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Misty Dmytar knows all about the Tour de Rock — from the burning muscles and driv-ing rain that washes over the riders to the smiles it brings to the faces of the children who inspire them.

The Ladysmith mother and Nanaimo RCMP constable conquered the grueling 1,000-kilometre ride last year, an image of her young son helping to push her through the pain.

Griffyn Dmytar, who turns four this De-cember, was diagnosed with neuroblas-toma — a rare form of infant cancer that affects the nervous system — only a few days after he was born. Doctors removed a tumour the size of a baseball from Griffyn by the time he was 10 days old.“He was three weeks early so he was quite small and the tumour weighed half a pound,” recalls his mother.

Griffyn was released from hospital Dec. 26 but three months later they found anoth-er tumour on his adrenal gland and spots on his liver. So Dmytar packed up her in-fant son and headed back to B.C. Children’s Hospital for another five months of treat-ment.“He has been cancer-free for two years now. He is happy and healthy,” she said. “He doesn’t remember much because he was so little but he’s starting to ask about the scars on his body and what they’re from.”

Griffyn’s battle with the disease and the in-credible care and people she encountered while at Children’s Hospital are what first drew Dmytar to the Tour de Rock, embark-ing on the 1,000-km trek from Port Alice to Victoria last September.“For me, I thought that maybe doing the

Tour de Rock would bring me some closure,”

said Dmytar. “It did but it also brought out emotions in me that I hadn’t felt since Grif-fyn’s diagnosis. Just seeing moms on the side of the road handing $50 or $100 bills to the riders, saying thank you for what you do and then hearing their story of how they lost their child.”

She was taken by the generosity encoun-tered every step along the way.“I just was in awe of how amazing Vancou-

ver Island is when it comes to the Tour de Rock,” said Dmytar, who was amazed by how each community came together and how even small communities managed to raise such sizable amounts. “Places like Sayward, where there’s only 800 or 900 people, and they raised $16,000. That was just phenomenal to me.”

The emotional toll was tougher than the physical challenge for Dmytar, although there were still days along the route when she wondered just what she had got herself into.“The hardest part for me was the 140 km to Sayward and it wasn’t because of the distance, it was because of the cold and the rain. And I had pulled my Achilles tendon so I had an injury that I was nursing. I’m sure there were points of the ride where I thought ‘What am I doing?’”

But every time Dmytar would hit a rough patch, she would look down at the picture of Griffyn she carried with her.“You just have to glance down at that pic-ture and you seem to find the strength to make it up that hill when you’re struggling.”

Each rider is assigned a junior rider to serve as an inspiration on the journey and Griffyn was the one who kept Dmytar going.“You might think you’re having a bad day but watching your child or another child go through treatment, that’s a bad day. It’s nothing compared to what these kids have

to go through.”When asked about the highlight of her ex-

perience Dmytar didn’t hesitate to point to the camp on Loon Lake near Maple Ridge for children with cancer and their families.“When we went to Camp Goodtimes and these kids were laughing and smiling. It was like they didn’t have a care in the world. You can’t put a price on it. You can’t even describe how you felt when you saw it be-cause it was magical.”

Dmytar and Griffyn will get to feel a little bit of that magic themselves when their family heads to Camp Goodtimes for a one-

week stay next summer.In the meantime, Griffyn will serve as

a junior rider for two other Tour de Rock participants this year, while Dmytar will be working with the support team for the first week of the trek.

This year’s Tour de Rock runs from Sept. 20 to Oct. 3, with the riders rolling through Ladysmith Sept. 29. Last year’s tour raised more than $1.1 million for pediatric cancer research and programs to help children with cancer and their families. The event has raised almost $20 million since its in-ception in 1998.

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Transit falls short of ridership goalsDan EbenalTHE CHRONICLE

It’s been a bit of a bumpy ride, but the regional transit service is beginning to gain traction in Ladysmith.“The estimates from staff is that for the Ladysmith routes we had something like in excess of 10,000 people use the transit system,” said Ladysmith Mayor Rob Hutchins, who also chairs the Cowichan Valley Regional District Board. “It’s not as large a number as we expected, but it is not unusual in the first year of a new service that it takes a while.”

The regional district and BC Transit introduced the Ladysmith service last September, with four local routes as well as a connec-tor to Chemainus.“The biggest complaints or con-

cerns was that the timing points were a bit too tight if you were doing a transfer, especially to Chemainus,” said BC Transit spokesperson Meribeth Burton, adding some tweaks were made to the routes in May.“In transit speak, we’ve loosened up some of those timing points and given both our operators and passengers a little bit more lee-way to make those pivotal con-nections and the response has been positive since.”

Hutchins said the Ladysmith-Chemainus connector has prov-en to be the most popular of the new routes, with an estimated 3,000-plus riders over the first year.

One of those riders is Sue Fer-guson, who takes the bus to Chemainus three times a week to work at the thrift store as a vol-unteer with the hospital auxiliary.“I love it. I wish there were more trips,” said Ferguson, who re-tired to Ladysmith just after the service was introduced last Sep-tember.“It’s a good little service, espe-

cially in the morning because you

have the connector for Duncan,” said Ferguson, who also uses the local service. “Without it I’d be up the creek, I’d be doing a lot of walking.”

Another resident who depends on the Ladysmith service is Zuro-na Nelson.“It’s a good system. I use it quite a bit actually, to go out to Corona-tion and up the hill so I don’t have to walk,” said Nelson, adding she’s noticed more people using transit as the year’s gone by but ridership remains sporadic.“It goes to Chemainus and Dun-

can, which is nice because you can get to a bigger town to do the things you need to do,” said Nelson as she waited at the bus stop with eight-year-old daughter Jazsea. “It goes to Duncan but it doesn’t go to Nanaimo, which is weird because there’s so much that people in Ladysmith go to

Nanaimo for. It’s great that you can take the Greyhound but it only comes once a day and comes back once a day so you’re stuck in Nanaimo for the day.”

Hutchins said a connection with Nanaimo is one of the things the CVRD is working on.“There’s still a pent-up desire to make a connection to Nanaimo but that takes planning by both regional districts to make that happen. I know staff are meeting and looking at options.”

Hutchins said the connection to the south had to be established first to complete the link with the Cowichan Valley region. He said a lot of work remains to be done before a link to Nanaimo is ready, with CVRD staff having to work with their counterparts in the Nanaimo Regional District to iron out details such as where the two routes would meet.

“One of the proposals being con-sidered is perhaps making con-nections between the CVRD and the Nanaimo Regional District at the airport,” said Hutchins.

One new service Ladysmith res-idents can expect to see is the in-troduction of HandyDart, which will begin twice-a-week service to Ladysmith Oct. 6.“We will be providing the service

Tuesdays and Fridays. It was a matter of looking at distributing the time over the week and also fitting it in with the other com-munities that CVRD serves with HandyDart,” said Burton, adding the service has proven extremely popular everywhere it’s been in-troduced.

