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Nanaimo’s school district business commit-tee is recommending the Cedar school re-open as a Grade 8-12 high school in time for the 2016 school year.

The facility was being converted to an ele-mentary school, but work was delayed to allow for a review of the district’s 10-year facilities plan. Trustee Natasha Bob proposed the rec-ommendation at Wednesday night’s commit-tee meeting. Jamie Brennan, Bill Robinson and Tania Brzovic voted against.

“It turns the clock backwards and it’s going to be very costly, as I said [Wednesday] night, it adds secondary capacity to our already over capacity system,” said Brennan. “It’s really a retrograde step.”

Brennan also disagreed with the timing, given the results of the facilities plan review were made public earlier during the meeting.

Steve Rae, school board chairman, said trust-ees had time to review the facilities plan report earlier in the week and were at consultation meetings.

“We all attended all the roundtables, we attended all the stakeholder meetings, we attended all the presentations. This isn’t infor-mation that was just dropped on us yesterday,” Rae said.

Cost hasn’t been determined yet, according to Rae, as staff will make a recommendation on how work should be finished.

“There’s not a lot of work done to the inside of the building luckily, and that is the reason why we moved so quickly, because we wanted to move before we started spending a lot of money in that building to see if that was the way we were going to go,” Rae said.

He denied the suggestion, made by other trustees, that the decision to re-open the school was pre-determined.

“That is completely not true. We all went into this with an open mind,” Rae said.

Trustees are expected to vote on the recom-mendation at their April 22 board meeting.

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Facing cutsDave Harper, wearing a bonnet of low-hanging fruit, jots down on an index card his thoughts on public education at the Families Against Cuts to Edu-cation rally Sunday afternoon at Maffeo Sutton Park. Several rallies were held at the same time around B.C. that day, calling for greater funding of public education in the province.

Trustees recommend re-opening Cedar as secondary school

Lantzville hires facilitator for staffing issues

BY TAMARA CUNNINGHAMTHE NEWS BULLETIN

The District of Lantzville will hire consultants to help craft a code of conduct and investigate the state of internal relations following a staff memo that highlighted concerns about council meeting decorum.

Close to 60 people packed into Lantzville’s council chambers during a special open meet-ing last Thursday as politicians voted to hire two separate consultants to facilitate develop-ment of an organization-wide code of conduct and probe internal relationships.

The review ties in with a memo from five of the district’s managers, who outlined con-cerns about decorum and tone of council meet-ings, including ridicule and criticism of staff’s work in public. CUPE has also requested input regarding its members and the district’s bully-ing and harassment policy, prompting council to include a look at the situation between man-agement and employees in the review.

There’s clearly a problem, according to Coun. Rod Negrave, who called for a code of conduct with teeth, as well as an investigation to find out what happened and why in regards to man-agement’s memo so it can be fixed.

“This is very similar to what I witnessed when I was back on council in 2009, same con-cerns about staff being mistreated,” he said. “I can’t emphasize strongly enough that we need to hire someone qualified, someone external, someone independent, figure out what the problem is, have it articulated, have it as pub-lic as possible ... and vote on it to fix things. This can’t be allowed to continue.”

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The City of Nanaimo has received more than $485,000 out of B.C.’s traffic fine revenue pot.

The B.C. government announced Friday that the City of Nanaimo has picked up $485,341 in traffic fine revenue, which it can use toward community safety and policing.

The dollars come from ticket fines and court-imposed fines on violation tickets. According to the government press release, 100 per cent of the net revenues are returned to communities.

Brian Clemens, the city’s director of finance, said the money will be credited to policing budgets to offset costs.

Other dollar announcements included a $38,896 grant for the Regional District of Nanaimo and $156,475 for Lantzville. Neither grant has conditions attached.

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B.C. Parks, Snuneymuxw First Nation and the City of Nanaimo want to hear residents’ views on a new business plan for New-castle Island.

An open house on a new busi-ness plan to develop cultural opportunities on Newcastle

Island provincial park will hap-pen Saturday (April 18) at Maf-feo Sutton Park.

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No details were provided on the new business plan for the park, but there has been previ-ous talk about an interpretive and cultural centre.

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Open house collects input on FoothillsLantzville residents can learn

more about a housing devel-opment at an open house this month.

A town hall and open house will be held on the Lantzville Foot-hills Estates on April 21 at the Royal Canadian Legion Branch 257. The 730-hectare develop-ment was revived last year by Storm Mountain Development, also referred to as Lone Tree Properties. The company pur-chased Lone Tree and its assets – a parcel on the Foothills Estates

– in 2012, and has since acquired the rest of the property. It’s now preparing to move forward with next steps in planning, design, engineering and approvals.

Mark Holland, new project manager for the Foothills neigh-bourhood, will be on hand with the project team to speak to resi-dents and hold a formal presen-tation on the development.

The event runs from 4 to 9 p.m. The formal presentation will be at 7 p.m. with a town hall meet-ing immediately following.

City faces provincial order on dams

By Tamara CunninghamThe News BulleTiN

The province has started the clock on remediation of the Colliery dams.

Glen Davidson, B.C.’s comp-troller of water rights, has slapped the City of Nanaimo with a formal order to reme-diate the Colliery dams in the next six months.

According to the document, the city failed to comply with the province’s request for revised plans for the lower and middle Colliery dams and their potential safety hazards. Now the province is giving the city two options to address safety at the dams – an $8.1-million labyrinth spill-way or $3-6 million auxiliary spillway – and timelines to get the work done.

The city has to pick an option to address the lower dam before the start of May and hand over a design report and construction plan by May 22. Work must be completed within six months.

The municipality can appeal the order, but the process doesn’t suspend the require-ments it has to follow.

Toby Seward, the city’s act-ing general manager of com-munity development and protective services, said the timelines are “extremely dif-ficult to achieve.”

A staff report recommending the auxiliary spillway option was expected at a committee of the whole meeting Monday.

“They are basically saying everything has to be done by Oct. 15. If everything went according to plan pos-sibly we’d get there, but it’s an extremely tight timeframe because we have to do a design, permits, referral pro-cess, tendering and construc-tion all within that six-month

period and normally that would take a longer period of time,” Seward said.

The response from David-son, sent April 9, wasn’t unex-pected for Nanaimo Mayor Bill McKay, who points out council didn’t do what it was directed to do by the Dam Safety Section. The city was instructed to come up with revised plans for the middle and lower dams by the end of March, yet council voted to send emergency prepared-ness and water surveillance plans. The province now con-siders the city non-compliant with the Water Act.

McKay said he believes there is still the opportunity to present the safety branch with an 11th-hour alternative to fix the dams.

“The DSS, from everything I’ve ever seen, they simply want to see that we have the dams capable of doing what they need them to do by regu-lation,” he said.

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The previous school board decided against providing buses after closing catchment school Cedar Community Secondary, forcing parents to either drive their children or pay for additional busing.

Following a request by current trustees back in March, staff came back with a report fea-turing two options. One was based on provid-ing service to the 165 area students currently attending Ladysmith Secondary, with an annual operating cost of $110,253.

The other was based on 265 students, the current number of area students attending Ladysmith, plus 50 per cent of those attend-ing John Barsby Secondary School, designated catchment school after the closure. The sec-ond option has a price tag of $211,213 attached.

The committee is recommending that board approve a plan that will see busing to the high school for one year in 2015-16.

Steve Rae, school board chairman, pro-posed the recommendation and suggested the $211,213 option.

“The reason I picked scenario two, because that is the worst-case scenario. That’s the most money it would cost us,” said Rae. “I don’t believe that it will cost us that much, but at least if we put it in the budget, that it costs that much, we can go backwards. It’s hard to go forwards, it’s easier to go backwards.”

The committee is also recommending that the Cedar school be re-opened as a high school for the 2016-17 school year.

The board is expected to vote at its next meeting.

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James Lunney, the newly independent MP for Nanaimo-Alberni, says there is a campaign to smear Christians.

Lunney held a press conference at his north Nanaimo rid-ing office Thursday to discuss the scru-tiny that he and other Christians are receiv-ing.

Lunney resigned from federal Con-servative caucus on March 31 to sit as an independent in the House of Commons, citing the need to defend his religious views. He came under fire in late Febru-ary for defending an Ontario politician by tweeting that people should stop calling evolution fact.

“There’s an attempt to really displace a Christian world view from influence in Can-ada, from academia, from medicine, from law and I think clearly

with these attacks on Christian politicians, there’s a deliberate attempt, with three of us being attacked in the past month, to make Christians look unintelligent, unelectable and unin-formed.

