Lake Cowichan Gazette, November 19, 2014 by Black Press Media Group

Halloween A Travelling photos: Travesty: Halloween A twistedfun around the lake Christmas Carol PAGE 5 10 PAGE

Town square Community named: kudos: Thanks from town held the Pilkingtons ceremony PAGE 3 2 PAGE

Lest we Youbou forget:forms Remembrance community Day association PAGES 13-16 PAGE 14

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The Lake Cowichan Municipal All Candidates meeting brought in a full house Monday night. Estimates were that close to 200 people attended to listen to municipal candidates discuss their platforms and answer questions from the Chamber of Commerce and the public. Candidates were seated alphabetically and asked questions in random order. Candidates spoke with passion, humour and enthusiasm.

Chamber of Commerce hosts All Candidates meeting at Centennial Hall them or changing to yield signs. Lorna Vomacka: Affordable improvements to infrastructure, Questions from the floor Carolyne Austin: Affordable family housing. and the need for a way to entice ranged from water and sewer Photo Tamu Miles LAKE COWICHAN GAZETTE housing for seniors families. Bev North: wantBob to have business the downtown a new town hall building, The newly elected mayor and council will be at Lakeinto Cowichan’s helm forcore. the next four years (fromPeople left): Coun. Day, Coun. Lorna Vomacka, Mayorand Ross Forrest, Coun.costs, Tim McGonigle, and Coun. Carolyne Ross Forrest: Seniors care facility. the future of the old ranger fun and see the lighter side of life. Each individual withHall. Austin. members will be officially sworn in on Dec. 2answered at Centennial The Elected Lake Cowichan Municipal I’ve seen too many spouses What do you (townspeople) want? station, downtown revitalization All Candidates Forum took place passion, earnestness, humour Put some drive into it, laugh a little separated from each other when or resolve, as they saw fit. Each and an open door policy at the Monday night at Centennial Hall they get old. I want to see people and we’ll get through. individual also demonstrated municipal office. from 7 to 9 p.m. stay together as they age. We also Tim McGonigle: “Fun’s my their conviction to act on behalf The municipal vote takes The hall was packed; more eonvNov. need to attract other partners in middle name.” A base for revenue, of the town and serve in the way place this year at chairs had to be brought out and eHall15 e n v t“I 8was e business apart from property taxes, and they thought would best serve the Centennial from a.m. to Wendy Klyne received Sitting at their places got a lot more work to do.” “With fresh blood you get being elected. a little n once those Tamu Mileswere filled people t Wendy Klyne: I have a vision other tools to raise funds to pay townspeople. The forum was at 8 p.m. To register as a resident 392 votes. Kyle Wylie, the around the table in the In response to how he new ideas.” nervous there thinking I stood at the back of the hall. LAKE COWICHAN GAZETTE for how the townfeels to be–a for projects For about example, some heated and atcouncil some chamber, voter, would you must be 18 of points the candidates these in town.feels having two newI want Forrest that moving be (in) fifthyears spot, so The Chamber of Commerce youngest busy downtown core bustling with a gas tax. We need to lobby the points relaxed as candidates and of age, a Canadian citizen, received a total of 102 votes newly and re-elected council members, Day says forward the most important I’m pretty happy.” hosted the forum, which was On Saturday, Nov. 15, the elementary school. funding. listened and interacted of BC for least both cialpublic numbers). officials tookprovince a minutefor to continuous he thinks it’s great. people; a newthing for UP himTO and councilaisresident Vomacka andatAustin moderated by George deLure. 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COWICHAN LAKE COMMUNITY FOREST CO-OPERATIVE TWENTIETH ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING Date: Thursday, November 27th, 2014 Time: 7pm, meeting followed by refreshments Location: 121 Point Ideal Road, Lake Cowichan, B.C. (Community Services building - side entrance.)

Members of the public are invited to attend the 20th Annual General Meeting of the Cowichan Lake Community Forest Co-operative The purpose of the Annual General Meeting is to present a progress report on the business of the Co-operative; to present an income statement and balance sheet from the preceding fiscal year; and to elect a Board of Directors. There will be an opportunity for members of the public to ask questions. Refreshments will be served.

King George Seniors Affordable Housing A.G.M. November 24, 2014 at 1:00pm at Evergreen Place 20 South Shore Road Lake Cowichan

All Welcome WE ARE CLOSING

The plan was that we would be retiring but Gord decided he was not quite ready to retire and because of all the great people that hated to see us close we are going to try a new business.

So we will be opening a NEW company

Gord’s

fly box & goodies

170C Cowichan Lake Road, Lake Cowichan BC (Beside Irly Bird) gordsflybox@shaw.ca

We hope to have an old school style of shop with big old chairs, fireplace, coffee pot, fishing movies playing, a place for fishers to relax, warm up, dry up and swap stories over a hot coffee.

Waders & dogs are always welcome.

Gord’s Fly Box will be carrying:

1. 2. 3. 4.

