Nanaimo News Bulletin, April 13, 2013

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Model citizenFrank Mills, of Ladysmith, launches his model of the Banckert, a detailed replica – including smoke from its stack – of the ship operating in the North Sea. Dozens of modellers from the Island, Lower Mainland and Wash-ington state have their miniature marine craft on display at Country Club Centre this weekend for the Nanaimo Boat Modellers annual boat show.

BY JENN MCGARRIGLETHE NEWS BULLETIN

Major changes could be in store for students, educators and community members in Nanaimo school district if a consultant’s recommendations are followed.

School closures, rebuilding facilities, new programs and relocation of existing programs are all included in a report from Doug Player, a former superin-tendent of the West Vancouver School District, on what should go in Nanaimo school district’s 10-year facilities plan.

He presented his recommen-dations to trustees and a large crowd of parents, educators and students in Nanaimo Dis-trict Secondary School’s gym-nasium Thursday evening.

Recommendations include closing eight schools, rebuild-ing four schools, adding three new enrichment programs and relocating the learning alterna-tives programs and administra-tive functions.

Player said the district is deal-ing with deteriorating facilities – 40 per cent are beyond their useful life – empty space, dys-functional buildings, a lack of program enrichment, staffing duplication and a large budget deficit.

“In my opinion, right now your students don’t have the facilities they deserve, they don’t have the achievement

they should have,” he said. “Your teachers should have more resources.”

The district is trying to spread too few dollars across too many facilities and by massing students together, the district can improve course offerings, create better learn-ing conditions and offer more resources to students, Player said.

In the first two years, he rec-ommends relocating the learn-ing alternatives programs to NDSS and the elementary Life Skills program from Ruther-ford to Fairview elementary schools; moving Cedar Second-ary students to John Barsby and moving North Cedar, North Oyster, South Wellington and Woodbank elementary school students to Cedar Secondary, closing those schools; doubling the half-size gym at Hammond Bay Elementary School; mov-ing Grades 11 and 12 students from Woodlands to NDSS; clos-ing the District Resource Cen-tre; and reconfiguring schools in Ladysmith.

In years three and five, Player proposes closing Wood-lands and sending the junior students to NDSS; rebuilding NDSS; closing Ladysmith inter-mediate and building a new elementary school; rebuilding Cilaire Elementary; and closing Departure Bay Elementary and moving the students to Cilaire.

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NDP offers film tax breaks

An NDP government would increase tax credits for movie, TV and video game production in B.C., to counter higher tax breaks offered by Ontario and Quebec.

NDP leader Adrian Dix said Tuesday that if his party forms a government in the May 14 election, it will increase the tax credit for labour expenditures by foreign and domestic productions in B.C. from 33 per cent to 40. That would cost the provincial treasury $45 million a year, assuming increased movie and TV production.

In 2009, Ontario stepped up its tax credits to 25 per cent of all spending for movie and TV production by foreign companies in the province.

Dix said the bigger tax break is to reverse a decline of 3,500 direct and indirect jobs in B.C. last year, with early results for 2013 showing a 32-per cent decline compared to last year.

B.C. Liberal MLA Bill Bennett, minister of community, sport and cultural development, said earlier this year that Ontario’s tax credits are not sustainable. Bennett pointed to more than $2 million provided last year for B.C. Film and Media, which offers financing and marketing support to domestic projects, and the BC Film Commission, a provincial office that helps producers secure permits, crews and shooting locations in B.C.

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Moving students around, cutting support and spe-cialist teachers, and clos-ing services are all strate-gies Nanaimo school trust-ees are considering to bal-ance next year’s budget.

The district is facing a $4.7-million shortfall in its 2013-14 budget.

While district staff had previously identified $2 million in savings to put toward next year’s budget – a $500,000 surplus car-ried over from last year; another $500,000 surplus from this year’s budget, due mainly to an unan-ticipated enrolment drop; and a $1-million clawback on supplies and services budgets – that still left about $2.7 million in pro-posed cuts to talk about at Wednesday night’s busi-ness committee meeting.

Staff presented trustees with about two dozen pro-posed cuts to equal the remaining shortfall which, if implemented, will result in a loss of 10 teaching positions and almost eight support workers.

These proposals do not include the recent deci-sion to extend spring break to save about $400,000, as the district needs to come to an agree-ment with teachers before that move can be final-ized, although that money could be saved for the fol-lowing budget year.

“We have a financial cri-sis this year – we’re going to have more of one next year,” said Phil Turin, sec-retary-treasurer. “I real-ize that this is a difficult decision for all. We tried to look at the entire orga-nization.”

More than $2 million of

the proposed cuts come from instructional ser-vices: closing the Dis-trict Resource Centre at the old Dufferin Cres-cent school site; moving English-stream students at Quarterway and Davis Road elementary schools to neighbouring schools; moving most junior learn-ing alternative students back to their catchment-area schools, with about 14 remaining at the Five Acres site until the end of the year; and elimina-tion of the gifted/enrich-ment resource teacher, two behaviour resource teachers, the safe schools coordinator and the early years coordinator.

Deputy superintendent John Blain said there are less than 100 English-p r o g r a m students left at French immersion s c h o o l s Quarterway and Davis Road. These s t u d e n t s c o u l d b e a b s o r b e d into neigh-b o u r i n g s c h o o l s with mini-mal staffing increases, while creating additional space for future French immersion stu-dents – there are about 19 kindergarten students and 44 Grade 1 students on a waiting list to get into the program.

As for moving Grades 8 and 9 junior learning alternative students back into the regular secondary school program and the position cuts, staff believe that students will still be well served through the district’s new response-

to-intervention teaching strategy, which makes available four multi-dis-ciplinary teams to help teachers who request additional support, said Blain.

Another strategy is to move some staff costs out of the operating budget and into special purpose funds. The province gives the district a special fund, called CommunityLINK, to support vulnerable stu-

dents and staff rec-o m m e n d paying for two sup-port work-ers, a half-time vision r e s o u r c e t e a c h e r and three additional elementary counsellors out of this b u d g e t ,

bringing the total elemen-tary counselling positions up to 11.

Trustee Donna Allen found that move disap-pointing.

“The rule was Commu-nityLINK wasn’t for fund-ing positions, it was for extra,” she said. “You had enough money from the government to have the counsellors you needed. This was all supposed to be extra to help our chil-dren.”

Other proposed cuts

include closing the print shop, not replacing an accountant, removing funding for Nanaimo-Ladysmith Schools Foun-dation’s secretary posi-tion, eliminating two care-taker positions, deferring spending on laptops for secondary teachers (part of the district’s technol-ogy plan) for one year, and a five-per cent increase in rental revenues.

Near the end of the meet-ing, trustee Nancy Curley asked senior management to calculate what a cut of two per cent of all non-unionized employee sala-ries would equal and look into whether the board could legally reduce sala-ries.

“I like what secretary-treasurer Turin said ear-lier about wanting to share the pain throughout the organization,” she said.

Justin Green, president of the Nanaimo District Teachers’ Association, agreed. While the budget proposals include cuts to teachers and support staff, there is none for administrators, he said.

“When I see zero, I’m offended,” said Green. “Equity is what we’re ask-ing for.”

Jamie Brennan, school board chairman, put for-ward a second motion asking staff to negotiate a rental or lease agreement for use of Serauxmen Sta-dium.

He said the district is considering raising rental rates, yet is not receiving revenue from Nanaimo Minor Baseball Asso-ciation for use of the sta-dium.

“This is an anomaly that is sort of embarrassing,” said Brennan. “I know we’re going to be vilified and criticized, told that we are going to ruin chil-dren’s lives, but I think we have to do it.”

Both Curley and Bren-nan’s motions passed.

Turin said the propos-als are the result of senior management discussions over the past weeks and the budget could change before it is finalized.

To review a complete list of the 2013-14 budget pro-posals, please go to www.sd68.bc.ca.

The public will have a chance to comment on the draft budget at a special board meeting Thursday (April 18) at Nanaimo Dis-trict Secondary School.

Please contact Cathy Kelt at 250-741-5238 or ckel [email protected] by Wednesday (April 17) at noon to make a presenta-tion.

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NaNaimo School diStrict must cut $2 million from its 2013-14 budget. Possible cuts discussed included:

cloSiNg diStrict Resource Centre;

moviNg ENgliSh-StrEam students from Quarterway and Davis Road elementary schools to nearby schools;

moviNg juNior learning alternative students

back to their catchement schools;

ElimiNatioN of gifted/enrichment resource teacher;

ElimiNatioN of two behaviour resource teachers;

ElimiNatioN of safe schools coordinator;

ElimiNatioN of early Years coordinator;

movE coStS for two support workers, part-time vision resource teacher

and three elementary counsellors into CommunityLINK budget;

lEavE accouNtaNt position vacant;

rEmovE fuNdiNg for Nanaimo-Ladysmith schools Foundation secretary;

ElimiNatE tWo caretaker positions;

dEfEr buyiNg laptops for secondary teachers;

fivE-pEr cENt increase in rental revenue.

