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Keith Turner celebrates 107th birthdayRoss ArmourTHE CHRONICLE

Keith Turner, who is believed to be the oldest man on Van-couver Island, was at the cen-tre of a birthday party last Wednesday (May 7) at La Rosa Gardens, as he celebrated his 107th birthday.

A bumper crowd packed into the dining room at La Rosa, including a live brass band, Ladysmith Mayor Rob Hutchins and councillors Duck Paterson, Steve Arnett, Bill Drysdale and Glenda Pat-terson.Asked how he approaches

each and every day these days, Turner said, “It depends what happens the night before.”

Turner also said he does not have a secret to living so long, stating it’s important just to

“behave yourself and kill time.”Cake was served to everyone

in attendance, with Turner cut-ting and eating the first piece alongside five-year-old great-grandson, Jakoby.

Granddaughter Donna Gi-annakos, Jakoby’s mother, said that her grandfather’s key to living so long has been his stubbornness and positive at-titude.“Grandpa has always been very stubborn and active,” she said. “On his 100th birthday, he traveled to Egypt where he fell in the dining room and broke his neck. But that didn’t faze him because he’s so stubborn. He never gives up, he never complains and is just so posi-tive about everything in life. He’s always happy and is grate-ful for everything.”

Mayor Hutchins gave a speech on Turner’s life, and Patterson presented the birth-day boy with a selection of Purdy’s chocolates on behalf of the Town of Ladysmith.“It’s a remarkable milestone that we celebrate here today,” said Hutchins. “Although Stats Canada won’t give out these

details due to privacy issues, we believe the oldest person living in Canada is a woman in Langford, B.C., who is 113, but she was born in Iowa, United States. The oldest person liv-ing in the country who was born in Canada is a Victoria woman at 110. The oldest man born in Canada is Gordon

Mackee, who is just a little bit older than Keith at 107, and he lives in Vancouver.”

Hutchins went on to con-firm that the Victoria woman, Mackee and Turner were re-markably all born in a similar territory of southern Manitoba.Although born in Manitoba,

Turner moved to Saskatch-

ewan at the age of five and then to B.C. to work in 1929 in Anyox, north of Prince Rupert.“After that, he moved to Hed-ley, B.C., and started build-ing an aerial tramway used for transportation down the mountains,” said Hutchins. “It was around that time he met his wife, Betty Thomson, and the two married in Washing-ton State due to the marriage licence law in Canada.”

The marriage licence back in those days meant couples would have to wait two weeks to say “I do.”“In 1944, the two moved to Ce-dar, where they lived for many years,” said Hutchins. “Keith began working for Madill’s mills where at one point, he was asked to fire all the wom-en. He refused to do it, saying they were the best workers and never complained. He then went on to travel the world for his job, all over North and South America and Asia pro-moting equipment.“At the age of 102, Keith de-cided to drive to La Rosa in Ladysmith and he voluntarily handed in his driver’s licence at 103. “He told me he smoked like a train ‘till he was 60 and also hated broccoli and Brussels sprouts, so the secret isn’t that,” Hutchins said, smiling.

The Town decided the Pur-dy’s gift would be suitable as the chocolate company is also celebrating its 107th anniver-sary.“We hope there’s enough there to keep you going ‘till you’re 108 Keith,” the mayor said in conclusion.

Keith Turner was the man of the hour Wednesday, May 7 when he celebrated his 107th birthday at La Rosa Gardens in Ladysmith. Turner, who was born in Manitoba and moved to B.C. in 1929, is believed to be the oldest man on Vancouver Island. FILE PHOTO

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LSS students protest principal’s transferLindsay ChungTHE CHRONICLE

At exactly 10:50 a.m. on a Thursday morning, a crowd of students walks out the front doors of Ladysmith Secondary School, chanting “Save Dave” and holding up two large signs.

They want School District 68 to know they’re unhappy that their principal, Dave Street, is being moved to Woodlands Sec-ondary School in the fall.“We’re walking out to save our princi-

pal,” said Grade 9 student Jonah Forster. “We’re just protesting to keep him here in Ladysmith. We feel he’s a really strong ad-ministration figure, and he’s really good for the school.”

Forster says studies have shown that in the last five years, since Street has been at LSS, the school has improved a lot. LSS was the second-highest-ranked secondary school in SD68 in this year’s Fraser Insti-tute rankings, and it was listed as one of the 30 most improved secondary schools in the province.

The students had planned to walk out of morning classes at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, May 8, but Street made an announcement discouraging them from taking any action.“He said don’t do it, that it’s disrespectful

to the school board, as much as he appre-ciates it,” said Grade 12 student Madison Cooke.

