Nanaimo News Bulletin, January 30, 2014

Judge rules Teachers’ union allowed to negotiate class size, composition.

Heart’s content Kesa Van Osch headed to national curling competition.

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Nanaimo aims to lure Victoria business north

Lantzville weighs reducing council

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Lantzville politicians will consider putting council seats on the chopping block as part of a push to save taxpayers money.

Coun. Jennifer Millbank put councillors on notice Monday that she will be bringing forward a motion in February to reduce the size of council from seven to five. Millbank says the rural council’s make up is an “anomaly” thanks to its incorporation as a district. While the munici-pality is the size of a town which only requires a total of five people at the council table, its geo-graphic area and designa-tion as a district requires it to elect seven.

According to Millbank, the district has the same representation as an urban centre of 50,000 people. She questions if council’s current size is needed when most of the community’s geographic area is under-developed. With a mandate to save taxpayers money, she argues reducing council could eliminate an esti-mated $25,000 a year – the equivalent of 1.5 per cent in taxes – and reduce staff workload.

The change is sup-ported by Mayor Jack de Jong, who agrees there would be a direct financial benefit, but Coun. Denise Haime is concerned about putting decision making in the hands of five and believes there are better ways to cut expenses.

The move to reduce the size of council would require politicians to pass the first three readings of a new bylaw six months before the election and seek the approval of the voting public.

If passed, it would take effect in 2017.

“The big thing about having seven people on council is you encour-age more people to get involved ... you get better representation because you have a better diver-sity of opinion on coun-cil,” Haime said, adding every person on council could be doing something for the benefit of the com-munity.

“If we were really sincere [about cutting] money, why aren’t we looking at our own house? Why don’t we cut the confer-ence budget, our discre-tionary budget? There are so many things we spend money on that we don’t need to.”

T h e p r o p o s a l i s expected to land on the table next month, leading up to the civic election in November.

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The Greater Victoria Development Agency is tak-ing no offence to Nanaimo’s new campaign to lure away Capital Region businesses – it’s urging the Harbour City to think bigger.

Nanaimo Economic Devel-opment Corporation has just launched a print cam-paign in the province’s capi-tal, aimed at showcasing the Harbour City as an afford-able and attractive alterna-tive for Capital Region and Victoria businesses.

The two-month long $7,500 advertising strategy highlights the testimonials of Nanaimo business lead-ers and what keeps them in the Harbour City in an attempt to show how the community stacks up as a place for expansion and relocation.

According to Sasha Angus, chief executive officer for Nanaimo Economic Devel-opment Corporation, no community has a right to the businesses that operate within its borders, mak-ing it important to ensure the Nanaimo area remains competitive as an attractive place to invest and do busi-ness.

“It’s smart and it’s ... maybe aggressive is the wrong word but definitely proactive,” Angus said, of the Victoria campaign.

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They prepared, practised, played and performed all year. They achieved. They overachieved. They’re the best.

And at the Nanaimo Sport Achievement Awards this week, some of them will be distinguished as the best of the best.

The ninth annual awards gala will be held Saturday (Feb. 1) at the Coast Bastion Hotel, celebrating top athletes, teams, coaches, officials and sport administrators. The event begins at 6 p.m. and there will be cocktails, dinner, a silent auction and raffle leading up to the awards presentations.

Tickets are $65 and may be purchased by calling Marilyn Sullivan at 250-716-6110.

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Sarah Kedves and Lucas Pallard perform their routine.Samira Rusman can swim laps and laps. Graham Spencer, MMA champion.

Aaron Schulze embraces teammates after the the World’s Longest Indoor Hockey Game.

Sport Achievement Awards celebrate city’s champions

Jason Clare gets some serious hang time.

This year’s Nanaimo Sport Achievement Awards finalists:

Male Team Athlete of the Year - Brandon Jones, basketball; Whitman Tomusiak, football; Chae Faickney, football.Female Team Athlete of the Year - Sara Simovic, basketball; Jocelyn Jones, basketball; Kalli Gordon, golf.Male Individual Athlete of the Year - Graham Spencer, mixed martial arts; Byron Trajan, triathlon; Eli Wyse, martial arts.Female Individual Athlete of the Year -

Erin Burrett, running; Katelynn Ramage, race walk; Melissa Liew, badminton.Junior Male Athlete of the Year - Brandon Parker, football; Josh Burgmann, baseball; Jason Clare, track and field.Junior Female Athlete of the Year - Marita DeSchiffart, track and field; Victoria Behie, volleyball; Bernadette Alvarez, karate.Masters Athlete of the Year - Samira Rusman, swimming; Jack Gilmour, trap shooting; Bill Hollingshead, track and field.Partners of the Year - Riley Kazanowski and Caleb Harder, beach volleyball; Lucas

Pallard and Sarah Kedves, figure skating; Justin Mark and Jeff Riemer, adventure racing.High-Performance Coach of the Year - Matt Kuzminski, basketball; Matthew Blokker, football; Bill McWhinnie, basketball.Grassroots Coach of the Year - Sean Roden, football; Rob Stevenson, football; Tyler Heisterman, track and field.Team of the Year - Nanaimo Redmen midget football; VIU Mariners men’s basketball; Nanaimo White Rapids Div. 7 girls’ relay swim team.Junior Team of the Year - Dover Bay

senior boys’ cross-country; John Barsby Bulldogs AA varsity football; NDSS Islanders senior AAA girls’ volleyball.Sport Administrator of the Year - Aileen Mutch Faickney, football; Brenda and Phil Levesque, hockey; Jazz Sohal, soccer.Official of the Year - Mike Walker, badminton; Lianne Rear, roller derby; Rick Kitsul, softball.Sports Story of the Year - World’s Longest Indoor Hockey Game; Western Canada Cup hockey tournament; BMO Team of the Week’s Harbour City FC U8 Team France.

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Curious about property crime hot spots? There’s a map for that.

The Nanaimo RCMP and City of Nanaimo launched an interactive online map Mon-day to give residents a new tool to track property crime.

Gary O’Brien, spokesper-son for the Nanaimo RCMP, said the map is all about transparency – people have a right to know what’s hap-pening in their neighbour-hoods.

By sharing information about where thefts, mischief and break-ins are happening, people might also be more inclined to report crime, rally with their neighbours or create a block watch pro-gram, he said.

The new feature, which will be maintained by the city,

shows the last six months of property crime. People can share information on social media and use links for indi-vidual crimes to report tips to Crime Stoppers.

Eventually the map could also pinpoint the location of crimes like assaults and driving offences.

“I totally understand there could be a fear factor, but this is all about transpar-ency,” O’Brien said. “Crime will never go away, but let’s address it together.”

According to police, the new map on the city’s website – also accessible by cell phone – will create discussion, awareness and education and provides the community with an opportunity to work toward safer homes. For example, Block Watch groups can use the new tool to educate themselves about property crime activities in their neighbourhoods, allowing them to adjust their efforts and make well-informed decisions, said Ryland Well-wood, the Nanaimo RCMP’s

criminal analyst. The data includes informa-

tion ranging from the date of the crime to type and area, but excludes exact location. Crime information will be uploaded weekly.

The unveiled tool is a posi-tive, according to Nanaimo Coun. George Anderson, who says it will help the public be more aware about what’s happening in their neighbourhood and com-munity.

Coun. Fred Pattje raised the point that the map could affect the home-buy-ing decisions of new resi-dents, but RCMP inspector Al O’Donnell said the map is “only a snapshot” and shows crime is fluid. No neighbour-hood is exempt.

The map helps keep peo-ple informed, he said.

“It’s easy to live in your neighbourhood and believe nothing occurs,” O’Donnell said.

The map is available at www.nanaimo.ca/cr ime reporting.

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Crafty quiltersDona-Mae Bauer works on a construction vehicle quilt on Saturday morning at the Nanaimo Quilters’ Guild’s 15th annual Quilt Bee at Oliver Woods Community Centre. Approximately 50 quilters worked on quilts which will be donated to the Haven Society.

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Thanks to a ruling from the B.C. Supreme Court, class size and composition should be back on the table as teachers and the province negotiate a new collective agreement.

The B.C. Liberals and teachers have been in a long-standing feud, with the two issues amongst those at the forefront. The Liberals passed Bill 28 in 2002, which stripped nego-tiation rights for class size and composition, something that was deemed unconstitutional in 2011. The Liberals subsequently passed Bill 22 in 2012 to address the issue but in her deci-sion Monday, Justice Susan Griffin ruled Bill 22 was “virtually identical” to Bill 28.

Nanaimo District Teachers’ Association pres-ident Mike Ball was happy with the announce-ment and said the ruling will have a bearing on how the B.C. Teachers’ Federation teachers’ union approaches the current round of nego-tiations.

“It means we have a starting point when we talk about class size and class composition now, it means that we already have that lan-guage back in play to start from,” Ball said. “[Griffin] quite clearly said that the two sides can continue to bargain from there but they have to bargain in good faith, they can’t just ignore it now. Our expectation will be that those class sizes and compositions will be put back and they will be honoured by the school boards.”

The current contract between the province and the teachers expired June 30 and while the federation was expecting a salary proposal last week, Ball said it is hoping to see the proposal at the next bargaining date on Feb. 6.

The provincial government will also have to pay $2 million in damages to the teachers’ fed-eration. The Ministry of Education said it will examine Griffin’s ruling before deciding on its next course of legal action. An appeal is pos-sible.

More than 1,200 educational staff were affected in 2002. B.C. Teachers’ Federation president Jim Iker said he expects school dis-tricts across the province will have to do some rehiring in order to keep class sizes down.

Nanaimo school board chairwoman Dot Neary said it is too soon to comment on how Monday’s ruling will affect the school district and the 2014-15 budget.

“There’s no way of knowing what the rami-fications are for individual districts or the education system as a whole I think until the air’s clear,” Neary said. “Until the government’s done its review, we’re in holding mode; we’re just waiting to see what the outcome might be and what the impact might be for districts and that’s across the board.”

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Fisher jailed for selling illegal catch

A commercial fish-ing boat master will serve jail time after being found guilty of Fisheries Act vio-lations for the third time in six years.

Stanley Matthew Steer was sen-tenced last Novem-ber to a six-month prison sentence for seven counts related to illegal fishing in incidents between July 2010 and January 2011, when he was mas-ter of the ship Pacific Titan.

Among the viola-tions were selling tuna, halibut and sablefish caught without a licence.

The evidence presented at the trial included tes-timony from 11 civilian witnesses, including business owners from World-wide Seafoods and French Creek Sea-foods.

“I have been pro-vided with victim impact statements from representa-tives from the fishing industry, deploring Mr. Steer’s conduct and requesting that I impose a serious penalty on him,” said Justice Ted Gouge, who found Steer guilty in June in Nanaimo Provin-cial Court.

