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Serving the Alberni Valley www.avtimes.net Thursday, April 30, 2015 ALBERNI VALLEY TIMES VOLUME 66, NUMBER 83 $1.25 newsstand (GST incl.) Inside today WATERFRONT MARTIN WISSMATH ALBERNI VALLEY TIMES Alberni school district trustees approved nearly $1 million in grant funding from the province for building projects and mainten- ance, with more than half allo- cated to the West Coast. About $150,000 of spending is planned for reconfiguring five Alberni Valley schools, including the district’s two middle schools, which will be realigned for kin- dergarten to Grade 7 classes in September. Ucluelet Secondary will receive over $400,000 for projects there; $300,000 is earmarked to replace the school’s failing boiler plant and required renovations. School District 70 secretary-treas- urer Lindsay Cheetham read out the annual facilities grant expendi- ture plan to board trustees at their meeting on Tuesday evening. A total provincial grant of $977,899 will be spent, with about $860,000 on capital spending and the rest for operational costs. Trustees voted unanimously to pass the bylaw through three readings. The $150,000 reconfiguration spending is to refit the Alberni school buildings for different classrooms with associated labour costs, said Supt. Greg Smyth. “If we need to build some cab- inets, do some millwork, shelves, coat hooks, those sorts of things,” Smyth said. “In turning a middle school into an elementary [school] there is going to be some work associated with that.” The district has set aside $50,000 each for both A.W. Neill and E.J. Dunn’s reconfiguration plans. Eighth Avenue Elementary will be closed and transitioned into a hub in September for alternative education, including the Choices Distributed Learning and the adult education program, Smyth said. Choices will be moved from Wood Elementary, and the adult education program will move from its current location in the former Mount Klitsa Junior Secondary School. Of the AFG spending, $25,000 is allocated for the Eighth Avenue facility. Over the course of next year the district aims to move other alterna- tive education programs out of the Vast site on Redford Street, Smyth said. The district leases the build- ing there for about $85,000 a year. “It’s an issue of bringing all our alternate programs together. They’re somewhat fragmented across the community,” Smyth said. The Eighth Avenue school is also suitable as a central location in Port Alberni for transportation. Alberni District Secondary School will expand to include Grade 8 students in September, and another $25,000 of the AFG money has been set aside for the reconfiguration. District director of operations Greg Roe said the 20-year-old boil- ers at Ucluelet Secondary have been failing and replacing them is urgent in order to heat the build- ing next winter. The two boilers use furnace oil and will be replaced with three propane boilers, which are more efficient, Roe said. A custodial room will be added. ERIC PLUMMER ALBERNI VALLEY TIMES W hat grabbed headlines last January as a controversial decision to ban kiteboard- ing from Centennial Pier has resulted in an improved launch site for the water sport, says some the activity’s most vocal advocates. A new launch by the Maritime Discovery Centre Lighthouse is now complete and regularly being used by kiteboarders – a few hundred metres south of the former site where the Port Alberni Port Authority prohibited the activity earlier this year. Although the decision was made due to safety haz- ards of launching from Centennial Pier, the ban opened up a stream of letters to local newspapers and the City of Port Alberni in opposition to the decision. Since posting prohibitive signs along Centennial Pier the port authority has worked with kiteboard- ers to develop a launch platform south of the break- water extension. The new site offers an improved and safer location, said Port Alberni kiteboarder Dale Moffat. “It’s safer for the public, when they launched on the Centennial Pier people would pass by us,” he said, adding that a messed up launch could result in entanglement with the breakwater’s light posts and other fixtures. “There [was] very little room for error.” With thousands of dollars in costs covered by the port authority, the new launch site entails two lower docks that have been repositioned into the Alberni Inlet for optimal use of incoming winds. A ramp that was taken out of service last year has been repaired and re-installed to allow access to the docks. Felt donated by Catalyst Paper has been wrapped around the docks to protect kiteboarders’ feet and equipment, and signs directing people to the launch are set to be installed by late May. It’s yet to be determined how a change room can be set up near the new launch, said Moffat. “We’re exploring whether we can get that through donation or through fundraising,” he said. Kiteboarders are using the new site to promote Port Alberni as a premier destination for the activ- ity. A two-day exhibition is planned for May 23-24 to lure kiteboarders from across western Canada to try out the Inlet’s thermal winds. While Port Alberni’s site is suitable for intermediate and advanced kite- boarders, Nitinat Lake is suitable for beginners, so instruction is also planned at the remote lake dur- ing the May weekend. Nitinat Lake, which is located near Vancouver Island’s west coast, is considered by many kite- boarders to be among the best locations in the world for the sport. But with the improved launch site Port Alberni’s conditions come close to the remote lake, said Moffat. “If you go to Nitinat you’re talking no Internet, roughing for however long,” added local kiteboarder Alicia La Rue. “Not every family wants to do that.” Officials perform whale necropsy on west coast beach West Coast, Page 5 Alberni Region 3A Opinion 4A West Coast 5A Score 6A Sports 7A Home & Garden 1B Valley Faces 2B What’s On 6B Comics 7B Classifieds 8B Inside today Fleury comes to P.A. with healing message Next week the former NHL player brings his “raw and emotional” mes- sage as part of an ongoing book tour. » Alberni Region, A3 Family thrives on outdoor lifestyle In Port Alberni Janette Cormier and Lonnie Olsen found the perfect com- munity for natural and healthy living. » Valley Faces, B2 Kiteboaders enjoy improved launch site Contentious ban leads to ‘safer’ docks provided by port authority EDUCATION: RECONFIGURATION COSTS Eighth Avenue Elementary is among the local facilities due for alterations this year. Instead of elementary classes the school will serve as an alternative education hub. [TIMES FILE PHOTO] » Use your smartphone to jump to our Facebook page for updates on these stories or the latest breaking news. Dale Moffat rides the waves of the Alberni Inlet on April 20 after a new kiteboarding launch was made available near the Maritime Discovery Centre Lighthouse. [R & B PHOTOS] “In turning a middle school into an elementary [school], there is going to be some work associated with that.” Greg Smyth, district superintendent $1 million for school renos include $150K closure fix Thursday April 30 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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ALBERNI VALLEY TIMES VOLUME 66, NUMBER 83 $1.25 newsstand (GST incl.)
Inside today
WATERFRONT
Update
MARTIN WISSMATH ALBERNI VALLEY TIMES
Alberni school district trustees approved nearly $1 million in grant funding from the province for building projects and mainten-ance, with more than half allo-cated to the West Coast.
About $150,000 of spending is planned for reconfiguring five Alberni Valley schools, including the district’s two middle schools, which will be realigned for kin-dergarten to Grade 7 classes in September.
Ucluelet Secondary will receive over $400,000 for projects there; $300,000 is earmarked to replace the school’s failing boiler plant and required renovations.
School District 70 secretary-treas-urer Lindsay Cheetham read out the annual facilities grant expendi-ture plan to board trustees at their meeting on Tuesday evening. A total provincial grant of $977,899 will be spent, with about $860,000 on capital spending and the rest for operational costs.
Trustees voted unanimously to pass the bylaw through three readings.
The $150,000 reconfiguration spending is to refit the Alberni school buildings for different classrooms with associated labour costs, said Supt. Greg Smyth.
“If we need to build some cab-inets, do some millwork, shelves, coat hooks, those sorts of things,” Smyth said. “In turning a middle school into an elementary [school] there is going to be some work associated with that.”
The district has set aside $50,000 each for both A.W. Neill and E.J. Dunn’s reconfiguration plans.
Eighth Avenue Elementary will be closed and transitioned into a hub in September for alternative education, including the Choices Distributed Learning and the
adult education program, Smyth said. Choices will be moved from Wood Elementary, and the adult education program will move from its current location in the former Mount Klitsa Junior Secondary School. Of the AFG spending, $25,000 is allocated for the Eighth Avenue facility.
Over the course of next year the district aims to move other alterna-tive education programs out of the Vast site on Redford Street, Smyth said. The district leases the build-ing there for about $85,000 a year.
“It’s an issue of bringing all our alternate programs together. They’re somewhat fragmented across the community,” Smyth said. The Eighth Avenue school is also suitable as a central location in Port Alberni for transportation.
Alberni District Secondary School will expand to include Grade 8 students in September, and another $25,000 of the AFG money has been set aside for the reconfiguration.
District director of operations Greg Roe said the 20-year-old boil-ers at Ucluelet Secondary have been failing and replacing them is urgent in order to heat the build-ing next winter.
The two boilers use furnace oil and will be replaced with three propane boilers, which are more efficient, Roe said. A custodial room will be added.
ERIC PLUMMER ALBERNI VALLEY TIMES
What grabbed headlines last January as a controversial decision to ban kiteboard-ing from Centennial Pier has resulted in an improved launch site for the water
sport, says some the activity’s most vocal advocates.A new launch by the Maritime Discovery Centre
Lighthouse is now complete and regularly being used by kiteboarders – a few hundred metres south of the former site where the Port Alberni Port Authority prohibited the activity earlier this year. Although the decision was made due to safety haz-ards of launching from Centennial Pier, the ban opened up a stream of letters to local newspapers and the City of Port Alberni in opposition to the decision.
Since posting prohibitive signs along Centennial Pier the port authority has worked with kiteboard-ers to develop a launch platform south of the break-water extension. The new site offers an improved and safer location, said Port Alberni kiteboarder Dale Moffat.
“It’s safer for the public, when they launched on the Centennial Pier people would pass by us,” he said, adding that a messed up launch could result in entanglement with the breakwater’s light posts and other fixtures. “There [was] very little room for error.”
With thousands of dollars in costs covered by the port authority, the new launch site entails two
lower docks that have been repositioned into the Alberni Inlet for optimal use of incoming winds. A ramp that was taken out of service last year has been repaired and re-installed to allow access to the docks.
Felt donated by Catalyst Paper has been wrapped around the docks to protect kiteboarders’ feet and equipment, and signs directing people to the launch are set to be installed by late May.
It’s yet to be determined how a change room can be set up near the new launch, said Moffat.
“We’re exploring whether we can get that through donation or through fundraising,” he said.
Kiteboarders are using the new site to promote Port Alberni as a premier destination for the activ-ity. A two-day exhibition is planned for May 23-24 to lure kiteboarders from across western Canada to try out the Inlet’s thermal winds. While Port Alberni’s site is suitable for intermediate and advanced kite-boarders, Nitinat Lake is suitable for beginners, so instruction is also planned at the remote lake dur-ing the May weekend.
Nitinat Lake, which is located near Vancouver Island’s west coast, is considered by many kite-boarders to be among the best locations in the world for the sport. But with the improved launch site Port Alberni’s conditions come close to the remote lake, said Moffat.
“If you go to Nitinat you’re talking no Internet, roughing for however long,” added local kiteboarder Alicia La Rue. “Not every family wants to do that.”
Officials perform whale necropsy on west coast beachWest Coast, Page 5
Alberni Region 3AOpinion 4A
West Coast 5AScore 6A
Sports 7AHome & Garden 1B
Valley Faces 2BWhat’s On 6B
Comics 7BClassifieds 8B
Inside today
Fleury comes to P.A. with healing message Next week the former NHL player brings his “raw and emotional” mes-sage as part of an ongoing book tour. » Alberni Region, A3
Family thrives on outdoor lifestyleIn Port Alberni Janette Cormier and Lonnie Olsen found the perfect com-munity for natural and healthy living. » Valley Faces, B2
Kiteboaders enjoy improved launch site
Contentious ban leads to ‘safer’ docks provided by port authority
EDUCATION: RECONFIGURATION COSTS
Eighth Avenue Elementary is among the local facilities due for alterations this year. Instead of elementary classes the school will serve as an alternative education hub. [TIMES FILE PHOTO]
» Use your smartphone to jump to our Facebook page for updates on these stories or the latest breaking news.
Dale Moffat rides the waves of the Alberni Inlet on April 20 after a new kiteboarding launch was made available near the Maritime Discovery Centre Lighthouse. [R & B PHOTOS]
“In turning a middle school into an elementary [school], there is going to be some work associated with that.”
