NEWS: [email protected]SUBSCRIPTIONS: 250-949-6225 SALES: [email protected]• FESTIVE FEAST Salvation Army hosts annual Christmas lunch in Port Hardy. Page 3 • S’NO BUSINESS Mount Cain crosses fingers for Boxing Day opening. Page 10 • HO, HO, SHOW Area schools present Christmas concerts to big audiences. Page 12 HOT SPOTS Page 5 OPINION Page 6 CLASSIFIEDS Page 8-9 SPORTS Page 10 New RDMW board sworn in December 25, 2014 Publications Mail Agreement No. 391275 250-949-6662 [email protected] • 6990 Market St. Port Hardy Wishing you a Merry Christmas and a happy and healthy New year. We look forward to assisting you with all your glass needs in 2015. Above: Members of Port Hardy’s volunteer fire depart- ment load out Christmas hampers for delivery at Thunderbird Mall in Port Hardy Saturday. Left: Sydney Greer carries a turkey as she and sister Paige load their van in Port Hardy. Right: Bill Mackay of Mackay’s Whale Watching, left, accepts a Christmas hamper bound for Kingcome Inlet from Frank Shelley of the Port McNeill Lions Club. Fellow Lion Eskow Freeman waits in line to load in Port McNeill Friday. J.R. Rardon J.R. Rardon Gazette editor PORT McNEILL—The Regional District of Mount Waddington Board of Directors welcomed sev- eral new members last week and returned Dave Rushton of Woss as chair in its inaugural meeting following November’s municipal elections. Mayors Hank Bood of Port Hardy and Shirley Ackland of Port McNeill were joined by Port Hardy Councillor Dennis Dugas as newly installed members of the board during its Dec. 16 meet- ing at the RDMW board room. Dennis Buchanan of Alert Bay, who replaces the outgoing Doug Aberley, was unable to attend. Bood previously sat on the board during his stint as Port Hardy’s Mayor from 2005-08, and earlier as a councillor beginning in 1999. Ackland had sat in occasionally as Port McNeill’s Deputy Mayor when Gerry Furney held the seat for the Town. They join incumbents Rushton, the Area D Director, Area A Director Heidi Soltau of Sointula, Area B Director Phil Wainwright of Winter Harbour, Area C Director See page 3 ‘Transit network expansion’ Newsstand $1.29 + GST G azette NORTH ISLAND www.northislandgazette.com 49th Year No. 52 $ 30,000 Gazette Hamper Fund $ 31,234.50! Hamper helpers
Above: Members of Port Hardy’s volunteer fire depart-ment load out Christmas hampers for delivery at Thunderbird Mall in Port Hardy Saturday.Left: Sydney Greer carries a turkey as she and sister Paige load their van in Port Hardy.Right: Bill Mackay of Mackay’s Whale Watching, left, accepts a Christmas hamper bound for Kingcome Inlet from Frank Shelley of the Port McNeill Lions Club. Fellow Lion Eskow Freeman waits in line to load in Port McNeill Friday. J.R. Rardon
District of Mount Waddington Board of Directors welcomed sev-eral new members last week and returned Dave Rushton of Woss as chair in its inaugural meeting following November’s municipal
elections.Mayors Hank Bood of Port
Hardy and Shirley Ackland of Port McNeill were joined by Port Hardy Councillor Dennis Dugas as newly installed members of the board during its Dec. 16 meet-ing at the RDMW board room. Dennis Buchanan of Alert Bay,
who replaces the outgoing Doug Aberley, was unable to attend.
Bood previously sat on the board during his stint as Port Hardy’s Mayor from 2005-08, and earlier as a councillor beginning in 1999. Ackland had sat in occasionally as Port McNeill’s Deputy Mayor when Gerry Furney held the seat
for the Town.They join incumbents Rushton,
the Area D Director, Area A Director Heidi Soltau of Sointula, Area B Director Phil Wainwright of Winter Harbour, Area C Director
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Local lucre
Alex Shorre of 4Paws Rescue Society shows off a collection of gift cards from local merchants after the society was drawn as the win-ner in the Gazette’s Shop Local holiday promotion last week.
J.R. Rardon
Keta boosts bandwidthGazette staffPORT HARDY—Keta
Cable is expanding the availability of broadband access on the North Island.
