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Lake Cowichan School’s graduating class of 2014 throw caps into the air in celebration this past Saturday.

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On Saturday there were Limos, Collector Cars and Hot Rods dropping off grads dressed in suits and colourful dresses at the front entrance of Lake Cowichan School. After milling around meeting fellow grads, it was time to get into the cap and gown for the class photo on the front steps of the school. After the formal portrait had been captured, cameras and flashes go off as the grads toss their caps into the air in wild abandon. Then a reality check. All the caps come crashing down onto their heads and shoulders before

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hitting the ground. Things will never be the same again as this portion of their lives comes to a conclusion. Parents, family and friends started to fill the gym inside waiting for the grand entrance of the 30 graduating LCS students of 2014. Ms. Dani Garner read introductions of all of the grads as they made their way to the stage. Greetings from School District 79 superintendent Mr Joe Rhodes was followed by Mayor Ross Forrest’s greetings from the Town of Lake Cowichan who said the friendships made in school can last a lifetime. “I really enjoy the special times we share, especially the reminiscence of time we spent in school, right here in Lake Cowichan.”

Emcee Ms. Nichole Boucher continued the ceremony by telling the families and friends what special kids these grads are. “We are so proud of each of these kids overcoming obstacles, dealing with adversity and working hard to get where they are right now.” * The teachers were also given their recognition. “I am so proud of our teachers and staff at our school. As the grown-ups in our family, they are the best. I have never in my career been in a building where the adults cared so much about the students hands down.I would say these grads are very lucky.” After a break to take the photos of the grads on the stage, Ashley Vomacka, Shelby Scott

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t was comforting reading through the many cards we received. It brought back many memories when so many said personal comments about our Mom. Special mention must go to our Aunt Jean (Brown); Sandy Lewis; Faye, Stacey and Doug; for the beautiful speeches, Elaine Dempster, and Sandy, Heather, & Greg (Lewis) for the lovely song sung at the service. To our moms friends Faye, Marg, Jeannette, and Gail, thank you; you have all been wonderful friends to our mom and helped her through some tough times since our Dads passing. To Theressa Klein for always being here for our family, thank you. To our family & friends who traveled from far & near to be with us, thank you. Harold Wallace you were a good friend to our mom. Thank you for guiding us through this difficult time. Thank you to the staff at the Duncan Hospital for the special care they provided to our Mom, especially Cindy Webster. Thank you, The Bergstrom Family Dennis Skalicky

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Gil Mauro from the Lake Days Society presented a cheque to Barb Simkins of the Kaatza Station Museum and Archives on Tuesday, June 17. Mauro, who is on the Lake Days Society wine and cheese committee donated the $1500 from money raised during the wine and cheese event held on Tuesday, June 3 as part of Lake Days week. Members of the wine and cheese committee as well as Kaatza Museum board member Paul Anderson were on hand to help with the donation.

Town council discusses long term capital project planning Ross Armour

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Members of the Town of Lake Cowichan’s staff would like to see longer financial plans tabled in the future. At last week’s Sustainable Planning and Development Committee meeting at the town hall, chief administrative officer Joe Fernandez posted the idea of having 10, 15 or 20 year financial plans for the town moving forward, rather than your typical five-year plans which we see today. Last week’s meeting saw a detailed discussion on short and longterm planning

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of capital projects. “I have looked at the five year financial plan and it is more in-depth this year,” said Fernandez at the meeting. “But I think we need to look past those five years and focus more on that as well going forward. That way, there’s less chance of us looking at debt moving forward and that’s fiscally responsible. “We could maybe look at a 10 or 20 year financial plan. Capital projects are not carved in stone so they can change. It would be good to look ahead.” Coun. Jayne Ingram, who chaired the meeting, said she’d like to see more input from other town departments on Fernandez’s views. “I’d like to see the five-year plan brought to the table, maybe at the next sustainable planning meeting, and we can have a

detailed discussion,” said Ingram. Fernandez also reiterated that long term planning should not just be about capital projects alone. “The planning should not just be about the capital projects, it should be about all areas, but we do have to look at how we are going to finance those capital projects.” Coun. Bob Day seemed keen on Fernandez’s ideas. “One thing that comes to my mind is the sidewalks and the roads,” said Day. “I’d like to see what our superintendent of public works (Nagi Rizk) has planned beyond those five years as he is going to be a key player in all of this. ” Rizk already believes his department is ahead of the game. “We are way ahead of the five-year plan in certain areas,” said Rizk at the meeting.

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Despite a strike notice being issued, the Town of Lake Cowichan’s chief admnistrative officer is hoping the town’s workers will not go on strike now. That is because a tentative deal has been struck between the town and the unionized workers. “At this stage of the game we have a tentative agreement in place with them,” said town CAO Joe Fernandez. “We’ve worked out a settlement and now the union has to get ratification from its members and the town

from council (regarding the new proposed contract).” If the ratification vote fails, it is likely that the town’s workers will go on strike. Last Wednesday, sixteen town staffers with the United Steelworkers Local 1-1937 served a 72-hour strike notice. Since the end of May, the union’s bargaining committee has been in discussions with Fernandez and Mayor Ross Forrest to no avail, seemingly until now. Part of the problem is the issue of a floating holiday. “Employees have always got a

floating holiday,” said Fernandez. “Since Family Day came in, the town thought they didn’t need another stat holiday. The agreement now is different to the one that was first proposed, but hopefully it will all get settled.” Fernandez said that general pay is not an issue and agreed that a strike notice is normally a signal of intent and a serious threat of strike action. “Pay was never really an issue. We actually pay them better than other communities.” The floating holiday has been part of the collective agreement since 1977.

