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ABOVE: Tom Stevens of Everett, Wash., applied painstaking detail work to the deck and repair shop, equipment and crew of a model Seaspan barge on display during the Nanaimo Boat Modellers annual show at Country Club Centre on the weekend. Dozens of model craft were on display alongside Stevens’s barge, which featured a fully functioning remote control crane and tug boats. LEFT: Peter Hall, a retired mechanical engineer from Parksville, left, gives a close inspection to the detail work applied to a Seaspan barge and tugs by Stevens. Hall originally built the barge, but eventually gave it to Stevens who reworked the models, adding countless hours of minute finishing touches. During his career, Hall designed the original equipment for the coal loading terminal at Roberts Bank and was one of the engineers on the Iron Workers Memorial Bridge.

Two Nanaimo residents are being recognized for their efforts to better the lives of others. Grace Elliott-Nielsen and David Kim are among 35 recipients of the B.C. Community Achievement Awards. The awards honour individuals who have made a significant contribution either as a volunteer or in the course of their work. Elliott-Nielsen, executive director of Tillicum Lelum Aboriginal Friendship Centre, is a leader in the field of social service, creating a legacy for g e n e r at i o n s o f ab o r i g i nal families through ELLIOTT-NIELSEN KIM advocacy for improved housing, human rights, health, education and employment. Kim was featured by the News Bulletin in 2009 as one of the Best and Brightest for his community work, and the 20-year-old has continued his helping ways while pursuing a bachelor of science degree in biology at the University of British Columbia. He founded the UBC Students Offering Support club two years ago to help first- and second-year students prepare for exams. Sessions cost $20 and the group raised $13,000 for students in Latin America. ◆ See ‘RECIPIENTS’ ‘ /4

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Cedar residents share ideas on main street plan

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Regional District of Nanaimo staff will meet with stakeholders in Nanaimo and Parksville to figure out how to best spend a $340,000 grant from the Vancouver Island Health Authority. The one-time grant is earmarked for initiatives and strategies to address homelessness and support healthy communities. “The most important thing is that money is getting into the hands of agencies that have direct impact on homelessness in the community,” said Paul Thorkelsson, general manager of development services at the RDN. Last year, the regional district received about $100,000, which it divided to cover the two school districts within the RDN, based on population. Nanaimo received a larger percentage, which went to projects of the Working Group on Homelessness, Canadian Mental Health Association and the emergency shelter at First Unitarian Fellowship. “The largest portion went to support the cold, wet weather emergency shelter,” Thorkelsson said. “In the northern communities, it’s been very similar.” Electoral areas received a portion, as did Parksville, which used the money for a homelessness count, as well as that city’s emergency shelter. Thorkelsson said the division of money this year would likely fall along the same lines, although the increase presents an opportunity to target specific projects. “It comes as a bit of a surprise,” Thorkelsson said. “It also comes as a challenge.” RDN staff will meet with homelessness groups in communities in the next few months. A report outlining options could be ready for presentation to the regional district board in May. arts@nanaimobulletin.com

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Residents’ ideas for the future of Cedar’s core are starting to take form. The Regional District of Nanaimo’s Area A official community plan review found an appetite to create a new identity for the village of Cedar through a new land use designation process called the Cedar Main Street Land Use Designation. Greg Keller, senior planner with the RDN, said a cross-section of about 80 Cedar residents recently took part in a design charette, coming up with 14 distinct ideas for Cedar’s main street. “It’s the first time we’ve done this level of detailed planning for Cedar so it’s quite exciting and there has been a lot of support from the community,” said Keller. “Community buy-in and support are very important. I think a lot of people have been able to see the value of long-term planning and making sure in that knowing that change is coming, to have some way of looking and and participating in that change.” Some of the elements included in the new plan include residential, employment, recreation and transportation. Ideas generated by participants are focused on encouraging development that is compatible with the area’s natural, rural setting while maintaining the village quality. C e d a r m a i n s t re e t includes land located on both sides of Cedar Road between MacMillan and Hemer roads.

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◆ From /1 “The community made me who I am and it’s always nice to give back,” said Kim. “Knowing you can use your skills to help other people is always inspiring.” Elliott-Nielsen said the award caught her by surprise. “You’re only as good as the team that works with you, and I’ve had a good team,” she said. While recognized for her work with aboriginal youth, Elliott-Nielson is equally proud of her early work with the community at-large. “I worked in the schools, with disabled children and Vietnamese and East Indian youth,” she said. “When I first started, there wasn’t enough services for a lot of people.” An independent advisory council selects the winners of the B.C. Community Achievement Awards. Recipients receive their awards April 25 at Government House in Victoria. The B.C. Achievement Foundation is an independent foundation established and endowed by the province to recognize and celebrate excellence in the arts, humanities, enterprise and community service. news@nanaimobulletin.com

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Power cut for Earth Hour BY TOBY GORMAN THE NEWS BULLETIN

