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Police urge caution around creeks after rescueLindsay ChungTHE CHRONICLE

Police are warning the public to be ex-tra cautious around rivers and creeks af-ter rescuing a 30-year-old Nanaimo man from Haslam Creek Sunday.

On Sunday, Jan. 12 at approximately 3:25 p.m., a male called 9-1-1 to advise he had been swept into Haslam Creek just north of Ladysmith after going four by fouring in the area.“His Jeep took on water, and he was swept out of the vehicle into the creek,”

Sgt. Sheryl Armstrong said in a news release. “He was able to reach his cell-phone and call 9-1-1.”

Ladysmith RCMP, Nanaimo RCMP, Search and Rescue, the Cedar Fire De-partment and the Cranberry Fire Depart-ment all assisted in the search for the male.“We had to go down the riverbanks to search for him,” said Armstrong.

The man was located in the creek after being swept downstream for about one kilometre and brought to shore, accord-ing to Armstrong.

He was taken to the Ladysmith Com-munity Health Centre, where he was treated for hypothermia and other non-life threatening injuries. He was released later in the day.Armstrong says it is very important for

people to remember that waterways are far more dangerous with all the rain we have been getting in the area.“With the recent rains, people are re-minded the rivers and creek levels rise and there could be significant undercur-rents,” she said. “This situation could have turned out

much worse and serves as a reminder to those who are around the water to use caution.”Armstrong urges drivers not to cross

waterways.“Even if you’ve been across it before,

you don’t know what conditions have changed,” she said, noting it could be much deeper, and you wouldn’t be able to notice that. “It’s really important you don’t go four by fouring across streams and creeks if possible.”Armstrong does not know if the driver

was going across the creek in this case.

Grade 5 student Abbie Cobb is ready for her turkey feast Jan. 8 at St. Joseph’s School in Chemainus. The feast was part of the school’s Epiphany event. The school held an Epiphany Mass, and students and staff members dressed royally in their � nest attire to honour the visit of the Magi. This event is meant to help students understand the signi� cance that Christ came for all people, for all nations.Students were asked to write out what their spiritual gift for Jesus is, such as being kind, more helpful or compassionate and understanding. They celebrated with a feast provided by the school’s parent auxiliary. LINDSAY CHUNG

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In brief Coast’s seastars are in crisisPeter W. RuslandTHE CHRONICLE

The coast’s starfish are dying horrific deaths while scientists scramble to figure out why.

They’re also worried about how seastar wasting syndrome will af-fect ecosystems spanning Alaska to Cowichan to California.“Since late August, we started noticing sunflower seastars dying off quite quickly,” said marine bi-ologist Paula Romagosa, curator of Sidney’s Shaw Ocean Discovery Centre.“The coastal diving community got involved doing survey dives. So far we don’t know why,” she said of the starfish die-off involv-ing six or seven species.“I’m quite scared, to be honest.

We can’t figure out what it is, so there’s no way to control it — or know if it’ll affect our food sourc-es like fish.”

Peter Luckham, a Thetis Is-land dive master who piloted Chemainus’ dive-reef jet, said he was stunned by the seastar deci-mation. He sends seastar data to the Vancouver Aquarium.“It’s like science fiction. It de-

composes into a pile of goo. If you could hear a scream under water, they’d be saying ‘I’m melting’, just like out of the Wizard Of Oz.”

Populations including sunflower, sun, basket, leather, pink, com-mon purple, vermillion, and blood stars are dying, Luckham said.“Brittle stars are the only ones

I’ve noted not been affected.”“We believe its some sort of virus,” said Romagosa, “but we haven’t been able to prove it yet.”

Proof of what’s wiping out about 30 per cent of the coast’s observ-able starfish could come from samples sent to Cornell University, explained Vancouver Aquarium’s Donna Gibbs.

Other samples have been sent to UBC, UVic, and California univer-sities.“It’s pretty shocking. We were surprised seeing seastars in dives during research around Howe Sound in some state of decay or meltdown.”

Divers started noticing melting and dissolving seastars in Septem-ber in Howe Sound.“It started with sunflower seast-

ars, but has spread to other spe-cies,” said Romagosa. “California purple seastars are being affected more than other species.”

Gibbs said she’d never seen star-fish deaths on this scale.“Not on this magnitude. Before this, we saw an overabundance of these animals when they were just piled on top of each other on Hutt Island.”

Romagosa noted “it could be na-ture taking its course from over-population — or something we humans have done.”

Luckham was “quite alarmed”

about the seastar’s demise be-tween Nanaimo and Victoria.“It appears to be some kind of pathogen, but I’m not a biologist. It completely wipes out the entire population.”

But the dive veteran hadn’t seen the disease’s wrath below 70 feet.

“That indicates it’s also tempera-ture sensitive, and not surviving in deeper water.“What worries me is stars are a big predator; they eat everything they can find including other stars,” he said of the critter keep-ing others in balance.

He and Romagosa doubted the starfish crisis was sparked by Pa-cific radiation from the meltdown of Japan’s Fukushima nuclear plant.“It’s hard to believe it’s radia-tion affecting the Vancouver area before the closest proximity to Japan. It could be an environmen-tal reaction to overpopulation; it could be sewage, or pollution. Some species disintegrate in a couple of days; others will last longer.”

Dan Jacques, a diver and dock master at Maple Bay Yacht Club, was also shocked seeing seastar carnage in areas around the island, one of the Earth’s biggest seastar populations.“There’s no way you can tell me this is natural. It’s a big wake-up call,” he said. “It’s just crazy.”

Crazy enough the legs are drop-ping off seastars he’s photo-graphed “and they’re just rotting.”

Romagosa said the wasting-syn-drome deaths look more like a viral infection — perhaps resem-bling the human ebola virus — af-fecting adult seastars.“Some get bald spots, and get re-ally skinny, and start to disinte-grate. With others, their guts start coming through the pores in their skin. It’s a horrible sight to see; it’s terrifying. Their legs fall off and start walking away from the body.”

It’s tough to tell if seastars are in pain, she explained.“They don’t have a brain, but do have a nervous system so they do have pain receptors, but we’ve seen no signs of distress from the ones in the aquarium. They go about their normal activities until they just fall apart.”

Romagoa’s other worry is about vital starfish roles in the food chain.“Most seastars are top predators so this will affect everything in the food chain below them. All popu-lations that depend on the seast-ars as a control system will start going unchecked.”“The biggest thing,” said Gibbs,

“is getting photographic evidence to us.”

Pictures can be sent to [email protected] or [email protected]. Also, visit www.vanaqua.org or

aquablog to learn more.

An unexplained wasting disease is devastating the starfish population in our area

Gastrointestinal outbreak at Lodge on 4th is over

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Nanaimo Airport to announce non-stop flights to Seattle

Mike Hooper, Nanaimo Airport president and CEO, and Russ Burke, Nanaimo Airport Commission chairman and other guests will announce new non-stop flights to Seattle, Wash., at a reception hosted by the airport today (Tuesday, Jan. 14).

Business leaders and general public from Nanaimo Airport’s service region are invited to the event, to be held in the airport terminal arrivals area 3-5 p.m. The announcement regarding the air carrier and service details will be made at 4 p.m.

Seaward Kayaks to be on Dragons’ Den Jan. 29

Tune into CBC’s Dragons’ Den Wednesday, Jan. 29, and you’ll see some familiar faces from Seaward Kayaks in Chemainus.

The episode featuring Seaward’s trip to the Den will air Jan. 29 at 8 p.m. (8:30 p.m. in Newfoundland) on CBC.“At this time, we cannot reveal any details about the show itself, but it was a fantastic experience for the owners of Seaward Kayaks,” Seaward states in a press release.

