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No school today as rotating strikes beginKarl Yu and Lindsay ChungTHE CHRONICLE

At an impasse with the B.C. government at the bargaining table, teachers in B.C. will begin rotating strikes, with Nanaimo-Ladysmith district teachers set to picket today (Tuesday, May 27).

Schools will be open, but there won’t be instruction and buses won’t run, Dave Hutchinson, school district CEO and su-perintendent, said in a letter to parents. He asked parents to keep children home for safety reasons. School will resume as usual on Wednesday (May 28).

Mike Ball, president of the Nanaimo Dis-trict Teachers’ Association, said the move

from the first stage of job action, which in-cluded limited supervision and no contact with administration, is due to a combina-tion of factors.“The lack of progress at the table has

triggered the escalation to Phase 2 but be-cause their wage offer is significantly low-er than our proposal and they’re not deal-ing with class size and composition at all, that has caused a lack of progress, which has triggered the escalation,” Ball said.

Peter Fassbender, B.C. Minister of Edu-cation, said the province has made “sig-nificant” concessions to move toward a settlement, reducing contract length from 10 to six years and offering a $1,200 sign-ing bonus.

Teachers made concessions with their last proposal, according to Ball. He said teachers reduced their request for cost of living allowance and wage increase, while offering a four-year deal with the province.“It was a significant move from our last

proposal,” Ball said. “It’s just a case of whether the government can move also.”

Rotating strikes will occur at B.C. school districts until Thursday (May 29), and any further action will depend on progress at the negotiating table, said Ball.

The third stage, a province-wide strike, would require another teachers’ union vote and there would have to be two work-ing days’ notice to employers.

The school district recommends check-

ing its website, at www.sd68.bc.ca, its Facebook page and Twitter feed (@sd68bc) for up-to-date information.

In the Cowichan Valley (School District 79), teachers will be striking Thursday, May 29, and buses will not be running.

Ladysmith, Parks and Recreation is offer-ing a kids camp today (Tuesday, May 28) from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Frank Jameson Community Centre.

A day of supervised games, sports, swim-ming, arts and crafts and movies has been planned for children aged five to 12. It costs $30 for the day and $15 for siblings. For more information, call 250-245-6424 or visit www.ladysmith.ca.— with files from Tom Fletcher

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Lindsay ChungTHE CHRONICLE

Oceanview Community Church ‘s community grew to become international earlier this month when the church hosted a soft-ball team from Georgia, and they worked on a variety of service projects together.

From May 14-19, nine members of the Covenant Christian College women’s softball team and their coach, Sara Russell, lived, worked and played in Ladysmith during a week filled with everything from helping seniors with their yard work, canoeing and a softball game.

During their week in Ladysmith, the softball players served breakfast at the Our Place homeless shelter in Victoria, hiked up Heart Lake, prepared Treat Day for Ladysmith Pri-

mary School students, helped seniors with

their yard work, went ice skating in Nanaimo, worked

with Oceanview volunteers to plant both of the church’s garden boxes, which sup-port the Ladysmith Food Bank, they canoed with Stz’uminus First Nation, par-ticipated in an Oceanview church service and played a softball game at Aggie Field with the Oceanview church community.

Oceanview Community Church Pastor Darin Phil-lips recalls that the week be-fore Christmas, Sara Russell

and her family approached him after a morning service. They live in Georgia, and Russell was visiting her par-ents here in Ladysmith, and Russell explained to Phillips that she has always wanted to take her softball team on a trip to serve a local com-munity and broaden the girls’ horizons, so they part-nered to organize a visit to Ladysmith.

Russell grew up on Van-couver Island and then went

to university in the States on a softball scholarship. She has been coaching at Cov-enant for six years.

Her family is in Ladysmith, and when she presented the idea of coming to Vancou-ver Island to her team, they started talking about ways they could show their faith through service projects.

She described the week in Ladysmith as surreal.“I’ve had my two worlds

collide — my home life and the life I’ve lived the last 12 years,” she said. “It’s amaz-ing to see [the girls] here serving the people I love dearly. It’s been overwhelm-ing. It’s stretched the girls, maybe stretching their faith and stretching their comfort zone –—we’ve done things they haven’t done before.”

The Covenant College women’s softball team is from Lookout Mountain, Georgia, near Chattanooga, Tennessee. The players range in age from 18 to 23.“It’s really a way for us to

serve other people and a way to not necessarily share

the gospel but show the gospel through our actions,” said Chandler Shepherd, who is from Georgia, said of their trip.

For Jordan Brett, another Georgia native, one of the coolest things they did was serve breakfast to homeless people in Victoria.“They were very nice,” she

said.Shepherd really likes kids,

and her favourite moments involved interacting with local children, including a practice with the Ladysmith Angels softball team.“We helped with a nine- to

11-year-olds’ practice, and that was really fun,” she said. “They were really into it and having fun. It was re-ally fun to help them out and encourage them to work hard and stick with it.”

Kaitlyn Sirmons, who is from Florida, was im-pressed by the people at Oceanview and how gener-ous they were.“They’re so nice, the way

they give of themselves,” she said.

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In brief Swashbuckling Captain Jack Sparrow is returning to Ladysmith this weekRoss ArmourTHE CHRONICLE

The Ladysmith Maritime Society (LMS) will host its Kids’ Pirate Day this Saturday (May 31), with all local families and friends encouraged to come down to the society’s docks for a few hours of pirating fun.Activities will get underway at 10 a.m. and run

until 4 p.m. at LMS Community Marina, with Captain Jack Sparrow from the famous Pirates of the Caribbean movies returning once again.“Everybody dresses up as pirates and it’s a total-

ly free day,” said Cliff Fisher from the Ladysmith Maritime Society. “The kids all come down to the docks with their fishing rods and their buck-ets for the derby that the Kinsmen Club helps us with. We’ll have a pirate slide, face painting, crafts and a petting zoo, as well as free harbour tours where we’ll take people out. There will also be displays at the welcome centre, and the Purple Martin Society will be teaching crafts to the kids.”

Refreshments will also be available on site at the docks.

Fisher says the happiness and memories creat-ed by the kids and everyone involved is the main thing that instigates the society into keeping the event going.“Everybody comes down expecting fun,” he said. “There are so many smiles, and Jack Spar-row and his crew are our main attraction. Last year, we had nobody playing around on their cell phones, and all the parents were involved with their children and had fun. I thought that was

remarkable.”As well as the Pirate Day on May 31, the Mari-

time Society has also organized a Pirate Walk for this Wednesday (May 28), beginning at 11 a.m. at Aggie Hall.“We will start off at LAFF at Aggie Hall and then

we will walk up to Davis Road School, where

Jack Sparrow and all us will meet the kids at recess,” said Fisher. “Then we will walk down through and around Coronation Mall, meeting different people and then go back up and around some of the downtown area.”

Fisher expects the Pirate Walk will be at Coro-nation Mall around 12:45 p.m.

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Kang’s last service will be June 15

Min-Goo Kang, the minister at Ladysmith First United Church, will be ending his leadership of this congregation with the service Sunday, June 15.

His wife, Ha Na Park, formerly Supply Minister at Chemainus United Church, was ordained into the United Church of Canada at a ceremony during the final day of the B.C. Conference of the United Church of Canada meeting in Nanaimo May 25.

On Sunday, June 1 at 10:30 a.m., Min-Goo Kang and Ha Na Park will share in leading the service at Ladysmith First United Church. They will preside over the Communion Service together, and Ha Na will preach the sermon.

