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◆ COVER STORY
WATERSHED WORRIESEnvironmentalists fear losing old growth timber will harm city’s water source
KATYA SLEPIANALBERNI VALLEY NEWS
Jane Morden and the Watershed Forest Alliance (WFA) have been fighting against logging at McLaughlin Ridge for close to half a decade now, but
with city council’s unanimous decision on Monday night to support their efforts they may be one step closer to a solution.
Sarah Thomas, a volunteer with the WFA, presented the group’s concerns to city council and called on the city to support the WFA’s efforts to pause the logging at McLaughlin Ridge and have a conversation with the Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations as well as landowners Island Timberlands.
The company owns McLaughlin Ridge and is legally permitted to log the old growth trees located there. The area represents a few hundred hectares of the 250,000 ha that Island Timberlands owns.
According to Thomas, the Mclaughlin Ridge old growth lands were identified by the
province as areas that should be protected. However by 2004, the lands were removed from the Tree Farm Licence (TFL) and while promises were made to come to some agreement about how the lands would be protected, this never happened.
McLaughlin Ridge, which is about an hour southeast of Port Alberni, is home to a couple of hundred hectares of old growth Douglas Fir as well as the China Creek Watershed, the city’s main water source. Currently, the watershed meets Island Health’s 4-3-2-1-0 water requirements but the concern is that if the old growth is cut down, that might not be the case anymore.
“It’s important to protect [the China Creek Watershed] because you can always treat water but this costs a lot of money and it’s never as good as the original. We would like to make sure that nothing really bad happens to that water,” said Edna Cox of the Save Our Valley Alliance, a public education group.
“It’s designated a community watershed so we’re asked to stay out of the area and yet logging continues,” said Thomas at city council.
While the city does have other, secondary sources of water in Bainbridge Lake and Lizard Lake, China Creek is the best water source that Port Alberni has due to the
filtration that the old growth up McLaughlin Ridge provides.
“The water comes down very, very slowly and it’s really well filtered [by the old growth]. If it comes of a bare slope or washes a lot of silt down then it’s not such high quality water,” said Cox.
If a lot of silt is washed down, the amount of sediments in the water increase, as does the turbidity.
“When there’s turbidity there’s a problem because you can’t even treat the water, it doesn’t help,” Cox said.
The old growth also helps keep the city’s water supply steady throughout the year. With the old growth there, the snowpack up on the ridge melts a little slower.
“The forest acts as a sponge so you don’t have all the water coming down in the spring melt and then no water in the summer.
“We’ve had low water conditions now for over a year; we didn’t have much of a snowpack last year either,” said Jane Armstrong, also from the WFA.
Continued / A19
◆ THE FIRST CUT done at McLaughlin Ridge was four to five years ago, with a large cut occurring in 2011. Jane Morden of Watershed Forest Alliance says 50 per cent of the old growth remains.
◆ PORT ALBERNI gets its water from the China Creek Watershed, located an hour southeast of the city. McLaughlin Ridge is located at the northern edge of the watershed boundary.
◆ THERE ARE TWO water intake sources within the China Creek Watershed: a creek intake off of China Creek at the western edge of the watershed and a lake intake off of Bainbridge Lake, located slightly northwest of the watershed boundary.
◆ THE CITY PRIMARILY uses the creek intake due to its marginally higher water quality. However, if anything were to happen to the creek intake water quality, the city could use the lake intake.Those two water intakes represent the redundancy in the city’s water supply, which means that it is unlikely that the two sources would both be unusable at the same time, city engineer Guy Cicon said.
◆ PORT ALBERNI’S water is treated with chlorine before being stored in reservoirs. The city is currently in phase one of upgrading their water facilities by adding UV disinfection at a cost of $4 million.There is also the possibility of later adding a filtration system at an additional $3 million.
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All Outdoor Water Use is further permitted during the hours of 6:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. only.
Individuals violating these restrictions are guilty of an offence under City Bylaw #4494.
In addition to the above restrictions your co-operation in adhering to the following water conservation practices is requested.
1. Minimize water used for non-essentials such as car washing, and hosing off your driveway.
2. Ensure that sprinklers are not left running unnecessarily.
Adherence to these restrictions will assist the City in meeting your domestic and emergency water demands. Should the dry weather continue and water use not be curtailed the City will be imposing further restrictions.
For more information, contact the City of Port Alberni at 250-720-2840 or go to www.portalberni.ca.
Your co-operation in adhering to these Outdoor Water Use Restrictions and reducing water consumption wherever possible will be greatly appreciated.
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Due to low reservoir levels it is necessary to impose restrictions on Outdoor Water Use including garden and lawn watering.
Therefore effective 12:01 a.m. August 1st, 2014 and until further notice, Outdoor Water Use is permitted as follows:
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Pley re-elected to lead chiefs
Port Alberni Fire Department Chief Tim Pley has been re-elected as president of the Fire Chiefs’ Association of B.C. for the 2014-2015 term.
The FCABC and city council thanked Pley for his hard work and dedication.
Building forthe bicycle era
Any new developments going up in Port Alberni will soon need to provide bicycle facilities as part of the development plan.
City staff are preparing an amendment to the Official Community Plan that will require developers to provide for bike racks when designing any commercial developments.
The amendment arose at a previous council meeting as part of the city’s new Active Transportation Plan. Council has spoken out in favour of better cycling facilities in general in Port Alberni.
Grinding stones gain support
Port Alberni businesswoman Charlene Patterson says the historic grindstones that are on display at Catalyst Paper deserve a more public location, and city council on Monday agreed with her.
Councillors voted to support Patterson’s bid to move the mill grinding stones to a public location. City staff will add a survey to the city website, www.portalberni.ca, asking residents where they think the stones should be placed.
Harbour Quay needs facelift
City council will add repairs and upgrades to Harbour Quay to its 2015 budget discussions.
The subject of replacing the entry sign has been in discussion for at least a couple of years, and is being proposed for 2015, Parks, Recreation and Heritage director Scott Kenny wrote in a report to council.
Other proposed upgrades include adding washrooms, repairing the boat ramp, fixing the clock tower and clockface and replanting trees.
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InbriefThunderstorm causes havocSUSAN QUINN
ALBERNI VALLEY NEWS
A sudden and intense thunderstorm caused havoc around the Alberni Valley, Tuesday morning.
Lightning strikes caused a power outage on Sixth Avenue that had fire crews scrambling to answer alarm calls, and a highly visible forest fire on Arbutus Ridge was reported
numerous times to both 911 and the Coastal Fire Centre.
At the fall fairgrounds, coordinator Ann Siddall stepped onto the covered porch of the Kin Hut to speak with someone when a loud crack startled both of them. Lightning had struck one of the spar poles used for logger sports climbing events, peeling away a
spiraled section of the 34-inch-thick pole like it was paper.
Spears of wood smashed the chain link fence surrounding the water pit and debris could be seen as far away as the animal barns.
The poles are insured, and will be replaced. “We probably won’t have them up for the fair,” Siddall said.
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Alberni District Fall Fair coordinator Ann Siddall examines the logger sports arena, where lightning destroyed one of two climbing spar poles and compromised the other, sendng spears of wood flying 30 feet away.
Province calls on PAFD for forest fire protection
KATYA SLEPIANALBERNI VALLEY NEWS
With the Alberni Valley at an extreme fi re danger rating, the Port Alberni Fire Department (PAFD) has been called upon by the province to provide an initial attack response to any fi res in the region.
“The province is on the verge of a wildfi re crisis right now,” fi re Chief Tim Pley told city council on Monday night. “All indications are that we’re going to see a very bad fi re season.”
The city saw some fi res on Tuesday, with lightning hitting the Catalyst Paper steam plant and igniting a gas line.
Pley said that the
fi re was contained by the mill’s staff and was put out swiftly by the PAFD.
The fi re department was also out answering a multitude of false alarms due to fi re alarms going off from power spikes.
Environment Canada reported 135 lightning strikes on Vancouver Island, and alberniweather.ca moderator Chris Alemany said many of them were concentrated in the Alberni Valley
region.While Pley got
the go ahead from council to pursue an agreement with the Wildfi re Management Branch, as of Tuesday he’s not sure if the deal will go through.
“It’s better than a 50-50 chance,” he said, “we think they need to be here [in the Alberni Valley.]”
The agreement would also put the PAFD on standby for 10 hours a day at a rate of $200 per hour, while time spent responding to fi res in the region would bring in $450 per hour. The agreement would also see the PAFD prioritize fi res within Port Alberni.
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10th Ave. on books againKATYA SLEPIAN
ALBERNI VALLEY NEWS
A non-binding public opinion question regarding the 10th Avenue crossing will be placed on the ballot for the Nov. 15 municipal election after all.
City clerk Davina Hartwell advised council that the question cannot
be changed to a binding referendum because there is not enough time for city staff to complete the necessary geotechnical and design work in order to have an accurate project value by election time.
The non-binding public opinion question would be: “Do you support a
10th Avenue bridge crossing over Roger Creek with funding of $14.6 million from borrowing resulting in tax increases to the average homeowner of approximately $160 a year for 25 years? Yes/No.”
“I just want to get this thing done and put to bed,” Coun. Dan Washington [email protected]
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Forestry on the flyUllrich Hechter, left, and Athin Mcebisi Zusipe Mthi, two of seven South African students with the International Forestry Students’ Symposium, prepare to take the steam train out to McLean Mill National Historic Site, Tuesday morning. There were 120 students in total visiting from the Vancouver-based symposium before heading to the Okanagan to study more forestry facets.
