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New option for SD68 keeps Davis Road openRoss ArmourTHE CHRONICLE

The Ladysmith Extended Consultation Working Group has constructed and sub-mitted a third option to School District 68 with regards to school reconfiguration.

The most notable point of the new Op-tion C is that École Davis Road Elemen-tary (EDR) would remain open.

The move by the working group comes following two public meetings in late No-vember, which saw numerous Davis Road parents come out and voice their con-cerns over the possibility of their school closing.“Option C speaks to the theme and shows

a genuine willingness that we’ve looked at the public feedback,” said Aaron Stone, an active participant of the working group

and member of EDR Parent Advisory Council (PAC). “Sure there’s strengths and weaknesses but there’s a much lower risk in terms of enrollment and erosion compared to Options A and B. It provides the best long-term view for the Ladysmith zone. Davis Road presented a good argu-ment.”

The working group, which also includes Ladysmith Mayor Rob Hutchins and Da-vis Road principal Doug English, has been looking at options specific to the Ladysmith area after SD68 announced its intentions to shake things up last year with the release of its 10-Year Enhanced Facilities for Learning Plan.

Option C sees North Oyster Elementary close in June 2014 and the students there move to either Ladysmith Primary or Ladysmith Intermediate.

Following the public meetings, the working group decided Option B was

“problematic” and decided to remove this option from any further consideration and instead incorporate the feedback received into a third option, which is Option C.

The French Immersion program remains at Davis Road under Option C. Under Op-tions A and B, Davis Road would have closed at some point over the next couple of years, and French Immersion would have been moved to North Oyster.“A lot of the public feedback from the meetings, not just from Davis Road par-ents, shows how important that school is to the Ladysmith zone. It is a school that continues to grow and Option C recogniz-es the value of that,” said Stone.

Davis Road, at the south end of Ladysmith, currently has 250 students

with a capacity of 112.Under Options A and B, parents who

wished their children to remain in French Immersion would have to drive 10 kilome-tres one way to North Oyster.

North Oyster has only 90 students with a capacity of 275.

But Davis Road has been noted to have the worst school facilities in the entire district, while North Oyster holds the best in the Ladysmith area — but Stone thinks that’s a “red herring” and doesn’t believe the location issue was taken seriously with the first two options.

Stone and other Davis Road parents also believe there would be no guarantees people would follow French Immersion to North Oyster anyway.“Many children and families would

Mahayla Elrix was an angel in Calvary Baptist Church’s live Nativity scene during

Saturday’s Little Town Christmas in Chemainus.

Little Town Christmas featured a wide variety

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Christmas crafts, games, live music, a visit with Santa

Claus and much more. For more photos from Little Town Christmas and the Chemainus

Christmas Walking Tour, which was held the same day, please turn to page 13. LINDSAY CHUNG

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In brief Project Reel Life celebrates tonightRoss ArmourTHE CHRONICLE

Project Reel Life is hosting its Community Celebration tonight (Tuesday, Dec. 17) at Ladysmith Secondary School.

The event kicks off at 7 p.m., with doors open-ing half an hour prior, and it will showcase a wide variety of digital compilations, which were produced by local youths over the past year.“On Tuesday night we’re having a community

celebration where we’ll be highlighting all the hard work the youths have been doing over the past year since Project Reel Life started,” said mentor Joshua Raven.

The project has allowed youths the oppor-tunity to use digital media to express stories from their life or the community, with Raven and company acting as knowledgeable aids along the way.“It’s a digital media program but there’s no

constraints,” said Raven. “There’s spoken word, interpretative dance and lots of video projects like documentaries, music videos and short films. It’s all filmed and composed by the youths.“From a mentorship perspective, we are just removing any technical obstacles that might get in the way of their creativity, then all that remains is that creative flow. Sometimes it’s just which button to push.”

Project co-ordinator Bill Taylor, who teaches drama at Ladysmith Secondary School (LSS), believes the prospect of youths finding a voice to express themselves is vital in modern-day society.“We’re encouraging them to take an active role in telling their own story,” said Taylor, who has also been involved extensively in the mentor-ing process. “It’s our job as mentors to connect them with resources to help them tell the sto-ries. It’s about being able to have time to think about your story when you’re stuck, and get unstuck. However you access that, whether it’s through art or dance or video work, that’s what we’re here for.”

All the technology used in the lead up to the celebration and on the night has been provided by the Ladysmith Resources Centre Associa-tion (LRCA), a gesture for which Raven and Taylor are very grateful.“Stories operate in multiple levels,” said Taylor.

“The power in recording the stories and to tell them as media is a very powerful thing. These projects are making youth feel better about the world and suggest there’s better choices to work through the struggles they’re facing and not use drugs or alcohol. It’s about listening to youths’ voices and helping them find their power as human beings.”

Raven believes the variety of art forms that have been used and not limiting that has been key.“Not limiting the art form was one of the most interesting and powerful parts of this project

— otherwise you’re projecting on them,” he said. “We asked them what they wanted to do. It’s about engaging at-risk youth in a creative environment.“It’s not about what the kids are doing in five

years — it’s in the moment. The result is the process; it’s not about the finished product.”

Taylor is an advocate of creative platforms and agreed that being a mentor was more about advising, rather than actively teaching.“We live in a consumer-driven society based on money,” he said. “Kids are given devices [such as cell phones] to consume and are taught to buy stuff. We’re encouraging them to turn that around and tell their stories about the commu-nity. It’s a transformative act.”A similar showcase is also being presented to-

morrow (Wednesday, Dec. 18) at the Stz’uminus Community Centre at 6 p.m.

Youths’ digital media projects will be presented tonight (Dec. 17) at 7 p.m. at Ladysmith Secondary School

Ladysmith Food Bank’s needs are year ‘round

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Barge at Slack Point being dismantled

Work is being done to remove and dispose of the derelict barge that has been sitting in Ladysmith Harbour.

The provincial Ministry of Forest, Lands and Natural Resource Operations is currently dismantling the barge that has been beached near Slack Point for the last couple of years.

This is the last of five such barges that were abandoned in this area.“Material from the former dry dock will be separated and stored on the point while the ministry looks at disposal options,” ministry staff stated in an e-mail. “The remaining portions of this wreck are made of wood, steel and concrete. All of the garbage and other refuse has been removed and disposed of.”

Dismantling work is expected to be completed within the next week.

The barge was towed to Slack Point by Transport Canada in 2012. It is one of five pieces of Second World War-era dry dock that sat in the Chemainus Harbour, a remnant of the breakwater project tied to the failed Chemainus Quay and Marina. Three of those barges have sunk.

Hutchins still CVRD chair

Ladysmith Mayor Rob Hutchins will stay on as chair of the Cowichan Valley Regional District (CVRD) board.

Hutchins was voted board chair by acclamation during the Dec. 11 CVRD board meeting. He will lead the board in 2014 and will also chair the Cowichan Valley Regional Hospital District board of directors.

Mike Walker, the Mill Bay/Malahat director, was chosen vice-chair of the CVRD for 2014.

Last year’s vice-chair, Cowichan Bay director Lori Iannidinardo, declined her nomination; North Oyster/Diamond director Mary Marcotte was also nominated.

Youths involved in Project Reel Life, seen here working on their videos with mentor Joshua Raven, are ready to show the community all the work they’ve done in the past year during a Community Celebration tonight (Dec. 17) at Ladysmith Secondary School, starting at 7 p.m. PHOTOS SUBMITTED

Mike D’AmourTHE CHRONICLE

Food and cash were rollin’ in for the Ladysmith Food Bank this month — generous donations that will help the charity do good dur-ing the other 11 months of the year.“We feed between 350 and 400 people per week,” said Jacquie Stewart, co-ordinator and trea-surer/secretary of the Ladysmith Food Bank.“We plan for 80 single people, 30

couples — which could be mar-ried or a single parent with one

child — 30 families of three to five in each, and about 10 families with six-plus members.”

Food and cash needed to feed so many was boosted earlier this month during the ninth annual Cinnamon Bun Fun Run that saw nearly 500 runners and walkers complete a 10-km course enroute to raising $2,800 and more than two tons of food.

Stewart said the need in a town with a population that tickles the 8,000 mark is no greater during the holidays, but the donations gathered this time of year help

sustain the year-long needs of the community.

