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A crowd of onlookers gathered at Fisherman’s Wharf in Ladysmith Wednesday, Jan. 30 to witness the Tedora’s return to the sea after six years on dry land. It was a milestone in a lengthy restoration project

by Michael Schaefer, who has been working on the 13-ton classic wooden boat for nearly a decade. To find out about the boat’s colourful history and how it ended up in Ladysmith, please turn to page 3.

Cancer Society closing Ladysmith office Nick Bekolay THE CHRONICLE

T h e B . C . a n d Yu k o n division of the Canadian Cancer Society (CCS) has decided to close its Ladysmith office effective March 31, leaving the office’s volunteer staff scratching their heads as to how logical a decision that might be.

Janice Grinnell said she’s volunteered with the local CCS office for the last 19 years. She now serves as

its president. Her husband Don has served as treasurer for seven years. The Grinnells said the CCS will save no more than $5,500 per year by closing the Ladysmith office, a sum readily offset by the value of donations the society will lose without volunteers on staff to receive donations in person or to organize local fundraising ventures.

The Ladysmith CCS office processed close to $69,000 in 2012, Don said.

A c c o r d i n g t o P e t e r ies of Ladysmith, and is closure Monday, Jan. 28, to Barbara Kaminsky, Kingston, the vice-pres- not necessarily dependent one week prior to World CEO of the CCS B.C. and ident of operations for on having a physical office Cancer Day. CCS adminis- Yukon division, Don prothe CCS B.C. and Yukon location, which incurs rent trators, including regional tests the closing of the division, this represents expenses in addition to director Kathy Ilott and Ladysmith and Qualicum/ revenue generated by vol- other district-wide expens- Kingston advised volun- Parksville offices — the unteers working in the es,” he said, adding the teer staff of the closure in CCS’s Qualicum Beach and community, not just out of lease for the Ladysmith person.

Whitehorse, Yukon offices the unit office, as well as office is approximately I l o t t a n d K i n g s t o n are also slated for closure CCS staff in the Vancouver $5,000 annually, but there advised the volunteers —reminding Kaminsky that Island regional office, sup- are more costs that make that local donors would be the Ladysmith office was ported by the division up running any office able to continue to donate founded in 1946. office in Vancouver. across the division. in person by visiting the Don challenges the sug“This revenue is produced Volunteer staff at the CCS’s Nanaimo office, Don gestion that donations be by many project teams, Ladysmith CCS office — said, or donate by phone submitted at the Nanaimo spanning a geographic Don and Janice included or online. office or online, advising See Volunteer-run Page 3 area beyond the boundar- —learned of the impending In a letter addressed

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Volunteer-run office will close its doors March 31

Tedora, a century-old classic wooden boat recently restored by its owner Michael Schaefer, is pictured inside the Ladysmith Maritime Society’s Heritage Boatworks before making its long-anticipated return to NICK BEKOLAY/CHRONICLE the water Wednesday, Jan. 30 at Fisherman’s Wharf.

Restored rum runner returns to the high seas

Nick Bekolay THE CHRONICLE

A crowd of onlookers gathered at Fisherman’s Wharf Jan. 30 to witness the Tedora’s return to the sea after six years on dry land.

The 13-ton classic wooden boat, newly restored by its owner Michael Schaefer, was lowered onto a specially designed trailer, gently extracted from the narrow confines of the local boat works and ferried through town to the docks. The procession marked a significant milestone in Schaefer’s lengthy restoration project undertaken nearly a decade ago when he took possession of the boat.

“I bought it in 2004,” Schaefer said, “and ever since then, we’ve been working on it.”

Schaefer committed himself to a 10-year plan for the restoration, funding the venture entirely by himself.

Nine years later, his project is nearing completion. Schaefer’s ark is a year shy of its 100th birthday, but he has no doubts as to its seaworthiness.

“This is a full-on rebuild of a hundred-year-old boat,” Schaefer said.

“If there was anything that was questionable, we went ahead and replaced it. Everything we did, we did to a pretty high standard. We didn’t cut any corners on materials.”

Over the course of the restoration — the last stages of which were carried out in the

Shipwright Eric Sandilands, left, and Michael Schaefer aboard Tedora following its return to the sea.

Ladysmith Maritime S o c i e t y ’s H e r i t a g e Boatworks — Schaefer replaced 42 planks and 52 ribs, the wheel house, the rub rails, half of the boat’s deck, and the engine.

The makeover led to a handful of unexpected discoveries, Schaefer said. When he brought the original portholes to Smith Bros. Foundry and Machine Works in Victoria for refurbishing, the man behind the service counter recognized how rare they were.

“The man I was talking to was Paul Smith, the grandson of the original foundry owner” Schaefer said. Smith suspected the portholes had originally been forged by his foundry a century ago, suggesting they may still have the mold in storage in their attic.

“Sure enough, we went upstairs and he had the original mold,” Schaefer said. “He said

‘These are very unique.

We’re the only ones that actually made these.’ It was 100 years of history coming full circle.”

A mention of the restoration in a boating magazine led to a second random connection being forged between Schaefer and John Chesterfield, the original owner’s grandson.

“A gentleman in Washington State happened to read it and he put two and two together and said ‘that’s my grandfather’s boat,’” Schaefer said. “He got in touch with us and we’ve been corresponding ever since. I’m hoping to have him come up here at some point to take a ride on his grandfather’s boat.”

Schaefer has yet to finish the woodwork and upholstery in the cabin’s interior. He plans to finish off the restoration by May 2014, in time for the 100th anniversary of the boat’s launch and the

beginning of the wooden boat show circuit.

Schaefer said the restoration wouldn’t have been possible without the guidance of local shipwright Eric Sandilands.

“He’s my friend and boat builder,” he said.

“If I didn’t have Eric behind me guiding me along, I wouldn’t have taken on this project.”

The boat itself has a long, colourful history.

“She was built in 1913,” Schaefer said, “and launched on May 9, 1914.”

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by Donald Robertson, a “pattern maker” who emigrated from Scotland to Canada in 1903, the boat was originally intended for pleasure use.

Robertson dubbed the boat Elmera, Schaefer said, after “a flower that only grows on the Coast Mountains here in B.C.” At some point in the boat’s history — “I haven’t determined when yet,” Schaefer added — its name was changed to Tedora.

“I’m thinking of rechristening it Elmera Tedora,” Schaefer said.

“The name pays homage to its roots and its history here on the coast.

It was a forestry boat for about 20 years. It would’ve been used to take guys to and from camp up and down the Coast. I’ve had a couple of old-timers come through and say ‘I know this boat, it’s a rum-runner.’ It’s possible. It’s certainly big enough and it’s from the right era.”

From Page 1 Kaminsky that “the idea of online donations is completely foreign to most seniors” and that most donations submitted in-memoryof are “made by seniors who will not be able or inclined to travel to Nanaimo.”

In addition, Don suggests in the letter that the CCS revise its mission statement and substitute “volunteers” with “paid employees” — the CCS refers to itself on its website and in its mission statement as “a national, community-based organization of volunteers” —now that it’s advising the public to channel their generosity and services through offices staffed by paid employees rather than volunteerrun offices.

A look at the CCS B.C. and Yukon division’s T3010 return for 2012 reveals that it spent more than a third of its revenue on compensation for employees.

The organization reported $39.04 million in revenue and close to $31 million in expenses for 2012.

Thirty-four per cent of its expenses was spent on fundraising (the BC Cancer Foundation and the Terry Fox Foundation spent a respective 28 and 14 per cent on fundraising in 2012). CCS employed 144 fulltime employees and 133 part-time employees, dispensing $14.47 million in “total compensation for all positions” (37 per cent of total revenue) and an additional $1.98 million in “professional and consulting fees.”

In response to research conducted by Charity Intelligence Canada and published by the Vancouver Sun on Dec. 1, 2012, the CCS stated that average compensation for full-time employees was $78,854 in 2012. Their top 10 earners received a minimum combined total of $1.38 million in compensation in 2012.

It remains to be seen how much revenue the CCS will lose by closing its Ladysmith office, but a number of volunteers and donors have already decided to direct their service hours and donations to other charities.

Bill Rathlef said he’s donated more than $17,000 to the CCS via its Ladysmith office since 2001. Rathlef grows Christmas trees that he sells to the public every year, donating the proceeds to the CCS. Now that his local CCS office is closing, however, he says he’ll look elsewhere.

“Because it’s not local and I haven’t got my community contact,” Rathlef said, “I’ll find another charity.”

