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The search for a teen who went missing when his rugby team took a swim in Shawnigan Lake ended in tragedy on Sunday, when rescue personnel found Abdu-Jamal Ottun under the water. They were unable to revive him. The 17-year-old was visiting the Cowichan Valley from England. [SUBMITTED]

Tragedy strikes Shawnigan Lake SARAH SIMPSON CITIZEN

A teenager visiting from Eng-land drowned in Shawnigan Lake on Sunday.

Abdu-Jamal Ottun was touring with his school’s rugby team and was due to play the Cowichan Rugby Football Club but dis-appeared while swimming with his teammates.

Authorities were alerted that the 17-year-old was missing at

about 4:50 p.m. “Numerous police, ambulance, and fire/rescue units responded and arrived on scene within minutes,” Shawnigan Lake RCMP Detachment Com-mander Sgt. Scott Stephen said in a press release issued Monday.

Five minutes after arriving, a Shawnigan Lake Fire Depart-ment member located the teen’s body under 12 feet of water.

“The victim was brought to a nearby dock, where waiting BC

Ambulance Service paramedics worked to revive him,” Stephen said. Despite their best efforts, the first responders were unable to save him.

“Jamal was a very keen sports-man, be it on the rugby pitch, the running track or excelling in virtually any other sporting activity,” said Jonathan Wilden, headmaster of Wallington Coun-ty Grammar School, where Ottun was a student. “He was a

very generous individual, always looking for the best in people and wanting to help them achieve great things. This tragic event has left a huge hole in the WCGS community, and this is keenly felt by all staff, students and others who have come into contact with Jamal.”

The school group has cut its trip short and will be returning to the UK soon.

Shawnigan Lake School Head-

master David Robertson called it “a very sad accident.”

“Obviously, the group is in shock and they have made arrangements to curtail their tour and return home,” Rob-ertson said. “Our deepest con-dolences are with them and the family.”

The investigation has been turned over to the BC Coroners Service. Police have already ruled out foul play.

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SARAH SIMPSON CITIZEN

Police believe a 25-year-old Crof-ton man was stabbed but what they’re still unsure of is just who was on the other end of the weapon.

The incident occurred Saturday, June 28 at the Tim Hortons park-ing lot on Drinkwater Road.

“Two men, one of which is the victim, became involved in fisti-cuffs after a road rage incident just before three in the after-noon,” North Cowichan/Duncan RCMP Cpl. Krista Hobday said. “The victim sustained very ser-ious injuries and has since been released from hospital.”

With the assailant still at large, officers have released a photo-graph of a person of interest in the aggravated assault case.

“Police are very motivated to identify the pictured man who may be able to shed light on the stabbing and move the investiga-tion forward,” Hobday said.

The picture shows a slender man of about five-foot-nine with short dark hair and a medium complexion.

He is believed to be in his late 20s to early 30s.

Those with information regard-ing this or any other crime are encouraged to contact the North Cowichan/Duncan RCMP at 250-748-5522, or Crime Stopper, anonymously at 1-800-222-TIPS

(8477). Those providing informa-tion to Crime Stoppers that leads to an arrest may be eligible for a cash award.

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Police are searching for this man after a road rage incident led to a stabbing in June. [SUBMITTED]

SARAH SIMPSON CITIZEN

Disaster was averted but it was touch and go for some Lake Cowichan residents in the early morning hours of July 11 after a brush fire broke out in the Mac-Donald Road area.

Authorities were dispatched just before 4 a.m. and some residents were evacuated soon thereafter.

The fire originated in the back-yard of a property bordering a creek that runs along the west side of MacDonald Road, Lake Cowichan RCMP Detachment Commander Sgt. Wes Olsen said.

The flames spread quickly and damaged the back of three hous-es, before consuming several vehicles and outbuildings.

“The area in behind the hous-es is dense brush and trees and there was the potential to start a forest fire within the town lim-its of Lake Cowichan due to the current extreme fire hazard,” Olsen said.

With residents moved to safety, the Lake Cowichan Fire Depart-ment set to work extinguishing the blaze. Police secured the scene for further investigation. BC Ambulance Service para-medics were also on scene but no injuries were reported.

Olsen raved about the profes-sionalism of the local volunteer fire crew.

“It was truly impressive how the local fire department was able to deploy as quick as they did and put out the fire with rel-

atively minor damage during an extreme fire hazard situation,” he said. “The town of Lake Cowichan is lucky to have such a well-trained and dedicated group of firefighters.”

With more warm, dry weather on the horizon, Olsen reminds the public about the importance of emergency preparedness and having an evacuation plan in the event it’s required.

“Residents should ensure they have proper insurance coverage in place to protect their home and valuables,” he said, noting a good place to start is to create a detailed list of your possessions — along with photographs or video — and to keep the docu-mentation in a safe location like a safety deposit box at a bank.

Olsen also reminds the commu-nity fires can start in any num-

ber of ways and it’s important to ensure everyone does their part in prevention.

Cigarettes are the number one cause of forest fires and should be completely extinguished.

Burning bans should be adhered to and paints, chemi-cals and fuel should be stored appropriately.

“And be careful to properly dis-pose of petroleum-based-prod-uct soiled rags as they can spon-taneously combust and cause a fire,” he added.

The cause of the July 11 fire is still unknown but the Island District RCMP’s General Inves-tigation Section has taken over the case. Those with informa-tion about this incident are encouraged to call the Lake Cowichan RCMP detachment at 250-749-6668.

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Setting limits on candidate spending in municipal elections is a good idea but it needs to be carefully thought out to work evenly across the province, Duncan Mayor Phil Kent said.

Kent was one of the low spending heroes in the last municipal election, achieving his re-election while spending only $995.

With the province looking at the idea of limiting candidate expenditures, though, he said, there are challenges.

“Municipalities are different right across the province; it’s challenging to under-stand just what those [spending] limits would be. Obviously my spending reflected the community we’re in and my length of time in office.

“I understand in the metropolitan areas it’s a challenge; there are third parties [advertising] and things like that. I think it’s something that should be reviewed.”

Even as they wait for the province to act, local governments can also take steps to provide an opportunity for someone of any means to be able to run for office, Kent said.

“Some of it can be things municipalities can do with respect to their bylaws: sign-age and things like that. I know we did look at it at council; we limited [signage placement] to certain corridors and areas. Those are things municipalities can decide and do well ahead of elections so the ground rules for people are clear.”

Making the playing field level is the name of the game.

“Council can place limits on the places that signage is allowed so that somebody with a whole bunch of money can put up a whole bunch of signage anywhere and somebody with limited means can’t com-pete with that.”

However, preparing one set of guidelines for use across B.C. means looking careful-ly at the diverse types of communities involved, Kent said.

“That’s the challenge; there are different circumstances. Most of B.C. is made up of small communities and having the limit set provincially for the larger metropolitan areas really essentially doesn’t set a limit much for smaller communities. It’ll be a challenge to set up a universal set of guide-lines that apply fairly across the province.”

Even before the last election, some of the ground rules had changed, he said.

“The financing rules were changed before the last election, which had an impact on third-party advertisers. These could be either organizations or complete third parties who had ideas that they want-ed to use to promote or not promote cer-tain candidates. They had to report that and register as third party advertisers. That was already set up for this last elec-tion. I think that was a transparent thing to do and I think it went over very well. Obviously this was a learning election for Elections BC and they will probably make some adjustments to some of that,” Kent said.

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Duncan Mayor Phil Kent

ANDREA RONDEAU CITIZEN

The Cowichan Valley Regional District will be suggesting that a new RCMP sta-tion set to be built in Mill Bay be named the South Cowichan RCMP detachment.

The new building will replace the Shawnigan Lake detachment, with final say over the name falling to the federal government, who are in charge of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.

The people of Shawnigan Lake, how-ever, said Alternate Dir. Ian Caesar, are not in favour of the “South Cowichan” moniker.

South Cowichan is not a term with a clear definition, he argued, and his con-

stituents do not want it to be further institutionalized in this way.

The RCMP should name the detach-ment, Caesar said, without the CVRD sticking its nose into the process.

Shawnigan residents would be fine with calling it the Mill Bay detachment, he said, to mirror where the building will be located.

Directors Caesar, Blaise Salmon, Alison Nicholson and Tom Walker voted against suggesting the South Cowichan name, but were outvoted.