Nanaimo was one of 91 British Columbia communities that took part in Earth Hour Saturday in a symbolic effort to reduce energy consumption. Earth Hour is an annual global event, created by the World Wildlife Fund in 2007 and supported in B.C. by B.C. Hydro, that encourages people to turn off unnecessary lights and electronics. By turning off lights, televisions and other power consumers for an hour Saturday evening, British Columbians saved 121 megawatt hours of electricity and reduced the provincial electricity load by 1.67 per cent, on par with last year’s Earth Hour. That’s the equivalent of turning off about nine million 12.5-watt LED light bulbs. Nanaimo’s efforts resulted in a 2.6-per cent energy reduction, 22nd out of 91 participating communities. Revelstoke topped the list with a 12.1-per cent reduction for the hour from 8:30-9:30 p.m., followed by Pemberton at 6.8 per cent and Ladysmith at 5.8 per cent. Rob Lawrance, environmental planner for Nanaimo, said city hall participated by turning off the big screens in Diana Krall Plaza and on the Vancouver Island Conference Centre, as well as by turning

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off unnecessary lighting at many city-owned facilities. “This is the fifth year Nanaimo has participated, so it has become pretty much a routine for us,” said Lawrance. “And I think it has become routine for a lot of residents as well which is a good thing. A reminder it’s important to conserve.” Charles Reid, acting president and CEO for B.C. Hydro, said the event helps reinforce the company’s effort to meet energy goals through a reduction in demand. “Energy conservation is the most cost-effective way to meet future energy demand,” said Reid in a release. “If people applied the same simple conservation measures for even one hour every day for the whole year, the combined savings would power close to 4,000 homes for an entire year.” Reid added that next year, when smart meters are fully

functional, people will be able to track their own energy savings in real time through a secure online portal. Because B.C. is growing, so is its need for electricity. B.C. Hydro is working to meet at least 66 per cent of new electricity demand through conservation and energy efficiency by 2020. In the last three years alone, B.C. Hydro’s Power Smart programs have saved close to 3,000 gigawatt hours of electricity, enough to power 270,000 homes annually. “Everyone who took the opportunity to participate in Earth Hour deserves our thanks for helping to demonstrate the merit of energy conservation,” said Rich Coleman, B.C.’s minister of energy and mines. “We look forward to building on this success as we work together to find ways to further conserve energy and keep electricity rates as low as possible for British Columbians. On April 1, B.C. Hydro raised its rates by seven per cent. Worldwide, according to WWF, an estimated 150 countries and 6,494 towns and cities took part. For an hour, lights went out on the Lion’s Gate Bridge, Eiffel Tower, Sydney Opera House and other iconic landmarks around the globe to symbolize a reduction in energy use.

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Anesthesiologists’ service withdrawal rejected by province’s Supreme Court DOCTORS WANT out of bargaining under BCMA’s umbrella.

The B.C. Supreme Court has told the B.C. Anesthesiologists’ Society its members cannot withdraw services from B.C. hospitals, at least not until after the judge rules on April 20 on an injunction request from health authorities. The decision means no elective procedures or surgeries will be postponed as previously expected Monday. All patients with scheduled procedures should proceed as planned. That date was initially identified by B.C. anesthesiologists for start of withdrawal of services at all Lower Mainland hospitals outside of Vancouver, as well as others on Vancouver Island and in the Interior. To prepare for such an action, health authorities had sent more than 3,200 letters to patients warning of potential scheduling disruptions. “We’re pleased with the court’s decision not to allow anesthesiologists to withdraw their ser-

vices starting next week,” said Dr. Robert Halpenny, president and chief executive officer of Interior Health, speaking on behalf of all health authorities. “Although this is an interim ruling, health authorities are encouraged that the judge’s decision provides immediate clarity, and puts patient care first and foremost. As we go forward, our top priority will be to protect patient safety, with the goal of ensuring no elective surgeries are postponed.” Anesthesiologists are trying to pressure the province to allow their society to bargain separately, rather than under the umbrella of the B.C. Medical Association, which they say does not represent their interests. The B.C. Anesthesiologists Society, which represents some but not all anesthesiologists, gave notice three months ago of its threat to withdraw service if the dispute was not settled. B.C. Anesthesiologists Society president Dr. Jeff Rains said most of the 250 anesthesiologists in the Lower Mainland or on Vancouver Island were expecting to cut their hours by about 30 per cent.

