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Training exercise turns into rescue

A training exercise turned into a life-saving mission for marine search and rescue volunteers from Ladysmith this past weekend.

Bill Bond is Ladysmith Royal Canadian Marine Search and Rescue (RCM-SAR) Station 29’s newest coxswain, and on his first mission in his new role, his vessel and crew were responsible for res-cuing a hypothermic swimmer near Round Island Saturday, Jan. 26.

While Station 29’s Ladysmith Responder and its crew was con-ducting a coxswain training exer-cise with Nanaimo 27 and Nanaimo 27B near Dodds Narrows, a pan pan message — which is one step down from a mayday — was heard on Channel 16 stating that two peo-ple and an overturned kayak had been spotted in the water in the Boat Harbour/Yellow Point area, Nick Epp-Evans, the station leader in Ladysmith, explained in a news release.

The Nanaimo 27 vessel (McGregor) responded to Victoria Coast Guard radio that they and Ladysmith 29 were in the area on a training exer-cise and could respond immediately.

Victoria then tasked Ladysmith immediately.After an approximately five- to

10-minute transit toward the Boat Harbour area from the vessels’ location on the south end of Dodd Narrows, Nanaimo 27 spotted the

capsized kayak and two people in the water just south of Round Island, according to Epp-Evans.

The Ladysmith crew — Bond and two crew members, Dan Smith and Dwayne Dyer (also coxswains with Station 29), and a guest crew member, Paul Mottershead from Nanaimo 27 — recovered one per-son from the water, while Nanaimo 27A recovered the other person and Nanaimo 27B retrieved the capsized kayak and paddles.

The person retrieved by Ladysmith was treated on the deck for hypo-thermia and was then transferred to the Nanaimo 27 enclosed-cabin boat for transport to the Boat Harbour Marina to meet BC Ambulance attendants, according to Epp-Evans.“If these vessels had not been train-

ing in the vicinity, this situation could easily have proven life-threat-ening,” he explained. “Normally, a rescue vessel being tasked would have taken at least half an hour to reach this destination. With a loca-tion different from the actual being reported, an even longer time frame would have occurred. “In these waters, at this time a year,

an individual would be in dire dis-tress after 20 minutes.”

Bond was officially listed as the coxswain for the call, getting his first taste of being in charge of the vessel and crew in a real-life experi-ence of saving lives on the water..

Bond has been an active crew member with Station 29 since

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Ladysmith Royal Canadian Marine Search and Rescue volunteers rescue kayakers near Round Island

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Legion Poppy Contest winners

Royal Canadian Legion Branch 171 Ladysmith recently recognized the winners of its Poppy Poster and Literary Contest. Pictured are: front from left, Andrew Schomer (third place, junior poster), Jayden Morgan (fi rst place, junior poem), Zandreah Spong (second place, junior poster) and Alyssa Van Horne (fi rst place, junior essay); and, back from left, Legion president Roy Empey, Poppy Fund chair Karen Graczyk, Colton Van Der Minne (second place, intermediate poem), Riley Payton Lang (fi rst place, junior poster), Liam Pakosz (second place, junior poem), Legion Youth Program chair Corinne Lauder, Sydney Stannard (fi rst place, intermediate poem) and Zone Commander David Munro. First-place winners in all categories will be judged next at the zone level. LINDSAY CHUNG/CHRONICLE

PST seminars comingto Ladysmith and Chemainus next week

The reimplementation of the Provincial Sales Tax may coin-cide with April Fools’ Day, but the B.C. Ministry of Finance (MoF) and local chambers of commerce are treating it as anything but a joke.

Interactive “webinars” are scheduled to take place on Tuesdays and Thursdays from now until late February to coincide with seminars to be hosted in communities throughout the province.

Seminars will take place in Ladysmith and Chemainus on Thursday, Feb. 7 to guide business owners and self-employed contractors through the process of replacing the HST with the PST.

The seminars are “strict-ly business-related,” said Jeanne Ross, co-ordinator of the Chemainus and District C h a m b e r o f C o m m e r c e (CDCOC). “Members of the general public would not be interested because [the semi-nars] are for people who have to do the book keeping and fill out the forms and that kind of stuff.”

Representatives of the MoF will be on hand to speak with

those present and to answer their questions, Ross added.

Members of the Chemainus business community are invit-ed to attend a mid-day semi-nar — hosted by the CDCOC and Jaime Meunier Chartered Accountant Inc. — scheduled from noon to 2 p.m. at the Mount Brenton Golf Course club house.

Pre-registration for the seminar is necessary, Ross said, and lunch is available if ordered in advance. A second seminar will be host-

ed by the Ladysmith Chamber of Commerce (LCOC) and the Ladysmith Downtown Business Association (LDBA) in Ladysmith Thursday, Feb. 7 from 4-6 p.m. upstairs at the Royal Canadian Legion.

LDBA member Tammy Leslie of Palmer Leslie Chartered Accountants said the semi-nars provide an opportunity for business owners to “ask questions of actual Ministry of Finance officials and employ-ees to find out exactly what, for their specific business, they need or don’t need to do. Who needs to register. Who doesn’t.”

Leslie added that she spoke “to a plumber and he was very confused as to what he should

be charging [PST] on. For someone like him, it would be very useful to come and find out exactly what he needs to do.”

Many of the rules govern-ing the new PST are similar to those that were in place prior to the introduction of the HST, but Leslie said “some things have changed. There are enough changes there that a person would want to be informed, or at least do a little bit of research into [how the changes affect] their par-ticular business. If you think there’s a chance you’re going to have to collect it, I think you should probably attend the seminar to find out exactly what you have to do, what’s taxable and what changes have been brought in.”

For more information on the reimplementation of PST and to view schedules for MoF outreach webinars, visit the Ministry of Finance website at www.gov.bc.ca/fin/ and fol-low the “Return to PST” link.

To register for the Chemainus seminar, call Jeanne Ross at 250-246-3944.

R e g i s t r a t i o n f o r t h e Ladysmith seminar is available through the LCOC at 250-245-2112.

Ministry of Finance staff will be on hand during Feb. 7 seminarsNick BekolayTHE CHRONICLE

2008, and he recently completed both the Marine Advanced First Aid course in November and the Canadian Coast Guard’s Rigid Hull Inflatable Operator Training course in Bamfield during the second week of January.“Bill also brings a wealth of knowl-

edge to this type of call with his years of experience as a PADI IDC Staff Instructor for Scuba Diving,

and Bill has been an integral part of Station 29’s in-water training pro-gram and hypothermia prevention protocols,” said Epp-Evans.

Ladysmith RCM-SAR — formerly called the Coast Guard Auxiliary — is a volunteer organization. It is one of the busiest units in the region, with more than 3,000 calls since its inception.

To learn more or to make a dona-tion, visit www.rcmsar29.com.

Volunteers aboard the Royal Canadian Marine Search and Rescue Station 29’s Ladysmith Responder, along with volunteers from Nanaimo’s station, rescued kayakers near Round Island in the Yellow Point area Saturday, Jan. 26.

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Nanaimo-Cowichan could be divided up

It looks like Nanaimo-Cowichan will be no more when the next federal election rolls around in 2015.

T h e F e d e r a l Electoral Boundaries Commission for British Columbia has submit-ted its report redraw-ing the province’s federal electoral map to the Chief Electoral Off icer of Canada, and the report was tabled in the House of Commons Monday (Jan. 28).

In the report, MP Jean Crowder’s Nanaimo-Cowichan d is t r ic t becomes two districts

— Nanaimo-Ladysmith a n d C o w i c h a n -Malahat-Langford. The Town of Ladysmith falls into the Nanaimo-Ladysmith district , along with Chemainus Indian Reserve No. 13 and Oyster Bay

Indian Reserve No. 12, while the District Municipality of North Cowichan falls into the Cowichan-Malahat-Langford electoral district, along with Penelakut Island and Thetis Island.

Crowder hasn’t had a lot of time to look through the report, but she says it is not substantially different from what the Federal Electoral Boundaries Commission originally proposed, although it does include some changes coming out of public consultations in the fall.“Although some parts

of input from our rid-ing were heard, some other key parts were not,” she said.

