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Centre for Disease Control is warning the public not to consume various shellfish and seafood products from a private distributor in Port Hardy because of the risk

of paralytic shellfish poi-soning and botulism.

Products sold include:• Frozen clams (butter

clams and possibly others) in small and large Ziploc bags;

• Jarred clams (butter

clams and possibly others) in 500 ml and 1000ml jars;

• Frozen BBQ salmon; and

• Canned salmon pieces in clam juice.

Other similar products may have also been dis-

tributed.The products were for

sale online and through a Buy and Sell ad on www.buyselltrade.ca but may have also been distribut-ed through other mecha-nisms. There is no identify-

ing packaging or product code on these items. These products may have been distributed throughout the province. To date BCCDC is not aware of the prod-ucts being made available through retail or restau-

rants. Anyone who may have

purchased these products should not consume them, and discard them. Cooking

CDC issues seafood health alert

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Gazette staffPORT HARDY—RCMP are asking

for the public’s assistance in finding the perpetrators of a series of break-ins and thefts from property in Fort Rupert.

Sometime during the night of Nov. 24, individuals broke into the Youth Center, the Big House and a storage container in the Fort Rupert area. The door to the Youth Center was forced open and items were removed and left outside in the rain.

The Big House door was damaged to gain entry. The pool table balls were stolen and later recovered along the nearby beach. The locks to a storage container were cut off and multiple items including hand and power tools were stolen.

“I think it was just some kids,” said Maurice Wadhams, who had several tools taken from the storage container. “They got some drills and knives, but they left some expensive things.”

Wadhams said flare guns taken in the theft were also recovered at the beach, with the flares having been fired.

RCMP said the same individuals may also be responsible for vandalism and theft from a nearby grave that hap-pened during the same time. Anybody with any information regarding these crimes, please contact the Port Hardy RCMP or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477).

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toxins associated with paralytic shellfish poi-soning or botulism.

The symptoms of par-alytic shellfish poison-ing include: tingling; numbness, spreading from lips and mouth to face, neck and extremities; dizziness; arm and leg weakness; paralysis; respiratory failure; and possibly

death. Symptoms start quickly, within 30 min-utes to three hours.

Botulism is a serious, often fatal form of food poisoning. The illness is due to a toxin pro-duced by Clostridium botulinum, a bacterium that is found every-where, but grows and produces botulinum toxin when foods are improperly canned.

The symptoms of

botulism include dou-ble vision, blurred vision, drooping eye-lids, slurred speech, difficulty swallowing, dry mouth, and muscle weakness. Constipation may occur. Symptoms generally begin 18-36 hours after eating a contaminated food.

The products in the current warning were harvested from an area closed to shellfish har-

vesting, and were not processed at a govern-ment-approved facil-ity. Anyone who has consumed these prod-ucts and has become ill should report their ill-ness to their local pub-lic health office and see a physician if symp-toms persist or become severe. Call the 24-hour HealthLink BC Line at 8-1-1 for more infor-mation.

Seafood poses health risk

A O’TooleGazette staffIn his Report

on Achievement, Superintendent Scott Benwell brought the Board up to speed on some of the benchmarks set by students in the previous year.

The report, a requirement under the School Act, is generated each year and submitted to the Ministry to provide an account of student achievement and to provide a basis for future planning efforts.

Some of the highlights Benwell touched on were improvements for all students in the BC First Nations Studies 12 and English 10 First Peoples.

In the Year 12 course, Benwell noted an “across the board increase, it’s a pleasure to report,” while in the Year 10 course, a relatively new course, he announced a good increase

in C+ or better grades and a 100% pass rate.

He also noted an improvement in English 12, Apprenticeship and Workplace Math 10, and Pre-Calculus courses.

Benwell also thanked Lori Walker for her techni-cal expertise in assembling the report. “We’re estab-lishing a baseline that we can track, and we’re see-ing improvements which is great.”

Some targets laid out included improving the lit-eracy levels of young read-ers. “Our focus on reading is not going away any time soon,” he concluded.

Reading strategy Assistant Superintendent

for the District, Katherine McIntosh, told the Board of the intention to continue the District’s focus on its Reading Strategy.

“We’ve intentionally

deepened our focus on a couple of reading goals,” she explained. “We know early readers must be focused on or else each year the gap widens.”

She reiter-ated the goal of having all read-ers meeting or exceeding their reading level by Grade 5. A second goal is to narrow the gap in course work marks and exam marks to less than 10%.

As Superintendent Benwell touched on in his Report on Achievement, reading level is seen as a good, reliable indicator of future success.

Financial planningPlanning for the long-

term financial health of the District returned to the table this week as the Board heard again that steps need to be taken to counter the

reduced funding that the District faces due to declin-ing enrolment.

The issue was initially raised at the last meeting, when the Board heard that

a managed bud-geting strategy, reducing spend-ing year-on-year

in accordance with certain principles — such as pre-serving permanent employ-ment positions if viable alternatives for cuts exist — was the best option for maintaining the financial health of the District.

The item was brought to the table by Treasurer John Martin, asking for the Board’s approval to use the principles outlined in pre-paring a draft budget.

After questions from Trustee Jeff Field seeking clarification on some of the terms used in the document, the motion was carried.

On a separate financial

issue, Martin was pleased to announce approval of fund-ing for three new school buses for the District, seek-ing three readings of Bylaw 113759 for Board approv-al.

Seeing no opposition to three readings, Chair Leightan Wishart called for and got approval for the Bylaw readings.

Fort RupertTrustees enjoyed

their visit to Fort Rupert Elementary School last week with Trustee Eric Hunter describing the staff as “very accommodat-ing” and Trustee Danita Schmidt “impressed with the President’s school plan and the energy.”

Trustee Field said he was “continually amazed by K-teachers’ energy and patience,” with the rest of the trustees unanimous in praising the visit.

WiFiTrustee Werner Manke

informed the Board during Trustee Sharing that he had read reports of electro-mag-netic radiation from Wi-Fi sources being a health haz-ard, and asked if the rest of the Board had heard simi-lar reports and whether the District was aware of any danger posed.

Treasurer John Martin responded to calm Manke’s concerns, telling him that Health Canada sets the stan-dard on these matters, and that they, like other similar health bodies internation-ally, had found no evidence of any risk from the radio-frequency energy emitted by Wi-Fi equipment.

“I just think it’s something we should keep our radar up for,” argued Manke.

Martin again assured him that Health Canada found the radiation well within tolerable limits.

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Kate Green of Port McNeill accepts her turkey from Port McNeill Lions Club member Mel Ward during Saturday’s annual Turkey Bingo night.

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Members of the North Island Eagles and Comox Valley atom development hockey teams gather following Saturday’s game in Port McNeill with some of the food and toys they helped gather for the Gazette Hamper Fund. J.R. Rardon

Fundraiser is no turkeyGazette staffPORT McNEILL—

The Gazette Hamper Fund is in its 33rd year of helping needy North Island families and individuals with meals and toys at Christmas time.

