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One group of parents is already fighting the potential closure of its school after Nanaimo school board trustees gave tentative approval to an updated facilities plan Wednesday. Trustees approved the plan in principle, which

calls for closure and consolidation of a number of schools. Nanaimo school district staff, who prepared the update to the plan, suggested either Woodbank Primary or North Cedar Intermediate could be shuttered in June of next year, with students amalgamated at the school that remains open. The plan recommends closing Woodlands Secondary School in June of 2016 and combining Learn at Home programs into one location.

The closure of Rutherford Elementary in June 2017, and an additional wing built at Frank J. Ney Elementary, were also recommendations. Tina Bray, co-chairwoman of the Rutherford Open and Thriving grassroots group, said she was hoping to hear more information at the meeting. The school district has pointed to declining enrolment as a reason for the possible closures, something that Bray disagrees with based on new developments in her area, such

as Linley Valley. She said she feels development will sustain the number of schools and if that isn’t accounted for, the district will end up with elementary schools that are over the recommended population for an elementary school. Bray said the Rutherford group will continue to advocate for the school. The group will hold an information session for parents at a parent advisory committee meeting on Sept. 17. See ‘CONSULTATION’ /4

Time has run out for the City of Nanaimo’s test run of a new in-house parking model. Nanaimo council will decide this month whether to make parking enforcement a permanent in-house service. The City of Nanaimo has spent hundreds of thousands of dollars in the transition to an inhouse model, which was on trial for the past three years as part of an agreement with the Canadian Union of Public Employees. The transition was meant to create an integrated service that combines enforcement and security, creates ambassadors and allows discretion when it comes to ticketing. The city has seen changes, including six full-time positions that include a new parking manager, an adjudication system for disputes, and altered parking rates. Parking service department wages and benefits alone cost the city $499,843 during the first full year of operations in 2014. The Robbins Parking contract, which included a commission, cost the city $359,848 in 2013. Another $68,000 has been spent on new licence plate-reader technology. Now councillors will decide if they should keep the service or contract it out to an external provider. The three-year trial expires at the end of the year. Mayor Bill McKay said when the service went in-house it was a novel concept and the city didn’t know if it was going to work out. He now believes customer satisfaction is way up and said while ticketing revenues are down, so are unpaid parking tickets – a change he attributes to the new adjudication system. “It looks to me as though it will be positive to stay with this new model,” McKay said. Coun. Gord Fuller is waiting for a staff report but would like to keep parking in-house. If it’s in the red, that’s a different story, he said. A report on parking services is expected to go to council at the end of the month. An early presentation showed there would be a net estimated savings of more than $60,000 if the city went to an external contractor. news@nanaimobulletin.com,

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History fuelled Lantzville’s annual Minetown Day, but tradition keeps it going. Lantzville hosts its

largest event Saturday (Sept. 12). “It’s always been there,” said Denise Haime, district councillor and Minetown

Day organizer. “It’s one of those things, a community heritage event.” The title of the 41-year-old festival is a tip of the hat to Lantzville’s coal mining past, which saw

the area flourish in the early 20th century, but organizers say these days the event is more about bringing community together. An average 1,500 people gather at the

festival each year, which offers a lot of the same activities enjoyed for generations. The pancake breakfast, nail-hammering contest, bike parade and hay rides are all traditions, according to Brenda Savage, a Minetown Day organizer and 30-year resident, who says the event has evolved from a celebration of mining history into a community party. “It doesn’t really have a lot of connection to the mining history anymore, but the name has stayed,” Savage said. The event costs the District of Lantzville $10,000. All rides and admission are free. The festival kicks off with a pancake breakfast at the Royal Canadian Legion Branch 257 at 8 a.m., and there will be a parade from St. Philips Church at 10:30 a.m., where decorated bikes, scooters and strollers have a chance to win trophies. Vendors, karaoke, chicken-poop 50-50 and a petting zoo will also be at the event in Huddlestone Park. It ends at 3 p.m. Parking is available near Seaview Elementary School. Those people willing to volunteer can please contact Joan Moody and jkmoody@shaw.ca. news@nanaimobulletin.com

