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Brad Porter wears a bracelet that has the words “carpe diem” inscribed on the inside. The inscription means “seize the day,” and the bracelet was given to him by his wife Krista on their wedding day. It’s a reminder to do what you love now and not wait because the “right time” might never come. And this month, Brad and Krista and their nine-year-old son Cole certainly are seizing the day, as they begin a much-dreamedabout, much-planned, much-researched adventure that will see them leave the comforts of their Saltair home to cross the United States in a motorhome and then buy a catamaran and sail around the world. The Porters live in Saltair on a seven-acre property bordering Stocking Creek Park and run Creekside Inn Bed and Breakfast out of their home. They have lived here for almost eight years, and while they love their beautiful property in Saltair, they’ve decided to leave for a few years and live out a new dream that combines their love of travel with a desire to simplify their lives. The Porters are seasoned travellers. They’ve been backpacking or camping their way through Thailand, Laos, Australia, New Zealand and more with Cole, spending a month or more away each winter. “Cole has been an amazing little traveller, with nine passport stamps and a Laos visa to his credit,” says Brad. Later this month, the Porters will embark on their largest family adventure so far. First, they’ll head south in their new-to-them 1981 motorhome Maple to tour the United States until they reach
Brad, Krista and Cole Porter of Saltair are getting ready to embark on the adventure of a lifetime. They’ll be taking this motorhome, Maple, across the United States, camping and seeing the sights along the way, to Florida, where they will buy a 40-foot catamaran and then sail around the world. LINDSAY CHUNG Florida. Once there, the Porters plan to sell the motorhome and buy a 40-plus-foot sailing catamaran and sail around the world, homeschooling Cole as they travel. The Porters are aiming to leave Saltair Oct. 27, visit family on the mainland for a few days and hopefully cross the border to begin their adventure Nov. 2. This whole dream started many years ago with Brad. “When I was in my early 20s, I wanted to do something exciting and different than everybody else and I wanted to go and move to warmer climates, bluer seas, and I loved sailing, so I thought
I would maybe see about getting work in the Caribbean, maybe starting up some kind of charter business or at least working for a charter business,” he said. Instead, Brad bought a restaurant on the Sunshine Coast with help from his parents. Before he went to the Sunshine Coast, Brad started taking courses and going to lectures and slideshow presentations by the Copeland family, who were sailing around the world with their three boys. Brad created scrapbooks filled with articles about the travelling families he’d been following, photos of places he wanted to go and information
about courses he took. “It’s something I’ve been dreaming about for a long time,” he said, flipping through the book. When Brad and Krista met, they found they shared a passion for travel. “I hadn’t really thought of the sailing part of it, but I really wanted to do a lot of travelling,” said Krista. “When I graduated university, the goal was always to travel Europe and beyond. I met Brad, so those two dreams sort of collided.” The couple travelled through Europe together, and after they were married, they moved to the Caribbean. They lived in the Cay-
man Islands for a year and a half, working at the same restaurant together. When they returned from the Cayman Islands, they bought a sailboat and sailed through the Gulf Islands and the San Juan Islands. “We’ve hit some pretty good weather out there in our little boat, and we’ve always enjoyed sailing,” said Krista. “For me, I’m a little bit more apprehensive as far as big waves. As for Cole, he’s along for the ride, but he’s an awesome traveller. He’s been on a sailboat since he was eight days old.” The Porters decided they were going to do this adventure in April and May 2012. “We talked about it a lot, bounced it around,” said Brad, adding with a laugh: “Mostly me talking about it.” When the Porters decided they were going to do this, they had two rental homes, and they knew they didn’t want to pay for storage over here, so they started the process of selling all their assets and personal belongings. They also started taking educational courses. The Porters are members of the Bluewater Cruising Association, and they’ve found that to be very valuable, as they’ve taken many courses through the association. Right now, the Porters’ Saltair property is still on the market. They had hoped to sell it by now, but they believe they’ve found somebody suitable to house-sit for a few months, so now they’re hoping to leave Oct. 27 and begin the first phase of their adventure right away. They’re hoping the house will sell while they are travelling in the United States, and one of them, likely Krista, can fly back and pack up whatever’s left in the house. See Trio Page 3
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Festival of Lights Society hosting community work party Nov. 2
The Festival of Lights Society is hosting a community work party Sunday, Nov. 2. The society is asking all Ladysmith businesses to make sure they have all their Christmas lights up and turned on for the work party. Firefighters, bucket trucks and volunteers will be available to help with bulb replacement if contacted on time. If you need help with bulb replacement, call 250245-5888 by Oct. 27. Volunteers are needed Sunday, Nov. 2, starting at 9 a.m., to hang, tie, hold, carry and plug in lights and get the town ready for Light Up. If you can help, please call 250-245-5888 or 250-245-2263 or meet at the 49th Parallel Grocery upper parking lot at 9 a.m. If you know someone with a bucket truck or ladder truck, please invite them too. This year, Light Up will be taking place Thursday, Nov. 27.