“For the reasons put forward in those statements, the industry, in its own interest, should act to encourage whistle-blowers,” he said.

Steer was also fined $15,000 and is banned from fish-ing in Canadian and American waters for 10 years.

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But the first-term councillor said the motion is mostly an effort to find more tax savings and give residents a chance to consider if it’s worth-while to spend money on “two extra politi-cians.”

Each councillor was paid approximately $9,194 in 2012 on top of expenses that ranged from $1,795 to $3,488. Last year’s data is not yet avail-able.

“Lantzville is a new municipality,” Mill-bank said. “We’ve had the chance to go through a few elec-tion cycles and I think

it’s time for the com-munity to take a look and see if the council size is appropriate.”

De Jong’s platform in the 2011 election campaign included looking at the size of council, which he felt over-represented the community. The Town of Qualicum, for example, has double the population with five politicians.

The mayor told the News Bulletin he still believes in the need to consider the number of seats on council and believes there could be finan-cial benefits and more concrete discussion with fewer politicians.

“I’ve put the pluses and minuses on paper and the net sum of it is we have a lot of representation in the community. Too much,” he said. “My feeling, unless coun-cil convinces me oth-erwise, is to put it on the election ballot.”

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The city has appointed a new fire chief for Nanaimo Fire Rescue.

Craig Richardson, currently serving as deputy chief of operations, will officially take over the top job at Nanaimo Fire Rescue Feb. 17.

Richardson started his firefighting career with Surrey Fire Department in 1990 and joined Nanaimo Fire Rescue as assistant chief in 2005.

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about 8:15 a.m., a 12-year-old boy was riding his scooter on a path connecting Entwhistle Drive and Frank J. Ney Elementary School when he was followed by a man who got out of a white, stake-bed truck.

The driver was described as being in his 60s with grey hair and a moustache who was wearing a tuque, dark jeans and a black and grey checkered jacket. He did not try to communicate with the boy.

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opment Agency’s Dallas Gis-lason said it is common prac-tice in the economic develop-ment world for communities to try and convince assets to relocate and nothing to get offended about, but Nanaimo has an opportunity to look at the larger picture.

“If we are competing in amongst ourselves [that’s] not economic development, [that’s] moving pawns around rather than looking at the big-ger picture,” Gislason said, adding he’d like to see the two communities collabo-rate in positioning Vancouver Island for foreign investment.

Metropolitan cities like Van-couver, Seattle and Portland are making decisions to ‘go global’ and don’t necessarily need Vancouver Island to get involved.

“We have to bring ourselves to that table,” he said.

So far, overtures made by the Greater Victoria Devel-opment Agency to work together with Nanaimo have been unsuccessful but Gisla-son said the opportunity and the offer remains.

“I wouldn’t let this cam-paign get in the way of that,” he said.

However Angus isn’t con-vinced the best model for attracting larger investment

is a partnership between Nanaimo and Victoria alone, pointing out it should be an Island-wide effort.

“Do we need to increase overall investment in the Island, absolutely,” Angus said. “[But] we still need to be competitive between juris-dictions when businesses are here looking for a posi-tive business environment or looking at expanding.”

The Victoria-based business campaign is the beginning of a strategy to make the case for Nanaimo, which will also include direct marketing to businesses seen as a good fit for the city.

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By Tamara CunninghamThe News bulleTiN

Economic confidence seems to be on the rise, with half of businesses expecting an increase in sales revenue this year, reports the Nanaimo Economic Development Cor-poration.

Sasha Angus, chief executive officer of the corporation, pre-sented an economic update during a city council meeting Monday, including the results of a 2013 business conditions survey.

The survey is the second since 2012. More than 6,000 surveys were distributed through the city’s business licences and online at the end of last year. The corpora-tion has seen about a five-per cent response rate and while the results are still being crunched, reports that just over half of those surveyed believe economic conditions are bound to improve in 2014, up from 36 per cent last year.

More than 50 per cent of businesses expected a spike in sales revenue and 15 per cent said they will increase their capital investment by an average 119 per cent.

“If they were to invest a dol-lar of capital last year in their business, they’d be looking at

investing $2.19 in capital this year,” Angus said, adding it tends to be a good indicator for future economic growth. “They wouldn’t be making an investment if they didn’t think they would get a return on it.”

While the results are encour-aging it also shows Nanaimo businesses are facing chal-lenges around finding skilled labour, he said.

“A number of people who are business owners ... will likely sell or retire from actively running their business, so the ability to develop the local tal-ent we have here and retain them and then to attract new people to the community be be incredible important,” he said.

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A noted media personality will be recognized for his volunteer and fundrais-

ing efforts during Vancouver Island University’s winter graduation.

Bruce Williams, CTV Vancou-ver Island’s manager of com-munity and client relations and host of I Love this Island, will receive the Outstanding Service Award at today’s (Jan. 30) convocation ceremony in recognition for his various charitable work. Canadian astronaut Robert Thirsk will also be recognized with an honorary Doctor of Laws degree from the university.

Williams has worked with many of Nanaimo’s non-profit groups, including the United Way, Salvation Army and Nanaimo Child Development Centre, and has been associ-ated with the university on a number of levels, serving on the Vancouver Island Univer-sity Foundation board and helping with fundraising initia-tives.

“It’s an honour. We do what we do out of respect for the organization and to enhance the results and it’s kind of humbling and I guess in a way gratifying to be recognized for it but more than anything, it

just proves that what every-body’s doing, the same as I’m doing, is doing the right thing,” Williams said of his dedication to the university.

On top of his work in Nanaimo, Williams has also contributed to numerous

other charitable causes across the Island, with the Tour de Rock fundraising cycling tour and the Children’s Health Foundation of Vancouver Island hospice Jeneece Place amongst them.

According to VIU president

Ralph Nilson, Williams is the embodiment of outstanding community service.

“As a well-known and respected public figure, he has selflessly volunteered his time to support a wide range of community causes. His efforts continue to have a positive impact on the lives of hun-dreds of people,” Nilson said in an e-mail.

Nilson also said that Wil-liams has helped raise the profile of the university and helped raise much-needed money for scholarships and financial awards for students as well as new learning facili-ties.

This is not the first time Williams has won a commu-nity service award, as he was awarded a Queen Elizabeth Diamond Jubilee medal in 2012. As well he has been awarded a Chair’s Award of Distinction from the United Way, a B.C. Toastmasters Leadership and Communi-cation Award and Greater Nanaimo Chamber of Com-merce Sterling award for citi-zen of the year. He is happy to have another for the trophy case.

“I wouldn’t rank any of them above the other because I’ve always been very flattered and honoured that someone felt that what I had done was wor-thy of their recognition and I appreciate all of them,” he said. “I feel that VIU has such a huge impact on the commu-nity and on people.”

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Williams honoured for community effortsRobert Thirsk’s passion for space

exploration began in Powell River. his imagination piqued when his Grade 3 teacher played a radio broadcast of astronaut John Glenn in the classroom.

Thirsk is well-known throughout Canada and the world for his contributions to global space exploration, and for fostering educational opportunities for Canadian students and educators.

Thirsk will receive an honorary Doctor of laws degree from

Vancouver island university Friday (Jan. 31) at winter convocation ceremonies.

Thirsk was accepted for astronaut training

with the Canadian space Agency in 1983, selected from 4,000 applicants. Thirsk’s first space flight experience came in 1996, when he spent more than 17 days aboard space shuttle Columbia, conducting experiments devoted to the study of life and science.

in 2009, he became the first Canadian astronaut to fly on a long-duration expedition aboard the international space station. landing back at Kazakhstan, Thirsk had lived and worked in space for 188 days during this second voyage.

in 2012, he joined the Canadian institute of health Research in Ottawa. As vice-president of public, government and institute affairs, Thirsk oversees the 13 institutes dedicated to health-care issues such as aging and cancer research.

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Lack of snowpack leaves city officials monitoring water levels in reservoirBy Chris BushThe News BulleTiN

If you’ve looked up and won-dered if there’s less snow on the mountains than normal for this time of year you’d be right, but the city isn’t panicking over a possible summer water short-age just yet.

To sustain the city’s water supply through the summer months a lot of snow needs to pile up over the winter in the mountains around Nanaimo’s Jump Creek Reservoir where

heavy snow melt in late spring and early summer followed by slower melt from higher eleva-tions through the rest of the summer help fill the reservoir and keep it topped up through the dry months.

So far an unusually dry winter on the Island has hindered ski-ers and kept city water workers maintaining a close watch on provincial and local snowpack gauges.

“We’ve been monitoring those a fair bit, but in both cases we’re seeing that snowpack is

probably about five to 10 per cent of where it normally would be this time of year,” said Bill Sims, city manager of water resources.

Sims said at high altitudes there are only about 25 cen-timetres of snow where there should be about 120 cm. “We do rely on the snowmelt later in the season – May and June – to fill the reservoir,” Sims said.

Sims referred to the lack of precipitation as a winter drought, but said staff are not overly worried yet because

there is still potential for heavy snowfall through February, March and April.

“But having said that, so far this year we’re not seeing much action,” Sims said. “It has hap-pened. 2005 I think was a pretty dry year as well.”

If the snow doesn’t start build-ing up soon, staff will manage the shortfall by starting filling operations – collecting rainwa-ter – at the Jump Creek Reser-voir earlier than usual.

The reservoir can hold 16.5 million cubic metres of water or

enough drinking water to sup-ply all of Nanaimo for an entire year, however some water gets consumed for other uses, such as business and industrial.

“Our target is usually to have our Jump Creek reser-voir full by the end of June and so we believe we can hit that even though we have this dry weather,” Sims said. “Yes, we’re concerned. Yes, we’re vigilantly watching it, but at the same time there’s lots of opportunity for things to improve.”

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Premier Christy Clark has set off a storm of protest by imposing a referendum on new Lower Mainland transportation improvements, timed with the province-wide municipal elections on Nov. 15.

Even if you don’t live in Metro Vancouver, you’re not immune from this long-running saga. Provincial and federal governments use your tax dollars for the big stuff, including the SkyTrain Canada Line to Vancouver airport and the South Fraser Perimeter Road, a new truck route to port facilities at Tsawwassen.

Clark has promised a bridge replacement for the George Massey tunnel under the Fraser River, which may or may not be tolled like the Port Mann bridge. The patchwork of Lower Mainland tolls is a growing political liability for the B.C. Liberal government, and if further tolls are avoided, major works elsewhere in the province may be delayed as the budget is eaten up by the big cities.

