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So many people attended the Ladysmith all candidates meeting last Wednesday (Oct. 29) at Aggie Hall that the 200 chairs on the floor were filled, and many more people stood or sat in any available space. And those people saw a lot of passion and

dedication in front of them. Every one of the 14 candidates that spoke (three run-ning for mayor and 11 running for council-lor) communicated their passion, convic-tion and dedication to Ladysmith. Each candidate had their own favoured issues and personal insights on the town’s issues to bring to the table. Every answer to the two prepared questions demonstrated that each candidate had taken the time to not only talk to members of the community face to face, but also to do personal re-search on the hot button issues with which Ladysmith residents are concerned.

There were two main themes that be-came clear throughout the evening. There

was much discussion of the waterfront and how to develop it and clean it up for public use. Candidates also discussed the impor-tance of economic development, especially through revitalizing the downtown core.

One of the questions prepared by the host Ladysmith Chamber of Commerce was

“what actions or steps will you encourage town council to take to enhance business attraction programs and to create greater economic diversity and growth?”

Mayoral candidate Aaron Stone talked about identifying business opportuni-ties and marketing those opportunities to attract business from out of town and abroad. He wants to focus on making the town attractive so business will come and stay, adding to the tax base, lessening tax-es for individuals.

Mayoral candidate Marsh Stevens men-tioned that being part of the Cowichan Val-ley Regional District (CVRD) doesn’t work for Ladysmith. He wants decisions made for the town by the town. Stevens also talked about the importance of a commu-

nity economic development group, which would get input from the town but keep the town “at arm’s length” so the group could make decisions that are good for both the town and for the corporate world.

Mayoral candidate Gord Horth had a strong focus on developing the waterfront and using it to good effect. He mentioned cleaning up the areas that are rundown and currently unusable and then working with an economic development group to plan and build a business base and public use plan for the waterfront area.

Leading off the council candidates, Cath-leen McMahon discussed the importance of revitalizing old and derelict buildings that are currently unused, especially in the downtown core. According to McMahon, 50 per cent of the town’s population has a high school diploma or less. She spoke of engaging with the town’s youth to educate them and keep them in the area with im-proved job prospects.

Bob Cross believes in the necessity of a task force to attract business. He pointed

out Ladysmith has specialty shops, not box stores. He believes Ladysmith needs to continue to specialize rather than trying to compete with large chains. He also men-tioned that the visitor centre had lots of visitors this summer, and wants to increase community engagement with visitors.

Carol Henderson wants to bring the core of Ladysmith back to life. She discussed a heritage committee working with an economic development committee. These groups would provide guidance for busi-ness aspirations. Henderson also talked about filling gaps in retail and tourism and about consulting with locals on what kind of stores they want. She wants to attract jobs that pay more than minimum wage.

Duck Paterson talked about hiring an economic development officer, a paid pro-fessional, to move business development forward. He also wants to see a bigger part-nership between council and the Chamber of Commerce. He also mentioned the im-portance of business incentives to keep

Ladysmith Festival of Lights Society vice-president Greg Edwards (left) and president Cliff Fisher share a laugh as they work to string lights along First Avenue during the Festival of Lights com-munity workparty Sunday, Nov. 2. Volunteers put up lights and decorations all day in preparation for the 27th annual Light Up celebration, which will take place Thursday, Nov. 27. For more photos from the workparty, please turn to page 8. LINDSAY CHUNG

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Your Ladysmith council candidates

Steve ArnettOccupation: Professional Social Worker and CEO Nanaimo Youth Service AssociationBackground:

• Registered Social Worker BSW, MSW, RSW in practice for 35 years • 63 years of age, resident of Ladysmith for 21 years • Married for 36 years with two sons, Matthew, 29, and Christopher,

24, who have been raised in the community both who are local athletes and graduates of the primary, intermediate and secondary schools of Ladysmith

• Executive member of Mid-Isle Soccer 1994-2004 • Chair of Ladysmith Youth Advisory 2001-200 • President, VP Employment Navigators 1995-1997 • Member Ladysmith Maritime Society • Celebrations Committee Ladysmith Days – Council Liaison • Executive Committee Vancouver Island Regional Library 2008-2014Why are you running for public office? I haven’t yet accomplished everything I wanted to get done and seek a third term to build upon what has been achieved. We need to continue the significant work that is still left to do related to social diversity and attracting young fami-lies who maintain the vitality of our social fabric, provide support for small business retention and recruitment, obtain ownership and protection of our watershed and clean up the problem

of derelict polluting vessels in our harbour. All these challenges are related to Ladysmith’s future progress in terms of economic and

social health of our beloved community.What are your top 3 issues & how do you plan to tackle these issues, if elected?

• Promote healthy social diversity — We must attract young families to Ladysmith in order to maintain ongoing vitality of our economic and social fabric by communicating the quality of life available to grow their children and creating a sustainable, positive development climate as we address the derelict vessel problem and our waterfront potential. We can then market this target group as a potential renewable labor force for succession planning which will attract new small business and light industry to Ladysmith.

• Ownership and control and protection of our local watershed — We need to continue to pursue strategic negotiations that build upon the functional, collaborative working relation-ships with the Stz’uminus people, TimberWest, the provincial and federal governments we initiated in the current term in order to further influence land titles certainty, statutory author-ity and leverage funding support for this legacy project. Property and business taxes are not enough to achieve what we must for future generations.

• Small business retention and recruitment — each of us as individual residents and in enough volume must personally commit to shopping loyally local wherever possible to retain businesses and continue to grow a “small business friendly” municipal policy environment that recruits new small business and light industry to Ladysmith.

Robert (Bob) CrossOccupation: Retired Real Estate BrokerBackground: Born and raised in the Edmonton area. My profession-al background has been many years in the property assessment and appraisal of both rural and urban property. My career started in Al-berta in 1972 and after working for a private company, a rural county and the City of Edmonton, I moved to the Government of Alberta. Dur-ing these years, I had very many interactions with municipal councils and gained an understanding of how they operate. Most worked well to represent the taxpayers.

In the early 1990s, I worked my way up to the position of Director of Assessment for the Province and held the title of Chief Provincial Assessor. In 1993, the Province decided to privatize the assessment function and I suddenly was without staff and I became a Municipal Advisor. I left that position to take a series of courses in Microsoft products for network and Internet. From 1994 until we moved to Ladysmith, I ran my own computer consulting company specializing in networking for small business. This skill, as well as my assessment appraisal, led to a business venture into Costa Rica with two other companies. We developed a proposal to introduce computer assisted property assessment for municipal government. What was really interesting was we were introducing aerial photo mapping, which was very similar to what Google Earth is today. It was these skills, along with my assessment back-ground, that took me to Guyana, South America, in 2000. I built a computer assessment program, hired staff and trained them in the appraisal of property. This was integrated into our aerial mapping system. It was interesting to work that closely with a new system I had developed.

My wife Debra and I moved to Ladysmith in June 2004 from Edmonton. I was fresh off my four-and-a-half-year contract with the Government of Guyana. After years in a warm climate, returning to Alberta was not going to happen. We chose Ladysmith because of the people, the climate and the access to the southern Gulf Islands. I was a scuba instructor in the 1980s and had spent some time diving in and around the Gulf Islands. I still dive a lot and most of that is in the harbour, so I have seen how the sea life is recovering. We have a 28-foot sailboat and love to cruise the Gulf Islands. We have been members of the Ladysmith Yacht Club since 2006 and members of Ladysmith Maritime Society (LMS) since 2007. I currently sit on the

board of directors of LMS and am chairman of the Maritime Festival. After a few months of getting to know the Ladysmith area, I decided I was too young to retire and went about getting a real estate license. I worked for Royal LePage here and after a couple years in sales took my brokers license and managed the Ladysmith office until I retired in 2012 at the age of 60.Why are you running for public office? Since my wife and I moved here, we have been waiting for things to change. A lot of streets needed re-paving, sidewalks were in bad repair and street lighting was poor. It seemed like the only additions to the town were by way of government grants and weren’t improving the lives of the average citizen. I thought if I was to run and get elected, I could try to get these and many more issues resolved.What are your top 3 issues & how do you plan to tackle these issues if elected?

1. We have a harbour that in my view is the best natural harbour on the east coast of the island. This harbour is in dire need of clean up and has been for a very long time. I realize the fact that there are two other levels of government and the First Nations who have jurisdiction, but we have to find ways of getting them to act.

2. An open and transparent municipal government. This is a theme that has been resonat-ing through the community for quite some time. I am hearing that voters are tired of “in-camera” meetings being held on a regular basis. There cannot be that many issues that fit into the definition of what has to be discussed in-camera. We need to open Town Hall, we need Town Hall meetings where all can come and see their elected representatives discuss issues that concern them. With today’s technology, it is possible to stream live video of council meetings to the Town’s website.

3. The downtown has too many vacancies and we have to find ways to attract business back to Ladysmith. There needs to be a task force, made up of town council, the Ladysmith Chamber of Commerce and the Ladysmith Downtown Business Association. This task force should make recommendations on attracting the right mix of business for Ladysmith. The businesses that are thriving here are specialty shops that are not in competition with the big box stores. One example would be a bike shop, somewhere you can get a tune up in the spring or buy a first bike for a grandchild. I realize that most of the focus has been on the downtown core, but we cannot forget a large portion of the population lives in the south and north ends of town. We want to create a green community, so we have to be aware of those residents. They need services in their neighbourhoods as well.

