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Drop the word “Ladysmith” around a winter traveller and the enthusiastic response will be “Light Up!”

Say it to a summer tourist and you might get a “Trans-fer Beach!” in reply.

Mention it to a boater?“Dogpatch.”It’s a reputation earned

by the largest collection of derelict boats on the West Coast and one that is not going to be erased any time soon, not after new regula-tions proposed by Nanaimo-Cowichan MP Jean Crowder crashed and burned on Par-liament Hill Wednesday.

Derelict boats posing eco-nomic and environmental hazards are left to rot along both coastlines through lack of regulation. Crowder had put a private members’ bill before Parliament intended to assign power and respon-sibility for their removal, dis-position or destruction into the hands of the Coast Guard.“This bill received strong support from British Colum-bians,” she said, “Conserva-tives ignored that support,

MP Jean Crowder’s attempt to address derelict vessels shut down in the House of Commons

Federal NDP leader Thomas Mulcair, right, checks out the Ladsymith Dogpatch from Transfer Beach Thursday. JOHN MCKINLEY

and voted down a piece of legislation that would protect British Columbia’s coast from abandoned derelict vessels which are a haz-ard to safety and the environment.”

Crowder staged a media conference on

Slack Beach in front of the Dogpatch on Thursday to draw attention to the issue in the wake of the vote’s failure.

She was joined by NDP national leader Thomas Mulcair and Nanaimo-Ladysmith fed-

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Get ready for summer water restriction tap dance


Local government now has its hands officially on your taps.

Water restrictions are now in ef-fect for the Town of Ladysmith, the Diamond Improvement District and the Stz’uminus First Nation, as well as Cowichan Valley Regional District-administered systems in Saltair and North Oyster.

Despite Vancouver Island-wide concern about lack of snowpack, the Holland Lake and Stocking Lake reservoirs are largely rain-fed and came through the winter

full, or relatively full.But with water conservation be-

coming more of a general public concern — something emphasized by last year’s summer drought — summer restrictions have become standard practice in most commu-nities.

Under the restrictions announced this week, even-numbered ad-dresses are allowed to sprinkle between 6 and 8 a.m. or between 8 and 10 p.m. on even-numbered days only. Odd-numbered address-es are limited to the same hours on odd-numbered days.

Ladysmith director of infrastruc-

ture services John Manson said the town and the regional district worked together this year on re-strictions in order to be more con-sistent across the community.

Should water supply concerns mount, restrictions could climb to stage two (same hours, two days a week), or stage three (a complete sprinkling ban.)

Hand-watering is allowed under all three stages and exemptions are granted in certain circumstances, such as nurseries, playing fields and some commercial enterprises.

Check the ad in today’s paper, or visit your local government web-

site for details. Watch the Chron-icle for updates as the summer develops.

Meanwhile, Chemainus and Crof-ton residents are not covered by the above.

Stage one restrictions in North Cowichan come into effect on June 1.

Residents there are asked to limit sprinkling to between 6 a.m. and 9 a.m. or 7 p.m.and 10 p.m., even-numbered houses on even days, odd-numbered houses on odd days.

Check northcowichan.ca for a more detailed breakdown.

North Cowichan says sprinkling restrictions won’t be in effect in Chemainus until June 1

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Schools drop in Fraser ranks

Both local high schools slipped last year, accord-ing to an annual ranking of B.C.’s high schools.

The annual Fraser Institute report on B.C. schools placed Chemainus Secondary in 188th place out of 289 schools.

Ladysmith Secondary finished in 209th place.

The Chemainus ranking came from a score of 5.3 out of 10, the school’s worst in the past five years. Chemainus has scored at least a 6.0 in the previous four years and ranked 118 for its five-year average.

Ladysmith, meanwhile, scored a 5.0, its worst score in three years. Its ranking was also below its five-year rank-ing of 158. It had the third-best public school ranking in the Nanaimo School District, behind Dover Bay and Nanaimo.

As usual, private schools dominated the rankings provincially.

The rankings, com-piled annually compare standardized test scores taken by Grade 10 stu-dents during the previ-ous school year.

Critics call the report a misuse of data used to discount quality teach-ing and learning.

Supporters say it is a valuable tool to demon-strate what schools are showing improvement and which ones are fall-ing behind.

Investment encouraged

The local area has a new tool in its bid to attract outside investment.

Economic Development Cowichan has created a series of online Community Profiles designed to showcase both the over-all region and the com-munities within it.

Acting economic devel-opment manager Kathy Lachmann said the profiles promote invest-ment opportunities and the quality of life and amenities that make our region desirable.

Separate profiles are available for North Cowichan, Ladysmith and Saltair/North Oyster.

The profiles link to sta-tistical data and other web sites and resources within the Cowichan Valley Regional District.

Read the profiles at discovercowichan.com.

Addams Family lurches to life


A back-to-the-’90s theme looms large over the Ladysmith drama program this month.

Not only will the stage be filled with the deadpan humour of one of that decade’s staple comedy franchises, The Addams Family, the fun will be fed by the directorial hand of a for-mer student who cut her thespian teeth on that same stage two decades ago.Aisha Allsop directs The Addams Family Mu-

sical, a Broadway adaptation featuring Charles Addams’ drolly morbid creations. It opens Thursday in the school’s multi-purpose room.