QuickfactsTrustees aim to cut $2.7 million from budgetElimination of support staff positions, consolidation of students, deferral of purchases and rental increases all considered to help balance budget

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These days, former NHL player Ryan Walter tries to help couples score a happy marriage.

Ryan Walter and his wife, Jenn, will be in Nanaimo this weekend to lead a Hungry Marriage con-ference at the Vancouver Island Conference Centre.

Oceanside Church is organizing

the conference, which includes faith-based inspirational speak-ing, as well as activities and discussion. The Walters use the term ‘hungry marriage’ to ask couples if they are hungry for change.

For more information, please visit www.oceansidechurch.ca.

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Backyard burning is banned in Nanaimo except if a person has a permit.

Burning is only permitted from April to November on Fridays and Saturdays. The per-son must have the permit on them at all times and only garden refuse and prunings can be burned.

People may not burn household garbage, wooden construction material, stumps or land clearing debris and fires shouldn’t exceed 1.5 metres in width.

For full backyard burning guidelines please go to www.nanaimo.ca.

Nanaimo RCMP are asking for the public’s assistance in locating two Nanaimo residents.

Eighty-year-old Jacques Bonenfant has not been seen or heard from since noon on Wednesday.

Bonenfant resides in an assisted care facility and is quite approachable.

He speaks English with a strong French accent. He is 5’4”, 155 pounds with grey hair and green eyes.

He was last seen walking along Terminal Ave-nue near downtown and was wearing a light coloured jacket, red shoes and green hat. He has no family in Nanaimo and does not have access to a car.

The police are also asking for the public’s assistance to locate Eric Daniel Kivell, 13.

Kivell was reported missing by his foster parents April 3 and has gone missing numer-ous times in the past year, but usually returns within a couple of days.

Kivell has family and friends in the Nanaimo area and was last seen wearing black jeans, a brown and white Billabong hoodie and a red Chicago Bulls hat. Kivell is a First Nations male, 5’10”, 145 pounds with short dark hair and brown eyes.

Photos of both missing persons are avail-able on the News Bulletin’s website at www.nanaimobulletin.com. The disappearances are not linked.

Anyone with information about their where-abouts is asked to call Nanaimo RCMP at 250-754-2345 or contact Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 or online at www.nanaimocrime stoppers.com.

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CKNW radio is hosting a leaders’ debate at 9 a.m. on April 26.

Invited to take part are B.C. Liberal leader Christy Clark, NDP leader Adrian Dix, Green Party leader Jane Sterk and B.C. Conserva-tive leader John Cummins.

A one-hour television debate is set for April 29 at 7 p.m. on Global TV, also featur-ing the four major party leaders.

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The NDP has a 17-point lead on the B.C. Lib-erals among decided voters, but one in five people are still undecided, according to a poll released this week by Insights West.

The NDP had support of 45 per cent of decided voters, compared to 28 per cent for the B.C. Liberals. The Green Party was sup-ported by 15 per cent, with 10 per cent backing the B.C. Conservatives.

The poll contacted 855 adult B.C. residents in the last week of March.

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years, the report suggests rebuilding Rutherford; moving the District Adminis-tration Centre to the Selby Street site; and moving facilities func-tions to the Old Victo-ria Road site.

Player’s recommen-dations don’t stop at facilities.

He believes part of the reason for the popularity of the French immersion program is people feel this is the only way for their children to get enrichment and suggests initiating a pilot arts program at the new Cedar ele-mentary and other enrichment programs at John Barsby, Rand-erson Ridge, Welling-ton, Dover and Cilaire to start, all of which will raise achieve-ment expectations, with other schools jumping on board if these programs are successful and well received.

Player said the learning alternatives students should be at NDSS, where they can better access amenities such as the Career Technical Cen-tre.

He estimates the plan will mean annual operational savings of about $1.3 million per year in the first five years of the plan and recommends disposal of some properties, with the money used

to upgrade other facil-ities.

Trustees asked senior management to present a draft facilities plan to the board on April 24.

I f t h e b o a r d approves the plan, consultation will take place during May and June.

Parents a t the meeting had mixed reactions to Player’s report.

Andrea Bonkowski, a former trustee who advocated to keep South Well ington open in the past, said she was expecting South Wellington to be on the chopping block again, but many community mem-bers chose that area because they like the small school setting.

The Education Min-istry announced Mon-day that the school was approved for seismic upgrades.

South Wellington parent Steve Bowen said the plan does not account for the importance of an environment where a child can ride his bike to a friend’s house after school.

“I think a strong community involve-ment will produce a happier student and a happier adult,” he said.

Jo Widmeyer, who has two children at Hammond Bay, liked many elements of Player’s plan.

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they’re trying to be more efficient,” she said. “I think it’s well thought-out.”

Widmeyer is happy that the Hammond Bay gym project is a priority because the

half-size facility chal-lenges teachers to provide a good fitness program for students.

C e d a r re s i d e n t Wendy Smith, who has two children in schools there, is excited about the sug-gested arts program at a consolidated Cedar elementary school and admitted she has been worry-ing that her children would fall short on opportunities in the area.

Ronnie Pakosz, a Cedar mom of four who advocated to keep Woodbank Pri-mary open five years

ago, is also worried that her kids won’t have as many oppor-tunities in Cedar as elsewhere and she now believes, after watching her kids go through the system, that the small school model isn’t working for all kids.

“If it means bet-ter programs for our kids, I’m in support of [Player’s recommen-dations],” she said.

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AIDS on Vancouver Island.

“Many restaurants have told us reser-vations for April 25 are already coming in, so we are encour-aging diners who are hungry for a new restaurant experi-ence, or who want to support their favourite restaurant, to be sure to make reservations,” said James Boxshall of AIDS Vancouver

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BBQ, The Nest Bis-tro, Thirsty Camel Café, and Tina’s Diner will donate a quarter of their sales.

Many establish-ments offering breakfast, lunch and dinner in support of the event.

Diners who partici-pate will also have an opportunity to win a prize package including a night for two at the Chateau Victoria and a $750 voucher at Expedia Cruiseship centres.

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ers who post memo-rable photos of the event online. Orga-nizers are also using Twitter to promote the event, with the hashtag #DOFLVI.

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The full list of participating restau-rants is posted at www.diningoutfor-life.com/vancouver island.

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BY CHRIS HAMLYNTHE NEWS BULLETIN

Having set policy and reg-ulations, city council will have little more to do in the approval of a development permit application for a high-profile north Nanaimo prop-erty.

The city received the appli-cation from Mount Benson Developments Inc. to con-struct a 353-unit residential subdivision in six phases on 32.9 hectares of land in the Linley Valley west area.

The property is designated ‘neighbourhood’ under the Official Community Plan and is zoned R10 steep slope resi-dential, which allows residen-tial development of up to 16 units per hectare. The densi-ties proposed in the applica-tion are well below what is permitted.

The proposed development will consist of a mixture of single and multiple family units and proposes to dedi-cate more than 45 per cent of the property as parkland to preserve wetlands, the exist-ing trail network, and areas of

environmentally sensitivity located on the site.

As the proposal meets the city’s development permit guidelines for steep slope and park dedication, and as there are no variances asso-ciated with the application, it falls within Delegation Bylaw 7031 and can be approved by Ted Swabey, city general manager of community safety and development, and not council. About two-thirds of development permits go through the delegation bylaw. Only about one-third show up in front of council, usually when a developer is requesting a larger variance than what the bylaw permits.

Swabey said the process is not unusual and is just mov-ing forward.

“This process has been in place for a number of years,” he said. “Council played a major role in creating the pol-icies and regulations in the [Official Community Plan] and the zoning, this devel-oper has come forward and I’m implementing council’s policies.”

Jennifer O’Rourke, board member of Team Save Linley Valley West Society, a group determined to save the land from development, said the delegation bylaw is routine in municipalities where council

assigns staff decision-making authority.

“However, we did a little bit of research, and the delega-tion bylaw that’s Nanaimo’s gives significantly more authority to staff than say Penticton or Victoria,” she said. “Typically, these del-egation bylaws have a short list of what staff can do. What Nanaimo’s has is a short list of what staff can’t do.”

She said it’s a question of what’s appropriate to assign to staff.

“Obviously you want staff’s help because they have expertise in all sorts of areas. But on the other hand, whose city is it?” she asked. “Council should set up things in such a way that any significant deci-sion is their’s primarily with staff advice rather than the other way around.”