A family-owned business and local employer, Seaward Kayaks is one of the original North American kayak manufacturers, with a 25-year history of excellence.

The company has built up a reputation for building the finest quality sea kayaks in the world and is the manufacturer of choice for industry-leading outfitters and training programs, according to a press release.

Seaward general manager Doug Godkin visited CBC’s Toronto studio April 6 with Seaward Kayaks owners Steven and Jacquie Ree to tape an appearance for the show’s eighth season.

In the top photo, a healthy sun� ower seastar is seen. Above, what is left of the sun� ower seastar after the ravages of a mysterious wasting disease taking hold along North America’s northwestern Paci� c shoreline. PETER W. LUCKHAM

Ross ArmourTHE CHRONICLE

A recent outbreak at a lo-cal Ladysmith lodge forced three members of staff to stay off work.A gastrointestinal out-

break at The Lodge on 4th left three staff members feeling under the weather to begin 2014.“None of our residents

were affected, but we did have three staff members off their work,” said Joanne McMurray, director of care at The Lodge. “The out-break lasted six days.”As of Jan. 7, the outbreak

ended and The Lodge is now open for visiting again.

The Lodge is a care facil-ity looking after people in need of care 24 hours a day.“Our three staff members

had symptoms such as di-arrhea and vomiting,” said McMurray. “It was a virus that was going around and something people can just pick up when they’re out shopping, say.”

Val Wilson from Island Health confirmed that no form of influenza was in-volved in this particular outbreak.“Any outbreak at a facil-

ity on Vancouver Island is posted on our website,” she said.

Ladysmith resident Frank Sutherland’s wife is at The Lodge, and he says, initially, there was a sense of con-fusion with regards to the outbreak.“I was initially told stom-

ach flu and then it might have been a norwalk virus. They were totally unpre-

pared,” said Sutherland. “I actually felt sorry for the staff as they didn’t know what was going on and some were believing some-thing and others believing something else.“It was unbelievable. My

wife has been in four of these establishments now and we’ve had this before. They’ve got to be more pre-pared.”


Memorial marks 100th anniversary of Mairs deathLindsay Chungthe chronicle

One hundred years ago, a 21-year-old coal miner and trade unionist named Joseph Mairs died while serving time in prison during the Occupation of Ladysmith.

Mairs was one of many coal miners who went on strike against four coal mines in Nanaimo and Ladysmith in 1912.

Mairs had worked at the Ca-nadian Collieries mine in Ex-tension and was embroiled in a bitter struggle between miners, fighting for the eight-hour day, health and safety regulations and union recognition under the banner of the United Mine Workers of America, and their employers, which lasted from September 1912 to the start of the First World War.

In 1912, United Mine Work-ers member Oscar Mottishaw reported dangerous levels of gas in one of the mines. He was fired and blacklisted. In re-sponse, his fellow miner held a one-day strike on Sept. 12, 1912. The companies retaliated with lockouts at all the mines, and they used scab labour to con-tinue business.A year later, the miners in

Ladysmith, who were still on strike, had lost patience with scabs. Forming into a large crowd and arming themselves with stones and dynamite, they drove out the strikebreakers and police from the town.

The militia was dispatched, and mass arrests followed.

Mairs was arrested Aug. 15, 1913, and sentenced to one year in jail and a $100 fine. Mairs be-came ill in January, and after re-

ceiving no medical attention, he died on Jan. 20, 1914, one month shy of his 22nd birthday.

Mairs rests in the Ladysmith Cemetery beneath a stone cairn his fellow miners erected in his honour with the inscription “A Martyr to a Noble Cause — The Emancipation of His Fellow Men.”

For the past 11 years, the Jo-seph Mairs Memorial Commit-tee has been honouring Mairs with a formal memorial the Sun-day closest to the anniversary of his death.

The 12th annual Joseph Mairs Memorial will take place this Sunday (Jan. 19) at 1 p.m. at St. Mary’s Catholic Church Hall at 1135 Fourth Ave. in Ladysmith.

The topic of discussion this year will be “The Next Hun-dred Years,” featuring a panel of young people discussing the future of B.C., Canada and the globe in the context of Labour and its contributions.“We’re really aware it’s the

100th anniversary, and we want-ed to do something special,” said committee founder Alastair Haythornthwaite. “We thought we’re looking back 100 years, but we’re also looking forward to the next 100 years.”

Five or six young people will sit on the panel this year.“I think it’s going to be quite

surprising,” said Haythornth-waite. “I know we’ve had some preliminary discussions with the panel, and their take on poli-tics and society and change is quite different from ours. I think it’s going to be very interesting to hear what these people have to say and the interaction be-tween them and the audience.“One of our catchphrases is

‘our common condition’ — with Joseph Mairs and with each oth-er. It will be very good for young people and older people to hear this dialogue. We can teach them a lot, and they are looking at it with fresh eyes.”

The event will also feature live music by local musicians linked to the labour movement, includ-ing Art Farquarson and friends, Beverley McKeen and friends, and Charlie Fox, plus new mu-sical addition Lily Haythornth-waite. Mike Gagnon volunteers to do the sound for them.

Piper Frank Nichols, who has been part of the memorial for the past decade, will lead a pro-cession from the church to the cemetery and play a lament for the fallen at Mairs’s graveside.

Haythornthwaite says the memorial is an event for trade unionists to remember Joseph Mairs and miners from the past and also to link their struggles to the struggles workers face today.“It’s a non-partisan atmosphere,

and it’s a place for us to come and discuss our issues,” he said.

“We always have a forum so all the audience can participate.”“Our struggle as Canadians for

justice and democracy is an on-going process, and Joseph Mairs and all his fellow miners, they were taking part in it 100 years ago, and here we are continuing it on,” he added. “We are trying to do our bit in the world, just as they did. Now, I think our big-gest challenge is democracy, to get our politicians to legislate in the interest of the population instead of the corporation and the elites.”

For more information, visit http://josephmairs.ca.

Piper Frank Nichols pipes a lament at the Ladysmith Cemetery graveside of Joseph Mairs during last year’s Joseph Mairs Memorial. This year’s memorial takes place Sunday, Jan. 19. File Photo

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LMS volunteers receive Legacy AwardLindsay Chungthe chronicle

What does it mean to leave a legacy?

The dictionary de-fines a legacy as any-thing handed down from the past, as from an ancestor or pre-decessor. In the legal sense, a legacy is de-fined as a gift of prop-erty, especially person-al property, as money, by will or bequest.

When Ladysmith council presents the Community Legacy Award, it means mak-ing a difference and doing or creating something that’s going to last a long time and benefit the community for many years to come.

Ladysmith council started recognizing people who have been leaving a legacy in the community in 2011. The first Legacy Award was presented to Bill Fitzpatrick, a guid-ing force behind the Festival of Lights, that year. In 2012, council presented the Legacy Award to the late Tom Wickham and his wife Wilma. In the last days of his life, Tom Wick-ham contributed sig-nificant funds to pur-chase artifacts for the Ladysmith Archives, and the Wickhams have donated money for a scholarship.

This year, council chose to recognize two people with the Legacy Award — Doug Bell and Barrie McDonald from the Ladysmith Mari-time Society (LMS).

While the Ladysmith Celebrations Society presents a Citizen of the Year award and the Ladysmith Chamber of Commerce presents a Volunteer of the Year award, council decid-ed in 2011 that it want-ed to recognize people who give of themselves and create a legacy that goes on and on, explained Ladysmith Mayor Rob Hutchins.

