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As the opening prayer called for recognition of those who have gone through life coping with the results of residential schooling, the room lled with solemn faces.

The rst day of the Truth and Reconciliation conference commenced at the Quw’utsun’ Cul-tural and Conference Centre yesterday morning in a room full of those confronting this unparal-leled disgrace from Canada’s past.

“I understand it is an injustice to condense years and years of what took place in those schools to 15 minutes,” said event speaker Chuck Seymour as he made the opening statement for the regional open house.

Following Seymour, Cowichan member Betty Charlie led a traditional and sombre prayer in the Hul’qumi’num language.

Her words of consecration reverberated through the room, culling tears from some, while others provided retrospect on part of Canada’s tumultu-ous past.

The crowd: Aboriginal and non-Aboriginals; elderly and young; residential school survivors; advocates for reconciliation; and those just want-ing to learn more about a grave antecedent.

This gathering took a different approach than previous events. It is designed to educate using the words of those brave enough to vocalize their rst-hand experience with the seemingly ever-ominous controlling gures of their past.

The general consensus was it is time to come to terms with the past and begin the healing process through sharing and understanding.

“I think by sharing their deepest and darkest

experiences we will get something good out of this,” said Philomena Alphonse, three-time chief of Cowichan.

“We didn’t know what to expect, but this is what I hoped for today. We invited everyone here to come and observe.”

It is important for survivors to speak about their suppressed feelings and for others to listen, according to Alphonse, who is not a residential school survivor, but is a cultural advisor.

“It’s not always easy to talk about or even listen to these stories,” said Chief Harvey Alphonse.

“Today you will witness the true history of what happened to our people...we’re here to give a hand out to those in need.”

Philomena Alphonse was in full agreement with the current chief.

“This is only the beginning. Now is the right time for this event. Cowichan is going to regroup next week to see how to make the energy more positive for everyone.”

To achieve the goals laid out in planning the event, Cowichan chose to send Councillor Cindy Daniels to other territories that held regional con-ferences to observe and take note as their events unravelled.

Everyone who spoke expressed how this event was separate from past platforms about residen-tial school abuse.

“It’s about being open with the experiences, the violence, the abuse,” said Alphonse as Raymond (Tony) Charlie gave vivid and person statements about encounters with his abusers.

“Their personal journeys will help us move forward.”

The second and nal day of reconciliation is on March 16, 9 to 4 p.m. The provincial conference will take place next month in Victoria.

Truth and reconciliation opens with tears and courageTruth and reconciliation opens with tears and courage

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Bearing witness:Bearing witness: Cowichan-area residential school survivors begin two days of Cowichan-area residential school survivors begin two days of sharing their story with the communitysharing their story with the community

Friday, March 16, 2012Friday, March 16, 2012

Andrew LeongResidential school survivor Raymond (Tony) Charlie of the Penelakut shares his story during the statement-gathering session as the Speaking Our Truth event got underway Thursday morning at the Quw’utsun’ Cultural Centre.

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Cop in three-car Cop in three-car Malahat crashMalahat crash

Krista SiefkenNews Leader Pictorial

One lane on the Malahat Drive was closed for ve hours Thursday morning after a police car collided with a Volvo station wagon and tractor-trailer.

No one was seriously injured in the crash, and a police investigation is underway.

What’s known is the collision occurred in the Malahat’s southbound lane one kilometre south of the Mill Bay turn-off near Bamberton.

A marked Ford Crown Victoria RCMP police car, a 1999 Volvo wagon, and a tractor-trailer unit, crashed shortly after 4 a.m.

“The police car, operated by a 40-year-old West Shore RCMP of cer, with three years of service, was travelling northbound on the highway with lights and siren activated,” an RCMP media release states.

“The of cer was en route to back-up fellow of cers at a high priority call in Shawnigan Lake, involving a suicidal man.”

Early indications, police say, suggest the police vehicle crossed the centre line and struck the southbound Volvo, which in turn struck the tractor-trailer unit travelling beside it.

“It was raining and windy at the time of the col-lision,” police say. “Both the Volvo and police car sustained signi cant damage. The tractor-trailer unit sustained minor damage.”

The Volvo’s 37-year-old driver, meanwhile, was the vehicle’s sole occupant and reported minor soft-tissue injuries. He was examined by B.C. Ambulance Service paramedics on scene and released. The driver of the tractor-trailer and the police of cer were not injured.

One south-bound lane of the Malahat was closed between 4 and 9:15 a.m. as of cials with South Island Traf c Services and a collision analyst/reconstructionist conducted a collision investigation.

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Thursday:Thursday: Occupants suffer only mi- Occupants suffer only mi-nor injures as collision blocks single nor injures as collision blocks single northbound lane near Bambertonnorthbound lane near Bamberton

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Cowichan Valley’s MLA says teacher legislation expected yesterday is little more than the government

picking a ght with educators.“They’re going to bring the ham-

mer down today,” he said on Thursday morning.

“This is the kind of legislation that continues a decade-long Liberal approach that completely disrespects teachers, par-ents, and students, and has constantly sought to pick a ght with teachers.”Bill 22, which was

expected to pass after press time yesterday, was designed to force an end to months of teachers’ work-to-rule action that culminated in a three-day strike last week.

It also imposes hefty nes for continued job action, and will bring in a mediator to negotiate a contract by June. If no settlement is reached by the end of June, a new contract will be imposed that extends from last spring to June 2013, after the next provincial election.

Education Minister George Abbott says he won’t appoint a mediator until after he returns from an educa-tion trade mission to China on March 26.

In a media statement released last week, he defended his legislation.

“While the teacher’s union initially called for mediation, they rejected the approach set out in Bill 22 because it makes it clear that any

mediated settlement must respect the net-zero mandate.

“This is no surprise as virtually every other public sector union in the province has signed agreements at net-zero, and government has clearly and consistently stated that the BCTF’s demands for a $2-billion increase to wages and bene ts are completely unreasonable given the current economic reality,” said Abbott. “Bill 22 sets out a fair and balanced mediation process to address issues important to both the BCTF and the employer in an

effort to reach a mediated settlement that follows the lead of virtually every other public sector union in the province by respecting the net-zero mandate.

“In the days ahead, I hope the BCTF will take a reasonable approach and engage construc-tively in the mediation

process that government has put forward to provide students and their parents with certainty.”

Meanwhile, spokespeople for the valley’s two teacher associations could not be reached for comment on Tuesday, but New Democrat Routley called the Liberal govern-ment’s legislation “quite sad.”

“The key question the public needs to examine is ‘will what this government is doing make things better in the classrooms for students?’ You can reach your own conclusion,” he said.

“This kind of action is not going to solve problems,” he said. “This government is really on the attack, and is trying to use this as a wedge issue, which I think is a travesty, us-ing our kids as a wedge issue, to try to make themselves look like tough employers.”

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Mill Bay gas station robbed at knifepointMill Bay gas station robbed at knifepointKrista SiefkenNews Leader Pictorial

Mounties are investigat-ing a knife-point rob-bery at the Shell gas station in Mill Bay.

The theft happened at 3:14 a.m. on Wednesday.

Shawnigan Lake RCMP were called to the robbery while it was in progress at the Doloume Road gas station, Sgt.

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The male, instead, took the cash drawer and ed the scene on foot with an undisclosed amount of money.

“The male was observed getting into the passenger side of a waiting vehicle

parked on the shoulder of the highway, by the Co-op gas station.”

The male is described as a Cauca-sian, approximately 5’8” and of me-dium build. The vehicle, meanwhile, is described as a boxy, older-style station wagon, possibly a Volvo or Chevrolet, with faded red paint and rust spots.

Anyone with information about the theft is asked to call the Shawnigan Lake RCMP at 850-743-5514 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477.

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Iannidinardo not ush with Cowichan Bay oathome situationIannidinardo not ush with Cowichan Bay oathome situation

Peter W. RuslandNews Leader Pictorial

The thorny sub-ject of sewage treatment and other issues surrounding

Cowichan Bay’s quaint oathomes is being

broached by Director Lori Iannidinardo.

She prescribes public meetings — including one in April — to take stock of the bay’s oathomes, particularly sewage-unit numbers and which oat homes currently pump waste into the drink — or into the system reaching treatment at Tzouhalem Road’s lagoons.

“Floathomes aren’t even supposed to be there under our (Area D) bylaws,” she said.

To clear the oathome fog, the region’s electoral area services committee passed a February motion directing staff to start amending the bay’s of cial community plan bylaws to regulate oathomes.

“A certain percentage of

oathomes are the charac-ter of the bay. This process will initiate a conversation with the community about how to accommodate our oathome residents in a

way that respects their needs, the needs of the whole community, and our wider environment,” Iannidinardo says in her newsletter.

Meetings with home- and marina owners are a prior-ity in patiently tackling not only sewage issues, but parking plus re- and emergency-service access-es affecting oathomes.

Iannidinardo also aims to meet with Transport Canada and Vancouver Island Health Authority agents concerning oath-omes, and other pump-out questions.

“I found out a while back we had roughly 20 oathomes in the bay, and

just one is hooked to sewer going to the Joint Utilities Board lagoons,” she said.

But Jim Money, owner of the bay’s Pier 66 and 67, said many more oathomes than one have sewage treat-

ment of some type.“One is legally hooked to

sewer, but others are hooked to private systems probably designed by engineers,” he said, noting chemical toilets are also in use.

Money realizes Iannidi-nardo and Cowichan Val-ley Regional District staff face a legacy of rumours and incorrect data about oathomes concerning

who’s hooked to sewage

pump-outs, or private treatment.

“I’m working with Lori to show her exactly what’s going on.

“Our rst goal is that ev-eryone who can be hooked up, is, and that there’s noth-ing going into the bay.

“We want to be good citizens,” said Money, whose Pier 67 owns three sewage units.

Iannidinardo said 10 sew-

age units are spread among Money and other marina owners.

The question is, how many oathomes can be covered by each unit.

“We wonder if one unit can handle three oath-omes,” she said. “We have to gure that out based on

sewage volume.”Money said two oath-

omes, or three liveaboard boats, can be accommodat-ed by each sewage unit.

Iannidinardo believed marina owners will likely pay to hook oathomes to legally recognized sewage treatment once it’s known

which homes are properly disposing of their wastes.

Meanwhile, the bay’s various stilt homes are all properly hooked to sewer, she noted.

“Before my time, marina owners were given 10 sewer units in total. Now we have to sit down and gure out what we’ll do

and how much those units mean.”

Toss in Jan. 1 federal laws ordering pump-out facilities for liveaboards, another issue in Iannidi-nardo’s sewage pipeline.

Money noted some folks are reluctant to discuss touchy sewage-treatment issues submerged for years.

“It’s a sore spot and they (CVRD) may not get straight answers.”

Iannidinardo understands.“It’s really sensitive for

people, and it’s also their home, so we have to man-age this correctly.

“If we want to eat shell- sh from the bay, we have

to do everything we can.”Money’s also committed

to charting a clean, healthy home for all.

“We want to be good citizens,” he said.

Peter W. Rusland Cowichan Bay Director Lori Iannidinardo wants the bay’s various oathomes hooked to sewage treatment to keep waste out of the ocean.

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Mill Bay Marina construction project Mill Bay Marina construction project rides out the storm with minor damagerides out the storm with minor damageKrista SiefkenNews Leader Pictorial

Monday’s heavy winds may have taken out one of the Mill Bay Marina’s attenuator joints, but

project spokesman Duane Shaw says the small-scale damage means little to the marina’s overall construction.

“It (the attenuator) is comprised of literally hundreds of connection joints, and we had one of them fail,” Shaw said on Wednesday.

“To be clear, we had hurricane-force winds here on Monday morning. The marina rode out the storm extremely well. It was under construction when this happened, so that’s important to note because we don’t want people to think the nal

version will have any issues.”The marina will replace the one

destroyed in a spring 2010 storm.It’s also currently the site of an ar-

cheological dig after human remains and other artifacts were uncovered above the shoreline.

Shaw expects the dig to wrap-up “fairly shortly” and currently pegs the marina’s opening for some time in May or June.

Andrew Leong/ leAn April 2010 storm may have destroyed the old Mill Bay Marina, but Monday’s weather bomb won’t slow construction of its replacement.

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First up is the legacy of resi-dential schools during the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s Cowichan visit this week.

Then the impact of land seizure from First Nations peoples will be highlighted during an Aboriginal Neighbours and Hul’qumi’num Treaty Group event at the Duncan Christian Reformed Church on Saturday.

The two events aren’t connected, but both are the result of coloniza-tion’s lingering legacy.

For Aboriginal Neighbours’ guest speaker Robert Morales, the bottom line is basic human rights.

“It’s not just about Aboriginal rights, it’s about Indigenous peoples’ human rights,” said the Hum’qumi’num Treaty Group’s chief negotiator. “I’ve been doing a number of lectures in various locations, and that has been a pretty important message for people to see and understand.”

A key sticking point for the HTG is the 1884 E&N land grant of 385,000 hectares of Native land without con-sultation, accommodation or bene t to the Hul’qumi’num people.

Morales and the HTG have taken their concerns to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, which could deliver its decision as early as this month.

“We know the commission is meet-ing at the end of this month, but we’re not sure if the decision will be ready at that point,” Morales said.

Meanwhile, Morales says the HTG’s message is spreading.

“I think it is beginning to reach people, and right now, I take the approach of one person at a time,” he said. “That’s all we can do. So we educate a few people, and hope-fully they tell their friends, and it’ll continue to grow.”

Saturday’s lecture — called Seek-ing Justice Elsewhere — suits the mandate of co-sponsor Aboriginal Friends, which is a collection of Vancouver Island churches working to build bridges and improve relation-

ships with Aboriginal peoples.The group formed about 15 years

ago and hosts events of this nature about once a year in various island locations.

“Robert (Morales) is such a good speaker, and this is a very good opportunity to ask questions about the treaty process,” said Aboriginal Neighbours member Jenny Balme.

The presentation will answer questions such as, Why are trea-ties necessary?; Why has the HTG found it necessary to take its search for justice outside of Canada?; What lands are the HTG claiming?; How will intended treaties affect people who live here?

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Peter W. Rusland/ leA lecture scheduled for Saturday will talk about the impact of colonization on Vancouver Island, with a special emphasis on the seizure of land.

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North Cowichan’s economic development committee is soon to be no more.

Economic growth in North Cowichan will soon be debated in council’s committee of the whole.

Mayor Jon Lefebure said business of the municipality’s EDC will be rolled into committee discussions twice monthly to allow debate and decisions by council, witnessed by citizens.

“Administrator Dave Devana sug-gested integrating the work of different committees into the COW where all of council sits,” he said.

The EDC’s plan for growing North Cowichan’s business tax base has already been accepted by council, he said.

“We can always reinstate the EDC if we feel it’s needed,” the mayor said. “We felt we could make decisions as a group at COW.

“We also felt it would also be a real bene t for the public to observe those meetings and see decision making in action, and it’ll streamline work for staff,” Lefebure said of the EDC that met just once last year.

Devana’s slated to hand the COW restructuring plan to council for a vote within the next two council meetings, he added.

Lefebure said economic develop-ment issues “show up in many ways” at council, said Lefebure.

He cited planned revitalization of downtown Chemainus and Crofton.

“We’re also talking about the (VIU) university village planning process.”

Councillors are also talking with business owners, and taxpayers’ re-gional Economic Development Com-mission about business opportunities.

“We have contact with businesses all the time,” said Lefebure.

“I’m meeting with a business now that wants to expand in North Cow-ichan and wants to look at our tax-

deferment program,” he said, declining to name that operation yet.

Island Timberlands is also look-ing at a commercial project with housing above it on its 11 acres of the benchlands along Cheminus Road, the mayor said.

“Our goal is to create the energy and draw and have businesses say, ‘This is a good place to invest.’”

That could be said easier under the EDC’s seven-point economic plan the EDC developed under Councillor John Koury for “much-needed industrial diversi cation, commercial revitaliza-tion and residential growth.”

Those seven points include: streamlining government, and “making COW do the heavy lifting on a attened committee structure, which will lead to faster decision making;” passing business-friendly bylaws; targeting capital investments; streamlining regulatory requirements with set competitive-approval times, giving clear expectations to developers and staff; boosting customer service, and measuring performance; proactive planning and risk analyses; and better public communication.

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March 22 is internationally cel-ebrated as World Water Day.

First declared by the United Nations in 1993, World Water Day is used by communities all

over the world to draw attention to the critical importance of water and the need to manage it fairly and sustainably.

In Cowichan, it provides us with an opportuni-ty to examine some our own local water issues.

Unlike many other parts of the world, we enjoy relatively abundant water that we use for a wide variety of household purposes. We also rely on it to support agriculture, industry, ecosys-tem needs, and recreational activities.

