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Times Colonist Friday March 16 2007 Dll REMEMBERING www.remembering.ca LUCIE AUBRACE: WAR HERO French Resistance fighter inspired popular movies --iam By Jenny Barchfield Vie Associated Press PARIS Lucie Aubrac, a hero of the French Resistance who helped free her husband from the Gestapo and whose dramatic life story became a hit film, has died. She was 94. Aubrac, whose maiden name was Lucie Bernard, died Wednesday in a hospital in the Paris suburb of Issy-les- Mouhneaux, where she had spent the last two months, said her daughter, Catherine Vallade. President Jacques Chirac called Aubrac an "emblematic figure," saying "a light of the Resistance has gone out." Liberation-South was one of the first of the networks of disparate groups later known collectively as the Resistance a French movement to continue warfare against Germany after France's 1940 defeat in the Second World War. It linked civilians and armed bands of partisans working secretly to oppose the Nazi occupation of France.

The couple adopted the nom de guerre Aubrac in the Resistance. In 1943, Aubrac helped orchestrate her husband's escape from a Lyon prison after his arrest. She persuaded the local Gestapo leader, Klaus Barbie, to let her meet with him. During the visit, they planned his escape. Aubrac led the armed commandos who rescued her husband and Resistance leader Jean Moulin during their transfer to another prison, Denis Peschanski, a historian at the National Centre for Scientific Research, told France-Info radio yesterday.

The couple and their children fled to London in February 1944. She received the Legion of Honour, France's highest award, for her work in the Resistance. French director Claude Berry made the hit 1997 movie Lucie Aubrac, starring Carole Bouquet in the title role. Two other films, Jean-Pierre Melville's 1969 The Army of Shadows and the 1991 Boulevard of the Swallows by Jose Yanne, were also based on Aubrac's story. I1 I 11 Lucie Aubrac: Dies at 94 81 L- Baseball commissioner Bowie Kuhn, right, presents Atlanta Braves slugger Hank Aaron with a trophy after he tied Babe Ruth's all-time home run record in this April 4, 1974, photo in Cincinnati.

Kuhn, who presided over baseball during 15 memorable years, died yesterday. He was 80. Bob Johnson Associated Press BOWIE KUHN: BASEBALL COMMISSIONER Baseball king ruled during tumultuous years of change DEATHS and FUNERALS TORRIS, Margaret Almeda Peacefully after a brief illness on March 1 4, 2007 at Mt. St. Mary Hospital our matriarch passed away.

Predeceased by her husband, Haywood and her siblings, Margaret is lovingly remembered by her daughter, Wendy; son, Ralph (Myrna); grandchildren, Gordon (Diane), Sean (Wendy) and Marlene; great grandchildren, Graham and Warren; Trevor and Amber; and Christopher and Steven; as well as her extended family and friends. A celebration of Margaret's life will be announced at a later date. French Premier Dominique de Villepin echoed those sentiments. 'Today, France loses a woman of honour, tenacity and commitment whose devotion to the service of her country and its most noble causes never wavered," he said in statement yesterday. Born on June 29, 1912, in the eastern city of Macon, Aubrac was working as a history and geography teacher when she and her husband, engineer Raymond Samuel, helped create Liberation-Sud, or Liberation-South.

MOORE, Owen Sinclair Lauder 31 January, 1924- 13 March, 2007 Predeceased by Mary, wife of 50 years, Owen will be lovingly missed by son Stewart (Lois) of Qualicum Beach, daughter Kathleen (Bernie) of Victoria, 6 grandchildren and 3 great grandchildren, brother Jim (Shelia) of White Rock and sister Joan of Delta. Bom in Innisfail, Alberta. Owen grew up in Calgary and was a graduate of Western Canada High School. Early work with the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce in Grand Prairie and Dawson Creek was cut short when Owen enlisted with the Princess Patricia Canadian Light Infantry. He served in North Africa and Sicily where he was wounded.

Owen then spent leave in Glasgow where he met and married Mary in .1945. A short respite from military service, than a second career began with the Royal Canadian Navy in 1949. Owen served for 25 years and had many memorable postings, not the least of which was a favorite 3 years in Churchill, Manitoba. Owen's other service careers included long service with the BC Liquor Board and the Canadian Corps of Commissioners. Owen's love of gardening would find him 'puttering' where and when he could.