Cim MacDonald speaking at Chemainus Library
The Chemainus Library is hosting a presentation by a well-known Chemainus artist this week. This Wednesday (Oct. 22), artist/photographer/ author Cim MacDonald will be presenting the story behind Chemainus Gardens: The Beauty of the Seasons, her book of photography recording the seasons in the Chemainus Gardens at the library at 2592 Legion St. Visit the library from noon to 1 p.m. to learn about MacDonald’s book and about her process of self-publishing. For more information, call 250-246-9471 or e-mail chemainus@virl. bc.ca.
Trio will share their adventures through YouTube From Page 1 Once they cross the border, the Porters plan to drive down the Oregon Coast first and get to southern California and then head east, camping and seeing as many interesting sights as they can. They’ll end up in Florida, where they plan to go to Disney World and then start shopping for a catamaran. Once they find a boat, they’ll sell their motorhome and begin the next leg of their adventure. The Porters will begin sailing in the Bahamas. “We’ve done lots of research and we’ve looked at different blogs, and everything we’ve read is that the Bahamas is a really great place to start because the waters are shallow, there’s not a lot of tidal action and current to deal with, and you’re still close enough to Florida that if you need repairs, you can easily go back to that,” said Krista. “It’s a great place to get to know your boat.” They plan to sail along the Virgin Islands and to The Grenadines, Grenada and Trinidad and Tobago, and they’ll likely spend a few months down there outside of what Brad explains is the “hurricane box.” “Grenada and Trinidad and Tobago are outside the hurricane zone, so the insurance companies allow you to stay in those places during hurricane season, which is June through to November,” he said. They’ll either explore those islands or fly back here to visit their friends and family and go camping. Whatever they end up doing, they’ll begin the next phase of the sailing adventure by heading along the coast of Venezuela, past Colombia, to Panama and go through the Panama Canal. From there, they hope to spend about a month in the Galapagos Islands and then sail to French Polynesia and spend a long time there. If they have to get out
Cole, Brad and Krista Porter have travelled extensively as a family. Here they are in Bangkok. PHOTO SUBMITTED of the typhoon zone, Brad says they While they travel, the Porters are might sail down to New Zealand and hoping to keep connected with backpack through New Zealand. Cole’s classmates at Chemainus Cole is getting excited to leave be- Elementary School. They’re hoping cause he loves to try new things. to connect with Cole’s class once “I think it’s going to be pretty cool or twice a month through Skype because I’m going to be able to try or FaceTime so Cole can tell them something new instead of staying about his travels, and they also at home doing regular things and hope the class will ask Cole quesplaying video games and seeing the tions, either by e-mail or Skype. same thing every day,” he said. “In- “We plan to keep a YouTube channel stead of doing that, I get to spend, where we’ll make videos of things say, a week at this place, a week at that we see, things that we do, how that place, maybe even a year, who we live on a sailboat, where we get our food from, the people we meet, knows.” His parents say Cole likes to stand the problems that arise on a sailboat living as a family and the different out. “I don’t want to be normal like oth- foods we have to try to cook and er kids,” he agreed. “I want to go out learn how to eat,” said Brad. “We’re and see different stuff and do differ- going to have a section we hope to ent things, like, say, everyone here call Cole’s Notes where Cole will at my school is going to learn how give his take on what we’ve seen to weave baskets like First Nations, and where we’ve been, and we’re but when I go to the Bahamas and hoping Cole’s teacher will share whatnot, I will learn how to make those videos in the classroom.” As their departure gets closer, bow and arrows and things like Brad says they do feel intimidated that.”
to go. They will miss their family and friends and the community, which makes leaving difficult. “We were just talking about the different things the community offers and being involved in the community is something we’ve really enjoyed,” said Krista. “That’s going to be something we will miss, for sure.” “We’ll miss our friends,” continued Brad. “We love it here. I can see why people look at us and say ‘why do you want to leave?’ because it’s wonderful here. It really is paradise. But we’re just looking for another paradise. And we’ll come back.” The Porters hope the Internet will keep them connected with friends back home, and they’re also hoping the extra space on the catamaran will entice their friends and family to come and spend time with them at different points along the way. The Porters will be sharing their story through their YouTube channel (www.youtube.com/ user/3969godkinrd) and will be posting a bi-monthly show called “Trio Travels.” “Hopefully our YouTube channel will reach out to more than just our immediate family and friends, and hopefully people in Ladysmith and Chemainus will be proud to say ‘hey, we know that couple’ or ‘they’re from our hometown,’” said Krista. Krista also hopes their story might inspire other people to do whatever it is they’ve been dreaming of doing. “Don’t wait,” she said. “If we had to send one message, it would be that, just go for it. Get out there and do what you want to do.” “That’s so hard,” acknowledged Brad. “It’s just so easy to sit there and not do it. You say we want to inspire people to do it, and yes we do, but oh my gosh, it’s so difficult. It’s the biggest challenge I think we’ve done in our life, especially at this stage.”