“It’s based on a false construct in science and it’s based on evo-lutionism, which is a world view that grew out of a science con-struct from another era and the world that [Charles] Dar-win couldn’t possibly understand was the world of cell biology,” said Lunney.

Lunney said he was dragged into the fray on Twitter and his tweets were basic comments about “science, managing assumptions” and evolution being the-ory rather than fact.

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N a n a i m o P o r t Authority relies on the eyes of everyone on the water to help avoid an oil spill like the one in English Bay in Vancouver last week.

Rodney Grounds, officer in charge of Nanaimo Port Author-ity’s patrol division, said his staff and that of crew and passen-gers on ships, ferries and in the air contrib-ute to monitoring the waters off Nanaimo’s coastline.

“Nanaimo is very unique in the size of the port and the num-ber of observers,”

Grounds said. “Every-one on board is a potential observer. We utilize passengers in the air.”

Grounds said the port authority is on the water 24-7 when combining its respon-sibilities for servicing anchoring ships in addition to inspec-tions.

“Our crews are in our deep sea anchor-ages for a large part of the day,” Grounds said.

He said the key to any spill response is to “hit it hard and hit it fast.” Once a spill is detected, the port authority responds with a crew to identify the source, board or hail the ship and shut down machinery con-tributing to the leak. It also deploys booms to trap fuel or deflect fuel from reaching shore.

The port authority belongs to a consor-tium called the West-ern Canadian Marine Response Corpora-tion, which responds as needed to oil spills on the B.C. coast and is paid for by

user contributions. It takes three hours for the group to respond to an emergency in Nanaimo waters, leav-ing the port authority to manage the disas-ter until then.

The last time the consortium attended Nanaimo was last year when a tugboat sank in Northumber-land Channel.

If at any point the port authority is over-whelmed with a spill, it can ask the Cana-dian Coast Guard to assume command of the emergency, said Grounds.

One of the chal-lenges from the Eng-lish Bay spill was the lack of infor-mation dispersed among agenc ies . Grounds said the port authority works with Nanaimo Fire Rescue communica-tions, which handles the port’s emergency calls and dispatch.

“The links between the city and the port are very strong,” Grounds said. “I don’t think you’d find that issue applied on this side.”

K a re n L i n d s a y, emergency program manager for Fire Res-cue, said industry partners share infor-mation and plan for emergencies.

“When these things happen, they’re never textbook,” she said.

Mayor Bill McKay said he will meet with the port authority as part of a liaison com-mittee later this week. Quest ions about Nanaimo’s oil spill preparedness will be discussed, he said.

“People are asking me those questions and I want to have the answers,” McKay said.

Attendees to the Association of Van-couver Island Coastal Communities confer-ence this weekend passed a motion to investigate the spill in English Bay. McKay said it reinforces what the provincial govern-ment and other agen-cies are asking for.

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Date: Monday, April 20, 2015 Location: Western Maritime Institute, 3519 Hallberg Road, LadysmithTime: 6:30 pm

What are the Zoning Amendments about?The applicant proposes to amend the Electoral Area ‘A’ Official Community Plan (OCP) to re-designate a portion of the property located at 2930 Trans Canada Highway and the adjacent road area (650 m2) from “Rural” to “Commercial” and to expand the boundary of the South Wellington Industrial-Commercial Development Permit Area to align with the proposed boundaries of the “Commercial” designation. The applicant also proposes to rezone the property and adjacent portion of Beck Road (650 m2) from Rural 4 Zone and Commercial 5 Zone, Subdivision District ‘D’ to a Comprehensive Development (CD50), Subdivision District ‘D’ with limited commercial uses.

How will this affect me?If adopted, these Amendment Bylaws will allow the legal reconstruction of an existing, non-conforming restaurant (Country Kitchen) which was damaged in a fire in May of 2014 within the subject property.

Where can I get more information?A copy of the proposed bylaw and relevant documents may be inspected at the meeting, or prior to the meeting at the Regional District of Nanaimo (RDN) office at 6300 Hammond Bay Road, Nanaimo until April 20, 2015. Office hours are Monday to Friday 8:30 am to 4:30 pm, with extended hours on Wednesdays 8:30 am to 5:30 pm, excluding statutory holidays.

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Six men are gathering what possessions they have left and searching for new homes after fire destroyed their rooming house Thursday.

The blaze broke out shortly after 12:30 a.m. in the rear section of the 108-year-old house at 215 Nicol St., worked its way into a back wall and up into the attic and destroyed the roof of the two-storey struc-ture, said Alan Millbank, Nanaimo Fire Rescue fire prevention officer.

Ahmed Hassan was one of the last residents out of the house, awak-ened by neighbours yelling and banging on doors. He thinks much of his belongings can be saved, but wishes he had grabbed a few things before rushing out.

“I had time, but I just panicked and I was half asleep,” Hassan said.

The last resident to escape was helped out of the house by an RCMP officer. He was taken to hospital, treated for minor smoke inhalation and released.

“The RCMP happened to be driving by at the time and saw people gathered out front who told him there was some-one still in the building,” Millbank said. “He went

in and pulled that person out.”

Sgt. Sheryl Armstrong, Nanaimo RCMP spokes-woman, said officers who attended the fire reported all residents were out of the house when they arrived.

Firefighters fought the blaze until 4:30 a.m.

Brian Grosseth, who has owned the house since 2004 but does not reside there, said he was refused an insurance policy because of an alleged structural defect with the front porch. He will wait for a dam-age assessment before

deciding whether or not to salvage the building.

“I don’t know what’s going to happen,” Gross-eth said. “It’s so awful you can’t believe it.”

Clayton Carson had just left a concert at The Queen’s Hotel when he received word of the fire. Few of his possessions are salvageable.

“I went and got the only three things that I was able to get my hands on: my money, my bong and my weed,” Carson said. “And none of it was water damaged because it was in a … Ziploc bag and a plastic tobacco

container. Dude, my lap-top was covered in roof. My whole living room is covered in roof.”

All six residents were given 72 hours’ lodging and other assistance through Nanaimo Fire Rescue’s community assistance program.

None of the residents were insured and the investigation into the cause of the fire contin-ues.

A structure fire gutted a unit in the King Arthur Court apartment com-plex on Fifth Street early Saturday afternoon.

Nanaimo RCMP and Fire Rescue closed off a section of Fifth Street between Calverley and Georgia avenues to deal with the blaze.

“We had a middle unit of an apartment com-plex, a structure fire in there,” said Timothy Doyle, Nanaimo Fire Rescue assistant chief. “ C re w s re s p o n d e d quickly, knocked it down quickly and prevented the fire spreading to the adjacent units.”

Cause of the fire had not been determined as of Saturday afternoon and the investigation is ongoing.

“We don’t know [the cause] yet. We have a fire loss prevention inves-tigator coming,” said Doyle. “They’re going to do their investigation and report back to us.”

Doyle said he couldn’t confirm if there were any injuries, but did say no one had been sent for treatment.

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A new vision for one of Nanaimo’s biggest rec-reational parks could re-kindle efforts to build a $1.8-million agriplex.

The Beban Park Master Plan, a guide for future changes to the 53-hect-are recreation campus, is heading to council for the last leg of approval after winning endorsement by the Parks and Recreation Commission.

The updated document has been two years in the making and shows the potential for changes from a new perimeter trail to re-imagined fair-grounds. It’s a “wonderful plan” and one that’s going to make people become enthused about going to the park again, accord-ing to Ian Thorpe, acting chairman of the parks and rec commission.

But it could also re-energize efforts of orga-nizations looking to grow on the site, including the Vancouver Island Exhibi-tion. The organization went to city councillors in 2012 with plans to replace four aging barns on the Beban fairgrounds with a $1.8-million heated, multi-purpose agriplex. It requested a long-term lease and $300,000 once financing was in place, but the pitch was turned down in favour of updat-ing the master plan.

The VIEX hasn’t stopped planning, but the master planning process put fun-draising efforts on hold,

according to Stephen Kass, media liaison and manager of fair opera-tions, who said if the plan is approved the group can begin to pursue funding.

“It definitely put a halt to our dream, but we’re quite enthusiastic that the steps have been taken and we’re crossing our fin-gers that it will finally get the go-ahead,” said Kass.

An agricultural centre could open up opportuni-ties for other user groups and once built, the rest of the park will also develop, he said.

