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Barkley S A ('u:rsl:rl .lourlr:rl ()riginating in lilnrf'iekl VOLUME EIGHT NUMBER TWO O Febru-ary 1990 $1.25 The Barkley Sounder is printed monthly in Bamfield, British Columbia, Canada. Second class mail registration number 6A14. Post Office of mailing - Bamfield, B.C. Subscriptions may be ordered or renewed by phoning our Bamfield number: (604) 728-3267 or by writing to us: The BarkleY Sounder Box 91 Bamfield, B.C. voR 180 Subscription prices for 1989 In Bamfield - $10.00 for 12 issues. Rest of Canada -$13.50 for 12 issues. U.S.A. - $18.50 Cdn. for 12 issues. Overseas - $18.50 Cdn. for 12 issues. Overseas First Class - $33.00 Cdn. for 12 issues. ADVERTISING RATES FOR 1989 UB Page ..... $10.00 U4 Page ..... $15.00 UZ Page..... $20.00 Full Page -... $40.00 Classified ads are Free! .. i '::':-4') ';:'' We had a few technical difficulties with the Sounder this wild and windy February. Not only did the power go off and on and offand on and on, but we mixed up some phone numbers. THE MASTHEADI. Ostrom's phone number in the new ad on Page27 isT28-3321. Every- Jeanne Ferris, coeditor body knows that anyway, eh? And the Pat referred to in I was calling Bob on the the ad on Page 9 is Pat Para, whose VHF to ask about CPR for RHIOT phone number is 728-3229. Bam- when a UFO caused the VHS in my field is small, but not quite that VCR to JAM. Modern English is small. so unimaginative. Why don't we Now that we've had some invent new names for things, in- snow, winter must be over. The stead of just using boring old ini- daffodils and tulips are up and a tials? Thar linle Very High Fre- few pansies and periwinkles are quency telephone you can use while already in bloom, I'm anxious to sitting on a mountain top or even get out and do some tilli,pg, if it bobbing in the surf--call it a foam. ever stops raining long enough for CardioPulmgnary Resusciation--call the ground to dry out. Poor little it puffnthurnp. The Video Cassette slugs must be dying for some fresh Recorder, call it--jeeze, what should lettuce. it be called? It kind of fis right in With atl this controversy with the TV and RADAR and over garbage, I hope we can set up LASAR technology. We already some sort of communal (or should I have a tape deck*maybe it,should say community) compost heap. be a show deck? Big black'box, Veggies and lawn trimmings only, little black box, retangular black no bears allowed. Why not? box, cubic black box. It dl must Meanwhile, one good thing have started with the toy box where can be said about Febnrary; it gives Schroedinger lost his cat. you plenty of time to sit by the Have a very pleasant Valen- window and read the BarHey Som- tine's Day (not going to initialize &r. Enjoy. that one). I BARKLEY SOUNDER Volume 8 February 1990 Number 2 In My Opinion James Ferris 7 Bamfield Weather Peter Janitis 10 Community Affairs Minutes, January 17,1990 11 Irtter from the Minister ,Stanley B. Hagen t4 Irtter from the Mayor Gillian Trumper l4 Regional Disrict Al Benton 16 Headlong to Oblivion Rev. Vern Fowler r8 "The Morning" Pat Grace 20 Word Search Monica Odenwald 2t Oil Spill Research Debbi Hlady & Alan Burger 22 CLASSIFIED ADS 23 lrtters to the Editors 24 Fight Illiteracy Mike Harcourt 26 Thank You Heather Brooke Ikthryn Cook 27 Sour Cream Raisin Cake Eva Brand 28 Cape Beale Weather Norbie Brand 29 Community Hall Update Pat Garcia 30 First Aid Course Jeanne Ferris 32 Percy Clappis Ebba Jennings 35! Get Cooking Bamfield Buffet 36 Iand-fill area is impossibly expen- sive. Finding a new site to put our IN MY refuse is not going to solve the OPINION problem of messed up dock, messy parking park by lots in the area or any of the other problems we have had James Ferris, coeditor in the past. House to house pick-up' is another problem and shouid be What to do with garbage our considered as such. is becoming a major problem. In a The major problem facing us couple of months we will lose the at present is the location of recepta- privilege of dumping our trash in cles where our trash can be deposit- the old M&B dump site. That ed for transporting to the Alberni means that we will have to have I-andfill. A road to West Bamfield another place to put our garbage. might make it easier for westsiders The suggested and probably most to get rid of their trash but thar reasonable