Students and staff at St. Joseph’s Elementary School in Chemainus marked World Food Day Oct. 16 with a pancake breakfast. Students collected food for Harvest House Food Bank from Oct. 6-17 and learned about food security and world hunger. Along with the pancake breakfast and food drive, students also participated in a poster, poetry and writing contest, and they held a special assembly. Here, Grade 6 student Zachary Doehring (left) and Grade 2 student Payton Morey enjoy breakfast. LINDSAY CHUNG
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Charges laid in attempted abduction Staff Writer the chronicle
An arrest has been made in regards to an attempted abduction that occurred in Cedar in June. Twenty-year-old Cameron Alexander Compton of Nanaimo has been charged in the attempted abduction of a 17-yearold female on June 11 in rural Cedar, according to a press release from the Nanaimo RCMP. The female had stopped her car to help some kittens cross the road. While at-
tempting to herd the kit- significant local and protens, Compton allegedly vincial attention, accordarrived on scene, assault- ing to the RCMP. ed her then attempted to “The resulting media drag her back to his car, coverage lead to numeraccording to the RCMP. ous tips from the general On Oct. 9, members of public and assisted with the Nanaimo RCMP Seri- moving the investigaous Crime Unit arrested tion forward,” stated the Compton at his home and press release. “The tips, took him into custody. along with strong invesHe has been charged tigative skills provided by with attempted kidnap- the Serious Crime Unit ping, forcible confine- and supported by other ment, choking to over- plain clothes units and come, aggravated assault forensic officers, lead to and possession of stolen Compton’s arrest and his property under $5,000. remand into custody.” This incident garnered Compton appeared
in Nanaimo Provincial Court Oct. 14 and has been remanded until Tuesday, Oct. 28 The victim has been notified and is moving forward with the support of many friends and family. “The investigators assigned to the case would like to extend their sincere appreciation to not only the general public but all media outlets for their collective assistance with the investigation,” Const. Gary O’Brien of the Nanaimo RCMP said in the press release.
First United Church welcomes new minister TOWN OF LADYSMITH 2014 LOCAL ELECTION Vote for: Mayor Councillors (up to 6) School Trustees (up to 9, for School District 68) ADVANCE VOTING DAYS: Wednesday, November 5 & Wednesday, November 12 Council Chambers, Ladysmith City Hall, 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. 410 Esplanade (corner of Roberts St. and Trans-Canada Hwy.
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Rev. Maxine Pirie celebrated her first service at Ladysmith First United Church on Oct. 5. It was a joyful beginning, and the congregation welcomed her warmly, serving a delicious cake from The Old Town Bakery after the service. During the summer, between the time of Rev. MinGoo Kang moving to Manitoba and Rev. Maxine Pirie
arriving, Lay Leaders of the ference in 2007. congregation prepared the Her settlement call was services. at Cabri-Hazlet-Pennant in Members of the congrega- Saskatchewan, a three-point tion helped move Pirie and charge. her husband, David Perry, After three years, she was from her former church in called to Powell River United, Powell River to Ladysmith, where she served for four where the couple has pur- years before being called to chased a home. Ladysmith. Pirie has three adult chilEarlier in her life, she was dren and four adult stepchil- the editor and publisher of dren. She graduated from St. the Watson Witness in WatAndrew’s College and was or- son, Sask., founded by her dained in Saskatchewan Con- great-grandfather.
GENERAL VOTING DAY: Saturday, November 15 Frank Jameson Community Centre, 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. 810 - 6th Avenue VOTING BY MAIL-IN BALLOT: If you are unable to vote on general voting day or at the advance polls, you may vote by mail-in ballot. You must request your mail-in ballot from City Hall before October 31, 2014. Completed mail-in ballots must be returned to City Hall by 4:00 p.m. on Friday, November 14, or delivered to the Frank Jameson Community Centre on Saturday, November 15 between 8:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. For more information regarding the election please contact: Joanna Winter, Chief Election Officer at 250.245.6417 or email jwinter@ladysmith.ca Sandy Bowden, Deputy Chief Election Officer at 250.245.6404 or email sbowden@ladysmith.ca www.ladysmith.ca
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Museum closing for the season at end of October Staff Writer the chronicle
The 2014 season is being hailed as a success for the Ladysmith Museum, but with the end of the summer tourist season and a shortage of volunteers, it will be closing at the end of this month. “After some extensive upgrades and the creation of additional exhibition space earlier this year, the 2014 season has seen an increased number of visitors,” curator Bernardien Knol said in a press release. “It has been exciting to see the growing interest for our history from local residents and youth groups this year, as well as the many international visitors who travel through Ladysmith; however, now that the summer tourist season is over and with an ever-present shortage of
volunteers, we have decided to close down for the year at the end of October.” The Ladysmith Museum will be open Thursday, Nov. 27 from 2-6 p.m. for Light Up and then will open again Friday, Dec. 5 for Old Tyme Christmas. Knol says they will also make every effort to open the museum by special request from any interest group during the winter season. To make a request, contact the Ladysmith Historical Society at 250-245-0100 or e-mail ladysmithmuseum@shaw.ca. “Thank you Ladysmith for your ongoing support,” said Knol. “A huge thank you to our very special volunteers for doing a wonderful job and who enjoyed meeting many interesting people from around the world. We hope to see you all back, as well as a few more, come Spring 2015.”
