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VIU students get their bearings BY JENN McGARRIGLE THE NEWS BULLETIN
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ore than 1,000 new Vancouver Island University students got an idea of what to expect in the months to come at a student orientation day. The Thursday event included campus tours, information tables where students could learn about all of the the services offered on campus, games, music and a free barbecue. The students were divided into groups based on their areas of study and got a chance meet the faculty in their programs. Katherine Hensman, 18, is entering her first year of a bachelor of science in nursing. The Ladysmith resident said the first day of classes will be less nerve-wracking for her because she met someone in her program on the tour, so there will be at least one familiar face. Byron Miller, a Dover Bay Secondary School graduate enrolled in the general sciences program, attended the orientation to figure out where his classes were and how long it would take him to walk from one to another. “I don’t know if I like all the stairs,” he joked. “Getting to know some of the faculty was good, so you know who you can talk to if you’re having problems.” Christopher Mihn, an international student from a village near Cologne in Germany,
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was enjoying his second week in Canada and thrilled with the Nanaimo campus, which he described as more natural and green than his campus in Germany. Thursday was Sabrina Doberstein’s first day on the Nanaimo campus. The 18-yearold from Black Creek felt more at ease after a student ambassador showed her around. “Now that she’s explained it, it makes more sense,” said
Doberstein. “It’s a lot bigger than I thought it was.” She thinks the biggest adjustment to university life will be living on her own, as she’s from a big family and used to having lots of people around. Dave Grant, 51, liked the 20 minutes of discussion his group had with the head of the information technology and applied systems program. “He was showing us the classroom and telling us what we can
expect,” he said, adding that he’ll probably have a million questions next week that he forgot to ask Thursday. Joanna Hesketh, VIU’s coordinator of recruitment services, said 30 volunteer student ambassadors from different programs helped show the new students around all day. “Last year we had about 1,000 students registered,” she said. “This year we had 1,250.”
The VIU Students’ Union is teaming up with the university’s administration and labour groups to become the first bottled water-free university in B.C. By next June, the institution will have switched completely to drinking fountains and water taps. “It’s going to take us a few months to wind down the sale of bottled water and to install additional filling stations,” said Steve Beasley, students’ union executive director. The union has set aside money to fund between five and 10 new water taps and there needs to be a discussion about how many are needed and where they will go. A campaign to ban bottled water sales on campus was launched by the students’ union last fall, and half a year before that, an environmental group on campus was urging students to stop buying bottled water from the university’s vending machines. Bottled water use has already been reduced by about 75 per cent on the Nanaimo campus since 2007. In banning bottled water, VIU joins institutions like Trent University and Ryerson University in Ontario.
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The teachers’ union and the Nanaimo school district could settle a dispute over class-size laws in front of an arbitrator instead of a Supreme Court judge. Last fall, the Nanaimo District Teachers’ Association and the B.C. Teachers’ Federation filed a
petition in B.C. Supreme Court against the Nanaimo school board and the superintendent over the superintendent’s annual classsize report. A one-day hearing scheduled in B.C. Supreme Court in Vancouver last March was postponed to July so the parties could set aside time for a three-day hearing. But in July, a Supreme Court judge adjour ned the case because lawyers for both sides agreed a recent Court of Appeal decision pertaining to another school district means an arbitrator might have the authority
to deal with the matter. It’s what the union wanted all along, said Derek DeGear, NDTA president. Initially, the union was told this wasn’t a matter for an arbitrator because it wasn’t related to the collective agreement between teachers and the employer and so the union took the matter to the Supreme Court, he said. DeGear said the union wants arbitration because it believes an arbitrator’s decision would have more impact for teachers provincewide – securing the ability to grieve through an arbitrator
would give other locals an ability to take this grievance path in the future. The two parties will appear before an arbitrator Sept. 17-18 to determine if the appeal court ruling means the matter can be dealt with through arbitration. If so, the arbitrator will rule on whether the content of the superintendent’s report meets the requirements of legislation. The union is alleging former superintendent Mike Munro failed to produce an annual class-size report for trustees that included a rationale for all class-
rooms in the district with more than 30 students – his report gives two general reasons for oversize classrooms – and that he violated School Act requirements to do so. The NDTA is seeking a separate and more detailed rationale for every classroom. DeGear said that would help trustees make a better decision about whether classrooms are appropriate for student learning. Donna Reimer, school district spokeswoman, said the change to an arbitrator came at the request of the union. reporter@nanaimobulletin.com
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Workers’ contributions earn celebration Labour is prior to, and independent of, capital. Capital is only the fruit of labour, and could never have existed if labour had not first existed. Labour is the superior of capital, and deserves the much higher consideration. — Abraham Lincoln
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While Labour Day in Canada is widely regarded as a late summer opportunity to visit the cottage or enjoy one last long weekend before school starts, labour groups take the opportunity to remind society of the importance of workers and their contributions to the economy, as well as health and safety standards. Labour Day has been celebrated on the first Monday in September in Canada since the 1880s, originally established for workers to campaign for improved pay and working conditions. The origins of the day can be traced back to a parade in Toronto in 1872 when the Toronto Typographical Union went on strike in support of a nine-hour work day. The Toronto Trade
Assembly called its 27 unions to join the parade in support, and the parade became an annual event. Ellen Oxman, president of the Nanaimo, Duncan and District Labour Council, said gaining respect for workers continues to be a challenge in Canadian workplaces. “Our goal is to maintain respect for workers and the contributions of workers in Canadian society, certainly in B.C. and in the Nanaimo area,� said Oxman. “Sometimes I think that message is lost. Labour particularly has been such a huge positive influence in so many ways on the things that we enjoy today as a society. At times that is overlooked. Labour Day gives us the opportunity to celebrate the con-
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tributions of labour.� The most notable workplace improvement that unions fought for was the modern eight-hour work day, so workers could balance their lives with eight hours of work, eight hours of recreation and eight hours of sleep daily. Workplace safety and health is also championed by unions. Leonard Krog, Nanaimo NDP MLA, said while unions have achieved a lot over the past decades, current economic difficulties
are stressing workers and deteriorating social equities. “With unemployment in Nanaimo at around 14 per cent, this is a very tough time locally,� said Krog. Krog pointed to social equity in the post-war era, when families were comfortable surviving on one income in a household. Today, many families are struggling paycheque to paycheque on two incomes, with little prospect of a decent pension, while the rich get richer, he said. “We’ve got billionaires saying ‘tax us, please’,� he said. “What does it tell you about the state of the world when the rich are the ones who have to tell governments that they aren’t being taxed enough to help the poor? It’s about
building a society based on social and economic justice.� The Nanaimo, Duncan and District Labour Council hosts its 21st annual Labour Day Picnic at Transfer Beach in Ladysmith Monday (Sept. 5) from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. as a way to celebrate the
gains unions have made and to advise workers on the challenges that lie ahead. Krog, who will emcee the event, said it’s about rallying people “to build a better society.� “To tie it in with the recent and sad death of Jack Layton, that’s
what he was essentially saying, we can do better and we should be optimistic and if you don’t believe in that, what can you believe in, what should you believe in?� said Krog. reporter2@nanaimobulletin.com
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Premier Christy Clark has ended months of speculation, announcing she will wait until the scheduled date of May 2013 for a general election. Since winning the B.C. Liberal leadership in February, Clark has questioned whether she has a sufficient mandate to govern until the election date specified in provincial law. She reversed that position in interviews with selected Vancouver media outlets Wednesday. Clark denied that the defeat of the harmonized sales tax or party polling changed her mind. In various interviews, she emphasized the instability of the world economy and the lack of a public appetite for another election this year. NDP leader Adrian Dix said the government’s unpopularity after the two-year HST furore and its lack of new ideas are the reason for the reversal. After being sworn in as premier, Clark appointed an election re a d i n e s s c o m m i t tee chaired by cabinet minister Rich Coleman and Brad Bennett, son of former premier Bill Bennett. Election preparations recently cost Clark a cabinet minister, as Chilliwack-Hope MLA Barry Penner stepped down as attorney-general in August, citing the pressure to name a campaign team. B.C.’s election law specifies a provincial election every four years, but reserves the traditional right of the gover nment to deal with unusual circumstances such as death or resignation. editor@naniamobulletin.com
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Two recent studies indicate significant numbers of excluded gamblers sneak back into B.C. casinos, despite safeguards to keep them out.
