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Second victim speaking outSARAH SIMPSON CITIZEN

Another victim has come forward to tell his story of theft and violence on the Cowichan Tribes reserve south of Dun-can and to urge the band’s managementto do something to help.

In late July, the man who declined to be named publicly in fear of a repeat attack, said three young men staged a late-night invasion into his home, steal-ing two television sets, clothing, run-ning shoes, jewelry and even traditionalnative artifacts from the walls.

“Then they came back five hours later.I think they thought I’d be still sleepingor something,” said the man, who lives alone.

“They just walked right into my house and beat me up.”

The damage: two black eyes, a swollenand sore nose and two cracked teeth,could have been a lot worse had the vic-tim’s friend not arrived while the beatingwas taking place.

“He chased them and they ran out the door,” said the victim. “If my friend didn’t show up they could have killedme. He said I was knocked out for about 30 seconds.”

The terrified resident did call thepolice.

“I was really scared. I was stayingawake all night. Any little noise I wouldhear outside I would wake up,” he said.

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More space could open up a world of possibilities for Jeff Downie and the Old Firehouse Wine Bar on Ingram Street in downtown Duncan. [KEVIN ROTHBAUER/CITIZEN]

Wine bar looks to expand

KEVIN ROTHBAUER CITIZEN

The space is open, so Jeff Downie wants to take it over.

The operator of the Old Firehouse Wine Bar on Ingram Street in downtown Duncan is hoping to get an amendment to his liquor licence that will allow him to expand into the space vacated by Dolce Bakery earlier this year.

“It’s a move up in occupancy class,” explained Downie, who owns the strata rights to the space and says his business is ready to expand to “assembly use” occu-pancy class.

“It fits the style of the place better,” he said.

The space has been sitting vacant since the bakery left in January, and Downie is eager to get into it.

“One of the biggest things is that we need to expand; we need more capacity,” he said. “We’d like to do more special events. A higher-occupancy licence will allow us to spread our wings.”

Among the special events that the Old Firehouse currently holds and that Downie would like to do more of are live music per-formances, book launches and lectures.

“There are all sorts of things we do,” he said. “The whole gamut of small-scale events.”

A bigger storefront will also increase the bar’s visibility, although both local support

and tourist visits are already excellent.Downie used to run Gallowglass Books out

of the same space, but it has moved around the corner onto Canada Avenue, and while he still owns it, he has taken a step back from day-to-day operations to focus on the Old Firehouse. His new project has been going since March 2012, and has captured its own niche.

“This business isn’t just Duncan-unique, but in a way, it’s Island-unique,” he said. “The events we do are pretty unique with all the parts we put together.”With expansion, Downie could add more wine and food options to his menu, along

with other bar features. The Old Firehouse doesn’t focus strictly

on local offerings, but does feature a variety of local wines, along with selections from other parts of the province and around the world, and makes use of some local food as well.

Downie is optimistic that the city will allow him to expand the bar.

“We have a pretty good reputation as far as being something different,” he said, not-ing that between the bookstore and the bar, he has been working in the same area for nearly 15 years.

“We’ve been downtown for a long time.”

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“If my friend didn’t show up they could have killed me.”

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“I’ve got little things to protect myself hiding all over the place at my house now. I shouldn’t be livinglike that. I was really afraid they’d come back and burn my house downor beat me up again.”

When the victim learned three young men had been arrested in rela-tion to a different case, he relaxed a little, though he’s not certain oneway or the other that the assailants are the ones that attacked him.

“I heard three guys were in custody and I assumed they were the same people because it’s a small commun-ity and the news flies around here pretty fast on the reserve,” he said.

He’s hoping that tight-knit com-munity and fast-flowing information can work for the good and that the residents of the reserve will work together to stop the violence.

“It’s just ongoing. Violence all over the place. Alcoholism and violence has taken control of this reserve,”he said.

By telling his story, he hopes Cowi-chan Tribes management will takenotice and admit there’s a problem.

“I’m afraid for myself. I’m afraid for the community. There’s a lot of people on this reserve that area prob-ably scared,” he said. “Nobody says anything because they don’t want to get beaten up either. It’s like living in the ’hood. It feels like we’re living in a third world country here. CowichanTribes need to at least protect their members. Otherwise somebody’sgoing to get killed.”

Cowichan Tribes administrators are on their summer holidays and have not yet been able to respond to requests for a comment on the matter.

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Tribes needs to help stop the violence, member says

School reconfi guration work means summer not a vacation for SD79 staff LEXI BAINAS CITIZEN

“It’s been a whirlwind summer. It’s going to be an interesting time in September, as we get into that new normal,” Monroe Grobe, operations director for the Cowichan Valley School District, said.

He was talking about all the work needed to reconfigure the district’s schools, follow-ing the announcement late last spring of a host of changes.

The biggest jobs have been converting Mt. Prevost and George Bonner middle schools so they are ready for elementary school kids in September. Part of that is the look of the buildings, Grobe said.

“In certain portions of the schools, we removed the lockers and replaced them with panels of cubbies and coat-hooks. It looks really sharp and it takes away that middle school atmosphere,” he said.

Another big task was making the right kind of space for the district’s youngest students.

“Because of the requirement for kinder-garten classrooms to have washrooms...we converted bookrooms and storage rooms into a washroom off each of these classrooms. We didn’t take it away from the classrooms themselves. There are three in Mt. Prevost and two in Bonner,” he said.

Playgrounds have been on the move, too.The jungle gym from École Mill Bay was

moved to George Bonner, the one from Somenos went to Tansor and a small pri-mary playground from Koksilah went to Alexander.

New playgrounds are being installed at Dis-covery, Palsson, École Mt. Prevost and Lake Cowichan School.

There’s a sports court going in at Lake Cowichan, too.

It’s been a busy summer, Grobe said.“It’s been a blur,” he laughed, “but we’ve

made really good progress. I’m quite appre-ciative of the efforts of our crews. The bulk of the work started as soon as school was let out in June.

“We did a lot of prior planning that has

really helped to keep things on task and that’s worked out well for us, too.”

Grobe said his team’s mandate is to ensure teachers and students will find classrooms and, if needed, playgrounds ready in their schools, wherever they are.

Cowichan Secondary and Quamichan Middle School have joined into one operation with two campuses but there has not been a lot of renovation involved in that besides moving furniture and teachers’ resources.

“Quamichan is almost doubling in capacity. We’re looking at roughly 600 students there so every classroom needs furniture but we did have a fair amount of furniture [coming from Mt. Prevost].”

It’s been a similar job moving the Grade 8s from George Bonner to Frances Kelsey and up at Lake Cowichan, changes were also relatively simple, Grobe said.

“At Palsson, we’re adding in two portables,

because of the decision to offer Grade 4 at either Palsson or Lake Cowichan School, we have to be prepared for them,” Grobe said.

“Those portables are slated to move up there Friday and then it’s just buttoning them up and getting the services. We’re also adding a portable at Bench for the music pro-gram. Bench is pretty chock-a-block.”

“With George Bonner moving to an ele-mentary school, it will take time for the par-ents and students to see where they want to go. We’re hoping the additional space at George Bonner and the elementary program will lighten the load on Bench as well,” he added.

Once everything is up and running, over the next couple of months, “our plan is to respond to some more specific needs and the creature comforts make learning better for the kids, modifying and doing the little bit of extra we can do in that regard,” Grobe said.

Quamichan Middle School is no longer. It is now known as Cowichan Secondary’s Quamichan campus — just one of the changes made my SD79 heading into September. [KEVIN ROTHBAUER/CITIZEN]

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Malahat highway upgrades nearly fi nished

Construction delays on the Malahat are coming to an end — at least until the fall — with crews finishing the majority of a highway upgrade project onMonday.

B.C.’s Transportation Ministry said the bulk of the work was completed Monday with a crashattenuator, used to cushion col-lisions, installed at barriers near the upgraded Shawnigan LakeRoad turnoff.

The $8-million highway safety upgrade project is several weekslate and has caused lengthy back-ups and traffic delays.

There is still some painting to be completed by the end of thisweek, the ministry said.

The province also intends to add additional median barriers at the south end of Goldstream Park, and construct a northboundacceleration lane at FinlaysonArm Road, but the work has yetto be contracted and a start dateis unknown, the ministry said.The work is expected to be done in the fall.

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Suspect sketched following second attempt to steal ATM SARAH SIMPSON CITIZEN

Shawnigan Lake RCMP believe the man responsible for a Wednesday mor-ning break and enter at Country Gro-cer in Cobble Hill is the same as the one suspected of the ATM theft at Cobble Hill Market on Aug. 6.

Police have released a sketch of the suspect in the hopes that the public may recognize him.

Wednesday’s incident occurred at 3 a.m. though staff discovered it four hours later.

