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Earthquake rattles beds but fails to startle nerves By Stacey Marple Haida Gwaii Observer

The early morning of Friday April 24, Haida Gwaii was hit by an Earthquake of 6.1 magnitude. No tsunami warnings were issued after the earthquake. The epicentre of the quake was approximately 167 km south of the Village of Queen Charlotte. Some residents of Haida Gwaii reported objects shaking and windows rattling, but no serious damage or injuries were reported. As the islands of Haida Gwaii all have unique geological qualities, the effects of an earthquake can vary from island to island. Every community reported feeling the quake in different ways. Queen Charlotte Village which has a rock base didn’t feel the quake as much as the residents of the northern parts of Graham island. Tlell and north is mostly a sand based area and feels almost every quake that happens. Shirley Wilson of Skidegate reported feeling the earthquake. “I was sitting in my bed when I heard the house creak.” After the initial creak she felt her bed start rocking and noticed her ornaments rocking. “The Submitted photo ornaments rocked for a while after the quake Committee members of the Pulling Together Haida Gwaii Event demonstrate their teamwork abilities at the carving shed in the stopped,” Ms. Wilson told the Observer. “My Kay Centre. The group will be holding a fund raiser May 2. See full story on Page 3 son and brother who were also in the house didn’t feel the earthquake at all.” Barry Pages of Masset, director of the Skeena-Queen Charlotte Regional District said he felt the quake but because it was fairly short he wasn’t too concerned. However, he morning, April 18. He missed dinner By Quinn Bender added, “This is a reminder to every one to be plans with friends later that night. Haida Gwaii Observer prepared.” The following Tuesday Masset Earthquakes are nothing new to Haida RCMP received a missing persons The search for Kumdis Ilsand resiGwaii. The quake comes just weeks after a report, which led to the discovery dent, Brent Hendren, was suspended study identied Haida Gwaii as ground zero Mr. Hendren’s boat abandoned and last weekend following one of Haida for the next major seismic event on the west overturned south of Watun River Gwaii’s largest search and rescue coast. near Pure Lake Provincial Park. operations in more than 25 years. This recent earthquake doesn’t qualify as “It is strongly believed that Brent “I know for a fact that if he was the big one scientists predict, as it was smaller alive out there we would have found drowned when his rowboat capsized - Chris Ashurst than even some of the aftershocks after the 7.7 him. There’s no chance we would west of Kumdis Island,” Mr. Ashurst magnitude earthquake in 2012. said. “This is based on information have missed him. The community The same weekend that Haida Gwaii got from witnesses, the location of the capshould know we did everything we hit by this 6.1 tremor, Nepal was devastated sized vessel, and the distribution of his possibly could to find him,” said Massett Marine Rescue. by a 7.8 magnitude event. Chris Ashurst, SAR manager with Mr. Hendren, 27, was last seen personal effects along the shoreline. Earthquakes between 6.0 andstudents a 6.9 areat Port Archipelago Thank you to all the atalented Clements Elementary School for providing artworkout to the cover of our Christmas Ground Search and rowing to his Kumdis Island edition. For more art from schools considered a strong onplease the Richter scale.10-11. Rescue and deputy unit leader with cabin rental with supplies Sunday across the islands see Page See SEARCH on Page 2

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Peter Lantin re-elected CHN president Appeal of results prompted by close race declared invalid

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Peter Lantin has been re-elected as president of the Council of the Haida Nation. Mr. Lantin narrowly defeated candidate Allan Davidson by 38 votes of 864 counted. That narrow margin, in addition to close numbers for Old Massett representatives, prompted an appeal of the results, delaying election results by several days. H o w e v e r, a f t e r a recount the chief electoral officer, Jennifer Russ, declared the results final. “The Appeals Board ruled that there were no grounds for an appeal under section 15.5 of the CHN Election Regulartions,” she wrote. “The Board has dismissed the appeal and the decision of the Board

“The board has dismissed the appeal and the decision is final.”

This is Mr. Lantin’s second term as president. He rose to the council’s top spot in 2012, then winning by acclamation after rival candidate Robert Mills withdrew from the race. CHN Vice President Trevor Russ also held - Jennifer Russ on to his position for another term, beating his sole challenger Christopher Campbell 640 votes to 181. Regional elected representatives are Ty l e r B e l l i s , R o b e r t Bennett, Leslie Brown and Stephen Grosse for Old Massett; Jason Alsop, William Shawn Cowpar, Percy Crosby a n d Wi l l i a m R u s s is final….” for Skidegate; Pansy The final count for C o l l i s o n a n d R o g e r president was 348 for Smith for Prince Rupert; Mr. Lantin and 313 for David Smith and Ernest Mr. Davidson. Swanson for Vancouver.

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QCSS senior girls competes with BC’s best By Stacey Marple Haida Gwaii Observer

The Queen Charlotte Secondary School Senior girls volleyball team has placed 14 out of the 16 teams that participated in the ‘A’ Sr. Girls Volleyball Provincial Tournament. The team of 12 girls travelled all the way to Castlegar to participate in Provincials. “They held their own. The best thing was the positivity and sportsmanship, which I think is very important,” Coach Lee-Al Nelson said. The team battled weather, nerves and even flight schedules to get to the tournament. K e l o w n a ’s I m m a c u l a t a Mustangs won the tournament title. Mr. Nelson says he’s proud of QCSS for contending against one of BC’s strongest teams, adding the Mustangs too are from a small school of about 300. “It goes to show you that the smaller schools are just Submitted photo as strong as the bigger high The QCSS senior girl’s volleyball team landed a 14th place amoung 16 teams at the B.C. Provincials in Castlegar. schools.” Even though the QCSS girls didn’t beat the best, the fact back to provincials. The team have won a few more matches,” Nelson said. donations from businesses that they had made it to the had only played 13 games Mr. Nelson explained. “It’s a The trip cost the team over and individuals Mr. Nelson provincial level, for the first before they made it to provin- lot more than what we are $18,000 with the school pro- doesn’t think it will take long time in over 20 years, shows cials. The girls played seven used to. viding $10,000 for the trip to cover the costs of the trip. how serious this team is. “Our flight was canceled leaving the team to raise the “They did the islands’ well,” matches in three days, after “This definitely won’t be a long trip met with fatigue out of Castlegar, so we had remaining balance. A wreath said Mr. Nelson.. the last time,” Mr. Nelson and nerves. to bus it to Kelowna. We got fundraiser brought in a little said about getting the team “I really think they could to see a lot of country,” Mr. more than $500. With private

Raven and the Salmonberry Rapture flying off shelves By Stacey Maprle Haida Gwaii Observer

Raven and the Salmonberry Rapture has become a hot-ticket Christmas gift this year. The book itself has only been for sale less than a month and has already sold over 70 copies. Every sale of the $30 book sees $12.50 donated back to the Haida language programs on Haida Gwaii. The rest of the money goes back to cover the cost of printing, design and layout and shipping, which came out of pocket for the author John Wood. Mr. Wood has already sent the Council of the Haida Nation two cheques totalling $925. There are 10 different business now selling the book based on traditional Haida stories. Five of the outlets are on-island. Each business selling the books have agreed to sell them without any profit to their business. Mr. Wood expects to be able to donate a total of $3750

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towards the Haida Language programs when all the copies of the books sell. Raven and the Salmonberry Rapture has been published by First Choice Publishing out of Victoria. With a small run of only 300 copies, 150 are for sale on Haida Gwaii. The book has 27 traditional Haida stories, told by 15 different Haida elders. His close friend John Wesley of Skidegate had assisted on some of the artwork and contributed the forward.

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Dec. 16, 2010 The Greater M a s s e t t Development Corporation was out of ideas for a new recreation centre and pool, and was going to concentrate on demolishing the former Canadian Forces Masset buildings. At the AGM in Old Massett, those attending heard that the new rec. centre project, with swimming pool, is dead in the water, and that the GMDC board thinks another island group should champion it.

Dec. 22, 2005 The Tow Hill kids got together and decided to send something special to someone less fortunate. A donation can went around the community. In only a week’s time, 100 dollars was donated by the kids as well as the families in the community. The World Vision Catalogue was circulated. For exactly $100, two roosters and four hens could be purchased and sent to a person or family anywhere in the world.

