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LCSS to try new Integrated Learning format in the fall New model of delivery and learning will support all LCSS students Tamu Miles LAKE COWICHAN GAZETTE Lake Cowichan Secondary School principal and teachers presented a slide show to parents and students on the evening of May 1. The slide show was a way of outlining a new timetable and course offering model designed to provide more ﬂexibility and availability of courses to Grade 10, 11 and 12 students while still adhering to the provincial curriculum. “It’s become a shift to kind of a moral imperative, if you will, for many of us,” says school principal, Nicole Boucher. “That maybe this model of delivery and this model of learning . . . is really good for learning. So it’s not let’s try and offer more, it’s more let’s try and teach this vein because we know it’s going to support all our kids.” Vice-principal Dani Garner says that she and other teachers ﬁrst looked into a similar model when they watched a presentation at Rossland Secondary School in Pemberton, B.C. last year. “At that presentation our interest was piqued,” says Garner. “So Adrian Achurch and myself did a little extra digging around and shared some ideas with the other staff . . . and were excited and wanted to learn more and see it in action.” Subsequently, Boucher and the majority of the teaching staff went and spent a day at RSS to witness the effectiveness of the system. “What we’re going to speak to here,” Garner told parents, “isn’t an identical model to Rossland.” She says the model LCSS teachers have come up with is designed to suit the needs of LCSS students. Boucher points out that the model is still a work in progress. “As a staff we have done a good amount of visioning and we will continue to that work together,” says Boucher. “But what we’ve come up with are a few, we’re calling them pillars, and this is the foundation from which we’re growing this program.” These three pillars allow for individual student enquiry and project based learning, offer cross curricular credit opportunities, and cultivate and utilize community partnerships getting students working in and with community businesses and organizations. For the project based learning component, teachers want to allow more room for students to embark on projects that are generated by their own curiosity and interest. As well, the cross curricular credit aspect will allow students to meet multiple course requirements through individual projects. LEARNING

Elodie Adams Eva Fearon as Madame Arcoti animates a seance which will cause a disturbance in the Condamine’s household in a scene from Noel Coward’s play, Blithe Spirit. From left: Annette Jamieson, Alex Gallacher, Maureen Akenclose, Eva Fearon (back), Norman Hamilton.

Lakeside Players carry off comedic wit of Noel Coward’s Blithe Spirit See page 8 for the story!

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All candidates forum coverage, advanced polls The Cowichan Lake District Chamber of Commerce is hosting an all candidates forum on Tuesday, May 7 for the provincial election. The forum will run from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. in Centennial Hall. Each candidate will have the opportunity to answer questions asked by the moderator from submitted questions, from the drop-

box at the forum and from the floor if time permits. There will be refreshments with the candidates after the forum. With this event happening after the Lake Cowichan Gazette goes to press for the week, please see our coverage of the all candidates forum on-line at lakecowichangazette.com on Wednesday, May 8.

Cowichanians can cast votes early at three B.C. electoral stations open this week. Advance voting happens Wednesday, May 8 to Saturday, May 11 between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m. at Cobble Hill Hall, Duncan’s Island Savings Centre, and Lake Cowichan Centennial Hall.

The general voting day is May 14, during the same hours. Voters must be 18-years-old, Canadian citizens, and have been B.C. residents for the past six months. Registration is also available at voting places. All voters must prove identity (picture ID such as a passport and driver’s licence) when voting and registering. Voters must also show ID or be vouched for to register. For more, call Elections B.C. at 1-800661-8683, or visit elections.bc.ca.

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The following persons have been nominated as candidates for Cowichan Valley for the 40th Provincial General Election.

Cowichan Valley Electoral District Candidate’s Name:

Financial Agent:

Heather Alanna Campbell Independent

Heather Campbell 204-2575 Alexander St, Duncan, BC, V9L 4P5

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Kerry Davis Green Party of BC

Kerry Davis 696 Frayne Rd RR 4, Mill Bay, BC, V0R 2P4

Steve Housser BC Liberal Party

Gay Wise 1757 Shawnigan Mill Bay Rd, Shawnigan Lake, BC, V0R 2W0

Bill Routley BC NDP

Brenda Morrison 10001 Park Dr, Honeymoon Bay, BC, V0R 1Y0

Damir Wallener BC Conservative Party

W. Siebring 6320 Genoa Bay Rd, Duncan, BC, V9L 5Y4

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Quamichan Middle School 2515 Beverly St, North Cowichan, BC

