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Continuing a longstanding tradition, Cowichan Valley cadets place crosses at the graves of men and women who served in Canada’s armed forces in preparation for Remembrance Day. Check out our special section for Remembrance Day, starting on page 20. [KEVIN ROTHBAUER/CITIZEN]

One fewer magic mushroom lab exists in North Cowichan thanks to a Nov. 6 raid. N o r t h C ow i c h a n / D u n c a n RCMP’s street crimes unit got help from E Division’s specialized Clandestine Laboratory Enforcement and Response Team (CLEAR) to execute a warrant on a psilocybin grow op Friday night. Seized were both drug paraphernalia and a number of containers used to cultivate what is suspected to be psilocybin mushrooms. “It is unknown how long the homeowner has been operating this illegal lab,” said a press release issued by North Cowichan/Duncan RCMP spokesperson Cpl. Krista Hobday. She said mould and fungi are generally associated with the growing of magic mushrooms and that’s a concern. See MAN AND WOMAN, Page 5

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Stolen trailer a dent in local artist’s transit SARAH SIMPSON CITIZEN

A Cowichan Valley artist’s efforts to do right by the environment have been spoiled by somebody not doing right by the community. Potter Hilary Huntley’s bike trailer was stolen a few weeks ago. Huntley and her husband made the tough commitment when they moved to town, to be a single-vehicle family. The arrangement has been successful since 2007 with her husband riding his bike to work during the week and Huntley taking her bike and trailer to haul her pottery to work at the Duncan Farmers’ Market on Saturdays. “This integ ral part of our transportation plan has been locked to a security plate/ring in the carport for several years with a heavy duty bike lock,” she explained. “The trailer and I often come home filthy with road grit and dripping salty water so it can’t be stored inside.”

Now, the trailer has vanished from her North Cowichan home. Huntley said the thief took the time to unbolt the wall plate and take the trailer away still locked to the giant bike lock. “I am very upset that they took my property but it also means that I have to get dropped off at work and picked up which takes four car trips instead of zero car trips,” she explained. Huntley is not only dismayed at such a brazen theft but also disheartened at the amount of time it will take her to replace the trailer. “As a subsistence artist I will have to work very hard to replace my transportation,” she said. “I am currently expecting a little one so my capacity to work is greatly reduced.” Huntley asks those who’ve seen her trailer around town to contact the North Cowichan/Duncan RCMP at 250-748-5522. S e e H u n t l e y ’s w a r e s a t wwwtrialbyfirepottery.ca

Potter Hilary Huntley with her bicycle and trailer at the Duncan Farmer’s market. The trailer, a vital part of her family’s transportation plan, has since been stolen. [SUBMITTED]

Review sees pool emptying schedule stay as-is SARAH SIMPSON CITIZEN

Like in years past, the Cowichan Aquatic Centre will be closed for routine maintenance come late August/early September 2016. The North Cowichan council decision comes despite outcry from a small segment of the public, concerned about the timing of the annual shut down and the draining of 1.7 million litres of water from the two pools, particularly this year during a time of significant drought. Council had agreed to have staff look at the issue and consider alternative closure times and the resulting report was delivered Wednesday during the regular council meeting.

In the end council opted to continue on with the regularly scheduled closures as recommended by staff — but with one change. Should stage 3 water restrictions be in effect, the municipality will refill the pool with ground well water from a backup well on the aquatic centre site. They will leave the domestic water supply alone. Coun. Al Siebring wondered if using that well on the pool site would have the same affect on the overall water system as using the domestic water supply. Mayor Jon Lefebure explained: “The influence of a well surrounds the well and it lessens as the distance increases. Our domestic wells right beside the

river have a far greater potential to impact the river than drawing from a well that is as far away as the Aquatic Centre,” he said. “I think you can argue quite safely that withdrawing water from the aquifer near the pool is much safer than drawing it from a domestic supply immediately adjacent to the river.” When the pool was initially constructed, they had to remove water from the site. In doing so, a well was dug and it was through that source the pool was initially filled. In more recent years the pool has been filled with the domestic water supply after maintenance. Staff ’s recommendation is a bit of a short- to medium-term compromise.

Parks and recreation director Ernie Mansueti said he may approach council in the future to reevaluate the situation. “I think if we continue running into dry, hot summers…I think we don’t shut the pool down during that period of time,” Mansueti said. “It will be a disruption during other periods of the year but when we run into the summer that we’ve had the last few, and we continue to do that, I think the optics when we’re asking our public to do something [to conserve water], I think we’re just going to have to make that decision to move it to a different time of year.” So while it’s over for now, the issue is far from over.

The pool at the Aquatic Centre will continue to be emptied in summer for maintenance. [CITIZEN FILE]

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CUPE generosity to see pool open on Family Day The Cowichan Aquatic Centre will be open for four hours on Family Day, from noon until 4 p.m. The opening is being made possible by a donation from the Canadian Union of Public Employees, local 358. “I think this is just a great thing by CUPE to do this. It’s really appreciated,” said North Cowichan Mayor Jon Lefebure. “It made it happen.” Years ago the facility had been closed on Family Day, the municipality citing the high cost of running the pool on a statutory holiday.

It’s then that CUPE stepped up and offered to help pay for operations on that holiday. “We’ve done this for several years,” Lefebure noted. “This is the kind of relationship we want with our employees and the union that represents them,” he added. “I just think it’s great.” Should North Cowichan receive a provincial grant, as it did last year, the user fees would be waved on that day. Otherwise there will be a fee for use that day, noted corporate services director Mark Ruttan. Multiple councillors encouraged the mayor to write a letter to local 358 expressing council’s gratitude. Lefebure was pleased to comply.

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Former Mill Bay resident Harold Backer went for a bike ride on the morning of Tuesday, Nov. 3 and he hasn’t been seen or heard from since. Now a resident of Victoria, Backer, 52, had told his wife he was going out to ride his bike but didn’t expect to have too long of a ride. But, according to Const. Matt Rutherford, the Victoria Police Department’s spokesperson, the missing persons case has turned into a multi-jurisdictional, cross-border investigation. “Our initial investigation has revealed that he left Victoria on the Black Ball Coho Ferry the morning of Nov. 3,” Rutherford wrote in a press release. “VicPD investigators contacted Port Angeles Police, who have been vital in our efforts to locate him.” The ferry was bound for Port Angeles in Washington State. “Both through our efforts and the fantastic support from our U.S. law enforcement partners, such as the Port Angeles Police Department, we continue to receive tips that we’re working with now,” VicPD Detective Sgt. Kris Rice said. “Tips are important in a missing persons file like this and sometimes it is the smallest detail that helps. It could be something that appears insignificant that helps us bring Harold safely home to his family.”

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Backer is believed to be wearing a red cycling jersey, black riding pants, possibly carrying a black backpack and would be riding his black Cannondale road bike. The missing family man stands six-foot-threeinches tall and has a medium build and has blue/ green eyes and short grey hair. Port Angeles Deputy Police Chief Brian Smith said his investigating officer “is 85 per cent certain” that the cyclist spotted on the surveillance cameras at the ferry was Backer. “We have found no evidence that he stayed in Port Angeles,” Smith said. “The US Customs and Border Protection Agency checks persons into a data base when they board the Coho. They visually check documents when they disembark in Port Angeles but do not do any database entry. We do not have any additional or new information.” Backer was a high-level rower who competed in the 1984, 1988 and 1992 summer Olympics. The Brentwood College Alumnus (1980) went on to row at Princeton University and returned to Brentwood for a time as a coach. Family and friends are trying to put together the pieces of just what has happened to their loved one. A Facebook page (Finding Harold Backer. Missing since Nov 3rd 2015) has been set up to share information about Backer’s whereabouts and the places that have been searched. Victoria police are asking those who see Backer to call 911. Those with information as to his whereabouts, are asked to call Victoria Police at 250-995-7654. “All federal, state and local law enforcement agencies have the information and lookout for Mr. Backer,” Smith said. 7002013

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The park at Echo Heights has been renamed Wul’aam (Echo) Park. Mayor Jon Lefebure confirmed last Wednesday he consulted with officials from the Penelakut First Nation. “I was able to communicate to their band manager and through her to their chief and they have supported this renaming,” Lefebure said.“The naming of this park reflects North Cowichan’s commitment to recognizing and respecting areas of importance for the Penelakut people.” Pronounced “wool-ahm” and meaning “echo” in Hul’qumi’num, the name was suggested by Florence James, a Penelakut member and elder in residence at Vancouver Island University. Penelakut chief Earl Jack is thankful the area was made into parkland after talks in 2014 and 2015 between the First Nation, greater community and municipality. “It is meaningful to us that this culturally and spiritually signifi-

cant area is being set aside as a park and is being left in its natural state,” he said. Wul’aam’ (Echo) Park is located in an important area for the Penelakut people. The site was used for cultural ceremonies and is a biodiversity hot spot for many plants that were used in traditional medicines. In officially adopting the new name, Councillor Maeve Maguire had suggested the word “echo” be removed from the park name. “I hope we get to go beyond n e e d i n g a n ex p l a n a t i o n f o r Hul’qumi’num words,” she said in suggesting the English word be taken out. Coun. Kate Marsh explained that the parks committee enjoyed the play on words with echo literally echoing the Hul’qumi’num word of the same meaning. The majority of council agreed so the park in the Echo Heights neighbourhood will carry both the Hul’qumi’num and English words. A public ceremony will be held in the spring to celebrate the naming of this park.