Partners talk LNG plantKATYA SLEPIAN
ALBERNI VALLEY NEWS
A liquefied natural gas (LNG) plant might be coming to Sarita Bay courtesy of a partnership between the Huu-ay-aht First Nations and Steelhead LNG.
Steelhead LNG executives and John Jack, an elected councillor from the Huu-ay-aht First Nations made a joint presentation of what they termed an “Opportunity Development Agreement” at a special meeting of council at 2:30 p.m. on Monday afternoon.
The facility, which would be in operation in seven or eight years, would liquefy the natural gas that
would be moved along the pipelines from northern B.C. Steelhead told council that Port Alberni was a good location for this development due to its deepwater port.
According to Steelhead, this could eventually lead to an investment of $30 billion from the facility over its 25-year lifespan.
Jack said that the
Huu-ay-aht agreed to consider the LNG project because Steelhead has been open with them as to what it would entail and has taken their thoughts into consideration.
According to Jack, the Huu-ay-aht want to increase economic development as well as the standard of living in their community and that
“when we do well, everyone else tends to do well [too.]”
Steelhead still has a plethora of studies to complete before the project can get underway, but Jack is hopeful that the project will get the final go-ahead. It’s projected to create 3,000 jobs during construction and 300 jobs afterwards. [email protected]
DAVID WIWCHARSPECIAL TO THE NEWS
A Port Alberni teenager was sentenced Tuesday in adult court to six years in prison for raping a 15-year old exchange student in Roger Creek Park on May 21, 2013.
Thomas Titian, 17, sat silently in the prisoner’s box as Crown Counsel Gordon Baines described an hour long series of violent sexual assaults, and brutal physical assaults against the young girl.
Titian sat hunched over as Judge Peter Doherty described him as “a 6’2, 240 lb. man-child”.
The victim, who cannot be identified, was described as being a fraction of Titian’s size when he pounced on her near the Roger Creek train trestle and dragged her into the woods.
When she was found
an hour later, she was mostly naked, bleeding heavily from head-wounds sustained after Titian beat her with large river rocks.
She was rushed to West Coast General Hospital and soon after airlifted to Victoria General due to the severity of her injuries, and remained hospitalized for two weeks.
She was able to give police a description of her assailant, including the fact that he was wearing a red ball cap, which proved important in arresting him the next day when he returned to the scene.
Titian, who had been in the foster-care system from the age of four because of abusive and alcoholic parents, was also reported to police by his foster mother.
When he returned home around 6 p.m. on May 21, 2013, he took his pants off in
the garage, saying they had gotten muddy at school. Suspicious, the foster mother called the high school where someone refuted his story, and after hearing police were searching for a suspect in a violent sexual assault, she called police.
Titian pleaded guilty to aggravated sexual assault and choking to overcome resistance. A charge of attempted murder was later stayed.
Both Crown Counsel and Defense Counsel Stephen Littley agreed that the maximum three-year sentence for youth was not appropriate in this case, and said Titian should be sentenced as an adult for six years.
In sentencing, Judge Doherty called the attack “a sustained, vicious, repeated, horrifying assault”.
Citing the volumes of victim
impact statements, psychological reports, and criminal assessments that concluded Titian might not be treatable, Doherty said this was one of the most thoroughly reported youth matters he had ever seen.
The court heard that Titian was tortured as an infant and toddler by his alcoholic parents, which is where “the ticking time-bomb that is Mr. Titian was made”, said Doherty.
“He is a highly dangerous, violent individual who is likely to reoffend.”
Titian will serve the first two years of his six-year sentence in a youth detention center, until he reaches the age of 18, when the court can apply to have him moved to a federal prison.
David Wiwchar is the news director at 93.3 PEAK FM.
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Thursday, Aug. 14, 2014 - Alberni Valley News A8 www.albernivalleynews.com
V ICTORIA – The B.C. government’s intentions for the
Agricultural Land Reserve have been clarified by a public consultation that proposes new commercial and industrial uses on farmland.
Political watchers may recall that this was the hill the NDP was prepared to die on this spring. It was going to be a farmland looting spree for right-wing property developers and all hope of “food security” would be dashed.
As I attempted to explain at the time, the changes have little or nothing to do with ALR exclusions. Now a discussion paper poses a series of questions, some of which illustrate the need to bring farmland regulations up to date.
The first one deals with restrictions on retail sales, a case study in arbitrary state control. There is
a strict maximum floor space. A minimum one half of retail sales must be produced on that farm. Food packing, preparation and processing are similarly restricted.
This requires multiple duplicate operations of questionable viability. It brings to mind Mao Tse Tung’s Great Leap Forward, where farmers all had little iron smelting furnaces out back to make tools. But I digress.
“Amongst other things,” the discussion paper says, “lessening the restrictions on on-farm processing could allow the establishment of abbatoirs (large, small or mobile) on farms, to serve surrounding cattle, game or poultry farms.” Then there’s cheese, fruit juice and even medical marijuana products.
And did you know that wineries and cideries are
allowed on farmland but breweries, distilleries and meaderies aren’t? (Mead is made from honey, and doesn’t have to be drunk from a bronze mug while wearing a horned helmet.)
Now that we’ve discovered that breweries don’t have to be giant urban industrial plants
producing mediocre lager that all tastes the same, possibilities abound.
On-farm wine and cider sales have similarly quaint retail space and product origin restrictions. The government proposes to
allow sales of products not made on site, as long as they’re made in B.C.
This could make more local retail beverage co-ops viable. Or it could spawn a wave of unregulated rural liquor stores that create chaos on country roads. You
decide.On a more serious note,
there are a couple of questions about changes to the newly created “zone two,” the Interior, Kootenay and North regions. One repeats the government’s intention to open up non-farm use rules to allow certain oil and gas service functions on farmland.
This is to reflect the reality already on the ground in the Northeast.
What other non-farm activities it may entail is not yet known, as the consultation and regional meetings continue until Aug. 22.
There are proposals to bypass the Agricultural Land Commission for certain kinds of farmland subdivision in zone two. These are where the subdivided parcels are a quarter section (160 acres) or bigger, or where they are divided by a road or waterway.
And finally there are proposed exemptions fromALC scrutiny of leases, to allow “intergenerational transfer.”
Continued / A9
TOM FLETCHERB.C. Views
Farm changes a great leap forward
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EDITORIAL
Fire coverage heating up
It is ironic that the day after Port Alberni’s fire chief outlines a request from the provincial government for the city’s fire department to offer initial attack services in case of forest fires, numerous lightning strikes ignited tinder-dry areas in the Beaufort Range.
The fire department was slammed with calls just after 11 a.m. including a fire at Catalyst Paper and multiple alarms activated on Sixth Avenue after power line insulators were hit. An extremely visible forest fire atop Arbutus Ridge, across Alberni Canal from Harbour Quay, prompted the first ‘initial attack’ call, as the PAFD was called.
(Helicopters flying for Island Timberlands extinguished the fire with bambi buckets of water and an initial attack crew dropped on site.)
While the forest fires prompted the ‘I told you so’ brigade to drag the missing Martin Mars waterbombers into the fray, the issue is so much bigger than an historic aircraft tugging at our collective heartstrings.
The response time once calls about the Arbutus Ridge fire lit up both the 911 and Coastal Fire Centre’s phone lines was less than an hour—impressive considering the weather and location.
Also extremely fortunate. If torrential rain hadn’t accompanied the thunderstorm, that small lightning strike could have ignited a far larger problem.
Forestry firefighting resources are stretched too thin. We are approaching a crisis in B.C. on the doorstep of the worst fire season in recent history.
Sitting on an island nautical miles away from resources is not a pleasant feeling. It’s time for the government to come up with an adequate plan for keeping our forests safe in fire season. Or at least minimizing the damage.
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Mailbag: Feedback on fire, firefights, war and peace
B.C. playing with forest fire
To the Editor,At Monday’s Port
Alberni City Council meeting fire Chief Tim Pley informed the community that the BC Forest Service had lodged an urgent request for PAFD to be put on standby in case it is needed ‘for initial attack’ on fires in and around our area.
This leaves the very real possibility of PAFD services being called away to a forest fire, leaving local response to homes much slower, or that a forest fire that occurs nearby will not get any initial attack response at all if the PAFD is busy elsewhere.
I will not venture to guess which would be worse.
We were warned months ago that this could be a bad fire season and we are seeing that now. The forest service is quite obviously under resourced.
Now our community is on the hook including precious taxpayer resources in fire equipment and we are potentially left defenceless from forest or home fires.
And yet there the Hawaii Mars and Philippine Mars
waterbombers sit in drydock.
Last month 19,205 people around BC, including almost 2500 residents of Port Alberni, signed a petition for the Mars to be returned to standby duty. They are two of the most formidable initial attack fire bombers ever conceived, both certified and ready to fly for many more years, and one recognized as one of the most advanced urban interface fire suppressors in the world.
Not only should we bring back the Mars, in light of obvious and continuing changes in B.C.’s climate we should be permanently beefing up our fire preparedness, mitigation, and
resources.The current system
seems complete ad-hoc, patronage based, and ultimately dangerous and costly. We are playing with fire.
Chris Alemany,Port Alberni
A little peace, if you please
To the Editor,It has been
announced that the right-wing government in Kyiv, Ukraine, will be receiving military equipment from our own federal government. Those supplies are meant for action at the border with Russia. This is close to an act of war, one of the worst instances of provocation and foreign interference by Canada in many
years.In addition,
Canadian trade sanctions with Russia have been increased and Russia has now responded. Yet hurting exporters of Canadian foodstuffs bound for Russia will do nothing to end the civil war in Ukraine. Trade sanctions in general are economically unwise and politically dubious.
