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School closures imminent, but which ones? ELODIE ADAMS GAZETTE EDITOR

The threat of school closures in School District 79 drew a packed crowd to the district’s public meeting, Feb. 6 at Quamichan Middle School. On the list, along with nine other schools in the district, is A.B. Greenwell Elementary, located on the site of the former Yount Elementary school, in Youbou. “The prognosis is not good for Lake Cowichan,” was former school board trustee Diana Gunderson’s opinion. “A.B. Greenwell parents have been hanging on since 2008 with the promise of a new elementary school. Now, there is every indication that is not going to happen.” The final decision will be announced May 15 after a series of public consultation meetings. Many parents were relieved to see that Lake Cowichan Secondary School was not on the list.

District superintendent Joe Rhodes, secretary-treasurer Bob Harper and official trustee Mike McKay presented a restructuring plan to the public, saying declining enrolment and rising costs have made reconfiguration a necessity. Costs to operate the district are far greater than the funds it receives to provide programs and services. The district anticipates a $3.7 million deficit for the 201314 school year, and projects the deficit would increase to more than $15 million in five years without structural changes and achieving operating efficiencies. The three options being considered, according to Rhodes, are as follows: 1) maintain the current mix of configurations of elementary, middle and secondary schools and close some elementary schools; 2) move to a middle school model across the district with a configuration of Kindergar-

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ten to Grade 5 elementary, Grade 6 to 8 middle and Grade 9 to 12 secondary; or 3) eliminate middle schools altogether and move to a Kindergarten to Grade 7 elementary and Grade 8 to 12 secondary situation throughout the district. “They admitted that if they close these schools and they reorganize things, that’s only going to be part of the cuts they have to make,” commented Local 66 president Chris Rolls. “So where are the other parts of the cuts coming from?” Former school board trustee Duncan Brown called the cuts radical. “Even if they take the first option, they’ll still be short $1.7 million,” Brown said, “and there’s only one place it can come from, and that will be the teachers.” Brown says he attended all three community meetings and at no time was there a call for school closures as a way to save money.

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Four Grade 12 students from Lake Cowichan Secondary School have got a jumpstart on a career when they ďŹ nish high school and graduate this June. Megan Foster, Jasmine Langset, Sarah Tardiff and Nicki Vandersluys spent two semesters attending Vancouver Island University’s hairdressing program at the Duncan campus. They are back in Lake Cowichan, each one sporting an achievement award, for their ďŹ nal semester which began Feb. 4. “It was the ďŹ rst year the program was running,â€? explained Langset. VIU runs a 42-week certiďŹ cate program in hairdressing at its Nanaimo campus, but this was an opportunity to do the same program that would give the girls credits toward their high school diploma. The girls all said they heard about the

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opportunity from different sources. One of them reportedly heard about it from a counsellor, while another said she heard about it from one of the four who did the program. “I heard about it from Nicki who said she was going to do it,â€? commented Foster. “When I found out how many credits it would give me, I was like, yeah!â€? The year-long program ran four days a week, with hours from 9-4, and the four girls commuted together for the most part. Eighteen students from different high schools began the pilot course, but there were a few less who actually made it to the end of the course, for different reasons the girls explained. “A couple students dropped off in the ďŹ rst month,â€? said Vandersluys. “Another one had a fall out with the teacher, and so on.â€? “We had tests throughout the program and we had to keep up grades,â€? added Langset. “We didn’t have to report back to LCSS, but we kind of checked back once in a while, because we are a small community and it’s like that here.â€? Even though they are ďŹ nished the program and back at school in Lake Cowichan, a couple of the girls are working part time. Vandersluys,

Even though Sarah Tardiff is back at LCSS for her second semester of Grade 12, she works part-time after school at Remedy hair salon.

who came away from the course with a district prize for top student, has a part-time job as a junior stylist in a salon in Duncan. Tardiff, who also was the recipient of a district award for safety, works Saturdays in Lake Cowichan at Remedy Salon. Both Foster and Langset also won awards at the end of the program. Foster’s was an in-house award for colour, and Langset took the in-house award for cutting. In all, there were only ďŹ ve awards for all the students that participated in the program. When asked what they felt they had achieved from doing the course, all the girls had different answers.

“For me, I think it’s having a jumpstart on a career when you get out of high school,â€? said Langset. “People are always going to need haircuts.â€? Foster says she thinks it has helped her grow as a person, that she feels more mature after having gone through it. “I think it really helped me develop a sense of what life was going to be like outside of high school once I’m done,â€? said Vandersluys. All the girls said their friends at school were proud of them for having come through the course with distinction, and that they are deďŹ nitely getting requests for haircuts and colour.

