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Stz’uminus denies access to its watersLindsay ChungTHE CHRONICLE

Late Friday afternoon, the Stz’uminus First Nation took the step to prohibit access to its waters in Kulleet Bay, up toward Dodds Narrows and south to Sansum Nar-rows and Active Pass.

Until further notice, Stz’uminus First Nation will prohibit access to its Core Territory in the Salish Sea by all vessels, including but not limited to, commercial fishing ves-sels, Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) vessels, and any non-native civilians and government officials.

In a letter sent to federal Fisheries and Oceans Minister Gail Shea Fri-day, May 2, Stz’uminus First Nation Chief John Elliott explained that Stz’uminus First Nation and neigh-boring nations have been left with no recourse but to re-claim their Core Territory in the Salish Sea.“The Stz’uminus people have con-tinually occupied our territory along the Salish Sea for countless generations — thousands of years before European arrival,” he wrote.

“The ongoing actions of the Depart-ment of Fisheries and Oceans have failed to follow federal Aboriginal Consultation and Accommodation laws, failed to appropriately man-age or allow for co-management of fisheries within our territory and, ultimately, have failed to recognize Aboriginal Rights and Title.”

First Nations never ceded their rights to any of their resources or land, and Aboriginal Rights — the practices, customs and traditions

unique to First Nations that First Nations participated in prior to contact with Europeans — which are separate from Treaty Rights, are “constitutionally protected and cannot be extinguished by any gov-ernment,” explained Elliott.

In his letter, Elliott states that DFO must make “swift and sweep-ing changes to their procedures and policies to appropriately accommo-date Aboriginal Rights and Title.”“The DFO continues to favour ex-

isting commercial monopolies and continues to inadequately consult with aboriginal groups when enact-ing policy,” he wrote. “Due to its gross mismanagement and failure to follow government mandates, we can no longer allow the Depart-ment of Fisheries and Oceans to manage fisheries within our terri-tory. We cannot stand by while fish stocks within our territory con-tinue to be depleted and our rights ignored.”

Elliott also sent a letter to B.C. fisheries sectoral groups, such as the Underwater Harvesters Asso-ciation and the BC Shellfish Farm-ers, stating that: “We understand that this [action] will create chal-lenges for all parties, and we would like to firmly state that our fight is not with the commercial harvest-ers. Our fight is with the DFO alone, and our hope is to compel them to follow Canadian law when enacting new policy and change their exist-ing policies surrounding aboriginal access accordingly.”

Ray Gauthier, CEO of Stz’uminus Four-year-old Jackson Masters (left) and three-year-old Rhys McKelvie show off the � sh they caught at Chemainus Lake during Kids Learn to Fish Day May 3. Please see page 5 for more photos. LINDSAY CHUNG

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Local WFP mills resume operationsRoss ArmourTHE CHRONICLE

All Western Forest Products (WFP) mills except Nanaimo are now re-open following the tragic shooting in the Harbour City last week.

There are three manufacturing mills in Chemainus and two in Ladysmith and all were closed im-mediately following the Nanaimo incident which saw two men killed and two more taken to hos-pital Wednesday, April 30.

However Ladysmith Sawmill, Saltair Sawmill, Chemainus Saw-mill, Value Added Reman and South Island Reman all re-opened as of yesterday after being closed for two working days at the end of last week.“Operations at all mills will com-mence Monday, May 5, with the ex-ception of the Nanaimo sawmill,” WFP CEO and president Don De-mens said in a press release Friday (May 2). “We will have additional security presence at all sites. The

safety of our employees has al-ways been, and will continue to be, our highest priority.“Western is working closely with

our colleagues at United Steel-workers Local 1-1937 to review the security of our workplaces and we will make any changes needed to ensure our colleagues are confident in the security of their work environment.”Workers received pay from WFP

while the mills were closed.“We are grateful for the support

we have received from all levels of government, the community and our industry colleagues. We will continue to cooperate fully with authorities throughout this criminal investigation,” wrote De-mens.

Fred James McEachern and Mi-chael John Lunn were shot dead in Nanaimo,with Tony Sudar and Earl Kelly being transported to hospital.“On behalf of the entire Local

Union, I would again like to ex-press our sincere condolences

and heartfelt thoughts for the families, friends and co-workers of each and every person affected by the tragic and shocking events at the Western Forest Products Mill in Nanaimo,” said a press re-lease from United Steelworkers.

“Michael Lunn, the USW plant chairperson and Fred McEach-ern, the mill superintendent were long-term employees and both well-known and respected within the Union, WFP and their com-munities. Their loss is heavy on everyone’s hearts and minds. “At last report, Tony Sudar and

Earl Kelly are out of danger and recovering from their wounds in the hospital. We wish them both the speediest of recoveries and again offer any assistance they or their families may need.”

The workers’ union and WFP will be working together to offer counselling sessions to anyone that requires them.“The Local Union will continue to focus our efforts on working with WFP to ensure that the fami-

lies, workers and everyone else directly affected in the operation gets the help they need through grief counselling or any other means. Counselling sessions will continue to take place today in Nanaimo and will continue for as long as is needed.”

The union said it is still too early to comment on the motive of the shooting.

Kevin Douglas Addison, a for-mer employee of the Nanaimo mill has been charged with two counts of first-degree murder and two counts of attempted murder in connection with the shooting.

Nanaimo RCMP superintendent Mark Fisher would also not specu-late on the motive of the shooting.

The incident began in the park-ing lot of the mill at approximate-ly 7 a.m. April 30 and continued into the offices on-site. A shotgun was seized from the

scene by an emergency team member.—with files from John McKinley

Stz’uminus reclaiming its Core Territory in Salish Sea

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Ladysmith one of “Canada’s Greenest Employers”

The Town of Ladysmith can call itself one of

“Canada’s Greenest Employers” for the third year in a row.

The award recognizes the Town’s organization-wide commitment to reducing its environ-mental footprint and to sustainability in all its current and future operations, according to a press release.

The “Canada’s Greenest Employers” Award is part of the Canada’s Top 100 Employers competition, conducted by Mediacorp Canada.

Now entering its eighth year, Canada’s Greenest Employers rec-ognizes employers that lead the nation in creat-ing a culture of envi-ronmental awareness. These leading Canadian employers have devel-oped exceptional earth-friendly initiatives and are attracting people because of their envi-ronmental leadership.“Our Town is commit-ted to developing a culture of green best practices,” Mayor Rob Hutchins said in a press release. “Council, staff and our citizens work together to build a strong and resilient community in terms of overall quality of life and respect for our envi-ronment, for today and tomorrow.”