The Port McNeill Lions Club did its own part to provide a tra-ditional holiday meal Saturday with its annu-al Turkey Bingo event, which awarded frozen turkeys to bingo win-ners who contributed to the hamper fund with both food donations and their bingo card fees.

By the time the pro-ceeds were tallied, the Lions were able to donate more than $500 to the Hamper Fund,

aided in part by the overwhelming turnout for the event.

“The crowd was big-ger than normal,” said Pierre Le Gal of the Port M c N e i l l Lions. “Last year we had 70 or 75 people, at best. This year we had a least 85. It was a pretty good turn-out.”

The North Island Eagles atom develop-ment hockey team fol-lowed in the footsteps of the rep program’s big guys Saturday, pro-viding several boxes and bags of toys and non-perishable food items to the Hamper

Fund after its series of December hockey games at North Island arenas.

The Eagles players each brought in a toy

and invited both fans and visiting teams to donate food or toys.

T h e C o m o x C h i e f s o b l i g e d with sever-

al donations Saturday in Port McNeill, and two weeks earlier in Port Alice the Sooke Thunderbirds did the same — and helped out the local economy, to boot.

“Some of the Sooke parents went out

and bought things to donate to the Hamper Fund,” atoms manager Melanie Gage said. “They said they for-got we were doing the Hamper drive, but still wanted to help.”

The staff of Eagle View Elementary School also contribut-ed to the fund, forgo-ing its traditional holi-day gifts and instead turning over $200 to the Hamper Fund this week.

Hampers will be delivered Saturday, mostly in the late morning and early afternoon. Recipients who have applied for hampers are reminded they need to be home at the time of delivery to receive a hamper.


VICTORIA – Premier Christy Clark has completed the traditional round of year-end interviews with legis-lative press gallery report-ers. Here are excerpts from my discussion with her.

TF: On the Enbridge project, are you getting the answers you want on safe-ty?

PCC: No, we’re not. We’ve set out our position. The five conditions need to be met, period.

[B.C.’s conditions are “world-class” land and marine spill prevention and response, meeting legal obligations for aboriginal consultation, passing feder-al-provincial environmental assessment and a “fair share” of financial benefits.]

PCC: We need the oil-patch producers, the Alberta government and the federal government to come to the table.

We’ve been cross-exam-ining Enbridge. We have not been getting any of the answers that we hoped to

get. We haven’t gained a lot of comfort from that pro-cess. And none of the other conditions are even close to being met.

TF: Balancing the budget: the finance ministry’s cur-rent projections call for an upturn in natural gas royal-ties in the coming year. With the current glut of gas, isn’t that kind of far-fetched?

PCC: It is going to be dif-ficult to present a balanced budget, but I think, because we’re going to build in some [forecast] allowance, as we

always do, and because we’re going to be com-pletely transparent about the assumptions that have led us there, and because we aren’t going to fiddle with any of the assumptions that we receive from the experts in the Ministry of Finance, it’s going to be quite clear that we have done it. We have come by a balanced budget honestly.

So when it comes to natu-ral gas, you know that the assumption we use in the budget is based on a fairly complex formula that the Ministry of Finance has relied on for probably a decade now. We don’t fiddle with that.

There are those who would say we should artificially lower the [revenue projec-tion] number that we use. But if you artificially lower it, what’s to stand in the way of artificially raising it? You either accept the advice of your experts or you don’t. And they’re the experts, not the politicians.

TF: Right now we have a deficit gap of more than a billion dollars. Can that be closed without signifi-cant spending cuts, or tax increases, or both?

PCC: You will see when we get to the budget. And it will be absolutely trans-parent how we got there. [Laughs] Nice try.

TF: If the B.C. Liberals form a government in May, will the election date be changed so we don’t have to have this discussion about questionable spring election budgets?

PCC: It’s not part of the plan today, but I’m sure it’s a discussion we’ll have in the next four years. I know that people have talked about it. I’m open to it. I’m not wed-ded to this particular date.

Next week I’ll have high-lights from my year-end interview with NDP leader Adrian Dix.

Tom Fletcher is legisla-tive reporter and columnist for Black Press. [email protected]

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COMMENTARY

A white Christmas came early to the North Island when the first snowfall of the season struck early this week.

Granted, the icy road conditions hardly con-jure thoughts of peace and goodwill to white-knuckled motorists, but you have to admit the white powder puts a nice aesthetic touch on the trappings of the holiday.

For weeks now, our communities have pre-pared for the big day. Volunteers have been out and about, ringing bells and hauling food and toys to benefit the most needy.

Shoppers have been out getting and wrapping the last (or the first?) of those holiday gifts.

Trees have gone up. Lights have been strung. Turkeys and hams have been secured and stored. Wishes have been whispered in Santa’s ear as he made his annual tour of our towns.

It is our hope that all our neighbours can enjoy the fruits of this frenzy in the coming week.

Get off those slippery roads and gather around the woodstove or fireplace. Bake those sugar cookies, raise a glass in fellowship, sing a carol or two, join celebrants at your local church ser-vice.

It is a dark time of year, and events in places from Connecticut to Syria show just how black it can get. But each of you has your own light to add to the season. Let it shine.

Merry Christmas from the Gazette staff.

The North Island Eagles midget rep side added another pair of wins this weekend in disciplined displays on home ice.

Thieves broke in to properties at Fort Rupert, causing dam-age and stealing tools. RCMP are seeking info from the public.

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Letters to the editor 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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Dear editor,So, the hospital site

has been approved. Good!

It is the difference of opinion that makes horse races, wrote Mark Twain. And differences there have been.

“I cannot any lon-ger remain quiet about the subject of the new hospital,” writes Louise Jackson in a letter to the editor (Comox Valley Record, Dec. 5). An urge she shares with many previous writers.

She makes excellent points, states her case convincingly.

But here is the rub: every letter writer has. Two community hospi-tals or one large region-al. Arguments favour either choice. The prob-lem comes with all the extraneous stuff — site, distance, staffing, cost, accessibility, etc.

Ms. Jackson has another curve to throw - TWO regional hos-pitals, the second “easily accessible to

the residents from up-island, and ... located north of the river.” The Puntledge, presumably.

I could not agree more — but for the cost. Two regional hospitals located within 55 kms of each other? Costing a billion dollars at least to build with opera-tional, maintenance and other annual expenses?

But she is right. The North Islanders deserve their own modern hos-pital. Comox Valleyites are simply selfish.

It is 250 kilometres for people in Courtenay to undergo surgery in Victoria. It is double that distance for the folks in Port McNeill, Port Hardy and Port Alice.

In fairness, any regional hospital should have been located nearer to Campbell River than to Courtenay. Thus, two community hospi-tals make good sense as far as timely access is concerned. And that

ought be the main con-cern.

Stocking hospitals with staff is as much a question of desirability for doctors and nurses seeking the balm of Island lifestyles, as it is of a chronic short-age of competent per-sonnel. The fault for which lies elsewhere.

In social democratic Scandinavia, general practitioners average 1,600 patients, and must accept patients living within 10 kms. In

Denmark, for example, the 71 hospitals (2000 census) offer 3.7 beds per 1,000 persons, sat-isfying 90 per cent of the Danes.