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StudENtS hEad back to classes. By Karl yu The News BulleTiN

While back-toschool shopping can eat a hole in the wallets and purses of parents, there are ways to save some dollars. School shopping can be as expensive as Christmas, says K’reen Kerr, a mother of three Rutherford Elementary School students. Handing down clothes and reusing school supplies are strategies she employs. “We actually just got a big bag about a month ago from some friends, so [the kids] picked out their treasures from that and whatever they didn’t want, we passed that on to more families,” Kerr said. If supplies are not worn out and still usable at the end of the school year, Kerr keeps them for use the following year.

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“I hope to never buy pencil crayons again. We actually have bins and at the schools too, they’re pretty good. They have buckets of crayons. I take out all their old work from the duotangs and duotangs are super inexpen-

sive, but it’s just part of being environmentally conscious and not thinking you need to buy everything brand new ever y year,” Kerr said. While saving money is good, she doesn’t recommend cutting corners when buy-

ing shoes. Kerr said she spent only $90 on actual school supplies for her children and closer to $300 on shoes. “When it comes to shoes, you can’t really save money because they’re going to wear them until they fall apart,” she said. “Cheap shoes fall apart before they grow out of them, so it’s better just to buy good shoes. Especially the boys … they’re hard on shoes.” Kerr’s economic sense has rubbed off on her daughter, Keoni, a Grade 7 student, who holds down jobs as a babysitter and face painter and is always looking for deals. Don’t buy it if you don’t need it, Keoni Kerr says. “If there’s a sale on something, that doesn’t necessarily mean you should buy it,” she said. “Because that can even lead to wasting money, even though it’s less money than what it would usually be.” reporter@nanaimobulletin.com

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The Vancouver Island Exhibition is rethinking plans for a $1.8-million agriplex. The VIEX and its new building committee are looking at design changes and options for an agricultural complex on the heels of an updated Beban Park Master Plan. It’s been three years since Nanaimo city council hit pause on the organization’s agriplex dream and launched into a master plan process for its 53-hectare recreational park. While the park vision now includes a multi-purpose complex, VIEX isn’t ready to break out hammers, according to Stephen Kass, VIEX spokesman and manager of fair operations, who said things are more up in the air than in 2011. The organization had pitched a heated basic-shell design for a multi-purpose building in 2011 and 2012, to replace four aging barns on the fairgrounds. It also asked the city for a long-term lease and up to $300,000 toward its total cost. Now it is taking a close look at what makes sense for an agricultural centre and its users and whether it can look at a better all-around facility. “We’re extremely happy because now we kind of see our potential to move to the next phase, but it might be a completely different design … and I

think something that’s going to be more useful,” said Kass, who adds it will probably cost more and the city likely won’t contribute as much as originally proposed because of changing economics. The new agriplex is planned for Beban’s exhibition park, which the new master plan shows could be transformed into the heart of the recreation campus with permanent vendors, food trucks and buskers. The Nanaimo Community Gardens Society has just won approval to put greenhouses on the grounds as well. Ian Thorpe, city councillor and chairman of the parks and recreation commission, sees potential on the site and hopes the VIEX comes up with a proposal. He shares its wish of a multi-purpose, covered space and said it’s an initiative he believes the commission and, likely council, would support. The building committee still has tasks ahead, including negotiating a lease, looking for money for a more detailed feasibility study and development plans. “We know we have to take some preliminary steps to get the ball rolling again,” said Kass. “Once we can get a couple meetings set up with the city and get our lease done then you will probably see things start to develop pretty quick.” The organization hopes to begin tear downs after next year’s VIEX. news@nanaimobulletin.com