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Pool top issue for public at recent meeting ELODIE ADAMS GAZETTE EDITOR

A Town of Lake Cowichan Public Works Committee meeting was held on Feb. 5 in the council chambers. Councillor Jayne Ingram was the only council member not attending due to previously-arranged family matters. It was a routine meeting, with no delegations or representations, but with several town projects on the agenda. For the revitalization of the Town Square project, Island Coastal Economic Trust is providing one-third of the cost of the work through a grant, and not one half (Gazette, Feb. 6). B.C. Hydro is providing a grant to the Town of Lake Co-

wichan for graffitiproofing B.C. Hydro equipment or for other community initiatives it may have to remove or prevent graffiti. The town is due to receive $1,000 for this project. The South Shore Road resurfacing project update is still under revision. Supt. of Public Works Nagi Rizk says the ministry still has to go over the project with consultants before tender can go out. Tied in with the road paving project is the issue of the Mildred Child Annex. There has been talk of moving the building with some interest shown by the Cowichan Lake Education Centre for taking it over. The building and its potential use will be discussed at the next CLEC meeting in Feb-

ruary. A feasibility study for the conversion of organic waste to energy in the town is underway. It has yet to be completed. Organic, garbage and recycling collection for the town was discussed at length during the meeting. There are two options to choose from: using the services provided by the CVRD, and having the town create a collection system. The town’s application for funding from the Gas Tax Program Services through the Union of BC Municipalities was denied. In 2012, the town applied for funding for the Greendale Road water main upgrade and for a water quality evaluation and water treatment plant affordability study.

The letter the town received explained that in 2012, the program had received requests outweighing available funds by almost 8:1 and that not all worthy applications had been able to be funded. Although there were several items on the agenda at the Parks, Recreation and Culture committee meeting the same evening, it was the access to the Duncan pool that the public were there to go to bat for. Nineteen residents attended the meeting to have their say or support what others had to say about what many consider to be unaffordable rates Lake Cowichan and area residents are charged to use the facility. Ted Gamble spoke on behalf of the delegation.

School district to set own calendar ELODIE ADAMS, GAZETTE EDITOR

Students in the Cowichan Valley School District can look forward to a two-week spring vacation and parents will not be able to meet with teachers in the evenings according to SD79s proposed calendar for 2013-2014. Those and other proposed changes were part of an official notification sent out to parents of students in the district and designed to infuse more flexibility to individual schools in the district and to instate cost-saving measures. Several modifications are being proposed, beginning with the standard school calendar dates. In previous years, the Ministry of Education set out the regulations as to the prescribed number of days students needed to be in attendance. The new calendar regulations basically set out only the number of hours of instruction students are required to receive. All other components are left to districts to determine (BC Reg 314). The school board is also proposing that ParentTeacher Conferences (PTC) next year be slated in the daytime “to increase the opportunity to provide Pro-d days for staff.” As it stands, when teachers attend PTCs in the evening (held twice a year), they are due to have compensatory time off (amounting to two full days in lieu). The school board feels that by displacing the evening meetings to the daytime, it will be a cost-saving

measure that will help offset the declining revenue in the district. Also, with communication occurring between parents and teachers more regularly throughout the year due to technology (emails, etcetera), they see the need diminishing for many parents to access the teacher on PTC evenings than in the past. The district is also proposing a full two-week spring break beginning next year. Its reasoning is that in the face of continuous budget pressures, this would be a potential cost-saving measure. The school board insists that a two-week break would not interfere with students being able to receive the number of hours of instruction the calendar regulations require. SD79 will continue to schedule Professional Learning Community (PLC) days over the school year. The school district maintains that this time is vital to teachers and staff, enabling them to set and achieve improvement goals and strategies, but which result in a two-hour early dismissal time for the students. The district has until March 31 to submit the proposed calendar to the Ministry. There is a mandatory 30-day period of consultation between the district and the public. which is why the calendar process is occurring earlier this year. All parents of students in the Cowichan Valley school district received an official notification of the proposed changes to the calendar and have been asked to submit their comments by March 6.

Ted Gamble represented the delegation of 19 Lake Cowichan and area residents who attended the meeting in the town’s council chambers, Feb. 5 to discuss the user rates for the Cowichan Aquatic Centre in Duncan.

“In several ways, we’re losing out on an opportunity here,” Gamble said. “I think rural areas right now and in the future are going to need to attract middle-class families and professionals like me, doctors, etcetera, and health promotion is a big part of that.” Gamble had many valid points to make as far as the residents are concerned — especially those who want to and do use the pool regularly — but it was all received with some reservation by council,

who, although interested, have to consider the figures from a report. “When a report was tabled, at that time it was found that only four per cent of Lake Cowichan residents used the pool in Duncan,” Councillor Tim McGonigle commented. “We weren’t afforded the opportunity to join the discussions in south end, and it was then reported in the paper that we were not in favour.” In fact, he says they were not involved in

those discussions at all. The only fair way today to look at joining would be to get a consensus amongst all the constituents of the area, One resident suggested the high cost of taking a family to the pool could be the reason the percentage of Lake Cowichan residents recorded is so low. The mayor promised to inform the delegation of when next the subject would be discussed.