Greg Smyth, district superintendent
$1 million for school renos include $150K closure fix
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Fleury brings message of healing to Port AlberniWESTERLY NEWS
NHL legend Theo Fleury is com-ing to the Alberni Valley with co-author Kim Barthel on Saturday, May 9.
An all-day event that includes lunch, the Conversations with a Rattlesnake tour stop will be held at the Port Alberni Athletic Club. It will be hosted by Circles of Cedar.
In recent years Fleury has spoken out against Graham James, a for-mer hockey coach who pled guilty to repeated sexual assaults against several players during their junior careers in the 1980s and 1990s. One of those players was Fleury, who has advocated to support other vic-tims of sexual predators.
Skilled inspirational speakers, Fleury and Barthel will be sharing a conversation towards healing of any kind of trauma. Billed as “unflinchingly raw and honest, the inside story of how Theo Fleury is getting his life back,” Fleury’s message has its roots in deep fam-ily connections, and he believes many, many people can identify with that.
“I tried absolutely everything on the planet to help myself recover from a very trying childhood, and the only thing that’s worked for me is conversation,” he said.
“It’s all about conversation, it’s all about the possibility of heal-ing, and that healing is possible, through conversation,” he said.
“It was my childhood experience of watching my parents in rela-tionship that did the most damage, and most people don’t even realize that that is a traumatic experience.
We’re talking about abandonment, we’re talking about neglect, we’re talking about emotional abuse, we’re talking about physical abuse … we talk more about relationship trauma, which the majority of the world has suffered,” Fleury said.
The goal, he said, is those light-bulb moments that take individ-uals out of their own personal trauma and help them frame it in a different way.
Barthel said when people share their stories, great things can happen.
“It is unbelievably miraculous to watch shame shed in seconds. What is shareable is bearable, and when people share stories in a safe forum, there is so much chance to elevate conversation,” she said.
“When we wrote ‘Conversations with a Rattlesnake,’ we started out
thinking specifically about abuse and neglect, but we broadened the topic to a diversity of childhood trauma.
“People tell us all the time, every day, that the conversation is for anyone who has a human experi-ence, that experiences any kind of stress.” Barthel said.
“There is a shared knowledge we can all benefit from managing any day and every day life challenges.”
The seminar is deeply rooted in helping people understand why they do what they do, she said.
“It’s about the science of trauma, what it does to your brain, how it makes you interact with your environment,” she said.
Tickets for the event are available at Alien Sports, the Bulldogs office and Echo Centre. For information, call 250-724-3273.
Theoren Fleury talks about the Graham James case during a press conference in Calgary in 2011. Next week the former NHL player brings his “raw and honest” book tour to town. [LARRY MACDOUGAL / THE CANADIAN PRESS]
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Thank you Dan Schubart for providing me with an excuse to further the debate. Dan says exploit the earth AND die.....I say exploit the earth and live.
Clearly one of us is wrong and I wonder if it’s only because we attribute different meanings to the same words. Let’s explore a couple of meanings of terms or concepts we commonly use.
The Webster dictionary lists the term exploit as, ‘to utilize, especially for profit’. Could it perhaps be the term ‘profit that irritates Mr. Schubart? The dic-tionary lists multiple meanings for ‘profit’ but (3) advantage; benefit; gain, describes my meaning of the concept.
A still clearer meaning can be appreciated if we look at ‘prof-it’s’ antonym, ‘loss’. The mean-ing of its opposite, ‘loss’ and the concept that give it mean-ing, ‘value’ clarifies things. To profit is to gain a value; loss means it’s gone. To value our own life requires that we work to sustain our lives. Keep in mind that we are a carbon life form requiring carbon based foods to survive.
It’s here that I think Mr. Schubart and I part company. He’s accepted today’s most prominent lie, that carbon is harmful to life. This is the lie that is costing us our affluence and, unless exposed for what it is, will send us back to poverty.
The claim of impending global devastation from our use of energy, for burning and liberating previously seques-tered sunlight, is disproven by one single clear thought - the earth’s life is locked up in those fossil fuels. Yes, the earth was
very habitable for life when the same carbon that built those fuels was in the air.
To get at the truth, we need to remember that those who call themselves experts can also be wrong. If something makes no sense, it probably is nonsense.
The world’s climate is con-tinually changing and has done so forever. Fear of a changing climate should mean fear of holidaying in Hawaii, some-thing few people have. Given that human life now covers the entire world climate spectrum, it bears remembering that it’s possible because we wisely use energy to make life pleasant and possible where nature is inhospitable.
Sure we have a carbon foot-print. We just need to be proud and grateful that it happens to be a size 18 boot-print rather than being ashamed of it.
From the arctic wastelands to the scorching deserts to the
life-crushing pressures of our deep oceans and the chocking lack of air in space, mankind is comfortable.....because we util-ize the products of the earth.
And in that sense, taking advantage of nature means an impeccable adherence to nature’s rules. A seed well planted and well nurtured will bear fruit. A tree, harvested and properly cut will provide shelter. A few holes in the earth, dug in the right place, processed according to natures rules, will give us a bridge and the car to drive over it.
The earth remains man’s only source of the material needed to support life. Take advantage of its bounty (exploit)...or die.
Gary Seinen Port Alberni
Corruption in Port Alberni from a survivor of the Montrose St. fi re
I was up at the local casino, and talked to a gentleman. He said that the town of Port Alberni is corrupt. Then my next question was, ‘How about the RCMP and the gov-ernment?’ His answer was, ‘They’re all corrupt.’
I can identify this individual.Then we switched to a local
bus driver and I were talking about my invention, which is a fairly formidable invention. And he said, ‘You’re dead.’
I want an independent impar-tial investigation into this matter.
Dino De MarniPort Alberni
Re: Black Sheep win Island Championship
Not only a great win for the Blacksheep family, but for the whole north of the Malahat sports community.
As for Saturday’s match, Seattle is going to tire them-selves out just trying to find Port Alberni.
It will be a big win for the Sheep on home turf, last hurdle to the B.C.’s.
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Thank you, PAPAI commend the recent actions
of the Port Alberni Port Authority for listening to the public outcry after banning kiteboarding from the Centen-nial Pier. They acted quickly to establish an alternate venue near the Maritime Museum.
The potential of kiteboarding here is huge. It is one of our many natural features that can attract people to our city and [bring economic benefits], like what the waves did for Tofino or the sandy beaches for Parksville.
I also commend the City of Port Alberni, Catalyst Paper, and Canadian Alberni Engin-eering for their contributions. This is hopefully the first step of many to diversifying the economy of Port Alberni.
Malcolm Menninga Port Alberni
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Aboriginal communities lack basic servicesOf all the woes that beset
some First Nations com-munities – joblessness,
violence, decrepit housing, poor schools, undrinkable water, short life expectancy – a shortage of nurses with special skills might not seem a pressing concern. But it is.
As a report from Auditor Gen-eral Michael Ferguson’s office makes clear, Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s Conservative government has failed to ensure that First Nations people living in remote areas get the medical treatment they need. The nurs-ing shortage is symptomatic of a wider pattern of federal neg-lect that reaches across native life.
Nurses in isolated commun-ities often face emergencies that call for medical skills that go well beyond basic training. Those skills include advanced cardiac life support and trauma life support for both adults and children. So nurses must complete mandatory courses in these areas.
Yet as The Toronto Star’s Bruce Campion-Smith reports, the audit of services provided through Health Canada in Ontario and Manitoba found that just one of 45 nurses had completed all the required train-ing in five courses selected for the audit. Just one! Health Can-ada flagged this problem itself, back in 2010. But it still persists,
five years later. Additionally, Health Canada hasn’t put in place the required directives to permit nurses to prescribe and dispense drugs and take x-rays, work that’s outside their normal scope.
Although Health Canada provides care for 95,000 people through 85 facilities in remote areas where 400 nurses lead teams, it flubbed the most basic tests. It “did not take into account the health needs when allocating its support.” And it failed to give First Nations “comparable access to clinical and client care services as other provincial residents living in similar geographic locations.”
Those are damning findings.
They speak to a federal dis-regard that leaves communities “severely marginalized,” says Deputy Grand Chief Alvin Fid-dler of the Nishnawbe Aski Nation in Northern Ontario. People are suffering under “a broken health care system that this government does not appear willing to fix.” To under-score his point he cited the case of two preschoolers who died last year from issues relating to strep throat, an ailment that is easily treatable.
Remote First Nations have no 911 service, he pointed out. There’s a shortage of proced-ures and equipment for early diagnoses. Medevac is spotty. Detoxification programs are in
short supply.As former auditor Sheila
Fraser put it, far too many First Nations people “still lack what most other Canadians take for granted.” As the Idle No More movement has demanded, that must change.
In the coming election, voters should demand to know how their politicians would do things differently. From treaty rights to schooling and health care, the Crown is betraying a people’s trust.
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ANDREW BAILEY WESTERLY NEWS
A rare sight spouted into the sightlines of Wicka-ninnish beachgoers last week as a whale was cut open for a necropsy in the sand.
The dead gray whale washed up on the beach around 2 a.m. April 20 and its carcass was diced up on April 23.
Lisa Spaven of the Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada’s (DFO) cetacean research program supervised the necropsy and told the Westerly the whale was a year-old female about 10 metres long.
“Within the Pacific Rim National Park, most of what washes up is small and portable and we can take it back to the lab whole. Obviously with a gray whale of this size, it’s got to be dealt with on the beach,” she said.
“The necropsy is being done as a collaboration between Parks Canada, Fisheries and Oceans Can-ada, Royal BC Museum,
Vancouver Aquarium, Ucluelet Aquarium and a whole bunch of other local experts that we were able to wrangle together.”
The Park’s human wild-life conflict specialist Todd Windle was stoked to see about 10 local volunteers brave a wet West Coast morning to show up and
assist. “It was a pretty classic
West Coast morning and to see everybody out here and jumping into a bit of a smelly, mucky, job on a wet morning; it’s really great to see all these volunteers out here helping us,” he said.
A necropsy was not initially planned when the
whale’s carcass was first discovered on the beach but, after consultations between Park staff and DFO, it was determined the carcass would need to be chopped up anyway to be removed from the beach.
“We can’t leave a whale carcass to decompose in a high use area like this,
it’s obviously going to be a wildlife attractant, so it did need to get moved and (DFO) just wanted to take advantage of that oppor-tunity,” Windle said.
Spaven said gray whales are listed as a species of special concern under the species at risk act.
“The scientific need to determine cause of death isn’t as high as with threat-ened and endangered ani-mals,” she said.
“If the easiest way to get rid of it was to take it to sea, then we would not have been doing a necropsy. That option didn’t work...and we also found someone to take possession of the bones for archive and dis-play purposes. So for that reason we’re now opening up the animal and I’ll take the samples I need.”
She said the necropsy
wouldn’t necessarily deter-mine the whale’s cause of death.
“Certainly any opportun-ity we get, within reason, to try and determine cause of death helps to figure out what we can do to mitigate the threats to the species,” Spaven said.
“We don’t know the cause of death. There aren’t any external signs that would lead us in any one direction at this point and, by the looks of things so far, we may not be able to come to any kind of educated guess by the necropsy alone.”
She said samples and photographs of the ani-mal would be sent to the Animal Health Centre in Abbotsford for further analysis.
The whale’s skeleton will be going to the Royal BC Museum in Victoria.
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DFO whale necropsy at Tofi no beach
The Department of Fisheries and Oceans dissected a grey whale on Wickaninnish beach April 23 to determine the cause of death. The DFO did not reach a conclusion on the cetacean’s demise from the necropsy alone. [WESTERLY NEWS]
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PlayoffsYesterday’s resultRound 1 - Final gameTampa Bay 2, Detroit 0 (Tampa Bay wins series 4-3)
Round 2 (Cup quarterfinals)All series best-of- seven
Today’s schedule (Games 1)Washington at NY Rangers, 4:30 p.m.Calgary at Anaheim, 7 p.m.
