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More cars than ever expected at Brits on the BeachNick BekolayTHE CHRONICLE

British motoring enthusiasts will roll into Ladysmith Sunday, July 14, as hundreds of British cars and motorcycles converge on Transfer Beach Park for Brits on the Beach.

The “all-British car and motorcy-cle event,” hosted by the Central Is-land branch of the Old English Car Club of British Columbia (OECC), returns to Ladysmith for its 14th year with a bigger-than-ever selec-tion of exotic roadsters and classic cruisers.

OECC member Steve Wareing said the show attracts, on aver-age, 200 vehicles every year, but with the OECC’s annual general meeting scheduled to take place in Nanaimo July 12-13, event organiz-ers are anticipating their biggest turnout to date.

Car clubs from across Vancouver Island are regular participants in the festival, Wareing said, draw-ing significant numbers of Jaguars, Minis, Austin-Healeys, MGs and Triumphs to the event every year.

Alongside Britain’s most popular automotive brands, festivalgoers are likely to encounter more rare and exotic cars from the likes of Rolls Royce and Bentley, Wareing added, and a selection of bikes from Triumph, Royal Enfield, BSA, Norton and Vincent, but organiz-ers won’t know what the final lineup will look like until the day of the festival. “Sometimes you’ll get someone

who brings a car I haven’t seen

in decades,” Wareing said. “It’s al-ways interesting to see what turns up.”

Wareing owns a 1972 MGB GT that he acquired in 2007. He’s since welded new sills onto his car be-fore having it repainted. That ex-perience offered him an apprecia-tion for how much time and energy owners invest in maintaining and restoring cars in their collections.

Some of the cars on display at Brits on the Beach will be com-plete restorations in near-mint con-dition, Wareing said, while a select few will bear the telltale signs of long yet careful use. “A couple of years ago, out of the blue, we saw a 1926 Bentley Roadster,” Wareing said. “A huge, huge roadster. The owner drove it up from Victoria. It had been in his family since 1936. It was his grandfather’s car, then his father’s car and then his. I couldn’t even guess at the value of the thing, but it was so neat that it had been in the family for so many years. And the other thing was: it hadn’t been restored as such. It was used, so there were some dents on it and some scratches on it and the paint wasn’t that shiny, but the beautiful thing about it was that it was used. In other words, it wasn’t just made to look nice and then put in a mu-seum somewhere. It’s actually on the road.”

Wareing encourages anyone who owns a made-in-the-U.K. car, truck or motorcycle to bring it down to Transfer Beach Park for the show

Kai Schwarz wields a trio of Phantasticks to help promote the Schwarzes’ family-run toy business to pass-ersby at the Chemainus Giant Street Market Saturday, July 6. More than 100 vendors lined Willow Street offering for sale everything from toys and First Nations art to palm trees and prawning traps. NICK BEKOLAY

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The Central Island branch of the Old English Car Club of British Columbia hosted the 14th annual Brits on the Beach all-British car show Sunday, July 14 at Transfer Beach in Ladysmith. Hundreds of cars such as Triumphs, Rovers, MGs and Jaguars were displayed in the park under bright, sunny skies. Included in this series of photos is John St. John with the British Bobby Restaurant in Parksville, who dressed in an authentic British police of� cer (or bobby)’s uniform to promote the restaurant. Here, he pretends to write a ticket for a 1962 Sunbeam Rapier Series IIIA convertible owned by Alan and Mary Lou Miles of Richmond. He says the car is about the same vintage as his uniform. PHOTOS BY LINDSAY CHUNG

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Parents raising money to keep program goingLindsay ChungTHE CHRONICLE

A group of Ladysmith parents is turning to the community to try to help a program they value deeply.

Parents whose children are attend-ing the Infant and Toddler Program at the Boys and Girls Club are ask-ing service clubs to donate to the program so they can help cover the costs of offering the program.

This program is one of only two li-censed infant and toddler programs serving the Ladysmith area, offering 12 full-time spots for children from birth to age 36 months, according to parent Cara Whalen.“This is a service that we rely on

as parents, and it is at risk of clos-ing due to financial challenges,” she says in a letter parents are distribut-ing to service clubs.

Recently, parents were informed that the program was increasing its fees to cover a deficit and shorten-ing its hours, effective Sept. 1.

Prior to the fee increase, fami-lies with children aged zero to 18 months were paying $900 a month, while parents with children aged 19 to 36 months were paying $775 a month.

The new fees are now $1,000 a month for all ages up to 36 months. For families of 19- to 36-month-old children, this is an increase of 35 per cent, which Whalen says is not af-fordable to some parents.

Parents are hoping they can buy some time to work with the Boys and Girls Club to find solutions.“The Boys and Girls Club is a beau-

tiful and welcoming facility that our children are happy and thriving in,” said Whalen. “We want to ensure that they can continue to go to a place that they are comfortable with, as well as continuing to receive the

quality care that they deserve.”Whalen says they basically need

to raise an extra $100 per child per month.“The nice thing is we’ve been told

it would stay with the Infant and Toddler Program,” she said. “We’re working on trying to get donations and discussing getting some fund-raisers going. We’ve discussed par-ents volunteering and parents bring-ing in snacks and art supplies to cut those costs.”As a whole, Infant and Toddler Pro-

grams are the most expensive to op-erate because of the low staff ratios, explained Boys and Girls Club of Vancouver Island executive director Ian Kalina, noting the requirement is one staff member per four children.

Faced with a deficit, the Boys and Girls Club told parents it would need to look at increasing fees and reducing hours to narrow the gap, he explained.“What we’re looking to do is to cov-

er our staff costs,” said Kalina. Kalina says it costs about $1,400

a month just to staff the Infant and Toddler Program. He says they’re also trying to pay their staff a living wage because they don’t want a lot of turnover, as relationships are so important at this age.

Kalina has been meeting with the parents to figure out how they can close the financial gap.“The notion of us narrowing the

gap is really about working togeth-er,” he said. “If we can work togeth-er, which is the sense I had from our previous meeting, the sense is we can keep this going. We’re not say-ing we’re closing the program — we want to keep this going, and so do the parents.”

If anyone would like to contribute, they can contact Cara Whalen at 250-714-4043 or [email protected].

Josiah plays a game of zombies during Adventure Zone Summer Daycamp Monday morning at Transfer Beach Park. The daycamp is run by Ladysmith Parks, Recreation and Culture staff and featuers a variety of fun activities and outings during themed weeks. This week’s theme is Icky Sticky Science. STACEY CROSSLEY




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Ladysmith family stranded for hoursChris BushTHE CHRONICLE

What was supposed to be a quick outing to a back country lake turned out to be an ordeal lasting several hours when a Ladysmith family found itself stranded behind a locked log-ging road gate on the weekend.

Misty Tovey, her three-year-old son and boyfriend thought it would be fun to go check out McKay Lake, located beyond the end of Spruston Road in the hills above Cassidy, Saturday afternoon, but their short out-ing ran into a snag when, not knowing the area, they missed the lake and drove through an

open gate on a logging road.“We’re new to the area, and

we’d heard about the lake up there, so we thought that after-noon we’d go and try and find it,” Tovey said. “We go through this open gate and we thought we must be getting close to the beach or whatever. Two or three minutes up the road, this truck passes by us, going the other way real slow and wav-ing and smiling and we wave and smile and we acknowledge each other. We drive another two minutes up the road and there’s this great big gate, so we turned around to drive back and they’d locked us in.”

Tovey said the other party had

been on the road cutting fire-wood. The driver knew they were there but locked the gate behind him, blocking them in.

Tovey, her son and boyfriend were a family in a minivan, she was wearing a dress and it seemed unlikely, she said, that they could have been mistaken for another party out cutting firewood who would have had a key for the gate.“I thought they were smiling to be nice, but I feel more like they were smiling because, ‘Aha, we’re going to lock you in,’” Tovey said.

The family tried to find an-other way out, but when that search proved fruitless, fear-

ing they might run out of fuel, they parked the minivan by the locked gate.

Tovey said she is familiar with the bush, and normally, there should be a sign posted on or near a logging road gate warn-ing of potential road closures after certain hours and phone numbers people can call for help if they do become stranded or want a woodcutting permit. She found nothing in the area.

Two men finally came by who took Tovey’s boyfriend to get his car, so the family could at least drive home. In the mean-time, she contacted another family member who managed to call two gate security people

from Nanaimo Lakes who drove out and unlocked the gate.“They were so nice to us, and they had to drive 40 minutes from their house on a Saturday evening to let us out,” Tovey said.All told, the family was strand-

ed behind the gate for more than four hours and an esti-mated 10 kilometres from the end of Spruston Road. They had food and water, but Tovey’s boy-friend has a spine defect that would have made hiking out of the area difficult if not impos-sible for him.

Tovey said she wants to warn people that this could happen

Children gather around to watch student � eld assistant Kevin Robinson (left) and biolo-gist Bruce Cousens band baby Purple Martins during a dem-onstration at the Ladysmith Maritime Society Community Marina as part of the BC Purple Martin Stewardship and Re-covery Program’s ninth annual open house Sunday, July 21. If you missed the open house and would like to learn more about Purple Martins or about the recovery program, visit www.georgiabasin.ca/puma.htm. PHOTO BY LINDSAY CHUNG

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Patients upset over doctor’s departureLindsay ChungTHE CHRONICLE

Patients of Dr. Vivian Kilvert are upset after learning that she will no longer be with the Ladysmith Fam-ily Practice Clinic as of Aug. 9.

Joan Etheridge of Ladysmith, who is a patient of Kilvert’s, says she hears Kilvert has been asking for too many tests to be done for the diagnostic and monitoring needs of her patients and consequently is over budget.“We’re upset about our favourite

doctor being fired for being too good at what she does,” she said.

Ladysmith’s Gerry Yellowlees, who has seen Kilvert when his doc-tor was away, is upset as well,“This doctor is an excellent doctor

and she’s being let go because she’s an excellent doctor,” he said. “This is ridiculous.”

The Vancouver Island Health Au-thority (VIHA) could not comment on the specifics of Kilvert’s contract.“Vancouver Island Health Author-

ity cannot disclose any circum-stances relating to the contractual relationship between any physi-cian and the health authority out of respect for the confidentiality of those involved,” Bruce Patterson in the VIHA communications depart-ment stated in an e-mail.

Etheridge and Yellowlees were sur-prised to hear from other patients that Kilvert’s contract was not be-ing renewed. They received a letter from Kilvert July 9 informing them that her time with the Ladysmith Family Practice Clinic would end Aug. 9. They also received a letter from the clinic on July 17.

Kilvert has been sharing Dr. Gra-ham Brockley’s practice at the clin-

ic for about four years. “As of August 9, 2013, Dr. Kilvert

will no longer share this practice and will not have a permanent contract within the VIHA Family Practice Clinic,” states the letter to patients from the Ladysmith Family Practice Clinic, which is signed by site manager Heather Dunne, Kil-vert and Brockley. “We know that many of you will miss Dr. Kilvert, and we know that the most difficult part of this change will be in losing her relationships with her patients that she has so cherished. Dr. Kil-vert has considered it a privilege to have served as your physician and wishes you health and happiness in your future. We, as a clinic, and I am sure I speak for you as patients, wish the same for Dr. Vivian Kilvert as she pursues other avenues in her career and life.”

Dr. John Potts, one of the original physicians in the previous Monkey-Tree clinic in Ladysmith, will start in this half-time practice Sept. 2.“VIHA is committed to providing

accessible, high quality care to resi-dents of the Ladysmith area,” said Patterson. “We’re pleased Dr. John Potts will join the Ladysmith Family Practice Clinic in September.”

Yellowlees said he intended to write to the B.C. Medical Associa-tion and VIHA patient care, but he was frustrated that patients weren’t given very much notice.“What we’d like to do is have the

Ladysmith Family Practice Clinic consider the patients in the future with the consequences of their ac-tions and also keep Dr. Kilvert in some capacity,” he said. “We’re try-ing to be positive about this and say ‘how can we turn a negative into a positive?’”

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Community Services Centre earns green LEEDership GoldNick Bekolaythe chronicle

The Canada Green Building Council (CaGBC) has award-ed LEED Gold certification to Ladysmith’s Community Services Centre, making it the city’s first structure to earn LEED credit.

The red- and black-clad structure — located at High Street and Second Avenue — was completed in 2011, City Manager Ruth Malli said, and now houses the Ladysmith Re-sources Centre, the Ladysmith Food Back and the Ladysmith Seniors Centre.

The Town of Ladysmith sub-mitted an application fee of

$525 to the CaGBC alongside the building’s portfolio “in 2012,” Malli said. An additional $4,144 was

paid for “certification fees,” Malli said.

The application was submit-ted for consideration in the LEED Silver category, Mayor Rob Hutchins said, so LEED Gold certification “exceeded our expectations.”

Building to LEED standards is now part of the Town’s en-ergy plan, Malli said, and all new civic structures exceed-ing 5,000 square feet in size will be built to that standard.

LEED certification, or Lead-ership in Energy and Environ-mental Design, is defined as

“a third-party certification pro-

gram and an internationally accepted benchmark for the design, construction and op-eration of high performance green buildings,” states the CaGBC’s website.

Structures submitted for LEED assessment are judged on a variety of criteria with priority given to a candidate building’s energy and water efficiency, the sustainability of the building site, its “indoor environmental quality,” and the materials used in its con-struction.

Buildings that measure up are certified in one of four categories: LEED Platinum, LEED Gold, LEED Silver and LEED Certified.

City Manager Ruth Malli (left) and Mayor Rob Hutchins (right) announced the city’s first LEED Gold certification Thursday, Aug. 15, accompanied by Jack Mai-er, president of the Ladysmith Seniors Society, and Dennis Lait, executive direc-tor for the LRCA. Ladysmith’s new Community Services Centre — located at 630 Second Avenue and home to the food bank, the LRCA and the Ladysmith Seniors Centre — received the nod from the Canada Green Building Council earlier this year. Nick Bekolay

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Belly dancers from Saidi Sisters Studio in Ladysmith put on a colourful and energetic performance during the 15th annual Arts on the Avenue Sunday in Ladysmith. A wide variety of artists, entertainers and specialty food producers lined First Avenue between Buller and Warren streets in this one-day celebration of local art. For more photos from the event, please turn to page three. LINDSAY CHUNG

Lindsay ChungTHE CHRONICLE

The word “driven” comes up often when Neil and Tan-ya Heidelbach of Ladysmith describe their 16-year-old daughter Kaitlin. So do words like “adventurous,”

“outdoorsy,” “fearless” and “happy.”

Sadly, these words are be-ing used in the past tense after Kaitlin lost her life in a tragic accident late last week.

After a long search, Kai-tlin’s body was found by Search and Rescue techni-cians shortly before 9:30 a.m. Friday, Aug. 30 in the Hidden Falls trail area. Search and Rescue crews from Ladysmith, Nanaimo and Cowichan, as well as an RCMP helicopter, had been looking for Kaitlin in the Ladysmith trails since just after midnight. Kaitlin had texted Neil Thursday, Aug. 29 at 6:30 p.m. to say she was going for a walk and that she’d be home in two hours. When her fam-ily didn’t hear from her — which was uncharacteristic

— they called the police, and the search began.

Kaitlin was born and raised in Prince George, and when her family moved to Ladysmith in 2009, she became the fifth generation of her family to live here.

Kaitlin’s parents say she was very driven, and she al-ways wanted to be a doctor.“She was a really motivated

girl who chose Queen Mar-

garet’s School as her school,” said Tanya. “She decided in Grade 5 she wanted to go to Queen Margaret’s, and we told her if she maintained a straight A average, we would move here and she would be able to go there.”