At 10:30 a.m. on Sunday, June 8, the Pentecost service will be a remembrance of the event when the Apostles and friends received the Holy Spirit and spoke in tongues that were understood by all the people and the foreigners listening.

The service on Sunday, June 15 will be in the Amphitheatre at Transfer Beach at 10:30 a.m.

This will be a joyful celebration of the gifts Min-Goo Kang has shared with the congregation during the four years he has been their minister.

In the case of rain, the service on June 15 will be at the church. Friends and visitors of Min-Goo and Ha Na and the congregation are welcome at all services.

Min-Goo Kang and Ha Na Park and their boys will take a travelling vacation to Winnipeg, where Ha Na has been called to a team ministry position at a church.—Caroline H.

Davidson

Covenant Christian College women’s softball player Jordan Brett plays catch with Colton Gonzales,5, before a softball game with Oceanview Community Church. LINDSAY CHUNG

Captain Jack Sparrow is coming back to Ladysmith Wednesday, May 28 for the Pirate Walk, which starts at Aggie Hall at 11 a.m., and Saturday, May 31 for the Ladysmith Maritime Society’s Kids’ Pirate Day festivi-ties at from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. the LMS Community Marina. FILE PHOTO


Chris Bushthe chronicle

Residents of com-munities between Nanaimo and Ladysmith have one less place where they can go out for a meal.

Country Kitchen, located south of Nanaimo in Cas-sidy at Island High-way and Beck Road, burned to the ground in an early morning fire Monday, May 26.

Firefighters, who were still at the scene at 8 a.m. knocking down hot spots in the smouldering remains of the structure, said the alarm was called in at 2 a.m.

No one was known to be in the building at the time of the fire, and there were no injuries. The cause of the blaze is being investigated, but has not been determined.According to the

Nanaimo RCMP, fire crews from the Cranberry and Cedar fire departments re-sponded to the fire at approximately 2 a.m.“The building was

fully engulfed in flames upon their ar-rival,” RCMP Const. Gary O’Brien stated in the release. “Crews were able to contain the fire to the res-taurant, and no sec-ondary structures were damaged or de-stroyed.”

The building, which has long been oper-ated as a roadside restaurant — former-ly known as the Frog and Puddle and prior to that as the Juni-per Café — recently underwent extensive renovations before reopening in late

April as the Country Kitchen.

On the restaurant’s Facebook page, own-er Kristina Stauffer stated they will re-build.

The cause of the fire is currently unknown, and the Nanaimo RCMP is asking any-one who has infor-mation about this incident to contact the RCMP at 250-754-2345 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 or www.na-naimocrimestoppers.com.—with files from Lindsay Chung

Country Kitchen burns downTOWN OF LADYSMITH

NOTICES & NEWSJUNE 2014

COUNCIL MEETING SCHEDULECouncil Meetings Monday, June 2nd, Monday June 16th, 7:00 p.m. Municipal Services Committee Meeting* Monday, June 16thMayor’s Open Door* – City Hall Thursdays, 4:30 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.City Hall (410 Esplanade) Business Hours Monday - Friday, 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.Corner of Trans Canada Hwy. and Roberts St. except statutory holidays*Please check the website (www.ladysmith.ca) or call City Hall at 250.245.6400 to confi rm times.

FIRST QUARTER UTILITY BILLS DUE WEDNESDAY MAY 28Utility bills for January to March have been sent out. They are due by 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday, May 28.

2014 PROPERTY TAXES – DUE WEDNESDAY, JULY 2, 2014 by 4:00 p.m.2014 Tax Notices are being mailed the end of May. If you do not receive a notice by mid-June please contact City Hall at 250.245.6414 ext. 6206 immediately to avoid a penalty. • Please note City Hall will be closed on Tuesday, July 1st in lieu of the Canada Day Holiday• Penalty: If the Property Taxes are not paid, or the Home Owner Grant application not received by 4:00 p.m.,

Wednesday, July 2, 2014, a late payment penalty of 10% is added to the current taxes.Homeowner Grant: is subject to a penalty of 10% if not claimed by 4:00 p.m., July 2, 2014.• Complete, sign and return the Home Owner Grant portion of your tax notice to City Hall by July 2, 2014• Visit www.ladysmith.ca and follow the link to claim online by July 2, 2014 • roll number and personal access code available on the top right of your Tax Notice • be sure to print off a confi rmation page• A payment does not need to be made to claim the Home Owner Grant. Mortgage Holders: If your taxes are paid through your mortgage, the Grant (if eligible) still must be claimed by the due date or is subject to the 10% penalty.Payment Options: • Online through your fi nancial institution• At City Hall: Cash, cheque, post-dated cheque and debit card (*Please check your transaction maximum if paying by debit card) payments accepted. Please note we do not accept credit cards. • Dropped in the drop box to the left of the front doors of City Hall (cheques and Home Owner Grants only please)• At your fi nancial institution: with your remittance slip (Home Owner Grant portion) by July 2, 2014.• By mail: cheque or post-dated cheque (post marks are not accepted as date of payment)If you require assistance or have questions please contact the Property Tax Department at 250.245.6414 ext. 6206 or email [email protected]. For more information about Homeowner Grants visit the Province of BC web site at http://www.sbr.gov.bc.ca/individuals/Property_Taxes/Home_Owner_Grant/hog.htm.

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SPRINKLING RESTRICTIONS – STAGE 1 – EFFECTIVE JUNE 1Stage One lawn and garden sprinkling restrictions are in effect June 1 until further notice as follows: • Odd numbered premises may sprinkle on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. • Even numbered premises may sprinkle on Wednesday, Friday and Sunday. Sprinkling may be carried out for a maximum of two hours per sprinkling day only between 6:00 a.m. and 9:00 a.m. OR 7:00 p.m. and 10:00 p.m. Please set automatic sprinkler systems to coincide with the above times.The following may be done on any day of the week while Stage 1 restrictions are in force: • Washing vehicles and buildings using a hose with a shut off spray nozzle• Hand watering trees, shrubs, fl owers or vegetables using a hose with a shut-off spray nozzle

WATERMAIN FLUSHING APRIL 11 TO JUNE 30, 2014During this fl ushing period, water users may experience some discolouration of the water supply. Should this occur, running a cold water tap for a short period will help to restore water quality to normal.Any residents dependant on medical equipment using water, please call the Department at 250.245.3995 for fl ushing dates in your area.May we suggest that residents take this opportunity to clean the screens on faucets and the pressure-reducing valve (where the water enters the house), which should normally be cleaned at least once a year.If you have any questions regarding the fl ushing program, please contact the Public Works, Utilities Department.We are sorry for any inconvenience and thank you for your cooperation during the fl ushing process.Public Works, Utilities Department, 250.245.3995

ZONING BYLAW UPDATE PROJECT The project to review and update the Ladysmith Zoning Bylaw is nearing completion. The New Updated Zoning Bylaw will be discussed at upcoming Council meetings; call City Hall at 250.245.6400 or check the website www.ladysmith.ca. The aim of the Zoning Bylaw Update project is to: Lay out clear, technically sound regulations Be consistent with the Offi cial Community Plan Implement ideas and principles from the Ladysmith Sustainability Vision and Community Energy Plan Support economic development For more information on why an updated Zoning Bylaw is important to our community, please visit the Zoning Bylaw Project website at www.ladysmithzoningbylaw.ca, or click the link at www.ladysmith.ca, or call 250.245.6415

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Firefighters battle a blaze at the Country Kitchen restaurant on the Island Highway in Cassidy Mon-day, May 26. Teresa McKinley


Ross ArmourTHE CHRONICLE

The annual Big Bike event is taking place in Ladysmith again this June, as a variety of teams look to raise funds for the Heart and Stroke Foundation.

