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Dogpatch solution dies in Parliament MP Jean Crowder’s attempt to address derelict vessels shut down in the House of Commons John McKinley THE CHRONICLE

Drop the word “Ladysmith” around a winter traveller and the enthusiastic response will be “Light Up!” Say it to a summer tourist and you might get a “Transfer Beach!” in reply.

Mention it to a boater?

“Dogpatch.”

It’s a reputation earned by the largest collection of derelict boats on the West Coast and one that is not going to be erased any time soon, not after new regulations proposed by NanaimoCowichan MP Jean Crowder crashed and burned on Parliament Hill Wednesday.

Derelict boats posing economic and environmental hazards are left to rot along both coastlines through lack of regulation. Crowder had put a private members’ bill before Parliament intended to assign power and responsibility for their removal, disposition or destruction into the hands of the Coast Guard.

“This bill received strong support from British Columbians,” she said, “Conservatives ignored that support,

Federal NDP leader Thomas Mulcair, right, checks out the Ladsymith Dogpatch from Transfer Beach Thursday. and voted down a piece of legislation that would protect British Columbia’s coast from abandoned derelict vessels which are a hazard to safety and the environment.”

Crowder staged a media conference on

Slack Beach in front of the Dogpatch on Thursday to draw attention to the issue in the wake of the vote’s failure.

She was joined by NDP national leader Thomas Mulcair and Nanaimo-Ladysmith fed-

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“They’ve voted against a bill that’s all about public protection and protecting the environment,” Mulcair said. see Derelict page 7

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News Addams Family lurches to life

Schools drop in Fraser ranks

Both local high schools slipped last year, according to an annual ranking of B.C.’s high schools.

The annual Fraser Institute report on B.C. schools placed Chemainus Secondary in 188th place out of 289 schools.

Ladysmith Secondary finished in 209th place.

The Chemainus ranking came from a score of 5.3 out of 10, the school’s worst in the past five years.

Chemainus has scored at least a 6.0 in the previous four years and ranked 118 for its fiveyear average.

Ladysmith, meanwhile, scored a 5.0, its worst score in three years.

Its ranking was also below its five-year ranking of 158. It had the third-best public school ranking in the Nanaimo School District, behind Dover Bay and Nanaimo.

As usual, private schools dominated the rankings provincially.

The rankings, compiled annually compare standardized test scores taken by Grade 10 students during the previous school year.

Critics call the report a misuse of data used to discount quality teaching and learning.

Supporters say it is a valuable tool to demonstrate what schools are showing improvement and which ones are falling behind.

Investment encouraged

The local area has a new tool in its bid to attract outside investment.

Economic Development Cowichan has created a series of online Community Profiles designed to showcase both the overall region and the communities within it.

Acting economic development manager Kathy Lachmann said the profiles promote investment opportunities and the quality of life and amenities that make our region desirable.

Separate profiles are available for North Cowichan, Ladysmith and Saltair/North Oyster.

The profiles link to statistical data and other web sites and resources within the Cowichan Valley Regional District.

Read the profiles at discovercowichan.com.

It’s back to the ‘90s for the Ladysmith Secondary School drama program John McKinley THE CHRONICLE

A back-to-the-’90s theme looms large over the Ladysmith drama program this month.

Not only will the stage be filled with the deadpan humour of one of that decade’s staple comedy franchises, The Addams Family, the fun will be fed by the directorial hand of a former student who cut her thespian teeth on that same stage two decades ago.

Aisha Allsop directs The Addams Family Musical, a Broadway adaptation featuring Charles Addams’ drolly morbid creations. It opens Thursday in the school’s multi-purpose room.

Allsop takes the reins of the school’s annual production from longtime LSS drama stalwart Bill Taylor. She was Aisha Petrak when she was a mainstay of the LSS stage. She’s done her share of community theatre in the years since, but this project marks her return to LSS. “It’s been different. They are used to going with Christina Youngren (top) is a Bill,” she said. “These kids have been working lovestruck Wednesday in the with Bill for five years. I have to give them kudos for learning a whole new set of rules.”

Ladysmith Secondary School Allsop is not doing it alone, rather as leader in production of Addams: the a directorial team.