That need requires 75 food bank volunteers who put in roughly 400 hours per month.“We always need at this time of

year, but people forget there’s a need all year.”

Not to say the boss of the food bank isn’t grateful for all the help.“I like seeing what I see and that’s people helping out,” Stewart said.“But I’d just like awareness to be all year ‘round — the food banks are all year ‘round, not just at Christmas and Thanksgiving.”

Ladysmith churches and com-munity donations largely support the food bank, but more is always better than less, said Stewart.

The food bank, at 630 Second Ave., always needs non-perish-able food items such as: canned tuna, salmon, ham, beans, pea-nut butter, jam, cereal, oats, soup, canned or cups of fruits and vegetables, pasta sauce, pasta, noodles, Side Kicks, Kraft Dinner, coffee and tea.

It’s also looking for donations of items like toilet paper, diapers, shampoo, etc.


Dads’ Drop-In helping food bankLindsay Chungthe chronicle

The Ladysmith Dads’ Drop-In likes to get out into the community a lot, and this weekend, the group will be giving back to the community with a hot dog sale and “Food and Fund Raiser.”

The Ladysmith Dads’ Drop-In is holding a hot dog sale and “Food and Fund Raiser” Saturday, Dec. 21 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. in front of 49th Parallel Gro-cery in Ladysmith. They will be raising money for the Ladysmith Food Bank and the Ladysmith Dads’ Drop-In.A program of the

Ladysmith Resources Cen-tre Association (LRCA), the Ladysmith Dads’ Drop-In supports fathers, fathers-to-be and grandfathers in their involvement with their chil-dren.“We have a lot of new dads,” said Dale Gisborne, the co-ordinator/facilitator of the Ladysmith Dads’ Drop-In.

“They’re finding it’s really connecting with other dads who are doing the same thing with new children,

developing the skills new dads need to develop in a laid-back setting. We have granddads. We have dads who’ve just become single dads who need the support and need to connect with other people who have gone through the same thing. It’s a safe, positive, support-ive environment. It’s about dads having fun with their kids.”

Every Saturday, the group

hosts a free drop-in session from 10 a.m. to noon at the LRCA at 630 Second Ave. with free breakfast, fun ac-tivities and guest speakers.“The conversations can be anything from parenting to hockey around the table,” said Gisborne. “Food is a great medium for conversa-tion.”

They bring in guest speak-ers and health profession-als and have presentations

about topics such as baby massage, Triple P Parent-ing, dental health and much more.“We’re giving dads skills and knowledge about what’s out there,” explained Gisborne.

The Ladysmith Dads’ Drop-In is also out in the community a lot. Gisborne says they go to community events a lot as a group, and they like to explore their surroundings, such as visit-ing Ladysmith Fire/Rescue and the Ladysmith RCMP Detachment.

The Ladysmith Dads’ Drop-In started six years ago, and Gisborne says it’s quite rare to find a dads’ group that has been around this long.“When you go on the Inter-net, you don’t see a lot of dads’ groups,” he said. “It’s kind of unique that this has survived so long and has al-ways been supported. We’re always getting new dads each week, and it’s growing.”

For more information about the Ladysmith Dads’ Drop-In, call 250-245-3079 or e-mail [email protected]. You can also find them on Facebook.

Dale Gisborne, co-ordinator/facilitator of the Ladysmith Dads’ Drop-In, encourages people to come to 49th Parallel Grocery this Saturday for hot dogs and a Food and Fund Raiser for the Ladysmith Food Bank. Lindsay Chung

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Davis Road PAC supports Option CRoss Armourthe chronicle

Associates of École Davis Road Elementary (EDR) are pleased that a new option has been created with regards to school reconfiguration in the community.

School District 68 will announce its final decision this Thurs-day, but prior to then, Ladysmith Extended Consultation Working Group has created and submitted a third op-tion C for the board’s consideration.

The working group has been concentrat-ing on the Ladysmith school’s particularly, and Option C sees Da-vis Road stay open for the foreseeable future.“There’s definitely a

glimmer of hope now,” said Carrie Segreto from Davis Road’s Par-ent Advisory Council (PAC). “There’s more of a positive outlook for families and stu-dents of École Davis Road now, as we all felt horrible [at the idea] of having to drive

to North Oyster.”The creation of Op-

tion C comes after two public meetings that saw a vast crowd of Davis Road parents come out and vent their frustrations to the school board.“Davis Road before

didn’t have a chance,” said Segreto. “This [Option C] keeps Ladysmith kids in Ladysmith schools and that’s a plus. It’s the best option we’ve seen so far, and we hope SD68 sees it that way as well.”

Principal Doug Eng-lish, who has been part of the working group, is also happy but admits he’s re-mained “fairly neutral with the whole process and wasn’t at the last working group meeting where the third option came about.”“The community is

very happy to have an-other option out there,” he said. “There’s re-newed hope at the south end of town, as there’s a very strong community here — as

there is in the whole town.”A press release from

Davis Road PAC reads, “Option C keeps the French Immersion pro-gram within the Town of Ladysmith and pro-vides room for it to grow ... Option C sees the Grade 7 popula-tion remaining in the elementary schools, keeping Ladysmith in alignment with the oth-er schools in SD68 and providing the configu-ration supported by recent research as hav-ing better educational, social and emotional outcomes for students than other models. The longer-term plan presented in Option C, which includes two kindergarten to Grade 7 schools in Ladysmith, one of which would be dual track [French Im-mersion and English], supports EDR PAC’s stated preference for the K-7 model of el-ementary education in schools within the op-timal size and program range as outlined by SD68.”

Trustees decide this weekchoose to stay with their friends [and switch to English track] in the Ladysmith schools (Primary or Intermediate) rather than follow French Im-mersion. The view was that the sensibilities of the French Immersion parents would lend themselves to a more rural zone, but the pub-lic feedback says that’s not the case.“I have great affinity

for the facilities and people at North Oyster and have envisioned what a renewed school there would look like, but that’s being opti-mistic. Option C ticks all the boxes for the school board.”

Despite outlining the need to work with and enhance the better fa-

cilities in the district, SD68 also feels the best number in terms of stu-dent enrolment to an elementary school, in order to bring about success in learning, is between 200 and 400. Davis Road, Ladysmith Primary and Ladysmith Intermediate all cur-rently have between 200 and 250 students.

Another part of Op-tion C, one Stone be-lieves to be vital, is the retention of a K-7 and 8-12 model for Ladysmith, despite SD68 favouring a move for Grade 7 students to Ladysmith Secondary.“The rest of the dis-

trict is that model and there’s lots of benefits to it. It’s tried and test-ed and it works.”

Hutchins is support-ive of that model too.

“Council hasn’t changed its position since our June reso-lution which called for continuation for grades eight to 12 at Ladysmith Secondary and asked the school board to work towards a new K-7 elementary school at the south end of town, south of Holland Creek, as well as one in the central/north area,” said the mayor. “We’re not sup-portive of a single el-ementary school. Our sustainability docu-ment envisions walk-able neighbourhoods [with schools].”

SD68 will announce its decision following a public board meeting Wednesday, Dec. 18 at Ladysmith Secondary School, starting at 6 p.m.

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Option A:Phase 1 - Sept. 2014

• Close Davis Road in June 2014• Move Davis Road English track K-3

to Ladysmith Primary• Move Davis Road English track

4-6 to Ladysmith Intermediate• Option for Davis Road English track,

LPS and LIS students to go to North Oyster

• Grades 7 to 12 at Ladysmith Secondary

• French Immersion K-7 to North Oyster

• North Oyster to be a K-7 school for French Immersion and English track

• SD68 to evaluate feasibility of offer-ing late French Immersion at North Oyster

• Retain Davis Road site for possible future use

• Begin planning process to convert Ladysmith Primary to K-6 schoo

Phase 2 - 2015 or 2016• Close Ladysmith Intermediate• Renovate/expand Ladysmith Pri-

mary to accommodate LIS students, creating a 480-student school

Long term: Build new K-6 school in Ladysmith

Option B: (which is now being removed from

consideration)Phase 1- Sept. 2014

• Close Ladysmith Intermediate in June 2014

• Convert LPS to K-6 school• Change Davis Road to a K-6 school

without French Immersion• LIS students to attend converted

LPS and Davis Road• Grades 7-12 at LSS• Move French Immersion K-7 to

North Oyster• North Oyster to be a K-7 school for

French Immersion and English trackPhase 2 - 2015 or 2016

• Close Davis Road • Renovate/expand Ladysmith

Primary to accommodate additional Davis Road students

• Retain Davis Road site for futureOption C:

Phase 1 - Sept. 2014• Close North Oyster in June 2014• Move North Oyster K-3 to LPS (one-

time option for Cedar elementary schools)

• Move North Oyster Grades 4-7 to LIS (one-time option for Cedar

elementary schools)• Grades 8 to 12 at LSS• Move towards transition of English

enrollment at Davis Road to LPS/LIS, beginning September 2014

• Single track French Immersion K-7 at Davis Road

• Analyze feasibility of offering late French Immersion at Davis Road

• SD 68 to evaluate French Immersion offered at Ladysmith Secondary.