The successful motion also states that failing the adoption of the “South Cowichan” name the CVRD would like to be able to present other possible names.

‘South Cowichan’ moniker for new station splits board

A replacement for the Shawnigan Lake RCMP detachment will be located in Mill Bay, and the majority of the CVRD board wants to take the opportunity to change the name to better reflect the geographic region to be served by the station. [CITIZEN FILE]


Egg stand thief will not ruin it for everyone

We live on a quiet street in North Cowichan and have been putting our eggs out for sale on a small farm stand at the end of the road.

We put the eggs in a cooler and there is a small wooden cash box with a padlock on it nailed to the table for people to put their payment in. I pick the cooler and cash up each night, and put it out again the next morning. This has worked wonderfully well for the past two months.

Last night I went down an hour or so later than usual; the cooler and cash box had both been stolen, but the frozen water bottles I put in the cooler to keep the eggs cool had been taken out and left on the table. I think that’s the thing that annoyed me the most — the thief took the time to take the bottles out of the cooler and leave them on the table.

We will be putting our eggs out again for sale as for the most part, people have been very honest about paying, and have even been leaving their egg car-tons for us — which we greatly appreciate.

I just wanted to let people know that among our friends and neighbours are some really nasty pieces of work who just want to spoil things for every-one. Thank you to all our cus-tomers, screw you to the thief.

Sue RyanDuncan

Price for hydro going up, solar going down

Re: Solar is stupid If you are interested in investing in a solar system for your home, there are some things to consider.

Even though solar is still a long term investment, installing a residential solar system will add value to your home while you start saving on your elec-tricity bill annually. So even for those who are retired, you won’t lose the investment when you sell the home.

As for the cost, over the past 40 years, globally the price of a solar panel per watt has fall-en from US$101.05 in 1975 to US$0.61 today. Water concerns and Hydro’s increasing rates makes solar generation a cost-ef-

fective alternative. In 2013, BC Hydro announced

that electricity rates would increase 28 per cent over five years.

The more that solar costs fall and demand increases along with increasing rates, the less time it will take for solar instal-lations to pay for themselves — currently estimated at about 15 years, with a four to six per cent rate of return.

This depends on various fac-tors (number of panels, installa-tion costs, your energy use, etc.) but some have noted, it’s still more than your average RSP or GIC.

Solar isn’t just for homes, it can be used for many appli-cations such as local infra-structure (e.g. street lights,

boats, etc.) or even for smaller uses when going camping or charging your devices. The point is, those who have invested in solar already know that solar is an economically viable energy solution.

Yes, it’s also an alternative to fossil fuels and is only one option when considering alternative energy, but it’s a start. There are many ways com-munities have invested in solar throughout Canada and not all meant increasing costs to tax-payers. One Cowichan explores these different options in their solar recommendations report found on their site at www.onecowichan.ca/solar_info

Amanda MacNeilDuncan

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It’s about time.Canada, the country of

her birth, is finally acknow-ledging Frances Kelsey for her incredible achievements.

The announcement that she will be awarded the Order of Canada comes decades after numerous accolades conferred upon her in the United States.

She received the President’s Award for Distinguished Fed-eral Civilian Service in 1962, the highest honour that can be bestowed upon a civilian, and in 1995 she had a planet named after her. In 2000 she was inducted into the National

Women’s Hall of Fame and in 2001 she was named a Virtual Mentor for the American Medic-al Association.

Yet the Cowichan Valley-born hero has remained unsung in Canada until now. Now age 100, it’s remarkable that Kelsey is still alive to see it.

So why all the hoopla over Kelsey?

Even many Cowichan Valley residents probably don’t know how incredible this woman’s career has been and the service she rendered to us.

In 1960 Kelsey began work as a scientist for the American Food

and Drug Administration. In her very first month on

the job, she was pressured to approve the release of a sleeping pill for pregnant women. That drug was called thalidomide.

She refused. The rest is history.Since then, thalidomide has

been proven to have caused ser-ious, debilitating birth defects.

Just this year the Canadian government agreed to pay vic-tims of thalidomide a lump sum, then an annual income for life — unfortunately for us, Kelsey didn’t work for the Canadian government, and the drug was

approved for use here.We can only imagine the

pressure Kelsey must have been under, both from the phar-maceutical company and her own government to approve thalidomide.

Remember, too, that it was an era where women were met with hostility in many careers, let alone science, where they continue to struggle even today (see Nobel laureate Tim Hunt’s comments about women being a distraction in the lab circa 2015).

Kelsey is someone who is more than deserving. Every Canadian should know her story.

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NOTICE OF PROPOSED LOCAL REVENUE LAWS AND INVITATION TO MAKE REPRESENTATIONS

THIS NOTICE is given pursuant to section 6 of the First Nations Fiscal Management Act (the “FMA”).

The Malahat First Nation (the “First Nation”) proposes to enact the Malahat First Nation Property Taxation Law, 2015 and the Malahat First Nation Property Assessment Law, 2015 (together, the “Proposed Laws”).

DESCRIPTION OF PROPOSED LAWS: The Proposed Laws are a property assessment law made under the authority of section 5(1)(a)(i) of the FMA, and a property taxation law made under the general authority of section 5(1)(a) of the FMA. The property assessment law provides for the assessment and valuation of interests in land in the First Nation’s reserve lands, and includes provisions for appointing assessors, inspecting property, preparing assessment rolls, and mailing assessment notices. This law includes a process for reconsideration of assessments and for a right of appeal to an assessment review board. The property taxation law establishes a taxation regime that taxes interests in land in the reserve, and includes provisions for exemptions, grants, preparing tax rolls and tax notices, the levy of penalties and interest on unpaid taxes, and the collection and enforcement of unpaid taxed. A copy of the Proposed Laws may be obtained from the First Nation at the address set out below.

WRITTEN REPRESENTATIONS: The Council of the Malahat First Nation invites written representations regarding the Proposed Laws. If you wish to make a written representation, your written representation must be received by the First Nation at the address set our below on or before 4:00 p.m. September 14, 2015. Council will consider all written representations received in accordance with this Notice before enacting the Proposed Laws.

ADDRESS AND CONTACT PERSON: For further information or questions regarding the Proposed Laws or this Notice, please contact: Renee Racette, Malahat First Nation Administration Office, 110 Thunder Road, Mill Bay, BC V0R 2P0, by telephone at 250-743-3231 or by email at [email protected]

Dated: 15 July 2015 7071526

This public meeting will include representatives of the Ministry of Environment and Ministry of Mines who will be available to answer technical questions related to the inspection and sampling fi ndings.

Everyone is welcome and feedback from community members is encouraged.

FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT:Ross Blackwell, General Manager, CVRD at 250-746-2620 or email [email protected]

When: Thursday, July 16, 2015 from 6:30 to 9:00 PMWhere: Kerry Park Recreation Centre (Arena)Location: 1035 Shawnigan-Mill Bay Road, Mill Bay, BC

PUBLIC MEETINGMINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT RELEASE OFINSPECTION FINDINGS IN SHAWNIGAN LAKE

The Cowichan Valley Regional District invites you to a public meeting where the Ministry of Environment will release its sampling and inspection fi ndings in association with the Cobble Hill Holdings site in Shawnigan Lake.

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How much evidence do you need on humans causing climate change?

Scientific evidence linking human activity to climate change — how much do you need?

While I appreciate Don Gra-ham’s letter (July 10) and would never doubt his credentials as a geologist, he does postulate a very one-sided argument, which I would counter by saying it’s a “minority view” and needs a more “realistic balance.”

May I suggest he (and indeed all your readers) do a very sim-ple Google search at www.ipcc.ch and scan down the menu to AR5 Fifth Assessment Report which, and I quote, “...provides a clear and up to date view of the current state of scientific knowledge relevant to climate change, it consists of three Working Group Report (WGR) and a Synthesis Report (SR).”

If you care to check the Methodology Report at the above URL you can check the science for yourself. Over 2,000

scientists from 154 countries (endorsed by Science Acad-emies in 16 countries) are independently nominated for participation in the panel by their own governments.

Having said all this, I again would suggest to anyone sin-cerely looking for some facts in this matter that they develop what I would call a “realistic balance”.

What I mean by that is instead of dividing the issue into an “either/or” or even worse a “them and us” argu-ment, I would rather look at your facts regarding solar winds, sunspots (or any other opposing factors you can find) and say: “yes, they may well be happening and probably are contributing facts.”

