ladysmith chronicle, june 24, 2014

The Chemainus Rotary Club hosted Summer Fest Saturday, June 21. Pictured here, clockwise from top left, are: St. Joseph’s School students take

part in the parade; Chemainus Rotar-ians cook up their fa-mous � apjacks; the parade rolls along Willow Street; Harri-son and Kelti Blatch-ford of Duncan sit down for breakfast; delightful dressed-up dogs make their way along the pa-rade route; a painter brings colour to Willow Street; and Madi Pietrzykowski of Cowichan Bay, who turned three that day, has some fun after the parade.

LINDSAY CHUNG

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In brief Zoning in on community and adventure

Lindsay ChungTHE CHRONICLE

Summer is a time for adventure, and Ladysmith Parks, Recreation and Culture has you covered with eight weeks of exciting daycamp programming. Adventure Zone Summer Dayc-

amps start Wednesday, July 2 and offer eight weeks of sports, arts and crafts, local adventures and much more for youth aged six to 12. Children aged five can participate as well if they have attended kin-dergarten. Children can participate for one day, one week or one whole summer.Adventure Zone Summer Day-

camps will take place for longer hours this year, running from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily, and the daycamps will be based out of the Frank Jame-son Community Centre (FJCC) this year. Although the campers will go on various excursions around town, pickup and dropoff will always be at the FJCC.Adventure Zone Summer Dayc-

amps are offered weekdays from July 2 to Aug. 22. Each week has a different theme, such as O Canada, animal adventures, wet ‘n wild, su-perheroes, survivor or green thumb. “There are different activities we

will do throughout the summer us-ing local businesses and keeping the kids active — we will be walk-ing everywhere, and we’ll swim ev-ery day,” said summer daycamp co-ordinator Mallory McLeod.

During Adventure Zone Daycamps, children might find themselves on an Amazing Race-style treasure hunt throughout town, playing at Brown Drive Park, doing arts and crafts, learning about science in fun ways, playing in the waterpark at Transfer Beach, finding out what happens in a local restaurant or even playing life-sized board games.

Mallory is really excited to be run-ning the daycamps out of FJCC this

year.“It’s nice because we can use the

whole facility — the Rec Room, the gym, the fields, the pool,” she said.

“I’m pretty pumped we are here. I think this also gives us a lot more leeway with indoor activities. The possibilities are endless, really, if we think about it.”“It gives us a much wider range of

access to parks,” added program attendant Bailey McLeod. “We’ve never done daycamp like this.”

Mallory feels having the daycamps at the FJCC will also keep the kids more active, and she thinks the pool will be a big attraction.“We’re going to be swimming every

day instead of just one,” she said. “We have lifejackets here for kids younger than seven, and with Chris-tine and I being lifeguards, there’s that extra security. Some kids are skeptical of the ocean, but every-one loves the pool. I’m so excited that it’s here.”

Whatever the theme of the week,

Adventure Zone Daycamps will al-ways be really focused on commu-nity and learning about Ladysmith.“It’s kind of nice because a lot

of times, kids don’t know every-thing that’s going on in town, and neither do we,” said senior leader Christine Young, who is working at daycamp for the first year but has been around it often because she has been a lifeguard at FJCC for the past seven years.

Mallory, who is a lifeguard as well, has been a junior leader and a se-nior leader with daycamp, and she loves working with kids.“We all love kids and providing

them with a fun, exciting way to fill the summer,” she said. “I’m looking forward to the fact we’ve complete-ly changed everything about day-camp, and it’s going to unfold in a completely different way. It’s going to be awesome.”

Bailey is in his fourth year as a staff member, and he volunteered with daycamp as soon as he was old

enough to.“We’re committed to the town,” he

noted. “It’s nice because everyone has such a diverse background, but we all have daycamp in common and working with kids.”

Junior leader Alexa Spanevello is in her second year working at the daycamps, but she volunteered be-fore, and she went to the daycamps when she was younger.“I’m looking forward to being able

to spend time with the kids and build relationships, and to our out-ings,” she said.

Children can get a taste of dayc-amp Tuesday, July 1 when the Ad-venture Zone Daycamp leaders will be offering costume races, tug of war and more fun activities during the Canada Day celebrations from 1-5 p.m. at Transfer Beach.

Daycamp costs $39 for one day (space permitting), $89 for the shorter week of July 2-4, $119 for the shorter week of Aug. 5-8, and $149 for five days. There are dis-counted rates for siblings.

Children are asked to bring a lunch, water, sunscreen, a bathing suit and towel and maybe a change of clothes.

For more information, call 250-245-6424 or visit www.ladysmith.ca. You can also find more information about Adventure Zone Daycamps on the Ladysmith Parks, Recreation & Culture Facebook page.

Right now, the Adventure Zone Daycamps are also looking for vol-unteers to help out as leaders in training, helping with the games and with safety supervision.

Mallory says they will try to plan a volunteer training session before July 2, and people who are inter-ested in volunteering can volunteer for one day, one week or all summer, whatever fits their schedule. Volun-teers must be 14 or older.

Contact Mallory McLeod or Kate Glenn at 250-245-6424 for more in-formation.