• Explore uses for North Oyster School site

• Begin planning and consultation process for expansion/renewal of Ladysmith Primary to a K-7 and new dual track French Immersion school in Ladysmith

Phase 2 - 2014-2017• If deemed viable, begin Late Im-

mersion (Grade 6) at Davis Road September 2014 or 2015

• Retain LPS/LIS to serve Ladysmith zone K-3/4-7 English stream

• If deemed viable, French Immersion begins at LSS

• Monitor enrolment trends at LSS to ensure high school sustainability

Long term: Renovate/expand LPS to renewed K-7 school and build a new K-7 dual track French Immer-sion school in Ladysmith


Our health system was originally designed to deal with the unex-pected — an accident or heart at-tack. That’s why emergency rooms are one of the bedrocks of the sys-tem — they are our strategy to deal with trauma. And they are based on the assumption that patients will be healed.

People near the end of their lives don’t fit that model or those as-sumptions. Too often, people with terminal illnesses are rushed to emergency rooms when they face a crisis because there is no other op-tion available.

When they need pain management and counselling, all that most health facilities can provide are protocols that demand every attempt be made to save a patient’s life.

Families, doctors and patients all want a better system, one focused not just on physical care but also psychological and spiritual care.

New Democrats introduced a mo-tion, M-456, in the House of Com-mons in November to initiate a na-tional program of palliative care.

It read: “That, in the opinion of the House, the government should establish a Pan-Canadian Palliative and End-of-life Care Strategy by working with provinces and territo-ries on a flexible, integrated model of palliative care that: (a) takes into account the geographic, regional,

and cultural diversity of urban and rural Canada; (b) respects the cul-tural, spiritual and familial needs of Canada’s First Nation, Inuit and Mé-tis people; and (c) has the goal of (i) ensuring all Canadians have access to high quality home-based and hos-pice palliative end-of-life care, (ii) providing more support for caregiv-ers, (iii) improving the quality and consistency of home and hospice palliative end-of-life care in Canada, (iv) encouraging Canadians to dis-cuss and plan for end-of-life care.”

M-456 follows the work of the Par-liamentary Committee on Palliative and Compassionate Care. In 2011,

the committee recommended that the federal government re-establish a palliative care secretariat charged with developing and implementing a national palliative and end-of-life care strategy.

The Conservatives cut all fund-ing to the secretariat in 2007 and it folded.

By 2036, the number of Canadi-ans dying each year will grow to 425,000. Right now, 70 per cent of Canadian deaths occur at hospitals.

While we are lucky in our area to have the Palliative Care Unit at the Nanaimo Hospital, people from Ladysmith and surrounding com-munities must travel to visit or help care for loved ones there, which can create hardship.

That’s why the motion calls for improving the consistency of home-based care, particularly in rural ar-eas and small communities.

The closer to family that patients can be, the easier it will be for ev-eryone.

If you want to support this mo-tion, go to my website at www.jean-crowder.ca where there is a petition you can sign.

There is a growing consensus among medical professionals, faith communities and average Canadi-ans that we need more palliative care. This motion provides a way forward.

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The new option for school reconfiguration in Ladysmith, unveiled last week by the Ladysmith Extended Consultation Work-ing Group, seems to be the one that takes into account what Ladysmith parents — or

at least, the most vocal parents — have said they want the most.

Option C — which, most significantly, proposes to close North Oyster Elementary School instead of École Davis Road and proposes to keep Ladysmith Second-ary School (LSS) a Grade 8-12 school instead of Grade 7-12 — won’t make everyone happy if it’s adopted by the School District 68 board of education — no option will — but it does address some of the concerns that Ladysmith parents have voiced most loudly — notably, keeping the French Immersion program in Ladysmith, keeping Grade 7 students out of high school and main-taining a sense of community among Ladysmith’s el-ementary students.

This third option comes after two options were pre-sented at two public meetings in late November. Option A and B both see Davis Road closing in the next few years, French Immersion moving to North Oyster, and Grade 7 students moving to LSS.

Although this third option won’t make North Oyster parents, who have been passionately and creatively fight-ing to keep their school open, happy, it is heartening to see that it is a direct response to the feedback the Work-ing Group received at those two public meetings. The group listened to the community members who came to the meetings and tried its best to address their concerns in a way that makes the most sense for the most people.

Now, it’s up to school trustees, who will make a deci-sion this Wednesday (Dec. 18) during a public meeting in Ladysmith at 6 p.m. Hopefully they’ve been listening as closely as the Working Group has. —Lindsay Chung

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Editor: After having floated several un-

acceptable options for the future of Ladysmith-area schools, the school board is finally being pre-sented with an option that makes sense. FAR better than the Player Plan proposal the board tabled this summer, the Ladysmith Work-ing Group’s “Option C” keeps Ladysmith schools in the right locations, fully utilizes our area’s school capacity, and keeps our Grade 7s out of the high school.

It has less disruptive transition plans and offers potential learn-ing enrichments of both late-en-try and high-school French Im-mersion (FI).

Not everyone will be happy about transitions to single-track FI, or the extended period for re-questing facilities renewal fund-ing from the Ministry [of Educa-tion], but it is clear from District administration that something will have to give in Ladysmith, and this option likely has the most realistic chance of success in the long term.

There will be critics who say that it makes no sense to close North Oyster and keep the aging École Davis Road (EDR) open. However, closing North Oyster is necessary because it is in the fundamentally wrong location for the population to serve the Ladysmith area.

This outweighs the fact that 20 years ago, half of the North Oyster school building was overbuilt and thus gaining the school a slightly higher facilities index score.

Only about 90 of the 300 el-ementary children living in the North Oyster area actually attend that school, with very low future population projections. This con-trasts with the approximately 800 elementary school-aged children live in the growing Ladysmith area, with about 85 per cent of students living in the EDR area attending that school, and the 390/650 children living in the LPS/LIS area attending their catch-ment school. Earlier proposals to close Ladysmith-area schools, and then proceed to drive several hundred children out to North

Oyster each day make little prac-tical sense.

It has also been argued that the infusion of energy from the families from Ladysmith would reinvigorate the North Oyster school. Not likely. Because the school is in the wrong location — 40 kilometres of daily driving for most Ladysmith families — it be-comes a commuter school, with cars lined up to leave at the end of the day, not the community-based school environment of the elementary schools in Ladysmith.

Having watched this planning process unfold from the begin-ning, I can now say that of the proposals tabled, this one has my firm support. I hope trustees vote for Option C on Dec. 18.

Brian ThomLadysmith

Council does not support K-6, 7-12

Editor: Editor’s Note: This is a copy of

an open letter sent to School Dis-trict 68 trustees

The Ladysmith town council has considered the school needs of our local families in its review of the SD68 Facilities Plan. We have heard from local parents and school-aged children and have participated in local meetings.

We want to begin by stating that we respect that you have a difficult and challenging decision to make regarding the closure of schools. We recognize you are faced with competing demands for limited financial resources, aging infra-structure, and declining or static enrollment. We acknowledge the status quo is not sustainable and that changes must be made.