Now that the report has been tabled in the House of Commons, Crowder will have 30 days to file any objec-tions. There are no other avenues for pub-

lic input, so Crowder encourages anyone who has concerns to contact her office at 1-866-609-9998 or [email protected].

O v e r a l l , B r i t i s h Columbia is gaining six electoral districts as a result of the increase in its popu-lation. The Vancouver Island region gains one new electoral district, while the 36 existing districts are reconfigured.

The commission’s report can be found online at www.federal-redistribution.ca.

The changes won’t go into effect until the next federal election in 2015. By that time, Crowder will have served the Nanaimo-Cowichan district for 11 years.“It’s hard for me to see it divided up, but I recognize that popu-lation-wise, it was time to divide it,” she said.

Lindsay ChungTHE CHRONICLE

Federal Electoral Boundaries Commission’s report tabled


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NOTICES & NEWSFebruary 2013

COUNCIL MEETING SCHEDULECouncil Meetings Monday, February 4th and

Monday, February 18th at 7:00 p.m. *Government Services Committee Monday, February 18th *Mayor’s Open Door – City Hall Thursdays, 4:30 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. City Hall (410 Esplanade) Business Hours Monday - Friday, 9:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m. Corner of Trans Canada Hwy. and Roberts St. except statutory holidays

*Please check the website to confirm times.

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HOLIDAY CLOSURESCity Hall, Development Services and Public Works will be closed February 11, 2013 for the Family Day Holiday.

A NEW OPTION FOR CONVENIENT PAYMENT OF UTILITY BILLSYou can now pay your utility bill directly through our new pre-authorized debit program. All you need to do is fill out the form in your utility bill (you can also download it off our website) and return it to us with a void cheque. We will advise you once your payment plan is set up. After that, your account will be debited on the bill’s due date. You will still receive your quarterly utility bill.

FOURTH QUARTER UTILITY BILLS HAVE BEEN MAILEDUtility bills for October to December have been sent out. If you haven’t received your bill, or have any questions about it, please call 250.245.6414, ext. 6206.

GO PAPERLESS: HAVE YOUR UTILITY BILL E-MAILEDSave time, paper and ink — sign up today and we will e-mail your utility bill to you. You will receive the same information you would receive in the mail, on the day we produce the utility bills. You can pay in person, through pre-authorized debit, or online through your financial institution.To sign up for “e-billing” for your quarterly utility bill, send us an e-mail to [email protected], and provide your account number (from the upper left hand side of your utility bill). The next utility bills will be sent out in April. Thank you for helping the Town of Ladysmith become even greener.

Recognition for Good Neighbours - Nomination Deadline March 31, 2013Do you have a neighbour who really goes the extra mile to be helpful by shoveling snow, helping with yard work or doing other good deeds? If you would like to recognize a neighbour who goes above and beyond, you can nominate them for the Good Neighbours Program (formerly the Snow Angels Program). All you need to do is send a letter or e-mail explaining why you would like to nominate your Good Neighbour. All nominees are eligible to win a cash prize and to be honoured at a Council Meeting. Send nominations to: Town of Ladysmith Good Neighbours Program PO Box 220, 410 Esplanade Ladysmith, BC V9G 1A2 [email protected]

DOG LICENCESDog owners are reminded that 2013 dog tags are now available. The Town offers a discount for early purchase. Fees are as follows: Price Before February 1st Price after February 1st Neutered / Spayed $20 $30Not Neutered or Spayed $30 $40Licences (tags) are available at City Hall, 410 Esplanade during regular office hours, at Frank Jameson Community Centre, 810 6th Avenue and Little Rascals Pet Store – 416 First Avenue.

SNOW REMOVALIn the event of a snowfall, the Town of Ladysmith will be responsible for clearing “heavily travelled” sidewalks along First Avenue and Dogwood Drive. For all other areas, property owners and residents are reminded you are required to clear snow and ice from the sidewalk in front of your premises. Removal should take place no later than 10:00 a.m. on each day of a snowfall. This will greatly assist all pedestrians and help ensure the safety of the elderly and those with limited mobility.The Town will make every effort to keep major arterial and collector streets open and clear snow from as many residential streets as possible. Thank you for your assistance in keeping our streets safe.

GARBAGE / RECYCLING COLLECTION Garbage / Recycling pick up days will move forward one day following the Family Day statutory holiday (February 11, 2013).2013/2014 Garbage schedules can be picked up at City Hall or Frank Jameson Community Centre. Or you can download your schedule from the Town’s website at: http://www.ladysmith.ca/our-services/garbage-recycling

ZONING BYLAW UPDATE PROJECT A project to review and update the Ladysmith Zoning Bylaw is now underway and residents will be able to have their say. The project is scheduled to be completed this summer.The aim of the Zoning Bylaw Update project is to: Lay out clear, technically sound regulations Be consistent with the Official Community Plan Implement ideas and principles from the Ladysmith Sustainability Vision and Community Energy Plan Support economic development For more information and background on why an updated Zoning Bylaw is important to our community, please visit the Zoning Bylaw Project website at www.ladysmithzoningbylaw.ca

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About $86,000 in awards available for local students

There are 96 awards, bursaries and schol-arships worth about $86,000 available for Ladysmith Secondary School students this year, and now’s the time to go after these opportunities.

T h e N a n a i m o -Ladysmith Schools Foundation (NLSF)’s a w a r d s b o o k l e t a n d a p p l i c a t i o n f o r N a n a i m o a n d Ladysmith secondary students is now avail-able online.

This year, there are 410 awards, bursaries and scholarships, total-ing more than $296,000 for students of all inter-ests, abilities and aca-demic levels.“The foundation, with

the support of our amazing donors, has been helping local students succeed with scholarships, bursaries and awards for over 30 years,” said NLSF executive director Erin van Steen. “Every year, there are a wide variety of awards to apply for. There are opportuni-ties for students who

are active in the com-munity, excel in sports, have a specific study area they are pursuing or who have a financial need. We encourage students to apply for as many opportunities that are appropriate for them.”Applications and fur-

ther information can be

found at www.nlsf.ca under the “Programs” tab under “Awards.”

The deadline to apply is Friday, Feb. 15.

The funds for all of the awards are com-pletely supported by the service clubs, com-munity organizations and private donors within the Nanaimo-Ladysmith community.

Without the generos-

ity of donors, many graduating students would not have the opportunity to contin-ue on with their post-secondary education.

Last year, the NLSF scholarship and bur-s a r y p r o g r a m d i s -tributed 360 scholar-ships, bursaries and awards worth more than $372,125, which included more than $80,000 in Dogwood D i s t r i c t / A u t h o r i t y Awards distributed by the province. All the other funds were completely community donor driven.“The need for schol-

arships, awards and bursaries continues to rise,” says van Steen.

“The foundat ion is actively seeking new donors for a variety of areas and for general financial support to help grow our support for local students.”

The NLSF encourages community groups and individuals to contact the foundation if they are interested in sup-porting the scholarship program. To reach Erin van Steen at the foun-dation, call 250-753-4074.

Staff WriterTHE CHRONICLE

“The need for scholarships, awards and

bursaries continues to

rise.”

Erin van Steen, NLSF

Quoted in the Chronicle

Secondary students encouraged to apply for Nanaimo-Ladysmith Schools Foundation awards


Marston’s Portuguese Joe Silvey monument will rest at Stanley Park

Luke Marston is forg-ing a tribute to local history that will soon find its way to Stanley Park.

Marston’s latest proj-ect is a monument dedi-cated to Portuguese Joe Silvey — a pio-neering renaissance man who first set foot on these shores in 1860

— and his Coast Salish wives, Khaltinaht and Kwahama Kwatleematt.

It’s an elaborate piece that Marston has spent the last two and a half years designing, invest-ing his time willingly because he has per-sonal ties to those it’s meant to commemo-rate. “Portuguese Joe Silvey

and Kwatleematt were my great-great-grand-parents,” Marston said,

“so for me, it’s some-thing I hold close to my heart.”

Following the pre-miere of a documen-tary chronicling the lives of Silvey and his wives, Marston decided he wanted to create a sculpture of some kind to pay tribute to his ancestors.

N o w, f o l l o w i n g years of col labora-tion between Silvey’s descendants , mem-bers of Coast Salish nations, the Portuguese Consulate and the art-ist, Marston’s project is nearing completion. It’s an elaborate piece that effectively mirrors his family’s nuanced his-tory.

