lake cowichan gazette, july 29, 2015

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$500K grant to help fund Centennial Park project

United Steelworkers:Union votes in favour of new deal with CVRD

Photo Drew McLachlanVancouver Island North MP John Duncan was in Lake Cowichan to announce, along with councillor Tim McGonigle, that the town’s Canada 150 grant application had been accepted.

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After sitting on the backburner for over a decade, the Town of Lake Cowichan, along with Vancouver Island North MP John Duncan, announced yesterday (July 28) that proposed improvements to Centennial Park will � nally be implemented thanks to a $500,000 grant from the federal government.

Planned improvements to Centennial Park are extensive and include renovations to the baseball diamonds, dugouts and pathways, as well as the installation of � eld lighting. While councillor Tim

McGonigle said that the town is still looking to use natural turf in the upgrades, they will also be looking into the possibility of using arti� cial turf, considering the recent prevalence of water restrictions and the “new normal” for water consumption being pushed by the Cowichan Valley Regional District.

The town has previously invested money into Centennial Park, in order to raise pitching mounds, update the in� eld and attempt to deal with drainage issues, though McGonigle stresses that a “major capital investment” is necessary in order to make an impact on the park.

“The town has contributed

capital funds in the last three years, but that hasn’t helped with the major problems,” he said. “This project has been around since my � rst election 13 years ago; even before that, discussions were already taking place.”

The grant is part of a Canada-wide infrastructure improvement program being funded by the federal government to commemorate the 150th anniversary of Canada’s confederation. $150 million is being invested in projects around the country, including a total of $896,000 being put into eight projects on Vancouver Island. The Town of Lake Cowichan received

the maximum amount of $500,000, making it by far the largest on the Island. The total cost of the project is expected to be $1.4 million, with the town contributing the rest.

The master plan for the Centennial Park project was originally drawn up in 2008, but was eventually shelved after the town failed to secure funding. Prior to applying for the Canada 150 grant, the plan was partially updated to include a rough estimate of the cost of the project, due to in� ation. The next step, McGonigle said, will be to � nalize the estimate of material costs and to have engineer drawings made.

The project is expected to take

two years to complete, and is planned to be unveiled in 2017, to commemorate Canada’s “sesquicentennial.”

Vancouver Island North MP John Duncan was in Lake Cowichan to announce that the town would be receiving the grant on behalf of the federal government, as he is currently the only Conservative MP on Vancouver Island. Duncan said that the Centennial Park project was chosen due to the presence of the Cowichan Lake Sports arena and also for the symbolic value.

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Old Lake Cowichan:New committee hopes to bring back ‘the good old days’

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Kinsmen Fishing Derby:Fundraiser reels in $3,800 for new Duck Pond playground

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This month saw the formation of a new citizen committee in Lake Cowichan, the Old Lake Cowichan Committee. The group of five residents wants to steer the town towards a different future through organizing events, and they’re looking to the past for inspiration.

Committee president Shelley Davies Coburn is fond of recalling “the good old days” in Lake Cowichan, when the town was home to many family events like picnics, logging competitions and holiday celebrations like Halloween haunted houses and Christmas banquets.

“Everyone looks forward to Lake Days, and I just want to see more things like that,” says Davies Coburn. “When I was a kid, there was always something going on, it was awesome. Why shouldn’t the kids today have that too?”

While the Old Lake Cowichan Committee has broad ideas

for the future, the first order of business for the group will be putting together an appreciation barbecue for members of all the local fire departments, RCMP, emergency responders and their families. Davies Coburn, who served with the Mesachie Lake Volunteer Fire Department for seven years, along with her parents, says that the public response to the idea has been very strong, with donations “coming in like crazy” since the event was announced last Tuesday (July 21). Davies Coburn says that seven volunteers have come forward to lend a hand with the barbecue, though the committee is still looking for more.

“I was with the [Mesachie Lake] Fire Department, and people don’t often say ‘thank you’ for all of their hard work,” says Davies Coburn. “I’m hoping that the barbecue will boost morale and encourage [firefighters] to do something for fire prevention week in October.”

Though Davies Coburn admits that the decline of the

forest industry, along with the economic consequences it has had on Lake Cowichan, have played a role in the lack of events and community spirit in the town, she’s confident that embracing “the good old days” will have a worthwhile impact on Lake Cowichan’s reputation and encourage more families to settle here, much like her own family did during the 1980s.

