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Liv and Sydney Konetzka, whose mother Linda Stenberg was among the first Abashiri exchange students, take part in twinning celebrations Friday.

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Twenty-four years ago, Linda Stenberg and two other students left Port Alberni for Abashiri, Japan, in the first cultural exchange between new “sister” cities. A Grade 11 student at Alberni District Secondary School, Stenberg spent a year in Abashiri, a coastal city in northern Hokkaido. There was no Skype to communicate with her family back home: she wrote letters. Western food? Forget it: there was no such thing as “foreign” food in Abashiri in 1986. “We went over and sat in a classroom for a year and tried to learn Japanese,” she recalled. “It was really hard. When we were in Abashiri we never saw any foreigners.” Last week, Stenberg returned to Port Alberni from her home in Vancouver to celebrate the twinning relationship that has endured fluctuating economies as well as the earthquake and tsunami in 2011 that killed thousands of people and displaced thousands more in coastal Japanese communities. Stenberg, her husband Andrew Konetzka and their two daughters, Liv and Sydney, joined a delegation from Abashiri, the ConsulateGeneral of Japan Hideki Ito, Port Alberni dignitaries and members of the Port Alberni International Twinning Society at Harbour Quay. The family of the late Koubun Ohbayashi dedicated a bench to the father of the twinning relationship. Earlier in the day at city hall, Abashiri mayor Yoichi Mizutani and Alberni mayor John Douglas signed a document reaffirming the

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cities’ relationship. Since 1986, 820 Abashiri students and 400 Port Alberni students have crossed the Pacific Ocean on cultural exchanges between the two cities, Mizutani said. Another group of students as well as a mixed hockey team will return to Port Alberni in January 2013. Over the years, the exchanges have slowed down; however, proponents say their relevance remains today. Stenberg has enjoyed a career in banking, and she and her husband lived in Tokyo for eight years in the late 1990s before returning to Canada to start a family. The exposure to another culture that she gained while living with a billet family in Abashiri has been important to her career. Even in this digital age, where the concept of “global village” is the norm and not the exception, spending time in a foreign country changes one’s perspective, she said. “(You learn) people really are the same. You start to get a much more open mind.” The exchanges began as a way to boost Port Alberni’s economy by building foreign business relationships, said Gillian Trumper, who was mayor at the time of the twinning agreement. “In 1985 there was quite a movement of twinning with Japanese communities,” she said. “Campbell River had just gone through it. We were asked whether we would be interested.” City council talked to several service clubs and the school district, and decided it would be beneficial to the community, she said. Ohbayashi led the process, professing his love of the Alberni Valley until his death 10 years ago. Continued / 21

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Regional District of Nanaimo chairman Joe Stanhope, second from left, addresses, from left, Port Alberni Mayor John Douglas, ConsulGeneral of Japan Hideki Ito and Abashiri Mayor Yoichi Mizutani during a bench dedication at Harbour Quay, Friday afternoon. Stanhope was a city councillor in Port Alberni in 1986. Junko Ohbayashi, left, dedicates a bench in honour of her late husband, Koubun, who was the founding father of Abashiri’s twinning.

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For every bear that ever there was, Will gather there for certain, because Today’s the day the teddy bears have their picnic. Remember that one? Come and participate in the real thing on Saturday, July 21 at McLean Mill. Special trains to the picnic leave the train station for Teddy Bear Picnic runs at 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. If you bring a stuffed teddy bear then you get one fare for half price. If you go down to the woods today you’re sure of a big surprise....

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PCU profiles workplace mental health WAWMEESH G. HAMILTON ALBERNI VALLEY NEWS

Class is in session at Pacific Coast University as the institution conducts its first summer session at its campus in Port Alberni. These aren’t your typical firsttime students, said Donal McAnaney, the chair of PCU’s International Research Advisory Council. They are union reps, human resource managers, occupational health and safety officers and disability managers. “These are very senior employees who have hands-on experience with stress and mental health issues in the workplace,” McAnaney said. The summer classes include mental health and returning to

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Pacific Coast University International Research Advisory Council chair Donal McAnaney led sessions on mental health workplace issues at PCU’s inaugural summer session at the campus in Port Alberni.

work, mental health in the workplace education, returning

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the workplace. Presenting on Tuesday was McAnaney, a PhD who

formerly worked with the UK’s Rehab Group. He first came into contact with PCU’s

Wolfgang Zimmerman in 1999 while trying to find a disability management system that worked in his home of Ireland. Mental health issues are critical issues in workplaces, from both human resource and monetary perspectives, McAnaney said. According to summer session material, at any given time up to 20 per cent of the working population suffers from a mental health issue. More than one third of all disability claims are due to mental health reasons. The costs companies incur dealing with mental health issues are equivalent to three to four per cent of gross domestic product. Today, re-integrating employees with disabilities into the workplace instead of

shunting them onto disability is key. “They’re out of sight and out of mind,” McAnaney said. “And employers don’t always know the costs associated with it in terms of premium paid, finding a replacement and training them.” There is another incentive to getting back into the workplace as well. “People on a disability pension are 17 per cent more likely to die,” Zimmerman said. McAnaney used the Vancouver Coastal Health Authority as an example of a workplace that adopted a longterm disability management package. The organization saved millions as a result. “We make a business case based on huge savings,” McAnaney said.

