Lake Cowichan Gazette, November 04, 2015

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Remembrance Day: Legion’s Nov. 11 program PAGE 11

Remembrance Day: Cornelia Doyle recalls 1944-45 PAGE 12

THESE TWO TERRIFIC IN OUR BOOK Nicole Abbott and Matt Weingart visiting the Youbou Hall Halloween Haunted House on Halloween evening. They placed third in the costume contest’s over 17 years category. For more Halloween photos from the Cowichan Lake area, see page 15 and go to www. lakecowichangazette.com for a photo gallery.

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Lake Cowichan council is watching with interest a situation emerging in the Municipality of Delta in which Delta is training their own firefighters as emergency medical responders.

The Ambulance Paramedics of BC, CUPE Local 873, had written to the Town of Lake Cowichan and other municipalities expressing concern about a “download of the ambulance services in

the making” as changes to provincial emergency regulations could see municipalities providing more emergency services from within the ranks of their fire departments.

The letter came to the Oct. 27 meeting of Lake Cowichan town council.

Coun. Tim McGonigle was the first to respond to the subject, climbing, as he said, onto his own soapbox, because it’s a subject e he himself and other councillors

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Changes to weir on agenda for Lake Cowichan meeting LEXI BAINAS CITIZEN

Cowichan Lake district residents can learn more about the application by Catalyst Paper for changes in its operation of the Cowichan Lake weir at a special meeting at Centennial Hall in Lake Cowichan on Thursday, Nov. 5, starting at 6 p.m.

Mayor Ross Forrest said Oct. 27, “With lake levels up and rainfall events forecast for the next two weeks, the boat lock gate will be in the fully raised position and the weir will be shut down for the wet season. The lake levels might be at

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So, if you have a commercial float, an antique 5.83� car or some

The Christmas parade is always a much-anticipated event. other vehicle, an equestrian or other animal entry, a dance group, a band, or any kind of walking group, go to cowichanlake.ca and download the entry form and return it to the Cowichan Lake District Chamber of Commerce at Box 824-125C S. Shore Rd., Lake Cowichan, B.C., V0R 2G0. Or call 250-749-3244 for more details.

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Speak up! Complaint shows planned renos vital: Forrest LEXI BAINAS GAZETTE

Lake Cowichan resident David Ridley, a faithful follower of Lake Cowichan town council meetings, gave councillors an earful Oct. 27.

His beef? He can’t hear their comments much of the time.

When the meeting finally wound down to question period, he asked if a specific item that was on the agenda had been dealt with and discovered that it had.

That led to his major concern.

“Well, that went straight over my head and I was watching for it. I made a little listing here of how much I can hear of what people [at the council table] say.

And, I’ve got the hearing aids in,” he said, to pre-empt comment.

“It depends a bit where you’re sitting and who you’re facing and I understand for the most part you are talking to each other but that’s a problem,” he told councillors.

“You’re not talking to us. I got 90 per cent of what Mayor Forrest said. He’s facing us. I got 10 per cent of what our CAO [Joe Fernandez] said. Maybe I’m not supposed to hear that, but I can’t. I got 80 per cent of what Coun. Vomacka said but only 50 per cent of Coun. Day’s.

Certainly when you’re answering questions from us, I can hear every single word. I heard 90 per cent of Coun. Austin but Coun. McGonigle only 40 per cent.

Sometimes it’s very clear, but if there’s a little debate going, it’s not. If I’m going

Mayor Ross Forrest to attend meetings I would like to hear what’s going on.”

Ridley then took issue with councillors sitting around a table facing inward.

“The setup of the table is wrong. I know it’s going to change in the far future but I suggested [a need for a change] to council four years ago. There are plenty of tables around, I don’t care where they come from. Arrange them in

curve around so you can still talk across to each other but you face the audience. I would appreciate that,” he said.

Mayor Ross Forrest replied, “That’s part of the reason we are renovating this building into a new town hall. We would have a proper council chamber.

In the 70-some years that Lake Cowichan has been incorporated, we’ve never had a town hall. We’ve had a used fire hall; that’s what this building was, and other places. We’re going to have one in the near future, with a modern council chambers.”

Ridley is eagerly waiting.

