lake cowichan gazette, december 09, 2015

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Sunfest: Hundreds pack the house for consultation

Seniors care: Lake Cowichan needs a facility say residents

Shot: Goose impaled with arrow rescued

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LEXI BAINAS CITIZEN

Firefighters were called to Park Road and North Shore Road in Lake Cowichan on Wednesday, Dec. 2 to fight a stubborn fire at the Buyens home.

The cause of the blaze is still under investigation but Lake Cowichan fire chief Doug Knott said Friday that it all started

about 11 a.m.Someone was home. He said

that he had some stuff piled up against the heater in a bedroom. Thats how the resident says it started. Its still being investi-gated to get a clear cause, Knott said.

Lots of smoke was visible from behind a high hedge in the resi-dential area, and smoke could be

seen coming from the roofline.It was in a single-storey,

three-bedroom rancher. It was a very hard fire to fight. There was a tremendous amount of smoke and heat, Knott said. We mutual aided with Youbou. We had enough firefighters but it was good to get a little relief.

All the humans who were in the house got out all right but a dog

died in the fire.That was very upsetting to the

owner, the fire chief said.By 2 p.m. that same day, friend

Kent Drew Watson had already set up a GoFundMe page to help the Buyens family.

Unfortunately a good friend of mine just lost everything in a house fire. We would like to raise $2,500 just to try and help

get them back on their feet, the explanation says on the funding site at https://www.gofundme.com/5fd44mdf

By Friday morning, according to the page, generous folks had already donated $715.

Lake Cowichan residents were also busy last week trying to find other ways to assist the two men who lived in the house.

Blaze claims beloved family petThis home on the corner of Park and North Shore Roads suffered serious damage in a fire last week. A fundraising effort is already underway for the residents of the home, who lost a family pet in the blaze. See the story below for details. [MALCOLM CHALMERS PHOTO]

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Lake Cowichan firefighters will be busy Friday and Satur-day, collecting toys and food and even cooking up breakfast to help the local food bank.

Everything will be happening outside Country Grocer.

It all starts on Friday, Dec. 11 with the first leg of a two-day toy and food drive.

From 5 p.m. until about 8:30 p.m. Lake Cowichan folks are being encouraged to bring the family and new unwrapped toys or other gifts for kids and teens.

Hot dogs are also available

for those looking for a treat, by donation.

On Saturday morning, Dec. 12, the firefighters are cooking breakfast at Country Grocer. All they ask for at the brekkie is a donation of cash or a non-per-ishable food item.

The fire department is doing all of this in one place this year, according to Fire Chief Doug Knott.

We did a breakfast at our hall last year on a Sunday but we discussed it and decided that it would be more compact if we did it this way, he said.

After the breakfast, its back to the toy drive.

T h e y r e l o o k i n g f o r unwrapped toys, too, which makes it easy for even the most fumble-fingered to donate.

Community Services wants to view them and age them, so they need to be unwrapped, Knott said.

If you cant make it to the toy drive, theres a pick-up service, too.

Call Steve at 250-749-4192 or Ray at 250-749-3955 if you want a firefighter to swing by and pick up your donations.

We will also be going around town as a reminder and people may also be able to donate right into a truck, too, Knott added.

Firefi ghters to serve up breakfast, collect food and toys for needy

LEGION GENEROSITY

Wilma Rowbottom, president of the Lake Cowichan Legion presents a cheque for $9,000 to Sally Miles, board member of Cowichan Lake Community Services. The funds will go towards the Activity Centre, Parenting and Support Group programs, the Fun Bus and Christmas hampers. [SUBMITTED]

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SARAH SIMPSON CITIZEN

Residents of the Town of Lake Cow-ichan must boil their water before con-sumption until further notice.

The advisory from Island Health and the Town of Lake Cowichan was issued on Monday, Dec. 7.

As per Island Health, Boil Water Notices are issued when turbidity level exceeds 1 NTU at point of disinfection.

The Town of Lake Cowichans source water is an unprotected body of water

and at this time there is not a Water-shed Protection Plan. Because a specific source of the turbidity cannot be speci-fied, we are unable to determine wheth-er the make-up is organic or inorganic material, said a joint press release put out by Island Health and the town.

At this time, we cannot be sure that harmful pathogens are not present at levels that exceed the capacity of the chlorination to properly treat the water. Due to these reasons, Island Health is considering this an elevated risk event

which requires the issuance of a Boil Water Notice.

Boil water for at least one minute and then let the water cool, leaving it on the counter or in the fridge in a covered container.

Water intended to be used for drink-ing, food preparation, coffee machines, brushing teeth, infant formulas, pet con-sumption, home canning, and making ice should be boiled first.

Visit www.viha.ca and search for boil water notices to learn more.

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LEXI BAINAS CITIZEN

Youbou Hall has hosted many conten-tious public meetings through the years and 250 people packed into it again Dec. 7 as the Sunfest/Lake Town Ranch project reached its final public stage.

By the sound of the audience, most of the crowd supported the idea of moving Sunfest to a property at Meade Creek that its owners are calling Lake Town Ranch, but a vocal group of opponents still wanted one more chance to speak to a Cowichan Valley Regional District panel that included Youbou director Klaus Kuhn, Honeymoon Bay director Ian Morrison and North Oyster director Mary Marcotte, plus regional district staffers Mike Tippett and Rob Conway.

Also on hand to answer questions were Lake Town Ranchs Greg Adams and Jennifer Kay.

Some of the newest updates about the project included the assurance that only 15 days per year would be allocated to festivals, instead of the 30 originally requested by the developer. There is also a provision that three unused days can be carried forward one year.