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The Duncan pool issue and its place in our community Being still relatively new to Lake Cowichan, I haven’t yet had the advantage of enjoying the summer months here. With all the water in our midst, I can imagine it’s difficult to keep children on dry land for the most part. That’s why every family needs to make sure their children know how to swim, but the cost of swimming lessons at the Duncan pool – the Cowichan Aquatic Centre – has become prohibitive for many families since the two-tiered user system was introduced. A delegation of nineteen residents attended the council meeting this week to go to bat for Lake Cowichan

residents to have the same user fees as Duncan, North Cowichan and Cowichan Bay residents. They all had their own individual stories. Some came with the calculation of how much it cost them per year to use the pool facilities, or to take their children for swimming lessons, while others cited the obvious health benefits swimming provides and the added attraction it brings when we are trying to recruit doctors and new families to the area. In contrast, some of these residents who never use the arena facilities, say they don’t mind paying taxes for its upkeep and for other recreational

all fits together in one system. A public swimming pool is a wonderful facility and it is important to have access to it at an affordable rate. It can be used 12 months of the year, whereas our water facilities here at the lake and the river are limited to use only during the warmer, summer months. Think of how much more we would have to pay in taxes if the town decided to build a facility here, and let’s hope council can find a way to get on board with the Duncan pool, and bring Lake Cowichan resident’s user fees to a reasonable rate.

facilities because that’s what community taxes are all about. For example, a family with young children probably doesn’t have much to do with the seniors centre or any of its activities. In the same way, seniors no longer go to school. But it doesn’t mean that either party shouldn’t still be paying taxes on those facilities because that’s the way a community or town works. So for those very few people who wrote in and took a stand against the pool, or for those residents who say they will never use the facility, they should think about what facilities they do have the benefit of using and how it

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Crown land sales focus of pre-budget debate BC Bureau By Tom Fletcher

Finance Minister Mike de Jong rejected NDP criticism of his government’s sale of Crown land Thursday, and promised an update on the disposal of up to 100 properties when he presents his pre-election budget on Feb. 19. De Jong’s comments came after NDP leader Adrian Dix and finance critic Bruce Ralston visited one of the few properties whose location is known, a large vacant lot in Surrey that was bought in 1998 as a possible future hospital site. Ralston said the government has counted on raising $475 million in 2013 and more than $200

million the following year through asset sales, to help balance a 2013 budget after the current one ends in the red by $1.4 billion. “Over $700 million to fill a short-term hole in the budget,” Ralston said. “It’s not sustainable. It’s not good public policy.” De Jong said the Surrey property is an interesting choice, since a new Surrey Memorial Hospital is under construction adjacent to the old one. The site at Highway 10 and 152 Street was bought for $6 million and is currently assessed at $25 million. “It just makes eminent sense that the Crown would divest itself of that asset, and place it back in the private sector and allow it to begin generating economic activity and jobs,” de Jong said. De Jong added that asset sales are nothing new to the B.C. government, where old school sites are often

sold in order to finance new schools in new locations. He repeated his promise that the next budget will be balanced, and said an update on asset sales will be released then. Dix said the land sales and surpluses from Crown corporations such as BC Hydro will be used to give the appearance of a balanced budget, which will not be fully debated before the legislature adjourns for the May 14 election. De Jong confirmed that the legislative session will run for 19 sitting days, starting with a throne speech on Tuesday, Feb. 12 and adjourning on March 14. Legislation to be presented includes a lengthy bill to reinstate the provincial sales tax on April 1, measures to allow a senate election, and legislation to create a new senior’s advocate.

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Tax expense for greater good of community Dear Editor Re: An objection about the pool, Letters, Jan. 30 Herbert Crevels does not want his taxes used for services that he does not use and I can empathize with his assertion around taxes going for services that we do not use. Personally, however, I believe that the greater good of the community supersede many tax objections I have and the actual cost of partnering with the Cowichan Aquatic Centre is a financially worthwhile expenditure of our tax dollars. Inasmuch, as I used to object to my health care dollars going to supporting people who

smoke, abuse alcohol, or use illicit drugs, I have since found out these situations are not so simple. Addiction issues are complex and often the recovery from them are mental, physical, emotional, and spiritual in nature. I now believe that the greater good of our community benefits by allowing all members of our society universal access to health care for all medical needs. Furthermore, as I think the Lake Cowichan Arena is a beautiful facility, which I rarely use, I believe that it is an integral part of the Lake Cowichan community that in the long run is worth the money that I invest through my tax dollars. I do not play hockey or curl but I realize that participation in these sports by Lake Cowichan citizens, young

and old, benefits our community as being physically active is a healthy endeavor which benefits us all in the long run. Finally, I agree with Mr. Crevels’ point that the small amounts of tax dollars of assessed home value does add up but once again the greater good of our community is enhanced greatly with the few dollars spent. Being a rural area, we need to attract families to Lake Cowichan to remain a healthy community and the financial inequality of entrance to the Cowichan Aquatic Centre could very well be a deterrent for some families, as living on a lake, swimming lessons are a matter of life and death for all of our kids. Ted Gamble Lake Cowichan