The bike is Canada’s only one that has a whopping 30 seats on it, and various teams will get together and ride the bike along a two-kilometre route beginning at Aggie Hall Monday, June 2.

So far, six teams from Ladysmith have reg-istered to take on the bike challenge, and Paul Mycroft is orga-nizing a team from the Ladysmith Downtown Business Association (LDBA) called The Outrageous Crusaders.“The goal is to raise

as much funds as we can for the Heart and Stroke Foundation, and each rider has to raise a minimum of $50,” he said. “The heart is the key to ev-erything, so it’s an im-

portant cause.”Mycroft will lead his

team into the chal-lenge with at least 15 riders.“I do it because my

mom passed away 12 years ago from a heart attack and we think she has high choles-terol that was not checked, so I do it in honour of her really,” he said. “It’s a really great time and a half hour to an hour of fun. You really feel part of the community, and it’s great to raise money for a really good cause.”

Mycroft also says the event is excellent for team bonding and im-proving relationships within different orga-nizations around town.“Our strength at the

LDBA is that we are all familiar with and all like each other,” he said. “But we are all business owners and there isn’t a regular opportunity for us all to get together. This is a great exercise and gets us all together do-ing something that isn’t

business-related. We all have a really good laugh.”

As well as Mycroft’s team, another five teams have registered from Ladysmith, in-cluding a group from 49th Parallel Grocery, the Town of Ladysmith, Curves, Royal Bank of Canada, and Royal LePage.

Last year, Lady-smith’s Big Bike raised more than $6,800, and Ladysmith has raised well over $120,000 since the Big Bike’s community de-but back in 2001.“This fun, team-build-

ing event is a great op-portunity to increase employee morale and your organization’s vis-ibility in the commu-nity and all for a good cause” Jami Christie, special events co-ordi-nator of the Vancouver Island area office of the Heart and Stroke Foundation, said in a press release. “Events like Big Bike allow the Foundation to con-tinue funding world-

class heart disease and stroke research, advocacy, and health promotion that is im-proving the lives of all Canadians. We’re help-ing give Canadians longer, fuller, healthier lives.”

The Heart and Stroke Foundation is a vol-unteer-based charity looking into research and prevention of heart disease and strokes.

For more information on the Big Bike, go to www.bigbike.ca

Get on the Big Bike June 2Trish’s Troupe participates in the 2012 Big Bike in Ladysmith. This year, the Big Bike fundraiser for the Heart and Stroke Foundation takes place Monday, June 2. FILE PHOTO

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Last week’s column on the proposal to add a mandatory

high school course on the effects of Canada’s ab-original residential school policy attracted a range of responses — some of which are printable.

I referred to comments made by B.C. Teachers’ Fed-eration vice-president Glen Hansman at a 2012 aborigi-nal education conference, where he insisted that “rac-ism is the norm in public schools — still today” be-cause of a colonial perspec-tive that remains ingrained in our culture.

Aboriginal education has been built into social stud-ies curriculum for years. It’s come a long way from my high school days, where Mr. Spillers, my Grade 8 English teacher, assigned us an es-say proposing solutions to Canada’s “Indian problem.”

That was 1972, and it was the only time the subject came up. My lone aboriginal classmate wasn’t around by then. I never saw him again

after we graduated from our rural elementary school.

How are things now? I re-ceived a thoughtful letter from a young woman who graduated from high school in the Okanagan last year. She writes:

“The idea that information about residential schools is not presented to students is entirely incorrect. The so-cial studies curriculum that I went through included a large emphasis on First Na-tions culture and post-Euro-pean colonization history.

“First Nations studies be-gan in elementary school and continued to the last mandatory social studies course in Grade 11. I can say with no hesitation that if anything, I have been in-formed too often about the residential schools, and the horrendous things that oc-curred there.

“If aboriginal culture courses are poorly attend-ed, I would be inclined to suggest that it is because students are tired of being taught the same limited per-spective over and over, and, if of European descent, be-ing made to feel somehow

responsible for all possible troubles plaguing First Na-tions today.”

Another reply I’d like to share is from Keith Thor Carlson, editor of the Stó:lo Nation historical atlas I re-ferred to last week. Carlson is now a history professor at the University of Saskatche-wan, specializing in the Sal-ish people of B.C. and the Métis of Northern Saskatch-ewan. He writes:

“We do need to teach the history of the First Peo-ples of this country in our schools, and we do need to keep vigilant about the rac-ism that continues to haunt the hallways and class-rooms where our children learn. Of course aboriginal history should never be reduced to victim history, and with the Stó:lo atlas we sought to show the com-plexity of aboriginal history, and we sought to show that not only are there aboriginal people in Canada’s history, but that Canada is in aborig-inal peoples’ histories.

“There were times in the past when aboriginal people were victimized (residential schools being a tragic exam-

ple), and there were times when aboriginal people showed great agency (re-taining the masked dance, and continuing to fish salm-on, for example).

“Knowing that native soci-ety was not a Utopia when Europeans arrived does not take away from the impor-tance of learning about the full history of aboriginal people and their relation-ship with Canadian society.

“And of course, as Ernie Crey has reminded me many times, let’s never forget that native rights are not based on race. Rather, they are rights based on prior oc-cupation. And let’s also not forget that it is British and Canadian law that recogniz-es aboriginal peoples’ inher-ent rights.

“Let’s teach good history to our youth so they can un-derstand the complex rela-tionship between settler so-ciety and aboriginal society. Through knowledge comes understanding and through understanding can come reconciliation.”

Tom Fletcher is legislative reporter and columnist for Black Press.

The Ladysmith-Chemainus Chronicle is a member of the British Columbia Press Council, a self-regulatory body governing the prov-ince’s newspaper industry. The council considers complaints from the public about the conduct of member newspapers. Directors oversee the mediation of complaints, with input from both the newspaper and the complaint holder. If talking with the editor or publisher does not resolve your complaint about coverage or story treatment, you may contact the B.C. Press Council. Your written concern, with docu-mentation, should be sent to B.C. Press Council, 201 Selby Street, Nanaimo, B.C., V9R-2R2. For information phone 1-888-687-2213 or go to www.bcpresscouncil.org.

Crossing the highway at Davis Road on foot is always a concern

Editor:

As all moms who are currently on mat leave, I love taking my little one out for a walk. Not only does it help my baby sleep, but it’s great to get out of the house and enjoy the beautiful island that we live on.

Unfortunately, for me to go into town, I need to cross the highway from Chemainus Road at the Da-vis Road intersection near Coronation Mall.

Whenever I cross at this intersection, I am always overly caution because highway vehicles are mov-ing at 90 km/hr, the left turning light is at the same time as the pedestrian light (which is very short), and the pedestrian crossing in the merge lane adja-cent to the mall has a blindspot.

I am writing to the editor because the other day while crossing, a driver turning left from Davis Road onto the highway almost hit my little one and me.

Now, I cross with a neon safety jacket draped over my stroller, but this intersection is unsafe.

I don’t think being forced to avoid this intersection as a pedestrian is the reasonable solution because if it’s not me, it’s someone else, especially with the Cowichan Valley Trail (part of the TransCanada Trail) connecting through that intersection.

The answer is to have a 15- to 20-second head start for pedestrians where cars on all sides wait. The answer is to put 70 km/hr speed signs on the highway around both sides of this intersection as the other Ladysmith highway crossings do.

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New art tour starts June 1Ross ArmourTHE CHRONICLE

Ladysmith’s first annual self-guided garden tour of art is taking place this summer, and there’s a big enough time frame to suit everybody.