The VIEX isn’t the only one waiting for the plan’s approval. The Nanaimo Community Gardens Society hopes to make Beban its new home, but is in limbo until council approves the park vision.

Pat Wells, spokeswoman for the society, said her group would add to the farming tone of Beban, which already has the VIEX and Beban Urban Garden Society. There’s also consideration of a year-round farmer’s mar-ket – “so it’d be very con-venient, sort of an urban agricultural hub,” she said.

The society has until August to vacate its cur-rent site on regional dis-trict property.

The master plan is expected to go to council this May.

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It’s a complex issue that is going to require direction from the highest court in the land, the people elected to craft our laws and doctors who know what’s right for their patients.

Marijuana laws were being scrutinized on the mid Island earlier this month after the RCMP raided a self-described compassion club in Parksville.

We, the people, give the police a book of laws, the Criminal Code of Canada, and ask them to enforce these laws. It is not the job of the RCMP to pick and choose which laws it believes deserve enforcement. Police officers, and their leadership, cannot stick a wet finger to the wind and decide which way public opinion is blowing today.

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It also makes no sense to deny the value of medical marijuana for some people suffering from certain ailments, disease and pain. People truly believe this is the proper medicine for their ail-ments. These are not people looking to share their weed with youngsters who want to zone out with video games for days on end.

This is where the physicians of the land can help the lawmakers and judges, but it’s our sense they may be divided in their opinions too.

Perhaps all involved have caught a break in regards to timing. This is a national issue that will require direction from the House of Commons. Just so happens we are in a federal election year. During these next few months, we would suggest voters ask candidates about their party’s stance on any chang-es they would make to marijuana laws in this country. Make your opinion known to them and let them know it’s time for Ottawa to provide clarity on this issue, for all involved.

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Late last month, Nanaimo-Alberni MP James Lunney announced his resignation from the Conservative government to sit as an independent so he could better defend his reli-gious views, which he claimed were under attack.

The context – in case you’ve been under a rock for the last few weeks – is that Lunney jumped to the defence of an Ontario politician by chiding naysayers to stop calling evolu-tion fact, which even-tually made national news.

He then called a press conference to his office last week to explain to constituents why he did what he felt he had to do to defend himself and his reli-gious beliefs against the media-touting evolutionism.

‘The media is being mean to me’ is not a complaint that’s going to go over well for a parliamentarian with 15 years’ experience under his belt. On the scale of meanness of media – especially the Twitterverse –

Lunney’s experience rates pretty low.

I don’t subscribe to any orga-nized religion, nor do I identify with the atheist movement. I was raised without religion, so I often fail to understand the degree to which Lunney and others like him adhere to their scripture.

That’s not to say I don’t have respect for religion. Some of its basic tenets – love, acceptance, charity – are great ideals that should be the goal of any civilized society. I have friends and fam-ily whom I accept with their beliefs, and they in turn accept me for my lack thereof.

But what Lunney wants is not religious freedom; he wants the ability to spout off his beliefs and never be called on them. Or mocked because of them.

One of the great things about science and research is debate. Good scientists check their ego at the door and undertake research with a goal of discovery. That research is

made better by peer review, an opportunity to find flaws, debate and discuss findings with the goal to improve on what came before.

Lunney, and anyone else for that matter, is entitled to his or her religion and to speak his or her mind. But he must accept that airing his views, especially when he has a national plat-form afforded to people in his position of power, will bring dissent and debate. In his posi-tion of power, he must be ready to respectfully debate and defend his beliefs.

Lunney is not engaging in debate. His mind is set and based on his behaviour at his press conference last week, he’s not interested in arguing evolution unless you agree with his position.

What is fact is Lunney is not running in the next election; his irrelevancy means we can probably stop devoting so much ink to his antics.

It will be up to a new slate of candidates to decide whether they can operate in the House of Commons while adhering to their religion.

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EDITOR’S NOTEBOOKMelissa Fryer

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“‘There’s a deliberate attempt to

make Christians look unintelligent, unelectable and uninformed.’

– Nanaimo-Alberni MP James Lunney on verbal attacks against Christian politicians, page 5.

www.nanaimobulletin.com LETTERS Tuesday, April 14, 2015 Nanaimo News Bulletin 9

To the Editor,Re: Lunney resigns from

Tory caucus, April 2.If James Lunney decided

to remain as an indepen-dent I would vote for him. For many years now the enemies of Christianity have been very successful in demeaning Christianity and God.

In my view, our universe is made up of infinite miracles within miracles. This can-not be a fluke, so I believe in God, as being taught as a youngster. For a long time now, religion has not been taught at most of our Protestant schools in the English-speaking world.

Some ‘intellectuals’ and egg-heads would not be allowed to believe in God; perhaps they think that they are God.

Ralph Forshaw Nanaimo

Lunney’s Christian stand ‘courageous’To the Editor,Re: Lunney resigns from

Tory caucus, April 2.Vancouver Island MP

James Lunney made a courageous, costly and non-political decision as a Christian to leave the Conservative Party of Canada and sit as an inde-pendent in the House so that he could more freely speak out on his Chris-tian beliefs which have been under severe public attack of late. Lunney, you see, is a Christian first and a politician second.

There are those in this country who will vehe-mently defend a Muslim woman’s right to wear a hijab, yet would deny Lunney’s right under the same Charter to freely speak on matters of faith and conscience. There are politicians and

academics in Canada antagonistically opposed to Christians running for office and serving in gov-ernment. Still fresh in the minds of the citizens of Nanaimo is the attempt by the previous Nanaimo city council to prevent Christians from using the Vancouver Island Confer-ence Centre.

Our Charter of Rights and Freedoms guarantee all Canadians freedom of speech, conscience and religion and the newly created Office of Reli-gious Freedom further enhances these rights. The ever-increasing attempts to stifle freedom of religion, conscience and expression in Canada should set the alarm bells off for every Canadian.

Gerald HallNanoose Bay

To the Editor,Re: Lunney resigns from

Tory caucus, April 2.So James Lunney is dis-

turbed by critics who don’t share his beliefs about whether humans were cre-ated or evolved from other organisms. The theory of evolution certainly doesn’t care what Lunney believes.

Lunney voted three times to extend the war in Afghani-stan, once to bomb people in Libya and again to bomb people in Iraq with CF-18s.

Particularly disturbing is his attempt to hide behind Christianity when confronted with his contradictions. I pre-sume he sleeps well, never wrestling with a conscience that would, if influenced by an understanding of Jesus, prohibit the bombing of women and children.

Jim ErkiletianNanaimo

To the Editor,Re: Lantzville’s top bureaucrat quits

after nine years, April 7.It seems to me that personal ven-

dettas between councillors and councillors, and staff and council-lors, are taking precedence over the interests of their employers – the tax-paying residents of Lantzville. Politicians seem to have lost sight of whose interests they are there to represent, that being the community at large. If the CAO wishes to resign that is her prerogative and decision. It doesn’t need a newspaper article to air the grievances of some suddenly self-righteous councillors looking for political gain.

Carol HalliwellLantzville

To the Editor,Re: Lantzville’s top bureaucrat quits

after nine years, April 7.In light of the recent memoradum

from all five senior District of Lantz-ville management staff to council, citing public disrespect, ridicule, and criticism of their work, Mayor Colin Haime must resign.

Haime is responsible for the running of council meetings and sets the tone for the meetings. Haime is the mem-ber of council who most frequently liases with staff, who should be avail-able to hear concerns and act on them – he obviously hasn’t done this or we wouldn’t have gotten to our present situation.

There has been a complete and total breakdown in district operations, and

council has been unable to get a bud-get passed.

Haime is asking for specific exam-ples of the behavior cited. These employees have put their concerns to paper, signed their names, and sent the letter to council, where it becomes part of the public record. Is this not enough to convince one that wrong has been done?

Lantzville is fast developing a bad reputation. How are we going to entice excellent staff to our com-munity if this is how they can expect to be treated? We must demonstrate that we are addressing the problem – and that demonstration begins with the resignation of the mayor.

Karen MostadLantzville

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For a little more than a decade, Paris-born artist Marc Walter has been cre-ating large structures outside.

His work has not only enabled him to provide for his family, but it has afforded him the opportunity to travel around the globe.

“Usually I do one to two projects [a year]in a foreign country if I can,” Walter said.

Earlier this month,

Walter’s found him-self at Maffeo Sutton Park where he spent roughly 10 days con-structing Embarking, a large structure that depicts a boat sus-pended in the air.