The decisions you will ultimate-ly make will have far reaching impacts on our community. We ask that in your deliberations you respect the values, goals, and vi-sion of our community found in our Town’s Official Community Plan and in our Sustainability Vi-sioning Report as represented in our recommendations below. The citizens of Ladysmith have made every effort to create an attrac-tive, livable, family oriented com-munity. We value our schools, not only as centres of education but also as key neighbourhood cen-tres. We take great pride in pro-viding our families and children a rich variety of amenities. We have worked hard to ensure our com-munity is friendly and supportive of children.

Parents of our community fought hard for the establishment of a French Immersion program. It has become a much valued en-richment opportunity. We look

forward to the continuation and expansion of the elementary French Immersion program and to its extension to Ladysmith Sec-ondary School.

We ask you to choose a course of action that will support long-term community needs.

We ask you to honour your own established optimal school size and consistent school grade con-figurations across the School Dis-trict when making decisions about schools in Ladysmith. We ask you to maintain a K-7 elementary and 8-12 secondary school grade con-figuration within our community. We do not agree with, nor will we support, the establishment of K-6, 7-12 grade configuration.

We ask you to select a course of action that will see the continu-ation of a K-7 elementary school south of Holland Creek and as well as a K-7 elementary school north of Holland Creek. We do not agree with, nor will we support, the creation of a single large el-ementary school to house all our elementary school age children.

We welcome further commu-nity dialogue on this matter and welcome an opportunity to work with trustees to create the best outcomes for our children, our families and our community.

Mayor and councilLadysmith

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An Air Canada Jazz flight was forced to make an emergency landing Thursday, Dec. 12 at Nanaimo Airport after an engine fire.

Passengers aboard Air Canada Jazz flight from Nanaimo to Van-

couver got a dose of adrenaline with their morning coffee when one of the aircraft’s two engines caught fire.

Flight 8258 lifted off from Nanaimo Airport at 7:20 a.m. and was five to 10 minutes into its route to Vancouver when passengers heard a bang and saw flames and sparks coming from the engine.

Elaine Lachapelle of Comox, travelling with her dog, Buddy Boy, was among the 35 pas-sengers and three crew aboard. She was sitting in the back row of the de Havilland Canada Dash 8-300 when the fire broke out.“You could see the

engine was on fire and then they thought they got it out and it came up again,” Lachapelle said. “The flight atten-dant was amazing, and so was the pilot and his assistant.”

Lachapelle, who is a frequent flyer, said she wasn’t apprehensive and everyone on the flight remained calm.“I felt everything was

under control,” she said. “This is the first time something like that has ever happened and, I don’t know why, but I was very trusting of everything that was going on.”

Trevor Fisher, of Nanaimo who was to meet a connector flight to Lethbridge, Alta., said the aircraft had climbed out to what he thought was its maxi-mum altitude for the route when the fire broke out. He admitted to being apprehensive about the incident hap-pening over water.“The standard stuff

that goes through one’s mind when something happens on a plane — a little bit of panic, try-ing to keep calm and trying to be support-ive for the rest of the people that are there,” Fisher said. “The crew really did a good job, too. They really reas-sured us the plane would have been able to make it to Vancou-ver even on one engine, which is something of a relief for a lot people

to hear because the first thing you think when you think of one of the engines going is that we’re going down over the water.”

The aircraft circled until the fire was brought under con-trol and a decision was made to return to Nanaimo. Emergency crews from the airport, Cranberry Fire Depart-ment and B.C. Ambu-lance Service attended the scene.

Passengers dis-embarked on the Nanaimo Airport main runway. They were brought into the air-port terminal while Air Canada unloaded their baggage and booked them on new flights.Alexis Jeffries of

Nanaimo, who was travelling with her two young children to visit her father in New-foundland, said she is a nervous flyer and wasn’t looking forward to boarding another.“We did a big loop

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gency landing,” Jef-fries said. “The cockpit door flew open and they were ready to get out.”

Her son, Aiden, 6, was sitting on the starboard side of the aircraft when the fire broke out.“I was ready to leap

across and push him in my seat,” she said. “He didn’t really notice any-thing. I’m an anxious flyer as it is. It’s hard enough to fly across the country with the two of them by myself. It was a great way to start my flight.”

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For fans of famed Canadian tenor Ken Lavigne, this is a good news, bad news kind of story.

First the good news. Lavigne is here Friday, Dec. 20 to perform his Home for Christmas concert at Chemainus United Church, where he and his band will perform plenty of holi-day standards during two 45-minute sets.“It will be all Christ-

mas songs — classics and secular — inter-spersed with personal stories,” Lavigne said while driving from his Chemainus home to Victoria to rehearse for the concert.“Everyone will have

a great time,” said the personable 40-year-old married dad of three youngsters.

Lavigne, who was born and raised in Vic-toria but has called the Little Town That Did home for the past nine years, said there is just a little more pressure to put on a great show when it’s happening in his own community.“Because it’s your

hometown, there’s al-ready a lot of love in the room for you and you want to make sure you wow them as spec-tacularly as you can

— something a little extra special, I guess is what I’m driving at,” he said.“But there is a little

bit of pressure be-cause ultimately you are going to be run-ning into [members of the audience] on the streets, in the grocery store, in the bank or in the post office and you don’t want anyone to, sort of, quickly avert their eyes or you don’t want any awkward si-lences there,” Lavigne laughed.

Lavigne is in no way disingenuous when

he says Chemainus is home — he truly loves the little seaside town, famous for its murals spread throughout the community.“We were living in

Victoria after we got married and had our first child, and I was on the road a lot,” re-called Lavigne, one of the original Canadian Tenors.“It turned out my in-

laws had a beautiful piece of property with a cottage in Chemainus and they lived right next door, so we rent-ed out the cottage and we fell in love with the place and have been living there ever since.”

And, he said, things never become, er, un-comfortable.“I can say — with a

straight face — I truly enjoy living next to my in-laws.”

Lavigne said the size of his town has a lot to do with the great feel-ing he gets from living there.“Because it is such a

small town, you get to know everyone in the community from the shop owners to the ladies in the bank, the people in the post of-fice and, well, I guess it’s the people you’re surrounded by, the people who know you and they’re interested and we always chit-

chat and, yeah, it’s kind of idyllic and I wouldn’t change that for the world.”

In fact, it was in Chemainus where the man who can bring the house down with a sin-gle note started to de-velop what would be-come holiday staples in his home.“We do a couple of

things that have be-come tradition in our little household, be-cause I think it’s im-portant to strike out on your own with your own family and create your own traditions,” he said.“One of them is we

always have to have a [real] tree so after it’s decorated we do something called the Lavigne Family Fol-lies.”

That means everyone from grandparents to toddlers has to do something: a skit, a poem or a song.“That’s something

we’ve been doing for years and it’s become a tradition just gearing up in the days before Christmas,” Lavigne said.

Now the bad news: at the time of this inter-view last week, Lavi-gne said the show was sold out.“I heard there were

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Ladysmith Arts Council looking for a liftLindsay Chungthe chronicle

Pam Fairchild and her husband loved go-

ing to the Ladysmith Waterfront Gallery to-gether. Until his health deteriorated, and he couldn’t get up the

stairs anymore. For people like the

Fairchilds who miss out on arts and culture because the gallery,

located on the second floor of the blue Expo Building on Oyster Bay Drive, is not accessible, the Ladysmith Arts Council (LAC) is rais-ing money to install an elevator at the gallery.

Fairchild helped get the fundraising cam-paign going when she made a donation to the elevator campaign because her husband was not able to climb the stairs.“This was a real loss

because he loved go-ing with me,” she said.

“The gallery is so lovely. I am a strong supporter of an elevator for the art gallery because people with mobil-ity problems have a real problem. It would make it possible for people to get up there.”

Fairchild is a big be-liever in and supporter of the arts. She has a philosophy on art

that comes from June Wayne, who said: “The arts are the rainfor-ests of society. They provide the oxygen of freedom and they are the early warning sys-tem when freedom is in danger.”“You find in countries

where there is a lot of oppression, the artists are the brave ones,” she said. “All kinds of things are arts, and I think we must support them. I would make an appeal to all of Ladysmith who appre-ciate the arts. I think we have to remove all the obstacles and en-courage people to get up there and appreci-ate all the beauty there is.”

The LAC has been asking its members for funds, selling pot-tery pears made by LAC president Kathy Holmes as fundraisers

for $10 each, and hold-ing ongoing art silent auctions.“People are being able

to pick up very beau-tiful art for not very much money,” noted Holmes.