Nel Ford volunteered for the CCS’s door-to-door fundraising campaign last year, singlehandedly raising $1,800. Ford said she’ll continue to volunteer in the community because she enjoys working with seniors, but she will no longer con-

sider working with CCS an option.

The Grinnells referenced another unnamed donor who walked in the door last Thursday with a $500 donation in hand. After learning of the office’s closure, he vowed to take his donation elsewhere.

Regarding the relationship between volunteers at Ladysmith’s CCS office and the community, Janice Grinnell said the closure shows a disregard for the services rendered by service members.

“You don’t know how many volunteer hours it takes to make this happen,” Janice said, “and how many years it takes to put it together — to become that family friend.”

Kingston said the volunteer-run office would be closed for budgetary reasons, enabling the CCS “to continue to use our donor dollars to deliver our mission rather than continuing to spend it on additional rent space.”

Kingston said he informed volunteers of the planned closure Monday, Jan. 28, adding that “they were somewhat disappointed” by the news.

The Ladysmith office receives no more than a handful of visitors on any given day, Kingston said. As a result, office hours are limited to three hours a day, five days a week.

CCS offices traditionally served as an interface with the community, Kingston said, offering information and collecting donations from members of the public, but with the majority of the public now accessing CCS services through its website and by phone, foot traffic passing through smaller offices has been reduced to a “very small flow.”

Closing the Ladysmith office will not have an impact on services provided by the CCS to the public or the community, Kingston said.

“Most of our work is not delivered through [local] offices,” Kingston said. “Most of our work is involved in research and prevention initiatives and delivering services such as online and telephone information service.”

Other services provided by the CCS in British Columbia include volunteer driver programs and Camp Good Times, Kingston said, but “those things are typically organized by telephone. They don’t depend upon somebody walking into an office location.”

Volunteers with the Ladysmith office have been invited to continue supporting the CCS through its office in Nanaimo or by other means, Kingston said.

For more information on the CCS, visit www.cancer.ca or phone 1-888939-3333.

T3010 returns for registered charities are available free of charge through the Canada Revenue Agency’s website.

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New agreement between town and chamber focuses on business services

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the process in 2013) proThe $35,000 a year is the Information Centre,” she viding a business centre to service contract, and the said.

The Chronicle support new businesses in $700 a month to go toward During the meeting where T h i s y e a r ’ s a g r e e - Ladysmith and providing the lease payments is not council approved the new ment between the Town the town with an outline of new money from the Town, agreement, chamber presio f L a d y s m i t h a n d t h e the services to be provided explained city manager dent Rob Waters presented Ladysmith Chamber of • w o r k i n g c o l l a b o r a - Ruth Malli. highlights from the past Commerce is adding some tively with the Town and “The main service is the year and spoke about the additional business focus to the Ladysmith Downtown Visitor Information Centre, chamber’s plans for the the chamber’s work in town. B u s i n e s s A s s o c i a t i o n The Agreement Between (LDBA) to support existQuoted in the Chronicle the Town of Ladysmith ing and new businesses in and Ladysmith Chamber of Ladysmith “Some directors had some concerns about Commerce for Visitor and • liaising with the Town Business Services in 2013 during filming to manage capacity, but we’ve all committed to forge was approved unanimously communications with the ahead in the spirit of co-operation.” by council Jan. 21. local business community Rob Waters, Ladysmith Chamber of Commerce president The agreement states that • assisting, as and when the chamber shall, during requested, with the collecall businesses hours, includ- tion of business licenses in ing weekends as appropri- Ladysmith and the source of funding coming year. Waters says ate, operate and maintain a • co-ordinating workshops for that is the business the Visitor Information Visitor Information Centre. to support local business in licenses,” she said.

Centre was busy in 2012.

As well, during the year- Ladysmith The contract between “Our parties per hour were long term of the contract, In consideration for the the Ladysmith Chamber of up 18.3 per cent, and our the chamber shall oper- chamber supplying these Commerce and the Town total visitors at the Visitor ate and maintain informa- services, the Town will pay of Ladysmith is reviewed Information Centre were tion and support services to the chamber an annual every year to make sure up 12.2 per cent to a total for local businesses. This sum of $35,000, plus appli- it is meeting the needs of of just under 10,000 visiincludes: cable taxes. As well, the the community at this time, tors in the door this year,” • hosting speakers at Town agrees to pay $700 and the contract is renewed he said. “We hope to conmonthly meetings that (plus applicable taxes) annually, explained Malli. tinue the growth in visitors will support small busi- toward the monthly lease “The needs might change to Ladysmith in 2013. The ness capacity building in payments for the premises per year, but the primary chamber is very thankful Ladysmith occupied by the Visitor service of the contract for the financial support • working toward (starting Information Centre. each year is the Visitor from the Town, and it would

be virtually impossible to to a gentleman in the comprovide the level of service munity who has experience without the dollars from the setting up business centres Town.” in the past, and he’s agreed In speaking about the new to take that on.” agreement with the Town Waters says he will be that includes the operation introducing this man at and maintenance of support this week’s chamber board services for local business- meeting. es, Waters told council that, “We’re in the very early “2013 will be a challenging stages of researching what and busy year for our cham- we could include in a busiber, and the chamber board ness centre,” he said. “I’m is pleased to rise to the chal- quite excited to hear more lenge outlined in the new about his ideas.” agreement. Some directors Coun. Steve Arnett told had some concerns about Waters he has appreciated capacity, but we’ve all com- the initiative on behalf of mitted to forge ahead in the the chamber to work with spirit of co-operation.” the Town, the LDBA and Waters says everything the Stz’uminus First Nation that was in the previous around economic developagreement to run the Visitor ment.

Information Centre is still in Coun. Jill Dashwood also there, and there are a few had positive words to share additional items, which are about the joint economic business-focused. development meetings.

“The chamber certainly, “The spirit of co-operation over the last couple of yeas, between the LDBA, the has been talking about chamber and the Town and getting more involved in Stz’uminus First Nation, it a business focus,” he said. gives us all that feeling of “We approached the Town hope and working together about two years ago about and that there are solutions wanting to be partners with out there,” she said. “It’s a business focus. I’ve talked great to listen to each other.”

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Auxiliary surpasses $4M in donations Lindsay Chung The Chronicle

There aren’t very many areas in Ladysmith that haven’t been touched in one way or another by funding and support from the Ladysmith Health Care Auxiliary.

From the Ladysmith Community Health Centre and the Ladysmith Resources Centre Association to Ladysmith Secondary School and Ladysmith Parks, Recreation and Culture, the money raised by the auxiliary has a lot of impact on community members young and old.

And the Ladysmith Health Care Auxiliary members recently realized just how big that impact has been over the years when t h e a u x i l i a r y s u rpassed the $4 million mark in donations provided to the community.

This milestone comes at a time when two of the auxiliary’s hardest working volunteers — president Lil Kroll and Thrift Shop manager Deb Drysdale — are stepping down at the end of their two-year terms, explained public relations director Sandra Dall.

“It’s a good time to say thanks for the hundreds of hours they put in,” she said.

“It’s just mind-boggling, the amount of work they do.”

Since its inception in 1909, the auxiliary has donated more than $4 million to the community. Last year, the Ladysmith Health Care Auxiliary had the third-highest donations in the entire province, according to Dall. The auxiliary was also the top auxiliary for the number of Candy Stripers — which this year changed their names to Youth Workers.

The Ladysmith Health Care Auxiliary is a non-profit charity with a mission to raise money for equipment to be donated for use in health care facilities; raise and donate money or equipment to other health-related projects or life-saving projects; to provide services and assistance to people in need of health care due to

illness, injury, disease, aging or infirmity; to provide for upkeep of the Memorial Gardens at the Ladysmith Community Health Centre; generally, to do anything to assist health care facilities

Quoted in the Chronicle

“We rely on donations from the community, and we’re very grateful for the support.”

Sandra Dall, Ladysmith Health Care Auxiliary and home care providers to provide the best possible health care and comfort to patients and clients; and to promote community health and wellness by donations of money, equipment, assistance or education.

One hundred per cent of the net profits of the auxiliary are used for the benefit of the community.

Dall says the auxiliary raises the most of its money through the Thrift Store.

“We rely on donations from the community, and we’re very grateful for the support,” she said. “We would like to thank the community for their donations — we couldn’t do it without them.”

“We’re probably the best recyclers in town,” Dall added with a laugh. “We have members who fix things — they are just wizards and can do anything.”

The auxiliary also runs a gift shop in the Ladysmith Community Health Centre, but the bulk of the money the group raises comes from the Thrift Store, according to Dall.

