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Morgan Carey, president and CEO of Real Estate Webmasters, is inviting the city and anyone else to support this year’s Victoria Day long weekend celebrations. Carey and a group of downtown businessmen, including Nanaimo Coun. Jerry Hong, have entered into a joint venture with the Snuneymuxw First Nation and other groups to create Heritage Days, which will replace the former Empire Days celebrations. To guarantee Heritage Days happen in 2015, Carey has put up $50,000 to finance a parade, fireworks and other events. “The first thing we dealt with is putting all the negativity of the past behind us. We’re celebrating Nanaimo and everyone’s heritage,” Carey said. Ever yone has a heritage, so the event will celebrate that and Nanaimo, said Carey. He noted that long-standing celebrations, such as Empire Days and Nanaimo Marine Festival, have waned in vitality over the years and he wants to revitalize the downtown celebratory spirit. Carey, in charge of Heritage Days marketing and fundraising, hopes other contributors will help offset costs. The budget is also higher than previous years. “We want a great event,” he said. “We want better talent, longer fireworks, more stations, more security, better insurance – all the things that matter and that takes some stepping up, I think.” Any budget surplus will be held in trust for future Heritage Days and current plans call for the working group to form a permanent society prior to 2016 celebrations. To donate, please take cheques or cash to Rewsters restaurant at 223 Commercial St. where staff will issue receipts. photos@nanaimobulletin.com
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Donations keep emergency shelter open Tuning in Rich Leighton, owner of Arbutus Music, left, and Tom Mulcair, federal NDP leader, discuss an antique cello under repair at the store Tuesday. Mulcair and Sheila Malcolmson, NDP candidate for the Nanaimo-Ladysmith riding, visited the store to promote the party’s proposed tax cuts for small businesses, part of its platform for the upcoming federal election.
First Unitarian Fellowship of Nanaimo Extreme Weather Shelter is staying open until the end of March, thanks to a major influx of donations. As of Monday the shelter was
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City officials are offering to hold talks with Snuneymuxw First Nation and citizen advocates Monday about the next steps for the Colliery dams as the municipality nears its new provincial deadline. The city is prepared to talk with stakeholders like the Colliery Dam Park Preservation Society about moving forward, the recent letter from the B.C. Water Management Branch and whether there’s common ground, according to city manager Ted Swabey. The move comes on the heels of a divisive vote at
Monday’s open council meeting that defeated a motion by Coun. Ian Thorpe for a report on options to fix the dams, costs and environmental impacts – and left Nanaimo city staff members with an earlier directive to do further consultation. Thorpe had argued that the Colliery dam issue has gone on for two years and it’s time for city council to take action. The community is under a March 27 deadline from the province to hand in a revised plan for the dams. “A risk has been identified and like it or not we have a moral and a legal responsibility to respond,” he said. The motion failed in a 4-4 vote with councillors Bill Yoachim, Jim Kipp, Bill Bestwick and Jerry Hong opposed. Kipp said he had a problem accepting reports because
time has gone by and that last week’s response by the province is “just a letter from about a fifth-level bureaucrat in Forest, Land and Natural Resources that’s telling me to do something in my community that I don’t agree with.” Yoachim called Thorpe’s bid inconsistent with one approved Feb. 2 and wanted assurances different parties would get together. Swabey told the News Bulletin there’s a need to talk about the province’s deadline, moving forward and see if there’s common ground including whether the Colliery Dam Park Preservation Society can be in a position to be part of any of the recommendations. City staff plans to go back to council for a decision on March 23 at the latest, he said.
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The lack of snowpack at Jump Creek is a concern for Bill Sims, the city’s manager of water resources, who says the city will have to mull what it means for summer and the commissioning of a new water treatment plant. The most recent snow survey from the B.C. River Forecast Centre shows Vancouver Island snowpack is 15 per cent of normal, and Jump Creek measures no snow for the first time since 1966.
Tobi Gardner, River Forecast Centre hydrologist, attributes warm weather, some wet winter storms, followed by a mostly dry and mild February as conspiring to melt much of the lower and mid-elevation snow. Without the snow this year, Sims said the city will have to adjust the way it stores water, but it’s too soon to say if it’ll lead to early watering restrictions for Nanaimo. Mitigation measures, like public messaging, will be discussed at an internal meeting this month. The city will also be looking at allowances for its new water treatment plant, which is expected to go online this fall but requires a “fair bit” of water to be flushed through it to get systems running.
