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The fitness centre at Frank Jameson Commu-nity Centre is busy. The treadmills and station-ary bikes are whirring; the weights clanking; like most fitness centers, there’s an air of inten-sity about the place, of people going about seri-ous business.As one of the most used facilities under the

jurisdiction of Ladysmith’s Parks, Recreation and Culture Department, it will no doubt figure prominently in a Parks and Rec Master Plan that is currently being prepared by the Town of Ladysmith.

So Ladysmith’s Director of Parks, Recreation & Culture Clayton Postings is hoping the fitness aficionados pumping and hoisting through their reps will take a break and respond to the town’s PR&C Survey.

The detailed questionnaire, which can be filled out at ladysmith.ca, or picked up in paper for-mat at the municipal hall on the Esplanade or at Frank Jameson Community Centre at 810 Sixth Avenue, will provide Clayton and his team with a wealth of information… if people take the time to share their ideas.“Get involved,” says a promotional slip on the

FJCC front desk. “A new Parks, Recreation and Culture master plan is underway, and you have an opportunity for input into the future of pro-grams, services, events, parks and trails.”

In fact, if you haven’t thought much about rec-reation and cultural opportunities in the town, taking the survey will be a great way for you to give the matter a little thought, and to gain some perspective on just how well endowed with PR&C opportunities Ladysmith is.

See Master Plan, Page 4

People asked to submit ideas in a survey as part of planning process

Workers began dismantling the old firehall in Chemainus last week, and many people are sad to see two of Chemainus’s original murals – Steam Train On Bridge Over Chemainus River, by Paul Marcano, and Fallers Undercutting A Fir, by Thomas Robertson – go down with the building. Both the murals were painted in 1982. Ian Spence

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Visitors to Chemainus, doing the fa-mous mural tour, maps in hand, will be disappointed to discover a couple of gaps in the lineup where murals num-ber three and five used to be.

Missing will be Paul Marcano’s depic-tion of Engine 104 chuffing over the Chemainus River on a log bridge; and Thomas Robertson’s two fallers on spring boards undercutting a fir tree.

Both originally painted in 1982 – the

first year of the Festival of Murals project – the murals have been victims of a latter day version of the kind of progress they depicted. The walls of Chemainus’s old fire hall, which they were painted on, are being prepared for demolition.“The good thing is we have high reso-lution photographs of those murals, and they are in our mural book, and on our web site,” said Shannon Bellamy, vice president of the Festival of Murals Society.

This is the first time the FOM has had to deal with a situation where murals

were on walls slated for demolition. Bellamy said consideration was given to moving the murals, but in the end that proved impractical.“It’s a really tough job,” she said. “You

can cut a wall up and then you’ve got a segmented mural, but then where do you put it?”

As for repainting the murals in new locations, that’s possible, but a deci-sion would have to be made based on the priorities of the Festival of Murals Society.

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Ladysmith’s industrial tax the highest

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Ladysmith has the highest indus-trial tax rate on central Vancouver Island.

Heavy industry operators can ex-pect to pay more than $106.07 per $1,000 of assessed value, almost double the next highest of cit-ies north of the Malahat to as far north as Campbell River.

By comparison, Port Alberni tax-es its two heavy industry proper-ties at a rate of $53.78 per $1,000, and Campbell River has the third-highest industrial tax rate on the Island, at $32.39.

Other communities with heavy industry to tax charge between $7.22, in Parksville and $29.66 in North Cowichan.

In the last century, when B.C. was developing its rich resources it was understood that govern-ments at all levels would benefit from industrial expansion.

Local communities saw industry as a ready tax source, and thriving industry didn’t mind sharing the wealth.

Times have changed, mines and mills are closing, and Ladysmith is working to become more competi-tive.

Municipal leaders started to take heed in the last decade, when in-dustrial giants like Catalyst Paper warned it would close mills with-out tax relief.“Council was very aware of this,” said Erin Anderson, Ladysmith director of financial services. “We used to have a greater rate, and we’ve been working on reduc-ing our reliance on that for many years. It used to be much higher, but we’ve been whittling it down.”