Pool letters to the mayor Dear Editor After recent letters to the editor I became interested as there appeared to be a committed person really trying to change the way things had been for too long. Ted Gamble was determined to be heard. And heard he was. The mayor and town council appeared surprised when over 20 people filed into the Public Works meeting Tuesday evening. All the seats were filled and we all looked at each other amazed with the mix of people there. Some of us knew each other but none of us had talked or conspired to show up in a mass. We sat quietly while the agenda was followed and finally Ted had his

chance to speak. Ted spoke from the heart and truly said what we all had wanted to say and asked the questions we all wanted to ask. Why in the world do we have to pay twice the amount to access the Aquatic Centre in Duncan? When the question period arrived there were pleas from parents on behalf of their children and family outings, seniors requiring exercise for recovering surgeries and arthritic joints, a passionate middle age couple asking for a place to exercise to keep fit, and parents of special needs children who needed the heated pool. I think that because all the presenters were respectful and had reasonable requests the mayor, one councilor and the chair of the Recreation Committee

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MP’S REPORT The proposed federal electoral boundaries were released on Jan. 28. I was very pleased to see that the Federal Electoral Boundaries Commission recognized its error in separating Lake Cowichan and Duncan. Now both will be part of the same riding — the newly created Cowichan -MalahatLangford. As you can see from the name, this new riding includes parts of the area south of the Malahat, including Highlands and Langford. The newly paved Lake Cowichan Connector Road will be an important link for the disparate parts of the riding. There is one more step before the final boundaries are set. Members of Parliament have one final opportunity to appear before the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs and ask for boundary or name changes for ridings.

I am waiting for that final step before I make any decisions on which riding I will run in. This is also the time of year to remind local organizations to apply for the Canada Summer Jobs program. The application period opens Feb. 1 and closes on Feb.28. This year, Nanaimo-Cowichan will see a slight increase in funding up to $409,205. Many local community organizations depend on this program to help increase their staff for the busy tourist season. And many students depend on the jobs and experience they gain to help them when they return to full-time studies or when they graduate. Service Canada will assess employer proposals using seven criteria: service to local communities; jobs that support local priorities; jobs that provide career-related experience or early work experience; jobs with a salary that contributes to the student’s income; employers who provide supervision and mentoring; project activities that are directed toward members of, and support the vitality of, an official language minority community; and employers who intend to hire priority students (students with

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began to feel the urgency and importance of the requests. The mood changed and dialogue followed that left us all with hope that the presentations and pleas had not fallen on deaf ears. Ted Gamble, in a very humble way, had made his point and became our Pied Piper on a mission to open the pool to allow us to be able to afford a

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healthy, active and fun activity. The mayor said that the best way to attract council’s attention is to voice your opinion to the mayor or council members to help spur this issue to the forefront. Please email Mayor Ross Forrest at rforrest@lakecowichan.ca. Maureen E. Loebus Lake Cowichan

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NOTICE Grant-In-Aid Applications The Town of Lake Cowichan invites grantin-aid applications from not-for-profit or charitable organizations. Funds are limited and applications must be made on forms available from the Municipal office or town website: www.lakecowichan.ca and submitted by March 1st, 2013 to: Ronnie Gill, CGA Director of Finance Town of Lake Cowichan P.O. Box 860, 39 South Shore Road Lake Cowichan, BC V0R 2G0

Gazette File Photo Local area students with local Information Centre’s manager (c) are hired through Canada Summer Jobs Program.

disabilities, Aboriginal students and students who are members of visible minority groups). Since the local priorities are a small but important part of the assessment, each year I work with community organizations to develop local priorities for funding. Last year those priorities were: • Community-based notfor-profit • Tourism and tourist information centres • Summer programs and camps for children • Skilled shortage areas such as skilled trades in construction, value-added manu-

facturing, hospitality, technology and health • Environmental protection/green industries such as community agriculture and food security, habitat maintenance/restoration, environmental damage prevention, alternative energy, quality and quantity of surface and ground water, etc. • Arts and culture • Community-based entrepreneurial businesses as well as those involved in research and development To apply, go to www.servicecanada.gc.ca/eng/epb/yi/ yep/programs/scpp.shtml

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Favourable weather smiled on the LCMHA Atom players who kept the hotdogs coming at a fundraising event, Feb. 2 at Country Grocer. For two weekends in a row, the association held hotdog sales and had the young players and their parents pitching in to help.

