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Empty Chair honours PoulainLindsay ChungTHE CHRONICLE

In introducing the Empty Chair during Friday night’s For King and Country Remembrance Day Veter-an’s Dinner, Ladysmith Mayor Rob Hutchins described it as “our salute of gratitude to our veterans.”

And this year, that salute went to Adolphe Louis (Don) Poulain, who was killed July 23, 1943, at the age of 22 while serving in Sicily.“As part of our Veteran’s Dinner, the

Empty Chair at the head table stands as a silent tribute to a man from the Ladysmith area whose name can be found on the Ladysmith Cenotaph,” Hutchins said during the dinner, which was hosted by the Ladysmith Rotary Club and the Ladysmith Le-gion. “The Empty Chair bids us to remember those who would never return home, those men and women who gave their lives so that others could enjoy freedom.”

Poulain was born Feb. 6, 1921, in Extension, a twin brother to Martha Edith, who lives at the Lodge on 4th, and a younger brother to Rosie, who lives in Vernon.“Your father, Louis Joseph Poulain,

was a coal miner who had followed his father, Adolphe, into the coal mines of Wellington after emigrating from Belgium,” said Hutchins, ad-dressing Poulain during the Empty Chair ceremony. “We know little of your childhood in Extension, but life could not have been easy. Your mother passed away on May 31, 1928, when you were just seven years old.”

Poulain’s father married Alice Thomas in 1931, and the family moved to Ladysmith.

In September 1933, just after Pou-

lain entered Grade 6, his family ex-perienced another tragedy when his father confronted a young man who was attempting to break into his sis-ters’ bedrooms, an altercation that resulted in the younger man’s death by stabbing. Poulain’s father was sentenced to two years in prison. He abandoned the family after getting out of prison.

In 1935, Poulain received a con-ditional pass into Ladysmith High School. The class register indicates he quit school April 24, 1936, not long after turning 15. He began working for family friends who owned the Ladysmith Laundry and later turned up in Victoria. “Shortly after Canada declared war

against Germany in September 1939 at the age of 18, you were one of the first to enlist in Victoria with the Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry,” said Hutchins.

They were among the first Cana-dian troops to be stationed overseas, departing Halifax December 21, 1939. They were stationed in England with the 1st Canadian Infantry Division as part of the Shore Defence Forces. On July 10, 1943, Poulain’s unit landed in Sicily as part of the British 8th Army. Private Poulain was severely wound-ed while fighting the way up towards Leonforte on July 22, 1943. “You were hit, apparently shot in the

stomach,” said Hutchins. “We can only imagine how painful and fright-ening the next 24 hours were for you. You died of your wounds the next day during the German withdrawal. You and your Canadian comrades num-bering in the hundreds were buried in the village of Agira, just northeast of the town of Leonforte where you were killed.”

Four-year-old Henry Hunter England places a poppy on a cross during the Ladysmith Remembrance Day service Monday, Nov. 11. For more photos from the service in Ladysmith and the Remembrance Day ser-vice held in Chemainus, please turn to page 3. LINDSAY CHUNG

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Lest We Forget — Remembrance Day 2013NewsChronicle

Veterans and community members gathered Monday, Nov. 11 in Chemainus and Ladysmith to mark Remembrance Day during moving ceremonies at the Cenotaph. Pictured, clockwise from top left: the Cowichan Valley Pipe and Drums band marches toward the Cenotaph in Chemainus; community mem-bers lay wreaths at the Chemainus Cenotaph; veterans salute during the Re-membrance Day service in Ladysmith; Cowichan Valley Regional District Area G director Mel Dorey has some help to bring a wreath to the Cenotaph in Chemainus; and Korean War veteran Clarence Dockstader salutes after laying a wreath at the Ladysmith Cenotaph. ROSS ARMOUR AND LINDSAY CHUNG


Ross ArmourTHE CHRONICLE

École Davis Road Elementary in Ladysmith is on the brink of opening up a new book store.

Priya Battie put for-ward the idea to her son’s teacher, Les-ley Croghan, at the school, and a new, free, library style function will soon become available to the community.“We wanted to pro-mote reading and be able to share books

in the community,” said Battie, who is on École Davis Road (EDR)’s Parent Advisory Council. “There’s lots of free library boxes around the community, and I thought it would be great to have one at the school.”

The project is look-ing for “mostly chil-dren’s books,” and anyone is allowed to donate a book to the school.

The new store/library will permit students and anyone

interested to get a hold of a book free of charge, and then it can be returned upon finishing read-ing.Alternatively, one

can keep a particular book that is picked up and drop off another book that they’ve outgrown or finished for others to enjoy.“Mrs. Croghan thought it was a wonderful idea,” said Battie. “The kids will feel part of bringing something to the community, and we plan to con-struct a little school-house structure that they will be involved with by painting and sanding it.”A box will be

placed outside Mrs. Croghan’s classroom into which people can drop the chil-dren’s books to be used as part of the function.

Battie is hoping that the new li-brary is something that will last for evermore, but she warned of the uncer-tainty surrounding reconstruction with-in School District 68.“I don’t know what the future holds, but this is something that we’ll be able to put back into the community never-theless. It will al-ways be involved,” said Battie.

The school is lo-cated at 444 Parkhill Terrace in Ladysmith.

École Davis Road sharing books with community

Lesley Croghan’s students at École Davis Road are all smiles as they unveil the school’s new book store for students and the community. Students are seen here with Croghan (back, left) and parent Priya Battie. ROSS ARMOUR

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Council agrees to sell trolley to LangfordStaff Writerthe chronicle

Ladysmith is sell-ing its iconic trolley.

During a Nov. 4 council meeting, council accepted an offer from the City of Langford to purchase the 2009 Supreme Trolley Bus for $82,000, as-is — including the supply of related equipment, such as tires, custom parts and Christmas light frame.

Council also agreed to direct the revenue from the sale of the trolley to the Community Gas Tax Community

Works Fund, to be used for future eli-gible projects.

These projects could potentially in-clude transit-related infrastructure im-provements, provid-ed that the project is eligible for gas tax funding, according to Town staff.

Council had di-rected Town of Ladysmith staff to dispose of the trol-ley to another mu-nicipality during a meeting in late May.

The Town of Ladysmith subse-quently received an offer from the City of Langford to pur-chase the unit at a

cost of $82,000, as-is.“Staff consider this offer is a reason-able price for this four-year-old vehi-cle, which has been in constant service since 2009,” John Manson, the Town’s director of infra-structure services, wrote in his report to council.