Anyone think Canada, specifically British Columbia, can muster an equal percentage of contentedness?

In truth, I am not happy about the P3 option, either — pub-lic-private partnership — but let the hospital be built, let us rejoice in the current status, and

let us hope no one gets sick.

Proximity to hospital is a priority for many patients — for ease of access and closeness to family and friends. Amen.

Finn Schultz-Lorentzen,Courtenay

Editor’s note: This letter was previously published in the Comox Valley Record

Dear editor,Re: Corporate Political

Donations – Buying Influence, Langley Times Nov. 27 and 29 (with files from Tom Fletcher).

Exercise question for law faculty class: Company A and B donate big $ to political party L expecting to influence market protection in return. Company C donates more $ lately to party L, and C’s presi-dent attends fundraiser with PR gifts to influence L’s minis-ter. Political party L’s minister quid-pro-quos the favour and grants company C its increased production tax relief. Is there any malfeasance?

Looks like Big Beer thought some $327,000 in the last decade should be plenty to per-suade our liquor policy min-

ister, Deputy Premier Rich Coleman, to make the right decision and protect its mar-ket status. Maybe when you’ve been in power for so long you can’t remember all the really big donors?

With the two big breweries in B.C. donating generously in the last five years — Molsons $60,308 and Labatts $65,666 — to the B.C. Liberals, the politicians are expected to play the quid-pro-quo game with complementary reciprocation.

The medium-sized brewery Pacific Western from Prince George (with its low-priced ‘Cariboo’ beer) knew it would need some big production tax relief favours too, so has been slipping the Liberals $134,033 since 2005. The company would

be rewarded by Coleman’s pen-chant to seek votes from all the small brewers and benefit in the multi millions.

This would all have gone unno-ticed except Pacific Western president Kazuko Komatsu attended Rich Coleman’s Nov.8 political fundraiser with com-plimentary Cariboo brand beer and donated an auction prize of two tickets to a Bahamas Resort worth $27,000.

After Coleman gets embar-rassed accepting the gift, he tries to slough it off, saying he returned it and should have checked that party donations were not solicited from those doing current business with his Ministry.

You think it’s believable to suggest that he didn’t know he

was doing business with Pacific Western Brewery when he was working on changes to the law to accommodate them? How is this not political skullduggery or at lest brazen willful decep-tion?

Big Beer was contacting other Liberal MLAs trying to get Coleman’s favourable Pacific Western decision reversed. Hey, they put their trust in the Liberal politicians and they got screwed so now they know how the rest of us overtaxed, debt-inflicted victims feel.

This is why there is much to be said about the Federal elec-toral system where corporations and unions are not allowed to make political donations.

Roland SeguinLangley

Dear editor,In regards to Mr. Tom

Fletcher’s column “Salmon mystery far from solved” (North Island Gazette, Nov. 15):

Even before salmon farming was on our coast, if you dipped your toe alongside “urban people fishing” rivers like the Puntledge, you would find dead ranch-raised salmon every few yards that were not able to survive the raised water temperatures created by a power dam.

Or, if you followed the

Tsolum River, you would see it devoid of all fish and insect life due to toxic runoff from an abandoned copper mine.

“Ranch fish,” as you call them, were only meant to be used as an intervention to enhance the gene pool on river systems like these.

Knowing that 80 per cent of a Conservation Stamp that you buy with each fishing license never ben-efits restoration, and that the Conservative govern-ment is planning to intro-duce Bill C-38 which will

change the importance of protecting fish habitat and promoting biodiversity, it is easy to see how Mr. Cohen has no confidence his policy (recommenda-tion) will ever be imple-mented without dedicated funding.

“Its fate lies with a cabi-net of dreary old men who have lost their capacity for wonder, if indeed they ever had any.” — Roderick Haig Brown

Donald GrimwayBurnaby

Health accessibility a priority for all

Salmon need real funds

Big Beer and political deceptionDear editor,The members of the Port McNeill

Hospital Auxiliary would like to wish everyone a Happy New Year.

Our 2012 was a very busy year. Funds raised went to purchase several items for the hospital. They included: Equinox anal-gesic gas system, $1,400; digital thermom-eter, $275; Neopuff infant resuscitator, $1,000; portable examination light, $450; couch and chair for nurse’s residence, $1,200; and two portable DVD players, worth $175.

Our fund-raising projects are mainly bake sales and raffles. Look for us at the Community Garage Sales in the spring and fall. Thank you to all that support the Port McNeill Hospital Auxiliary.

Sue WiedenmanPort McNeill

Thanks for the support

Christmas cheerStudents from the Grade 2/3 class at Eagle View Elementary School sing Christmas carols to seniors on a visit last week to Eagle Ridge Manor. Lisa Harrison

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December 21Christmas Movie Night. 7 p.m. Port Alice Community

Centre. Watch a holiday classic on the big screen, $2

includes a drink & snack.

December 22Christmas gift wrapping, 1-4 p.m., Cafe Guido in

Port Hardy. Fund-raiser for PHSS grad.

December 23A Month of Sundays 11am-4pm at the Coal har-

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December 31New Year’s Eve party at the Port Alice Royal Canadian

Legion Branch 180 Hall. Dance in the New Year with D.J. Matt Reimer. Snacks at midnight, and designated driver available for rides home. Info, 250-284-3256.

January 1Annual Polar Bear Jump, 11:30 a.m., Government

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January 1Annual Polar Bear swim, 11:45 a.m., Port McNeill

Harbour boat launch. Hosted by Royal Canadian Marine Search and Rescue.

January 26Robbie Burns Dinner at the Port McNeill Legion

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January 262nd annual Victor’s Secret Pageant, featuring Bras

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January 26Reel North Island Film Festival presents Still, 7:30

p.m., PHSS theatre. Ages 19+; tickets $8.50 in advance at Cafe Guido; $10 day of show. Hosted by Grassroots Garden Society; info, 250-230-4243.

February 23Reel North Island Film Festival presents Blackbird,

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April 13Reel North Island Film Festival presents Revolution,

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• The German Edelweiss Cultural Club meets Thurs. at 7pm in PH Inn Pub. FMI 250-230-1376.

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• Overeating Anonymous (OA) meetings. FMI call Julia at 250-949-7069 or Ann at 250-902-8244.

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Delta Council sent a letter to the Mayor and Council last week informing them of a resolution to ask that the Province provide protection for munici-p a l i t i e s against any loss of reve-nue from the Property Assessment Appeal Board ruling with respect to the BC Ferry Service.

The Horseshoe Bay Ferry Terminal had its value recently reas-sessed, slashing its assessed value from $47 million to just

$20. BC Ferries suc-cessfully argued that, since the property is only usable as a ferry terminal, the property was worthless.

The decision, cur-rently under appeal

from the D i s t r i c t of West Vancouver, would cost the munici-

pality hundreds of thousands of dollars in lost property taxes and the decision, if upheld, could be applied at other ferry terminals.

“I think it was some-thing like $2 million Delta had to swallow on that,” said Mayor

Parnham. “It’s some-thing we want to keep a close eye on; we’re in a somewhat similar position.”

