• The Chemainus Residents Association and One Cowichan present White Water Black Gold, a film narrated by Peter Coyote described as “a three-year quest for answers about the world’s thirstiest oil industry,” Friday, March 7 in the banquet room at Mount Brenton Golf Course at 2816 Henry Rd. in Chemainus.
Doors open at 6:45 p.m., and the film starts at 7 p.m. There will be the film showing and a discussion about participating in the preparation phase for a possible province-wide initiative to protect our coast. A social gathering will follow at the clubhouse.
Admission is by donation to the Chemainus Residents Association and One Cowichan.
For more information, click here or call 250-324-3307.
• Vancouver Island blues rocker Dave Cormier is coming to Ladysmith Friday, March 7 to perform at In The Beantime Café at 7 p.m.
Cormier’s new self-titled album, Cor-Me-Eh, is described as “a classic rock/blues rock feel with a today sound and a weathered voice guaranteed to pull you in,” and Cormier has been nominated for two Vancouver Island Music Awards for Rock/Pop Song of the Year and Best Production of a Song.
Tickets are on sale at the Beantime for $10 each or $25 for dinner, dessert, a beverage and the show.
• You can support the Ladysmith Secondary School Class of 2014 Tuesday, March 11.
The Grad Class is hosting a fundraising Fashion Show, Silent Auction and Bake Sale at 6:30 p.m. at LSS.
Tickets are available at the door or can be purchased in advance at LSS or Salamander Books, and they are $10 for adults or $8 for students.
Cash or cheques will be accepted for silent auction items.
• There’s a new business in town and one with the goal of helping you lead a more confident life.
Confident Stages is a local business set up recently by Rosemarie Barnes, originally from Alberta.
“Confident Stages helps to teach and inspire confidence in different groups of people,” said Barnes, who moved to Ladysmith last July. “I do that in two different ways: I’m a public speaker and then I’ve devised courses to teach confidence using theatre games.”
Barnes divides her classes into three different groups — children aged nine to 13, teenagers, and adults 19 or older.
“That way, I can address each person’s issues on an appropriate level. I create a safe environment from the start so that it’s fun to be silly,” she said. “I teach how we can become confident and reach our goals.
“I don’t know anyone in Canada who is doing this kind of thing. I found one person in the United States that does something similar and is very successful. I won’t run a class with less than six in it but there can’t be more than 20 as I can’t give each person their individual attention.”
Barnes can be contacted via her website or at 250-661-0994.
Classes began in early February throughout the community, and registration for classes this fall are also being taken at this time.
• The Ladysmith Chamber of Commerce has announced the dates for its Home, Garden and Business Show.
The annual show will take place at Aggie Hall Friday, March 28 between 2 p.m. to 8 p.m. and Saturday, March 29 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
• A website has been set up in protest against the installation of an incinerator at Duke Point ferry terminal.
The website is giving locals the opportunity to sign a petition against the impending incinerator.
The website states it “is dedicated to the tourist who might be thinking of visiting and all the local folk in Duke Point’s wind stream.”
• The construction gates are down and the long-awaited Cedar Skate Park is open to the public.
The park is located in the southeastern corner of the Cedar Community Secondary School property, off of Walsh Road.
“The Cedar community has waited over 10 years for this park, and I have noticed at least three dozen youth using the facility every day since it opened,” said Alec McPherson, Regional District of Nanaimo Director for Electoral Area A. “I understand that the official youth rating for the skate park is ‘sick,’ so it looks like we got the design right. The official grand opening is set for May 24, 2014, and I look forward to celebrating with the community.”
The 930-square-metre skate park is designed for both skateboards and bikes and includes a variety of obstacles and features appropriate for beginners and experienced riders. The park can accommodate 40 to 50 users at a time.