This trolley was purchased with gas tax funds, and sell-ing it to another municipality limits the Town’s financial liability for repay-

ing the gas tax funds, explained Manson.

If the Town sold the trolley to a n o n - g o v e r n m e n t agency, it would be required to pay back nearly $100,000 to the Union of British Columbia Munici-palities, council was told back in May.

The Town of Ladysmith still has one trolley, a 1989 Champlain model, which is being kept for use during com-munity events.

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Ross Armourthe chronicle

A black bear was spotted on Donna Road in Ladysmith last Monday (Nov. 4).

And seemingly the area is a hotspot for bears right now after another was killed Sunday, Nov. 3 just south of town on the highway.

Central Island’s conservation of-ficer, Steve Ackels, said it’s not unusual to see a bear scour-ing around the Don-na Road surround-ings.“We do live in bear country, and the number of black bears on Vancouver Island is substan-tial,” he said.

Since April 1 of this year, there have been 53 sightings of bears in Ladysmith, with that figure like-ly set to beat last year’s figures.

Between April 1, 2012, and March 31 of this year, 64 bears were spotted, although Ackels predicts the next

fortnight will see a quiet end to this year’s sightings.

He says people must realize that anywhere in the province brings a chance of bumping into a bear.“When people are out on hiking trails or walking their dogs, they just need to remember to do the same thing with two-legged predators as they would do with four-legged predators. Be aware of your surroundings, don’t wear headphones, and walk in groups. Typically, a black bear is going to run away when it sees you coming anyway.“Sometimes they’ll retreat into trees and then huff and puff and clack their teeth at you,” he added.“This is defensive behaviour from the bear. Never run away; just stand tall and give the bear room. In general, they don’t want to be around us any-way.”

Recent bear sighting is a reminder to be careful

Lindsay Chungthe chronicle

How does a com-puter store stay open in Ladysmith for 10 years?

Aaron Stone be-lieves a genuine de-sire to serve people better, a strong sense of community and a bit of guidance are big pieces of the puz-zle.

Stone and Jamie Kolk, with their families, own Uforik Computers on First Avenue, and the store is celebrating its 10th anniversary this year.

It all started in the fall of 2003 when Stone moved back to the Island to be close to family. He original-ly opened the store where Mr. Teriyaki and Miss Sushi is now. “I opened a one-per-son computer shop and thought it would give me enough in-come to have a job, and I quickly realized I couldn’t keep up,”

he said.Jamie Kolk knew

Stone’s cousin, and when he found out Stone might be look-ing for help, he came in about three and a half months after Stone opened, and Stone says they hit it off right away.

“The first five years were pretty tough and up and down, the highs and lows and not great at paying things on time, and my accounting sys-tems were very poor,” recalled Stone with a bit of a laugh. “We grew the business

during that time, but in a sort of sporadic way; as we got a little bit more, we did a little bit more and al-ways sort of extended ourselves to the max.”

In 2009, Uforik moved to its present location at 410B First Ave. beside Coast Re-alty Group.

Stone says that by this time, he and Kolk had grown a lot and matured as they man-aged the business, and they received a lot of help and sup-port from Kolk’s father, Luke, who encouraged them to keep going during the tough times.“He could see the potential and realized with some guidance, we could probably do quite well,” explained Stone. “A big turn-ing point was when he bought this build-ing in the summer of 2009 and said ‘this is a great chance for you guys to move right into town.’ It changed our whole business. We had a great new space in this land-mark building in town on a great corner with lots of traffic. Having Bouma Meats next door, having Island Homes here, just cre-ated a lot of extra traf-fic for us, and people became more aware of us. “It’s really changed from we’d have three or four laptops and now we have 15 or 20, as many or more as big box stores.”

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Uforik celebrates 10 years

Uforik Computers is celebrating its 10th anniversary this year. From left, Jamie Kolk, Aaron Stone and Sean Sherstone want to thank the community and en-courage people to come see what’s new at the store. Lindsay Chung

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with both their wives.As Uforik has grown, it has built

its business on service, support and knowledge and passion that Stone laughingly says they all have

“from being sort of geeks at heart and being really into technology.”“Not only do we know

what we’re talking about it and we have the experience, but we actually are excited about what we sell,” he said. “I think the big-gest thing is it’s legiti-mate, it’s heartfelt and it’s real. We really want people to leave here going ‘wow, that was great’ because that’s just as good a feeling as getting somebody’s money. The best feel-ing is when someone comes in and says ‘oh my friend told me this is the only place they would buy a comput-er.’”

Sean Sherstone be-gan working at the store as well, and Stone says “he was just a good fit.” They’ve be-come like an extended family, and Stone believes this connection is what has helped them weather

some of the tougher times over the past 10 years.

Looking ahead, Stone says Ufor-ik would like to expand into more full-service electronics, such as televisions and gaming systems. Uforik is also going through a re-branding of its website, Facebook

and Twitter. Stone, who wants to

thank everybody in Ladysmith, says cel-ebrating the store’s 10th anniversary feels really good.“It does feel like in a lot of ways that we’ve arrived, so to speak, but I think there’s still so much more that we can do, and that’s the exciting part,” he said. “I feel like with the backing of 10 years, we have more confidence to think we could make something more, still

— just apply the same sort of genuine feel-ings we’ve had toward the business so far

and expand what we offer to peo-ple. We’d like to get to the point where people think of anything to do with technology and think ‘I know the guys to go see.’”

Computer store looks to expand with TV, gamingFrom Page 6

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Reaction was swift and scattered af-ter the “frame-

work agreement” on new oil pipelines announced last week by B.C. Premier Christy Clark and Alberta Premier Alison Redford.

First, here’s what it doesn’t mean.

“B.C. blinked,” according to one Toronto commenta-tor, based on the popular notion that B.C. gave up its claim to a share of Al-berta’s resource royalties from heavy oil. Clark never made such a claim, so it would be difficult to give it up.

Her often-repeated con-dition of a “fair share” of revenues from any new oil pipelines is purposely vague, but after repeated protests from Alberta, Clark clarified as far back as last June that provincial royalties are not on the table. There is no consti-tutional way to make such a demand, a point Redford has made several times.

NDP leader Adrian Dix and the usual chorus of professional protesters claimed that Clark flip-flopped, opposing the En-bridge Northern Gateway proposal before the elec-tion and then embracing it once she was re-elected.