No target has been set, but Ladysmith has a way to go to catch up with cities like Nanaimo,

which now taxes all business classes equally, at a rate of $14.76 per $1,000.

The Harbour City decided de-cades ago to rein in business taxes, recognizing the value of business to a local economy.

Then, in 2006, “council of the day approved an initiative to reduce heavy industry’s rate to be on par with like industrial over a five-year (period), which they did,” said Mayor Bill McKay.

In today’s global economy, mu-nicipalities need to be competi-tive to attract investment, said Levi Sampson, president of Har-mac pulp mill, at Nanaimo’s Duke Point industrial park.“One thing I do know, at Harmac, going back long before I got in-volved, I know they worked close-ly with the mayor and council and had many talks about tax rates and where they should be, and I know council has worked hard over the years at looking at that,” Sampson said.

Taxes were cited as one reason the Catalyst mill in Campbell Riv-er closed. At $32.39, that city currently has

an industrial tax rate roughly a third that of Port Alberni, where together, the Catalyst mill and Western Forest Products contrib-ute 22 per cent of the city’s total budget.

Cathy Rothwell, Port Alberni fi-nance director, acknowledged the city gets complaints for its high taxes but said its business taxes are calculated as a multiple of its residential rate as with other cit-ies.

That rate is much higher in Port Alberni than other Island commu-nities because its residential prop-erty assessments are among the lowest in the mid-Island.Asked if a higher rate discour-

ages investment, Rothwell said the question is better answered by the city’s economic development office.

The city’s light industrial tax rate is the highest on the central Island, at $48.56, but its general business class pays $15.76, which is much closer to other Island municipali-ties (see chart).

She said the city derives $3.5 mil-lion from its business class, but industrial taxpayers contribute

“just under $5 million” to the city budget.

In Nanaimo, city council decided long ago to lower business taxes with an eye to attracting more de-velopment.

Today, that strategy appears to be paying off.

WFP recently closed its down-town sawmill, “and now they’ve merged their employees at Duke Point, and they’re going to spend $80 million on that mill,” McKay said.“They’ve got 70 employed and they’re hoping over the next few years to double that.”

CENTRAL ISLAND INDUSTRY/BUSINESS TAX RATES

The rate each municipality charges for major industry, light industry and business, per $1,000 in assessed value:

City Major Industry Light Industry Business

Ladysmith $106.07 $18.01 $15.71

Port Alberni $53.78 $48.55 $15.44

Campbell River $32.39 $12.65 $12.65

North Cowichan $29.66 $21.13 $9.96

Comox $16.77 $16.77 $11.94

Courtenay $16.26 $16.26 $11.67

Nanaimo $14.76 $14.76 $14.76

Qualicum Beach $9.37 $9.37 $9.37

Parksville $7.20 $7.20 $11.24

Lantzville N/A $14.96 $8.54

Duncan N/A $12.28 $11.95

Ucluelet N/A N/A $12.97

Tofino N/A N/A $9.58

Nanaimo Daily News

Municipal tax rates for heavy industry in Ladysmith are the highest on the Central Island, at $106.07 per $1,000 of assessed value. Craig SpenCe

North Cowichan Coun-cil is inviting people to participate in town hall meetings that will talk about the whys and wherefores of the draft 2016 budget.“We invite you to come and review our draft budget,” said Mayor Jon Lefebure in a me-dia release.“Let us know what is important to you. Your ideas and concerns will be of great interest to Council as we finalize this budget.”

Meetings will be held between 6 and 8 p.m. at the following loca-tions:• Jan. 21 – Crofton

Community Centre• Jan. 25 – Maple Bay

Fire Hall• Jan. 26 – École

Mount Prevost• Jan. 28 – Chemainus

Seniors CentreAt each meeting, the

mayor and chief ad-ministrative officer will provide an overview of the draft 2016 bud-get, followed by small-group discussions to gather input.After the sessions,

participants will have an opportunity to share comments and ask questions.