A full line of steelhead gear (only the best) A full line of flies for all types of fishing Bait for any fishery Collectables as many as we can acquire. (always looking to buy quality collectables and fishing tackle.) 5. We will be working all our wholesalers for clearance or discontinued items to pass on at super prices. 6. “Salmon Fishers don’t worry” In season lots of goodies, flashers/spoons etc.

We are opening the new location January 02, 2015 or sooner…?

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–continued from page 1 vision for the future of Lake Cowichan and working with mayor and council to bring those visions to fruition, Vomacka was practical in her response. “Well, baby steps because we’re new,” said Vomacka. “But I would really like to see a bigger density of population, however we can get through that. I don’t think you can really bring new business into town until you have the density of the population here to support them.” She pointed to affordable and senior’s housing options for moving forward. “But I don’t know how to go about it until I’m at the table.” “I’m pleased,” says Austin about being elected. “It was nerve-wracking because you never know. I’m glad to see there were a number of people running because it is a scary thing to be running for town council for the first time.” Austin was just as practical when responding to questions about stimulating the growth of businesses in town. “I don’t think you can bring businesses in unless we can decide what businesses the people are going to support. A lot of businesses need a base of 10,000 (total population) to start.” First on the list would be to deal with infrastructure projects such as sewer in order to accommodate housing

construction. But for projects such as these, the town needs to generate funds. McGonigle emphasized that he’s learned that political processes can be slow and that the town needs to look longterm at sustainable sources of revenue. “The one thing that I think is imperative is that we find an alternate, sustainable source of funding aside from property taxation. Property taxation is an archaic system which doesn’t take into consideration ability to pay.” He offers that a solution could be to look to the Association of Vancouver Island and Coastal Communities (AVICC) to lobby both senior levels of government to return sustainable levels of funding to communities like Lake Cowichan. Forrest adds that sustainability of the watershed is also an ongoing issue, and one that affects the whole valley. “We’ve gone through a couple of summers now where we’ve been on pins and needles wondering if there’s going to be enough water. And I think raising the weir, that extra storage (means) we don’t have to go through a summer worrying all the time that we don’t have enough water.” This election saw a lower turnout than in the last municipal election. Out of

2234 estimated eligible voters, only 1100 votes were cast, or 49 per cent. This is down from the 71 per cent that voted in 2008 (2011 candidates were acclaimed). But Forrest says that this is still quite a good number, as the area has a higher rate of voter turnout than most others in BC. Lake Cowichan had 131 new voters at the polls. “I still would think though, that what we had for a voter turnout (Saturday) was far better than most municipalities,” says Forrest. “I’m really pleased that Lake Cowichan citizens were engaged and took the time to vote. And I was really, truly encouraged by the number of young voters.” Voters in Lake Cowichan showed through their cast ballots that they were not in favour of contributing to the upkeep of the Cowichan Sportsplex, and mayor and council say it’s an interesting issue considering that both Area F and I voted no on the Sportsplex, but yes on the Cowichan Aquatic Centre. “We still have to make a decision at this table,” says McGonigle. “With a 50 per cent no vote, we have to take that into consideration. But with the surrounding areas saying they don’t want to contribute to that, but they do want to contribute to the Aquatic Centre makes it very interesting.” Mayor and council will be sworn in on Dec. 2 at the Upper Centennial Hall.

Students First team takes control of board John McKinley

CowiChan news Leader

It was after midnight before the Cowichan Valley School District publicly reported its election results. But when the smoke finally cleared, Cowichan voters had delivered a clear message in the wake of the firing of the board it elected in 2011. The Students First team won a decisive victory. Five of its seven candidates were elected (Rob Hutchins, Candace Spilsbury, Joe Thorne, Cathy Schmidt and Barb DeGroot). Independents Randy Doman and Elizabeth Croft took the other two seats. All four members of the Your Voice team — which

included Ellen Oxman and Deb Foster, fired as trustees in 2012 for supporting a deficit budget — finished out of the running. The Students First team included former trustees Schmidt and Spilsbury, who were also fired by the provincial government despite voting against that illegal budget. The two teams represented the camps that had divided the board for years leading up to the firing. Ideologically, both Doman and Croft are considered to have more in common with Students First. The fact Hutchins — the former Ladysmith Mayor and Cowichan Valley Regional

District board chairman — topped the polls creates an interesting situation. He had campaigned on a promise to explore the idea of breaking the Ladysmith area away from the Nanaimo School District and join it to Cowichan, with boundaries matching the CVRD’s. Ladysmith and Cedar residents had been deeply concerned about a series of school closures in their area, which helped feed a backlash there that saw just two Nanaimo trustees re-elected. Hutchins, who stepped aside as Ladysmith mayor, was elected to Ladysmith council. Thorne, who was also chasing two seats, failed to get reelected in Duncan.

School District 79 Board Election Results (Unofficial) Rob Hutchins 6699 Joe Thorne 5348 Candace Spilsbury 5334 Randy Doman 4975 Cathy Schmidt 4938 Barb de Groot 4791 Elizabeth Croft 4090 Keith Chicquen 3796

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Eileen Pilkington holds a silver tea-set that belonged to her grandparents. Her sister Linda Blakemore of Surrey gave it to her when she arrived to help out the family.