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The carillon of St. Paul’s Anglican Church will ring in celebration of Queen Elizabeth II becoming the longest reigning British monarch in September. “She is the Queen of Canada and we believe as parishioners to honour her service,” said the church’s Archdeacon Brian Evans. He said one of the stories parishioners talk about the most in relation to the Queen was that on her first visit to Nanaimo, she mentioned that when she was coming into the city by ship she heard the carillon ringing. The church, located at 100 Chapel St. is hosting a special service of thanksgiving Wednesday (Sept. 9) at 10 a.m. to mark the historic event. Following the service, which is open to the public, refreshments will be served in the church hall. The carillon will be pealing at 12:15 p.m. as part of a Canada-wide bell ringing celebration. Sue Gueulette, a St. Paul’s Anglican church parishioner,

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Back to school affects all of us The first school bells of fall ring out today (Sept. 8) across Nanaimo. We hope students from kindergarten to university are anticipating the semester with excitement rather than dread, because there’s a lot to look forward to every autumn in our school’s classrooms, hallways and playgrounds. Even if we graduated many moons ago and have since forgotten long division and historical dates, there are important education issues in our community that affect us. Back to school is a fine time, for example, to think about anti-bullying measures and setting an example and spreading the word. It’s also worthwhile to have conversations about mental health, especially with teenagers who can feel as though they carry the weight of the world at this time of their lives. We were encouraged to see so many members of the community support the Nanaimo-Ladysmith Schools Foundation’s recent Stock the Lockers campaign to distribute school supplies to students in need. The foundation’s work is year-round, though, campaign or no campaign. There remain segments of the population that struggle to properly feed and clothe their children before sending them off to school in the morning, and maybe that isn’t our problem, or maybe it is. Education is even an election issue, sort of. It isn’t a mandate of the federal government, but there are connections – the economy affects provincial transfer payments and immigration and infrastructure affect community demographics. Here at home, Nanaimo neighbourhoods are again facing school closures and forced to rally. Any of us can have a say in the facilities, programs and strategies we think are important in our district. Back to school is a chance to reflect on education and learning and acknowledge teachers and students. It’s worth putting so much into our schools because of what we get out of them. 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.

Motorists, cyclists will just have to coexist Remember when we were kids reports that cyclists account for and when we wanted to ride 3.2 per cent of fatalities and 4.6 bikes we just hopped on and per cent of serious injuries per went? user class, which is consistent Believe it or not, I’m old with the previous year at 2.9 and enough to remember a time 4.3 per cent, respectively. before helmets and bike lanes, I wonder, however, if institutwhere it was a free-for-all on the ing rules that segregate each roads and a kid on a bike pretty road user is the problem. What much had carte-blanche on if it was simply a free-for-all most roadways. Although, now when it comes to cars, bikes and that I think on it, free rein to ride pedestrians? a bike might be a small-town When putting the safety thing. of people at risk, this would Regardless, bike riding has require study. But a couple of become much more anecdotal adventures political in the last five and observations is EDITOR’S years as cyclists and where I’m forming my NOTEBOOK motorists vie for space questions. Melissa Fryer allotment on the city’s About two years ago Managing editor roads. I had the opportunity Look no further to travel overseas for than the new lane on the first time, spendBoundary Avenue, ing about 10 days in created as a pilot projnorthern Germany. ect to try to increase There, transportation safety for cyclists on corridors were often Nanaimo roads. The divided up, with bikes bike lane was placed segregated to a redbetween parked cars and the brick lane between vehicles on sidewalk to create a buffer. the road and pedestrians on the Drivers, or more accurately sidewalk. their passengers, will need to be Everyone stayed in their aware when parking on Boundlanes and never the three shall ary Avenue that a cyclist might interact, save for a hapless tourbe coming down the lane before ist who speaks little German they throw the passenger-side yanked by the collar onto the door open. The markings on the sidewalk as a bike blurred by, its street will also take some getting bell dinging in the distance. used to, as drivers, pedestrians In contrast, I found myself on and cyclists all learn to navigate Granville Island in Vancouver the new lanes. a few weeks ago. Few – if any – Motorists have been getting bike lanes, hundreds of tourists used to seeing more cyclists on and locals on foot, and a neverthe streets. Transport Canada ending stream of vehicles navi-