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Ladysmith Healthcare Auxiliary thanks community for support Editor:
The Ladysmith Healthcare Auxiliary would like to give thanks to the community for their generous donations to our Thrift Store and to our customers, without whom we could not have made the following donations. Last year alone, we donated $180,000 benefitting those in need of health care. Just some of the donations were: exam beds and emergency room carts for the Nanaimo Regional General Hospital, a radio frequency generator for the Victoria Hospital, defibrillators for our Ladysmith Fire/Rescue and equipment for BC Children’s Hospital. This year, we are well on our way to repeating this success with donations made and/or approved for the purchase of a new ECG machine for the Victoria Hospital, burn bandages and equipment for the Children’s Hospital, carts for Cowichan District Hospital, and for our Ladysmith Urgent Care, a new ECG machine and a digital X-ray processor worth approximately $75,000. Our volunteers would like to say “thank you” to Ladysmith and the surrounding area for your participation. Sandra Dall Ladysmith Healthcare Auxiliary
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Hands up.” That famous command is attributed to Bill Miner, an American career criminal who is also credited with B.C.’s first train robbery, at Silverdale on the Mission border in 1910. A more genteel, and of course perfectly legal, trackside transfer of wealth is underway in the B.C. legislature. It’s called the Canadian Pacific Railway (Stone and Timber) Settlement Act, and it provides for taxpayers to hand over $19 million to CP Rail to settle a lawsuit over historic logging, rock and gravel rights given to B.C.’s pioneering railway builders. Students of B.C. history will know that while Bill Miner got the headlines, it was the early coal, lumber and railway barons who really made out like bandits. And CP Rail inherited some of this by 1912 when it took over three early railways that had been granted vast tracts of provincial Crown land.
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fortune and served as B.C. premier from 1900 to 1902. He ended up owning a large part of Vancouver Island in exchange for building the Esquimalt and Nanaimo Railway, which he sold to the CPR in 1905, the same year he locked out miners in his coal operations for their push to organize a union. Dunsmuir’s hard line provided a boost for a rival, James Jerome Hill, who built the Great Northern Railway in the 1890s and later quit the CPR board in a bitter feud. Hill was happy to supply coal from Fernie. Dunsmuir took a turn as B.C.’s eighth Lieutenant Governor, sold his coal business and retired to his estate, Hatley Castle, which is now part of Royal Roads University. He is buried at Victoria’s Ross Bay Cemetery. As Halloween approaches, it’s easy to imagine a chuckle from his grave as the railway barons once again rake it in. Tom Fletcher is legislative reporter and columnist for Black Press.
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tions, and many of them were not registered in the current land title system.” These discrepancies came to light in the early 2000s. They involve some 1,600 properties, so you can imagine the lawyer fees that would be accumulated to sort through those in court. And Coleman’s statement suggests that the government has conceded its records are in error, rather than those of the railways. Given the Wild West ways of B.C.’s early settlement and railway development, it’s not surprising there were some loose ends. For a fascinating look at this period, I recommend Barrie Sanford’s book Steel Rails and Iron Men (Whitecap Books, 1990). Sanford recounts the fateful decision of the CPR to turn north at Medicine Hat and push Canada’s defining railway through the Kicking Horse Pass, leaving the mineral-rich Kootenay region open to competitors for rail freight service. A key figure of those days is James Dunsmuir, who inherited his family coal
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CHURCH DIRECTORY Attend regularly the church of your choice This is the artist’s conception for the proposed Stocking Creek Open Market in Saltair. Land owner John Morris hopes to submit his development permit application to the CVRD this week. Photo Submitted
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A Saltair landowner is hoping to submit an application this month to transform a vacant lot on Chemainus Road into a pedestrian-friendly market with a variety of retailers. Morris, owner of Saltair Self-Storage, the Saltair Mobile Home Park and HomeFront Modulars, a Cowichan Valley modular home dealership, has an idea that he feels would bring people to Saltair while also giving people a chance to own commercial space and build equity. Originally, Morris’ plan for Stocking Creek Market, revealed in June 2013, was to develop the vacant lot south of the mobile home park on Chemainus Road into an open-air market where shops and restaurants would be housed in converted shipping containers. But now that plan’s been revamped, and the shipping containers are no longer part of the concept. Instead, says Morris, there will be site-built West Coast-style commercial buildings that feature lots of cedar, stone and steel. “It will be very modern but very West Coast looking,” he said. Morris has also changed the size and number of buildings to reflect what he’s heard from potential retailers. “The buildings were initially very small, but we talked to several retailers, and they wanted 1,200to 1,500-square-foot buildings, so what we’ve done is we’ve reduced the number of lots from 20 to 14
but increased the size that the buildings can get,” he said. “We’ll be able to accommodate on most lots 1,200to 1,500-square-foot buildings and on some, as big as 2,000 square feet.” Morris says their main focus is to bring retailers in at a “very affordable” rate. “This has to be really attractive so that people can get the benefit of owning the lot and the building and getting the affordability,” he said. “This will give people the security of knowing they’re here to stay; ownership is a security.” And a desire to give people that security is a big reason why Morris wants to do this. “I know there are people who are struggling sometimes in retail operations just to make their rent, and once their busi-
ness has been there people in.” for years, they have Morris hopes to have nothing to show for it, his application into really they don’t,” he the Cowichan Valley said. “By moving into Regional District this this subdivision, hope- week. If it is approved, fully their cost will be he hopes to start serless, but even more so vicing Stocking Creek than that, every month, Open Market in early they’re building equity spring 2015. in themselves. Morris has been “I do a lot of afford- working with McElable housing; that’s my hanney Associates main focus; I’ve been Land Surveying Ltd. to working in mobile come up with the conhome developments in cept. providing affordable “The best thing I ever housing, but it’s not did with this is I hired enough. People need Reg Harding from affordable business McElhanney,” he said. opportunities.” “If I would say anything Morris says he’s had about what they’ve a broad mix of people done is they’ve taken ask about the project my idea and made it who’ve been interest- better, significantly. ed in opening a floral The landscaping, the shop, liquor store and pedestrian access and various retail opera- the whole flow of the tions. place is much better.” “We have had good If anyone has any interest,” he said. “It’s comments or concerns, going to have great ser- Morris encourages vices, and it will have them to call him at 250a great ability to draw 710-0765.
