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Reports of wolf attack off, risk to pets not: P. 5

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Restrictions remain likely, but Ladysmith doesn’t rely on winter snowfall for its summer water supply John McKinley THE CHRONICLE

Special Ladysmith preschooler gets a special furry friend for life John McKinley THE CHRONICLE

The puppy lopes across the carpet towards her new friend, a golden, furry ball of warmth, wagging and wet kisses. The girl squeals in delight, hands clapping, a smile flashing underneath her brown curls, broad enough to light an arena. Diva and Eve-Lynne have just met, but this, like the movies say, looks like the beginning of a beautiful friendship. Ladysmith four-year-old Eve-Lynne Linden has omphalocele; she was born with her abdominal organs in a sac

Four-year-old Eve-Lynne Linden is all smiles meeting her new friend Diva. outside her body. The doctors told her family she was not expected to survive birth. When she did, they said she might live for six months. After 402 days at B.C. Children’s Hospital she came home. Today she is learning to stand with the help of a walker and eat some food orally, while preparing for kindergarten next fall. Diva is a gift, a present from a friendship born through many shared, fearful nights in that hospital. Coleen Fortner Moat is the mother of premature twins who bonded with Eve-Lynne’s mom, Janice Boley, during their mutual stay there. A dog breeder from the Kelowna area, Fortner Moat kept in touch with Boley through the internet. On Saturday they met face-to-face for the first time in three years, as Fortner Moat delivered

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Diva to her new best friend. Boley said her daughter and the labrador retriever bonded instantly. Fortner Moat was not surprised. “In raising labs, I’ve seen what type of work they’ve done as guide dogs for people,” she said. “It’s been proven that they reduce stress and promote the social interaction and encourage exercise. I just thought that with a child with disabilities, it helps them calm themselves and maybe will help her be able to deal with the challenges that she has to overcome.” According to Boley, Diva will eventually be able to sense when Eve-Lynne is about to have a seizure, or has lost a tube. She eats through a nasal tube and breathes with the help of a ventilator. see Donations on page 4

That dusting of snow that appeared on the mountains earlier this month got some water watchers excited. But not the Town of Ladysmith. The lack of snowpack that has communities all over the island bracing for a dry summer is largely irrelevant here, according to the town’s director of infrastructure services. The Holland Lake reservoir was full Jan. 1. The town can’t store any more water. Our current issue, according to John Manson, is not rainfall, nor snow- John Manson says the pack, it’s storage ca- Holland Lake reservoir is at full capacity. pacity. Conservation measures are — and will likely continue to be — necessary every spring until we raise the dam. “Holland Lake is at 500 metres. In the greater scheme of things that’s very low. We don’t typically rely on a lot of snowpack,” Manson said. “When you talk about snowpack, it doesn’t matter if we get less snowpack. It’s been a pretty average year for rain.” Raising the dam 1.5 meters as a way to increase storage is part of about $35-40 million in water system improvements staff feel is needed over the next 10 years. A majority of Town officials consider raising the dam to be our highest infrastructure priority. But provincial regulations governing uncovered community water supplies mean a $10 million filtration plant has to happen first. In the meantime, Manson said the town is ready for whatever Mother Nature brings this summer. As long as the rains continue, the town typically draws only from Chicken Ladder in order to preserve what’s in Holland Lake. Stocking Lake, our secondary source, was nearly full as well. see Water on page 4

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Words of wisdom to local walkers: don’t be cutting through the schoolyard — especially when carrying tools. Ladysmith Primary School went into lockdown last week when a man did exactly that. According to Ladysmith RCMP, at about 2:30 p.m., April 16, they received a report from the school about a suspicious male walking through the field. “Several children thought the male was carrying a knife,” Const. Tim Wang said in media release. “The school initiated a lockdown of the facility until it was deemed safe for the students to be dismissed. Fortunately a teacher confirmed it was a tool, not a knife the male was holding. “The RCMP would like to remind the public that they are prohibited to trespass (cut through) any school’s property while school is in session.

Thief robs craftsman

A thief didn’t just take tools from a local craftsman earlier this month. He also struck a blow against charity. According to Ladysmith RCMP, an unknown person or persons entered the backyard of a residence in the 200 block of Methuen Street in the early hours of April 7. Taken was a Rigid grinder, Porter Cable biscuit joiner, Shopmate drill and Makita drill. “The victim is a local unsung hero in Ladysmith and good Samaritan who often helps out various charities and volunteers his time,” Const. Tim Wang said. “The tools were used to make gift prizes for these worthy causes.”