“The way I create my pieces is that the eye of the observer is led somehow dif-ferently on the site where it is installed,” Walter said.

Embarking was made with recycled branches from Nanaimo and is part of the temporary art program orga-

nized by the City of Nanaimo.

Walter was born in Paris and moved to Quebec in 1993, where he decided to become an artist after taking a liberal market course.

“As part of that course a teacher asked us what the idea job would be,” Walter said. “Right away I said visual artist.”

In 2004, Walter turned his attention to creating land art pieces and has since been involved in art

installation projects throughout Canada and Europe.

“I create out of emotions,” Walter

said. “I always say an artist is somebody who can dream and transform that dream and share the vision with the public.”

Walter, a former French basketball player, says that Western society is often too hurried and because of that he creates pieces that aim to slow people down.

“By creating things that are of some interest or surpris-ing or different, I am hoping that people will actually slow

down,” Walter said.Walter’s pieces

are created right on site, which provides him the opportunity to chat with people from all walks of life.

“When I am cre-ating I am in this bubble and there is this availability that I don’t normally have,” Walter said. “It ... opens an avenue with those that are homeless or drug addicts to express themselves. You interact in a more natural way with them.”

Walter, who has also had his work appear in private and public collections in Switzerland and Italy, says participating in public art projects is a great pleasure for him.

“My return on investment has been amazing,” Walter said.

Embarking will remain at Maffeo Sut-ton Park for a year.

For information on Walter, please visit www.marcwalter.ca or www.nanaimo.ca.

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Artist Marc Walter assembles branches for his temporary public art piece, Embarking, at Maffeo Sutton Park on April 2. Walter’s piece is complete and will remain in the park for at least year.

BY NICHOLAS PESCODTHE NEWS BULLETIN

Artistic embarkmentMarc Walter’s journey intothe arts began in Canada

MARC WALTER holds an MBA from Paris I-Sorbonne University.

HE IS a former French basketball player who played with Athis-Mons, a division two team in France.

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Author to speak at the Port Theatre about bullying

It’s 1955 and teenager Peggy Ann Douglas has big dreams of becoming a movie star.

Her only problem is that lives she in rural Ontario and not Southern California.So the persistent teen turns to the local beauty pageant in hopes of escaping the farm.

That’s the premise behind comedian and actress Melody A. Johnson’s solo production, Miss Caledonia.

“In the 1950s the culture in North America was that if you wanted to get off the farm and do something more exciting with your life, like be a movie star, you do what Debbie Reynolds and a lot of other women did, which was get onto the beauty pageants circuit,” Johnson said.

Written and performed by Johnson, the production was inspired by the Canadian Comedy Award winner’s own mother, who as a teenager became an active contestant in the beauty pageant circuit in Ontario.

“At the age of 15 that seemed like a bit of a dream

for my mom,” Johnson said. During Miss Caledonia,

Johnson plays 12 different characters including Peggy Ann Douglas.

Johnson says the produc-tion will resonate extremely well with those who grew up in a rural setting.

“For a lot of older people it is a great step back into time,” she said. “Young teens can also identify with the production. It resonates with people no matter how old they are.”

In recent years there has been a growing resentment around child beauty pag-eants. In 2013, the French government passed a motion to ban anyone under the age of 16 from participating in a beauty pageant.

However, Johnson says that pageants can still be a great experience for young ladies.

“For a young person it can be a great experience in terms of gaining confidence and creating a new com-munity and learning skills,” Johnson said. “You start to become more involved in the community and the pageants just become another commu-nity for you.”

Johnson hopes that Miss Caledonia can remind people of the good things that come out of beauty pageants, such as skill development and

human interaction. “We see her [Peggy Ann

Douglas] learning skills in the play, or at least attempting to learn skills like shooting a bow and arrow,” she said. “It opens the door to travel and camaraderie with other gals.”

Miss Caledonia runs at Van-couver Island University’s Malaspina Theatre from Wednesday (April 15) until Saturday. The show starts at 7:30 p.m. each night and tickets are $23 for adults and $15 for students on Wednes-day. Tickets are $28 for adults and $15 for students on the remaining show dates.

For more information, including ticket purchases, please visit www.porttheatre.com or call the Port Theatre box office at 250-754-8550.

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Show highlights beauty of pageantsBest-selling author Barbara Coloroso will be sharing tips about dealing with bullying at the Port Theatre tonight (April 14) at 7 p.m.

IMISS CALEDONIA starts tomorrow at Malaspina Theatre.

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REZANSOFF, MichaelAugust 15, 1950 – March 31, 2015

On March 31, 2015, God gained a very special Angel. Michael Rezansoff, a devoted father, husband, friend, and well-loved commercial fi sherman of over 44 years passed away peacefully at NRGH with his wife and children by his side.

He was predeceased by his parents, Mary Rezansoff and Steve Korsa.

Michael leaves behind his beloved wife, Fulan Liu; son, Scott; daughters, Sherina and Krystina; grandchildren, Alexandra, Kayleigh, and Layton; as well as step daughter, Angela Labiuk, and daughter, Shelly Barber.

Please join the family for a celebration of Michael’s life at 1:00 PM on Saturday, April 18, 2015 at 761 Arbutus Avenue, Nanaimo, BC. Doors are open to his family, friends, and anyone who knew him.

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RICARD, GermainJuly 19, 1933 ~ April 1, 2015

With sadness, we announce the unexpected passing of Germain at his home in Nanaimo, BC.

He was predeceased by his wife, Phyllis, and his parents, George and Aurore Ricard.

Germain leaves behind his son, Thomas; daughters, Lea Huson (Doug Haydukewich) and Sandy (Rick) Hyam; grandchildren, Jolene (Jeff) Reinhardt, Erica (Mike) Powell, Joshua, Rod, and Kira; great grandchildren, Tye, Mylia, Falynn, and Justin; sisters, Sister Yvette Ricard and Therese LeChasseur; brothers, Marcel (Sue) and Dennis (Elsie); sister-in-law, Lorraine; as well as numerous nephews, nieces, and friends.

Private family gathering will be held in Vancouver, BC.

Flowers gratefully declined. If so desired, please consider making a donation to the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada.

Shaw, Ruth Helen Champagne

January 9, 1937 ~ April 6, 2015Ruth passed away peacefully on Monday, April 6, 2015, with her family by her side.Please visit www.sandsfunerals.com/nanaimo to share condolences.


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It is with sad hearts, we announce the passing of Rubie. She slipped away from us at the Nanaimo Hospital on March 19, 2015.

Rubie was well known in Nanaimo and was an

accomplished, award winning fl orist and business women.

Her fi rst shop, Malaspina Flowers, was on Commercial Street. Rubie purchased the store from her long-time friend, Jean Smith. Her next venture was Flowers & Designs by Rubie in Rutherford Mall. No matter where Rubie’s shop was located, her faithful customers followed. Her colorful delivery van could be seen everywhere in town.Rubie is survived by her loving husband of almost 50 years, Bill, Step-daughter Janice and her sister Rose-Anna Kelly (Peter) as well as numerous nieces and nephews.The family would like to thank the doctors and nurses at Nanaimo Hospital, especially the 4th fl oor night nurse Bryan Miller, RN for the kind care Rubie received while there.Celebration of life will be held for Rubie at 1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. on May 24th, 2015 at the Aggie Hall 1110-1st Avenue, Ladysmith.

Condolences may be offered at:[email protected]

Cogswell,(Pelser) Rubie Joan

September 21, 1929 ~ March 19, 2015

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Janes, Mildred(née Ridley)

October 21, 1918 – April 3, 2015Mildred passed away at Nanaimo Regional General Hospital after a brief illness.She was predeceased by her husband of 55 years, George, in 1996; son, Bobby; daughter, Linda; sister, Annie; brothers, Tom, Herb, and Len Ridley; and in-laws, Ada, Ray, and John (Babe) Janes.Mildred leaves behind her daughter, Kath (Stan) Brown; granddaughter, Gail (Craig); sister-in-law, Nettie Ridley; and nieces, nephews, and great-nieces and –nephews.She was a member of the CGIT and the Junior and Senior Choirs at Halliburton Street United Church. Mildred was also involved with the Norma Wingfield Unit of the UCW. When Halliburton closed, she transferred to St. Andrew’s United and continued her involvement with the Senior Choir. Mildred enjoyed reading, knitting, and cross-stitching. She loved her family and her church family.Celebration of Mildred’s life will be held at 1:00 PM on Wednesday, April 15, 2015 at St. Andrew’s United Church on Wesley Street in Nanaimo.Flowers gratefully declined. If so desired, please consider making a donation to St. Andrew’s United Church Organ Fund or to a charity of your choice.