“I’m 76 years old, I was 72 when I first brought this up,” he laughed.

Forrest said, “We are working on this.”

Also on the subject of the municipal hall, Lake Cowichan resident and former mayor Jack Peake asked about an expenditure of the $21,800 for the Lake Cowichan municipal hall project mentioned in committee minutes.

“Can you give me a quick thumbnail sketch of where that process is right now?,” he asked.

Fernandez said, “It’s to do with the shoring up of the grounds.”

Peake then asked, “Have there been public meetings that I’ve missed about this project’s ongoing planning? Is there going to be?”

Forrest told him, “The plans are here.

We’ve already had all the preliminary work done on it, spent the money on it.

This is where it’s going to be happening.”

Casting call: Kaatza Lakeside Players choosing actors for ‘Annie’ LEXI BAINAS GAZETTE

Are you ready for Annie at Lake Cowichan?

The Kaatza Lakeside Players are again taking on a huge musical for their spring production and this time it features everybody’s favourite fluffy-haired orphan.

A blockbuster like Annie is a big, big production for a small group like the Players, said director Dena McPhee, after a casting call went out last week.

“At least on a par with Wizard of Oz,” she said. “I just hope it will be as successful as our Wizard of Oz was.”

A show like this is expensive so it’s a bit of a leap of faith by the Kaatza Lakeside Players.

“We’re taking a huge chance. But, we have a great board who are really enthusiastic; a new board, obviously.

We want it to happen and we’re hoping.

Open auditions are scheduled for Thursday and Friday, Nov. 12 and 13, at Lake Cowichan’s Centennial Hall (next to the sports arena) starting at 6:30 p.m. both nights.

McPhee and Co. are looking for the show’s stars.

“We’re hoping somewhere in there is an Annie and a Miss Hannigan, Rooster, her brother and of course a Daddy

Warbucks.”

Those are all great parts and, of course, there’s such good music in Annie, which makes it extra fun to sing.

McPhee agreed.

“Unfortunately a lot of it didn’t get sung after the show first came out.

There’s the song, Tomorrow, which I’m sure we’ll all be sick to death of by the time it’s over, and perhaps Maybe but they would be the only two people would know now.”

There are so many others, she said, but they’re more obscure.

“But how often do you get to sing a song like Hooverville or Easy Street, even though they are great songs?”

Audition packages are still available at Curves in Lake Cowichan.

“And we will have some at the audition but we encourage anybody who is interested to grab an audition package first because it has the parts to be read and explains all about the play and the production staff, and lists all the production jobs that are available, too,” McPhee said.

“We had fabulous volunteer support for Wizard of Oz. Of course it helped that we had a lot of children involved.

We’re hoping that that will happen again because we need all the help we can get, as usual. And it’s so fun, of course.”

If you love to sing, why not give it a try? Sure, they need an Annie and some other leads, but there are plenty of chances for those folks who are only too happy to just be in a show, or even in the background.

McPhee stressed this point.

“And a lot of young people, in particular, don’t want to sing alone. They would rather sing in a group and be a part of it that way. That was what happened with Wizard of Oz. People were happy to be a part of the chorus and get to wear silly costumes, which were fabulous.

“There are great chances for them in the Warbucks mansion and in Hooverville. They’ll be very busy, the people who take on the chorus roles. There will be a lot of costume changes and a lot of songs to sing. And some dance steps to learn. We’re hoping to get Bonnie Nicholson from Carlson again to help us with the choreography. Hilary Kidd is another one who’s in town who’s teaching dancing now; she was also very helpful in Wizard of Oz,” she said.

Once casting is done, the work begins with a couple of table readings and a discussion about the characters and the scenes. Then, in January, full rehearsals will start.

“And we’re also still looking for a dog, too,” McPhee said.

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OPINION

The downloading of services and responsibilities from senior levels of government onto local municipalities and regional districts is a serious problem.

Under the guise of being good scal managers who are concerned with cutting your taxes, the provincial and federal governments of the last 10 years have shamelessly shifted the burden of nancing and administering everything from vital social programs to arts and culture development, school materials and programs and environmental protection.

It’s one of the key issues to be considered in the current debate surrounding three important Alternative Approval Processes underway — particularly the one that has been temporarily postponed but helps pave the way to take more local control over the Cowichan weir and Cowichan River watershed.