The LAC has been working on getting an elevator for the gallery for about a year and a half. Holmes says the project will probably cost $80,000 to $90,000, including all the reno-vations to the art gal-lery and studio space that would go along with the installation of the elevator.

The arts council re-cently applied for a BC Creative Spaces grant from the provincial Ministry of Community, Sport and Cultural De-velopment. The LAC has already raised about $6,000, and if they get the Creative Spaces grant, Holmes expects they will need $30,000 to $35,000.

The LAC, which is 100-per-cent volunteer-run, will find out if it receives the grant at the end of March.“If we get it, I’d like

to have everything in place, raring to go and finished by October or November next year,” said Holmes. “But we need the community support.”

This year, more than 5,000 people have vis-ited the gallery, and Holmes estimates that of those, 10 per cent

were unable to get up the stairs.“Lots of times, we

hear the door open and then shut, and we won-der why,” she said. “Or, the able-bodied person in the pair comes up and asks if we have an elevator and when we say no, they say ‘we can’t come.’ Even our own members can’t come up the stairs to the gallery.”

The gallery now ac-cepts Visa, Mastercard and debit, so anyone who wants to support the elevator fund can phone in a donation. People can also donate at 610 Oyster Bay Dr. or mail a cheque, made out to Ladysmith Arts Council, to Box 2370, Ladysmith B.C., V9G 1B8.

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Concerts for ChristmasAbove, students at Ladysmith Primary School (including Audrey Skarvig at left) present their Christmas play Wednesday, Dec. 11. Below, from left, St. Joseph’s School students Drake (left) and Kyler, Sabrena, Chase and Roseanne perform their Christmas concert Wednesday, Dec. 11 in Chemainus; and at the bottom of the page, members of the École Davis Road choir sing for family members during the school’s Christmas Café Thursday, Dec. 12. Here, Mikayla Minhinnick (far left) smiles during one song, while Lily Martin and Ayano Lynch sing their hearts out. Photos by Cathleen MCMahon (above) and lindsay Chung

Christmas in ChemainusOn Saturday, Dec. 14, Chemainus celebrated Little Town Christmas in Waterwheel Park and the Christmas Walking Tour


Clockwise from top: 13-year-old James Lynes of Nanaimo competes in the doughnut-eating contest during Little Town Christmas; Rotary Club volunteer Richard Nelson takes a moment to say hi to a donkey at Little Town Christmas; 12-year-old Hannah Patrice plays Christmas carols inside Owl’s Nest Bistro on the Christmas Walking Tour; Sherry Barkley and her daughter Chelsey Ferguson welcome people to Vintage Treasures during the Walking Tour; and Santa and Mrs. Claus stroll through town on their way to Waterwheel Park. Lindsay Chung

Frequently Asked QuestionsWhat happens when it starts to snow in Ladysmith?First Priority• Clearing snow from all emergency establishments such as the

hospital, fi re station and ambulance station. • Maintaining all MAIN ROADS, (4th Avenue, 1st Avenue, Dogwood

Drive, Davis Road and Chemainus Road) on a 24 hours basis as the snow continues to fall. At this time the main concern is keeping the roadway open to traffi c.

• The grader will clear snow from the main hills throughout Town.Second Priority• Road widening, the snow is pushed back to the curb to make room

for the possibility of another snow fall.• Local Neighbourhood Roads (collector roads) will be cleared after

the main roads (listed above) are completed. Roads will be cleared fi rst and then cul-de-sacs. If the snow continues, or starts again the crews will return to the priority main roads. When the snow stops it takes approximately 48 hours to clean all 60km of roads in Ladysmith.

Why does the plough push the snow into my driveway?Shovelling snow is hard work and it is understandable that you may be frustrated when the plough driver deposits snow into your freshly shovelled area. Operators are aware of the inconvenience and attempt to avoid the problem wherever possible. However, please keep in mind that it is not feasible for the plough to be lifted or stopped at each driveway as it passes. A great way to reduce the amount of snow that is pushed into your driveway is to pile the snow on the right side of the driveway.Do I have to clear the sidewalk in front of my property?Yes, snow is required to be removed from sidewalks by 10:00 a.m. following the snowfall, by the home, commercial property owner or by the occupier. The Town deeply appreciates the efforts of those citizens who regularly assist their elderly and/or disabled neighbours in this regard. For your convenience the Town makes available a salt/sand mixture to assist property owners and residents with their efforts to keep sidewalks clear and safe. The mixture is available (seasonally) for pickup at no cost, from the container outside the Public Works Yard.Does the Town Tow Vehicles During Snowfalls?We ask that residents park their vehicle in their driveways or on their property and remove any basketball hoops or skateboard ramps to keep the roadway clear for the Town crews. Yes, the Town does tow vehicles during snowfalls from time to time in order to ensure routes are clear, especially for emergency traffi c. To fi nd out if your vehicle has been towed by the Town, call Public Works at 250.245.6445.

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REGULAR COUNCIL MEETINGS:The Town of Ladysmith holds regular Council meetings on the fi rst and third Mondays of each month unless otherwise noted. The meetings start at 7:00 p.m. and take place in the Council Chambers at City Hall, 410 Esplanade, Ladysmith, B.C.

The 2014 schedule is as follows:

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Council encourages and welcomes your participation. For meeting agendas and minutes, please visit the Town’s website at www.ladysmith.ca or call 250.245.6400.

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Chemainus junior girls open basketball season with a lossRoss ArmourTHE CHRONICLE

Poor shot percentage was the downfall for Chemainus Secondary School this past Wednesday (Dec. 11), as the team began its junior girls’ bas-ketball season with an emphat-ic defeat to Queen of Angels.

The Cougars were defeated 48-17 at home court by their Duncan rivals in a game that emphasized the importance of making shots in the paint.“We need to improve our

movement on the court and pass a little better,” said coach Jennie Hittinger. “We need to make more of the shots we took, as well as our shooting percentage was pretty low in this game.”

Emily Guest, Chemainus’ best player on the night, did finish the game with nine and over half the team’s points but that wasn’t enough to prevent an eye-opening season-open-ing loss.

Hittinger believes her team was maybe just caught cold.“Unfortunately they’ve start-

ed their season off early, and they’ve already had a few tour-naments in Vancouver. This is our first game and it’s probably their eighth or ninth,” said the coach. “So a little bit more exposure and a little bit more time on the floor hopefully will be in our benefit.”

The game started with Chemainus winning the tip-off, but unfortunately, the good news pretty much ended there for the hosts as they were out-fought by the more efficient and industrious visitors.

Visiting point guard Mikaila Cardin ran the show, making numerous assists and scoring a variety of baskets whilst talk-ing her team through the game throughout proceedings.

The first quarter finished with Queen of Angels leading 8-2, Cardin scoring two of the four baskets, with Guest scor-ing Chemainus’ only basket in

the first eight minutes.Guest could’ve had the lead

halved by the end of the first but missed two resulting free throws after being fouled.

Into the second and the scor-ing picked up.

Despite Guest adding a fur-ther three points to her total alongside two other baskets for the home team, a scoring blitz from opposition shoot-ing guard Mackenzie Cleaves would take the game away from the hosts.

Cleaves scored four bas-kets in the second, including a trademark jump shot from just inside the three straight off the immediate inbound, after receiving a pass and dribbling forward.

It was 27-9 at the half, and Hit-tinger’s troops had work to do.

Queen of Angels were mak-ing far more shots from all over the court, and that’s a trend that would continue.

The third quarter saw the visitors score seven baskets, two from Cardin, in reply to Chemainus’ three, including one from Guest and a fantastic layup shot buzzer beater from point guard Kayla Carlson.

The fourth would be more of a quieter quarter. One bas-ket for Chemainus from Guest alongside another four from Queen of Angels, two from Cleaves, who continued to give a masterclass in jump shot shooting, and 17-48 was the final.

Despite a disappointing open-ing to the season, Hittinger is confident her team can make inroads at the Mid-Island Tour-nament and provincial qualifier coming up in February.“It’d be nice to mount a chal-

lenge at the Mid-Island Tour-nament. That’s our goal,” she said.

Last Monday (Dec. 9), Chemainus’ junior boys’ team had better luck, as they defeat-ed Shawnigan 57-18.