Another new point is that music must stop during a quiet time of 1 a.m. to 9 a.m. each day of a festival, Tippett said.

But most of the audience had come to hear what the people had to say to back up the 82 letters received up to the time of the public hearing. It was the last chance to get anything on the record.

Many opponents, led by John Harmon and former mayor Jack Peake, called for independent studies of such subjects as forest fire risk, known criminal activity, traffic, other similar festivals, effects of

sound, and water problems. Resident Diana Gunderson said the

Cowichan River is already really stressed by the numbers of people visit-ing Lake Cowichan in the summer.

She talked about the garbage and gallons and gallons of urine that are already dumped in it.

Gunderson said she considered all the risks insurmountable, adding, I dont want this to go in my backyard.

Cowichan Valley MLA Bill Routley, who spoke on behalf of his people, said seniors were concerned about van-dalism and other dangers.

He also said the Meade Creek site is too far from a hospital to be safe.

Adams said his group has made every effort to provide a safe site, but if that is the case, everyone who lives in Youbou is not safe.

Tempers frayed after the first hour and a half.

When one man stood up and said he had moved to the area for the quiet life-style and asked if allowing Lake Town Ranch would be jeopardizing the areas reputation, a voice from the audience yelled, Sit down. Its a three-day event!

Others joined briefly in but Kuhn rebuked them for being disrespectful and then said bluntly that he would be making his decision for the majority of people in Area I. I act for my people.

Several speakers said they were con-cerned about the effect on the environ-ment but Denis Martel of the Wilderness Watch group, stepped up and said that the group was actually supporting the proposal.

Former CVRD chair Joe Allan pointed out that the property next to the site was

already zoned heavy industrial, so if people were concerned about noise and other problems, they could still be facing them from operations on that land.

By 8:50 p.m., they finally got around to the positive comments and a line of people quickly formed at the mic right out to the door.

Lake Cowichan Coun. Bob Day quot-ed a 1991 report that called for estab-lishment of a destination resort and possibly a theme park to help boost the economy of the area.

Resident Don Beldessi said that although he had fought for years to keep forest land in forest use, its not going to happen.

The F1 zone will never get logged again, he said. I urge the CVRD board to support this proposal. Weve had rock polishing, chicken processing, Youbou Lands promising a whole new commun-ity. Here, we have a promoter with a known product.

Beldessi said he was also surprised to hear the kind of people who were said to attend the event. My wife goes with her girl friends. She was surprised to learn she was a party animal, he said.

Lake Cowichan Mayor Ross Forrest said it was time to look forward.

Were talking about a huge influx of money. You need to get your head out of the sand.

Forrest said that he, along with most people, would have to accept some changes but the result will be worth the effort.

There are complaints about noise that hasnt even happened yet. Gift horses dont come along very often. Lets enjoy a living community, he urged.

Hundreds pack hall for fi nal Sunfest relocation meeting

A Meade Creek area resident, concerned that local taxpayers will have to pay for upgraded roads near the Lake Town Ranch site, calls for an independent traffic study before the CVRD board makes a decision. [LEXI BAINAS/GAZETTE]

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Many communities on Vancouver Island are seeing their populations aging, and Lake Cowichan is no exception.

In fact, the growth of the seniors demographic is more pronounced here than in some other areas for several reasons.

One is that a lack of economic opportunities and big employers means that there arent a lot of younger families moving to or staying in the community, compared to previous decades where sawmills provided well paying, family supporting jobs for thousands of workers.

Counteracting that reality a little is the relative inexpense of real estate in the area compared to other places in the Cowichan Valley, which does work to attract some younger people looking for an affordable place to get into the housing market.

In that same vein though, retirees are attracted to the stunning setting, where they can live without draining their retirement accounts too soon.

And theres just the fact that the baby boomers always a big populations bulge are aging, so there are more seniors everywhere.

With that reality comes a need for accommodations and services for seniors as they age.

Nobody wants to be forced out of their longtime home as they get older. We imagine everyone envisions being able to die peacefully in bed in their own home, but for many that wont be possible. They will need more care as they approach the end of their lives, requiring them to move into a facility where those needs can tended.

Ideally, these folks will be able to, if not stay in their homes, at least stay in their community. Its a huge factor in quality of life. Its about maintaining the comfort of the familiar, and about allowing relatives and friends to maintain their relationships with their aging loved ones. Right now, people may have to be located as far away as Ladysmith or Shawnigan Lake, or even Nanaimo. Thats far from the best option.

So we applaud the idea of the development of some kind of seniors facility in Lake Cowichan, and urge of cials to do everything in their power to encourage it to become a reality.

The people of this community need and deserve to know they can stay for their whole lives.

Seniors care facility should be big priority

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Letters to the editor: YOUR SAY

Fill out your anti-bylaw forms and take them in

Once again the CVRD is increasing our taxes using an underhanded process called AAP.

Using this process will insure that the three new tax increases go through. Since not all prop-erty owners get the local papers that CVRD put a couple of ads in, they have no idea what is going on. Directors could have opted for a referendum which they say is expensive. If a refer-endum costs $150,000 that works out to pocket change per house-hold, compared to the yearly

extra costs of these new taxes. I find it disgusting that in 2012

we paid the CAO approximately $21,000 more than the premier of the province, and we had 25 staff making $100,000 to $200,000 a year. These are the last numbers they published.

Directors tell us we have to pay these kind of wages to retain qualified people.

CVRD had to cancel AAP bylaw 3930 for now, because they did not get Catalyst on the bylaw. One has to wonder, shouldnt they have been first on the bylaw? Do these highly paid people really know what they are doing?