Mayor John Ruttan said

council cannot make a deci-sion on every single applica-tion received, though con-sideration should be given to those which are large.

“However, if the applicant is a knowledgeable developer, if he or she knows what the reg-ulations are, comes down and deals with staff, identifies all the issues, and doesn’t need to get a variance, there’s no reason to come before coun-cil,” he said.

O’Rourke said while a city-issued press release on the development gives the impression the battle is over, that’s far from the truth.

“It isn’t over for the 650 or so people who have signed the petition and we’re not giving up,” she said

The group plans to attend the city’s committee of the whole meeting Monday (April 15).

Ruttan said the property is properly zoned and the developer has been forth-right and tried to co-operate surrounding any concerns.

“The city doesn’t have the millions it would take to buy it, and if the developer wants to meet all the guidelines plus dedicated 45 per cent of it for nothing to the city … I don’t know that it’s such a bad deal,” he said.

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The B.C. NDP is proposing to collect an extra $550 million a year in new tax revenues from large businesses, high-income earners and financial institu-tions in their first year of an NDP gov-ernment.

By the third year, another $100 mil-lion would be raised from extra carbon tax on the oil and gas industry, NDP finance critic Bruce Ralston announced at a news conference in Vancouver Thursday.

The B.C. Liberals’ February budget raised the corporate income tax rate to 11 per cent. The NDP would increase it

to 12 per cent on Oct. 1, which Ralston

said would raise an extra $200 million a year. The small business income rate would be left at 2.5 per cent, applied to firms with annual revenue up to $500,000. Another $150 million is expected to come from a capital tax on financial institutions.

Ralston revealed a rate of three per cent for banks and one per cent for larger credit unions. Credit unions with holdings of less than $20 million would be exempted, and Ralston

said fewer than half of the 44 credit unions in B.C. are big enough to pay the tax.

The personal income tax rate on earn-ings above $150,000 a year would go from 14.7 per cent to 19 per cent under an NDP government.

The B.C. Liberal budget promised to raise it to 16.8 per cent for two years only.

Ralston said the NDP plan would add $1,100 to the tax bill of someone mak-ing taxable income of $200,000 a year, and he considers the increase to be a permanent measure.

Finance Minister Mike de Jong said the NDP plan echoes the policies pur-sued by the NDP government of the 1990s.

“Taxation levels went up, a corporate capital tax was introduced, and invest-

ment and jobs fled,” de Jong said.The NDP carbon tax increase is to be

phased in on “venting” emissions from oil and gas production, raising an esti-mated $35 million next year and tripling over the next two years.

Ralston said the NDP will not extend the carbon tax to chemical process emissions on cement plants, aluminum smelters and other industries that emit carbon dioxide beyond their use of fos-sil fuel.

All the new revenues would be spent on programs, including reinstating non-repayable grants for post-secondary students.

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The city doesn’t have the millions it would take to buy it.“

Glancing at CTV British Colum-bia News on the web, I noticed a poll question that has huge implications for air travel includ-ing the plans WestJet has for fly-ing out of Nanaimo Airport.

Bellingham International Air-port saw 61,402 people fly out in March, surpassing the old record of 55,407 set in July 2012.

CTV’s web poll asks: Would you consider driving to Bellingham to save money on a flight?

Been there, done that.

In fact, we were two of the 61,402 passen-gers who used Belling-ham for our vacation to Edmonton in early March.

Now don’t get me wrong. I am a proud Canadian and do my best to shop in Canada, B.C., Vancouver Island and Nanaimo as much as I can.

But, when it comes to air travel, especially within Canada, those in charge of the carriers need to give their heads a shake.

For my wife and I to fly from Comox to Edmonton return, it was going to cost us approxi-mately $900.

By cashing in some Alaska Air-lines points, it cost the two of us $125 to fly from Bellingham (change planes in Seattle) to Edmonton return.

So even when you add in $160 return for B.C. Ferries (don’t get me started on that) a night

in a hotel in Bellingham and $38 to park our car for a week, I fig-ure we’re still nearly $500 in the black compared to flying out of Comox.

It caused a little confusion at the border when the guard asked us our purpose for entering the U.S.

“To drive to Bellingham and fly to Edmonton to see our new

grandson,” I said.He gave us a puzzled

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“Alberta,” I replied“Why would you do

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to be saving $500 we couldn’t wait to give him the good news and at the same time slam the Canadian system.

“I guess I would do the same thing,” he said. “Have a good trip.”

We had a similar experience in Edmonton with a Canadian Bor-der Services officer, and she also agreed it sounded like smart way to travel.

On a side note, it wasn’t just air travel costs in the States that blew us away.

Reaching the hotel in Belling-ham, we walked to a Pizza Hut for supper and got a medium pizza for takeout.

With tax, it was around $11. No coupon necessary, no gimmicks, no nothing – $11.

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pizza and 10 breadsticks in Nanaimo, it came to $35 and change.

These people who say Canadi-ans are too polite and will just take a shafting from our own governments and businesses are on to something.

But, back to air costs.I imagine Canadian travellers

from the Lower Mainland and the Fraser Valley are nothing new to the folks in Bellingham. The hop over the border for a cheap flight would be nothing to them.

But when it’s worth the while of Vancouver Islanders to eat the cost of the ferry ride and a hotel, that’s got to cause a little concern for the airline folks in Comox and especially Nanaimo.

Sure WestJet’s plans to fly into Calgary begin with some bar-gain prices, but it won’t be long before they creep up to Comox prices.

They have to. We don’t have the population to support any-thing else.

If I’m wrong, I’ll be the first to apologize. And if they ever fly into Edmonton for a couple hun-dred bucks return for two, we will be the first in line.

But until then, I’ll fly the skies that are friendliest to my pock-etbook.

It’s not the way I want to treat Canadian companies, but then again, they don’t seem to mind reaching into my pocketbook and relieving me of my hard earned cash.

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A number of organizations and political parties are taking aim at the financing of political parties, citing the release last week of information about money raised by the B.C. Liberals and the NDP.

The Liberals raised about $10 million in 2012, with about half of that coming from businesses. The NDP raised about $7 million, with $1 million coming from businesses and another $1.6 million from unions.

NDP leader Adrian Dix has agreed with Integrity B.C., an election watchdog group, the B.C. Conservative Party, the Green Party and independent MLAs that there should be a ban on donations from businesses and unions to political campaigns.

This would bring B.C. into line with the federal government and most other provinces.

Is this really best for democracy?Independent MLA Bob Simpson says

that organizations giving donations to parties “buys access” and is at odds with one person, one vote.

If there were no donations to parties from businesses and unions, would that limit political advertising? Not likely.

Unions like the B.C. Teachers Federation have spent millions in advocacy ads over the years, and are doing so now. It is also unlikely that any ban on donations would extend to advocacy ads, given that it would be unlikely to survive a court challenge.

A limit on donations from an individual business or union to a party, and a law that would prevent that organization from making simultaneous donations to individual candidates to try to get around the limit, would be sufficient in limiting the influence of any one donor.

Democracy is a battle of ideas, and getting ideas out into the public square requires money and effort.

No one should be able to buy an election. Individuals, groups and businesses should be able to fully participate.

Donation limit a better idea

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By Dwight yochimThe Truck Loggers Associa-

tion recently commissioned a public opinion poll to better understand public sentiment toward the forest industry, and some of the findings are con-cerning.

Most notable is the discon-nect between the perceived future of the industry – most are optimistic – and the per-ceived existence of forestry jobs – most believe there is a shortage of jobs.

Our concern lies in the fact that at a time when our mem-bers and other forest sector employers are looking to fill thousands of positions, pro-spective workers in our coastal communities are looking else-where.

There are two key reasons for

the disconnect. First, although the industry’s

resurgence has been build-ing for months, it follows the longest and most severe hous-ing collapse since the Second World War. It takes time to make people believers again when you’ve been down for so long.

Second, critics of the industry continue to promote negative impressions of our for-est practices. This in turn has incorrectly convinced many of our youth that the sector is not environmentally sound or suffi-ciently high tech to be a priority career choice.

What’s ironic about these findings is that they come at a time when the world is increas-ingly focused on reducing its carbon footprint and recognizes

that forest-based materials have a significant advantage over materials that are non-renewable and/or require large amounts of fossil fuel energy to manufacture (e.g., plastic, steel

and concrete). As such, our industry

is increasingly viewed as the high-tech sustainable industry of the future and

the related job opportunities are broad and vast.

Just ask Steve Thomson, Minister of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations, who noted that over the next decade 25,000 job openings are anticipated due to retirements and economic growth alone.

But, what to do in the short term?

