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Five-year-old Adriauna Benoit takes a determined swing during her fi rst Rookie Tadpole game Saturday, April 13 at the High Street Ball Field. Baseball swung into season last weekend as Ladysmith’s six Rookie Tadpole teams — for players aged fi ve to seven — kicked off their year with three Saturday morning games. Major Tadpole teams followed suit Sunday morning with their fi rst games of the season, while Peewee and Mosquito leagues began their seasons Monday, April 15. Peewee and Mosquito teams play through to the end of May, while Major and Rookie Tadpole teams are scheduled to wrap up their seasons in mid-June. For more information on Ladysmith Baseball, contact Darren Rasmussen at 250-245-8595.

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Reconfi guration of Ladysmith schools proposed

A report presented to the Nanaimo Ladysmith School District school board last week recommends some significant changes over the next 10 years, including the reconfiguration of schools in Ladysmith.“Enhanced facilities for learning” is

one of the district’s three strategic planning goals, and the board of edu-cation has asked the district’s senior management team to develop a draft 10-year facilities enhancement plan to meet the goal.

Dr. Doug Player has been work-ing as a consultant to assist senior management with the definition of the key elements of the plan, and his recommendations were present-ed to the board April 11. The draft plan will be a multi-year plan, and its primary focus will be how facilities can be enhanced to provide better learning opportunities for students, according to the school district.

Player said that the plan he pre-sented is directed to accomplishing the following goals:• First and foremost, to enhance

learning opportunities for all stu-dents;• Second, to garner new (and long-

overdue) state-of-the-art replace-ment facilities;• Third, to consolidate costly posi-

tions so funding can go to the class-room;• Fourth, to save wasted mainte-

nance funds; and,• Finally, to improve the long-term

fiscal position of the board.The expectations of the plan are

that it will also:• Improve student achievement

results;

• Improve program offerings for students;• Renew the approach and improve

conditions for alternate program stu-dents;• Assist in the achievement of the

board goals; and,• Assist in balancing the budget in

the long term.The plan is a 10-year plan divided

into three stages: immediate actions to be undertaken in years one and two; medium-term actions to be undertaken in years three through five, and long-term which includes recommendations for years six through 10.

The plan recommends that the board consolidate 10 facilities, rebuild four facilities, rethink and repurpose the District Resource Centre/Learning Resource Centre, institute three new enrichment programs, relocate and renew the approach to the alternate programs, adjust the immersion program, and relocate the administrative functions.

Player said the district is dealing with deteriorating facilities — 40 per cent are beyond their useful life

— empty space, dysfunctional build-ings, a lack of program enrichment, staffing duplication and a large bud-get deficit.“In my opinion, right now, your

students don’t have the facilities they deserve; they don’t have the achievement they should have,” he said. “Your teachers should have more resources.”

The district is trying to spread too few dollars across too many facili-ties and by massing students togeth-er, the district can improve course offerings, create better learning con-ditions and offer more resources to

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students, Player said.In the first two years,

he recommends relo-cating the learning alternatives programs to Nanaimo District S e c o n d a r y S c h o o l (NDSS) and the ele-mentary Life Skills pro-gram from Rutherford to Fairview elemen-tary schools; moving Cedar Secondary stu-dents to John Barsby and mov ing Nor th Cedar, North Oyster, South Wellington and Wo o d b a n k e l e m e n -tary school students to Cedar Secondary, closing those schools; doubling the half-size gym at Hammond Bay Elementary School; m o v i n g G r a d e s 1 1 and 12 students from Woodlands to NDSS; closing the District Resource Centre; and reconfiguring schools in Ladysmith.

Player recommends adding Grades 6 and 7 to Ladysmith Secondary School (LSS) and edu-cating the students in Grades 6 to 8 under a

“middle school philoso-phy.”

In the appendix in Player’s plan, LSS prin-cipal Dave Street states the school is eager to embrace the younger students.“Suffice to say, LSS

is both READY and EAGER for change and have already made sig-nificant sacrifice as a school community to ensure that the needs

of students and this community of learn-ers is best served now and in the future,” he writes in an e-mail to Player. “Indeed, many LSS programs already have a connection to our feeder schools.”“ I am recommend-

ing that any merger of intermediate grades NOT WAIT, but take p lace immedia te ly (September 2013),” he adds. “The connec-tions, relationships and program opportunities are ready NOW. Given the established rela-tionships of the edu-cational community in Ladysmith, the founda-tion in place with staff and community part-ners/families, and the logic behind the merg-er … it makes the most sense to move now.”

In years three and five, Player proposes closing Woodlands and sending the junior stu-dents to NDSS; rebuild-i n g N D S S ; c l o s i n g Ladysmith Intermediate School and building a new elementary school; r e b u i l d i n g C i l a i r e Elementary; and clos-ing Departure Bay Elementary and moving the students to Cilaire.

In the final five years, the report suggests rebuilding Rutherford; moving the District Administration Centre to the Selby Street site; and moving facilities functions to the Old Victoria Road site.

Player’s recommenda-

tions don’t stop at facili-ties.

He believes part of the reason for the pop-ularity of the French immersion program is people feel this is the only way for their chil-dren to get enrichment and suggests initiating a pilot arts program at the new Cedar elemen-tary and other enrich-ment programs at John Barsby, Randerson R i d g e , We l l i n g t o n , Dover and Cilaire to start, all of which will r a i s e a c h i e v e m e n t expectat ions , wi th other schools jumping on board if these pro-grams are successful and well received.

Player said the learn-ing alternatives stu-dents should be at NDSS, where they can better access ameni-ties such as the Career Technical Centre.

He estimates the plan will mean annual opera-tional savings of about $1.3 million per year in the first five years of the plan and recom-mends disposal of some properties, with the money used to upgrade other facilities.

Trustees asked senior management to present a draft facilities plan on April 24. If the board approves the p lan , consultation will take place in May and June. The complete report is available online at www.sd68.bc.ca.— With files from

Jenn McGarrigle

Some of the Ladysmith- and Cedar-focused recommendations presented by Dr. Doug Player in his Enhanced Facilities for Learning 10-year plan, which was presented to the Nanaimo-Ladysmith School District board of education April 11.Year One (2013)• Reconfigure Ladysmith Secondary School to enrol Grades 6 through 12

Ladysmith Secondary School (LSS) is underutilized, while Ladysmith Intermediate School and École Davis Road Elementary are in poor condition. This reconfiguration is the first move designed to enable all students in Ladysmith to be taught on one campus in this unique community. LSS has an operational capacity of 800 students, and by adding Grades 6 and 7, the school approaches capacity. The students in Grades 6 to 8 could operate under a middle school philosophy, allowing a smooth transition to secondary programs, while the younger students would have access to facilities not normally available to that age.• This reconfiguration of Ladysmith Secondary opens room within Ladysmith Intermediate

School to enable the consolidation of the remaining kindergarten to Grade 5 English-stream École Davis Road Elementary population within Ladysmith Intermediate. This would act as an intermediary step to the accommodation of all Ladysmith students on the single campus. By doing so, the Davis Road population would no longer be accommodated in so many por-tables. Ladysmith Intermediate has an operating capacity of 300, which enables this consoli-dation to take place comfortably. This move accomplishes the goal of improving the students’ learning spaces, while ensuring adequate numbers in the building. It also enables savings of approximately $100,000 in a difficult budget year.Year Two (2014)• Move all Cedar Grade 8-12 students to John Barsby Secondary School