“We have workers there seven days a week, including on Tuesday nights,” she said. “The workers there are just incredible. It’s a beehive of activity.”

The money raised by the Ladysmith Health Care Auxiliary goes right back into the community in the form of support for health-related projects, as well as bursaries for students who are pursuing careers in health-related fields.

Because Ladysmith doesn’t have an actual hospital, the Ladysmith Health Care Auxiliary donates funds to the Nanaimo Regional General Hospital and the Cowichan District Hospital and even paid for a room in the new emergency ward at the Nanaimo Regional General Hospital — and has made a similar donation at the Cowichan District Hospital in the past.

This year, the auxiliary has 245 volunteers, and 20 Youth Workers are volunteering.

To learn more about the Ladysmith Health Care Auxiliary, visit Photo Submitted www.ladysmithhealth careaux.ca or call 250- Ladysmith Health Care Auxiliary volunteers Deb Drysdale (left), who is manager of the Thrift Store, and Lil Kroll, president of the auxiliary, are both stepping down after completing their two-year term in office.

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Hancock hopes homes will attract families

Builder Todd Hancock applies for variances to build three new homes on three small lots on High Street Lindsay Chung THE CHRONICLE

Ladysmith builder Todd Hancock says he is trying to attract more families with his latest project.

Hancock has applied for a development variance permit for the development of three single-family residential lots at 517 High St. His application was approved by Ladysmith council on Jan. 21.

Hancock is proposing variances for three lots, which are each 278 square metres in size. One dwelling currently straddles two of the lots, and Hancock is proposing that the existing dwelling be demolished and that three new homes be constructed on the three narrow lots, which would require variances.

The lots are zoned Urban Residential Zone (R-2). The prop-

erties are narrow at 7.6 metres by 36.5 metres (25 feet by 120 feet), and to achieve one dwelling and one accessory building on each of the three lots, Hancock is requesting to vary the side yard setback for the dwellings from three metres to 1.5 metres, to vary one side yard setback for the accessory buildings from 1.5 metres to one metre, to vary the minimum finished floor area for the dwellings from 83 square metres to 71 square metres, and to vary the minimum horizontal building dimension for the dwellings from 6.5 metres to 4.5 metres.

The other regulations in the R-2 Zone have been met, and the proposed building height, at seven metres, is two metres lower than the permitted height, according to the staff report from Felicity A d a m s , t h e t o w n ’s

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Bara Fallows, who lives directly beside the property, spoke against the development during the Jan. 21 council meeting at which council discussed Hancock’s application. She is concerned that allowing this to go ahead would set a precedent in town.

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Fallows wondered if more people who live on High Street should have been consulted – not just the residents right in the vicinity of the proposal – and she also pointed out that the town is in the pro-

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house that is being rented right now and is in major disrepair. I do sit on some of the boards in town with the Advisory Planning Commission, I sat in on the Official Community Plan visioning meetings we had, so I have a feeling of what the town wants, and I’m just trying to provide some of that.”

Coun. Gord Horth supported the application, explaining that what Hancock is proposing fits better with “old town” than other examples he sees in other older neighbourhoods, such as Gatacre Street.

“I like the scale of it,” he said. “I have looked at Mr. Hancock’s buildings, and he’s a good builder. Staff has some control over things because it’s a development variance permit …

I think it will fit in.”

Coun. Steve Arnett was also supportive.

“The fact that this is a price point for attracting families into a town that is projecting a large population of seniors is one of the reasons I’m voting for it,” he said.

Coun. Glenda Patterson spoke against the application, saying that two houses would probably have appealed to her more than three.

“I know you do good work; I’m just not in favour of three homes on three small lots,” she said.

She was the only councillor to vote against the application.

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reproduced not only Hancock told counup and down High cil he has talked to 13 Street, but also along of the 18 people who Esplanade, and is that received the town’s really what the town notice about his appliwants?” he said. “I cation, and he couldn’t know the town is look- find anybody who had ing at the question of any concerns. affordable housing “The property in quesand low price points, tion is derelict; there’s but if you’re review- no fixing it up and selling the whole concept ing it,” he said. “I’ve of re-zoning, the issue got interest in them of these 25-foot lots already.” should be addressed.”

Hancock told counHancock emphasized cil he is proposing a that he is not asking for single-car garage in a re-zoning because the back of each lot the lots are zoned for and is asking for the single-family devel- variances to give each opment — he is just lot a little more room asking for some relax- at the back and encourations to be able to age the homeowners to build on the lots. park off the street and “I’m just asking for a into the lane. five-foot side yard on “I’m just trying to both sides, similar to clean that portion of what’s happened out the neighbourhood up,” near the soccer field, he said. “It fits right in similar to what’s going with the visioning and on in Cedarwood,” he what the people asked said. “Yes, I can respect for in the visioning that there’s going to be — they want density, three brand-new shiny they want smaller lots, houses in an older they want family-type neighbourhood; these homes. It’s close to houses are not going the schools, it’s close to be sticking up in to the trails, it’s close the air; I’ve squatted t o d o w n t o w n . I t ’s them down, the con- bringing three more struction’s going to be families to live in town quality.” instead of one derelict

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February is Heart Month in Canada, and this week, Wildflower Natural Health and Bliss Yoga are presenting a seminar that approaches heart health from multiple angles.

The Whole Heart Health seminar being held this Friday (Feb. 8) is being described as “an evening of information and events designed to shed light on the mysteries of the heart, just in time for Heart Month.”

“We aim to cultivate an interest in proactive and preventative heart therapies with four brief talks from our presenters, followed by four half-hour activities,” says the website.

“Participants will be able to choose to partake in two of the four activity options.”

During the seminar, which is sponsored by the Ladysmith Downtown Business Association, there will be four mini workshops.

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teacher Alison Miller and we thought ‘what will do a workshop else can you do besides about “yogic magic” — change your diet and go using breath and asa- out there and jog?’” nas (postures) which Swallow says the open the heart and free alternative health pracheart stress; while John titioners at Wildflower Carter, a diplomate of Natural Health look at oriental medicine, will what they are doing provide more informa- as bridging the gap tion about how orien- between mainstream tal medicine diagnoses health care and alterand approaches issues native health care. of the heart. Registered “We’re all just on the c l i n i c a l c o u n s e l l o r cusp of mainstream,” Sherry Bezanson will she said. “It’s a good share activities to iden- blend of mental, emotify and disperse stress tional and physical to reduce heart issues t h e r a p i e s c o m i n g before they become together — especially a health concern; and John’s oriental mediregistered massage cine is quite a different therapist and registered perspective on how the aromatherapist Marilyn body works.”

Swallow will show parOriental medicine, the ticipants how to learn use of aroma and masto blend some of the sage, and yoga have all essential oils used in been proven therapies aromatherapy which for a long time, noted bring the heart into the Swallow. equilibrium.

“I call it alternative “It’s Heart Month, so medicine, but it could we thought it would be be called complemena good time to do some tary medicine,” she said. teachings around the “It really does compleheart,” said Swallow. ment the mainstream, “There’s mainstream not just take away from i n f o r m a t i o n a b o u t it. It gives people more heart health, which is information so they generally about cardio- can have a more holisvascular health and diet, tic approach to heart

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The Whole Heart Health seminar takes place Friday, Feb. 8 from 6:30-8 p.m. upstairs at the Ladysmith Legion at 621 First Ave. Preregistration is optional by phoning 250-7145044 or 250-924-1024 or e-mailing wildflo wernaturalhealth@ gmail.com.

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An updated 14-page document issued Jan. 25 by the Chemainus Residents Association (CRA) makes the multi-pronged case for the preservation of Echo Heights Forest in its entirety as a public park.

Echo Heights Forest Park — An Opportunity for Sustainability presents the 54-acre recovering coastal Douglas fir forest as an ecologically important place. It points out preservation would be consistent with North Cowichan’s Official Community Plan and community goals. Attributes of the forest include its tourism, recreational and educational values, and enhanced property values. First Nations have historically placed a high value on the area.

Instead of mowing down almost half the area for 200-250 houses, as North Cowichan’s draft plan calls for, the report recommends that Echo

Heights be preserved in its entirety through a stewardship arrangement with a specially-formed non-profit organization, as has been done with Lighthouse Park in West Vancouver.

The report marshals evidence that North Cowichan does not need that land for housing, that it would not be in keeping with community goals and might not even produce the monetary gain the draft plan predicts.

Last fall, North Cowichan’s previous council postponed indefinitely consideration of the Echo Heights Comprehensive Development Plan after first reading. The present council has not yet resumed consideration of the plan, including holding a public hearing. CRA is concerned that Echo Heights’ fate might get entwined with council’s current budget deliberations.