Dec. 14, 1995 The powerful tides of Masset Inlet could produce more than enough electricity for the islands and make the town of Port Clements a world leader in technology, a tidal power company director says. Martin Burger of Nova Energy Ltd. told Port council that the five knot current which flows through the inlet is the equivalent of a 240 km/h wind.

Dec. 19, 1985 The Queen Charlotte City water system may never have a treatment system installed. Chair Ray Hanson said the Regional District had just received a letter, which “waffles on the ministry’s insistence that there should be some form of treatment.” The letter said that for the last few months, water samples taken in Charlotte have been pretty good,.

Editorial Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Clause This editorial first appeared in the New York Sun in 1897, written by Francis Pharcellus. DEAR EDITOR: I am eight years old. “Some of my little friends say there is no Santa Claus. “Papa says, ‘If you see it in THE SUN it’s so.’ “Please tell me the truth; is there a Santa Claus? “VIRGINIA O’HANLON. “115 West 95th Street.” VIRGINIA, your little friends are wrong. They have been affected by the skepticism of a skeptical age. They do not believe except they see. They think that nothing can be which is not comprehensible by their little minds. All minds, Virginia, whether they be men’s or children’s, are little. In this great universe of ours man is a mere insect, an ant, in his intellect, as compared with the boundless world about him, as measured by the intelligence capable of grasping the

whole of truth and knowledge. Yes, VIRGINIA, there is a Santa Claus. He exists as certainly as love and generosity and devotion exist, and you know that they abound and give to your life its highest beauty and joy. Alas! how dreary would be the world if there were no Santa Claus. It would be as dreary as if there were no VIRGINIAS. There would be no childlike faith then, no poetry, no romance to make tolerable this existence. We should have no enjoyment, except in sense and sight. The eternal light with which childhood fills the world would be extinguished. Not believe in Santa Claus! You might as well not believe in fairies! You might get your papa to hire men to watch in all the chimneys on Christmas Eve to catch Santa Claus, but even if they did not see Santa Claus coming down, what would that prove? Nobody sees Santa Claus, but that is no sign that there is no Santa Claus. The most real things in the world are

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those that neither children nor men can see. Did you ever see fairies dancing on the lawn? Of course not, but that’s no proof that they are not there. Nobody can conceive or imagine all the wonders there are unseen and unseeable in the world. You may tear apart the baby’s rattle and see what makes the noise inside, but there is a veil covering the unseen world which not the strongest man, nor even the united strength of all the strongest men that ever lived, could tear apart. Only faith, fancy, poetry, love, romance, can push aside that curtain and view and picture the supernal beauty and glory beyond. Is it all real? Ah, VIRGINIA, in all this world there is nothing else real and abiding. No Santa Claus! Thank God! he lives, and he lives forever. A thousand years from now, Virginia, nay, ten times ten thousand years from now, he will continue to make glad the heart of childhood.

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THURSDAY Time M (ft) 05:23 5.8 19.0 11:28 2.7 8.9 17:21 5.4 17.7 23:38 2.1 6.9

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Question of the Week Do you feel that Haida Gwaii has the Christmas Spirit?

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Taking on new challenges as fund continues to grow By errol winter Executive director Reprinted from the May 29 edition

T Maranda Queen Charlotte

Erin Wilson Skidegate

Erin Thomson Telkwa

“Yes I love all the community events they have put on here this month.”

“I think so. Some snow on Christmas day might help a little”

“Sure, but it’s weird without snow.”

Anita Marple Duncan “Being around family always gives me the spirit and that’s why Im here. So yes.”

Letters to the Editor Hooterville solution contradicts province’s intent Dear Editor, I write this letter because [Hooterville resident] Alexander MacDonald is my friend, and he belongs in his home. He has peacefully lived for 20 years on the outskirts of Queen Charlotte, in a home that provides for his well-being without being harmful to others. We, myself included, need to know that the spirit of the laws is being followed, and that the proper administration of the laws and policies is the right thing to do. I understand that a set of criteria were developed for the Hooterville residents in the application for a residential occupation license. One criteria is that they demonstrate dire poverty, which I find curious. Why not demonstrate that they are not wealthy? Or, by default, a certain amount of wealth affords other choices that do not involve applications, trespass notices, petitions, meetings, and newspaper articles and letters. While this criteria seems to want to help those least fortunate, it contradicts the intent by impractically setting poverty as a goal (to obtain a license) and end result (due to eviction), which helps no-one. Something more reasonable would be in order. Support those who live lightly but have much to lose if evicted, and prevent their impoverishment and burden on others. It is never too late to do the right thing. I hope a group of thoughtful, committed people finds this a common concern between different jurisdictions, and finds ways to develop a more reasonable and creative solution. May we all feel that we belong in a supportive community, and may we all do our part to

provide a space in the common world for the human condition to flourish. Sincerely, Elisabeth Kwan Vancouver

Telepharmacies will be compliant Dear Editor, [Regarding Masset pharmacy avoids closure, Dec. 11] After considerable deliberation, the College has extended the transition period for telepharmacy operators to become compliant with telepharmacy requirements to December 31, 2016. The transition period temporarily allows non-regulated pharmacy assistants to staff telepharmacy sites under the strict supervision of a pharmacist. Requirements for pharmacy technician staffing in telepharmacy sites are not new. These requirements were made in 2010 in anticipation of pharmacy technicians becoming regulated health professionals in the following year. The exemption period to comply with the requirements under the Pharmacy Operations and Drug Scheduling Act Bylaws and Professional Practice Policy-55 aligned with the College’s five-year transition period to help facilitate pharmacy assistants in becoming regulated pharmacy technicians. It is expected that with the extended transition period, telepharmacy operators will continue to pursue avenues to become compliant with telepharmacy requirements. Over the next year, the College will engage the Ministry of Health to help support initiatives to facilitate the recruitment of pharmacists and pharmacy technicians to rural and remote communities. College of Pharmacists of BC

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he Gwaii Trust is a special feature of Haida Gwaii’s cultural and environmental landscape, offering islanders of all ages opportunities to work together, improve our infrastructure and generally make our community a better place. Over the past 20 years, the Trust has distributed more than $60 million to a wide variety of projects, including education grants to help islanders pursue post-secondary schooling, and travel grants to help islanders participate in athletic, cultural, or artistic events off-island. This grant money comes from income earned by our trust fund, currently exceeding $82 million. Gwaii Trust directors – who represent every community on Haida Gwaii - gathered in Queen Charlotte last month for our AGM, reporting on the fund’s financial results for 2014 and answering questions from the public. The results were strong: the fund earned about $5.4 million from its investments, for an annual rate of return of 10.8 per cent. Most of that revenue, $3.6 million, was spent on local projects through our various grant programs. The balance went to investment management expenses ($508,000), administrative expenses ($696,000) and inflation protection ($839,000). The inflation protection amount is reinvested in our fund so that its core value is maintained over time. About 20 members of the public attended the meeting, and Chair Brad Setso facilitated an open discussion that touched on several important aspects of the Gwaii Trust. One of the questions was whether it is possible for the Trust to invest in local businesses on Haida Gwaii, or whether all investments must be held off-island. Mr. Setso explained that the board has made a decision that would allow a portion of the fund to be invested locally. In order for this to happen, a local business would have to submit a proposal and business plan for review by the Trust’s financial managers. Other questions focused on the Trust’s new Community Allocations Program, which will distribute $1 million to each of the seven islands communities over the next four years, starting with $250,000 for each community in 2015. Guidelines for this new program will be released soon, but the general intention is to give communities the flexibility to plan ahead and determine their own priorities.Directors received a thank you from the Haida Gwaii Arts Council for the Arts Program, which has funded many different artistic endeavours. An Arts Committee made up of local artists provides advice and recommendations to the board for this particular program. We noted that the committee has been so successful in promoting the program that Arts funding has been increased this year to $75,000, from $50,000 in previous years. Another member of the public congratulated the board on the Trust’s accomplishments over the past 20 years, and urged directors to think about new ways to use the fund to help transform the islands economy. How to foster economic development here on Haida Gwaii has been on the board’s agenda for a while. Many ideas came out of our island-wide economic development forum, held last November. In future columns, we’ll talk about our plan to move forward with some of these ideas. We’ll share them with you here every second Friday. The Gwaii Trust update is a collaborative promotional venture by the Gwaii Trust Society and the Haida Gwaii Observer.