Musical, also featuring Good friend Geoff Cram, a drama colleague (from left to right) Angela since her high school days, is handling the sets O’Donnell, Daniel Kelly and as artistic director. Husband Rod Allsop (see Sam Street.

JOHN MCKINLEY sidebar) is in charge of the music. Candace Gibson is directing the vocals. And Taylor — the nuances of gloomy Wednesday, and, Allsop “There’s torture, sword fighting, there’s tango who simply needed a break from the exhaust- said, taken a real leadership role in the produc- dancing, zombies coming up from the grave,” ing job of overseeing the school musical — is tion. She’s just one leader in a senior drama she said. “Everything kids could want.” the technical director. class that is ready to graduate with a bang.

The plot — buoyed with great lines and a rich “Our Gomez, Sam Street, he leads the class,” list of songs — is simple. she said. “It’s a very tight group of seniors.”

Unsmiling Wednesday Addams (Christina Pre-production has been plagued by a few Audiences watching the antics on stage during The Youngren) has grown up and fallen in love. actors dropping out resulting in a carousel Addams Family Musical will probably be moving to When the time comes to introduce her unusual of roles, but Allsop is confident everything is the music. clan to the more conventional family of her coming together nicely. The mood was light But they should not be taking it for granted. boyfriend Lucas (Daniel Kelly) a predictable and filled with laughter when the Chronicle It might sound as polished as something preclash of cultures ensues. watched the cast run through rehearsals two recorded and running through the PA system, but it What was less predictable to Allsop was the weeks prior to opening night. will actually be created real time backstage courtesy lack of familiarity her cast had with the characThe show opens with a May 21-23 run and a hidden 13-piece band. ters. When she was their age, Gomez, Morticia, closes with another three shows May 28 to 30.

Rod Allsop conducts a group of students augmentUncle Fester and Lurch were cultural icons. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. for 7 p.m. curtain. ed by a handful of professional-calibre musicians Today, when you mention the Addams Family And despite the lack of knowledge the young- volunteering their time. to a teen, the response is mostly blank stares. er generation has about the Addams Family, Director Aisha Allsop said the ensemble, which Today though, there is a little thing called she’s confident they will join the older audi- includes stringed instruments like cello, bass and Youtube, which offered the young actors a ence in thoroughly enjoying the show. violin adds enormous depth to the production. crash course in exactly what they missed.

Like Shakespeare, some universal themes “We had a practice and it just puts goosebumps on Youngren, in particular, has closely observed just resonate through the years. your arms,” she said.

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Get ready for summer water restriction tap dance North Cowichan says sprinkling restrictions won’t be in effect in Chemainus until June 1 John McKinley THE CHRONICLE

Local government now has its hands officially on your taps.

Water restrictions are now in effect for the Town of Ladysmith, the Diamond Improvement District and the Stz’uminus First Nation, as well as Cowichan Valley Regional District-administered systems in Saltair and North Oyster.

Despite Vancouver Island-wide concern about lack of snowpack, the Holland Lake and Stocking Lake reservoirs are largely rainfed and came through the winter

full, or relatively full. ture services John Manson said But with water conservation be- the town and the regional district coming more of a general public worked together this year on reconcern — something emphasized strictions in order to be more conby last year’s summer drought — sistent across the community. summer restrictions have become Should water supply concerns standard practice in most commu- mount, restrictions could climb to nities. stage two (same hours, two days a Under the restrictions announced week), or stage three (a complete this week, even-numbered ad- sprinkling ban.) dresses are allowed to sprinkle Hand-watering is allowed under between 6 and 8 a.m. or between all three stages and exemptions are 8 and 10 p.m. on even-numbered granted in certain circumstances, days only. Odd-numbered address- such as nurseries, playing fields es are limited to the same hours on and some commercial enterprises. odd-numbered days.

Check the ad in today’s paper, or Ladysmith director of infrastruc- visit your local government web-

site for details. Watch the Chronicle for updates as the summer develops.

Meanwhile, Chemainus and Crofton residents are not covered by the above.

Stage one restrictions in North Cowichan come into effect on June 1.

Residents there are asked to limit sprinkling to between 6 a.m. and 9 a.m. or 7 p.m.and 10 p.m., even-numbered houses on even days, odd-numbered houses on odd days.