There are many who believe a comprehensive branding cam-

paign is required to position the forest sector as a world-leading high-tech industry, a job cre-ator and source of improving government revenues – all true attributes but expensive to execute.

A more immediate solution may lie in some of the grass-roots strategies initiated by the TLA, along with Western Forest Products and Timber-West, involving support for the Alberni school district’s project-based learning program whereby students experience forest practices in the woods every day as part of their regu-lar curriculum.

Students earn core high school requirements through hands-on learning activities in the outdoors, including main-taining a 10-hectare Christmas

tree farm, offering tours of a woodlot they maintain and explaining techniques they undertake.

The bottom line is firsthand experience means increased interest and awareness in the many job opportunities present in the local community.

Although these programs are starting to pay off, we need to do a lot more to get the word out – to educators, to employ-ment and guidance counsellors, and to parents – that the sector has bounced back, the long-term outlook is extraordinary and that good jobs are available in communities up and down the B.C. coast.

uDwight Yochim is executive

director of the Truck Loggers Association.

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industry must connect with next generation employees

Future of ferry system might necessitate bridge

To the Editor,Re: Floating bridge

a solution, Letters, April 4.

The cost of build-ing a fixed link from the Lower Mainland to Vancouver Island would be horren-dous.

That being said, can we afford to not do it?

Until the last few years the B.C. Fer-ries system has been good, but with the many changes com-ing in the near future we will probably not be able to afford the cost of that service any more.

Fuel, maintenance, labour, fleet renewal, and expansion to meet growing demand will eventu-ally drive costs out of reach.

When ferry fares reach $150 each way for a car and driver and the taxpayers are still subsidizing the operations, a fixed link will begin to look very good.

But by then with escalating costs, it may be too late.

Since the last decent study was done, we have new technologies, new innovations, lighter, stronger concrete as well as engineer-ing that with new products may make a floating bridge pos-sible.

So yes, it may now be feasible.

Financing, another big problem, may be solved through the issuing of gov-ernment bonds thus eliminating the added cost of the massive profits that the eastern banks would necessarily take.

We may even find some of our own personal retirement funds would be used should they fit into an RRSP plan.

So let’s re-think the fixed link, before it’s too late.

Alan MacKinnonNanaimo

Study criteria threatens WestwoodTo the Editor,When will the same inun-

dation study be used for Westwood Dam that was done for the Colliery Dam Park dams?

Will Westwood be marked for removal if the inundation model deems it extreme?

Given that it has 2,300,000 cubic metres of water as opposed to both Colliery dams com-bined at 222,000 cubic metres,(that’s over 10 times the amount of water) it seems highly likely that it would show a greater extreme risk, being up hill from so many homes.

As city staff and the Dam Safety Branch have stated “it is not the condition of the dams in their current state that determines the risk. It is how many people will die if the dams fail instantaneously.”

City staff have said the Westwood spillway would reduce the risk, but if Westwood’s water was lower, it would not have access to the spillway staff mention.

The study also notes Buttertubs Marsh would

absorb much of the flood water. But it is a stretch to think Buttertubs could hold more than two mil-lion cubic metres of water.

The velocity of the water coming down that hill would be another consid-eration.

As the inundation model only uses the assumption that all the water is lost instantaneously, it is likely that it would show flood-ing right into downtown Nanaimo.

So, do we lose Westwood too?

Gwynne MartinNanaimo

Better uses for cash spent on rail inquiry

To the Editor,The news today states

the NDP promises a public inquiry into B.C. Rail.

These inquiries cost sev-eral million dollars in law-yers’ fees and court time yet rarely give us a clear understanding of what actually happened.

The cost is put off as a “drop in the bucket.” It is time to ask ourselves what is a drop in the bucket.

Would $3 million be a drop in the bucket to the Nanaimo school district? Would it be a drop in the bucket to Nanaimo Regional General Hospital?

Would it be a drop in the bucket to local sport clubs and artists? How about Loaves and Fishes Community Food Bank or local charities? Would $3 million provide better care for our elderly?

It’s time to change our outlook on a drop in the bucket and put these drops to real use and not to line the pockets of our lawyers and tie up our courts.

My vote on a provin-cial scale is a drop in the bucket, but perhaps if

I voted for the hardest working MLA that puts our Nanaimo community first, regardless of party affiliation, would my vote still be a drop in the bucket?

Go to the polls and vote. Vote local and get the best for the wage we all pay our representative in Victoria.

W.K. JepsonNanaimo

B.C. Liberals deserve pre-election implosion

To the Editor,For 12 years, the B.C.

Liberals have had a majority government – taking full advantage to run and ruin our province with whatever means their desires dictated.

How gullible do they think British Columbians are?

Now they are calling themselves underdogs in the upcoming election. Calling themselves a fail-ure is more apt.

It’s only fair the Liberals implode on themselves. What goes around, comes around.

Robbin DouglasNanaimo

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On March 27, I attended the Univer-sity of Victoria Presi-dent’s Distinguished Lecture by Vandana Shiva.

Shiva, a physicist and activist, called claims made for GE (genetically-engineered) crops false: there has

been no increase in yields, no reduction in crop losses and huge increases (she used a figure of 8,000 per cent overnight)

in costs. Cotton yield is down 40 per cent, and there is an epidemic of Indian farmer suicide.

She spoke of food

as a living web, not a commodity to be owned, bought and sold. We could fol-low the example of Gandhi’s historic salt

pilgrimage when he walked to the coast and gathered salt in defiance of unjust colonial laws. Today, we have the task of protecting nature and ancient knowledge by saving seeds and ban-ishing the genetically-modified organisms (GMOs) which are “undoing evolution, culture and history.”

She reminded us that 50 per cent of industrial food – which she character-ised as “not worth eating” – is wasted, mainly due to trans-portation over unrea-sonable distances. Seventy-five per cent of environmental degradation can be traced to industrial food production. She said small-scale farms could feed two Indias, not that she advocates such over-production.

Touching on the economics of food, she pointed out that industrial food puts profit before nourish-ment. She challenged the myth of “cheap” food with the state-ment that $400 billion in subsidies is not cheap.

Farmers must cul-tivate and it is the duty of academics to deconstruct the myths of “more” and “cheap.” She pro-moted the localisa-tion of food produc-tion to put an end to the tyranny of cor-porate control and restore democracy.

She reminded us that three times a day, when we feed ourselves, we have the opportunity to resist the tyranny of corporate control of food. All the efforts of this brilliant, hard-working, courageous woman are wasted if we do not bestir ourselves to take some action, how-ever small, to safe-guard the land from contamination by plants which present a threat to our food strength in diversity.

We must demand labeling of GMOs, boycott GMOs, sup-port local ecological food projects and help to save open-pollinated seeds.

uMarjorie Stewart is

board chairwoman of the Nanaimo Food-share Society. She can be reached at: mar [email protected].

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Small steps can lead to big strides in health

BY RACHEL STERNTHE NEWS BULLETIN

Pascale Jallabert wants people to take a walk.

She said walking is one of the most acces-sible forms of exercise for people who can’t afford to go to the gym or buy workout equip-ment for their home.

People can also get various types of work-outs from the leisurely and slow paced, to more challenging hill climbs depending on where people take a stroll.

“It’s very important for us to be out and about,” she said.

Jallabert teaches several courses for the City of Nanaimo parks, recreation and culture department this spring and summer.

She leads the Mount Benson Challenge, which consists of three separate hikes up the mountain.

The hikes include going one third, half-way or all the way to the top of Nanaimo’s

familiar backdrop. Peo-ple can join one hike or all three. The first hike is May 11.

She also leads walk fit/yoga fit in Beban Park recreation centre. The course combines walking and yoga activities in the park. Trailblazers is a hiking group that visits vari-ous locations through-out the spring and early summer. Hikes range from four to six kilometres.

Jallabert said she likes to change loca-tions for Trailblazers, which helps people explore the city’s parks. She said it is also nice to get out and explore nature.

Even if people have a favourite park they walk in every week, they can still change up their workout routines by taking alternate routes throughout the area.

According to the Par-ticipaction website, walking can help boost bone density, reduce risks of stroke, heart attack and some types of diabetes.

It can help lower blood pressure, reduce anxiety and improves posture.

Paying attention to

posture and walking technique is important, said Jallabert. Foot spacing while taking strides and posture can be important, espe-cially when walking on uneven terrain.

Jallabert has been a fitness professional for more than 20 years and has a bachelor’s degree in physical and health education as well as a B.C. Recreation and Parks Association certificate in personal training, weight train-ing and group fitness. She also holds yoga fit certification.

Her love of keeping active began in high school with activities such as basketball. She said keeping fit helped her feel more confident and healthy and that feeling got her hooked.

