Rumble Sheet October 2011.pub - Village of Port Alice

24 Pages·2011·1.63 MB·English

October 2011 Volume 11, Issue 10 Nov. Deadline: October 21

The Village o f Port Alice
RUMBLE SHEET
www.portalice.ca

The Village of Port Alice & Neucel Specialty Cellulose
would like to invite you to the
Missoula Children’s Theatre
Production
“The Wiz of the West”
Starring - Port Alice’s own Youth!!
Saturday, October 8th
Shows at 3:30pm & 7:00pm
Port Alice Community Centre
Children $5.00 - Adults $10.00

Come out and support local students as they perform this hit show!
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Notice No. 3-1

VILLAGE OF PORT ALICE
2011 GENERAL LOCAL ELECTIONS

NOTICE OF NOMINATION

Public Notice is given to the electors of the Village of Port Alice, that nominations for the offices of:

Mayor: one (1) to be elected
Councillor: four (4) to be elected
School Trustee: one (1) to be elected

for a 3-year term (December 2011, to December 2014), will be received by the Chief Election Officer or a
designated person, as follows:

Village of Port Alice Municipal Office 9:00 am October 4th, 2011 to 4:00 pm October 14th, 2011
located at 1061 Marine Drive,
Port Alice, B.C.

Excluding Statutory holidays and weekends

Nomination documents are available at the Port Alice Municipal Office during regular business hours, Monday to
Friday between 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m.

QUALIFICATIONS FOR OFFICE

A person is qualified to be nominated, elected, and to hold office as a member of local government if they meet the
following criteria:
Canadian citizen;
(cid:121)18 years of age or older;
(cid:121)resident of British Columbia for at least 6 months immediately before the day nomination papers are
filed;
(cid:121)not disqualified by the Local Government Act or any other enactment from voting in an election in
British Columbia or from being nominated for, being elected to, or holding office.

FURTHER INFORMATION on the foregoing may be obtained by contacting:
Gail Lind, Chief Election Officer [phone]
Edie Watson, Deputy Chief Election Officer [phone]

Chief Election Officer
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VILLAGE OF PORT ALICE
2011 GENERAL LOCAL ELECTIONS
NOTICE OF ADVANCE VOTING

Public Notice is given to the electors of the Village of Port Alice, that if an election is required for the offices of:
Mayor: one (1) to be elected
Councillor: four (4) to be elected
School Trustee: one (1) to be elected
for a 3-year term (December 2011, to December 2014), there will be opportunities to vote in advance of General Voting day as
follows:
Wednesday, November 9, 2011
8:00 am to 8:00 pm
and
Monday, 14, 2011 to Friday, November 18, 2011

9:00 am to 5:00 pm

Polling Place Location Address
Village of Port Alice Village Office 1061 Marine Drive

In order to vote at an advance voting opportunity, an elector must come within at
least one of the following circumstances:

the elector expects to be absent from the municipality or regional district electoral area for which the election is to be held on
general voting day;
1. the elector will be unable to vote on general voting day for reasons of conscience;
2. the elector will not be able to attend at a voting place on general voting day for reasons beyond the elector’s con-
trol;
3. the elector has a physical disability or is a person whose mobility is impaired;
4. the elector is a candidate or candidate representative;
5. the elector is an election official.

There is no need to pre-register to vote as the registration of all electors for this election will take place at the time of voting.
You will be required to make a declaration that you meet the following requirements:
(cid:121) 18 years of age or older
(cid:121) Canadian citizen
(cid:121) resident of BC for at least 6 months immediately preceding voting day
(cid:121) resident of OR registered owner of real property in the Village of Anyplace for at least 30 days immediately
preceding voting day, and
(cid:121) not otherwise disqualified by law from voting.

Resident electors will also be required to produce 2 pieces of identification (at least one with a signature). Picture
identification is not necessary. The identification must prove both residency and identity.

Non-resident property electors must produce 2 pieces of identification (at least one with a signature) to prove identity, proof
that they are entitled to register in relation to the property, and, if applicable, written consent from the majority of the property
owners.