One of the biggest challenges faced by the new transit system is cost. BC Transit statistics com-piled back in March showed an estimated cost of $49.33 per pas-

senger trip.“Like any business, it takes time to grow,” said Hutchins, add-ing transit represents an annual cost of about $40 for the average Ladysmith household, with that cost expected to rise slightly with the introduction of HandyDart.“It needs to be evaluated on a regular basis, and if it’s proven that there isn’t a need for it then we have to take a look at it and see if we need to change the routes or change the hours to maximize the service to the community that needs it,” said Hutchins, adding the convention-al routes could be trimmed to off-set the cost of a potential future service to Nanaimo.

Of course, the simplest way to reduce the cost is to increase the number of riders. And that’s something that bus driver John McWilliam has seen steadily grow over the course of the past year.“It’s a thing where people have to get used to it. Ladysmith has long been a town where people jump into their cars, even if it’s only two minutes, but it’ just get-ting so expensive,” said McWil-liam.

Ladysmith riders will also no-tice a few local rate changes be-ginning in October. Adult fares will remain at $2, while the rates for students and seniors will jump to $2 from $1.75. A sheet of 10 adult tickets will jump $2 to $18, while students and seniors will see an increase from $13.50 to $15. Day passes will remain unchanged for adults, while they will jump to $4 for students and seniors from the current $3.25.“The reason for the fare change

on the conventional system is that, generally speaking, having one flat price limits fare disputes with operators so you don’t need to produce ID to prove age,” said Burton. “The reason monthly passes hasn’t changed is because we do like to encourage those long-term fare products.”

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Sue Ferguson boards the bus for Chemainus at the stop on First Avenue in Ladysmith. DAN EBENAL


A couple of recent wildlife encounters have conservation officers issuing a re-minder that nature can contain dangers as well as beauty.

Conservation officers received a report of a cougar in a tree in the Pictou Road area of Ladysmith Sept. 9. But when of-ficers contacted the complainant they were advised the cougar didn’t display any threatening behaviour and had since moved on.

Sgt. Ben York, mid-Island region conser-vation officer supervisor, said the triggers that would elicit a response from officers are a cougar that is seen in an urban envi-ronment for a prolonged period of time or one that shows aggressive behaviour to people, pets or livestock.

The Ladysmith sighting comes a week

after a small dog was attacked and killed by a cougar in Mount Benson Regional Park in Nanaimo.“In that case the dog meets the prey profile and the cougar’s in its natural en-vironment, so we probably wouldn’t act on that,” said York. “If it had shown that same interest in a person then of course we would.”

York advises people to not let children play in wilderness areas unsupervised and to keep dogs under control.“If you are threatened by a cougar, make

yourself look as big as possible, yell at it, throw things at it, basically tell it that you’re going to be too tough to take down.”

He said even big dogs can be viewed as prey by a predator and can also some-times irritate a large animal.“And when a dog realizes it’s in trouble, the first thing it does is it runs for safety which is the owner,” said York. “And of-

ten times it has something big and furry in hot pursuit.”

But big cats aren’t the only wildlife ac-tive in the Ladysmith area, with bears now stocking up on calories before they head into hibernation at the end of November.

Conservation officers were called out to a report of a bear in a residential neigh-bourhood in the area of Cloke Road Sept. 4. While York was initially informed that someone had been bluff charged by the bear, when he arrived on the scene he found that wasn’t the case.“The animal had actually run past people

who were sitting on the lawn having lunch and showed no interest in them,” he said.

“It was just trying to get the heck away.”York spoke to a person in the area who

acknowledged the bear had accessed gar-bage that had been left out by area resi-dents.“Without a doubt that’s what the problem

was. And it’s going to get worse and the drive is going to be stronger for the next three months.”

York advises residents to only place gar-bage out on the day of collection, keep-ing it in a garage or other secure location until then.“A little plywood box is not strong

enough. As far as a bear is concerned that’s like looking for grubs in a stump and they’re quite capable of completely wrecking your fancy plywood box.”

Tree fruit and pet food are other items that can act as an attractant for bears.“Don’t give them any reason to come into

your yard, and the only reason they’re go-ing to come into your yard is food,” he said.

In case of an emergency involving a bear or cougar or to report poachers and pol-luters, please call the B.C. Ministry of En-vironment at 1-877-952-7277.

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A fresh approach has helped to alleviate some of the grow-ing pains felt by the Ladysmith Farmers’ Market.

The market wrapped up for the year last week following its first full season at the Transfer Beach location.“The first year we were on First

Avenue for the better part of the year and moved to this location at the tail end of the season last year. It was a real hit at that time,” said Mark Drysdale, man-ager of the Ladysmith Chamber of Commerce that oversees the market.And the success can be wit-

nessed in the numbers. The market more than doubled the number of vendors who set up on Tuesday afternoons, with some weeks seeing more than 50 booths set up at Transfer Beach.“It blew us out of the water.

We had close to 60 and we had targeted 25, which is where we thought we would be coming in. We would have been happy with 25,” said Linda Bannerman, who took over as manager of the

farmers’ market this year.Bannerman said it’s unfair to

compare a new market like the one in Ladysmith to ones like Duncan that have been around for 100 years.“It’s apples and oranges,” said

Bannerman, who operates her Hat Emporium out of five differ-ent markets a week. “I think the market, given its the first year, has been very successful.”

Both Bannerman and Drysdale

agree that the original location for the market on First Avenue did not go over well with locals.“Our problem is Ladysmith

didn’t like the market on the street,” said Bannerman. “When you talk to Ladysmith people the picture in their head is the street market, so they haven’t translated that to here. When they come down and see it here, it’s like wow.”


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Manon Scott (left) and Heldine Spence look over some onions at last week’s final Ladysmith Farmers’ Market of the year. Dan EbEnal

TOWN OF LADYSMITH

ADVANCE ELECTOR REGISTRATIONfor

Local Government Electionsto be held

Saturday, November 15, 2014Are you eligible to vote in the November elections for the Town of Ladysmith? Is your name on the current list of electors?

If you are not sure you can fi nd out by visiting the Town of Ladysmith City Hall at 410 Esplanade, or by calling 250.245.6400. The offi ce is open from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Monday to Friday (excluding holidays).

Advance elector registrations will be accepted at Ladysmith City Hall until Wednesday, September 24, 2014. With the exception of registrations on voting days, elector registrations will not be accepted during the period September 25 to November 14, 2014.

TO BE ELIGIBLE TO VOTE:RESIDENT ELECTORS (who live in the Town of Ladysmith):

• 18 years of age or older on general voting day for the election or assent voting; and

• a Canadian citizen; and

• a resident of British Columbia for at least 6 months immediately before the day of registration; and

• a resident of the Town of Ladysmith for at least 30 days immediately before the day of registration; and

• not disqualifi ed under the Local Government Act or any other enactment from voting in an election or assent voting and not otherwise disqualifi ed by law.