“Video footage shows an older model pick-up truck driving by the front door twice. Shortly after, a male suspect forced entry by smashing the glass door. The suspect can be seen on video attempting to unsuccessfully remove the ATM machine,” said Shawnigan Lake RCMP detachment commander Sgt. Rob Webb in a press release.

“The suspect then walks to the cus-

tomer service area of the store, where he grabs a small garbage bin and fills it with cigarettes. Video footage clear-ly shows the suspect wearing white gloves.”

At 12:35 a.m. on Aug. 6, a lone male rammed his vehicle into the front doors of the Cobble Hill Market twice before turning his vehicle around to back in.

“He was able to dislodge the ATM machine located inside and take off east bound on Fisher Road,” Webb said.

The Caucasian suspect is described as slim and approximately six feet tall.

He was wearing a ball cap and dark clothing at the time of the first break-and-enter. His vehicle is possibly blue in color and either a pickup with a can-opy or an SUV.

Anyone with information regard-ing this or any other crime is asked to contact the Shawnigan Lake RCMP at 250-743-5514 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-665-TIPS (8477).

A police sketch of the man police are looking for in connection to two commercial break and enters in Cobble Hill within the last week. [RCMP HANDOUT]

Duck Pond death not suspiciousLEXI BAINAS CITIZEN

A Lake Cowichan resident liv-ing near the Duck Pond Park made a surprising discovery early Tuesday morning.

Lake Cowichan RCMP detach-ment commander Sgt. Wes Olsen said his office received a report at about 8:45 a.m. of an unrespon-sive elderly male in the park.

“A nearby resident observed the male on the ground and called emergency services,” Olsen said. Lake Cowichan Emer-gency Health Services, the fire department and the Mounties all responded to the park where they discovered the 78-year-old man was dead.

The BC Coroner’s Service also attended and is investigating.

“Foul play is not suspected in this matter,” Olsen said.

The name of the deceased, a Lake Cowichan resident, is being withheld pending the notification of next-of-kin.

Located on Park Road off North Shore Road, the Kinsmen Duck Pond has become a popular swim-ming hole and picnic spot in Lake Cowichan.

The volunteers who normally work out of the Cowichan community policing offices in downtown Duncan have been reassigned for one day only. They have been tasked with helping out with the RCMP Musical Ride at Avalon Acres on Herd Road for the day.

Community policing manager Carol-Ann Rolls said should the public need to speak to a police officer or make a com-plaint, they can call the North Cowichan/ Duncan RCMP at 250-748-5522.

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Hydra, the tiny orphaned baby harbour seal the Cowichan Bay community has adopted as their own, is getting better by the day says staff at the Vancouver Aquar-ium’s Marine Mammal Rescue Centre.

“Hydra is doing very well. She has been weaned from formula and is now eating fish and gaining weight steadily,” reported Lind-saye Akhurst who manages the downtown Vancouver facility.

Hydra was rescued from the beach outside the Oceanfront Suites in Cowichan Bay after days of concern from afar on the part of hotel staff.

Deena Skinner, the hotel’s director of sales, took to Facebook to solicit advice about a tiny seal she’d been seeing on the beach.

It just so happened that Sion Cahoon, who grew up in Duncan, had been tagged by a mutual friend in one of the messages.

Cahoon now lives in Vancouver and is a veterinary technician with the Vancou-ver Aquarium’s Marine Mammal Rescue Centre. She replied to the Facebook plea

and Hydra’s rescue and recovery took off from there.

“Hydra graduated to the pool [Monday] and has adjusted well.”

The youngster now has more space to play after being moved from her individual tub to a special pool with four other rescued seal pups.

“If she continues to improve and gets along with her new pool mates, we expect to release her back into the wild this fall,” Akhurst said.

When Hydra arrived at the Marine Mam-mal Rescue Centre on July 24, she was one of 17 injured and/or orphaned harbour seals being cared for.

Since then that number has jumped up to no fewer than 43 slippery charges — all of which were brought to the centre mainly as a result of maternal separation.

Visit www.vanaqua.org/act/direct-action/marine-mammal-rescue to learn more about what the centre does and how you can donate to the cause.

If you see a marine mammal that you believe is in distress, contact us at 604-258-SEAL (7325).

Hydra, the orphaned baby harbour seal that was rescued from a Cowichan Bay beach in July, has adapted well to her surroundings at the Vancouver Aquarium’s Marine Mammal Rescue Centre. Staff there hope she can be released this fall. [SUBMITTED PHOTO]

Hydra’s recovery going swimmingly Green space slated for former Island Savings property

LEXI BAINAS CITIZEN

The Canada Avenue building that housed the main branch of Island Savings Credit union was reduced to rubble last week.

For the time being, the area will provide extra green space in the downtown area.

“The credit union has applied for a demolition permit and a development permit for the temporary holding of the property to grass out the area where the existing branch building was and retain the trees and create a small sort of green space while they work towards finalizing plans for redevelopment of the site,” Dun-can Mayor Phil Kent said.

Redevelopment is still in the future, though.

“I’m not certain what that time line they have,” Kent said. “That permit for that ‘parked-out’ area has been approved and

as they come forward with other plans,they will comment on that directly.”

Saturday, Nov. 17, 2012 marked a mile-stone for Island Savings Credit Union as the Duncan business icon officially opened its new state-of-the-art branch at the Dun-can Centre mall.

With great fanfare, representatives of allCowichan’s communities were involved in an impressive opening ceremony thatcelebrated both the history and the future of the corporation.

Even at that time, though, there was a lot of curiosity among many people attending the event about what would happen to the old building in downtown Duncan.

Island Savings spokesperson KathiSpringer said then when all permits were approved, the company would be looking for qualified parties to conduct the demoli-tion of the Canada Avenue location.

The old Island Savings Credit Union on Canada Avenue has been reduced to rubble and green space —albeit temporary — has been approved to replace it. [KEVIN ROTHBAUER/CITIZEN]

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Just say it like it is, please

Re: Michael Openshaw’s letter, “Obituaries: folks don’t ever seemto just die”.

At 65, I too, read the obituaries,and know that we all hesitate to use the word “die”.

When I was eight years old, my father died of a heart attack. With-out explanation, I was scooped to a neighbour’s house, and waitedfor news of my father’s condition.My mother sat me down, and told be that my father “passed away”.

I was so happy — in fact, over-joyed — as I thought she meant hepassed his medical tests and wasgoing to recover. Years later, the neighbour still talked about my strange reaction of laughter.

I felt so terrible when it wasmentioned and no one else knew it was just a misunderstanding of the terminology. I ask all parentsto PLEASE, use words that yourchildren will understand.

Penny RepesseLake Cowichan

Where’s the for sale sign on the Eco Depot land?

It is now more than three years since the CVRD board decided in secret to purchase a 22-acre piece of land on Cameron Tag-gart Road for the failed four-acre South Cowichan Eco Depot.

The board wasted more than $1.5 million to purchase the prop-erty, hire many consultants, pro-mote it using high paid spin doc-tors, tried to defend themselves in court and plan for a Cadillac style of industrial development waste dump and recycling centre in a rural residential and agri-culture area. And they continue to spend more tax money on this unwanted project!

In November 2011 the CVRD’s

proposal was soundly rejected by taxpayers in a poll during local elections.

The CVRD board finally voted to abandon their discredited Eco Depot in January 2012.

Let’s not forget the BC Supreme Court subsequently also ruled against the CVRD’s attempt to ignore its own zoning bylaws and foist an illegal development on the public.

The cavalier attitude of the CVRD staff and board to taxpay-ers’ money is well reflected by the fact that 18 months after the CVRD decision to abandon the Eco Depot there is still no For Sale sign on the property and money continues to be wasted on this debacle by inaction and make-work projects in the CVRD.

How difficult is it to put up a For Sale sign?

A year after abandoning the project the CVRD chair and his $200,000 per year administrator “consulted” with local residents in February 2013 about what to do with the property at a com-munity meeting in Shawnigan Lake. They were told very clearly the community wanted the Eco Depot property sold “as is where is” pronto without subdivision or any more bureaucratic attempts to delay the process or continue bleeding tax money on this project.

It is now August and nothing has been done to sell this prop-erty as the taxpayers wanted!

The CVRD purchased the Eco Depot property after 15 minutes

of secret discussion in 2010 and it’s taken almost two years to get the for sale signs up again and try to and recover some of our wasted tax money!

This huge CVRD bureaucracy appears incapable of respecting public interests or our money.

W.E. (Bill) DumontCobble Hill

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This paper was a real doozy to put together because it just seemed so... negative.

It has just a little bit of every-thing bad: from the doom and gloom of home invasions and violence on the Cowichan Tribes reserve to a dead body in the park at Lake Cowichan, from massive upheaval and reconfiguration challenges with the school district to a handful of police briefs look-ing for suspects still at large and reporting that prolific offenders are headed to jail.

Sometimes it’s hard to imagine that life can be, you know, GOOD.

But it is.