gated the narrow streets to get to the shops and studios. Everyone had a right to be there, to take up space on the roadway, and amazingly folks worked it out. A friendly wave as a vehicle stopped to let a pedestrian pass was much more common than the shrill blast of a car horn. Back to Germany, this time Berlin and the popular tourist destination of Checkpoint Charlie, the division between the West and the East in post-war Berlin. Thousands of tourists from all over the world visit this busy intersection daily and there was nary a traffic light in sight. Pedestrians huddled into a group and crossed the road en masse, believing safety in numbers would thwart a speeding Mercedes. I didn’t see a traffic accident in Berlin until we crossed into the ‘west’ where tram tracks had been ripped up by the Allies to make way for a car-centric western culture. Make of that what you will. What then is the secret to ensuring safe interactions between pedestrians, motorists and cyclists? The understanding that each is allowed to exist. Whether it’s segregated lanes or a free-for-all, our social contract must include coexistence between drivers, cyclists and pedestrians. No group will be disappearing anytime soon. We might as well get used to each other. editor@nanaimobulletin.com

‘Bike riding has become much more political in the last five years.’

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Let’s vote with the whole planet in mind open letter to Prime Minister Harper, asking him to end scientific restrictions. Most recently, Tony Turner, a scientist for Environment Canada, was put on leave from his government job because of his political protest song, Harperman, which has gone viral on YouTube. Listen to the lyrics and then, on Oct. 19, for our planet’s sake, vote with your conscience.

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To the Editor,

Re: If we care about our planet, it’s time to act and vote, Letters, Aug. 27. I like the concept of the Green Party, but how do we know it will deliver? There have been so many opportunities for this party to get into the newspapers on environmental issues, but I have not seen anything yet. Historically, what has this party done? Also, I think caution is in order because no matter how individuals

Linda Richards Nanaimo

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Re: With more time, will more voters care? Opinion, Aug. 20. NDP leader Tom Mulcair will not attend a debate Oct. 8, because Stephen Harper will not be there. What are you, children in a daycare centre? You are asking me for a job. If I went in for a job interview and told the interviewer that I would only participate under certain circumstances, would I get hired? No. We need to hear every word you can say to make an informed decision. I absolutely hate the negative propaganda that I am hearing in the media.

Andrew Ludington Esquimalt

Water conservation efforts pay off City council needs To the Editor,

Re: Water revenue falls as citizens cut back use, Aug. 25. Hurray that we recognize the need to reduce our water consumption. I am glad to see brown lawns and other signs that we are being responsible citizens. Sadly the city’s 2014 water conservation plan was not made more robust because it feared reduced revenues, now a reality as a result

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The municipality should consider measures to encourage further water conservation, says letter writer.

of our conscientious reduction in use. As we have seen, we can save a lot of water if we want to. If water rates rose

to help make up for the revenue shortfall, those of us who are being more conscientious would likely pay no more

than before, but those who don’t save water will pay quite a bit more. This is as it should be. In the end we will all save money because a reduced demand for this precious commodity will push back the day new water infrastructure has to be built. And the planet will be grateful, too. A winwin solution – all because we worked together.

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Re: If we care about our planet, it’s time to act and vote, Letters, Aug. 27. Kudos to the letter writer for moving to the Green side. Now, if only others could do the same – mainly because our planet is very sick. It has a temperature, and it’s not coming down. As everyone knows, the oceans are warming, polar ice caps are melting and sea levels are rising. Also, we are witnessing weather that is becoming more and more extreme – to the extent that home insurance coverage, like mine, has been changed to reflect “the severity of catastrophic events in Canada and worldwide.” So, it’s up to us, the voters, to ensure that the most ethical, environmentally conscious political party takes over before it’s too late for our planet. The Stephen Harper government has bullied and muzzled environmentalists, scientists and journalists in order to keep global warming under the radar. Just last year, over 800 scientists from 32 countries signed an

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Re: Taxpayers shouldn’t foot bill for council’s issues, Letters, Aug. 4 Moving to Nanaimo, it was time to vote for a new mayor and council. So we really tried our best to pick the right people. However, seeing the amount of letters and what has been going on with the mayor and council, we find it very disturbing. We wanted people with experience, who would work together and improve things. To respect each other, not to be at each other’s throats all the time. Whatever happened to manners and respect? If they don’t have that, they are not fit to be in those jobs.