However, and here is the crunch! So are facts regarding excessive (Al Gore in his latest book The Future says “already full”) increase in the upper atmosphere of CO2 emissions from aviation fuel, gasoline engines, coal burning, indus-trial smoke stacks and the list goes on...and on.

So, we don’t have to end up on

opposing sides of a situation; we can, and should, be able to work at our local, provincial or even federal levels together for the greater good of all.

Pointing fingers and crying foul does nothing positive.

Now, if you put these fact together with your facts we have a situation which is now completely out of control!

Or is it?If what I have said above is

true, then, all the more reason for us to look especially careful-ly at our responsibility for this problem.

We are all involved in this whether we wish to see it or off-handedly cast the problem away as none of our business or a purely natural event. This latter view would ignore another fact that our lifestyles in the global north are totally unsustainable, often at the ter-rible expense of those countries and people in the global south. (But that’s another letter!)

I trust that I have given you enough food for thought.

Peter ElliottDuncan

◆ IN RESPONSE SRA should hound residents on septic

Shawnigan Lake is far from pristine. It’s being fouled as we speak by sewage from the inad-equate septic systems of its own residents.

In 2013 the University of Victoria’s Dr. Asit Mazumder conducted a water quality study which found significant amounts of caffeine and phar-maceutical drugs in the lake. This can only be a result of over-flowing septic systems.

I don’t understand why SRA [Shawnigan Residents Associ-ation] members feel they are more qualified than both the Ministry of Environment and the Environmental Appeals Board to conduct an environ-mental impact assessment.

But since they’re so concerned about lake water quality, I assume the SRA will now be relentlessly hounding residents to upgrade their septic systems with the same zeal they’ve been hounding the provincial govern-ment and SIA over the contam-inated soil plan.

John BrackenburyMill Bay

People on motorized vehicles a fi re hazard

Please ask the people who think they own the forest, the people with 4x4s, ATVs and motorcycles to stay the HE double toothpicks OUT OF THE DANG WOODS... I don’t want my home to turn into a pile of charcoal.

I spent my work life to get to this point and “I”, yes thinking of myself only, do NOT want it to end like that because of some-one else’s stupidity! All it takes is a hot piece of carbon from a motor vehicle muffler to land on the ground and we’re smokin’.

Use your grey matter, stay out of the woods!

David RichardsShawnigan Lake

No bad publicityIn regards to the conversa-

tion around the Bad Habits restaurant in Maple Bay, I am reminded of something my mother used to say: “There’s no such thing as bad publicity.”

Marilyn WelandDuncan


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Much has been written about solar energy in the Citizen newspaper lately, and while most people are likely sincere they’re doing something environmental-ly beneficial by installing solar panels, in B.C. there is no environmental benefit. In addition to this I rather doubt the sincer-ity of advocacy groups such as Cowichan Carbon Busters and One Cowichan who are misrepresenting environmental bene-fits of solar energy in B.C.

We already have access to a clean, reliable, renewable, low CO2 producing energy source called hydro electricity. Hydro electricity is 93 per cent clean and renewable, is relatively inexpensive, is available year round with few if any interruptions and won’t cost $10,000-$30,000 to install like a solar system will.

While I realize solar panels have come down in price, this is simply because many solar panels are now manufactured in China. China produces more CO2 than any other country, 28 per cent of the world total. China has a terrible environ-mental record and solar panels are manu-factured in coal-powered factories.

In addition to this, the manufacture of solar panels involves a witches’ brew of toxic chemicals and produces millions of pounds of toxic sludge and polluted water. Somehow Peter Nix of Cowichan Carbon Busters can rationalize the pur-chase of these solar panels; as long as the environmental pollution is somewhere else it’s okay.

One Cowichan wants you to sign a petition calling on local governments to implement a clean energy plan that will make Cowichan the solar capitol of B.C….why? We already have a clean energy plan, hydro electricity 93 per cent clean and renewable.

While some solar advocates point to Germany as a solar energy success story it should be noted that electricity rates in Germany are three times that of our own and vast tracts of land, forests and ecosystems have been destroyed to create this so called solar success with no reduc-tion in their CO2 emissions.

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Lake Cowichan RCMP are looking into a hor-rific incident of animal cruelty and careless boating on Cowichan Lake on Canada Day.

Campers at the Pine Point Campground on the north shore of the lake near Youbou watched as a motorboat purposely swerved into a flock of geese floating about 400 feet off the shoreline. The boat struck and killed one of the geese. Among the witnesses were several children.

“The witnesses report that this was a deliber-ate action on the part of the boat operator,” said Const. Bruce Coles of the Lake Cowichan RCMP.

The boat was described as a black and white 21-foot Crownline bowrider. It was being driven by a white man in his 30s, with a female passen-ger wearing an orange bathing suit.

Police are hoping members of the public can help identify the owner or operator of the boat. Anyone with information should contact Const. Coles at 250-749-6668 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477).

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Sites added to heritage registerANDREA RONDEAU CITIZEN

The Cowichan Valley Regional Dis-trict added five new sites to the Com-munity Heritage Register after a unan-imous vote by the board last week.

This official record of important sites in Cowichan’s nine electoral areas will now include the South Cowichan Lawn Tennis Club, the Fairbridge Chapel and Schoolhouse, the Robert Service Memo-rial Park and the Last Spike Stone Cairn.

“E a c h o f t h e s e s i t e s p r e s e r v e s a u n i q u e a n d i n s p i r i n g p a r t o f o u r h i s t o- r y , ” said board chair Jon Lefebure.

The South Cowichan Lawn Tennis Club, located in Cowichan Bay, is the oldest lawn tennis club operating in

Canada and one of the oldest in the world and just finished hosting their annual Grass Court Classic.

The Fairbridge Chapel and School-house reside on Cowichan Station’s first farmstead, while the 130 year old schoolhouse is reported to be one of the oldest timber frame buildings north of the Malahat, the CVRD said, while ear-ly settlers, pioneer women and famed poet, Robert Service, are recognized

at Robert Service Memorial Park in Cowichan Bay.

The Last Spike Stone Cairn’s claim to fame is its commemoration of the com-pletion of the Esquimalt & Nanaimo Railway and site, at Cliffside Station in Shawnigan Lake, of the last spike driv-en by Sir John A. MacDonald in 1886.

According to CVRD officials, these sites are only the beginning. They expect to bring forward a second list of potential listings later this summer, including a number of community halls.

To learn more about the regional dis-trict’s Heritage program or to nominate a historic place to the Community Her-itage Register, visit www.cvrd.bc.ca/heritage

“E a c h o f t h e s e s i t e s p r e s e r v e s a u n i q u e a n d i n s p i r i n g p a r t o f o u r h i s t o r y .”

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NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Board of the Cowichan Valley Regional District, (CVRD), proposes to adopt “CVRD Bylaw No. 3926 – Park Land Disposal (Empress Park) Bylaw, 2015”, authorizing the disposal of surplus park land by subdivision, legally described as: PID 000-423-874, Lot 7, Section 9, Range 4, Shawnigan Land District, Plan 36775; and PID 000-423-882, Lot 8, Section 9, Range 4, Shawnigan Land District, Plan 36775; as shown outlined on the map below. Proceeds of the sale of the land will be transferred to the credit of a reserve fund for the purpose of acquiring park land within Electoral Area B – Shawnigan Lake. There is no taxation impact as a result of this sale.

BYLAW SUMMARYIf adopted, Bylaw No. 3926 authorizes the CVRD to dispose of Empress Park, (comprised of Lots 7 & 8 as shown), through subdivision and a public sale. This undeveloped park land has been deemed surplus to the needs of Electoral Area B – Shawnigan Lake. Proceeds of the public sale of the lands will be credited to the Electoral Area B Community Parks Land Acquisition Reserve Fund, a reserve fund for the purpose of acquiring park land within Electoral Area B – Shawnigan Lake. A complete copy of the Bylaw is available for inspection at the CVRD office, located at 175 Ingram Street, Duncan, BC, during regular office hours, Monday to Friday 8:00 am - 4:30 pm, excluding statutory holidays. The Bylaw is also available on the CVRD website at www.cvrd.bc.ca

ALTERNATIVE APPROVAL PROCESS AND ELIGIBILITY The CVRD may adopt this bylaw unless at least 10% of electors within Electoral Area B – Shawnigan Lake indicate that a referendum must be held by submitting a signed Elector Response Form to the CVRD office no later than 4:30 pm, Monday, August 24, 2015. The Elector Response Form must be in the form established by the CVRD, and only those persons who qualify as electors of Electoral Area B – Shawnigan Lake are entitled to sign. An outline of the Electoral Area boundary can be viewed on the CVRD website at www.cvrd.bc.ca. To determine if you live within Electoral Area B – Shawnigan Lake, please refer to the road index posted on the site.