Province promises to increase efforts to block problem gamblers from casinos
Tighter rules for gamblers pledged BY JEFF NAGEL BLACK PRESS
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he province says it will step up efforts to block problem gamblers who want to be barred from B.C. casinos but complain the voluntary self-exclusion system often fails to stop them. A pair of newly released studies confirm significant numbers of excluded gamblers sneak back in despite safeguards that include licence plate recognition systems and facial recognition software. One-third of the 169 enrolled gamblers studied by researchers over a four-year period said they walked back in undetected to place bets. Licence plate detectors can be beaten by gamblers who take transit instead, the findings say, while the facial recognition systems so far haven’t performed well. “It was not very difficult to enter a casino,” according to one study led by Dr. Irwin Cohen of the B.C. Centre for Social Responsibility at the University of the Fraser Valley. Most of the excluded gamblers who tried to go back in a casino got through every time, Cohen found, and only a minority ever reported being caught. Five per cent of those who snuck back into casinos had done so more than 25 times. A companion study by the Responsible Gaming Council Centre for the Advancement of Best Practices looked at the practices at five casinos in Victoria, Kelowna, New Westminster, Vancouver and Richmond. Voluntary self-exclusion does help, the studies found. Sixty-five per cent never tried to go back inside a casino and 35 per cent abstained completely from gambling – even at home. That beats the general success rate of
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around 10 per cent for programs like Gamblers Anonymous, the report said. An estimated 38 per cent of self-excluded gamblers got treatment of some sort. But both sets of findings say the program lacks teeth and calls for stiffer penalties when banned gamblers are caught coming back. The only real consequence right now, other than being ejected, is the loss of winnings. “This is a good step but not sufficient,” the RGC report said. Cohen’s review suggested publicly shaming chronic violators by posting their photos near casino entrances, as retailers sometimes do with shoplifters. He also said the B.C. Lottery Corporation could do more to remind excluded gamblers that any jackpots they win will be confiscated. Mandatory counselling could also be tried, the study said. The corporation is also urged to make it easier for gamblers to renew their exclusion, and perhaps to choose a lifetime ban. Gamblers so far can exclude themselves from six months to three years, but not permanently. There are hopes an improved facial recognition system now being tested will prove more effective. The licence plate recognition system is also being upgraded so an audible alert sounds when an excluded gambler’s
vehicle arrives. The lottery corporation also says it will circulate shortlists of the most frequent or recent violators to all gambling venues in the region to help staff better detect high-risk patrons. The program remains voluntary and self-directed – the corporation said it won’t bar gamblers from casinos at the request of their spouses or family members. Eighty-three per cent of gamblers in the study listed slot machines as their gambling problem, while 61 per cent said casino card games, 33 per cent listed Internet gambling and 26 per cent said video poker in casinos. Seventy-three per cent of the studied gamblers said they lied to family about gambling and 34 per cent said they had suicidal thoughts due to gambling. Eight of the gamblers said they attempted suicide because of gambling, 10 attempted to harm themselves and 11 said they turned to crime. More than 3,700 gamblers are currently self-excluded. Public safety minister Shirley Bond said the province wants to ensure self-exclusion is as effective as possible. “The research has already guided enhancements to our program and we remain committed to further improving what has been shown to be a very effective resource for our patrons,” added BCLC president Michael Graydon. Several lawsuits underway claim the BCLC was negligent in failing to keep compulsive gamblers enrolled in the program from getting into local casinos and losing hundreds of thousands of dollars. editor@nanaimobulletin.com
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Kobo e-readers are now available for borrowing at Vancouver Island Regional Library. The library recently acquired 90 Kobos to enable customers at its 38 branches to experience the popular new technology. ‘Kobo’ is an anagram of the word ‘book’. The e-readers come preloaded with 100 books and customers can get e-books from the library’s website that offers some 5,500 downloadable titles through a shared provincewide service called Library To Go. Fiona Anderson, director of library services, said downloadable books are surging in popularity. “Last year, VIRL’s 163,000 customers downloaded more than 29,500 e-books and audiobooks and, in the first six months of this year alone, we had over 28,000 such checkouts. In fact, VIRL customers are the third highest borrowers of e-books in B.C.,” she said. The new e-readers can be borrowed from the library for a threeweek period. Instructions on use are included with the e-readers, and help is available from library staff for first-time users of the new technology.
City improves search function on website Most Internet users are aware of how valuable search is – it is often the only way to find what they are looking for. Earlier this year, the city identified its website search as an area that needed improvement. Although most visitors from major search engines found what they were looking for, the city’s onsite search was only used by five per cent of visitors, and only one in three seemed to find what they were looking for. The city says after researching several options, the clear choice was to implement Google Site Search and modify the site design so that more visitors would notice and use the search. Now visitors to the city’s website will find the results they are looking for more often with one click. With one more click, they can filter the search results to show only specific items like council and committee minutes, bylaws, business licences and property reports. It is also easier for staff to monitor and improve search quality. “There’s always room for improvement when it comes to online services,” said Per Kristensen, the city’s director of information technology. “As soon as you put something into place, a new twist comes along that makes things better. By responding quickly to change and using industry-leading approaches, the city can ensure that we are delivering excellence in electronic services to our citizens.” Feedback on the new search feature can be sent to webmaster@ nanaimo.ca.