In fact it would be instructive to look at the last case of such meddling in a civil war, Libya. The country of Libya is now controlled by roving bands of militants aligned with al-Qaeda, not the result we were sold on when we sent our air force to join other NATO countries there. Diplomats are fleeing Libya and the Tripoli airport is unsafe.
Up to the Dayton Accords of 1995 Canada was a peacekeeping nation, and that is a policy worth returning to.
Colin Frazer,Port Alberni
Whither thou goest, peace?
To the Editor,Commemorating the
“Great War” of 1914 -1918 is an excellent way to show our
respect and gratitude to the valiant Canadians who fought and died a century ago.
There is however one thing that sticks in my craw. During these sombre reflective events, politicians are attracted to the limelight and inevitably read carefully crafted speeches—liberally sprinkled with emotive words such as valour, sacrifice and pride—but fail to mention the world’s march into that military madness was avoidable.
In the aftermath of the so-called war to end all wars, short-sighted leaders in the victorious countries imposed excessively punitive reparations on their impoverished adversaries and arbitrarily redrew the maps in Europe and the Middle East for their own economic benefit. Their intolerable arrogance planted bitter seeds in the hearts of the vanquished.
A generation later, Hitler would nurture those seeds with his Nazi propaganda and turn deep-seated resentment into apocalyptic fury.
Lloyd Atkins,Port Alberni
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From / A8What that means is
retiring farmers won’t have to plead for state permission to remain on their own property. Another exemption would “encourage the use of otherwise unfarmed land by existing or new farmers.”
NDP agriculture critic Lana Popham, who circulated a photo of herself with a samurai sword in a theatrical “Kill Bill 24” campaign, continues
to insist that these changes open up 90 per cent of ALR land for “development.”
It’s a hypocritical as well as a misleading statement, since a portion of her own Saanich farm property is rented to a successful craft gin distillery.
Tom Fletcher is legislature reporter and columnist for Black Press.
Twitter: @tomfletcherbc
E-mail: [email protected]
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A helicopter flies over a small fire on Arbutus Ridge, Tuesday morning, looking for a place to land and drop off an initial attack crew.
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STK#14089A, 40,945 KMS
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$27,000
48 months@ 7.99%
$110
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$7,900
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$102
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2008 TOYOTA YARIS
$10,000
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$123
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$16,000
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$123
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$14,900
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$215
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$260
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$186
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2010 JEEP WRANGLER RUBICON
$23,000
78 months@ 5.15%
$143
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143
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$17,500
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2000 TOYOTA CAMRY
$5,000
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$69
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2008 SMART FRTWO
$6,500
60 months@ 5.96%
$113
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113113
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2007 MAZDA6
$10,500
$158
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158
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$167
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STK#D7744A, 61,933 KMS
2012 FORD ESCAPE LIMITED
$22,000
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2004 TOYOTA RAV4
$8,000
$130
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STK#7747A, 174,906 KMS
2008 FORD ESCAPE XLT
$10,500
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$178
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STK#D7716, 67,132 KMS
2011 TOYOTA TUNDRA SR5 4.6L V8
$23,500
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$107
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2009 TOYOTA COROLLA XRS
$12,900
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$177
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STK#7750A, 121,656 KMS
2005 JEEP CHEROKEE
$10,500
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$228
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STK#14221A, 43,710 KMS
2010 TOYOTA TUNDRA SR5
$28,403
60 months@ 5.96%
$118
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STK#D7643B, 97,220 KMS
2007 FORD MUSTANG V6
$11,000
66 months@ 5.15%
$183
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STK#14147A, 123,898 KMS
2008 TOYOTA HIGHLANDER V6 AWD
$19,500
78 months@ 5.15%
$186
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STK#7748, 72,034 KMS
2010 TOYOTA VENZA AWD
$23,000
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$201
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STK#14159A1, 224504 KMS
2005 DODGE RAM
$12,000
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$134
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STK#14223A, 109,808 KMS
2011 FORD RANGER
$17,500
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2002 HYUNDAI SANTA FE GL
$6,100STK#D14159A2
2000 KEYSTONE 275RK 5TH WHEEL
$10,000
24 months@ 9.96%
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@ 9.96%
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STK#7736B, 135,622 KMS
2004 PONTIAC MONTANA
$5,999
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STK#D13214C, 106,989 KMS
2006 BMW 325I
$12,719
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$203
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20320336 months36 months
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STK#D14066A, 160,847 KMS
2005 TOYOTA RAV4
$10,500
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This month we ordered two cords of wood from an ad in the newspaper. On delivery day we
received a phone call to say that they could not fit into our driveway at the back of the house and could they dump the firewood on the front lawn. I sent them around to the alley in the back and asked them to dump the wood in the middle of the alley.
Then I ran down to the shelter, walked in and announced, “I have $40 dollars to pile two cords of
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Les and I are selling in the “Art and Photography in the Garden” show and sell at the Milner Gardens on Aug. 9–10.
Continued / A27
www.albernivalleynews.com A15Alberni Valley News - Thursday, Aug. 14, 2014
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‘We really need to have water’: councillorFrom / A3
Armstrong is not sure what the future holds for Port Alberni’s water supply, but she thinks that with climate change happening that drought conditions will stick around and that instead of rain throughout the year, the watershed will be filled up by occasional huge downpours.
[“If this happens] the forest is a natural solution for helping to control the flow of water,” Armstrong said.
Clearcutting also has another, more immediate danger; landslides. In 2006, clearcuts in the Beauforts, followed by a large amount of precipitation, were thought to have caused landslides that affected Beaver Creek’s water and brought gravel in debris into people’s homes.
There’s a chance that clearcutting on McLaughlin Ridge could lead to the same.
While Island Timberlands is required to replant trees that they cut down—and states that they typically do so within nine months —the high elevation of McLaughlin Ridge means that it will be generations until those replacement trees are big enough to serve any purpose, says Morden.
“This area is at a higher elevation, we’re talking about a thousand metres up, so it’s not going to grow back at a fast rate. Up there, you can have a 20-year-old tree that’s not anywhere much above your waist, said Morden, “and when the roots start to decompose from the huge [old growth trees,] then your chances of landslides are going to increase.”
In an e-mailed statement, Morgan Kennah, Manager of Sustainable Timberlands and Community Affairs for Island Timberlands, said that they “have and continue to work
cooperatively with the city to ensure water quality is maintained in China Creek. In cooperation with the Ministry of Environment, we have installed a continuous water quality monitoring station in the watershed to ensure we meet the applicable water quality objectives.”
However, Cox doesn’t think that this is
good enough because while “drinking water is protected [that] protection will take precedence when there’s an imminent threat, when it’s basically too late.”
According to Coun. Cindy Solda, the issue has been brought up at the Association of Island and Coastal Communities (AVICC), the Union of British Columbia
Municipalities (UBCM) and the Alberni-Clayquot Regional District (ACRD) and that a main goal of these government-led bodies is to change the way private land is regulated.
“One main goal is to get private land and Crown to be the same… we want to have more say,” Solda said.
“[Water] is a human
right, we really need to have water,” said Coun. Wendy Kerr, “the forest companies have to know that they don’t own that water, they’re only renting the space, nobody owns this planet but we need to start taking care of
it now.”With that, Kerr raised
motions to give city council’s support to the WFA and support the organization’s request to pause the logging at McLaughlin Ridge as well as to request a meeting between
council, the WFA, Island Timberlands and the provincial forestry ministry.
City council carried the motion to applause from meeting [email protected]
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The Nuu-chah-nulth Tlu-Piich Games closed with the Youth Role Model Celebration Monday evening at the Hupacasath House of Gathering. 2012 Youth Role Model Keanna Hamilton after 2 years passes her title, now changed to Senior Role Model on to Leigh-anne White, Jessica Hamilton passed on her title after 2 years, changed to suit a male to Elijah Robinson received the title of Junior Role Model.
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Alain Ruel, left, accepts the coveted tool chest from Boston Pizza owner Ryan MacEachern. This prize is raffl ed off each year after the Valley Street Rods Show & Shine at Harbour Quay.
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LEFT: Lion Rob Dalton tends the BBQ.
Family Fun Day in the Park, an event that sees all local senior facilities participate is mainly sponsored by the Lions club of Port Alberni. This event is organized by Leanna Fines the Director of Residential and Community Programs for Fir Park/Echo Villages.
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Residents rally to protect waterKATYA SLEPIAN
ALBERNI VALLEY NEWS
With chants of “water is our right” from the 70- to 80-strong crowd in front of Port Alberni’s city hall, former Hupacasath chief councillor Judith Sayers sent a message to the government that logging in watersheds is not OK.
Sayers was just one of the local First Nations, Port Alberni residents, and environmental activists who spoke at a rally outside of city hall on Argyle Street at 11 a.m. on Thursday, Aug. 7.
They had gathered to protest the logging of the China Creek Watershed by Island Timberlands. The protest was organized by a grassroots group calling itself Citizens for a Local Economy and received support from drivers who honked their horns as they drove by.
“We are all here because we care about our water,” Sayers said, “and getting together and talking about this sends that message.”
Torrence Coste, Vancouver Island Campaigner for the Wilderness Committee, told protesters that “too much of the forest here [on Vancouver Island] has been ripped off, liquidated and degraded permanently at the expense of
ecosystems, local communities and local First Nations... huge swaths of land are controlled not by the people who live there, not by the people who require these environments to be healthy and clean but by companies like Island Timberlands.”