Owen was also an avid bowler, for many years at Mayfair Lanes in Victoria. Owen's last year was spent under the care of the Glengarry Hospital in Victoria. The family wished to extend their heart felt thanks to all who assisted Owen in his final days. The doctors and staff at Glengarry Hospital and The Royal Jubilee Hospital, Renal Unit and the Quadra Street Dialysis Unit. No service by Owen's request.

Donations In Owen's name may be made to the Victoria Kidney Foundation, (VIKPA) at (250)595-3650. Helping to honour life McCaU Bros. 385-4465 Cemeteries, Burial Plots Vaults BURIAL PLOT In tranquil Ross Bay Cemetery, allows for 2 casket interments 4 casket urns. Perpetual maintenance incl'd. $18,000 obo.

477-6919 348970 Hatley Memorial Gardens Last two side-by-side burial plots in highly desirable Colwood section. $2900 pr. 383-9962 347973 rniEMORIAMS GOW, Hugh January 4th, 1924 March 16th, 2003 Four years have passed Sadly missed but never forgotten. -Your loving wife Margaret, sons Don and Keith, daughter Barbara (Rob), sister Betty, grandchildren, nieces, nephews and friends. 348722 By Ronald Blum The Associated Press Bowie Kuhn was baseball's bespectacled Ivy League lawyer and looked the part every day of the tumultuous 15 years he ruled as commissioner.

Prim and proper with wire-rim glasses, he stood ramrod straight all six-foot-five of him. Detractors called him a "stuffed shirt" and "pompous," labels that amused him. Despite his regal bearing, he was as ornery as the owners and players he feuded with over a span that became the second-longest tenure among nine commissioners. Kuhn, who oversaw the sport's transformation to a business of free agents with multimillion-dollar contracts, died yesterday at hospital in Jacksonville, following a short bout with pneumonia that led to respiratory failure, spokesman Bob Wirz said. Kuhn, who was 80, had been in hospital for several weeks.

"He led our game through a great deal of change and controversy," commissioner Bud Selig said. "Yet, Bowie laid the groundwork for the success we enjoy today." Kuhn loved baseball long before he moved into its main office, having worked as a scoreboard operator at Washington's Griffith Stadium. When Kuhn took over from William Eckert on Feb. 4, 1969, baseball just had completed its final season as a tradition-bound 20-team sport, one with no playoffs, a reserve clause and an average salary of about $19,000 US. Kuhn battled the rise of the NFL and a combative players' union that besieged him with lawsuits, grievances and work stoppages.

Yet it was also a time of record attendance and revenue and a huge expansion of the sport's television presence. "He wore the mantle really well. He liked being commissioner," Yankees manager Joe Torre said. "He never seemed to compromise on what he felt he needed to do." Along with Kuhn's bumpy reign came a string of controversial decisions. When Hank Aaron hit his 715th home run to break Babe Ruth's record in 1974, Kuhn was not in the stands.

And he banned William Mays and Mickey Mantle Hall of Famers both from associating with their former teams because of liaisons with gambling casinos. By the time Peter Ueberroth succeeded Kuhn on Oct. 1, 1984, the major leagues had 26 teams in four divisions, a designated hitter in the American League, the first night World Series games, colour-splashed uniforms, free agency and an average salary of nearly $330,000. "I want it to be remembered that I was commissioner during a time of tremendous growth in the popularity, of the game," Kuhn said, "and that it was a time in which no one could question the integrity of the game." It was also a time of memorable confrontations. Kuhn did battle with the likes of Finley, Steinbrenner, Ted Turner and Ray Kroc.

Finley once called Kuhn "the village idiot." FIRST MEMORIAL FUNERALJE RVjCES 384-5512 5T5TegaJni 10 Tenders Legals Tenders Legals Tenders Tenders MEYER, L. Donna A year has passed, and we think of you each and every day. You are in our minds and in our hearts. We love you forever. All your family XO iaraea PATTERSON, Kenneth M.