Community spirit rises from the ashes

Diana Hutton

Lake CowiChan Gazette

After the fire last week that destroyed the family home, you wouldn’t think that Eileen Pilkington had a lot to be thankful for. But thanks to the amazing response by her community, she is brimming over with gratitude and hope. “I can’t even begin to say how grateful I am to everyone in this fantastic town. Everyone has been so incredibly generous. It’s been simply amazing,” said Pilkington from the comfortable kitchen of the family’s temporary new home. On the day of the fire, Pilkington was enroute back to the island after visiting her sister in Surrey. She heard a page over the P.A. system of the B.C. ferry that she was travelling on. Her cellphone battery was dead, so the ferry employee placed the return call for her. “It was my granddaughter Jenny. She was crying and saying “Nanny, your house is on fire, but we’re all OK”, said Pilkington. “It was unbelievable.” It was during a weather-caused power outage on Nov. 6 that fire broke out in the home. At the time,

Pilkington was not in the house, nor was her daughter Brenda, who was on her way to Nanaimo to pick up her mother from the ferry. Grand-daughter Jenny Cooknell and husband Kenny were visiting, with their 3-year-old son Aiden sleeping in an upstairs bedroom. Also sleeping in the house was Pilkington’s son-in-law, Claude who had just come home from working a night shift. A passerby and Lake Cowichan arena staff noticed the fire and alerted the family inside. Lake Cowichan volunteer firefighters responded immediately and all members of the family were able to get out safely. “We had four cats. Two they were able to get out. One ran into the room that the baby was sleeping in and we think he perished,” said Pilkington. “Our other cat, Snuffy we hope got out OK, but he hasn’t been seen yet. We’ve been putting food out at the house every day. He’s 13 and a big black and white, fluffy guy if anyone has seen him.” Before the fire was even out, Lake Cowichan Country Grocer staff was helping the family fill bags with supplies they might need and also presented them with gift certificates to help

stock empty cupboards in their new, temporary home. Country Grocer also organized a hotdog sale at the Lake Cowichan store to raise funds. Family friend, Claude Bergeron offered the use of a house he had for sale and volunteers rounded up donations of clothing, furniture and food. Donations of cash were made via social media sites and through Island Savings Credit Union. Neiser’s ministorage offered space for larger donated items as well. “A gentleman that I didn’t even know came up and put a $20 bill in my hand. I don’t know how we would have made it without all these people coming forward to help as we basically got out with the clothes on our back.” Pilkington has nothing but praise for firefighters who worked so hard to contain the blaze and protect the houses on either side of the burning house. She is forever grateful to those who noticed the fire and alerted the family in time for all to get out safely. “It could have been so terrible and instead we all got out with no ill effects. I can’t begin to say how grateful and thankful I am,” said Pilkington.

This presentation was made on Nov. 7 from the Legion to Cowichan Lake Community Services in the amount of $10,000 for the following programs: $1,500 for the Activities Center; $2,500 for Community Programs; $2,500 for Childrens and Adult Programs; $1,000 for the Fun Bus; $2,500 for Christmas Hampers. The cheque was presented to Gerrie Knott, Bookkeeper, by Wilma Rowbottom, President of Legion Br. #210, Lake Cowichan.

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What to do with school boards?

Tom Fletcher BLACK PRESS

The saddest manifestation of British Columbia’s modern democracy has produced its judgment, with the election of school trustees for the next four years. There are still independent, community-minded trustees, but mostly “boards of education” have become the neglected, exploited stepchild of B.C. politics. Teacher union locals and CUPEdominated “labour councils” organize candidate forums and ask most of the questions, often to former teachers holding and seeking school board seats. Unions finance the campaigns of those who pledge to act as a bullhorn for constant demands for more provincial money, and instruct their members to vote for what should be called the Conflict of Interest slate. This has been going on for so long in B.C. it is seen as normal. Trustees who most loudly plump for their union masters tend to win, thanks to low turnout. The public mostly doesn’t give a damn, since school property tax authority was centralized in Victoria many years ago, largely because of this special interest pressure. The classic case is in Coquitlam, where one could almost hear the theme from The Godfather as local CUPE boss Dave Ginter appeared before the board of education in February. He informed the elected trustees that their collective financial acumen wasn’t up to his standards and some of them would have to go this fall. “Obviously, the chore I have is to find new trustees,” Ginter clarified in an interview with the Tri-City News as the union’s candidate selection machine stirred to life.