“I always liked mov-ing,” she said. “I am very enthusiastic. I love moving and love sharing that with peo-ple.”

For more information on the courses Jalla-bert teaches through parks, recreation and culture, please call 250-756-5200, go to www.nanaimo.ca or check out the spring activity guide.

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IHEADING OUT for a walk is a great form of exercise.

RACHEL STERN/THE NEWS BULLETIN

Pascale Jallabert leads several parks and recreation courses for the city this spring and sum-mer that focus on walking and hiking in outdoor green spaces in the community.

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Decades of anti-smoking campaigns have steadily and successfully whittled the rate of smokers in Canada from half the population in 1965 to less than 20 per cent in 2011.

On the other hand, almost five million Canadians still smoke tobacco, and the rate of decline has slowed in recent years.

A Conference Board of Canada report, Profile of Tobacco Smokers in Canada, identifies the seg-ments of the Cana-dian population that have struggled to kick the habit.

“It appears that, as the saying goes, the low-hanging fruit has been picked. Further reductions in smok-ing will need to target the segments of our

population where the smoking rate is still high – lower-income Canadians, in some blue-collar occupa-tions and in indus-tries such as con-struction,” said Louis Thériault of the Cana-dian Alliance for Sus-tainable Health Care, which conducted the research.

“Most smokers work, so one of the best opportunities to help smokers break the habit is through smoking cessation programs in the workplace.”

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Fido an amazing workout partner

By AmAndA dAlyNot only are our dogs

our best friends, they make great workout part-ners.

Dogs make amaz-ing workout partners because they are consis-tent, reliable and enthu-siastic. They also never make excuses, never tease you, and don’t try to compete with you.

One of the best ways to get in shape and stay that

way is to give your dog what he craves, plenty of exercise.

Regular (twice daily) exercise for dogs is rec-ommended to prevent obesity which can lead to a host of other health issues including heart disease and arthritis.

Not only does exer-cise help your dog stay healthy physically, it has a positive affect on both your dog’s and your men-tal well-being. Just think, no more chewed shoes or holes in the backyard.

Having fun outdoors with your dog is a great way to expend energy in

a productive way. There are so many great parks and trails in Nanaimo, including eight perma-nent off-leash parks and a handful of pilot sites to explore.

Try a new park each week. If you have chil-dren, get them involved too. You can all have tons of healthy fun by getting outside and getting some exercise.

Wherever you decide to take your pooch for outdoor fun, make sure he is wearing his licence. You never know when he might find a way to escape even the most

watchful eye. Also, always clean up

after your pooch. Picking up after your dog keeps our parks and environ-ment clean, healthy and beautiful.

For more information about Nanaimo’s off-leash dog parks, including a downloadable map, please log onto www.nanaimo.ca and enter dog off-leash parks in the search field.

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The days of VIU being just a vol-leyball powerhouse are long gone. In recent seasons, several of Van-couver Island University’s sports programs have become champion-ship-calibre.

VIU’s athletics department honoured its many standouts from all its sports teams at a banquet Wednesday at the Coast Bastion Inn.

This year it was the Mariners’ basketball stars who shone the brightest. Brandon Jones of the national-champion men’s team and Joce-lyn Jones of the provincial-champion women’s team won VIU’s Athlete of the Year awards.

Bruce Hunter, VIU athletic director, said the Mariners’ success across all sports has really become noticeable over the last few years.

“Before, we had our women’s volleyball pro-gram, which was our flagship, and they were at the top every year, and every now and then one of the other programs would do well,” he said. “But what we’re seeing now is most of our programs are battling for that top spot.”

Aside from the two b-ball MVPs, many other Mariners were honoured at the banquet.

Badminton player Melissa Liew, who reached nationals in her rookie season, won one of the Freshman of the Year awards and b-ball player Jon Bethell of Nanaimo won the other.

VIU’s academic excellence awards went to badminton player Lindsay Ward and basketball player Harrison Stupich.

The Golden Boot awards for top soccer scor-ers went to Rachel Jones and Stephen Ewashko.

A President’s Award was presented to one athlete on each Mariners team. Winners this year were soccer players Caity Genereaux and Dan Mercer, volleyball players Sandra Veikle and Adam Tishenko, basketball players Jenna Carver and Clayton Billett, badminton player Zack Yim and golfer Mike Hrabowych.

The banquet was a chance, too, to say some good-byes as graduating fifth-year players got one last round of applause. Hrabowych, Yim, volleyball play-ers Dani Smith, Lee Hamilton and Sandra Veikle, soc-cer players Matt Rigden, Matt Mehrassa, Brant Losch, Ben Leggett, Emily Nicholson, Mariah Robinson and Davis Stupich, basketball player Tyler Olsen and two-sport athlete Jolene Nagy were recognized for their years in Mariners blue.

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This year it was the Mariners’ basketball stars who shone the brightest. Brandon Jones of the national-champion men’s team and Joce-lyn Jones of the provincial-champion women’s team won VIU’s Athlete of the Year awards.

Bruce Hunter, VIU athletic director, said the Mariners’ success across all sports has really become noticeable over the last few years.

“Before, we had our women’s volleyball pro-gram, which was our flagship, and they were at the top every year, and every now and then one of the other programs would do well,” he said. “But what we’re seeing now is most of our programs are battling for that top spot.”

Aside from the two b-ball MVPs, many other Mariners were honoured at the banquet.

Badminton player Melissa Liew, who reached nationals in her rookie season, won one of the Freshman of the Year awards and b-ball player Jon Bethell of Nanaimo won the other.

VIU’s academic excellence awards went to badminton player Lindsay Ward and basketball

The Golden Boot awards for top soccer scor-ers went to Rachel Jones and Stephen Ewashko.

A President’s Award was presented to one athlete on each Mariners team. Winners this year were soccer players Caity Genereaux and Dan Mercer, volleyball players Sandra Veikle and Adam Tishenko, basketball players Jenna Carver and Clayton Billett, badminton player Zack Yim and

The banquet was a chance, too, to say some good-byes as graduating fifth-year players got one last round of applause. Hrabowych, Yim, volleyball play-ers Dani Smith, Lee Hamilton and Sandra Veikle, soc-cer players Matt Rigden, Matt Mehrassa, Brant Losch, Ben Leggett, Emily Nicholson, Mariah Robinson and Davis Stupich, basketball player Tyler Olsen and two-sport athlete Jolene Nagy were recognized for their

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VANCOUVER ISLAND UNIVERSITY’S All-Canadians for 2012-13 include: Jocelyn Jones, basketball; Brandon Jones, basketball; Dani Smith, volleyball; Leanna Gildersleeve, volleyball; Lee Hamilton, volleyball.

ACADEMIC ALL-CANADIANS include: Stephen Ewashko, soccer; Matt Mehrassa, soccer; Samantha Rodgers, soccer; Melissa Liew, badminton; Pat Thompson, badminton; Shayna Worthington, basketball; Leanna Gildersleeve, volleyball; Tory Zaytsoff, volleyball.

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BY GREG SAKAKITHE NEWS BULLETIN

Hockey season never really ended, it just took a bit of a spring break. And the Nanaimo Clippers made the most of that time off.

Mike Vandekamp, the team’s coach, got a chance to do some recu-riting, and also got to watch some games in the Prairies involving junior A teams that might qualify for the Western Canada Cup later this month in Nanaimo.

“That pre -scout ing opportunity is really good for us. Obviously that’s an advantage that we have,” he said.

Clippers players got to heal bumps and bruises and rehabilitate more serious injuries.

“We’ve got some guys that tried to squeeze back just in time [for] playoffs and in reality they weren’t anywhere near 100 per cent. I think this time helped them immensely,” the coach said.

Some of their team-mates, on the other hand, had been playing too much, Vandekamp said, and have now had a chance to rest.

“I think mentally every-body will be refreshed and their enthusiasm level will be at an all-time high.”

ICE CHIPS … The Clip-pers scrimmage today (April 13) at 3 p.m. at the Island Savings Centre in Duncan and again on Sun-day at 3 p.m. at Oceanside Place in Parksville.

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A sport for all, a sport for life.

So reads the welcoming slogan that members of the Nanaimo Lawn Bowling Club are promoting in their concerted efforts to attract new members to their sport.

With spring now here and the weather starting to get a bit milder and warmer, another season of lawn bowling is about to get under-way. Members of the club located in beautiful Bowen Park have already been busy. The clubhouse has been painted and the green has been cut and prepared for another season of competition and camaraderie.

This will be a spe-cial year for the club, as it marks its 90th year of operation in Nanaimo. A series of events throughout the season are being planned to celebrate the organization’s history as one of the oldest sports clubs in our city.