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Gambling needs greater effort If the provincial government continues to promote – and profit – from gambling in B.C., it has a responsibility to take greater steps to help those who suffer from the numerous opportunities and avenues to place a bet. Blocking problem gamblers from entering casinos through a voluntary self-exclusion system, including licence plate recognition systems and facial recognition software, clearly isn’t working. EXISTING It is, in fact, a farce. PROGRAM There are more than for problem 3,700 gamblers enrolled gambling not the self-exclusion system, doing enough but one-third of the 169 enrolled gamblers studied prevention. by researchers over a fouryear period said they walked back in to place bets undetected. Like alcohol and tobacco addictions, gambling can have devastating affects not only on an individual, but society as a whole with increased costs in social services. That’s why identifying someone who might need help, and providing sources for that help, only makes sense. Unlike a bartender in a pub, there’s no one in a casino to suggest to gamblers who beat a continual path to a slot machine or poker table that perhaps they’ve had enough. A program such as Bar Watch, where identification is scanned when a person enters a establishment, might work, but there’s a fine line between helping someone and trampling their right to privacy. Stakeholders such the B.C. Civil Liberties Association, Gamblers Anonymous, the provincial government and B.C. Lottery Corporation should join forces to discuss the issues and come up with solutions. You can bet without any help, the problems will only increase for everyone.
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Going veggie has plenty of benefits up on dubious feed and, because Former U.S. president Bill of disease milling about from such Clinton, also known as the Teflon tight confines, pumped full of President because nothing he antibiotics that we all get to enjoy did wrong ever stuck to him, can when we fire up the grill. add a new title to his repertoire: But all of those succulent cuts Commander-in-leaf. of meat sitting in the grocery After decades of eating good store look too good to pass up, so ol’ southern grub that included we stock our freezers with ribs, steaks, burgers, French fries, and steaks, bacon, pork chops and enough butter to kill a catfish, the whatever else burns former president isn’t well on the barbecue. just turning over a new SATURDAY Now, before you think leaf, he’s eating them. I’m sidling up to my BEAT Bill Clinton has gone soapbox to encourage vegan. Toby Gorman everyone to follow Bill’s Two major heart surReporter lead consider this: I geries three years apart love meat. I crave it. apparently got his attenSaturday morning rolls tion. around and if bacon With a family history isn’t sizzling in the fry of heart disease and a pan I start to panic. I diet built to kill, Clinton started drooling the realized if he didn’t take other day when smells better care of his heart from my neighbour’s his time would soon be barbecue wafted over. It’s what I up. grew up with. It’s what I’ve been Intrigued by his daughter told to eat. Chelsea’s vegan diet, and after But devouring animals and the a conversation with PETA viceindustry it requires has an impact president Dan Mathews, Clinton beyond personal health and animal recently converted completely, welfare. eliminating all things animal from According to a report issued by his diet. United Nations, meat consumpThe result? He’s lost 24 pounds tion is killing not only people and and, according to all reports, said animals, but our planet. UN says he feels better than ever. that livestock now use 30 per cent Bill might be on to something. of the earth’s entire land surface, Not only is he feeling better, but most of it permanent pasture. The there are a lot of cows, pigs and chickens breathing a sigh of relief. result is cattle-rearing generates more greenhouse gases, measured Livestock bred for slaughter, you in CO2 equivalent, than all methsee, live miserable lives. They’re ods of transportation combined. stuffed into small pens, plumped
“Livestock are one of the most significant contributors to today’s most serious environmental problems,” wrote senior UN Food and Agriculture Organization offical Henning Steinfeld. “Urgent action is required.” Globally, in 2001 humans ate 229 million tonnes of meat. As wealth increases, that will increase to 465 million tonnes in 2050. The global livestock sector is growing faster than any other agricultural subsector. All of those animals account for nine per cent of all human-related CO2 emissions. In a nutshell, eating meat contributes to climate change, is responsible for the horrific treatment of animals and, for many, results in poor individual health that requires millions of tax dollars to be injected into public health systems daily. How’s that steak looking now? Unfortunately, still tasty. But don’t despair, you can still help not by eliminating meat cold-turkey from your diet, but simply by trimming back. Do you really need to stuff your cake hole every night with animal carcass? Probably not. Simply by going veggie twice a week (think bean quesadillas) you can do yourself, a few cows and pigs, and even the planet a huge favour. Or you can be a real man like Bill and go whole-hog into veganism. Just something to chew on as you contemplate your next meal. reporter2@nanaimobulletin.com
‘Livestock bred for slaughter, you see, live miserable lives.’
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Late federal NDP leader Jack Layton chats with party supporters during a visit to Nanaimo last fall.
Outpouring of praise for Layton surprising To the Editor, Re: Layton remembered for passion, integrity, Aug. 30. I am astonished by the reaction of many Canadians to the death of Jack Layton. To be sure, he faced his illness with a degree of courage and his death was tragic, as is the case with any human or creature that succumbs to that dreaded disease. What I find incredulous is that this particular politician has virtually been elevated to unwarranted god-status by the media and a number of Canadians, expounding on his leadership, integrity, strength, etc. In reality, his political success was not based on the offer of sound policy that would benefit Canada nationally and internationally. Rather, his socialist platform focused on and appealed to left-wing supporters who,
by some strange rationale, consider that the Canadian government (the taxpayer) is responsible for their welfare. In addition, the NDP realized Opposition status in Parliament because it secured 58 of the 75 seats in Quebec. The Quebecois gave the nod to the NDP not because it was the best federal party for the nation, but because it was perceived the best option in pursuing even further concessions from the federal government. Jack Layton’s contribution to the democratic process should be recognized, but in no greater degree than other federal politicians who have passed away. Affording him a state funeral bordered on the ludicrous. This great honour is reserved for leaders of Winston Churchill’s stature. Jack Layton was no Winston Churchill. Bill McRitchie Nanaimo
To the Editor, Re: HST decision a costly one, Letters, Aug. 30. Once again a politically motivated NDP push to get rid of the HST by use of scare tactics and misinformation has led the voters to short-term personal gain for long-term economic problems. Let’s not make any mistake, this was not an independent group of citizens against the HST, but rather a push by the NDP, however surreptitiously, to get voters to rebel against the Liberals. When the effort to recall a member failed miserably, then they pulled in their horns. I agree with Jim Corder and Joe Sawchuck – Ontario wins and B.C. taxpayers lose. J. Sharpe Nanaimo