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Tsunami pamphletMayor Parnham

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weeks.She thanked Jeff

Long for his work on the project, and was happy with the prog-ress made in response to the 7.9 earthquake off Haida Gwaii in

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The Nimpkish River is Vancouver Island’s lon-gest river. For an artist, thousands of views and resultant paintings are possible; therefore, the accompanying photo represents merely one of thousands of possi-bilities. It’s a view that anyone who has driven the Island H i g h w a y has appreci-ated.

E v e r y autumn I am on the lookout for fall colours that seem to be a bit of an enigma on North Island; just not as osten-tatious as they are down Island or on the main-land. Scarcities of three larger trees make all the difference: poplars and birches provide yellows and oranges while sev-eral varieties of maples offer a number of reds. Although we are beginning to see iso-lated splotches of these trees on North Island, particularly along the highway, the colours really begin to appear near Woss Camp.

Several weeks ago I mortgaged our house to fill the gas tank in our car and headed down to look for some hot colours to add to my palette. Just down from Nimpkish Camp, they begin to play a game of peek-a-boo, benevo-lently relieving the eye from the monotony of the hundreds of greens to indulge in the unusu-al. Wow! How do you plan your painting’s colours from a half dozen tubes of yellows and reds in your paint-box when there are hundreds of different shades in front of you?

The learning curve is huge every time you do it!

About five or six kilo-metres up from Woss Camp the highway skirts the Nimpkish River as the river makes a sharp bend. This is where a panoramic view up the river pres-

ents itself in all its glory. You’ve all seen it but u s u a l l y just short glimpses of it as you’re s c o o t i n g by, keeping your eyes on the road ahead. I have wanted to paint this

view forever but the road is usually too busy to stop alongside the highway, in case you are blocking traffic.

On this day I took my time and parked a long way away from the desired view, walking to it only to discover that there was a small, indistinct access road to the river at that point. Repositioning my vehi-cle I was soon parked very near the river, sketching my heart out! After the recent rains, the river was flowing fast and furiously but to my surprise, what had been a small dot on the river in the distance, materialized into a rub-ber raft with a chap hanging a fishing rod from it! As this mas-ter of the environment passed by and spotted me, he queried, “Are you catching any fish?”

I answered him with a weak, “No”, but felt I should be apologizing that I was painting!

Gordon Henschel owns an art gallery in Nimpkish Heights. www.henschel.ca

The Nimpkish River as seen from Hwy. 19.

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Clockwise from left: • Olivia Johnson of Port Alice tries a hands-on approach to the Christmas decorations during Saturday’s Breakfast with Santa event at Port Alice Community Centre; • Carson Romphf and other youngsters help magician Greg Ladret pick up the juggling balls he “dropped” during his performance; • Joanna Piniewski and Retta Vezina tuck into the turkey, ham and roast provided by the Village of Port Alice during Friday’s Senior Pot Luck dinner; • Olivia Brussard, Autumn Burton-Young and Zoey Hall exhibit some of the many faces of the Christmas season as they share Santa’s lap for a photo; • Lilly Jorgenson gets some help with a beaded bracelet from Rebecca Rethmeier at the craft table; • Finn Regush prefers the company of his mother, Marnie Boers, to that of Santa Claus during his photo session.

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Festivities take a VillageGazette staffPORT ALICE—Family,

friends, feasting — and a visit from Santa Claus, of course — highlighted the weekend at the Community Centre, which hosted Christmas celebrants of all ages in a pair of popular events.

The weekend kicked off Friday evening with the annual Senior Pot Luck dinner.

The Village sponsored the dinner with turkey, ham and roast beef, while par-ticipants provided a wide

range of salads, side dishes and desserts.

The next morning it was the kids’ turn to feast, in the annual Breakfast with Santa.

Dressed in their holiday finery, the town’s young-sters then joined Santa in the gymnasium for photos and had a chance to create ornaments and bead jewelry at craft tables.

They then sat down — or jumped up — for an inter-active show of magic, jug-gling and jokes by magician Greg Ladret.

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December 29Men’s hockey

B League: Whalers vs. Mainline, 4:45 p.m., Port Hardy.

December 30Men’s hockey

B League: Stars vs. Smokers, 8:45 p.m., Port Hardy.

January 5Men’s hockey

B League: Matchup tba, 3 p.m., Port HardyA League: Third annual Gilbert Walkus Memorial Game between the Port Hardy Bulls and Port Hardy Warriors, 4:45 p.m., Don Cruickshank Memorial Arena.

January 6Rep hockey

North Island Eagles atom development hosts Campbell River, 11:15 a.m., Port McNeill.

January 11-13Curling

Fort Rupert Curling Club annual mixed bonspiel. Saturday dinner, lounge and concession, prizes. Game times tba. Info, 250-949-6463 or Fort Rupert Curling Club on Facebook.

Minor hockeyPort McNeill Minor Hockey midget tournament, Chilton Arena. 8 a.m.-8 p.m. Saturday, finals 8 a.m.-1 p.m. Sunday. Raffle table, 50/50 draws, concession.

January 12-13Minor hockey

Port Hardy Minor Hockey peewee tournament, Don Cruickshank Memorial Arena. 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday, 8 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Sunday with finals. Concession, raffle table, 50/50 draws, more.

January 18-20Curling

Broughton Curling Club annual ladies open bonspiel, Port McNeill. Info, 250-956-2736 or club's Facebook page.

J.R. RardonGazette editorIn last weekend’s

hockey doubleheader on the North Island, the Sooke midgets managed just two goals each day.

For Tri-Port Eagles forward Eric Kennelly, that was an average period.

Kennelly amassed 13 points and goalie Stevyn Ruel was solid in net both days as the host Eagles topped Sooke 8-2 in a Saturday exhibition game in Port McNeill before blast-ing the Thunderbirds 9-2 in a Vancouver Island Hockey League Division 3 league matchup Sunday in Port Hardy.

“We stayed out of the (penalty) box,” Eagles coach Mike Bell shrugged when asked about the turn-around from the teams’ last meeting, when the midgets settled for a 4-4 tie at Sooke. “We have more skill than all the teams we’re play-ing in our league, but not when we’re play-ing them four on five.”

The contentious weekend series offered the Eagles plenty of chances to earn cheap penalty minutes.

Sooke coach kept Kelly Lott kept a vir-tual running dialogue going with the officiat-ing crew Saturday in Port McNeill, and the officials were forced to eject a Thunderbirds fan from Sunday’s game in Port Hardy.

But when the Sooke players tried to goad them into retaliation, the midgets declined to rise to the bait.

“They took a lot of shots and didn’t retali-ate,” Bell said of his charges. “And that’s the key.”

The wins wrapped up the 2012 portion of the schedule for the midgets, who have a 6-3-1 record against league opponents. To illustrate Bell’s point, in their last two losses, the Eagles averaged 41 penalty minutes per

game. In last week-end’s sweep, they aver-aged 16.