Jillian DashwoodOccupation: RealtorBackground: Resident of Ladysmith for over 17 years. An active member of the Ladysmith Chamber of Commerce; board of directors for seven years and organizer for their Gala Awards banquets and Spirit Awards. A past president of the Ladysmith Women’s Business Network. An active member of the Ladysmith Little Theatre in both costumes and makeup. A Realtor with Coast Realty Group, selling resale housing to people moving to Vancouver Island in the region of Mill Bay to North Qualicum.

Giving back to the community has always been important to Jill. This is something that has been important throughout her youth, living in New Zealand for over eight years, Nanaimo first and now Ladysmith. A philosophy of “to give is to receive” is important and absolutely creates a win/win for everybody.

After completing the first Leadership program which was sponsored by the Ladysmith Chamber of Commerce in 2007, Jill felt that the program had led her to the knowledge and confidence to put her name forward for council. It has been both an interesting and rewarding

journey. Jill wears what she calls “the social hat.” Working with Chamber of Commerce, Af-fordable Housing, Homelessness, Ladysmith Fire/Rescue (last term), Ladysmith Early Years Partnership and Community Safety Commission (CVRD) have given Jill immense satisfac-tion, and there is such a desire to do more!What are your top 3 issues & how do you plan to tackle these issues, if elected?

Streamlining of services, both core and public are the right way to effect change at City Hall. By streamlining services, we will be able to utilize the staff we have in new and better ways and provide better, faster service to the people of our community. Revisiting and fine-tuning our Area Plan for the Waterfront can be done in a timely manner and by providing a proper Area Plan that developers can work with and from, will help attain the vision and sustain-ability that our community is seeking. Economic development is such an important function and one that must be pushed forward to help bring people to our community to thrive and enjoy the type and lifestyle we hold so dear. We must look to our neighbours in Areas G and H to help fund important functions that they receive services from, such as our pool and rec-reation centre, as well as things like Victim Services. We must look at ways to work together to make all our areas function and thrive better.


business in the com-munity.

Bill Drysdale also wanted an economic development officer or a commission. Us-ing the input of this individual or group, he wants to find out what Ladysmith wants as a business community and as a community as a whole and help achieve those goals.

Cal Fradin spoke of developing a better lo-cal business market using tax breaks for businesses. He envi-sions a downtown that includes a mixture of residential and com-mercial space which will create a thriving lo-cal business market in the town’s core. Fradin also spoke of the need to connect with youth and provide tourism incentives.

Jillian Dashwood plans to listen to peo-ple in the community. She wants to use the business experience and expertise of lo-cal business people to help guide economic development, not a special committee or someone the town would have to pay.

Steve Arnett wants to continue to “be loyally local to business,” and

urged townspeople to make the effort to spend their money at stores in town.

He also mentioned the opportunity to cap-italize on sports tour-ism industry and con-nect more with young families.

Thea Melvin talked about the importance of bringing people into Ladysmith to shop and to stay. She wants to cater more to residents and rather than focus-sing on tourists, she hopes to encourage tourists to stay and become residents of Ladysmith.

Rob Hutchins be-lieves the correct strat-egy for business is at-traction, retention and expansion. He talked about the importance of proper transporta-tion and how impor-tant it is for people and businesses to be able to get to Ladysmith and bring customers to Ladysmith.

Joe Friesenhan talk-ed about the impor-tance of an economic development commit-tee and his desire to reinstate the commit-tee for consultation and decisions about the best way to move the town forward for development.

TOWN OF LADYSMITHNOTICE OF ELECTIONPUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY given to the voters of the Town of Ladysmith that an election by voting is necessary to elect a Mayor and six Councillors for four-year terms commencing December 2014 and terminating December 2018. The people nominated as candidates and for whom votes will be received are:

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Surname Usual Names Jurisdiction of Residence HORTH Gord Ladysmith STEVENS Marsh Ladysmith STONE Aaron Cowichan Valley Regional District, Area H

Surname Usual Names Jurisdiction of Residence ARNETT Steve Ladysmith CROSS Robert Ladysmith DASHWOOD Jillian Ladysmith DRYSDALE Bill Ladysmith FRADIN Cal (Butch) Ladysmith FRIESENHAN Joe Ladysmith HENDERSON Carol Ladysmith HUTCHINS Rob Ladysmith McMAHON Cathleen Ladysmith MELVIN Thea Ladysmith PATERSON Duck Ladysmith

GENERAL VOTING is open to qualifi ed electors of the Town of Ladysmith on:

Saturday, November 15, 2014between the hours of 8:00 am and 8:00 pm at

Frank Jameson Community Centre - 810 - 6th Avenue, Ladysmith, B.C.ADVANCE VOTING is open to qualifi ed electors of the Town of Ladysmith on:

Wednesday, November 5, 2014 - and - Wednesday, November 12, 20148:00 am to 8:00 pm - Town of Ladysmith City Hall

410 Esplanade (corner of Roberts Street and Trans-Canada Highway), Ladysmith, BC

If you are not on the list of electors, you may register at the time of voting by completing the required application form available at the voting place. To register you must meet the following qualifi cations: • 18 years of age or older • Canadian citizen • resident of BC for at least 6 months immediately preceding voting day • resident of or a registered owner of real property in the Town of Ladysmith for at least 30 days immediately preceding voting day, and • not otherwise disqualifi ed by law from voting.Resident electors will also be required to produce 2 pieces of identifi cation (at least one with a signature). Picture identifi cation is not necessary. The identifi cation must prove both residency and identity.Non-resident property electors must produce 2 pieces of identifi cation (at least one with a signature) to prove identity, that they are entitled to register in relation to the property, and, if applicable, written consent from the other property owners.

Qualifi ed electors may vote by mail if they: • have a physical disability, illness or injury that affects their ability to vote at another voting opportunity, or • expect to be absent from the Town of Ladysmith on general voting day and at the times of all advance voting opportunities.REQUESTING A MAIL BALLOT PACKAGE:Before 4:00 pm on November 3, 2014, you must submit the following information to the Town offi ce at 410 Esplanade, Ladysmith, BC, V9G 1A2, telephone 250-245-6400, fax 250-245-6411 or email [email protected]:1. Full name,2. Residential address,3. Address of the property in relation to which you are voting (for non-resident property electors),4. Method of delivery of your mail ballot package: (a) pick up at City Hall, or (b) regular letter mail through Canada Post to residential address, or (c) regular letter mail through Canada Post to an alternate address that you provide when requesting the ballot package, or (d) other means of delivery to an address you provide when requesting the ballot package5. If you are not on the list of electors, to ensure you receive the correct registration application form in your package, you must indicate whether you are going to be registering as a resident or non-resident property elector.The Town will send out mail ballot packages commencing on or about October 31, 2014. To be counted, your mail ballot must be received by the Chief Election Offi cer no later than 8:00 pm on Saturday, November 15, 2014. (Please note that there is no Canada Post mail delivery on Saturdays, and City Hall will not be open on Saturday, November 15 to receive deliveries. Ballots may be delivered to the Chief Election Offi cer at the Frank Jameson Community Centre on General Voting Day.)

The following question will appear on the ballot:Are you in favour of the Town of Ladysmith contributing an amount no greater than $16,700 or an amount equal to the amount that could be raised by a property tax value of 0.01583 per $1,000 of net taxable value of land and improvements to assist the Chesterfi eld Sports Society with costs associated with the operation and maintenance of the Cowichan Sportsplex?

For additional information related to the local election in the Town of Ladysmith, please contact:Joanna Winter, Chief Election Offi cer, 250.245.6417; [email protected]

Sandy Bowden, Deputy Chief Election Offi cer, 250.245.6404; [email protected]

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New report identifies ‘unusual health issues’John McKinleyFor the chronicle

Cowichan area teens are having babies at more than double the provincial average.Affordable houses

and family doctors are usually easier to find in the local region than they are in the rest of the province.And while people

here are living longer than they used to, they still die earlier than elsewhere in B.C. — particularly in the Ladysmith-Chemainus area.

These are just three among dozens of find-ings about our com-munity revealed Oct. 23 in the Cowichan Communities Health Profile, a sweeping new document de-signed to show us what things we are doing well to support a healthy community, and where we need to improve.

Compiled by the Our Cowichan Communi-ties Health Network (OCCHN), the profile is 201 pages — and counting — of facts and figures, maps and charts that delve well beyond the traditional model of counting doctors and hospital beds.

The profile may be the first document of its type produced in North America.“It’s certainly the best

I’ve seen that doesn’t focus in on the usual health measures,” Van-couver Island medical health officer Dr. Paul Hasselback said.

Based on the 12 De-terminants of Health, it explores broader is-sues like job income and security, commu-nity connection, exer-cise habits and many other things that are proven to contribute to good health.“Hospital beds don’t

rate high on the de-terminants of health,”

OCCHN co-chair Rob Hutchins said. “We have some unusual health issues.”

The life expectancy rate, for example.“We’ve got a mystery, something we don’t understand,” Hassel-back said. “It’s been like that for 25 years. We’re working on find-ing out why.”

But the profile isn’t just about identify-ing areas that need improvement. It also identifies our strengths. Like hous-ing affordability.“We should be shout-

ing that,” Hasselback

said. “You can afford to live here. It’s an as-set.”And that is the point

of the profile: provid-ing the relevant data in the relevant areas to guide future research and decision-making toward a healthier community.

