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Vanessa Eastman (left) and Cynthia Barry of Duncan are ready to cheer on their parents at the finish line of the Cedar 12K Sunday, Feb. 8 at North Cedar Intermediate School. The race was the third in the 2015 Frontrunners Island Race Series and was hosted by Bastion Running Club. Jeremy Clegg of Nanaimo won the race with a time of 39:57, while Kimberley Doerksen of Gibsons was the first female finisher — and 14th overall — with a time of 44:50. This year’s race attracted 382 participants. For more photos and results, please see next week’s paper. LINDSAY CHUNG
Ladysmith man charged with manslaughter Staff Writer THE CHRONICLE
Fifty-year-old Trevor George Meers of Ladysmith has been charged and is in custody following the death of a 55-year-old woman in Ladysmith on Tuesday, Feb. 3. The woman, who is not being identified at this time while investigators work to complete next-of-kin notification, died following an altercation at Campers Corner RV Park on the Trans-Canada Highway at the
south end of Ladysmith. RCMP reported in a press release sent out Feb. 5. Police officers and BC Ambulance Service paraMeers has been remanded into custody pending his medics had received a 9-1-1 call just before midnight next court appearance, which is set for Tuesday, Feb. on Feb. 3 reporting a physical altercation between a 10 via video conference. group of people at the residence. “As this matter is now before the courts, no fur“Despite the efforts of first responders, the woman ther details will be released,” Island District RCMP died at the scene,” the RCMP stated at the time. “In- spokesman Cpl. Darren Lagan stated in the press revestigators are treating her death as an apparent ho- lease. micide.” On Feb. 4, police stated in a press release that Meers Meers has now been charged with one count of was known to the deceased woman, and there was manslaughter in relation to the woman’s death, the no evidence to suggest there is any risk to the public.
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Community recognizes LSS volleyball team Ladysmith’s senior girls’ volleyball team is a Nanaimo Sport Achievement Awards finalist for Sports Story of the Year Niomi Pearson FOR THE CHRONICLE
Their season may be over, but the Ladysmith Secondary School 49ers senior girls’ volleyball team has served up one more victory following its second-place win at provincials in late November. The team is a finalist in the Nanaimo Sport Achievement Awards for Sports Story of the Year and will be honoured during the organization’s 10th annual awards gala Friday, Feb. 13. “It’s pretty cool for the girls to not only finish second at provincials but also be seen from a community perspective as well,” said coach Stephen Epp. “Within the Nanaimo-Ladysmith region there’s been a lot of successes — to be recognized as one of the top stories of the year puts them on that scale.” Also in the running for the 2014 Sports Story of the Year title is the B.C. Summer Games, held in Nanaimo from July 1720, and the World’s Longest Street Hockey Game, achieved by Youth Sticking Together in mid-August. The 49ers’ road to provincials began with a fourth-place finish at the Camosun Chargers Sr. Girls’ Volleyball Tournament in October. In addition to being the top Nanaimo-Ladysmith district team at the tournament, Ladysmith’s Kelsey Hutt was chosen as an All-Star. By mid-November, the team had volleyed into third place in the province, and after winning both the North Island and Island titles, the 49ers advanced to the B.C. championships at Brentwood College seeded in
The Ladysmith Secondary School 49ers senior girls’ volleyball team, seen here after winning the silver medal at the provincial championship, is a finalist for Sports Story of the Year at the Nanaimo Sport Achievement Awards. The awards will be presented Friday, Feb. 13 PHOTO SUBMITTED fourth place. Epp credited talent and teamwork as the keys to the team’s success. “It was an interesting season because seven of them were Cedar students last year,” he said. According to Epp, the 49ers had a lot of injuries during the season, but the biggest challenge for a lot of them was the transition from Cedar Community Secondary School after its closure. “As Grade 12s, that can be pretty difficult,” he said. “But the school did a really good job of welcoming them in and rallying around their push for provin-
cials.” Becoming a finalist in the Nanaimo Sport Achievement Awards has given the girls a well-deserved pat on the back as they approach what will be the final weeks of high school for some members of the team. “It’s a good opportunity to reflect back on the competition that they had,” said Epp. Award finalists include: Male Team Athlete of the Year — Victor Blasco, soccer; Cody Chartrand, baseball; Marshall Cook, football. Female Team Athlete of the Year — Bronte Fitzsimmons, soccer; Leanna Gildersleeve,
volleyball; Kesa Van Osch, curling. Male Individual Athlete of the Year — Matt Haddad, golf; Braxton Clark, judo; Hunter McGill, BMX. Female Individual Athlete of the Year — Erin Burrett, cross-country running; Marian Stewart, bathtub racing; Carey Mark, cycling. Male Junior Team Athlete of the Year — Zach Diewert, baseball; Johnnie Grais, lacrosse; Cole Virtanen, football. Female Junior Team Athlete of the Year — Kelsey Hutt, volleyball; Shaelynn Ross, lacrosse; Kalia Van Osch, curling.