Check northcowichan.ca for a more detailed breakdown.

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Ladysmith Secondary School students Shelby Dorman-Banks, Eva Jones and Kelsey Hutt are all smiles backstage at the school’s grad fashion show March 17. Local teens are happier and healthier according to the findings of a recent survey by the McCreary Centre Society.

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Ladysmith a safer, happier, healthier place for teens McCreary survey says things are improving for high school students John McKinley the chronicle

Our kids are happier, healthier and less likely to be taking drugs than they were five years earlier.

That is the broad interpretation of the findings of a study of Vancouver Island teens conducted in 2013 and released earlier this spring.

Undertaken by the McCreary Centre Society, a Vancouverbased non-profit youth health organization, the study focused on Grade 7 to 12 students in the Cowichan, Nanaimo, Qualicum and Alberni school districts and followed on the heels of similar surveys in 2003 and 2008.

“We have seen great local improvements in areas such as substance use that show young people are making some good choices

about their health,” McCreary Society executive director Annie Smith said.

The centre does not release the results on a school by school basis, so a specific breakdown for Ladysmith was unavailable.

But overall, it showed a majority of local high school students felt connected to their family, school, and community; had positive plans for the future; and were engaging in health promoting behaviours which will assist them to transition successfully to adulthood.

Among the specific improvements from 2008 to 2013: • Fewer students are needing physical medical attention (29% instead of 35%) • Fewer students are missing out on needed mental and physical health care treatment (9% instead of 15%)

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• The percentage of “We see a direct relastudents experiment- tionship between geting with marijuana ting enough sleep and dropped (from 40% to positive mental health, 30%) yet 45% of local stu• The percentage dents did not get eight of students experi- hours of sleep on the menting with alcohol night before taking the dropped (from 64% to survey and over three53%) quarters were online Meanwhile, the per- or on their phone after centage of students their parents expected experiencing forms of them to be asleep,” harassment dropped, she said. and a higher percentThe 130-question age of youth reported survey was designed they felt safe com- to consider emerging pared to any previous youth health issues study year. and to track trends in And 86% of students risky behaviour and surveyed considered healthy practices over themselves in good time. or excellent physiSome other findings: cal health, and 80% in • 70% identified as good or excellent men- “European,” 14% as tal health “Aboriginal While those findings • 70% spoke only Engare all positive, survey lish at home organizers are con- • 81% of students idencerned there has been tified as “completely no improvement in straight,” 5% as gay, one of the most crucial lesbian or bisexual areas: the amount of • 82% lived with their suicides and incidents mother/stepmother of self-harm. most of the time, while The survey showed 68% said the same 22% of females and about their father/step7% of males had de- father liberately harmed • 4% live, or have lived themselves without in some form of govthe intention of killing ernment care themselves in the past Read the entire reyear. port at http://www.

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File Photo in trust will amend its bylaws properties previously deemed going to happen,” said Wolf. to help facilitate a sale.

John Shields, The Land The 31-hectare site, located inalienable can be transferred Conservancy director of opin Cedar, was sold by the late and sold. sustainable forester Merv “I think they have to make erations, said he couldn’t Wilkinson to The Land Con- these changes in order to comment on Wildwood as servancy in 2000, with the un- even transfer those properties there were ongoing negotiaderstanding it would remain in to another land trust because tions, but he did confirm there the public domain. But with a it says that they can’t unless would be a June 12 meeting.

Shields said the meeting was multimillion-dollar debt load, [The Land Conservancy] disnot specifically for Wildwood, the land trust is looking to sell solves,” said Wolf.

“I completely support a but for language related to to a private party.

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“As a result of the financial Jessica Wolf, member of ing it.”

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““The short answer is to change the government to another government that will bring in a bill to fix the hole.”

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umours of Cedar Secondary’s demise were greatly exaggerated.

School district trustees voted late last month to recommend the re-opening of the high school in 2016.

It shouldn’t come as any surprise, as that course of action was central to the election platform of several trustees. By re-opening Cedar Secondary, they are, in a way, keeping an election promise.

At the same time, they have put themselves in position to break another election promise – the promise to do what’s best for students across the school district.