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Women’s event aims to inspire By Tamara Cunningham The News BulleTiN
If a window of opportunity opens, grab at it. That’s the advice of Deb Grey, who entered politics on a dare only to make history by winning the Reform Party’s first seat in parliament. Grey, speaking at this year’s Inspiring Women event, said it was a neighbour who challenged her to run as an MP for the Reform Party of Canada in 1989, which didn’t yet have a candidate for its Beaver River, Alta. riding. She won a byelection with 50 per cent of the vote, building a political resumé that would see her become the first female leader of the Official Opposition and interim head of a review committee for Canada’s spy agency CSIS. That win, “it gave us a beachhead in Ottawa – that was the
start of it all,” she said, adding the party went from one seat in 1989 to 52 in 1993. And it all started from getting an opportunity and grabbing it. “With so many opportunities you get the chance to do something and if you don’t just grab it then that window closes and you think years later, gee, I wonder what that would have been like,” she said. Grey will be joining Paxie Vreede, a retired Nanaimo doctor, and Anne Taylor, executive director of Haven Society, at this year’s Inspiring Women event celebrating International Women’s Day. “It’s an opportunity to bring women together and when we can inspire each other to see what the future has, what the opportunities are, anything is possible,” said event host Parksville-Qualicum MLA Michelle Stilwell, who says the most important thing about International Women’s Day is not where we’ve come from, but where we’re going. “It’s not what stands in our way anymore, it’s how
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While this program is underway, short periods of low pressure and discoloured water may be expected. Any discolouration is temporary and not a health hazard. Residents are asked to minimize their water consumption if a change in water appearance is noticed. To clear water lines, residents are advised to turn on their cold water tap until the water runs clear. Anyone with a weakened immune system should reference information on Island Health’s website - http://www.healthlinkbc.ca/healthfiles/pdf/hfile56.pdf Advance Notification Specific areas and dates of water distribution main flushing can be located on the City of Nanaimo website www.nanaimo.ca/goto/mainflushing and social media for the duration of the program. The City of Nanaimo accepts no liability for low water pressure, inconvenience or damages caused during its flushing program. We thank you for your cooperation and apologize for any inconvenience this program may cause.
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While a youth health report shows marked decreases in adolescent smoking, there is room for improvement, according to Dr. Paul Hasselback, medical health officer for central Vancouver Island. The McCreary Centre Society’s 2013 B.C. Adolescent Health Survey for Central Vancouver Island included responses from Grade 7-12 students from Nanaimo and the number that have ever tried smoking decreased to 24 per cent, from 30 per cent in 2008. While Hasselback said it’s great news, that doesn’t mean there aren’t ongoing concerns. “I don’t think any of us would sit and say that one quarter of adolescents experimenting with tobacco is an acceptable level. It’s certainly better than it was and we’re headed in the right direction. We just have to continue to reinforce and encourage and remind that not only is it unhealthy, but it’s the healthy choice [that] the majority of youth now make and that’s
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good news,” said Hasselback. While some suggest anti-smoking campaigns have curbed the rate, there isn’t a silver bullet-type fix, according to Hasselback. “We’ve got a variety of different approaches to tobacco reduction and no one type of activity is going to be the magical solution. We need an environment where we have multiple reinforcing messages, many of which are positive about the healthier choices,” Hasselback said. Twenty-seven per cent of males were more likely to have ever smoked, as opposed to 22 per cent of females, which is a departure from 2008, when males and females were equally likely to have smoked. Hasselback said some are more likely to get hooked. “We’ve seen tracking of tobacco rates with various different genders. In particular, females tend to be less likely to experiment and less likely to [try out] at a younger age depending on the clique they’re in ... males are more likely to be able to quit, so that again, you see more male experimentation. “But if we’re looking at longer periods of time, we sometimes see that females are the ones that find themselves more habituated,” said Hasselback. reporter@nanaimobulletin.com
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Short-term damage mitigation at the Morden Mine site to the tune of $45,000 could be part of the Regional District of Nanaimo’s 2015 budget. The Friends of Morden Mine non-profit society made a presentation at the Feb. 24 board meeting. While directors subsequently voted to approach the Province of B.C. concerning the restoration of the tipple and headframe, and requested staff examine grant funding opportunities, they also deferred discussion on the $45,000 until Tuesday’s (March 10) committee of the whole meeting. The $45,000 would cover removal of wood material on the headframe, perimeter fence relocation and extension and clearing of trees, as falling trees could damage the structures. The three items were estimated at $15,000 each and were deemed urgent by a Read Jones Christoffersen engineering study in order to