This is also inaccurate. Clark’s five conditions were set out before the May election, demanding approval by a federal envi-ronmental review, “world-leading” spill prevention and response capability on land and at sea, meeting le-gal requirements to consult and share benefits with ab-original communities, and the undefined “fair share” for B.C.

Clark said numerous times during the campaign that the conditions have not been met, and made pessimistic noises about Northern Gateway, but she very carefully did not campaign against it. The B.C. Liberal platform also endorsed a Kitimat-area oil refinery proposed by this newspaper’s owner, and Clark repeatedly referred

to that sort of industrial expansion as one of the po-tential “fair share” compo-nents for B.C.

The B.C. Liberal govern-ment made its opposition to Northern Gateway “as currently proposed” offi-cial on May 31, two weeks after the election, in its fi-nal submission to the fed-eral review panel. If Clark had wanted to jump on the anti-pipeline bandwagon for political gain, that move could have been made ear-lier.

NDP environment critic Spencer Chandra Herbert said the B.C. government has taken the position that more oil will reach the West Coast, by rail if not by pipe-line. I’m not sure if or when that claim was made, but it’s true that rail shipments are already permitted.

Here’s what Redford and Clark agreed on. Redford accepts B.C.’s five condi-tions, provincial royalties excluded, and Clark en-dorsed Redford’s proposed “Canadian Energy Strat-egy,” which B.C. rejected last year. A draft of the

strategy released last sum-mer contains no specifics on how it would facilitate a pipeline project from Al-berta to B.C. It talks about developing Canada’s ener-gy reserves and at the same time somehow reducing greenhouse gas emissions, and promises a final ver-sion next spring. Oh, and Quebec refuses to partici-pate.

Ottawa has sole jurisdic-tion over inter-provincial projects such as Northern Gateway and the proposal by Kinder Morgan Canada to expand the 60-year-old Trans Mountain pipeline to Burnaby and refineries in Washington.

If there is to be some ex-tra revenue for B.C. from oil traffic, it could theoreti-cally take the form of a toll on pipelines.

None of B.C.’s five condi-tions has yet been met. Le-gally, they don’t have to be, except for the one about accommodating aboriginal title.

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That’s why you should pay attention when he says the latest $15 million the

government is throwing at our most notorious stretch of highway — though welcome — amounts to just another Band-aid. Don’t read that the wrong way. We’ve long been proponents of a completely divided Cowichan highway from the Malahat to North Oyster.

If the government wants to continue to chip away at that goal $15 million at a time, then that’s better than doing nothing at all. This latest roadwork announce-ment is a good thing, a step in the right direction.

But any improvement made to the existing highway cannot disguise the fact it is less an artery to move traffic from community to community and more Main Street Cowichan. And it is populated at any given time with people who are driving too slow, or too fast, or with their minds focused more on their lives and their phones than they are on the road.

Cars are such an everyday part of our lives that we frequently forget they are also shiny metal boxes hur-tling past each other at rates of speed deadly to the human body. Instead, we give them the same atten-tion we give our spouses as they chatter through our favourite TV show.

In an ideal world, we would build a new divided highway from Victoria to Nanaimo with a half-dozen cloverleaf exits and on-ramps and no other access points. In an ideal world, the people driving those cars will be focused on the road and nothing else. But it is not, and never will be, an ideal world.

By all means keep urging the powers-that-be to im-prove our roads. But take it upon yourself to drive safely. —Cowichan News Leader Pictorial

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Editor:

Editor’s Note: This is a letter sent to Festival of Lights volun-teers following their workparty on Sunday, Nov. 3 and copied to the Chronicle.

I just want to thank you all for one of the best major set up work parties for the Festival of Lights that I have been involved in over the past years. With the new lighting changes and the new street maps so clearly out-lined, volunteers were able to re-lamp the trees with very few glitches. Special thanks to Rob-in and Gerta Francis and Greg Edwards for a new street light pattern plan well done. Look-ing forward to the new Light Up look for Ladysmith.

Real big thanks for those vol-unteers who looked at prob-lems, made good decisions and took fast action, to make sure our community street volun-teers and businesses did not feel misused or not needed as we all worked hard today to get all the buildings and trees deco-rated.

The work today on moving decorations to roofs and build-ings and re-bulbing businesses could not have been accom-plished without all the in-kind support from many of the firms that operate bucket and ladder trucks, which we thank Duck Paterson and Ray Delcourt for organizing.

What was also great is we had every available person from council and several senior members of town staff helping us as well. What town have we all lived in that would be able to say that! That along with the 100-plus community volunteers is really great support to the Festival of Lights program from our community.

Looking forward to a great light up and a beautiful seasonal look to Ladysmith this winter.

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Busy Ladysmith Museum looking for more volunteers to increase operating hours

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As citizens of Ladysmith, we can all be proud of sharing this beautiful place with the many tourists that visited Ladysmith Museum in the 2013 season, and who showed an appreciation of learning about our interesting and unique history.

Thanks to our local sponsors and the Kinsmen, who built a custom ramp earlier this year, the museum is fully wheelchair-accessible.

Besides many local visitors, we covered every province in Canada and many states of the U.S. this year.

What has been very exciting to our wonderful museum vol-unteers is that they were able

to welcome so many interna-tional tourists. Our visitors represented many European countries and some came from as far away as Australia, Japan, China, India, South Africa, the Philippines, Saudi Arabia, New Zealand and Brazil.

Our guestbook shows many great responses of how visitors enjoyed our unique museum with its interesting displays and entertaining stories about events, places and people of Ladysmith history, and our theme of “Ladies of Ladysmith.”

Ladysmith is becoming quite a tourist destination with all it has to offer in heritage build-ings and a friendly atmosphere.

As a community, we can rally together to build the town’s pro-file in an ever-expanding tourist market.

If you have not yet had a chance to visit your local Ladysmith Museum, you need to act fast. Due to a consistent lack of Volunteer Hosts, we need to cut our opening hours and will be closing down com-

pletely until next spring after Light Up on Nov. 28.

If you want to be part of the operation of our great museum, including your chance to wel-come the world, please contact the museum at 250-245-0423.

Bernardien KnolCurator, Ladysmith Museum

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Arthur Roy has al-ways been curious.

A retired profes-sional who grew up in Chemainus and now lives in Ladysmith, Roy’s curiosity and desire to share his life and learning has led him to write a book, called Curios-ity’s Reward.