There is, however, growing concern that we are not managing our water sustainably, and that pressures on our water supply will only get worse in the coming years with population growth and climate change.

A number of our major aquifers are vulnerable to contamination, and an increasingly large num-ber have been moderately or heavily developed.

Many fear we are nearing full capacity and need to reduce consumption.

For example, the Cowichan Basin Water Management Plan, developed in 2007 by government, industry and First Nations, calls for immediate and signi cant reductions in water consumption by residential, commercial, indus-trial and agricultural users.

It is becoming increasingly clear our patterns of growth and development are having a nega-tive impact on our water system. Hard surfaces like asphalt and concrete do not absorb water.

With each new subdivision and strip mall, we get more buildings, roads, sidewalks and park-ing lots — all of which prevent rainwater from soaking into the soil and recharging aquifers for drinking water.

Impervious surfaces such as asphalt increase stormwater runoff, leading to water pollution, stream erosion and loss of sh habitat.

Clearly we have a lot of work ahead of us if we hope to manage our water supply sustainably. It should start with how we manage our stormwater runoff.

We have already begun moving in the right direction. The Cowichan Basin Water Management Plan reviewed our major supply issues and recommended steps for addressing current and future water issues. The Cowichan Watershed Board was subsequently established to implement the plan’s recommendations.

I would like to see local authorities introduce the necessary policies, bylaws and incentives to encourage green infrastructure and rainwater harvesting — both of which could go a long way in dealing with some major water issues.

Green infrastructure manages stormwater using engineered systems that imitate natural systems. It can include permeable pavement, rain gardens, green roofs and bioswales — all of which prevent runoff and allow rainwater to in ltrate the ground and recharge aquifers.

Rainwater harvesting involves capturing, storing and treating rainwater to use it for daily water needs — including drinking water, laun-dry, toilet ushing and irrigation. This technique has been practised for thousands of years and is commonplace in many parts of the world.

Many other municipalities in B.C. and across the world have already begun encouraging these practices and have since seen major improve-ments in water conservation.

With World Water Day Thursday, now is as good a time as any for our regional district and municipalities to act boldly and introduce new policies for working with the water cycle and managing this vital resource sustainably.Rob Douglas is a North Cowichan resident who writes monthly for the News Leader Pictorial. He can be reached at [email protected].

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Act now before our abundant water goes to wasteAct now before our abundant water goes to waste

This isn’t the This isn’t the right year for right year for grand gesturesgrand gesturesBudget:Budget: We can’t help but wonder if school board We can’t help but wonder if school board is cutting off its nose to spite its faceis cutting off its nose to spite its face

We’ll say this much about School District 79 budget talks — they’re never boring.

They’re also rarely comfortable to watch.Remember last year? Teachers crying as they

begged for more resources, and trustees losing their tempers in impotent frustration as they struggled to make ends meet? Not boring. Also not a particularly pleasant way to spend an evening.

So imagine our relief when we hear that instead of having to grapple with millions of dollars in cuts to balance the books — as has been the case in recent years — trust-ees simply have to nd $800,000. Not chump change, but not catastrophic, either.

Of course, our relief is tempered by the almost-certain knowledge that our newly elected board will likely be red, since the majority of trustees are primed to submit a de cit — and therefore illegal — budget in

protest of shortfalls in education cash.Here’s the thing. We’re not denying the province needs to buck up

and give education funding a good, hard look. The status quo in our classrooms isn’t good enough. And we support our trustees’ right to strive for something better.

But we wonder how diving off the cliff on principle here is serving our kids and our community.

This could have been the easiest budgeting year we’ve seen in awhile. Instead, it’s shaping up to be the most controversial in almost three decades.

Just because you can do something doesn’t mean you should. And maybe this isn’t the year for what is, ultimately, a hollow gesture.

There are two choices here. Find $800,000 in the budget, or, submit a de cit budget and welcome in a province-appointed trustee who’ll likely slash programs, close schools, and compound the problems in our classrooms.

This isn’t fear mongering. This is reality.

The case forThe case forNorth Cowichan has not done a

great job attracting new business and industry to the community.

And now, when the community seems to need it most, it folds its economic development committee, the one body dedicated to do exactly that.

This community needs to be active in developing its economy.

The taxpayer won’t — can’t — toler-ate less.

Seeing both sides of: economic development committeeThe case againstThe case againstNorth Cowichan has not done a

great job attracting new business and industry to the community.

This despite the presence of com-mittee dedicated to doing exactly that.

North Cowichan’s economic devel-opment committee has developed the policies that should help turn the tide.

But it is council ultimately making the decisions. And now it’s time for council to put those policies into play.Mayor Jon Lefebure feels North Cowichan does not

need a separate Economic Development Committee.

We say:We say:This year a grand gesture is not needed


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“I’ve read some stories about residential schools, but what we learn about it doesn’t cover enough of it.”

Dylan Jones, Duncan

Do Canadians fully understand the legacy of Native residential schools?

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“Everyone understands residential schools hap-pened, but they don’t really understand what actually happened in those schools. I don’t know if we’ll ever really know what happened.”

Gordon Pollock, North Cowichan

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Big city productions can’t hold a Big city productions can’t hold a candle to thiscandle to thisDear editor

Have enjoyed excellent productions by Brentwood, Shawnigan Lake and Queen Margaret’s over the years, rst as a teenager of the ‘60s, then as a mom in the 1980s and ‘90s. I now live in Vancouver and enjoy commu-nity theatre and school productions there but they don’t hold a candle to those of the valley boarding schools. Marian Potts Hof, Vancouvercomments submitted online at cowichannewsleader.com

We’re still cleaning up the messWe’re still cleaning up the messDear editor

Regarding the Truth and Reconciliation event, there is no doubt the federal government and churches left a big mess, with umpteen problems and no place for survivors. It’s a sad state of affairs today.Ray Tony Charlie, Chemainuscomments submitted online at cowichannewsleader.com

Flag great representation of usFlag great representation of usDear editor

I think that the City of Duncan’s ag is really well done. Mount Prevost in the background of our city landmark, (city hall), is great in its simplicity. The circle of our local ocean sh is all-encompassing, as well as all inclusive for the entire area of Cowichan. In my mind, that circle shows eternity as there is no beginning and no end, it is just there and always has been.

The colours chosen are vibrant and re ect the nature of Duncan promoting green. The com-mittee did very well designing that perfect ag and all of us who live here in Duncan should be proud of having our own ag. We have a huge talent pool living right here in little ole Duncan and talented people such as Sharon Jackson should be encouraged, not feebly criticized by those who have an arti cial superiority complex.George SpongDuncan

We need to appreciate what a good We need to appreciate what a good education can meaneducation can meanDear editor

Maeve Maguire’s March 7 column on teachers was fantastic! We all need to start placing a higher value on education and the people who deliver education to our students.

Being a recruiter in the retail sector, I know how education plays a vital role in building a brighter future and long-term career success for candidates. In today’s world more and more choices have come up for selecting a career. For most getting into any of these careers, education is mandatory. This doesn’t mean that education is essential only for building up a career. Education is equally important in shaping the person we become and making us accountable in life. With the help of education our culture is transmitted from one generation and many generations to come. The strength of our nation’s economy is inextricably tied to the strength of our education system. I have been wondering about the bailouts governments in many countries seem to be giving to nancial institutions around the globe. Why doesn’t the government bail out the educational system and invest in people to ensure that all of our children will be given the tools and motiva-tion to lead successful and happy lives? The commitment on everybody’s lips right now should be to make education a top priority for everybody’s future and a gift for life!Ronnie Auton, Cowichancomments submitted online at cowichannewsleader.com

You can’t get a babysitter on this kind of budgetDear editor

Re: Wednesday’s letter on what teachers make per hour by B. Kramski:

This was something I saw on my email ac-count as of late. I thought it the perfect rebuttal:

“Are you sick of highly paid teachers? Teach-ers’ hefty salaries are driving up taxes, and they only work nine or10 months a year! It’s time

we put things in perspective and pay them for what they do — babysit! We can get that for less than minimum wage.

That’s right. Let’s give them $3 an hour and only the hours they worked; not any of that silly planning time, or any time they spend before or after school. That would be $19.50 a day (7:45 a.m. to 3 p.m. with 45 minutes off for lunch and planning).

Each parent should pay $19.50 a day for these teachers to baby-sit their children. Now how many students do they teach in a day — maybe 30? So that’s $19.50 x 30 = $585 a day. However, remember they only work 180 days a year! I am not going to pay them for any va-cations. That’s $585 x 180 = $105,300 per year. (Hold on! My calculator needs new batteries).

What about those special education teachers and the ones with master’s degrees? Well, we could pay them minimum wage — just to be fair, round it off to $8 an hour. That would be $8 X 6 1/2 hours x 30 children x 180 days = $280,800 per year.

Wait a minute — there’s something wrong here. The average teacher’s take home salary in B.C. is less than $50,000. That equals $1.42 per hour per student. That’s a very inexpensive baby-sitter and they even educate your kids! What a deal!”Ian VenasseCobble Hill

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Andrew Leong/ leA reader with experience watching live community and school theatre in Cowichan and Vancouver says the Van-couver shows don’t hold a candle to Cowichan productions like Brentwood’s recent Les Miserables.

A net zero per cent wage increase mandate is not such an unreasonable concept in this atmosphere of tough economic times.

Looking at the current dispute between the province and B.C. teachers, one of the main issues has been the $2-billion gap on compensation between what the govern-ment is prepared to pay, and what the B.C. Teachers’ Federation has asked for.

The government calls the union’s demands “unrealistic” given the current economic environment.

After the global recession in 2008, the government brought in a net-zero mandate for all public-sector agreements expiring after Dec. 31, 2009.

The result is that a salary increase can only happen if there are savings found in other areas of the collective agreement.

When agreements expire, especially in the public service, employees have an expectation that they should see some im-provement in their new agreement: a wage increase, more paid time off, or that the employer should contribute more towards the employees’ cost of bene ts such as extended health and dental.

With net zero still being enforced, teach-ers are in a position where they must decide what they really desire from their contract.

If they want an increase in paid sick days, for example, they will need to give up a bene t of equal monetary value to make up the difference.

When times are good, the government can afford to increase wages and bene ts, but when times are tough, net zero is the way to go.

Net zero, however, is far from a sustain-able strategy and the government has to start looking ahead to future negotiations.

Ironically, the teachers could be among the rst to bene t from a non net-zero scenario.

The mandate is slated to end June 30, opening up the potential for the teacher’s union to avoid if it delays bargaining long enough.

It could have an ‘us too’ effect on more than 100 other agreements signed by other unions since net zero was brought in.

One day a settlement will be reached that allows for wage increases, and the ood-gates will open.

Let’s hope the government has a plan to deal with upcoming agreements that lays the groundwork for future labour peace.This ran as an editorial in our sister paper, The Victoria News.

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Cowichan Mounties are investigating the theft of boating and shing equipment from a Lakes Road home.

The theft occurred sometime on the weekend, police said.

North Cowichan/Duncan RCMP were noti ed about the incident on Monday morning.

A boat motor, down riggers, shing equipment, two GPS units and navi-

gation equipment were taken from a boat on the property of a home in the 6000 block of Lakes.

Police are also asking for public assistance after a Duncan home was robbed on March 2.

The break-and-enter occurred in the 3000 block of Westview Street, off of Lane Street.

Stolen items include gold jewelry, and centennial quarters valued at more than $300.

“A witness stated they saw a young male wearing a grey hoodie with the hood up and a phone in his posses-sion run into the bush behind the home,” North Cowichan/Duncan RCMP Cpl. Kevin Day said in an email to media.

Anyone with information about the break-in is asked to contact the RCMP detachment at 250-748-5522, or Crimestoppers at 1-800-222-8477.

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Gale force winds, heavy rain and icy sleet couldn’t stop Ryan Thirlwall’s Tutu Walk for Hope as he reached the Boys & Girls Club in Victo-ria after walking all night from

Nanaimo.Thirlwall’s 126 kilometre walk in a bright pink

tutu and tights was an effort to raise money for a bullying awareness program through the Boys & Girls Club.

Shortly after 7 a.m. Tuesday morning it started snowing as Thirlwall walked through the West Shore on the Trans-Canada Highway.

“We have started this in conditions that

should have cancelled or delayed this walk,” he shrugged. “So it’s only tting that we see snow too.”

The Saanich man began his fundraising walk Monday morning in Nanaimo during a wind-storm and plodded in the rain and cold through the Cowichan Valley and over the Malahat Drive.

“I am so sore, I am barely able to move. I have never done anything like this before,” Thirlwall said after walking for 25 hours, covering nearly 120 kilometres, and with still an hour or two left in his journey.

Tianna Metzger and Mike MacNeil, two mem-bers of Thirwall’s support crew or Team Tutu, walked the route with Thirwall. Metzger walked from Nanaimo to Duncan and then traded with MacNeil who nished the route.

“Since we’ve gotten off the Malahat we’ve had 300 honks,” Thirlwall said on the highway near Thetis Lake. “Since we’ve left Nanaimo, it’s

been great with lots of honks.”On hour 27 of his trek, Thirlwall and a small

entourage of supporters arrived at the Boys & Girls Club Yates Street of ce at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, soaked and worn out. He sat down and drank a coffee.

“He was right on time and his family arrived and his baby was here,” said Patti Sullivan, executive director of club services for Greater Victoria. “We we all awestruck, we are still awestruck. It was pretty awesome.”

Sullivan was grateful that Thirlwall was giving back to an organization that helped the 24-year-old during his teen years. At last count, he raised $1,600 in a day for the Boys & Girls Club anti-bullying program.

Donations for Thirwall’s Tutu Walk for Hope can be given directly to the Boys & Girls Club of Victoria either by calling 250-384-9133 or online at bgcvic.org, when donating specify the dona-tion is for the Tutu Walk for Hope.

Don DentonRyan Thirlwall marched along the Trans-Canada Highway on Monday and Tuesday on his way from Nanaimo to the Boys & Girls Club in downtown Victoria.

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The union wants more paid time outside the classroom – sick leave for teachers on call, expanded bereavement and discretionary leave.

The government wants more time for teacher training and to ensure that Pro-D days really are for professional development.

The union says all teaching positions should be selected on the basis of seniority. The government supports seniority but qualifications must also count so that math teachers teach math, and science teachers teach science.

The union says that teachers who perform poorly in evaluations will be dismissed – ‘one strike and you’re out’.

The government wants to support teacher improvement through a standardized evaluation process.

The union says that government refuses to negotiate. There has been over a year of negotiations and 78 full bargaining sessions.

The union says that class size limits have been eliminated. Class size limits will remain in place on all grades across BC.

The union says that BC has 700 fewer special needs teachers. 2100 new teaching assistants have been hired since 2001. And, with a new $165 million Learning Improvement Fund, we will hire more.

The BCTF is demanding a 15 per cent wage hike and other benefits that would cost $2 billion and raise taxes for BC families. Virtually all other public sector unions have settled for no wage increases.

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Cowichan Valley Arts Council encourages the ne art of patriotismCowichan Valley Arts Council encourages the ne art of patriotismKrista SiefkenNews Leader Pictorial

It can be dif cult to express in words how you feel about your country.

So it’s fortunate the Cowichan Valley Arts Council has launched

its second Why I Love Canada project, which transforms Cowichanians’ feel-ings about their country into art.

The valley’s art council is taking the question to the community, solicit-ing answers to the broad question — “What is it that makes Canada my home?” — in person and via email.

The answers, meanwhile, will form ve themes.“Local artists will then be invited

to collaborate with each other and submit a proposal that interprets one of the themes,” a CVAC press release explains. “Of those groups, ve will be awarded commissions valued at $400

each.”A similar project last year boasted

just one prize.“It was interesting to see how people

put their feelings about Canada into an artistic portrayal,” project spokesman Robert Radford said.

“This year, we have placed much more emphasis on collaboration be-tween a broad spectrum of artists,” he added in a press release.

He told the News Leader Pictorial that answers to the project’s founding question have already started pouring in.

Some people cite Canada’s natural beauty, or the social and cultural diver-sity of its people.

“It’s been interesting,” said Radford. “The responses we’re getting have been varied — which is what we wanted, of course.”

Comments about Canada can be emailed to [email protected].

A panel of adjudicators will select ve themes from the submissions, then

groups of artists have until May 15 to

submit a proposal.The successful groups will be an-

nounced June 30, and they’ll then be

given $400 each to complete their project, ranging from ne to perform-ing art.

Funding for the project, CVAC’s press release states, comes from an anonymous Cowichanian concerned about Canada’s place “in the present global reality.”