NON-RESIDENT PROPERTY ELECTORS (who own property in the Town of Ladysmith but do not live here):

• 18 years of age or older on general voting day for the election or assent voting; and

• a Canadian citizen; and

• a resident of British Columbia for at least 6 months immediately before the day of registration; and

• a registered owner of real property in the Town of Ladysmith for at least 30 days immediately before the day of registration; and

• not entitled to register as a resident elector; and

• not disqualifi ed under the Local Government Act or any other enactment from voting in an election or assent voting and not otherwise disqualifi ed by law; and

• if there is more than one registered owner of the property, only one of those individuals may, with the written consent of the majority of the owners, register as a non-resident property elector.

LIST OF REGISTERED ELECTORSBeginning Tuesday, September 30, until the close of general voting for the election on Saturday, November 15, 2014, a copy of the list of registered electors will be available for public inspection at Ladysmith City Hall during regular offi ce hours -- 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Monday to Friday, excluding statutory holidays. Before inspecting the list, a person must sign a statement that they will not inspect the list or use the information included in the list except for the purposes of Part 3 – Electors and Elections of the Local Government Act. An elector may request that their address or other information about them be omitted from or obscured on the list of electors.

OBJECTION TO REGISTRATION OF AN ELECTORAn objection to the registration of a person whose name appears on the list of registered electors may be made in accordance with the Local Government Act until 4:00 pm on Friday, October 10, 2014. An objection must be in writing and may only be made by a person entitled to be registered as an elector of the Town of Ladysmith and can only be made on the basis that a person whose name appears on the list of electors has died or that a person whose name appears on the list of electors is not qualifi ed to be registered as an elector of the Town of Ladysmith.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION please contact:

Joanna Winter, Chief Election Offi cer at 250.245.6417 [email protected]

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

Public Notice is given to the electors of the Town of Ladysmith that nominations for the offi ces of:

Mayor – One (1) PositionCouncillor – Six (6) Positions

for a four-year term beginning December 2014

will be received by the Chief Election Offi cer or a designated person, as follows:

By hand, mail or Town of Ladysmith City Hall other delivery service to: 410 Esplanade, P.O. Box 220 Ladysmith, B.C. V9G 1A2

By fax to: 250.245.6411

By e-mail to: [email protected]

From 9:00 a.m. Tuesday, September 30, 2014 to 4:00 p.m. Friday, October 10, 2014 excluding statutory holidays and weekends.

Originals of faxed or e-mailed nomination documents must be received by the Chief Election Offi cer or designate by 4:00 p.m. Friday, October 17, 2014.

TOWN OF LADYSMITH

2014 GENERAL LOCAL ELECTIONS

NOTICE OF NOMINATION

Nomination forms are available at Ladysmith City Hall and on the Town’s website at www.ladysmith.ca/city-hall/elections

QUALIFICATIONS FOR OFFICE

A person is qualifi ed to be nominated, elected, and to hold offi ce as a member of local government if they meet the following criteria:

• Canadian citizen;• 18 years of age or older on general voting day Saturday, November 15, 2014;• resident of British Columbia for at least 6 months immediately before the day nomination papers are fi led;• not disqualifi ed under the Local Government Act or any other enactment from being nominated for, being elected to or holding the offi ce, or be otherwise disqualifi ed by law.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION please contact:

Joanna Winter, Chief Election Offi cer at 250.245.6417 [email protected]

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

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Crewtackles blazeA crew from the

Coastal Fire Cen-tre were dispatched to a small fire near Ladysmith Sunday morning.“We had a fire two

kilometres from Ladysmith on the Ba-non Forest Service Road,” said fire infor-mation officer Marg Drysdale. “It was hu-man caused and it’s under investigation.”

The North Oyster Fire Department assisted with the 0.2-hectare blaze that was quickly put under control.“This one they got into mop-up very quickly, but rather than calling it out they’ll put it in patrol for a period of time until they’re comfort-able calling it com-pletely out,” said Dry-sdale. “They’ll just go back and check on it periodically so they make sure there’s no smoke or any hotspots.”

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Rising ferry fares and de-clining traffic are costing the economy millions more than the revenues accruing to BC Ferries, according to a study prepared for discussion at this month’s local govern-ment convention.

Based on what it is call-ing the first ever “socio-eco-nomic” study of ferry use and costs, the Union of B.C. Municipalities executive is recommending the province reverse its November 2013 decision to continue raising ferry rates beyond the rate of inflation.

The report refers to pas-senger declines of 20 to 40 per cent on northern routes, 10 to 20 per cent on minor routes and five to eight per cent on major routes. The report finds that “ferry rider-ship declines run counter to the trend of transportation volume increases in most other modes of transport in B.C., including vehicle and air transport.”

The report estimates that if fare increases had been kept to the rate of inflation, pas-senger volumes would have grown by 19 per cent over the past decade, adding $2.3 bil-lion to the province’s gross domestic product.

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New location growing on patronsBut she said the new location is

beginning to sink in with market visi-tors as traffic has steadily increased over the summer.“For the past six weeks it’s been market-driven traffic. When we first opened we were beach-driven traf-fic, people finding us from the beach. Now we’re establishing our own legs.”

While the market does bring in a bit of revenue for the chamber, Dry-sdale said the real benefit is the ex-posure it provides other Ladysmith businesses with the many out-of-town visitors who stop by.“We typically have somebody down

here trying to drive traffic up [into town]. We have maps and informa-

tion about First Avenue and the busi-nesses.”

Bannerman said she’s already spo-ken to a number of vendors who look forward to returning to the mar-ket next year. She said they make tweak the hours slightly but intend to continue operating on Tuesdays at Transfer Beach and provide the same eclectic mix of vendors with products ranging from fresh pro-duce, to jams and bread and the handiwork of artisans.“Farmers’ markets are a multi-mil-

lion-dollar add-on business. People don’t always take that into account, that we drive traffic,” she said. “If somebody is here, they’re at the park, they’re in the city, this is not the only place they spend money.”

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Many of you have asked for an update on my private member’s Bill C-231, an act to amend the Canada Shipping Act, 2001 (derelict vessels and wrecks).

I anticipate that my bill will come up for its first hour of debate in this upcoming session of Par-liament, and the second hour of debate and vote may happen in the new year.

While I am waiting for the chance to raise the issue of derelict vessels with my fellow parlia-mentarians, I have had to write to the minister of transport to draw her attention to some other instances of dangerous vessels. An edited version of the letter follows:

Dear Minister Raitt:On July 15, 2014 I was

informed that a vessel named the Trojan had been drifting in Maple Bay since May of this year. It is my understand-

ing that while the vessel has a concrete mooring block hanging over its side, the chain is insuffi-cient allowing the vessel to lift the block and drift on a rising tide.