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An AED may be a relatively small piece of equipment, but the difference it can make in a person’s life is huge. Automated External Defibrillators (AEDs) are used when people have suffered a sudden cardiac arrest, and a recent bicycle tour by a company that distributes the devices helped highlight their importance. Iridia Medical launched the first ever Tour D’Iridia earlier this month. The fiveday, 400-kilometre cycle tour Ladysmith Parks, Recreation and Culture fitness programmer Sue Glenn and Tour D’Iridia Tour Amof the southern Vancouver bassador Michael Galasso check the AED at Forrest Field. The right photo shows where the AED is Island region focused on vis- located, in the accessible washroom behind the bleachers. Lindsay Chung iting BC PAD Program locations, drawing attention to structed to perform CPR until stopped at Fuller Lake Arena to raise awareness of the in Chemainus the day before. Heart and Stroke Foundathe program and raising gen- paramedics arrive. In B.C., the current survival Glenn says Forrest Field is tion because the more people eral awareness of AEDs in rate for an out-of-hospital a great spot because it’s so know of the program or know the communities. Tour D’Iridia has its roots sudden cardiac arrest is only busy and so many people use they can have an AED, the in Iridia’s appointment as the about 12 per cent, but when it, whether they are walking more people who are applyAED distributor to the Heart CPR and AEDs are used to- around the field, watching ing for them, the more investment will go into it.” and Stroke Foundation’s BC gether in the first few min- games or playing sports. Galasso says many of the Public Access to Defibrillator utes during a cardiac arrest, “It’s one of those things that survival rates may increase we hope we don’t need to use, facilities he has visited are Program (PAD). To date, 237 devices have up to 75 per cent, according but the more we have acces- at the end of a long road, and been placed, and 20 of those to the BC Ambulance Service. sible, the better,” she said. response times from emerAt each stop along the Tour “The research has proven the gency personnel could take have been on southern Vancouver Island. Apart from D’Iridia, Tour ambassador Mi- efficiency of the AED, espe- a while, so it’s good to have supplying the devices, Van- chael Galasso met with pro- cially when it comes to first an AED and the ability for couver-based Iridia is also gram co-ordinators to check responses, and Forrest Field someone to use it if they are is such a well-known and faced with a situation where responsible for providing on- in on the AEDs. Galasso, who races in road well-used facility in our com- one is needed. He had been going technical and customer and cyclocross events for munity. I think it’s definitely a to one facility two days earsupport. Through the PAD Program, Vancouver’s Escape Veloc- fit with the amount of people lier where the AED had been the Heart and Stroke Founda- ity Racing Team, crossed the using the field. I know we’re used, and it had saved a life. Galasso hopes this tour tion, in partnership with the Georgia Strait by ferry on very much appreciative of the BC Ambulance Service, will Sept. 29 and began his tour Heart and Stroke Foundation helps start a conversation donate about 450 AEDs over in Saanichton. He connected and Iridia Medical for receiv- around AEDs and how they can be used. three years to public places with the 19 program co-or- ing the AED.” In Ladysmith, there is also “There are a lot of questions like recreation centres, are- dinators between there and nas, pools, community cen- Qualicum Beach, finishing an AED at the Frank Jameson that don’t get asked in a CPR Community Centre. class, for example, can it be tres, libraries, senior centres, the tour Oct. 3. When the Tour D’Iridia came Galasso says the bike tour used on a pool deck,” he said. busy playing fields, parks and through Ladysmith Oct. 2. is a great way to go into com- “A lot of the questions I get, if beaches. AEDs are portable, easy- Galasso met with Ladysmith munities and make stronger I can’t answer them, I can dito-use devices that read the Parks, Recreation and Cul- connections than you would rect them to [Iridia AED proheart’s rhythm and only de- ture fitness programmer Sue make by simply driving from gram manager Julie Turley] in the office right away. It’s been liver a shock if needed. If a Glenn at Forrest Field, where town to town. “We decided by bike was the nice to have that connection shockable rhythm is detected, there is an AED provided the bystander is instructed through the PAD Program in best option, to take it slow with the community through and get to know people,” he me and through the tour. It’s to press a button to deliver a the accessible washroom. shock, helping the heart re- “What the tour is for me to said. “We hope we can con- been a lot of fun; I have a turn to a normal rhythm. If no see the AED, make sure it’s nect with these communities great time doing this.” To learn more about the BC shockable rhythm is detected, in working order, answer any and put a face to Iridia and the AED will not administer a questions and raise aware- be more of a group of people PAD Program, visit www.bcshock and the bystander is in- ness,” said Galasso, who had than a corporation. Also, it’s padprogram.ca.