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s of Monday, Feb. 4, pennies are no longer being circulated by the Royal Canadian Mint.

And as of Monday, businesses are being encouraged (but not required) to round the final price for cash transactions up or down.

Phasing out the penny is estimated to save taxpayers $11 million a year, but it may cause some confusion for business owners and customers alike.

As pennies exit circulation, cash payments will need to be rounded, either up or down, to the nearest five-cent increment. The penny will remain Canada’s smallest unit for pricing goods and services. According to the Royal Canadian Mint, pennies can still be used in cash transactions indefinitely with businesses that choose to accept them, and payments made by cheque or electronic transactions will not be affected at all.

Charities will continue accepting pennies, and we at the Chronicle will still happily take pennies off your hands to donate to the Christmas Cheer Fund through our annual Pennies for Presents campaign.

The first British large copper penny was struck in 1797, and Canada’s first penny was struck by the British Royal Mint in London in 1858.

The British Royal Mint opened a branch in Ottawa in 1908, and since then, 35 billion pennies have been minted.

Stacked up, they would be 52,600 kilometers high — the equivalent of almost 100,000 CN Towers. Side by side, they would circle the earth 16 times.

In 1858, the penny weighed 4.54 grams and was 25.4 millimetres round. In 1908, it weighed 5.67 grams and was 25.4 millimeters round. From 2000 until the last Canadian penny was struck May 4, 2012, in Winnipeg, the penny has weighed 2.35 grams and measured 19.05 millimetres in diametre.

During the first year the penny was minted in Canada in 1908, 2,401,506 pennies were struck. In 2011 (the most recent numbers available on the Mint’s website) 662,750,000 pennies were minted — a far cry from the highest number of 1,261,883,000 in 2006.

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annons will roar across the Inner Harbour on the morning of Feb. 12 to mark the opening of the 2013 legislature session. Lt.-Gov. Judith Guichon will inspect the troops and present her inaugural Throne Speech, setting out the B.C. Liberal government’s goals for the coming year.

This ritual will kick off a legislative session that is expected to run until March 14, where the official Parliamentary Calendar shows a three-week break for Easter. Debate is unlikely to resume in April, as the election campaign will be in full roar by then.

This means there will be a grand total of 19 sitting days to push through a budget and a raft of legislation.

Here’s my unofficial preview.

The pre-election budget will be presented Feb. 19 by Finance Minister Michael de Jong. Premier Christy Clark

has decreed that it must be balanced, and the government has made extra efforts to armour itself against what will likely be the loudest debate ahead.

First, de Jong held a prebudget meeting of the government’s blue-chip forecast council in public. This provided a visual record of what happens every year, when the finance ministry solicits the same sort of independent advice as most competent democracies, and bases its numbers on that. Then the finance ministry hired former Bank of Montreal chief economist Tim O’Neill, who will act as an unofficial version of the parliamentary budget officer in Ottawa. Now that we have simultaneous oversight of child welfare and the police, the next step is to extend it to finance bureaucrats.

Regardless of party, the government has to produce a three-year set of forecasts to replace the current one. A lot of election energy will go into competing claims about who is better at predicting

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Another new law to be given high priority is one setting up senate elections, to be run in connection with the May 14 provincial vote.

Alberta pioneered this, and Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s recent round of senate appointments included Calgary lawyer Doug Black, who won an Alberta senate election held last year.

There was no one appointed to replace Gerry St. Germain, who bid an emotional adieu as a Conservative senator for B.C. last year. St. Germain was instrumental in uniting the splintered federal Conservatives, but he reached the mandatory retirement age of 75, having been appointed by Brian Mulroney in 1993 after losing his seat as an MP. Why would this senate reform be so urgent for the B.C. Liberals now? Well, turnout for the 2009 election fell to around 50 per cent, a record low for a provincial vote. If that downward trend is reversed this year, it will

be in large part because people are still mad enough about the HST and a range of other issues to get off the couch and kick some B.C. Liberal butt.

Electing senators remains a popular notion, especially with older, conservativeminded voters in B.C. who identified with the Reform Party. The first-ever senate election looks like the best available shot at boosting turnout among people who are not likely to vote NDP, and who may also be disengaged from provincial politics.

And then there is the provincial sales tax bill.

Another kick in the slats for the movie business, for one, and don’t hold your breath for NDP leader Adrian Dix to produce a solution in the wake of his recent trip to Tinsel Town.

The performance of the governing party and the opposition will be scrutinized as never before.

Tom Fletcher is legislative reporter and columnist for Black Press newspapers.

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Government Contacts LOCAL: Rob Hutchins Mayor, Ladysmith 250-245-6403 rhutchins@ladysmith.ca

Editor: The North Oyster Diamond Ratepayers Association (NODRA) has embarked on a membership drive in CVRD Area H, North Oyster.

Speaking at the directors meeting, chairman Bob Smits announced that the drive would begin immediately and continue up to the Annual General Meeting in March.

“We want”, he said, “to be a positive influence on the community and especially want to see an ongoing dialogue with the entire community about how we can best afford and build a replacement fire hall. To that end, we have set up a community website at www.nodra.ca and a listserve to facilitate discussion.”

NODRA has a long history of advocating for community interests, including changes made to the Brenton-Page Road intersection with Highway 1 that caused the Highways Department to greatly extend acceleration lanes north of Brenton-Page Road and provide a turnaround at Cedar Road.

NODRA plans to bring in as many people as possible into a respectful, civilized discussion with each other about what can be done to modernize our fire hall and make it safe for our firefighters. “It’s time,” Smits said, “to put aside past differences and plan a way to make North Oyster safer.”

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It is time for local organizations to start thinking about applying for the Canada Summer Jobs program. The application period opened Feb. 1 and closes Feb. 28.

This year, Nanaimo-Cowichan will see a slight increase in funding up to $409,205.

Many local community organizations depend on this program to help increase their staff for the busy tourist season. And many students depend on the jobs and experience they gain to help them when they return to full-time studies or when they graduate.

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Success by 6 is encouraging local families to “Unplug and Connect” during the very first Family Day in B.C. Families and caregivers are being encouraged to step away from computer and television screens and away from telephones and read, play, talk, listen or sing with young children and family members for one hour on Monday, Feb. 11.

Success by 6’s Unplug and Connect campaign was born out of the unplug messages developed locally by Shelley Anderson, the central Vancouver Island co-ordinator for Success by 6, and the Ladysmith Early Years Partnership and the early years community in Nanaimo.

“Working with a lot of community stakeholders, we came to understand we’re seeing a lot of families who are simply not engaging their

youngest children,” said Anderson. “What we momentum for future years. were seeing in the community environment Ladysmith Mayor Rob Hutchins has prowas that families were not stepping away claimed Monday, Feb. 11 as “Family Day — from the phone and engaging with their chil- Unplug and Connect” in Ladysmith, to prodren, and children were on their Nintendo DS mote the importance of engaging families and other technological devices.” to disconnect from electronic devices and Anderson says that as children develop screens and connect with each other, and before the age of five, recognizing facial there are a number of Family Day activities expressions and looking someone in the planned in the community. eyes is critical, and some of that developLadysmith Family and Friends is hosting a ment could get lost if families are always Family Day dance Friday, Feb. 8 from 5-8 p.m. plugged in. at Aggie Hall.

“We thought it would be really wise to Ladysmith Parks Recreation and Culture encourage families to unplug and connect on is celebrating Family Day with a special our first Family Day,” said Anderson. “We’re Everyone Welcome Swim Monday, Feb. 11 suggesting to them to just take one hour away from noon to 3:30 p.m. at the Frank Jameson from all screens and be present with their Community Centre. families. We’re not saying technology is bad; B.C.’s Family Day will take place on the we recognize it’s a huge part of our day-to- second Monday in February each year. day lives, but you really need to be mindful When she announced Family Day, Premier and present and need to engage with your Christy Clark stated that, “Having our children.” own unique day in B.C. creates distinctive Anderson says the Unplug and Connect cam- opportunities for families and local busipaign developed here is spreading all through nesses. British Columbians will be able Vancouver Island and into the Kootenays and to enjoy all kinds of local attractions with the Okanagan, and she’s hoping it will build fewer lineups and less out-of-town traffic.”

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School district unveils logo Jenn McGarrigle

Ladysmith police briefs No thefts this week The Ladysmith RCMP detachment responded to 30 calls for service from Jan. 25-30.

There was one report of a shoplifting, which continues to be investigated by police, and one motor vehicle collision.

There were no break and enters or complaints of thefts from vehicles this week.