Male Junior Individual Athlete of the Year — Reid DellaRosa, swimming; Peter Morch, swimming; Sebastian Sulyok, motocross. Female Junior Individual Athlete of the Year — Shirin Anjarwalla, golf; Madison Heisterman, track; Faye Tuck, wrestling. Masters Athlete of the Year — Derek Steel, cycling; James Scantland, swimming; Eilene Mitton and Zorka Smith, curling. Partners of the Year — Sarah Kedves and Lucas Pallard, figure skating; Graydon Robb and Pat Thompson, badminton; Martin Barakso and Tim Schrijver, rowing. Team of the Year — Mid Isle Highlanders U21 men’s soccer; VIU Mariners women’s soccer; VIU Mariners women’s volleyball. Junior Team of the Year — Dover Bay LazerHawks crosscountry running; Barsby Bulldogs AA varsity football; Upper Island Storm U18 girls’ soccer. High Performance Coach of the Year — Bill McWhinnie, basketball; Anup Kang, soccer; Robert Biernacki, jiu-jitsu. Grassroots Coach of the Year — Bob Saunders, athletics; Rob Stevenson, football; Megan Conway, gymnastics. Sport Administrator of the Year — Norm Thibault, cyclocross; Joyce Mark, canoe/kayak; Shawn Swanson, lacrosse. Official of the Year — Terry Ryan, swimming; Jacob Burnley, soccer; Bill Mercer, BMX. Sports Story of the Year — Ladysmith 49ers senior girls’ volleyball; B.C. Summer Games; World’s Longest Street Hockey Game.
Town will move forward with fenced dog park discussion Lindsay Chung THE CHRONICLE
There is a desire for a fenced-in dog park in Ladysmith, and the community is willing to help find a location. That was the message Ladysmith resident Robin Maxted brought to council Feb. 2. He also presented a petition signed by 562 people that urges council to try to come up with a long-term solution for a fenced-in, off-leash dog park in Ladysmith. “I’m certainly willing to help, and there’s quite a few of us, if there’s anything we can do to help you guys, in terms of a committee or just looking at different options,” he said. “There’s a real need in the town that I think this [petition] demonstrates, and there’s a lot of support for making this happen.” When he addressed council, Maxted shared an article from Campbell River from last year that shows that the city’s fenced-in off-leash dog park has been such a success that it’s overcrowded and they’re looking at setting up a second park. Maxted also told council that the fenced dog park in Cumberland is “extremely popular,” and Chemainus has now designated a back ball diamond for this winter as a temporary dog park. “When I moved here two years ago, I was really surprised at just how many people have dogs in this community when I walk around,” he said. “A fenced-in en-
vironment is a great meeting place for the community. sites — at Transfer Beach, Brown Drive Park or the It’s positive for socializing dogs, and it reduces dog ag- ball diamonds at Dogwood Drive if the ball diamonds gression.” get moved up to the Forrest Field area, which is part of Coun. Duck Paterson asked Maxted if he thought dog the Town’s long-term plan. owners would pay a little more for their dog tags to He assured council that at other off-leash parks, dog help cover the cost of fencing in a park, and Maxted owners keep the parks clean. thought that was a good idea. “The spaces in Cumberland and Campbell River are “I think so,” he said. really great, but even in Chemainus, since they desCoun. Rob Hutchins noted that the community has ignated it a temporary off-leash park, there’s lots of expressed a desire for a fenced-in dog park numerous people there, and people really take ownership of it; times in the past. they pick up after their dogs,” he said. “And if someHutchins explained that there was an effort to have a one sees someone not picking up, they’ll probably give fenced-in park at Kin Park in the past, but there was a them a piece of their mind right away. The big concern fair bit of opposition. Then, about two and a half years is there’s going to be dog waste and everyone seems to ago, the issue of a fenced dog park came up again, and worry about that, but there really isn’t a lot.” council put $14,000 into the budget and directed the Hutchins wondered whether it would be suitable to Parks and Recreation Commission to look at options, invite Maxted and the fenced dog park champions who he noted. approached council before him to be part of a discusThere was an idea to put a fenced-in dog park on the sion with the Parks and Recreation Commission about west side of Captain Tristan DeKoninck Way, but there fenced off-leash dog parks and possible locations was significant pushback from people who did not Councillors agreed, and council voted to refer the want to see that area fenced, he explained. matter of a fenced dog park to the Parks and Recre“So it’s not that we haven’t tried; it’s finding a location ation Commission, with a request to invite citizens that meets the needs of everybody,” he said. such as Maxted and those who approached council beMaxted told council that this petition started with a fore him about dog parks to have a converation about community Facebook discussion during the municipal the issue. election campaigns in the fall, and through that discus- “This has been of great interest to our community for sion, people have shown the most support for three quite some time,” said Hutchins.
