Lake Cowichan Gazette, November 26, 2014 by Black Press Media Group

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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

Dennis them or changing to yield signs. Lorna Vomacka: Affordable improvements to infrastructure, Questions fromPhoto the fl oor Skalicky Aspen From left:Gainer James Bennett, Rebecca Oliver, Samantha Oliver, Evan Croteau, Charleen Tomlinson and Amber McKigney deck the halls at the Visitor Centre for the Christmas Parade this Saturday (Nov. 29). Carolyne Austin: Affordable family housing. and the need for a way to entice ranged from water and sewer LAKE COWICHAN Businesses alongGAZETTE South Shore Road are already beginning to light up in preparation for the parade. housing for seniors and families. Bev North: People want to have business into the downtown core. costs, a new town hall building, Ross Forrest: Seniors care facility. the future of the old ranger fun and see the lighter side of life. Each individual answered with The 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 separated from each other when Put some drive into it, laugh a little or resolve, as they saw fi t. 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 than ever. Shore finishname.” off A base Visitor Centre. Businesses Centre orinby calling “People can Dianahad Hutton need to attractVisitor other partners middle for revenue, the town and serve in the way Road to placeeonv Nov. thispick yearupattheir chairs to be brought out and “Theoflast eHall15 n Christmas by the Visitorapart Centre at propertyalong the route have 250-749-3244. passports here at8the Visitor t LAKE COWICHAN GAZETTE business from taxes, and they thought would best serve the Centennial from a.m. to once those were filled people parade was back in 2006 Saywell Park. already begun lighting up “On parade night Lake Centre. Then over the next 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 stood at the back of the hall. with just a few entries,” “Santa Claus Cowichan whenever they make Ho! Chamber Ho! Ho! 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Eileen Pilkington has earned a well-deserved reputation in the community after decades of working with charity organizations around Cowichan Lake. After a fire destroyed the Pilkington home two weeks ago, the community has rallied around the family, hoping to return the favour. Cathy Wagner is one of the Lake Cowichan residents lending a hand. Wagner is organizing a beer and burger night in support of the Pilkingtons next Wednesday (Dec. 3). As well as a charity raffle and open donations, half of the ticket sales, priced at $20 each, will go to the Pilkington family. “When you have a family that, for at least 20 years, have collected hundreds of thousands

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of dollars for charitable organizations around the lake, how do you say ‘thank you’ to them?” Wagner said, “When that family suddenly loses everything, it’s the communities duty to step up, to help them rebuild their lives. It’s a simple way of saying thank you. Organizing this is a labour of love for us.” Wagner regularly works with the local Legion, organizing fundraising events in support of veterans and scholarships. She said that Pilkington’s work around the community has been a personal inspiration for her and many others. “Eileen’s had her hands in everything, not just raising money,” she said. “She’s organized parades, organized Lady of the Lake, worked with the Lions Club and the Legion. She’s always out there, lending a hand. That woman never runs out

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of energy.” Pikington was aboard a ferry when she was alerted that her home had been destroyed by a fire. Despite her loss, she had nothing but praise for the firefighters who contained the blaze, and the community members who had since helped, when she spoke to the Gazette last week. “I don’t know how we would have made it without all these people coming forward to help, as we basically got out with our clothes on our back,” she said. “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.” The beer and burger event takes place next Wednesday (Dec. 3) at Jake’s at the Lake, 109 South Shore Road. Tickets are $20 and available at the venue.

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From left: Sophie Johnson, Emma-Lin DeCunha and Solara Spooner enjoy some computer time at the local library after story time on Thursday, Nov. 20. The Cowichan library’s schedule fills up with fun activities as the wet weather rolls in. Photo Drew McLachlan

Lake Cowichan Food Bank director Betty Sanddar stands outside the group’s new home, the former Mildred Child Annex on 39 South Shore Road.