The medical health officer hinted that while most of our health resources are poured into treating the sick, better results might be found by fo-cusing on helping peo-ple stay well.“The next part is the

exciting part,” he said. “It is taking that infor-mation and starting to make a difference.”

The health profile was developed by

Golder Associates in conjunction with the OCCHN by pouring through reams of Is-land Health and Sta-tistics Canada docu-ments and conducting interviews and sur-veys throughout the Cowichan region.

OCCHN regional fa-cilitator Cindy Lise detailed how it is de-signed to be a living, growing document, continually updated and adjusted online as new information be-comes available.

The OCCHN is a vol-unteer body formed in the wake of the sudden, unexpected closure of Cowichan Lodge in 2008. The up-roar that resulted dem-onstrated the need for the community to li-aise better with Island Health and take an ac-tive role in improving and determining its own health care.

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“LADYSMITH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION”

If elected as a School Trustee for Nanaimo-Ladysmith on November 15th I would ask the Board of Education to petition the provincial government to allow the Ladysmith catchment area to be treated as a separate part of the School District for the purposes of obtaining provincial funding for school construction.

Currently the policy for the provincial government is to only allow funding for new or renovated school construction if the capacity of school space in the whole district is between 90 and 110 percent. In other words, all schools are full and/or overcrowded. There will be NO funding if a district has excess space.I have taken part in many meetings as a Trustee in Ladysmith in the effort to position the community to obtain provincial funding for a new elementary school and upgrades to the primary school. In those meetings some years ago it was suggested by the then Secretary-Treasurer that we might be able to get funding for the elementary school if Ladysmith school capacity was not lumped in with the capacity of Nanaimo schools.

If elected I will pursue this issue to help break the log jam over getting funding approval for Ladysmith.I ask for your support on Election Day.

Thank you Nelson Allen Candidate for School Trustee, Nanaimo-Ladysmith

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Time for a change of school board trustees

Editor:

Recently, my neighbour who has two small children, ages three and one, asked me about elementary school options here in Ladysmith. By the time I was finished, she was more confused than ever, and understandably, because the 10 school-aged children living on our street, who would all be hap-pily attending École Davis Road Elementary had it not been closed, are now attending four different el-ementary schools.

Some students, including my daughters, are walking to their former school, École Davis Road, to catch a bus 11 kilometres down the highway to attend École North Oyster Elementary. Other fami-lies have chosen Chemainus El-ementary and St. Joseph’s, both in Chemainus, citing that the support available at these schools is much better than in School District 68. And one family has chosen to have their daughter attend Ladysmith Primary, which is now the only pri-mary school choice in Ladysmith and has consequently overflowed and become a “portable city.”

Additionally, for south side el-ementary students to attend

Ladysmith Primary and Intermedi-ate schools (which are both old fa-cilities in need of updates/replace-ment), it’s proving to be difficult since there is no bus service avail-able to bring them to these schools on the other side of town.

It makes me wonder, why would any families with school-aged chil-dren consider moving to the south side of Ladysmith?

The current school board has made some very poor decisions, closing not empty but full, popu-lar schools in the south end of the school district, while many schools in Nanaimo have significant excess capacity.

In Cedar, the school board has closed the successful, full-to-ca-pacity Cedar Secondary School and now are spending an enor-mous amount of funds to convert it into an unnecessary elementary school.

Here in Ladysmith, the school board’s “Enhanced Facilities Plan” tore our town apart, pitted schools against each other with threats of closures, and resulted in no “en-hanced” elementary facilities in Ladysmith, just less. And so much for the Town of Ladysmith’s sus-tainability vision — approximately half of Ladysmith’s elementary-aged children are being transport-ed to schools outside of town by bus or car.

If we had decent schools here, then perhaps we could bring Ladysmith children back to town.

The school board says there is no money, but it would help if they managed what they had more ef-ficiently, by eliminating some of the top-heavy management, and by not wasting money on ill-con-ceived schemes, such as moving the Grade 7s into the high school (LSS) where they spent precious funds updating facilities for them, when their actions resulted in five empty classrooms at the Interme-diate school.

It’s time for Ladysmith to get some new elementary schools. And to do that, we need a new school board. Even if you don’t have children or grandchildren in Ladysmith, we all pay school taxes and currently, we’re not getting much “bang for our buck.” The school situation in Ladysmith is a mess.

Please, everyone, get out and vote for NEW school board trustees on Nov. 15. And, remember, you only need to vote for those you want to see on the board, not for all nine positions. It’s time for a change in School District 68, a change to a board of trustees that supports Ladysmith — our children deserve it!

Carrie SegretoLadysmith

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New mayor for Ladysmith may pale in light of SD68 drama

Editor:

A new mayor for the Town of Ladysmith is huge news but may actually pale in light of the drama of the election of school trustees for SD68.

Choices of the Trustees to close Cedar School, Ecole Davis Road, and the intelligent group at the South Wellington community school have left a lot of people in shock.

The one success this year was due to the school board’s capitulation to the need of bus service for the Ladysmith French Immersion students travelling to North Oyster. There is no bus that takes a great pro-portion of Cedar high school kids to Ladysmith Sec-ondary School. Attempting to push the Cedar popula-tion into the megaschool project in Nanaimo, the only bus from Cedar runs to Barsby.

Meanwhile, the population of LSS has nearly dou-bled from last year, and the portables from École Da-vis Road are now being moved to our high school.

Though this taxing the less economically dense taxation network of Nanaimo South for the benefit of Nanaimo’s urbanites allows for NDSS to qualify for two million dollars in government funding for real estate that is worth more than twice that amount to VIU, no such capital can be expected in Ladysmith. Rather, our kids’ books are a year older, there is no projected new program for trades, there are no new science labs or tech programs. In fact, there is just a dizzying abundance of kids and same ol’ funding one might find in a one-room school house.

So the community gossip I have heard that does seem to have clarity is this: bring in a completely new board. There is some truth to the fact that the trustees are helpless to the demands of government cutbacks, but the other aspect of that is trustees behaving like bureaucrats and not like advocates.

I really miss June Harrison; we could use her cre-ative grasp and huge intellect about now.

Jacqueline LeitchLadysmith

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A new report reveals a potential breakthrough in the treatment of a common eye condition known as pterygium that impacts the vision, eye health, and cosmetic appearance of people around the world.

The newly published report shows that eye drops containing the anti-thrombosis drug dipyridamole (Persantin®, Cardoxin®) led to almost total disappearance of an infl amed pterygium in a 35 year old otherwise healthy woman. Dipyridamole is a drug in use over the past 55 years to treat other disorders, but now found to have this remarkable new use.

A pterygium is a benign, triangular-shaped growth of the conjunctiva that grows onto the cornea. The conjunctiva is the thin clear layer of tissue that lies over the white of the eyeball. A pterygium is made up of collagen and fi brovascular tissue that grows from the conjunctiva and eventually advances onto the cornea (the clear outer covering of the eyeball). Pterygia are more commonly located on the inner or medial portion of the eye. Excessive exposure to ul-traviolet light, wind, dust or sand appear to be the primary causes of this condition. In some countries it affects up to 25% of the population. As the growth spreads, patients can develop vision problems due to irregular astigmstism, as well as signifi cant discomfort from compli-cations such as dry eye, infl ammation, irritation, and foreign body sensation. Additionally, because of their location, pterygia are a cause of substantial cosmetic concern for sufferers.

With mild to moderate pterygia, artifi cial tear supplements and/or mild anti-infl ammatory drops can be used to minimize symptoms. However if a pterygium becomes very large, irritated or encroaches on the visual axis, eye surgery is required to remove the excess tissue. Unfortu-nately, even after surgery a pterygium will often grow back.

The new report’s lead author, Moshe Rogosnitzky, who is Co-Founder and Director of Re-search at the MedInsight Research Institute, discovered that administration of dipyridamole eye drops signifi cantly reduced a pterygium and completely resolved the associated infl am-mation and other symptoms. Clinical trials are now being planned for pterygia, pingueculae, and other common eye disorders and their complications such as dry eye and infl ammation.

One particular advantage to this discovery is that dipyridamole is a widely-approved anti-thrombosis medication that has been in use for over 55 years. Its safety profi le is well-estab-lished; as such, fast-track development of dipyridamole eye drops as a repurposed drug is feasible. Moshe Rogosnitzky commented on this fi nding, “Pterygium and dry eye are debilitat-ing disorders for which new safe solutions are urgently needed, and I believe dipyridamole has the potential to provide relief to sufferers of these intractable conditions.

Rogosnitzky, who specializes in fi nding new uses for old drugs, continued, “This is yet another example of the advantages of drug repurposing. Whereas bringing a new drug to market can take up to 17 years or more, fi nding a new use for an old drug with an excellent safety profi le can lead to approval and availability in as little as two years.”

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Volunteers came out in full force to help get Ladysmith ready for Light Up during the Festival of Lights community workparty Nov. 2. Clockwise from top left: a volunteer brings a snowman up to a building rooftop and then hangs the wreath at Big O Tires; Larry Adair helps ensure trees get placed on top of a downtown building; and Paul Mycroft and his daughters Maggie and Zoe wrap lights around a tree — while still taking time to dance under falling leaves. Lindsay Chung

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When Ladysmith resi-dents go to the polls on Nov. 15, they will be asked their opin-ion on proposed fund-ing for the Cowichan Sportsplex.