Davies Coburn says that the next step for the committee will be to host family days within the town, which are planned to feature picnics, games and family time.

“We have lots of ideas for what we can put together, because there was so much going on in the old days,” says Davies Coburn. “I want to see Lake Cowichan grow again.”

To get involved with the Old Lake Cowichan Committee, or to volunteer for the upcoming Appreciation Barbecue, contact Shelley Davies Coburn through the Old Lake Cowichan Committee Facebook group.

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New committee looks to past for inspirationAppreciation Barbecue: August event being organized to say thanks to local volunteer firefighters, RCMP and emergency responders

Photo Drew McLachlanFrom left: Bill McGillis, Shelley Davies Coburn, Cindy Charles, Marg McGillis and Gwen Evans (not pictured) make up the newly formed Old Lake Cowichan Committee, who are hoping to host a number of events in the future that will harken back to “the good old days.”

Centennial Park: Project was chosen due to cultural significance, time constraints—Continued from the front page

“Centennial Park was probably a product of 1967,” Duncan said. “There are other buildings here not requiring work, and that contributes to the activity in the area.”

McGonigle said that he hopes the upgrade will allow Lake Cowichan to host provincial

baseball championships, as well as increase its local use.

“It might entice a lot of the older baseball players to stay in town and play on local teams,” he said.

The Town of Lake Cowichan originally submitted the grant application in June. Joe Fernandez, the town’s CAO, explained that the project was

chosen in order to meet the tight deadline for grant applications, as they did not have adequate time to prepare a plan for a new project.

“The project was something that we had that was almost shovel-ready” he said.

He also noted its significance due to being located in Centennial Park.

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This Friday (July 31) will mark the 12th week that the United Steelworkers Local 1-1937 (USW) have been on a 72-hour strike notice. However, it looks like the looming strike notice will likely be coming to an end next month, as the union recently voted in favour of a new agreement, which is now pending official approval until the CVRD board meeting on August 12.

USW issued the 72-hour strike notice on May 8, though no job action has taken place. The union represents 50 CVRD employees at Cowichan Lake Recreation, the Meade Creek facility and numerous water and sewage facility. The disputes centred around several issues,

including the desire for “seniority language changes” in their contracts, additional benefits and statutory pay for casual employees, wage increases and monetary benefits for ticket-holding employees.

The union voted earlier this month on a new agreement presented by the CVRD, with approximately 75 per cent of USW membership voting in favour, according to USW business agent Chris Cinkant. Next month’s CVRD board meeting will likely result in this new agreement being ratified.

“It’s basically done, we’re just waiting for [CVRD] board approval,” Cinkant said. “After that, it’s a signed deal.”

Cinkant said that the new agreement addresses much of what the union asked for, such as stipends for tickets,

better language in regards to casual employees and “modest monetary increases” in regards to certain jobs and for ticket holders.

“We wanted to have casual employees who work regular hours to turn into jobs,” Cinkant said. “The CVRD have said that would happen. It’s not guaranteed, but we have no reason not to believe it.”

Another concern for union members, Cinkant said, was the zero per cent pay increase for the first six months of employment. While this was not addressed in the new agreement, he said that USW is planning on bringing the issue back to the table when USW contracts expire in a year and a half.

“We’ve been negotiating for over a year and we have another year and a half until

our contracts are up — then it’s right back to the bargaining table,” Cinkant said. “We’ve identified all the issues we need to tackle for the next round of negotiations, which we’re preparing for now.”

Earlier this month, prior to the recent USW vote, CVRD’s deputy CAO Jacob Ellis expressed confidence that the new agreement would allow the CVRD and USW to move forward.

“Both sides are confident that the deal reached represents the best possible result that could be achieved without resorting to job action, and have agreed to unanimously recommend the deal be ratified,” he said in an email.

the Gazette will be providing updates to the USW/CVRD dispute as they become available.

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File photoUSW issued a 72-hour strike notice to the Cowichan Valley Regional District on May 8. So far, no strike action has taken place.

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The BC government has passed legislation setting tax rates in a 25-year project development deal for what the government hopes is the � rst of a series of lique� ed natural gas export facilities.

Premier Christy Clark invited Prince Rupert Mayor Lee Brain and Port Edward Mayor Dave MacDonald to the legislature for a brief celebration Tuesday, as debate wound down on a rare summer session of the BC legislature.