Bell, a director with the LMS, and Mc-

Donald, the society’s president, were instru-mental in obtaining the funding needed to make the new Visitor Reception Centre at the LMS Community Marina a reality.“These two individu-

als weren’t the founda-tions of our community, but they came on board and shared a vision not only with our commu-nity but with the pro-vincial representatives and also the federal representatives, say-ing ‘we can bring life to not-such-a-nice area of our waterfront, the industrial wasteland of our waterfront, by cre-ating a floating visitor welcome centre,” said Hutchins. “What was so unusual about their work besides the thou-sands and thousands of hours they put into it is that they did capture the imagination of the provincial represen-tatives and what was so unusual was their ability and vision to obtain grants from the federal government not once … but twice. It was through hard work and dedication. I know firsthand and from staff there that the representatives of the LMS in terms of Doug Bell and Barrie McDonald produced exemplary, exemplary grant material that helped compel staff to recommend that this organization, this com-munity is worthy of such a grant.”

McDonald was hum-bled by the award.“It must be difficult to

isolate two people out of such a huge team that does something like this,” he told coun-cil when he received his award.

One person who stands out for McDon-ald is Brian Bancroft, who was the chairman of the Advisory Design Panel when LMS first put forward what he describes as a “hum-drum proposal” for the reception centre. Ban-

croft told them it need-ed a “wow factor” and provided recommen-dations for architects.“It was a team of hun-

dreds of volunteers from LMS putting in thousands and thou-sands of hours, town council supporting it all the time, [city man-ager Ruth Malli] and her staff very support-ive, and it was a com-munity team that made this happen,” said Mc-Donald. “I really appre-ciate being singled out; I probably don’t de-serve to be, but thank you very much.”

Bell also uses the word “team” when he talks about this award.“It’s a tremendous

honour,” he said. “There are simply so many people who have contributed to making the Visitor Reception Centre and the Marina a success, really, the award should go to many people than Bar-rie and I. It’s been a real team effort.”

Bell was surprised and humbled by the recognition, and he is happy to be sharing the award with McDonald.“It’s awesome; we’ve

worked together for many, many years,” he said. “Really, the award, it’s an incredible team effort that has worked so hard to make it the success it is.”

Bell is really apprecia-tive of all the support they have received.

“The support from town council and town administration and the support from the Stz’uminus First

Nation has been abso-lutely critical, and the support of our mem-bership and our moor-ers and the tremen-

dous support of the Ladysmith Downtown Business Association, Chamber of Commerce and business commu-

nity. We couldn’t have accomplished it with-out such a broad cross-spectrum of individu-als and groups.”

In left photo, Barrie McDonald receives his Legacy Award from Ladysmith Mayor Rob Hutchins, while at right, Doug Bell says a few words after accepting his award. Lindsay Chung (Left) and duCk Paterson (right)


It’s months away, but I’m hoping some kids in the area are think-

ing of Canada Day.The federal government

announced in an October press release the launch of the 2014 Canada Day Chal-lenge.

“Under the theme “Can-ada: Strong and Free,” the Canada Day Challenge invites young Canadians aged eight to 18 years old to express their creativity and show their pride in be-ing Canadian.

The three categories are:• Draw It! Submit a post-

er design.• Snap It! Submit an orig-

inal digital photograph.• Write It! Submit a liter-

ary creation in the form of a short story, poem, or essay.

The deadline for enter-ing the contest is Feb. 15.

Winners will be an-nounced in the spring. The grand prize for this year’s three national winners —one from each category — is a trip to Ottawa to visit Canada’s national in-stitutions and to celebrate

Canada Day 2014 on Par-liament Hill.

As special guests of Parks Cana-da, they will also visit se-lect Parks Canada sites. Runners-up in each category will also re-ceive prizes.

The offi-cial partners of the 2014 Canada Day Challenge are Parks Canada, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Encounters with Canada, the Trans Canada Trail, Canada Post, the Cana-dian Museum of Civiliza-tion, and the Royal Cana-dian Mint.

The winning entries will be displayed at the Cana-dian Museum of Civiliza-tion from June to Septem-ber 2014 and will be part

of the design of the official posters for the 2014 Celebrate Canada festivi-ties.

For more in-formation on the contest, entry rules and regulations, as well as addi-tional learning resources, vis-it the Canada Day Challenge

website at www.challenge.pch.gc.ca.

I encourage all young people in Ladysmith to submit an entry.

My office has also re-ceived a lot of correspon-dence on another national issue — the proposed changes to Canada Post.

Most people I know want to see Canada Post mod-ernized instead of cutting services and driving away customers while raising

costs. And more and more people are asking if Cana-da Post could take on new services.

Here on Vancouver Is-land, we have faced a re-duction in the number of service locations for fed-eral government depart-ments — like the closure of the immigration office and a reduction in the number of Service Canada outlets.

Where once the post of-fice was the place to go to get a paper copy of the tax return, it could provide even more government services now. At the very least, postal employees could be trained to help people navigate govern-ment websites since post-al outlets have provided high-speed Internet ac-cess since the 1990s.

If you don’t want to see Canada Post cut its ser-vices, I encourage you to send a letter to the Minis-ter responsible for Canada Post, Lisa Raitt, Minister of Transport, at House of Commons, Ottawa K1A 0A6.

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If one of your New Year’s resolutions is to be-come more civic-minded, your timing couldn’t be better.

B.C.’s next civic election is coming up Nov. 15. That’s the day you can have a say in who

runs your community by voting for local government and school trustees.

Sure, that may still seem a long way off, but you are going to need all 10 months to be prepared.

By paying attention now, you’ll be able to make in-formed votes with a firm grip on matters affecting you most when the time comes — not knee-jerk choices about familiar and unfamiliar faces; or worse, not vot-ing and letting others rule your life.

Make no mistake: politics runs our lives at all levels, from property taxes and classroom sizes, to traffic lights and flooding.

And procrastination is the thief of democracy. Don’t wait for a knock at your door. Pay attention. Go to the meetings. Read the news. Ask questions.

There’s lots to pay attention to these days, with the issue of school reconfiguration, funding and priorities being at the top of the list here in our community.

Form opinions on issues like the new Cowichan District Hospital, Echo Heights Forest, arts funding, school district organization, priorities and funding, local government spending, economic revitaliza-tion, climate change, crime, and many more sure to emerge.

They say knowledge is power, it’s time to start build-ing that knowledge. There is no time like the new year to start preparing for November’s civic election.

You pay to play through various valley taxes. Don’t let the usual suspects have all the fun.

—Cowichan News Leader Pictorial, with files from Lindsay Chung

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Ladysmith Food Bank volunteers are real heroes

Editor:

The volunteers working for the Ladysmith Food Bank are real HEROES.

At least one volunteer is work-ing for the Food Bank on each day of the week, and many are working on Mondays and Tues-days. They help with bagging, handing out bags on the Tues-day distribution days, picking up donations from Safeway and 49th Parallel, trucking do-nations from events like the Cinnamon Bun Fun Run or the Kinsmen Hot Dog Events or the many smaller events held by Ladysmith residents to stock the Food Bank shelves.

Others pick up day-old bread from various stores or purchase food from Russell Farms or lo-cal stores, or help transporting donated food to the Old Food Bank at the corner of Buller Street and First Avenue.

Our volunteers help to sort the food donated and stored (tem-porarily) at the Old Food Bank by stacking cases of chicken or mushroom soup on the floor or jars of peanut butter on the shelves where they wait until the quantity is enough to fill the needs of a distribution day. Vol-unteers load the truck and stack the goods on the New Food Bank shelves to be ready for the clients.

All these people are helping the 350 or so clients who come to get a bag or family box each Tuesday morning.

Recently, a woman on the volunteer list called Irene, the Volunteer Co-ordinator, to say that she would not be available to help for the next few months while she undergoes treatment for cancer. She assured Irene that she still wanted to be on the list in the near future when she has finished her treatments.