On one hand, we are always fans of local control.

When the person or group responsible is close to home they are almost always more easily held to account and more responsive to the local needs.

On the other hand, senior levels of government have a great deal more money, and more avenues to raise the amounts of money they need. We cannot allow them to shift that funding responsibility onto our property taxes without protest, pretending that the expense has vanished just because it’s now off their books.

For example, as Town of Lake Cowichan councillors noted in our front page story, it’s a terrible idea to shift the duties of ambulance paramedics onto volunteer re departments.

That kind of medical assistance should not shouldered by volunteers. That is a highly skilled — though underpaid — occupation, not something people should be asked to do with training on the weekends and in the evenings. While reghters are already given more emergency medical assistance training than the average layperson, they are still not trained to the level of paramedics, nor should they be. We applaud willingness of some reghters to undergo more training so they can provide more medical assistance, but we decry the penny-pinching that is prompting the idea in the rst place.

The province should not be cheaping out on our safety.

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Giving Justin Trudeau chance to create legacy Almost immediately after the results were announced we were treated to a deluge of letters from cynics who predicted that Island ridings that failed to elect Liberals would continue to be deprived of their fair share of federal tax revenues. I am forced to assume these people were basing this assumption on the behaviour of the Conservatives under Stephen Harper without understanding that it was attitudes like that that led Canadians as a whole to repudiate them. Fortunately for the nation that is not how politics work.

I voted for a New Democrat but I do give Mr. Trudeau and his party the courtesy of believing

they are either honest enough to do the job we have trusted them with or smart enough to realize that the way to win votes in opposition ridings is to treat every Canadian equally. Somehow the Conservatives never understood that, and look where it got them.

Not that I expect Mr. Trudeau to live up to every promise. He may try, but the realities of the budget confront every elected person at the first actual cabinet meeting. The cost of simply restoring health care and education funding to the sustainable levels promised when those programs were introduced will make it difficult to move ahead on other improvements to the national fabric. Perhaps, given his background, Mr. Trudeau

understands that better than any other new prime minister.

I have come to believe that Pierre Trudeau’s greatest accomplishment was simply keeping the Conservatives out of office long enough for the national health program established under Lester Pearson to become a proven success and national treasure.

Certainly Brian Mulroney and Stephen Harper tried to starve it to death when they got the chance, but the public would never tolerate a return to a private, profit-driven system.

Perhaps Justin Trudeau’s legacy will be no greater, but that would be enough.

David Lowther Mesachie Lake

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Street Beat

With Malcolm Chalmers

The Gazette asked: Do you agree with required registration for off-road vehicles?

Mark Kloske “I think they should because there is always a safety factor for other people and the drivers themselves, they [off road vehicles] can be identified as to who owns them.”

Richard Vermiere “Yes I do, they can be a problem and that would make people that own them accountable.”

Terry Pool “No I don’t think so because they are not used on public roads. They are usually transported on trailers and the trailers are registered/insured. It’s a tax grab.”

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remier Christy Clark’s government has been steadily backed into a corner on its apparent deletion of emails involving sensitive government topics.

A week-long barrage of accusations by the NDP opposition peaked with their most damning evidence of a cover-up, in the long-running case of eight health researchers suspended or fired from drug approval studies.

Most have been paid settlements or reinstated after the biggest personnel management blunder in memory. One committed suicide.

We are now into a second independent review of this tragic case, after an independent lawyer was unable to determine what went wrong, because she couldn’t compel testimony or demand records.

It is now in the hands of B.C.’s new ombudsperson, Jay Chalke, who has that authority.

Everyone agrees that the deputy health minister of the day, Graham Whitmarsh, was legally responsible for the decisions and records.

Yet somehow the only record released to the NDP for the two-year period of the firings and subsequent investigation was a heavily blanked-out update from his successor, Stephen Brown, to the premier’s deputy, John Dyble.

It refers to an “update on litigation resolution from investigation,” the substance of which is blanked out, and offers to discuss the situation by phone. Here’s an exchange between NDP MLA Adrian Dix

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and Citizens’ Services Minister Amrik Virk: Dix: “Can the minister explain why the Office of the Premier, the Deputy Minister to the Premier, has no records and why the successive Deputy Minister of Health had one record over two years?”