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Vancouver Island Regional Library’s Nanaimo Harbourfront librarian Jen Seper holds a book behind the door of a little library on Vancouver Avenue. VIRL has partnered with the City of Nanaimo and a number of community organizations to create a network of little libraries throughout Nanaimo.

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Pop-up libraries have become popular in communities across North America in recent years. “Lots of communities are doing it,” she said. “Not very often is it affiliated with the public library.” Nanaimo has a few other pop-up libraries, including one on Irwin Street, that are not part of the Little Libraries project. In some cases, the pop-up libraries, including one on Sunset Drive, are affiliated with a Wisconsinbased organization called Little Free Library. Although the pop-up libraries are part of the Lit-

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tle Libraries project involving VIRL, they are not owned or operated by the library. “They don’t belong to the library,” Seper said. “They belong to the neighbourhood.” Seper says that the city played a big role in deciding where the pop-up libraries were placed, adding that it was important to have them in high-traffic areas. “We tried to spread them out through different neighbourhoods,” she said. “We tried to pick locations where there is a lot of walkby traffic, so it would get used a lot.” The Little Libraries were constructed by members of the rotary club and decorated by students at the High School at VIU. Seper says that while the project took some time to put together, it has been a great community effort. “It is all about community partnership,” she said. Since the first pop-up library was installed back in August, Seper says there has been demand from the public. “We are hoping to be able to go ahead with more,” she said. “We actually have a wait list of people who would like one in their neighbourhood.” For more information on the Little Libraries project please visit www.virl.bc.ca or call 250-753-1154. arts@nanaimobulletin.com

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inside the libraries have been donated by VIRL. “You can come and take a book or if you have a book that you think someone else would enjoy you can put it in the bookcase,” Seper said. The 15 pop-up libraries involved in the project are maintained by residents. “For each library there is a household that is sort of in charge of it,” Seper said. “But ultimately it is the community’s [responsibility].”

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Raymond Bernard Louis Lauzier Unexpectedly, after years of suffering from a coronary condition, Raymond Bernard Louis Lauzier of Nanaimo, BC passed away on August 27, 2015 in Windsor, Ontario while attending a meeting of the Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada (COSEWC). Born in New Brunswick on July 22, 1948 to French Canadian scientists, Louis and Gertrude Lauzier, Ray grew up in St. Andrews by the Sea. The Bay of Fundy gave him a love of all things Maritime and predetermined his career as a marine biologist. His full and busy work as a scientist in the federal civil service included among many projects-Canadian government representative on the US Fish and Wildlife Service Kootenai River white sturgeon recovery team, salmon habitat research, shellfish stock assessment, Wild Salmon Policy (for which he was recognized with the DFO Prix d’Excellence). Hotwater physa in the Liard River hotsprings and Rocky Mountain ridged mussel in the Okanagan system were his last two assignments. Ray continued in retirement to advocate for the critical importance of science and scientists as well as for the rights of Public Service retirees. Ray had a parallel career with the Professional Institute of the Public Service of Canada (PIPSC). He was a founding member of the Applied Sciences-Patent Examiners (SP) Group Executive and later became president of the group which represents 7500 members, BC/ Yukon Steward in of the Year in 2010 for 13 years of service, Chair of the PIPSC Science Advisory Committee with the emphasis on the importance of public science for the public good as well as a member of the PIPSC Legacy Foundation committee. Like his father, Ray was an avid gardener, known for his extraordinary gardens filled with rhododendrons and over 100 varieties of award winning dahlias (his girls as he called them.) A deeply devoted family man who took a great pleasure from the hustle and bustle of family gatherings, Ray is survived by his wife Jane, sisters Marie Lauzier of Newmarkert, and Suzie Larocque of Ottawa; step-children Scott (Lorna), Andy (Lori) and Linda (Wilbur), stepgrandchildren Cary-Lynn, Kathryn, Katelyn, Jenna, Daniel all in NB; niece Chrissy (Michael, Charlie); nephews Phil (Candice) and Dan in Ontario; brothers-in-law John (Betty) and Vernon MacNichol as well as many cousins. Funeral services will be held on Saturday, September 12, 2015 at 1:30 pm from Trinity Catholic Church 6234 Spartan Road, Nanaimo with Father Jozef Kobos officiating. Interment will take place in St. Andrews, NB in the summer of 2016. The family is very grateful for the skilled and compassionate care Ray received over the years at St. Paul’s Hospital in Vancouver, Royal Jubilee Hospital in Victoria, the Ottawa Heart Institute and most recently the Windsor Regional Hospital as well as his extraordinary family doctor Nicolaas Janssen. In lieu of flowers, please consider remembering Ray by donating to either Loaves and Fishes at nanaimoloavesandfishes.org or the Nanaimo-Ladysmith Schools Foundation at nlsf.ca.