Eagles 8, Thunderbirds 2

Kennelly and Chad Bell each scored two goals as Tri-Port raced to a 5-0 lead midway through the game and coasted to the win.

Sooke came out of intermission skating hard, and potted two second-period goals to

cut the deficit to 5-2. But Kennelly pounced on a sloppy pass while chasing on a penalty kill and netted the shorthanded goal, and added the final score on a power-play slap shot from the point, his fourth goal of the game.

Malcolm Browne and Darryl Coon Jr. added goals in the win, and Robby Heavenor

and Ethan Shaw each had three assists. Bell, Kennelly, Coon and Ty Brittain added helpers.

Eagles 9, Thunderbirds 2

Kennelly tallied a natural hat trick and then some Sunday in Port Hardy, scoring the final five goals of the game after Sooke pulled within 4-2 on Quinton MacDonell’s score at 14:08 of the second period.

Shaw was the pri-mary setup man in the eruption, tallying five assists to go with his first period goal.

Bell, Shaw and Tyson Cadwallader each scored as the midgets grabbed a 3-0 first-period lead. After Sooke got on the board early in the second, Bell potted his sec-ond goal to restore the advantage at 4-1.

Kennelly had assists on three of the first four goals before tak-ing on the late scoring duties, and Heavenor added four more assists to give the defenseman seven on the weekend.

Coon contributed two assists and Zach Swanson added a sin-gle in the victory.

Midgets pummel Sooke in pair of wins

North Island Eagles midget Zach Swanson drops Sooke skater Ryan Seeburger along the boards during Saturday's 8-2 win at Chilton Regional Arena.

Left: North Island Eagles midget Robby Heavenor delivers an open-ice hit to Sooke's Luke Pitre during their game Saturday at Chilton Regional Arena in Port McNeill. Right, Pitre hits the deck as the Eagles' Tyson Cadwallader skates past. J.R. Rardon

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J.R. RardonGazette editorPORT McNEILL—

The matchup between the No. 1 and No. 2 teams in the Vancouver Island Hockey League’s atom development Division 3 standings turned out to be a one-sided affair.

But while most coach-es have trouble finding the positives following a 10-4 defeat, Eagles coach Marty Gage was encouraged by some signs from his squad’s loss to the unbeaten and league-leading Comox Valley Chiefs Saturday.

“They’re a good team, no doubt about it,” Gage said of the Tier II Chiefs. “But it was a good learning experi-ence. You don’t learn by winning all your games.”

Going into Saturday’s contest at Chilton Region Arena, the little Tri-Port atom squad had been doing plenty of that. The Eagles were 4-0-1 in league games and on a roll after dis-patching Cowichan Valley 8-3 the previous week in Port Alice.

But Comox came in with a perfect 5-0 record and had outscored oppo-nents 28-7, never allow-ing more than two goals in a game.

That went by the boards when Mathew Saunders and Luke Gage scored second-period goals, both assisted by Rhys Dutcyvich, and Payton Laming added back-to-back goals in the third period to earn p layer-of - the-game honours for the Eagles.

“Sometimes after a loss you feel disap-pointed,” Marty Gage said. “I don’t feel that way.”

The real trouble for the atoms came during a short stretch late in the first period, when Comox turned a nar-row 2-0 lead into a 6-0 advantage by taking advantage of a series of defensive breakdowns by the hosts.

Three of those scores came on breakaway goals by players who

slipped behind the North Island defenders. Two more came follow-ing turnovers in their own end that left goalie Kayden Jones to fend for himself against the swarming attackers.

“When you play a team that strong, the little mistakes are going to hurt you,” Gage said. “But I was impressed that the kids showed a lot of resiliency and never gave up.”

After the big Comox outburst, the teams were even down the stretch, playing 4-4 over the final 35 minutes.

“I don’t think they’re unbeatable,” Gage said of the Chiefs.

Ryan Patterson and Liem Wadhams each had two assists for the Eagles, on the goals by Laming.

Norsemen dominant against visiting Whalers J.R. RardonGazette editorPORT McNEILL—

In a small, close-knit community like North Vancouver Island, there are very few well-kept secrets.

But the North Island Secondary School boys basketball team sprung one of them on Port Hardy this month while posting a pair of exhi-bition wins over the Whalers.

Juan Camacho, a Rotary Club exchange student from Ecuador, poured in 25 points and wreaked havoc with his defence last Wednesday as NISS coasted to a 54-10 win over PHSS, its second lopsided vic-tory in as many weeks.

Forward Aidan Horgan, a returning

player, added 18 points and six rebounds for the Norsemen.

“It helped that we’ve got two point guards,” said Casey Mork, head coach at the Port McNeill school. “Brandon Pelletier trig-gers everything, and we’ve got an exchange student who makes all the difference.”

Camacho has obvi-ously played the game for some time, while the two North Island schools did not even have active basketball programs as recently as two years ago.

Anticipating the action in the middle of the NISS defensive press, Camacho repeat-edly darted in for steals and raced downcourt for easy layups or passes

to teammates for open shots. On a couple of occasions he even dealt no-look, behind-the-back passes and failed

to register a big assist tally when teammates missed shots.

That was rarely a problem for Horgan, a

second-year player who Mork said has taken big strides as an inside-outside threat for the Norsemen.

“One of the biggest improvements on the team from last year is Aidan,” said Mork. “I’m really impressed with how he’s play-ing.”

While the visiting PHSS players exhibited flashes of individual skill, they were simply overwhelmed by the Norsemen’s swarm-ing defence. It prob-ably did not help that the Whalers traveled with just seven players. And one of their best ball-handlers, Denine Reid — the only girl on the court — hit her head hard on the floor while scrapping with Camacho for the ball and sat for a substantial stretch of the game.

“Most of our guys are only playing their sec-

ond game,” said Aidan O’Toole, who is in his second season as a vol-unteer co-coach of the PHSS team. “They’re still learning the game.”

On the positive side, the Whalers did domi-nate the boards, win-ning the rebound battle 35-19. But they gave back many of those pos-sessions in turnovers, suffering 40 giveaways in the key stat in the game.

Pelletier had six points, including a three-pointer, for NISS, while Clifford Glendale scored four points and Drake Baron had two.

Liam Knutson scored four points to lead PHSS, and Quinten Wamiss, Steven Keamo and Jared Inglis each had two.

Atoms take heart

North Island Eagles atom Luke Gage is taken down by Comox Valley's Cameron Gregory on a charge to the net Saturday in Port McNeill.

Clifford Glendale of the NISS Norsemen leads the charge on a fast break against the PHSS Whalers during last week's game in Port McNeill.

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Zeballos band awarded infrastructure grantZEBALLOS— The

Honourable John Duncan, Minister of Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development and Member of Parliament for Vancouver Island North, on behalf of the Honourable Lynne Yelich, Minister of State for Western Economic

D i v e r s i f i c a t i o n , announced fed-eral funding for the Ehattesaht/Chinehkint under the federal gov-ernment’s Community I n f r a s t r u c t u r e Improvement Fund.

Federal funding of $166,750 will help renovate the Ehattesaht/Chinehkint Band Office.

