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Body of missing man found Gazette staff A four-day search for a missing 81-year-old Port Hardy man who vanished while driving home from a trip down island ended tragically Tuesday morning. William Fisher Sr., who had been the focus of an intense ground and air search over much of Northern Bill Fisher Sr. Va n c o u v e r Island, was found dead in his vehicle at the bottom of an embankment, southwest of Port Hardy along Hwy. 30 near Marble River. The vehicle, a white 1995 Chrysler Concorde, was spotted by a passing motorist, who notified police. Fisher disappeared after leaving Campbell River Hospital on the morning of Dec. 1. It was believed he was on his way
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back to his Port Hardy home. He was reported missing to police by concerned family the next day. Police were at the scene of the crash most of the day and an RCMP collision analyst was called to investigate. The BC Coroner Service will be responsible for official confirmation of identity, and determining a cause of death. An RCMP spokesman said Tuesday there were more questions than answers surrounding the tragedy. “We don’t know when he went down the embankment, whether or not a medical condition was responsible for the collision or why he was on a route away from his Port Hardy home,” said Cpl. Darren Lagan, who lauded the efforts of Search and Rescue technicians from the North Island involved in the search. Fisher’s family asked for privacy at this time.
Mayor Gerry Furney of Port McNeill accepts a congratulatory handshake from town administrator Al Sweet after being sworn in for his latest term Monday in Port McNeill. Furney, who was joined by new councillors Grant Anderson and Chris Sharpe at the swearing-in, becomes the longest-serving mayor in B.C. See video at www.northislandgazette.com.
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Job action alters school holiday concerts J.R. Rardon Gazette staff Parents wishing to see their youngsters perform in the annual school holiday concerts on the North Island will need to block off time a bit earlier in the day than they’re accustomed to. Evening concerts, a tradition at several local schools, will not take place this year, due largely to the job action under way by members of the Vancouver Island North Teachers Association. Instead, schools will host “Christmas assemblies” and other events during the day, in the school buildings.
“Usually it’s in the evening, in the big gym,” Gail Henderson, acting principal of Sea View Elementary School in Port Alice, said of her school’s annual Coffee House concert. “This year, it’s during the day, in the smaller room.” Similar events will take place at Cheslakees Elementary in Port McNeill, next Tuesday at 2:30 p.m., and at Sunset Elementary in Port McNeill, Wednesday at 1 p.m. In recent years, Sunset has held an evening concert featuring song and/or skit numbers from each classroom.
This season, Sunset students will perform a musical play written by assistant principal Dan Baker, the school’s music teacher. “We’re having a Christmas assembly,” said Rena Sweeney, Sunset principal. “We’ll have it during the day; it will fall within the job action.” Phase 1 of the teachers’ job action is designed to place pressure on negotiators for the B.C. Public School Employers’ Association as the groups attempt to negotiate a new collective bargaining agreement. Under the job action,
teachers continue with classroom instruction of students, but have withheld administrative functions and many after-school activities they typically participate in. For most of the school year the limited strike has had little impact on parents of students. But first-term report cards were released recently with letter grades omitted, and the change in holiday pageants could affect families with daytime work schedules. “We haven’t had a whole lot of response from people on reporting (grades),
because the lines of communication between teachers and parents remains open,” said Fred Robertson, VINTA president. “Teachers are certainly letting parents know if there are any issues with their children.” Robertson added teachers are still taking part in extracurricular activities, including daytime, class field trips. But he was not certain what impact the job action might have when traditional multi-day trips roll around in spring. “One of the things we’re not doing is collecting any money for those sorts of
things,” Robertson admitted. “But administrators here, when it is pertinent to those trips, have been collecting money. I’m not aware of any plans to cancel the trips.” As for the holiday concerts, administrators are downplaying the impact of the job action and say they have worked with the teachers to provide a fun event for the students. “The teachers here have been preparing in their classrooms,” said Henderson. “They’re all involved; it’s really just a change of time and location.”
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Buying alternative fuel cars is not only good for the environment, but cheap too. But whether or not they’re an answer on the North Island is up for debate. The Clean Energy Vehicles for BC program is encouraging new car buyers to opt for cleaner vehicles by offering rebates of up to $5000 off the pre-tax price. While it sounds like a great deal, there are a number of caveats and stumbling blocks for buyers/drivers on the North Island. First, the vehicles eligible for the rebate are not particularly suited to North Island conditions. “They’re best used in a metro area,” said Todd Landon, of Port Hardy’s Dave Landon Motors Ltd.
He also said that an all-electric car would not be able to make it to Campbell River from Port Hardy. This, combined with the complete lack of natural gas, hydrogen, and electric (other than home adaptors) fueling stations in the region greatly limits one’s options, he said. Also there is no guarantee that any eligible cars will be available at either of our two local dealerships, and if there are, then they won’t be in stock for some time. However, there could be some benefit to be had after all. B.C. based businesses, local governments and First Nations are also eligible for rebates. Program estimates suggest that hydro expenses per car could cost as little as $300 per year, as opposed to $1500 a year in gas costs.
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Fort Rupert home spared dip in ocean J.R. Rardon Gazette staff PORT HARDY— Noreen Hunt was concerned enough about the high tide surge and winds to move out of her bedroom and sleep on the ground floor of her coastal home in Fort Rupert the night of Thursday, Nov. 24. Still, she was shocked The ocean-facing side of Noreen Hunt’s to get a call at work Fort Rupert home shows the effects of the the following morning from her sister-in-law, high wave and wind storm of Nov. 24-25. Noreen Hunt photo Davina Brown-Hunt.
“She said I should go home, because the house could be lost,” said Hunt, who hurried home to find her seawall damaged and her porch taken away by the fury of the storm. The water also undermined part of the home’s foundation, leaving her kitchen floor with a noticeable list. “I thought I was going to lose the house,” said Hunt. “I’ve been there 25 years and never had
any problems.” A battalion of volunteers rushed to remove her belongings before the house slid away from its embankment, but when the winds and tide abated with no further damage others went to work to save the structure.
Ernie and Ken Knopp moved in with a backhoe and small bulldozer to remove debris from the damaged seawall and place large rocks as riprap to fortify the shoreline. Hunt has been staying in a motel and her goods have been in
storage while she waits for the summary report of an engineer who has looked at the house. But she now believes she will be able to return one day. “It’s been a difficult situation, and I’d like to thank everyone who’s helped me.”
