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Outgoing Ladysmith Ambassador Kelly Wallace passes on the crown to Kristy DeClark, who was named Ladysmith’s Ambassador for 2013-14 during the program’s annual coronation event Saturday, April 20 at the Frank Jameson Com-munity Centre. DeClark, 16, is in Grade 11 at Ladysmith Secondary School, and she is president of the LSS student council.

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Kristy DeClark earns Ambassador crown

Kristy DeClark was named Ladysmith’s Ambassador for 2013-14 Saturday, April 20.

Surprised and elated at hav-ing been named this year’s Ambassador, a teary -eyed DeClark embraced forerun-ner Kelly Wallace before they

exchanged the crown.Following the ceremo-

ny, DeClark — a 16-year-old Grade 11 student at Ladysmith Secondary School and president of the LSS student council

— admitted the win took her by surprise.“I definitely didn’t antic-ipate it,” DeClark added with a laugh. “Honestly, everyone had

a good shot. Everyone was so good. I’m so overwhelmed and it feels amazing to be crowned and

I’m so thankful to all the people that got me here.”

DeClark, who was spon-sored by the Ladysmith F r a t e r n a l O r d e r o f Eagles, said she looks forward to getting better acquainted with her Vice-Ambassadors and to pro-moting Ladysmith as she

visits communities throughout the province over the course of

the next year. Kira Mauriks and Sydney Jordan

were named Vice-Ambassadors for 2013-14.

Mauriks was both excited and overwhelmed by her win. The 16-year-old — sponsored by the Rotary Club of Ladysmith

— looks forward to “meeting people from all over B.C.” and to “getting to know the reigning

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royalty, Kristy and Sydney.” Ladysmith’s new band of roy-

als will most likely attend the Cowichan Valley coronation as their first assignment, Mauriks added.

Prior to the announcement of this year’s Ambassadors, winners of the Ladysmith Ambassador Talent Showcase were named.

DeClark placed first in the speech contest and tied for second place in the talent com-petition with Kat Cunningham and Jordan.

In addition to her talent award, Jordan received second place in both the speech con-test and this year’s congeniality award.

Mauriks received top hon-ours in the talent competition.

Seventeen-year-old Marina Hammocks received third prize in the speech contest and one of two personal growth awards alongside fellow candidate Hailey Primrose.

Parting Ambassador Wallace and 2012-13 Vice-Ambassadors Kezia Cloke and Brianne Broadhurst received bursa-ries valued at $800 and $600 respectively from Ladysmith

and District Credit Union CEO John de Leeuw in recognition of their service to the commu-nity.

Wallace said the highlights of her ambassadorial year were

“travelling around B.C. and meeting all of the fabulous people” and “mentoring the new group of candidates — it’s just so wonderful to see every single one of them grow.”“I’m so excited for this year’s

candidates,” Wallace added.

“They all represented their sponsors and Ladysmith really well, and I’m so proud of every single one of them.”

Former Ladysmith Princess Jayse Van Rooyen (2010-11) — who co-hosted the event with 2011-12 Vice-Ambassador Amber Brown — was equally excited for this year ’s Ambassadors.

“I wouldn’t trade the experience for the world,” Brown added.

“It’ll change their lives.”

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Winners of Ambassador Talent Showcase announced

Ladysmith Ambassador candidates perform a dance choreographed by outgoing Ladysmith Ambassador Kelly Wallace during the 2013 Coronation Evening Saturday, April 20.


Pictured from left are 2013-14 Vice-Ambassador Kira Mauriks, Ambas-sador Kristy DeClark and Vice-Ambassador Sydney Jordan.


Davis Road parents want to keep dual track

Parents and teachers at École Davis Road Elementary (EDR) are at loggerheads with School District 68 over plans to relocate stu-dents in the school’s English stream to other schools in the district.

Concerned parents a n d t e a c h e r s m e t last week to discuss the school district’s proposed reconfigu-ration of Ladysmith area schools, includ-ing the relocation of EDR Engl ish- track students to Ladysmith Intermediate School (LIS) and Ladysmith Primary School (LPS).

Janelle Mould, a kin-dergarten and Grade 1 teacher in the school’s English track, said their

“primary concern would be the ripping apart of the culture that we’ve built here. The English and French tracks here operate as one track. We may have two languages, but as a community of learners, we’re one, and we’re one strong. Everything we do, we do together as a group — French and English —so we don’t feel that the French and English should be separated. That dual-track nature provides a lot of ben-efits for all of our stu-dents.”

Disruption of the school’s status quo wasn’t the only item of concern for parents or teachers.

Those present called i n t o q u e s t i o n t h e $100,000 in presumed savings consultant Dr. Doug Player claimed

the move would pro-duce during his presen-tation to the Nanaimo-L a d y s m i t h S c h o o l District board of edu-cation April 11. “We feel that it’s quite

a bit lower than that,” Mould added. “We had a figure at one point that came out at $19, 257 I believe it was, so there’s quite a discrep-ancy.”

Mould said that dol-lar figure had been presented to the chair of the school’s parent advisory council (PAC)

“at some point” by SD68.The alleged savings

are based on inaccu-rate enrolment num-bers, Mould said.“They are saying that

we would have fewer teachers needed if we joined LPS and LIS, and we’re saying — with our numbers — that’s not true.”

Ladysmith straddles the boundary between school districts 68 and 79, Mould said, making it simple for parents to transfer their children

from one district to the other.

A survey conducted by EDR’s PAC “within the last week” revealed that 60-plus parents were committed to removing their chil-dren from SD68 “if the English track [at EDR] were to be removed.”

S c h o o l s r e c e i v e $8,000 in funding per student each year from the province, mean-ing a mass exodus on this scale would result in a loss of “almost $500,000” in funding for SD68, Mould said.

Ultimately, removing English stream stu-dents from EDR before the beginning of the 2013-14 school year is a move considered by parents and teachers at the school as “way too fast.”“And even if [the sav-

ings] were at the high end — $100,000 — that doesn’t justify the trau-ma that will be created by separating the two tracks here,” Mould added.


Karen Fediuk, chair of the École Davis Road Parent Advisory Council, sent us a photo of this poster created by Davis Road students and left for school trustees. “Our students also submitted a petition to school trustees with the signatures of our 231 children,” she said, adding that more than 100 students, staff and parents attended the April 18 school board meeting to provide input on the bud-get proposal that would remove the English stream from École Davis Road.


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Con artists are targeting Ladysmith residents by offer-ing them large sums of money in exchange for secret-shopper opportunities at big-box stores.

Would-be scammers have dusted off an old ploy — referred to as “advanced fee letter fraud,” “419” or “Nigerian Letter” scams by the Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre (CAFC) — and added a novel twist.Allison Brind, branch man-

ager with the Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) in Ladysmith, said that as of Friday, April 19, five fraudulent cheques had surfaced in Ladysmith. Four of the cheques in question bore counterfeit RBC logos, while a fifth cheque was drafted using a faked Bank of Montreal tem-plate.“Ladysmith is so small,” Brind said. “For me to see [five] of these in a week? We’ve got a problem.”

Each cheque is accompanied by a letter promising the recipi-ent a chance to “mystery shop”

stores like “Walmart, K-mart — which doesn’t even exist any-more — Home Depot, Sears, JC Penney, and Best Buy,” Brind said. “If you actually read it, it doesn’t make sense, but peo-ple see the cheque and think ‘Great!’”

Con artists instruct would-be victims to negotiate what portion of the cheque they will keep for themselves in exchange for their “mystery shopper” duties. Recipients then cash the cheque, retain their portion and forward the remainder to the supposed contractor via Western Union or some other money transfer service.

Scams of this type are com-mon and play out according to various narratives. Some offer to connect the recipi-ent to an inheritance from a deceased relative in a faraway land. Others are presented as a request for assistance from a wealthy, beleaguered business-man or ruler seeking to funnel money out of an African coun-try.

Now, aspiring crooks are offer-

ing up secret-shopper oppor-tunities en masse in hopes of catching the odd unsuspecting

“client” unawares.“Do you know how many peo-ple are falling for it?” Brind asked. “They need a reminder: If it sounds to good to be true, it is.”