Secondary schools require a certain mass of students in order to offer a full range of pro-grams to the students. John Barsby is currently underutilized, and the addition of the Cedar community enables John Barsby to operate at full capacity so that the students benefit from a full range of opportunities. • Consolidate North Cedar Intermediate, North Oyster, South Wellington and Woodbank in a

new elementary school in the former Cedar Secondary buildingThe four elementary schools in the Cedar area have become too small to offer the opportuni-ties that should be available to each of the children. This change provides outstanding facili-ties not typically available to younger children and a population base that reduces split class-es while making available required support resources within the building. Much more teacher choice is also available. Net annual savings of over three quarters of a million dollars become available in the district’s operating budget. Using Ministry of Education capacities, Cedar has an operational capacity of 475 as an elementary school, with the ability to expand if required.• Initiate a pilot program in the arts at the new Cedar Elementary

The school has exceptional facilities in its elective wing that offer the opportunity to offer a unique enrichment program in the arts. Building a student’s capacity in the arts has been linked to improved academic success, and this is another positive approach to improving the district’s achievement results. The suggested program has been designed by a Cedar teacher who has expertise in this area and who knows this community well. Cedar could become one of the most exciting elementary schools in the province.Year three (2015)• Begin the rebuild of NDSS and Ladysmith Elementary

This recommendation is intended to create a new vibrant culture on two individual cam-puses that boast exceptional sites. It is important that the district move forward with dispatch so that the students and staff have access to modern state of the art facilities.Year Five (2017)• Move into the new Ladysmith Elementary School

This will consolidate all Ladysmith students on the same campus.The full 10-year plan is available online at www.sd68.bc.ca.

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Ten-year plan presented

English students could leave École Davis Road

Moving students around, cutting support and specialist teachers, and closing services are all strat-egies Nanaimo school trustees are considering to balance next year’s budget.

The district is facing a $4.7-mil-lion shortfall in its 2013-14 budget.

While district staff had previous-ly identified $2 million in savings to put toward next year’s budget

— a $500,000 surplus carried over from last year; another $500,000 surplus from this year’s budget, due mainly to an unanticipated enrolment drop; and a $1-million clawback on supplies and servic-es budgets — that still left about $2.7 million in proposed cuts to talk about at the April 10 business committee meeting.

Staff presented trustees with about two dozen proposed cuts to equal the remaining shortfall

which, if implemented, will result in a loss of 10 teaching positions and almost eight support workers.

These proposals do not include the recent decision to extend spring break to save about $400,000, as the district needs to come to an agreement with teachers before that move can be finalized, although that money could be saved for the following budget year.“We have a financial

crisis this year — we’re going to have more of one next year,” said Phil Turin, secretary-treasurer.

“I realize that this is a difficult deci-sion for all. We tried to look at the entire organization.”

More than $2 million of the pro-posed cuts come from instruc-tional services: closing the District Resource Centre at the old Dufferin Crescent school site; moving English-stream students

at Quarterway and Davis Road elementary schools to neighbour-ing schools; moving most junior learning alternative students back to their catchment-area schools, with about 14 remaining at the Five Acres site until the end of the

year; and eliminating the gifted/enrichment resource teacher, two behaviour resource teachers, the safe schools co-ordinator and the early years co-ordinator.

Deputy superintendent John Blain said there are less than 100 English-program students left at French immersion schools

Quarterway and Davis Road. These students could be absorbed into neighbouring schools with minimal staffing increases, while creating additional space for future French immersion students

— there are about 19 kindergarten students and 44 Grade 1 stu-dents on a waiting list to get into the program.

As for moving Grades 8 and 9 junior learning alternative students back into the regu-lar secondary school pro-gram and the position cuts, staff believe that students will still be well served through the district’s new

response-to-intervention teaching strategy, which makes available four multi-disciplinary teams to help teachers who request addi-tional support, said Blain.Another strategy is to move

some staff costs out of the oper-ating budget and into special purpose funds. The province

gives the district a special fund, called CommunityLINK, to sup-port vulnerable students and staff recommend paying for two sup-port workers, a half-time vision resource teacher and three addi-tional elementary counsellors out of this budget, bringing the total elementary counselling positions up to 11.

Trustee Donna Allen found that move disappointing.“The rule was CommunityLINK

wasn’t for funding positions, it was for extra,” she said. “You had enough money from the govern-ment to have the counsellors you needed. This was all supposed to be extra to help our children.”

Other proposed cuts include closing the print shop, not replac-ing an accountant, removing funding for Nanaimo-Ladysmith Schools Foundation’s secretary position, eliminating two care-taker positions, deferring spend-

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“We have a financial crisis this year — we’re going to have more of one

next year.”Phil Turin, Nanaimo-Ladysmith School District

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This week, renters are being offered a helping hand when the Ready to Rent c o u r s e c o m e s t o Ladysmith.

The course offers support for people who have difficulty

finding or keeping rental accommoda-tions. “It is to help them be better renters so they are more aware of their rights and responsibilities,” said Joy Emmanuel, act-ing executive direc-tor and co-ordinator of the Affordable

H o u s i n g P r o j e c t with Social Planning Cowichan. “It’s meant to empower people, g iving them more skills, more tools and more information to work with.”

The curriculum for the six-week course covers tenant’s rights and responsibilities, how to communi -cate with the land-lord, financial literacy, and much more. The course is two hours per week, and it is free.

The Ready to Rent course starts this T h u r s d a y ( A p r i l 18) and runs every Thursday from 3:30-5 : 3 0 p . m . a t t h e Ladysmith Resources Centre at 630 Second Ave. from now until May 23.

Over the six weeks, the course will sup-port potential renters to find and keep bet-ter housing and help them identify what landlords look for in choosing a tenant, learn some strategies to find the housing they need, figure out how to improve their rental references , learn their rights as renter and learn how to improve their cred-

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six weeks, graduates receive a Ready to Rent BC certificate, which is recognized by housing providers and is viewed by some landlords as being like a letter of reference.

To register for the course in Ladysmith, contact Cindy at 250-245-3079.

This is the first time the course has been offered in Ladysmith.“We’ve heard anec-dotal information that it’s been benefi-cial and some of the landlords are recog-nizing the Ready to Rent certificate,” said Emmanuel. “It’s also been used in at least one case as a refer-ence for a job. We’re finding it’s popular, and it ’s been well-received.”

Emmanuel says the program is meant for anyone who is look-ing for more support or assistance in find-ing or keeping rental accommodation.“It’s really quite open to anyone, even young people who haven’t rented before — it could be beneficial in learning what to expect,” she said.


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Two males were arrested and several thousand dollars in tools and equipment were seized April 9 after a search warrant was carried out on a home on Cedar Heights Crescent.

Members of the Nanaimo RCMP GIS D Team entered the home at approximately 2:15 p.m. and seized tools that had been stolen from a work site on South Forks Road on March 31, as well as computer items stolen during a break and enter March 8 at Serious Coffee in Nanaimo and hundreds of keys com-monly referred to as “progres-sive keys” used by criminals to gain access to motor vehicles, according to a press release from the Nanaimo RCMP.

