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Heritage Day: Residents of Honeymoon Bay get ready to show off their old relics PAGE 3

Town budget for 2015 includes a three per cent tax increase for homeowners PAGE 11

Day of Mourning: Residents and officials pay their respects to fallen forest workers PAGE 10

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Hometown singer-songwriter Mary Egan and Ron Ingram playing for an appreciative crowd at last year’s Music in the Lake: Summer Nights event in July.

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After facing concerns over losing funding and a lack of volunteers, organizers of Music in the Lake, Lake Cowichan’s annual outdoor summer concert series, announced this week that the event would be continuing this year, albeit with a few changes. Among those changes will be a

new format, switching the weekly concert schedule to a bi-weekly one. Organizer Elvin Hedden explained that the change was necessary, due to him and the few other organizers of the event not being able to commit as much time this year. “We’re getting older, and we’re getting tired of putting all this time in,” he said. While there will be fewer concerts this year, five in total, e

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Palsson principal hopes upcoming program will have students prepared for school Activity Before Learning: Program met with enormous success in View Royal, could bring results to Lake Cowichan Drew McLachlan

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Palsson Elementary School recently received a $200 grant from the Town of Lake Cowichan to pilot a new before-school program, which principal Jan Bradley hopes will not only help students prepare for class but also promote a lasting healthy lifestyle. The morning program, called “Activity Before Learning,” or ABL, will include 20 minutes of exercise and a healthy snack for all students before their classes begin. Though educational initiatives are typically funded by the province, Bradley explained that Palsson’s ABL program is not mandated by the Ministry of Education, so the school had to look elsewhere for funding. Island Savings put forth $200 as a startup fund for the pilot in June, while the Town of Lake Cowichan announced they

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would match the $200 with their own grant at last week’s town council meeting. “I’ve heard of many kids going to school hungry and that it’s been having an effect on their ability to learn,” Mayor Ross Forrest said at the meeting.

“[The ABL program] fits well into our school’s literacy goals, and we’re always looking for ways to increase student achievement,” Bradley said. “If children come to school hungry, they can’t concentrate in the same way. It’s also good to get kids into a

“ ” We’re always looking for ways to increase student achievement. If children come to school hungry, they can’t concentrate in the same way.

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Palsson’s pilot program is planned to to be implemented at the beginning of June, and will be held three mornings a week until classes end on June 25. Despite her enthusiasm for the program, Bradley said it was necessary to see how well ABL works in Palsson before committing to a full program.

healthy lifestyle as well. It’s a win-win.” Though the idea of exercise and snacks before class is new to Lake Cowichan, View Royal saw a similar program launch in September 2013 at the Ecole Shoreline Community Middle School. The outcome of their ABL

program has been astounding. The times Colonist reported that the school’s average academic performance had grown by 21 per cent, while kids being sent to the office for discipline decreased from an average 17 a day to just three. Late arrivals also decreased by 82 per cent and absences by 46 per cent. Viceprincipal Jeff Duyndam told the paper that the students had taken to the program as well, many of them showing up to school already in their gym strip. Bradley said she hopes to see a similar outcome at Palsson, though the program will have to be rebuilt from the ground up in order to fit the needs of younger students. Though ABL program are uncommon, especially in BC, Bradley said she believes Palsson to be a perfect size to test it out. “It might not work, but we have to give it a try,” she said. “It seems like a great thing, for all kids to start the day like this.”

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‘Old relics bringing their old relics’ back to Honeymoon Bay for Heritage Day

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Calling all curators: Organizers looking for more residents to showcase their treasures Drew McLachlan

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The Honeymoon Bay Community Hall will become a museum for a day as the Honeymoon Bay Community Society gets ready for their Heritage Day celebration, set for May 24. The annual event sees residents and former residents of Honeymoon Bay bring their old treasures to the community hall to be displayed. The relics paint a picture of the history of Honeymoon Bay, as well as some more personal stories. The Honeymoon Bay Community Society is always looking for more residents to add to that tableau. “[The criteria] is pretty wide open, its an opportunity for people to bring in their treasures,” Guy Patten, who has organized Heritage Day in previous years, said. “We like to call it ‘old relics bringing in their old relics,’ and that’s pretty much what it is.” This year, Heritage Day is being sponsored by Cowichan Valley Regional

District (CVRD) Area F director Ian Morrison, who will have his own table set up at the event to talk to guests about his work with the CVRD and other groups. Coffee and other refreshments will be served at the event as well, and the “curators” of Heritage Day rarely shy away from sharing the stories behind their treasures, making the event as social as it is historical.