Ginter seems to have made them an offer they couldn’t refuse on Saturday, with formerly unionblessed trustees turfed out in favour of a new group. Then there’s Vancouver Island, where the 1970s survived, at least until Saturday night. Cowichan school board got itself ﬁred by the province in 2012 for refusing to submit a balanced budget. Two of the trustees who think the job is to ﬂout the balanced budget rule and instead demand a “needs budget” ran again. They were joined on a slate by two others who apparently still believe the answer to every problem is to shout for “more government funding.” They didn’t get in, as voters appear to have been unimpressed by seeing their school board replaced by a provincially-appointed manager for two years. That brings up a modest proposal. How about an appointed trustee for each of the 60 school districts? School boards have lost authority over taxation, curriculum (another area of constant union social engineering pressure) and now labour relations. Do we really need them any more? After the 2013 B.C. election, the Christy Clark government wasted no time taking control of union bargaining on behalf of school districts. Trustees were pushed out of the bargaining agency, no longer trusted to represent taxpayers for that duty either. The puppet role of some school trustees was evident in the recent teacher strike. When the province opted to pay parents for the disruption, there was a chorus of protest from those supposedly elected to represent the interests of parents and taxpayers. School tax rates are now set

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Legion expresses disappointment over parking Dear Editor, We, the Members of Legion Br.#210, would like to express our disappointment to the Riverside Inn for not honouring and respecting our Veterans of WW1, WW2, Korean War and other conﬂicts on Remembrance Day by demanding that anyone at the Legion parked in their lot remove their vehicles or the vehicles would be towed away in 5 minutes. We realize that it is their

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Street Beat

Cowichan Lake

SAYS We asked:

In light of the new waste disposal bins residents will receive in January, do you feel that getting rid of your garbage is getting too complicated?

Lara Mullin “It might be a bit much but I do think it is a really good idea because we need to help the environment. We all have to do our bit.”

Hilda Laninga “I have lived here ten years and I have never used the system at all. We are near Meade Creek so we take whatever we have there. We’d have to go all the way down to the road which is about a quarter of a mile, so it is just as easy not to bother with that.”

Bernard Edgar-Day “I think we had a system that was working at one time. Now people are back to dumping garbage everywhere. On the roads, in the bush, everywhere.”

Brittney Olson “I don’t think it is too complicated, I think it actually helps the environment so I am all for it.”

Arlene Schur “Yes, very complicated. Before we could just put it all in one lump. Now we have to divide it all up, you don’t know which is dividable and which can go where. It would be easier to have it taken to one place and divide it up there.”

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Duane Felt, Grand Exalted Ruler and National President of the Elks of Canada, was on hand for the Monday evening Elks meeting for a cheque presentation. The donation of $1012.30 was raised at a Nov. 2 bottle drive held by VIU students Hailey Hudson, Jordyn Wear and Grace Shave. From left to right: Duane Felt, Ron MacKenzie, Katherine Worsley, Cindy Vaast, Betty Sanddar, VIU students Hailey Hudson, Jordyn Wear and Mayor Ross Forrest. Student Grace Shave unavailable.

Duane Felt, Grand Exalted Ruler and National President of the Elks of Canada, was on hand Monday night for a cheque presentation of $1000 from the Lake Cowichan Elks BPOE 293 to the Community Services Christmas Food Hamper, accepted by Coordinator Gerrie Knott. A second $1000 cheque was presented to the Lake Cowichan Food Bank Society, accepted by Betty Sanddar of the Food Bank. From left to right: Duane Felt, Ron McKenzie, Cindy Vaast, Betty Sanddar, Jean Atkins, Gerrie Knott and Mayor Ross Forrest.

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An organic farmer. A schoolteacher at the forefront of the battle against a contaminated soil dump. An ecologist. And the former provincial Green Party candidate. Much of the pre-election rhetoric may have centred around spending and taxation, but when the dust cleared Sunday morning, a wave of environmental sensitivity had painted south Cowichan’s political landscape an obvious shade of green. “Yes, it’s really exciting,” said Mill Bay’s new director, Green Party activist Kerry Davis. “I’m really pleased with the calibre of people. There seemed to be an appetite for some new ideas. I know we can do some

great things for the whole region. “The CVRD has been going in the right direction (environmentally) for a while. It will just get there a little faster with us around the table.” Combine Davis with first-time directors Matteus Clement (Cobble Hill), Sonia Furstenau (Shawnigan Lake), Alison Nicholson (Sahtlam/Glenora) and eco-sensitive returning Cowichan Bay Director Lori Iannidinardo and the south end clearly made a statement. Dwight school teacher Furstenau said she was very excited with those choices and a team that can get to work on important issues like watershed protection and transparency. “The most effective place to start addressing environmental issues and

climate change is at the local level,” she said. “It’s a very collaborative group. They recognize the value of positive, concrete vision and working together on implementing that vision.” Outgoing Cobble Hill Director Gerry Giles was impressed by what she considered positive, informed campaigns organized by each of the new quartet. She expects them to put a stamp on the new board with a push to protect farmland and water supplies. Giles, who elected not to run again after spending much of the past 30 years on the board, agreed it has undergone an obvious shift. The new board — elected for four years instead of three — will feature at least seven new faces, and possibly as many as nine. She said she couldn’t predict which new leaders

may emerge. “I don’t have that magic ball,” Giles said. “There is a lot of history leaving and a lot of history with the staff (leaving) as well. “There is a big void that is going to create. But when you look at the new people, they will bring in new ideas and new direction and that is not necessarily a bad thing. Change is good.” Her fellow longtime Director Loren Duncan was defeated by ecologist Nicholson after 15 years of representing the Sahtlam/ Glenora area. Mike Walker lost to Davis in Mill Bay. Pat Weaver chose not to run again in Youbou. And CVRD Chairman Rob Hutchins may not be back after choosing to run for council instead of mayor in Ladysmith. Aaron Stone is the new Ladysmith mayor, although there is some talk