The Municipality also invites residents to complete a short, online survey about municipal services and satisfaction levels. The survey can be accessed at http://sgiz.mobi/s3/c7dc38ae72b4.Anyone unable to at-

tend a town hall meet-ing can also send feed-back to Council directly by emailing [email protected].

The agenda for these sessions, as well as ad-ditional information on the current budget pro-cess, can be found at: www.northcowichan.ca/budget2016.All input will be pre-

sented to council for consideration and will help guide the municipality in final-izing its 2016-2020 fi-nancial plan.

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From Page 1For many the survey will come as

an eye-opener.Helene Tomio, one of the stationary

bike riders at FJCC, thinks it’s about time people started to get informed about the fitness opportunities in Ladysmith. “I think it’s a good thing, because people who don’t know about it won’t come out,” she said.

She’s at FJCC three times a week, in the fitness centre a couple of days and doing exercises in the pool one day. So she knows pretty well what she wants and seems to be pretty happy with what’s available.

But what about you?The town wants to know how sat-

isfied you are with its outdoor facili-ties: playgrounds, picnic areas, play-ing fields, public golf course, trails, neighbourhood parks, boat launches, community gardens, bikeways and off leash dog areas.

They’d also like to take it indoors, and get an idea of how satisfied you

are with its: pool, fitness facilities, meeting rooms, youth rec room, swim lessons, aquatic fitness programs, fit-ness classes, child and pre-school pro-grams, fitness classes, youth activities, adult programs, art classes, special events and family activities.

Mostly, they’re interested in what people do know about PR&C servic-es in Ladysmith, and how residents feel about what they know.

Postings said survey responses will be gathered until early February; in late February focus groups will be held to talk about specific areas of PR&C services; by mid-March a draft plan will be presented to coun-cil, then to open houses. Then some-time in April the master plan report will be presented to council.

The PR&C master plan was last reviewed in 2001. “Our’s is 15 years old, so it’s time to get it updated,” Postings said. “It’s confirming what’s working well and what the commu-nity needs to see.”

Working out at Frank Jameson Community Centre E. Russett, Norm Loiselle and Helene Tomio appreciate the recreational facilities offered by the Town of Ladysmith.

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– with less than the ba-sic $570 home owner grant offsetting taxes.

The revised thresh-old is $1.2 million and homes above that lose $5 of the grant for ev-ery $1,000 in additional value.

That means the grant now disappears alto-gether for homes worth more than $1.314 mil-lion.

The province reduced the threshold in 2014 from a previous $1.295 million in order to skim $11 million from home owner grants to general revenue and it was kept frozen at $1.1 million last year.

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of murals grows, more and more money and effort has to be devot-ed to maintaining what’s already in place. “We want to be sure the visitors and members of our com-munity enjoy what we have,” Bel-lamy said.

That doesn’t mean new murals won’t be commissioned, but new methods will make installation and maintenance easier.

In fact, three new murals are slated for unveiling this year, in the lane between the BC Liquor Store and the Anthem Properties building on Willow Street.

Bellamy pointed out that they are a good example of changes the FOM is making in how it mounts murals – changes that will possi-bly avoid having to see them lost when buildings are demolished.

All parts of the Emily Carr series, the Anthem Properties murals are being painted onto panels, which in turn will be affixed to the build-ings. They can be removed if need be for relocation or refurbishing at any time.

Other murals have been painted on a flexible medium called Evo-lon, which can be rolled and trans-ported for installation.

Although the Marcano and Rob-ertson murals will be missed, there’s still plenty to see on the tour. The FOM has commissioned 42 works in its ‘Historical’ series; two in its ‘Emily Carr’ series (not including the three works in prog-ress); and 11 sculptures in its col-lection.

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Mural#5, Fallers Undercutting A Fir, by Thomas Robertson

Ladysmith and North Cowichan are in fourth and seventh place when it comes to the tax rates applied to resi-dential properly owners in 13 Central Island municipalities.