Adventure Zone Daycamps in Ladysmith start July 2, and you can get a sneak peek on Canada Day

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Nominate someone now for Ladysmith Citizen of the Year

Do you know somebody who has done a lot for the community over the years and deserves to be called Ladysmith’s 2014 Citizen of the Year?

If so, the Ladysmith Celebrations Society is hoping to hear from you in the next couple of weeks.

The Ladysmith Celebrations Society is asking for your nominations for the 2014 Citizen of the Year Award, which will be presented during Ladysmith Days in early August.The Citizen of

the Year Award is presented annually for outstanding community service over a period of time.The service must be

voluntary and does not include service where there has been a connection to normal employment.

Nominations are open to all residents of Ladysmith, but they must conform to the guidelines put forth by the Ladysmith Celebrations Society.

The nomination deadline is Friday, July 18.

The nominations that are received will be judged by a panel of Ladysmith residents.

Please mail your nominations to Citizen of the Year, c/o 1125B Walkem Rd., Ladysmith B.C., V9G 1P6 or e-mail them to [email protected].

The winner will be announced Saturday, Aug. 2 at 9:50 a.m. during the Rotary Pancake Breakfast at the Ladysmith & District Credit Union parking lot during Ladysmith Days.

From left, Bailey McLeod, Mallory McLeod, Christine Young and Alexa Spanev-ello are ready to lead Adventure Zone Summer Daycamps from July 2 until Aug. 22. LINDSAY CHUNG

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RCMP makes several drug-related arrests in LadysmithStaff WriterTHE CHRONICLE

After working with various RCMP units over the past two months, the Ladysmith RCMP have arrested a number of people in town in connection with the sale of illicit drugs such as heroin and speed.Working in co-operation and concert with Is-

land District General Investigations Sections and specialized RCMP members from E Divi-sion Vancouver, the RCMP Ladysmith Detach-ment has been conducting a two-month-long

investigation and operation focussing on the illicit drug trade in Ladysmith, Staff Sgt. Da-vid Herman explained in a press release Mon-day, June 23.

The preliminary investigative and planning stages of this operation go back to the fall of 2013, according to Herman.

This joint operation between various RCMP units focused primarily on the town of Ladysmith, and through this work, RCMP in-vestigators purchased illicit drugs, including heroin, cocaine, methamphetamine (speed) and GHB (the “date rape drug”), from sus-

pected illicit drug dealers in the community, explained Herman. “The multiple purchases of illicit drugs were made from six separate adult offenders, all of whom were residing in the community of Ladysmith at the time,” he said. “A number of the illicit drug trafficking suspects have now been arrested and will be appearing in court at later dates. No names or addresses of in-terest are being released at this time. This in-vestigation remains open and is active at this time. No other information is being released at his time.”


Ross Armourthe chronicle

Ladysmith council is set to ex-plore the prospect of a Random Acts of Kindness project for the town.

The idea was prompted by a delegation led by Ron Dale at the June 16 regular council meeting at City Hall.“I was a teacher and school ad-ministrator my whole life, and one of the schools I was at had a Random Acts of Kindness week and we all loved it,” Dale said at the meeting. “I’m asking for coun-cil’s support in hope of getting a Random Acts of Kindness project for our whole community. It’s a great place to live, but it could be better.”

The project encourages people of the community to take upon acts of kindness to aid people in need, and that does not necessar-ily mean financial.

Dale and compatriot Kim Jud-son showed a video to council showing various examples.

One police officer allowed a girl with Down syndrome to join him for the day to allow that girl’s dream to come to true. Another scene showed a blind dog be-ing guided by a specially trained guide dog.“If formalized, this could have big power in our town,” said Dale.

“A random act of kindness is when you are aware of somebody’s needs and you do something for them. It doesn’t have to involve money, although it can, but it is the act that is more important.”

Judson said “this isn’t some-thing that’s foreign to Ladysmith, as we have lots of amazing peo-ple here.”

Dale confirmed that if he was to get the support of council, he would then go about contacting the Chamber of Commerce, vari-ous schools and business owners of Ladysmith.“It’s not so much the person that’s receiving, it’s the person that’s giving which is the wonder-ful thing,” he said. “Even if you just buy someone a coffee who’s waiting behind you in the Tim Hortons line up, it’s a small ges-ture but it’s so powerful.”

Judson suggested the idea of a forum on the Town’s website.“It would be great if we can get a place for people to comment and post stories, either anonymously or not, of their experiences,” she said. “Or we could proclaim a week to the project.”

Coun. Steve Arnett said “we could do a proclamation for sure.”

Mayor Rob Hutchins called the project “a beautiful idea” and said he will look into a procla-mation for the Town in the near future.

Keep your eyes peeled forRandom Acts of Kindness

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NOTICES & NEWSJULY 2014

COUNCIL MEETING SCHEDULECouncil Meetings Monday, July 7th, Monday July 21st, 7:00 p.m. Municipal Services Committee Meeting* Monday, July 21stMayor’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 (www.ladysmith.ca) or call City Hall at 250.245.6400 to confi rm times.

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HOLIDAY CLOSURESCity Hall, Frank Jameson Community Centre, Development Services and Public Works will be closed on Tuesday, July 1, 2014 for the Canada Day Holiday.

