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Grass fire forces Cedar evacuationsCraig Spencethe chronicle

There’s two things Ray Rinta stands in awe of, after a raging grass fire leapt a ditch in his back yard the evening of July 2, and started burning its way through his hay field toward his home in Cedar: the seemingly unstoppable power of a runaway wildfire; and the rallying of his community – includ-ing forestry service fire fighters, local fire departments, and volunteer citizens – to stop the seemingly unstoppable.

When he reported the fire at about 5 p.m. he was told others had already called it in, and that crews were on their way. But when Armageddon is unfold-ing in your back yard, seconds seem like minutes; minutes, hours.

“It took forever,” he said. “Of course when you want things to happen, they don’t happen as quick as you’d like, but we could see the flames getting higher and higher, and moving fast, and the wind picked up and man it was travelling.”

One of a dozen or so homeowners to be evacuated during the incident, Rinta was roused from a snooze on the sofa after a family outing. He awakened to a very bad dream.“We had visions of this taking off and sparks shooting up to the house,” he said, hours after returning to his property when the evacuation notice was lifted next day. “They were talking about bring-ing two big tanker trucks in to spray down the house.”

It didn’t come to that, but Rinta has

been left with an impression of just how vulnerable communities in the path of a wildfire are, and how unpredictable a wildfire can be.“I thought everything was under control,” he said, surveying the charred fields from his back yard. “I was rolling up that hose right there, when there was a police officer standing there and he said ‘You’ve got to evacuate.’,” Rinta recounted.

He, his wife and two grandchildren didn’t have to make use of Ladysmith’s Emergency Social Services Centre, which was activated during the incident

– they stayed with family – but he was amazed at the responsiveness of the pro-fessional fire fighters and his community, battling the blaze.

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A BC Forest Service water bomber drops retardent on a grass fire on Cedar Road, east of Nanaimo Airport. Several fire departments, including Ladysmith and Chemainus, responded to the blaze, which qickly spread to 20 hectacres of hay fields and threatened a nearby forest. About a dozen homes in the area were evacuated, and the Ladysmith Emergency Centre was activated at the height of the incident, which is believed to have been caused by an overheated bearing or sparks from metal blades making contact with rocks during hay harvesting. Teresa McKinley

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Car jumps curbon High Street,drives backwarddown sidewalkCraig Spencethe chronicle

RCMP believe an el-derly driver may have mistakenly accelerated in reverse, sending his late model Jaguar ca-reering backward down the north sidewalk of High Street below 1st, knocking over a fire hy-drant, scraping the wall of Mr. Popper’s Sweet Shoppe, then flattening a parking sign before coming to rest.

People who wit-nessed the accident are trying to figure out how no-one was injured, other than the driver, who appeared shaken up when taken away by ambulance for evaluation.

Vicky Gautreau, the manager of Mr. Pop-per’s, had just finished interviewing a 16 year-old prospective employ-ee at an outdoor table on the sidewalk, and had reentered the store when the building shud-dered and the car rock-eted by in reverse.“She (the student) had

just left and I came in,” Gautreau said. “We’re very fortunate no-one

was hurt. We have a lot of children who come in here.”

Hailey Primrose, who was also at the shop,

left for the post office along the north side-walk, only to return a few minutes later to scene of devastation.

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United Steel Workers and CVRD Reach Tentative Agreement

The Cowichan Valley Regional District and United Steel Workers (USW) Local 1-1937 have reached an agree-ment in principle in their current labour dispute.

The USW served 72-hour notice on May 29 after taking a strike vote May 8.

Details are not being released, pending rati-fication votes by both parties which will occur during the month of July.

The parties have con-tinued to meet over the past couple of weeks in an attempt to break the bargaining impasse.“The deal generally fol-lows the terms of the agreements reached between the CVRD and its other unions, with minor adjustments based on issues specific to the USW affiliated group,” says a June 26 Cowichan Valley Regional District news release.

The United Steel Workers and CVRD are no longer pursuing an Essential Service desig-nation from the Labour Relations Board, “and instead will focus their energies on obtaining the ratification of the agree-ment,” the release adds.

Don’t leavepets in carseven in the shade

With temperatures soaring into the high 20s and 30s people are being cautioned not to leave their pets intheir cars, even for a short dash into the supermar-ket.

An animal can be over-whelmed by heat in as little as ten minutes. The temperature in a parked car, even in the shade with partly open win-dows, can rapidly reach a level high enough to seriously harm or even kill your pet.

A Jaguar somehow ended up jumping the curb go-ing backward on High Street below 1st, knocking out a hydrant en route. Craig SpenCe

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From Page 1From the air a water bomber

swooped in to drop thousands of litres of red fire-retardant in the path of the fire. Then helicopters scooped water out of a nearby pond to continue the air battle. Fire crews from throughout the region tackled the blaze on the ground. Assisting was a nearby dairy

farmer, who topped up his ma-nure spreader with water to douse the scorched field and prevent the fire flaring up again. He was joined by drivers from Bedrock Redi-Mix, who filled the drums

on the backs of their trucks with water and also doused the still smoking ground.A 20 year resident of the area,

Rinta said he’s never seen any-thing like this before. “The last two months have been so darned dry and everybody’s aware of what’s going on,” he said. “But to have this happen in your back yard really shakes you up. You can see it was coming to consume us. It didn’t make it.”