Following his 80th birthday, Roy decid-ed to produce a mem-oir for his family.

He says he dis-cussed his idea with friends and family and found encourage-ment to write a pub-lishable book rather than just a little mem-oir.

He decided to focus the content mostly on the development of his nonconforming belief system, rather than just the details of his life and rela-tionships. “When my family

celebrated my 80th birthday, I gave a short talk on some of what I had learned during this life,” Roy writes in the pref-ace to his book. “My granddaughter Kim-berley asked for a copy of my brief notes, and having re-ceived an expression of interest, I decided to expand on them with a small book. I did not want it to be of interest only to my family and friends; I decided that it should consist of material that could perhaps be useful to others; the journey of a young and naive conformist

to someone with an unconventional belief system.”

Roy says his lifelong passion has been reading, fueled by his curiosity, which, from an early age, led him to search for answers to the eternal ques-tions: “Where did we come from?”, “Why are we here?” and

“Where are we going?”In his search, he says

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Bond, Bublé featured in Christmas SpectacularLindsay ChungTHE CHRONICLE

This December, the Yellowpoint Christ-mas Spectacular will dazzle and delight area families for the seventh year in a row.

This year’s sing-ing and dancing ex-travaganza includes

a Queen tribute, a James Bond medley and a Sound of Mu-sic medley, Michael Bublé songs, a nostal-gia tribute as well as many more classical hits and Christmas fa-vourites.

When it comes to choosing the musical features each year,

show creator Katy Bowen-Roberts, who grew up in Ladysmith, explains she has a program plan every year, and she has sets in which she tries to fit in songs of a simi-lar idea.“Where last year I had a Tom Jones act and I tried to have a

flashy first-act end-ing, this year, I’m do-ing Queen,” she ex-plained.

B o w e n - R o b e r t s chooses the music, and her music arrang-er, James Mark, ar-ranges it for the band and four singers.

Bowen-Roberts and Mark have been work-ing together since the beginning, and they actually went to el-ementary school to-gether.

This year, the Yel-lowpoint Christmas Spectacular will be performed at the Port Theatre for the first time.“We tried it last year at the Sid Williams Theatre in Courtenay, and it seemed to work well with the bigger audience,” said Bow-en-Roberts, who pro-duces the show as a

real family affair, with her husband and her parents. “So we’re try-ing it at the Port this year. We think it will give audience mem-bers a chance to see it in different forms; it will probably seem like a different show each time.”

Bowen-Roberts has been working a lot with James on the music, and she says she’s really excited to see it performed on stage.“The music’s really interesting, and there are so many differ-ent parts,” she said.

“Breaking it down, you learn what is in-volved in the music. I’m excited to see how it comes across and see the intricate parts come together.”

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faces,” she added. “We have very talent-ed dancers from Van-couver, and our sing-ers are from across Canada. It’s always a pleasure to work with the band, who have been with us for sev-en years.

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“We look forward to getting the show on the stage and hope groups and families get together again to celebrate live the-atre.”

B o w e n - R o b e r t s says it’s “amazing” how fast the time has gone, as the Yel-lowpoint Christmas Spectacular cel-ebrates its seventh year.

“It’s evolved, and the support from the community has been amazing,” she added.

“Surprisingly, in 2007 when we started, we did have 2,000 people come and see the show. Last year, we had 4,600. This year, we’ve already sold 3,000 tickets. It’s neat to see people are making it a tradition. I can see the formula has really worked for creating that tradi-

tion on the Island.”The Yellowpoint

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Symphony features local horn playerLindsay Chungthe chronicle

Vancouver Island Symphony principal French horn player Andrew Clark has spent decades playing in orchestras in the U.K. and in Canada, but he doesn’t just play the horns — he also builds them.“I had an interest in horn design for many

years because I was a specialist in playing historical instruments, so I became famil-iar with playing unusually-designed instru-ments,” the Ladysmith resident explains.

“I started taking measurements because I was intrigued by how they worked.”

In 2001, still living in England, Clark start-ed learning how to make instruments, and he made a trumpet. He began learning to make French horns, and in 2008, Clark took a sabbatical from performing and came to Canada to spend four months learning from Keith Berg in B.C.’s Robson Valley. Berg let Clark use his workshop, and dur-ing that time, Clark built two French horns of different designs that he says Berg had never seen before. Clark returned to Eng-land and practised what he had learned.

Clark’s wife, bassoonist Katrina Russell, is Canadian, and when they were married in 2000, they had their honeymoon on Van-couver Island. At the time, they said they wanted to come back 10 years later to visit. Ten years later, to the day, they returned to Canada permanently. Partly, they moved to be closer to Russell’s parents — who actu-ally moved to Ladysmith about a year ago

— but also so that Clark could set up a new shop for building his instruments, he ex-plained.

Since moving to Ladysmith in 2010, Clark

thinks he has probably built about 10 in-struments in his shop.“I also have made a new model of trumpet,

which was sold to a customer in Vancou-ver,” he said. “I still have quite a lot of de-sign ideas I want to put into practice.”

Clark, who also repairs horns in his shop, enjoys coming up with new design ideas and following up on some of his theories about how the instrument could be de-

signed and could be built.Clark first began playing French horn

when he was 10 years old. His mother had played French horn when she was in school, and she still had the instrument in the house although she didn’t play anymore. When there was an opening in Clark’s school orchestra, Clark accepted the chance to play French horn after refus-ing to play trumpet and violin.“By the time I was 12, I was playing with

the county youth orchestra in Norfolk,” he said. “As soon as I did have that experience, I loved it , and I’ve never stopped loving it.”

Clark studied at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London. Clark de-scribes his career since music college as

“a slightly interesting journey” because he has never actually had a full-time job with an orchestra, but instead has worked steadily through a number of contracts with orchestras as a freelance musician.

Clark also taught for 17 years in England, and he now does some teaching at the Uni-versity of British Columbia.

Clark has been performing with the VIS since moving to Vancouver Island. After playing one season on second French horn, he moved onto first, and this is his third season as principal player.“I like the community,” he said. “I like the

fact we can talk with members of the audi-ence after, and there’s a lot of local enthu-siasm for our concerts.”

Clark is looking forward to being the guest artist during the VIS’s upcoming Lon-don — Majesty performance Saturday, Nov. 16 at the Port Theatre in Nanaimo, along with tenor Isaiah Bell.

