing gloves and masks to cover the bottom half of their faces.
See HEIST, Page 3
KRISTI DOBSON ALBERNI VALLEY TIMES
Harbour Quay will soon be enhanced with an interactive aquatic and educational centre.
The project has been about three years in the making and after a public hearing, has received positive response from the community.
The West Coast Aquatic Stew-ardship Centre is aimed at tying in Port Alberni’s identity as the “Ultimate Fishing Town” and will serve to promote the natural environment to tourists and local visitors.
“This will be a year-round oper-ation,” said Sheena Falconer, project manager for West Coast Aquatic. “The activities and dis-plays will change according to seasons to provide the best visitor experience.”
The location and indoor activ-ities make sense to Falconer, who said she hopes it will showcase Port Alberni as a beautiful destin-ation that stewards local aquatic life, especially salmon.
“We have a vision of an inter-active experience and look for-ward to putting it all together,” she said.
Once complete, the building will feature indoor and outdoor exhibits for visitors to learn about the Valley’s recreational oppor-tunities. To highlight the area’s marine life, exhibits will feature the life cycle of a salmon and the aquatic and terrestrial species among which they live.
Children will have hands-on
opportunities to touch live marine life, tap a tablet and use micro-scopes. The plans also include an aquarium bubble that visitors will be able to pop their heads
through. Falconer believes the Centre will
attract not only school groups and researchers, but vacationers and eco-tourists interested in the field.
The project is valued at $370,000 and will be built with $140,000 in funding from the Island Coastal Economic Trust.
Organizers estimate the Centre to bring in 10,000 visitors per year and generate more than $600,000 per year in tourist dollars. They hope to create 6.7 new local jobs with the project.
Uncertain of an official launch, Falconer said they are looking for-ward to seeing the vision come to fruition on the waterfront.
“We hope to get up and going as quick as possible depending on funding,” she said.
Thieves steal $20K from DQSuspects caught on camera entering fast food store on 3rd Avenue, walk away with piles of cash
WATERFRONT
Harbour Quay interactive aquatic centre expected to generate $600K in tourism
Sheena Falconer looks to the future of the new stewardship centre at Harbour Quay. [KRISTI DOBSON, TIMES]
Board agrees to draft bylaw for school closureSchool District 70 trustees gave unani-mous consent Tuesday to draft a bylaw for reconfiguring schools in the Alberni Valley.» Alberni Region, A3
Chronic pain for resident eased with supportElaine McLeod grew up in Altair but has lived in the Alberni Valley for 24 years. Since that time, she has also lived with chronic pain. » Community, A7
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“The activities and displays will change according to seasons to provide the best visitor experience.”Sheena Falconer, project manager
Suspects are seen entering with a dolly into the Port Alberni Dairy Queen early Monday, faces concealed. [RCMP]
Planned facility to showcase Alberni’s fi shing identity
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Eighth Avenue Elementary School is one of two schools, along with Gill Elementary, scheduled for closure if a bylaw passes the district board of trustees this month. [ERIC PLUMMER, TIMES]
Final vote on SD70 reconfi guration to be voted on April 14
Board agrees to draft bylaw for school closure
MARTIN WISSMATH ALBERNI VALLEY TIMES
School district 70 trustees gave unanimous consent Tuesday to draft a bylaw for reconfiguring schools in the Alberni Valley.
Final voting on the bylaw is expected on April 14. Another two weeks is required for the district to comply with the 60-day public consultation window in the revised reconfiguration pol-icy adopted last November.
SD70 Supt. Greg Smyth pre-sented the current reconfig-uration scenario to the board in January, and a steering commit-tee was formed. The proposed reconfiguration was presented again at a board meeting on Feb. 10, starting the two-month period for public feedback according to the policy. An email address at [email protected] was created for Alberni Valley residents to offer their thoughts on the changes.
“I hope it’s good planning, I hope it’s confidence in the system [because] we haven’t received a ton of feedback,” said Smyth. “I think partly the com-munity is somewhat fatigued by the constant conversation about school closures.”
The district has discussed the need for school closures over the past several years to address sig-nificant decline in enrolment and a corresponding drop in funding from the provincial government. Plans to finalize a reconfigura-tion plan last year were scuttled because the necessary bylaw was not developed.
Unlike last year’s public con-sultation, SD70 administrators presented a single scenario for consideration this time. This was to avoid pitting Alberni neigh-bourhoods against each other, Smyth explained.
If passed on April 14 the recon-figuration bylaw would realign students in Alberni according to a kindergarten to Grade 7 ele-mentary and Grade 8 to Grade 12 secondary school model. Middle schools would be phased out as A.W. Neill and E.J. Dunn expand in September to K–7.
The district would close Eighth Avenue and Gill Elementary schools. Other elementary schools would expand to include Grade 6 students this September, and add Grade 7 students for the 2016–17 school year.
Gill Elementary would be min-imally maintained, Smyth said. The district has no plans to reuse the building.
Eighth Avenue may be
reopened in future years as a learning hub, said the super-intendent. It would house the Vast alternative education and Choices distributed learning centers.
“In terms of financial savings, operating expense reductions associated with reconfiguration and school closures is approxi-mately $620,000 [per year],” Smyth noted. “The actual ongoing savings, however, is likely to be closer to $500k since some of the operating expenses will re-appear in other schools (custodial, clerical) and we anticipate some increased expenses in transportation. Additional savings are difficult to quantify at this time but we do expect to find additional operat-ing efficiencies as we fully imple-ment the K-7, 8-12 model.”
Last year’s plan included the possibility of using Wood Ele-mentary as an annex for Grade 8 students at Alberni District Secondary School. With another drop in enrolment this year that would no longer be necessary, Smyth said.
ADSS will be stretched to capacity next year as Grade 8 students bump the student popu-lation up to about 1,250 students, Smyth said. But as secondary school numbers are projected to
continue declining that should level out to about 1,000 students (the current population) in the next five years.
A public meeting and presenta-tion was held at ADSS March 3 to formally present the school reconfiguration plans to the public. Parents, teachers and students gathered in the ADSS commons for roundtable discus-sions about how the new align-ment – particulary the phasing out of middle school programs — would impact students.
At Tuesday’s board meeting Smyth tried to assuage concerns raised from public feedback about changes to the district’s music and band programs. Fifty-five per cent of Alberni Valley students choose band, he noted.
“We want to make sure that we are able to incorporate aspects of instrumental music so the band program is not gone,” Smyth said. “Our board for years and years has had a long-standing commitment to music education. And it has not wavered.” Admin-istrators will be working with teachers to continue the band program, he added.
Catchment areas for students would need to be adjusted and cross-boundary registrations currently are only being accept-ed according to capacity, said Smyth.
“I am very satisfied with the process that we’ve gone thor-ough and I certainly support going ahead with the bylaw,” said trustee Rosemarie Buchanan.
Trustee Larry Ransom con-curred. “We can go forward to meet the parameters of our pol-icy and new bylaw,” he said.
“I think we’ve won, in a sense,” said chairwoman Pam Craig.
“We haven’t received a ton of feedback. I think partly the community is somewhat fatigued by the constant conversation about school closure.”Greg Smyth, SD70 superintendent
Suspects drove off in 1980s Dodge pickup HEIST, from Page 1
Both wore hooded sweatshirts, one black with a white logo on the top left breast, the other grey with a word embossed across the front.
The video also shows the sus-pects using a late 1980s model Dodge pickup truck jacked up at a higher elevation than most vehicles. The single cab pickup is painted with two-tone red with white or silver along the sides. The quarter panel above the driver’s-side front wheel appears to have been replaced, as it is an all-red colour.
The Port Alberni RCMP are keen to speak with anyone who may have information about this crime, and plan to interview store employees as part of the investigation.
“It’s surprising how often people will make identifications – and positive identifications – based on clothing,” Allan said. “Often it will be a really interesting shirt or hoodie or ball cap that leads to identifica-
tion rather than the physical descriptors.”
Information about this inci-dent can be reported anonym-ously to Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS. Cash rewards may be offered for information leading to an arrest.
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“It’s surprising how often people will make identifications – and positive identifications – based on clothing.”
Jen Allan, Port Alberni RCMP
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Applications are reviewed by the Community Investment GrantReview Committee. They will make recommendations to CityCouncil for their approval. Decisions for grants to be distributedin 2016 will be made in December 2015.
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New council but same results on city budget
New faces at city hall but same old results. The bloated spending at Parks and Recreation (inc. the McLean Mill) continues and the roads budget was cut by $400,000 this year, so no repaving of lower Third Avenue. Not a nickel was cut from the P. & R. budget.
And then we have the farce of a $25,000 cut at the Mill which had been previously negotiated between the city and the Indus-trial Heritage Society who have since come back to council for another $10,000, so we now will pay $235,000. The regional district contributes $29,900, a slight dis-crepancy. I suggested a budgetary cut to $125,000 which would allow the Mill site to be walked through and the steam train to continue operation.
In 1992 I complained to no avail that the city was cutting the roads budget to pay for the Bob Dailey stadium for the B.C. Summer Games. Present and past city coun-cils seem to feel that roads, sewers, and water mains are something that deserve spending on only as a last resort.
So let’s have summer hockey schools, no extension of pool closures, and no reductions in spending at the museum and the McLean Mill.
A few others complain about the cost of running the Mill.Aside from that, the rest of you appear delighted at all the money being poured into the Museum, the Multiplex, and the pool.You deserve what you get. So enjoy your travels on city streets and hope that the rest of our city infra-structure holds up.
Richard BergPort Alberni
Minimum wage increase would jack up prices
Irene Lanzinger, President of the B.C. Federation of Labour, Gregor Robertson, Mayor of Vancouver, Jim Iker, President of the B.C. Teachers Federation, and John Horgan, Leader of the B.C. NDP.
The above four names fail to real-ize that B.C. is a province in the country of Canada. They propose a $15/hour minimum wage like B.C. is its own country. B.C. will never have a $15 per hour rate until the other provinces also do gradual increases.
The recent announcement by Shirley Bond is on the right track. Each year the minimum wage will be tied into the inflation rate for that year. Announcements of new rates will take place April 1 to be implemented in September of each year. That way businesses have time to increase their prices. Res-taurants would have new menus printed up with higher prices. These menus cost money to reprint them. Don’t assume that prices will stay the same. Consumers must foot the bill.
If the $15 minimum rate became effective today, then this happens:
A mass influx of people head to the unemployment office. Fast food prices of $4 for a cup of coffee, $6 for a bowl of soup, $8 for a ice cream cone, and $21 for a cheese-burger. How many of you support an increase in the minimum wage but refuse to pay $21 for a cheese-burger? An example of a set of double standards. Irene Lanzinger would not pay $21 for a cheese-burger. Just plain simple econom-ics of reality, not the stupidity of people paid $150,000 per year with benefits.
Joe SawchukDuncan
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Stewardship centre a progressive step W hat makes Port
Alberni unique as an attraction?
According to West Coast Aquatic, the life in our waters can be a fascinating draw for those outside the Valley. The potential to promote one of Brit-ish Columbia’s largest salmon runs goes beyond fishing, a rea-son why the aquatic enhance-ment organization is developing a new stewardship centre at the Harbour Quay.
The $370,000 project planned for the former location of the Clocktower Gallery will “serve as a launch pad” for interpret-ive trails and outdoor excur-sions in the Port Alberni area, states West Coast Aquatic, which expects that 10,000 tour-ists will come to see the exhibit
each year. The stewardship centre’s purpose is to exhibit aquatic life in the region, chron-icling the story of migrating salmon and featuring inter-active fixtures like microscopes and tanks that enable visitors to handle sea creatures. The centre is expected to employ almost seven positions.
This development is a valu-able step towards promoting Port Alberni as an exiting place to visit. The city has been heralded as “The Ultimate Fishing Town” from a contest held by the Ultimate Fishing Network in 2010, but the com-munity clearly needs a broader approach that will spark the interest of more than just anglers.