SECOND QUARTER UTILITY BILLS Utility bills for April to June will be mailed in mid-July. If you have not received your bill by the end of July please call 250.245.6414 ext. 6206 or email [email protected].

2014 PROPERTY TAXES – DUE WEDNESDAY, JULY 2, 2014 by 4:00 p.m.If you have not received your notice, please contact City Hall at 250.245.6414 ext. 6206 immediately to avoid a penalty.• Please note City Hall will be closed on Tuesday, July 1st in lieu of the Canada Day Holiday• Penalty: If the Property Taxes are not paid, or the Home Owner Grant application not received by

4:00 p.m., Wednesday, July 2, 2014, a late payment penalty of 10% is added to the current taxes. Homeowner Grant: is subject to a penalty of 10% if not claimed by 4:00 p.m., July 2, 2014.• Complete, sign and return the Home Owner Grant portion of your tax notice to City Hall by July 2, 2014• Visit www.ladysmith.ca and follow the link to claim online by July 2, 2014 • roll number and personal access code available on the top left of your Tax Notice • be sure to print off a confi rmation page• A payment does not need to be made to claim the Home Owner Grant. Mortgage Holders: If your taxes are paid through your mortgage, the Home Owner Grant (if eligible) still must be claimed by the due date or is subject to the 10% penaltyPayment Options: • Online through your fi nancial institution• At City Hall: Cash, cheque, post-dated cheque and debit card payments accepted (*Please check

your transaction maximum if paying by debit card). Please note we do not accept credit cards. • Dropped in the drop box to the left of the front doors of City Hall (cheques and Home Owner Grants

only please)• At your fi nancial institution: with your remittance slip (Home Owner Grant portion) by July 2, 2014.• By mail: cheque or post-dated cheque (post marks are not accepted as date of payment)If you require assistance or have questions please contact the Property Tax Department at 250.245.6414 ext. 6206 or email [email protected]. For more information about Homeowner Grants visit the Province of BC web site at http://www.sbr.gov.bc.ca/individuals/Property_Taxes/Home_Owner_Grant/hog.htm.

PROPERTY TAX PREPAYMENT PLAN – PRE-AUTHORIZED DEBIT (PAD)Property owners may prepay their property taxes for the following year by signing up for the Property Tax Prepayment Plan. The amount of the ten (10) payments will be calculated by dividing the previous year’s gross taxes, less the Provincial Homeowner Grant, if claimed, by ten (10). Your account will be debited on the fi rst of the month from August to May. Applications must be received by July 21 to make the August 1 payment.The monthly payment will be recalculated every year. Minimum monthly withdrawals will be $10.00.To sign up all you need to do is fi ll out the form available on our website: www.ladysmith.ca or at City Hall, 410 Esplanade and return it to us with a void cheque. We will advise you by email that your payment plan is set up.

SPRINKLING RESTRICTIONS – STAGE 1 Stage One lawn and garden sprinkling restrictions are in effect June 1 until further notice as follows: • Odd numbered premises may sprinkle on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. • Even numbered premises may sprinkle on Wednesday, Friday and Sunday. Sprinkling may be carried out for a maximum of two hours per sprinkling day only between 6:00 a.m. and 9:00 a.m. OR 7:00 p.m. and 10:00 p.m. Please set automatic sprinkler systems to coincide with the above times.The following may be done on any day of the week while Stage 1 restrictions are in force: • Washing vehicles and buildings using a hose with a shut off spray nozzle• Hand watering trees, shrubs, fl owers or vegetables using a hose with a shut-off spray nozzle

ZONING BYLAW UPDATE PROJECT The project to review and update the Ladysmith Zoning Bylaw is nearing completion. The New and Updated Zoning Bylaw and companion bylaws are scheduled to be the subject of a Public Hearing on Monday, July 14, 2014 at 7:00 p.m., at the Ladysmith Seniors’ Centre. The proposed Zoning Bylaw is available on the Town’s website www.ladysmith.ca. The aim of the Zoning Bylaw Update project is to: Lay out clear, technically sound regulations Be consistent with the Offi cial Community Plan Implement ideas and principles from the Ladysmith Sustainability Vision and Community Energy Plan Support economic development For more information on why an updated Zoning Bylaw is important to our community, please visit the Zoning Bylaw Project website at www.ladysmithzoningbylaw.ca, or click the link at www.ladysmith.ca, or call 250.245.6415

REMEMBER – ATVs and other motorized vehicles are NOT permitted on ANY TOWN trails

Town of Ladysmith410 Esplanade, PO Box 220, Ladysmith, B.C.

Ph: 250.245.6400 Fax: 250.245.6411 [email protected]

YOUR TOWN NEEDS YOU!!HELP US BUILD A BETTER COMMUNITY VOLUNTEER FOR A TOWN ADVISORY COMMISSION

The Town of Ladysmith has vacancies on the following volunteer citizen advisory commissions and committees:• Advisory Planning Commission• Advisory Design Panel• Parks, Recreation and Culture Commission• Heritage Revitalization Advisory CommissionThe Commissions typically meet once a month, and their role is to make recommendations to Council about matters that affect all of us. Citizen Advisory Commissions play a key role in shaping our community. You can get an application form at City Hall or the Frank Jameson Community Centre, or online at http://www.ladysmith.ca/city-hall/public-advisory-commissions-committees. Please submit your application by Thursday, July 3, 2014.If you have any questions about Ladysmith’s Advisory Commissions and Committees, please call Mayor Hutchins at 250.245.6403, or send an e-mail to [email protected]

We look forward to working with you to help make Ladysmith even better!