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Ladysmith Family and Friends just got a huge helping hand for its efforts in giving kids a helping hand. The local support and learning centre for preschool-age children received an $11,000 grant this week from the Children’s Health Foundation of Vancouver Island.

Step inside the Baden-Powell bordello A closer look at Ladysmith’s houses of ill-fame and the women who lived there

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Frantic, disheveled and more than a little distraught, an Asian man burst into the Ladysmith police station needing help. Immediately. Earlier that evening he had wrestled a knife away from a belligerent customer who was holding the blade to his boss’s throat. Now the customer was back. And this time he was packing a shotgun. Police rushed to the business in the 300 block of Baden-Powell. The proprietor met them at the door telling them they were not needed. Not believing her, they pushed their way inside and found an inebriated man sitting there, cradling the gun. They arrested John Dougall for discharging a firearm. Such was life in 1911 at Big Lou’s, one of Ladysmith’s “houses of illfame.” The above anecdote — relayed by local writer and historian Ed Nicholson straight out of the pages of a 1911 police report in the Chronicle — is one of the most colourful, direct accounts uncovered by Nanaimo historian Aimee Greenaway during her research into the brothels that were a quiet fact of life in the early days of “Inmates of a house of ill-fame” in Victoria around the turn of the century pose for their mug shots. Historian Patrick Vancouver Island communities. Dunae said that the women would have to appear at police headquarters the day after a raid and typically did so in their If it hasn’t become clear yet, Lou- Sunday best. The photos would then be sent to the border guards. COURTESY PATRICK DUNAE ise “Big Lou” Hilgard, an Austraerine “Kitty” Burns, retired with her lian immigrant in her 30s, was the ers, or heads of their household — it off as the cost of doing business. According to Dunae, there were husband to a home on Buller Street. madam for a handful of prostitutes something somewhat unusual in 300 known prostitutes working Vic- “It was really important to me,” providing services to the men of and of itself in that era. Then they looked at the other resi- toria at the turn of the century, most Greenaway said. “I felt like I was Ladysmith back in its heyday as a dents of the house: Women? In their of them immigrants from Europe giving a voice to people that history coal port. Greenaway, curator of the late teens or 20s? Unrelated to the or the U.S. The numbers elsewhere has left behind.” on the island are uncertain, but It’s not clear how many other housNanaimo Museum, and Patrick woman in charge? Next, was there a man listed as a Greenaway has clearly established es of ill-repute were competing with Dunae, a history professor at UVic, spoke about the Bordellos of resident? Is he the only one, and is Nanaimo had a significant red light Big Lou for the custom of the sailors, district centred on a neighbourhood coal miners and more well-heeled Ladysmith and Vancouver Island his profession listed as a cook? Finally, you cross-reference any just north of the Bastion Street gentlemen of early Ladysmith. It is April 21 at an event hosted by the clear she was not alone. Ladysmith and District Historical of those names with police records Bridge. for being charged as a keeper of, or Their research only very recently A report by Ladysmith historian Kit Society. inmate in, a house of ill- turned to Ladysmith. Willmot in Ladysmith: 100 Years, Working together and repute? That’s because Big Lou and her refers to one in a cafe on First Avseparately, the pair has You’ve just discovered brood popped off the page. enue, another on a boathouse near pieced together an the picture a census of Greenaway said most women hid the smelter, and a third operated by intriguing picture of that era would paint of a their true profession on the census the Chinese near Stevenson Street. an industry that seembordello. behind euphemisms like hatmaker Nor is it clear exactly what ended ingly flourished behind Their work was illegal, and seamstress. Residents of the their run. The Depression and pubthe scenes on Vancousubject to fines, and the Baden-Powell Bordello are the only lic pressure certainly may have ver Island a century target of regular cam- people she’s discovered in all her played a part, but Greenaway has ago. paigns by social crusad- research actually listed explicitly as yet to find evidence in the public Historical research ers of their era. But they prostitutes. record. The last official references into the world’s oldest continued to thrive for at Her digging started out as an at- to Nanaimo’s red light district are profession is a tricky least 30 years, often with tempt to tackle a grittier aspect of from 1931. proposition. Big Lou the tacit and sometime Nanaimo folklore. It blossomed But for a lengthy stretch, there wasn’t exactly buying a half-page ad in the Aimee Greenaway complicit support of local into something more. She has made was money to be made on Vancouauthorities. it her business to find out what ver Island and Ladysmith was no Chronicle to promote For example, Vancouver became of the real people behind exception. her service alongside Island merchants were these shadowy census reports. She Police records show Big Lou paid the 1911 versions of doing big business selling discovered they trod no typical path. the fine for Dougall’s shotgun shePharmasave and the supplies to prospectors Nanaimo madam Minnie Clayton, nanigans at her establishment, lo49th Parallel. Dunae and Greenaway used a rushing off to the Klondike. Why retired as a wealthy property owner, cated midway between Third and unique profiling system to pinpoint give them a reason to shop in Van- with holdings in Nanaimo, Vancou- Fourth Avenue. ver, the Interior and California.One One is left to conclude he was a their suspects. First they checked couver or Seattle instead? The women would report for post- of her charges, Marguerite Morris, good customer and that was considproperty and census records looking for women older than 30 who raid mug shots dressed in finery and was murdered at the hands of a ered part of the cost of doing busiwere either listed as property own- pay their fines with a smile, writing mentally ill client. Another, Cath- ness.