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Stuart said district staff, who are in the middle of a strategic planning process, should focus on what is happening inside the district before polishing up the exterior.

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Nanaimo school district’s new graphic identity is complete.

The new logo features a salmon, made from differentcoloured shapes, leaping over the words Nanaimo Ladysmith Public Schools — trustees decided last she added.

“Over the long term, fall that the name In September, the we believe it’s a strong School District 68 on district announced symbol that will be the old logos did not that it was working recognized,” she said. represent the district with Vancouver-based “We wanted to have a well. Some versions of I o n B r a n d i n g a n d fresh, bold look that is the logo also feature D e s i g n o n r e p l a c - representative of our the words “learning ing the district logo, innovation. Everyone together.” which was developed I’ve talked to likes it.”

“One of the big things in 1980 and was only The old logo includes it represents is diver- designed to represent the Bastion, a tree and sity, because many N a n a i m o b e c a u s e the numbers 68 and different shapes make Ladysmith was not yet people did not idenu p t h e f i s h , ” s a i d a part of the district’s tify with it or know Donna Reimer, dis- name. The contract what it represented, trict spokeswoman. with Ion was worth said Reimer.

“We wanted to reflect about $24,000.

Alexandria Stuart, what our district is The company con- a parent with one and what we’re work- sulted with several special needs child ing towards. We are focus groups, includ- in the district who a diverse community ing principals, trustees, expressed concerns that comes together to senior management, last fall about the cost create the best learn- parents and students of the project given ing opportunities we a n d t h e c o m p a n y the cuts that have hapcan for students.” came back with sev- pened in the district in Local schools have eral possible designs recent years, reiteratlots of connections to based on this input, ed her concerns about salmon and the use of from which the stake- the finished product. this fish also symbol- holder groups selected “My concerns about izes renewal and the their favourite design, the budget stand,” she nurturing cycle of life, said Reimer. said. “I don’t find the

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When Danielle Eastick first saw Jesse Winter when she was in Grade 7, she told most of her friends he was the guy she wanted to marry.

That was 1998. Fast forward to 2012, and Eastick (who now goes by the name Winter) married the man she’s been with since high school by the ocean on Saturday, Aug. 25. And the Winter wedding was as Ladysmith as it gets.

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“When I first saw Jesse, I said that’s who I’m going to marry,” recalled Danielle.

Danielle and Jesse officially started dating when they were in Grade 11.

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The Winters ‘wouldn’t have it any different’ From Page 12 around town for her work with Ladysmith Family and Friends, the town’s parks and recreation department and the Ladysmith Resources Centre Association, while Jesse, 28, is a teacher on call for School District 68. They both love Ladysmith and were excited to make their wedding as local as possible.

“We wouldn’t have it any different,” said Danielle. “Jesse’s lived here his whole life, and I’ve lived here since Grade 7, and it just made sense. Why wouldn’t we have it in our town we love and grew up in?”

Danielle and Jesse were engaged April 1, 2011, and they had a year and a half to plan the wedding.

“We tried to do a budget wedding and do a do-it-yourself wedding as much as we could,” she said. “We didn’t want to have a huge debt.

Because we had a lot of time, we could figure everything out. It was so smooth.”

In the summer of 2011, Danielle started working with a group of women who started planning the wedding.

“It was definitely getting a bunch of people on board, friends and family working together,” said Danielle.

During pruning season, they cut a bunch of willow branches that they later used to create decorations and centrepieces. Garage sales and thrift shops also played a big role in wedding preparations for Danielle and her friends and family, as they found low-cost wine glasses and teapots for their centrepieces that added a whimsical touch.

As the actual wedding day got closer, Danielle and her friends and family cut down flowers that were in season, such as sweet peas.

The Winters had 250 guests at their wedding, and they made all the food themselves, including 1,000 pierogies made by hand as homage to Jesse’s Ukrainian heritage.

The Winters had a large bridal party, with Jesse and Danielle and 11 bridesmaids and nine groomsmen.

“From our Grade 7 class, there were seven of us,” said Danielle. “We were really fortunate our very close friends could be part of it. It was very special.”

The Winters rented the trolley for their wedding, and Danielle says they were thrilled they could include it in their day.

“We said that, by far, was a party in itself,” said Danielle. “The wedding party was so huge, there was probably no other way to get around. It was

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For their wedding photos, the Winters went all around town to capture some of their favourite scenes.

“We did fun downtown pictures, like the chess set by the Old Town Bakery, and in front of the Travellers,” said Danielle. “Because our town’s so beautiful and heritage, there was just no question. There were endless locations, and we had to narrow it down or we would had been taking pictures forever.”

The Winters held their ceremony at the Transfer Beach Amphitheatre, and their reception took place at Aggie Hall.

“We felt we really transformed it,” said Danielle. “The hall is beautiful anyways, but it really felt like a wedding.”’

One thing they did was make 1,001 paper cranes for good luck and strung them up all over the hall and hanging from the centerpieces and flowers.

“It felt really special because everything was by hand, and it was our blood, sweat and tears,” said Danielle.

With so many bridesmaids coming from all over, they couldn’t get the dresses locally, so they had to order them online. But most wedding purchases were made in Ladysmith, including meat from Bouma Meats and cake from Old Town Bakery.

The combination of handmade touches that meant a lot to the bride and groom, friends and family coming together to be part of the day, and celebrating their hometown made the Winters’ wedding day extra special.

“People say it’s the best day of their lives, and it’s perfect — for us, it really was,” said Danielle. “Everyone was so happy.”

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It’s been a busy year for Lavigne, as he has added to his list of easy-listening recordings with Show Time, released in June.

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In 2012, Lavigne returned to shows and opera, performing in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat at the Chemainus Theatre Festival, Fallujah for City Opera Vancouver, and Rattenbury with the Other Guys Theatre Company in Victoria.

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Seventeen-year-old Capri Kodric, our Chronicle Athlete of the Month for January, scored her very first goal on Sunday, Jan. 13 after seven seasons with the MidIsle Soccer Club.

Kodric plays on the Ladysmith FC U18 Girls team. She is a Grade 12 student at Ladysmith Secondary School, where I caught up with her for a quick Q&A last week.

my teammates shot the ball.

The goalie deflected it, and it went off the goalpost and was running along the goal line. I just ran up and tipped it in.”

How many points have you earned through assists?

“I couldn’t tell you. I’ve lost count.”

How’s your team performing this season?

kind of getting hard now, so maybe biology or P.E.” What’s your favourite book or poem?

“I’m going to say Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher,” Kodric said, referring to the No. 1 New York Times bestseller. “Probably because I read it most recently.”

Where will you study next year?

“Good,” Kodric said, “We’re in fourth place.” (Eight teams play in U16/U17/U18 Nanaimo and District Youth Soccer league)

“ A t [ Va n c o u v e r I s l a n d University] in Nanaimo,” Kodric said. “I’ll start with a bachelor of arts, and after three years, I’ll go in for a bachelor of education.”

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W h a t ’s y o u r m o s t memorable soccer moment?

“I like it,” she said. “I want to be an elementary school teacher when I grow up.”

“Probably my goal,” Kodric said, referring to the goal she scored against Parksville’s Oceanside team. “I was playing midfield and one of

What’s your favourite subject in school?

“I wasn’t really planning on it,” Kodric said, admitting she might consider playing recreationally.

What position do you play?

“Forward and mid-field, but I did play keeper once this season because we were in desperate need. I took one for the team.”

One of Kodric’s coaches, Sean Tutte, shared some “It used to be English,” thoughts about our Athlete Kodric said, “but English is of the Month, as well:

“Capri will never be the fastest or most skilled player on the field, but coaches, we know that we can put her out there and she will always try her best,” he said.”This year, I would say that we have actually found her to be a definite ‘nuisance’ to the players on the other team — she may not run them down, but they always have to get around her, as she is usually in the right spot to make a ‘tackle.’”

“I believe all the girls like her, and there was not a player on our team that missed the fact that it was her who scored and what it meant to her and them,” he added, referring to Kodric’s goal. “In fact, the coach from the other team complained about the ‘over’ celebration, not understanding the ‘why’ of it.

“She was very happy about the goal, but other than a shy smile, there was not much of a hint, most likely not helped by the fact that she hit hard into the goal post when she scored.”

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The Ladysmith Secondary School 49ers basketball teams were in action last week. At left, Maddy Doyle dribbles the ball down the court during the Grade 8 girls’ game against the Nanaimo District Secondary School Islanders Wednesday, Jan. 30 at LSS. The 49ers played to a 41-30 win. The junior boys, pictured at right, didn’t have as much success in their home game on Jan. 30, falling 64-31 to Dover Bay Secondary School.

