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Wednesday, April 23, 2014

Fire ruins Shawnigan man’s birthdayAshley DegraafNews Leader Pictorial

Shawnigan resident Jim Angus would have been celebrating his birthday Tuesday.

Instead, the owner of a mobile home that erupted in � ames

Monday was in a state of shock about los-ing everything inside the house he’d recently renovated.

Neighbour Kirsten Wahl said Angus lost practically everything in his unit at the Shawnigan Mobile Home Park off the south-end of Wallbank Road.

“All he’s got is his vehicle and the clothes off his back,” Wahl said Tuesday.

She’s currently organizing a donation drive and emergency fund account for her neighbour and good friend, who lived in the park home by himself with his Chihua-hua puppy.

Angus also has a 10-year-old son, who stays with him occasionally, but wasn’t there Monday. Angus and his dog also weren’t home at the time of the � re. He had left for work with his pup several hours before the Shawnigan Lake Volun-teer Fire Department got the call just after 11 a.m.

“I’m just so glad I took my puppy to work and my son wasn’t there when it hap-pened,” a very distraught Angus said on Tuesday.

Details of what his insurance would cover were still fuzzy, he said.

“Everything in the front half sustained damage,” SVFD chief Keith Shields con-� rmed. The back half of the house also saw smoke and heat damage, as well as some of the home’s exterior.

“Our guys got their pretty quick,” Shields said, commending his 13-member strong crew, who spent just shy of two hours at the site.

Neighbour Darl Siddall called the � re in.“Our main concern was his puppy,”

said Siddall at Monday’s scene, noting he � gured his neighbour would be at work in Victoria.

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Cowichan teachers’ job action underway

Don BodgerNews Leader Pictorial

Cowichan School District 79 teachers are joining their provincial

brethren in the � rst stage of job action this week.

“It’s purely administra-tive,’’ said Cowichan Dis-trict Teachers’ Association president Naomi Nilsson. “It’s meant to put some pressure onto the administration.’’

The � rst phase of a three-stage strike plan goes into effect Wednesday after the B.C. Teachers’ Federa-tion served 72-hour notice following rejection of the latest offer from the provincial gov-ernment’s school district bargaining agency.

Nilsson said teachers will still be doing report cards and communicating with parents and extra-curricular activities won’t be affected.

“I don’t know if parents will notice much, other than the teachers won’t be in supervision,’’ she said.

Nilsson said the strike plan is quite similar to Phase 1 in 2011-12. There’s no timeline for escala-tion of strike action. The CDTA planned to meet with local trustee Mike McKay while he’s in town to address local concerns.

If the BCTF plan gets to Phase 2, it will involve rotating one-day walkouts

around the province. A full-scale strike in Phase 3 would require a sec-ond vote by members to authorize. Union members recently voted 89% to endorse the three-stage strike plan.

The government contin-ues to push for a 10-year deal, but Nilsson said that’s unrealistic when the offer doesn’t even keep up with the cost of living.

Teachers aren’t interested in a long-term deal under those conditions.

“It honestly depends what they bring to the table,’’ Nilsson said. “I think we would even sign a six- (year-deal)

if it had a cost of living. Class size and composition is de� nitely the major issue for our teachers — espe-cially in the valley here.’’

Nilsson indicated it’s un-fortunate kids are stuck in the middle, but valley teach-ers are on the same page.

“They are tired,’’ said Nilsson. “Come on (pre-mier) Christy (Clark). They just want to teach and they just want to teach well and they can’t do that right now because of the underfund-ing and it really affects morale.’’

Nilsson said the funding structure doesn’t work and it’s time the government realized it. It’s been this way basically since Clark as-sumed of� ce as education minister in 2001, Nilsson said.

Ashley DegraafShawnigan Lake volunteer fi refi ghters attend the scene of a structure fi re at Shawnigan Mobile Home Park on Wallbank Road just after 11 a.m. Monday as neighbour Chris Wahl and daughter Hailey watch.

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Andrew LeongCohen Frueh, 3, was among about 100 children who took part in the annual Easter Egg Hunt hosted by Cowichan Bay Fire Rescue fi refi ghters on Easter weekend at Coverdale Watson Park.

Peter W. RuslandNews Leader Pictorial

Five recent departures from the CVRD will be � lled with four new hirings in a � ne-tuned regional government, interim CAO Frank Rai-mondo explained.

Cowichan’s recycling and waste boss Bob McDonald is the latest to go. His departure was con� rmed last week, making him the � fth CVRD senior staffer to part ways with the Cowichan Valley Regional District in the past two months.

While Raimondo declined to comment about the circum-stances of McDonald’s departure — or that of former CAO Warren Jones and water management chief Dave Leitch — he basically viewed those vacancies as chances to streamline man-agement and operations.

“We didn’t set out to shrink the size of the organization. We had some vacancies as a result of retirements and some dis-charges,” he said. “I thought, based on the experiences of the board, there were better ways of achieving our ends.

“The board didn’t ask me to do anything to any particu-lar individual,” he said, citing some wasted internal efforts. “Sometimes it looked like we were repeating ourselves three times over.”

To snap that cycle, some duties were reassigned or reorga-nized within — for example, in environmental and legislative services, he explained.

January’s retirement of parks, recreation and culture boss Ron Austen saw his workload shifted to Island Savings Centre manager John Elzinga.

Austen’s post will not be � lled. But the CVRD expects to begin advertising in the next two weeks to � ll vacancies left by McDonald, Leitch and Jones, plus planning and development manager Tom Anderson, whose planned retirement became of� cial last week.

Raimondo foresaw � lling those jobs by the time he leaves his interim role in late August. The pay range could basically stay the same for the four jobs, though Raimondo said he expected further board direction regarding the CAO post.

McDonald, who helped develop Cowichan’s successful recy-cling program, earned about $107,000 in 2012. Leitch earned about $112,000 that year. Details about any severance packages for either man were unknown at deadline.

Jones earned about $200,000 annually. He received a sever-ance package worth about $335,000, CVRD brass has stated.

Anderson made about $150,000 annually.

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phone 250-746-4471 Owners of the average North Cowichan home, valued at about $326,000, will pay $37.80 more in taxes this year.

Council gave third reading to its 2014 budget last week, hiking taxes by 2.64%, slightly below its expected push to 3.05%.

Last year’s tax uplift was 3.7%.Mayor Jon Lefebure explained council used

reserves to meet funding commitments, while keeping its 2014 tax jack below forecasted levels.

“We had some additional expenditures this year. One was a contribution to the Mount Prevost Fitness Circuit ($18,500) and another is an expense for municipal records keeping ($21,000).

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found money for them out of reserves. That takes them out of the tax realm.”

Lefebure called North Cowichan’s $44-million budget “progressive.”

“We’ve added some funds in the budget to do some economic development work and an agricultural plan — each of them got $30,000 and will be very valuable.”


Cowichan educational pillar, Dwight Inter-national School, is not selling its Shawni-gan Lake site and leaving the valley, the head of school says.

Contrary to Dwight’s advertisement — through agent Jones Lang LaSalle — indicating its 23.1-acre lakeside property was for sale, “we’re not going to move from the valley,” said Jerry Salvador.

“We’ll be in the valley next year, and hopefully for many years.”

No price appears in the JLL ad stating, “The vendor will be looking to relocate its campus and student enrollment to a new campus they have identi� ed in Victoria, to align with their growth strategy in B.C.”

But Salvador said Dwight has found an investor through internal sources, that is funding “a couple of million dollars” in renovations to its 87,000 square feet of building space and grounds, to help attract more students.

Upgrades are being made to structures “and things you don’t see, like new heating and electrical systems.”

“We’re looking at other phases of growth and invest-ment.”

Dwight has about 120 pupils now — about half from other countries.

“We could take about 150 boarders and 150 day students. We have lots of area for growth. With the investment, we can remain here,” Salvador said.

An asking price, he noted, was not stated as “we got different amounts and � gures, so (price) wasn’t ever determined.”

What is clear, he said, is Dwight’s commitment to Cowichan and the former Maxwell Baha’i School site Dwight bought in 2009.

“But that doesn’t preclude us from expanding to a second campus,” Salvador explained. “We’d have two campuses. We could have a second one in Victoria, and that wouldn’t impinge on this one.”

Meanwhile, Salvador was satis� ed about Dwight’s bright local future, and its expansion plans.

“We’re very happy out here — it’s a great facility and a great location. We’re loved by everyone.”

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Creating opportunities for employment for members of Malahat’s First Nation is how the chief is looking at

their recent offer to accept Victoria’s residential kitchen compost.

“We’re creating a space to see if there’s an opportunity for us and the regional district for a business part-nership,” said Chief Michael Harry recently, following a move by the CRD to ship its scraps to a Lower Mainland facility until a more regional option can be sought.

Harry said he was set to sit down with CRD staff this week to discuss the opportunity.

“We have a fantastic location,” he said.

In the meantime, the Capital Regional District directors agreed

to award a contract of up to $4.7 million to Emterra Environmental to haul food scraps to Richmond for processing between April 2014 and December 2015.

Staff will be preparing reports on interim and long-term, in-region options as soon as possible.

“The most likely place for a local processing facility is at Hartland Landfill, which already has the nec-essary zoning,” reported the Times Colonist following a recent CRD meeting. “However, directors did not want to close the door on other options such as shipping food scraps to Malahat First Nation land near Mill Bay for processing.

Malahat First Nation told the CRD in a letter it is ready to receive CRD kitchen scraps for the next 50 years. Harry said if the CRD bites on the offer, the band could have a suitable location set up within 60 days at the southwest corner of the Malahat reserve.

“Infrastructure build-up would be minimal, provided we have a green light,” said Harry.

Mill Bay Director Mike Walker

hadn’t heard about the offer until he read about it in the Times Colonist.

“I stay pretty well on top of what they’re doing down there, and I haven’t heard any discussions or seen any major construction happening there,” Walker said.

“You need concrete pads, a composting area to have it drained, heaters, tents, enclosed buildings... That’s a major commitment for anyone to build.