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Water restrictions for May? conditions, the level of Holland Lake from page 1 Manson said he expects the only dropped to about 50 percent. Town to announce a comprehen- “We are one of the lowest consive schedule of water restrictions sumers of water. We’ve been leadby early May. It will be done in ers in terms of water consumption conjunction with North Cowichan, — way ahead for B.C.” The town continues to offer a reLake Cowichan and the Cowichan Valley Regional District in order bate program to encourage hometo make regulations consistent owners to install low-flush toilets. Low-flow washing machines are throughout the regional district. “The Cowichan Valley all got to- also encouraged, as well as paying gether at a staff level to co-ordi- attention to any water being wastnate the restrictions so it is consis- ed down the drain through regular day-to-day use. tent,” Manson said. Rainwater and gray water colEarly restrictions will likely limit watering to seven or eight hours a lection can help, but for Manson the biggest thing he encourages week, then escalate as necessary. “People don’t tend to water until people to watch out for is unnecJune anyway, so it’s more an edu- essary irrigation. “A good watering once a week is cational thing.” Manson said Ladysmith people better than a bunch of little ones,” continue to do a good job of conserv- he said. “Don’t just put your sprining water. Even with last year’s dry klers on and let them go.”

Donations still needed for training of the donations coming from the from page 1 Just as importantly, she will be there Kelowna area. Boley and her partner Roy Johnto comfort her new friend through tough times and transitions, like the son are grateful and touched by their series of surgeries she faces to cor- friend’s love and support, and by the rect her omphalocele and her kinder- support of complete strangers who have stepped forward to donate to garten debut, planned for this fall. In addition to Diva, Fortner Moat the campaign. has also started a GoFundMe site (go- “Coleen deciding that she wanted to fundme.com/Evie-sCompanionDog) give Evie something that would make aimed at raising money to get Diva her life even more fulfilled than it alproperly trained as a companion dog ready is makes me believe that there in order to maximize her effective- are a lot of good people out there, and ness. So far, the site has raised $3,000 we are not alone,” she said. — file from Lindsay Chung toward its $5,000 goal, with most

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Conservation of- A Vancouver Island wolf lopes along the beach at Clayoquot Sound. VI Wilds ficers are unable to substantiate recent Ladysmith. His check a natural prey item.” have also caused According to Bates, pregnant does to reports of a wolf at- with the Ladysmith tacking a dog near Sportsmen’s Club the many local dog abort through stress. Ladysmith. revealed the same. owners who see the Bates said wolves That doesn’t mean So, until the reports wilderness as an op- generally are found it can’t happen, or can be substantiated, portunity to let their near their prey, prethat people can’t take they are being treat- pet run loose are also dominantly deer and steps to reduce the ed by officials as ru- creating an unintend- elk. Given the snowed consequence for pack level, he said he risk. mours only. Secondhand verThat said, there their pet. would expect to cur“You are entering rently find them highbal and Facebook are wolves near reports of a wolf or Ladysmith, and al- your dog back into er in the mountains, wolves attacking a ways have been. the food chain,” he farther from town. dog near Forrest They are seldom said. Anyone encounterNot only does your ing a wolf in or near Field swept the com- seen and usually very munity last week. shy around humans. dog become a target town should contact Stacked with media Dogs, however, are a for predators, it can the B.C. Conservaalso draw those same tion Officer Service reports of three simi- different story. lar attacks last month Bates would not predators back to its at 1-877-952-7277. near Tofino that left be surprised to hear human companions, one canine dead, the about a confirmed lo- putting people at risk as well. That situareports created con- cal attack on a dog. cern. “It’s possible be- tion applies to couBut contacted by cause wolves use the gars and bears just the Chronicle Tues- power line route,” he as much as it does day, conservation said. “Wolves will wolves. Dogs running loose officer Stuart Bates not tolerate dogs and said his office had they will not tolerate can also pose a threat received no recent dogs on their terri- to deer. In addition to report of any wolf tory. They are four- injuring or killing the encounters near legged and furry and deer outright, they