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Mail-order parts cause of long repair delay of islands’ sole traffic signal By Stacey Marple Haida Gwaii Observer After nearly three weeks of flashing red and amber, the traffic lights at Haida Gwaii’s one and only controlled intersection came back to regular life last week. The lights went into a safety cycle, flashing red at the ferry terminal

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exit and yellow on the highway, after a heavy windstorm late November. This is a safety mode that all traffic signals are programmed to do when an issue arises, so that conflicting signals do not occur. The Ministry of Transportation said they were aware of malfunctioning lights at the intersection from day one.

An inspection by a contractor found that there was damage to one of the poles that disallowed the signal programming to be reset. The equipment for this work needed to come from the mainland, and then required parts to be ordered, all of which caused the delay. The lights were fixed in the early hours of Dec. 14.

TV show seeks culture-based stories told by Haida children By Stacey Marple Haida Gwaii Observer

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Apartment 11 Productions is looking for First Nations children between the ages of eight and 12 to share their stories on a new children’s show. The program has not yet been green lit, but producers have high hopes it will take off in the new year. The stories sought will relate to anything children find important about their culture they would like the rest of the country to know about. Interested families are asked to submit their stories in the form of a quick video. If a video can not be made a

letter or email can be sent to producers. The production company will then review submissions and contact the finalists. The children who are chosen to be on the show will then have a production crew come and film them telling their story. “They would tell us their story and then we would make the video,” says Ramelle Mair, a researcher for Apartment 11 Productions. The idea of this show is to “put the microphone in the children’s hands,” she added. The deadline for submissions is Jan. 31. Parents interested in this opportunity are welcome to email Ms. Mair with any

“The idea of this show is to put the microphone in the children’s hands.” - Ramelle Mair

questions. “I am happy to talk to parents,” she said. Ms. Mair told the Observer that all submissions or questions can be directed to her email. ramelle@apartment11.tv

Apartment 11 productions produce various childthemed shows for several broadcasters in Canada. It is not known at this time which broadcaster will be airing this new program.

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Youth Centre Coordinator Tonya Robitaille and Royce Yaroshuk wrap up a storm for the Youth Centre fundraiser at the Northern Savings Credit Union in Queen Charlotte, Saturday Dec. 19.

An active year for QC Seniors The past year has been a busy one for the Queen Charlotte Seniors Club, as members participated in everything from movie nights to the BC Seniors Games. Here are some of the highlights: We d n e s d a y A f t e r n o o n Movies, often geezer movies, are in their third year on the 2nd and 4th Wednesdays from October to April. This year saw the event go to the end of May. This program is co-sponsored with Skidegate United Church where the films are held. We are happy to share our growing video collection with other Island Seniors Groups. Just show up in 2016 at 2 p.m.. They are fun! Watch for posters. Weekly Meetings We continue to meet weekly, snow or sun, on Thursdays 2 to 4 p.m.. Enjoy a game of cards and goodies or bring a new idea. Seniors All Island Tlell Picnic in July was well attended by all communities. There was great weather, great food and great fun! Seniors’ Week: QCC held a Movie. Island Senior Games 2015 were held in Masset. Attendance was down a bit, but Charlotte

showed up and won lots of medals! We look forward to 2016 in Old Massett! Parties: Charlotte Seniors Club members are celebrators not only with birthday lunches, but we tried a dinner this year as well. That may be a continuing event! Only $5 to join us. Christmas Luncheon was very successful this year. Over 100 meals were served, this included our friends from Sandspit and Skidegate, and Kelly and her crew, Reine and Sharon and the great QCSS servers. Door Prize and Loonie Auction supporters: we thank you. Our entertainment was a collection of old event photos which showed things that Seniors do on Island. The money raised from the Loonie auction has been distributed among Jesse’s Emergency Fund, Christmas Hampers, QCCC Club and Senior Games 2017! BC Senior Games, name change 55+Games: we had four members attend in North Vancouver, playing pickleball, whist, and cribbage. They brought home medals too! Next year the games occur later in September in Coquitlam.

Seniors Computers continues on with drop-in help on Fridays, 1 to 3 p.m. and we send special thanks to VIRL’s L o r a l e e a n d L H G ’s B e n g . Everybody learns something and now we can learn from each other on many devices including Windows 7,8,10 and iPads and iPhones etc. Room Improvements: We met with the Village and the MIEDS grant writer, and have submitted a proposal for room improvements. Our room is finally well used amoung artists, musicians, students, as well as library support. Aging in Queen Charlotte has expanded to include Port Clements where we have discussed items such as AcrossIsland communication and we have chosen to collect stories of Aging On Island as a way of demonstrating gaps in services as well as supporting the wonderful things. If interested in being part of this committee call 559-4691. Website: not much activity there, but if you have a QCC area story please let us know otherwise check it out www. qcseniors.wordpress.com

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As I sit down to type my column this week, I check in to see if I can feel the love flow through me as words fill the page - check! As I make a mental nod to my responsibility I shall henceforth begin! (just hang on a sec while I set the timer and put another sheet of cookies in the oven). So Christmas is in the air. I feel it stirring inside of me today as I begin to think of the ingredients I’ll be using. I look upon the pantry shelves at food put aside for the long winter months when no food grows, as I prepare the menus of what we will eat at our festivities and feasts in the upcoming weeks. To be able to share with our loved ones, our neighbours and friends, is what I will spend the few dollars I have to make it merry, and hopefully in our lovely green part of the world the sun will shine...and be warm & bright! For many years we spent those

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hard earned dollars on the latest gadgets and electronics, excitedly unwrapping presents piled under a decorated and lovingly-lit tree, waiting to see our loved ones eyes light up with joy at this coveted thing. But instead this year, I will be looking into my loved ones eyes and telling them how very much I love them and just how very grateful I am that we can all be here together right now. Every year the ‘Christmas anxiety’ starts to take a hold of my brain around this time with an agenda a mile long and a shopping list to go with it! This is the year that I will listen to my heart and not be enticed into buying much of anything at all! I will take time to enjoy the nice days outdoors when I can, letting go of the assumptions that I’ve put on myself of “having to do it all or Christmas just won’t feel right.” Make some new traditions with the determination to stay true to yourself and then get ready to make it through January without the stress of how you’re going to pay the bills! Use it up, recycle it, clean it up and re-purpose it, then re-gift it! Continued on Page 13

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With presents out of the way, it’s time for the trifle Continued from Page 12 Do not sabotage your good intentions by getting sucked into the Christmas void once again. Practice the art of what the true meaning of Christmas really is; Peace and an overwhelming gratitude for everything and everyone we have in our lives, this for me will be the true gift of Christmas. And what shall I eat this week?..... Why cheese and crackers of course, and some smoked salmon that Art and Taro caught this year, and those really yummy bread and butter pickles made with cucumbers from the greenhouse, bacon we smoked from the pork we raised this year, and for dessert.... my Mother’s Trifle. Christmas Trifle This recipe has a few steps none of which are difficult at all. You can make it even easier

by buying already made cake or biscuits to line the bowl, but making a Jelly Roll is simple and fun to do. 6 eggs yolks ¾ c. sugar 1 tsp. vanilla 3 egg whites ¼ tsp. cream of tartar ½ c. cake flour ½ tsp. salt 3 Tbsp. icing sugar 1 c. salal jelly (or raspberry jam) 1/2 c. sherry Beat the yolks with 1/2c. of the sugar until it looks like ribbons when you lift the beaters. Add vanilla. In a clean bowl, beat the egg whites with the cream of tartar and ¼ c. of the sugar until stiff but not dry. Mix the cake flour with the salt. Gently mix in a bit of the flour mixture then a fold in some of the egg whites, alternating until you use it all up. Spread on a

parchment lined jelly roll pan (basically a cookie sheet with at least a ½ inch lip to keep the batter contained) and bake in a 375 degree oven for 12-15 minutes. You want the cake firm to the touch but not cracking on the top. Let cool for a couple of minutes while you dust a clean tea towel with the icing sugar and invert the cake and pan onto the towel. Remove the pan, and peel the parchment paper carefully from the bottom of the cake. Roll the cake up using the towel for support, starting on the long edge, let cool. When cool, unroll the cake, spread evenly with the Jelly (or Jam) and re-roll. Line a deep but not too wide bowl (I have one that I use just for this recipe), with slices of the jelly roll. Soak the cake layer with the sherry, then set aside while you prepare the custard, fruit, jello, and whipped cream.