“They have a two-year window, and that may give them the opportu-nity to put together a business plan to see if it’s even viable for them.”

Walker noted other options could be available to the CRD as well.

“There are other players on the is-land,” he said. “There’s the Bamber-ton properties. They have industrial land that’s zoned for composting. I’m sure they’ll be keeping an eye out on that.

“In the Comox Valley, they’re looking at creating a landfill there, so there are some options out there.”

Harry said he hasn’t heard or received any concerns or complaints about the Malahat offer.

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Balme Ayr dairy farm has reached first base in its gravel-extraction and feed land-reclama-tion bid.

But despite the Agricultural Land Com-mission’s March 19 blessing for Balme Ayr’s

phased boosting of farmland potential, Oliver and Shel-ley Balme are likely months from hauling gravel from their 27.9 hectares north of the Island Highway near Dougan lake.

“They need a mines permit, and there’s environmental-impact assessments,” said Cobble Hill regional director Gerry Giles, “so this is really just the start of the process they have to go through.

“They’ve removed the trees from where they want to begin the extraction. I couldn’t hazard a guess as to when removal could start.”

In July, Cowichan Valley Regional District directors voted to tell the ALC they oppose Balme Ayr’s nine-phase plan, over 15 years, to pull 3.2-million cubic metres of gravel, and replace it with soil suitable for growing cattle feed. That decision was based on worries B.C.’s environment ministry staff couldn’t properly police that haul-and-fill job.

The CVRD and the ALC also heard concerns from Balme Ayr’s neighbours regarding noise, dust, traffic, and disruption to other nearby farms during the work.

But owners Oliver and Shelley Balme were blunt about their goals in a public letter last summer, dismissing CVRD ideas a vineyard may best fit their land.

“This proposal starts and ends with agricultural land. We make milk. We do not need a vineyard, nor do we

need a subdivision,” they state. “We need land to grow crops to feed our cows who make the milk that feeds the community.”

ALC brass approved Balme Ayr’s application, basically citing its mandate to preserve farmland, and encourage farming in concert with other local bodies.

The ALC concluded phased, quarterly monitoring and reporting of Balme Ayr’s progress “will adequately ad-dress potential issues of disturbance or impact to nearby farming operations.”

Non-farm issues, such as noise, dust and traffic, were best handled by other approval officials, the ALC explains. The Balmes must post a $500,000 irrevocable letter of credit to ensure gravel removal and filling is done under professional advice and monitoring. They also need an industrial-access permit from the transpor-tation ministry.

Gravel processing on their land would need CVRD rezoning, or a temporary-use permit. Their other option would be trucking the gravel off site. But again, the Balmes have clearly stated their intentions.

“All we are trying to do is make a piece of our farm, that is deemed 42.7% un-farmable farmable, and keep it in the ALR. Gravel does not grow crops, nor does it grow grapes.”

Cowichan farm still needs gravel permitBalme Ayr: ALR permission only the start of process for contested plan

NLP/fileThe Agricultural Land Commission has approved a Balme Ayr dairy farm plan to remove and replace gravel with feed-growing fill on its spread near Dougan Lake.


David BlackBlack Press

This is the � rst of two columns ad-dressing what I see as the greatest threat to the B.C. environment in our lifetime.

The oil industry wants to export Alberta bitumen to Asia via tankers. Under no circumstances should we allow that to happen. A bitumen spill at sea could destroy our coastline, together with the � sh and wild-life that depend on it, for hundreds of years.

Bitumen, even if it is diluted, does not � oat in sea water if there is sediment present. This has been proven many times, most recently in a thorough 2013 Environment Canada study.

Given that there is an abundance of sedi-ment along the B.C. coast, the bitumen will sink rapidly and there will be little chance of recovering any of it if there is a spill. By Northern Gateway’s own admission, the likelihood of a bitumen spill at sea is more

than 10% over the next 50 years. Others say it is much higher. We are in agreement with the position taken by the Coastal First Nations that even the slightest risk of a spill of bitu-men at sea is unacceptable.

The grounding of the Exxon Valdez in Alas-ka in 1989 is often held up as an example of how bad an oil spill at sea can be, however, a spill of bitumen at sea would be much worse. The Exxon Valdez carried light crude and lost 250,000 barrels, one eighth of a tanker load. The light oil � oated and could be removed from the beaches. Even so, after four years of work with up to 11,000 workers and 1,400 boats involved, less than 10% of it was recov-ered. Roughly 200,000 birds and many kinds of other wildlife were killed. Approximately 1,300 miles of shoreline were affected and the � shery has yet to fully recover.

Bitumen is different. It would harden on shore and much of it would sink to the bot-tom, making it unrecoverable and killing virtu-ally everything with which it came into contact.

Some say that, with GPS-based navigation and double hulls, spills such as Exxon Valdez are not possible today. They are wrong. Double hulls do not prevent hull fracture if there is a collision at speed, only if there is a gentle scrape. As for the GPS claim, most marine ac-cidents are caused by human inattention, not by a lack of knowledge about position.

All ships carried systems to indicate their location before GPS. The Exxon Valdez crew could have glanced at their instruments to de-termine their location but they didn’t, neither did the crew on the Queen of the North.

Fortunately, there is a solution that is bene� cial for all concerned: all we have to do is build a re� nery at Kitimat. The re� nery will convert the bitumen to gasoline, diesel and jet fuel which � oat and evaporate if they are spilled. Often little or no spill remediation is required. These re� ned fuels simply do not cause the habitat destruction of conventional or synthetic crude oil, or anywhere near the

devastation caused by bitumen. Let me declare my biases. I am for creating

thousands of good permanent jobs in B.C. I am for creating billions of new tax dollars for government coffers. I am for reducing the planet’s greenhouse gas emissions. I am for building an oil pipeline that will never leak. I am for building a modern tanker � eet that carries only re� ned fuels that � oat and evapo-rate if spilled. I am against shipping bitumen in tankers.

If you agree that we should not put bitumen in tankers, please contact your local MP and say so. The Canadian government makes a decision on this next month.David Black is the majority owner of Black Press, the company that owns this newspaper.

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Cowichan at the co-op seniors care vanguardElder care: Our project could be a template for B.C.

When it comes to volunteering, social initiatives and taking care of our own, Cowichan takes a back seat to no one.

So it is no coincidence our community is the � rst in B.C. to qualify for a planning

grant through the national Caring Co-operatively Elder Care Project initiative.

The issue is as obvious as an early-morning coffee clatch. The Baby Boomers are aging. With gov-ernment and private support systems dealing with their own challenges, the system needs innovation to make sure this large segment of our population is well-cared for as its members head into their twilight years.

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About 125 people turned out to a fall meeting held in Duncan to gauge interest, a show of social conscience that immediately shot Cowichan to the head of the initiative’s priority list.

A planning group formed out of the meeting and has now taken the reins of moving the project forward. The Caring Co-operatively planning grant will allow them to consult po-tential members, create a workable business plan and establish the local co-op.

The goal is to not only provide a necessary service, but to create a template that can be copied across the province.

Given our community’s track record, we have no doubt they will succeed.

We say:Once again community shows social initiative

This we likeAs we write this on Earth Day, we have

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We speak of the REALice system, a new, energy-effi cient technology tested at the Cowichan and Kerry Park Arenas and deemed to be a success.

A willingness to fi nd better ways is what the green movement needs.

The good and the bad of this week in CowichanThe good and the bad of this week in CowichanThis we don’tIt seems odd that with all its focus on

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Solo will be missed, even by those who never met herDear editor

I rode my horses this past glori-ous weekend along the Haul Road in the Rat Lake area of Mill Bay. The sun was shining and the birds were chirping as my horses and dog enjoyed the trails. But I was melancholy. As I scanned the bush looking past delicate new buds and bright skunk cabbage I knew I would not see what I have been hoping to see on my rides and dog walks over the last few months. “Solo” the wolf is dead. She was eliminated by conservation of� cers in the physical sense, but actually eliminated by ignorance and fear and media sensationalism.

The lone wolf did show himself to a lucky few riders and dog walk-ers but he displayed only curiosity, not aggression. Wolves do not prey on people and he did not even threathen livestock as far as I am aware. It cannot be said that he was too close to subdivisions as some-thing else occurred � rst. We, the hu-mans, encroached on her backyard before she ever entered ours.

I consider myself extremely for-tunate to be a short walk or drive away from nature on this stunning island of ours. But be it mountain or meadow or marine, I hike aware of my impact on the environment as well as cognizant and respectful of the wildlife that live there. We can still appreciated the opportu-nity to experience the richness of nature in our neighbourhoods but now some of the magic is gone. I will continue to enjoy my rides with my animals but somewhat dispirited as a presence is lacking.

So long Solo and thanks for being there for me, even though I never did see you.Clare TompkinsCobble Hill

Home birth perfect for meDear editor

Re: Ashley Degraaf’s column on home birth. I had two home births and they were both so different and so amazing. I had to have my third at a hospital (we were living abroad) and while I’m thankful for the experience, having my babies at home, in my space, was so perfect and comfortable. Wishing an amazing experience for you.Vanessa Stricklandcomments submitted at cowichannewsleader.com

School district needs real local leadershipDear editor

Lack of leadership has plagued our school district for some time. Rather than looking after the educational needs of our children today, it is ever busy in miring

us in some mirage-like tomor-row. Parents need real solutions to their real problems in schools today, and not these promises and some airy-fairy “multi-layered” responses from the district.

Ever since the duly elected board was removed, the focus of the district seems to have shifted from creating a safe and support-ing learning environment for our children to closing schools and selling school lands, with a total disregard for the educational needs of our children. This cut-and-run mentality has created chaotic and crisis-like situations in our schools.