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University’s lecture hall ready for rentals Pacific Coast University for Workplace Health Sciences is the ideal place to hold a workshop, says Port Alberni fire Chief Tim Pley. Pley said PCUWHS was a good fit when organizers

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Qualicum man dies after tubing over Stamp Falls RCMP: | Two women survive mishap on river. SUSAN QUINN ALBERNI VALLEY NEWS

An afternoon of tubing went tragically wrong on Sunday (July 15) for three friends from Qualicum Beach after the inflatable rafts they had strung together went over Stamp Falls, northwest of Port Alberni. The young people, all in their early 20s, were apparently unfamiliar with the river. Cory Donald Heinz, 22, died in the accident while two unidentified females had to be rescued from the steep cliffs in a narrow canyon below the falls. The trio had launched their makeshift raft from the Stamp River Provincial Park campground, above the treacherous falls, Port Alberni RCMP Cpl. Jen Allan said. All three went over the falls; witnesses saw Heinz floating face down past the area where the girls were rescued, and was brought to shore by civilians in the area at Slide Pool, Alberni Valley Rescue Squad spokesperson Mark Palmer said. None of the three were apparently wearing life jackets. Palmer said the rescue and recovery were among the most complicated he has ever seen in the 12 years he has been a squad member. Volunteer swift water rescue technicians were dispatched to Stamp Falls, where they had to rappel down the steep canyon walls to reach the two women, one in the water clinging to a rock and the other trapped on a small ledge a few metres above the water. Two inflatable kayaks were also lowered by rope from a cement abutment, 25 metres (80 feet) above a tunnel that is part of the Stamp Falls fish ladder. Two swift water technicians manoeuvred the first kayak towards the

woman in the water, Rock, further down issued a warning to equipped her with a the river. A 15-person people that the Stamp life jacket and helmet, stretcher team and River is treacherous and pulled her into coroner Willem at this time of year the kayak to take Van Herk traversed and to use caution. her downriver to challenging trail for This followed an emergency personnel. 45 minutes before incident June 25 The second team coming out of the where someone was of technicians had to brush onto Beaver pinned underwater. cross the river, paddle Creek Road, where Last October, one under a log jammed other emergency woman and two men across the canyon, personnel were who were tubing down and waiting. the Stamp in wetsuits manoeuvre A B.C. had to be rescued. their AmbuPalmer pleaded kayak into lance with people wanting position Service to tube on the near the heliStamp River to be female on copter responsible and wear – Mark Palmer had also the ledge. protective gear. After been dis“Please, if you’re equipping patched going to take part in the second female and landed nearby in recreational activities with safety case it was needed. such as tubing, go equipment, they were Palmer said rescue with someone who able to lower her into calls to the Stamp knows the river and the kayak then pull River have increased go equipped with a the kayak by rope over the past few personal flotation back to the second years. On June 26, device (life jacket).” editor@albernivalleynews.com technician, and Port Alberni RCMP paddle downriver to safety. “It was a very technical rescue and I’m very thankful we have the skilled swift BU water technicians that we do,” Palmer said. Both women were 5:00 PM taken by ambulance to to West Coast General Hospital, where they 8:00 PM were treated for minor injuries and released. A combined team of AVRS and Beaver Creek Fire Department volunteers recovered for more info call: (250) 724-1500 Heinz at a place 2787 Alberni Hwy, Port Alberni, BC locals call Eagle www.emeraldcoastvineyards.ca

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Heritage family donates centennial race trophy For more than 100 years, the Crowshaw family has been a part of the Port Alberni community.

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no sailing experience share in the maritime heritage of our town. Crowshaw has donated the trophy for the inaugural Port Alberni Puddle Duck Racers regatta to be held Saturday, Aug. 4 at Harbour Quay. Bill Crowshaw came to Port Alberni in 1912 to work at the Bank Of Montreal when it was located in the Carmoor Block at the foot of Argyle Street. He and his wife Annie, a war bride from England, are one of a few “heritage families” who have been recognized by Port Alberni’s centennial organizers because their descendants have lived in the city for more than 100 years. Bill and Annie Crowshaw had three

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children. The eldest, Kathleen Day, is now 93 years old and still lives in Port Alberni, at Westhaven. Ken Crowshaw moved to Alberta after serving in the second World War, but his youngest brother Len was employed by the City of Port Alberni for his working life and his children still reside here. Kathleen’s children have lived in town over the years and her second child Pamela still lives here. Ken Crowshaw heard that the Alberni Puddle Duck Racers were building boats and holding a regatta in town as part of the centennial celebrations. He remembered that his father Bill spent much of his later working

life as a waterman on the Alberni Canal. Ken was amused by the “cheap, easy and fun on the water” motto of the Puddle Duckers. He was enthusiastic about this innovative use of Port Alberni’s waterfront, so he offered to sponsor the regatta with a financial contribution and donate a race trophy, dedicated to his parents, for the event winners. The crystal sailboat trophy will be called the Crowshaw Cup and is sure to be a sought after prize by the Puddle Duckers of Vancouver Island for many years to come. Ken Crowshaw will present the trophy Aug. 4 at 2:30 p.m. at Harbour Quay after the races.

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Consul-General of Japan Hideki Ito presents Roxy Manson, 7, of Port Alberni, with a small gift from his government for her fundraising efforts following the 2011 earthquake in Japan.

Girl turns tables on consulate general Roxy Manson of Port Alberni was finally introduced in person to Hideki Ito, Japan’s consulategeneral in Vancouver. Following the devastating earthquake that killed thousands in Japan in 2011, Manson decided to forego birthday presents. She instead asked her friends to make donations so the money could help people affected by the earthquake and tsunami. Ito has said it is one of the more poignant stories of Canadians’ generosity that he remembers.