Many of the last elected direc-tors ran on no more tax increas-es and reining in these salaries at the CVRD. That is clearly not happening. They need to do the right thing and resign if they voted in favor of the AAP. Or have they bellied up to the trough also?

More and more people on fixed income are having to defer taxes to make ends meet.

The CVRD has lost touch with reality. If you are tired of these people eroding your standard of living, oppose this process.

Randy MilesLake Cowichan


Street Beat With Malcolm ChalmersThe Gazette asked:

Has there been enough public consultation on relocating Sunfest to Youbou?

Letters to the editor

Michelle ConnollyI think so. They have

been well publicized and I know they have been well attended. You can only have so many.

Bruce JohnsonI havent really seen

too much, they just went ahead and did it. But it is a move forward and it will bring a lot of money to the town.

Jennifer ThomasAbsolutely not. We are

a smaller community that cant always accommodate the influx of thousands of people. They should have looked at it for another year.

Tia LivingstoneI dont know, I dont real-

ly pay attention to things like that but I think it [relocating Sunfest] would be great for the town.

Laurie WhiteI think there is enough.

I think people have been doing a lot of talking behind the scenes and are ready for the meetings when they happen.

Business not as usual on farmlandAgriculture Minister Norm Letnick has released the latest update to the B.C. Liberal gov-ernments strategic growth plan for farm and food products.

After reporting a record $12.3 billion in total agriculture and agri-food sales in B.C. for 2014, the latest plan sets a new goal of increasing it to $15 billion by 2020.

Its mostly a status quo plan, continuing current marketing efforts and encouraging high-er-value production of a wider range of products.

The ministry intends to hire its first expert in food and beverage production. Its a reflection of the fact that fully 70 per cent of that $12.3 billion comes from food and beverage processing. This continues the governments push to improve economic viability of farms by allowing more food product manufacturing and sales on Agricultural Land Reserve property.

Letnick says another key strategy is to improve access to irrigation. B.C. has 20,000 farm operations, a number thats holding steady even as the aver-age age of farmers increases.

Opposition MLAs formed their own agriculture commit-tee to tour the province over the past year, chaired by NDP agriculture critic Lana Popham and independent Delta South MLA Vicki Huntington. Their report speaks to some of the issues not discussed by the government.

One of those is foreign purchase of farmland, a mat-

ter subject to regulation in Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba but not B.C.

Properties have also been pur-chased to grow hay for export to Asia, and Huntington says she continues to hear of costly farmland in Delta and Surrey being bought at prices long-es-tablished farm families cant afford.

Weve seen a British food and drug conglomerate buy up B.C. Interior farms to plant trees for carbon offsets, a project that was wound down after local protests.

Popham and Huntington are calling for a systematic inven-tory of foreign purchases, to determine if regulation is need-ed here as climate change shifts growing patterns.

Popham argues that with California enduring years of drought, B.C. cant continue to depend on imports for more than half its food.

We have countries that are actively seeking food producing land, because their countries are having difficulties produ-cing under drought conditions, Popham said. So before we know it, our farmland could be bought up by other countries that are actively and smartly trying to ensure their own food security.

Neither Letnick nor the opposition MLAs could produce

results from the governments decision to split the Agricul-tural Land Reserve into two zones, with more latitude for non-farm activities outside the southwest and Okanagan.

But were starting to see signs of the new system of regional Agricultural Land Commis-sion panels working with local governments.

The Langley Times reports that the Township of Langley quietly signed a deal with the ALC in July to allow develop-ment of farmland near the Aldergrove border crossing and Langley airport.

The agreement says there is a need for a defensible and dur-able urban/ALR edge. If you think everyone loves farming, youve likely never lived on this urban/ALR edge.

The latest example is on Van-couver Island, where urban neighbours are protesting an established farmers decision to clear a forested property for hay growing.

The farmer has been forced to erect a chain-link fence to keep out trespassers who have decid-ed the property is a park that they can use when they like.

The mayors of Saanich and View Royal seem more con-cerned with appeasing urban complainers than protecting the right to farm. They are being pressed to buy up idle ALR land to soothe urban voters repelled by logging and farming.

Tom Fletcher is legislature reporter and columnist for Black Press. Email: [email protected],Twitter: @tomfletcherbc

BC ViewsBy Tom Fletcher

Lake Town Ranch should go somewhere else

I have major concerns regard-ing the number of people who will be coming into our small community if the proposed Lake Town Ranch application is approved.

Firstly, Highway 18 was not built to accommodate the amount of traffic that will be brought into our area for that event. Our population bulges to 10,000 or so on any long weekend and the entire area is stretched to the max, with policing, emer-gency services, restaurants, shopping normally able to accommodate our area popula-tion of approximately 4,000.

To suggest there will be eco-nomic benefit is short sighted. Once a restaurant is full, it is full. Where are the angry patrons going to go while they are waiting?

Secondly, the pristine river is getting less and less pristine. On any nice summer weekend there are upward of 1,000 tubes going by my house. It is a two hour ride now that the water is at low levels. The weather is hot and there is lots of hydration, good health practice. As a result, many gallons of urine are being tinkled into the river.

As well, the odd or perhaps not so odd, person defecating in the bushes. No one wants to do that in their pants on a hot day. Nature calls when it calls.

In any case, this is all untreat-ed sewage and if there is a spin off the lily it is not going to pay the bills for the clean-up. The visitors come in, have a good time and leave.

We are left behind to clean up the mess. With a stampede of folks from the proposed Ranch tubing on our overly pissed-in river, how long before I live on a sewage pond?