Cobble Hill Farmers’ Institute Hall 3550 Watson Ave, Cobble Hill, BC

Bench Elem School 1501 Cowichan Bay Rd, Cowichan Bay, BC

Island Savings Centre 2687 James St, North Cowichan, BC

Queen of Angels School 2085 Maple Bay Rd, North Cowichan, BC

Island Savings Centre 2687 James St, North Cowichan, BC

5878 York Rd North Cowichan, BC (250) 715-2734

Cobble Hill Farmers’ Institute Hall 3550 Watson Ave, Cobble Hill, BC

Kerry Park Rec Centre 1035 Shawnigan Lake-Mill Bay Rd, Mill Bay, BC

Shawnigan Lake Comm Centre 2804 Shawnigan Lake Rd, Shawnigan Lake, BC

Lake Cowichan Centennial Hall 309 South Shore Rd, Lake Cowichan, BC

Cowichan Tribes Gym 5574 River Rd, Duncan, BC

Lake Cowichan Centennial Hall 309 South Shore Rd, Lake Cowichan, BC

Vimy Comm Hall 3968 Gibbins Rd, North Cowichan, BC

Discovery Elem School 2204 McKean Rd, Shawnigan Lake, BC

Maple Bay Elem School 1500 Donnay Dr, North Cowichan, BC

Youbou Comm Hall 8550 Hemlock St, Youbou, BC

Duncan Eagles Hall 2965 Boys Rd, Duncan, BC

Mount Prevost Middle School 6177 Somenos Rd, North Cowichan, BC

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Continued from 1 Garner says that the community partnerships idea has been a consistent in all the planning and discussions that teachers have had. She says there are many opportunities, but they have nailed down a couple to start with. Through the Cowichan Lake and River Stewardship Society students will have an opportunity to study the lake, and through the relationship the school has with the Cowichan Lake Sports Arena and the CVRD the school will be able to offer a hockey academy. And there is the already in place working relationship with CICV Radio whose studio will now live in the old band room at LCSS. What all this means in terms of the daily schedule of a student, is more ‘open lab’ time where they are able to focus on projects, study for exams, and get one-on-one time with teachers. “Currently our students have four blocks a day [with] 80 minutes a block,” says Garner, “and they do the same thing every day for an entire semester. We are going to take a step away from that for next year and open up the timetable.” This means a weekly schedule, created by students and the course selections they make, which will consist of five blocks a day at 60 minutes each. Teachers are excited with this new model as it not only allows for more flexibility for students, but allows teachers to

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offer more courses. This is because they no longer have to enroll a minimum number of students per class. “Since we live in a cutback era,” says Sean Battye, “it’s mind blowing that we can offer this.” Teachers at LCSS hope that parents and students continue to offer feedback or voice concerns so that they can tailor the timetable and class selection to best meet student’s needs.

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Logging truck debris cause for concern stretch of road. A rock from a logging truck smashed through his windOn April 29, local shield and took his residents, Irene and life. William McMartin, Constable Desgot more than they met says that in the bargained for on the five years he has drive home. The couworked for the Lake ple were travelling Cowichan RCMP, west bound on Highhe has known of way 18, just past Skutz only three incidents Falls, when a logging where debris from truck passed them a logging truck has heading towards Duncaused such an accan. Suddenly a rock cident. However, or some other type of he does say that if debris dislodged itself these incidents are from the logging truck brought to their atand hurtled into their tention, the RCMP windshield, causing a chip approximately does report them two inches in diamto Commercial Veeter. hicle Safety and “My heart just about Enforcement perstopped,” says Irene sonnel. Gazette McMartin. “It was Irene McMartin points to the damage debris from a logging truck did to the windshield of “We normally pretty horrific. I feel her vehicle last Monday. pass the informalike I was pretty close tion on,” says Desto being a fatality on met. “But there’s that road.” not much they can The McMartins say they went directly from the scene to the do except look for [debris] at check points.” RCMP in Lake Cowichan to report the incident because they These check points are located along major highways and feel that debris from logging trucks is an issue that requires not where the trucks hit the pavement heading out of Youbou more attention. or Honeymoon Bay, nor at the intersection of Highway 18 and Constable Grant Desmet of the Lake Cowichan RCMP says Highway 1. that he can’t say whether this kind of incident is becoming “That’s where the gap is happening,” says Desmet. a regular occurrence or whether they are just being reported William McMartin shares this concern. more when it does happen. “In my mind, something has to be done,” says William. “It could be happening quite often but people don’t report “I’m worried that a month from now, or a few days, somebody incidents because they think it’s an ‘act of god’ or that it can’t could get hurt.” be prevented,” says Desmet. However, he does encourage He suggests that maybe the truck wash facilities that used to drivers to report incidents like this one to the RCMP and says exist in this area need to be rebuilt, or perhaps truckers should that drivers can take precautions on the road. be required to net their loads. “If it’s an oncoming vehicle, there’s not much drivers can “When they fall a tree it lands hard and rocks and other do,” says Desmet. “But I can also see this happening if you are debris get embedded into the timber. Eventually this debris following a logging truck.” works itself out,” says William. In that case, Desmet suggests keeping a safe distance. The McMartins say that when they reported the incident to “It could prevent such an incident. All it takes is for the their insurance company, Island Savings Credit Union here in truck to swerve in front of you and toss up the gravel from the town, another driver also reported a similar incident. side of the road.” “Within two minutes another fellow pulled up and the same The McMartins feel that logging truck drivers need to pay thing had happened to him,” says William. more attention to inspecting their loads before heading out Desmet says that logging truck drivers can be fined or even onto the highway so that possible fatalities are prevented. charged for not properly inspecting the security of their loads, “You can definitely see that if [the rock] had punched its but such charges are up to CVSE personnel. The RCMP is way through, we would have been another fatality like the urging truck drivers to check their loads when coming off loggentlemen who lost his life last year,” says Irene. ging roads onto major highways to ensure there is no loose The incident she is referring to occurred in November of debris that can project into traffic. Requests for a comment last year when Thomas Howlette lost his life on the same from CVSE were not responded to.