But before taxpayers start grum-bling or congratulating their councils for management of taxpayers’ money, they’ll have to cut those apples open to make sure they’re not oranges.

Ladysmith has a mill rate of $5.49 per $1,000 of assessed residential property value; North Cowichan $4.57. At the top of the list is Port Al-berni, which charges $9.45 per $1,000; at the bottom, Lantzville, with a rate of $2.17.

But mill rates don’t mean much until you also know the average assessed property values in each municipality. Ladysmith’s average assessed value is $299,300; North Cowichan’s $320,200.

Since municipal taxes are calcu-lated based on the mill rate, times the assessed property value, an ‘average’ homeowner in Ladysmith would face a tax bill of $1,643; in North Cowichan, an ‘average’ homeowner would be paying $1,462.

In Port Alberni, with the highest mill rate on the Central Island, an ‘average’ home owner would pay $1,654. Be-cause the average assessed value of a residential property in Port Alberni is $175,100, it’s high mill rate doesn’t translate into a high tax bill.

But taxes are only part of the pic-ture, and just because one munici-pality charges higher taxes than its neighbours, doesn’t mean it is being any less frugal or efficient in meeting ratepayers’ needs.

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Over the past few weeks my family has had to make use of the medical services we pay for through our taxes and the Medi-cal Services Plan of B.C., and I have to say, ours has been a positive experience.

I won’t go into the particulars of why, but I think it is helpful to say who attended to our needs and where. Our first stop was the Health Care Centre in Chemainus; then an ambulance trip between there and the Cowichan District Hospital in Duncan. At every stage we met professional, support-ive people; not once did we feel neglected or ill-served.

To put this into perspective, we were ex-pecting the worst. Our natural trepidation on crossing the threshold into ‘institution-alized’ care has been confirmed, without our having had much direct experience, by countless horror stories swapped at par-ties and beamed through the media

If reports were to be believed, you’d almost expect to go in for heart surgery, only to come out with your feet sewn on backwards.

Again, to put things into perspective, at CDH there was indeed lots of paper-work, plenty of waiting around while specialists were summoned, tests con-ducted, a bed found.

But there wasn’t a moment when we felt our needs – not to mention the needs of hundreds of others – had not been acknowledged and were not being dili-gently attended to.

True the specialist who did deal with our case seemed abrupt, almost to the point of rudeness. We would learn in a subsequent visit he was at the point of exhaustion due to the number of hours he had put in.

The point is, even though there were stretches of time we had to make small talk, and where a bed in the corridor was the only option, we were still being taken care of by professionals who were cheer-ful and respectful. They managed to make an ‘institutionalized’ environment caring.

Cowichan District Hospital has a four star rating on Google. In our experience the Chemainus Health Care Centre and the BC Ambulance Service deserve the same.

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Founding a long term legacy for Ladysmith

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It’s difficult sometimes to think beyond immediate campaigns for funding to complete impor-tant community projects.

There is an opportunity, though, to provide for these and other projects in the longer term by establishing an endowment fund, whose principal would re-main secure forever, but which would generate interest annu-ally to be used for community grants – forever.

Sound like a dream? Think of it as a vision.

Before I came to Ladysmith, I lived for many years in Greater Victoria, where I was one of the founders of a not-for-profit com-munity land trust. I learned very quickly how difficult and time-consuming it is to start such a community organization from scratch.

As we moved from one small success to another, I learned about the remarkable capacity of community foundations to assist small non-profits. I went on to work more closely with

the Victoria Foundation, an experience that strengthened my faith in the role community foundations play in Canada.

The Nanaimo Foundation has approached the people of Ladysmith with a proposal to establish an endowment fund. How does this help our com-munity? Obviously, once it is established, it provides an ongo-ing source of grant funding for Ladysmith community organi-zations. But equally importantly, it provides a place for people to leave a lasting legacy to the town that has been a part of their lives.