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Near the end of the meeting, trust-ee Nancy Curley asked senior man-agement to calculate what a cut of two per cent of all non-unionized employee salaries would equal and look into whether the board could legally reduce salaries.“I like what secretary-treasurer

Turin said earlier about wanting to share the pain throughout the orga-nization,” she said.

J u s t i n G r e e n , p r e s i d e n t o f the Nanaimo District Teachers’ Association, agreed. While the bud-get proposals include cuts to teach-ers and support staff, there is none for administrators, he said.“When I see zero, I’m offended,” said

Green. “Equity is what we’re asking for.”

Jamie Brennan, school board chairman, put forward a second motion asking staff to negotiate a rental or lease agreement for use of Serauxmen Stadium.

He said the district is considering raising rental rates, yet is not receiv-ing revenue from Nanaimo Minor Baseball Association for use of the

stadium.“This is an anomaly that is sort

of embarrassing,” said Brennan. “I know we’re going to be vilified and criticized, told that we are going to ruin children’s lives, but I think we have to do it.”

Both Curley and Brennan’s motions passed.

Turin said the proposals are the result of senior management discus-sions over the past weeks and the budget could change before it is finalized.

To review a complete list of the 2013-14 budget proposals, visit www.sd68.bc.ca.

The public will have a chance to comment on the draft budget at a special board meeting Thursday (April 18) at 6 p.m. at Nanaimo District Secondary School.

Contact Cathy Kelt at 250-741-5238 or [email protected] by Wednesday (April 17) at noon to make a presen-tation.***An information meeting was held

Monday night (April 15) at École Davis Road to provide information to parents about the proposal to relo-cate the English stream students. See next week’s Chronicle to find out more.

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Public can comment on SD68 budget this Thursday in Nanaimo

Electoral Office now open in LadysmithAs our paper went to press,

the writ was expected to drop on the provincial election today (April 16).

With the 2013 provincial election campaign underway, the Nanaimo-North Cowichan Electoral Office has opened in Ladysmith in the old Benjamin Moore building at 11 Buller St.

This is the hub for admin-istering the election in the Nanaimo-North Cowichan, and about 430 temporary employ-ees will be involved until the May 14 election, according to Lynda Poirier, the deputy district electoral officer for Nanaimo-North Cowichan.“This is the central location for the riding to organize the whole event,” she explained.

“It’s where all the ballot boxes are assembled. It’s where the candidates register for candi-dacy.”

The Electoral Office is open Monday to Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Under special circumstances, this is the spot to vote in advance in our riding.

For more information about

the Nanaimo-North Cowichan Electoral Office, including job opportunities, visit the office in person or call 250-245-6600.

Poirier says Elections BC is working hard to let people know they can vote anywhere once the writ has dropped and to make voting accessible.“Only 27 per cent of eligible

voters under the age of 30 registered to vote in the last provincial election,” she said.

“This year, Elections BC worked really hard to target younger voters and do community out-reach in places where people don’t normally vote. We’re try-ing to get more people to vote, and the campaign for Elections BC is ‘B.C. has more ways to vote.’”

Registered voters will be able to vote by mail, at special vot-ing opportunities and during General Election Day.

For more information about the election and to register as a voter, visit the Elections BC website at www.elections.bc.ca.

The first opportunity for Nanaimo-North Cowichan vot-ers to meet and greet the candi-dates in our riding takes place today (April 16) at 7 p.m. at the

South Wellington Community Hall (Cranberry Fire Hall) at 1555 Morden Rd.

T h e m e m b e r s o f t h e South Wellington and Area Community Association are holding a different kind of All Candidates Meeting on the first day of the provincial election campaign. Instead of the usual question-and-answer session, candidates will have five min-utes to introduce themselves, and then will meet and mingle with those attending over cof-fee, tea and goodies for an informal coffee party.

For more information, con-tact Doug Catley at 250-753-4861.

At the provincial level, B.C. party leaders will take part in at least two debates in the run-up to the May 14 election.

CKNW radio is hosting a lead-ers’ debate Friday, April 26 at 9 a.m. Invited to take part are B.C. Liberal leader Christy Clark, NDP leader Adrian Dix, Green Party leader Jane Sterk and B.C. Conservative leader John Cummins.

A one-hour television debate is set for Monday, April 29 at 7 p.m. on Global TV, also featur-ing the four major party leaders.

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Kinsmen members Rod Saunders and Larry Adair collect donations for the Ladysmith Food Bank during their most recent food drive. They will be back at the 49th Parallel Grocery this coming weekend.

Ladysmith Kinsmen will collect food April 20, 21

The Ladysmith Kinsmen are hold-ing a food drive this weekend in the hopes of raising a tonne of food for the Ladysmith Food Bank.

The Kinsmen will be in front of 49th Parallel Grocery Saturday, April 20 and Sunday, April 21 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. accepting food items for the food bank and selling hot dogs by donation.

During their last food drive in

November, the Kinsmen raised $1,400 through hot dog sales and collected half a tonne of food, and they’re now aiming to raise a full tonne for the Ladysmith Food Bank.“Right now is the time of year they don’t get much,” said Kinsmen member Jim Delcourt. “There’s a ton of need right now.”

If anyone would like to drop off food items earlier or arrange for a pickup, they can contact Jim Delcourt at 250-245-3137 or con-tact any other Kinsmen members.

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As t h e B . C . N D P launched its election campaign last week

with a package of income tax hikes, higher than those in the B.C. Liberals’ election budget of February, a third party leader confirmed his own plan to increase per-sonal and business income tax rates.

It’s not readily apparent from his recently released “fiscal framework” docu-ment, but B.C. Conservative leader John Cummins told me his plan to phase out B.C.’s carbon tax does indeed include raising income tax rates that were lowered to make the carbon tax “revenue neutral.”

I reached Cummins in Prince George, where he was continuing his aggres-sive courtship of northern B.C. with an announcement that federal gas tax rev-enues would be redirected to a new fund for locally determined road improve-ments. Earlier he vowed to study the deplorable state of northern ambulance service.

Cummins has more good news for the north: that’s where a regionally phased elimination of the carbon tax would begin. It’s also the area of thinnest population, meaning the impact on the B.C. treasury would be less. This is, after all, a tax bud-geted to bring in $1.2 billion in the current year.

The B.C. Conservatives continually remind people that the carbon tax falls disproportionately on rural, remote and particularly northern folks who face long distances, long winters, and public transit options rang-ing from slim to none. This has ceased to be much of an issue for the urban B.C. majority, who are focused on bridge tolls, ferry fares and the like.

The B.C. Conservatives decry the population decline of rural B.C., with interna-tional immigration almost exclusively going to big cities, while temporary for-eign workers increasingly fill agricultural and indus-trial jobs in the Interior. The party’s still-evolving platform echoes the NDP’s call for more skills training

and increased completion rates for trade apprentices.

Cummins is in favour of the proposed Northern Gateway oil pipeline and the massive buildup of infrastructure needed to add liquefied natural gas to B.C.’s energy export mix. He sees that enormous industrial expan-sion as the path to shift population growth beyond the south of the province.