Hundreds of people have helped over the years. Kit Wilm-ot worked from 1998 until his death last year. He taught and guided many of our present volunteers. Many of us have fol-lowed his example, too many to

name here.The Ladysmith Food Bank

thanks all of you volunteers, past and present, for your help. Lots of time, or an hour or two — it all adds up to making our Food Bank available to the resi-dents who need the help.

THANK YOU EVERYONE!

Caroline H. DavidsonLadysmith Food Bank

Isn’t it time to limit home heating to gas, oil or electricity?

Editor:

I am in complete agreement with last week’s letter writer Gary Backlund about wood and leaf burning and the impact on health.

He did not mention the people in Ladysmith who still heat their homes with wood-burning fire-places and stoves.

Judging by the foul smoke

emitting from a number of chim-neys hour after hour, day after day, many must use antiquated fireplaces or stoves, along with unseasoned wood, imposing the same health hazard on their neighbours.

Is it not time for Ladysmith council to bring this town in line with other towns, and into the 21st century by limiting home heating to gas, oil or electricity?

Vince Devries

Ladysmith

I wonder how long it will take to remove barge debris?

Editor:

I took my dog Bosco for a walk to Slack Point, and all seemed the same ‘till I saw the huge pile of creosoted wood debris that has been created after tearing the barge apart.

Wow! I just couldn’t help but think, “Why bring this barge

here? Why let it sit on this beach rather than just pull it up on the Chemainus beach and tear it apart there, where it came from?”

Now I know, this would have been a real mess there. It would have been a huge protest about the mess it created. It would have had to be dealt with fast, and may have cost huge dollars to make it go away. So let’s bring it to Ladysmith, where the point is already a mess, and no one cares, and tear it apart there! Oops, I guess it will still cost too much money, so let’s leave it there ‘till we can figure out where to dispose of it, cheaply. No one cares about that beach. Yep that seems to sum it up.

Funny how things work. I get home and look at the Chronicle and there is a story of the barge that is to be torn apart, and may-be there will be more cleanup done? I wonder how long it will take?

Brent BrowningLadysmith

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CSS dancers offer two showsLindsay ChungTHE CHRONICLE

This is a great week to be a dancer or dance lover in Chemainus.

Dance students at Chemainus Second-ary School are getting ready to perform their annual Dance Show-case this Wednesday (Jan. 15) and Thursday (Jan. 16) at the school.

Students have been working on a variety of dances for the Show-case since September. They will present six class dances, and the students have choreo-graphed some of their own dances, explained teacher Ashley Bell. Bell has also choreo-graphed a dance for a small group who want-ed to do a contempo-rary dance.“I think people will en-

joy the numbers, and a fan favourite will be the Bollywood finale,” said Bell. ‘The group has worked very hard.”

Thirty-six students ranging from Grade 9 to 12 will perform.

Bell says this group is full of energy.“Because it’s such a

dynamic group from

Grade 9 to 12 and there are students who have never danced before, students who used to dance and took a break and students who still dance, there are lots of varying abilities, and I think there’s a lot of tal-ent,” she said. “The ded-ication and devotion to dance has been quite impressive. To put out this many group dances in such a short time is quite a feat.”

During Thursday night’s performance, a number of awards will be presented, includ-ing grade awards, a Student Choice Award, a Most Improved Danc-er Award and a Fund-raising Queen Award.

For both shows, doors open at 6:30 p.m. Tickets are $10 for adults, $7 for students and seniors or $25 for a family of four and are available at the door or

at the school office.Both nights, there will

a silent auction, bake sale, door prizes and a raffle, and on Thursday, there will be a photo booth sponsored by Jeff Puska from Par 4 DJ Services. All of this will raise money for the dance program and help pay for costumes, guest presenters, makeup artists, field trips, music, a sound system and lighting.

Clockwise from front left, Jama Bezjack, Chuckie Sam, Hailey Brunt, Rebekah Loranger, Chelsea Quist, Ann-Marie Louie, Jake Switzer and Amy Beaulieu are among the 36 dancers performing during Chemainus Secondary School’s Dance Showcase Jan. 15 and 16. LINDSAY CHUNG

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The Ladysmith Sec-ondary School (LSS) Dance Showcase is a chance for students to get on stage and share their talents, and it’s coming up this week.

This year’s Dance Showcase takes place this Friday (Jan. 17) at 7 p.m. at the school. Tickets will be on sale Wednesday at lunch at

the school and Friday at the door, and they are $6 for students and $8 for adults.

Grade 11 student Mellissa Hatch has been dancing at LSS since Grade 9. She didn’t dance before, and she says she was interested in doing dance at LSS because it seemed like a lot of fun.“I see a lot of different

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Hatch says she gets nervous before per-forming a showcase, but it’s a lot of fun.

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Ladysmith Secondary School dancers go through their dress rehearsal as they get ready for their Dance Showcase this Friday (Jan. 17). Lindsay Chung

The Ladysmith Mari-time Society (LMS) is hosting a presenta-tion and discussion by renowned marine painter, published writer and dynamic speaker John M. Hor-ton Saturday, Jan. 18 from 4-7 p.m.

Horton’s talk, “Cruising our Coast in the Wake of Captain Vancouver,” will take place at the LMS Visi-tor Reception Centre on the dock and will combine a discussion

on Vancouver’s expe-riences and Horton’s artistic renderings of the captains’ jour-neys here.

Horton’s artwork has been exhibited many times by the Royal Society of Ma-rine Artists, and he is a member of the Fed-eration of Canadian Artists and The Hon-ourable Company of Master Mariners of Canada.

In his teens, Hor-ton began attending the Poole and Bour-nemouth Schools of Art in England and concurrently under-took an apprentice-ship in the shopfitting trade. On weekends and evenings, he was a Volunteer Reservist

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He became a naval designer and architec-tural artist. He moved to Canada in 1966 and began a successful ar-chitectural rendering practice in the Marine Building in downtown Vancouver.

Not only is Horton a sought-after marine artist, but in his own right, he and his wife Mary are seasoned mariners who have spent years explor-ing the West Coast in both professional and personal capacities.

One of his passions, which he will address in his presentation, is the restoration of Captain George Vancouver’s reputa-tion. He believes that Vancouver never re-ceived the recogni-tion he deserved for his explorations and charting of the West Coast.

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“I cannot imagine Canada without Tom-my Douglas,” says actor and playwright John Nolan.

When Nolan was searching for an in-spirational Canadian subject to write about in the early 1980s, it didn’t take him long to settle on Douglas, known as the father of medicare. When he thought of somebody who just couldn’t be taken out of the equa-tion of what Canada has become, it was Douglas who came to his mind.After researching

Douglas for 20 years, Nolan wrote Tommy Douglas: The Arrows of Desire, using Doug-las’s own words to convey his story.

And this month, No-lan, the artistic direc-tor of Phantom Poets, is bringing his play to Ladysmith in partner-ship with Ladysmith Little Theatre.

Nolan, who lives in Lake Cowichan, has been acting for some 30 years, and he worked in journalism for many years on the Island, developing re-search, interview and writing skills.

Nolan began re-searching his Tommy Douglas play in the early 1980s and start-ed writing it in 2002.“I researched the play

for 20 years and was disappointed when I didn’t find a script because I thought ‘someone’s written about the life of Tom-my Douglas for sure’ but they hadn’t; they had written pieces of it, but there was no definitive thing,” said Nolan.