“We are very much looking forward to the responses we receive from the community,” Radford added. “These answers will form the foundation of the project. It is certainly a large question with lots of room for artistic interpretation. We are fortunate to have so many artists and artisans in the Cowichan Valley who I am con dent will come together to do justice to the question.”

For more information, visit POR-TALS - The CVAC Centre for Arts, Culture and Heritage at 2687 James St. in Duncan, visit the Cowichan Valley Arts Council website, or call 250-746-1633.

Andrew LeongThe Cowichan Valley Arts Council is urging all patriotic artists to get cracking.

Friday, March 16, 2012A16 Cowichan News Leader Pictorial Friday, March 16, 2012 Cowichan News Leader Pictorial A17

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Ballet Victoria gives the Four Seasons a new twistBallet Victoria gives the Four Seasons a new twist


Ballet Victoria gave classical music a whole new twist during a dual Duncan debut Saturday.

A sparse crowd of about 200 was thrilled by the creativ-

ity that’s become the capital company’s trademark.

This time, lead choreographer/dancer Paul Destrooper and his pliable troupe forever transformed Chopin’s Preludes, and Vivaldi’s Four Seasons, into a riot of diverse motion and feeling.

Sandrine Cassini designed the memorably abstract moves behind act one’s Twelve, backed by Chopin’s music performed by

island-based pianist Sarah Hagen.Pairings, groupings and the full company

gave us some of the best turns a body can de-liver in this gyroscope of simple black out ts.

Fog lent a subconscious mood during modern-dance gears greased by ballet.

The halting syncromesh of romance’s complexities were slyly illustrated in this playfully robotic number.

Dancers rolled, twirled, bent, laid, ducked — and were even stacked — in Cassini’s splendidly different search for logic in love’s painfully addictive grip.

Stuff like this has become normal for BV that always offers a tasteful contrast to purely classical fare from the National Ballet of Canada and other traditional professionals.

That’s also why we accepted guys wearing snow-white skirts during act two’s multi-me-dia masterwork Four West Coast Seasons.

Aptly narrated by Linda Rogers’ haiku poems — read by B.C. Lt.-Gov. Steven Point — Destrooper and crew hung four Sal-ish artworks above the stage.

Each represented autumn (Rande Cook),

Winter (Tom Hunt), Spring (Dylan Thomas), and Summer (Cowichan’s lessLIE).

The island’s deft Ensemble Diemecke quintet backed 11 dancers personifying nature’s seasonal rites, eternally guarded by the wily white and black ravens (Destrooper and Cassini).

Jane Wood’s ultra-simple costumes lent colour — or lack thereof — to each season: rust, brown and orange for autumn (Tao Kerr); the vacant white of winter (Robb Beresford); dainty tulip red for spring (Andrea Bayne); and vibrant orange and red swimsuits for summer (Cobble Hill’s Christie Wood).

The muscular ebb and ow of relation-ships were seen during courtship, solemn ennui, arguments (ravens fencing with violin bows), and new life through the birth of summer.

As usual, Ballet Victoria used a crowbar of imagination and movement to pry open senses numbed by mass media.

Multi-media ballet rating: 9 emotions out of 10. Andrew Leong

Andrea Bayne and Ballet Victoria offer a tasteful contrast to classical ballet.

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1956: teachers1956: teachersAt a meeting of the Lake

Cowichan Teachers’ Association, Messrs. R. E. Coates and R. J. Walsh and Mrs. P. Kershaw were elected delegates to the B.C. teach-ers’ annual general meeting. Mr. A. O. Palsson would also attend.DDATELINE: COWICHANATELINE: COWICHAN

1956: shipbuilding1956: shipbuildingAt Bird’s Eye Cove Shipyards, fi ve

men were building a 36-foot diesel cruiser for a buyer in Vancouver, said shipyard owner Alban Taylor. Various hardwoods and cedar planking were being used on the biggest boat every built there.

1956: speakers1956: speakersNitinat’s Ron Watson, Mr. and

Mrs. Burly Bowler and Mr. and Mrs. Harold MacKay were among the graduates in the Lake Cowichan 14-week Dale Carnegie effective speaking and human relations course.by Ann Andersenby Ann Andersen

Pictures of the PastPictures of the PastThe front view of Commercial Hotel on Duncan Street sometime after 1965. It burnt in May 1990 and was torn down in August 1990.—We want your historical photos of Cowichan people and places. Email a high resolution jpeg along with your phone number and a brief explanation to

[email protected]. Or drop by during regular offi ce hours and we’ll scan it in. More heritage photos are available for viewing online at www.cowichanvalleymuseum.bc.ca.

courtesy Cowichan Valley Museum and Archive

Hotel slated to join Hotel slated to join mill in Croftonmill in CroftonDateline 1956: Dateline 1956: Osborne Bay hotel takes shapeOsborne Bay hotel takes shapeAnn AndersenNews Leader Pictorial

The ill-health of the forest industry has had a chilling effect on the valley recently as we observe what is hap-pening at Crofton’s Catalyst pulp and paper mill.

How different from March 1956 when valley smiles were wide as residents anticipated completion of a

British Columbia Forest Products $36-million mill that would use forestry waste to make kraft sulphate pulp.

In the village of Crofton, Percy Newman, well-known Vancou-ver Olympic and Empire Games swimming coach, was part of a mainland and island business group nancing construction of a new 30-room two-storey building.

The name of the $250,000 structure would be Osborne Bay Hotel. Facing the sea, the hotel would rise on the northerly edge of 23.8 acres of land formerly owned by Mr. Fred Arscott, Duncan, who’d held the property for many years after purchasing it from Mr. Jack Williams, a former Duncan second-hand dealer.

According to Norman, the hotel, being designed by Vancouver architect Douglas Miller would stand near the Crofton Road and would command a view down Chaplin Street — the connecting road to the government wharf and ferry slip. It would be on rising ground about a quarter mile west of the seafront.


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Mike Macdonald gures suf cient time has passed since he last did stand-up in Cowichan.

“I think it’s been long enough that all the restraining orders have run out,” he joked on the phone from the Okanagan.

The Canadian comedian visits the valley next week, doing shows in Duncan and Crof-ton with fellow comic Matt Billon.

“It’s going to be a good show from start to nish,” said Billon. “You’ll have a sore stomach the next day at work.”

Both Macdonald and Billon have spent years making names for themselves across North America and abroad.

Billon’s been on the stand-up scene for a dozen years or so, while Macdonald’s been around for decades.

“Mike pretty much paved the way for all Canadian comics,” Billon said.

“He was the rst to go down south to HBO and David Letterman. He’s de nitely a living legend.”

The pair has travelled together for the Blackjack Comedy Tour four times now, and are stoked to be visiting the island next week.

“If the shows we’re doing there are half as good as the shows we’ve done this week,

wow, it’s gonna be great,” Macdonald promised.

“Mike is so animated — he’s one of the most animated comics in the world — so it’s great,” added Billon. “I always learn a lot from him.”

Billon said the two acts complement one another.

“Between the two of us we cover a lot of topics. It’s different for each tour — we always bring something new to the table — but for myself, a lot of the stuff is road stories, and I play quite a bit with the crowd.”

The duo certainly has plenty of road tales to draw from — they tour extensively.

“The best thing — and the thing studio people hate — is people like me and Matt who can afford to stay out there and not starve, and just do stand-up,” said Macdonald.

Macdonald and Billon are no strangers to TV spots, but shy away from penny-pinching, over-controlling studio execs.

“Fortunately, this may not be the easier life for us, but we can afford to starve a little bit more, and do the stand-up.”

The tough part for Macdonald is leaving behind his wife and 17 cats, of which two are diabetic.

And the journeying presents its own jokes — although not always solicited ones.

“Sometimes audience members get con-fused and think we’re looking for jokes,” Macdonald said. “They’ll come up after a show to tell us jokes, and some of them, wow. Like, I’ve been married for 30 years and I

love my wife, and some guy will come up after a show and tell me a really lthy anti-wife joke.”

So rest assured the comedians will come prepared with their own material.

All the audience has to do is sit back, relax, and enjoy the show.

“We’re both non-threatening comics. We really want everyone to have a good time,” Billon said. “I may take the odd ribbing to a crowd member, but it’s all in good fun, and from start to nish it should be a great show.”

Your ticketWhat: Blackjack Comedy Tour with Mike

Macdonald and Matt BillonWhen/Where: Wednesday at 8 p.m. at the

Duncan Garage Showroom; Thursday at 8 p.m. at the Crofton Hotel

Tickets: $20 in advance/$25 door in Duncan on Wednesday; $20 in Crofton on Thursday

Matt Billon, right, calls Mike Macdonald, above, the man who paved the way for Canadian stand-up comics with his trips south of the border for HBO and the David Letterman show.

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Verdi’s Ernani Live at the Met postponedVerdi’s Ernani Live at the Met postponedSaturday’s edition of Live At The Met has been

rescheduled to new date and time.May 12 at 9 a.m. is when Cowichan audiences can

expect to take in the spectacle of Angela Meade (left) on centre stage as Elvira in Verdi’s thrilling early gem Ernani, set in Spain, 1519.

Salvatore Licitra is her mismatched lover, Ernani, and

all-star Verdians Dmitri Hvorostovsky (Don Carlo) and Ferruccio Furlanetto (De Silva) round out the cast in this Live At The Met production broadcast in high-defi nition on the Cowichan Theatre’s big screen.

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Cowichan Valley Potters: spring show and sale, featuring ready-to-frame painting, cards and pottery, 10 a.m. St. Peter’s Anglican Church, 5800 Church Rd, North Cowichan. Call 250-737-1275

Retro Man: Andrew McCor-mack entertains on Patrick’s Day at the Chemainus Legion. Mar 17. Dinner and Dance. 5:30 p.m. Tickets: 250-246-4532.

St. Patrick’s Dance: Irish stew and biscuits, then dance to the music of Danny and the Seniors at The Valley Seniors, 198 Government St., Duncan, Happy Hour starts at 6 p.m. Cost is $8.Call 250-746-4433 for more.

Shiatsu Workshop: Relief for people with hand, wrist, and/or arm pain from repetitive work in a non-profi t event with proceeds going to charity, 5 p.m. Island Savings Centre - Mesachie Room. Call 250-589-8655.

SaturdaySaturday Black Gold Composting work-

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St. Patrick’s Tea: entertain-ment by Lost Cause at The Valley Seniors, 198 Govern-ment St., Duncan, 1 p.m. Cost is $4. Call 250-746-4433 for more.

Bluegrass Fever with Corn-shed: a mini-bluegrass festival,

8 p.m., Duncan Garage Show-room, 330 Duncan Street. Tickets are $15 advance, $18 door. Call 250-748-7246.

Free Art Demonstration: join Trisha Klus of The Escape Artists Group for a demo on bookmaking and artists books, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at The Loft Gallery in Mill Bay.

SundaySundayNoodles of the World Open

Mike: Singer Joey Belanger hosts multi-talented musi-cians between 1 and 4 p.m. at NOW, 161 Station St., Duncan. No cover. Call 250-597-0313.

MondayMondayBeginners: Dad has cancer

and a male lover in this Reel Alternatives movie presen-tation, 7 p.m., Cowichan Theatre. Tickets $12. Call 250-748-7529. Proceeds to Cowichan Hospice.

North Cowichan budget: May-or Jon Lefebure presents an overview of the draft budget, small group discussions will identify what’s good, what’s a problem, and what citizens don’t understand, 7 p.m., Chemainus Seniors Drop-in Centre, 9824 Willow Street, Sponsored by the Chemainus Residents Association. For in-formation, call 250-324-3307.

Dads Make a Difference: for men to better improve their relationship with themselves, their families, and with their community. 6 p.m., in the boardroom at Duncan Thrifty Foods. Call 250-597-2801, [email protected]

TuesdayTuesday

Holding Your Own in a Relationship: drop-in educa-tional workshops for women experiencing relationship threats, confl ict, abuse and/or violence, Tuesday mornings

at 9:30 a.m. There is no cost. Contact the Cowichan Women Against Violence Society 250-748-7000. This week’s session is Staying or Leaving?

Cowichan Spirit of Women: general meeting, 1:30 pm Lower Duncan City Hall. Enter by side door. All welcome.

De ning Diversity, Creat-ing Community: A 48-minute documentary presentation with discussion to follow. The fi lm explores diversity in a small town, sharing the stories of people as they fi nd their place in a continuously trans-forming community, 7 p.m. auditorium, VIU Cowichan Campus. Admission is free. Call 250-748-3112.

The Flora and Fauna of Austra-lia: naturalists Gail and Steve Mitchell speak to the Cowichan Valley Naturalists, 7:30 pm at the Freshwater EcoCentre 1080 Wharncliffe Road in Duncan. Everyone is welcome at this free public presentation.

Andrew LeongDuncan Kinsmen Club president Greg Powers hands the keys to a new garage-turned-garden-base to Doug Orr of the Clements Centre in February. The Kinsmen renovated the facility for residents of a North Cowichan Community Living group home.

Your Cowichan Valley events calendarYour Cowichan Valley events calendar

Got an event that needs publicity?Log onto cowichannewsleader.com, scroll down to the calendar and click “add event.”

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Weather forecastWeather forecastThe weekend: 40 per cent chance of showers, H 7C, L 0CMonday: cloudy, H7 C, L -3CMidweek: 60 per cent chance of rain, H 10C, L 2C

courtesy Chris Carss

Piano virtuoso Anton Kuerti em-braces his son Julian after Julian conducted Anton and the Victoria Symphony Orches-tra through a Mar. 11 show at the Cowichan Theatre.

Andrew Leong


H.W. WallaceCremation & Burial Centre Inc

250-701-0001251 Jubilee St.

Email: [email protected] www.hwwallacecbc.comLocally Owned & Operated

Afforable cremation and burial options including natural services

Bronze & granite headstones Pre-arrangements

Phone: (250) 746-2500Fax: (250) 746-2513

Email: [email protected]: http://www.cvrd.bc.ca

COWICHAN VALLEYREGIONAL DISTRICT

175 Ingram StreetDuncan, B.C. V9L 1N8

The Cowichan Valley Regional District is inviting expressions of interest for the provision of food and beverage services at the Island Savings Centre.

Please note that an expression of interest document outlining conditions, and the expectations of respondents, is available by contacting John Elzinga, Manager, Island Savings Centre, (250)746-0400, [email protected]. Mr. Elzinga can also be contacted regarding any questions on this process.

It is the intent of this request for expressions of interest for food and beverage services at the Island Savings Centre, that the CVRD will be able to determine community interest in this opportunity.

Although it is currently permissible for user groups to cater their own functions, it is the intent of the Island Savings Centre to have one established food and beverage service provide for the public at the facility.

Please submit by 2:00 local time April 30, 2012 to:

JOHN ELZINGA,Manager, Island Savings Centre2687 James StreetDuncan, BC V9L 2X5

REQUEST FOREXPRESSIONS OF

INTERESTFOOD & BEVERAGE

OPPORTUNITYISLAND SAVINGS CENTRE

FAMILY ANNOUNCEMENTS

IN MEMORIAM

FUNERAL HOMES

FAMILY ANNOUNCEMENTS

IN MEMORIAM

COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS

COMING EVENTS

CALL FOR ENTRIES10TH ANNUAL

Kitty Coleman WoodlandArt & Bloom Festival.

Fine Art and Quality Crafts Juried Show.

Presented in a spectacular outdoor setting May 19,20, 21

Applications for Artisans are available at

woodlandgardens.ca or phone 250-338-6901

FUNERAL HOMES

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COMING EVENTS

Canadian Cancer Society Daffodil Lunch, Wed. Mar 28. Eagles Hall, 11:30 am, Tickets $10.00 at offi ce 100-394 Dun-can St. or call 250-746-4134

COWICHAN SECONDARY DRY GRAD COMMITTEE asks for your bottle/can recy-cling donations. Please recy-cle at Cowichan Valley Bot-tle Depot on Norcross Rd under the name Cowichan Senior Secondary Dry Grad 2012. Thank you in advance for your donations!!!

ST. PATRICKS DAY Dance

Sat March 17 Local Rock Band

8 pm - 11 DJ to follow

Members & guests welcome!

COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS

TENDERS

Mon-Fri 8-5 Sat 9-5

Windshield Replacementand Repair• Auto • Home • Business

186 Ingram St., Duncanopposite Post Offi ce

Fax: 250 746-4642 250 746 4824Email: [email protected]

www.dobsonsglass.com

Fax: 250-746-4642 250-746-4824186 Ingram St., Duncan

opposite Post Offi ce

Serving theCowichan Valley

since 1903

RalphLucas

JustinMike

Ed

Windshield Replacementand Chip Repair• Auto • Home • Business

Glass, Mirrors, Steamed Thermal Pane Replacement, Thermal Panes & Screens

INFORMATION INFORMATION

PERSONALS

1960’s man now retired, seeks active, educated com-panion with country roots for dating & musical adventures. Family man, will travel. Reply to File A970, c/o The News Leader Pictorial, #2-5380 TCH, Duncan, BC, V9L 6W4

55 YEAR SWM, non-smoking, would like to meet slim, active lady for friendship, social & outdoor activities in south & mid Island. Must like animals. Reply to PO Box 31143, Vic-toria, BC V8N 6J3

PERSONALS

YOUNG at heart, 47 SWM, looking for a female, 35-51, that likes the outdoors and working out. Camping, hiking, movies and the fi ner things in life. If sitting at home with the fi re and a glass of wine sounds like something that would interest you, please email so that we see if our in-terests are mutual. Please email me at [email protected].

Recognize Habits and Patterns

Techniques Include:Hypnosis E.F.T. T.A.T.

WHEEBarbara Adelborg C.M.H., H.T. is a Certifi ed Hypnotherapist

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• Self Esteem/Confi denceFor Over 20 Years

Assisting People in the Valley

Let’s getLet’s get personal…personal…the right person is

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ST. PATRICKS DAYDANCE

Sat., March 17at Duncan Elks

Local Rock Band8 pm - 11 pmDJ to follow

Members & GuestsWelcome!


Expecting a Baby orPlanning a Wedding?

Be sure to check out Welcome Wagon’s Baby Showerand Bridal Showcase!

Sunday, March 25, 2012Travelodge Hotel Duncan

Exhibitor Displays, Fashion Shows, Giveaways, Great Prizes.FREE ADMISSION

To register please visit welcomewagon.ca orcall Marsha at 250-732-3315

Tracy BulcockCONGRATULATES

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Winner of our $100 furnace oil draw.You could be a winner too.

Call for details!

746-4511

PERMANENT CARRIERS REQUIRED ON THE FOLLOWING ROUTES:

Deliver the News Leader Pictorialon Wednesdays & Fridays AND SHAPE UP

CALL LARA NOW 250-746-4471 Extension 224

CHEMAINUS455850 – View St (56 papers)455860 – 3256-3344 Cook, 10028-10042

Victoria (37 papers)455902 – Cochrane, Maxwell, Robertson,

Victoria (38 papers)455952 – Chapman, McKay, Victoria

(31 papers)456250 – Alder, Chemainus, Cypress, Croft,

Laurel, Legion, Mill, Spruce, Willow, Victoria (125 papers)

COBBLE HILL203100 – Allan, 852-1044 Hutchinson, Keeling,

Ravencrest (39 papers)203135 – Cedarwood, Cowerd (48 papers)

COWICHAN BAY253502 – Botwood, 1659-1846 Cowichan Bay

Rd, Wessex (71 papers)

CROFTON503602 – Babine Pl/Rd, Osborne Bay Rd,

Peterson (39 papers)

*all paper counts are approximates

Journeyman Technician Excellent opportunity for a journeyman technician in Small rural community in the Northwest. Family operated GM Dealership with excellent working conditions and quality of life. Become a key member of our service team. Re-location allowance for the right candidate. Competitive wage and bene tpackage. GM experience preferred but not required.

Fax resume to:250-847-2171 or

email [email protected]

Get comfortable with your career

Are you seeking a career as a mortgage specialist, or are you a current mortgage professional searching for new opportunities?

TD Canada Trust has everything you need. We provide new Mobile Mortgage Specialists with outstanding training from industry-leading experts committed to developing mortgage professionals and helping to grow their business. Plus, with TD Canada Trust, you’ll gain access to our network of support – ready to offer comprehensive education, technology and sales assistance.

Margaret HuismanSales Manager, Mobile Mortgage SpecialistsT: 250 881 2491, [email protected]

is seeking an eager, knowledgeable quilter who has a desire to provide

excellent customer service and also work as a team player. Full time position

including weekends.

Please drop off resume at Fabricland,

attention: Sharon Henderson.

7030 Trans Canada Hwy Box 278, Duncan, BC V9L 3X4

Ph: 250-746-3100 Fax: 250-746-3133 www.northcowichan.ca

MUNICIPALITY of North COWICHAN

North Cowichan invites applicants for the position of Financial and Asset Management Accountant. Reporting to the Director of Finance, the Asset Management Accountant will have excellent analytical and organization skills, combined with a high degree of professional judgement. View full job posting details and requirements, as well as how to apply, by selecting ‘Employment Opportunities’ from ‘Quick Links’ on our website.

Life-Skills for Employment

is starting again soon…

The Community Options Society is running its pre-employment program for youth between the ages of 15 and 30 that helps to develop skills and the confi dence and tools necessary to secure employment. Learn about problem solving, feedback, stereotypes, goal setting, resume writing, job searches, networking and much more.

• The program runs April 10, 2012 to June 29, 2012 -Mon-Fri 9 to 3pm

• Participants are paid while attending• Contact Mary, Brenda or Jarred at 250-748-0232

We have a limited number of spaces available for the program. Please contact us as soon as possible so we can determine your eligibility and set up an interview.

The Government of Canada has contributed funding to this initiative


LEGAL NOTICES

INFORMATIONINFORMATION

LEGAL NOTICES

COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTSCOMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS

LEGALS

Notice to CreditorsJoseph Edmund Pineault,

deceased, formerly of # 118, 80 Tenth Street,

Nanaimo, B.C. are required to send full

particulars of such claims to the undersigned executor at

15-355 Day Road,Duncan, B.C. V9L 3K4,

on or before the 31st day of March 2012, after which date the estate’s assets will be distributed, having regard only to the claims that have been received.

Brian Pineault, Executor

LOST AND FOUND

LOST: BLACK Manx cat, fe-male, medium sized, short tail, Maple Bay Rd. area. Call 250-597-1060.

HELP WANTED HELP WANTED


LOST AND FOUND

LOST- LAST seen Mar 11 male white lab husky x wear-ing a back pack on long leash, answers to Lucas. Needs medication. If found please (250)597-8700, 250-732-4762.

The News Leader Pictorial offi ce is holding several sets of “found” keys”, since March 2003. Stop into the offi ce and see if any belong to you. #2-5380 Trans Canada Hwy, Duncan, next to Buckerfi elds

TRAVEL

GETAWAYS

LONG BEACH - Ucluelet - Deluxe waterfront cabin,

sleeps 6, BBQ.Spring Special. 2 nights $239 / 3 nights $299.Pets Okay. Rick 604-306-0891

EDUCATION/TRADE SCHOOLS

FOODSAFE AT Island Savings Centre, March 31st & April 28th courses 8:30-4:30 $65. 250-746-4154 www.saferfood.ca

HELP WANTED

CAREER OPPORTUNITIES

EDUCATION/TRADE SCHOOLS

HEAVY EQUIPMENTOPERATOR TRAINING

Get Practical SkillsThat Get Jobs

Vancouver Island University training for over 50 years, No simulators. Low student / instructor ratio.

1-888-920-2221 ext: 6130www.viu.ca/

heavyequipment

HELP WANTED

An earthmoving company based in Edson Alberta requires a full time Heavy Duty Mechanic for fi eld and shop work. We require Cat Doz-er/Deere excavator experience. You will work a set schedule for days on and off. Call Lloyd @ 780-723-5051

SHERWOOD HOUSE. Casual on call housekeeper 1 day per week, plus holiday coverage. Must be experienced and love working worth seniors. Please bring resumes with references to Audrey Norman, 280 Gov-ernment St., Duncan.

HELP WANTED

CAREER OPPORTUNITIES

Do you ever ask yourselfHow can _I_

make a difference?Contact us, and together we

can plant the seeds ofchange, because Volunteers

Grow Community.250-748-2133

www.volunteercowichan.bc.ca

HUSBAND FOR HIRE. Noth-ing but the best. Carpenter,plumber, painter, electrician,pressure washing. Just ask mywife! Call 250-746-4493 or250-709-1111

HELP WANTED

COBBLE HILL Pacifi c Homes-Pacifi c

Trussis looking for Truss, En-gineered Wall Systems and EWP Sales Reps for contractor and residential sales. Under direct su-pervision, they will repre-sent the company provid-ing sales and customer service at the customers site; facilitate generating sales by gathering data for technical staff related to customer needs and design specifi cations and act as company liaison. To apply or receive more information email:lorne.winship@pacifi cbuildingsystems.comhttp://pacific-homes.net http://pacifi ctruss.net/243102

GREENSKEEPER WANTEDCowichan Golf & Country Clubhas a greenskeeper positionavailable. Horticultural knowl-edge and experience is con-sidered an asset. Email youresume and cover letter toDave Purslow at: [email protected]

LIBRA TREE is looking for ex-perienced tree workers. Climb-ing or lift truck exp. an asset.Must have DL, P.P.E.. Goodwages and benefi ts. Email [email protected] with re-sume and ref’s. Local work.

MECHANIC WANTED: Cowichan Golf & Country Clubis seeking a qualifi ed mechan-ic for their maintenance de-partment as soon as possible.Golf Course experience is anasset. Email your resume andcover letter to Dave Purslow [email protected]

PIONEER HOUSE now hiringFT/PT dishwasher. Apply withresume to Mark or Matt, 4675TC Hwy, Duncan, B.C. or byemail: [email protected]

RV Lot/Shop Assistant. Mustbe mature, mechanically in-clined & good work ethics. Re-sumes & references to Coun-trySide RV 4831 TransCanada Hwy, Duncan(250) 746-1699

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HOME CARE/SUPPORT

RESIDENTIAL MANAGER Vancouver Island Community Connections Inc has an open-ing for a manager with previ-ous management training & experience. Knowledge of the Community Living fi eld and CARF accreditation process an asset. Candidate will need strong leadership skills and experience working with peo-ple with learning diffi culties and behaviours that challenge. Candidate will possess excel-lent communication, interper-sonal and organizational skills as well as strong computer skills. Duties include leading and supervising staff; this po-sition also requires the manag-er to participate in an average of three residential shifts per week. Ability to plan, organize, control and evaluate the deliv-ery of care and all aspects of daily household management. Requires valid class 5 driver’s license and reliable vehicle, driver’s abstract, clear TB test, criminal record check, OFA level 1 First Aid, Food Safe and non-violent crisis interven-tion training. Wage to be de-termined; full-time includes on-call and weekends. Fax: 250-338-7134 or Email: [email protected] Attention: Carol Gjesdal

PERSONAL SERVICES

FINANCIAL SERVICES

GET BACK ON TRACK! Bad credit? Bills? Unemployed? Need Money? We Lend! If you own your own home - you qualify. Pioneer Acceptance Corp. Member BBB. 1-877-987-1420.

www.pioneerwest.com

PERSONAL SERVICES

FINANCIAL SERVICES

HAIRSTYLISTS

HAIRDRESSING in your home, Cowichan Valley area. Barb Stewart. 250-715-6568

LEGAL SERVICES

CRIMINAL RECORD?Guaranteed Record Removal

since 1989. Confi dential, Fast, & Affordable. Our A+BBB Rating

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MERCHANDISE FOR SALE

FREE ITEMS

FREE: FILL, we will deliver. Mill Bay-Chemainus. Call Main Road Contracting at 250-746-7510, 250-743-8931 or 1-250-391-7310.

FUEL/FIREWOOD

5 CORDS of Mill ends, $295 delivered. Or you pick up, $50 pickup load. Call us at (250)416-0069.

SEASONED DRY Fir/Maple, split, delivered, cut to length, $200 delivered, Ladysmith to Mill Bay. 250-597-3760

SEASONED FIREWOOD Vancouver Island’s largest fi re-wood producer offers fi rewood legally obtained during forest restoration, large cords. Help restore your forest, Burndrywood.com 1-877-902-WOOD.

GARAGE SALES

CHEMAINUS. Downsizing for retirement indoor sale! Sat Mar 17, 9-3, 3262 Dog-wood Rd, 1.5 km north of Chemainus on Chemainus Rd. (turn toward the ocean). 3500 SXKC Honda generator, large wire dog pen, vehicle ramps, small tools, fi shing, boating, camping, household, china and glass.

CROFTON, ESTATE SALE: Sat., March 17th, 8-4pm. 8011 Glenhurst Ave, off Adelaide. Piano, dining room suite, china cabinet, dressers, beds, etc...

DUNCAN: Duncan Commu-nity Lodge Society is having a Block Party and Inside Garage Sale! March 17th, 8am-2pm, 2244 Moose Rd. BBQ provid-ed by 3rd Quamichan Scouts. $10/table. For table rentals call 250-732-3770 or email [email protected]


GARAGE SALES

FUNDRAISER SALE, Fri March 23 & Sat March 24, 10 to 3, at the Duncan Christian School Elementary Gymn, 495 Beech Ave off Trunk Rd. Many new items, lifejackets, new music CD’s, Crayola items, scrapbooking, & more! Come join us for lunch. Proceeds for Harvest House Food Bank, and Duncan Christian School. More info call (250)246-9917

PARENTS UNITEGARAGE SALE

Huge event with 66 tables of children’s toys, clothing

& family goods.Saturday, March 31st

9:00 - 12 noonIsland Savings Centre

Multi-Purpose HallTables still available: $19.

For more info call: (250)748-7529

Swap Meet Cobble Hill Hall

Under new management. Every Sunday, 10am-3pm. 3550 Watson Ave.

250-743-7018

JEWELS, FURS

BUY, SELL, Watches, Estate Jewellery, Gold, Diamonds, Repairs, Custom designs. St. Thomas Gold & Silver, 895 Fort Street, Victoria, 250-380-7698.

MISCELLANEOUS FOR SALE

CLOTHING CONSIGNMENT Store opening soon in Crofton! Women, Children & Infant wear. Please call 250-732-5537 to consign your items.

LARGE DRESSER, 6 small drawers, 3 lg, mirror, $40 obo. (250)743-6543, 250-710-6568



HERITAGE PAWN BARGAINS!!

40” Sony LCD TV, fi shing gear, belly boat, 3100 and

1500 PSI pressure washers, new Delta scroll saw, quad loading ramps, North River

waders, Home Theatre surround systems.

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HOT TUB (SPA) COVERS. Best price. Best quality. All shapes & colours available. 1-866-652-6837 www.thecoverguy.com/news-paper?

WHERE BUYERS AND SELLERS MEET



VENDING MACHINE FOR SALE

ONLY $500* Perfect working order

* 9 selections (perfect for candy bars, chips, etc.)

* Programmable* Comes with manual

* Accepts quarters, nickels and dimes

* 2 shelves for storage* Measures 65” high, 28”

deep, 26” wideCall Kim, Mon-Fri, 8:30 am to 5pm

(250) 746-4451 ext. 223

REAL ESTATE

HOMES WANTED

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Pretty House? Moving? Divorcing? Estate Sale?

We will Buy your HouseQuick Cash & Private.Mortgage Too High and

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REAL ESTATE

MORTGAGES

RENTALS

APARTMENT/CONDO

Has a noisy partner and is taking new clients.

Lawncare • Planting • Design • Maintenance250-710-0725

“A Yard or Two Delivery Service”

CallDave (250) 246-0333

JUNK ANDRUBBISHREMOVAL

• Top Soil• Sea Soil• Compost• Manure• Bark Mulch• Gravel• Sand

Custom On Site Milling, Siding, Fencing, Beams, Lumber Grading, Lumber Sales, Cedar, Fir & Clears Excavator c/w Thumb

Fully Insured

250-743-8284 or [email protected]

P.M. MOBILE MILLING LTD.

Service DirectoryHOME/BUSINESS SERVICES

ACCOUNTING/TAX/BOOKKEEPING

EXCEL BOOKKEEPING SERVICES. Small to medium businesses. (250)597-1313.

QUICKBOOKS BOOKKEEP-ING & training for sm business and personal records, reliable service. Lynn 250-732-3605.

CARPENTRY

COMPLETE carpentry & build-ing service. Interior & exterior. Stairs, decks, reno’s, pressure washing, windows, gutter cleaning & repairs. Free esti-mates. Larry (250) 701-1362

DAVID GALE Construction, for all your renovation needs. - 26 yr. exp. 250-746-9956 www.davidgaleconstruction.ca

EXPERT JOURNEYMAN car-penter, 30 yrs exp. For all car-pentry facets. 250-732-3605.

GARDENING

HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES

COMPUTER SERVICES

ABLE COMPUTER REPAIRIn-home service. Seniors’

discount. Nico 250-746-6167

DRAFTING & DESIGN

DESIGN FOR PERMIT. 26 years experience. Integra Design 250-381-4123.

ELECTRICAL

1A ELECTRICIAN, licenced, bonded, Small Jobs Specialist, panel upgrades and renos. All work guaranteed since 1989. Rob at 250-732-PLUG (7584).