More and more parents are voicing their frustration with this district. Their demands are reason-able. It is heart-breaking for the parents to see their children come home in tears. Turmoil at Discov-ery Elementary School has caused many parents to ask for counseling for upset kids who have been left-foundering by the situation. If our schools go, so will go the future of our communities.Amrik PriharDuncan

I hope students continue study of genocideDear editor

I am glad to see students are studying the Holocaust and other examples of mass violence. From the list reported in your article it would appear no one on our side has ever perpetrated mass violence. I wonder if the students learned about Canada’s response (more accurately, lack of response) to the Holocaust. If not, I recommend they read None is Too Many by Irving Abella and Harold Troper.Ken HiebertLadysmith

There are cheaper roads to a safer MalahatDear editor

Re: more Malahat barriers. Why do we spend so much to prevent bad drivers from doing their thing? Wouldn’t it have been much cheaper to have a couple of police of� cers there, even 24 hours a day? Heck, it would have been much cheaper to build a small police of� ce at the Malahat sum-mit view point, and have it staffed for 24 hours a day.Harry Veugercomments submitted at cowichannewsleader.com

Trails, not trains pleaseDear editor

Sure a passenger train sounds like a great idea until you ask yourself and elected of� cials these key ques-tions: Will it be affordable? Who would be utilizing train services? Will the schedule be convenient? Would visitors transportation bud-get be nil after arriving by ferry? Is there an understanding the railway would have to be utilized by freight trains as well as passengers to be feasible? Do you want coal trains to be running through your town, city or backyard? What will happen to my property value?

The only sustainable option for this corridor is a clean, affordable, easy-to-maintain, paved multi-use, non-motorized, trail from Victoria to Courtenay. A trail would open many doors to a wider tourism market and provide residents with a safe corridor to travel freely. This trail would put Vancouver Island on the world eco-tourism map and invite the world to explore beautiful British Columbia and Vancouver Island in a unique way.Megan OlsenCowichan

YOUR TURN “’I thought Duncan and North Cowichan were one

entity anyway. They should get what they fi nd (study) out to the public. They need to resolve differences for what’s best for our community.”

Kyle Fitzpatrick, Duncan

Should Duncan and North Cowichan amalgamate?

What do you think? Log on to www.cowichannewsleader.com and answer our Question of the Week. Results will be published in our next edition.

“Yes, probably take a look into it. We all live close together in the valley. It’s great city planners are looking for student feedback.”

Liam Lindsay, North Cowichan

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is now the poster boy for the B.C. Children’s Hospital Foundation charity drive, with his face on posters, hockey cards and bookmarks across the province.

• Sharp-eyed reader and longtime area resident Aldine Kirkpatrick is questioning the April 4 shot we ran with our Duncan Elementary 100th anniversary story was not the same Duncan high school that burned down in 1946. Local historian Carolyn Prellwitz responds: “The photo accompanying the article was taken circa 1911 when Duncan High School � rst opened. In 1937 renovations added another � oor to the school and provided four more classrooms (two at the front of the building), a library, teachers’ room, principal’s of� ce etc. Upon completion of the renos, the school was repainted a brown colour. Thus, when Duncan High burned down nine years later its outer structure would have looked quite different.”

• Meanwhile Marie Sketchley wondered about that same Duncan El story. She says Duncan El used the old Somenos School as an annex until 1960, while Prellwitz’s sources said 1958. The

confusion may be from the fact four separate buildings have carried the Somenos school name. Prellwitz says further research supports Sketchley.

• The Brigantine Pub in Maple Bay is on its way to becoming the Lion Rampant. New Scottish-born owners Bruce Findlay and Andrew Aber-nethy say it will be a true Scottish pub and have hired Nancy Hadley as designer and Brian Duffy as menu consultant, for the pub, now closed for renovations, and slated to re-open May 9.

• Congratulations are in order for Cowichan arts and culture manager Kirsten Schrader who was recently nominated for an award as theatre presenter of the year for “developing the cultural life in B.C. communities and helping to nurture artists’ careers.”

• Maureen Alexander tells us south Cowichan residents, if you want to dive right into Mill Bay/Malahat Historical Society’s Good Old Daze celebration scheduled for July, now’s the time to get organized. You can win prizes by putting together a life-sized � gure with a historical connection to be displayed at Mill Bay Centre. Register by May 1 and start creating. Email [email protected] for more information.

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It’s quite clear during a tour of the gardens at Cairnsmore Place, the volunteer green

thumbs there have formed a tight-knit group.

“That’s John (Ballard) working on the compost,” said the group’s volun-teer co-ordinator Louise Neveu introducing the work party last Wednes-day morning at the seniors care facility. “He just doesn’t weed, that’s all, but he’s quite happy to compost.”

About 15 volunteers get together once a week at Cairnsmore to beautify the grounds and bond while doing something they sincerely enjoy, explained Neveu.

“Some of us ladies even quilt together too,” she

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our butts all day,” added gardener Glynis Ballard.

She and Ann Brown were working on a corner plot at the front of the building, while the rest of the gang was spread out among the care home, working on various gardens.

“This was our biggest project from this past year,” Neveu noted of the seniors centre’s front island garden.

The group started that project from scratch, after removing three big maple trees that were often chopped to bits by BC Hydro, and ripping out a ton of ivy.

They received a $10,000 donation from the Duncan Christian Seniors Housing Society to complete that bed, now bursting with red rhodos,

daffodils, some rockery, solar lighting and a foun-tain that was also made possible thanks to another $4,500 donation made from a former Cairnsmore resident.

The volunteer group started about six years ago and is still mostly made up of the same people since the get-go.

Most of the members worked on gardens at the Cowichan Lodge seniors facility before it was shut down and made the move to Cairnsmore when staff asked them if they’d be willing to. And they were quite happy to accept.

The biggest reason the group volunteers their time and work is for the residents.

“Quite often the resi-dents watch us from the windows when we’re here,” said Neveu. “We kind of become their entertain-ment.”

And residents watched last week from the large window at the front of the building, where one of the home’s main gardens runs along a concrete pathway.

There’s also a large plot at the left side of the building the group started from scratch about four years ago featuring several rhodos donated from last year’s Cowichan Valley Garden Fair.

“We also buy a few things but a lot of it’s from our gardens at home,” explained Neveu.

They also hold their own plant sale at Cairnsmore every year, bringing in on average $2,000 toward plants and supplies.

Cairnsmore’s back courtyard garden was the group’s � rst big project in 2009, and now just sees some weekly TLC.

Among others Ali Mor-ris worked her magic there last week.

“She’s our garden connoisseur,” said Neveu. “When anyone is stumped, we go to her. She has a beautiful garden at her home which has been featured in many of our local garden tours.”

And during the group’s downtime, the volunteers get together for two potlucks every year, and sometimes coffee meet-ings, or quilting sessions during their break from mid-November to the beginning of February.

And during free time, Neveu also creates photo books from past year’s work, showing year-by-year the progress they’ve made.

“It’s a great group,” she said. “No one’s ever dropped out and we’ve gotten lots of new mem-bers over the years.

“The staff sure do ap-preciate us here.”

Green-thumb volunteers make Cairnsmore bloom

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Ashley DegraafThe Cairnsmore gang (from left to right) Glynis Ballard, Ann Brown, Sharon Martin, Jennifer Ferguson, Bev Kraushar, Reg Grainger, Bar-bara Grainger, Manon Scott, Ali Morris, Monika Morgan, Donna Kaiser, Don Loewen, John Ballard, and in front Diane Allen and Louise Neveu.

Garden Fair ready to blossomThe Cairnsmore garden gang were the recipients of the

Cowichan Valley Garden Fair’s 2013 rhododendron donation. This year’s fair, hosted by the Cowichan Valley Rhododendron Society is being staged at the Cowichan Exhibition grounds Saturday, May 3 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Admission is free and the early birds will receive comple-mentary coffee and donuts.

A special gift is also up for grabs for the fi rst 100 customers.Proceeds from the fair go toward the rhodo donation and

other plants to various public institutions in the Cowichan Valley.

Garden growth: Group dedicated to giving seniors a beautiful view


The wheels are in motion for Cowichan’s � rst elder care co-operative,

thanks to a $35,000 grant awarded to local organizations Cowichan Co-op Connections and Volunteer Cowichan.

The funding, secured through a Caring Co-operatively Elder Care Project national initia-tive, will see those groups combine over the next two years on business and organizational plan-ning, consultations with stakeholders and incor-poration on a seniors-focused co-operative.

The Cowichan Valley is the � rst community in B.C. to receive this funding.

“Once established and fully functional, the new co-op will help seniors with day-to-day tasks so that they can continue to live independently in their own homes and re-main connected to their communities,” states a media release. “Services may include friendly visiting, transporta-tion to appointments,

yard work, minor home repairs, snow shovel-ing, housekeeping and grocery shopping.”

Caring Co-operatively Elder Care Project was launched last fall and is managed by the B.C. Co-operative Association with funding from the Government of Cana-da’s Social Development Partnerships Program and the Vancouver Foundation.

The project supports the development of co-op elder care pilot projects across Canada.

The funding an-nouncement followed a Cowichan Co-operative Connections and Vol-unteer Cowichan series of public meetings and

consultations in recent months to gauge local interest in the idea of establishing an elder care cooperative.

“With everything that’s happening with Sunridge and many other private care facilities in British Columbia, it’s becoming increasingly clear that we need alternatives that will do a better job of meeting the community’s needs,” stated Cowichan Co-op Connections president Rob Douglas. “Co-ops have a proven track record right across the industrialized world of providing high quality services in a way that allows seniors, workers and members of the community to actively

participate in setting priorities and making decisions.

“We hope with this funding we can make the Cowichan Valley a model not only for Brit-ish Columbia but the rest of Canada on how to do things right.”

The community’s response was overwhelm-ing to the series of meet-ings, and eventually led to the establishment of an advisory committee made up of community members who worked with Cowichan Co-op-erative Connections and Volunteer Cowichan to submit a full application to the Caring Co-opera-tively Elder Care Project, states a media release.

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Cowichan Arena is more like home to Lor-raine Francisty than her own residence.

Francisty has spent considerable time in the building since its second year of operation in 1979 and other valley rinks

as a skating coach.“This is my 35th season and I’ve taught at all four

rinks,’’ she said.Francisty also works in the arena during game

nights and special events. To many people, she is the Duncan Skating Club, having been around from the very beginning.