Manson, 7, and her family—parents Stacey and Brent and older sister Libby—were invited to a luncheon at the Alberni Golf Course last Friday with Ito and a delegation from Abashiri, Hokkaido Prefecture, Japan. Ito presented Manson with a small gift as a token of appreciation for her philanthropy. The youngster then turned the tables on Ito, presenting him with $173 in birthday money from her seventh birthday in April.

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NEWS The Alberni Valley News is published every Thursday by Black Press Ltd., 4656 Margaret St., Port Alberni, B.C. V9Y 6H2. Phone: (250) 723-6399. Fax: (250) 723-6395. Classifieds: 1-855-310-3535. The Alberni Valley News is distributed free to 9,800 households in Port Alberni, Cherry Creek, Sproat Lake and Beaver Creek. The Alberni Valley News is Vancouver Island owned and operated. 2012 CCNA

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EDITORIAL

River safety is paramount Hitting the ol’ information highway We are fortunate in the Alberni Valley to have such natural gems literally in our backyard, where we can spend summer and winter months pursuing outdoor activities. This is something that attracts residents and tourists alike to our region. It is easy for us to be complacent with our surroundings, becoming preoccupied with the splendour. A tragic accident at Stamp River Provincial Park last weekend reminds us that we must be vigilant with our safety. One man died and two women are lucky to be alive after they went over Stamp Falls in their inflatable rafts. Visitors to the Valley, they did not realize they were tubing in a dangerous part of the river, upstream of the falls. Not three weeks ago, the RCMP issued a stern warning to people that the Stamp River is running high, and people wishing to pursue recreational activities such as tubing would be wise to wear a personal flotation device and go with someone familiar with the area. Still, there were dozens of people on the river this weekend and many of them disregarded the warning. Just as we must take personal responsibility for our choices, we must also recognize safety is a two-way street. The young women who survived the plunge over the falls said there wasn’t sufficient signage warning them that they were tubing in the wrong place. Others have echoed the same sentiment. It behooves BC Parks to address these concerns. After all, the cost of putting up another danger sign is nothing when compared to the cost of another human life. — Alberni Valley News

TOM FLETCHER B.C. Views

ICTORIA – By the time you read this I should be in Vanderhoof, the geographical centre of B.C., to visit relatives. Born in the Okanagan, raised in the Peace country and working for 20 years in Metro Vancouver, I’ve driven from one end of the province to the other more times than I can count. A similar trip last year began just as a huge mudslide was cleared near Chilliwack. Other drives have featured mid-summer hail piled 10 centimetres deep on the Coquihalla, a near miss between two moose in the Pine Pass, plus the usual blizzards and hundreds of traffic jams for construction, accidents and growing urban volume delays. This time I’ve got a new tool on board, the mobile version of DriveBC.ca on

my BlackBerry. Launched two years, ago, the mobile site has taken off with the surging popularity of smartphones. In the past year, DriveBC’s online traffic averaged 1.2 million visits a month, about half to the five-year-old desktop site and half from mobile users. It’s by far the most popular B.C. government website. I asked DriveBC technical leader Nainesh Agarwal for these stats, and he said even he was surprised by the surge in mobile traffic in recent months. But trying out the mobile site, it’s easy to see the appeal. With a few clicks, the phone displays incident reports and web camera images for my chosen route. Webcams have been added steadily all over the province, and now watch 18 key locations on

Vancouver Island, 93 in the Lower Mainland, 73 in the Southern Interior, 35 in the North and 13 at Canada-U.S. border crossings. At a glance, you can check anything from the traffic at the Lions Gate Bridge to the lineup for the Skidegate ferry on Haida Gwaii. Most pictures update every two minutes, offering a real-time look at traffic, weather and road conditions. A recent addition is “replay the day,” which shows the last 24 hours of pictures in a few seconds. Another new feature is an email alert that can be customized. You can subscribe to a particular region or highway and receive notices as soon as they are posted to the DriveBC network. And of course there is an @drivebc

‘For those who haven’t joined the smartphone era, there is an oldfashioned option..’

TO COMMENT … We welcome your original comments on editorials, columns, on topics in the Alberni Valley News or any subjects important to you. Only letters that include name, address, and day and evening phone numbers and that are verified by the Alberni Valley News can be considered for publication. Letters to the editor and articles submitted to the Alberni Valley News may be published or distributed in print, electronic or other forms. The Alberni Valley News is a member of the B.C. 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.

Twitter feed, where between 6:30 a.m. and midnight, staff update conditions and respond to inquiries. (Major events are automatically tweeted overnight.) Verified reports are fed from highways staff and contractors all over the province and co-ordinated through the provincial highways condition centre in the Lower Mainland. It’s become a primary source of information for radio and TV traffic and news reporters around B.C. The mobile service now has an option for drivers to report new problems they encounter. After determining your smartphone’s location, the site displays the name and phone number of the local maintenance contractor who can take the report. For those who haven’t joined the smartphone era, there is an oldfashioned option. Dialing 5-1-1 anywhere in the province gives access to a toll-free line that connects to recorded DriveBC messages. Continued / 11

Commitment to accuracy To report corrections and clarifications, contact editor Susan Quinn at 250-723-6399 or e-mail: editor@ albernivalleynews.com or drop by our office at 4656 Margaret St.

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Mailbag: Feedback on news items

QUESTION of the week

Is high school within budget?