In her 2004 biogra-phy The Remarkable A d v e n t u r e s o f Portuguese Joe Silvey, author Jean Barman relates how Si lvey jumped ship from a whaling boat to join the Fraser River Gold Rush sometime around 1860. He met and married Khaltinaht after return-ing to the coast and set-tling at Point Roberts.

Over the ensuing decade, Si lvey har-vested dogfish, boiling them down for oil to sell to local saw mills for $0.25 a gallon. He then returned to whal-ing after an unsuc-cessful bid to lease fishing grounds off of Brockton Point.

As whaling wound down, Silvey diversified yet again. He opened a saloon in Gastown called The Hole in the Wall, competing for business with the dis-trict’s namesake, John

“Gassy Jack” Deighton. Then, when it seemed

a s t h o u g h S i l v e y, Khaltinaht and their daughters Elizabeth and Josephine had finally established a prosperous l ife for themselves, Khaltinaht died. Silvey retreated to Brockton Point and built a house adjacent to Deadman’s Island. He operated a new saloon while build-ing himself a fishing sloop he christened the Morning Star.

While sail ing past Sechelt aboard the Morning Star, Silvey m e t 1 5 - y e a r - o l d Kwatleematt, Marston’s

great-great-grandmoth-er. They married, and the family prospered.

Si lvey “pioneered seine fishing in British Columbia,” offering him a prosperous enough livelihood, when com-bined with the sale of his Gastown property, that he could afford to relocate his fam-ily — to which he and Kwatleematt would eventually add six boys and three girls — to Reid Island, southwest of Porlier Pass.

M a r s t o n ’s m o n u -ment will be cast in bronze later this spring before it’s installed on the south shores of Brockton Point in Stanley Park, close to where Silvey and

K w a t l e e m a t t l i v e d before moving to Reid Island.

Over the last two and a half years, Marston’s design for the monu-ment has been refined to the point that nearly every facet of the sculp-ture represents some element of his family’s story.

Silvey was born on Pico Is land in the Azores, a Portuguese archipelago in the middle of the North Atlantic Ocean. Pico is home to a sleep-ing giant, a stratovol-cano that shares the island’s name. To rep-resent both Mount Pico, Portugal’s highest peak, and Silvey’s life as a fisherman here on the

West Coast, Marston incorporated a 14-foot-tall traditional cod lure crowned by an eagle’s head, its beak pointing skyward, as the sculp-ture’s centrepiece.

Life-sized figures of Silvey, Khaltinaht and Kwatleematt, separat-ed from each other by the lure’s fins, stand facing outward at its base. Each fin, in turn, is carved in low-relief with intricately detailed symbols and figures — grape vines, dogfish, whales, salmon, and an homage to Khaltinaht’s Squamish grandfather, Chief Kiapilano — rep-resenting various ele-ments of the family’s history, rendered in a fluid Coast Salish style Luke and his brother John have become famous for.

The sculpture will rest on a raised base of either black or white stone, Marston said, and “around the base wil l be Portuguese stone we’re having shipped from Lisbon [that will feature] a mosaic of the master stonemasons and brick-layers of Portugal, who were world-renowned for their bricklaying.”

To fund the project, the Portuguese Joe Memorial Society will sell engraved bricks for a pathway lead-ing to the monument, limited-edition copies of Marston’s Shore to Shore silkscreen print, and bronzed maquettes

— scale models — of the monument itself.

For now, Marston is

busy crafting the origi-nal figures and lure out of planks and blocks of yellow cedar in prepa-rat ion for a March 14 delivery date to a foundry in Red Deer, Alta. Molds and casting will be completed by the Harman Sculpture Foundry Ltd., Marston said, because it’s one of the few foundries in North America able to cast works as whole pieces, rather than as sections that are then welded together.

The official unveiling of the monument is slat-ed for Sept. 28, Marston said, the day following the park’s anniversary celebration. It wil l serve to commemorate both the 150th anniver-sary of Portuguese Joe Silvey’s first encounter with Khaltinaht and the 125th anniversary of the founding of Stanley Park.

J i l l Weav ing , the co-ordinator of arts, culture and the envi-r o n m e n t w i t h t h e Vancouver Board of Parks and Recreation, said the monument is

“going through our pro-cess. There are a num-ber of reviews we do before we take it to the Park Board for approv-al. We’ve taken the proposal to the public art committee and they have approved it.”

Projects intended for the Brockton Point totem area of Stanley Park “require letters of support from the three First Nations —the Musqueam, Tsleil-Waututh and Squamish

— and we have received letters of support from them,” Weaving said,

“so we’re moving on to stakeholder and com-munity consultations.”

The next step in the process involves post-ing signage at the pro-spective site to inform members of the public of the proposed project, she added.

If people come for-ward to reveal an exist-ing use for the site that conflicts with the proj-ect, an alternate loca-tion may have to be found. With the support of First Nations behind the project, however, Weaving thought a con-flict would be unlikely.

Plans for the park’s anniversary celebra-tion are still in the works, Weaving said. “ We ’ l l h a v e s o m e

kind of a celebration on Sept. 27, but we’re also potentially looking at hosting celebrations over the summer that will be free and family-friendly and involve everything from eco-logical walks through the park to performers. There will be picnics and music and First Nations performances. Outdoors in Stanley Park in the fall is a bit cooler,” Weaving added,

“so it changes the nature of what you do in the park. That’s why we’re thinking of a season of celebration.”

For more information on the Portuguese Joe Memorial project and sponsorship opportu-nities, visit http://shoret oshore.co/.

Nick BekolayThe ChroniCle

Coast Salish artist Luke Marston is creating a monu-ment dedicated to Portuguese Joe Silvey that will be installed at Brockton Point in Stanley Park.

Local Coast Salish artist Luke Marston has spent the past two and a half years carving an elaborate monument to Portuguese Joe Silvey. Nearly every facet of the sculpture — a scale model of which can be seen in the foreground at left and below — represents some element of Marston’s family’s story. Nick Bekolay/chroNicle

Infrastructure funding for municipalities and the need for legislation around derelict vessels were hot topics when Jean Crowder, the NDP MP for Nanaimo-North C o w i c h a n , v i s i t e d Ladysmith council last week.

C r o w d e r w a s a t Ladysmith council Jan. 21 to provide an update on what’s happening in Ottawa that may affect municipal government the most.

Much of Crowder’s presentation focused on funding for infra-structure.“I don’t need to tell

you about the chal-lenges faced by local governments around infrastructure dol -lars,” she said. “The Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM) was recently in Ottawa b e f o r e C h r i s t m a s and were updating Members of Parliament about the pressing needs before local councils and reminded us that for every $1 tax-payers paid at munici-pal councils, they only get eight cents back, and yet they’re respon-sible for roughly half of the infrastructure costs in the country.”

One of the things the FCM was asking MPs to support was a

long-term infrastruc-ture investment plan and that plan would be 15 to 20 years with secure, stable funding, explained Crowder, adding that the funding would not be project-based because that is a challenge for munici-palities.“ A s t h e O f f i c i a l

Opposition, we are sup-porting their request for the long-term, stable funding, and my under-standing is the Minister of Transport, Denis Lebel, has indicated that he’s prepared to enter into discussions on a long-term invest-ment plan for infra-structure, so we will be encouraging the minister to work close-ly with the government in order to develop that plan,” said Crowder.

One of the things the FCM also requested was a need for infra-structure dollars to address the impacts of climate change, accord-ing to Crowder.“Whether you agree

what the causes are of climate change, what

we know is there are severe weather events that are affecting this planet, and we only have to look at what h a p p e n e d o n t h e Atlantic seaboard and what happened in New York City and parts of New Jersey, and those impacts on that city are going to be directly felt by local government,” she said. “So, we’re also supporting the FCM’s call for infrastructure dollars that recognize that climate change has a direct impact on local government.”

During her presen-tation, Crowder also

touched on Bill C-45, an omnibus budget imple-mentation bill that has some actions to do with Fisheries and Navigable Waters that could also impact on local council decision-making; the Safe Drinking Water Act for First Nations, which Metro Vancouver has asked the federal government to take a step back on and con-sult with local govern-ments; the Canada-European Union Trade Agreement and issues around procurement and local possibilities to do procurement with local suppliers; and the duty for local govern-ments to consult with First Nations on devel-opment applications.