Province will get its money To the Editor, Re: HST decision a costly one, Letters, Aug. 30. The old saying goes: “B.C. never votes anyone in, just out.” The simple question was: Are you in favour of extinguishing the HST and reinstating the PST in conjunction with the GST? Votes are in, HST out. Now what’s stopping the Liberals from bringing the PST back at 10, 11 or 12 per cent? They’ll get the money some way or another folks. Neil Saunders Nanaimo
How many RDN directors, opponents of cell tower use cellphones? To the Editor, Re: RDN opposes Telus wireless tower proposed for Cedar, Aug. 30. Could the reporters of the Nanaimo News Bulletin please do some investigative journalism and let the citizens and readers know
same time using an existing tower which is located where people live, work, attend school etc., thereby subjecting those people to the ‘dangers’ that you do not want to be subjected to. Because people who hold public office are subjected
how many of those protesting against and opposed to new cell towers currently use cellphones or other wireless devices that use cell towers? It would be extremely hypocritical to protest against or oppose the construction of a new tower while at the
to a higher standard than other citizens, I call on all those of the Regional District of Nanaimo board who use cellphones to resign immediately. Hang up or shut up. P. Pelletier Nanaimo
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Next election can’t come soon enough To the Editor, Is there something ringing ominously familiar about Premier Christy Clark’s sudden change of mind about seeking her own mandate with a fall election (contrary to the legislated fixed elections date for 2013)? It has everything to do with the HST referendum and its devasting blow to the B.C. Liberals’t credibility. Do we really believe that this gang of arrogant hypocrites would really have lowered the HST to 10 per cent in 2013 if the referendum had succeeded? The deceit continues with their history of B.C. Rail, the public’s paying millions of dollars in legal fees for hired flunkies doing the work of their political masters and all its suspected cover-ups, the free-style spending spree for the Olympics with minimal accountability, and on and on. Like fish left too long, this government has been in the house too long and it now really stinks. Democracy is in peril again when premiers call all the shots at their own personal whims and fancies. Our elected MLA representatives quietly toe the party line, whether it be right or wrong. We have seen this all too often in B.C. and always with costly results to the public purse. The next election can’t come soon enough. However, it is somewhat reassuring to see that Clark and her B.C. Liberals will now finally stay true to their very own legislated date for 2013. Garry Shepp Parksville
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Traditional Labour Special Report
Shoe repair business remains viable venture
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f location is everything, Steve Hansl, owner of Instant Shoe Repair, found the niche for his business in a small space on Roberts Street in Nanaimo’s Old City Quarter. Hansl, 56, is a cobbler. He repairs shoes and riding tack, makes buffalo hide moccasins, custom leather belts and takes on custom leather projects from his customers. He is also blacksmith. “I’m probably the only cobbler/ blacksmith – I know I’m the only one on the Island and I’m probably the only one in B.C. and, pushing it, I’d say in Canada,” Hansl said. He worked in mills, the wire rope industry, construction and other jobs. When he was unemployed in 1990, he took a shoe repair training program not knowing if he would like the work.
◆ THE OLDEST known shoe, a leather moccasin, was found preserved in sheep dung in Armenia and is estimated to be 5,500 years old. ◆ A SANDAL made from plant material found in a cave in Missouri is estimated at 7,500 years old. ◆ UNTIL RECENT years, most of the world’s population did not wear shoes because of cost. Mass production and synthetic materials have made shoes accessible to most people. ◆ SHOEMAKERS make shoes, cobblers repair them.
The Cobbler, Steve Hansl “If I didn’t like it, I wouldn’t still be doing it after 20 years,” he said. Cobblers have been around almost as long as people have worked with leather. “I don’t know how long people have been called cobblers, but the oldest shoe that I know of is over 5,000 years old,” he said. Women’s shoes account for 70 per cent of his repair business.
Increasingly, shoes are made less with leather and more from synthetic materials that are difficult and sometimes impossible to repair. But Hansl must work with what his customers bring in. “You have to or I wouldn’t be doing it, because I couldn’t afford to stay open,” he said. Many shoe and boot manufacturers and parts suppliers have
gone out of business, but Hansl purchases the best materials from surviving suppliers. “I can’t work with crappy material,” he said. “I buy the best material I can buy and the best leather.” He pulls out a two-litre can of glue, which cost $85. “There’s nothing worse than if you put something together and then it comes apart on some-
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body,” he said. “I tell people my work doesn’t come apart, but if it does I can fix it.” Materials might be changing with the times, but the tools and fundamentals of shoe repair have stayed the same. Hansl’s buffing and trimming and sewing machines are 30 to 40 years old. Many surplus machines in Canada and the U.S. are being shipped to Central and South America, where people still make and repair shoes and boots. Tack repairs and custom work allow him to work with various kinds of leather, including buffalo hide, which is soft like chamois. A customer recently hired him to create a belt with two leather boxes for live and spent shotgun rounds. Hansl tooled images of a shotgun and game birds onto the boxes. He got into blacksmithing a few years ago when his wife bought him a 150-kilogram anvil and he started experimenting. He creates custom shelving brackets, cooking utensils, door chimes, towel racks and other items in small propane- and coalfired forges at his home and sells them from his shoe repair shop. He plans to continue expanding his blacksmithing business. photos@nanaimobulletin.com
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Horseshoers often get rough ride from clients
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hane Sampson swore he would never shoe horses for a living. His father was a farrier and Sampson knew how much hard work was involved and the pitfalls of the trade.
“My dad was a horseshoer and I watch him get knocked around,” Sampson said. “He never seemed to be rich and I always figured I wouldn’t. Then I went off and worked in a mill for a bit and all I wanted to do was shoe horses.” Sampson, 46, first started shoeing horses when he was 15 at a dude ranch in the B.C. Interior. “I started nailing them on there,” he said. “I have a cousin that shoes too.” He has been shoeing horses full-time for 10 years now. He
doesn’t have an official company name. “I’m Shane Sampson,” he said. “That’s who I want the cheques made out to.” Sampson heats pre-made mild steel shoes in a propane forge in the back of his Dodge pickup, pounds them with a hammer and anvil to tailor the shape to the horse’s hoof, eyeballs the adjustment and presses the hot shoe onto the horse’s hoof. The heated hoof sends out clouds of white smoke that smells like burning hair. Chip, the
Quickfacts ◆ IN ANCIENT Asia, people would wrap horses hooves in rawhide, leather and other materials to protect them from excessive wear. ◆ THE HIPPOSANDAL, a metal boot strapped to a horse’s hoof used during the Roman Empire, was one of the earliest forms of metal horseshoes. ◆ CAST BRONZE horseshoes became common in Europe around 1000 AD.