Cheques bear the names of recipients and both the cheques and their accompanying letters are crafted with such a high degree of precision that they look authentic, Brind added. Cheques brought in to financial institutions in Ladysmith so far have been valued at between 3,500 and $4,000.“I’ve got one individual who’s

really taken a hit with this,” Brind said, “and I want it to be my last one.”

Brind encouraged future recipients of these cheques to bring them to their financial institutions where they will then be forwarded to the insti-tution’s investigative branch.Attempted fraud can also be

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Rob Hutchins was chair of the Cowichan Valley Regional District (CVRD) in 1998 when the incinera-tor was shut down in Ladysmith and the community went through what he recalls as “the garbage wars.”

And last week, the mayor of Ladysmith was standing in that same place — as chair of the CVRD once again — to help break ground on the construction of the new CVRD Zero Waste Recycling Centre on Peerless Road.

As of April 17, the Peerless Road Recycling Depot is closed and undergoing significant renewal and expansion. A ground break-ing ceremony took place Tuesday, April 16 at the site, and construc-tion was expected to begin the next day.

The second phase of the project, which focuses on building con-struction, will likely commence in mid-July, and the project is expect-ed to be completed in the late fall.

Originally, the Peerless Road site was dedicated to the incineration of garbage, and that process car-ried on for decades, explained Jason Adair, the CVRD’s solid waste operations superintendent.“We stopped that practice and

converted the site into a recycling depot, but it was never designed for that purpose so it’s quite a dif-ficult site to navigate and very busy and too small for the requirements,” he said. “Another consequence of this being an incinerator is that there are 45,000 cubic metres of ash here, going down about 20 to 30 feet. That’s a liability that has to be dealt with, and if we were to deal with that off-site, it would cost about $10 million to haul it to a special landfill.”

The CVRD will keep the ash and use it as fill.“As part of phase one of the proj-

ect, the ash will be unearthed and enclosed within an on-site engi-neered cell in accordance with all Ministry of Environment guide-lines,” explained Adair. “In fact, it’s in the spirit of reuse that the ash will serve as a form of fully-con-tained structural fill behind new lock-block walls and under special sealed liners and aggregate before being capped with impermeable asphalt, forming the base for the public drop off area. Using the ash was considerably less costly — $8 million less — than shipping it off-

site to deal with it.”The CVRD will be reusing the

existing steel incinerator building and giving it a facelift to turn it into “the heart of the new facility,” surrounded by the reused asphalt base for the expanded recycling drop off depot, explained Adair.“Residents can look forward to

21 grade-separated bays for drop-ping off materials — the larg-est on Vancouver Island, if not British Columbia — as well as several covered areas and a great deal of green space,” he said. “The new site layout is designed to reduce traffic congestion while the expanded recycling facility will offer the broadest range of recycling options in the province with over 500 separate recyclable items. There will be a state-of-the-art scale house for folks to enter the site, and it’s going to be designed to be a state-of-the-art facility. In fact, it will probably be the only facility of its kind in British Columbia. “This is designed as a neighbour-hood-friendly recycling depot; we’re working really hard to meet the needs of residents to reach zero waste. You’re going to be able to recycle over 500 different items here, and it’s a key part of our zero waste goal.”

Some of the green features being incorporated into the project include bio-swales for storm water treatment, native plant landscap-ing and passive solar heat technol-ogy, as well as using compost from locally processed food waste to

fertilize landscaped materials, and recycling recovered metals, which have been buried for years in the accumulated ash field, and recy-cling local plastic materials and using them in the construction of on-site benches and fencing.

This is a $4-million upgrade to the facility, and the project received $1.7 million in federal gas tax fund-ing, explained Adair.

Hutchins says it was “an ugly time” when the incinerator was closed in 1998.“Believe it or not, this belching incinerator was loved, and I mean deeply loved, by the community,” he said. “They just loved putting their garbage in — this was before organic diversion and before recy-cling in any meaningful way. It was part of that whole transition peri-od, and unfortunately, for some 20 years, we polluted. Not only did we leave 45,000 tonnes of bottom ash, which we’re starting to deal with today, but we spewed thou-sands of tonnes of fly ash through the air full of carcinogens.”

Hutchins was excited to move forward on the recycling upgrade.“It’s taken us a while, but I’m glad we’re here today,” he said.

“What we’re seeing here today is a significant investment in doing what’s better for our environment, and hopefully that dramatically increases the recycling opportu-nities for our community.”

During the upgrades, the existing Peerless site will be closed, and a temporary drop-off depot will be located at the old Saltair Recycling

Yard at 4142 Thicke Rd. The site’s hours of operation will be 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday through Sunday.

Ron Jackson lives right beside the temporary drop-off depot, and he is worried about the increased traffic along Thicke Road and about the setup of the site. He has lived on Thicke Road since 1984.“My drive right now is trying to talk to someone at the CVRD to get them to do a few things over there [at the temporary site] to make it more bearable for me, and to keep this road dust-free,” he said.

Jackson says some of the chang-es that could make improve the drop-off site include moving the big garbage bin farther away from his home so that he isn’t affected by the smell in the summer heat, as well as turning the semis that are on the site so that they block his property and give him more privacy. As well, Jackson thinks the CVRD should move the site far-ther back onto the property so that people drive in further and there aren’t as many people on Thicke Road waiting to get into the site.

Jackson has lived on Thicke Road since 1984, and the tempo-rary drop-off site is right beside his property.“No person from the CVRD has

come and said a word to me,” he said. “That’s a very intrusive thing going on right now. That’s going to become even more intrusive in the summer — if they leave that garbage bin in there, it’s going to reek.”’

Jackson feels the CVRD should clean all the ash up first before building something new on the Peerless Road site, and he feels the temporary depot isn’t even needed.“They have a vast area in here [at the Peerless Road site] and don’t need to be over there, as far as I’m concerned,” he said. “Clean this [Peerless Road site] up and build it farther back on the property. We certainly don’t need $4.3 million spent basically on a depot to put your waste in. Clean the mess up first, then do the next stage.”

Jackson is also concerned about safety along Thicke Road.“I’ve managed to get them to

water the road down to keep the dust down, but I think that road’s unsafe as it is,” he said. “It’s narrow, it has cars and logging trucks and chip trucks going up and down. I think that road’s very dangerous. I’m very concerned about people being hit or there being an accident on this road.”

Recycling depot upgrades beginCowichan Valley Regional District breaks ground on the new Zero Waste Recycling Centre on Peerless RoadLindsay ChungThe ChroniCle

CVRD chair — and Ladysmith Mayor— Rob Hutchins speaks during a ground breaking ceremony for the new Zero Waste Recycling Centre on Peerless Road April 16. Lindsay Chung/ChroniCLe

A 0.5-per-cent tax hike will help fuel North Cowichan’s Climate Action and Energy Plan.

Mayor Jon Lefebure said the levy l i f t , which was approved by council April 10, will grow the plan’s reserve fund by about $112,000 this year, then rise each year thereafter.

The pool will be visited for various carbon-busting plans coming to council-lors from municipal energy manager Peter Nilsen.“ C o u n c i l h a s n ’ t approved any proj-ects yet,” Lefebure said of possible action on electric transpor-tation, home heating options, low-emission ice-grooming gear at Fuller Lake Arena, and other ideas.

Council backed the tax boost as “a fair compromise” after s t a f f r e p o r t e d a 0.6-per-cent growth from new business assessments.“The major i ty of

council saw the 0.5 per cent as respect-ing results of our (public) survey show-ing results were fairly evenly split,” said Lefebure.

Council will decide about dropping seed money into eco-proj-ects if returns could shrink the municipal carbon footprint, he explained.

Tax hike to buildclimate action planPeter RuslandBlaCk Press

Mayo McDonough has reg is tered to run as the Green P a r t y o f B r i t i s h Columbia’s candidate for Nanaimo-North Cowichan in next month’s provincial election.

McDonough, a busi-ness consultant who moved to Ladysmith from Victoria last fall, has served on a num-ber of boards, founda-tions and committees, including the par-ent advisory council for Oak Bay-Gordon Head schools.

This is McDonough’s first run at provin-cial office, she said. Her decision to run stems from her long-

standing relationship with fellow Green P a r t y c a n d i d a t e Andrew Weaver, a University of Victoria climate researcher and member of the Nobel Prize-winning Intergovernmental Panel on Cl imate Change.