The Artist’s Garden Studio and Garden Tour will take place from Sunday, June 1 all the way through to Sunday, Sept. 14, with a variety of art-ists set to stage their own art-work from the comfort of their back yards.

The tour has been instigated by the Ladysmith Arts Council, and newly-promoted board of directors member Peggy Grig-or has been the inspiration be-hind it.“I used to have a pottery store

in Chemainus and moved my studio home to Saltair,” said Grigor. “My garden was sadly getting neglected so I contact-ed Kathy Holmes (president of the Ladysmith Arts Council) and said I’d love to share all of these fun things in my gar-den. Most people love the land-scape here as well, and this is all about getting the local art economy going again.“We have glass artists, metal

artists, potters and painters. Each have their own gardens and studios in their homes. The artists come from all over Ladysmith, Cedar and Saltair.”

The length of the tour has been chosen deliberately so that everyone in the commu-nity has the chance to get in-volved and view the artwork, as well as the change in some of the gardens over the sum-mer months.“It’s modeled off the Salt

Spring Island studio tour,” said Grigor. “It can be challenging for some people to get there if a tour is just one week or a weekend, and not everyone is available all the time in the summer either. Gardens evolve through the summer as well.”

Brochures for the tour will be scattered across the com-munity.“There’s brochures at the Wa-terfront Gallery, every Cham-ber of Commerce from Dun-can up, local businesses will have them and restaurants as well. There’s also a link to the brochure on our Facebook page,” said Grigor.

Some of the featured artists include Mary Fox, William Molnar, Lynda Westrom, Greg-ory Ball, Sally Mann and Grigor.

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Potter Mary Fox is one of the artists featured in the new self-guided tour, The Artist’s Garden Studio and Garden Tour, which runs from June 1 to Sept. 14. FILE PHOTO

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May 1914 Victoria City asked

Ladysmith council to support a resolu-tion being sent to Ot-tawa requesting that a bridge between the Lower Mainland and Vancouver Island over Seymour Nar-rows be built as soon as possible.A direct rail link to

Vancouver Island had been promised by the federal government as one of the terms of B.C. joining Confed-eration in 1871. The City of New West-minster, for obvious economic reasons, had lobbied aggres-sively for a southern railway route which would pass through the Fraser River val-

ley. The “mid route” favoured by all Island communities would run through Bute In-let across from Sey-mour Narrows, north of Campbell River on Vancouver Island. This route required extensive tunnels and bridges, including a long span across Sey-mour Narrows itself. From there, the rail-way would run south to Victoria, largely along the route of to-day’s Esquimalt and Nanaimo railway.

The issue was put on hold with the be-ginning of the First World War in August.

May 29, 2014 marks the 100th anniver-sary of the sinking of the CPR liner the Empress of Ireland in the St. Lawrence River after a collision with the Norwegian collier SS Storstad. Of the 1,477 persons on board the ship, 1,012 (840 passen-gers, 172 crew) died. Only four children of the 138 children aboard the ship were rescued. The number of those who were killed is considered the largest Canadian maritime accident in peacetime.

It was reported that

a number of local res-idents were related to passengers on the Empress of Ireland, including relatives of the Hogan, Griffith, Whitelaw, Cooper and Dixon families.

One survivor was a former resident of Ladysmith: Dr. F. Grant, who had once shared a practice in Ladysmith with Dr. A.C. Frost. Dr. Grant was acclaimed as a hero in the sinking of the Empress after he managed to revive a number of passengers who would have oth-erwise succumbed to exposure. (For more information see the Ladysmith Chronicle online.)

May 1939Our small commu-

nity was all-abuzz in May of 1939 with the opening of a World’s Fair in New York City at the beginning of the month, and the ar-rival of King George VI and Queen Eliza-beth in Victoria on May 29.

Mayor Walkem de-clared May 30 to be a civic holiday in Ladysmith, and at 8:45 in the morning of that day, 287 children from the town left for Victoria by bus to

greet the royal couple in person. Although many par-

ents and other resi-dents took the oppor-tunity to go to Victoria as well, the students were supervised by their teachers. Par-ents were not allowed to take charge of their children until after the ceremonies were completed at Beacon Hill Park. The coach-es left Victoria for the trip home at 6 p.m.

May 1969The Ladysmith Rate-

payers Association invited Mr. Frank Ney as a guest speaker at its Annual General Meeting in 1969. At the time, Mr.

Ney was operat-ing Nanaimo Realty. Ney’s speech was pro-vocatively entitled

“Why Ladysmith has not kept pace with Nanaimo.” (Nanaimo and Ladysmith at one time were the same size.) According to Ney,

success depends on the “mood of the peo-ple.” “There is the po-tential to double the size of pulp and pa-per production in the area. Ladysmith resi-dents and merchants should try to spruce

up the town. Add win-dow boxes and flow-ers. Plant trees on First Avenue. Plant flowers everywhere and turn Ladysmith into a “City of Roses.” Haul in sand to make beaches on the water-front and clean up the shore area. Create a balance between rec-reational and indus-trial land use.“Your town,” he ar-gued, “can compete favourably with many larger communities because of your low overhead. You need to make your town unique and then sell it to the world.”As many readers

are aware, Frank Ney “practised what he preached.” He was Mayor of Nanaimo for 21 years, beginning in 1962.

Ney could often be found in a sea-going bathtub dressed as a pirate, or riding downtown in a wheel-chair to demonstrate the lack of rounded curbs in the Hub City.

Ney passed away in Nanaimo in 1992.

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The Board of Education of School District No. 68 (Nanaimo-Ladysmith) is asking the public for input on a proposal to reduce the number of trustees from nine to seven.

Trustees feel it is timely because the Board has moved away from a management model to a governance model and therefore the workload for trustees has been reduced.

Comments Written comments can be sent to the Board of Education, 395 Wakesiah Avenue, Nanaimo B.C. V9R 3K6, by fax 250 741-5309 or email [email protected]. A presentation can be made to the Board’s Business Committee Wednesday, June 18 at 6 p.m. Presenters must register to make a presentation by calling 240 741-5238 or emailing [email protected] by 4 p.m. on Friday, June 13.

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Chamber of Commerce moves into new Roberts Street digs

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The Ladysmith Chamber of Com-merce has moved to a new location.

The Visitor In-formation Centre opened at the Cham-ber’s new base on 33 Roberts St. this past Friday (May 23).

The move sees the Chamber depart from the old, nearby site at 411B First Ave.“There’s lots of rea-sons for the move, but the primary one is space,” said Chamber manager Mark Drysdale this past Friday.

Drysdale was on-hand at the new lo-cation Friday, along-side newly-elected president Aaron Stone, as the moving process continued.“The additional space provides us with a lot more ad-vantages,” said Dry-sdale. “This place is twice as big. We are developing a new business centre into the offices out the back, and that will give business own-ers or whoever the chance to meet with clients in the extra space. We save a lit-tle bit of money on rent, and that was factored into the de-cision as well.”

Stone believes the new business centre will be a valuable as-set.“It will be a good resource centre for opening business in town,” said the president, who also believes the new lo-cation has greater accessibility and better parking for

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August, we will be open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. seven days a week,” said Drys-dale, who confirmed that signage is still being worked on, with the Chamber looking at placing a large information sign on the new building that will be visible from the highway.

Drysdale also said that a date for an open house at the new location is yet to be confirmed, but he is hoping that will be staged “some-time in June.”