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PAGES OF HISTORY Excerpts from Youbou’s 1947 UBO Bulletin. From 1913 until 1926 the little settlement was called Cottonwood. When Gordon’s Store opened in 1926 the post office was established in the store and the name was changed officially to Youbou. The same year a new staff house (residence), which included 14 bedrooms, was opened for female employees of the mill, British Columbia Forest Products. Most of the staff members were office employees whose place of employment was just a few yards away. Huge green shamrocks and other colourful items decorated the walls of the community hall for the Saint Patrick’s Day

dance where more than 325 people danced to the sounds of Slim Braulin’s Orchestra and enjoyed a fully catered dinner. Under the Cowichan Lake District Recreational Council — comprising of delegates from Lake Cowichan, Youbou, Nitinat Camp and Caycuse Beach Camp — many new forms of recreation were introduced in the Lake District. The council, under the sponsorship of the Royal Canadian Legion, intended to stage outdoor boxing and wrestling classes, the first was held at Lake Cowichan in May. The Legion would further sponsor a summer camp for district boys. Col. J. H. Boyd has offered the use of his lakefront property (Marble Bay) for the camp. George Yates and Harvey Hall, both of Youbou, will supervise the boxing and wrestling classes. The Youbou Dumbell’s baseball team won the Vancouver Island Junior Softball Championships for the third consecutive year when they defeated Victoria’s Black & White Taxi

junior softball team (August 24, 1947). Youbou may have been ahead of its time, or at least ahead of its larger neighbour Lake Cowichan, when in March 1947 the [BCFP] company “inaugurated” a regular weekly garbage collection service within the town site. Since the interests of health and sanitation was of utmost importance to the company and the community, regulation covered garbage cans were made available at a moderate cost. The December 1947 issue of the UBO Bulletin reported some new and exciting technology that was designed to open doors from a vehicle. Yes, it was the introduction of a new gadget described as the “electronic garage door opener.” Manufactured by the American Aviation Corporation, it was first used in opening doors at arms and munitions factories during World War Two. Advertised as a “burglar-proof doorman”, it was now available to the public consumer.

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One boy, one wish and a community that helps Tattoos to train: how one operation will make the difference in being able to live life to the fullest ELODIE ADAMS, GAZETTE EDITOR

It’s no coincidence Curt Knippelberg fell in love with mixed martial arts, and in particular, grappling, because he’s a fighter. He has to be, because for the past six years Knippelberg has been in a personal fight against an unusual medical affliction called a pineal cyst. The former Lake Cowichan resident, now based in Duncan, is only 22. “At 15 years old I began to take notice of a new sport emerging called MMA,” he writes on his blog. “Most people know it by the biggest promotion, UFC. “At 16 years old I began to train at a local MMA gym that had opened up,” he continues. “At this point, however, the symptoms that would go on to stop me from competing were already beginning.” Knippelberg suffers from a cyst on the pineal gland in his brain which was only discovered by doctors in 2010. Up until then, he didn’t know what was stopping him from being able to live life the way any young adult should be able to, particularly one who is into athletics as much as he is. Since that discovery, Knippelberg has been grappling with the reality, and fighting to find the money to get the surgery that he requires – an expensive procedure done by only a few surgeons around the world. His fundraising events have raised enormous support from friends, family and just concerned people, far and wide. Eventually he had enough money to go to India, where he had found a doctor that would perform the operation at a reasonable price.

He writes about the whole experience in his blog — but the long and the short of it is that while India has made great strides and progressed in some areas, particularly IT-related, when it comes to health services, it is still struggling to meet the standards we benefit from in our western cultures. Knippelberg didn’t end up getting the surgery he had made the trip for due to a series of unforeseen circumstances. That was back in March 2012, and now Knippelberg has found a new opportunity, a much costlier one, in Australia, and he is back like a fighter – his friends alongside him – with fundraising. Some of the ideas he has come up with are astonishing. “Tattoo to train” is the one he has embarked upon most recently. He has raised $9,229 to date by getting people to sponsor him and in return tattooing on his body their initials, name or more according to the amount sponsored. Right now, his torso is partially covered with these marks and he intends to keep going. It’s going pretty good so far,” Knippelberg told the Gazette over the phone. “There’s a family from Australia that donated $5,000, something special is being done for them.” Then Knippelberg explains why this family in Australia is supporting his cause. “The story with the Wilson family is that Courtney, their youngest daughter, had a pineal cyst and had it removed by Dr. Charles Teo,” he said. “Somehow, (he’s still not sure how) they saw the whole tattoo idea and she said she was just blown away by my motivation and willingness to do

Courtesy of Masika May Photography Curt Knippelberg sits atop an athletic bag, boxing gloves to one side. The Cowichan Valley young adult is hoping to raise enough funds to be able to travel to Australia and undergo a costly operation for a pineal cyst. Inset: part of Knippelberg’s upper torso with the tattoos he has already had done.

anything for the surgery.” Dr. Teo is the surgeon Knippelberg hopes will be able to perform the operation on him, when he has raised the funds. The big coup, however, is an idea someone in his entourage came up with to send in his story to TV show host Ellen DeGeneres. DeGeneres is always looking for amazing people who are in need of help, and Knippelberg has submitted a video to her with the hope he may be selected to fly down to Los Angeles and appear on her show. That was about two weeks ago.