For further information, please contact Gail Lind, Chief Election Officer or Edie Watson, Deputy Chief Election Officer at
[phone].
Gail Lind
Chief Election Officer
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A Friendly Reminder… New @ Your Library

KOBO eReaders
Please remember that (cid:214) Available for 3-week loans.
it is your responsibility to clean up

after your pet.
(cid:214) Kobo eReaders are loaned

School is back in session and a large to Adult cardholders only.

amount of feces have been picked up in
Village Council
and around the playground equipment. (cid:214) Please recharge Kobo
Meetings
This is inconsiderate and unhealthy for battery before returning.
our students. (cid:214) Return Kobo to library
October Council Meetings will
staff - not through the be held October 12th and
th
Let’s keep our town clean! drop box - during library October 26 .
hours The meetings will be held at
the Village Office at 7:00pm. If

you have questions, there is a
FYI - Kobo is an anagram of the
‘question period’ at the end of
word “book”. each meeting. If you have an
item you wish Council to
address, and would like

‘delegate status’, please
submit a letter on or before the
You’re Invited to Friday before a meeting is to
be held.

A Free Career Planning Workshop in Port Alice

Mayor:
Where: Port Alice Regional Library
When: Tuesday October 18, 2011 Gail Neely 284-3927
Time: 1:00 - 4:00pm Councillors:
You must register for this workshop. Call 250 949-5736 Ardie Bazinet 284-3562
Bruce Lloyd 284-3365

Don Vye 284-6207
Career Planning Workshop

Important Local Phone
Learn about:
Numbers
Career Planning Overview
⇒

⇒ An easy-to-understand career planning model ANY EMERGENCY 911
⇒ Options for the future RCMP-non emergency
284-3353
⇒ Self assessment - interests, values & skills
Doctors Clinic 284-3555
Labour Market Information
⇒ Health Centre 284-3555
⇒ What is LMI & how can it help me School 284-3315
⇒ Sources of LMI Municipal Office 284-3391
Community Cnt 284-3912
Career & Occupational Research
⇒
Arena 284-3943
⇒ How to organize your research Public Works 284-6612
⇒ Informational interviews
BC Road Conditions
⇒ Great Websites for research
1-800-661-2324
Next Steps
⇒ Wildlife 1-877-952-7277
⇒ Decisions, Decisions (If you see a cougar/bear also call
⇒ Getting help from an Employment Advisor RCMP)

NIEFS in the Thunderbird Mall
Ph 250 949-5736 Fax: [phone] Email:[email protected]
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Port Alice Recycling Society

Hello, my name is Cathy Anderson and I hold the position of Chair of the Port Alice Recycling Society. Yes we do
exist, although our numbers have been greatly reduced! Initiated by then council member, the late Mike Murray, we
were an enthusiastic volunteer group linked with others to form the North Island Recycling Society. We were able to
apply for government grants to purchase equipment and a vehicle for RDMW.
When it became cost in-efficient the RDMW stopped routine pick ups in our towns, leaving us to fend for ourselves.
And this is how it stands today. With assistance from our Village, we employ an adult depot supervisor and 2
student workers.
Our recycled items are picked up weekly by Island Foods and taken to RDMW site at 7 Mile. We can only collect
what they will accept. Many new residents are used to recycling, it is a way of life in major cities, often recycling is
picked up more times than the garbage.
With no residential pick ups, we must bring ours to the Municipal Transfer Station and the Recycling Depot (located
in the Public Works building) aka Inside Depot.
With the Transfer Station access hours being reduced from 24\7, our society opens the Inside Depot and yard an
extra 12 hours\week for your convenience.
TUESDAYS 4:00-8:00pm
SATURDAYS 10:00-2:00pm
SUNDAYS 2:00-6:00pm
Recycling is all about SORTING and COLLECTING materials to be REPROCESSED, that is why it is very
important not to mix the sorts or add contaminated materials.
Please pay special attention to our directional signs at the covered area, and make every effort to bring
your paper items while the Inside Depot is open. Watch for further recycling information each month.
You can contact me at 250 284-3215.
To the Community Members of Port Alice,

I would like to thank you for all your support for our local school, Sea View Elementary Junior Secondary
School. As a new resident to the community and a new teacher to the school, I appreciate the close
relationship the community has with the school. It is only in small communities, such as Port Alice, that
you are able to have these connections. Coming from a big city, teaching abroad, and traveling to other
overpopulated countries I have come to realize how lucky I am to be here in Port Alice. For such a small
and remote community, it does have a lot to offer. It is such a treat to have the ocean out your front door
and the mountains out your back door. As a new teacher to the school and district I am in awe over the
amount of technology and resources that are available to the students. I am very excited to be living in
Port Alice and teaching at Sea View School. I am looking forward to carrying out our school plan, which
involves
utilizing the outdoors for learning and integrating technology. We also hope to connect with many of you
and draw on your knowledge and expertise to further students learning. I look forward to working with you
in the future.