Weaver and Green Party leader Jane S t e r k s u g g e s t e d McDonough step for-ward and McDonough accepted the chal-lenge.

McDonough listed protection for com-munity watersheds and aquifers as one of her top priorities and she was unequiv-ocal when it came to her party’s stance on fracking and the con-struction of new oil

and gas pipelines in the province.

The Green Party is “completely against” Enbridge’s proposed Northern Gateway Project and David B lack ’s proposed Kitimat Clean refin-ery, McDonough said, and she referred to the future revenues from LNG touted by the current Liberal government as a “red herring.”

McDonough said the province subsi-dizes the oil and gas industry to the tune of $2 billion per year through tax incen-tives. She would like to see that money shifted to small busi-nesses, green energy initiatives and pro-grams to improve

access to agricultural land for young would-be farmers.

Doing so would cre-ate “an explosion of jobs,” McDonough said.

Food securi ty is another issue of con-cern for McDonough and the Green Party. McDonough attended a recent screening of Salmon Confidential

— an expose on the province’s salmon f a r m i n g i n d u s t r y by B.C. filmmaker Twyla Roscovich — at Vancouver Island University. The docu-mentary reinforced her belief that a mor-atorium on fin-fish farms is needed to help the province’s salmon runs recover.

Regarding pol i t i -cal donations made to parties by corpo-rations and unions, McDonough said her party supported the NDP’s plan to elimi-nate corporate and union donations.

The Green Party would take the addi-tional step of capping individual donations at $2,000 McDonough said.

For more informa-tion on McDonough, visit her Green Party profile at www.green-party.bc.ca/mayomc-donough.


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Backed by the Greater Victoria Youth Orchestra, violinist Eehjoon Kwon performs a solo from the first movement of Sergei Prokofiev’s Violin Concerto No. 1 for students at Ladysmith Secondary School Friday, April 19. The Greater Victoria Youth Orchestra performed at LSS again Friday night as a benefit for the Ladysmith Food Bank, drawing $230 and a box of food in donations.

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The evening will fea-ture a silent auction and performances from the school’s band and dance programs along-side the presentation of works created by students of LSS’s visual arts department.

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Following the perfor-mances and presenta-tions, guests are invit-ed to mingle with the students for a tour of the school, LSS drama teacher Bill Taylor said.

This will create an opportunity for would-be donors to meet the students their dona-t ions wi l l benef i t , Taylor added.

Coffee, tea, pastries and tapas — prepared by the LSS Cafe — will be served to guests pr ior to the show.

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Going green at Chemainus Secondary

In top photo, Jared Roberts opens wide as fellow Chemainus Secondary School student Taylor Gates delivers a savoury spoonful of “worms and dirt” — choc-olate pudding, cookie crumbs and gummy worms — during CSS’s Earth Day event April 19. CSS students ate their culinary tribute to compost in a darkened lecture hall using compostable cups and recyclable spoons to raise awareness of Earth Day and the school’s zero-waste and composting programs. Pictured above is the school’s Green Team, which organized the Earth Day event.

The B.C. Liberal Party deserves credit for releasing its policy

book in full on the eve of the formal election campaign.

That’s about the only posi-tive thing to be said about it.

For those who take the time to read party leader Christy Clark’s 40-page booklet, there are a few nuggets of news.

For instance, a re-elected B.C. Liberal government would continue its justice reform agenda by moving traffic ticket disputes out of courtrooms, as they did with impaired driving cases.

Most of it consists of glowing descriptions of the government’s 12-year record, and attacks on the NDP of the kind that are not normally seen in a plat-form. This is consistent with Clark’s style since she was anointed party leader two years ago.

T h e m a i n f o c u s , a s revealed in February’s throne speech, is a plan to

pay off B.C.’s growing debt and perhaps even get rid of the provincial sales tax with an Alberta-style “prosperity fund” from liquefied natural gas exports.

Whether this is from imposing a new export tax on LNG or simply from a windfall of gas royalties is not clear. Clark and her energy minister contradict-ed each other on that when it was announced, and the platform doesn’t shed any new light. All we have is a big logo on the side of Clark’s campagn bus declar-ing “DEBT FREE B.C.”

As I’ve written before, there is plenty of real evi-dence of a huge new LNG industry in the making. As for paying off the $60 billion debt that the B.C. Liberals’ pre-election budget predicts will keep growing, cartoon-ist Adrian Raeside summed it up best: LNG revenues are “Christy Clark’s invis-ible friend.”

Clark finished up last week with stops in Terrace and Prince Rupert, prom-ising an LNG windfall for

local governments as well. She repeated the platform’s attack line that the NDP are going to wreck the trillion-dollar LNG boom with a Quebec-style moratorium on “fracking” to extract gas from deep shale forma-tions.

That’s not an outright lie, but it’s almost as specula-tive as Clark’s notions of a 30-year windfall that could at best barely start during the next four-year term.

The NDP are not calling for a moratorium on natural gas production. They’re call-ing for yet another “review,” one of many vague, wobbly positions that have been adopted by both dominant parties.

An earlier premier named Glen Clark became famous for “freezing” things like ferry fares and car insur-ance rates. Now Christy Clark is “freezing” personal income tax rates for five years, and carbon tax rates too. That implies she’s plan-ning to win this election and the next one, at a time when it is unclear whether she

can even hold her own seat in Vancouver-Point Grey.

The B.C. Liberals will cut small business taxes by a point, some time in the next five years. They will also increase income tax on large businesses and personal income of more than $150,000, but that’s not mentioned in their plat-form, since it goes against 12 years of their policy as a government.

• A clarification of last week’s column on the B.C. Conservative platform. Leader John Cummins informs me his plan to phase out the carbon tax does not include reversing the personal and business income tax rate reductions that were legislated as the fuel tax reached its current level.

The platform asserts that total provincial revenues will continue to rise in the next four years, despite the uncompensated loss of $1 billion from the carbon tax.

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Ladysmith and Chemainus held a variety of Earth Day community cleanup activities this past Sunday, and I know there were other less-publicized events throughout both communities and in many schools leading up to Earth Day,

as well as a downtown cleanup in Ladysmith on Monday.Earth Day Canada, which officially occurred on Monday,

April 22, is part of International Earth Day — the larg-est, most celebrated environmental event worldwide. More than six million Canadians join one billion people in more than 170 countries in staging events and projects to address local environmental issues, according to the Internet. Nearly every school child in Canada takes part in an Earth Day activity.

More than 100 people took part in the Earth Day activi-ties Sunday, April 21 in Ladysmith, which included a Waterfront Cleanup at Transfer Beach and an Invasive Species Pull at Holland Creek. In Chemainus, about 25 people signed up for an Earth Day cleanup at Kin Beach.

I took a lot of photos on Sunday, and it was really heart-warming to see so many people out and especially to see so many families and young children volunteering their time. There was a great sense of community in both Ladysmith and Chemainus.

A few people commented about how there was less trash on the beaches than they expected. It’s great to think that people’s attitudes about littering are chang-ing —and it’s just as great to think that everyone who took part in some form of community cleanup in the days leading up to Earth Day is part of keeping that good news story going. The Earth Day community cleanups may have just been one day, but they made a big differ-ence, and every activity — whether it was organized by a community, by a school, by a neighbourhood, by a family or by an individual — adds up. When people come to Ladysmith and Chemainus and see clean beaches, clean streets and clean back alleys, hopefully they’ll be inspired to keep them clean. And, maybe there will even be less trash to pick up next year. — Lindsay Chung

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Editor: The school board is on the cusp

of deciding the 10-year plan for our school facilities in Ladysmith.

The expert report makes recom-mendations based on the vision of our Ladysmith Senior Secondary (LSS) principal — absorb all Grade 6-7 kids into the high school building and create a K-5 super-school at Ladysmith Primary School (LPS) for Ladysmith’s 500-plus remaining students, clos-ing École Davis Road, Ladysmith Intermediate School (LIS) and LPS. Principal Street is quoted as saying that this reconfiguration should start to happen as early as September 2013, as the plan is broadly supported by a “founda-tion in place with staff and com-munity partners/families.”

While the school district’s own expert, Dr. Player, recommends that the best school configuration is a K-7/8-12 model, with elemen-tary schools ideally having 275-300 kids, for Ladysmith, the school board is being asked to make fill-ing LSS (which operates at 83-per-cent capacity) the concern which drives remaining school facilities decisions in the town. This is in spite of compelling education research which indicates that there are significant increased negative social consequences when putting 10- to 12-year-old children into a high school setting.