Thirdly, I understand that the site will be policed by staff hired by the organizers during the event. Who will be protecting our community? Lake Cowichan could end up in the same mob mania as the Vancouver, Park-ville and Kelowna riots of years past. No one has the policing to handle an out of control, drunk-en mob. Who would pay for the devastation in and around our community if the crowd decides to come to town?

Lastly, If there was such a great spin off for the Duncan community why are they silently allowing it to leave without a comment? Or is it a case of thank God not in my backyard.

I am totally opposed to changing the zoning in the area to allow Lake Town Ranch to bring their wild west show to our small community. Go in peace, go in kindness but go somewhere else.

Anne WiseLake Cowichan

Country Grocer, Pimlotts good corporate citizens

I was pleased to learn that the National Philanthropy Day awards ceremony on Nov. 17 recognized the Country Grocer for corporate good citizenship. I was pleased, but not surprised. Given the many examples we have seen in Lake Cowichan this is obviously a well deserved hon-

our. The corporation has earned our thanks, and in particular we should recognize the Pim-lott family for their collective support for so many community activities. Pete so often calls this a paradise, but he helps make it so. Perhaps we should have him bronzed.

David LowtherLake Cowichan

Thank you to man who paid for groceries

A few days ago I stood in line to pay for some groceries I picked up. A gentleman ahead

of me said, I will pay for your groceries as an early Xmas present! When I wanted to pay for my groceries she said it is paid already by the gentleman before you. I was stunned. So to

you, sir, thank you so much and also do have a blessed Christ-mas full of surprises too!

Therese JanssenDuncan


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Name: Paul DicksonOccupation: works at Country GrocerHometown: Lake Cowichan Ive always wanted to: move to a town like thisMost people dont know that: I am an open bookFavourite food: thats changing, it has to be vegetables nowProudest moment: getting marriedFavourite activity: renovating/building my houseIn my fridge youll find: ice cream

Paul Dickson

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Smile FILEWith Malcolm Chalmers

LEXI BAINAS GAZETTE

The Shaker Mill Restaurant was full to bursting as Cowic-han Lake folks turned out in force for the annual United Way breakfast Friday, Dec. 4.

Im not sure how long weve been doing this, but I know its more than 20 years, Pat Foster, an organizing committee stal-wart, told the crowd to official-ly open the event, which raised $1,400 and served 104 meals.

She didnt speak long, how-ever, and neither did any of the others to take the mic: Tammy Isaachsen from the United Way campaign, Sally Miles from the Cowichan Lake Community

Services board and Lake Cow-ichans second princess, Sidney Fothergill, who brought greet-ings from the Lady of the Lake royalty.

Isaachsen explained that the money raised in Lake Cowic-han goes to help support more than 25 programs as well as useful outreach efforts into the community.

Miles, who began volunteer-ing for Community Services eight years ago, said she has watched how Lake Cowichan has evolved as its economic situation has tightened.

Addiction and mental health problems have moved to the forefront, she said, as has the

really troubling problem of child poverty.

Poor families are existing on less than $18,000 per year and are steadily losing ground as expenses rise, she said, adding that it was also difficult to see the number of isolated people who were trying to make do with little or no family aid.

Help is needed for them, she said. Community Services was involved in the last minute organizing of its huge annual Christmas hamper campaign, Miles said, urging everyone to be aware of peoples needs when you spot them and reach out to people when they are out and about in town.

$18K or less: Need highlighted at 2015 United Way breakfast

The hard-working members of the Lake Cowichan United Way committee finally get to sit down and enjoy their own breakfast. For more photos from the event see lakecowichangazette.com [LEXI BAINAS/GAZETTE]

More than 300 spectators came out on a chilly evening, Sunday, Nov. 29 for the Lake Cowichan Light-up parade.

It was a lot of fun, said the Chamber of Commerces Kath-rine Worsley after the event.

She announced the winners of the coveted parade awards, too.

In the Float/Vehicle/Walking Groups categories, first place went to Country Grocer with its Santa Claus float, second went to A&W for its vehicle

entry, third place went to the Rivernotes Choir float, fourth place went to the Island Savings walking group and fifth place was taken by the Cowichan Lake Recreation float, Worsley said.

And the parade winners were....Country Grocer won first place for its Santa Claus float at the 2015 Lake Cowichan Santa Claus parade, which kicked off the Christmas Light-up. [MALCOLM CHALMERS FILE PHOTO]


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87 Park $325,000

This 3 or 4 bedroom home radiates hospitality & charm from the marble & Boeing bathtub to the vaulted ceilings. The living room has a cozy terra cotta replace and downstairs is a cold room for your wine or preserves. The home boasts unique tiles, intercom system, built in vacuum and fully nished detached workshop with over height double carport for your RV or Boat

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This 1528 sq ft level entry home offers 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, spacious interior with huge kitchen, attached dining area and family room. The master is large and includes a en-suite and walk in closet. The yard is level with lots of room for RV/Boat parking, there is a courtyard with paving stones and glass covered entryway, nice ower beds and a large deck at the back. Minutes to downtown Duncan. Motivated seller and early possession available!

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Located on the outskirts of the Town of Lake Cowichan. Zoning provided for various usage including intensive agriculture or a B & B. Easy access to the property o Indian Road. Lots of privacy and there is the potential to bring in some revenue from logging some of the standing trees. Great opportunity to build a beautiful home in your own private wilderness. Call to view today!

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Beautiful waterfront lot on one of the nicest spots on Cowichan Lake. This is an undivided interest a Joint Tenants with a Co-Ownership Agreement in place. Cute cabin on property with two bedrooms, includes a hot tub and dock. Enjoy the beach for swimming & boating and spectacular view of the Mountains & Lake. Call to view today!