Virk: “The suggestion from the member opposite that there are no documents is false…. There are more documents now that the ombudsperson has conduct of the matter and is undertaking a comprehensive review. I fully expect that he will do a comprehensive review and will consent to the release of more documents.”

There will be more sound and fury over this, but only Chalke’s report can provide new information. And even then, the damage is done, settlements and non-disclosure deals have been signed, and Clark and Health Minister Terry Lake have formally apologized.

The larger issue is how freedom of information legislation should work. Should the opposition be able to secondguess decisions of bureaucrats by going through their emails?

The traditional answer is no.

Elected officials are responsible, even if they had no actual role, as should always

thanks for your diligence.

I rely on electricity to help me move, even sit up in bed.

You might have heard me cheer at 3 p.m. when my bedside lit up once more and the

be the case in hiring and firing ministry staff and awarding government work contracts.

The buck stops with Lake and Clark, not their deputies.

There are sound reasons for this. Consider another sensitive decision, to shoot wolves from the air in a last-ditch effort to preserve dwindling mountain caribou herds.

Protesters, pop stars and politicians can sound off as they like, but these hard decisions are made and carried out by wildlife experts working for or consulted by the province.

The minister, in this case Forests Minister Steve Thomson, authorizes the use of helicopters and rifles and takes the political consequences.

One can imagine the agonizing discussion that goes on behind the scenes, as provincial and First Nations wildlife experts watch caribou herds dwindle despite widespread habitat protection efforts.

They not only make the technical call, they have to pull the trigger.

Would wildlife biologists be able to provide frank advice for or against this decision if they knew their names and opinions could later be used in a political battle in the legislature and in the streets?

No. And can you run a public service if everyone is subjected to the scrutiny that only politicians choose to endure?

No. Tom Fletcher is legislature reporter and columnist for Black Press. Twitter: @tomfletcherbc Email: tfletcher@blackpress.ca

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Clint Margetish “No they shouldn’t have to be, I think it is just another cash grab.”

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INFORMATION SESSION FOR COWICHAN LAKE RESIDENTS DATE: WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 4, 2015 TIME: 7 PM PLACE: COWICHAN LAKE SPORTS ARENA

The CVRD is proposing to establish two new services that include residents of the Town of Lake Cowichan, Electoral Area F – Cowichan Lake South/Skutz Falls and Electoral Area I – Youbou/Meade Creek. The new services being proposed are: • •

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The Information Session will explain the reasons for creating each service; the annual financial impact; and the method by which public approval for each service is being sought. For both of these services, the CVRD Board has authorized the use of the Alternative Approval Process (AAP).

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he Cowichan Lake Community Garden (located beside the lower ball field at Centennial Park) will gladly accept your unwanted leaves and Halloween pumpkins.

Leaves, easily turned into protective mulch, soil-enhancing leaf mold or rich compost, are the fall season’s gift to the composter. After the last tomatoes are picked, the standing greens harvested, the squash brought in and the carrots pulled, nature provides a bounty that assures the next year’s crops will have the best soil possible.

Leaves have long been a treasure for gardeners: easily available, rich in nutrients, an effective mulch in winter and summer and, once decomposed, extremely beneficial to the soil. Pound for pound, the leaves of most trees contain twice the mineral content of manure. Because they’re a form of organic roughage, they can dramatically improve drainage and aeration of the soil. And they provide the perfect nutrition for beneficial microbes. In short, they make soil come alive.

Leaves are rich in the trace elements your soil needs.

Trees are an effective mineral extractor, putting down deep and intricate root systems that funnel calcium, magnesium, potassium and phosphorus from the soil into their trunks and out to its leaves.

Fifty to 80 per cent of all the nutrients trees extract from the ground end up in the leaves. Gathered at their peak and composted correctly, leaves will transfer this nutrition to your soil.

What you intend to make with your leaves will determine the process you use.

Many gardeners, especially those with abundant access to leaves, will have use for all three leaf products: compost, mold and mulch. Some will be looking only to make compost to enrich their soil. Gardeners with soil drainage problems will want to make leaf mold to improve the crumb and friability of their soil. Those with perennial plantings and extensive shrubbery will want leaf mulch to protect their plants and improve the soil’s water holding capabilities.