Council, Town of Ladysmith


Manhas chosen as valedictorianLindsay Chungthe chronicle

Back in October, when Arjan Manhas’ friends told him they thought someone should nomi-nate him as Chemainus Second-ary School (CSS) valedictorian, he thought it was a bit of a joke.

The 17-year-old says he didn’t expect he would be valedictorian, but when members of the Class of 2014 put forward the names of stu-dents they’d like to represent them, Manhas was one of three chosen. Students then voted on their vale-dictorian, and they chose Manhas.“It was exciting,” he said. “It’s cool

knowing your classmates think you can do the best job representing them.”

Manhas admits it is also a bit nerve-wracking because he is just one per-son representing the whole class. His speech, given during the June 20 graduation ceremony, focused on the idea that he and his classmates made the most of their high school years, and they shouldn’t be too sad about leaving high school. It’s a big world out there, but they’re going to be OK.

Manhas was born in Duncan and has lived in Chemainus his whole life. He describes some of his highlights of his high school years as prom, spending time with friends and fam-ily, a lot of road hockey games, going to the movies with his friends, and all the family get-togethers he’s had.

While at CSS, Manhas played soc-

cer, volleyball and basketball and did track, and he also did track and karate outside of school, and he plays soccer and golfs regularly with his friends.

Manhas’ favourite subjects in school are math and physics.“I really enjoyed English class when

we got into creative stuff like poetry and writing stories,” he added.

Manhas is interested in engineer-ing, and he will be going to the Uni-versity of Victoria this fall. He hopes to get a civil engineering degree.“I really enjoyed doing physics in

school, so the idea of applying math in a practical means really appealed to me,” he said. “I was also a big fan of designing stuff through comput-ers, so that’s also why engineering appealed to me.”

Manhas really enjoyed his time at CSS.“It’s a small school, but it’s pretty

great,” he said. “All the teachers are there to give you an extra hand if you need it, and they actually care about you. Because it’s a small school, you know everybody, and they are there for you. It’s easy to make friends, and everyone’s very accepting.”

Manhas is thankful for everyone who worked so hard to make his last year of high school such a good one.“Thank you to all the parents for

making this year pretty amazing,” he said. “They put a lot of work into making sure things go well. Prom was great, and I’m sure dry grad will be great as well, so I want to say a big thank you to them.”

Seventeen-year-old Arjan Manhas was chosen as Chemainus Secondary School’s valedictorian for 2014.He will be studying engineering at the University of Victoria this fall. Lindsay Chung

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There are other options for protecting our water supplyEditor:

Re: Couverdon land annexation and water-shed lands

The Town Council wants to own the Hol-land Creek Watershed to protect our water supply.

Protection of water quality and quantity is an excellent objective. They are commended for their concern and intent.

But they are so fo-cused on this objective, they are not able to see other ways to achieve this end. There are oth-er ways that are not so costly and risky.

Home owners know that that there are sig-nificant ongoing costs and responsibilities that go along with owner-ship. It will be the tax-payers of Ladysmith

that pick up future costs for the care and management of lands acquired as part of the Couverdon deal.

These costs have not been documented. Resi-dents need to know what future burden they will be taking on. It is a simple part of rational decision making.

So let’s look at another option: managed forest land.

I believe that water quality and quantity can be maintained in a man-ner compatible with forestry. Our current forest practices are the problem.

Forest road construc-tion can be a huge issue but when done to the appropriate standards can be built and used without adding sedi-ment to our streams, or changing the timing and quantity of flow.

Forest practices such as: selective cutting, small block cutting, re-tention of areas around wetlands and for habi-tat, appropriate stream buffers, recognition

and accommodation of other uses, replanting, thinning, etc., all help to maintain water quality and quantity.

So rather than simply focusing on ownership with its high and uncer-tain future costs, why not look at partnering with TimberWest, First Nations, and the Prov-ince for more effective planning and operations within the watershed to meet these goals.

This seems like a much more effective and cost-efficient approach rath-er than acquiring land in exchange for the rights given to Couverdon to develop 700 acres of forest land for residen-tial development.

The Couverdon and Town proposal creates an ironic situation.

The Couverdon de-velopment will sig-nificantly change 700 acres of watershed to residential use (not our drinking water but a watershed neverthe-less) and will likely take water demand beyond the capacity of the Hol-

land Creek system. The irony: it defeats the goal of protecting the water-shed in the first place.

Council, I encourage you to look at other ways of achieving the objective. As said be-fore, the road to hell is paved with good inten-tions.

The Town may yet de-cide to proceed to a ref-erendum.

If you are interested in the impacts of this pro-posed development on our community, you can follow developments or post your thoughts on the Facebook page Couverdon Watch. Look back at the many posts (started in late April) that document the fail-ings of the Couverdon proposal.

If you are concerned with this proposal and would like to get in-volved to help defeat a referendum, let us know at [email protected].