Should Port Alberni allow people to own chickens and bees within city limits?

Yes – 35 No – 22 This week’s question: Do you think more signage is needed at Stamp Falls warning recreational water users about dangers of the falls?

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Dialing 5-1-1 still an option From / 10 Agarwal said use of that service has been declining as phones with web access become more popular. The 5-1-1 service also requires you to use the keypad to select your route from a numerical list, so drivers would have to pull over rather than breach the new restrictions on using handheld devices while driving. The 5-1-1 system still

gets surges of heavy use during major events like the recent flooding. The plan is to upgrade the system to allow voice recognition, so drivers can use headsets to get updates on the move. Tom Fletcher is legislative reporter and columnist for Black Press and BCLocalnews.com tfletcher@blackpress.ca

To the Editor, The fact that at least two contractors working for Yellowridge Construction have not been paid for work performed suggests that that company won the contract for building the new high school on the basis of a fixed price. It seems that Yellowridge doesn’t have enough money to pay for all the work done by subcontractors. Meanwhile, School District 70 administrators continue to perpetuate the apparent fiction that the project is “on time and on budget,” ignoring the question of subcontractor payments, the cost of the new Klitsa ball fields, and the cost of demolishing the present Alberni District Secondary School, estimated at millions of dollars. Meanwhile, they persist in trumpeting the energy efficiencies and design features of the new school while totally ignoring the environmental havoc and pollution caused by building it. The simplest, cheapest, and most environmentally

friendly approach was to make any necessary upgrades to the existing ADSS, a wood frame building which could have been used, just like our old hospital, for decades to come. Richard Berg, Port Alberni

Why chicken before road? To the editor, Don’t get me wrong, I love chickens and bees... But where have our priorities gone? Our leaders demand surveys be done on chickens in my backyard, but when it comes to a $100 million highway proposal to Highway 19 through Horne Lake and around the Timberlodge Hotel to Ship Creek Road no one thinks it’s worth asking residents their opinion first? Dare I even mention the word “Referendum”? Don’t worry, the port authority decided instead to urge the Ministry of Transportation to hurry along planning for their new highway connector... consider yourselves consulted. When is the public going to have a say? When are local officials going to

show what other options there are to divert truck traffic (like say, rail for one third the cost), and the comparisons of all of it impacting on our watersheds, recreational areas, business growth, and carbon footprint? Should this highway be built or maybe the road to Bamfield and Cowichan is more important? Or maybe the one out Beaver Creek to the Comox Valley? And what can be built fastest to get Raven Coal Project trucks out of the city if the mine goes in in 2014, this highway or the rail line? It seems the port authority would rather just keep all that behind closed doors and leave residents to worry about chickens and bees. Chris Alemany. Port Alberni

Angel gives big thanks To the editor, We raised $1,149 for BC Children’s Hospital and Variety the children’s charity at the 90th Anniversary Hayes Truck Show on Canada Day weekend. Thank you to Steve

and Vicki Drybrough, Jim Falconer and the event committee for inviting us to attend and for helping us to raise money for our two favorite charities. We also thank Finning Nanaimo, Island Pacific Logging, Western Forest Products and Hayes Forest Industries for donating all of the hats and mugs for us to sell. Thank you to Vancouver Island Limousine for driving us in the Canada Day Parade and for asking everyone to come to the 90th Anniversary Hayes Truck Show to help us raise money for sick kids. And thank you to everyone that supported our fundraising work by making a purchase or a donation. Thanks to you, many sick kids can now be helped. Angel Magnussen Port Alberni, Derek Russell Powell River

Gov’t sneaks in more changes To the Editor, As the country warmly embraces Canada Day on July 1, the federal government will use

the distraction to introduce one of the more mean-spirited measures we’ve seen in years. They will remove full medicare coverage from refugees, and thus send them to join indentured guest workers as part of the first underclass of Canadians. The idea has hardly gone over well with doctors, who expect to see people being untreated or flooding emergency rooms as in the United States. But the tireless feds have no intention to stop there, and a month later will create a third class of Canadian, our farmers. First the Canadian Wheat Board will begin to be phased out, against the wishes of a majority of prairie farmers who wanted the marketing board left alone. And then right-wing policy makers will take aim at another aspect of farming. They have already begun to demonize supply management, by which they mean tariffs, which make the business model of poultry, egg and dairy producers possible. Colin Frazer, Port Alberni

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Cherry Creek FD celebrates 50th SUSAN QUINN ALBERNI VALLEY NEWS

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Cherry Creek Fire Department Chief Mike Sparrow dons an antique turnout coat and helmet and shows off a gas mask; all artifacts that will be on display this Saturday, July 21 at Cherry Creek F.D.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 50th anniversary open house.