Again.The local television and
internet service provider announced last week that it has a pending signed agreement with Shaw Communications that is expected to increase traf-fic limits, provide higher speeds and open up avail-ability for new internet
subscribers in the area in the coming year.
“This second circuit is Keta’s way of planning for the future, to ensure reliability and fulfill the increasing needs of inter-net consumers,” the com-pany announced in a writ-ten release.
Earlier this year, Keta quadrupled its internet capacity through another agreement with Shaw.
That bandwidth was pro-vided via radio towers run-
ning from Campbell River, over Newcastle Ridge to Alert Bay and, eventually, Port McNeill.
That increased capacity helped alleviate wait lists on the North Island that resulted from congestion and a lack of bandwidth.
Telus Communications has run a fibre-optic line to the region, which is expect-ed to help further expand internet access. After a delay, Telus plans to acti-vate the line early in 2015.
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Rocking in the New Year The Dalewood Pub (The Rock)
Presents: Crash Palace Cowboys Bringing you Classic Rock and Country Rock
December 31, 2014 Doors open @ 8:00 pm Dance till 3:00 am
Tickets $30.00 per person Includes Live Band, Party Favours, Snacks and Champagne at Midnight
Free Local Scheduled Shuttle Service
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from page 1Andrew Hory of Coal Harbour, and Port Alice Mayor Jan Allen on the board, which was elected to a four-year term.
After opening the meeting, Rushton turned over the chair to Administrator Greg Fletcher, who over-saw the election of chair and vice-chair. Wainwright nominated Rushton, who assumed the chair following the death of Al Huddlestan in 2013, to return to the post, and Rushton was returned by accli-mation.
“Four more years,” Soltau quipped to gen-eral laughter.
Rushton then nomi-nated Allen to serve as vice-chair, and she was likewise acclaimed without opposition.
Rushton will also continue to serve as the representative to the Vancouver Island Regional Library steer-ing committee, while other portfolios will be
assigned in January.The board then got
right to work, adopt-ing bylaws to estab-lish sewer rates and regulations in Sointula; regulate the Malcolm Island Local Services Management Committee; and to allow for expenditure from the Woss com-munity capital reserve fund.
It also gave second reading to a conten-tious Bylaw 877, which would estab-lish an improvement and maintenance ser-vice area for a pri-vately held stretch of Telegraph Cove Road. The current, 10-year maintenance agree-ment between the RDMW, Province of British Columbia and two private timber companies expires in March of 2015, and the RD is seeking a new, 10-year service area agreement with fund-ing contribution from the province.
Following second
reading, Fletcher said the board will next address a petition from property own-ers in Telegraph Cove, expected to come before the board next month, before giving third reading to the bylaw.
Transit expansionThe board approved a
motion to request annu-al funding of $100,000 from Island Health to expand and coordinate the local Volunteer Transportation Net-work, which aids mobility-challenged North Islanders need-ing to reach medical and other appointments locally and down-Island.
The request for annu-al funding includes a one-time capital expenditure of $60,000 for a lift-equipped, 11-passenger van, and would be contingent on acquisition of the van, administrator Greg Fletcher said.
The VTN currently
has one small lift van, donated by the Lions Clubs of Cormorant Island and Malcolm Island in 2011.
“The problem is, we
only have the one lift van,” said Fletcher. “So if someone on the north end and south end (of the regional district) need that service at the same time, it causes us logistical problems.”
Neucel on the mendAllen presented a
brief update on the situation at Neucel Specialty Cellulose mill, which announced a two-month shutdown in early November.
“They announced (Dec. 15) that main-
tenance would start January 5th, and hope-fully production by the middle of January. In that respect, it’s good news for us.
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The Town’s newly installed councillors picked up where their predecessors left off, approving a recre-ational fee bylaw dur-ing their first official meeting last week.
Mayor Shirley Ackland and council-lors Jay Dixon, Shelley Downey, Aaron Frost and Graham MacDonald were sworn in Dec. 1 in a public investiture cer-emony.
In their inaugural meeting Dec. 15, they picked up a Recreation Fee bylaw given first three readings in November by the pre-ceding council.
And they asked much the same ques-tions that came up dur-ing the initial readings.
“Were there any changes to the (rec-reation) rates at all?” Downey asked, and was assured by Ackland and Town Administrator Sue Harvey that rates for rentals, deposits and cleaning fees for municipal facilities remain unchanged.