Ladysmith council voted at its Oct. 20 meeting to hold a non-binding referendum (which can also be called an opinion refer-endum) related to the funding model for the Cowichan Sportsplex in Duncan during the municipal election.

The referendum ques-tion comes as a result of a Cowichan Valley Re-gional District (CVRD) initiative to provide dedicated core fund-ing for the Sportsplex

to give the Sportsplex the stability needed to plan for the future. The CVRD board of direc-tors passed a resolu-tion in July that the board create Annual Financial Contribution Services for each of the nine electoral ar-eas with a maximum of $200,000 to assist the Chesterfield Sports So-ciety with costs associ-ated with the operation and maintenance of the facility.

Nine bylaws have been drafted with tax rates and requisition limits that are unique to each electoral area while still reflecting a scenario of 13 partici-pants with a maximum annual requisition limit of $200,000 — or $0.01583 per $1,000

of net taxable value of land and improve-ments. Costs to resi-dential property own-ers within the whole of the regional district with property assessed at $100,000 would be $1.32 annually.

For the Town of Ladysmith, the maxi-mum annual requisi-tion would be $16,701.

On the election ballot, the question will be:

“Are you in favour of the Town of Ladysmith contributing an amount no greater than $16,700 or an amount equal to the amount that could be raised by a property tax value of 0.01583 per $1,000 of net tax-able value of land and improvements to assist the Chesterfield Sports Society with costs

associated with the operation and mainte-nance of the Cowichan Sportsplex?”

All nine CVRD Electoral Areas and the Town of Lake Cowichan are conduct-ing a referendum on this issue, while the City of Duncan and the Municipality of North Cowichan decided to consider the funding during their 2015 bud-get deliberations, as they have done in the past, according to a staff report from Sandy Bowden, Ladysmith’s director of corporate services.According to

Bowden’s report, the CVRD has been pro-viding funding for the Cowichan Sportsplex to an equivalent level

for the last five years, so there is no net in-crease to the taxpayer. The impact will be a shift of the collec-tion of tax from the CVRD to the Town of Ladysmith.

As this is an opinion referendum, council will decide how to pro-ceed when the referen-dum results are known, explained Bowden. “It’s seeking the opin-

ion of the electorate,” she said. “It’s not a question that requires elector assent at this point. Council makes a decision in the end.”

Bowden says council will receive a report at the Nov. 17 meeting that will provide the voting results.


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Lucy OxmanOccupation/background: University student, hospitality worker and labour council executive member.Why are you running for school trustee?

I am passionate about offering our children the best education pos-sible. As a parent of a child who will soon be entering the school system it is important to me that he receives a well-rounded public education.

What three priorities are important to you and how do you plan to tackle these issues, if elected?

I offer a fresh perspective and new eyes on old issues, such as our budget. I will explore avenues that may have been overlooked in the past. I will work with teachers and support staff to maintain a respectful, healthy work environment. I am committed to working with parents, teachers, support staff and students to create the best public education possible for our district.

Nancy CurleyOccupation/background: Married, with three children and a grandchild, Nanaimo has been our home for over 20 years. Our children have come through and graduated from the school system here. I actively participated in the PAC and DPAC during their time in school. Recently retired, my background is in labour relations, hav-ing worked in the telecommunications, health-care and transporta-tion sectors. I have experience on a variety of boards of directors and trustees, including the United Way for Northern and Central Vancouver Island and two different pension plans, giving me a good

understanding of rules of order, experience in budgets and financials, as well as experience on governance and compensation committees. I served in the position of vice-chairwoman to the Business Committee during this past term.Why are you running for trustee?

I am confident that I can continue to make a difference at the board table, in decisions being made that affect the education of our children. I am excited about what the board has been able to accomplish during the last three years. Developing the district’s strategic plan, moving to operation as a governance board, and developing our 10-year facilities plan are some of the accomplishments of the board over the last three years that I am proud of being

part of. I have the time, commitment and energy necessary to fulfill the role of school trustee for another term.What three priorities are important to you and how do you plan to tackle these issues, if elected?

I have been vocal during the budget process that the cuts the board is forced to make must be across the entire district not just within the classrooms and the direct support to them. While I have (and continue to be) been very supportive of our strategic plan, I believe that we must find a balance between moving forward with implementation for the future and address-ing the needs of today`s students. The students who are in the system now have already had their education compromised with 10 years of cuts to funding — we must find that balance and I will continue to be one of those voices at the board table.

Addressing the issue of poverty within our district is a goal that I brought with me three years ago. The board has identified this problem within our Strategic Plan, but the work to deal with it has only just started.

Lastly, the role of the board within the day to day operations of the district is something that I believe must still be refined. The board has moved to a governance model which I support but I’m not confident that we have yet found the right balance of responsibilities to best serve our children.

Steve RaeOccupation/background: Canadian territory sales manager, Navi-co Marine ElectronicsWhy are you running for school trustee?

I believe it is time for a change in the Nanaimo-Ladysmith School District. As a community advocate fighting for proper representation of my community within our school district, I was disappointed with the way our district chooses to pit communities against each other in times when difficult decisions need to be made. I believe in a strong public education system and if we are going to have a successful one in

SD68 then we need communities to work together. I want to be the community voice at the table.What three priorities are important to you and how do you plan to tackle these issues, if elected?

Better stakeholder engagement: We need to build better relationships with our partners

in education. If you have good relationships with your partners then you can work through anything. We need to improve our relationships with our stakeholder groups so we can start focusing on providing high quality education for our students.

Democratic reform: We need to ensure that our board is open and responsive to the needs of the communities it serves. This is why the board of education exists. We need to change meeting formats and structures to ensure that the communities we serve can be heard.

Fiscal responsibility: Starting with our budget for the 2015-16 school year, we need to start spending school district money like it is our own. We need to understand the full implications and costs of every major initiative started in our district. We need to start addressing the top heavy management structure in our district and start allocating resources with students in mind.

We need to build, administer and maintain a yearly budget that allows for excellence in education.

Last week, we ran 20 of the 23 trustee candidate Q&As. We have now received the final three. Expanded versions of these can be found online at www.ladysmithchronicle.com/municipalelection.

SD68 school trustee candidates, part 2

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PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given to the electors of School District No. 68 (Nanaimo-Ladysmith) that an election by voting is necessary to elect nine (9) school trustees for term commencing December 2014. The persons nominated as candidates and for whom votes will be received are:

TRUSTEES - Nine persons to be electedSurname Given Names Jurisdictional AddressAllen Nelson NanaimoBard Bill NanaimoBob Natasha LantzvilleBrennan Jamie NanaimoBrzovic Tania NanaimoCameron Alana NanaimoCurley Nancy NanaimoGrand Patti NanaimoHigginson Stephanie NanaimoHowland Kim Nanaimo Jean Louis Rosmy NanaimoKimler Scott LadysmithMorley Catherine NanaimoNeary Dot LantzvilleOxman Lucy NanaimoRae Steve NanaimoRobinson Bill Nanaimo Robinson Mark NanaimoRoutley Noah NanaimoSaunders TerryLynn NanaimoSolomon Jeff NanaimoWelch Sharon NanaimoWindley Bill Nanaimo

GENERAL VOTING DAY will be Saturday, November 15, 2014, between the hours of 8 a.m. and 8 p.m. and open to QUALIFIED ELECTORS OF SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 68 (NANAIMO-LADYSMITH) at the following locations:City of Nanaimo Chase River Elementary School City of Nanaimo Service & Resource Centre Departure Bay Activity Centre Frank J. Ney Elementary School Georgia Avenue Community School McGirr Elementary School Nanaimo Alliance Church Nanaimo Aquatic Centre Oliver Woods Community Centre Protection Island (26 Pirates Lane) Wellington Community Hall Regional District of Nanaimo Area A North Cedar Intermediate School Cranberry Fire Department Hall Area B Gabriola Elementary School Area C Extension Community Hall Pleasant Valley Social Centre Area E Nanoose PlaceTown of Ladysmith Frank Jameson Community CentreDistrict of Lantzville Costin HallCowichan Valley Regional District (CVRD) Area G Chemainus Elementary School Area H North Oyster Elementary School

ADVANCE VOTING DAY OPPORTUNITIESCity of Nanaimo – Bowen Park Complex Auditorium, 500 Bowen Road Wednesday, November 5, 2014: 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Wednesday, November 12, 2014: 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.Regional District of Nanaimo – 6300 Hammond Bay Road, NanaimoWednesday, November 5, 2014: 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.Wednesday, November 12, 2014: 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.Gabriola Elementary School Library – 680 North Road, Gabriola Island Wednesday, November, 5, 2014: 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Cranberry Fire Department Hall - 1555 Morden Road, NanaimoWednesday, November 5, 2014: 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.Town of Ladysmith – Ladysmith City Hall, 410 Esplanade, Ladysmith Wednesday, November 5, 2014: 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Wednesday, November 12, 2014: 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.District of Lantzville – 2nd Floor, 7192 Lantzville Road, LantzvilleWednesday, November 5, 2014: 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.Wednesday, November 12, 2014: 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.Cowichan Valley Regional District – Island Savings Centre, 2687 James Street, Duncan Wednesday, November 5, 2014: 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Wednesday, November 12, 2014: 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.