Also discussed at the meeting was a goal to attract new members to the fra-ternity of lawn bowl-ers and to dispel the common misconcep-tion that it is a stuffy activity only suited

to seniors dressed in white. The truth is quite different, as current bowlers well know. It is healthy exercise suited to all ages, involving friendly competition and plenty of laugh-ter and socializing.

To prove the point, the Nanaimo Lawn Bowling Club is invit-ing mem-bers of the community to a pair of open houses. The first of those is today (April 13). This after-noon from 1-4 p.m., anyone curious about the sport or interested in lawn bowling is invited to drop in to the facil-ity at Bowen Park. For those wishing to try their hand, club coaches will be pleased to assist and explain the basics of the game. Visi-tors can get details about membership and events, chat with members and also have the chance to win free lessons. It’s a great opportunity for beginners to try bowling with some friendly help pro-vided. Equipment

will be provided, but guests are asked to wear flat-soled run-ning shoes to avoid damaging the green.

For those unable to attend today’s ses-sion, a second open house will be held on April 20, also from 1-4 p.m.

Heading into this landmark year, the

Nanaimo Lawn Bowl-ing Club will be led by incom-ing presi-dent David Mitchell, assisted by vice-pres-ident Bill Roos and past-presi-dent Janet Taylor.

Others on the execu-tive are treasurer Bob Calderwood and club secretary Ber-nice Urbaniak.

Directors for the coming season include Chuck Roger-son, Margaret Cole-man, Vernie Dawkin, Vern Hagstrom, Joyce Mitchell, May MacKay, David

Mitchell and Donn Sherry.

For all current members, the official opening day for the new lawn bowling season will be April 21. Mayor John Rut-tan will attend to deliver the ceremo-nial opening bowl at 1 p.m., to be followed by refreshments and the first game of the season.

That will kick off a full schedule of club leagues of varying formats offered to club members every day of the week through until the end of September. There is league play, open draws, men’s, women’s, mixed and pairs draws, a sight-impaired program and more.

And remember, new members are wel-come to the club.

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

uIan Thorpe writes

about sports Saturdays.

Lawn bowling greens inviting

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VIBI ball fans can catch call

The Vancouver Island Baseball Institute Mariners are in Kamloops today (April 13) and tomorrow, but fans can keep tabs. Visit www.vibaseball.ca for live webcasts.

baseballInbriefHornets head over hump

The Nanaimo Hornets will try to keep up their win-ning ways so that they can go into playoffs on a roll.

The Nanaimo RFC men’s firsts conclude their reg-ular season today (April 13) on the road against the Port Alberni Black Sheep.

T h e H o r n e t s

(7-4) clinched sec-ond place in the B.C. Rugby Union’s Cowichan Cup division last week-end with a 57-5 thrashing of Velox Academy at May Richards Bennett Pioneer Park, com-bined with a loss by the Cowichan Piggies on the out-of-town score-board.

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BARTLETT, Penny Louise

Passed away peacefully on April 7, 2013 after a short illness, at the age of 74. A loving

wife to Michael (deceased) for 47 years, she will be deeply and forever missed by all her family including brother, Patrick (Marilyn); and daughters Sharon and Diane (Paul). Known lovingly as “Hey Grandma” to grandson Christopher (Liz), and “Ma Bere” to grandchildren Evan and Georgia, she was a loving and devoted grandmother. No amount of time with her would ever have been enough.In her professional life, Penny devoted her time to teaching young minds as an elementary school teacher and librarian for 33 years in Mississauga. A resident of Nanaimo for the past 18 years, Penny was an active member of the Nanaimo Golf Club and the Ontario Ladies group. She volunteered at the Nanaimo Museum, was a member of Probus and many other committees. She was a member of the Retired Teachers Association (RTO), since 1995, and was actively involved at the Executive levels of District 47 (Vancouver Island) and its Mid/Upper Island Unit, representing the District at Senate and Provincial workshops. Most recently, until her passing, she served as the President of the Mid/Upper Island Unit where she strongly supported its community projects, including its Service to Others initiatives and the Georgia Avenue Community School Breakfast Programme.Penny was known to her many friends and colleagues for her sweetness, generosity, thoughtfulness and kind words for everyone. The family thanks all of the people she was involved with for the ways they brought joy to her life.

Death is nothing at allI have only slipped away into the next room

I am I, and you are youWhatever we were to each other

That we are stillCall me by my own familiar name

Speak to me in the easy way you always usedPut no difference into your tone

Wear no forced air of solemnity or sorrowLaugh as we always laughed

At the little jokes we always enjoyed togetherPlay, smile, think of me, pray for me

Let my name be ever the household word that it always was

Let it be spoken without effortWithout the ghost of a shadow in itLife means all that it ever was… Nothing is past; nothing is lost

In memory’s garden we will meet every day.

The family wishes to extend gratitude to the staff at Nanaimo Regional General Hospital for all of their care and compassion.An event to celebrate Penny`s life is being planned for May and will be announced shortly. In lieu of

Avenue Community School Breakfast Program or the Arthritis Society.

Sam worked hard and built a good life for his

ing and boating, golf, cribbage, sunsets. The sea and the open road both called to him, and he always returned from his journeys with new friends and new stories. Sam’s legacy lives on forever in us, but we are still learning to live without his hugs, jokes, advice, generosity,

Profoundly missed byRhonda, Brenda, Martin, Sam, Zach,

Esme, Shael and all the family.

beloved husband, father, grandfather, brother, uncle, friendMay 28, 1941 - April 15, 2012

In Loving Memory of

SAM BAILEY

In loving Memory ofFochina Van Ingen

April 13, 2010Ina, three years have passed since you were called away. We’re thankful for all the times we shared, and the precious memories we hold, for all those memories are a comfort when we remember you.Forever in our hearts.

COLLEEN ANN WORLDDecember 5, 1961 ~ January 8, 2013

CELEBRATION OF LIFEPlease come and help us celebrate the life of Colleen World on April 27, 2013, 2-4p.m. at Nanaimo Yacht Club. Come with your “bling on” and “colorful happy” clothes to honor Colleen’s wishes “be happy and love life.”

In lieu of flowers, please make donations, in Colleen’s memory, to Nanaimo Hospice, Palliative Care Unit, or Research Awareness Metastasized Breast Cancer. Donations will be accepted at Colleen’s celebration for a Bursary in her memory, to a deserving Industrial Arts Student at Dover Bay Sr. Secondary School.

In loving memory of Marc Wald

June 07, 1921-April 16, 2012

It’s been a yearof missing you, dad,

grandpa and grandpa GG.

It warms our hearts when we remember you entertaining us all with your music, all

your stories you shared with us and the pride, love and

encouragement you gave to your family. You are always

loved and sadly missed.

Love the Wald Family

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7YR-OLD OIL furnace; 11 yr old 250gal tank w/aprox,1000L oil. Can be viewed inoperation for limited time. 250-758-4344

BOWFLEX XCEED- excellent shape, owner’s manual & fi t-ness guide, $450. Satellitedish+ Bell X spressvue PVRaccessory, $250. Call 250-246-2238, 250-466-0323.

BRAND NEW in box Buffalo Dental machine. Never used.$350 obo, bought for $600.Call (778)422-1909 after 6pm.

GENERAL INTERNATIONALcast iron 1 HP 14” woodBandsaw, never used, $739new, sell $500 fi rm. Call(250)749-4780.

H.O. SCALE Model Train, 4-6-4 Hudson, made by Rivas-si & track. (250)758-5073

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

MORE THAN 50 lbs glass beads, plus pendants, spacersand more, $700 obo. Call Stel-la after 5 PM at (250)756-7931

MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS

PIANO APARTMENT sized-“ N o r d h e i n e r - H e i n t z m a n ”comes with bench, $500. Call(250)753-5650.

VIOLINS, one Adult & onechild. Also, 3/4 size Cello.Very, very nice condition.Please call (250)701-2035.

SPORTING GOODS

STATIONARY BIKE modelGL35 Freesport. Approx 2years old. Perfect condition,$300. Call (250)947-9365.

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FOR SALE BY OWNER

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613 BRUCE Ave, Nanaimo. Reduced $235,000 fi rm. Cozy, comfortable 3bdrm, 1.5baths. Lots of updates. Gas heat, W/D, F/S.Dave 250-591-1210.

821 BRISTOL PL. CHART-WELL 1813 sq ft rancher, ex-cellent cond, built 2002 in quiet cul de sac. 3 bdrm, 2 baths, walk in closet, granite work tops, hardwood/ceramic fl ooring. Open plan. Lrg kitch-en w/island, walk in pantry.S/S appl. RV & boat parking at rear. Private easy care yard. $429,000. Call 250-594-3919

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COLLEGE HEIGHTS. 5bdrm +1bdrm suite. Gorgeous Ocean & City views. Easy to buy. 0% Down! Call (250)753-0160 for more info.