To make quality compost, leaf shredding is essential.

This can be done by commercial shredders, which are notoriously expensive, noisy and fragile. Or shredding can be done with your home lawn mower. Don’t be content to run over your leaves once. Maximum shredding is important for quick breakdown. It’s easier if you employ help to pile up the leaves again once you’ve passed over them with the mower. Several passes will give you a fine, quick-to-decompose product. This is true if you’re

People spread leaves at the community garden in 2014. It’s a process that helps build good soil for growing. [SUBMITTED] making compost or leaf mold.

In a pinch, a Weed Whacker or other line trimmer can be used to reduce leaves to a more compostable size.

If using leaves as mulch, they can be applied directly under trees, shrubs and plantings to protect the soil and provide insulation from the cold. Loft is important; the higher the pile and the more air trapped inside it, the better the insulating properties. Several inches is a good start.

Remember that leaves generally increase the acidity of soil. It’s a good idea to test soils in the spring and add lime or other alkaline substances if your pH is not to your plants’ liking. If using whole leaves or those not finely shredded, you’ll want to pull them back in the spring to allow the soil to warm.

Unshredded leaves can also make a sort of canopy over soils, allowing moisture to runoff and not get to the ground.

Finely shredded leaves tend to work themselves into the soil and encourage moisture absorption. Also, shredded leaves will not inhibit the spring soil warming process as much.

Making leaf mold is similar to making compost. Piling leaves in heaps or in bins and cages is about all that’s necessary. Keep the piles uniformly moist. Turning them on occasion is helpful but not necessary. Matting, a problem with leaf-only piles, is minimized by frequent turning. Keeping the pile under a plastic tarp will help conserve heat and moisture. Be sure that the pile has access to air. Even piled in cages, leaves can take three years to reach optimum condition. But if you shred finely, turn the pile and keep it uniformly moist, you’ll have usable product in six to 12 months.

Leaf mold can also be made in plastic bags by filling lawn

bags with shredded leaves, dampening and poking a few holes to let in air.

Making leaf compost isn’t different than making other compost. Bins, cages, piles and tumblers will all give satisfactory results though at different speeds. Because leaves are mostly carbon (60 parts carbon to one part nitrogen) more attention must be paid to the carbon-nitrogen balance.

Not only will the right ratio of leaves to green material or manure yield a more nutritious product, it will also give you compost more quickly.

Chopping and mixing leaves with other brown and green ingredients will speed decomposition by four times. Five parts leaves (brown-carbon) to one part manure (green-nitrogen) will get your compost pile up and hot. Using only grass clippings requires five part leaves to two or three parts clippings. Kitchen waste including coffee grounds and those last trimmings from your garden will also increase the nitrogen content of your pile.

But don’t over do it. Too much nitrogen will help make your heap smell or turn anaerobic. Being sure your pile gets enough oxygen will help prevent this problem.

To avoid matting, frequent turning of leaf piles is a must.

Turning distributes moisture among water-repellent leaves, making for more uniform decomposition.

If you have an abundance of leaves and don’t plan to use them yourself, or you have Halloween pumpkins to dispose of please consider dropping them off at the community garden this year, instead of the community dump. Please note, we cannot accept twigs or branches, leaves only.

Cara Smith is a member of Lake Community Garden. For more information contact 250-749-4296.

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he Royal Canadian Legion Lake Cowichan Branch No. 210 Remembrance Day Program, Wednesday, Nov. 11 Lake Cowichan Branch No. 210 of the Royal Canadian Legion cordially invites all members of Branch #210, serving and ex-service personnel, service clubs, fraternal organizations, youth groups and the general public to take part in and/or attend the Remembrance Day Parade and service at the cenotaph on Wednesday, Nov. 11.

Members should wear legion dress, beret and service medals.

• 10:30 a.m.: Parade forms at firehall • 10:50 a.m.: Parade moves off in column of route • 10:55 a.m.: Parade arrives at the Cenotaph where the ceremony starts. Guard of Honour: The Admiral Mainguy Sea Cadets and the Royal Canadian Air Cadets No. 744 (Cowichan ) Squadron.