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Derelict vessel bill will be debated in Ottawa Crowder has been pushing for legislation that would offer a permanent solution to the question of who is responsible for taking care of abandoned vessels and docks, and she’ll take one step closer to reaching that
Later this month, Nanaimo-Cowichan MP Jean Crowder’s private member’s bill regarding derelict vessels will be debated in the House of Commons.
solution when the bill is debated Feb. 26 in Ottawa. Looking for support for the bill, Sheila Malcolmson, the Nanaimo-Ladysmith federal NDP candidate, addressed Ladysmith council Feb. 2.
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Ladysmith council is supporting a private member’s bill by MP Jean Crowder to address the issue of derelict vessels such as this one in the Ladysmith Harbour. The bill will be debated in the House of Commons Feb. 26. Linda Brown gation, there is usually no action taken.” She says the private member’s bill aims to obligate the government to act when derelict vessels are abandoned; strengthen the requirements relating to derelict vessels and wrecks by ensuring regulations are made to establish measures to be taken for their removal, disposition or destruction; and designate the Canadian Coast Guard as a receiver of wreck and require receivers of wreck to take reasonable steps to determine and locate the wreck’s owners. Malcolmson was the chair of the Islands Trust Council for 12 years and worked with council to try to address this issue. “We have worked together, and Ladysmith council has been a particular leader on this issue of no-man’s-land jurisdiction around
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A new housing organization has been formed to address homelessness and the need for affordable housing in the Cowichan Valley. Following seven years of research, planning and dedicated community engagement around the issues of homelessness and affordable housing, a new organization has grown out of the work of the Regional Affordable Housing Directorate (RAHD), a committee of Social Planning Cowichan. The newly-named Cowichan Housing Association is guided by the community-directed vision of being a “co-ordinating body for affordable housing resources and services in the Cowichan Region, with a primary focus on the prevention of homelessness,” according to a press release from Social Planning Cowichan. “This marks a new stage in our work,” Brigid Reynolds, a board member with the new organization,
said in the release. lished as a commit“Through the contribu- tee of Social Planning tions of many individu- in 2007. In its early als and agencies over years, RAHD develthe past seven years, oped several benchwe have gained a great- mark reports, such er understanding of as Inadequate Shelter the issues and we have in the Cowichan and developed a number a Regional Housing of programs to serve Strategy. Recently, members of our com- RAHD has expanded munity who are facing operations into such a variety of housing- programs as Ready to related challenges. In Rent, a small rental asestablishing the new sistance fund, hosting society, we are moving workshops on tenants’ closer toward the goal rights, Homeless Acof developing more af- tion Week — Day of fordable housing units Services, and producin the region.” ing a Street Survival From the beginning, Guide for people facthe goal of Social Plan- ing homelessness. ning Cowichan was to “Through the work incubate and support that is already happenwork on affordable ing in the community, housing until a new and the complimentary organization could be programs we offer, the formed, according to regional safety net for the release. homelessness preven“There is no question tion has been growing of the need for more stronger,” said Regionaffordable housing in al Affordable Housour community, and ing co-ordinator Joy having an independent Emmanuel. “However, organization that can there is still a great focus all of its efforts deal of work to do.” on preventing homeSocial Planning lessness will greatly Cowichan states that benefit the Cowichan the Cowichan Housing Valley,” said Jenn Association will continGeorge, chair of Social ue to build on the work Planning Cowichan. that has already taken RAHD was estab- place and will work to