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A tiny medical device no larger than an eyelash may significantly reduce eye pressure in glaucoma patients and allow some to stop using eye-drop medications, according to year-one clinical trial results for the device. Results of the HYDRUS I clinical trial, which indicate successful control of eye pressure in all study participants, was recently presented at the 116th Annual Meeting of the American Academy of OphthalDr. Anita Voisin mology, jointly conducted this year with the Asia-Pacific Academy of Ophthalmology.

The Hydrus stent is one of several promising mini-drainage devices now in clinical trials in the United States and other countries. If future trials confirm micro-stents’ effectiveness, they could someday help protect millions of glaucoma patients from vision loss or blindness.

Open-angle glaucoma, the most common form of the disease, affects nearly three million people in the U.S and 60 million worldwide. Though it is a multifactorial disease, currently the only proven way to prevent vision loss is by reducing intraocular pressure (IOP). The treatment choices are effective but less than ideal, as some patients may not use eye drop medications consistently enough to control their IOP, while others simply don’t respond to the drugs. Surgical procedures to open blocked drainage channels or implant larger stents, which are used only for patients with advanced glaucoma, carry risks of infection, bleeding, deterioration of other parts of the eye, and vision loss.

In this particular study of 69 patients suffering from mild to moderate open-angle glaucoma, IOP was reduced to acceptable levels in 100 percent of participants after they received minimally invasive stent implant surgery. In 40 patients the stent was placed during cataract surgery, a procedure that also reduces IOP. Twenty-nine patients had the Hydrus stent placed without cataract surgery to assess whether the stent would be effective on its own.

No significant complications occurred in either patient group. At the six-month follow up, 85 percent of combined surgery and 70 percent of stent-only patients no longer needed eye drop medications to control their IOP. Reductions in IOP were consistent among all patients and remained stable at the one year follow up.

“So far, mini-stents appear to have important advantages in that they allow us to treat open-angle glaucoma at earlier stages and with lower complication risk,” said Thomas W. Samuelson, M.D., a glaucoma specialist with Minnesota Eye Consultants, who served as the HYDRUS I trial’s medical monitor. “If the devices can effectively control IOP over many years, it would be a real breakthrough in combating this blinding disease.”

Dr. Samuelson cited the experience of an 81- year-old retired neurosurgeon who had tried multiple glaucoma medications, then had a drainage procedure called a trabeculoplasty, but couldn’t achieve safe IOP levels. In 2010, the Hydrus was implanted in his right eye during cataract surgery, followed by the same surgery in his left eye a year later. A follow-up exam two months ago, confirmed that his IOP levels remained acceptably low in both eyes, without the use of eye drops.

A number of similar mini-stents, including the MIDI Arrow, Aquecentesis, and Transcend are now in development or clinical trials. The iStent was recently approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for use in conjunction with cataract surgery, and has been available for treatment in Canada for the past three years. All of the stents work by providing a new drainage channel for the eye’s aqueous fluid, circumventing the patient’s own clogged or blocked channels. They vary in design, materials and implant site within the eye. Despite encouraging initial results, it will be several years before the long-term safety, efficacy and durability of this treatment approach can be fully confirmed.

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The Cedar 12K is expected to draw more than 500 runners Nick Bekolay

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Mountain said he’s run 1,000 miles a year for the last 10 years, logging an average of five miles per day on training days. He’s run 13 marathons, one 56-kilometre ultramarathon and more than 40 FIRS races. Mountain has competed in the

Runners follow Cedar and Haslam roads south onto Adshead Road, turn around and retrace their steps back to their starting point. The course crosses gently rolling terrain east of the Nanaimo and Haslam rivers, challenging runners with lowprofile hills Mountain

l i k e S i d n e y ’s a n d the Courtenay half THE CHRONICLE marathon draw highIf you’re planning a calibre runners to the scenic Sunday drive Island from the Lower through Cedar this Mainland, Mountain coming weekend, you said. Unsanctioned may want to pack lawn runs are lower-profile, chairs and a vuvuzMountain added, but ela or two. Vancouver still draw runners from Island runners will as far away as Port visit Cedar Sunday, McNeil.

Feb. 10 for the Cedar According to Durkin, 12K, a 12-kilometre Olympic triathlete road running race Simon Whitfield turned Quoted in the Chronicle hosted by Nanaimo’s out for last year’s race Bastion Running Club. in Cedar, falling 25 The Cedar 12K, seconds shy of the “I just checked EventsOnline, and presented by the men’s course record we have 456 registered so far. I Va n c o u v e r I s l a n d set by Victoria’s Jim have three more mail-in entries Runner’s Association Finlayson in 2011. The and Adidas, is the here to key in, and we usually get women’s open record third race of the 2013 stands at 42:06, set in close to 100 day-of-race entries.” 2003 Frontrunners Island

by Lucy Smith, Race Series (FIRS).

Durkin added.

John Durkin, race organizer This year’s race is According to http:// expected to draw more racedaytiming.ca/ than 500 runners, says series, Ladysmith race organizer John Cedar 12K eight times described as “mean.”

Strider Pauline Naidoo Durkin. now, crossing the finThe Cedar 12K is one set a course record for “ I j u s t c h e c k e d ish line in as little as of eight races included women aged 65-69 in EventsOnline,” Durkin “51 minutes.” He’ll run in this year’s FIRS, 2010 by running the said, “and we have the race again this year, Mountain said. The course in 1:05:08.

456 registered so far. I he said, alongside six FIRS features races Registration for the have three more mail- of his fellow Striders. ranging from Sidney’s Cedar 12K is available in entries here to key Mountain described March 10 five-kilome- online until midnight in, and we usually get the Cedar course as a tre sprint to a half mar- Wednesday, Feb. 6 via close to 100 day-of- “challenging race” with athon scheduled for http://eventsonline.ca/ race entries.” “challenging hills” that Courtenay on March 24. events/virs/. Online A handful of local make runners work VIRA schedules two registration costs $25 runners will be among hard toward the end. races per month from for adults and $20 those turning out for The route is an “out- January through April, f o r s t u d e n t s . L a t e Sunday’s race. John and-back” that runs Mountain said, three of registration is availMountain trains with north from the North which are sanctioned able in person for a the Ladysmith Striders, Cedar Intermediate as part of the Timex fee of $30 for adults a “casual” group of School along Furn B C R o a d R u n n i n g and $25 for students. runners that routinely Road before looping Series. Provincially- Race-day registration convenes at Esquires back onto Cedar Road. s a n c t i o n e d r a c e s fees of $35 apply for all last-minute entries made at North Cedar Intermediate School at 2215 Gould Rd. in Cedar. Race time is 11 on the Regional a.m.

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Nanaimo-Ladysmith School District contemplating calendar changes Jenn McGarrigle BLACK PRESS

School officials are considering changing next year’s school calendar to have school start one hour later on Wednesdays and give students two extra days off to allow for employee in-service.

Deputy superintendent John Blain presented these proposals to trustees at the Jan. 23 business committee meeting, and the committee is recommending the district consult with the public on the changes, which could result in education assistants losing one hour of work per week.

The province recently introduced new legislation that eliminates the standard school calendar, reduces the minimum amount of instruction time slightly and makes districts responsible for their own calendars.

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school calendar require a 30-day public consultation, and the calendar must be finished and submitted to the

level.

Blain said it is hard for administrators and staff at a school to get together and senior

Quoted in the Chronicle

“We’re going to approve going out and talking to people about it.”

Jamie Brennan, school board chairman Education Ministry by the end of March.

The first proposal is to host two in-service days for all staff — on the first day of school, when students typically only attend class for about an hour, and the last day of semester one.

The second proposal is to start class one hour later on Wednesdays so that staff can meet and discuss teaching strategies, ways of dealing with individual students and any concerns they have at the school

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staff believe allotting the time for these discussions and collaborative work will boost student achievement levels.

The third part of the school calendar proposal is having education assistants start an hour later

on Wednesdays, sav- would entail. ing the district about “ We ’ r e g o i n g t o $400,000 annually, said approve going out and Blain. talking to people about “Ultimately, best prac- it,” he said. tice would be everyKelly Dunaway, genbody’s there,” he said. eral vice-president “But I know we have of CUPE Local 606, to deal with almost a said having education $5-million deficit com- assistants start work ing up for next year.” one hour later on J a m i e B r e n n a n , Wednesdays translates school board chairman, into a loss of about said he wants to collect 30 hours per year for feedback from staff on one of the lowest-paid how useful the first groups of employees in in-service day — held the district, and it will Friday, Feb. 1 — was cause considerable before determining if financial hardship for it is something trustees some members. should support again Excluding education next year. assistants from the Brennan is also con- Wednesday meetings cerned about the loss sends the message that of income for support they are not a valued workers that the third part of the education part of the proposal team, he added.