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Friday, May 2• On May 2, May 10

and May 23, the Shar-Kare store and the 49th Parallel Garden Centre located along First Avenue were targeted by thieve(s) who stole numerous hanging baskets and other potted plants and shrubs of many varieties.

The total value of these thefts is in the multiple thousands of dollars and with-out a doubt is hurting their ability to remain in business.

On Sunday, May 25 at approximately 2:50 am., a female was found in pos-session of property that belongs to the 49th Parallel store, and she was later re-leased with a Prom-ise To Appear.A criminal charge of

possession of stolen property is being rec-ommended.

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Sunday, May 18• On May 18, a

green compact ve-hicle, which was left parked at a campsite near Timberlands Road, was vandalized, with its tires slashed and expensive stereo equipment stolen.

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Mall, police were called to a distur-bance where a fe-male was suspected of shoplifting from the Rexall drug store and then threatening a male with a needle outside.

The female was seen leaving the area in a white van head-ing south on the high-way towards Duncan.

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• During the early morning hours of May 21, the Home Hardware store on Ludlow Road was a target of some-one who stole 11 25-pound propane tanks from a locked storage cabinet that had its lock cut.

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‘Insatiable interest’ in human life drives Leedahl to keep writingLindsay ChungTHE CHRONICLE

Shelley A. Leedahl remembers sitting at the table with her mother in Kyle, Sask., being too young to make letters but trying, asking her mom “does this make a word?”

It’s one of her earliest memories, and Leedahl is still just as interested in words today as she was then. But she certainly knows how to make letters now. It’s how she makes her living.

Leedahl, who moved to Ladysmith in April, is a full-time professional writer who has published poetry, novels, short story collections, children’s literature and creative nonfiction.

Leedahl has also had her work antholo-gized frequently, most recently in Best Canadian Poetry in English, which was published in 2013 by Tightrope Books.

Leedahl’s 11th book, a collection of es-says titled I Wasn’t Always Like This, will be published through Signature Edi-tions this fall.

Leedahl, who grew up in Saskatchewan and lived in Edmonton before moving to Ladysmith, also works as a freelance edi-tor, creative writing instructor and radio advertising copywriter. She frequently presents her work in schools, librar-ies and universities across Canada, and she has received fellowships to attend international artist retreats in Europe, Mexico and the United States, as well as several in Canada.

Leedahl has known she wanted to be a writer since the age of three.“I’ve always been fascinated by words,”

she said. “There was never any doubt for me. I wanted to be a writer. But growing up in small-town Saskatchewan, I didn’t know a writer. We didn’t have writers come to school. I got the idea I should go to journalism school and work for a newspaper.”

Leedahl spent a year studying journal-ism arts at the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology in Calgary then moved to Saskatoon. She met her future husband, and they became young parents. Her dreams of becoming a writer went on the back burner as her life changed.

Leedahl began operating a home day-care and found herself with nine chil-dren in her house each day. She recalls that one day, amidst all the noise and chaos, a voice said to her that if she was ever going to be a writer, she had to be-gin now.

So Leedahl started reading Canadian novels, joined writers’ groups, starting submitting her writing to contests and began going to readings.

Then, Leedahl received “the most amazing break.” A publisher came to her

and asked her if she had a poetry manu-script. She did, and that led to Thistle-down Press in Saskatoon publishing A Few Words For January in 1990. The book of poetry sold out in a month and was re-printed.

While she was living in Saskatchewan and raising a young family, Leedahl says she would carve out the time to write very early in the morning and very late at night. When her children were one and three, she started going on writer’s re-treats, starting with closer, shorter ones such as the Emma Lake Writers’ Colony or St. Peter’s College in Muenster.“I found it difficult before to write at

home with a busy family life, a garden to take care of and pets, so I had to re-move myself physically, and that was good for me creatively,” she said. “When my children got older, I went away for longer and went farther. I was very lucky to have a very supportive family.”

Leedahl says most of her ideas come from life.“With short stories, I generally start with

a kernel of something that happened to me or someone I know, then I fabricate around that,” she said. “For poetry, I’m more of a confessional poet. I love the creative nonfiction genre, perhaps more than any other, because I feel you can combine genres.”

A lot of Leedahl’s later work is based on travel experiences.“I’m also really interested in exploring

the nature of relationships — romantic, familial, work,” she said.

Leedahl’s forthcoming book I Wasn’t Always Like This is a collection of es-says, some of which were published quite a long time ago and some that were written as recently as December 2013.

Leedahl’s children are now 30 and 21 and living in Saskatoon, and her daugh-ter is a published writer as well.

To make a living as a professional writer, Leedahl has found many different ways to share her writing and her skills.“It’s been a long career, and with any ca-

reer in the arts, I think you have to quilt an income together,” she said. “I teach creative writing, work as a freelance edi-tor and freelance writer. I’ve learned to live close to the bone, and I’ve learned to travel on a literary budget, including hostels and backpacking. I’ve received fellowships for international retreats. Occasionally, I receive a grant from a provincial organization or the Canada Council for the Arts, which is a godsend and makes all the difference.”

Leedahl says she has probably earned most of her living by presenting in schools from B.C. to Labrador.

Now that she’s in Ladysmith, Leedahl hopes to offer creative writing work-shops in poetry, prose and creative non-fiction, as well as professional editing and mentoring, and presentations to schools, book clubs and libraries.“The emphasis will be on fun, because it

should be fun,” she said. Leedahl’s curiosity is what keeps her

inspired and keeps her writing.“What really drives me to write is an

intense interest in people’s lives — how do they live, what have their experienc-es been, what choices have they had to make,” she said. “I like to immerse my-self in different social situations. I talk to strangers. It’s just this insatiable interest I have in human life, and I try to live in a state of awe.“I love what I do. I’m really, really fortu-

nate, and it’s made for an interesting life.”

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As they get ready for the champion-ship season, which starts in June, the La-dysmith-Chemainus Orcas continue to set the bar high in the swimming pool.At the Long Course

Medley Challenge May 9-11 in Saanich, nine swimmers repre-sented the Ladysmith-Chemainus Orcas Swim Club in this timed-finals event, and many came away with personal best times and top three finishes.

Tw e l v e - y e a r- o l d Aileen Humphreys earned two more age group national standard times at the meet in the 200m breaststroke and the 100m breaststroke, so she has now qualified in three events after earning the national time standard in the 50m breaststroke in late April. Her 2:55.47 in the 200m breast-stroke was a personal best by 6.86 seconds and is the second-best time in Canada for her age group. At the meet, Hum-

phreys finished third in the 200m breast-stroke, competing in the female senior category, and she finished third in the 100m breaststroke, competing in the 15 and under category.“It was exciting, kind

of scary, very thrill-ing,” Humphreys said of earning the na-tional time standard, adding that it makes her think that she’s a better swimmer.

Humphreys says she feels “very hap-py” heading into the championship season and that earning the national time stan-dard is a confidence boost. She attributes her success this season to making a change in her tech-nique and to practis-ing a bit more.

Shane Valic, who is 13, earned a club re-cord in the 50m but-terfly with his time of 34.52, which earned him a fourth-place finish. Valic took third place in the 50m breaststroke with a time of 43.59.

Swimming against older girls, 10-year-old Brielle Woodruff made the AA stan-

dard for the 100m freestyle with a time of 1:19.84, a time that is a personal best by 3.02 seconds.

In Saanich, 12-year-old Faith Knelson won the 200m individ-ual medley, 50m but-terfly, 50m freestyle, 50m backstroke and 50m breaststroke and finished second in the 400m freestyle.

Chantal Greenhalgh, 11, earned a second-

place finish in the 50m breaststroke and was third in the 50m butterfly.