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Custard 2c. milk Seeds scraped from one vanilla pod Pinch of salt 1/3c. sugar 6 egg yolks 3 T. cornstarch 2 Tbsp. butter Heat the milk and vanilla pod seeds until not quite simmering, you want to scald the milk so that it’ll have a glossy sheen to it. Careful not to scorch the bottom! Add a pinch of salt to the eggs, sugar and cornstarch which you have already whisked together in a separate bowl. Pour the hot milk over the egg mixture, whisking it in then return to the pan. Continue cooking and stirring while listening to Christmas music, until mixture has thickened. Place the butter in the bowl that had the eggs in it and place a strainer on

top of it, then pour the cooked mixture through the strainer, stir the butter in until thoroughly melted and mixed, cover with plastic wrap then set this aside to cool. 1 pkg. Strawberry jello 2c. canned peaches 2c. frozen raspberries and blueberries Make the jello with ½ hot water, stir to dissolve then mix ½ cold water. Place in the refrigerator to set and chill. Drain the peaches and mix with the frozen berries, saving a few berries for decorating the top of the trifle. Layer the fruit, jello, and custard, your choice as to how it will look the most effective, then top with the whipped cream. Sprinkle with reserved berries, silver dragees and slivered almonds for a delightfully festive, Christmas pudding. From my kitchen to yours, have a very Merry Christmas!

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Gingerbread so much more than a little man molasses, cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg and cardamom were also used in the dough. Elizabeth had figurines made in the likeness of her important guests; and the term, Gingerbread Men was born. Then the notion to make gingersnap by Elaine Nyeholt cookies as Christmas Tree decorations took hold in colonial North America. What is it about Gingerbread makes everything so German communities in Pennsylvania and comfortable and homey? Maybe it is the aroma that Maryland made thin hard gingersnaps to rouses our senses. I opted to do some internet research dip in beverages during the winter months. Decorated Gingerbread houses started and was pleasantly surprised to find all kinds of inforin Germany thanks to Grimm’s Fairy Tale, mation to share. Since the time of the Crusades, in the 11th Century, of “Hansel and Gretel”. The two abandoned by Elaine Nyeholt European travellers began to bring back ginger, and the children in the Black Forest, find an edible idea of making spiced breads. Historians note that ginger house of bread with sugary decorations. has been seasoning food and drinks since antiquity in the Being hungry, this tempts them to nibble… and so it goes. countries of the Middle East, that had the root. As with most temptations, the ramificaGinger was found to be tasty and had preserving characteristics so the food travelled well. It is doc- tions were not good, but gingerbread houses umented that Nuns from Nuremberg began making were made by German bakers ever since, and gingerbread to ease indigestion in the 1400s, when the they are called Lebkuchen and became poptraditional sweetener was honey, (also a healing and ular during Christmas because they last, and so the tradition came to America and still goes. preserving food). In our world of ‘Super-Size’ everything, At one time, Gingerbread was worn as a talisman in battle for protection… That would be tough gingerbread! a tradition has begun to create the biggest Gingerbread men date back to the 16th century. Gingerbread City, or perhaps a Gingerbread Port The first documented instance of specifically shaped Clements. That sound like so much fun! gingerbread biscuits is from the court of Queen This could be a January project, nothing really ties Elizabeth the 1st of England. By this time the Spice Islands had been overrun by the English and so gingerbread to Christmas.

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Memories of Christmas past would not start on that cold morning so we were back on the horses with my throbbing foot seeping blood through the bandage and marking our way home to our own vehicle for the trip to the by Elizabeth Condrotte hospital. A few years later we had left Tlell and hen our family arrived on the moved to Port. The horses were gone islands in the early 70’s, Cape as was their accommodation and Bill, Ball a was sort of suburb of Wendy and little Nathan had decided Tlell with some seven families, living to spend the winter in Fran Fowler’s on the banks of the Ball River on what cabin in Cape Ball. They used a tractor by times, ElizabethtoCondrotte make their trips out and just after was once a ranch in pioneer and some along the beach which was Christmas invited us to spend New actually the road at low tide. The latter Years Eve with them at Cape Ball. We were squatters who were later to be packed up our party supplies and headed evicted and their cabins burned when up in the wagon behind the tractor, a Naikoon Park was formed. Over the much faster trip than the horses had years, most Cape Ball residents left but been. All the Cape Ball women were others moved in until they too eventu- dressed in “hippie formal” and the men ally moved on. We ourselves moved in their finest with party hats and noiseinto Smokey’s cabin in Tlell and as we makers. We welcomed in 1977 while had a telephone, found ourselves often the kids tried to stay awake and enjoy hosting our Cape Ball visitors who the excitement. New Years Day found needed to use it when they came out to just the four of us sitting around the check the mail or head to town. This table making a plan that would change earned us our first Christmas invitation our lives. On January 2, we came out to make an offer on the Turner place, to Cape Ball. We had a couple of horses which we which had just been logged. We sold our kept in the “Dunes” stable and pasture respective properties, pooled our money next door (later to become park head- and went in together to buy what are quarters) so we decided to ride them to now Tlell Bay Farm and Riverworks. During the 80s though, Tlell Bay the Boxing Day party which was to be an overnight affair. The next morning Farm was Naikoon Guest Ranch and we all enjoyed the sauna followed by a home to a herd of Haflinger horses. Ken plunge in the river and I gashed my foot and his dad Dogfish were farming the either on a piece of the ice we had to old ranch at Cape Ball while Jeannie break to get into the river or something was living in a trailer in a corner of my sharp on the bottom. Either cause gave property so Tian could go to school. me a profusely bleeding wound that Ken would take them up to Cape Ball needed stitches. The Cape Ball vehicles in his old beach truck for weekends.

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Christmas holidays started late one year and the truck needed a part. Ken walked out to order it and Jeannie would bring it up before Christmas. It was usually easier to get a ride up the beach but not that year and two days before Christmas I volunteered to take them up with the horses. We saddled up our three most reliable to ride and one of the others to pack all the stuff that was needed for Christmas, including the part. Not having a proper pack-saddle or any skill with a diamond hitch, we hung everything on young Naikoon’s saddle or in our own saddlebags and planned on a slow trip to Cape Ball. We got to the park headquarter with no trouble but then Tian’s dog ran onto the highway just as a car rounded the corner there. She was hit. Luckily the driver stopped and took her and Jeannie back to the Veterinary Clinic. Tian and I waited, each holding two horses, until Jeannie returned with the good news that the dog was fine and the bad news that her Christmas would be spent in the animal hospital. A slow horseback trip to Cape Ball takes about five hours. By the time we crossed the river, the tide was coming up and we were worried about getting caught in the early December darkness. Fortunately CBC was still broadcasting message time on their noon show and Jeannie was able to get a warning to Ken and Dogfish that we were coming but would be late and that I please wanted a fire in Fran’s cabin. It was dusk when we crossed the river but the men were there to help unload and take care of the horses, which went into the corral beside

Fran’s cabin. After a delicious hot meal, I turned down the offer to stay in the farmhouse, and I walked the frosty trail over to the cabin under a full moon and starry skies. A warm cabin and the mellow glow of a kerosene lamp reminded me of my childhood Christmases and I fell asleep to the sound of grazing horses outside the window. That same window filled with rising sunlight the next morning as Ken and Jeannie arrived with a thermos of hot coffee and help. The horses all had to carry their saddles back and I hoped none of them would roll. They must have been feeling their morning oats as the trip home was made in only half the time as usual, and with the low tide we were able to cross at the mouth (not recommended) to shorten the distance. All four horses cantered or galloped along the sandy beach and only walked where it was rocky. It was the most exciting ride of my life and we made it into the barn with plenty of Christmas Eve left to decorate the tree with candles and enjoy the traditional supper. The horses are gone, Fran’s cabin at Cape Ball has changed hands and subsequently burned down one winter. The farmhouse and the little cabin across the river have collapsed and I haven’t ridden the beach or even been to Cape Ball for more than twenty years to see the changes that time has wrought. No-one actually lives there now except a few of the cows that went wild several years ago. There are still cabins more recently built that are visited from time to time. But memories keep the ghosts alive especially those of Christmas past.