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ill you help fight cruelty with kindness? This year, the BC SPCA is celebrating 120 years of serving and protecting B.C.’s most vulnerable animals. To mark this special anniversary, the non-profit society has launched a year-long campaign, entitled Million Acts of Kindness, which invites all animal lovers to join together to carry out a million acts of kindness for companion, farm and wild animals in 2015. “The purpose of the campaign is to celebrate the amazing work that is already being done to create more humane communities throughout B.C. and to encourage animal lovers in the province to help save even more animal lives,” says Lorie Chortyk, general manager of community relations for the BC SPCA. Each week throughout 2015, the millionacts.ca website will feature a new act of kindness for animals — participants can choose to do one act or challenge themselves to do more. “Every act makes an incredible difference for the animals,” says Chortyk. “Our goal is to inspire as many ‘kindness ambassadors’ as possible to help us reach one million acts.” Chortyk notes that the weekly challenges will be something that everyone can easily do, regardless of age or whether or not they currently have a pet. Examples of the acts of kindness range from switching to cage-free eggs or sharing a shelter animal’s profile with friends to emailing local MLAs to encourage their support for animal issues. The acts will be tallied and updated monthly on the millionacts.ca website and will include acts of kindness for abused, injured, neglected and homeless animals carried out by the BC SPCA. “The BC SPCA was created in 1895 by a small group of caring individuals who had the courage to take a stand against animal cruelty and abuse,” says Chortyk. “What better way to celebrate the vision of our founders than to carry on their legacy of compassion with this campaign?” Sign up now at millionacts.ca and share the link with your family and friends. If one kind act can change the life of an animal forever, imagine what a million acts will do! — Submitted by BC SPCA
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remier Christy Clark’s push to “reengineer” the B.C. education system is moving ahead aggressively in B.C.’s 25 post-secondary institutions. One of the first tasks for Andrew Wilkinson in his new role as advanced education minister was to outline the shift in operating grants for colleges and universities to in-demand occupations. By 2017, a quarter of the money for post-secondary institutions will be directed to areas where labour force surveys forecast a need. This was greeted with some alarm when it was announced last year. Simon Fraser University president Andrew Petter at first downplayed the coming skills shortage as “relatively small” and warned against pushing post-secondary institutions into a “zero sum battle for dollars.” Petter has since come on board, as his approving comments were featured in the ministry’s Jan. 26 news release detailing the shift. He and others have
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been assured that in spite of Clark’s rhetoric, suggesting trades training is in and university is out, the news for SFU and other universities isn’t all that bleak. Wilkinson is completing a province-wide tour of all post-secondary institutions this week, and I reached him at his visit to Thompson Rivers University in Kamloops. “The response to this has generally been pretty good, because the students are putting this pressure on institutions themselves,” he said. “Some of the institutions are … shrinking things like teacher education and putting more effort into the science-based, quantitative fields that are often related to these indemand occupations.” The surplus of teacher graduates has been noticeable for some time, but that’s largely a function of oversupply, much of it in urban areas. In the Cariboo, for example, teaching jobs are projected to have the highest number of openings by 2022, followed by nursing and retail and wholesale trade managers. Then come heavy duty mechanics and electricians, but
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egory is just not true,” he said. Key to this shift is measuring the performance of courses offered at colleges, universities and technical schools. Each year, the ministry surveys about 30,000 graduates to find out whether their studies helped them find a related job. The results are available on a website that breaks them out by institution and general study area. To find it, do a web search for “BC student outcomes” and select the “executive dashboard” to check the results for courses and schools in your region. The site provides charts showing the percentage of students who land relevant jobs. Not surprisingly, it tends to be higher for technical programs and lower for fine arts. It also shows grads’ average wages, a sobering but useful bit of information for high school students and their parents. Tom Fletcher is legislature reporter and columnist for Black Press. Twitter: @tomfletcherbc Email: tfletcher@blackpress. ca.