Thanks, he says, to the great re-sponse from his community and the professionals who stand ready to deal with disasters in the making.

A North Cedar fire truck kicks up some dust, on a hayfield burned out in a grass fire July 2. Hot, dry weather has made forests and fields tinder-dry.

Grass fire is a symptom of tinder-dry conditions

Chemainus fire fighters responded to a roof fire July 3 at Tracker Software Products on Chenmainus Road, just south of River Road. Craig SpenCe

CorrectionIn a story in the June 30 edition of the Chronicle we misspelled the name of Dennis Lait, who has retired as Executive Director of the Ladysmith Resources Centre after serving the organization for 23 years, first as a volunteer, then as ED since 1995. Our apologies to Mr. Lait, and best wishes to him in his retirement.

Fire damages buildingon Chemainus RoadA stubborn blaze at Tracker Soft-

ware Products, on Chemainus Road, forced fire fighters to cut through the roof to be sure it was completely extinguished.An employee of Tracker said two

passers by, who got a garden hose and ladder and attempted to ex-

tinguish the fire themselves may have prevented the damage from being much worse.

The building at 9622 Chemainus Road was having roofing work done on it shortly before the fire started, but that has not been con-firmed as the cause of the fire.


North Cowichan Mayor Jon Lefebure opened his Chemainus home to visitors interested in learning more about the benefits of going solar. They left with plenty to think about. Craig SpenCe

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The current spell of hot and very dry weather has created extremely hazardous fire con-ditions and led the province to declare a Level 4 Drought rat-ing for Vancouver Island and the Gulf Islands.

The provincial government has also suspended angling in streams and rivers throughout southern Vancouver Island and the Gulf Islands due to

ongoing low stream flows and warming water temperatures.

In response to the drought and fire hazard conditions Stage 3 Water Restrictions will come into effect in Ladysmith on Tuesday, July 7.

This means no lawn sprin-kling or irrigation; no filling pools or hot tubs; and no washing of cars, driveways, sidewalks or houses. Micro-

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Craig Spencethe chronicle

If you push him, Jon Lefe-bure will go down to the bot-tom line when it comes to so-lar power.

Yes, you will save some on your hydro bills, and that factor is likely to grow over the coming years. Yes, as in-vestments go, your home im-provement will probably pay off better than many stocks, bonds or other instruments you could hope to cash in on. Yes, it does trend you toward being ‘off the grid’…

But when you get right down to it, installing solar panels on your roof, like he has done on the garage of his Beach Ave-nue home in Chemainus, is an investment in the future. And if this summer is any indica-tion – not to mention the 13 other hot ones since the turn of the century – the world needs trend-setters like North Cowichan’s mayor.

At an open house June 28 he showed a crowd of inter-ested guests the ins and outs of installing solar panels, and presented his carefully kept tally of the benefits of tapping directly into the sun’s energy, rather than drawing power from the grid.

He installed 17 panels on

the south facing slope of his garage roof. The project cost him $10,000 – which he said could be reduced by as much as 25 percent by joining in on bulk buying strategies.

For Lefebure buying the pan-els and a monitoring system, so he could effectively mea-sure his usage and savings, were his main – in fact, almost his only costs.A designer and home builder,

he installed the system on his own. “I had never done an installation before and it took me three days,” he said.

“I could probably do it in half the time now.”

Calculating your return on that investment is not so easy, though, if you’re looking only at the dollars and cents of it. From May 2014 to May 2015 Lefebure estimates he saved about $600 in power costs by replacing power from the grid with his home generated source, which generated 5,000 kilowatt hours.

That’s a 5.5 percent return on his investment. He points out, adding that the figures will only get better as electric-ity rates go up. In the mean-time, “I was very happy to get that kind of a return, putting it on my roof,” he said.

Still, he thinks there’s room for BC Hydro to up the incen-

tives a bit. “If BC Hydro want-ed to encourage these things, they would add a few cents return and they would really take off,” he predicted.

The investment also gets better because solar panels need almost no maintenance and they come with a 25 year warranty. After 25 years their output may diminish, but they would still be producing free power, he said.“Even if it was at half the effi-

ciency, you would still be get-ting free power,” he said. “You would leave the first unit up and look for another spot for a second unit.”

How much power can the panels generate. Lefebure es-timates his installation could power an electric commuter vehicle year-round. With im-provements to the technology he figures the day will even-tually come when going com-pletely off grid is an option.