Lake Cowichan Food Bank finds new home

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After six years of looking for a new home, the Lake Cowichan Food Bank (LCFB) has been granted a lease to the former Mildred Child Annex building, for the time being. LCFB, currently the only food bank in Lake Cowichan, had been operating from the Lake Cowichan Christian Fellowship Church for ten years, until last month when the church building was sold. The food bank has spent the last six years searching for a new building, though as a non-profit, volunteerdriven operation, their search was unfruitful until the township granted them a rentfree lease just a few weeks ago. The food bank will operate form the Mildred Child Annex building, 39 South Shore Road, for approximately six to 12 months, as the township has plans to repurpose the building into additional offices for municipal staff. “The building isn’t as big as we’d like, but we’re glad to have

more time to look for a permanent location,” LCFB chairperson Betty Sanddar said. “For the time being it’s wonderful, it’s better than running the food bank from a storage unit, which was our next option.” Volunteers will be spending the next few weeks preparing the building for the food bank, which includes installing shelving, setting up a storage room and transporting food from their storage rooms in their former location. The food bank runs a monthly hamper program, serving approximately 65 hampers a month. Sanddar said the timing for the move worked out well, as the food bank typically suspends service in December, as Cowichan Lake Community Services runs their own Christmas hamper program during the holidays. To help fund a permanent location, LCFB applied for a $50,000 grant through the Aviva Community Fund in September, and are anticipating the results next month. Sanddar said the group is looking for a

larger building that is wheelchair accessible. Those in need of the food bank’s services can fill out an application for assistance at the Cowichan Lake Community Services office at 121 Point Ideal Road. The food bank is also searching for new volunteers to help with preparing food hampers and collecting donations. Food hampers are handed out on the second Wednesday of each month, and prepared the day before. The volunteer team currently consists of approximately 20 people. For more information, or to join as a volunteer, call LCFB at 250-7496239. “We don’t want anyone to be hungry,” Sanddar said. “The cost of living is going up, but wages aren’t keeping abreast with that. For people living on disability wages, it can be especially hard. Having a food bank in Lake Cowichan is important for children especially.”

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‘Level playing field’ for B.C. liquor stores

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Attorney General Suzanne Anton says private retail stores have been calling for equal treatment from the government’s wholesale liquor monopoly.

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B.C. government liquor stores are losing their wholesale price advantage next spring, but will also have the option of opening Sundays and evenings with chilled offerings to help them compete with private stores. The change to a single wholesale price for every product takes effect April 1, the same date B.C. is permitting private or government liquor sales in separate facilities inside grocery stores. Attorney General Suzanne Anton said the change is to create a “level playing ﬁeld” for liquor retailing in B.C., after private store operators complained that the existing system gave government stores an unfair price advantage. Currently the Liquor Distribution Branch, the government monopoly wholesaler, sells products to government stores at cost and sets a minimum price for all retailers. The wholesale price for private retail

stores is 16 per cent less than that retail price, rural agency stores pay 12 per cent less, and stores that sell only B.C. wine get a 30 per cent discount. A new wholesale price structure for the thousands of products sold in liquor stores will be the same for all retailers, set to retain the $1 billion in revenues the province takes in annually from liquor sales. Anton said she doesn’t expect substantial changes in retail prices. The B.C. Government Employees Union, representing government liquor store staff, welcomed the Sunday openings and increased hours to help their stores compete. “The move to a single wholesale price will only be in the public interest if it protects and expands over time provincial revenue,” said BCGEU president Stephanie Smith. Premier Christy Clark said the government’s liquor policy review showed “people really like their government liquor stores” because of the wide selection and welltrained staff. Clark agreed with Smith that government stores are

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well positioned to compete with private outlets, which are generally not unionized and pay lower wages. The government is also changing its tax system for breweries to eliminate the steep increase that applies when small breweries reach a certain level of production. Anton said that is designed to encourage growth of craft breweries, which currently employ 2,500 people in B.C. Liquor Distribution Branch ofﬁcials are also working on a system of higher prices for highalcohol beverages, a measure long recommended by Provincial Health Ofﬁcer Perry Kendall to discourage overconsumption.