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I’d support free dumping, but things would have to change Editor: If we decide on free dumping, I am willing to pay more tax for that purpose. But we have to consider some negatives. If our dump was free while others were not, we would attract garbage from neighbouring communities. Also, there would be a disincentive to sort recycling from garbage. We might have to hire people to sort through the garbage. Perhaps more enforcement is the answer. A few embarrassing high-profile cases and there might be less tendency to look for a cheap way out. Lastly, we need to change attitudes. People must accept that part of the cost of anything they buy will be the cost of disposing of it when it is not longer wanted. —Ken Hiebert, Ladysmith

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by Tom Fletcher The Vancouver media’s frantic coverage of the Great Bunker Spill of 2015 has just about run out of fuel. By late last week, the usually serious Globe and Mail was reduced to quizzing a U.S. expert who had at first told the CBC he thought the spill response was pretty good. But then he heard that it might have taken up to 12 hours until the leaking grain ship was completely under control, which would be not so good. This U.S. expert admitted he has not “followed the Vancouver spill very closely,” and was basically speculating. But that’s OK, because the main purpose of this media frenzy is to feed the established narrative that the Harper government is gutting the Coast Guard while trying

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Home again (for Dave) Editor: The young man woke up thinking “Geee, I haven’t slept that great in years.” After breakfast he hurriedly grabbed his spikes and glove and headed out the door. Across the street, he noticed two boys, maybe in their early 20’s, playing basketball at the intermediate school. One of the boys looked exactly like his old little league coach and neighbour, but it couldn’t be… he’d been gone for almost 45 years. Then one of the boys yells out “nice shot Dan.” It was only a four-block walk to the Aggie Field for the first game of the year, and better yet, not a cloud in the sky. One of the players warming up on the sidelines, spotted him and yells out to the others “here he comes”. “Rock On” Rod was the first to greet him. ”They told us you were coming,” he said, and started to laugh.“We’ve been waiting for years.” “Hurry up and warm up... I’ve pencilled you in your usual spot, batting third and playing shortstop.” The grandstands were packed and he noticed a familiar face in the front row. Cliff “The Bartender” yells over “nice to see you again, Dave.” With a puzzled look on his face, David looked over at the other team warming up, then finally realized he wasn’t just dreaming. His first game was against Ladysmith’s finest “The Kids and Sitters.” His old “Reno” buddy Terry Eastman was warming up the pitchers Stew Battie and Ken Berry. The game flew by too fast. Soon it was all over. Dave left the park thinking “same time tomorrow? I might just like it here.” —Ted Puska Sr., Ladysmith (for David Savard)

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to ramp up heavy oil shipments to Asia. Yeah, that makes sense. A University of Toronto philosophy prof recently suggested that Stephen Harper likes war. Maybe he likes oil spills too. A retired captain from the now-closed Kitsilano Coast Guard station became the latest of a series of disgruntled ex-employees and union bosses to serve as the media’s go-to critics. He contradicted Coast Guard management at every turn, dismissing them as political appointees with little operational experience. His claims about loss of spill response capability from Kitsilano are questionable at best. There was no talk of spill response when Kitsilano closed two years ago, because it was a search and rescue station. Former B.C. Federation of Labour president Jim Sinclair held almost daily news conferences as it closed. People are going to drown, warned a parade of union spokespeople. It’s been two years, and nobody has. Premier Christy Clark and Vancouver Mayor Gregor

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be complete nonsense.” Unifor operatives rushed to the media again last week with dire news of a half-hour outage of this new system, portraying this as evidence of a high-tech disaster waiting to happen. (Ships were told to monitor an old-school emergency radio channel for that uneventful half hour.) What the union is really doing is ramping up its election propaganda, and intensifying efforts to protect redundant positions that are being replaced by new technology. There was a similar media campaign last year targeting the consolidation of Veterans’ Affairs into Service Canada offices. There are serious problems with services to veterans, but union featherbedding would not help them. The B.C. government is also introducing digital technology, eliminating hundreds of paper-pushing jobs in the process, with a mostly realistic response from unions. But in this federal election year, realism will be in short supply. Tom Fletcher is legislative reporter and columnist for Black Press newspapers.