The Town’s partnership to establish a residential cooking oil recycling program, two electric vehicle charging stations, LEED Gold certification of the new Community Services Centre, Green Team employee commit-tee and donating veg-etables grown in City Hall flower beds to the Ladysmith Food Bank are just some of the reasons Mediacorp gives for choosing Ladysmith for the award.“This award celebrates that we are all commit-ted to the community vision of environmental, economic and social sustainability,” said city manager Ruth Malli.

“It’s an award that our employees and council share with the com-munity.”

Cowichan Neighbourhood House hosted a community Earth Day cleanup Saturday, April 26 at Kin Beach in Chemainus. Here, Perla Francis Martinez, Amada Francis Martinez and their mother, Martha Martinez Francis of Chemainus, along with Kiara Caplin of Chemainus, help clean up the beach. KATHLEEN DA ROZA

Cleaning up the shores of the Salish Sea

First Nation’s Coast Salish Development Corpo-ration, says they have been trying to work with DFO for five years, particularly around geoduck harvesting.“We’ve tried to work with them,” he said. “We

don’t like sending out the kind of messages we sent out on Friday, but at the end of the day, we’re tired of being ignored.”

Gauthier feels First Nations need to be a big-ger part of the management, and he wants to see the nation’s Aboriginal Rights and Titles protected and see them be part of a consulta-

tion program if DFO is going to change any poli-cies.

He says the DFO is managing their resources poorly, and one of the points of contention is a lack of meaningful consultation.

Like Elliott, Gauthier emphasizes that they aren’t taking this position because they want to hurt commercial fisheries — they’re doing this because they feel their community must take action.“We’re concerned about safety,” said Gauthier.

“It’s not like we like to do this. We don’t know what else to do. We’re frustrated … We know

this is a David and Goliath thing, but if we don’t do anything, nothing’s going to happen.”

In response to Elliott’s letter, a spokesperson for Fisheries and Ocean Minister Gail Shea stat-ed:“Fisheries and Oceans Canada manages fish-

eries resources to allow for sustainable fishing opportunities. Officials are engaged in ongoing discussions with the Stz’uminus to understand their concerns and interest. When needed, DFO and the RCMP work with fishermen and mem-bers of the First Nations to ensure the safety of everyone on the water.”

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Ladysmith taxpayers must foot the $90K billRoss Armourthe chronicle

Ladysmith RCMP has told council that the Town will need to pay out in excess of $90,000 for required upgrades to the police detachment by Janu-ary 2015.

The money in ques-tion is to be used for a new cell camera sys-tem that the RCMP has to implement by law.

Council was original-ly told this would only cost the town $75,000.

Staff Sgt. Dave Herman from the Ladysmith RCMP was at a special council meeting April 28 at City Hall to break the news to Mayor Rob Hutchins and the rest of the council mem-bers.“There is a required

upgrade that we need to do which will see us install a new [closed-circuit television] vid-eo and camera system to our cells, which includes 42 new cam-eras by law,” said Her-man at the meeting.

“We’ve recently been advised this will now cost around $90,000. It needs to be in place by Jan. 30, 2015.”

Herman believes the new camera system is an absolute necessity.“Back in 2006, we

had the Ian Bush case where a young man was arrested outside of a hockey game in the interior of B.C. There was a terrible fight and a huge enquiry, and

eventually, the young man lost his life,” he said.

Bush was killed by an RCMP officer whilst in police custody.

Notably, no fraction of the $90,000 price tag will be paid by La-dysmith’s surrounding areas, Cowichan Valley Regional District Elec-toral Area G (Saltair/Gulf Islands) and Elec-toral Area H (North O y s t e r / D i a m o n d ) , despite the fact the Ladysmith RCMP cov-ers both areas.

Numerous members of Ladysmith council think that arrangement is unfair for the Town.“Our concern isn’t

the need or the value of this camera sys-tem,” Hutchins said at the meeting. “It’s that there is no cost sharing

with the Province ,and places like Diamond and Cassidy aren’t paying a cent for this. How do we budget for something we don’t know the cost of? It’s very difficult. The pre-vious number given to us was $75,000. I was hoping to piggyback this off of the Province or delay it, but we’re told we can’t do that either.”

Coun. Duck Paterson was on the same page.“We’re expected to

pay the whole shot despite a third of the people ending up in cells being picked up in Cassidy,” he said.

“Why aren’t they paying a portion of it?”

Herman confirmed that 100 per cent of the bill is to be paid by the Town of Ladysmith.

“A note went out in 2010 whereby any detachments who couldn’t make the deadline apply to Ot-tawa and they would receive more time.”

No applications were received by Ottawa.

Hutchins asked Erin Anderson, the Town’s director of financial services, at the meet-ing to confirm how much money was left in the RCMP reserve.

The initial $75,000 had been budgeted by the Town, and Ander-son said “approximate-ly another $10,000 is in there.”“It’s a difficult finan-

cial position that we’re in,” said Hutchins.

“This situation is so un-usual that it has been placed on the burden of the municipal tax-payer.”

Residents in the Town of Ladysmith pay an RCMP tax of $236 because there are more than 8,000 peo-ple living in the town.

Residents in electoral areas such as G and H only pay $55, as there are less than 5,000 peo-ple living there.“It’s not a question of

how much of a need the cameras are; it’s more about how the cost is being spread,” said Paterson. “Citi-zens in our commu-nity have to pay more even though you serve the surrounding ar-eas. I don’t know why our certain amount is being stuck with the whole bill.”

Necessary upgrades to RCMP detachment will cost more than $90,000

Ladysmith RCMP Staff Sgt. Dave Herman was at council to explain that the Town must pay for nec-essary upgrades to the detachment. File Photo

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Peter Ruslandthe chronicle

An open house is being planned for Chemainus to further explain North Cowichan’s development of public-ly-owned Echo Heights forest.

That meeting date was pending at press time after council gave the first two of four readings to a bylaw toward rezoning the forest to mixed-residential and parkland.

Despite continual lobbying by the Chemainus Residents’ Association to preserve all of Echo Heights as parkland, council has decided to sell 20 per cent of it as housing lots.

Back in November 2013, council asked staff to prepare a bylaw to-ward rezoning 20 per cent from the current Residential (R2) zoning to a mix of residential zonings (R3, R3 – S, R3 – MF, R3 – CH and R7).

The bylaw would save the remain-ing 80 per cent of Echo Heights, in-cluding environmentally sensitive areas, in a Public Conservation (PC) zone. That parkland would be main-tained and protected as a municipal park, council’s minutes explain.“Staff developed a concept plan

for the 20 per cent, anticipating a mix of single-family housing with or without secondary suites, including some carriage house lots, plus three multi-family sites for townhouses.”