“This was just very basic housekeeping,” said Ackland, noting it updated language and terms initially written into a bylaw estab-lished in 1999.
Money bankedThe new council
avoided any conten-tious issues in its inau-gural meeting, and got to approve some good news in the process.
Council accepted a $76,509.89 “gas tax” payment from the Community Works Fund, money paid by the federal government to eligible munici-palities through a Gas Tax Agreement with British Columbia. The amount includes $1,189.68 in accumu-lated interest.
Council was then presented with a $100,000 payment from the North Island
Community Forest, in which Port McNeill is a joint stakeholder with the Village of Port Alice and the District of Port Hardy.
Council voted to place the money in a reserve account set up with the first deposit from the Community Forest, in 2013, and which now has a $300,000 principal.
“We were hop-ing that we’d have a reserve fund that we’d (use to) bank the mon-ies coming in from the community forest towards leverage … to bring more monies in for a project, if we’re looking at grants and such,” said Ackland
Council also approved the reap-pointment of Dave Nelson as a mem-ber-at-large on the Community Forest Board for another one-year term.
AppointmentsCouncil approved
a series of portfolio appointments recom-
mended by Ackland, following consulta-tion with the incoming councillors.
None of the council-lors is an incumbent, but Downey and Frost have previously served on council and each was given a six-month term as Acting Mayor, on a rotating basis, for 2015.
Downey will also carry the Health Network Steering Committee and Regional District Transit and Ferry Advisory committee portfolios. Frost will serve as liaison to police, fire department and airport. Dixon, principal at North Island Secondary School, will serve as council member on the Vancouver Island Regional Library advisory commit-tee and serve as liai-son to the Chamber of Commerce, Advanced Education and Training, and Rec and Pool Facilities. MacDonald will be liaison for harbours, the Provincial Emergency Program and Museum and Tourism.
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December 24Christmas Eve services at the North Island’s Anglican-
United churches. 7 p.m. at St. Columba in Port Hardy and St. John in Port Alice; 11 p.m. at St. John Gualbert in Port McNeill.
January 1Annual Polar Bear Jump, noon, Seagate Wharf.
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February 14North Island Concert Society presents Six Guitars,
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Dear editor,The holiday season can
be the most wonderful time of the year, but for some, the holidays are a strug-gle. Some people are living with the memories of loved ones who have passed, depression, unemployment or poverty. These and many other reasons can make this time of the year especially difficult.
For anyone going through difficult times,
North Vancouver Island (Mt. Waddington Region) has a local 24/7 crisis line to call. We have caring, compassionate, and high-ly trained volunteers and staff who answer the North Island Crisis Line. No matter what the reason — information, referral for services, or if you are feel-ing down. If you or some-one you know is having a hard time this holiday season, please call. The
service is available any time, 24/7. There are two local access numbers for our crisis line: Port Hardy area call 250-949-6033 and Alert Bay/Kingcome/Guilford area call 250-974-5326.
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On behalf of Brody, a big thank you to his ‘secret Santa’ for caring.
The Radsma FamilyPort McNeill
The North Island’s schoolchildren got the holiday season off to a rousing start with a series of Christmas concerts and shows.
The Hamper Fund drive will help a lot of people this Christmas, but the need for assistance remains, for many of us, a year-round issue.
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Dear editor,Wishing all the merriest Christmas to
the volunteers who captured and deco-rated this year’s Christmas tree at Port Hardy’s Thunderbird Mall.
Contrary to those who mocked its appearance, it is just lovely, verily a Princess Diana — curtsey and all.
The lights and the star beautifully there make me happy every time I go by.
Mary RussellPort Hardy
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The Wild Heart Youth Choir performs Christmas carols at the Port McNeill Library branch last Wednesday.
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Charlie Walkus has been employed by the North Island Gazette for more than 10 years to deliver the newspa-per every Thursday to the downtown business-es. The 29-year-old Port Hardy resident, who has cerebral palsy, is always looking forward to his newspaper route with the company of his support worker through the Community Links Program.
“Working with Charlie was a great experience over the 10 years we were togeth-er at the Gazette,” said Sandy Grenier, for-mer publisher. “He is always excited to come in and has always been very dependable and reliable. And the sub-scribers look forward to seeing Charlie each week, with a smile on his face, bringing the paper.”