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financing his own campaign for just $300. Other successful candidates Getting elected, even in included: George Anderson municipal politics, can be an with $4,285 in donations; Bill expensive endeavour. Bestwick received $6,995 with Campaign financing disCUPE B.C. donating $5,000 and closure statements were due the International Firefighters March 19 at Nanaimo city hall Association donating $1,500; for all candidates and camand Diane Brennan received paign organizers who partici$10,470 with CUPE B.C. conpated in the Nov. 19 municipal tributing $4,000. election. Ted Greves received Mayoral candidates $16,350, the most of had the widest range any councillor, with of campaign dona$16,000 in donations tions. from trade unions Dan Didio, who including CUPE earned 546 votes, and IAFF; Diana filed $0 in campaign Johnstone received donations, while $4,347; Bill McKay Roger McKinnon, received $3,172; and who received 5,366 Fred Pattje claimed votes, was bankrolled $4,647, though $2,350 MCKINNON for $37,668, $5,000 of were self-contribu... spent most which was his own tions. in mayoralty Non-elected candimoney with another campaign. dates included: Arlene $5,000 donated by Old Blundell with $2,014 House Management. in donations; Brunie Brunie Jim Routledge claimed with $540; Chris Cathers with $18,560 in total donations, $3,546; Brian Fillmore at $3,735; $17,300 of which was his own Gord Fuller at $2,060; Gary money. He earned 2,139 votes. Korpan at $2,300; Rod Lomas at All three were defeated $2,475; Jeet Manhas at $9,944; by Mayor John Ruttan, who Zeni Maartman at $1,592; Darcy claimed $28,437 in campaign Olsen at $3,050; Christopher donations with $14,132 of James Ouellette-Croucher at that being his own money. He $646; Peter Quinn Ramsay at earned 52 per cent of the vote $1,900; Trent Snikkers received with 8,815 ballots. $4,650; and Rob Zver received For council candidates, those $5,400, $4,500 of which was who were successful also had donated by CUPE. the largest amount of donaCampaign organizers, inditions for the most part, with viduals or organizations that the exception of Coun. Jim publicly back one or more canKipp, who was elected while

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didates are also asked to disclose their financial documents by March 19. Concerned Citizens of Nanaimo, a north-end group of residents concerned with how council handled the low-barrier housing facility near Hammond Bay Road and Uplands Drive, claimed expenses of $1,000. It endorsed McKinnon, Bestwick, McKay, Fillmore, Lomas and Cathers. Provincially, CUPE spent $127,103 on election support, with $113,416 of that being spent on newsletters. Locally, CUPE backed Bestwick, Brennan, Fuller, Greves, Maartman, Snikkers and Zver. The Canadian Labour Congress spent $148,862 provincewide, while supporting Olsen, Brennan, Pattje, Fuller, Zver, Greves and Maartman locally. The International Association of Firefighters Local 905 filed $7,188 in expenses while supporting Greves, Brennan and Bestwick. Other campaign organizers include Impact Visual Communications and William Slater, spending $1,000 and $402 respectively. Neither organizer identified which candidates they backed. reporter2@nanaimobulletin.com

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School trustee candidates spent between $194 and $3,342 on their election campaigns last November. At the top of the list is trustee Bill Bard, who spent $3,341.79 and claimed $470 of that as contributions from anonymous sources. At the other end of the spectrum, former trustee David Murchie, who was seeking a second term but came in 11th of 13 candidates, spent $194.10, most of which was his own money.

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Campaign financing disclosure documents were due March 19 for all candidates and campaign organizers. Several school trustee candidates spent only their own money on their campaigns: trustee Donna Allen and former trustee Nelson Allen both claimed $2,899.38 each in expenditures, trustee Kim Howland spent $3,261.67 and Rosmy Jean Louis spent $1,709.12. Trustee Jamie Brennan, who topped the polls last fall with 9,958 votes, spent $1,386.24 and received $1,500 in donations, including $500 from himself. Bill Robinson, with the second most votes, spent $2,880.46 and claimed $2,574 in donations. Of the remaining elected trustees: Sharon Welch received $900 in contributions toward her campaign and spent $1,784.15; TerryLynn Saunders spent less than $800, a portion of which was her own money; Nancy Curley received $2,413.51, $1,000 of which was her own money; and Dot Neary spent $913.43 and received $1,530 in donations, although $930 was from herself and husband Brian Neary. Noah Routley received $2,300 in campaign donations, including $1,200 from the Hospital Employees’ Union, and spent $2,826 on his campaign. The Canadian Labour Congress, which spent $148,862.06 provincewide, registered as a campaign organizer for Nanaimo school district and supported Murchie, both Allens, Neary, Curley and Routley. reporter@nanaimobulletin.com

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VIU partnership formed in Ghana BY JENN McGARRIGLE THE NEWS BULLETIN

conversation under a large tree in the middle of a town in north western Ghana has led to a long-term partnership between a Vancouver Island University professor and the town. Aggie Weighill, in the recreation and tourism department, is leading a field school in Ghana this year. The long-term objective of the field school is to help the town of Larabanga develop tourism enterprises that benefit individuals and the community. The goal this year – Weighill has committed to bringing students to Larabanga each year for as long as they are of use – is to help the community develop a shared vision of what tourism could look like in the town. “It’s not us going in with the expert opinion,” said Weighill. “They have to decide what they want. The worst thing we could do is think we have all the answers for them.” This is the second year of Weighill’s partnership with Larabanga and her fourth trip to Ghana in as many years. She had a chance to develop a connection with community members after participating in VIU’s five-year Ghana Canada Partnership for Environmental Education, a collaboration between VIU and two Sunyani-area institutions funded by the Canadian International Development Agency. The project, which wrapped up in 2011, focused on ecotourism development, reducing poverty and developing environmentally sustainable practices in the Sunyani area. Two summers ago, Weighill was in Larabanga talking with a group of women under a large tree in front of one of the