The Cherry Creek Volunteer Fire Department answered its first call on July 27, 1962. It was one of less than a dozen that the newly formed department handled, under the direction of fire Chief Charlie Haggard. Fifty years later, Haggard has passed on, the departmentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s fleet has grown to four trucks, and its volunteers respond to roughly 80 calls a year. This weekend, the department celebrates a half-century of serving the Cherry Creek community. The public is welcome to come and help celebrate at an open house this Saturday, July 21 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the corner of Cherry Creek Road and Moore Road. There will be free food, a mock-up fire house that kids can shoot water at, games, displays and demonstrations. Festivities also include a private, invitation-only

banquet that evening for members. The department received $2,000 from the AlberniClayoquot Regional District to pay for its celebration. While the fire department still operates out of its original building, and the siren atop the building is still put to use, firefighters have seen some significant changes since it started, present Chief Mike Sparrow said. In 1962 the department owned just four sets of turnout gear, and it was heavy. A firemanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s helmet cost $6.95. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re about $80 now,â&#x20AC;? he said. It costs approximately $4,000 to outfit one firefighter, and all 24 or so have their own gear. Another big change is who qualifies as a volunteer. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Originally you had to be a married male with property,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Now, you can be female, you can be single. Times have changed.â&#x20AC;? editor@albernivalleynews.com

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WFP upgrades technology, but losing 14 jobs at mill WAWMEESH G. HAMILTON ALBERNI VALLEY NEWS

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Western Forest Products Inc. is investing $6.7 million in an electronic lumber grading machine to be installed at Alberni Plywood Division, WFP vice-chair Lee Doney said. The announcement was made at APD last week in front of mill employees, civic officials, Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations Minister Steve Thomson and Parksville-Qualicum MLA Ron Catelon. The automatic lumber grader will be the first in coastal B.C., will make grading more efficient and streamline a labour intensive job. But on the other side of the ledger the technology investment comes at a price as up to 14 jobs will be lost, officials said. The company has managed to turn a profit through 10 financial quarters despite a tough economy, and chose to plow $125 million into its mills. The industry took it on the chin during one of the biggest downturns in recent memory and the investment could be construed as a sign that a step has been taken out from under the economic weight. “We want to

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installed at APD. The new technology requires fewer workers to operate than the old one did and 14 workers will lose their jobs, said APD Manager Joe Holmes. There may be some displacement, “But we will find people jobs in the mill,” Holmes said. The average age of the mill’s workers is 54, so some of those 14 jobs will be lost through attrition, he said. Other workers will find slots by virtue of their seniority. The upside is that the new technology will provide a more stable footing for the remaining jobs, Holmes said. The news of job loss clarified what had been on the mill’s unofficial employee telegraph for weeks, said Rick Neuwirth, president of United Steelworkers Local 185. “We’ve heard rumours about this but the first time I officially heard it was at the announcement today,” Neuwirth said. The move is a double-edged sword, he said. “They’re investing in the mill but it’s at a cost of jobs. “The benefit down the line too is that they won’t be closing the mill if they make this kind of investment.” Neuwirth and other officials will be notifying their membership before having a sit-down with mill management to discuss transitioning to the new technology.

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Abashiri twinning still relevant: mayor From / 3 “Abashiri came to us. They found out we had similar things,” said Regional District of Nanaimo chairman Joe Stanhope, a councillor in Port Alberni in 1986. “It’s a very important fishing port.” Some businesses flourished under the new relationship with Abashiri, Trumper said. In the late 1980s a local company was building homes out of wood sourced in the region and sending them to Japan. “That came about through the twinning.” Over the years the educational side of the relationship has bloomed. Teachers have in the past gone on exchanges to Abashiri to teach English for a year at a time. Laurie Morphet, vice-principal at ADSS, has seen first hand how valuable student exchanges are. When her daughter, Kama Money—now a teacher at ADSS—was in Grade 8 she went on an exchange to Abashiri, and has maintained her friendships. “It’s very interesting, comparing cultures,” Morphet said. “It’s a connection. The difference between having a twin city and going travelling is they look after you very well (in Abashiri). It’s like family.” Sharon Gowan can attest to that. In 1986 she billeted with

Keiko Motomura; although they have stayed in touch, they hadn’t seen each other in 26 years. They met again last Friday and “were like little school girls,” Morphet said. Sherri McKinnon was 16 years old when her brother hosted an Abashiri exchange student in Port Alberni. The See related story on page 8.

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Left, Alberni Valley resident Russ Widdess gets his AV News fix while in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. Above, Brian Jessen enjoys a sunset and his copy of the AV News while vacationing in Havana, Cuba. Alberni Colour Cornerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Valerie Bellwood, left, enjoys some fun, sun and story about Puddle Ducks in the Alberni Valley News while in Puerto Vallarta, Bucerias. Theresa Bonomo, right, keeps warm in the Swiss Alps while being informed by an Alberni Valley News article about computer restoration at Klitsa Tutoring. PHOTOS SUBMITTED

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Cherie Williams, manager of the Scotiabank, and Christina Proteau, past president of the Port Alberni Rotary Club, present Ron Doetzel of Kidsport with a total of more than $4,000 raised during the Rotary Golf Fore Kids event held last month. Teresa Bird photo

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ADSS Grade 12 student Keanna Mullen is headed to the Girls Rugby Nationals with Team BC in Quebec next month. The scrum half/second row player forwent a spot in the BC Summer Games this weekend in order to make the trip to nationals.