At the time, Nolan was performing the one-man David Rin-tels play about Ameri-can lawyer Clarence Darrow, and he found a lot of similarities be-tween the two power-

ful men. Douglas was elected

to the House of Com-mons in 1935 as a member of the social-ist Co-operative Com-monwealth Federa-tion (CCF) — which evolved into the New Democratic Party (NDP). By the middle of the Second World War, Douglas had be-come the leader of the Saskatchewan CCF. Despite much opposi-tion, Douglas and Sas-katchewan made his-tory on June 15, 1944, when the first socialist government in North America was elected.

One of Douglas’s first acts as premier was to bring in free medi-cal and hospital care for pensioners, those on government sup-

port and for cancer patients. By 1962, Sas-katchewan, which was still under Douglas’s leadership, enacted the first medicare plan in North America.

Douglas moved to federal politics in the early 1960s and served as leader of the NDP until 1971.

Nanaimo-Cowichan-The Islands was the last constituency in which Douglas was an MP, before retiring from politics in 1979. Douglas died in Ot-tawa in 1986.

Nolan feels it’s more important to share Douglas’s story now than ever.“He believed in the social gospel of Jesus, which is you do some-thing … he thought

the social gospel of Jesus was to do what Jesus did, help people,” said Nolan. “For me, I think that is what is desperately needed probably more today than it was at that time when Douglas was do-ing that very necessary work. “What is truly tragic

is that Douglas did all these incredible things, but he died 27 years ago, and his speeches about what was nec-essary 60 years ago have not been looked at by politicians today. You kind of wonder why things haven’t improved a great deal, and it’s because they haven’t addressed the fundamental ideal Douglas brought up 70 years ago just be-

fore the Second World War — he basically said it’s not enough to get rid of Hitler; we have to figure out how those people came to be where they are. We have to study the fun-damental question of society itself — how was it formed, why is this happening, why is history repeating it-self?”And as he brings his

play to different com-munities, Nolan finds people are agreeing with him. Nolan re-calls that he received an e-mail from Mike Lloyd, president of the Oak Bay NDP, asking if he’d like to do the show in Victoria again. Nolan realized Lloyd is the son of Woodrow Lloyd, who succeeded Douglas as premier of Saskatchewan.“He said he thought

a revival of Tommy Douglas was really important because of the state of the world and Canada,” said No-lan. “What I said to Mike was people talk about Tommy Douglas as a great Canadian, as somebody who did something for Canada in the past, but re-ally, Tommy Douglas is about the future because although he died 27 years ago, there are very few politicians in Canada or the United States who understood what he understood and have a vision of the future that is a hell of a lot better than what we’ve got. Tommy Douglas is about the future, our future.”

Nolan premiered his play Oct. 20, 2004, on Douglas’s 100th birth-day in his hometown of Weyburn, Sask., and he hasn’t stopped sharing it.“Five weeks later, he

was named Greatest Canadian [in the CBC contest], and it ex-ploded, and I went all over the world,” said Nolan. “In a small way, Douglas did amazing

things. And he’s still saving lives today. If Tommy Douglas does not exist in Canada, we do not have univer-sal health care. He’s still saving lives today because people are not going into debt because someone in their family gets sick.”“It gets to a point

where someone has to say something; I’m just a nobody, but I have a skill — I can turn into Tommy Douglas and Clarence

Darrow,” added Nolan. “For me, that’s my con-tribution — to speak a truth that was once spoken by someone who was indispens-able to Canada.”Tommy Douglas:

The Arrows of Desire will run Jan. 24, 25, 26 and 31 and Feb. 1, 2, 7, 8 and 9 at Ladysmith Little Theatre.

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2014 Toyota Highlander: Prettier in form and functionCARMEL, CA: The Toyota Highlander is a perfect ex-ample of the trend towards crossovers away from traditional SUVs. Before its 2001 introduc-tion, the Toyota SUV of choice was the 4Runner, built off a pickup truck plat-form, providing ruggedness and versatility. Crossovers now accomplish the same versatility in terms of seating, cargo and all wheel drive capability but do so with a better on-road drive, thanks to a car-based platform. The first Highlander was rather small, about the same size as a compact crossover today.In 2008, its size was adjusted to make room for a standard third row of seats. Now the Highlander has grown again and is packed with more standard equipment and features.

Looks Toyota has always been a logical purchase, based on reliability and durability but now its designs too are capturing buyers with a visual, desirable esthetic. The 2014 edition is 7.5cm longer (mostly in the rear seat and cargo area), 1.5cm wider and 3cm lower. The stance is wide and lower, making more of a visual impact. Combine this with a large grille borrowed from the Tundra pickup truck and the Highlander has a very rugged, yet polished, look that

makes it more North American looking.I believe that this is the best-looking Highlander to date and import buy-ers will take note and a few domestic intenders should too.

Inside The dash is much improved with more soft-touch materi-als and a large 6.1-inch screen in the centre of the dash on the base LE or an 8.0-inch screen on

all other models, makes operation easy. One problem is the angle of the screen is hard to see if there is any sunshine, the glare a bit more than I had anticipat-ed. Back up camera is standard.Below the screen and heat controls is a tray-like shelf that runs from the middle to the passenger side of the dash. This is a clever space to place your smartphone but also enable it to be plugged in. The cup holder is large and the centre armrest has a massive storage area in-side; this is thanks to the removal of the stowaway seat that used to hide under the centre armrest. Now in the second row of seats there are three permanent seats or two captain’s chairs in the top Limited model. The previous hideaway idea was simple but not so comfortable. The biggest change takes place in the third row of seats, where three people can sit rather than just two. In addition,

there is 100L of cargo space behind the third row of seats offering much better functionality. It has all the interior amenities that one expects in a modern three-row crossover, even a system that allows the driver’s voice to be amplified through the stereo for easier conversations with passengers in the very back, but there seems to be a lack of sophistication compared to its competition.

Drive The previous Highlander was available with a 4-cylinder engine and front wheel drive (FWD). It’s with a standard 3.5L V6 with 270hp, matched to a 6-speed automatic transmission, also with FWD. The starting price stays at $31,680; factoring in the backup camera there is good value here. When it arrives later this month, the base LE with all wheel drive (AWD) starts at $34,180. I think most people will opt for the LE with convenience package that includes 8-way power driver’s seat, heated front seats, three-zone climate control, satellite radio and leather steering wheel to name a few. This brings the price up to $34,480 for the FWD and $36,980 for the AWD. On the road, the AWD system sends power to just the front wheels as often as possible with only 10 per cent of the torque shifting when cornering. The system has the ability to shift or lock up to 50 per cent of the power for better traction but limiting it to times

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Hockey was the unifying force for a post-Christmas Play It Forward Peewee C hockey tourna-ment at Fuller Lake Arena.

The tournament was held as a trib-ute to young Caleb Kroffat of Duncan, who died suddenly Nov. 8.“I just thought it was a great tourna-ment,’’ said Caleb’s dad Jason Kroffat, a speedster during his playing days with the Cowichan Val-ley Capitals of the B.C. Hockey League.

The tournament went far beyond the results, the simple wins and losses or goals for and against.

“The tournament was all about giv-ing,’’ said Kroffat. “It was nice.’’

One of the great gestures made was a donation given to the SPCA in the name of the play-ers chosen MVPs in each game and in honour of Caleb.“My son Caleb was an animal lover,’’ said Jason Kroffat.

“That part was nice.“It was a tourna-ment just for fun and everybody to be together.’’

Baskets were also set up in the arena for members of each team to bring n o n - p e r i s h a b l e food items for the Cowichan Valley Basket Society.

The 10 teams that took part in-cluded Caleb’s own

Cowichan Valley Winterhawks.

The Fuller Lake C4 Crushers made the final against an all-girls’ peewee team

from Kerry Park that wound up win-ning it.

Other squads from the Cowichan Valley,

Nanaimo and Victo-ria participated.