Cummins is surprisingly cool to one industrial proj-ect, the proposed Site C dam on the Peace River, calling himself undecided. He also sounds skeptical about the B.C. Liberal plan to extend B.C.’s electricity grid and use that to develop further independent power. This sounds to me like political positioning rather than eco-nomic analysis. An anti-Site C independent candidate has significant support in Peace River North, creating a three-way struggle for a key B.C. Conservative target.

The B.C. Conservative platform also totals up the billions in long-term elec-tricity contracts with pri-vate power producers and suggests the price for this

clean energy has been set too high. This is another echo of the NDP’s vague position.

So if the B.C. Conservatives are gung-ho on oil and gas and think the carbon tax is a mistake, do they think there should be any effort to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions? Cummins side-stepped that question, pre-ferring to talk about conven-tional air pollution, whether it’s in the Fraser Valley or as a byproduct of a northern industrial boom. As a long-time former Reform and Conservative MP, Cummins is acutely aware that the urban media will leap with extra vigour on any per-ceived gaffe of the right wing. Should a Conservative let slip that he’s skeptical about global warming, or worse, express a rustic view on social issues, all Hell would break loose.

The B.C. Conservatives have started with the most detailed, costed platform of any party. Don’t count them out.

Tom Fletcher is legislative reporter and columnist for Black Press newspapers.

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A number of organizations and political parties are taking aim at the financing of political par-ties, citing the recent release of information about funds raised by the BC Liberals and the NDP. The Liberals raised about $10 million

in 2012, with about half of that coming from businesses. The NDP raised about $7 million, with $1 million coming from businesses and another $1.6 million from unions.

NDP leader Adrian Dix has agreed with Integrity B.C., an election watchdog group, the BC Conservative Party, the Green Party and independent MLAs that there should be a ban on donations from businesses and unions to political campaigns. This would bring B.C. into line with the federal government and most other provinces.

Is this really best for democracy?Independent MLA Bob Simpson says that organizations

giving donations to parties “buys access” and is at odds with one person, one vote.

B.C. has had, in the past, a robust political tradition that is quite unlike many other provinces. Many elections have been fought like class warfare. The Liberals, the latest version of the free enterprise coalition, get funds from many businesses, and the NDP (and the CCF before them) get funds from labour. What’s wrong with that?

A limit on donations from an individual business or union to a party, and a law that would prevent that orga-nization from making simultaneous donations to indi-vidual candidates to try to get around the limit, would be sufficient in limiting the influence of any one donor.

Businesses, unions, advocacy groups and individuals should be free to donate to political parties. Democracy is a battle of ideas, and getting ideas out into the public square requires money and effort. No one should be able to buy an election. Individuals, groups and businesses should be able to fully participate. — Langley Times

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Editor:

On March 27, Peter Kingston and Kathy Ilott gave a “smoke and mir-rors” presentation to Ladysmith’s Canadian Cancer Society (CCS) volunteers.

Why did Kathy Ilott not give us the name of the person who will take care of the door-to-door cam-paign in Ladysmith? Why did Peter and Kathy withhold that informa-tion during the meeting, then give her name (Sue Carlson) to the Chronicle reporter after the volun-teers were out of the Eagles Hall?

Today, I spoke to Sue Carlson, who informed me she was a paid Nanaimo Canadian Cancer cam-paign chairman until 2009. How did that fact manage to slip both Peter and Kathy’s mind during the question period? Has Ladysmith ever had a paid campaign chair-man?

H o w m a n y y e a r s d i d t h e Ladysmith Resources Centre donate their office space RENT-FREE to the Canadian Cancer Society? Why were there funds to pay a campaign chairman in Nanaimo, yet the small monthly rent and other expenses of our local office are suddenly too much?

Ladysmith had another option, it being the B.C. Cancer Foundation at 2410 Lee Ave., Victoria, B.C. V8R 6V5 (phone 1-866-519-5550). They will gladly accept our dona-tions, which they tell me are used for research and innovation in patient care. Is this so different from the (CCS)?

This B.C. Cancer Foundation is the fundraising arm of the B.C. Cancer Agency.

For well over 30 years, I have canvassed on our street for Canadian Cancer Society in their April door-to-door campaign, as well as being a volunteer with our local office from its opening in April 1993.

I am done with the Canadian Cancer Society. I will no longer donate to the Canadian Cancer Society or volunteer my time.

Lois RobertsonLadysmith

Editor:

I have two very large planting boxes in my driveway, plus a back garden not used for very much other than rough grass and many weeds.

My husband died recently, and I am not strong enough to do plant-ing in those places, but I would offer them to a group to plant seeds to produce food at my expense (up to a point) for those needing such food stuff and not having the means to buy them.

The property has a large drive-way to facilitate the delivery of soil and anything that may be needed for this project.

Strange missive, I know. Please take it seriously.

Joan JohnstonLadysmith

Editor: I t n e e d s t o b e s a i d .

Congratulations to all of the hard-working Ladysmith maintenance crew who make Ladysmith a won-derful city.

I love going down to Transfer Beach whenever I am feeling down or I just want to ponder things. It is so beautiful and pris-tine with those lovely memorial benches. I read the inscriptions on each bench, and things in my life are put into perspective. The entire beach is so neat and tidy.

I am so proud to call Ladysmith my home and pleased that any tourists who visit can find the same beauty that I so enjoy. Hats off!!!

Just a suggestion: it may serve well to put some sawdust on the soggy grassy areas.

Ann CalderLadysmith

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Doug Godkin may not be impervious to fire, but he’s ventured into the Dragons’ Den in search of riches and

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ager of Seaward Kayaks in Chemainus, spent Saturday, April 6, at the Canadian Broadcast Centre in Toronto tap-ing an appearance for

season eight of CBC’s Dragons’ Den.

The kayak sales guru isn’t at liberty to say how his pitch was received by Canada’s favourite celebrity business moguls, and

he won’t know when his episode will air until a month before its broadcast date, but Godkin did say it was

“an amazing experi-ence.”

Godkin’s quest to appear on his “abso-l u t e n u m b e r - o n e favourite show” began in late January with an audition for the show’s producers at the Vancouver Island Conference Centre in Nanaimo.

A week later, on Feb. 5, Godkin discovered that out of the 4,000 ambitious entrepre-neurs who auditioned for the show this year, he’d been selected to make an appearance on Dragons’ Den in April.

“ I just about did a backflip off my desk,” Godkin says, grinning from behind that very same desk in an office flooded with kayaking magazines.

H e a c c e p t e d t h e invitation without a moment’s hesitation, knowing full well that Seaward would have to cover its own expenses for the trip to Toronto.

Two or three weeks prior to his studio a p p e a r a n c e , C B C assigned a producer to help Godkin polish his pitch and fine tune his stage presence. “Those guys, hats off,

are amazing to work with,” Godkin adds.

“They definitely treat you like a star.”

With a firm date set for their tête-à-tête with the Dragons, Seaward’s owners Steven and Jacquie Ree travelled east with Godkin, arriv-ing at the studio at 6:45 a.m. the morning of the taping. Godkin and the Rees ventured back-stage, joined by the day’s other hopefuls.“They bring in the

pitchers for that day,” Godkin says. “The neat thing is that you get to see who’s made it now from all over the country. Everybody’s practising their pitch. You get to know every-body that’s going to be presenting that day and see what they’re offering. It instantly becomes a quick, neat little family that way because everybody’s nervous backstage, crossing their fingers that they’re not going to get torn apart by Kevin O’Leary.”