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Brianne Labute, a Vancouver Island University tourism student, interviews two guides who work at the Wechiau Community Hippo Sanctuary during a field school trip to Ghana in 2011.

town’s mosques. The town is on the way to Mole National Park, where tourists can go to see elephants, baboons and warthogs, and she was asking the women how they feel about the local tourism industry. “They felt isolated from

the opportunities to be involved because they didn’t speak English,” said Weighill. “It was like somebody had turned a light switch on in the faces of these women. They were excited that we were talking to them.” The women brought up

concerns about their children skipping school to beg for money from tourists or working as unofficial guides instead of on the family farm. Moved by her conversation with the women, Weighill later made a personal commitment to

Earlier five-year partnership has led to spinoffs Vancouver Island University’s five-year partnership with two post-secondary institutions in Sunyani, Ghana, has led to a number of spinoff collaborations between the Nanaimo community and communities in the west African nation. Ken Hammer, co-leader of VIU’s fiveyear Ghana Canada Partnership for Environmental Education and a tourism and recreation professor, said besides tourism professor Aggie Weighill’s partnership with Larabanga, VIU nursing students are going to Ghana for a six-week practice placement. A research centre with offices in Sunyani and Nanaimo has been established so that the institutions can continue to work together wherever possible, he said, and Kwantlen Polytechnic University is involved. Hammer, a member of the Nanaimo Daybreak Rotary Club, said various Island

Rotary Clubs have helped establish a club in Sunyani and the Island groups have raised more than $150,000 to date for various projects. The Island Rotary groups have also sent two delegations in the past three years to Sunyani to inspect Islandfunded projects and identify new projects, he added. “They’re sending a team here this June,” said Hammer. “It’s a bit of a cultural exchange.” VIU has also started a research partnership with institutions in Sunyani and Tanzania that strives to understand the impacts of living near a protected area, said Hammer, and First Nations communities near Tofino are involved. Harry Janzen, dean of education at VIU, said two education faculty members also went to Ghana last summer to investigate opportunities for future field schools.

bring tourism students to Larabanga each year. “It could be 20 years, it could be three years,” she said. “It comes down to do they want us there, are we achieving something?” Weighill said many people in Larabanga live below the poverty line, in houses made out of mud and sticks, and are subsistence farmers whose fields are vulnerable to drought, changing weather patterns and crop raiders. “An elephant can go through and destroy an entire plantation in a day,” she said. “They’re always hanging on the edge.” Last year, Weighill and her students identified activities already going on in the community that are potential tourism enterprises, such as the local weaver who makes a traditional cloth, and shea butter production, widely used as a moisturizer, salve or lotion. This year, the group will study gender roles in the community and she hopes to give her students some opportunities to run skills workshops for the locals on such topics as tour guiding, food sanitation and greeting tourists. One major problem Weighill identified is the way tourists are handled by locals – she said a female tourist will get out of a car and be instantly surrounded by 20 young men, pulling at her or putting their arms around her in what they feel is a friendly manner. “For us, it’s threatening,” she said. Students pay their own way and have been fundraising to help cover costs, as well as take a bit extra to the community in supplies or tourism equipment such as water sterilization jugs. Weighill leaves Saturday (April 7) and stays until mid-July, with the six participating students meeting her at different times. reporter@nanaimobulletin.com