The concept plan also identified significant trees in the 20 per cent development area with a view to protecting the majority of these.

The public meeting would usher a formal public hearing for citizen feedback about the zoning bylaw’s final two readings.

Resident comments can be sent to [email protected].

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Food security is one of those issues that I hear about regu-

larly from constituents. For some, it means access to affordable food, while for others, it is the abil-ity for Vancouver Island to provide more of the food its residents eat.

For others though, food security is having a large number of small farmers growing a variety of crops in a sustainable way, in-cluding time-honoured practices like saving seed from the best plants to propagate the next year’s crop.

That is why Bill C-18, an omnibus agriculture bill that will affect many piec-es of legislation, is caus-ing great concern among farmers and food security advocates.

Bill C-18 will make it a “privilege” for farmers to save seed and propa-gate new crops from their saved seed.

The last time farmers had

the “privilege” to save seed was during feudal Europe, when aristocratic land-owners determined how serfs would farm and how much of their labour they were allowed to keep.

The amendments to the Plant Breeders Rights Act in Bill C-18 are designed to bring Canada into com-pliance with UPOV ’91, a controversial protocol designed to protect major agri-businesses’ rights on new seed varieties.

It will give them the right to collect “end-point-roy-alties” in perpetuity be-cause every crop grown from those seeds, includ-ing saved seed and crops grown from them, will be charged.

While the plant breeders who are pushing this leg-islation call it a potential new revenue stream, the farmers who will have to

pay those royalties see it as a new cost that will lim-it their ability to farm as people have done for mil-lennia — by saving seeds and using them the next season. If forced to buy new seed every year, farm-ers will have to pass that cost on.

As consumers, we should all be concerned. This has the potential to raise the cost of many basic food-stuffs, including the grains we use every day in bread, breakfast cereals and for cooking.

But it isn’t just grains. Every plant that is grown by farmers has the po-tential to be affected by these changes, including potatoes, salad greens and pulses like lentils and beans.

That National Farm-ers Union (NFU) is rais-ing major concerns about

the changes to the Plant Breeders Rights Act and how it will affect Canadi-ans.

Private plant breeders will have no incentive to produce varieties for local or regional conditions, like the wheat varieties devel-oped in the last century for the Prairie conditions that helped make Canada a breadbasket for the world.

Most of those were de-veloped by public plant breeders. The NFU is ar-guing that any changes should actually promote plant breeding that is in the public interest, which depends less on other in-puts like patent-protected pesticides or fertilizers.

And public breeders are less likely to remove their varieties from registration once the plant breeder rights expire.

To learn more about Bill C-18 and why farm-ers are concerned, follow the links on my website at www.jeancrowder.ca.

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Thank you Mayor Rob for picking up spring cuttings

Editor: I would like to offer a huge thank you to Mayor Rob

Hutchins.We have been living in Ladysmith for 12 years, and

over the years, the compost has moved to Peerless and the spring yard waste pickup has been cancelled.

We have attempted to downsize and cut back our carbon footprint. As a result, we no longer have any transport for our yard waste — and taking the waste down to Peerless adds a large carbon footprint on to our disposal of same.

We brought this to the mayor’s attention during the Home, Garden and Business Show a couple of weeks ago. He mentioned he had a pickup and we were wel-come to call him. I was a little reticent to do the same.

Imagine our surprise when the mayor pulled up to our back alley this weekend and loaded the spring cuttings we had collected into his truck and took it off to Peerless!

Thank you again Rob — that was wonderful!

Wendi and MichaelLadysmith

Thanks to Judy Durban for her work

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On behalf of everyone at Ladysmith Museum, I would like to publicly thank Judy Durban for the wonderful job she did on the paintings in the front windows of our museum.

The finished work has exceeded all our expecta-tions!

Judy also had some able assistance from Hilda Mac-Donald near the end, as the deadline was near.

I urge everyone to visit and have a look at our front windows at 721 First Ave. to see what an amazing job Judy has done.

Thanks so much, Judy!

Maureen MartinCo-ordinator, Ladysmith Museum

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Girl Guides spend day plantingStaff Writerthe chronicle

Ladysmith Girl Guides of Canada got into the spirit of Earth Day when they spent a day planting trees and shrubs.

On Saturday, April 26, approximately 80 mem-bers of the Ladysmith Girl Guides of Canada descended on Transfer Beach. The sun shone as they boarded the Ladysmith trolley to Gourlay-Janes Park on Chemainus Road, which is at the Lady-smith-Saltair border.“Girl Guides of Cana-

da has long embraced community spirit and environmental aware-ness,” Sparks unit lead-er Kay St. Denis stated in a press release.

“This Earth Day proj-ect, planting greenery along a walking trail at Gourlay-Janes Park in Ladysmith, was a natural fit for the com-munity organization.”

Participants ranged in age from kindergar-ten students to grand-mothers.

Instructions were kindly given by a

Parks supervisor be-fore everyone set to work. The participants worked in mixed-aged groups to plant 12 large evergreens and more than 100 shrubs.“The women and girls

can be proud of their energy and effort,” said St. Denis. “There was as much laugh-ter as industry as the ground was filled with new greenery.”After the planting

work party, there was a short time to explore the park. Everyone then returned to Trans-fer Beach by trolley to eat dinner and sing a few songs around the campfire.

The Ladysmith Girl Guides of Canada wish to thank TD Bank for a tree planting grant, Green Thumb Nursery of Nanaimo, and the Town of Ladysmith.“It was the generous

support of all that helped to make this day possible,” said St. Denis.

For more information about joining Guiding as a unit member or a volunteer leader, visit www.girlguides.ca.

Members of Ladysmith Girl Guides of Canada took the trolley to Gourlay-Janes Park April 26 to plant trees and shrubs. Photos submitted

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Chemainus Secondary School students shared their inquiry personalized learning projects with the public Thursday, May 1. Clockwise from top left are: Dakota Stevens, a Grade 10 student who has been curling for eight years and chose to do his project about the sport; twelfth-grader Paige Whitelaw, who shared her project about wood burning; Grade 10 students, from left, Kera McAlister, Ma-leena Kozar-Shaw and Tamra McIntosh, who have created a YouTube channel called NikeeGi and did their project on YouTube and how it started and how people make money from it; Grade 11 stu-dents Jordan Bonke (left) and Riley Morrison, who presented information about bass fishing tactics, inspired by everything Bonke learned from his fa-ther in Ontario last year; and twelfth-grader Taylor Gates, who learned how to make natural vegetable oil-based soap and dishsoap and created Gates Soap Factory. Lindsay Chung

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Soup fundraiser a successLindsay ChungTHE CHRONICLE

Inspired by the chil-dren’s book Stone Soup, the Grade 6/7 class at St. Joseph’s Catholic Elementary School in Chemainus has been working hard to create change in their community and abroad.