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197 Grants Lake Road $230,000

This home features 6 bedrooms, 4 bathrooms, 2 kitchens and plenty of storage. There is a 560 sq ft double garage to store those summer toys. This big home sits on an extra large 0.37 acre lot with fenced garden area and lots of room for building that dream car garage. Quick Possession Available. Call to view today!

225 Johel $339,000

PEACE & TRAQUILITYGorgeous Lake & Mountain views from all sides on this Kwassin Lake home. The home features 3 bed / 3 bath with an open plan living design. The master bedroom overlooks the lake and boasts a walk in closet and 4 pc en-suite. The backyard is perfect for entertaining or relaxing while watching the King shers, ducks and more on your doorstep. Call now to view!

34 Creekside $309,900

WATERFRONT LOTStart your dream here! Beautiful water front lot located in prestigious Creekside Estates on the sunny south facing shores of Lake Cowichan. Incredible views of the pristine lake and mountains and many high end homes are in this impressive subdivision. Minutes from the Town of Lake Cowichan, close to trails and plenty of nature and recreation. This property boasts 14,124 sq ft and is ready to build on. Add your own private dock or walk on the waterfront pebble beach. Great place to enjoy the summer, live year round or retire!

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Centrally located to shopping and all amenities. Level entry with main oor livingroom including an attached storage area and private patio in the back, where you can enjoy the wooded area and owing creek. Upstairs has 3 bedrooms, 4 piece bath and the master has a walk in closet. Could be a great starter home for a young family, great investment or perfect for retirement. Call to view today!

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147 MacDonald $220,000

This large home features 3 bedrooms upstairs with a huge living room, country kitchen and laundry room. There is a 1 bed suite downstairs which will provide extra revenue if needed or simply use as a big home. There is a big easy access wired shop that would be great for projects or storage. Call to view today!

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30 Coronation $239,000

2 bed/2 bath rancher is move in ready with nothing to do! The home is immaculately maintained, the partially fenced yard has a mixture of beautiful plants, garden area and greenhouse. Great starter or retirement home. Call to view today!

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LEXI BAINAS GAZETTE

The Winter Nights season of coffeehouses at the 50 Plus Activity Centre in Lake Cowic-han kicked off Saturday, Nov. 21 with a lively evening of music, dancing and socializing with friends.

The house band, the five-piece Good Time Boys, got everyone in the mood with selections varying from Edelweiss to O Lord, Its Hard to Be Humble When Youre Perfect in Every Way but they also included some very danceable tunes

which soon saw the dance floor filled.

At 7 p.m., the spotlight moved onto a newly formed group, the 4 Cowichan Lake Tenors and they harmonized their way through a set of Beach Boys songs like I Get Around, Help Me Rhonda and In My Room before moving on to such favourites as It Takes a Worried Man to Sing a Worried Song and They Call the Wind Maria.

If this sort of evening sounds like just the ticket for you, theres another one of them coming up.

The Winter Nights Christmas Concert will be held Saturday, Dec. 19 featuring not only the 4 Cowichan Lake Tenors and the Good Time Boys but also the Rivernotes Choir in an event that will also collect items for the local foodbank.

Doors open at the centre at 5:30 p.m. and the show runs from 6 to 8:30 p.m. Admission is $5 at the door or appropriate non-perishable food items. Why not bring both? Its great enter-tainment value. And as usual, beverages and snacks are avail-able for sale from the kitchen.

Winter Nights concert Dec. 19The music presented by the 4 Lake Cowichan Tenors is so upbeat that members of the audience get up to dance during a recent coffeehouse. For more photos see lakecowichangazette.com [LEXI BAINAS//GAZETTE]

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Pests: slugs appear to be foreverThe recent cold snap ended new growth outside of my cold frames and greenhouse, but hopefully will reduce preda-tion on my winter crops. Growing vegetables means first getting a handle on the unwelcome guests that munch up our seedlings even as we plant them. Before we even think of gardening we need a plan to slow down trespassers like slugs, wood bugs and cab-bage moths.

Ducks, garter snakes and frogs apparently love slugs, but most yards arent big enough to harbour a duck and we arent allowed to buy garter snakes or even chase one down to bring it home, since they are a protected species. From their lustful croaking all summer you would think there were enough frogs to do the job, but try finding one this time of year.

Frogs and snakes hibernate. Ducks migrate. Slugs appear to be forever.

I have risen in the dead of night, flashlight in hand, to pluck them off my plants. I have left saucers of beer for them to drown in and rolled up newspapers for them to crawl into for early morning dispos-al. Copper tape is expensive,

and the first time a leaf or dirt gets blown across it the thrice damned slugs pour across the bridge to indulge themselves in epic gluttony.

If slugs are not enough there are wood bugs. Since the com-post heap crawls with them, spreading unfinished compost may encourage proliferation. I have read that wood bugs are vital in breaking down the heap and that their numbers die off as the contents decom-pose more thoroughly, so the plants wood bugs like to eat, such as strawberries and seed-lings, should get only well-rot-ted compost.

Sterilizing potting soil with boiling water kills off would-

be munchers in my seed trays and when it cools I plant the seeds.

Another idea I read was spraying strawberries with diluted chili sauce. I even grew my own habanero peppers for it, only to discover that wood bugs simply ADORE hot sauce and everything it touches. I wont be trying that again.

Such a sad litany of failures! Fortunately I come of strong Scots stock. If my foremothers were stubborn enough to survive the Sassenachs an invasion of slimy gastropods should be manageable, and I do have a great idea for cab-bage moth prevention I am saving for a later column.

