• The Chemainus Legion is hosting a New Year’s Party tonight (Tuesday, Dec. 31), featuring Cat’s Meow quartet with vocalist Cynthia Davis. Doors open at 8 p.m., and the music starts at 9 p.m. Food will be served at 11 p.m. Tickets are $25 from the Legion Hall.
• The next Chemainus Garden Club meeting will be held Tuesday, Jan. 7 at 1 p.m. at the Calvary Baptist Church at 3319 River Rd. in Chemainus.
The theme will be “All About Poinsettias.” Guests are welcome, and there will be door prizes and a brag table. There is a $2 drop-in fee. A yearly membership costs only $15. For more information, call 250-246-1207.
• The Frank Jameson Community Centre (FJCC) in Ladysmith is closed Wednesday, Jan. 1, but when it re-opens Jan. 2, there will be lots of Christmas Break activities for children and youth.
On Thursday, Jan. 2 and Friday, Jan. 3, FJCC is offering fun-filled Christmas Break activity days from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. There will be supervised games, sports, swimming, movies and arts and crafts. The cost is $30 per child per day and $10 for each additional child in the same family per day.
• The Ladysmith Chamber of Commerce wants us to keep some dates in mind for early 2014. The next Chamber general meeting will be Wednesday, Jan. 15; the Chamber’s Home, Garden and Business Show will take place Friday, March 28 and Saturday, March 29, and the 2013 Spirit of Ladysmith Community Awards are being planned for the spring.
For more information about Chamber activities and events, click here.
• The Ladysmith Downtown Business Association (LDBA)’s AGM is coming up Thursday, Jan. 30. The annual general meeting will be held in the evening at Ladysmith Little Theatre. Right now, the LDBA is looking for silent auction items for a fundraiser. If you would like to donate something, please contact Lesley Parent at 250-245-1200.
• We hear that The Pottery Store on Willow Street in Chemainus has closed its doors, as of Dec. 28. However, the potters and other artists are not closing down -— they will continue to work in their studios, and The Pottery Store website and Facebook page will show studios and showrooms all around Vancouver Island, according to the Chemainus and District Chamber of Commerce’s latest news update.