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Dr. Michael Kellam at Vision Arts Eyecare Centre in Ladysmith is encouraging parents to take their children in for eye exams as part of Children’s Vision Month. LINDSAY CHUNG Kellam, a member of the provincial association’s board of directors, wants to stress the importance of when and how often children should get comprehensive eye exams, which have the ability to test for farsightedness, not just near-sightedness. “For me, it’s important kids come in yearly because the eye is still growing, even as a teenager,” he said. “Just because mom and dad’s eyes are fine doesn’t mean the kid’s eyes are good because there may be other issues in the family tree.” Kellam says they want children to get their first eye exam well before kindergarten, at age
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How far will you go to keep a promise to a friend? In Always A Bridesmaid, the next production from Ladysmith Little Theatre (LLT), we’ll find out just how far four loyal and determined southern women will go — with some hilarious consequences. Four friends swore on the night of their senior high school prom to be in each other’s weddings, no matter what. More than 30 years later, these best friends are still making “the long walk” for each other to honour that vow. “Hop on this marriage-goround for a laugh-out-loud journey with these beleaguered bridesmaids as they navigate the choppy waters of love and matrimony,” state the play’s writers. “Libby Ruth, Deedra, Monette and Charlie are committed to the notion that careers, waistlines and even marriages may disappear, but real friendships last a lifetime.” Written by Jessie Jones, Nicholas Hope and Jamie Wooten, Always A Bridesmaid is the second show of LLT’s 2014-15 season. Audience members will see some familiar faces on stage, as Lynnia Clark, Carina Gee, Ann McInulty-Gogo and Maureen Molyneaux portray the four friends, with Kyla Mitrovic and Josee Duffhues rounding out the ensemble. This rollicking comedy is brought to life under the direction of Bill Johnston. Johnston says he chose this play because the script was so funny. “When I read it, I actually laughed out loud,” he said. “I don’t usually laugh out loud, but I did with this one. I just
Ann McInulty-Gogo and Maureen Molyneaux rehearse Always A Bridesmaid, the next production at Ladysmith Little Theatre. This comedy runs from Nov. 6-23. PHOTO SUBMITTED really liked it. This is a gem of come out and say ‘that was so a play, very funny. It’s one you fun, I want to see it again,’” he can relate to. People think it’s said. “Forget all the nastiness like a chick flick, but it’s not that’s going on in the world, — it’s universal.” and have some fun.” The play’s authors worked Johnston has really enjoyed on the sitcom Golden Girls, working with this cast and and Johnston says you can crew. sometimes see that humour “I went into auditions with a in this play. completely open mind, which Johnston is really eager for was a great thing because a people to see this production. couple of them had strengths “It’s very funny,” he said. “It that I didn’t even know,” he has a terrific cast and terrific said. “You believe these womproduction people.” en have known each other Johnston hopes that audi- for years. All of them deliver. ence members will walk out You want to make sure they of the theatre feeling like they don’t bleed and all the charhad an evening of fun, and acters seem the same. All six they had a chance to escape of them have grabbed onto their worries. their characters and it’s great. “I think some people will They’ve all delivered great
performances before, and the synergy is just terrific.” The play, set in Virginia, takes place over seven years of the women’s friendships. Johnston describes the four friends as “people we all know.” There’s Charlie, the earth bunny tree hugger. Monette is the friend who is selfinvolved. Libby Ruth is the romantic, always looking for the best. And then there’s Deedra, a judge from Connecticut who is strict. In the play, we also meet Sedalia, the owner of Laurelton Oaks in Virginia, an old house that has been converted into a wedding venue, whom Johnston describes as “tough as nails.” And then there’s Kari, Libby Ruth’s daughter. She’s getting married herself, and she helps tie together the stories of her mother and three godmothers’ various weddings. “We gave her and Libby Ruth some traits that you can see they are mother and daughter,” said Johnston. Always A Bridesmaid runs from Nov. 6-23 at 4985 Christie Rd., with dinner theatre available Friday and Saturday nights and two Sunday matinees. Tickets are $20 for nonmembers or $18 for members or groups of 10 or more. For more information or to reserve tickets, call the Box Office at 250-924-0658 Wednesdays and Fridays from 2-4 p.m. or visit www. ladysmiththeatre.com. Johnston encourages people to get their tickets early. “I think this one’s going to sell out fast,” he said. “When you do a good show, you get a buzz going, and I think this is one. They’re going to hit the ground running. On opening night, they’re going to knock it out of the park, I have full confidence.”