250-743-0326. ELECTRICIAN Licensed and bonded. Rea-sonable rates, free estimates, upgrades & renos. Call Kelly.

GARDENING

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FENCING

GARDENING

EXPERIENCED GARDENER Call Raymond (250) 324-3202email: [email protected]

HANDYPERSONS

ALL RUBBISH removal, small renovations, deck work, car-pentry, painting, plumbing, and evestrough cleaning. Seniors discount. Ian 250-743-6776.

HAULING AND SALVAGE


HAULING AND SALVAGE

A1 Hauling/Delivery

250-510-4745Furniture Offi ce EquipmentAppliances Tenant LeftoversYard Waste Lumber Yard P/URubbish Construction Debris

Small Moving Jobs Welcome

Free Estimates 14 yrs. Experience

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Metal, batteries, wine & liquor bottles,

pop & beer tins, juice containers.

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HOME IMPROVEMENTS

SucasaHome Improvements

Treating Your Home like OursOver 25 years of Reliable Service

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HOUSEHOLD SERVICES

* Gutters * Windows* Siding * Moss treatment

* Pressure washing

Mill Bay/Duncan 250-743-3306

Chemainus/Ladysmith 250-324-3343

TREE SERVICES

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LANDSCAPING

Quality Landscape Construction

* Stone Retaining Walls* Landscape Design

www.islandpacifi clandscaping.ca (250) 701-8319

WESTCOAST FOUNTAINS

See your dreamsbecome reality!

Tony 250-741-6646www.westcoastfountains.ca

MASONRY & BRICKWORK

ROMAX MASONRY. Exp’d &Professional. Chimneys, BrickVeneer, Rockwork, CulturedStone, Interlocking Paving.Fully insured. Estimates. Call250-588-9471 - 250-882-5181

PAINTING

PAT THE PAINTER. Small jobs ok. 25 years exp. Seniorsdiscount. Call 250-246-0248.

PLUMBING

A SERVICE PLUMBER. Li-cence, Insured. Drains, HWT,Reno’s, Repairs. Senior Dis-counts. After Hour Service.Call Coval Plumbing, 250-709-5103.

STUCCO/SIDING

STUCCO - Including small jobs and refacing old stucco.Guaranteed. 250-715-5883

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ROWAN PROPERTY MANAGEMENT LTD. (Agent for the Owner) Office: 250-748-9090

[email protected] Mays Rd, Duncan $5752 BR apartment w/2 apps, basic cable incl. 10122 Victoria Rd, Chemainus $795 2 BR sxs duplex w/4 apps,fenced backyard 207-1715 Pritchard Rd, Cow Bay $795 1 BR 2nd floor condo w/ 2 apps,laundry fac. 106-360 Bundock Ave, Duncan $850 1 BR + den executive suite w/ 5 apps,patio *SENIOR FRIENDLY BUILDING (55+)* 3088 Henry Rd, Chemainus $895 3 BR 2 bth lower suite w/ 5 apps, hw floors 31-941 Malone Rd, Ladysmith $9003 BR 2.5 bth townhouse w/ 5 apps, carport 3041 Henry Rd, Chemainus $10003 BR home w/ 4 apps, 2 car garage 2908 Jonas Way, Chemainus $10003 BR 2.5 bth sxs duplex w/ 5 apps, garage 720 Park Pl, Duncan $1095 2 BR upper level home w/ 5 apps, carport 5799 Chesterfield Ave, Duncan $1195 3 BR 2 bth home w/ 4 apps, garage 1822 Deborah Drive, Duncan $1195 3 BR 1.5 bth home w/ 4 apps, workshop 1808 Stamps Rd, Duncan $1200 2BR 2bth cottage on country estate,5 apps 1620 Wilmot Ave, Shawnigan Lk $14003 BR 2 bth home w/5apps,shed,dbl garage 1737 Ordano Rd, Cow Bay$1500 + water3 BR 2.5 bth home w/ 6 apps, $750 rebate2428 Liggett Rd, Mill Bay $1600 + water3 BR 4 bth home w/ 7 apps, in-law suite

For further info please visit our website at: www.rowanproperty.ca

RENTALS

APARTMENT/CONDO

2 bdrm apt in CROFTON. Avail. mid. March. Incl 5 appls. 2nd fl r above quiet Dandy mini storage on Joan Ave. $750. Ref. req. 1 pet considered. N/S pref. Call or text 250-709-1379.

$500/MO STARTING- weeklyavailable, many apartment types, furnished, w/common kitchen. All utils, internet in-cluded. FREE local calls, No Credit Checks. Call Motel, 250-748-0661, (Duncan).

BRIGHT 1 bdrm suite near Shawnigan Village, all util., HDTV & WiFi incl., N/S, N/P, suits quiet person(s), avail May 1st, $675. Call 250-743-6754 evenings

CENTRAL LOCATION, Bachelor, 1 & 2 bdrms, bal-cony, F/S, hot water, parking, pet considered, $525-$850/mo. Call 250-748-7764.

CHEMAINUS 1 BDRM heat & h/w incld. small pet ok. $650. Leave msg (250)245-8869.

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Don BodgerNews Leader Pictorial

Cowichan Thunderbirds boys’ rugby is off to a ying start.

Following joint training sessions with Ladysmith and Brentwood College during the

Joe McGeachy memorial tournament, the team ventured to Velox for a game against Reynolds of Victoria last Monday.

Tyson Stoochnoff broke loose for four tries and kicked a convert, as Cowichan prevailed 27-17. Brandon Kirton added the other try.

A rain-drenched eld didn’t allow either team to play stellar rugby.

Reynolds scored rst, but Cowichan came back for a 15-5 halftime lead. Reynolds evened the score in the second half and then the teams exchanged uncon-verted tries.

Stoochnoff took over from there with two impressive runs for tries off set piece plays. Kieran Lauridsen was a defen-sive standout.

Thursday action had Cowichan hosting Mark Isfeld of Courtenay at the Cowichan Rugby Club and running away with a 36-5 victory.

Scoring was spread around, with two tries and a convert from Drew McCarthy, and single tries by Wyatt MacWatt, Cam Blair-Speirs, Mike

Saline and Noah Dobson. Pat Large and Gregor Grantham each had single conver-sions.

Mark Isfeld is a relatively inexperienced team, but played extremely physical and was full value for being in a 5-5 tie at halftime.

Cowichan brought out the fresh legs while Isfeld had to rely on the same 15 players.

Direct hard running by Blair-Speirs and Dobson paid dividends for Cowichan. That created other gaps in the Isfeld defence exploited by the Cowichan backs.

Large was sensational on defence and orchestrated the attack masterfully.

Next game for the Thunderbirds is at La-dysmith March 27 after the spring break.


Even when the Div. 2 Cowichan Swifts lost, they won.

The Cowichan Ladies’ Field Hockey Association team was beaten 4-1 by the Victoria Lynx Div. 2 in an

Island Ladies’ Field Hockey Association game Saturday at the Cowichan Sportsplex.

But the Lynx used one more than the allowable number of three Div. 1 players and Cowichan wound up winning by default.

The Swifts didn’t nd out they’d won on a forfeit until later.

Standout Cowichan defender Chelsey Cleemoff found out what it was like playing goal. The team’s regular goalie was away and the replace-ment had to leave to play for the other Cowichan Div. 2 team, the Cardinals, in Victoria so she went in for the second half.

Cowichan Valley Soccer As-sociation’s Under 13 Gold boys’ team is basking in the glory of being league champions in the division.

The team had a superb season in the Lower Island Soccer As-sociation, winning 11 times and

tying once in 18 games played.“This was really a team

achievement and every player contributed to our success,’’ not-ed coach Ted Zinkan. “We had a strong defence, fast midfi elders, talented forwards and strikers and an excellent ‘keeper.’’

As Lower Island champions, Cowichan now proceeds directly to the Island Invitational Cup against the Upper Island league winners May 12-13 in Nanaimo.

The team also has the opportu-nity to advance to the U14 Island Premier League next season.

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Stoochnoff runs yield Stoochnoff runs yield four Cowichan triesfour Cowichan triesHigh school rugby:High school rugby: Reynolds can’t slow down scoring surge Reynolds can’t slow down scoring surge while everyone contributes against inexperienced Isfeldwhile everyone contributes against inexperienced Isfeld

Great season by Cowichan U13 Gold boys produces league titleGreat season by Cowichan U13 Gold boys produces league title

The Cowichan Swifts did indeed live up to their name by playing a fast-paced game Saturday at the Cowichan Sportsplex. Right, Kim Smith plays the role of tackler against her Lynx 2 opponent, backed up by Mad-die Smith and Casey Crowley. Below, Tamara Gregus tip-toes down the sideline to keep the ball in play despite the pres-ence of heavy pressure. The Swifts won the game by default when the Lynx used too many Div. 1 players.

Don Bodger

submittedBringing down Cam Blair-Speirs is a tough task for an inexperienced Mark Isfeld team in last Thursday’s high school boys’ rugby game.

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Andrew LeongStop sign is put out by Mike Thorne of Cowichan Eagles No. 2 during Cowichan Indoor Soccer League action Friday night at the Si’em Lelum gym. Curtis Williams of Songhees Falcons and his teammates were unimpressed and romped to a 21-2 victory. Playoffs for the eight teams in the league take place March 31.

Raiders help coach at Duncan football campRaiders help coach at Duncan football campDon BodgerNews Leader Pictorial

Nine players from the Vancou-ver Island Raiders served as guest

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Young Bulldogs learned skills needed for the game from veteran junior players.

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Through sunshine, a strong, cold wind and even snow, the Cowichan Rugby Club’s Third XV Piggies prevailed.

Weather conditions were indeed all over the map, as the Cowichan Thirds recovered from a loss to Velox the previous weekend to defeat the Cast-aways Wanderers 24-17 Sunday at the Herd Road Grounds.

Castaways brought a mix of youth and castoffs of experience and scored at will in the early stages for a 17-5 lead.

With the wind at their backs in the sec-ond half, the local lads came on strong.

Tries were scored by converted hockey player Trevor Gicas, Jarrod Arnasson,

Bruce Moss and speed demon Mike Fransen.

Owen Wood slotted two dif cult con-versions.

Lewkas Quast and Mike Flanders exhibited solid tackling and commitment throughout the game.

The team heads to Powell River this weekend for its nal road match of the season.

Both the Cowichan Div. 1 men and women had weekend byes.

There’s a doubleheader at the Cowichan Rugby Club Saturday, with overlapping games.

The Cowichan women get things started in Big Kahuna Div. 1 against Kelowna at 1 p.m. The Div. 1 men take on Bayside on the adjacent eld at the Herd Road Grounds, beginning at 1:45.


A Kerry Park team landed the combined 70+ seniors-masters provincial curling championship shields at Kimberley.

Skip Cliff Merriam, third Ray Blackwell, second Jim Bowdige and lead John Hollands, with fth Tom Craig, became the rst island team to win the

combined championship after posting a record of ve wins, a loss and a tie.Duncan’s Paul Kondal,

Garry Franklyn, Ken Percival, Bruce Ovans and Ray Holman had a record of 3-3-1 in 60+.

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Don BodgerIt’s a whole bunch against one, as Cowichan’s Bruce Moss leads the tackling on Gord Kehoe of the Castaways, who formerly played for Cowichan, during a Div. 3 men’s rugby game Sunday. Joining Moss in the pursuit of Kehoe from left are: Owen Wood, Iain Cox and Chris Sutherland.

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Hawks and Titans are into the Mill Bay Rec Hockey League’s playoff nal.

The best-of- ve series began Wednesday night at Kerry Park Arena, with game two on Sunday. The third game is next Wednesday and could be nished then if there’s a sweep

for either team.If not, it continues the follow-

ing Sunday and again Wednes-day, if necessary.

“It’s the rst time the Hawks have been in the championship series,’’ said league president Al Johnson.

The Hawks went to ve games to beat the Bruins in the semi nals. They made a huge comeback after dropping the rst two games.The Titans beat the Bucca-

neers in four games in the other semi nal.

The Hawks and Bruins had a great battle in game ve of their series, going to overtime.

Eric Philp scored the winner at 6:41 of overtime. He was in on all four goals in the 4-3 Hawks’ triumph with three goals and an assist.

Linemate Tanner Wiersma, the league’s leading scorer during the regular season, tallied a goal and two assists.

The Hawks took a 2-0 lead on a shorthanded marker by Philp, only to have the Bruins cut the margin to one again on the same power play.

Bruins’ Tyler Branzsen tied it early in the nal period and they went ahead a minute and a half later on a goal by John Dewar.

But Wiersma scored with 3:39 left to send the game into overtime and set the stage for Philp’s heroics.

In game four, the Hawks won 4-2 with an empty-netter. All the goals came from the line of Wiersma, Blair Wallace and Philp.

The Titans won game four of their series against the Bucs 3-2 despite a pair of goals in vain from former Cowichan Valley Capitals’ sniper Jordan Grant.


Duncan Red Hots warmed up for the switch to Midget A girls’ fastpitch this season with a tournament in Las Vegas.

Twenty-two teams were registered in the Under 18 Gold draw and the Red Hots

played against some tough competition. They lost all ve of their games but gained valuable experience.“There were three games that we had opportunities

to win,’’ noted coach Brian Bull. “We were at a bit of a disadvantage going down having not played any games against teams who have been playing since September but I believe we did well.

“Our pitchers did well. They got to face really good batting and can now see the adjustments they will have to make. Our batting showed promise. Some hit better than others and we have to make some adjustments de-fensively playing at the speed of the game down there.’’

Six other Canadian teams that competed there were in the same boat.

“It will make us all better in the end,’’ reasoned Bull. “As I said to the kids, ‘if we were not down there playing, we would still be in the gym. This was a far better experience and we learned a lot as players and coaches.’’’

The rst game at the four- eld Lorenzi Park complex was against the Southern California Magic, a team that placed third in the state last year.

Southern Cal, with 25 games under its belt already, won 12-0.

It didn’t get any easier for the Red Hots in their sec-ond game of the day against the Las Vegas Bulldogs, one of the top teams in Nevada.

The Red Hots started out great by scoring six runs, but the Bulldogs stormed back with nine.

On a large eld and with the ground so hard, the ball got between the elders and rolled to the fences many times, according to Bull.

The game went six innings and the Bulldogs pre-vailed 22-11.

Megan Sakuma hit a home run and a double. Darrian Gerard went two-for-two with a double and a single in

a game that wasn’t exactly a defensive struggle.Back at it for a third game in the same day, the Red

Hots took on the Spokane Diamonds.“This was the best pitcher we faced all weekend,’’

noted Bull.Spokane scored one in the rst inning and added

another in the third. Allie Pellizzaro pitched a great game for the Red Hots with seven strikeouts in four innings but her teammates couldn’t generate anything offensively and a couple of mistakes proved costly in a 2-0 defeat.

The fourth game the next morning was against OC Elite from California at the West Flamingo elds.

“The ball park was a sharp contrast from where we had played the previous day — again, open fences but this time with trees and a skateboard park which were in play in the out eld,’’ Bull indicated.

The game went four innings and the Red Hots put their share of runners on base, but the OC bats were too hot in a 15-2 victory.

The fth game started immediately afterward against G.V. Crush of Colorado, a big team of only nine play-ers.

The Crush went up four in the rst. The Red Hots came back in the third with a three-run homer by Sakuma, only to be countered in the fourth with three from the Crush.

The Red Hots put Carrysa Kinnear on rst with none out in their last at-bat and the top of the order coming

up. Pellizzaro hit a sharp ball towards second and the Crush received a break while trying to turn the double play, as the shortstop never touched the bag, according to Bull, but was given the out.

Katie Lawless then hit a line shot at the pitcher for the second out, Morgan Rogers walked and Jolene Bull ripped another shot at the pitcher that spun her around but she recovered in time to make the nal out in a 7-3 Crush triumph.

The girls also enjoyed some head-turning moments during their free time with such things as a spin on the roller coaster at New York, New York.

The Cowichan Valley Wrestling Club and its na-tional athletes will be host-ing a spring break wrestling camp for boys and girls in Grades 4 to 12.

No previous experience is necessary.

The camp takes place Monday, March 19 and Tuesday, March 20 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. each day at Queen of Angels School.

The cost is $45 per child and wrestlers need to bring a lunch each day.

Participants are required to bring registration forms, shorts, T-shirt, wrestling boots or indoor shoes and a water bottle.

To register, contact Nick Zuback at [email protected].