protect the public and preserve integrity of the structures. Eric Ricker, Friends of Morden Mine co-president, said the study estimated total cost to repair the structures at about $2.8 million and he is hoping the regional district applies on its behalf to the Building Canada Fund for infrastructure. “Forty-five thousand dollars is just prep work,” said Ricker. “It’s stuff they have to do before they do anything.” He said spending the money would be a waste if a commitment isn’t made to fixing the structures. According to Paul Thorkelsson, regional district chief administrative officer, the money would likely come from the 2015 grant-in-aid fund, if approved. Any discussion on the $2.8 million would have to come at a later date. “Their request was that the RDN make an application to the gas tax funding program for the $2.8 million. That hasn’t been the direction of the board. The only direction has been to look at what other grant funding opportunities might be available, which we believe to be fairly limited. “Beyond that, that would be a discussion for another day,”
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Let’s talk about women’s day
Cards won’t be exchanged around the city this Sunday (March 8) on International Women’s Day, and that’s all right. Because it’s the thought that counts – thought and action and change. International Women’s Day is observed to varying degrees around the world, most markedly in eastern Europe, where celebrations include cards, flowers, gifts and good deeds. We could do the same here, but then again, another Valentine’s Day or another Mother’s Day might muddy the message. Hopefully we already acknowledge our love and affection for our mothers, daughters, grandmothers, granddaughters, sisters, aunts, nieces, wives and girlfriends. But that doesn’t mean we shouldn’t pay attention each year when women’s day comes up on the calendar. Women’s issues are humankind’s issues, and we should forever strive for gender equality. This occasion is a chance to carry on a conversation, one that could lead any number of ways. The official United Nations women’s day theme for 2015 is Empowering Women, Empowering Humanity, and a major UN initiative right now is the He For She campaign urging men and boys to advocate for women and girls. The UN’s topics should get us thinking and talking, and there are no shortage of others. Missing and murdered indigenous women come to mind, and gender violence in general. We’re seeing cavalier attitudes toward date rape and sexual assault on Canadian college campuses and elsewhere. In a society that is still so atavistic, it’s more difficult to even start talking about more modern issues like gender disparity in politics and corporate boardrooms. It shouldn’t be difficult. Because those women we mentioned a few paragraphs back, mothers, daughters, sisters, etc., those are the ones for whom we’re advocating, too.
The Nanaimo News Bulletin is a member of the British Columbia Press Council, a self-regulatory body governing the province’s newspaper industry. The council considers complaints from the public about the conduct of member newspapers. Directors oversee the mediation of complaints, with input from both the newspaper and the complaint holder. If talking with the editor or publisher does not resolve your complaint about coverage or story treatment, you may contact the B.C. Press Council. Your written concern, with documentation, should be sent to B.C. Press Council, PO Box 1356, Ladysmith,V9G 1A9. For information, phone 888-687-2213 or go to www.bcpresscouncil.org.
Pay down that student loan, or else In a recent speech, Premier repay student loans expires, Christy Clark quipped that finding those who aren’t while teenagers tend to be lazy, paying becomes a costly effort. there is a limit. Historically governments sent If your kid is still on the couch defaulted debt to collection after age 30, she said, he’s not a agencies. Last year $17.3 million teenager any more. “He’s a New was collected. Democrat.” How big is student debt Clark’s ‘get off the couch these days? In question period and get a job’ message is now last week, NDP leader John being translated into Horgan reminded B.C. government policy. the government that The B.C. government tuition fees have VIEWS is using one of the few doubled over the past Tom Fletcher tools available to it decade, and cited Black Press to track down people a Bank of Montreal who aren’t paying off estimate that the their student loans, by average university linking defaulted debt student emerges from to driver’s licence a four-year program renewals. owing $35,000 in There are ‘hardship’ student loans. provisions for those With his usual who don’t have a job. modesty and tact, ICBC will only refuse to renew Advanced Education Minister a driver’s licence or vehicle Andrew Wilkinson dismissed plates for those who have let Horgan’s accusation that he their student debt go for a year is indifferent to the plight of without making some effort to students. Wilkinson noted that deal with it. the Bank of Montreal surveyed Student debt collection is 602 students across Canada, a long-standing problem for and only 78 of them were in B.C. the province, with about $185 “Seventy-five per cent of million currently on the books students … go through their as defaulted and unpaid. education without incurring Students naturally move debt through the provincial around after completing their student aid program,” he said. studies, and once the six-month Whatever the amount owing is grace period for beginning to for an individual, it’s a debt that
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will be more difficult to avoid paying. The province has long used the withholding of driving privileges to collect unpaid provincial court fines, and that was recently extended to those who are 90 days in arrears on $25 or more worth of Lower Mainland bridge tolls. This student debt collection move follows efforts to match up post-secondary funding to areas of employment demand. In an era where misguided university professors use their positions to organize violent protests against job-creating projects, the messages are similar. Variations of this productivity theme are being heard from governments across North America. The baby boomers are retiring. We are bringing in temporary foreign workers because too many people growing up in our society refuse to do an increasing range of jobs. We have an education system – and media – that encourages people to complain and make demands to get what they want. And we are seeing the results of all of this. u Tom Fletcher is columnist and legislature reporter for Black Press.