Sayers also called out city council for not showing up to the rally
“This is an election year for the city council, let’s make it an election issue.”
Protesters threatened direct action up at the logging site on McLaughlin Ridge if they did not hear back from city councilwithin a week.
“If we need to go lie down in front of the logging trucks, let’s do that,” said Sayers.
KATYA SLEPIAN/ALBERNI VALLEY NEWS
Judith Sayers, former chief councillor of the Hupacasath First Nations, spoke to protesters at the rally in front of city hall on Thursday morning against logging going on at McLaughlin Ridge.
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BISHOP, Harold Duff
“Bud” Following a brief ill-ness, Harold passed away peacefully in his sleep at West Coast General Hos-pital on Sunday, Au-gust 3, 2014 at 86 years of age.
Predeceased by his brother Fred and sis-
ter Isobel, he is survived by his beloved wife of 59 years, Marguerite “Peggy”; children: Terry (Mel) and Wendy Gor-nall (Rob); grandchildren: Chris, Raylene Pace (Corey) and Stephen; great grandchildren: Hayley, Cassidy, Colton and Carter; nephew Rick Lord (Dor) and niece Barb Johnston (Pete) as well as numerous other relatives.Harold was born in Port Alberni and raised at Bishop Land-ing on Sproat Lake. He lived at Sproat Lake his whole life and was a volunteer fi refi ghter with the Sproat Lake Fire Department and served as chief for over 30 years. He had a well-developed, dry sense of humour and was devot-ed to his family. Harold worked as a steam engineer for the Paper Mill, drove for several trucking fi rms and then Woodward’s and also worked for a time at Evitt Electric.
A memorial service will be held at 1:00 pm on Saturday, August 16, 2014 at Alberni Valley Unit-ed Church, 3747 Church St. Cremation has taken place. Stories and condolences may be forwarded to the family by visiting www.chapelofmemories.ca. If desired donations in Harold’s memory may be made to West Coast General Hospital Ladies Auxiliary, 3949 Alberni Highway, Port Alberni, V9Y 4S1 or Muscular Dystrophy Canada, 1401 W. Broadway – 7th Floor, Vancouver, BC V6H 1H6.
The family would like to thank Dr. Fraser and the team of doctors along with all of the nurses and staff who helped Harold through the end of his life. The care that he and our family received has been overwhelming and beyond our expectations. “Thank you!”
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Tuesday was quite a day on the Alberni Golf Course for the ladies’ golf groups. We got called off the course for thunder and lightning. After an hour and a half delay, back out we went.
The nine- hole ladies missed all the excitement of the storm: they were already finished and having coffee and muffins when the storm hit.
For the nine-hole ladies low handicap group Claudia Romaniuk won low gross, Marilyn Merwin won low net.
There was a three-
way tie for the lowest putts between Katy Lekich, Lee Anne Van Lent and Kath Stolth.
In the high handicap group, Lorraine Wilson won low gross, Betty Adair won low net and Diane Hoadley had the low putts.
Pars were had by Kelly Gauthier, Romaniuk, and Stolth.
In the 18-hole ladies group, Carol Bouchard won low gross with 87.
There was a tie between Carol Hastings and Katie Cyr for low net with 69.
In the KP challenge Sandra Simpson won on number 1 and Shannon Haggard won on number 10.
The special prize was won by Bouchard.
Thunderin’ golf
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CAPITOL GLEE AND WEE GLEE SINGERS
The Capitol Glee and Wee Glee Singers choral program is offered by Portal Players as part of their educational programming. Glee is an exciting opportunity for children and youth to learn and have fun, singing, dancing and performing a wide variety of music genres including rock, pop and classics in a theatre/show setting. Wee Glee ages 4 to 8 years and Glee 9 to 16 years.
ADULT CHORAL GROUP
New to the Capitol in September 2014. This is an exciting new opportunity for adults to enjoy singing contemporary music in a fun atmosphere. No auditions or prior music/ choral experience necessary. Just bring your desire to sing, have fun and learn!
MUSIC FOR ALL AGES IS RINGING OUT AT THE CAPITOL!COME AND JOIN THE SINGING!
REGISTRATION FOR ALL GROUPS: August 28th at the Capitol Theatre box office3:00 P.M. TO 7:00 P.M.
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THE ARTSTHE ARTS
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Raving over artSarah Williams, owner of The Place at Harbour Quay, adds a little more detail to her painting during the second day of Art Rave earlier this month.
Oil painter in spotlight at Rollin
The original work of Port Alberni artist Vi McConnell is on exhibit at the Rollin Art Centre this month in “A Glimpse into the Magical Odyssey of Oil Painting”.
This art exhibit showcases McConnell’s original oil paintings and runs until Sept. 13.
Acrylic painter next in line
Shelley Penner will be the next artist showcasing her paintings of acrylic on canvas at the Rollin Art Centre. Her collection is of nature and especially wildlife, which is her passion.
Penner captures images like a photograph. Her art exhibit begins Sept. 16
and runs until Oct. 11. Join us in the gallery for refreshments, Sat. Sept. 20 from 1-3 pm for her artist reception.
Adults can learn to draw
Adult Drawing for Beginners is for people who have little or no experience with drawing, but are keen to try. It could also benefit those with some drawing skills
who want to improve. Students will cover
the basics of learning to draw using various techniques such as contour drawing, shading, and negative drawing and so on. Classes run every Tues., starting Oct. 14-Dec. 9 (No class Nov 11). 7 – 9 pm
Cost $140 for 8 classes, supply list available when you sign up. Please register at Echo
Centre.
What’s on at Char’s Landing
Sat, Aug. 16, 8-10 p.m., Nic Annau and the Rivals - acoustic vocal folk/rock
Mon, Aug. 18, 7-10 p.m., Argentine Tango Dance Classes
Wed, Aug. 20, 6-9 p.m., AV Transition Town Society meeting, film, discussion
Fri, Aug. 22, 8-10 p.m., Doc MacLean Vagabond National Steel Blues Tour
Sat, Aug. 23, 8-10 p.m., Sarah Tradewell Celtic, Old time fiddle & Song.
Advance tickets are available at Gayle’s Fashions and the Rollin Art Centre.
Melissa Martin is the Arts Administrator for the Community Arts Council, at the Rollin Art Centre.
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STAGES YOUTH THEATRE
Stages youth theatre creates a welcome and fun environment for children ages 6 and up to learn about the theatre, play theatre games and act in a show! Classes are weekly and include 2 scheduled shows, one in early December and the last in early June. Also, this year we have continued with the Stages advanced class where older students put on an entire play wherein they act and crew the whole show!!
STAGES YOUTH THEATRE CLASSES REGISTRATIONAugust 26 and 27 from 3-6 pm
Auditions are required to gain a spot in the advanced class that runs twice a week. If interested, come prepared with a monologue memorized.
Auditions are during the above registration dates and times.
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From / A15We drove to
Qualicum to deliver our auction pieces for the Milner Gardens silent auction, and while at the gardens we walked around and had a good look.
Here is your answer to “ How do I shoot fireworks with a digital camera?” Of course if you have a point and shoot camera with a “Fireworks Scene” mode then that would be your choice. Otherwise you must have a camera that you can shoot in MANUAL or even better a camera that will shoot in BULB (BULB means that the camera lens will stay open as long as the shutter is pressed).
You should also have a sturdy tripod, either a cable release,
electronic release, or a wireless remote, a medium length telephoto lens such as a 70mm up to a 100mm, fully charged batteries, and a good location.
The best shots would be with something of interest in the foreground such as the town lit up, the Orange Bridge, or the wooden Welcome Figures down at Victoria Quay.
The exposure on BULB would be ISO 400…f16 (try f16, if the fireworks are too dark then open up to f11); make sure that the autofocus function is turned off; and manually set the focus on infinity. Take the first shot, then gently cover the lens with your hand or a lenscap. Remove the hand or lenscap
to take the second shot on the same photo. Gently cover the lens with your hand or a lenscap and if you are daring, remove the hand or lenscap and take a third firework shot on the same photo. Try to arrange the double or triple shots so that the fireworks do not overlap. Two or three bursts on one shot are adequate. The best fireworks images would be at the beginning before the sky fills up with smoke.
Any questions? E-mail me at [email protected] or see me online at www.silverstonephotos.com.
Norman Silverstone teaches photography through North Island College.
Capturing the beauty of fireworksDrag racing roars into Thunder in the Valley
Grant Howell of the Canada West Doorslammers, left, races during the elimination rounds at Thunder in the Valley at the Alberni Regional Airport on Sunday, Aug 11, 2014. Other racers compete during Sunday’s elimination rounds, below.
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Gerry Pley, left, shows off his 1947 Plymouth Business Man’s Coupe at the Velley Street Rods Show’n’Shine at Harbour Quay on Friday, Aug. 8.
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2208 MALLORY DR $319,900
• Breathtaking Ocean Views • 5 bedroom & 3 bathroom• Large Sundeck & 0.23 acres• Feature fireplace & woodstove
MILLION DOLLAR VIEW
4 5131 GERTRUDE ST $159,900
• 2 bedroom & full bath• Fresh paint & some flooring• 900 sq.ft. rancher• Carport & storage locker
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8780 STIRLING ARM DR
2209 HAMILTON DR $189,900
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• Panoramic mountain views• 14.3 acre property• 32’x24’ two storey shop• 715 sq. ft. home
PERFECT VIEW!