Allsop takes the reins of the school’s annual production from longtime LSS drama stalwart Bill Taylor. She was Aisha Petrak when she was a mainstay of the LSS stage. She’s done her share of community theatre in the years since, but this project marks her return to LSS.“It’s been different. They are used to going with

Bill,” she said. “These kids have been working with Bill for five years. I have to give them ku-dos for learning a whole new set of rules.”Allsop is not doing it alone, rather as leader in

a directorial team.Good friend Geoff Cram, a drama colleague

since her high school days, is handling the sets as artistic director. Husband Rod Allsop (see sidebar) is in charge of the music. Candace Gibson is directing the vocals. And Taylor — who simply needed a break from the exhaust-ing job of overseeing the school musical — is the technical director.

The plot — buoyed with great lines and a rich list of songs — is simple.

Unsmiling Wednesday Addams (Christina Youngren) has grown up and fallen in love. When the time comes to introduce her unusual clan to the more conventional family of her boyfriend Lucas (Daniel Kelly) a predictable clash of cultures ensues.

What was less predictable to Allsop was the lack of familiarity her cast had with the charac-ters. When she was their age, Gomez, Morticia, Uncle Fester and Lurch were cultural icons. Today, when you mention the Addams Family to a teen, the response is mostly blank stares.

Today though, there is a little thing called Youtube, which offered the young actors a crash course in exactly what they missed.

Youngren, in particular, has closely observed

the nuances of gloomy Wednesday, and, Allsop said, taken a real leadership role in the produc-tion. She’s just one leader in a senior drama class that is ready to graduate with a bang.“Our Gomez, Sam Street, he leads the class,” she said. “It’s a very tight group of seniors.”

Pre-production has been plagued by a few actors dropping out resulting in a carousel of roles, but Allsop is confident everything is coming together nicely. The mood was light and filled with laughter when the Chronicle watched the cast run through rehearsals two weeks prior to opening night.

The show opens with a May 21-23 run and closes with another three shows May 28 to 30. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. for 7 p.m. curtain.

And despite the lack of knowledge the young-er generation has about the Addams Family, she’s confident they will join the older audi-ence in thoroughly enjoying the show.

Like Shakespeare, some universal themes just resonate through the years.

“There’s torture, sword fighting, there’s tango dancing, zombies coming up from the grave,” she said. “Everything kids could want.”

It’s back to the ‘90s for the Ladysmith Secondary School drama program

Christina Youngren (top) is a lovestruck Wednesday in the Ladysmith Secondary School production of Addams: the Musical, also featuring (from left to right) Angela O’Donnell, Daniel Kelly and Sam Street. JOHN MCKINLEY

Family with strings attachedAudiences watching the antics on stage during The

Addams Family Musical will probably be moving to the music.

But they should not be taking it for granted.It might sound as polished as something pre-

recorded and running through the PA system, but it will actually be created real time backstage courtesy a hidden 13-piece band.

Rod Allsop conducts a group of students augment-ed by a handful of professional-calibre musicians volunteering their time.

Director Aisha Allsop said the ensemble, which includes stringed instruments like cello, bass and violin adds enormous depth to the production. “We had a practice and it just puts goosebumps on your arms,” she said.

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Our kids are happier, healthier and less like-ly to be taking drugs than they were five years earlier.

That is the broad interpretation of the findings of a study of Vancouver Island teens conducted in 2013 and released ear-lier this spring.

Undertaken by the McCreary Centre Society, a Vancouver-based non-profit youth health organization, the study focused on Grade 7 to 12 stu-dents in the Cowichan, Nanaimo, Qualicum and Alberni school districts and followed on the heels of similar surveys in 2003 and 2008.“We have seen great local improvements in areas such as sub-stance use that show young people are mak-ing some good choices

about their health,” McCreary Society ex-ecutive director Annie Smith said.

The centre does not release the results on a school by school ba-sis, so a specific break-down for Ladysmith was unavailable.

But overall, it showed a majority of local high school stu-dents felt connected to their family, school, and community; had positive plans for the future; and were en-gaging in health pro-moting behaviours which will assist them to transition success-fully to adulthood.Among the specific

improvements from 2008 to 2013:• Fewer students are

needing physical med-ical attention (29% in-stead of 35%)• Fewer students are

missing out on needed mental and physical health care treatment (9% instead of 15%)

• The percentage of students experi-menting with tobacco dropped (from 30% to 24%)• The percentage of

students experiment-ing with marijuana dropped (from 40% to 30%)• The percentage

of students experi-menting with alcohol dropped (from 64% to 53%)

Meanwhile, the per-centage of students experiencing forms of harassment dropped, and a higher percent-age of youth reported they felt safe com-pared to any previous study year.And 86% of students

surveyed considered themselves in good or excellent physi-cal health, and 80% in good or excellent men-tal health

While those findings are all positive, survey organizers are con-cerned there has been no improvement in one of the most crucial areas: the amount of suicides and incidents of self-harm.

The survey showed 22% of females and 7% of males had de-liberately harmed themselves without the intention of killing themselves in the past year.

Another area that

raised red flags was lack of sleep. Accord-ing to Smith that could have serious repercus-sions.“We see a direct rela-tionship between get-ting enough sleep and positive mental health, yet 45% of local stu-dents did not get eight hours of sleep on the night before taking the survey and over three-quarters were online or on their phone after their parents expected them to be asleep,” she said.