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Lakeshore values at risk

Gerald Thom, president of the Cowichan Lake and River Stewardship Society.

In my opinion: The 70 per cent of Cowichan shoreline still in its natural state must be preserved. The value of Cowichan Lake was highlighted last weekend with blue skies and calm water. We are blessed with clean water, scenic views and a wealth of recreational opportunities centered around a healthy lake ecosystem. These natural values, which draw us to the lake, may also result in the demise of the resource if we allow unchecked development and continued abuse the shoreline. The extinction of our

summer run Chinook and disappearance of amphibians are clear warning signs of our impact on the natural ecosystems which we covet. The Cowichan Lakeshore Management Workshop, held April 24 and 25, was the ﬁrst step to engage stakeholders in an effort to develop a strategic plan to protect the ecological, social and economic values of the lake for future generations. More then 30 diverse stakeholder groups were represented and the 50 participants reviewed the current challenges, worked towards a shared vision, and committed to an action plan to achieve this vision by 2023. The shared vision which emerged included: collaborative governance that supports local watershed management; healthy watershed ecosystems that support a healthy community and economy, an informed community that understands and cares for its watershed; a regulatory and ﬁnancial framework that insures compliance and watershed integrity, decision-making and public education that are fueled by bestavailable science, community knowledge and traditional ecological knowledge.

The participants then worked in groups to identify the obstacles to achieving the vision and developed strategies to overcome the obstacles. The strategies were then grouped and prioritized to provide an action plan to protect and preserve the Cowichan Lake ecosystem. Some of the proposed actions include: empower the Cowichan Watershed Board to coordinate collaborative local watershed management; collaborate with local timber companies to permanently protect intact riparian areas and critical habitat on private forest lands; brand Cowichan Lake as a center for watershed education and management; visit all lakefront landowners and provide incentives to promote stewardship; improve communication and outreach regarding watershed issues; engage youth by developing a lake study programs for schools which include ﬁeld experience and summer job opportunities; and offer free restoration support to reverse the trend of riparian destruction. The results of this workshop were very similar to the draft strategic plan developed by the Cowichan Lake and River Stewardship Society. Both plans will

now be combined and presented to the public for input and ratiﬁcation at the CLRSS AGM in early July. Please visit our website at cowichan-lake-stewards. ca to view the latest science, follow the planning process and get involved. Over 70 per cent of the Cowichan shoreline is still in a natu-

ral state and must be preserved to maintain the ecosystems integrity. Your participation and support is critical if we hope to protect the lake and our quality of life. We must act now as a community to institute the changes required to maintain the ecological value of Cowichan Lake for future generations.

Concerned about change for the sake of change

Gwyn Morgan is a retired businessman who lives in the Greater Victoria Region.

I’m concerned that many British Columbians are more focused on “change” for the sake of change rather than electing the party most likely to foster job creation and ﬁnancial stability.

Our province’s resource endowment has always been a mainstay of both jobs and the generation of revenues needed to fund social programs. From what I have seen and heard, an NDP government would rev-up spending while stymieing resource development through endless environmental reviews and or by just saying “no”, driving investment to other provinces and other countries. We need new mines and gas ﬁelds, pipelines, reﬁneries, ports and processing plants to replace jobs lost by tech change and by events like the pine beetle catastrophe Economic development and the protection of the environment are not mutually exclusive. Yes, we must be good stewards of our beautiful province, but we

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do have the technology to move the economy forward in an environmentally responsible manner. Saying no to new projects will mean job losses for currently employed and no opportunity for young people looking to join the work force. We also need to focus on balancing the provincial budget, rather than taking money away from social programs to fund rising interest costs. Forty years of experience in business has taught me that too much debt is crippling. It scares me that the NDP have rolled out billions of dollars in new spending during this campaign, and their “every dollar is accounted for” rhetoric just isn’t credible because their anti-development attitude will reduce revenue at the same time as spending rises.