In this second classical concert of the

season Passport to Great Entertainment, the Vancouver Island Symphony whisks the audience away to the majestic city of London, England, with music by Joseph Haydn, Frederick Delius, Benjamin Britten and Ludwig van Beethoven.

The concert opens with Haydn’s 1791 sa-lute to Britain’s oldest musical charity — March for the Royal Society of Musicians. Move forward 150 years, and the thread continues as Bell and Clark take centre stage for Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings, a song cycle written by Britten in 1943.“It’s tuneful, but also quite moving,” Clark

says of the song cycle by Britten. “It’s a se-ries of songs based on British poets. It’s a beautiful piece, and I first got to know it when I was a teenager because my father was a tenor singer, and once or twice, we would do some recitals … I’ve known it for at least three decades, but I’ve never had a chance to play it with an orchestra, so I’m really looking forward to it.”

As conductor Pierre Simard raises his ba-ton after intermission, the audience will be led on a stroll through the park with De-lius’ On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring, and Summer Night on the River. With Co-riolon Concert by Beethoven, who was a pupil of Haydn, comes the musical story of military might versus motherly tenderness. Then it’s to the very heart of the city as the orchestra plays Haydn’s final symphony — London.

The Vancouver Island Symphony pres-ents London — Majesty Saturday, Nov. 16 at 7:30 p.m. at the Port Theatre in Nanaimo.

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Andrew Clark of Ladysmith is one of the guest artists at the Nov. 16 Vancouver Island Symphony presentation. Photo Submitted


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Let’s bring this issue a little closer to home.

We expect people to lie, don’t we? When someone gets into trouble, we assume they will lie to escape the consequences.

Even if there is no trouble or consequences to deal with, we still expect people to lie in ev-eryday conversations. For ex-ample, “How are you today? Oh I’m fine.” Even though you and your spouse just had a terrible disagreement and you’re any-thing but fine, you’ll say you are fine. It’s expected.

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about expenses or about smok-ing cocaine, the story will even-tually lose its attraction, we will keep our jobs and things will be

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If we value relationships, we need to be truth talkers. We need to find ways of speaking the truth so as to build the other person up, as opposed to selfish gain. We need to speak the truth in love and concern for the oth-er person.

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NISBET, Hugh OliverMarch 12, 1919 ~ October 31, 2013

After a life well-lived, Dad passed away at the Lodge on 4th. He had lived there for 6 years, where his care was exceptional by staff and workers both past and present.Dad served in the European Theatre during WWII with the RCAMSC-13th Field

Ambulance. Amazingly, Dad was the longest living survivor of his unit.As a young man, Dad played the accordion at many dances. His accordion travelled with him during the war.His career as an Industrial First Aid Attendant was as close as possible to his goal of becoming a doctor.Dad was raised in Cassidy, BC and began his young family there. In the early 1950s he moved his family to Ladysmith where he became a lifelong resident. He supported many service clubs and organizations. He was a proud member of the Royal Canadian Legion and the Eagles. He particularly enjoyed being a marriage commissioner. We affectionately called him “Marrying Sam”. Last year, Dad was the proud recipient of the Queens Diamond Jubilee Medal for service to country and community.Predeceased by his wife, Rose and son, Bob; he is survived by daughters, Sheila and Sharron, and son-in-law, Carl Anderson; grandsons, Rob and Dayle (Ellie); and great grandson, Andy.Many thanks to Dr. E. Fritsch for his care, and to Irene and Wayne – Dad’s very special friends.It would please Dad if everyone was very dedicated to their health. He tried very hard to live forever!In Dad’s memory, a donation to either of the following would be appreciated. Heart & Stroke Foundation, 401-495 Dunsmuir St, Nanaimo, BC V9R 6B9 or Ladysmith First United Church, P.O. Box 124, Ladysmith, BC, V0R 2E0.Dad’s fi nal resting place will be in Cedar Valley Memorial Gardens in the Field of Honor. A WWII Veteran at rest.

Doris Annie HOGBERG (nee Malli)Born December 9, 1923 in Ladysmith, B.C. Died November 1, 2013 in St. Michael’s Hospice, Burnaby, B.C. surrounded by family.

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Ladysmith Chemainus Chronicle Tue, Nov 12, 2013 www.ladysmithchronicle.com A21

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

We currently have the following openings:

Heavy Duty Mechanic(North Island)

Manager, Strategic Planning(Campbell River)

Scale Specialist(Port McNeill/Beaver Cove)

Detailed job postings can be viewed athttp://www.westernforest.com/business-value/our-people-employment/careers

WFP offers a competitive salary and a comprehensive benefi t package. If you believe that you have the skills and qualifi cations that we are looking for, please replyin confi dence to:Human Resource Department Facsimile: 1.866.840.9611Email: [email protected]

HD Mechanic (North Island)

Grapple Yarder Hooktender (Port Alice)

Certified Hand Faller (Woss)

Student funding may be available

For more info. call

250.591.1874 www.TruSpaIns tute.com

1-77 Victoria Crescent, Nanaimo

Act Now! Start your careerin only 6-9 months

Next Class:January 27, 2014

Become an Aesthetician!

Located 150km Northwest of Prince George, BC Mount Milligan is one of British Columbia’s fi rst major metals mine of this century.

We are currently recruiting for the following positions:

Mill OperationsSuperintendent

Chief Metallurgist

Manager: Environment, Health & Safety

Mill Electrical / Instrumentation Supervisor

Please apply online at www.mtmilligan.com/

careers

TRADES, TECHNICAL

CLEARWATER OILFIELD Services, Rocky Mountain House, Alberta requires Class 1, 3 Vacuum Truck Drivers, Swampers. Local work. No day rating. Full benefi ts after six months. Fax 403-844-9324.

FRASER SHINGLING & EXTERIORS LTD. Wanted Aluminum and Vinyl siding installers. Full Crews with own equipment only. Contact Giselle at 780 962 1320, or at [email protected]

JOURNEYMAN AUTOMO-TIVE Service Technician(s) in Hanna Alberta. Hanna Chrys-ler Ltd. offers competitive wages from $32/hour, nego-tiable depending on experi-ence. Bright, modern shop. Full-time permanent with benefi ts. Friendly town just 2 hours from major urban cen-tres. More info online at: hannachrylser.ca. Fax 403-854-2845 or email to: [email protected]

TRADES, TECHNICAL

LOCALLY-OWNED, well-es-tablished vacuum truck com-pany looking for Class 1, 3, Vacuum and Gravel Truck Op-erators. Oilfi eld tickets an as-set but not necessary. Incen-tive package available. Blue Cross after three months. Must be willing to relocate or work three weeks on and one week off. Fax resume and driver’s abstract to 403-845-3903.