The 130-question survey was designed to consider emerging youth health issues and to track trends in risky behaviour and healthy practices over time.

Some other findings:• 70% identified as

“European,” 14% as “Aboriginal

• 70% spoke only Eng-lish at home• 81% of students iden-

tified as “completely straight,” 5% as gay, lesbian or bisexual• 82% lived with their

mother/stepmother most of the time, while 68% said the same about their father/step-father• 4% live, or have lived

in some form of gov-ernment care

Read the entire re-port at http://www.mcs.bc.ca.

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The Town of Ladysmith invites applications for on the following volunteer citizen advisory commissions and committees:

• Advisory Planning Commission - reviews proposals for the design of multi-family residential, commercial and industrial projects and makes recommendations to Council.

• Advisory Design Panel - reviews proposals for the design of multi-family residential, commercial and industrial projects. A background in urban design, planning, development or landscape architecture would be useful.

• Parks, Recreation and Culture Commission - considers matters referred by Council pertaining to parks, recreational and cultural needs of the community.

• Heritage Revitalization Advisory Commission - considers matters relating to façade improvements or signage in the downtown core as referred by Council, as well as administers heritage and revitalization projects undertaken by the Town.

• Board of Variance - considers minor variances from the City’s Zoning Bylaw. Applications to the Board are generally made by homeowners or developers when compliance with a minor aspect of the Town’s Zoning Bylaw would cause “hardship” to the applicant.

The Commissions meet up to 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 noon, Thursday, May 28, 2015. If you have any questions about Ladysmith’s Advisory Commissions and Committees, please call City Hall at 250.245.6400, or send an e-mail to [email protected]

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With Wildwood Ecoforest’s fate up in the air, a grassroots group is concerned the non-profit society holding the site in trust will amend its bylaws to help facilitate a sale.

The 31-hectare site, located in Cedar, was sold by the late sustainable forester Merv Wilkinson to The Land Con-servancy in 2000, with the un-derstanding it would remain in the public domain. But with a multimillion-dollar debt load, the land trust is looking to sell to a private party.

Because Wildwood has been declared inalienable, it can’t be sold or transferred, accord-ing to conservancy bylaws.

Jessica Wolf, member of both the conservancy and the recently formed Protectors of Wildwood, said notification was sent out last week of a June 12 extraordinary general meeting in Victoria, where she says it will be decided if

properties previously deemed inalienable can be transferred and sold.“I think they have to make these changes in order to even transfer those properties to another land trust because it says that they can’t unless [The Land Conservancy] dis-solves,” said Wolf. “I completely support a

change in order for them to transfer properties to another land trust. The Protectors of Wildwood do not support sell-ing it.”

Wolf said her group will be reaching out to conservancy members and ecoforestry ex-perts and is circulating a petition expressing opposition to the sale.“We’re definitely gearing up for a fight here because it’s not

going to happen,” said Wolf.John Shields, The Land

Conservancy director of op-erations, said he couldn’t comment on Wildwood as there were ongoing negotia-tions, but he did confirm there would be a June 12 meeting.

Shields said the meeting was not specifically for Wildwood, but for language related to ecological properties being transferred to the Nature Con-servancy of Canada and Na-ture Trust of B.C.“As a result of the financial difficulty, we are transferring 26 eco-gift properties to the NCC for protection, but in order to do that, we have to amend the bylaws, to put into the bylaws, the provision of [a] court order,” Shields said.

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After the first few glum lines of his speech, it was difficult to tell anything had changed for B.C. Teachers’ Federation president Jim Iker as he took his familiar place before the TV cameras earlier this month.

Iker droned on about how B.C. schools are under-funded by hundreds of millions of dol-lars, echoing demands from the disastrous strike he led the union membership into last year.

The B.C. Court of Appeal had just overturned a bizarre trial court decision that tried to give the union everything it wanted: a trip back in time to the NDP wonderland of 2001, a constitutional spanking for the B.C. Liberal government and a $2 million bonus of tax-payers’ money.

The BCTF must now pay back that $2 million and scrape up whatever is left of its members’ compulsory dues to plead for an appeal at the Supreme Court of Canada, continuing the executive’s self-righteous fantasy of con-trolling education spending in B.C.

The appeal court didn’t just overturn the judgment of B.C. Supreme Court Justice Susan Griffin. It shredded her legal reasoning and bluntly cor-rected her, over and over, on evidence she ignored or misin-terpreted.

The appeal court confirmed at great length what I said when Griffin’s second decision came down in early 2014: it was far worse for B.C. schools than when judges decided in 2005 that teachers can bring union propaganda into class-rooms.

Did the government bargain in bad faith? No. Did they con-spire to provoke a strike? No. Did they illegally strip working conditions from the teacher contract? No. Turns out our kids are not just “working con-ditions” for teachers, and pub-lic policy still matters.

And it turns out that making special needs assistants dash between classes to deal with two kids here and three over there was a lousy idea. Now there’s even a credit course offered in high school for stu-dents with learning difficul-ties, which probably has some BCTF minion crafting a pile of grievances about segregation.

In the negotiated settlement reached last fall, teachers shared $105 million to make thousands of baseless griev-ances go away, after the union filed one for student numbers in every class in the province. This bloated perpetual pro-test machine drains the public purse in more ways than tax-payers realize.