With the school district projecting multimillion-dollar budget shortfalls every year, an extra school on the books spreads resources more thinly. The secretary-treasurer will crunch the numbers and create a workable budget, but it’s not going to be pretty.

The school board chairman suggested that recent community consultation justifies the trustees’ decision. The process, however, was of questionable value so soon after the election – trustees received a mandate then.

The stack of surveys is mostly a mishmash of wildly varied viewpoints. Parents wrote about their kids, or their educational philosophy, or the good ol’ days, or they simply bashed the government. Parents who filled out the surveys didn’t have to make the math work – that’s up to the school board and district staff. And trustees made it a whole lot tougher, now, with an extra school and no further funding.

It should be noted that almost all the trustees recently attended a rally calling for greater funding of public education, and some had stern words for the provincial government. They have to ask for more money because that’s their best hope, now, of balancing the budget in the coming years.

It’s great news for Cedar that a high school is returning to that neighbourhood. It’s a fine school. It’s a community asset. It’s a lot of things, but in NanaimoLadysmith school district, it’s not a solution, and we need solutions.

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Court decision rights education wrongs

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by Tom Fletcher After the first few glum lines of his speech, it was difficult to tell anything had changed for B.C. Teachers’ Federation president Jim Iker as he took his familiar place before the TV cameras earlier this month.

Iker droned on about how B.C. schools are under-funded by hundreds of millions of dollars, echoing demands from the disastrous strike he led the union membership into last year.

The B.C. Court of Appeal had just overturned a bizarre trial court decision that tried to give the union everything it wanted: a trip back in time to the NDP wonderland of 2001, a constitutional spanking for the B.C. Liberal government and a $2 million bonus of taxpayers’ money.

The BCTF must now pay back that $2 million and scrape up whatever is left of its members’ compulsory dues to plead for an appeal at the Supreme Court of Canada, continuing the executive’s self-righteous fantasy of controlling education spending in B.C. The appeal court didn’t just overturn the judgment of B.C. Supreme Court Justice Susan Griffin. It shredded her legal reasoning and bluntly corrected her, over and over, on evidence she ignored or misinterpreted.

The appeal court confirmed at great length what I said when Griffin’s second decision came down in early 2014: it was far worse for B.C. schools than when judges decided in 2005 that teachers can bring union propaganda into classrooms.

Did the government bargain in bad faith? No. Did they conspire to provoke a strike? No. Did they illegally strip working conditions from the teacher contract? No. Turns out our kids are not just “working conditions” for teachers, and public policy still matters.

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improve. No, it was the BCTF demanding a raise twice as big as other public sector unions had already accepted.

In the end, their paltry strike fund long gone, the union grudgingly accepted the going rate. They figured they had the elected government on the run in court. Wrong again.

Next up for the ministry is taking control of professional development. A bill before the legislature will enforce standards, once the NDP is done denouncing it. Singing Solidarity Forever around a campfire and calling it paid professional development (a real example, by the way) will soon go the way of the unioncontrolled College of Teachers — onto the scrap heap of history.

There are BCTF members who understand how ill-served they are by their union. They are looking critically at the performance of their leaders, who are too often distracted by grandiose “social justice” campaigns as far away as the Middle East.

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And it turns out that making special needs assistants dash between classes to deal with two kids here and three over there was a lousy idea. Now there’s even a credit course offered in high school for students with learning difficulties, which probably has some BCTF minion crafting a pile of grievances about segregation.

In the negotiated settlement reached last fall, teachers shared $105 million to make thousands of baseless grievances go away, after the union filed one for student numbers in every class in the province.

This bloated perpetual protest machine drains the public purse in more ways than taxpayers realize.

Parents understand the strikes, though. They remember a union that scrapped report cards, disrupted administration and forced schools to shut down at graduation time.

The strike then dragged into the fall, as the government held the line on public service spending. And what was the key issue that kept schools closed? It wasn’t special needs support, where student performance has continued to

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from page 1 Stz’uminus Chief John Elliott and Ladysmith Mayor Aaron Stone were also on scene Thursday in attempt to draw attention to the issue.

Stone talked about all the work Ladysmith has put into making the harbour more attractive to encourage tourism and investment and how the ramshackle pile of derelicts works against those efforts.