Thank you again.

Mrs. Kara McPherson
Primary Teacher
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Author Alan Cumyn
Is coming to Sea View Elementary-Jr Secondary School from Oct 11th - 14th to
provide education and inspiration to students and staff.

ALAN CUMYN

Alan Cumyn is the award-winning author of eleven wide-ranging and often wildly different novels, seven
for adults, three for children and one for young adults. His historical novels The Sojourn and The
Famished Lover chronicle the First World War and Great Depression experiences of artist Ramsay
Crome. His human rights novels, Man of Bone and Burridge Unbound, follow a torture victim through
survival and post-trauma. Losing It is a darkly funny and truly twisted novel about madness, while his
Owen Skye books for kids--The Secret Life of Owen Skye, After Sylvia and Dear Sylvia-- hilariously trace
the calamitous trials of childhood and the pangs of early love. Cumyn's newest novel, Tilt, is a funny, sexy
exploration of a teenaged boy's obsessions as he lives through an impossibly absurd time of life.

____________________________________________________________________________________________

For more information on the literacy works of Alan Cumyn visit his
website at www.alancumyn.com

Look for these youth titles written by Alan Cumyn

Mr. Cumyn will be visiting the Port Alice Library
October 13th,
7:00-9:00pm
To be confirmed
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A BIG THANK YOU TO NEUCEL SPECIALTY
CELLULOSE for the very generous
donation they made to Henny Penny
Preschool! It is because of support like
this we are able to continue to offer
this very important service to our
community!
The Good Samaritan
Virtually every crash scene that I attended during my policing career featured at least one good Samaritan. These
were people who stopped to help another in a time of need, often at some risk to themselves. This kind of
selflessness is encouraged with protection granted by law in British Columbia.
The Good Samaritan Act protects a lay person who is providing emergency aid to injured people at an accident
scene. The protection applies unless the rescuer is grossly negligent in their actions. Gross negligence is any
action or an omission in reckless disregard of the consequences to the safety or property of another.
However, before you jump in to help at the next collision, remember that unless you have first aid training and know
what to do it is best to do the least necessary to preserve life and prevent worsening of the injury. Paramedics are
quick to caution that it is very easy to do significant damage instead applying treatment.
If you have access to a cell phone, a 911 call will provide expert guidance from paramedical personnel if you are
willing to remain connected and provide accurate information. Following this guidance will produce the best out-
come for the injured. Should communication not be available, be cautious so that you won't make a bad situation
worse and need the protection of the Good Samaritan Act.
Constable Tim Schewe (retired)
DriveSmartBC (cid:31) Traffic Safety in BC
http://www.drivesmartbc.ca
Port Alice RCMP –
Cops Corner
250-284-3353
Constable Rory Webb
Constable Darren Regush
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SENIOR’S COMPUTER USE
Port Alice Elder College
The Community Centre computer lab is available to
adults Monday & Wednesdays 6:00-9:00pm
ElderCollege is designed for students who and Wednesdays 10:00-12:00pm
are looking for a unique community of adult
Attention Senior Residents,
learners. There are no exams, no grades,
or people in our Community needing help
and no pressure; it’s all about learning for
Many people in our community are willing to help
fun!
seniors or people with disabilities with assorted tasks
Visit Port Alice Village Office to Join! and services. A list of service providers is now avail-
able and can be picked up at;
The Library; The Legion; The Senior’s Activity
Step One: Join ElderCollege at the
Centre; The Port Alice Health Centre
Village Office, $10.00 annual fee, $5.00 fee
Contact me if you would like one delivered to your
for each course + HST
home.
Thank you to all the people who are willing to help
Step Two: Register in a class - Call Colleen and to those who assisted me to get this project go-
Sorenson [phone] ing.

For further information or if you have any questions
Step Three: Enjoy!
please call me,

Maggie Flostrand - phone [phone]
www.nic.bc.ca/eldercollege
Save the Date!
Getting to Know Your Computer to Know Your Computer
Instructor: Dorothy Cousins.
Saturday, October 8th from 9:00 to 12:00, the computer room, Port Alice Community Centre. Registration fee
only, $5 + HST

A basic introduction to computers – learn how to use the mouse, turn the computer on and off, get into programs, and find your
way around on the computer’s screen. Also practice working with text: making it readable, highlighting, “copy and paste” and
deleting. No experience necessary! When you sign up, please list other questions you have and we will try and answer them.

