Ladysmith is located on the eastern shores of beautiful Vancouver Island in British Columbia. With a population of over 8,000, it has a thriving downtown business community centered around historic First Avenue.
The LDBA actively works to cultivate an environment of economic and cultural vibrancy in the Ladysmith downtown core. The meeting schedule is:
Contact name: Chris Boar
Company name: CB Photography
Website: www.chrisboar.com
Year formed: 2004
Address: #3-32 High Street, Ladysmith B.C.
Phone: (250) 619-1684
Email: info [at] chrisboar [dot] com
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Please join us in support of the Book Launch of “Pulling for Stz’uminus: The Pearl Harris Story”
Pulling for Stz'uminus - book launch
Date: Saturday, September 4th 2010
Time: 11:00 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Venue: LMS Community Marina – on the docks
Address: 610 Oyster Bay Drive, Ladysmith, B.C.
Buffi David - Welcome and Prayer
BBQ Lunch - Salmon BBQ, salads, light refreshments
Pearl Harris - Reading of “Pulling for Stz’uminus: The Pearl Harris Story”
(Book signing after the reading)
Elmer Sampson - Canoe paddle display
Edward Seymour and John Jim - Artists
Mona Sampson - War canoe racing coach
Extract from the Stz’uminus news letter Julu 2010
. . . . . . Pulling for Stz’uminus: The Pearl Harris Story – will be read in homes around our community this summer. But the just-published book is a lot more than the story of Pearl Harris, our Hul’qumi’num language teacher. It is a story of champions and heroes… of training and discipline. It will also be used as part of the cur- riculum at Stu”ate Lelum secondary school. “It is quite an honour,” Pearl said about her featured role in the full- colour book that was written by instructor Donna Klockars. “It started out when I was talking to Donna about canoes and how we are not Tribal Journey people, we are war canoe racers.”
High hopes… it all links back
Pearl has high hopes for Pulling for Stz’uminus. She said the contents of the book “all links back and I hope that our children will see that we have our own culture and history. I am hoping this will help bring it out.”
Donna Klockars agrees that the book will be a valuable addition to the SLSS curriculum.
We want to have as much Stzu’minus material as possible,” she said. “When students see their own stories, there is more of a connection.”
Donna said that having a role model like Pearl should motivate not only SLSS students, but the whole community.
We have our own champions
“It is important that we have our own champions, she said, rather than people such as Jim Thorpe or Billy Mills.
The book will initially be used in the First Peoples 10 pilot course in which legends and heroes will be the theme. The Pulling book will be used along with two traditional Stz’uminus stories about the seagull and the Wild Woman as well as publications from the Hul’qumi’num Treaty Group.
“The big question will be how does story, in all its forms both present and past, contribute to the devel- opment of a nation,” said Donna.
Students will be encouraged to ask questions and investigate further on their own.
Donna said that she sees Pulling eventually being part of a broader range of study in literature, social studies, fine arts, English and science. Even math and physics students could use the book as the design and construction of canoes is studied.
The Ladysmith Downtown Business Association is having a great year of successful events. The weather was perfect for a Treasure Hunt downtown during the Ladysmith Marine Festival. Feedback from children and their families was great, they loved the treasure hunt and had a lot of fun. Business owners were also very pleased with the amount of children who participated in the hunt.
The draw for the Treasure Hunt has been done and we do have a winner: K Root, from Ladysmith.
She has won a Harbour Tour for 4 and a basket full of fun gifts for a pirate.
Admiral John
The Ladysmith Maritime Festival for 2010 was a great success!
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One of the LDBA objectives is to offer its members’ resources in which they can access for minimal cost or no charge to assist with building better business and gaining business knowledge. One way this can be accomplished is through a series of free seminars offered to LDBA members and hosted by professionals who are also LDBA members.
Up-Coming Seminars,
On Wednesday May 19, the Ladysmith Royal Canadian Legion hall was filled with LDBA and Chamber members to listen to APL Chartered Accountants (APL) professionals discuss Harmonized Sale Tax (HST). Tammy Lesley, C.G.A., C.A. Professional and APL Accountants Partner, possessed a great deal of knowledge on the subject of TAX. If you came into that seminar confused about HST, you surely walked away with a better understanding of the new tax system.
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Saturday May 1, 2010 the Ladysmith Downtown Business Association hosted yet another successful and Outrageous event. If you didn’t attend then you missed out on one of Ladysmith’s most exciting events at the Aggie Hall this year.
People laughed, played fun games, bid on great auction items, danced and had loads of fun. Four lip sync groups entertained the audience with their unique talents and energy. A song by the Black Eyed Peas “I Gotta Feeling”…. lip sung by LDBA President, John Surtees and his crew, got the audience moving and grooving setting the tone for the evening but it was the “Hot Flashes” that stole the show, winning the competition for best lip sync group by a whopping half a point.
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Ladysmith Downtown Business Association (LDBA) will be co-hosting a “Show Your Spirit, Ladysmith” Olympic Viewing Event in partnership with the Ladysmith Air Cadets at Aggie Hall on Sunday Feb.28 from 12-4pm. This is the last day of the Olympics and is also the time slot for the “Gold Medal” Men’s Ice Hockey game followed by the Olympic Closing Ceremonies.
We invite all members and the Ladysmith community to “Show Your Spirit.” Jump in, jump up and enjoy this great event on the big screen.
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