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Council talks waste and disposal

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Town of Lake Cowichan to consider aligning with CVRD surrounding areas on garbage pick-up and disposal Ross Armour

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Organic waste management and disposal continues to be a hot topic at the Town of Lake Cowichan council table. At last week’s Sustainable Planning and Development Committee meeting at the town hall, superintendent of public works, Nagi Rizk, outlined the idea of picking up yard waste as well as kitchen waste in town, with the new MMBC recycling program well underway now. “Some people are still unsure of what is allowed, although it’s going along fairly smoothly,” said chief administrator Joe Fernandez with regards to the MMBC program. “All the details are on the MMBC website.” Rizk then brought up the idea of the town picking up yard waste as well after attending a recent presentation with Coun. Bob Day. “The superintendent and I recently attended a presentation by Coast Waste Management Association and it was great to get some of the pitfalls from people fresh into the field,” said Day. “Recently in Saanich they sold some containers and bags that were scented with Febreeze. It didn’t go down too well and we shouldn’t do that. As we move forward, I don’t think it should just be a case of food scraps in a bucket.” Rizk says picking up yard waste as well may affect the size of the in-vessel composter the town would need. The town is considering buying a vessel called the BIOvator, which converts organic waste into compost for future use. “It was an interesting presentation and interesting to hear them talk about the collection of yard waste and the impact that would have on the size of the container you would need,” said Rizk at the meeting. “Our plan is to just collect kitchen waste thus far.” Coun. Jayne Ingram, who chaired the meeting, asked Rizk if inserting yard waste into a composter alongside kitchen waste would help the composting process. “Yes it would,” said Rizk in response to Ingram’s

query. “It’s like a recipe and would be all about proportions.” Ingram was pleased to hear that. “So then we would need so much kitchen waste ® and so much yard waste to make it process.” Fernandez can’t see yard waste coming into play anytime soon. “If we look at adding yard waste to our plan for organics, it would change things in the budgeting REAL ESTATE & PROPERTY MANAGEMENT and we didn’t allow for this in our budget. There would also be tipping fees factored in,” he said. Proudly serving Ingram then said that taking your yard waste to Meade Creek is free, but Day disagreed. Lake Cowichan, Honeymoon Bay, “Taking your yard waste somewhere else actually Mesachie Lake, Youbou and isn’t free because of the ecology,” said Day. “The best thing would be to mulch them into our lawns. The Cowichan Valley I think we’ve made the right decision but this is something we can discuss (picking up yard waste). Giving back to the community “I’ve learned recently that in-vessel is the way who support us to go and we’ve all agreed. There will always be the NIMBY (not in my back yard) attitude and Looking forward to another this provides us with the opportunity to create no odour, which is the problem down at Fisher Road in 20 years! Victoria.” Keith, Sharon, Tracy Mayor Ross Forrest thinks it’s good for the town to keep all options open. and Maggie “We have to keep all the options open and see what is best for us going forward,” said Forrest at the meeting. “In-vessel sounds like the way to go.” Ingram then threw out the idea of meeting with the Ministry of Environment before purchasing a composter, but Forrest thinks it’s too early for that. “We would go in there and it would be them telling us what they want for us,” said the mayor. Moving forward, the town also plans to look at the option of partnering in waste management with surrounding CVRD Areas F and I. “We will definitely try to work with Areas F and I,” said Forrest. “There is no point in them shipping over our area and driving down the highway. A partnership works better financially too and CVRD www.lkc.ca waste management is in a bit of a transition right 250.749.6660 now.” Toll Free Page: 1.800.729.3246 •

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Low turnout for town AGM Ross Armour

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The Town of Lake Cowichan hosted its annual general meeting last Tuesday night at the town hall and, as usual, there was a low turnout from the public. With just a mere seven people in attendance from the public, Mayor Ross Forrest gave out copies of the town’s 2013 Annual Report. The document is 50 pages long and contains all of the town’s consolidated financial statements. “I’d like to thank Ronnie Gill, our director of finance, and the rest of the town staff for all the hard work that has went into this document,” said Forrest at the meeting. “It looks very good and is an excellent summary of what we did last year.” The town has come under some criticism recently for the lack of communication, or quality of, on its part and Coun. Bob Day says the report is something everybody should try and get their hands on to have a look at. “We’ve taken quite a number of comments that we don’t communicate and we are not open to the public,” said Day. “This is the perfect document to know how the town has been doing, even if you haven’t

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attended one meeting. This meeting was advertised, as was our five-year financial plan and the budget talks.” The town is planning to spend approximately $1 million on improvements to the town hall and one gentleman asked where the rest of the money is going to come from to cover that, with only just under $600,000 in the bank for that so far. “We have a piece of property for sale right now which will take up a fair chunk of the rest of that, plus whatever we put in this year,” said Forrest, who also reiterated that the town always tries to communicate as well as possible. “We don’t try to make information difficult to get. Everything that goes on here is public knowledge.” A common complaint recently has been the town’s ‘not-so-userfriendly’ website and the fact that it is difficult to navigate around and find information such as the monthly financial reports. “We are always just a phone call away to help people navigate around the website,” said Gill. “All of our major expenses go in our financial reports which come out monthly. People can see them by coming to the meetings, but they always go on the website as well.”