The students created a project called “Op-eration Stone Soup” to raise money to support numerous causes, in-cluding Free the Chil-dren’s Initiative proj-ects, building schools for third-world coun-

tries, and for the local food bank, Harvest House.

The students hosted a fundraising event Sunday, May 4 as part of their project, serv-ing homemade veg-etarian soup they had made together and each contributed in-gredients towards, and they auctioned off clay bowls they had wedged, formed and decorated with help from artist Miss Ewa. “The amount of effort

put into this by the stu-dents is unbelievable,” said Grade 6/7 teacher Brenda Hennig. “Even

through some of the bumps along the way, they have kept going.”“Operation Stone

Soup” has been driven by the students.

To prepare for Sun-day’s lunch, they made more than 91 bowls by hand and made soup for 100 people.

Grade 7 student Mag-gie Boese-Ezard says they were inspired to do this project after reading Stone Soup, a book in which a hun-gry and tired stranger asks villagers for food and keeps hearing no. Finally, he asks for a pot of water to boil and starts making stone soup. He says the soup would be much better if everyone contribut-ed something to it, and the villagers who said they didn’t have any food for him start add-ing ingredients.“They realize how

much fun it is to share,” said Boese-Ezard.

“When we read the sto-ry, we realized there are hungry people in our community. They don’t always want to go to a food bank, so we thought why don’t we have a lunch.”

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also part of the project, and the money raised for Free the Children is going to an organiza-tion that builds school-houses all over the world, explained Neav Williams-Murphy, who is also in Grade 7. That money will buy bricks for the schoolhouses, as well as items such as chalkboards.

Wi l l i a m s - M u r p h y says the project has been a lot of fun.“I liked making the

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was probably chop-ping all the vegetables and making the soup,” noted Boese-Ezard.

The students were excited to see so many people come out to their fundraising lunch.“It feels pretty cool to

know so many people came out for this,” said Williams-Murphy.

The Grade 6/7 class has raised $907 through

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Strangers connect in YPDG short playsLindsay ChungTHE CHRONICLE

What happens when two strangers meet on a bench?

You’ll find out this week when Yellow Point Drama Group (YPDG) presents two short plays with musical accompaniment.

YPDG is taking its show, called Duet for Bench, on the road this Thursday (May 8), Friday (May 9) and Saturday (May 10). The show features a simple bench as the focal point for two stories, which are tied together by the musical accompaniment of busker Ben Ziakin.

In Rappaport Redux, two strangers from different social backgrounds negotiate their right to sit on a park bench.“Their turf war soon evolves into a discov-

ery of how each came to be in their current plight,” according to a press release from YPDG.

Starring Ted Girard and Barrie Baker and directed by Brian March, the play won best original script at the 2013 Vancouver Island One Act Festival.

In Ferris Wheel, two people share the bench in an amusement park. Their anxi-eties and fears come to a head when the bench (serving as a chair) gets stuck at the top of the ferris wheel. Starring Barbara Metcalf and Gordon McInnis, this second short play is directed by Diane Faux.

March, who is president of YPDG, is look-ing forward to bringing YPDG shows into new spaces.“The group is always looking at ways of

extending themselves to new people and new opportunities to get people to know

about our club,” he said. “We thought this might be a neat way to do that, go into neat spaces that aren’t necessarily known for plays.”

To bring the show on the road, YPDG wanted something simple. The drama group had already produced a play March had written for the Vancouver Island One Act Festival, and they had been wanting to put that show on again, so they revamped it and decided to do an evening with this play, Rappaport Redux, and Ferris Wheel.

When March wrote Rappaport Redux, he was inspired by the Broadway play I’m Not Rappaport, in which two old men from dif-

ferent racial backgrounds meet on a park bench and start getting to know each other as they trade stories.

In March’s play, the two people who meet are from different social backgrounds

— one is a street person who is a bit rough around the edges, while the other is a for-mer teacher.“They both have similar issues,” said

March. “They’re both lonely and trying to get over something in their past. Both are stuck in time in a way. It’s offbeat. I la-belled it a tragic comedy because there are some moments of rather deep sadness for both of them and, at the same time, some

moments where they are rather combative and fight for control of the bench.”

The second play, Ferris Wheel, was writ-ten by Mary Miller, a playwright from the U.S.“This time, the bench is a ferris wheel

bench, and two strangers are put together on the same bench,” said March. “They each have their own personal issues. One is afraid of heights and facing that fear, and the other is trying to re-kindle a passion he had as a kid. They kind of sort out each other’s pasts and where they came from and how they got to be there. It makes for, again, a kind of dramatic comedy. Both plays are about strangers coming together and finding common ground.”

March says they’ve been discovering a lot about the characters as they’ve been rehearsing for the show.

YPDG will be presenting just three per-formances of Duet for Bench — Thursday, May 8 at the North Oyster Community Hall (13467 Cedar Rd.); Friday, May 9 at the Ladysmith Waterfront Gallery (610 Oyster Bay Dr.) and Saturday, May 10 at the Ce-dar Community Hall (2388 Cedar Rd.). For each show, doors open at 7:30 p.m., and the performances start at 8 p.m. Tickets are $10 at the door, and seating is limited.“I think for the audience coming in, it’s a

very intimate room, and it’s quite different from your basic community theatre,” said March. “You’re very close to the action, and there’s a certain intimacy about that. If it’s done well, it just creates a connection between the audience and actors.”

To learn more about Duet for Bench, visit www.yellowpointdramagroup.org.

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This Friday, a new play opens at the Chemainus Theatre Fes-tival that explores the lives of five women during World War II.Waiting for the Parade is a

series of 1940s–era vignettes about five Calgary women who strive to make the best of things, or simply make it through things, on the home front dur-ing the Second World War.

The dramatic comedy, written by John Murrell, runs Friday, May 9 to Sunday, June 1 at the Chemainus Theatre Festival.

Based on interviews Murrell conducted in the 1970s, the play reveals a complex wartime so-ciety, spanning the years 1940 to 1945, when the world consisted of hope and fear, laughter and despair. Bringing the powerful mix of emotions to life, director

Colleen Winton deftly combines the play’s comic moments with its more moving and poignant passages.“Murrell’s beautiful play re-

minds us that the wounded are not always at the Front, and that heroes can be found at home,” Winton said in a press release.