O’Leary, the show’s most aggressive ven-ture capitalist, has gone so far as to call guests on ABC’s Shark Tank

“pigs” and has landed himself in hot water with CBC’s ombudsman on two separate occa-sions, most recently for referring to Pulitzer Prize-winning journal-ist Chris Hedges as “a nutbar” on The Lang and O’Leary Exchange in the fall of 2011.

When it came time for Seaward to face the fire, the Rees ventured to a sound-proof booth offstage as Godkin stepped into the den. “It’s nerve-wracking.

They’ve changed the set-up a little bit this year,” Godkin adds.

“As soon as you come around the corner and [the Dragons] see you, they’re talking to you. I walked out and they’re talking to me and then the nerves set in, and I think there were a cou-

ple of seconds where I just stared blankly at them.”

But after a nerve-rat-tled first few minutes, Godkin “got into his groove” as he intro-duced the Dragons to the company’s line of boats. “I can’t say how it went,”

Godkin adds, “But I was very taken aback with how polite and nice they were to me. They really liked the product. And because we’ve been around for 25 years, they all knew the [brand]. So there was a little bit of a dif-ference between us and someone who’s pitch-ing a brand-new prod-uct that they’ve never seen before.”

Godkin’s vision for Seaward led him to the Dragons’ Den, he says, but until his appear-ance airs next season, he and the Rees are keeping the outcome of their pitch under wraps.

“Only the three of us know,” Godkin adds.

“And it’s tough, because your friends, your fam-ily, your dog and your cat are all staring at you, wanting to know what happened. And you can’t say anything to anybody about what the results were. It’s tough, but it gets eas-ier every day because you’ve told everybody ‘Here’s how it went and here’s what happened, but I can’t tell you any-thing,’ and people are being very respectful of that.”

In the interim, Godkin will glean as much as he can from the expe-rience. “These are guys I

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The Cowichan Valley Regional District (CVRD) has committed $488,000 for its share of the cost of upgrades to Esquimalt & Nanaimo Railway infrastructure, Ladysmith Mayor and CVRD chair Rob Hutchins said.

Rail renovations are the responsibility of the Island Corridor Foundation (ICF), Hutchins said, a coalition that includes five regional districts, 14 First Nations and 13 municipalities. “[ICF members] actually own the corridor and the amenities,” Hutchins added. “The goal is to maintain the rail corridor and establish both via-ble passenger and freight service. Fifteen million dollars was obtained from the federal and pro-vincial governments — $ 7.5 million each — to upgrade the track and replace over 100,000 ties.”Additional funds were required to service the

rail corridor’s 48 bridges and trestles, Hutchins added, and engineering assessments deter-mined they were in need of $5.4 million worth of upgrades before passenger rail service can resume. “The ICF approached the regional districts,”

Hutchins said, “and in a very rare move, all five regional districts agreed to help fund this capital upgrade.”

The five participating regional districts will con-tribute $3.2 million, Hutchins said, while the ICF will raise the remainder from “additional revenue sources.”

Regional districts will contribute funds to ICF renovations as follows: • Capital (Greater Victoria): $1,200,000• Nanaimo: $941,081• Cowichan Valley: $488,000• Comox Valley: $391,811• Alberni-Clayoquot: $179,007“It is my understanding that most regional dis-tricts are making their contribution over two years,” Hutchins added. “For the CVRD, we will requisition $244,000 in 2013 — about $4.50 per average home in Ladysmith — and again in 2014.”

Graham Bruce, chief operating officer with the ICF, confirmed they now “have the commitment for federal, provincial and regional district fund-ing for the infrastructure work that needs to be undertaken.”

Funding for infrastructure improvements is conditional on the forging of a new train ser-vice agreement between rail operator Southern Rail and VIA Rail, Canada’s crown corporation responsible for passenger rail service, Bruce said, and negotiations are currently underway between VIA and Southern.

Bruce could not offer a tentative completion date for the new service agreement, but he said they’re hopeful it can be completed “in the next while” so that construction on the rail corridor can begin “in the fall.”

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Hannah Holmes, a Grade 11 student at Chemainus Secondary School (CSS), was rec-ognized by the Royal Canadian Legion (RCL) last week after placing third in the B.C.-Yukon division of the RCL’s national Remembrance Day poster contest.

President Mike Begg and first vice-president Janet Mitchell of the Chemainus Leg ion delivered a certificate and cheque to Holmes at CSS April 12, in rec-ognition of Holmes’ accomplishment.

Holmes’ prize-win-n ing poster, t i t led

Remember the ulti-mate sacrifice, resulted from a social studies project assigned by her teacher Janet Ruest last November. Ruest, head of CSS’s social studies department, said the assignment revolved around a theme of remembrance and “the idea of passing remem-brance on from genera-tion to generation.”

Holmes “captured that beautifully in her poster,” Ruest added.

Holmes used gouache — a paint similar to watercolours but more opaque — to render her interpretation of remembrance . Her poster features snap-shots of the Royal Canadian Navy and Air Force and scenes of remembrance set against a silhouette of soldiers traversing a First World War battle-field at sunset. A hand-painted reproduction of a wartime photo of her great-great-uncle rests below the red banner bearing the poster’s title.

Holmes’ great-great-uncle was imprisoned in Stalag Luft III — a German prisoner-of-war camp where Allied air force personnel were detained during the lat-ter half of the Second World War. Family lore suggests he helped dig one of three tunnels through which 76 pris-oners escaped from the camp on the night of

March 24, 1944 — the real-life prison break that inspired the movie The Great Escape. “I’ve met him once,”

Holmes said. “I went and v is i ted him in Saskatchewan. From what I’ve heard, he was a digger in one of the three tunnels, but he didn’t actually escape.”

G e r m a n s o l d i e r s recaptured 73 of the 76 men in the days and weeks following the escape, Holmes said, and according to BBC Radio 4, 50 of these men were then “sys-tematically executed on orders from German High Command.”

Holmes’s submission won first place at the branch and zone levels, Mitchell said, before advancing to the B.C./Y u k o n C o m m a n d competition, where she placed third. That earned Holmes a cer-tificate and a cheque fo r $150 f ro m th e Chemainus Legion.

The RCL hosts an annual nationwide con-test for students from kindergarten through Grade 12, Mitchell said, and participating stu-dents submit entries in four categories : essays, poetry, black-and-white posters, and colour posters. The Chemainus Leg ion received 283 entries from area schools this year, Mitchell added, and distributed $1,985 in prizes in return.

Holmes is one of sev-eral students from CSS to have benefitted from the generosity of the Chemainus Legion in recent years.“In 2000, one of our

students won the best essay in the province,” Ruest said. “In 2003, another student won the best essay. In 2005, Jake Shepherd’s poem won first in the prov-ince and was second in all of Canada — at the Dominion level — and now Hannah’s up there again. So for a little school, we do pretty well.” “I wanted to comment

on how generous our local Legion is,” Ruest added. “A lot of Legions use [poppy funds] for their own veterans and their own services. Our Legion has felt it’s important to give back to the youth, making that connect ion of remembrance back-and-forth. And this Legion in particular is very gener-ous with the amount of money that they give at the local level. More so than many other Legion branches. I just want to thank them for think-ing that’s important, because the students definitely appreciate [it.]”