One will need to look hard to
find a brochure marketing the community amid the collection of promotional pamphlets in BC Ferries’ vessels. A look through just about any tourism guide devotes little space to Port Alberni, often bringing descrip-tions that pale in comparison to the Island’s other destinations.
Just a few paragraphs of the 433-page Frommer’s British Col-umbia and the Canadian Rock-ies are devoted to the Alberni Valley, including the following description of the city: “A hard-working town of nearly 20,000. The busy port is home to a num-ber of fishing charters and boat-tour companies, as well as the mail boats that offer day trips to Bamfield and Ucluelet.”
Uncertainly over what our community has to offer visitors
can be blamed for the Bear Tracks and Lumberjacks brand-ing campaign launched in 2007, a misguided $30,000 effort from a Victoria communications firm with little understanding of the Valley’s greatness or potential.
According to the Alberni Val-ley Chamber of Commerce, more funding is needed to mar-ket the community’s attractions to the outside world.
External promotion is cur-rently being handled by another organization funded by local hotels, Alberni Valley Tour-ism, which worked with the city last year on an advertising campaign.
As more tourists are in the best interest of both the cham-ber and AV Tourism, a closer collaboration between both
organizations only makes sense to boost the 25,000 people who came to the Visitors Informa-tion Centre last year.
For the most part, everyone in the community wants the same things: More visitors and an improved business environ-ment to jumpstart the economy and provide more jobs and affluence.
But a keen attention to what the Valley has to offer and a col-laborated approach to selling it is required to differentiate Alberni from other attractions on Vancouver Island.
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It’s likely that 30,469 people in central Vancouver Island
were scratching their heads this week, won-dering what in the world is going on with James Lunney.
That’s the number of votes the Member of Parliament received in the last federal elec-tion to win another term repre-senting the Nanaimo-Alberni riding.
Lunney was elected as a Con-servative MP, but removed him-self from the caucus on Tuesday to sit in the corner of the House of Commons as an independent after remarks that evolution is a theory and not fact aroused criticism when they were posted to his Twitter feed in March.
In his announcement of the decision to leave the Conserva-tives Lunney mixed religion with politics, commenting on “deliberate attempts to sup-press a Christian world-view
from professional and economic opportunity in law, medicine and academia.”
The MP has strong feelings about this issue, which is his right. But what does this philosophical
argument have to do with a doc-tor shortage in Port Alberni, a lack of job prospects so many young people face in the region or the growing number of seniors who will be looking to the health system for more support?
Lunney said he “will continue to vote alongside my colleagues in the Conservative caucus,” so why did he leave the party as a representative?
Although the MP will not be seeking re-election this year, the region’s voters deserve an explanation of why the evolu-tion debate is affecting their elected representative’s actions in parliament.
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Why did the B.C. govern-ment suddenly slam the door on their old friend
George Abbott, after spending months recruiting him to head up the B.C. Treaty Commission?
The instant media narrative, embraced by a shocked Abbott and then by NDP leader John Horgan, was that this was pay-back for grievances nursed by Premier Christy Clark from the 2012 B.C. Liberal leadership contest.
Done on a whim, Horgan said after a week grilling Clark and Aboriginal Relations Minister John Rustad. Clark is suddenly a sore winner, lashing out, wreck-ing two decades of careful and costly treaty-making.
Like many instant media nar-ratives, this one makes no sense and is almost certainly wrong.
If Clark was resentful about the roasting she received from leadership rivals Abbott and Kevin Falcon, she had an odd way of showing it. She appointed Falcon as finance minister to drive a stake into the harmon-ized sales tax, and Abbott as education minister to fashion a pre-election truce with the ever-hostile teachers’ union. Both completed their unlikely tasks and retired as heroes of the party in 2013.
Outgoing chief treaty com-
missioner Sophie Pierre was as dismayed as anyone at the news of Abbott’s demise. While the two were in transition meet-ings, Pierre learned that she was not being replaced, leaving the federal-provincial-First Nations Summit partnership of 22 years in a shambles.
Clark went further when questioned by reporters about the sudden reversal. The future of aboriginal relations in B.C. may or may not include the B.C. Treaty Commission.
“There have been some results, but four treaties in 22 years for $600 million is not enough result,” Clark said. “We have to be able to move faster, and we have to find a way to include more First Nations in the process.”
That $600 million is mostly loans, from the federal govern-ment to First Nations to finance treaty talks. Of every $100 spent trying to honour the century-old duty to sign treaties across B.C., $80 is a loan from Ottawa, $12 is
a grant from Ottawa and $8 is a grant from B.C.
The plan was for First Nations to repay their loans out of cash settlements made to them for 100-odd years of uncompensated resource extraction, which is now accepted as being contrary to British and Canadian law.
It was the blunt-spoken Pierre who first acknowledged this hasn’t worked. Some of the 50 First Nations stuck at the treaty table have borrowed too much to go on, she said last year, calling for an “exit strategy” that for-gives debt.
The probability of the B.C. gov-ernment making this decision
without talking to the federal paymaster is exactly zero. I’m told the province’s clumsy tim-ing had something to do with Ottawa’s demands.
I asked Clark if her plan to settle land claims faster was anything like the 2009 attempt by Gordon Campbell’s deputy minister Jessica McDonald to negotiate a province-wide deal declaring aboriginal title. Clark sidestepped the question, say-ing only that the 150 B.C. First Nations not at the treaty table need a say and a solution too.
(McDonald now faces a simi-lar legal gridlock as the Clark-appointed CEO of BC Hydro, try-
ing to build the Site C dam.)Pierre, a veteran administra-
tor from the Ktunaxa Tribal Council in the Kootenays, made a prophetic statement when her term as chief commissioner was extended three years ago. She said if Ottawa isn’t prepared to give federal negotiators a real-istic mandate on compensation and sharing of salmon rights, they should “shut ’er down.”
Her advice may have been heard after all.
B.C. Treaty trouble has deep roots
B.C. Treaty Commission federal representative Jerry Lampert and Chief Commissioner Sophie Pierre have struggled with slow movement from Ottawa in moving negotiations forward. [BLACK PRESS]
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Alexander Wood, Alberni pioneer, understood potential of the ValleyAlexander Wood arrived
to Port Alberni in about 1900.
He understood the potential of the area. He took the actions to develop a lumber facility and helped grow Port Alberni into a wealthy community for decades to come.
More than 100 years later we are still identified by his actions, but that window of wealth is open only a fraction of what it used to be.
I now reside at Alexander Wood’s house. And I ponder what his thoughts would be if he was with us today.
Was he successful because he was a visionary? Or because he was born at the right time under the right circumstances and des-tined to be in the wood industry?
A visionary is able to see the future the way few others can, and achieve that future through an action plan.
Most of us are aware of the important economic role forestry continues to play in our lives.
However, our future economic growth will not come from the cutting and selling of giant trees. Fortunately, we have much more than trees to sell.
We are perfectly situated to have a second sustainable period of growth by exploiting more of
our other natural features, such as our mountains, trails, lakes, ocean, wildlife and climate.
The features we have are desired around the world and cannot be replicated. The first wave of growth to Port Alberni was attracted by the high paying jobs.
The next wave will be attracted to the high quality lifestyle opportunities. These lifestyle opportunities include fishing, hiking, boating, biking, hunting, paddling, golfing, kite boarding, and many more.
To take advantage of this for economic benefit, we need to encourage new visitors to come for the adventure and stay for the lifestyle. We will be the adventure center of Vancouver Island.
Massive opportunity surrounds us. We have the features that will attract investment. What lacks is the action plan.
During budget meetings, our leaders too often focus on price and fail to understand value. There is not an expectation of results.
To get results we need commit-ment, not compromise. Who will it be that takes the steps that will carry us to that future where all of this greatness can be realized?
Alexander Wood’s legacy lives on. The site of his original mill now operates as the APD Mill. Our next visionary should have a legacy that lasts just as long.
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ArtsThe Merging Visions art exhibit is currently
on display at the Rollin Art Centre until April 4. This joint exhibit highlights photography by Karen Gamble and pyr-ography by Kelly Carter.
Music Night every Friday at Serious Cof-fee, from 5 to 7 p.m., featuring local art-ists. Open mic, laid back atmosphere.
Sports & recreationAfter School Burn - Youth Parkour, ages
7 to 12, Mondays and Fridays, from April 13 through May 22. Sign up Echo Centre, 4255 Wallace Street. Info: (250) 723-2181.
Fun Night every Friday at 6 p.m. at the Alberni Valley branch of the Royal Can-adian Legion. Food available from 5 to 6:30 p.m. for a small fee.
Adult Drop-in badminton on Thursdays at 8 p.m. at the Alberni Athletic Hall. Info: 250-723-8990 (Marg Hudson).
Curling at the Alberni Valley Curling Club has concluded for the 2014–15 season effective March 26/15; see you in October.
If you are a runner and want to join others, check out Port Alberni Running on Facebook.
Sproat Lake Canoe Club, outrigger pad-dling throughout the week, all winter. Info: 250-723-0640.
Become a Student of Movement with EPK Parkour and Fitness. Info: 250-918-8863 or e-mail [email protected]. All ages welcome.
Special interestMedieval Society, come play with us! Fam-
ilies welcome. Info: 250-724-0535. Royal Canadian Legion Branch 293, Nanaimo rummy, 1 to 4 p.m. every Thursday. Info: 250-723-7513.
Child and youth Bring your zero to five year olds to the
library for storytime on Fridays, from 11 to 11:30 a.m. Free, but please call 250-723-9511 to register.
Rock Solid Youth, ages 13 to 18, Fridays at 7 p.m. at Elim Tabernacle.
Parent On Tots and French Parent on Tots - parent and child playgroup. Fridays, 9 to 11 a.m., room 2 at Alberni Elementary School. Info: 250-723-5603.
Rollerblading for youth 13 and under at Glenwood Centre on Fridays from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m.
Support and help Grandparents Raising Grandchildren
and other kinship care providers are welcome to call a province-wide infor-mation and support line toll free at
Debt and budget coaching help available at Arrowsmith Baptist Church Debt Freedom Centre every Friday, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Info: 250-724-7272 or www.arrow-smith.com/debt-coaching
Meals on Wheels program needs volunteer drivers. Info: 250-730-0390.
Families dealing with the Ministry of Chil-dren and Families, fighting for laws to be changed, social justice and civility. Info: 250-590-8708 or view www.abu-sive-ministry.ca to share your story.
First Open Heart Society of Port Alberni support group. Info: 250-723-2056 or 250-724-2196.
Volunteers needed to help at Red Cross Health Equipment and Loan Program for four hour shifts. Call between 10
a.m. and 2 p.m. on Wednesdays and Thursdays at 250-723-0557.
KUU-US Crisis Line, plus mobile outreach support services. If you, or someone you know, is having difficulties please call 250-723-2040.
Service groupsLiteracy Alberni drop-in times, Monday
through Friday, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Info: 250-723-7323.
Alberni Valley Hospice Society provides trained volunteers to support people and families facing life threatening illness, death and bereavement. Ty Wat-son House (2649 Second Ave.).
Addictions Narcotics Anonymous, 1-800-807-1780
for meeting times and locations.Alcoholics Anonymous, Port Alberni. Info:
1-800-883-3968.
What’s comingTown Hall meeting with Steelhead LNG
and Huu-ay-aht First Nation, March 31 from 5 to 8 p.m. at the Barclay Hotel. Learn more about the project and what it could mean for residents.
Alberni Curling Club awards banquet and windup, April 4.
Easter Eggstravaganza, April 4 from 1 to 3 p.m. at the Salvation Army, 4841 Redford St.
Evidence for Democracy and AV Transi-tion Town Society present a free screening of the CBC documentary “Silence of the Labs”, April 8 at 7 p.m. at Char’s Landing.
Alberni Valley Curling Club “Awards Ban-quet & Election of Executive Officers”; doors open at AVCC 5:00pm April 11/15. Info: www.albernicurling.com or call 250-723-3111.
Centennial Belles Fashion Show, April 11 at 2:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. at Echo Centre.