Electors may qualify as either resident electors or as non-resident property electors, as follows:

Resident Elector – You are entitled to submit an Elector Response Form as a resident elector if you are age 18 or older on the day of submission, are a Canadian citizen, have lived in BC for at least six months, and have been a resident of Electoral Area B – Shawnigan Lake for the past 30 days or more.

Non-Resident Property Elector – You are entitled to submit an Elector Response Form as a non-resident property elector if you are age 18 or older on the day of submission, are a Canadian citizen, have lived in BC for at least six months, have owned and held registered title to a property in Electoral Area B – Shawnigan Lake for the past 30 days or more, and do not qualify as a resident elector. NOTE: Only one non-resident property elector may submit a response form per property, regardless of how many owners there may be.

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10 Wednesday, July 15, 2015 | Cowichan Valley Citizen LivingProposed Island ferry service drew ‘wrath’ of Mainland papers

“...To put the whole in a few words, no ferry system could be made practic-able...” Vancouver Advertiser.

Whoever heard of such a preposterous

idea? Imagine it — a daily ferry service between Nanaimo and the Lower Mainland?

Today, we take such service for granted; 130 years ago, the con-cept met ridicule and downright hostility in some quarters. How times change!

“The idea of connecting the Canadian Pacific and Island [E&N] Railways by means of a ferry does not find favour in the eyes of our New Westminster friends,” noted an editorial in the Nanaimo Free Press, “but we are afraid they will have to bow to the inevitable.”

If the Nanaimo newspaper is

to be lauded for its prescience, it must also be pointed out that it had arrived at this conclusion through somewhat muddled reasoning: that the Pacific ter-minus for the trans-continental railway must be a port “that has free access to the

open ocean, and [is] clear of for-eign territory”.

Because of a potential military threat from the United States, the editor contended that loaded rail cars should be ferried to Vic-toria, then the best B.C. shipping point, via Nanaimo. Although it’s not stated, the likely con-clusion to be drawn from this is that Nanaimo, until Tsawwas-sen was built as a ferry terminal in the late 1950s, and then only because of the automobile, was more practical and convenient than would be a direct sea link

with the capital.“The signs of the times plainly

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the Fraser will not be likely to prevent such a consummation. Vancouver Island holds the key to the position, and those in power fully understand and appreciate her importance.”

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very thought of it, the Free Press blithely dismissed their criticisms: “We can assure our mainland contemporar-ies that the establishment of such a ferry may be classed as an accomplished fact,

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“They abuse the Island papers simply to keep up their courage. Stick to it.”

As it happened, the Nanaimo savant had back-pedalled slightly on the barging of loaded railcars, and he was a wee bit premature so far as passengers and freight go. But, within days of his prediction, direct mail service was established by means of sea and rail between Nanaimo, Victoria and the Gulf Islands, there was talk of linking up with New Westminster and Vancouver and, best of all, going to daily delivery.

This, too, was premature as was shown by the announcement by Dominion postal authorities — who had to contend with capricious weath-er conditions on the Strait of Georgia — that Atlantic mails would be delivered to the Island on a twice-weekly schedule, monthly in winter.

The argument against a railcar ferry service between the lower Mainland and Nanaimo, as expressed by the Vancouver Advertiser, was that the cars must be returned empty: “Why in the name of reason and common horse-sense should loaded cars be sent to Nanaimo for transmission to Esquimalt, Victoria or any other point of the Island, and what would be the benefit to the province at large? ...To put the whole in a few words, no ferry system could be made practicable...”

Until the completion of the E&N, Nanaimo was linked to Victoria by the People’s Navi-gation and the Canadian Pacific Navigation companies, the latter to become the Canadian Pacific Steamship Service. In fact, the Hub City would not only have regular ferry ser-vice to the Mainland but its very own CPR ferry, the Princess of Nanaimo. Today, of course, Nanaimo has multiple daily sailings by B.C. Ferries to Horseshoe Bay, way-port to Vancouver.

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Familiar face takes top spot in dance round of talent contest LEXI BAINAS CITIZEN

The competition was so close Friday that the judges called back three per-formers for a third look before they could decide but when the dust cleared Vance Driver had again won the Duncan Has Talent dance event.

Second place went to Alora Killam and third to Katrina Van Boven.

The big crowd at Charles Hoey Park saw five finalists — Killam, Jamie John-stone, Driver, Van Boven and Carlow Rush — give their best in an effort to carry off a prize.

Even before they started, the 39 Days of July artistic director Longevity John Falkner explained to the crowd that back when the event was held at City Square organizers had asked that dan-cers be given their own category because it was so hard to judge them alongside singers.

The rest is history, with the dance event a real crowd pleaser year after year.

Judges Laura Cardriver and Cathy Schmidt had been mentoring the chal-

lengers all week before choosing the final five.

“They’ve all brought their A-plus-plus game,” Schmidt told the crowd while Cardriver explained to the dancers that the judges were now looking for “a great introduction, great characteriza-tions, good contact with the audience: everything.”

Then, they were off.Killam led off performing a selection

called Down on the grass in front of the CUPE stage, followed by Johnstone tap dancing onstage to Mack the Knife.

Next up was Driver performing to The Simpsons, Irish dancer Van Boven in Stars Align and finally Rush dancing to Mix 1.

After a short break, Killam told the story of Muan’s Decision, Johnstone tapped to Summertime, Driver danced to Medusa’s Gaze, Van Boven presented a hard shoe Battle of the Beats with a drummer, and Rush danced to Snap.

Then Schmidt and Cardriver had to put their heads together but they found they needed to see more, calling up Johnstone for a reprise of Mack the

Knife, Van Boven for Stars Align and Rush for Mix 1.

Schmidt said they were “sticking firm” with their mentorship idea.

Duncan Has Talent is based around competitors coming out for three evenings and listening to constructive comments based on improving their performance.

“When we saw the numbers again they moved us. Can you take our advice and take it to a new level?” Schmidt asked, pointing out that choosing a winner was not just about technical perfection, it came down to whether or not a dancer was willing to take direction.

Cardriver agreed but added that “the level of competition in dance this year has been unbelievably high. We’ve been privileged to see you dance.”

While the judges were making their final decision, Falkner announced that on July 28, all the under 21 category win-ners were being asked to return to the park one more time.

That evening, they will receive their keeper trophies and their cash prizes, he said.

Vance Driver has become renowned for his amazingly flexible dance moves and he again wowed the crowd at Charles Hoey Park during Duncan Has Talent Friday, July 10 taking first place in the dance competition. [LEXI BAINAS/CITIZEN]


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LEXI BAINAS CITIZEN

Sunfest 2015 is continuing the festival’s long-standing practice of donating to various south Island charities.

In 10 years, organizers of the mas-sive event have handed out $500,000 to charitable organizations, schools and non-profits as well as helping improve the Cowichan Exhibition Grounds where Sunfest has been held in recent years.

Over the years, donations have gone to the Cowichan District Hos-pital Foundation, the MS Society, the Canadian Diabetes Association, Cops for Cancer Tour de Rock, Big Brothers Big Sisters, the Rotary Club of Duncan, the Duncan Cham-ber of Commerce and nearly 20 ele-mentary, middle and high schools.

Cash has also gone to nearly 40 charities, non-profits, schools, com-munity partners and causes, accord-ing to Sunfest publicist Emmalee Brunt.

This year’s Sunfest is scheduled to run from July 30 to Aug. 2.

New donations for 2015 will include help for Tanelle’s Journey fundraiser, Cowichan Secondary School Dry Grad, École Cobble Hill, Bench Elementary, Cowichan Valley Minor Hockey Bantam C3, Cowichan District Hospital Emer-gency Department, Belmont Sec-ondary School, Claremont Second-ary Lacrosse Team, Rotary Club of Duncan, and Duncan Chamber of Commerce’s Black Tie Awards, she said.