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A Port Alberni girl who qualified to play in the B.C. Summer Games in rugby has forgone the opportunity. Instead, ADSS Grade 12 student Keanna Mullen, 17, was named to the Team BC team that is headed to the National Championships being held next month in Quebec City. Mullen was one of 25 girls who made the team, whose tryout numbers were peeled from the 65 who tried out. â&#x20AC;&#x153;There were 30 of us that last day. They cut five players and I wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t one of them so I felt relieved,â&#x20AC;? Mullen said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This was my biggest dream and I made it.â&#x20AC;? Mullen is in distinguished company as Sarah Logan and Karli

McFarlane are the only other players from Port Alberni who ever made the BC team. Mullen, who is playing second line for Team BC, is fresh off a five-day training regime with her new team. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the hardest Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve ever been trained in my life,â&#x20AC;? she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I would have been upset if I was cut but I wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t.â&#x20AC;? Mullen became interested in girls rugby at age 13 after watching her older sister Tayla play with the Black Sheep. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They asked me to come out to practice. I did and I was hooked after that.â&#x20AC;? In the five years since, Mullen has played with the ADSS Armada, Black Sheep and Tsunami Island rep team. She captains the Armada and won most improved player and MVP awards. Mullen was most

Former National Hockey League player and coach Ryan Walter helped kick off four weeks of West Coast Junior Prep Camp at the AV Multiplex, Tuesday. Walter, who played and coached for 17 seasons with the Washington Capitals, Montreal Canadiens and Vancouver Canucks, delivered a motivational speech

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Heat saps playersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; games Newbies rule the night PATRICK LITTLE Hollies Golf

Big time golfer Leave your ego at the bar Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a â&#x20AC;&#x153;C-noteâ&#x20AC;? here You wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t shoot par! Twenty-sevenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the number If you think you have game, See you on Menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Night But probably not again.

Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the challenge. Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll begin from the week since it was last shot. Many of tried and many have failed. One score of 27 shot on Menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Night two years ago by John

Fader on Sept. 23, 2010 still stands. The incentive is also for women. It has been nearly seven years since multiple Canadian Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s amateur champion and good friend of the Hollies,â&#x20AC;&#x2122; Mary Anne Hayward of Toronto, shot 29 during the day our course was rated for the British Columbia Golf Association. Very few had game this past Menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Night and the scores showed. Maybe it was the heat, or maybe the slow fivesome, but whatever it was , the scores were high. The Tim Hortonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s low gross was three over par 33 by Barry Ensor, a

stroke ahead of Preban Rasmussen. Robin Woodward took the Canadian Tire low net with a four under par score of 26, two better than James Williams. Joining Ensor, Rasmussen, and Woodward as K.P. winners were Scott Fuller, Larry Gavelin, Wayne Johnstone, Jason Pley of Pley Roofing and Rob Longeuay of First Glass. There have been no changes in the Remax player of the year so far with Big â&#x20AC;&#x153;Oâ&#x20AC;?Tires Denis Debolt leading the way along with both Ron Lange and Barry Ensor tied for the lead in the Howard Johnsonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ringerboard competition.

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Jerry White and Cory Nielson. On the net side of the day the winners were Jacques Giovetti, Vic Carlton, Jerry Swaney, Gerry Blender, Jack Sparks and Keith Randall. The closest to the pin winners were Steve Acland on No. 2, the charity closest to the pin on No. 4 was Darrell Van Os,

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book. 2. Keep a journal of those great shots and special moments. 3. Play more often. 4. Lose attachment to the outcome. 5. Next time you sink an unreal putt, celebrate as if you had just won the U.S. Open. 6. Play the course of your dreams with your best friend. 7. Golf with strangers and you will have more friends. 8. Play an entire round of golf as if you were 10 years old. 9. Take a child golfing. 10. Look around the beauty of the golf course and enjoy the experience. Enjoy the beautiful weather at Hollies.

DQ Iron Man not for softies It was another warm sunny day for the menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s club action. The blind nine event was held with Ron Clark emerging as the low gross winner, followed by

Hortonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s. Longest putt, sponsored by 7-11, was won by Sharanne Gaiga. Sharanne also won KP, sponsored by Safeway. Great drive Sharanne. Port Alberni Pizza Factory sponsored the closest to the pin on the second shot, won by Sue Steinhaeur. Sue also won the top score for the night, shooting a 37 for the round. Best score to a newcomer was won by Erika Giguere. . Because there was such a large turnout, Hollies donated $1 per registration for a door prize, which was won by Maryann McConnell. Ten Ways to Appreciate Golf 1. Read a great golf

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Bowman topping the field compiling 44 points, ( way to go Barry ). Next with 42 points was Livio Tedesco, Gerry Blinder with 41 points, Peter Burton 39 Points, followed by Bill Johnson, Masami Hirayama and Bruce Browne all with 38 points. Continued/30

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BC Games a catalyst Batter up for BC Summer Games for sports tourism

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Since 1978, the BC Winter and BC Summer Games have been hosted in 38 different communities around the province. The BC Games have become part of the historical record of communities and for many, an honour and experience that has inspired them to build a vibrant sport tourism industry. Long before sport tourism was identified as an important part of the tourism industry, the BC Winter and BC Summer Games were demonstrating the valuable impact of sport events. Besides the obvious economic benefits ($1.8 million to $2.6 million), the BC Games bring a community together, train leaders, and create exposure and recognition opportunities.

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Sport tourism is growing at a consistently strong rate, despite the trends that have shown a declining tourism industry in recent years. According to the Canadian Sport Tourism Alliance, spending associated with sport tourism in Canada reached $3.6 billion in 2010, an 8.8 per cent increase in two years. This continues sport tourism’s trend of being one of the fastest growing industry segments within Canada’s tourism industry. The number of B.C. communities becoming active in sport tourism continues to grow. The BC Games

Society and Tourism BC co-manage the HostingBC.ca website which provides a sport hosting portfolio for B.C. sport hosting destinations, including an inventory of sport facilities, sport hosting experience, photo galleries, maps, technical venue information, support services, and key contacts. Port Alberni, which has hosted all four BC Games (summer, winter, seniors and disability games), is listed on this site. The 2012 BC Summer Games will take place in Surrey, July 19–22. Tourism Surrey and the City of Surrey recently developed and implemented a new sport tourism strategy with the purpose of attracting sport events and increase visitation to Surrey.