Kaitlin did just that, and she applied to the school. In 2009, she started Grade 7 at Queen Margaret’s School (QMS) when her family moved to Ladysmith from Prince George.“She chose it partly be-

cause it was a university prep school,” said Tanya.

Kaitlin also loved horses, and the equestrian program at Queen Margaret’s was another big draw for her, noted Tanya.

When the Heidelbachs moved to Ladysmith, Kait-lin brought her horse Rocky here to be stabled in Cedar. She had raised the horse since she was 10 and com-peted in many American Quarter Horse Association shows with Rocky.“She excelled in everything

she did,” said Tanya. “Any-thing she did, she had to be the best.”

When Kaitlin was 12, and her family moved to the Is-land, she found herself a job working in the stables. She recently started a job as a cashier at Walmart in Dun-can, and she had to take an exam to get the job. Tanya says Kaitlin rewrote the exam until she got 100 per cent – which was typical of her drive to succeed.“It was basically all or noth-

ing,” she said. “It was like that in everything — sports, school, horse shows. She had to be perfect. She al-ways said she was going to be rich and be a doctor and travel. She had huge dreams and huge hopes.”

Kaitlin was going to be en-tering Grade 11 at QMS this year as House Captain and Sports Captain, and Tanya says she was excited to start those leadership roles.

Volunteering was a big part of Kaitlin’s life, and when she was 14, she went on a service trip to Nicara-gua with her school. Kaitlin was looking forward to go-ing on another school ser-vice trip to Africa this year, and she was saving up from her new job at Walmart for the trip.

Outside of school, Kaitlin loved sailing, kayaking and climbing.

“She was a very outdoorsy and athletic teenager who had no fears,” said Neil.

Neil and Tanya say Kaitlin was “far from your typical teenager.” They say she was very protective of her sister Dezaray, and she loved to read.“She had her head on her

shoulders,” said Neil. “She knew where she wanted to be and how to get there.”

Kaitlin wanted to go to Mc-Gill University and then to the University of Oxford to pursue her dream of becom-ing a doctor.“She had her whole educa-

tional future mapped out,” said Neil. “She was so driv-en. She was always reading. She would choose reading over TV — unless it was an-ime. She loved anime, and she couldn’t wait until the next series came up.”

Tanya and Neil say Kaitlin was a very happy teenager.“She was always laughing,

always smiling,” said Neil. “Kaitlin loved the rain. If it was raining, she loved to be outside. She was competi-tive, fun-loving, adventur-ous and very driven. She was a tremendous kid.”

The Heidelbachs want to thank the Ladysmith RCMP and Search and Rescue members from Ladysmith, Nanaimo and Cowichan for their tireless work search-ing for Kaitlin.“Everyone was so amazing,”

said Neil. “Everybody needs

to know they did a great job and helped us out.”“This community as a whole,

there were other people in the community who aren’t even part of Search and Rescue who helped,” added Tanya.

The Heidelbachs are grate-ful for the support they’re being given.“There was so much help

from the community and town and the surrounding areas,” said Neil. “I want to thank everybody. I also want to thank our closest friends who were up with us all night helping us cope. Our friends and family are amazing. Without question, without hesitation, they were there.”

The Heidelbach family is setting up a scholarship or bursary through QMS in Kaitlin’s name for students who are pursuing studies in the medical field, and any-one who would like to sup-port the family can donate money to the school under Kaitlin’s name. A bank ac-count is also being set up in the Heidelbachs’ name at Ladysmith and District Credit Union.

A Celebration of Life for Kaitlin will be held this Fri-day (Sept. 6) at 1 p.m. at Queen Margaret’s School at 660 Brownsey Ave. in Dun-can, followed by a tea.

RCMP Victim Services are available to anyone impact-ed by this tragedy. This free service can be reached by calling the Ladysmith RCMP at 250-245-2215.




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Students in Ladysmith return to school one day later than their counterparts in Chemainus this year.

Today marks open-ing day for the 2013-14 school year at Cowichan Valley schools while students at Nanaimo-Ladysmith schools wait until to-morrow to attend their first classes of the year.

Chemainus Elemen-tary and Chemainus Secondary open this morning with dis-missal scheduled to take place three hours earlier than usual. All students are expected to attend school at Chemainus Elemen-tary today, but only eighth graders and new students are scheduled to attend classes at CSS this morning. CSS reverts to its regular schedule tomorrow (Sept. 4).

Students in Ladysmith, Cedar and North Oyster, mean-while, have had their opening day pushed back to tomorrow due to a staff in-service day scheduled for today.

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Variety of fundraisers support Tour de RockLindsay ChungTHE CHRONICLE

The arrival of the Cops for Cancer Tour de Rock in Ladysmith and Chemainus is still more than two weeks away, but there are lots of ways to support the cause lead-ing up to the main event.

In Chemainus, plans are underway for a new fundraising event, The Great Hair Event, which will take place Saturday, Sept. 14 from 1-4 p.m. at the Chemainus Seniors Drop-In Centre.

Along with head shaves, there will be mu-sic, games and burgers barbecued by Jen Prunty, a 2013 Tour de Rock (TDR) rider and former North Cowichan police officer, to raise money for Camp Goodtimes, a camp for the children who have survived cancer or are undergoing treatments.

Jan O’Neill, a volunteer with the

Cowichan Unit of the Canadian Cancer Society and co-chair of the TDR commit-tee, says the Great Hair Event is something new for 2013, as they wanted to “pump things up” this year.“We’re really hoping for a fun day,” she

said.Urban Legends is sending two hairdress-

ers to the event, and as of Monday, five people had signed up to have their heads shaved — including Chemainus Theatre Festival volunteer Eric Marshall and North Cowichan Mayor John Lefebure.“Head shaving has become synonymous

with Tour de Rock fundraisers because so many people, when they undergo chemo-therapy, they lose their hair,” noted O’Neill. Anyone wishing to participate in this

head shave can call O’Neill at 250-246-5351 to register or donate towards a shave. Do-nation forms can be picked up from the

Chemainus Theatre, and people can do-nate at www.tourderock.ca or at the event.

In Ladysmith, the Ladysmith Downtown Business Association (LDBA) is promoting an “adopt a rider” program.

For a $50 donation to TDR, the LDBA will provide you with a sign showing spon-sorship of your rider. You, an employee, a friend or neighbour will then be asked to hold up that sign on First Avenue while the riders cycle into town Monday, Sept. 30.

Then you can head down to the Ladysmith and District Credit Union (LDCU) parking lot and have a professional photo taken of you and your rider.

Anyone who would like to sponsor a rider can contact Cathleen McMahon at [email protected] or 250-668-3338.

Local residents can make a tribute to a cancer survivor or anyone who has made a difference in the fight against cancer

through the LDCU’s Wall of Heroes mural. For a minimum $50 donation, artist Kelly Everill will write the name of your cancer hero in a rock on the hand-painted mural beside the Credit Union at 330 First Ave.

To be included on the Wall of Heroes for the 2013 Tour, donations and names should be received by Sept. 23.

Leading up to the TDR riders’ arrival, there are a number of ongoing fundraisers.

Vancouver Island Insurance Centre in Coronation Mall is hosting a bike draw to support TDR from now until Sept. 30. Make a donation to TDR and be entered to win one of three bikes.

The Junction Bottle Depot is onboard, and people are invited to return their bot-tles and cans to 149 Oyster Bay Rd. and tell the attendant to donate the money to TDR.

From Sept. 23-29, Tim Hortons will sup-port TDR through sales of Smile Cookies.

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Const. Brigitte Goguen of the Ladysmith RCMP braved the rain Thursday, Sept. 5 to monitor motor-ists passing through school zones near Ladysmith Primary School. Goguen, fellow Ladysmith RCMP of� cers and SpeedWatch volunteers will be out in full force in the coming weeks in an effort to re-mind drivers to slow down now that students are back in school. See Strict Enforcement on page 8 for more.

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Tour de Rock rolls into Ladysmith Sept. 30Nick BekolayTHE CHRONICLE

The Tour de Rock entourage rolled out of Port Alice Sunday morning on the first leg of their 1,000-kilometre journey south to Victoria.

Following a west coast detour this coming weekend, TDR is scheduled to depart Nanaimo for Ladysmith and Chemainus on the morning of Monday, Sept. 30.

In the lead up to TDR’s arrival, local organizers are busy overseeing a multi-faceted fundraising and aware-ness campaign.

Front and centre is the Wall of Heroes, a mural locat-ed at the Ladysmith and District Credit Union that will serve as the backdrop for Ladysmith’s welcome cere-mony when TDR arrives Monday afternoon.

TDR committee member Kim Judson said anyone in-terested in having a cancer hero’s name memorialized on the Wall of Heroes can do so by donating $50 to TDR. Kelly Everill returns to Ladysmith this Wednesday (Sept. 25) to complete the mural, Judson said, and it

may only take a day or two for her to add the 70 names registered to date. As a result, Judson advised anyone wanting to see their hero’s name added to the wall prior to the mural’s unveiling Sept. 30 to register with the LDCU prior to Sept. 25.A second fundraising option is the Adopt-A-Rider

program. By donating $50 to TDR prior to Sept. 30, the Ladysmith Downtown Business Association will assign a donor a rider, make up an “encouragement poster,” and provide professional photos. Judson said that rider adoptions can be arranged by contacting Teresa McKin-ley at the Chronicle.

Vancouver Island Insurance Centre is contributing to the TDR effort by sponsoring a bike draw, Judson add-ed. By donating to TDR before Sept. 30, donors will be eligible to win one of three bikes up for grabs. To sign up for the draw, contact Adele at Ladysmith VIIC.

Local eateries are contributing to the cancer-fighting cause, too, Judson said. Printingdun Beanery at First Avenue and Roberts Street is donating the proceeds of every chicken sandwich sold from now through Sept.

30, Judson added, while Tim Horton’s is donating the proceeds of any Smile Cookies sold until Sept. 30 to TDR.

Ladysmith Secondary School will make its contribu-tion via an Open Mic Night scheduled for 6:30 p.m. this Thursday (Sept. 26) at LSS. Admission is by donation, and all proceeds will go to TDR.

LSS principal Dave Street, meanwhile, will spend Sept. 28-30 camped out on a scissor lift in the LDCU parking lot to raise money and awareness for TDR, Judson said.

Lonely though he may be, Street can count on Ladysmith Fire/Rescue to keep him company as he em-barks on his journey through low earth orbit. Ladysmith Fire/Rescue will host a community barbecue and TDR fundraiser Sept. 28 from 4-7 p.m. in the LDCU parking lot.

The grand finale begins when the TDR riders roll into Ladysmith Monday afternoon sometime between 1:30 and 2 p.m., Judson said. After a brief stop at Tim Hor-ton’s, the riders will proceed to the LDCU parking lot where they will be greeted by Ladysmith’s finest.

Cadets from Royal Cana-dian Air Cadets Squad-ron 257 Ladysmith lead nearly 300 cadets in a Vancouver Island Wing Squadron and Band Pa-rade along First Avenue Sunday, Sept. 22. Here, they salute reviewing of� cer Rear Admiral William Truelove, com-mander of Maritime Forces Paci� c, in front of the Royal Canadian Legion. Cadets from 10 squadrons from Van-couver Island and Pow-ell River took part in the parade, which was followed by a military inspection inside Aggie Hall. For more photos from the 70th Anniver-sary Event, please see page 10. LINDSAY CHUNG

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Carmen Gibson of Choptsix Salon sheers Corey Cross’s long locks for the Canadian Cancer Society Cops for Cancer Tour de Rock Monday, Sept. 30 as the town celebrates the Tour’s arrival. Cross, an 11-year-old Ladysmith Intermediate School student, raised “just over $4,000” in the process, a sum later matched by Ladysmith’s Coastal Trucking. For more photos from the Tour de Rock arrival in Ladysmith, please turn to page 10. NICK BEKOLAY







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Timetable troubles fuel tension at LSSNick BekolayTHE CHRONICLE

Principal Dave Street asks students and parents upset over unexpected changes to their timetables to place their faith in Ladysmith Secondary School’s adminis-trative staff and counsellors.

LSS counsellors are working 12 hours a day as they revise students’ timetables and match students to available courses, Street said, and he assured parents and students alike that “we’ve got a handle on things.”

Street credited LSS’s two counsellors with working “upwards of 12-plus hours a day to accommodate students’ needs” in

spite of being met with “more abuse than they ever have” before.

Having to contend with people exhibit-ing “very little tact” when communicating their timetable concerns with the school’s counselling staff means the counsellors

“deserve a huge pat on the back for what they’ve been doing.”

Traditionally, LSS has always distribut-ed the following year’s completed course schedules to students in June, Street ex-plained, providing students and parents with an opportunity to work with coun-sellors on revised schedules through ear-ly July and the last week of August.

This year, however, LSS chose to distrib-

LSS principal asks parents and students for their patience

Ladysmith Secondary School students Grace Twedt, Alexa Spanevello, Kassandra Webber and Kennedy Hayes say they’re upset over course schedules that failed to meet their expectations, a position they say they share with hundreds of their fellow LSS students. The school delayed the distribution of student timetables until the � rst day of classes this year, said LSS principal Dave Street, leading to a � ood of last-minute requests from students seek-ing revisions to their course schedules. Responding to complaints regarding long waits for scheduling changes, Street said LSS staff members were do-ing everything they possibly could to address the concerns of parents and students.

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As the first full week of classes un-folded at Ladysmith Secondary School, a hefty portion of the school’s students was left biding its time as counsellors scrambled to fill in the gaps in stu-dents’ timetables.

Course schedules handed out on day one of the new school year failed to meet the needs or expectations of close to half of the school’s students, and the school hasn’t addressed stu-dents’ concerns quickly enough, say LSS students.

Grade 11 student Alexa Spanevello

said the writing and English literature courses she thought she’d signed up for failed to materialize, a consider-able inconvenience in light of her fu-ture aspirations. “I want to be an English teacher when

I’m older,” she explained. Instead of devoting her time to study-

ing Orwell or Shakespeare, Spanevello said she’s found herself in a “place-holder class” that, as of Friday after-noon, had yet to be filled.

When she filled out her course survey last spring, Spanevello said she “defi-nitely thought” that by jotting down her course selections, LSS would

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New committee looks at scope of homelessnessNick BekolayTHE CHRONICLE

An organization founded in response to the death of a local homeless man last winter is teaming up with local churches and the Ladysmith Resources Centre Associa-tion to feed the hungry today.

The Ladysmith Homeless Aid Committee (LHAC), the LRCA and volunteers from Bethel Tabernacle are team-ing up to serve hot dogs and hamburgers to Ladysmith’s

“financially vulnerable” at Market Square at 11 a.m., said LRCA program manager Cindy Warren.

Volunteers with the LHAC and Social Planning Cowichan will follow up with a survey on low-income housing needs in Ladysmith, Warren added.

Founded by Barb Bodaly, Bruce Mason and Tim Sol-loway following the death of their longtime friend and acquaintance David Alton last January, the LHAC’s mem-bership has since expanded to include town councillors, an RCMP officer, MLA Doug Routley and representa-tives from various advocacy organizations, churches and concerned citizens’ groups.

“The mission of the committee is to provide cold- or extreme-weather shelter to people who are homeless,” Warren explained. “At this point, we are working with Kevan Griffith, property manager for the Balmoral Hotel supportive housing complex in Nanaimo. They will pro-vide space if we transport people there on nights when there is extreme weather and pick them up the next morning.”

Before they can move forward with their project, though, Warren said they “need to know the scope of homelessness in Ladysmith.”