It is part of our job as a news-paper to report on the ups and downs of a community and that’s why many of our stories so often contain conflict.

It gets us down sometimes, that’s for sure, and we bet there are times when you feel the same.

But, sprinkled in amongst the harder, sadder, more negative news stories are glimmers of hope — small positives we can cling to while wading through the all of the rest.

Stories of people like longtime local merchant Jeff Downie, whose Old Firehouse Wine Bar has been so successful that he is

looking to expand in order to offer his niche services to even more willing customers.

Stories like the update on Hydra, the orphaned baby harbour seal, too. Her saga is one of commun-ity members rallying to ensure the young animal got the care she needed and by all accounts she taught her rescuers a thing or two about spirit and resilience along the way, as well.

From Special Woodstock to the Great Lake Walk, to firefighters bagging groceries to raise money for Muscular Dystrophy, if you look closely enough in the news-paper — and all around town

— there are stories of goodness and happiness and service to the community out there.

We want to tell more of those stories. We hope you’ll help us do that by letting us know about the good, the humorous, the silly, the weird, the wild and the curious.

We’d sure like to find more posi-tive stories about people to tell.

We loved writing about Jora Dale’s banana tree story last week, and about the potential for new jobs in Lake Cowichan when the new Fields store opens up.

We got a real kick out of Team Super Mommas tackling their own fears and hesitations to raise

money for charity. We were so pleased to report

about the Duncan Junior Base-ball duo that was picked up to play in the Western Canadian Pee Wee Baseball Championships and about the new project that will see much needed repairs being made to local First Nations homes.

We want to tell these stories. No doubt we’ll have to keep telling you about the doom and gloom. But nobody said we can’t try totell you more about your friends and neighbours and try to find as many silver linings as we can.

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Islanders ‘clearly want’ passenger rail serviceThe final piece of funding to repair

the E&N railways tracks fell into place with an announcement by the

federal government in April 2012 that they would provide $7.5 million to help with upgrades.

Now we are waiting to hear from VIA Rail if it will agree to a new train service agreement that will allow the project to proceed.

No passenger trains have travelled those tracks since March 2011 when engineers identified problems with the rail bed.

A safe, reliable transit service will pro-vide the many people who travel around the Island with an alternative to the car that should help us all with reduced traf-fic, reduced pollution and reduced wear and tear on our infrastructure.

I contacted the federal Minister of Transport this week and asked her to do all that she can to see that a train service agreement is signed soon.

Although VIA Rail is a crown corpora-tion, the government provides funding to VIA to provide rural services.

And VIA funding was cut in the most recent Conservative budget, making it harder for the corporation to respond to the transportation needs of Canadians.

According to their own corporate report, ridership on the E&N line increased by six percent a year for the last six years it was operating.

The Island Cor-ridor Foundation is encouraging resi-dents to write dir-ectly to federal and provincial politicians as well as the head of VIA rail.

You can see more at their website: www.islandrail.ca

Considering that the recent construc-

tion of the McTavish highway inter-change in Victoria cost $24 million, the cost of repairing this rail line is a bargain compared to the cost of building more roads.

But our passenger rail service is only one piece of the transportation puzzle here on the Island.

Rail freight costs are a growing concern for many Island businesses.

I raised the issue of increased freight costs for agricultural suppliers on the Island and how it increased reliance on truck traffic for deliveries just at the time our communities were working to reduce large vehicles on our roads.

Rail customers in Canada have suffered losses for years due to unreliable freight services.

New Democrats introduced the Rail Customer Protection Act to create a more

balanced playing field for shippers across industries.

One troubling statistic spurred this legislation: more than 80 per cent of all service commitments for agricultural rail customers are not met by the rail companies.

The NDP private member’s bill will grant all rail customers the right to nego-tiate service level agreements with rail companies.

Instead of starting with a blank piece of paper, every negotiation will begin with core components aimed to protect rail customers.

This would include performance stan-dards and penalties for non-performance, which will go a long way to addressing the concerns of shippers.

Better enforcement of safety standards and more regulation, particularly of hazardous goods, is also top-of-mind for many Canadians after the rail disaster in Lac-Mégantic.

But that shouldn’t prevent us from improving passenger service when so many Islanders clearly want this option.

Jean Crowder is the Member of Parlaiment for the Nanaimo-Cowichan riding.

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‘A safe, reliable transit service will provide the many people who travel around the Island with an alternative to the car that should help us all with reduced traffic, reduced pollution and reduced wear and tear on our infrastructure,’ says MP Jean Crowder. [CITIZEN FILE]


Jenn George new chair of Social Planning CowichanLEXI BAINAS CITIZEN

Valley activist Jenn George is the new chair of Social Planning Cowichan.

George is active in the community, serv-ing as Land Code Coordinator for Cowichan Tribes as well as working on numerous initiatives and supporting many organiza-tions, including her role as co-chair of the highly-successful Walk of the Nations for the last five years.

George served during the last year as co-chair with five-year Board Chair Val-erie Nicol. The departing chair said she is happy to see George in the role.

“I know Jenn will be a valuable asset as chair of Social Planning Cowichan,” Nicol said.

Meanwhile, George herself is excited. “Let’s get this party started!” exclaimed

George. “I couldn’t be more thankful for the opportunity to work with such an amazing community organization. Social Planning Cowichan represents what this commun-ity means to me: partnerships, cultural connections, addressing the concerns and needs of community and providing oppor-tunities to educate and outreach. I also raise my hands to Val and her five years of leadership with the board and I look for-

ward to having her participate as past chair on our board’s executive committee.”

The executive committee now includesGeorge, Candace Spilsbury (vice-chair),Nicol (past chair), Gina Talbot (treasurer) and John Scull (secretary).

Social Planning Cowichan was founded in 2004 and is currently working on initiativesaround affordable housing, cross-cultural relations, the status of the community 12 determinants of health, youth initiatives, and coordinating with organizations oncommunity issues.

Jenn George

CDH Foundation gets big boostLEXI BAINAS CITIZEN

A shy man has given the Cowi-chan District Hospital more than a quarter of a million dollars.

It comes from the estate of the late Arthur Renshaw. Family mem-bers visited the hospital Thursday, Aug. 15 to make the presentation of a cheque for $229,775, as part of a donation which will likely amount to $234,000 once the estate is wound up.

Renshaw’s name will be put on a plaque on one of the foun-tains outside the hospital’s main

entrance to commemorate the huge donation.

His sister, Vera, told the CDH Foundation board that their facil-ity was lucky two ways.

“Forty years ago when he was living in Burnaby he said if he died the money should go to Bur-naby Hospital. So you should be glad he moved to Duncan,” she said, before signing the cheque in the board room.

“We’ll be spending it carefully on equipment and services to improve patient care rather than on one big project,” CDH board

chair Brian Payne said after thepresentation.

State-of-the-art equipmentattracts state-of-the-art doctors to the Valley so anything the Foun-dation can do to help with projects helps everyone.

Renshaw’s niece Leah La Riviere said the family was particularlypleased to see the money go to a foundation where 90 per cent of the money goes directly to the hos-pital, rather than to fancy offices.

“I know it’s hard to get donordollars, and that is really import-ant to me,” she said.

A grainy surveillance camera image shows the man suspected of a July 12 break and enter at Barton Insurance. [RCMP HANDOUT]

Thief spends hours in Barton offi ceSARAH SIMPSON CITIZEN

North Cowichan/ Duncan RCMP are asking for the public’s help in identifying a man who ransacked the Barton Insurance offices in the middle of July.

According to detachment spokes-man Cpl. Jon Stuart, the suspect broke into the space at 102-109 Trans Canada Hwy on July 12.

“The suspect gained entry to the building by breaking into a vacant neighboring unit at 3:04 a.m. and then used tools to break through an interior wall into the business,” Stuart explained.

The officer added that the sus-pect spent four hours inside the unit and left the building just after 7 a.m.

“Some cash was stolen from the business and building repairs are

estimated to exceed $4,000,” Stuartsaid. Surveillance cameras in the area captured a grainy image ofthe suspect.

The man is described as a Cau-casian male with a slim build and brown medium length hair.

It is believed was wearing a black leather jacket, a black hooded sweatshirt, a black hat, and whiteshoes.

Those with information about this or any other crime are encour-aged to contact the North Cowi-chan/ Duncan RCMP at 250-748-5522, or Crime Stoppers anonym-ously at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477).

If you provide information toCrime Stoppers that leads author-ities to an arrest or to the recovery of stolen property or the seizure of illicit drugs, you could be eli-gible for a cash award.

Checking out a fountain at Cowichan District Hospital are, from left, Ed Rasmussen, Vera Renshaw, CDH Foundation chair Brian Payne, Leah La Riviere and Gord La Riviere and, in front, Mary Rasmussen. [LEXI BAINAS/CITIZEN]

Prolifi c off ender sent to jail for B&E spreeSARAH SIMPSON CITIZEN

One of Duncan’s prolific offend-ers has been given two years less a day in jail and two years pro-bation after that for his involve-ment in multiple crimes.