All the funds (less a very small management fee) directed to the Ladysmith endowment would be used to support Ladysmith projects. The door would also re-main open for Ladysmith groups to apply to the Nanaimo Founda-tion’s other granting programs.

I wondered to myself: How does a community raise enough cash to get something like this started? Then I did a little men-tal arithmetic and calculated that if 1,000 Ladysmith citizens donated $100 to a new endow-

ment, we would have $100,000 put aside – a very healthy begin-ning.

I was thinking that to do this, we would have to start from Square One, building a founda-tion from scratch. But working with the Nanaimo Foundation we could get off the ground very quickly, availing ourselves of an existing infrastructure to handle administrative details, while le-veraging Ladysmith’s return by joining our investment with a larger pool.

This is one of those truly win-win situations, but it won’t hap-pen on its own. If you have a vision for your community, and are prepared to work toward a long range strategy, give some thought to supporting an en-dowment fund for Ladysmith with the Nanaimo Foundation.

Mark your calendar for Jan. 26 at 7 p.m., when the Nanaimo Foundation will host the second community information meet-ing at the Eagles Hall to dis-cuss this important initiative for Ladysmith.

Bruce WhittingtonLadysmith, BC

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This New Year is bring-ing in opportunities for new ways of learning

This past fall, B.C. stu-dents and teachers con-tinued to prepare for success in a changing world as classrooms began phasing in new curriculum.

This new curriculum still focuses on the ba-sics - reading, writing and arithmetic. But those are being taught in such a way that stu-dents also learn the collaboration, critical thinking and commu-nications skills they need to succeed in our changing world.

Teachers, students and parents all ben-efit when learning be-comes more flexible. If your child is passion-ate about space travel, starting a business or producing videos, teachers can tap into that passion and help students build their learning around it.

Why do we need to change? In part, be-cause technology is transforming the way we live and it’s chang-

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Career programs offer world of opportunityCraig Spencethe chronicle

The future is looking bright for students in-terested in the skilled trades as their pathway to a fulfilling future.

That’s what Derek Beeston, vice principal of Nanaimo-Ladysmith School District’s Ca-reer Technical Centre told trustees at SD68’s Wednesday, Jan. 6 Education Committee meeting.

Of 935,000 jobs in B.C., 43 per cent are in the skilled trades. And 78 per cent of future job opportunities will require some form of post secondary educa-tion: 36 per cent uni-versity training; 42 per cent skilled trades and apprenticeships.

That picture is only going to improve for people who have the training to take on skilled jobs. “This year, right now, is the first that people are retiring

faster than they are en-tering the work-force,” Beeston said.

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“Thank You Ladysmith”

– Gratefully, The Erskine’sWe go through our days doing our daily chores and sometimes forget what a wonderful community we live in. Here is a quick story about some special people in the Town of Ladysmith.

Our family was faced with the difficult challenge of saying good bye to someone we love very much. Our Mother, Dorine, passed away Christmas Day. As we were consumed with grief we were also faced with the reality of the details around preparing a funeral worthy of our Mother.

Issues arose around holidays and time requirements for the cemetery preparations.

Our worries were handled with incredible grace and understanding after a simple call to Councilor Calvin Fradin. Councilor Fradin made a call on our behalf to the City manager Ruth Malli. Others then went to work; Kevin Goldfuss, Mike Morgan, Greg Smith and Chris Pennington.

These kind people allowed us to celebrate our Mother’s life in a timely manner. It’s hard to explain how much this meant to our family.

To all of you involved, sincere thanks.

So remember all you lucky residents of Ladysmith, you live in a beautiful community.

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Dance Jams are‘transformative,’moving sessions


Truth be known, I’m still afraid I would have looked like a retired soc-cer player in a tutu.

Imagine, a 60-some-thing year-old guy, self described as pear-shaped, with crooked toenails and limbs as limber as hockey sticks, joining in a Dance Jam. Now you know where I was... or was supposed to be... Jan. 3.