Greg RobertsLadysmith

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In recent months, there have been a number of events around the world that beg the question, does society really value people?

In March, armed men attacked a boarding school in Yobe, Nigeria, and killed 29 boys.

On April 14, in Chibok, Nigeria, some 200 girls were abducted. Families were told the girls would be sold into marriages and who knows what else. The world watched helplessly as government officials said they couldn’t find this crew of evil kidnappers. Unbelievable! Militaries around the world own highly sophisticated equipment, yet these outback machine gun-carrying men with their pickup trucks can’t be found. How much effort is put into finding these girls? Is it equal to the amount of re-sources poured into finding the downed Malaysian air-liner with 239 people on board?

Do we value people ... or just certain people?All people have value. Period. Why? Because someone

greater than us created us in His image. Being an image-bearer of God makes us valuable. This is where human value begins and ends. If it doesn’t, we will come up with our own value system for treating people. This could be called a consumerist approach — we value a human based on what that person could add to my life.

I’m reminded of the lyrics to a Metallica song ...“Who made you God to say I’ll take your life from you?”

That is what society collectively is doing with its value system, isn’t it? We save the ones that we find have some value, be it economic or media-based or the way the story touches our lives. We work hard to find the plane because we all fly, but we don’t search too hard for these girls. We pick and choose.

The Bible proclaims an unchanging truth: People are of equal value because they are created in God’s image. Those young Nigerian girls are to be treasured as much as our own children.

YOUR WORDS“If formalized, this could have big power in our town.”

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Concerts in the Park starts this SundayLindsay Chungthe chronicle

A band that loves to mash up musical genres in fun and un-expected ways will kick off the 2014 Concerts in the Park se-ries this Sunday (June 29).

Victoria’s Harris Gilmore and the Mojos is the first of nine bands performing at the Transfer Beach Amphitheatre this summer in the fundraising concert series hosted by the Ladysmith Resources Centre Association (LRCA).

Harris Gilmore and the Mo-jos is Harris Gilmore, a singer-songwriter who plays harmoni-ca, slide guitar and percussion; lead guitarist Al Sabourin; bass player Steve Duben and drum-mer Malcolm Cooley.

Known for his entertaining stage presence, Gilmore began his Vancouver Island career with the blues/rock group Har-ris & the Hotheads, hosting blues jams for many years. A drummer first, Gilmore played with Juno Award-winning blues guitarist Ken Hamm in Thunder Bay, Ont., while also pursuing a career as a professional stage actor.

Gilmore has been with Har-ris Gilmore and the Mojos for about five years.“We just got together through

the local jams,” he said, add-ing he has known Sabourin for about 20 years.

Harris Gilmore and the Mojos are all veterans of the Victoria music scene.“Everybody in the band except

for me plays in a few bands,” said Gilmore. “The other guys are all very much sought-after musicians in Victoria, so they’re very busy. We’ve all recorded as well. I have one CD and am re-cording another, and they have probably half a dozen CDs be-tween the other three guys.”

Harris Gilmore and the Mojos play a wide variety of styles of music.“One of the biggest compli-

ments we get is people like the mix of muss we do,” said Gilm-ore. “About a third of it is origi-nal. The style, whether original

songs or cover songs, is a mix of blues, reggae, ska, worldbeat and a few 60s rock chestnuts. We love to jam on stage. We don’t just play the songs; we put on a show. People say we’re very tight. We do a lot of in-tense jamming. We have some serious jams on stage. We have a lot of fun, and it shows, but we do some serious, intense jamming.”

All four members of Harris Gilmore and the Mojos also have acting experience.

In the 1990s, Gilmore was in a band called Harris & the Hot-heads, and the band appeared as themselves and played a number of original songs in the movie Sleeping With Strangers.

Sabourin, Duben and Cooley were in a musical based on Jer-ry Lee Lewis last year in Victo-ria and played his backing band.“None of them had ever acted

before, so it was real fun to see them up there,” said Gilmore.

“It’s a group of multi-talented guys.”

This is the 15th year for the Ladysmith Resources Centre Association (LRCA)’s Concerts in the Park.

There are nine concerts this

year, which co-ordinator Valer-ie Duckworth believes is a first.“There isn’t usually one in June,

but because the Sunday is to-wards the end of the month, we thought we’d try one,” she said.

The lineup this summer fea-tures everything from blues and folk to jazz and indie.“We’re trying to mix it up and

appeal to all ages,” said Duck-worth.

This year, concert-goers will have an added option for dining at the amphitheatre because the new LYCart BBQ & Grill will be selling hot dogs and other items right by the amphi-theatre.Admission to the Concerts in

the Park is by donation, and the money raised is put into LRCA programming so that the association can offer programs in the community at no cost to participants.“We’re hoping for good weath-

er, big crowds and donations,” said Duckworth. “The thing about Ladysmith that’s so amaz-ing is people are so supportive. It’s a fabulous community with great community support.”

Duckworth believes Concerts in the Park has become an im-portant part of people’s sum-mers.“I would certainly say that a

lot of people plan their Sundays around bringing a picnic lunch or purchasing something at the snack bar and coming down,” she said. “I definitely think it’s becoming part of people’s sum-mer and certainly part of their Sunday.”