Man and woman arrested, charged RCMP BUSTS, From Page 1 “This type of criminal behaviour poses a threat to the health and wellbeing of anyone entering the home,” she said, including investigators. As such, “all necessary precautions were taken to ensure public and police safety as the lab was dismantled,” Hobday said. A 32-year-old man and a 34-yearold woman — both citizens of North Cowichan — are expected to face a judge on charges of production of

a controlled substance and possession for the purpose of trafficking and possession of stolen property. Those with information on this or any other crime are encouraged to contact the North Cowichan/ Duncan RCMP at 250-748-5522. For those who wish to remain anonymous, please call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477). Anonymous tipsters whose information leads to an arrest or the recovery of stolen property or the seizure of illicit drugs could be eligible for a cash award.

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A Crofton resident saw a curious sight Wednesday morning — a little white BC Assessment van driving around photographing homes. That in itself wasn’t odd, noted the gentleman, who declined to be named, but the licence plate on the van most certainly was. The van had Missouri tags. “I’m not complaining, I’m just saying, gee that’s odd. Is that somebody out here doing something illegal or what?” he wondered. Or was it really a BC Assessment vehicle with weird plates? “We live in an age where all sorts of weird stuff goes on.”

N. Cowichan councillor oversteps authority North Cowichan Mayor Jon Lefebure reminded his council of the limits of their power Wednesday evening, cautioning them not to speak for the municipality to tradesmen. “I was made aware that a councillor had spoken to a contractor working on Willow Street in Chemainus and felt it was important for council to understand, and I think most of you understand this, that

The man heard the truck had also been in Ladysmith the other day as well, so was making the rounds. It turns out that a Texasbased company called Tyler Technologies has been contracted to do the work on behalf of BC Assessment. “It went out to contract for an open bid process and unfortunately we didn’t get anybody local,” confirmed spokesman Christopher Whyte, a deputy appraiser based in BC Assessment’s Courtenay office. “We did try. This company has the technology we need and then met all of the Freedom and Privacy Act requirements. It is an American company. It is what it is and in this

case they were able to meet our needs.” The company has done the work for BC Assessment in the past as well. “They have the technology that allows us to do it in the most efficient way possible,” Whyte said, noting the cameras produce images “somewhat like a Google Street View image” but in a higher resolution. If faces or personal information such as business names are captured in the images, those are blurred for privacy, he added. Whyte said he’s not directly involved in the bidding process but he believes the contract is bid on annually.

there is no role or authority for a councillor in dealing with a contractor who has a contract with the municipality,” Lefebure said. “There just is no role. There’s no authority.” He said the worker is probably a foreman working for his boss. His boss has a contract with the municipality. Lefebure added that if a councillor were to see something they were concerned about, they should notify North Cowichan CAO Dave Devana. “[Councillors] have no role

talking to those people working on the street. No authority. That can be very, very confusing for somebody working on the street when somebody with some sort of political authority is telling them that they’re doing the wrong thing or performing poorly or whatever it is.” Lefebure said he wasn’t there and he didn’t know what words were exchanged but he hopes it won’t happen again. Sarah Simpson, Citizen

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s each Remembrance Day goes by fewer of our veterans from the Second World War remain. As each year slips into the next the stories that they can tell us of that important era in our world history are lost to time, one after another. Already, no veterans from the First World War remain. It is a stark reminder for many of us who remember very well when there was a large contingent from the Great War who used to march proudly to the cenotaph every Nov. 11. So this Remembrance Day,

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children will never know of first-hand. Yet we look at the refugees from Syria and other countries in the Middle East pouring over the borders into Europe at great peril, desperate to escape the sudden upheaval of their ordinary lives. They remember when, just short months ago, they went to school, went to work, went to the market or the grocery store just like we do now. Peace and ordinary life is not something that we can take for granted. When we know what the alternative is, we are far less likely to do so.

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Not impressed with CVRD waste management I am writing to you, and to anyone else I can think of, about CVRD’s latest stupid waste disposal proposal: to use a survey to manoeuvre out private business — again. It’s against the CVRD Community Plan which states we support local business, and it will put Pan Disposal out of business. How can that POSSIBLY be a good? Pan Disposal’s owners and employees earn their living by running a very good disposal/recycling program. I, nor any of the literally hundreds of other people I’ve spoken to, are impressed with

CVRD’s waste management; from the super-expensive EcoDepot fiasco, which would have shut down the private recycling business at Fisher Road (in addition to the one they effectively did shut down in South Shawnigan via their massive propaganda campaign informing everyone they had to travel to Bing’s Creek), to the removal of community bins, which people were using but CVRD couldn’t properly manage; to the limited service of the new blue bins — garbage and recycling pickup both reduced to every two weeks. I have no confidence in CVRD’s clearly inept handling of waste. Our “zero-waste” plan has moved from less waste to more I.e. glass and plastic film. Will

CVRD now move to increase their already inflated salaries to compensate for all the perceived extra work of planning and managing “better” garbage strategies? Pan Disposal has always provided excellent service, even during CVRD’s bullying (when they misled them regarding the compost pick-up) causing them financial and customer service challenges. I don’t know the folks at Pan Disposal personally, but I’ve watched them, and other private businesses, be treated very badly by CVRD over the last few years. It’s pretty distressing and quite disgusting. Karen Chong Cobble Hill

I think we should all be angry at the new gas prices of $1.15 per litre and do what this fellow in Salmon Arm did about his frustration with the insane gouging at the pumps we are getting. These big oil companies seem to be trying to see how much they can put up the prices before we start to complain; well this is my second time I’ve complained to this paper about this unfair apparent price fixing which is against the law in Canada (someone is instructing all the gas stations to raise their price at the same time). Today’s average U.S. was $2.45 per U.S. gallon which is 3.80 litres per U.S. gallon, which equals 64 cents Canadian, plus the 25 per cent exchange rate of 16 cents equals 80 cents per litre Canadian, is what they pay in the U.S. So why are we being forced to pay 35 cents per litre or more for the same gas? It is bad business practice to shove your greed down the throats of the people whose country is supplying you with their oil resources; sooner or later something is going to snap. What do we have to do to get our government to fairly regulate these overly greedy gas companies? It’s time to do something. Write to this paper, express your anger and organize something against this raping of pensioners, people on disability and the Canadian people in general as most of the gas companies are U.S. owned. R. Calderwood Duncan

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LETTERS to the editor Reducing GHGs by the numbers It is apparent: efforts to reduce GHGs have failed. Absent are actual solutions with funding. Electricity is the largest contributor, followed by transportation then building heat. Options are, improve efficiency or change energy source. Technology is here so with funding a goal of 86 per cent reductions in 10 years is feasible. Funding is key, including application. Only option to get to no CO2 from power is to change the source. Energy efficiency improvements are the only option to transport fuels. Encourage building methods to improve energy losses in buildings. Each person contributes to energy, read carbon use, each shares the responsibility to change. Simplest: surcharge the energy user not the producer. [Institute a] national surcharge; transport fuels at $30/ tonne, electricity: seven cents per litre; gasoline, increased 0.7 cents annually for 10 years. Eight cents per litre diesel, increased 0.8 cents annually for 10 years. Two point one cents per kilowatt hour, for 10 years. Surcharge revenue: fuel, $5.9 billion; power $13.5 billion; total $19.8 billion annually.