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Remember to spread some extra cheer this season Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has committed to implementing all the recommendations. Perhaps out of all that pain will finally come some justice. The Christmas/Hanukkah/Kwanza/solstice holidays are sometimes a difficult time for people. I by Evelyn von Almassy know that I have written about this before, but it is known as a challenging time for many of us. In the past, a few people have thanked me for writing Merry Christmas to all! This is often the day about this, so here I go again. that kids look forward to (besides their birthday If you think that your neighbours or acquainor Hanukkah) all year round. Happy Kwanza to tances might be “down” at this time of year, don’t all! We made it through the longest night of the be shy about checking in with them, dropping year, and there are only six days left until the new off some treats, or inviting them for an event. year of 2016. I always like even-numbered years Sometimes people may be so affected by this more than odd-numbered years. Don’t ask me season, that they may not even answer a knock Evelyn von Almassy why. Well, you could ask me why, butby I wouldn’t on the door. know the answer. Odd events are something that We have had many deaths this past month, so an I like, so I don’t know where the odd number extra smile may do wonders. I often walk around phobia comes from. I was born in an odd year, so with my dog Ewok (I know, another dog story), perhaps it is that. but sometimes people are so grateful for a “hello”, Justice Murray Sinclair, Chair of the Truth and that they just beam. Reconciliation Commission, is soon to release the I have had many reticent folks even say to my final report, which is an historical account of what dog, “I love you!” So remember to spread some happened to an estimated 150,000 Indigenous extra cheer during this holiday season. You may children forcibly removed from their homes and never know just how much that may mean to placed in Canada’s residential schools. This is someone who is down in the dumps at this time based on testimony heard in more than 300 com- of the year. munities over six years, from more than 6,000 The new year of 2016 will be very interesting Indigenous women and men, who were at resi- for Canada politically. I have had so many converdential schools. sations on-island with people who are optimistic

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about the federal government making a difference in the world. What has come out of the Paris climate summit also means that we as individuals also need to do our part to make our corner of the planet more ecologically aware. We can see our “foot print” clearer on these islands, as usually what we do is evident very clearly or soon. I am thinking about deer carcasses on the beach, plastic litter, and what we see on the streets and paths we walk on. Life is more “in our face” on Haida Gwaii, because we can’t get away from ourselves, or anyone else. People do at times get “bushed”, and we have to go away, even if it is just to Prince Rupert, to do nothing but go to the movies and do some shopping in a store whose staff do not know who we are. I hope that you get well-rested, and if you are working, such as I shall be doing, thank you for working when many others have holidays. May your new year be a positive one. Perhaps each of us could do an act of random kindness for someone, especially if it anonymous, because sometimes that is the best gift we can give or receive. Happy New Year! The Year of the Monkey starts on February 8th, 2016. See you next year. Please get your news to me by 2 p.m. on Thursdays, by sending it to evelyn. vonalmassy@haidagwaiiobserver.com

I sat in the back of the Sk’aadgaa Naay gymnasium awaiting the sugary voices rejoicing Christmas songs at the Winter Concert. This activity was something that I have not had to do since my children were in elementary school. The stage production included a painted field of snow-covered pine trees and a log cabin in the distance. The Christmas concert began when the lights went out and Liam Pollard addressed the audience members in Haida. The spotlight was on the next generation for an evening as a reminder of whom Christmas is for. As the kindergarten class took the stage proud claps and cheers filled the room. Rob’s nephew, Tegan, nervously closed his eyes as he sang and gestured with his classmates. He practiced beforehand and he whispered to his mom: “If I close my eyes, I won’t be so nervous.” I cheered for Ms. Karrow’s class as they sang and danced their way through Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer. Tegan’s coping skills and reasoning were spot on. As he eased into the final verse of Jingle Bells, he opened his eyes for a moment. He smiled through his nerves. I cheered for Ms. Watkins’ class, as Lebron is in this class. The Christmas sweaters in bright red and green added to the spirit of season. The class gleefully sang about how the penguin walked and even showed us how the penguin glided across the ice. I

“As I sat there clapping and silently singing... the memories of my own children at this age overwhelmed me.”

noticed at how his eyes tried to scan past the lights into the crowd for his family. I snapped some photos without him noticing me so as not to distract him. His big smile at his classmate filled my heart. He’s so sweet. As I sat there clapping and silently singing, a few audible syllables escaped my mouth like the catchy “an eagle in a pine tree” from the Twelve Days of Christmas Haida Gwaii. The memories of my own children at this age overwhelmed me. When I heard the drums sound for the Huron Carol I was transported to my own Grade 6 Christmas concert with Ms. Vallancourt. I cringed as the refrain rung out. My partner laughed at my visceral reaction to a childhood memory. Tom Jackson would have been proud of the Haida Gwaii rendition by Mrs. Peerless’ class. I smiled as I whispered to my partner “I’ve been hit by the Christmas spirit.” After the heartwarming Christmas concert, we were left carrying a little Jingle Bell Rock in our spirits. Remember to take care of those with tender hearts and wipe those tears away when they fall. Love and respect are always free. Merry Christmas, Skidegate and Haida Gwaii!