The five stories are delivered in a series of 24 crisscrossing vignettes that are about diverse individuals, while collectively portraying the most common struggles and experiences. The themes are presented through the lives of five women.

Catherine (Cailin Stadnyk), who seeks distraction while her husband is overseas, and finds it in moonshine and men to cope with loneliness, fear and exhaustion as his absence lengthens.

Margaret (Patti Allan) has

nothing in life but pickles, preserves, and prickliness as one son stands on the battle grounds in Europe, and the oth-er sits in jail for spreading Com-munist propaganda.

Janet (Sylvia Zaradic) is a drill sergeant at home, but neither her overcompensating militan-cy nor volunteer patriotism can bring her husband to enlist — a shame she can’t seem to quell.

Eve’s (Samantha Currie) only interest is ignoring her flag-waving husband, and keeping her Grade 12 boys from en-listing — or dreaming of her favourite film actor.

Marta (Colleen Lornie) may have been a German immigrant since age nine, but she still fac-es frightening harassment while her father is interned as a spy.

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April 1914 The Ladysmith soccer

team had a lengthy but profitable warmup for their game against the Alberni team on the first weekend in April.

The vehicle carrying the team broke down with stripped gears at Cameron Lake. The only alternative for the Ladysmith players was to walk the 13 miles (21 kilometres) to Port Alberni

— where they still managed to win a close game!

Residents of Roberts Street appeared before City Council at their regu-lar meeting with a request to cut back the hill to re-duce the grade by at least 20 per cent. They claimed the street between Espla-nade and Third Avenue was

“impossible in winter and barely passable in spring!” A motion to proceed (by the appropriately named Mayor Hillier) was defeated four votes to three.

[NOTE: In the same week, Vancouver City Council approved a motion to en-sure separate education for white children and “the Asians” (Japanese and Chi-nese). The motion was passed unanimously.]

It seems the spring weath-er in 1914 was affecting ev-eryone. An editorial note from the April 7 edition of the Chronicle with the head-line What are We Supposed to Drink? stated: “Faddists have recently declared that tea impairs digestion, cof-

fee weakens the heart, beer ruins the mind and water is the chief conveyor of ty-phoid fever. It seems there is nothing left to do but qui-etly die of thirst and be done with it.”

April 1939Letters to the editor in

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president of the Ladysmith Catholic Youth Organiza-tion went so far as to sug-gest that a recent speaker at the school “had almost demanded that the youth-ful hopefuls vote for a party that would shape their des-tinies.” A response from Sam Service Jr., president of the LHS Students Council, took her to task, stating that,

“her (Alicia Krip’s) remarks

that Communism is bred into our hearts is an absurd, outrageous and irrational statement and we demand an apology.” The follow-ing week, a related edito-rial in the Cowichan Leader warned “The gospel of Karl Marx appears to intrigue the minds of some of those trusted with the important task of Education.”

The Chronicle editor re-plied that, indeed, care should be given to prevent the introduction of radical politics in the school curric-ulum “especially when such care is taken to keep out the teaching of religion.”

The school board appar-ently refused to take up the issue. [NOTE: World War II began the following Sep-tember.]

April 1964On Good Friday in 1964,

the second-largest earth-quake in recorded history (9.2 on the Richter Scale) occurred near Valdez, Alas-ka. The quake created a tsunami that travelled 30 kilometres up the Alberni Canal, reaching a height of seven meters. The two major waves tore up trees, flung cars and destroyed more than 375 homes in the Alberni Valley.

In total, over $10 million of damage was incurred, but no loss of life.

Ladysmith residents spent most of April organizing support for the flood vic-tims. Many had been left with only the wet clothes they were wearing when the tsunami struck. Civil Defence Co-ordinator Al Thicke asked all donations to be left at City Hall, where they would be transported to the west coast of Vancou-ver Island.

[NOTE: A permanent ex-hibit of the 1964 Alberni Valley Tsunami has been installed in the Hutcheson Gallery of the Port Alberni Maritime Discovery Centre. Readers may also be inter-ested in watching video footage at http://www.cbc.ca/archives/categories/envi-ronment/natural-disasters/canadas-earthquakes-and-tsunamis/bcs-tsunami-disas-ter.html]

Compiled byEd Nicholson,

Ladysmith and District Archives

HistoryChronicle

This photo, taken in Port Alberni on Easter Sunday in 1964, de-picts some of the damage from the tsunami that hit the Alberni Valley following the second-largest earthquake in recorded his-tory, which occured near Valdez, Alaska. PHOTO SUBMITTED

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Orcas keep improving timesLindsay ChungTHE CHRONICLE

As the long-course season gets under-way, members of the Ladysmith-Chemainus Orcas Swim Club are improving their times by impressive numbers with each meet.

Early last month, Faith Knelson com-peted in the 2014 Ca-nadian Swimming Tri-als April 1-5 in Saanich. This is the first time Knelson went to this meet, which is a trial for the Pan-Pacific and Commonwealth Games.“You need to have a

national time stan-dard,” explained coach Dusan Toth-Szabo.

“Faith went for the first time ever and was eli-gible for three events. This is a high-level meet, with Olympians, adults and everybody from 108 clubs all over Canada.”

Competing against seniors, the 12-year-old competed in the 100m breaststroke, 50m breaststroke and 50m freestyle, shaving time off in each swim. She swam the 100m breast-stroke in 1:14.44 to fin-ish 27th, and she fin-ished 25th in the 50m breaststroke with a time of 33.94. Knelson swam the 50m free in 28.15 in to finish 60th.

Some of the club’s youngest swimmers took part in the Spring Splash April 6 in Cour-tenay.“It was fun,” said

coach Aisha Alsop. “It was mostly little kids, and we had two older boys, Shane Valic and Noah Herle, who took off lots of time. “

Alsop was impressed that Aiden Jeffries, swimming in his first year, took 11 seconds off his 50m freestyle time. She also high-lighted Grace Dice’s performance in the 50m breaststroke and 50m butterfly, improv-

ing her time by more than five seconds.

Nine swimmers com-peted in the Spring Splash. “The kids did great,”

said Alsop. “Everyone did really, really well. It was lots of fun.”