Yoga fundraiser for North Island Recov-ery Centre, April 11 at 11:45 a.m. at Slammers Gym. No membership necessary.
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VALLEY FACESGetting to know the people who live in the Alberni Valley
Chronic pain is eased with supportKRISTI DOBSON ALBERNI VALLEY TIMES
Elaine McLeod grew up in Altair but has lived in the Alberni Valley for 24 years.
Since that time, she has also lived with chronic pain. Although the pain can be overwhelming and take over some every day activ-ities, Elaine has learned to man-age. She faces each day as a new day and takes things as they come.
When she first experienced ear, nose and throat swelling in the early 1990s, Elaine sought help but did not receive many answers at first.
“I was told it was psychosomat-ic,” she said.
By 1996, Elaine’s ears, nose and eyes were swollen to the point where she was soon sent to a specialist.
“My fingers were also swollen, they were pounding and hurt,” she said. “I soaked them in warm epsom salt water and the next thing I knew, I had blood under my nails.”
Elaine first searched google images to start her own research and found a women with a simi-lar condition, one in which she was convinced was what she had. Relapsing polychondritist is a rare degenerative cartilage disease characterized by episodes of inflammation similar to what Elaine was experiencing.
When she suggested her findings to an internist, she said he had to pull out his books.
“It is an orphan disease and not many doctors study or treat it,” Elaine said. “There are six to nine categories and when I was tested there was only one that was not confirmed and that one is heredi-tary so it couldn’t be (confirmed).”
Elaine’s mother passed away in 1980, but from what Elaine remem-bers, her mother experienced simi-lar symptoms.
“Like lupus, it attacks the organs and your whole body,” Elaine said. “It can make your esophagus swell and when my mom died, her trachea collapsed.”
It can also affect the lungs and heart, and although Elaine has some lung issues, so far it is her eyes, ears and joints that are main-ly affected.
To manage, she takes things day to day.
“I have a choice,” she said. “I can take immunosuppressant drugs, but then I can’t be around anyone infectious. I caught a viral pneu-monia and almost died from it
when I was on them. About 80 to 90 per cent of people (with polychon-dritist) die from other infections when they can’t fight them off.”
The other option is steroids.“It is not the best alternative, but
with them, I am able to get out,” she said. “It is all about quality of life. The immunosuppressants mask the symptoms and I once started to lose consciousness at work so I decided to get off of them.”
Contributing to her pain, Elaine was involved in a car accident in the past, has experienced sports-related injuries, scoliosis and fibro-myalgia. She used to be a lot more physically active than she is able to be now and misses the outdoor activity.
“I find it hard when I see people out there running and bike riding and know I can’t do those things,” Elaine said. “But I can do small hikes so I do that depending on my pain level.”
Although she has learned to manage her pain, Elaine said that because it is an invisible disease, it can be frustrating when others do not understand what she is going through.
She works full-time, looks healthy and has a job that keeps her moving up and down through-out the day.
“Sometimes I have to remind people that I have chronic pain and I have learned to accept that I need to rest sometimes,” she said. “Work is good because it distracts
me from the pain and gives me something to do.”
For some people, chronic pain can affect family life. Luckily, Elaine has a supportive husband, James, who is the first to help, lend a hand, and be a compassion-ate listener.
“I don’t know how I will feel
from day to day and that is the one thing people don’t understand,” she said. “I can’t imagine life without the support of James. He cooks, cleans, does the laun-
dry and helps me get up and out when needed, all while working full-time.”
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1) catchment-area students ONLY prior to March 6, 2015;2) out-of-catchment students starting April 1, 2015
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- Children born in 2010 registering for Kindergarten- Children currently attending another SD70 school but intending to
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Students currently attending a school outside their catchment area will be automatically re-registered andaccommodated if space permits.
When registering your child in your catchment area school, please ensure that you have the child’s BirthCertificate and Care Card, and proof of residence in that catchment area.
Out-of-Catchment (Schools of Choice) RegistrationAs of April 1, 2015 parents may apply to transfer their child from one school to another school as across boundary student. Decisions regarding cross boundary applications will be made followingschool closure decisions and only where space permits.
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O n behalf of this community, I thank Rick Major, the pub-
lisher of the Alberni Valley Times for agreeing to be with us all on April 13 to talk to us about our news-paper, The Alberni Valley Times. I know that he is very busy at the moment, but he did not hesitate to let us know that he is look-ing forward to speak to all of us about the future of our paper.
I say our, for that is the way I have always seen the AV Times. I was asked to write for this paper by the then editor Ben Pires, and I thank this paper for all the help it has given me in publishing my ideas over the years.
I have written under the following names: Positive Thinking, the Arts, The Gadfly, and Positive Port Alberni. I have been given the opportunity to write for: Port Alberni Folkfest and Multicultural Soci-ety, The Alberni Valley Lions Club, The Leo Club of Port Alberni, Promo-tion of many of the Art Groups, The Knights of Columbus, and many other activities going on in this valley.
As we approach Folkfest Celebration on July 1st, I thank this paper for being there with us last year as we contemplated closing down this annual Folkfest day for 2014. This
paper helped us to get to heart of the people of this community, and we celebrated one of the best celebrations that we have sponsored.
I am anxious to hear our publisher’s philosophy of the role of the newspaper in this community.
I hope you will all come out to hear Rick, for the paper is the life blood of our community. That is how I see it. We may differ, and yet remain friends.
Food and Filosophy at Dolce Vita. April 13. We begin at 5:30 p.m. Speaker is publisher Rick Major. Thanks for coming.
Rick Major to speak on role of newspaper in community
AV Times publisher at Food and Filosophy
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WinstonJosephPositive Port
» Winston Joseph has been affectionately called Mr. Posi-tive Port. A retired school teacher with a passionate love for his community and an unshakable faith in its people, he wants to inspire everyone tofeel the same.
People from the Alberni Valley are doing amazing things all People from the Alberni Valley are doing amazing things all around the world. We want to tell their stories.around the world. We want to tell their stories.
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W hen should I call Emer-gency Services (Police, Fire or Ambulance)?
The easy answer to this ques-tion is “when you need help.”
The actual answer that ensures public safety and your needs are met correctly, is actually “when you require immediate assistance.”
Too many times members of the general public call 911 for reasons that do not need response from our emergency services. Some examples provid-ed by emergency dispatchers are
- “my door is locked can you let me in?”
- “my mom took my xbox away, can you arrest her?”
- “my daughter has a bleed-ing nose, can we have an ambu-lance ride to the hospital?”
Not only are these calls drain-ing on the dispatchers but they are potentially risky and may be taking valuable call time away from someone in true danger or having a medical emergency.
Some people may ask what constitutes an emergency. I have provided a short list here:
- When someone’s life is in danger, a life threatening situa-tion where every second counts
- When a crime is in progress ie: a fight, a theft, a break and enter, a prowler, a dangerous driver is on the road putting others at risk.
- When there has been a motor vehicle accident, with injuries
Although these are only some examples of when to call 9-1-1, there may be other circum-stances that make a situation an emergency. Something to remember would be - if it is hap-
pening now and you see it taking place, then call 9-1-1.
Some people have never dialed 9-1-1 and when they are faced with an emergency it is very important to know what to do and say to the call taker so that the most information can be taken in the least amount of time.
- Always pay attention to your location. Emergency oper-ators will need to know where you are so they can dispatch the help you need. If you don’t know the exact address an intersec-tion, highway exit sign, cross street or landmark will assist the police/ambulance/ fire trucks in getting to your location faster
- Let the trained operator take control of the conversa-tion and get all the necessary information. A 9-1-1 operator is trained to work through the questions in a systematic order, so the questions may seem very quick or rapid fire.
Often the person taking the call has already alerted the dispatch-er of the initial incident and is trying to gain further informa-tion to assist the police and you.
- It can be frustrating because some of the questions seem irrelevant, however the faster you answer the faster help will arrive. ex: date of birth - this is needed to ensure the integrity of the records data base system - it ensures you are not mistaken for another person with the same name, it is a unique identifier.
- Callers are often hyster-
ical, screaming or distracted by others around them, this hinders the operators ability to get the necessary information. Speak clearly and give the operator as much detail as possible.
- Remain where you are unless you are in danger.
- If you are unsure whether or not it is an emergency, call 9-1-1 anyways as it is better to find out the situation was not dire rather than the alternative of not doing anything.
When 9-1-1 is dialed from a cell or home phone by mistake, most
people are unsure what happens next. If you have done this, you will notice that the emergency call center will call the number back and try to talk to someone.
You should answer this call and simply explain what occurred. Be aware that a police officer may still come speak to you to check and make sure you are not being told what to say by someone.
You can also call 9-1-1 again and let the operator know it was a mistake and that there would be no need for emergency services.
All of our
emergency service people are more than willing to come to your aid should you require assistance. We only ask that you save the emergency calls for situ-ations that you need it and allow others the same valuable time on the phone.
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Draw 14Canada (Simmons) def. Scotland (MacDonald) 7-1 (8 ends)Norway (Ulsrud) def. Czech Republic (Snítil) 12-5 (9 ends)Finland (Kauste) def. China (Zang) 8-7 (11 ends)United States (Shuster) def. Japan (Morozumi) 8-6
Today’s scheduleDraw 15, 6:30 a.m.Czech Republic (Snítil) vs. United States (Shuster)Scotland (MacDonald) vs. China (Zang)Norway (Ulsrud) vs. Japan (Morozumi)Finland (Kauste) vs. Canada (Simmons)
Draw 16, 11:30 a.m.Sweden (Edin) vs. China (Zang)United States (Shuster) vs. Russia (Arkhipov)Canada (Simmons) vs. Italy (Retornaz) Switzerland (Pfister) vs. Norway (Ulsrud)
Draw 17, 4:30 p.m.Japan (Morozumi) vs. Switzerland (Pfister)Italy (Retornaz) vs. Finland (Kauste)Russia (Arkhipov) vs. Czech Republic (Snítil)Sweden (Edin) vs. Scotland (Mac-Donald)
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Today’s scheduleNY Islanders at Columbus, 4 p.m.Boston at Detroit, 4:30 p.m.Carolina at Florida, 4:30 p.m.Tampa Bay at Ottawa, 4:30 p.m.Washington at Montreal, 4:30 p.m.Calgary at St. Louis, 5 p.m.NY Rangers at Minnesota, 5 p.m.Vancouver at Chicago, 5:30 p.m.Edmonton at Los Angeles, 7:30 p.m.
Friday, April 3Chicago at Buffalo, 4 p.m.Montreal at New Jersey, 4 p.m.St. Louis at Dallas, 5:30 p.m.Arizona at San Jose, 7 p.m.Colorado at Anaheim, 7 p.m.
Saturday, April 4Philadelphia at Carolina, 10 a.m.Pittsburgh at Columbus, 11 a.m.Vancouver at Winnipeg, noonBuffalo at NY Islanders, 4 p.m.Detroit at Minnesota, 4 p.m.New Jersey at NY Rangers, 4 p.m.Tampa Bay at Florida, 4 p.m.Toronto at Boston, 4 p.m.Washington at Ottawa, 4 p.m.Dallas at Nashville, 5 p.m.San Jose at Arizona, 6 p.m.Calgary at Edmonton, 7 p.m.Colorado at Los Angeles, 7 p.m.
Sunday, April 5
Western Hockey League
PlayoffsAll series best-of- seven
Yesterday’s resultsRegina 4, Swift Current 0 (Regina sweeps series 4-0)Calgary 7, Kootenay 2 (Calgary leads series 3-1)Red Deer 2, Medicine Hat 1 (Medicine Hat leads series 2-1)Prince George 4, Victoria 2 (Victoria leads series 2-1)Brandon at Edmonton (Brandon leads series 3-1)Kelowna 5, Tri-City 4 (OT) (Kelowna sweeps series 4-0)Everett 2, Spokane 1 (OT) (Everett leads series 2-1)
Today’s scheduleMedicine Hat at Red Deer, 6 p.m.Victoria at Prince George, 7 p.m.Portland at Seattle, 7:05 p.m.