But for now there’s still the biggest payoff of all. “I start with the environmental moti-vation, but I’m really interested in the financial, because that’s what’s really going to motivate a lot of people,” he said.“Yes, it’s going to make a re-turn, but let’s look for the day when we’re not using gas or oil anymore, cause that’s the real payoff.”

When the going gets hotit’s time to think of solar

Open house demonstrates the economics of solar power


Saltair market approvedCraig Spencethe chronicle

A few things have had to change during the two-years it’s taken to get a building per-mit from the North Cowichan Regional District, but Saltair businessman John Morris’ enthusiasm for his Stocking Creek market project, which will offer affordable commer-cial strata space for artisans and retailers, hasn’t waned.“We’re real excited about it,” he said, now that North Cowichan has approved the project.

The concept of a market “heavily focused on pedestrian walking areas” remains the same. The project will include 16 commercial strata spaces on an L-shaped site just south of Byron’s Market, which Mor-ris also owns. The maximum

unit size permitted by the NCRD will be 1,200 sq ft.

It’s that small size and the sharing of some facilities that will make the units afford-able to businesses, and Morris thinks it will be a unique set-ting and a draw, not only for Saltair residents, but for peo-ple from the Cowichan Valley and beyond.“A lot of malls focus only on the local area; this should ca-ter to the whole of Vancouver Island,” he said. The project has often been compared to the Coombs Market – a land-mark for anyone headed to Port Alberni or Long Beach.

Stocking Creek will have the same kind of draw, Morris pre-dicts. “It’s going to be good for the whole area.”

Initially planned as a collec-tion of modular structures, the project will now be a West

Coast design, with ‘a lot of cedar and steel,’ Morris said. As well, the NCRD insisted that the access road through the market be entirely paved (Morris wanted to pave it part way in, then go with a gravel surface).

Despite those changes, he still thinks the project will be appealing price wise. “I’m still able to achieve that affordabil-ity,” he said.

Once construction begins, Morris figures the project can be completed in three to six months. Before then, though, he is waiting to finalize commit-ments to buy the first two lots at the entrance to the project, closest to Chemainus Road.

He said there is interest in those and other lots, but be-fore work can begin, he wants to have commitments on the ‘prime lots.’

Why should my infant have an eye examination?

Many parents are surprised to learn children do not have to be verbal or able to read to participate in a complete eye health examination. Infants can, and should, have a full eye assess-ment by the age of 6 months. There are certain symptoms that should prompt an earlier examination and these include any concerns that you have as a parent, or an eye turn (one eye that wanders in, out, up or down), red eyes, crusty eyelids, frequent infections, excessive tearing, a droopy eyelid, pupil abnormalities, an unusual head posture, lack of response to

faces or objects, or a family history of ocular health issues.

Visual health is more than simply seeing well; at 6 months of age an infant’s visual system has already undergone tremendous development, and the external and internal struc-tures of the eye can all be viewed with special instruments. Eye movement patterns and alignment can be checked, along with how accurately each of your baby’s eyes is focusing simply by having them sit on your lap and look at lights and toys.

Most parents are curious about what their infant sees, and how quickly their visual system develops as the baby ages. The first several months of life result in the greatest changes in your baby’s vision! Newborns have limited eye coordination and focusing skills and they see a blurred world of light and dark patterns. Colour vision begins to develop at about 3 months of age and is quite well developed by 6 months of age. Gradually, your infant’s focusing distance increases and within the first 2-4 months your baby should begin following moving objects with their eyes and reaching for things; the accuracy increases as eye movement control and hand-eye coordination and depth perception develop and improve.

In order to develop connections between their eyes and their brain, babies need lots of visual stimulation. Here are some suggestions to promote visual development:

• Ifyourbaby’sroomallowsforit,changethecribpositionintheroomandbaby’sposition in the crib to allow for varied visual stimulation

• Keepreachandtouchtoys(largeenoughtoavoidchokinghazards)withinbaby’sfocus (15-30 cm). Allow for toys baby can touch and see at the same time; use toys of varying shapes and textures and toys with plenty of detail.

• Talktoyourinfantasyourmovearoundtheroomtogivethematargettofollow.

• Hangamobileabovethecrib

• Encouragecrawlingtoallowyourbabytoexploretheirworldwhiledevelopingeye-hand-foot co-ordination

• Ifyouhaveolderchildrenencourageplaytimewithbabyasyourbabywilllearntoimitate them.

Your local optometrist would love to meet you and your baby and introduce you both to comprehensive eye health examinations and the beginning of a lifetime of visual health.

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An architectural rendering of the Stocking Creek market, proposed by John Morris in Saltair.

North-bound travelers on the Malahat will get a new introduction to the Cowichan region as of June 15.

Information, directions and incentive to explore the region has been updated and linked electronically with the installation of new signage at the Malahat Viewpoint rest area.A large scale map provides the viewer with an overview of the Cowichan

region, and symbols indicate the location of activities and attractions. Colorful and engaging photographs tell Cowichan’s story and entice the viewer to take part in the experiences depicted on the sign.