Students gathered off school property, clapping and cheering whenever new stu-dents joined their group.

Part of the reason Cooke participated in the walkout is because she appreciates Street and all that he does for students.“He isn’t just a principal,” she said. “He’s

more part of the community, and he brings people together. He’s more like a friend. Talking to my mom, she said she never had a relationship with her teacher, so it’s

a new way of looking at school.”Cooke feels that Street should stay at LSS

because the school will be going through so many changes this September.“There are so many changes going on

next year, with the Cedar students coming here and the Grade 7s coming here,” she said. “With that many changes, we feel Street would have the best grasp of it and keep the school maintained. We don’t feel another principal who doesn’t know one name could come in and do what Street is doing. He’s the one who is going to Cedar, talking the students and getting to know them, and he’s planning a dance to bring them together. He’s the one welcoming

them into our school, and he’s not going to get to enjoy it.”

Cooke says if the students could send one message to School District 68, it would be that Street deserves to stay at LSS.“He deserves this amount of love,” she

said. Street has been principal of LSS through-

out Cooke’s entire high school career.“I won’t even be here next year, but I don’t

think it’s fair to take away a part of the school that’s so meaningful,” she said.

Steve Rae of the Save Cedar Schools group has also expressed dismay at Street’s new assignment.

In a letter to superintendent David

Hutchinson, he called the decision to move Street from LSS to Woodlands “com-pletely irresponsible” and said it “shows a complete lack of vision or care for the students of this community.”“The one breath of fresh air has been Mr.

Dave Street,” wrote Rae. “He is one of the reasons our family chose LSS. Apparently several other families in this area feel the same way we do, as over half of the School population chose LSS, despite the fact you refused to supply buses. What does that tell you?“He has gone out of his way to make my

daughter and the rest of the kids who are being displaced welcome and looking for-ward to being part of the Ladysmith com-munity. He has visited the school several times to make an attempt to get to know all the kids and to try and make this ridicu-lous transition as painless as possible for our kids.”

LSS referred the media to SD68’s com-munications department on this issue, and spokeswoman Donna Reimer says in the school district, principal transfers are an annual process.“Board policy states that the periodic

transfer of school administrators is en-couraged and expected, with such trans-fers viewed as a healthy means to encour-age professional growth and to enrich school programs,” she stated in an e-mail.

“In addition to the policy to periodically transfer principals, transfers also occur to respond to such situations as the re-tirement of a principal or the closure of a school.”

For the next school year, there will be 12 changes in principalships — nine at el-ementary and three at secondary — as well as six changes in vice-principals, accord-ing to Reimer.

Street has been principal of LSS since Feb. 1, 2009.

Stz’uminus chief and council sworn in with traditional ceremony

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Roxanne Harris takes part in the Stz’uminus First Nation Blanketing Ceremony Thursday, May 8 at Stz’uminus Community School. During the traditional Blanketing Ceremony, the recently-elected chief and councillors took the Oath of Of� ce. “It’s a great honour, a humbling experience,” said Harris. “We stand united, and we’re strong.” LINDSAY CHUNG

Ladysmith Secondary School students walked out Thursday, May 8 to protest the transfer of their principal, Dave Street, who has been at the school since early 2009, at a time when there are so many other changes taking place. LINDSAY CHUNG

Lindsay ChungTHE CHRONICLE

Optimism, gratitude, family and tradition came together last week when the Stz’uminus First Nation welcomed its newly-elected chief and council with a traditional Blan-keting Ceremony.

Standing on a banner created by schoolchildren, facing a room full of family and friends, the chief and council were blanketed and signed their Oath of Office in this solemn ceremony, held May 8 at Stz’uminus Community School.“This blanket represents all the

grandmothers, mothers, aunties and sisters, all the ladies of their families here and our ancestors, embracing the ones we put forward,” explained Ray Harris, who led the Blanketing Ceremony.

In the April 3 election, John Elliott was re-elected chief for a third term. He is joined on council by Kevin Frenchy, Roxanne Harris, Tim Har-ris, Anne Jack, Terry Sampson, Har-vey Seymour, Herb Seymour, Shaw-na Seymour and Peter Seymour.“It’s an honour for me; I don’t take

this job lightly,” said Elliott. “We have a strong position in our com-munity to protect our people, and as a leader, that’s what I’ll do.”

For the ceremony, the chief and councillors were surrounded by family and friends and by many part-ners the Stz’uminus have been work-ing with for economic development, including many representatives from the Town of Ladysmith.

Elliott highlighted that spirit of re-lationship building.“We want to build our territory of

Stz’uminus through building part-nerships and relationships with our neighbours,” he told the crowd.