Francisty almost took a detour in a completely dif-ferent direction after growing up in Victoria, skating at the Victoria Racquet Club from the age of eight and graduating from Mount Douglas Secondary School, but fate obviously drew her to Duncan.

“After I � nished school, I skated another year,’’ she said. “I was offered a job in Castlegar and I was of-fered a job in Duncan.’’

She naturally took the latter being closer to where she grew up and called Duncan home. After so long in the same position, family trees have sprouted up all around her.

“I’m coaching the children of people that I coached,’’ said Francisty. “I’ve had people come up to me and say, ‘Do you remember me?’ I say, ‘no.’ I’ve probably taught thousands of kids.’’

You can’t remember them all, but Francisty does for the most part. The only thing that throws her off is how different they look from the time she had skaters as kids to when they become adults.

Responsibilities at her other home have changed, with her own kids Krystal, Kelsi and Matt, who kept her busy in skating and skiing, all making it on their own.

“I have more time to put into it with my kids being older,’’ said Francisty.

She has her Level 3 coaching and taken Level 4 courses. Francisty has also sat on several committees for the B.C. and Yukon section.

“The way I’ve always looked at it is I become in-

volved, I get the information � rst-hand, too,’’ she said.Francisty likes some of the new directions taken in

skating.“I think our new Canskate program is a lot bet-

ter,’’ she said. “We’ve been running it for two years. We were basically running a very similar program. Skate Canada wanted all the clubs standardized. We jumped on board right away.’’

Francisty’s coaching resume has also included syn-chronized skating.

“I like these kids to broaden themselves. The synchro is good for them. They don’t have a team environment any other way.’’

The early part of the year is always particularly hectic for Francisty. This was also Duncan’s year for another skating show, Alice’s Wonderland on March 1, followed by one in Lake Cowichan March 7. Just for good measure, she assisted with the staging of Fuller Lake’s show March 27.

Francisty works with Marcie Walker on all aspects of the Duncan ice shows, held every two years.

“I do all the music,’’ Francisty said. “She works on getting the costumes organized.’’

They team up on the choreography.“The music was tough for Alice’s Wonderland,’’ said

Francisty. “It’s never been a Broadway show. Lake Cowichan, we’re doing Grease. That’s easy.’’

Francisty doesn’t see herself hanging up the skates and calling it a career anytime soon.

“I’ll keep hanging in there while I still can,’’ she said. “I think if you enjoy it, you stay with it.’’

Coach Francisty a fi xture on ice • • • GOOD LIFE • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

Don BodgerDuncan Skating Club coach Lorraine Francisty discusses matters on the ice with skaters Stephanie Hleck, left, and Anna Brancato.

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After notifying the fire department, Siddall and other neighbours moved Angus’ ‘67 Chevy out of harm’s way, as well as a small trailer, a palm tree, and a couple of small propane tanks.

“All of us neighbours, we jumped on it together,” he said. “There’s not much else you can do but try and salvage as much as you can.”

Kirsten’s husband Chris Wahl was watching TV when he heard loud noises.

“I was kind of half paying attention and thought the noises were maybe from the show, but then my dog started going nuts and that’s when I noticed the fire,” he said.

Shawnigan firefighters on scene appeared to be mop-ping up and checking for hot spots at 11:30 a.m. Smoke was billowing out the home’s broken front windows.

The cause of the fire is still under investigation, but Shields said it didn’t appear suspicious.

The Wahls encouraged anyone willing to make dona-tions to Angus to drop by their unit, #68 or call Kirsten at 250-361-7396.

Kirsten was also setting up an emergency fund bank account at the Mill Bay Islands Savings Credit Union on Tuesday.

“We’re coming up with a list of items, but he’s going to need a lot,” she said. “We have a huge covered deck, so even if they don’t feel like saying ‘Hi,’ people can just drop stuff off at the deck. We will sort it and go through it.”

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An amazing experience was enjoyed by both blind students from all over Vancouver Island and members of the Cowichan

Climbing Academy on March 29.Nine members of the local climbing

group, who run one of just two climbing academies in North America at Duncan Elementary School, hosted the organiza-tion Blind Beginnings.

About 25 members from that group participated in a climbing day at Co-wichan’s climbing wall.

“Blind Beginnings is an organization that provides opportunities to blind youth and their families,” explained Cowichan Secondary, Quamichan campus principal Jaime Doyle. “This Vancouver-based organization, after hearing about our academy, approached me earlier in the year to see if we could provide an oppor-tunity for their island clients to rock climb in a safe and comfortable environment.

“I readily agreed,” Doyle said. “Overall the event was a fantastic success with a great deal of praise heaped upon our students for both their professionalism and compassion.”

One moment in particular sticks out for Doyle.

“One blind and autistic young girl repeatedly announced at the top of her lungs for all to hear after climbing her first wall, ‘So happy, so happy, so happy, so happy,’” said Doyle.

He was also struck by how the academy kids excelled in the leadership roles placed upon them.

“Throughout the year, the academy kids as part of their curriculum do vol-unteer work in hosting outside groups on the Cowichan climbing walls,” said Doyle. “The walls themselves, while housed at the old Mount Prevost Middle School site, belong to Cowichan Secondary.”

The academy has more than 50 kids registered in Grades 9 and 10 and is growing.

Cowichan Climbing Academy hosts session with Blind BeginningsRock climbing: Unique program has blind children climbing the walls

courtesy Jaime DoyleCowichan Climbing Academy member Charlotte Yarnold helps Elias Allen and his mom Danielle Elias during the recent Blind Beginnings climb-ing session at the school.

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Electric Avenue may be out, but not un-plugged.

Laurie Schmidt, mother of Cowichan songwriter Parker, indicates her son’s band is still amped to perform despite being dimmed by the band Rebel Coast during YTV’s recent NextStar Super Group finale.

“Yes, Electric Ave were the runners-up at the su-pergroup finale on Sunday night,” Schmidt said of the live April 13 finish.

“Parker had an incred-ible time being on the show, and says it’s only just the beginning for Electric Avenue, and you can look forward to more great things from them.”

The finale, Schmidt’s email to the News Leader Pictorial says, “was a top-notch production

with an incredible stage and four CO2 cannons.

“Electric Ave lit the place up during their per-formance of their single Into Pieces, with a dance break section and LED lights on their clothes. The crowd loved it and it was amazing!”

Electric Avenue also includes Calgary’s Adam Hunter, 16; Castleton’s Bradley Ace Martinez, 17; Winnipeg’s Dane Bjornson, 13; and Cal-gary’s Zee Peters, 13.

courtesy the Next StarParker Schmidt, left, and his band Electric Avenue fell just short of the podium on the Next Star.

Only the start for Schmidt and Electric Avenue



New blood means many more new and cool mediums being brought to life during the

Cowichan Valley Arts Council’s annual spring � ne arts show.

Organizers are tickled this year’s number of entrants has jumped to 129 from 98 last year.

“This is great as it has brought in new members to our arts coun-cil,” said CVAC’s of� ce manager and PORTALS studio co-ordina-tor Morgan Saddington. “Having more entries this year, that was a really big positive for us, to have that response.”

The response is both a testa-ment to the arts council’s staging the event last year at a new location — the council studio headquarters at the Island Sav-

ings Centre — as well as simply new artistic blood moving to the valley.

One such newbie is Duncan’s Cheryl Painter.

“I’ve always had this desire

to come back to painting,” said Painter, who recently moved here from the Lower Mainland where

she made her career in graphic design.

Painter’s desire to get back into painting also eventually led her back to her Duncan hometown after some 30 years in North Vancouver

“I grew up here,” she said.She’s now settled into her cozy

home studio with beautiful natu-ral lighting from three windows overlooking her garden. She’s submitted a 30- by 30-inch piece Seaweed and Seashells in this year’s spring show.

“I really do love it, the greens and the blues and the shadows working together,” she said, of one of several beach/shell canvasses she’s painted over the years.

“I just thought it was a very suc-cessful piece. As much as you are there and it’s kind of stinky and slimy, I just love the way it � ows, like a second skin,” she added.

The mother of two boys, ages 10 and 13, loves visiting and then painting beaches.

“Every beach you go to has a different kind of feel to it,” she said, pointing to another canvas that conveys a caramel and lico-rice look with its colours.

And speaking of candy, Paint-er’s sweet tooth has also inspired her to paint candy shop canvasses after visiting city candy stores. She’s also fond of painting fruit stills, landscapes, old buildings, bridges, and gardenscapes.

“I don’t just have one thing,” she said.

She often takes a Coolpix

camera with her on outings with her family, snapping images she’ll sometimes turn into an etching, and if she’s really digging it, from that sketch she decides on what size painting to transform it into.

“I’m out doing things and being part of a location with my family and so I take loads of photos,” she said. “I’m not really up for the bugs and changing weather.”

The former president of the North Shore Artists Guild, Painter was quite enthused about

joining the Cowichan Valley Arts Council as well as having her piece chosen for this year’s show.

“I really liked being part of a group and I wanted to meet other artists here,” she said. “It’s really lovely being able to talk to other artists and create that bond.”

She’s also hooked up with the Cowichan Valley Artisans and the two groups recently came together with a show being staged at CVAC’s PORTALS studio. Painter currently has nine pieces

on show there.CVAC’s 44th annual Fine Arts

Show runs from May 1 to 4.The council has three profes-

sional jurors who pick up to 35 pieces out of this year’s 129 entries to be featured in a second show in the PORTALS studio during May titled The Best of the Best.

And, as in past years, the popu-lar People’s Choice designation will also be awarded.

An opening event is scheduled for April 30, 7:30 to 10 p.m.

Ashley DegraafOne of Cowichan Valley Arts Council’s new members Cheryl Painter is with her piece Seaweed and Seashells submitted for this year’s Fine Arts Show. Organizers say this year’s number of entrants has jumped to 129 from 98 last year.