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Clippers hoping for carry-over Inbrief

JR. A HOCKEY team trying to keep momentum. BY GREG SAKAKI The News BulleTiN

After a short off-season, maybe the Nanaimo Clippers can keep skating where they left off. The city’s B.C. Hockey League team is getting ready to start the 2015-16 season this week, and is happy with how preparations are going. The Clippers made it all the way to the league finals last year, eventually losing in six games to the Penticton Vees. “There’s some carryover, for sure,” said Edwin Hookenson, Clippers defenceman. “There’s a lot of hurt from last season, so everybody’s hungry to get back to where we were last year and go a little bit further, because it’s still pretty fresh in everybody’s memory.” He said the Clippers can recall some of their approaches from last year that led to success, and try to replicate them. “When you’re as successful as we were last year, you want to stick to the same kind of things,” Hookenson said. “The leaders on the team, we’re trying to run the team the same way it was run last year in the dressing room. That got

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us a long ways last year, so we’re hoping it’ll work again for us.” Devin Brosseau, veteran forward, said it’s “very hard” to compare one year to another. “We’ve got a good core group of guys coming

back. We were a winning team last year, so obviously the guys that were here last year know what it takes to win,” he said. “We fell short last year, we know that too, so we want to change that this year.”

They’re excited about the whole process as they reload with new faces and new talent. “I think from now on, it’s just building every game,” Brosseau said. “I think we’ve been better every single game we’ve

played … and I think it’s just going to keep growing.” Before the Clippers can grow, though, there was the matter of shrinking down their roster. At press time the team still had to cut eight players. “We’ve got a couple of pretty tough decisions still to make, probably at all positions here,” said Mike Vandekamp, Clippers coach and general manager. “I think right now we have 30 players that can play in the B.C. Hockey League so that makes it pretty hard.” He said some of the roster decisions “kind of tie in to each other,” and suggested that one move would lead to others. “It comes down to chemistry, positions, what guys bring, filling roles, all that stuff,” Vandekamp said. The toughest decisions of all, said the GM, is with the 20-year-olds. The Clippers were still two over the maximum for that age group. “Guys that have been here for a while and have done a really good job for our team, those aren’t the types of people that you want to be letting go,” Vandekamp said. GAME ON … The Clippers start the season on the road, playing the Powell River Kings on Saturday (Sept. 12) and Sunday.

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sports scores from the last few days were not available at press time due to the long weekend. The Nanaimo Buccaneers junior B hockey team started its regular season with a pair of road games and the senior B Nanaimo Timbermen were in action at Presidents’ Cup lacrosse nationals. For more on these teams, please pick up the next issue of the News Bulletin.

VIU Mariners soccer starts Back to school means back to soccer. Vancouver island university’s men’s and women’s soccer teams won’t waste any time getting going, as the Pacific western Athletic Association season starts wednesday (sept. 9). The Mariners host the Quest Kermodes at Merle logan Field, with the women’s match at 1:30 p.m. followed by the men’s match at 4 p.m. There is no admission to watch Mariners’ home soccer matches. The Viu women were 3-1-1 in the pre-season; the men were 2-1-1.