Application applies to handling funds. Funding must be dedicated to CO2 reductions; national program equalizes distributions. Run by a dedicated organization removed from other monetary influence! Transparency with oversight a must. Cost: for purchasers of new vehicles using less fuel, replace all coal power plants and 90 per cent natural gas power plant. Vehicle rebates for 1.44 million vehicles per year at average $7,500 each — $10.8 billion. Power plant replacement, 8,000 MW each coal/natural gas at $5.4 million/MW, $86.4 billion, yearly — $8.64 billion. We Canada, make it happen, world will follow! Bob Conibear, engineer, Retired oil, gas industry Duncan

How about something like Homesteading Acts Re: Syrian refugees While listening to the politicians talk; debate, angst, and wring their hands about this issue, a thought occurred to me: what if our (newly elected) federal government looked at a plan similar to the one implemented many generations

ago? Let’s call it a modernized version of the Homesteading Acts. Canada encouraged and brought tens of thousands of people to Canada from various countries and offered them land to cultivate, farm and develop. We all know this is a huge country land mass wise with a small population. Yes, I know that much of the land is not that hospitable. But, if we think creatively, aren’t there areas that could be, and might even need to be developed for agricultural purposes, and small businesses in rural communities and other geographic locations? It may even assist in helping to populate sparsely populated areas. Actually that is how my wife’s grandparents (et. al.) made it here, as had many other thousands many years ago. Small businesses, agriculture, farming, small general stores, contributing members of the community, etc. The options could be many and varied for new Canadians. Among this group of new Canadians there are sure to be highly educated, skilled members of numerous professions. Just a thought Steve Frankel Thetis Island

I was reading your article on how this lady’s goats were affected by the fireworks and that people should think about the animals when you set off your fireworks. Every year when this happens our dog also shakes and hides from this noise and this year it was not just our dog. We had company from out of town and one of their dogs was also shaking and trying to hide

Should I mail my Christmas cards now? I received a phone call today from a very dear friend of mine in the Vancouver area. She wanted to let me know she had finally received the birthday card I mailed to her on Oct. 9 (here on Bundock Avenue) and she received it today, Oct. 29. My father was born in 1885. Seems as if our mail system has gone back to the ways of 1885 or so. This is unacceptable and I do hope our new government can wake up and correct the mail system. My cutoff date for my bank statement is 25th of the month. I used to receive my statement before the end of current month. Now I get it the following month

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At the meeting held in Lake Cowichan on Wednesday, Nov. 4, a Sahtlam area resident complains that wells where he lives are already affected and asked the CVRD to ‘leave the river alone.’ [LEXI BAINAS/CITIZEN]

A large and angry crowd turned out at the Cowichan Lake Sports Arena to grill regional representatives about recently announced bylaws and the controversial Alternative Approval process being used to push them through. The Cowichan Valley Regional District’s CEO Brian Carruthers took most of the heat as he answered questions about the AAP, which requires 10 per cent of an electorate to quash a bylaw by sending in ‘no’ ballots, and also about the arts and culture and flood management bylaws. Honeymoon Bay director Ian Morrison quarterbacked the event and regional district heavyweights Kate Miller and John Elzinga were also on hand to introduce the bylaws. The audience included residents from Lake Cowichan, Youbou, Honeymoon Bay and Sahtlam, along with observers and politicians from all around the Cowichan Valley. Although questions ranged all over the place, it soon became clear that no one, including regional directors and staff, like the AAP. Carruthers reiterated many times throughout the two-hour session that if enough people express their opposition, the bylaws cannot go through. He also urged several people who wanted to talk about Catalyst and their weir application to attend a session scheduled by that company on the following evening. One man asked which administrative body would be in charge when such diverse groups as North Cowichan, Duncan, Cowichan Tribes and the CVRD were involved. Another said that having North Cowichan’s mayor, Jon Lefebure, at the head of the

“This is democratic. You do have a say. We just want you to decide with all the information.” BRIAN CARRUTHERS, Regional District CAO

CVRD board led to a conflict of interest. Still another said that if AAPs can be used so easily, then voters should be able to use that process to recall their director. Others, who said they didn’t live on their Cowichan Lake property in winter, asked for better notification about the AAP, since they don’t get Valley papers where they live. Several times throughout the evening, Carruthers explained that the regional district has only two choices when dealing with things they want to do. They can either go to a referendum, which can cost up to $100,000, or they can use the AAP. By law, they have no other choices. One person said that the maps on the CVRD website made it hard to understand who was affected by the flood management bylaw and who was not. Carruthers said that, because the area chosen was the Cowichan River watershed, it’s not always easy to show on the map. Another often repeated question was: “Why am I, as a Lake Cowichan resident, being asked to pay for dams in the delta area?” The CEO had his work cut out on that one, given the groans from the audience, but he tried to convince them that, “It’s a collective process, it’s about community. You may not all benefit directly but the schools and businesses you go to may benefit.” People who tried to make prac-

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Community invited to take up the torch

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An unstable steeple at St. Ann’s Church on Tzouhalem Road required crews and cranes to prop it up in late October, before the bell tower could be replaced. [KEVIN ROTHBAUER/CITIZEN]

Businesses and organizations can be torchbearers, support the Cowichan Sportsplex and maybe even win a great prize by taking part in an event called Passing the Torch. Catherine Brandon, Sportsplex executive director, explained all about it. “We take our torch trophy and pass it around town. Between Nov. 13 and Nov. 27, the torch will be physically passed between the people who become our torchbearers. To do that, they have donate $100 to the Sportsplex. We then take a picture of the torchbearer and their staff in their office and then post it on Facebook so other people can follow the torch as it passes around town. “It’s such a fun idea and people really like being part of it. I think it’s the physical aspect of receiving the torch from somebody else,” she said. Perhaps because most of us will never get to be a torchbearer in the Olympic sense? “That could be it. And we also focus on the message as well. People who are receiving the torch are promoting the importance of health and fitness in our lives. It increased the chance of a happy future.” The mandate at the Sportsplex is changing, too. “Back at the beginning, we were really focused on building physical facilities here with all the fields and that. But over the last couple of years we’ve been re-evaluating what we’re going to mean to the community in the future. Being able to go out and share our message is important. In our busy day-to-day lives, we don’t always do what we know we should be doing. People just like to be part of spreading our positive message and saying, ‘Yes!’” This year, the Sportsplex will also be sharing the message with elementary school students at the Valley’s public schools by distributing special bookmarks. “The other thing that I like is we’re setting a good role model for the kids, too. If they see adults spreading an important message like this, it makes is real,” Brandon said. Businesses or organizations who wish

The Cowichan Sportsplex is fundraising by Passing the Torch this month. [CITIZEN FILE] to get involved just need to contact the Sportsplex at torch@cowichansportsplex. com and express a willingness to donate $100. “Then we will schedule them in when the torch starts making its rounds. That’s $100 well spent. It’s fun and brings the community together. The torch will be leaving from Scotiabank on Nov. 13. They are the presenting sponsor of this event and will match up to $5,000 of the money we raise. Also, to encourage people to become torchbearers, Cowichan Golf & Country Club has given us five rounds of golf for two, plus a cart. All the torchbearers will be put in a draw and one of them will win these 10 rounds of golf. That’s a great prize and there’s a good chance to win it, too.”

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MUSINGS of a Magpie Mind (Bits and pieces of history, travel and trivia, collected over the years by Bill Greenwell)

“Wilful wallaby wanders the Big Apple!” Pets and their people.......from bouncy to bizarre: conclusion Where we left off: But we were never confronted by anything spectacular, nothing like that energetic New York kangaroo whose adventure prompted me to start looking for info on strange pets. What I found is worth retelling. how biz people seemed most likely to favour the unusual, so that’s where I searched first. And it soon became apparent that nobody had been a match for Michael Jackson in his zeal to collect bizarre animals. Owning a private menagerie on his Neverland 2,700 acre spread became a priority for him. He visited friends, attended rehearsals and entertained audiences around the world, accompanied by some of his favourite pets, on stage and off. Quincy Jones, who is a legend in the music industry as trumpet player, arranger and general all-round nice guy, took exception when one day Jackson arrived at their recording session wrapped in Muscles, his enormous live boa constrictor. The snake actually took a nip out of Quincy’s little daughter who was in the studio at the time. That incident really soured the relationship between the two entertainers from then on. Jackson also spent many happy hours with his eighteen foot white python, but his favourite pet was Bubbles the chimp, which travelled with

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him everywhere and slept in the same bed regularly. This little character, as you can imagine, created lots of work for housemaids and hotel cleaning staff around the world, but as its owner was a big tipper, compensation was always liberal. There were even rumours that the chimp was offered book and movie deals after his master’s death in 2009! Yes, it’s all there in the MJ biog, page after whacky page. And the urge to please Michael in his high flying days prompted many admirers to present him with more bizarre live gifts, including a five ton Indian elephant that arrived in 1991. Her name was Gypsy. She was a thank you present from Elizabeth Taylor to her dear friend for hosting the last in her string of eight marriage ceremonies. On that day the bridal party and 160 very special guests at the ranch were guarded by a hundred security agents on the ground and a flight of helicopters above. But that didn’t faze one of the intrepid paparazzi. He jumped into the fray by parachute! So for me, linking celebrities with their pets was fun, but it was also illuminating. Who would have thought that George Clooney would be so devastated when Max, his 300lb pet pot-bellied pig died in ’06? Mind you, he and his hog had been together for 18 years. Leonardo diCaprio, who like me has a soft spot for terrapins, paid the princely sum of $400 for a colourful tortoise five years ago, and it will probably outlive him and all his Hollywood contemporaries. Most of them