Woman truly a Painter to her coreMeet Cheryl Painter: Newcomer part of a fresh wave of artists rocketing Cowichan Valley Fine Arts Show entry numbers well beyond 2013 show

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West Isle Winds blow through ChemainusSpring is more than just sights and smells.In Chemainus, it’s also about the sounds.The Chemainus Classical Concert series

returns Sunday with Trios for Spring, a col-laboration between three classic talents.

“The West Isle Winds, featuring (from left) Heather Walker (French horn), Donna Fal-

coner (piano) and Susanne Bullock (clarinet) combine in a joyful blend as they offer a tan-talizing introduction to seldom-heard works by Romantic composers,” event publicist Lynne Landygo said in a media release.

The trio will explore the works of Mozart, Strauss, Schubert, Bizet and many other

leading composers of the era.The show starts at 2 p.m. Sunday, April

27, in the heritage surroundings of St. Mi-chael’s Church in downtown Chemainus.

Tickets are $15 in advance ($20 at the door) from the usual outlets or by calling 250-748-8383.

John McKinleyNews Leader Pictorial

It’s new, it’s Gospel and it is ready to hit local fans of choral music not just once this week, but twice.

And if that isn’t enough to get the choir crowd drooling, it’s also

got well-known valley conductor Ann Antonides stepping back behind the baton.

This weekend, the Freedom Gospel Choir presents Freedom Bound, the

debut of Cowichan’s newest choir with two shows in Duncan.

Antonides, a leading light in the valley music scene for years as the former long-time director of the Duncan Cho-ral Society, is spearheading this project, sponsored in part by St. Andrews’ Presbyterian Church.

“I found I was missing conducting,” Antonides said in a media release. “I went to a couple of workshops speci� -cally on conducting the Gospel genre. I was hooked.

“This is a completely different style of music than what’s being offered by most choirs in the valley right now, and the conducting style is also a brand new challenge for me.”

Antonides started a recruiting drive late last summer that has yielded about 40 members. Their talents will be pre-

miered during a Saturday evening show and a Sunday matinee.

The audience can expect spirituals, freedom songs and gospel favourites including Soon and Very Soon, His Eye is on the Sparrow, Steal Away, and more.

And if you feel the urge to join your voice with the choir’s you will get your chance on familiar numbers such as I’ll Fly Away and This Little Light of Mine.

Accompanying the Freedom Gospel Choir will be Tanya Gillespie on piano, John Robertson on double bass and Ron Joiner percussion.

The Saturday show starts at 7:30 p.m. while Sunday’s begins at 2 p.m. each at St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, 531 Herbert Street, Duncan.

Tickets are $15 from choir members or at the door. Children 12 and under are free.

New Freedom Gospel Choir premieres with a pair of weekend shows in DuncanCowichan choral conductor: Ann Antonides steps back behind the baton for uplifting new project

courtesy Freedom Gospel ChoirThe Freedom Gospel Choir debuts this week with two shows.

“It’s really lovely being able to talk to other artists and cre-ate that bond.”Painter

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All These Long Years Later: Author Reading: Local author Robyn Gerland will share from her collection of short stories about coming of age in 1950s Vancouver with all the manners, mores, expectations, hypocri-sies, and humour of the time at the Chemainus Library, 2592 Legion St., 12 to 1 p.m.

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ThursdayAwareness Meditation Training:

With facilitator Gary Greenstein, meditator in the Buddhist tradition for 35 years. At the Cowichan Library, 2687 James

St, Duncan, 6:30 to 7:30 p.m.

Cowichan Library’s Tenth An-niversary: celebrating 10 years in the Island Savings Centre. Refreshments and music as well as good books and movies to borrow, 2 to 4 p.m.

Lunch & Learn: Young Profes-sionals of Cowichan present Dr. Martin Barker discussing the pros and cons of a Duncan/North Cowichan amalgamation at the Old Firehouse Wine Bar, 40 Ingram St, Duncan, 11:45 a.m. to 1 p.m. Free for YP mem-bers, $10 for non-members, all are welcome.

Cowichan Historical Society Meeting: featuring a presentation on the Battle of Vimy Ridge by military historian Bill Hampson, 7:30 p.m. St. Peter’s Hall,5800 Church Rd. Duncan. All are welcome.

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Creating an Edible Backyard: Learn from Cowichan Green Community how to grow peren-nial food plants no matter how much room you have. At the Cowichan Library, 2687 James St, Duncan, 4 to 6 p.m.

A Spring Thing: the Cowichan Valley Concert Band plays popular selections at the Christian Reformed Church, 930 Trunk Rd., Duncan, 7:30 p.m. Tickets at the door or from band members; Adult $10; Students/Seniors $8; Adult + Child $13.

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Ashley DegraafCowichan Intercultural Society’s Françoise Moulin poses with a portion of 160 feet of a community scarf knitted by about 359 Cowichanians as part of a CIS initiative to create dialouge through art.


It brought together the hands of 359 men, women, new and longtime citizens, leaders,

activists, students and volunteers.

It inspired care, atten-tion, and compassion

among positive dialogue with complete strangers.

It is a scarf.But it’s not just any

scarf. It is 160 feet of beautifully mixed material, knitted by Cowichanians as part of a Cowichan Intercultural Society project based on dialogue through art.

“Everywhere around the world people are knitting. The idea was to create a way new mem-bers of the community could meet with others,” CIS community bridging and welcoming com-munities co-ordinator Françoise Moulin said.

Moulin worked with the society’s Catherine Johnson to create the project that started in December and recently wrapped up. The scarf is now making its rounds through the community.

“The scarf project has been a creative under-taking, knitting our community together and offering a welcome to newcomers (immi-grants) in the valley while creating a platform for dialogue,” Moulin said. “The premise of the proj-ect has been to bridge locals with newcomers, fostering a sense of inclu-sion with conversation and a craft recognizable to most cultures.

“Sharing conversation over a communal project builds relationships and supports a sense of belonging, all the

while creating visibility (of project and visible minorities) in the many venues where the knitting has taken place.”

Moulin said knitting started a little slow at the end of December, but as people joined in on the project, word spread and participation spiraled.

“It took for people to actually see what we were doing and understand before it could grow,” she said.

Moulin hosted 66 knit-ting sessions.

They took place all over the valley includ-ing two libraries, two community centres, Tim Horton’s, Somenos Women’s Institute, two churches, three schools, the Tzouhalem Spin-ners and Weavers Guild, ELSA class and ESL Cafe and Starbucks.

“Co-ordinators assisted in focusing the dialogue on intercultural rela-tions during the knitting groups which resulted in warm and lively conver-sation among strangers (both immigrants and long-time Cowichan residents) who may not have otherwise met and shared personal stories.”

The completed colour-ful scarf took a road trip across Cowichan. It was at the Duncan branch of the Vancouver Island Re-gional Library, thenMill Bay’s branch then at the Duncan Royal Bank from April 10 to 17.

Knitting together a communityCommunity scarf: 180 feet of wool united nearly 360 Cowichan residents —new and old

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NELSON, Robert BSept 18th, 1945 to Apr 13th, 2014

It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of a devoted husband, father, and grandfather. Bob fought a difficult and painful battle with cancer, but he is now watching over us in heaven. He passed away peacefully, surrounded by his loving wife and three precious granddaughters.

He leaves behind Carol, his wife of 48 years and daughters Cindy Smith (Greg) and Christine Elzinga. Grandchildren: Josh

(Alicia), Marc (Kyla), Cody, Hailey Elzinga, Carley Reid (Travis), and Stephanie Smith. He is predeceased by his parents Auby and Kathleen, brother Milo, sister Luanne Palmer (Don), and brother-in-law Roger Ketch. Bob leaves only one surviving brother Kirk (Chris) and nine sisters: Gailene (Herb), Audrey (John), Jackie (Dennis), Wendy (Jim), Judy (Rennis), Lana, Brenda (Wally), Denise (Glen), and Kim (David). He leaves behind sister-in-law Rebecca and nephew Nathan Haslam as well as numerous nieces and nephews.

After pumping gas at Evans’ motors, Bob worked at Youbou mill until 1969. He then worked in the logging industry until he retired in 2006. He poured his heart and soul into his job loading logging trucks. He loved his career and safety was always his top priority.

Bob loved working in the yard where he devoted his time to his beloved apple trees and rosebushes. You could also find him cutting lumber on his Wood-Mizer mill or helping his grandsons work on their vehicles. His summers were spent with his family at the cabins in Honeymoon Bay. Bob also enjoyed travelling to places such as Las Vegas and Maui.

He was an avid Toronto Blue Jays fan and had a love/hate relationship with the Canucks. Many can attest that Bob was an entertainer. He loved to sing (even if he made up the words) and he always knew how to cut a rug.

Most importantly, he was a devoted dad and grandfather. In the last months of his life, he made sure to let everyone know how much he loved them. He will always be remembered for his big smile and kind heart. He truly touched the lives of those who knew him. Bob was a great man and this world will miss him.

The day you left, I lost a part of me.I still can’t believe you’re gone.I hope God knows he has an amazing angel…

An informal celebration of life will be announced at a later date.