Parents understand the strikes, though. They remem-ber a union that scrapped re-port cards, disrupted adminis-tration and forced schools to shut down at graduation time.

The strike then dragged into the fall, as the government held the line on public service spending. And what was the key issue that kept schools closed? It wasn’t special needs support, where student per-formance has continued to

improve. No, it was the BCTF demanding a raise twice as big as other public sector unions had already accepted.

In the end, their paltry strike fund long gone, the union grudgingly accepted the going rate. They figured they had the elected government on the run in court. Wrong again.

Next up for the ministry is taking control of professional development. A bill before the legislature will enforce standards, once the NDP is done denouncing it. Singing Solidarity Forever around a campfire and calling it paid professional development (a real example, by the way) will soon go the way of the union-controlled College of Teachers — onto the scrap heap of his-tory.

There are BCTF members who understand how ill-served they are by their union. They are looking critically at the performance of their leaders, who are too often distracted by grandiose “social justice” campaigns as far away as the Middle East.

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

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Rumours of Cedar Second-ary’s demise were greatly exaggerated.

School district trustees voted late last month to

recommend the re-opening of the high school in 2016.

It shouldn’t come as any surprise, as that course of action was central to the election platform of several trustees. By re-opening Cedar Secondary, they are, in a way, keeping an election promise.

At the same time, they have put them-selves in position to break another elec-tion promise – the promise to do what’s best for students across the school dis-trict.

With the school district projecting multimillion-dollar budget shortfalls ev-ery year, an extra school on the books spreads resources more thinly. The sec-retary-treasurer will crunch the num-bers and create a workable budget, but it’s not going to be pretty.

The school board chairman suggested that recent community consultation justifies the trustees’ decision. The pro-cess, however, was of questionable val-ue so soon after the election – trustees received a mandate then.

The stack of surveys is mostly a mish-mash of wildly varied viewpoints. Par-ents wrote about their kids, or their educational philosophy, or the good ol’ days, or they simply bashed the govern-ment. Parents who filled out the sur-veys didn’t have to make the math work – that’s up to the school board and dis-trict staff. And trustees made it a whole lot tougher, now, with an extra school and no further funding.

It should be noted that almost all the trustees recently attended a rally calling for greater funding of public education, and some had stern words for the pro-vincial government. They have to ask for more money because that’s their best hope, now, of balancing the budget in the coming years.

It’s great news for Cedar that a high school is returning to that neighbour-hood. It’s a fine school. It’s a community asset. It’s a lot of things, but in Nanaimo-Ladysmith school district, it’s not a solu-tion, and we need solutions.

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YOUR WORDS““The short answer is to change the government to another government

that will bring in a bill to � x the hole.”Sheila Malcolmson, Page 7

Cedar not a solution

Court decision rights education wrongs

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Stz’uminus Chief John Elliott and Ladysmith Mayor Aaron Stone were also on scene Thursday in attempt to draw attention to the issue.

Stone talked about all the work Ladysmith has put into making the har-bour more attractive to encourage tour-ism and investment and how the ram-shackle pile of derelicts works against those efforts.

Elliott echoed those thoughts and pointed out how the issue crosses all jurisdictional boundaries. It can be as simple as a Dogpatch boat breaking an-chor and foundering on a beach across the harbour, or as nasty as a fuel leak poisoning aquaculture.

Malcolmson said federal regulation is essential because if one community is successful in removing boats, they gen-erally just move to the next one along the coastline.

Crowder’s bill earned the unanimous support from the NDP, the Greens and the Liber-als. It died when it failed to gain the support of all but one Conservative MP. The Conservatives said the bill required the government to spend money and took power away from Transport Canada — two concerns Crowder denied.

Malcolmson said a Transport Canada investiga-tion into derelict vessels put Ladysmith Harbour at the top of the list with 44 boats. Bowen Island was second. Its MP, John Weston, was the only Conservative MP in favour of Crowder’s bill.

Malcolmson is frustrated the bill has been un-der discussion for 10 years, has the endorsement of coastal communities and is based on models that have worked in other jurisdictions, yet the government still hasn’t seen fit to make it a prior-ity.

The next step, she said, is up to the voters.“Economy, ecology, tourism, shellfish farming — all of this takes a hit when these things don’t get dealt with quickly, or get dealt with at all,” she said. “The short answer is to change the govern-ment to another government that will bring in a bill to fix the hole.”

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Two trips to the na-tional championship, two historic Canadian cities, two medals.

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Ladysmith teen Dar-ian Harris returned home from Halifax earlier this month with a bronze medal around his neck from the National Aboriginal Hockey Championship.

The team lost just once during this year’s tournament, which ran from April 26 to May 2. But that loss happened at the wrong time — a semi-final game against Al-berta, a team BC had already defeated in the round-robin.

Harris said they were disappointed, but were able to pull things together in time for the bronze medal game against Ontario, where they overcame a 2-1 deficit to medal.

It was the 16-year-old right winger’s second shot at the tourney, af-ter winning silver last year in Montreal. He was glad to be back with the squad, with a good group of guys and a chance to see the country.A scare in tryouts

made him wonder if he was going to get that chance. Most of the time, someone who made the team as a 15-year-old would be a shoe-in to make the same team as a 16-year-old.“When I went to try-

outs this year, I was so nervous,” he said.