Indeed, the newspa-per route gives Charlie the opportunity to do what he loves most: connecting with people, giving a smile or receiv-ing a hug. He is rec-
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Employers have stat-ed over and over that people with disabilities are reliable, flexible, friendly and above all motivated and hard-working. Studies have shown that diversity in the workplace can mean an increase in the customer base: one in seven people in B.C. has a disability. Every year people with disabilities and their families make significant contribu-tions to the economy through their purchas-es of goods and ser-vices. Eighty per cent of consumers prefer to support businesses with diverse workforces. In a nutshell, hiring people with disabilities makes good business sense!
If you are an employ-er looking for employ-ees, contact Michèle Papp, Employment Counsellor, Community Links Supported Employment Program 250-902-7220 or [email protected].
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Allison Harbour fades to time Allison Harbour lies
across Queen Charlotte Straight, near the entrance to Nakwakto Rapids, at the entrance to Seymour Inlet. It is within the tradi-tional territories of the ’Nakwaxda’xw Nation.
In the early 1900s Seymour Inlet was a busy place for hand-loggers, with small camps dotting the inlet. Steamships and barges preferred not to negotiate the tidal rap-ids, one of the highest flows of tidal exchange in the world, and pro-tected Allison Harbour became an important transportation hub.
Originally called False Bay, or False Schooner Passage, Allison Harbour was officially named after a coastal logging entre-preneur, A.P. Allison in 1950. It had been known by that name since the 1920s.
In 1924 a detailed marine survey was done of Allison Harbour and an official chart released. This was important due to the reefs which posed a hazard to ships enter-ing the cove.
A post office was established in the Harbour in 1927, and the float com-munity also became a steamship stop, ser-viced by the Union Steamship Company vessel Chelosin (col-loquially known as the “Charlie Olsen”). In the late 1920s Mr. and Mrs. Bellam oper-ated a bunkhouse in Allison Harbour. A small café also oper-ated in the area. In 1937 Percy Sutherland was appointed the local commissioner for the provincial election.
Vic and Melva Eckstein moved to Allison Harbour in 1947 to take over the post office, store and a marine service sta-tion. They later added a sawmill to the opera-tions. All of the build-ings were on floats. They, and an old trap-
per, were the sole occu-pants of the harbour for many years. They were always optimistic that a boom was coming for the area; however, in 1954 when float plane service made the Allison Harbour steamship stop obso-lete, the Ecksteins moved to Gibsons, and the little community of Allison Harbour began its decent into obscu-rity.
W e l l - k n o w n Canadian painter E.J. Hughes (1913 – 2007) painted “The Store
at Allison Harbour” in 1955. In 2007 the painting sold for $245,700. It is current-ly owned by collector Jacques Barbeau, and is on display at Michael Audain’s museum in Whistler.
In 1965 transport companies started delivering freight directly to logging camps in Seymour Inlet, and the last remaining vestiges of the settlement were soon abandoned.
More recently, the provincial govern-ment and The Land Conservancy jointly purchased a tract of privately owned land in Allison Harbour, and in 2008 BC approved the ‘Class A’ Allison Harbour Marine Park, which includes 89 hectares of land and 43 hectares of fore-shore. It is a part of the larger Ugw iwa’/Cape Caution Conservancy.
The management plan states that there are remnants of an old cannery building in Allison Harbour, although I have not been able to find any references stating a
cannery was in opera-tion in this location.
Last year UBC Collections used Allison Harbour as an example of a place in B.C. for which is it very hard to find any historic information, although it is clear that for many years this was a bustling community. If your family has any photos or information on Allison Harbour please contact me.
B r e n d a McCorquodale is a Port Hardy resident and North Island his-tory enthusiast. If you have any stories or local lore you’d like to share, email her at [email protected]. A collection of her past articles is available on her blog at undiscoveredcoast.blogspot.ca/.
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Amendment #6 to the Lion's Gate Forest Products' and LeMare Lake Logging Multi-Licensee Forest Stewardship Plan
Notice is hereby given that Lion's Gate Forest Products Ltd and LeMare Lake Logging Ltd will make available for review and comment an amendment to the approved Forest Stewardship Plan (FSP), originally approved May 22, 2007. The proposed Amendment to the FSP covers areas within the Kingcome and Midcoast Timber Supply Areas, North Island – Central Coast Forest District. The geographic areas covered under this amendment are within the region of Belize, Seymour and Smith Inlets.