Introduction to Computers and Internet
Instructor: Karsten Henriksen
Saturday, October 15 and October 22 from 9:00 to 12:00, the computer room, Port Alice Community Centre.
Registration fee only, $5 +HST

Get a brief history of computers. Become familiar with the different types of computers, from deskstops to ipods. Learn about
the main components of computer hardware; then, become acquainted with the software applications and operating systems
that make it work. Get introduced to the internet through Google, gmail, twitter and Skype. Some familiarity and previous
experience with computers is beneficial. The complete novice is recommended to take Dorothy Cousins’ Getting to Know Your
Computer before taking this course.
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Come out for a spooky night of
OPEN GYM!
fun and dancing!
4 NIGHTS A WEEK!
Monday & Wednesdays 6:00-9:00pm SATURDAY, Oct 29, 2011
Tuesdays and Thursdays 6:00-8:00pm
7-11pm @ the
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Teen Open Gym & Drop in Community Centre
Tuesdays 8:00-9:00pm Costume Contest!
(Multi Purpose Room Drop-in Tuesdays and
Bring your Carved Pumpkin to
Thursdays 6:00-9:00pm!)
win prizes! Games and more!
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$5.00 per Goblin
Adult Open Gym
$15.00 per Goblin Family
Thursdays 8:00-9:00pm
Concession Available

Adult Bingo

October 14th

In the

Larry Pepper Room Tai Chi Indoor

7:00pm
Practice your Tai Chi Walking
$5.00 per person
In the Larry Pepper Room
Walk across Canada -
Monday - Fridays
Come out and enjoy 10
8:00am - 10:00am without the rain and
rounds of Bingo - all
snow!
adults welcome! All ages welcome - no

instruction is given In the Gym or Larry Pepper

Room
Monday - Friday
Fun Dance Club! 8:00am - 10:00am

Distances have been
Tuesdays - beginning October 11th measured out so you can
6:00-8:00pm track your distance each

Strong Start
In the Larry Pepper Room day! Tracking sheets are
has begun! available for you to enter
All school age children are invited to your daily laps and track

Tuesdays & Thursdays
take part in this weekly dance party!! how far you walk!
At Sea View School

9:00 - 12:00

For more info contact Amanda at
250 284-6693
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October 2011
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
Tai Chi and Indoor Walking 1
Monday - Friday mornings in the Gym or
Larry Pepper Room
8:00am - 10:00am
More details on page 9
2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Port Alice
NO Missoula Missoula Tot Gym 9-11:30 Missoula Missoula Youth
OPEN Theatre Theatre Missoula Theatre Theatre Theatre Present
GYM or Auditions Rehearsals Rehearsals Rehearsals Rehearsals “Wiz of the
3:30-7:30pm
Teen 3:30-7:30pm 3:30-7:30pm 3:30-7:30pm 1:15 - 5:30pm West”

Seniors Seniors 3:30pm &
Drop-in
Computer Time Computer Time 7:00pm
OCT 3-8
6-9pm 10-12pm & 6-9pm
9 10 11 12 13 14 15
Open Gym Tot Gym Open Gym Adult Bingo
Happy Closed for 6-8pm 9-11:30am 6-8pm 7:00pm
Thanksgiving! Thanksgiving! Dance C lub 6-8 Floor Hockey Teen Drop-in 10 games
6-9pm 6-9pm
Teen Open $5.00 person
Seniors Adult
Gym\Drop-in
Computer Time Open Gym
8-9pm
10-12pm & 6-9pm 8-9pm
16 17 18 19 20 21 22
Open Gym Open Gym Tot Gym Open Gym
6-9pm 6-8pm 9-11:30am 6-8pm
Dance C lub 6-8 Floor Hockey Teen Drop-in
Seniors
6-9pm 6-9pm
Teen Open
Computer Seniors Adult
Gym\Drop-in
Time Computer Time Open Gym
8-9pm
6-9pm 10-12pm & 6-9pm 8-9pm
23 24 25 26 27 28 29
Open Gym Open Gym Tot Gym Open Gym Halloween
6-9pm 6-8pm 9-11:30am 6-8pm Howl!
Dance C lub 6-8 Floor Hockey Teen Drop-in Details on
Seniors
6-9pm 6-9pm
Computer Teen Open Seniors Adult Page 9
Gym\Drop-in
Time Computer Time Open Gym
8-9pm
6-9pm 10-12pm & 6-9pm 8-9pm
30 31
Happy Open Gym
Halloween! 6-9pm

Seniors
Computer
Time 6-9pm