There is truth to the adage, “Those who fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it.” The NDP came to power in 1991 and governed the rest of that decade. Investment dried up and economic growth trailed the rest of Canada. A low point came when the Edmonton Chamber of Commerce thanked the BC government for driving growth investment in Alberta. Glenn Clark’s 1996-1999 tenure was arguably the most disastrous for BC and with Adrian Dix, Premier Clark’s former Chief of staff leading the province, I’d be very worried about history repeating itself. It took many years for the Liberals to repair the damage. During their time in government, North America suffered through a major recession and yet we

now have a triple-A credit rating, higher than the US government, allowing BC taxpayers the lowest possible interest rates Have the Liberals done everything right? Certainly not. The introduction of the HST by the Campbell government was badly handled. There have been other gaffes and ill thought out policies. And while there is a natural inclination for people to vote to change long governing parties, it’s important not to let the NDP sleepwalk to victory without thinking about which party is likely to create jobs and not burden today’s young people with a mountain of debt. I’m not asking that you agree with me, only that you think through the full consequences of your choice carefully. And then get out and vote on May 14.

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Janet Vanyo “My mum told me to finish my education.”

Joe Pearson “My mother was physically disabled with cerebral palsy. I always remember when she told me that what I might see as a disability in someone else is just an open doorway or new challenge to them. From her I learned that we are the disabled ones, disabled by our attitudes.”

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Lucy Vermiere “My mother taught me to be thrifty.”

Dave Penley “She told me that there is one thing that no one can take away from you and that is your integrity. The only person who can take that away is yourself. I’ll always remember that.”

Lauri Meanley “My mom taught me to have more patience and not to be so quick to judge people.”

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Time to get your Ducky Derby tickets Gord roy, left, and Stephen nahirnick are ready to serve hot dogs and sell Ducky Derby tickets.

Members of the local Kinsmen Club were at Country Grocer on Saturday, April 20 selling hot dogs and Lake Days Ducky Derby tickets — which are now available for purchase at a number of locations in town — to help raise funds for the club. The money raised goes to help Cowichan Lake Community Services with their summer programs and to the club’s donation to Cystic Fibrosis.

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Re: Piped raw bitumen is not wanted on the west Coast, and Kitimat refinery not in our national interest, April 24, Letters

Glad to see our little paper is coming of age with some informed and intelligent letters and articles on something other than local trivia. We are starting to see and hear from what I know is “out there.” Locals who aren’t just pushing a personal agenda or crank issue but concerned about the future for this community and those who will inherit it. We have an election coming up and I sincerely hope this town and its citizens will over come apathy, excuses and malcontent to exercise what their forebears fought so hard to achieve, especially young people and women. I don’t have a problem with different outlooks. I do have a problem with cop-outs and later complaints. “Where everyone thinks alike, no one thinks very much.” Vi Davidson Lake Cowichan

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I am impressed with Greg Shea and Dr. Brenda Bernhardt’s reply to ‘A Kitimat Refinery is Good for Everyone’ in the April 24 Gazette. The research, knowledge and concern was expressed by each in a fascinating manner. I have a deep concern with the forest industries’ effect on old growth forests, the environment, natural resources, animals and degradation to lands, rivers and streams surrounding Cowichan Lake and beyond. Whole logs are being shipped out of our country at an alarming rate. There is uncontrolled dust pollution from logging trucks and the general population losing access to the outback with all the forestry gates in place is concerning. People can make a difference. Well, hopefully, it isn’t too late! Jean Cozens Lake Cowichan

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PAGES OF HISTORY Once the pride of the Mesachie Lake Volunteer Fire Department (or the Hillcrest Volunteer Fire Brigade as it was also known), the 1947 International ﬁre truck served the company town and nearby Hillcrest Lumber Company Mill for many decades. The mill was constructed in 1943 and continually operated until 1969 when it was dismantled. Many of the original residents of the area moved away in the following years. Presently, designated as “Truck No. 3, the 1947 International is powered by a 283 cubic inch V8 gas engine with a four-speed manual transmission and a front mounted pump. It will hold 300 gallons in an internal water tank and pump at 500 gallons per minute. The truck is no longer in active service, it is our parade truck,” states the Mesachie Lake Fire and Rescue website. In Mesachie Lake — as it was in many company towns

back in the 1940s and 1950s — the fire department was made up solely of company employees who lived in the company owned homes. Today the homes are all privately owned and the fire department is made up of local residents. The number of firefighters today appears to be a similar number to that of earlier times. According to Dave Berry, fireman and long-time Mesachie Lake resident, the accompanying photo was “probably taken in the 1950s.” Years before Dave joined the department (he is still a member) his father, Don Berry, was a member of the department. Owner and operator of Don’s Low Cost Store (groceries etcetera) in Mesachie Lake, Don raised his children Donna and Dave in the small company town. Dave recently remarked that after his parents sold the store in 1963 they moved to the Kootenays where the senior Berry purchased a resort. Dave graduated from high school there then later returned to Mesachie Lake where he and wife Sandy raised their three children. Fireman mentioned in the photo, with family ties to this area still, include: Ted Demings, whose son Gary was to later become a long-