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Hawks in Hawks in nal for nal for rst time rst timeHeating up:Heating up: There’s no better way for There’s no better way for

Duncan fastpitch girls to prepareDuncan fastpitch girls to prepare Mill Bay rec hockey:Mill Bay rec hockey: Big Big line holds the key to line holds the key to team’s successteam’s success

Wrestling camp teaches technique, skill developmentWrestling camp teaches technique, skill development

submittedDuncan Red Hots enjoy their moments in the Las Vegas heat, taking on some tough Under 18 girls’ fastpitch teams from south of the border. Below, rst baseman Katie Lawless makes a snag.

Andrew LeongMaking a break for it, Duncan Stingrays’ Malia Prystupa, above, Sydney Rhoades, right, and Laura Kissack, far right, all swim in the 200-metre I.M. in their respective age groups during the Stingrays’ Spring Break Invitational meet at the Cowichan Aquatic Centre.

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by Ann Andersen They’ll be in brand-new apartments on their own land in a supported new life close to friends and family; with plenty of cultural supports.These are some of the benefits the first 50 to 60 residents can look forward to later this year when they step over the threshold of Ts’i’ts’iwatul’ Lelum assisted living residence now under construction on the old Mound.“It’s been seven years since we set the vision,” says elder Philomena Alphonse, who has applied to be one of the first residents.“I was still on (Tribes) council then,” adds the 77-year-old former Cowichan chief and councillor.

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place,” she enthuses.“The residents will have independence with supports as they age.”And with a Cowichan Tribes manager and Aboriginal cook already hired, both Alphonse and Johnny are optimistic the cultural goals of the building will be met.“This demonstrates recognition of a strong value in our culture,” smiles Johnny.The 52,000-square-foot building across from Cowichan Tribes office is currently scheduled to be open for elders and people with disability on July 1, says M’akola Housing Society executive director Kevin Albers.Ts’i’ts’iwatul’ Lelum (prounounced Ts-ee-tsu-wa-tul Lay-lum, Hul’qumi’num for Home for Helping Each Other), has been years in the planning and several years in the building.And, confirms Albers, building of the mammoth project is coming in on its original budget of $15 million.“Everything we wanted in the building and in services provided to the residents is there,” he said.

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A Home for Helping Each Other sprouts at the site of the old Mound

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continued from page 4“We haven’t had to cut anything.”This is a unique project for B.C. — funded by provincial dollars and on First Nations land. It will be operated on a day-to-day basis by VIHA.During construction, the building has been pegged as a resource for the whole community.Says Alphonse, who with elder Dora Wilson has taken a key part in discussion with M’akola on the structural aspects of the buildings: “We continue to recommend that the residence be open to relatives of (Tribe) members no matter where they live, as well as the whole community.”The first residents will all be Aboriginal, says Johnny. VIHA will decide who goes in.In terms of health, the assisted-living residence will provide residents with light-housekeeping and meals. This is different from other care homes, like complex-care or residential care, Albers explains. People living in those residences require more help and care.The first thing residents and visitors will see when they enter the building is a towering totem pole carved by Cowichan carver and elder Harold Joe (see sidebar) that tells a story that is uniquely Cowichan: the story of the thunderbird and the killer whale.Once inside, the residents can retire to their fully-equipped suites — 46 one-bedroom and four two-bedroom — or take in the two dining rooms,

craft room, exercise room and theatre room lounge. Outside will be a traditional gathering area.“We asked that the inside colours be pastel,” Alphonse explains, “and that the landscaping reflect our culture.”The private, lockable self-contained suits each have a full bathroom with shower; kitchen and fridge and stove; cable and telephone hook-ups. Each floor has its own laundry, and is accessible by two elevators.Included in their rent, residents will be entitled to two meals per day and a recreation program. They can enjoy assisted bathing, and towels and sheets will be changed weekly. Basic utilities–heat, hot water, garbage and recycling are also included. They’ll also get any personal care services approved by VIHA.As well, every resident will have a medical alert pendant operational in and around the vicinity of the 52,000-square-foot building.The vision for Ts’i’ts’iwatul’ Lelum is straightforward and supportive: the supports we need as we age will extend our independence in a healthy and safe way.“Ts’i’ts’uwatul’ Lelum is designed with these life changes and corresponding supports in mind,” says the website.“The project will provide culturally responsible supports to elders with on-site professionals and Aboriginal culturally trained qualified staff to provide many services and personal care supports.”

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The 40-foot totem pole now in place in the foyer of the building tells the story of a story.The pole’s carver Harold Joe explains that in the story, told to Joe by his father, a huge killer whale in Cowichan Bay was stopping salmon from entering the river to spawn and preventing the community from harvesting salmon for the winter feed.After warning the killer whale about its ac-tions, a medicine man was transformed by the Creator into a massive thunderbird.He looked into the water and saw feathered horns on the side of his head. When he opened his eyes it symbolized lightning, and when he opened his mouth it symbolized thunder. Thunderbird then scooped up the killer whale and dropped it on top of a frog — Mount Tzouhalem.Joe explains that the top of the totem sym-bolizes guidance to the Spirit World after we finish our walk on Mother Earth; the middle figure of any totem symbolizes heart; and the bottom of the totem symbolizes grounding.“We learn to be our self, respect other Elder voices to your heart and mind. Because the voice is the Spirit from the Soul when you lose someone special you lose part of your Soul too. That’s why the Elder voices are special to keep you grounded and be with loved ones,” Joe explains.


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Home is where the heart is, we often hear.But when you’ve lived in a house for years — decades, even — it begins to feel like home is where you’ve raised your children, where countless memories have been made. In short: where your life is irrevocably rooted.So when the time comes to leave, it’s not surprising that few accept the change gladly.“It is, without a doubt, one of the biggest challenges that faces any family, because there’s huge resistance, and there isn’t an easy answer to when it’s time to move,” explained Carol Hunt, executive direc-tor at the Cowichan Seniors Community Foundation.“And generally, what we know is that al-most without exception, people wait too long. Everyone wants to stay in their own home, and everyone thinks that’s where their independence is. They think if they go into another living environment, they’ll lose their independence.”

But that doesn’t have to be the case, Hunt said.“There are wonderful housing options out there, where a senior can actually be far more independent because they have more support systems,” she explained.“There are excellent options and supports that many 80- and 90-year-olds aren’t even aware of. We need to look at these things at a time when we can be intelligent and em-pathetic toward a senior’s fear. “It’s about education, and exploring, and helping seniors

understand they’re not necessarily going to lose their independence — and in fact, it can be greatly enhanced.”The alternative, Hunt points out, can be devastating.“One of the issues we observe when our senior or elder stays at home because that’s what they know and they’re used to and they’re terrified of letting go and making a change — which is a legitimate fear, the fear of the unknown — is more

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Options, meanwhile, include remaining in your own home (perhaps with care), accessory housing, senior-oriented apartments, retirement communities, independent living facilities, assisted living facilities, complex care facilities, campus of care facilities, shared housing by seniors, shared housing in exchange for rent or services, shared housing offered by home owners, and co-habiting with a family member.

they’re not being socialized, and this is where dementia and depression raises its ugly head,” she said.Instead, Hunt suggested talking about options before they’re even necessary, rather than forcing someone into do-ing something they’re uncomfortable with when choice is no longer an op-tion.“What we’re saying is plan ahead,” Hunt said. “Talk about it. Discuss options. Our lives move so fast these days, and there are wait-lists for resi-dences and the other excellent options and supports that are out there.”Seniors still living in the old family home may not even realize how iso-lation and loneliness have crept into their lives, Hunt added.“They may discover that it’s actually pretty cool having friends around, and not having to worry about what could happen in the night if there’s a prob-lem,” she said.“(Leaving the family home) is trau-matic. There’s a lot of fear and a lot of worry about it,” Hunt summed. “So we need to talk about it early on.”

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Max Bossi’s attitude about aging and the affects of athletics is admirable.Bossi said he’s never felt better in his life at the age of 67, shattering the myths that we’re all supposed to be going downhill at a certain point.“I suffered 20 years from heavy back pain,’’ he said. “There wasn’t really anything that fixed it because you had to keep working. I loved to work. The alternative would be to be hurting and

depressed at the same time because you couldn’t work.’’Bossi discovered soccer and a positive attitude pulled him through difficult situations.“I’m not unique,’’ he said. “This is the capability of many people who say, ‘no, I won’t accept being down and out.’’’Bossi only took up soccer seven years ago, but has been going full steam ahead ever since. There are opportu-nities for him to play several times a

week indoors and outdoors — depend-ing on the season — and he takes full advantage.Bossi went to the B.C. Seniors Games in Richmond in 2009 and Castlegar in 2010 with a Victoria group.Even though it took a long time to put his soccer skills into practice, it’s al-ways been a passion. Bossi grew up in Switzerland and his mother came from Italian descent.


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continued from page 10He spent more than 20 years in Manitoba be-fore coming to the valley in 1991.At age 60, “I had bought a pair of soccer shoes at Sports Traders,’’ Bossi said. “Two years they sat in the cupboard.’’He finally pulled them out and got going.“I never looked back,’’ Bossi said. “For health and quality of life, it’s hard to beat.’’He went to Lacey, Washington last year with the Vancouver Island Golden Eagles 65-plus team that included Terry Whitney and Tommy Johansen from Cowichan for an international tournament. The rest of the players were from Campbell River, Nanaimo and Victoria and the team won the championship.The schedule consisted of five 90-minute games in five days and the Golden Oldies beat teams from Tokyo, Japan as well as Seattle, California and Oregon.A 4-1 victory over the Japanese team left a lasting impression on Bossi.“When you think about it and put it into per-spective, they’ve got 75 million people,’’ he said. “They looked formidable.“I was going to turn back and go home. I’m sort of big; I’m 240 (pounds). There would be like three of them hanging from me like grapes.’’The results of the U.S. National/Internation-al Cup in the 65 and older category not only landed Bossi and his teammates a gold medal but $25. “I am now a paid soccer player,’’ he joked.“We glory in the achievement of our young people and so we should,’’ Bossi added. “They dominate the media.“I think, however, that doing what we do at our age is not only precious but also inspiring to others.’’Bossi plays in Ladysmith and Victoria, friend-ship games with the Cowichan Classics Over 50s and Masters Over 40s plus Juan de Fuca drop-in and Over 60s in Victoria.Training for a trip with a Cowichan group that left for Costa Rica on Feb. 25 was his latest goal.And the same international tournament, being held in Bellingham, Washington is on Bossi’s agenda with the 65-plus group this summer.Whenever Bossi reflects on some of his health concerns of the past, he’s glad it’s all behind him.“There are a lot of people that draw attention to their aches and pains,’’ he said. “Probably my reflexes are faster than they were in my 30s and 40s.’’

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Old age security at 67 instead of 65?Cowichan’s reaction ranges from non-chalance to fear, and from acceptance to denial and even anger.Everyone has an opinion.Speculation and discussion the Con-servative government will push back the qualifying age for OAS to 67 from 65 has locals talking.As people are living longer, it’s really stretching the (pension) system, says senior Catherine Leger who lives in Duncan’s Wedgwood House.“The money has to be spread among an increasing number of people.”Muriel Toombs, 89, thinks it would be unfair on younger people, as they compete for jobs with seniors who’ll be forced to work past Canada’s tradi-tional retirement age of 65.“There’s so much debt among younger people now,” she muses. “They will probably have to work longer to pay their debts.”She, Leger and Wedgwood manager Linda Fonck all agree on one point: for the most part the generation now in their 70s and 80s didn’t buy items they didn’t have the money for and didn’t go into debt if they could avoid it.A recent Ipsos Reid survey for Sun Life Financial seems to agree that people will work longer: less than one-third of Canadians expect to be fully retired at 66.The survey also confirmed that some people believe they’ll have to work longer so they’ll be able to pay for ba-sic living expenses and deal with their debts.“We will need the income whether we are still working part time or not,” Kate Schneider, 52, says of herself and hus-band Dean, the parents of three chil-dren aged 18, 14 and 11.

“We had children late in life, and it is very difficult to save when raising chil-dren and giving them opportunities for sport and education let alone good nutrition,” Schneider says. “People are living longer, but kids don’t leave home at 18 either.“I’m not sure that full retirement for me will ever be an option,” she says. “It feels as though yet another contract is being broken between the people of this nation and the government who continue to erode what was once an adequate social safety net.”

Says Rhoda Taylor, 56: “OAS is primar-ily a transfer of people from provincial payments to federal payments, from welfare or disability to OAS.”Raising the age qualification would simply download payments — now made to people between the ages of 65 and 67 by the federal OAS — back to the provinces, says Nanaimo-Cow-ichan MP Jean Crowder.For every person on welfare or disabil-ity, the province would have to fork out another two years’ payment.Taylor has another solution: decrease the dollar eligibility level, but don’t change the starting age.She is talking about the clawback level for receiving OAS. Pensioners with an individual net in-come above $69,562 must repay all or part of the maximum OAS pension amount. The whole OAS pension is

eliminated when a pensioner’s net in-come is $112,772 or above.Crowder has been quick to point out that decreasing income for seniors rais-es the spectre of increased poverty for some seniors and reduction in employ-ment for boomers.“There’ll be a very significant increase in poverty for persons aged 65 to 67 unless they’re able to find an alterna-tive source of income,” Crowder said in Ottawa’s House of Commons last month.“This is not an immediate problem and obviously not going to affect any-one for about 10 years,” said accoun-tant Woody Hayes of Duncan’s Hayes Stewart Little & Co.In Crofton, Patsy Irving recalls that it wasn’t too long ago that people nearing senior age were asking for the manda-tory retirement age to be moved to 67 or deleted altogether.“The people who are fast approaching OAS are of a generation that for the most part has enjoyed relative pros-perity and long term employment and have therefore steadily contributed to OAS 30 to 40 years or more,” she said.“I have worked my life with the ex-pectation that I would be able to claim OAS at 65,” says Mary-Lynne Weberg, 54. “The thought of delaying OAS to 67 fills me with fear and anger.“Before they play with OAS they need to make amendments to the MP pen-sion plan. That would be fair.”Fifty-two year old Patty McNamara agrees and says the fact that people are living longer shouldn’t be used against them.“For people like me who won’t have other pensions to rely on, this move is life-altering. I can’t imagine getting to 65 in a workforce that doesn’t value older workers.”


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continued from page 13“The effects of this change on women who are married to older men are that we will have two fewer golden years together to en-joy the fruits of our labour and our grandkids.”McNamara says the “grey tsuna-mi” is not going to go on forever.“It’s blip on the radar and the Conservatives are using it to frighten younger people into sup-porting it by saying it’s not sus-tainable.”Doyle Childs, 50, says he’s fine with the age being raised as peo-ple’s lifespans are longer.“If people are expecting to collect OAS for 20 years or more, the gov-ernment needs to do something about it,” he said.“If we think of 60 being the new 50, people healthier than they used to be and lasting longer, it’s not inappropriate to extend the time before people become eli-gible for the old age security net,” says Hayes.According to Hayes, with the baby boomers now entering the arena,

Canadians have to look at what’s affordable and what taxpayers can afford.“I don’t believe the change (of eli-gibility) from 65 to 67 is an attack on seniors. It’s a very narrow win-dow,” he explained.“If people are in dire straits there will be a safety net for them.”Crowder meanwhile stressed that when you’re talking about income seniors receive, you’re talking about their health and well-being as well.“Therefore, that’s why it’s really important that we not delay in-come for seniors by two years, as the trial balloon that was floated by the Prime Minister would,” she said.Crowder told the House seniors who are just getting old age secu-rity and GIS are already living be-low the low-income cutoff.“If they start pushing those num-bers up, what are those seniors between the ages of 65 and 67 go-ing to do? These are seniors who qualify and many of them are at the low end,” she said.


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The Old Age Security pension is a monthly payment available to most Canadians aged 65 or older. You must apply to receive benefits. If you meet the eligibility requirements explained below, you may be entitled to receive OAS even if you are still working or have never worked.

Eligibility is determined by three factors: your age, your legal status, and the number of years you have lived in Canada.