Each community – including Ladysmith and Chemainus – is show-cased in photos, with its key attributes highlighted. Information about the Pacific Marine Circle Route is also included.“Visitor Centre locations, a QR code directed to the Tourism Cowichan

website and strong calls to action will encourage visitors to seek out more information about what they are viewing on the sign,” says a re-lease from Tourism Cowichan.

Installation of the new sign, which replaces a derelict structure that had been in place since 1986, is part of an overall upgrade of the rest area.

The City of Duncan will be refurbishing the totem pole at the view-point, and erecting interpretive signage about the totem route. A joint unveiling is being planned for early fall.

Northbound traffic on the Trans Canada averages 11,000 vehicles a day during summer months, and the viewpoint rest area is used extensively by tourists, Vancouver Island residents and locals.

A new sign at the Malahat Viewpoint gives north-bound travelers a better in-troduction to the Cowichan Valley.

TOURISM SIGN INSTALLED AT MALAHAT VIEWPOINT


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We expect governing parties to use the le-verage they gain by being in power to remain in power. It’s

part of the game called politics, and there’s a certain amount of latitude granted because none of us are saints, and it would take a saint to complete-ly avoid the temptation.

But there are limits, and an expecta-tion, too, that the party in power will not be too exuberant or blatant about brainwashing us with our own money.

At least there used to be. But it would seem in the era of hyper-parti-san politics that has been brought on by the Progressive Conservative party under the rule of Prime Minister Ste-phen Harper those boundaries haven’t been blurred, so much as erased.

The ‘Harper Government’ knows no restraint whatsoever, it would seem, when it comes to attaching their brand to government documents. A recent media release about youth em-ployment initiatives in the Cowichan Valley that came across our desk uses the phrase ‘Harper Government’ no fewer than seven times in a page and a half.

Once should have been too much.The Government of Canada does not

belong to Stephen Harper – much as he does not like being reminded of that fact. Nor does it belong to the Progressive Conservative Party. The Government of Canada belongs to, and acts on behalf of the 35 million Canadians who make up this country, be they of PC, Liberal, NDP, Green or any political stripe.

Prime Minister Harper is not a stupid man; and his advisors are not stupid either. They know a boundary is being crossed when they paste the phrase “Harper Government” all over every of-ficial document. They also understand what it means when we accept that kind of crass paternalism as ‘normal.’

Craig Spence, Editor

Your Words“...let’s look for the day when we’re not using gas or oil anymore, cause that’s the real payoff.”

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Editor: I have to, in all sincerity, voice

my concern over the driving practices in Ladysmith.

On Saturday, June 27 at 11:30 a.m., there was a driver parked at the intersection of Dogwood and Davis, blocking of the south lane on Dogwood. About four vehicles were sit-ting there attempting to get onto Davis, me being one of them.

It was impossible to go around safely – and very likely illegal –but this driver just sat there. I realized that he, and probably the other two occupants of the vehi-cle, were reading garage sale signs, and writing down the details.

I got up behind this vehicle and leaned on my horn, at which point the driver made his way onto Davis and went south. I followed until he pulled over onto the side-walk and parked, at which

point I pulled up behind him, initially to see if things were okay.

When he said he had only been parked at the intersec-tion for five minutes, reading the signs, I realized this driver had no road sense at all. He asked why people could not drive around him?

This is common practice on weekends, and surely our public employees and officials must be aware of it; so shouldn’t the Town of Ladysmith be posting signs to discourage this kind of behav-iour where it is happening.

Frank Sutherland, Ladysmith

Transparency essential Pam Fraser’s letter (Variance vote varied. What happened? June 30) struck an unpleas-ant chord with me. Why the big mystery about the identities of the individuals

who supported the vari-ance? Why was it necessary to re-visit this matter, which had already been discussed and voted upon? To give Councilor Duck Patterson a chance to change his vote? Why did he change his vote?

Whatever happened to full disclosure and the transpar-ency we were promised in the last election?

Perhaps it should be consid-ered that there is an inherent conflict of interest in having realtors and developers on municipal governments and that they should not be eligi-ble to serve.

We hope and assume that all members of the township government are above abus-ing their office, but taxpay-ers deserve full attention and input in these matters and if all members of council are not able to discuss and vote openly, we are being short-changed.

Jacqueline Estabrooks, Ladysmith

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Two seriously injured inmotorcycle-car collision

A rear end collision between a motorcycle and a car on the Trans Canada Highway Tues-day resulted in serious injuries to two people, requiring medivacs by air ambulance to hospi-tals in Vancouver and Victoria.

The accident occurred in the south-bound lane, at the Oyster Sto Lo intersection, north of Ladysmith just after 2 p.m. Initial reports have determined that the motorcycle rear-ended the car, which “appeared to be stopped in the intersection,” according to an RCMP report.

Both the rider and passenger of the motor-cycle were seriously injured in the crash. A male driver remains in hospital with severe head injuries; and a female passenger may have sustained a broken pelvis.