The École Davis Road PAC rejects this vision. For nearly 10 years, we have argued for a two-elementary-school model, with a K-7 French/English program serving the neighbourhood and community at Davis Road. This vision is consistent with that in the town’s Official Community Plan and our recent Town Vision process.

On April 18, over 200 people from Ladysmith showed up at the school board’s public input budget meeting to voice our opposition to the plan to begin implementing these proposals for our school in September 2013. In over two dozen presentations by our school community, we were able to illus-trate that there would be no cost savings by dividing our school and [raise] serious concerns with the

touted benefits of having Grade 6-7s in the high school environ-ment.

We conducted a survey of over 150 parents about their opinions on the potential reconfigura-tion. The majority of parents in the English stream told us that if reconfiguration began to be implemented this September, parents will move some 65 chil-dren ($550,000) into SD79 or St. Joseph’s.

École Davis Road elementary school model of K-7 is thriving. Children are turned away because of the lack of space, and our dual-track program is a model of suc-cess. Our facility needs renewal, not closure.

Please get informed and involved in this issue and do not let one person’s vision drive what is right for all of our children.

Karen Fediuk and Jenny Van Horne

Chair and vice-chair, École Davis Road PAC

Editor:

The message of tonight’s budget information meeting by SD68 staff was clear. The District will shrink École Davis Road (EDR) to 135 students in 2013-14, a transition measure to closing it permanently in 2014-15, as recommended in the

new 10-Year Facility Plan Proposal (the “Player Report”). Within two years, south-end parents — English and French alike — will lose this hub of the community in favour of two super-schools K-5 and 6-12 at the LPS/LSS site.

The key argument of the District is that a super-school approach located at LPS/LSS will attract more funding at lower operating costs, creating more educational opportunities for the kids.

Recognize that the apparent $100,000 savings from splitting EDR (saved by reducing one teacher and related staff when 100 kids leave the school) is not real money saved, as there are costs to increase the number of students at LPS by 100 (portables, etc.) and losses incurred when some stu-dents leave the district. The real work done by this budget plan is to implement the transition to a Ladysmith super-school model immediately -— in this and the next budget year.

Do we have a better plan? Two K-7 schools (re-built EDR/LPS) with re-purposed excess space in the high-school, for instance?

Or perhaps look elsewhere for cuts and not divide our commu-nity? Recognize that the EDR PAC has calculated that there are deep-er cost savings the board could have ($800,000 immediately) by reducing excess capacity in the north end of Nanaimo (ie: closing Bayview Elementary, for instance; it has 151 kids and there are 241

excess spaces in neighbouring schools).

Closing schools in Nanaimo is politically harder for the board; it’s easier for them to implement tough decisions on our smaller area (less voters, less negative media coverage, etc.).

Once a community is divided (ie: English/French) it is easier for the board to implement political decisions. Recall the little French immersion girl who this week was accused by English-track students of being one of the “French who was kicking the English kids out of their own school.”

Where does a permanent EDR school closure fit into the Town of Ladysmith’s Official Community Plan and Area Plans? We will need advocates and allies like town council to speak up about their vision of our community if we are to avoid having EDR shut down permanently.

If you live in the south end of Ladysmith, what will your prop-erty values be when EDR closes permanently? $10,000 reduced? $20,000? Everyone concerned about this issue should make sure their voice is heard.

Participate in the school board process so they know what our vision is for our community. Facilitating easier political deci-sions in Nanaimo should not come at the expense of our community in Ladysmith.

Brian ThomLadysmith

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T h e L a d y s m i t h Chamber of Commerce, Ladysmith Downtown Business Association (LDBA) and Town of Ladysmith have been getting together a lot in the past year or so to discuss economic development in our town, and two weeks ago, the focus was on small business success stories.

Ladysmith was one of six communities in B.C. to host a Small Business Community Awareness a n d M u n i c i p a l A c k n o w l e d g e m e n t E v e n t , a n d t h e Ladysmith Chamber of Commerce hosted the

celebration April 11.“We are here today

t o a c k n o w l e d g e small business aware-ness,” said Ladysmith Chamber of Commerce president Rob Waters.

The Small Business Community Awareness a n d M u n i c i p a l A c k n o w l e d g e m e n t Event was about dem-onstrating Ladysmith’s ongoing commitment to supporting small bus iness and a lso about recogniz ing how the community supports small busi-ness and to share the resources available to local small business owners.“We have some good

news stories of busi-ness success today, and my hope is that we might commit to form-ing a small committee to meet with council members to discuss ways and means to make our community more business-friend-ly,” said Waters. “It’s in all our interests to improve the economic and social fabric in our Ladysmith community.”

April 11 was Small Business Awareness Day, and the commu-nity celebration was meant to follow up on the Small Business

Accord launched ear-lier this year.

T h e B . C . S m a l l Business Accord con-tains a number of prin-ciples around critical issues for small busi-ness, including access to labour, streamlined regulation, and oppor-tunities for small busi-ness through govern-ment procurement. “The Accord i s a

work in progress to help small businesses be more profitable and successful,” said Waters. “Today, small business is fac ing many challenges in tough economic times, so any help from gov-ernment is welcome.”

Last year, Ladysmith was one of six recipi-ents of the B.C. Small Business Roundtable’s Most Business Friendly Community Award, and Mayor Rob Hutchins highlighted some of the steps the Town of Ladysmith has taken that have led to that recognition.“As a communi ty,

we have collectively invested to make our community a beauti-ful place to live,” he said, highlighting how the community has beautified Ladysmith’s streets, improved its

trails, improved its gateway entrances and so much other work that has taken place.

Hutchins pointed out how the Ladysmith Chamber of Commerce is sponsored by busi-ness licences, and he noted that Ladysmith is the only community in the Cowichan Valley that provides its busi-ness community with a yearly community profile.

H u t c h i n s a l s o explained how the Town of Ladysmith has worked over the years to shift the tax burden away from the com-mercial class, and he also highlighted how the Town, Chamber of Commerce, LDBA and Stz’uminus First Nation have started working together to talk about economic development.“We’re listening, we’re

working together, and we’re moving forward,” he said. “On behalf of council, thank you very much for your invest-ment in our community and your willingness to grow our community.”

Smal l bus inesses employ more than 2,000 people in our commu-nity, and there are 500 business licences in

Ladysmith, according to Hutchins.

During the event , several entrepreneurs shared success stories.

Dan Bowes of Western F o r e s t P r o d u c t s (WFP) spoke about the changes he’s seen in the Saltair Sawmill since arriving here in February 2007 when, as he describes it, the mill was on its last legs, and it did not have a good business plan.

The mill needed to be modernized and need-ed a capital investment from the WFP board of directors, and Bowes says they saw many reasons to invest in Ladysmith, including the Town’s tax shift to reduce its reliance on the industrial class.“They saw we had an

engaged workforce, a good product and a good market,” he said.

“They don’t put their money anywhere light-ly. Clearly, they were looking for engage-ment in the community. The Town addressing the taxation issue was a leadership issue.”

As a result, WFP is investing $38 million into the mill, and this upgrade is underway. “This will give this mill

a shelf life of 28 years, maybe more,” said Bowes. “They’re com-mitted. The leadership of the community, the people, and the engage-ment of the town are very important, and it’s clear it’s here.”

Peter Richmond of 49th Parallel Grocery spoke about how his company has grown from eight employ-ees when his parents bought the company 35 years ago to 185 employ-ees today, including 115 in Ladysmith.“When we talk about

our company, we like to talk about commu-nity,” he said. “We like to be involved in our community as much as we can. I think we’ve got to be pretty happy with what we’ve accomplished together; we should be proud.”

S e a n D u n l o p o f L a d y s m i t h H o m e Hardware Building Centre, Aaron Stone of Uforik Computers, Lesley Parent of 49th Parallel Printers and t h e L D B A , C a r o l Wagenaar of Terra-North Inc., which is developing Oyster Bay Quay, also shared their stories.


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A series of All-Candidates Meetings have been organized in the Nanaimo-North Cowichan in the leadup to the May 14 election.