The purpose of this amendment is to add Gwa'Nak Resources Ltd as a holder on this FSP and to incorporate land use objectives that have been established by Order (South Central Coast Order) pursuant to Section 93.4 of the Land Act. This amendment also includes a change to the boundary of FDU #1, which is identified on the FSP mapping and within the Klaskish Landscape Unit.
The FSP amendment provides details concerning the results and strategies developed to meet the objectives set out in the South Central Coast Order. The Order establishes land use objectives for forest and resource values including; cultural heritage resources, stand level and landscape level biodiversity and freshwater ecosystem habitats.
This amendment is available for review and comment for a 60-day period, from December 11, 2014 until February 20, 2015. We wish to invite all members of the public, First Nations and all other stakeholders to review this amendment to the FSP. Please provide comments prior to the deadline in order to have them considered and addressed before the submission of the FSP amendment to the Ministry of Forests and Range for approval.
The FSP will be available for review at the following locations during regular business hours. Attn: Joshua Hiebert - LeMare Lake Logging Ltd.,
3341 Mine Road, Port McNeill, BC V0N 2R0Phone: 250-956-3123 • 8:30 am to 5:00 pm
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Gwa'sala-'Nakwaxda'xw First Nation Office, 154 Tsulquate ReservePort Hardy, BC
If you wish to make an appointment to view the amendment or either of the above locations are unavailable to you, please contact Joshua Hiebert, RFT, ATC to arrange another time and location.
Please submit all written comments prior to February 20, 2015 to the attention of:
Planning Manager, LeMare Lake Logging Ltd. Box 609, Port McNeill, BC, V0N 2R0or Email: [email protected]
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January 9-11Minor hockey
Port McNeill Minor Hockey Atom tourna-ment, Chilton Regional Arena. Game times tba; raffle table, 50/50 draws, concession, more.
Port Hardy Minor Hockey Peewee tournament, Don Cruickshank Memorial Arena. Game times tba; raffle table, 50/50 draws, concession, more.
January 10Rep hockey
North Island Eagles atom development hosts Nanaimo, 1:45 p.m., Port Alice.
January 16-18Minor hockey
Port McNeill Minor Hockey Novice Jamboree, Chilton Regional Arena. Game times tba; raffle table, 50/50 draws, conces-sion, more.
January 17Rep hockey
North Island Eagles bantams host Cowichan Valley, 2 p.m., Port Hardy; Eagles peewees hosts Juan de Fuca in league play, 4:15 p.m., Port Hardy; Eagles atom development hosts Victoria, 5 p.m., Port McNeill.
January 18Rep hockey
North Island Eagles atom development hosts Victoria, 9:30 a.m., Port McNeill.
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Fort Rupert Curling Club ladies open bon-spiel. Draw times to be announced; con-cession, lounge open throughout weekend. For info or to register, email [email protected].
Jan. 30-Feb. 1Minor hockey
Port Hardy Minor Hockey Bantam tournament, Don Cruickshank Memorial Arena. Raffle table, 50/50 draws, more.
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Mount Cain hopes for holidaysGazette staffMOUNT CAIN—The
North Island’s volunteer-run ski hill is hoping a big weekend storm will have provided the opportunity to open on Boxing Day.
As the Gazette went to press with this holiday edi-tion, Mount Cain Ski Area had not yet opened for the season, but organizers were hopeful a storm front pass-ing through last weekend would provide sufficient powder to open beginning this week.
“If it looks positive, the earliest we could be open is Boxing Day, Dec. 26,” Neil Borecky wrote on the ski area’s website last Thursday, Dec. 18. “But this really depends on the amount of snow we get. To sum it up, we are on standby.”
Volunteers are already losing part of their prime Christmas break opening, and hope they don’t have a repeat of last year’s dry sea-son, in which Mount Cain did not open until February.
When Mount Cain does open, the Mount Waddington
Transit System will resume its Saturday runs to the base of the mountain, from which skiers and snowboarders can catch the Mount Cain shuttle bus.
Departure times for the MWT bus are 6:40 a.m. at Thunderbird Mall, 6:51 a.m. at the Fort Rupert park-n-ride, 7:29 a.m. from Pioneer Mall in Port McNeill, 7:38
a.m. from Hyde Creek PetroCan; and 8:15 a.m. from Woss.