Friday, April 3Swift Current at Regina, 6 p.m.Kootenay at Calgary, 6 p.m.Tri-City at Kelowna, 7:05 p.m.Everett at Spokane, 7:05 p.m.
Saturday, April 4Seattle at Portland, 6 p.m.Regina at Swift Current, 6 p.m.Red Deer at Medicine Hat, 6:30 p.m.Prince George at Victoria, 7 p.m.Kelowna at Tri-City, 7:05 p.m.Spokane at Everett, 7:05 p.m.
Sunday, April 5Medicine Hat at Red Deer, 4 p.m.
Monday, April 6Kootenay at Calgary, 6 p.m.Victoria at Prince George*, 7 p.m.
Tuesday, April 7*Edmonton at Brandon, 5 p.m.Swift Current at Regina, 6 p.m.Red Deer at Medicine Hat, 6 p.m.Tri-City at Kelowna, 7:05 p.m.Everett at Spokane, 7:05 p.m.Portland at Seattle, 7:05 p.m.
Wednesday, April 8*Edmonton at Brandon, 5 p.m.Seattle at Portland, 7 p.m.Prince George at Victoria, 7:05 p.m.Spokane at Everett, 7:05 p.m.
Today’s scheduleOklahoma City at Charlotte, 4 p.m.Chicago at Hamilton, 4:30 p.m.Adirondack at San Antonio, 5 p.m.
Friday, April 3Providence at St. John’s, 3 p.m.Albany at Springfield, 4 p.m.
B.C. Hockey LeaguePlayoffsRound-robin standingsSeed W L Pts GF-GA1 Penticton 3 0 6 13-62 Nanaimo 1 1 2 8-73 Chilliwack 0 3 0 8-16
Today’s gamePenticton at Nanaimo, 7 p.m.
Saturday, April 4*Nanaimo at Chilliwack, 7 p.m.
Monday, April 6*Tiebreak: Teams, time TBA * = if necessary
SOCCERMLS
Friday, April 3DC United at Orlando, 4 p.m.
Saturday, April 4Toronto at Chicago, noonMontreal at NY Red Bulls, 4 p.m.New England at Colorado, 4 p.m.Houston at Seattle, 7 p.m.Los Angeles at Vancouver, 7 p.m.Dallas at Portland, 7:30 p.m.
English Premier LeaguePosition/Club W D L GF GA Pts1 Chelsea 20 7 2 61 25 672 Man City 18 7 5 62 28 613 Arsenal 18 6 6 58 31 604 Man United 17 8 5 52 27 595 Liverpool 16 6 8 44 32 546 Southampton 16 5 9 42 21 537 Tot Hotspur 16 5 9 50 45 538 Swansea 12 7 11 34 38 439 West Ham 11 9 10 40 37 4210 Stoke City 12 6 12 34 37 4211 Crystal Pal 9 9 12 36 41 3612 Newcastle 9 8 13 33 48 3513 Everton 8 10 12 38 42 3414 West Brom 8 9 13 27 39 3315 Hull City 6 10 14 28 40 2816 Aston Villa 7 7 16 19 39 2817 Sunderland 4 14 12 23 44 2618 Burnley 5 10 15 26 49 2519 Q.P. Rangers 6 4 20 31 54 2220 Leicester 4 7 18 27 48 19
Yesterday’s resultSaturday, April 4Arsenal vs. Liverpool, 4:45 a.m.Everton vs. Southampton, 7 a.m.Leicester vs. West Ham, 7 a.m.Man Utd vs. Aston Villa, 7 a.m.Swansea vs. Hull, 7 a.m.West Brom vs. Q.P. Rangers, 7 a.m.Chelsea vs. Stoke, 9:30 a.m.
Eastern LeagueClub PTS GP W L T GF GANY Red Bulls 7 3 2 0 1 5 2DC United 6 3 2 1 0 2 2NY City FC 5 4 1 1 2 3 2Orlando 5 4 1 1 2 4 4N. England 4 4 1 2 1 2 6Columbus 3 3 1 2 0 3 3Toronto 3 3 1 2 0 4 5Chicago 3 4 1 3 0 2 5Montreal 2 3 0 1 2 2 3Philadelphia 2 4 0 2 2 3 6
Yesterday’s resultsPhiladelphia 9, Atlanta 2Boston 4, Minnesota 4Houston 3, Detroit 2Tampa Bay 3, NY Yankees 0Toronto 9, Boston 7Miami 8, Washington 0St. Louis 5, NY Mets 4Oakland 4, LA Angels 1LA Dodgers 4, Kansas City 4Arizona 3, Cincinnati 0San Diego 8, Chicago Sox 2Colorado 10, Texas 4.Pittsburgh 0, at Baltimore 0 (10 innings)
Today’s gamesNY Mets at St. Louis 9:05 a.m.NY Yankees at Detroit 10 a.m.Pittsburgh at NY Yankees 10:05 a.m.Tampa Bay at Philadelphia 10:05 a.m.Cleveland at Cincinnati 12:05 p.m.Milwaukee at San Diego 12:05 p.m.Chicago Sox at Arizona 12:10 p.m.Baltimore at Atlanta 3:05 p.m.Boston at Minnesota 4:05 p.m.LA Dodgers at LA Angels 7:05 p.m.Oakland at San Francisco 7:15 p.m.
Opening DaySunday, April 5St. Louis at Chicago Cubs 5 p.m. Adam Wainwright vs Jon Lester
Monday, April 6Toronto at NY Yankees 10 a.m. Drew Hutchison vs Masahiro TanakaMinnesota at Detroit 10:08 a.m. Hughes vs PriceColorado at Milwaukee 11:10 a.m. Kendrick vs LohseBoston at Philadelphia 12:05 p.m. Buchholz vs HamelsBaltimore at Tampa Bay 12:10 p.m. Chris Tillman vs Chris ArcherNY Mets at Washington 1:00 p.m. Colon vs ScherzerChicago Sox at Kansas City 1:10 p.m. Samardzija vs VenturaLA Angels at Seattle 1:10 p.m. TBA vs Felix HernandezPittsburgh at Cincinnati 1:10 p.m. Liriano vs CuetoSan Diego at LA Dodgers 1:10 p.m. Shields vs KershawAtlanta at Miami 1:10 p.m. Teheran vs AlvarezCleveland at Houston 4:00 p.m. Kluber vs KeuchelSan Francisco at Arizona 7:00 p.m. TBA vs CollmenterTexas at Oakland 7:05 p.m. Gallardo vs Gray
Tuesday, April 7Atlanta at Miami 4:10 p.m.Baltimore at Tampa Bay 4:10 p.m.St. Louis at Chicago Cubs 5:05 p.m.Colorado at Milwaukee 5:10 p.m.San Fran at Arizona 6:40 p.m.Texas at Oakland 7:05 p.m.LA Angels at Seattle 7:10 p.m.San Diego at LA Dodgers 7:10 p.m.
Wednesday, April 8Minnesota at Detroit 10:08 a.m.St. Louis at Chicago Cubs 11:20 a.m.Boston at Philadelphia 4 p.m. (Porcello vs Harang)NY Mets at Washington 4:05 p.m. (deGrom vs Zimmermann)Toronto at NY Yankees 4:05 p.m.Atlanta at Miami 4:10 p.m.Baltimore at Tampa Bay 4:10 p.m.Pittsburgh at Cincinnati 4:10 p.m. (Cole vs Leake)Chicago Sox at Kansas City 5:10 p.m.Cleveland at Houston 5:10 p.m.Colorado at Milwaukee 5:10 p.m.San Fran at Arizona 6:40 p.m.San Diego at LA Dodgers 7 p.m.Texas at Oakland 7:05 p.m.LA Angels at Seattle 7:10 p.m.
BASKETBALLNBA
Yesterday’s resultsCharlotte 102, Detroit 78Washington 106, Philadelphia 93San Antonio 103, Orlando 91Brooklyn 100, New York 98Boston 100, Indiana 87Milwaukee 95, Chicago 91Dallas 135, Oklahoma City 131Houston 115, Sacramento 111Toronto 112, Minnesota 99Utah 98, Denver 94LA Clippers 126, Portland 122New Orleans 113, LA Lakers 92
Today’s scheduleMiami at Cleveland, 5 p.m.Houston at Dallas, 5:30 p.m.Phoenix at Golden State, 7:30 p.m.
March Madness(Tournament rankings in brackets)
Regional finalsSunday’s results(7) Michigan State 76, (4) Louisville 70(1) Duke 66, (2) Gonzaga 52
Men’s Doubles, QuarterfinalsBob Bryan, United States, and Mike Bryan (1), United States, def. Kevin Anderson, South Africa, and Jeremy Chardy, France, 6-4, 4-6, 10-6.John Isner, United States, and Sam Querrey, United States, def. Jean-Julien Rojer, Netherlands, and Horia Tecau (4), Romania, 6-3, 6-4.
WomenSingles - QuarterefinalsSerena Williams (1), United States, def. Sabine Lisicki (27), Germany, 7-6 (4), 1-6, 6-3.Simona Halep (3), Romania, def. Sloane Stephens, United States, 6-1, 7-5.
Golfer Tour points1 Rory McIlroy 546.742 Henrik Stenson 413.743 Bubba Watson 353.224 Jason Day 264.455 Adam Scott 269.286 Jordan Spieth 332.527 Jim Furyk 253.398 Sergio Garcia 286.789 Dustin Johnson 232.8210 Justin Rose 265.2211 Rickie Fowler 247.7112 Martin Kaymer 245.1213 Jimmy Walker 241.114 Matt Kuchar 239.1915 Patrick Reed 238.9316 Hideki Matsuyama 221.5317 Victor Dubuisson 163.8118 Billy Horschel 193.5219 Brooks Koepka 191.7120 J.B. Holmes 145.67Canadian PGA rankings67 Graham DeLaet 106.06163 David Hearn 55.74179 Adam Hadwin 51.27218 Nick Taylor 37.02248 Richard Lee 28.49353 Mike Weir 22.61432 Brad Fritsch 19.07562 Roger Sloan 11.8598 Ryan Yip 8.9671 Ryan Williams 7.23767 Michael Gligic 5.37810 Greg Machtaler 4.7
LPGA TourThis week’s eventApril 2-5: ANA InspirationAviara Golf Club, Carlsbad, California, Par 72, 7,007 yards. Purse: $1,700,000. 2014 winner: Anna Nordqvist
Golfer Average score1 Hyo Joo Kim 68.8752 Lydia Ko 693 Stacy Lewis 69.254 Inbee Park 69.355 Anna Nordqvist 69.9586 Ha Na Jang 70.057 Azahara Munoz 70.1258 Sei Young Kim 70.1369 Amy Yang 70.28610 Alison Lee 70.35711 Sun Young Yoo 70.37512 Ariya Jutanugarn 70.40913 Jessica Korda 70.53614 Lexi Thompson 70.5515 Ilhee Lee 70.67916 Shanshan Feng 70.68817 Brittany Lincicome 70.70818 Mirim Lee 70.7519 Sandra Gal 70.79220 Cristie Kerr 70.818Canadian golfer71 Alena Sharp 72.611
Spring training statsHitting G AB H HR Avg1 Abreu, J (CWS) 17 52 27 1 .5192 Betts, M (BOS) 15 45 21 2 .4673 Trout, M (LAA) 19 51 23 4 .4514 Kozma, P (STL) 22 46 20 0 .4355 Mayberry, J (NYM)20 47 20 4 .4266 Valbuena, L (HOU)16 47 19 2 .4047 Negron, K (CIN) 21 50 20 1 .4008 Cron, C (LAA) 22 63 25 3 .3979 Navarro, E (LAA) 23 48 19 0 .39610 Burns, B (OAK) 24 71 28 0 .39411 Boesch, B (CIN) 19 54 21 4 .38912 Bradley, J (BOS) 17 42 16 0 .38113 Inciarte, E (ARI) 20 59 22 0 .37314 Bourn, M (CLE) 17 51 19 1 .37315 Pederson, J (LAD)23 57 21 6 .36816 Davis, K (MIL) 17 44 16 1 .36416 Paredes, J (BAL) 24 55 20 2 .36416 Shuck, J (CWS) 24 55 20 0 .36419 Belt, B (SF) 19 58 21 3 .36220 Hosmer, E (KC) 20 56 20 3 .35720 Marte, S (PIT) 18 56 20 2 .35722 Lamb, J (ARI) 22 59 21 2 .35623 Pollock, A (ARI) 19 62 22 1 .35524 Freeman, F (ATL) 21 51 18 2 .35324 Kemp, M (SD) 17 51 18 4 .35324 Smolinski, J (TEX) 19 51 18 2 .35324 Zunino, M (SEA) 19 51 18 7 .353
Pitching IP W L ERA1 Walker, T (SEA) 25.0 3 0 0.362 Graveman, K (OAK) 21.1 3 0 0.423 Lyles, J (COL) 21.0 2 0 0.864 Phelps, D (MIA) 18.0 2 0 1.005 Gonzales, M (STL) 17.1 3 0 1.046 Woj’chowski, A (HOU) 21.0 1 0 1.297 Scherzer, M (WSH) 20.0 1 0 1.358 Zim’mann, J (WSH) 19.2 2 0 1.379 Harvey, M (NYM) 18.2 1 1 1.4510 Wacha, M (STL) 20.1 1 0 1.7711 Kershaw, C (LAD) 19.1 3 0 1.8612 Stults, E (ATL) 19.0 2 0 1.8913 Despaigne, O (SD) 17.0 0 2 2.1214 Andriese, M (TB) 19.1 1 1 2.3315 Cashner, A (SD) 18.1 3 0 2.4515 DeGrom, J (NYM) 22.0 3 0 2.4517 Gee, D (NYM) 21.2 2 0 2.4918 Weaver, J (LAA) 21.1 3 0 2.5319 Gibson, K (MIN) 19.2 0 1 2.7520 Gonzalez, G (WSH) 19.1 0 2 2.79
East W L GB Pct GF GAToronto 11 2 - .846 184 148Rochester 7 4 2 .636 121 120Buffalo 7 6 3 .538 156 159Minnesota 4 8 6.5 .333 131 158 New England 3 7 6.5 .300 113 136
Friday, April 3Rochester at Toronto, 4 p.m.New England at Minnesota, 5:30 p.m.Calgary at Colorado, 6 p.m.Vancouver at Edmonton, 6:30 p.m.