4931 BRUCE ST $179,900
• Fourplex in South Alberni• Generating $1,985/month• Separate electric meters• Close to transit and shopping
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ECHO AREA RANCHER
• 3 Bedrooms + den• Feature fireplace• Nice 66’ x 125’ lot• Workshop & shed
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1 5608 STRATHCONA ST$217,900
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3948 MONTROSE ST $219,900
• Panoramic mountain views• 14.3 acre property• 32’x24’ two story shop• 715 sq. ft. home
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4307 11TH AVE $229,900
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• Extensively updated • 3,040 sqft of quality space• 0.28 acre North Alberni lot• Wood floors & fireplaces
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2977 ANDERSON AVE $234,900
• Extensively updated• Self contained suite• Large 65’ x 140’ lot• Newer roof & windows
HOME SUITE HOME NEW PRICE
5106 BRUCE ST $139,900
• $1,410 /month revenue• Three separate units• 0.19 acre R2 zoned lot• Newer roof
INVESTOR ALERT
77 5558 BEAVER CREEK RD $119,900
• 2012 one owner home• Sits on a 44” crawl space• Great location in Creek’s Edge• Carport & nice shed
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• 2 bedroom & full bathroom• Open concept w/gas fireplace• Parking & storage unit incl.• 810 sq. ft. w/in-unit laundry
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$299,000
• Revenue property on 1.13 acres• Separate hydro meters• City water & city sewer• Current rental income $2150• Listed below assessed value
5820 PIERCE ROAD
MLS #368965
$225,000
• 2 bed 2 bath 1440 sq. ft. Rancher• Adult 55+ gated community• Built in 1996, new roof in 2012 • Priced below assessed value• Low bare land strata fee @ $150 month
11-3535 BURDE STREET
$224,800
• Renovated 3 bed plus den 2.5 bath home• Beautifully landscaped private yard• Newer metal roof, new thermal windows• Single garage with alley access• Greenhouse, garden shed, workshop
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#19-6225 Lugrin Rd (Lazy Wheel MHP)• 6 year old 924 sq ft manufactured home• 3 bedrooms and 1 4-piece bathroom• Open floorplan, vaulted ceilings and bay window• Seller will carry financing with 10% down
Clean and Tidy
$53,990
2993 2nd Avenue• 2 bdrm bungalow on 33x125 lot w/ detached garage• Building requires some attention from handyman• Currently used as office space• Live in as single family or use for commercial/office
DownTown
Bungalow
$69,900 + GST
3061 Anderson Avenue• 3 bdrm 2 bath home inc. in-law suite down• Coved ceiling, kitchen with B/I dishwasher• 24x20 partially covered deck and 2 carports• RV carport 11’7” height with concrete driveway
Nicely Cared For
Home!
$178,500
10048 Falcon Road• Luxurious 7 yr old, 5 bedrm, 3 bathroom home• Extravagant kit., granite counters, porcelain flrs• Feature rock f/p & vaulted ceiling in lvgrm• Stunning location, in a peaceful 5 acre setting
Nature’s Retreat
$568,800
8400 MacMillan Dr• Driveway is in, drilled well and lot is cleared• Boardered by trees on one side & at rear• Less than 10 min to town• 1.29 acres, excellent views of Stirling Arm
Sproat Lake
View Lot
$184,900
3500 Moore Rd• Cherry creek farm just outside city boundary• Original farm house and 1,180 sq.ft. 2/3 bd rancher• 68 x 120 barn, 4 bay outbuilding with 24 x 32 shop• This is a ‘one of a kind’ property.
148AcreFarm
$949,000
SOLD
2572 17th Ave• 2,300 sq.ft. West Coast Contemporary family home• Vaulted post & beam ceiling, 3 bedroom main/1bedroom suite down• Two feature wood burning rock fireplaces/exception mnt. City and ocean views• currently requires some updating-excellent ‘sweat equity’ opportunity
TopOf The Town!
$181,000
2549 12th Avenue• 1,287 sq.ft. 2 bedroom 1 bath home• Nice updates: kitchen, bathroom• Large deck, fully fenced rear yard, 24x14 shop• Quiet family neighbourhood close to schools/shopping
South Port
Rancher
$159,900
4916 Redford Street• 2,400 sq.ft. 3 bd/main with original 4 pc bath• 9’ coved ceilings, lovely inlaid oak floors• Leaded glass french doors, glass door knobs, archways• 85 x 122 nicely landscaped lot
Do You Like
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$169,000
4220 Montrose Street • Large older home in need of Major repair or demolition• 66x125 serviced lot in quiet South Port Neighbourhood• Lot is zoned R-1 single family• Easy to view
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$59,900
6329 Beaver Creek Rd• 1,750 sq ft 3 bdrm 2 bath ranch style home• .98 level acre just minutes away from city boundary• Nicely set back from the road with private back yard• Lg oak kitchen and living room, HRV system and
much more!
Is The Country Calling You?
$384,800
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Lot 9 Springfield Road• 4.52 level, cleared and fenced acres• At the end of a no through road• Area of upscale country homes• Pasture is ready for horsed, hobby farm...
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$179,900
NEW LISTING
SOLD
3552 9th Ave• 4 bedroom 2 bathroom home on fully fenced lot• 23x14 wired/insulated shop-welder plug in• vinyl siding, new roof, newer walk-in bathtub• nicely landscaped lot with garden shed
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$165,800
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RESIDENTIAL LISTINGS
Mid Island Realty250-723-5666
Independently Owned & Operated
4994 Argyle Street, Port Alberni, B.C. www.albernihomes4u.ca E-mail: [email protected] 6605440
2911 Burde St.
TOP OF BURDE STREET• 3.65 acres• Nice Building Lot• Subdividable
$195,000
#28-4777 Maitland Street
ECHO AREA• 1188 sqft,4 bedroom 2 bath townhouse• Major upgrades including roof, siding, patio,
doors & windows• Close to all amenities
$134,900
4763 Athol Street
SOUTH PORT LIVING• 3 bdrm 2 bath home offers over 1900 sq ft. • Built in 2002.• Bright spacious living room, a great roomy kitchen• Huge sun deck,double car garage, fully fenced yard
and alley access
$179,000
4279 Ravenhill Avenue
NICE AREA• 2.43 acres parcel is situated in a nice area of � ne
homes in the city.• Property is located at a dead end street.• Possibilities of subdividing or build your private
sanctuary amongst the trees.
$179,000
Lot 38 Haggard Cove
CHALET STYLE HOME• Chalet style home is perfect for the West Coast enthusiasts.• Well maintained 1 bdrm with loft easily sleeping 6.• L/R is open plan with � oor to ceiling windows & gas wood
stove.• Renovated kitchen has island gas stove top, propane fridge
& electric oven.
$329,000
Lot 14 Haggard Cove
BARKLEY SOUND• Enjoy the views from this 1100 sq ft home• Salmon capital of the world, Barkley Sound.• Home offers 1 bdrm plus loft(sleep 3 easily)• Seller may also include a 1989 Boston Whaler for
the right price!!
$339,000
Cheeyah Island Kildonan
KILDONAN HARBOUR• Outstanding waterfront property of 1.6 acres• Cheeyah Island is at the entrance of Kildonan Harbour.• One hour boat ride from Port Alberni• Build your weekend getaway
$229,000
3752 5th Avenue
MORTGAGE HELPER!• 2000 sqft home, 2 bedrooms on main• Downstairs has separate 2 bedroom suite.• Good solid investment. Good ROI
$166,500
Franklin Lot 1
ALBERNI VALLEY• 32 Acres in the Alberni Valley.• Minutes to town.• Enroute to Bam� eld and Barkley Sound
$229,000
#11-1052 Peninsula Rd
BIKING AND HIKING!• West Coast Getaway in seaside town of Ucluelet.• Cottage style home is ideal for your weekend getaways
from the city.• Enjoy nature at its � nest on Vancouver Island• Fishing, sur� ng, biking, hiking or just relaxing!
$112,900
Lot 12 Haggard Cove
FABULOUS VIEWS• 2000 sq ft 3 bdrms 3 baths recreational home• Home boasts fabulous views• If you are looking for that � shing retreat• Make sure to take a look at this Estate sale.
$299,000
#13-1060 Peninsula Rd
SURFS UP!• Built in 2005 and offers 320 sq ft in a “hotel style”
layout.• Simple kitchen, clean spacious 4 piece bath• 17 x 11 living room and a loft above.
$112,900
366 Grappler Inlet
BAMFIELD WATERFRONT• 3 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms approx 2900 sqft• There is vaulted ceilings along with lots of upgrades
throughout.• Outstanding moorage with foreshore lease.• This ideal partnership property
$319,900
7880 Beaver Creek
RURAL LIVING• Affordable country living• 4 bedroom mobile home with addition on concrete
foundation.• 0.57 level acre with numerous outbuildings
$115,000
#14-1060 Peninsula Rd
OR JUST RELAXING• Property is located in strata-titled “Reef Point” cottage• Units are rented on a nightly basis.• Take advantage of this unique opportunity• Turn your getaway into an investment at the same time!
$112,900
4423 Glenwood Drive
GLENWOOD AREA• 3 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms approx 2900 sqft• Spacious kitchen with oak cupboards, formal dining, sunken
L/V with F/P• Master bedroom has 5 pce ensuite with own sun deck• Basement with huge rec room and endless storage• Other features: heat pump, natural gas, HRV system, thermal
windows, security system
$309,000
LT A-2653 7th Ave
SOUTH PORT BUILDING LOT• 44 x 125 lot• Located in a quiet street amongst nice older
character homes• Water and Sewer connections have been paid.• Not many South Port building lots available.