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Chamber Update submitted by Cheryl Jorgenson P Port McNeill & District Chamber of Commerce Manager Submissions to Update: Fax: 250-956-3131 or email pmccc@island.net N th IIsland North l dC Coordinated di t d Workforce Strategy The Port McNeill & District Chamber of Commerce is pleased to be an active participant in the North Island Coordinated Workforce Strategy. The Workforce Strategy is a regional action plan bringing together and partnering with education and service providers, employers and residents, First Nations representatives, small business and North Island foundational industries. The desire being to produce effective partnerships between the various organizations with the needs of job seekers, local business and industry and the agencies that assists them. The scope of the project is incredible! The potential to broaden Port McNeill and the North Island horizon is immense! The Port McNeill and District Chamber of Commerce does support and enhance business current and future for the betterment of Port McNeill and will continue to support its businesses and industries via the North Island Coordinated Workforce Strategy. For more information concerning
this project please contact: Penni Adams, Project Coordinator 250-956-2220, penni_a@telus.net or The Port McNeill & District Chamber of Commerce @ 250-956-3131 Community Futures Mount Waddington @ 250-956-2220 Mount Waddington Regional District @ 250-956-3301 “WinterLight Night” Christmas Throw Down! Deck the halls, throw tinsel on the boss, nag Dad (or Mom) and let’s light up this town. Let’s celebrate the holidays together! Challenge someone to a little healthy competition! Categories: Business & Commercial, Residential, Best Street, and Mall/ Plaza Judging: Thursday, December 15 (in the evening) Christmas at the Chilton (Port McNeill) Arena You are cordially invited to the free skating at the “Chilton” Regional l Arena. The Port McNeill & District Chamber of Commerce is happy to be a sponsor of this Christmas tradition! Dec 17 & 18; 1-2pm
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A gentler job action As hardships go, having Christmas concerts “lite” instead of the full-blown pageants most of us know barely registers on the hard-done-by scale. If you haven’t heard, the teachers’ ongoing job action has made it necessary for kids to hold scaled-down concerts during the day only, with no nighttime curtain-raisers that were usually reserved for parents and other adults wanting to hear children sing Rudolph the Red-nosed Reindeer, perform A Charlie Brown Christmas, or any number of elementary Yuletide favourites. Sure, parents might have to book an hour or so off work, or rearrange daytime schedules to see their children on stage — as small as some may be for Christmas lite — but that would seem to be the extent of any effects the job action has on the community. And that sums up what’s going on with the teachers’ job action that began with the first days of the new school year; little things — such as no grades on report cards — that are easily dealt with. Minor annoyances no one really thinks twice about. Now, we’re not for one second advocating teachers do anything else in their battle with the province over classroom size, benefits and their right to bargain collectively. But as job actions go, this has been one of the gentler ones we’ve seen.
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Our condolences to family and friends of Bill Fisher Sr. It was a terrible end to many long days spent wondering what happened.
B.C. a playground for eco-stunts VICTORIA – If the propaganda flowing over “tar sands” crude shipments across B.C. were oil, the province would be out of deficit by now. U.S.-funded professional environmentalists and their aboriginal partners lined up with the NDP last week to peddle a range of halftruths and falsehoods about proposals to pipe diluted bitumen from Alberta to a new port at Kitimat,on its way to Asian markets. They staged a slick news conference in Vancouver where they claimed to have a seamless wall of aboriginal communities the length of B.C. opposing the proposed Enbridge Northern Gateway pipeline. A 10-year-old girl in a cedar bark hat warned of devastation to the coastal ecology, providing the kind of emotional visual that appeals to urban television audiences who know and care little about science or resource industries.
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This event was co-ordinated with the publication of a report warning of huge risks from piping “tar sands” crude. The report was produced by the Natural Resource Defence Council, the Living Oceans Society and the Pembina Institute. These three obscure organizations are among those identified by independent researcher Vivian Krause on her website, www. fairquestions.typepad.com/ rethink_campaigns/. These
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the Great Bear Rainforest to the Pacific, where it will be picked up by supertankers trying to navigate our inland coastal waters,” said NDP environment critic Rob Fleming. Fleming parroted the claim diluted bitumen is more likely to cause corrosion in pipes and tankers. Enbridge issued a statement refuting the study. Its oldest bitumen pipeline went into service in 1979, and “a complete metal loss inspection of this line in 2009 revealed no increased risk or incidence of internal corrosion.” Oh, and the proposed pipeline route doesn’t cross the Fraser River. And claims of a huge increase in greenhouse gases from “tar sands” compared to conventional oil are grossly exaggerated. Tom Fletcher is legislative reporter and columnist for Black Press and BCLocalnews.com
and other environmental groups have received millions from U.S.-based foundations in recent years. Here’s one of many examples of the money trail that Krause has followed. U.S. tax returns show the Pembina Institute and a B.C. environmental group were paid $200,000 by the Rockefeller Brothers Fund Inc. in 2006-07 “to prevent the development of a pipeline and tanker port” on the B.C. coast. The same Rockefeller fund has investments in competing pipelines going south. Documenting this huge money spill, Krause concludes U.S. interests are working to stop Canada from exporting oil to Asia so the U.S. will be the only market available. They dress it up as environmentalism; we fall for it. “The pipeline goes over mountains, across farmland, over the Fraser and Skeena Rivers and straight through A member of
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Small-town girl finds no place like home Dear editor, Being a small-town girl I often wonder if I could make it in the big city with transit, crowds, pollution and begging on the street. This past month I have been able to visit the city on two different occasions and with completely different perpspectives. On my first trip I went with my husband and we indulged in a weekend of fun with friends from long ago. We stayed at the Fairmont Vancouver downtown, ate in nice restaurants and went to a hockey game. My second trip was
for work; I stayed in a so-so hotel in Richmond and used transit to get around. Being from a small town you often get used to saying hello to pretty much everyone you see. You smile, wave or even stop to have a conversation. Sometimes going to the grocery store takes twice as long because you have to chat with all your friends or acquaintances. The city is a much different experience for me. I was heartbroken to see the amount of begging on the streets. Each person I saw that was asking for money
"It was amazing to realize that you can be surrounded with hundreds of people and still feel all alone." reminded me that they were once from a family. Good or bad, I am sure that at one point they were in a better place than begging on the street corner in Vancouver. My question to myself was can you help everyone? Watching a gentleman give his change for a coffee and muffin at Tim Hortons and have the cashier look
like he didn’t want to take his money was sad. He was a troubled individual who just wanted a coffee and a muffin. Respect for everyone is so important and is something we must tell our children repeatedly. My stay in Richmond allowed me to take public transit for the first time
in about 18 years. The first thing I noticed was how everyone was either plugged into their music or just plain zoned out with their own thoughts. The bus driver was even listening to music with headphones. I searched for a friendly face just to feel connected with someone. Transit was a very effective way to get downtown but surprised me with how quiet it was. No one spoke, no one talked on their phones or had any communication with another person on transit. Many people were texting, emailing and
even checking their social network. It was amazing to realize that you can be surrounded with hundreds of people and still feel all alone. Coming home I realized that being from a small town is the most comforting feeling. Seeing people you know pretty much anywhere you go is a pleasant experience. We may complain that we don’t have all the amenities that a big city has but for this small town girl I wouldn’t change a thing! Karen Aoki Port McNeill
Thanks for the Port (McNeill) in a storm Dear editor, Our hockey team, The Oceanside Generals Peewee Rep team found itself stranded in Port McNeill when the mudslides occurred early Sunday morning. On behalf of our hockey team I would like to say thank you to the very kind people of Port McNeill. We can’t say enough about how friendly and helpful everyone was to us. At every turn there was someone to offer assistance from keeping us updated on the road situation to many offers of help with activities to keep our kids busy. Thanks as well to the friendly staff at the Haida Way who were very patient with 16 hockey players running around their hotel for a day and-a-half. We look forward to our next visit to Port McNeill some “not so rainy” weekend. Dyann Goodfellow Team Manager/Oceanside Minor Hockey Peewee Generals
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Showcase show-off At left, Julie Tait works on a project while staffing her Whirlygigs table at the annual Christmas Showcase bazaar in Port McNeill Saturday. Above, shoppers peruse jewellery in the Old School gym. At right, Girl Guides pose with Santa. J.R. Rardon photos The goal is to publish every letter, so keep them brief, clear and to the point. Be hard on the problem, not the person; skip quotes except where readily confirmable; accept editing for length and legality. Include full name and home community (plus phone number to confirm authorship). Mail, fax, email or drop off c/o the editor by 4:00 pm Friday.