Friday, May 1 (Games 1)Tampa Bay at Montreal, 4 p.m.Minnesota at Chicago, 6:30 p.m.
Saturday, May 2Washington at NY Rangers, 9:30 a.m.
Sunday, May 3Tampa Bay at Montreal, 3 p.m.Minnesota at Chicago, 5:30 p.m.Calgary at Anaheim, 7 p.m.
Western Hockey League
PlayoffsAll series best-of- seven*=if necessary
Eastern Conference FinalCalgary vs. BrandonWestern Conference FinalKelowna vs. Portland
Yesterday’s results (Games 4)Brandon 8, Calgary 3 (Brandon leads series 3-1)Kelowna 3, Portland 2 (Portland leads series 2-2)
Friday, May 1 (Games 5)Portland at Kelowna, 7:05 p.m.Calgary at Brandon, 7:30 p.m.
Sunday, May 3 (Games 6)Brandon at Calgary*, 3 p.m.Kelowna at Portland, 5 p.m.
Games 7* - Tuesday, May 5
Western Canada CupJunior A championshipCasman Centre, Fort McMurray, Alberta
Round Robin standingsTeam GP W L T Pts GF-APenticton 4 3 1 0 6 22-7Portage 3 2 1 0 4 10-8Fort McMurray 3 2 1 0 4 8-11Melfort 3 1 2 0 2 8-12Spruce Grove 3 0 3 0 0 10-20
Yesterday’s resultPenticton 3, Melfort 1
Today’s schedulePortage vs. Spruce Grove, 1:30 p.m.Fort McMurray vs. Melfort, 6:30 p.m.
Saturday, May 2Semifinals, 1:30 p.m. and 6:30 p.m.
Sunday, May 3Final, 3 p.m.
American Hockey League Calder Cup playoffs - Round 1All series best-of-five
Yesterday’s results (Game 4)Worcester 4, Hershey 1 (Worcester wins series 3-0)Utica 2, Chicago 1 (OT) (Utica leads series 2-1)Grand Rapids 5, Toronto 2 (Toronto leads series 2-1)W-B/Scranton 5, Syracuse 2 (W-B/Scranton wins series 3-1)Oklahoma City 2, San Antonio 1 (OT) (Oklahoma City wins series 3-0)Rockford 3, Texas 2 (OT) (Texas leads series 2-1)
Today’s schedule (Game 4)Manchester at Portland, 7 p.m. (Manchester leads series 2-1)
BASEBALLMLB
Yesterday’s resultsMilwaukee 8, Cincinnati 3Tampa Bay 3, NY Yankees 2Detroit 10, Minnesota 7Baltimore 8, Chicago Sox 2Houston 7, San Diego 2Cleveland 7, Kansas City 5Boston 4, Toronto 1Miami 7, NY Mets 3Washington 13, Atlanta 4Pittsburgh 8, Chicago Cubs 1Seattle 5, Texas 2St. Louis 5, Philadelphia 2Arizona 9, Colorado 1L.A. Angels 6, Oakland 3L.A. Dodgers 7, San Francisco 3
Today’s schedulePhiladelphia at St. Louis, 10:45 a.m. Buchanan (0-4) vs. Wainwright (2-1)L.A. Angels at Oakland, 12:35 pm Richards (1-1) vs. Kazmir (2-0)Washington at N.Y. Mets, 4:10 pm Strasburg (1-2) vs. deGrom (2-2)Cincinnati at Atlanta, 4:10 pm Leake (0-1) vs. Miller (3-0)Toronto at Cleveland, 4:10 pm Norris (1-1) vs. House (0-3)Seattle at Houston, 5:10 pm Paxton (0-2) vs. Feldman (2-2)Chi. White Sox at Minnesota, 5:10 pm Quintana (1-1) vs. May (1-1)Detroit at Kansas City, 5:10 pm Simon (4-0) vs. Duffy (1-0)
GOLFPGAThis week’s tournamentWGC-Cadillac Match Play (through Sunday)TPC Harding Park, San Francisco, California. Par 71, 7,127 yards. Purse: $9,250,000. 2014 champion: Jason Day
Yesterday’s results (Day 1)Rory McIlroy (1) def. Jason Dufner (56), 5 and 4Billy Horschel (19) def. Brandt Snedeker (36), 5 and 4Jordan Spieth (2) def. Mikko Ilonen (68), 4 and 2Lee Westwood (27) def. Matt Every (41), 1 UpJohn Senden (65) def. Henrik Stenson (3), 19 holesBill Haas (24) def. Brendon Todd (43), 3 and 2Bubba Watson (4) def. Miguel Angel Jimenez (69), 5 and 4Louis Oosthuizen (30) def. Keegan Bradley (34), 6 and 5Jim Furyk (5) def. George Coetzee (64), 3 and 2Martin Kaymer (17) def. Thongchai Jaidee (45), 3 and 1Marc Leishman (60) def. Justin Rose (6), 3 and 2Anirban Lahiri (35) def. Ryan Palmer (23), 4 and 2Charley Hoffman (50) def. Jason Day (7), 4 and 3Zach Johnson (25) def. Branden Grace (39), 2 UpDustin Johnson (8) def. Matt Jones (63), 3 and 1Charl Schwartzel (38) def. Victor Dubuisson (22), 5 and 4Francesco Molinari (70) def. Adam Scott (9), 5 and 4Paul Casey (37) def. Chris Kirk (26), 22 holesSergio Garcia (10) def. Tommy Fleet-wood (57), 2 UpJamie Donaldson (31) def. Bernd Wiesberger (40), 1 UpGary Woodland (52) def. Jimmy Walker (11), 19 holesWebb Simpson (47) def. Ian Poulter (28), 3 and 2Marc Warren (53) def. J.B. Holmes (12), 2 and 1Brooks Koepka (20) def. Russell Henley (46), 1 UpRickie Fowler (13) def. Harris English (58), 1 UpShane Lowry (48) def. Graeme McDow-ell (33), 1 UpBen Martin (67) def. Matt Kuchar (14), 1 UpHunter Mahan (32) def. Stephen Gal-lacher (42), 7 and 6Patrick Reed (15) def. Andy Sullivan (61), 2 and 1Danny Willett (49) def. Ryan Moore (29), 3 and 2Hideki Matsuyama (16) def. Alexander Levy (54), 5 and 4Joost Luiten (44) def. Kevin Na (21), 19 holes
Today’s schedule (Round 2)Rory McIlroy (1) vs. Brandt Snedeker (36), 11:50 a.m.Billy Horschel (19) vs. Jason Dufner (56), noonJordan Spieth (2) vs. Matt Every (41), 2:30 p.m.Lee Westwood (27) vs. Mikko Ilonen (68), 2:40 p.m.Henrik Stenson (3) vs. Brendon Todd (43), 1:10 p.m.Bill Haas (24) vs. John Senden (65), 1:20 p.m.Bubba Watson (4) vs. Keegan Bradley (34), 10:30 a.m.Louis Oosthuizen (30) vs. Miguel Angel Jimenez (69), 1:40 a.m.Jim Furyk (5) vs. Thongchai Jaidee (45), 9:50 a.m.Martin Kaymer (17) vs. George Coetzee (64), 10 a.m.Justin Rose (6) vs. Anirban Lahiri (35), 9:50 a.m.Ryan Palmer (23) vs. Marc Leishman (60), 10 a.m.Jason Day (7) vs. Branden Grace (39), 1:50 p.m.Zach Johnson (25) vs. Charley Hoffman (50), 2 p.m.Dustin Johnson (8) vs. Charl Schwartzel (38), 11:10 a.m.Victor Dubuisson (2) vs. Matt Jones (63), 11:20 a.m.Adam Scott (9) vs Paul Casey (37), 11:30 a.m.Chris Kirk (26) vs Francesco Molinari (70), 11:40 a.m.Sergio Garcia (10) vs. Bernd Wiesberger (40), 2:10 p.m.Jamie Donaldson (31) vs. Tommy Fleetwood (57), 2:20 p.m.Jimmy Walker (11) vs. Webb Simpson (47), 12:50 p.m.Ian Poulter (28) vs. Gary Woodland (52), 1 p.m.J.B. Holmes (12) vs. Russell Henley (46), 10:10 a.m.Brooks Koepka (20) vs. Marc Warren (53), 10:20 a.m.Rickie Fowler (13) vs. Shane Lowry (48), 10:50 a.m.Graeme McDowell (33) vs. Harris English (58), 11 a.m.Matt Kuchar (14) vs. Stephen Gallacher (42), 1:30 p.m.Hunter Mahan (32) vs. Ben Martin (67), 1:40 p.m.Patrick Reed (15) vs. Danny Willett (49), 2:50 p.m.Ryan Moore (29) vs. Andy Sullivan (61), 3 p.m.Hideki Matsuyama (16) vs. Joost Luiten (44), 12:10 p.m.Kevin Na (21) vs. Alexander Levy (54), 12:20 p.m.
Tour rankings (as of April 27)
PGAGolfer Points1 Rory McIlroy 538.282 Jordan Spieth 472.053 Henrik Stenson 382.194 Bubba Watson 330.255 Jim Furyk 281.926 Justin Rose 329.187 Jason Day 257.828 Dustin Johnson 246.659 Adam Scott 242.7110 Sergio Garcia 270.6411 Jimmy Walker 278.2412 J.B. Holmes 194.0213 Rickie Fowler 237.8414 Matt Kuchar 233.0215 Patrick Reed 231.03Canadian golfers73 Graham DeLaet 95.19150 David Hearn 58.88184 Adam Hadwin 50.35248 Nick Taylor 34.77268 Richard Lee 26.79390 Mike Weir 20.32456 Brad Fritsch 17539 Roger Sloan 12.29620 Ryan Yip 8.21687 Ryan Williams 6.61778 Michael Gligic 5.02827 Greg Machtaler 4.37
European TourNo tournament this weekRoad to Dubai standings. Last week’s standing in parentheses.
1. (1) Rory McIlroy (Britain) 1224670 2. (2) Danny Willett (Britain) 1118691 3. (3) Justin Rose (Britain) 927972 4. (4) Ross Fisher (Britain) 805680 5. (5) Anirban Lahiri (India) 749002 6. (7) Kiradech A. (Thailand) 733231 7. (6) B Wiesberger (Austria) 727942 8. (8) Branden Grace (SAfrica) 692279 9. (9) Louis Oosthuizen (SAfrica) 666071 10. (37) David Howell (Britain) 546531
BASKETBALLNBAPlayoff scheduleNote: 16 teams, all series best-of-seven
Yesterday’s resultsAtlanta 107, Brooklyn 97 (Atlanta leads series 3-2)Memphis 99, Portland 93 (Memphis wins series 4-1)
Today’s scheduleGame 6 Chicago at Milwaukee (Chicago leads series 3-2)Game 6 L.A. Clippers at San Antonio (San Antonio leads series 3-2)
Friday, May 1Game 6 Atlanta at Brooklyn
Saturday, May 2Game 7 * Milwaukee at ChicagoGame 7 * San Antonio at L.A. Clippers
Sunday, May 3Game 7 * Washington at TorontoGame 7 * Brooklyn at AtlantaGame 7 * New Orleans at Golden State
TENNISATPWorld Rankings: SinglesPlayer Points1 Novak Djokovic (SRB) 13,8452 Roger Federer (SUI) 8,3853 Andy Murray (GBR) 6,0604 Rafael Nadal (ESP) 5,3905 Kei Nishikori (JPN) 5,2806 Milos Raonic (CAN) 5,0707 Tomas Berdych (CZE) 4,9608 David Ferrer (ESP) 4,4909 Stan Wawrinka (SUI) 3,49510 Marin Cilic (CRO) 3,40561 Vasek Pospisil (CAN) 815
Doubles - QuarterfinalsTreat Huey, Philippines, and Scott Lipsky (2), United States, def. Pablo Carreno Busta, Spain, and Alejandro Gonzalez, Colombia, 6-1, 6-2.