How wi l l Holmes spend her winnings? “Part of it is probably

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Chemainus Legion president Mike Beggs and fi rst vice-president Janet Mitchell visited Chemainus Sec-ondary School (CSS) Friday, April 12 to present Grade 11 CSS student Hannah Holmes a certifi cate and a cheque for $150 in recognition of Holmes’ third-place fi nish in the B.C./Yukon division of the Royal Cana-dian Legion’s annual Remembrance Day poster contest. Holmes produced her prize-winning tribute — a copy of which is visible behind Holmes — last November after her social studies teacher Janet Ruest (at left) assigned the class to create remembrance-themed posters. NICK BEKOLAY/CHRONICLE

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Hannah Holmes of Chemainus Secondary School honoured by Legion

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The Rotary Club of Chemainus will host a dinner and fund-raising auction at the Chemainus Theatre Festival ’s Playbill Dining Room this Saturday (April 20).

T o m A n d r e w s , Chemainus Rotary’s president-elect, said the auction will fea-ture a great selection of items up for bid

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a $500 gas barbecue and a weekend in Vancouver complete with t ickets to a Vancouver Whitecaps game — in an effort to raise funds for local youth organiza-tions.Andrews wouldn’t

say who the benefi-ciaries of this year’s R o t a r y a u c t i o n will be, but in past years the club has donated its proceeds to “sports teams, N e i g h b o u r h o o d House, Cadets, base-

ball associations and peewee hockey.” “It ’s a fun, social evening for people to get out and support Rotary and the orga-nizations that we sup-port,” Andrews added.

“It’s a fun night, but it’s also for a good cause and there is some neat stuff to bid on.”

Doors open at 5:30 on the night of April 20, granting would-be bidders access to a silent auction, a buf-fet dinner and a live auction.

Tickets cost $35, and they can be pur-chased by contacting Andrews at 250-210-2402.


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Senior members of Ladysmith Secondary School’s band spent spring break enjoying Cuba’s subtropical weather while on a musical exchange east of Havana. The group explored the country’s rainforests and an underground river, participated in samba lessons, took in a theatre performance and performed for students from a Cuban musical academy. Here they are at a Cuban orphanage delivering clothing, sporting gear, toys, school supplies and a copy of the Chronicle to the home’s residents. LSS band teacher Rod Alsop (back row, far right) said the trip was by and large a success, adding that his students were routinely revising their list of favourite Cuba moments with every new destination.

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The Chemainus Theatre Festival aims to offer entertainment and new theatrical experiences with the upcoming produc-tion of Delicious Lies.As a special adaptation of 1671 come-

dy Les Fourberies de Scapin (“Scapin’s Deceits”) by French playwright Molière, the show brings a fresh approach to physical farce to the Chemainus Theatre Festival.

From April 26 to May 18, audi-ences can discover just how far the truth can be twisted before fraying out of control. The unique story fuses elements of spaghetti west-ern, circus and the predecessor of vaudeville and Seinfeld, seam-lessly woven into an uproarious fable of scheming lovers, mistaken identities and clownish greedy ser-vants.

Delicious Lies is a unique play that combines sophisticated clowning with good storytelling. It is derived from the work of Molière, considered to be a mas-ter of comedy in Western litera-ture, and retains the writer/actor/director’s personal enjoyment for the commedia dell’arte — an improvisational style of perfor-mance that emphasized physical interaction between people, situa-tions and point of view.

The Chemainus Theatre Festival’s artis-tic director, Mark DuMez, believes that the playful diversity in style and light-hearted plot will appeal to a range of audiences.

Molière’s original play is often adapt-ed, most notably as Scapino! by Frank

Dunlop and Jim Dale, a n d S c a p i n , b y B i l l I r w i n and Mark O’Donnell. Like most, The Chemainus Theatre Festival’s presentation translates and modernizes the French-language

story for today’s audience, while retaining the play’s original structure and plot.Delicious Lies tells the story of

Scapin, an arrogant and pomp-ous servant to the household of Geronte. He believes in only one version of truth — his own — and uses all nature of trickery to achieve his self-ambitions. In his latest caper, Scapin has promised to help his young charge Léandre and neighbour

boy Octave save their new relationships.The mixed story lines and vaudevil-

lian style of Delicious Lies require flawless comedic wit and timing.

“We’ve got a great bunch of sea-soned pros ready to dive into the

text and physicality required for the show,” says DuMez. “We’ve

been talking with the scenic designer about what tricks we might incorporate to support the lively text.”

The cast includes: the two old men — Geronte (Timothy Brummond) and Argante (Michelle Lieffertz) — who have been away on business

and arrive home with a sur-prise for their respective sons — Leander (Darren Burkett) and Octave (Ben Elliott) — who have fallen in love with gypsy girl Zerbinette (Samantha Currie) and the penni-less foreigner Hyacinth

(Ella Simon), and the wily servants Scapin (Thomas

Jones) or Sylvestre (Brian Linds) who are left holding the bag as things twist and

turn between the two families.The role of Scapin is particu-

larly pivotal to the show. A classic theatrical persona in commedia

dell’arte, everything from his name (related to the English word “escape”) to his self-interested pursuits guide the overarching theme of the play. The char-acter is a proud schemer, a scoundrel, and a jack-of-all-trades, known to cause confusion of anything he undertakes. He adapts quickly to changing scenarios, often inciting disorder for his own self-preservation. True to this style, Molière’s Scapin is the tie that binds each charac-ter to his story of mischief and revenge.

Tickets are now available for eve-ning performances (Wednesdays and Thursdays at 7:30 p.m. and Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m.) and matinee shows (Wednesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays and Sundays at 2 p.m.) through The

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The U21 Mid-Isle Highlanders FC took home-fi eld advantage and ran with it, as the team advanced into the second round of the provincial championships. The Highlanders withstood early pressure from a hard-charging Gorge FC side, but managed to hold on and win their fi rst-round provincial playoff game 2-1 Sunday, April 14 at Forrest Field. The winning goal came 10 minutes into the second half, when, from 30 yards out, Andres Algarin lofted a ball just over the leaping Gorge goalkeeper’s fi ngertips and under the bar. Gorge scored with fi ve minutes left in the game to come within one goal, but the Highlanders were able to preserve the victory. The win moves the Highlanders into the quarter-fi nals of the BC Soccer U21 Provincial Champi-onships Tournament, which will also be played in Ladysmith. The game time had not been announced at our press time. The Provincial Championships Tournament format sees 16 teams from seven leagues across B.C. battling it out in a single-round elimination format, similar to the NCAA’s March Madness tournament. The Highlanders came into the tournament ranked third overall and fi rst in their group after winning the George Smith U21 Cup as Vancouver Island Soccer League champions.

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The junior Timbermen get their first chance to take the floor as a team this week.

Nanaimo’s B.C. Junior A Lacrosse League team faces off

against the Victoria Shamrocks this Wednesday (April 17) in a pre-season game in Chemainus.