• Millwrights • Electricians• Welders • Instrument

Mechanics • Pipefi ttersTemporary Trade Opps. in Port

Alberni & Crofton. CatalystPaper, opps. are endless.

Submit your résuméat www.catalyst

paper.com/careers

PERSONAL SERVICES

FINANCIAL SERVICES

DROWNING IN Debt? Cut debts more than 60% & debt free in half the time! Avoid bankruptcy! Free Consultation. www.mydebtsolution.com or Toll Free 1-877-556-3500 BBB Rated A+

GET BACK ON TRACK! Bad credit? Bills? Unemployed? Need Money? We Lend! If you own your own home - you qualify. Pioneer Acceptance Corp. Member BBB.

1-877-987-1420 www.pioneerwest.com

PERSONAL SERVICES

FINANCIAL SERVICES

IF YOU own a home or real estate, Alpine Credits can lend you money: It’s That Simple. Your Credit / Age / Income is not an issue. 1.800.587.2161.

LEGAL SERVICES

CRIMINAL RECORD? Don’t let it block employment, travel, education, professional, certifi -cation, adoption property ren-tal opportunities. For peace of mind & a free consultation call 1-800-347-2540.

EDUCATION/TRADE SCHOOLS

CAREER OPPORTUNITIES

PERSONAL SERVICES

MEDICAL HEALTH

VIAGRA 100mg or CIALIS 20mg. Generic. 40 tabs + 10 Free all for $99 including Free Shipping. Discreet, Fast Shipping. 1-888-836-0780 or metromeds.net

HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES

HAULING AND SALVAGE

COWICHANHauling & Moving

(250) 597-8335Hauling/Junk RemovalMoving/Large or Small

Estates Welcome

LOWEST PRICE GUARANTEE

HOUSEHOLD SERVICES

* Gutters * Windows* Siding * Moss Removal

* Pressure washingMill Bay/Duncan250-743-3306

Chemainus/Ladysmith 250-324-3343

& MOVING STORAGE

2 BURLEY MEN MOVING. $85/hr for 2 men (no before or after travel time charges on lo-cal moves. Please call Scott or Joshua, (250)753-6633.

PLUMBING

A SERVICE PLUMBER. Li-cence, Insured. Drains, HWT, Reno’s, Repairs. Senior Dis-counts. After Hour Service. Call Coval Plumbing, 250-709-5103.

EDUCATION/TRADE SCHOOLS

CAREER OPPORTUNITIES

ATTENTION CARDMAKERS, BOOKMAKERS,

SCRAPBOOKERS, ALL CRAFTERS.

An Estate Sale of crafting supplies -- rubber stamps,

scrapbook paper, cutters, inks, storage units, Xmas

decorations, sewing machine and much, much more. Sat. Nov. 16th, 9-2 pm

at the back of #28 - 1150 Walkem Rd. Ladysmith.

HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES

ROOFING & SKYLIGHTS

Trent DammelAll Types of

Roofi ngResidential/Commercial

New and Re-roofi ng24hr Emergency Repairs

Professional Service Since 1992250-245-7153www.r-and-l-roofi ng.ca

PETS

PET CARE SERVICES

CAT SITTING in my home. No cages. 7day to long term stay. Limited space. 250-740-5554

MERCHANDISE FOR SALE

APPLIANCES

APT. SIZE deep freeze $125. Medium size up right deep freeze $150. White Admiral 15 cu.ft fridge $250. White 30” range $175. 30” almond range $125. White 30” propane stove $150. White 24” range $80. Apt size front load washer, dryer, $300. Kenmore Washer dryer sets $200-$350. Wash-ers $150-$250. Dryers $100-$150. Built-in dishwashers $100-$150. White portable dishwasher $100. 6 month warranty on all appliances. Please call Greg at (250)246-9859.

AUCTIONS

GROCERY STORE AUCTION - November 16 @11am, Burnaby - Hobart meat equipment & dish-washers, True coolers & freezers. View @www.KwikAuctions.com

BURIAL PLOTS

FOUR BURIAL Plots at Cedar Valley Memorial Gardens. $600. each or all 4 for $2000. Call (250)752-3711.

FURNITURE

FREE STANDING Rifl e cabi-net, approx 25”x55.5” $50. Round oak table, pedestal base w/ 2 leaves & 4 matching chairs $500. Computer desk, approx 50”x23” $15. TV stand, corner unit, approx 22”x36”, $45. 27” TV, Sanyo, corner unit $25. with Panosonic VCR $15. Portable mini bar $30. Reclining armchair, taupe $25. Wingback parlour chair, pink/blue multi fabric $25. So-fa, black leather, full size $400. Vintage cedar chest 18.5”x43”, $50. Sunburst Canada #3 crock $75. Chest freezer $15. Call (250)245-7767, 12-8pm. Ladysmith.

QUEEN MATTRESS & BOX. Brand New Eurotop! $200. (250)713-9680

GARAGE SALES

MISCELLANEOUS FOR SALE

HOT TUB (SPA) COVERS. Best price. Best quality. All shapes & colours available. 1-866-652-6837 www.thecoverguy.com/newspaper?

LOVESEAT, RUST colour, good condition. $50. Luggage, 5-piece, burgundy, used 2 times, $50. Freezer, apt. size $50. Lazy Boy carpet, bur-gundy/turquoise/gold multi-col-oured 5’x7’ $50. Nanaimo 250- 619-9517, 1(250)655-1213.

STEEL BUILDINGS/metal buildings 60% off! 20x28, 30x40, 40x62, 45x90, 50x120, 60x150, 80x100 sell for bal-ance owed! Call 1-800-457-2206 or visit us online at: www.crownsteelbuildings.ca

MERCHANDISE FOR SALE

MISCELLANEOUS FOR SALE

VARIOUS SECOND hand household items at Red’s Em-porium. Furniture, tools, dishes, etc. 19 High St, Lady-smith. Call 250-245-7927.