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➢ Canadian citizen;➢ 18 years of age or older on voting day;➢ resident of B.C. for at least 6 months immediately preceding voting day; ➢ a resident within the geographical boundaries of the school district for at least 30 days immediately before the day of registration; and➢ not otherwise disqualified by law from voting.

RESIDENT ELECTORS who will be applying to register at the time of voting must provide at least two documents verifying the applicant’s identity, with at least one containing the applicant’s signature, such as a Driver License.ID Required to Register for Municipal Elections (any two)

a) B.C. Driver’s Licenseb) B.C. Identification Cardc) ICBC Vehicle Insurance Documentsd) B.C. CareCard or Gold CareCarde) Social Insurance Cardf) Citizenship Cardg) Property Tax Noticeh) Credit or Debit cardi) Utility bill

NON-RESIDENT PROPERTY ELECTORS – If you own property within the geographical boundaries of the school district but reside elsewhere, you may be eligible to vote as a Non-Resident Property Elector. A person may register as a Non-Resident Property Elector in relation to only one parcel of real property within the geographical boundaries of the school district. If more than one individual is the registered owner of the real property, only one of those individuals may register and the person registering must do so with the written consent of the number of those individuals who, together with the person registering, are a majority of registered owners.In order to qualify to vote as a Non-Resident Property Elector you must meet the following criteria:

➢ Canadian citizen;➢ 18 years of age or older on voting day;➢ resident of B.C. for at least 6 months immediately preceding voting day; ➢ a registered owner of real property within the geographical boundaries of the school district for at least 30 days immediately before the day of registration; and➢ not otherwise disqualified by law from voting.

Persons qualifying as Non-Resident Property Electors who will be applying to register at the time of voting, must complete an application form, must provide at least two documents that provide evidence of the applicant’s iden-tity and must provide a copy of Land Title registration or tax notice which provides proof of ownership. At least one of the documents must contain the applicant’s signature such as Driver’s License.

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A series of public hearings is on its way to Van-couver Island to provide residents with a voice on possible changes to B.C.’s electoral map.

The British Columbia Electoral Boundaries Commission is holding hearings in 29 communi-ties throughout B.C. to hear views and receive presentations and submissions. Those findings will form part of a preliminary report which must be submitted to B.C.’s Legislature by May 9, 2015.“Now is the time to have your say and shape your

province,” said commission chair Justice Tom Melnick. “This democratic process is a unique opportunity for British Columbians to provide their views about how their communities are represented geographically in the Legislative As-sembly.”

The commission has been given authority to cre-ate up to two new electoral districts that would be added to the current set of 85 provincial ridings.“They will be looking at all sorts of things like

population changes and communities of interest and geographical features and that sort of thing, to decide where boundaries should be drawn,” said Don Main, communications manager for the B.C. Electoral Boundaries Commission.

While many of the rural ridings in the north and B.C. Interior are protected, the commission will be looking at ridings in other areas that reflect a 25-per-cent deviation from the provincial norm.

The Nanaimo-North Cowichan riding — which stretches from Harewood Road in Nanaimo to Herd Road south of Crofton and east along the Chemainus River — has seen its population climb to 54,560 from 49,402 in 2008. That figure is close to the average for B.C.’s electoral districts of 54,369.

But population increases aren’t the only things that can prompt changes to the electoral map.“Maybe there’s been enough development in an

area that maybe it does cross an electoral district boundary and might identify more with another electoral district,” said Martin.

A meeting has been set for Thursday, Nov. 6 at the Coast Bastion Hotel in Nanaimo, beginning at 8:30 a.m. In Victoria, there will be a meeting at the Marriott, Victoria Inner Harbour Thursday, Nov. 6 at 3:30 p.m. as well as Friday, Nov. 7 at 8 a.m.

Views, submissions and presentations may also be made through an online form on the commis-sion website (www.bc-ebc.ca), by e-mail to [email protected] or by mail to PO Box 9275 Stn Prov Govt, Victoria, BC, V8W 9J6. All submissions must be received by the commission by Nov. 16.

Lindsay Chungthe chronicle

Safety concerns are prompting calls for lighting at Brown Drive Park in Ladysmith.

Ladysmith council voted last week to find out how much it costs to turn the lights on at the park after hearing concerns about what happens in the dark park. At the Oct. 20 council meeting, coun-cillors received a let-ter from Cheri Mactier, who asked the Town to consider hooking up the lights in the park before tragedy strikes.

In her letter, Mactier, who has lived across from Brown Drive Park for about 13 years, spoke about regularly cleaning up garbage and empties after the many parties at the park, being kept awake by the noise from peo-ple partying at the park and about vandalism to the playground, gate and picnic tables.“I have had to call the

police on occasion be-cause it was hard to detect if the screaming coming from the park was one of urgency or just drunkenness,” she

wrote. “This has gone on for far too long.”

Mactier also ad-dressed council during the meeting, explain-ing how she had to call the police on the previ-ous Friday night when there were anywhere from 25 to 45 kids in the park and loud mu-sic coming from a car parked in front of the park. She noted that when the kids see po-lice arrive at the park, they often run in to the dark woods.“There are three lamp

standards, two in the back corner of the park and one in the front, and I don’t understand why the lights haven’t been turned on,” she said. “I feel like if the lights were on, it would discourage the kids from hanging out in the park.”

Coun. Steve Arnett wondered if parents know what their kids are doing, noting we all have a responsibility for the town’s children and teenagers.“Young people are al-

ways going to be testing limits, and that’s part of it, but what you’re describing is really in-tolerable, quite frankly,”

he said. “The kids have often gone down to Transfer Beach, and kids will always find a place to gather and ex-periment a little bit, but that doesn’t sound like experimentation any-more — it sounds like a very unsafe situation for the kids, especially if kids are drinking and flaked out on lawns, there’s the potential for alcohol poisoning. The running from po-lice or yourself into the woods, that’s a danger-ous situation for sure.”

Staff recommended that council refer Mactier’s letter to the RCMP for investigation and recommendation for resolving the issues she raises.

Coun. Duck Pater-son, a member of the Ladysmith Kinsmen Club that built the playground, wanted the lights turned on right away. He shared two letters from the Ladysmith RCMP, writ-ten in 2011 and 2013, which recommend lighting at the park.

Paterson also pro-vided a note from Ladysmith Fire/Rescue Chief Ray Delcourt, stating that not having

lighting in the area of Brown Drive Park can be a problem.“I appreciate staff’s

recommendation, but the Kinsmen have tried to get the lights in there, those lights have cost nothing, and they just need to be turned

on,” said Paterson.Mayor Rob Hutchins

explained the Town must notify the neigh-bourhood before mak-ing any changes. In the past, at least one neigh-bour has objected to turning the lights on.“I think it’s the right

move, but there’s a pro-cess,” he said.

Coun. Gord Horth felt it was time to act, saying council needs to be concerned about the safety of younger children using the play-ground the morning af-ter these parties.

In the end, council voted to refer the letter to the RCMP and asked staff to report back as soon as possible with recommendations for the process, cost and timelines to complete the installation of the lights.


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Playground project gaining support14 Tuesday, November 4, 2014 Ladysmith Chemainus Chronicle www.ladysmithchronicle.com www.chemainuschronicle.com

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The Ladysmith Kins-men Club is hoping to be able to replace the playground at Transfer Beach by next summer.

The Kinsmen have embarked on a project to rebuild the play-ground and are work-ing hard to bring the community on board.

The Kinsmen have committed to donat-ing $20,000 — of which they have already sent $15,600 to the play-ground manufacturer

— and are working on making the playground a “community project,” explained project chair Duck Paterson.

The Ladysmith Healthcare Auxiliary has committed $14,000 to purchase two acces-sible basket swings for the new playground.

The Kinsmen Club has met with members of the Ladysmith Ro-tary Club, and they are on board as well and will be taking on some fundraising projects.

“The cost of the new adventure playground at Transfer Beach is over $150,000, plus new ground cover will be in excess of $20,000, so the Kinsmen are really hoping that we can get more of the community behind this project,” said Paterson.

“Transfer Beach is very important to not just Ladysmith residents, but to all families from the surrounding area, as shown by the very generous donation by the Stz’uminus com-munity. Families from all over Vancouver Is-

land come to Transfer Beach, and we need to keep it a jewel — with the playground being a large part of that.”

The Kinsmen built the original adventure playground at Transfer Beach almost 20 years ago, and time and wear and tear are taking a toll on the structure.“There have been on-

going efforts to main-tain the playground, but eventually, things wear out,” said Pater-son. “It’s getting old, and parts rust and rot and safety has to be se-riously looked at.”

Paterson says the Kinsmen will be doing more fundraising in the near future and will be working with the Rotarians as partners. They hope they can work with more com-munity groups as well.“The goal is next sum-

mer, and the way the community works and with the pride it has, we believe we can do it,” he said. “It’s going to take a lot of hard work, so the more hands, the better.”

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Lest We Forget: Remembrance Day servicesLindsay Chungthe chronicle

Remembrance Day is often a day filled with tradition, cer-emony and thought-fulness, and that is true in Ladysmith and Chemainus.

In Ladysmith, Royal Canadian Legion mem-bers will parade from the Legion Hall to the Cenotaph at 10:30 a.m. on Nov. 11. The me-morial service at the Cenotaph will begin at 10:50 a.m.