Tw e l v e - y e a r- o l d Noah Herle took 1.68 seconds off his time in the 50m butter-fly, while 15-year-old Morgan Humphreys finished third in the 400m freestyle after taking 7.75 seconds off his time.

Cecilia Johnson, who is 15, finished

sixth in the 800m free-style, while 14-year-old Pamela Little improved her times in the 50m freestyle and the 100m breast-stroke.

On May 4, four swim-mers from Ladysmith-Chemainus competed in the May The Fourth Be With You meet at the Ravensong Aquat-ic Centre, and all four finished first or sec-ond in their events.“It was totally awe-some,” said coach Aisha Alsop. “It’s a beautiful pool and a fun, fun meet with lots of little ones. Our kids were probably the oldest.”

When the meet be-gan, all the timers followed Darth Vader out to the pool, and there was a lady wear-ing Princess Leia ears.“It was a hoot, lots

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At the meet, seven-year-old Aiden Jef-fries finished first in the 25m breaststroke and the 25m butter-fly and second in the 50m backstroke and the 50m freestyle.

Cole Porter, who is eight, won all four

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Tw e l v e - y e a r- o l d Kyele Murray left the pool with four second-place finishes in the 100m breast-stroke, 100m indi-vidual medley, 100m freestyle and 50m

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Ladysmith teams swept the annual David Forrest Me-morial Tournament May 17-18 at the High Street ball dia-mond.

The Ladysmith Diamond Backs fin-ished first, defeat-ing the Ladysmith A’s in the gold medal game.

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SAWMILLS FROM only $4,397 - 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.

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REAL ESTATE

DUPLEX/4-PLEX

Both sides of legal duplex. Just steps to downtown, park and bus. Live in one side, rent the other. 2 BD, 1 BA each side. Large corner lot. Move-in ready. $259,900. 1-250-383-1500 Michelle Harrison,Cold-well Banker Slegg Realty.

FOR SALE BY OWNER

BEAUTIFULLY MAINTAINED 1 bdrm park model home in Chemainus Gardens. One of the best lots in the Park. Pets ok. $89,600. (250)416-5278.

REAL ESTATE

HOUSES FOR SALE

MAPLE BAY: Stunning 5 BR Tuscan-style villa, rich in artis-tic design & detail. Overlook-ing Maple Bay & Salt Spring Island. Private, park-like set-ting. Fabulous terracing and Mediterranean gardens. www. thearthouseatmaplebay.com

MOBILE HOMES & PARKS

Ladysmith: 14 x 70, 3 bdrm mobile home in Timberland Park. Asking $25,000 as is. See management at #43. Phone 250-245-3647.

RENTALS

APARTMENT/CONDO

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

LADYSMITH: BAY Ridge Apartment. Senior block 53+, 2 bdrm well maintained, 1000 sq.ft., upgraded. New carpets, re-painted. N/P, N/S. Off street parking, $800/mo + hydro. 250-758-5816.

LADYSMITH: NEWLY reno’d 2 bdrm, bright, clean, nice patio, inclds W/D hookup, $695. May 1. 250-245-5251.

LADYSMITH very close to downtown. Quiet, 1180 s.f. 2 baths, d/w, nice electric f/p, w/d, fenced, 2 dogs or cats al-lowed, town utilities included, $850/mo. avail. June 16. Call Catrina 250-245-5318

Meicor PropertiesChemainus: Lockwood Villa. Well kept bldg, 1 bdrm $625 incl heat & hot water, available now. N/S, 1 small pet wel-come. 250-246-1033.

www.meicorproperties.com

Meicor PropertiesLadysmith: 1 bdrm $700/mo. Available now. Includes heat & hot water, small pets OK. 250-924-6966.


COMMERCIAL/INDUSTRIAL

Commercial space available at Timberlands Mobile Home Park, 3581 Hallberg Rd. Suitable for restaurant or small grocery. Call 250-245-3647.

COOMBS AUTO Mall- (Alber-nie Hwy) 1248sq ft, commer-cial/retail. $850+ utils & gst. Bob, 250-248-1072 or 250-752-3090.

COTTAGES

QUALICUM FURNISHED 1 bdrm - w/pull out sofa in living room on oceanfront. Avail June 1 - Aug 31. $1000/wk (6 nights). Call 250-752-5063

DUPLEXES/4PLEXES

RENOVATED, 3 bed 2 bath, in town, fridge/stove, N/P, ref. req., 1150 plus util., 754-9279

HOMES FOR RENT

COLLEGE HEIGHTS: Ocean and city view. has 2 suites; one 4 B/R and one 2 B/R. Suits 2 families, Also 3 B/r house in Ladysmith with 1 B/R suite. 250-753-0160.

RENTALS

HOMES FOR RENT

ALL PROPERTIES RENTED

WANTED Quality Rentals to add

to our Property Management Portfolio

JOHN BOOTH250-245-2252Royal LePage

Property Managementwww.royallepagenanaimo.ca

528 1st Ave. Ladysmith, BC

OFFICE/RETAIL

700 sq.ft. newly reno’d offi ce space (2 offi ces with bright re-ception area), in modern build-ing, highway exposure in Duncan area. Avail immed. Call 1-250-658-4336.

SUITES, LOWER

LADYSMITH: 1 bdrm, private patio/entr, shared laundry 4 appls, N/S, N/P, $750 incl. utils & internet. Avail June 1st 250-245-5007.

LADYSMITH: GROUND fl oor, 1 bdrm bsmnt suite, in de-sirable area on quiet no through street. Sep. entrance, priv. yard backing onto creek. N/S, N/P. $650/mo + $50 utils. Dam dep, ref’s req’d. Avail June 1st. (250)816-2395.

TRANSPORTATION

AUTO ACCESSORIES/PARTS

AUTO FINANCING

RECREATIONAL VEHICLESFOR SALE

8’10” PIONEER Truck/ Camp-er. Propane stove & oven, Hy-draulic jacks. $3100. Please call (250)743-5827.

TRANSPORTATION


‘97 SOUTHWIND STORM. 34ft Class A Gas GM 65,000miles, big slide A/C’s. Level-ers, generator set, queen bedwalk around. Too much to list.Come & look. PRICE RE-DUCED! 778-455-4589

SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES

2004 Volkswagen Touareg-Beige, V8, All-wheel driveVolkswagen Touareg, leatherinterior, auto transmission, VWtrailer package for towing,newer brakes & tire sensors,extremely well maintainedclean vehicle, amazing saferide in all conditions, heatedseats, censored wipers, air,amazing sound system, plusmany more extras. Locallypurchased and serviced. Re-duced to $11,500. Call John250-816-7368.

MARINE

BOATS

25’ CATALINA Quality Fixed keel sailboat. $10,200. Also,available 2 small out board,$380 each. Call (250)743-5827.

2858 BAYLINER Ciera, boat-house kept, all bells/whistles,low hours, quality boat, pos-sible smaller trade, reduced to$40,000. 250-745-3700.

GARAGE SALES

SHELL BEACH- 11695 Fair-tide Rd, Sat, May 31, 9-3pm. GIANT DOWNSIZING SALE! Sports, marine, fi shing equip, 100’s unique outdoor items, tools, neat stuff for the whole family!

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What’s Happening

OnGoing

ALZHEIMER/DEMENTIA SUPPORT GROUP Meets 2nd & 4th Tuesdays. Call Jane Hope, Alzheimer Society of BC at 250-734-4170.

NORTH OYSTER HISTORICAL SOCIETYEngraved bricks fundrais-er. Info call Bob Handel at 250-245-0919.