Brain, a rookie mayor at age 29 and fourth generation Prince Rupert resident, said the prospect of economic recovery is welcome for the struggling community of 14,500 people.

“When I was in high school we lost three major industries all at the same time in our town,” Brain said. “We lost our forest industry, our � shing industry and our mill. I lost a lot of friends, we lost half our population and ever since it’s been a struggle for our community to get back on track.”

Clark said the project development agreement with Petronas-led Paci� c Northwest LNG for the Port of Prince Rupert is complete from the government’s standpoint. She ruled out any further exemptions to the provincial sales tax that applies to investments in plant and pipelines that could reach $36 billion.

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Keane questioned the suggestion that LNG investors are getting a discount for investing in BC.

“This is the only regime where we have to pay a special LNG tax,” Keane told reporters in Victoria last week. “It’s the only jurisdiction where we have to pay a carbon tax, and we also have to buy carbon offsets to get down to our greenhouse gas target that was legislated last year.

“And in addition to that, we’re also going to be paying PST, GST, payroll taxes, municipal taxes, and corporate income taxes at both the federal and provincial levels.”

Paci� c Northwest still needs an environmental permit from the federal government, and approval from the Lax Kw’alaams Band, whose territory includes the Lelu Island site chosen for the LNG shipping terminal.

Opposition MLAs opposed the agreement, citing a lack of job guarantees and protection for the investors from discriminatory tax and regulation changes for 25 years.

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With Malcolm Chalmers

Dear editor,

In response to the article “Community garden workshop to focus on water conservation amid drought,” published in the Lake Cowichan Gazette, June 15, 2015.

We can still plant crops to harvest this fall and winter despite stage three water restrictions. Since rich, loamy soil holds 16 times as much water as sandy soil and four times as much as clay soil, if our soil isn’t already fertile, we should dig in compost or manure, and fertilizer probably to about eight inches down. Subsequent years shouldn’t need digging since compost and fertilizer added to the top — a few inches each year will be brought down by burrowing soil creatures and their holes will aerate the soil and keep it loamy.

Once the bed is smoothed over and ready to seed, lay a piece of two-by-four wood the length of the seed row you want, down the bed of where you want the seeds to go. Push it down about half an inch and take it off again. Then lay it sideways inside

this furrow until it’s as deep as you want the seeds to be sown. During drought conditions we want to plant seeds a little deeper than usual to keep them cooler. Sow the seeds then cover them with some soil. The larger furrow made by the two-by-four will capture more water from the hose, directing it to the seeds instead of running off. A tool called a “cavex” will work here too.

Until the seeds germinate, water the seeds twice a day early morning and late evening with a hand-held hose � tted with a nozzle that will spray water like a soft rain. By then the roots should have penetrated far enough that you can set up the soaker hose alongside the seed row and water twice a week. I’ve been watering my garden for thirty minutes, twice a week for decades with soaker hoses and it works just � ne, regardless of whether the garden was mulched or not.

The main source of water loss in a garden is transpiration from the plants’ leaves so the farther apart the plants are, the less water you need to apply. When gardening guru Steve

Solomon experimented with gardening without any water in the Willamette Valley, Oregon, he found that he could reap a decent harvest when he planted crops much further apart than recommended.

Solomon suggests yanking out every second plant if they appear to be water-stressed and see how they fare. If they still don’t look healthy they may need fertilizing so he suggests “fertigating” (a word he made up). Take a bucketful of compost tea or diluted liquid fertilizer like liquid kelp and slowly pour it into the soil beneath the plant. Solomon punches a hole in the bottom of six buckets and sets them beside six plants, � lls them up and when they’ve emptied he moves them to the next batch of plants.

He found an enormous difference in harvest when he did this once or twice a month, and even with growing fewer plants, the harvest per plant was increased so much that he reaped about three quarters as much as in the fully-irrigated garden.

—Mary LowtherLake Cowichan, BC

Summer gardening still possible during stage three water restrictions

Dear editor,

In response to the article “Kaatza Museum hoping to keep history of logging alive,” published in the Lake Cowichan Gazette, July 22, 2015.

We want to thank you for the article in the July 22 issue about the Kaatza Historical Society’s recent acquisition of the provincial collection of the IWA’s archives, generously donated to us by the United Steelworkers District 3.