The Timbermen opened camp 10 days ago and are looking for-ward to the change of pace that comes with live competition.“You can do drills and drills all

training camp long, but guys don’t really stand out ‘till it’s game action,” said Brad Dougan, the team’s coach. “It’s totally dif-ferent than practising, and that’s when you find out who can play.”

The Junior A Timbermen have a second pre-season game

Saturday in Nanaimo against the senior B T-men. Dougan said he might sit certain guys in that one to try to take a longer look at some other players. But for Wednesday’s tilt, he’ll play his best guys and try to go for the win.

“That’s a big Island pride thing. Anytime you get to play a team from Victoria, exhibition or not, you want to win that game,” he said.GAME ON … The T-men and

Shamrocks play Wednesday at 8 p.m. at Fuller Lake Arena.

Greg SakakiBlack Press

Timbermen take on Shamrocks April 17Fuller Lake Arena will host a Junior A lacrosse pre-season game this Wednesday at 8 p.m.

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Love, The Family

In Loving Memory of

Ethel Donalda EdwardsDecember 13, 1916 – April 20, 2010

I think of you each and every dayAnd smile after the tears go away

You are gone but you’re not very farAlways in my heart, that’s where you areWhen my time comes for that last endeavorI will fi nd you again – let’s meet in forever

AMESBURY, Mary (Buckley)September 5, 1915 - April 7, 2013

It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Mary at home in La Rosa Gardens with family by her side. She was a wonderful caring and loving mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and great-great-grandmother.Mary was predeceased by her husband James Douglas (April 7, 1986), infant son James Jr. (Jan 9, 1942), great-great-grandson Marcus James (April 7, 2005), her parents Arthur and Edith Buckley, sisters Edith Morrison and Hazel Buckley, daughter-in-law Judy Amesbury.She is survived by her daughter Maralyn Mattin of Crofton; sons Ken and Frank (Lavon) of Ottawa; her brother Arthur (Carolyn) Buckley of Winnipeg; brother-in-law Arthur Morrison of Winnipeg; her grandchildren Debbie (Joe) Hooper of Powell River, Dona (Cameron) Garland of Fort St. John, Dianne Mattin of Edmonton, Tim (Christine) Amesbury of Ottawa, Jim (Linda) Amesbury of Burlington, Ken Amesbury Jr. (Laura) of St. Albert, Paul Amesbury of Ottawa; 11 great-grandchildren; 7 great-great-grandchildren; nieces and nephews and dearest friends Kuldip and Bunny Bhandari with their children Nina (Kurt) Knock and Camilla (Kevin) Arscott. Mary was a member of the Eastern Star for over 58 years in Winnipeg and Lake Cowichan where she was an offi cer and Past Worthy Matron of both chapters. She was also a member of Daughters of the Nile, Miriam Temple No. 2, FOE Ladies Auxiliary and Ladysmith Hospital Auxiliary.A Viewing was held at Telford’s Funeral Chapel, 112 French St., Ladysmith on April 13th at 10:30 a.m. to 12:00 noon for anyone wishing to say a personal farewell.A Memorial Service was held Saturday, April 13, 2013 at the Eagles Hall, First Avenue, Ladysmith, B.C. at 1:00 p.m.In lieu of fl owers, donations may be made in Mary’s memory to the charity of your choice or The B.C. Children’s Hospital.

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CLUXEWE RESORT Mgr. re-quired by Kwakiutl BandCouncil in Port Hardy to man-age cabins, campground andrestaurant. Enquire for job de-scription or apply to [email protected] or fax 250-949-6066 by midnight on April12, 2013. F/T. Salary com-mensurate with experience.

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LADYSMITH PRESS needs physically fi t individuals for their continually expanding collating department. Part time positions available 8 - 16 hrs/wk, $10.34/hr. Afternoon and graveyard shifts - must be available Wednesdays.Benefi ts, profi t sharing and advancement opportunities.Please submit your resume between 9 am and 5 pm in person to: Lady-smith Press, 940 Oyster Bay Drive, Ladysmith, BCor mail to: Ladysmith Press, PO Box 400, Lady-smith, BC V9G 1A3. No phone calls please.

We would like to thank in advance all who apply, however only those chosen for an interview will be contacted.

HOME CARE NURSE required by Kwakiutl BandCouncil in Pt. Hardy, VI. En-quire for job description / applyto [email protected] or fax 250-949-6066 by April 30, 2013. F/T,salary commensurate with ex-perience. Good benefi ts.

Occupational Level 3 First Aid Attendant required for Wednesday night graveyard shift in Ladysmith. This posi-tion would be best suited for a physically fi t person able to work in a production environ-ment. Please submit your resume with a photocopy of your valid First Aid certifi cate to: Ladysmith Press, P.O. Box #400 Ladysmith, B.C. V9G 1A3.

THE LEMARE GROUP is ac-cepting resumes for the follow-ing positions:• Coastal Certifi ed Hand Fall-ers-camp positions• Coastal Certifi ed Bull Buck-ers • 980 Operator-Dryland sort• Grader Operator• Line Machine Operator• Heavy Duty MechanicsFulltime camp with unionrates/benefi ts. Please send re-sumes by fax to 250-956-4888or email to offi [email protected].

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APPLIANCES

18 CU ft deep freeze $150, white 17 cu ft fridge $250, 30” almond range $125, white 30” range $150. Kenmore full size stacking washer/dryer $250, Washer dryer sets $200-$350. Washers $150-$250, Dryers $100-$150. Built-in dishwash-ers $100-$150. 6 month war-ranty on all appliances. Please call Greg at (250)246-9859.

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potatoes 64. Spanish appetizers 66. Crust-like healing surface 68. Mild yellow Dutch

cheese 69. Slides without control 70. Add alcohol beverages 71. Showing 72. Medieval merchant guild 73. Current units

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ancient Troy 24. Rad squared 25. An old phonograph record 26. Sang in a Swiss folk style 27. Guided the car 28. Exclamation of surprise 29. A senate member 32. Very fast airplane 33. Myanmar monetary unit 34. Right angle building wing 36. Returned merchandise

authorization 37. “Rubber Ball” singer Bobby 39. Express pleasure 40. Women’s undergarment 41. 3rd largest whale 49. Exist 51. The 4th state 52. Expressed pleasure 53. Cutting part of a knife 55. Civil Rights group 56. Makes taunting remarks 58. = 100 paisa in Bangladesh 59. American steam engineer

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REAL ESTATE

FOR SALE BY OWNER

LADYSMITH (Davis Rd area) near golf course, shopping, private, ocean/mtn views, 2200 sq ft, 3 bdrms, 2 bath, 2 F/P, in-law suite potential. Re-duced, $260,000. Call (250)245-4155.

HOUSES FOR SALE

REAL ESTATE

HOUSES FOR SALE

DUNCAN- 3444 Auchinachie Rd, 3 bdrm, 2 bathrooms, 1500 sq ft Rancher built in 2006 with new home warranty remaining. Quality fi nishing with lots of extras. Great loca-tion. $339,000. 250-746-0586.

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CENTRAL CHEMAINUS oceanview modern 2 bdrm, 1000sq ft grnd lvl, 5 appls, pri-vate patio, wi-fi , parking, $1,000. Available now. NS/NP. Call 250-246-4313.