Clark announced the Massey tunnel replacement in a September 2012 speech to the Union of B.C. Municipalities. In the same speech, she also pledged to complete the four-laning of the last 240 km of the Trans-Canada Highway

from Kamloops to the Alberta border. That’s one of the most mountainous stretches of highway in Canada, and the province’s cost was estimated at the time to be $650 million over 10 years. Time will tell if that promise is kept.

Transportation Minister Todd Stone inherited the mess left behind by former minister Kevin Falcon, who took transit

authority away from Metro Vancouver politicians. He appointed a board of experts and set up a toothless “mayors’ council” to rubber-stamp their decisions, after forcing through the Canada Line ahead of a long-promised transit extension to the east.

Local politicians wrangled for years

over that eastern extension. They finally settled on surface light rail, only to be overruled by the province, which wanted the vastly more expensive SkyTrain.

The latest rebuke to the mayors’ council was when they decided not to proceed with a costly new electronic fare card system. Falcon reversed that one after taking a junket to London and falling in love with their “Oyster card” subway system. All the glitches from TransLink’s new “Compass card” program will be encountered

this summer, just before those mayors go to the polls to face voter wrath.

Speaking of reversals, Stone is now demanding the mayors come up with their list of priorities for new projects. They are expected to believe their choices won’t be overruled again. Stone correctly notes that Vancouver wants SkyTrain on Broadway, Surrey wants new surface light rail, and other Lower Mainland communities want new road and bridge works. Local governments have a long history of parochial squabbling, getting their pet projects done and then suddenly developing the urge to rein in spending once it’s time to dig deep for their neighbours.

Lower Mainland taxpayers are weary and confused by all this reorganizing and in-fighting. Many likely believe that it is their regional government that has imposed the Port Mann bridge tolls, when in fact that is a provincial highway project over which they had no say.

Clark has made it clear there is no going back from a November referendum on new regional transportation financing tools, a promise explicit in the B.C. Liberal election platform. She hopes it will increase the dismal voter turnout for local votes.

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In its newest ad campaign, the Nanaimo Economic Development Corporation means business.

The municipality’s arms-length eco-nomic development branch isn’t pulling any punches as it buys up print adver-tisements in Victoria publications that compare the Harbour City with the Capital Region as a place to live and do business. The ad trumpets Nanaimo’s lower commer-cial lease rates and house prices and the resulting “incredible quality of life.”

Maybe it isn’t as bloodthirsty as a politi-cal attack ad, but it’s aggressive enough to be eye-catching in the capital.

Taxpayers in Nanaimo have a right to expect that economic development dollars are expertly managed and directed toward worthwhile projects with tangible out-comes. We’ve grumbled plenty about what we’ve perceived as the NEDC’s missed opportunities and misplaced priorities, but the corporation deserves praise this time for its initiative.

There isn’t much chance of the ad back-firing – even if we irritate some Victoria business leaders today, they would never hesitate to co-operate with Nanaimo tomorrow if there are bucks to be made. If the Nanaimo Economic Development Corporation’s ads pay off, so much the better, and not only do we gain some tax dollars but also new neighbours, more jobs and fresh thinking.

NEDC chief executive officer Sasha Angus calls the campaign “proactive” and that’s how his corporation needs to act. Angus knows, and Sun Tzu knows, and we know, too, that business needs an art-of-war mentality sometimes.

Because there are a whole lot of munic-ipalities that style themselves as ‘open for business.’ In Nanaimo, we’re open to humongous incinerators and medical mari-juana grow ops, true, but hey, we’re also open to Victoria businesses relocating here. Basically, the NEDC is saying we’re open for business, period. And that’s where economic development begins.

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Foundation Skills Assess-ment tests are worthwhile, says letter writer.

To the Editor,The teachers’

union decries the Foundation Skills Assessment test-ing by taking out a one-third page ad in the newspaper to encourage par-ents to withdraw their child from the testing?

How could pre-paring for, and taking a founda-tion skills test be a

waste of time?Please don’t try

to convince the thinking public that your message is about improving learning for chil-dren, or you would be supporting this testing. Clearly, your motives are to undermine any-thing that leads to an assessment of teachers’ perfor-mance, and any

comparisons with private schooling.

I think the money for your expensive ad would be better used in a construc-tive manner, by working with the Ministry of Edu-cation exploring ways to improve our children’s education and test results.

Murray DuncansonNanaimo

Tests have some educational benefits

To the Editor,Re: Police report

increase in burglaries, Jan. 14.

It was not really too much of a surprise, because it’s just the all-too-familiar case of a very bad economic recession, which in turn is caus-ing a lot of distress. The ongoing problem is yet again forcing some people to com-mit criminal acts.

Drug addicts need to commit crimes, mainly break-and-enter, to pay off the drug dealer – the main problem – in order to get the ille-gal drugs.

All the while, it’s the homeowners and the business owners who are constantly getting victimized because of this so-called justice system that’s a lot more like a merry-go-round that fails to deliver real justice to pre-vent the offender from going down the road to re-offend.

An ounce of pre-vention would turn around a wannabe into a productive citi-zen by just thinking outside of the box. It’s now time for a much-needed change of view.

Al MunroNanaimo

Lots of blame to go around for burglaries

To the Editor,Re: Gabriola Ferry Advisory Com-

mittee awaits community engagement report, Jan. 23.

Many of us living under the manage-ment of B.C. Ferries are fed up with increasing cost and deteriorating ser-vice quality. There is only one direc-tion in sight and that is downwards on all fronts. Keeping the ferry means continued downwards pressure on business activity, real estate values, employment opportunities, access

to health services and recreational activities.

There is a growing sense on Gab-riola Island that the long-planned replacement of the Gabriola ferry by a highway link is overdue. The amended Coastal Ferry Act clearly includes the conversation concerning replacing inefficient ferries with high-way links.

The Gabriola Island Bridge Group is in the process of bringing together those residents of Gabriola who

would like the B.C. government to undertake an engineering feasibility study of the proposed highway link.

There are those on Gabriola Island who would rather not have a conver-sation, and keep the old, inefficient, expensive and deteriorating ferry service and not explore the benefits of highway service.

The conversation to talk about our future is starting and will proceed.

Jeremy BakerGabriola Island Bridge Group

It’s worth talking about a bridge to Gabriola

To the Editor,Re: Burst dams would be like

a 10-tonne bomb, Letters, Jan. 28.

The amusing letter from Charles Thirkill certainly attempts to keep some determined efforts to destroy our park alive by portraying the dams as the greatest menace that Nanaimo has ever encoun-tered. My thought is that he has been watching too many science fiction disaster mov-ies. Dams can fail but it is wise to keep in mind that no dam has ever failed due to an earthquake in the history of Canada. Dams also don’t get washed away every time that it rains. We have had a lot of rain over the last 100 years. Last winter we were told that dam failure due to flooding will take a day or more. It is not instantaneous.

People are legitimately confused. Last winter, sirens were said to be ineffective and signs were unneces-

sary. The Dam Safety Branch was satisfied with the city’s emergency planning. Now we have sirens, signs, and panic mode when it rains during one of the driest winters on record. Good to be conscien-tious, but also wise to use common sense.

There is incorrect informa-tion in the letter. The Dam Safety Branch never ordered the dams to be removed. Its role is to insist on a plan to correct any inadequacies. This is currently being done by qualified engineers.

Money was wasted when the city decided not to aban-don the plan to remove the dams as we requested a year ago. Options for remediation and the estimated costs will be known in a few months.

In the interim, I suggest that everyone support the current process which will allow for a successful out-come.

Jeff SolomonNanaimo

Alarmist projections don’t help matters

To the Editor,Re: Burst dams would be like

a 10-tonne bomb, Letters, Jan. 28.

If dam failure led to the kind of devastation pre-dicted by this writer, why did the recent flood emer-gency drill at John Barsby Secondary School have students walking out of the school rather than mov-ing to a higher level in the building? Either that emer-gency plan is deeply flawed or there is no great danger in the unlikely event of a flood.

It’s not clear what kind of bomb the writer has in mind, but the comparison isn’t a meaningful one in any case. Alarmist talk based on wild projections and garbled science really doesn’t help.

Gregory RoscowNanaimo

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Feb. 22 will be the Coldest Night of the Year according to forecasters at the Island Crisis Care Society who have the date set for the 2014 walk to help Nanaimo’s homeless.

The annual fundraiser for those who are homeless, hungry and hurting benefits crisis care society clients and gives partici-pants a taste of how it feels to try and survive on the streets in the heart of a Canadian winter.

Coldest night walks are hap-pening in 64 cities across Can-ada this year.

Nanaimo’s walk starts and ends at John Barsby Secondary School at 550 Seventh St., the staging point for walkers who will turn in the results of their fundraising efforts, walk one of two-, five- or 10-kilometre routes and return afterward for a hot meal to celebrate completing the event.

2014 marks the society’s third year of participation in the walk and this year organizers hope to raise $50,000 from an estimated 350 walkers in 30 teams antici-pated to take part in the event. So far, more than $7,000 has

been raised by 50 walkers on 17 teams already signed up.

“I think anything that brings attention to the homeless issue helps,” said Gord Fuller, Nanaimo 7-10 Club board chairman.

Fuller estimates there are just under 100 chronically homeless people in the city.

Last year’s walk raised $36,000, but Violet Hayes, Island Crisis Care Society’s executive direc-tor, said the number of partici-pants had to be capped at 250 because of the size of the venue, St. Paul’s Anglican Church. John Barsby’s multipurpose room has more space to seat participants.

Hayes said organizers are hop-ing for the same good weather they had for the 2013 walk.

“The weather was great,” Hayes said. “We say, ‘the Coldest Night of the Year,’ but we live in such a beautiful part of Canada. We were fortunate we didn’t have rain, but that’s when it really affects people who are liv-ing out there, is when you have the wind and the rain.”

Event registration fee is $25.“Actually people bring their

kids with them,” Hayes said. “It’s a real family event. I’ve seen six-year-olds raising money. They ask their grandparents and their aunts and uncles and who can refuse a six-year-old?”

For more, please visit http://coldestnightoftheyear.org/location/nanaimo.

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Cold walk helps homelessRegion asking about services

The Regional District of Nanaimo is seeking the opinion of residents on the wide range of services it offers.

Part of an operational and efficiency review announced late last year, the regional district has enlisted the aid of ipsos to conduct a phone survey.

Randomly selected residents in electoral areas will receive a mail-out detailing how to take the survey online or how to schedule it by phone – the online component is available to electoral area residents only.

“Our goal with this operational and efficiency review is to strengthen the link of our service delivery to the strategic priorities … so that we become more effective and efficient in carrying out the work we do.” said Joe stanhope, regional district chairman, in a press release.