T h e C ow i c h a n E x h i b i t i o n Grounds, which has hosted the festival has received more than $100,000 over the past five years.

“Sunfest believes strongly in mak-ing lasting agricultural improve-ments to the grounds, field and facilities. Improving the agriculture land capability of the Exhibition land is a primary environmental initiative and lasting legacy of the festival,” Brunt said.

LEXI BAINAS CITIZEN

Sunfest has a lot to offer outside of the main stage shows on the fes-tival’s big nights.

Exciting shows from the Chris Buck Band, Jack Connolly, Jesse Roper, Robyn & Ryleight, Bucko & Toad, The Tumblin’ Dice, Wood-en Horsemen, Dylan Jakobsen, The Bandits, The County Line, The Dylan Stone Band, Backstage Whiskey, Midnight Sons, Row of Crowz, Lynnea Bruce, Joey Clark-son, Coastal Giant, Tyler Harvey, Don Wilkie and more will grace the main stage earlier in the day or other places on the grounds, includ-ing the second stage, which is locat-ed at the top end of the site.

In addition, there’s the Market Place at Mellor Hall and organizers are offering a ton of exciting day-time activities this year including line dancing, breakfasts, music and more.

Kids 12 and under are free in the general admission area and there’s an alcohol-free Family Zone available.

Meanwhile, at The Beach, there’s live music throughout the day and night, logger sports demonstra-tions, duelling Pianos Friday, Satur-day and Sunday at 11:15 p.m. night-ly, a massive new and improved slip n’ slide, beach volleyball and fun games, the return of the popular Kidz Camp and finally, gospel music on Sunday.

Plenty of fun beyond the headliners

Sunfest leaving legacy of generosity in Cowichan Valley

Alora Killam takes second place in Duncan Has Talent. For more photos see www.cowichanvalleycitizen.com [LEXI BAINAS/CITIZEN]

Carlow Rush takes a leap in his second number. [LEXI BAINAS/CITIZEN]

Jamie Johnstone’s smooth in his tap dance presentations at Duncan Has Talent. [LEXI BAINAS/CITIZEN]

TALENT SHINES IN DUNCAN


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Katrina Van Boven, an Irish competitive dancer, wins a hard shoe battle with her drummer in her selection, Battle of the Beats, and takes second place in Duncan Has Talent’s dance category. [LEXI BAINAS/CITIZEN]

LEXI BAINAS CITIZEN

Fans of sultry voiced blues song-stress Suzie Vinnick will be delight-ed to discover that she’s playing the CUPE Stage at the 39 Days of July at Charles Hoey Park tonight (Wed-nesday, July 15) from 7-8 p.m.

It’s a free show and a great chance to see this talented performer, who not only can pen a great tune but also provide elegant guitar accompaniment.

She’s long been a favourite with Valley blues fans, dating back to the days when she and a galaxy of blues performers used to grace the Cowichan Theatre stage for their regular jams.

Born in Saskatoon, Vinnick has travelled widely, hitting many fes-tivals and clubs of all kinds. She was nominated for a Juno in the Roots and Traditional Album cat-egory and has been a Maple Blues Female Vocalist of the Year besides sharing top spot in the blues cat-egory of the Unisong International Songwriting Contest.

The singer has been featured nationally on Stuart McLean’s Vinyl Café and has performed across Can-ada and the U.S. as well as taking her show abroad to entertain Can-

adian peacekeepers.A great collaborator, she’s worked

with Rick Fines, is a member of the Marigolds with Gwen Swich and Caitlin Hanford, is part of Betty & the Bobs and the folk/pop trio Vin-nick Sheppard Harte.

She’s followed her highly suc-cessful album Me’n’Mabel with anew disc: Suzie Vinnick Live at Bluesville.

Valley favourite Vinnick heads to 39 Days stage July 15

Suzie Vinnick is headed to the 39 Days stage Wednesday night. [SUBMITTED]

LEXI BAINAS CITIZEN

The Chemainus Theatre Festival’s annual KidzPlay summer show this year is Roald Dahl’s story James and the Giant Peach.

It’s been dramatized by Richard R. George and opens Saturday, July 18, running until Aug. 15.

See the chemainustheatre.ca web-site for dates and times and book your tickets now.

James and the Giant Peach is a popular children’s novel written in 1961 by British author Dahl. The plot centres on a young English orphan boy who enters a gigantic, magical peach, and has a wild and surreal cross-world adventure with six magically-altered garden bugs he meets.

This story is not for the young-est little ones. Like many exciting children’s stories, including some legendary versions of old fairy tales, it contains some dark moments.

But resilient children continue to love it and enjoy following its plucky protagonist, the four-year-old James Henry Trotter on his astonishing journey.

After losing both his parents, young James is forced to live with a couple of cruel aunts, Spiker and

Sponge, who, for three years, treat him so badly that he dreams of escape.

One day, James stumbles across a strange old man, who gives him the recipe of a magic potion that will bring him happiness and great adventures.

But, the young boy spills some onto a barren peach tree, which then produces a single peach as large as a house.

Grabbing the moment, the aunts then sell tickets to neighbours for a sight of the marvel.

After dark, James discovers a secret room inside the peach’s seed, inhabited by some talking insects who were also transformed by the magic that hit the peach.

These then become James’ com-panions on his adventures, which include getting him away from home, spinning him from one fan-tastic place to another..

Finally, he finds his way — with his friends and the peach — to New York City where the story concludes to the satisfaction of everyone.

For kids aged six and over.Call the ticket office at 1-800-565-

7738 or 250-246-9820 to reserve or you can do it through the website as well.

Festival serves up giant peach for kidz


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HAPPY 80TH

BIRTHDAY BILL DONALDSON

JULY 15, 2015

from Marie and family

A celebration of life will be held for Jeanette in her back yard, that she loved so dear at

940 Marchmont Rd., on Saturday, July 18th from 1:00 to 4:00 for all her friends and family.

Please come join us, Jeanette’s family, in reminiscing and telling stories about happy times, enjoy pictures

and a slide show of her life.

D Jeanette Schultz (Fujita)November 21, 1951 – January 23, 2015

IN MEMORIAM BEATRICE COOPER

May 29, 1929 to July 16, 2014

Born in Nova Scotia. No words can say how sad they feel on her passing,

and her three boys in Duncan and many friends.

Alex

VERNA DEXTER (Samorodin)October 8, 1924 – July 11, 2015

Verna (Baba) passed away peacefully with family by her side in Duncan, BC. She was born in Brilliant, BC and spent time in foster care after being taken away from her Doukhoubour family at age five. Then at age nine came to the Queen Alexandria Solarium in Mill Bay, BC to learn future life skills.

Verna faced immediate challenges when stricken with polio at age three, which affected her right arm. For those who knew and loved her wondered how she seemed to do any task twice as fast as others, yet always cheerful. Many knew her from her years working at the Goodwill.

On Sept 26, 1953 she married the love of her life, Melville and is survived by four children Darlene, Harriss (aka Russell), Shirley and Valerie.

Her greatest joy was being a grandmother to Erin (Kelly), Darren, Ian, Sean (Tanya), Amber, Jade, Amanda (Aaron) whom she dearly loved and doted over. She would always talk about how proud and special each and every one of them were to her.

She came to learn of the many truths in the Bible and put great faith in its many promises and then dedicated her life to her God Jehovah in May 1984.

A memorial service for Verna will be held on Saturday, July 18 at 2:00 pm at the Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses, 1071 Canada Ave, Duncan, BC.

FAMILY ANNOUNCEMENTS

IN MEMORIAM

In Loving Memory ofMy Husband

LOEWEN: C.W. (BILL)Sept. 27,1929 - Jul. 17, 2011

A kind and gentle man. Quietly missed every day. Audrey

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ARTS Calendar

Arts• Ladysmith Camera Club presents

“Putting Together a Slide Show”, a how-to guide by Patricia Haugen, Saltair-based photographer, Tuesday, July 28, 7 p.m., Hardwick Hall, High Street at 3rd Avenue, Ladysmith. Non-members $5 drop-in fee. Info: www.LadysmithCameraClub.com

• Warmland Calligraphers meet on the second Tuesday of the month at 9 a.m.-noon, Mellor Hall, Cowichan Exhibition grounds. Info: [email protected] or http://mem-bers.shaw.ca/warmlandcalligraphers.