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also paraprofessional jobs in legal, social, community and educational services. Province-wide, it’s part of a broader demographic shift to fewer children and more retirees. In fact the government started this targeted funding a decade ago with health care, forcing universities to produce more doctors, nurses, lab techs and so forth. The retiring baby boom is expected to account for more than half of the openings in the next decade, which will expand the skills demand across most fields, beyond the trades training for the anticipated liquefied natural gas industry and other high-demand industrial areas such as truck driving. Wilkinson notes that of the ministry’s $1.9 billion budget, about 60 per cent goes into general postsecondary education, for introductory courses that students take when they are seeking a career path, through undergraduate studies to professions. “So I think the idea that we’re going to somehow minimize or diminish funding in that general education, arts and science cat-
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A teacher and businessman from Chemainus has put his name in the running for the federal Conservative nomination in the new Cowichan-MalahatLangford riding. Jeremy Smyth of Chemainus announced his intentions to run for the Conservative nomination on Jan. 30. The Conservatives have not yet announced their official candidate, and Smyth expects we may have a better idea when the nomination race starts and who is in when the Conservatives hold their AGM Saturday, Feb. 21 from 3-4 p.m. at the Mill Bay Community Hall. “I have a vested interest in the future of this beautiful part of Vancouver Island and believe strongly that voters here deserve to be represented by a Government Member of Parliament,” Smyth said in a press release. “For too long, we have been on the outside looking in, electing Opposition members election after election. It is time we sat at the
Jeremy Smyth of Chemainus has announced he intends to run for the Conservative nomination in CowichanMalahat-Langford.
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With Cedar school conversion work halted, the Nanaimo-Ladysmith school board voted to delay closing Woodbank Elementary and North Cedar Intermediate schools during a meeting Jan. 31. The Cedar Community Secondary School closure, and its subsequent conversion to an elementary school, were part of the district’s 10-year facilities plan. Displaced students would have populated the new school come September. However, in mid-January, the newly-elected board voted to stop work at the school for 90 days (beginning Feb. 9) to allow for further facilities plan consultation,
necessitating a motion to keep the schools open for another year. “When we decided to enter into this 90-day consultation, it meant that the school, however it turns out, won’t be ready for 2015, so we need a place for those kids to go to school and so that is why we rescinded the bylaw for another year and then we will, at that time, depending on what decision we come up with, deal with that appropriately at the time,” said Steve Rae, school board chairman. There have been changes since the plan was introduced in June 2013, according to Rae. South Wellington Elementary closed, with many of its students going to Chase River Elemen-
tary, and North Oyster remained open and became a French immersion school. “So that just leaves roughly about 270-plus kids that are left, that are between North Oyster and Woodbank, so we need to keep them open for this year so that the kids in those schools have somewhere to go,” said Rae. The plan includes construction of a new Nanaimo District Secondary School. The district saved $3 mil-
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“I write as if I’m sitting across the table from someone, having coffee with them.” Writer Shelley A. Leedahl of Ladysmith is candid and open when she writes about her experiences, and that’s certainly the case with her latest book, a collection of creative nonfiction essays called I Wasn’t Always Like This. This is Leedahl’s 11th book, and it features essays written over the past 16 years, including one written since she moved to Ladysmith last April. “All of my work, no matter what the subject matter, is really about the same thing, that most tender and resilient creature, the human heart,” she said. “Although I do write and publish in many genres, I’m really finding that creative nonfiction has become my favourite. First of all, you can incorporate poetry and a degree of fiction. I just find it so easy to establish a voice.” Leedahl decided which essays to include in this collection through discussions with her publisher at Signature Editions. She says they looked for themes, and in this book, readers will find essays about travel, relationships, a long marriage, major life changes, physical changes, mental health, gardening, and the writing life. Why did Leedahl decide to publish this collection now? “I’ve lived over half my life, and I have been fortunate to enjoy a number of diverse experiences and travels,” she said. “At this point in my life, I live alone; it feels somewhat like a time of reflection.” Many of these pieces have been previously published in anthologies, magazines or newspapers. Some have been broadcast on CBC Radio Saskatchewan and some