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RADU, John

It is with great sadness and regret that we an-nounce the passing of John Radu on January 8, 2014 after a very short stay at Nanaimo Re-gional General Hospital at the age of 99 (just 1 ¼ months short of his 100th birthday). John was born on February 14, 1914 in South Wel-lington, just south of Nanaimo. He grew up in South Wellington, Victoria and Cassidy.

John married Mary (nee Daye) April 26, 1941. Mary predeceased John in February 2007. John and Mary lived in Lantzville for several years and since 1955 resided in Nanaimo. John remained in his home until the end and until recently looked after himself. Only recent-ly at the age of 99, did he appear to “start” to show his age. He was always alert (with some opinions) and always happy to see friends and neighbours.

During World War II, while John was in the Navy, both Mary and John lived in Victoria.

John was an avid outdoorsman who enjoyed camping, fishing and hunting on Vancou-ver Island. John entered and won numerous trap and skeet shooting competitions over the years. His working career was mainly in the log-ging industry up and down Vancouver Island. In the early years, living in logging camps and falling trees with hand falling saws. In later years he lived closer to home but still worked in the logging industry. Upon retirement he and Mary embarked on numerous holidays to far-away places, including annual extended stays in Hawaii.

John is survived by nephew, Ted Hamilton (Diane) North Vancouver; grandnephew, Tyler Hamilton North Vancouver; niece, Dee Dee Hodgson (Jim) Nanaimo; nephews, Wayne (Linda) and Larry Radu, Nanaimo and numer-ous grandnieces and grandnephews.

In John’s own words, “I have had the best of everything. I have no regrets.”

John’s family and friends would like to express their appreciation for the dedication and kind-ness of caregiver, Christine G. of Elder Life Advocacy & In Home Care, drivers and staff of Meals on Wheels, and medical staff at Na-naimo Regional General Hospital.

John is gone; gone to a better place; gone to be with his long time love, wife Mary, always remembered, never forgotten, until we meet again!

At John’s request there will no service. Dona-tions may be made to the Heart and Stroke Foundation or charity of your choice.

On January 16th, 2014, Gord passed away surrounded by his family at the age of 84. He will be remembered by his wife of 57 years, Rose and their daughters Shauna and Lori (husband Wade) and grandchildren Jason, Jessica and Katelyn. Gord was born in

Souris, Manitoba to Cliff and Clare Curtis and raised by his step mother Dorothy. He is survived by his step sister Pat (husband Ken) residing in Souris, Manitoba.

Gord and Rose lived in Edmonton for many years before they moved to Victoria and he became a band teacher. Gord had many talents and was a successful artist, potter and a builder but throughout his life his passion was music.

Gord played clarinet and saxophone from the age of 15 and was a talented musician. He played in many local bands and with many musicians wherever he traveled. He brought joy to many people and his life was a happy and adventurous one.

Gord had dementia and was given excellent care in his last few months at Traveler’s Lodge in Naniamo. With Rose by his side, he passed peacefully knowing he was dearly loved and will be greatly missed.

There will be a celebration of his life on Feb. 9th at the Clubhouse in Deerwood Estates at 3950 Biggs Rd. Naniamo at 2pm. In Gord’s memory, donations may be made to Naniamo Travelers Lodge by calling 250 758-4676.

CURTIS, Gordon1929-2014

STEIN, William RamsayJanuary 6, 1929 – January 26, 2014

Bill was born in Quebec City on January 6, 1929 and passed away at Nanaimo Seniors Village on January 26, 2014.He was predeceased by his parents, Maj. Gen. Charles and Frances Stein. He is survived by his wife, Dorothy; sister, Peggy; and nieces, Stacey (Steve, Amanda) and Kimberley (Mason, Colton). After leaving the Air Force, Bill became a shipping agent and customs broker, both in Chemainus and Nanaimo. He was President of Island Shipping until his retirement in 1990.He was a past member of Nanaimo North Rotary Club, Kinsmen (K-40), and Probus.At his request, there will be no service.If desired, donations may be made to a charity of choice.

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Jesse Dean Lyman HuntleyApril 1, 1986 ~ June 26, 2013

A special thought for Jesse Dean Lyman Huntley who, suddenly and unexpectedly, passed away June 26, 2013. Jesse was 27 years old. The raw gaping wound still tears me apart. I know now the wound will never heal, until one day when Jess

and I fi nally meet again. There is no healing in time, with your own child’s death. Ever. I love you so much Jess. You leave behind your closest family members with me. Your loving mother, Evelyn, with stepdad Jerry Moore; and your brother, Aaron Huntley; your blessed grandparents, Reverend Dean and Ivy Boundy; and your loving and caring stepsisters and husbands, Jolene and Rick Barkman, and Kim and Cory Ranger; Bridgette Barkman, your darling niece will really have missed you; the most fun and loving Uncle Jesse ever!

See you soon Jess!

Edward “Lefty” JacksonSeptember 15, 1919 ~ January 27, 1993

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

GARDENING

TREE PRUNING HEDGE/SHRUBMAINTENANCE Call the qualifi ed

specialist...certifi ed Garden

Designer/Arborist Ivan 250-758-0371

HANDYPERSONS

HAPPY HANDYMAN Servic-es- No Job too Small! Carpen-try, junk removal, gardening, landscaping, etc. Deliver small loads of soil, bark mulch, grav-el and other items. Call (250)618-7526.


HANDYPERSONS

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

RELIABLE HANDYMAN Ser-vices. Seniors rates avail. Call (250)390-9885.

HAULING AND SALVAGE

FREE QUOTES: Same Day Rubbish, any Hauling, Yard Waste. 250-668-6851.

JUNK TO THE DUMP. Jobs Big or small, I haul it all! I recy-cle & donate to local charities. Call 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

& MOVING STORAGE

2 BURLEY MEN MOVING. $85/hr for 2 men (no before or after travel time charges on lo-cal moves. Please call Scott or Joshua, (250)753-6633.

MOVING, Deliveries. “Lower Price.” Job 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

PLUMBING

RETIRED PLUMBER Jour-neyman. Repairs & renova-tions. Call (250)390-1982.

RUBBISH REMOVAL

DYNAMITE DEAN’S Rubbish Removal. Prompt, professional service. “No Messing Around!” 250-616-0625, 250-754-6664.

PETS

PET CARE SERVICES

CAT SITTING in my home. Safe, loving environment. No cages. 7day to long term stay. Limited space. 250-740-5554

MERCHANDISE FOR SALE

APPLIANCES

WHIRLPOOL FRIDGE- 20 cu-bic ft with a pull out freezer. 66”hx30dx29w, new condition. $475. (250)585-7744.


APPLIANCES

All White-Good Working Order Maytag W/D $100/ea.Fridge

18 cu ft. $100, 30” Self Clean-ing Range-$100.,under the

counter D/W-$75. Microwave $25. 30” Hood Range w/exhaust piping-$50. Call 1-204-981-6243

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12-VOLT BATTERY charger,$20. 1 (250)468-1688

2000 EDITION Celebration Barbie $50. I Love Lucy doll,by Mattel $25. (250)616-0898.

2 WINNIE the Pooh BradfordExchange 3-D collector plates,$99. Call (250)797-1515.

CHILD’S BED, 53x28, height 13” w/ mattress. Beddingincld’d, clean. $55. 250-758-1051.

COMPUTER DESK, glass /stainless steel, good condi-tion, $25. (250)756-3641

FISHER PRICE Mandy doll,mint cond from the 70’s, $50.Call (250)758-9447.

FOOZE BALL table, brandnew, $99. (250)741-1135.

RECLINER- NICE condition, $64. Rocking chair, rose col-our, $35. (250)244-4415.

SHOTGUN SHELLS, 12 gauge, Imperial Remingtonlead shot; 4, 5, 6, 7.5. 12 box-es, $8 ea. 1 (250)729-0875

SMALL COMPUTER desk, w/slide out, good condition,36”w, $30. (250)754-9365.

WALNUT CONSOLE w/ Sil-vertone radio, Garrard turn ta-ble, & cassette player, w/ elec.guitar plug in, $65. 250-758-5007Your Community, Your Classifi eds. 1-855-310-3535

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YOUTH BED & mattress, pine colored wood. Brand new con-dition; hardly used. $70. (250)758-6229

FUEL/FIREWOOD

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

FURNITURE

LAZY-BOY 3 seater, reclining sofa, sage green, excellent condition, $300. Please call (250)586-3624.

MOVING SALE. Matching oval glass top tables (two) $150. Matching 3-seat sofa & armchair $450. 250-586-7655, French Creek.

MOVING SALE - MUST SELLRound pine table w/4 chairs & cushions, corner unit (pine), lamps,2 oil fi lled space heat-ers, chainsaw w 24” bar, new 4000 watt generator, antique gramma-phone; tall cabinet type, limited edition prints; Doolittle, Bateman,etc.250-757-2007.

QUEEN MATTRESS SET. Brand new. Sealed in original plastic. $200. (250)713-9680

Two matching Lazy Boy reclin-ers. Clean, grey-brown fabric. $250 /pair OBO 250-246-1481

WHITE CABINET, custom made, base 30” high, 8 feet long, top piece is 60” high. Asking $400 fi rm. Call (250)586-3339.

MEDICAL SUPPLIES

BRAND NEW Wheelchair $2000, Walker $150. and shower stool $40., or $2000 for all 3, obo. 250-248-4064

FORTRESS 2000 Scooter, 4 mos. old New: $4,000. Selling: $2900 obo. (250)754-3703

NEXUS WALKER with basket, near new condition, $175 obo. Call (250)802-8244.

MISCELLANEOUS FOR SALE

120 Bass piano accordion, $150; Electric bass guitar & hard shell case $200 OBO; Electric “Jay Turser” guitar, as new $150; Student violin $90. “Kona” mtn bike, lightweight $175. Antique dresser w/oval bevelled mirror, $250. 250-748-8270

1 fridge’s $40. 1 stove, $20. 1 Kenmore Dryer with new mo-tor. Needs heat element. Deep Freeze $80.Open to offers for all 4. 250-752-0169

1 OMEGA juicer (Model #8003) $200, 1 CPAP breath-ing machine, like new, $350. Call (250)933-3900.

DOWNSIZING

Hand & Electric Tools10 x 5 Billiard Slate Table

100 lb Lino Roller Carpet Cutter 2 briefcasesWine Corboy Lifter6”x20” Timber Steel RollersLrg.Cap. Sawdust VaccumTooled Saddle, Mens jewellryAnd more!250-248-4495

HOT TUB (SPA) COVERS. Best price. Best quality. All shapes & colours available. 1-866-652-6837 www.thecoverguy.com/newspaper?