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Robertson were quick to summon TV cameras as oil-sheen angst spreading through condo towers. They declared the Coast Guard response a failure before they had any real understanding of it. Unifor, the union representing Coast Guard employees, has vowed a full-scale election advertising attack on the Conservatives this year. On federal budget day, Unifor protested the closure of the Ucluelet Coast Guard ship monitoring station. Similar stations in Vancouver and Comox are also closing this year, replaced by a new monitoring system run from Prince Rupert and Victoria. I asked Industry Minister James Moore, the federal minister responsible for B.C., if this is a reduction in service. He said 1970s-era ship tracking equipment is being replaced with a new system that has already been deployed on the East Coast, to improve safety. “These fears were also raised back in the ’60s and ’70s, when lighthouses were de-staffed,” Moore said. “I remember people saying, oh my God, this is going to be the end. And it turned out to

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April 1915 • New spring goods, just arrived Men’s neckties made in B.C. See them at 65 cents. Men’s negligee shirt, in plain and fancy stripes, all sizes at $1.50. A great variety of socks at 25 cents a pair up. Men’s Balbriggan underwear at 50 cents each up. Men’s stiff and soft collars, 25 cents and 2 for 25 cents. Ladies’ blouses from 1.50 up. Ladies Lisle undervests, all sizes, from 35 cents each up. The old reliable house for all kinds of boots and shoes. Thomas & Harries • Again, the Chronicle would draw the attention to the necessity of subscribers to the Patriotic Fund handing in their money to their collectors without delay.

“Only a few have re- engineer to make a support from the sponded this month, survey of the whole company for a design which is not a cred- local water system, plan for the proposed itable thing to have including the sources Ladysmith outlet. to say. Surely, the of supply and the disThe Victorian-type payment of a small tribution system. design won support monthly subscription The city will make from the Torontotowards providing for the survey indepen- based board of dithose who have been dently of the Saltair rectors, Stuart said. left behind by the sol- Water Board, but if Council is expected diers at the front is a the body should wish to receive a copy of small thing compared to join with the city at the plan this week. with the risk these a later date in any ex- “This is a real milemen are now taking tension of the storage stone that they are coin the fence of the lib- capacity, a fair pro- operating,” said Ald. erties and freedom of portion of the survey Earleyne Mulrony. “If the British people. cost could be charged it hadn’t been for Rob“Pay up should be to them at that time. ert Boyle pursuing the watchword of all April 1985 the matter, we would at the present time.” • In a report to the have just ended up April 1955 revitalization commit- with another 7-Eleven • Mrs. G. B. Lytton tee, Mayor Alex Stu- store. Now, we will again heads hospital art said an architect have an asset to the board hired by the 7-Eleven community.” Mrs. G. B. Lytton, gas bar and conve— Chronicle Arpresident; D. McKay, nience store chair chives, Ladysmith vice-president; and garnered unanimous Historical Society D. McKinnon, secretary-treasurer, were all returned to serve a second term of office when the hospital board met on Monday night. • The city council at its regular meeting Wednesday night decided to engage an

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A Ladysmith senior is out thousands after being victimized by a recent telephone scam. Const. Tim Wang of Ladsymith RCMP said the detachment was contacted on April 10 by a representative of Phone Busters. The telephone scam investigator said a male senior citizen of Ladysmith reported he was a victim of a scam and lost over $11,000. “The telemarketing scam originated from Jamaica and got victims to cash in money orders. When the victim tried to stop, the telemarketer used threats and intimidation even threatening to burn his house down,” Wang said in a media release. Phone Busters and the Ladysmith RCMP have investigations ongoing into the case. Police victim’s services were also involved to provide support. The victim was not identified and further details were unavailable at press time.

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After a dozen takes on critiquing federal budgets as an opposition MP, it’s not like Jean Crowder was expecting anything more satisfying this year. That doesn’t make her last budget any easier. Crowder walked away from Tuesday’s delivery of Stephen Harper’s latest financial plan for Canada feeling like the political chasm dividing the country may be larger than ever before. And for someone who spent 11 years representing this community on Parliament Hill by calling for increased consensus and community building, it wasn’t the best of feelings. “What was unusual about the delivery of this budget was it was way more partisan,” she said, referring to what she thought were pointed comments made during the budget speech. “Those veiled kind of shots haven’t been part of it before.” The Nanaimo-Cowichan MP is retiring at the end of this term, which — with an election mandatory by this fall — could happen at almost any time now. As for the budget itself, she said it is not as loaded with Easter eggs as one would expect from an election budget. For example, she points to money announced for transit that won’t actually be available until 2017. And she found it lacking in initiatives aimed at creating jobs that pay well.