Saturday, April 4New England at Buffalo, 4:30 p.m.Minnesota at Rochester, 4:30 p.m.Colorado at Calgary, 6 p.m.Edmonton at Vancouver, 7 p.m.
NHL LeadersPoints1. J. Tavares NYI 722. A. Ovechkin WSH 713. S. Crosby PIT 714. N. Backstrom WSH 715. J. Voracek PHI 696. V. Tarasenko STL 687. E. Malkin PIT 688. S. Stamkos TBL 659. T. Johnson TBL 6510. J. Pavelski SJS 64
Goals1. A. Ovechkin WSH 452. S. Stamkos TBL 393. R. Nash NYR 394. V. Tarasenko STL 345. J. Pavelski SJS 346. M. Pacioretty MTL 347. J. Tavares NYI 338. T. Seguin DAL 329. E. Malkin PIT 2810. C. Perry ANA 28
Assists1. N. Backstrom WSH 532. S. Crosby PIT 483. J. Voracek PHI 484. C. Giroux PHI 465. D. Sedin VAN 466. J. Thornton SJS 467. H. Sedin VAN 458. H. Zetterberg DET 439. K. Letang PIT 4210. J. Benn DAL 41
Plus/Minus1. M. Pacioretty MTL +382. N. Kucherov TBL +343. V. Tarasenko STL +304. T. Johnson TBL +305. O. Palat TBL +286. J. Toews CHI +277. J. Garrison TBL +268. R. Nash NYR +249. K. Klein NYR +2410. P. Martin PIT +23
NBA LeadersOffence - Points1. K. Bryant LAL 27.52. J. Harden HOU 25.13. S. Curry GSW 24.94. A. Davis NOP 24.95. L. James CLE 24.86. K. Thompson GSW 24.77. B. Griffin LAC 24.38. R. Gay SAC 23.09. R. Jackson OKC 22.810. A. Jefferson CHA 22.6
Assists1. R. Rondo BOS 11.32. C. Paul LAC 10.33. R. Rubio MIN 10.04. J. Wall WAS 9.05. J. Teague ATL 7.96. J. Harden HOU 7.57. R. Jackson OKC 7.58. T. Lawson DEN 7.59. T. Evans NOP 7.110. B. Knight MIL 6.9
Field Goal Percentage1. T. Zeller BOS 85.72. B. Wright DAL 74.53. D. Jordan LAC 70.04. E. Davis LAL 68.85. T. Chandler DAL 66.76. M. Speights GSW 63.27. D. Schroder ATL 63.08. M. Kidd-Gilchrist CHA 62.59. D. Howard HOU 61.410. C. Kaman POR 61.2
DefenceRebounds per game1. N. Vucevic ORL 9.42. L. Stephenson CHA 9.13. P. Gasol CHI 9.04. A. Davis NOP 8.95. K. Love CLE 8.76. T. Duncan SAS 8.77. D. Cousins SAC 8.48. D. Howard HOU 8.49. A. Bogut GSW 8.010. Z. Randolph MEM 7.6
Western ConferenceCentral GP W L OT GF GA Ptsx-Nashville 78 47 22 9 224 193 103St. Louis 76 46 23 7 229 190 99Chicago 76 46 24 6 217 176 98w-Minnesota 76 44 25 7 219 186 95w-Winnipeg 77 39 26 12 217 204 90Dallas 77 37 30 10 239 248 84Colorado 77 35 30 12 207 218 82
Pacific GP W L OT GF GA Ptsy-Anaheim 79 50 22 7 232 217 107Vancouver 77 45 27 5 224 208 95Calgary 77 42 28 7 229 204 91Los Angeles 76 37 25 14 201 192 88San Jose 77 38 30 9 217 216 85e-Edmonton 77 23 41 13 186 260 59e-Arizona 77 23 46 8 161 256 54
SCOREBOARD
Buffalo Sabres centre Philip Varone (84) carries the puck up next to Toronto Maple Leafs centre Zach Sill during a game Wednesdayin Buffalo. [AP PHOTO]
Cellar-dwelling Sabres beat LeafsJOHN WAWROW THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
BUFFALO, N.Y. — Matt Moulson and Matt Ellis scored 1:41 apart in the third period, and the Buf-falo Sabres rallied for a 4-3 win over the Toronto Maple Leafs on Wednesday night.
The Sabres overcame a 3-1 second-period deficit and won their second straight, inching closer to moving out of last place. Zac Dalpe and Cody Hodgson also scored in a matchup of cross-bor-der rivals that featured a predominant number of fans wearing Maple Leafs jerseys.
Ellis added an assist, and Brian Gionta set up two goals for Buffalo (22-47-8), which moved to within two points of 29th-place Arizona.
James van Riemsdyk, Eric Brewer and Nazem Kadri scored for Toronto (29-43-6), which squan-dered a chance to win three straight for the first time since a six-game run from Dec. 10-16. The Maple Leafs are 10-34-3 since.
Buffalo’s Anders Lindback made 24 saves, including a pair of key stops against Phil Kessel in the final minute.
Moulson tied it with a power-play goal 1:33 into the third period. Gionta started the play at the left boards and sent a no-look pass down low to Johan Larsson, who quickly fed the puck into the slot for Moulson’s one-timer.
Ellis was set up by Nikita Zadorov, who sped up the right wing and sent a pass into the middle. Ellis cut across to draw out goalie Jonathan Bernier and shovelled the puck into the open left side.
While Ellis and his teammates celebrated, some Sabres fans joined their Maple Leafs counter-parts by sitting quietly following the sudden turn of events.
A large contingent of Sabres fans are openly rooting for Buffalo to finish 30th and be guar-anteed a shot at selecting one of two highly touted draft prospects: Erie Otters centre Con-nor McDavid or Boston University centre Jack Eichel.
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BRUCE EDWARDS FOR THE TIMES
Thursday, March 26MacDermott’s Insurance – 6 Hetherington Industries – 0
Dave Murphy scored the eventual game winner for the Thrashers 4:28 into the game on a lone assist from Kevin Barabash. The Thrashers led 1-0 at the half-time break against an under-staffed Hetherington squad (7 skaters).
In the final half the Thrashers began to exert the power of their full bench by adding five more unan-swered goals. Mike Doucette led the Thrashers second half offence with a hat-trick followed by single markers from Jamie Noye and Kevin Barabash. Barabash also added three assists. Carey Evans, Kevin Kimoto, Bob Kimoto and Murphy contrib-uted single assists. Shaun Evans recorded the easy shutout.
MacDermott’s Insurance (2-1-0) outshot Hetherington Industries (0-3-0) 30-16 in this one sided ‘A’ Division matchup.
The loss officially eliminat-ed the defending AV-NCHL playoff champions.
Cariboo On Site Caps – 2 Urgel’s Auto Collision – 1
In the opening half Urgel’s held a slight edge in play outshooting Cariboo 11-7. Urgel’s Dustin Diemert was the only player to find the back of the net on an assist from Jess Ursic with 5:05 left. In the final half Cari-
boo picked up their play and their efforts were rewarded with Scott Manson’s tying goal assisted by Jeff Mac-auley and Mike Foster 6:01 into the final half. Shortly after tying the game Urgel’s took their lone penalty of the game. On the ensuing powerplay Cariboo’s Morgan Steed netted the game win-ner on the powerplay 7:33 in on assists from Justin Sketsch and Mike Carter. Cariboo held on to their nar-row lead for the remainder of the game. Urgel’s Auto Collision outshot Cariboo On Site Caps 20-18 in this ‘B’ Division playoff game.
Friday, March 26Canadian Tire/Jal Design–4 Hetherington Industries – 2
After a scoreless opening half Scott Kolentsis opened the game’s scoring twenty three seconds into the final half with his short-handed goal to give Canadian Tire/Jal Design a 1-0 lead. Jeremy Russell and Jason Ferguson assisted. Nolan Ward added to the lead with his goal 2:04 into the final half on assists from Nick Bordeleau and Steve White. Bordeleau pushed the Can-adian Tire/Jal Design lead to 3-0 5:16 into the final half on a lone assist from Dallas Ward. Midway through the final half Cody Chretien scored unassisted to put Hetherington on the score-board. Hetherington made the game interesting by nar-rowing the score to 3-2 on Jake Martens goal assisted
by Spencer Mattin with 2:08 remaining. In the final minute Hetherington pulled their goalie in favour of an extra attacker looking for the equalizer. With eleven seconds to go in the game Bordeleau potted his second goal of the game into the empty net to secure Canad-ian Tire/Jal Design’s hard fought win and a berth in the “A” Division Champion-ship Final series. D. Ward and Ferguson assisted. Canadian Tire/Jal Design outshot Hetherington Indus-tries 29-23.
Coulson’s – 4 Westisle Construction West Coast Express – 3
Westisle WC Express got late opening half goals from Craig Smith and Spencer Pierce to lead 2-0 by the halftime break. Devon White and Wesley Schutt added lone assists. In the final half Coulson’s needing a win to advance to the “B” Division Consolation final series pulled out the stops and pressed Westisle for goals. Dustin St.Denis got Coulson’s started with his unassisted goal 6:50 into the final half.
Westisle managed to push their lead to 3-1 on Chris Lyons’ goal assisted by Brent Taron and Danby White with 11:35 left in the game. Just over a min-ute later Coulson’s Kyle Sketsch narrowed the score to 3-2 on assist from Dave Gibson and Darren Man-nix. Coulson’s continued
to pressure upset minded Westisle. Thirty nine sec-onds later Erik Waldriff tied the game for Coulson’s finishing off a nice scoring play with Jordan Newberry and St.Denis. A minute later Kody Isherwood scored the game winner for Coulson’s unassisted. Neither team was able to score again over the final 8:47, but both teams had numerous chances. Coulson’s outshot Westisle WC Express 29-22 in this close well played battle.