Email items for publication to [email protected] with the sub-ject line containing "What's Happening". This is a free service for non-profit groups that runs as space allows. As we have pages of entries, publication is not guaranteed and copy is subject to edit-ing. Please keep length to 25 words or less.

Up Coming

CHEMAINUS GARDEN CLUB - meeting Tues, June 3, 1 pm, Calvary Baptist Church, 3319 River Rd, Chemainus. Linda Mimeault from Night Song Farm will be presenting “Edible Flowers”. Guests welcome, door prize,

brag table. $2 drop-in fee. $15 yearly membership. Last meeting until September. Come see what we are all about! More info 250-246-1207.

HIGH STREET OPEN MIC/ COFFEEHOUSE - 232 High St, Sat, May 31 7 pm. Come, enjoy the last one of the season! Entertain or be entertained.

LADYSMITH CAMERA CLUB - interactive still-life workshop with Sean Sherstone, awarding-winning Ladysmith photographer. Photography equipment will be provided, but attendees can bring their own objects to shoot! Tues, May 27, 7 pm, in Hardwick Hall, High St at 3rd Ave in Ladysmith. Everyone welcome. Non-members $5 drop-in fee. LCC invites new members, novice to pro. www.

LadysmithCameraClub.com

PLEASE SUPPORT LSS GRAD CLASS OF 2014 - The LSS grad class of 2014 has an account set up at Junction Bottle Depot. Please drop off your bottles and request the funds be deposited into the LSS Grad 2014 account or call a grad and they will be happy to come pick them up.

LADYSMITH, LRG Bright 1 bdrm, level entry, 5 min. fr. everything. W/D, D/W, N/S. $650. Available June 1, 250-210-0765

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APPLIANCES

APT. SIZE deep freeze $125. White 18cu ft fridge, $300. Al-mond 15cu ft fridge, $150. White 30” range, $175. 30” al-mond range, $125. White 30” propane stove, $150. Black 30” range, $200. Kenmore Washer dryer sets, $200-$350. Washers $150-$250. Dryers $100-$150. Built-in dishwashers $100-$150. White portable dishwasher $100. 6 month warranty on all appliances. Please call Greg at (250)246-9859.

FURNITURE

QUEEN MATTRESS SET: Brand New Pillowtop style. $200. 250-713-9680


FURNITURE

ROXTON, CANADIAN made lrg oval maple pedestal table, 65” plus leaf exc. cond. $1,025. Lrg chesterfi eld/love-seat/chair $1,000. Lrg Qn headboard & armoire, $600. Lrg computer desk $95. Offi ce chair $75. Recliner/rocker $250. All OBO. Call 250-746-0958

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

KILL BED bugs & their eggs! Buy Harris Bed Bug Killer Complete Treatment Program or Kit. Available: Hardware Stores, Buy Online: homedep-ot.com

KILL ROACHES! Buy Harris Roach Tablets. Eliminate bugs- guaranteed. No mess, odorless, long lasting. Available at Ace Hardware & The Home Depot.

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Ladysmith Press940 Oyster Bay DriveOpen Mon. - Fri. 9 - 5

Raleigh bike $150. Stainless tool box $250. Upright Grand vintage piano $395. Call (250)245-0295.

SAWMILLS FROM only $4,397 - 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.

MISCELLANEOUS WANTED

FIREARMS. ALL types want-ed, estates, collections, single items, military. We handle all paperwork and transportation. Licensed Dealer. Please call 1.866.960.0045 or visit us on-line: www.dollars4guns.com.

REAL ESTATE

DUPLEX/4-PLEX

Both sides of legal duplex. Just steps to downtown, park and bus. Live in one side, rent the other. 2 BD, 1 BA each side. Large corner lot. Move-in ready. $259,900. 1-250-383-1500 Michelle Harrison,Cold-well Banker Slegg Realty.

FOR SALE BY OWNER

BEAUTIFULLY MAINTAINED 1 bdrm park model home in Chemainus Gardens. One of the best lots in the Park. Pets ok. $89,600. (250)416-5278.

REAL ESTATE

HOUSES FOR SALE

MAPLE BAY: Stunning 5 BR Tuscan-style villa, rich in artis-tic design & detail. Overlook-ing Maple Bay & Salt Spring Island. Private, park-like set-ting. Fabulous terracing and Mediterranean gardens. www. thearthouseatmaplebay.com

MOBILE HOMES & PARKS

Ladysmith: 14 x 70, 3 bdrm mobile home in Timberland Park. Asking $25,000 as is. See management at #43. Phone 250-245-3647.

RENTALS

APARTMENT/CONDO

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

LADYSMITH: BAY Ridge Apartment. Senior block 53+, 2 bdrm well maintained, 1000 sq.ft., upgraded. New carpets, re-painted. N/P, N/S. Off street parking, $800/mo + hydro. 250-758-5816.

LADYSMITH: NEWLY reno’d 2 bdrm, bright, clean, nice patio, inclds W/D hookup, $695. May 1. 250-245-5251.

LADYSMITH very close to downtown. Quiet, 1180 s.f. 2 baths, d/w, nice electric f/p, w/d, fenced, 2 dogs or cats al-lowed, town utilities included, $850/mo. avail. June 16. Call Catrina 250-245-5318

Meicor PropertiesChemainus: Lockwood Villa. Well kept bldg, 1 bdrm $625 incl heat & hot water, available now. N/S, 1 small pet wel-come. 250-246-1033.


Meicor PropertiesLadysmith: 1 bdrm $700/mo. Available now. Includes heat & hot water, small pets OK. 250-924-6966.


COMMERCIAL/INDUSTRIAL

Commercial space available at Timberlands Mobile Home Park, 3581 Hallberg Rd. Suitable for restaurant or small grocery. Call 250-245-3647.

COOMBS AUTO Mall- (Alber-nie Hwy) 1248sq ft, commer-cial/retail. $850+ utils & gst. Bob, 250-248-1072 or 250-752-3090.

COTTAGES

QUALICUM FURNISHED 1 bdrm - w/pull out sofa in living room on oceanfront. Avail June 1 - Aug 31. $1000/wk (6 nights). Call 250-752-5063

DUPLEXES/4PLEXES

RENOVATED, 3 bed 2 bath, in town, fridge/stove, N/P, ref. req., 1150 plus util., 754-9279

HOMES FOR RENT

COLLEGE HEIGHTS: Ocean and city view. has 2 suites; one 4 B/R and one 2 B/R. Suits 2 families, Also 3 B/r house in Ladysmith with 1 B/R suite. 250-753-0160.

RENTALS

HOMES FOR RENT

ALL PROPERTIES RENTED

WANTED Quality Rentals to add

to our Property Management Portfolio

JOHN BOOTH250-245-2252Royal LePage

Property Managementwww.royallepagenanaimo.ca

528 1st Ave. Ladysmith, BC

OFFICE/RETAIL

700 sq.ft. newly reno’d offi ce space (2 offi ces with bright re-ception area), in modern build-ing, highway exposure in Duncan area. Avail immed. Call 1-250-658-4336.

SUITES, LOWER

LADYSMITH: 1 bdrm, private patio/entr, shared laundry 4 appls, N/S, N/P, $750 incl. utils & internet. Avail June 1st 250-245-5007.

LADYSMITH: GROUND fl oor, 1 bdrm bsmnt suite, in de-sirable area on quiet no through street. Sep. entrance, priv. yard backing onto creek. N/S, N/P. $650/mo + $50 utils. Dam dep, ref’s req’d. Avail June 1st. (250)816-2395.