Crowder said those buying into the take that this budget is aimed at benefiting the middle class need to take a second look. She said that concept is being supported by three items: income splitting for tax purposes, a doubled cap on tax-free savings accounts and increased tax credits. She said income-splitting only really benefits the rich, and middle-class Canadians are carrying too much debt to take advantage of expanded TFSAs. The tax credits, meanwhile, don’t offset what Canadians are having to pay for cuts to funding in social programs and services. “It was a bit of smoke and mirrors,” she said. That said, she points to at least two aspects of the budget she believes will have a positive impact on local residents. The first is a decision to relax regulations that force retirees to pull a significant amount of money out of their RSPs every

year after age 71. She says that will allow them to keep m o r e money. T h e second is aimed at the business comJean Crowder munity. “ T h e lower business tax absolutely will (help) and that’s a positive thing. Crowder, who is retiring mainly for family reasons, says her desire to tie up loose ends is not going to stand in her way of taking an extended holiday. She plans to stay in the local area and contribute to the community. But first she is taking the advice of friends and former MPs. “I don’t think you can leave this job without thinking you have unfinished business,” she said. “I am taking six months off. People tell me ‘you are way more tired than you think you are.’”

A conservative take Mark MacDonald, Conservative candidate for the new NanaimoLadysmith riding, called Tuesday’s budget a plan that should appeal to many. MacDonald stressed what he considers to be the budget’s wide appeal, including tax credits for seniors and families. “I think it’s good for everybody, there’s something in there for everybody,” he said. “You know, having five kids ourselves, it’s pretty pricey to raise a family, so any help that families can get to raise their kids at the price of things today is very helpful. .. this is the kind of budget I’d expect from an economist like Stephen Harper and I think it’s really great.” — Spencer Anderson

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As expected, Cedar Secondary School is re-opening its doors. On Wednesday, the Nanaimo-Ladysmith School Board formally confirmed a decision made two weeks ago: the school will re-open as a Grade 8-12 high school in September of 2016. Member of the Save Cedar schools lobby group were predictably happy with the 6-3 vote. “We are both pleased and relieved with the decision,” said SCS spokesperson James Tripe in a media release. “This is a triumph not only for the community of Cedar, but for the district as a whole. Those of us from Cedar as well as many supporters from across the district have worked tirelessly for nearly two years to reverse the previous board’s resolution to close our community

Cedar Secondary School supporters protest its closure in this 2013 file photo. high school.” “This is a huge victory for grassroots movements and a great example of democracy in action. I hope that our success in having a poor decision overturned is an example to others across the province that government does not have to have the final say and that individual voices do make a difference.”

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safe call can add up to strike. Then, North Oyster Players will perform the endearing classic Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, directed by Katherine Cunningham. May 5: Get set for spinetingling fun as Ladysmith Little Theatre presents Ravenscroft, written by Don Nigro, directed by Gordon McInnis, and billed as both “funny and frightening.” In this Gothic thriller, ghosts roam, skeletons rattle and five dangerous women attempt to lead Inspector Ruffing astray as he investigates a murder in a remote house. May 6: Shawnigan Players brings Shakespeare’s beloved tragedy Romeo and Juliet to the stage, directed by Alex Gallacher. Fall in love again with the 400-year old tale of these star-crossed, ill-fated lovers and their feuding families. Expect swordplay, witty Shakespearean wordplay and a balcony scene to make audiences swoon. May 7: Mercury Players from Duncan presents Kiss the Moon, Kiss the Sun, directed by Marinus Vesseur and Alex Gallacher, and written by acclaimed Cana-

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excited to look at the mystery of our mortality through Christie’s eyes.” It’s not the first time the play has come to the Chemainus Theatre, enjoying its first run in 1999, but considering that it’s run for more than 60 consecutive years in London, it’s guaranteed to still hit the spot with audiences in 2015 . It’s also, the theatre’s marketing manager Michelle Vogelgesang said in a press release for the show, one of the theatre’s most requested plays for a return engagement. The play is set in Britain in the 1950s, “where people are recovering from the upheaval of war and strangers are perceived with great suspicion.” It is in this atmosphere that newlyweds Mollie and Giles welcome a group of strangers to their guesthouse, Monkswell Manor, where a snowstorm traps them

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Giles Ralston (Victor Dolhai) and guest Christopher Wren (Chris Cope) contemplate Mollie Ralston (Leala Selina) in Chemainus Theatre’s The Mousetrap.

from page 11 stage”. In many murder mysteries the She was immediately impressed by the quality of the writing in the characters can be two-dimensional stereotypes, Joy said, but ChrisThe Mousetrap. “I’m really excited to be doing the tie has elevated the status quo. “Agatha Christie makes these show,” said Joy. “It’s such proof of three-dimensional,” Agatha Christie’s genius. The play characters is a great example of what made she said. “It’s sort of a great comher and continues to make her a bo platter of humanity. There will definitely be people that you recgreat writer.” What jumped out to her right ognize.” It’s also a first-rate mystery that away was “the amazing characters that she [Christie] puts on will keep you guessing, she said.