There was another great memento giv-en to all the players in the tournament.“Every kid in the tournament got a shirt that has a hockey player on the front,’’ said Krof-fat.“It says Play It For-ward for the tourna-ment.’’Also on the front

was a tribute to Caleb Kroffat No. 10 and below that Cowichan Valley Mi-nor Hockey with the dates Dec. 27 and 28.Volunteers sold 50-

50 tickets at every game, with the pro-ceeds going to the Kroffat family.

The central theme of giving back to others was em-braced by everyone.

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Steve Smith wins mountain biking award

The highlights keep adding up for mountain bike racer Steve Smith of Cassidy, who has been named Pinkbike’s Male Gravity Racer of the Year.

The racer known as “the Canadian Chainsaw Massacre” finished the 2013 season with six first-place finishes — including the Canadian National Championships

— and the overall World Cup title.“It was the last race of the season in Leogang, Austria, that truly showed Smith’s ability to keep his cool,” writes Pinkbike. “Even with the knowledge that a small error could cost him the overall World Cup title, Smith won qualifying, and then won the weekend with a perfect run that made him the first Canadian to ever win the World Cup overall. 2013 was a dream season for Steve Smith.”

Van Osch off to nationals

Many people in Ladysmith know curler Kesa Van Osch of Nanaimo, and they’ll be cheering for her during the national Scotties Tournament of Hearts this February.

The 22-year-old toppled the reigning B.C. champion Kelly Scott — who was looking for her fifth title in a row and seventh overall — in a nail-biting final Jan. 12 at the Prince George Golf and Curling Club.

Van Osch and her team of third Stephanie Baier of Victoria, sec-ond Jessie Sanderson of Coquitlam and lead Carley Sandwith of Victoria beat Scott 5-4.

Kesa is the third Van Osch sister to win a B.C. title this year. Her younger sisters Kalia and Marika took the junior women’s title on Dec. 31 and will head to nationals in Nova Scotia later this month.

The girls had great support from their family, especially their parents Cindy and Ed, through-out the season, accord-ing to a press release.

Pairs skaters Sarah Kedves from Fuller Lake Skating Club and Lucas Pallard from Nanaimo Skating Club placed 11th at the Skate Canada Western Challenge, held Nov. 28 to Dec. 1 in Regina, Sask. The skaters advanced to the Western Challenge by � nishing second at the B.C. Sections in November. “The Fuller Lake Skating Club is very proud of the hard work, discipline and dedication Sarah has put into skating to get to this level,” the club stated in a press release. PHOTOS SUBMITTED

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It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of our father on December 25, 2013 in Nanaimo, BC. Dad passed in the Palliative Car Unit of Nanaimo Regional General Hos-pital with his daughter, Arli by his side, after be-

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Dad was blessed to be loved by three beautiful women who all predeceased him: the mother of his children, Betty Jean Nikkel, Dolly Jeffrey and Colleen Fourmeaux. Dad is survived by his children: son, Bradley (Debi) and daughter, Arli; his stepsons, Brent Fourmeaux (Chris) and Trevor Fourmeaux (Brenda). He was Grandpa to Shane (Tori), Dustin & Ayrton. He was step “Grandpa Jack” to Stefanie Dixon (Gregor), Brooklyn Lee (Dan), Kelsie Braga (Antony), and Lauren Clemens (Daniel). He was Great-Grandpa to Hunter Jackson Nikkel.

Dad was a proud man and always put others before himself. Dad was born (1927) in Arrowood, Alberta, grew up in Manitoba and became a Merchant Marine at the age of 16 where he toured all around the Pacific. Dad spent the remainder of his life mostly in British Columbia building his family and construction firm. In Dad’s later years, he enjoyed his retirement traveling, dancing and not surprising, golfing, becoming a member of the Mount Brenton Golf Club, meeting new friends and most especially enjoying his family.

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WATSON, Brian Bruce April 7, 1968 - Dec. 26, 2013

It is with great sadness that we share with you the unexpected passing of our son, brother, uncle and dad, Brian Watson, from pneumonia.

Brian was born in Chemainus and raised in Ladysmith, Aristazable Island, and Ocean Falls and was very proud of his Welsh heritage. He was a talented artist, carpenter and metal worker and as he was known to say “I am a maker of things”. He was a generous man, helping others however he could, whenever he could. Forever a tease he had a quick grin and wicked sense of humour. A devoted father, his daughter was the light of his life and he was so proud of her accomplishments.

Brian is predeceased by his grandparents Cecilia and Bill White of Chemainus, Irene and Joe Watson, his father Bruce Watson, uncles Keith and John Power and aunt Linda Pilon. Survived by his daughter Koa, mom Bridget (Gord), sisters Brooke and Tracy (Ken), nephew Matt Matanovic, several aunts and uncles and many cousins here and in Wales. He will also be deeply missed by the Planedin and Whittal families, special friend Gail and many, many friends in Victoria.

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Loving mother of Betty “Liz”, George and Peter (Michelle). Dear gram of Elizabeth Smith (Chris) and Kimberley Normandin (Dwight). Great-grandmother of Kory, Christopher, Samantha, Sydney and Jason. Sister of Dickie, Leonard and Shirley. Will be sadly missed by many relatives and friends.

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Elizabeth May (Peerless) Stubbington May 7, 1929 – December 26, 2013

May passed away on December 26th after a short stay at the Cowichan Hospital. May was a Saltair resident all of her life, in the same neighbourhood where her parents, Mary and Ern Peerless farmed and ran Peerless Plant Farm for many years. May and Syd were married in 1952 and raised their three children a few doors away from her family home. May loved to garden herself, particularly with flowers, and she instilled that love in several of her children and grandchildren. She was a loving mother and homemaker, proud of her large family and keeping track of their exploits over the years. May was pre-deceased by her parents, her daughter Vickie Jean, husband Syd, and sister Joan Scott. May is survived by her brothers Jim Peerless, Ed (Kay) Peerless, her son Jeff (Susan), daughters Lois and Kerry (Tom), grandchildren Wesley (Tania), Starla (Clint) Parkin, Krystal (Blair), Morgan (Kathryn) Hobbs, and 7 great grandchildren.

The family cannot say enough thanks to her loving caregivers, Jonathan Ferraris and Emily Boncaros, who helped her to enjoy a wonderful and comfortable last year in her own home. We would like to say a heartfelt thanks to Dr. Broere for his kind care of May over the last several years, to the many great home care workers of the Vancouver Island Health Authority, and to the nursing staff of the Cowichan hospital for their tender care in her final hours.

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It is with heavy hearts we announce the passing of our loving mother and Grandmother Joan Scott on Nov. 6th, 2013 in Port Alberni. Joan grew up in Saltair, the daughter of Mary and Ern Peerless, and lived and raised her family in Port Alberni. Joan was predeceased by loving husband Bill and daughter-in-law Leeanne. Survived by her son Dale (Kathleen) and daughter Lori (Wade). Her cherished grandchildren Lynelle, Laurissa, Miranda, Aileen, and step grandchildren Jericho and Allen. Brothers Jim Peerless, Ed (Kay) Peerless, sister May Stubbington (now recently

deceased), sister in laws Dorothy Glenn and Dot Scott, and many nieces and nephews.