My office immediately contacted your office to notify department offi-cials of the situation. On July 24, 2014 my office received the following re-sponse:

“I can confirm that the department is aware of

this and is monitoring the situation. Should the Trojan break free and become an obstruction to navigation, steps may need to be taken to se-cure and possibly remove the vessel.”

Unfortunately, this re-sponse is insufficient. On July 29, 2014 my of-fice was notified that the Trojan had drifted further to Arbutus Point and that there is a concern it will be taken into the swift waters of Sansum Nar-rows by a current.

Derelict and abandoned vessels are a major con-cern in coastal commu-nities and my riding of Nanaimo-Cowichan is no exception. Some exam-ples include:

Ladysmith: On July 22, 2014 my office was in-formed of a vessel called the Aberdeen that poses an environmental con-cern to the Ladysmith Harbour. While the fuel may be pumped from the vessel, there is currently no plan in place to re-move the derelict vessel

from the harbour.Chemainus: Five der-

elict barges were left to sink in the Chemainus harbour. While they did not pose a navigational hazard, they were of con-cern to residents and visi-tors to the area.

Cowichan Bay: On May 9, 2014 the SS Beaver, which had been aban-doned in the bay, was left to sink. Pollution from the ship leaked in the bay causing concern for the sensitive eco-system. The MV Dominion II was an-other vessel that afflicted Cowichan Bay, causing damage to private prop-erty and raising many navigational and environ-mental concerns.

These are just a few examples of derelict and abandoned vessels that have caused navigation and environmental con-cerns because there is no mandate to deal with these vessels before they become a hazard.

Jean Crowder is the MP for Nanaimo-Cowichan.

Coverage helps to boostConcerts in the Park

Editor:

On behalf of the Ladysmith Resources Centre Association, and the Concerts in the Park Com-mittee, please accept our heartfelt thanks for all of the great articles presented in your paper about the upcoming performers in the summer issues of the Chronicle, advertising our Concerts in the Park.

These articles are wonderful because they pro-vide so much information about the performers, their particular style of music and pertinent infor-mation about the respective performers or groups which would not be known to the general public attending the concerts. Great content.

We are also grateful that you offer in those ar-ticles, information about our associations connec-tion in presenting these concerts. Thanks to dona-tions collected from the audience we are able to help some of our programs which are currently underfunded. We continually seek ways to raise funds for both the association and it’s programs and strive to give as good as we get.

Thank you so very much for being there for us and helping us to advertise this wonderful sum-mer entertainment at our beautiful amphitheatre. We are so lucky to have this venue.

On behalf of the committee, thank you.

Valerie Duckworth, co-ordinatorConcerts in the Park Committee

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Chamber shows off new digsDan Ebenalthe chronicle

It may not have moved far, but there’s a whole lot of changes around the Ladysmith Chamber of Com-merce.

Many got their first look at the new of-fices of the Ladysmith chamber office and visitor centre at an open house Wednes-day night.“It was a good turnout.

We had some familiar faces and some new faces,” said cham-ber president Aaron Stone. “The feedback that we got from ev-erybody there seemed quite positive.”

The chamber moved into its new offices on 33 Roberts St. in May from its previous loca-tion across the street and up the block on First Avenue.“We just managed to squeeze it in before the height of tourism season. We had to scramble to get it all together. This place was pretty rough,” said chamber man-ager Mark Drysdale about the new loca-tion that has previ-ously served as a quilt-ing shop and jewelry store.

He said extensive renovation work took place over the sum-mer to put in new walls for offices, re-place the flooring and remodel a bathroom that featured a toilet atop stairs.

Drysdale said the three main reasons driving the move were money, space and ac-cessibility.“We probably had more motorhomes parking here in the two months we’ve been here than in years we were on First,” he said. “We

would actually sit there and watch mo-torhomes go by and they couldn’t find a place to park.”

The new location features plenty of on-street parking out front as well as a lot to the side of the build-ing.

The new office, which the chamber has signed a five-year lease on, is more than twice the size of the former location with about 1,800 square feet evenly split be-tween the visitors centre out front and chamber offices in the back.“As far as the visi-tor information part of it goes, it’s roughly about the same other than the parking. But for the chamber it’s night and day,” said Drysdale. “We now have a boardroom which we didn’t have before. It was just a visitor centre and any-thing we wanted to do with the chamber we had to work around the visitor centre.”

There is also a busi-ness centre which Drysdale hopes will eventually be filled with equipment and resources to support the local business community.“They can access resources in here, there will be informa-tion on how to set up business in the com-munity, some market-ing material on why businesses choose Ladysmith, there’s going to be a lend-ing library, an equip-ment library,” he said.

“This will also be sort of the headquarters for any workshops or seminars we’re doing for the local business community.”

The open house also provided an opportu-nity for the chamber to update its roughly 170 members on its plans for the future.

Drysdale said the chamber is working on a comprehensive marketing and com-munications strategy, with updates in store for the website, social

media strategy and newsletter.“The way we talk to members and get the word out and com-municate about things we’re doing is going to change. We’re re-ally going to try and get our membership re-engaged with the chamber. I think it’s important that they recognize the cham-ber as a vehicle to do some things they can’t do on their own.”

One of the main items on the imme-diate horizon is the chamber’s annual fall event, this year teaming up with the [Ladysmith Water-front] art gallery to put on Davy Jones Locker event next month.“We’ve teamed up

with the art gallery to do something a little bit different that benefits both organi-zations,” said Stone.

“We’re adding an ele-ment of social capital to it, improving the social welfare of our community as well as the business welfare.”

Chamber manager Mark Drysdale and visitor centre manager Jacquie Chellew are ready to welcome Ladysmith into the new offices of the Ladysmith Cham-ber of Commerce and Visitor Centre. Dan EbEnal

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Red Serge Dinner - Monday, September 29Dinner in honor of the Riders and their support crew. Taking place on September 29 at the Ladysmith Elks Hall. Tick-ets are $25 and are sold at Ladysmith & District Credit Union. Fundraising activities throughout the evening include a “Wall of Wine”, Silent Auction, Balloon Pop, West Jet tickets, as well as a special chance to interact with the riders!

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Club’s efforts improve hatcheryLindsay ChungThe ChroniCle

The Ladysmith Sportsmen’s Club has recently completed a project that will help bring more water into the Bush Creek Hatchery and improve the conditions for salmon rear-ing.

The Ladysmith Sportsmen’s Club (LSC) received a $15,000 grant from the Pacific Salmon Foundation to help replace the water lines feeding the Bush Creek Hatchery so that the fa-cility can continue to rebuild salmon stocks as it goes into its 24th year of operation. The grant comes from the founda-tion’s 2014 Community Salmon Program and is being com-bined with funds raised locally to complete the nearly $58,000 Hatchery Pipeline Intake and Update Project.

The Bush Creek Hatchery is located on TimberWest land on Bush Creek and has been operated by the Ladysmith Sportsmen’s Club for 23 years.