DOYLE, Elsie Kathleen“Kay”

Kay was born October 3, 1924 in Purdue, Saskatchewan and passed away April 18, 2014 in Duncan, BC. Beloved youngest daughter of Elsie and Freeman “Skipper” King and sister to Gwen and Grace. Kay grew up in Sidney, BC, where she loved to play tennis. Following high school, she worked as a telephone operator. At a party in Sidney for servicemen, Kay met William Patrick “Bill” Doyle and they were married August 1945. After a honeymoon on Saltspring Island, Kay and Bill lived with his mom Tilly and his siblings on a homestead near Golden, BC where their three oldest children were born, Ed, Janice and Jim. Life was hard on The Blaeberry, and several of the Doyles moved west to Shawnigan Lake in the early 50’s. Daughter Pat and son Les were born in Duncan several years later. She was Gramma Kay to Toby, Lisa, Jeff, Cory, and Sally, and was especially proud of her great-grandchildren Charlotte, Farren, and recent arrival Louie. She was Aunty Kay to many nieces and nephews. Bill died in 1990 and Kay lived on in Shawnigan until she broke her hip in August 2013. Kay was a proud founding member of the Ladies Auxiliary followed by 33 years of service as a branch member. The Canadian Legion Branch 134 in Shawnigan Lake was a big part of Kay and Bill’s lives, and she was fondly known as “Momma Doyle” there. A celebration of Kay’s life will be held at 2:00 pm on Friday, April 25, 2014 at the Shawnigan Legion. We will miss our mom but we are glad that her pain has ended. Condolences may be offered online at www.sandsduncan.ca

SANDS of DUNCAN

250-746-5212

FAMILY ANNOUNCEMENTS

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 30, 2014

at 7:30 p.m. * Firehall No. 1

1645 Shawnigan-Mill Bay Road

This meeting is called to present the 2013 audited

financial statements, to report on the Fire Department

and related matters, to elect two Trustees to

each serve for a 3-year term, and to discuss

any other business that may be raised.

NOTICE OFSHAWNIGAN IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT

(Shawnigan Lake Volunteer Fire Department)

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

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Baby WelcomePat Duncan, Mill Bay 748-6740 Chemainus & Crofton

Community Welcome David Duncan 746-4236Diana Chemainus 246-4463Pat Mill Bay 748-6740Robyn Lake Cowichan 749-3356

Website: www.welcomewagon.ca

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Robyn Lake Cowichan 749-3356

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DEATHS DEATHS


IN MEMORIAM

FUNERAL HOMES

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DEATHS

Celebration of LifeWendy Patricia EricksonMarch 3, 1964 - March 5, 2014

Family, friends and col-leagues are invited to join us as we share our memories to celebrate a life well lived

and a person well loved.

Please join us Saturday, April 26th, at 1:00 p.m. at the Sherman Road soccer fi elds and the Duncan Curling Club to share your memories with

family and friends.


COMING EVENTS

CONCERT WITH Saskia and Darrel; Song of the Prairies. Duncan United Church. Sun-day, April 27 at 2pm . Advance tickets $10. (250)746 6043.

Cowichan Valley ArtisansAnnual Studio Tour

weekend is April 25, 26 and 27, from 10 am - 5pm. Come tour the studios

and meet the painters, glass artisans, a furniture maker & antique automobile restorer and 2 of BC’s best potters.

Pick up brochures at The Garage, Hudson’s, Rock

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HELP WANTED

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doors is currently hiring production workers with previous woodworking

experience to join our team. If you have a keen eye for

detail, and have the desire to share your experience or be

trained in a new fi eld, you might just be what we are

looking for.Strong energetic individuals

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Busy, active Physiotherapy of-fi ce seeking Registered Mas-sage Therapist to join our practice. Work hours could be full-time or part-time, depend-ing upon applicant’s prefer-ence. Ideal candidates would be those with a minimum of 1-2 years experience and an established caseload, but mo-tivated new graduates looking for a supportive environment to learn and gain clinical expe-rience are welcome to apply to File #A965.

RETAIL SALES Person, F/T or P/T. Occasional lifting. Drop resume to: Duncan Foam and Futons; 4485 Trans Canada Hwy.

Vernon Service Company re-quires Journeyman Service Plumbers/Gasfi tters, $36.00/hr Call (250)549-4444 or fax 250-549-4416

MEDICAL/DENTAL

CHIROPRACTIC Offi ce As-sistant / Receptionist wanted for 6-14 hours per week ( WED and SAT) to begin im-mediately. If you are an team orientated, organized, health conscious, and outgoing per-son please bring resumes to Valleyview Family Chiroprac-tic, ATTN: Dr. Vanessa White, 11- 1400 Cowichan Bay Road, Cobble Hill, BC, V0R 1L3, 250 -743-3775.

TRADES, TECHNICAL

CONCRETE FINISHERS & Form Setters. Edmonton based company seeks experi-enced concrete fi nishers and form setters for work in Ed-monton and Northern Alberta. Subsistence and accommoda-tions provided for out of town work; Jobs@RaidersConcrete .com. Fax 780-444-9165.

FACILITIES Maintenance Supervis-or, Kootenay Trout Hatchery, Freshwater Fisheries Society of BC. For more information: www.go-fi shbc.com/postings

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SKILLED SENIOR with big toolbox & small truck ready to take on odd jobs. Dependable, competent, affordable help in a hurry. 250-510-6383

MERCHANDISE FOR SALE

FUEL/FIREWOOD

SEASONED fi rewood, 1 cord split & delivered. $200/cord. 250-701-1964.

FURNITURE

MAROON LEATHER Love-seat, in new condition, pur-chased from Uncle Alberts. $500. Bed Chesterfi eld, $200 fi rm. Call (250)743-0489, Cob-ble Hill.

QUEEN MATTRESS SET: Brand new. Sealed in original plastic. $200. 250-713-9680

GARAGE SALES

COBBLE HILL: Sat Apr 26, 9-3, 3481 Watson Ave. House-hold items, furniture, & more!!

DAHLIA TUBER sale!! Sunday 10-2. 100’s of tubers, 7540 Bell McKinnon, left on SPCA driveway. 6 for $20.

DEAN’S MARINEBOATING SWAP & SHOP

Sat May 24, 10-35147 Polkey Rd

Table rentals:$20 per person/group

$30 per businessMarine Swap & Shop for all boaters with lots of unused

stuff in their garages,etc...so clean it up and let someone

else enjoy it! 1/3 of $ collected will go to a local boat related

charity.We are also looking for a local charity to run the hot dog sale - all proceeds from the hot dog

sale will go to that charity.Information Contact

Karen 250-748-0829DUNCAN 6225 Palahi Rd (off Moorfi eld Rd) Sat., Apr. 26, 9 am -1 pm. Daycare equip., toys, books, sports equip., clothes, household items, etc.

DUNCAN COWICHAN SPCA

is acceptingQuality Donations

for their Annual Garage SaleDrop off items at:

7550 Bell McKinnon RdMon-Fri: 10 am - 5 pmSat: 12 noon - 4 pm

Good Clean Furnitureaccepted

NO electronics ordated sports equipment

Deadline for donationsis May 19

Sale May 31 - Jun 1

GARAGE SALES* Great bargains

* All local, in COWICHAN!

GLENORA HALL Garage Sale, Sat., April 26, 9-1pm. Tools, Housewares, conces-sion. Tables available $10 ea. Call Judy 250-748-0329

MISCELLANEOUS FOR SALE

FUTON couch/double bed with comfy cotton-foam cushion in washable Aztec pattern, re-movable arms, sturdy pine fold-down frame. $150. Call 250-748-8855 after 6 p.m.

Power Chair, new batteries, asking $1200. (250)746-8428

MERCHANDISE FOR SALE

MISCELLANEOUS FOR SALE

HERITAGE PAWN BARGAINS!

Mother’s Day Sale 40% OFF all

Jewelry!! Ends May 10

430 Whistler, Duncan, BC.

Call 250-746-9810heritagepawnbrokers.com

HOSPITAL BED w/linens, $750. 2 chrome cloths rack,spiral, $40, 4’, $30. Print, blackgrey and purple Irises, 40x28.$40. (250)751-2142.

SAWMILLS FROM only $4,897 - Make money & savemoney with your own bandmill- Cut lumber any dimension. Instock ready to ship. Free Info& DVD: www.NorwoodSawmills.com/400OT 1-800-566-6899 Ext:400OT

STEEL BUILDINGS. Hot sav-ings - Spring sale! 20x24$4,348. 25x24 $4,539. 30x30$6,197. 32x36 $7,746. 40x46$12,116. 47x72 $17,779. Oneend wall included. PioneerSteel Call 1-800-668-5422 oronline: www.pioneersteel.ca

STEEL BUILDINGS/metalbuildings 60% off! 20x28,30x40, 40x62, 45x90, 50x120,60x150, 80x100 sell for bal-ance owed! Call 1-800-457-2206 or visit us online at:www.crownsteelbuildings.ca.

REAL ESTATE

APARTMENT/CONDOS

NANAIMO WATERFRONT2nd fl oor condo. 1500 sq.ft.LR/DR/2bdrms with view, den,gas FP, secure bldg. 2 under-ground parking spaces. Main-tenance fee includes hot wa-ter/gas/landscaping. 1 pet OK.View anytime. $339,900 Re-duced to $329,000. (250)753-9123

DUPLEX/4-PLEX

OPEN HOUSE- Sat & Sun, every weekend, 1-4pm. 5887Stonehaven Dr, 2050 sq ft, 2bdrm + den + rec room heatpump, 5 appls, central vac,$364,500. near hospital.Quality home at an affordableprice. Call Gord (250)710-1947.

FOR SALE BY OWNER

BEAUTIFULLY MAINTAINED1 bdrm park model home inChemainus Gardens. One ofthe best lots in the Park. Petsok. $89,600. (250)416-5278.

DUNCAN- ONLY $364,500. 2bdrms+ den, 2.5 bath, super-sized rec room, open concept,oak fl rs, stainless steel appls.RV parking. (250)710-1947.

LADYSMITH 55+ patio TownHouse end unit. Immac 2BR2WR. Spiffy Kit. Jenn-AirStovetop + Electrolux Wall Ov-en. 1 pet ok. $259500. Call250-924-4398.

LOTS

COMMERCIAL LOT in Down-town Duncan. $170,000. 250-247-7208

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Love from all the family

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REAL ESTATE

RECREATIONAL PROPERTY

PARKSVILLE: Surfside RV Resort (Oceanfront)! This 1 bdrm, 400 sqft Woodland Park Model sits on one of the most desirable lots in this family or-ientated park, steps from the pool, hot tub, tennis court, beach & clubhouse. 352 sqft sunroom. 4x6 shed, ocean glimpses, ZERO Maintenance! Membership paid to 2030. $59,900. 250-240-3574

Recreation Paradise Year Round!