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IF YOU own a home or real estate, Alpine Credits can lend you money: It’s that simple. your credit/age/income is not an issue. 1-800-587-2161.

BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES

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GUITARS FOR sale. 1994 Ovation Elite Model 1768, made in the USA, asking $1300. Cort 12 string acoustic, like new with soft shell carry case, asking $550. Call (250)324-2991 ask for Rob.

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ELECTRICAL

APPLIANCES

1A ELECTRICIAN, licenced, bonded, Small Jobs Specialist, panel upgrades and renos. All work guaranteed since 1989.

Rob at 250-732-PLUG (7584).

APT SIZED deep freeze $125, 18 cu ft deep freeze $150, Maytag SxS fridge $300, white 17 cu ft fridge $300, 30� almond range $125, white 30� range $150. Kenmore full size stacking washer/dryer $250, Washer dryer sets $200-$350.

Washers $150-$250, Dryers $100-$150. Built-in dishwashers $100-$150. 6 month warranty on all appliances. Please call Greg at (250)246-9859.

HAULING AND SALVAGE

Delivery Guy

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DELIVERIES HAULING/JUNK REMOVAL MOVING JOBS WELCOME

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DROWNING IN debts? Helping Canadians 25 years. Lower payments by 30%, or cut debts 70% thru Settlements.

Avoid bankruptcy! Free consultation. www.mydebtsolution.com or Toll Free 1 877-556-3500

IF YOU own a home or real estate, Alpine Credits can lend you money: It’s That Simple.

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$1900 BURSARY

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

STEEL BUILDINGS/ Metal buildings 60% off! 20x28, 30x40, 40x62, 45x90, 50x120, 60x150, 80x100 sell for balance owed! 1-800-457-2206 www.crownsteelbuildings.ca

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ATTN: COMPUTER work.

Work from anywhere 24/7. Up to $1,500 part-time to $7,500/ month full-time. Training provided;

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ROOFING & SKYLIGHTS

PYRAMID CORPORATION is now hiring! Instrument Technicians and Electricians for various sites across Alberta. Send resume by email to: hr@pyramidcorporation.com or fax 780-955-HIRE.

INCOME OPPORTUNITY

EDUCATION/TRADE SCHOOLS

TRADES, TECHNICAL

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BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES

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MISCELLANEOUS FOR SALE

Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Coordinator Nanaimo, BC The BC Forest Safety Council is a not-for-proďŹ t society dedicated to supporting the forest industry in reducing injuries and fatalities in B.C. We strive for excellence in all aspects of our business and are deeply committed to our key beliefs.

Reporting to the Director, SAFE Companies you will provide leadership and management of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) and a broad range of communications support to the Council. This diverse role includes the management and support of the Council’s website, databases, and all server and network infrastructure, desktop infrastructure including all PCs, printers, MS Windows operating systems and PC-based productivity software.

In addition to a degree or relevant technical diploma, you have at least 5 years working experience and Microsoft certiďŹ cation. You also have expertise with major operating systems and Microsoft OfďŹ ce, website applications and database development. You are an outstanding problem solver, excellent communicator, and relish a fast paced work environment.

For more complete information and to apply by February 8, 2013, please visit the careers section at www.bcforestsafe.org Please send your resume with competition number 2013-01 to the attention of: careers@bcforestsafe.org

4-WHEEL SCOOTER Fortress 2000 series, complete with canopy & basket.

Blue, very good condition $1500. obo. (250)740-2763.

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25x24 $4,595. 30x36 $6,859.

35x48 $11,200.

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FOR SALE BY OWNER LADYSMITH (Davis Rd area) near golf course, shopping, private, ocean/mtn views, 1100sq ft, 3 bdrms, 2 bath, 2 F/P, in-law suite. $275,000.

Call (250)245-4155.

SIDE by side duplex, bare land strata, excellent revenue property only $389,900. 2 bedrooms, 1 bath, garage, covered deck and storage shed on one side; 3 bedrooms, 2 baths, gas fireplace, new deck and insulated workshop on second side. Level entry and infloor heat. Well maintained, new roof 2010 and many other improvements. A must see.

Call 250-245-0526.

HOUSES FOR SALE

REAL ESTATE

RENTALS

HOUSES FOR SALE

HOMES FOR RENT

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 250-745-3387 smartytwo@hotmail.com

HOMES WANTED

WE BUY HOUSES

LADYSMITH, 3 bdrm, Davis Rd area, private, ocean & mountain views, N/P, N/S, $1300 mo. Avail immed. Call (250)245-4155.

LADYSMITH: 4 bdrm house, close to all schools, incl. water, sewer, garbage. Hydro not incl. Avail. immed. $1000/mo + damage deposit. Leave msg.

Call 250-245-4869.

LADYSMITH, NEWLY reno’d, 3 bdrm Townhouse, 1.5 bath, close to school, priv deck, N/S. Avail immed, $950 mo.

(250)619-2914.

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WANT TO GET NOTICED? Prime retail/office space for rent in highly visible historical building on corner of First and Roberts in Ladysmith. 1,687 sq ft.

2 bathrooms, small kitchen, new flooring, A/C

Call: 1-250-616-9053

SEASONAL ACCOMMODATION

RENTALS

$449 CABO San Lucas, all inclusive Special! Stay 6 Days in a Luxury Beachfront Resort with Meals & Drinks!

For $449! www.luxurycabo hotel.com 1-888-481-9660.

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APARTMENT/CONDO 210 BULLER- 1 bdrm, $550.

Call Ardent Properties, (250)753-0881. www.ardentproperties.com 2 BED, F/S, DW, W/D, elevator, parking, storage, bike rack, garb/recy, Ref. Req. Avail. Jan 1, $850. Ph: 250816-9853

Call 250-245-2277

SUITES, LOWER LADYSMITH- 422 Davis Rd1 bdrm, $495 inclds hydro.

Call Ardent Properties, (250)753-0881. www.ardentproperties.com

SUITES, UPPER

Chemainus: Ashley Court.

Ground flr unit, 2 bdrm, 5 appliances. Small pet ok, avail. now. $775/mo 250-924-6966.

LADYSMITH: 2-BDRM, bright top floor. Available Feb. 1st.

N/S. $650/mo. 250-924-3349.

Chemainus: Lockwood Villa, well kept bldg, 1 bdrm Jan 1st or 15th, ocean view top floor $625, 1 bdrm Feb 15, $625 incl. heat & hot water, 1 sm pet welcome. 55 +. Call Karen 250-709-2765, 250-246-1033.

TOWNHOUSES

Ladysmith: 1 & 2 bdrm suites available, some ocean views, close to town, N/P, references required, call to view 250-2457191.

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

250-668-9086.

2 Bdrm townhouse for rent in Courtenay. 5 appls, 1.5 baths, carport. NS, NP, quiet and clean renter please. Close to shopping amenities, NIC and CFB Comox. Refs rqrd.

Available March 1st. $800/mth. 250-923-2557.

TRANSPORTATION AUTO FINANCING

LADYSMITH - Two bedroom, Top floor, in 3-storey bldg with elevator. Harbour view. Washer/Dryer/storage.

Walk to beach.

Small dog OK. $950/mo + DD and electric. *Available February 1st* Call Lindsey 250-816-9853

DUPLEXES/4PLEXES LADYSMITH- RENOVATED 3 bdrms, 2 bath, $1050 + utils.

NS/NP. Call (250)754-9279.

HOMES FOR RENT Royal LePage Property Management

Call Royal LePage 250-245-2252 Ladysmith: $699.00/month. 3 bdrm, 1 bath. All appliances included. No pets or children, 40+. Call Greg 250-245-0545.

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Up Coming BASTION CITY WANDERERS VOLKSSPORT CLUB invite you to a 6 or 10 km Ladysmith walk on Sat, Feb 9. Registration 9:45 am in the upper Coronation parking lot near Ricky's Restaurant, walk starts at 10 am. For infor, Ethel at 250-756-9796.

MT. BRENTON GARDEN CLUB - meeting Tues, Feb 5, 1 pm at Calvary Baptist Church, 3319 River Rd, Chemainus. Guest speaker Ron Derksen on Bonsai.

Guests welcome, $2 drop in fee. More info 246-4109.