LAZY-BOY Reclining Love Seat leather burgundy in good condition. $200. KENMORE side by side door Fridge/Freezer, water & ice dispensers. A1 Condition. $100. Call 250-468-7909


MISCELLANEOUS FOR SALE

LOG LATHE, for making log homes or pillars w/spare parts. Cat power plant - tandem dump truck & fork lifts. Offers. (250)732-3239 (250)743-3198

QUALITY GARDEN SHEDS Gazebos, pergolas, follies, greenhouses, studios, storage & more. Call 250-951-0855

TORO SNOW BLOWER, near new, used only 10 hours. 8HP, with chains, 26” cut. $700. obo. (250)724-1043.

UPHOLSTERY SELL OUT!! Shop closing. All goods/ tools/machines/benches/cabi-nets/etc. to go at highest of-fer(s). Business closure due to family illness. View at #4-147 Fern Rd. E. (behind Windsor Rentals) Phone 250-240-3091.

REAL ESTATE

APARTMENT/CONDOS

ATTENTION SENIORS Cen-tral Duncan 954 sq.ft. second fl oor. Reduced to $151,900, 55+ building @ 650 Dobson Rd. Call 250-815-0866

DUPLEX/4-PLEX

OPEN HOUSE- Sat & Sun, every weekend, 1-4pm. New Duplex’s For Sale, Duncan, BC at 5909, 5911 Stone Haven Rd in Stone Manor Es-tate’s (behind Hospital) both properties are 1850sq ft 3 bdrms, 4 bath, 5 appls and much more, $309,000 includes gst. New Home For Sale: 5887 Stone Haven Rd, 2050sq ft, 2 bdrm+ den+ rec room heat pump, 5 appls, built-in vac, $384,000 includes gst, on bus route near hospital. Call Gord (250)710-1947.

FOR SALE BY OWNER

LADYSMITH HANDYMAN Special. 3bdrms up, lrg LR, double garage, lrg storage. Ocean & city view. 1bdrm suite down. Owner will carry mortgage. $1200 month; or rent for $1,800 month. (250)753-0160.

LADYSMITH: OCEAN view updated home on 6.5 acres. 3bdrm up, unfi nished base-ment. Zoned R1. 5111 Bren-ton Page Road. $429,000. (250)245-8950

SPROUT LAKE; 4 bdrm modular, newly reno’d at Sprout Lake Trailer Park. Pri-vate beach with boat slip. Ask-ing $89,900. (250)735-0649.

REAL ESTATE

FOR SALE BY OWNER

NANAIMO 3 HOUSES. Gor-geous Ocean & City views. Easy to buy. Reasonable Down! Owner will carry mort-gage. 250-753-0160

NORTH NANAIMO- 107 Har-pooner Place (off McGirr) 2100sq ft, 4 bdrm, 3 bath, ocean mtn views, cul-de-sac, close to schools, lrg fenced yrd, new kitchen & roof, beau-tiful deck, lot size 7600sqft. $389,000. (250)756-6125.

PARKSVILLE: 3 bdrm remod-eled home w/ legal in law/ren-tal suite and 2.5 car garage w/separate driveway ideal for a home based business. Im-maculate inside and out, great landscaping, garden shed & small studio. Priced to sell at $349,900. Call (250)954-0227.

SOUTH NANAIMO: $233,900. 613 Bruce Ave. 1700sq.ft. 3bdrm. Older home, lots of up-dates: fl ooring, electrical, roof, paint, etc. [email protected] or call Dave (250)591-1210

HOUSES FOR SALE

DUNCAN. Have money but can’t qualify? Purchase this new 3BR home on large lot for $339,000. Pay $60,000 (nego-tiable) down payment and sell-er will carry mortgage. Nation-al New Home Warranty. Mortgage is $279,900 Pay-ment is only $1,100 /mth. Pic-tures on usedcowichan.com 250-858-4673

WILLOW POINT RANCHER Move-In Ready. Mint Condi-tion. $289,000. 250-923-8445 or 250-202-0197.

LOTS

LEVEL BUILDING LOT, 2144 Lark Crescent, 250-714-8631 or [email protected] $165,000 plus GST

RENTALS

APARTMENT/CONDO

HOSPITAL/BOWENAREA

1 & 2 Bdrms, adult bldg, security cameras. New windows, fl ooring. Near shops. Sm pet ok. $695+ FREE Heat & H/W. Call 250-753-6656

CENTRAL NANAIMO. Quiet bldg. 2-bdrm, 1 den, 2 baths. Ocean view, secure parking. $1550. Call 250-753-5722.

RENTALS

APARTMENT/CONDO

1681 BOUNDARY AVE

Manager 250-618-4510UNDER NEW

MANAGEMENT

$600 & UP

Large 2 BR. Suites

Immed. & Jan. 1

Close to Hospital and bus, elevator, wheelchair ac-cessible. Special incentives for seniors. Early move-in on some suites. Free Stor-age (depends on availability)

CALL TODAY AND START PACKING!

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CLOSE TO Town - 1 bdrm, $650 inclds cable. Avail now. (250)618-6800, (250)753-4642HOSPITAL AREA- 1 and 2 bedroom suites starting at $700. Offering Seniors Dis-count! Heat, hot water includ-ed, laundry onsite, wheelchair friendly. NS/NP. Large clean suites, long term onsite man-agement. Call 250-716-3305.HOSPITAL AREA, 2 bdrms, 2 baths, clean, bright, spacious, well maintained. 4 appls. N/S, N/P. Refs. $750/mo. Avail now Senior discount 250-741-4699LARGE 1-BDRM. Ocean view, Terminal Park area. NS/NP. Heat/ hot water incld. $675./mo. Avail now. Senior’s discount. Call 250-619-2910.

Meicor PropertiesChemainus: Lockwood Villa. Well kept bldg, 1 bdrm $625 incl heat & hot water, available now. N/S, 1 small pet wel-come. 250-246-1033.

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Ladysmith: 1 bdrm $690/mo and 2 bdrm grnd fl r $800/mo. Avail March 1st. Incl. heat & hot water, small pets OK. 250-924-6966.

www.meicorproperties.comNANAIMO: 1 bedroom suites avail Jan & Feb rents starting @$525. H/W included, on bus route, close to VIU & shop-ping, No Smoking & No Pets, 1 yr lease. Call (250)754-8411NANAIMO: CLEAN, bright and quiet 2 bdrm. Private, spotless. In good building, in-tercom, elevator. Free hot wa-ter. NS/NP. Refs. $750/mo. Call Mark/Don 250-753-8633.NANAIMO: QUIET, clean and comfortable 1 bdrm. Central location, intercom, elevator. Free hot water. N/S, N/P. Refs. $650/mo. Call Mark/Don 250-753-8633.TOP FLOOR- 2 bdrm (Termi-nal Park Mall Hospital Area). Quiet building with security cameras. Free storage & park-ing, renovated, new paint & carpet. Available Feb 1. $760. Call 250-754-2936.

UNDER NEW MGMT. 1275 Dufferin Cres

2 Bdrm from $750/mth Call 250-740-1002

UPPER LANTZVILLE- 1 bdrm in detached house. F/S, WD, hydro and internet incld. Quiet! NS/NP. Long term, $750. Call 250-716-6797WARM 1BDRM, Kitchen, Din-ing, Living room, bath, stor-age, hot water. Bowen Bus to door. $630/m. N/S, N/P, Refs Req. (250)758-9895

DUPLEXES/4PLEXES

CLOSE TO College- 1 bdrm duplex sxs. Electric heat. $500. NS/NP. Avail Feb 1. (250)753-6229 after 6pm.CLOSE TO Quarterway Ele-mentary School large 3 bdrm suite; big, bright & beautiful. 2 baths, W/D, D/W, garage, 2 living rooms, NS/NP $1100. (250) 758-7399.S.NANAIMO SPACIOUS 3bdrm, 2.5baths, SxS duplex, full basement, ample parking, yard area, solarium, Harbour views. N/P. Available now. $950. 1 (250)753-2174

HOMES FOR RENT

ARE YOU paying $1200+ for rent? Rent to Own! Own a new 1600sq ft, 2 bdrm + den town-house with new home warran-ty for similar payments. Stain-less steel appliances, granite countertops, garage & more. If interested, call (250)754-5327.

RENTALS

HOMES FOR RENT

CINNABAR 3BDRM upper, 1bath & ensuite, private entry, near schools. 1/2 acre fenced yard, garage, large deck. Heat/water/sewage/cable incl. Sep. hydro metre. F/S, W/D. $1,450. RR. (250)754-3703

COLLEGE- 3 BDRM, 1000 sq ft, 5 new appls, windows, fenced yard, sunroom, deck, carport. NS/NP. Refs. $1100. Call (250)754-1511.

FRENCH CREEK- 3 bdrm, 2 bath renovated. 5 appl’s, car-port, landscaped, across from beach. $1600./mo. Avail. Feb. 1st. 1-(905)634-9144 or [email protected]

FULLY FURNISHED 4 bdrm home in quiet neighbourhood central Nanaimo. $1500. (250)754-2734.

HOUSE FOR Rent. 2200 sq.ft. 2 full bathrooms, newly reno’d. University area. $1195./mo + utils. Steve (250)667-3009.

ROOMS FOR RENT

SINGLE & DBLE units; some w/kitchenettes. Pets ok. New monthly rates starting at $650; wkly starting at $340; 10% off end of 1st mo. 250-754-2328

SHARED ACCOMMODATION

DEPARTURE BAY, large room; shared kitchen, bath, laundry. Cable, hydro, parking included. N/S. Close to bus. $495/month. (250)760-0842 Available immediately.

SUITES, LOWER

CHEMAINUS: 1 bdrm, lower level, new kitchen cabinets & carpeting, private entrance & patio in quiet setting, ocean view N/P, N/S util. incl. $725 (250) 416-0062

N. NANAIMO- 2 bdrm, D/W. shared W/D. N/P. $850. Avail now or Feb. 1. (250)390-6855.

NORTH NANAIMO: 1 bdrm ground level suite with ocean view. $850 incld’s heat, power, cable, internet, washer/dryer, carport, fi replace & fi rewood. N/S, pet friendly, ref’s req’d. Avail. Feb 1st. Call 250-756-2412 to view.

NORTH NANAIMO: 1bdrm private suite. New fl oors & paint. Shared laundry. Secure, covered parking. FREE cable. N/S, No Partiers. $800/mo. 250-756-9746.

RENTALS

SUITES, UPPER

UNIVERSITY AREA: 2 bdrm, nice view, reno’d, on bus route, shared laundry, quiet house that is pet free. $800+ util’s. Call (250)754-2788.