“It’s set up to be like a show and tell at school,” Patten added, “only it’s for old farts.” In previous years, the old relics on display have included old equipment from the fire department, handmade wooden kayaks, toys and photographs, and have ranged from the 1800s to the mid-1900s. “One year, a resident took all of his old army medals — and his dad’s army medals — to the show,” Atkins said. “We’ve had people bring in their family heritage as well,” Patten added. “One guy has a family that’s been in Honeymoon Bay since the 1800s.” Honeymoon Bay Heritage Day takes place just prior to the Cowichan Lake-wide Heritage Days due to a scheduling conflict at the Honeymoon Bay Community Hall. Heritage Day is scheduled for May 24 from noon to 3 p.m. The Honeymoon Bay Community Hall is located at 10022 Park Drive. To get involved and show off your old relics, call Jean Atkins at 250-749-1643.

“ ” A lot of the people bringing in their old relics really care about their history, and the ones that care are very talkative.

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“A lot of the people bringing in their old relics really care about their history, and the ones that care are very talkative,” Organizer Jean Atkins said.

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More trades positions added at colleges

B.C. Views: Part of $727,500 will be used to add 16 new seats to Vancouver Island University Tom Fletcher BLACK PRESS

The B.C. government is adding new trades seats to 12 postsecondary institutions, to allow students to sample different trades. The “trades discovery” program runs 10 to 12 weeks, providing hands-on experience. Those who complete the program can then enrol in a “foundation” program for the trade or seek an apprenticeship place with an employer. Premier Christy Clark donned her hardhat and joined high school students in new secondary trade programs for the announcement at the B.C. legislature this week. Jobs Minister Shirley Bond said the government has made progress in the Skills for Jobs Blueprint, launched a year ago to redesign the B.C. education system from elementary to post-secondary to match education up with highdemand jobs in the future. The additional funding of $727,500 is to provide 68 seats at Camosun College, 32 at College of New Caledonia, 32 at College of the Rockies, 16 at Kwantlen Polytechnic University, 16 at Nicola Valley Institute of Technology, 12 at North Island College, 40 at Northwest Community College, 32 at Okanagan College, 16 at Selkirk College, 30 at Thompson Rivers University, 16 at University of the Fraser Valley and 16 at Vancouver Island University. Advanced Education Minister

Andrew Wilkinson said the blueprint assigns 25 per cent of post-secondary funds to indemand jobs, to fill positions left vacant by a wave of retirements in the coming decades. New or expanded trades facilities are underway at Camosun College, Okanagan College and Nicola Valley. According to the Industry Training Authority, more than 41,000 participants are now involved in an adult, youth or foundation trades program. Shane Simpson, the NDP’s critic for labour and skills, said the problem is not getting students started in trades, it is finding them apprenticeship places that put them on the job. The B.C. Federation of Labour has called on the government to put apprentice requirements into contracts for public construction projects. Simpson said there are also few apprentices in the public service. Bond said in the legislature last week that she is concerned about the low completion rates in trade programs, and she expects to make an announcement soon about placements in government activities. “That work is nearly finished,” Bond said. “My goal is to ensure that we have incremental growth of apprentices on projects that are funded by taxpayers.” Tom Fletcher is legislature reporter and columnist for Black Press. Twitter: @tomﬂetcherbc Email: tﬂetcher@blackpress.ca

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Street Beat

Cowichan Lake

SAYS We asked:

How would you like to see Lake Cowichan improve?

Mike Cantin “Clean it up — we have abandoned buildings all over the place. When tourists are coming in to town that is the first thing they see, a lot of empty buildings.”

Sharon Rankin “I would like to see some long term intermediate care for senior citizens so they can stay in town here and not need to be separated from their husbands or wives. It is deplorable we do not have one building like that here in lake Cowichan.”