To get the latest update from Mount Cain, visit www.mountcain.com or call 1-888-668-6622. For information on Mount Waddington Transit, visit bctransit.com/mount-wad-dington.
Snow Pass is backNorth Island families with
avid skiers and snowboards in Grades 4-5 can catch a break on the cost of lift tick-ets again in the coming sea-son.
The Canadian Ski Council’s (CSC) Grade 4 & 5 SnowPass is back for its 18th season, providing nine- and 10-year-old chil-
dren with three lift passes at each of the 150+ ski areas, nationwide, for $29.95.
Participating areas include Mount Cain and Mount Washington on Vancouver Island.
“Introducing children to skiing and snowboarding are great ways for children to learn a new sport that they can participate in during the winter months,” said Patrick Arkeveld, President and CEO of the CSC. “Skiing and snowboarding are also great activities for the entire family to participate in, and the SnowPass allows chil-dren to engage in the sport in an affordable way.”
The SnowPass provides children in grades 4 and 5 (born in 2004 or 2005) with three lift tickets at each participating ski area across Canada, allowing them the opportunity to ski and snow-board hundreds of times over the winter season. You only need to apply once for the SnowPass and it is valid until the end of grade 5. The SnowPass is active until the end of the season.
Ana Burgess-Griffith of Sointula eyes the finish line after passing the final gate in the slalom race during Kidsfest at Mount Cain Ski Area last March.
K’ak’ot’lats’i School takes a commanding lead into the Christmas break in the 33rd annual Charlie Cup Checkers competi-tion, thanks to a win by Grade 1 student Emma Clair during the recent K’ak’ot’lats’i Christmas Bazaar.
Clair’s five-game series victory over con-test founder and host David Lyon gives the school four points in the Charlie Cup season, which runs the length of the school year until awards are handed out Father’s Day weekend in 2015.
Schools earn a point
for each student’s win over Lyon on his checker board, which he carries throughout the North Island to set up at school and other public events.
K’ak’ot’lats’i got its first win of the season when Grade 2 student Jessica Hunt beat Lyon in early November.
Then, the school
picked up two more points when both Mary-Ann Nelson and Kayden Nelson earned wins during the Friendship Indoor Soccer Tournament at Gwa’sala-’Nakwaxda’xw School later in November.
No other school has yet earned a point in the season, giving
K’ak’ot’lats’i a 4-0 lead going into the new year. In all, 181 stu-dents have entered the contest this season.
In June, Lyon will award prizes of an iPod Touch, an iPad, both with accessories, and a Columbia mountain bike to the MVP, Most Inspirational Player, and Best Sport.
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Sponsored skating
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Gazette staffPort McNeill—Thanks to the
generosity of local business and social groups, free skating will be available over the Christmas break at Chilton Regional Arena.
The sponsored skate schedule
— including free skate rentals — began this week and runs through Jan. 4, with closures on Christmas Day and New Year's Day.
For the listing of times and spon-sors, visit North Island Gazette's Facebook page or stop by the arena.
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Merry NISS-mas, allThe end of November
and beginning of December were full of information and excite-ment for the school, as yet another MADD assembly was held, and some students were able to go see the universities Vancouver Island has to offer.
Did you know that in 2010, 1,082 people were hurt in car acci-dents due to drunk driv-ing in Canada? Well, thanks to Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD), the stu-dents of NISS do. On November 24, MADD came to NISS and presented a very emotional video about drunk driving and the
harm it could bring to families, friends, and victims. The speak-er was clear when he said that everyone has the power to help stop drunk driving and that he hopes the students will remember the out-comes that could result
from drunk driving. Early this month,
some Grade 11 and 12s went on the annual university trip with Adrian Pendergast and Kathy Mitchell. While the main focus was just to learn about options at these schools, many students were able to get insights on cours-es they were thinking about taking when the time comes. To end the trip, the students attended the Career and Education Fair in Victoria. It had booths representing many universities and col-leges from across the country and even some American ones, as well. In all, it was a
great trip that opened a lot of eyes to the pos-sibilities ahead.
This past term, some students of NISS were lucky enough to be part of the first Outdoor Pursuits class at NISS. Students in Greg Muirhead’s class learned about knots, compasses, weather, charts and maps, and the different trails sur-rounding Port McNeill.