First, I want to thank the Cowichan Lake Community Forest Co-op for their pledged donation to help us build our

much needed addition for storage.

Secondly, we would like to point out that, although we love our “loggers,” we are asking support from everyone that worked in the forest industry; this includes the mill workers. We had three vibrant mills in the Cowichan Lake area and the mill workers contributed not only their skills, but, in too many cases, their lives, to the community. There were, and still are, many independent workers involved in the industry, to say nothing of the families, shopkeepers and other related businesses that were all a part of our community. Although

without the loggers no one would have had a job!

Finally, we need to thank the community in general for the support the museum has received over the years. We are celebrating 40 years as a society which we could never have done without you. Thank you.

Anyone wishing to donate or � nd more information can either come to the museum or go to our website — kaatzamuseum.ca — where we have a donate button. Also check out our Facebook page for up to date information and photos.

—Patricia FosterLake Cowichan, BC

Museum extends thanks to community

Dear editor,

In response to the article “Kaatza Museum hoping to keep history of logging alive,” published in the Lake Cowichan Gazette, July 22, 2015.

I read last week’s story on the recent acquisition by the Kaatza Museum of the IWA archives with much interest. This important part of our country’s labour history is especially meaningful for the Cowichan Lake area as this is where the IWA was started almost 80 years ago.

The funds needed for the museum

addition to store this material (and it is much more than just � les) will hopefully come from many of us that worked in the forest industry and enjoyed the bene� ts our union fought for.

I have made my donation and I urge other forestry workers, not just “loggers,” to consider doing the same. Drop into the museum any day this summer between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. and get more information or drop off your donation.

—Don GordonLake Cowichan, BC

IWA archives represent an important part of our history

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Gegory Bath“I think the $180 � ne is pretty much appropriate.”

Stephanie Mackenzie“To impound [their] vehicle and the highest � ne possible, at least $500. That and the cost of getting your vehicle out, plus points. It should be the highest offense right now.”

Lyndon Keeping“If you are going to make an issue of it, then it might as well be a worthwhile � ne, say at least $500 because of the dif� culty and expense of prosecuting it, court time, witness time — lets make the � ne worth it.”

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Port Renfrew:

Halibut � shing is excellent. Top baits are XL Herring, Mackeral and Octopus. Top arti� cials are Berkley 8” � sh; use these off your spreader bars as you drift — bouncing the bottom periodically is like ringing a dinner bell. When jerk � shing, try adding strips of octopus off your large jigs — octopus is extremely tough and will add scent to your jig.

8 to 30lb chinook showing at Port Renfrew, plus lots of coho up to 12lbs. Best lures are Gold Betsy, Footloos or Bon Chovy UV � asher and chrome Jo-Anne mint pearl head or halloween candy UV or green/gold monkey puke. Gibbs skinny G & spoons — lots of great reports copies smaller baits perfectly.

Cowichan Bay - Sansun Narrows:

Jerkers are doing well on new Holographic jigs of P-line at 60 to 80’ depth. Fish showing up to 25lbs. Try trolling with a purple glow � asher and small anchovies.

Nitnat:

By mid-month, Nitnat should be

going strong for cut pluggers on the bar. The lake should kick into high gear around the end of the month.

Beach � shing:

Salmon Point, the mouth of Oyster River, the mouth of Nile Creek, Departure Bay and Cowichan Bay. Pinks will be staging and ready to play. We carry a large selection of beach � ys. Pinks are great fun on light tackle and excellent eating if you dress and put them on ice right away.

Cowichan Lake:

Fishing is good. Fish holding at 30 to 60’ level. Top producers are: large 50/50 gang trolls with a red wedding band tipped with a worm. Also try F7 � at� sh or a K7 kwik� sh in frog patterns or silver coho blue. Troll these well behind your boat (100’) doing an S pattern over the drop-off parallel to the shoreline.

Cowichan River is closed to

angling.

—Submitted by Gord MarchGord’s Fly Box and Goodies

Gord’s � shing report for August


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Smile FILEWith Malcolm Chalmers

Alexa Kammerle


The Lake Cowichan Kinsmen have found success with their recent fishing derby in Port Renfrew, and now they’re hoping to make the charity event an annual affair.

The fishing derby took place on July 18 and 19, attracting anglers from Lake Cowichan and around the Island. The Kinsmen managed to raise $3,800 for their own foundation, as well as $1,075 for the local fish hatchery.