he may appoint Hutchins – who was elected to council– as the town’s CVRD rep. Iannidinardo, Saltair’s Mel Dorey and Cowichan Lake South’s Ian Morrison will now be counted among the veterans, along with the board’s dean, North Oyster’s Mary Marcotte, who will be back for her seventh term. North Cowichan Mayor Jon Lefebure and Duncan Mayor Phil Kent are also expected to add continuity to board, but North Cowichan’s other two seats will feature new faces after Ruth Hartmann and Bard Lines chose not run again. Klaus Kuhn returns to the board for Youbou after a one-term absence, while Tim McGonigle may be back depending on who Mayor Ross Forrest chooses to appoint for Lake Cowichan. Unofficial results were as follows:

Area A (Mill Bay) Kerry Davis 520, Mike Walker 291 Area B (Shawinigan Lake) Sonia Furstenau 774, Lois Morrow 331, Larry Jorginson 92, Brent Beach 92, Robert Arndt 39, Bill Savage 34 Area C (Cobble Hill) Matteus Clememt 563, Dara Quast 361 Area D (Cowichan Bay) Lori Iannidinardo 615, Currie Ellis 321 Area E (Sahtlam/Glenora) Alison Nicholson 300, Loren Duncan 267, Dan Ferguson 176, Janice Macalister 166, Nathan Barker 78 Area F (Cowichan Lake South) Ian Morrison (acclaimed) Area G (Saltair):Mel Dorey 391, Tom Hockin 251, John Sherry 78 Area H (North Oyster) Mary Marcotte (acclaimed) Area I (Youbou) Klaus Kuhn (acclaimed)

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PagEs oF HIstory September 1990: Wellknown local singer and actress, Samantha McKenna (niece of Lorraine Fales) has returned from Vancouver after her performance in Les Miserable. Near Youbou, MacMillanBlodell has put several lots up for sale in what they called Phase I of a planned development. The demand was big ‘in the summer’ but by end of December at least half of the individuals “who had signed up for the lots had backed out”. By October the Ministry of Highways announced that it will carry out a study of the proposed highway between Lake Cowichan and Port Alberni. [NOTE At that time there was a very active local lobby working towards gaining funding for a proposed road. To date, nothing has materialized.] October was also the month that the local United Church of Lake Cowichan announced the launching of a financial campaign to raise $5,000 toward the building of a new church. One of the first groups to donate was the local Kiwanis (men’s) Club who raised $2,500 at their annual garage sale. Other donations were received from the Royal Canadian Legion, Branch 210, the Elks Club and

the Order of the Eastern Star women’s group. Many local organizations also donated to the new senior’s centre planned for next year. In early November, many locals including readers of the local newspaper contributed over a thousand dollars to the “Barney” fund, which was used to pay vet bills for an abandoned dog found injured on the Youbou highway. Half of the proceeds were used for Barney while the remainder of the money was used for other animals “found in distress”. [Animal lovers supreme, the Kenyons, owners of the Lake News, were instrumental in the successful Barney fund drive.] At long last, the defunct local Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) “completed the paperwork to turn over their right-ofway [land] within the village. They hope to have the deal done by November 13, 1990.” [The transfer of the CPR land materialized and is now the Lake Cowichan section of the famous Trans Canada Trail. On the political front, civic elections were held in November 1990. Deputy Mayor Earle Darling was elected to the office of mayor following Mayor Don Gordon, who retired from civic politics. Former school trustee Pat Foster [ now president of the Kaatza Historical Society] was elected alderman (councillor) as was Leon Portelance, Dennis LaForge and Jean Brown (who topped the polls). Replacing Foster on the school board was Gary Gunderson. A major storm brought disaster to the area when on November 21, a man from Victoria was killed when a tree

fell on a truck in which he was a passenger. The inaugural meeting of the newly formed MADD (Mothers Against Drunk Driving) took place on November 22, 1990. The group was formed in response to a senseless tragedy resulting in the death of a local youth, who was killed on Highway 18 by a drunk driver. Members of the local Salmonoid Society were looking into obtaining land for a new hatchery near Friendship Park. [Eventually a very successful salmonid program was established in the new hatchery built on Oak Lane, just above Friendship Park.] The end of 1990 saw the Arena Commission announce the retirement of long-time arena manager Buck Hollingdrake and the hiring of Bruce Tilbury, of Lilloott, to replace Hollingdrake who held the position for nearly 20 years. The following are a few of the local businesses who ran ads in the 1990 year end newspaper. Some are still open for business, others are not: Kaatza Insurance Services owned by long-time resident Bob Lewis; The Lake News - owned by Ron and Sheila Kenyon; Family Appliance Centre Sales Services (“call Doug”); The Lake Cowichan Co-Op grocery store; Maureen’s Family Fashions; Kaatza Kabs - “24 hour bottle service”; Pink Elephant Storage; Ed’s Shop; Sunshine Gift Shoppe owned by Leigh McKenna; the Pop Shoppe owned by Doug and Sherri Callsen; Nickell Firewood Chimney Sweep and the Footwear Centre still owned by Dot Lungal (in photo).