Round 1Marc Lopez, Spain, and David Marrero (1), Spain, def. Rui Machado, Portugal, and Frederico Ferreira Silva, Portugal, 7-6 (5), 7-5.Mariusz Fyrstenberg, Poland, and Max Mirnyi (3), Belarus, def. Gero Kretschmer, Germany, and Alexander Satschko, Germany, 4-6, 6-4, 10-4.Martin Emmrich, Germany, and An-dreas Siljestrom, Sweden, def. Nicholas Monroe, United States, and Artem Sitak (4), New Zealand, 6-0, 3-6, 10-7.Gastao Elias, Portugal, and Joao Sousa, Portugal, def. Mateusz Kowalczyk, Poland, and Igor Zelenay, Slovakia, 7-6 (5), 7-6 (7).Nicolas Almagro, Spain, and Guillermo Garcia-Lopez, Spain, def. Leonardo Mayer, Argentina, and Albert Ramos-Vinolas, Spain, 6-1, 6-2.
BMW Open by FWU AGMunich, Germany. Surface: Clay. Purse: €439,405
Doubles - QuarterfinalsRadu Albot, Moldova, and Dusan Lajovic, Serbia, def. Oliver Marach, Austria, and Philipp Oswald (2), Austria, 6-7 (9), 6-2, 10-8.Chris Guccione, Australia, and Andre Sa (3), Brazil, def. Tuna Altuna, Turkey, and Nikoloz Basilashvili, Georgia, 6-3, 6-2.
WTAWorld Rankings: Singles
Player Points1 Serena Williams 99812 Simona Halep 77553 Maria Sharapova 75254 Petra Kvitova 60605 Caroline Wozniacki 47906 Eugenie Bouchard 41227 Ana Ivanovic 40008 Ekaterina Makarova 34659 Agnieszka Radwanska 334510 Carla Suarez Navarro 3335
Doubles1 Sania Mirza 76602 Sara Errani 73602 Roberta Vinci 73604 Martina Hingis 64655 Cara Black 58706 Shuai Peng 56327 Ekaterina Makarova 53157 Elena Vesnina 53159 Su-wei Hsieh 511010 Kristina Mladenovic 4515
GP SAR La Princesse Lalla MeryemMarrakech, Morocco. Surface: Clay.
HORSE RACINGKentucky DerbyChurchill Downs, Louisville, Kentucky, May 2, Post time 3:24 p.m.
Horse: trainer; jockey oddsAmerican Pharoah: Bob Baffert; Victor Espinoza 3-1Dortmund: Bob Baffert; Martin Garcia 4-1Carpe Diem: Todd Pletcher; John Velazquez 6-1Mubtaahij: Mike de Kock; Christophe Soumillon 8-1Materiality: Todd Pletcher; Javier Castel-lano 10-1Upstart: Rick Violette Jr.; Jose Ortiz 14-1International Star: Mike Maker; Miguel Mena 16-1Frosted: Kiaran McLaughlin; Joel Rosario 18-1Firing Line: Simon Callaghan; Gary Stevens 19-1Madefromlucky: Todd Pletcher; unde-cided 30-1Danzig Moon: Mark Casse; Julien Leparoux 32-1El Kabeir: Trainer; John Terranova II; Calvin Borel 32-1Itsaknockout: Todd Pletcher; Luis Saez 33-1Far Right: Ron Moquett; Mike Smith 34-1Bolo: Carla Gaines; Rafael Bejarano 35-1Ocean Knight: Kiaran McLaughlin; Irad Ortiz, Jr. 40-1Ocho Ocho Ocho: Jim Cassidy; Elvis Trujillo 40-1War Story: Tom Amoss; Joe Talamo 40-1Mr. Z: D. Wayne Lukas; Ramon Vazquez 60-1Tencendur: George Weaver; Manny Franco 90-1
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LACROSSEBC Junior A Lacrosse League
Standings GP W L T Pts Langley 1 1 0 0 2 Delta 1 1 0 0 2 Coquitlam 1 1 0 0 2 Victoria 0 0 0 0 0 New Westminster 0 0 0 0 0 Nanaimo 1 0 1 0 0 Burnaby 1 0 1 0 0 Port Coquitlam 1 0 1 0 0
Sunday’s resultsCoquitlam 10, Nanaimo 9Port Coquitlam 10, Burnaby 7New Westminster at Victoria postponed
Friday May 1Langley at Burnaby, 8 p.m.
Saturday May 2Delta at Nanaimo, 4:30 p.m.Port Coquitlam at Victoria, 5 p.m.
Sunday May 3Victoria at Coquitlam, 2 p.m.Nanaimo at New Westminster, 5 p.m.
East W L GB Pct GF GAx-Toronto 13 4 - .765 220 178x-Rochester 12 5 1 .706 193 160Buffalo 10 7 3.5 .588 216 198Minnesota 5 12 8 .294 172 214New England 4 12 8 .250 169 219
Sunday’s resultBuffalo 20, New England 9
Friday, May 1Toronto at New England, 4 p.m.
Remaining scheduleSaturday, May 2Edmonton at Colorado, 6 p.m.Calgary at Vancouver, 7 p.m.New England at Buffalo, 4:30 p.m.Rochester at Minnesota, 5 p.m.
English Premier LeaguePosition/Club W D L GF GA Pts1 Chelsea 23 8 2 65 26 772 Man City 20 7 7 70 36 673 Arsenal 20 7 6 63 32 674 Man United 19 8 7 59 34 655 Liverpool 17 7 10 47 37 586 Tot Hotspur 17 7 10 55 49 587 Southampton 17 6 11 47 26 578 Swansea 14 8 12 41 44 509 Stoke City 13 8 13 39 42 4710 Everton 11 11 12 44 43 4411 West Ham 11 11 12 42 42 4412 Crystal Pal 11 9 14 42 47 4213 West Brom 9 10 15 32 46 3714 Newcastle 9 8 17 36 57 3515 Hull City 8 10 16 32 45 3416 Aston Villa 8 8 18 26 48 3217 Leicester 8 7 18 35 51 3118 Sunderland 5 15 13 26 49 3019 Q.P. Rangers 7 6 21 38 59 2720 Burnley 5 11 18 26 52 26
Yesterday’s resultsHull 1, Liverpool 0
Today’s scheduleLeicester vs. Chelsea, 11:45 a.m.
Saturday, May 2 Leicester vs. Newcastle, 4:45 a.m.Aston Villa vs. Everton, 7 a.m.Liverpool vs. Q.P. Rangers, 7 a.m.Sunderland vs. Southampton, 7 a.m.Swansea vs. Stoke, 7 a.m.West Ham vs. Burnley, 7 a.m.Man United vs. West Brom, 9:30 a.m. Sunday, May 3 Chelsea vs. Crystal Palace, 5:30 a.m.Spurs vs. Man City, 8 a.m. Monday, May 4 Hull vs. Arsenal, noon Saturday, May 9 Everton vs. Sunderland, 4:45 a.m.Aston Villa vs. West Ham, 7 a.m.Hull vs. Burnley, 7 a.m.Leicester vs. Southampton, 7 a.m.
SOCCERMLS
Friday, May 1Dallas at Houston, 5 p.m.San Jose at Salt Lake, 7 p.m. Saturday, May 2Toronto at Philadelphia, 1 p.m.Columbus at DC United, 4 p.m.Colorado at Los Angeles, 7:30 p.m.Vancouver at Portland, 7:30 p.m. Sunday, May 3Chicago at Sporting KC, 2 p.m.Seattle at NY City FC, 4 p.m.
Eastern LeagueClub PTS GP W L T GF GAN. England 14 8 4 2 2 10 7DC United 14 7 4 1 2 8 6NY Red Bulls 12 6 3 0 3 10 5Columbus 11 7 3 2 2 12 6Chicago 9 6 3 3 0 6 7Orlando 8 8 2 4 2 6 10Toronto 6 6 2 4 0 10 11NY City FC 6 8 1 4 3 5 7Philadelphia 6 9 1 5 3 10 17Montreal 2 4 0 2 2 2 6
Orioles 8, White Sox 2Chicago Sox Baltimore ab r h bi ab r h biEaton CF 3 0 0 0 De Aza LF-RF 3 1 1 0Bonifacio PH 1 0 1 0 Paredes DH 4 1 0 0Cabrera LF 4 0 1 0 Young RF 4 1 1 0Abreu 1B 4 0 0 0 Lough LF 0 0 0 0LaRoche DH 3 1 0 0 Jones CF 3 0 1 1Garcia RF 3 1 2 0 Davis 1B 4 1 1 3Gillaspie 3B 3 0 0 0 Machado 3B 4 3 3 1Ramirez SS 3 0 0 0 Cabrera SS 4 1 2 1Soto C 3 0 0 1 Joseph C 4 0 2 2Johnson 2B 3 0 0 0 Navarro 2B 4 0 0 0Totals 30 2 4 1 Totals 34 8 11 8
Chicago Sox 000 020 000 2 Baltimore 601 010 00x 8
2B: BAL Machado, M (4, Samardzija), Cabrera, E 2 (2, Samardzija, Sa-mardzija), Jones, Ad (6, Carroll). GIDP: CWS Gillaspie, Abreu; BAL De Aza. HR: BAL Davis, C (5, 1st inning off Samardzija, 2 on, 1 out), Machado, M (4, 5th inning off Samardzija, 0 on, 1 out). Team Lob: CWS 2; BAL 4. DP: CWS (Samardzija-Ramirez, Al-Abreu); BAL 2 (Navarro, R-Machado, M-Davis, C, Machado, M-Navarro, R-Davis, C). E: CWS Abreu (2, throw); BAL Machado, M (5, throw).
Chicago Sox IP H R ER BB SOJ Samardzija (L, 1-2) 5.0 10 8 7 1 5S Carroll 2.0 1 0 0 0 1C Rodon 1.0 0 0 0 0 1Baltimore IP H R ER BB SOU Jimenez (W, 2-1) 7.0 3 2 0 1 6K Gausman 1.0 0 0 0 0 2Z Britton 1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Time: 2:03. Att: 0
Rays 3, Yankees 2 (13 inn)Tampa Bay NY Yankees ab r h bi ab r h biDeJesus DH 4 0 0 0 Ellsbury CF 6 0 3 0Beckham DH 2 0 0 0 Young LF-RF 4 1 2 1Souza Jr. RF 5 1 0 0 Rodriguez DH 6 0 0 0Cabrera SS 5 0 0 0 Teixeira 1B 5 0 0 0Longoria 3B 5 0 1 0 Beltran RF 5 0 1 0Loney 1B 6 1 2 1 Gardner LF 0 0 0 0Forsythe 2B 6 1 2 0 Headley 3B 5 1 1 1Kiermaier CF 4 0 2 2 Murphy C 3 0 0 0Guyer LF 3 0 0 0 McCann PH-C 0 0 0 0Wilson C 5 0 0 0 Petit 2B 2 0 0 0Totals 45 3 7 3 Drew PH-2B 2 0 0 0 Gregorius SS 5 0 0 0 Totals 43 2 7 2
Tampa Bay 000 200 000 000 1 3 NY Yankees 000 011 000 000 0 2
SB: NYY Ellsbury (8, 2nd base off Smyly/Wilson, B). 2B: TB Forsythe (5). 3B: TB Kiermaier (2). GIDP: TB Loney; NYY Rodriguez, A. HR: NYY Headley (3, off Smyly), Young, C (5, 6th inning off Smyly, 0 on, 1 out). S: TB Guyer; NYY Young, C. Team Lob: TB 9; NYY 7. DP: TB 1, NYY 1 E: NYY Headley (5, fielding). PICKOFFS: TB Smyly (Ellsbury at 1st base).