Duckworth says they are al-ways looking for volunteers to help with Concerts in the Park, and she is looking for someone to take over her volunteer job as co-ordinator. Anyone who is interested in volunteering can contact the LRCA at 250-245-3079 or Duckworth at [email protected] concerts take place Sun-

days at the Transfer Beach Amphitheatre from 6-8 p.m., weather permitting.

For more information, visit www.concertsinthepark.ca or www.transferbeach.ca.

Victoria’s Harris Gilmore brings his band, Harris Gilmore and the Mojos, to Concerts in the Park this Sunday. Photo Submitted

Lindsay Chungthe chronicle

June 14 was a night of celebration for the Ladysmith Rotary Club.

Looking forward, Dan Spence handed the gavel to Cheryl Leukefeld, as Leuke-feld was installed as the club’s president for 2014-15. And look-ing back, a number of awards were pre-sented as Rotarians celebrated another successful year dur-

ing the club’s 44th In-stallation of Officers at the Eagles Hall.

Spence present-ed the President’s Choice Award to Joan Phillips.“There is one person

who, right from Day One, really did help me a lot,” he said as he gave Phillips the award.

The Ivan Gardener Award was presented to Ken Bosma.“This is a special award that is given periodically, not ev-

ery year, to a Rotar-ian who consistently, year after year, exem-plifies what Rotary stands for, which is service above self,” said Sandra Milne, who presented the award. “This special award is presented this year to a Rotarian for his dedication and service to Rotary and the community and to Rotary International.”“I think everyone here knows I enjoy Rotary,” said Bosma.

“Any time anybody needs a hand, I love doing it.”

One of the Ladysmith Rotary Club’s most prestigious awards is the Rotarian of the Year Award, which is voted on by the club members. The award is given to the Rotar-ian that members think is basically the club’s most valuable player and devotes a lot of time and effort to Rotary, explained Paul Williams, who presented the award.

Leukefeld was voted Rotarian of the Year by her fellow Rotar-ians.“I honestly didn’t ex-pect this,” she said.

“I really love Rotary, and I do it because I love it. Thank you very, very much. I’m very, very honoured.”

Leukefeld present-ed a Club President plaque to Spence on behalf of the club.

Leukefeld recalled that she became in-volved with Rotary after Nita Grant in-vited her to a meet-ing two years after she and her husband George had moved to Ladysmith.“Rotary allows us to help locally and/or internationally in any way we can, either

monetarily or with service,” she said.

“Service is an intrinsic part of being a Rotar-ian; it is the makeup of all Rotarians. If you are a Rotarian, that is what you are most in-terested in doing; we all enjoy seeing each week people that have the same values and goals that we do. I have met the most interesting people in Ladysmith from all walks of life, and they have become my friends. Like most small communities, unless you’ve lived here for 25 years, you’re considered an outsider. By you ac-cepting me as your president, I feel as if I truly belong to both Ladysmith now and the Rotary Club of Ladysmith.”

Leukefeld told club members that Gary Huang, the Rotary International presi-dent of 2014-15, has named his year “Light Up Rotary,” and she was very inspired by hearing him speak in February.“As a club, we all must work together to achieve our common goals,” she said. “We may be a small club, but we are able to achieve great things when we all work together, and you all know how many projects we’ve done in the community. It’s amazing what the Ladysmith Rotarians can achieve. I am so very pleased to be the fifth woman president of the Rotary Club of Ladysmith. Thank you for this wonderful honour. I am looking forward to a year of growth and much suc-cess, working with all of you.”


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From left are Rotarian of the Year Cheryl Leukefeld, Ivan Gardener Award win-ner Ken Bosma and President’s Choice Award winner Joan Phillips, who were recognized Saturday, June 14. Lindsay Chung

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Dads’ tree chopped down, then replacedLindsay Chungthe chronicle

The day before Fa-ther’s Day, a group of fathers and their young children gath-ered at Brown Drive Park to plant a large oak tree.

It was a fun activ-ity for members of the Ladysmith Dads’ Drop-In Program to participate in to cel-

ebrate Father’s Day and give something back to the commu-nity, but the good feelings from the tree planting didn’t last very long, as the tree was chopped down two days later.

Members of the Ladysmith Dads’ Drop-In Program, which runs out of the Ladysmith Re-sources Centre

Association, had raised money to buy the tree and decided to plant it at Brown Drive Park right be-fore Father’s Day so that it will provide shade for families playing at the popu-lar park.

The group re-ceived a good deal on the tree from Green Thumb Garden Centre in

Nanaimo, and the Town of Ladysmith agreed to look after irrigation.

But, just days af-ter planting the tree, the group found out that it had been chopped down Mon-day, June 16 some time between 12:30 p.m. and 1 p.m.

The good news is that Green Thumb Garden Centre do-

nated a larger red oak tree to replace the one that was chopped down, and Town of Ladysmith Parks supervisor Glen Britton agreed to plant it.“We’re definitely disappointed it got chopped down be-cause the kids were so involved in plant-ing it, and we fun-draised for it,” said

Ladysmith Dads’ Drop-In Program facilitator Dale Gis-borne. “The guys were pretty upset, and even the whole community was. The guys are in good spirits with the fact that there will be an-other tree there.”