“We’re very happy with how the first year turned out,” Dustin Mayo, co-chair for the event, said. “The marina has already sent us an email inviting us back for next year.”

The money raised for the Kinsmen will be going towards funding a new playground structure at the Duck Pond, which Mayo said is overdue for an upgrade due to safety concerns.

“It’s getting older — the last

time we did this was in the 90s,” he said. “Eventually you have to catch up with the other playgrounds in the Valley.”

Mayo said the project is expected to cost around $60,000, though he also noted that there are several options available to the Kinsmen, and the total cost will be decided when they are closer to reaching their goal.

Along with raising money for the Kinsmen Foundation, the anglers of the event were also able to take home part of the pot. Jamie McAllan took home $1,800 with a 29lbs 1oz catch, Kevin McKenna received $800 for a 26lbs 9oz fish and Cam Hamilton took the third place prize of $400 after reeling in a 25lbs 8oz fish.

Along with paying for new playground equipment at the Duck Pond, funds from the Kinsmen Foundation will also go towards annual projects such as the Christmas hampers and youth summer programs, as well as paying for equipment for adults with special needs, such

as wheelchairs, tablets used to aid speech and “anything else that improves their quality of life.”

Another successful Kinsmen fundraiser, the Ladies’ Casino Night, will also be returning this fall. Last year’s event was a hit with over 100 women turning up for a night of casino games, dinner and live entertainment. The event started last year after demand for a female counterpart of the Men’s Casino Night, which the Kinsmen have been hosting for several decades.

“We’ve been asked for years to do a ladies’ night,” Mayo said.

The Kinsmen will also be hosting a golf tournament at March Meadows on September 12. The 18-hole tournament will also include a dinner and door prizes. Tickets will be $100 or $60 for members.

To get involved with the Lake Cowichan Kinsmen, email Steve Dinsmore at [email protected]. Mayo said that the Kinsmen are also planning on launching a new website soon.

Kinsmen fishing derby reels in $3,800 for Duck Pond playground

Ladies’ Casino Night: Fundraiser returning in autumn

Photo submittedWes Kelly and his son Jake were two of the many locals who made the trip out to Port Refnrew for the Lake Cowichan Kinsmen’s first fishing derby, which was held to raise money for the installation of a new playground structure at the Duck Pond.

Occupation: Resident Care Attendant (RCA)Hometown: Lake CowichanI’ve always wanted to: TravelFavourite food: Lasagna Best thing about living here: The town, weather and sceneryFavourite activity: VolleyballMy proudest moment: The birth of my childI define down time as: SleepFavourite moment of day is: Evening — I’m not a morning personMy guiltiest pleasure is: CandyMy go-to wardrobe staple: Comfy clothingIn my car I listen to: New countryIn my fridge you’ll find: FruitIf I had a $1,000,000: Travel, buy a house, give away to family and friends


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The Cowichan Lake Food Bank, along with many other food banks in the Cowichan Valley, have been seeing a drop in donations this summer while monthly usage and requests for emergency hampers continue to come in.

Society treasurer Katherine Worsley said that the drop in donations is typical for the summer months, though there is little that can be done to alleviate the problem.

“We’ll run fundraisers like hot dog sales, and we’ll receive cash donations from other groups in town, but I don’t know what else we can do to help the situation,” she said.

In the past, the food bank has taken advantage of Lake Days by setting up donation bins on the grounds of the event, though with mixed success. In favour of the usual donation bins, this year’s Lake Days saw the introduction of a “food bank scavenger hunt,” which saw participants go door-to-door to collect non-perishable donations.

The Cowichan Valley Basket Society, which operates out of Duncan, has said that the annual summer shortage is partly due to

students returning home for the summer, though Worsley has said that the Cowichan Lake Food Bank’s problems have more to do with a drop in donations than with a rise in demand.

“The summer is always problematic for us,” she said. “People are going on vacation — the last thing they have in their minds is donating to food banks, or any charity in general.”

The Cowichan Lake Food Bank is hoping that residents will remember to lend a hand this summer to the local families that use the food bank’s monthly service, whether its through food or cash donations. The food bank is also asking residents to donate any excess produce they have, as long as its near their distribution date on the second Wednesday of each month. Residents can also make a $2 cash donation to the BC Share program, through the coupons seen near the register at Country Grocer. 100 per cent of the donations made at the Lake Cowichan Country Grocer go to our local food bank. The food bank is also planning on holding a hot dog sale/fundraiser in late August.