“No word from Ellen yet,” he replied. “It’s really tough to get a hold of them. There are so many people trying.” In the meantime, local people and businesses have been looking after the young man. A meat draw and raffle on Super Bowl Sunday at the Oak and Carriage Pub, organized by Cowichan Lakers Laurie Johnson, Darlene Pohn, Stephanie Watson and her son Kent raised $1,500. The Cobblestone Pub, where Knippelberg works, recently set up a challenge on its Facebook page, “For every “like” we get on this post, $1 will go into a

donation fund to our friend Curt Knippelberg and his fight against the pineal cyst that has hindered his life,” the posting reads. “His recent efforts to get on the Ellen DeGeneres Show are inspiring as well as him tattooing people’s names on his body if they made a considerable donation.” There’s no denying, one young man’s fight to survive has sparked reactions throughout the Cowichan Valley. Knippelberg is determined to surmount the insurmountable. See Knippelberg’s website at www.submitacyst.com

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often mistaken in the pronunciation of the name Youbou – thinking the two syllables rhyme because of the way the word is spelled. “People never say Youbou, they say You-boo,” she continued. “So I jokingly called it Youboo Blue, because it rhymes, although we keep the correct spelling.” It was mid-January and there was no opportunity to taste or even see the locally-renowned blue cheese because the shop was right out of it after the Christmas season. “We’ve sold out because it’s a very popular cheese,” said Abbot. “It’s a creamy blue.” One day, before they sold out however, the cheese was featured on the store’s lunchtime menu in a sandwich, made with Youbou Blue and provolone. “We make about ten different flavours throughout the year, and it’s one of our favourite blue cheeses,” Abbot remarked. “We don’t necessary have them all available at the same time.” The next batch is maturing, she added, and should be available by the end of March.

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Friday night Bridge back at seniors’ centre FRANKLIN HORNBROOK

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To help with providing low cost meals to all seniors, the kitchen has gone back to just providing sandwiches and one type of soup per day. As the cost of food is steadily going up we are trying to keep our prices down by just providing the sandwich menu. Therefore, there will be no specials offered on a daily basis. Carol Hunt from the Cowichan Seniors Community Foundation attended the Cowichan Lake Seniors Association meeting and let us know about the transportation support program available to all seniors in the area. We would like to remind you that you do not have to be a member of the Golden Agers to enjoy lunch or tea and coffee in the seniors’ centre. If you wish to join, you or your spouse, need to be 50 years or older. By being a member of the GA, you are entitled to have one ambulance ride per year reimbursed, to attend banquets through-out the year at a nominal cost, and opportunities to go on day trips at a nominal cost. If you are not into strenuous work outs, then come and exercise with Pat Jung on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays from 9:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. Pat has a program of Chinese exercises that are very easy to do and very relaxing. There is no cost to participate. Every Friday from noon to about 2:30 p.m. there is cribbage in the meeting room at a cost of $2 per person. Money is awarded for first, second, and third place. Friday night Bridge is back, and games

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get started at 7p.m. Sue and Penny have been teaching some new people during the how-to-play-bridge. Please drop in and we will put you in touch with the bridge group coordinator. Both the CLSA and the GA require 25 members to attend their general meetings in order to have a quorum. If a quorum is not present at the general meetings then the executive will make the decisions regarding the on-going operations of the association and the GA. Please attend so that you can have a say in the on-going operations. The next CLSA executive meeting is Tuesday, Feb. 19 at 10 a.m. The next CLSA general meeting will take place on Thursday, Feb. 21 at 1:30 p.m. This is an important meeting as we need to vote on the changes to the constitution and by-laws presented at the January meeting.

The next GA executive meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, Feb. 12, at 10 a.m. The next GA general meeting will take Tuesday, Feb. 12 at 1:30 p.m. to discuss changes to the by-laws. Everyone is welcome to come and play bingo at the seniors’ center. CLSA bingo games are held on Sunday evenings, starting at 7 p.m. with sales starting at 6 p.m. The GA bingo games are held every Wednesday starting at 1 p.m. with sales starting at noon. These organization appreciate your support and the funds are spent entirely in the individual organizations. CLSA net proceeds are spent in assisting with the on-going operating costs of the building and the GA proceeds help to provide affordable meals for seniors, help subsidize the cost of day trips and special banquets.