Physical outreach will be a key means of ascertaining the housing needs of low-income members of the com-munity, Warren added, and she hopes these efforts will help the LHAC determine the number of people who would use a cold-weather shelter.

The plight of Ladysmith’s most vulnerable residents was brought to light when Alton’s body was discovered in a dugout at Aggie Field Jan. 14, 2013.

When Alton crossed paths with Mason a few days prior to his death, he informed Mason that he had been evict-ed from his apartment and that he had been left home-

less as a result.Mason described his former high school classmate

as “obviously not well” the last time they spoke. Alton’s clothes were “falling apart,” and he looked so thin and haggard that Mason didn’t recognize him at first.

Temperatures dropped to near zero — and possibly below zero — the night Alton is thought to have died. According to Environment Canada, the final reading for Nanaimo Airport, recorded at 9 p.m. on the night of Jan. 13, reads 0.1 C.

Alton’s death was “quite tragic,” Mason said, adding that “it shouldn’t have happened, and hopefully it will never happen to anyone else in town.”

Preliminary tests conducted by the BC Coroners Ser-vice (BCCS) were inconclusive, and the results of subse-quent tests were expected “by late spring at best.”

The results of those tests are now in the “final editing process,” said BCCS spokesperson Barb McLintock last Thursday, and they will be released to the public “in ap-proximately three weeks.”

For more information on this initiative, contact Cindy Warren at 250-245-3079.

Ladysmith Homeless Aid Committee and Ladysmith Resources Centre Association feeding the hungry today at 11 a.m.

Although the sun was shin-ing, the ground was still sog-gy, as Lloyd Hiebert and his workers harvested potatoes on Hiebert’s Quennell Road farm Sunday morning. Sun-day marked the beginning of Hiebert’s 50th harvest on the farm, which he took over from his parents in 1963.

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Water, sewer connection to Oyster Bay completeLindsay ChungTHE CHRONICLE

Last August, MP John Duncan came to Stz’uminus First Nation to announce nearly $1.5 million in federal funding from Aboriginal Affairs and Northern De-velopment Canada (AANDC) to extend water and sewer services from Ladysmith.

Last week, Duncan was back in the area, this time to celebrate the completion of that work.

Duncan, Stz’uminus First Nation Chief John Elliott and Ladysmith Mayor Rob Hutchins stood on the Stz’uminus Oys-ter Bay Reserve at Oyster Sto’Lo Road beside the Ivy Green Husky Wednesday, Oct. 9 and cut a ribbon to celebrate the completion of water and sewer infra-structure for Oyster Bay.“Your communities have much to be proud of,” said Duncan.

Water and sewer services at Oyster Bay

will make way for proposed development in the area, and will also secure a safe water source for the Stz’uminus commu-nity currently residing at Oyster Bay.

Elliott expressed gratitude to everyone who has worked together on this project and explained that the completion of wa-ter and sewer “will help make an econo-my and build the local area.”“It’s all about working together and mak-ing sure that we do this building of the local area together,” he said, calling this

“the start of where we are going for our future.”

Calling the day of the ribbon cutting “a significant milestone between those two communities,” Hutchins noted that the Town of Ladysmith and Stz’uminus First Nation signed a renewed Community Ac-cord in May 2012 and followed that up with a Memorandum of Understanding.“Today, we’re actually celebrating the first real physical manifestation of that

work,” he said. “We’re actually physically, finally, connecting our two communities together in a meaningful way through water and sewer. This is about the joint communities. This is going to allow the Stz’uminus First Nation to do something pretty powerful on this site. In turn, it’s going to allow the Town of Ladysmith, in partnership with Stz’uminus First Nation, to provide a better water supply, a health-ier water supply, to the community.”“It’s a huge milestone for us. It’s good for both communities, and I’m thankful to be part of it,” he added. “I’m sorry it’s tak-en so long. The next stages will go a lot quicker; we’ve finally figured out how to work together, and we have some pretty exciting things coming.”

Water and sewer connection has been one of the top priorities for Coast Sal-ish Development Corporation (CSDC)

— the economic development agency of the Stz’uminus First Nation — and, with

the infrastructure in place, development of Oyster Bay can begin, according to a press release.

Duncan was serving as the Minister of AANDC during the construction of the water and wastewater infrastructure at Oyster Bay, and he “was a huge support for this project in securing a significant funding deal from AANDC, which pro-vided Stz’uminus First Nation with nearly $1.5 million in August 2012,” according to the CSDC.

With this infrastructure complete, wa-ter will soon flow from the Town of Ladysmith to Oyster Bay. Development at Oyster Bay will be underway within the next 12 months, according to the CSDC.

The planned Oyster Bay Development includes residential housing, commercial space, resorts and lodging, marina and waterfront development, and seniors-ori-ented living on 99 hectares of land.

From left, Ladysmith Mayor Rob Hutchins, MP John Duncan — who was minister of Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Cana-da when this work began — and Stz’uminus First Nation Chief John Elliott cut the ribbon to celebrate the completion of water and sewer infrastructure at Oyster Bay Reserve at Oyster Sto’Lo Road. The completion of the water and sewer connection means that planned development on the reserve can begin. LINDSAY CHUNG




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Petition created to keep École Davis Road openLindsay ChungTHE CHRONICLE

A petition is circulating to express support for keeping École Davis Road (EDR) Elementary open.

EDR is at risk of closure at the end of this school year as part of School Dis-trict 68’s 10-year Enhanced Facilities for Learning plan. Last spring, the school board extended the consultation on this decision until Dec. 1, and a working group has been created to meet and dis-cuss potential options. A final decision will be made by Dec. 18.

In collaboration with the EDR Parent Advisory Council (PAC), EDR parents Jessica Lowry and Graeme Rouse creat-ed a petition to demonstrate the support to keep EDR open.“Its target audience is Ladysmith resi-dents, current Davis Road parents and future parents,” said Lowry. “Our hope is that during this decision making time,

this petition can help with a positive outcome for the school, for south-end Ladysmith and the entire Ladysmith com-munity. With a large amount of support, there will be positive pressure applied to the Town of Ladysmith and to the Board of Education to really consider the short and long term effects of closing such a popular school, with a great educational track record and one that serves as the community hub of the growing south end of Ladysmith.”

The petition is directed to Ladysmith’s mayor and council and to the board of education and senior administration at SD68.“We hope to gather as much support

over the next month or so, to reflect the community’s support to keep Davis Road Elementary open before the Dec. 18 decision,” said Lowry.

As of Monday morning, the online peti-tion had 175 signatures, and Lowry says

“ a lot of great, personal feedback” has

been included. “I think the parents of Davis Road are

very aware of the situation and eager to support keeping Davis Road open or ensure that a K-7 French/English school remain in the south end,” she said. “This petition will further inform community members who may not be directly in-volved with the school and especially south-end home owners as to the risk of closing such a well-supported school in a part of town that is only going to see more growth. “Residents need to consider the effects

on their real estate should the school close and the loss of a valued community space and all that it offers currently and could offer in the future.”

Lowry feels that fostering successful neighbourhood schools like EDR would keep a sense of community in Ladysmith and also keep students and their families here.“I pick up my son after kindergarten,

and for an hour or two after school, the playground is brimming with kids play-ing and parents connecting,” she said.

“We are all out there saying, ‘There is something amazing at this school. They cannot close it.’ A huge part of that ‘something amazing’ is undeniable com-munity spirit. If these decisions are driv-en by budget and a school needs to be closed to satisfy an operational budget for SD68, it should not be a school that is doing extremely well in a populated, growing area.”

The École Davis Road petition is avail-able online at wry.io/save-edr.Anyone who is unable to sign the peti-

tion online can leave a message with the PAC at the EDR office by calling 250-245-7187. If you leave your name, phone number and address, the PAC will ar-range for someone to bring you a hard copy of the petition to sign or direct you to the nearest business in town where the petitions will be available.

To mark World Food Day Wednesday, Oct. 16, students, staff and parents from St. Joseph’s School in Chemainus held a food walk through the community. The World Food Day walk is an initiative of the Island Catholic Schools and the Society of St. Vincent de Paul to raise aware-ness of hunger issues around the globe and within the community. Leading up to the walk, students at St. Joseph’s collected about 25 bags of groceries for the food bank. “Our purpose in going downtown is to walk as a community and show the community we care,” said princi-pal Bern Muller. “The initiative is promoting an awareness, not only for our students that oth-ers are in need and we need to share with them, but also with the community that this is an is-sue. I told the children they are empowered — they are actively doing something. This is a way everyone can be empowered without everyone bringing a loonie.” LINDSAY CHUNG




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This Halloween, be sure to be seenRoss ArmourTHE CHRONICLE

Come nightfall this Halloween, many ghosts and ghouls will take to the streets envisioning tricks or treats, but the Ladysmith RCMP is encouraging locals to remain lumi-nous in the dark.

Officers’ message to parents is to ensure that youngsters are wearing plenty of reflective gear when scur-rying around town.“One of the main problems is kids

just don’t wear enough reflective gear,” said spokesperson Const. Brigitte Goguen of the Ladysmith RCMP. “I’ve covered a couple of Halloweens, and it can be really difficult to move around with the fog. I would love to see more glow in the dark stickers and flashlights while patrolling those dark streets this year.”

With the latest foggy outburst seemingly here to stay, Goguen warned the weather can “contribute to inad-vertent run-ins for pe-destrians and drivers.”“I remember last year

at the Brown Drive Park area, which is a darkish neighbourhood, I had to drive 20 km/h just to be safe. There’s a lot of kids, and every-body seems to go there.”

The RCMP is pushing the use and presence of reflective straps, lights, stickers and glow sticks, amongst others. Officers are warning drivers to expect the unex-pected and to allow for more time when driving residential streets.“A witch’s costume is all-black, so

you need to be able to quickly re-spond as a driver,” said Goguen.Another relevant safety topic dur-

ing the Halloween buildup annually

is fireworks.Regulations on the sale and dis-

charge of fireworks are underlined by the Cowichan Valley Regional District (CVRD).

The CVRD’s bylaw on its website reads: “Any person or organization may possess and discharge fire-works at a public special event or festival if the person or organiza-tion has a fire safety plan and holds a valid Fireworks Discharge Per-mit for the level appropriate to the nature of the fireworks being pos-

sessed and discharged.”Halloween is classed

as a “special event” by CVRD, along with Janu-ary 1 and July 1.“Fireworks Discharge

Permits will be issued for one day only and must be approved by the CVRD.”

Goguen said in an e-mail, “if you are under 18, fireworks and fire-crackers are prohibited at any time or place. If you are over 18, fire-works are also prohib-ited unless you have a permit and you are set-ting them off on private property. Discharging fireworks carries a $100 fine.”

RCMP officers will be on “proactive patrol” this Thursday evening making sure all is safe whilst apparently at-tempting to stay in the Halloween spirit at the

same time.“I’m sure some of us will be hand-

ing out candy to the kids from our vehicles,” said Goguen.

Party-goers are also warned to plan their ride home and to not drink and drive.

Parents are advised to check out all treats for any cases of tamper-ing and throw out any spoiled, un-wrapped or suspicious items.

Three-year-old Peyton Mark of Nanaimo gets into the spirit of Crosstoberfest during the Cross on the Rocks cyclocross event Sunday, Oct. 27 at Transfer Beach. Two hundred and 10 people took part in the race this year. For more photos and information from Crosstoberfest, please turn to page 15. LINDSAY CHUNG

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Remembrance Day services full of traditionLindsay ChungTHE CHRONICLE

Tradition and community are at the heart of Remembrance Day services in Ladysmith and Chemainus this Nov. 11.

In Ladysmith, the Royal Canadian Legion Branch 171 Colour Party and Band will be out in the community in the days leading up to Remembrance Day.

The Colour Party and Band visits the Lodge on 4th Thursday, Nov. 7 at 1:30 p.m. On Friday, Nov. 8, the Colour Party and Band visits Ladysmith Secondary School at 1:30 p.m. and then La Rosa Gardens at 1:30 p.m. The For King and Country Re-membrance Day Veteran’s Dinner is being

held that night at Eagles Hall.First United Church is holding a Remem-

brance service Sunday, Nov. 10 at 10:30 a.m.

On Monday, Nov. 11, there will be a Re-membrance Day parade from 10:30-10:45 a.m. from the Legion at 621 First Ave. to the Cenotaph. At 11 a.m., the program be-gins with two minutes of silence, followed by the Remembrance program and the lay-ing of wreaths.

Following the service, refreshments will be available for veterans and adults at the Legion Hall, while refreshments for chil-dren participating in the memorial service will be offered at Aggie Hall.

The Colour Party will then take part in a

Remembrance Day service at Cedar Valley Memorial Gardens Cemetery at 1:30 p.m.

Royal Canadian Legion Branch 191 in Chemainus marks Remembrance Day in a number of ways, and many events are tak-ing place in the community..

A White Cross Ceremony took place for the first time Nov. 2 at the Chemainus Cemetery.

A Veteran’s Dinner will be held Satur-day, Nov. 9 at the Chemainus Legion Hall at 9775 Chemainus Rd. Cocktails will be served at 5 p.m., and the dinner is at 6 p.m. Dinner is complimentary for veterans and $10 for guests.

On Sunday, Nov. 10, a church service will be held at 10 a.m. at St. Michael’s Church,

and there will be a Remembrance Service at 1 p.m. at the Chemainus Cemetery on Chemainus Road.

The Legion’s Remembrance Day memo-rial service takes place Monday, Nov. 11 at 10:50 a.m. at the Chemainus Cenotaph.

Following the service, there will be an open house at the Chemainus Legion Hall and Lounge, as well as children’s refresh-ments at the Chemainus Senior Drop-In Centre at 9824 Willow St.

The first Remembrance Day was conduct-ed in 1919 throughout the Commonwealth, according to Veterans Affairs Canada. Orig-inally called Armistice Day, it commemo-rated the end of the First World War on Monday, Nov. 11, 1918, at 11 a.m.

Paulette Browning (left) and Julie The-berge string lights on the trees along First Avenue in Ladysmith during the Festival of Lights setup workparty Sunday, Nov. 3. Tons of volunteers turned up to help string lights, set up rooftop decorations and prepare the town for Light Up, which takes place this year on Thursday, Nov. 28. For more photos from the workparty, please see page 5. LINDSAY CHUNG




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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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Skaters are one step closer to nationalsLindsay ChungTHE CHRONICLE

Early next month, Ladysmith figure skat-er Sarah Kedves and her pairs partner Lu-cas Pallard from Nanaimo will compete at one of the top levels of competition, mov-ing one step closer to the nationals.

Kedves and Pallard will represent Brit-ish Columbia and Yukon Territories at the Skate Canada Challenge, which will take place Dec. 4-8 in Regina.

The Skate Canada Challenge is a quali-fier for the Canadian Championships.

Kedves and Pallard, who are members of the Fuller Lake Skating Club, qualified for the Skate Canada Challenge by finish-ing second at the Sectionals earlier this month.“It felt different,” Kedves, a Grade 8 stu-

dent at Ladysmith Secondary School, said of qualifying for the Skate Canada Chal-lenge. “It was an achievement, but I was also nervous.”

Pallard, who goes to Nanaimo District Secondary School, says it doesn’t really feel real.“I never really thought about it, so it’s

kind of hard to believe,” he said.As Kedves and Pallard prepare for the

Skate Canada Challenge, they are doing a lot of extra training and skating almost every day.“We’re really trying to get our double throws,” said Kedves. “We’re starting to work on our double twist, but I don’t know if it’s going to be ready for the com-petition.”