Tampa Bay IP H R ER BB SOT Smyly 6.0 4 2 2 1 10S Geltz 1.2 0 0 0 0 5K Jepsen 1.1 0 0 0 0 0B Boxberger 1.0 1 0 0 2 0B Gomes (W, 1-1) 2.0 1 0 0 0 1E Frieri 1.0 1 0 0 0 0NY Yankees IP H R ER BB SOM Pineda 5.2 6 2 2 0 5J Wilson 0.1 0 0 0 0 0D Carpenter 1.0 0 0 0 0 0D Betances 1.0 0 0 0 0 2A Miller 2.0 0 0 0 0 3C Martin 1.0 0 0 0 1 2C Shreve (L, 1-1) 2.0 1 1 1 3 1HBP: Guyer (by Pineda), McCann (by Gomes, B).
Time: 3:58. Att: 30,055.
Brewers 8, Reds 3Milwaukee Cincinnati ab r h bi ab r h biSegura SS 5 0 0 0 Hamilton CF 4 0 1 0Schafer CF 4 1 0 1 Cozart SS 4 0 0 0Braun RF 5 2 3 5 Frazier 3B 4 1 1 1Lind 1B 5 1 2 1 Bruce RF 3 1 1 1Ramirez 3B 3 0 1 0 Phillips 2B 4 0 2 0Jimenez 3B 1 0 0 0 Byrd LF 4 0 0 0Davis LF 3 1 1 1 Negron 1B 4 0 0 0Broxton P 0 0 0 0 Barnhart C 2 1 1 1Herrera PH 1 0 0 0 Lorenzen P 2 0 1 0Jeffress P 0 0 0 0 Hoover P 0 0 0 0Maldonado C 4 1 1 0 Cingrani P 0 0 0 0Gomez 2B 4 1 3 0 Votto PH 1 0 0 0Garza P 2 0 0 0 Diaz P 0 0 0 0Smith P 0 0 0 0 Contreras P 0 0 0 0Parra PH-LF 1 1 1 0 Totals 32 3 7 3Totals 38 8 12 8
Milwaukee 020 010 050 8 Cincinnati 100 010 001 3
2B: MIL Ramirez, Ar (4, Lorenzen). GIDP: CIN Frazier. HR: MIL Lind (4, 2nd inning off Lorenzen, 0 on, 0 out), Davis, K (1, 2nd inning off Lorenzen, 0 on, 1 out), Braun 2 (4, 5th inning off Lorenzen, 0 on, 1 out; 8th inning off Diaz, J, 3 on, 1 out); CIN Frazier (6, 1st inning off Garza, 0 on, 2 out), Barnhart (1, 5th inning off Garza, 0 on, 0 out), Bruce (5, 9th inning off Jeffress, 0 on, 0 out). S: MIL Garza; Gomez, H. Team Lob: MIL 9; CIN 4. DP: MIL 2 (Segura-Gomez, H, Gomez, H-Lind).
Milwaukee IP H R ER BB SOM Garza (W, 2-3) 6.2 5 2 2 2 4W Smith 0.1 0 0 0 0 1J Broxton 1.0 1 0 0 0 0J Jeffress 1.0 1 1 1 0 1Cincinnati IP H R ER BB SOM Lorenzen (L, 0-1) 5.0 8 3 3 1 5J Hoover 1.0 1 0 0 1 2A Cingrani 1.0 0 0 0 1 1J Diaz 1.0 3 5 5 0 2C Contreras 1.0 0 0 0 0 1HBP: Schafer, L (by Diaz, J).
Time: 2:58. Att: 23,012.
Astros 7, Padres 2Houston San Diego ab r h bi ab r h biAltuve 2B 4 1 2 2 Myers CF 4 2 1 0Gonzalez SS 4 0 0 1 Solarte 1B 4 0 0 0Valbuena 3B 5 0 1 0 Kemp RF 4 0 1 2Springer RF 5 1 1 0 Upton LF 4 0 0 0Rasmus LF 4 1 1 2 M’brooks 3B 3 0 0 0Carter 1B 3 1 0 0 Gyorko 2B 3 0 0 0Marisnick CF 4 2 2 1 Barmes SS 3 0 0 0Conger C 3 0 0 0 Nieves C 3 0 0 0Keuchel P 3 0 1 0 Cashner P 2 0 1 0Gattis PH 1 0 1 0 Thayer P 0 0 0 0Hoes PR 0 1 0 0 Norris PH 1 0 0 0Gregerson P 0 0 0 0 Kimbrel P 0 0 0 0Totals 36 7 9 6 Maurer P 0 0 0 0 Totals 31 2 3 2
Houston 001 200 004 7 San Diego 100 000 001 2
SB: HOU Marisnick 2 (8, 2nd base off Kimbrel/Nieves, 3rd base off Kimbrel/Nieves). 2B: HOU Marisnick (4, Cash-ner), Springer (5, Cashner), Valbuena (4, Cashner), Altuve (6, Maurer); SD Kemp (7, Keuchel). HR: HOU Rasmus, C (4, 4th inning off Cashner, 1 on, 1 out). Team Lob: HOU 6; SD 2. E: HOU Marisnick (1, fielding), Carter (2, fielding); SD Nieves (1, throw), Maurer (1, throw).
Houston IP H R ER BB SOD Keuchel (W, 3-0) 8.0 3 1 1 0 4L Gregerson 1.0 0 1 0 0 0San Diego IP H R ER BB SOA Cashner (L, 1-4) 7.0 6 3 2 1 10D Thayer 1.0 0 0 0 1 0C Kimbrel 0.1 2 3 3 1 0B Maurer 0.2 1 1 1 0 0
Yesterday’s resultParkville at Nanaimo (postponed)
Tuesday’s resultNorth Shore 7, Coquitlam 1
Today’s scheduleWhite Rock at Whalley, 7 p.m.
Saturday, May 2Langley at North Delta, 11:00 a.m.Coquitlam at Vic Eagles, noonVic Mariners at North Shore, 1:00 p.m.White Rock at Parkville, 1:00 p.m.Nanaimo at Whalley, 1:00 p.m.Langley at North Delta, 1:30 p.m.Abbotsford at Okanagan, 2:00 p.m.Coquitlam at Vic Eagles, 2:30 p.m.Vic Mariners at North Shore, 3:30 p.m.White Rock at Parkville, 3:30 p.m.Nanaimo at Whalley, 3:30 p.m.Okanagan at Abbotsford, 4:30 p.m.
Sunday, May 3Abbotsford at Okanagan, 11:00 a.m.Coquitlam at Vic Mariners, 11:00 a.m.White Rock at Nanaimo, 11:00 a.m.White Rock at Nanaimo, 1:30 p.m.Okanagan at Abbotsford, 1:30 p.m.Coquitlam at Vic Mariners, 1:30 p.m.
Baseball (Cont’d)Red Sox 4, Blue Jays 1Toronto Boston ab r h bi ab r h biTravis 2B 3 0 0 0 Betts CF 4 0 1 1Donaldson 3B 4 0 0 0 Pedroia 2B 4 0 2 0Bautista DH 4 0 0 0 Ortiz DH 4 1 2 1Enc’nacion 1B 4 0 1 0 Ramirez LF 4 1 1 2Pillar CF 4 1 1 0 Sandoval 3B 4 0 0 0Saunders RF 2 0 0 0 Napoli 1B 3 0 0 0Martin PH 1 0 0 0 Holt RF 2 1 1 0Pompey LF 2 0 0 0 Bogaerts SS 3 0 1 0Thole C 3 0 0 1 Hanigan C 2 1 1 0Goins SS 3 0 1 0 Totals 30 4 9 4Totals 30 1 3 1
Toronto 010 000 000 1 Boston 003 000 10x 4
SB: TOR Pompey (2, 3rd base off Porcello/Hanigan). 2B: TOR Pillar (7, Porcello). GIDP: TOR Goins. HR: BOS Ramirez, H (10, 3rd inning off Dickey, 1 on, 2 out). S: BOS Hanigan. Team Lob: TOR 5; BOS 4. DP: BOS (Pedroia-Napoli). E: BOS Porcello (1, missed catch).
Toronto IP H R ER BB SOR Dickey (L, 0-3) 7.0 9 4 4 0 4J Francis 1.0 0 0 0 0 2Boston IP H R ER BB SOF Porcello (W, 2-2) 7.0 2 1 1 2 6J Tazawa 1.0 1 0 0 0 1K Uehara 1.0 0 0 0 0 3HBP: Pompey (by Porcello), Holt, B (by Dickey).
2B: KC Gordon, A (4, Allen); CLE Chisen-hall (3, Ventura), Perez, R (1, Ventura), Bourn (4, Morales, F). HR: KC Hosmer (2, 6th inning off Salazar, 1 on, 0 out); CLE Kipnis (1, 3rd inning off Ventura, 2 on, 0 out), Perez, R (3, 8th inning off Madson, 0 on, 1 out). Team Lob: KC 5; CLE 6. E: KC Ventura (1, pickoff); CLE Moss (2, fielding).
Kansas City IP H R ER BB SOY Ventura (L, 2-2) 5.1 6 5 5 4 1F Morales 1.1 1 1 1 1 0R Madson 1.1 1 1 1 0 2Cleveland IP H R ER BB SOD Salazar (W, 3-0) 6.0 6 4 4 0 7Z McAllister 2.0 1 0 0 0 3C Allen 1.0 2 1 0 0 1HBP: Escobar, A (by Salazar).
Time: 2:41. Att: 10,284.
Lightning 2, Red Wings 0First PeriodNo scoringPenalties: Killorn Tb (Hooking) 4:37, Abdelkader Det (Interference) 5:06, Zetterberg Det (Holding) 12:44
Second PeriodNo scoringPenalties: Coburn Tb (Tripping) 0:34, DeKeyser Det (Interference) 5:10, Mor-row Tb (Tripping) 10:29
Third Period1. Tampa Bay, Coburn (1) (Killorn, Callahan) 3:582. Tampa Bay, Stralman (1) (Bishop) 18:42 (PP)Penalties: DeKeyser Det (Puck over Glass) 0:51, Sheahan Det (Interference) 12:46, Stamkos Tb (Interference) 12:46
Shots on goal 1st 2nd 3rd T Detroit 14 9 8 31Tampa Bay 7 5 5 17
Goaltending summary:Detroit: Mrazek (15/16), Tampa Bay: Bishop (31/31)
Power Play Summary (PPG / PPO):Detroit: , Tampa Bay:
SB: DET Romine, A (3, 2nd base off Thompson, A/Herrmann, C). 2B: DET Kinsler (5, Hughes, P), Cabrera, M (6, Hughes, P), Cespedes (8, Hughes, P), Castellanos, N (4, Hughes, P), McCann, J (1, Hughes, P); MIN Mauer (5, Greene). GIDP: MIN Arcia, Os, Herrmann, C.
HR: DET Cabrera, M 2 (5, 6th inning off Stauffer, 0 on, 0 out; 9th inning off Fien, 1 on, 0 out), Martinez, J (6, 6th inning off Stauffer, 0 on, 1 out), McCann, J (1, 6th inning off Thompson, A, 1 on, 2 out); MIN Arcia, Os (2, 4th inning off Greene, 1 on, 2 out), Plouffe (3, 5th inning off Greene, 2 on, 1 out). Team Lob: DET 5; MIN 6. DP: DET 3 (McCann, J-Romine, A, Kinsler-Romine, A-Cabrera, M 2). E: DET Greene (1, missed catch).
Continued next column
Tigers 10, Twins 7 (Cont’d)
Detroit IP H R ER BB SOS Greene 4.1 9 7 7 0 8B Hardy 1.1 2 0 0 0 1A Nesbitt 1.0 0 0 0 0 1T Gorzelanny (W, 1-1) 1.1 1 0 0 0 2J Soria 1.0 1 0 0 1 1Minnesota IP H R ER BB SOP Hughes 5.0 7 3 3 0 4T Stauffer 0.2 3 3 3 0 0A Thompson 0.2 2 1 1 0 0B Boyer 0.2 0 0 0 0 1C Fien (L, 1-2) 1.0 5 3 3 0 0C Thielbar 1.0 0 0 0 0 1HBP: Dozier (by Greene).