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business manager to The Town, the 2010 Olympic CEO John Ladysmith Chamber Furlong will speak to of Commerce and Ladysmith residents Downtown Business about how the spend- Association are coing power of the Town hosting her at at the Lonsdale and Bar- of Ladysmith can be Ladysmith Seniors John McKinley bara Stewart to the best used to stimulate Centre at 7.30 a.m. on THE CHRONICLE Aggie Hall on Saturday. local economic devel- April 29. Call 250-2452112 to RSVP. In addition to the opment. • Have you got your ticket to the Alf Cart- dancing, your $30 ticket gets you a roast er Band? Mother’s Day The Ladysmith beef dinner, with all Sunday, Kinsmen Club is proceeds going to the bringing in the full new playground at May 10 horn-heavy swing band Transfer Beach Park. • gardening Doors open at 5:30 featuring Alf on his ac• balloons cordion, along with the p.m., dinner at 6:30 •cards • gifts singing sisters Karen p.m. Tickets at the • & more! Chamber of Commerce and 49th ParBe sure to Enter Our Draw Kinsmen Club members allel, or call 245-2263. for a $50 gift certificate at Ricky’s • Have you heard at Coronation Mall Jim Delcourt (left) and about the other onJason Kelland serve up going fundraiser for hot dogs to benefit the Transfer Beach PlayLadysmith Food Bank ground? Ladysmith OPEN: 9:00 - 6:00 Daily April 11. The club raised Rotary is selling AdOpen Late Thurs & Fri-Sun. & Holidays 9:00-5:30 Coronation Mall, about $1,500 in sales, irondack Chairs, cusLadysmith 250-245-5856 plus a number of food tom-made from B.C. donations, including Cedar. Call 250-9247686. or go to www. 75 dozen eggs from New PatieNts welcome ladysmithrotary.org/ Farmer Ben’s. DelALL DenTAL PLAnS ACCePTeD. ladysmith for informacourt said Dan Hunter COMPLeTe DenTAL CARe FOR eVeRyOne. tion on how to buy. Denturist, the Sporty, • Social enterprise Sally Steeve, Coast philosophy preaches Realty, Twisted Scisthe blending of social sors and the Ladsymith and financial benefits Ambassadors program of any activity in order all made a big contribu- to maximize the benIn the Coronation Mall tion to the effort. efits to the community. Ladysmith Tomorrow, Sandra JOHN MCKINLEY Hamilton, former Dr. Kenneth McCracken DDS

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Steve Sharpe (founder), Ann Wright (volunteer), Cindy Warren (LRCA), Dennis Lait (LRCA), and Glenda Patterson (Eagles) celebrate the first anniversary of the Ladysmith Soup Kitchen on April 2. The Soup Kitchen is open on Tuesday and Thursday from 2 to 5 p.m. in the basement of the Eagles Hall.

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The Ladysmith Little Theatre Society is extremely grateful and thankful to Nancy Howitt, of Nancy’s Fashions & Furnishings for her hard work and generous support of our theatre. We wish to thank the community and businesses in the Ladysmith area for their generous support of out Spring Fling 2015 Fashion Show. We wish to thank the local artists: Mary Ann Fleming, JoVic Pottery, Marcel Potvin, Sandra Metcalf, for their lovely donations; the Ladysmith Area Accommodation Association members: Kiwi Cove Lodge B & B, Page Point Inn, Thistledown Farm B & B, Blanket and Spoon B &B, Hillcrest B & B for their continuing support of our theatre and the local businesses in Ladysmith, Uforic Computers, Chemainus Theatre, Nancy’s Fashions & Furnishings, Ladysmith and District Credit Union, Cottonwood golf Course, Rotary Club of Ladysmith, Curves, Gerry Beltgens Pemberton Holmes, Thrifty Foods. We also recognize the valuable donations made by members of the Ladysmith Little Theatre Society.