Police had been investigating Micah Jair McClure for three months before recommending no fewer than 13 charges against him. McClure pleaded guilty to two counts of break and enter and two of wearing a disguise.

“On Feb. 18, McClure broke into the Chuckwagon general store in Cedar, and during the offence was wearing a disguise,” said North Cowichan/ Duncan RCMP

spokesman Spl. Jon Stuart. “On Feb. 27, McClure broke into and was caught inside the Save On gas on Highway 1 and Bench Road. When he was arrested he was wearing gloves, and a mask over his face.”

McClure had been identified as a prolific offender by the RCMP and its community partners.

“These persons are identified when they have come to the attention of the police, usually once they have been the subject of numerous files in a short per-iod of time,” Stuart said.

Once released, McClure is not to be within 40 kilometres of Duncan.

NOTICE OF INTENTION TO PROVIDE ASSISTANCEUNDER A PARTNERING AGREEMENT

IN ELECTORAL AREA I – YOUBOU/MEADE CREEK

Pursuant to Section 185 of the Local Government Act, the CVRD is providing notice that the Regional District intends to provide assistance to TimberWest Forest Corp. under the terms of a partnering agreement having a term of fi ve years.

The CVRD supports the construction of a truck wash to reduce the amount of dust, dirt and mud emitted from logging trucks entering onto Youbou Road from the unpaved portion of North Shore Road and proposes to provide a contribution to TimberWest in the amount of Five Thousand ($5,000) dollars from the Electoral Area I Nature and Habitat Fund.

TimberWest will be responsible for, and will provide, all remaining funds needed to construct the truck wash and for the ongoing operational costs of the truck wash.

Any comments regarding the proposed assistance should be sent by 4:30 pm on Tuesday September 2, 2013 to Joe Barry, Corporate Secretary, at [email protected] or forwarded to the address below. Comments received will be placed on the September 11, 2013 public Board agenda for consideration by the Board of Directors.

Valley Calendar Cowichan Valley Citizen | Friday, August 16, 2013 9

Miscellaneous• Chemainus Literary Festival Fridays, 5-9

p.m., in August. Part of ArtBeat on Willow Street. Meet local authors and/or bring your own published books. Free. Info: Eliza Hem-ingway, days 250-324-2212, evenings 250-416-0363, email [email protected]

• Friendly Visitors wanted! Volunteer Cowichan program connects an iso-lated or lonely senior in the community with a Friendly Visitor. Interested? Call 250-748-2133.

• ShoDai Peace Chant new location Nich-iren Peace Centre, Johnny Bear and Cam-brai Road. Meditation Thursdays, 7 p.m., Discovery Sunrise Sundays, 10 a.m. Web-site: www.viretreats.com. Info: 250-710-7594. Email: [email protected]

• The Duncan Family History Centre (Genealogy) is open, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and Wed-nesday night 7-9 p.m. Free access to Ances-try.com available, 1815 Tzouhalem Rd, LDS Church. Info: 250-746-4122.

Seniors• Chemainus 55+ drop in centre muffin

mornings Wednesday and Friday, 9:30-11:30 a.m. Come and meet new friends.

• Are you 55 or older and bored? Why not join the Valley Seniors Organization in Duncan? Located at 198 Government St., open 6 days a week, 8 a.m.-3 p.m. Bus trips, carpet bowling, whist, bridge, cribbage, 3 bands, a choir. Info: 250-746-4433.

• Weekly bingo, Tuesdays, 12 p.m., Valley Seniors Centre, Duncan. Info: 250-746-4433.

Chemainus 55+ drop in centre bridge for beginners Thursdays, 1 p.m. Info: Al Taylor 250-246-4134.

• Chemainus Seniors Centre bridge class-es: Monday 1-4 p.m., Tuesday pairs 7:30-9:30 p.m., Friday pairs 1-4 p.m. Duplicate bridge

Wednesday, 1-4 p.m. Crib Classes 2nd and 4th Saturday of each month.

Recreation• New chess club at Duncan Library, Mon-

day evenings 6-8 p.m. All ages and skill lev-els welcome.

• Cowichan Valley Scottish Country Dan-

cing Thursday evenings 6:30-8 p.m., singles,couples, beginners welcome, Chemainus Seniors Centre. Info: 250-748-9604.

• Calling all chess players, every Wed-nesday, 1-4 p.m. All levels welcome. Info: 250-743-8740.

• Interested in rocks? The Cowichan Val-ley Rockhounds meet the third Monday of each month, 7 p.m., Duncan Airport. Info:250-743-3769.

• Drop in table tennis, Monday and Thurs-day, 7-9 p.m., Queen of Angels School. All ages welcome, coaching available. Drop in fee $3. Info: Frank 250-748-0566 or email [email protected]

Meetings• Cobble Hill Women’s Institute meets in

the small room of the Cobble Hill hall, noon pot luck lunch, second Wednesday of themonth. New members welcome. Info: Jessie Anderson 250-743-9040.

• B.C. Schizophrenia Society-Cowichan Branch support group meetings the third Monday of each month, 3-4 p.m., 71 Gov-ernment St., Duncan. Family, close friendsof those afflicted with any serious men-tal illness invited. Info: 250-748-1985 or 250-597-1718.

• Spanish Club — El Circulo Espanol meets every Wednesday night, 7-9 p.m. in private homes. Come and practice speakingSpanish and learning with games and other fun activities. Free. All levels welcome. Info: Carolyn at 250-743-5974.

THE MORE WE GET TOGETHER...

Many hands make light work as Const. Bert Calvo, Elspeth Spencer, Duncan Mayor Phil Kent and Anita Fraser help top Chantal McGeachy’s burger during the Cairnsmore community barbecue held on the grounds of St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church last Thursday. [KEVIN ROTHBAUER/CITIZEN]

◆ VANCOUVER ISLAND

Multi-jurisdictional business licenses may be on the way

Nanaimo city council is moving forward on a business-friendly, inter-municipal busi-ness licence program with other local gov-ernments in the central Vancouver Island area.

Council voted unanimously Monday to direct city staff to prepare a special busi-ness license bylaw to enable the city to par-ticipate in the scheme, which could come into effect by Jan. 1, 2014.

The idea was promoted at council in February by Greater Nanaimo Chamber of Commerce president and CEO Susan Allen, who said the move would result in less paperwork and red tape for businesses that operate across the region.

If implemented, the program would see the Nanaimo and 12 other municipalities adopt a common transferable business licence geared towards businesses that tend to be mobile, rather than operate at a fixed location, according to a city staff report. Examples include tradespeople, architects and catering companies.

◆ CAMPBELL RIVER

Retired logger and son land 61.5-pound chinook salmon

Campbell River is reverberating with the news that someone caught a 61.5-pound chinook salmon in the Tyee Club of Brit-ish Columbia’s annual tournament Sunday night.

It was the first salmon of that size to be recorded in the Tyee Club in more than 30 years.

The angler? Mike Gage, a retired logger who has devoted his golden years trying to repair some of the mistakes of his industry and other industries in the past.

The rower? Mike’s son Richard, who has obviously learned a thing or two from his dad, who is a longtime rower and guide in the annual tournament.

Mike was instrumental in starting the Campbell River Salmon Foundation and in using funds from that to bettering the spawning and rearing conditions in the Campbell River.

◆ NANAIMO

Naked swimmer chased by search and rescue, police

A naked man in was apprehended Monday morning on Newcastle Island after display-ing erratic behaviour in the water between Stone’s Marina and Newcastle Island.

The manager from the Gas & Go at Depar-ture Bay Marina called 911 just after 8 a.m. to report a man in distress in the water between Stone’s Marina and Newcastle Island.

Nanaimo Search and Rescue was con-tacted and responded, though the man was unco-operative with rescuers.

The man ended up swimming to the shore of Newcastle Island that was approximate-ly 15 feet away and then proceeded to run away into the forest, said Robinson.

◆ PORT ALBERNI

Western Forest Products reports big second-quarter earnings

Western Forest Products recently report-ed one of the company’s most successful quarters ever, with earnings before inter-est, taxes, depreciation and amortization of $44.9 million in the second quarter.

WFP runs two sawmills in Port Alberni: Alberni Pacific Division, which cuts hem-lock, and Somass, which specifically cuts cedar.

“The company has gone through some trying times in recent years, so we have to be cautious,” said WFP spokeswoman Makenzie Leine.

“But we do believe that WFP has a very bright future and the province’s forests are not going anywhere.”

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Graffi ti links war vet with chateauCARVING: Cowichan senior doesn’t remember doing it, but says he recognizes his own printing

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History caught up recently with a man who’s been living quietly on Bell McKinnon Road.