Grace Dice, Joshua Herle, Noah Herle, Aid-en Jeffries, Lily Mar-tin, Cole Porter, Shane Valic, Gabriel Wiebe and Isabella Wiebe rep-resented the Orcas in Courtenay, earning 26 top-three finishes.At this meet, Valic,

who is 13, finished first in all his events, win-ning the 400m freestyle, 50m freestyle, 100m breaststroke, 100m freestyle and 100m in-dividual medley.

Nine-year-old Joshua Herle finished first in the 25m breaststroke, while Noah Herle, 12, won the 100m breast-stroke and the 200m individual medley.

Jeffries won the 50m freestyle and 25m backstroke, and Gabri-el Wiebe, who is seven, came first in the 50m backstroke.

The Ladysmith-Che-mainus Orcas travelled to Nanaimo April 12-13 to compete in the first annual NRST Spring Invitational, the first long-course meet of the season.“We had 12 swimmers,

and we had tons of best times,” said Toth-Szabo. “Usually, the first long-course meet is kind of iffy because they never swim in a long-course 50m pool. Even though it was the first one, we had 53 best times.”

Toth-Szabo highlight-ed swimmers Chantal Greenhalgh, Shane Val-ic and Brielle Woodruff, who earned personal best times in every sin-gle event they swam.

At this meet, many swimmers improved their times by huge amounts.

Aileen Humphreys took 34.48 seconds off her time in the 200m backstroke, while Chantal Greenhalgh took 15.52 seconds off her time in the 200m free and 11.58 seconds off her 200m individual medley time.

Morgan Humphreys improved his 50m breaststroke time by 10.68 seconds and im-proved his 50m back-stroke time by 13.48 seconds.

Brielle Woodruff took 14.81 seconds off her time in the 100m back-stroke.

Valic qualified for the AA provincial champi-onships after earning his second age group standard at this meet.

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halgh, who is 11, won two of her events, fin-ishing first in the 200m individual medley and in the 100m breast-stroke.

Noah Herle finished first in the 50m back-stroke.Aileen Humphreys

earned three first-place finishes, winning the 200m breaststroke, 50m breaststroke and 100m breaststroke.

Morgan Humphreys was first in the 400m freestyle, while Valic won the 100m breast-stroke and the 50m breaststroke.

Courtney Chanin, Grade Dice, Chantal Greenhalgh, Noah Her-le, Aileen Humphreys, Morgan Humphreys, Aiden Jeffries, Cecilia Johnson, Pamela Lit-tle, Morgan McKenzie, Shane Valic and Brielle Woodruff competed in this meet, earning a combined 31 top-three finishes.

The Orcas’ most recent meet was the Wavemaker April 25-27 in Victoria.

Nine swimmers took part in that meet, and there were many high-lights for the Orcas.

Knelson finished first in all 11 of her swims.

Aileen Humphreys earned her first age group national time standard for 12-year-old girls in the 50m breaststroke and also improved her times in all 12 swims.

Woodruff had an 11-and-under provin-cial AA time standard in the 50m breast-stroke even though she’s only 10.At this meet, the club

was represented by Chantal Greenhalgh, Noah Herle, Aileen Humphreys, Morgan Humphreys, Faith Knelson, Pamela Lit-tle, Morgan McKen-zie, Shane Valic and Brielle Woodruff. The nine swimmers earned a total of 10 top-three finishes.

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In the spirit of International Move for Health Day on Saturday, May 10, Ladysmith Parks, Recreation and Culture will offer a variety of free fitness classes, swims, and other activi-ties to assist individuals in adopting healthy and active lifestyles.

Starting at 10 a.m., there will be a variety of fun activities at the Frank Jameson Community Centre and surrounding parks and trails (weather permit-ting). Classes planned at this point include: Cardio Circuit, Morning Aquafit, Fitness Lite, Adaptive Fitness, Yoga Fitness, Nifty Fifties Aquafit and Youth Zone (yoga, floor hockey and basketball).

For more information, visit www.ladysmith.ca.

Mid-Isle Soccer registration now open

Registration is now open for the 2014 Mid-Isle Soccer Club season.

New for this year, there are two ways to register for the upcom-ing soccer season.

One option is to down-load a registration form PDF, fill it in and print it of and then drop it off with your registration fee and uniform deposit cheques at the Frank Jameson Community Centre or mail it to P.O. Box 2119, Ladysmith, B.C., V9G 1B6.

A second option is to register online using a credit card.

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MERCHANDISE FOR SALE

MISCELLANEOUS FOR SALE

Newsprint Roll Ends For Sale

Ladysmith Press940 Oyster Bay DriveOpen Mon. - Fri. 9 - 5

Raleigh bike $150. Stainless tool box $250. Upright Grand vintage piano $395. Call (250)245-0295.

SAWMILLS FROM only $4,397 - Make money & save money with your own bandmill - Cut lumber any dimension. In stock ready to ship. Free Info & DVD: www.NorwoodSaw mills.com/400OT 1-800-566-6899 Ext:400OT.

STEEL BUILDINGS. Hot sav-ings - Spring sale! 20x24 $4,348. 25x24 $4,539. 30x30 $6,197. 32x36 $7,746. 40x46 $12,116. 47x72 $17,779. One End wall included. Pioneer Steel 1-800-668-5422. www.pioneersteel.ca

REAL ESTATE

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NANAIMO WATERFRONT 2nd fl oor condo. 1500 sq.ft. LR/DR/2bdrms with view, den, gas FP, secure bldg. 2 under-ground parking spaces. Main-tenance fee includes hot wa-ter/gas/landscaping. 1 pet OK. View anytime. $339,900 Re-duced to $329,000. (250)753-9123

FOR SALE BY OWNER

BEAUTIFULLY MAINTAINED 1 bdrm park model home in Chemainus Gardens. One of the best lots in the Park. Pets ok. $89,600. (250)416-5278.

LADYSMITH 55+ patio Town House end unit. Immac 2BR 2WR. Spiffy Kit. Jenn-Air Stovetop + Electrolux Wall Ov-en. 1 pet ok. $259500. Call 250-924-4398.

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20 ACRES $0 down, only $119/mo. Owner fi nancing, no credit checks! Near El Paso, Texas. Beautiful mountain views! Money back guarantee. Call 866-882-5263 Ext. 81 or online www.sunsetranches.net

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Ladysmith: 2 bdrm apt, heat incl., n/p, ref’s required. The Villa 250-245-3583.

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LADYSMITH: BAY Ridge Apartment. Senior block 53+, 2 bdrm well maintained, 1000 sq.ft., upgraded. New carpets, re-painted. N/P, N/S. Off street parking, $800/mo + hydro. 250-758-5816.

LADYSMITH: NEWLY reno’d 2 bdrm, bright, clean, nice patio, inclds W/D hookup, $695. May 1. 250-245-5251.