The mind does funny things when it’s preoc-cupied with fear and self-torture, it turns left when it should turn right, leads you to Nanaimo’s city limits at the nether end of Jingle Pot Road instead of to the Rotary Field-house, the epicenter of a promised “transforma-tive” dance experience.

The Rotary Fieldhouse is where Crimson Dance holds its monthly Dance Jam sessions, inviting all comers to join in the use of “movement to expand your self-under-standing, artistic expres-sion and develop greater body knowledge.”

Oh God! In anticipa-tion, I could feel myself morphing into a human pretzel, and post-trans-formation photos of the session weren’t encour-aging: not a soul in the troupe was a profes-sional dancer, yet even in a still photo you could see the fluidity and joy in their movement.

Entranced is a word that springs to mind.

Crimson Dance’s Sa-mantha Letourneau, who makes a study of the free-ing and healing properties of art in general, dance in

particular, led the Jan. 3 DJ session. She guided the dancers to their moments of perfection, bringing to bear her expe-riences in “contemporary dance, music and yoga with influences from La-ban Movement Analysis.”

I have learned over the years that truly inspired practitioners of any art or science have language compressors in their heads. They squeeze so much into a sentence, you sometimes can’t get their meaning – just like you can’t drink an undilut-ed glass of Stevia without experiencing a sudden lack of comprehension.

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No denying I missed something special thanks to my fear. Had Letourneau been in the back seat, coaching my wife and I, we would have made it to the Dance Jam and perhaps not made fools of our-selves, despite my yellow, indoor soccer boots and baggy sweat pants.

Instead I had to con-tent myself with a post DJ interview, over a latté at Serious Coffee in Nanaimo, where I got to learn in depth what Diana and I had uncon-sciously avoided.

Letourneau has re-cently completed her masters degree in Adult Education. “My area of study was looking at women learners in the Nanaimo area who have been impacted by abuse and how art actually cre-ates a transformative ex-perience for them,” she said.

In that instance she used visual art and po-etry as the media that helped free these wom-en, and achieve that

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Just how artistic activ-ity frees us is not easily described, but it has to do with a concept called ‘praxis’ Letourneau be-lieves.“You’re reflecting on the process as you’re creating, and that’s what causes, I think, a shift in how you’re seeing things. You’re almost having an internal dia-logue as you’re creating a piece.”“There’s just this mo-ment where there’s this realization that you actu-ally have… for women who have been abused, let’s say… you actually have control over some-thing in your life.”As for dance, it proj-

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In other words, you have to do it, experience it, to really understand what a Dance Jam might unloose. If you chicken out, and take the wrong turn at Jingle Pot Road, well, you’ve missed more than your turn-off.

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Giovando Lucille (Lucy)Lucille (Lucy) Giovando, born on September 5th, 1918 of a pioneer Ladysmith family, died on De-cember 13, 2015 in her 98th year in Ladysmith after a long and pro-ductive life. Predeceased by her father John Dominic Giovando, her mother Victoria Giovando, her siblings Dr. Larry Giovando, Marie Doumont, Minnie Honey-man and Tony Giovando, Lucy is survived by her loving niece and nephews and numerous great nieces and great nephews.

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Marty was born in Edmundston, New Brunswick March 24th 1920 and passed away peacefully on Saturday, January 9th 2016 at Malaspina Gar-dens – Nanaimo, BC. Pre-deceased by his wife Margaret Martin in 1994; Parents, Michel and Marie Martin; Brothers, Maurice, Raoul, and John; Sister, Nelida. Survived by Son, Randy (Marie); Daughter, Carolyn (Darryl); Grandchildren, Craig (Alisha), Scott

(Andrea), Jeremy, and Shawna (Mike); Great-Grandchil-dren, Bria and Alena; Brothers, Roland and Gilles; Sister, Gilberte; Niece, Louise (Ron); Nephew, Charlie (Kelly), amongst many more beloved family and friends.