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Opponents gear up to battle northern oil pipeline

From Kitimat to Victoria, opponents are preparing to ﬁght the Enbridge Northern Gateway pipeline proposal, after it was given federal approval Tuesday. A group of B.C. aboriginal communities issued a statement Tuesday vowing to go to court to protect their aboriginal title and rights on the land affected by the twin pipeline and tanker port for diluted bitumen on Douglas Channel. Aboriginal opponents in the North Coast region include the Haida, Gitgaat, Heiltsuk and Haisla First Nations, as well as communities in the B.C. Interior. Haisla Chief Councillor Ellis Ross, whose community is at the end of Douglas Channel and who is involved in a natural gas export project, said it is too late for more consultations. “Every mistake they’ve made we actually pointed out to them and said ‘this is not following our case law principles, you’re making a mistake’,” Ross said Tuesday. “But they went ahead and did it. It is going to be court.” Northern Gateway project leader Janet Holder said she will continue to work

to build on the 26 equity agreements the company has reached with aboriginal communities along the proposed pipeline route. Kitimat Mayor Joanne Monaghan said her council has made its opposition clear, after an April community vote that came down opposed to the project. “I think most of the councillors are of the opinion that they really don’t want to see bitumen going down the channel,” Monaghan said. “They would rather have it refined and have a product that’s refined going down the channel.” B.C. NDP leader John Horgan said he wants resource development that creates jobs in B.C., particularly for aboriginal communities. Horgan said the B.C. Liberal government gave up its opportunity to oppose Northern Gateway. B.C. Environment Minister Mary Polak rejected that claim, saying the province gave a clear “no” in its final submission to the federal review panel. Discussions with Alberta, Enbridge and oil producers continue to see if B.C.’s conditions for land and ocean protection as well as a “fair share” of benefits for B.C. can be met, Polak said. – With files from Kitimat Northern Sentinel Tom Fletcher is the legislative reporter and columnist for Black Press. Reach him at tfletcher@blackpress.ca.

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Lake resident on speed limit After the May 26 meeting with council, during which I asked council why there was no 40 km/h sign on North Shore Road, I was told that signage on that road was under the jurisdiction of BC Transportation, I contacted the Ministry of Transportation and received the following reply via e-mail: “Yes, the town has jurisdiction over the signage within the muni(cipality) on North Shore. The Province has South Shore (road) and all road outside of the (town) boundary”. This reply was forwarded to all members of Council. Mesachie Lake was never mentioned in any of the correspondence, so I don’t know where the town’s superintendent got that from? Maybe he meant to say: “Meades Creek Road”. Signs, when entering the Town of Lake Cowichan via both ends of South Shore road, state: “MAXIMUM 50 km/h unless otherwise posted”. Signs indicating 40 km/h are located approximately 300 m further towards town centre at both ends of South Shore Road. I was taught that this maximum speed limit remains in effect until a higher or lower speed sign states otherwise. No 50 km/h signs are posted on any of the streets abutting South Shore Road. Therefore the speed limit, when entering the town via South Shore Road, remains 40 km/h throughout

the town. My concern is as follows: Because no 40 km/h sign is posted on southbound North Shore Road, we have a rather dangerous and possibly embarrassing situation. A tourist entering the town via North Shore Road is never advised to slow down by way of a 40 km/h sign before entering South Shore road and can therefore continue to drive 50km/h on South Shore Road where he can be ticketed for speeding. At the moment, the speed limit on northbound North Shore Road is 40 km/h. Therefore, contrary to Nagi Rizk’s statement, the installation of a 40 km/h sign on southbound North Shore Road, opposite the northbound 50 km/h sign, should cause no problem. While installing the 40 km/h sign on North Shore road, the town’s public works department might as well also install 40 km/h signs at Indian Road, and Neva Road where there are no signs whatsoever when entering town. Also Grants Lake Road has a 50 km/h sign leaving town but should also have, on the opposite side, a 40 km/h sign entering the town. Hubert Crevels Lake Cowichan

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SAYS We asked: What are your plans after graduation?

Jamie Walsh “Going up north to find work then to BCIT to take CST or CIT, Computer science and information technology later on be a tech with advanced technology.”

Kyle Jamieson “Probably working with my Mom or Dad until I can find something a little more permanent. My Dad works around the island and my Mom does gardening and landscaping so I have done it for awhile already.”

Justine Carlow “I am moving to Alberta to obtain my Doctorate in Physiotherapy to become an Occupational and Physiotherapy Assistant, then go on to a Masters. I’ll be doing that at Medicine Hat College.”

John Hieta “That’s a tough question, I am going to be looking at getting into something like a trade, maybe an electrician or mechanic. I am planning to keep it local.”

Nicolas Best “I am going to be taking a multitude of computer courses at BCIT as well as Camosun College in Victoria. It is something I have always been interested in. It is a career I don’t think I’ll ever get bored with. Doing something you love.”

Letter to the editor: Decline of Mayo Lake in Skutz Falls Once again the Rod and Gun Club who meet in Skutz Falls held their annual kids dishing derby at Mayo Lake and once again I’m impressed that each year they leave the site spotless. Also, the lake and surrounding picnic areas are well looked after by the same club. However, having lived beside Mayo Lake for 22 years, I find it troublesome that the wildlife and ecosystem have declined considerably since a man-made dam was installed against almost everyone’s wishes about 15 years ago. Before that time, 15 acre Mayo Lake was 12 feet deep at the east end and the shallower west end held only about four feet of water. Since the low dam was installed, the depth of the lake if not for the beavers would now be eight feet deep at the deepest end and the west end is mostly just a muddy bog, so I’d guess about a quarter of the lake volume is lost. The lake being so shallow during these years has made it inhospitable to several species of wildfowl. For the first seven years I lived beside the lake, we were amazed at the variety of wildlife including a heronry at the west end with about a dozen herons spotted at various intervals around the lake, especially in the spring time. They’re long gone and while there is one resident heron generally around, I haven’t seen him for months. Before the dam we’d spot the smaller, green-basked herons regularly but now not for years. I kept a journal for the first five years and recorded 88 species of birds. The following are several that don’t appear anymore: for water fowl there are no more tundra swans; great white-fronted geese; northern pintail ducks; northern shoveler ducks; gadwall ducks; coots or Eurasian wigeons; teals; redhead or goldeneye ducks. For raptors we see fewer bald eagles once regularly cursing the