Noting that Crowder has been a champion of legislation around derelict vessels, Coun. Steve Arnett asked about the status of Crowder’s private mem-ber’s bill. Crowder’s private member’s bill proposes to amend the Canada Shipping Act to ensure regulations are made to establish

measures to be taken for the removal, dis-position or destruction of derelict vessels or wrecks.

Crowder told council that she will be trying to ramp up a campaign that puts more public pressure on the minis-ter of transport.“What I would like

the minister to do is actually take that leg-islation and make it the government’s leg-islation; that’s the best way to make it happen because as a private member’s bill, even if it gets passed in parlia-ment, it doesn’t neces-sarily get implemented in the way it’s intended,” she said.

On the subject of leg-islation regarding dere-lict vessels, Coun. Duck Paterson asked how the community could help push Crowder’s private member’s bill forward.

C r o w d e r e n c o u r-aged councillors to approach Lebel and indicate the severity of the problem.“We know how serious

the problem, so if peo-ple could emphasize that with the minister, it may make him shift into moving forward with the bill,” she said.

Crowder told coun-cil her bill is a pretty conservative bill and is a regulatory change because she couldn’t tell the government to spend money, and there is some question around whether or not her bill is even legal because it would designate the Canadian Coast Guard as a receiver of wrecks, so there may be a chal-lenge to the bill anyway.

Following Crowder’s presentation, Arnett proposed that coun-cil write a letter to Transport Minister Denis Lebel — copied to MPs James Lunney and Jean Crowder —

“strongly encouraging him and his govern-ment to move forward with derelict vessels legislation as quickly as possible because it’s so central to the economic health of coastal com-munities, Ladysmith included.”


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Halalt appeals Supreme Court

Halalt First Nation has filed a leave to appeal application to the Supreme Court of Canada to settle legal arguments over the Chemainus River aquifer wells.

The filing follows a BC Court of Appeal ruling last November allowing the Municipality of North Cowichan to resume pumping from the river’s aquifer to supply the town of Chemainus and the surround-ing area.

The appeal decision set aside a 2011 ruling by the BC

Supreme Court that halted pumping until the province completed proper consulta-tion about the project with Halalt.

In a press release issued last week that announces the band’s appeal, Halalt’s lawyer, William Andrews, says the Supreme Court of Canada has been asked to address two key legal issues — who owns the groundwater under reserve and Aboriginal title lands; and where a First Nation asserts both Aboriginal rights and title, can the Crown do its consultation based only on the rights and not the title?

Chief James Thomas says that letting the appeal court’s negative decision stand with-out an appeal to Canada’s highest court was not an option for the band.“ O u r p o s i t i o n h a s n o t

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T h e L a d y s m i t h RCMP detachment responded to 70 calls for service over the past eight days. Friday, Jan. 18• The Ladysmith

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• The Ladysmith RCMP rece ived a report that in the early hours of the morning, someone had attempt-ed to gain entry to a Dodge Dakota parked in the 3500 block of Hallberg Road.

The vehic le was damaged during the attempted entry but was not entered, and nothing was stolen.Tuesday, Jan. 22• The Ladysmith

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RCMP rece ived a report of a break and enter to a shed at a residence in the 13300 block of Cedar Road. The shed was entered, and a yellow 2003 Suzuki RM60 motocross motor-cycle was stolen. The motorcycle has a white number plate on the handle bar with a black number eight on it. The police are con-tinuing their investiga-tion into the theft.• Between Jan. 20

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Like a bad reality show about a dysfunctional family, B.C. School

Wars has lurched to life again for the 2013 election.

Coming soon to billboards and buses across the prov-ince: staged pictures of sad-faced kids crammed into dirty classrooms by a heartless government.

It doesn’t even matter which government. This rit-ual combat went on through Social Credit and NDP gov-ernments too.

Premier Christy Clark opened the new season with her promised pitch to restructure bargaining. It suggested splitting up bargaining into traditional wage and benefit talks, and a separate table and fund for classroom size and support.

Cast in her familiar role of the sullen, rebellious teen-ager, BCTF president Susan Lambert staged a news con-ference to distort and mock the government’s offer.

A 10-year deal if we give up bargaining wages and classroom condit ions?

“Ludicrous.”What’s ludicrous is her

characterization of a for-mula to link teacher pay to nurses, post-secondary faculty and other govern-ment workers. Nurses are renowned for getting raises when no one else does, so this should be an oppor-tunity for these powerful unions to co-ordinate. But the BCTF can’t get along with other unions any more than it can negotiate with any discernible competence.

Lambert falsely claimed there was no consultation on the proposal. This remind-ed me how she low-balled the costs of her union’s demands by hundreds of millions during what passed for negotiations in last year’s strike season.

Behind the scenes, the BCTF executive and the school district bargaining agent had just settled on a mutual costing model. What this means is the school dis-tricts, which have to make payroll and balance budgets, have convinced the BCTF to stop misrepresenting costs. I’ll believe that when I see it.

Before Education Minister

Don McRae had even spo-ken, BCTF vice-president Glen Hansman was growl-ing his reply on Twitter: See you in court. That message presumably also goes for premier-in-waiting Adrian Dix, unless he replaces the hated B.C. Liberals in May, then quickly kneels before the BCTF and extends the key to the provincial trea-sury.

Two generations of British Columbians have been bul-lied by this bad drama, since Bill Vander Zalm decided an industrial union bargaining structure was just the ticket for public schools.

Students are taught by example, if not by blatant propaganda in classrooms, that all problems are solved by demanding more money from the government. After this conditioning, older students are sometimes pressed into service as union pickets.

There’s your Social Justice class, kids. Sorry about those sports teams and field trips, but we need those as bargaining chips to get more paid leave time.

To state the obvious, Clark

and McRae staged this as a pre-election event to frame the issue. They knew their effort would be greeted as a declaration of war.

The main reason the BCTF agreed to a contract exten-sion with a wage freeze last year? It wasn’t the blin-dingly obvious fact that every other public sector union had already taken two zeroes. It was strictly tactics. The delay sets up the latest rematch of these old warriors in the spring election.

The plan is to get the dreaded B.C. Liberals out and then start working over the weaker, more union-dependent NDP. That’s who caved in earlier and gave the BCTF broad control over staffing levels, the prover-bial key to the treasury.

Along with basic math and economics, a point the BCTF seems unable to grasp is that its strategy is self-defeating. Those sad kids are making more and more parents seek a better deal.

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

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Last week’s big announcement that the B.C. Summer Games are coming to the Cowichan Valley in 2018 was made in Duncan, but it has impacts that reach far beyond that city.

And right now, we’re in a great position to grab ahold of those opportunities.

Local officials estimate the four-day games will pump about $2.6 million into the local economy through rentals, hotels, retail purchases, bistros and much more, accord-ing to an article in the Cowichan News Leader Pictorial.

During the announcement, which took place Friday, Jan. 25 at the Cowichan Aquatic Centre, CVRD chair Rob Hutchins noted that Cowichan’s “culture, exceptional environment, and hospitality” await players, families, fans, and officials to the games, which he called “a gift to the Cowichan region.”

The games legacy was estimated by North Cowichan parks and recreation manager Ernie Mansueti to hit about $200,000. That purse will help fund registrations, through KidSport Cowichan, for local athletes.

Regional director Loren Duncan stated, “the multipliers will be significant. We’re casting a fairly broad net here.”

The games’ Cowichan debut will see 22 sports played in 26 local venues.

We have so much to offer Summer Games competi-tors, their families and spectators here in Ladysmith and Chemainus. We have the wonderful facilities at Forrest Field and the Frank Jameson Community Centre and our beautiful Transfer Beach, and we have a lot to offer visi-tors looking for something to do between competitions. And perhaps now would be a good time to start filling in the gaps so we can make sure we have everything else visitors would be looking for, such as an RV park, a campground and other amenities people in the commu-nity have been talking about for years. Why not use this event, which will surely bring huge amounts of people and money to our region, as a reason to get started on some things that have been talked about for a long time now? — Lindsay Chung

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As a relative newcomer to the town of Ladysmith, I had mixed emotions to the Jan. 14 announce-ment that we were joining the CVRD transportation system and that our two trolleys will be replaced with community buses this fall.