RCMP searching for stolen sawmill

The Lake Cowichan RCMP are asking for the public’s assistance in locating a portable sawmill that was stolen from the Mesachie Lake area sometime between Nov 12 and 14. The sawmill is a Woodmizer LT40 HD. The sawmill has an orange body, and is approximately

eight metres long, two metres wide, and 3.2 metres tall. The sawmill would have been towed away and is used for small mill operations. Anyone with information regarding this theft is asked to contact the RCMP at 250-749-6668 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800222-8477.

Tom Fletcher is legislature reporter and columnist for Black Press newspapers. Email: tﬂetcher@blackpress.ca Twitter: @ tomﬂetcherbc

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SAYS We asked:

How do the rising fares on BC Ferries affect you?

Larissa Bodner “I don’t like the fact that they raised prices. As a senior citizen, I don’t feel it’s fair. We have family in Vancouver and it affects the amount we visit.”

Adam Elliott “I don’t use it enough to make a difference to me. I may only use it two or three times a year.”

Reg Davis “I’m a pensioner. It used to be free for us, but now we pay half. That’s on three week days, and they call the rest weekends where we pay full fare. It makes me want to travel less, but we have three kids over there.”

Nicole Tiefert “We don’t travel very much anymore, it’s just too expensive to go to the Mainland, but if we have to go we have to go.”

Rob McGonigle “Not at all, I don’t use the ferry.”

Split vote leaves sportsplex hanging COWICHAN NEWS LEADER

Results from election referendums regarding funding for Cowichan’s Sportsplex have left the society running it with more questions than answers, its executive director said. Questions that must be answered quickly, as the Cowichan Valley Regional District could make a decision on referendum results as early as Dec. 10. New directors are sworn in Dec. 3. “It has created a lot of questions,” said Catherine Brandon of the Chesterfield Sports Society. The CSS’s eight-member board, which met last Tuesday night (Nov. 18) is setting up appointments with North Cowichan Mayor John Lefebure and directors on the CVRD board to get the answers it needs before deciding its next steps.

Currently, the society depends on the CVRD for an annual grant in aid. Nov. 15, the CVRD held nine separate referendums in its nine electoral areas, asking citizens if they were in favour of allowing the CVRD to pass a bylaw that would make funding for the sportsplex a line item and part of the CVRD budget. In addition to the nine electoral areas, Ladysmith and Lake Cowichan residents were also asked if they were in favour of funding the sportsplex. Mill Bay, Cobble Hill, Cowichan Bay and Sahtlam/Glenora voted in favour of the bylaw, while Shawnigan Lake, Cowichan Lake South, Saltair, North Oyster, Youbou, Ladysmith and Lake Cowichan all said no. That leaves sportsplex operators

with the following questions: • What, if any portion of the referendum costs would the society be asked to pay for? • Who will be appointed to the 15-member CVRD board by Duncan, North Cowichan, Lake Cowichan and Ladysmith mayors and how will they vote? • What amount the society should ask for in way of a grant in aid, given that it’s unknown whether or not the bylaws will pass? Brandon said the society must submit its request by Dec. 31. • Will the directors respect the voters’ wishes in the non-binding referendums? • Will directors vote to have the areas taxed at the maximum amount authorized in the referendum or some lesser amount? Mark Kueber, the CVRD’s general

manager of corporate services said by voting in favour, voters authorized a maximum of $12,840 in Mill Bay, $12,460 in Cobble Hill, $7,900 in Cowichan Bay and $9,360 in Cowichan Station/ Sahtlam/Glenora. • Will directors be inclined to vote in favour of a grant-in-aid request on the heels of referendum where five of nine areas voted against annual funding. “Everything is up in the air. It added more uncertainty in the short term,” Brandon said. When asked if he would go to referendum again if he’d known the results ahead of time, CSS president Barry Waters replied “probably.” “There’s pressure on the CVRD directors not to give us grants in aid, so we were caught between

a rock and a hard place,” he said. “Funding for sports and recreation in the CVRD is a hard sell.” The society, which was established in 1996, is funded just shy of $400,000 in thirds from three primary sources: municipal government funding (City of Duncan, School District 79 and the Municipality of North Cowichan); another third from fundraising and user fees; with the remainder coming from the CVRD. In 2014, the CVRD’s contribution was $145,111, down from last year’s $146,500. The CSS asked for $149,430. “We have no idea where the board is going to go,” Kueber said. “The elected officials might say they’re not going to approve any of it and continue with the grant. It could be that extreme.”