Your GardenBy Mary Lowther

Garter snakes are a welcome sight in the garden, as they help to control other pests. [SUBMITTED]

CO-OP COMES THROUGH FOR NEW ANNEX

Pat Foster, president of the Kaatza Historical Society, receives a cheque for $5,000 from Barb Peters, chair of Mid Island Co-op board of directors. The Society applied for a grant from the Co-op to help with the building of the IWA Annex. [SUBMITTED]

Calendars are for sale at the Museum, Curves & The Footwear Centre$12.00 All proceeds go to the Museums IWA Annex Building Project

Kaatza Station Museum & Archives 2016 CalendarsFeaturing Wilmer Gold Photographs

Holidays are a time for celebrations, parties and family events. In the dark and cold of winter we bring light and warmth into our homes with candles and a crackling fi re. Please remember to make safety your number one consideration.

Never leave candles unattended. When you leave a room blow them out. Never leave children alone with candles. Flames can ignite nearby combustibles, such as drapery and seasonal decorations, so locate candles carefully.

Holidays mean special meals. When cooking use care to avoid burns and scalds. Consider creating a safe zone around cooking areas. Burns should be treated immediately with cool water and may require professional medical attention.

Holiday lights brighten up many homes. Be sure to check holiday lights before installing them and replace older ones with newer lights that produce less heat. If you decorate a cut tree, be sure to water it regularly to prevent it from drying out. Unplug your tree lights when you leave the room. Never use candles on a Christmas tree.

Decorations inside your home make everything look special. Use non fl ammable decorations. With additional lights many people use extension cords; do not run cords under carpets, across doorways or where they may be damaged. Never overload electrical circuits.

For smokers, be particularly careful. Use proper ashtrays, even when smoking outside. Empty ashtrays into metal containers, not wastebaskets.

Remember: a working smoke alarm saves lives.

Lake Cowichan fi remen say, Lets make this Holiday season safe and free from destructive fi res. You have a responsibility for fi re safety.

Help your local fi refi ghters When you have a fi re safe holiday you are helping keep fi refi ghters safe.

Best wishes for a fi re safe holiday season!Lake Cowichan Fire Department

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MOON ADDS ITS OWN MAGIC

This superb image by Lake Cowichan photographer Ken Karpick, which shows a full moon shining through the hole in the centre of the recently raised totem pole in Tsuubaa-asatx Square, drew a lot of praise at the recent Town Hall meeting. [KEN KARPICK PHOTO]

Lake needs seniors care facility urge residentsLEXI BAINAS CITIZEN

Lake Cowichan residents have again urged their town council to find some way to bring a sen-iors extended care facility to the west Cowichan community.

The subject comes up almost every time council sits down with the public and it was raised again at the Nov. 30 town hall meeting at Centennial Hall.

During a wide ranging dis-cussion of many topics, a local woman asked about assisted liv-ing for seniors.

We need it. Weve been look-ing at being an age-friendly community. That study is com-pleted but what about securing an extended living facility for Lake Cowichan? she asked, and others said that many Lake residents are concerned that their family members have to leave their community and sometimes go a long way off to get a residential care bed.

Mayor Ross Forrest said that it will become an even great-er concern in future as by 2030 the number of people over 65 in Lake Cowichan is estimated to be 2,304, a huge percentage of the population.

There is a need here. Its something wed like to see. Early in the new year, we want to form a committee, like Choose Cowic-han Lake, to start work on get-ting an extended care facility, he said.

David Lowther, who lives in nearby Mesachie Lake but said he considers Lake Cowichan to be his town centre, voiced the

concerns of many.I dont want to end up in

Chemainus. If I go out in a wheelchair, I want to see people I know. On top of that, a 30-bed facility will mean 70-100 full time jobs which translates into lots of people coming to town to live. This is one idea that we as a community should really be onto council about, he said.

Areas like Qualicum Beach are already way ahead on that front, according to Lowther.

There are businesses that are involved in building long term care facilities. We need to approach them, he said.

Forrest agreed.This is our community. People

do want to stay here. But, he warned, even if you have the interest, it will take a lot of work and money to get this.

Forrest was also asked if the town had ever been contacted by anyone who wants to build an extended care facility and he replied that no approaches had been made.

Another person, a small busi-ness owner, said, People need to get behind this and stop turning things away. Everybody wants stuff but they dont want any-body to make any money. That part has to change.

When it comes to gathering funding, a local woman said the town might want to consider that fundraisers for construc-tion of the University of Victoria drilled so deep into the commun-ity that Saanich school children were sent out collecting money door to door for the facility.

Finally, a man said that other communities must have similar problems with the glut of retir-ees moving to Vancouver Island.

Theyre coming anyway. But we need to find ways to reach out, to attract younger people to come here. What have other people in other areas done? he asked.

Forrest said that Lake Cowic-han council has been invited to Qualicum Beach to take a look at what they are doing in a sim-ilar situation.

JACOB ZINN SPECIAL TO THE GAZETTE

In recognition of family-owned businesses on Vancouver Island, the local chapter of the Can-adian Association of Family Enterprise is accepting nomin-ations for its 2016 Family Enter-prise of the Year Award.

The annual award by CAFE was started in an effort to hon-our, celebrate and promote the achievements and contributions of Canadian family businesses. CAFE is Canadas only national not-for-profit that celebrates and supports family business.

Past Vancouver Island recipi-ents include Country Grocer, Accent Inns, McCall Brothers Funeral Directors, Capital Iron, the Canada Homestay Network, Pacific Sands Resort, Robinsons Outdoor Store and Monk Office.