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Christmas Story Contest The North Island Gazette is holding our annual Christmas story contest. Writers can enter in three categories: Grades K-3; 4-7; 8-12 Please restrict your entries to a maximum of 300 words. The Gazette will publish winning entries and runners-up December 22. Entries are judged by a panel of community volunteers. The entry deadline is Wednesday, December 14. Include your full name, grade and your school. We prefer stories be emailed to production@northislandgazette. com. or drop it off to the Gazette office 7305 Market St., Port Hardy.
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Starting sentence for the story is: Jimmy and Kim were worried. It was Dec. 16 and they still didn’t have a Christmas tree. Jimmy went to the shed and took the hatchet and his sister glided into the nearby woods. “There’s one,” cried Kim. Jimmy walked to the tree and lifted the hatchet in both hands. Suddenly a loud “snap! of a branch breaking behind him. The twins spun around and…
4 categories ages: Ages 0-4; 5-8; 9-11; 12 & up Please provide name, age, school, grade and phone number on the back of your colouring contest submission. Drop off at the Gazette office by Dec. 13. Prizes awarded to 1st & 2nd each category
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December 10 Port McNeill Lions is having their annual Ham & Turkey Bingo! At the Lionsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Hall, doors open at 7 p.m.. Proceeds to go to the North Island Gazetteâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Hamper Fund. Please bring a non-perishable food item. December 10 Hardy Bay Seniors annual Christmas Bake Sale, 11 a.m.-2 p.m. at the seniors centre, 9150 Granville St. Come out and support the seniors. Decmeber 11 Alert Bay Royal Candian Legion Ladies Auxiliary hosts breakfast with Santa, 8:30-11:30 a.m. Info, Donna, 250-974-2909. December 11 Port Hardy Baptist Church benefits the Gazette Hamper Fund with its dinner and pre-release movie night. Dinner
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Cabinet Shop Manufacturing kitchen cabinets on the North Island since 1986
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December 17 Port Alice Family Fun Christmas Celebration, 10 a.m., Community Centre. Photos with Santa, followed by magic show, goodies and more. Info, 250-284-3912.
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December 16 Port Hardy Rotarians and their families will be caroling around Port Hardy during the annual festive sing. Starts at 6 p.m. Info, Janet at 250-949-1080.
Nothing is ever chiseled in stone in my world, but please read my web page for weekly letter:
Make your Christmas wishes come true!
Contact Joan Bliss
December 15 Avalon Adventist Academy presents its annual Christmas Program, 7 p.m. at the school on Airport Road, Port Hardy. Refreshments to be served following the program.
YOUR NAME HAS BEEN ENTERED INTO KETA CABLEâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S LOYALTY PROGRAM!
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Just $319,000 540 Sunset Place
at 5 p.m., movie at 6 p.m., both for $4 and a non-perishable food item per person.
Arts & Crafts
Back for the month of December in the Thunderbird Mall
Great place to shop for the people on your Christmas list! ~ Handrafted Native silver jewelry ~ Mystic Glass creations ~ Local interest books ~ Stocking stuffers ~ Jade ~ Herbal teas
Gifts for friends & loved ones!
7110 Market Street, Port Hardy
clothing, gifts & more!
250-949-8143
Open Tuesdays - Saturdays 10 am - Noon & 1 pm - 5 pm
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COLLEGE CONNECTION
Visit us online www.nic.bc.ca
Mount Waddington Regional Campus
Call us for details 250-949-7912
DECEMBER 2011
ISSUE 5
WINTER LEARNERS’ GUIDE Your complete guide to programs and courses in Mount Waddington is here. Learn a skill, advance your career, or take university transfer courses where you live. Get your Winter Learner’s Guide online for information on:
Mount Waddingto n Regional
LEARNERS’ GUI
DE JANUARY 2012 - APRIL
ON-CAMPUS LEARNING Learn payroll, update your first aid, or design a web page with one of NIC’s many courses in Port Hardy this winter.
2012
CONTINUIN G EDUCATION Personal and professional development for lifelong learning Business ............................ ...................2 First Aid ............................ ....................2 FoodSafe ............................ ..................4 Language ............................ .................4 Photography ............................ ...........5 ElderCollege ............................ ............5 Over 200 Online Courses ............6-9
TRADES & INDUSTRY Gain skills and knowledge to stay competitive in today’s industries
Carpentry............................ .............. 10 Marine Training ............................ .. 10 Safety Training ............................ .... 11
UNIVERSIT Y STUDIES First-year level courses for academic interest or degree completion Business ............................ ................ 12 English & Humanities ................... 12 Math & Sciences ............................ 13 Social Sciences ............................ .... 14 University Dual Admission ......... 14 First-Year Transfer Plans ............... 14
UPGRADIN G Flexible high school level courses for entry into college programs English, Math, Sciences .......... 15-17
PROGRAMS AT A GLANCE
Choose from personal interest courses, learn a trade, or take classes that transfer into degree programs at NIC and many BC universities. DISTANCE LEARNING With courses and programs accessible by distance, you can get your medical office assistant or legal administrative assistant certificate, or develop employable skills with NIC’s business courses. Or, take a hospitality course and learn about marketing, food and beverage management, and more. UNIVERSITY TRANSFER PLANS University Studies courses are available on-campus in Port Hardy, via distance, or online. Courses transfer in full or in part to degree programs at NIC and beyond.
Upgrade Today for a Better Tomorrow Prepare to enter a new career with tuition-free upgrading classes this winter. NIC offers high school math, English, and science classes to meet any learning style or schedule. Take the entry requirements that lead to business, health or trades careers or meet the entry requirements for university studies classes today. www.nic.bc.ca/upgrading
COLLEGE NEWS
KEEP YOUR BRAIN FIT FOR FREE
NEW PROGRAM “I can honestly say that I learned something new in every single class I took at North Island College.”
Start your Forestry Career in Port Hardy
NIC’s Senior Citizen Tuition Exemption policy allows seniors 65+ to attend university studies classes for less. Instead of paying for a $260 anthropology class, seniors pay a $10 student union fee, plus the cost of books and supplies.
“This is very ben+eficial especially for students who are out of the regular workforce,” Garcia said. “We still like to be active and learn new things but Heili Garcia may have found her anti- the costs can be really prohibitive.” dote to aging in an NIC classroom. Students come looking to explore At 74, the artist is one of NIC’s first passions, learn something new, or graduates of the Emily Carr University meet people with similar interests. Bachelor of Fine Arts degree. This year, Seniors must be Canadian citizens she’s looking to pursue her interests or permanent residents to qualify. in by taking NIC’s free university Register now by asking to be included studies classes for seniors. in the tuition waiver. Staff will confirm College classes keep her mind active, your application in the first 10 days of retain brain function, and break the class, after fee-paying students have stereotypes of retirement. Life is registered. Seniors qualify for one more about being adventurous and free course per term and up to three courses per year. engaged than simply watching TV. Classes start: January 4 Courses: www.nic.bc.ca/wintercourses Register: 250-949-7912
I need these classes for brain exercises.” Heili Garcia
t Bachelor of Arts Transfer, University of Victoria Complete the first-year requirements for your Bachelor of Arts degree through distance learning. Sample transfer plan: 30 credits from the following courses: ANT 150, BUS 162/112, ENG 115/125/160, HIS 111/112, MAT 115, PSY 130/131, SPN 100/101, SSA 100/101 UVIC GUARANTEED ADMISSION NIC’s University Studies program now leads to guaranteed admission at UVic. Students who complete at least 24 credits (8 courses) of UVic transfer courses with a 2.0 G.P.A. (C average) guarantee their admission to eligible UVic programs.