The driver and passenger of the car were as-sessed at the scene, but did not have injuries that required they be taken to hospital.“South Island Traffic Services have assumed

Primary Investigative status and have now as-sumed full control of the investigation,” said Staff Sgt. Dave Herman of the Ladysmith RCMP.

A Specialized Island District Traffic Analyst was called to the scene to conduct a forensic examination.

No criminal charges are pending, Sgt. Andre Dentoom of South Island Traffic Services said. However, there could be charges under the Motor Vehicle Act.

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Ladysmith Secondary SchoolOlivia Aarsen, Cedar Canadian Girls in Training $1,000; Ladysmith Health Care Auxiliary Scholarship $4,000.Eric Armitage, Ladysmith Secondary School Staff Award $250.Sara Barill, SD 68 Employee Award $500.Celena Barnes, 49th Parallel Grocery Ladysmith Bursary $500.Stephen Bedard, Ladysmith FOE Aerie 2101 Award $1,000; Rotary Club of Ladysmith Academic Award $500.Robyn Bishop, Ladysmith FOE Aerie 2101 Award $1,000.Alexis Bouma, Grad 2011 Award $500; Ladysmith and District Credit Union-John Ulinder Memorial Scholarship $5,000;Ministry Dogwood $1,000.Nicholas Bravo-Frank, Ministry Dogwood Award $1,000.Heart Shane Princess Bucatan, Ministry Dogwood $1,000.Lauren Bush, Thrifty Foods Citizenship Award $750; Ministry Dogwood $1,000.Courtney Chanin, Cory Bailey Memorial Award $1,000; Ministry Dogwood $1,000.Emily Chellew, Royal Canadian Legion Branch #171 Ladysmith Bursary $1,750.Bradley Ciarniello, Ladysmith and District Credit Union Scholarship in Memory of Jack MacDonald $1,000; Wickham Family Scholarship $1,500.Caileigh Clark, Rotary Club of Ladysmith Academic Award $500.Justine Cochrane, Knights of Columbus #4582 Award $750; St. Mary’s Parish Award $400.Anastasia Cooper, Ladysmith and District Credit Union Bursary (Vocational) $3,000.Allison Crossley, Ministry Dogwood $1,000.Nicole Cunningham, Ladysmith Chamber of Commerce Award $500; Marc Lajeunesse Bursary $750.Samanta de Souza, Marc Lajeunesse Bursary $750; Zonta Scholarship $1,000; Ministry Dogwood $1,000.Martin “James” De Hoop, Ladies Auxiliary FOE Aerie 2101 Bursary $1,000; Wayne Grouhel/Rob Fawdry Memorial Kinsmen Award $500.Joshua Dingman, St. Mary’s Catholic Women’s League Ladysmith Award $300; Tony Henning Memorial Air Cadet $1,500.Austin Doherty, SD 68 Employee Award $500.Netanya Drinkwater, Heather Brawner Memorial Award $500.Chanel Dwinnell, Cedar Lions’ Gary Lawrence Memorial Bursary $750; Cedar Community Secondary Prom Legacy Award $500; Wayne Grouhel/Rob Fawdry Memorial Kinsmen Award $500; Woodbank Primary/North Cedar Intermediate Bursary $250; Ministry Dogwood $1,000.James Fraser, R.H. Ashwell Memorial Award $250.Mia Frier, Language Scholarship $500; Lucy Lytton Memorial Scholar-ship $2,500; Ministry Dogwood $1,000.Sarah Genge, Christy Moores Memorial Award $500; Ladysmith Arts Council ‘Fine Arts’ 2012 $500; Ministry Dogwood $1,000.