Leading up to Re-membrance Day, Le-gion members will be out in the community to honour their fellow veterans and service-men and women in various ways.

The Legion Colour Party and Band will visit Ladysmith Sec-ondary School Nov. 7

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In Chemainus, people coming to the Remem-brance Day service on Nov. 11 are asked to arrive at the Ceno-taph around 10:30 a.m. or 10:40 a.m. The Royal Canadian Le-gion Branch 191 Co-lour Party will march to the Cenotaph and will be piped in by the Cowichan Pipes and Drums, explained branch president Wes Everitt.

Everitt says young-er children and high school students are of-ten involved in the ser-vices, and this year will be special because he hopes a number of the Chemainus Secondary School students who

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One of those veter-ans is Walter Fidler of Ladysmith. Following in the footsteps of his older brothers, Fidler served Canada during the Second World War.

Fidler, who is now 94, was born in Lockport, Man. He was 21 or 22 when he joined the Royal Canadian Army Services Corps in 1921. “I had three brothers,

and they were all in the army,” he said.

Fidler joined up with an ambulance corps in Kitchener, Ont. “They were a medical

unit, and they were in the army and they needed drivers,” he re-called.

Fidler did his basic training at Camp Bor-den in Ontario.“While I was there,

I learned to ride a motorbike,” he said.

“They had an instructor there, and he helped show me how to ride a motorbike.”After basic training,

Fidler moved to Camp Debert in Nova Scotia. After two weeks, he was sent to Halifax. From there, his unit was sent overseas on a boat in 1942 or 1943.“It took 14 days to go

over, and we landed in Liverpool, England,” said Fidler. “Then they

moved us down to Al-dershot, England, and we stayed with billets there. We kept moving north all the time. Af-ter that, we went from England to Italy and landed in Naples. We kept working our way up close to Ortona in Italy. There was lots of fighting going on there in Ortona.”

During the war, Fidler was a dispatch rider, delivering messages between headquarters.“It didn’t matter what

time of night it was; when they called you, you delivered a mes-sage,” he said. “They were figuring out what the Germans were do-ing and what we were doing. I was on the mo-torbike all the time.”

Fidler would sleep in a tent at his unit’s headquarters and go

out on the motorbike to deliver a message whenever he was called to do so.

It was while deliver-ing one of these mes-sages that Fidler was severely injured.

It was around 2 a.m., and he had to deliver a message way up past Ortona, near Rimini.“It was black and

dark, and there was a truck coming out and I was coming in,” he said. “We couldn’t use lights, there was just a tiny light on my motor-bike, and I hit the truck head-on and broke both my legs.”After spending six

months in a hospital in England, Fidler was sent back to Manitoba on a hospital ship in July 1945 and ended up in hospital for treat-ment on his legs.

“They fixed my leg so I could walk, but it was crooked,” he said.

“I put up with it for a while.”

This past June, Fidler lost that leg after get-ting an infection.

When he returned from the war, Fidler worked at a steel mill in Selkirk, Man., and then worked as a crane operator for 18 years.“When automation

came in, in 1961, and they were changing ev-erything, I put in for a job on the floor, look-ing after the pouring of the metal, and after that, I retired in the 1980s before moving out here,” he said.

Fidler, who will be 95 next August, is a member of Royal Ca-nadian Legion Branch 171 Ladysmith and the Ladysmith Eagles.

Jean and Walter Fidler have lived in Ladysmith since 1987. Walter served over-seas in the Second World War. Lindsay Chung


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TRANS CANADA HIGHWAYPlease take note that on TUESDAY, November 11, 2014 at approximately 10:55 a.m. the southbound traffi c on the Vancouver Island Highway (Trans Canada Highway) will be re-routed from the intersection with First Avenue, along First Avenue to Buller Street until approximately 11:30 a.m.This diversion is due to the Remembrance Day Ceremony at the Cenotaph.Thank you for your co-operation during this brief closure.

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Horses on the front lines and the legend of Warrior

Every fall, Canada remembers and honours the sacrifice of those who have served and con-tinue to serve, our country.

This article is a quick look at the silent heroes of the First World War — the millions of horses that served bravely alongside British and Common-wealth Forces. It is estimated that eight million horses gave their lives in service during the First World War (1914-1918).

These horses laboured along-side soldiers performing a va-riety of duties, from hauling ammunition and supplies to leading the charge as cavalry mounts. Horses were shipped from across the Commonwealth to the front lines, arriving to Eu-ropean shores after incredibly lengthy and arduous journeys.

The conditions on the Western Front were extremely belea-guering for both man and ani-mal. The horses faced exposure, starvation, exhaustion and the relentless onslaught of artil-lery alongside the troops. The relationships that developed between the horses and the sol-diers were profound — there are many stories of men risking or giving their own life in order to protect their cherished mounts. One of these friendships proved so powerful it became a legend.

This is the story of Warrior and General Jack Seely. Seely ar-

rived in France in 1914 at the age of 51 and served as British Com-mander to the three regiments of the Canadian Cavalry from 1915 to 1918. He hailed from the Isle of Wight, where he had served as MP. Seely was accompanied by his favourite horse Warrior, a bay thoroughbred gelding he had bred from his beloved mare Cinderella. When Warrior arrived on the Western Front, he was six years old. Warrior became an instant favourite of the troops and served as an im-portant symbol of indomitabil-ity. Warrior was brave, fast, and tough. He was also incredibly lucky. Warrior experienced too many near-misses to count, sur-viving against incredible odds. Warrior carried Seely across all major battlefields of the West-ern Front and was one of the very few horses to return home from the Great War. Warrior’s fame as the “horse that Ger-mans can’t kill” was cemented when he and Seely led the cav-alry charge at Moreuil Wood on March 30, 1918.

Warrior was injured in 1918 shortly before the end of the war but recovered in time to take his well-deserved place in the victory parade at Hyde Park. Three years later, Warrior won the Lightweight point-to-point horse race in his hometown of the Isle of Wight. The date of

this victory was March 30 — four years to the day he led the charge at Moreuil Wood.

Warrior lived out his life along-side his dear friend and fellow veteran Jack Seely. He passed away at the ripe old age of 33. His incredible life has inspired books, paintings, plays, and most recently Steven Spiel-berg’s 2011 film War Horse.

The story of the special rela-tionship between Warrior and General Seely is a powerful nar-rative about the special bond that forms between human and horse. These powerful connec-tions can accomplish the impos-sible —– something that is prov-en every day at the Cowichan Therapeutic Riding Association.

The relationship between horse and human underlies ther-apeutic riding, an activity that became a common practice for rehabilitating injured soldiers following the Great War. Cur-rently, equine-based therapies are a well-respected treatment for military members overcom-ing PTSD.

This Remembrance Day, CTRA would like to recognize the ser-vice and sacrifice of the mem-bers of our forces — both past and present, both human and horse. — Contributed by Jen-nifer Barnes van Elk of the CTRA


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Following the service, there will be lunch for the veterans at the Legion Hall, then entertain-ment in the lounge from 2-6 p.m.

The Legion Colour Party started visiting area schools

on Nov. 3. The Legion will take part in a church parade Nov. 9 at Chemainus United Church at noon, where they will have a memorial service and dedi-cate a bench to their late padre, Fran Darling. At 1 p.m., Legion members will place poppies on the graves of veterans at the Chemainus Cemetery.

“It’s a very special time where we remember and honour not only our fallen comrades but also servicemen and women who served in Korea, peace-keeping missions and Afghani-stan and have returned,” said Everitt. “That’s our job — to look after our servicemen and women and our veterans.”

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Continued from Page 3Meet the candidates for Ladysmith councilBill Drysdale

Primary occupation: Councillor for the Town of Ladysmith, previously serving 28 years in Canada’s Air Force. I started as an airframe technician and progressed through various leadership and advisory positions, ending with managing 443(MH) Squadron flight line operations and CH 124 Sea King helicopter mainte-nance. I work part-time with commercial renovations/building maintenance organizations that permit me the luxury of controlling my work schedule to ensure timely fulfillment of my various town council duties.Background: Married nearly 40 years, Deb and I moved to Ladysmith in 2006, primarily because of the friendly people we met here, while looking for a place on the Island to retire. I believe in neighbours helping neighbours. Many have asked me to take on the duty of representing our community by serving as a member of our council team, and I am honoured to be trusted with such an important responsibility. In addition to my

civic duties, I volunteer with Ladysmith Search and Rescue, Eagles, Festival of Lights, Arts on the Avenue and other festivals/groups. What are your top three issues, and how do you plan to tackle these issues, if elected?

Citizens of Ladysmith have identified the following three priorities they want me to focus our collective energies to:1. Review our Waterfront Area Plan with our citizens and our Stz’uminus neighbours with the focus on defining action plans for

the high bank lands. It would be prudent to invite insight from our neighbours in Areas G and H as well; many have worked closely with LMS and Ladysmith Yacht Club to enhance and protect our beautiful harbour. Development of waterfront residential lands and appropriate marine and tourist related businesses will bring new interest in Ladysmith as a place to live, work and play. A new, safe, lighted and properly signed walking path from the waterfront will invite visitors and residents alike to our downtown core; supporting priority No. 2.

2. Fill our empty storefronts downtown. I believe the new council will review work done by our Economic Development Com-mission and decide how best to action their well researched recommendations. Council will continue to improve signage to entice highway travellers to shop downtown.