Master of Ceremonies: Mike Eckert; Parade Commander: Suzanne Jones; Padre: Padre Ben Yablonski; Piper: Frank Nichol; Band: Cowichan Valley Pipes & Drums Following the service: Hot chocolate and hot dogs will be provided to participating youth groups in the Lower Hall of the Legion. In the event of adverse weather, youth leaders are asked to ensure their groups are adequately dressed.

A request to motorists: The Royal Canadian Legion, respectfully request that people refrain from parking their vehicles on Gordon Road by the cenotaph and Central Park to South Shore Road until the ceremony is over.

Sam Jones, Sergeant at Arms on the left and executive member Lola Sinclair of the Lake Cowhcan legion raise the Poppy Flag on Friday, Oct. 30 to officially start the 2015 poppy campaign. [DENNIS SKALICKY/GAZETTE]

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oyal Canadian Legion Lake Cowichan Branch No. 210, veterans and serving members 2015: Army: D.W. Anderson, Ed Bonenfant, Peter Guy, Hank Henry, Michael Hodgins, Mike Kuchirka, Bradley Law, Aimee Lefloch, Steve Lumb, Harold Mayea, Dennis Middlemiss, Donald Nelson, George Nitschkie, Victor Savitsky, Rober t Simpson, Marvin Stevens, Dan Whitely,

Dwight Wilcox Navy: Ron Black, Dan Born, Charles Burridge, John Coghlan, Richard Elliott, James Humphrey, Philip Jones, Suzanne Jones, Garnet King, David Lang, Ron Larone, Robert McCallum, Earl McIntyre, Blake Meanley, Murray Nelson, Peter Van Buiten, Michael White Air Force: James Broughton, Thomas Brown, Velma Burke, Robert

Cumming, Alan Jarvis, Gerald Kirker, David Middlemost, John O’Reilly, Neil Peters, Richard Repesse, Ed Salter, Canadian Coast Guard:, William Cheal CWAC: Dolores McMillan, Ethel Wort Other Allies: Anthony Bond – British Army, William Dustow – Royal NZ Army, Paul Gardiner, Michael Hobkirk – South African Infantry, Fred Neault – Royal Corps of Transport, Kai Sorenson –

Royal Danish Air Force, Muriel Thomas – British Seaman, Ron Wallace – Royal Air Force RCMP: Warren Potter, Larry Olson Reserves/Cadets: Dave Adams, Troy Douglas, Karl Foster, Roger Grosskleg, Sharon Irving, Teresa LeFloch, Patricia Mann, Charles Meanley, Jason Nickel, Ken Nicholson, Merv Winters Last Post: Roy Andrews, Gary Dickey

THE ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION Lake Cowichan Branch No. 210

REMEMBRANCE DAY PROGRAM Wednesday, November 11th, 2015

Lake Cowichan Branch No. 210 of the Royal Canadian Legion cordially invites all members of Branch #210, serving and ex-service personnel, service clubs, fraternal organizations, youth groups and the general public to take part in and/or attend the REMEMBRANCE DAY PARADE AND SERVICE AT THE CENOTAPH ON WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 11TH, 2015

MEMBERS SHOULD WEAR LEGION DRESS, BERET AND SERVICE MEDALS

Brief Program For the parade and service

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Parade forms at Firehall

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Parade moves off in column of route

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Parade arrives at the Cenotaph where the ceremony commences.

GUARD OF HONOUR– THE ADMIRAL MAINGUY SEA CADETS AND THE ROYAL CANADIAN AIR CADETS NO. 744 (COWICHAN ) SQUADRON. MASTER OF CEREMONIES – MIKE ECKERT PARADE COMMANDER – SUZANNE JONES PADRE – PADRE BEN YABLONSKI PIPER – FRANK NICHOL BAND - COWICHAN VALLEY PIPES & DRUMS FOLLOWING THE SERVICE – Hot chocolate and hot dogs will be provided to participating youth groups in the Lower Hall of the Legion. In the event of adverse weather, youth leaders are asked to ensure their groups are adequately dressed. The health of youths on parade takes precedence over proper dress.