Seniors 65+ take advantage of tuition-free classes and love what they learn
At NIC, she is challenged to do research and enter discussions she couldn’t find anywhere else.
t Bachelor of Education Transfer Plan, Vancouver Island University Start your teaching degree with a full year of distance learning courses that transfer to Vancouver Island University and BC universities. Sample transfer plan: HIS 111/112, ENG 115 or 125, PSY 131, MAT 162/163, ANT 150/151 SSA 100/101
Acquire the hands-on skills needed to get a job in the forestry sector, with NIC’s new 26-week Woodland Harvesting certificate program, this February. Eligible students may qualify for funding through the federal and provincial Employment Skills Access fund. Classes include: t Occupational Health and Safety t Harvesting Fundamentals t Silviculture Fundamentals Space is limited. Call NIC today for more information. Call Colleen: 250-949-6712 Courses: www.nic.bc.ca/ mountwaddington
Find out more by calling 250-949-7912 or visit www.nic.bc.ca/advisors today.
WHAT’S HAPPENING
EVENTS & KEY DATES Dec
Cakes for Clicks! Help NIC achieve 750 likes on Facebook and eat cake on campus. Visit www. facebook.com/north.island.college for details.
Jan 9
Winter Orientation at Mount Waddington Regional Campus, starting at 1 pm.
Jan 9
ElderCollege Information Session at Mount Waddington Regional Campus, Community Room, starting at 7 pm. Subscribe to the NIC RSS Event Feed to get the latest events and notices delivered directly to your computer: www.nic.bc.ca/rss
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A woody new course North Island College will be offering the Woodland Harvesting Program at the Mount Waddington campus starting February. The program is designed for those looking to enter or re-enter the forestry sector, and it is available to participants who qualify for the Employment Skills Access program. The training is designed for individuals with limited experience, who have a desire to work in the field and gain the fundamental skills to pursue
entry level Forestry positions. The program is delivered over 26 consecutive weeks, five days a week, 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Tuition and materials are available for participants that meet the criteria of the ESA program. Space is limited, so interested persons should apply as soon as possible. For more information contact Colleen Sorensen at Colleen.Sorensen@nic.bc.ca or phone 250949-7912.
AROUND TOWN
Fun Fair & Rockin Christmas 50â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Sock Hop Saturday Dec 17th 6pm-9pm
Free elcome sW e g A All DJ Providence Place
Prizes for the best 50â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s costume
Conference Centre
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Haida Way Pub Annual Christmas Party $EC s PM d ! n s a u B n i e o v Li Come j Cold Beer & Wine open through the holidays. 9am-11pm daily
Port McNeill 250-956-3373
Does your organization or company need a brochure or booklet printed?
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Saturday Dec. 10 only Grab a Discount Day
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Gift Certificates available Give the gift of relaxation. Treat your loved ones to a spa package package.
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Reasons to shop local:
When friends drop by this holiday season… we’re here for you.
• Local businesses require comparatively little infrastructure and more efficiently utilize public services relative to chain stores.
We have everything you need to be a gracious host this holiday season.
• Small local businesses are the largest employers nationally. Plus the more jobs you have in your local community the less people are going to have to commute which means more time and less traffic and pollution. • If, for some reason, the gift isn’t suitable, it can be returned without the inconvenience of rewrapping and mailing back to a distant distribution center.
Charm Bracelet Special Buy!
$
1499 Limited Quantities
8am-9pm daily 1705 Campbell Way, Port McNeill 250-956-4404 * ÀÌÊ >À`ÞÊ Ê/ Õ `iÀL À`Ê > ÊUÊÓxä { xÓÓ * ÀÌÊ V i Ê Ê À Õ} Ì Ê* >â>ÊUÊÓxä xÈ Î£ÓÈ
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Holiday Drink Specials Drive-thru D rive-thru for for your your cconvenience onvenience Gingerbread Latte Peppermint Mocha Eggnog Chai Eggnog Latte
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Give the gift of safety this Christmas. Holiday Gift Certificates available for the newest driver in your home or the senior looking to re-test. For more information call: 250-902-9115 or email: oceanviewds@gmail.com
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Dec. 24 - Xmas Eve: 7am - 4pm Dec. 25: Closed Dec. 26: Closed Dec. 31: 7am - 7pm Jan. 1: Closed Gift CertiďŹ cates available for breakfast, brunch or dinner. You pick the value
Check our ďŹ&#x201A;yers for great deals! Come in & see our in-store specials!
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North sland Life Nutcracker dreams come true
Clockwise from above: Aija Nelson and the rest of the Snowflakes perform during Portside Academy of Performing Artsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; fourth annual Nutcracker production in Port McNeill last weekend; Toy doll Dayna Moore dances for young children during the party scene; Snow Fairy Willow Baker dances onstage in front of angels Giselle Alfred, Lucy McDowell, Carmen Sawyer and Lyra Fletcher; Chyra Snowdon takes her place with rest of the angels as they prepare for the curtain opening on the second act; The Mouse Queen (Natasha Estlin) and the Nutcracker Prince (Liam Aoki) square off for battle in front of their respective supporters; Clara (Charlotte Scragg) shows off her nutcracker gift to the other children. J.R. Rardon photos
1-¼ cup Aunt Jemima ’ve come up with a sureOriginal Pancake and Waffle fire way to have your kids Mix eat breakfast on Christmas 1-cup milk morning and this is so yummy, I 1-egg can assure that you’ll want some too. Melt butter over medium Now don’t worry, this recipe high heat in a 12” frying pan. makes enough for all! Add in thick sliced apples. This is so easy to prepare that Stir occasionally until apples half of it can be made the night start to turn golden brown on before to make your Christmas the edges. morning cooking even quickAdd the brown sugar and er. Even better it’s a complete Appetite’s raisins. cheater recipe! Yay! Delight Lower heat to medium low So, to one and all I wish you with Kellie Dukes and stir into the apples. the very best Christmas season Keep stirring until the and if you celebrate something sugar is dissolved. Once sugar is dissolved else, I wish you the very best of that too! See add in the spices, salt, vanilla and lemon juice. you in the New Year! Simmer over medium low heat until half of the liquid is gone; this will take approxiApple Pie Baked Pancake mately 10 minutes. Keep stirring so the Yield: 6 – 8 hearty portions sugar does not burn. Now, here is the part where you can stop 3 apples – peeled, cored and cut into and do the rest Christmas morning. wedges then sliced ½” thick Leave the apple mixture in the pan to ¼ - cup butter cool then put in the refrigerator. 2/3 cup brown sugar – packed On Christmas morning take the mixture ½ - cup raisins out of the refrigerator and put on the burner 1-tbsp cinnamon on low heat. Stir occasionally as it heats 1-tsp allspice up. Pinch cloves While this is heating, preheat your oven Pinch salt to 375ºF and in a bowl add the pancake 1-tsp vanilla Juice of 1 lemon wedge (about 1/8 of a mix, egg and milk and stir with a whisk. Let stand 5 minutes. lemon) – seeded
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December 9 Commercial hockey Devils at Islanders, 8 p.m., Port Alice; Warriors vs. Bulls, 9:15 p.m., Port Hardy. December 9-11 Minor hockey Port McNeill peewee tournament at Chilton Regional Arena. Concession, raffle table, 50/50 draws. Game schedule tba. December 10 Rep hockey North Island Eagles atoms host Saanich, 3 p.m., Port Hardy. Fill the Net for the Hamper Fund with a toy or food donation. December 11 Rep hockey North Island Eagles atoms host Saanich, 9 a.m., Port Hardy. Fill the Net Hamper Fund promotion; donations welcomed. Commercial hockey Warriors at Devils, 5:30 p.m., Port McNeill. B League hockey Stars vs. North Islanders, 8:45 p.m., Port Hardy. December 16 Commercial hockey Bulls at Islanders, 8 p.m., Port Alice; Devils at Warriors, 9:15 p.m., Port Hardy. December 17 Rep hockey North Island Eagles atom development vs. Campbell River, 3 p.m., Port McNeill. December 18 Rep hockey North Island Eagles atom development vs. Campbell River, 9:15 a.m. Commerical hockey Islanders at Devils, 5:30 p.m., Port McNeill. B League hockey Smokers vs. Stars, 8:45 p.m., Port Hardy. December 23 Commercial hockey Devils at Bulls, 9:15 p.m., Port Hardy.