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(the coach) told me I was in danger of being pushed from my spot.”

He persevered, pulled his game to-gether and re-estab-lished himself as a valuable role player, using his defence to emerge from a tryout camp in Kamloops that attracted about 100 players.“(I bring) a lot of phys-icality to the game and a lot of energy as well,” he said. “I seem to get put on the PK (penalty kill) a lot.”After spending last

year with the North Island Silvertips of the B.C. Major Midget League, he’s going to attempt to build on those skills next fall in the B.C. Junior Hockey League. He has tryouts sched-uled with both the Nanaimo Clippers and the Cowichan Valley Capitals, but acknowl-edges making either team may be a long-shot at 16.“This year I know it would be hard to make a junior A team. I’ve kind of got a bet-ter idea of the junior game. It’s going to be different.

His goal is to be more consistent and his fallback is a spot with the Campbell River Storm of the Vancouver Island Ju-nior B League, where he hopes to play well enough to earn a call-up to Junior A.

Ultimately the prize would be a university hockey scholarship. The key to making that happen?“I think just make sure you go as hard as you can and give it everything you’ve got.”


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Violent man capturedPolice have arrested the “violent” man they set

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rested 35-year-old Nathan Myles on a warrant for multiple criminal charges.Acting on information received, police identi-

fied a residence in the 3000 block Sprott Road, near Duncan, where Myles was believed to be located. Information was received that alleged additional violent offenses had been committed by Myles at that home on Sprott Road.“Given the violent history of the individual in-

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Myles was taken into police custody without incident. He will appear before the Courts on outstanding charges of harassment, unlawful confinement, assault with a weapon, assault causing bodily harm, two counts of assault, and four counts of uttering threats. An appearance date has not been set.

Parents, plan your vacations.The Nanaimo school district approved

a motion that includes the extension of spring break next year to two weeks.

Trustees gave approval to five recom-mendations related to the school calen-dar at a meeting on April 30.

On top of the longer spring break, there will be consistent early dismissal on Mondays for elementary school children

and consistent late start times on Mon-days for high school students to allow for teacher Professional Learning Com-munity time.

The learning communities were ap-proved in January 2014 by the previous school board and will allow for teachers to discuss practices and student learn-ing.According to the school district, school

will be in session for 188 days in 2015-16, while there would be 189 days of instruc-tion for both 2016-17 and 2017-18.

For 2015-16, spring break and Easter vacation will coincide with one another. Students in the school district will be off from March 14-29.Acting superintendent John Blain said

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schools may not be in compliance with the School Act in regard to the minimum requirements for instructional time.

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Ladysmith and Etc! in Chemainus for the Beer & Burger Night for Paws Without Borders Rescue. The Ladysmith-based group is hosting the May 23 event at the Queen’s in Nanaimo, featuring live music from the Femme Fatales, dancing, door prizes, 50/50 draws, a silent auction and howling good fun. • Look for a new look coming up soon for

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Brilliance expected at St. Mike’sJohn McKinleyTHE CHRONICLE

Over the years the Chemainus Classi-cal Concert series has showcased a fairly sus-tained level of brilliance.

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poignancy contained within great Romantic works by Beethoven, Schubert, Lecuona and Brahms,” promoter Marion Priestley said in a media release. “This stunning solo recital is designed to leave us wishing for more.”

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Doucette, JohnJune 12, 1922 - May 5, 2015

John was known as Jean, growing up in a large French speaking family in Saskatchewan. There were 12 children in the family, it’s no wonder John always had a hearty appetite.

After coming to Port Alberni, John worked on the booms for many years and had three step-children and two daughters.

John and Ruth met in Port Alberni and moved to Ladysmith after his retirement. He loved to garden and lent a helping hand whenever needed. He was busy with the Eagles and also with the Ladysmith OAP.

If you knew John, you’ll remember his happy smile and all of his little songs and poems. He was a kind man and is missed by his family, his children, step-children, grandchildren and his many friends.

After leaving his home on First Avenue, Ladysmith, John moved in to LaRosa and then to the Lodge on 4th where he was liked by other residents and the kind staff members, who took such good care of him. Special thanks to them and to Dr. Manny Fritsch.

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ART BOOTH SR. of Ladysmith B.C. passed away suddenly at his home on Evening Cove, BC on April 30th, 2015.

Art was born in Toronto on September 16th, 1936. He moved to Hawkestone, Ontario with his parents and met his fi rst wife Marlyn Dusome whom he married and had four wonderful children, Art Booth Jr, Janet (Darroch) Booth, Gordon Booth, and Beverley Booth (Daniels).

Next to his family, Art’s greatest love was fl ying. His fi rst fl ying lessons were in Florida when he was 16, and then he continued his lessons at Lake St John in Orillia. He bought his fi rst plane and helped to start the Orillia Flying Club.

Art’s father started Booth Appliance in 1959 and was later joined by his two sons, Art and Ernie. Booth Appliance later became Booth Furniture, and Art later left the business to pursue his fl ying career.

In 1975, Art headed to Northern Ontario to be a bush pilot with Ontario Northern Airways. He met his second wife Mary Lou (Landry) there. Art’s fl ying career carried on with Leuenberger Air Services, but Art wasn’t satisfi ed fl ying for somebody else. It wasn’t long before the family bought O’Sullivan Lake Resort and started Wings North Fly-in Outfi tters out of Nakina, Ontario. Art, his wife, and his sons fl ew or worked at the business until it sold in 1992, and Art and Mary Lou retired to Vancouver Island.