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Mulcair needs to be himself After Jack Layton died, everyone knew that whoever replaced him as NDP leader would have giant shoes to fill. Layton’s talent for uniting the party and reaching out to people across the country made him a sort of folk legend, even before cancer stole him at age 61. Newly selected NDP leader Thomas Mulcair, the 57-year-old Quebecer who helped Layton transform the party from a virtual non-entity in that province to a substantial force, taking 58 of 75 seats in last year’s election, is clearly a leader of some repute. What is also clear is he doesn’t have the charisma Layton had, and developed, as the orange crush flattened the Liberal red machine to become the official Opposition to Stephen Harper’s Conservative majority in May 2011. Mulcair has been a virtual unknown on the West Coast – unlike Layton – for all except diehard politics watchers. But does a leader known for being prickly have to be the second coming of Layton to win the hearts and minds of people west of Thunder Bay? Harper has shown that a leader can come across to many as cold and calculating, yet still win a majority in parliament. Let’s remember that even under Layton, the NDP won just 15 of 77 seats in the west, including 12 in B.C. To win over non-NDP voters, it’ll take more than criss-crossing the country connecting with people, as Layton famously did – he visited the Island more often than might be expected for a Toronto MP P Mulcair will be put under the microscope about everything from his policies to his personality, by his supporters and critics alike, in the three years leading to the next election. In that time, he must prove he is his own person, a leader who stands on his own feet. And he must avoid handlers who would try to make him a kinder, gentler version of himself. The Nanaimo News Bulletin is a member of the British Columbia Press Council, a self-regulatory body governing the province’s newspaper industry. The council considers complaints from the public about the conduct of member newspapers. Directors oversee the mediation of complaints, with input from both the newspaper and the complaint holder. If talking with the editor or publisher does not resolve your complaint about coverage or story treatment, you may contact the B.C. Press Council. Your written concern, with documentation, should be sent to B.C. Press Council, 201 Selby St., Nanaimo, B.C. V9R 2R2. For information, phone 888-687-2213 or go to www.bcpresscouncil.org

Gloves come off in landscape fight Whoever coined the phrase “get even bigger root shooting out in a to the root of the problem” sure different direction. knew what they were talking By now darkness was falling, I about. was taking more and more breaks Because when it comes to landto catch my breath and I admitscaping, the ‘root’ is the root of ted to myself I could not win the the problem. battle. Unless you have access to an Yes, I fought the holly and the excavator, removing stumps can shrubs won. be one of the toughest jobs there So out came the saw, and any is. exposed part of the I have a pair of holly bush above the ground REPORTER’S shrubs butted up was eliminated. VIEWPOINT against the house that A couple of sweeps of I wanted to transplant, the dirt with the rake Chris Hamlyn so I started the job with and you would never Assistant Editor simply a shovel, thinkknow a holly shrub ing a couple of minutes was ever there. of digging and it would Out of sight, out of all be done. mind – another excelOne hour – and one lent coined phrase. trip and tumble into a I glanced at the secwall later – I had the ond shrub and decided shovel, plus a crowbar, it would be better left rake, pick, axe, pruning to another day. I’d had shears and saw scattered about enough of a workout for one evethe yard, and a lot more respect ning. for holly bushes. My problem is I know I didn’t I shovelled the dirt away from win, didn’t accomplish what I had three sides (the fourth was tight set out to do. against a wall), revealing roots Like the resilient Hollywood far too big for such a small shrub. fighter absorbing blow after blow I soon gave up on the idea of a from a bigger opponent, the holly transplant, thinking roots that bush took the punishment and size cannot be doing the house’s will strike back later for a victory. perimeter drain system any good. For a number of good reasons They had to go. pesticides and poisons are out So I pruned, dug with the of the question, so I know one shovel, dug with the pick and still day this spring I will spy a green could not budge the sucker. sprout poking its way out of the I chopped through one root with dirt, ready to start growing again the axe and managed to move the and thumb its prickly nose at me. shrub a couple of inches with the However, by then, I’ll have crowbar. But, there was another, recovered enough to be ready for

Round 2 in the garden. *** The time has come once again to partake in my annual spring ritual of watching the National Hockey League playoffs. That’s right, the real hockey season starts April 11 and my Boston Bruins are in the thick of things. While the NHL’s 82-game regular season has been a chore to watch after the excitement of last year’s playoffs, it has been a good year to be a fan of the Stanley Cup champions. No matter what comment I get from a Vancouver Canuck fan, I have the fact Boston won the cup to come back with. “Boston sucks,” shouts one Canucklehead. “No,” I reply. “Finishing second, that sucks.” Another Vancouver fan tells me my team is not doing too well this year after a great start. “True,” I admit. “I guess they’ve exhausted themselves hoisting the cup where ever they go. What’s Vancouver’s excuse?” You get the picture. The Bruins could be dead last in the league and still they’re the champs until another team wins the cup. The nice part of the last year is I’ve found a few fans of the big, bad B’s. We’re few and far between in this part of the country, but I’m not alone. So, I’m bringing out the car flag … let the fun begin. news@nanaimobulletin.com

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Haven will weather storm To the Editor, Re: Haven Society forced to cut back, March 27. With all the news coverage Haven Society has experienced lately, we feel it is important to clarify with the community some of the issues we face. Absolutely, we find ourselves with a serious shortfall for our next fiscal year, and to mitigate the extent of this we have needed to resort to some cuts in hours to our programs. However, this has not resulted in anyone losing their job, and a number of the cuts are in positions that are supportive of the work we do, such as front desk staff hours and hours in other administrative positions, though we have very few of those.