Katrine FurunessAugust 22, 1943 – March 23, 2015Katrine passed away in Nanaimo on March 23, 2015.She is survived by her loving husband Myron, children Max (Kristy) & Olaf (Christina); grandchildren Owen, Alexandra, Lief, and Liam. Cousin Gordon Todd; nephew Michael. She is predeceased by her sisters Marnie Delany & Nuta Shtykoff, and her Mother Fyssa Pearson; her Stepfather Jim Pearson and her Father Nick. Katrine was 9 times President of The Sons of Norway; Some of her other accomplishments included Manager of the Harewood Mall for several years; the Tourism Nanaimo Board as well as advertising for CKEG Radio for a period of time.A celebration of life will be held in her honour at the Lantsville Legion Branch 257 on Saturday, April 18, 2015 from 1: pm – 4: pm.

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APRIL 14Kelly DuncansonAntonella PerryChristie WarrenAPRIL 15Dan DuncansonWarren JaquesAPRIL 16Gwendda SorenenBrad SchleyAPRIL 17Vincent Potskin

Audrey ClarkBailey BurnsBob HourstonMarlene LeuseuerAPRIL 18Al BarrassAl KirkleyKyle PaulAPRIL 19Arika NagiLogan MacGillivrayAPRIL 20Kimberly Brown

The Nanaimo News Bulletin along with Grower Direct and Dairy Queen would like to help you celebrate and acknowledge those special birthday and anniversary events of family and friends.We will publish all names provided, if received

prior to the 4 p.m. Thursday deadline. The Birthday and Anniversary dates must occur from Tuesday next week through to the following Monday. No ages will be published.1 LUCKY PERSON each week (picked by a draw)

will be awarded a complimentary 8” Dairy Queen Ice-cream cake, gift from GROWER DIRECT.

LAST WEEK’S WINNER: Florence Hardy

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Happy AnniversaryAPRIL 15 - Len & Johanne Kropielinki

APRIL 17 - Karen & Dan EllisonAPRIL 19 - Jean & Dan Murphy

REPORTERAre you ready for a new adventure? Being beside the ocean and world class hiking?The North Island Gazette newspaper on northern Vancouver Island, is looking for a reporter to help us produce dynamic and creative content for our print, web and social media platforms.

We are looking for a combination of education and experience in writing, reporting, photography and video skills. Experience with InDesign is also an asset.

The journalist must be a self-starter comfortable reporting news, features and sports.

We require a team player who can work in a cooperative environment and adheres to the highest journalistic standards.

We offer a competitive salary and benefit package based on experience. You must also have a valid driver's licence and a dependable vehicle.

The North Island Gazette is a member of Black Press, Canada’s largest independent print media company with more than 170 community, daily and urban newspapers across Canada and the United States.

Send your resume and references to:Kathy O'Reilly-TaylorPublisher, North Island Gazettec/o Campbell River Mirror104 - 250 Dogwood St. Campbell River, B.C. V9W 2X9Or e-mail: [email protected]

GAZETTENORTH ISLAND

Tourism Nanaimo is seeking a full-time Visitor Services Specialist.

Visit www.tourismnanaimo.com/jobs for details. Accepting applications until April

21st at 4pm.

CHILDCARE

EMPLOYER: N. KINNEBREW Child Care Provider for 2 chil-dren, Nanaimo, F/T. 10.30/hr 40hrs/wk per Educ: Secondary school or equiv. Exp: 1yr or more of f/t exp during the past 3 yrs. speak, read and write Eng. Work setting: Private home (live-out) Supervise and care for child, help w/home-work, Organize, act. such as games and outings for child, Prepare craft material and as-sist them to use them, Instruct child in personal hygiene and social dev’t. Read to child. As-sume full responsibility for household in absence of the family, Travel w/family on trips and assist w/child. Supervision and housekeeping duties. Take child to and from school and to appts. Perform house-keeping and cleaning duties. Maintain a safe and healthy environment in the home. Ap-ply at [email protected]

DRIVERS/COURIER/TRUCKING

Part Time-Driver Needed to start immediately approx 24hrs per week. Apply with resume and drivers abstract to Lady-smith Press 940 Oyster Bay Dr, by April 17th. No phone calls

DRIVERS/COURIER/TRUCKING

DRIVERS WANTEDAZ, DZ, 5, 3 or 1 w/ Airbrake

• Guaranteed 40hr. WorkWeek & Overtime

• Paid Travel & Lodging• Meal Allowance

• 4 Weeks Vacation• Excellent Benefi ts Package

Must be able to have extended stays away from home. Up to 6 months. Must have valid AZ, DZ, 5, 3 or 1 with airbrake license and have previous commercial driving experience.Apply at:www.sperryrail.com,

careers & then choosethe FastTRACK Application.

HELP WANTED

Burger King: at 1150 Termi-nal Avenue, Nanaimo & 2751 Cliffe Ave Courtenay, BC, needs P/T & F/T cashiers for early morning, evening & late night shifts. Apply in person between 11 am - 7 pm or email:[email protected].

PARTS MANAGER required at Comox Valley RV. Automo-tive or RV parts experience required. Email resume to [email protected]

HELP WANTED

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IS GROWINGF/T & P/T

Customer Service Positions

Energetic, reliable and hard working individuals to join our team. Be part

of our team and join the recycling industry.

Position entails weekend shifts and individuals must

enjoy dealing with the public, work in a fast

paced environment and be able to motivate

and communicate with all employees. Cash

handling duties an asset. Starting @ $11.50/hr

WE OFFER:• Benefi t Package• Permanent part time or

full time employment• Monetary Referral

Program• Yearly Bonus Plan• Excellent opportunities for advancement

Interested candidates please apply to

Regional Recycling 2375 Hayes Road.

Nanaimo, B.C.

TRADES, TECHNICAL

CERTIFIED HEAVY duty me-chanic. Union wages. Flexible hours. Full time position in Port McNeill. Email resumes to: [email protected]

HELP WANTED

PERSONAL SERVICES

MIND BODY & SPIRIT

MASSAGE EXCELLENT Touch. Richard (Downtown). Call (250)668-3714.

FINANCIAL SERVICES

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HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES

CLEANING SERVICES

LEMON TREE Housekeeping. Home and offi ce. Call Heidi (250)802-1984.

HELP WANTED


CLOCK/WATCH/JEWELLERY REPAIRS

CLOCK & WATCH REPAIRS 3rd generation watch maker. Antique & grandfather clock specialist. Call (250)618-2962.

COMPUTER SERVICES

COMPUTER PRO.$30 service call. Mobile Certifi ed Computer Tech. Virus removal. Seniors discount. 250-802-1187.

U-NEED-A-NERD Friendly on-site professional computer, website and design services. Jason is BACK! 250-585-8160 or visit: jasonseale.com

EAVESTROUGH

• Gutter cleaning• Wash vinyl siding • De-mossing roofs• Pressure washing• Windows

Brad [email protected]

GARDENING

REGULAR TUESDAY organic waste pick-up. Call (250)668-9563. www.wolvergreen.com

TREE PRUNING CHIPPING

HEDGE/SHRUBMAINTENANCECall the qualifi ed

specialist...certifi ed Garden

Designer/Arborist Ivan 250-758-0371

HANDYPERSONS

OLD FASHIONED HANDY-MAN Drywall, tile, plumbing, electrical, carpentry, painting, full baths, Quality work. Rea-sonable prices. 250-616-9095.

HAULING AND SALVAGE

FREE QUOTES: Same Day Rubbish, Yard Waste, Recy-cling, Donating. All hauling. 250-668-6851.

JUNK TO THE DUMP. Jobs Big or small, I haul it all! I recy-cle & donate to local charities. Sean (250)741-1159.

HOME IMPROVEMENTS

ALL TRADES- Home up-dates? Hardwood, Tile, Lami-nate, Kitchen & Bath Reno’s. All exterior Roofi ng, Siding, Decks & Fencing. References available. 250-722-0131.

BLUE OX Home Services- Expert Renovation & Handy-man Services. Refs & Insured. Call 250-713-4409, visit us at: www.Blueoxhomeservices.ca

FULL SERVICE Plumbing from Parker Dean. Fast, re-liable, 24/7 service. Take $50 off your next job if you present this ad. Vancouver area. 1-800-573-2928.