CVRD considers new zoning to allow campsites in residential neighbourhoods Dear editor, The CVRD is completing a zoning review process which is considering allowing undeveloped residentially zoned lots to be used as recreational campsites. So far, 15 property owners in Area I (Youbou/Meades Creek) have approached the CVRD asking for this change. If this is not shocking enough, the CVRD is considering their request to allow not one, but up to four recreational vehicles or cottages to be used on R-2 residential zoned lots. In the case of these 15 property owners, that would be up to four RVs each on a half-acre residential lot. The logic behind this? There are a number of cases around Lake Cowichan (and other recreational areas), where property owners are already doing this illegally. Rather than enforce the bylaws and the rules, it is easier to just change the rules. So if you are living in Marble Bay, Honeymoon Bay, Youbou, Mesachie Lake, Shawnigan Lake, or frankly

anywhere in the CVRD, you need to pay attention to this. Do you want campsites next to your house? How about four campsites on the lot next door? Or in the case of Marble Bay, 15 lots with 60 campsites in your tiny rural residential neighbourhood of only 35 properties. The CVRD is holding public consultation meetings on this issue. Please come to the first of several meetings held at Youbou town hall on May 11 (7 - 9 p.m.) and voice your opposition. If you are like me and want to keep your residential neighbourhood a residential neighbourhood — speak up now. Keep campsites in camping areas, not next to where we live. Write to the CVRD and put your views on the record. And most importantly, participate in the public meetings and say NO to this ridiculous idea. —Kerry Bell Lake Cowichan, BC

Lake Cowichan’s water problem Dear editor, Surely this topic would have to go to public referendum: Select:

UV Treatment ($1.2 million) Sand Filtration ($7 million)

Greg Thompson “Less cops! When I come driving through town I hate having to drive the gauntlet. I once drove through five different cop cars, two undercover. I’d like to think I live in a peaceful place where I don’t have to watch over my shoulder or have money extorted from me.”

Roger Der “I’d like to see more public stuff, more community activities going on, like Lake Days. More community-oriented stuff like that would be kind of cool for local families.”

Rob White “More businesses for one, and we need the government to quit sending all the welfare people here for the cheap rent.”

Town pursuing grant aid for water treatment and sewer plant upgrades

AVICC: Lake Cowichan endorses association’s call for more Provinicial Sale Tax revenue rebates for municipalities

Ross Forrest MAYOR’S REPORT Congratulations to Aaron Hamilton for being recognized as citizen of the year and to Darlene Weberg-Pohn and Denise Allan who were both chosen as Nichole Stock award winners. All three of these individuals are most deserving of the recognition for their outstanding contributions to our community. We are fortunate in having outstanding citizens like these who give so much of their time to helping others. Good choice, Chamber of Commerce, for selecting Aaron, Darlene and Denise this year for special recognition. The Town has submitted two applications under the Gas Tax Priorities Fund by the intake deadline date of April 15. We have applied for funding for both water treatment filtration as well as for phase two of the sewer plant upgrade. The contract for phase one of the sewage treatment upgrade has been awarded to David

Stalker Excavating Ltd. for the tender price of $1,555, 970, plus taxes. The latest weekly water flows update indicates that the lake level is below the crest of the weir. Final adjustments have been made to allow 25cms (cubic meters per second) river flow from the lake to the river. The normal plan is to hold 25cms until May 1 at which time flow target becomes 15cms. There are discussions now taking place to determine if there is a need to sustain 25cms outflow or can a lower minimum flow be set to maximize lake level. With limited resources for municipalities to access revenues, the recent Association of Vancouver Island and Coastal Communities conference in Courtenay passed resolutions dealing with this issue, including a resolution introduced by the Town of Lake Cowichan. The Town’s resolution pertaining to Provincial Sales Tax Revenue Rebate for Local Governments reads as follows: “WHERAS local governments depend almost wholly on property taxation to fund municipal services and are currently facing infrastructure deficits of enormous proportions; AND WHEREAS local governments and their taxpayers are unnecessarily