The LSC would like to add groundwater to the existing water flow from Bush Creek, as they found low water alarms went off in early March of this year and there were freeze ups to the system after a very dry fall in 2013, explained Dave Judson of the LSC. Jud-son says that by removing the original steel pipe and chang-ing the water intake, they will be able to solve their water volume concerns. As well, add-ing the warmer groundwater to the creek water will help with salmon rearing.“What we’d like to do later on is we’d like to dig a well so we can supplement the cold wa-ter with warm groundwater,” said Judson. “We are limited because we don’t have power here to dig out the well. We are going to source out alter-nate water sources, like warm groundwater. The nice thing

about this water from Bush Creek is it’s cold and clear, but cold is not the best for baby fish.”

The project was just complet-ed, and it involved replacing the original steel pipe, which was rusted and full of holes, and putting in a sediment control box to clean the wa-ter. The clean water will go to the hatchery, and the sediment control box will be flushed out once a month. This solves the problem of leaves and de-bris falling into the intake, ex-plained Judson.

The LSC replaced the steel pipe with Blue Brute plastic pipe that Judson says will last a lifetime. They then enclosed the pipe in concrete against the rock wall to insulate and protect it.“Now the pipe is enclosed and not so vulnerable,” said Judson. “That’s going to help us with our freezing problem. Before, we had to go with a torch to try to thaw the pipe, but now, we have it insulated and protected. The remaining of the project is we just need rain to see if it works.”

This project has received a lot of support to become a re-

ality. The Pacific Salmon Foun-dation was a big contributor, and TimberWest contributes to the foundation, explained Judson. As well, when people pay for their fishing licences, some of that money goes to the foundation.“They re-invest it in fish habi-tat,” said Judson. “The Pacific Salmon Foundation, they’re great people. We have to thank the Department of Fisheries and Oceans. It’s a good thing because this club has been going 23 years, and it’s not so much for fish but habitat work. It’s one thing to raise fish but another for the fish to have habitat to carry on once they go.”

The project also received support from many local busi-nesses and organizations, in-cluding Stalker Excavating, the Ladysmith Sportsmen’s Club, Mayco Mix, Judson Con-tracting and in-kind donations, such as a backhoe and a septic tank, explained Judson.“When I do stuff like this, peo-ple want to give,” he said. “Peo-ple are all really good in this community. They care about their community and want to give help for good causes.”

The Ladysmith Sportsmen’s Club has received a $15,000 grant from the Pacific Salmon Foundation to help replace the water lines feeding the Bush Creek Hatchery. Lindsay Chung


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Members from the O’Connor O’Brien School of Irish Dance perform for the crowd at Transfer Beach Saturday as part of the first annual Berry Mania fes-tival. The festival featured a wide variety of events and entertainment in sup-port of the Ladysmith Resource Centre Association.

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Ladysmith police nab assault suspectThe Ladysmith RCMP responded to a

number of complaints during the month of August.

On Aug. 28, police received a report of damaged mailboxes located at the inter-section of Westdowne Road and Peer-less Road. RCMP discovered a mailbox had been pried open and informed Can-ada Post which will repair the mailboxes.

On Aug. 16, RCMP were called to the Ladysmith Health Clinic to respond to a report of a young male with life-threat-ening injuries. The unconscious male was in the process of being transported from Ladysmith Secondary School to Victoria General Hospital. A witness reported that the 18-year-old male had been assaulted by a male with a bat while he was dirt biking earlier in the day in the area of Mt. Sicker Road and Cranko Road. North Cowichan/Duncan RCMP were informed and a 67-year-old

man was arrested and is facing charges of aggravated assault and assault with a weapon. The 18-year-old is recovering from his injuries.

On Aug. 12, police came across a single-vehicle accident on the Trans-Canada Highway near Oyster Sto’Lo Road. The vehicle had been abandoned when po-lice arrived and was determined to have been stolen hours earlier from Nanaimo. Ladysmith RCMP were able to locate and arrest a 48-year-old Victoria man who was later released to a future court date facing a charge of possession of sto-len property.

On Aug. 10, Ladysmith RCMP were ad-vised of a possible impaired driver seen at the Coronation Mall gas station head-ing southbound on the Trans-Canada Highway. The driver initially refused to stop for police but eventually did pull over. The 62-year-old male driver from

Nanaimo was found to be suffering from mental illness and refused to provide a breath sample The man was given a driv-ing suspension and lodged in RCMP cells while his vehicle was towed from the scene. A dog located in the vehicle was turned over to the SPCA to be cared for.

On Aug. 4, police responded to a re-port of a load of lumber being illegally dumped at Haslam Creek near Timber-lands Road. The caller observed a white male driving a white truck and was able to provide a licence plate number. RCMP subsequently contacted a 49-year-old Nanaimo man who admitted to dumping the material and agreed to clean it up.

On Aug. 3, the Ladysmith RCMP with the help of an auxiliary constable used the police boat to patrol the waters of the harbour during the Ladysmith Days fireworks display. Several vessel checks were conducted without incident.

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At a special meet-ing of the School District 68 Board of Education last week, trustees approved the district’s finan-cial statements for the 2013-14 school year.

Secretary-treasurer Phil Turin said that

the school district ended the year with a larger operating surplus than had been projected, due in large part to the strike action in May and June. There was a $7.8 million surplus in the $120.2 million operating budget, with $3.7 million be-ing restricted for spe-cific purposes in the 2014-15 school year.

Turin advised the board that it should be prudent with the remaining $4.2 mil-lion unrestricted surplus, noting that there are still many unknowns about the district’s future financial situation, in particular what costs might arise from the resolution of the current strike action and future en-rolments.


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National Seniors Day is on Oct. 1 and we are hosting our annual comple-mentary Seniors Day Luncheon. This luncheon will take place at the Ladysmith Seniors Centre, 630 Sec-ond Ave., from 11 a.m.-2 p.m.. There will also be door prizes. As we only have 100 seats avail-able please register early, as we have al-ready started taking names.

To register phone Barb at 250-245-3079. The luncheon is to acknowledge and thank seniors for their past and present contribu-tions to their fami-lies, community, workforce and soci-ety. Hope to see you there.

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Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Vancouver Island is launching the #EndTheWait Campaign for the entire month of September, with the goal to end the waiting list for children in need of a mentor.

The campaign was created to meet the overwhelming need for mentors in Central Vancouver Island — over 25 children are on the waiting list for a Big Brother or Sis-ter while the organization searches for 50 new in-school mentors.

The campaign is aimed at involving individuals and organizations of all kinds to participate or spread the word about the importance of mentoring. Through a wide range of community speaking events, one-on-one

meetings, social events and awareness opportunities, the Big Brothers Big Sisters staff, friends, current volunteers and board will be pounding the pavement to support the campaign.“As a former Little Brother, I

can’t stress enough how much we need people to sign up to be a mentor in our agency. All it takes is an hour a week to help make a difference in the life of a child. Help us offer a mentor to every child who needs one” said Tali Camp-bell, director of marketing and events.