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GRaNt hElPS classes afford rink time.

lIONS ClUB of Nanaimo hosts free, everyonewelcome skating from noon to 1:30 p.m. sundays from sept. 13 until March 27 at Frank Crane Arena.

By Karl yu The News BulleTiN

he cooler temperatures and passage into September in the Harbour City means that people can shift recreation activities from hot weather to cold. It also means a return to school for students and Gary Paterson, city arenas coordinator, said the Rec Skate lesson program for schools is benefiting from an RBC Learn to Play program grant. Applying the $10,000 grant to the school program allows the Parks, Recreation and Environment department to decrease fees, making it more affordable. Students are having to rely on parent advisory councils to fundraise for activities and lower prices are of benefit, Paterson said. If dollars can go further, more kids can participate. “We’re looking at about a 25- to 30-per cent reduction on a perchild basis, so every class lesson is set up based on how many children they bring,” said Paterson. “We’ve been seeing two different classrooms coming

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game days, free skating runs from 10:45 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

FREE SKatE will not be held Dec. 27 due to the winter wonderland event. SKatE aND helmet rentals are included. MORE thaN 11,000 people have taken to the ice during the free skates.

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Erin Kang skates during summer skating lessons at the Nanaimo Ice Centre. Parks and rec’s Rec Skate program is also offered to students in Nanaimo.

at the same time, with maybe up to 56 kids, giving them that opportunity to have that learn-to-skate program in the daytime.” Pricing differs from school to school, as each school comes with specific needs.

“They tell us what they’re looking for and we try to find a way to accommodate those needs,” said Paterson. Skating lessons offer opportunities for students, especially those new to Canada. Paterson said a lot of new

Canadians moving to the community might not be familiar with skating. “A lot of times ... it’s not part of their natural culture to want to come out and do skating, so if they get it as part of a school lesson program, they’re pretty much committed to doing it and they leave here sometimes very excited and wanting to find out more about how to get into hockey or a figure skating club,” Paterson said. For more information, please call 250-755-7537. reporter@nanaimobulletin.com

Tuesday, September 8, 2015

Nanaimo News Bulletin 23

Take advantage of autumn with parks and rec activities I absolutely love the out into your local parks summer season. For me, and start photographthe summer was spent at ing. If you are interested, local parks and beaches we offer photography with my family, enjoying courses to help you lots of local, fresh prounderstand what all of duce and attending some those little features on of the many outdoor festi- your camera are used for vals and events. and how to get that perAs autumn approaches, fect shot. the days are getting Garden – We tend to shorter, a chill is in the think that the fall season air and the routines of signals the end of garSeptember are returning. dening. Many people are For many, the transition planting winter gardens into fall can be a bit chalor using small spaces or lenging as we prepare for containers. I can’t think the not-too-distant grey, of too many things that rainy days. I would be more active have, however, rewarding than come up with harvesting food life some ways to you helped to Tammy Toor appreciate this grow. Did you Parks and recreation know that the beautiful fall season. City of Nanaimo Try a new offers courses activity – The on growing Fall and Winyour own tomater Activity toes and garlic? Guide is now Exercise – For in circulation. many, the heat Programs can of summer is be found within its pages just too much for doing for all ages and abilities. strenuous exercise outSome examples include doors. Cooler temperacheese making, where tures mean you can easily participants will make go outside and get in that mozzarella, feta, brie and workout. Don’t forget that other types. How about raking leaves and apple registering your toddler picking are great calorie in one of our monthly burners, too, or you can Play and Learn programs? join one of our exercise They run from Septemclasses. ber until June and will To learn more, please teach your child a variety visit www.nanaimo.ca or of skills through music, call 250-756-5200. crafts and games. u Get out and photograph Tammy Toor is a com– At this time of year, the munications specialist light is perfect and the with Nanaimo parks and colours are stunning. Go recreation.

CITY OF NANAIMO FALL & WINTER PROGRAMS We have a wide variety of quality recreation opportunities for all ages and abilities! * * * * * * *

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