Johnny Coupland, who served in Europe with the 29th Field Company of the Royal Canad-ian Engineers in World War II, was contacted recently by Bruno Maquet, the owner of a chateau in Dompierre-sur-Authie, near Abbe-

ville in France. Maquet had dis-covered while repairing his build-ings that Coupland had carved his name on a brick on the outside of one of the chateau’s towers.

Coupland did the carving on Sept. 6, 1944, but at the time he for-got what month it was and carved 8/6/44 along with his name and RCE, proudly proclaiming himself a Royal Canadian Engineer.

Coupland was a truck driver

with the company, who entered France after the first wave of the D-Day invasion.

“We were backup. The 29th Field Company was actually attached to the Second Division,” he said.

“The Germans blew up every bridge they could find to try and keep the advance from catching up to them. So we were building Bailey bridges most of the time.”

Coupland’s duties also involved

“waterproofing” his truck right up to the horn button.

“The exhaust went right up through the cab and through the roof and the air intake was the same way,” he said. “You could be sitting in about a foot of water in the cab.”

At the end of the day, he never drove in deep water anyway.

Engineer Johnny Coupland’s name and outfit is forever etched into the wall of a stately home located near Abbeville, France. [SUBMITTED]See Memories • page 12


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Interestingly, Coupland no long-er remembers how he came to end up at this particular castle.

“Don’t ask me!” he laughed.However, his nephew, George

Duncan said, “as soon as he looked at the picture they sent, he recog-nized his printing.”

Apparently, such carvings were not unusual. There are no other Canadian names at Dompierre- sur-Authie but some members of the German air force guys carved their names there, too.

Coupland chuckled. “Oh, yeah. Among us, there was a common practice to draw a cartoon with a guy peering over a fence and underneath it would say: Kilroy was here! That was the standard. You saw that all over the place.”

Maquet wrote to him in French, but a translated copy by a Northern Irish researcher was included.

The researcher had actually found Coupland in the Duncan phone book but he had trouble

getting hold of Johnny because he was in the hospital at the time. The researcher went on Google and found a neighbour and made the contact through them.

The letter reads: “Dear John, My Northern Irish

friend Simon has, through the power of the Internet, been able to follow your traces back to Can-ada where, praise be, you are alive and well.

“I would so enjoy the chance to meet you personally to thank you and your courageous comrades in arms who, putting the German occupiers to flight, harried them across northern Europe.

“I am especially moved by the fact that your fleeting stay in the chateau of Dompierre, of which I am the fortunate owner, occurred on the exact day of my birth in the city of Lille, some hundred kilo-metres to the northeast. Lille was liberated on Sept. 5, 1944 and I was nicknamed The Wee Liberator.”

Maquet’s repairs also included other excavations.

“In carrying out work in the gar-

Memories hit and miss from time spent abroadFrom page 10

den, I have discovered a number of empty bottles and jars left behind by your company as testimony to their passage...”

“Bet they didn’t find any full ones,” Coupland quipped.

The 29th was in England before traveling to France in an old Lib-erty ship.

“We were anchored off the beach of Normandy after the first wave of the assault went in and they had a battleship of the Royal Navy there, too. I don’t know which one it was, a big one with 15-inch guns. Every time they fired a broadside, the old Liberty ship would move sideways.

“They had targets way inland. I can tell you a funny story about that. After things kind of died down around there, we used to go snooping around to see what we

could see,” Coupland related.“There was a cowshed of some

type in the corner of this field and they had fired a broadside from the battleship and when the shell came down, it came down about the same angle as the roof, glanced off the roof and landed in the field where it ploughed a furrow about a hundred yards long before it stopped. It was still sitting there. The nose had to hit something for it to explode. But it skied down the roof and just made a furrow.”

By January 1945, he was in Brus-sels and he moved through Hol-land to Germany.

“I was over there from mid-July to when the war was over. I was in Oldenburg, Germany, when they finally caught up with the Germans and that was the surrender.”

Food rations for the troops were okay, but a change was alwayswelcome, he said.

“We were in this German town that had been battered in a raid and the Regina Rifle Regiment,Third Division, had been occupy-ing the town. They were movingout and one of the riflemen said,‘You’ll find a quarter of beef upin the attic. It’s perfectly good. Wejust killed it yesterday. Help your-selves. So a bunch of us got into the kitchen and made steaks out of it. We had a steak dinner. Gee,it was good,” Coupland said.

In the town of Emden, they were detailed to sweep a road for anti-tank mines.

“I think we got about six of themand then the sergeant said, take’em out in the river there and dump ’em. We did. Then we had nothing else to do and some guys found some German hand gren-ades, they had a long woodenhandle and you pulled the cord in the handle and then got rid of it quick. Anyway, they decided to go try for some in the river. The firstguy that threw one in the river, it exploded all these mines we’d justdumped.”

While overseas, Coupland occa-sionally met a friend from home,Jack Bullcock, and also other pals he had trained with. Some of them he’s kept in touch with even to this day.

“It was quite an experience. There were a lot of times I wished I was somewhere else, but now I’m back here, I’m glad I went,” he said.

Johnny Coupland remembers lots of wartime experiences from his days in northern France, Belgium, Holland and Germany but can’t recall decorating this chateau in Dompierre-sur-Authie. [LEXI BAINAS/CITIZEN AND SUBMITTED PHOTO]

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14 Friday, August 16, 2013 | Cowichan Valley Citizen LivingSpecial Woodstock will no doubt inspireFESTIVAL: Performers, a drum draw and a musical instrument workshop to highlight 14th annual event at Providence Farm

LEXI BAINAS CITIZEN

They call it “empowerment through music” but you’ll call it an inspiration.

It’s Special Woodstock, that remarkable event, now in its 14th year, aimed at giving adults with special needs a chance to shine at Providence Farm in their own music fes-tival. This year the event runs on Sunday, Aug. 18.

Shelley Smiley, whose name describes her demeanour when she talks about this event, has been an energetic booster of Spe-cial Woodstock since the beginning.

Special Olympics is known for its focus on athletics, but Special Woodstock shines its loving light on music and the arts.

Professional musicians like Smiley and many others have been stepping up for years, using their talents to bring the music alive on stage.

Special Woodstock features more than 60 performers on three stages.

There are a few new wrinkles at this year’s festival according to Smiley.

“We’ve had a set of drums donated to us and we’re going to have that as a draw prize. We’re going to have a passport that you can take around and get stamped so you can see all the different things that are happening around the grounds and don’t

miss anything. And once you’ve finished filling out your book, you’re entered in the drum draw.”

Last year, organizers tried a new idea called The Raggedy Band, and this year they plan to expand it, she said.

“We hope it will grow bigger and bigger every year because of the musical instru-ment workshop. This gives everyone a chance to showcase the instruments they made,” Smiley said.

Special Woodstock also features three stages: the karaoke stage, the rose garden stage and of course the main stage.

In the rose garden, you can have a cup of tea and sit in the orchard and watch the show in the gazebo.

On the main stage, there’s all the usual excitement — including Rick Scott.

“He’s so great. We also have a band called Montgomery County coming up from Vic-toria. It’s a country band and the guy is

really cool. He’s got one of those head-set mics and he goes out into the audience and gets everybody singing,” Smiley said.

“I’m always really surprised at how much dedication I get from people. The atmos-phere is so special.”

Her own family life has been enriched over the years by the event as well.

“My kids have grown up with this; they were about four or five years old when Special Woodstock started. It’s been their favourite festival. I’ve taken them to a lot of cultural events but they always have to make it to Special Woodstock. I think that’s got to help with the way they see the world, how they see themselves and respect people. There’s nothing but good comes from it.”

She finds Special Woodstock is a special inspiration herself.

“When I first started working with people with special needs, I asked myself, ‘Why am I the lucky one that gets to see this?’ If only everyone could see how talented these people are, how they find a way to make music. It amazed me so much that I wanted to share it. Now, everyone else who’s been there tells their friends about it, too. The joy is infectious.”

The gates open at 10:30 a.m. with the music starting at 10:45 and going until 6 p.m. Donations at the entrance are welcomed.

The Raggedy Band, seen here making its way through the garden from the main stage area to the orchard, will be back, bigger and better than ever for 2013. [LEXI BAINAS/CITIZEN]

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Clock is ticking on Great Lake Walk registrationLEXI BAINAS CITIZEN

It can take less than five hours or more than 14 hours but completing the 56-kilo-metre Great Lake Walk around Cowichan Lake is an amazing achievement.

While it originally started as a walk, the idea of an ultramarathon quickly gained popularity with the running crowd, who are always looking for new challenges.

This year’s event will be held on Satur-day, Sept. 21 and organizers urge everyone to “Experience the Walk, walk the Experi-ence” when they take part.

Because it’s an autumn event, the mass start at 5 a.m. takes place in the dark, although with the full moon being only two days old, clear weather could mean some magical times on the road west towards the lakehead.

Of course, if the idea of covering 56 km scares you, there is an option. The Great Lake Walk Society is offering the opportun-ity to enter a team this year and do a relay or tag team approach to the event.