HOME RENOVATIONS: Carpentry, Kitchens & Baths; Plumbing, Ceramic Tile. Free Estimates. Call (250)756-2096

RENOVATE NOW! Expanding or Renovating

your home/bathroom/kitchen/basement?

Painting, Roofi ng & Finish Carpentry also available.

No job too small.Free estimates. Insured

Richard 250-729-7809

LANDSCAPING

RAY’S Clean-up & Garden Serv.

• Fencing/ Gutter Cleaning• Hedge Trim/landscaping• Home Maintenance• Power washing• Tree pruning• Lawn cutting/Yard renos• Blackberry removal

Ray Vandenberg www.rayscleanupandgarden.com

250-667-7777

& MOVING STORAGE

MOVING/ DELIVERIES. Stuck 4 A Truck. Quotes or hourly rate. Jason (250)668-6851.


& MOVING STORAGE

PAINTING

A-ONE PAINTING and Wall-papering. Serving Nanaimo for 30 years. Senior Discount. Free estimates. 250-585-6499

Small Island Painting

Interior ~ Exterior FREE ESTIMATES.

(250) 667-1189

MERCHANDISE FOR SALE

UNDER $200

KENMORE WASHER & dryer, older model, nice & clean, exc. working order, $150 for both obo. Must haul away. Call (250)756-0761.

FRIENDLY FRANK

3-TIER TEMPERED glass TV stand, excellent condition. $99. fi rm. Call 250-729-8665.

APARTMENT SIZE piano and bench, $95. Call for details (250)729-8717.

CLARKS LEATHER SHOES: Men’s size 9; excellent condi-tion. $25. 250-75-0338.

GOLF CLUBS: set of left-handed ladies complete with bags, $99 obo. (250)758-1652

KENMORE WASHER & DRY-ER: Good working condition. $$25. each 250-751-0338

LARGE OAK Antique coffee table, $90. Call (250)758-4843.

NEW 50’ roll of galvanized link chain fencing , 4’h, $85 obo. Call 250-756-1637.

PATIO TABLE with 7 chairs: will sell separate. $70. 250-758-5073

PORTABLE BBQ: (Costco), 3 - burner Stove, Accessory tree, Hoses & Propane. $99.250-756-2398

STIHL ELECTRIC Weed eat-er, model FSE 60. $50. 250-753-5780.

Thermal Paned brown anod-ized aluminum windows 58wx46.5h.$75.250-244-4415.

TROUT HOOKS: World’s fi n-est; Long fl y or bait size #2. 30 boxes (100 per box) $2.50 each. 250-729-0875.

TWO HANKOOK H426 Radial Tires: 195/65R15 6 mm Tread Depth - off Hyundai Elantra $40 O.B.O. 250-758-7342

WHITE FRIDGE, Goldstar ex-cellent cond. 19”D x 32”H x 18.5”W. $95. 250-758-0511.

FUEL/FIREWOOD

COASTAL MOUNTAIN FIRE-WOOD- Call 250-468-9660. 1-866-768-8886 (Nanoose).

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HOT TUB (SOFTUB)

• Six person• Hunter Green• complete with power

pack and folding lid. • Excellent condition. $1200. O.B.O.email: [email protected]

250-751-0961

SAWMILLS FROM only $4,397 - Make money & save money with your own bandmill - Cut lumber any dimension. In stock ready to ship. Free info & DVD: www.NorwoodSaw mills.com/400OT or call 1-800-566-6899 Ext:400OT.

REAL ESTATE

HOUSES FOR SALE

NEW TOWNHOUSE 2-BDRM + DEN

N. Nanaimo, close to everything. SS appliances,

granite countertops, garage, 9’ ceilings, HW fl oors, built-in

vac, security system, new home warranty & more. Last Unit. $249,900!

(250)754-5327 or (250)729-5200.

RENTALS

APARTMENT/CONDO

DOWNTOWN NANAIMO- 1bdrm furnished, city/ocean view, clean & quiet building.NS/NP. References. Call (250)753-1930.DOWNTOWN NANAIMO: 2 bdrm apartment, with harbourview N/P. refs. 250-729-1997.DOWNTOWN NANAIMO- Large 1 bdrm apartment. N/P.Refs. Call (250)729-1997.HOSPITAL AREA- Bach/1 or 2bdrm. Free H/W, heat. Freecable or net for 1 year for newtenants only. 250-616-1175.LADYSMITH: $1226/mo. 55+ Building, 385 Davis Rd, Ocean& Harbour Views, 2 Bdrm suite250-246-5688.LADYSMITH- VERY close todowntown. Quiet, 1180sq ft, 2bath, D/W, nice electric F/P,W/D, fenced, 2 animals al-lowed, town utilities included.N/S only, $850/mo. Avail May1. Call Catrina 250-245-5318.NANAIMO: TOP fl r 2 bdrmApt. Clean and quiet building.Avail. Apr 1. Central location,intercom, elevator. Free hotwater. NS/NP. Refs. $795/mo.Call Mark/Don 250-753-8633.

COMMERCIAL/INDUSTRIAL

COMMERCIAL SPACE avail.at Timberlands Mobile HomePark, 3581 Hallberg Rd.Suitable for restaurant or smallgrocery. Call 250-245-3647.

DUPLEXES/4PLEXES

HAREWOOD- 2 bdrm sxs du-plex, quiet tenants, F/S, W/D,microwave. $850 inclds hydroand utils. NP/NS. Avail now.Refs req’d. (250)753-1657.

MISCELLANEOUS FOR RENT

Widsten Property Management Inc- Rental Properties available - All sizes ,All prices.www.islandrent.com

MOBILE HOMES & PADS

TIMBERLAND MOBILE Home Park; 2 mobile homelots for rent at $450/mo; 1 onFamily side and 1 Seniors.Call (250)245-3647.

HOMES FOR RENT

CLOSE TO VIU- 4 bdrms, 2bath. $1300+utils. Call 250-618-6800, 250-619-0416.

OFFICE/RETAIL

DOWNTOWN NANAIMO: Award winning Gallery RowHeritage Buildings. Busy streetfrontage, high visibility. Retail spaces avail.; 300sqft,$880/mo. AND 608sqft, $1530/mo. (250)754-5174

SUITES, LOWER

UNIVERSITY AREA- large 1bdrm, newly reno’d. Nearbus, shopping, schools, sepentry. $800 hydro incl. NP/NS.250-585-6273 / 797-2671.

SUITES, UPPER

CLOSE TO Town- ocean view, 1 bdrm, $650. Includescable. Call (250)618-6800,(250)619-0416.

DOWNTOWN: RENO’D 3-bdrm, fenced yrd $1250. Utils,& laundry incld (250)247-8498.

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Alzheimer’s help offered

Changes in communication and behaviour are common in people living with Alzheimer’s disease or other dementias.

Area families can learn practical techniques for living with those changes during a free tele-workshop offered by the non-profit Alzheimer Society of B.C. Understanding Communication runs April 20 at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m.

To connect to the session, please call 1-866-994-7745, then entering pass code 1122333 when prompted, or visiting momentum.adobeconnect.com/alzheimerbc and entering as a guest to listen to and view the presentation online at the same time.

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Sport grant intake open

Tourism Nanaimo will be accepting applications for the second intake for sport event hosting grants until 4 p.m. on April 30.

The purpose of the grants is to provide funding to organizations hosting multi-day sporting events.

A total of $20,000 is available in grant funding.

Eligible applicants must host an event of two days or more, with a significant portion of the participants and spectators staying at least one night in paid accommodation in the Nanaimo region.

Grant announcements will be made by June 15.

For program criteria, please visit www.tourismnanaimo.com/local-sport-organizations.

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Pear-fectionVIU Professional Baking instructor Ken Harper, left, coaches Esther LePage in the preparation of her entry in the U.S.A. Pear Bureau’s national competition in Montreal today (April 14). LePage’s recipe for pear custard cheese crumble earned her the right to represent B.C. in the competition, which carries a prize of $2,500 for the winning student and $500 for the school.

Three non-profit organizations have partnered to explore provi-sion of a Community Navigator service for people recovering from brain injury and stroke.

The program, sponsored by March of Dimes Canada, Nanaimo Brain Injury Society and Stroke Recovery Asso-ciation of B.C., would connect trained volunteers with people recovering from brain injury and

stroke while in hospital; answer questions and help navigate the health care system; follow up once patients are home from hospital; assist with self-manage-ment strategies; and access com-munity programs and education.