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Positivity, patience needed in school district beyond all of this in the short amount of time they have been on the board. They have put a stop to a controversial school closure and opened a community input period to review the previous, and in my opinion faulted, 10-year plan and are in the process of submitting a letter to our minister of education to stand up for better funding and express disappointment with the current budget.
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Re: Parents weigh in on school facilities plan, March 3. I attended an input meeting last week and I have to say how disappointed I was to hear all the negativity and general distrust coming from our community. Our current trustees ran on platforms of accountability and to stand up for better funding for our schools and in my opinion have gone above and
As a community we have the opportunity to submit surveys, letters and attend input meetings with our trustees, all of which will be taken into consideration. Yes, our current board actually cares what we as parents and a community want for our schools. They were elected by a huge majority, showing the overall dissatisfaction with the previous board and the need for change, and now it appears as if the commu-
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Re: Society recommends cancelling annual Empire Days events, Feb. 24. I am a third-generation Nanaimoite and I remember each May long weekend as a fun parade and a set of fireworks. We just always called it the May Day celebrations. This is where I find it hard to see the other side of the story – I don’t see us re-enacting the introduction of white people with their liquor and disease to the land, or sending First Nations people off to residential schools. Events that absolutely happened, and I personally always feel sorrow and disgust for that time in our history. We would be ignorant not to realize the sacrifices the Snuneymuxw First Nation made so that the citizens of Nanaimo could live here. However, perhaps
as a privileged white person, I don’t see celebrating Queen Victoria’s birthday as celebrating the oppression of a culture. At the same time I can see how the word empire could be offensive because of its connotations of oppression. The real problem I have with this whole issue is our local government’s role in this debacle. Renaming Empire Days is a decision that should be made as a group, not something used as a bargaining chip for funding. These councillors need to realize that just because they were elected doesn’t give them ultimate power. They should smarten up, take the time to work with community groups, don’t railroad them into nonexistence. T. Vollmer Nanaimo
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Ferry issues have to be fixed To the Editor,
Never before in the history of public ferry transportation has so much been owed by so few to so many. B.C. Transportation Minister Todd Stone has seen fit to ignore the petition of 20,000 Vancouver Islanders handed to him in regard to the costly (and rising) ferry fares. His attitude was one of contempt and disrespect. As another point, ferry passengers have suggested that the ships do not require full dining facilities
and should have only snack bars. After all, the longest journey is one and a half hours. Another point that is worthy of the minister’s attention and which he avoids is that the inland ferry runs are operated by B.C. Ferries at no charge to passengers and vehicles. All provincial political parties must take a good look at the ferry situation and it should become an issue during the next provincial election.
Peter J. Eastick Gabriola Island
Closing conference centre right move from business perspective To the Editor,
Re: Actions would speak louder than grumbling on downtown revitalization, Letters, Jan. 20. A recent letter writer referred to readers’ suggestions concerning the future of the convention centre as “nonsense.” Unfortunately he never got around to offering any constructive suggestions of his own. Let’s look at the situation from a business angle. A corporation (think City of Nanaimo) finds that one of its branches (think convention centre)
is losing money at a prodigious rate, (about $1 million a year). The president (think mayor) immediately calls a meeting of his board of directors (think city council) to find ways to cut losses and protect their shareholders (think Nanaimo taxpayers). Realizing there is no immediate solution, the controlling group immediately reduces the outflow of funds any way it can to protect shareholders. While long-term debt must still be serviced, other expenditures can be stopped. The decision then has to
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be made to mothball the operation until a solution can be found. Maybe the day will come when a use will eventually be found or, with a bit of luck, a buyer might appear with an entirely new use for the property. Nanaimo is a beautiful city to live in, with every amenity and service the average family and age group can want. But there is not enough here to tempt convention planners to choose Nanaimo over Victoria or Vancouver.