With the win Coulson’s moved into a three way tie with Urgel’s Auto Collision
and Cariboo On Site Caps with identical 2-1-0 records in the close Consolation “B” Division. Urgel’s Auto Col-lision broke the tie breaker with the better goals for/goals against in the games amongst the tied teams, to advance first to the “B” Div-ision Consolation final best of three series. Coulson’s won the second tiebreaker with their head to head win versus Cariboo to take the second spot in the “B” Div-ision Consolation final ser-ies. This series starts Thurs-day April 2nd with Game #2 slated for Friday April 3rd.
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FISHING
Great Central Lake Trout Derby returns for EasterKRISTI DOBSON ALBERNI VALLEY TIMES
A popular fishing derby is being resurrected for Easter weekend.
The Great Central Lake Trout Derby starts at sunrise on Saturday morning and culminates with prizes on Monday afternoon.
Danielle Marley, co-owner and manager of the Great Central Lake RV Park and Marina has been wanting to create a community event on the property for the past few years. She had people ask-ing about the trout derby that took place years ago and was convinced to organize and renew
the traditional fishing contest.
“The last published information I saw about the derby was in the AV Times in May 2005 and that was the 16th annual derby,” Marley said. “Jen Atkinson was the organ-izer and there were 325 participants.”
Marley said she doesn’t fish herself, but was happy to be the organizer and is hoping to make it an annual family-orient-ed event.
The derby is open to all ages and there will be first to third prizes for adults, as well as a kid’s category for 12 and under.
“We have a lot of other prizes and I am hoping
everyone gets one,” Marley said.
Boats will be launched from the mar-ina and the weigh-ins are to be brought to Trestle RV Park, where prizes will be distributed on Monday at 1:30 p.m.
On Sunday, Marley is organizing an Easter
Egg Hunt for partici-pants and fam-
ilies. Entrants
can either camp for the weekend or participate in the derby one or all three days. Known for its fish-ing, Marley is hoping the derby also raises aware-ness about the lake’s recreational potential, including location for watersports.
Tickets for the derby, which include launch fee, can be purchased at Gone Fishin’, Breakers Marine and the Great Central RV Park and Marina.
In the 9 hole low handicap division Jani Denis won the low gross. Kath Stolth won low net and low putts was shared by Julie Swaney and Kelly Gauthier.
In the high handicap div-ision Lauralee Edgell won the low gross and the low putts.
Julie Swaney had a chip in on number 10.
In the 18 hole ladies group Janice Cross won low gross with 86, Carol Hastings won low net with 75. For the closest to the pin on number 2 Gayle Rhodes was the win-ner and on number 11 Patsy Gauthier took home the prize.
For a bit of trivia , Arnold Palmers’ first victory in golf was winning the Canadian Open in 1955.
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Gwynne Hunt is putting a call out for actors, singers, musi-cians, spoken word artists, jug-glers, and anyone who loves to perform.
“We need people who want to play outdoors this summer and fall to join our team of perform-ers,” Gwynne said.
Actors are required to read Shakespeare on August 15th or join the festivities on September 19th for a Renaissance Fair. Hunt wants people to juggle, walk on stilts and be part of her cast and show presentation.
On Saturday July 11th, at 7 p.m. there will be a Nite of Spoken Word, then on Saturday July 25th at 7 p.m. will be Two Radio Plays.
On Saturday August 15th, Hunt is organizing a Psychedelic Shakespeare-a-thon.
Following that, on Saturday September 19th she will present the first Renaissance Fair with a production of In Her Majesty’s Court at Harbour Quay.
All performances will be in Port Alberni and are presented by Art Matters Society to foster and encourage the arts in the Alberni Valley.
Instead of doing a Fringe
Festival this year, Hunt is offer-ing some outdoor fringe-like performances.
To be part of this Festival of Artistic and Creative Expression, F.A.C.E. please contact Gwynne Hunt, Artistic Director in Port Alberni, B.C. at [email protected] or 250-723-7883.
The Rollin Art Centre is accepting only your like-new books, DVDs, CDs
and puzzles for their annual book sale, which takes place on May 8 and 9. Please no library books, magazines, National Geographic, encyclopedias, Reader’s Digest and textbooks. The Community Arts Council prides themselves on selling books that are in pristine con-dition. Please do not drop off books that are very used. We cannot resell them. Our dona-tion box is located at the Rollin Art Centre, inside, under the staircase in the wooden box.
A wonderful weekend of art and culture is in store for
you on April 25th and 26th with the purchase of a ticket for 2015 Days with the Arts. Public venues and artist studios will be open to our guests from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. each day. You may choose to attend one day or both. Your wristband or ribbon includes admission to venues, opportunities to win major or studio prizes, and a map show-ing locations. Check out the old Woodward’s windows on upper 3rd Ave., (now the new Coulson building), for a sneak pre-view of some of the featured artists in this year’s two day event.
Th e Rollin Art Centre’s next art exhibit begins April
7th and will run until May 2nd. Mark your calendars for another beautiful art exhibit, featuring beloved retired art teacher, Dietrich Schlackl. Diet-rich will be showcasing his oil on canvas and watercolours,
themed, family and community. The title for this exhibit is, “For the Love of Painting”. Join us in the Art Gallery, Saturday April 11th from 1-3 pm, for refresh-ments and to meet Dietrich and talk about his Love of Painting!
The Centennial Belles pres-ent two historical fashion
shows – Fashion Fabulous on Saturday, April 11 at 2:30 and 7:30 p.m. at Echo Centre. Fabu-lous gowns from the Roman-tic era, the Victorian era, the Edwardian era and the Roaring 20s. Advanced tickets (cash only) are available at Rollin Art Centre, Capelli Hair Design and Boutique Belles Amies. Tickets include refreshments. Partial proceeds to the ADSS Breakfast Club and the Read and Feed Program.
The Rollin Art centre is cur-rently accepting applica-
tions to all visual artists and artist groups to submit an appli-cation to exhibit their work in our Fine Arts Gallery during
the 2016 calendar year. Don’t miss this opportunity to have your own Art exhibit or group exhibit. Application forms are available at the Rollin Art Centre. Deadline is April 30, 2015. The Gallery is located at the corner of 8th and Argyle St., and open from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tues., to Sat. call 250-724-3412 for more info.
The Rollin Art Centre’s next art exhibit April 7th and
will run until May 2nd. Mark your calendars for another beautiful art exhibit, featur-
ing beloved retired art teacher, Dietrich Schlackl. Dietrich will be showcasing his oil on canvas and watercolours, themed, fam-ily and community. The title for this exhibit is, “For the Love of Painting”.
Drop by the gallery, Satur-day April 11th from 1-3 pm, for refreshments and to meet Dietrich.
Gallery getting set for new April exhibit
Melissa MartinArtBeat
» Melissa Martin is the arts administra-tor for the Community Arts Council. This is a group dedicated to enriching individuals and the community by shar-ing and shaping the cultural environ-ment of the Valley. If you would like to submit something to this column, please drop it off (e-mail preferred) at the Rollin Art Centre by noon on the Friday before your event. Your articles must be 150 words or less. E-mail: [email protected].
WHAT’S HAPPENINGDon’t miss out on local events
Listings for Thursday, April 2 to Friday, April 10
THURSDAY
Michael Averill folk/blues concert at 8 p.m. at Char’s Landing.
Team Trudeau Pints and Pol-itics at Char’s Landing from 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m.
FRIDAY
Aaron James & the Black Water encore performance at Char’s Landing from 8 to 10 p.m.
Easter Bunny Hunt at Arrowvale Farm at 10:30 a.m.
SATURDAY
Easter Eggstravaganza from 1 to 3 p.m. at the Salvation Army, 4841 Redford Street.
Easter Egg Hunt at First Bap-tist Church from 12 noon to 2 p.m.
Easter Pet Parade at the Spir-it Square Farmers Market from 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
Knacker’s Yard Celtic Folk concert at Char’s Landing, from 8 to 10 p.m.
Great Central Lake Trout Derby until Monday.
SUNDAY
Meat Draw and 50/50 from 3 to 5:30 p.m. at the Kingsway Pub to benefit the Alberni Valley Hospice Society.
MONDAY
Latin Dance Social with Cuba’s Watson Hernandez from 7 to 9 p.m. at Char’s Landing.
TUESDAY
Walk and Talk grief support from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. Contact the A.V. Hospice Society at 250-723-4478
Meat Draw and 50/50 from 4 to 6 p.m. at the Kingsway Pub to benefit the Alberni Valley Hos-pice Society.
Board Games Social from 7 to 9 p.m. at Char’s Landing. Also at 8 p.m. The Lion, The Bear, The Fox concert.
Art exhibit by Dietrich Schlackl begins at Rollin Art Centre.
Wicked Grin concert at Char’s Landing at 8 p.m.
WEDNESDAY
Alberni Valley Transition Town Society film “The Silence of the Labs” at Char’s Landing at 7 p.m.
THURSDAY
Grief Support at the A.V. Hospice Society from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m.
STARFLEET Alberni Deep Space Port meeting at 6 p.m. at Echo Centre.
Marco Claveria concert, Latin, World, Cuban, Brazilian, Peruvian at 8 p.m. at Char’s Landing.
FRIDAY
Scott Shea concert at 8 p.m. at Char’s Landing.
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ARTS
An oil painting by artist Dietrich Schlackl will be on display, along with many other colourful pieces, during his exhibit at Rollin Art Centre from Aprili 7 to May 2. [PHOTO SUBMITTED]
The Easter Bunny is ready for this weekend. [KRISTI DOBSON, TIMES]
FASHION
Alberni Morning by artist Dietrich Schlackl will be on display during his exhibit, For the Love of Painting, at Rollin Art Centre from Aprili 7 to May 2. [PHOTO SUBMITTED]
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I’m surprised that no other minivan maker picked up on Honda’s built-in HondaVAC,
the world’s first in-car vacuum cleaner, introduced last year.
The battle of the minivans is all about features and this is one of the most useful ever.
How many times have you wanted to clean out the accumulation of crumbs and other detritus in your car from numerous stops at Tim Hortons or the Golden Arches — not to mention the dust bunnies, loose change and ‘so that’s where they went’ items hiding under seats and in crevices?
Developed in cooperation with Shop-Vac, it consists of a power-ful vacuum cleaner, replaceable filter, canister bag and nozzle accessories, plus a hose long enough to reach every nook and cranny in the van. And it packs away neatly in its own compart-ment in the rear cargo area.
It’s just one of the thought-ful touches that separates the Odyssey from the minivan crowd.
The Odyssey’s sleek styling is another plus that separates it from the crowd.
The sculpted sides and gently sloping roofline give it an almost coupe-like profile that hides its 17-foot bumper-to-bumper length.
Other refinements include the deeply carved aluminum hood and front fenders, the revised chrome, twin-bar grille, lower air dam and automatic HID, self-levelling headlights.
At the rear, LED taillight bars add an upscale look while that chrome ‘lightning bolt’ lower window trim removes any sign of ‘boxiness’ in the profile.
The Odyssey comes in seven flavours starting with the LX (starting at $30,350), SE, EX, EX-RES, EX-L RES, EX-L NAVI and Touring.
Our tester was the Touring model finished in Alabaster Sil-ver metallic with grey leather seating (front seats and outer second row).
Passenger and cargo flexibility are core features in any mini-van and Honda takes it to a new
level of convenience. There are eight different
seating configurations that can accommodate up to eight occupants or provide maximum cargo capacity of 4,205 litres.
For example, the 40/20/40-split second row can provide com-fortable seating for two adults in the outboard positions or it can handle three full size child seats with the centre seat move-able six-inches forward to be closer to Mom and Dad.
Our tester was set up for 8 occupants with the 40/20/40-split second row and 60/40-split third row.
Access to the third row is also easier with this new vehicle.