LADYSMITH CAMERA CLUB - hosting a “Handson Shooting Workshop�.

Bring your gear and join us for some shooting practice on Tues, Feb 26, 7 pm, Hardwick Hall, High St at 3rd Ave in Ladysmith.

Everyone welcome. Nonmembers $5 drop-in fee.

LCC invites new members, novice to pro. www.

LadysmithCameraClub.com Recycle your old Christmas light strings. Contact ladysmith festival of lights at 250.245.5888 or ladysmithfol@shawbiz.ca

LDYSMITH 2 BR, 1 BA condo.

Fireplace.

Insuite laundry.

NP/NS, Ref required, Mar. 1, $850. 250-245-0576

Ladysmith: Gifford Rd., 2 bdrm, 2 bath townhouse, available now, N/P, N/S, $1000/mo.

Ladysmith: Symonds St., 4 bdrm duplex unit, close to shopping, N/S, N/P, available now, $1400/mo.

Ref’s required.

Ladysmith: Warehouse/retail space, 2000 square feet approx., Westdown Rd., available now.

Chemainus: View St. 2 bdrm ocean view duplex, f/s, w/d, n/s, n/p, $750/mo, available now, ref’s required.

Cassidy: Country setting, 2 bdrm mobile, f/s, electric heat, avail. now, $850/mo + util, n/s, n/p, ref’s required.

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CARS 2007 CUSTOM Chev HHR. Excellent condition. Loaded.

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LRCA FRIENDLY VISITOR/PHONING TREE PROGRAMS Now taking new volunteer signups for an upcoming training session. Improve quality of life for shut-in or isolated seniors by scheduled weekly contact.

Call Barb at 245-3079.

On Going LADYSMITH AND DISTRICT HISTORICAL SOCIETY - urgently requires volunteers as Museum hosts, also, the archives need interested people to assist with research etc. 250245-0100.

LADYSMITH SALTAIR

GARDEN CLUB Every third Thur at 7:30 pm, First United Church Hall, (corner of High St & 3rd Ave) with in-garden meetings June, July, August. Come& grow with us! New members always welcome. $10 membership, $2 drop-in.

LINE DANCING Chemainus Seniors Drop In Centre. Tuesdays, 10 - 11 a.m. Jo Kelly: 250-245-1185.

AL-ANON Meets Tuesdays, 7:30 pm downstairs at Ladysmith Resource Centre Association.

NARCOTICS ANONYOMOUS Meets Sundays, 7-8 pm Downstairs at Ladysmith Resource Centre Association.

DUPLICATE BRIDGE CLUB Meets Tuesdays weekly, 1 pm. Beginners welcome.

Town and Country Mobile Home Park. 250-245-4522.

LADYSMITH LEGION LADIES AUXILIARY Meets 2nd Wednesdays monthly, 7 pm.

NANAIMO-CEDAR FARMER’S INSTITUTE Cedar United Church Hall.

2nd Thursdays Oct. to June.

Visitors welcome. Info: 250722-3397.

PROBUS CLUB OF LADYSMITH (for information see www.probus.org), meets every third Wed morning of the month at the new Seniors' Centre Hall, 2nd Ave. and Buller St. Doors 9.30. No mtg. in August. Call Vince Devries 245-0907 or Don Fisher 245-5965.

LADYSMITH MEDITATION Drop in Wednesday nights, 7 pm., 281 Dogwood Drive. Meditation lessons, discussion & goodies.  Free.

250-245-4102. bjhiggs@ shaw.ca LADYSMITH HEALTHCARE AUXILIARY GIFT SHOP is in need of volunteer clerks for our shop at the Healthcare Centre. We are also looking for knitters to contribute to our shops. For more information please call Cathy @ 250-245-2240.

DO YOU WANT TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN YOUR COMMUNITY? Kiwi Cove Community Garden is looking for volunteers to grow organic produce for the Ladysmith Food Bank.

Please contact Bill Tilland 250-924-5269.

KINSMEN/BROWN DR. PLAYGROUND PROJECT HAS SET UP A FUNDRAISING ACCOUNT at the Junction Bottle Depot, on Ludlow Rd. in Ladysmith.

Take your empties to the

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LADYSMITH FOOD BANK Open Tues mornings 9 - 12.

630 Second Ave, Ladysmith.

LADYSMITH DOWNTOWN BUSINESS ASSOCIATION meets on the third Thursday of each month, 7:30 am upstairs at the Legion. This dedicated group of business owners discuss everything business-related in Ladysmith from partnerships with organizations, upcoming events, business strategies and tips, website performance and sometimes, a guest speaker.

CHRONIC PAIN SUPPORT GROUP meets 3rd Mon of each month 5:15-6:45 Ladysmith Community Health Centre - 1111-4th Ave, Room 101 www.chronicpainsupport.ca 250-667-5587 SING FOR PURE JOY! - meets on Saturdays, 7-8:30 pm in the 2nd floor lounge of The Lodge on 4th singforpurejoy@gmail.com or (250) 285-3764 STROKE RECOVERY GROUP: Survivors and caregivers meet every Thursday at 11 am in the basement Activity Room of Bethel Tabernacle, 1149 Fourth Ave. Programs include exercises and tips for managing activities. Call Ken or Flo 250-245-8199.

BINGO - LADYSMITH Every Wed - 6:45 pm, Doors 5 pm, St. Mary's Church Hall. Info call 250245-3079. Sponsored by Ladysmith Resources Centre Association CANCER SOCIETY The Ladysmith Branch needs volunteer drivers to provide transportation for Ladysmith cancer patients needing help to and from cancer-related appointments.

Volunteers needed for all aspects of the society's work. Weekdays call 250245-0671, 10 am - 1 pm.

HAR­VEST HOUSE FOOD BANK Chemainus. Friday, Info call 250-246-3455.

BINGO Chemainus Senior Drop-in Centre. Mondays, 6:40 pm.

Info: Murray 250-246-9968.

NEIGHBOURHOOD WATCH Volunteers needed. 250-2451118.

MEALS ON WHEELS Ladysmith meals delivered Mondays, Wednesdays & Fridays. Volunteer drivers needed.

Call Pearl: 250-245-3844.

CLUES ACROSS 1. Sleeveless Arab garments 5. Make somebody laugh 10. Doctors’ group 13. Afghan Persian language 14. Indian dresses 15. Publisher Conde 17. Loud noises 18. Threefold 19. 6489 Ft. Greek mountain 20. Holds outerwear 22. Expressed pleasure 23. Hawaiian floral garlands 24. Unhappy 26. Belonging to a thing 27. Tooth caregiver (abbr.)

30. A public promotion 31. Levels to the ground (alt. spelling) 33. Nursing group 34. Set aside for a purpose 38. Slightly wet 40. One of #1 across 41. Any competition 45. Verify 49. Lyricist Gershwin 50. Bangladesh capital before 1982 52. Potato state 54. “Weighing Gold� artist Gerard 55. Australian Racing Board 56. Type of health insurance 58. Pierce with a knife 60. Southeast Asia Treaty Org. 62. Outer garment storage room 66. Genus cuniculus 67. Speak 68. Language, a.k.a. twi 70. Smudge made by soot 71. Amber is one 72. Stand to hold articles 73. Midway between S and SE 74. Satiates 75. One who colors clothes

ANSWER to THIS WEEKS PUZZLE

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CLUES DOWN 1. Determine the sum of 2. Spoken in the Dali region 3. River in Florence 4. Plant fiber that makes rope 5. Spanning 6. 1978 Turkish massacre 7. Acid causing gout 8. Drops underwater 9. Midway between E and SE 10. Dwarf buffalo 11. Five iron 12. Valuable owned items 16. Small amounts 21. High, green or iced 22. 6th Jewish month 25. Macaws 27. Male parent 28. The king of molecules 29. Golfer Snead 32. Swedish krona 35. Express pleasure 36. Resource-based economy 37. A waterproof raincoat 39. Red China 42. Furnish with help 43. Criminal Records Office 44. ___ de cologne 46. Repeat sound 47. Stonestreet character 48. Baby cats 50. Sleep reveries 51. Ancient calculating device 53. Constitution Hall org.

55. Vipers 57. Plant structure (alt. spelling) 58. Gymnopedis composer Erik 59. A slab of lumber 61. Modern London gallery 63. Kiln 64. All right 65. Ceremonial staff of authority 67. Many not ands 69. Norwegian money (abbr.)

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Open Daily 7:30 am to 9 pm

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CHEMAINUS Next to the Ferry Dock Open Daily 8:00 am to 9 pm 250-246-3551

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