Hittinger’s troops don’t play again until the new year.

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In top photo, Kayla Carl-son of Chemainus Sec-ondary School passes the ball in the Cougars’ season-opening game against Queen of An-gels. At right, Mikaila Cardin of Queen of An-gels passes the ball, while below, Carlson tries to steal the ball. ROSS ARMOUR

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PLANTE, Joan Elizabeth November 13, 1941 – November 27, 2013

Joan was born in St. Thomas, Ontario and the family moved to Alberta after the war. Joan received her education in Camrose, Provost, Wainright and a Secretarial College in Edmonton. Joan married Dennis Plante on December 30, 1966 in Vancouver, BC.

Predeceased by her parents Russell and Ann Lemon, sister Dwyne and brothers Chris and Jim. She is survived by her husband Dennis, daughter Brenda, son Daniel, grandson Nicky, brother in law Earl Gillespie & family and sister in law Lola Lemon & family.

Joan made many friends through her passion for gardening, reading, music and art. She worked as a library technician in school libraries until retiring in 2006. She always felt fortunate that her work allowed her to help the children appreciate reading. Joan enjoyed retirement by involvement in her church, art and garden clubs, her volunteer work and her lovely flower garden. Joan made friends easily as she could always see the good in everyone. Her greatest wish was to see her grandson grow into a well educated young man.

A memorial will be held at the Chemainus Royal Canadian Legion, February 1, 2014 at 1:30 PM.

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DALBY, Gary RalphJuly 2, 1954 - December 5, 2013

Gary passed away peacefully at the Palliative Care Unit at Burnaby General Hospital Dec. 5th after a long battle with cancer. Gary spent his life in Ladysmith where he worked for years in the family business before taking it over from his father Ralph.

He always loved boating, and in his earlier years was an avid water skier who

loved to do both barefoot and slalom skiing. Gary loved to entertain and you could always find him in the kitchen where he enjoyed creating fabulous seafood dishes for family and friends. He was a proud member of St. John’s Lodge in Ladysmith, following in his father’s footsteps.

Gary is survived by his daughter Amy Galloway of Portland, Oregon, his mother Susan Dalby, sister Lynn Halkett (John), nieces Katrina and Leah and his nephew Robert. Fondly missed by his companion Juliet Sobremonte, his aunts and many cousins here in B.C. and in California, as well as his many friends.

A celebration of life will be held in the New Year. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Cops for Cancer Tour de Rock campaign at Ladysmith & District Credit Union (a/c #992800).

PAIVARINTA, Joyce RowlandsPassed away quietly and peacefully in her sleep in NGRH Thursday, December 5, 2013. She is survived by her loving husband Arvo Vaino of 43 years; sisters Gladys Rowlands, Nancy Singer and brother Robert Benell; also nieces Carol Yelland and Brenda Malazdrewich and nephew Ronald Singer and Roland Singer; special friends Martha Boden, Maggie Bannister, Elizabeth Forrester, Helena Paivarinta and Sanni Nivilla.

Joyce was a member of The Sons of Norway and the Welsh Society of Nanaimo.

Services will be held Saturday, December 21, 2013 at 2 p.m. in St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, Nanaimo, BC. Reverend Fischer offi ciating. In lieu of fl owers donations to the Heart & Stroke and Lung Societies, or the Sons of Norway Foundation, or the Nanaimo Regional General Hospital.

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TRADES, TECHNICAL

HD MECHANIC. Noble Tractor & Equip. is seeking a Journeyman or 4th year apprentice Service Techni-cian for our Armstrong location. A self-starter with Ag tech background is desired. Interested candidates send resume to: [email protected], or mail: Noble Tractor & Equip, 4193 Noble Rd, Armstrong, BC V0E 1B4, fax: 250-546-3165

JOURNEYMAN AUTOMO-TIVE Service Technician(s) in Hanna Alberta. Hanna Chrys-ler Ltd. offers competitive wages, relocation allowance, negotiable depending on ex-perience. Bright, modern shop. Full-time permanent with benefi ts. Friendly town just 2 hours from major urban cen-tres. More info at: hannachrys-ler.ca. Fax 403-854-2845; Email: [email protected].

PERSONAL SERVICES

FINANCIAL SERVICES

ANNACIS ISLAND Pawnbrok-ers open ‘till midnight 7 days a week. 604-540-1122. Cash loans for Jewellery, Comput-ers, Smartphones, Games, Tools etc. #104-1628 Fosters Way at Cliveden. annacisislandpawnbrokers.com

CAREER OPPORTUNITIES

PERSONAL SERVICES

FINANCIAL SERVICES

IF YOU own a home or real estate, Alpine Credits can lend you money: It’s That Simple. Your Credit / Age / Income is not an issue. 1.800.587.2161.

LEGAL SERVICES

CRIMINAL RECORD? Don’t let it block employment, travel, education, professional, certifi -cation, adoption property ren-tal opportunities. For peace of mind & a free consultation call 1-800-347-2540.

HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES

VAEXCA TING & DRAINAGE

JBV CONTRACTING LTD(EXCAVATING SERVICES)www.jbvcontracting.comYour Trusted Local Excavating Service for 17 years. JBV pro-vides professional Residential, Commercial & Industrial Exca-vating. Excavation & Backfi lls, Site Servicing, Rock Breaking and More! Call for a FREE QUOTE today!

HAULING AND SALVAGE

Cowichan Hauling & Moving We do it all. Call for a free esti-mate. (250) 597-8335

HOUSEHOLD SERVICES

* Gutters * Windows* Siding * Moss Removal

* Pressure washingMill Bay/Duncan250-743-3306

Chemainus/Ladysmith 250-324-3343

& MOVING STORAGE

2 BURLEY MEN MOVING. $85/hr for 2 men (no before or after travel time charges on lo-cal moves. Please call Scott or Joshua, (250)753-6633.

CAREER OPPORTUNITIES

HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES

& MOVING STORAGE

Cowichan Hauling & Moving We do it all. Call for a free esti-mate. (250) 597-8335

PLUMBING

A SERVICE PLUMBER. Li-cence, Insured. Drains, HWT, Reno’s, Repairs. Senior Dis-counts. After Hour Service. Call Coval Plumbing, 250-709-5103.

ROOFING & SKYLIGHTS

Trent DammelAll Types of

Roofi ngResidential/Commercial

New and Re-roofi ng24hr Emergency Repairs

Professional Service Since 1992250-245-7153www.r-and-l-roofi ng.ca

TELEPHONE SERVICES

DISCONNECTED PHONE? National Teleconnect home phone service. No one re-fused! Low monthly rate! Call-ing features and unlimited long distance available. Call Na-tional Teleconnect today! 1-866-443-4408. www.nationalteleconnect.com

PETS

PET CARE SERVICES

CAT SITTING in my home. Safe, loving environment. No cages. 7day to long term stay. Limited space. 250-740-5554

MERCHANDISE FOR SALE

APPLIANCES

APT. SIZE deep freeze $125. Medium size up right deep freeze $150. White 17cu ft fridge, $200. White 30” range $175. 30” almond range $125. White 30” propane stove $150. Apt size front load washer, dryer, $300. Kenmore Washer dryer sets $200-$350. Washers $150-$250. Dryers $100-$150. Built-in dishwash-ers $100-$150. White portable dishwasher $100. 6 month warranty on all appliances. Please call Greg at (250)246-9859.

FURNITURE

QUEEN MATTRESS SET. Brand New, Pillowtop. $200. (250)713-9680

MISCELLANEOUS FOR SALE

HOT TUB (SPA) COVERS. Best price. Best quality. All shapes & colours available. 1-866-652-6837 www.thecoverguy.com/newspaper?

STEEL BUILDINGS/metal buildings 60% off! 20x28, 30x40, 40x62, 45x90, 50x120, 60x150, 80x100 sell for bal-ance owed! Call 1-800-457-2206 or visit us online at: www.crownsteelbuildings.ca

REAL ESTATE

APARTMENT/CONDOS

NANAIMO WATERFRONT 2nd fl oor condo. 1500 sq.ft. LR/DR/2bdrms with view, den, gas FP, secure bldg. 2 under-ground parking spaces. Main-tenance fee includes hot wa-ter/gas/landscaping. 1 pet OK. $339,900 (250)753-9123

FOR SALE BY OWNER

LADYSMITH HANDYMAN Special. 3bdrms up, lrg LR, double garage, lrg storage. Ocean & city view. 1bdrm suite down. Owner will carry mortgage. $1200 month; or rent for $1,800 month. (250)753-0160.