Great Lake Walk Society chair Joan Hieta said so far signups for the walk are on par with last year.

“It’s so hard to judge because there are so many last-minute registrations. But we’re doing the new team option this year and we’re starting to get a few teams. It’ll do far better next year once people see how it works and the idea gets out there,” she said.

In past years, many participants have used the walk to raise money for various causes and agencies and a team could do the same, even challenging other teams in trying to raise the most money for the char-

ity of your choice. The base price for a team includes each

person’s entry fee, food, prizes, race-day medical care and use of facilities.

The minimum number of members for a team is three and the maximum members is equal to the number of seat belts in the team vehicle, which organizers are urging participants to decorate in a showy way, adding colour and fun to the overall event.

Teams will monitor themselves, keeping track of the distance each person walks or runs.

“We’re really encouraging them to dress up their vehicles and dress themselves up and really push who they are raising money for, really make a statement and have a lot of fun doing it,” Hieta said. “There’s still time to get a team in for this year.”

The Great Lake Walk could use more vol-unteers, too.

“We always need them and it gets harder to find them every year,” Hieta said. “They could get hold of me and I could transfer them on to our volunteer coordinator.”

If you are interested in helping out, con-tact Joan Hieta at 250-749-3707.

Check out the registration page on the Great Lake Walk website for more details and lots of other interesting information about the walk.

Registration is open until Sunday, Sept. 1 and can be accomplished online as well at www.greatlakewalk.com

Whether you walk, run or crawl, there’s no better feeling than crossing the finish line after the 56-kilometre Great Lake Walk around Cowichan Lake. [CITIZEN FILE]

“There’s still time to get a team in for this year.”

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Oceanside Star Duncan’s Lynnea Bruce delighted 400 listeners in Parksville on Aug. 10. [LAURA HESSE PHOTO]

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Local duo Amy and Tafadzwa Matamba were willing drivers for a big name African performer and he paid them back by offering them the chance to open for him. [SUBMITTED]

Mbira Spirit gifted Mainland gigLEXI BAINAS CITIZEN

Tafadzwa and Amy Matamba, who call themselves Mbira Spirit, are opening for the Zimbabwe group Oliver Mtukudzi and the Black Spirits in Vancouver on Friday, Aug. 16.

Called “Zimbabwe’s pride, most success-ful artist and national treasure,” Mtukudzi is a special singer/songwriter, whose work reflects the daily struggles of his people.

The Matambas are from the Cowichan Valley but their music makes them part of a tightly knit world and that led to their gig at the Vogue Theatre Friday.

“We’re very honoured to be going over to open for him. He was here for the Comox music festival,” Amy Matamba explained.

“We are called Mbira Spirit, after the instrument we play. It’s a traditional Zim-

babwean thumb piano. We think we were asked to play because it will be a more cul-tural influence.”

They did not get picked out of the blue;they are known as members of the Zim-babwe music community.

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“Oliver needed a driver when he was going to Comox gig, so we got a phone call for that. In that process, they said maybe they could get us to open for them in Vancouver. We didn’t expect it but then they called,”Amy added.

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Chronicles: Fences make good neighbours – or enemiesSometimes — often, in fact — when

researching Cowichan Valley history I get lucky and come upon a great

story from the past that has long since slipped between the cracks of time.

Until I resurrect it with additional facts.Sometimes, too, as in today’s rendering

which was originally published 80 years ago, it’s tempting to tell the tale in the author’s own words. Unfortunately, in this particular case, there’s a matter of meet-ing current journalistic standards so I’ve had to edit, not just to meet space limita-tions, but to massage some of the more sensitive details.

As it happens, no byline was given for the article and as the author chose to identify the leading character only as Mr. X, I’ve extended that courtesy to the other principals involved.

So, here we go with a tale of one pioneer’s struggle to build a homestead in the wilderness at the cost of inciting a feud with his nearest neighbours.

It’s hardly of the Hatfields and the McCoys calibre but it’s quite out of the

ordinary so far as Valley history goes... Mr. X, who at the time the article was published was within a year of celebrat-ing half a century here, “began the flight of his life from the land of the heather, taking off from there and coming to New York State, where he was schooled.

“The district got him like it did other

Easterners, perhaps, for he came West as one of a family lured by appealing pamph-lets sent to their neighbourhood by popu-lation-seeking administrators.

“A country where the snow lasted no longer than 24 hours was certainly one to welcome a family desiring the ideal tem-perate climate. The missive read was too good to be true, and [Cowichan] proved that it was not true. The first winter brought snow that the family thought was going to be perpetual.

“[Their homestead] was an inviting place in the summertime, with its verdant valley and the river close at hand, but it kept the snow longer than any other place in the district.”

Mr. X and his father, after a dry first summer, weren’t expecting a harsh win-ter. By then they had to feed a horse and

12 head of cattle — with the single ton of hay they’d been able to cut and store.

Come winter, Mr. X had to hike to town to buy 150 pounds of meal to supplement the animals’ feed.

This meant his having to make several trips, packing it on his back through the snow. Sound difficult?

You haven’t heard the worst of it. As our chronicler tells us, “He wore

snowshoes for the job, as they afforded the easiest means of travel in five feet of snow, but at that they were not the best kind of shoe, being made simply from cedar shakes[! –TW]

“Lichen was the other food given the cattle, and the nutrition it contained gave the animals excellent health.

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“The only difficulty was in securing it from the fir trees on which it grew. Chop-ping the trees down proved the only way to obtain the fodder.

“This was done, and throughout the winter two trees were hacked to the ground every morning for the cattle [until] the struggles of the winter were relieved by the coming of spring. From then on progress was made on the farm, and the hardships of the first cold season were not duplicated.”

To keep his livestock from wandering, Mr. X built a fence down one side of his riverfront property, the side that butted up to neighbours who’d been living there for generations.

The head of the family, convinced that the fence encroached on their land, took matters into his own hands. Without, it seems, discussing the matter with Mr. X, he went at the barricade with an axe.

Twice. Both times, Mr. X could only suspect the

culprit’s identity. But, on the third occa-sion, he caught his neighbour in the act.

To again quote our storyteller: “One day he discovered the man at work with an axe bringing the boundary-marker to the ground.

“Needless to say, Mr. X became angry at this, in fact so angry that he took up his own axe and chased the [man]; ran after him until the man took refuge in his own hut. Fleetness of foot was the only thing that saved [him] from a little forceful handling...”

There was no turning back, it was a state of war. For a time there was little more than a show of sullenness by Mr. X’s neighbours. But, as he recounted years later, they weren’t just brooding but plotting.

Our chronicler picks up the story: “One dark night the climax came. Mr. X and his father had retired. A soft calling from the direction of the trail in front of their cabin attracted their attention. The noise was a quiet, ‘Cooee.’ Mr. X, hearing it,

took it to be a traveller who...had become lost and was seeking aid.

“He was just on the point of putting his foot on the veranda when he heard whispers... [He] instantly surmised that the calling was simply a ruse to bring him and his father from the cabin, when they would be shot down in cold blood.

“That this was the plan he had little doubt and, reaching for their guns, father and son waited for any sign of an attack. Shouting that he knew well what they were intending to do, Mr. X warned them that if they did not go away they would be filled with lead.“That his speech produced an effect he was sure, for no attack came that night and the morning broke... However, the movements of the previous night assured Mr. X that all was not well as it might be, and that another and more serious brush might follow.”

Arming himself, and against the urging of his father who was convinced “he would be riddled,” Mr. X strode into his neighbours’ yard and made it plain that if there was any further trouble he’d inform the authorities. And, should anything happen to him or his father, “every one of them would get his neck stretched”.

Mr. X did, in fact, report the matter in Duncan and his neighbours received offi-cial warning to behave themselves.

This not only ended their feuding with-out further confrontation but, eventually, both parties “became the best of friends”.

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Coming home with three gold medals and two Canadian records, Duncan speedster Chicago Bains admitted she was hoping for big returns from the Canadian Youth Legion Track & Field Champion-ships in Langley last weekend, but had no idea she would achieve what she did.

“That was definitely one of my goals, but I had no clue what was going to happen that day,” she said. “There was really strong competition. Lots of girls gave me a run for my money.”

Bains came away with solo gold medals in the U16 girls 80m and 200m hurdles, and as part of the B.C. team that won the 4x100m relay. Bains’s time of 11.48 seconds in the 80m hurdles broke the Can-adian U16 record that stood since 1982, while the relay team shaved a second off old Canadian mark, as well.

Bains, who was ranked first in Canada in both hurdles distances, was pleased to take home relay gold as well.

“Our group of girls was really strong,” she said of the team that also included Ladysmith’s Rachel Jerome. “We were hoping just to have a clean race. We’re all good

friends. We’ve been through all the ups and downs together.”