Elliott echoed those thoughts and pointed out how the issue crosses all jurisdictional boundaries. It can be as simple as a Dogpatch boat breaking anchor and foundering on a beach across the harbour, or as nasty as a fuel leak poisoning aquaculture.

Malcolmson said federal regulation is essential because if one community is John Elliott, Sheila Malcolmson, Thomas Mulcair, Aaron Stone and Jean Crowder (from left) successful in removing boats, they gen- gathered Wednesday to talk derelict boats.

John McKinley erally just move to the next one along the coastline.

Crowder’s bill earned the unanimous support from the NDP, the Greens and the Liberals. It died when it failed to gain the support of all but one Conservative MP. The Conservatives said the bill required the government to spend money and took power away from Transport Canada — two concerns Crowder denied.

Malcolmson said a Transport Canada investigation into derelict vessels put Ladysmith Harbour at the top of the list with 44 boats. Bowen Island was second. Its MP, John Weston, was the only Conservative MP in favour of Crowder’s bill.

Malcolmson is frustrated the bill has been under discussion for 10 years, has the endorsement of coastal communities and is based on models that have worked in other jurisdictions, yet the government still hasn’t seen fit to make it a priority.

The next step, she said, is up to the voters.

“Economy, ecology, tourism, shellfish farming — all of this takes a hit when these things don’t get dealt with quickly, or get dealt with at all,” she said. “The short answer is to change the government to another government that will bring in a bill to fix the hole.”

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Two trips to the national championship, two historic Canadian cities, two medals.

Not a bad way to spend your teenage years.

Ladysmith teen Darian Harris returned home from Halifax earlier this month with a bronze medal around his neck from the National Aboriginal Hockey Championship.

The team lost just once during this year’s tournament, which ran from April 26 to May 2. But that loss happened at the wrong time — a semifinal game against Alberta, a team BC had already defeated in the round-robin.

Harris said they were disappointed, but were able to pull things together in time for the bronze medal game against Ontario, where they overcame a 2-1 deficit to medal.

It was the 16-year-old right winger’s second shot at the tourney, after winning silver last year in Montreal. He was glad to be back with the squad, with a good group of guys and a chance to see the country.

A scare in tryouts made him wonder if he was going to get that chance. Most of the time, someone who made the team as a 15-year-old would be a shoe-in to make the same team as a 16-year-old.

“When I went to tryouts this year, I was so nervous,” he said.

“Then, when I went into the first interview

(the coach) told me I was in danger of being pushed from my spot.”

He persevered, pulled his game together and re-established himself as a valuable role player, using his defence to emerge from a tryout camp in Kamloops that attracted about 100 players. “(I bring) a lot of physicality to the game and a lot of energy as well,” he said. “I seem to get put on the PK (penalty kill) a lot.”

After spending last year with the North Island Silvertips of the B.C. Major Midget League, he’s going to attempt to build on those skills next fall in the B.C. Junior Hockey League. He has tryouts scheduled with both the Nanaimo Clippers and the Cowichan Valley Capitals, but acknowledges making either team may be a longshot at 16.

“This year I know it would be hard to make a junior A team.

I’ve kind of got a better idea of the junior game. It’s going to be different.

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Spring breaks wide open for students in 2016 Parents, plan your vacations.

The Nanaimo school district approved a motion that includes the extension of spring break next year to two weeks.

Trustees gave approval to five recommendations related to the school calendar at a meeting on April 30.

On top of the longer spring break, there will be consistent early dismissal on Mondays for elementary school children

and consistent late start times on Mon- will be in session for 188 days in 2015-16, days for high school students to allow while there would be 189 days of instrucfor teacher Professional Learning Com- tion for both 2016-17 and 2017-18. munity time.

For 2015-16, spring break and Easter The learning communities were ap- vacation will coincide with one another. proved in January 2014 by the previous Students in the school district will be off school board and will allow for teachers from March 14-29. to discuss practices and student learnActing superintendent John Blain said ing. in February that it’s estimated that as According to the school district, school many as two-thirds of the district’s

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Stage 1 and Stage 2 sprinkling times are 6:00 am – 8:00 am OR 8:00 pm – 10:00 pm Stage 1: Sprinkling 2 hours maximum on odd or even days Stage 2: EVEN numbered houses: Wednesdays & Saturdays only as per the adjacent chart ODD numbered houses: Thursdays & Sundays only as per the adjacent chart Stage 3: Hand-watering / Micro drip irrigation lines only Please check the local newspaper or each water provider’s website during the summer months to see if Stage 2 or Stage 3 restrictions are in effect.