REAL ESTATE

FOR SALE BY OWNER

Location, Location! Walk to mall. 2 bed, 2 bath rancher in Ladysmith. Heat pump, wood fp, built-in vac. Sunroom, new windows, great home for sen-iors. $255,000. 250-245-1484.

RENTALS

APARTMENT/CONDO

Meicor PropertiesChemainus: Lockwood Villa. Well kept bldg, 1 bdrm $625, available now. N/S, 1 small pet welcome. 250-246-1033.

www.meicorproperties.com

Meicor PropertiesLadysmith: bachelor unit avail now $590/mo incl. heat & hot water, sm pets ok. 250-924-6966.

www.meicorproperties.com

COMMERCIAL/INDUSTRIAL

COMMERCIAL SPACE for rent in Ladysmith. 276 sq ft. Suitable for hair salon or offi ce, storefront parking, popular 1st Avenue building. Available now 250-245-4525.

HOMES FOR RENT

LADYSMITH, 2-BDRM house, recently reno’d, 4 appls, large yard, close to all amens, N/S, N/P, $900. mo, refs req, avail Jan. 1. Call 250-743-4829.

RENTALS

HOMES FOR RENT

Ladysmith: 3 bdrm rancher close to downtown, f/s, w/d, oil heat, n/s, n/p, refs req. $900/mo.

Ladysmith: 2 bdrm home close to town, f/s, w/d, oil heat, nice yard, n/s, n/p, refs req. $900/mo.

Chemainus: 3 bdrm apt in old town, water views, f/s, shared w/d, n/s, n/p, hydro incl, refs req. $950/mo.

Call 250-245-2498

SHARED ACCOMMODATION

Roommate Wanted: $350/mo + half utilities. References required. Call 250-734-1069. Leave a message.

SUITES, LOWER

NORTH NANAIMO: Attention Students/Working Profession-als: semi-furn private suite. New fl oors & paint. Shared lndry. FREE hydro & cable. N/S, No Partiers. $800/mo. Dec. 15th. 250-756-9746

SUITES, UPPER

LADYSMITH: PRIVATE 2 bdrm. Hydro and parking incld’d. NS/NP.. Ref’s please. Call 250-245-4638.

TOWNHOUSES

EDGEWOOD ESTATES. 3-bdrm, 3 bath townhouse. $1200./mo. Avail now or Dec. 15th or Jan.1st (250)248-1657

TRANSPORTATION

AUTO ACCESSORIES/PARTS

CHRIS CRAFT Engines For Sale. 2 Chris Craft 350 cid gasoline engines. Matched pair left hand and right hand rotation. Circa 1965, rebuilt in mid 1980’s and kept in storage ever since. Bore: 030 Mains: 010 Rods: 010 Bore: 030 Mains: 020 Rods: 020. Asking: $1600 for the pair (obo). Con-tact: (250)245-3004

AUTO FINANCING

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What’s Happening

Up Coming

PLEASE SUPPORT LSS GRAD CLASS OF 2014 - The LSS grad class of 2014 has an account set up at Junction Bottle Depot. Please drop off your bottles and request the funds be deposited into the LSS Grad 2014 account or call a grad and they will be happy to

come pick them up.

CELTIC CHRISTMAS CONCERT WITH ANNA ATKINSON - Sun, Dec 22, 7 pm at Cedar United Church. Everyone welcome. Tickets $10. Contact Paula 1-250- 650-6413.

CO-ED BADMINTON - for adults and youth held Tuesdays at North Cedar Intermediate gym. Fun for all levels Equipment supplied. 7:00 - 8:30. $2 drop in fee. Phone Karen 250 722 2414 ext 249


The Last WordChronicle

• Did you know many Ladysmith stores are staying open late Friday nights in De-cember to help you finish your holiday shopping? Following up on the festive feel-ings of Light Up and Old Tyme Christmas, a number of downtown merchants are staying open to 8 p.m. for your convenience. Take a stroll under the lights and cross some name off your Christmas shopping list while supporting local busi-ness owners.• The Ladysmith

Downtown Business Association (LDBA) is calling for nomina-tions for directors. Two-year terms for Jack Tieleman, Lesley Parent, Brian Van Ack-er, Tammy Leslie and Teresa McKinley are expiring, while there is also a one-year term open. Please contact Kim Judson at 250-245-6390 or [email protected] if you want to join the executive team.• Coastal Commu-

nity Credit Union in Chemainus is collect-ing warm clothes, gifts and food for those less

fortunate. For informa-tion, call 250-246-2201.• The Royal Canadian

Legion Branch 191 in Chemainus is hosting a Christmas Day din-ner. This is a free event for all, and it starts at noon. The Legion will also be open for left-overs and homemade soup on Boxing Day, which will also be free.• The Ladysmith Re-

sources Centre As-sociation’s 2014 Day Planners have arrived! At only $5 each, these make great stock-ing stuffers. They are available all around Ladysmith, includ-ing at the Chamber of Commerce office, Sala-mander Books, 49th Parallel Grocery and Coronation Mall.• Congratulations to

Cassidy’s Steve Smith, a finalist for the Pink-bike Male Gravity Rac-er of the Year award! The 2013 race season saw Steve Smith’s steady rise to the up-per ranks of downhill mountain bike racing culminate with him tak-ing the overall World Cup title. He stood on the podium at the first three World Cups of

the season and then swept the final three races of the year to emerge victorious af-ter a heated battle with Gee Atherton. Smith also took wins in his

home country, taking the Canadian National Championships, the Crankworx Canadian Open, and the Crank-worx Air DH. “At only 24 years of age, Smith

has amassed an incred-ible list of results, and we expect even more of the same in the coming years from the good-natured shred-der,” states Pinkbike.

Heard around town...

CHURCH DIRECTORY

1149 Fourth Ave, Ladysmith, 250-245-8221

Family Worship Service every Sunday at 10:30 amLife Lesson Series: The Gospel According to Scrooge

(Nursery & Children’s classes available)Mid-week programs for kids, preteens and teens

Rev. Susan Hermanson 250-245-5512

24th CHRISTMAS EVE at 4:30 and 10:30 pm25th CHRISTMAS DAY at 10 am29th AGAPE CELEBRATION at 10 am

ST. JOHN’SANGLICAN CHURCH314 Buller St., Ladysmith Come & Worship with us.

Christmas EveDec. 24 - 9:00 PM

Christmas DayDec. 25 - 9:00 AM

New Years EveDec. 31 - 7:00 PM

New Years DayJanuary 1, 2014

9:00 AM

Welcome toSt. Mary’s

Catholic Church1135 - 4th Avenue

Ladysmith, BC

Mass Times:Sat. 5:00 pmSun. 9:00 am250-245-3414

Hall Rentals Available250-245-2077

Rev. Min-Goo Kang232 High Street250-245-2183

www.ladysmithunited.org

Inclusive - Diverse - VibrantLadysmith

First United ChurchSunday Service

including Sunday schoolat 10:30 amHealing Pathway

1st & 3rd Tuesdays, 6-8 pm

Christmas Eve Service December 24 at 7 pm.

See All My Listings on the Internet! www.coastrealty.com

GregBuchanan

250-245-8914

$349,900 Spacious 4 bedroom family home complete with vaulted ceilings and gas fireplace. House is in great condition with new flooring and appliances. There is a private backyard with a pond and gazebo.

$349,900Riverfront living on 10 acres that borders Haslam Creek. Consists of 3 separate pieces of land, nicely treed, rich in soil and conveniently located close to the highway and airport.

$119,900Building lot in Duncan in an area of new homes. Conveniently located to all levels of schools and amenities.

$285,000 341 Cedar Village EstatesQuality craftsmen style home. Large master bdrm, den, ensuite bath and powder room. 1254 sq ft. includes lots of storage and spacious sundeck.

Reduced! $169,900 3 bdrm, 3 bath townhome, beautiful condition. New floors, doors, a newer roof, large private patio in back, kid & pet friendly, easy walk to all levels of schools, parks and the sportsplex.