Administrative costs are often minimally calculated into specific program funding, and are therefore kept to a minimum with most supervisors also doing frontline work. We will be maintaining the hours we are contracted to have in each program, plus some of the extra hours in our child and youth program as well as our victim services program. We are still able to provide services in these programs over and above what we are contracted for, due to the generosity of this community. For this we are incredibly grateful. In these economic times, it is definitely harder to fundraise and our expenses are up due to the heavy use of our services. Referrals to our programs have gone

up significantly, and we definitely have a harder time coping with the number of families accessing our services. So many services in Nanaimo are struggling, and we certainly feel the weight of that pressure. On the whole, we are optimistic that we will weather this more challenging time as all staff, board members and volunteers are working together to share the impact and to make this as painless as we possibly can, for all involved. We will continue to serve the community in the way we always have, and are very committed to the safety of women and children in our community. Anne Spilker and Marilyn Chapman Haven Society

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positions. Is there that much more room in the new annex? The position of communications manager – is this really necessary, as there will only be approved information given out? Were this position in place several years ago, would we know why Jerry Berry was paid out more than $500,000? Not likely. The time has come for an unbiased core review of the

city’s employees. This might not be popular with the staff, but it is necessary for the protection of those paying the bills. After all, if they can spend money to count traffic, what good reason can there be for refusing to have a core review? R. Stead Nanaimo

Mount Benson train would draw people To the Editor, Last week I attended a citizen planning meeting, sponsored by the Greater Nanaimo Chamber of Commerce and the City of Nanaimo. It was well-organized and carried out. Many excellent ideas for improving our community were brought forward, and I, for one, felt heard. Others also were respected for their contributions, especially as the process was organized in manageable small interest groups.

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Like many experiences in stimulating circumstances, I remembered an idea and because it applies to midIslanders, wish to share it. In simple terms, the eastern side of Mount Benson would be an ideal location for a funicular railway, as exists in other countries such as Switzerland, Germany and some South American countries. It could run from the base of Mount Benson – serving both students and staff at VIU, and the public. During the year, according to weather conditions, it could act in spring, summer and fall as a tourist destination, and during the winter, as snowshoe training and launch pad. This would require trained snowshoe guides, providing both full and part-time jobs for students. The only use limits would be safety considerations. Clearly, this is but a dream that needs more thought. That would be welcome. David J. Weston. Nanaimo

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170-200gr

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2$ for

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250gr

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540ml

398ml

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796ml

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500ml

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200gr

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170-180gr

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120gr

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Estate Wole Bean Coffee

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Stripped away Shaun Verreault, lead singer and guitar player for Wide Mouth Mason, unplugs for acoustic set of his favourite songs BY MELISSA FRYER THE NEWS BULLETIN

conic songs often start with a simple chord. Throughout his career, Shaun Verreault, the lead singer from Wide Mouth Mason, wrote memorable tunes but sometimes the end result sounds nothing like his original compositions. That’s not to say the original vision wasn’t good – Verreault will play some of those during a solo show at Diners Rendezvous Saturday (April 7). “In the end, a good song is a good song,” Verreault said.

And if the bones of a song are good, a musician can hang just about any genre on it, he said. Verreault collaborates with songwriters in all genres, including Nanaimo’s David Gogo, with whom he wrote three songs for the bluesman’s previous album. Verreault wrote country songs with Aaron Pritchett and JD Bixby, and has a dance tune playing on the radio that he wrote with Sean Hook, although it wasn’t a dance tune on the first draft. “Now it’s wearing shiny, European clothing,” Verreault said. Working with country, dance and other artists outside his rock genre allows Ver-

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reault to expand his own knowledge of music, research styles and incorporate them into new songs. “What I enjoy about it is the stretch,” he said. After releasing a new Wide Mouth Mason album last year, the band hit the road with Big Sugar. Gordie Johnson, Big Sugar’s lead singer, also plays bass guitar in Wide Mouth Mason, so the two bands often ended up on stage as one toward the second half of the concert. “It was some of the most fun I’ve ever had on the road,” Verreault said. He went from singing and playing lead guitar in his own band, to playing second

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Halina Tayour works on a blown-glass piece for LG Arts, based in Port Alberni. Tayour and other members of Island Glass Art will showcase their work at an art show Saturday (April 7).

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An array of glass artwork will be on display during an art show at the Vancouver Island conference centre. The second annual spring show from 10 studios of Island Glass Artists is set for Saturday (April 7), 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., in the Dodd Narrows Room. Featured during the one-day art show will be artists working in stained glass, kiln cast, fused, lamp worked, sand-carved and furnace-blown ◆ ISLAND GLASS glass. ARTISTS showcase The work ranges at Vancouver Island from functional to Conference Centre decorative and archiSaturday (April 7), tectural applications – 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. window and door panels, lamps, personal jewelry, vessels, glass sculpture and more. “This show began last year with glass artists looking for new ways to connect with the public,” said Christopher Smith, an art glass creator in Nanaimo for the past 35 years. “We set the show up as an arts festival with the artists at their displays.” Last year more than 400 visitors viewed the works and chatted with the artists. Admission to the event is free, with door prizes drawn hourly.