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WATKINS, Beryl Agnes August 13, 1924 - January 8, 2014

It is with heavy hearts we announce the passing of Beryl Watkins with family by her side.Mom was born in Comox, B.C. and met and married her husband Cyril on January 10, 1945 and in 1957 moved to the Diamond where they raised their family. She was devoted to her family and loved spending time with them and was loved by all who knew her. She was a member of Ladysmith Eagles for over 50 years.She was predeceased by her husband Cyril, her twin sister Bernie Ralstan, sister Betty-Lou Strand, brother Bob Berkeley and grandson Rusty.Beryl will be remembered by her family Brenda (Gary), Sheila (Larry), Drew (Karen), and Maureen (Paul), nine grandchildren, fourteen great-grandchildren and many nieces and nephews. There will be a celebration of life at the Eagles Hall, Ladysmith on Saturday, January 18th from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.The family would to thank Dr. Igbinosa and the staff at NRGH and the Nanaimo Palliative Care Unit.Condolences may be offered at [email protected]


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We are extremely sad to announce the passing of Patrick in Ladysmith, B.C. as a result of an extended and diffi cult illness. His loving wife, Sarah was by his side and comforted him to the end. He will be sadly missed by his brother; Joseph and sister-in-law Barbara, along with nieces Bonnie and Lisa-Lynn and their families. Predeceased by his sister Marjorie, and remembered by her children, Cathy, Leonard, Michael and David.Born and raised in Montreal, Quebec, he subsequently moved to Western Canada 12 years after marrying the love of his life Sarah. He and Sarah enjoyed many years of early retirement while settling in Ladysmith.Graveside Service will be held at Ladysmith Cemetery, January 18th at 11:30 a.m. followed by a reception at the Oceanview Community Church, Davis Road, Ladysmith.Very Special Thanks to Palliative Care Unit at The Lodge on Fourth, wonderful nurses and staff.In Lieu of fl owers donations may be made to the charity of your choice.Condolences may be offered at [email protected]


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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. Kenmore Washer dryer sets $200-$350. Washers $150-$250. Dryers $100-$150. Built-in dishwashers $100-$150. White portable dish-washer $100. 6 month warran-ty on all appliances. Please call Greg at (250)246-9859.

FURNITURE

PILLOWTOP MATTRESS SET. Brand new, queen size for sale. $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?

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MERCHANDISE FOR SALE

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

STEEL BUILDING. “The big year end clear out!” 20x22 $4,259. 25x24 $4,684. 30x34 $6,895. 35x36 $9,190. 40x48 $12,526. 47x70 $17,200. One End wall included. Pioneer Steel 1-800-668-5422. www.pioneersteel.ca

REAL ESTATE

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.

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

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

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

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NEWER 1000 sq.ft. ocean view Apt, located above Tree’s Res-taurant on the Alberni Hwy, Parksville $800.00 per month 250-954-9547

COMMERCIAL/INDUSTRIAL

COMMERCIAL SPACE for rent in Ladysmith. 276 sq ft. Suitable for hair salon or offi ce, storefront parking, popular 740 1st Ave building. Available now 250-245-4525.

RENTALS

COTTAGES

1 Bedroom cabins for rent, lo-cated at 1400 Alberni Hwy $600.00 250-954-9547

MOBILE HOMES & PADS

2 Bedroom trailers for rent, ranging from $600 to $750 per month, located on the Alberni Hwy, Parksville 250-954-9547

Rentals Available

Ladysmith: #41-100 Gifford Rd. 2 bdrm, 2 bath level entry ocean view condo. $1100/mo. Avail Dec. 1.Ladysmith: #7-100 Gifford Rd. 2 bdrm, 2 bath lower level ocean view condo. $975/mo. Avail Dec. 1.Ladysmith: #7-941 Malone Rd. 3 bdrm, 3 bath com-fortable condo. $950/mo. Avail Dec. 1.Saltair: 11145 Chemainus Rd. 3 bdrm, 2 bath ocean front home. $1500/mo. Avail Dec. 15.Ladysmith: 4275 Shell Beach Rd. 2 bdrm, 1 bath bright level entry bsmt suite. $900/mo. Avail now.

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SUITES, LOWER

NORTH NANAIMO: Semi-furn private suite. New fl oors & paint. Shared laundry. FREE hydro & cable. N/S, No Parti-ers. $850/mo. Move in now; don’t pay rent until Feb. 1st! 250-756-9746.

TOWNHOUSES

LADYSMITH 3-BDRM, 2 bath townhome,W/D,F/S,D/W, near schools. Feb. 1st. NS/NP. Yearly lease, $1000. + utils. 250-924-3826, 250-710-0708.

RENTALS

TOWNHOUSES

IMMEDIATE Occupancy. $1160 / 2bedrm Townhome on Rocky Creek (1244 - 4th Ave, Ladysmith) 1,200 sq ft, 2 bdrm / 2 bathrm, 3 yr old, 9 ft ceil-ings in quiet complex. Secure underground parking. Private ground fl oor entrance. Hard-wood fl oors, designer kitchen: maple cabinetry, granite coun-tertop and stainless steel ap-pliances (fridge, stove, dish-washer, microwave). In-suite private laundry. Walk-in clos-ets. Heated tile fl oor in ensuite bathroom. Gas fi replace in liv-ing rm. Gas for BBQ on deck. Fitness centre and spa with hot tub and endless exercise pool. Located on town bus route. Tenant responsible for utilities. Pets OK. Contact Brian Nelson (780) 546-4449 or [email protected]

TRANSPORTATION

AUTO ACCESSORIES/PARTS

Tires: set of 4 all weather, Arctic Claw. P185/65/14WC nearly new, approx 500 KM use. $450 tax incl. 250-245-5440. If no answer, leave msg.

AUTO FINANCING

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Advertising Consultant Temporary PositionLadysmith Chronicle We are looking for a temporary part-time sales person. Up to 30 hours per week (fl exible) for a couple of months. Previous sales/marketing would be an asset but if you are great with people and are willing to learn new skills this may be a good fi t for you. If you are customer-driven and success oriented, we’d like to talk to you. You will also appreciate a very enjoyable working environment with great staff members. While this job is only temporary, if you excel, it could lead to more permanent work with one of our many other papers.Black Press is Canada’s largest privately held, independent newspaper company with more than 150 newspapers and associated publications and 19 dailies, located in B.C., Alberta, Washington State, Ohio and Hawaii.Please forward resumé and cover letter ASAP to:Teresa McKinley, Publisher Ladysmith/Chemainus Chronicle 940 Oyster Bay RoadLadysmith, BC V9G 1A3 Fax: 250-245-2230 e-mail: [email protected] A driver’s license, the use of your own vehicle and valid insurance are required. We thank all applicants for their interest but only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

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What’s Happening

OnGoing

CHEMAINUS SKETCH GROUP - Painting and sketching group meet on the 2nd Wednesday of the month. New members welcome. 250 245 5810

BORN HEALTHY - a program for pregnant women and new moms. Check out “Born Healthy Ladysmith” on Facebook or call Kate at 250-245-3079 (the LRCA). Wednesdays from 10-1:30 with drop-in office hours for one-on-one on Mon and Tues from 10-1:30.

LADYSMITH MENTAL

Email items for publica-tion to [email protected] with the subject line contain-ing "What's Happening".This is a free service for non-profit groups that runs as space allows. As we have pages of entries, publication is not guaranteed and copy is subject to editing. Please keep length to 25 words or less.

Up Coming

HIGH STREET OPEN MIC/COFFEEHOUSE232 High St, Sat, Jan 25, 7 PM. All are welcome for a fun filled evening of entertainment. Donations go to the Ladysmith Foodbank

LADYSMITH GARDEN CLUB - welcomes new members for 2014. Next meeting Thurs, Jan 16, 7 pm, United Church Hall,

232 High St. Annual fee $15, speaker Shelley Rattink on Orchids.

LADYSMITH CAMERA CLUB - next meeting on Tues, Jan 28, 2014 at 7 pm, 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

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.