Kedves says that when she thinks about representing B.C., “it’s kind of nerve-wracking.”“I don’t want to let B.C. down,” she said.Pallard says his goal for the Skate Can-

ada Challenge is to finish in the top four.“Being able to compete against more than two or three other teams I haven’t competed against before is going to be different and interesting,” he added. “It will be fun.”

Kedves and Pallard, who train in Nanaimo and Victoria and have been skating pairs together for almost a year and a half, both feel their strengths as a pairs team are their work ethic, motiva-tion and dedication.

They both say they’re motivated by themselves and by their coaches.“I want to see myself do better each time

we compete,” said Pallard.It will cost a lot of money for Kedves

and Pallard to get to the Skate Canada Challenge, and an online fundraising page has been set up for anyone in the community who would like to help them get there.“A large part of the cost of this trip is not only their own flights, meals and ho-tels, but they have to pay the costs of the coach as well,” it states. “Please help sup-port these two great kids, who not only skate almost every day, but also both get straight As at school.”Anyone who would like to support

Kedves and Pallard can donate online at https://fundrazr.com/campaigns/8dlw3/ab/32Fes8.

Sarah Kedves of Ladysmith and Lucas Pallard of Nanaimo have quali� ed for the upcoming Skate Canada Challenge. They are currently raising money to cover the costs of travel and coaching. PHOTO AT LEFT SUBMITTED, ABOVE BY LINDSAY CHUNG




Ladysmith will Light Up ThursdayLindsay ChungTHE CHRONICLE

Just days before the 26th annual Festival of Lights gets underway, Cliff Fisher says he is surprised how calm ev-erything is.

Fisher is the president of the Festival of Lights Soci-ety, and as the community gets ready for the big Light Up celebration this Thursday (Nov. 28), Fisher says things are going well, with just a few small fixes needed here and there before the big day.“It’s going fine,” he said

Monday. “I’m really surprised when it gets down to the wire and it’s calm.”

Volunteers will start putting up barriers and blocking off areas Wednesday night, and they’ve been going around town making sure all the lights work, and the exten-sion cords are all fine.“It’s really neat because we

get lots of volunteers who help,” said Fisher. “Usually you have to rework a few things, and without all that help from the community, this would never happen — absolutely never happen.”

New this year, Fisher is excited that Skellig will be performing at the main stage. The band will take over for Fred Izon, who performed for more than a decade.“We thank Fred very much

for his contribution over the years,” said Fisher.

Another new piece this year will be parking control along Second Avenue. Festival of Lights Society volunteers and Ladysmith Fire/Rescue members will be notifying all Second Avenue residents

living from Symonds Street to Strathcona Road to keep a fire lane open.“We will restrict parking

down there,” explained Fish-er, who says they are very thankful the fire department jumped in and offered to help.

“That street gets quite tight, with cars on both sides.”

The 26th annual Light Up celebration gets underway Thursday at 3 p.m. with the annual Community Spaghetti Dinner at the Eagles Hall. The Christmas Craft Fair at Aggie Hall also begins at that time, while street entertain-ment and food concessions get going at 4 p.m.

Entertainment downtown and in front of Aggie Hall goes from 4-6:15 p.m., and Santa arrives around 6:30 p.m. to light up our town.

The Kinsmen Parade will begin at 6:45 p.m. and travel along First Avenue to Aggie Hall, where the Chuck Per-rin Christmas Tree will be lit, and the fireworks show presented by the Ladysmith and District Credit Union will begin.

First Avenue will be closed Thursday from approximate-ly 3-10 p.m. for Light Up. Ac-cess to and from the Island Highway at Bob Stuart Park at the entrance to town will be closed from 5-10 p.m.

The Ladysmith Festival of Lights project initiated in 1987 when Bill Fitzpatrick and a couple of Ladysmith merchants agreed that new and more festive street deco-rations were needed to com-plement Ladysmith’s success-ful heritage/revitalization project. Light Up night now attracts up to 20,000 people.

Priscilla Brewer of The Fern and Feather Studio and Gardens on Yellow Point Road creates a winter wreath during the 25th annual Country Christmas Self-Guided Tour in Cedar and Yellow Point. Brewer is a broom buster, and she uses the broom to create these wreaths, which are 100-per-cent compostable because they have no wire. For more photos from the tour, please turn to page 14. LINDSAY CHUNG



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Light Up 2013 draws crowd of 22,000-23,000Lindsay ChungTHE CHRONICLE

The 26th annual Ladysmith Festival of Lights Light Up celebration is being hailed as a huge success, with reports of one of the biggest crowds and of the biggest parade.“We had perfect weather, large crowds and no accidents,” said Cliff Fisher, pres-ident of the Festival of Lights Society. “It was really neat. I’m so proud of it.”

Fisher says the Ladysmith RCMP has estimated that between 22,000 and 23,000 people converged on First Av-enue to take in the Light Up festivities this year.“That’s one of the largest crowds I’ve seen in my eight years being involved,”

he said.With a crowd that large, Fisher says

they always have parking issues be-cause they don’t have enough volun-teers to control parking, but they had a lot of help from members of Ladysmith Fire/Rescue, who volunteered to con-trol parking along Second Avenue.

Fisher noticed a lot more participation from the Ladysmith RCMP and Auxil-iary Constables this year, and he feels that contributed to a “very well-behaved crowd.” He expressed gratitude to all the volunteers who helped control crowds and keep everyone safe.“I thought it went really well,” he said.Fisher was impressed by this year’s fire-

works display, sponsored by Ladysmith and District Credit Union.

“The fireworks were spectacular — they always are, but when you have no wind and a clear night, wow,” he said.

“Ron Burrows sure puts on a fantastic show.”

This year’s craft fair at Aggie Hall is be-ing considered a success, and vendors are already asking to get on the list for next year’s fair.“There were more people in there ear-lier, and they were buying,” said Fisher.

“Lots of crafters are very happy.”This year, Skellig performed for the

first time as the downtown entertain-ment, and Fisher thought they did a great job of engaging the crowd.

This year’s Kinsmen Parade was the biggest one yet, according to Kinsmen member Duck Paterson.

There were 65 entries in this year’s parade along First Avenue, and partici-pants put a lot of work into their floats.“Some of the floats were just absolutely amazing,” said Paterson, who agrees with Fisher that this year probably at-tracted one of the biggest crowds. “The cement truck added more stuff this year. It was a good show.”

Fisher was impressed with the quality of the floats, and also with the behav-iour of the children watching from the sidelines.“I walked up and down often, and I didn’t see anything but smiles on kids’ faces and lots of food going into their mouths, lots of popcorn,” he said. “When Santa Claus flipped the switch to turn on the lights, no kid was not watching.”

The famous cement truck from Cum-

berland Ready Mix makes it down the parade route along

First Avenue dur-ing the 26th annual

Festival of Lights Light Up celebration

Thursday, Nov. 28. It’s estimated that one of the largest

crowds so far turned up to kick off the

Festival of Lights in Ladysmith. For more

pictures from Light Up, please turn to

page 13.ANDREW LEONG

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Campaign launched to revitalize historic Travellers HotelStaff WriterTHE CHRONICLE

Canada’s Historic Places states that “the large and highly detailed Travellers Hotel building speaks to the prosperity and optimism that existed in pre-war Ladysmith,” and now, there’s a new optimism growing around the Edwardian building.

The Travellers Hotel Co-oper-ative has launched a campaign called “The Heart of Ladysmith Beats Here,” referring to the 100-year-old building that stands vacant and decaying on Lady-smith’s First Avenue.

Currently owned by Mainland residents, the building is in dire need of revitalization, according to a press release.A proposal by Ladysmith resi-

dent Cathleen McMahon that the community come together and de-velop a co-operative has received growing support, and the process is continuing throughout the holi-day season.

Why a co-operative?“The opportunity to have the

community own the building and be active in deciding what they want and need for entertainment, evening socialization and accom-modations is vital,” McMahon said in the release. “Over the years, I have heard many stories about the Travellers Hotel and the joy it brought to the community. It seems that the place to start on revitalizing the downtown core would be to start at the beginning.”

The official name of the co-op-

erative is the Ladysmith Hotel Co-operative. This allows it to con-tinue to revitalize other buildings and keep the growth of the tourist and accommodations going.

Ladysmith is known for its “Heri-tage by the Sea,” but with a large portion of the heritage buildings boarded up and standing empty, it is hard to actually see what makes up the town’s namesake, McMa-hon notes in the press release.

McMahon moved to Ladysmith in 2008 and married a local resi-dent just over a year and a half ago. She has become an active part of the community in a very short time.“My husband Ryan and I decided

when we moved here that this was it. This is the place where we are going to live our life, retire and hopefully be laid to rest, just like the generations before us,” she said. “And if this is the place I’m going to live in for the rest of my life, then it better have everything I need to live a fulfilling adventure of music, art, theatre and culture.”

The plan for the hotel in its in-ception is to host live entertain-ment in a lounge setting with set fine dining food offerings.

The restaurant design team has developed a number of seasonal events, from CrabFest and Oys-terFest to SalmonFest and Prawn-Fest to showcase local seafood, and the bar would be stocked with the makings of local wineries and craft breweries. “There are so many reasons for

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New option for SD68 keeps Davis Road openRoss ArmourTHE CHRONICLE

The Ladysmith Extended Consultation Working Group has constructed and sub-mitted a third option to School District 68 with regards to school reconfiguration.

The most notable point of the new Op-tion C is that École Davis Road Elemen-tary (EDR) would remain open.

The move by the working group comes following two public meetings in late No-vember, which saw numerous Davis Road parents come out and voice their con-cerns over the possibility of their school closing.“Option C speaks to the theme and shows

a genuine willingness that we’ve looked at the public feedback,” said Aaron Stone, an active participant of the working group

and member of EDR Parent Advisory Council (PAC). “Sure there’s strengths and weaknesses but there’s a much lower risk in terms of enrollment and erosion compared to Options A and B. It provides the best long-term view for the Ladysmith zone. Davis Road presented a good argu-ment.”

The working group, which also includes Ladysmith Mayor Rob Hutchins and Da-vis Road principal Doug English, has been looking at options specific to the Ladysmith area after SD68 announced its intentions to shake things up last year with the release of its 10-Year Enhanced Facilities for Learning Plan.

Option C sees North Oyster Elementary close in June 2014 and the students there move to either Ladysmith Primary or Ladysmith Intermediate.

Following the public meetings, the working group decided Option B was

“problematic” and decided to remove this option from any further consideration and instead incorporate the feedback received into a third option, which is Option C.

The French Immersion program remains at Davis Road under Option C. Under Op-tions A and B, Davis Road would have closed at some point over the next couple of years, and French Immersion would have been moved to North Oyster.“A lot of the public feedback from the meetings, not just from Davis Road par-ents, shows how important that school is to the Ladysmith zone. It is a school that continues to grow and Option C recogniz-es the value of that,” said Stone.

Davis Road, at the south end of Ladysmith, currently has 250 students

with a capacity of 112.Under Options A and B, parents who

wished their children to remain in French Immersion would have to drive 10 kilome-tres one way to North Oyster.

North Oyster has only 90 students with a capacity of 275.

But Davis Road has been noted to have the worst school facilities in the entire district, while North Oyster holds the best in the Ladysmith area — but Stone thinks that’s a “red herring” and doesn’t believe the location issue was taken seriously with the first two options.

Stone and other Davis Road parents also believe there would be no guarantees people would follow French Immersion to North Oyster anyway.“Many children and families would

Mahayla Elrix was an angel in Calvary Baptist Church’s live Nativity scene during

Saturday’s Little Town Christmas in Chemainus.

Little Town Christmas featured a wide variety

of fun, family activities at Waterwheel Park, including

Christmas crafts, games, live music, a visit with Santa

Claus and much more. For more photos from Little Town Christmas and the Chemainus

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More consultation for North Oyster and École Davis RoadLindsay ChungTHE CHRONICLE

North Oyster Elementary School will stay open for 2013-14 and a decision about the future of École Davis Road has been delayed.

Nanaimo-Ladysmith School Dis-trict trustees decided on a number of the proposed elements of the district’s 10-Year Enhanced Facili-ties for Learning Plan during pub-lic meeting June 26 in Nanaimo but also extended the consulta-tion process on two proposals that have a big impact in this area.At the meeting, trustees took a

number of steps, including:• Approved a bylaw to close

South Wellington Elementary on June 30, 2013. The South Welling-ton school attendance area will be merged with Woodbank Pri-mary and North Cedar Intermedi-ate, with parent/student choice of Chase River Elementary.• Approved a bylaw to close Cedar

Community Secondary on June 30, 2014. The school attendance area will merge with John Barsby Community Secondary, with a par-ent/student choice of Ladysmith Secondary. Transportation will be provided to John Barsby Commu-nity Secondary as per the district’s transportation policy.• For North Oyster Elementary,

which was proposed for closure this year, the board passed a mo-tion to extend the consultation period to Dec. 1, 2013, to allow time to consider alternatives, with a proposal to close the school on June 30, 2014.• For École Davis Road Elemen-

tary, the board passed a motion to extend the consultation period to Dec. 1, 2013, to allow time to consider alternatives, with a pro-

posal to close the school on June 30, 2014.• Approved a motion to reconfig-

ure Ladysmith Secondary School as a Grade 7-12 school in Septem-ber 2014. Ladysmith Intermediate and École Davis Road Grade 7 stu-dents will relocate to LSS, and LSS will offer a Grade 7 and 8 French Immersion program.• Approved a bylaw to close

Woodbank Primary and North Ce-dar Intermediate in June 2015. The two schools will be consolidated into the renovated Cedar Second-ary building in September 2015.

District staff will now prepare the final facilities plan for submis-sion to the Ministry of Education, including the motions approved June 26, along with the proposals for years three to six in the plan.

Fiona Steeves, co-chair of the North Oyster Parent Advisory Council (PAC), says parents are excited that their school will stay open another year and that the consultation period has been ex-tended for their community.“I think it’s great; that’s what we

were hoping for,” she said. “We didn’t feel 60 days was enough time to come up with the ideas we wanted to do. We’ve been say-ing all along that North Oyster is a good facility; it’s not one of the 50-year-old deteriorating build-ings, and it should be used. Our numbers are low, so we need to figure out some programs to draw people back from our catchment and even from other catchments.”

Steeves says the community has come up with lots of ideas that could turn North Oyster into a magnet school that draws students in with its enhanced programming, such as an arts program or First

Lucas Pangborne-LaHue, who is eight and a half, makes a patriotic sand castle during Monday’s Canada Day celebrations at Transfer Beach. For more photos from Canada Day in Ladysmith and Chemainus, please see next week’s Chronicle. LISE BROADLEY/CHRONCILE See Grade 7s Page 3

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Patients upset over doctor’s departureLindsay ChungTHE CHRONICLE

Patients of Dr. Vivian Kilvert are upset after learning that she will no longer be with the Ladysmith Fam-ily Practice Clinic as of Aug. 9.

Joan Etheridge of Ladysmith, who is a patient of Kilvert’s, says she hears Kilvert has been asking for too many tests to be done for the diagnostic and monitoring needs of her patients and consequently is over budget.“We’re upset about our favourite

doctor being fired for being too good at what she does,” she said.

Ladysmith’s Gerry Yellowlees, who has seen Kilvert when his doc-tor was away, is upset as well,“This doctor is an excellent doctor

and she’s being let go because she’s an excellent doctor,” he said. “This is ridiculous.”

The Vancouver Island Health Au-thority (VIHA) could not comment on the specifics of Kilvert’s contract.“Vancouver Island Health Author-

ity cannot disclose any circum-stances relating to the contractual relationship between any physi-cian and the health authority out of respect for the confidentiality of those involved,” Bruce Patterson in the VIHA communications depart-ment stated in an e-mail.