TRANSPORTATION

AUTO ACCESSORIES/PARTS

4 ALL season tires, 195/60/15 Yokohamas (no rims). Less then 10,000 km. $250. Email for more info to: [email protected]

GOODYEAR NORDIC P205/55R16 snow tires & alloy rims (4). New. Save $250! Buy at $650. (250)722-2295

WINTER TIRES, 4 mounted. 205/70R-15 Champion 96T Ice Pro. $275. (250)758-7145

AUTO FINANCING

Auto Financing 1.800.910.6402

SPORTS & IMPORTS

2011 SUBARU. Legacy Se-dan. 35K. Silver. Navigation Package, Leather Seats. Back up camera. $22,500. 250-752-8462

TRANSPORTATION

RECREATIONAL VEHICLESFOR SALE

1993 DUTCHMEN 5th Wheel.26’. Excellent cond, very wellmaintained. Completely load-ed, lots of extras. $4,800 ortrade for 8’ camper in samecond. 1 (250)754-7334

‘97 SOUTHWIND STORM.34 ft Class A Gas GM 65,000miles, big slide A/C’s. Level-ers, gen.set, queen bed walkaround. Too much to list.Come & look. 778-455-4589

VTRUCKS & ANS

1999 DODGE Pickup- 6 new tires, front end joints replaced,Cummins diesel engine. 250-758-8930, 604-815-9075.

2006 DODGE SLT 1500 Quad cab 4x4. 5.7 Hemi, new 20”tires. Excellent condition. Ladydriven 98000 Km. $16000,obo. Call 250-730-0346.

2007 DODGE Ram 3500 SLT Quad Cab, 4x4 longbox 6.7 ltCummins Diesel. 6-spd auto,exhaust brake, boxliner, recentbrakes/tires, tow pkg, exccond, new batteries, 97000km, never off road. $29,500OBO. Call (250)724-3818.

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Leies to coach with Sr. B T-men

The Acme Timbermen want to take a jump forward, so maybe a ‘Leies leap’ will help them do just that.

Nanaimo’s senior B lacrosse club announced last week that Tyson Leies will join Mike Maughan on the team’s coaching staff for the 2014 season.

Leies is a member of the Canadian Lacrosse Hall of Fame; a Mann Cup, Minto Cup and National Lacrosse League champion; and was known for jumping up the glass, Spiderman style, to celebrate goals.

He previously coached in Nanaimo with the junior A Timbermen.

“We are very excited to have Tyson join our coaching staff,” said Shawn Swanson, general manager of the Acme T-men, in a press release. “His success as both a player and coach in the past will serve us well in our pursuit of a Presidents Cup.”

VIU standout athlete of week

The VIU Mariners women’s basketball team stayed undefeated thanks in part to a big weekend from Shayna Worthington.

The M’s forward was chosen the Pacific Western Athletic Association Athlete of the Week after leading Vancouver Island University to wins over the Douglas Royals and Langara Falcons. She had 25 points and nine rebounds in both games.

“Shayna has been outstanding for us all season long,” said M’s coach Bill McWhinnie in a press release.

For an action shot of Worthington, visit www.nanaimobulletin.com.

VIU’s hoops teams are on the road Friday (Jan. 31) and Saturday, visiting the Kwantlen Eagles and Columbia Bible College Bearcats, respectively.

sportsInbriefHeart’s

Kesa Van Osch and her teammatesset to curl in Tournament of Hearts

contentBY GREG SAKAKITHE NEWS BULLETIN

The Scotties Tourna-ment of Hearts is for champions only. It’s

for curling’s best. It’s for big shots.

And it’s where big shots are made – the kind of impossible throws where a team uses skill, sweeping, shouts and some kind of magic to make a 20-kilo-gram granite stone dipsy-doodle down a sheet of ice.

Nanaimo curling skip Kesa Van Osch made the kind of throws it takes to get to this tournament. At nationals, as each province’s representa-tives try to necessarily one-up each other, she might have to make even trickier shots.

“I’m probably going to have to. There’ll be some times where you’ll have to throw a shot that’s not something you normally throw,” Van Osch said. “I find those the most fun … It’s not your regular, standard draw and it makes it a little more interesting and different.”

The entire week ahead in Montreal is going to be interesting and differ-ent for Team Van Osch. The 22-year-old skip and her Victoria-based

rink including Stephanie Baier, Jessie Sanderson and Carley Sandwith are all young players making their first appearance at curling’s premier wom-en’s event.

“The biggest thing we’ve been told is it’s nothing like we’ve ever been to before,” Van Osch said. “There’s so much more media involved, it’s lights and cameras, it’s flashy, it’s the big show. It’s some-thing that everybody tries to get to but not everybody does.”

Thinking about some aspects of the tourna-ment makes her ner-vous, she said, so she tries to think about the curling itself – the part she knows best.

The team’s coach, Cindy Tucker, said she’s trying to help the young women “keep their feet on the ground,” but at the same time reminding them to go into nation-als confidently.

Team Van Osch, after all, placed first in the round-robin at provin-cials and beat veteran B.C. rep Kelly Scott twice that week.

“It’s not like they lucked their way through a game and managed to get them-selves there,” Tucker said. “So I think they can

hold their heads up and say, ‘We deserve to be here.’”

Through it all, the young team has been a gracious winner, not bold or brash, but cer-tainly beaming.

“We’re really excited to be able to learn and play at this level that we’ve never played at before…” said Baier, the team’s third.

“We’re going out there and doing what we love. We know how lucky we are to to out there and compete at the Scotties Tournament of Hearts.

It’s all of our dream to do so and we want to make sure we enjoy our time there.”

The young women have readjusted their goals and expectations in search of optimum performance at the Scot-ties.

“We want to put our best effort out there,” Tucker said. “We’re no longer Team Van Osch, we’re Team B.C., so there’s a responsibility that goes along with that.”

They will play each shot and each game the

best they can, Van Osch said, and see where that leads them.

“Our year has been a success, but you want to play well,” said the skip. “We want to go there, we want to play well, we want to perform to make Nanaimo, Victoria and the province of B.C. proud.”

GAME ON … The entire tourney will be televised on TSN. B.C. begins play Saturday (Feb. 1) at 11 a.m. Pacific time with a game against Prince Edward Island.

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Nanaimo’s Kesa Van Osch dons her Team B.C. jacket last Thursday at the Nanaimo Curling Centre at a sendoff event. She begins play Saturday (Feb. 1) in Montreal at the Scotties Tournament of Hearts, the sport’s national championship.

THE NEWS BULLETIN

Powell River Kings player Luke Nogard and Nanaimo Clip-pers player Korey Morgan vie for the puck.

Games intensify for Nanaimo ClippersThe Nanaimo Clippers

needed overtime to win both their games last week-end and that’s probably going to be nothing out of the ordinary from here on in.

The Clips (24-23-1-1) have just nine games left in the B.C. Hockey League’s regu-lar season, including one on Friday (Jan. 31) at Frank Crane Arena against the Victoria Grizzlies.

The Shipmen will be hop-

ing to play with the sort of intensity they needed to bring to last week’s OT wins over the Alberni Val-ley Bulldogs and Powell River Kings. Those kind of efforts are beneficial at this time of year, said the Clip-pers.

“I think it really helps us,” said Brendan Taylor, who was Nanaimo’s overtime hero in both wins. “Playing in tight games shows us that we don’t crack under

pressure and just stick with our game.”

“From now on all the games are going to be like that,” said Austin Dick, Clippers defenceman. “Going into playoffs it’s just going to help us that much more.”

GAME ON … The Clip-pers and Grizzlies play at 7 p.m. on Friday. It’s the only game of the weekend for Nanaimo.

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Curling season is in full swing and there has certainly been plenty for Nanaimo players and fans to get excited about recently…

Many local supporters were undoubtedly watching televised action last week from the Canadian Junior Curling Championships in Nova Scotia. That was because the Nanaimo rink, consisting of skip Kalia Van Osch, third Markia Van Osch, second Sarah Daniels and lead Ashley Sanderson, were representing B.C. The girls played extremely well, claiming a silver medal after a hard-fought 7-6 loss to Alberta in the final.

Another Van Osch sister will be in the spotlight this coming week. Kesa Van Osch will skip her Victo-ria teammates as they represent our province at the national wom-en’s championship, the Scotties Tournament of Hearts, beginning Saturday (Feb. 1) in Montreal.

Meanwhile, there was bonspiel competition in town last week, as the annual Wine Works open spiel was held at the Nanaimo Curling Centre. Organized by Bob Davies and members of the senior men’s division, the all-Nanaimo competition was open to curlers who belong to the local CIBC Wood Gundy senior ladies’ or senior men’s leagues. To help promote evenly matched competition, 16 teams were formed by having player names drawn from a hat.

In the A event final, skip Bob Davies saw his team score three points in the final end to emerge victorious with a 6-5 win. Others on the championship rink were third Gord Smeeton, second Gary Schenk and lead Mary Meehan. Runners-up were the team of Brian Scorer, Kyle Clifford, Jake McGlenen and Roy Richmond.

Third place in A event went to the entry of Val Fenton, Rick Kerley, Pat Fraser and Wes Betz.

It was 5-4 in the B event final, which was won by the foursome of Rod Brown, Nori Nishio, Ed Stonehouse and Burnie Smith.

Teams skipped by Bob Ree and Bob Hungar faced each other in the C event final, which was won 9-2 by the Hungar foursome. Others on the winning squad were Lloyd Learmonth, Grant Coghill and Joanne Phillips.

In other seniors’ curling news, winners have now been decided from the second square of

the men’s 55-plus league. Winning the Royal LePage Nanaimo Realty Tro-phy as top team in their division was skip Phil Chase and teammates Bob Larsen, George Schofield and Don Zimmer.

There was close competition in the other division, where teams skipped by Joe Pirozzini, Eric McKean and Tom Renton all tied for top spot. A playoff shootout to determine the winner of the Joe Boudot Memorial Trophy resulted in a win for Pirozzini and his team of Bernie Waatainen,

Bob Carpenter and Jim Cox.From the men’s 68-plus division, another

three-way tie saw teams skipped by Sandy Fraser, Henry Rempel and Ken Best all tied for points at the top of the table. Again a playoff was required, with the result seeing the Don MacRae Trophy taken by Ken Best and his team of Doug Wright, Gary Schenk and Kerry Park.

Whatever your sport, a reminder in closing to play your hardest, play fair, and show good sportsmanship.

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BY GreG SAKAKIThe News BulleTiN

What they were doing didn’t seem to be working, so the Nanaimo Buccaneers made changes.

The Bucs are enter-ing the stretch run of the Vancouver Island Junior Hockey League

season intent on try-ing to return to their winning ways from the fall. The junior B team switched things up a bit this month, bringing in a new goalie, Jackson Jane, and naming a new captain, Lee Orpen.

Last week the Bucs shut out the Oceans-ide Generals 4-0 on Thursday at the Nanaimo Ice Centre and then lost 4-1 to the Victoria Cougars on Saturday at Frank Crane Arena.