serving fireman in the town of Lake Cowichan; Jack Dorward, whose son Ron and family have lived in Duncan for many years; Jack Coates, who arrived with his family in 1949, raising his four sons at Mesachie Lake. The youngest boy, Stewart, lived the rest of his life here before passing away a few years ago. According to Dave Berry, Bob Crawford, son of early fireman Bill Crawford, “lives in Duncan where he is a chicken farmer.” Another early Hillcrest fireman was Charlie Monti. He worked as cook at Hillcrest Lumber in Sahtlam before moving on up to the same position at the new Hillcrest Lumber Company in Mesachie Lake. Many of Charlie’s descendants, including son Henry of Honeymoon Bay, live in this area. Fire Chief John Webster and one of his sons, Blyth, both served in the early Mesachie Lake department. Long-time Lake Cowichan resident, the late Robin Webster (who worked at the local Co-Op for many years), was also his son. Spending the remainder of his life in Mesachie Lake was early fireman George Rajala, whose son Sid and family remain in the area.

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she will be sending down, titled, avenging annabelle, though it has horror elements, fits more into the general fiction category. avenging annabelle is set in Honeymoon Bay and follows the story of a father on a quest to find his missing daughter. He soon realizes that his daughter is communicating to him through his dreams showing him horrible visions that are the only clues to solving the mystery of her disappearance and which will ultimately help him stop the killer before he takes his next victim. White has dedicated herself full-time to novel writing for the past five years and she says that it was important for her to be Tamu Miles part of the AHSLR project. Local author, Mandy White, holds a copy of her book “With Hurricane Sandy, what that will be sent to help restock libraries hit by we saw on TV was just phenom- Hurricane Sandy last year. enal, I’ve never seen anything like it,” says White. “One of the participating in the project. White hopes principals wrote back to Brooks and to have her most current book, the basically just described the devastation. Feeder, will be approved as well. This He said they lost everything and they book features a Dexter type vigilante still haven’t gotten it back, they’re still with a huge twist in the middle that cleaning up.” White says no-one will see coming. She says that restocking the shelves If other indie authors in the area are in libraries is an expensive and painsinterested in participating in this projtaking process. ect, they can search the Indie Authors “We all saw it as a way that we could for Hurricane Sandy Library Recovery help. And of course there’s an ulterior page on Facebook to find all the informotive, we get that exposure as well, mation. but the libraries have been very, very And if you would like to purchase a grateful.” copy of White’s book, you can find her So far, AHSLR has sent 500 books on Amazon, check out her Facebook page to the New York and New Jersey area, at facebook.com/authormandywhite, or and has approximately 200 authors follow her on twitter, @mandywrite.

Lakeside Players carry off comedic wit of Noel Coward’s ‘Blithe Spirit’ elodie adams Lake CowiChan Gazette

Going to the theatre to see a play is a unique and wonderful experience. The sense of being “right there” in the characters’ lives, the exchange of energy between actors and audience, this cannot be found in front of television, films, computers, iPads or the like. This is the feeling the Kaatza Lakeside Players have succeeded in creating with their spring production of Noel Coward’s Blithe Spirit. The play is set in an affluential English manor in the 1940s, and as such the dialogue, characters and their mannerisms are very much etched in that period. Nevertheless, it manages to transcend the sense of being “dated” by the strong wit and farce elements Coward provides, and which director Dena McPhee has been able to incorporate into this local production. An array of quirky personalities, at least they appear so by Coward’s script, make up the characters in this play. Lake Cowichanians will be happy to see the return of two Lakeside players who have been absent from the stage for some years, Maureen Akenclose and Eva Fearon, as well as some familiar and new faces. Akenclose play Ruth, the lady of the manor and the second wife of Charles Condamine.

While she says it has been several years since she has acted with KLP, Akenclose is obviously comfortable being on stage and her character, together with that of the ghost of the first wife, played by Jessie Mann of Duncan, are the driving forces of the play. Akenclose has the character of Ruth down to a “T,” from her look (hair and costumes) to the mannerisms of the supercillious lady of the manor to the English drawl she manages to exude. Along with Alex Gallacher, a Shawnigan Lake import who plays the husband, they form the perfect English upper class couple. Akenclose commented on what she felt was the most rewarding part of being in the play. “The best part was watching the play unfold,” she said. “To see how far it’s come, and the process we’ve all gone through to get it there, to make it so real.” A newcomer to KLP, Jessie Mann is also a newcomer to theatre. Playing Elvira in Blithe Spirit is only Mann’s second acting role, and one she admits to having a lot of fun with. Dressed in a flowing white robe, wearing pearls and white gloves, and with her Marilyn Monroe blond hair and the red lipstick on her quick-topout, quick-to-smile lips, Mann has all the tools at hand to be the perfect femme fatale, a role that she carries off with glee. “It’s fun being Elvira because she’s