The Chemainus and District Chamber of Commerce is partnering with other groups in Chemainus to host an All Candidates Forum Tuesday, April 30 at 7 p.m. at the Seniors Drop-in Centre. Doors open at 6:30 p.m.

In Ladysmith, the Ladysmith Chamber of Commerce is sponsoring an All-Candidates Meeting Thursday, May 2 from 7-9 p.m. at the Eagles Hall.

Nanaimo-North Cowichan candidates will also participate in an All-Candidates Meeting for three ridings (Parksville-Qualicum, Nanaimo, and Nanaimo-North Cowichan) Wednesday, May 8 from 6:30-8:30 p.m. at Dover Bay Secondary School in Nanaimo. This meeting is hosted by the Nanaimo District Teachers’ Association.

More candidates have recently come out of the woodwork in our riding. Licensed mort-gage agent Amanda Jacobsen of Ladysmith has been announced as the Liberal candidate, while Murray McNab, owner of McNab’s Corn Maze in Yellow Point, has announced that he will run as an Independent. Watch next week’s Chronicle for their profiles.

They join Conservative candidate John Sherry, NDP incumbent Doug Routley, and Green Party candidate Mayo McDonough.

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Winning the Green Games at Chemainus Secondary

Earth Day is much more than one day or one event at Chemainus Secondary School.

And, this month, students there are being recognized for their efforts after winning the BC Green Games Secondary School Energy Prize. This is the fifth year of Science World’s annual province-wide contest that rewards students’ envi-ronmental success stories, and Chemainus Secondary is one of three schools that received an Energy Prize for demonstrating a strong commitment to energy conservation.“It is a great honour to receive

the BC Greens Games Energy Prize,” said teacher sponsor Nancy Henry. “The Chemainus Secondary Green Team has been working diligently this year to become a zero-waste school, with support from the Cowichan School Board and Duncan and North Cowichan municipalities. This award and recognition shows the team that our efforts are being recognized.”

The Green Team has been busy implementing positive changes inside and outside the walls of Chemainus Secondary.

Every classroom now has a

compost bin, and the school is part of North Cowichan’s green curbside pickup. There are no longer garbage bins inside each classroom , and the entire school only has a few bins in the hallways. The school has reduced its garbage consump-tion from two dumpsters to half a dumpster, noted Henry.

Members of the Chemainus Secondary Green Team have gone into their feeder elemen-tary schools to make presenta-tions to students about how they can make changes to be more environmentally friendly and more energy-efficient, noted Green Team member Claire Saunders.

The Green Team has also installed energy-efficient power bars in the school and has upgraded a washroom at the school to make it more efficient. They’ve taken out all the paper towels so they now have only hand dryers in the washrooms, explained Victoria Morgan.

Another step the Green Team has taken was to install sensor lighting in the school.

Members of the Green Team are very appreciative of how their school and community have supported their initiatives.“All the students have been

really accepting and open to it,”

said Saunders.Hannah Holmes says they were

a bit worried there wouldn’t be enough participation when they first started working on some of their green initiatives, but every-one has responded really well.“We want to say thank you to

everyone who’s been participat-ing and to everybody for making it possible for us,” said Morgan.

Looking ahead, the Green Team will be getting two rain barrels for the school.

The students will make a pre-sentation to School District 79 with BC Hydro on April 24, and the Green Team will be sharing its success stories with local families and businesses during a community information night on May 14.“We’ll be encouraging business-

es to do things like we’ve done,” explained Holmes.

The students plan to show businesses how they can actu-ally save money by being more energy efficient and by reduc-ing their garbage consumption, explained Chelsea Quist.“Hopefully it doesn’t take too

long, but it’s going to be the future,” said Saunders. “It just makes sense.”“We’re trying to make this more

a lifestyle than a one-day event,” added Morgan.

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April 1913 In April of 1913, there was

growing concern over labour unrest in Ladysmith. Meetings of the United Mine Workers of America (UMWA) on the second floor of Nicholson Hall were reported as “rowdy” and “boisterous,” and rumors of an upcoming strike to be called by the UMWA filled the air. Statistics from the Ministry of Labour indicat-ed that coal imports to B.C. for the U.S. had increased tenfold from 1912. Other issues in the dispute were safety concerns over reports of dangerous gas buildups in the mine shafts, and the increased use of “Orientals” in the Cumberland and Extension coal mines. NOTE: Out of 690 men employed underground in this com-pany’s mines in the spring of 1913, 432 were Orientals, and among surface men, the pro-portion was even larger. [S. Price. Local Mining Disputes on Vancouver Island: 1913.]

April 1938The Ladysmith School

decided to replace the exist-ing Elementary/High School model with a new “3-3-6” con-figuration. The new method of organizing schools into Primary, Intermediate and Jr.-Sr. High School divisions was recommended by the Provincial Superintendent of Schools, Dr. T. Wiles. It was hoped that this arrangement would allow more flexible use of existing classroom space and help local boards to plan for future construc-tion.

City councillors had a good laugh when they arrived for their evening meeting in the last week of April. A baby clinic had been held in the Ladysmith Council Chamber earlier in the day, and a note for the event had been left on the door — attached with a safety pin!

April 1963Final results reported in the

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eral election indicated that Colin Cameron, veteran NDP for the Nanaimo-Cowichan-Islands constituency was re-elected by a decisive majority. The NDP party under Tommy Douglas had 17 seats in the House of Commons, with nine of them from British Columbia. The paper also noted that a Liberal govern-ment under Lester Pearson had been formed — ending the John Diefenbaker era in Canadian politics.

Tom Bertram, proprietor of the Ladysmith Drug Company, stopped off at his store early Sunday morning to pick up a golf club and found an unpleasant surprise. The company safe had been bro-ken into and $1,100 in cash taken. The thieves dragged the 1,400-pound safe from the front of the store to the back and used a sledge ham-mer, an axe and a punch to smash open the safe door. The thieves left with the cash and a camera but took

no drugs. Early Good Friday morn-

ing, April 12, the Provost Dam gave way, sending 30 million gallons of water rushing down Holland Creek. The recently reconstructed dam was intended as a reser-voir for the summer months when the water supply was low. Tom Strang, chairman of the village water committee, reported that the dam had been inspected in February and although unfinished, it was decided to begin filling the reservoir. Unfortunately, heavy rain in February and March resulted in an over-flow. A section of the Comox Logging Road was washed a w a y, b u t t h e H o l l a n d Creek Dam controlled the flood further downstream. Stocking Lake was used for temporary water supply in the Ladysmith area until the filters were cleaned.

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It is a time when one can get a peek into our neighbours’ private yards and artful sanctuar-ies. On the tour, you will get ideas for your own planted art forms and delight in others’ creative industriousness. A garden on display is really a public form of art and an expression of creativity in nature. Blending the plants, the blooms and the colours all encompass an art form of the highest order. It might spark your own desire to expand or renovate your outdoor space.

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The Rotary Garden Tour is an exhibition of eight local gardens featuring the art and imagination of Island gardeners. Gardening tips are part of the package as well.

The Show and Sale component of the event begins at 8:45 a.m. at Aggie Hall on First Avenue in Ladysmith, and it will include a $3 continen-tal breakfast. At 9:15 a.m., a local gardening writer and enthusiast will speak on “Avoiding the Gardener’s Pitfalls.” The garden tour starts at 10 a.m. after all visitors have received their maps and brochures at Aggie Hall.

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The Garden Tour, Show and Sale is organized by the Rotary Club of Ladysmith to provide support for local and world community needs.

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Ladysmith Kinsmen members Steve Dinsmore, Jim Delcourt and Kevin Pugh serve a hot dog during the Kinsmen’s Food Drive April 20-21 in front of 49th Parallel. Del-court says they raised three-quarters of a tonne of food for the Ladysmith Food Bank and $1,500 from hot dog sales. The Kinsmen would like to thank everyone who sup-ported the food drive, as well as Saunders Bin Trucking, 49th Parallel Grocery, Farmer Ben’s Eggs — who donated 90 dozen eggs — the Sports-man, and Dan Hunter Dentur-ist for their donations.

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Steve Palen just loves to sing.

The Nanaimo musi-cian and songwriter has been a professional musician for decades, and after going through many ups and downs and some major health issues, he can’t imag-ine doing anything else.