The Dads’ Drop-In Program will con-tinue fundraising so that it can buy a

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Health director Melissa Daniels says the event was all about sharing Stz’uminus culture and be-ing proud to be First Nations people.“It’s a day to share our culture and bring aware-

ness to our neighbours,” she said.About 150 people took part in the activities.Daniels says they had a lot of help from

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In top photo, Cheyanne Harris takes part in the traditional guessing game Sla-hal, or Bone Game, during National Aboriginal Day celebrations June 21 at the Stz’uminus Community Centre. Above, six-year-old Trevor Harris gets his face painted by Muriel Cooper. Lindsay Chung

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There are many strong women with beautiful voices in this production. Lauren Bowler is fabulous as Fantine, making her strong, not just sad; and Michelle Bardach really made me relate to Eponine. Lily Killam was adorable as young Cosette, and Vanessa Croome showcases a beautiful soprano voice as the older Co-sette as the story goes along.

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Highlanders still undefeatedMike RankinSPECIAL TO THE CHRONICLE

The Pacific Coast Soccer League (PCSL) returned to Ladysmith June 21 and once again did not disappoint the 100 or so spectators who came out to Forrest Field to see some high-calibre soccer.

Saturday afternoon saw the “Battle of the Highlanders” between the Mid-Isle and Victoria franchises — the second time these teams have met this season after a 4-4 draw to start their respective campaigns.

On Saturday, it was the Victoria squad that jumped out to an early lead, scoring two goals in the first 10 minutes of the game. But the Mid-Isle team came roar-ing back to life, with hard-earned goals from Renan Rebelatto and Ben Robson evening the score before the half.

In the second half, the Mid-Isle side turned up the heat and maintained good possession, which was rewarded with a free kick after a defensive foul just out-side Victoria’s 18-yard box. Midfielder Dan Cato stepped up and casually de-posited the ball in the top corner of the Victoria goal to take the lead for Mid-Isle. Then, with 10 minutes left in the match, Ashton Ngyuen went on a strong run down the right flank and served a perfect pass to Paddy Grieg, who slotted the ball home to seal the victory, 4-2 for Mid-Isle. “I thought it was great for our team to

come back after being down two goals, but it was also very impressive that they did it without league-leading goal-scorer Blaze Roberts and three of our other reg-ular starters,” said coach Bill Merriman.

“The depth in this team is something that could definitely help us as we go into the second half of the season.”

The Highlanders have not lost this sea-son, posting five wins and a draw in their first six games to take a commanding lead in the PCSL Reserve Men’s League.

The PCSL returns to Ladysmith July 5 when the Highlanders take on Kelowna United at 4:30 p.m. at Forrest Field.

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The Ladysmith Ban-tam “A” Cannons were in fine form at Holland Creek Park on June 12 when Mitch Doherty threw a no-hitter in a mercy versus Duncan during playoffs.

Doherty, who had only surrendered one hit in his last three out-ings, had batters con-fused the entire game, according to coach Mike Morgan.“You could see early

in the game that Mitch and our catcher, Dion, had something spe-cial,” Morgan said in an e-mail. “It was the grinning back and forth that told me they knew they had batters fooled.”

Doherty allowed only two base runners, one

by error, and one by walk, in the 10-0 shut-out.

Clayton Perry an-chored the defence at shortstop with four outs.“He made a great

backhand play on a hard hit ball, and timed the bounce on a high hopper to make a strong throw on a bang bang play at first to get the out,” said Morgan.

Thomas Durand, af-ter a bobble on a really tough play that could have been ruled a hit had he fielded it clean, also saved the no-hitter on a line drive one-hopper at second base for a crucial out, according to Morgan.

The Cannons domi-nated the game. They jumped out 5-0 in the first inning, and Mor-gan says that “with

Mitch in the zone, it was all but over.”“Word of the looming

no-hitter spread and made its way to the ad-jacent field,” said Mor-gan. “Onlookers were thrilled when catcher Dion Isaac drove home Tyler Knelson and Dawson McIntosh for the walk-off mercy and put the no-hitter nail in the coffin.”

Doherty says he didn’t really realize he had pitched a no-hitter until after the game.“It was pretty nice to

have the team behind you,” he said. “I just pitched kind of consis-tent, and the team had pretty good defence

— that helped.”Doherty has been

playing baseball since he was about four, and this was his first no-hitter.

In top photo, the Mid-Isle Highlanders (in dark jerseys) � ght for the ball against the Vic-toria Highlanders June 21 at Forrest Field. Mid-Isle came from behind to win the Paci� c Coast Soccer League (PCSL) “Battle of the Highlanders” 4-2. Above, Ladysmith’s Jordynn Tutte challenges for the ball in a PCSL match June 21 at Forrest Field. Tutte and fellow Mid-Isle Soccer Club products Georgia Nicholls and Hannah Stannard are spending their summer training and playing with the Highlanders FC women’s team. LINDSAY CHUNG (TOP) AND MIKE RANKIN

Mitch Doherty recently pitched a no-hitter for the Ladysmith Bantam “A” Cannons in a playoff win over Duncan. LINDSAY CHUNG

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PORTER, Anne Elizabeth (Lamont) Born July 21, 1924 at Ogema, Sask. Died peacefully at home with her family at her side on June 17, 2014. She is survived by daughter Sheila Percival (Ken), son Don Porter (Karen), sisters Ethel Rutti and Jean Rozzano, brothers Jim Lamont (Rheta) and Bill Lamont (Barbara), grandchildren Suzanna Knopp (Gary), Lori Pickard (Sandy),

Ian Porter (Brianne), Shannon Stevens (Neil), and Travis Waller (Kirsten) along with 10 great-grandchildren.