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Prepare yourself for a completely different adaptation of A Christmas Carol. A stuffy old travelling troupe embarks on their fifteenth annual farewell tour of the Dickens’ tale. The company diva pretends to be ill, certain that the production will be cancelled. However, much to her shock and rage, the show goes on without her.

Roles are shuffled at the last minute, and the understudy finds herself centre stage. Mayhem ensues as the professional company scrambles to keep the show going and everything that could possibly go wrong does… to hilarious, ridiculous results. Cowichan Lake audiences will recognize many of the actors from previous shows. Bruce and Rose Bunting

star as Scrooge and the diva, capitalizing on the chemistry developed from years of acting together. Lady of the Lake Lauren Frost fools us all as the stumbling understudy, while Bailey Calihoo delivers multiple roles with flare. Graham Fielding has returned from Oz, and has more roles than a logger has fingers. Erica Blume and McKenzie Paterson round out the cast

with multiple scene-stealing laughs. The show opened Tuesday, Nov. 18 and runs to Sunday, Nov. 23 with a total of seven shows. Tickets are $18, $15 for seniors/youth/members and are available at The Footwear Centre or at the door at Centennial Hall. –submitted by Andrew Paterson Kaatza Lakeside Players Society

Island Savings members say ‘yes’ to First West After six weeks of information-sharing, public meetings and thoughtful conversation, Island Savings members have approved by majority a special resolution that will see the organization join First West Credit Union on January 1, 2015. “This ‘yes’ from our members is really a vote for the continued success of Island Savings and for the cooperative roots that our credit union was founded on more than 60 years ago,” says Rod Dewar, President and CEO of Island Savings. “There’s been a lot of information for our members to consider in a very short period of time, and so I give my deepest thanks and appreciation to the Islanders who participated in this process.” Wrapping up at the end of the business day on November 12, voting on this proposal to partner with First West saw ballots cast from 8,454 Island Savings members that hold either or both Class “A” and Class “C” shares. The special resolution voted on by Class “A” shares was approved by a majority of 79.62% and the separate but identical resolution voted on by Class “C” investor shareholders

was approved by a majority of 79.96%. Both resolutions required an affirmative vote from at least 66.66% of participating members for the special resolution to succeed. “I’m tremendously proud of the dedication and passion our employees brought to this democratic process over the past few weeks,” adds Dewar. “On top of meeting our members’ day-to-day financial needs, each employee learned everything they could about the proposal to merge with First West so they could have informed conversations with our members. It’s an incredible privilege to work alongside such a committed team that cares deeply about the ongoing success of Island Savings in our communities.” Through First West’s partnership model, Island Savings will retain its employees, branches, brand, local decision-making and community investment program. Effective January 1, 2015, Island Savings will be known as Island Savings, a division of First West Credit Union, led by 19-year Island Savings employee Randy Bertsch who will become president from his current role of chief

operations officer. Rod Dewar will be parting ways with the credit union to pursue other opportunities. In addition, three current Island Savings directors—Mark Aston, Richard Hill and James McKenzie—will be appointed to the First West Board as of January 1, 2015. “We are very fortunate to have Island Savings join First West,” said Launi Skinner, CEO of First West Credit Union. “Thank you to each and every member who asked questions, attended member meetings, engaged in conversations and voted. Not only did you make a difference by voting, but we also heard clearly from you why it’s important to have a credit union that acts locally for Island communities and members. One of First West’s guiding principles is to act locally—an ideal we’re inspired by every day because we have unique communities across British Columbia that deserve a local focus when it comes to their banking needs. Thank you for welcoming us into the Vancouver Island and Gulf Island communities.” “It’s such a privilege to work alongside the talented and

dedicated team of employees at Island Savings,” adds Skinner. “Over the past year I’ve had the opportunity to meet many Island Savings employees and I am constantly inspired by their passion for what Island Savings stands for and their desire to deliver remarkable experiences to members. When this team wants something, they unite around their goal and make it happen. It’s this level of energy and focus that will undoubtedly help further elevate the Island Savings experience in many positive ways in the years ahead.” The positive outcome of the Island Savings member vote also activates the $2 million Island Savings Community Endowment that was announced on October 27, 2014. Housed at the First West Foundation, funds granted from this endowment will benefit local charities and initiatives in the communities that Island Savings serves. This is the largest contribution to date into the First West Foundation. –submitted by Melanie Tromp Hoover Island Savings

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Members of the Retreads hiked along the Wild Coast Trail in Ucluelet recently. They also visited Cable Bay and Mount Bolduc. On the hike to Bald Mountain, members reattached the memorial plaque for Jean Cozens, former Retreads leader (see photo below).