$59,900
4021 8th Avenue
ECHO AREA• Very charmig 2 plus 1 bedroom• Close to Echo Centre, bus & shopping• Separate workshop & carport
$ 169,900
OFFER PENDING
CAMPBELL RIVER• 624 Niluht Drive - OFFER PENDING $176,900
• 269 Springbok - SOLD $229,000
FANNY BAY• 385 Bates Drive - OFFER PENDING $274,900
COURTENAY• 4777 Forbidden Plateau - $449,900
DUNCAN• 3117 Manor Drive - SOLD $254,000
NANAIMO• #102-4949 Wills Road - OFFER PENDING $169,900
• 2158 Ida Way - OFFER PENDING $259,900
• 2680 Charles Road - SOLD $254,000
• 220 Kennedy St - $254,900
3754 16th Avenue
CENTRAL LOCATION• 1600 sqft 2 bedroom 1 bathroom• New paint, new � ooring, renovated kitchen• 54 x 120 lot, double garage and fully fenced
$149,000
SOLD
3666 8th Avenue
CENTRAL LOCATION• 3 bedroom 2 bath basement home with 2000 sq ft• Spacious bright living room, good size dining/kitchen
area• Basement offers 3rd bedroom, open LV/kitchen area• Ideal for entertaining or the perfect inlaw suite
$139,000
SOLD
5570 Woodland Crescent
RANCHER• 2 bedroom, 1200 sqft• Spacious living room with gas f/p, beautiful kitchen• Other features include modern decor, hardwood and
granite � ooring• Back yard is fenced with room for RV parking
$269,000
SOLD
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4213 Princess Rd Corner of Ian & Johnston
6605705
$100,000 - 4309 10th Ave.TURN KEY RESTAURANT
AND CATERING BUSINESS50 Seat Restaurant
$650,000 - 310 Grappler InletBAMFIELD WATERFRONT2.95 acre prime waterfront
4 bedroom 1 bathroom1300 sq. ft.
$699,000 - 137 Winter Harbour Rd PORT HARDY
Wayne Ridley’s Fishing LodgeTurn key fully operational
Accommodates 20-16 guest
$145,500 - 4701 RedfordTRI PLEX
Central locationClose to bus stop
$249,900 - 2340 Old Nanaimo Hyw
2008 2 bedroom 1 bath mobile and addition, .56 of an acre level lot, new 26 by 30 foot shop
$166,000 -3916 Shaunessy
3 bedroom 2 bathroom, upper north port,close to shopping and schools
$219,900Sl 1 or Sl 2 3908 Marpole Street
Half Duplex New ConstructionUpper North Port close to the mallThree bedroom and two bathrooms
$329,000 - 5694 Mersey Rd 3 OVER HEIGHT CARPORTS
Well cared for 2,200 square foot homeThree bedroom, two bath, heat pump
.95 of an acre, 1,900 square shop
$290,000 - # 14 Headquarters BayFantastic 5 acre waterfront property, half way down
Alberni Inlet, close to some of the best fishing areas, cabin is 80% complete, moorage at
community marina
FABULOUS LOCATIONDouble wide mobile, 55+ park
2 large bedrooms, 3 pce ensuiteLarge yard, carport and RV space
UPDATED MOBILEGreenridge Mobile Home Park
Nicely updated 2 bedroomRemodeled bath room
New wheelchair front rampClose to Mall
$47,000 - 14 and $59,000 - 164935 Broughton Street
$335,999 - 7171 Beaver Creek Rd WELL CARED FOR HOME
Newer 1600 square foot modular homeHeated and wired shop, double carport feature
Private 2 acres of cleared property
SOLDSOLD
$79,900 - 3728 Argyle Way
2 bedroom 1 bath townhouseOpen concept living room kitchen dining room
Close to bus route, schools & shopping
$139,000 -2823 1st AveSPECTACULAR INLET VIEW
Three bedroom two bathUpgrades: newer roof, electrical, heat pump
furnace, and some thermal windows
$335,000 - 6696 Beaver Creek Rd COUNTRY SPLIT LEVEL HOME
Updated 3 bedroom 2 bath1.14 acres plus outbuildings
In law suite seperate entrances
Lot 322 Pachena Road - 6 acres $260,000Lot O Cheeyha Island - 3 acres $180,000
4356 Gertrude - Commercial Lot $299,0003790 Meares Drive - .35 acre lot $119,000
NEW LISTINGS4309 10th Ave - $110,000
4701 Redford St. - $145,500#14 4935 Broughton - $47,000
COMMERCIAL SPACES FOR LEASE8 3749 10th Ave9 3751 10th AveE 5292 Argyle St.
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SPROAT LAKE BEAUTY
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• In floor heating, 9’ ceilings• 3 car garage, 100’ of beach,
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$ 869,000
3158 SWEET
PERFECT LOT
• .33 of an acre• End of cul-de-sac• Short distance to
$ 77,000
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2600 BURDE STREET
BEAUTIFULFAMILY HOME
• 5 beds, 4 baths, 4,709 sq. ft., open floor plan
• Partially finished basement, heath pump
• Walnut floors, 9 ft ceilings• .45 of an acre, rainwater
system, trade potential
$ 485,000
3547 McKNIGHT STREET
PERFECT RANCHER WITH BONUS ROOM
• 3 bed, 2 bath• 2220 sq. ft.• College Estates• Open floor plan, HW floors• Granite counter tops, 3
entertaining rooms• 9’ ceilings
$ 437,900
5342 OTTER PLACE
CASTLE ENTRY• 4 beds, 3 baths, 2700 sq. ft.• Hardwood, slate, beautiful
kitchen• 3 car garage & det. 900 sq
ft shop• Heat pump, intercom
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$ 474,000
5797 FALLS STREET
LARGE COUNTRY HOME
• 4 bed, 3 bath• 3,036 sq. ft.• 1.2 acre• New country Kitchen• New flooring and paint
$ 364,0003588 SWORDFERN
QUAINT &CHARMING RANCHER
• 3 beds, 2 bath, 1,568 sq. ft. built in 2011
• Granite counter tops, maple cabinets & floors
• 9’ & 11’ ceilings, heat pump, surround sound, fenced yard
$ 354,900
2245 HAMILTON
FAMILY HOMEON GREENBELT
• 3 beds, 3 baths• 1870 sq ft• Some updates• Very private backyard
with hot tub
5057 SOUTHGATE
GREAT OPPORTUNITY
• 2,775 sq. ft. of strata commercial space
• Heat pump, alarm system, lots of possibilities
• Located on the ground level of Victoria Quay Condos
$ 179,000
LOT 32, 33, 34 ARVAY ROAD
FANTASTICAREA
• .34 of an acre just outside the city limits
• Low taxes• No through road• In amongst beautiful homes
in a peaceful area
3572 MCKNIGHT
NO EXPENSE SPARED IN COLLEGE ESTATES
• 4 beds, 5 baths and over 3200 sq. ft. built in 2013
• Granite, marble, hardwood, extravagant lighting
• RV parking & detached shop, all the bells and whistles
$ 649,000
5250 DARNLEY
DELIGHTFUL HOME
• 3 beds, 3 baths, 2,726 sq. ft. open floor plan
• Fir floors, main level living and so much more
• 1 acre, pool, hot tub, detached garage
$ 595,000
2320 11TH AVE
$ 158,000
NEW LISTINGNICE AREA
ON GREENBELT
• 2 beds, 1 bath• 1530 Sq. Ft.• On greenbelt, nice area• Needs work, but solid house
• 2 beds, 1 bath• 1530 Sq. Ft.• On greenbelt, nice area• Needs work, but solid houseSOLD
4003 JOHNSTON ROADHIGH PROFILE LOCATION
• C5 commercial zoned• Many options for businesses• Dedicated parking• Great investment• 3 bed, 1 bath, 1900 sq ft
4763 MORTONPICTUREPERFECT
• 4 beds, 1 bath, 2280 sq. ft.• Original hardwood floors• Newer hot water tank,
windows, roof and more
$ 212,000
OPEN HOUSE SAT. AUG 16TH, FROM 11:00-12:00
OPENHOUSE
ISLAND TROPICS TANNING
BUSINESS ONLY
• 6 tanning beds• 2,800 square feet• Well established
business & clientele
4217 8TH AVENUEBARCLAY
ESTATES TOWNHOUSE• 2 bed, 2 bath townhouse• Updated with new windows• No rentals, 1 pet under 20lbs
allowed with strata approval
OPENHOUSE
OPEN HOUSE FRI. AUG 15TH, FROM 12:30-1:30
$ 205,000
NEW PRICE $ 198,000
NEW LISTING
$ 94,900
$ 124,900
$ 61,000
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On behalf of BC Children’s Hospital Foundation, Alberni Valley Rescue Squad, KidSport, Wholesome Meals on Wheels and Stepping Stones Childcare,
a HUGE thank-you to our sponsors and to the generous merchants and individuals who provided prizes, silent and live auction items and food and beverage for the 19th Annual Charity Golf Classic.
Your support enabled us to raise $32,400.00 this year bringing our 19 year total to $530,000. Proceeds from this event have been distributed to BC Children’s Hospital Foundation and to four local charities.