Nathaniel Green, Helen Helmkay Memorial Award $1,000; Ladysmith Lions’ Pete Seaton Bursary $1,000; Ministry Dogwood $1,000.Aliyah Griffin, David Forrest Memorial Award $500; Ministry Dogwood $1,000.Chelsea Hall, Royal Canadian Legion Branch #171 Ladysmith Bursary $1,750.Sierra Hamilton, Rotary Club of Ladysmith Vocational Award $500.Mellissa Hatch, Hillside Medical Centre Scholarship $600.Danielle Hebert, VIIC Community Care Scholarship $500; Ministry Dogwood $1,000.Kennedy Heyes, Linda Heyes Fradin Memorial Award $1,000.Hailea Hills, Royal Canadian Legion Branch #171 Bursary, Ladies Auxiliary $1,000.Raine Hills, Nanaimo Airport Commission Award $500.Katrina Hjort, Ladysmith Health Care Youth Volunteer Scholarship $4,000.Katelyn Horsley, Circle of Friends Award in Memory of Marilyn Wargo $500; Ladysmith FOE Aerie 2101 Stew Battie Memorial Athletic Award $1,000; Ministry Dogwood $1,000.Yvonne Houssin, Frank Jameson Memorial Award $1,500; Ministry Dogwood $1,000.Brody Hughes, Rotary Club of Ladysmith Vocational Award $500; Ministry Dogwood $1,000.Kelsey Hutt, Cedar Community Secondary Prom Legacy Award $500; Rotary Club of Ladysmith - Tristan DeKoninck Memorial Award $1,000; Ministry Dogwood $1,000.Sherin Jangu, Mid Island Consumer Services Co-Op Award $1,000.Eva Jones, Ryan “17” Wallace-Tarry Memorial Award $850.Daniel Kelly, The LCU Insurance Agencies Community Spirit Award $1,000; Ministry Dogwood $1,000.Gabrielle Knoop, Ministry Dogwood $1,000.Sidney Langdon, Carolyn Dale Memorial Award $500; Ladysmith Softball Association Award $250.Jessica Lennstrom, Rotary Club of Ladysmith Vocational Award $500.Shayleen Magnan, Native Daughters Douglas Post No. 7 Award $750; Ministry Dogwood $1,000.Jordy Marchtaler, The Carol McNab Memorial Bursary $500.Robbie Matson, Canadian Union of Public Employees Local 606 Award $500.Shelby McLeod, Mareena McNab Memorial Award $300.Melissa Mrus, Ladysmith Health Care Youth Volunteer Scholarship $4,000; Ladysmith Rexall Coronation Mall Bursary $300.Nick Mrus, Knights of Columbus #4582 Award $750; St. Mary’s Catho-lic Women’s League Ladysmith Award $300; Cory Bailey Memorial Award $1,000.Josiah Nadon, Canexus Scholarship $500; Native Sons Douglas Post No. 7 Award $750.James Nygren, Country Grocery Nanaimo Bursary $500.Angela O’Donnell, Ladysmith-Saltair Garden Club Bursary $500; Royal

Canadian Legion Branch #171 Ladysmith Bursary $1,750; Saltair Community Award $600.Brennan O’Toole, Nanaimo School Administrators Association Award $500; Ministry Dogwood $1,000.Darby Rae, SD 68 50/50 Employee Award $500.Taylor Rae, Ladysmith Fire & Rescue Award $500.Hana Reinhart, Ladysmith FOE Aerie 2101 Award $1,000.Cassandra Robertson, Vincent Family Award $500.Edward Sackey, Cedar Women’s Institution Culinary Arts Bursary $500; Ministry Dogwood $1,000.Nicole Scarpino, Heather Brawner Memorial Award $500; Royal Canadian Legion Branch #171 Bursary, Ladies Auxiliary $1,000.Megan Schlitz, Canadian Federation of University Women Ladysmith - Scholarship $750; Cedar Community Secondary Prom Legacy Award $500; Mid Island Consumer Services Co-Op Award $500; Ministry Dogwood $1,000Devon Scott, Rotary Club of Ladysmith Vocational Award $500; The Jim Szasz Family Bursary $500.Madeline Shred, Ladysmith Health Care Auxiliary Scholarship $4,000; Retired Teachers’ Association Awards $750.Taylor Siddall, Ladysmith Secondary School PAC Award $500.Rowan Siider, Ladysmith Baseball Association Award $250; Royal Bank Financial Group Award $250.Delaney St. Cyr, Kinsmen Club of Ladysmith Bursary $500.Angela Stachow, Cedar Lions’ Max DeJong Memorial Bursary $750; Ladysmith and District Credit Union Scholarship in Memory of Helmi Kotilla $1,000.Sam Street, Ladysmith and District Credit Union Bursary (Academic) $3,000.Devin Thomlinson, SD 68 50/50 Employee Award $500.Shan Ugalino, Kinsmen Club of Ladysmith Bursary $500; Ministry Dogwood $1,000.Britt van’t Hul, Royal Bank Financial Group Award $250.Jordan Vincent, Mareena McNab Memorial Award $300; The Silver Award $500; Vincent Family Award $500.Liam Wallace-Tarry, North Cedar Volunteer Fire Department Award $500.Madison Warren, Ladysmith Secondary School PAC Award $500.Marshall Wearne, Yellow Point Lodge Tourism Scholarship $750.Emily Weeks, Ladies Auxiliary FOE Aerie 2101 Bursary $1,000; Ladysmith Lions’ Pete Seaton Memorial Award $1,000; Cory Bailey Memorial Award $1,000.Kennedy Williams, Vincent Family Award $500; Ministry Dogwood $1,000.Zachary Wolfe, Rotary Club of Ladysmith Graduation Transition Award $1,000.Christina Youngren, Ladies Auxiliary FOE Aerie 2101 Bursary $1,000.Taryn Zurbrigg, Lucy Lytton Memorial Scholarship $2,500.

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You, our donors, help make dreams come true and make a difference in the lives ofyoung people. We thank you for your continued financial support.