$529,900Beautiful country home on 10 acres. 3 bedrooms, den, 10 foot ceilings, with updated kitchen, bathrooms, flooring and more.

Beyond Your Expectations

640 Trans Canada Hwy., Ladysmith, BC

P. 250-245-3700 C. 250-667-7653

E. [email protected]

Call for a Free Home Evaluation

The Ladysmith Seniors Centre Society

wish to thank the following contributors for their donations to

our fundraising raffl e.

• Ladysmith Credit Union • Lonsdale Funeral Group • Coast Realty • Anonymous • Dr. Holly Blaikie • Rexall Drugs • Island Savings • Pharmasave • High Street Hair • Smile & Style Family Hair Salon • Chopstix Salon • Canada Safeway • Ladysmith Dollar Store • Old Town Bakery

Your support was greatly appreciated

our fundraising raffl e.

Ladysmith Credit Union • Lonsdale Funeral Group

• Dr. Holly Blaikie

• High Street Hair

Family Hair Salon

• Canada Safeway

• Old Town BakeryYour support was

Erik Veistrup (left), president of the Chemainus Valley Historical Society, re-ceives a cheque for $250 from Melody Smythies, Peter Matthews and Brad Grigor from the Chemainus and District Chamber of Commerce. The funds come from the 50/50 draw at the Golden Brush Awards and go towards the museum’s building fund. LINDSAY CHUNG

250-924-8486

Mr Popper’sSweet Shoppe

#1 - 32 High St., Downtown Ladysmith

Pop in for something sweet at

So many goodies plus our own •Kettle Corn

• Cotton Candy • Fudge



Ladysmith 10% Shift

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Find more online at

drivewayBC.ca

Safety Tip:If you’re looking for a new vehicle as a holiday gift, consider looking for some of the latest safety features such as electronic stability control and ABS brakes. For a

small price differential, you could get a whole lot more protection.

OF THE WEEK!

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Go to drivewayBC.ca to submit your answer.

QuestionOF THE WEEK:

Do you plan to install winter tires this year? – If not, why not?

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Winter Weather: Planning to arrive alive

Driving can be challenging no matter

where you live in the province at this

time of the year.

Bob McHugh

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1. A full night’s sleep ahead of a long drive is important. 2. It’s also a good idea to let a friend know when you’re leaving and the time you expect to arrive.3. Fill the windshield washer bottle with seasonal cleaner and carry an extra container in the trunk. 4. Don’t forget to bring sunglasses – glare from snow can be hard on the eyes.5. Wear (warm) clothes that allow good movement to steer and operate the foot pedals. 6. Bring water plus non-perishable food supplies on longer trips. 7. An emergency (first aid) kit.8. Check the weather forecast, road conditions and for road closures on your route before heading out on a long trip. 9. Good winter tires are mandatory on most high-elevation BC highway routes during the winter. 10. If you must drive in bad weather, it’s a good idea to refuel when the tank drops below half full. If the car breaks down or gets stuck in the snow, having engine heat until help arrives could be important.

Top ten winter road trip tips:Winter weather has already touched most parts of BC and there is a threat of more severe snowstorms in the coming days.Driving can be challenging no matter where you live in the province at this time of the year. The heavy rain, fog, wind or slushy snow that’s common in coastal areas can present an unpredictable and more dangerous driving situation than sub-zero, crunchy hard-packed snow. Then there’s the biggest driving challenge of them all – ice in its various road surface incarnations. What makes a BC winter road trip uniquely challeng-ing (and interesting) is that it’s possible to experience all (or most) of the above conditions, in a same-day drive.Even if daytime temperatures are mild, overnight temperatures typically drop close to or below the freezing mark on a regular basis. Your car’s tires are what keep you on the road and out of the ditch. Before you set out today, be it to work or to pay a visit to friends or family across the province, please check your tires.Below seven degrees Celsius, the rubber compound used in a winter tire (or all-weather tire) remains softer and offers better traction qualities than an all-season or summer tire.A winter or all-weather tire is marked with a mountain/snow-

flake symbol on the sidewall to indicate that it meets a specific winter tire industry performance test. A series of tragic accidents that involved vehicles equipped with all-season tires, mainly on the Sea-to-Sky Highway in BC, played a significant role in the adaptation of this tire designation. The traction qualities of a winter tire will deteriorate as it wears and loses tread depth. As a general rule, a half-worn winter tire performs at about the same level as a good all-season tire in cold, slippery condi-tions. A half worn all-season tire will perform about the same as a good summer tire.

And a half-worn summer tire… well, let’s not go there!When road traction conditions are poor, try to avoid asking tires to do more than one job at a time – specifically, don’t steer and brake at the same time. Start braking sooner and try to get all braking done while the vehicle is in a straight line, in advance of a turn. Steady and smooth steering actions work best and use a gentle push on the gas pedal as you exit the turn.According to ICBC, about one-in-25 crashes in BC are caused by wildlife col-

lisions. Although they tend to be more active in spring and fall, they can be attracted by roadside vegetation and you need to be extra watchful for wildlife during the dusk and dawn.

‘‘What makes a BC winter road trip uniquely challenging (and interesting) is that it’s possible to experience all (or most) of the above conditions, in a same-day drive.’’Bob McHugh

[email protected]

Useful winter driving web sites: drivebc.ca, icbc.com

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Service with integrity, every time. After all, it’s in our name.

Integra Tire LadysmithLocated in the JUNCTION CENTRE

#1-13136 Thomas Rd. (at the Cedar Road turnoff)

[email protected]

LADYSMITH CHEMAINUS CEDAR DUNCAN

Your Island Community Grocers since 1977

Visit us on the web www.the49th.com

3055 Oak Street1020 1st Avenue 1824 Cedar Road 550 Cairnsmore Street

250-246-3551Open Daily

7:30 am - 9:00 pm


7:30 am - 9:00 pm


7:30 am - 9:00 pm


7:30 am - 9:00 pm

100% Locally Owned & Operated • We deliver! (See store for details)We reserve the right to limit quantities • Pictures for illustrative purposes only

Mitchell’s

Country StyleToupie Hams

1.7 kg

999ea.

Armstrong

Cheddar CheeseMedium, Mozza or Marble. 600 grams, limit 2

686

Mott’s

ClamatoJuice

1.89 litre, limit 4 total

2/$5

Extra Old White $9.86Old $7.86

These one day only specials are while stock lasts

2013 - Remaining 9 Days of our12 Days of Christmas Sale

ONE DAY ONLY

FRESH

BRUSSELSPROUTS2.16 kg 98¢

lb.

MONDAYDECEMBER 23

Merry Christmas Everyone! From, the 49th!

Wednesday, DEC. 25

ONE DAY ONLY

ISLAND FARMS

EGGNOG2 litre. Limit 2 298

FRIDAYDECEMBER 20

ONE DAY ONLY

CHINESE

MANDARINORANGES5 lb. box. Limit 2 total 2/$5

WEDNESDAYDECEMBER 18

ONE DAY ONLY

BACON, EGGS,HASH BROWNS and ORANGE JUICE375 g Olymel bacon1 doz. 49th large eggs295 ml Minute Maid O.J.750 g Gold Rush HashbrownsLimit 2 total

TUESDAYDECEMBER 24

896

ONE DAY ONLY

SUNRISE FARMS BONELESS SKINLESS

CHICKENBREAST4 kg, IQF, 15% protein Limit 12299

TUESDAYDECEMBER 17

ONE DAY ONLY

OCEAN SPRAY

CRANBERRYSAUCE348 ml tin. Limit 4 total 4/$5

SATURDAYDECEMBER 21

ONE DAY ONLY

DELUXE BAKED 10 INCHPUMPKIN orAPPLEPIES1.3 kg, limit 2 total 399

SUNDAYDECEMBER 22

ONE DAY ONLY

SUNRYPE BLUE LABEL

APPLEJUICE1 litre Limit 4 total 88¢

THURSDAYDECEMBER 19

Prices effective Monday, December 16 to Tuesday, December 24, unless otherwise noted

From all the gang at the 49th!

Your ChoiceCalifornia No. 1

Premium Yams or Celery

1.50 kg

68¢lb.


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