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Police have arrested the “violent” man they set out a public alert for early last week On May 12, shortly before 4 p.m., police arrested 35-year-old Nathan Myles on a warrant for multiple criminal charges.

Acting on information received, police identified a residence in the 3000 block Sprott Road, near Duncan, where Myles was believed to be located. Information was received that alleged additional violent offenses had been committed

by Myles at that home on Sprott Road.

“Given the violent history of the individual involved in this case, we deployed the Island District RCMP Emergency Response Team to assist us with this arrest,” stated Cpl. Darren Lagan of the Island District RCMP. “Their expertise ensures that arrests of this nature are conducted efficiently and safely, increasing the likelihood of a peaceful resolution for all involved.”

Myles was taken into police custody without incident. He will appear before the Courts on outstanding charges of harassment, unlawful confinement, assault with a weapon, assault causing bodily harm, two counts of assault, and four counts of uttering threats.

An appearance date has not been set.

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Alejandro Ochoa is coming to Chemainus May 24.

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This year it will be just Flashes of Brilliance on display though, and that will be just fine.

Flashes of Brilliance is the name of the performance scheduled by pianist Alejandro Ochoa, Sunday at St. Michael’s Church.

“Colombian/Canadian pianist, Alejandro Ochoa, reveals both the fevered brilliance and subtle, heart-stopping

poignancy contained within great Romantic works by Beethoven, Schubert, Lecuona and Brahms,” promoter Marion Priestley said in a media release. “This stunning solo recital is designed to leave us wishing for more.”

The show starts at 2 p.m. Tickets are $20 at the door, or $15 in advance from the Owl’s Nest Bistro in Chemainus, Salamander Books in Ladysmith; and Chemainus Festival Inn. For more information go to chemainusclassicalconcerts.ca. Phone 250-748-8383.

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• If you don’t mind getting your knees dirty, Chemainus Communities in Bloom is holding its spring planting event starting at 9 a.m. on Saturday, May 23. Bring your trowel to the Henry Road roundabout for what should be a one- or two-hour session. Call Erica Prince at 250-246-3395 for info.

• The regular Wednesday Market is back in Chemainus, starting May 20, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Some of last year’s favorites are back and also new vendors with some interesting items for sale.

• Get your tickets at Little Rascals in Ladysmith and Etc! in Chemainus for the Beer & Burger Night for Paws Without Borders Rescue. The Ladysmith-based group is hosting the May 23 event at the Queen’s in Nanaimo, featuring live music from the Femme Fatales, dancing, door prizes, 50/50 draws, a silent auction and howling good fun.

• Look for a new look coming up soon for Ladysmith’s VisionArts Eyecare.

Joan Fisher tells us the long-time High Street eye health office is poised to be rebranded as Fyidoctors, part of Canada’s largest eyecare chain.

• Rod Smith recently sent out a reminder to all local fans of waterfront eating. The Oyster Bay Café at the Maritime Society docks is now open seven days a week through Sept. 30.

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Doucette, John June 12, 1922 - May 5, 2015 John was known as Jean, growing up in a large French speaking family in Saskatchewan.

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After coming to Port Alberni, John worked on the booms for many years and had three stepchildren and two daughters.

John and Ruth met in Port Alberni and moved to Ladysmith after his retirement. He loved to garden and lent a helping hand whenever needed. He was busy with the Eagles and also with the Ladysmith OAP. If you knew John, you’ll remember his happy smile and all of his little songs and poems. He was a kind man and is missed by his family, his children, step-children, grandchildren and his many friends.

After leaving his home on First Avenue, Ladysmith, John moved in to LaRosa and then to the Lodge on 4th where he was liked by other residents and the kind staff members, who took such good care of him. Special thanks to them and to Dr. Manny Fritsch.

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ART BOOTH SR. ART BOOTH SR. of Ladysmith B.C. passed away suddenly at his home on Evening Cove, BC on April 30th, 2015.