Certainly, connecting Duncan and Ladysmith is a sign of prog-ress and will provide increased access to important services for many members of our commu-nity. And, if we market this cor-rectly, it could also draw people to our town and help revitalize our downtown core, especially if we are also able to share a simi-lar connection to our other large neighbour to the north.

I have also heard many people call for the cancellation of the trolley service even before this announcement, citing low rider-ship and high operational costs.

Still, I have a strong sense that Ladysmith is about to lose some-thing of significant value here: an intangible value that won’t show up on any balance sheet, but which I guarantee will have a negative impact for some time to come if our trolleys are decom-missioned from regular service as planned.

My wife and I decided on Ladysmith to raise our family a few years ago because it is a “character” town which offers things none of our close neigh-bours can: strong community spirit, high-quality schools, small-town charm, amazing beach and waterfront access, the light-up fes-tival, and yes, our very own trolley ... all of which solidify Ladysmith as a vibrant town with character, and which solidified our decision to call Ladysmith “Home.”

While we are not regular riders of the trolley, it is nevertheless part of our daily lives. Recently, we had the opportunity to join my daughter’s Sparks class on an eve-ning trolly ride through the First Avenue holiday lights (a magi-cal experience for six-year-olds and parents alike) and every day when picking up my daughter or son from school and daycare, we are sure to pass by the trolley en

route, and we never fail to com-ment how lucky we are to live here.

I would strongly urge for Ladysmith council to look for cre-ative solutions to keep our trolley running on a regular schedule, to preserve this local treasure and reinforce the image of Ladysmith as a character town with a rich heritage. After all, isn’t our town moniker “Heritage By the Sea?” … and to that I would add, that heritage is not just those things we inherit, but also those things we choose to pass down.

Jeremy KerrLadysmith

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The Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF), Nanaimo Branch, recently voted to endorse the Amnesty International Statement on Idle No More.

Full honour and implementa-tion of indigenous peoples’ trea-ties are crucial to the evolution of Canada and to the principle of federalism. There is an urgent need for Canada to demonstrate genuine respect and long-term commitment by initiating a meet-ing with First Nations leaders, the governor general and the prime minister.

Idle No More, the grassroots movement, has put the spotlight on federal policy which threat-ens our democracy. We urge the Harper government to repeal the bills that it recently passed, which undermine the rights of the Sovereign First Nations of Canada. Indigenous peoples’ rights and related government duties are an integral part of Canada’s Constitution. They are affirmed in the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. Our government must address this grievous situation in good faith.

Dyane Brown Women’s International

League for Peace and Freedom, Nanaimo Branch

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Celebrating Family Literacy Day

Cousins J.J. and Tiga Cargill read Nick Bland’s The Very Cranky Bear with their “Mamo” Cindy Bertram at a Family Literacy Day event hosted at the library Saturday, Jan. 26. Stephen Warren, manager of the Ladysmith branch of the Vancouver Island Regional Library, said close to 40 children passed through the library during the two-hour-long event. Crafts and face painting were on offer for young readers taking a break from their books. Sunday, Jan. 27 is Family Literacy Day in Canada, Warren said, prompting them to host an event a day ahead of schedule because the library’s closed on Sundays.

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Some residents of Lockwood Villa still not able to go home

Six people who l ive in Chemainus’ fire-evacuated Lockwood Villa apartment building remain in hotels as they wait to be able to return to their suites.“They’re still up in the air about when they can go back,” Gary Carleton, the Canadian Red Cross community plan-ning and response co-ordina-tor, said Monday. “It could be this week, or it could be in the next couple of weeks; it depends which suite they’re in. It’s wait and see.”

Red Cross staff said many Lockwood residents returned home Jan. 17 after spend-ing six days in accommoda-tions provided by Cowichan’s Emergency Social Services.

Tenants who have gone home had little or no suite damage.“But the restoration company,

Belfor, has determined part of

the common area (lobby) has asbestos, so a couple of people can’t return until that’s fixed,” said Carleton. “Also, some people in hotels can’t return

because they’re waiting for fire-approved doors for their suites, and those were to take four to six weeks’ delivery.”

It was believed Belfor, the lead in Lockwood’s recovery, has subcontracted tradespeo-ple to remove asbestos and renovate the insured complex.

Tenants with content insur-ance are having claims settled.

While some residents did not have tenant insurance, Carleton said the Red Cross is not able to accept direct dona-tions for them.

Instead, people can make donat ions to Red Cross Disaster Management for the B.C. Coastal Region, and those donations go to families who suffer disasters, explained Carleton, adding that anyone who would like to donate can contact any Red Cross office for information.“We’re working with other agencies and making sure folks are in a safe place,” said Carleton.

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Volunteering with the Citizens on Patrol had a huge impact on Ladysmith RCMP Const. Allison Wanner a s s h e t r a i n e d t o become a police officer, and she is eager to help give others the benefits she received.

Wanner graduated f r o m t h e R C M P ’s Tra in ing Academy-Depot in Regina, Sask., in May, and she was posted to Ladysmith as her first detachment.

Wanner started volun-teering with Nanaimo’s Ci t izens on Patrol (COP) group in 2010 as a way of gaining experi-ence related to policing during her application process to the RCMP.

In her time as a COP volunteer, Wanner par-ticipated in patrols of the city, helped man COP booths at public events, helped out at the Vancouver Island Exhibition as a parking attendant and attended monthly meetings.“It was getting out

there and having to pay attention to things that didn’t look normal or didn’t look right,” she said. “I learned how to use a radio to commu-nicate with the other car and with dispatch; when you’re on patrol, you’re constantly com-municating.”

During her patrols, Wanner also learned the RCMP codes and learned the phonetic alphabet, and these skills all come in use every day now that she’s a police officer.“It was a big introduc-

tion into practices that are put into everyday use by [RCMP] mem-bers,” said Wanner.

“For me, it was huge.”When Wanner was

at RCMP Depot, she had to sign out an

unmarked patrol car and do patrols of the streets of Regina — just like she’d been doing in Nanaimo with the COP.“I was already comfort-

able using the radio and using the police codes,” she said. “Essentially, it was learning obser-vation skills and com-munication skills in a very safe environment that I was able to turn over into my training as a police officer.”

Wanner found her time with the COP to be a great experience and says she was able to interact with a dedicat-ed group of volunteers. She says she gained a sense of accomplish-ment in putt ing in her time to assist the RCMP in keeping the streets and citizens of Nanaimo safe at night.

Wanner says she also really appreciated the connection the COP has with the RCMP.“We want it like noth-

ing else; when you’re going through the train-ing, we want it so bad

… and anything you can do to be around the RCMP, at least for me, is just a bonus,” she said. “I think anybody applying for the RCMP should take a look at volunteering with COP. When you go for your interview, they ask what you are doing to prepare for a career with the RCMP, and if you can say you are vol-unteering with COP, it makes a big difference.”After a few months of

working in Ladysmith, Wanner has found herself as part of the COP community once again. She champi-oned to become the RCMP’s liaison for the Ladysmith COP and was awarded this posi-tion in November.

Wanner is excited to get an opportu-

nity to work with the Ladysmith COP vol-unteers and to help recruit new members and expand the group.

COP was implement-ed in Ladysmith in 1993 by the Community Police Advisory Board in an effort to promote a safer community and as a preventative mea-sure to reduce crime.

The COP works with the local RCMP detach-ment and has radio and phone contact with police officers. Patrols are generally Friday and Saturday evenings and, if necessary, at special events.

The patrol members help to be the “eyes and ears” of the com-munity, reporting sus-picious incidents to police. Volunteers do not actively partici-pate in arrest or other law-enforcement activ-ity unless requested by police. COP members travel in pairs using the public safety van provided by the Town of Ladysmith and can expect to perform patrols one evening every four to six weeks.

Wa n n e r s a y s t h e Ladysmi th COP i s

thinking of adding daytime patrols to its Friday and Saturday night patrols.

There are many rea-sons people join COP.