Art was predeceased by his beloved son, Gordon Jeffrey Booth of Vancouver, BC; his parents, Mona and Arthur Booth of Hawkestone, Ontario; and, most recently, his favorite Siberian Husky, Hunter, who died the day before.

He is survived by his wife, Mary Lou; son, Art Jr. (Dawn); daughters, Beverley (Gerard) Daniels and Janet (Kevin) Darroch; grandchildren, Matthew and Kassandra Booth, Maya and Ben Daniels, and Jake and Liam Darroch. He is also survived by his brother, Ernie Booth, and four sisters, Marlene (Jack) Mawdsley, Yvonne (Jim) Smith, Faye (Bob) Cornish, and Shirley (Burt) Whalen.

After retiring on the seaside in Ladysmith, BC, Art enjoyed many happy years of fl ying, travel, camping, boating, and fi shing with his son and grandson, and lots of good times with family and friends.

Keep that prop turning, Artie, until we meet again.

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You will have at least five years’ experience in a sales or business development role, and knowledge or experience in a community newspaper publishing environment. Your success in developing and implementing sales strategies is a result of your entrepreneurial spirit, well developed customer service and communication skills, knowledge of the publishing industry, and extensive business connections.

As the largest independent newspaper group with more than 170 titles in print and online, Black Press has operations in British Columbia, Alberta, Washington, Hawaii and Ohio.

This is a full-time position with a competitive compensation and benefits package. Qualified applicants should send a resume and covering letter before Friday, May 29th to:

Bruce McAuliffe, President

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HELP WANTED

PRODUCTION WORKERSCanada’s Largest Independently owned news-paper group is currently looking for Part Time Production Workers for its Ladysmith location.This is an entry level general labour position that involves physical handling of news-papers and advertising supplements.REQUIREMENTS:• Prior bindery and/or

machine operator experience would be an asset

• Motivated self-starter willing to work in a fast paced environment performing repetitive tasks

• Must be able to lift up to 25 lbs and stand for long periods of time

• Ability to work cooperatively in a diverse, team based environment

• Must be reliable, dependable, have excellent communication skills and good attention to detail

• Must have own transportation

✱Afternoon and evening shifts 16-20 hours per week. $11.25 an hour

Interested parties may drop off their resumes between 9am and 5pm at:

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SALES ASSOCIATE (Coronation Mall - Ladysmith)

Great Canadian Dollar Store is looking to fi ll a permanent part time position approximately 15 hours per week. This position is for weekend work but appli-cant must be available for weekdays as well. Experience in retail would be an asset.

Please bring your resume stating work experience and

references into the store.

MEDICAL/DENTALMEDICAL Transcriptionists are in huge demand! Train with the leading Medical Tran-scription school. Learn from home and work from home. Call today. 1-800-466-1535 www.canscribe.com. or email: [email protected].

TRADES, TECHNICAL

LICENSED LOG Scaler re-quired. A well-established whole log chipping facility lo-cated in beautiful Kamloops, BC requires a full time certifi ed log scaler to complement our log yard staff. We offer com-petitive wages and a benefi ts package. Applicants applying for this Position must have a Scaler’s Licence. Please email resumes: [email protected] or fax to 250-374-9506.

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HAULING AND SALVAGE

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HOUSEHOLD SERVICES

* Gutters * Windows* Siding * Moss Removal

* Pressure washingMill Bay/Duncan250-743-3306

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PLUMBING

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JACK RUSSELL Terriers, 13 weeks old. Born Feb. 8, 2015. High energy dog, loving family friend. $600, 1st shot, de-worming.(250)664-7470

MERCHANDISE FOR SALE

APPLIANCES

20 CU.FT deep freeze, $150. Almond 17 cu ft fridge, $125. White 15 cu ft fridge, $150. In-glis 18 cu ft fridge, $250. May-tag smooth top self clean con-vection range, $250. White 30” range, $150. 30” almond range, $125. White 30” pro-pane stove, $150. Kenmore Washer dryer sets, $300-$350. Washers, $150-$250. Dryers, $100-$150. Full size stacking washer/dryer, $300. Built-in dishwashers, $100-$150. 6 month warranty on all appliances. Please call Greg at (250)246-9859.

MERCHANDISE FOR SALE

FURNITURE

For Sale - Dining Table w/1 leaf $40. 4 matching chairs $40. email [email protected]

MISCELLANEOUS FOR SALE

ELECTRIC SCOOTER- 1 year old, new battery, comes w/charger $1000 fi rm. (250)723-4449.

SAWMILLS FROM only $4,397 - Make money & save money with your own bandmill - Cut lumber any dimension. In stock ready to ship. Free info & DVD: www.NorwoodSaw mills.com/400OT or call 1-800-566-6899 Ext:400OT.

STEEL BUILDINGS. “Spring sales with hot savings!” All steel building models and siz-es are now on sale. Get your building deal while it’s hot. Pio-neer Steel 1-800-668-5422 www.pioneersteel.ca.