Its extremely important to recognize the contributions family businesses make to the economy, said managing direc-tor Bernadine Rudichuk, The best way we find of doing that

is to honour someone locally who has done well as a family business.

Rudichuk said CAFE places importance on family business-es because they support the local economy through job cre-ation and often give back to their communities.

Vancouver Island has a very high percentage of family busi-nesses, and many of them have been around for many genera-tions, she said.

We appreciate the fact that not only do they contribute to the economy, but they provide employment and theyre local. Its always a great feeling to sup-port local businesses.

Additionally, the recipients of the local FEYA from CAFEs 11 chapters will be entered to win the national Family Enterprise of the Year Award. In 2014, Victorias Capital Iron won the national award, making them the first Vancouver Island recipi-ent of the accolade.

It was amazing it was the

first time its happened for us, said Rudichuk. It was just great.

Eligible businesses must be family owned, defined by sever-al criteria, including ownership or operation by different gen-erations of a family, potential ownership to be passed on to a younger generation, more than one family member with active employment, and a head office located in Canada.

N o m i n a t i o n s a r e b e i n g accepted until Dec. 15, with the Vancouver Island celebra-tion gala taking place on Feb. 11 at the Victoria Golf Club. Residents can nominate eligible businesses that they feel are worthy of recognition in their community.

To nominate a business (self-nominations are welcome) or for more details visit www.cafecanada.ca/chapters/vancou-ver-island and fill out the form, or contact Rudichuk at 250-532-2402 or [email protected]

Awards celebrate family businesses

Lake Cowichan Mayor Ross Forrest answers questions at the town hall session. [LEXI BAINAS/GAZETTE]

I dont want to end up in Chemainus. If I go out in a wheelchair, I want to see people I know.

DAVID LOWTHER, Mesachie Lake resident


Goose shot with arrow rescued at duck pondSARAH SIMPSON GAZETTE

A keen eye and the quick work of a handful of people mean a Canada goose will make a full recovery.

The Cowichan Lake Cham-ber/Visitor Centres Katherine Worsley was walking her dog Bensen out at the Kinsmen Duck Pond when they came across a gaggle of particularly chatty geese.

She saw a flicker of florescent colour amongst them as they herded away, but she shrugged it off and went home.

Worsley couldnt forget that odd flash of light amid the relatively grey birds however, and went out again the next morning to double check.

We went down there and I con-tinued to go down to the water and the geese did the same thing, they started to do their gaggle gaggle letting me know that Im getting too close.

When they took to the water, Worsley saw the arrow.

There was that green flicker again, she said. I looked closer and I said oh my gosh, its been impaled.

Worsley didnt have her phone with her so she went home and made a couple of phone calls.

First she called the conserva-tion office but they dont have a medic on staff to take care of those sorts of things and so she was given some other numbers to try.

Then, in a fortuitous turn of events, on her way to work, Worsley came upon Roger and Ramsey, two Cowichan River Fish Hatchery employees.

I said hey, are you going on the water? Is there any way youre going down by the duck pond? We

have a goose thats in trouble. Within 15 minutes the hatchery

duo had the goose in their Zodiac, up the river and at the front door of the visitors centre.

Worsley rushed home to grab Bensens dog carrier.

This is a big goose, bigger than I thought it would be, she said. The goose didnt mind getting into the kennel, it didnt want to at first.

Not knowing what to do with her captured waterfowl, Worsley called the The Raptor Rescue Society in Duncan.

I didnt know if they could help me because they deal with birds of prey but they helped me before with robins, she noted.

In the time it took to drive from Duncan to the Lake, a volunteer from The Raptor Rescue Society was there.

The bird was taken to the Soci-etys veterinarian in Nanaimo,

confirmed Raptors Centre gener-al manager Robyn Radcliffe.

The woman who found him, she did such a great job coordin-ating it, Radcliffe said. We had him at the vet within two hours of her calling us.

The bird is expected to survive, as the arrow somehow managed to miss all the birds vital organs.

Its kind of miraculous, Rad-cliffe said, noting the arrow shot between the radius and ulna in its wing, missing both.

Its amazing. Hes doing okay, fortunately. Hes on antibiotics, she said.

The animal will likely be sent to the North Island Wildlife Recov-ery Centre as the Raptor Rescue Society doesnt normally treat geese.

We can coordinate rescues but we usually send them to people who have more experience with them, Radcliffe said.

An X-ray shows the arrow passed between two wing bones and missed important organs, meaning this is one lucky goose. [SUBMITTED]

Just the end of an arrow is visible coming out of this Canada Goose found by the Visitor Centres Katherine Worsley while she was out for a walk last week. [SUBMITTED]

LEXI BAINAS CITIZEN

Residents of the Town of Lake Cowichan are still worked up about the possibility of Lake Town Ranch and its Sunfest festival coming to the Meade Creek area.

Several residents voiced con-cerns at the Nov. 30 town hall meeting about the need for beefed-up infrastructure to handle the expected traffic on an already busy long weekend.

Rosemary Danaher was one of a number of people at the ses-sion who were worried about the effect on their quiet way of life of the influx of tens of thou-sands more people on the area.

She said shed heard the Sun-fest organizers expect attend-ance at their show to grow by 15 per cent per year.

If there are 15,000 people com-ing to the festival now, that could turn into 30,000 in six or seven years, with possibly 60,000 further into the future, she said.

How much will the infra-structure cost? she asked, and then went on to say that even without Sunfest in the vicinity, she has already had problems with the 1,000 or so tubers going past her property on the Cowic-han River.

Id have a hard time selling my property because of that, she said, adding, You need to address the problem of noisy boats without mufflers [on Cowichan Lake], too, before we invite more people here, she said.