lake or sitting out front in trees. Up until 15 years ago, we would have at least one osprey couple nest and watch them plunge into the lake to catch fish but they’re long gone as I believe most of Mayo Lake is too shallow for them to hunt effectively. We have in the past identified three species of seagulls that have landed and stayed through severe weather. No more as it’s so weedy. Shallow water encourages weed growth. There are fewer songbirds too and no more kingfishers interested in the weed-infested lake. I haven’t seen any cedar waxwings, western tanagers, black-headed or evening grosbeaks, brewer’s blackbirds for years and far fewer finches or sparrows. The resident beavers endeavour faithfully to keep the lake level stable by continuing to maintain their own dam raising the water level above the concrete dam by about two feet. For some reason, this troubles government people who deem the lake too high (I’ve never seen one of them actually out paddling on the lake to see what it’s about and fight a constant annual war against the beavers. From backhoes to men with shovels etc, they tear apart the beaver’s efforts and of course the beavers just go back to work. In frustration, the experts at least once trapped and killed the beavers and I’ve heard that this ‘problem solving’ is being bandied about again. They worry that if during a lot of rain the beaver dam could burst and wipe out Mayo Road. What nonsense coming from educated people. Once, apparently years ago, the road was washed out but it had only to do with a too small culvert which was replaced with one much larger. If anyone would care to Google what they can about beavers and the astounding benefits, they’ve served mankind

turning areas inhospitable to man or beats into thriving aquacultures teeming with wildlife. I’m guessing Mayo Lake won’t ever be back to what it was but it’s worth saving what’s left of it before it’s all bog. BC fisheries stocks the lake with up to 1000 catchable rainbow trout each year. After the fish are released, then or more double-crested cormorants show up and stay for a week downing fish after fish because the trout can’t escape. The otters (up to six at a time) have a field day. I often see dead trout washed up along the shoreline or floating and I believe it’s because there is a lack of oxygen with the weed covering and choking the lake. From mid-July to easily October, Charter Creek that runs into the lake and Mayo Creek that runs out are dry, leaving the lake to heat up and shrink losing more oxygen. So while the kids will surely enjoy their fishing experience here, I’d bet there are far fewer fish to catch and a lot less wildlife to experience. I encourage all of you hundreds of people who have enjoyed Mayo Lake over the decades to please contact fisheries, the parks office and even the Valley Fish & Game Club to please leave the beavers alone. They are the only creatures keeping the lake at least borderline healthy. Rick Healy Skutz Falls

Letter to the editor: Pool voting time running out I would like to remind the citizens of Lake Cowichan that registered voters only have until July 2, 2014 at 4 p.m. to cast a ballot for an extension of the equal access privileges we are presently enjoying at the Cowichan Aquatic Centre (CAC), otherwise known as the “Duncan Pool”. I believe our community needs ongoing equal Access to the CAC for reasons of health, safety and economic prosperity. Presently, Cowichan Lake has equal access until to the CAC until Dec 31/14 as the town is in the midst of a voting process for years 2015-2018 that is ongoing, as mentioned above, until the beginning of July. The understanding for many is that the vote is not binding; however, there is obviously some dissension among council members and the results of this vote could have bearing on the final decision whether or not to extend the agreement to 2018. At issue is the annual taxed average of $1.38 per household, which allows Lake Cowichan citizens access the CAC for a reasonable rate of admission. This small amount of tax dollars goes a long way to help our middle class families access to a multi-million dollar aquatic centre, a short drive from town. As our community does not have a large enough tax base to support our own pool, contributing to the CAC makes good financial sense

for the long term aquatic needs of all Lake Cowichan citizens now and in the future. With this in mind, I believe that middles class families have enough barriers, financial and otherwise, in providing healthy options for themselves and their children. As we live in close proximity to lakes, streams and rivers, it is imperative that our children be able to swim to prevent the tragedies that are all too often in the news. It takes time for children to learn how to swim and years of practice to become a strong and proficient swimmer who has the confidence he or she needs to be safe around the water. Furthermore, I would argue that many Lake Cowichan citizens, young and old, need to have reasonable financial access to the CAC for physical health as well as mental, spiritual, and emotional balance. A healthy population is integral to a healthy community so that the ability to grow and prosper is not unnecessarily hindered by lost opportunities. In addition, the equal access issue could make or break a decision to reside in Lake Cowichan for middle class families considering making Lake Cowichan their home. Healthy middle class families pay a good percentage of the taxes needed to keep our community thriving.

Finally, please know that potential voters do not need to be property owners to be eligible to vote for the equal access initiative. Anyone over the age of 18 who is a registered voter may go down to the Lake Cowichan Town hall at 39 South Shore Road and vote, Monday to Friday, until 4:00 pm July 2, 2014. I believe that equal access to the Cowichan Aquatic Centre is well worth the few tax dollars it will cost our town to join and ask that all fellow citizens who agree, to encourage their family, friends, and neighbours to exercise their democratic right in support of the equal access initiative before July 2, 2014. Thank you.