A REQUEST TO MOTORISTS – The Royal Canadian Legion, respectfully request that the motoring public refrain from parking their vehicles on Gordon Road by the Cenotaph and Central Park to South Shore Road the morning of Wednesday, November 11th, until the ceremony is over.

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unday morning, Sept. 17, 1944 Sounds of aeroplanes during the church service. It was getting louder and louder. Planes, lots and lots of planes. Airborne soldiers jumping out of planes. It was the beginning of our freedom. We were so excited! There was not shooting yet, so we watched!

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at the water tower. We got down from there in a hurry. It was some way out of town, and before long we saw Jeeps with Allied forces telling us to get home quickly. Back home there were still many parachutes dropping with soldiers. What a beautiful sight! Freedom ahead! By now the shooting from the air became dangerous and we had to hide in the basement, wooden floor on top, not very secure.

After the elation about freedom wore off a bit (because of the shooting) we became afraid for our lives. Very afraid!

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Sneaking back into the destroyed village THINGS I REMEMBER, From Page 12

forces started to bomb the railway lines and before we knew it, all the windows in the house were gone. It was late in October and getting cold!

Then, a couple of weeks later, they bombed a train loaded with ammunition, headed for the German front.

The following day my sister and I were walking through a meadow, just going for a walk. I guess we must have looked like soldiers because a couple of planes came zooming from the sky and started to shoot. There were bullets all around us. We dropped flat on the ground and lay there, terrified, looking at one another. We ran home after that. Safe again!

January, 1944 There wasn’t much food for us as evacuees, so we have to move again. Mother and the pregnant women (my sister and sister-in-law) were riding on a flat-bed drawn by horses. It was January and bitterly cold. I can still see my mother sitting under blankets on that flat-bed, so blue in the face and so cold. I wondered how she survived. But somehow God gave us extra strength for such trials. Of this I am sure.

We stayed in a small town and had to sleep in a school overnight with straw on the floor. My sister and I got there by bicycle and were so cold. Lots of people had to walk!

Here I have to regress a bit. While we were still in Stroe town, my brother got married. I had knit him a sweater the year before, but when we didn’t expect to be away for long, I didn’t bring it or any other warm clothing. So my sister-in-law and I went back to our village, not knowing what conditions to expect. We entered the “No enter zone.

Danger. Anyone entering here will be shot without question”.

Because I wanted most of all to get that warm sweater for my brother (he couldn’t go himself as he would have been picked up to work in the war factories in Germany). Finally we were stopped by a Dutchman who collaborated with the Germans. He just could not believe that we dared to enter after all the warning signs.

“Okay,” he said. “Go at your own risk.”

And we did. Oh glory! Our house was still standing, but our hearts sank as we got closer. We had put my brother’s

At the bottom of the hill was a beautiful oak tree. When we were halfway up the hill a grenade exploded in the bottom oak, and a minute later another one exploded in the top tree. We were caught in the middle. Very, very afraid!

We had to keep going because our village was on fire by now.

We finally arrived at the factory. Bert was repairing fire hoses at the time and we built a wall of fire hoses around us. Even though there was still shooting going on we felt rather safe. I even remember sleeping with my head on a fire hose coupling. Safe?

The following morning we went back to the village. It looked pretty bad. A quarter of it was shot to pieces. In the afternoon we had to evacuate, so we loaded clothes in a bag for each of us; not too much though, as we expected to be back in a couple of weeks.

We went to my sister’s in Heelsum, 10 kilometres from our village. While we were taking stuff off our bicycles the shooting started there too, so we didn’t have time to get our bags in and had to rush to the basement. Once there, we discovered that our mother was not there, nor an auntie (a little Jewish lady who was hiding from the Germans). Then, suddenly, a big explosion in the living room above us, but towards the right. After the shooting stopped we went upstairs to find mother and auntie, expecting the worst. But miracle of miracles, mother and auntie came out of the closet. They were covered with chalk and shivering. A grenade had hit the stone fireplace and the closet was behind the fireplace, so that saved their lives. Thank you God! Sept. 20, 1944 My brother and I went out to find a safer place about 40 kilometres away.

We found a home that belonged to a train engineer. He was in hiding with his family because he didn’t want to be a train driver for the Germans. The next day we went back to the family and brought them back to the Stroe place. There were 10 of us. Sometimes we all got on well and sometimes not.