Both Ray Harris and Willie Sey-mour spoke of the importance of an event like this — and the impor-tance of being surrounded by so many family and friends.“This is our ancestral way, all of us

as one, supporting everyone,” said Seymour. “Thank you for being here. To blanket someone is one of the greatest honours we have. You’re here to witness something very sa-cred.”

Seymour also thanked the chief and council for accepting the great responsibility they have accepted.“Sometimes, it’s a very challenging

job to have to be in politics,” he said. “I have no doubt in my mind you will work to the best of your abilities. Collectively, I know you have the knowledge and the power to move our community forward.”


Peter W. Ruslandthe chronicle

Most of Echo Heights Forest is now poised to become parkland after North Cowichan council

gave first reading to a controversial 11th-hour proposal by North Cowichan’s mayor.

The narrow 4-3 vote accepted Jon Lefe-bure’s plan to set aside

91 per cent of the for-est, and sell 17 lots — worth about $150,000 each — comprising the rest of the 52-acre public property, the mayor explained.

Councillors John Koury, Al Siebring, and Jennifer Woike op-posed Lefebure’s pro-posal that scrubbed council’s earlier two readings toward sav-ing just 80 per cent of Echo Heights as park-land, and marketing 40-some housing lots.

Lefebure acknowl-edged his 91-per-cent solution will see council reap about $2 million for public pro-grams — some $1.5 million less than sell-

ing 40 lots under the scratched 80-per-cent plan.

Still, he was delight-ed how his community came together under his 91-per-cent plan to help end an eight-year controversy rooted in saving the forest.“It was amazing how the Cowichan Resi-dents’ Association (CRA), and a lot of other people, e-mailed and spoke in support of the new proposal.”

He was gratified some folks, with

“pretty rigid beliefs” about how much for-est to save, exercised compromise.“We wanted to find a sweet spot together and stop the bitter-ness and acrimony, and I think that hap-pened with this pro-posal.”

He cited acceptance by the CRA’s task force that wanted all of Echo Heights saved as park.

The parkland bylaw does not need a public hearing. Its next three readings will surface at successive council meetings, Lefebure explained.“We need a two-third majority on the final reading,” he said of required approval by four of his six council-lors.

Logged land for the 17 lots already has R-2 zoning, twinning near-by residential use.“It’s a straight ex-tension of Humbird (Street), with a cul-de-sac,” Lefebure said of the 17 home lots.

Their development will likely follow green guidelines being designed by staff.

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One of Ladysmith’s most powerful and in-fluential institutions is celebrating its 70th year in 2014.

Situated at the corner of Roberts and First Avenue, Ladysmith & District Credit Union (LDCU) was born in 1944, and current CEO John de Leeuw has been at the site for al-most 19 years.“We are a full-service

financial institution, the same as any oth-er major bank,” ex-plained de Leeuw. “We do loans, mortgages, deposits, investments. We sell insurance be it home, auto, marine, RV. We have a wealth management subsid-iary that deals in differ-ent types of investment vehicles like mutual funds. So we do every-thing that a bank does, except we do it better. Our hours are longer, our staff are better and our service is friend-lier.”

De Leeuw says the credit union’s main target area for audi-

ence is within the town and surrounding areas, although it does have members from up and down the Island.“Right now we have

just over 5,000 mem-bers. So when you think of a town of 8,800 people, that’s a pretty good and pow-erful ratio.”

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town Ladysmith, which is going to ex-pand. In the last year, we’ve purchased the buildings beside us, so we’re going to be mov-ing them into a full fi-nancial services centre. There isn’t a whole lot that goes on in town that doesn’t have fi-nancial or volunteer support by us, and I certainly don’t say that because I’m trying to throw in a plug for the credit union — I’m proud of it.“I’ve said before re-

peatedly that we con-sider our corporate responsibility to be a

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The credit union recently published a

Ladysmith and District Credit Union (LDCU) CEO John de Leeuw is proud of the credit union’s 70-year history in the community. Ross ARmouR

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Walking is my favourite ex-ercise.

It’s easy, free and can be done almost every-where and anytime.

Walking around a small town like Ladysmith is a great way to get a sense of place. Ladysmith is small enough not to worry about getting lost, and big enough to explore what is still un-known to us.

We can get to know our town by looking at the many different

posters along First Avenue: community events, missing pets, garage sales, music les-sons — all of the little things that add to a vi-brant community.

The little things like saying “hello” to the people that pass by and visiting the wonderful downtown shops really help me feel at home here.

When my tireless two boys finally go to bed, I go out to walk down-town Ladysmith.

When the world around me finishes its day’s work, my sacred time begins with a tran-quil stroll of this pretty town.