A simple lever lets you ‘tilt and slide’ the second row for-ward providing easy access to the reclining third row.
For those trips to the big box store, remove the second row seats and make the third row ‘disappear’ into the floor (by simply pulling on a couple of
straps) and you have space for the ubiquitous 4X8 sheet of plywood.
Power is provided by Honda’s 248 horsepower, 3.5-litre, SOHC V6 with VCM (Variable Cylinder Management) that optimizes fuel economy by shutting off up to three cylinders when power isn’t needed e.g. when deceler-ating or coasting on the flat. This, along with i-VTEC (Intel-ligent Variable Valve Timing and Lift Control), gives Odyssey bragging rights for the best fuel economy among minivans (12.3/8.5. city/highway, L/100 km).
Standard transmission is a smooth, six-speed automatic with Grade Logic Control that prevents gear ‘hunting’ and adjusts shift points according to terrain and your individual driving style. In addition to dynamic assists we’ve come to expect from Honda, like VSA (Vehicle Stability Assist with Traction Control, four-wheel
power disc brakes with ABS, electronic brake force distri-bution and brake assist, our touring model came with lane departure warning, blind spot warning and forward colli-sion warning. The push button start and remote entry key fob lets you lock-unlock doors and activate the power sliding side doors and tail gate (standard on all but the LX and SE models).
Slipping behind the wheel makes you feel like the captain of a jet. Forward and side vision over the sloping hood, excel-lent: check; main gauges cen-trally placed and clearly visible: check; heated seat with 10-way adjusters plus tilt/telescoping steering wheel; check; overhead console with conversation mir-ror and sunglass holder; check; centre stack with navigation display plus colour touch screen for infotainment systems; check.
Occupants are pampered with Tri-Zone climate control
with Humidity Control and Air Filtration plus sun screens for second row windows, a ‘cool’ box for food or drinks, numer-ous bins and pockets and some 15 beverage holders.
On the road, the Odyssey pro-vides a smooth, quiet ride with variable assist steering that’s effortless at low speeds and firms up on the highway. It also seems much more responsive to turn-in, thanks to the lighter weight of the aluminum hood and front fenders.
The quiet highway ride is thanks to ANC (Active Noise Cancelling) that uses low frequency air waves to mask engine, wind and road noise. The 650 watt, 12-speaker pre-mium sound system includes AM/FM/CD/MP3/WMA play-back and XM Sirius Satellite Radio plus the rear, roof-mount-ed 16.2-inch, split-DVD screen (with two jacks and wireless head sets) that should keep pas-sengers amused on long trips.
Alan McPheeAuto Insider
The 2015 Honda Odyssey contains a powerful vacuum cleaner, replaceable filter, canister bag, nozzle accessories, plus a long hose which will reach every crumb left in the van. [ALAN MCPHEE/ FOR THE DAILY NEWS]
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Nanaimo-area garbage pickup may soon be automatedCITY
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Nanaimo’s sanitation depart-ment has pitched city council with a plan to fully automate the city’s fleet of garbage trucks over the next three years at a capital cost estimated at more than $6.4 million.
The move would eliminate workplace injuries incurred by city garbage collectors as a result of manually lifting garbage and food waste into garbage trucks, injuries that cost the municipality $429,000 between 2012 and 2014, accord-ing to Charlotte Davis, manager of sanitation, recycling and public works.
Davis also said the move would also allow the city to bring recycling collection in-house, which would save the city a further $660,000 each year in contract costs.
“Safety was my main reason why we need to go automated,” said Davis, who gave a pres-entation on the proposal to Nanaimo council at a special committee meeting Monday.
There are eight full-time garbage collectors for the city and each earn $27.96 an hour,
according to the current CUPE contract. Davis said the city has recorded 33 injuries in the form of sprains and strains from staff lifting bins and making repetitive movements throughout shifts. The total costs from the injuries include medical costs, lost staff time and increased Workers’ Com-pensation Board rates. Having trucks capable of mechanically emptying garbage and food waste containers would reduce those costs and injuries, she said.
Davis also said there is a business case for the change. If her plan proceeds, the city would buy six automated, split trucks capable of emptying gar-bage, food waste and recycling bins over 2015, 2016 and 2017. Each truck is expected to cost $400,000. The city would also order two smaller trucks at approximately $241,000 each.
The city is set to replace four older garbage trucks from the ‘90s, which has already been budgeted for, as well as sell off four customized split garbage trucks the city acquired in 2011 for its food waste program.
Davis said the trucks could
fetch $80,000 each (they were purchased for $280,000, she said). The big capital cost is the $4 million the city estimates it would take to purchase resi-dential garbage, food waste and recycling bins specifically
meant for garbage trucks with mechanical lifting capabilities. However, that amount would be paid back over 10 years through user fees, not taxes.
And Davis said that once recycling is brought in house,
residential collection rates would actually drop below what residents would pay under manual garbage collec-tion, she said.
Council has asked for more information on the proposal.
City of Nanaimo mechanics Devon Chouinard and Jason Place work on one of the city’s customized, ‘split package’ manual garbage trucks. [AARON HINKS, DAILY NEWS]
Program director honouredRECOGNITION
ANDREA PEACOCK VICTORIA NEWS
Getting outside and experi-encing nature offers mental healing like no other, according to the staff at Power To Be in Victoria.
Power To Be is a non-profit organization that takes kids and adults with mental and physical disabilities and chal-lenges into nature to help them discover their potential.
“We try to reduce those bar-riers and create those oppor-tunities for them to get out there and experience things that anyone else can enjoy,” said Jason Cole, director of pro-grams at Power To Be. “I think nature and outdoor activities give a sense of challenge and an opportunity to really evoke that in yourself.”
Programs include kayaking, rock climbing, hiking, canoe-ing and more. Each program is tailored to the individuals in the group who are living with a barrier or disability to help them increase their access to outdoor adventure experiences.
Carinna Kenigsberg, program manager at Power To Be, said the most rewarding part for her is seeing the participants grow internally and externally.
“It’s a massive, lifelong, everlasting change, even from being in a two-hour kayaking program, to being in a long-term program,” she said. “A sense of self-confidence, a new interest in a sport or activity, a complete connection to some-thing natural in our environ-ment that they otherwise never would have been able to get to or appreciate.
In 2014, Power To Be worked with more than 50 community partners and served more than 1,000 participants.
“We try to provide an oppor-tunity for anyone who feels they have a need,” said Kenigs-berg. “We’ve never had to turn anyone around and say that they can’t fit into our pro-grams. We would just design a way that they could.”
Through his work with Power To Be, Cole recently won a Vancouver Island Top 20 Under 40 Business and Community Achievement Award.
“The fact that I was put for-ward by my team was what meant the most to me,” said Cole. “[And] to see the com-munity reflect back that they value the work I do was also very humbling and inspiring for me to keep doing more.”
Jason Cole, director of programs at Power To Be, with his Vancouver Island Top 20 Under 40 Business and Community Achievement award.
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Gotta hangover? You might ease the pain by eating beets as beta cyanin, the
pigment which colours beets, assists the liver in detoxifying alcohol.
Beetroot also contains boron which relates to the production of sex hormones; betaine which relaxes the mind and can be used in treating depression and tryp-tophan, a substance also found in chocolate, which “contributes to a sense of well being”.
In perusing an article titled “Benefits of Beet Juice”, where the juice includes both the leaves and the beetroot, I find claims that eating beets can assist in battling chronic diseases, ran-ging from arthritis to cancer. It may also relieve skin problems and improve eye health.
It’s not surprising that beets are good for us in 101 ways, because they contain an abun-dance of essential vitamins and minerals. Of course we could easily make similar claims for a cornucopia of other veggies and I’m not educated enough to advise that we should treat health deficiencies through ther-apy with specific vegetables. I simply encourage you to include beets, with their brilliant red pigment, in a diverse rainbow diet of veggies. This should benefit your health. New Amer-
ican dietary guidelines advise us to significantly increase the quantity of non-starchy veggies which we consume. Beetroots taste delicious when roasted. Pre boil for about 15 minutes, coat in virgin olive oil and seasoning and roast at 375F for about 45 minutes or until soft. You might include potatoes, onions, garlic, carrots, parsnips & turnips also, though roasting times for each may vary.
You can of course boil both beetroot and beet greens, but some nutrients get lost into the water. Alternatively microwave in small batches.
Combining grated beetroot with other ingredients unleashes a new world of salad creativity, especially because of the fabu-lous colour. Enhance with lime or lemon juice or any number or dressings.
Raw beets and greens may be included in smoothies and juices. And there’s many more ways to consume beets. Pickling is of course popular, as is inclusion in chocolate cakes, cookies and
brownies.If your soil is reasonably
drained you can pop beet seeds into your garden by about mid April. You should probably add ground limestone now in the area you wish to seed, to lower soil acidity. Beets like a balanced fertilizer or compost. Primarily this means that, as a root crop, they’re not looking for an abundance of nitrogen. You might also add borox. (1 tbspn/ 4L water, spread over 100 sq ft soil). Sow half inch deep, 2 to 4 inches apart. When thinning you can conveniently eat what-ever you pull out; both roots and leaves.
West Coast Seeds recommends that home gardeners try the multi-coloured beet, Chioggia. When slicing it they proclaim you’ll “discover a party going on inside”. They also advise that the Bulls Blood beet produces stunning deep red mico-greens in 35 days and beetroots in about 60 days. Cylindra is a beet with a long root, which expedites slicing. Early Wonder Tall Top does well in early spring, with chilly soil. Red Ace performs well in all seasons and can be harvested through a mild winter. Touch-stone Gold beets are acclaimed as a “table delight with a vibrant yellow interior and red skin.
Out in the Naesgaard fields we’ve planted strawberries and potatoes, topped with floating row covers. And we’ve seeded peas and carrots. Starter plants, brocolli, romaine and tomatoes, flourish in the greenhouse. For the home gardener, West Coast Seeds recommends that it now time to seed arugula, broad beans, broccoli, carrots, corn salad, fennel, kale, collards, kohlrabi, leeks, lettuce, onions, scallions, Chinese cabbage, spin-ach, turnips and peas. Eliminate
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PREVIOUS PUZZLE
ARIES (March 21-April 19) Your intuition will guide you through the day. You’ll sense when plans are going to fall apart or when there is a need for a change. Your unpredict-ability could take over, resulting in an unexpected event or hap-pening. Tonight: Get as much done as possible.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20) The thought that you might be on the verge of completing a long-term goal could have your mind running on overdrive. Be careful not to make a last-minute error. A call from some-one you care about is likely to present you with a different perspective. Tonight: Get a little naughty.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20) Ten-sion could be building. You need to slow down rather than race around and try to accomplish everything on your to-do list; otherwise, you’re likely to make an error. Keep an even pace, and don’t give in to the need to be a little crazy. Tonight: Happily head home.
CANCER (June 21-July 22) You will tell it like it is. Pres-sure builds as a call comes in
requesting that you handle a certain matter. Trying to accom-plish everything you want to do could be difficult. Relax between each errand, and your effec-tiveness will increase. Tonight: Catch up on several friends’ news.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) Hold off on making any big purchases right now, even if they are work-related or necessary for some other reason. Within days, you will see a better offer. A loved one suddenly might act up or try to get past a barrier. You will enjoy the change of pace. Tonight: Think “weekend.”
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) You could be involved in a situation that is difficult or testy. Tap into your ingenuity, and you will dis-cover that you have few prob-lems and a good solution. Listen to your inner voice -- it will prove to be right-on. Tonight: Act as if it were Friday night.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) You can count on someone else coming through for you. You might have put some distance between you and this person in the past, but it would be wise to reach out to him or her now.
You will gain a new perspective as a result. Tonight: Where the crowds are.
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) A friend who has a lot to offer will be available to support you. Communication could become intense, with more meaning involved than usual. Think about what is being said. Be aware of how many people really care about you. Tonight: Let the fun begin!