• Cherry Point artists weekly paint-ing sessions (September to June), Thursdays, 9:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. at Cow-ichan Exhibition fairgrounds. Experi-enced and beginners welcome. Info: Jack 250-746-4795 or Olive 250-746-8020.

• Cowichan Valley Artisans year round studio tour: 14 professional studios to explore. From Mill Bay to Ladysmith. Www.cowichanvalleyarti-sans.com for details of each studio’s hours. Admission free.

• Enjoy ‘Ways of Writing’ - short stories, memoirs, poems - Wednes-days, 12:24-3 p.m. at the Seniors Cen-tre in Lake Cowichan. More info: 250-749-4176.

• Tzouhalem Spinners and Weavers Guild meets the second and fourth Tuesday of each month, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., St. Peter’s Anglican Church, 5800 Church Rd., Duncan. Everyone welcome. Info: www.tswguild.word-press.com or Alison 250-746-6330.

• Basics of Soapstone Carving. The one-day course includes the soapstone, use of tools, approximately eight hours of learning, and you will take home your carved soapstone work. Shorter and advanced courses available. Cours-es usually run on one of the weekdays and Sundays. Call Brian or Linda 250-743-4155. [email protected]

• Cowichan Valley Heritage Quilters meet Mondays at St. Peter’s Church Hall, Maple Bay Road, Duncan, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. $1.50 drop-in charge, $10 annual membership. All skill levels accepted. New members welcome. Info: Darlene 250-748-9738.

• Valley Writers meet alternate Mon-day mornings to share their works and improve their skills. New mem-bers welcome. Call Stephen Watson 250-746-7637.

Music• Maple Bay Marina announces Sun-

day Music with STEW for the month of July. Performances of band STEW are free in courtyard outside Marin-ers Market & Espresso Bar, 11 a.m.- 1 p.m. Blend of hits from the 30s, bal-lads, spicy blues, country, classic folk rock. Visiting boaters contact marina at 250-746-8482, 866-746-8482 or [email protected]. Complimentary parking in lots A and B.

• Master Fiddler Pierre Schryer with Irish Piper, Martin Nolan and Victoria Guitarist Abram Dobres perform at Peter Sussman’s Shady Grove house concerts July 29 at 7 p.m. Entry dona-tion of $15. Check out shadygrove.ca or call Sussman at 250-929-8226 for more details.

• Cowichan Symphony Society pre-sents Amahl and the Night Visitors. Auditions Saturday, Aug. 8, 2 p.m. for principal roles; Sunday, Aug. 9, 2 p.m. for call backs and chorus. Duncan Pentecostal Church, 931 Trunk Rd., Duncan. Audition packages available

at Island Savings Centre ticket officeand Meredyth Broadway’s Vocal Stu-dio 250-748-6968.

• Cowichan Consort Orchestrarehearsal Mondays, 7:30 p.m. SylvanUnited Church. Come play with us. Allstrings welcome. Info: 748-8982.

• Cowichan Consort Choir Wednes-days, 7:30 p.m., Sylvan United Church.Come sing with us. Info: 743-7445.

• Chant Circle at the Art House(1756 Wilmot Ave., Shawnigan Lake)first Thursday of the month 7:30-8:30 p.m. By donation. Vocal experi-ments, techniques and world chants ina safe, sacred and playful environmentto explore the power of the voice. Info:www.MoonDanceArts.ca

• Enjoy a jam of old time musicevery second Thursday at TwistedSisters Tearoom, 9885 Maple Street,Chemainus. Info: Steve Heizer at 250-722-3115 or Peter Sussman 250-929-8226.

• Chemainus Seniors Centre choirs:Men’s Choir, Mondays, 9-10:30 a.m.,Ladies Choir, Mondays, 11 a.m.-12:30p.m., mixed choir, Fridays, 10-11:45 a.m.

• Jubilate Choir rehearses Mondaynights 7:30 -9 p.m., St. John’s AnglicanChurch Hall, Duncan. Early and con-temporary sacred songs, Eastern Euro-pean, African songs and more. Newmembers welcome. Info: 250-701-0687.

• Cowichan Valley Music TeachersAssociation meets monthly for fellow-ship and professional development.Info: 250-748-8196, www.cowichanmusicteachers.com

Dancing• Traditional Square Dances: come

and dance with us to live music byShady Grove Dance Band first Fridayof every month. No experience or part-ner needed. Ages 12 and up, $5, at TheHub, Cowichan Station. Info: Peter250-929-8226.

• Learn to square dance. Lessonsat Girl Guide Hall, 321 CairnsmoreSt., Duncan. Info: 250-748-6056 or250-748-9140.

• Cowichan Valley InternationalFolkdancers meet Mondays, 7:30-9:30 p.m., Mill Bay Community Hall,beside Kerry Park Arena. $5 drop-in fee, $80 yearly membership. Firstnight free. Call Kate 250-743-5068 orLyn 250-743-2686.

• Cowichan Ballroom Dance Clubwelcomes all fellow dancers to regu-lar 6:30 p.m. Wednesday night prac-tices at Valley Seniors Centre. Info:250-597-1132.

• Cowichan Valley Scottish CountryDancers, 6:30 p.m. every Thursday atChemainus Seniors Centre. Singlesand couples welcome.

• Cape Breton Stepdancing Classes,Wednesdays, 7:30-8:30 p.m., Yum YogaStudio-1701 Pavenham. Info [email protected] or 250-709-9662.

• Argentine Tango Classes: Teensthrough Seniors. No partner required.For schedule call 250-743-5995.

• Belly dance classes. Call Lynene 250-746-1077. Beginner to advanced.

• Square dance lessons every Sun-day, 7 p.m., at the Girl Guide Hall onCairnsmore Street, Duncan. More info:250-746-4127, 250-748-9140, 250-748-3675.

• Clogging dance classes Mondaysand Tuesdays in Cobble Hill and Wed-nesdays at Chemainus Seniors Drop-InCentre. All levels. Call Ev 250-743-2902.

• Dance & yoga combo class Tues-days, 7-8:30 p.m., YUM Yoga & DanceStudio, Cowichan Bay. Drop-insand pre-registration welcome. Call250-746-0390.

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CHEMAINUS. Moving Sale. 9356 Cottonwood Dr. Sat., July 18. 9am-3pm. Every-thing must go. Park on road and walk in.

DUNCAN MOVING SALE. 5848 Kinch Ave. Sat., July 18. 8am-3pm. Household, tools, lawn & garden.

GARAGE SALE Cowichan Bay. 4548 Lambourn Dr. off Cherry Point Rd. Sun.,July 19. 9am-3pm. 3piece furn. set, bed&frame sets, household items, clothes, toys, luggage.

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THE FAMILY of Jean Brown is holding a sale of tools & equip-ment in the back lane of 15 Stevens Cres., Lake Cowich-an, on Saturday, July 18, 9am-2pm. We have invited the residents of Stevens Cres. (100 houses, Parkstone) to take part if they wish. See you there!

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Miscellaneous• Free introductory meditation

talk at Time To Heal Treatment and Workshop facility, 511 Canada Ave., Duncan, July 19, 1-2 p.m, with Surya Ishaya of The Ishaya Foundation.

• Movie night at the library in July showing Chef, a light-hearted movie about a chef who quits his job at a prominent restaurant and launches a food truck. Duncan library, Island Savings Centre, Monday, July 20, 6-8 p.m., free admission.

• Canadian Firearm Safety course (non-restricted and restricted) starts Friday, July 24. Info and registration: Mike 250-748-0319 or [email protected]

• Love horses? Cowichan Therapeut-ic Riding Association needs dedicated volunteers in lots of different areas. Help our special needs riders to reach their goals in the ring. No experience necessary, training provided. Info: 250-746-1028, email [email protected], web-site www.ctra.ca

• Friendly Visitors wanted! Volun-teer Cowichan program connects an isolated or lonely senior in the com-munity with a Friendly Visitor. Inter-ested? Call 250-748-2133.

• ShoDai Peace Chant new loca-tion Nichiren Peace Centre, Johnny Bear and Cambrai Road. Meditation Thursdays, 7 p.m., Discovery Sunrise Sundays, 10 a.m. Website: www.vire-treats.com. Info: 250-710-7594. Email: [email protected]

Seniors• Dance to music from the 50s and

60s at Valley Seniors Centre, 198 Government St., every Wednesday, 3-5 p.m., $5. Info: 250-746-4433.