As I walk along, I lis-ten to my body, mind

and heart. As I breathe out, I let go of feelings and attitudes that are weighing me down, and as I breathe in, I receive a new energy and in-sight.

I try to pay attention to the world around me as if I were seeing it for the first time.

Truly, it is through the practice of paying at-tention that I can find a better understanding of who we are, that I can seek spiritual relevance in all things, and that I can fall in love with the world in which I live.

This practice of ob-serving was the very first thing Jesus asked for when he was call-ing his first disciples by saying, “Come and see.”

(John 1:39)He was calling his

friends to experience, engage and explore the world around them, knowing that God was already present in ev-erything.

Paying attention is still the very first step for us to make a differ-ence in our lives, com-munity and the world.

We can do it every-where and anytime. By paying attention to our family, friends, neighbours, and even strangers, we will see the world around us as we’ve never seen it be-fore.

May God bless our at-tentive observation and enjoyment of our won-derful town.

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Congratulations to Chemainus and Ladysmith secondary schools for their successes

Editor:

I would like to congratulate the students and teach-ers at Chemainus Secondary School and Ladysmith Secondary School for their great academic achieve-ments as recognized by the Fraser Institute’s Annual Secondary School Report Card 2014 for B.C. pub-lished on April 8.

This report card takes into account student exam marks in provincial exams, graduation rate, and delayed advancement rates, and is based on the 2012/2013 academic year.

Chemainus Secondary School (CSS) is the highest ranked public secondary school in Cowichan Valley School District 79 for the sixth time in the last seven years, with a rating of 6.3 and a ranking of 125 out of 293 schools in B.C.

Ladysmith Secondary School (LSS) is the second highest ranked secondary school in Nanaimo-Lady-smith School District 68, with a rating of 6.5 and a ranking of 106 out of 293 schools. LSS is considered one of the 30 most improved secondary schools in the province by the Fraser Institute and is listed as an ex-ample of improvement in its report. Wow!

Obviously these schools have seriously taken on the responsibility of improving education for our chil-dren. Out of the 21 public secondary schools on Van-couver Island north of Victoria, LSS and CSS ranked third and sixth respectively. LSS and CSS ranked sev-enth and 10th, respectively, out of the 27 public and private secondary schools on Vancouver Island from Sooke north.

I trust that all parents recognize the high quality of secondary education available in our communities.

I hope that School District 79 provides Chemainus Secondary School with the support the students and teachers need to continue to improve.

I also hope that the students and teachers of Ladysmith Secondary School are able to build on their success, in spite of the challenges School Dis-trict 68 has placed on them.

Lorena MuellerLadysmith

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First Spuptitul at LSSbook outlining and il-lustrating its history.“We found out that the first-ever event that this credit union sponsored was on February 22, 1947, where we sponsored a social evening, and when I read that, that was one of my proudest moments to understand that we have supported and sponsored things in this community for that long a period,” said de Leeuw. “Our involvement has nev-er changed, and our commitment has nev-er waived from the importance of this community.”“A few years ago, we

changed the way our bursaries at the high

school were done. They were $3,000; we upped it to $13,000. Two years after that, we instituted the Kids Count Fun Zone at Ladysmith Days.”

The CEO says the credit union will con-tinue to do its best at creating memories.“If I could be so bold as to quote Walt Disney, ‘Disneyland would never be fin-ished as long as there was imagination in the world.’ This credit union will never stop improving.”

LDCU invites the public to celebrate its 70th anniversary this Friday (May 16) dur-ing an all-day open house at 330 First Ave., featuring anni-versary cake.

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Open house FridayLindsay Chungthe chronicle

Today (Tuesday, May 13) marks School District 68’s first-ever Spup-titul Hul’qumi’num language compe-tition.

The Spuptitul, which takes place from 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. at Ladysmith Secondary School (LSS), is being organized by the Aborigi-nal Sub Committee of the School District 68 (SD68) Multicultural and Race Relations Committee.“We have learned much from Dar-

lene and Claudia Sylvester who have been organizing Spuptituls in SD79 for 10 years,” the committee stated in a press release.

The event will host 20 six-player teams from School District 79, Qwam Qwum Stuwixwulh School, S-hXiXnu-tun Lelum School and SD68. “We have been working quite hard

this year to raise the profile of Hul’qumi’num in the school district,” said trustee Bill Robinson. “As the

language comes in, we believe the culture will come in more strongly as well, and all the students will ben-efit from that.”