Media SponsorsAV TimesAlberni Valley News93.3 The Peak-Island RadioSilver SponsorsAlberni Chrysler/Alberni ToyotaRamsay Lampman Rhodes (Lawyers)Van Isle FordBronse SponsorsBarlow’s Home EntertainmentBreaker’s MarineCanadian TirePort Boat HouseHole SponsorsAines and Tyler ElectricAlberni Valley Drag Racing AssociationAlberni Valley RefrigerationBank of MontrealBest Western Barclay HotelCoulson Group of CompaniesDorothy Clarkstone, Notary PublicHoward Johnson Hotel, Liquor Store & PubMollon Tyler-MollonSouthside Auto Supply Ltd.Valley Vision OptometryFood and RefreshmentsAlberni SushiBuy-Low FoodsCarmoor’s CookeryCecilia’s Deli and CaféChase and Warren Estate WineriesCypress Restaurant, Chances RimRockDave’s CateringDouble R MeatsFairway MarketJust Brew ItMichelob Ultra BeerMisty Ridge CoffeeMountain View BakeryNo Frills
Pete’s Mountain MeatsPort Alberni SafewayQuality FoodsSolda’s Family RestaurantSerious CoffeeTerry Rai, Best Western BarclayWalmartPrizes and Silent and Live Auction Items Ahtsik Art GalleryAlberni Auto WorksAlberni Colour CornerAlberni District Co-Op Beaver CreekAlberni Fitness Centre/ N. SamsonAlberni Glass and MirrorAlberni OutpostAlberni Paving and ConstructionAlberni Valley BulldogsAlport InsuranceArbutus RVBeaver Creek Home CenterBeijing Grand RestaurantBest Western Barclay Hotel & Beer and Wine Store Big O TireBlack Rock Oceanfront Resort UclueletBostrom’s B & BBowerman ExcavatingBudget Car and Truck RentalBuy-Low FoodsCIBCChase and Warren Estate WineriesCircle DairyClam BucketClock Tower GalleryCoombs Country CandyColyn’s Nursery and Garden CentreDairy QueenDavid Poulson FlooringDennis Jonsson Motor ProductsDolan’s Gas Fitting & Heating
EM Salon & SpaEvitt Electric Co. Ltd.Feline Concrete PumpingFinishing TouchesFlandanglesFranklin Forest ProductsFunk TrunkGone Fishin’Happy Soles Foot CareSean Hansen, Chef, Alberni Golf ClubHertel MeatsHome HardwareHoule PrintingInner Stillness StudioThe Ink SpotJal Design & GraphicsJacks Excel TireJockey Person-PersonJowsey’s Furniture and AppliancesKismet QuiltsKiwanis Hilton Children’s CentreLady Rose Marine Services Ladybird EngravingLB WoodchoppersLittle Bavaria RestaurantM. Robinson ConstructionMacDermotts Insurance MAC Five GolfMcKay Bay LodgeMulti-Max The Movie StoreMerit Furniture & AppliancesNaesgaard’s Farm MarketCottonwood Golf CourseFairwinds Golf ClubGlacier Greens, ComoxHollies Executive Golf CourseLong Beach Golf ClubNorthview Golf and Country ClubQualicum Beach Memorial Golf CourseSunnydale Golf Club
Pheasant Glen Golf, Cassandra Ahern, Allison Ball, Bert Casavant, Bob Cole, Walter Collins, Dave Cusson, Cecil Dawson, Axel Dyler, Bill Ethier, J. Gilchrist, Margaret Haider,Joan Hall, Joey Kenward, Sarina Koch, Jim and Heather Lawson, Kevin Mackenzie, Anne Oliver, Erica Schubart, Rob Shick, Neil Shipley, Shary Stevens, Ian Stone, Dave Swain, Marie Swain, Terry Rai, Brian Rands, Marie Ann Vogels.
Alberni Valley Charity Golf Classic
We would also like to thank the Board of Directors and staff at Alberni Golf Club, the organizing committee of the Alberni Valley Charity Golf Classic, the volunteers and the golfers at the event for their generosity and support of our organizations. Our apologies if we have inadvertently omitted a business or individual from this list.
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The 2014 CHARITY GOLF CLASSIC wishes to thank the 140 golfers for their generosity and support.Your participation is especially appreciated by our recipient charities: BC Children’s Hospital Foundation,
Alberni Search and Rescue Squad, Literacy Alberni, Read and Feed Breakfast Program and the Community Arts Council. We also extend a heartfelt thanks to our generous community for their many contributions….
Our SponsorsAV Times93.3 The PeakAines & Tyler ElectricAlberni District Co-Op Association Alberni FitnessAlberni Valley Drag Racing AssociationAlberni Valley NewsAlberni Valley RefrigerationAlport Insurance AgenciesBank of MontrealBerry & Vale Contracting Best Western Plus Barclay HotelBowerman Excavating Breaker’s MarineBuy Low FoodsCanadian TireCastle DecksChances RimRock Gaming CentreClock Tower GalleryCoulson AircraneDenis Francoeur BackhoeingDon ClarkDorothy Clarkstone NotaryEvitt Electric Co.Gary Gray Coast RealtyHoward Johnson HotelJust Brew It LA MarineMacDermott’s InsuranceMollon Tyler-Mollon Pacific Chevrolet Port Boat HouseP.Y. MarineRamsay Lampman Rhodes (Lawyers)Southside Auto Supply Ltd.Subway Port AlberniTerry RaiToronto Dominion BankValley Vision OptometryVan Isle FordContributors of Food, Refreshments & Prizes Alberni Glass and MirrorAlberni Golf ClubBare Bones.B.C. FoodsBoomerang CafeBuy Low Foods
Canadian Tire Carmoor’s CookeryCecilia’s Deli & CaféChase and Warren Estate WineriesClam BucketCoombs Country CandyCypress Restaurant, Chances Rim RockFairway MarketHertel’s MeatsHomestead CookhouseJust Brew ItLadybird EngravingLittle BavariaLittle Valley DeliMacFiveMag’s 99Michelob BeerMountain View BakeryMulti-MaxNo FrillsOff Tangent ArtPescadoresPete’s Mountain MeatsPot Luck CeramicsQuality FoodsRollin Art CentreRon FrolicSalmon Festival SocietySave On FoodsSerious CoffeeSmitty’s RestaurantSteampunk CaféStarbucks CoffeeSyscoTim Horton’sTerry RaiValley VisionWalmartWalt CollinsYolande FournierContributors of Tournament Services & Items for our Silent and Live AuctionsAlberni Auto SpaAlberni Colour CornerAlberni Massage TherapyAlberni Valley BulldogsAlberni Valley MuseumAlien Sports
Amrikko’sArbonneArbutus RVBatstar ToursBC Children’s Hospital FoundationBoston PizzaCanadian Alberni EngineeringCapelli Hair DesignCard Corner Collectibles and ArtsCedar Grove Reformed ChurchCherry’s Hair StudioCircle DairyCloverdale PaintClydesdale AutoCoastal Community Credit UnionColyn’s NurseryCommunity Art CouncilCounterforce AlarmsD’Sign GuyDyson FarmsEM SalonFisker’s FishingFlandanglesFlooring DepotGayle’s FashionsGone Fishin’G & Z PoolsHome HardwareHoule Printing Jal DesignsKlitsa TutoringInner Stillness StudioIntegral Hockey GroupIrisJericho Road ChurchJowsey’s FurnitureKD AirJal DesignJW Berry TruckingLiteracy AlberniMark’s Work WearhouseMcLean MillM & D Auto PartsLB WoodchoppersNapa Auto PartsNaesgaard’s Farm MarketNanaimo MuseumNexcarNichele Portrait Studio
Pizza FactoryPort AuthorityRiverside MotelRollin Art CentreSalmonberriesScentsyThe Shimmy ShopStarboard GrillSwale RockTotally Board Surf BoardsTreasure ChestValley Wines and WaterWalk The CoastWatson’s PaintWestcoast Aquatic ManagementWickaninnish InnWindsor PlywoodWya Point ResortWynan’s FurnitureArrowsmith Golf ClubComox Golf ClubFairwinds Golf ClubCottonwood Golf ClubGolf CanadaGolden Eagle GolfThe Falls Golf CourseLong Beach Golf ClubSaratoga Golf ClubStorey Creek Golf ClubJoan AckermanSally AndersonIvan BlaisAngie BlakeA. BodnarA. BoechlerMarty BowermanAnne BrookesC. BuitenhuisC. CauduroKari ChaseRyan CochraneWalt CollinsP. CraigS. DaileyJanet FinchJulia GyoriShannon KjernistedJoey KenwardVera Lucas
Dorothy MaxwellJ. MazurekGloria MeyersD. MihaychukDr. NellJoanne NicklinMaxine NoelR. NystromR. OakesR. ParmarS. PennerBen PotterDave PoulsenTodd RobinsonKathleen ScottRob ShickNorm SilverstoneKath StolthDave SwainJulie SwaneyMarla ThirskDr. TilstedBill TownsendPam TurnerCarolyn WessRoy VickersM. Williamson We would also like to thank the Board of Directors and staff at the Alberni Golf Club, our special guests, and the volunteers who made this event possible. Our apologies if we have inadvertently omitted a business or an individual from this list.
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Mid island RealtyIndependently Owned & Operated
4994 Argyle Street,Port Alberni, B.C.
CERTIFIEDSTAGING
PROFESSIONAL
SARAFOX
Unlicensed Assistant
4488 BEALE ST. $169,900• Just reduced by $ 10,000.• Separate entrances, separate meters.• Two - 2 bedroom units. Shared laundry.• Located in quiet residential area near
elementary school.• Walking distance to shopping and coffee
shops.