Ted Gamble Lake Cowichan

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Mrs Bruce’s 1953-1954 Kindergarten class of 24 students, just a very few of the Yount School Kindergarten class in Kaatza Station Museum Youbou remain here today. They include Jeanette Waite (now Lundgren) Dave Whiskin and Kencourtesy Schedel. Back row left David Cairns, Edrese Wallace, Bob Rayner, Jane Ferguson, unidentifi ed, Jeanette Waite (standing in front of teacher Mrs Bruce’s 1953-1954 Kindergarten class of 24 students, just a very few of the Yount School Kindergarten class in Mrs. Bruce), Bonnie Turner, Toutant, AndreaWaite Howden, McGregor, ed. Middle row left: Marie Youbou remain here today.Clarence They include Jeanette (nowDallas Lundgren) Dave unidentifi Whiskin and Ken Schedel. Back row left Hill, David Porter, Theresa Patenaude, Bruce Ridley, Velna Whittingham, Ken Schedel, David Whiskin, unidentifi ed, David Cairns, Edrese Wallace, Bob Rayner, Jane Ferguson, unidentified, Jeanette Waite (standing in front ofFloyd teacher Martin. Front row left: Richard Lavoie, Raymond Roch and two unidentified boys. Mrs. Bruce), Bonnie Turner, Clarence Toutant, Andrea Howden, Dallas McGregor, unidentified. Middle row left: Marie Hill, Porter, Theresa Patenaude, Bruce Ridley, Velna Whittingham, Ken Schedel, David Whiskin, unidentifi Mrs.David Hilda Bruce, kindergarten pupils attending high ed, Floyd Martin.atFront row left: Richard Lavoie, teacher Yount School in 1953, also Raymond Roch and two unidentified boys. school in Lake Cowichan.

taught piano lessons from her home Mrs. Hilda Bruce, kindergarten inteacher the “Picket Camp” (Sahtlam Av- also at Yount School in 1953, enue) area of Lake Cowichan. She taught piano from her home was the aunt oflessons local resident Mrs. in the “Picket Camp” (Sahtlam Joan Belter nee Nightingale who Avenue) areahere of Lake Cowichan. She also taught although some years wasMiss the aunt local resident Mrs. later. JoanofNightingale, as she Joan Belter needescended Nightingale who was then known, through taught hereasalthough some years thealso same lineage famous nurse later. Miss Joan Nightingale, as she Rolli Miss Florence Nightengale. was thenthe known, descended through Gunderson In 1936 first wing of Yount the same famous nurse School, waslineage openedaswith two adRolli Miss Florence Nightengale. ditional wings added by 1945. That Gunderson firstwas wingrecognized of Yount yearIn the1936 newthe school PAGES OF HISTORY asSchool, “one of was the most modern and adopened with two best-equipped rural schools” in That ditional wings added by 1945. Canada. The number students atyear the new schoolofwas recognized PAGES OF HISTORY tending Yount that yearmodern had reached as “one of the most and more that 135 with an schools” additionalin25 best-equipped rural Canada. The number of students attending Yount that year had reached more that 135 with an additional 25

Over the prior ten years, pupils attending high the school school in enrollment had Lake Cowichan. risen a whopping 640 %. Over the prior ten years, (ITM Bulletin Febuary the The school enrollment 1945). school - al- had risen a whopping 640 %. ways heart of the commuFebuary nity(ITM -was Bulletin often used for 1945). The schooland - alcommunity activities ways commuevents (asheart well of as the school nity -was often used for functions) until a commuactivities nitycommunity hall was built shortlyand events (asthe well as school after. Today, lovely a commuoldfunctions) school sitsuntil vacant, just nity hall wasofbuilt shortly another victim rampant “school that hit after.closures’ Today, the lovely thisold areaschool some sits years ago. just vacant, another victim of rampant “school closures’ that hit this area some years ago.

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1951-1952 - Lake Cowichan Elementary School (later named Stanley Gordon) class photo, back row - from left: Richard Lincoln, unknown, Tommy Weaver, Gail Stetsko, unknown, Diane Weismiller, unknown, unknown, Judy Strasdin, Wendy Gordon, G. Gill, unknown, Eddie Gravelle 2nd row - from back left, Unknown, Bob Maxwell, Wes Sheard, Barry Shackleford, unknown, Linda Vesey, Elaine Gravelle, Anita Crosson (Caplin), unknown, Art Monti, unknown, Mike All. Sitting courtesy Kaatza Station Museum from left is Mrs. Sophie Heycock (retired in 1968), unknown, Juanita Demings, Doris Parlee, Donna Olson, unknown, Glenna Nordlund, unknown, Rosina Moon, Patty Peterson (now Pat Foster). Kneeling in photo, front isback Bob row Cooper, Eileen 1951-1952 - Lake Cowichan Elementary School (later named Stanley Gordon) class - from left:PeaRichard cock (Russell), Oke Olsson. Pat Foster (nee Peterson) Eddie Gravelle unknown, have remained in Lake Cowichan, Lincoln, unknown, TommyBoth Weaver, Gail Stetsko, unknown,and Diane Weismiller, unknown, Judy Strasdin,Oke Wendy Olsson andG.Anita (neeEddie Crosson) lived2nd hererow for -many to their passing. Gordon, Gill, Caplin unknown, Gravelle fromyears back prior left, Unknown, Bob Maxwell, Wes Sheard, Barry Shackleford, unknown, Linda Vesey, Elaine Gravelle, Anita Crosson (Caplin), unknown, Art Monti, unknown, Mike All. Sitting from left is Mrs. Sophie Heycock (retired in 1968), unknown, Juanita Demings, Doris Parlee, Donna Olson, unknown, Glenna Nordlund, unknown, Rosina Moon, Patty Peterson (now Pat Foster). Kneeling in front is Bob Cooper, Eileen Peacock (Russell), Oke Olsson. Both Pat Foster (nee Peterson) and Eddie Gravelle have remained in Lake Cowichan, Oke Olsson and Anita Caplin (nee Crosson) lived here for many years prior to their passing.