The Farrier, Shane Sampson STORY AND PHOTO BY CHRIS BUSH I THE NEWS BULLETIN quarter horse being shoed, is relaxed and pretty much indifferent to the whole affair. The scorch marks left on the shoe show Sampson where the shoe is not making
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full contact with the hoof and he forms the shoe until there is even contact with the hoof. It takes about 90 minutes to shoe one horse. Chip’s owner Lisa Walker said some horses like being shoed. “It’s like a manicure
to them,” Walker said. “Especially a horse that’s worked lots,” Sampson added. “They know the difference between being pulled out to go to work and being pulled out just to stand and get their feet done.” People have been
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shoeing horses for thousands of years to protect their horses’ hooves. “The Egyptians put woven sandals on horses and they knew how many sandals it would take to get from point A to point B,” Sampson said. “I think the first steel shoes were found from centuries ago in China. They put steel shoes on in the U.K. back when it was more expensive than gold.” There are almost as many different types of shoes for horses as there are for people. Shoes protect the horse’s hooves from wear, but materials vary depending on needs. Plastic, rubber, aluminum, glass fibre, and other materials are used for specific applications. There are even orthopedic horse shoes for horses with foot problems. Sampson has most of them in his truck.
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Blacksmithing is only one part of the farrier’s trade. A good farrier must be able to work alongside veterinarians and horse owners and, above all, be able to understand and get along with horses. “Not everybody can get along with the horses,” Sampson said. “Some places it’s not a matter of getting along with the horse or shoeing the horse, it’s just dealing with the owners.” Shoeing is hard work and there is risk of injury. Sampson’s had broken toes from horses accidentally stepping on his feet and gets burns from his forge. “I’ve been kicked and things like that, but never really hospitalized,” he said. “They’re all different. They all have different personalities.” Sampson said one of the perks of being a farrier is that he’s home every night, which is important since he has two young children. How has the business changed over the years? “There’s a better selection of nails,” he said. “That’s the biggest thing, I think, and there’s some really good education now. You’re not just left to yourself. We have clinics we can go to in B.C., especially on the Lower Mainland and Island, that are world class. Canada doesn’t take a back seat to the States and other places when it comes to shoeing horses.”
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Hard work, passion goes into good sausages
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atherine Davies and Pawel Biegun, owners of Nanaimo Sausage House, produce about 60 different recipes at any one time in their shop on Ross Road. Neither of them set out planning to make sausage for a living. Biegun had left the forest industry and just finished two years of business and accounting courses. A friend was selling the business, the price was right and Davies and Biegun liked the products. Biegun always wanted to run his own business, perhaps a marina, since his passion is sailing. “I had no dreams from childhood to be a sausage-maker,” Biegun said. Sausage is one of the oldest ways to preserve meat and dates back about 3,000 years. Sausage is made from ground meat stuffed in an intestine liner. The meat is cooked or cured, hung to dry and smoked to preserve it. Often made from ground and spiced leftovers from butchering, sausage was a way of ensuring nothing from an animal was wasted. Smoking was often done at homes and farms. Biegun said people would even smoke
The Sausage Makers, Catherine Davies and Pawel Biegun sausage in outhouses temporarily removed from latrine holes. Others would smoke sausages in chambers built into their homes’ chimneys. Sausage and other smoked meats travel well and stay fresh over long periods in a wide range of temperatures and climates.
Preparing and packing sausage involves long hours of hard physical work. “It’s a love/hate relationship,” Biegun said. “It’s something that definitely makes us proud of our work. At the same time that’s exactly what it is – work and work and work.” Now in their early 40s, Davies’s and
Biegun’s business partnership has outlasted their personal relationship. “We have children together, but we’ve been split up for six or seven years now and continue to run the business together,” Davies said. “We’ve managed to make it work.” Together they carved out a small niche market in Nanaimo with a following of customers who appreciate and are willing to pay the premium for quality. Biegun said Nanaimo Sausage House charges about 30 per cent more for its products than mass marketers, but their sausages are made with prime cut meats, have no fillers, such as bread, soy, wheat or gluten – often added as inexpensive bulking agents – and preservatives can be kept to a minimum thanks to modern technology. “Right now we have great control over the production,” Biegun said. “We have thermometers and all the electronic temperature control systems ... therefore we can very safely make these products without using nitrates.” Still, some people prefer the pink colour nitrates create in the meat. But there is no magic recipe or carefully guarded trade secret behind producing superior sausage. “There’s just one secret – and that’s a lot of hard work,” Biegun said. “The amount of work and passion you put into the process, some of the ingredients that you use and the quality of processing and that’s what I see as the only real trade secret.”
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An emotional ride Copsforcancer
Port Alberni Mountie wells up while explaining his reasons for joining Tour de Rock Susan Quinn Black Press
Tom Gill is a mix of emotions as he pauses during a weekend training ride, his bright blue and yellow Spandex cycling outfit a contrast to the dull green of his rural surroundings. He can’t help grinning as he talks about how psyched he is to be riding in this year’s Canadian Cancer Society’s Cops for Cancer Tour de Rock. But the grin quickly fades and tears threaten as he talks about his motivation. It’s the kids. “I’m as soft as they come; kids win,” he says. “The first people I’m interested in all the time are the kids.” Special feature The Tour de Black Press Rock is a gruelling, newspapers on two-week bicycle Vancouver Island tour that happens will publish this every September special feature page and October on spotlighting police Vancouver Island. officers taking part in Law enforcement this year’s Canadian officers and media Cancer Society members embark on Cops for Cancer the journey to raise Tour de Rock. awareness and funds for research into pediatric cancers. This year there are 22 riders who will start out in Port Alice on Sept. 24 and wrap up their Island-wide trip Oct. 7 in Victoria. Gill is an RCMP constable in the traffic division at the Port Alberni detachment. He and the rest of the Tour de Rock team were presented to the public on May 14, but those who had applied have been training since last March in the hopes they would be chosen. A relatively new member to the force – he graduated from RCMP Depot in Regina, Sask. in September 2008 – Gill put his name in for the Tour the first year he was on the force, then trained for a while in his second year. He knew because Port Alberni’s detachment is so small that only one rider could be chosen per year, and last year was not to be his. He was willing to wait. Port Alberni was Gill’s first posting in the RCMP, and he loves living and working here. He started out in general duty and in May switched to the traffic division. He attended a function where Laurel
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Port Alberni RCMP Const. Tom Gill prepares to ride in the 2011 Canadian Cancer Society Cops for Cancer Tour de Rock. He’s trying to raise $25,000. Middelaer spoke about the tragic death of her four-year-old daughter Alexa, killed by a drunk driver in Ladner. Middelaer’s words were powerful, he says. “It’s a focus of mine to take impaired drivers off the road. You can make a difference in a family’s future by making the road safe,” he says. He also wants to make a difference in the fight against cancer. “I believe our youth that are going through this, if we can cure them, they will be our leaders.”