ONE COWICHAN It is wonderful to see our river and lake back at healthy levels and flows after the seemingly endless summer of 2014. As we all know, when the rains came they came in spades and within a few weeks our weir was full and our river was as high as it ever got last winter. The salmon immediately sensed this and bolted up the river, evading the predators in the estuary and getting to their preferred spawning grounds without difficulty. At the Cowichan Stewardship Roundtable meeting in November,

we learned some very interesting and encouraging things about the health of our river and all of its inhabitants. As I have mentioned before, our salmon are the canary in our coalmine and none more than the Chinook salmon. Shona Smith, DFO Community Relations, stated that the chinook salmon is a keystone species for the indication of watershed health. Chinooks utilize the river and lake nearly all year so they are greatly affected by the health of our watershed. Our chinook run this year is estimated to be about 4,200 fish. Only five years ago the run was down to 500 and in danger of extinction. Genetic diversity is one of the main concerns with dying runs of salmon and our improving run size is helping to remedy this situation. The Stoltz Bluffs restoration project is widely credited with the improvement in our salmon runs, but every little bit of riparian habitat restoration we do helps incrementally to improve the health of our watershed and our salmon. Coho stocks are also strong but numbers are not available due to

lack of funds for this research but the biggest story is in the health of our chum salmon stocks.

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Our salmon are the canary in our coal mine, and none more than the chinook salmon. –Parker

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Parker Jefferson

Success with fish stocks ‘encouraging’

Jefferson

Tim Kulchyski, biologist with Cowichan Tribes, stated that his elders have always known that a healthy run of chum salmon will lead to healthy runs of all other fish in the coming years. This

traditional wisdom is backed up by science. The chum salmon is the largest source of nutrients for our river and riparian ecosystems. Chums provide nitrogen that is essential for plant growth in and around the river. The aquatic plants provide habitat and food for the invertebrates that help sustain juvenile salmon and trout. As the salmon are dragged out of the river and eaten by bears, birds and other animals they provide nutrients to riparian plants and these plants provide needed shelter for young fish along the edges of the river. These riparian plants also provide food for juvenile fish when insects fall off their branches into the river and are quickly eaten. Our chum run this year is estimated to be over 200,000 fish. There was even a commercial chum fishery in Cowichan Bay where 20,000 fish were harvested by local commercial fishers who were very happy to be fishing right in their own back yard instead of travelling many miles to find fish. According to Wilf Leudke, Senior DFO Biologist, this local

abundance of chum salmon goes against the trend of decreasing runs nearly everywhere else up and down our coast. Credit must be given to all who have been involved in the successful restoration of our salmon stocks. This is a true community effort where representatives from all levels of government have worked harmoniously with First Nations and several conservation groups for the past ten years. We are not yet where we want to be with our salmon stocks but we are making great strides towards getting to our goals. Success breeds success. The success we have had with our fish stocks can be an inspiration to us as we tackle the formidable tasks of attaining community-based watershed management and food security in the coming years. We know we can do it, let’s roll up our sleeves and get to work.

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Occupation: Operator/Manager, Co-op Gas Hometown: Lake Cowichan I’ve always wanted to: Travel through Greece and Italy Favourite Food: Chinese food Best thing about living here: It’s quiet and super friendly My proudest moment: The birth of my son I define downtime as: Listening to music in the dark I wish I was better at: Impromptu speaking My guiltiest pleasure is: White chocolate In my fridge you’ll find: Leftover takeout If I had a $1,000,000: Travel to Greece and Italy

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Above: One of the many sports teams in the community during the 1960’s was the 1961 school soccer league (team). Top left Kiertan Gill, Ronnie Boulet, Randy Hildebrandt and Petey Sihota. Middle row left; unknown, Brian Hubbard, Ross (?), Neva (?) Kneeling from left; unknown, unknown, Tommy Castley.