Etheridge and Yellowlees were sur-prised to hear from other patients that Kilvert’s contract was not be-ing renewed. They received a letter from Kilvert July 9 informing them that her time with the Ladysmith Family Practice Clinic would end Aug. 9. They also received a letter from the clinic on July 17.

Kilvert has been sharing Dr. Gra-ham Brockley’s practice at the clin-

ic for about four years. “As of August 9, 2013, Dr. Kilvert

will no longer share this practice and will not have a permanent contract within the VIHA Family Practice Clinic,” states the letter to patients from the Ladysmith Family Practice Clinic, which is signed by site manager Heather Dunne, Kil-vert and Brockley. “We know that many of you will miss Dr. Kilvert, and we know that the most difficult part of this change will be in losing her relationships with her patients that she has so cherished. Dr. Kil-vert has considered it a privilege to have served as your physician and wishes you health and happiness in your future. We, as a clinic, and I am sure I speak for you as patients, wish the same for Dr. Vivian Kilvert as she pursues other avenues in her career and life.”

Dr. John Potts, one of the original physicians in the previous Monkey-Tree clinic in Ladysmith, will start in this half-time practice Sept. 2.“VIHA is committed to providing

accessible, high quality care to resi-dents of the Ladysmith area,” said Patterson. “We’re pleased Dr. John Potts will join the Ladysmith Family Practice Clinic in September.”

Yellowlees said he intended to write to the B.C. Medical Associa-tion and VIHA patient care, but he was frustrated that patients weren’t given very much notice.“What we’d like to do is have the

Ladysmith Family Practice Clinic consider the patients in the future with the consequences of their ac-tions and also keep Dr. Kilvert in some capacity,” he said. “We’re try-ing to be positive about this and say ‘how can we turn a negative into a positive?’”

Four-year-old Darevin Curnow of Chemainus — who is dressed as a honey bee to promote his family’s Honey Tree Bistro in the Secret Garden — makes some music on Willow Street during ArtBeat Friday, Aug. 9 in Chemainus. LINDSAY CINDSAY CINDSAY HUNG CHUNG C




Community Services Centre earns green LEEDership GoldNick Bekolaythe chronicle

The Canada Green Building Council (CaGBC) has award-ed LEED Gold certification to Ladysmith’s Community Services Centre, making it the city’s first structure to earn LEED credit.

The red- and black-clad structure — located at High Street and Second Avenue — was completed in 2011, City Manager Ruth Malli said, and now houses the Ladysmith Re-sources Centre, the Ladysmith Food Back and the Ladysmith Seniors Centre.

The Town of Ladysmith sub-mitted an application fee of

$525 to the CaGBC alongside the building’s portfolio “in 2012,” Malli said. An additional $4,144 was

paid for “certification fees,” Malli said.

The application was submit-ted for consideration in the LEED Silver category, Mayor Rob Hutchins said, so LEED Gold certification “exceeded our expectations.”

Building to LEED standards is now part of the Town’s en-ergy plan, Malli said, and all new civic structures exceed-ing 5,000 square feet in size will be built to that standard.

LEED certification, or Lead-ership in Energy and Environ-mental Design, is defined as

“a third-party certification pro-

gram and an internationally accepted benchmark for the design, construction and op-eration of high performance green buildings,” states the CaGBC’s website.

Structures submitted for LEED assessment are judged on a variety of criteria with priority given to a candidate building’s energy and water efficiency, the sustainability of the building site, its “indoor environmental quality,” and the materials used in its con-struction.

Buildings that measure up are certified in one of four categories: LEED Platinum, LEED Gold, LEED Silver and LEED Certified.

City Manager Ruth Malli (left) and Mayor Rob Hutchins (right) announced the city’s first LEED Gold certification Thursday, Aug. 15, accompanied by Jack Mai-er, president of the Ladysmith Seniors Society, and Dennis Lait, executive direc-tor for the LRCA. Ladysmith’s new Community Services Centre — located at 630 Second Avenue and home to the food bank, the LRCA and the Ladysmith Seniors Centre — received the nod from the Canada Green Building Council earlier this year. NickNickN Bick Bick ekolay

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Belly dancers from Saidi Sisters Studio in Ladysmith put on a colourful and energetic performance during the 15th annual Arts on the Avenue Sunday in Ladysmith. A wide variety of artists, entertainers and specialty food producers lined First Avenue between Buller and Warren streets in this one-day celebration of local art. For more photos from the event, please turn to page three. LINDSAY CINDSAY CINDSAY HUNG CHUNG C


The word “driven” comes up often when Neil and Tan-ya Heidelbach of Ladysmith describe their 16-year-old daughter Kaitlin. So do words like “adventurous,”

“outdoorsy,” “fearless” and “happy.”

Sadly, these words are be-ing used in the past tense after Kaitlin lost her life in a tragic accident late last week.

After a long search, Kai-tlin’s body was found by Search and Rescue techni-cians shortly before 9:30 a.m. Friday, Aug. 30 in the Hidden Falls trail area. Search and Rescue crews from Ladysmith, Nanaimo and Cowichan, as well as an RCMP helicopter, had been looking for Kaitlin in the Ladysmith trails since just after midnight. Kaitlin had texted Neil Thursday, Aug. 29 at 6:30 p.m. to say she was going for a walk and that she’d be home in two hours. When her fam-ily didn’t hear from her — which was uncharacteristic

— they called the police, and the search began.

Kaitlin was born and raised in Prince George, and when her family moved to Ladysmith in 2009, she became the fifth generation of her family to live here.

Kaitlin’s parents say she was very driven, and she al-ways wanted to be a doctor.“She was a really motivated

girl who chose Queen Mar-

garet’s School as her school,” said Tanya. “She decided in Grade 5 she wanted to go to Queen Margaret’s, and we told her if she maintained a straight A average, we would move here and she would be able to go there.”

Kaitlin did just that, and she applied to the school. In 2009, she started Grade 7 at Queen Margaret’s School (QMS) when her family moved to Ladysmith from Prince George.“She chose it partly be-

cause it was a university prep school,” said Tanya.

Kaitlin also loved horses, and the equestrian program at Queen Margaret’s was another big draw for her, noted Tanya.

When the Heidelbachs moved to Ladysmith, Kait-lin brought her horse Rocky here to be stabled in Cedar. She had raised the horse since she was 10 and com-peted in many American Quarter Horse Association shows with Rocky.“She excelled in everything

she did,” said Tanya. “Any-thing she did, she had to be the best.”

When Kaitlin was 12, and her family moved to the Is-land, she found herself a job working in the stables. She recently started a job as a cashier at Walmart in Dun-can, and she had to take an exam to get the job. Tanya says Kaitlin rewrote the exam until she got 100 per cent – which was typical of her drive to succeed.“It was basically all or noth-

ing,” she said. “It was like that in everything — sports, school, horse shows. She had to be perfect. She al-ways said she was going to be rich and be a doctor and travel. She had huge dreams and huge hopes.”

Kaitlin was going to be en-tering Grade 11 at QMS this year as House Captain and Sports Captain, and Tanya says she was excited to start those leadership roles.

Volunteering was a big part of Kaitlin’s life, and when she was 14, she went on a service trip to Nicara-gua with her school. Kaitlin was looking forward to go-ing on another school ser-vice trip to Africa this year, and she was saving up from her new job at Walmart for the trip.

Outside of school, Kaitlin loved sailing, kayaking and climbing.

“She was a very outdoorsy and athletic teenager who had no fears,” said Neil.

Neil and Tanya say Kaitlin was “far from your typical teenager.” They say she was very protective of her sister Dezaray, and she loved to read.“She had her head on her

shoulders,” said Neil. “She knew where she wanted to be and how to get there.”

Kaitlin wanted to go to Mc-Gill University and then to the University of Oxford to pursue her dream of becom-ing a doctor.“She had her whole educa-

tional future mapped out,” said Neil. “She was so driv-en. She was always reading. She would choose reading over TV — unless it was an-ime. She loved anime, and she couldn’t wait until the next series came up.”

Tanya and Neil say Kaitlin was a very happy teenager.“She was always laughing,

always smiling,” said Neil. “Kaitlin loved the rain. If it was raining, she loved to be outside. She was competi-tive, fun-loving, adventur-ous and very driven. She was a tremendous kid.”

The Heidelbachs want to thank the Ladysmith RCMP and Search and Rescue members from Ladysmith, Nanaimo and Cowichan for their tireless work search-ing for Kaitlin.“Everyone was so amazing,”

said Neil. “Everybody needs

to know they did a great job and helped us out.”“This community as a whole,

there were other people in the community who aren’t even part of Search and Rescue who helped,” added Tanya.

The Heidelbachs are grate-ful for the support they’re being given.“There was so much help

from the community and town and the surrounding areas,” said Neil. “I want to thank everybody. I also want to thank our closest friends who were up with us all night helping us cope. Our friends and family are amazing. Without question, without hesitation, they were there.”

The Heidelbach family is setting up a scholarship or bursary through QMS in Kaitlin’s name for students who are pursuing studies in the medical field, and any-one who would like to sup-port the family can donate money to the school under Kaitlin’s name. A bank ac-count is also being set up in the Heidelbachs’ name at Ladysmith and District Credit Union.

A Celebration of Life for Kaitlin will be held this Fri-day (Sept. 6) at 1 p.m. at Queen Margaret’s School at 660 Brownsey Ave. in Dun-can, followed by a tea.

RCMP Victim Services are available to anyone impact-ed by this tragedy. This free service can be reached by calling the Ladysmith RCMP at 250-245-2215.



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Students in Ladysmith return to school one day later than their counterparts in Chemainus this year.

Today marks open-ing day for the 2013-14 school year at Cowichan Valley schools while students at Nanaimo-Ladysmith schools wait until to-morrow to attend their first classes of the year.

Chemainus Elemen-tary and Chemainus Secondary open this morning with dis-missal scheduled to take place three hours earlier than usual. All students are expected to attend school at Chemainus Elemen-tary today, but only eighth graders and new students are scheduled to attend classes at CSS this morning. CSS reverts to its regular schedule tomorrow (Sept. 4).

Students in Ladysmith, Cedar and North Oyster, mean-while, have had their opening day pushed back to tomorrow due to a staff in-service day scheduled for today.

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A Celebration of Life for Kaitlin Heidelbach will be held Friday, Sept. 6 at 1 p.m. at Queen Margaret’s School

Ladysmith students start school a day later

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Variety of fundraisers support Tour de RockLindsay ChungTHE CHRONICLE

The arrival of the Cops for Cancer Tour de Rock in Ladysmith and Chemainus is still more than two weeks away, but there are lots of ways to support the cause lead-ing up to the main event.

In Chemainus, plans are underway for a new fundraising event, The Great Hair Event, which will take place Saturday, Sept. 14 from 1-4 p.m. at the Chemainus Seniors Drop-In Centre.

Along with head shaves, there will be mu-sic, games and burgers barbecued by Jen Prunty, a 2013 Tour de Rock (TDR) rider and former North Cowichan police officer, to raise money for Camp Goodtimes, a camp for the children who have survived cancer or are undergoing treatments.

Jan O’Neill, a volunteer with the

Cowichan Unit of the Canadian Cancer Society and co-chair of the TDR commit-tee, says the Great Hair Event is something new for 2013, as they wanted to “pump things up” this year.“We’re really hoping for a fun day,” she

said.Urban Legends is sending two hairdress-

ers to the event, and as of Monday, five people had signed up to have their heads shaved — including Chemainus Theatre Festival volunteer Eric Marshall and North Cowichan Mayor John Lefebure.“Head shaving has become synonymous

with Tour de Rock fundraisers because so many people, when they undergo chemo-therapy, they lose their hair,” noted O’Neill. Anyone wishing to participate in this

head shave can call O’Neill at 250-246-5351 to register or donate towards a shave. Do-nation forms can be picked up from the

Chemainus Theatre, and people can do-nate at www.tourderock.ca or at the event.

In Ladysmith, the Ladysmith Downtown Business Association (LDBA) is promoting an “adopt a rider” program.

For a $50 donation to TDR, the LDBA will provide you with a sign showing spon-sorship of your rider. You, an employee, a friend or neighbour will then be asked to hold up that sign on First Avenue while the riders cycle into town Monday, Sept. 30.

Then you can head down to the Ladysmith and District Credit Union (LDCU) parking lot and have a professional photo taken of you and your rider.

Anyone who would like to sponsor a rider can contact Cathleen McMahon at [email protected] or 250-668-3338.

Local residents can make a tribute to a cancer survivor or anyone who has made a difference in the fight against cancer

through the LDCU’s Wall of Heroes mural. For a minimum $50 donation, artist Kelly Everill will write the name of your cancer hero in a rock on the hand-painted mural beside the Credit Union at 330 First Ave.

To be included on the Wall of Heroes for the 2013 Tour, donations and names should be received by Sept. 23.

Leading up to the TDR riders’ arrival, there are a number of ongoing fundraisers.

Vancouver Island Insurance Centre in Coronation Mall is hosting a bike draw to support TDR from now until Sept. 30. Make a donation to TDR and be entered to win one of three bikes.

The Junction Bottle Depot is onboard, and people are invited to return their bot-tles and cans to 149 Oyster Bay Rd. and tell the attendant to donate the money to TDR.

From Sept. 23-29, Tim Hortons will sup-port TDR through sales of Smile Cookies.

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Const. Brigitte Goguen of the Ladysmith RCMP braved the rain Thursday, Sept. 5 to monitor motor-ists passing through school zones near Ladysmith Primary School. Goguen, fellow Ladysmith RCMP of� cers and SpeedWatch volunteers will be out in full force in the coming weeks in an effort to re-mind drivers to slow down now that students are back in school. See Strict Enforcement on page 8 for more.


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To mark World Food Day Wednesday, Oct. 16, students, staff and parents from St. Joseph’s School in Chemainus held a food walk through the community. The World Food Day walk is an initiative of the Island Catholic Schools and the Society of St. Vincent de Paul to raise aware-ness of hunger issues around the globe and

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which was proposed for closure this year, the board passed a mo-tion to extend the consultation period to Dec. 1, 2013, to allow time to consider alternatives, with a proposal to close the school on June 30, 2014.• For École Davis Road Elemen-

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were hoping for,” she said. “We didn’t feel 60 days was enough time to come up with the ideas we wanted to do. We’ve been say-ing all along that North Oyster is a good facility; it’s not one of the 50-year-old deteriorating build-ings, and it should be used. Our numbers are low, so we need to figure out some programs to draw people back from our catchment and even from other catchments.”

Steeves says the community has come up with lots of ideas that could turn North Oyster into a magnet school that draws students in with its enhanced programming, such as an arts program or First

Lucas Pangborne-LaHue, who is eight and a half, makes a patriotic sand castle during Monday’s Canada Day celebrations at Transfer Beach. For more photos from Canada Day in Ladysmith and Chemainus, please see next week’s Chronicle. LISE BISE BISE ROADLEY/CROADLEY/CROADLEY HRONCILE/CHRONCILE/C See Grade 7s Page 3 2013 In Review2013 In Review

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JuneAs the Nanaimo-Ladysmith School

District (SD68)’s public consultation process entered its final four weeks, we reported that parents and Parent Advi-sory Council (PAC) members were ques-tioning how public SD68’s consultation process around its 10-Year Enhanced Facilities for Learning Plan truly was.

In June, we also reported that a Cou-verdon-TimberWest development pro-posed for the north end of Ladysmith was expected to take decades to com-plete if approved by municipal and pro-vincial regulators.