answer is a pick-up problem was not causod by the point in town since geuing a local closing of the dump. It has beqt NEW BULK AGENT FOR MOHAWKISPARTAN LUBRICANTS sTl{L-r{Ixw^F{ .pto\t€ER.c.t tAss TNOHAWK rEqrilscr't, HroA. IARit€R Lubricants Division lvlohawk Oil Co. Lrd. - rhllrvio _q$_3rdl!._ nacotdsloarrAue. fu,tAbrri.8.C. yrcbria,a.C. -' MORE THAN JUST ANOTHER fnY'Go fr9BA6 7NUv7&€/'18 .7K2tt SAW STORE there right along. I underistand the problem before we address them. !F * rr {. rt !F * rf * rl rt'rl + eagerness of the pro'ponents of the The Esfablishment Bylaw connector road to do everything in which Al B€rrtbfrr ihentions in tris their power to get.a road to the column is frightening. It gives the west side'but not everything in the Regional District the power to pass community is tied to that problem. into law tax increases for specific The'closing of the dump is not purposes. In order for the commu- connected in any way with the nity to react to this the taxpayers problem. east/west road mu$ prepare a counter petition with At presdht it seems that ev- at least 5 pepent of the electorate erything in the vilfage is held in in the arq4signing the petition. ab*yance waiting for a decision on That means thag.unless we are con- the road. This is not good for Bam- stantly alert and Unl€s! there is fibld'and'does a disservice to the someone in the coqgu4ity who *l community. Thr'5 r are other prob- will take the time and,m3ke the lems to;.i'n and should not in our ye effe,rt,to prepare a counter petition - wait an an3wer to the road for the increases will go into effect. I We are cleaning out remainin$ 1989 outboards at unbelievable ALSO - New 1990 model Campions available at 1989 - including the ALL NE\ l 190 Fishing Machine CALL US FOR DEFAILS In other words, the Regional time for you to make plans to at- District, whenever it feels the need tend.. for more tax income will prepare a These decisions are impor- bylaw. Unless someone takes the tant to you. Please make every initiative, objects and prepares a effort to attend the next Community petition with the required number Affairs Meeting. of signatures, the increase in taxes will go into effect. That is not, in my opinion, a good way to do business. It puts an unnecess:r4t burden on the people in the commu- nity. **rt****t****rF T.O.P.S. Finally, as Al mys, there is the alternative of electing four com- CLUB missioners from the village. That would give Bamfield a better cross section for decision making but would dso be quite cumbersome if the issues involved were conhover- sial and, knowing Bamfield, they would be. It is really an idea that BEFORE you should give some serious thought. It is my intention to call a Community Atrairs meeting very soon. I am waiting for the results of AFTER the committee charged with frnding the alternative pickup site for gar- bage collection to re,port that they have something to report to the Take Off Pounds Sensibly community. We could then have a meeting that could consider dl . Meetings Qvery TuesdaY even' three of the'above issues. There Ing al 4; A Pm. Call Pat for will be a householders mailing to details. announce the meeting in plenty of January Mean Temperature was BAMFIELD WEATHER 4.1"c. The highest tide this January by was 13.2 feet.on the ninth of the Peter Janitis month. 'iii Mother Nature frnally woke up in January and that was bad news fof ever5t"'"' body. For ; reasons known' " , only to herself -.-, she was throw- ing eve$thTng :' in the book at us, including continuous disruption of power lines and then, just as"if apologizing for all the mess, she covercd it up with a thin layer of white icing on the last day of the month. There were only six days without rain. 11.24 inches total. The average for January is 14.9 inches. Temperatures were continu- l[h] commcttiel ously mild. Thehigh was ll"C i"-9 on the 4th and the low was -1.5"C on the 31st. There were five days below freezing. Mean Maximum Mean Minimum 3.0"C. 8.3"C. ,r6es N. PARs:bs'pOtf ALBTRNI The Mean Temperature for the month was 5.65"C. Last year's ,rl act upon an alternative site this COMMUNITY AFFAIRS year. Al then suggested that a MEETING private contractor take over garbage collection. He also suggested that a by committee be formed to find a Jeanne Ferris, Secretary collection site more acceptable to the community.