The community partners host an information session at Beban Park social centre April 22, 6-7:30 p.m. Please contact Wendy John-stone at 1- 250-650-2359.

Program to help brain injuries explored

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Notice of Open House and Town Hall Meeting for the Foothills Neighbourhood in Lantzville

Tuesday, April 21st 4-‐9pm (with a formal presentation at 7pm) The Lantzville Legion -‐ 7225 Lantzville Rd

Following several years of little progress, the Foothills Neighbourhood project in Lantzville is under new management and is preparing to move forward with its next steps in planning, design, engineering and approvals. The community is invited to drop by the Open House at the Lantzville Legion between 4:00 pm and 7:00 pm on April 21st to view display boards and talk to District representatives and the Foothills team, attend the brief presentation (starts at 7:00 pm), and participate in the Town Hall meeting immediately following the presentation.

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It’s time to recognize Canada’s 13.3 million volunteers. Now in its 73rd year, National Volunteer Week takes place the week of April 12th - April 18th, 2015.Canada’s volunteers make a tremendous contribution and are involved in more ways than ever. They complete their tasks through email, smartphone and social media. Volun-teers sign and share petitions, participate in fundraisers, govern organizations as board members, lead rescue efforts - the list is end-less. Everyday, Canadians lend a hand to their friends and neighbours - in turn inspiring people to seek out ways to engage in their communities.Please join us in celebrating their invaluable efforts. Thank you to all Volunteers who gra-ciously donate their time and energy. You all make a difference.

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Donors and com-munity partners of Nanaimo-Ladysmith Schools Foundation will be honoured at an appreciation tea on Thursday (April 16), 1:30-3:30 p.m. at John Barsby

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“We so appreci-ate the financial support we receive from our donors and community partners – their generosity allows us to help vulner-able students and to reward accom-plished Grade 12 graduates with

scholarships and bursaries for higher education,” said Crystal Dennison, executive director of the community based non-profit schools foundation.

“Our appreciation tea allows us to express our grati-tude and to report how the financial support helps stu-dents at School Dis-

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The Nanaimo and District BC SPCAwould like to thank its many volunteers and

foster families for all the hard work they have put in throughout 2014 and into 2015.

Without help from these wonderful people we would not be able to provide the level of care that we do for our more than 1200 animals that we took into care last year. To our dogwalkers, cat and small animals carers, foster families and to those who simply help us maintain and clean the shelter we thank you. The donation of one’s time is such a valuable and selfless act and we so appreciate all of you. You make our job much easier.To show our appreciation we will be hosting a volunteer appreciation picnic (meat-free) on Sunday April 19th between noon - 3 pm at Westwood Lake. There will be delicious sandwiches, wonderful salads, desserts and refreshments available all free of charge! We invite all of our volunteers to join us! If you are interested in volunteering, learn more online at spca.bc.ca/nanaimo.

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All the nearly 270 women and men volunteers who donated 49,577 hours of their time last year. The efforts of these wonderful, selfless people made it possible for the Auxiliary to make a financial donation of $250,000 toward the completion of the two new operating theaters at the Hospital. In addition, we provided over $60,000 to various Hospital departments, and facilities in order to purchase extra equipment and care items, which are used to make patients’ visits to the hospital a little more comfortable.Thanks to your efforts the Auxiliary makes a real difference in the Nanaimo community every day.

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Pirates score 30 runs on first road trip

BY GREG SAKAKITHE NEWS BULLETIN

The Nanaimo Pirates scored a boatload of runs as they set sail on the 2015 season.

The Pirates split road doubleheaders against the Victoria Eagles and Langley Blaze to begin the B.C. Premier Baseball League season, los-ing 20-8 and winning 7-2 against the Eagles on Saturday and then losing 9-8 and win-ning 7-3 against the Blaze on Sunday.

Doug Rogers, Pirates manager, said his players were hunting the ball in the strike zone and attacking it.

“Everybody loves offence,” he said. “It’s a little tough on us as coaches – we like pitching and defence. But it’s a lot of fun to watch, no question. Even I get caught up in it when guys are hitting the ball around the park like that.”

Pirates pitchers struggled with first-pitch strikes and getting the leadoff man out in innings, but guys recognized some things they can do better.

“[It’s] not unex-pected this time of year … you’re going to have some kids that are game ready and some that aren’t,” Rogers said. “It was nice that we bounced back in the second game of both days; that was impressive. Hope-fully we’re on the right track now.”

Clippers draw first blood in finalsBY GREG SAKAKITHE NEWS BULLETIN

The Nanaimo Clip-pers are halfway there.

The city’s junior A hockey club won the first two games of the BCHL’s Fred Page Cup finals on the road, defeating the Penticton Vees 5-2 on Friday and then 2-1 in overtime the next night.

“It’s something special going on right now,” said Mike Vandekamp, Clippers coach.

The Shipmen returned to Nanaimo with an unpredicted two-games-to-none series lead. The Clips won Satur-day’s Game 2 when Brett Roulston fired a wrist shot high over Vees goalten-der Hunter Miska just 20 seconds into OT.

“Brett’s been a heart-and-soul player for us all year…” Vandekamp said. “He’s worked real hard for us in a lot of other areas, and so it was nice to see him score that goal.”

At this stage of the post-season, there are heroes every night, but the Clip-pers coaches don’t talk about that sort of thing to motivate guys during games, Vandekamp said.

“It’s important for the players just to continue to

play really well as a team,” he said. “Sometimes guys can stretch beyond that trying to be the hero.”

Goalie Guillaume Decelles was another game star Saturday, making 37 saves as his team was outshot 38-23. Vees captain Cody DePourcq opened the scoring 13 minutes into the first period, Clips forward Sheldon Rempal tied it five and a half minutes later and the score held until OT.

The day before,

the Shipmen broke open a 1-1 game with four straight second-period goals. Anthony Rinaldi had a two-goal game in the series opener, Yanni Kaldis, Rempal and Ryan Forbes were the other scorers and Decelles made 36 saves as shots ended up 38-24. Demico Hannoun and Jack Ramsey scored Penticton’s goals.

Vandekamp said over the first two games of the series, his team spent more time in

its own end than it wanted to, but defended well, com-peting with compo-sure and keeping the opponent to the outside.

“We persevered, stuck with it well throughout the weekend,” the coach said. “I just really like our battle level. We were com-peting every shift and that’s what the finals are going to be about. Every shift’s going to be a real battle.”

That was expected to continue to be the case as the

series moved to Nanaimo for Game 3 and Game 4. Pentic-ton is an “extremely formidable foe,” said Vandekamp, and will be hungry to win after the results of the first two games.

“It was definitely the start we were looking for. But it is just that, it’s just the start,” the coach said. “This is a series. Every game is going to continue to be more and more difficult as we go and big-ger and bigger each game.”

GAME ON … Game 3 was played Mon-day after press time. Game 4 is tonight (April 14) at 7 p.m. at Frank Crane Arena. For ticket information, please visit www.nanai-moclippers.com.

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Penticton Vees goalie Hunter Miska is tangled up with Nanaimo Clippers forward Nicolas Carrier in the second period of Game 1 of the B.C. Hockey League Fred Page Cup finals on Friday night at the South Okanagan Events Centre.

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Boxla battle

Nanaimo Tim-bermen junior B player Jordan Terris, left, is checked by Tim-bermen senior B opponent Kelsey Maguire during an exhibition game Sunday at the Nanaimo Ice Centre.

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Pirates plan for home openerFrom /27

Zach Diewert had a huge opening weekend, homering twice and totalling 11 RBIs.

He had a single, triple and three RBIs in the season opener at Victoria and Cole Warken also drove in three runs.

In the rematch, Garrett Goodall was the winning pitcher, allowing four hits and two runs while striking out seven in a complete game. Diewert had a home run and three RBIs and Shawn Arab-sky, Matt Skingle and North

Rainey had two hits apiece.In Sunday’s early game, the

Pirates led most of the way before falling. Josh Carless-Jones and Skingle had two hits apiece and Aaron Page had a double.

In the weekend finale, Diew-ert homered and singled and tallied five RBIs to lead his team. Rainey had three hits and two stolen bases and Warken had three hits and three runs scored. Page was the winning pitcher, throwing 4 1/3 shutout innings while striking out four.

The next action for the pre-mier Pirates is their home opener Sunday (April 19) against the Abbotsford Car-dinals.