• Chemainus Seniors Drop-in Centre — Bingo every Monday, doors open at 5 p.m. starts at 6 p.m. Loonie Pot, G-Ball, Bonanza, & 50/50 draw. Every-one Welcome.

• Lake Cowichan 50 plus activity centre, 55 Coronation St., needs vol-unteers of all ages. Info: 250-749-6121.

• Lake Cowichan 50 plus activity centre, 55 Coronation St., holds bingo Wednesdays, 1 p.m., Sundays, 7 p.m. Volunteers needed. Info: 250-749-6121.

• Valley Seniors Activity Centre, 198 Government St., Duncan open 8 a.m.-3 p.m. Monday to Friday,

8 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturday. $20 per year. Carpet bowling, cribbage, billiards crafts, bridge, choir, bus trips on our own bus. Live music Mondays and Wednesdays 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Dances every 1st and 3rd Saturday evening 7:30 p.m.-10:30 p.m. Open to public for Bingo each Tuesday. Many special events throughout the year. Check out Monthly Newsletter at val-ley-seniors.org and consider member-ship if you’re 55 years or older. Info: 250-746-4433.Info: 250-746-4433 or www.valley-seniors.org

• Bingo for over 19s, Seniors Activity Centre (198 Government St., Duncan), Tuesdays 11:30 a.m. Early Bird Draw, Loonie Pot, Odd and Even, Number Seven and Bonanza. Info: 250-746-4433 or www.valley-seniors.org

• Chemainus 55+ drop in centre new

activities: floor curling and darts.• Chemainus 55+ drop in centre crib-

bage every second and fourth Satur-day, 1-4 p.m.

Recreation• Youth rowing program, Cowichan

Bay Maritime Centre, for ages 10-14. Get some rowing experience with summer staff Thursdays 4-6 p.m. and Saturdays 10 a.m.-noon. $10 drop-in fee, call ahead to reserve a place: 250-746-4955.

• All-ages chess club: all skill levels and ages welcome to play and learn chess in supportive, fun environ-ment. Mondays 6-8 p.m., Duncan library gathering place or available tables.

• Cowichan Fly Fishers meets 1st

and 3rd Thursday of every month at the Air Cadet Hall, Gibbins Road. Doors open 7 p.m. Open to all ages and skill levels. Info: www.cowichan flyfishers.com

• Art Film Night at Sylvan United Church, monthly double features $5. For info see Facebook page or sign up for distribution list at [email protected]

• Seniors Dragon Boating, Monday and Thursday mornings 9:30 a.m., Hecate Park. Info: [email protected]

• Swing Dance Lessons Tuesdays, 7:30 p.m., Island Oak High School, 5814 Banks Rd. Duncan, $10 per class, $12 drop-in fee, private lessons available. No partner necessary. Info: Josef 250-709-8583, [email protected]

• Cowichan Valley Scottish Coun-

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

• Calling all chess players, every Wednesday, 1-4 p.m. All levels wel-come. Info: 250-743-8740.

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

• Duncan Badminton Club, Tues-days and Thursdays, 8-10 p.m., Multi-purpose Hall, Island Savings Centre. Recreational and ladder. All welcome. Info: 250-746-4380.

Meetings• Duncan PROBUS Club meets

10 a.m. every 3rd Tuesday of the month at the Cowichan Golf Club. Membership information: www. probusdunca.ca

• The Diggers Club of Cowichan meets the second Wednesday of the month, Chemainus United Church, 7 p.m. Come meet other collect-ors and see and hear about collec-tions. Refreshments served. Info: 250-748-5707.

• Chemainus TOPS (Taking Off Pounds Sensibly) group meets week-ly, Wednesdays, 5 p.m., boardroom Chemainus Health Care Centre, info: [email protected]

• Support group for stroke sur-vivors and caregivers every Friday, 1-3 p.m., Cowichan Library, Duncan, multi-purpose room. Different topic each week eg. education, awareness, communication strategies, coping skills, brain fitness, caregiver sup-port. Membership $20 per year (less than 50 cents a meeting). Contact: Chris Rafuse 778-455-2095 or [email protected]

• SLAA meeting Mondays 7 p.m. A 12-step recovery program for those wishing to recover from sex and love addiction. Information: 1-250-592-1916 or 250-748-1238.

• Cobble Hill Women’s Institute meets in the small room of the Cobble Hill hall, noon pot luck lunch, second Wednesday of the month. New mem-bers welcome. Info: Jessie Anderson 250-743-9040.

• Weekly Men’s Circle for peer sup-port, Mill Bay. Info: Grant 250-748-2766 or westcoastmen.org

STUDENTS STOCK SHELVES FOR FOOD BANK

From left: Sofie Bloss, James Urquhart, William Marshall, Colleen Fuller, Julianna McKinnon, Amanda McKinnon, Olivia Campbell, and Ali Platt, leadership students from Cowichan Secondary, donate $400 raised at school dances to the Cowichan Valley Basket Society. The group wanted to donate money rather than a conduct a food hamper drive for three reasons. Firstly, quite a few people donate food that the society can’t really use. Secondly, the society can turn the $400 into almost $1,000 worth of food that they need, in this case probably fresh fruit and vegetables. Thirdly, there are a number of students at the school who rely on breakfast and lunch programs. It being the summer vacation, they can no longer access these programs and this puts strain on family resources, and as a result, extra strain on food banks. [SUBMITTED]

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It was the Devana Show at Wal-don Park last Thursday evening as the Gord Closson Forest Prod-ucts Fastball Club’s father-son duo paced their team to a 7-4 vic-tory over Wheatsheaf to end the regular season.

Mitch Devana led the way, going 3-for-4 with four RBIs and the game’s only home run, a solo shot to lead off the fourth inning, while his dad, Dave, went 3-for-4 with the Duncan team’s lone double, and scored two runs.

The dinger was Mitch’s first of the season, his first campaign with the senior team. But it also might be his last for a while after he broke his hand over the weekend.

Contributing single RBIs to the effort were Marty Steen, who went 2-for-3, Dan Whiteford, who went 2-for-4, and Dennis Young, who was 1-for-4. Other hits came

courtesy of Dom Mansueti and Craig Snyder, who each went 1-for-4.

As pitcher, Snyder improved to 9-3 on the season, striking out seven and walking five while giving up eight hits. Snyder and his team benefited from Wheat-sheaf’s error-prone night.

“He pitched a good game,” man-ager Joe DiLalla said. “Wheat-sheaf had a good game, but they sort of turned the tables from last time. Last time we played them, we kicked the ball and they beat us. This time, they kicked the ball and we beat them.”

Wheatsheaf’s starting pitcher, Sam Spooner, gave up five runs over five innings, but only two were earned as GCFP capitalized on Wheatsheaf’s three errors.

“The errors may not have cost them the game, but they didn’t help their cause,” DiLalla said.

GCFP finished second in the Nanaimo Senior Men’s Fastball

League, just behind Wheatsheaf, but well ahead of third-place Lantzville Pub. They are now playing Lantzville in the first round of the playoffs, a best-of-three series that kicked off Tues-day night in Glenora. The second game will take place Thursday night in Nanaimo, and if a third is necessary, the teams will meet at Glenora again next Tuesday.

Snyder came within the tiniest of fractions of claiming both the batting average and ERA crowns for the regular season. Snyder hit .532 over 12 games, just behind the .553 mark of Wheatsheaf’s Blake Hunter, and his ERA of 2.53 was just slightly back of the 2.21 mark set by Chris McCor-mick, also from Wheatsheaf.

Steen finished the season with a .481 batting average, third best in the league, while Mansueti and Dave Devana were 10th and 11th, respectively, at .344 and .341.


Usually facing some of the hottest temperatures of the year, participants in the Cee-vacs Roadrunners’ Cowichan Challenge Triathlon at Fuller Lake got a bit of a reprieve last Sunday when the Valley received badly needed rain. The drops generally held off during the race itself, but the cloudy weath-er helped keep things cool.

“This was probably the first year in a long time that we had a bit of rain for this event,” race director Julie Langelo said. “We had a little sprinkling when the sprinters went out. It poured after the race, but we were lucky to have it all done by then.”