Retreads hike Cable Bay, Mount Bolduc and Bald Mountain

In November we enjoyed some seasonal hikes. We went up to Cable Bay near Cedar and Harmac to watch the struggle between the sea lions and salmon. As Remembrance Day approached we hiked up to the Memorial site on Mount Bolduc, and some of us hiked down to the Cenotaph on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month to attend the annual memorial service–in the sunshine this year. We had our own memorial trip up to Bald Mountain to improve the attachment of Jean Cozen’s Memorial Plaque. And we made a trip to Ucluelet. Once we arrived in Cedar we made our way down a number of side roads until we found the Cable Bay trail parking lot. We had excellent navigation instructions. From this point we followed a gradual slope two kilometres down to the shore and stopped for a break there while we watched a huge ship loading raw logs for Asia and listened to the sea lions having their morning discussion. Then along the shore for another one-and-ahalf kilometres until we reach a point opposite Mudge Island where the tidal flow between us and the Island was extreme. (Can’t we find a way to capture some of this energy?) Soon we saw sea lions frolicking to our west and then a procession of three or four made their way past us, breaching and disappearing as they swam. Salmon were not too plentiful just then as we only saw one catch in the distance. We retraced our steps and were reminded that the nice downhill slope is now a steady climb back up to the parking lot. Back to the cars and we decided we needed to make a brief stop for refreshments at the Wheat

Sheaf Pub in Cedar. Going up Mount Bolduc was more of a challenge because the upper part of the road up to Kilometre Seven is damaged and we had to park lower down the mountain and hike all the way up. Not too bad, and we reached the memorial site where the Lancaster aircraft crashed on a training run toward the end of World War Two. A quiet time, lunch, and reflections on the hazards of flying across these remote areas in bad weather and it was time to make our way back down the mountain. The Bald Mountain hike starting at the parking lot in Woodland Shores and going up to the Lookout Point was a good cardio workout. It was a 325 metre (1066 ft) climb and three-and-a-half kilometres up for a total of seven kilometres. For some of us “old timers’ coming down was almost as much of a challenge as going up because our knees complained a little. At the lookout log we enjoyed the view across to Honeymoon Bay and the mountains beyond. We enjoyed the friendship, a sandwich and drink and thought about our first club leader, Jean Cozens as we reattached Jean’s Memorial Plaque to the log with longer and stronger screws. Then it was back down the mountain with great views toward the north arm and Lake Cowichan as we gradually descended back

to lake level. Sometimes our club organizes or participates in more ambitious trips. East Sooke Park, Quadra Island and Mount Washington are examples. Recently 12 of us headed out to Ucluelet in bright sunny weather. No storm watching but great views along the Wild Pacific Trail. Immediately after checking into cabins, we hiked along the Light House section of the trail as we watched a brilliant sun set. Next morning after a shared breakfast we set off from the Ucluelet Community Centre and hiked the four kilometres along the Wild Coast Trail. A hike that should take about 50 minutes took almost two hours because there were so many view points where we stopped and watched the rocky coast line with ever changing vistas. We lunched at the Rocky bluff at the end of current trail and then hiked back to the cars. We understand that there are serious plans to extend this excellent and busy trail much further along the coast. Not satisfied and with

some energy remaining, we drove up toward Tofino and spent time walking two or three kilometres each way along Long Beach at low tide. We passed about six surfers and wondered what would persuade an otherwise sane person to wade into that cold water. We even felt the chill wrapped up in sweaters, jackets and toques. We guessed it was the thrill of mastering the waves, and one surfer who was out for one-and-a-half hours said she was not too cold. After this busy day we shared a potluck dinner. Next morning it was back to the Lake with stops at Port Alberni to check the fish market. We were lucky to meet the “Cod Father” and purchase some fish. We then stopped at Cathedral Grove to admire the big trees and Combs for a little shopping. Our Retreads Christmas Party is on Dec. 6 at the Curling Lounge. Tickets and information about hikes are available at the Arena.

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After starting the weekend with losses and a tie the Lake Cowichan Lakers Midget hockey team played their Sunday finals game with Powell River for fifth place. Powell River racked up 54 minutes of penalties plus two game misconducts. Lake Cowichan had 16 minutes of penalties. Powell River forfeited the game early in the third period after one of their players had been sent to the

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locker room. Lakers scored four goals over the first two periods: #17 Stevie Vatcher scored one, #8 Devon Johel scored two, and #14 Rai Mullin scored one. Powell River scored two: #6 Matthew Cappiello, and #4 Bobby Manderson. The game ended abruptly when the ref called the game with 11:26 on the clock. There will be game suspensions for players as well as a coach on the Powell River team.