Colin Hunko closely watches the line of an approaching rock while rival skip Barry Evans looks over his shoulder during the C Final of the Bill Gurney Memorial Men's Open Bonspiel Sunday at Broughton Curling Club in Port McNeill. J.R. Rardon photo
J.R. Rardon Gazette staff PORT McNEILL—Jim Forrester has been traveling from Nanaimo to compete in the Broughton Curling Club’s men’s open bonspiel for most of the 34 years it has been held, and skipped his rink to the bonspiel title in 2002 But Forrester admitted Sunday’s A final victory over the Port McNeill rink of Keith Balcke was particularly special, coming as it did in the first men’s open dedicated to the memory of longtime club member, volunteer and promoter Bill Gurney, who died earlier this year. “I’ve been coming here for 30-some years,” said Forrester. “Bill and I had a lot of beers together. A lot of memories. This was awesome.” Forrester’s rink included a fellow Broughton clubmate of Gurney’s, Doug Parke, along with Nanaimo curlers Keith Clarke and Ferdy Hobson. The quartet quickly grabbed control of the final, snaring
two points in the opening end and, after a scoreless second, three more in the third for a commanding 5-0 lead. Balcke managed single points in the fourth and fifth ends to generate hopes of a comeback, but Forrester picked up singles in the sixth and seventh ends and drew handshakes when Balcke’s group, trailing 7-2, ran out of stones in the eighth. Balcke’s father, Mike, fared better in the B final, winning without ever throwing a stone. Opponent Brad Zealand of Port Hardy’s Fort Rupert Curling Club was a no-show for the 11 a.m. start time. He and his mates arrived shortly before 1 p.m., after Forrester had retired to the lounge with his victory and as the C final was entering its final end. “I thought it seemed too good to be true to have a 1 o’clock game; I just didn’t think to second-guess it,” said Zealand, who relied on the word of a teammate who checked the schedule before they departed Saturday night.
Mike Balcke’s rink included longtime partner Lee Mitchell, Bill Cessford and son Richard Balcke. The C final pit Fort Rupert rivals Colin Hunko and Barry Foster in a see-saw match that came down to the nextto-last rock. After the rinks traded single points through the first four ends, Evans notched a two-pointer in the fifth and added a point in the sixth for a 5-2 edge. Hunko parlayed his hammer in the seventh into a two-point pickup to make it 5-4 going into the eighth and final end. But his shot at the button with his final stone ran a bit too hot through the house and allowed Evans to pocket his hammer. Evans was joined by third Brent Borg and the father-son sweeper tandem of Luke and Graeme Wiggins. At Saturday’s dinner, the first Bill Gurney Memorial Sportsmanship trophy was awarded in a vote of the players to the Port Hardy rink of Dave Bjornson, which included Dennis Brown, Roy Chisholm and Lou Lepins.
Midgets beat Saanich; win games, too J.R. Rardon Gazette staff PORT McNEILL — One day, Robert Cahill played late-game hero. The next, he was a lategame casualty. Cahill's shorthanded goal with 2:08 remaining Saturday lifted the North Island Eagles midgets to a wild, 5-3 comeback win over Saanich in Vancouver Island Hockey League play at Chilton Regional Arena. The Eagles capped a weekend sweep of the Braves with an 8-5 exhibition win Sunday, but the closing minutes devolved into a festival of chippiness and fighting. By the time the ice chips settled the teams had amassed 128 penalty minutes, and Cahill and teammate Tyson Cadwallader both received suspensions for their roles in
the activities. Cadwallader will sit out one game, while Cahill will miss both games on this weekend's trip to Sooke and another rematch with Saanich. Saturday's contest was a tight, low-scoring affair for more than 50 minutes, until the host Eagles erupted for three unanswered goals in the final 4:19 to erase a 3-2 deficit. Taylor Logan tied the game at 3 with his second goal, and a short time later the rally seemed blunted when the midgets took a penalty. But Ethan Shaw's vigorous forechecking allowed him to control the puck in the Braves' end and set up Cahill's go-ahead shot from just off the post at 17:52. Still on the power play less than a minute later, Saanich called
North Island Eagles midget Eric Kennelly slices through the defence of Saanich skaters Scott Henderson and Connor Allan during their game Sunday at Chilton Regional Arena in Port J.R. Rardon photo McNeill. goalie Braden Jensen shot from beyond the 1-1 in the second perito the bench for an blue line that found od. Saanich jumped extra attacker as they the empty net before broke out of their zone. Jensen had even left ahead 3-1 with backto-back goals early in But Eagles defenseman the ice. Malcolm Richards the third period before Mitchell Walker intercepted the puck and opened the Eagles' Logan started the rally flicked a quick wrist scoring, tying the game with his first goal at
6:29. Walker and Eric Kennelly each had two assists in the win. Logan, Chad Bell and winning goalie Stevyn Ruel also picked up helpers. The Eagles used a similar late-game scoring outburst to break open a close game in Sunday's rematch. Leading just 4-3 early in the third period, the midgets got some breathing room when Kennelly buried a one-timer from the slot off Cahill's pass from behind the net at 3:48. Just 22 seconds later, Kennelly played the set-up role on the same play, with Chad Bell finishing with another one-timer from the slot. Additional scoring information from Sunday's game was not available.
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Eagles atoms win thriller over Comox Gazette staff PORT ALICE — One period into Saturday's game against the visiting Comox Chiefs, the North Island Eagles atom development team was leading 4-0 and appeared on its way to a laugher. The laugh turned into a sigh of relief when Clayton Bono's goal with 4:49 remaining in the third snapped a tie and allowed the atoms to escape with a 7-6 win in Vancouver Island Hockey League play. The game served as a benefit for the Gazette's Christmas Hamper Fund, and the visiting Comox players contributed toys to the table of donations in the arena lobby. The atoms will
North Island Eagles atom Devin White stays with the puck as he's upended by Matthew Garrett of Comox during their teams' atom development hockey game Saturday at Port Alice Arena. J.R. Rardon photo
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games in Port Hardy. They ask spectators to help them fill a hockey
Cain is able to open Gazette staff North Island powder hounds get their longawaited first crack at their local slope Saturday when Mount Cain Ski Area opens for the 2011-12 season. The ski lift will fire up at 9:30 a.m. both Saturday and Sunday and run until 3:30 p.m., and Mount Waddington Transit will have its bus service to the hill with departure from Thunderbird Mall in
Port Hardy at 6:40 a.m. and from Pioneer Mall in Port McNeill at 7:29 a.m. The weather system that brought heavy rains, flooding and landslides to the North Island less than two weeks ago was kind to the ski area, providing a mid-mountain snow base of 140 centimetres. Mount Cain Ski Area, operated by volunteers of the Mount Cain Alpine Park Society,
features two t-bar lifts and a tow rope servicing 21 total runs. It is a full-service facility, including lodge with diner, ski shop and rentals. It is open each weekend through the winter season, with extended openings for Christmas break Dec. 17-Jan. 2 and Spring break, Mar. 17-25. For ticket prices and other info, visit www. mountcain.com
net with donations of toys or non-perishable food during Saturday's
3 p.m. game against Saanich and at Sunday's 9 a.m. rematch. After digging a deep hole Saturday, the Braves climbed out quickly with a fivegoal second period that left the teams tied 5-5 entering the third. The Eagles' Carson Strang took a crossing pass from Bono and buried a one-timer to restore the atoms lead at 6-5 with 9:10 left, but Comox responded just 18 seconds later to tie it and set up the wild finish. Bono got the gamewinner on a crossing feed from Strang. Mathew Saunders and Bono scored two goals each, and Devin White and Ryan Patterson added scores in the victory.