To arrange for a donation drop-off, contact Betty Sanddar at 250-710-6715.


BC Share: $2 donations can be made at the local Country GrocerSarah Simpson & Kevin RothbauerCowiChan VaLLey Citizen

Hot spots continued to make work for firefighters days after the initial blaze was extinguished at Duncan Meadows Golf Course, but business at the course has continued.

South End Fire Hall’s deputy chief Brad Coleman said crews from his hall and from Khowutzun Forest Services have continued to monitor the site since Monday.

“Any time you have that magnitude of a fire, there’s going to be roots in the ground and various things that still hold some heat,” Coleman said. “Over time they just tend to get going.”

A downed power line charged a fence which resulted in flames running along about 1.2 kilometres of Highway 18. Winds allowed the fire to jump across the street and into a farmer’s field.

Members from the South End hall were joined by North Cowichan’s Maple Bay and Crofton fire halls, and crews and equipment from the Duncan, Sahtlam, Cowichan Bay,

Ladysmith and North Oysterfire departments. The BC

Wildfire Service sent a ground crew and a helicopter to put out the Monday afternoon fire.

“The overwhelming response from our neighbours who helped our firefighters by supplying additional crews and equipment is a great demonstration of the quality of our firefighting services in the Cowichan Valley,” North Cowichan Mayor Jon Lefebure said. They were called out at 2:45 p.m. and had things under control by 6 p.m. Monitoring and mop-up work has continued ever since.

Khowutzun Forest Services has kept an active watch on the site while the South End firefighters have gone over regularly to check it out as well. “It really takes a few days sometimes to see little things that flare up,” Coleman said. “Especially, you can imagine, old stumps that go into the ground because the fire tends to chase the roots so you find little places that are just burning under the ground sometimes.”

The dry ground exacerbates things as well.

“It’s a matter of fine-tuning it and going over it with a crew and

really watching for dry and hot spots,” Coleman added.

The golf course did sustain some damage in the fire, but not enough to shut it down.

“It’s business as usual,” Duncan Meadows superintendent Dave Brummitt said. “There’s obviously damage; you can’t have a fire with 50km/h winds and not have damage, but the damage to the course itself is minimal.”

Brummitt said power was restored to the course on Tuesday afternoon. The course is well-prepared for incidents like fires, he added.

“We have fire-suppression equipment,” he said. “We have a backup generator. Those sorts of things. [Owner Ming Hui] and I have been doing this for a long time, but you can’t expect the unexpected.”

Brummitt expressed his thanks to the staff and volunteers at the golf course, as well as the firefighters and BC Wildfire Service crews that got things under control so quickly.

“There were quite a number of people there,” he said. “We were very impressed with the community support.”

Crews monitor flare-ups from golf course fire

Photo Malcolm ChalmersChristine Hind from Honeymoon Bay was just one of the riders taking part in the Canadian Women’s Ride Day. The ride helps to raise money for abused women and children. Sunday afternoon (July 19) 131 riders from Vancouver Island and the mainland rode into town for a short rest break before continuing on to Cobble Hill for the finale, which included a raffle and auction.

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Statements about the 2015 Toyota Prius c that I’ve heard before: The Toyota Prius c is boring to drive. Wrong. The Toyota Prius c doesn’t have enough power. Wrong, but not 100 percent inaccurate. The Toyota Prius c looks like my grandma’s shoes. Again wrong, but also funny.Say what you want about the smallest iteration of Toyota’s phenomenally fuel-effi-cient hybrids, but it doesn’t lack personality or the ability to shine on the road.Here’s why.Since the last time the c and I rendez-voused, I forgot how decent the handling actually is. That’s not what I’d say about all Prius family members. When passing a German sports car in a tight bend, I still had some leftover give from the tires and suspension. Body roll was surprisingly kept to a minimum so you know Toyota’s doing something right. Granted, I wasn’t on a racetrack (we both know who would win) and I wouldn’t say I was pushing it, but it does hold its own. It even garnered a thumb’s up from said driver. Prius: 1. Sports car: 0.So what if the drone of the engine and CVT combined sound like a lovesick walrus? It’s irrelevant. The car has to work hard if you want it to accelerate quickly. After all, it’s not a performance vehicle in the traditional sense. The Prius c will, however, give you incredible fuel results. That’s thanks to the combination of a 1.5 litre, 4-cylinder gasoline engine, an electric