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

LADYSMITH LEGION

DRUM & BELL CORPS - is in desperate need of new members - especially drummers. We have the equipment and will teach you how to use it. Practice on Sat, 10-11 am upstairs in the Legion Hall. For info call Dorothy Reith 250-722-2945 or Eileen Chandler 250-245-2077. Come out and give it a try!

HEALTH SUPPORT GROUP Meets on the 1st & 3rd Friday of the month 1:30 pm basement of Ladysmith Resource Centre.

LADYSMITH CELE BRA TIONS SOCIETY Ladysmith Days. Ladysmith city hall, on 3rd Tuesday of every month, 7 pm 250-245-2263. www.ladysmithdays.com

DAD'S GROUP - Drop In Breakfast - Program of the Ladysmith Resources Centre Association. 630 - 2nd Ave., Upper Floor, Saturdays, 10 - noon. 250-245-3079.

ALZHEIMER/DEMENTIA SUPPORT GROUP Meets 2nd & 4th Tuesdays. Call Jane Hope, Alzheimer Society of BC at 250-734-4170.

COWICHAN VALLEY HOSPICE - Emotional sup-port for those facing a life threatening illness, family and friends and for those grieving the death of a loved one. 1-888-701-4242. Group, telephone & individual sup-port available.

NORTH OYSTER HISTORICAL SOCIETYEngraved bricks fundraiser. Info call Bob Handel at 250-245-0919.

LADYSMITH AND DISTRICT HISTORICAL SOCIETY - urgently requires volunteers as Museum hosts, also, the archives need interested people to assist with research etc. 250-245-0100.

LADYSMITH SALTAIR GARDEN CLUBEvery third Thur at 7:30 pm, First United Church Hall, (corner of High St & 3rd Ave) with in-garden meetings June, July, August. Come& grow with us! New members always welcome. $10 membership, $2 drop-in.

LINE DANCINGChemainus Seniors Drop In Centre. Tuesdays, 10 - 11 a.m. Jo Kelly: 250-245-1185.

AL-ANON - Meets Tuesdays, 7:30 pm downstairs at Ladysmith Resource Centre Association.

NARCOTICS ANONYOMOUSMeets Sundays, 7-8 pm Downstairs at Ladysmith Resource Centre Association.

DUPLICATE BRIDGE CLUBMeets Tuesdays weekly, 1 pm. Beginners welcome. Town and Country Mobile Home Park. 250-245-4522.

LADYSMITH LEGION LADIES AUXILIARYMeets 2nd Wednesdays monthly, 7 pm.

NANAIMO-CEDAR FARMER’S INSTITUTE Cedar United Church Hall. 2nd Thursdays Oct. to June. Visitors welcome. Info: 250-722-3397.

PROBUS CLUB OF LADYSMITH (for information see www.probus.org), meets every third Wed morning of the month at the new Seniors' Centre Hall, 2nd Ave. and Buller St. Doors 9.30. No mtg. in August. Call Rlob Johnson 250-245-5001 or Grant Bridgeman 250-246-1496.

LADYSMITH MEDITATIONDrop in Wednesday nights, 7 pm., 281 Dogwood Drive. Meditation lessons, discussion & goodies. Free. 250-245-4102. [email protected]

LADYSMITH HEALTHCARE AUXILIARY GIFT SHOP is in need of volunteer clerks for our shop at the Healthcare Centre. We are also looking for knitters to contribute to our shops. For more information please call Cathy @ 250-245-2240.

DO YOU WANT TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN YOUR COMMUNITY? Kiwi Cove Community Garden is looking for volunteers to grow organic produce for the Ladysmith Food Bank. Please contact Bill Tilland 250-924-5269.

KINSMEN/BROWN DR. PLAYGROUND PROJECT HAS SET UP A FUNDRAISING ACCOUNT at the Junction Bottle Depot, on Ludlow Rd. in Ladysmith. Take your empties to the bottle depot, funds credited to the Kin. Park Playground account.

NANAIMO/LADYSMITH COMMUNITY BAND - Wednesdays, 6:30 pm, NDSS Band Room. New members welcome in concert and/or dance band. Ted: 250-722-3088. LADYSMITH HEALTH CARE AUXILIARY - New volunteers are welcome. Please pick up application form at the Thrift Store or phone 250-245-5225. LADYSMITH FOOD BANK - Open Tues mornings 9 - 12. 630 Second Ave, Ladysmith.

LADYSMITH DOWNTOWN BUSINESS ASSOCIATION - meets on the third Thursday of each month, 7:30 am upstairs at the Legion. This dedicated group of business owners discuss everything business-related in Ladysmith from partnerships with organizations, upcoming events, business strategies and tips, website performance and sometimes, a guest speaker.

• The Ladysmith Community Gardens Society (LCGS) is challenging commu-nity members to grow something edible this year and to help cre-ate a return to kitchen gardening and gather-ing — to the skills our elders used to feed their large families.

LCGS’s Spring Gar-den Series brings eight speakers to share simple, inex-pensive and joyous ways to grow your own organic food. Through generous community support, the series sells for a total of $25. Only a few ticket booklets remain at Salaman-der Books.

The Community Gardens Society deeply thanks The Ladysmith Sal-tair Garden Club, Ladysmith and Dis-trict Credit Union, LaFF, Yellow Point Lodge, The Town of Ladysmith, Vancou-ver Island Regional Library/Ladysmith Branch, Ladysmith Health Food Store, Bouma Meats, J & R Farms, Salamander Books, Ladysmith Pharmacy Ltd., Step This Way, The Cedar Women’s Institute, Seeds of Diversity, Susan McDonald, De-nike Kulai, and Two Roads Culinary In-novations for making the speaker series possible.

Pictured on this page, Nancy Hunter, assistant manager of insurance services at Ladysmith and Dis-trict Credit Union/LCU Insurance (left), presents a cheque for $300 to Bennye Miller, Gail Wiseman Reed and Michelle Catley from the Ladysmith Community Gardens Society.• The time has come

to think about taking down the Festival of Lights for another

year.The lights are being

turned off Sunday, Jan. 19, and the Fes-tival of Lights Soci-ety will be hosting a takedown workparty Sunday, Jan. 26 to remove all the lights and decorations.

Ladysmith Family and Friends will be offering a hot lunch for all of the volun-teers at Aggie Hall once again.“We’re hoping that

we can get enough volunteers out so that it will only take folks just a couple of hours,” says Festi-val of Lights member Duck Paterson. “It would be a great fam-ily outing for folks as well.”

If you can help, please call 250-245-2263 or 250-245-5888 or meet at the 49th Parallel Grocery Store parking lot Sun-day, Jan. 26 at 9 a.m. The use of pickup trucks and bucket trucks will be grate-fully appreciated.• A group of high-

profile speakers will be nearby in Nanaimo this month in what promises to be a stimulating night of lively discussion on the role the media plays in shaping the relationship between Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples.

The event will take place Wednesday, Jan. 29 at 6:30 p.m. in the Shaw Auditorium at the Vancouver Island Conference Centre, and is part of Vancou-ver Island University (VIU)’s commitment to Nanaimo’s “Rac-ism to Reconciliation” process, which began last spring.

The topic for the evening is: “Seeing Each Other: The role of media and Indige-nous voices in reshap-ing relationships.”

The event is part of the Ka Na Ta Dia-

logues series — an initiative of the As-sembly of First Na-tions (AFN) and the Gathering Voices So-ciety.AFN National Chief

and VIU Chancel-lor Shawn A-in-chut Atleo will moderate the event and will be joined by a dis-tinguished panel of guest speakers, in-cluding Wab Kinew, a musician, broad-caster and educa-tor; Judith Lavoie, a freelance journalist; and Duncan McCue, a CBC National re-porter and professor at UBC’s School of Journalism.


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