Ladysmith writer Shelley A. Leedahl’s 11th book is the collection of creative non-fiction essays, I Wasn’t Always Like This. PHOTO SUBMITTED have won writing awards in Saskatchewan. “It just felt like, OK, it’s time to gather these things and share them with a wider audience,” said Leedahl. Leedahl feels her essays are kind of a mirror. “Realism is important to me,” she said. “I’m trying to capture the place and time in which I live. It’s just like watching a realistic film I guess. I don’t call this a memoir because it’s not my life story. These essays focus on particular moments I’ve experienced in my life. It’s certainly not a retrospective.” Leedahl is promoting her latest book in both traditional ways such as bookstore, library and school readings, and nontraditional ways such as home salons. Home salons involve Leedahl coming into somebody’s home, reading one of her essays and then passing around a bowl of questions both loosely and specifically related to the reading, prompting participants to share their stories. “I really like the idea of having interactive events,” she said. “I’m really interested in people’s stories. I think everyone has an interesting story, and we’ve become a society where we interact much more with our cellphones than we do with the people around us. So, this is just trying to revitalize the good old-fashioned art of
conversation. I think the salons have been successful because people are in a comfortable setting, and they’re given permission not only to share their stories but also to feel.” Leedahl held her first home salon in January in Roberts Creek and felt it was a very transcendent evening that was beyond her expectations. “It was a really enriching event, and it went a good hour and a half longer than we’d anticipated because people just wanted to talk,” she said. “They wanted to share and laugh. And the dynamic will be different each time, and I’ll use different essays as prompts. Because I’m really open — it’s an intimate and frank collection of essays — I think when I begin by reading one, it almost makes them feel much more comfortable about sharing personal matters as well.” Leedahl writes in many genres, and her work has appeared in numerous anthologies. Born and raised in Saskatchewan, Leedahl has also lived in Calgary, Medicine Hat, Sechelt, and Edmonton. She now makes her home in Ladysmith. In addition to literary writing, she works as a freelance writer, editor and writing instructor. “I try to live my life with a sense of awe, and I hope that comes across in my work
as well,” she said. “When one moves as frequently as I have, back and forth between Saskatchewan, B.C. and Alberta for the last few years and now settling here permanently, it’s easy to experience awe because even though these are all neighbouring provinces, the landscapes are so different.” Leedahl is finding that she’s filled with awe all the time in Ladysmith, especially when she finds herself on the trails or near the water. “I’m just enjoying so much creating my own new community here,” she said. “This is a fantastic place to live for anyone seeking inspiration. I’m rather fond too of going down to the great coffee shops with my pen and paper and books.” Leedahl will be reading from I Wasn’t Always Like This Tuesday, Feb. 24 at 7 p.m. at the Ladysmith Library at 3-740 First Ave. She will also be signing books Saturday, Feb. 28 from 1-3 p.m. at Salamander Books at 535 First Ave. in downtown Ladysmith. Before leaving on a three-week tour of Alberta and Saskatchewan in March, Leedahl is going to offer a writing workshop. Leedahl will offer a 90-minute workshop Wednesday, Feb. 25 at 7 p.m. in her Ladysmith home. The focus for this particular workshop will be poetry, but she will be offering workshops focussing on writing fiction and creative nonfiction in the future. For price and details, anybody who is interested is invited to contact Leedahl at shelleyaleedahl@gmail.com. If anyone is interested in purchasing a signed copy of the book from Leedahl, they can contact her by e-mail at shelleyaleedahl@gmail.com. Books are also available at Salamander Books.