Dad was a difficult man, but I loved him.

Well, it wasn’t long before the Allied

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brand new motorcycle (hidden during the war) in the basement with lots of stuff on top. The stuff was all over the house and the motorcycle was gone, so also were the beautiful gloves. (He was a motorcycle racer). We looked for the sweater, but it too was gone. Two very sad girls who had risked their lives left the house in despair, very cold, very hungry and very scared!

All of a sudden there were soldiers, (German soldiers). Great fear on our part of course. They took pity on us and asked us if we wanted something to eat. Yes, oh yes, please!

Well, they were cooking outside and they had goulash for dinner. It was fantastic. I never tasted anything like it. But there was a catch. After we ate, nervous and very afraid, an officer came down and asked me to come with him to the commander, upstairs.

I almost got rid of my goulash I was so scared. He looked at this 18-yearold dark red-head with ringlets and all and I think he took pity on me. He went back to his commanding officer and when he came down he told us we could go. My sister-in-law was blond, 24, and was wearing her wedding ring.

The officer must have had a daughter my age. I have often wondered about that. The soldiers hadn’t seen any women for about four months. We were whistled at, but no one touched us!

When we got back home the following day the family was disappointed, but happy to see us home safe. We slept at a farmer’s in the hayloft overnight.

(End of regression.)

After sleeping in the school with the rest of the evacuees we went on to Heerdum. Another 35 kilometres from there we were sent to district farmers.

We were all separated. I stayed with a family with a daughter the same age as I was.

They were very nice and we stayed there until the end of the war. When we went home it was very sad indeed.

Everything was bombed out and miserable, very miserable. But somehow, we made the best of it and started cleaning up because we were free.

Then, lucky me, I met a very handsome Canadian soldier. But that is another story. I came to Canada in June and married my soldier on June 27, 1947 and we were married for 52 years. My dear husband died of cancer on March 22, 1999.

REMEMBER, with honour, all those who gave...

November 11th

Take Time to Remember the Men & Women Who Served

Remembering: The following memorial plaque was dedicated in Oosterbreek, liberated by Canada, May 1945: England, Poland, Canada We came to deliver you but we failed and caused you pain, destruction and sorrow Please forgive us

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Gary David Thom (ROOSTER) January 7, 1946- October 23, 2015

~Do not Think of Me as Gone~

Do not think of me as gone, and no longer part of you.

If I were gone, how would I know, the things you say and do?

The fact that you can’t see me, doesn’t mean that I’m not there. With my arm around you, or relaxing in my old chair.

Don’t think of me as yesterday. For I am very much today. Talk to me as you always did. I hear every word you say.

And when you talk about me. Don’t treat me like a Saint. Don’t place me on a pedestal, and give me praise without restraint.

That kind of thing is only meant for those who’ve said goodbye.

But me? I’m still around you.

Because I didn’t die.

I merely crossed a wispy veil.

But I’m still there at your side.

Though you can’t see or hear me, Iam still very much alive.

Loved by many and will be missed by all, Love your friends and family XOXO

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Halloween horror — and fun at the Lake

Visitors to the North Shore Road home of Aaron Hamilton and Melanie Livingstone were treated to a really scary haunted house. [LEXI BAINAS PHOTO]

The Wicked Witch June Curran with her friend The Grim Reaper Charlen Reinholdt at the Youbou Hall Haunted House. [MALCOLM CHALMERS PHOTO] Sue Shat from Youbou says she is dressed as one of the girls sailors have in every port. She’s doing a little shopping at Country Grocers long running Annual Halloween Sale. [MALCOLM CHALMERS PHOTO]

For the Record

Steven Cardinal and Megan Scammell, dressed as the dead, serve customers at the Country Grocer’s Halloween annual event. [MALCOLM CHALMERS PHOTO]

Friends Ethan Dempsui and Alex Madgin are getting the fright of their lives at the Youbou Hall’s Halloween Haunted House. [MALCOLM CHALMERS PHOTO]

For tickets to Tommy Douglas: The Arrows of Desire at the Kaatza Station Museum on Nov. 6 and 7, go to Ten Old Books in Duncan.

An incorrect Duncan location was listed in the Oct. 28 edition.

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