Gill is paired with a junior rider, Brett Wasylyniuk, a young boy from the Alberni Valley who has rhabdomyosarcoma, a rare form of cancer found in the connective tissue between muscles and bones. He hasn’t spent too much time with Wasylyniuk, though: the boy has been away receiving treatment. To support Gill in his tour, go online to www.copsforcancerbc.ca and follow the links to his personal page. Or support any one of the fundraisers listed elsewhere on this page. editor@albernivalleynews.com
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It’s time for nautical enthusiasts to get shipshape as registration gets underway for Nanaimo’s navy league and sea cadet corps. Registration for No. 65 Navy League Cadet Corps JP Bell (ages nine to 12) and Royal Canadian Sea Cadet Corps Amphion (ages 12-18) takes place Wednesday and Thursday (Sept. 7-8) from 6-9 p.m. at the Navy League Hall, 750 Fifth St. near Vancouver Island University. The registering cadet requires a birth certificate and care card. A cash-only registration fee of $35 applies to navy league cadets and includes parental membership in the branch. Uniforms are provided free for all cadets. Regular cadet nights are Wednesday night 6-9 p.m. for navy league cadets, and Monday and Thursday nights from 6-9 p.m. for sea cadets. For more information, please call Kandace at 250-753-9795 after 5 p.m., or the Navy League Hall at 250753-3797 on Monday, Wednesday or Thursday, 6-9 p.m.
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When Thomas Gemma says he’s going to grab a cup of coffee, he means getting on his bike and cycling to Parksville for coffee. It’s part of the training regime the 50-year-old is on for the upcoming Sears National Kids for Cancer Ride. With a dip of his bike’s tires in the Pacific Ocean at White Rock Wednesday (Sept. 7), Gemma joins 19 solo riders and 38 relay riders raising money and awareness for childhood cancer. Gemma, Nanaimo’s Sears store manager, is part of the ride’s relay team and is making the trek from Vancouver to Calgary. His training includes cycling up to 40 kilometres a day, five daysa-week and longer rides up to 100 km on the weekends. His goal is to raise $8,000 and he is closing in on the $5,000 mark. To make a donation to help Gemma reach his fundraising
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Chris McColl, left, Sherri Smith, Crystal Hempstock, Kelsey Dougan, Autumn Hempstock, William LatanzioBattle, Rogina Oliver, Evan Klassen, Kevin Dougan, Heather Wathen and Gordon Webb of the Pacific Gael Pipes and Drums of Nanaimo performed well at this summer’s 2011 Legion Highland Games in Ladysmith, coming home with team and individual awards.
Pipe band in tune at Highland Games The Pacific Gael Pipes and Drums of Nanaimo were on a high note at the Legion Highland Games in Ladysmith. The gael won first in Grade 4 and second grand aggregate points in band competition. Individual awards went to Kevin Dougan – first in open piping jig and hornpipe, first open piping MSR and third open piping piobroch, Kelsey Dougan – first in open drumming MSR and first open drumming hornpipe and jig and Tamara Cameron
– second in open piobaireachd and third jig and hornpipe Parade Marshall Gordon Webb placed first in six/eight adult march, second adult slow aire and second best drum major on parade, Rogina Oliver – second in tenor and second bass, Heather Wathen – first in novice tenor, Chris McColl – first in six/ eight march, Autumn Hempstock, first in chanter, William Lattanzio-Battle – second in chanter and Evan Klassen – third in chanter.
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Dorothy Betty Head March 31, 1919 - August 20, 2011 Betty passed away peacefully at Dufferin Place in Nanaimo with family at her side. Predeceased by her husband, Leonard (Len) Head in 2007, Betty is survived by her loving family: daughter, Lynette Heasley (Colin); son, Philip Head (Gudrun); grandchildren: Kara Heasley, Christian and Emma Head (Antoine Cuvele); and great granddaughter, Hannah. A special thank you to long-time friends, May Lewis and Lucy Haapala. Born in Derbyshire, England, Betty taught school during the war years until she married Len Head, the handsome Canadian soldier. In 1946 Betty was one of the brave war brides coming to Canada aboard the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Aquitania,â&#x20AC;? to begin her early married years in British Columbia on Texada Island. Then there were many years in Shawnigan Lake where Betty ran her own playschool group. Later she taught kindergarten in Cobble Hill, the ďŹ rst year that it was part of the school system. The following years Betty worked at Cliffside Preparatory School at Shawnigan Lake and then spent many years at Cedar Lodge School in Cobble Hill. Upon retirement, Betty and Len moved to Duncan and for many years they travelled. They spent their ďŹ nal years living in Nanaimo, near their family. The family would like to thank the staff at Dufferin Place for their kind and compassionate care of Mom. No service by request. In memory of Betty, please donate to your local food bank. Thank you Mom for everything, we miss you!
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I PROVIDE care & companionship for Seniors. I am a positive, upbeat, bondable, certified Care Aide. I will do errands, grocery shopping, transportation (Insured) & overnight care. Available days, evening, weekends. Refs available. Call Jackie (250)618-6410.
ART/MUSIC/DANCING B.C. REG. Music Teacher Jacinthe Laramee is accepting students for Sept piano and theory lessons, beginners to advanced levels. Call 250751-2454 for more info. SELAH MUSIC STUDIOS - Music lessons available in dif- ferent genres - Classical, Jazz, Pop, NeoClassical Jazz, Con- temporary Worship for Churches, Music for Relax- ation, Learning to record with GarageBand, Song Writing. Instruments include - Piano/ Keyboards, Guitar, Bass, Trumpet and Drums. Lessons geared towards your learning desires and given by profes- sional teacher and recording artist. South End Studio and other locations available. Call 250591-0102 or contact bolandmusic@gmail.com.
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ELECTRICAL 1A ELECTRICIAN, licenced, bonded, Small Jobs Specialist, panel upgrades and renos. All work guaranteed since 1989. Rob at 250-732-PLUG (7584).
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HANDYPERSONS OLD FASHIONED HANDYMAN Drywall, tile, plumbing, electrical, carpentry, painting. Quality work. No HST. Reasonable prices. 250-616-9095.
HAULING AND SALVAGE GARY FORTIN’S HAULING. One call does it all. Clean-up and disposal. (250) 618-1413. JUNK TO THE DUMP. Jobs Big or small, I haul it all! I recycle & donate any useable items to local charities. Call Sean, 250-741-1159. N A N A I M O G A R BAG E . C O M Yard & house clean outs, low trimming. Mulch.250-927-6477
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RENOVATE NOW! Expanding or renovating your home/bathroom/kitchen/basement? Roofing & finish carpentry also available. No job too small. Free estimates. Guaranteed/ Insured Richard 250-729-7809
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MOVING & STORAGE 2 BURLEY MEN MOVING. $85/hr for 2 men (no before or after travel time charges on local moves. Please call Scott or Joshua, (250)753-6633.
PAINTING A-ONE PAINTING and Wallpapering. Serving Nanaimo for 28 years . Senior Discount. Free estimates. 250-741-0451
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IRRIGATION DOCTOR Installations, Repairs. THE WATER CONSERVATION COMPANY. (250)616-3451
AGILE HOME REPAIR & Improvement. Fully insured, interior/exterior repairs and upgrades. Ian 250-714-8800. ALL TRADES- Home updates? Hardwood, Tile, Laminate, Kitchen & Bath Renos. All exterior Roofing, Siding, Decks & Fencing. References available. 250-722-0131.