B e a Wa t s o n i s a long- t ime res ident o f Ladysmi th who has been volunteer-ing with COP for six years. She joined COP in September 2006 at the suggestion of her husband Don, who had joined that March.

Wa t s o n s a y s v o l -unteering with COP appeals to her because there is a def ined a m o u n t o f t i m e required, it keeps her active in the commu-nity, and she enjoys the social aspect of inter-acting with the public and other volunteers.

Debbie Greenhorn has been volunteering with COP for just over a year. She has lived in Ladysmith for 23 with her husband Rick. Greenhorn feels very strongly about giving back to her community, and she joined COP in October 2011 after an introduction by an existing volunteer. She says she really enjoys the fact that she is part

of a volunteer group that acts as the commu-nity’s eyes and ears for the RCMP. She is proud to work with people who can help the RCMP prevent crime and pro-vide Ladysmith resi-dents with a sense of security.Anyone aged 19 or

older who is interested in joining COP should complete an application form, which will enable a criminal record check by police. Training is provided. Applications can be picked up from the Ladysmith RCMP detachment, the RCMP Community Policing Station at Coronation Mall and City Hall.

The Ladysmith COP is actively looking for new members. For informa-tion, call the RCMP at 250-245-2215 or the Community Policing Station at 250-245-1118.


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This is why they danceDance students from Grade 9 to 12 at Chemainus Secondary School presented their annual Dance Showcase Jan. 24 at the school and performed 25 num-bers ranging from hip hop and jazz to contem-porary and lyrical. The theme for this year’s Dance Showcase was “This Is Why We Dance.” The evening included group dances, solos and duets choreographed by dance teacher Sarah Lane and by the stu-dents themselves, as well as a cultural dance called Basket Lady, which included dancing and drumming from the Chemainus Tzinq’uaw Dancers. Pictured here, clockwise from top left, are: Kaitlind James (left), Jami-Lynne Dal-ziel, Victoria Morgan, Tegan Luckham and Carlie Deeble dancing as part of a group num-ber; Chuckie Sam danc-ing to Michael Jackson’s You Rock My World; the Period 1 Jazz group per-forming to Show Me How You Burlesque by Christina Aguilera; and Larralee Sam perform-ing the cultural dance Basket Lady.

At the theatre, all’s fair in love and murder

All’s fair in love and mur-der. At least, according to Ladysmith Little Theatre, which presents the mad-cap farce Murder at the Howard Johnson’s Feb. 7-24.

Murder at the Howard Johnson’s is described as

“a light and funny suspense comedy involving the eter-nal love triangle.” Set in the late 1970s at a Howard Johnson’s Motor Inn, we find Arlene, a middle-aged

“femme fatale” and her “self-absorbed, womanizing den-tist-lover” plotting to kill her dull and boring husband. Before too long, the tables turn and the plot takes a

new twist.The play, written by Ron

Clark and Sam Bobrick, is directed by Gordon McInnis, and it stars Alan Watt, Maureen Molyneaux and Bill Johnston.

Carol Sparham is one of the producers, and she says working on Murder at the Howard Johnson’s has been a lot of fun.“The play has been done

quite a few times, and I think it’s almost funnier now because it goes back to the changes happening in the 1970s,” she said.“Fun” is also the word

director Gordon McInnis uses to describe being involved in this play.“It’s a comedy, and com-

edies are always great,” he

said. “The three cast mem-bers are working together really well.”

M c I n n i s s a y s Wa t t , Molyneaux and Johnston all worked together on A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum last year. Johnston had done this play before, and when the three actors wanted to work together again, he suggested Murder at the Howard Johnson’s.

McInnis says they have a great crew working behind the scenes.“I think I’ve pretty much

worked with all these peo-ple at one point in the past,” he said. “My involvement in community theatre is as much social as anything else, and it’s always great

when you’ve got a great crew.”

W h e n M c I n n i s w a s a p p r o a c h e d t o d i r e c t Murder at the Howard Johnson’s, he was quick to say yes.“First of all, I read the

script and found it was a lot of fun; it had a lot of one-liners and situational jokes, and I thought this would be a lot of fun to do and fun to work with Alan, Bill and Maureen,” he said. “As we were rehearsing, it became even more fun. The more we took a look at the script and got into it, we found there was a bit more sub-stance than just the jokes.”

Johnston plays the dentist-lover in the play. When he did Murder at the Howard

Johnson’s before in Victoria, he was the husband. He is excited to do this play again.“I just think it’s really

funny,” he said. “It’s been an awesome experience. Everyone’s worked really hard, and it’s been a great experience from day one.”

Watt, who plays Arlene’s husband, has enjoyed being part of this play.“We’ve got a great team of

actors and a great crew, and Gord is a great director for comedy,” he said.

Molyneaux says it’s been interesting being in the middle of the on-stage love triangle. Off the stage, Johnston is a dear friend, and Watt is her partner.“It’s great because these

two are so supportive and

fantastic, and the whole crew has been wonderful to work with,” she said.

Molyneaux says she has been learning a lot while doing this play.“I’ve never been in this

much of a farcical play before, so I’m learning how to project my energy and also comedic timing,” she said. “I’m just learning, learning, learning — and I have excellent teachers.”

Ladysmith Little Theatre presents evening perfor-mances of Murder at the Howard Johnson’s Feb. 7-9, 14-16 and 21-23 at 8 p.m., and matinee performances Feb. 17 and 24 at 2 p.m.

For tickets, visit www.ladysmiththeatre.com or call 250-924-0658.

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January 1913 Writing in the January

C h r o n i c l e , E l b e r t Hubbard related his experience as one of the first to use the type-writer at work: “An ad placed in the paper for men and women to run these machines had a post script, ‘Only those who can play the piano need apply.’ “At the sub-sequent training ses-sion, Hubbard recalled,

“We all thought the type-writer was a very won-derful plaything, and the way the operator would print your name on a piece of paper and hand it to you made us think we had achieved fame. We folded up the precious slip and car-ried it away to show the folks at home.”

T h e L a d y s m i t h Hardware Christmas draw winners were

Mrs. Barnes (McLary E l e c t r i c R a n g e ) and Mrs. Musgrave, (Champion Washer).

Henry Altman, who has had many argu-ments with his neigh-bours over the weight of his two-year-old colt, finally agreed to settle the issue by having the pony weighed in town. Although the results were below Altman’s expectations, he has an explanation: “It was all on account of a mistake by my sons. I told them when they took the colt to town to have him weighed on the scales used to sell coal. Instead, they weighed him on the scales used to buy hay!”

January 1938R . R . H i n d m a r c h ,

owner of the Nanaimo Herald, announced he was selling his news-

paper to R.J. Stewart, owner of the Nanaimo Free Press. The Herald will continue to be pub-lished as the Nanaimo morning paper, with the Free Press arriving in the evening. [NOTE: Bob Hindmarch was later the owner/pub-lisher of the Chronicle from 1942 to 1954.]

Mayor W.W. Walkem was returned to office by acclamation in the January 1938 municipal elections.

The Ladysmith Shell station announced a new maintenance ser-vice for your car featur-ing “seven to 11 differ-ent lubricants applied using modern pressure guns to reach every spot.” As an indication of the changes to be made to the English language by the adver-tising industry, the

process was called SHELLUBRICATION.

Dr. W. Plenderleith, Inspector of Schools for the Vancouver Island Region, gave a talk to the Ladysmith-Chemainus Teachers Association on the “New B.C. Curriculum.” Education in the future, he said, “would pre-pare students for a changing world, focus-ing on the practical and moving from a static to a dynamic state.” The inspector used vocabu-lary as an example: “We have determined that 3,000 words are all that is necessary to func-tion in modern society, and students will be grounded in these.”

January 1963Mr. and Mrs. Ken

Weeks of Victoria Drive were the winners of the annual Ladysmith C h r i s t m a s H o m e Lighting Contest spon-sored by the chamber of commerce . The judges for 1962 were Orville Delcourt, Mrs. Bert Foster, Stan Heys and Mrs. Alan Johnson. Mrs. Foster and Mr. Delcourt had disquali-

fied themselves from entering that year, as they had both won the plaque previously.

The Odeon Theatre introduced the first in its series of filmed Operettas to be shown in Ladysmith in 1963. Rose Marie starred Howard Keel and Ann Blyth. The cost was $6 for the series or $1 per show.