burdened with sales tax charges on the purchase of all goods and services that include emergency equipment; THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Province be petitioned to provide local governments full rebates of sales taxes on all purchases made as are provided by the Federal Government for the goods and services taxes, (GST) paid by local governments with no commensurate reduction of current revenue sharing programs” Which was endorsed at the conference. The Lake Cowichan Downtown Renewal Society will be hosting a farmers market every Saturday beginning May 16 and continuing on until September. The market will run from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Ts’uu baa-asatx Square. This event will be a great addition to our community. Please come out and support the vendors, and socialize with your friends and neighbours. There will be an official opening of Ts’uu baa-asatx Square on Friday, May 15 followed by the first Saturday Market. The public is invited to the official opening as we recognize everyone’s contribution on this new and useful amenity.

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The annual market kicks off this Saturday (May 9), just in time for Mothers’ Day. To celebrate, the first 35 mothers at the market will receive a free

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small gift. The market will be set up at 10063 South Shore Road, and will feature longtime vendors along with some new faces.

The market takes place from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., every Saturday until Thanksgiving. This weekend will mark the market’s ninth year of operation.

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Nepal quake: Cowichan’s Smile FILE Versteeg trying to get home COWICHAN LAKE

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Occupation Health and wellness coach I’ve always wanted to: Travel the world My proudest moment: The births of my daughter and son Favourite food: Sushi Favourite activity: Sitting on my dock, looking at the lake I define down time as: Walking I’m currently reading: Motivation Manifesto by Brendon Burchard My guiltiest pleasure: Peanut butter My go-to wardrobe staple: Lulu Lemon In my car I listen to: Personal development CDs In my fridge you’ll find: Vegetables If I had a $1,000,000: I would move to Mexico

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Filmmaker Nick Versteeg was travelling in Nepal when Saturday’s devastating earthquake hit. He is still trying to get home, though he made it through the quake safe and sound.

Mount Everest: Versteeg was documenting widows and orphans of Sherpas when earthquake hit CowiChan Valley Citizen

Cowichan Valley filmmaker Nick Versteeg is counting his blessings after making it unscathed through the devastating earthquake that struck Nepal last Saturday, killing more than 5,000. “He felt like the luckiest man alive,” Versteeg’s wife, Elly Driessen, said Monday, having spoken to her husband a couple of times since the quake. Driessen had been in Nepal with Versteeg, where he was documenting the work of Duncan’s Susan Marshall with the Nepal Education Fund. Driessen went home, while Nick remained in Nepal and travelled with a friend, primarily with the intention of filming a Seattlebased dentist who is helping widows and orphans of Sherpas in the Mount Everest area. Versteeg took a flight from Kathmandu to Tenzing-Hillary Airport in Lukla, the nearest airfield to Everest base camp, also described as the “scariest airport in the world.” From there, he hiked two days to Namche

Bazaar, a village known as the hub for Everest exploration. After that, he walked another day to the smaller village of Khumjung, where he filmed the Seattle dentist at work for five days and took a side trek to Everest base camp. He called Driessen on a satellite phone from Everest base camp last Wednesday. “He said he had never filmed such beauty in his life, and that the people were very different; they were all very friendly,” Driessen said. When the earthquake struck last Saturday, Versteeg was back in Namche Bazaar. “He said it was unbelievable,” Driessen said. “He had never been so scared in his life.” After the initial quake, Versteeg had time to eat lunch, and had just left a building when an aftershock hit, destroying the building he had been eating in, as it did to many other structures throughout the country. “Infrastructure there just doesn’t exist,” Driessen noted. The Everest base camp, where Versteeg had been just

days before, was struck by an avalanche, and reports Monday said at least 19 were killed there. Versteeg and his friend were reunited with the dentist and their guide in Namche Bazaar. They then took a helicopter to Lukla, which Driessen acknowledges was certainly expensive, but better than trying to walk back. Versteeg was in Lukla as of Monday morning, waiting for a flight to Kathmandu. He had been scheduled to fly from Kathmandu to Vancouver on Friday, but when he might be able to leave Nepal now is anyone’s guess. The airlines, Driessen said, have been accommodating of the situation, but if planes can’t leave, that doesn’t make a difference. “He can’t wait to be home, but what can he do?” Driessen said. “If he can get to the airport in Kathmandu, then what happens? He might have to sleep for three days in the airport. “He’s very lucky he’s safe and fine. We have to take it as it comes.”