ATTENTION INVESTORS!
MLS #371867
NEW PRICE
MLS #369370
3641 ANDERSON AVE. $119,900• Three bedroom home located centrally• Newer vinyl windows, new roof & New hot
water tank.• Large living room with laminate oors.• Lane access to backyard.• Fenced yard.• On bus route.
GREAT STARTER HOME OR INVESTMENT
PANORAMIC INLET VIEWS!
MLS # 377449
• Nice private setting in quiet preferred neighborhood.
• Very large home with 5 bedrooms and very large family room.
• In-law suite in daylight basement with some new flooring and paint.
• New roof. Private yard. Double Garage.• All situated on 0.28 acre lot. Quick Possession
available.
2248 CAMERON DR. $239,900
RANCHER IN UPPER ECHO AREA
MLS # 377677
• Spacious two bedroom rancher on large 75 x 124 lot.• This home features crown moldings, a solid oak
kitchen with new flooring.• Large master bedroom with covered ceilings.• Large & bright bathroom with a 2-sink vanity &
new flooring.• 200 amp service, new furnace, alarm system and
in-ground sprinklers• Newer detached wired garage/shop and tool
shed. Quick possession is available.
3774 WALLACE $215,000
IMMACULATE RANCHER IN NORTHPORT
MLS # 378129
• New tasteful wood laminate floors and updated paint.• Custom built rancher with 30 x 20 foot detached
shop/garage off lane.• Vaulted ceilings in the large living room that
opens onto bright kitchen with skylights and oak cabinets.
• 2 bedrooms plus den. Master bedroom with 3 piece ensuite & shower.
• Central vac, heat pump and low maintenance yard on quiet street.
4835 MARGARET ST $244,000
CUTE AND AFFORDABLE
MLS # 378526
• Fantastic view of ocean inlet and mountains.• Located on a no thru road and walking distance to
shopping and the Harbour Quay Marina.• Newer oil tank. Newer perimeter drains. Roof new
2006, vinyl windows & updated plumbing.• 2 bedrooms on the main.• Unfinished basement with laundry.• Lane access and detached shop.
2883 1ST AVE $115,000
66 X 125 BUILDING LOT
MLS 378020#
• Fantastic view of the water and mountains• Excellent location to build your dream home or
summer fishing home.• Walking distance to Harbour Quay & Marina.
LOT C -2687 1ST AVE. $109,000
WEST COAST STYLE FAMILY HOME
MLS #378021
• One owner home with brand new roof• Fully fenced with double garage and separate
shop• Built-in dog kennels.• Split level home with spacious rooms.• Large living room with bay window and wood
burning fireplace.
5982 BROWN RD. $249,900
AWESOME WATER VIEW CONDO
#204 – 5262 ARGYLE ST.$159,900
• Bright and clean newer 2 bedroom, 2 bath condo• Nice quiet building.• Walking distance to shops, restaurants and the Harbour Quay.
• 7 appliances included in sale.• In suite laundry.
MLS#379428
3 BEDROOM, 2 BATHROOM HOME
3672 6TH AVE.$129,900
• Within walking distance to grocery stores and coffee shops.
• Large living room with new vinyl windows and new laminate flooring.
• Large and bright kitchen with spacious eating area.• New oil tank• On bus route. Lane access.
MLS# 379674
MLS #339661
SOLD
BEST PRICED SPROAT LAKE WATERFRONT
• Waterfront lot easily accessible from the highway with a good shared road
• Half acre, 66 ft of waterfront, clean, clear fresh water great for swimming, kayaking and fishing
19190 PACIFIC RIM HWY. $356,000MLS #376739
3673 ANDERSON $159,900• Sits on a large 66 x 120 lot.• Features a newer 30 x 24 detached shop off
the lane.• Updated bright kitchen and newer bathroom
fixtures. New fridge.• Brand new roof. Newer siding. High efficiency
furnace 2004.• House rewired. Large living room. Large
backyard.• · Security system.
CUTE 2 BEDROOM HOUSE
SOLDMLS #369016
EASY MAINTENANCE IMMACULATE RANCHER
• 1556 sq ft 3 bdrm (3rd bdrm converted to den), 2 bath home
• Open plan, updated kitchen,large living room w/ gas FP.
• BI vacuum, security, air exchanger, double garage,
• Electric hot water heat system.• Nicely finished yard with fruit trees.
2678 ANDERSON AVE. $249,500
NEW PRICE
2718 7TH AVE. $39,900• South Port location amongst nice homes.• Some ocean views.• Sewer connection to lot.• Lane access.
MLS #363617
44 X 125 FOOT BUILDING LOT
NEW PRICE
SOLD
SPROAT LAKE ISLAND WITH CABIN
MLS # 348318
NEW PRICE
• Your own exclusive island retreat on the crystal clear waters of Sproat Lake!
• Over 1000 ft of water frontage, incredible panoramic mountain and lake views, and 0.85 acre of wooded tranquility
MASSACRE ISLAND $479,900
SOLD
MLS #360332
HILLCREST VILLA PATIO HOME
3551 HUFF DR. $239,500• 55 plus, very spacious 1250 sqft patio home
featuring 2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, and large living room with gas fireplace.
• Extra large covered patio that includes a gas bbq
• 4 skylights all with their own installed blinds.
PREFERRED UPPER NORTHPORT
MLS #376737
• This lovely 2 bdrm, 1 bath condo features open floor plan, plenty of windows let the natural light in, nice sized laundry/storage room & gas fireplace in the lvng rm.
• Amazing views of the mountains and the ocean from this unit situated on a corner giving you extra patio space.
• This building has secured entry, single parking stall & storage room in the basement as well as having your own laundry in your unit & public transportation only a few steps away!
#301-2825 3RD AVE. $159,900MLS #369370
2968 1ST AVE. $221,000• Located on a nice quiet street, large deck
with water views• Hardwood & bamboo floors• Large, bright updated kitchen & bathroom• Many updates including electrical, plumbing
& thermal windows• Large 66x125 private fully fenced yard
CHARMING 4 BEDROOM CHARACTER HOME
NEW PRICE
MLS #363617
5320 DARNLEY RD. $675,000• Country style kitchen has beautiful cabinetry and a
very large island.• Living room has cozy wood insert & french doors
onto deck.• In floor radiant heat keeps house consistently warm.• Built in vacuum. Air exchanger.• Large wired and insulated shop with woodstove and
bathroom.• RV and boat carport with built in sewer. 5 covered
parking spaces.• Fully landscaped and fenced yard with in ground
irrigation sprinkler system.
IMMACULATE NEWER HOME
SOLD
BRIGHT & SPACIOUS 3 BDRM HOME ON DOUBLE LOT
MLS #376807
• Lots of very large new windows letting in the light.• Cute country kitchen w/ all new stainless steel
appliances.• Very large living room w/ hardwood floors.• Beautiful brand new cedar deck for relaxing &
entertaining.• Newly finished spacious rec room is tastefully done.• Covered carport and security system.• Home has had many updates, newer roof and
windows, updated plumbing, electrical and furnace.
4804 BURDE ST. $179,900
NEW PRICE
NORTHPORT CHARACTER HOME
MLS #376280
• 4 bedrooms and den on large 44x176 lot.• Large living room with gas fireplace, original fir
wood floors, gas furnace, high ceilings & lots of storage areas.
• Nice country kitchen with oak cabinets & door leading to sundeck which overlooks private rear yard with lane access and RV parking.
• Full walk-out basement with separate entrance.• Quick possession is possible. Excellent location -
great family home!
4753 LATHOM $199,000
PREFERRED AREA OF UPPER SOUTH PORT
MLS #371820
• 4 bedroom, 3 bathroom family home• New roof, all new centra vinyl windows, new
Lennox heat pump, new carpet.• Stunning dark laminate floors.• Kitchen has new countertops, sink, lighting, range
hood and attractive back splash tile.• Large living room with replace and bay window,
Open floor plan.• Built-in Electrolux central vaccuum & new hot
water tank.
4131 CLEGG CRES. S. $284,900
4 BEDROOM 2 BATHROOM CHARACTER HOME
MLS # 377306
• Located in a quiet family neighbourhood in preferred North Port.
• Home is immaculate with some new flooring & 3 bedrooms on the main.
• Large living room with lots of character, coved ceilings and new appliances.
• Updated wiring, plumbing and a new furnace.• Private backyard with large, wired & insulated
2 bay shop.
5055 LESLIE $189,900
BRIGHT AND MODERN FAMILY HOME
MLS #376762
• Home has been tastefully redone with new kitchen, bathrooms, and flooring throughout.
• Updates also include new 200 amp electrical, vinyl windows, metal roof and heat pump.
• Spacious living room. Large country kitchen. 3 bedrooms up. Very large master with spacious walk in closet.
• Attractive front veranda. Large covered back deck.• Large double detached shop a bonus. Nicely
landscaped and fenced backyard.
4639 SOUTHGATE $299,900
NEW 3 BEDROOM RANCHER
MLS #376741
• Tastefully done with attractive dark laminate floors and Kitchen cabinets.
• Spacious and bright living room area and large dining room with plenty of space for large dining room table and hutch.
• Patio off of the beautiful new kitchen.• Master bedroom is spacious with nice walk in
closet and ensuite.• The yard is partially fenced and backs onto a nicely
landscaped park area.• Double garage and plenty of room to park an RV in
the driveway area. Quick possession available.
5270 TEBO $249,900
NEW PRICE
NEW LISTING NEW LISTING
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