Frank Limshue, Couverdon Real Es-tate’s director of planning and zon-ing, said the build-out Couverdon has proposed for a 710-acre parcel of Tim-berWest property located northwest of Ladysmith “would happen over a 30-plus-year period.”

We introduced readers to Const. Misty Dmytar and her two-year-old son, Griffyn. Dmytar, a member of the Nanaimo RCMP who lives in Ladysmith, was part of the 2013 Cops for Cancer Tour de Rock team, and Griffyn, who was diag-nosed with neuroblastoma at just four days old, is her main motivation for riding.A large crowd was on hand

June 24 to welcome WestJet Encore’s inaugural flight direct from Calgary to Nanaimo Airport.

JulyIn early July, we learned that

North Oyster Elementary School would stay open for 2013-14 and a decision about the future of École Davis Road (EDR) had been delayed.

During a public meeting June 26 in Nanaimo, trustees took a number of steps, including approving a bylaw to close Cedar Community Secondary on June 30, 2014, giving parents and stu-dents the choice to come to Ladysmith Secondary School (LSS), although bus-ing would not be provided.

For North Oyster Elementary, which was proposed for closure this year, the board passed a motion to extend the consultation period to Dec. 1, 2013, with a proposal to close the school on June 30, 2014. For EDR, the board passed a mo-tion to extend the consultation period to Dec. 1, 2013, to allow time to consider alternatives, with a proposal to close the school on June 30, 2014.

The board also approved a motion to reconfigure LSS as a Grade 7-12 school in September 2014.

AugustMaureen Martin earned the nod for

Citizen of the Year for 2013 during Ladysmith Days at the beginning of the month.

Deputy Mayor Gord Horth and long-time friend Irene Deschene praised Mar-tin for her contributions to community theatre and civic events prior to Martin receiving a commemorative print from the Ladysmith Ambassadors.

Ladysmith got ready to welcome its first BC Transit bus service. From Sept. 3 on, Ladysmith residents could expect transit service on four local routes with additional service to Chemainus four times each weekday and twice per day

on weekends.September

As excitement started building for the arrival of the annual Cops for Cancer Tour de Rock, we reported on a number of community fundraisers taking place in Ladysmith and Chemainus leading up to the main event.As a new school year began, timetable

troubles fueled tension at LSS. Course schedules handed out on day one of the new school year failed to meet the needs or expectations of close to half of the school’s students, and the school hadn’t addressed students’ concerns quickly enough, said LSS students.

Near the end of the month, cadets from Royal Canadian Air Cadets Squadron 257 Ladysmith celebrated the squadron’s 70th anniversary with nearly 300 cadets. Cadets from 10 squadrons from Van-couver Island and

Powell River took part in the parade, which was followed by a military inspection inside Aggie Hall.

OctoberThe Cops for Cancer Tour de Rock

came to Ladysmith Sept. 30, and the riders received a rousing show of sup-port. By the time the riders left town, Ladysmith businesses and residents had raised $45,000, more than double the $20,000 raised last year.

Homelessness made the front page when a new organization founded in response to the death of a local home-less man last winter teamed up with local churches and the Ladysmith Re-sources Centre Association (LRCA) to feed the hungry. The Ladysmith Home-less Aid Committee (LHAC), the LRCA and volunteers from Bethel Tabernacle served hot dogs and hamburgers to La-dysmith’s “financially vulnerable,” and volunteers with the LHAC and Social Planning Cowichan planned to follow up with a survey on low-income hous-ing needs in Ladysmith, explained LRCA program manager Cindy Warren.

On Oct. 9, MP John Duncan, Stz’uminus First Nation Chief John Elliott and Ladysmith Mayor Rob Hutchins stood on the Stz’uminus Oyster Bay Reserve at Oyster Sto’Lo Road beside the Ivy Green Husky and cut a ribbon to celebrate the completion of water and sewer infra-structure for Oyster Bay.

Water and sewer services at Oyster Bay will make way for proposed devel-opment in the area, and will also secure a safe water source for the Stz’uminus community residing at Oyster Bay.

Later in October, we learned a petition

was circulating to express support for keeping École Davis Road open.

In collaboration with the PAC, EDR parents Jessica Lowry and Graeme Rouse created a petition to demonstrate the support to keep EDR open.“Our hope is that during this decision

making time, this petition can help with a positive outcome for the school, for south-end Ladysmith and the entire Ladysmith community,” said Lowry.

NovemberTons of volunteers turned up to help

string lights, set up rooftop decora-tions and prepare the town for Light Up, which would take place on Nov. 28.

During a Nov. 4 meeting, Ladysmith council accepted an offer from the City of Langford to purchase the 2009 Su-preme Trolley Bus for $82,000.

Parents and other members of the public were being invited to attend public meetings being held at the end of the month to discuss plans for the future of school facilities in the Ladysmith area. A Ladysmith Extended Consultation Working Group had been meeting since Sep-tember to explore possible alterna-tive options to closure. The group identified some possible options and was ready to present these to the public and obtain feedback.

At the end of November, École Davis Road’s PAC made a presen-tation to Ladysmith council re-garding further evidence of why the school should remain open. Parents presented a petition

with more than 1,155 signatures.December

The 26th annual Ladysmith Festival of Lights Light Up celebration was hailed as a huge success, with reports of one of the biggest crowds and of the big-gest parade. Cliff Fisher, president of the Festival of Lights Society., says the Ladysmith RCMP has estimated that be-tween 22,000 and 23,000 people took in the Light Up festivities this year.“That’s one of the largest crowds I’ve

seen in my eight years being involved,” he said.

With 65 entries, this year’s Kinsmen Pa-rade was the biggest one yet, according to Kinsmen member Duck Paterson.At the beginning of the month, the

Ladysmith Extended Consultation Work-ing Group constructed and submitted a third option to SD68 with regards to school reconfiguration. The most no-table point of the new Option C is that EDR would remain open, while North Oyster would close in June 2014.

When the SD68 board of education met in Ladysmith on Dec. 18, trustees voted to table all motions related to the Ladysmith zone proposals until the Jan. 29 board meeting. Trustee Nancy Curley also brought forward a notice of motion to reconsider the previously-approved motions that would move Grade 7 stu-dents to LSS, effective September 2014. She will bring these reconsideration mo-tions forward in February.At the end of December, we reported

the Town of Ladysmith had received the formal boundary extension proposal from Couverdon Real Estate and re-ceived a schedule for the next steps in the process.

We asked Ladysmith Mayor Rob Hutchins about the year that was

and the year that will be

The mayor looks back and ahead

Year in ReviewChronicle

The Chronicle looks back at some of the stories that made headlines in the second half of 2013

Q: What would you consider some highlights from 2013 for the Town of Ladysmith and the community?A: It is difficult to identify just a few highlights

as there are so many initiatives, big or small, undertaken by the Town, our partners, service groups, or individual citizens. They all collec-tively add so much to our community and help make it such a wonderful place.

We saw in 2013:• The CVRD investing $4.2 million to dramati-

cally upgrade the Peerless Recycling Centre, which will be open to the public early in 2014• The introduction of BC Transit to the Town of

Ladysmith on Sept. 1, connecting us with com-munities south and laying the foundation for po-tential connections to communities north • Tangible examples of greater collaboration

between the Stz’uminus First Nation and the Town — the extension of water and sewer infra-structure to IR 12 and the successful relocation of a significant First Nation’s midden to allow for the expansion of the Town’s sewer plant • The opening of the Ladysmith Maritime Soci-

ety’s Harbour Heritage Centre (a must-see), the resurfacing of the Spray Park at Transfer Beach, a new roof and new entrance doors for Aggie Hall, upgrades to Holland Creek Trails, a new base for the Steam Donkey on Transfer Beach Boulevard, the removal and destruction of the abandoned barge on Slack Point by the Ministry of the Environment, additional parking at For-rest Field, acquisition of a new Rescue Truck for our Fire/Rescue Department, electric car charg-ing stations on First Avenue, a new location for Arts on the Avenue with room to grow, and from all accounts the biggest and best Festival of Lights everQ: What are you most proud of when it comes

to council’s work in 2013?A: Beyond the collegial, respectful, thought-

ful dialogue at the council table, I am most im-pressed that every councillor is also an active community volunteer and can be counted on to do their part to help make a project successful or an event happen.Q: Is there anything you wish council could

have achieved or moved forward on in 2013 that it didn’t?A: We were hoping to commence the review of

the Waterfront Area Plan by the fall of 2013, but that work has had to be postponed until the new year due to other initiatives such as the updat-ing of the Town’s Zoning Bylaw and the Couver-don Boundary Expansion.

The Year in Review

See Hutchins Page 4

We need to invest in both a new Fire/Res-cue Hall and a new City Hall. Preliminary work has been done on both initiatives, but much more work is ahead to ensure both these projects are realized. Q: From your per-

spective, what were some of the biggest issues for Ladysmith in 2013?A: The proposed

Couverdon Boundary Expansion has been a cause of concern with neighbours in both North Oyster/Diamond and in Saltair.

The proposed clo-sure of two elementary schools and the pro-posed move of elemen-tary students to the high school has been a subject of much de-bate and concern with-in the community. Q: As we begin 2014,

what is the status of these issues and where do you see them going in the year ahead?A: The proposed

Couverdon Bound-ary Expansion will be reviewed at a special council meeting on Monday, Jan. 27. Cou-verdon will be hosting a public open house on the matter in late January or February. A town boundary ex-pansion requires a public consent pro-cess. At this time, council is intending to initiate an Alterna-tive Approval Process sometime in February.

School closures and reconfiguration of the high school to accom-modate elementary students are in the hands of the board of school trustees. As a Town council, we will endeavour to work with our school trustees to ensure the best outcome for our children and our com-munity. Q: What do you fore-

see as some big is-sues for the Town in 2014?

A: 2014 will be a very full year with incred-ible opportunity for citizen engagement

and participation in a number of significant initiatives, including the finalization of the Town Zoning Bylaw, consideration of the

Couverdon Boundary Expansion, a review of the Waterfront Area Plan, and the local government elections both for mayor and council and the board of school trustees. Q: What are you

looking forward to in 2014 for Ladysmith?

A: Breaking ground on the final stage of the upgrade to our sewage treatment plant.

Co-hosting with Chief John Elliot a work-shop on relationship building with 50 citi-zens from Ladysmith and 50 citizens from Stz’uminus First Na-tion.

Reaching an agree-ment with Stz’uminus First Nation and the Province on mov-ing forward with the cleanup of DL 651(Dogpatch) and Slack Point.

The acquisition of a new site for the replacement of the Cowichan District Hospital.Q: Do you have a

year-end message for the community?A: In our community,

I believe the spirit of volunteerism and gen-erosity is second to none. I am constantly amazed and delighted by the number of peo-ple who continually step forward to do their part to enhance our community or to lend a helping hand to others. We are a richer, healthier com-munity because of what you do.

On behalf of Town Council, I would like to wish you all a new year full of good health, laughter and success.


Hutchins eager to work with Stz’uminus

2014 will be a very full year with incredible

opportunity for citizen

engagementRob Hutchins

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COWICHAN VALLEYREGIONAL DISTRICT175 Ingram StreetDuncan, B.C. V9L 1N8

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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARINGOFFICIAL COMMUNITY PLAN AMENDMENT BYLAW NO. 3775

ZONING AMENDMENT BYLAW NO. 3776Applicable to Electoral Area H - North Oyster/Diamond

If approved, OCP Amendment Bylaw No. 3775 and Zoning Amendment Bylaw No. 3776 would permit a dry food storage warehouse on That Part of South 10 Chains of the West 10 Chains of District Lot 9, Oyster District, Lying East of the Easterly Boundary of Plan 1157 RW, except those parts in Plans 43949 and 50937. There is already an existing cold food storage warehouse on Lot 1, District Lot 9, Oyster District, Plan VIP76340.At the public hearing, all persons who deem their interests affected by the proposed amendments will be afforded an opportunity to be heard or to present written submissions on matters contained therein, before representatives of the Regional Board. Prior to the public hearing, written comments on the Bylaws may be faxed to 250-746-2621, e-mailed to [email protected], or mailed and/or deposited at the Regional District offices up to 4:30 p.m. on the day of the hearing. For further information, please call Catherine Tompkins, RPP MCIP, Senior Planner, Planning & Development Department, at 250-746-2620.The public hearing is to be held by Director M. Marcotte, Director M. Dorey and Director L. Duncan as delegates of the Board. A copy of the proposed Bylaws, the resolution delegating the holding of the public hearing, and other documents that may be considered by the Board in determining whether to adopt the Bylaws are available for public inspection at the Regional District Planning & Development Department office, 175 Ingram Street, Duncan, BC, from Tuesday, January 7, 2014, to Thursday, January 23, 2014, between the hours of 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday. A copy of the bylaws and supporting material may also be viewed on the CVRD website at the following address: http://www.cvrd.bc.ca/index.aspx?NID=1282

Zoning Amendment Bylaw No. 3776 proposes to amend Electoral Area H – North Oyster/Diamond Zoning Bylaw No. 1020 by creating a new zone, the Ultra-Light Industrial Zone (I-3), and amending Schedule A (Zoning Map) by:• Rezoning Part of South 10 Chains of the West 10 Chains of District Lot 9, Oyster District, Lying East of the Easterly Boundary of Plan 1157 RW, except those parts in Plans 43949 and 50937 as shown outlined on Map 2 below from R-2 (Suburban Residential) and I-1 (Light Industrial) to I-3 (Ultra-Light Industrial); and• Rezoning Lot 1, District Lot 9, Oyster District, Plan VIP76340 as shown outlined on Map 2 below from I-1 (Light Industrial) to I-3 (Ultra-Light Industrial) Zone.

Map 2

DATE: Thursday, January 23, 2014

PLACE: North Oyster Community Centre 13467 Cedar Road Ladysmith, BC

TIME: 7:00 p.m.

Official Community Plan Amendment Bylaw No. 3775 proposes to amend Electoral Area H - North Oyster/Diamond Official Community Plan Bylaw No. 1497 by amending Schedule B – The Plan Map – by redesignating That Part of South 10 Chains of the West 10 Chains of District Lot 9, Oyster District, Lying East of the Easterly Boundary of Plan 1157 RW, except those parts in Plans 43949 and 50937 (PID: 009-312-471) as shown outlined below on Map 1 from Suburban Residential to Industrial:

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Busy Boxing Day for policeFriday, Dec. 20• At approximately

10 p.m., the Duncan RCMP advised of a white Ford pickup truck suspected of be-ing driven by an im-paired male. This ve-hicle was later pulled over by the Ladysmith RCMP along the Trans-Canada Highway near Grouhel Road. There was a male driver and three passengers in-side a company vehicle at the time. The inves-tigation revealed that the driver had more than 80 milligrams of alcohol in him and had no driver’s licence since it was suspended. The man was given a further 90-day driving suspension, and the company vehicle was impounded for 30 days. Saturday, Dec. 21• At approximately 9

p.m., RCMP responded to a report of a domes-tic assault in progress in the 400 block of First Avenue. A male and female were in-volved, with the male arrested for assault

and found to be violat-ing his court order for no consumption of al-cohol. No serious inju-ries were suffered.Thursday, Dec. 26• At approximately

7:20 a.m., there was a break and enter at Dairy Queen on Davis Road. Video footage shows a male with a slim build in dark pants, wearing a hood-ie with long strings and a small image below the neck opening.• Between 7 and 11:30

a.m., there was a break and enter/theft at a residence in the 11100 block of Chemainus Road. An unknown person broke through the front door and stole a 36-inch Sam-

sung TV still in the box, a Michael Kors watch and cash.• Between 8:15 and

8:45 a.m., there was a break and enter/theft at a residence in the 11100 block of Brank-some Road. A weedeat-er and guitar with am-plifier were stolen. A possible male suspect was caught on video image wearing a grey hoodie and driving an olive green Ford F150.Saturday, Dec. 28• At 9:30 p.m., police

received a report of a male assaulting others with a knife at the Tim-berlands Pub. The sus-pect male also caused damage to a vehicle belonging to one of the victims. The suspect is associated with an-other male at the scene and was last seen leav-ing with the other male in a grey vehicle. The suspect is described as a white male with shaved blond hair. An unknown male with a small dog seen in the video footage is a pos-sible witness to the in-

cident.***Since Oct. 1,

Ladysmith RCMP have had 13 road block files generated. The police have attended 36 vehi-cle collisions (over/un-der $1,000 damage and/or injuries) and have issued two driving while disqualified or prohibited; one three-day driver’s licence suspension by alcohol; two 24-hour driving prohibitions by drugs and six 90-day driving prohibitions issued or impaired driving inves-tigation. There have been no fatal motor ve-hicle collisions.