Megan Rickett, was a Little Sister for over 10 years. “Being a Little Sister has

changed who I am in a posi-tive way, giving me the con-fidence and self esteem I needed to tackle the world. Although my match was closed due to my age, my Big

Sister will always be part of my family — I can’t wait for her to see me graduate, go to university, get married etc. I can’t thank my Big Sister and BBBSCVI enough.”

Individuals interested in getting involved are encour-aged to contact program manager Paulyne Robinson by calling 250-756-2447, email [email protected] or visit www.BigsCVI.ca.

Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Vancouver Island will serve more children this year by providing them with mentors (Bigs) with the help of parents, guardians, volun-teers, schools, donors and others in the community to be accountable for helping youth in our program achieve higher aspirations, greater confidence, educational suc-cess, and avoidance of risky behaviours.

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Atkinson puts his talents onlineDan EbenalTHE CHRONICLE

The music of Lady-smith’s Murray At-kinson has expanded beyond the stage and recording studio to the big screen and bound-less realm of cyber-space.“It’s been busy. I just did my first work on a movie, assisting the composer on the new Corner Gas movie, which was fun and an amazing learning ex-perience,” said Atkin-son, who will be back on stage Sept. 26 as part of Ladysmith on the Dock Part 3 at Na-naimo’s Dinghy Dock Pub.Atkinson assisted the

composer of the Cor-ner Gas soundtrack, working on arranging the instruments.“Doing something different is always a challenge and brings a fresh perspective,” he said. “I love music of all different kinds, it’s not just rock music. I like composing for or-chestral stuff so it was a real fun project.”

Corner Gas was the first of what Atkinson hopes will be many movie projects he will work on and he has also branched out into composing music for video games.“I’m making music packs for people who make their own games. It’s all indie develop-ers. I’ve already seen a bunch of different games that people have posted on You-Tube of gameplay videos and I can hear my music in the back-ground and the games are kind of cool.”Atkinson recently

took to the stage with his mates from The Odds to play the grand finale at Vancouver’s Celebration of Light fireworks. And while he got a charge from playing in front of thousands on the shore of English Bay, Atkinson also enjoys the atmosphere found in more intimate set-tings.“Myself and Craig

Northey, the singer from the Odds, we’ve been doing house concerts over the summer,” he said. “It’s even more intimate be-cause you don’t even plug in, you just walk

into somebody’s living room with your acous-tic guitar and you just start singing in their house. “It’s a fantastic expe-rience. It’s so stripped down and organic and you can really con-nect with the audience that way. When you’re playing on a stage with all the produc-tion and stuff it’s just a completely different approach. I like doing both but it’s awesome to just change it up and keep it fresh.”Atkinson expects to

tap into a bit of that intimate feel with his concert at the Dinghy Dock.“It’s a really cool place.

The audience is a bit of a split between the people sitting there listening and the people hanging out in the back chatting,” he said. “It’s cool because usually the people sit-ting out front are a lot more attentive and kind of into it. So you get this kind of cool rapport going, it’s a real intimate show for a small group.”

Atkinson, who also teaches guitar and pi-ano three days a week when he’s in Ladysmith, finds the audiences on the Island are more re-ceptive than those in Vancouver.“Sometimes the au-dience can be a little more into it because it’s more of a special thing. Vancouver is a funny city because people don’t go out to clubs, it’s kind of a hard place to get people to go out. I like playing on the Island because the people come out and gener-ally are really into it and really appreciate it,” said Atkinson, who will often run into old friends at shows on the Island.“It’s always fun as long as I can remem-ber their names.”Atkinson will be

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The Ladysmith Steelers opened the season on a win-ning note in peewee division football.

The Steelers blanked the vis-iting Harewood Bulldogs 25-0 in Mid-Island Co-op League action.

Ryker Pearson threw for two touchdowns and rushed for another for the Steelers. Darren Seymour and Marcus Copp hauled down the touch-down grabs.“Most teams at this age

group it’s run to the left, run to the right. We’re 70 per cent pass,” said Steelers coach Jeff Pinckney. “There’s a lot of tal-ented athletes among these kids who will go on to high school in Ladysmith.”

The stifling Steelers defense shut down the Bulldog of-fence and forced a number of

turnovers. Luke Kedves start-ed things off for the defence with a solo tackle and strip for a fumble.“We held them in check for most of the game,” said Pinck-ney, adding a core group of the Steelers team has played together for several years.

The Steelers followed that

up with a 21-0 win over the Campbell River Eagles on Saturday.

The Steelers Jr. bantam squad couldn’t get on track in a 25-0 loss to Harewood.“It was the majority of the team’s first game so I think it was a case of first-game jitters. I’m sure there’s better things

to come,” said Pinckney.The Steelers will be back in

action this Saturday at For-rest Field with the peewees taking the field at 10:30 a.m. and the kick off for the Jr. bantams going at noon.

Both teams are still accept-ing registrations from new players. The Ladysmith Minor Football Association is open to both boys and girls aged 7-12. Interested players can contact Pinckney through the Facebook page Ladysmith Minor Football or at 250-758-9193. The teams practise Tuesday and Thursday nights, with games on Saturday.“One of the things that peo-ple are shocked by is that we provide all the equipment: the helmet, the shoulder pads, the pants and the padding, the jerseys and even the game socks. And it’s only $100 to play for the 10-week season,” said Pinckney.

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Shakia Pearson follows the blocking of Philli Toscano in the Ladysmith Steelers win over the Campbell River Eagles in pee-wee football action Saturday. DAN EBENAL

16 Tuesday, September 16, 2014 Ladysmith Chemainus Chronicle www.ladysmithchronicle.com www.chemainuschronicle.comA16 www.ladysmithchronicle.com Tue, Sept 16, 2014, Ladysmith Chemainus Chronicle

HAMILTON, NigelSeptember 16, 1946 – September 6, 2014

Passed away peacefully at home surrounded by his family on Sept. 6, 2014. Loving husband to Anita for 33 years. Loved and loving father and father-in-law to Tristan and partner Tanya, Forest and Kara, Dustin and Shannon, Sidney, and his only daughter Amanda and Marc. We can never see you with our eyes, or hold your hand anymore, but we will always hold you tightly in our hearts forever.Proud grandfather of Brandon, Cody, Jordan, Nathan, Janaya and Stephanie, Anthony, Sydney and Eli and Taylor, Josie and Liberty. He was also an uncle to many nieces and nephews. Missed by his family in England: Nicholaus and Bette, Roxy and John, Jackie, Amanda and Ray, Anthony and Nina and his nieces and nephews; Chris and Dan Hamilton, Simon, Claire, and Phillip; Amelia, Francesca, Peter, Nicola and Phillipa.He had a heart of gold, he was an administrator, a counsellor, a food critic (he would have made Gordon Ramsey proud) but most of all he was his wife’s best friend.