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Left: Lake Cowichan’s first school principal, John Saywell and wife Vera, who taught kindergarten locally for many years. The Saywells moved to Lake Cowichan in the mid-1940s retiring here many years later.

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PagEs oF HIstory The 1960s: It was the decade of peace, love and chaos; there was Woodstock, the Beatles leading the English Invasion with a new kind of music and, internationally, the tragic Vietnam War which was seen daily on the news. Here at home we continued to experience flooding in town and the surrounding areas: the Cowichan River, Robertson River, Meade Creek and other waterways seemed to often be at flood levels. Many of the village streets and roads underwent construction elevating them above flood level, including South Shore Road, Riverside Drive and Sahtlam Avenue to name a few. Down in Paldi, a new Sikh Temple (donated by the Mayo family in memory of Mr. Mayo’s wife Bishan) was opened under the auspices of the Khalsa Diwan Society. 1964 brought the spectacular LCHS school fire that caused extensive damage requiring many months of rebuilding before the districts largest school was ready for classes. The year also saw the retirement of the area’s first ever high school principal, John F. T. Saywell,

after a forty-four year teaching career. 1965 saw locally raised teen, Evelyn Creelman, successfully swim the Annual Nanaimo to Protection Island swim, the first girl to finish the course. (Years later Evelyn went on to swim the gruelling Cowichan Lake). A new hotel in Youbou, featuring dining room, banquet facilities and several rooms was scheduled to open. It was also the year that Louisa Green, the wife of Cowichan Lakes first pioneer Frank Green, died at age 90. An unusual event occurred in September 1966 when a Cessna 180 float plane crashed into a telephone pole in downtown Lake Cowichan. The pilot suffered minor injuries – a dislocated shoulder. It was a good year for local sports teams with Lake Cowichan playing host to the first Junior Championships of the Van Isle Badminton Association. The local Midget Boys Soccer Team took first place at the Mid-Island League tournament. Now a fast food restaurant near the high school, the newly opened Tot’s n’ Teens clothing store opened in June 1966. Local man Harvey Livingston won the World Championship Log Burling Cup held at the Pacific National Exhibition in Vancouver in June 1966 (Harvey was an older brother of local man Cyril Livingston.) Dick and Grace Watson opened their new restaurant, The Lunch Tray (situated beside present day Ohtaki Park) in March 1967. The business eventually became the Loggers Hut under new owner Phyllis

Fletcher. May of that year saw the grand opening of another new business, Overwaitea Foods grocery store, which was located on the site of the present day Village Market parking lot. Another addition to the business section of town was the opening of the brand new Valley Deli and Coffee Bar by Anne Mueller whose husband operated Bert’s Barber Shop in the adjoining premises. 1968 brought more and higher flooding than in 1961 causing lots of damage and inconvenience for many Cowichan Lake residents over thirteen months. Local resident Joe Reilly (father of Mesachie Lake resident Terry Reilly) was named chairman of a newly formed flood control committee. The same year the Kiwanis Camp for the handicapped (as it was then called), now the site of CLEC (Cowichan Lake Education Centre) was officially opened after many years of hard work. 1969 stands out as a year that the counterculture (affecting North America at that time) finally reached our small community in the form of the Gestalt Institute with therapist Fritz Perls and his unusual band of followers. Watch an upcoming column for more on the “Invasion of the Hippies” (as some locals called it at the time). Another example of the 1960’s was when a large group of Hare Krishna devotees, dressed in their orange robes, made a grand entrance when they rolled into town seeking converts and donations from locals.