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Lori Iannidinardo, CVRD Area D director, passes out roses at the National Day of Mourning (April 28) at the Forest Workersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Memorial Park in Lake Cowichan. Speakers included United Steelworkers President Brian Butler, Mayor Ross Forest and Iannidinardo, who memorialized forest workers who have died while working in the woods.

Bill Swaine of the Valley Fish and Game Club teaches ladies from the Becoming an Outdoorswoman weekend the proper way to shoot a rifle. Over the weekend, members of the Valley Gun Club helped 84 women learn to shoot rifles and shotguns. Women from British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan and Nova Scotia are taking part in the weekend-long program which includes instruction in a variety of outdoor activities.

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We are going Music in the to have another Lake: Winter long, dry summer Nights returning Raising the weir: Cowichan Valley Regional in September District hoping to start community process soon of reducing flow at the weir in August to ensure there would be water available for the returning salmon to successfully spawn. With even less snow and a predicted dry summer with warmer than normal Jean Jean temperatures because of El Niño Crowder Crowder conditions in the Pacific, we need to start thinking about what MP’s REPORT we can do now to protect our water. This is on my mind because The British Columbia River my colleague, Randall Garrison Forecast Centre snow survey the MP for Esquimalt – Juan and Water Supply Bulletin from de Fuca, introduced a private April 1, 2015 reported that our member’s bill to protect two snow pack on Vancouver Island watersheds: the Colquitz and the is only 15 per cent of normal. Sooke River. As a result, they predict that The Colquitz is another river low flow conditions on rivers where dedicated volunteers are will come earlier this year, and working hard to restore salmon will likely be more severe. runs. They have managed to For the Cowichan River that get between 200 and 400 coho means a below normal runoff salmon returning and dozens of from the snow pack, only 57 to chum salmon. 65 per cent of normal. The lower Sooke River is an That is a very daunting important habitat for chinook prospect, especially since the salmon – the main food source Cowichan Valley Regional for the Southern Resident Killer District had to take the Whale population. unprecedented step last year Like all the other rivers on

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Vancouver Island, including the Cowichan, the Colquitz and Sooke Rivers lost environmental protection under the Navigable Waters Protection Act through changes the Conservative government made in an omnibus budget implementation bill, C-38, in 2012. That was the same legislation that removed fisheries habitat protection from the Fisheries Act. We still don’t have a good explanation from the Conservative government why they felt removing this pillar (along with robust research and vigorous enforcement programs) of good fisheries management was in the interest of Canadians. One important step finally began this past month when the CVRD applied for a grant to help move the sewage outfall from the Cowichan River to another location. We also need to examine how to store more water in Cowichan Lake. Raising the weir is one idea and CVRD hopes to begin a community

Central Park: Summer Nights series performers will hit the stage on July 4 —Continued from the front page “A lot of non-profit groups came out that first year, expecting to make a lot,” Hedden said. “That didn’t happen.” Although organizers of Music in the Lake: Summer Nights have been struggling to find volunteers to help with the event, they hope the new scheduling format will relieve them of at least some of their worries. “Most groups [in Lake Cowichan] are having difficulty finding volunteers, and its too much work for a small group to do,” Hedden said. “The new format has volunteers from the non-profit groups working together each night, instead of each working on different nights, and I think it will go quite well.” Meanwhile, the group is still organizing their last two Winter Nights concerts and are planning on bringing the monthly event back to the 50 Plus Activity Centre in

September. Cara McCandless and PixElle will be headlining the next event, planned for May 16, with a set of folk-grunge. The final event, scheduled for June 20, will feature Ray Harvey and Jack Gunderson, who also headlined Winter Nights in January. Admission to each event will be $5 and refreshments will be available. Winter Nights is planned to return in September, though it may run under a different moniker, considering its expansion into a nearly year-round series. Organizers are continuing to seek more volunteers for Music in the Lake, and will be holding a public meeting at Country Grocer on May 26 at 7 p.m. Music in the Lake: Summer Nights kicks off July 4, and will continue each other week through July and August from 6 to 9 p.m. “We want to make a big splash this year,” Hedden said.