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FRIENDLY FRANK 18 litre Presto canner, brand new seals, $65. Call 250-7588281. 200 BRICKS, in good shape, $95. obo. Call 250-618-0535. 2 CHAMPIONSHIP GOLF PUTTERS “Ping” & “Odyssey” $38ea or $55 for both. Unique buy! 250-729-3881 2 CHILDREN’S wagons, 1 red metal (Henry Express) $20 obo. 1 red wooden $35 obo. Call (250)753-6008. 4 CU ft, Apt size deep freezer, mint condition, $99 obo. Call 250-933-3855. CHILDREN’S BUNK bed (solid wood), good condition, $50 obo. Call 250-758-8611. COMPUTER ARMOIRE $50. Queen-size pine headboard $25. (250)758-3880. ESSO 2 CYCLE engine oil, outboards, 20-1 litre containers $3 each. 250-729-0875 FOLD UP bed, $15, dresser (5 drawer), $15. Call 250-7292455. GAS MOWER, Yard Machine, 22” cut, 4 HP Briggs & Stratton motor. $90. 250-758-3410. MEN’S MOUNTAIN bike, good cond., $45. (250)751-5257 OFFICE SWIVEL chair, very good condition, $25 obo. Call 250-390-3126. RADIOFLYER WAGON for 2 very exc cond $60 ($99 value) 250-619-5629 RATTAN Table, 48” diameter glass top, 2 upholstered rattan chairs $99. (250)933-6156 SINGER SEWING machine in cabinet with chair, $50. (250)390-3980. SOLID WOOD coffee table, 48”x18”, $12. Excellent condition. Call (250)753-4289.
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BOWEN TERRACE- 1 bdrm, heat incld, sm pet ok. $675. Leave msg (250)245-8869. CENTRAL NANAIMO. 1 Bedroom suite in spotless, quiet bldg $675. Sauna. Close to ferry and to seawall. NP/NS. Refâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s. Mark/Don 250-753-8633 DEPARTURE BAY: 1bdrm, Ocean views, mature blding. $750 heat/hot water incl. N/P, N/S. 1yr lease. 250-716-6361 DOWNTOWN NANAIMO. 1bdrm. On-site laundry, parking NS/NP. $600. 250-754-1547. EAGLEPOINT: 2bdrm +den, large, bright, clean, 5applâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, incl hot water, incredible ocean views. $1000 +utils. Oct. 1st. 1 (250)756-2064 HOSPITAL AREA- 1 bdrm apartment, W/D. Manager on site. $700. (250)716-3305. HOSPITAL AREA- 2 bdrm apartment, W/D. Manager on site. $800. (250)716-3305. NANAIMO DOWNTOWN 3 bdrm,1.5 bath, on-site laundry. NS/NP. $900. 250-754-1547. OLD QUARTER- 1 bdrm with den, fully furnished luxury condo, $1090. inclds hydro/water, underground secured prkg. Avail now. 250-510-6555.
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COMMERCIAL/INDUSTRIAL QUALICUM BEACH: Commercial space. Approx. 1200 sqft at 123 W 2nd Ave. Perfect business space location in downtown QB. Avail. Oct 1. For more info please contact steve.lisawatson@shaw.ca
NORTHFIELD RD SxS 3 bdrm, 2 ba. Clean, near ammens, fenced yrd, W/D hookup. NS/NP. $995. 1/2 mo. free - 1 yr lease. (250)758-4871.
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ROOMS FOR RENT FURNISHED rooms closed to Woodgrove Mall, meals included, international female students preferred. Avail now $600/month. 250-390-1486 N. NANAIMO: Lrg clean newly renoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d, private. Fridge, micro, laundry. $400. (250)390-2212.
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Camp is going to be cutthroat. The Nanaimo Clippers open training camp on Monday (Sept. 5) as they prepare for another B.C. Hockey League season. This season is not like all the others, to be sure. New coach and general manager Mike Vandekamp is doing things his way, and early indications are that the 2011-12 Clippers are going to be vastly different than the team that skated off the ice at the end of 2010-11. “This is very serious,” Vandekamp said. “We have to make decisions, make them quickly and ready ourselves for the start of the regular season on [Sept. 23] as quickly as we can.” At this time of year, all the teams in the league are saying that their training camps are going to be very competitive. That is certainly the case in Nanaimo after Vandekamp brought in a lot of players to skate alongside the group of returnees. “Whether it be a player who has signed with the hockey club in the offseason, a player who has formerly played on the hockey club or a
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Nanaimo Clippers assistant coach Michael Olson instructs players at training camp last summer. The 2011-12 Clippers open training camp Monday (Sept. 5), with the first on-ice session Tuesday at Frank Crane Arena.
player who’s coming in unsigned, I think everybody’s definitely competing for spots…” said the GM. “Simply put, we have too many players.” Forty guys will be at Frank Crane Arena at the start of Clippers camp, and by the start of the season that number has to be whittled down to 21. “We’re going to focus more on competitive-type drills and put the guys
into situations where we can see how hard they all compete with each other,” Vandekamp said. Training camp will start with a day of fitness testing before the players put on the skates Tuesday (Sept. 6). On Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday the team will practise at 9:30 a.m. and 11 a.m. and scrimmage at 6 p.m. Friday the Clippers will play an intrasquad game at 7 p.m.
“I’d like to take the numbers down after Friday’s intrasquad game as low as we can get them,” Vandekamp said. The next day, Sept. 10, the Clips open the preseason with a road game against the Alberni Valley Bulldogs. The team is looking forward to game action, but even just getting on the ice for camp will be enjoyable. “Everybody’s excited to be getting going finally,”
Vandekamp said. “I know I am, I know [assistant coach Michael Olson] is. It’s been a summer filled with lots of office-type work. It’s going to be nice to finally get on the ice.” ICE CHIPS … The team is seeking game-night volunteers to help with duties such as music, statistics and souvenir sales. For information, call 250327-1150 or e-mail jen@ nanaimoclippers.com. sports@nanaimobulletin.com
The Nanaimo Clippers will have an all-new goaltending tandem in 2011-12. The News Bulletin learned this week that last year’s starter Charles-Andre Pelletier will not be back in the Clippers’ crease. Nanaimo GM Mike Vandekamp said Pelletier will be moved to another team. The four goalies in camp next week will be Billy Faust, a 20-yearold BCHL veteran; Chris Eiserman, an 18-year-old with an NCAA Div. 1 scholarship to the University of Massachusetts-Lowell; Mitchell Backhouse, an 18-year-old who Vandekamp scouted at Portland Winterhawks camp last month; and Lynden Stanwood, the rookie of the year last year in the B.C. Interior’s junior B circuit.