would probably prefer a less silent pet. Reese Witherspoon for instance has two noisy ones, and they cavort around her paddock. Honky and Tonky hee-haw their way through their days and occasionally their nights, much to the chagrin of her complaining neighbours, who don’t share her love of donkeys. Back in the Thirties the legendary Josephine Baker was the talk of Paris and kept her French fans in thrall off stage as well as on, by mincing down the Champs-Elysee with a large leopard on a jeweled chain. Her chauffeur always opened the rear door of the white Rolls Royce first on one side for the big cat to leap in, then on the other for Josephine to gracefully enter. The crowds in the sidewalk cafes were always impressed by this well-rehearsed performance. And of course during our various armed conflicts, the company of pets did much to raise the moral of soldiers, sailors and airman on both sides. I wrote a column a while back on the role played in the First World War by the Canadian bear cub Winnie, who became so popular through the writings of A.A. Milne, long after hostilities ended. But nothing quite matches the exploits of a tough little moggy which used up three of his nine lives in surviving sea battles of the last war. Unsinkable Sam as he became known, was a favoured pet of a gun crew on the mighty German battleship Bismarck. She met her fate against the combined British fleet in frigid northern waters. Very few of her crew survived and the British destroyer Cossack picked

up most of the half-dead sailors who did. One of them had the cat tucked into his jacket. The destroyer crew made much of their new shipmate, but it wasn’t long before a U-boat torpedo sent Cossack to the bottom, with much loss of life. But Sam survived, was rescued and put ashore at Gibraltar. His reputation now earned him respect around the fleet and the crew of the legendary aircraft carrier Ark Royal won the right to invite him on board. Months later, the news that the carrier had been sunk sent shock waves through the navy and the nation. But guess who survived? Rescue boats found Sam clinging to a piece of debris and according to an officer’s report, he was “soaking wet, very angry, but quite unharmed!” By then the Royal Navy was taking no more chances with its famous feline mascot. Sam was

honourably discharged and presented to fellow matelotes at the Old Seaman’s Home in Belfast. He stayed there dry and much loved, and crossed the bar for old sailors in 1955. History is full of animals wild and tame that embellished the images of the high and mighty. The Romans in particular, the Assyrians, Egyptians and Persians sported everything from eagles to lions as confirmation of status. (Sadly, nowhere is a tortoise mentioned). And I mustn’t ignore pets in history and those today, which do tricks to entertain. For instance, in the first Queen Elizabeth’s time, she and her court were fascinated by the ability of a handsome horse trained to dance and prance to the music of the fife, and even keep count of numbers called out to him. See TRAINED HORSE, Page 13

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BIG SEWING JOB KNITS ARTIFICIAL TURF FOR FIELD “On the way down Sherman [Road] I noticed a gang of guys who looked like they were having a giant tug of war. They were staining to lift, pull and straighten a huge flap of turf that reached right across the field,” said Kathryn Swan. She stopped to get some photos of this, one of the final steps of installing the artificial turf at the Sherman Road field. Here, workers sew strips of the turf together. [KATHRYN SWAN PHOTO]

Trained horse had bishops claiming witchcraft The narrow-minded church bishops attending her Majesty inevitably took exception to these performances, and soon William Bates, the horse’s owner, was arraigned on charges of witchcraft. So was the horse. The ecclesiastics demanded death sentences. When the case came up before the Lord Chamberlain, Blake’s plea for mercy was unexpectedly reinforced, because his horse actually knelt before the Bench in supplication. That did the trick; the Tudor equivalent of “case dismissed” was the verdict, and the two performers were allowed to retire to a quiet life in the country, where they both enjoyed Bates’ considerable earnings. The history of pets and people seems inexhaustible, but the smiles that some of these relationships produce for us have occasionally

When the case came up before the Lord Chamberlain, Blake’s plea for mercy was unexpectedly reinforced, because his horse actually knelt before the Bench in supplication... the Tudor equivalent of “case dismissed” was the verdict.

ility for its behaviour really rests with us, seldom with the animal. And one last point. We owners usually have high regard and affection for our pets, but do we ever give a thought to what they think of us? On the wall just above me is some framed calligraphy which I enjoyed scribing many years ago. This is what it says: “If you need to know the character of a man, find out what his cat thinks about him!” Mine is stoically silent on that subject. I bet yours is too.

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turned to horror. We realize only too well that the wild creatures favoured by a few misguided owners can be a lethal menace, if let loose or when they manage to escape captivity. Even an untrained dog can wreak havoc and injury. Those incidences are reported so often that sanity should be our guide in choosing a pet, because responsib-

2016 Budget Meeting Schedule The Cowichan Valley Regional District is holding 2016 Budget meetings on the following dates and locations. These meetings are open to the public and you are invited to attend. November 13 November 16 November 19 November 23 November 24 November 25 November 26

Bill Greenwell prospered in the ad agency arena for 40 years in the U.K. and Canada. He retains a passion for medieval history, marine paintings and piscatorial pursuits. His wife Patricia indulges him in these interests, but being a seasoned writer from a similar background, she has always deplored his weakness for alliteration. This has sadly had no effect on his writing style, whatsoever.

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| Cowichan Valley Citizen ◆ TOGETHER WE ARE POSSIBILITY

Damir Wallener, 2015 Campaign cabinet chair for United Way Cowichan. [SUBMITTED]

Giving every child the chance to reach their full potential

learned about United Way during the first week of my first job out of college. I was young and extremely excited to be out in the grownup world, so I don’t remember many details. I do remember some nice people came to us during employee orientation and explained how a payroll contribution was a way of helping a lot of people, with one easy choice. And I do remember it seemed to make a lot of sense. Over the years, as I changed cities and jobs, the United Way was a constant, quiet presence. Where ever I was, there too was United Way. It was like a big comforting umbrella over whatever community I happened to be in. And I’ll be honest — in those days, I never really thought much past that. Then 11 years ago, our son entered our lives. It was clear early on that he was special. By the age of six, he was diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder. The formal diagnosis was in many ways a blessing. It allowed us room to breathe — to realize the issues we were dealing with weren’t because of terrible parenting, which is the conclusion many jump to when faced with an autistic child having a sensory meltdown in the grocery store. And it allowed us to get help. As resources became available to us, Sasha began

an afternoon program at the Clements Centre. At first, he couldn’t get through two hours without significant social malfunction. Slowly, with infinite patience from the angels who work at Clements, he improved. Three years later, he has graduated to full day attendance at a local independent school. As it turns out, the Clements Centre is one of the many local agencies supported by the United Way. So when I was asked to help with this year’s Cowichan United Way campaign, it was a way of coming full circle. My family — my precious boy — benefited from the generosity of those who gave before. And now it is my turn to be one of those “nice people”, asking for help for those who will come after us. United Way Cowichan has an ambitious goal to raise $250,000 this year. All the money raised stays in our community, helping nearly two dozen local agencies, who provide services to nearly one in three Cowichan Valley residents. Please help us help the community. It was our collective generosity that got my son the help he needed — let’s make sure every child is as fortunate. To make a donation to the 2015 campaign, please call the United Way office, 250-748-1312 or visit www.cowichanunitedway.com to donate online.

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This Christmas Craft Bazaar offers buyers a fair trade

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Goods from all over the world can be found at the Fiesta World Craft Bazaar scheduled for this Saturday. [CITIZEN FILE]

The Cowichan Valley Regional District (CVRD) is currently conducting a survey in the region’s Electoral Areas to collect feedback regarding the curbside collection program. A number of questions have been raised regarding the survey. Following are some of the more frequently asked questions and responses to those questions. 1. Why is the CVRD conducting the survey? In September 2015, CVRD Electoral Area Directors requested that CVRD Recycling and Waste Management staff collect feedback from residents in the Electoral Areas regarding the curbside program. This request was triggered by the following: • The most recent version of the CVRD’s Solid Waste Management Plan expires in 2016.This plan outlines short and long term strategies to manage waste in the region. As part of the planning and public consultation process,this survey along with multiple open house meetings will be completed to assess the gaps and ways to improve waste management in the CVRD. •The CVRD recently began receiving funding from Multi-Material BC (MMBC) to support the curbside recycling collection program.This funding could be applied towards providing additional curbside services. • The CVRD curbside collection program is not uniform across the region. While all Municipalities within the CVRD receive three-stream curbside collection (garbage, recycling, and organics), some Electoral Areas within the CVRD receive garbage and recycling collection while others receive only recycling collection. Private wastehauling companies offer curbside collection services to residents in some of the Electoral Areas, however, there are many residents within the CVRD who do not have access to curbside collection and must haul their garbage and organics to recycling facilities themselves.The survey provides residents in all CVRD ElectoralAreas with the opportunity to express their opinion regarding curbside collection services. •The 2015Waste Composition Study found that organic materials make up approximately 36% of the garbage from CVRD ElectoralAreas that receive garbage collection from the CVRD. This highlights the need for greater organics-diversion efforts in the region to move towards the goal of Zero Waste. 2. Is the survey a vote? No, the survey is not a vote. The results of the survey and feedback collected throughout the duration of the survey exercise (by email, phone calls and letters) will be used to gauge residents’ views regarding curbside collection services in the CVRD. This correspondence will be provided to the CVRD Board for consideration. 3. Who makes the final decision regarding changes to the curbside collection program? The CVRD Board will make the final decision regarding changes to the curbside collection program. 4. If one Electoral Area decides to make changes to the curbside collection program, will all Electoral Areas have to follow suit? No. Under CVRD Bylaw 1958, Electoral Areas can each have different curbside collection services if approved by the CVRD Board. 5. If services are added to the curbside collection program in my Electoral Area, will my taxes go up? No, the curbside collection program is funded by user fees, not property taxes. Residents who receive curbside collection services receive an annual utility bill which covers, the collection tote(s) and pick-up of materials. 6. If I did not receive the survey or if I am going to be away when the survey is distributed, can I still participate? Yes! We want to hear from all residents in all Electoral Areas. You may view the survey at cvrd.bc.ca and then let us know which service option you prefer by email (es@cvrd.bc.ca) or by phoning the CVRD Recycling Hotline (250-746-2540 or toll free 1-800-665-3955).