National LeagueEast W L PCT GB StrkNY Mets 15 7 .682 - L2Atlanta 10 11 .476 4.5 L2Miami 10 12 .455 5.0 W2Washington 9 13 .409 6.0 W2Philadelphia 8 14 .364 7.0 L2Central W L PCT GB StrkSt. Louis 14 6 .700 - W2Chicago Cubs 12 8 .600 2.0 L1Pittsburgh 12 10 .545 3.0 W1Cincinnati 10 11 .476 4.5 L1Milwaukee 5 17 .227 10.0 W1West W L PCT GB StrkLA Dodgers 13 8 .619 - W1Colorado 11 10 .524 2.0 L2San Diego 11 12 .478 2.5 L3Arizona 10 11 .476 2.5 W2San Francisco 9 13 .409 4.5 L1
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Tampa Bay Lightning defenceman Anton Stralman celebrates with center Alex Killorn after scoring during the third period of Game 7. [AP PHOTO] of a first-round
Bolts down Wings 2-0 to end seriesHELENE ST. JAMES DETROIT FREE PRESS
TAMPA, Fla. — The Detroit Red Wings keep mak-ing the Stanley Cup playoffs. Getting closer to the actual Stanley Cup keeps eluding them.
Their 24th straight playoffs appearance ended in a Game 7 loss Wednesday night at Amalie Arena, as the Tampa Bay Lightning claimed a 2-0 victory and a trip to the second round. The Wings have gotten out of the first round just once in the past four years. They were up, 3-2, in the series, but couldn’t close at home.
Their effort in the series finale didn’t lack, but Ben Bishop played like the 6-foot-7 giant he is, making 31 saves. Braydon Coburn scored early in the third period when he beat Petr Mrazek on a high shot. Anton Stralman found Detroit’s net empty with 1:18 left in regulation.
The Wings were without top defenseman Niklas Kronwall, who served a one-game suspension for his Game 6 hit on forward Nikita Kucherov. Veter-an defenseman Marek Zidlicky — like Kronwall, a power play point man — missed the game because of injury.
The Wings still went out and delivered a ter-rific start, outshooting the Lighting, 6-0, before Mrazek had to make a save on Brian Boyle 3 minutes in. A power play only lasted half a sec-ond before being nullified by a penalty on Justin Abdelkader. Tomas Jurco finished off the stretch with Detroit’s 10th shot on Bishop in 8 minutes. A second Lightning power play looked danger-ous as Nikita Kucherov and Ryan Callahan both had good chances, but Mrazek was on his game and his teammates got the puck cleared. A sud-den Lightning rush in the last minute between Steven Stamkos and Tyler Johnson saw Johnson slide the puck into the paint only to have Luke Glendening swoop to the rescue.
A power play half a minute into the second period saw Abdelkader with a good chance by the right post. Mrazek had to make a save on Johnson after a misplayed puck at the end of the penalty.
6A | ALBERNI VALLEY TIMES | THURSDAY, APRIL 30, 2015 SPORTS
KATHY WHITE FOR THE TIMES
We had a good turn out for golf today in both the 9 and 18-hole divisions even though the weath-er was a bit sketchy, it did turn out to be a beautiful day.
In the 9-hole low handicap division low gross was won by Claudia Romaniuk.
Doreen Grant took honors for low net as well as low putts.
For the high handicap group Louise Berlinski won low gross and had the lowest putts, Mary Ann Maddison had the low net.
Pars were had by Doreen Grant on Nos. 13 and 14, Claudia Roma-niuk had a par on No. 17 and Betty Adair had a par on No. 14.
In the 18-hole division, Janice Cross shot an impressive 80 and captured the low gross by far. Carol Hastings won low net with 73.
For the KP challenge, Carol Bouchard won on No. 7 and Hast-
ings won on No. 16. Cross won the special prize, it
was just her day.Starting next week we start at
8:30 AM., it will be Monthly Medal and possibly qualifying for the CTC net tournament and we will be having a meeting after golf.
Well we got away with it boys, another men’s day without rain. Although
the numbers of men were slight-ly down there was some great golf.
First low gross, a 73 was shot by Mike Pechor, second low gross was recorded by Lloyd Fairley, shooting a 76. That’s three out of four days that Fairley has been in the money. It must be his play-ing partner that’s spurring him on.
On the net side of the day Bob Matlock was the low, carding a 66. An investigation is under way on that one.
Second low net was Jaques Gio-vetti with a 67 followed by Don McGowan shooting a 67 but lost on a countback.
Closest to the pins were recorded by Bob Matlock on No. 2 Preben Rasmussen on No. 4, Art Fowler on No. 13 and Gary Korven on No. 17.
In the skins competition on the gross side worth $22.50 each were Mike Pechor on No. 4 and Brian Tall on No. 9.
On the net side worth $12 each were Brian Tall on No. 3, Bob Matlock on No. 4, on No. 5 it was Clarke Crowe, No. 12 was Matt Mesic, No. 13 was Art Fowler, and No. 15 was Bill Bjornsen.
Up next for the men’s club is the MacDermotts Insurance Agency Waltz which takes place this coming Sunday May 3rd.
This is a four-man team event. The format is as follows, on hole No. 1 you count the best net, on hole No. 2 you count the best two nets, hole No. 3 you count the best three nets.
Then you start over again until all 18 holes have been played. Example, if you start on No. 11 you would count the two best nets and carry on from there.
Please sign up in the Pro. Shop in your own group or as a single and Preben will place you in a group. The shotgun takes place at 8 a.m..
Please try to be there a few min-utes before.
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Teams take to the diamonds on weekend, 27th tourney in June
35 years for slo-pitch league
ALBERNI VALLEY TIMES
The Sunday Hotel Mixed Slo-Pitch League pitched off its 35th year this past Sunday with 20 teams tak-ing to the field.
Legend has it the league started back in 1981 with six teams entered. All the local hotels sponsored teams as well as Fairway Taxi.
In 2014 there were 16 teams for the year.
“It’s really nice to see us back at the 20-team mark,” noted Paul Robertson, league president. “The league has come a long way.”
With close to 300 play-ers registering this year, teams will be taking to the field every Sunday until July 19, when the league wraps up with the two-day playoffs, all star game, and trophy presentations.
Last year’s A division playoff champions, The
Oh Yeahs, will be looking to defend their title once again this year.
There will be no league play on May long weekend.
70 teams to play in June tourney
The 27th Annual Okee Dokee Slo-Pitch Tourna-ment & Funtastic Music Festival is scheduled for the weekend of June 27-29.
The Slo-Pitch League will host 70 teams in the Echo Park area. It will be the largest slo-pitch tournament on Vancouver Island.
“Come on out and enjoy some slo-pitch action at one of the diamonds in the Echo area,” Robertson added.
Weather permitting, league games start at 11 a.m., and 1 p.m. Last year’s A division playoff champions, The Oh Yeahs, will be looking to defend their title once again this year. [SUBMITTED PHOTO]
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So, you’ve cleaned up the golf clubs and been out twice this year.
It’s now time discovering what you want.
If you play regularly with a desire to improve, then you might consider setting some goals.
When I ask students what their goals are, they invariably reply something like, “I’d like to get under 40 for nine holes, or hit the ball straighter.”
Those aren’t goals. Not serious ones, anyway. By
serious, I mean committed. I always like students setting
two goals and each has to be pre-cise. If you want to break 40 for nine, then your goal has to be 39! Not 41, 40 or “close enough” – 39 is 39...period!
Another common goal among students is to lower their handicap.
If your factor is 15, then set a goal of 13 for instance. Again, “that’s good enough” isn’t good enough if the year-end final remains 15.
Remember, just trying hard may not always ensure what you want, either.
You have to work intelligently toward the goal with proven fundamentals. So, get a lesson if you’re unsure.
So, why are goals important? It’s not just relative to golf, but life itself.
Take our city for instance. We live in a community, which in my opinion, is ripe for rediscovery.
Some national publications have arguably and repeatedly rated us amongst the worst places to live.
Well if I was in government, I’d be inclined to set a goal for residents.
For example. If we were rated 139th out of 140 places to live in Canada, I’d set a bar for every-one to get involved and raise that position to 125th; the next year, 100th, and so on, challen-ging us to set higher goals each year.
Improving golf game requires leadership
Jobs follow money, and money follows good statistics!
That takes leadership and vision of course, but that too is what’s needed if you want improvement to your golf game.
You too are the leader of your golf progress and alone, envisioning the goal. By the
way, its not disgraceful if you’re unsuccessful reaching your goal. Giving up is!
At least pick yourself up and keep trying. Giving up will never achieve your goals...or dreams!
Remember Ladies’ and Men’s Night begin May 6th and May 7th respectively.
Play begins at 5:30 sharp. Nine holes.
Bring your sense of humour, clubs, wallet and a desire to sup-port Ty Watson House.
Your goal is to be at the Hollies!
If you need another goal, check out another of our spon-sor’s functions. Boutique Belles Amies’ “Block Party” is May 1st and 2nd. Pop your balloon!
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Just trying hard is not enough; aim for incremental achievement with proven fundamentals for success
Discover what you want, set serious goals
» Patrick Little is an avid golfer and owner of Hollies Executive Golf Course.
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You too are the leader of your golf progress and alone, envisioning the goal. By the way, its not disgraceful if you’re unsuccessful reaching your goal. Giving up is!Patrick Little, Hollies golf course owner
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» Rick Major is publisher of the AV Times and was involved with the publication of the first ever Westcoast Growers Guide from its inception.
Like seeds in a garden, publication blooms
It was back in February 2014 when I went to Ucluelet for a two-day trade show, and I first
met Charles Thomas and Edna Cox.
They were representing Alberni Valley Transition Town Society at a table. I was fairly new to my position as publisher of the Alberni Valley Times, and thought how great to see a number of Port Alberni groups represented.
We started to talk about a num-ber of topics, and gradually the conversation moved towards the need for a guide to represent the local growers in the Alberni Val-ley. It did not take long to see we all shared a common interest in the project, and like most of us
when we first get a great idea, thought we could pull something together pretty quickly.
But like trying out a new recipe for the first time from scratch, a new project can also have some trial and error compared to one you have experience with. What was evident was there was no doubting the enthusiasm and energy of all involved.
I started to take a look at simi-lar guides, and was impressed
by the work out of the Comox Valley.
They had developed a Growers Guide a number of years back. So I started with this as a tem-plate to get us going here. By the fall of 2014, I, along with Edna and Charles, met with Heather Shobe of Eden Tree Farm and Gardening, and a member of the ACRD Agricultural Plan Imple-mentation Team.
She brought our planning to another level, and the time-line for the launch of the 2015 West Coast Growers Guide was developed. After many meet-ings, shared emails and lots of extra work, the Guide started to take shape and was proudly distributed for the first time in
the Alberni Valley Times and Westerly News yesterday.
In total, we printed 15,000 cop-ies of our inaugural 24-page full-colour regional Growers Guide. Besides distribution in the news-paper, it will be available locally at Visitor Centres and District offices in Port Alberni, Ucluelet and Tofino as well as Farmer’s Markets, the Fall Fair, and Fam-ily Farm Day amongst others.
This marketing tool brings local growers together with local business, and also highlights the diversity of our hundreds of local growers and the fresh local product available.
I want to thank all our partners who worked and supported what we hope will be an annual Guide
including Mayor Mike Ruttan and Economic Development Manager Pat Deakin. I also want-ed to acknowledge our “models” on the cover of the Guide – Ed Dyson and Makenna Cyr. They are indeed role models for the next generation of local growers.
You will also find an electronic copy of the Growers Guide on the www.avtimes.net website. Please share this information and encourage others to find out more about what we offer here in our own backyard.
Growers Guide proves to be recipe for successRick MajorPublisher,AV Times
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Hot off the press, Port Alberni’s first Westcoast Growers Guide was
launched in yesterday’s issue of the Alberni Valley Times.
As a joint project between the Alberni Valley Transition Town Society, the Alberni-Clayoquot Regional District, and the AV Times, the publication is a col-laborative effort to benefit the entire community.