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Love reignites writer’s childhood dream Former newspaper editor Tamu Miles crowdfunding for science-fiction novel By Nicholas Pescod The News BulleTiN
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amu Miles was a single mother when an old boyfriend came back into her life and changed everything. “We were together in high school and then he moved and I didn’t see him for years and years,” Miles said. “When he came back into my life he immediately said, ‘You have to go back to school. You’ve got to do what you dreamed.’” That encouragement eventually led Miles to finally pursue her lifelong dream of becoming an author. “I have been writing short stories and poetry for as long as I can remember,” she said. “My mother was a writer as well and it has always been something that I have wanted to do.” On March 9, Miles will be one step closer to realizing that dream when she hosts Shooting for the Stars, a fundraising party at the Longwood Brew Pub for her upcoming sciencefiction novel. Those who attend the Shooting for the Stars event will have the opportunity to name the upcoming novel and donate to Miles’ crowdfunding campaign, which ends on March 13. “This is my last push to get the funding that I am striving for,” Miles said. “It’s a double function. To read an excerpt from the novel and let the public know what I am doing and who I am.” The science-fiction novel is about a princess named Aiyana, who is a bodied incarnation of one of the 12 zodiac signs, and her struggle to fulfill her destiny. Miles resides in Lake Cowichan, but grew up on Salt Spring Island. It was on Salt Spring that her novelist aspirations were temporarily put on hold after she became pregnant. “I had kids pretty young and I wasn’t
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able to finish my Grade 12 or continue After graduating, Miles moved to on to post secondary education,” she Vancouver Island and became the edisaid. tor of the Lake Cowichan Gazette as a In the years following the birth of way to gain experience as a writer. her son, Miles worked “Journalism wasn’t a number of minimum my first choice,” she wage jobs and helped said. “But it was a way run a cleaning business to learn my craft and with her mother. Howget my name out there a ever, it wasn’t until she little bit.” reconnected with her Miles eventually left he believes in the paper and began old high school boyfriend that she decided on writing her me even when focusing to return to high school upcoming novel, which and then enrol in the i don’t believe she hopes to release creative writing program next summer. in myself. at Vancouver Island Uni“My goal is to have it versity. editor ready by April,” “My son was about 13 when I was she said. “Hopefully by the end of the able to finally go back to school year it will be ready to go to send off and do what I had always dreamed to a press because I am going to selfof doing, which was taking creative publish.” writing and pursuing my career as a As each day passes, Miles inches writer and as a novelist,” she said. closer to realizing her childhood
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Night art vendors needed The Gabriola Arts Council is looking for nighttime art vendors who are interested in setting up a booth at their upcoming Isle of the Arts Festival on April 4. The booths will be part of the festival’s Roch the Casbahthemed night market at the Surf Lodge. The booth fee is $25 and there are a
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Ever since it formed back in the late ’80s, reggae-blues-rock band Big Sugar has always stuck to what it does best. Whatever it wants. “We still just do whatever we want creatively,” frontman Gordie Johnson said. On Wednesday (March 11), Big Sugar will be performing at the Port Theatre. Its stop in the Harbour City is one of the last stops on a lengthy tour that began in Parry Sound, Ont. “We always enjoy Nanaimo,” Johnson said. “Any time our shows are on the Island is a highlight for us.” Big Sugar’s set at
the Port Theatre will be an acoustic only and will include multiple songs from its record, Yard Style, which was released last year. Johnson said that creating Yard Style was very natural process that has been extremely rewarding. “There were no real challenges. These are all people who have played together for decades but never all at the same time.” Before heading out on tour in January, Big Sugar teamed up with World Vision Canada and came up with a unique way to sponsor an entire village in Ethiopia. The idea was that while on tour, they would encourage their fans to sponsor a child, with the hopes that enough people would sign up to sponsor the entire village. “Halfway through the tour we already FINAl
got one entire village of kids in school,” he said. “Our fans sponsored an entire village and so now we get to choose another village, which is just amazing.” Big Sugar has picked another village in Ethiopia and has already received plenty of sign-ups. “Every night we are getting a dozen kids sponsored at our merch table by our fans,” Johnson said. “We would rather they did that than just buy our shirts and our records. We don’t want you to just buy our stuff, but sponsor these kids and put them in school.” Big Sugar performs at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $39.50 and are available at the Port Theatre box office or online at www.porttheatre.com. arts@nanaimobulletin.com
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When Chase Padgett was a kid, he watched an episode of Tom and Jerry that would alter his life forever. “It was my first musical memory, but I remember it very vividly,” he said. “It was one where Jerry was just on a keyboard, like on piano, and he was using his whole body seesawing back and forth to a play boogie-woogie bass line ... and there was something magical and enchanting and exciting about it.” Since that musical discovery, the Naples, Fla. native’s love for music and entertaining has taken him across North America, earned him countless awards and landed him in a New Era cap commercial with Tampa Bay Rays third baseman Evan Longoria. On Thursday (March 5), Padgett will be performing his musical comedy act, Six Guitars, at the Port Theatre. Six Guitars sees Padgett playing six different characters, who each
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share a different story. “I play six different characters and each one plays a different genre of music through guitar – blues, jazz, rock, classical, folk and country,” Padgett said.“They share song from their genre as well as their comedic view on the world and also stories about their relationship to the music.” Padgett, who had been musically active through his teenage years, graduated from Naples High School and attended the University of Central Florida, where he became involved in improv comedy. “By the time I actually graduated college I had actually already been sort of like a full-time actor,” he said. Padgett said he was looking for a way to challenge himself and created Six Guitars, when he realized that the hardest thing would be to do a one-person show. “What’s the scariest thing I could imagine myself doing? A one-person show,”
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Comedian and musician Chase Padgett performs at the Port Theatre on Thursday (March 5).