Bains might have collected another medal, but was stung by a bee on the bottom of her foot after qualifying for the final in the 200m dash. After finishing fourth in the preliminary round, she dropped to eighth in the final despite the sore foot.

At the end of the meet, Bains was named the top female athlete for both Team BC and the entire national meet, which might seem like a no-brainer, although Bains didn’t see it that way.

“I was very shocked and sur-prised,” said the humble track star.

Bains was far from the only Cowichan Valley Athletic Club member to have a phenomenal showing at Legions, as she was joined by six other CVAC Jaguars representing either Team BC or their home club.

Taryn Smiley collected bronze medals in the U18 girls 4x100m and 4x400m relays, and thorough-ly enjoyed the experience of being on a provincial team.

“It was amazing,” she said. “We made so many friends, and we were all so close by the end of it.”

Smiley also made finals in the 100m and 200m sprints. Timer issues required her 100m heat to be run a second time, and the final was held almost immediately afterward, but she still managed to place seventh. She felt better about her sixth-place finish in the 200m.

“The competition was huge, but I was happy with it,” she said. “I was fifth in B.C. last year, and this year I’m sixth in Canada and first in B.C.”

Also competing for Team BC, Liam Lindsay finished 10th in the U18 boys long jump, admitting he “didn’t feel like he was in it mentally.” He prepared better for the triple jump, and leaped to a fourth-place finish.

“The difference between me and the podium wasn’t very much,” he said. “But that’s what it comes down to in triple jump.”

After his first trip to Legions and first time representing B.C., he’s hoping for another shot next year.

“I didn’t really know what to expect, but it added a certain amount of pressure,” he said. “Overall it was a great experi-ence and I’d love to do it again if I could.”

Lindsay’s sister, Nicole, was part of the CVAC relay team that fin-ished third in the U18 girls club 4x100m even though three of the runners, herself and Heyd includ-ed, are just 15, and two of them — Natalie McFall and Jordyn Piercy — typically compete for the University of Victoria Track Club.

That didn’t matter to the athletes, who were already somewhat fam-iliar with each other.

“I had seen those girls and met them at provincials, but at nation-als, we clicked,” said Lindsay. “It was fun representing the CVACs and showing what we’ve got.”

Racing solo, Lindsay also fin-ished 14th in the country in the U16 girls 300m dash.

“It was amazing; It was a good feeling,” she said, noting that she’d like to join Liam on Team BC next year.

Also on the 4x100m relay team was CVAC Casey Heyd, who also placed a remarkable fifth in the U16 100m dash and 20th in the 200m preliminaries.

“I wanted top eight,” she said of the 100m. “I was ranked eighth in the country, so I was pretty sure

I’d get it, but you never know. So when I got fifth, that was great. Imoved up three places.”

Ben Williams, who was told he made Team BC, then was cut before Legions due to a wind-aided qualifying jump, made good on his promise to make Team BC regrettheir decision. Representing his club, Williams finished fourth in the U16 boys triple jump and high jump, and was seventh in long jump.

The CVAC team that finished fourth in the U18 girls club 4x400m included CVAC Tia Baker as well as UVic Club imports Piercy, McFall and Lauren D’Agnolo.Baker also placed 20th in the U18 girls 400m dash, although sheprobably would have finishedmuch higher if not for a knee injury she suffered in early July.

While not usually CVAC ath-letes, the UVic girls still did the Jaguars banner proud. D’Agnolo placed fifth in the U16 girls 800m,and 10th in the 300m, McFall was13th in the U16 girls 300m and 19th in the 200m, and Piercy was 15thin the U18 girls 300m hurdles.

The CVAC athletes understood the magnitude of the nationalchampionships, and expressedtheir gratitude to the Legion for presenting it.

“I’d like to thank all the people,the veterans and Legion membersthat put it on,” said Heyd. “It wasa great learning experience for everyone. They put their heartsinto it. They really are in it for the kids. They want to see us be happy.”

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Bains leads stellar CVACs at LegionsNATIONAL RECORDS:

Cowichan contingent shines for B.C. and home club

CVAC Jaguar and Team BC athlete Taryn Smiley. [CITIZEN FILE]

“That was definitely one of my goals, but I had no clue what was going to happen that day. There was really strong competition.”

CHICAGO BAINS, triple gold medallist at Legions

The Cowichan Valley Athletic Club contingent at the Canadian Youth Legion Track & Field Championships: Nicole Lindsay, Tia Baker, Jordyn Piercy, Natalie McFall, Casey Heyd, Ben Williams, Liam Lindsay and female athlete of the meet Chicago Bains. Missing are Lauren D’Agnolo and Taryn Smiley. The group included Team BC athletes from the Cowichan club, local athletes competing for the club, and a trio of UVic athletes wearing Cowichan colours to round out relay teams. [SUBMITTED PHOTO]

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Duncan’s 16-year-old horseshoe star has become the first pitcher from B.C. ever to claim a world championship.

Lindsay Hodgins won the girls champion-ship at the World Horseshoe Tournament, hosted by the National Horseshoe Pitchers Association of America in St. George, Utah in late July and early August.

In addition to being the first pitcher from B.C. to win a title, Hodgins also became just the third Canadian girl to win in the last 50 years, and the first since 1993.

“We went down hoping she would qualify for the final round,” said Wayne Hodgins, Lindsay’s grandfather, who made the trip to Utah with her. “When she got into the final six, we thought it would be good to get into the top three. And by God, she beat them all!”

Some 1,040 participants attended the world tournament, including about 40 in the junior division. Girls and boys played 40-shoe games together in the first round, with the top players advancing based on wins.

Hodgins finished second with a record of 7-2 in the first round, boasting a ringer percentage of 51.5.

In the second round, the girls and boys split up and played 40-point games, with the top six girls and top eight boys advan-cing based on ringer percentage. Hodgins was down from the first round, but still topped the field at 47.5 per cent. Advancing to the final boys group was Matthew Mac-donald of Cobble Hill, who placed seventh with a 47.78 percentage.

“It was exciting,” said Lindsay.The venue at St. George consisted of 42

indoor horseshoe pits, with competitors playing five shifts a day for two weeks. The Hodginses stuck around for the entirety of the tournament to find out how things played out in the other divisions.

“We had already decided that, regard-less of what she did, we would stay to see who won the championships,” said WayneHodgins.

The final six in the girls tournamentplayed a round robin on the final day to determine the world champion, and Lind-say went undefeated, winning five lopsided games.

“The closest was 40-25,” she recalled.In the other games, she beat her competi-

tion — all Americans — 41-4, 42-4, 41-16 and 41-17. Her ringer percentage of 56.91 wasalso tops in the final round, nearly 12 per-centage points ahead of her closest rival.

Macdonald, meanwhile, played some close games, but finished 0-7 in the final round, still placing eighth among junior boys in the world.

Hodgins’s triumph came despite chan-ging her throwing style just six weeksbefore the tournament, and playing in clay-filled raised boxes on the floor, as opposed to the sand pits she’s used to.

Hodgins and Macdonald both won Canad-ian junior titles in 2012, but didn’t attend the national championships this year because they conflicted with worlds. Hodgins will be in contention at the B.C. championships in Penticton in two weeks.

Hodgins has one year left as a junior, and while the family wasn’t planning on head-ing to next year’s worlds in Buffalo, New York, they might have to defend the title.

“Our goal was to go just one year,” said Wayne. “But after winning it, I guess we’vegot to go back.”

Duncan teen wins at horseshoe worlds

“When she got into the final six, we thought it would be good to get into the top three. And by God, she beat them all!”

WAYNE HODGINS, Lindsay’s grandfather

Left, Lindsay Hodgins takes some practice pitches on her backyard horseshoe court. Right, Hodgins shows off the massive trophy she claimed at the World Horseshoe Tournament in St. George, Utah, earlier this summer. [KEVIN ROTHBAUER/CITIZEN]


A host of athletes with Cowichan Valley ties helped B.C. win two gold and two sil-ver medals at the Rugby Canada National Championships Festival in Vancouver last weekend.

B.C. won gold in both U16 divisions, and silver medals in both U18 divisions, and every team the province fielded included players from the Cowichan Valley.

BC 1 finished atop the U16 men’s pool with a perfect 6-0 record. George Barton, a product of both the Cowichan Rugby Foot-ball Club and Shawnigan Lake School, was among the tournament’s scoring leaders, finishing second on his team and fourth overall with 30 points, and second overall with six tries. Aaron Hersant of Brentwood College School finished with 17 points on one try and six conversions.

Also on the team were Cole Milne of the CRFC and Shawnigan, and Shawni-gan players Simon Gray and Callahan McMaster.

BC 2 went 3-3 in the U16 men’s tourna-ment. Kyle Joe of Cowichan Secondary School finished with one try, while the team also included Keaton Armstrong of Brentwood and Carl Smit of Shawnigan.

This was the inaugural year for the U16 women’s tournament at nationals, and BC 1 made history as the first champions.