The Hul’qumi’num language com-petition will be judged by six First Nations Elders. The event will also offer soccer, basketball and la-crosse workshops, which will be run by basketball and soccer play-ers from Vancouver Island Universi-ty and Timbermen lacrosse players. Hul’qumi’num speakers will teach the players selected Hul’qumi’num words and phrases often used by players of each sport.“We’re opening the doors to more

Hul’qumi’num speakers,” said Man-dy Jones, a member of the commit-tee. “It’s showing how important our language is and the importance of reviving our language and showing how strong our children are becom-ing in speaking their language.“It’s growing. I think that’s excit-

ing and that shows more and more people are interested in the revival of Hul’qumi’num.”

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There are a lot of pathways in Bennye and Richard Miller’s South Wellington yard.

And at the end of each stone path, many of them featur-ing colourful painted or tiled stones, there is a reward — wheth-er it’s a peaceful patio or a beautiful pond.

The Millers’ prop-erty is one of nine stops on the upcom-ing Ladysmith Rotary Garden Tour, Show and Sale Sunday, May 25. This will be the first time they partici-pate in the tour.

The Millers’ one-acre property on Eg-lington Road, much of which is treed, fea-tures a lot of perenni-als and bright rhodo-dendrons, Japanese maple trees, roses, ferns and much more.

The Millers have lived on their prop-erty for 30 years, and they’ve developed their garden slowly over time.“We’ve been here a

while, but the garden isn’t that old,” said Bennye. “We didn’t have much when we started because I didn’t do much gar-dening.”

Bennye figures they’ve taken the gar-den more seriously in the last 15 years.“I love to just see how it all turns out,” said Bennye. “I love working in the dirt. It’s quite peaceful when you are in your garden. To see how things grow from very

small, it’s very satisfy-ing, but there is a lot of work, especially if you don’t work on it all the time.”

Wander around the Miller’s peaceful property, and you’ll find a patio, a smaller patio that faces the morning sun, a fire pit and a clear-water pond, which Richard

built eight years ago. Artist Mary Ann

Fleming will be par-ticipating in her third Ladysmith Rotary Garden Tour this year, and she loves the ex-perience.“It’s all-encompass-ing because gardens are art, so to have an artist in a garden, which is a work of

art, is fantastic,” she said. “There’s noth-ing I like more than being outside in my own garden, so to be in someone’s garden who had the time and energy to spend on it is wonderful.”

This year, Fleming will be creating art at the Millers’ prop-erty, and they happen

to be her neighbours and friends.“I really like them, and they do a lovely job of their yard,” she said.

Fleming, who is largely self-taught, says she goes where her spirit leads her, painting everything from landscapes to portraits, imprinting her unique style on each. Her favourite mediums are water-colour, oil and acrylic.

Fleming hopes to get her own garden to the point where she can invite people to visit as part of the Garden Tour.“I think being in the

other two [tours] made me think of my own garden, and it in-spires me,” she said.

The Ladysmith Ro-tary Club presents its 17th annual Garden Tour, Show and Sale Sunday, May 25.

The Show and Sale runs from 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at Aggie Hall at the corner of First Avenue and Symonds Street. Here, you can pick up your tickets for the garden tour for $15 — which in-cludes a garden pass, program and map

— and enjoy a conti-nental breakfast from 9-11:30 a.m. for $4.

Tickets for the tour are also available in advance from any Ladysmith Rotarian.At Aggie Hall, local,

garden-related busi-nesses will offer their products for sale and answer your ques-tions on gardening and landscaping. A variety of B.C. handi-

Clockwise from top, a peaceful patio offers a relaxing rest area in Bennye and Richard’s South Wel-lington yard, while tulips offer a touch of vibrant colour, and artist Mary Ann Fleming shares one of her colourful paintings. The Mill-ers will participate in their � rst Rotary Garden Tour, Show and Sale May 25, while this will be Fleming’s third tour. LINDSAY CHUNG

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While at the Show and Sale, don’t forget to buy your raffle tickets. This year, the popular raffle features three great prizes — a pair of Bill Hutchinson cedar lawn chairs, a brushed silver patio heater and a set of solar garden lights. Tickets are available now from Ladysmith Ro-tary members and at Aggie Hall on the day of the Garden Tour. The draw will take place May 25 at 1:30 p.m. at Aggie Hall.

The self-guided tour of nine gardens features a collection of both well-established and new-ly-created gardens, including everything from rockeries and shrubberies to historic photos and heritage coal mine cars. The Rotary Club hopes it will be a day of discoveries for master gardeners, beginner gardeners and everyone in between. The nine home gardens are open to the public May 25 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Plan on visiting the Ladysmith Community Gardens at High Street and Second Avenue from 1-3 p.m. This year, the gardens will fea-ture “demonstration” gardens and gardening techniques. Members will be available to talk with you about composting, greenhouses, gar-dening in raised garden beds, and other garden issues.