Danaher also asked, that, if Lake Cowichan council was backing Lake Town Ranch, she and others could see the eco-nomic study that had been done about the possible benefits to use as a basis for that decision.

Coun. Bob Day said, We could study everything to death. Are we willing to do something to take advantage of it or not? Festivals can really boost com-munity coffers. If you bring one here, people will come and fill those empty business locations people are always complaining about. Weve got to look after ourselves.

Lois Atchison, another river-front property owner, whose driveway enters onto busy South Shore Road, said, This past summer was the worst traffic ever and we didnt even have Sunfest. I had to wait for 20 cars to go by just to get out of my driveway. We need to have the proper infrastructure.

Katherine Worsley, from the chamber of commerces information centre, disagreed that visitors would avoid Lake Cowichan.

Even with the forest fires and the smoke last summer, we still had more people than ever

at the tourist information cen-tre. We are going to get those people anyway, she said.

Another woman asked if there would be events every weekend at Lake Town Ranch.

Day said that the organizers would only be allowed 15 days a year and that smaller events like motor bike racing or a Good Sam motorhome gathering were being looked at.

Forrest addressed the subject of traffic infrastructure by say-ing, We recognized many years ago that traffic in Lake Cowic-han was increasing. That was why we invested in that round-about. Can you imagine what it would have been like at the intersection of North Shore and South Shore Roads last summer without it?

Most of you will agree that the town looks much nicer now than it did 10 years ago. Were doing our best, but were trying to work within our means.

There were also suggestions from the audience that Sunfest organizers be asked to help pay for some of the infrastructure needed to handle its crowds.

Coun. Carolyne Austin asked, Didnt they say that theyd have shuttles into town from Sunfest? The Great Lake Walk used shuttles to move people around and we had more than 800 people in the area the first year for that.

Forrest said that one idea was to build a trail and boardwalk from North Shore Road into Lake Cowichans town centre. If it was connected to the Lake Town Ranch site it would be a quick and easy way to walk from there to the Lake, he said.

But Forrest said he is con-cerned, as is Sunfests Greg Adams that if people dont feel welcome, they wont come back, to Sunfest or Lake Cowichan.

Randy Miles said that, Norm Brooks and I brought the drag boat races here years back. We brought 10,000 people a day here. The first year people had no idea what to do. The next year, people were more ready. the chamber of commerce got involved. Businesses really profited from it. But we do need the infrastructure, the plan. You have to prepare for it. But the town cant regulate Lake Town Ranch and Sunfest in or out. Its the CVRD, he said, referring to the fact that the Lake Town Ranch property which is the proposed new home for Sunfest is located in Electoral Area I Youbou/Meade Creek, not with-in the towns boundaries.

David Lowther said, If were willing to put up with the smell of a chicken plucking plant, the little noise from the occasional rock concert is not something to worry about.

Town hall hears Sunfest concerns

TOWN HALL MEETING


Anne was born in King Daughters Hospital in Duncan, BC and raised in Lake Co-wichan, BC where her father ran Tiesus Store. Following high school, Anne attended the University of Victoria and trained as a teacher. Her rst teaching position was in Surrey, BC and then she returned to Lake Cowichan and took a position at J.H. Boyd School. In 1965 she met her husband Cst. omas F. Earl and they married April 9, 1966. ey purchased their rst home in Ladysmith and this is where their daughter Dana was born 4 years later. In 1970, they moved to Surrey, BC where their son Dar-ren was born a year later. Anne spent the next ve years raising her family.

Anne and Tom moved to Sayward in 1976, 100 Mile House in 1978 and Lytton in 1980 where she taught at the respective elementary schools. Shawnigan Lake was their destination in 1982 where Anne found work at the Mill Bay Yarn shop, the Dutch Deli and Dickies Insurance in Duncan before accepting a position at Bench Rd. Elementary School. In 1989 a move to Creston, BC found them empty nesters as both children were attending university and Anne taught in the Wyndel elementary school. A nal transfer to Campbell River for Tom saw Anne teaching at both Evergreen and Cedar schools. Both her and Tom retired in 1998 and moved back to the Cowichan Valley where they have lived since.

Anne was a dedicated teacher who turned down all teaching positions above grade two. She loved the little ones. Kindergarten was her favourite for a strong focus on social skills.

In retirement Anne was an active member of the Heart and Stroke Walking Club, Daughters of the Nile and the Badoura Club. Her most active and enjoyable times were spent attending the many dancing and sporting activities of her four grandchildren. ey also spent many enjoyable winters south in their RV.

Anne was predeceased by her parents Walter and Edith Tiesu, her brother and his wife Len and Ruth Tiesu, her brother-in-law Henry Monti, her nephews Wade Trace and Danny Tiesu. She leaves behind her loving husband Tom, their daughter Dana (Laird) Ruehlen their son Darren (Tricia) Earl and four perfect grandchildren: Maya and Brett Ruehlen and Olivia and Dallas Earl. As well as her two sisters, Marie Monti and Louise (Phillip) Trace and many nieces and nephews.

e family wishes to formally thank Dr. Dan Philippson whose devotion to Annes care was above and beyond. We would also like to thank the sta of the Cowichan District Hospital. We speci cally thank nurses Sue and Cassie for their special care for Anne.

There will be a Celebration of Life on December 12, 2015 at the

Eagles Hall, 2965 Boys RoadDuncan, BC at 1:00 PM.

Online condolences may be made at www.hwwallacecbc.com

Beverly Anne Earl (nee: Tiesu)Mar 10, 1943 Dec 6, 2015

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