A n d , t h e s e d a y s , he’s very happy to be where he is — writing and singing original music with two close friends as part of the Herbicidal Maniacs. The band plays origi-nal folk/rock, and the Herbicidal Maniacs are coming to Ladysmith May 4 to play In the Beantime Café.

Palen has been work-ing with keyboardist/singer Dan Dubé for about 10 years on dif-ferent projects, but about six years ago, they had a pretty big falling out and stopped talking to each other.“ U n b e k n o w n s t t o

both of us, we both had health issues we weren’t letting each other know about, and they were getting in the way,” said Palen, who had a liver transplant in December. “Dan and I didn’t talk for about

a year.”E v e n t u a l l y, t h e y

decided to try again, and they formed the Herbicidal Maniacs, bringing bass player Brent Redberger on board.“Dan insisted it had to

be all original music,” said Palen, who has played in The Soul Sharks, Chevy Ray and the F ins , and Tanglewood Band in the past few decades in Nanaimo. “When you’ve been doing it as long as we have, the only way you can make any real good money is original music. You can play cover tunes in bars all your life and only go so far. Dan has always been my big-gest supporter, and he said ‘your music’s really good.’”

T h e H e r b i c i d a l Maniacs refer to their music as West Coast

original folk/rock, and in their promotional materials, they prom-ise “an evening of foot tapping, finger snap-ping, really good origi-nal music — and yes, we also play the blues!”“It’s all original music,”

said Palen. “You’re not going to hear any Van Morrison or Cat Stevens, but these are all people who inspired me in my songwriting. We’re trying to recap-ture that feel.”

Palen writes all the Herbicidal Maniacs’ songs, but he says Dubé and Redberger play a huge part in making them come alive.“They just add so

much to it with their vocals,” he said. “Dan is like our musical direc-tor. I’m self-taught and never took a lesson, so I don’t know anything about theory, but Dan

is well-versed in it, and so is Brent. I just know what feels right and fly by the seat of my pants.”“It’s really hard to

find a group of guys who are totally into what you are doing,” he added. “We play my music, and I call it mine, but it’s really ours because they add so much to it. We have such great harmonies. I t b lows me away sometimes. Sometimes, I find myself listening so much that I forget to play — that hap-pens; you’re in the moment. Both other guys are real seasoned guys. I write it, but they interpret it and make it sound so good.”

Palen turned 60 when he was in the hospital over Christmas recov-ering from his liver transplant, and he has four grandchildren.

“It’s music that goes to that generation,” he says, describing the songs on the Herbicidal Maniacs’ self-titled CD.

“There are a few songs that kind of reflect on my age and being a grandpa. A lot of my songs are reflective on things I’ve done and been through, and it’s imagination too.”

For Palen, the lyr-ics are always really important.“The music is great,

but it’s the poetry too,” he said. “That’s one thing Dan has always said to me — he loves the words. They have really true meaning, and if you listen to them, you understand.”

T h e H e r b i c i d a l Maniacs have released one self-titled album, and Palen is eager to record another one.“I have so many songs,”

he said. “It costs money, but it’s going to happen. In the end, whether or not you make it, here’s a legacy that’s left.”

B e s i d e s s i n g i n g , P a l e n p a i n t s a n d sculpts, but he says

“it’s not enough.”“You just have to sing,”

he said. “Songs keep coming out. I’ve always done it since I can remember. I remember being in Grade 1 and them taking me aside and giving me special singing lessons. Not that I have a special voice … but I just love to sing.”

T h e H e r b i c i d a l M a n i a c s p e r f o r m Saturday, May 4 at 7 p.m. at In the Beantime Café. Tickets are $10 and are available now at the café. For more about the Herbicidal Maniacs, visit www.herbicidalmaniacs.ca.


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Skellig, Kendall Patrick up for Vancouver Island Music Awards

The slogan of the ninth annual Vancouver Island Music Awards (VIMAs) is “look at the stars in our own backyard,” and this Sunday, stars from our backyard will be in the spotlight.

Kendall Patrick, who was born and raised in Ladysmith but now lives in Nanaimo, has been nominated as I s l a n d S o n g w r i t e r of the Year. Patrick is up against Steph MacPherson, Annie B e c k e r, C h r i s H o , David Sinclair and David Essig in this cat-egory.“As an artist whose

future is safeguarded only in blind faith that is constantly conjured up from within, exter-nal validation of any

kind, especially a nomi-nation from the VIMAs, is unspeakably encour-aging,” says Patrick. “It feels like the universe is giving me a big hug saying, ‘You’re doing good, girl. I see you. Keep moving.’”

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The VIMA gala will take place Sunday, April 28 at St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church in Victoria. Doors open at 6 p.m., and the show starts at 7 p.m.

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At left, Georgia Nicholls unleashes a shot on goal during a Ladysmith Secondary School (LSS) Junior Girls’ game at Forrest Field April 17. Nicholls and the LSS 49ers fought their way to a 1-1 tie against Dover Bay Secondary School in regulation time before walking away from the post-game shootout with a 2-1 victory in hand. The LSS Junior Girls — the school’s lone soccer team — wrapped up their regular season at Nanaimo District Secondary School Monday, April 22. At right, Katelyn Horsley manoeuvres her way through a crowd of Dover Bay defenders.


LSS 49ers win in a shootout

Racing legends Sjostrom and Drummond enter Hall of Fame

A c o m p l e t e s t r a n g e r approached Bill Drummond the day he was inducted into the Victoria Auto Racing Hall of Fame to hand the former top-ranked racer a signed photo of his very first No. 1 car. It was a grown man’s tribute to his boyhood hero. “ I c o u l d n ’ t b e l i e v e i t , ”

Drummond says, pointing to a photo above the fireplace in the living room of his Ladysmith home. “He used to go to the races as a kid and he took that picture up there on the mantle.”

The photo dates from some-time around 1970 — the first year Drummond ran as points leader — and it was gifted to 74-year-old Drummond April 13 as he and fellow Nanaimo Speedway legend Harold Sjostrom were granted hall-of-fame status at Langford’s Eagle Ridge Community Centre.

Sjostrom and Drummond began their racing careers half a decade apart and raced in separate classes, rising sepa-rately to their respective No. 1 rankings early in their careers.

Youbou -born S jos t rom acquired his first car at the age of 12, he says, grinning across the table of a local diner as he and his wife Sandra finish their breakfasts.“Before I had my driver’s

licence,” Sjostrom adds, “I

think I had eight cars.”Sjostrom picked up his

driver’s licence the day after he turned 16, he says, and he moved to Nanaimo from Crofton that same year to pur-sue a welding apprenticeship. After performing repairs on a

local racer’s car, he decided to build his own at the age of 17.

He spent his first three sea-sons racing “Jalopies” and stock cars before applying his mechanical ingenuity — Sjostrom would later design a third axle for logging-truck trailers that allowed them to carry heavier loads, Drummond tells me — to the construction of “B-modified” cars of his own design.

B-modified cars had an open-wheel design, ran the same engines as stock cars and weighed in at 1,700 pounds, Sjostrom says — half of what a stock car from the same era weighed. “Weight to horsepower is how

you get your speed,” he adds.

In order to complete one of his modifieds, Sjostrom was in need of tires and seat belts. He learned of a race in Portland and decided to haul the car down to Oregon where he could purchase the neces-sary supplies and install them in time for race day. Sjostrom started the car for the very first time as he was preparing for his qualifying run. He went on to score the second fastest qualifying time before winning the trophy dash.

Sjostrom built his winning cars from scavenged parts, piecing together several A- and B-modifieds and “CAMRA” cars — and Drummond’s first

“beefed-up” wheel — during his 18-year tenure as a force to be reckoned with at local speedways. He retired in 1978 at the age of 35 to focus on fatherhood and his new log-ging company, but he still watches Nascar, Indy and F1 racing to this very day.

Drummond, meanwhile,

shares his fellow hall-of-fam-er’s appreciation for Nascar and Indy, and he first sat behind the wheel of a car at a scandalously young age.“How old were you the first

time you drove a car?” I ask. “Oh my God, should I really

tell you?” Drummond replies, laughing as he admits to back-ing his father’s car out of the garage when he was seven years old.

A year later, at the age of eight, he drove the family car home to Chemainus from Nanaimo. “ Yo u ’ v e g o t t o r e m e m -

ber these cars were small,” Drummond adds. “It was a ‘29 Chev car made into a pick-up.”