Bono and Strang were top playmakers with three assists each. Saunders had two assists and Rhys Dutcyvich, Tianna Walkus, Benton
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Curlers Doug Parke of Port McNeill and Ferdy Hobson, Jim Forrester and Keith Clarke of Nanaimo claimed the newly renovated Bill Gurney Memorial Men’s Open bonspiel trophy by winning the A final Sunday at Broughton Curling Club in Port McNeill.
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Keenan Saunders of the Port Hardy Jets and Ethan Bono of the Port McNeill Penguins hit the deck while scrapping for the puck during last weekend's Port Hardy Minor Hockey Novice J.R.Rardon photo Tournament. Scores on following page.
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HOCKEY 2011 Port Hardy Minor Hockey Novice Tournament At Don Cruickshank Memorial Arena Dec. 3-4 Port McNeill Orcas 12, Port Hardy Jets 2 Port McNeill goals: Aiden Watson 4, Tynan Klein-Beekman 3, Tyler Roper 3, Kai Verbrugge, Xander Rutherford. Assists: Verbrugge 2, Lukas Bohn 2, Roper 2, Cole Klughart, KleinBeekman, Thomas Tenney. Port Hardy goals: Koen Harwood, Sagel Wilson. Assist: Keenan Saunders. Port McNeill Penguins 8,
Cowichan Sharks 5 Port McNeill goals: Joey Grant 4, Ethan Bono 2, Daunte McKinney 2. Assists: Grant 2, Bono, Evan Manke, Skyler McGraw, Connor Van Will, Tristan Mardell. Campbell River Seals 8, Port Hardy 5 Port Hardy goals: Saunders 4, David Klatt. Assists: Klatt, Saunders, Owen Wilson. Cowichan 5, P.M. Orcas 4 Port McNeill goals: Klughart, Rutherford, Watson, Roper. Assists: Roper, Tenney, Watson. Port McNeill Penguins 15, C.R. Seals 3 Port McNeill goals: Grant 5, Bono 4, Kayden Jones 2, McKinney 2, Ethan Hunt. Assists: Mardell 2, J. Grant 2, Bono 2, William Grant, Van Will, Hunt.
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Van Will 2, Owen Johnson, W. Grant. CURLING Bill Gurney Memorial Men’s Open Bonspiel At Broughton Curling Club Dec. 2-4 A Bracket Bjornson bye; Conley d. Janusz; K. Balcke d. May; Brad Aitken d. Zealand; Brent Aitken d. Forsberg;
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Forsberg; Zealand d. Janusz. Semifinals — M. Balcke d. Bjornson; Zealand d. Symons. Final — M. Balcke d. Zealand, forfeit. Third: Bjornson. C Bracket Quarterfinals — Brad Aitken d. Forsberg; Hunko d. Janusz; Baker d. Conley; Evans d. May. Semifinals — Hunko d. Brad Aitken; Evans d. Baker. Final — Evans 7, Hunko 4. Third: Baker.
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PLEASE TAKE THE TIME TO READ THIS VALUABLE INFORMATION ABOUT HIGHWAY DRIVING AND HOW YOU’RE AFFECTED BY WINTER CONDITIONS… The First Snowfall Every year the first major snowfall of the year catches the driving public by surprise, even though we all know it’s coming sooner or later. The impact is even more severe when it hits during the day at high traffic times. It seems to take a scare or even an accident for drivers to realize that you have to adjust your driving habits quickly when the first snow fall hits. Not only do you have to adjust your own driving habits, you have to be aware of others on the road who may or may not be totally tuned in to winter driving. Emcon Services, the R.C.M.P, Highway Patrol, Ministry of Transportation, I.C.B.C., B.C. Trucking Association and many others work closely throughout the year to make our highways safer. Be a part of the solution, not the problem… drive smart!
24 Hour Highway Maintenance… We’re ready for Mother Nature! For 24/7 dispatcher, contact 1-866-353-3136. The management and crews at Emcon Services have the equipment and sanding stockpiles ready as well as a 24-hour maintenance plan in place. Money has been invested in sodium chloride producing equipment and staff has been trained to best utilize it to keep our highways cleared, anti-iced, sanded, and as safe as possible. We need your help…snow plowing, sanding,, salting equipment, and crews can’t be everywhere at once even though we’d like to be. Be patient. We’ll get there. When it’s not safe, plowing priorities are based on the traffic volumes of the roads. High volume roads such as the Inland Island Highway, Highway 19A, and commuter roads receive priority. Secondary roads such as bus routes and connector roads are next. Subdivisions, cul-de-sacs, and dead-end roads are the lowest priority.
SPEED KILLS! Slow down when highway conditions dictate. Posted limits are meant for normal driving conditions. Sensible consideration has to be given to snow accumulation, visibility and black ice warnings when you’re driving on the highway. Many accidents and deaths can be avoided if drivers use common sense and slow their speed down to suit the winter driving conditions… be safe, drive smart!
Snowtires, Chains or All-Season? The Motor Vehicles Act requires that all vehicles “use winter tires or carry chains.” Winter tires can be identified only by this logo. All-Season tires do not have the same traction or stopping abilities as true winter tires. If you insist on using All-season tires, be prepared by carrying a set of properly fitted cable chains for your vehicle and practice putting them on before you need them!
Sport Utility Vehicles & 4x4s Still Have To Stop Like Everyone Else Sport utilities and 4x4’s are great vehicles and you do have much better traction when accelerating. The warning is simple, don’t be lulled into a false sense of security. Road conditions and visibility may make it necessary to stop quickly… SUV’s and 4x4’s can’t stop any faster than a regular two wheel drive vehicle on snowy and icy roads be safe, drive smart!
Justin Burgers Operations Manager Emcon Services
One of the number one complaints that we receive in winter is about broken windshields and the size of our winter abrasive. The specification for winter abrasive was developed by the Ministry of Transportation many years ago and has not changed. The size and graduation has been thoroughly designed and tested to ensure it provides the maximum traction to protect the traveling motorist from slippery conditions. We apply abrasive both pro-actively to prevent slippery conditions, and also in response to changing conditions. Our goal in applying winter abrasive is to protect the motorist and often we cannot disengage the sander, as we don’t want to risk leaving a slippery spot. To avoid the risk of winter abrasive damaging your vehicle, please remember to stay well back from maintenance vehicles. When approaching a maintenance vehicle, please try to pull over to the right to let it pass safely.