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Youth Wed. 2014 Haida Gwaii Jeff King photo in British Columbia or from nominated being elected to, or holding office. •pm. not disqualified by any otherbeing enactment from for, voting in Network an election or otherwise disqua they meet the following criteria: Oct. 1, 7 ment Rachel 626-6052 with employment seektlell Finished theiflaw. season, Sandspit style. •• for by QUALIFICATIONS FOR OFFICE ELECTOR REGISTRATION Canadian citizen; • 18 years of age or older;Farmers’ Market, Sun., 11 am- 2 ers. Wed. to Oct. 22, 11 am – noon,? • Gaw Xaadee Cancer Awareness pm, soccer field. Three more left! HS Employment Development Soc. NON-RESIDENT PROPERTY ELECTORS: resident of British Columbia forELECTOR at elected, least 6REGISTRATION months immediately before the of day nomina Walk, 5Nomination walk. Walk, jog, run. (beside Dollar 559-0049 ?terA••km person is qualified to be nominated, and to hold office as1686 aStore). member local govS RESIDENT ELECTORS: age 18 ordocuments older; and are available at the Village of Masset Office Main Street from papers are filed; Tow Hill Road trail, it stayed slightly Nearer to shore small groups of ment if they meet the following criteria: •2, age 18 or older; and Sun. Oct. 5, 2 pm, comm. hall. $10. FLK Taoist Tai Chi classes, Tues. ri-lynne@hseds.ca • 2014 a Canadian citizen; and to October 10, 2014 during regular hours 9:00am to 4:00 from pm toan Frida not disqualified by the Local Government Act or any enactment voting in ele ahead us and then aoffice Pacific Ancient Murrelets flewMonday together and Canadian citizen; ••RESIDENT Canadian citizen; and 7 Gwaii - 9,of Thurs. 11 am -few noon. Info,other Haida ELECTORS: •a resident of British Columbia for at least 6 months immediately before the day of registration in British Columbia or from being nominated for, being elected to, or holding office. Wrens popped up. It was a good even two Cassin’s Auklets flashed • 18 years of age or older; aa resident British Columbia for Haida at in least months the day2 pm. of regis Haida singing/dancing, Mon. nights 557-4336 Farmers’ Sat.30 11 days amby Margo Hearne age 18 or of older; andof registered owner real property the 6 Village of immediately Masset for market atbefore least immedi •• resident day for QUALIFICATIONS wrens. We counted eleven; by in the bright light. Nineteen FORimmediately OFFICE of for and atGwaii least 6 months before the daytiny nomina and 6-8 pm, •youth centre. • ation; Canadian citizen; and before theBritish day ofColumbia registration; including one Winter Wren. They Murrelets dove fed are filed; • • anot resident ofof the Village of aMasset for at least 30 days Marbled immediately before the day of apapers resident British Columbia for atelector; least 6and months immediately before theand day ofregis reg skidegate Table Tennis, 4:30-6:30 pm Tues. entitled to register as resident used to be all called Winter Wrens near Yakan Point and one Harlequin • not disqualified by the Local Government Act or any other enactment from voting in an elec tion; and ELECTOR REGISTRATION tion; and not disqualified by any other enactment from voting in an election or otherwise disqua NightsA•Old Alive youth program ages person is qualified to be nominated, elected, and to hold office as a member of local gov Thurs, Sat, hall Massett 6:30 pm, comm. hall. $17 door/$15. 8, Multiplex. to 4from pm, demo by Duck they have Noon now been separated put in an appearance. inby British Columbia orbut from being for, being elected to, or holding •Christmas byVillage any other enactment voting an election or otherwise heFri. Counts • not a resident of the of Masset for at least 30 days immediately before theoffice. daydisqual of reg law;Bird and ment ifdisqualified they meet the following criteria: 13-18, 8-12 pm Ngystle Soc.nominated agm., Thurs. Oct. 2, 7 inAdvance. Take Back the Night March/Sisters Amanda Price, Thrive Foods. into two species which makes for But it was the day of the Black•• •Canadian by law. have begun. We checked tion; and if there is more than one registered owner of the property, only one of those individuals citizen; pm. Ngystle bldg. Pickleball, school gym, Mon./Fri. in Spirit Vigil.tables, Youth checked Centre. Wed. ELECTORS: some legged theotherwise largestproperty count the••RESIDENT tide the •pm. not disqualified by any other from votingregister in an Kittiwake, election or disqua Remembering Wally with the consent ofconfusion. theenactment majority of the owners, as p.m. awith non-resident ele 18 years ofwritten age or older; Masset 7:00-9:00 • age 18 or older; and Oct. 1, 7 Rachel 626-6052 Network employment seektlell Backhoe Services Forest birds were really thin on ever for these birds. They jigged PROPERTY ELECTORS: weather •NON-RESIDENT and it looked good for by law. • resident ofconversation British Columbia for at least 6 months immediately before the day nomina ELECTOR REGISTRATION Suicide prevention HGHES Speakers Series: What is • a Canadian citizen; and A Celebration Life for Port Clements Market, Sun., 11 am- 2 along ers. Wed. to ofOct. 22, 11 am – noon,? ground, we only had thirteen offshore, keeping company age 18 orare older; and the Farmers’ the Rose• •Spit Count. Wefiled; didn’t Redi-Mix Concrete papers mayor Wally Cheer is being organized • a resident of British Columbia for at least 6 months immediately before the day of regi with Michael Pond, Mon. Oct. 6, 7-9 sustainable seafood? Thurs. Oct. 9, Drop in dodge ball, Wed. 8forp.m., Gaw Xaadee Cancer Awareness Golden-crowned Kinglets and just pm, soccer field. Three more left! HS Employment Development with over a thousand Glaucous• a Canadian citizen; and actually •go all disqualified the way to the spit NON-RESIDENT PROPERTY ELECTORS: Saturday, Oct. 4. not by the Local Government Act or any other enactment from voting inSoc. an elec Gravel and Sand Sales tion; and pm, Wellness House. Info 626 3911 7-8 pm, Heritage Centre QCSS, $2. member of the woodpecker w6:30 ielected n gceremony epm, dbefore ,Dollar tw o the Hbehall. eholding rday r i n559-0049 gof adoor/$15. noffice. d thet?teren Old Massett comm. $17 8, Multiplex. Noon 4 pm, demo by Walk, 5•RESIDENT walk. Walk, jog,Tow run.orone (beside Store). ELECTORS: resident of British Columbia for at least 6tomonths immediately registration; but stopped half-way down The will held at 2 pm at •km age 18 or older; and FURTHER INFORMATION on the foregoing may be obtained by contacting: in British Columbia from being nominated for, being to, or a resident ofowner thefrom Village of Masset for at least 30 days immediately before the day of regi family, Northern Flicker. A flock Thayer ’s Gulls. Kittiwakes are TRUCKING EXCAVATING community hall, the village office said in Take Back the Night March/Sisters age 18 or older; and Advance. Amanda Price, Thrive Foods. Sun. Oct. 2 pm, comm. hall. $10. •• ••5, a registered of real property in the Village of Masset for at least 30 days immedia FLK Taoist Tai Chi classes, Tues. ri-lynne@hseds.ca Hill Beach and sea-watched a tion; Canadian citizen; and Election Officer Trevor Jarvis, Chief and an emailed invitation. of Red Crossbills flew noisily overSahaj Marg (Raja Yoga) meditation, buoyant little black-and white gulls Ngystle Tues. FLK before Taoist Tai Chi, Mon. noon, aresident Canadian citizen; and before the day of registration; and Dave Ellis in Spirit Vigil. Youth Wed. 7 Meditation, - 9,for Thurs. 11 am - bldg. noon. Info, Mr. there. It •was great! The tide was ofCentre. British at least 6 months immediately the day of registration Jo-Ann Brown, Deputy Chief Election Officer Cheer died in mid-August after serv••pm. disqualified byColumbia other enactment from voting inWed. an election or otherwise disqua with thin yellow bills, black legs and head out the river ten little Thurs. Sun. 7:30, 626-5400 anot of British Columbia for at least 6 months immediately before the day of regis 7:30-9:30 pm.in 559-4414 7 pm, Sat. 10 am. 559-8458 •singing/dancing, entitled to register as a and resident elector; and 250-559-4747 Oct. 1, 5:30, 7birds Rachel 626-6052 Network with employment seektlell Haida Mon. nights 557-4336 falling, were flashing by inany Farmers’ market Sat. 11 ampm. • not aresident registered owner of real property in the Village of Masset for at least 30 days immedi 250-626-3995 ing almost three years as mayor. He was 2 by law. ELECTOR REGISTRATION black wing-tips. Out there also were Bufflehead ducks dove and swam. tion; and • not disqualified by any other enactment from voting in an election or otherwise disqual drellis@qcislands.net the and Sanderlings and gulls first elected astoa councillor in 2005 and Farmers’ Market, Sun., 11 am2 ers. Wed. Oct. 22, 11 am – noon,? 6-8offing pm, youth centre. before the day of registration; and two thousand Pacific Loons, Common Goldeneye braved ••Chief resident ofAwareness the Village ofwww.davesbackhoeservices.ca for at least 30 days over immediately before thepm day of regis again in 2008, before running successfully by law; and FLK Taoist Tai Chifront classes, Wed. Queen CharlOtte sandsPit were feeding right in ofregister us. It Four Gaw Xaadee Cancer pm, soccer field. Three more left! HSTable Employment Development Soc. skidegate Tennis, 4:30-6:30 Tues. • anot entitled to as aMasset resident elector; and Election Officer NON-RESIDENT PROPERTY ELECTORS: for the mayor’s seat in 2011. the highest count for Haida Gwaii the chop further out and even further tion; and • if there is more than one registered owner of the property, only one of those individuals noon-1 pm; Sat. 10:30 - noon. Info was fine, although actually getting Assassinating Thomson, Fri.voting Sept. in Memorial forStore). Kurt Carey, Sat. ?terSept not disqualified by enactment from an election or otherwise disquam Walk, 5RESIDENT walk. Walk, jog, run.any other (beside Dollar 559-0049 Nights Alive youth program ages Thurs, Sat, hall ELECTORS: ••km age 18 or older; and CBC’s ever. We had all four species out, two Common Mergansers flew • not disqualified by any other enactment from voting in an election or otherwise disqual with the written consent of the majority of the owners, register as a non-resident property ele toSun. theOct. spit is quite It 557-4336 26,FLK Comm. hall. Doors 6:45 Oct. pm,Tues. per27, 1 pm, 507 Beach Rd. by law; and • •5, age 18 orwonderful. older; 2Canadian pm, comm. hall.and $10. Taoist Tai ChiThurs. classes, 13-18, Fri. 8-12 pm Ngystle Soc. agm., 2, 7 ri-lynne@hseds.ca citizen; and of loon, Common, Red-throated and by, all clean and white in the bright by law. •• •aa Life-saving transport has changed dramatically over the ifCanadian there isofmore than one owner of the property, only one of day those individuals 7:30 pm sharp citizen; and 7formance - registered 9, Thurs. 11 am - really noon. Info, pm. Ngystle bldg. Pickleball, school gym,ofMon./Fri. • resident British Columbia for at least 6 months immediately before the registration Yellow-billed. sun. The offshore birds stole years; the weather station washed with the written consent of the majority of the owners, register as a non-resident property ele ••singing/dancing, a resident of British Columbia for at least 6 months immediately before the day of regis POrt CleMents Rod and Gun Coho Derby to Oct. The Kwuna crew is still available for Haida Mon. nights 557-4336 Farmers’ market Sat. 11 ampm. Masset 7:00-9:00 p.m. • a registered owner ofthe real property the perfect Villageand of Masset for at 30 immedi The latter is aleast rare birddays and2 it’s day. The lightinwas NON-RESIDENT PROPERTY ELECTORS: away some time ago and the spit emergency transport after 1 a.m. • prevention tion; and Assassinating Thomson, Sun. Sept 12. Info 637-2212 Reading by Biographer Sandra 6-8Suicide pm, youth centre. conversation HGHES Speakers Series: What is before the dayand of registration; always a between treat to And of it thousands Common Murres flew •swung age 18 or INFORMATION older; theofand foregoing may be obtained by contacting: However, the see hoursone. of 7 p.m. itself has around a few times •FURTHER resident of the Village ofon for atOct. least 30Oct. days immediately before the day 28, hall. Doors 6:45 pm, perDjwa , lines Legion, Sat. 4, 7:30 p.m. skidegate Table Tennis, 4:30-6:30 pm withComm. Michael Pond, Mon. Oct. 6, 7-9 •a not entitled to register as aMasset resident elector; and sustainable seafood? Thurs. 9, was Drop in dodge ball, Wed. 8 Tues. p.m.,regis and 1 a.m., the BC Ferries crew is not a good day for the Rose Spit in long towards the east. • a Canadian citizen; and Trevor Jarvis, Chief Election Officer and is barely recognizable. But Tow tion; and formance 7:30 pm sharp FLK Taoist Tai Chi, Mon. 10 am, not disqualified by any other enactment from voting in an We election or otherwise disqua available for emergency call-outs, the Nights Alive youth program ages Thurs, Sat, hall pm, Wellness House. Info 626 3911 7-8 pm, Heritage Centre QCSS, $2. count. had sunlight, dry walking ••FURTHER resident of British for at least 6+ months immediately before the ofbut registration; They went by for hours, we hadobtained Jo-Ann Brown, Deputy Chief Election Officer Hill Beach is by as grand as ever; we INFORMATION on the foregoing may be by contacting: • not disqualified byColumbia any other enactment from voting in anGuard election ortoday otherwise Yoga Art Coast has agreed transport emer- disquali Thurs., 7 pm, 637-5463. Puppet show, Sat. Oct. 4, 2-3 pm, law; and 13-18, Fri. 8-12 pm Ngystle Soc. agm., Thurs. Oct. 2, 7 trails and of • a registered owner of real property in Village of Masset forthe at cheerful least 30company days immedia to take turns atOfficer thethe spotting scope 250-626-3995 had indeed a Trevor weather window Jarvis, Chief Election gency patients. law. • found ifby there is more one registered owner ofdid theTues. property, only one of those individuals Reading by Sandra Djwa, Sun.than Oct. Sun Studio, $5 per family pm. Ngystle bldg. Pickleball, school gym, Mon./Fri. Sahaj Marg (Raja Yoga) meditation, Meditation, Ngystle bldg. FLK Taoist Tai Chi, Mon. noon, before the day of registration; and chickadees. to make sure our eyes not If the Coast Guard is unavailable and the and, apart• fromwith oneJo-Ann brief shower, it Deputy Brown, Chief Election Officer the written consent ofresident the majority thefell owners, aSat. non-resident property 5, 3calm p.m. Seniors’ rm your coming events for ele call is considered a “life death situaMasset 7:00-9:00 Thurs. 5:30, 7:30, 626-5400 7:30-9:30 pm. 559-4414 Wed. 7 as pm,p.m. 10and am. 559-8458 • and notSun. entitled toOfficer register as a elector; and E-mail deceive. Flocks roseof and in the register Chief Election was dry. 250-626-3995 NON-RESIDENT PROPERTY ELECTORS: • tion,” BC Ferries manager of public affairs 250-637-1571 Haida non-profit events to: observer@haidBanff Mountain Film Festival Tues. not disqualified by other enactment from What voting otherwise prevention conversation Emailor Margo Hearne disqual at Univer HGHES Speakersdisappearing Series: sometimes inis in an election InSuicide the beginning Varied Thrush •• age 18aor older; andanydistance, Darin Guenette said the Kwuna crew will Gwaii Emergency preparedness, Wed. Oct Oct. 7,Queen Wed. Oct. 8. Doors 5:30 films by law; and hecatebird@gmail.com the swells but always reappearing. with Michael Pond, Mon. Oct. 6,Wed. 7-9 sustainable seafood? Thurs. Oct. 9, beagwaii.ca Drop into transport, dodge ball, Wed. 8 p.m., oldest FLK Taoist Tai Chi classes, CharlOtte sandsPit sunstudiohaidagwaii.com hopped through the trees along the Election Officer available although it may • Chief a Canadian citizen; and if there isof more registered owner of Fri. the property, only one of day those individuals m pm, Wellness House. Info 626than 3911 7-8Assassinating pm, Heritage Centre QCSS, $2.the noon-1 Sat. 10:30 - noon. Infoone effect sailings following day.of registration; Thomson, Sept. Memorial for Kurt Carey, Sat. Sept ••pm; resident British Columbia forthe at least 6 months immediately before the FURTHER INFORMATION on foregoing may be obtained byacontacting: with the written consent of the majority of the owners, register as non-resident property ele 557-4336 26, Election Comm. hall. 6:45 pm, of per-Masset 27, 1 pm, Beach 30 Rd.days immedia • a registered real property inDoors the Village for 507 at least Trevor owner Jarvis,of Chief Officer • before Sahaj Marg (RajaJo-Ann Yoga) Meditation, Ngystle bldg. Tues. FLK Taoist Tai Chi, formance 7:30 pm sharp the meditation, day of registration; and Moresby gets theMon. votenoon, Brown, Deputy Chief Election Officer Thurs. 5:30, 7:30, 626-5400 7:30-9:30 pm. 559-4414 Wed. pm,Gun Sat. Coho 10 am.Derby 559-8458 POrt CleMents Rod7and to Oct. • notSun. entitled to register as a resident elector;250-626-3995 and People living on Moresby Island will be Re • not disqualified bySept any other enactment from voting an election or otherwise disquali Assassinating Thomson, Sun. 12. Info 637-2212 Reading by Biographer Sandra inable Backhoe Services to vote for members of their manageFURTHER INFORMATION on the foregoing may be obtained by contacting: byTai law; AC Taoist Chiand classes, Queen CharlOtte sandsPit 28,FLK Comm. hall. Doors 6:45 pm,Wed. perDjwa , Legion, Sat. Oct. 4, 7:30 p.m. ment committee this November, although Chief Election Officer Redi-Mix Trevor Jarvis, Chief Election Officer mayo •pm; if there is more than one Assassinating registered owner of Fri. the Sept. property, only one ofConcrete those individuals m the Memorial event won’t be called anCarey, election. noon-1 Sat. 10:30 noon. Info Thomson, for Kurt Sat. Sept formance 7:30 pm sharp FLK Taoist Tai Chi, Mon. 10 am, Jo-Ann Brown, Deputy Chief Election Officer Satu Under the terms of the new Moresby Gravel and Sand Sales with the written consent of the majority of the owners, register as a non-resident property elec 557-4336 26,Puppet Comm.show, hall. Sat. Doors 6:45 27, 1Management pm, 507 637-5463. Beach Rd. Thurs., 7 pm, Oct. 4, pm, 2-3 perpm, Island Th 250-626-3995 Standing Committee • by Sandra Djwa, Sun. Oct. formance TRUCKING EXCAVATING comm 7:30 Reading Sun Studio, $5 pm per sharp family bylaw adopted by the -regional district Univ an em Sept. 19, the will five to Oct. POrt CleMents Rod andcommittee Gun Coho Derby Dave Ellishave 5, 3 p.m. Seniors’ rm E-mail your coming events for ers Chief Election Officer m Mr members, selected by a voting process 250-559-4747 Assassinating Thomson, Sun. Sept Info 637-2212 Reading by Biographer Sandra non-profit events to: observer@haidBanff Mountain Film Festival Tues. on12. Canad ing a the same day as the local government FURTHER INFORMATION on the foregoing may be obtained bydrellis@qcislands.net contacting: sites 28,Emergency Comm. hall. Doors 6:45 pm, perDjwa , Legion, Sat. Oct. 4, 7:30 p.m. preparedness, Wed. Oct first o Oct. 7, Wed. Oct. 8. Doors 5:30 films agwaii.ca elections, Nov. 15. Trevor Jarvis, Chief Election Officer www.davesbackhoeservices.ca again Those who acquire most Mon. votes will www.inlandair.bc.ca formance 7:30 pm sharp Brown, Deputy FLK Taoist TaitheChi, 10 am, auton cle Jo-Ann Chief Election Officer for(A th be appointed to the committee by the Thurs., 7 pm, 637-5463. Puppet show, Sat. Oct. 4, 2-3 pm, appea 250-626-3995 regional district chair. underw Reading by Sandra Djwa, Sun. Oct. Sun Studio, $5 per family