Fishing, hiking, hunting, quadding, snowmobiling or just relaxation. Great access within 3 hours of the lower mainland, 40 km from Prince-ton and steps to Osprey Lake. 2 years new this 3 bedroom, 2 bath open concept chalet has it all & more. Includes a guest cabin with a bedroom, living/sitting area, kitchen & bathroom. New detached garage for storing the toys.

Call Adrienne (Royal Lepage Parkside Realty) at

250-809-6322 for a private viewing.

RENTALS

APARTMENT/CONDO

CENTRAL DUNCAN: Lovely 1 bdrm suite in seniors orient-ed building, heat included. NS/NP, $625. Please call Cory at 250-732-0342.

CENTRAL LOCATION, Bach, 1 & 2 bdrms, balcony, F/S, heat & hot water (1 bldg only), parking, pet considered, $550-$850/mo. Call 250-748-7764

DUNCAN: 1bdrm, Carrick Court, F/S, $550, Avail May 1 Call Kurt 1-250-701-8496

DUNCAN: 2-BDRM CONDO 2nd fl oor, corner unit.

5 appl’s, new laminate fl oors. N/S.

2524 Lewis St.Avail June 1.

$825./mo, lease. Please call 1(250)477-8046 or

1(250)891-8392 Victoria #’s

DUNCAN - DINGWALL St. 2 Bdrm Condo, 2nd fl oor, W/D, F/S, D/W, no pets. $850/mth Avail. May 1. 250-715-8282

DUNCAN downtown condo, 1 Bdrm, 2 baths, fi ve appls, gated underground parking, $850/mo. Call 250-748-6679.

MAPLE GROVE APTS~

3271 Cowichan Lake Rd2 Bedroom apartments & 3 Bedroom Townhomes

_____________________

*Heat & Hot water included*Family oriented*Clean & quiet

*Renovated units*Indoor Pets welcome

*Onsite Laundry Facilities_____________________

Call (250) 710-7515 to view

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MUST VIEWMountain View Terrace Estates

3420 Auchinachie Road----------------------------------1 bdrm bright & spacious,

newly renovated. Available now!

Free heat & hot water.------------------------------

Resident managers on site

CALL NOW250-748-3321

RENTALS

APARTMENT/CONDO

SHAUGHNESSY ~ GARDENS ~

3251 Cowichan Lake Rd.Clean 1 & 2 bdrm units. Full size fridge, stove & dishwasher. Carpet & li-noleum, window cover-ings, fi replace. Quiet, well maintained bldg with elevator & sauna. Pet friendly. Close to schools & Hospitals.

CALL TO VIEW 250.710.7515 250.748.3412


SHAUGHNESSY ~ GARDENS ~

3251 Cowichan Lake Rd.Clean 1 & 2 bdrm units. Full size fridge, stove & dishwasher. Carpet & li-noleum, window cover-ings, fi replace. Quiet, well maintained bldg with elevator & sauna. Pet friendly. Close to schools & Hospitals.

CALL TO VIEW 250.710.7515 250.748.3412


COMMERCIAL/INDUSTRIAL

1802SQ FT COMMERCIAL SPACE

for lease, Highway frontage - just north of Duncan $5.50/sq ft +

proportionate share of common expenses.

Available Immediately 250-709 0576

---------1000 sq’ - 7000 sq’

Store front with excellent exposure, overhead doors,

ample parking,available now.

---------Please call (250)748-9622

to view

COTTAGES

COBBLE HILL- 1 bdrm BUNK house, like mobile home, not fancy, but warm. On farm property. (250)743-4392.

DUNCAN 1-BDRM clean quiet cabin. N/P. $485. Call 250-597-3756.

DUPLEXES/4PLEXES

CROFTON: 3bdrm, oceanview near school, bus, shop, back-yard, $1100. 250-715-8468

DUNCAN, Quiet 3 bdrm upper, 1.5 baths, 5 appl’s. Fenced yard. NS/NP. $1175 incl’s util. Apr 1. 250-709-8808

MISCELLANEOUS FOR RENT

MUST VIEWMountain View Terrace Estates

3420 Auchinachie Road----------------------------------1 bdrm bright & spacious,

newly renovated. Available now!

Free heat & hot water.------------------------------

Resident managers on site

CALL NOW250-748-3321

HOMES FOR RENT

DUNCAN, 2 bdrm in town, 173 McKinstry Pl., Recent 100% reno, 4 appl’s. Gas FP, blinds, deck, patio, carport, shed. NS, NP. Avail June 1, one year lease. $1,125. 250-748-2424

DUNCAN: NEAR Hospital, mobile home for rent in quiet adult park. Pets ok, avail. June 1st. $850. (250)246-8318.

MILL BAY- 2 bdrm, 2611A Mill Bay Rd, large yard w/great views, all appls, includes wa-ter, garbage, re-cycle, pets ok. $800+ utils. (250)743-1144.

OFFICE/RETAIL

DOWNTOWN COBBLE HILL offi ce space for lease. $395/mth. Call 250-743-1450

RENTALS

OFFICE/RETAIL

DUNCAN: RETAIL/OFFICE space for lease, highway ex-posure, A/C, ample parking. 250-746-5657 or 748-8671

DUNCAN: 1500 Sq ft, prime ground fl oor retail/offi ce space. Lrg windows, A/C, Station St. Avail. June. 250-715-6880.

DUNCAN- OFFICE/ Retail, downtown 950 sq.ft. ground fl oor, completely reno’d. Re-ception area, 3 offi ces. Avail now. Call 250-715-6880.

WATERFRONT RETAIL SPACE FOR RENT

at Maple Bay Marina, located on the perimeter of Duncan BC on Vancouver

Island. Rare opportunity in a prime location for marine

related business, recreation or boutique shop. Ample free

customer parking. Unit is available immediately.

For more information email:[email protected]

RECREATION

RV RESORT ON THE LAKE

Sites available at Great Rates. Daily, weekly,

monthly. Pool, Hot tub, exercise room, laundry, putting green, hiking,

fi shing, Pickle Ball Court. Free coffee in one of the best clubhouses on the island. Nanaimo area.

www.resortonthelake.com250-754-1975 or

[email protected]

RV PADS

COBBLE HILL: Large, cov-ered, fully serviced RV parking lot. Year round parking on farm land. Call (250)743-4392

SHARED ACCOMMODATION

M/F Duncan lg br+ storage pet ok $575 all in 250-900-0504

SUITES, LOWER

2-BDRM lower suite, Tudor house. 1200sqft. New paint & laminate. 3-acre lot. Ocean view. $825/m. NP/NS. Cherry Pt Rd. Cow. Bay 604-460-0662

7 minutes north of Duncan. 1 Bdrm level entry. 2 acre property. Private drive & park-ing. Full kitchen, W/D, full bath. $750 incl heat/hydro. Small pet consid. May 1 or sooner. 250-746-6481.

COWICHAN BAY- 1000sqft, ocean view, 1 bdrm, F/S, W/D. NS/NP. $750. Hydro included and heat is not. May 1. (250)246-7109,(250)701-1209.

DUNCAN- LARGE 2 bdrm basement suite, F/S. N/S, N/P. Avail Apr 1. Refs. $800 in-cludes cable, heat & hydro. Call 250-746-0904.

DUNCAN: 1 bdrm suite, fully contained, incl’s heat, A/C, cable & internet. No pets. $750. May 1st. 250-748-8020

DUNCAN (2km south) 1 bdrm spacious, priv entr. F/S, W/D, hydro, cable, internet incld. NON-smoker, no pets. Quiet location. Avail June 1st. $750. (250)748-5290 after 10am.

DUNCAN: 482 Chesterfi eld. 2 bdrm ground level. $595/mo. Private entrance, close to shopping and schools. Peak in the window of #3 then call (250)896-4248.

DUNCAN, large 2 bdrm suite, level entry, 4 appl’s, N/S, small pet considered. Ref’s req. $850 incl’s util’s. Garden space avail. June 1. Call 250-748-2855 after 6pm.

LAKE COWICHAN- spacious 3 bdrm level entry suite, priv entrance. Inclds W/D, F/S. NP/NS. $800/mo heat incld. Call 250-923-6170.

one bed room suite in quiet Maple Bay Neighbourhood, incl: hydro, wifi , cable, w/d in suite, covered deck, n/s, n/p. $750/month, 250-732-1535

SUITES, UPPER

DUNCAN. Bright, one room suite, very quiet, private en-trance. N/S, no pets, no par-ties, $700/mnth, avail. now. Call: 250-748-3470

RENTALS

SUITES, UPPER

SHAWNIGAN LAKE: newly built 2 bdrm fi rst fl oor suite, 6 appl, open concept kitchen, close to bus route, large base-ment storage, parking & priv. drive. $985. 250-743-5513

SUNNY, SPACIOUS 1400 sq ft, 2 BR apt. for rent, private garden. Downtown Cobble Hill, N/S. Avail June 1st. Call Phil 250-743-1450 $975/mth

TOWNHOUSES

CHEMAINUS- RENO’D 2 bdrm town home, 4 appls, bright, clean, quiet, walk to all amenities. NS/NP. $700. Refs. Call 250-416-1457.

WANTED TO RENT

SOBER SENIOR Seeking quiet studio apt in South Cow-ichan. Offers House mainte-nance in return for gardening priviledges. Refs Avail. Shared accom ok. Brian 250-246-2030

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All three Cowichan Valley Football Association teams will be anxious to start the home portion of the Greater Victoria Minor

Football Association’s spring season on April 26.

Games are at 11 a.m., 12:30 p.m. and 2:15 p.m. against Peninsula at McAdam Park.

The Cowichan Atom Bulldogs met a strong Westshore Warriors team last weekend and did a great job applying what’s being coached in practice despite being outscored.

The primarily veteran Warriors put up points early, but met some resistance from rookie linebacker Hunter Williams. The Bulldogs put a halt to the War-riors’ advances in the second half, with newcomers Zack Pearson and Koda Lang laying out some huge tackles in the backfield.

Kicker and running back Jack Napier-Ganley caught the Warriors unprepared with some big boots of the ball that set the Bulldogs up in great field position.