Sheet 1: Randy Wise was skipping the Repstock rink in their game against the Taylor rink. The teams traded “field goals” in the first three ends before settling into a close game. Wise was facing three scoring stones in the eighth end. He wicked off a guard and rolled to the four foot for the 9-6 win. Sheet 2: The MacGregor rink roared out of the hack with a five-ender in the first end, but the Desmot rink regrouped. With a four-ender of their own, the Desmot rink made it a close game. MacGregor scored his 2 in the eighth end for a 9-7 win. Sheet 3: Mayea’s rink continued their winning ways with a big 10-3 win over the Waller rink. Sheet 4: In the closest game of the night, the Smycniuk rink played the Sidhu rink. The gang from Youbou took an early lead and held onto a slim lead throughout the game until the eighth end. Sidhu drew to the four foot for a three ender and a 6-5 win. A disgruntled Grant Daly was heard saying, “No point in winning the first seven ends when you give up three in the eighth.” A reminder to all Cowichan Valley Curling fans of the up coming B.C. Masters Bonspiel taking place at the Lake Cowichan Sports Arena at the end of February. This will be an exciting event for Lake Cowichan as we will host some of the best curlers in B.C. — Submitted by Steve Taylor

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More rain now yields more salmon in the future

ONE COWICHAN Without water there would be no life on earth. We are mostly water and next to air it is the most critical substance we need to sustain life. I guess you could say that protecting our water resources is pretty important. This is why One Cowichan and other local stewardship groups are working towards getting local control of our water resources. Today, our lake and river are controlled by bureaucrats who do not live in our community and are not accountable to local authorities. We think this governance model does not deliver the best possible management of our water resources and so we want to change it. We are not alone in this quest. I was fortunate to be selected to attend a conference and workshop facilitated by the newly created Canadian Watershed Alliance held at the spectacular Brew Creek Centre near Whistler. This was the first conference of this type and it brought

together 15 people representing a variety of water conservation and stewardship groups from all over the province. There were representatives from stewardship groups in the Okanagan, Kootenays, Cariboo, Sunshine Coast, Fort Nelson, the Fraser Valley and the Island. Organizations like the First Nations Fisheries Council, Canadian Parks and Wildlife Service, B.C. Wildlife Federation, Watershed Watch Salmon Society and the Steelhead Society of B.C. were present. Over the three days of the conference we learned about telling our stories, engaging with supporters, organizing our databases and communicating via the internet and other media. We all found this experience to be very inspiring and enlightening. I was very pleased to see that I was the about the oldest person in attendance, with almost all of the participants and presenters at least one generation younger than me. I was very impressed with their awareness of current issues and their focus on preserving and protecting our water resources. There was tremendous energy and enthusiasm among the participants and the conversations we had during breaks were very stimulating. We exchanged stories about our successes and our failures and we learned from each other in

the process. We have forged alliances and friendships that will endure as we all seek our goals. At the end of the weekend we all agreed that we can change the world, one watershed at a time. One thing that became apparent during the conference is that the Cowichan stewardship community is one of the best coordinated and most successful in the province. The Stewardship Roundtable concept with participation from all areas of government and the community was of great interest to other participants. The One Cowichan idea of activism on local issues may be adopted in other watersheds. We are lucky to have so many dedicated and experienced individuals working together here to protect and preserve our lake and river. I was admonished by the youngsters at the conference for not using Twitter for messaging and engagement with local supporters, media and decision makers. To remedy that situation we have created a Twitter account, for those that may be interested it is @OneCowichan. You will be hearing more from One Cowichan in the coming weeks. We have had another low water situation in the river over the past few weeks. This one has been caused by the lack of rainfall this winter coupled with

the cold temperatures. Environment Canada says that precipitation in the region was down about 20 per cent for the month of January and that has led to flows in the last week of January that are not typically seen until June. Unlike our fall low flow crisis, there is no manmade cause for this, apart from the broader climate changes being experienced around the world. There are a couple of concerns about low flows at this time of year. Our salmon have evolved to spawn in the fall when the river flows increase with the October and November rains. The river usually maintains the same or even higher flows throughout the winter and the eggs hatch when the days lengthen and the water warms up in February. This year the flows and river level dropped so much that many of the spawning beds have gone dry and most of the eggs there will have died due to exposure to air. If the river does not get back to a normal level in the next few weeks, any surviving eggs in these areas will not be able to hatch. Another concern is the lack of habitat for the coho and steelhead fry that spend two years in the river. As was the case in the fall, this shrinking shallow water habitat puts them in danger from