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New elementary school in Lake Cowichan remains a top priority for School District 79 John McKinley

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A new elementary school in Lake Cowichan and the replacement of Cowichan Secondary School remain the top capital priorities for School District 79. But even in the wake of school closures, the district is keeping a close eye on the potential for overcrowding in certain schools. The SD79 Long-Range Facilities Plan was at a recent school board meeting. Despite concerns locally, the Cowichan Valley School District ranks behind only nine other B.C. districts in a provincial government ranking of the condition of

facilities. That said, the district ranks only as “average” and narrowly missed the cutoff to be considered “poor.” The Cowichan long-range facilities plan contains a list of six recommendations. Declining enrollment and funding shortfalls for major repairs remain key issues that need to be addressed. Key to making that happen is the two new schools. “Due to the age and condition of the existing facilities, continuing to apply for these new schools would improve the condition of these facilities and educational opportunities for students,” the report reads. Also on the need-soon front are major mechanical upgrades to Chemainus

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be mitigated by the district limiting the number of outof-attendancearea students,. SD 79 report

Secondary, Ecole Mount Prevost Elementary, and Frances Kelsey Secondary, along with the replacement of the board office and operations department. The district is eyeballing the recently closed Duncan Elementary School site as a potential site for the new board office. The report recommends a review of all vacant district properties to determine how they can best be used to address future needs. Meanwhile, four schools — Bench, Drinkwater, Ecole Mount Prevost, and Ecole Cobble Hill — are approaching overcapacity levels. For the first two, that is partly due to a large number of out-of-catchment-area students. “The potential for overcapacity can be mitigated by the district limiting the number of out-of-attendance-area students at the schools in the future and/or by adding modular classrooms to the school site,” the report reads. The report also suggests monitoring kindergarten registrations and available space at Ecole Mount Prevost and Ecole Cobble Hill. “French Immersion kindergarten class at each of these schools could potentially lead to an overcapacity situation at these schools over time.”

Banner job for the town

Dennis Skalicky

Shur-Power Electric Ltd and Town of Lake Cowichan crews were hanging up the summer banners on the new lamposts Friday, June 20. The South Shore Road project is now nearing completion.

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LCS Graduation 2014 Malcolm Chalmers Photos

Arriving in style in Dave Whiskin’s 57 Chevy are Shelbey Brinacomb with her escort Darren White, alongside Meghan Foster and her escort Brendon Dosen.

Making a big entrance is important at graduation, Kiana Holman arrives in style in grandfather Ted Brown’s 1927 Model-T Roadster.

Proud father Wade Brooks and his daughter Carmen take to the floor for the Father/ Daughter Dance

After the ceremony in the gym, principal Nichole Boucher introduced the 2014 grad class in front of the paparazzi, Molly Bragg and her escorts Kyle Jamieson and Jamie Walsh work the red carpet.

Lake Cowichan School’s 2014 Grad Class photo session at the half way point in the ceremony.

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Creeks drying up sooner than normal according to local biologist Crandall

Bob Crandall

“We are seeing tributary creeks on the west side of Lake Cowichan drying up sooner than normal. While salvaging fry we are searching for Chinook fry for DNA sampling. The DFO DNA lab in Victoria are set up for the required testing. This is related to a reseeding plan for Shaw Creek with Chinook in an attempt to rescue a Cowichan dwindling species spring/summer run Chinook. The creeks are drying up at the rate of three to four weeks earlier than previous years,” Bob Crandall, Cowichan Lake Salmonid Enhancement Society.

Wilderness Watch hosts Classic Family Fishing Weekend

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The Wilderness Watch recently hosted its Classic Family Fishing Weekend. Above left to right: one father snags a fish lure and attempts to get to it but ends up falling into the water on the journey.

Community must adapt to warm and dry summers consider the effects of climate change in making their recommendation. They based their decision on economic benefits and decided that the money was worth all the ecological risks posed by the project. We are at a crossroad in our history. We, as a society, will have to choose a path. The path favored by our current government is to try to sustain continuous economic growth ne OwiChan by extracting our resources and shipping them overseas in raw form for money. An alternative favored by many progressive thinking leaders is to place a high value on our remaining resources and use them wisely here in Canada while transitioning away from fossil fuels. Our current society cannot function without oil. Right now we use cheap fossil fuels not only for transportation but also for food production. Petrochemicals are used to manufacture plastics, fabrics and countless other things we take for granted every day. But these esources are finite; there is only so much oil on the planet and inevitably we’ll

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This is certainly not our typical June. We are usually wondering, as the longest day approaches, where is summer? Not this year, no hint of the usual “Juneuary” weather, we have had a spectacular spring. Climate change predictions suggest that this will be the new normal for us, warm dry summers. We are going to have to adapt to these changes in order for our community to continue to thrive. Looking over the most recent lake and river data shows that the lake is alarmingly low, lower even than it was in 2003 at this time. 2003 was one of the most severe drought years we have ever had, the river flow had to be restricted to about half the normal flow rate in order to keep it running at all until the rains finally came on October 17. We appear to be headed in that direction again this year, the second severe drought in the past 3 years now appears likely. Increasing water storage capacity in our lake is going to be vitally important for us to adapt to our dwindling summer inflows and increasing water demands. Put this news in context with Alberta, where again this year states of emergency have been declared in several cities due to extraordinarily heavy rain and potential flooding. Meanwhile in Ontario, several areas have been hit with destructive tornadoes. All of this consistent with what climate scientists have been warning us about. Our Federal Government has just approved the Northern Gateway Pipeline project, citing the Joint Review Panel recommendation that it would be in the national interest. Unfortunately, the Panel was told not to and did not