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) You have been unusually quiet as of late; however, news will fly in from a distance that allows you to become more carefree. Use caution with your funds, as you easily could make an error. Your image might need to be updated. Tonight: A must appearance.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) Be willing to take a less emo-tional stance with a problem. Detach and try to walk in someone else’s shoes. Once you grasp where this person might be coming from, a resolution will appear and you’ll under-stand the importance of empa-thy. Tonight: Consider taking off.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) You can’t avoid dealing with an important associate. Make a point of working with the situ-ation and the people involved; you will be far more comfort-able as a result. A friend who has been distant might be in a better mood. Make the most of the moment. Tonight: All smiles.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) Defer to others, as it might be too exhausting and time-con-suming to get others to agree with you right now. Simply make your suggestion and let go. If matters become chaotic, trust that your words will ring a bell. What could be better? Tonight: Just don’t be alone.
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OTTAWA - The United States made it clear Canada’s preci-sion-guided bomb arsenal and expertise would be welcome in Syria, Jason Kenney said Wednesday — a narrow glim-mer of clarity in the Harper government’s murky reasons for expanding its Middle East campaign to include the war-torn region.
The defence minister would not go so far as to say the Amer-icans asked Canada to expand the scope of its airstrikes out-side of Iraq, but did indicate that Washington left the option open for consideration.
“Let me put it this way: We have conversations back and forth and they made it clear that they thought our preci-sion-guided munitions would be helpful,” Kenney said.
“They obviously respect what-ever sovereign and political decision the government takes, but on a military level they made it clear that precision-guided munitions, carried by the RCAF, would be useful to joint air operations in Syria.”
The U.S. and some of its Arab allies — notably Jordan and the United Arab Emirates — are already conducting airstrikes in Syria against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant.
They all use the U.S.-made weapons — including Joint Direct Attack Munitions, or JDAMs, and so-called Paveway bombs — to the point where the military commander of NATO complained last year European allies don’t have enough of them.
Britain, France and Australia are also conducting airstrikes, but not in Syria. The Harper government had initially restricted Canadian warplanes to Iraq only, but that changed Tuesday with the introduc-tion of a motion to expand and extend the mission until March 30, 2016.
Kenney, Foreign Affairs Min-ister Rob Nicholson and Prime Minister Stephen Harper faced a storm of demands Wednesday to justify the bombing of Syria under international law.
In the Commons, Harper leaned on the U.S. argument — made to the United Nations — that Syrian dictator Bashar Assad had lost control of his territory, that ISIL represents a clear imminent threat to its neighbours, and that the Iraqi
government specifically asked Washington to take action.
Kenney took it a step further, saying he has a legal opinion from the military’s judge advo-cate general justifying the air-strikes under Article 51 of the UN charter.
That provision says a country can take individual or collective self-defence action if a member is under armed attack, but the invocation of that clause is usu-ally followed by an internation-al resolution authorizing force.
Even still, Canada has a right to defend itself — and extrem-ists returning from the civil war battlefields of Syria personify that threat, Kenney suggested.
Legal experts in Washington, who’ve argued against the U.S. bombing campaign, say the self-defence justification requires an imminent threat, otherwise it’s a preventative war — something the international community does not look kindly upon.
NDP Leader Tom Mulcair wondered during question period whether Canada had notified the UN or received a formal request from Baghdad to drop bombs in Syria, a ques-tion Harper studiously avoided answering.
“Once again, the govern-ment is pursuing this action on exactly the same legal basis as its allies,” Harper told the Commons.
“I’m not sure what point the leader of the NDP is ultimately making. If he is suggesting that there is any significant legal risk to lawyers from ISIL taking the government of Can-ada to court and winning, the government of Canada’s view is that the chances of that are negligible.”
The remark left Mulcair incredulous that he lives in a country “where that sort of idiocy passes for argument.”
Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau said he’s worried the plan to broaden the mission has not been properly thought through.
Just what kind of added risk CF-18s pilots will face is unclear. They will have to fly further during Syrian missions; the strategy for keeping out of the reach of Assad government for-ces remains vague at best.
Kenney said military planners have assured him that Syria’s Soviet-era air defences are not concentrated in the western portion of the country, where Canadian jets will eventually be bombing.
NATION & WORLD
U.S. nudged Canada to expand ISIL air campaign: Kenney
Foreign Affairs Minister Rob Nicholson speaks during a news conference in Ottawa, Wednesday. March 25. [ADRIAN WYLD, THE CANADIAN PRESS]
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In the competitive modern job market, any one résumé has
as little as thirty seconds to grab the attention of a potential employer. That being so, it falls to appli-cants to neutralize as many potential pitfalls as possible in their applica-tion packages before they ever reach a recruiter’s desk.
The following are some common points of con-cern for employers that job-seekers will want to approach carefully, and strategically, when draft-ing their résumés:
1. Relative lack of experience. In a tight job market, employers have the luxury of favouring applicants with lots of experience over those with comparatively little. There isn’t a lot of entice-ment for them to take a chance on someone who is “green” to the field.
To counteract this, make the most of what-ever experience you do have, including volunteer work, and emphasize other areas where you may have an edge on your competition, like attitude, work ethic, or training.
2. Having been recently fired from a past job. A firing raises red flags for employers as they fear the circumstances that led you to be fired could be repeated in the job they are offering. In this case you want to formu-late some pre-emptive damage control.
Your explanation for why you were fired should avoid blame and defensiveness at all costs, and focus instead on what you learned from the experience, including
how you’ve changed your attitudes and behaviours so this outcome won’t happen again.
3. The perception of job-hopping. Frequent job changes and short stints in each job tend to raise questions in an employer’s mind. They’re likely to wonder why, and worry that their company will be just one more brief and temporary port-of-call in your staccato employment history.
If a number of the jobs you’ve held were always intended to be short-term (such as temp positions or contract work), make sure to note this on your résumé. Also think of ways to persuade pro-spective employers that you’re ready for a more stable position and are so accomplished that you’re well worth their investment.
4. Long stretches of unemployment. While the majority of employers nowadays do understand it can take a while for even strong candidates to find work, a few may still question any longish gaps in your job history and wonder how these reflect on your profes-sional competence.
You can counter this perception by explain-ing, briefly, what you did (besides job seeking) during these stretches -- travelling, homemaking, studying, volunteering, or other constructive
activities -- to show that you were busy advancing yourself and not just sit-ting around idle. THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK:
“It takes twenty years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it.” (Warren Buffett, Amer-ican businessman and philanthropist, 1930)
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Tofino is in line for a brand new RCMP detachment.
The current detachment at 400 Campbell St. will be demolished to make way for a new one on the same site.
Tofino’s detachment com-mander Sgt. Blaine Mumford said an official start-date for construction will not be known until designs and permits are in place but he expects the demoli-tion work to kick off around December.
The new building should be ready to go by the summer of 2017.
The new detachment will be a two-storey building with roughly three times the square footage of the current detach-ment, according to Mumford who added its height will be similar to the neighbouring 430 Campbell St. building.
He said the current detach-ment was designed for three staff members and the new building will better suit the needs of the roughly 10 staff members who operate out of it.
The new detachment will also double the RCMP’s jail cell cap-acity from two cells to four.
“That will give us more flex-ibility,” Mumford said. “In the summer months we can have the cells full for sure.”
The new building’s interior design is essentially set in stone but anyone wanting to give input on what the exterior should look like is encouraged to put their ideas forward.
“The outside is where the design company can incorpor-ate the community’s vision,” Mumford said adding Tofino’s municipal government will put
in their two cents as well. “Tofino does have a resort
municipality image that it wants to foster...There’s certain-ly not going to be a two-storey, cinder-block, square police sta-tion; it will fit in, I think, pretty nicely with the community vibe.”
While the old detachment is being demolished and the new one constructed, police will be operating out of a temporary detachment being set up at 250 Lone Cone Rd.
“There will be no cell block there so, for the time that we’re in the temporary space, prison-ers will go to Ucluelet,” Mum-ford said.
“It is going to put a little bit of an extra strain on our resources in terms of transporting prison-ers back and forth...There will be a small impact but I don’t think the people of Tofino or Esowista or Ty-Histanis will really see any difference.”
Mumford said there will be no aesthetic changes to the exterior of the Lone Cone house-turned-detachment and measures will be taken to mitigate any parking concerns.
“There was some concern in the community about parking issues at Lone Cone when we move in there,” he said.
“The Government of Canada also owns three other houses in the area and we’ll utilize those houses for police-car-parking so I don’t envision an impact on thestreet parking in the area.”
He said the detachment has four police cars, which will park in the driveways of the Gov-ernment’s other three houses leaving the four available spots at 250 Lone Cone open for staff parking.
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Huu-ay-aht First Nations is a self-governing First Nation implementing the Maa-Nulth Treaty since April, 2011. Our government offices in Anacla and Port Alberni deliver services to Huu-ay-aht living on Treaty Settlement Lands (TSL) and living away from home.The Maa-nulth Treaty means many things for the Nation. Whether it be in the realm of culture, politics or business, we are seeking to build relationships – cooperating with communities,organizations and companies on common goals and collaborative efforts. We believe in the concept of hishuk tsa’walk (“everything is one”) - the concept that everything is connected. Westand ready to work towards our own success and a bright future. With our own Constitution and laws that reflect our own values, the Huu-ay-aht First Nations is equipped to take the stepsto build a politically, socially and economically successful community.
Huu-ay-aht First Nations ValuesProfessionalism, Respect, Health, Effective Communication, Trust and Support
We thank all applicants for their interest in this position; however, only those candidates selected for an interview will be contacted. Please email your covering letter & resume to [email protected] by fax250-728-1222 or mail att: Human Resources Manager, 3483 3rd Ave, Port Alberni, BC, V9Y 4E4. Please quote Finance Clerk Job Posting.
Closing dates begin on April 3. For more detailed information about these postings, go to our website at www.huuayaht.org
Vision - The Huu-ay-aht envision a strong, self-governing and self-reliant Nation. Iisaak will guide us as we worktogether to foster a safe, healthy and sustainable community; where our culture, language, spirituality andeconomy flourish for all.
Mission - As a leader among First Nations, the Huu-ay-aht will create certainty for its people and generate wealthfor financial independence by providing economic opportunities, social, cultural and recreational programsfor all Huu-ay-aht.
The treaty has brought the opportunity for growth and expansion in our Anacla and Port Alberni government offices,and we are searching for four individuals to add to our team of dedicated staff in this new era of ownership and self-government.
Job PostingsProject SchedulerLocation: Port Alberni & Anacla Government OfficesSalary Range: $36,400 $49,400Position Summary: The Project Scheduler will work with the Project Coordinator to produce project schedules, assists with project esti-mates and will review the scope of work. You will also support the Huu-ay-aht Strategic Plan in day to day consultation with the SeniorProject Manager/Economic Development Officer.
Finance ClerkLocation: Port Alberni Government OfficeSalary Range: $36,400 - $49,400Position Summary: The Finance Clerk will provide support to the Comptroller in the day to day functions of the finance department.
Project CoordinatorLocation: Port Alberni & Anacla Government OfficesSalary Range: $36,400 - $49,400Position Summary: The Project Coordinator synchronizes all the operations involved in the successful completion of Huu-ay-aht projects
and you will also support the Huu-ay-aht Strategic Plan in day to day consultation with the SeniorProject Manager/Economic Development Officer.
Communications AssistantLocation: Port Alberni Government OfficeSalary Range: $33,579 - $36,400Position Summary:The candidate for this position will be responsible for enhancing communications and engagement between Huu-ay-aht First Nations (HFN)and Steelhead LNG and 1) the citizenship, 2) government staff, and 3) Huu-ay-aht Development Corporation (HDC). Assist with variousquestions and concerns regarding the proposed LNG project for Sarita Bay.
Travel and Events CoordinatorLocation: Port Alberni - Anticipatory StaffingSalary Range: $36,400 - $49,400Position Summary: Coordinating and managing all event and travel related services for Huu-ay-aht First Nations (HFN) Government andAdministration including travel bookings, expense claims, cost allocations, event planning, logistics and coordination.