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Comfortable, Cozy 2bdrm, 980sq.ft in 55+ Mobile Park. 6 appli’s, furniture. Lrg vine cov-ered deck, fruit trees, garden space. Reduced to $75,000. Move in! 250-754-6436

GREAT LOCATION, great price! 3 bdrm, 1.5 bath, de-sirable location. Quiet dead end street. Updated. $228,500 3945 McBride St., Port Alberni Call 250-724-0223 for more in-fo: www.arrowsmithlistings.ca

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LADYSMITH (Davis Rd area) near golf course, shopping, private, ocean/mtn views, 2200 sq ft, 3 bdrms, 2 bath, 2 F/P, in-law suite potential. Re-duced, $260,000. Call (250)245-4155.

Ladysmith Semi-oceanfront 6.5 acres, 2,600ft, 3bdrm, 1.5 bath home. Thermal windows, etc. $448,000. Agents wel-come. (250)245-8950

REAL ESTATE

FOR SALE BY OWNER

MUST SEE: 3 Bdrm, 1 1/2 Bath, sep. offi ce with private entry nestled in Qualicum Woods. Just 5 mins to Village, beach, forest & 2 golf courses. Low maint. gardens, fenced backyard, offers privacy & peaceful surrounding. Lots of updates & reno’s, infra-red sauna in garage. $349,000.00 If interested call:250-594-5654

N. NANAIMO 3 bed home. See www.7morganplace.com for details. $249,900. New kitch-en, fl ooring, roof and hot water tank etc. 250-585-6650

N.NANAIMO: 5bdrm, 4.5bath AND 1bdrm legal suite. Land-scaped/fenced yard. Near beach, schools & shopping. Beautifully fi nished. Hardie planks exterior, dble entrance doors, 5-skylights, front & rear deck w/barbeque hookups, heat pump, 3 luxurious gas FPs. Beautiful ocean views. Furniture included. 6523 Peregraine Rd. $700,000. (250)758-4963

VACATION HOME. Pent-house Condo, great view, La Penita (Mexico), 3 bdrms, 2 bathrooms, 2 balconies. For sale by owner. Please see:www.jaltembasol.com or [email protected]

REAL ESTATE

FOR SALE BY OWNER

PARKSVILLE 420 DAY PL. Bridgewater. Modern 2 bed, 2 bath 1400 sq ft rancher on crawl. No strata, many extras, immaculate. Open house on Saturday (1-4) 250-947-9779

HOUSES FOR SALE

$226,900. 3-BDRM Rancher Completely updated. 2672 12th Ave, Port Alberni. Please call (250)731-4898.

NEW PRICE543 SEAWARD Way, Quali-cum Beach, Almost 1400 sq.ft.,2 bdrm, 2 bath, 2 blocks to ocean. Bare land strata. $58/mo. strata fee. Completely updated, Granite Countertops, Guest Ensuite, H/W fl oors & much more. On site RV Park-ing avail.(free). Priced to sell. $341,900, Call Daniel at 250-752-5780.

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HOUSES FOR SALE

QUALITY 55+ patio home at Village Green, Courtenay. Covered parking with storage, 2 bdrms, 1.5 baths, Kitch-en/eating area. Private patio/ am sun. Large LR with dining area. New paint throughout, new HW fl oors main areas. Immaculate. Immed. posses-sion. $220,000. 250-338-8260

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MOBILE HOMES & PARKS

#3 - 5659 TOMSWOOD Road. 12’ x 68’ mobile home. 3- bdrm, all appliances. As-sessed value $40,200. Open to offers. (250)724-5185.

REAL ESTATE SERVICES

TOWNHOUSES

COMOX: ONE level bright, modern & spacious, 2 bdrms, 8 years old, 2 full baths, dbl. garage, patio, gas f/p, close to beach/downtown. $269,000. 250-339-7263, 250-218-5263.

RENTALS

APARTMENT/CONDO

1 & 2 BDRM(Terminal Park Mall

Hospital Area) Quiet building with security cameras.

Free storage & parking. New balcony, paint

& carpet. Small pet ok.Avail Now & April. 1

From $645 plus. 250-754-2936

1681 BOUNDARY Ave. 2 br units starting at $700. Available imm. and May 1. Hot water incl., balconies, elevator, controlled entrance, coin-op laundry, storage and parking. NS/NP. Mgr 250-618-4510.

RENTALS

APARTMENT/CONDO

BOUNDARY RIDGE: 1 or 2 B/R $660./$760. Free h/w, heat, free cable or net for 1 yr for new tenants. 616-1175.

Chemainus: Ashley Court. Ground fl r unit, 2 bdrm, 5 ap-pliances. Sm pet ok, avail. now. $775/mo 250-924-6966.

Chemainus: Lockwood Villa. Well kept bldg, ocean view, 1 bdrm avail. April 1st, $625 incl. heat & hot water, N/S, 1 sm pet welcome. 55+ Call Karen 250-709-2765, 250-246-1033.

CLOSE TO Downtown. Large self contained Studio, $600. Small pet ok. 250-668-7462.

HOSPITAL AREA 1 & 2 Bdrms, FREE Heat

& H/W. Adult building, wheelchair access, security cameras.

New carpet, windows and paint. Small pet OK.

From $650 plus mo.Call 250-753-6656.

HOSPITAL AREA- 1 & 2 bed-room suites, $700 & $800. Free heat, hot water, laundry available onsite. Large suites in clean well maintained build-ing. Call onsite manager at 250-716-3305.

HOSPITAL AREA, large 2 bdrms, 2 baths, 4 appls, N/P, N/S. Avail May. 1. $750/mo. Call (250)741-4699.

Ladysmith: 1 & 2 bdrm suites from $700/mo incl. heat & hot water, ocean views, sm pets ok. Ask about our incentives. 250-668-9086.

LADYSMITH, LRG 2 bdrm, 2 bath, adult orientated condo, 5 appls, N/S. Small dog or cat ok. $1000 mo. Avail now. (250)246-2238, 250-667-7107.

LONG LAKE MANOR, 3108 Barons Rd. 1 bdrm, close to all amenities. 250-751-134.

NANAIMO: 1275 Dufferin CresRenovated 2 Bdrm from

$750/mth. Call 250-740-1002

NANAIMO- 1 BDRM- $650+ utils + $325 deposit. Security system in bldg. (250)701-3605

NANAIMO. SPOTLESS, quiet 1 bdrm ground fl oor with Peek-a-boo water view, April 1st. Close to ferry, town, seawalk. Intercom, elevator. Free hot water. N/S, N/P. Ref’s. Call Mark or Don 250-753-8633.

ONE BDRM +den downtown condo. Luxury character build-ing. Five appli’s, WiFi, N/P, N/S. $850. 1 (250)754-2207

UNIVERSITY AREA: Bachelor neat secured building, shared bathroom, $495/mo. Avail. May 1. Steve (250)667-3009.

COTTAGES

1-PERSON SELF-contained studio cabin. $500 +utils. N/S, N/P. (250)753-4749 or (250)716-6811

DUPLEXES/4PLEXES

1-BDRM, FULL bath, clean: fridge/stove, washer/dryer Avail now - $585./mo. - water, garbage included. No pets. Call Shannon 250-758-4871.

BOTH SIDES DUPLEX, Newly reno’d 2bdrms. Lndry, water, garbage pick up incl. Fenced yrd. $800. Avail April 1st. Call Jamie (604)789-8242

DEPARTURE BAY, quiet 2 bdrm 4-plex. Partial views, on bus route, covered prkg, lam/tile fl rs, heat/hot water incl’d, N/S, N/P fi rm. Avail now, $690 mo. 250-802-1900.

JINGLEPOT: 1 side of duplex, 3 bdrms, 1.5 baths, near school and Steve Marshall Au-tomotive. Avail now. $995 mo. Call (250)758-7055.

RENTALS

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MOBILE HOMES & PADS

CEDAR: 5TH Wheel, 35 ft., organic garden, orchard, aviar-ies, 1.5 acres, N/S, no drink-ing. $600 mo + hydro. Call 250-245-0014.

HOMES FOR RENT

CENTRAL. MODERN Bright 3-bdrm. W/D, garage. N/S, N/P. $1275. (250)585-2235.

COLLEGE HEIGHTS: 3 sto-ries, 4bdrm +2bdrm suite, 6baths, 3 living rooms, 3 kitch-ens, double garage. Great views. 250-753-0160

GABRIOLA ISL, 2bdrm. May 1st. Sunny 1/2 acre Asphalt Rd., property. Private, cleared back yard. Close to Folk Life Village, and ferry. $700/mo. 1-yr lease. 250-247-9583.