WOLFERMANS’ TREAT Your Friends and Family! Wolferman’s English Muffi ns! Perfect Holiday Assortment, Variety of Sweet & Savory Muffi ns $29.95 – Use Code “Favorite” Free Shipping! 1-800-999-1910 Or www.Wolfermans.com/go/bb016

REAL ESTATE

APARTMENT/CONDOS

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

RENTALS

APARTMENT/CONDO

Ladysmith: 1 & 2 bdrm apt, heat incl., n/p, ref’s required. The Villa 250-245-3583.

Meicor PropertiesChemainus: Lockwood Villa. Well kept bldg, 1 bdrm $625, available now. N/S, 1 small pet welcome. 250-246-1033.

www.meicorproperties.com

Meicor PropertiesLadysmith: bachelor unit avail now $590/mo incl. heat & hot water, sm pets ok. 250-924-6966.

www.meicorproperties.com

COMMERCIAL/INDUSTRIAL

COMMERCIAL SPACE for rent in Ladysmith. 276 sq ft. Suitable for hair salon or offi ce, storefront parking, popular 1st Avenue building. Available now 250-245-4525.

DUPLEXES/4PLEXES

Ladysmith: quiet 600 sq.ft. 1 bdrm with view. Gas f/p, har-dood fl rs, high ceilings, deck, in-suite w/d, N/S, cat ok, avail now, $600+hydro & gas. 2 ref-erences req. 250-335-2189.

LADYSMITH: RENO’D 2 bdrm lower duplex. Laundry. N/S. $800+ utils. 250-245-2079.

HOMES FOR RENT

Rentals Available

Ladysmith: #41-100 Gifford Rd. 2 bdrm, 2 bath level entry ocean view condo. $1100/mo. Avail Dec. 1.Ladysmith: #7-100 Gifford Rd. 2 bdrm, 2 bath lower level ocean view condo. $975/mo. Avail Dec. 1.Ladysmith: #7-941 Malone Rd. 3 bdrm, 3 bath com-fortable condo. $950/mo. Avail Dec. 1.Saltair: 11145 Chemainus Rd. 3 bdrm, 2 bath ocean front home. $1500/mo. Avail Dec. 15.Ladysmith: 4275 Shell Beach Rd. 2 bdrm, 1 bath bright level entry bsmt suite. $900/mo. Avail now.

WANTED Quality Rentals to add

to our Property Management Portfolio

JOHN BOOTH250-245-2252Royal LePage

Property Managementwww.royallepagenanaimo.ca

528 1st Ave. Ladysmith, BC

Sunny Saltair: stunning cus-tom built garden suite avail. Dec. 1st, stone heated fl oors, private grnd entr with beautiful views of Stuart Channel, n/s, n/p, 1 bdrm, 2 bdrm & bache-lor. $675 - $1075/mo. Call Kathi 250-245-1101.

RENTALS

RECREATION

RV RESORT ON THE LAKE

Spots available at Great Rates. Daily, weekly,

monthly. Pool, Hot tub, exercise room, laundry, putting green, hiking,

fi shing, Pickle Ball Court. Free coffee in one of the best clubhouses on the island. Nanaimo area.

www.resortonthelake.com250-754-1975 or

[email protected]

SHARED ACCOMMODATION

NORTH NANAIMO: Attention Students/Working Profession-als: fully furnished room, nice,quiet area. Own bathroom,cable, FREE WiFi, sharedkitchen and laundry. N/S, N/P,no partiers. $550/mo. Avail.immediately. 250-756-9746

SUITES, LOWER

LADYSMITH- 1 bdrm, sharedW/D. NS/NP. Centrally locat-ed, heat & cable incld’d. $650.Available now. (250)245-9535or 250-616-7643.

Ladysmith: bright 2 bdrm bsmt suite. Util, private parking& entrance, n/s, avail. Dec.1st, $825/mo. 250-245-0200

TOWNHOUSES

3 Bed, 2 Bath $950/mth clean,quiet, W/D, N/S, N/P, acrossfrom schools avail Dec 1. 250-924-5994

TRANSPORTATION

AUTO ACCESSORIES/PARTS

CHRIS CRAFT Engines ForSale. 2 Chris Craft 350 cidgasoline engines. Matchedpair left hand and right handrotation. Circa 1965, rebuilt inmid 1980’s and kept in storageever since. Bore: 030 Mains:010 Rods: 010 Bore: 030Mains: 020 Rods: 020. Asking:$1600 for the pair (obo). Con-tact: (250)245-3004

AUTO FINANCING

Auto Financing 1.800.910.6402

Ladysmith Legion Ladies Auxiliary #171

Christmas Teaand BazaarFriday, Nov 2212:00 - 3:00 pmEveryone Welcome

Upstairs at the Legion Bake Sale

CHRISTMAS CORNER

Third Annual Victorian Christmas Tea

Sponsored by Sharon Chapter #4 O.E.S.

Sat. Nov. 16 2 - 4 p.m. Masonic Lodge, 26 Gatacre St.,

Ladysmith. Bake tables, Silent auc-tion, Tea leaf readings.

Lunch $8/person Tickets at door

IRCRAFT FA S

CHRISTMAS CHAOSCowichan Valley’s GIANT

Arts & Crafts FairThurs. Nov 14th * & Fri. Nov 15th *12 pm to 8 pm

Sat. Nov 16 & Sun. Nov 1710 am – 5 pm

Island Savings CentreFREE ADMISSION Wheelchair Friendly(250) 748-7529 or

[email protected]* Multi-Purpose Hall only

2687 James Street, Duncan

DARREL HANCOCK POTTERY CHRISTMAS

SALE3505 Harris Cres, Qualicum Beach,

V9K 1W1Nov. 16, 17, 23 & 24,

10am – 5pm, (250)752-4533

ChristmasCorner



The Last WordChronicle

• This Thursday (Nov. 14), Vancouver Island au-thor Katrin Horowitz will be reading from her new-ly published book, The Best Soldier’s Wife, at the Ladysmith Library.

This is the story of one woman trying to cope with the shocks and after-shocks of Canada’s war in Afghanistan.“Katrin will read from her timely novel, described as sad, angry, funny, but always deeply personal,” states a press release.