Love you forever Niggle, see you on the fl ip side.A huge thank you to all his friends who made the trips over to Vancouver to see him and brighten his day, and to Sheila Michelson who was always there for Nigel’s wife to talk to and listen. Thanks to all the family and friends for your endless positive support and strength at this time. A special thank you goes to Paul and Wendy for their time they took to come see him in Vancouver and in Ladysmith, all the phone calls always brightened his day and he loved you for your caring and wit, and to John Thorington for making his day a little bit brighter. (LOL)Thank You Dr. Watson and his invincible team, you were always so helpful and we honour all the hard work you do. Thank you to the palliative team for making Nigel’s last time on earth so comfortable.Thank You to the VGH staff and the Organ Transplant team, you worked so tirelessly to save his life and gave him one more year with us. Thank You to G.F. Strong Rehabilitation for getting him back onto his feet and walking out the door. We appreciate all the work from everyone who was instrumental at making Nigel comfortable and happy. God Bless.

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LOUIE, Percy AlfredBorn October 29, 1937 Percy Alfred Louie passed away September 9, 2014 and was survived by his 97 year old mother Marjorie Louie; his sister Adeline Claxton; his wife Delores Louie with whom he had four children: Kevin, Anthony (deceased), Sharon, and Percy Jr., also many grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

Percy was a First Nation that enjoyed working at Overwaitea in Duncan, BC in 1964. He became a “Native Court-worker”, for many years then he advanced to hold the title of a Supervisor for the Coast of British Columbia, from the Saanich Peninsula to Bella Bella.

Percy also worked with “Man Power” in Duncan, BC for numerous years. He also served as a Council representative for the Stzu’mi’nus First Nations. His last years he worked as the “Elders Co-ordinator” at the Hul’qumi’num Treaty Group.

Service was held 9:30 a.m. at the Gym, Shell Beach, September 11th, 2014.



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RUNCIMAN, AnnAnn Runciman passed away peacefully on August 28, 2014 at the Lodge on 4th in Ladysmith, B.C.

Ann was born on October 2, 1924 in Newcastle Upon Tyne, Great Britain to Paul Philip and Elizabeth Agnes Schaeffer, the youngest of fi ve siblings. She met and married her Canadian husband, James Runciman, while he was in military training in southern England, where Ann was serving her country in a branch of the women’s auxiliary forces. She made the long voyage to Canada in 1945 on a ship of war brides and then carried on by train across the prairies to Regina, where she reunited with her new husband to make a life together in southeastern Saskatchewan. Ann and Jim went on to build a family and relocate to Ladysmith on Vancouver Island in 1965, where they became a vital part of the fabric of that town. Ann’s links to her community included active involvement with St. Mary’s Catholic Church and the Rotary Club of Ladysmith.

Her loving family now not only celebrates her fulfi lled life, but also celebrates the way she lived it with spirit, optimism, love, zest and appreciation of simple joys, song and laughter. She was steadfast in her loyalty and deep love for her husband, Jim. They will now be together to dance, read, garden, watch movies, go for drives and share more travel adventures. Ann was a dedicated mother and instilled in her sons Scott and Bruce and her daughter Sandi the satisfaction of a well run home, an appreciation of music, the love of books and travel, and the value and reward in the investment of true friendship. To her daughters-in-law, Carol and Kiran, she was generous and appreciative of their skills and opinions, truly enjoying their company at every opportunity. To her grandchildren, Jennifer, Brett, Mhari and Ewan, and great grandchildren Michaela and Riley, she was staunchly loving, caring and supportive without exception. To her cherished friends she was unwavering in her dedication to fostering and maintaining life long relationships.

Ann was very proud of her British heritage and stayed in touch with her brothers and sisters throughout their lives, as well as her nieces and their children. It must be said that all public and private activities by British royalty were ardently followed, analyzed and commented on.

Please join us in celebrating her life at a special mass/service scheduled for Friday, September 19 at 11:00am at St. Mary’s Catholic Church. Immediately following that there will be a graveside gathering with a few words and her interment alongside dad at Ladysmith Cemetery on 4th Avenue.


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Love, Brian, Erin, and family

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COMMERCIAL/INDUSTRIAL

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

MISCELLANEOUS FOR RENT

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TRANSPORTATION

TRANSPORTATION

AUTO FINANCING

VTRUCKS & ANS

1993 Dodge Ram- 4x4 Cum-mings diesel. Extented cabwith canopy, 223,000 km, au-tomatic, $4500 obo. Call(250)753-6426.

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MARINE

MARINE ACCESSORIES

3HP YAMAHA outboard,used very little $395. obo(778)936-0253, Ladysmith.

BOATS

25’ CATALINA Quality Fixed keel sailboat. $10,200. Also,available 2 small out board,$320 each. Call (250)743-5827.

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FAMILY ANNOUNCEMENTS FAMILY ANNOUNCEMENTS

DEATHS DEATHS

MUGGERIDGE, FrancesSept 19th 1939 - Sept 14th, 2014

Frances went to be with the Lord at 4:40 p.m. September 14th, 2014. Predeceased by her Husband Nigel in 2008. Frances came to Canada with her husband Nigel in 1966, lived in Saskatoon before moving to Ladysmith, BC in 1983.

She enjoyed sailing on Lake Diefenbaker and on the waters around Vancouver Island. Riding in the British cars her husband loved gave Frances much happiness. Frances was a member of St. Mary’s Parish, and St. Mary’s Catholic Women’s League. She also helped run the church youth group for many years.

Frances will be missed by her sister Kath in England, her brother Joe in Ireland, numerous sisters and brothers-in-law and nieces and nephews in Ireland, England, Australia, and California.

Special thanks to Cathy and Dale Korknelson owners and operators of Harbour View Manor retirement home on Battie Drive, Ladysmith for their loving care and friendship given to Frances at their home during her last 5 months.

Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated by Father Tony Gonsalves at St. Mary’s Roman Catholic Church, Ladysmith at 1:00 p.m. on Thursday, September 18th, followed by interment of cremated remains at the Ladysmith Cemetery. Refreshments in church Hall to follow.




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Heard around town...● The Kinsmen Slow-

pitch Charity Tourna-ment has proven to be a big hit with the com-munity of Ladysmith.

The eight-team tour-nament held at Lady-smith’s Aggie Field over the Labour Day weekend raised al-most $2,000 for the Transfer Beach play-ground as well as 700 pounds of food for the local food bank.

The Turbo team won the prize for bringing the most food and the Kinsmen would like to thank all those who took part in the tour-nament and helped out.● Crofton is the place

to be for those search-ing for the sounds of jazz this weekend.

Accomplished young Nanaimo guitarist Andrew Janusson ex-plores the art of the guitar jazz trio with Victoria bassist Sean Drabitt and Nanaimo drummer John Lee in Crofton on Sunday.