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One person’s trash may be another’s treasure, but when stuff starts to accu-mulate in countless piles around some-one’s house, it becomes little more than a trove of health and safety hazards.“It’s not a laziness issue, it’s a mental wellness issue,” says Cowichan seniors advocate Jacquie Smith. “There are some really good reasons people hoard, and very good reasons why we need to work through some of those issues — because it’s more than an issue. It’s a huge problem.”While executive director at the Seniors Resource and Support Society, Smith saw many cases of hoarding.Landlords would call the office, reluc-tant to evict a senior but ordered to have an over-stuffed apartment cleared due to the resulting fire hazard.Families would come in and dismiss

a 25-year-old collection as crap as the senior hoarder listened in shock and horror.“We’ve gone in on a case-by-case basis to assist a senior, but it’s not been any-thing close to what it looks like on the (hoarding) television shows,” Smith said.“Hoarding comes in probably five dif-ferent levels, but our teams only go as far as a level two, where someone feels incapacitated but generally doesn’t have a lifetime of hoarding behind them. Anything beyond that is a health hazard for our senior volunteers — and we don’t have many of them because it is hard work.”Smith explained a past trauma or trag-edy has frequently been the catalyst for hoarding behaviour. Another con-tributor among elderly hoarders is a common history of going without, and subconsciously stockpiling because of that.“It’s been noted that it’s generational, but it can also be learned behaviour,” Smith said.And, she stressed, there is help avail-able.“Certainly talk to the senior out-reach team. Seek counselling. Talk to Cowichan Family Life,” she advised.Dr. Crosbie Watler, chief of psychia-try at Cowichan District Hospital, says hoarding is not currently recognized as a discrete psychiatric disorder in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual

of Mental Disorders, but there is pro-posed criteria for “Hoarding Disorder” (see sidebar).“The treatment focus would be to identify and treat the primary under-lying condition,” Watler explained, noting hoarding is not restricted to the senior population.“I see this profile only rarely in my practice, and only when they come to attention due to safety or broader men-tal health concerns,” Watler added. “At this junction, hoarding has usually been present for some time and there is commonly an underlying indepen-dent psychiatric or cognitive disorder. Among seniors, hoarding is commonly associated with cognitive decline/de-mentia, but not invariably so.”The first step for families, Watler said, is to obtain a complete medical/psychi-atric evaluation.“This will clarify the presence of an underlying psychiatric/cognitive disor-der,” he said.“Hoarding is much like a fever — it is commonly a symptom of another pri-mary condition. The focus should be on identifying and treating the under-lying condition, while addressing the immediate safety and public health concerns given the person’s physical environment.”Smith, meanwhile, had some sugges-tions for families broaching the topic with an elderly hoarder.


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A cAse of positive hoArdingOf course, not all cases of “hoarding” are necessarily negative.Just look at Longevity John Falkner.The man behind the Duncan Garage Showroom has a far-reaching reputation for his collection of unique items.Falkner says he’s been collecting cool stuff since the age of six, when he bought an old desk with 10,000 pennies and started stashing neat things inside of it.“Since then, I’ve been finding things — never brand-new things,” he says, calling himself a curator.During cross-country journeys, Falkner would stop at second-hand stores and garage sales to pick over other people’s junk.“I look for stories,” he explains. “And if it hasn’t got a story, I make one up.”The fruits of Falkner’s findings are on display at the Showroom, where everything from a mechanical egg-flipper and a silent wind-chime to 97 different nickel-plated, brass duck banks can be found.“It’s like winning the lottery every day,” Falkner said of cool finds. “That’s the fun of collecting. I don’t hoard as much as I search.”

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“Certainly language is very important because the things they’ve hoarded have been important to them,” she said.“Do be aware the person knows it’s a lot of stuff. Do be aware they know it looks like a mess. Do be aware they probably don’t want to live like that, either. They’re just caught in a cycle.”

Very often, Smith added, bringing in grandchildren to assist in handling the hoard can help.“Children of hoarders are often very embarrassed, or they don’t have patience with their parent — and, to be honest, a lot of parents don’t have patience with their kids, either,” she said. “But putting it a genera-tion apart, it can even be a summer project for the

grand kids. They can bring in a camera, take pictures of the items, and write the stories.”Families can also stress the importance of helping the community — donating fur-niture for young families, clothes to the homeless, games to the hospital, an-tiques to museums.“Take them through it step by step. Don’t be conde-scending. Never devalue

what’s there, even an old piece of paper — it had val-ue at one time,” Smith said.“Hoarding is a bigger prob-lem than people think, and I would suggest it’s going to get bigger if we don’t do something about it. “And if you don’t think it’s your problem, that this is just a seniors’ issue, well, you’re either a senior or a senior-in-training.”

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disorder”a. Persistent difficulty

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c. the symptoms result in the accumulation of a large number of possessions that fill up and clutter active living areas of the home or workplace to the extent that their intended use is no longer possible. if all living areas are uncluttered, it is only because of the interventions of third parties (family members, cleaners, authorities).

d. the symptoms cause clinically significant distress or impairment in social, occupational, or other important areas of functioning.

e. the hoarding symptoms are not due to a general medical condition (brain injury, etc).

f. the hoarding symptoms are not restricted to the symptoms of another mental disorder (eg. hoarding due to obsessions in obsessive-compulsive disorder, etc).


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continued from page 211. Cowichan’s oldest winery is Zanatta Vineyards. Dennis Zanatta arrived in 1958 and quickly planted vines to make wine for himself. In the 1980s the B.C. government funded a one-acre pilot project where he experimented with a number of vines. The results inspired Zanatta to establish his winery in 1989 and release his first vintage in 1992.2. There are currently 15 wineries in the valley plus Merridale Ciderworks. Many local wineries, bistros and chefs participate in the annual Cowichan Wine & Culinary Festival.3. Beside a barrel of different grapes grown in Cowichan’s vari-ous micro-climates, award-winning blackberry wines are made at Cherry Point Vineyards and Rocky Creek Winery.“Enough wild blackberries are bought from the locals to make 11,000 bottles of dessert wine,” said Cherry Point co-owner Xavier Bonilla who, with wife Maria Clara, bought Cherry Point from Cowichan Tribes in 2009.“Cherry Point started the blackberry tradition in Cowichan,” Bonilla said of his 21-acre winery producing some 4,000 cases of product annually.4. The largest volume of wine annually produced in Cowichan is some 7,000 cases from 30 acres planted by Averill Creek Vine-yards on Mount Prevost, according to owner Andy Johnston.5. Cowichan’s cool-climate geography, not its sunshine, helps us yield some excellent grapes.“We make some of the best pinot noirs in Canada, and Averill Creek has been invited to be a feature winery at the Interna-tional Pinot Noir Conference in Oregon,” said Johnston.“We have enough heat units for the cool-climate varieties like

ortega, and baccus — Germanic varieties do well on the is-land.“But you can’t grow cabernet sauvignon, auxerois, or any grape that needs lots of sunshine.”Bonilla agreed.“There’s a big misconception that sunshine makes good wine,” he said, noting Costa Rica and the Amazon aren’t big wine regions.“Dry air makes good wine. The Cowichan Valley is very hu-mid all year, but in the summer we have four months of dry air and that’s what makes our wine very unique — it’s The Warm Land but dry.”



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continued from page 236. Valley grapes don’t make wine, Co-wichan’s soil does, noted Bonilla, add-ing top wines are blends of varieties.“It’s the earth that makes the wine, and that puts you in a different boat.“People think single grape varieties are more elegant. No — that only works for whiskey, like single-malt scotch. “The best wines in the world are blends,” he said of Cherry Point’s 12-odd different grapes — including the rare Austrian grape called zwiegelt — used to make some nine wines a year.“We taste weaknesses and strengths of each grape and every year is different. Even in bad years we can make beauti-ful wine because we have a little of this and a little of that.“Our wines are never really the same each year.”7. Pests raiding Cowichan’s vines could eat every grape if precautions weren’t taken.“We probably have the most netting because we have the biggest vine-yard,” said overhead-net fan Johnston.“I don’t like side netting because you

still lose 25 per cent of your fruit.”Winged culprits are robins, starlings and flickers.“You’d lose 100 per cent of your crop without netting — cannons don’t work.”Bears and raccoons are also vineyard freeloaders.“We do our best to patrol the vineyard

and scare bears away,” said Johnston. “Racoons will also do major damage, but you can trap them.”8. Merridale Ciderworks was B.C.’s first estate cidery. It features promi-nently in Cowichan’s winefest and

other foodie events.The island’s only other cidery is Saan-ich Peninsula’s Sea Cider, said Merrid-ale co-owner Janet Docherty.Merridale, near Shawnigan Lake, com-prises about 20 acres holding some 3,500 cider apple trees yielding seven types of cider.9. Cowichan’s only vodka, called Frizz, comes from Merridale. Frizz is just be-ing released.“It’s made from five different types of fruit, each fermented separately, dis-tilled separately twice, then blended and carbonated,” Docherty said. “But it’s not sweet; it’s a vodka.”10. The island’s only brandy — called Cowichan Brandy — is also made at Mer-ridale, as are its other unique liquors.“Our brandy hasn’t been released — it’s still in barrels,” Docherty said of her calvados-style brandy made from cider, not eating, apples.Merridale’s distilled apple and black-berry Oh! de vie is twinned by its Pomme Oh!, and Mure Oh! Both are “fruitified products that are a combina-tion of fermentation and distillation,” Docherty said.

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Incidents of osteoporosis are being de-tected far more readily since the intro-duction of a new service at Cowichan District Hospital.Valley residents have taken full advan-tage of the convenience of Bone Min-eral Densitometry examinations avail-able at the hospital for diagnosing the disease since February 2010.They might not have otherwise trav-eled outside the region for testing and diagnosis of the disease that affects bone mass and tissue. And they may not have had the appropriate remedies takenInitial contributions of $150,000 from the Cowichan District Hospital Foun-dation and the Ministry of Health through the Vancouver Island Health Authority for $115,000 in renovations, installation costs and staff training made the service start-up possible.Testing to measure BMD is called Dual Energy X-Ray Absorptiometry. The non-invasive procedure only takes a few minutes to complete on an outpatient basis.A very low-dose X-Ray uses far less radiation than a standard chest X-Ray and takes measurements at the spine, hip and forearm.“DEXA is considered the gold stan-dard for diagnosing osteoporosis and also for monitoring the effects of osteo-porosis therapy,’’ noted CDH’s Medi-cal Imaging Manager Carol Petrie after the service was introduced.The service was previously only avail-able to valley residents by going to either Nanaimo, Campbell River or Victoria.

The numbers show it’s been a great addition to the community for the de-tection of osteoporosis.It has now been two years since access to the BMD started for valley resi-dents. A total of 1,772 patients have been tested.“That is a lot of people who were able to have screening done in their own community,’’ noted Anya Nimmon of VIHA communications for the Central Island.“Bookings for the test come through physician referral and must meet Med-ical Service Plan criteria which is cur-rently that the test would not have to be repeated for three years.’’Osteoporosis does not develop over-night. Bone mass can be lost steadily without a person experiencing any

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by Peter W. Rusland

Young performers may be the mainstay of the vener-able Cowichan Music Fes-tival.But some of those 4,000-some thespians — spanning dancers, vocalists, pianists, choirs, instrumentalists and speech artists — range in age from baby boomers to seniors.Leslie Sjoberg, head of the CMF in its 63rd year, ap-plauded current adult per-formers and support from past competitors.“They’re all just marvel-ous,” Sjoberg said, as she prepared for the March 7 Highlights Concert at the Cowichan Theatre.“Most of them that aren’t performing are great sup-porters.”One perennial booster is Jean Davis.Now involved with CMF speech arts and more, Da-vis found herself on the festival’s stage as an adult performer in the ‘70s do-ing what she now calls her

“party piece” from which she sometimes quotes dur-ing private functions.“I just thought I’d give it a try,” she said of the piece called Castles In The Air based on the daydreams of a scullery maid.In about 1981, Davies and pal Peg Smith did a duo-logue scene from Separate Tables.Davies’ dad, Gwilym Morris, was the unsuspecting adju-dicator of the two-hander.“He had no idea he’d be ad-judicating our duologue.”Davis cheered other ma-ture players, such as Dr. Graham Brockley who sung Bring Him Home from Les Misérables in CMF 2011, and Music Of The Night from Phantom Of The Opera during this year’s competitions.Tenor and local actor Denny Beaveridge, 76, last com-peted in the festival about a dozen years ago, but had fond memories of his stage experience.“I went in the festival regu-larly. It’s good exposure and a chance to perform serious

music.“There’s always a chance to play around with pop music, plus opera and operetta,” said Beaveridge, who par-ticipated during his vocal studies.“The festival can be very beneficial, particularly for those studying voice — you get to hear adjudication of yourself and others.“Adjudication is a very valu-able thing to give you fo-cus on things you’re doing wrong, or doing right as a confidence booster.”Lyric soprano Maureen Gal-lacher agreed.“It’s a very forgiving audi-ence, and the adjudicator is usually very encouraging,” the local senior said after singing four times in CMF ‘12.“It just about killed me — it’s hard work,” she said of preparing for the festival, then appearing in it.“It’s very scary standing up there all alone with an adju-dicator poised with a pencil, and an accompanist waiting.“The accompanist goes on whether you make a mis-

take not.”Still, Gallacher praised her supportive teacher, Meredythe Broadway.“I’ve been to a lot of festi-vals and always think I’m getting too old, but I get lots of encouragement from people running the festival, and from Meredythe.”The festival hooks some performers, hinted Gallach-er, a 10-year CMF veteran.“The more you do it, the more is expected of you.“This year did a Handel Ital-ian piece, a Canadian piece, an old Scottish classical-folk song, and an English art song.”The payoff is self-satisfac-tion.Singing gives me a lot of joy,” said Gallacher who hoped young performers share that thrill.“The festival lets the young people see what they can do, and adjudicators say it’s great older folks do go on.“The festival’s a whole package — you’ve got to be prepared, and hope you don’t muff the whole thing up.”

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Linda Baldwin has a bumper sticker that really sums up the new attitude on body art.“Tattoos — not just for sailors and whores any-more.”And that’s a growing consensus — even among the 50s-and-older crowd.In fact, more and more baby boomers are view-ing their bodies as an art canvas. They’re ready and willing to try a bold new hair colour or style — think a purple streak, or a daring cut — or finally get that tattoo they’ve always wanted.“It’s definitely changing,” says Richard Hick-ey, owner and tattoo artist at Primal Urge Body Art.“There’s been a shift in people’s attitudes to-ward ink. What I’m hearing is that it was, at one time, taboo. Only ‘trashy women,’ sailors and gang members got tattoos.”But now, it’s an accepted art form.“Some of the most amazing artists are doing ink,” says Hickey. “It’s bringing it to the fore-front of society. Instead of trashy, it’s moving, modern art.”It helps that the science behind tattoos has evolved. Inks are brighter, more vivid and last longer than ever before (which means less wor-rying about what it’ll look like when skin starts — or has already started — to wrinkle).“Now I’m inking baby boomers who’re saying, ‘Secretly, I’ve always wanted one,’ — and now it’s acceptable,” says Hickey.



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an entire rainforest, all from the com-fort of her left arm.The 52-year-old has eight tattoos in-cluding the colourful sleeve.“We’re more into freedom of expres-sion now,” she says. “Tattoos are no longer associated with the coarser side of life. It’s a medium to express your-self, express your individuality. They can symbolize something close to your heart, and society is more open about it — it’s not nearly as judgmental.”And nothing in five decades has made Baldwin reconsider her stance.“I’ve never, for even one moment, re-gretted any of my tattoos.”Hickey also credits a modern global

society with helping spread ideas and trends for boomers’ more youthful ap-proach to appearances.Paris McIvor at the Paris Styling Group salon on Station Street is a baby boom-er herself, and agrees modern media makes it easier for people — of all ages — to embrace new trends.“People are seeing that women our age can look absolutely incredible, and it’s not that we’re trying to necessarily look younger, but we’re young-at-heart and portraying that,” she says.“We’ve realized we have so much more to offer, and we want to keep ourselves young-at-heart, and healthy and beau-tiful.”

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Housing – Non-Profit, Low Cost Abbeyfield Houses Society of DuncanKathleen Skovgaard5905 Indian Rd. DuncanPhone: 250-597-0677

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Housing – Private Pioneer House Bed & BreakfastAlberta Schneider, Owner6470 Burnett Place, Duncan BC V9L 5R7Phone: 250–746–8280

Sherwood HouseAudrey Norman, Manager280 Government St. DuncanPhone: 250-710-8882

Housing – Private Wedgwood HouseLinda Fonck, Manager256 Government St. DuncanPhone: 250-746-9808

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Seniors GroupsChemainus Seniors Drop In Centre SocietyFrank Gibbins, President9824 Willow Street, ChemainusPhone: 250-246-2111

Crofton Seniors SocietyPat McMicken, President1507 Joan Street, CroftonPhone: 250-246-2455

Elder CollegeJennifer Carmichael, Recreation Programmer2687 James Street, DuncanPhone: 250-746-0414 or250-748-7529 to register

Ladysmith Seniors Centre SocietyCora Maier, PresidentPhone: 250-245-8885

Lake Cowichan Seniors CentreGreg McCallum, President55 Coronation Street, Lake CowichanPhone: 250-749-6121

South End Seniors Stuart Calder, PresidentKerry Park Rec. Centre1035 Shawnigan-Mill Bay Rd.