Art was born in Toronto on September 16th, 1936. He moved to Hawkestone, Ontario with his parents and met his ďŹ rst wife Marlyn Dusome whom he married and had four wonderful children, Art Booth Jr, Janet (Darroch) Booth, Gordon Booth, and Beverley Booth (Daniels).

Next to his family, Art’s greatest love was ying. His ďŹ rst ying lessons were in Florida when he was 16, and then he continued his lessons at Lake St John in Orillia. He bought his ďŹ rst plane and helped to start the Orillia Flying Club.

Art’s father started Booth Appliance in 1959 and was later joined by his two sons, Art and Ernie. Booth Appliance later became Booth Furniture, and Art later left the business to pursue his ying career.

In 1975, Art headed to Northern Ontario to be a bush pilot with Ontario Northern Airways. He met his second wife Mary Lou (Landry) there. Art’s ying career carried on with Leuenberger Air Services, but Art wasn’t satisďŹ ed ying for somebody else. It wasn’t long before the family bought O’Sullivan Lake Resort and started Wings North Fly-in OutďŹ tters out of Nakina, Ontario. Art, his wife, and his sons ew or worked at the business until it sold in 1992, and Art and Mary Lou retired to Vancouver Island.

Art was predeceased by his beloved son, Gordon Jeffrey Booth of Vancouver, BC; his parents, Mona and Arthur Booth of Hawkestone, Ontario; and, most recently, his favorite Siberian Husky, Hunter, who died the day before.

He is survived by his wife, Mary Lou; son, Art Jr. (Dawn); daughters, Beverley (Gerard) Daniels and Janet (Kevin) Darroch; grandchildren, Matthew and Kassandra Booth, Maya and Ben Daniels, and Jake and Liam Darroch. He is also survived by his brother, Ernie Booth, and four sisters, Marlene (Jack) Mawdsley, Yvonne (Jim) Smith, Faye (Bob) Cornish, and Shirley (Burt) Whalen.

After retiring on the seaside in Ladysmith, BC, Art enjoyed many happy years of ying, travel, camping, boating, and ďŹ shing with his son and grandson, and lots of good times with family and friends.

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PORT HARDY: Well maintained 6-plex. Great investment $385,000. Call Noreen 250-949-6319 or email to: imagine.it@cablerocket.com

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Park fundraiser), available at Salamander Books. Matt Billon and Myles Anderson are performing.

COMMUNITIES IN BLOOM - spring planting, 9 am, Sat, May 23. You are invited to join in with your trowel and kneeler at the Henry Road roundabout. It should take 1 to 2 hours to complete.

Erica Prince, 250-246-3395 for info.

BREAKFAST AND LEARN - Tues, May 19, 8-9 am, Best Western's Board room.

Community Policing will be talking about how to reduce the likelihood that your business will be broken into.

Free for Chamber members, $5 for non-members, coffee and tea provided. You may want to enjoy the excellent hot breakfast buffet offered by the hotel. Come a few minutes early and pay $10 to the Front Desk to enjoy a morning treat. Please register as seating is limited, 250-246-3944 or reply to this e-mail.

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SPAGHETTI DINNER & AUCTION - Chemainus Legion, Sat, May 23, 12-7 pm CVAS PRESENTS FLASHES OF BRILLIANCE - St. Michaels Church, Sun, May 24, 2 pm LADYSMITH RESOURCES CENTRE - invites women of all ages to the Women’s Friendship Circle. Wed, May 20th –We will be creating Fairy Houses for the garden.

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LADYSMITH CAMERA CLUB presents “Dogs in Motion� a how-to presentation by Doug Bell, Saltair-area photographer who will show his methods & techniques for creating captivating animal action sequences. Tues, May 26, 7 pm, Hardwick Hall, High St at 3rd Ave in Ladysmith.

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CLUB - Response to the Earthquake Crisis in Nepal Gather your friends & playing partners for Nine 'n Dine Thur. May 21, 4- 7 pm, 380 Davis Rd. 250-245-7313 www.ladysmithgolfclub.ca $15 dollars per golfer gets you nine holes of golf and a light meal. $5.00 from each golfer go directly to Nepal Earthquake Relief.