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SHELLEY, RUTH ELEANOR January 24, 1921 March 26, 2012 Ruth passed away peacefully in her 91st year. She was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and raised on a farm in a large family near Peace River, Alberta. After high school Ruth studied for and became a school teacher in Alberta. In 1946 after WWII she married Bob and they eventually settled in Nanaimo. Ruth and Bob enjoyed many years together prior to his passing in 2008. Ruth was a very content and happy person right to the end of her life. She enjoyed what life had to offer and cherished time spent with family and friends. Ruth is survived by her four children, Chris (Holly), Peggy (Terry), Patty (Barry); Rob (Sherry); her ten grandchildren, six great-grandchildren, sister, MaryAnne Todd (Mel) in Salem, Oregon and sister, Rachel Sparks in Seattle. She is predeceased by her husband Bob (2008) and daughter Cathy (1998). The family would like to thank Grace Ibe for the care she gave Ruth during the ďŹ nal two years of her life. A private service will celebrate her life.

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Sheila McEwan

June 22, 1921 ~ March 28, 2012 Our precious mother passed away quietly at 90 years old, after a vibrant life. Mom was always positive and ready to share her wonderful smile. Mom was born in Witney, England, she moved to Altamont, Manitoba at the age of six where she met her husband Gordon McEwan. She was employed at Birch River and Thompson Hospitals as an accountant until her retirement. Mom and Dad moved to Nanaimo in 1980. Predeceased by Gordon in 1998, survived by her daughters, Nancy (Earl Lowe) and Frances (Robin Arsenault); brother Dennis (Karen); sisters, Doreen, Elaine (Helge); brother-in-law, Don; grandchildren: Paula, Sheldon (Christine) Lowe, Owen, Alison and Julia Arsenault; great granddaughters, Paige and Chelsea Lowe, and great, great granddaughter Kendra Lowe. Funeral services will be held at St. Paulâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Angelican Church, Wednesday, April 4th at 2 p.m. In lieu of ďŹ&#x201A;owers donations can be made to Loaves and Fishes food-bank at 1009 Farquhar St., which was dear to Sheilaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s heart.

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Tuesday, April 3, 2012 Nanaimo News Bulletin

Runs don’t come easy for M’s I COLLEGE BALL team wins once in four-game set. BY GREG SAKAKI THE NEWS BULLETIN

Baseball is kind of a law-of-averages game, said VIBI manager Jordan Blundell. “We’ve had opportunities to this point and most of the time we haven’t been successful,” he said. “We’re looking forward to the law of averages kind of equalling out.” The Vancouver Island Baseball Institute Mariners won one out of four games this past weekend against the University of Calgary Dinos at Serauxmen Stadium. The Dinos swept Saturday’s action 4-2 and 2-1. The M’s won Sunday’s early game 1-0, but finished on the wrong end of a 10-0 blowout in the late game. There were some strong pitching performances on the weekend but not much run support. “Our guys are playing good defensively for those pitchers, allowing them to put up zeros,” Blundell said. “It’s kind of fallen on our offence’s shoulders right now to pick it up a little bit.” He said the team will keep working on the fundamentals, trying to hit the ball hard and avoid the pop flies that have plagued them so far this spring.

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Vancouver Island Baseball Institute Mariners pitcher Cody Chartrand throws during a game against the University of Calgary Dinos on Sunday at Serauxmen Stadium.

“We have to try and get on top of the baseball a little bit more and put a little more pressure on the defence,” Blundell said. In the first game of the weekend, Liam Goodall had two doubles and Matt Davis suffered the loss, allowing two hits over six innings. In the next game, Cody

Phipps had three hits and Cody Andreychuk had a single, a triple and an RBI. Connor Russell struck out 11 Dinos over 8 1/3 innings. VIBI’s victory came in extra innings, when Aaron Witzke hit a game-winning RBI single in the ninth. Luke Hawkins got the win on the mound after starter

Cody Chartrand struck out 10 batters over seven shutout innings. In the finale, Jorhn Kaluzniak took the loss. GAME ON … VIBI plays Prairie Baseball Academy and Thompson Rivers University on Saturday (April 7) and Sunday in Kamloops. sports@nanaimobulletin.com