The RCMP would like to thank every-one for helping make Ladysmith and the sur-rounding areas a safer community for the past year and for the upcoming year.

If you have any infor-mation regarding these cases or other crimes, please contact the RCMP at 250-245-2215 or Crimestoppers at 1-800-222-8477.

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The new year lurched to life with a round of shouting about

the environment, as our post-industrial, post-liter-ate urban society grapples with conflicting claims of impending doom.

The release of a group of Greenpeace protesters from a Russian prison was welcomed by TV news net-works desperate to fill the holiday dead zone. Our in-trepid Canadian pair got to describe over and over their bid to hang a strongly worded banner from a Rus-sian offshore oil platform, and their horror when se-curity forces boarded their vessel from helicopters and seized it.

I kept waiting for two questions to be asked. What did they think Vladimir Pu-tin’s regime would do? And what was the point? How is disrupting one oil platform for an hour going to save the planet?

The Greenpeace “activ-ists” claimed this was the

first oil platform to operate above the Arctic Circle. So it was a line in the snow, which I’m sure impressed Putin as he ramps up his territorial claim to include the North Pole.

Meanwhile at the South Pole, TV anchors remained carefully sombre as they reported numerous bids to rescue a scientific ves-sel trapped in thick ice. No quips about the predictive abilities of climate scien-tists please!

In fact, this ill-fated voy-age was a re-enactment of Sir Douglas Mawson’s 1913 expedition, with pro-glob-al warming news outlets BBC and The Guardian aboard to capture the melt-ing wrought by a century of industrial expansion. The rescue efforts (from a Russian ship by Chinese helicopters) also disrupted an Australian icebreaker’s supply trip for one of the real scientific expeditions working in Antarctica.

Skeptics had great fun with the Antarctic debacle, as they did earlier with the resurgence of Arctic ice

that trapped climate tour-ists.

As is normal in the Inter-net age, the climate debate has split into two fanatical factions, each of which pro-motes the most extreme ex-amples it can find to prop up its version of truth.

Greenpeace is now known in B.C. as part of our Team America anti-tar sands bri-gade. They got off to a good start in 2014 by selectively seizing on reports of a new study of mercury contami-nation in northern Alberta.

A “bullseye” of this dread-ed neurotoxin has been drawn around oilsands op-erations by measuring trac-es in snow. The study by Environment Canada scien-tists isn’t published yet, but Postmedia News reported on a presentation in No-vember by the researchers.

“The federal scientists stress the mercury loadings around the oilsands are low compared to the con-tamination seen in many parts of North America in-cluding southern Ontario and southern Quebec,” the news report states.

This is like the study of polycyclic aromatic hydro-carbon (PAH) pollution in northern Alberta lakes that was twisted into propagan-da and fed to the news me-dia last year. This is another group of neurotoxins that are far more concentrated in urban areas than around remote industry.

Consumption, rather than production of coal, diesel and other fuels produces the vast majority of these emissions. I look forward to the study of their effects around Lost Lagoon and Burnaby Lake.

Of course, safe levels of these materials have been set by Health Canada. You’re more likely to get significant exposure to mercury from a broken flu-orescent lamp or the mer-cury amalgam in your old tooth fillings than you are from feeding ducks at the lake, although you might get a whiff of PAH when you gas up the car or board the bus.

Tom Fletcher is legisla-tive reporter and colum-nist for Black Press.

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Being born in, moving to or visiting a small town is definitely a different experience, whether you were born here and never left, moved away and moved back, relocated to or are thinking of relocating… or maybe

you have just stopped in for the weekend by bus, boat or vehicle.

No matter how you got here, here we all are together, so here are some new year’s resolutions to help the com-munity build a bright and happy future — together!5 small town resolutions to build community spirit

Starting Jan. 1, as a small town resident, resolve to:1. If I am young (which in Ladysmith is anything under

80 or so…) be aware that I live in a retirement commu-nity and understand that the elderly are in need of pa-tience while driving, walking and talking.

2. If I am old (which in Ladysmith is anything over 30 or so…) be aware that young people live here too and allow them their growing pains and give assistance or guidance without judgement. I will remember that their character is still in development, and experiencing life is a major part of that process.

3. If I am new (which in Ladysmith means you were not born here) I will try to not take offense when after 20 years, someone says, “So you’re new here.”

4. If I am “born and raised” (which in Ladysmith means born from Symonds Street to Roberts Street) I will try to remember that the town was originally built by new people who came and saw opportunity and beauty.

5. As a resident (which, if you are reading this paper, is you) I will resolve to remember that I make up a part of this town and every effort that I give DOES make a difference. From shopping local and picking up trash to taking the time to share a smile in the street, our com-bined love for Ladysmith makes this town really neat!

Ladysmith is made up of wonderful people, just like you. Keep up the good work and see you next year!

—Submitted by Cathleen McMahon

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Question of the WeekDid your property assessment go

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Yes 14.3%No 85.7%

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Smoke from one affects many

Editor: Where there’s smoke — there’s

fire, but not necessarily the oth-er way around. Dry wood waste burnt when weather conditions are right creates almost no smoke for neighbours to breathe.

Burning wet wood, or worse yet, leaves, creates lots of smoke. When there is a weather inver-sion, the smoke goes sideways, not up and away. Particulate from wood smoke is a known health hazard. If you have to burn, please do it responsibly.

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Uforik owners incredibly generous

Editor: I would like to thank Aaron

Stone and Jamie Kolk, the own-ers of the Uforik computer store in Ladysmith, for their generous good deed over the Christmas season.

This year in October, my hus-band was in a serious accident in Nanaimo and later died in the Vic-toria General Hospital. When Aar-on Stone and Jamie Kolk found out that my son had lost his father so close to Christmas, they decid-ed to send my son a brand-new laptop. I needed to let you know of their kind and compassionate nature. They have made such an extremely hard holiday better for

my son. We were so surprised by their generosity.

So thank you Aaron and Jamie! You are wonderful people to have thought of us this season.

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NDP cites premier’s ever-changing stance

Editor: I was glad to read your piece

(NDP doing good Opposition work on Senate issue, Dec. 31) which agrees with the New Dem-ocrat position on abolishing the Senate. We have been pressing Premier Clark to take a consis-tent position on senate reform since before she was premier.

I’m at a loss, however, to under-stand how Mr. Harding can cred-ibly claim that we didn’t provide any examples of the ever-chang-ing stance of the premier. In the same release that he quoted from, we cited 10 different positions the premier or her key ministers have floated since January 2011, including three different posi-tions over two days. She’s called for caps on senators from other provinces, constitutional amend-ments, elected senators in vary-ing degrees and finally decided to punt the whole mess to the Su-preme Court. The release we dis-tributed Dec. 4 can be seen here: bit.ly/19ESbST.

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Property assess-ments are down this year, as the trend of relative stability in the Cowichan Valley con-tinues.As 2014 marks BC

Assessment’s 40th an-niversary, owners of more than 38,000 prop-erties throughout the Cowichan Valley have received or will be re-ceiving their 2014 as-sessment notices.

“Most homes in the Cowichan Valley are worth less in value compared to last year’s assessment roll,” said Vancouver Island Re-gional acting assessor Bill Dawson. “Most home owners in the Cowichan Valley will see modest changes in the minus-10-per-cent to plus-five-per-cent range.”

Assessments are the estimate of a proper-ty’s market value as of July 1, 2013, and physi-cal condition as of Oct. 31, 2013.

Changes in property assessments reflect movement in the local real estate market and can vary greatly from property to property, according to BC As-sessment.“When our appraisers

take a look at proper-ties and put an assess-ment on them, they look at characteristics a potential vendor or purchaser would have in mind,” explained Dawson. “If it’s a big-ger house in a great location with a great view, it will have a higher value.”

Local governments and other taxing au-

thorities are respon-sible for property taxa-tion and will calculate property tax rates based on the assess-ment roll for their ju-risdiction.

Overall, Cowichan Valley’s assessment roll decreased from $11,006,821,659 last year to $10,751,961,341 this year. This over-all 2014 roll value is slightly lower despite an increase of almost $132,600,000 from sub-divisions, rezoning and new construction.

In general, com-mercial property as-sessments have re-mained stable in the Cowichan Valley, with a taxable commercial assessment roll of $816,135,916. A total of almost $19,212,142 in new commercial value has been added due to various changes, including subdivision, rezoning and new con-struction. “The overall assess-

ment roll decreased because of market change, but it would have decreased even more if we hadn’t had those other changes like new construction,” said Dawson.

In Ladysmith, the av-erage assessment for a single family dwelling this year is $285,100, down from $288,500 last year.

The average assess-ment for a single family dwelling in the District of North Cowichan is $314,700, a decline from $325,400 last year.“Over the last couple

of years, it’s been a rel-atively stable assess-ment roll because it’s been a relatively stable real estate market on Vancouver Island,” ex-plained Dawson, not-ing that property own-ers probably won’t be very surprised when they open their assess-ment notices.

If anyone has any questions about their property assessments, Dawson wants to em-phasize that BC As-sessment is “open for business.”

He encourages prop-erty owners to visit www.bcassessment.ca first if they are unclear about anything.“We have tons of great

information on our website,” said Dawson.

“[Property owners] can compare neighbouring assessments on their

street. They can look at sales in the last year on their street.”

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One of the most common questions I am asked during an eye exam is “Doc, what can I do to protect my eyes against cataracts?” My advice has always remained the same, UV protection! New research from the National Eye Institute may change my tried and true answer.

Data from the Physicians’ Health Study (PHS) II was analyzed by William G. Christen, ScD of Harvard Medical School. Participants of the study were all middle-aged to older male physicians. Of these, 11,497 of them were randomly assigned to take a multivitamin, while 14,233 were assigned a daily placebo pill. None of the study participants had existing cataracts at the start of the study.

The physicians in the study were followed between 1997-2011 and provided information on pill-taking adherence, adverse side-effects, and pre-existing cataract risk factors. The study participants also reported the occurrence of new cataracts.

After following each male for an average of 11.2 years, there were 1817 cases of cataract formation. The researchers determined that the partici-pants taking the multivitamin had a 9% lower risk for developing cataracts than the placebo group.

While 9% is a pretty low amount, that 9% may have a large impact. Cataract surgery is the most commonly performed surgery in North America. Reduc-ing the amount of cataract extractions by even 9% would greatly reduce the impact it has on our healthcare system. It could reduce the dollars spent on cataract removal surgeries as well as decrease the wait time for the surgery.

The new data suggests that taking a multivitamin is something we should encourage in more patients. You’re probably doing yourself some good by taking a multivitamin - not likely going to cause any harm - and maybe it will stave off your cataract progression.

If you live long enough, you will get cataracts, they are a product of time. But there are a few things you can do to slow this process down. As I men-tioned earlier, protect yourself from UV rays with a UV coating or sunglass-es. Don’t smoke. Eat healthy, and especially eat foods high in antioxidants such as dark green leafy vegetables and berries. And fi nally, a multivitamin may be benefi cial as well.

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Defining an upcom-ing season is much more than going with the moment’s muse for Mark DuMez, although artistic propensity does play a part.

No matter what types of factors the Chemainus Theatre Festival artistic direc-tor considers, ultimate-ly he ends up being tickled with the lineup.

This year’s highlights includes bringing big-hit Buddy Holly imper-sonator back, staging for the first time the epic musical Les Mi-sérables and scooping Canadian premieres of Jeeves in Bloom and Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Christ-mas Carol.“I love the season as a

whole,” DuMez said. “It has balance. There are classics, drama and some really funny ma-terial as well.”“There will be artis-

tically arresting mo-ments, some tears, lots of laughs and intrigue to boot,” he predicted.

But before season pamphlets hit streets, behind the scenes Du-Mez is knee-deep in his research and gaining rights.“I always start with

considering the mis-sion and goals of the Chemainus Theatre Festival Society, which in a nutshell is to ‘cre-ate exceptional theatre that explores and nour-ishes the human spirit, with three goals: enrich the region, advance the arts and build commu-nity,’” he said.“This is the philosoph-

ic beacon for me. That and finding shows that

have a generally life-affirming and uplift-ing quality,” he added, noting this is when personal aptness as an artist arrives into the equation.“I then read lots of

plays, consult with other artists, and look at New York and Lon-don playbills. If the summer permits, I visit Shaw or Stratford and other theatre compa-nies here in the West, talk to playwrights, talk with other theatre companies, volunteers, board members, staff members, and read our patron surveys.”

There are also bud-gets to consider.

And part of the equa-tion is DuMez asking:

“Does the show tell a convincing story? What is at its core? Where is the heart of the story? Who will be interested in the work? Is there balance in the season

— something for every-one? Will we be pushed artistically? Will the au-dience be engaged? Do we have the capacity to handle it?”

This year’s crop an-swered every question.“Each show has a

great feel to it and a central story,” said Du-Mez. “It has followed a pattern we’ve culti-vated over the years of a revue to open, en-gaging comedy in the spring, along with an all-Canadian story, a big summer musical and then something different for the fall be-fore the holiday show.“A newness comes

from the two shows that are Canadian pre-mieres (Jeeves and Sherlock), from the scope of the summer musical (Les Mis) and

when we open a studio stage in the summer with a short run of a New York hit (Freud’s Last Session).“There are some com-

ponents we haven’t had before.”

The season’s kickoff is a proven hit: Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story (Feb. 11 to March 8) featuring Zachary Ste-venson’s tribute to the ‘50s rocker which was a hit last spring.

Next is comic adven-ture Jeeves in Bloom (March 21 to April 26) which sees a peaceful English countryside turned upside-down af-ter Bertie Wooster and

his unflappable valet, Jeeves, pay a visit.

That’s staged before the Second World War dramatic comedy Wait-ing for the Parade (May 9 to June 1).

DuMez is very excited about the Les Mis run. Based on the Victor Hugo 1862 novel, this musical classic hits the stage June 20 and wraps up Sept. 7.

The theatre’s also promoting its annual KidzPlay show with the 2014 selection Robert Munsch-based Munsch-ercise (July 19 to Aug. 16).

Meanwhile, Freud’s Last Session, involv-

ing an adaptation of legendary psychoana-lyst Dr. Sigmund Freud hosting rising academ-ic star C.S. Lewis as a guest to his home in London, begins Aug. 20 and runs until Aug. 30.

Family comedy Over the River and Through the Woods (Oct. 3 to Nov. 8) will entertain audiences before the annual Christmas show, with this year’s holi-day mystery, Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Christmas Carol (Nov. 21 to Dec. 22).

To learn more about the season, visit w w w . c h e m a i n u stheatrefestival.ca.