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7. If my Electoral Area adopts new curbside collection services, can my household opt out? No, under the proposed pricing model, if the Electoral Area that you live in adopts a new curbside collection service, all residents in the Electoral Area will receive the same services. This approach best protects quality of life by ensuring that waste is collected in a consistent, reliable, lawful, and safe manner. This approach also eliminates the need for staff to monitor each household’s garbage collection needs. However, the final service delivery model decision rests with the CVRD Board and the CVRD is continually assessing service delivery models. 8. Our household already uses a backyard composter. Why would we need curbside organics collection as well? Although backyard composting is often the best way to divert organic material from the landfill, the Regional District of Nanaimo Residential Food Waste Collection Pilot Project reflected that even in areas where there are high rates of backyard composting, both urban and rural households were able to significantly reduce their garbage by using a curbside organics tote. This is because residents are able to put a much wider range of items into their organics tote than can go into most backyard composters, for example dairy, fish, bones, grains, and food-soiled cardboard. 9. Do the additional service option prices include all expenses associated with curbside collection and will costs remain the same? Yes, the budget is fully costed and includes labour, fuel, truck operation and maintenance, government allocations, debt repayment, and disposal. The budget is funded solely through CVRD residents’ user fees. The CVRD launched a new curbside collection service model in 2013 in which all curbside collection program user fees were reduced. There has not been an increase in curbside collection user fees since 2013. Going forward, the curbside budget will face normal inflationary pressures but it is expected to remain stable long term. Details on these costs are available for viewing on the CVRD website under Curbside Budget 515. 10. Where is the survey being distributed? The survey is being distributed to households in all nine CVRD Electoral Areas. This includes 13,000 homes throughout North Oyster, Diamond, Saltair, Youbou, Meade Creek, Cowichan Lake South, Skutz Falls, Cowichan Station, Glenora, Sahtlam, Cowichan Bay, Cobble Hill, Shawnigan Lake, Mill Bay, and the Malahat.

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lack ice is a hazard here on Vancouver Island and the best defence is a good set of winter tires. They are designed to help hold the road better than M+S rated all season tires and it’s now time to find a set for my wife’s Honda CR-V. I’m fortunate to be able to afford what I want, so it was off to Honda for a set of steel wheels, Consumer Reports for the best tire choices and then the retailers for the best price. I thought that I had it all wrapped up until I remembered the Tire Pressure Monitoring System (TPMS). TPMS is important to help call tire inflation problems to my attention if they change before I find it with my tire gauge. Poor inflation can affect traction, the tendency to hydroplane, fuel economy and tire life. Let tire pressure fall too low and the tire can destroy itself or fail suddenly, resulting in a collision. I opened my web browser and searched on TPMS and winter tires. The results told me that I could buy a second set of modules and pay the dealer to have the vehicle’s computer reset every time I changed the tires and wheels as the car’s computer can only manage the four sensors that it has been told about. If your vehicle uses the anti-lock brake system (ABS) to sense tire pressure instead of a module in each wheel, this situation will not apply. You may change your tires and wheels and the system will continue to function without having to be adjusted. Check your owner’s manual or contact the dealership for more information if you are unsure of which system your vehicle uses. Some articles complained about traction control and vehicle stability systems being negatively affected if the TPMS modules were not present and functioning properly. This is not the case according to my Honda dealer. The worst thing that I will have to put up with is the tire pressure warning light shining brightly until I put the original wheels back on again. For now, since it is not mandatory to have a functional TPMS, I’ve decided to make sure that I check my tire inflation with a good gauge on a regular basis and let the inflation warning light shine. When I decide that I can’t live with it or the law changes, I’ll buy a set of sensors and a reset tool.

If you love to buy fair-trade items for Christmas gifts, the Fiesta World Craft Bazaar, on Saturday, Nov. 14 at the Eagles Hall in Duncan from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. will open a new world to you. This special event offers the creations of hundreds of artisans: unique quality crafts from many non-profit and ethical, fair-trade business vendors. “It’s just amazing, the groups that are coming,” said Duncan event spokesperson Sue Darlington. “We have every continent covered. There really is something for every pocket book, from hacky sacks to carpets! There will also be opportunities for you to buy an alternative gift or living gift,” she said, emphasizing the diversity of the event. The event also has another side: ethnic foods of many kinds, along with fair-trade coffee, tea and juices. Admission is $2 per person and the Eagles Hall is wheelchair accessible.

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Enjoy veteran performer Gerry Barnum at the Folk Guild’s November coffeehouse held at the Duncan United Church Saturday, Nov. 14. [SUBMITTED]

Gerry Barnum headlines Folk Guild Coffeehouse The Cowichan Folk Guild’s coffeehouse, scheduled for Saturday, Nov. 14 this month, features Gerry Barnum. A soulful and seasoned artist, Barnum’s songs range from tender to foot-stomping and both his guitar technique and harmonica playing are excellent. His career highlights include sharing the stage with some of the best in the business including Lyle Lovett, John Mayall and John Hammond. His instrumental skills have also seen Barnum tak-

ing part in many recording sessions with such names as Michelle Wright and kd lang and David Gogo. The coffeehouse is held at Duncan United Church, 246 Ingram St. in downtown Duncan. Doors open at 7 p.m. and an open stage starts at 7:30 p.m. with the headliner to follow. Admission is $10 or $5 for folk guild members. If you love these events, why not ask about CFG membership when you attend? It’s reasonably priced and offers discounts to many great shows.

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Charles Ross may just be traveling over the Malahat from his home in Victoria to bring his show to the Cowichan Performing Arts Centre on Sunday, Nov. 15 but he’s been everywhere, man. His One-Man Star Wars TM Trilogy has literally been seen around the globe. “I’ve been doing this show since 2001, thousands of times in 500 markets on four different continents. It’s a strange experience: to do the show for 14 years and still have it resonate with people,” he said. Star Wars seems newer than new now, which makes his Duncan show timely. “The funny thing about Star Wars, though, is that it’s never gone anywhere. It’s never stopped even as years pass. The first trilogy was made, and then the second set of films, now the new ones are made but people still love them. There’s not many things like that out there, except Lord of the Rings, or comic books or maybe Jane Austen, where you have all this raw material to reference back to.” Ross had bread and butter on his mind when he came up with the idea of the OneMan Star Wars TM show. “It was a way of combatting the continual situation of being unemployed, or looking for work, when you work in theatre,” he explained. “I studied theatre at Uvic back in the 90s and when I graduated I started to work in my vocation but I was having to travel across the country. I also tried to make something that was a bit more of my own.” Ross tried a couple of solo shows but felt a pull towards Star Wars. “I generally loved the films. Everybody has their favourite. I love the trilogy, of course, but I’d watched the first film especially because, at the time, it felt like it was my life. Luke Skywalker was a farm boy who wanted adventure and to escape his situation. I, too, was living on a farm and really was hoping there’d be light at the end of the tunnel.” He turned, at the times when TV reception failed on the farm, to watching Star Wars on video. Over and over. “I watched it to the point where I think brain damage was done!” he said. Flash forward to 2000 and there he was, trying out his impressions of the very first Star Wars film in front of about 60 people in a 25-minute presentation. It worked. “People were able to keep up with it. That surprised me. I completely underestimated the nerdy reach of Star Wars. Then, it went so well I realized it needed to be the trilogy. It became a one-hour show and still people kept up with it.” Next he took it to the Fringe Theatre Festival. “Then things just started to mutate. I began getting offers to do it in places that had nothing to do with the Fringe. I went to Chicago and Lucasfilm found out about it while I was doing it there. They didn’t kill me, which was great. They were interested. I sent them my materials and they were okay with it. I guess it’s because it’s a show that captures the spirit of being a kid.