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As they get ready for the AAA Provincials next month, Ladysmith-Chemainus Swim Club members Faith Knelson and Aileen Humphreys are hoping to keep up the momentum after strong performances at the regionals. At the Vancouver Island Regional Short Course Championships Jan. 23-25 at Saanich Commonwealth Place, Knelson and Humphreys, who are both 13, had many Ladysmith-Chemainus Orcas Swim Club members Faith Knelson (left) and Aistrong swims. leen Humphreys returned from the Vancouver island Regional Short Course Knelson had new per- Championships with several medals and personal bests. LINDSAY CHUNG sonal best times in alcamp in Vancouver. most all her swims and way to a sixth-place in 36.65. Humphreys took The top age-group won five medals. She finish in that event. “We kind of trained third place in the 200m swimmers in B.C. were took 11.13 seconds off her time in the 400m right through it and breaststroke with a selected based on their individual medley to didn’t taper,” said time of 2:49.86, and previous results, exfinish first with a time Knelson. “Our prac- she finished eighth in plained Toth-Szabo. lately were the 400m individual At the SwimBC Seof 5:14.25. She also tices won the 200m breast- pretty harsh, so these medley with a time nior Circuit Jan. 17 stroke after improv- were paying off. I had of 5:37.28. She also at the UBC Aquatic ing her time by 5.40 personal bests in ev- reached the finals in Centre in Vancouver, against seconds and finishing erything, and Aileen the 50m butterfly, 200m swimming in 2:34.74. In the 200m swam well too. I think individual medley and swimmers of all ages, freestyle, Knelson fin- it was a pretty good 50m backstroke, fin- Knelson won the 100m ished first with a time meet. I really enjoyed ishing 10th, 11th and breaststroke in 1:14.59 and was first in the of 2:11.42, taking 1.34 seeing myself excel in 12th, respectively. “I though it was a very 50m breaststroke with off her previous best the 200m breaststroke time. Knelson also won — it’s one of my big- exciting, very fun meet,” a time of 34.22. She the 200m backstroke, gest accomplishments said Humphreys. “I saw also finished seventh improving her time by in 2015, taking six sec- a lot of old friends. I in the 200m breastfixed my dive and pull- stroke with a time of 5.96 to finish in 2:29.59. onds off.” At the meet, Hum- out in breaststroke, 2:48.12 and was 28th in As well, Knelson finished second in the phreys finished second which my coach was the 50m freestyle after finishing in 34.54. 100m freestyle with a in the 100m breast- worried about.” Earlier in January, During the camp, time of 59.15, and she stroke with a time of improved her time in 1:19.24 and was also Knelson was selected Knelson and the other the 400m freestyle by second in the 50m to take part in a three- swimmers did test sets, 12.79 seconds on her breaststroke, finishing day SwimBC prospects and race analysis was
done to examine how they swam, their techniques and how they prepared. Knelson says she really likes the team she’s on, the Team BC junior team, and she thought the camp was hard but really good. “I took a lot of knowledge from it,” she said. “There were things I had to critique in my swimming that I think helped me a lot. I enjoyed the camp; it was fun.” Humphreys and Knelson will both compete at the AAA Provincials in Surrey at the beginning of March. Humphreys says her goals for the near future are to finish first in a breaststroke event and improve her dives and turns. Knelson says she needs to work on her turns as well. “I’d like to see myself go under 1:10 in 100m breaststroke — that would be a very big accomplishment,” she said. After the provincials, Knelson will compete at the Canadian Trials April 1-4 in Toronto. “It’s pretty close for breaststroke to make the national junior team,” she said. “My goal is to make finals at the Canadian Trials, and I’d be more than ecstatic if I made the Canadian junior national team.”
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