Drummond proved to be a quick study and an early start-er in everything but racing.

He married his first wife, Donalda, at the age of 17, and their first of two daughters was born a year later.

Drummond started off as a mechanic’s apprentice at a Chemainus garage, but “60 cents an hour was really not anything I could get married on,” he adds. “A fella came in there one day wanting a truck driver, so I said I’d start. In those days, all you needed was a chauffeur’s licence, just a thing you put on your belt. You paid a dollar for it.”

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Sjostrom and Drummond rose to No. 1 earlyNanaimo’s Harmac mill , his grandfather-in-law roped him into driving logging trucks at the age of 18. Drummond would go on to haul logs for the rest of his work-ing life, working out of Copper Canyon and the Nanaimo Rivers camp during an era when it was not uncommon for a load to con-sist of no more than three massive

old-growth logs. Drummond’s racing career began

when he was 28 after Donalda decided one day that she wanted to go to the races. After their sec-ond day at the track, she decided they needed a car of their own for Drummond to pilot.

Drummond’s first two Jalopies were ‘49 Fords that he raced in 1966 and 1967. In year two, he

drove his way to a first-place tie in his division. In year three, Drummond shifted his allegiance from Ford to Chevrolet, and he would race behind the wheel of ‘50s and ‘60s era Chevys — sport-ing the coveted “No. 1” for five of his 10 years on the track — for the remainder of his stock car career.

Resiliency was part of his win-ning strategy and on more than

one occasion, Drummond and his crafty pit crew would avert disas-ter with last-minute rebuilds of wrecked cars.“I’ll leave this driver’s name out of

it,” Drummond says, “But he lost control, came across the track and hit my left rear wheel. That broke the axle in my car, and over I went.”

Drummond rolled end-over-end, ejecting his gas tank before com-

ing to a stop.“We fixed her up and I won the

main event,” Drummond adds matter-of-factly.

Drummond raced stock for 10 years, retiring at 38 to focus on family and logging.

A third Ladysmith-area driver, Wayne Townsend, was inducted to the Hall of Fame posthumously with a 2013 Pioneer Award.

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GILLARD, Dale ArmandWith sadness, we announce

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Samantha, Heili, Kai, Mattias, Devan, Iain and Graeme. He will be missed by his sisters-in-law and their husbands, Heather and Hank, Margaret and Dale, Sheila, Barbara and Cliff, and many cousins, nieces, and nephews.Dale was born in Calgary on January 30, 1938, but settled on the West Coast after meeting the love of his life at UBC. Dale worked as a forester before settling in Nanaimo in 1972 where he became a successful real-estate salesman.Dale loved the community, volunteering with Scouts Canada, Cedar Lions Club, and the United Church. His passions included skiing, traveling, fi shing, hunting and visiting friends wearing his boiler suit. He loved his family and friends and was an example of how to be a good husband and father.Dale’s family would like to thank all the well wishers who sent notes of concern or visited him in hospital. The character of the man was defi ned by the company he kept.We would like to thank the hospital staff at Nanaimo General Hospital for their kindness. In lieu of fl owers, donations in Dale’s name could be made to the Parkinson Society of Canada, the Cedar United Church or a charity of your choice.Service and celebration of life will be held at Ladysmith United church, 3rd Avenue and High Street, 2pm, April 26, 2013.

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CLUES DOWN 1. Urge and help on 2. Musical endings 3. Writer Jong 4. Places in rank order 5. 2 photos = 3D 6. Annoy persistently 7. Am. Natl. Standards Inst. 8. Female Dionysus cult members 9. Panga knife 10. Having suffi cient skill 11. Currently fashionable 12. Fishing barb 13. Many not ands 21. Polite interruption sound 22. Grouch 27. Arabian chieftain (var. sp.) 28. W. German capital

1949-90 29. Having died recently 30. Organic compound 31. Take to one’s heels 32. Klutzes 33. Jazz ostinato 34. Carbamide 39. Bike transportation 40. Length of offi ce 41. April’s birthstone 42. Tip of Aleutian

Islands 44. Army luggage bag 45. More nimble 48. A citizen of Iraq (alt.

sp.) 49. Greek or Roman

performance hall 50. Junipero __, Spanish

priest 51. Walleye 52. Moldavian capital

1565-1859 53. Egyptian sun god 54. Latin word for order 55. Wander 56. Whip with 9 knotted

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Roofi ngResidential/Commercial

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Ladysmith: 2 Family Sale, Sat April 27, 7:30 - 1, house-wares, furniture, tools, clothes, misc, lots of good stuff. 629 Oakwood Dr.

Super Garage,Bake Sale & Raffl e

Ladysmith Seniors CentreSun., April 27 9 - 3 pm

2nd Floor,630 2nd Ave., Ladysmith

For pick ups call John 250-924-8283

FURNITURE

*New Queen MATTRESS Set*PILLOW TOP IN PLASTICMfr. Warranty. Must Sell! $200 ~ (1)250-465-2485

GARAGE SALES

TRANSPORTATION

AUTO FINANCING

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TRADES, TECHNICAL

CONCRETE FINISHERS and Form Setters. Edmonton based company seeks experi-enced concrete fi nishers and form setters for work in Ed-monton and Northern Alberta. Subsistence and accommoda-tions provided for out of town work; Jobs@RaidersConcrete .com or Fax 780-444-9165.

ENSIGN IS looking for Drillers, Night Tour Pushes and Rig Managers for our Australian Division. Recruiters will be in Nisku April 30 - May 7 hosting information sessions and do-ing interviews. If you are inter-ested in attending one of our sessions to hear about our global opportunities, call 1-888-367-4460 to book into a session!

GUARANTEED JOB Place-ment: General Laborers and Tradesmen For Oil & Gas In-dustry. Call 24hr Free Re-corded Message For Informa-tion 1-800-972-0209.

VOLUNTEERS

The Ladysmith Healthcare Auxiliary is extremely grate-ful to the residents of Ladysmith for their generous donations of goods to sell in our Thrift Store. Donations which allow the Auxiliary to support numerous health related programs, charities, and hospitals. Our thrift store is BUSY, and needs NEW VOLUNTEERS. If you have 3 or 4 hours a week of spare time to offer, come to the Thrift Store for a volunteer application or check out our website: ladysmithhealthcareaux.ca for more information.

PERSONAL SERVICES

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PERSONAL SERVICES

FINANCIAL SERVICES

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LEGAL SERVICES

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

HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES

HAULING AND SALVAGE

Delivery Guy

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DELIVERIESHAULING/JUNK REMOVAL

MOVING JOBS WELCOME

Lowest Price Guarantee

JUNK TO THE DUMP. Jobs Big or small, I haul it all! I recy-cle & donate to local charities. Call Sean 250-741-1159.

HOME IMPROVEMENTS

FLOORING SALEOver 300 Choices

Lowest Prices Guaranteed!Laminates - $0.59/sq ftEngineered - $1.99 sq ftHardwood - $2.79 sq ft

Overnight Delivery in most of BC!www.kingoffl oors.com1.877.835.6670

HOUSEHOLD SERVICES

* Gutters * Windows* Siding * Moss treatment

* Pressure washingMill Bay/Duncan250-743-3306

Chemainus/Ladysmith 250-324-3343

ROOFING & SKYLIGHTS

HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES

& MOVING STORAGE

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

PLUMBING

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

PETS

PET CARE SERVICES

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

MERCHANDISE FOR SALE

APPLIANCES

WHITE 17 cu ft fridge $250, 30” almond range $125, white 30” range $150. Kenmore black glass top self clean range $350, stacking front load washer/dryer $350, Washer dryer sets $200-$350. Washers $150-$250, Dryers $100-$150. Built-in dishwash-ers $100-$150. 6 month war-ranty on all appliances. Please call Greg at (250)246-9859.

BURIAL PLOTS

2 Burial plots at Cedar Valley Memorial Gardens. Incl. is a bronze plate which covers both plots & the opening & closing of the plots. $5000. (250) 746-5843

FUEL/FIREWOOD

SEASONED FIREWOOD Vancouver Island’s largest fi re-wood producer offers fi rewood legally obtained during forest restoration, large cords. Help restore your forest, Burndrywood.com 1-877-902-WOOD.