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For the month of October, the Photo Show will be on display at the Ladysmith Waterfront Gallery. The show portrays life captured in a photograph or created photograph through imagination and the sophisticated technology of the computer. “This photo show has a very wide variance in the type of subject matter you will see, traditional and non-traditional,” says Sean Sherstone of the Ladysmith Arts Council (LAC). “Traditional landscapes and still images
are here on display, and also the photographs that are designed to make a statement. The photo show includes photo and mixed-media entries as well. In addition, some images are printed on aluminum substrate for dramatic effect. Todd Ross won the People’s Choice category for his image of Nanoose Bay on aluminum substrate.” With today’s editing software, photographers may become digital artists. In digital editing, photographs are usually taken with a digital camera and input directly into a computer. Photo manipulation is often much more explicit than subtle alterations to colour balance or contrast and may involve overlaying a head onto a different body or changing a sign’s text, for examples.
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The Cowichan Valley Scottish Country Dancers focus on fun, fitness and fellowship Every Thursday night, the Cowichan Valley Scottish Country Dancers meet at the Chemainus Seniors Drop-In Centre, and, suddenly, the joint is jumping with dancers reeling and jigging around the floor to irresistibly toe-tapping music. With names like Maxwell’s Rant, Mrs. Stewart’s Jig, Pelorus Jack and Strip the Willow, these dances are country dances with roots stretching back centuries. It’s a sociable form of dancing in which participants are grouped into sets, typically of three, four or five couples arranged either in two lines (men facing women) or in a square, and they work together to dance a sequence of formations. Each dance is repeated enough times so that every couple dances each position in turn until they return to their starting positions. It’s high-energy and certainly cranks the heart rate up a couple of notches. Some of the dances can be quite complex, and there’s a degree of mental stimulation and challenge in remembering the sequences, positions and who’s on first. As a result, there is a lot of laughter. “The club’s unwritten motto is fun, fitness and fellowship,” says Susan Lumholst-Smith, who is the club organizer. “You don’t need to be Scottish or know anything about the dances. You just have to enjoy great music and some lively activity.” The Chemainus club has been in existence since 2006, and it draws in people from around the Cowichan
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Members of the Cowichan Valley Scottish Country Dancers put their best foot forward during their weekly get-togethers. The club, which meets Thursday evenings at the Chemainus Seniors Drop-In Centre, focuses on fun, fitness and fellowship. Photo Submitted ing the group through the Valley. At 30 regular members, it dance before the music is is small compared to larger played and the participants clubs in Nanaimo and Vic- dance. toria, but what it lacks in “It’s an activity that appeals size, it certainly makes up to all age groups,” says for in enthusiasm. Lumholst-Smith. “You don’t Katherine Miller, a mem- need a partner or any speber and a Scottish coun- cial clothing — just a pair try dancing teacher from of soft shoes. We welcome Nanaimo, leads the group new members, so anyone through the dances, ex- who’s interested should plaining the sequences and just drop by and join in the the steps and then walk- fun.”
The Chemainus Seniors Drop-In Centre is located at 9824 Willow St. The group meets every Thursday from 6:30-8:30 p.m. For more information about the club, contact Susan Lumholst-Smith at 250-416-6749 or geoffrey.susan@telus.net. — Submitted by the Cowichan Valley Scottish Country Dancers
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Staff Writer Last year around this time, Takala Trails Ranch north of Ladysmith was overrun by zombies when Company Z Paintball Adventures introduced an interactive zombie experience. Building on an “incredibly successful” first year of operations on Vancouver Island, Victoria social worker, single mom and owner of Company Z Paintball Adventures Jen Yarnell is set to open her zombie scenario paintball experience for a second season, but it’s moving south. This year, Company Z Paintball will
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Margaret, an unforgettable woman, passed away peacefully on September 9, 2014 in Chemainus, BC. She is survived by her sister Helen (Stan) Armstrong of Vancouver and many nieces and nephews, all across Canada. She was predeceased by her husband of 45 years, Jim Tallis of Borden SK. Margaret came from Russell, Manitoba, the youngest of eight born to Stewart and Lizzie McLennan. She was spoiled by her 4 older sisters and 3 older brothers and some might say with her modern ideas and free spirit, she was the first of the “new� generation. She was smart and cocky and a real go getter, that is for sure. She married her airman, Jim and together they swathed a path of adventure and friendship across western Canada, based in Fort Smith, NWT and Calgary, AB, where Jim flew planes and choppers for corporations while Margaret coddled a string of beautiful cocker spaniels from Judy, through Jenny. Margaret was particular about her purses and her sweaters. She was a charter member of The Young and the Restless. She knew what she liked. Eventually, the island beckon them and in the seventies they moved to Sidney, BC so Jim could sail, and eventually up island to Timberlands, to be close to the Nanaimo airport for Jim’s work. When she lost Jim, Margaret moved to Ladysmith and continued her spunky journey. She was lively until her final days and will be remembered by her family, Jim’s family, her friends, and her acquaintances as a quick witted and one-of-a-kind lady. Her laughter and opinionated grit will be remembered with great love and humour, as long as we walk. Margaret and Jim have been interred in the Tallis family plot in Borden. As always, visitors welcome.