If pedigree is any measure, then Alan Charlesworth is a blue blood chip off the old block. The 12-year-old Grade 8 student from AW Neill is the only Port Alberni boy on the 12-player roster of a team competing in the BC Summer Games next week. Tryouts were held six weeks ago in Nanaimo and Charlesworth gave it his best shot and made it. “I was kind of surprised at first and then I was happy. It’s a once in a lifetime opportunity and I made it,” he said. His accomplishment is even more noteworthy considering most of the team comes from either Sooke or Langley. Several Port Alberni residents are competing in the games in sports such as wrestling, rugby and track and field. Charlesworth’s father is Al Charlesworth senior. Born and raised in the Alberni Valley, Al senior played first base on the Port Machine Huskies and Arlington Hotel Juniors, both teams of which captured BC junior titles in the early 1980’s.

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Alan Charlesworth, 12, is the only Port Alberni resident playing on a team from Nanaimo that is competing in the BC Summer Games next week. The Grade 8 student plays short stop, pitcher and second base.

His brother Terry Charlesworth was a skilled softball player of note as well. Alan is multi-skilled and can pitch, play shortstop or second base. He played softball this season in Port Alberni for Traffic Storm, a team coached by Christine Forbes and Mona Charlesworth. Alan has a practice on Wednesday and is then leaving for Cloverdale (where

the games are being played) on Thursday morning. The team’s first game is on Friday morning and the finals are on Sunday afternoon. He lived on Galiano Island with his parents and sister but moved to Port Alberni where his father is from in 2006 for more sports opportunities. He took up the game shortly afterward. “I was in Grade 2. I used to watch my

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cousin play and it looked like fun so I joined,” he said. His goal at the games is to play as best as he can and enjoy the experience. He doesn’t have to look very far for a role model when it comes to softball. “I hope to be good enough to play college ball like my cousin Jen (Charlesworth),” he said. Other Alberni athletes competing at the BC Summer Games include: for track and field, Heather Cruikshank, Jesse Law, Rylee Mitchell, Thompson Weegar, Nathaniel Wynans, Tim Wynans. For rugby Keanna Mullen, Kate Schievink, Whitnie Senger. For wrestling Nolan Badovinic, Eryk Cardinal, Sheldon Haddad, Dean Leyland, Maureen Messenger, Jesse Wagner, Jordan Wagner, Remi Wells, Marlow Mathieson, Heather Morrison, Jorge Patterson, and Adrianna Todesco.

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CARRIER OF THE WEEK JOSH PETERSON

Josh, 15, has been doing a great job over the past four months delivering the News to 93 South Port homes & businesses. Josh will be starting Grade 10 at the new high school in September. He likes playing video games and sports, especially baseball and hockey – he has a pretty wicked slapshot! Josh is a die-hard Canucks & Blue Jays fan and is a whiz when it comes to statistics concering most sports. This summer Josh will be going to Victoria to have some fun and visit family. Josh enjoys doing his paper route because it gives him spending money.

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Creditors and others having claims against the Estate of Robert Bennett MacKay, Deceased, are hereby notified under section 38 of the Trustee Act that particulars of their claims should be sent to Robbie Owen MacKay, the Executor of the Estate, c/o Rodway & Perry, at #1-699 Beach Road, Qualicum Beach, B.C. V9K 1S4 on or before September 17, 2012 after which date the Executor will distribute the Estate among the parties entitled to it, having regard to the claims of which the Executor then has notice.

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HOMECOMING / Are you ready? Aug. 3–6

Concert band at Quay Harbour Quay in Southport will be filled with live music this Saturday, July 21 at 6:30 p.m. as the Port Alberni Centennial Committee presents the Nanaimo Concert Band in a free outdoor performance. Bring your own chair, relax and listen to Canada’s oldest continuously operating concert band. The Nanaimo Concert Band is recognized as one of the finest groups in the country, and has attracted some of the most experienced music directors in Canada. The band was established in 1872, founded and conducted by Reverend James Reynard. The first name given to the band was “The Nanaimo Junior Brass Band” but shortly thereafter it was renamed the “Nanaimo Brass

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Nanaimo Concert Band is Canada’s oldest continuously operating concert band. They’ll be at Harbour Quay this Saturday.

Band”. The band’s second conductor was Mark Bate, who was also the band’s president and the first Mayor of Nanaimo. In 1889, the band was renamed the “Nanaimo Silver Cornet Band” after the distinctive silverplated instruments purchased from J.W Pepper in the United States. In the 1920s the band was known for the many honours its members won in competitions and was nicknamed the “Nanaimo Silver Cornet Prize Band”. It wasn’t until 1950 that it was renamed to the current name “ Nanaimo Concert Band”. Saturday’s concert will be approximately two hours long. Pick up a drink or a snack from one of the Harbour Quay merchants and relax on Port Alberni’s waterfront.

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Summer series The summer concert series continues at Char’s Landing with Edmonton roots band 100 Mile House this Thursday, July 19, followed by Rusty Water and the Broken Troubadours on Friday, July 20 and Jim Houston on Wednesday, July 25 at 7 p.m. For ticket info, call Charlene Patterson at 250-730-1636. Char’s Landing is located in the white church on Argyle Street at Fifth Avenue.