motor and a sealed Nickel-Metal Hydride (Ni-MH) battery pack.There’s a whopping 99 net horsepower produced, but again, the c is all about efficiency.Estimated fuel results come in at 4.5L/100km in the city, 5.1L/100km on the highway and a combined number of 4.8L/100km.I could have driven it responsibly to try to beat those results, but that was not my goal. And there’s no fun in that!I wanted to drive it like I would any other car. Even when I decided to put my foot down (and that was often) I still av-eraged 4.9L/100km combined. Keeping

in mind that there were a few long hill climbs on my various adventures.Of the Prius vehicles available, I’d say it’s the least like a grandma’s shoe. In fact, I think it’s the cutest. Not because of its size, but because it has some nice lines to it. For 2015 there’s a restyled front end with standard single LED projector low and highbeam headlights, two new exterior colours and new “light pipe” taillights.Bonus.Inside, you get quite a few tech features, a 6.1-inch (155mm) Touch Panel Display Audio with Navigation, and more.The front SofTex seats are heated, and if you happen to spill anything on them, they wipe of with minimal effort.Furthermore, there’s 484L of cargo space with the rear seats up.

With the rear seats folded down, there was enough stor-age to fit my road bike inside (without having to take off the front wheel) and left room for my cycling gear and a passenger up front.On the subject of size, around town, it pretty much fits into any parking spot. Even those annoyingly small spots that are the direct result of people not considering others and awkwardly placing their vehicles at just the right distance so a “middle” car can’t fit.You know the violators I’m talking about.Prius: 1. Parking: 0.The particular trim of c I had was deemed the “Technol-

ogy.” That includes the aforementioned navigation system, SMS-to-speech and email-to-speech capability, a backup camera, a leather wrapped steering wheel, a power moonroof, 15-inch

aluminum alloy wheels, and more.Let me be clear, the takeaway at the end of the day is that the Prius c is my favourite Prius in the lineup.You can drive the pants off it and you’ll still get amazing fuel economy results. There’s room for five, a road bike in the back – but in that case you’ll have to fold the rear seats down and kick three people out – fuel economy is stellar and it’s wrapped into a shapely package.C might stand for City, but it stands for “winner” in my books.Long live the Prius.The 2015 Toyota Prius c Technology has a starting MSRP of $26,055.Visit www.toyota.ca for more information.

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Wine and Cheese fund-raiser for Lake Auxiliary

The Lake Auxiliary to the Cowichan District Hospital is hosting a wine and cheese event to raise funds to purchase equipment for the maternity ward of the hospital.

The group promises a fun-filled evening on October 3. In addition to wine and cheese tasting, the event will also feature a fashion show, cash bar, 50/50 draws, silent auction and door prizes.

Tickets are available at the Footwear Centre (42 South Shore Road) for $20.

Doors open at 6:15 p.m. and the event will start at 7 p.m.

Summer drop-in hockey at Cowichan Lake Sports Arena

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Cowichan Lake Recreation will be hosting drop-in hockey at CLSA every Sunday from August 2 to 30. Open to ages six to 10 (11 a.m. to 12:20 p.m.), 11 to 15 (12:30 to 1:50 p.m.) and 16+ (2 to 3:20 p.m.)

No contact. Full gear is required and the cost is $5.50 per player, goalies play free. Skate sharpening available for $5.50.

Call 250-749-6742 for more information.

Lake Cowichan moves to stage three water restrictions

The Town of Lake Cowichan announced recently that stage three water restrictions are now in effect.

In order to stay up to date with water restrictions, visit the Gazette’s website (lakecowichangazette.com) or Facebook page, or the town’s website (town.lakecowichan.bc.ca), where a full list of restrictions and a watering schedule are also available.

Music in the Lake: Summer Nights returns August 1

Genevieve and the Wild Sundays will be taking the stage at Central Park on August 1 for the next Music in the Lake: Summer Nights concert.

The all-female pop-folk group will be performing from 7 to 9 p.m., following the open stage and kids activities which run from 5 to 6:45 p.m.

The free outdoor concert series will continue to run every other Saturday through August.

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