As Christmas Break begins, the students await the New Year. Merry Christmas!
Brodie Wilson is a Grade 11 student and Molly Lash-Burrows is a Grade 9 stu-dent at North Island Secondary School.
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and Molly Lash-BurrowsJoey Clarkson and Some Guys (from left; Taylor Allum, Joey
Clarkson and Jacob Greggory) take the stage at the Gate House Theatre in Port McNeill Dec. 13. Elena Rardon
Jingle bell rockin’Elena RardonGazette staffThe crowd at the Gate
House Theatre in Port McNeill recently may not have been large, but Courtenay-based singer-songwriter Joey Clarkson still brought charm and Christmas cheer to the town.
Taking place at the same time as the Lions Club Turkey Bingo and the Portside Academy dance recital Dec. 13, Clarkson’s show was up against stiff compe-tition.
But despite the rela-tively small audience, Clarkson rocked the house with her sig-nature high-energy selection of pop/rock music. She was joined by “Some Guys”—gui-tarist Jesse McCloy, drummer Taylor Allum, and bass player Jacob Greggory. Clarkson’s cousin, Jessica Nixon, also took the stage with a fiddle for a few songs.
Clarkson was previ-ously spotted at the Gate House in September, when she put on a youth musical theatre workshop. Clarkson’s first role is that of a music teacher, and she thoroughly enjoys her job. “I do it to support my music, but also to support upcoming art-ists,” she said.
Clarkon’s setlist was varied, with lyrics alter-nating between fun and lighthearted and pas-sionate and emotional. She sang of ex-lovers, small towns, and nights she couldn’t remember. The fast-paced “Johnny the Radio” railed against mainstream radio in a pop punk ren-dition, while the softer “Raffi’s Song” was a heartfelt number writ-ten about a previous student of hers.
Clarkson ended the night with a few Christmas carols—including a version of
“Frosty the Snowman” with a reggae spin.
Clarkson has per-formed at the Gate House as a solo art-ist, but this was her first show on the North Island with her new backing band. She has played only two gigs with them so far. “I’m hoping to tour with them more often,” said Clarkson. “I love play-ing with them, it’s so fun.”
Following the show, Clarkson stepped into the audience to chat with listeners. “With these smaller shows, you feel like it’s more personal,” she said. “You can talk to the audience and have them talk back.”
She does not mind playing for smaller crowds, and says she appreciates every-one who supports her music. “I’m just happy people left with smiles,” she said.
Seniors, songs and SantaMrs. Claus, aka Karen Grafton, serves up brownies and holiday cheer to residents and guests during the annu-al Christmas Coffee House at Eagle Ridge Manor in Port Hardy Wednesday, Dec. 10. At left, Debbie Perkovich, Shannon Berry and Cora Nelson per-form a ukelele trio as part of a large lineup of musical acts. J.R. Rardon
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Clockwise from left: The Avalon choir per-form Good Morning, Bethlehem! at the school’s Miracle at Midnight Christmas Celebration last Thursday; Classmates look on as Koen Harwood tosses snowflakes in the air during Ms. Gatenby’s Grade 6 class’ Canadian remix of Jingle Bells at the Eagle View Christmas Concert last Wednesday in Port Hardy; Students from Ms. Watkinson’s Grade 5/6 class perform Carol of the Bells on kazoo at the Eagle View Christmas Concert; Reporter Abbie MacDonald asks a few pointed questions at Avalon’s cel-ebration; Grade 1 and 2 students make their point during the finale of Sunset Elementary’s North Pole Musical production last Thursday in Port McNeill; Mrs. Claus (Macey Guldager, left) and Santa (Callista Stuckless) discuss plans for the big North Pole Musical during Sunset’s show.
Kids deliver Christmas cheerGazette staffSchoolchildren in Port
Hardy and Port McNeill wrapped up the pre-Christmas concert sea-son last week, with high-energy shows at Eagle
View Elementary, Avalon Adventist Junior Academy and Sunset Elementary School.
Seasonal songs provided the foundation for each event, but they each includ-
ed skits, props, costumes and some original mate-rial to go with the holiday standbys.
Avalon’s theme was Miracle at Midnight and recounted the birth of Jesus.
Sunset went to the North Pole for a backstage look at the production of a North Pole Musical.
Previously, concerts were held at other schools across the North Island.