3. Citizens have expressed concerns regarding our streets and sidewalks, storm drainage, lighting, and building infrastructure, such as the Fire Hall. Council will continue to put plans in place to be able to leverage budget allocations in obtaining the federal/provincial grants necessary to complete upgrades. Gas tax funds and development cost charges from new residential and commer-cial properties on the waterfront will provide additional revenue necessary for routine maintenance. Our recent update on the viability of our collective watershed has revealed opportunities for improvement.

Cal (Butch) FradinOccupation: Retired Engineering Technician with the Ministry of Transportation and Highways and Infra-structureBackground: I have lived in Ladysmith for over 45 year and am recently retired from government. I acted as the technical lead on various residential and commercial developments within and outside municipal boundaries, ensuring current government acts and regulations were met. Ensured that road and drainage infrastructures were constructed and completed to good engineering standards and practices. Identified geotechnical and flooding hazards,and environmental protection warrants were addressed and ensured registration of necessary covenants were secured to protect and ensure public safety. I possess a strong engineering technical background and the ability to provide sound engineering solutions to complex and

time sensitive developments and construction projects. My career enables me to effectively communicate and consult with local, provincial, federal governments, First Nations, stakeholders and the general public to address and seek out options on numerous complex and time sensitive developments and projects. I live in Ladysmith because I cherish the small town life style and the people that live here.Why are you running for public office? I am running for council because I feel that it is time for a change and believe that the community is wanting change.What are your top three issues and how do you plan to tackle these issues, if elected?

1. The upgrading of our current infrastructure such as roads, water and sewer and aging fire hall within the current urban contain-ment boundary first prior to any expansion. Expansion opportunities will always be available, lets build up what we already have first to create a community that we will be proud of and encourage others to want to live and become part of our community.

2. Promoting and developing a vibrant and productive down town core. Promote a business friendly environment to encourage both local and global investment in our community.

3. Less frivolous spending on studies! We don’t need others telling us how things should be done for the benefit of our town. Our town staff should be more proactive in moving developments/projects forward in order to promote a forward thinking and progressive situation for business people and to show that we are a business/development friendly community. This will encourage investment and people to live in our town.

Joe FriesenhanOccupation: RetiredBackground: I have recently retired from the Town, where I was the Director of Public Works for over 13 years. My career has spanned 31 years in a senior management capacity, where I have worked with numer-ous municipal councils in both Alberta and B.C. My community involvement presently includes Ladysmith Rotary Club chairperson for the Community Services Committee and Ladysmith Golf Course executive board member.What are your top three issues, and how do you plan to tackle these issues, if elected?

The top three issues the Town needs to tackle over the next four years are:1. Our failing infrastructure — We have to ensure that we include in our annual budgets enough money to start to repair our

roads on a proactive rather than a reactive basis. We also need to make sure that the water, sewer and storm lines under the road are repaired or replaced before the surface of the road is tackled.

2. Community health and safety — We have to ensure that our present and future residents are able to walk anywhere in the community to stay healthy and feel safe in doing so. We have numerous areas in town that require sidewalks installed and many that need to be repaired to make them safe.

3. The vacancy rates in the commercial sector — We have to work with the Ladysmith Downtown Business Association and the Chamber of Commerce to help them bring in new specialty retail and service industries to reduce the present vacancies and also help in reducing the overall commercial taxes. Council will also have to assist by eliminating or at least reducing some of the red tape that businesses have to go through in order to set up shop in Ladysmith.

Rob HutchinsOccupation: Retired teacher, Small Business Owner, Mayor of Ladysmith, Director of the CVRDBackground: I have been a resident of the Cowichan Valley since 1965. I am a retired classroom teacher and school counsellor (33 years). My wife Susan and I have five adult children and four grandchildren. My family owns and operates two businesses on First Avenue in Ladysmith — the Old Town Bakery and the Wild Poppy. I have had the privilege of serving as both the mayor of the Town of Ladysmith and as a director of the Cowichan Valley Regional District for 21 years. For five of those years, I also served as a Chair of the CVRD. For the past four and a half years, I have served as co-chair of the Cowichan Watershed Board and Our Cowichan Community Health Network. Since 2006, I have been a director of the Island Coastal Economic Trust.

Why are you running for public office? As a community volunteer, I have been committed to public service all my adult life. I am passionate about community building and creating the very best place to call home for our children and our grandchildren. Local government is a powerful creative force for building a safe, caring, and healthy community. What are your top three issues and how do you plan to tackle these issues, if elected?• Ladysmith Waterfront Development — In 2015, undertake and complete a community review/update of the Waterfront Area Plan

of 1997 to permit a planned development of the lands and water lots. I envision utilizing a portion of the machine shop to host a series of community forums/conversations on the future potential of the waterfront lands. • Water Supply — We have access to an abundance of water in our four watersheds. We need to construct a filtration plant to

ensure a safe supply of water and to raise the dam at Holland and/or Chicken Ladder to ensure adequate storage in the event of drought conditions as a result of climate change. Options need to be considered, design needs to be undertaken, and partnerships need to be created to raise the funds.• Economic Development — A key to our future success as a community is our relations and partnerships with Stz’uminus First

Nations. Some 28 per cent of the land base of our community is Crown Land, including two key potential economic drivers for our community — the Waterfront Lands and the South End Industrial Lands. These lands have great potential for growing businesses and jobs but can only be developed in partnership with our Stz’uminus neighbours.

Cathleen McMahonOccupation: Self-Employed — owner, Mission Management GroupBackground: Business management, marketing and sales. Why are you running for public office? To represent a group of like-minded individuals that live within the current boundaries of Ladysmith that are unrepresented at this time.What are your top three issues and how do you plan to tackle these issues, if elected?

Economic success of our downtown core. Financial obligations and future considerations.Engagement of all of our generations.Our community plan states: “At the turn of the 20th century, the Downtown - Old Town - was planned for a large commercial core,

much larger than is required for a community the size of Ladysmith (including projected future growth).” The plan goes on to state that examination of the Downtown will be required to identify “other use” opportunities, such as residential development at the edges of the retail/commercial district. In order for Ladysmith to have a successful Downtown, we have to take into consideration the development of a larger consumer base. As a community, it is unlikely that a mass increase in population is going to be a future desire; therefore, we must look to temporary population increases... in other words... Tourism. The resurgence of a few accommodation sources on our main street can relieve the dependency of our economic success from the shoulders of our residents and place it on the tourist. Studies show that each accommodation source is directly related to the amount of spending a tourist will make throughout their stay. Campers spend less and boutique hotel goers spend the most. Having a range of accommodations within the Town of Ladysmith with easy access to our amenities and shops would make an impact on our ability to sustain a larger retail/commercial core.

In regard to the financial obligations and future considerations (improvements to infrastructure and public service buildings), a review of staff, responsibilities and remuneration could result in streamlining of our administrative structure and relieve the Town of some annual financial burden. The implementation of a full-time bylaw enforcement officer and the actual enforcement of bylaws eliminates the obligation of complaint by citizens who are trying to live amicably and the fines associated are a source of revenue for the Town of Ladysmith. These are small adjustments - much larger financial planning strategies would have to be addressed to handle the coming items that will need attention. Assessment of the tax shift decision from heavy industrial would be warranted to ensure balance between revenue source and benefit to the community.

Lastly, our community leaders speak of our youth in negative terms at times and I have been present at council meetings where the question is to be posed to the parents of Ladysmith, “Where are your children and what are they getting into?” This is a shift of blame. I think it is time we asked ourselves “what connection are we providing our children to the community we live in?” The Town of Ladysmith is full of not-for-profit and non-profit and service clubs and volunteers... which are all taking the jobs and opportunities to engage our growing youth. I’d love for each one of our societies to hire a youth. I’d love to see our waterfront be developed by hardworking young men and women mentored by our volunteer adults rather than having retired adults that just can’t quit eliminating what were the jobs of their own youth. It is time to pass the torch of employment. Not-for-profit does not have to be synonymous with not-for-employment.

Thea MelvinOccupation: Switchboard operator for the RCMPBackground: 43-year-old married mother of two teenage sons; born and raised in Ladysmith; Served Ladysmith/Cowichan on the Citizens Assembly on Electoral Reform.Why are you running for public office? I’m running for council because I want to give back to my fellow residents and community; I’m very outspoken and know that I will be a voice for regular persons like myself and that suggestions, concerns, ideas and visions will all be heard around the council table. What are your top three issues and how do you plan to tackle these issues, if elected?

Top 3 Issues I feel are important are: Fire Hall; our essential service building must be replaced; It’s a matter of safety for our residents and for the 33 volunteers who work there. It has to be put to the top of the

priority list and funds need to be found within our budget to get the work done.Second is infrastructure: our roads are terrible, as are sidewalks and lighting Thirdly, our downtown core/waterfront. Sustainable businesses that will bring in tourism and make Ladysmith a Go To destination,

not one people just pass by; it will provide income for the shop owners and our town but will provide employment for our residents and give people a reason to want to stay and shop locally.

Duck (Don) PatersonOccupation: Marketing/SalesBackground: Resident of Ladysmith since 1975. Local volunteer. Married with three daughters and six

grandchildren, with four of them (and their moms and dads) living in Ladysmith.Why are you running for public office? I care about Ladysmith and its future. It has great potential and a very strong community spirit. I believe that I can be part of a team that can continue to keep Ladysmith a place we all are proud to call home!What are your top three issues and how do you plan to tackle these issues, if elected?