Died in his sleep Saturday morning, March 10, 2007. Survived by his mother Dorene, father -Kenneth loving brother Jason, his grandmothers Kathleen Hiebert and Lorraine Crane, uncles, aunts, cousins and many, many good friends. MEMORIAL GIFTS I 11, "to-, In Mcmoriam Gift) fund vital heart and iimke research and health promotion programs PieoM print tha nam o( th drcwtwd or poraon honoured; the nanMaddnaa ol In next of kin tor card; and your namaaddraaa for tan raooipt (Via and MC accepted). Please mail your donation tot Heart and Stroke Foundation of B.CtYUkon 107-1001 ClowdaleAve, Victoria, B.C. V8X4C Tel: 250)362-4O3S Request for Proposal Project: 1 0681 29 NANAIMO, BC The requirement is for approximately 1978 m2 (21,290 sq.ft.) of rentable office space in Nanaimo, for the Ministry of Employment and Income Assistance.

Ground floor, store-front space is preferred. The space may be single floor or multi-floor in a single or multi tenant occupancy building. The location is to be in Nanaimo inclusive of the V9R.V9S, and V9T postal code boundaries as indicated on the map in the RFP document. Accommodation must have convenient access to public transit. The location shall not have an adverse effect on the security and safety of personnel and their clients.

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The Province reserves the right to negotiate any proposal and the lowest or any proposal will not necessarily be accepted. Proposals must be submitted by 2:00 PM PST, April 23, 2007 to: Jim Helsler, Lease Manager Ministry of Labour and Citizens' Services Accommodation Real Estate Services 3350 Douglas Street, Victoria, BCV8Z3L1 Phone: (250) 712-3673 Fax: (250) 952-8288 E-mail: jlm.heislergov.bc.ca Proposals after this time will not be considered. HEART am) snore rouMMnoNor ICfcVUHON LANNA SAUNDERS: ACTOR Soap star came from a family of performers LOS ANGELES (AP) Lanna Saunders, who followed her father and grandfather into the family craft of acting and was best known for her long-running role on the TV daytime soap opera Days of Our Lives, has died. She was 65. Saunders died Saturday of complications from multiple sclerosis, said her husband, Lawrence Pressman.

Saunders battled the disease for 25 years, he said. "She fought like a tiger and had the demeanour of a lamb," Pressman said. The only job she ever had was as an actor, he said. "She used to complain that she had never worked in a bookshop or waited tables like other actors," he said. The couple's son, David Pressman, is also an actor.

Saunders was just 13 when she started performing on Broadway. She met her husband while studying with Elia Kazan. Saunders later joined Kazan's Lincoln Center Company and performed under his direction in Arthur Miller's After the Fall. She joined the cast of the soap opera Days of Our Lives in 1979. "As an actress, as well as a person, Lanna Saunders had an elegance and grace that bespoke the deepest qualities of her soul which made her character, Sister Marie, honest and believable, yet so easy to look at," said Ken Corday, executive producer of Days of Our Lives.

She left the show in 1985 when she became too ill to continue, Pressman said. She was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 1982. She remained an avid theatregoer despite her illness, Pressman said, citl-ing his wife "a fabulous critic." 3 1 You can remember someone special with your gift to the Canadian Cancer Society (alse known at the BC Cancer Society) To donate In Memory or In Honour: www.cancer.ca 250-592-2244 or call toll-free 1-SOO-663-2S24 or mall to: 750 Hillside Avenue Victoria, BC, VST 1Z4 STEELE, George Bom December 8, 1917 in Stirling, Scotland he passed away peacefully on February 28th, 2007 at the age of 89. He was predeceased by his loved wife Ida 'Bill ie', survived by his daughters Brenda and Andrea (Zane); grandchildren Cheryl (Kevin), Aija (Jim), Jamie (Teri); great grandsons Braden and Justin and twin brothers Jim and -John Steele. George served in the British merchant Navy in St.

John's Newfoundland during WW1 1 where he met and later married Ida. Throughout George's life his accomplishments were great. Before coming to Canada he played professional football for Greenock Monon in Scotland and later for St. Andrew's in Vancouver, winning a Gold Metal for Canada in 1947, and was inducted into the BC Sports Hall of Fame. One of his first goals as a professional footballer was against the Glasgow Rangers.

Being his favorite boyhood (and adulthood) team he had always said that he wasn't sure whether to laugh or to cry about itl George served as Past President of the Victoria i Arthritis Society and was also an active member of Rotary International. George always loved to chat and joke with those around him and never would he pass another without a greeting. He touched all those who knew him and will be Please include: Yout name a addiess In lax receipt. Name of Ihe peiswt being remembeied. Name address to send card lo.

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