“Everything is starting to come to-gether and when it does the Bulldogs will be a force to be reckoned with,’’ noted coach Devon Lawrence.

The team’s season-opener the previous weekend was against the Gordon Head Raiders, who proved to be stiff opposi-tion.

“Even though the atoms were not able to put any points on the board, they

all walked off the field with heads held high,’’ noted Lawrence.

Veteran linemen Harrison Padur and Trevor Eccleston put up some huge blocks for the Bulldogs, opening holes for the running game. Defensive linemen Parker Sparks and Williams ensured attempts up the middle were stopped, supported by Luke Larminay.

The Peewee Bulldogs, meanwhile, won 16-0 in their game last weekend.

Damian McCuaig-Jones scored the first touchdown in the second quarter on a 35-yard run. A 30-yard passing play from quarterback Dakota Cullum to Tyson Duffe set up the scoring play.

McCuaig-Jones scored again in the third quarter. Both TDs were converted by Cullum.

Billy Bickford and Liam Henning were strong on the offensive line, providing pass protection throughout the game.

McCuaig-Jones and Alexander Van Ryk led the defence with hard-hitting tackles.

Carson Maertz played quarterback in the fourth quarter, completing passes, picking up first downs and killing the clock.

“Great improvement in all areas through their dedication and hard work at practice,’’ coach Brian Scott noted was shown by the players.

The previous week’s game for the pee-wees was a 12-0 loss to Gordon Head.

Gordon Head scored on the last play of the first half and added another TD early in the fourth quarter.

McCuaig-Jones seemed to be in on ev-ery tackle for the Bulldogs at linebacker.

Spring football: Rookies gaining an understanding of the gameBulldogs in development

Andrew LeongBrooke Dillabaugh of Chemainus and Rachelle Van Boven of Dun-can Christian School jockey for the ball during a girls’ soccer match at Chemainus secondary. DCS won 3-1, with all three goals from Mikayla Cook.

Cedar ends DCS girls’ win streakDon BodgerNews Leader Pictorial

All good things must come to an end, the Duncan Christian School senior girls’ soc-cer team discovered.

After three straight wins, DCS was beaten 6-2 by Cedar Secondary in an

exhibition game at Nanaimo. The Merle Logan turf field made for a fast-paced match.

Mikayla Cook scored the first DCS goal, assisted by Lauren King-Nyberg and Rachelle Van Boven. Becky Bazinet added the second marker, assisted by King-Nyberg and Cook.

Becky Bazinet and Zoey Alyward shared the goal-keeping duties.

DCS previously extended a winning streak from one into three games by beating Chemainus 3-1 and shut-ting out Lake Cowichan.

Cook scored her second hat trick in a row against Chemainus, with two assists from King-Nyberg. Becky Bazinet posted the shutout against Lake Cowichan.

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Star Bowl is where football play-ers put themselves to the test against the best of the Vancou-ver Mainland and Valley Com-munity Football Leagues.

Two weekends of practice in Vancou-ver led up to the big game and Cowichan was well-represented during the event in Langley, with players stepping up to the level of intensity.

Cowichan Midget Bulldogs’ Brock Gowanlock was the leader of the pack in his third Star Bowl appearance. He was named the defensive player of the game for his team for the second straight year.

“It was pretty special to do that two years in a row,’’ Gowanlock said.

He said he owes it all to coaching.“Everything I’ve ever learned is defi-

nitely putting forward right now. This year, I definitely think I tightened up my technique a lot and listened to a lot of coaches which helped me prevail in the year.’’

Gowanlock used his previous Star Bowl experience to advantage.

“I was more educated,’’ he said. “I already knew a couple of the coaches from previous years. We already had a relationship before so it’s better than the first time, for sure, once you’ve gone a couple of times.’’

Gowanlock, a Grade 12 student at Cowichan Secondary School, stands six-foot-two and weighs 265 pounds but faced bigger guys than that on the

offensive line.“A couple of the guys at the practice

were definitely over 300 pounds that I had to go up against — quite a bit bigger than me,’’ he said.

Gowanlock is also the recipient of the defensive player of the year in the VMFL for midget.

Other Cowichan players at the Star Bowl and the preceding practices included: Cory Lewis, Adam Marchetti, Landon Conville, Wyatt MacWatt, Nick Thomas and R.J. Piche on defence. Offensive representatives were: Eric Wil-liams, Mackey Singh and Eric Maslen.

Liam Palcu-Johnston and Drayson Price were selected but unable to attend. Price has a broken hand and Palcu-Johnston had commitments with his school studies.

“Everyone played a great and hard-hitting game, showing the league that Cowichan football is producing some high calibre football players,’’ noted Doug (Opie) Williams, who coached all the players during the regular season with the Midget Bulldogs.

Williams cannot wait to get started for next season already, but won’t have the luxury of some standout players who have graduated from midget. He’s been receiving plenty of inquiries about his players, even those with another year of midget eligibility.

Maslen has verbally committed to Moore Park Junior College in Burbank, California; Palcu-Johnson has signed a letter of intent with Simon Fraser and Price is bound for UBC.


Outstanding results are just part of the regu-lar routine now for the Duncan Dynamics Gymnastics Club.

Nine members of the club showcased their talents in the provincial champion-

ships at Kamloops.Darby McIntyre continued to dominate in Level 5

Novice, earning the all-around silver medal and securing a berth on Team B.C. for the Western Canadian cham-pionships later this week in Saskatoon. She won gold on the floor and vault and locked up the bronze on bars, completing her shoot over on the bars for the first time.

Micaylla Broadway also had a solid competition in the National Open category and will join McIntyre in Saskatoon. Broadway improved her top overall score by more than two points to place seventh on bars and ninth on beam while recording her highest vault score of the season at 12.65.

Hayley Baker, another National Open gymnast, finished 10th on bars and made a beautiful vault count for the bronze medal with a score of 13.30.

Baker missed Western qualifying by one spot and now has an injury that would have prevented her from going anyway.

Samantha Johnson, Rebeca Bailey and Trystinna Bailey all qualified for provincials but couldn’t compete due to injuries or illness.

Five competitors were entered in Provincial Level 2 categories.

Tahara Brown and Cheyenne Mackeil both made a strong showing in Provincial 2 Tyro (2003). Brown was

fifth on vault and 10th on beam while Mackeil came 13th on vault.

Sarah Deschamps’ wonderful floor exercise earned her fourth place to go with a 10th on beam in P2 Tyro (2002).

Gabrielle Austin was a silver medalist in P2 Novice (2001) vault and bars with a sixth on floor for fifth all-around out of 25 girls. Kylae Dalby took bronze on the beam and came sixth all-around in P2 Novice (2000).

Keerstin Arden did a superb beam to finish with the bronze medal in Level 4 Novice and also came sixth on bars for 10th all-around.

Mia Butcher of Duncan, who trains in Victoria, claimed eighth all-around in P2 Tyro with fourths on the vault and uneven bars.

Don BodgerBrock Gowanlock receives two honours for his defensive football prowess.

Highlight StudioDuncan Dynamics’ Sarah Deschamps performs her floor routine.

Setting the standard: Results impressive against top competition

Star Bowl: Plenty of talent emerging from the Bulldogs’ ranks

Gymnasts peak for provincialsSPortS WAtCh

Exciting junior lacrosse on display at Fuller Lake ends in an 11-11 drawGot a sports story?email [email protected] 250-856-0045 There’s little to choose between the

Nanaimo Timbermen and Victoria Sham-rocks junior lacrosse teams this season.

“It should be a good year for Island rivalry,’’ noted Rod Wood, general manager and governor for Shamrocks’ junior and intermediate lacrosse. “I think our teams will be pretty even in junior

this year.’’Evidence of that came at Fuller Lake

Arena last Wednesday when the teams fought to an 11-11 exhibition draw. The lead switched hands several times dur-ing the game.

Valley product McLean Chicquen, pictured, was one of the goal-scorers

for the Shamrocks. Ryan Lewis led the way with five points on three goals and two assists.

Cody Shires also picked up five points for Nanaimo with two goals and three assists.

Both teams open the regular season on the road this weekend.

Football stars sparkleYouth Athleteof the Week

Ben McKinnonAn untimely injury will keep Shawnigan Lake School’s First XV rugby team scrum half Ben McKinnon from playing in the upcoming World Youth Invitational Tournament in Japan. “I’ve compressed the cartilage between my sternum and my rib cage after two guys fell on me,’’ noted McKinnon. “The doctor says I’ll be out for around three to six weeks but I’m a fast healer so I’m shooting for two. Just hoping for the best.’’ McKinnon, 17, a Grade 12 student, is still excited about the trip, even though he won’t be playing a direct role. “It’s going to be a great test for us and playing some really skilled teams over there,’’ he said. McKinnon is a five-year rugby player at Shawnigan, having started in Grade 8 and worked his way through the ranks. “He’s been behind some pretty good players and now it’s his moment to step up to the plate and be a leader and he’s doing a good job,’’ said coach Tim Murdy. “These guys spend a lot of time together,’’ McKinnon said. “You form relationships you also keep off the field as well. It really helps because you can carry those onto the field so you’re out there with all your friends.’’

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Andrew LeongSpeedy Bronwyn Sawers of Brentwood College tries to put some distance between herself and Grace Janise of Ladysmith in a senior girls’ rugby game in Mill Bay.

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In sickness and in health, valley curler Wes Craig and his Victoria teammates gave it their best shots at the Canadian senior men’s curling championships in Yel-

lowknife, Northwest Territories.“Not as good as we hoped,’’ said

Craig of his team’s eventual 5-6 record in the 12-team competition. “We had the flu bug going around.

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Craig, third Blair Cusack, second Tony Anslow and lead Kevin Britt still managed to start strong with a 5-3 record before losing the last three. Four teams were at 5-6, but out of playoff contention.

“The last two (games), I think we were worn out with all the problems we had,’’ said Craig.

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The same rocks as the Brier were used, Craig pointed out.

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