While taking the Garden Tour, you can also watch an artist at work. Local artists will be present at most gardens to enhance your view-ing experience and answer your questions about their creations and techniques. All proceeds from ticket sales, raffle and

breakfast support Rotary’s many projects.For more information, contact Ed Nicholson

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Photo of the Month

The Ladysmith Camera Club chose this photo, called “Tracks,” by Art Jurisson of Saltair as its Pho-to of the Month for April. The theme was “Depth of Field.” The club’s next meeting will be held Tuesday, May 27 at 7 p.m. in Hardwick Hall. The presenta-tion will be an interactive still-life workshop with Sean Sherstone, an awarding-winning Ladysmith photographer. Photography equipment will be pro-vided, but attendees can bring their own objects to shoot. Everyone is welcome, and there is a $5 drop-in fee for non-members. For more information about the Ladysmith Camera Club, visit www.lady-smithcameraclub.com. ART JURISSON


Discovering beautiful B.C. in a classic car adventureOnly mad dogs and Englishmen drive open top cars in the extremely chilly B.C. high country at this time of year.But taking part in the three-day Hagerty Spring Thaw rally, staged by Classic Car Adventures, certainly turned on this Limey to the idea of a B.C. summer ‘staycation’ on roads that show natural beauty at its awe inspiring best.Since my old U.K. friend, George Holt, moved to Gabriola Island a few years ago, he’s pestered me to join him on a rally. Wild tales of his racing exploits persuaded me that my participation might make it the last wish on my buck-et list. Literally.When Hagerty Insurance invited me to take part in the non-competitive rally for pre-1979 touring and sports cars, covering almost 1,100 kilometres, I fig-ured this was the time to invite George.“I’m up for it, Sid, and I have the perfect car,” George responded. You get used to him calling every male, Sid, and female, Doris. He worked day and night to ready his 1954 XK 120 Jaguar roadster – it rolled off the production line in the same year I did. It cranks out 200 horses from an inline straight-six cylinder 3.4-litre engine housed under that long hood. The gleaming blue roadster with a large number 54 emblazoned on each side drew much attention at the rally start point in Squamish. The warming sun showed off the almost 80 other classics to their best, too. There were Alfa Romeos, many Minis circa mid-1960s, Porsches, Jags, MGs, Aston Martins – including a stunning 1934 Mk II owned by a gentleman from the same neck of the woods as George and me – plus a rare Noble M400.

We donned many layers of clothing, including leather aviator jackets and fetching, matching yellow helmets, then strapped in. George at the wheel, me by his side as his nagivator. We pulled out on the Sea to Sky highway and that journey to Whistler brought tears to my eyes, as did the rushing wind. The twisty Duffey Lake Road beyond Pemberton was no challenge for the mighty Jag. It stuck like glue to the hairiest hairpins down to Seton Lake. A rest stop at that watery stretch of tranquility brought the sounds of silence to our ears.George broke the silence: “It goes like stink, Sid.” I completed his sentence. “And stops eventually.” Recalling a recent bit of hard braking that had me worried for a while.It was then on to Cache Creek and des-ert country before climbing to the snow line towards Logan Lake where my face froze. The shower at the Kamloops hotel

brought back some colour to my cheeks.The second day would take us by Monte Lake and Falkland and on to Vernon – in the pouring, icy rain. The rains stopped as we stopped to look at a ‘car graveyard’ where rusty examples of steel steeds past caught George’s eye. “Look, Sid, my first car – a Ford Prefect.” I then misdirected us to a second graveyard near Arm-strong, populated by Sunbeams, Hillman and even old Zodiacs. He took careful note of the location so that he might return for his next restoration project.The sun peeped out as we were welcomed by the rug-ged northern end of the Okanagan Valley. We buzzed along the Lake Country lanes that run alongside Okanagan Lake, between the vineyards.

Then we bypassed Kelowna and headed for Beaver-dell, admiring the evidence of the now defunct historic Kettle Valley railway. Then the chilling hail hit but a single glass of beer at Rock Creek restored us. We weaved our way north along the valley, through wine country, to Penticton.“Piece of cake,” said George the next day as he looked at the route to Hope. The winding back road trail to Princeton was a joy but the last stretch home was not.First, we were hit by snow, then hail that numbed our faces as we descended from Manning Park. I thought I had made a significant anatomical discovery when it appeared that the icy wind blasting up my right nostril seemed to exit through my left ear. Of course, it could have been the hole in the left side of my helmet.There was one other little challenge. The panel failed so I had to peer at my handheld GPS to figure out what speed we were doing then shout at the top of my voice when George exceeded the posted limit.We made it safe and sound. “Next year, Sid?” “I’ll get back to you, George.”