Three per cent tax hike for Lake Cowichan residents

2015 Budget: Projects like the new sewage treatment system bring a $1 million increase this year Lexi Bainas

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Lake Cowichan council okayed a $7,207,322 budget for 2015, the first year of a five-year plan, which includes a three per cent tax increase for homeowners. It’s more than a million dollars more than next year’s budget, mainly because of the big capital expenditures this year for projects like the sewage treatment system upgrade. And that overall figure includes the nearly $2.2 million that Lake Cowichan collects for other governments. When it came to tax rates,

residential properties will pay three per cent more in 2015 with a rate set at $4.3 per $1,000 of assessed value, which means a homeowner with a house worth $150,000 will pay $675 while someone with a house valued at $250,000 will pay $1,125 in taxes. Business will pay $11.18 per thousand of assessed value. At the other end of the payment scale is Lake Cowichan’s small amount of industrial land where owners must pay $76.75 per thousand. The town itself gets almost half (41.7 per cent) of its $4.6 million in general revenue from property taxes with that sector contributing $1.925 million.

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and permissive tax exemptions. Property tax revenue is determined according to the operating and capital needs of the general fund while user fees and charges for water, sewer and garbage collection are used to finance those services. The Town of Lake Cowichan plans to attempt to increase the number of government grants it received to complete infrastructure capital projects and where feasible user fees will be levied for measurable services. To this end, council has already brought in water metering and has said that it wants to substitute user fees and charges and grants in place of taxation where possible.

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A sewer parcel tax was implemented in 2010 and increased in 2013 to $100 per parcel. A $100 parcel tax for water was implemented in 2013. Both are aimed at offsetting the costs of upgrading sewer and water infrastructure. However, the Town of Lake Cowichan will continue to provide tax exemptions to charitable non-profit organizations and places of public worship but will also ensure that these exemptions are periodically reviewed while a revitalization tax exemption program will strive to encourage commercial investment and expand employment opportunities.

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LCS turning grade four/five students into young entrepreneurs Social responsibility: Business show raises money for various charities Drew McLachlan

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Above: Summer Higgins purchases a “melty magnet” from Ally Day’s sales table at the Young Entrepreneurs Show.

Below: Nicholas Major uses the money he made at the Young Entrepreneurs Show to purchase a colourful necklace from Alexa Marter, who found the idea for the necklaces on Pinterest.

Attracting and supporting local businesses has proven to be a main priority for Lake Cowichan residents, being brought up again and again at public meetings and street surveys. While the town officials have said they are working to bring more commerce to the area, Lake Cowichan School is taking the opportunity to teach students about business with the new Young Entrepreneurs program, which recently culminated with a business show and sale last Thursday (April 30).

necklaces to bookmarks, bird feeders, candle holders, magnets, bags and locker decorations. The show gave them a chance to practice their customer service skills and hone their confidence. By the end of the hour, the students had sold their entire stock. “The students were so proud of themselves, it was so nice to see,” Olson said. “I didn’t know what to expect, but I did not expect a gym full of people... The community needs to be thanked, the gym was full of parents, grandparents and neighbours. It really made it for the kids.” Students took out small loans of $4 to $20 in order to pay for their

“ ” I didn’t know what to expect, but I did not expect a gym full of people... everything sold out within an hour. Cindy Olson

Grade four/five teacher Cindy Olson spent the past eight weeks teaching her 27 students about the many facets of business, including the different types of businesses, marketing, research, finances and social responsibility. By the end of the program, Olson’s students had written their own business plans, created their own products and made posters as part of their marketing campaigns, until they were finally ready to test their knowledge in the marketplace. The Young Entrepreneur Show took place in the LCS gym, where students set up tables to sell their products, which ranged from

products, which they paid back with the profits from the show. The products sold for 50 cents to $4, with 10 per cent of the profits going to the charity of the students’ choice. The kids were able to raise $168 for the SPCA, BC Children’s Hospital and World Vision. “The money is a sidebar to the show,” Olson said. “The point was to show them the responsibility of creating small businesses and learning to talk to customers.” Olson said she hopes to continue the program next year, seeing as it was such a hit with both students and the community.

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