Charles Ross becomes a nerdy eight-year-old boy as he leads the audience through the ‘Star Wars’ trilogy. [SUBMITTED] I’m using the skills I have developed and my own sense of humour but I’m being like an eight-year-old kid. It’s unabashedly nerdy and unbridled, as you would be when you you’re a kid. But it’s artful, too,” he said. The show really speaks for itself, Ross said. “I actually don’t do much in the way of setting things up. I come out on stage wearing a pair of black coveralls. They hide all the padding underneath because I throw myself around the stage. I start from the very beginning of the film.” (He makes the sounds of the famous theme.) “It’s me retelling the story, using lines and scenes from the films. I throw in jokes, of course, but it’s me doing a long-form homage to the original trilogy. Retelling a story that everybody already knows.” And because everyone knows, they fill in the blanks themselves. “My show is now licensed by Lucasfilm. I’m kind of like their walking, breathing action figure.” What is extra special for this Victoria boy is that he’s near home for this Island exclusive show. “It’s perfect. It’s nice to be able to go away to do the show but it’s also wonderful to be as close to home as possible.” He said he thinks his show reflects some of B.C.’s own special brand of humour. “I can’t say exactly what it is, but this is the show’s perspective, where it comes from. It’s irreverent, but in a light way,” Ross said. So, go online to cowichanpac.ca or call 250-748-7529 and get those tickets. They’re $28 for adults and $25 for students. And may the Force be with you.

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YOUNG MUSICIAN OF THE WEEK

Marlis Peterson sings the lead role in Alban Berg’s opera, ‘Lulu’, screening live at the Cowichan Performing Arts Centre on Saturday, Nov. 21 starting at 9:30 a.m. [SUBMITTED]

Opera ‘Lulu’ a tale of desire, murder LEXI BAINAS CITIZEN

Are you ready for a walk on the wild side? The Met: Live in HD has just the tale for you Saturday, Nov. 21. The lusty opera, Lulu, offers desire, seduction and murder most foul. Just like most operas, you say? Lulu, by 20th century composer Alban Berg, is notorious for providing a surfeit of these dramatic features. The heroine seduces, kills, winds up a prostitute and gets murdered by Jack the Ripper. It’s a case of: she who climbs the highest falls the furthest.

For this Met production, acclaimed artist and director William Kentridge (who also did The Nose) applies his unique theatrical vision to a unique woman. “It’s about Lulu, who goes through many lovers and several husbands and each time there’s impossibility. She can never fulfil all the desires of both being the femme fatale and the faithful quiet wife,” he says. Taking on the role of Lulu, soprano Marlis Peterson has excited audiences around the world with her portrayal of the tour-de-force title role. The drama unfolds in Vienna, Paris

and London. No time is specified but references and characters like Jack the Ripper suggest a late-19th-century setting. Berg’s score is a masterpiece of 12-tone music as well as a work of penetrating social commentary in the spirit of much of German theatre in the earlier part of the 20th century. Showtime is 9:30 a.m. at the Cowichan Performing Arts Centre. Tickets are $27 for adults, $25 for seniors and $22 for students. Get them in person at the Cowichan Ticket Centre, or by phone 250-748-7529 or online at cowichanpac.ca

Mary Paridaen Van Veen is in her second year of piano studies with Connie Masson. She also loves singing, and is currently a member of the Cowichan Valley Youth Choir.

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Friday Nov. 20, 2015 7:30 PM Tickets $40 / Seniors $38

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East Coast Week

ARTISTS AT WORK

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Barra MacNeils

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Friday, Nov. 13, 2015 7:30 PM

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Potter Cathi Jefferson, left, works with her apprentice, Sarah Leckie, in her light-filled studio during the Cowichan Valley Artisans studio tour Sunday, Nov. 8. [LEXI BAINAS/CITIZEN]

Shawnigan Players bring award winning script to life LEXI BAINAS CITIZEN

Ever wondered what you want from life? So do Jack and Jill. The subjects of the play, Jack and Jill, the latest offering by the Shawnigan Players, will help you find your way through the maze. With shows Nov. 25-28 and Dec. 3-5 at Queen Margaret’s School theatre, you’ve got lots of chances to find out, too. Jack and Jill is a Theatre Critics Association Award winner

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by playwright Jane Martin that dares to ask the question: “What the heck do humans want?” Marshmallow worlds don’t exist outside romantic songs so expect some sparring as you follow Jack and Jill through the years in an on-again, off-again, and warily-circling-each-other relationship of highs and lows and joys and frustrations. It’ll strike a chord in you somewhere, too. This is a fast-moving and hil-

ariously heartbreaking opus starring Laura Faulkner (last seen in Romeo and Juliet) and Matt Williams (most recently on stage in The Real Thing), and they take full advantage of these flawed, funny, and very human characters. Tickets are $15 each at Ten Old Books in Duncan, Mason’s in Shawnigan Lake, Butler Locksmithing in Lake Cowichan, or reserve them through email at Shawniganplayers@ gmail.com

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The Cowichan Valley Music Teachers’ Association is recognizing the following students for getting the highest marks in the area for theory exams during the last academic year. In Basic Rudiments: Clara Seinen; Intermediate Rudiments: Sarah Richards; Advanced Rudiments: Jizelle Balae and Sarah Kaufmann (tied); Keyboard Harmony 1: Holly Collis Handford; and History 1: Kara Labelle. The students will each receive a trophy. Their teachers are Christine Gillespie, Andrea Rodall, Trisha Daniell, Ann Mendenhall and Connie Masson.

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Cowichan Remembers Stories for this section were written by historian and columnist T.W. Paterson. For more from him, go to www.twpaterson.com Additional contributors: Jack Bridges, Kevin Rothbauer, and Barb Simpkins, Kaatza Museum. Photo: This grave at Mountainview Cemetery reminds us that many of our veterans are now gone. [KEVIN ROTHBAUER/CITIZEN]

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of the action — the illustrious, infamous Charge of the Light Brigade, where British cavalry charged the Russian guns at Balaclava in what has become known to history and to literature as the Valley of Death. Gallant, glamourous though it may have been, the charge against an entrenched enemy was suicidal to the point of insanity. Of the 630 cavalrymen who charged, 156 were killed or missing, 134 wounded, 14 taken prisoner. Dunn’s 11th Hussars, which formed the second line of attack, were hard-hit, too, with

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only 25 survivors. Several times Dunn led his men against those murderous guns, only, finally, withdrawing when their decimated ranks came under fresh fire from the right. That’s when Dunn saw Sgt. Robert Bentley, who’d suffered a lance cut in the neck and a bullet in the calf and whose horse had been severely wounded, being targeted as a straggler by three Russian Hussars. Demonstrating superb horsemanship, Dunn and his trusty steed pirouetted their way through the carnage of dead,

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goons) aka the Cherry Pickers. A born cavalryman, Dunn set a high standard for his men and became known as a strict disciplinarian. For all that, his men respected him — seldom the case in an army of rich, privileged and often egocentric officers who lorded it over the lower caste ranks. Dunn was in command of F Troop when his unit sailed for the Crimea to join in the English and French campaign attempting to thwart Russia’s incursion into Turkey. On Oct. 25, 1854, he was in the very thick

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wounded and terrified riderless horses to reach Bentley’s side and to kill — cut down, as his award citation put its — the three Russians with his custom-made sabre. Because Bentley’s maimed animal was unmanageable, Dunn leapt to the ground, helped the sergeant to mount his own horse then slapped it on its rump to send it running off toward the British lines and safety. This left Dunn afoot, and his attention was immediately drawn to another of his men, Pte. Harvey Levett who’d lost his horse and was being attacked by a Russian Hussar. Again, it was Dunn’s super-sized sabre to the rescue. Both men survived, Dunn to break down in tears when he learned of the devastation of his troop. His “gallantry in the face of the enemy” in going to the aid of Sgt. Bentley and Pte. Levett certainly qualified him for one of the 11 Victoria Crosses that were first awarded for the Crimean War. He was the only officer who participated in the Charge of the Light Brigade to be so honoured. In fact, his heroism on that ill-starred battlefield is believed to have been the inspiration for instituting the VC. His citation, which is almost unbelievably terse given the drama that precipitated it, reads:

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reat Britain’s fabled Victoria Cross has been that nation’s highest award for “gallantry in the face of the enemy” since its creation in 1856 by Queen Victoria following the Crimean War. A total of 1,353 VCs have been awarded over a century and a half, with 94 Canadians (including Duncan’s own Maj. Charles H. Hoey) receiving the honour. Navy pilot Hampton “Hammy” Gray (another British Columbian) was the last Canadian to receive the VC, in 1945; as was that of Hoey’s the previous year, his was awarded posthumously. Our first Canadian VC dates much farther back — all the way back to the Charge of the Light Brigade during the Crimean War. And therein lies the fascinating story of Lieut. Alexander Dunn. At six-feet-three, the blond, mustachioed cavalryman’s extended reach prompted him to commission a sabre several inches longer than that usually crafted by the famous sword firm, Wilkinson’s. As events proved, this was a sound investment. Described as having “cut a glamorous, romantic figure,” the York-born (Toronto-born) fifth son of the receiver general of Upper Canada attended Upper Canada College then Harrow School before, at the age of 19 in 1852, purchasing a commission (the practice of the day) in the 11th Hussars (Prince Albert’s Own Regiment of Light Dra-