Janusson, a recent graduate from the jazz program at Vancouver Island University, stud-ied under such Island luminaries as guitarist Pat Coleman and bass-ist Ken Lister and has performed extensively up and down the Is-land.

Drabitt, a fixture on Victoria’s jazz scene

for almost 25 years, was recently chosen as his hometown’s Jazz Musician of the Year by readers of the weekly Monday Maga-zine.

Lee, who graduated last year from the prestigious Berklee College of Music in Boston, has shared the stage with such inter-national jazz artists as Cyrus Chestnut, Ingrid Jensen, Christine Jen-sen and Phil Dwyer.

The Crofton series runs from 2 to 5 p.m. each Sunday. Musi-cians are invited join in a jam session during the last hour.

The Crofton pub is at 1534 Joan Ave., a stone’s throw from the Salt Spring Island ferry terminal. Admission is $10. For information, call 250-324-2245.● The Savour

Cowichan Festival — formerly the Wine and Culinary Festival -— will run Sept. 26 to Oct. 5. Savour Chemainus will be Thursday, Oct. 2, from 5:30-8 p.m. at the Chemainus The-atre. It will include lo-cal food and wine, live music and works by lo-cal artists. Admission is $5 at the door, and you may stay for the performance of Over the River and Through the Woods, and get the

$5 off your ticket price.● A member of Junk-

house and Blackie and the Rodeo Kings will be bringing down the house this month in Ladysmith.

Tom Wilson — the lead in Junkhouse and a member of Blackie and the Rodeo Kings and Lee Harvey Os-mond — will be per-forming Sunday, Sept. 28 at the Song Shelter in Ladysmith.

Tickets for the show are $20 and can be purchased by calling 250-668-3338 or email [email protected]. The Song Shelter is locat-ed at 512 Short Close Road.

Wilson will also be performing Sept. 29 at the Duncan Show-room and Sept. 30 at the Dinghy Dock Pub in Nanaimo.

Later in the fall, the Song Shelter will be playing host to an acoustic performance by Tom Hooper and Kevin Kate from the Grapes of Wrath on Nov. 13.

This coming Satur-day, local music lover and theatre supporter Brenda Clarke is open-ing up her home for a night of fun, music and karaoke.

Lena Birtwistle and Ryan McMahon will be performing at the

Rocky’s BC Pointe House Concert at 5118 Brenton Page Rd. Sept. 20 at 7 p.m. Tickets are $25 and can be reserved by phone at 250-245-4440 or email at [email protected].● Salt Spring Island’s

legendary Apple Festi-val returns for 2014 on Sept. 28, highlighting the Island’s incredible range of apple variet-ies and the dedication of local farmers to growing healthy, or-ganic food close to home.“After a long, warm

growing season, we’re excited to share the fruit of our labour with Apple Festival visitors,” said organizer Harry Burton. “It’s going to be a great day, full of interesting activities and the delicious fla-vor and aroma of fresh-ly harvested apples.”

With a display of the island’s hundreds of apple varieties at Ful-ford Hall and numer-ous farms welcoming visitors for tours, tast-ings, apple sales and delicious lunch offer-ings, the festival will again deliver a great experience.

The Sunday festival runs from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. For more in-formation, visit www.SaltSpringAppleFesti-val.org.

Duck Paterson, of the Ladysmith Kinsmen Club, came bearing a $500 gift for the Nanaimo-Ladysmith Schools Foundation’s Stock the Lockers campaign to support underprivileged school children in Ladysmith. PHOTO SUBMITTED


Safety Tip:Focus on the road, not your phone. Taking your eyes off the road to check that text signifi cantly reduces your reaction time–and can have deadly consequences. In fact, distracted driving is now the

second leading cause of car crash fatalities in B.C.

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City commuter handles the northern roadsSubcompact cars are set up to be basic transpor-tation with emphasis placed on low cost and great fuel economy. That said, you might think they are all a bit boring and not very fun to drive or even very interesting to look at. This is not the case on the 2014 Ford Fiesta: it has had a face-lift and features more standard options than in the last model year. Usually little sub-com-pacts like this come with more plastic than a TV sports reader. The Fiesta feels different. You do get some plastic to be sure but the dash has softer materials and some of the plastic around here actually looks and feels good. For the price ($19,990 as tested), driving the Fiesta feels a bit naughty, as if maybe you have stolen a more expensive car than you can actually afford. I would love to be able to afford an Aston Martin as my daily commuter car but at this point in my life that is not an option. With the redesign, you do get the Fusion / Aston front-end styling. Now some people might say, “Well it looks too much like an Aston.” Really? That’s like someone telling a girlfriend that she looks too much like Scarlett Johansson; you’re not really going to complain, are you?

Don’t get me wrong, I am not saying it drives or feels like an Aston but it is great fun to drive, handles our roads very well and all the tech options needed to keep your eyes on the road are available. The SE model I drove came with Bluetooth, satellite radio, navigation, power locks, windows, and the My Ford Sync.I drove the Fiesta around Prince George and practicality wise it didn’t skip a beat. As I live downtown, anywhere I go in my daily life I am always driving right through the heart of the city. When I headed out

to the hockey rink, I was able to put all of my goalie equipment into the back, no problem. Parking in cities is increas-ingly becoming a premium. Parking a sub-compact like the Fiesta was a breeze even without a backup camera! As some people with larger vehicles will know, parking at places like malls in and around the city the spaces are tight with not a lot of movement space for bigger vehicles. In addition, of course, it does get worse in wintertime when the snow is piled high. With that in mind, how will it handle our winter roads?The Fiesta has good ground clearance for a smaller car and handling our

winter roads should not be a problem. Of course, you would want to invest in a good set of winter tires.Beyond the city limits, out on the highway, heading south it handled the road well, with enough get up and go for good passing power when needed.It’s quite roomy for a small car. There’s room for three in the back seat as long as those passengers are not of a larger body type, if I may delicately put it that way. If you are of a larger body type, there is plenty of room in the trunk, if you desperately need a ride at that exact moment. (Just kidding.) But it does tell you the trunk is also roomy! Verdict: No complaints. For a sub-com-pact, you get great tech options, great fuel economy, in a car that doesn’t feel like you are driving something as inexpensive as it is. It’s fun and zippy for driving around town or highway driving. If you need a small car as a

daily commuter or it’s your second car to accommodate a bigger SUV or truck, I would recommend taking one out for a test drive to see if it fits for you in what you are looking for in a car. The Fiesta right now for me is tops in the subcompact class.View our Ford Fiesta video review online at DrivewayCanada.ca

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Power: 1.6L, 16-valve, 4-cyl engine, generates 120hp and 112lbs of torqueTransmission: 5-Speed Manual (standard), PowerShift 6-Speed Automatic (optional)Fuel Economy: Manual - 8.5/6.5/7.6 L/100km (city/hwy/combined), Auto - 8.7/6.4/7.6 L/100km (city/hwy/combined).Price range: $17,987 - $27,220

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