As a daily necessity, food sourced locally and grown by the hands of consumers is becoming more of a household issue. The guide serves as a directory of farmers and markets, along with a map of vendors.
The initial seed was planted last year when members of the AV Transition Town Society brought it up with AV Times publisher, Rick Major.
Shortly after, a team of like-minded individuals were con-tracted by the Regional District to market opportunities for agri-cultural vendors so the publica-tion was a natural step for the parties to merge.
Heather Shobe, one of the three contractors with the Agricultural Implementation Plan team, was happy with the outcome. Seeing the work come to fruition was a tangible goal of their work in the Valley.
“I am very happy with the way it turned out,” Shobe said. “It offers a lot of useful content and acts as a reference guide. I hope it inspires people.”
She said the booklet stresses the importance of agriculture in town and on the West Coast.
“There is such a need and huge demand for local produce,” Shobe said. “Food security is such a huge issue globally. There are issues with transportation and droughts in California where a lot of our food is coming from. We need support for the local industry and people feel good when they are getting local food.”
As well as promoting agricul-tural events and food produc-tion, the guide serves to bridge farmers with purchasers. It also helps restaurants find sources of fresh produce, meat, eggs and other products.
“We are showcasing agricul-ture in the area and what farm-ers have to offer, and as a result, a lot of restaurants are showing interest in purchasing local food,” Shobe said.
She said although that is only happening in small amounts currently, she hopes the book will be updated every year and interest will continue to grow.
Also included are tips on gar-dening, a guide to selling to con-sumers and information on the
newest community garden. The directory and map include
vendors and farms from Sproat Lake through the Valley to Harbour Quay and markets in Tofino and Ucluelet.
The event listings on the back page show happenings running from May 2015 to May 2016.
“I have been seeing a lot of excitement about local produce and am thrilled that this publi-cation is off the ground,” Shobe said. “I hope it will be really use-ful for people.”
Arwen Rauguth-Treleaven was happy to take home a fresh bag of spinach from the Farmer’s Market at Harbour Quay on a Saturday morning last year.[KRISTI DOBSON, TIMES]
Sarah Casley had a table full of fresh produce for sale at the Farmers’ Market’s last year. [KRISTI DOBSON, TIMES]
Ethan Stubbington checked out all of Nash Dhaliwal’s fresh blueberries on a Saturday morning at the Spirit Square Farmers Market last year. [KRISTI DOBSON, TIMES]
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VALLEY FACESGetting to know the people who live in the Alberni Valley
Family thrives with outdoor lifestyleKRISTI DOBSON ALBERNI VALLEY TIMES
When they moved to Port Alberni, Janette Cor-mier and Lonnie Olsen
found the perfect community in which to live the lifestyle they enjoy, share their passion with others and raise children who will grow up knowing the bene-fits of nature and healthy living.
Janette grew up on Prince Edward Island . Her father was a dairy farmer and the family lived on a hobby farm with vegetable gardens, sheep, chickens, ponies and goats. They grew their own food, which was canned and pre-served to use year-round.
Janette knew nothing other than the joys of digging in the dirt and enjoying the fruits of
her labour. “As a kid I was paid five cents
per jar of potato beetles that I picked by hand,” she said.
A culmination of life events secured Janette’s decision to go into the natural health field. When her father passed away of cancer when she was young, she was inspired to learn how to help others overcome illness.
Always having a keen interest in plants, she also treated her own health with herbal remedies.
She studied in Victoria at the Canadian College of Traditional Medicine, as well as under sev-eral herbalist. While there, she met Lonnie and the two moved to the Comox area where Lonnie was raised.
Lonnie, too, grew up on a small hobby farm with chickens, tur-keys and gardens.
“My mom won best pickles on Denman Island,” he said.
He grew up working and living off the land and said it feels like a fact of life.
“You shouldn’t have to be taught these things,” he said. “It’s just something we know.”
As a teen, Lonnie continued to do landscaping, gardening and maintenance of orchards both in the Comox Valley and in the United States.
“For me this is just part of a meaningful and enjoyable life,” he said. “I love working in the garden and picking berries and the food tastes way better.”
When the couple was looking for a place to settle, they first thought about returning to the east coast. Their search led them to Port Alberni and feel it was the right decision.
“Port Alberni just feels right,” Janette said.
They found a house, but it lacked what they need in life - adequate garden space. The two talked about the idea of a community garden and soon found themselves spearheading a project.
When she joined the Young Professionals Alberni Valley, the group also had similar thoughts. Janette volunteered to take on the leadership role and soon plans were underway for the Dry Creek Community Garden.
“We met with Scott Kenny and talked about different sites and options,” she said. “Dry Creek is a nice location and council has been really supportive.”
The ball got rolling on the project last May and the team of volunteers started breaking
ground last summer. Businesses and individuals came on board with donations and now at the garden’s completion, all beds are accounted for by renters.
“It has been great,” Janette said. “I have never lived in a community so supportive.”
“It is so easy to do something positive here and people want to see more of that happening,” Lonnie said. “That’s part of why we moved here. People say there is not a lot going on but that is why it is easy to start things.”
“If you want to create your own things, it’s perfect, but not if you just want to plug into what is already here,” Janette said. “We’re more of creators than plug-inners.”
Now with a 15 and a half month old son, Moinn, and expecting a baby in May, the family enjoy healthy, outdoor liv-ing together.
“Moinn is definitely an outdoor baby,” Janette said. “He loves playing in the dirt and wood-chips and getting dirty. He never gets sick and has always been in the 95th percentile for weight. He was walking and crawling early and picks and feeds us dan-delion flowers.”
The two want to promote that way of life and welcome the pub-lic to the grand opening of the Dry Creek Community Garden on Sunday. They are happy to see the project come to fruition and flourish, along with the help of members, garden bed renters and volunteers.
“The community is on board with the Friendship Centre rent-ing four beds and VIHA has two, so that’s great to see,” Janette said. “We have 14 individual raised beds and six community ones. Hopefully we can expand in the future.”
Sunday’s opening will include abarbeque and a chance to thank donors for their generous contri-butions. It takes place from noon to 2 p.m. at the corner of Fourth Avenue and Napier Street.
Janette, Lonnie and Moinn look forward to seeing everyone on Sunday at the grand opening of the Dry Creek Community Garden. [KRISTI DOBSON, TIMES]
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Easy-to-sew decorative pillows a favouriteLocal crafter, designer and creator shares her tips for a quick, simple way to add colour to any room
DIY Envelope Pillows are one of my favourite things. Ever. I love them.
They are such a quick and easy way to give your room a whole new feel. If you can get your hands on a sewing machine and know how to sew a relative-ly straight line, you can whip these simple pillow covers up in no time flat.
To make these you will need about a ½ yard of fabric per pil-low, scissors or a rotary cutter and mat, an iron, and a sewing machine.
First, measure your pillow forms and cut your fabric to fit each form. I usually use 18x18 square pillow forms (from Ikea). Cut your fab-ric to the correct width plus ½ inch inseam (18.5”) and length doubled plus 8”-10” - So: 18”+18”+8” = 44”-46” total for the overlap on the back.
Add about 1/2” for seam allowance on an 18” pillow to ensure your cover fits the form snugly. If you have a super full form then maybe add 1” for seam allowance. If your pillow form looks like horses recently trampled on it, then squish it together to get the accurate size for a nice plump pillow when you measure it.
Measure twice, cut once. Think or sketch it out first and be careful. If you don’t have a rotary cutter and mat, then you can use a long straight edge and pencil to mark a line and fabric scissors to cut your fabric.
Once cut, give your fabric a little iron to smooth out those wrinkles. Then fold over and iron a hem on the edges that will make the envelope fold on the back. Once your hem is ironed, run it through your
sewing machine.Next measure your piece of
fabric and fold it in onto itself, with the ‘right’ or good side facing in. Iron and pin it to size before sewing together the two edges of your form. Then flip it inside out and stuff it! Literally.
Once you get the hang of mak-ing these you will have changed your life forever. Okay, maybe that is a bit extreme. But they will definitely help you give your living room a fresh new feel for spring. Enjoy!
If you want to read this tutor-ial with detailed pictures then check out my online tutorial at www.thehappyhousie.com/simple-stunning-diy-envelope-pillows-tutorial/.
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BROOM BUST
Members of the Alberni Deep Space Port take loppers to broom to prevent further spread of plant
Battling the alien invaders with forceKRISTI DOBSON ALBERNI VALLEY TIMES
Members of the Alberni Deep Space Port will be tackling an alien species
on Saturday. Broom busters from the Star
Trek fan club will be out in force to take down as much of the invasive plant as possible around the area of the SPCA.
They chose this project to raise awareness of the damage that this wide-spread plant can do.
“We are battling the alien invader, it is the perfect fit for our group,” said command-ing officer Gillian Shearwater. “There was a lot of broom action in the community before but it has tapered off
and the broom is moving in everywhere.”
In the Alberni Valley, May is prime season for Scotch broom. The plant is flowering early this year and the bright yellow flowers are easy to spot. The plant must be cut at this stage before the pods full of seeds form and launch up to 18,000 seeds.
Scotch broom is quick grow-ing after the seed pods open in June. The roots grow deep and plants grow up to three meters tall. The abundance of the plant is damaging in several ways.
The soil can become altered from bacteria on the roots, allowing pests to invade. The plant is poisonous, put-ting animals and children at
risk should any part of it be ingested.
Scotch broom is also a fire hazard with its high oil content in the hot, dry summers. It also takes over the area, and ham-pers growth of useful, native flowers and trees. Broom that takes over agriculture fields cuts production of locally-grown food because of its contamination.
For those reasons, Alberni Deep Space Port are challen-ging other community groups and businesses to take on other areas of the city that are being
overrun by the plant. It takes maintenance to keep the area broom-free, so adopting a piece of land, whether private or pub-lic, is one way to commit.
“We are hoping to inspire some of the businesses around the two malls to do some ser-ious lopping,” Shearwater said. “Especially around Pacific Rim Mall, the construction of the mall tore up the soil pretty throughly, triggering growth in dormant seeds.”
She said adopting a patch has advantages over random cuts, including conquering an
achievable goal, providing the sense of pride of accomplish-ment, offering a real chance to eliminate broom in that area.
This is the second year that the Star Trek fans will be tak-ing on the task and will head to the grounds of the SPCA. The volunteers intend to return every weekend in May. If you want to help them, bring cut-ters and meet the group there between 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. on May 2.
Members Gillian Shearwater (atop of pile) and Vicky Bellas do fire hazard control near Paper Mill Dam in 2014 where the broom was infesting the forest area. [SUBMITTED PHOTO]
Members Cindy Greve, left, and Gillian Shearwater surrounded by broom at Paper Mill Dam in 2014. [SUBMITTED PHOTO]
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Traditionally, mowing the lawn has been a task largely handled by homeowners push-ing walk-behind mowers.
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ARIES (March 21-April 19) You will be more subtle and practical in the morning; how-ever, by the afternoon you’ll be quick-witted and direct. Never-theless, communication will soar way beyond your expectations. Be careful about how you dis-play your humor. Tonight: Have a long-overdue conversation.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20)Applying your thoughts could be challenging, but it will be worthwhile. You are overly seri-ous and directed. Take time to focus your attention on the immediate issues; you do not need to discuss them yet. Your finances need to be scrutinized. Tonight: Reach out to a loved one.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20) Express your caring to others. A partner might be very serious and withdrawn. You can choose to be warm and expressive. A token of affection will go a long way with this person. Your mind will work overtime and allow many new possibilities. Tonight: Be romantic.