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“I also want people to walk away feeling like they have learned something about music or at the very least my relationship with music,” he said.
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Beefs & bouquets BOUQUET To Kyla Karakochuk for sharing her social media knowledge for free and bringing people together through her Social Sticks TwEAT Ups at Modern Café. BEEF To parents who use Entwhistle Drive for a parking lot when dropping off their kids at Frank Ney Elementary School. This creates dangerous driving conditions. Please use the two parking lots on Williamson Road. BOUQUET To Jordan for carrying out meaningful attacks against the Middle East terrorists. BEEF I am an indoor cat (not my choice). Mom feeds the birds. We – or she – enjoys watching them. The beef is having to watch at least six neighbour cats decimating our feathered friends. BOUQUET To the firemen at the No. 2 fire hall for coming to my rescue when I fell in the tunnel near Brooks Landing due to low blood sugar. Also to the nice man who called 911 for us after my daughter tried repeatedly to get people to stop and help. BEEF What is it about not putting plastic recyclables in a plastic bag? This is a very confusing policy. I’d rather put my plastics in a garbage bag than figure out this. BOUQUET To three amazing teachers: Russ Der, Carmella Luvisotto and Rick Becker. I am moved and so impressed after attending Jazz Fest 2015. I have tried to imagine how many students you have given the gift of music, self-confidence, teamwork, perseverance and so much more. BEEF To the gun mentality. I don’t mean owning a gun; I’m talking about the mindset that says, ‘if something bothers you, don’t try to work it out – just pick up a gun and blaze away.’ BOUQUET To Gallazin Locksmith, and my awesome dog sitter for helping me, my dogs and cat out of a jam when I neglected to leave the correct key. BEEF Under no circumstances should Empire Days be forced to change its name. When did blackmail become legal?
BOUQUET To the honest person who handed in my headphones and case to the front desk at V.I. Fitness Centre on Bowen Rd a couple weeks ago, after I obviously put them down and forgot them while working out. BEEF To the parents who let their kids ruin the North Nanaimo library by letting their kids jump off bookshelves, scream, run around, bang on windows, eat, and crawl all over the floor. The library is not a supervised indoor playground. BOUQUET To the London Drugs Nanaimo North Town Centre manger, Daryl, and camera sales manager, Peter. Thank you for your outstanding service on my recent camera purchase. It is great to know great customer service is still out there. BEEF To all the people who speed excessively, weave in and out of traffic, tailgate, text, run stop signs and red lights: you look like idiots with your defenseless children buckled in the back seat. BOUQUET To one of our fine Nanaimo Regional General Hospital emergency doctors, Marc Teixeira. Nanaimo is so fortunate to have this dedicated, professional doctor in our city. BEEF To all the cashiers who lick their fingers to help with opening the plastic bags and then touch the merchandise. Please have your employer supply you with a damp sponge so you are not sharing your saliva. BOUQUET To the Nanaimo Spirit Drummers, a group of women from all backgrounds who experience native hand drumming, who were selected by Shaw Go Island as best activity event for the year 2014. BEEF To all realtors sending their selfpromoting cards and pamphlets to my mailbox every other week. There must be a less-wasteful and more community-minded way to advertise your services. BOUQUET To the honest and lovely woman in a red coat who found and returned my wallet at QF. I was in total despair, standing at the checkout and realizing I had lost it somehow.
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BOUQUET To the family who brought me Christmas dinner and a bag of useful gifts. Grandmother, mother and two little girls. Their special visit made Christmas complete. BEEF To the big library upgrade planned for the spring. How about buying a few books? Half the shelves were empty last time I was in there. BOUQUET To the provincial government for bringing in a balanced budget for B.C. But was this at the expense of a reduced personal income tax allowance? BEEF I have never lived anywhere in all my years where there is so much garbage strewn around. We have a reliable pickup every week – just take your garbage home.
BEEF To the ugly new liquor store. Blue – what are you thinking? And what is the City of Nanaimo thinking for allowing such an eyesore?