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Left: At the Valley Fish and Game Club Steak Shoot Brayden Swane, Mark Traer and Jeff Vermiere are competing in a Bushwacker shoot, Two shooters shooting at one clay pigeon in turn, if you miss two times your are out. Winner takes a steak home from the freezer. Right: Wanting to become a club member Jordan Lawton takes instruction on the use of a firearm at the Valley fish and Game Clubs Annual Steak Shoot and Social Saturday June 21, 2014

Retreads hike nearby and further from home Recently we hiked down the Fishermens’ walk to Trestle 70.2 on the Trans Canada trail and cluster toward the rear. When the leaders reach a junction they stop to wait so that we stay on back and a week later to Maple Mountain starting from the Crofton end. the same trail. By the time the sweep catches up, the leaders are rested and ready to carry on. Maple Mountain between Duncan and Crofton, was the destination for our hardy hikers. So the sweep and stragglers just keep moving, albeit at a slower pace. Is there not a fairy tale There were seventeen of us, including three from the Duncan club and two visitors from the about the hare and the tortoise who just keeps plodding along? U.S. We started near Crofton and followed an old logging road to the north trail-head of the The retreads is going well with many more hikes planned. If interested, you can get a ‘Blue trail’. schedule at the Arena, check our web site or call Willa at 250 749 4144. The trails on Maple Mountain have been colour coded with coloured tape and this guides us around the mountain. The blue trail cuts across the side of the mountain going up and down through some deep gullies, over a log bridge, and past a couple spectacular view points on large bluffs where we stopped to admire the magnificent vista and to catch our breath. Submitted by David Kidd After about 4 km, the trail left the forest and wound down through a picturesque meadow dotted with lovely old Oak trees. This was a beautiful area with many wild flowers in bloom including lots of stately foxgloves. The woodsy area then opened out on a high moss-covered bluff overlooking Sansum Narrows and across to Salt Spring Island. With the ocean sparkling far below us, we made a cautious descent down this long, steep bluff to a large open area which was still well above the water. Here, we stopped for more drinks and snacks while we enjoyed our surroundings. There were a number of boats in the Narrows and one sea lion swimming past. This was our turn-around point where we hooked up with the ‘Yellow’ trail to complete our loop back to our starting point. The Yellow trail was perhaps more strenuous with plenty of uneven ground, more ups and downs, and some scrambling up rocks. Fortunately, we were shaded by giant arbutus and other trees along much of the track, but even so, most of us worked up a good sweat. We pushed well past the half-way point of our hike to our lunch stop at Grave Point This was a welcome break and a great place to view the lovely scenery. There was lots of good conversation and laughter during our 4½ hours on the trail with the exception of one last, long climb back up from the shoreline to midmountain where we became rather quiet. Here we re-connected with the blue trail and the way out to the parking area. It was a great work-out and a great day. Compared to Maple Mountain, the Fisherman’s walk was a relatively easy but scenic 8 km hike. We drove to a point about 3 km east of Lake Cowichan where fishermen park when they are heading down to that part of the river. The trail crossed the Cowichan Lake trail and headed down to the river. It then followed along the river sometimes right above the bank and sometimes on ridges further away. Eventually we reach the Trestle where we stopped to have lunch. Then we retraced our steps back along the river and up to the parking lot. Like other hiking days this was a bright sunny day and the clean neat river was sparkling and gurgling along. On this hike I got thinking about this group activity. When we start hikes we arrange for a “sweep” to be at the end and stay behind any stragglers. Beth and I were sweeps on this hike. During the hike the group submitted tends to string out with a fit and keen group up front. some in the middle and a A lone hiker at the top of Maple Mountain looks down towards Salt Spring Island.

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Top: The team with the trophy at the end of the championship game in Victoria. Right: Nic Young pitching - he was great in relief and shut the Peninsula team down for four innings. Left: Logan Wiersma batting - he had a triple and single and two RBIs.

The Lake Cowichan Lakers Bantam A team brought home the Greater Victoria Baseball Association Bantam A Championship this past Friday night. The championship game was played at Lambrick Park in Victoria, where the Lakers were victorious in a 12-8 win over the Peninsula Outlaws. Lake Cowichan were down 5-0 and 7-5 in the game at certain stages but showed grit and

determination to bring the championship home to the Lake. Nic Brown was one of the stars of the show, striking out three batters in the third inning. Logan Wiersma starred on the batting front, with an impressive RBI triple to deep centre field. The Lakers’ AA team also won their own championship earlier last week on Tuesday night.

Despite the condition of the fields, SloPitch is alive and well around the lake. 7 teams are competing this year, 5 from Lake Cowichan and 2 from Youbou. Games are every Mon, Tue, Thu, & Fri, at Centennial field and Youbou little league. Of note this year is the upswing in fortunes of Jakes Youbou Green team. Perenniel underdogs they have won 5 of their last 6 games, losing only to the Mules a perenneil powerhouse. Games start at 6:30 pm...come on out and cheer on, or laugh at,

your neighbours. Playoffs will be held throughout the 2nd week of July with the finals happening at Youbou Little League, Saturday July 12th. Games all day and usually lots of fans in the stands. There will be a concession, kids’ playground, horseshoe pit, Arbutus Park swimming, summer sunshine and baseball.