different from how I am in life,” Mann said. “So it’s nice to have permission to be so naughty and so selfish!” Returning to the stage after many years’ absence is recently-retired Eva Fearon of Youbou. Fearon brings her acting skills to the role of the medium, Madame Arcoti, making her an exuberantly crazy medium that the audience will surely find amusing, even somewhat exhausting, although not in a bad way. The secondary roles are for the most part solid as well, and on the technical side of the production, there has obviously been a lot of care taken in the set design, furnishings, props, and costumes. In putting together the sound tracks for the play, technical director Elliot Hamilton-Boucher said how much he had learned about the music of that era. “The most fun was going into iTunes to find the music,” Hamilton-Boucher said. “There was a cross-generation thing with Dena and me, because she knew a lot of these old tunes, and I was just discovering them.” The play holds a typical Coward-like turn of events in its second act, and there will be no spoiler alert in this review so that audience members, too, can enjoy the surprise that awaits them. Blithe Spirit runs from May 8-11 at Lake Cowichan’s Centennial Hall. Tickets available locally at Curves, Footwear Centre and The Print Spot.

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Helping hands for patient care Carol LaForge, left, tags Janice Carnell with a ribbon for her contribution to the Lake Cowichan Hospital Auxiliary while LaForge was collecting donations in front of the local post office on Friday, May 3. The members of the group were around town soliciting donations during their annual Tag Day which is always the first Friday in May. All money raised goes to patient care and comfort and Cowichan District Hospital and Cairnsmore Place in Duncan. The auxiliary is an independent organizations that works in cooperation with the Vancouver Island Health Authority. The group also raises money with bake sales, memberships and knitting children’s wear to name a few.

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Option 1 A single document issued by the Government of BC or Canada that contains the voter’s name, photograph and residential address, such as a BC driver’s licence, BC Identification Card (BCID), or BC Services Card. Option 2 A Certificate of Indian Status as issued by the Government of Canada. Option 3 Two documents that together show the voter’s name and residential address. Both documents must show the voter’s name. At least one of the documents must also contain the voter’s residential address. Please note: Digital or electronic documents (e.g. e-bills) are acceptable. Hand-written information on a document, photocopies or electronic scans/photos of a paper document are not acceptable. The following are examples of the document types authorized by the Chief Electoral Officer for the purposes of voter identification (the list of documents is illustrative, not exhaustive). Other specific documents (not listed below) may be authorized by the Chief Electoral Officer. For questions about the acceptability of a specific document, please contact Elections BC. Government-issue identity document Examples: healthcare card, birth certificate, Social Insurance Card, passport, citizenship document/certificate, Old Age Security Identification Card, Canadian Forces identification, Firearm Acquisition Certificate, firearm Possession and Acquisition Licence, Veterans Affairs Canada Health Care Identification Card, Correctional Service Canada Offender Identification Card.

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An excited crowd gathered together Saturday evening to watch some of Cowichan Lake’s local stars shine bright. Not up high in the indigo painted twilight sky but rather at the Cowichan Lake District Seniors Centre up on the stage for its 8th Annual Talent Show. Normally, it’s a quaint place to play some cards, join in on a craft, or just grab a cup of coffee while swapping stories of memories past with some old friends and familiar faces but tonight’s activity would be different. Tonight was a chance for all those day dreamers, closet artists, and limelight chasers of all ages living in our communities to showcase their art in front of a live mic and a well received audience. “It’s a great night,” says lifetime member Nancy Morris “There is always something going on at the centre, but with the talent show we get a lot of

people from the community with a lot of amazing talents, it is always so much fun.” The event aimed to please with a large set list that included many terrific local acts and the host Elvin Hedden, who kept everything flowing smoothly and could always generate a laugh. The acts touched all aspects of the spectrum from a fiddle improvisation to hopscotch polka and everything in between, with the common denominator of always being entertaining. Some had a story to weave with the magic of their guitar strings such as acoustic singer Katherine Worsley or Dale Winters playing and singing Gordon Lightfoot’s very complex and very Canadian Railroad trilogy. Others used their voices to paint the picture for their audience with local woman’s choir The River Notes singing a Beach Boys rock ballad and the Sweet Good night Prayer of a Little Boy from a smiling Alice Fair-

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gray. Other acts included the local seniors band, The Good Time Boys, strumming a Johnny Cash favorite and a beautiful performance from Allanah Fuhre with the keys of her electric piano serenading us to another world with her rendition of Fernando. Each act was met with the thunder of applause as a sign of respect and appreciation for every artist who bared a little bit of their soul for us. But it was an exuberant Rose Bunting who sang an angelic version of amazing Grace that brought a tear to our eyes, in honour of the organizer of this event and kitchen coordinator for the centre, Mary Lorenz, who was hospitalized earlier this week and could not attend. It was a wonderful night for all — artist and audience — filled with shared laughs and smiling faces. And if there is one thing for sure as the local stars shine bright, it is that Cowichan Lake’s got talent!