Ciel Arbour-Boehme was among the team leaders with three tries, and was joined on the squad by Brentwood teammates McKenna Haz and Avi Sharabi. McKen-zie Saysell of the CRFC and Ladysmith Secondary scored one try for BC 1. BC 2 included Hanna Morten of the CRFC and Cowichan Secondary.

In the U18 men’s tournament, BC 1 fin-ished second, falling 29-21 to Ontario in the Cup Final. Shawnigan’s Guiseppe Du Toit was first on the team and second in overall scoring with 43 points on five penalty kicks and 14 conversions.

Also on the team were fellow Shawnigan players Nik Hildebrand, Chris Miles and Jenner Teufel, Hildebrand and Teufel also hailing from the CRFC.

BC 2, all U17 players, finished 10th in the U18 tournament, losing 26-7 to Ontario in the Plate Final, and included three play-ers from both Shawnigan and the CRFC. Captain Wesley Wong kicked three conver-sions for the team, while Tyler Beselt and Michael Henderson each scored one try.

B.C.’s U18 women also finished second, falling 25-5 to Ontario in their Cup Final. Allie White of Cowichan Secondary scored three tries to tie for ninth in scoring, and was joined on the roster by her T-Bird teammates Sam Jory, Hannah Lauridsen, Adrienne Saari and Leah Theobald, and by Shawnigan’s Nicole Crowley.

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After a busy summer of recruiting and making deals, the Cowichan Valley Capitals are ready to start skating this weekend when training camp starts on Sunday.

“We’re excited,” said head coach and gen-eral manager Bob Beatty, who is about to begin his first season in the B.C. Hockey League. “This is the time of year our blood starts flowing. The kids are starting to arrive in town. There will be real competi-tion in camp.”

About 60 players will be vying for roster spots this time around. Registration starts Saturday and the players will be on the ice Sunday. The public is welcome to check out on-ice sessions from 9:30-11:30 a.m. on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, and

scrimmages from 7:15-10:15 p.m. An intras-quad game will take place on Thursday at 7:30 p.m.

“We’ve got strong competition at all pos-itions, to be quite honest,” said Beatty. “I’m looking forward to getting back into the swing of hockey.”

Beatty himself hasn’t seen all the play-ers that will be in camp, and can’t wait to check them out.

“Some of the players we signed sight-unseen,” he noted. “They came with good references and resumes, but we want to see what they bring to the table. It will be interesting to see them on the ice.”

The Caps will play their first pre-season game at Fuller Lake Arena on Aug. 23, against the Alberni Valley Bulldogs, fol-lowed by a rookie game against Nanaimo at Lake Cowichan on Aug. 24.

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Some of the best young tennis players in B.C. gathered at the South Cowichan Lawn Tennis Club earlier this month for the 25th annual Biondo Junior Grass Court Cham-pionships, and despite some foul weather on the first day, the event was a spectacular one once again.

“I think it was successful, although it rained all day Friday,” said organizer Sheila Biondo.

The name of the event honours both Sheila and her late husband, Franco, who was a longtime tennis and coach at the club before he passed away in 2009.

Numbers at the junior championships were up this year, with 67 entries from B.C., Washington and Oregon.

“We ended up going into Monday, partly because of the rain and partly because we had lots of entries,” said Biondo. “When kids are good, they end up in three finals.”

Participants from the Cowichan Valley included Nyles and Chanelle Moisson, Eric Hartford, Johannah Hixson and Jessa Michieli.

Nyles Moisson won the U16 and U18 boys titles, beating John Paul Yun of Richmond in both finals. While the results were iden-tical, Biondo confirmed that there were indeed two tournaments played.

“It just happened that we had the same boys in the final,” she said. “I guess they were the best two.”

Nyles Moisson also entered the U18 boys doubles, where he and his partner Adam Hobbs placed second to the duo of Yun and Christopher Chan.

Hixson finished second in the U16 girls singles event, falling to Jayden Nielsen in the final. She also stepped up a level to enter the U18 singles event, where she tied for third place behind winner Mateya Radisavljevic and runner-up Anastassia Krasnova.

Also cracking the top three in a bracket was Chanelle Moisson, who teamed up with Mady Star of Victoria to place third in U14

girls doubles behind Alexandra and Jayden Nielsen and Jenny Jia and Franzene Tsui.

Other winners included Alexander Asenov in U12 boys singles, Franzene Tsui in U12 girls singles, Jared MacLean in U14 boys singles, Gregory Dee and Dickson Zhuang in U14 boys doubles, Jayden Nielsen in U14 girls singles, and Sybella Garvin and Mina Inaz in U18 girls doubles.

All participants received bags honouring

the 25th annual tournament donated by Pharmasave, and filled with a variety of items donated by the club and other spon-sors. Sheila Biondo donated grip wraps in memory of Franco. Other treats couldn’t becontained, however.

“Thrifty’s donated ice cream,” Biondo said, laughing. “We just put a note on the bag about that; we didn’t put the ice cream in the bags.”

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Nyles Moisson stretches out to get his racquet on the ball during the Biondo Junior Grass Court Championship. [KEVIN ROTHBAUER/CITIZEN]

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2009 HYUNDAI SANTA FE GL AWDAUTO, A/C, P/W, P/L, P/M, #13-392A $18,913

2009 FORD RANGER SPORTAUTO, A/C, P/W, P/L, P/M, #13-291C

2011 CRV EXAUTO, A/C, P/W, P/L, P/M,PSRF #13-192A

2012 HYNUDAI ACCENT GL 5DRAUTO, A/C, P/W, P/L. P/M#13-298A

2009SONATA GLAUTO, A/C, P/W, P/L P/M,#10U38

$10,000

$10,500

2010 ACCENT SPORT 3DR5 SPEED, A/C, P/W P/L, P/M#12U38

2007 HYUNDAI TUCSON GL FWD5 SPD, A/C/, P/W, P/L, P/M, #13-285A $11,913

2009 TOYOTA TACOMA 4X45 SPD, A/C, P/W, P/L, P/M, #13-387A $20,913

2012 HYUNDAI ELANTRA TOURINGAUTO, A/C, P/W, P/L, P/M#13U08

2000 FORD MUSTANG CONVAuto, A/C, P/W, P/L, P/M, #13-246B

$8,000

2005 DAKOTA CW RWDAuto, P/W, P/L, P/M, PSRF#13-242A

$7,0002005 VIBE GT FWD5 SPD, P/W, P/L, P/M, PSRF#13-276A

$8,0002005 PT CRUISER TOURINGAUTO, A/C, P/W, P/L, P/M, #13-305A

$7,0002005 TAURUS WAGONAUTO, A/C, P/W, P/L, P/M,#13-188A

$5,5002007 CALIBER SXTAUTO, A/C, P/W, P/L, P/M,PSRF#13-383A

$6,0002007 G5AUTO, A/C#13-359A

$8,000

2007 MONTANA EXTAuto, A/C, P/W,P/L, P/M#13-289C

$7,000 $9,500

2008 SONATA GLAUTO, A/C, P/W, P/L,#11-13A

$7,500

2009 ACCENT 3 DR L5 SPEED#13-321A

$10,000

2009 ACCENT 4DR GLAUTO, A/C, P/W, P/L, P/M #13-275A

Spectacular!Spectacular!mid-

$16,913

$27,913 $15,913

2012 HYUNDAI SONATA GLSAUTO, A/C, P/W, P/L. P/M, PSRF#13U15

$20,913

2009 HYUNDAI TUSCON LTD AWDAUTO, A/C, P/W, P/L, P/M,PSRF #13-353A

2010 OUTLANDER AWDAUTO, A/C, P/W, P/L. P/M#13-335A

$16,913 $19,913

2010 HYUNDAI ELANTRA L5 SPD#13-291A

$10,000

$18,913

2013 ESCAPE TITANIUMAUTO, A/C, P/W, P/L, P/M, PSRF#13-165A

$34,913

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2010 Dodge Journey #13283A

$ 12,999 $ 15,888 $ 21,488

2013 Dodge Dart #13216A 2010 GMC Acadia SLE #13261A

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2011 F150 Super Crew FX4 #13376A 2012 Expedition Max Ltd #6060 2009 Pontiac G5 #12290A

$ 6,931

2010 Honda Pilot Touring #13182A

$ 27,931

2008 Ford Taurus X LTD #13246A

$ 13,681

2008 Chevy Uplander #13245A

$ 8,681

2010 Kia Soul #6010A

$ 12,681

2010 Chev Cobalt #13052A

$ 6,388

2012 Chevy Cruze LS #13276A

$ 12,488

2012 Ford Focus SEL #6043

$ 16,348

2010 Ford Transit Connect XLT #6064A

$ 19,871

2011 Ram 1500 SXT #13392A

$ 23,876

2012 Toyota Tundra Ltd 2005 Mustang Convertible #13044B 2012 Chrysler 300 Ltd

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