REAL ESTATE

FOR SALE BY OWNER

NANAIMO - FOR SALE BY OWNER with option for rent to own. Million dollar ocean

city view. Call for information 250-753-0160, Nanaimo

PORT HARDY: Well main-tained 6-plex. Great invest-ment $385,000. Call Noreen 250-949-6319 or email to:[email protected]

HOUSES FOR SALE

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RENTALS

COMMERCIAL/INDUSTRIAL

1800 SQ.FT. Commercial / Light industrial unit in modern strata complex with Highway Exposure in Duncan area. Call 1(250)658-4336.

COMMERCIAL SPACE avail. at Timberlands Mobile Home Park, 3581 Hallberg Rd. Suitable for restaurant or small grocery. Call 250-245-3647.

DUNCAN. 640 SQ.FT. ware-house space on Trans Canada Hwy. $550 per month +GST. Overhead door, shared wash-room. Located next to retail operations. Avail June 1, call Shannon 250-710-0245.

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MOBILE HOMES & PADS

TIMBERLAND MOBILE Home Park; 2 mobile home lots for rent at $450/mo; 1 on Family side and 1 Seniors. Call (250)245-3647.

SUITES, LOWERLADYSMITH - One bed basement suite. On bus route, would suit quiet senior or caregiver. Pleasent walk to town. Includes heat, light and cable, washer and dryer available. Nondrinker/Nonsmoker Please. $450.00 per month Phone-250-755-6509

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Up Coming

BREAKFAST AND LEARN - Tues, May 19, 8-9am, Best Western’s Board room, Chemainus. Community Policing - how to reduce the likelihood that your business will be broken into. Free for Chamber members, $5 for non-members, coffee and tea provided. WEDNESDAYS MARKET - is back starting May 20, 10-3 pm in Chemainus. We

have some of your favorites back and also new vendors with some interesting items for sale.

COMMUNITIES IN BLOOM - spring planting, 9 am, Sat, May 23. You are invited to join in with your trowel and kneeler at the Henry Road roundabout. It should take 1 to 2 hours to complete. Erica Prince, 250-246-3395 for info.

SPAGHETTI DINNER & AUCTION - Chemainus Legion, Sat, May 23, 12-7 pm

CVAS PRESENTS - FLASHES OF BRILLIANCE - St. Michaels Church, Sun, May 24, 2 pm

LADYSMITH RESOURCES CENTRE - invites women of all ages to the Women’s Friendship Circle. Wed, May 20th –We will be creating Fairy Houses for the garden. Wednesday nights until June 24th, 7 pm – 9 pm, Top Floor

of the Ladysmith Resources Centre, 630-2nd AvenueFor information, call 250-245-3079

BREAKFAST AND LEARN - Tues, May 19, 8-9 am, Best Western's Board room. Community Policing will be talking about how to reduce the likelihood that your business will be broken into. Free for Chamber members, $5 for non-members, coffee and tea provided. You may want to enjoy the excellent hot breakfast buffet offered by the hotel. Come a few minutes early and pay $10 to the Front Desk to enjoy a morning treat. Please register as seating is limited, 250-246-3944 or reply to this e-mail.

BOBBIE’S COMEDY NIGHT - Fri, June 5, 7:30-9:30 pm. 921 - 1st Ave, Ladysmith Eagles Hall. Tickets are $20 in advance and $25 at the door ($5 goes towards Transfer Beach

Park fundraiser), available at Salamander Books. Matt Billon and Myles Anderson are performing.

2ND ANNUAL LAFFING LINKS GOLF TOURNAMENT - Sun, May 24, Cottonwood Golf Course. $65 pp. To register: www.familyandfriends.ca/golf/Registration-LaFF-Golf.pdf

LADYSMITH CAMERA CLUB presents “Dogs in Motion” a how-to presentation by Doug Bell, Saltair-area photographer who will show his methods & techniques for creating captivating animal action sequences. Tues, May 26, 7 pm, Hardwick Hall, High St at 3rd Ave in Ladysmith. Everyone welcome. Non-members $5 drop-in fee. LCC invites new members, novice to pro. www.LadysmithCameraClub.com

LADYSMITH GOLF

CLUB - Response to the Earthquake Crisis in NepalGather your friends & playing partners for Nine 'n Dine Thur. May 21, 4- 7 pm,380 Davis Rd. 250-245-7313 www.ladysmithgolfclub.ca$15 dollars per golfer gets you nine holes of golf and a light meal. $5.00 from each golfer go directly to Nepal Earthquake Relief. Additional Donations happily accepted

LRCA COOKS IN THE KITCHEN - Youth ages 12-16 years old, Fridays May 22– June 12, 1:15 -3:30 pm Ladysmith Resources Centre taking Registration for the popular cooking program. Gain hands on cooking experience, learn about nutrition & food hygiene. Prepare food to take home and share with their families. Ladysmith Resources Centre, 630 2nd Avenue. Call to register 250-245-3079 *Limited space available*


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Call for a Free Home Evaluation

Question of the WeekIf you were able to introduce a new driving rule, what would it be?

Safety Tip:Police across the province are targeting high-risk driving

behaviours in May. Speeding and following too closely are high-risk driving behaviours that increase your risk of a crash. If you’re taking a road trip with family or friends this weekend, drive safely.