predation and decreases their access to food. I am also concerned about the returning steelhead that enter the river from December to April. A colleague who lives on Cowichan Bay told the Stewardship Roundtable meeting in January that he has never seen so many seals in the estuary area at this time of year. They are probably there to feed on steelhead that may be staging in the bay for longer than normal, waiting for the river to rise. This would be similar to the situation experienced in October where the chinook salmon were devastated by predation because the river was too low for them to enter. I have heard reports of steelhead being seen with seal bites. The steelhead run is small relative to our salmon runs but they are a tremendous game fish and draw many anglers to the river to pursue them, myself included. The rains in the first week of February have started to raise the river and the trend looks good. Only about 1per cent of salmon survive from egg to adult, so these little fish need all the help they can get. The more rain we get now, the more salmon we will have in the future. Parker is a director of the One Cowchan citizens group; onecowichan.ca

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ENGLISH, Frank (Francis) April 22, 1942 – February 1, 2013 It is with great sadness that we announce the sudden passing of Frank on February 1, 2013. He is survived by his wife Sylvia and family, son Shaun (Barb) and family, daughter Glynis (Gary) and family, sister Wendy (Rick) and many relatives near and far. He is also survived by his beloved pets. Frank was predeceased by his parents Terry and Hazel, and wife Dee. Frank touched so many people in his life that it would take an entire page to list his accomplishments. Born on April 22, 1942 in Chemainus, B.C. He lived his entire life in the Cowichan Valley. He was a Mill Wright at Crofton for over 35 years then retired to Honeymoon Bay to enjoy the lake and his beloved beach. Fishing, hunting, reading and The Elk’s (church) were his favourite things to do. Relaxing and looking out over the water were very dear to his heart as were his daily walks with his dog Angel. Everyone helped to keep him in good spirits with their stories, he was always cracking jokes and kept his “Frank� sense of humour to the very end. A celebration of life will be held at the Honeymoon Bay Hall 10022 Park Drive, Honeymoon Bay, B.C., Saturday, February 23, 2013 from noon - 5 p.m. The Family would like to thank everyone who supported us during this time. Flowers and donations are gratefully declined. Photos of Frank can be sent to mesachie@hotmail.com.

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Crossword ACROSS 1. Point that is one point E of due S 4. Slithered 8. Brain and spinal cord (abbr.) 11. Direct the steering of a ship 13. Chops with irregular blows 15. Plural of hilum 16. Incline from vertical (geo.) 17. Simple word forms 18. Paddles 19. Roman garment 21. Meat skewers 23. Ethiopia (abbr.) 25. The cry made by sheep 26. Beatty-Benning movie 30. Concealed 33. Political action committee 34. High rock piles (Old English) 35. Scottish county (abbr.) 36. Goat and camel hair fabric 37. A very large body of water 38. Fabric stain

RENTALS

LIONS’ CLUB HALL for rent $75. Deposit required. Call Eileen 250-749-3345.

STEEL BUILDINGS/Metal buildings 60% off! 20x28, 30x40, 40x62, 45x90, 50x120, 60x150, 80x100 sell for balance owed! Call 1-800-4572206 www.crownsteelbuildings.ca

$200,000, PRIVATE 18.5 acreage overlooking lake at Honeymoon Bay. Near park, beach, store, zoned A1. Call (250)709-9656.

TOWNHOUSES LK COW. 2-bdrm townhouse. $700./mo. NS/NP. Avail immediately. (250)886-2720.

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The inside back: A little of this and that ☞ Leaders of tomorrow

If you know a student from age 6 to 21 who has made an outstanding contribution to their community through volunteer service, Volunteer Cowichan would love to hear about him or her. The Leaders of Tomorrow awards are a wonderful way to recognize and reward student volunteers. Award recipients will be honoured at an event in April. The nomination deadline is March 15. For nomination forms and more information go to: leadersoftomorrowcowichan.com.

☞ Celebrate Diversity

On February 29 celebrate diversity by wearing pink and challenging gender stereotypes. Day of Pink is the international day against homophobic and transphobic bullying. Go to DayofPink.org for more information. Elodie Adams

An LCSS Laker and a Mount Prevost player watch as the puck slides past the net in a junior league game, Feb. 7 in Lake Cowichan. The Lakers out scored Mount Prevost 14-9.

☞ Music in the Lake

February Music in the Lake hosts The Sweet Lowdown, a Victoria 2011 M Award winning acoustic roots trio. Performance is Saturday, Feb. 23 at 7 p.m. and tickets are unbeatable at $5 per person.

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Elodie Adams

From left: Jaclyn Roach, Ashley Vomacka, Brandon Vomacka and Alexandra Werk are four of the six LCSS students who will be going to Ohtaki, Japan this year.

Team Ohtaki will be holding its first fundraising event, a hot dog sale, at Country Grocer on Feb. 16, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

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