HELP WANTED F/T P/T BUS DRIVER- Must be able to drive stick shift Coaches. Apply with resume to Jim at Chemainus Tours. Fax: 250-246-9299 or email jim@chemainustours.com or cell 250-252-08888.
HELP WANTED Investment Specialist Wealth Management An opportunity for a full-time Investment Specialist is available within our Wealth Management subsidiary. To meet the requirements of the position, you will have a passion for financial planning and helping customers with proven sales success in the financial services industry. For a full job description and educational requirements, please see Careers at www.ldcu.ca This position will commence as soon as possible. Salary is commensurate with experience. If you are interested in this opportunity, please submit a covering letter and resume outlining your qualifications by 4:00 pm November 7, 2014 to: Kimberley Judson, CHRP Manager, HR & Communications Ladysmith & District Credit Union kjudson@ldcu.ca
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Help Wanted LADYSMITH PRESS needs physically fit individuals for their continually expanding collating department. Part time positions available 8 - 16 hrs/wk, $11.25/hr. Afternoon and evening shifts - must be available Wednesdays. Benefits, profit sharing and advancement opportunities. Please submit your resume between 9 am and 5 pm in person to: Ladysmith Press, 940 Oyster Bay Drive, Ladysmith, BC or mail to: Ladysmith Press, PO Box 400, Ladysmith, BC V9G 1A3. No phone calls please. We would like to thank in advance all who apply, however only those chosen for an interview will be contacted. PARTS PERSON required for a growing progressive auto/industrial supplier. Experienced applicant will receive top wages, full benefits and RRSP bonuses working 5 day work week, plus moving allowances. See our community at LacLaBicheRegion.com. Send resume to: Sapphire Auto & Industrial, Box 306, Lac La Biche, AB, T0A 2C0. Email: hr@sapphireinc.net The Lemare Group is accepting resumes for the following positions: • Hooktenders • Processor Operators • 980 Dryland Sort Operator • Boom Man • Heavy Duty Mechanics • Grapple Yarder Operator • Off Highway Logging Truck Drivers • Coastal Certified Hand Fallers • Hand Buckers Please send resumes by fax to 250-956-4888 or email to ofďŹ ce@lemare.ca
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MacLeod, Samuel Jamieson November 25th, 1991 - October 9th, 2014 Samuel passed away suddenly at work on October 9th in Fort Saint John, BC. He was known for his enormous heart, his charming smile, and, of course, his daredevil streak. He leaves behind his mother Lorelle, father Tim, step-mother Elaine, sister Amelia, brother-in-law Josh, step-brothers Tristan and Levi, nephew Elliott, and ďŹ ance Alysa, and many aunts, uncles, and cousins. Sam was loved by everyone who knew him, and he somehow had room in his heart for each of us. Whether it was getting stranded on the side of the road with a at tire, or having your truck caught in the river on an off-road adventure, or if you just needed a friend, Sam was the most reliable person to call – not only would he do anything for you, but he was always so eager to help. Sam was enamored with nature and with adventure and loved to spend his time exploring new places and rediscovering familiar ones. He will be remembered for his great sense of humour and his unrelenting loyalty. Visitation was held at Telford’s of Ladysmith, 112 French Street, Saturday October 18th from 5:00 – 7:00 p.m. A Celebration of Life was held at Ladysmith Secondary High School at 7106 – 6th Avenue on Sunday, October 19, 2014 at 1:00 p.m. Pastor Curtis MacLeod ofďŹ ciating. Condolences to the family may be offered at telfordn@shaw.ca Telford’s of Ladysmith 250-245-5553
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DAVIS, Violet Lorraine Passed away October 8, 2014, born on February 17, 1917 in Merritt, B.C. to James & Elizabeth Lester. Predeceased by her husband Alan Davis in 1995, daughter-in-law Loretta Davis, two sisters, two brothers, and son-inlaw Owen Grover. The Lester family moved to Vancouver where Violet attended school and met her future husband; Alan Davis. They were married on October 23, 1937 in Vancouver. Alan served in the RCAF in WWII and then went to school to be a sheet metal journeyman. Violet was a stay at home Mom who raised her four children; Alice Grover of Eugene Oregon, Victor (Laurie) Davis of Ladysmith, Kenneth (Anne) Davis of North Delta and S. Lee Davis of Surrey; seven grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren. In 1968 they retired and moved to Ladysmith. “Her family was everything to her.â€? Violet enjoyed her Parkhill Terrace neighbors, gardening, lots of arts and crafts, petit point pictures for all her children which are wonderful. Every year she knitted sweaters for all the grandchildren, and great-grandchildren. No Service by request. In lieu of owers, donations may be made to the Canadian National Institute for the Blind, 2340 Richmond Ave. Victoria, B.C. V8R 4R9. Condolences may be offered at telfordn@shaw.ca Telford’s of Ladysmith 250-245-5553
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