These improvements are important for the Ehattesaht/Chinehkint, as the facility is used by all residents for a vari-ety of purposes includ-ing community meet-ings and gatherings, in addition to administra-tion. Project activities will include upgrades to the foundation, struc-

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Forest Stewardship PlanWestern Forest Products Inc., North Vancouver Island Forest Stewardship Plan (FSP), for the Port McNeill, Jeune Landing, Holberg, and Englewood Operations, was approved by the Ministry of Forests and Range in 2007 for a five year term. This includes the following forest licences: Tree Farm Licence (TFL) 6, TFL 37 & 39 Block 4, Forest Licence A19244 and various timber licences. Public referral has included trappers, hunters, rafters, guide outfitters, cavers, lodge and cabin owners, water licensees, public advisory groups, First Nations, and communities among others.

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Christmas Supplement 2012

Christmas stories and colouring from

our talented youth on the North Island.

First Place Winner: Ages 0-5Sarah Tupper

First Place Winner: Ages 9-12Jordan Barcly

First Place Winner: Ages 6-8Tori Walkus

First Place Winner: Ages 13+Anthony Schofi eld

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HAPPY HOLIDAYSFrom my Family to Yours

I’d like to say in all sincerity,That I wish you much joy and prosperity;

And when the holiday is through,May our best wishes remain with you!

I’m proud to serve these fine communities and thank you for your trust.

From Karin

www.hardyrealty.ca250-949-7231

Room 7, Robert Scott SchoolPO Box 2479 Port Hardy, V0N 2P0

Phone: 240-949-9473 or 866-387-5100Email: [email protected]

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Wishing you and your family

peace and joy this holiday

season! Claire Trevena, MLA(North Island)

District of Port Hardy

There’s no place like home for the holidays, especially when there are people like you for

neighbours!

Merry Christmas and many thanks.

Free Family Swim11am-12pm

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Fri, Dec. 28 (Sponsored by Macandale's)

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And the winners are...Story contest

Grade k to 31st Kirsten Strussi2nd Cole Swanson

Grade 4 to 71st Wesley Hopkins

2nd Lily Furney

Honourable MentionPierson EarleElise Quest

Colouring ContestAges 0 to 5

1st Sara Tupper2nd Rylan Krawietz3rd Aryanna Johnny

Ages 6 to 81st Tori Walkus

2nd Olivia Kearney3rd Chloe Blair

Ages 9 to 121st Jordan Barcly2nd Nate Poirier

3rd Abigale Christianson

Ages 13+1st Anthony Schofield

2nd Moses Walkus

Christmas 2012

A big thank you to the hundreds of entrants who took the time to enter the Gazette’s annual colouring and writing contests.The walls of our offi ce are currently a kaleidoscope of colour as we have all 264 of the colouring entries on display. Well done to all the North Island schoolchildren who entered, you’ve certainly brightened our days, and gave our judges some diffi cult decisions this week.Well done too to all the creative writers who took our lead and crafted it into a Christmas tale. If the entries are anything to go by, the North Island has a wealth of imaginative, talented writers honing their craft at our schools.And a special congratulations to the winners. While we loved each and every entry, our judges had the unenviable task of picking their favourites. We loved hearing the sound of the Hardy Bay Seniors’ laughter as they read each entry aloud.The winners are listed below, and these winners can come by the Gazette offi ce to claim their cash prize.With the pictures on our wall, snow falling and the Hamper delivery coming this weekend, Christmas has defi nitely arrived to our offi ce. From all of us the Gazette, we wish you and yours the very best this holiday season and New Year and hope 2013 is your best year yet.

Merry Christmas,Sandy Grenier, publisher

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We’re proud to serve you!We’re displaying our holiday best

to let you know just how much we appreciate your business and how proud we are to be at your service.

Have a great holiday and please stop by and visit us soon.

ANOTHER GREAT SEASON IS IN THE BAG!

Merry Christmas and a bundle of thanks to all the kind folks we’ve had the

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From the management & staff

From all of us at

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Thank for another great year!

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Steven could barely sleep on Christmas Eve he was so excited. He had just closed his eyes when he felt a weight on his bed as though someone had just sat down. He sat up and turned on the light and his jaw fell open as he saw an elf standing on his bed. “Santa needs your help,” he said. Steven said ok, to the elf. So he did.

When they got to the place where the Christmas tree was. Stevens mouth fell open. It was Santa. Before he new it he was in Santa’s sled. Santa said to Steven, “how about you dress up like Rudolf?” Steven agreed. Do know why he was in Santa’s sled? Steven had to help deliver presents, because Rudolf was sick, he ate to many oats. All the of the kids got presents on Christmas Eve. Everything went well. Merry Christmas Everyone.

Christmas 2012

A Christmas Story By: Kirsten StrussiEagle View Elementary, Grade 2

Grades K-3

As another holiday season gets into full swing, we’d like to display our best wishes, and deliver our gratitude to all of those who have visited us this year. For your friendship, we feel truly blessed and look forward to serving you again, soon.

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SEASON’S GREETINGS

With best wishes toour neighbours, friends and clients at

this joyous time of year.

For your trust in us, we are deeply grateful.

W. Paul GrierBarrister and Solicitor, Notary Public

6990 Market St. Port HardyPh: [email protected]

No matter how you say it, we hope it’s grand!

Thank you for your generous support all year long.

Season’s Greetings

HappyHolidaysJoyous Noel

Feliz Navidad

Merry Christmas

BlessingsAt

Yuletide

from all of us at

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Happy Holidaysto you and your family

from all of us at

From the staff at the Quarterdeck Pub, we wish you all a

Merry Christmas & a Happy New Year

Christmas 2012

Santa needs help By: Wesley HopkinsWoss Elementary School, Grade 4

Grades 4-7

Woss Elementara y y School, ,, Grade 4Steven could barely sleep on Christmas Eve, he was so excited. He had just closed his eyes when he felt a weight on his bed as though someone had just sat down. He sat up and turned on the light and his jaw fell open as he saw an elf standing on his bed. “Santa needs your help,” he said.

“Oh no!, what is wrong?” Steven asked. “Why does Santa need help?”

“One of our elves is sick so Santa wants you to take his place,” explained Tim the elf.

“Wow, I’d love to help Santa!” said Steven.

“Okay, I’ll lead you to the sleigh.” Tim said.

They jumped into the sleigh and headed to the North Pole. When they got there Santa was waiting for them. He called all the other elves and they began to load the sleigh. Steven couldn’t believe that he was chosen to help with this important job. When the sleigh was loaded up, Steven got to help hitch up the reindeer and away they fl ew. Their fi rst stop was Russia. They saw lots of reindeer there. Then they fl ew to Africa where they saw herds of zebras, giraffes and lots of other animals. After that they went to Australia and Steven got to see real live kangaroos. From there they went to Mexico. Steven saw colourful pinatas everywhere. They crossed the United States and at last they were in Canada. Steven saw the skyscrapers and all the shining lights of Vancouver and then fi nally far below him he saw the rooftops of Woss! Santa brought the sleigh down on the roof of Steven’s house. He put presents under the tree and fi lled the stockings. Then he thanked Steven for all his help, tucked him into bed and said Merry Christmas and fl ew back to the North Pole. Steven was excited about all the presents that Santa had left under his tree but traveling around the world with Santa and seeing all the things that he did was the best present of all.