Thanks to the generosity of our donors, Nanaimo-Ladysmith Schools Foundation is able to help 83 accomplished and deserving graduates of Ladysmith Secondary School to pursue their dreams of post-secondary education. Special thanks to our volunteers on the Awards Selection Committee who spent many days pouring over applications to decide on more than 115 Scholarships, Bursaries, Awards, totalling $103,200.

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Keeping to the shade, Kera and Rebecca fid-dled for passers by for the second year in a row, busking on Willow and Legion Street.

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Up to the end of June 1915, the Canadian Col-lieries (Dunsmuir) Ltd. employees at Ladysmith and Extenston had donated $4,000 for patriotic purposes, which almost establishes a record for the same number of employees of any com-pany in Canada. But they are determined to keep up the good work, and today the Chron-icle has been authorized to announce that the Ladysmith and Extension employees of the Canadian Collieries (Dunsmuir) Ltd. have de-cided to donate a machine gun to cost $1,000 to the Canadian forces.

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Fleet ReflectionsErika Nadon submitted the winning photo for the Ladysmith Camera Club’s June contest with her shot based on the theme “Long Exposure.” She titled her picture of Nanaimo Harbour at night “Fleet Reflec-tions.” The photo was taken on the night of June 13. Its reflections and colours impressed fellow members of the club. Erika NadoN

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The musical acts are booked, the craft vendors are signed up, the food vendors are in place, and 300 vol-unteers are ready to work their hearts out at the 31st Islands Folk

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Open house at LMS marina celebrates purple martinsWear something purple July

12 and join the BC Purple Mar-tin Stewardship and Recovery Program at its eleventh annual open house at the Ladysmith Maritime Society marina from 2 - 4 p.m. to celebrate.Although they remain a spe-

cies at risk in BC, the purple martin population has in-creased from a low of five breeding pairs in 1985 to over a 1,000 nesting pairs in 2014, mainly as a result of nest box-es built, installed and main-tained by volunteers.

There has been a good re-turn of adult birds again this year and a low return of one-year olds, as expected. There were two periods of cool wet

weather last summer that re-sulted in a lower number of young in 2014.

“Although the final count for 2015 is not yet available, there has been an exceptional re-turn of two and three year old birds this year,” said Program Biologist, Bruce Cousens with the recovery program.“Many Central Island colo-nies are again fully or almost fully occupied. This is very ex-citing to see”

The martin colony at the LMS marina is the largest on Vancouver Island and is ex-pecting about 80 pairs again this year.

Visitors will be able to watch adults feeding nestlings, learn

more about the conservation of purple martins at displays and hear stories about purple martins’ activities around the Strait of Georgia. Martin nest-lings will be banded at a ses-sion scheduled for 3 p.m.“Light refreshments and our famous purple (blueberry) milkshakes will be served while quantities last,” said Charlene Lee, Georgia Basin Ecological Assessment and Restoration Society adminis-trator.

To join in the fun, head for Ladysmith, follow the yellow signs to the marina and park in the upper lot. “Don’t forget to wear something purple and come join in the fun,” Lee said.

Ladysmith Celebrations Society2015 Citizen of the Year Nominations

The Citizen of the Year Award is presented for outstanding Community Service over a period of time. The service must be voluntary and does not include service where there has been a connection to normal employment.The nominations are open to all residents of Ladysmith, but they must conform to the guidelines put forth by the Ladysmith Celebrations Society.The nominations received will be judged by a panel selected from the committee.

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KINDER – Bruce EdwardDecember 18th, 1919- June 13th, 2015

Bruce passed away after a long and happy life. Predeceased by his wife Audrey, brother Roger, daughter Sylvia Kaminsky and son-in-law Greg Kaminsky.Survived by his wife Brenda, son Danny, grandson Drew (Carla) Kaminsky, grand-daughter Shauna (Scott) Dillard; great grandchildren Austin and Tyler Dillard; sisters Maddie Howatt and Marney Malin.Bruce lived a full and happy life; made friends and memories along the way; from his career in the Armed Services to his retirement and to the cruises which he enjoyed immensely. We have been honored to share our lives with him.Bruce was a fifty year member of the Royal Canadian Legion, zone chairman of the B.C. Senior’s Games and a long- time member of the Chemainus Senior’s Centre.

Condolences may be offered at [email protected]

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Skateboarders were flying high at the Chemainus bowl June 28 during a com-petition that had them grinding and flipping and demonstrating all their skills in front of an appreciative crowd. Craig SpenCe

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The Seniors Office of the Ladysmith Resources Centre Would like to remind the seniors of Ladysmith about the summer program, Students Helping Seniors. This program provides youth and seniors with an opportunity to interact and develop work relationships and bonds.

It is a learning experience for both groups within the com-munity. The students will assist seniors with various tasks in and around the home. The charge for the service is mini-mum wage $10.25/hr. To register for this program, or for more information, contact Sophia Elliott, the Project Co-ordinator at 250-245-3079.