Sgt. Mark Whitworth RCMP North Island Traffic Services Every crash resulting in injury is tragic and adding to this is the fact that most, if not all crashes are avoidable. Winter driving conditions and the failure of drivers to slow down, not just to the speed limit, but well below when conditions dictate, is the main cause of many serious and fatal crashes. Failing to wear your seatbelt, if you are involved in a crash leads to a considerably greater risk of injury or death. Drivers need to ensure their vehicle has good winter tires rated for the conditions seen on the north island and prepare for emergencies by carrying adequate clothing and supplies and notifying others of their travel plans. Remember, no matter what excuse you use to justify your need to speed or drive in a dangerous manner, the few minutes you may save is never worth the potentially devastating and unplanned tragic consequences. Slow down and be patient.
Bob O’Brien
Area Operations Manager Ministry of Transportation Winter weather conditions certainly can add to the stress of driving during this time of year. A few guidelines for safe winter driving include: -Winterizing your vehicle - Driving with headlights on - Allowing plenty of room to start and stop when driving on snow or ice - Maintaining a safe distance between your vehicle and others - Allowing for additional time to arrive at your destination - Keeping some emergency items in your car at all times - Remembering that conditions can change quickly For additional winter safe driving information refer to the Ministry of Transportation web site at: www.th.gov.bc.ca, then click on “Driver – Travel Information” or for the latest reported road conditions click on “Road Reports”.
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Passed away Passed away November November 26, 26, 2011 2011 surrounded surrounded by family. Born August 18, 1944 by family. Born August 18, 1944 in in Ceylon, Ceylon, Saskatchewan. She leaves behind Saskatchewan. She leaves behind the thelove love of her of her life life John, John, in in which which they they celebrated celebrated 48 years 48 years on on September September 13. 13. She She also also leaves leaves behind her children: Rick, Michele behind her children: Rick, Michele (Dale); (Dale); grandchildren: Joel, grandchildren: Joel, Zachary, Zachary, Jaide Jaide and and Sydney; her younger sisters and brothers: Sydney; her younger sisters and brothers: Dermot, Brendan (Robin), Maeve, Kathleen, Dermot, Brendan (Robin), Maeve, Kathleen, Margaret (Rusty), Kevin. Predeceased by Margaret (Rusty), Kevin. Predeceased by her parents Patrick and Merna Derby and her parents Patrick and Merna Derby and sister Deirdre. Thank you to all the family sister Deirdre. Thank youfor to us. all the family for being there for being there for us. A big smiley hug Grama. A big smiley Grama. As we loved you, hug so we miss you. AsInweour loved you, so we you. memory you aremiss near. Inremembered, our memory longed you arefor near. Loved, always, Loved,Bringing remembered, many alonged silent for tear.always, Bringing many a silent tear. To have, to hold and then to part, To have, to hold and then to part, Is the greatest sorrow of oneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s heart. Is the greatest sorrow of oneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s To hear your voice and see you heart. smile, To To hear andtalk see awhile, you smile, sityour with voice you and with you andsame talk awhile, ToTo besit together in the old way, To be together in the same way, Would be our greatest wishold today. Would be our greatest wish today. Rev. 21:3,4 Rev. 21:3,4 â&#x20AC;&#x153;Look! The tent of God is with mankind, and he â&#x20AC;&#x153;Look! The tentthem, of God withwill mankind, and he will reside with andisthey be his peoples. will with them, andwith theythem. will be his peoples. Andreside God himself will be 4 And he will And willfrom be with he willwill wipe wipeGod outhimself every tear theirthem. eyes, And and death out every tearneither from their eyes, and death will be be no more, will mourning nor outcry norno more, will mourning nor outcry norpassed pain be pain neither be anymore. The former things have anymore. The formeraway.â&#x20AC;? things have passed away.â&#x20AC;?
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On November 23, 2011 Joe passed away in the Port McNeill Hospital. He was predeceased by his wife Lola of 58 years October 8, 2008. Joe will be missed by his children Linda Boesch, Gordie Zilinski, Bonnie Shepherd, Kevin Zilinski and many relatives, grandchildren and friends.
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PORT HARDY BAPTIST CHURCH Corner of Trustee & Highland Morning Service 11:00 am Plus regular family activities Office: 250-949-6844 www.porthardybaptistchurch.ca Pastor: Kevin Martineau 11/12
ST. COLUMBA ANGLICAN UNITED 9190 Granville St. Port Hardy Phone 250-949-6247 11:00 a.m. Sunday School and Service Wed., 12:00 noon Bible Study 11:00 am Midweek Eucharist Everyone welcome Meeting rooms available Rev. Rob Hutchison columbac@uniserve.com 11/12
FULL GOSPEL CHURCH 2540 Catala Place Port McNeill (across from Firehall) Sunday 10:30 am - Morning Worship Church Office 250-956-4741 Pastor Stan Rukin Youth Pastor: Steve Taylor Cell: 250-527-0144 Office hours: 10am-4pm Mon-Thurs Visitors always welcome www.ptmcfullgospel.org 11/12
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North Island Church Services SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH 4680 Byng Rd. Port Hardy Pastor George Hilton 250-949-8925 or 250-949-8826 â&#x20AC;&#x153;Everyone welcomeâ&#x20AC;? Saturday Services 9:30am - Bible Study groups 10:45am - Worship/Praise service Wednesday @ 7pm - Prayer meeting Avalon Adventist Jr. Academy Offering Christian Education 250-949-8243 11/12
NORTH ISLAND CATHOLIC CHURCHES Sunday Masses St. Maryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Port McNeill: 9am St. Bonaventure Port Hardy: 11am St. Theresaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Port Alice: 1st, 2nd & 5th Sundays 9am 3rd & 4th Sundays 1:30pm Alert Bay: 2nd & 4th Sundays 10am Father Roger Poblete 250-956-3909 11/12
PORT MCNEILL BAPTIST CHURCH 2501 Mine Road Sunday 9:45 am (Sept-June) - Sunday School 11:00 am - Worship Service 7:00 pm - Evening Fellowship Youth Group Wed - 7:00 pm Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Programs & Adult Bible Studies are scheduled throughout the year. For information contact 0ASTOR $AVE 0URDY s 11/12
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PORT HARDY CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP at Providence Place, 7050 Rupert St Sunday Worship 10:30 am & 7 pm Tuesday Prayer 7:30 pm Midweek Biblestudies - Call the church for time and place 250-949-6466 Pastor George & Karen Ewald (home) 250-949-9674 E-Mail:pastorgeorge@providenceplace.ca 11/12
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ST. JOHN GUALBERT UNITED ANGLICAN CHURCH 250-956-3533 Email: gualbert@uniserve.com Sunday Worship - 9:00am All Welcome 175 Cedar Street Port McNeill 11/12
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Thursday, December 8, 2011 Isaiah 2, 4 (The following ad, on behalf of My children and Yours, worldwide) â&#x20AC;&#x153;And He will judge between the nations â&#x20AC;&#x201C; The UN â&#x20AC;&#x201C; And will render decisions for many people ; And they will hammer their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks. Nation will not lift up sword against nation. And never again will they learn war.â&#x20AC;? Why, oh why, are we spending billions, indeed trillions, still producing these devilish weapons?! General Eisenhower, once president, said: Every time we produce another gun, we are depriving a poor person of his food. They worry about Iran building a bomb, and they themselves are sitting on a mountain of nuclear arsenal. (Read, The House of War/The Pentagon/The Disastrous Rise of American Power, by Catholic priest educated â&#x20AC;&#x201C; turned writer, once married â&#x20AC;&#x201C; James Carroll. The book will open your eyes as nothing ever has. NOW, read the 1200 pages Diarmaid MacCullochâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s book, Christianity, The First Three Thousand Years. It took the British historian forty years of generous time allowed Wilhelm Waldstein by Oxford and Cambridge University to do the research and write the book. He recommends the same should be done for Islam: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Know the Truth and the Truth will make you Freeâ&#x20AC;? and â&#x20AC;&#x153;Love thy Neighbour as Thyselfâ&#x20AC;?. (I know, 99.9% of you will not read such books: hence, you must listen to the wisest of the wise among us. E.g., listen to Ideas Series, CBC every evening between nine and ten, the Nov. 30th one you should not have missed. He too is doing it for his children and ours.)