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Grave’s location forgotten in abandoned cemetery until 1945 CANADA’S, From Page 21 “For having in the Light Cavalry Charge on the 25th of October, 1854, saved the life of Sergeant Bentley, 11th Hussars, by cutting down two or three Russian Hussars, who were attacking from the rear, and afterwards cutting down a Russian Hussar, who was attacking Private Levett, 11th Hussars.” Ironically, when Alexander Dunn suffered a fatal gunshot wound as commanding officer of the 33rd Regiment of Foot (later the Duke of Wellington’s Rgt.) at Senafe, Eritrea, 14 years later, it wasn’t in the line of duty, but from the accidental discharge of his own fowling piece. So ruled a board of inquiry which rejected rumours that he was murdered by a servant or that he’d committed suicide, and the celebrated hero of Balaclava was buried, alongside six other men of the 33rd Foot, in isolated Senafe Cemetery near the disputed Eritrean-Ethiopian border. His final resting place was forgotten and remained a mystery until 1945 when a British soldier on border patrol with the Eritrean Mounted Police noticed an abandoned cemetery. One grave, marked with a large rock on a grassy slope, caught

An example of a Victoria Cross. [WIKIPEDIA PHOTO] his eye. Incredibly, this grave had been cared for by Italian soldiers during their occupation of Eritrea during the Second World War; as a courtesy, no doubt, to its heroic occupant. Twenty-nine years passed before the British Trade Commission could investigate, an attempt at resto-

ration having had to be suspended for almost another decade because of military activity in the region. Dunn’s grave now receives bi-annual maintenance. Although a policy was established during the First World War not to repatriate Canadian war casualties, in 2004, the 150th

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medals which had been sold at auction in 1894. So great was national resentment that the minister of militia authorized Canada’s high commissioner in London to buy them from their new owner. They were returned to Canada in time to be displayed at the Quebec Exhibition. Today, Dunn’s VC is owned by Upper Canada College where he took his early studies and is on loan to the Canadian War Museum, Ottawa. In addition, an article in the Legion Magazine tells, “...A plaque erected in 1966 by the Archaeological and Historical Board stands at the northwest corner of Clarence Square, near the foot of Spadina Avenue, south of King Street in Toronto where Dunn spent his youth. It is headed, ‘Canada’s First Victoria Cross.’” In 2008 the Canadian Government instituted a look-alike Canadian version of the VC, the Canadian Victoria Cross. It, too, is of bronze suspended from a crimson ribbon and bears a lion and crown insignia, with the addition of a fleur-de-lis and “For Valour” in English rather than in Latin as is the case of the British original. With the instituting of the Canadian Victoria Cross the Canadian system of military honours is entirely our own.

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anniversary of his winning the VC, Toronto accountant Brian Patterson started a campaign to bring Dunn’s bones home to a Toronto cemetery. “The plan is complete,” he told the media. “We think the process will cost about $100,000 to have the body exhumed and returned. And we’ve had great cooperation so far from the Eritrean government.” Said Arthur Bishop, son of First World War Canadian flying ace Billy Bishop, and author of a book about the VC: “Our first Victoria Cross has lain too long in a foreign soil to which neither he, nor we, have any real significant attachment. He belongs at home.” In 2009, 141 years after his death, a Canadian detachment of troops serving with the UN in Eritrea undertook to refurbish Dunn’s burial plot and those of the other 33rd Foot soldiers who’d died far from home in the line of duty. Unfortunately, just a year later, Dunn’s grave was said to have been “scavenged” (despite, it seems, those regular attempts at maintenance). Raged Patterson: “It’s [the cemetery] in the middle of nowhere, in an area that’s been fought over two or three times.” Dunn had inadvertently sparked a previous public campaign, this one to reclaim his

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his fascinating tribute to the “Poet of the Pats” appeared in the Times-Colonist, Feb. 3, 2015 Scoutmaster, poet, sharpshooter, Frank Smith Brown went to war at the outset with the first Canadian contingent shipped overseas in 1914. He was a charter member of the newly-formed Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry, entering with the rank of sergeant from the militia. What we know about the sergeant today has been presented by the editor of a London literary magazine, T.P.’s Weekly, whose preface to a book of Frank’s soldierly poetry provides the only glimpse we have of this young man’s life and death. Brown met the editor through letters sent by the 22-year-old soldier who was convalescing at the time from a bout of flu in hospital in the Salisbury Plain. Due to his illness, he missed joining his unit as it proceeded to France just before Christmas, 1914. According to the editor, Holbrook Jackson, Brown called at the publication’s Covent Garden office in early January “with a packet of poems under

The name of Frank Smith Brown, the ‘Poet of the Pats’, is memorialized here in the First World War Book of Remembrance in the Peace Tower in Ottawa. [GOVERNMENT OF CANADA PHOTO] his arm”. They met on three or four occasions and Jackson formed a strong impression of the “sturdy, keen-eyed, self-confident, but unassuming...son of Empire”. And he was quite impressed with his work. Jackson published Brown’s slim book of poems under the title Contingent Ditties and Other Soldier Songs of the Great War, later that year. Because he had yet to taste trench life, Frank wrote of the army life he knew. His poetry reflected the spirit of an earlier

imperial age, more of Kipling than of Owen and Brooke. The sergeant was no jingoist but he had a patriotic spirit shared by the early recruits. It might seem quaint today to find Canadian-born soldiers of that time refer to themselves as British and unabashedly state they were fighting for the Empire. Jackson said Brown’s two immediate wishes were to get to the front with his comrades and to have his poems published. “Both wishes have now been gratified,” wrote Jackson, but

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ineau, Sgt. Brown “was an expert shot, and he showed at once the most commendable enthusiasm in his work. Indeed, it was this which caused his death. During his first day he fired nearly 80 rounds at the enemy, probably as much as the rest of the Company put together, and undoubtedly attracted the attention of the German sharpshooters to himself. “About 3:30 that same afternoon, he was struck in the head and died instantly and without pain. That evening we reverently buried him behind the firing line...with his feet to a large tree and his head to the enemy. A wooden cross was erected to his memory. Either myself or Corporal Smithers of my Company could direct you to the exact spot.” But that spot was plowed over countless times as the tide of battle passed back and forth in the Ypres Salient and Brown’s remains were never found. The name of the “Poet of the Pats” remains on memorials such as Belgium’s Menen Gate, the Almonte town cenotaph, and in the Book of Remembrances that resides high in Ottawa’s Peace Tower. The book of poems is in my possession (I am David A. Brown of Victoria) but its contents can be accessed from the University of Toronto website.

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files, burial registrar docuranks of the tens of thousands ments, war diaries, maps and of Canada’s servicemen with regimental histories “to create no known graves. an historical profile of the That ended in June 2014 unknown person”. when a Dutch souvenir huntDocumentation rarely is er exploring with his metal enough, unfortunately, which detector turned up human is where science lends a hand. remains on the southern Biological anthropologists bank of the river Maas near Sprang-Capelle and reported study the remains to determine his discovery to the Recovery the deceased’s age and height, and Identification Unit of the their overall state of health Royal Netherlands Army. With and the approximate time decades of experience in dealand cause of death. Dentists ing with exhumed war dead, trained in forensic odontolthey went to work and found ogy take it a step further by several clues to the skeleton’s studying the teeth; this step identity, among them a Canoften proves to be “the primary adian Volunteer Service Medal, identifier allowing a designated a ribbon for a second medal, authority to render a positive the 1939-1943 Star, a silver sigidentification”. net ring embossed in gold with Because the Dutch Recovthe letter “G,” and eight 9mm ery Unit has previously dealt cartridges. with the remains of Canadian Informed of the find, Canservicemen, particularly from ada’s Directorate of History the last war, they had on file and Heritage which is “responthe medical and dental records sible for using historical and not just of Pte. Laubenstein but scientific methods” to deterthose of five of his comrades of mine the identities of Canadian the Lincolns who’d also gone war casualties as they are missing and couldn’t be found found on former battlegrounds after the shooting ceased. around the world, began by checking military personnel See EACH AND EVERY, Page 25