Thank you to our sponsors and supporters. .

The North Island Concert Society wishes everyone a

Merry Christmas

and all the Best in 2013

North Island Concert Society

See you at our next concert:

HEADWATERon January 19, 2013

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Bright Wishes at Christmas

May you find yourself surrounded by all the gifts of this splendid season.We feel fortunate to be surrounded by wonderful friends like you.

Merry Christmasfrom Carla, Lynn, Katelynd & Sonya atThe Hobby Nook & North Island Lanes

Stryker Electronics Ltd.6710 Hardy Bay Road Port Hardy, B.C.

ph: 250-949-8022

Sending everyone a very Merry

Christmas and a Happy New Year

Marine Electronics &

SuppliesStryke

7035 Market St. 250-949-5905

Seasons Greetings

to one and all!

We look forward to serving you in 2013.

From the Staff at Creative Edge Salon & Spa

Glen Lyon Restaurant & Lounge

Call 250-949-7135

Merry Christmas &

Happy New YearWe look forward to serving you in

2013.

From the new management & staff

Christmas 2012

By: Nate PoirierEagle View Elementary, Age 9

Ages 9-12


DAVE LANDON MOTORS250-949-6393

www.davelandonford.comDL # 5507

—And many thanks to all of you this holiday season. It’s been a privilege and

a joy serving you.

Joy to the world

As we put yet another year out to pasture, we'd like to wish all of you

a very joyous and satisfying holiday season. Working withgreat people like you has been udderly fantastic for us.

Thanks!

Island Foods250-956-3328

250-949-8303

Holiday HoursClosed Dec. 23 to Dec. 26Re-open Dec. 27Closed Jan. 1

Merry Christmas & a Happy New Year!

From the staff of

It’s A Wonderful Life… with friends like you!

— From Mayor, Council and Staff Town of Port McNeill

To all our neighbours and friends, we wish the merriest and brightest

holiday season ever!Thanks for lighting up our year with

all your visits. Happy Holidays!

Christmas 2012

Merry Christmas & a Happy New Year!Merry Christmas & a Happy New Year!

Santa’s Little Helper By: Elise QuestEagle View Elementary

Steven could barely sleep on Christmas Eve, he was so excited. He had just closed his eyes when he felt a weight on his bed as though someone had just sat down. He sat up and turned on the light, his jaw fell open as he saw an elf standing on his bed.” Santa needs your help” he said…“Help with what Steven asked? “Santa’s assistant is sick; Santa sent me to bring you up the North Pole so you can help him deliver all the Christmas gifts tonight!” Steven thought long and hard. Was he willing to help save Christmas? Steven decided he would help Santa. “Come on we have to hurry!

Steven and the elf got on a reindeers’ back and soared through the bitter cold sky, heading for the North Pole. After fl ying for what seemed like hours, they fi nally landed. The elf gave a cup of hot chocolate to Steven before they got in the sleigh and headed off to deliver presents. Steven couldn’t believe what was happening.

Before Steven knew it, he and Santa were whisked away in the sleight to go spread Christmas Joy. Santa acknowledged Steven for helping him at such short notice. “You are a generous boy Steven, for helping me with this quest you will be granted a splendid Christmas gift.”

House by house they went, delivering Christmas gifts to each child. It took them eight hours to deliver all the gifts. Santa dropped Steven off at his house. Silently, Steven crept back into bed and fell asleep. The next morning Steven work up with a wonderful heartwarming feeling. He raced downstairs and discovered a humongous present awaited him. His parents were astonished when he opened it, inside was a puppy curled up fast asleep. Steve knew exactly who it was from.

Honorable MentionGrades 4-7


Season’s Greetings

to All!

from the Management & Staff of

Pacificus Biological Services Ltd.

250-949-6109

Wishing you all a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year

At the Holiday Season, our thoughts turn gratefully to those who have made our progress

possible. It is in this spirit we say…Thank You & Best Wishes for the Holidays & a

Happy New Year

Christmas 2012

Ages 13+By: Moses WalkusPHSS, Age 15


Please visit your local merchants this

holiday season

Merry Christmas & All the Best in the New Year

Monty & Staff

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Best Wishes for a Safe and Happy Holiday Season

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Christmas 2012

Christmas Story By: Cole SwansonWoss Lake Elementary, Grade 2

Grades K-3

Steven could barley sleep on Christmas Eve he was so excited. He had just closed his eyes when he felt a weight on his bed as though someone had just sat down. He sat up and turned on the light and his jaw fell open as he saw an elf standing on his bed.

“Santa needs your help,” he said. “Santa doesn’t have enough time to deliver all the presents because he is running very late. Rudolph had a tummy ache this morning. So if you would get dressed and put on your winter clothes we can go and get into the sleight and start delivering presents.”

Steven was scared and excited at the same time. He got ready in a hurry and they ran out to the sleigh. In the sleigh Santa and some other elves were waiting for them. They hopped into the sleigh and took off.

“The fi rst house we deliver presents to is for a boy named Jack. He wants a green and blue boat. The next house we are going to is Anne’s. She would like a Barbie doll with pink clothes. Next we will go to , he wants a remote control car. We have so many more deliveries to do I hope we get done in time.” said Santa.

They all worked as fast as they could to get the job done. At last Santa said, “Hurry we are fi nally done all the presents. Now we can go back to the North Pole and see Mrs. Claus.”

Well, “Hello” said Mrs. Claus, “How about some hot chocolate and cookies?”

“That sounds great!” everybody shouted. So they are their cookies and drank the hot chocolate.

Then it was fi nally time to go home. Santa and Steven got into Santa’s sleigh. Rudolph was in the lead, he was feeling better now. Santa said, “Up up up we go!” Steven was so excited to be in the magical sleigh. Santa said, “Thank you for helping with the delivery of the presents. Any time that you would like to help again you are more then welcome.” Steven awoke in his bed and was wondering if it had all been a dream.


NORTH ISLAND VISION CENTREDr. Stanley Eng. O.D., F.A.A.O.#7-Port Hardy Shopping Centre

250-949-6282

Wishing all our patients a safe and happy holiday season.We value your trust and are proud to serve you.

Looking forward to seeing you and your family again soon.

Thank You ForSEEING USThis Year!

Hardy Builders’ Supply250-949-6611HBS

WISHING YOU A VERY GOOD YEAR!HERE’S HOPING YOUR YEAR IS SIMPLY GOLDEN!

For all your visits this year, we are sincerely grateful and we welcome the opportunity to serve you again in the

year ahead.

#3C-311 Hemlock Street, Port McNeill(behind Subway)250-956-2686

Hours: Mon-Sat: 10am-6pm

HO HO HO MERRY XMAS

EVEN SANTA TAKES TIME OFF TO PLAY!