The victory, even though it came against the last-placed Gens, was an encouraging sign, players said.

“Any step we can take forward is really good for us,” said Orpen.

Jane made 23 saves for his first shutout of the season and his first win since being traded from the Kerry Park Islanders.

The goalie said he and the Bucs need to play with a positive frame of mind.

“We’ve got the play-ers and the coaches

and everything to make a good run here down the stretch,” he said. “The biggest thing is just attitude – coming to the rink and expecting nothing less than to win.”

Orpen said receiv-ing the ‘C’ was a mat-ter of the Bucs being in a rut and needing to change something.

“Sometimes you pull the goalie. Sometimes you do whatever you’ve got to do to hopefully spark the

team,” he said.The Bucs can turn

things around, Orpen said.

“We’ve just got to start having fun again and really want to be at the rink and we’ll start doing those extra little things to win those games,” he said.

ICE CHIPS … Jordan Levesque, Garrett Dunlop, Johnathan Speer and Chad Bell scored in the win over Oceanside and Gar-

rett Brandsma scored in the loss to Victoria. On Sunday, some Bucs were winners at the VIJHL All-Star Game as the North Division beat the South 7-5 in Duncan. Dunlop was player of the game as he, Levesque and Dan Foglietta scored. Ryan Waldhaus was starting goalie … The Bucs play the Saanich Braves tonight (Jan. 30) at 7:15 p.m. at the NIC.

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It was a trip to British Columbia in the early 1990s that captivated teacher and pianist Sayuri Kubota.“All the nature and the people – I

thought this was a very nice,” she said. Kubota, who was 27 at the time, was

visiting Vancouver, Vancouver Island and the Rocky Mountains from Japan and began to fall for the natural charm of the province.

“I came as a tourist for the first time to Canada. I just felt like time was mov-ing very slowly compared to the big city because I am from Tokyo,” she said.

She was left with such a positive impression of British Columbia that she returned a year later on a working visa and never went home.

“I decided to try out living here for one year and since then I’ve stayed,” Kubota said.

On Saturday (Feb. 1) Kubota will be holding an Italian-themed piano recital at St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church. All proceeds from the recital will go directly toward the Nanaimo Conserva-tory of Music.

“I usually have an annual recital,” Kubota said. “This year I’m playing the theme of Italy. So, I play some pieces composed by various composers from Italy. The proceeds go to the Nanaimo Conservatory of Music.”

Kubota’s previous recitals have typi-cally had a Japanese theme, but this year she decided to change things up.

“My favourite is romantic music, usu-ally from Japan,” she said. “This year I wanted to increase my repertoire by doing a different type of music. I had never played compositions from Italy.”

“I am probably going to do other countries in the near future,” she added.

Kubota began playing and receiving piano lessons when she was four years old. When she reached the age of 10 her piano teacher asked her a very impor-tant question.

“My piano teacher asked me if I wanted to become a professional piano

player and if I become a professional pianist she has to train me towards that,” Kubota said. “At the time she said making a living as a professional pianist is very difficult unless you’re in the top group in the world.”

Her piano teacher then recommended that she consider taking up another profession due to the instability of the industry.

“She asked me if I had another profes-sion that I wanted to go in and back then I was a very academic student, so I wanted to be a teacher or a doctor,” Kubota said.

Kubota heeded the advice of her piano teacher and eventually became a math teacher. She continued to play the

piano as a hobby until 1992, when she made the 7,000-kilometre move from Japan.

“When I came to Canada I didn’t have a piano,” she said. “For about 10 years I didn’t have a piano.”

It wasn’t until around 2004 when Kubota, who continued teaching, began to feel a sense of emptiness.

“I felt I had something missing in my life,” she said. “So that’s how I went back to piano.”

Kubota began taking piano lessons under Teresa Marusarz-Borek and has since participated in master classes alongside respected pianists Krzysztof Jablonski, Anton Kuerti and Janina Fialkowska.

In the summer of 2009, Kubota partici-pated in the Rocky Mountain Amateur Piano Contest in Colorado Springs, Colo.

“It was eye opening,” Kubota said about the competition. “The level of competition was much higher than I thought.”

Although Kubota was only in Colo-rado Springs for a short time, she said the trip was a great experience for her.

“I met some many good amateur pia-nists,” she said. “It was inspiring me to continue to play piano as an amateur.”

Kutoba performs at St. Andrew’s Pres-byterian Church on Saturday (Feb. 1) at 7:30 p.m. Admission is by donation.

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experiencing his first major morning after.

On Monday, Rhodes had sent off his completed musical arrangements to the Vancouver Island Symphony for their newly commissioned education show – My Symphony with Rick Scott.

The show will be performed for Grade

4 students from across Nanaimo and the central Island at the Port Theatre on Feb. 13 as part of the symphony’s education and out-reach mandate. A partnership between the symphony and three school districts means that all Grade 4 students will see a symphony perfor-

mance during the next three years.

The students will also see a symphony musician visit their school prior to the performance.

Rhodes’ gratitude list reads like the Who’s Who of Nanai-mo’s music scene, beginning with his mother, singer-actor Joelle Rabu, and his late father, techni-cal director Dusty Rhodes.

After lessons with Doug Dodd and inspiration from Ms. Rankin at Quarter-way Elementary and from Ken Brewer, his band teacher at NDSS, Rhodes went on to take classes with jazz masters

Steve Jones, Jack Stafford and Phil Dwyer, and classical music with local icon Jacqui Droz.

“At 17, I was poised to perform with Canada’s Yamaha All-Star Band. My other choice at the exact same time was to do my first professional theatre show. It was a choice between tak-ing a more traditional route to university, or jumping feet first into the profes-sional world. That first production of Anything Goes at the Chemainus Theatre Festival led to every opportunity I have had since – including this show,” he said.

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“When I was a kid I would be in my pyjamas in the liv-ing room playing, drawing, painting, and I would listen to Beethoven and then I would listen to Rick Scott, my all-time favourite performer.

“I used to write let-ters to him when I was a kid. And now he’s been in my liv-ing room, discuss-ing whether a part should be a clarinet or oboe.”

The hardest part of the process was not working with his idol, however, but finally sending the finished piece off to the sym-phony.

“When it’s sitting on your desk you tin-ker with it every day, it grows, you love it, it’s frustrating, it’s exciting. But, the moment you send it away – it’s terrify-ing.”

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What began as regular jam sessions for Sage McBride, Tim Newton, Jordan Vlass-chaert, Ian Page-Shiner, and Steve Polit at the Brickhouse Bar and Grill in Fernie, B.C., became so much more in 2009.

“The drummer [Page-Shiner], guitar player [Polit] and banjo player [Newton], were all roommates and they were running a jam night at one of the local bars in town and the bass player [Vlass-chaert] and I used to go to the jam with various other friends,” McBride said. “Tim asked us if we’d be interested in joining a band. He asked if I would be interested in sing-

ing some back up and if Jordan wanted to join on bass.”

It was then that alternative-folk-rock band Shred Kelly was born and not long after its formation it performed its first show on top of the Fernie Alpine Resort.

Fast-forward to 2014 and Shred Kelly is no stranger to performing on the road. On Sunday (Feb. 2), the band will be performing at the Cambie at 8 p.m.

Shred Kelly’s first perfor-mance outside of Fernie came in 2010 when it performed at the Plaza of Nations during the Winter Olympics in Vancouver. McBride said leading up to their performance in Vancou-ver they were overwhelmed and nervous.

“It was super overwhelm-ing for us. We were all really nervous because it was an outdoor show in the Plaza of Nations, and there were a lot of people coming and going. It

was pretty nerve-wracking for us to play to people outside of our community because we had really good reception where we were from but didn’t know if it was strictly because we were from there.”

Shred Kelly released two albums, Goodbye July and In The Hills. McBride described their sound as “stoke folk.”

“It’s really high energy folk music that gets dance floors going. It’s primarily led by the banjo, so that’s our main instrumentation,” McBride said. “It’s really upbeat and mostly happy music.”

Shred Kelly is currently work-ing on a new album, which it hopes to release sometime in early 2015 and will be pro-duced by John Critchley.

“We are really excited to be working with someone who is so good at what he does. Hopefully it comes across in the recording as well.”

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BOUQUET To Tira, a very nice, honest and fast girl at Thrifty Foods Port Place.

BEEF To the teacher who put my child out in the snow just before Christmas without a jacket and walked away. She was being bullied by others while standing in a lineup and was asking them to stop.

BOUQUET To all nice, hard-working bus drivers. Thank you for everything.

BEEF To the guy in the burgundy jacket running around the field at Woodlands Secondary School while his basset hound left a present in the middle of the soccer field.

BOUQUET To Heath and Ed, managers of Country Club Manor, for inviting all residents who don’t have family or a place to go for Christmas dinner to share dinner with them on Christmas day.

BEEF To the female jogger in her 50s dressed completely in black at night while jogging through the Aulds Road crosswalk. If you put your energy into choosing reflective or white clothing and not your foul mouth to people who didn’t see you, you would have fewer problems.

BOUQUET To two motorists who came to my aid walking up steep Cypress Street where I fell. One lady even walked me right to my door.

BEEF To the owner of two beautiful black and white great Danes. My children and I were admiring your beautiful dogs from our car window when we saw you look around and then throw your bag of poop in the bush. Take responsibility for your pets. Parents don’t throw their children’s diapers out the window.

BOUQUET To the person who found a knitted hat in the parking lot at Nanaimo North Town Centre and put it on my car mirror. It’s not mine – I washed and dried it and you can pick it up at lost and found in the mall.

BEEF To all the construction on Hammond Bay Road. Not only is there house construction but also tree trimming happening simultaneously. There are multiple schools in this area and it’s difficult to get kids to school on time.

BOUQUET To those folk who were good enough to jingle their bells for the Salvation Army kettles, including MLA Leonard Krog, spotted in Terminal Park ringing his bells with the best of them, on a chilly evening.

BEEF To all politicians who pretend that by apologizing for some decades old, prior government’s racism and intolerance they are doing something earnestly meaningful. Stand instead now with the people for the treaty rights and against habitat devastation by greedy corporations. Be upright today, so that there is no regret tomorrow.

BOUQUET To Heather, Sue and Kathleen who were manning the information desk at Country Club Centre in December. You three went out of your way to find the phone number for the club who had wooden toys on display.

BEEF To the woman at the aquatic centre who brought her eight-year-old son into the women’s change room. The family room is intended for families with different genders, not the female area. It made myself and others very uncomfortable.

BOUQUET To our wonderful paperman Matt. A kinder, more thoughtful soul you will not find. Thank you for your Christmas card you delivered with our copy of the Nanaimo News Bulletin.