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Anna McMahon Anna McMahon passed away on April 21, 2015 at the age of 93, with her family by her side. Predeceased by her husband, Vernon, in 1995, by her parents Michael and Mary Kapuscinski, and by her brothers Nicholas, Simon, Edward and Bill, Anna lives on in the hearts of her children Michael (Alina) and Marny (Jim), her grandchildren Cortney, Laura and James, and her sister Anita (David) Stewart, as well as many nieces and nephews across Canada and the United States. Anna embraced all things with passion: her family, friends, and garden close to her; and also the community and country she loved more broadly. As a public health nurse, she got to know many of Ladysmith’s old timers. As a coal miner’s daughter who beneďŹ ted from a good public education, she sought to pay it forward, helping to sow the seeds for Malasapina College (now Vancouver Island University). First active politically as a Canadian nationalist with the Diefenbaker Progressive Conservatives in the 1950s, she went on to help organize successful federal election campaigns for the New Democratic Party’s Tommy Douglas and for NDP MP Jim Manly. She was a sought-after campaign manager for many a mayor in the Town of Ladysmith. Anna reaped the rewards of her long and active life, aging in place, surrounded by people who loved her. She survived for twenty years after the painful loss of Vern, and even thrived again, because of the strong relationships she built with family and close friends, and her deep attachment to the wider communities she had helped to build and sustain. Anna’s greatest joys were in giving and caring. “The treasures of my life have been my children Marny and Michael and my late husband Vern,â€? she said. And she has been the treasure of ours. We will be celebrating her life on the afternoon of Wednesday, April 29, between 1:00 and 4:00, at the Eagle’s Hall.

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DOSKOTCH, William June 13, 1926 - April 17, 2015 William Doskotch ended his life journey peacefully on April 17th, 2015 at the age of 88. He is survived by his loving wife Elaine Margaret Doskotch (nĂŠe Chutskoff) to whom he was married for over 65 years, as well as children, Sonya Emperingham (Roy), Ron Doskotch (Heather) and Donna Cunningham (Bart). William (Bill) was born in Albertville, Saskatchewan, June 13th, 1926. He was one of 11 children born to Andrew Doskoch and Marija Sarabine. Bill was beloved grandpa to his grandchildren, Julia Dewolf (Lloyd), Bret Cunningham (Sharlene), Landon Cunningham, Laura Doskotch, Ken Doskotch, and Ryan Emperingham (Katie). Bill took great pleasure ien visiting with his great grandchildren, William, Ella, and Audrey Dewolf. His life passion was working with wood, beginning with logging on Vancouver Island. This passion led him to his next endeavor of 30 years in the construction world. There are many fond memories of “Grandpaâ€? out on his tractor on his beloved farm. Bill was an avid animal lover; he particularly loved his cows. He could be seen driving his tractor out on the farm for over 50 years. We wish to extend our gratitude to the caring staff on the 4th oor of the Nanaimo General Hospital, as well as Dr. Emily Steeves, Hillside Clinic, Ladysmith, BC. In lieu of owers, please make a donation to the charity of your choice. A private celebration of Bill’s life will be held by his family in June, 2015.

YORI – Carl Albino Basil Carl Albino Basil Yori died in Nanaimo, BC on April 9th, 2015 at the age of 58 years. Born in Kelowna, BC on September 18th, 1956. Predeceased by his Mother and Father. Survived by his loving brother Enrico of Ladysmith, BC and sister Maureen of Vancouver, BC and nieces. Carl went to school in Ladysmith and in his youth was an avid hockey player. A loving and caring person. His memory will be cherished in the hearts of all those lives he touched. Celebration of life service will be held in the Eagles Hall, 921 First Street, Ladysmith, BC on May 6th, 2015 at 1:00 pm. Mr. James Latour, celebrant. Condolences in memory of Carl may be offered to the family at telfordn@shaw.ca Telford’s of Ladysmith 250-245-5553

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Goguen Joseph Richard (Dick) July 6, 1929 – April 7, 2015 Passed away peacefully April 7, 2015 in Ladysmith after a brief illness. Survived by a loving wife Theresa, Children; Randy (Carol), Rod (Charlene); grandchildren Craig, Alexandra, Nicole, Nathan, Chelsey and Niles. Loving husband, father and grandfather, he will be dearly missed. He loved his afternoons at the Eagles for many years. Special thanks to everyone at the Ladysmith Health Care Centre for their support and the ambulance for making a difďŹ cult situation easier. No Service by Request. In Lieu of owers donations may be made in Dick’s memory to the B.C. Lung Association or the B.C. Heart & Stroke Foundation. Condolences may be offered at telfordn@shaw.ca Telford’s of Ladysmith 250-245-5553

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Come on down and have a hot dog and contribute to a worthy cause. Much of the Kids park needs to be replaced as the life span of the current playground is finished and needs to be replaced, for safety reasons. The cost for this project is $172,000 with only $30,000 more needed to get to the top! All donations make a difference.

On Saturday, May 2, from 10 am-4 pm, there will be a fund raising BBQ in front of our Ladysmith store for Transfer Beach Park. During the week of April 27th-May 3rd, 50c from each loaf of 49th bread, white or whole wheat, 570 grams, sold at any 49th location, will go towards this worthy community project.

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