The reading takes place Thursday, Nov. 14 at 6:30 p.m. at the Ladysmith Li-brary. Call 250-245-2322 for more information.• Congratulations to

the Best Western Plus Chemainus Inn, man-aged by Ashler Hospital-ity Corporation, which was recognized with the M.K. Guertin Award, the Champion Customer Care

Award and the Best West-ern Green Award at Best Western International’s 2013 Convention held re-cently in Texas. The Best Western Plus Chemainus Inn was also awarded the Champion Customer Care Award for its strong commitment to providing superior customer care to guests and the Green Award for its dedica-tion to environmentally-friendly practices. “The prestigious M.K. Guertin Award is bestowed upon those member properties that have represented the vision of Best Western’s founder and best demon-strated exceptional levels of service, quality, value and commitment to the brand,” according to a news release. The Best Western Plus Chemainus Inn is one of only 20 ho-tels — and the only one in Western Canada — out of

more than 2,400 proper-ties in the U.S. and Cana-da to receive all three of these awards.• It’s an afternoon of

Musical Fantasy Sunday, Nov. 17 when British cello sensation Michael Jones will perform a virtuoso se-lection, including Bach’s suites and Joaquin Ro-drigo’s sparkling “Como una Fantasia,” at 2 p.m. in the intimate setting of 1891 heritage St. Michael’s Church in Chemainus. Fol-lowing the performance, stay for a Meet the Artists Reception.” Tickets are $15 in advance or $20 at the door and are available at the Owl’s Nest Bakery Bistro in Chemainus, the Chemainus Festival Inn, Salamander Books in Ladysmith, Mike’s Café in Crofton, Ten Old Books in Duncan and Valley Vines to Wines in Mill Bay or by calling 250-748-8383.

Heard around town...

What’s your name?“Layla O’Brien”

What’s your hometown?

“Ladysmith.”

What do you do?

“I’m a Grade 4 student at Ladysmith Intermediate School.”

What do you like most about your community?

“The ocean.”

What was your proudest or happiest moment?

“When I had my piano recital.”

What scares you more than anything else in the world? “Spiders.”

If you were Empress of Vancouver Island, what would your first imperial proclamation be?

“To be able to be under 10 and go in the front passenger seat

in the car.”

Smile of the Week

Beyond Your Expectations

640 Trans Canada Hwy., Ladysmith, BC

P. 250-245-3700 C. 250-667-7653

E. [email protected]

Call for a Free Home Evaluation

CHURCH DIRECTORY

1149 Fourth Ave, Ladysmith, 250-245-8221

Family Worship Service every Sunday at 10:30 am“Life Lesson Series: He Is I AM”

(Nursery & Children’s classes available)Mid-week programs for kids, preteens and teens

Rev. Min-Goo Kang232 High Street250-245-2183

www.ladysmithunited.org

Inclusive - Diverse - VibrantLadysmith

First United ChurchSunday Service

including Sunday schoolat 10:30 amHealing Pathway

1st & 3rd Tuesdays, 6-8 pm

Attend regularly the church of your choice

November 17, 2013 @10am

Guest Speaker: Briercrest Professor

David Ernst

Pastor Darin Phillips 381 Davis Road 250-245-5113

www.oceanviewchurch.ca

Welcome toSt. Mary’s

Catholic Church1135 - 4th Avenue

Ladysmith, BCMass Times:Sat. 5:00 pmSun. 9:00 am250-245-3414

Hall Rentals Available250-245-2077

ST. JOHN’SANGLICAN CHURCH

314 Buller St., LadysmithJesus Said: “Come and

Journey with the Saviour”

Sunday Morning Worship

8 am - Holy Communion10 am - Holy EucharistRev. Susan Hermanson250-245-5512

Mid Island Co-op is pleased to announce its support of the Ladysmith Festival of Lights Society by way of a $1,000 donation. Pictured from left to right are Mid Island Co-op board member Barb Peters and Cliff Fisher and Greg Edwards from the Ladysmith Festival of Lights Society. PHOTO SUBMITTED

Spoiled for car and truck choiceWith more than 250 choices avail-able to Canadians, the selection of cars and trucks can be somewhat overwhelming.Today, the Driveway team hopes to steer you in the direction you may want to go in this 2014 New Model Preview edition. It’s not a comprehensive list but a look at some key market seg-ments, from which our featured writers have each made five picks. Of course, that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t consider any other vehi-cles. The team members have picked examples that have caught their eye this year to help you start the car conversation at home. Head test driver Zack Spencer scanned the en-

tire market to come up with his tips, paying particular attention to the booming SUV/Crossover segment. Yours truly picks some premium brand offerings while Alexandra spots the sporty cars under $30,000. Bob McHugh focuses on hybrid vehicles and we welcome Ian Harwood, who lives and breathes trucks be they utility vehicles, off roaders or pickups.Okay, before you turn the page here are some purchase

preparation tips. Fix a top-price budget and if financing will be required figure out what you can truly afford in monthly payments. Insurance and maintenance are major costs in

owning a car. Once you have a vehicle in mind, get an insurance quote. Regular maintenance costs are easily figured but some cars can be very expensive if parts have to be brought in from around the world.Once you have a handle on the above, you can narrow your choice. It is important you like the looks of the second most expensive purchase of your life. However, make sure it serves its intended purpose by answering some ques-tions. Typically, how many people do you need to transport and how far? Is there enough stowage space in the cabin and the trunk or luggage compartment? Do you need V8 power or will an economical four-cylinder suffice? Now go and kick some tires at a variety of dealerships and consider multiple brands because they all have much to offer.

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SAUNDERS SUBARUBob Saunders and Dave Saunders with his brown lab Timber.

Vancouver Islands largest Subaru DealerFamily owned and operated since 1978

Come and Visit. It’s worth the drive

250-474-2211 • www.saunders.subarudealer.ca

Coming fromup-island take Exit 11 to

Colwood

LADYSMITH CHEMAINUS CEDAR DUNCAN

Your Island Community Grocers since 1977

Visit us on the web www.the49th.com

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

250-246-3551Open Daily

7:30 am - 9:00 pm


7:30 am - 9:00 pm


7:30 am - 9:00 pm


7:30 am - 9:00 pm

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

Prices effective Tuesday, November 12 to Sunday, November 17, 2013

Fresh Blackwell Angus

Top SirloinGrilling Steak

15.41 kg

699lb.

5 lb. box

398

ChineseMandarins

Quaker CerealsLife, Harvest Crunch,

Muffets, Squares,Cap’N Crunch,

350-600 grams, limit 4 total

4/$10WOW!

Sunrise Farms

Boneless SkinlessChicken Breasts4 kg, IQF, 15% meat protein

2197


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