Valley Seniors Organization of DuncanGeorge Capella, President198 Government Street, DuncanPhone: 250-746-4433

Service BC and Service Canada Service BC ProgramsByron Johnston5785 Duncan St. Duncan, BC Phone: 250-746-1226Service Canada CentreLinda Granger211 Jubilee St. DuncanPhone: 1-800-622-6232

Service Clubs Arbutus Travel Clubc/o Corry SalmenPhone: 250-701-0965

Chemainus Masonic Lodge #114Pat Fyffe, Secretary3052 Hawthorne St., ChemainusPhone: 250-246-3579

Cowichan Toastmaster’s Club #950Zoe Nash, Public RelationsPhone: 250-732-3915

Duncan Kiwanis ClubRon Colter355 Day Rd., DuncanPhone: 748-4135

Duncan Lion’s ClubP.O. Box 52, Duncan, BC V9L 3X1

Duncan Masonic Lodge #33Bob Crawford, Secretary5700 Menzies Rd., DuncanPhone: 250-748-1028

Elks Club of DuncanSylvia Lucas, Bar ManagerAlbert Scholtens, Exalted RulerPhone: 250-746-6812

Fraternal Order of Eagles, Chemainus-Crofton #4400Merv Brown / Bill Yearly, SecP.O. Box 45, Chemainus, BC V0R 1K0Phone: 250-246-3401

Fraternal Order of Eagles, Duncan #2546Tracy Norman, Secretary2965 Jacob Road, DuncanPhone: 250-746-7100Fraternal Order of Eagles, Ladysmith #2101P.O. Box 640, Ladysmith, BC V9G 1A5Phone: 250-245-3183

Kinettes Club of DuncanKelly Waywitka, Deputy Governor5823 Brier Ave. DuncanPhone: 250-748-7208

Kinsmen Club of DuncanJason Czettisch, Past President5990 Indian Rd., DuncanPhone: 250-746-1940

Ladysmith Kinsmen ClubDuck Patterson, Life MemberP.O. Box 324, Ladysmith, BC V9G 1A3Phone: 250-245-2263

Ladysmith Masonic Lodge #21 Joel Chiri, SecretaryP.O. Box 261, Ladysmith, BC V9G 1A2Phone: 250-245-4797

Lion’s Club of Duncan Housing SocietyP.O. Box 52, Duncan, BC V9L 3X1Phone: 250-748-1044

Lion’s Club of LadysmithJim Masyk, SecretaryP.O. Box 2293, Ladysmith, BC V9G 1B8Phone: 250-245-4049

Mill Bay Masonic Lodge #107Stuart Calder, Treasurer2231 Benko Rd., Mill BayPhone: 250-743-5339

Rotary Club, ChemainusMike Beggs, PresidentP.O. Box 297, Chemainus, BC V0R 1K0Phone: 250-245-4549

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Service Clubs Rotary Club, DuncanRoger Hart, SecretaryP.O. Box 473, Duncan, BC V9L 3X8Phone: 250-715-3039

Rotary, Duncan Daybreak Alana Elliott, PresidentPhone: 250-715-1481

Rotary Club, LadysmithMichael Furlot, SecretaryP.O. Box 875, Ladysmith, BC V9G 1A6Phone: 250-245-5771 or 250-245-2052

Rotary Club, South CowichanShirley WalkerP.O. Box 241, Cobble Hill, BC V0R 1L0Phone: 250-743-6727

Royal Canadian Legion, Chemainus Branch #191Beverly Olsen, Office ManagerP.O. Box 423, Chemainus, BC V0R 1K0Phone: 250-246-3133

Royal Canadian Legion, Cowichan Branch #53Allan Waddy, PresidentKenneth St., Duncan, BC V9L 1N3Phone: 250-746-5013

Royal Canadian Legion, Ladysmith Branch #171Georgina Lorette, SecretaryP.O. Box 219, Ladysmith, BC V9G 1A2Phone: 250-245-3031 or 250-245-2273

Royal Canadian Legion, Lake Cowichan Branch #210Sam Jones, Bar ManagerP.O. Box 603, Lake Cowichan, BC V0R 2G0Phone: 250-749-6041

Royal Canadian Legion, Shawnigan Lake Branch #1341625 Shawnigan-MillBay RdPhone: 250-743-4621

Women of the MooseP.O. Box 371, Duncan, BC V9L 3X5Phone: 250-746-7382

Young Seniors Action Group SocietyRoyal Canadian Legion, 1625 Shawnigan-MillBay RdPhone: 250-743-5178 or 250-743-8344

Support Societies, Disease RelatedAlzheimer Society of BCJane HopePhone:1-800-462-2833

Canadian Cancer SocietyMaureen Hyde100-394 Duncan St., DuncanPhone: 250-746-4134

Canadian Red Cross Help ProgramJack Faber2-5855 York St., DuncanPhone: 250-748-2111

Cowichan Valley Arthritis SocietyJan NorwoodBox 942, Duncan, BC V9L 3Y8Phone: 250-748-2481

Diabetes Education ProgramKathy Park121 Ingram St., DuncanPhone: 250-737-2004

Duncan Mental Health and SeniorsCindy Patrick3088 Gibbins Rd., DuncanPhone: 250-709-3040

Heart and Stroke FoundationJanice Krall,401-495 Dunsmuir St., NanaimoPhone: 1-888-754-5274

Kidney Foundation200-4940 Canada Way, Burnaby, BC V5G 4K6Phone: 1-800-567-8112

Stroke Recovery Assoc.- Cowichan Valley BranchPattyPO Box 394 Duncan, B.C. V9L 3X5Phone: 250-748-6587

Support Group for Low VisionSeniorsKaren McClincheyPhone: 250-746-6041

Therapy Dog VisitsTherapy Dog Visitation Program,St. John AmbulanceJudy Wood, Unit FacilitatorPhone: 250-715-0949Lynn James, Community Service CoordinatorPhone: 250-246-2938

St. John Ambulance205-169 Craig St. DuncanPhone: 250-746-4058

TransportationCare-A-Van ServicesRosalind Wilson Owner/Operator1851 Sandra Place, DuncanPhone: 250-701-5751

Cowichan Valley Regional Transit#3-5280 Polkey Rd., DuncanPhone: 250-746-9899Web: www.busonline.ca

Executive Travel & TourismBob Lord, PresidentPhone: 250-897-3881

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We’re sitting chatting in her comfort-able office when MP Jean Crowder springs a surprise.“I’ll be 60 this year,” she smiles.This irony is not lost on either of us as Crowder begins to talk about the challenges seniors are facing in the Cowichan Valley; the roadblocks to finding solutions to those challenges; how Crowder is helping through local forums and Parliament; and what we can do to help.“The issues facing seniors have grown because the cost of everything has gone up, but pensions haven’t kept up,” she says.In the Cowichan Valley, the most pressing issues are seniors’ incomes and housing, she explains.In Cowichan, the move away from the forestry industry means lower wage jobs for many people. People can’t save at the same rate, so more and more se-niors have to work part-time.“Seniors haven’t been able to save; only one-third of people put money into RRSPs; only about one-third have private sector pensions,” Crowder adds.And income obviously has an impact on the second issue — housing.“For younger seniors who have houses as assets, they can run into trouble pay-

ing property taxes, upkeep and main-tenance,” Crowder says.For older seniors, age-appropriate care — like home support and suitable resi-dential care — is the issue.Crowder says the challenge with the supply of age-appropriate housing is that housing is multi-jurisdictional.“The feds give money to the provinc-es, but there’s no accountability back to the feds; the BC Housing Authority sets priorities, but seniors are not one of them; the municipalities are respon-sible for property taxes and zoning,” she expands.Crowder describes a developer who was in her office recently.“He wanted to construct an age-appro-priate building right here in the valley, then found out he couldn’t do it be-cause of the rules.“There is no overall strategy. We need one.”Affordability of long-term age-appro-priate care is another issue in the mix, she says.She describes health care challenges for seniors: drug affordability and ac-cessibility; and people trapped in acute care who shouldn’t be there be-cause they need less care. But there’s nowhere else for them to go.“We also hear that while the univer-

sities are training plenty of people in pediatrics, there’s a shortage of health workers for the geriatric age group,” she says.Although transportation is a provincial concern, it has its effect here. Crowder describes a lady who had to travel to Victoria for her driving test, and couldn’t find a way to get there.“A volunteer driving program is great, but it mustn’t take away the require-ment for an effective local transporta-tion system that meets the needs of seniors,” she says.“What we discovered from recent work and seniors forums is that not all side-walks in Lake Cowichan are wheel-chair accessible; we should have auto-matic doors on buses; and stop lights aren’t long enough because seniors need more time to cross the road,” she said.“These are simple things, but impor-tant. Every community needs an age-friendly check list.”Elder abuse — physical, emotional, fi-nancial — is a real problem, she says.“There is insufficient protection for people, especially when a person can’t speak for themselves.”In some banks, she says, if a person comes in that the bank personnel rec-ognize as vulnerable and is with some-

Jean Crowder speaks during a recent seniors forum in Chemainus — one

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one wanting them to sign over or cosign for money, it raises a red flag, and the bank insists on independent counsel.She speaks of a recent event when a senior was discharged from hospital in slippers with no money to get home.So, is there a solution? And if there is, how can it be reached?“We must first raise the level of awareness in com-munities — involve or-ganizations, caregivers, businesses, governments,” Crowder says.Twenty-five people turned out for a recent seniors’ forum in Lake Cowichan she hosted. Follow-ups are slated in Chemainus, Shawnigan and in Duncan on March 20.“I really believe that each local community has to put together a working group to develop strategies,” she says, handing me Metcho-sin’s Age-Friendly Commu-nity Report that came be-fore Metchosin council late last year.The report contains several ideas that could be imple-mented here, Crowder says. “It’s got lots of options and is a good example of what to do locally, a good starting point.”Lake Cowichan people are now pulling together in a

group, she says.“If I can bring people to-gether, that’s a great start.”As well, Crowder is feeding the information she gets at the forums to Opposition seniors critic Irene Mathys-sen in Ottawa.“We want to develop a na-tional strategy — it will be released in about two months,” she said.Crowder has also introduced a bill in Ottawa that would enact a National Poverty Strategy, which she says would have positive effects for seniors as well.

Locally, people can contact Social Planning Cowichan encouraging them to put to-gether a strategy or contact their municipalities. An-other good contact is the Se-niors Resource and Support Society Cowichan.Crowder leans forward to emphasize her next com-ments:“It’s shocking that we are now past the first wave of baby boomers, so the reality that seniors’ issues are wors-ening should not be a sur-prise. We just haven’t done anything about it,” she says.

“The federal government must take leadership on this so the communities can do the work that’s needed,” she emphasizes.She says it’s also important to note that seniors are far more active and engaged than they used to be.Her mother, 81-year-old Bobbie McCormack, is a good example, she laughs.“Among other pursuits, she knits for the local Red Cross, plays darts and three days a week does reading math with kids in school,” Crowder smiles.

Cowichan has many resources for seniors to turn to when they need questions answered or help with an issue. Organizations offer help ranging from where to place your pet if you’re hospitalized to visiting or transporting isolated seniors.These include non-profit societies:Cowichan Seniors Community Foundation’s mission is to identify emerging issues affecting seniors through dialogue with businesses, non-profits and valley residents. They offer a door-to-door volunteer driving program for seniors.Phone: 250-715-6481Web: www.cowichanseniors.ca

Seniors Resource and Support Society offers financial assistance, social clubs, prevention of elder abuse, widow/ers support group, senior peer counselling, subsidized housing, legal resources, grocery delivery by phone.Phone: 250–748–2133Email: [email protected]

For more, see our seniors resource directory, starting on page 33

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Baan-Do’s Stir Fry delivers exactly what it advertises.Billed as The Healthy Choice, the restaurant at 2680 James Street in Dun-can, has a wide variety of stir fry selections to satisfy any taste.“Stir fries are big things in the cities,’’ said Ber-nard Wong, 54, the own-er-manager of the estab-lishment along with wife Ann. “When we moved here, we saw there wasn’t any restaurants of this type. We decided to give it a try.’’That was back in May of 2006 and Baan-Do’s has been going strong ever since.“We started out with 750 square feet,’’ said Bernard Wong.Expansion increased the floor space to 1,600 square feet.“We started out in a good time,’’ said Wong. “The economy was picking up at that time. I’d say we picked a good time to start.’’Wong was raised in Edmon-ton and lived in Toronto for 10 years before opening Baan-Do’s just a few months after coming to the valley. “The mountains, the ocean and nice weather,’’ Wong said, were the attractions that drew him here.“We were told we have to create our own jobs,’’ he recalled after arriving here. “Actually, now we’re creat-ing jobs.’’Baan-Do’s started with a modest staff of part-time

help for the Wongs. There are now nine employees, in-cluding themselves, and just two part-timers plus another five for Baan-Do’s Too that’s been going for two years next door.

Repeat business has been a godsend for the Wongs and a sure sign of customer sat-isfaction.“That’s what keeps us go-ing,’’ he said. “We’re still doing well.“It’s a very mixed clientele from students to seniors. We even have a large group com-ing in from the Cowichan Tribes, which surprised me. At the beginning, they walked by.’’Interestingly, Wong has found people on the island are really into spicy food.“Back in Edmonton and To-ronto, nobody cares for spicy food,’’ he said. “Back here, it’s 50 per cent.’’I’ve dined and ordered take-out at Baan-Do’s many times and just love all the fresh ingredients. My personal favourite is the Teriyaki chicken stir fry with either rice or noodles.The vegetables are deliv-ered fresh daily from the lo-cal farmers’ market and the

tiger prawns that come from a Richmond supplier are outstanding. They’re large even after being cooked and very flavourful.I also recently tried the Wor Wonton and it’s very good because of the prawns and large chunks of vegetables that make it far better than a traditional wonton.“That has become very, very popular,’’ said Wong.The menu offers a variety of sauces and stir fry styles with chicken, beef, tiger prawns, garlic tiger prawns, salmon — even breaded pork chops.Under the Hot and Spicy stir fry category, the Singapore chili ranks as a best seller.The freshness of each order is guaranteed because you can watch the chefs prepar-ing the meals in the open kitchen concept.

The Baan-Do’s Too side ca-ters to customers who prefer burgers, fries, unique cold drinks and other items. “To-tally opposite, actually,’’ said Wong.“We saw the opportunity with an empty space next door.’’Baan-Do’s style of food has many more followers in the valley now.“There’s a lot more com-petition now from six years ago,’’ said Wong. “There’s two more Japanese restau-rants opened.“We’re still doing very well. I think we’ll be doing well here as long as we keep the quality and get on top of things.’’By the way, the answer to the most frequently asked question at the restaurant is Baan-Do means Vancouver Island in Japanese.

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When my husband and I first arrived at his 30th high school reunion he was greeted by hundreds of familiar faces, though most names escaped him.“I’m glad they gave us name tags,” Paul said to me. “I just wish they were ten times big-ger.”As old classmates and friends navigat-ed the room recognizing long lost pals and ex-flames, I noticed my husband wasn’t the only one who had forgotten his reading glasses. “Oh, I remember you now!” one wom-an exclaimed after peering closely at the grad picture and name of a man she was talking to.Not wearing a nametag, I was still asked countless times during the night who I was, and often pitied for attend-ing a function where I wouldn’t know a soul. And then there was the guy who felt sorry for my husband. “Why bring a sandwich to a deli?” he asked with surprise when he found out I was dragged along. Good question, I thought, realizing there weren’t as many spouses as I ex-pected.

It never occurred to me that Paul might have more fun reminiscing on his own without worry of entertaining me at the same time.I wouldn’t have minded staying home that night, but I’m glad I went. I met some fantastic people and heard some hilarious stories of my husband’s ado-lescence.I also got to ask the question: “If you could turn back time and knew every-thing you know now, what would you tell your graduating self?”Before I became a mother, I used to ask myself questions like that all the time. But after having a baby, a funny thing happened with my list of regrets: they

vanished the day I held our firstborn child.From then on I imagined that even the slightest change to my past could have led me to a life without him, and I couldn’t bear the thought. The arrival of our daughter a few years later only reinforced my feelings.Reliving the past is something I still like to do for fun, to help me learn from my mistakes and figure out how I might do things differently the next time a similar situation arises. I now have very few regrets, choos-ing instead to view them as character-building life lessons.So, just for fun, I’ll rephrase that ques-tion I was asking the Graduating Class of ’81 to this: “If you could turn back time and knew everything you know now — but would be guaranteed to have the exact same children — what would you tell your graduating self?”I would tell myself to stop being shy, dream big and believe that anything is possible. At the age of 17 I might not have been ready to understand advice like that, but after living another 26 years, I fi-nally do.

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