Season tickets getting printed The Nanaimo Clippers will have season tickets ready for pickup next weekend. Fans can pick up their packages Sept. 11 at Frank Crane Arena from 1-2:30 p.m. At 3 p.m. that day, the Clippers will take the ice for their first home pre-season game versus Alberni Valley. For ticket info, please call 250-751-0593.
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Four more sports heroes will be added to the Nanaimo Sports Hall of Fame. The Nanaimo Museum announced Thursday that Larry McNabb, Michelle Stilwell, Alan Hill and Ernest “Fat” Edmunds will be inducted to the hall later this month.
McNabb will be inducted in the builders’ category. The longtime chairman of the City of Nanaimo’s parks, recreation and culture department advocated for sports facilities in the city and was honoured this past spring with the dedication of the Third Street sports corridor as the Larry McNabb Sports Zone. At the end of his professional hockey career, McNabb coached the Nanaimo Clippers to three straight B.C. Junior Hockey League cham-
pionships from 1974-76. Stilwell, from Nanoose Bay, is still adding to her hall-offame credentials. The multiple-time Paralympic gold medallist and world record holder in wheelchair racing won her first Paralympic gold medal in wheelchair basketball in 2000. She is also slated to represent Canada in the 2012 Paralympic Games in London. Hill played professional hockey in the 1970s and ’80s with the NHL’s Philadel-
phia Flyers and with several American Hockey League teams. In his first NHL game in 1977 he set a record for points in a game that still stands, as he scored two goals and added three assists. Edmunds was a soccer allstar in the 1920s and ’30s, playing with the national team and also helping Nanaimo teams to three provincial championships. The induction ceremony will be Sept. 17 at the Nanaimo Museum.
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The Nanaimo Redmen wish they actually had a harder schedule this season. Not every team in the Vancouver Mainland Football League’s midget division will be able to pose a significant challenge for the red team. But Week 1 is a dandy. The Redmen kick off 2011 on Monday (Sept. 5) with a game in the Fraser Valley against the Langley Stampeders. The Stamps went 10-0 last year before being bounced from the playoffs by the eventual-champion Victoria Spartans. Nanaimo coach Sean Roden said he doesn’t know much about this year’s Langley team,
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Nanaimo Redmen tailback Sheldon Letcher cuts back to gain extra yardage during an exhibition game last month at May Richards Bennett Pioneer Park.
but doesn’t expect the Stamps to know much about the Redmen, either.
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offence, defence and special teams we try to execute what we do and force them into adjustments.” The Redmen said they expect the
Stampeders to have a strong run game and they especially want to defend well against the sweep play. Being mentally sharp will be important. “Langley’s always been a really good team so when we play them we’ve just got to bring 100 per cent and hopefully come out there and play our best,” said Mike Haverstock, Redmen veteran. GRID BITS … A season preview of the Redmen appeared in Thursday’s News Bulletin and can be accessed online at www.nanaimobulletin.com … Football Nanaimo is still accepting registration for any players ages 9-17 wishing to play fall tackle football. For more information, please visit www.footballnanaimo.com. sports@nanaimobulletin.com
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Field players going for gold Nanaimo lacrosse talent is over on the mainland this weekend to try to help Team B.C. win the big trophy. Nanaimoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Corey Shires and Nanaimo Timbermen junior A players Ethan Garland and Matt Messenger are all part of B.C.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s U19 team at the Canadian Lacrosse Associationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Field Lacrosse National Championships in Burnaby. Shires, top scorer in the B.C. Intermediate A Lacrosse League the past two years, was part of B.C.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s runner-up team at field nationals a year ago. The winner of U19 nationals gets the coveted First Nations Trophy. B.C.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s first game at the Burnaby Lake Sports Complex was Friday morning after press time against Manitoba.
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VIU Mariners tie UVic Vikes The Vancouver Island University Mariners are getting better with each game. The menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s soccer team, defending champions of the Canadian Collegesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Athletic Association, has been keeping up a fast pace on the pitch in recent weeks with pre-season action.
The team tied the University of Victoria Vikings 1-1 on Tuesday on the road, with Chris Arnett scoring for VIU. Earlier last month, the Mâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s defeated Prospect Lake by a blowout score in Ladysmith and lost to Trinity Lutheran College 1-0 in Everett, Wash. The Mâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s played at Simon
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Silvertips get first real game action North Island Silvertips players have shown good things to make it to this stage of the pre-season. Now they get to really showcase what they can do. Nanaimoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s B.C. Major Midget League hockey team plays its first pre-season games today (Sept. 3) and tomorrow against the South Island Thunderbirds. Silvertips coach Dan Lemmon said heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s interested to see how hard his guys will go into the corners against players they havenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t seen before. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Instead of battling each other, theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re going to be
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battling some opponents,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a time that they can all bond together and get behind one goal of winning a game.â&#x20AC;? There arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t any points at stake in pre-season, but there are roster spots on the line. Lemmon said the â&#x20AC;&#x2122;Tips have committed to half the roster so far. Competitive hockey games against a rival team will go a long way in helping the coaching staff make further decisions, and Lemmon said these pre-season games can have
implications for the regular season. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s an exhibition game, if itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a game of rock, paper, scissors, any win against an opponent like this is always a positive,â&#x20AC;? said the coach. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This is going to gear us up towards games with them in the regular season. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s also going to tell us where weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re at.â&#x20AC;? GAME ON â&#x20AC;Ś Todayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s game is in Victoria and the rematch Sunday (Sept. 4) starts at 1 p.m. at the Nanaimo Ice Centre. sports@nanaimobulletin.com
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Nanaimo News Bulletin Saturday,, September 3, 2011
If only, you could double-up on summer, too!
BUY ONE GET O NE FREE* EVENT ON NOW ! Compliments
Burgers
Sensations or Balance 100% Sirloin, Prime Rib, Bacon & Cheddar, Lean, Sirloin, Chicken or Turkey 852g–1.13kg Box Regular Retail: $11.99 Each
Dempster’s
Villaggio Buns
or Bread Selected, 408–616g Regular Retail: $3.69–$3.99 Each
On Sale
On Sale
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Island Farms
Ice Cream
Original, Vanilla Plus or Chocolate Plus Selected, 1.65L Regular Retail: $7.99 Each
On Sale
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Quaker
Chewy Bars
or Dipps Selected, 140–206g Regular Retail: $2.99–$3.69 Each
On Sale
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Our Buy One Get One Free sale is on now and it’s a great opportunity to double up on a variety of foods you and your family love. (Now if only you could apply this whole idea to summer and make the warm weather last twice as long.)
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Specials in Effect from Friday, September 2nd to Tuesday, September 6th, 2011
*On selected items, see in-store for details.