Chemainus: Ashley Court. Ground fl r unit, 2 bdrm, 5 ap-pliances. Sm pet ok, avail. now. $775/mo 250-924-6966.

Ladysmith: 1 & 2 bdrm apt, heat incl., n/p, ref’s required. The Villa 250-245-3583.

Ladysmith: 1 & 2 bdrm suites from $700/mo incl. heat & hot water, ocean views, sm pets ok. Ask about our incentives. 250-668-9086.

LADYSMITH, LRG 2 bdrm, 2 bath, adult orientated condo, 5 appls, N/S. Small dog or cat ok. $850 mo. Avail now. (250)246-2238, 250-667-7107.

LADYSMITH. NEWLY up-graded large 2 bdrm Apt. New appls, incls W/D. Avail May. 1. $685 mo + utils. 12 Baden-Powell St. 250-741-0353 or 250-714-2746 or email:[email protected]

Meicor PropertiesChemainus: Lockwood Villa. Well kept bldg, ocean view, 1 bdrm avail. April 15 & May 1st, $625, N/S, 1 sm pet welcome. 55+. 250-246-1033 www.meicorproperties.com

HOMES FOR RENT

LADYSMITH 3 bdrm 1/2 Du-plex side by side style, 1300 sq ft, 2 baths, fenced yard, in quiet cul-de-sac, near schools prefer long term, ref’s, N/P, N/S, $975/mo incls water, sewer, garbage, hydro extra. Avail now. 250-246-1585 or [email protected]

LADYSMITH 3 bdrm, 2 storey home, D/W, small yard, NS/NP, $895 mo. Avail April. 15. Call 1-250-248-4816.

RENTALS

HOMES FOR RENT

LADYSMITH. 3-BDRM duplex 1.5 baths. F/S, W/D hook-up, private backyard. Spotless. Avail immed. Close to schools, rec centre. N/S. Small pet neg. DD, ref’s. $1000./mo. (250)245-4020, (250)616-6791

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$1298/mth: 610 Steele Place, Ladysmith. Single family, 3 beds, 2 baths, built 2010.

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OFFICE/RETAIL

WANT TO GET NOTICED?Prime retail/offi ce space for

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ROOMS FOR RENT

LADYSMITH, ROOM avail, all inclusive, share kitchen and bath, ideal for retirees or sen-iors, small pets welcome w/ conditions, refs req’d, $400 mo. Call (250)616-2345 (Ray).

SUITES, LOWER

CHEMAINUS: Fully furnished, lg Bachelor, level entry, sep kitchen, new bathroom, all util’s & internet, shared laundry by appt. Absolutely no smok-ing. Quiet creekside home. $595. Avail now. Ref’s 250-210-0683

LADYSMITH, 1 bdrm + offi ce, bsmt suite, alarm, newly re-no’d, full kitchen, storage, $850 mo + utils. Avail immed. Call (250)816-5002.

LADYSMITH 1 bedroom, quiet no-thru street, private yard backs on creek, N/S, N/P, $650 + $50/mo for utils., avail. immed. 250-816-2395.

LADYSMITH - Beautiful 750+ sq. foot, one bedroom, above ground basement suite for rent on quiet cul-de-sac, with some ocean views. Private entrance, shared laundry. All utilities in-cluded except phone. Property backs onto green-belt. Private parking. Perfect for mature single adult. References re-quired. $800/month. Contact - [email protected] for more info

LADYSMITH: NEW 1 bdrm level entry 600sqft suite with private entrance in area of new homes. In-suite laundry. Available April 15. $700 plus utilities. 250-741-0353, 250-714-2746, [email protected]

OCEANVIEW, Clean 1 bdrm Ladysmith. N/S, Small pet ok. Coin W/D. References. $550+ Hydro. May 1st. [email protected]

RENTALS

SUITES, UPPER

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LADYSMITH: 2-BDRM, bright top fl oor. Available now. N/S. $650/mo. 250-924-3349.

TRANSPORTATION

AUTO FINANCING

Auto Financing 1.800.910.6402

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CARS

2007 CUSTOM Chev HHR. Excellent condition. Loaded. White. 119,000 km, mostly hwy driven. On-Star. $11,900 fi rm. 250-755-5191.

RECREATIONAL VEHICLESFOR SALE

25 foot class C Chevy Flyer motor home. 1995, 350 cu.in., 163,000 Km. 1 rear bed, 3 swivel seats, cruise, A/C. $18,000. 250-245-5973.

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Up Coming

CHEMAINUS ROTARY AUCTION AND DINNER - Playbill dining room at the Chemainus Theatre, April 20th. Great bid items. Support local youth organizations. Call 250-210-2402 for tickets

LRCA FRIENDLY VISITOR/PHONING TREE PROGRAMSNow taking new volunteersignups for an upcomingtraining session. Improvequality of life for shut-in or isolated seniors byscheduled weekly contact. Call Barb at 245-3079.

LADYSMITH CAMERA CLUB - “What Makes A Slide Show?”, techniques for making effective photographic presentations, by Ladysmith-based photographer Pat Haugen. Tues, April 23, 7 pm, in Hardwick Hall, High St at 3rd Ave in Ladysmith. Everyone welcome. Non-members $5 drop-in fee. LCC invites new members, novice to pro. www.LadysmithCameraClub.com

CROFTON ART GROUP SHOW AND SALE - plus Handcrafted JewelryFri & Sat, May 10 & 11.10 am – 5 pm, at the Crofton Senior Centre, 1507 Joan Avenue, Crofton, (Close to the Ferry Terminal)Refreshments served

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How Sweet It Is

Prices effective Monday, April 15 to Sunday, April 21, 2013

Your Island Community Grocers since 1977100% Locally Owned & OperatedWe deliver! (See store for details)

We reserve the right to limit quantitiesPictures for illustrative purposes onlyVisit our Website: www.the49th.com

940-1st Ave., LadysmithPhone 250-245-1200

CEDAR STOREIn the Cedar Village Square

Open Daily7:30 am to 9 pm 250-722-7010

550 Cairnsmore StreetOpen Daily7:30 am to 9 pm 250-748-2412

DUNCANThe OldBruce’s Store CHEMAINUS

Next to the Ferry DockOpen Daily8:00 am to 9 pm 250-246-3551

LADYSMITHBeside the Liquor Depot

Open Daily7:30 am to 9 pm 250-245-3221

Your Island Community Grocers since 1977 Bloooms Florist Direct

250-245-3344

10 kg limit 1

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BC Rogers

WhiteSugar

1 lb. Clamshell

2/$4

California

SweetStrawberries

Fresh Canadian

Whole BonelessPork Loins

Extra Trimmed, 6.59 kg

299lb.

Kraft Dinner

Macaroni& Cheese

225 grams, limit 12 total

3/$2

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KINSMEN FOOD DRIVESaturday, April 20

and Sunday, April 219 am to 5 pm

In front of 49th Parallel GroceryThe Kinsmen Club of Ladysmith is trying to raise a tonne of food for the Ladysmith Food Bank. The

Kinsmen will be collecting food donations and selling hot dogs by donation April 20 and 21.

If you would like to drop off food early or arrange for a pickup, contact Jim Delcourt at 250-245-3137

or any other Kinsmen member.


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