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Ladysmith children have a ghoulish good time P. 11
Tuesday, November 5, 2013
École Davis Road football teams off to playoffs P. 19
Paulette Browning (left) and Julie Theberge string lights on the trees along First Avenue in Ladysmith during the Festival of Lights setup workparty Sunday, Nov. 3. Tons of volunteers turned up to help string lights, set up rooftop decorations and prepare the town for Light Up, which takes place this year on Thursday, Nov. 28. For more photos from the workparty, please see page 5. LINDSAY CHUNG
Remembrance Day services full of tradition Lindsay Chung THE CHRONICLE
Tradition and community are at the heart of Remembrance Day services in Ladysmith and Chemainus this Nov. 11. In Ladysmith, the Royal Canadian Legion Branch 171 Colour Party and Band will be out in the community in the days leading up to Remembrance Day. The Colour Party and Band visits the Lodge on 4th Thursday, Nov. 7 at 1:30 p.m. On Friday, Nov. 8, the Colour Party and Band visits Ladysmith Secondary School at 1:30 p.m. and then La Rosa Gardens at 1:30 p.m. The For King and Country Remembrance Day Veteran’s Dinner is being
held that night at Eagles Hall. First United Church is holding a Remembrance service Sunday, Nov. 10 at 10:30 a.m. On Monday, Nov. 11, there will be a Remembrance Day parade from 10:30-10:45 a.m. from the Legion at 621 First Ave. to the Cenotaph. At 11 a.m., the program begins with two minutes of silence, followed by the Remembrance program and the laying of wreaths. Following the service, refreshments will be available for veterans and adults at the Legion Hall, while refreshments for children participating in the memorial service will be offered at Aggie Hall. The Colour Party will then take part in a
Remembrance Day service at Cedar Valley and there will be a Remembrance Service Memorial Gardens Cemetery at 1:30 p.m. at 1 p.m. at the Chemainus Cemetery on Royal Canadian Legion Branch 191 in Chemainus Road. Chemainus marks Remembrance Day in a The Legion’s Remembrance Day memonumber of ways, and many events are tak- rial service takes place Monday, Nov. 11 at ing place in the community.. 10:50 a.m. at the Chemainus Cenotaph. A White Cross Ceremony took place for Following the service, there will be an the first time Nov. 2 at the Chemainus open house at the Chemainus Legion Hall Cemetery. and Lounge, as well as children’s refreshA Veteran’s Dinner will be held Satur- ments at the Chemainus Senior Drop-In day, Nov. 9 at the Chemainus Legion Hall Centre at 9824 Willow St. at 9775 Chemainus Rd. Cocktails will be The first Remembrance Day was conductserved at 5 p.m., and the dinner is at 6 p.m. ed in 1919 throughout the Commonwealth, Dinner is complimentary for veterans and according to Veterans Affairs Canada. Orig$10 for guests. inally called Armistice Day, it commemoOn Sunday, Nov. 10, a church service will rated the end of the First World War on be held at 10 a.m. at St. Michael’s Church, Monday, Nov. 11, 1918, at 11 a.m.
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