Seventy-eight individuals and 10 teams finished the main event: a 1,000m swim, 34km bike and 9km run; and 82 more indi-viduals and two teams complet-ed the sprint event: a 500m swim, 17km bike and 5km run.

The main event was won by Nanaimo’s Byron Trajan in one hour, 50 minutes and 42 seconds. Duncan’s Jason Sandquist was second at 1:52:23 and took first in the men’s 45-49 division. Paul Auton, also from Duncan, was fourth overall and first in the men’s 35-39 division at 1:54:09.

Suzanne Chandler of West Vancouver was the top female entrant and placed eighth over-all with a time of 2:00:33. Jill Ramstead of Duncan was 10th overall and first in the women’s 30-34 division at 2:05:45, and Les-ley Hartford of Mill Bay placed 12th overall and first in the women’s 50-54 division at 2:10:10.

Team Lutz came first in the relay at 1:53:44, followed by Cycle Therapy #3 at 2:03:10.

First place in the sprint event went to 16-year-old Jeremy Kis-sack of Mill Bay with a time of 1:01:53. The top female in the sprint was Emily Clark of Vic-toria, who was also fifth overall at 1:05:38. Shawnigan Lake’s Robyn Zinkan, 15, was 10th over-all and first in the female 0-19 division at 1:09:37.

“Sauce it to me,” won the spring relay with a time of 1:14:57.

New to the Cowichan Chal-lenge this year was the kids’ Splash ’n’ Dash race, a swim and run event for four- to 13-year-olds, organized by Sarah Malerby and Lisa Large.

“It was a fun event, not timed,” Langelo said. “They just got in the water and did a swim, then came out and did a run. They all got to finish through the chute and got a medal afterward.”


Ryan Wolfe hit grand slams in back-to-back innings and powered Country Grocer to an improbable comeback in the majors division championship game as the South Cowichan Youth Softball Association wrapped up play with an action-packed day late last month.

Country Grocer trailed Mill Bay Storage 10-0 in the top of the second inning, but got back in the game with seven runs of their own in the bottom of the frame, including four from one of Wolfe’s slams. His second grand slam of the game came in the bot-tom of the third inning, but it wasn’t until the sixth inning that Country Grocer was able to pull ahead for good. Trailing 14-13

going into the bottom of that inning, the team manufactured five more runs to seal up the 18-14 victory.

While Country Grocer took home the gold and Mill Bay Storage claimed silver, South Cowichan Storage was presented with the sportsmanship award.

In the intermediate division, Hillside Stone topped Sports Traders for first place, while Mill Bay Merchants received the sportsmanship award. The seniors division was won by Mason’s Store over Gravel Hill, with Danson Mechanical get-ting the sportsmanship award.

The SCYSA has a range of divisions for girls and boys between the ages of five to 19. While most of the participants do hail from the Mill Bay-Shawnigan Lake-Cobble

Hill area, they are open to players from anywhere.

Past president Dalyce Waldner is hoping more parents will volunteer to help keep the SCYSA functioning.

“We still need lots of volunteers to keep this league going, especially from the par-ents of the younger divisions,” she said. “If their children plan on continuing to play over the years, then those parents need to step in and mold the league; it’s always growing and changing. Now is the time, so they can learn from those of us that have been involved in the running of the league for as many years as the current exec has been involved.”

For more information, visit the SCYSA website at southcowichanyouthsoftball.ca

Country Grocer pitcher Hunter Taylor hurls the ball during his team’s championship-game win over Mill Bay Storage. [KEVIN ROTHBAUER/CITIZEN]

Country Grocer wins SCYSA majors title

Wet weather no challenge for Cowichan Valley triathletes

Devanas power GCFP to victory in season fi nale

Teammates come out of the dugout to celebrate Mitch Devana’s (right) first home run of the season for the Gord Closson Forest Products Fastball Club. [KEVIN ROTHBAUER/CITIZEN]

Cowichan Challenge participants exit the water and head to the bike racks during last Sunday’s triathlon at Fuller Lake. [KEVIN ROTHBAUER/CITIZEN]


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The Cowichan Bowmen received some pretty impressive accolades for their annual 3D Hell Hole Shoot last month, which for the second year in a row served as the provincial outdoor 3D championships.

According to Cowichan Bowmen exec-utive member Jim Harper, some of the most impressive comments came from Al Campsall, the head of 3D shooting for the B.C. Archery Association

“He said he’d shot basically around the world, and never shot on a course that good,” Harper recalled.

The biggest kudos were reserved for the four or five Bowmen who created the course, led by Alfred Braun and club vice president Bryan Harper. They had been working on the design since January, and had to switch out the entire course between Saturday and Sunday so things were different for the shooters on the second day.

“They went above and beyond the call of duty,” Jim Harper said,

The Hell Hole — named for the steep val-ley that shooters have to descend into — attracted 162 competitors this year, down slightly from 2014.

“I think it was mostly the weather,” Harp-er said. “People don’t like going down in that Hell Hole when it’s hot.”

Cowichan archers had four first-place

finishes: Bernie Vangylswyk in senior men’s compound fixed pins, Adam Gazsity in cub men’s compound unlimited, Con-nor Harper in peewee men’s compound unlimited, and club president Roger Walk-er in master 50 men’s traditional.

Six more Bowmen finished second in their respective classes: Celia Browning in junior women’s compound unlimited, Gordon Stone in senior men’s barebow, Frank Aubin in senior men’s compound fixed pins, James Luckhurst in cadet men’s compound unlimited, Bryan Harper in sen-ior men’s compound unlimited, and Mike Poole in senior men’s longbow.

Sheri Luckhurst placed third in sen-ior women’s compound unlimited, Brian Painter was third in senior men’s barebow, and Paul Marshall finished third in senior men’s compound fixed pins.

Jody Bates was fourth in women’s sen-ior barebow and Carlee Howard was fourth in senior women’s compound unlimited, while Jacklynn Bates placed fifth in senior women’s compound fixed pins and Randy Granbois was sixth in master 60 men’s compound unlimited. Brad Luckhurst finished eighth in senior men’s compound fixed pins, and Laszlo Gazsity placed 10th in senior men’s compound fixed pins.

Bowmen Bryan Harper and Mike Poole will head to Terni, Umbria, Italy in late August and early September to represent Canada at the 2015 World 3D Archery Championships.

Ty Thurow of 150 Mile House takes aim during the Hell Hole last month. [KEVIN ROTHBAUER/CITIZEN]


Richard Vanderhoek’s time in the Cowic-han Valley was short, but it was a step on his way to international glory.

Vanderhoek, who played 25 games with the Cowichan Valley Capitals in the 2011/12 B.C. Hockey League season, helped Team Canada to the gold medal at the 2015 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championships last Saturday.

Canada beat host Finland 4-2 in the championship game to claim its first gold since 2012.

Vanderhoek was acquired from the Westside Warriors midway through the 2011/12 season and had 17 points on five goals and 12 assists in 28 games after scor-ing 27 points in 27 games with Westside. He went on to play pro hockey in the low minor leagues.

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Richard Vanderhoek with the Caps in 2012. [CITIZEN FILE]

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With a pair of games on July 4, the 2015 box lacrosse season came to an end for the midget B Cowic-han Valley Thunder.

As the fourth-place team in their division during the regular season, the Thunder ended up meeting the first-place Peninsula Warriors for a best-of-three first-round series.

The first two games were sched-

uled for July 4 at Kerry Park Arena, and the third game was unnecessary as the Warriors swept their way to victory with 12-3 and 8-3 wins.

Jacob Middlemiss-deGroot got the Thunder going early in the morning game, scoring after just a minute and a half of play, but the Warriors retaliated with three goals before the period was over. Eric Young got Cowichan back within a goal in the second per-iod but Peninsula surged ahead again. Brayden Grantham scored for the Thunder in the third per-

iod, but it was too late to narrow the gap. Brendon McDill, Sam Baxter and Clayton Raphael had assists in the opening game.

Miles Brooks scored a pair of goals in the first period of game two, and Cowichan held a 2-1 edge after 20 minutes. The Warriors dominated the second period, but the Thunder weren’t going to give up quietly and got a goal from Baxter in the last five min-utes of the game to keep things interesting. McDill, Young and Kurtis Smith recorded assists in the second game.

Midget B Thunder ousted by Peninsula

Cowichan’s Eric Young carries the ball against Peninsula. [PAULA HARRIS PHOTO]


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