CANCER (June 21-July 22) Express your thoughts, and count on being heard. Your
focus might be on a domestic matter, regardless of whether you want it to be. You’ll need to clear up this matter quickly, as it has become a source of tremen-dous stress. Tonight: Homeward bound.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) No matter what you do, you will get ahead and accomplish your fair share of the work. You need to maintain your focus. Communication excels to an unprecedented level. Allow your imagination to emerge more often; don’t hold back so much. Tonight: Chat the night away.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) Be aware of how much you have to offer. You often want to back away and do a project your way. At those moments, you might not feel like a team player, as your concerns will be elsewhere. Consider spending some time with a family member. Tonight: Make it your treat.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) Be aware of how much you have to offer. You often want to back away and do a project your way. At those moments, you might not feel like a team player, as your concerns will be elsewhere.
Consider spending some time with a family member. Tonight: Make it your treat.
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) You know when to withdraw and when to come forward. Please use that knowledge today. You often question the pros and cons of a personal situation that keeps causing you pain. Understand that you don’t have to be so closed-off emotionally. Tonight: Think before you leap.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) Emphasize what is importantto you, especially in a meeting. You have been rather quiet as of late, and you’ll need to be more expressive. Others will respond, especially as you have been so taciturn. They appre-ciate this change more than you realize. Tonight: Hang with friends.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) Others observe your actions, and many naturally follow your lead. This nearly automatic behavior testifies to your sound judgment and strong decision-making skills. A conversation is likely to occur later today, when you are relaxed. Tonight: A force to be dealt with.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) Keep reaching out to someone at a distance. You will gain a dif-ferent perspective as a result. A friend who has been rather withdrawn could be opening up. Use care in how you approach this person. Romance heats up for those who are unattached. Tonight: Fun and games.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) Deal with a loved one directly. One-on-one relating will reveal a whole new set of facts and emo-tions that you previously had not even considered. A respect-ed person in your life might say little, but you’ll like what he or she does say. Tonight: Together-ness works.
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INSECTS
How to create a pollinator oasis right at home and be a champion for nature’s pollinators
Bees, moths and butterfl ies, oh my!NATURE CONSERVATORY OF CANADA
Did you know that about one-third of the world’s food crop production
relies on pollination? Perhaps due to this connection, the plight of pollinators (bees in particular) has recently become highly publicized worldwide. Todd Farrell, conservation biologist with the Nature Con-servancy of Canada (NCC) says that while bees have been the poster child in the media, other pollinators such as butterflies and moths that are facing simi-lar challenges should not be left out.
“We are just beginning to understand pollinators’ import-ance in our ecosystems and food systems, and their status in the wild,” says Todd. “Insect divers-ity is vast and there’s a lot we still don’t know. Building up this knowledge base can help us better manage our lands.” Far-rell says that by conducting tar-geted surveys and contributing to province-wide counts, NCC scientists are able to gather more information on population sizes, trends and the locations of
certain pollinator species.For example, findings from one
of last year’s moth surveys at an NCC property in the Rice Lake Plains Natural Area proved great potential as a core area for provincially and nationally sig-nificant moths. While conserva-tion organizations like NCC are
making progress in the field and helping us build a better picture of pollinators on the lands they protect, change can happen right at home.
Here are three ways you can be a champion for our pollinators:
Pollinator friendly plants and
wildflowersSpecies such as wild berga-
mot and black-eyed Susan are examples of plants suitable in all areas. However, some plants may only be appropriate for a certain habitat type or climatic zone. Use native plant guides to learn about what’s appropriate for your area.
Plants that pollinators will love include bee balm, milkweed and other nectar- and pollen-rich species. Choosing a variety of plants that flower at different times of the year helps ensure a steady food supply for our pollinators!
Tip: Once you’ve selected your seeds, help them germinate by sealing the seeds in a Ziploc bag with a damp paper towel. Then store them in the refrigerator for a few weeks until the risk of frost has passed.
Water and salt licksAccess to fresh, clean water is
essential for pollinator health. Line a shallow dish with a few pebbles as landing pads, and voilà: a hydration station for your ladybugs, butterflies, bees and more.
Butterflies also use salt licks to satisfy a need for nutrients and minerals. Make your gar-den more inviting by creating a damp area over bare soil mixed with a little sea salt for a DIY salt lick.
Tip: Spot a grounded, exhaust-ed bee straggling about? Help get it back on its feet (or wings rather) by offering a spoon with sugar water.
Nesting havensYou may be surprised that not
all bees live in hives; in fact, of Canada’s 800 native bee species, about 30 percent are solitary and live in underground bur-rows, wood tunnels or other cavities.
Tip: Even without any carpen-try skills, you can build a bee condo using wood blocks and hollow stems.
Will you help bring back the buzz of pollinators this season? Find out how you can help by contacting your local NCC office and sign up for volunteer oppor-tunities such as tree plantings, invasive species removal and butterfly counts at www.nature-conservancy.ca.
Bees, as well as butterflies and moths, are important pollinators.
VEGETABLES
Easy veggie garden tips METRO CREATIVE CONNECTION
Planting a vegetable gar-den can be a worthwhile endeavor for anyone who
has an available patch of land. Gardens need not take up much space, and even apartment dwell-ers without yards can plant small gardens in containers they place on terraces or window boxes.
Although establishing a garden is easy enough, beginners may make a few mistakes along the way. Those who already have paved the garden way before can offer novice gardeners some worthwhile tips.
One of the first decisions novice gardeners must make is which crops to grow. This will help determine how much land you will need and which sup-plies or soil amendments will be necessary. According to The Old Farmer’s Almanac, a common error for beginners is planting too much and more than anyone could ever consume, so it’s best to start small and be proud of that small garden.
Plants such as peppers, squash and tomatoes produce through-out the season, so you may not need many plants to provide for
your needs. Less prolific plants may require a greater invest-ment to produce a similar yield.
Locate your garden in an area that gets adequate sun. Many vegetables need between six and eight hours of sunlight per day. Without enough light, they will not bear as much and could be susceptible to insect infestation. Vegetables and fruit also need plenty of water because they’re not very drought-tolerant, so keep gardens close to a water source.
Another good tip is to locate the garden near the house or barbecue grill. This way you can easily harvest fresh produce and use it when cooking.
Soil preparation is also key. Till the soil and remove debris like rocks, sticks and hard clumps of dirt. Work with organic material, such as manure or compost. Apply mulch after planting to help maintain moisture levels in the soil.
Plant the tallest crops at the rear of your garden bed. Work forward with shorter crops. Try to leave a foot or more between planting rows.
It’s easy to get a garden started and enjoy fresh food for many months to come.
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NATURE CONSERVATORY OF CANADA
Sustainability is a concept that can be applied to many facets of life, and gardening is no exception. Sustainable gar-dening involves preserving and protecting resources, which can benefit us both in the pres-ent and in the future.
Sustainability is especially applicable to gardening, and the following are a handful of ways green thumbers can embrace sustainability in their gardens.
• Choose to water more effect-ively. Oscillating sprinklers may harken today’s gardeners back to the carefree days of their childhoods when they would run through the sprink-
lers in their parents’ yards. But such sprinklers can lose substantial amounts of water to evaporation. When design-ing an irrigation plan for your lawn and garden, use drip irrigation or soaker hoses to conserve water.
If you must use sprinklers, make sure they are not shoot-ing water too high, as wind can blow the water away from the yard where it belongs, and be sure to position them so no water is landing on sidewalks, the driveway or the street.
• Add mulch to flower and plant beds. Many a gardener has gone to bed with a beauti-ful garden only to return in the ensuing days and see flower and plant beds littered with
weeds. Mulch is perhaps best
known for helping flower and plant beds retain moisture, but mulch also prevents the growth of weeds.
Preventing weed growth means your water is going to the plants and flowers you intended it for and not to greedy and unsightly weeds. Preventing weed growth also reduces your use of potentially harmful pesticides to curtail the growth of weeds.
• Develop a compost pile. Compost is made up of decayed organic material, and it can be used as a fertilizer. Gardeners can make their own compost piles at home, providing valu-able minerals and nutrients
for their lawns, without hav-ing to rely on store-bought amendments that need to be produced, packaged and trans-ported before they can make it onto the shelves in your local lawn and garden center.
• Choose native plants. A gar-den filled with exotic plants and flowers may be stunning, but unless those plants are native to where you live, that beauty is coming at a steep price.
When choosing plants for your garden, choose native plants that are fully capable of thriving in your local climate. Non-native plants are likely to need excessive watering and other less sustainable attention that native plants do not need.
• Plant with a plan. When planting trees around
your property, plant them in locations that can reduce your reliance on air conditioning in the warmer months.
Plant a tree in a place where it will help to shade common areas inside your home so such rooms are comfortable without the air conditioner cranking all day long.
You can go one step further, and plant deciduous trees that will shed their leaves when the weather gets cold, ensuring that sunlight you want to keep out in the summer can get in and warm up the house in the winter, reducing the amount of energy needed to heat your home.
CONSERVATION
Simple, sustainable gardening tipsChoose practices wisely to get the most out of your green thumb experiences this summer
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Rhododendron guru and organic veggie gardener, Terry Richmond will be
available to share his horticul-tural enthusiasm and extensive knowledge with visitors to Naesgaard’s Farm and Market, this Saturday, May 2, from 11am to 3pm.
Twenty six years ago, as a charter member, Terry helped found the Mount Arrowsmith Rhododendron Society. So while women may be from Venus, Terry can legitimately claim to be from MARS. Terry’s also a life member of the Mount Klitsa Garden Club and has spoken about and written articles on soil structure,organic fertilizers,mulching and all things rhododendron.
Visit the “Naesgaard’s Market Celebrates Spring!!” facebook page to access two of Terry’s articles published by the Amer-ican Rhododendron Society.
Talk to Terry about one of his favourite fertilizers, Borden’s Organic Mix which contains both excellent nutrition and trace elements. It’s a balanced mix of rock phosphate, kelp meal, dolomite lime and soy, blood, bone, canola and alfalfa meals.
Finally as this is my last article prior to Mother’s Day, I provide insight into the origin of this special day.
Giving birth to twelve chil-dren during the mid 1800s in West Virginia, certainly made Ann Marie Jarvis as an icon for Mother’s Day. Unfortunately she raised her family during difficult times losing eight of her offspring before they reached adulthood. She never-theless strived to make the world a better place by working outside her home, for her com-munity and country.
Jarvis saw a need to improve health and sanitary conditions in West Virginia and so with the support of local doctors she set a number of “Mothers” Day Work Clubs in several com-munities. In addition to edu-cating women, the clubs raised
money for medicine. They hired help to assist families, where mothers suffered from tuberculosis and they inspect-ed food and milk prior to the American Civil War.
During the war, perhaps because most soldiers on either side of the Civil War were sup-ported by anxious loving moth-ers and also definitely because of a great need, Jarvis focused her clubs towards providing relief to wounded soldiers on both sides of the conflict.
One of her notable achieve-ments during the Civil War was establishing an annual Mothers’ Friendship Day, which brought together folks of all political persuasions. This institution continued for several successive years in West Virginia.
After Ann Marie Jarvis passed away an inspired daughter, Anna Jarvis, waged a campaign to create a national Mother’s Day. Her goal focused on creating a day where each son or daughter should recog-nize and appreciate what their mother meant to them. In 1914 American President Woodrow Wilson set aside Mother’s Day as a national holiday to be cele-brated on the second Sunday in May.
We all have our individual ways to express appreciation during Mother’s Day this May 10th. If you are looking for a gift for mom, shop in Port Alberni, where you will find many options, such as hanging baskets, flowers, plants, garden art, pots, jewellery and clothing at various shops around town.
» Helgie Naesgaard owns and operates a family-run business in the Alberni Valley. Naesgaard’s Farm Market has been serving the Valley for more than 40 years.
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Richmond to discuss rhodos and organic gardeningMAY FLOWERS
Many mom’s will receive a hanging basket as Port Alberni celebrates Mother’s Day on May 10. This specimen was grown for Naesgaard’s Market by Errington boutique nursery, Outrageous Edibles and Bedibles. [SUBMITTED PHOTO]
A group of Agriculture 12 students from ADSS visited an orchard on Tuesday to learn of its potential to become a new parkspace and produce share opportunity. See story in tomorrow’s Alberni Valley Times. [KRISTI DOBSON, TIMES]