Additional Donations happily accepted LRCA COOKS IN THE KITCHEN - Youth ages 12-16 years old, Fridays May 22– June 12, 1:15 -3:30 pm Ladysmith Resources Centre taking Registration for the popular cooking program.

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Prepare food to take home and share with their families.

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Call to register 250-245-3079 *Limited space available*

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Welcome to the driver’s seat Driving through spectacular spec Spanish scenery shows the capability the Touareg SUV

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Taking a Touareg of the Sierra Nevada mountains Malaga Spain Granada, an hour away.

Southern Spain isn’t a place one gets to The group was excited to visit the World quickly, especially from the west coast of Heritage Site of the Alhambra (The Red Canada.

Castle). This stunning site dates back to Trekking across the Atlantic Ocean, arrivroughly 800 BC but the structure seen ing late in Frankfurt with only 40 minutes today has roots in the 14th century. It to connect to our flight to Malaga, resulthas been used as a fortress and palace ed in a dash though the airport. Slumping and several different religions have into my seat, sweaty and tired I awoke a called this home. The architecture is The TDI version half hour before landing looking out the stunning from the inside but even more delivers amazing window at the Sierra Nevada mountain fascinating from across the valley floor, range, the location of our off-road experi- power; it uses up to as we had dinner and watched the casence the following day. tle glow under the clear moonlit sky.

25 percent less fuel Volkswagen has what they call “Driving and has amazing The next day was the business day, with Experiences” in far-flung places like 290 km of off-road driving, making resale value.

Spain, Morocco, Switzerland, Norway our way through the Sierra Nevada and Sweden, getting to drive the Touareg Zack Spencer Mountains, back to Malaga. The eight SUV through spectacular scenery and identically equipped Touareg SUVs were experience the true capability of this quite a sight travelling through the vehicle. The two-day adventure our group was on small villages and towns carved into the mountainside. was a condensed version of the four-day experience The forested section was similar to driving in British the public can book. The cost is 2,300 Euros ($3,115), Columbia, even the pine trees looked similar to the which includes the vehicle, fuel, food and transfers ones found around Lillooet and the dusty roads covfor the full four days but not airfare. When you break ered the once clean SUVs in a matter of minutes. it down by the day, it’s rather good value and would The driving was slow. Not because of the Touareg but be a wonderful side excursion for anyone already on because there were three TV crews on this adventure, holiday in one of these locations. including myself from Driving Television. Having to stop and take video held the whole group up, but it Our TDI clean diesel Touareg featured a leather interior made for some stunning shots. and navigation, almost identical to our Canadian The Touareg TDI is the perfect choice for this challenge spec versions with one difference. This vehicle had an or any average commute. The 3.0L turbocharged adjustable air suspension to raise or lower the vehicle engine has 240hp but a whopping 406 lb.-ft. of torque. depending on the road surface. Since we don’t get this And torque is what you need for crawling over rocks feature in Canada, all the off road driving was done and splashing through rivers, but it also makes driving as close to the ride-height of the passive springs and this large five-passenger SUV a breeze even in city sitshocks used in the Canadian spec trucks. uations. On the short highway stages we experienced, For the first leg, we drove on the highway to the city of

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the TDI cruised effortlessly at over 120 km/h.

After a lunch break of traditional paella, the group headed out again into the canyons and rugged landscape – very similar to Utah – with carved cliffs. The most memorable part was the smell of wild Rosemary bushes and the wild Jasmine filling the air. Not just a hint, rather a wonderful aroma that occupied the entire valley floor.

As we pulled into Malaga after 12 hours behind the wheel of the 2015 Touareg, I have come to appreciate it all over again. This is a premium VW offering, starting at $53,965. The TDI is the one to get. Not that the regular gasoline is a bad choice; rather, the TDI diesel is a better choice. The TDI version delivers amazing power; it uses up to 25 per cent less fuel and has amazing resale value. The 2015 model gets a slight facelift, so slight I’d have a hard time pointing out the changes, but this SUV is about what it can do, not how flashy it is.

If you would like to find out more about taking part in your own VW adventure, go to www-volkswagen-driving-adventure.de to find out more. Next time, Morocco sounds like fun…

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