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LCFD responds to alarm The Lake Cowichan Fire Department was on the scene answering a fire alarm at a building complex across from Lake Cowichan Secondary School at 3:45 p.m. on Monday, May 6. Witnesses at the scene said that the alarm has gone off before at the building. Firefighters were going door to door to check each unit in the building which is comprised of commercial and residential units. There was no incident report from the LCFD at press time. Just as a reminder for fire awareness, based on data from the B.C. Wildfire Managment Branch the fire danger rating is predicted to rise to high tomorrow from moderate for the Cowichan Lake area. Each year there are more than 2,000 wildfires in B.C. Our region will experience drier summers in the coming years, increasing the risk of fires. Are your home and family firesmart? Check out bcwildfire.ca for tips.

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A nine-hole competition at March Meadows Golf Course Ladies’ Day was played under cool and damp skies on April 11. Sam Jones was the winner and Elaine Winter played one stroke off for runner-up. Low net winners were Irene Pearse, Judy Merrett, Carol Peterson, Lynn Girard, Sylvia Lingren, Marion Zboyovsky and Margaret Lavigne. Jones was closest to the pin (KP) winner. April 18 was cloudy with a Scotch mist but a small contingent of ladies braved the elements to play a round. Jones and Corinne Floyd tied for winner. Winter shot the KP. The ladies played the first of the Spring Eclectic, Pin and Spoon Competition and Medal Cup on a beautiful April 25. Low gross winner was Kelly Feltrin and Floyd was a close runner-up with one stroke off. The par winner was Girard. Girard, Pearse, Jones and Christine McGovern all fired low nets. Three of the ladies shot birdies: Merrett, Floyd and Feltrin. The chip ins were carded by Merrett, Jones, Floyd and Diane Kaiser.Floyd claimed the KP of the day. March Meadows Golf Course is in great playing shape and will only continue to improve as the season progresses. All ladies are welcome to join us on Thursday. —Submitted by norma o’Connell

picked up a silver medal in the junior boys 35-kg class. “I was pretty happy to get the silver,” he commented after completing his first year in the sport with the Cowichan Valley Wrestling Club in Duncan. “He just started this year,” Diaz’s mother said, “and he’s really enjoying it.” Fifty-four wrestlers from the Cowichan Valley attended the up-island meet, some representing their schools and the vast majority also members of the Cowichan Valley Wrestling Club. The club’s head coach, Nick Zuback, was suitably impressed with the new wrestler from Lake Cowichan, saying he wrestled extremely well. Up until recently, baseball was Diaz’s sport of choice. Wrestling is somewhat of an adventure that he decided to take on after seeing his older brother become involved with the sport. “I like the exercise you get when you do it,” he started to say, then added, “and I like to wrestle.” It also means learning a new set of rules, or the etiquette of wrestling, if you will. “There are rules you have to learn, like you can’t bite, can’t scratch,” says Diaz. “And you can’t choke.” Diaz will be putting his wrestling on hold over the summer, however, until classes start again in the fall.

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Robin Mack Jr. from Nitinaht Lake in a practise session on Cowichan River developing his skills to have a chance at making Team BC for the 2014 North American Indigenous Games.

Nitinaht paddlers aiming for NAIG 2014 taMu Miles Lake CowiChan Gazette Two students from Nitinaht and three from Duncan were invited to participate in a Brentwood College hosted aboriginal championships for kayak festival on April 20, 21. The five students utilized this event to gain expertise in paddling techniques that could help them qualify for the 2014 North American Indigenous Games. Robin Mack Jr., and Kyle

Mack from Nitinaht, along with Cory Campbell and Alex Campbell from Duncan were the aboriginal paddling champions for the 2012 season. “This select group of aboriginal youth currently hold five provincial canoe championship titles in both aboriginal and nonaboriginal canoe/kayak events, among many other silver and bronze medals in other events,” says Jason Anson, sport technologist for the team. Anson began an aboriginal paddling initiative involving Ni-

tinaht students last year, and this team of five is a progression, or Phase 2, of that project. To read more about this initiative, go to sporttechnologist.com/aboriginal-paddling-initiative. “[The] Aboriginal Paddling Initiative [is] working towards its goals by using technology to connect world coaches and sport scientist together so they can help a select group of at risk First Nations youth from Canada obtain their dreams of competing at NAIG in 2014 while respecting their culture and his-

tory in the sport of canoe,” says Anson. The paddlers spent three days on the Cowichan River participating in paddling sessions between the Duck Pond and Skutz Falls in Lake Cowichan. The camp was strategically picked to give the kids an opportunity to challenge themselves in rough waters. “As my paddlers improve their balance techniques, it will give them more confidence when they race in sprint kayaks at the NAIG games, It’s amazing

that Brentwood College offered these at risk aboriginal youth the chance to join them,” says Anson. The group will continue their quest toward NAIG with some exciting resources such as Olympic sport scientists and coaches from around the world. These experts will help them improve their techniques through the use of technology to give them an advantage and help them qualify and represent Team BC.