Daryl Quist, 17-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Ernie Quist on Baden-Powell Street returned home for the holidays in Ladysmith. Daryl had been accompanying Rolf Harris on guitar at the Down Under Club in London. Daryl sub-sequently performed in Larry Parnes’s U.K. Lucky Stars Summer Show with Joe Brown, the Tornados , and Rolf Harris and the Diggeroos. In 1963, he recorded a hit single entitled Thanks to You.

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F a i t h K n e l s o n returned home from the Vancouver Island Regional Short Course Championship last week laden with the spoils of a personal gold rush.

E l e v e n - y e a r - o l d K n e l s o n — t h e only member of the Ladysmith-Chemainus Orcas Swim Club to medal at the meet held Jan. 18-20 at the Comox Valley Aquatic Centre — stepped onto the podium a total of nine times to collect six gold and three sil-ver medals.

Fellow Orcas Chantal Greenhalgh, Pamela Little, Darby Rae, and Aileen and Morgan Humphreys competed in Comox, too, post-ing improvements in at least one event each.

Orcas coach Dusan Toth-Szabo said his swimmers were happy with their performanc-es in Comox.“You have to take into

consideration that we did not swim for two weeks over the [Christmas] break,” Toth-Szabo added.

“This swim meet is always the first swim meet of the year and, in the middle of January, it’s hard to perform when you’re not swim-ming during the break

and at Christmas.”It may take the Orcas

a week or two yet to hit their stride this year, but Toth-Szabo remains excited about the club’s current sta-tus. “Everything looks

good,” Toth-Szabo said. “Our numbers are still growing.”

Membership in the Orcas is inching its way towards 70 swim-mers, Toth-Szabo said, requir ing the club to hire an additional coach. The club is well-represented at all

levels now, he added, from the 10-and-under level through to nation-al-level competitions.

This past weekend, Knelson travelled to Campbell River with O r c a s t e a m m a t e s Chantal Greenhalgh and Shane Valic to compete in an open meet.

To t h - S z a b o s a i d Knelson’s goal was to obtain a third quali-fy ing t ime for the Canadian Age Group C h a m p i o n s h i p s , Canada’s premiere competition for swim-

mers aged 12-18, to be hosted in Montreal in July, while Valic’s goal is to qualify for the AA provincial champion-ships.

Knelson won all three of her events, finishing first in the 50m back-stroke, 100m breast-stroke and 50m but-terfly.

Greenhalgh finished first in 10-and-under 50 back, and she was sec-ond in the 100 breast and 50 fly and fourth in the 50 free.

Valic finished first in 12-and-under 100 back

and earned three sec-onds — in the 50 back, 100 breast and 50 free. He also finished fourth in the 50 fly and sixth in the 200 individual medley, and he quali-fied for the 50 free eliminator, where he finished fourth.

On the not-so-distant horizon for the Orcas is the AA provincial short course champi-onships in Surrey Feb. 8-10. Toth-Szabo said club members Conrad Carlson, Darby Rae and Aileen Humphreys h a v e q u a l i f i e d t o attend, while Valic and two other Orcas “are really close” to quali-fying.

In the wake of the AA championships, Swim BC will host the 2013 TAS AAA Short Course Age Group Championships in Victoria from Feb. 28 to March 3. For now, Knelson is the only Orca to have qualified for the AAA provin-cial championships, but Toth-Szabo said Conrad Carlson and Aileen Humphreys may earn AAA privileges for themselves while competing in Surrey.

Knelson took time out at practice last week to discuss her goals for the season. She has her sights set on competing in Montreal in July, and she’s close to making

that a reality. 2013 is the first year that Swimming Canada has required athletes to qualify in three events before they’re allowed to compete in the national age-group championships, Knelson said.

She’s earned nation-al qualifying times in both the 50m and 100m breaststroke, and she’s a fraction of a second away from qualifying in both the 50m butterfly and 50m backstroke. She has until summer to qualify.

Knelson towers over her 10-year-old team-mate Greenhalgh, add-ing that people often assume she’s 13 or 14. Many gifted swimmers

are taller and leaner than their peers and Knelson is no excep-tion, but natural tal-ent is only half of her recipe for success. She said she’s train-ing harder this year, putting in time “every weekday now” and she thinks the extra effort will pay off.

She prides herself on being boisterous enough to raise the ire of coach Toth-Szabo on occasion.“I goof around a lot, so

Dusan gets mad at me for that,” Knelson said, adding that she shares that same intensity with her teammates at meets when she cheers them on “at the top of my lungs.”

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Members of the Ladysmith-Chemainus Orcas Swim Club competed at the Van-couver Island Regional Short Course Championship January 18-20 at the Co-mox Valley Aquatic Centre. Faith Knelson (front row center) won six gold and three silver medals, while fellow club members Morgan Humphreys and Pa-mela Little (back row), Chantal Greenhalgh and Ailleen Humphreys all posted signifi cant improvements. Missing is fellow teammate Darby Rae who is taking time off to recover from a shoulder injury, coach Dusan Toth-Szabo said.


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The Ladysmith Second-ary School (LSS) 49ers senior girls basketball team played host to the Cedar Spartans Tuesday, Jan. 22 at LSS. The 49ers, plagued by fl u and inju-ries, played to an 71-18 loss against the Spar-tans. Here, the 49ers’ Megan Tumak takes a foul shot against the Spartans. The senior girls play their next game Tuesday, Feb. 12 at Mark R. Isfeld Sec-ondary School in Cour-tenay.


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PRIDHAM, Gordon ThomasPassed away peacefully into the presence of His Lord on Saturday January 19, 2013. Gordon was born in Earl Grey, Sask. on January 15, 1927. He was predeceased by his father and mother, Lawrence and Laura Pridham; sister Doris and brother Lorne. Gordon will be greatly missed by his loving wife Eunice; brothers Reg (Lois) and Ken (Dorothy); sister-in-law Gail; children Roberta (Dan), Donna (Tom), Darcy (Audrey), Gwen (Steve), Heather (Edgar), Shawn (fiance’ Guy); 14 grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren; nephews and nieces.

Memorial service will be held at Oceanview Community Church in Ladysmith, 381 Davis Rd. on February 2nd, 2013 at 11:30 a.m.

We greatly appreciate and thank Dr. Brockley and all those who have administered care to Dad over the years. In memory of Gordon, donations may be given to BC Teen Challenge Vancouver Island, P.O. Box 1418 Lake Cowichan, B.C. V0R 2G0 or Camp Imadene, P.O. Box 374, 9175 South Shore Road, Mesachie Lake, B.C. V0R 2N0.

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Condolences may be offered at [email protected]

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DEATHSDEATHS

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ALTON, David James

Born in Ladysmith Sept. 19, 1947 and passed away Jan. 13, 2013.

He was predeceased by parents David and Edie Alton (nee Catterall).

Survived by aunts & family in Nanaimo.

His many friends remember David as a great story teller with an infectious smile.

David would appreciate any way in which you might celebrate his life

based on your personal experience with him.

No service, but a scattering of David’s ashes at Coffin Point

will take place at a later date. TBA.

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DEATHS


IN MEMORIAM

TOMBORELLO, RichardJuly 6, 1946 -

December 13, 2011Our Dad was a

people-loving Italian who had many talents,

passions, adventures, and never remained idle.

In life and through his companies, VI Productions

and Tombo’s Moving Pictures, he gave a loud

voice to those who needed it most and believed that by shining a light on the

injustices of this world the truth would always prevail

- he championed the underdog.

His greatest pride, joy, and love in life was his

family; his inseparable partner and wife Linda, his

daughters Gretchen (Frank) and Vanessa

(Dan), and especially, he adored his grandchildren

Austin and Sienna. Our Dad is remembered for his generosity, loyalty, passion, humor, strength, spirit, story-telling, and his big Brooklyn personality.

You were unique and have left hearts to forever

grieve. Sending you love.

COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS

CARDS OF THANKS

BRIAN MICHAEL ABBOTT

Heart felt thanks dear friends for your messag-es of caring support & gifts of food & fl owers. Your kindness is appre-ciated as we learn to live without our dear Brian.