HAMMOND BAY RD: 3 B/R, 2 Bath,family rm,wooded priva-cy. $1600/M. 250-468-7371.

JINGLEPOT/COLLEGE- 4 bdrms, 2bath, ocean/mountain views, lrg deck, dbl carport, landscaped, park trail close by. F/S, W/D. NS/NP. $1600 (negotiable with yard help) + utils. Call 250-741-1261.

LADYSMITH 3 bdrm, 2 storey home, D/W, small yard, NS/NP, $895 mo. Avail April. 15. Call 1-250-248-4816.

NANAIMO- 3 bdrm home, with 1 bdrm suite. Call 250-716-6811, 250-753-4749.glomarmanagement.com

NANAIMO- Downtown charac-ter bright 1 bdrm, ocean view, fenced yard & prking. NS/NP. $720 + utils. 250-753-9365.

NEAR BOWEN Park- 2 bdrm home. $1200/mo+ $600 SD. Large, sunny, south facing back yard. 1 year lease. City water, sewer & garbage in-cluded. Power & gas extra. NS/NP. Avail April 15. Con-tact Martha 1(403)632-5242.

S. NANAIMO- 4 bdrms, 2 bath, family room. $1200 Avail now. N/P. 250-753-5917

S. NANAIMO, Private one per-son, 1bdrm basement suite. Clean, bright. N/S, small pet ok. Ref. req. Water view, $500 utils incl. (250)741-0043.

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2 bathrooms, small kitchen, new fl ooring, A/C. Available June 1st. Call 250-245-2277

SHARED ACCOMMODATION

S.NANAIMO, FURNISHED room, garden level, suits quiet responsible male, no parties, Wifi , phone, cable, hydro, W/D incl’d, $450. (250)247-9196.

SUITES, LOWER

1BDRM, PRIVATE entry, W/D, quiet Hammond Bay neighborhood, ocean view. N/P, N/S $700. (250)585-4588

HAMMOND BAY area- new, level entry large 1 bdrm suite, own entry. NP/NS. 4 appls, laundry & hydro incl’d. Avail April 15. $700. 250-729-0313.

HOSPITAL AREA, 1 bdrm suite, level entry, priv ent, avail immed, $650 mo incls hydro, N/S, N/P. (250)758-5210 or (250)668-5480.

NANAIMO- 1 BDRM suite, self-contained, $600. Call 250-716-6811, 250-753-4749.

RENTALS

SUITES, LOWER

N. NANAIMO 1bdrm, beautiful bsmnt suite. N/S, N/P. Private entry, prkng, utils incl. No lndry. $700/M + DD. Avail May 1st. Ref. req. 250-758-4963

N. NANAIMO, close to all amens & ocean, large & bright studio, sep ent, fully furn’d, W/D, all utils incl, parking, $720, May. 1, 250-758-051.

WESTWOOD LAKE. Large 2-bdrm suite. F/S, W/D. N/P, N/S. Quiet location, avail. immed. $850./mo + utils. 250-585-7769.

SUITES, UPPER

N.NANAIMO EXECUTIVE 3bdrm +den, 2baths, 6 appli’s, gas FP, laundry, patio, fenced landscaped yard. N/S, N/P, $1,300 +utils. Available now. (250)729-9263

NORTH NANAIMO 3bdrm, sep. entry, fully furn, utils incl. N/S, N/P. 250-619-8686

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CARS

2006 VOLKSWAGON GLI sport model, 130k, 5CD stack-er, 200HP, 4cyl turbo, 32 miles per gallon. $39,000 new; ask-ing $8,000obo. (250)755-6631

2007 CUSTOM Chev HHR. Excellent condition. Loaded. White. 119,000 km, mostly hwy driven. On-Star. $11,900 fi rm. 250-755-5191.

SPORTS & IMPORTS

05 Toyota Matrix, 5spd, bright red, good fuel economy, 201,000kms mostly hwy. PDL, AC, non-smoker, fi rst owner, Summer & winter tires. $6800. [email protected] (250)392-6321

1969 LOTUS Europa used as a daily driver, is not a show car. 37,466 miles, runs well

needs some care. Comes with some parts. $5000 fi rm.

Call: 250-248-5678 or email mmfi [email protected]

2004 HONDA Accord LX, one owner, 4 cyl, auto, keyless en-try, loaded! 89,500 km. Miche-lin tires. Shop maintained, 65 point inspection, new battery. $8900. (250)748-6161

MOTORCYCLES

2002 HARLEY Davidson Road Glide, 95ci, loaded, many extras, set up for touring custom paint, must be seen, $11,900 OBO. 250-871-3126.

TRANSPORTATION

MOTORCYCLES

2007 900 KAWASAKI Vulcan Classic LT

Low mileage like new$6800.00 250-941-3697

RECREATIONAL VEHICLESFOR SALE

‘05 - 9’6 OKANAGAN CAMPERElectric levelers, Q/Bed, N/S, mint condition. Fridge/freezer, 3 burner stove/oven, 3 piece bath-room. $17,900. 250-752-0322

1987 BIGFOOT (11.5’) and truck. Roomy, comfortable, clean interior. Queen & Dble beds. Good shape. 1 owner. $9,000. (250)758-2067

1994 - 23 ft Komfort 5th wheel. Sleeps 6, good condition, new-er fridge, 4 burner stove/oven, microwave, A/C, queen master bed. $4800 obo. (250)748-6338

1997 31ft Embassy Motor Home Ford 460. Good condi-tion no smoking, no pets, under 80,000 km. $17,000. 250-338-6837

1997 PLYMOUTH Camper Van, pop up roof, clean, fridge, stove, furnace, new Michelin tires, etc. $7900 OBO. 250-715-6482, 250-746-8936

TRANSPORTATION

RECREATIONAL VEHICLESFOR SALE

2003 TITANIUM Glendale RV. 33 ft, Blocked & skirted in Parksville resort in a large fenced yard. Complete with fi re pit & large shed. Unit is ful-ly furnished & ready to move in. $26,500 or reasonable of-fer. Call 780-910-7838

25.5 FOOT WILDERNESS 5th/Wheel. Lots of wood rot, but everything works good. For parts only. $1000 obo. (250)616-1338 after 2pm.

25 foot class C Chevy Flyer motor home. 1995, 350 cu.in., 163,000 Km. 1 rear bed, 3 swivel seats, cruise, A/C. $18,000. 250-245-5973.

$39,900 BUYS A BEAUTIFUL Class A 29’ Motorhome, in ex cond., ready to go. Also avail tow vehicle 2003 Chev S10 $7,900. 250-746-7808

BLOWOUT 2007 DRV Dbl Tree Suites, 36TK3, exc cond, huge living, U-kitchen, king master, superslides. $39,995. www.beautifulrv.net 250-618-5138. Truck also avail for sale.

VTRUCKS & ANS

1974 GMC Vindow Van Rally STX 350 Eng. One owner stored inside garage, used for long haul family trips. Body & Engine in fair shape, newer Bridgestone tires. 104,000 miles $1600. 250-338-9954

1983 GMC 1/2 ton pickup, 4x4, 6.2 diesel, auto. Good condition. $2695. ALSO: Tool box with tools $95. (250) 746-7888

2005 EXT. Venture Van, gar-aged, 90,300 km’s. Original Owner. Excellent condition. $8,900. 1 (250)758-2078

TRANSPORTATION

VTRUCKS & ANS

1999 Ford F150, long box, V6, 4 wheel dr., new brakes/tires.$6500 fi rm. (250) 715-5412

2003 FORD, F150 Supercrew Ltd, 4x2. 70,500 km, one own-er, 5.4 V/8 engine, 4 speedauto trans. with od, towingpkg, canopy and runningboards, 4 wheel disc brakeswith abs, charcoal gray int,speed control, tilt steering andmore. $11,900. 250-248-0587

2003 GMC 4x4 SLE- w/match-ing Leer canopy, excellentcond, must be seen, gentlydriven, 150,000 km, extra cab,auto, A/C, P/S, P/B, P/W,PDL, tow package. $11,900.Call (250)743-0910.

MARINE

BOATS

1969, 32 ft Monk Cruiser. Engine rebuilt and new can-vass in 2010. Valued in 2011survey at $33400. Priced tosell at $16,900. (250)898-4886

1994 39’ CARVER- excellent condition, over $10K in up-grades & maintenance, twin350’s with electronic igniation.Priced to sell at $83,750. Jim,250-468-9374.

Rare 37’ Bertram Cruiser. $59,000, will consider trades.Survey, pictures, contact infogo to: www.bertram37.info250-758-7105

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