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Kathleen Elizabeth Dalzell, “Betty,” to those that knew her, passed away peacefully on December 3, 2015 after a short illness. Her parents, Trevor and Meta Williams were early pioneers to Graham Centre, only leaving the islands so Trevor could participate in World War 1. Betty was born April 9, 1919 in London, England, returning to Port Clements when when she was 6 months old. With her older brother, John, and younger sister, Nancy, many stories were told of life in this small community, swimming at the mud flats, hiking out to the Centre Meridian trail and rowing boats with the tide from Port to Masset to take in the weekend dances. In 1938 Betty went to Prince Rupert to continue her education and there she met her husband, Albert. They would marry in 1942 and raise three children, Glenn, David and Joan in Prince Rupert. Upon retirement in 1981 she and Albert would move permanently back to Port Clements. While her children were young she wrote numerous short stories and puzzles that would be published in many different publications. In the early 1960s with the encouragement of her father, she started to record the stories of the early European settlers to these islands. After seven long years of research on a shoestring budget, she published two books: “The Queen Charlotte Islands, Volume 1 1774-1966” and “The Queen Charlotte Islands, Volume 2, Places and Names.” A third book “The Beloved Islands” would follow, detailing her father’s journey to these islands and his life here. Through her research she was able to obtain many early day photographs which would lead to the “Dalzell/Phillip” collection of photographs that is shared between the three museums on-island. While working on her books, she became aware of the many artifacts leaving the islands because there were no museums here. She spearheaded conversations that lead to the creation of the Skidegate Museum. This would be followed by the creation of the Port Clements Museum, where she remained historical coordinator up until her passing. In 1998, Betty and Albert were awarded the “Order of British Columbia” in recognition for their extraordinary efforts they made to record and preserve the history here. In 2003 Betty was awarded the “Freedom of the Village of Port Clements” and in 2008 the “Walter Smith Visionary Award” by the Prince Rupert Tourism Board, for her efforts with both museums that attract so many visitors to these beautiful islands. Betty was predeceased by her husband Albert in May 2000 and her eldest son Glenn in May 2003. She leaves to mourn her passing: son David, daughter Joan (Larry) Hein. Grandchildren: Jennifer (Troy) Gould, Brett (Penny) Hein, Randy (Tricia) Dalzell, Kimberly (Ed) Williamson, Jamie Boyle and Nicole (Charles) Tree. Great Grandchildren: Rayna, Gavin, Chantella, Ty, Brittney, Isla, Emma, Olin and Loki. As well as many nieces, nephews, grand-nieces and nephews and numerous dear friends on Haida Gwaii and beyond.