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PART TIME RETAIL SERVICE SPECIALISTThe Vancouver Division Retail Services Department has an opening for a Retail Services Specialist - Part time to cover the Vancouver Island area (approx. 0-40 hours per week).

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The BC Forest Safety Council is a not-for-profi t society dedicated to supporting the forest industry in reducing injuries and fatalities in B.C. We strive for excellence in all aspects of our business and are deeply committed to our key beliefs.

Reporting to the Director, SAFE Companies you will provide leadership and management of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) and a broad range of communications support to the Council. This diverse role includes the management and support of the Council’s website, databases, and all server and network infrastructure, desktop infrastructure including all PCs, printers, MS Windows operating systems and PC-based productivity software.

In addition to a degree or relevant technical diploma, you have at least 5 years working experience and Microsoft certifi cation. You also have expertise with major operating systems and Microsoft Offi ce, website applications and database development. You are an outstanding problem solver, excellent communicator, and relish a fast paced work environment.

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NOW HIRINGWestern Forest Products Inc. is an integrated Canadian forest products company located on Vancouver Island that is committed to the safety of our employees, the culture of performance and the discipline to achieve results. We currently have the following openings:

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LEGAL ADMIN. ASSISTANTFull-time position. Must have Willsand Probate experience. FamilyLaw an asset. Send resume andcover letter to:

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HELP WANTED

Attention: Roofi ng & Siding Installers

Calgary’s # 1 Exterior’s com-pany will be in your area recruiting for the following positions: skilled Roofers, Siders, Eavestroughers, Foreman & sub crews . Our Roofi ng & Exteriors Manager’s will be on the Island on Fri, Feb 1st and Sat, Feb 2nd. Please call Donavan at (587) 228-0473 to schedule a interview dur-ing those dates.

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Journeyman HD mechanic required for oilfi eld construc-tion company. Duties will in-clude servicing, maintenance and overhaul of our equip-ment. The job will be predomi-nately shop work , but with a portion of your time spent in the fi eld. A mechanics truck will be supplied for you. The job is based in Edson, Alberta. Call Lloyd at 780-723-5051.

LOGISTICS COORDINATOR

LADYSMITH AREALogistics Company looking to hire a full time person for exciting position! Candidate must possess a positive attitude, excellent tele-phone/communication skills, some computer knowledge, ability to multi task, team player and must be reliable. Experience in customer service preferred. Must have own transportation.

Apply by email to: [email protected]

RN and RCAsSunridge Place

A Residential Complex Care facility in Duncan is recruiting

for a .80 FTE evening Registered Nurse, and casual RCAs. If you wish to be part of an enthusiastic team who

are making a difference in the lives of seniors, please send

your resume to [email protected]

Thank you to all applicants for your interest in Sunridge

Place, however, only those applicants selected for an

interview will be contacted.

TRADES, TECHNICAL

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PERSONAL SERVICES

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PLUMBING

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MERCHANDISE FOR SALE

APPLIANCES

APT SIZED deep freeze $125, 18 cu ft deep freeze $150, Maytag SxS fridge $300, white 17 cu ft fridge $300, 30” almond range $125, white 30” range $150. Kenmore full size stacking washer/dryer $250, Washer dryer sets $200-$350. Washers $150-$250, Dryers $100-$150. Built-in dishwash-ers $100-$150. 6 month war-ranty on all appliances. Please call Greg at (250)246-9859.

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MISCELLANEOUS FOR SALE

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GUITARS FOR sale. 1994 Ovation Elite Model 1768, made in the USA, asking $1300. Cort 12 string acoustic, like new with soft shell carry case, asking $550. Call (250)324-2991 ask for Rob.

REAL ESTATE

APARTMENT/CONDOS

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RENTALS

APARTMENT/CONDO

210 BULLER- 1 bdrm, $550. Call Ardent Properties, (250)753-0881.www.ardentproperties.com

2 BED, F/S, DW, W/D, eleva-tor, parking, storage, bike rack, garb/recy, Ref. Req. Avail. Jan 1, $850. Ph: 250-816-9853

RENTALS

APARTMENT/CONDO

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

Chemainus: Lockwood Villa, well kept bldg, 1 bdrm Jan 1st or 15th, ocean view top fl oor $625, 1 bdrm Feb 15, $625 incl. heat & hot water, 1 sm pet welcome. 55 +. Call Karen 250-709-2765, 250-246-1033.

Ladysmith: 1 & 2 bdrm suites available, some ocean views, close to town, N/P, references required, call to view 250-245-7191.

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

LADYSMITH. AVAIL now. Large 2 bdrm Apt, recently up-graded. Washer/Dryer incl’d. Close to town. Ref’s req’d. $685 mo plus utilities. Call 250-715-7461.

LADYSMITH - Two bedroom, Top fl oor, in 3-storey bldg with elevator. Harbour view. Wash-er/Dryer/storage. Walk to beach. Small dog OK. $950/mo + DD and electric. *Available February 1st* Call Lindsey 250-816-9853

LDYSMITH 2 BR, 1 BA condo. Fireplace. Insuite laundry. NP/NS, Ref required, Mar. 1, $850. 250-245-0576

COTTAGES

1 BEDROOM cabin for rent, located in a trailer park at 1400 Alberni hwy, Parksville. Wireless internet and cable in-cluded. Only $600 per month 250-954-9547

DUPLEXES/4PLEXES

LADYSMITH- RENOVATED 3 bdrms, 2 bath, $1050 + utils. NS/NP. Call (250)754-9279.

MOBILE HOMES & PADS

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HOMES FOR RENT

LADYSMITH, 3 bdrm, Davis Rd area, private, ocean & mountain views, N/P, N/S, $1300 mo. Avail immed. Call (250)245-4155.

LADYSMITH: 4 bdrm house, close to all schools, incl. wa-ter, sewer, garbage. Hydro not incl. Avail. immed. $1000/mo + damage deposit. Leave msg. Call 250-245-4869.

Ladysmith: $699.00/month. 3 bdrm, 1 bath. All appliances included. No pets or children, 40+. Call Greg 250-245-0545.

LADYSMITH- level entry 2 bdrm. $950/mo. Ray, 250-616-2345.

RENTALS

HOMES FOR RENT

Royal LePage Property Management

Ladysmith: Gifford Rd., 2 bdrm, 2 bath townhouse, available now, N/P, N/S, $1000/mo.Ladysmith: Symonds St., 4 bdrm duplex unit, close to shopping, N/S, N/P, available now, $1400/mo. Ref’s required.Ladysmith: Warehouse/re-tail space, 2000 square feet approx., Westdown Rd., available now.Chemainus: View St. 2 bdrm ocean view duplex, f/s, w/d, n/s, n/p, $750/mo, available now, ref’s required.Cassidy: Country setting, 2 bdrm mobile, f/s, electric heat, avail. now, $850/mo + util, n/s, n/p, ref’s required.

Call Royal LePage250-245-2252

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Contest begins at 7:30am on January 23rd, 2012 and closes at 9:00pm on February 5th, 2012. Draw will take place on February 7th, 2012, 9:00am. Contest is not open residents of Québec. For contest rules and to enter, please visit a participating 49th Parallel Grocery store and complete the contest ballot. There is one (1) Grand Prize consisting of fifty-two (52) Free McCain Pizza coupons. Approximate retail of each Grand Prize is $519.48. To enter and to be eligible to win, entrant must be a legal resident of Canada (excluding Quebec) and be over the age of majority in the province or territory in

which he/she resides. One (1) entry per person per day. Odds of winning depend on total number of eligible entries. No purchase necessary. Mathematical skill-testing question required

Contest available at 49th Parallel Grocery

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Enter for your chance to win FREE McCAIN

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PIZZAFOR A YEAR

Enter for your chance to win FREE McCAIN

®

PIZZAFOR A YEAR

Enter to Win Pizza for a Year!

Draw Date: Feb. 7, 2013

52 Free McCain Pizza Coupons to give away

Coupons expiring March 31, 2014. Valid for any variety of McCain Pizza

(International Thin Crust, Crescendo Rising Crust or Ultra Thin Crust)

465 - 840 grams

2/10

McCain PizzaInternational Thin

Crust or Crescendo Rising Crust

On sale this week

1/2Price

Reg 9.99


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