“People who come out to the stadium are going to have a lot of fun watching this team, because we put up a ton of runs…” said Rogers. “Hopefully we get some peo-ple out there to see the new version here.”

GAME ON … Sunday’s start times are 11 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. at Serauxmen Stadium.

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Three youths picked for cup

B.C. Hockey’s high-performance program has its eye on three Nanaimo teens.

Dawson Heathcote, Jaden Little and Kyle Pow were all named to U16 B.C. Cup rosters for this year’s tournament, to be held April 22-26 in Salmon Arm.

Heathcote, a forward, will skate for the Bruins, Pow, a defenceman, will play for the Stars and Little will tend goal for the Flyers.

Standouts from the B.C. Cup tourney will be invited to provincial camp in Nanaimo in July.

Distance runner sets new record

A Nanaimo Track and Field Club athlete started the season with a record-setting result.

Sean Miller won the junior men’s 5,000-metre event Saturday at the Emilie Mondor Invitational Meet at Simon Fraser University. Miller shattered his personal best by 43 seconds to post a time of 15 minutes, 20.79 seconds, a meet record.

Also at the meet, Carter Higgins placed third in 400m hurdles in his youth division.

In other track club news, a spring topsoil fundraiser is being held this month. For more information, please visit www.nanaimotrackand field.com.

Hub City Hoops hops on court

Basketball season doesn’t need to end. Nanaimo’s Hub City Hoops is offering a few different ways for boys to keep playing this spring.

A U14 Mariners junior team has already been chosen and tryouts for a U15 squad are coming up April 24 from 5-8 p.m. at Dover Bay Secondary School. The team will practise Tuesday and Thursday nights at Vancouver Island University and play in various weekend tournaments on and off the Island.

There is also a mini-hoops program starting next month for boys in Grade 6-7.

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VIBI Mariners win close ones

Every game was close, and the VIBI Mariners kept finding a way to win.

Nanaimo’s Vancou-ver Island Baseball Institute Mariners won three out of four games this past weekend against the Okanagan Coyotes in Canadian College Baseball Conference action at Serauxmen Stadium.

It was the second-straight three-win weekend for VIBI and lifted the Mari-ners (8-8) past the Coyotes in the stand-ings. The M’s won by scores of 3-2 and 3-1 on Saturday, then won Sunday’s early game 2-1 before fall-ing 5-4 in the series finale.

The M’s set the tone for the weekend in the first game, pushing the win-ning run across in the bottom of the ninth inning. Bryan O’Hara’s RBI single

scored Gobind Sall. Sall and Andrew Evernden had two hits apiece and Kris Phillips was the win-ning pitcher.

In the second game, Kenton Schroter earned the ‘W’ on the mound, going seven innings, allowing four hits and strik-

ing out six. Offence came from Connor Merilees and Tyson Dyck, who had two hits apiece.

Sunday’s game

turned in the sixth inning, when Mer-ilees hit a two-run home run that held up as the winning hit. Austin Penner threw seven innings, allow-ing only two hits and no earned runs.

The Mariners had a chance to sweep the weekend, as they led the finale 4-0, but sur-rendered the winning run in the top of the ninth. Dyck had two doubles and Sall had a pair of hits, too.

GAME ON … The M’s play exhibition games Wednesday (April 15) on the mainland against Douglas College. VIBI’s only other home games this sea-son will be April 29 against Douglas.

GREG SAKAKI/ThE NEwS BullETIN

Okanagan Coyotes baserunner Bryan Elias, left, dodges VIBI Mariners first base-man Tyson Dyck, who is pulled off the bag to snag a throw during Canadian Col-lege Baseball Conference action Saturday at Serauxmen Stadium.

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Youth Week in B.C. doesn’t hap-pen until May, but the City of Nanaimo Parks, Recreation and

Environment department has numer-ous programs to enrich youths.

According to Megan Lum, recre-ation coordinator, sports are among spring offerings.

“This spring, our sports programs for teens have been going really, really great, so we opened up this year, floor hockey, bas-ketball and badminton all at Oliver Woods (Community Centre) in the gyms and those have been going well,” said Lum.

For parents and teens who want to work out together, there is the Parent and Teen Car-dio Circuit program at Nanaimo Aquatic Centre, which Lum said is a great way to keep the whole family moving.

There are more than just athletics, according to Lum. There are pro-grams that develop leadership skills.

“We’re going into the 32nd summer of our Leaders in Training and Quest programs, those are popular,” said Lum. “We’re really excited to just have that back up and running again for the summer.

“I know a lots of people really look

for that program,” she said.The leaders program is for 13- to

18-year-olds and a junior program is available for 11- to 15-year-olds.

“That (junior program) is a two-week summer camp-esque program, but still focuses on leadership skills specifically for teenagers, so that one’s really cool as well,” said Lum.

A workplace safety and Workplace Hazardous Materials Information Sys-tem certification class will be offered, which will benefit teens job hunting this summer.

Work is also being done to update the Youth Resource Guide, a central-ized database of all manner of youth services in Nanaimo.

“What we’re trying to do this season is expand it beyond just crisis services for teens and recognizing that while there are teens in crisis ... there’s also a population of youth in our town that aren’t in crisis and just looking for something to do,” said Lum.

She is hoping that the new guide will launch during youth week as well.

“I just want to see kids in this town be active ... I just want kids to know what’s going on, so that they can really get engaged. Be a part of their community and feel like they belong,” Lum said.

For more information, please see the activity guide, which is available at rec centres and online at the parks, recreation and environment tab at www.nanaimo.ca.

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Megan Lum, City of Nanaimo recreation coordinator, says youth programs offered are beneficial to teenagers. Lum is pictured at Altrusa Playground at Beban Park, where Leaders in Training youth program participants will be during the summer months.

Parks and rec programs target Nanaimo youthIkids ANd TeeNs can take

advantage of sports and educational events.

I just want kids to know what’s going on, so that they can really get engaged.

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to visit one of Nanaimo’s beautiful parks

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It seems like there is a lot more conversation lately around the topic of growing our own food. It makes a lot of sense to do so because grow-ing our own food has so many advantages. The food tastes bet-ter, it saves us money, it is more environmentally responsible and the food pro-duced is often healthier.

With that in mind, take a look at some of the programs being offered by the City of Nanaimo to help commu-nity members learn about

backyard gardening:Backyard fruit production –

Learn how to grow lus-cious fruits and berries in your own yard. Held Satur-day (April 18).

Plant propagation – You can save money by easily propagating plants without the use of fancy equip-ment. Held May 9.

Grow your own groceries – This hands-on work-shop will teach about soil prepa-ration, compost-ing, starting and planting seeds, harvesting, cooking tips and more. Held on May 23.

Heavenly herbs –Taste, touch and

smell a wonderful variety of delicious and beautiful culinary herbs that will add zest to your culinary

creations. Everyone will go home with herbs to start in your garden. Held June 13.

Winter food gardening –Take advantage of our West Coast climate and learn how to grow your own food throughout the fall and winter seasons. Held July 11.

In addition to the various programs that are being offered this season, Parks, Recreation and Environ-ment is partnering with Nanaimo Area Land Trust for the first ever Commu-nity Inter-Action on Food Security.

Held on April 26 at Bowen Park, this event features a meaningful discussion on exploring a food security strategy for the Nanaimo area with local resource people and includes a lunch featuring locally grown wild foods.

Leading up to that event,

Nancy Turner, renowned ethnoecologist and eth-nobiologist, will be at Bowen Park on April 21, 7 p.m., discussing her book, Earth’s Blanket – Tradi-tional Teachings for Sustain-able Living.

Finally, did you know that there are community gardens found in the city where you can rent plots or volunteer? This is a great way to have a garden and produce food even if you don’t have the tradi-tional backyard (see story below).

For more information on our programs, special events or community gar-dens, please visit our web-site at www.nanaimo.ca or call us at 250-756-5200.

◆Tammy Toor is a com-

munications specialist with Nanaimo Parks, Recreation and Environment.

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Programs help gardeners get growingI INFORMATION ON

food security also part of series.

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Residents in Nanaimo have the option to utilize one of the com-munity gardens located in city parks.

In the past six years, the city supported the development of five community gardens in city parks – Beaufort Park, Smugglers Park on Protection Island, Beban

Park, Pawson Park and Forest Drive Park. Those interested in renting a space can visit the Com-munity Gardens page on the city website for contact information. Neighbourhoods interested in starting up a community garden can contact the City of Nanaimo at [email protected].

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