Slo-pitch alive and well Submitted by Alister Capeling

Men’s golf action from March Meadows Callender, Nott, and Cockle. Jim Peterson Chipped In for a Par and Nott scored a Sandy Par. Some players have been eliminated from the MatchPlay Championship, leaving the final four to play in the Semi-Final next week. There will be no Senior Men Golf on July 1st, Canada Day. The Duffer claims to have found the problem with his golf game lately, “ I’m standing too close to my ball…. after my shot!” Submitted by Rick Knott

Sherri Brubaker of Whittomes Travel presents Gary & Vicki Miller with a certificate in the amount of $500.00 to be used toward a future holiday as the winners of the Gazette Around The World contest. They were entered into the contest when they booked their holiday with Sherri to Los Cabos, Mexico. We would like to thank everyone who entered the contest this year. HAVE A GREAT SUMMER!

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The Eagle has Landed! Senior Captain John McCormick scored an Eagle on the second hole last week. After a good drive to the gap between the Cedars on the corner of the dog-leg, he punched a five iron shot right into the cup, scoring a two on the difficult par four. With several players away on holiday, we still managed to field thirty-two players on a sunny warm day. Doug Parker scored the best Low Net while Rick Nott scored the best Low Gross. K.P.’s were achieved by Tom Denninger and Graeme Cockle. Birdies were made by Lance Lingren, Gary

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Lincoln luxury at a non-premium price Santa Barbara, Calif. - The MKC is the first can be matched with standard, made (luxury) compact utility vehicle from Linin Scotland, Bridge of Weir “Deepsoft” coln and, while related, it’s very different leather upholstery. The premium car exfrom the Ford Escape. perience actually starts as you approach Development of both vehicles started the MKC with an accent welcoming with Ford’s global “C” platform, but lighting feature that’s automatically acother than its base 2.0 litre turbo-engine, tivated (by the key fob) when an owner the MKC has little else in common with Lincoln may be a is within 2.4 metres (8-ft). its Ford counterpart. Our 320-kilometre-plus route took us All-wheel-drive is standard (in Canada) little late in joining away from the coast along the scenic the booming compact Jacento Reyes Byway. This lightly travon all three editions of the MKC and a start price just under $40,000 is also luxury utility club, but elled twisty two-lane road gets narrow inviting compared to other luxury CUVs in sections. It also presented some the MKC is certainly spectacular vistas along the way and such as the Acura RDX ($41,390) and an impressively well BMW X3 ($42,800). some intimidating cliff faces and rock (A top-line Ford Escape, by the way, is formations. put-together new listed at $35,699). I was impressed with the MKC’s predictmember and it’s The MKC is the second of four all-new able handling characteristics through priced to sell. product launches intended to redefine the twisty sections. It was stable, very Lincoln. The first being the Lincoln MKZ Bob McHugh forgiving at higher speeds and generally last year, an all-new MKX is expected more agile than expected for a utility next year and a, so-far unnamed, full-sized sedan will vehicle - especially after I finally figured out how to follow. The new Lincoln styling theme includes smooth set-up the driving modes, called Lincoln Drive Control. clean lines a slick shape (described as “graceful athThe normal, comfort and sport settings for the susleticism”) and up front, there’s a contemporary take pension and steering are preset (via vehicle settings on the traditional Lincoln split-wing grille. on the instrument panel and customizable to a limited Another eye-catching feature of the MKC is around extent) by a driver to function with “D” and “S” back, a huge wraparound lift gate includes full-width transmission selections. It’s a different and somewhat LED rear lighting assemblies. This unique one-piece complex way of providing this feature. hydro-formed steel door opens like a clamshell and Push-button transmission selection is another feature allows complete access to the cargo area. An optional that I wouldn’t get excited about. I get the space-savhands-free feature also allows it to open with a kicking functionality and the historic connection to Lining motion below the rear bumper. coln, but still prefer a shift lever. Manual operation of The MKC also has a roomy feel to its interior, particuthe transmission’s six speeds can be done via paddle larly for front seat occupants. A dash that slants away, shifters on the steering wheel. The shifts, however, towards the windshield, adds to its airy ambiance. It’s could be crisper and the system tends to be very proalso a much quieter cabin than its stable mate, with tective of the engine (over-revving) on downshifts. numerous built-in sound deadening features that inOnly MKC vehicles with the new 2.3-litre twin-scroll clude a noise control system that eliminates unwanted turbo engine were available to drive at this U.S. event, sound waves and enhances others. which would price tag them close to $50,000 in CanAvailable inside accent trims include brushed alumiada. An impressively smooth and quiet performer (in num or open-pore Zebrano and Santos Rosewood that this application) this engine can produce 285-horse-

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■ Lake Cowichan’s very own radio station, 98.7 FM CICV The Lake is having a fundraiser this Saturday. The fundraisier entitled “Power up the Tower” will run from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m and all members of the public are encouraged to come out and attend. ■ Cowichan Lake Recreation has just announced it is taking registration for its forthcoming summer camps. Kids can now register for the Fun In the Sun Day Camp. The camp runs every day from 9 a.m. until 4 p.m. starting July 7. Pre- and post-camp care is also available. How about teaching them swimming skills? They are offering all levels of Red Cross Swim Preschool and Swim Kids at Arbutus Park. ■ Cowichan Lake Recreation has also just announced that it is now putting on dry floor activites at the Cowichan Lake Sports Arena. Daytime skating is now being offered Monday through Friday 11a.m. to 12:50 p.m. Public skates are also happening on Friday nights from 6:30 p.m. until 7:50 p.m. and a free public skate Mondays from 3:30 p.m. to 4:50 p.m. Ball hockey is also being offered on Tuesday and Thursday evenings from 6 p.m. to 9p.m. Broom ball will fill the same time spot on Wednesdays. New or exciting things happening? Send us an email: reporter@ lakecowichangazette.com Dennis Skalicky

■ In last week’s LCS Class of 2014 photos, Nick Best’s photo appeared with the wrong name under it. Cowichan Lake Primary Health Care Service had an information table set up in front of Country

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