BEEF To the worker safety group. I almost fell off my chair when on TV they stated we have to address the bully in the workplace situation. What a joke – it is the biggest bully ever.

BOUQUET To the staff at the Scotiabank on Commercial Street for being so understanding and accommodating when

my Vancouver Canucks bank card was sent to the wrong address. I even got a Tim Horton’s card to boot.

BEEF To the miserable older “gentleman” in the black leather jacket who yelled at me in front of everyone at the gas station. You must be pretty miserable to get that upset over something so minor on such a beautiful, sunny Friday.

BOUQUET To the super-fit, festive-spirited and community-minded crew of Fire Station No. 1, who contributed its time and muscles to moving a piano at St. Andrew’s United Church which enabled the Allison Crowe Tidings concert to play on this year.

BEEF To the city for removing the security downtown. This month every day I come to work with fresh urine from the bar patrons.

BOUQUET To all the generous people who supported our families at Brechin Elementary School this Christmas season. An extra special thanks to Jon, Alexandra,

Jeff, staff and clients of Moksha Yoga Studios, Jessica, Ryan and the secret Santa group.

BEEF To the person who side-swiped my gold Ford Ranger pickup truck in the Wal-Mart parking lot. You did a lot of damage to the passenger side of my truck and weren’t honest enough to own up to it and leave your information. Despite your dishonesty, I have faith. I believe in Karma.

BOUQUET To the residents of the Nanaimo Seniors Village who helped raise more than $1,200 toward the Coins for Kids, Loaves and Fishes and the Salvation Army for toys, hampers and food. An awesome job done.

BEEF To the mall. I asked to leave a recyclable cup in their bin. They said, “you’re welcome to leave it, but it will go straight to the garbage because the mall does not provide us with recycle bins.” They said they have asked for them and mall management will not provide them.

BOUQUET To service manager Craig and Newcastle Nissan. Your support of the community by helping to keep Nanaimo CarShare’s Versa running cool is much appreciated.

BEEF To the welfare workers who bully sick clients and have them treated like animals to cover up their own corruption and give them no avenues to seek justice. If it weren’t for sick people you would not have jobs.

BOUQUET To Central Drugs on Bowen Road for its donation of pens and bubbles, and bakery department at Country Grocer Southgate for the cakes for the Paradise Isle Seniors society.

BOUQUET To Speedy Auto Service for always doing exceptional work at an exceptional price. I have always been able to count on you for all of my auto needs.

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Health helpIngrid Tanasichuk, left, of Vancouver Island Voca-tional and Rehabilitation Services, presents $4,000 to Brenda Rositano, of Nanaimo and District Hospital Foundation, with the help of staff Carol Roworth, Liz Laird, Debbie Provencher and Jacquie Larsen.

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Child’s playEmergency-room staff from Nanaimo Regional General Hospital join Maeve O’Byrne, left, of the Nanaimo and District Hospital Foundation to receive an $85,000 donation from Gina Pecorelli, right, of Telus. Between June 2012 and August 2013 Telus gave $25 for every new Nanaimo customer signing up for Optik TV or activating a smartphone. The donation will pay for the child play area in the new emergency department.

Swap-O-Rama-Rama is a clothing swap combined with ‘creation stations,’ staffed by local artists and clothing makers, where participants can learn skills to modify, alter or embel-lish their ‘new’ clothes.

The Nanaimo Arts Coun-cil and Nanaimo Recycling Exchange hosts the event Feb. 10 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at St. Andrew’s United Church. Admission is $5 with a bag of clean, used clothing or $10 without a clothing donation.

Swap-O-Rama-Rama is about inspiring partici-pants to see themselves as creators instead of

consumers. The event is a commerce-free zone where clothes, materials and knowledge are shared freely.

The event will wrap up with a fashion show of creations made by partici-pants and local upcycled

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donations of sewing sup-plies, everything from needles and thread to sew-ing machines and sergers. Pickup can be arranged.

Cash donations are also welcome and will help cover the cost of additional supplies and materials.

For more information about Swap-O-Rama-Rama, including a list of supplies needed and volunteer posi-tions available, please visit www.swap-o-nanaimo.ca, contact the Nanaimo Arts Council at 250-729-3947 or e-mail [email protected].

Workshop helps turn old clothes into new

SWAP-O-RAMA-RAMA clothing exchange takes place Feb. 10, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., at St. Andrew’s United Church. Admission $10; $5/with clothing donation. Call 250-729-3947.

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Nanaimo City Council’s Nominating Committee for the Nanaimo Economic Development Corporation (NEDC) are accepting nominations for exemplary leaders in our community to actively participate on the Board of Directors of the NEDC.The NEDC is an arm’s length, for-profit corporation owned by the City of Nanaimo created to provide economic development and tourism services to the greater Nanaimo area.

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MID-ISLAND Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) meet every second Sunday, 11 a.m., at Bethlehem Retreat Centre, 2371 Arbot Rd. Call 250-754-0774.

NANAIMO ELkS No. 26 meets third Wednes-day of each month at 11 a.m. at Royal Cana-dian Legion Branch 10, 129 Harewood Rd. 250-741-8308 for details.

ALzhEIMER’S AND Dementia Caregivers’ support group meets the second Thursday and third Tuesday of the month from 10:30 a.m. to noon at Alzheimer Resource Centre, 200-1585 Bowen Rd. For informa-tion contact 250-734-4170.

MID ISLAND Metis Nation monthly meet-ing is held the last Thursday of every month at 7 p.m. at the Harewood Activity Centre at Fourth and Bruce. 250-740-0223 for details.

CAMERATA SINGERS welcome new mem-bers who have ability to read music and some singing experi-ence. 250-758-0263.

COUNCIL Of Senior Citizens Organizations is an advocacy group devoted to improving the quality of life for all seniors. Organiza-tions or individuals wishing to affiliate can contact 604-576-9734 or e-mail [email protected].

SENIOR PEER counsel-ling recruiting volun-teers 60-plus years of age. Training begins Sept. 15 at Nanaimo Family Life Associa-tion. Contact 250-754-3331.

BOWEN PARk Tennis Club plays doubles tennis under the lights Sundays, Tuesdays and Thursdays, 7:30 pm. Lower courts, Bowen Park. All skill levels welcome. 250-758-6841.

NANAIMO LIONS Club meets first and third Monday of each month at 6:30 p.m. at Kiwanis Village at

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ORDER Of the Eastern Star Nanaimo chapter No. 43 meets at 7:30 p.m. on the first and third Tuesday of each month at the Ashlar Masonic building at 101 Commercial St. Details at 250-758-2852.

DEALING WITh the Dragon anger man-agement course for men. An eight-week course with flexible start times. Runs every Tuesday, 7-9 p.m., Nanaimo Men’s Resource Centre, 418D Fitzwilliam St. Pre-registration required at 250-716-1551 or e-mail [email protected].

ALATEEN hOSTS meet-ings for teens aged 12-18 from 8-9 p.m. in the basement of the Church of Christ, 1720 Meredith Rd., each Tuesday. Visit www.ala-teen.org for details.

WELLINGTON ACTION Committee meets the first Thursday of each month at 8 p.m. in the Wellington Community Hall, 3922 Corunna Ave. Visit www.wel-lingtonbc.ca/wac/ for more info.

CEDAR hERITAGE Dupli-cate Bridge Group fall session begins. Tues-days at 1:30 p.m. at Cedar Heritage Centre, 1644 MacMillan Rd. Newcomers welcome. Please phone 250-722-2656 for more information.

NANAIMO ACCORDION Band meets Tuesdays at 1 p.m. at the Old Harewood Firehall on Fourth Street. Call 250-753-2730 for information.

NANAIMO DUPLICATE Bridge Club games Monday and Wednes-day, 7 p.m., and Thurs-day at 1 p.m. Legion No. 256, 1630 E. Wel-lington Rd., Nanaimo. Call 250-741-0877 or 250-756-0438. Speakers half hour before game time first week of every month October through May.

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LooksI can’t remember the last time a large SUV turned heads but this model had passersby, friends, and family all taking notice. Several neighbours commented on the stylish “racetrack” rear light bar that has migrated from the Dodge Dart and Charger sedans to this big SUV for 2014. Because of standard AWD and other packaging changes, the starting price is higher than direct competitors, the Ford Explorer or Nissan Pathfind-er. Both those vehicles have a base model that starts around $30,000, the Durango, in contrast, starts at $39,995 and tops out at $51,995. This Citadel model, with options, is over $60,000. The base model comes nicely equipped with 18-inch wheels, keyless entry and

Bluetooth streaming to name a few. Dodge be-lieves the $43,995 Limited model will be the volume seller thanks to a backup camera with sensors, heated seats over the first two rows and a higher level of interior trim.

InsideUpdates to the interior for 2014 include a new steering wheel that con-trols two new screens on the dash. The first is the intuitive and very quick uConnect screen in the centre of the console. All Durango models, except this top Citadel, get a 5-inch unit; this trim gets the 8.3-inch version, which is too bad. The second screen is embedded in the instrument cluster and can be custom-ized. I tried my hand at this but never really mastered it. The biggest selling point for the Durango is the amount of space it offers over three rows for 6 or 7 passengers. My youngest son loved climbing into the third row and could actually stretch out. I even tried it out and can report that adults have plenty of room in any seat. The Citadel model came equipped with a stun-ning two-tone interior featuring black carpets and tan seats. This contrast won over my wife who wouldn’t have looked twice at a Durango but after the first week she admitted how much she enjoyed the experience. If you

take extra passengers regularly, I would opt for the less expensive bench seat that allows room for 7 people inside.

DriveThe big update for 2014 is the introduction of an 8-speed automatic trans-mission to help limit the amount of fuel this big rig uses. When matched to the base 290hp 3.6L V6 the official fuel rating is 12.4L/100km in the city and 8.3L on the highway. The optional 5.7L V8 with 360hp uses much more fuel and is rated at 15.6L/100km in the city and 9.1L on the

highway. Over two weeks, in almost 100 per cent city drivin and short trips, I used a whopping 20L/100 in the city. If the Durango were allowed to stretch its legs on the open road that number would have been much better. Handling

is first rate thanks to a Mercedes-Benz derived platform (GL-Class). There is a good amount of road feel but bigger bumps are eaten up with no fuss.

VerdictThis latest Durango is yet another ex-ample of what Chrysler is doing right. It is loaded with the latest technology, has a class leading 8-speed automatic, attitude and room to spare. I enjoyed my entire time with it and so did the rest of the family, we even gave it a name, “The Badongo” I don’t know why, but it really is one Bad Durango. If I can read the tea leaves for a moment, I would bet the EcoDiesel will be com-ing to the Durango, hopefully sooner rather then better.

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