Meicor PropertiesChemainus: Lockwood Villa. Well kept bldg, 1 bdrm $625 incl heat & hot water, available now. N/S, 1 small pet wel-come. 250-246-1033.

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Meicor PropertiesLadysmith: 1 bdrm $700/mo. Available now. Includes heat & hot water, small pets OK. 250-924-6966.

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1800 SQ.FT. Commercial / Light industrial unit in modern strata complex with Highway Exposure in Duncan area. Call 1(250)658-4336.

Commercial space available at Timberlands Mobile Home Park, 3581 Hallberg Rd. Suitable for restaurant or small grocery. Call 250-245-3647.

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LADYSMITH: 3-BDRM. In-cludes W/D. N/S. Avail May 1st. $875. 250-667-1555.

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2004 VOLKSWAGEN TOUAREG- V8, All-wheel drive Volkswagen Touareg, leather interior, auto transmis-sion, VW trailer package for towing, newer brakes & tire sensors, extremely well main-tained clean vehicle, amazing safe ride in all conditions, heated seats, censored wip-ers, air, amazing sound sys-tem, plus many more extras. Locally purchased and ser-viced. $11,900. Call John 250-816-7368.

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25’ CATALINA Quality Fixed keel sailboat. $10,200. Also available 2 small out boat, $380 each. Call (250)743-5827.

2858 BAYLINER Ciera, boat-house kept, all bells/whistles, 393 hrs, quality turnkey oppor-tunity, possible smaller trade or best offer. 250-745-3700

GARAGE SALES

DAHLIA TUBER sale!! Sunday 10-2. 100’s of tubers, 7540 Bell McKinnon, left on SPCA driveway. 6 for $20.

GARAGE SALES

Ladysmith: Mother’s Day May 10th&11th, 8 AM to 3 PM, 20 White St. After renos : con-struction supplies, electrical, plumbing, 100 yr old 1x4 TG fi r,red bricks & rock facing stones,Raleigh bike, 41” stain-less tool box, 2 pianos, two 27” old TVs & tables, HO train, plants, clothes, outdoor light-ing, household items. (sorry cement mixer sold).

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CHEMAINUS SKETCH GROUP - Painting and sketching group meet on the 2nd Wednesday of the month. New members welcome. 250 245 5810

BORN HEALTHY - a program for pregnant women and new moms. Check out “Born Healthy Ladysmith” on Facebook or call Kate at 250-245-3079 (the LRCA). Wednesdays from 10-1:30 with drop-in office hours for one-on-one on Mon and Tues from 10-1:30.

LADYSMITH MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT GROUP Meets on the 1st & 3rd Friday of the month 1:30 pm basement of Ladysmith Resource Centre.

LADYSMITH CELE BRA TIONS SOCIETY Ladysmith Days. Ladysmith city hall, on 3rd Tuesday of every month, 7 pm 250-245-2263. www.ladysmithdays.com

DAD'S GROUP - Drop In Breakfast - Program of the Ladysmith Resources Centre Association. 630 - 2nd Ave., Upper Floor, Saturdays, 10 - noon. 250-245-3079.

ALZHEIMER/DEMENTIA SUPPORT GROUP Meets 2nd & 4th Tuesdays. Call Jane Hope, Alzheimer Society of BC at 250-734-4170.

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

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Up Coming

N.O.A.H.S. BEER & BURGER NIGHT - Sat, May 10, 6 - 9 pm. North Oyster Community Centre. Tickets call 250-245-2559.

LADYSMITH CAMERA CLUB - interactive still-life workshop with Sean Sherstone, awarding-winning Ladysmith photographer. Photography equipment will be provided, but attendees can bring their own objects to shoot! Tues, May 27, 7 pm, in Hardwick Hall, High St at 3rd Ave in Ladysmith. Everyone welcome. Non-members $5 drop-in fee. LCC invites new members, novice to pro. www.LadysmithCameraClub.com

CHEMAINUS GARDEN CLUB MEETING - Tues, May 13, 1 pm, Calvary Baptist Church, 3319 River Rd in Chemainus. Guests welcome, door prize, brag table. $2 drop-in fee. $15 yearly membership. For more info 250-245-2464. PLANT SALE MOTHER’S DAY SUN, MAY 11 at Dayliner 10-2! Craft table, books, seeds, divisions, seedlings, cuttings, AND DOOR PRIZES! Proceeds to local charities.

PLEASE SUPPORT LSS GRAD CLASS OF 2014 - The LSS grad class of 2014 has an account set up at Junction Bottle Depot. Please drop off your bottles and request the funds be deposited into the LSS Grad 2014 account or call a grad and they will be happy to come pick them up.

THE CROFTON ART GROUP 60TH

ANNIVERSARY SHOW AND SALE - Fri, May 9 & Sat, May 10, 10 am to 5 pm. Crofton Senior Centre, 107 Joan Avenue, Crofton, B.C. (close to the ferry terminal) and will include beautiful original paintings, both large and small, together with quality eye catching jewelry created by our very talented Artists. Fri, May 9, 2 pm for the OPENING AND RIBBON CUTTING CEREMONY OF THE CROFTON ART GROUP KIOSK by the Mayor of North Cowichan, Jon Lefebure. Refreshments served.

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• Ladysmith Family and Friends (LaFF) wants to hear from you! LaFF executive director Jacquie Ne-ligan tells us that to celebrate LaFF’s up-coming 20th anniver-sary, talented LaFF volunteer Natasha Sharpe will create a five-minute “drawn documentary” video describing the “story of LaFF.” “Since the story of

LaFF is the journey many people have taken together in our community, we need your help,” she says.

If you have a story about your experi-ence with LaFF that you would like to share, contact Jac-queline Neligan at [email protected] can see Sharpe’s

previous work for Project REEL Life at http://projectreellife.com/project-reel-life-synopsis/.• Caroline Davidson

wants to remind us that there is a Stroke Recovery Support Group that meets

weekly in Ladysmith.Stroke survivors,

caregivers and inter-ested persons meet Thursdays at 11 a.m. in the downstairs Ac-tivity Room of Bethel Tabernacle at 1149 Fourth Ave.

They share infor-mation on managing their activities and getting help, and the meetings include ex-ercises, puzzles, and games.

For more informa-tion, please call Flo and Ken at 250-245-8199.• Necole Young

would like to say a huge thank you to everyone who sup-ported the garage sale fundraiser for Steven and his family on April 26.“The garage sale was a huge success,” she said. “The turnout was amazing.”• The Town of

Ladysmith has put out a casting call!