BOUQUET To Norm at Frontrunners for your kind and sweet customer service in fitting me with shoes for my hard-to-fit feet. You are the Al Bundy of shoe sales in Nanaimo.
BOUQUET To the janitor at Country Club Centre who goes above and beyond and cleans the kids play section a few times each shift to lessen the chances of little ones getting sick bugs. I wish I got your name.
BEEF To city council for bowing to the PC police and effectively ending Empire Days celebrations. You realize without the ‘empire’ your six per cent of GDP subsidy would vanish. Shame on you for trying to revise history.
BEEF Your boxer-type dog, Stella, was off leash and she aggressively barked and followed me. Walk in an off-leash area and let us humans walk without worrying about being harassed by untrained dogs and their negligent owners.
BOUQUET To Simon Rideout of Rideout Communications for his collaboration with, and support of, our non-profit cultural association. He demonstrates professionalism and a sense of community in his endeavours on an ongoing basis.
BOUQUET To the person who left me flowers at the Woodgrove Animal Hospital after we had our family dog put down. That was the most traumatic event imaginable but your kind thoughts meant the world to me. BEEF To the recycle men for always leaving a mess everywhere and just throwing yellow bags whereever they land. Calling to complain obviously does nothing. Our tax dollars pay for this?
BEEF To the people who treat the hospital grounds like a trash bin. Each day brings new garbage, so I know that it is being dealt with daily, but it seems to be a losing battle. BOUQUET To Coun. Hong who tried to break into our car that was parked downtown when our newly licensed son locked the keys inside.
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Hawthornthwaite (High), Martha Annie Jan 26, 1938-March 1, 2015
Our loving Wife, Mother and Grandmother passed away peacefully at the Palliative Care Unit at NRGH in the loving arms of her family. Martha was born in Cumberland, BC and grew up in Northfield, lived in Ladysmith, Qualicum Beach and in 1967 settled in Nanaimo. She was an avid gardener and loved going to the Casino. In her retirement she enjoyed traveling South with Bill where they made many great friends. Some of her favorite places to spend time were in Lake Cowichan and in Lake Havasu. She is predeceased by her son Mark, her parents William and Anna High and her sister Betty. She is survived by her loving husband Bill, children Leanne, Cathi (Ersilio), and Wayne, her brother Bill (Walleen) and grandchildren Kaitlin, Jane and Will as well as many other dear relatives. Martha will always be remembered for her outgoing spirit, compassion and generosity to everyone. You will forever be in our hearts. There will be a celebration of life for Martha on Sunday, March 15th from 1-4pm at Bowen Park Auditorium located at 500 Bowen Rd in Nanaimo, BC. Thank you to Dr. Janse van Rensburg and to the amazing Palliative Care Staff at NRGH for helping Martha and family during this difficult time. In lieu of flowers, donations in Martha’s name can be made to the Palliative Care Unit at NRGH which would be graciously appreciated.
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The Nanaimo Clippers burst out of the gate to start the playoffs. The city’s junior A hockey club defeated the Alberni Valley Bulldogs 6-1 in Game 1 on Tuesday night at Frank Crane Arena. Jake Jackson scored four goals for the Clippers. He scored his first one in the first minute of the first period, completed the hat trick five and a half minutes into the second period, and the contest was never close after that. Jackson said his goals came from just being “in the right place at the right time.” Mike Vandekamp, Clippers coach, said the score doesn’t mean anything once the game ends, and said his team didn’t play as well as it can. “I think our goalie had to be more of a factor than we wanted him to be,” Vandekamp said. “Offensively we capitalized on our opportunities and played well.” The coach said Jackson had “one of
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Nanaimo Clippers goalie Guillaume Decelles defends his net as Alberni Valley Bulldogs opponent Tyler Povelofskie is checked by Clippers defenceman Edwin Hookenson during Tuesday’s B.C. Hockey League playoff game at Frank Crane Arena. The Clippers won 6-1.
those nights” that can be a confidence booster. “It really doesn’t matter who scores the goals,” Vandekamp said. “We want to keep pucks out of our net, be hard to play against and be a good defensive team, so I still think we can improve.” Jackson said Game 1 showed that the Clippers match up well
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against the Bulldogs. “We can really play against this team,” he said. “They get broken down pretty easy if we stick to our systems.” Still, the Clippers won’t be expecting blowout scores most nights in the playoffs. Right away, they started thinking about Game 2, played Wednesday after
press time. “We came and set the tone and I think we’ve just got to keep pressing as hard as we can,” Jackson said. Anthony Rinaldi had a goal and three assists, Brendan Taylor had three assists as well and Ryan Forbes was Nanaimo’s other scorer. Guillaume Decelles made 41 saves for the victory.