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Alternate Fitness Â (Sr. Table Tennis in QC Hall is 4:30The Haida Gwaii Council (HGMC) theTuesdays Secretariatand of the Haida Room),Â free 1-2Management p.m. Thurs. Â 6:00and p.m. ThursNation (SHN ) Stewardship Director is seeking an experienced Administrative Haida Gwaii Management Council anddays the Secretariat of the Haida Nation Assistant to join their team in Old Massett, Haida Gwaii, BC. Job Posting The Administrative Assistant reports to the Stewardship Director and supports the Sr. YogaÂ (Sr. Room), freeAdministrative 1-2 Haida Gwaii Management Council operations Assistant and is responsible for coordinating p.m. Tues.of HGMC meetings including minutes, FLK agendas, Taoist Tai Mon. noon, all aspects andChi, development The Haida Gwaii Management Council (HGMC) and the Secretariat the Haida Wed. 7 p.m., Sat. 9 a.m.. Call 559of outputs for HGMC review. The HGMC Administrative Assistant willof provide Nationmanagement (SHN ) Stewardship Director is seeking an experienced Administrative project and administrative support to all of the HGMC members for Drop-in computer helpin inOldthe 8252 Gwaii, BC. Assistant to join meetings their teamand Massett, Haida regular quarterly teleconferences and is accountable for all aspects library Tuesdays 3 5 p.m. The Administrative Assistant reports to the Stewardship andinclude supports the of maintaining the functions of the HGMC throughout theDirector year which data Haida Gwaii Management Councilof operations and is responsible for coordinating management, storage and upkeep the HGMC Website and internal SharePoint. Ukulele Jam, Wednesdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, allaaspects of HGMCthe meetings including minutes,position agendas, In similar capacity, Administrative Assistant willand alsodevelopment provide executive Pioneer clubs grade 5-7-weekly 5-7p.m., Community Hall, Seof outputs for HGMC review. TheStewardship HGMC Administrative and administrative support to the Director. Assistant will provide project- management all of theall HGMC members for Wed. 6:30-8 p.m. and administrative support niorsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;toRoom, levels. regular quarterly meetings andwith teleconferences and is accountable for all aspects :e are looNing someone the following TualiÂżcations Pioneer delta for clubs weekly Wed functions of the HGMC throughout the year which includeÂżeld data Â&#x2021;ofamaintaining diploma in the communications, public or business administration or related grades 3-4:30 p.m. Pioneer delta kids clubweeklymanagement, storage and upkeep of the HGMC Website and internal SharePoint. and/or1-4, three years of related experience; a similar capacity, the Administrative Assistant positionenvironment will also provide executive Â&#x2021; Inconsiderable experience in a fast paced, multi tasking providing Tuesdays-3:30-5p.m. at Legion and administrative support to the Stewardship Director. operational support and expertise in project management; Tlell hall Â&#x2021; good oral and written communication skills, considerable business writing :e are looNing for someone with the following Sandspit experience in a variety of formats and for a varietyTualiÂżcations of audiences; website Â&#x2021; a diploma in communications, public or business administration or related Âżeld maintenance, tracking budget expenses, budget and workplan development, FLK Taoist Tai Chi classes, Tues. and/or three years of related experience; managing processes, planning and carrying out meeting functions, supervision, 7Â&#x2021;-developing 9considerable p.m.; Thurs. 10:30 to noon. Taoistenvironment Tai Monday experience in a fastprocess paced,FLK multi tasking providing standards, promoting Improvement, andChi reporting skills. and operational support and expertise project management; Â&#x2021; Good knowledge of Microsoft OfÂżceinsoftware is required andp.m. experience with Call 250-557-9362 Thursdays, 7-8 637-5463

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