WOMEN’S FRIENDSHIP CIRCLE

Another reminder of a program hosted by the Ladysmith Resources Centre called The Women’s Friendship Circle. The goal has been to create a welcoming place where wom-en of all ages can socialize and feel comfortable with each other. A place where women can drop-in, have a cup of tea or coffee, talk, laugh, cry, share their lives, tell their sto-ries, and make new friends.

Please join in on Wednesday evenings from 7pm to 9pm at the Ladysmith Resources Centre (top floor). For more information call 250-245-3079.

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I hope you are enjoying the warm weather and will enjoy the long summer we are about to have. Drink lots of fluids if you are out and about!

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• Kudos to 49th Street Market for donating water bottles to firefighters who were out battling a grass fire in Cedar that threatened homes and caused an evacuation July 2. In the kind of swelter-ing heat we’ve been having, we have to quench the thirst within to douse the fires around us!• Your gifts give 373 grads a chance at higher

education. That’s the word from the Nanaimo-Ladysmith Schools Foundation, which award-ed over $474,000 in scholarships and bursaries to assist 373 Grade 12 graduates with the high cost of post-secondary education. Local donors gave over $323,000; the Ministry of Education provided 151 scholarships of $1,000 each. “On behalf of all students at Nanaimo Ladysmith Public Schools, we thank you for your continued financial support. Your generosity means the world to our students!” said the NLSF in an email.• Stock the Lockers, a fund-raiser for the Nanai-

mo-Ladysmith Schools Foundation, takes place Aug. 13 to Sept. 3. This is the 6th annual fundrais-ing campaign for school supplies and other unmet basic needs of local elementary and secondary students. “Help us raise $50,000 to give students an equal chance to succeed in school,” says the NLSF in a recent release. For information go to www.NLSF.ca.• Ladysmith Rotarian Gerry Beltgens re-

ceived the District Award for Service to Polio Plus, and he was named Rotarian of the Year the club announced in a release last week. Bonnie Ritchie received the President’s Achievement Award for her work coordinating the BEAR ( Be Eager About Reading) Program for Literacy. Michael Furlot received the Rotary International Award for Service and Cheryl Leukefeld received the President’s Plaque and Honourable Mention for second Place for New Members in District 5020. Sandra Milne received the Jim Runciman Award for Service in the Ladysmith Club.• Ladysmith’s Royal Canadian Search and

Rescue is looking for crew and supporting mem-bers, and will be holding an ‘open boathouse’ July 11 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Ladysmith Marina. You can also email [email protected] for more information.• Kids are being invited to visit their local library

to read, build, craft and create some fun at this year’s Summer Reading Club! The theme for 2015, “Build It”, encourages children ages 0-12 to visit their local library branch this summer to help build their reading skills. Registration is free at local library branches or online at virl.bc.ca/kids! Summer Reading Club runs to Aug. 22.• Help defeat cancer by participating in the Tour

de Rock Raffle: Draw date is Sept. 10, 2015. Tick-ets $10. 1st Prize is a Bear Mountain Golf Getaway Package for four, $1,250 value. 2nd Prize is a Ca-nucks Hockey Getaway Package for two, $1,000 value. 3rd Prize is a Mayne Island Getaway Pack-age for two, $400 value. For more information and to purchase your tickets contact Tour de Rock rid-ers Alison Wood at 250-380-6132 [email protected] or Rob Webb at 250-732-0312 or [email protected]• The Nanaimo Concert Band will be in the

bowl July 12 for the Concerts in the Park series at Ladysmith’s Transfer Beach. Show’s are on Sun-day between 6-8 p.m. Put on by the Ladysmith Re-source Centre Association, these concerts – which run through August – are offered by donation. So enjoy an evening in the bowl, with great music and a great feeling of supporting your community. See the lineup at lrca.bc.ca/concerts.asp

Gerry Beltgens, Bonnie Ritchie, Michael Furlot and Cheryle Leukefeld at the Ladysmith Rotarians awards ceremony

A big ‘Thank You’ to those who donated to the Nanaimo-Ladysmith Schools Foundation this year.

Reggae, ska and salsa will get people’s toes tapping and hands clapping at Waterwheel Park in Chemainus July 7, when the band De Bruces A Mi takes to the stage at 7 p.m. From Columbia, the musicians are on their debut visit to Canada, says the Chemainus Valley Cultural Arts Society in a release outlining the summer’s events at Waterwheel Park.

On Saturday, July 11 the annual Chemainus Rockabilly Rumble will get things hopping with “an amazing afternoon of that wonderful rock ‘n roll music from the fifties,” the CVCAS release continue..

Bands will be rockin’ from around noon to 9 p.m. “You’ll see the Hell Katz, Six Gun Romeo, Jukebox Jezebel, Hank Angel and his Island Devils, and Slim Sandy.“Join in the fun, with poodle skirts on the girls, and pompadour hair styles for the guys. The festival will also feature a display of old-time cars and hot rods, to go along with the music.”

De Bruces A Mi at the Waterwheel July 7

Things will be hoppingon the Waterwheel stage


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