She was predeceased by her husband Charlie in 2012 whom she married in 1944, sisters Barbara Morrisey, Della Rooney and Ruby Laplant.

The family would like to thank Anne Williams and Hiroko Konishi for their unwavering support as well as Sarah Kis-Toth and the VIHA nurses from Home Support.

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June 25 to June 299:am to 3:pm

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232 High Street250-245-2183

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First United ChurchSunday Service

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1st & 3rd Tuesdays, 6-8 pm

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June 29, 2014 @10am

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Family Worship Service - Sundays 10:30 am

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The Last WordChronicle

• Thank you to Barb Mar-tin, who shared these great photos of Orcas with us! She spotted the Orcas in the Ladysmith Harbour early in the morning on June 18.• It’s Legion Week this

week, and the Royal Cana-dian Legion in Ladysmith and Chemainus have planned events to honour veterans and open their doors to the community.

In Ladysmith, Branch 171 is holding a free barbecue for the community Saturday, June 28 from noon to 4 p.m. on the deck. The Ladysmith Singers will be performing at 2 p.m., and there will be free hot dogs and hamburgers. This will be a great chance to learn about the Legion and find out about memberships.

Legion Week is a chance to celebrate Legions and all they give back to the community and to open the doors and remind people that they don’t have to be part of the mili-tary to join the Legion, said Branch 171 secretary Diane West.

Branch 171 is currently re-cruiting members for its band, and the branch can always use more volunteers, she noted.

In Chemainus, Branch 191 is hosting a Veterans Dinner Sat-urday, June 28.

The dinner celebrates the 70th anniversary of D-Day, and it is complimentary for World War II veterans. Tickets are $10 for anyone else who would like to join them.

Cocktails are at 5 p.m., and dinner is at 6 p.m. To reserve tickets, call the Legion office at 250-246-4532.• Boys and Girls Clubs of

Central Vancouver Island (BGCCVI) is offering care op-tions for families in our area during the teachers’ strike.

BGCCVI is the largest li-censed childcare provider on Vancouver Island. Spaces are limited, and parents are encouraged to call for avail-ability. For Ladysmith, call 250-245-8921. For Chemainus, contact 250-246-5421.

For more information, visit www.bgccvi.com.• Meet the new Tourism

Cowichan council: Janet Docherty (Merridale Cider-works); Jason Lowe (Arbu-tus Ridge Golf Course), Rob Waters (Ladysmith Marina), Mike Kelly (CVRD Economic Development Commission) Peter de Verteuil (City of

Duncan), Peter Watts (Best Western Chemainus), Randy Huber (Chemainus Theatre), Robyn Radcliffe (Pacific Northwest Raptors), Cathy Mailhot (tourism marketing co-ordinator) and Geoff Mil-lar (CVRD economic develop-ment manager).• The Ladysmith Heritage

and Revitalization Advisory Commission is in the process of designing a plaque for the Aggie Hall which would in-clude photos of events at the hall, as well as a brief history. But the Ladysmith Archives collection of photos is very limited, so they’re asking lo-cal residents to look through their personal photos of events that occurred inside or outside of Aggie Hall from the time it was being built to today.Allen McDermid of the

Ladysmith Archives says peo-ple can bring their photos into the Archives below Tim Hor-tons or e-mail their photos to the Archives at [email protected] and have them scanned and then returned.

For more information, con-tact the Ladysmith Archives at [email protected] or 250-245-0100.

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Chemainus Secondary School held its graduation ceremony June 20 at the school. Clockwise from the third photo down on the left are: TJ Turcotte; Samantha Williams; Ryan Pimmental (left) and Christopher Robinson; Taylor Gates (left) and Grace Ste-phen; from left, Aislinn Cottell, Jared Roberts and Cole Farquhar; and Rachel Camp.École Davis Road Elementary’s final Grade 7 graduating class celebrated June 18 at the Ladysmith Maritime Society Welcome Centre. In the middle row, from left, are Sarah Rocque, Katie Dodd, Chiara Sedola and Ella Van Horne; the students and their teachers in top photo and, from left, Keiran Morneau, Darcy Dawe, Hunter Livingston Seth Boisvert, Isaac Leik and Kyele Murray in the photobooth; and Sydney Ennis (left), Skylar Schoor and Sarah Gabrielson taking a selfie.Stz’uminus First Nation graduates celebrated June 19 at the Stz’uminus Community Centre. Fifteen graduates from Stz’uminus Secondary School and Ladysmith Second-ary School were recognized. In the bottom row, from left, are: Evangeline Guerin; Jessica Harris; Gilbert Seymour, receiving the Richard Isaksen Memorial Award from Shannon Sharratt and Daniella Harris Davis; and Justin Joe. Lindsay Chung

ConGRADulations to the Class of 2014!

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