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Fans and spectators were buzzing with excitement while gathered together at the local ball diamond at Lake Cowichan Little League Park to witness the 10 and 11-year-old Lakers’ mosquito team taking on neighbours and rivals, the Duncan Cubs on Saturday, May 4. It was the warm spring weather and the excited atmosphere in tandem that made this game a treat for any little league baseball fan on a sunny weekend afternoon. Despite the strong effort put forth by the Lakers, it was the red-hot bats of the Duncan Cubs that sounded defeat for our Lakers, who unfortunately ended up losing the contest by a final score of 14-2. “We played a good game, despite the score,” stated head coach Meghan Major after the game. “But we had fun, all our players played a hard game and that is what really matters.” No truer words have been spoken in sport. It is the essence of sports where we as individuals, can come together as a team to meet a common goal head on. To stand united in every outcome whether in the wake of crushing defeat or basking in glory with the big championship win. The Lakers now take to the road and head down the highway to play several of their upcoming games on their calender in Duncan.

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November 18, 1943 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; April 28, 2013 In loving memory of Arnold Roy Ketch, 69 years, November 18, 1943 to April 28, 2013. He passed away peacefully at home, survived by his wife Yvonne; sons Darren (Marilyn), Stacey; granddaughter Elise; brothers Lorne (Linda), Larry (Ellen), Calvin (Shirley), Wayne (Barb), Ron, Allwood (Lori); and sister Carol (Ed) and numerous nieces, nephews and cousins. He was predeceased by parents Irvin, Edith and sister Della.

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Steadfast, serene, immovable, the same Year after year, through all the silent night. Burns on for evermore that quenchless flame, Shines on that inextinguishable light! You will be dearly missed by all. A Memorial Service will be held at the Lake Cowichan Seniorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Centre, 55 Coronation Street, on Thursday, May 9, 2013 from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. In lieu of flowers memorial remembrances may be made in the form of a donation to the Heart and Stroke Foundation. On line condolences may be offered at www.hwwallacecbc.com

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The inside back: A little of this and that ☞ Local businesses and services ☞ RCMP Report • Volunteers for the MS Awareness campaign are needed for May 10 and 11. If you can spare a few hours between 10 a.m. and 7 p.m. to stand outside of the Lake Cowichan Country Grocer to accept donations, please call Dot at the Footwear Centre. 250-749-3721.

• The next Cowichan Lake Chamber of Commerce’s popular Junk in the Trunk sale is Sunday, May 26 at Saywell Park from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. If have “stuff” to sell, drop-in at the Visitors’ Centre or call 250-7493244, to rent your stall at the rain or shine event. • Time to get your vintage-inspired clothes out with Lake Cowichan’s Family Heritage Days just around the corner — from May 17 to 19. You may notice many of the local businesses dressing up their windows inspired by yesteryear. New this year will be a children and their dogs parade and show sponsored by the Lake Cowichan Animal Rescue Society. Look for details in the May 15 issue of the Gazette. • It’s RibMAYnia at the Cow Cafe — for the month of May get all you can eat baby-back ribs with homemade barbeque sauce.

A canoe — that was chained up at the time — has been reported stolen sometime in late April from the Honeymoon Bay RV Park. “It is described as a green Old Town canoe made of kevlar with a tan interior and three wooden seats.” reported Const. Grant Desmut. If you has seen this canoe you are asked to contact Lake Cowichan RCMP at 250-749-6668 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477.

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The Provincial Capital Commission invite musicians, filmmakers, photographers and chefs from accorss B.C. to to apply to take part in the celebrations for B.C. Day 2013, Aug. 5, at the picturesque St. Ann’s Acadamy National historic Site in Victoria. Residents from all B.C. communities can make application to four areas: music, food, film and photography. The commission is aiming for a “cross-regional representation of the arts and cultural sectors of B.C.” You can submit your application on the Celebrate B.C. website celebratebcday.com prior to June 15.

• Reminder that the deadline for registration in the Lake Days Road Hockey Tourney is fast approaching — May 15. The deadline is strict this year because of possible limitations of playing space with road construction. Registration is firstcome-first-served basis. Forms are available at IRLY Bird, the Lake Cowichan Gazette and online at cowichanlakedays.com. • The band is booked for the annual Lake Days dance! Maxwell Smart will have you kicking up your heels from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. on Saturday June 8. Tickets will be $15 each and on sale soon. This is a 19-yearsplus event. • The West Coast Lumberjack Show will be back to entertain on Saturday, June 8 in Saywell Park. The show is action-packed, non-stop, entertainment that is full of fearless skills and daredevil displays. For more information about the West Coast Lumberjack Show, visit their website at http://wcls.ca. • Lake Days cowboy hats are a heck of a deal at $5 each and they are available at the Gazette office. They will also be on sale at Heritage Days on Saturday, May 18 at Saywell Park.

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