Well firstly ... to keep Ladysmith affordable. To work to try and balance the needs of the Town as well as the future projects with the revenues, which would include hiring an Economic Development person to work

on new, and hopefully, innovative means of finding new business to create jobs. Another priority is to establish a communication tool that will reach EVERY HOME in Ladysmith. It would be quarterly and written by the people that are doing the work so that the information getting into the community is informative and up to date. I also think a priority would be to look at, and start to put into action, a strategy to address our infrastructure needs and costs. This plan should be “written in stone” and involve roads, sidewalks, water, sewer, storm and all the basics ... and having said all that ... looking and listening to what priorities others may have and weigh everything that is put on the table. Look at it all as a team!

Carol HendersonOccupation: retired teacher/administratorBackground: Born in Uganda; educated in Australia, England and Canada; worked in Canada and Scot-land; married; two married sons and two grandsons.Why are you running for public office? I believe that the residents of Ladysmith want a representative on council who speaks after duly considering input from the people and one who remains answerable for decisions made.What are your top three issues and how do you plan to tackle these issues, if elected?

1. Gaining the trust of the people in the council they elect. This would take time. I would personally question: the reasons for in-camera meetings, perceived conflict of interest issues and the lack of town

hall style public forums.2. Resolving issues, such as the waterfront development and revitalization of the downtown core, that have seen prolonged study

and no progress. Citizens bringing concerns to council deserve a full response. We need working committees and due dates to get these issues out of the “to do” pile.

3. Managing the watershed requires ongoing vigilance. A Watershed Board may be in order. The observations and recommenda-tions of those who are regularly in the watershed could be an asset to management by the staff.

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Ladysmith Chemainus Chronicle Tue, Nov 4, 2014 www.ladysmithchronicle.com A21

Happy 85th birthday to a special lady, Eileen Chandler.

Love your family.

HANKEY, Thomas James It is with great sadness and heartbreak that we announce the sudden passing of our dearly loved husband, father, brother, uncle, friend and all great man. Thomas James Hankey on Thursday October 16, was hunting up north with his best friends when he suffered a heart attacked and passed away immediately. All efforts were made to save him, but there was nothing that could have brought him back to us. Tom was predeceased by his parents Dorothy and Reginald Hankey and is survived by his best friend, soul mate, wife Kristine Nixon-Hankey, his 2 sons Bryan and Scott (Sheridan), his brothers Ken (Laura), David (Louise) and Donald, their children and their families. Tom was a 34 year employee of North Cowichan and had just retired on September 26, 2014. He was an extremely wonderful husband, father and friend and considered mostly everyone we knew as extended family. There are so many people I would like to mention in Thanks but the list is just too long. Always willing to help anyone who needed him, his heart was full of love and kindness. Bryan, Scott and Kristine would like to thank everyone for your thoughts and prayers and your kindness in this very difficult time. All of the flowers, cards, food, hugs and well wishes means so much to all of us and there are not enough words to tell you all how much we appreciate all of you. Everyone who knew Tom is welcome and we look forward to hearing stories and antidotes of his rich and full life. We will be holding a Celebration of Life in his Memory on Saturday November 8, 2014 at 1:00 PM at Mellnor Hall, Cowichan Exhibition Grounds, North Cowichan (Duncan, BC).Please be advised to anyone attending the service, there is a family member with an extreme allergy to scents, (such as perfumes and strong smelling flowers).

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KREDBA, LillianBorn March 20, 1913 in Toron-to, passed away peacefully with her daughters at her side on November 2, 2014.Lillian was an inspiration. She had an agile mind and strug-gled valiantly to stay in her own home until 2 days before her death.Lil and husband Bob owned the Sportsman Hotel briefly in the 60’s where they made many friends. She will be sadly missed by her long time best friend Pat Miller. In the last few years Ladysmith Senior’s Centre carpet bowling group provided fond memories, hugs and laughs. The family wish to extend thanks to people who helped Lil remain in her own home: loyal friends Betty, Joyce and Vicky who helped Lil feel connected with phone calls and visits; housekeeper, Toni Rogers, who became a third daugh-ter and was instrumental in helping Lil remain independent; hairdresser, Roxanne, made Lil feel beautiful and cared for; the staff at Ladysmith Family Practice who went above and beyond the call of duty in Lil’s care; good friend, Lauren Jessup, who began walking Lil’s dog Brandi and became an adopted granddaughter; and special thanks to nurse, Denise at Cowichan Hospital who made Lillian and family comfort-able at the end.Lillan was predeceased by husband Bob, her sisters Thelma Copper and Marni Cox and favourite nephew Gordon Cooper.Lillian’s 100th birthday was made special when nephew Gordon (wife Ruth) and good friend Mark Logan made the trip from Ontario to celebrate with her.Lillian will be sadly missed by extended family, Andrew and June Earle. Lillian will be forever missed and loved by daughters Mary and Kristine (daughter Debbie). She is survived by nieces and nephews in Ontario.A celebration tea will be announced. In lieu of flowers, do-nate to a charity of choice.

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Ladysmith’s Faith Knelson has caught the attention of national and provincial swim-ming coaches.

The 13-year-old Lady-smith-Chemainus Or-cas Swim Club mem-ber is on the radar of Swimming Canada and

“on track.” Two weeks ago, Knelson had a visit from the Swim BC provincial coach Roc-co Meiring, who will be supporting Knelson as she moves forward in competitive swimming.

Knelson piqued the interest of provincial and national coaches this spring when, as a 12-year-old, she was the youngest swimmer to qualify for Canadian Trials.“She competed

against the best swim-mers, including Olym-pians, and held her own,” said Orcas coach Dusan Toth-Szabo.

Then, at the Canadian Age Group Nationals in Winnipeg, Knelson won eight medals and was selected to swim with Team West, as one of the top Canadian swimmers under the age of 14 for the west-ern provinces. Knelson also broke three pro-vincial records this past year for three dif-ferent swim strokes — freestyle, butterfly and breaststroke.“This shows she is

well rounded and a very capable swimmer in three of the four stroke disciplines,” said Toth-Szabo.

Swimming Canada has identified Knelson as an “on track” swim-mer and has co-ordi-nated a team of profes-sionals to help manage Knelson and her swim path. “They believe in my

ability and want to help me attain my goal; that makes me really happy,” said Knelson.

Swimming Canada and Swim BC will cover the cost for a nu-tritionist, a sports psy-chologist and a physi-ologist to help guide Knelson.“Our swim club does

not have the budget to fund such services that support high-perfor-mance swimming,” said Toth-Szabo. “However, the good news is that Swim BC is committed

to invest in Faith.”Meiring recently

visited Ladysmith to meet with Knelson and Toth-Szabo to discuss long-term develop-ment and to see the facility where Knelson swims every day. He was impressed with the facility but noted a few challenges at the pool that should be ad-dressed, such as dive blocks, lane ropes and the water temperature.“Swim clubs such

as the Orcas are the backbone of Canadian swimming and nurs-ery of our future stars,”

Meiring said in an e-mail. “Faith Knelson is a very promising young swimmer and one of few across Canada that are part of Swimming Canada’s ‘on-track’ program. If she is to sustain her exceptional performances in the future, it will largely depend on the club’s ability to persuade the pool management to adjust the water tem-perature to a suitable level so that Faith and her teammates can sus-tain their ever increas-ing training loads.”

Meiring says he was

“very impressed by the high standard of man-agement of the facility but shocked to see that Faith and her team-mates train in 29-de-gree Celsius water.”“The norm for sus-

tained swimming train-ing is around 26 de-grees, which puts Faith and her teammates of Orcas in danger of de-hydration due to exces-sive fluid loss,” he said.

Meiring also noted that it is necessary for competitive swimmers to have dive blocks that are similar to those in competition.

The new swim season has just begun for the Orcas, and the team will participate in four inter-island meets over the two months.“I am just excited to

be back in the pool

and training with my team and friends,” said Knelson. “One of the goals for this year is to improve my weak-est stroke, which is backstroke. I plan to train and focus and I

am excited that I have qualified for Canadian Trials in Toronto again this year.”

To learn more about the Orcas Swim Club, e-mail [email protected].

Ladysmith swimmer Faith Knelson, a member of the Ladysmith-Chemainus Or-cas Swim Club, has been identi� ed by Swimming Canada and Swim BC as an

“on track” athlete and will be receiving support from them. PHOTO SUBMITTED


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Swimmer Faith Knelson is on national radar

Helping You is What We Do!A new generation taking you home. 67 years standing the test of time.Barry Clark, President of Royal LePage Nanaimo Realty is proud to appoint Travis Carmichael to the position of Vice President in charge of real estate operations which includes Real Estate Sales and Property Management at the Nanaimo and Ladysmith Branches.Travis, who was born in Ladysmith, has earned his promotion in recognition of his knowledgeable experience of the current art of real estate. He demonstrates qualities of a valued representative and proved this with achievements of leadership and training work with his peers. His dedication to the team, the company and his care and understanding for our clientele makes him a natural fit for this position.It is with pride, the Directors and his colleagues congratulate the new Vice President of Royal LePage Nanaimo Realty, Travis Carmichael.Travis can be contacted at the Brooks Landing office in Nanaimo at: 250-756-1132 or [email protected]

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ladysmith chronicle, november 04, 2014

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