Marty moved to Nanaimo, British Columbia in his 20’s, he received a job during the construction of Harmac, then once Harmac was open he began a career with the company until retirement. In his free time, Marty loved to play and watch baseball, hockey, and golf. Most importantly, Marty was a loving father and grandfather. He will be remembered by his smile, kind heart, and his many jokes.

With heavy hearts, we say goodbye to a wonderful man who will never be forgotten. We will always love you and miss you dearly.

A memorial service will be held at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church – 9735 Elm St. Chemainus, BC on January 30th at 10:00 am. In lieu of flowers Marty’s wishes is for everyone to donate to the heart & stroke foundation.

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Martin, NormanFebruary 8th, 1923 – January 9th, 2016

Passed away peacefully in his sleep at home.

Predeceased by his wife, Lola and sister, Pauline.

Survived by his children Richard (Eleanore), and Laurie; grandchildren, Cam-eron (Judy), Karen, Brian-na and Amber; nieces and nephews.

Thank You to Dr. Lisinski and Home Support.

An Open House will be held Sunday January 24th at 527 Louise Road, Ladysmith between 1:00 & 4:00 p.m.

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• Jan. 21, Comedy night at the Music Hall Food Co. with Sophie Buddle. Show starts at 7 p.m. Tickets $15. Visit musichall.ca or Facebook for more upcoming events.

• Jan. 21, 7:30 p.m., International Guitar Night, Cowichan Performing Arts Centre. An inventive evening of contemporary guitar music from around the globe, IGN is the world’s premier touring guitar festival. “This musical treat has been so popular over the years, we had to bring them back to kick off our 2016 season with a bang,” says Kirsten Schrader, manager of the Performing Arts Centre’s Arts & Culture Division. Tick-ets: $30, Student $27, Cowichan Folk Guild Member $27, eyeGo $5. See internationalguitarnight.com.

• Jan. 21, 2 p.m., The Nanaimo RCMP in partnership with the City of Nanaimo Parks, Recreation and Culture, is presenting “Scams and Frauds targeting seniors”. Free, this session will take place at the Bow-en Park Clubhouse, 500 Bowen Road, Nanaimo. Cst. Gary O’Brien of the Nanaimo RCMP will talk about current frauds and scams targeting se-niors and others. Discussion will focus on telephone, lotto, social media and a variety of other online scams. Call 250-755-7501 to register.

• Jan 26, 7 p.m., Nanaimo Foundation Community Meeting, Guide the future of your community and the causes you care about. Join the Nanaimo Foundation for a presentation and discussion about estab-lishing the Ladysmith Community Fund. For more information visit na-naimofoundation.com/ladysmith-community-fund or call 250-667-4292

• Jan. 26, 7 p.m., Ladysmith Camera Club presents Buying/Upgrading a Photo Editing Computer, a smart shopper’s guide to choosing the right hardware, by Brad Grigor of Turning Point Arts in Saltair. Hardwick Hall, High Street at 3rd Avenue in Ladysmith. Everyone welcome. Non-members $5 drop-in fee. LCC invites new members, novice to pro. www.LadysmithCameraClub.com

• Jan. 29, 7-10 p.m., Cedar Farmers’ Market hosts a 20 year celebration. Join Ken Hamm and friends, who will entertain at the Cedar Community Hall, 2388 Cedar Road. Silent Auction, refreshments by Coco Café. Tick-ets $20 online at CedarFarmersMarket.org, or at the door.

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• March 14-24, Art Camps at the Nanaimo Art Gallery. During Spring Break the Nanaimo Art Gallery offers a series of Art Camps (each four or five sessions) at its Art Lab, including: Yvonne Vander Kooi, explor-ing ideas about art, learning and creating using traditional and contem-porary approaches to sculpture, painting, video, and photography.; and Carole Brooke, inspired by the work of Ron Tran, who likes to “change the way we see ordinary things by placing them in a different setting.” The camps cost $100 each, materials are included. For more informa-tion, or to register, call 250-754-1750.

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