Ladysmith Chronicle, April 09, 2013

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Mid-Isle Soccer Club hosted its first annual five-a-side soccer tournament Saturday and Sunday at Forrest Field. The two-day tournament served as a fundraiser for the Mid-Isle Highlanders and saw a total of 28 teams — including five teams of adults — battle it out in friendly competition. For more photos from the tournament, please see page 15.

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Notable locals gathered outside the Chemainus Valley Museum (CVM) Friday afternoon (April 5) to break ground on the museum’s long-anticipated expansion. Norma Greer, a CVM “archivist, secretary and gopher girl,” said the addition will be completed to the lockdown stage “by the spring of next year.” Interior remodelling of the museum’s portion of the expansion is expected to be completed by 2016, Greer said, “by the 25th anniversary of the building of our original building.” The Chemainus Visitor Centre and its sponsor, the Chemainus and District Chamber of Commerce (CDCOC), will also call the expansion home. Greer said the Visitor Centre will be open “hopefully early next spring.” The expansion will include three floors in total, with the lowest floor consisting of a single room designed to serve as storage for the museum, Greer added, as they are “busting at the seams with stuff” and have exhausted their existing storage space as a result. The expansion includes an eleva-

tor, too, Greer said, to facilitate the relocation of items from the museum’s collection. Chris Dawes and Denise Sakai from Island Timberlands were on hand to assist with the groundbreaking, Greer said, in recognition of the company’s ownership of the land once designated as parkland by H.R. MacMillan. Eric Veistrup, president of the Chemainus Valley Historical Society, and Greer were joined by Sakai, Nanaimo-North Cowichan M L A D o u g R o u t l e y, C D C O C president Peter Matthews, North Cowichan Mayor Jon Lefebure and Mel Dorey, CVRD director for Saltair, for a ceremonial groundbreaking at the site Friday afternoon. Veistrup said they hope to start construction “within a week or two” in order to complete the building’s foundation “within the next two months,” prior to a slowdown for tourist season. Framing will begin in the fall, Veistrup said, “and by this time next year we should have the roof on our structure. That’s our goal.” “The visitor centre is now going to be part of our museum,” Veistrup added, “and we have promised them that they will be ready to See Construction Page 3

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