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The Golf Shop at Mount Brenton Golf Course in Chemainus is under new management.

Monaghan Golf Inc. announced last week that it has taken over the day-to-day op-eration of the Mount Brenton Golf Shop.

Mongahan Golf is a full service golf oper-ations management

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Mount Brenton Golf Course is led by PGA of Canada head golf professional Andrew Hajer, formally the associate profession-al at Beach Grove Golf Club in Tsaw-wassen. Hajer was the 2012 PGA of BC Junior Golf Leader of the Year.

Jan Best, a PGA of Canada assistant golf professional, sup-

ports him at Mount Brenton.“We are very excited about the opportu-nity to work with the Members and visitors at Mount Brenton to provide an outstanding golf experience,” Tom Monaghan, presi-dent of Monaghan Golf Inc., said in the release. “The club has a strong tradition of excellence and is a fantastic layout; we look forward to con-tinuing to provide outstanding service and make improve-ments to the overall

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GUDJONSONMargaret Amelita

Margaret Amelita Eleanore Mitchell McConachie was born June 16, 1933, to Wil-liam and Grace McConachie in Tisdale,SK. She passed, De-cember 18, 2013 holding hands with Warren, surrounded by family, knowing she was loved, honoured and respected. Her illness was brief – her dignity was great. Margaret and War-ren were wed June 2, 1954. A romance of over 60 years. Their adventure took them to Kinistino, Prince Albert, Calgary, Saskatoon, and Lady-smith, BC. Three babies rounded out their family, David (1955 ), Deb-orah (1957), and Todd (1963). Margaret’s working career started with switchboard operations, and then to positions with the provincial and federal government. Cabin retreats were fi lled with family and friends. First at Candle Lake and then at Freeman Island, Lac La Ronge,SK. Nana’s heaven on earth. Nana Marg nurtured her family as she nurtured her gardens. With careful care and attention to every plant and fl ower. Giving each special attention to make it her very favourite and bring it to its very best. A woman of integri-ty and compassion – a harmonious blend of gentleness and tenacity. She will always be our family’s gentle gardener.

She was greeted in heaven by Todd who passed in 2012.Here to celebrate her life are husband Warren, son David (Donna) Saskatoon, SK, Daughter Deborah (Dale) Schmidt, York-ton, SK. Grandchildren Michael (Ferrah, Maryn and Jake )Schmidt Regina, SK. James (Crystal, Kameron and Katie) Gudjonson Oyen, AB. Crystal (Adam) Toth Regina, SK.Douglas (Abriel Armitage )Schmidt, Rosthern, SK. Jesse (Carly) Gudjonson, Surrey, BC. Erin (Tyler) Foster, Saska-toon, SK. Kailene and Tianna Gudjonson, Saskatoon, SK. Natasha Tkachuk, AB. Special sister-in-law Muriel Johnson and family, Derek and June Toovey, Bill and Linda Gudjon-son, Rodney and Sandy Gudjonson and families. Mom’s life was touched by many dear friends; Joyce Mess-er, Shirley and Jim Terrill, the Robertson Clan, her cabin friends and her Ladysmith friends and neighbours. You were all part of her joy. In June 2014 we will return Nana Marg to her garden at La Ronge, SK. Her place - her peace. Her legacy to us all is to live life with honour and integrity. “Be sure to sure tell your family and friends that you love them”. Sweet peace gentle gardener.

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HUTCHINSON, Heather LouiseFebruary 11, 1948 – December 20, 2013It is with heavy hearts and immense sadness that we announce the passing of our mother & grandmother, Heather Louise Hutchinson on Friday, December 20, 2013 in the Palliative Care Unit at NRGH.

Heather’s family was her life and she was extremely proud of her children & grandchildren. Survived by daughter Stephanie & son-in-law Glenn Irvine, daughter Janet Mandin, grandchildren Kelsey Mandin (Owen), Tyler Irvine (Nicole) Jamie Mandin (Jack), Jordie Irvine, Alysha Mandin and Elizabeth Irvine.

Also survived by her mother, Marguerite McDonald, sister Lonnie Schwabe and brother Ian McDonald.

Heather fought bravely with her health for a number of years and although her passing is extremely sad for her family we are thankful that she is now at peace. We will always cherish the memories of Mom and she will always remain forever in our hearts.

May you rest in peace Mom. To celebrate Heather’s life, a family gathering will be held in summer 2014.

Words cannot express the gratitude we have to those who helped mom and us through this diffi cult time, NRGH emergency, Floor One and Palliative Care Unit staff – you are truly angels in disguise.

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CARLSON, Lucille Leora Rosa

On December 15, 2013 Lucille Carlson passed away peacefully in Nanaimo at the age of 93. The fourth of seven children, she was born to parents Robert and May Patterson in Kincaid, Saskatchewan on November 5, 1920.Predeceased by her husband, Evert in 1992, she will be lovingly remembered by her four children: George (Wendy), Ralph (Linda), Delphine (Vic) Boeur and Kenneth (Muriel) as well as her ten grandchildren: Kevin & Wayne Carlson; Darlene Peters, Diane & Sandra Carlson, Bradley, Jamie & Mikel Boeur; and Danny & Daryl Carlson. She was also blessed with nine great-grandchildren. Left to mourn her passing, also, is her sister, Helen Duquette of Edmonton, Alberta and numerous nieces and nephews.The family would like to thank the Nanaimo Travellers Lodge for their kind care over the last four years and in lieu of flowers, a donation in Lucille’s memory to the Nanaimo Travellers Lodge at 1298 Nelson St., Nanaimo, V9S 2K5 would be greatly appreciated.A family gathering at the graveside took place at Cedar Valley Memorial Gardens with interment arrangements by Telford’s.


TWENTYMAN,

Thomas BranchOctober 1, 1924 – December 23, 2013

Tom passed away on December 23, 2013. Tom was born and raised in Ladysmith. He served in the Navy during WWII from 1944 – 1946. In 1953 he started with Chemainus Towing Com-pany where he worked until retirement.

He will be lovingly remem-bered and dearly missed by his beloved wife Curl and two sons Greg (Donna) and Terry; two granddaughters Jolaine (Joe) and Ronnie (Paul) and a new grandson Merrick as well as his cher-ished niece Fran Rose and many friends and family who were an important part of his life.

Tom was predeceased by his parents John and Caro-line Twentyman and sister Elizabeth McMurtrie.

Tom always said he had a great life – wonderful family, a job he enjoyed and leisure time doing the things he enjoyed especially his love of being out on the water.

Rest in peace dear Husband, Dad, Granddad, Great-Grand-dad, Uncle and Friend.

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A Celebration of Tom’s Life will be held at a later date.

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GABRIELSON, Clifford Born July 28, 1971 in Edmonton, Alberta. Passed away in Duncan, BC on December 27, 2013.Predeceased by his mother Janet. Cliff is survived by his father Kenneth, stepmother Virginia Gabrielson; brothers Victor and Doug; nieces Sarah, Izzy and nephew Braxton.Private family cremation. For those so desiring, donations in memory of Cliff may be made to the Clements Centre Society - 5856 Clements Street, Duncan, BC V9L 3W3.


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Tukham, Dorothy Isabel (Duncan)Passed away Dec 15th, 2013 surrounded by family. Born March 3rd, 1928 to Robert and Myrtle Duncan, mom was a native daughter of Ladysmith. She had one brother, Robert. Mom talked of many fine childhood memories spent with her grandparents, Richard and Ellen Ivey, on their farm.

She met the love of her life, Jack, while working in the Ladysmith pay office of Comox Logging. Dorothy’s love of the outdoors was very evident with camping, fishing, mushroom and salal picking. Mom always cherished the time she spent in her yard and gardens.

Predeceased by Jack in January 2009, mom is survived by her children and their families. Son Rob (Kate), daughter Deb (Harold Rutti), son Fred (Jan); grandchildren Jen, Pat, Bryan (Joanna), Dan; great grandchildren Hannah and Carson.

We will miss you NanaBack on that quiet lake with Papa once again.

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DAVIS, Kenneth RoyMarch 4, 1942 - January 1, 2014

With sorrow we announce the passing of Ken - Husband, Father, Uncle and Friend.Survived by Lucy “The Wife”, of 42 years; his daughter Lee-Ann (London, Ontario), brothers Johnny (Darlene) and Edwin, uncle Ed Milot and mother-in-law Stefania Graczyk. Ken is also survived by many brother-in-laws and sister-in-laws, nieces and nephews, and great-nieces and nephews.Ken loved his coffee and would meet with “The Coffee Clutch” where the conversations were always interesting. His favourite times were vacationing in Hawaii with Janet and Ken.A Celebration of Life will be held at the Eagles Hall, 921 1st Avenue, Ladysmith on Wednesday, January 8th at 12 noon. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to BC Children’s Hospital or BC Lung Association.

KARTER, Fred (Friedrich) KarlApr. 10, 1923 - Jan. 13, 2013

We miss you every day - your children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren, friends & family.

We cherish our memories of you and our mother Gertrud, your wife of 66 years, who passed on August 28, 2008 and

daughter Jutta who passed away January 14th, 1962.Remember those happy days in Essen-Marne, Germany, Vancouver, Thetis Island, New Westminster, Ladysmith,

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you touched. “Those who have passed through the gate of death have

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APT. SIZE deep freeze $125. Medium size up right deep freeze $150. White 17cu ft fridge, $200. White 30” range $175. 30” almond range $125. White 30” propane stove $150. Apt size front load washer, dryer, $300. Kenmore Washer dryer sets $200-$350. Washers $150-$250. Dryers $100-$150. Built-in dishwash-ers $100-$150. White portable dishwasher $100. 6 month warranty on all appliances. Please call Greg at (250)246-9859.

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LADYSMITH HANDYMAN Special. 3bdrms up, lrg LR, double garage, lrg storage. Ocean & city view. 1bdrm suite down. Owner will carry mortgage. $1200 month; or rent for $1,800 month. (250)753-0160.

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Ladysmith: 3 bdrm rancher close to downtown, f/s, w/d, oil heat, n/s, n/p, refs req. $900/mo.

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EDGEWOOD ESTATES. 3-bdrm, 3 bath townhouse. $1125./mo. Avail now, Jan.1st or Jan 15th. (250)248-1657IMMEDIATE Occupancy. $1160 / 2bedrm Townhome on Rocky Creek (1244 - 4th Ave, Ladysmith) 1,200 sq ft, 2 bdrm / 2 bathrm, 3 yr old, 9 ft ceil-ings in quiet complex. Secure underground parking. Private ground fl oor entrance. Hard-wood fl oors, designer kitchen: maple cabinetry, granite coun-tertop and stainless steel ap-pliances (fridge, stove, dish-washer, microwave). In-suite private laundry. Walk-in clos-ets. Heated tile fl oor in ensuite bathroom. Gas fi replace in liv-ing rm. Gas for BBQ on deck. Fitness centre and spa with hot tub and endless exercise pool. Located on town bus route. Tenant responsible for utilities. Pets OK. Contact Brian Nelson (780) 546-4449 or [email protected] 3-BDRM, 2 bath townhome,W/D,F/S,D/W, near schools. Feb. 1st. NS/NP. Yearly lease, $1000. + utils. 250-924-3826, 250-710-0708.

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The Ladysmith Graduating Class of 2014 has an account at Junction Bottle Depot. If you would like to donate to the grads, just drop off your bottles and say it is for the Ladysmith grad account.Thank you!

• Staff at the Lodge on 4th in Ladysmith are hosting a fund-raiser for Terry Dawn and her family. “Terry Dawn’s daughter Au-tumn Harmony has been diagnosed with a serious illness, and the family needs our help,” says Joanne McMurray.

The staff at the Lodge on 4th invite everyone to come and enjoy a hot dog lunch Saturday, Jan. 11 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Lodge at 1127 Fourth Ave.

For $5, you can get a hot dog, a bag of chips and a pop while supporting Terry Dawn and her family.

All proceeds raised will be donated to the family of the little girl.

Tickets for the event

are available by phon-ing Kathy at 250-618-9077, or they can be purchased at the event.• Operation Red

Nose, hosted by Paci-ficSport Vancouver Is-land, is celebrating a successful end of the 2013 season.

Forty-one volun-teers took to the streets of Lantz-ville, Nanaimo and Ladysmith to take 265 people home safely on New Year’s Eve, according to a press release.“Our volunteers are the backbone of this program,” said co-ordinator Don Allan.

“Twenty new volun-teers signed up in

the last week before New Year’s Eve. That was very exciting! Over the entire cam-paign 246 volunteers answered 507 calls and drove just under 1,200 people safely home. The generos-ity of our Red Nose clients this year was astounding, donating just over $12,000 for our local athletes and physical literacy pro-grams for youth and children.”• Curves of

Ladysmith just an-nounced it is now offering Curves Workouts with Jil-lian Michaels of The Biggest Loser fame that feature the Curves Circuit

strength training ma-chines in conjunc-tion with functional body weight-based exercises that ramp up metabolism and transform physiques.

The new Curves Workouts with Jil-lian Michaels are de-signed for women at every fitness level and include simple modi-fications for each movement, accord-ing to a press release. Metabolic condition-ing exercises will be done in between each strength machine within the Curves Circuit, all within a 30-minute class. Call 250-245-4460 or visit the club at 21 High St. for information.

In my experience, forgive-ness is one of the most dif-ficult things in life, especially when it comes to major issues in relationships, business, pol-itics, etc. Whether or not one agrees with this may depend upon what one means by for-giveness.

So what is forgiveness? If we look at the word itself, I think we get a clue. It is all about giving when in fact something has been taken from us, be it dignity, money, love, opportu-nity, a relationship or any one of many other possibilities. It amounts to bearing the loss or paying a price when it is unde-served. It can be excruciating-ly painful and decidedly costly.

If we devalue the cost and/or pain, we can end up saying trite things about forgiveness, such as “forgive and forget.” This strikes me as nonsense if we rightly understand forgive-ness. If we were able to forget, we would probably not have learnt anything from the expe-

rience. However, if by saying “forgive and forget,” we un-derstand that there is nothing to be gained from harbouring resentment, I would suggest it has some validity. In fact, when we harbour resentment, we ourselves become the vic-tim all over again.

The question that arises is “Does forgiveness work.” It seems to me that it can, and we can see instances where it does — sometimes stunningly. True forgiveness, for all its enormous difficulty, enables one to become a greater hu-man being. There are numer-ous examples through history, but I want to focus on two in particular, one contempo-rary and one ancient. For the contemporary, as I write, we have before us a truly remark-able example of how and the degree to which forgiveness works, namely in the person of Nelson Mandela. Remark-ably, I am able to say this with utter conviction and sincer-ity — I was born and bred in the apartheid South Africa. While I can add little to what is being said, my conviction is that it was forgiveness as lived out by that remarkable

person that has saved almost innumerable lives. It has also served to inspire the world to higher things. Nelson Man-dela never ever forgot the in-dignities, the pains, the losses, the injustices, but he forgave. That forgiveness transformed a country, saved lives and in-spired the world.

For the ancient, that has the power to be contempo-rary, there is the greatest ex-ample of all — Jesus Christ. The forgiveness He exercised and brought transformed the world and has the power to transform you and me. While we point to Jesus’ death as the means by which we are forgiven, the truth is that the process began with His birth in Bethlehem. All the events of His life are part of an in-tegrated whole. Forgiveness and love are at the heart of God, who begins by loving and giving and ends in loving and giving. This gift I urge you to appropriate and promote. For-giveness can and does work. By exercising it, we can trans-form the world around us in our small but significant way. At Christmas, and any time,

isn’t this worth pondering?

Does forgiveness work?

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