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Why am I going to Catholic Church? I feel deeply Catholic (the crosses in the Alps where someone died and you, the hard-working country person, pause for a moment to say a prayer before you go on with your journey) (But I have the wish to be a good Christian and not part of a huge institution that is losing/missing the essence of what it is to be a practising Christian, to see the poor, the victims of capitalism, abject poverty among exploited wealth, outrageous behaviour of CEOs of big corporations, while the inhabitants of the land are deprived of the richness of THEIR land. I am looking also for Islam, that poetic genius, who produced The Koran. â&#x20AC;&#x201C; â&#x20AC;&#x153;In- name- onlyâ&#x20AC;? Christianity (Christians!) has joined forces with capitalism and hence lost its power. Einstein: â&#x20AC;&#x153;I believe in the God of Spinoza who manifests Himself in the harmony of all human beings.â&#x20AC;? The responses to my ad, etc., efforts, are not very good. I know many people labour under great pressure to keep up in the system we have developed. Instead of producing essential goods and services (Small is Beautiful and Good Work/ Schumacher), we produce billions of CDs of silly noise music and pay $200 to watch some grown-ups knocking each otherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s brains out playing hockey. In my time we were trying hard to buy a musical instrument to play the music of the great composers, music, aimed to create a liveable world.
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I will make a better effort to write the promised weekly letter â&#x20AC;&#x201C; but with no response, I too lose the initiative. But with a father with the name that appears in the very second little verse of the New Testament, the name of â&#x20AC;&#x153;Judahâ&#x20AC;?, I am burdened to think. For those who wish to develop this area economically, go and visit in person my area, Upper Franconia, (Oberfranken) or Google it. â&#x20AC;&#x153;My mountainâ&#x20AC;?, the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Waldsteingebirgeâ&#x20AC;?, the Waldstein mountain range, should be your honeymoon objective. You ďŹ nd no more interesting place on earth, those towering rock formations, and then the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Red Castleâ&#x20AC;? (the forest has grown where there was once a little church in the Mittelalter/Middle Ages. Right nearby, visit the Waldstein Haus Tavern and have a good German meal with a good German beer. And if you need to pamper yourself for health reasons, (or simply relax) at the foot of the mountain, an entrepreneur made use of the sulphur wells and build a resort in the midst of a rural area with its farms surrounding the villages and small towns, and the beautiful Bavarian forests in the higher regions. The Schneeberg (snow mountain), the highest mountain still has the huge ominous looking tower the Americans build during the Cold War, to spy into the Czech Republic and East Germany. (Just start googling, www.Wunsiedel.de where Rudolf Hess was buried, the grave now removed, not to encourage Neo Nazis to make it a â&#x20AC;&#x153;shrineâ&#x20AC;?! P.S., why can 2,000,000,000 â&#x20AC;&#x153;Christiansâ&#x20AC;? not unite and abolish nuclear weapons?! Maybe Islam will do it for us. The Crusaders brought home the superior knowledge of the Arabs, upon which scholasticism was based and then they fought to destroy those with that superior learning! It is a funny, yet not so funny world! The money for this ad I am taking from my (ďŹ ve Mormon grandchildren from the son I was searching for for fourteen years) Christmas fund the bank has build up for me â&#x20AC;&#x201C; unless we ďŹ ght for a sane and sound world, our children will have no world. Well-meaning fundamental Christians know it but think that is the way the world will end, and they do not anything â&#x20AC;&#x153;politicalâ&#x20AC;? to make it a better world. â&#x20AC;&#x153;God needs your hands.â&#x20AC;? The Conservative government is turning out to be the worst government Canada has ever had. It is very worrisome. John Duncan is a good man but he may have to change parties if he wishes to be re-elected. THE LIBERALS AND NDP MUST, AND I SAY MUST, UNITE TO DEFEAT THE CONSERVATIVE PARTY. I HAVE BEEN IN THE COUNTRY NOW FOR 60 YEARS, NOW IN MY 82ND YEAR AND NEVER HAVE I SEEN A GOVERNMENT WITH SUCH AN OUTRAGEOUS AGENDA AS THIS GOVERNMENT. WWW KOMMTNACHKANADA COM s WWW ISLAND NET ^HEIMAT s HEIMAT ISLAND NET PPS., while I am at it: (I need to do this to keep balanced; and this is my Christmas gift to you, a community that was very good to my children.) 1) When I leave the superstore food stores, I feel abused. I want to buy food and feed those who stand outside living on $630 per month of which they must pay rent. (A guaranteed income is the solution. Merchants will beneďŹ t and we will then produce what we need, the basics. Everyone is obligated to go to work when a job is offered. 2) I often wonder: those soldiers of the Allied still alive, must they not wonder what they fought for. Remember: my two brothers too thought they fought capitalism and bolshevism, and thought they were ďŹ ghting for the right side. 3) It gives me sleepless nights to hear Natives are living in poverty and falling-apart housing in the midst of huge resources, while we try to spend 25 billion on ďŹ ghter air airplanes and 25 billion on battleships, totally outdated concepts. A Polish Catholic priest lost his life when he pointed out to the communists that a system that needs to be maintained by guns, will eventually collapse. Do we want to maintain our Western system by force of ever more deadly weapons? 1.5 million children and women were horribly killed in the mass bombing of WWII. 4) The groups up here who is working on â&#x20AC;&#x153;housing for homelessâ&#x20AC;? needs to be reminded: a guaranteed income is needed for all. Then we need not build more jails but can close many. 5) â&#x20AC;&#x153;Canada with unemployment is like a young man on welfare; it does not make sense.â&#x20AC;? R.B. Bennett, 1935, re-election speech. (If some countries inundate us with consumer goods and then keep our people un-employed, there must be an import duty, money to help pay for the guaranteed income. PLEASE READ MY WEBS AND RESPOND. I WILL ALSO HAVE PRACTICAL OBJECTIVES HOW WE CAN ALL WORK TOGETHER TO MAKE THIS THE BEST LIVING COMMUNITY IN CANADA, A ROLE MODEL FOR THE REST OF THE COUNTRY. I AM LOOKING FOR A SON-IN-LAW, A FISHERMAN AND A â&#x20AC;&#x153;SCHREINERMEISTERâ&#x20AC;? FOR EVERYTHING WOOD â&#x20AC;&#x201C; MY PASSION AND BACKGROUND AND PRACTICAL WORK.
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Port Hardyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s second annual Santa Claus parade had them lining the streets Sunday. Floats this year were double the number of last yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s and dozens of people took part in the event. Below: Participants from Julia and Brittanyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Salon dressed as characters from Dr. Seussâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; The Cat in the Hat and The Grinch; (bottom left) Members of the Port
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Freddie successfully brought in the most new/renewal subscriptions for the month of November.
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