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Taking a Touareg of the Sierra Nevada mountains

Driving through spectacular Spanish scenery shows the capability the Touareg SUV

‘‘The TDI version delivers amazing power; it uses up to 25 percent less fuel and has amazing resale value.’’Zack Spencer

Malaga Spain -Southern Spain isn’t a place one gets to quickly, especially from the west coast of Canada. Trekking across the Atlantic Ocean, arriv-ing late in Frankfurt with only 40 minutes to connect to our flight to Malaga, result-ed in a dash though the airport. Slumping into my seat, sweaty and tired I awoke a half hour before landing looking out the window at the Sierra Nevada mountain range, the location of our off-road experi-ence the following day. Volkswagen has what they call “Driving Experiences” in far-flung places like Spain, Morocco, Switzerland, Norway and Sweden, getting to drive the Touareg SUV through spectacular scenery and experience the true capability of this vehicle. The two-day adventure our group was on was a condensed version of the four-day experience the public can book. The cost is 2,300 Euros ($3,115), which includes the vehicle, fuel, food and transfers for the full four days but not airfare. When you break it down by the day, it’s rather good value and would be a wonderful side excursion for anyone already on holiday in one of these locations.Our TDI clean diesel Touareg featured a leather interior and navigation, almost identical to our Canadian spec versions with one difference. This vehicle had an adjustable air suspension to raise or lower the vehicle depending on the road surface. Since we don’t get this feature in Canada, all the off road driving was done as close to the ride-height of the passive springs and shocks used in the Canadian spec trucks.For the first leg, we drove on the highway to the city of

Granada, an hour away. The group was excited to visit the World Heritage Site of the Alhambra (The Red Castle). This stunning site dates back to roughly 800 BC but the structure seen today has roots in the 14th century. It has been used as a fortress and palace and several different religions have called this home. The architecture is stunning from the inside but even more fascinating from across the valley floor, as we had dinner and watched the cas-tle glow under the clear moonlit sky.The next day was the business day, with 290 km of off-road driving, making our way through the Sierra Nevada Mountains, back to Malaga. The eight identically equipped Touareg SUVs were quite a sight travelling through the

small villages and towns carved into the mountainside. The forested section was similar to driving in British Columbia, even the pine trees looked similar to the ones found around Lillooet and the dusty roads cov-ered the once clean SUVs in a matter of minutes. The driving was slow. Not because of the Touareg but because there were three TV crews on this adventure, including myself from Driving Television. Having to stop and take video held the whole group up, but it made for some stunning shots. The Touareg TDI is the perfect choice for this challenge or any average commute. The 3.0L turbocharged engine has 240hp but a whopping 406 lb.-ft. of torque. And torque is what you need for crawling over rocks and splashing through rivers, but it also makes driving this large five-passenger SUV a breeze even in city sit-uations. On the short highway stages we experienced,

the TDI cruised effortlessly at over 120 km/h. After a lunch break of traditional paella, the group headed out again into the canyons and rugged land-scape – very similar to Utah – with carved cliffs. The most memorable part was the smell of wild Rosemary bushes and the wild Jasmine filling the air. Not just a hint, rather a wonderful aroma that occupied the entire valley floor.As we pulled into Malaga after 12 hours behind the wheel of the 2015 Touareg, I have come to appreci-ate it all over again. This is a premium VW offering, starting at $53,965. The TDI is the one to get. Not that the regular gasoline is a bad choice; rather, the TDI diesel is a better choice. The TDI version delivers amazing power; it uses up to 25 per cent less fuel and has amazing resale value. The 2015 model gets a slight facelift, so slight I’d have a hard time pointing out the changes, but this SUV is about what it can do, not how flashy it is. If you would like to find out more about taking part in your own VW adventure, go to www-volkswagen-driv-ing-adventure.de to find out more. Next time, Morocco sounds like fun…Write to [email protected]

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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

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VENDORS

IXIM, Mexican products

LIVING SOIL FARM, fresh salad mixes

SEA ENERGY GLASS, hand crafted glass beads

WESTCOASTEES, silk- screened tee-shirts

DAD’S WOODWORKING, children’s toys, pet bowl holders

SWANNY’S CREATIONS, up-cycled fabric creations

I BE JAMMIN, gourmet jams and pickles

SANDY’S SOAPWORKS, artisan goat milk soaps

PAT’S MAGNETIC JEWELRY, also up-cycled candles and crocheted items

DAVE’S BARNBOARD, up-cycled frames and wood creations

PRAIRIE WIND CREATIONS crystals and stained glass

THE HAT EMPORIUM, local hats and magnet pieces

TWO CAN SCOOP, hot dogs and ice cream

ISLAND HIGHLANDER, Scottish baking

FABULOUS FOCACCIA, fresh breads, vinegars, sauces and spice blends

SHELLEY LEEDAHL, local author and musician

MEDICINE GARDEN, handmade cream and teas, intuitive readings

Farmers Market

Farmers MarketFarmers MarketTuesday*

9 am - 1 pm

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• I Be Jammin’ • Island Highlander • Westcoastees • Dad’s Woodcrafting • Living Soil Farm • The Hat Emporium

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While Stock lasts

While Stock lasts

Bring down any food donations to our NEW STORE IN CHEMAINUS

on Saturday, May 23rd, from 10 am to 3 pm

. . . and we’ll get it to the Harvest House Food Bank!

We also have Food Hampers with requested items

for the Food Bank, to purchase inside our store.

“Fill Me Up and Help keep our Food Bank Full”

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