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tour,” the group’s grandiose diva Bettina Salisbury (played by Rose Bunting) feigns illness, certain that the production will be cancelled. But for Styckes-Upon-Thump, the play’s the thing and the remaining cast rally their limited skills, determined that the show must go on. The fact that they have only seven cast members to cover the 38 characters in the production only adds to the mayhem. Bruce Bunting plays Sir Selsdon Piddock, a consummate British actor who could presumably play Scrooge in his sleep, having filled the role so many times. He graciously fawns to his adoring audience as he humbugs his way through the familiar role, graciously overlooking the unprofessional efforts by his cast mates on stage. A Lakeside Players veteran, Bunting’s commanding grasp of character and flair for comedy is evident in his latest turn on stage. “We had a lot of fun with

this one,” says Bunting, “Stykes-upon-Thump is quite the company. This group has had more farewell tours than Cher!” Bunting’s character manages his one role with ease, but for poor Elyot Crummels (played by Bailey Callihoo) and Teddy Shub (Graham Fielding) who between them must manage a total of 15 characters, life in the theatre is far from easy. Callihoo’s character is constantly loping on and off stage, enduring crazy, rapid-fire costume changes, battling with pesky props and juggling accents. Fielding’s Teddy Shub is hilarious as he sappily manages his first lines; the word “yes” repeated ad infinitum. “This production is like high-speed racing for actors,” says Callihoo. “Watching everyone whipping off hats, whiskers and clothes in seconds was crazy. We all had to work hard at keeping a straight face on stage.” Lauren Frost as the ill-

prepared understudy Cynthia Imbry is a riot. Being unexpectedly called upon to perform (and having actually memorized only one line of dialogue) she bravely staggers through her many roles reading her cribbed lines which are written on virtually any prop that isn’t nailed down. For Cordelia Woods (played by Erica Blume) the hazards of her multiple roles are intensified by the angry diva, who shows up midperformance to reclaim her role. Blume’s ditzy Ghost of Christmas Past is a treat. McKenzie Paterson plays Rowena Middleton-Lewis, who struggles through her many roles from street urchin (played on her knees), to the not-so-menacing Ghost of Christmas Yet to Be. The company does however prevail, even as sets tumble, tempers flare and pandemonium ensues in the final act. A Dickens Christmas Carol is a timely seasonal gift indeed.

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Kaatza Lakeside Players’ cast of seven share the play’s 38 roles between them, making the hectic atmosphere of A Dickens Christmas Carol more than just an act. From left to right: Graham Fielding, Bruce Bunting, Bailey Callihoo, Lauren Frost, Rose Bunting, McKenzie Paterson, Erica Blume