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Christmas 2012

Gone to help Santa By: Lily FurneySunset Elementary, Grade 5

Grades 4-7

HERE’S HOPING YOUR YEAR IS SIMPLY GOLDEN!

For all your visits this year, we are sincerely grateful and we welcome the opportunity to serve you again in the

year ahead.

Sunset Elementary,y, Grade 5Steven could barely sleep on Christmas Eve he was so excited. He had just closed his eyes when he felt a weight on his bed as though someone had just sat down. He sat up and turned on the light and his jaw fell open as he saw an elf standing on his bed.“Santa needs your help,” he said.Steven couldn’t talk.“Well?” The elf asked“Uh, okay,” said Steven. “But I’ll have to write a note to my parents fi rst.”“Okay. Just hurry up. There’s no time to lose.” replied the elf.Steven grabbed a pen from his bedside table and wrote, Dear Mom and Dad, I have gone to help Santa. I will be back on Christmas Day. Love Steven.“Okay let’s get a move on,” said the elf rudely.The elf led Steven through the house to the front door in pitch black. The elf had to jump several times to reach the door handle. Steven’s jaw fell open as he looked out at his yard. There was a sleigh with all Santa’s reindeer. And best of all, Santa was sitting in the sleigh waiting for the elf and Steven. “Hop in! Quickly!” Santa yelled.Steven and the elf jumped in the sleigh.“Go Dasher, go Dancer, Prancer and Vixen! Go Comet, go Cupid, Donner and Blitzen!" Santa yelled as the sleigh lurched forward. Steven could see the whole world.“This is cool,” he said amazed.Santa zoomed around. He stopped at the fi rst house.“Steven, I want you to go down the chimney and put these presents in the stockings and under the tree.” Santa said as he handed Steven a small bag of presents.“What if I get burned by the fi re?” asked Steven.“I have put it out already,” replied Santa.How could he have done that wondered Steven as Santa lifted him out of the sleigh onto the roof of the house. Steven climbed down the chimney. When Steven got down, he looked around and saw a beautiful Christmas tree. He reached in the bag and pulled out a box wrapped in pretty paper and placed it

under the tree. He pulled out a few more presents and put them under the tree too. Then he went to the stockings and put candy, dolls, toy cars and jewellery in the stockings. When he was done he climbed out the chimney and back into the sleigh.“Try to go a bit faster next time,” said Santa.Steven nodded his head and got comfy on the seat.This routine went on for the rest of the night, Steven going down the chimney and back out again. It was 6:00 am when Santa dropped Steven off back at his house.“Thank you very much Steven. You have been a great help to me. If you hadn’t helped me then there would have been no Christmas and a lot of sad children.” Santa said thoughtfully.Santa whipped his reins and set off into the sky yelling, “Merry Christmas to all and to all a good night! Ho ho ho!Steven went into his house as his parents came down the stairs. “You’re already up!” they said when they saw Steven sitting on the couch.“Yah, I felt like getting up early to see what Santa brought me,” Steven replied as he took down his stocking from the fi replace. It was so heavy.After that Steven had a very nice Christmas with his family. He will never forget what happened that night on Christmas.


Port HardyFor Household Curbside Service on Tues. Dec. 25 & Jan. 1, pickup will

be Mon. Dec. 24 & Dec. 31

Port McNeillHousehold Curbside Service

will NOT be affected

Coal Harbour & WossFor Household Curbside Service on Tues. Dec. 25 & Jan. 1, pickup will

be Mon. Dec. 24 & Dec. 31 Please check the RDMW website

for more information: www.rdmw.bc.ca

SointulaFor Household Curbside Service on

Tues. Dec. 25 pickup will be Mon. Dec. 24

Please check the RDMW website for more information:

www.rdmw.bc.ca

Transfer Station at Tacan Site will be closed Dec. 23, 24, 25 & 26, 31 & Jan. 1.

Transfer Station regular hours Tues., Fri., Sat. & Sun. 1pm-4pm

excluding above dates.

We’d like to wish you all aMerry Christmas

& Happy New Year

Fox Disposal, All-Store Mini Storage

& Beaver Harbour Storage

From all of us at

Christmas 2012

By: Pierson EarleWoss Lake Elementary, Grade 4

The Best ChristmasGrade 4-7Honorable Mention

Steven could barely sleep on Christmas Eve he was so excited. He had just closed his eyes when he felt a weight on his bed as though someone had just sat down. He sat up and turned on the light and his jaw fell open as he saw an elf standing on his bed.“Santa needs your help,” he said as he walked closer to the boy. “He can’t deliver the presents in time because one of the elves got sick, he got the fl u! We can’t deliver the presents without our best wrapping and present delivering elf! We need you to do his jobs or some kids will have presents and some won’t,” said the elf in a worried voice.“I will help you” said the boy, “I love helping out and meeting new friends. Steven got dressed and got in the sleigh. “Brrrrr it is cold out here.”“Yes it is,” said a low voice. He looked up, he saw Santa! He had glowing, caring eyes and a red suit on.“Thank you for helping us, we need to get all the children’s presents to them!”“You are right, we need to get them all their presents before the morning.”“Ok, let’s go before it’s daylight,” said Steven. They got all the presents to the kids.“Time to go home,” said Santa.Steven said goodbye and got on his pajamas and went to bed. The next morning he got up and went to the tree. He saw lots and lots of presents. His mom and dad got up and they had breakfast together and went to the tree. They opened all their presents and said “Have a very good Christmast.” And they all had the best Christmas of their lives! Santa and his elves did too.

By: Abigale ChristiansonSunset Elementary, Age 9

By: Aryanna JohnnyAge 4


250-956-4333

In the spirit of the season we have

made a donation in lieu of cards to our clients.

Thank you for your business and have a very

Merry Christmas & Happy New Year.

Dave, Judy & Kathy

Happy Holidays from the Gazette teamLisa, J.R., Aidan, Marlene,

Julie & SandyThank you for being a part of your

community newspaper!

Wishing you all the best in

2013.

The Holiday Season can be the most wonderful time of the year, but for some,

the holidays are a struggle and are also very stressful. Dealing with loneliness, loss of a loved one, depression, unemployment

and poverty can make this time of the year especially difficult.

A caring person is just a phone call away, if you need to talk to someone over the holidays or anytime. If you are feeling suicidal or are concerned about someone else, there are two Crisis Lines that provide services to our area. Need more help? The volunteer will assist in

finding a resource for you.

Wishes for a safe and happy Holiday Season

from us to you.

North Island Crisis Line (Mt. Waddington Region)

250-949-6033 Port Hardy area250-974-5326 Alert Bay/Kingcome Area

Vancouver Island Crisis Line: 1-888-494-3888

TM/MC

8925 Granville St, Port HardyTel: 250-949-6552 | Fax: 250-949-6598

www.rexall.ca

from the staff at RexallCome see us for all your last minute Christmas shopping!

Christmas 2012

Ages 0-5

Ages 6-8

By: Rylan KrawietzEagle View Elementary, Age 5

By: Olivia KearneyAvalon, Age 7


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From our families to yours…

Merry Christmas

and a very Happy New Year.

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