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302 Roland Road –Magnifi cent Ocean Front Home - $899,000This 5 bedroom home (with mortgage helper)is situated on the Holland Creek Estuary which fl ows into Ladysmith Harbour. This gorgeous Martha’s Vineyard style home perches on .3 acre with views of boats, orcas, deer, eagles etc. Easy walking to relax on the delta in the estuary, launch your kayaks, relax with wine/coffee on the quiet back deck facing water. B and B, large family, Golden Girls. This is a place you will want to call home.

850 Colonia Drive – 3 bedroom rancher - $314,900Brand new listing – this lovely, updated rancher has great presence in a well kept area. Sunny kitchen with nook overlooks rear yard, 3 generous bedrooms, formal living and dining, RV parking, heat pump. A great package and a wonderful place to call home.

4303 Yellow Point Road – 2 homes on 5 acres - $529,900Opportunity to own two homes on 5 gorgeous acres in sunny Yellow Point. Main home is 5 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 2 huge sun rooms, attached garage, double carport, 3 barn/workshops. The second home has two bedrooms and would make a good rental with TLC. The property is absolutely beautiful!

682 and 686 Colonia Drive – 2 separate lots $114,900 and $119,900 - Looking to build a great family home with room for a growing family and close to all levels of schools. Check out these two lots which are suitable for 2 storey with main living up. Great news, the backyard is level with upstairs. You will love watching the children play or simply walking out from the kitchen to the bar-b-que.

48-1572 Seabird Road – 1675 sq. ft. home in Cassidy MHP $115,000 - Sharply priced home has gorgeous oak laminate fl ooring, 3 bedrooms, master ensuite is large plus walk-in closet, country kitchen, plenty of cabinets in kitchen, laundry adjacent to kitchen, large family room off kitchen (currently used as Hair Salon), covered deck, detached workshop, metal roof over all, including carport and RV parking on site. This is a must see home in beautiful condition. Park has clubhouse, 55+, pet friendly, 3 hole golf course. Come on in, the livin’ is easy!

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APT. SIZE deep freeze $125. White 18cu ft fridge, $300. Al-mond 15cu ft fridge, $150. White 30” range, $175. 30” al-mond range, $125. White 30” propane stove, $150. Black 30” range, $200. Kenmore Washer dryer sets, $200-$350. Washers $150-$250. Dryers $100-$150. Built-in dishwashers $100-$150. White portable dishwasher $100. 6 month warranty on all appliances. Please call Greg at (250)246-9859.

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NANAIMO WATERFRONT 2nd fl oor condo. 1500 sq.ft. LR/DR/2bdrms with view, den, gas FP, secure bldg. 2 under-ground parking spaces. Main-tenance fee includes hot wa-ter/gas/landscaping. 1 pet OK. View anytime. $339,900 Re-duced to $329,000. (250)753-9123

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Both sides of legal duplex. Just steps to downtown, park and bus. Live in one side, rent the other. 2 BD, 1 BA each side. Large corner lot. Move-in ready. $259,900. 1-250-383-1500 Michelle Harrison,Cold-well Banker Slegg Realty.

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BEAUTIFULLY MAINTAINED 1 bdrm park model home in Chemainus Gardens. One of the best lots in the Park. Pets ok. $89,600. (250)416-5278.

MOBILE HOMES & PARKS

Ladysmith: 14 x 70, 3 bdrm mobile home in Timberland Park. Asking $25,000 as is. See management at #43. Phone 250-245-3647.

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

LADYSMITH: BAY Ridge Apartment. Senior block 53+, 2 bdrm well maintained, 1000 sq.ft., upgraded. New carpets, re-painted. N/P, N/S. Off street parking, $800/mo + hydro. 250-758-5816.

LADYSMITH: NEWLY reno’d 2 bdrm, bright, clean, nice patio, inclds W/D hookup, $695. May 1. 250-245-5251.

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RECREATIONAL VEHICLESFOR SALE

2000 Snow River Camper 810 s/o. Furnace, A/C, bath w/shower, H/W, fridge, stove, dual propane & battery. $8900250-466-4402.

SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES

2004 VOLKSWAGEN TOUAREG- V8, All-wheel drive Volkswagen Touareg, leather interior, auto transmis-sion, VW trailer package for towing, newer brakes & tire sensors, extremely well main-tained clean vehicle, amazing safe ride in all conditions, heated seats, censored wip-ers, air, amazing sound sys-tem, plus many more extras. Locally purchased and ser-viced. $11,900. Call John 250-816-7368.