TRANSPORTATION

AUTO ACCESSORIES/PARTS

AUTO FINANCING


8’10” PIONEER Truck/ Camp-er. Propane stove & oven, Hy-draulic jacks. $3100. Please call (250)743-5827.

TRANSPORTATION


‘97 SOUTHWIND STORM. 34ft Class A Gas GM 65,000miles, big slide A/C’s. Level-ers, generator set, queen bedwalk around. Too much to list.Come & look. PRICE RE-DUCED! 778-455-4589

SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES

2004 Volkswagen Touareg-Beige, V8, All-wheel driveVolkswagen Touareg, leatherinterior, auto transmission, VWtrailer package for towing,newer brakes & tire sensors,extremely well maintainedclean vehicle, amazing saferide in all conditions, heatedseats, censored wipers, air,amazing sound system, plusmany more extras. Locallypurchased and serviced. Re-duced to $11,500. Call John250-816-7368.

MARINE

BOATS

25’ CATALINA Quality Fixed keel sailboat. $10,200. Also,available 2 small out board,$380 each. Call (250)743-5827.

2858 BAYLINER Ciera, boat-house kept, all bells/whistles,low hours, quality boat, pos-sible smaller trade, reduced to$40,000. 250-745-3700.

GARAGE SALES

SHELL BEACH- 11695 Fair-tide Rd, Sat, May 31, 9-3pm. GIANT DOWNSIZING SALE! Sports, marine, fi shing equip, 100’s unique outdoor items, tools, neat stuff for the whole family!

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- BUYING -- RENTING - - SELLING -

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• If you see teens running around town with guns, don’t be alarmed — it is just the Ladysmith Sec-ondary School grad class Shoot to Kill event!

The event is or-ganized by several grads.

Participants are giv-en a student’s name and have to attempt to shoot them with a water gun. When suc-cessful, they then get that person’s target, and it continues until the last man/woman is standing and de-clared the winner!

There are rules in-volved to keep every-one and everything safe — no one is al-lowed to be shot at while driving, work-ing or volunteering,

25 minutes before or 15 minutes after school, on school property or anywhere indoors. • Starting Tuesday,

May 27, crews will be working on installing a new sidewalk and road widening on the east side of Willow Street in Chemainus between Alder and Laurel streets.

People are remind-ed to watch for flag-gers. Single lane al-ternating traffic and possible road clo-sures for short peri-ods of time.

The road work is expected to last for approximately three weeks and will take place between 7:30 a.m. and 5 p.m.• The Chemainus

Secondary School

Concert Band will be performing on the bandshell at Water-wheel Park Wednes-day, May 28 between noon and 12:45 p.m.• Victoria multi-in-

strumentalist Doug Farr — he plays pia-no, vibes, bass, guitar, harmonica and bon-gos, and is currently studying the flute

— will perform jazz standards and blues with his quintet at the Crofton Hotel Pub at 1534 Joan Ave. in Crofton Sunday, June 1 from 2 to 5 p.m.

Admission is $10. Call 250-324-2245 for more information.• The Ladysmith Ma-

rina is hosting a ma-rine garage sale Sat-urday, June 7 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. to raise money for Royal Ca-

nadian Marine Search and Rescue Unit 29.

There is a $5 seller fee per table/space, and sellers are asked to bring their own table or tarp. All sale items must be ma-rine-related, and no hazardous materials will be accepted.

Hot dogs, chips, pop and coffee will be sold.

Sign up with the crew in the Marina Office or call 250-245-4521.• The Ladysmith an

District Marine Res-cue Society invites everyone to attend the Dedication Cer-emony of its new fast rescue vessel sta-tioned in Ladysmith.

This dedication will take place on Satur-day, June 7 at 11 a.m. during the Ladysmith Maritime Heritage Festival hosted by the Ladysmith Mari-time Society. • Ladysmith Family

and Friends (LaFF) will hold its Annual General Meeting and

Volunteer Apprecia-tion Event Wednes-day, June 11 at 6:30 p.m. upstairs at the Ladysmith Maritime Society’s Welcome Centre.

On the agenda: the unveiling of “The Story of LaFF” drawn documentary, vol-unteer appreciation, refreshments, and voting in a new LaFF board. For more in-formation, contact [email protected] or 250-210-0870.• We’ve heard from

Jeanne Ross at the Chemainus and Dis-trict Chamber of Commerce that Art-Beat will be back this summer, although there will only be four events — July 11, July 25, Aug. 8 and Aug. 22.“Thank you to

Kathy Wachs and the Chemainus Valley Cultural Arts Society for keeping the beat going,” Ross states in the Chamber’s week-ly newsletter.


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17 Buller StreetAsking $279,000

C2 Zoning - right down town. Up-dated 3 bedroom home with onebedroom suite. Good income.

25 French StreetAsking $239,900

Cozy character downtown Ladysmith3 bdrm 2 bath home,plenty of updates. Walking distance C2 zoning

1020 4th AvenueAsking $239,900

Large 4 bedroom character, 2 baths, large level lotwith alley accessGas furnace & hot water

316 Dogwood, well priced at $269,000“SUNNY DISPOSITION!”

Large family home with plenty of room for every-one. 4 bedrooms, 3 baths, largefenced yard and garden area.

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Restoring a rare Mustang to magnifi cenceEverybody remembers their first car but very few people hold onto that set of wheels long into adult life.Tsawwassen resident Laura Ballance still has her 1967 Ford Mustang T5 but it has not turned a tire in years and has fallen into a state of disrepair.The public relations executive’s passion for automo-biles began at an early age, growing up in a house-hold with a father who was very interested in cars and particularly the Ford marque. By age four, she already knew what a Ford Mustang was and, as she approached 16, she wanted to own and drive one.

“In the mid-80s my father and I started looking for

a Mustang to restore together and in 1986 I found a ‘67 Mustang in the local paper,” says Laura, the pres-ident of the Laura Ballance Media Group.“The next day, we went to Surrey to look at the ‘67 notchback

that was for sale for $600. My dad negotiat-ed it for $450

and we began working nights and weekends restoring it. My dad was not a body man or mechanic and was self-trained but was handy, so we figured it out as we went along. “I spent many hours passing tools to my dad as he worked on the car. It is some of the best hours of my life, true quality time with my dad. I official-ly received the car as a graduation present.” Laura drove the car throughout grade 11 and 12 and during her early years as a journalist.“Eventually I purchased a new car and my Mustang went into storage as old cars often do. I got married, had children and a 1967 Mustang wasn’t conducive to car seats and strollers. “The 50th anniversary of the Mustang coincides with my oldest daughter receiving her driving license in 2014, so for the past five years I’ve been looking for someone or a compa-ny to restore my Mustang.”One of her clients, Jason Heard, of the Vancouver Classic Car Show and Sale, recommended 360 Fabrication in Abbotsford. The boys at 360 are now working their magic on this rare car and Laura will

get her wish to parade the beauty at upcoming Mustang 50th anniversary celebrations.The car will have its grand unveiling at the Vancouver Collector Car Show and Auction at the Pacific National Exhibition grounds in June.Over the next few weeks, we will reveal that this is not just any Mustang (one of only 453 built in 1967) and walk you through its restoration pro-cess. One that is a daunting experience for many seasoned car collectors let alone a proud mother with a passion for her old car. The world of automo-tive restoration is fraught with prob-lems; the one that comes to mind is the final invoice. An old rule of thumb for the realists has been to get an estimate and then double or triple it!

We will see how this exciting project plays out between now and mid-June.

Nigel Matthews is the director of sales and marketing for Hagerty Insurance Canada. [email protected]

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