GAME ON … Game 3 is Friday (March 6) at 7 p.m. at Port Alberni’s Weyerhaeuser Arena, Game 4 is Saturday at 7 p.m. at Alberni, and Game 5, if necessary, will be Monday at 7 p.m. at Frank Crane Arena … For upto-date Clippers playoff coverage, please visit www. nanaimobulletin. com/sports. sports@nanaimobulletin.com
VIU’s basketball teams among tourney favourites BY GREG SAKAKI THE NEWS BULLETIN
The VIU Mariners are looking forward to a little March madness of their own, as the first playoff brackets are set. Vancouver Island University’s men’s and women’s basketball teams begin play at the PacWest championships in Abbotsford starting Friday (March 6). VIU’s men (20-1) go into the tourney as the No. 1 seed, while the VIU women (16-5) are No. 2 in their table. Both earned byes into the semifinals. “ Wa t c h i n g y o u r competition, seeing who you’re going to play gives you an edge mentally,” said Harrison Stupich, VIU guard. “Also, it was a long season, so the extra rest for our legs is huge.” The Mariners get to sit back and watch the quarter-finalists “hopefully beat the living daylights out of each other,” said Bill McWhinnie, coach of the M’s women. “It’s an advantage in terms of preparation and rest, but you’ve still got to play well.” The Mariners think they’re playoff-ready. Stupich said the M’s have really come together in second semester and are still improving. “We still have yet to reach our full potential, so hopefully this playoff atmosphere
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Dover Bay’s senior AAAA boys’ basketball team lost a playoff challenge game 72-66 to Cowichan on Tuesday at the Dover Bay Secondary gym. For a photo, visit www.nanaimobulletin.com/sports.
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Spring training nearing Suddenly spring is just a minor baseball begin with couple of weeks away and t-ball for youngsters born certainly thoughts are already 2009-10, with a registration fee turning to warmer days of $90. Then comes the rookie ahead. One indicator of the division for 2008 players at upcoming change of season is $100. Players born in 2006-07 that registration is now under- play in the tadpole league way for those wishing to play with a cost of $135 and those in local fastball, softball and born 2004-05 are in the mosbaseball leagues… quito division with thorpe We’ll have infora $175 fee. Peewee mation on the league registration report Nanaimo and Disis $180 for those Ian Thorpe trict Minor Fastball born 2002-03, while Columnist Association and the bantam league the Nanaimo Breakis $190 for players ers minor fastpitch born 2000-01, as is softball association the midget division next week. involving the age Returning as presigroup of those born dent of the Nanaimo 1997-99. A family disMinor Baseball count of 50 per cent Association this is given to the third season is Scott Leaf, with Mike (or more) child registered and Holyk the first vice-president financial assistance is availand second vice-president able for those that require it. Peter MacNeil. Also on the In-person registration can executive are treasurer Carla be done this Saturday and Burgmann, secretary Kim Sunday, (March 7-8), from Darbyshire and registrar Dave 10 a.m.-4 p.m. both days at Humphries. Doug Neff is the Kirby’s Source for Sports field manager, Jeff Stevens the on Bowen Road. Otherwise, equipment manager, Glenn online registration forms are Buckle the all-star coordinator available at www.baseballand Mike Eade the umpire in nanaimo.com. Registrations chief. Other directors include must be received by March Barb Williams, Jana Brock, 15 in order to avoid possible Dianna Laukkanen, Brandy waitlist and late fee. Walton, Jason Vance, Rene Whatever your sport, a Gutierrez, Kerry Anderson reminder in closing to play and George Rounis. your hardest, play fair, and Divisions for players in show good sportsmanship.
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Brechin bowler wins provincials A Brechin Lanes bowler was a high roller at provincials. Mikayla Eby won gold in her junior girls’ division at Youth Bowling Canada’s B.C. championships Saturday in Surrey. She will represent the province at nationals in Toronto in May along with coach Linda Charbonneau. Jonas Brittain earned silver in bantam and Maranda Eby took bronze in bantam. Also winning bronze were the bantam boys’ team of Owen Stanley, Austin Cant, Daegan Haapala and Jordin Schwenk, the junior girls’ team of Carly Maley, Selena Spracklin, Natalie McCallum and Andi Payne and the senior girls’ team of Lauren Provencal, Mikhayla Knott, Chloe Moniz and Cheyenne Walker. Bowling scores and the other local sports scoreboard items have been temporarily suspended due to space constraints in the sports section. The scoreboard will return as soon as space permits.
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