Double hall-of-famer Wipper understood both sides of sports First, Harry Wipper Mann Cups between provided inspiration. 1951-54 while also Then he provided a coaching minor playplace to play. ers at the time. Wipper, the former Don Ashbee was a Nanaimo Timbermen teammate of Wipper’s lacrosse champion during that Peterborand City of Nanaimo ough dynasty. parks and recreation “He was a gallant director, died March player…” said Ashbee. 22 at age 81. “Harry was a gem and He was a double-inrespected as a player.” ductee to the Nanaimo Wipper could play Sports Hall of Fame both offence and in 2008, recognized in defence, and he was the builder category not afraid to cut to the and also honoured as net, even against the a member of the 1956 rival Mimico MounMann Cuptaineers. winning “He loved Timbermen to wangle team. He is through the enshrined whole crowd in the Peterand he’d get borough whacked and Ontario out there sports halls trying to of fame, as get through well as the the Mimico Canadian defence, and HARRY WIPPER Lacrosse they were Hall of Fame. all rough and tough,” Born in St. CathaAshbee said. “If you rines, Ont., Wipper got whacked in the won a Minto Cup head as you were runnational junior chamning past a guy, well, pionship with his you kept running if hometown team in you still had the ball.” 1947 and made his Then came the senior lacrosse debut incredible 1956 seain 1949, also with St. son. Ashbee, who Catharines. had started playing In his first season for Nanaimo a year in Peterborough in earlier, helped the 1951, he led the league Timbermen recruit with 67 goals. He was Eastern Canada talent a perennial all-star in and Wipper signed on Peterborough, winas a player-coach. ning four straight ◆ See ‘LACROSSE’ /26

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Nanaimo United U21 men lose to Bays in cup final The Nanaimo United U21 team wasn’t able to bring home its first cup, but the season isn’t over yet. The Vancouver Island Soccer League side lost 4-1 to the Bays United Gunners on Saturday in the George Smith Cup final at Victoria’s Royal Athletic Park. Coach Allan Jorgensen said there were a number of contributing factors in the loss. Nanaimo had trouble adjusting to playing on grass, and it also had to play catch-up all game long as Bays made it 1-0, then 2-0 by halftime. Morgan Johnston scored on a header to draw United to 3-1, but the team couldn’t come any closer.

“They were very, very disappointed,” Jorgensen said. “Sometimes you can try so hard and things just don’t go right.” Nanaimo’s U21 men get a consolation prize – simply qualifying for the cup final earned them a berth in provincials. The draw took place Monday after press time, and action starts April 14 or 15. Jorgensen expects his team to be ready for the next stage of the season. “[The cup final] was kind of an under par game for the guys and they’ve had one of these before and come right back,” he said.

Stephens is the conference’s Athlete of the Year across all sports. The striker finished second in the league in goals and won many other honours in 2011 including MVP of provincials, PacWest Men’s Soccer Player of the Year, all-star at Canadian Colleges’ Athletic Association nationals and a CCAA All-Canadian.

Nanaimo Pirates squad starts season Saturday The Nanaimo Pirates premier-league ball club concluded its spring-training schedule on the weekend, and now shifts focus to the regular season. The team went 2-2-1 at a tourney in Kamloops Thursday through Sunday. The Pirates start the season Saturday (April 7) with a doubleheader starting at noon against the Victoria Mariners at Serauxmen Stadium. Look for a season preview in the next issue of the Bulletin.

College soccer standout chosen athlete of year The Vancouver Island University Mariners men’s soccer team earned a return trip to nationals in 2011, and star player Jared Stephens was a major reason why. The Pacific Western Athletic Association announced last week that

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Lacrosse champion remembered fondly ◆ From /25 “We knew that he was going to have some knowledge of the game, but we didn’t realize how dominating a player he was,” said Donn Sherry, another of Nanaimo’s star players of that era. The Timbermen had an embarrassment of riches on offence in 1956, including five of the top six scorers in the league, so Wipper played a lot of defence. He was big, tough, and always in position, said Sherry. “He wasn’t physical in the way of fighting, that sort of thing, he was just very strong in his checking. You knew that his guy wasn’t going to get too close to the goal.” Come the postseason, Wipper led the T-men in goals and points and was named playoff MVP as Nanaimo won the league championship. That qualified the team to play for the Mann Cup in Toronto against Wipper’s old team, Peterborough. Jim Robson handled the radio broadcast of the series from the old Malaspina Hotel, inventing play-by-play based on box scores. Timbermen fans who listened to Robson’s call of Game 2 that day heard all about how well Wipper was playing, but in reality he had torn ligaments in his knee early in the game and had

hardly played. From behind the bench, on crutches, Wipper went on to coach the Timbermen to the championship. “He was able to speak clearly about the pleasure that he had in winning with us, even though he had done it several times before with other teams,” said Sherry. Wipper played only a handful of games with Nanaimo over the next two seasons. With the end of his lacrosse career came the start of a new career, as he became the city’s manager of civic properties and recreation in 1958. “He had both sides of life in the respect that he was a sports person and could do that part of it, but when he sat down in front of his desk he was a business guy…” Ashbee said. “He was an astute business person and he was good for Nanaimo.” Over a 31-year career with the municipality, Wipper worked on such projects as Bowen Park and Kin Pool and May Richards Bennett Pioneer Park. There is a park named in his honour in the north end. He is survived by four children and seven grandchildren. A memorial service will be held Saturday (April 7) at 2 p.m. at St. Paul’s Anglican Church downtown.

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Tuesday, April 3, 2012

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