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

BORN HEALTHY - a program for pregnant women and new moms. Check out “Born Healthy Ladysmith” on Facebook or call Kate at

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LADYSMITH CAMERA CLUB - interactive still-life workshop with Sean Sherstone, awarding-winning Ladysmith photographer. Photography equipment will be provided, but attendees can bring their own objects to shoot! Tues, May 27, 7 pm, in Hardwick Hall, High St at 3rd Ave in Ladysmith. Everyone welcome. Non-members $5 drop-in fee. LCC invites new members, novice to pro. www.LadysmithCameraClub.com

CHEMAINUS GARDEN CLUB MEETING - Tues, May 13, 1 pm, Calvary Baptist Church, 3319 River Rd in Chemainus. Guests welcome, door prize, brag table. $2 drop-in fee. $15 yearly membership. For more info 250-245-2464.

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

250-245-3079 (the LRCA). Wednesdays from 10-1:30 with drop-in office hours for one-on-one on Mon and Tues from 10-1:30.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

NARCOTICS ANONYOMOUS - Meets Sundays, 7-8 pm Downstairs

at Ladysmith Resource Centre Association.

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

LADYSMITH LEGION LADIES AUXILIARY - Meets 2nd Wednesdays monthly, 7 pm.

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

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

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

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

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

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

LADYSMITH FOOD BANK - Open Tues mornings 9 - 12. 630 Second Ave, Ladysmith.

• The first annu-al “LaFFing Links” LaFF Golf Tour-nament is fast ap-proaching, so now is the time to get those teams together and join Ladysmith Fam-ily and Friends for a fun day while sup-porting local family programming.

The tournament will take place Sunday, May 25 at Cottonwood Golf Course, and LaFF is welcoming golf cart, hole and put-ting contest spon-sorships, donations of merchandise, gift certificates or mem-orabilia for a silent auction and prizes.

For more informa-tion about support-ing the tournament as a sponsor or a player, contact [email protected] or 250-210-0870.• The Ladysmith

Downtown Business Association, Glob-al Vocational Ser-vices, Dynamic HR

Solutions, and the Ladysmith Chamber of Commerce are hosting the next ses-sion in their Employ-ment Seminar Series Wednesday, May 14.

From 7-9 p.m. up-stairs at the Royal Canadian Legion at 621 First Ave., the

presentation will focus on Employee Engagement.

Please RSVP to

[email protected] with

“Ladysmith Employer Forum” in the sub-ject line or call 250-597-1901.

The session is free to LDBA and Cham-ber of Commerce members, and oth-ers are welcome to these informative seminars for just $10 at the door.• The Cowichan Val-

ley Regional District (CVRD), with the as-sistance of CitySpac-es Consulting Ltd., is conducting a Re-gional Affordable Housing Needs As-sessment and is ask-ing for your input.

The study is intend-ed to identify the types of housing that are needed through-out the region, in-cluding its munici-palities of Duncan, North Cowichan,

Ladysmith and Lake Cowichan, and elec-toral areas. The study will also identi-fy population groups with the most signifi-cant housing needs.

Input can be pro-vided in a couple of different ways:

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Affordable Housing Survey. The survey will run until Friday, May 23.* Visit your local

community centre and check out the post-it posters.

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Ladysmith and District RCM-SAR Unit 29 Station Leader Nick Epp-Evans and his son Callum grate-fully accept a $1,000 donation from Royal Bank of Canada employee Debbie Marks. This was part of RBC’s Day of Service program, whereby they offer not just a � nancial donation but bank employees to assist with any maintenance and manual work within the communities they serve. PHOTO SUBMITTED

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LADYSMITH CHEMAINUS CEDAR DUNCAN

Your Island Community Grocers since 1977

Visit us on the web www.the49th.com

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

250-246-3551250-245-3221 250-722-7010 250-748-2412

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

Open Daily from 7:30 am - 9:00 pm

Prices effective 8 Big Days Monday, May 12 to Monday, May 19, 2014

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Gardens Start Here

20%Off

Seed Potatoes& Onion Bulbs

20 litres

4/$10

Islands Finest

Manures28 litres

549

Islands Finest

PottingSoil

4/$5

BasketStuffers

The May Long Weekend! Offi cial start of Summer!

Warehouse Pak, 6.59 kg

299lb.

Fresh LeanGround

Beef

FreeBuyONEGetONE

White only, dozen

Freshly Baked

Hamburger or Hot Dog Buns

Island Farms Classic or

Vanilla PlusIce Cream

Assorted, 1.65 litre

395

Peaches & Cream

6/$3

California

Corn onthe Cob

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