Youbou resident Chris Leischner is one of a group of concerned local citizens aspiring to make their community a better place. Leischner, a registered social worker, is hoping that the development of the Youbou Community Association will “awaken the fire within” by providing a forum for residents to come together to address environmental, economic, social, and safety issues. “We’re asking how we can bring hope, energy and revitalization to Youbou again,” she says. “We have a lot of talent and expertise in this community, and it is not maximized. We’re ready for something to happen here in Youbou.” Leischner and five other directors, including chair Mike Bishop, have successfully incorporated the Youbou Community Association. Along with the directors, the association currently includes eight members, and Leischner, vice chair, says they are looking for that number to grow. “Members receive the newsletter and get

the opportunity to have a say on anything that is happening in the community.” She explains that association members each have their pet projects, and they want to work as a body to legitimize and see these projects come to fruition. The Association’s goals include a Block Watch program, a website, studying investor interest in the old school, and initiating a “Youbou Residents’ Card,” which would encourage community members to shop locally, and potentially receive a discount for doing so. She says they are also interested in developing a promotional video, and are investigating ways of funding it. “We live on one of the most beautiful lakes anywhere, and we want to share that.” She adds that community picnics and other social gatherings “that haven’t been happening over the years” would also be of interest, and says that she hopes those who run the Haunted House will want to be a part of the Youbou Community Assocation. “There are many new people in the

community, both retirees and young families, who purchased in the area because housing prices are low. As the local school is closed and children are bussed out, the need for a strong community is even more critical,” Leischner says. “A community is nothing without the vitality of families and youth. What can we do to create opportunities for them?” Meetings are currently held in the home of Area I Director Klaus Kahn. “We’re hoping to get the church basement for our regular meetings, but we’re open to other offers, too,” Leischner says. All are welcome to the non-partisan group. Memberships will be available at the Youbou Christmas Craft Fair on Nov. 29, or by calling Leischner directly at 250-745-0005. Rates are $10 for individuals, and $15 for families. “We are at the end of the road here … Youbou’s going to become a ghost town if we don’t get something happening. I feel very optimistic that people will come on board. Our community hasn’t had a focal point for some time, and this will be it.”

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The inside back: A little of this and that • Music in the Lake Winter Nights–Come listen to some local swing with the Cowichan Swing

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Band on Saturday, Nov. 22 at The 50 Plus Activity Centre at 55 Coronation Street. Entry fee at the door is $5 each (no pre-sale); doors open at 6:30 p.m. All ages welcome; snacks on sale and possibly a 50/50 draw. The music starts at 7 p.m. and finishes around 8:30 p.m. Listen or boogy to this great local band. • Lake Cowichan RCMP are investigating a break and enter to the Field’s Store located at 33 South Shore Rd., Lake Cowichan. The break and enter occurred during the power outage between 9 p.m. Nov. 6, 2014 and 3 a.m. Nov. 7. The suspect(s) entered the store by breaking the front door glass. Cigarettes valued at over $2800 were stolen in addition to snack foods including chips. Anyone with information is asked to contact the Lake Cowichan RCMP at 250 749 4996 or Crime Stoppers at 1800 222 8477. • Nov. 20: Creating Healthy Soil for Organic Gardening runs on a Thursday at Cowichan Lake Sports Arena. Workshop 10 to 11 a.m.,work party 11:30 to 1:30 p.m. behind the ball field. Workshop will focus on ‘lasagna mulching.’ Put on by Cowichan Green Community and Cowichan Lake Recreation. • Nov. 22: Honeymoon Bay Christmas Craft Fair–10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Honeymoon Bay Hall. Concession available. Turkey shoots. Vendors wanted. Call Guy at 250-749-4700. • Nov. 29: Youbou Christmas Craft Fair–runs Saturday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Youbou Community Hall. Rent a table for $15 and display your crafty Christmas wares. • Nov. 30: Cowichan Valley Radio Society is doing a Turkey & Ham Dinner with all the trimmings. The fundraiser takes place on Nov. 30 at 6:30 p.m. at St. Aidan’s Hall, 70 Cowichan Avenue West. Pre-paid tickets only. Tickets can be purchased until Nov. 26 and cost $20. Contact Gary Dyck at 250-745-3808 or Lucy at the station at 250-932-9000. • Youbou Historical Society presents Christmas in the Old Church Hall (basement). Come down and enjoy coffee, tea, crafts and games Dec. 6, 13, and 20. 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Contact Al at 250-710-3237 for more info. Fees from craft tables go to historical society projects like a new chimney for the old church.

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(Beside the Post Office in Lake Cowichan)

email: ldhc@shaw.ca

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250-732-4570

OPEN: Mon.-Sat: 5a.m.-10p.m. Sun: 7a.m. - 8p.m.

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250-749-6133

14 North Shore Rd. Lake Cowichan

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Cowichan Pet Emporium (1996) • Fish • Pet food/supplies • Otter Co-op Livestock Feed • Wood Pellets • Grooming

MONTHLY VET CLINIC

with Dr. Nancy Holling

250-701-1755

250-749–4454

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INDEPENDENT CRAFTSMAN FINISHING CARPENTER WITH OVER 25 YEARS EXPERIENCE.

Quality comes first.

• Renovations • Installations • Framing • All Finishing Carpentry • Custom Kitchens • Laminate Flooring • Decks • Fences • Sheds • Additions • Windows & Doors

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250-749-3174

johnportelance@shaw.ca

170A Cowichan Lake Rd.

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Your Local Full Service Travel Agency

Cruises, Europe, Hawaii, Mexico, Disney, Australia & More. We sell Travel Insurance.

Come & enjoy first class service!

BC Lic 60651

250-932-0010

99 South Shore Rd, Lake Cowichan

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