MISCELLANEOUS FOR SALE

GOVERNMENT STYLE CAMP FIREPITS

$100 ~ without grill$150 ~ with grill

Steel plate & sea containers availSteve 604-792-3434

(Chilliwack)[email protected]

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

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

MERCHANDISE FOR SALE

MISCELLANEOUS FOR SALE

SAWMILLS FROM only $3997 - Make money & save money with your own bandmill - Cut lumber any dimension. In stock ready to ship. Free Info & DVD: www.NorwoodSaw mills.com/400OT 1-800-566-6899 Ext:400OT.

REAL ESTATE

ACREAGE

2.5 acre property on Hyde Creek Road, near Port McNeill, B.C. Includes well and approved site for septic fi eld. Hydro, cable and phone lines to lot. $89,000. email [email protected] or phone 250-902-7075

FOR SALE BY OWNER

LADYSMITH (Davis Rd area) near golf course, shopping, private, ocean/mtn views, 2200 sq ft, 3 bdrms, 2 bath, 2 F/P, in-law suite potential. Re-duced, $260,000. Call (250)245-4155.

MUST SEE FLOAT HOME!

Fully rebuilt, certifi ed, fl oat home for sale. 2 bdrm, 2 storey, 1 1/2 bath, new

decks, rails, soffi t, & fascia. 100% surveyed and

approved by a marine engineer

(documents available)Only $191,600Located at Maple Bay

Marina, by appointment only

(250)732-6260

HOUSES FOR SALE

Incredible 5 acre treed PARK-LIKE PROPERTY

with Well-Maintained Furnished Home - 1500 sq.ft, 3-bdrm,

2 bath. Extremely close to Pristine Cowichan Lake,

in the town of Caycuse. Perfect for recreational

property or full time living. Motivated seller $378,800.

Exceptionally low yearly cost. Not leased land.

Call [email protected]

HOMES WANTED

WE BUY HOUSESDamaged House?

Pretty House? Moving? Divorcing? Estate Sale?

We will Buy your HouseQuick Cash & Private.Mortgage Too High and

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Call: 1-250-616-9053www.webuyhomesbc.com

LOTS

NOVA SCOTIA’S Eastern Shore. Waterfront lots for sale excellent climate near the At-lantic Ocean. Three bedroom house for sale or rent www.sawmilllanding.com or [email protected] call 1-902-522-2343 or 1-902-328-4338.

RENTALS

APARTMENT/CONDO

CENTRAL CHEMAINUS oceanview modern 2 bdrm, 1000sq ft grnd lvl, 5 appls, pri-vate patio, wi-fi , parking, $1,000. Available now. NS/NP. Call 250-246-4313.

Chemainus: Ashley Court. Ground fl r unit, 2 bdrm, 5 ap-pliances. Sm pet ok, avail. now. $775/mo 250-924-6966.

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

Ladysmith: 1 & 2 bdrm suites from $700/mo incl. heat & hot water, ocean views, sm pets ok. Ask about our incentives. 250-668-9086.

LADYSMITH: 2bdrm apt. 53+ senior block, well maintained, 1000sq.ft., oceanview, drapes, new carpet/cabinets, W/D, F/S. N/P, N/S. Avail. April. $775+hydro. 250-758-5816.

LADYSMITH, LRG 2 bdrm, 2 bath, adult orientated condo, 5 appls, N/S. Small dog or cat ok. $850 mo. Avail now. (250)246-2238, 250-667-7107.

Meicor PropertiesChemainus: Lockwood Villa. Well kept bldg, ocean view, 1 bdrm avail. April 15 & May 1st, $625, N/S, 1 sm pet welcome. 55+. 250-246-1033 www.meicorproperties.com

DUPLEXES/4PLEXES

Ladysmith: Nice 2 bdrm, 1/2 duplex in a quiet residential neighbourhood. F/S/W&D, lots of storage, laminate fl oors, forced air natural gas heat, bright & clean. N/S, refs req. $795/mo. 250-714-9103.

HOMES FOR RENT

LADYSMITH 3 bdrm 1/2 Du-plex side by side style, 1300 sq ft, 2 baths, fenced yard, in quiet cul-de-sac, near schools prefer long term, ref’s, N/P, N/S, $975/mo incls water, sewer, garbage, hydro extra. Avail now. 250-246-1585 or [email protected]

LADYSMITH. 3-BDRM duplex 1.5 baths. F/S, W/D hook-up, private backyard. Spotless. Avail immed. Close to schools, rec centre. N/S. Small pet neg. DD, ref’s. $1000./mo. (250)245-4020, (250)616-6791

Ladysmith: $975 incl. utils, 3 bdrm, 1 bath, F/S/W&D, oil heat (oil and hydro not incl.), close to all schools, big fenced yard. N/S, Refs and dmg deposit, avail. May 1st. Call 250-245-7975.

Royal LePage Nanaimo Realty

(Ladysmith)

$750/mth: 10174 View Street, Chemainus. Half du-plex, 2 beds, 1 bath, 900 sq.ft.

$800/mth: #5 - 5311 Cas-sidy Street, Nanaimo. Manu-factured/Mobile, 2 beds, 1 bath, 750 sq.ft.

$1298/mth: 610 Steele Place, Ladysmith. Single family, 3 beds, 2 baths, built 2010.

$1300/mth: 225 Symonds Street, Ladysmith. Half du-plex, 4 beds, 2 baths, 1350 sq.ft.

Royal LePage Property Management

528 1st AvenueLadysmith, BC

www.johnmakesrealestateeasy.com

JOHN BOOTH250-245-2252

RENTALS

OFFICE/RETAIL

WANT TO GET NOTICED?Prime retail/offi ce space for

rent in highly visible historical building on corner

of First and Roberts in Ladysmith. 1687 sq. ft.

2 bathrooms, small kitchen, new fl ooring, A/C. Available June 1st. Call 250-245-2277

ROOMS FOR RENT

LADYSMITH, ROOM avail, all inclusive, share kitchen and bath, ideal for retirees or sen-iors, small pets welcome w/ conditions, refs req’d, $400 mo. Call (250)616-2345 (Ray).

SUITES, LOWER

LADYSMITH, 1 bdrm + offi ce, bsmt suite, alarm, newly re-no’d, full kitchen, storage, $850 mo + utils. Avail immed. Call (250)816-5002.

LADYSMITH - Beautiful 750+ sq. foot, one bedroom, above ground basement suite for rent on quiet cul-de-sac, with some ocean views. Private entrance, shared laundry. All utilities in-cluded except phone. Property backs onto green-belt. Private parking. Perfect for mature single adult. References re-quired. $800/month. Contact - [email protected] for more info

LADYSMITH: NEW 1 bdrm level entry 600sqft suite with private entrance in area of new homes. In-suite laundry. Available now. $700 plus utilities. 250-741-0353, 250-714-2746, [email protected]

OCEANVIEW, Clean 1 bdrm Ladysmith. N/S, Small pet ok. Coin W/D. References. $550+ Hydro. May 1st. [email protected]

TRANSPORTATION

AUTO FINANCING

CARS

2007 CUSTOM Chev HHR.Excellent condition. Loaded.White. 119,000 km, mostlyhwy driven. On-Star. $11,900fi rm. 250-755-5191.

RECREATIONAL VEHICLESFOR SALE

25 foot class C Chevy Flyermotor home. 1995, 350cu.in., 163,000 Km. 1 rearbed, 3 swivel seats, cruise,A/C. $18,000. 250-245-5973.

VTRUCKS & ANS

2005 Ford E350 Cargo Van, white, 575,000 km. Decentbody, 6.0l diesel. Motor doesnot run. Comes with cargopartition. Spray-in bed liner oncargo fl oor. Great parts vehi-cle, as is where is. Best offertakes it home 250-245-0350.

MARINE

BOATS

1982 Aquastar 26’ Cabin cruiser, with command bridge.Engine Volvo 260 (Chev 350)with 290 leg. Propanestove/oven, double sink,hydraulic steering, ceramictoilet with 9 gal holding tank,macerator (new). Sleeps 4.New canvas. Lots of storage,new horn, new water pump,superb battery charger. Largeaccess door to engine compartment, serviced bymechanic for the past 4 yrs.Price: $10,000.00 for thissuperb boat!!! Must sell by theend of this month! Call Art250-245-4559 Ladysmith.

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