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Getting your kicks on Route 66 I recall watching the TV show Route car parked on the forecourt. I thought we would Riding the highway west along Route 66 for around 4,000 kilometres is on 66 in the 1960s but today tens of have the first crash of the trip when the first Rogue many people’s bucket lists. thousands are drawn each year to the Altima, or maybe Altimate Rogue (referring to the After completing the epic journey from highway by the 2006 animated movie drivers, of course), screeched to a halt at the Chicago to Santa Monica, California, I Cars. The movie action takes curb in Galena, Kansas. There at the front must say there were times during the place on the route, many of HISTORIC of the service station was the ‘real’ Tow 56 hours, 36 minutes of driving that the fictitious locations are Tater truck, on which the Cars’ character DRIVEWAY I figured it might be the last item on based on actual places, and Tow Mater was based. my list! real people inspired some of On the way to Amarillo, Texas, we pulled On the Nissan Altimate Rogue Trip we the characters. into the U-Drop Inn – a building that is the saw the spectacular in spades. And Space limitations permit just exact replica of Ramone’s Body Art Shop in when the dozen journalist participants a sampling here of what we ROUTE the movie. I guess that could be the other pulled up at the end of the road by the saw and did along the way. way round. Santa Monica Pier, we shared a great However, you can The next day, some of the sense of achievement. We all knew find a complete each other from new vehicle launchreport of the group spray-painted messages On the Nissan es around the world, but this was journey, gallery of (that’s the tradition) on the different. This hardened, cynical bunch Altimate Rogue photographs, vidCadillac Ranch art installation developed a greater camaraderie along Trip we saw the eo links and how of ten Cadillacs, sunk nose the way and some even hugged as the vehicles fared first into the red dirt. Seen spectacular in we gazed at the lapping waters of the as long-distance from a distance they bore an spades. And when Pacific. transportation at uncanny resemblance to the Cadillac the dozen journalist drivewaybc.ca. ROADSIDE We climbed aboard the 2015 model Mountain Range from, you guessed ATTRACTIONS Nissan Rogue crossovers and Altima Our first contemporary participants pulled it, Cars. AHEAD sedans one very chilly Chicago Sunday culture reference came up at the end of the The semi-desert from Albuquerque, DrivewayCanada.ca and set out to retrace the route of this on the first day in Joliet, New Mexico, to Williams, Arizona road by the Santa historic highway, which was decomIllinois, where we were offered stunning vistas and yet missioned in 1985, and replaced by the Monica Pier, we treated to action figures another movie reference. The rooms I-40 freeway. Actually, routes – plural of the Blues Brothers shared a great sense – would be more accurate as the road, dancing above a building close to of the Wigwam Motel in Holbrook are concrete of achievement. which carried hundreds of thousands where some of the movie action took teepees. (Cozy Cone Motel in Cars.). seeking prosperity out west, has place at the local penitentiary. The Side trips to the Petrified Forest and Grand Keith Morgan followed a number of paths since the Bluesmobile was also on view, sitting Canyon National Parks left us all in awe and late 1920s. atop a pole. The early part of the stunning views soon filled our camera memory The Mother road, as it is known, carried us through route features many giant-sized statues of historic sticks. The gold rush town of Oatman gave us Illinois, Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, New figures, such as Abe Lincoln, and not so historic an excellent send off for our last day though the Mexico, Arizona, and finally California. For most of figures promoting various products. Mojave Desert and down into Los Angeles. us, it was an adventure musically inspired by many Local communities have funded the restoration of versions of the song “Get your kicks on Route 66”. many old service stations and many have a classic keith.morgan@drivewaybc.ca

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This past Saturday, the 50 Plus Activity Centre was the happening place in town. The Cowichan Swing Band kept the crowd of 42 tapping their toes and dancing for almost two hours. The Cowichan Swing Band is a 20-piece band with members of all ages from the Cowichan Valley area. Mike Simkins, the enthusiastic director, spoke about each piece before it was performed, giving some background for the audience. The band’s set list spanned several decades, and included some snappy Dixieland pieces as well. At one point, even the volunteers in the kitchen came out and joined in the dancing. Those in attendance said what a treat it was to hear the old music and enjoy the warm and friendly atmosphere and for a $5 entry fee it was a great way to spend a Saturday night. During the night the tempting smell of fried onions wafted from the kitchen and invited people to enjoy hot dogs, buttery popcorn, beverages and snacks. There was no alcohol served, though the Centre serves alcohol during dances. Simkins thanked everyone for coming and the Centre for having such a welcoming venue then ended the night with some well-known Christmas carols. Simkins mused that the weather can be quite different in

Lake Cowichan at this time of the year as the band went into their finale, “Let it Snow.” The driving force behind Music at the Lake Winter Nights, Elvin Hedden, explained that the event will be a regular coffee house-style event on the third Saturday of the month. Music in the Lake was formerly held at lower Centennial Hall, whose managment has since given over the name to the Centre, allowing them to host the musical events during the winter months. Hedden has booked a bluegrass group for March, and is talking to several Cowichan Valley groups regarding gigs in January and February. Instead of a Winter Nights program, the Centre will host a singa-long on Dec. 18th at 1 p.m., with coffee and tea and everyone sharing their Christmas baking. The Centre’s annual Christmas Banquet will be held on Dec. 13, with tickets at $15 for members and $17 for non-members. The New Year’s Eve Dance will feature a no-host bar, delightful food and Jan Matthews as the headliner. Membership for those over the age of 50 is $15 per year and 2015 memberships go on sale starting Dec. 1. For information on further events and activities at the Centre, call 250749-6121. -Submitted by Carolyne Austin

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46 South Shore Rd.

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14 North Shore Rd. Lake Cowichan

(Beside the Post Office in Lake Cowichan)

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170A Cowichan Lake Rd.

250-749–4454

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