Kids get creative at Rollin MELISSA MARTIN Arts Around

Let your child explore the creative summer programs at the Rollin Art Centre. Designed for children ages five to eight years, each week is a different theme. Please call 250724-3412 and book your spot as space is limited. Three-day week programs are $20 and run every Tuesday, Wednesday

and Friday. Mornings: 10 a.m. – 12 p.m. for ages five and six. Afternoons: 1–3 p.m. for ages seven and eight. Upcoming themes include: Disney Magic, July 24–27. Yo Ho Yo Ho – A Pirates Life for Me, July 31–Aug. 3. Under the Sea Adventures, Aug. 7–10. Dinosaurs–The Great Reptiles, Aug. 14–17. And Space–The Final Frontier, Aug. 21–24.

Midsummer’s eve art show The Art Rave Society of Alberni presents A Midsummer’s Eve Art Show and Dance and membership drive this Friday, July 20 at the Bavarian Centre, 3031 Fourth Ave. Doors open at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $15 and are available at The Rollin Art Centre, Island Gallery, Clock Tower Gallery, Jenny’s Fine Foods and Flandangles. Come mingle and enjoy the works of local artists and the music of the Barry Bruyere Trio. At 8:30 p.m. meet the board and hear about the 2013 juried art show and arts festival. At 9 p.m. dance the night away with the music of Maloomba Boogie band.

Artisan market at Rollin Centre

Every Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., The Rollin Art Centre will be having an artisans’ market in the garden. The market runs for the months of July and August. Melissa Martin is the arts administrator for the arts council.

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Gord McKinnon 250-723-1800

4817 MARGARET ST.

3929 11TH AVENUE

4330 JOHNSTON ST.

5442 WOODLAND CRES.

$109,900

$146,900

$194,800

$334,900

♦ $518/ month mortgage ♦ 5% down payment ♦ 5 year term at 3.24% ♦ 25 year amortization

♦ Well built on corner lot ♦ 3 bdrms, ♦ Great view of Beaufort Mountains ♦ Close to shopping, school and marina

♦ 2 bedroom starter home ♦ Large lot

Craig Filipchuck 250-720-6220

Pat Hickey 250-723-3853

♦ 1800 sq. ft. rancher ♦ Oak & tile ﬂoors ♦ Fenced yard

Gerry Hickey & Danielle Marley 250-723-3853

Fran Kimura 250-723-1800 4115 GLENSIDE ROAD

5100 PLEASANT ROAD

5030 BUSH ROAD

TRESTLE RV PARK

$218,000

$399,900

$69,900-$149,900

♦ Close to schools & marina ♦ 3 bedroom home with lg livingrm & master bdrm ♦ Lower level has a rec room with a wood burning FP

♦ 3 bed, 3 bath ♦ Totally updated ♦ Separate work shop & double carport ♦ On .049 of an acre

♦ Great Central Lake ♦ 39 Campsites ♦ Large strata lots

$239,900

New Price ♦ 2 plus 2 bedrooms ♦ 2 bathrooms ♦ Custom built kitchen ♦ Park-like back yard and newer roof

Maureen Mackenzie 250-720-6034

Vi McConnell 250-731-4138

Dell McConnell 250-731-4138

10148 SOUTH DRIVE

3851 SOUTH MORGAN CRES.

3192 12TH AVENUE

3577 CARRIERE RD.

$768,900

$179,900

$319,900

$399,900

♦ 3 bedrooms ♦ Skylite

PRIVATE LAKEFRONT ♦ 4 bedrooms 2 baths ♦Architectully designed ♦ Over 2,000 sq. ft.

Lyle Price 250-723-1800

♦ 3 bedrooms, 3 bath home ♦ Detached shop on separate lot UÊ ÕÃiÊ ÞÊ $299,000

♦ 5 bedrooms 2 bathrooms ♦ Large lot ♦ Fenced yard

Alease Arcus

Chris Arcus

Joe Van Bergen 250-723-6159

Dena Wickman 250-723-1800

3772 6TH AVENUE

7641 BEAVER CREEK RD.

5535 BROADWAY BLVD.

3870 3RD AVENUE

$272,000

$300,000

$149,900

$389,000

♦ 3 bedrooms 2 bathrooms ♦ Updated rancher ♦ .70 acre

♦ 2 bedroom solid home ♦ Neat in & out ♦ Thermal windows

250-731-7733

♦ 3 bedrooms ♦ Fully fenced yard ♦ Newer roof, siding and kitchen ♦ Walking distance to Paper Mill Dam

250-731-6637

♦ Beautiful Character Home ♦ Lots of updates ♦ Master with 4 pce ensuite ♦ 3 bay garage ♦ All this on 0.97 of an acre in city limits

Kat Dwolinsky 250-730-0863

W. Earl Engstrom 250-720-9051

Esther Fenton 250-723-8786

Sonja Sutton 250-720-6804

6099 MARGOT ROAD

6512 SMITH ROAD

4151 STEEDE

6357 SALAL ROAD

$299,900

$319,900

$799,900

New Price

$199,900

♦ In Cherry Creek ♦ 2 bedrooms, 1 bathroom ♦ Open concept kitchen ♦ Spacious 16x24 insulated & wired workshop, carport

♦ Comfy family home ♦ Landcaped .44 are ♦ 3120 sq. ft. home like new condition ♦ 3 bdrms on main, 24’x24’ attached double garage

♦ 3 bedrooms & 3 bathrooms ♦ Split level home ♦ Heat pump ♦ Large garage/workshop

♦ Custom 4 bdrm Sproat Lake home ♦ Shared waterfront & wharf ♦ Unfinished basement, detached shop