The Town is work-ing with a profes-sional photographer to add new images to the tourism and eco-

nomic development image bank.

Photos will be taken of the “best of Ladysmith” and used in tourism advertis-ing, media relations and promotional ma-terial. A variety of volunteers are need-ed to model in photo shoots.

If you are interest-ed in being involved, please contact pho-tographer Kurt Knock at [email protected] or through Face-book at https://www.facebook.com/ Kurt-KnockPhotography ?ref=hl.• Royal Canadian

Legion Branch 191 in Chemainus is holding a fundraising Spa-ghetti Dinner and Si-lent Auction Saturday, May 10 in the Legion Hall.

Dinner will take place from 5-7 p.m. and will cost $10 per plate.

You’re encouraged to reserve your tick-ets early, and the deadline for ticket reservations is Thurs-day, May 8.

The Spaghetti Din-ner and Silent Auc-tion is open to Legion members and guests. All proceeds will help the Legion with some recent emergency ex-penses.

For the silent auc-tion, bidding opens May 10 at 10 a.m. and will close at 7 p.m.• The Crofton Hotel

is hosting The Gords Saturday, May 17, with special guests Jupiter Jill and Na-than Tinkham.

Tickets are $20 at the Crofton Hotel and Rockabilly’s in Dun-can or $25 at the door.

Gord Matthews, Gord Maxwell and Gordon Lee Worden are The Gords, an adult-contemporary/soft rock vocal group. All three Gords are alumni of the legend-ary Ian Tyson’s band, and Tinkham has also played guitar for Ty-son.

• Chemainus Foods is hosting “Fill the Bus” in support of Harvest House Food Bank Saturday, May 24 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Please bring non-perishable items and monetary donations and enjoy hot dogs, refreshments, BBQ and prize draws.• Local songwriters,

take note.The Cowichan Folk

Guild has announced its fifth Islands Song-writing Contest. The contest is open to res-idents of Vancouver Island and the Gulf Islands, and the dead-line to enter is mid-night Friday, May 30. It costs $25 to enter.“This contest is an

excellent opportunity for all Island song-writers to gain recog-nition for their talent,” states a press release.

“It is NOT based on the ‘Idol’ model. It is a platform to support homegrown song-writers. We’re not looking for the pretti-est songwriter; we’re looking for the best song.”

The theme of the contest this year is History, and the Cowichan Folk Guild is looking for a great song about the his-tory of Vancouver Island or any other is-land, of the Cowichan Tribes, of the Islands Folk Festival, of Providence Farm, of Duncan or any other town, for example.“Our theme chang-

es each year and is meant to provide a guideline as a general topic,” states the Folk Guild. “Let your cre-ative juices flow in any direction. Do not take the theme too lit-erally. Think outside the box. Just write a great song about his-tory.”

Contest rules and a printable entry form are available at the Folk Guild’s website at www.islandsfolk-festival.ca.


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Chemainus Secondary School students were recently treated to an interactive demonstration of Medieval combat. Brett Trimble and John Allain visited Ms. Ruest’s Social Studies 8 class and brought examples of Medieval armour, in-cluding swords, shields and weapons. Students learned how the weapons were used during Medieval times, and then there was an opportunity for students to act out � ght scenes. “It was a wonderful opportunity to have ‘hands-on’ interactive learning,” stated vice-principal Mike Martin. Trimble and Allain are members of Medieval Chaos, a group that role-plays Medieval combat. For more information, visit www.medievalchaos.ca. PHOTO SUBMITTED

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It’s spring car cleaning time, inside and outIf a road trip is part of your vacation plans this summer, it’s time to get the horseless chariot prepared.That means cleaning it inside and out and performing some important maintenance to ensure you get the best fuel economy.In most parts of B.C., the swap from winter tires to all-season or summer tires is already well under way (studded winter tire removal is mandatory by April 30). Winter tires are made with a softer and stickier rubber compound that wears faster and increases fuel consumption at higher temperatures. They also tend to be noisier and you’ll hear them even more, now that you can finally roll down the windows.You may also be dragging around too much junk in the trunk, like that snow shovel you always pack during in the winter months. Unnecessary weight increases fuel consumption and some of that extra weight could be in the form of mud and dirt on your vehicle’s undercar-riage. Road salt is probably also trapped in that muddy mess, which is a corrosion accelerant that your vehicle’s body doesn’t need. While you’re poking around in the trunk, take a look under the floor cover. Water leaking into the vehicle tends to accumulate in the lowest spots, or maybe that’s why it’s called a spare-wheel well. If the spare is a conventional tire, check its inflation pressure and, while you’re at it, make sure that the emergency jack and tool kit are also in good working order.

An easy check and repair item is lighting. You may need some help confirming that the brake and backup lights are functioning at the rear. Otherwise, it’s a simple walk-around check that should include the turn signals and head-lights (both low and high beams) and don’t forget the license plate and those little side marker lights. If you’ve got a vehicle with a headlight (clear plastic) cover that’s showing its age, there are some good products on the market now that help restore clarity. Wiper blades are another easy check and replace item. A build-up of grease or grim on the windshield will also reduce the effectiveness of the wipers. Clean

the rubber wiper blade with a soft cloth soaked in the glass cleaner. In B.C., those windshield wipers typically work harder than anywhere else in Canada and life expectancy can be less than a year. If they’re still streaking, chattering or generally not doing the job – replace them.Getting back to tires, a loaded vehicle driven at highway speeds for prolonged periods in hot weather conditions can be a punishing test for tires and the dreaded blow-out is a real concern. Even a tire that looks okay and has plenty of tread remaining may not be in great shape. The “best before” date on most passenger tires is eight years old and you should be able to find a date of manufacture stamped somewhere on sidewall of the tire.

A tire also performs best, lasts longer and provides best fuel economy when its internal pressure is set at a level recommended by the vehicle manufacturer, and checked on a regular basis. The tire decal, with optimal front and rear recommended tire pressures, is usually on the driver’s door or door jam. If not, the owner’s manual should give you the information and/or tell you where the tire decal is located. A single under-inflated tire (by about 6 psi /40 kPa) can cause a 3 per cent increase in fuel consumption.Using a grade of fuel with a lower octane rating than recommended by the vehicle manufacturer may cause the engine to ping or knock on hard acceleration or when climbing hills, which is not good for the engine! On the other hand, using a higher-octane fuel than your vehicle’s engine needs is generally a waste of money. That said, the pricier fuel may also contain some additional cleaner additives, which is good. Have a great summer and a safe driving vacation.

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