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‘Each and every man buried...had a personality, a character’ (Only in his case, it appears, was the body initially recovered and buried on-site but the location of the grave was lost.) The Royal Canadian Dental Corps confirmed the Dutch identification of Pte. Laubenstein of whom records showed that he’d had “extensive dental work, including the use of distinctive gold inlays”. This combined use of dental records, historical context and artifacts “helped to reach an unmistakable confirmation” of Pte. Laubenstein who was just three months short of his 30th birthday when he was killed. Born in Saskatoon, Sask., the hockey, football and soccer player left school in Grade 8 then left the family farm to work as a farm labourer before enlisting in the Royal Canadian Artillery in 1940 and serving in Canada before being posted overseas in November 1941. After joining an anti-aircraft artillery unit he again was transferred, in October 1944, to the Infantry Corps. Apparently rebellious, he was sentenced to 21 days without pay for being insolent to a corporal, and, in May 1943, he was court-martialled for selling cigarettes for which he argued in his own defence that his customers

had been civilians not fellow soldiers. As part of his punishment, it would seem, he was kept in the Infantry despite his training as an artilleryman and his openly expressed resentment. Nevertheless, he was assigned to the Rocky Mountain Rangers. As noted, the would-be sheet metal worker was serving with the Lincoln and Welland Rgt. when he was killed during the five-day-long assault on Kapelsche Veer Island. (This personal slant on Pte. Laubenstein was uncovered by Heather Whiteside, a University of Waterloo history student who was selected to participate in the Canadian Battlefields Foundation academic study tour of Europe last May. “His story, at least for me,” she explained, “really emphasized the fact that each and every man buried in the cemeteries we’ve been visiting had a personality, a character, and in many cases, plans for how they wanted to spend their time...back at home after the war.”) As it happened, five of his comrades were missing. The remains of three of those lost soldiers were found by the Dutch Recovery Unit between 1999 and 2002. Ptes. George Barritt, Charles Beaudry and Victor Howey were buried with full military honours at Ber-

gen-Op Zoom Canadian War Cemetery in Noord-Brabant, the Netherlands. With the finding of Pte. Laubenstein, that leaves Ptes. Stanley Stokes and Lorne Watchorn of the Lincolns still unaccounted for — just two of the nearly 28,000 members of Canada’s army, navy and air force who died in the First, Second and Korean wars who have yet to be identified and buried in a known grave! In May, Pte. Albert Laubenstein belatedly joined 968 of his fellow countrymen in the Bergen-Op-Zoom Canadian War Cemetery, about 70 km from where he died. In attendance were his nephew, Glen Laubenstein of Victoria and grandniece Sarah Penton of Winnipeg, along with representatives of the Canadian Armed Forces and the Canadian Government. His funeral coincided with the commemorative celebrations of the 70th anniversary of the liberation of the Netherlands. His deceased mother never had the closure that comes with an official burial, not even the photograph that she’d requested of the army of his grave in 1945. For one more week the Canadian War Museum will continue to highlight the Laubenstein story in a six-month-long exhibit entitled A Century of Canadian Military Dentistry.

Pte. Laubenstein, right, died during the assault on Kapelsche Veer Island. He and a number of his comrades for years had no known grave. [SUBMITTED]

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for canning sugar rations and would check local stores for inflationary prices and union label goods. The women lobbied Ottawa to extend rationing to all essential foodstuffs. They also conducted a campaign to extend the vote to all soldiers, regardless of race or birthplace. At the beginning of the war a group of patriotic and energetic women wanted to do knitting as their part in the war effort but were discouraged from forming a Red Cross branch. Eventually, in March 1940, they were registered under the War Charities Act as the Lake Cowichan Knitting Club. There were 42 members and they met once a week to make quantities of knitted articles. They held rummage sales, accepted donations and held bridge parties. They gave money to the Air Supremacy Fund, the Lord Mayor’s Fund and sent blankets to the Red Cross. They sold chocolate bars and lemonade at the roller skating rink every Friday.

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matched [them] dollar for dollar. The committee at large contributed also. By Aug. 22, a plane was sent to the #8 Elementary Flying School in Vancouver. There was to have been a flyover on Nov. 11, but there were engine problems with the plane. The IWA Women’s Auxiliary, who were very involved in the war effort, decided that more could be accomplished by coordinating all the various groups in town. They called it the United Organizations. Two delegates represented each group. Mr. Saywell was the first chairman and Edna Brown was the secretary. They held bi-weekly dances — 30 cents admission. They also began Labour Day Sports, which evolved into Lake Days. The Auxiliary women sent magazines, cigarettes, Christmas presents, cards and letters to local men and women in the services. They canvassed for war bonds, stamps and the Red Cross. They fought to improve the operation of the Wartime Prices and Trade Board Organization. They held an Island-wide campaign

For this illuminating look at the Home Front we’re indebted to Barb Simpkins, curator, Kaatza Station Museum, who presented it in a talk in November 2006. owichan Lake during the war years wasn’t much different from any other small community on the west coast. There was rationing, blackouts, fundraising, knitting and everyone pulling together for the war effort. There were some remarkable differences, however. We raised $8,000 (over $115,000 at the current exchange rate) for an airplane — not every community did that. Youbou and Lake Cowichan wanted to raise funds to purchase a training plane for the Air Supremacy Drive. Over 300 people showed up for the first meeting in June of 1944 at the Youbou Hall. A committee was formed, headed by Dr. Beevor-Potts and Col. Boyd. By July 11, $5,000 had been raised and a week later they were just $200 short of their goal. All Industrial Timber Mill employees were asked to give up one day’s pay and the company

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The original comes from The UBO Bulletin and this article was published in April 1947. The magazine/newsletter was published by BC Forest Products. [CAM CHOUINARD PHOTO]

Rationing was a fact of wartime life LADY, From Page 26 At Christmas they made up parcels of food and knitted comforts for the Cowichan Lake boys in the service. They knitted socks, turtleneck and sleeveless sweaters, mufflers, caps, mittens and 407 quilts. They sent 25 cartons of clothing for bombed-out victims and adopted a prisoner-of-war. By June 1946 it was requested that they wind up their activities and they shortly formed a local branch of the IODE. The ration book contained coupons of various colours to be exchanged for different com-

modities — tea, coffee, meat, butter, sugar and jam. Trading coupons was illegal, but it was frequently done. Certain items disappeared from the shelves. Bananas — you could buy banana flakes — candy bars and chocolate were rare and expensive. There was also a shortage of milk, as it was too expensive to ship from Duncan. Canned milk was used in its place. Gasoline was severely restricted — coupons were issued to all motorists. It was hard to find new tires. In 1941 the community was blacked-out at night — houses had heavy screens and thick

drapery or plywood for all windows. There were tightly fitting black-out covers for car and truck headlights. Citizens gave up aluminum pots and pans to make planes. Bacon fat and bones were used to provide glycerine for explosives. Rag and paper bag drives were held and children saved string and foil. In November 1945, a Victory Show was held at Youbou and, in March 1946, a welcome home banquet was held for 70 return[ed] vets. The music was by the Swingettes and the guest speaker was Maj.-Gen. George Pearkes.

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ISLANDERS SALUTE VETERANS

The Kerry Park Islanders welcome an Honour Guard from the Malahat Legion for their game against Saanich on Nov. 7. [KEVIN ROTHBAUER/CITIZEN]

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n 1936 you could not buy a job. When a girl left school she either became a teacher or a nurse or did house work. The army paid one dollar a day and the militia paid one dollar per week. This was big money, so I went to the Perth

regiment. They needed bandsmen and I was able to join up. I was 13 years old, but they arranged to have me born six years earlier as they needed bodies. On Sept. 1, 1939 I was sleeping in bed when my brother ran into my room and held up the local newspaper and there, in three inch letters, “Britain

declares war”. It’s hard to remember my feelings; I was scared, I was excited, I wondered what will happen. I went downstairs and had breakfast and then the phone rang: “Put on your uniform and get down to the armouries as fast as you can.” See BOYS, Page 29

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HOW IT BEGAN, From Page 28 I got into my uniform and ran about three blocks to the armouries and there on the road was C company with rifles and fixed bayonets. I ran into the building and grabbed my clarinet and headed back to the road to join the band. We marched down the street and put a guard on the telephone office, the hydro office and the water works, and spent the rest of the morning marching around town playing military music. At 2:30 p.m. our colonel received word from Ottawa to bring the regiment up to strength for active duty. He phoned Dr. Kenner and Dr. Forester and told them they would be needed to look after the medicals for the troops. Most of the boys that were in the militia joined up immediately, but some preferred the navy or air force. I took the test and Dr. Kenner, who was our family doctor, said, “I will pass you, Jack, but Dr. Forester will not, as you can’t see.” The boys came in from the schools, the farms and offices and within a month the regiment was up to strength. If you could type with one finger you were in the orderly room. If you could open a can, you were a cook. If you could ride a bicycle you were a dispatch rider. Eventually everyone found their place. Where do you put 700 boys, where do they sleep? It just happened that a furniture factory went out of busi-

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ness and this became their barracks. Straw was dumped and they made their mattresses and now the task started to toughen them up: march, march, march. And what a funny looking army, some with army pants and a fedora, some with civilian pants and an army jacket. Canada was not ready for war and they didn’t have the guns or the uniforms. They trained in a vacant field near the Avon River an eventually their uniforms and equipment arrived. One night a single file of soldiers was spotted going towards the train station. It was supposed to be a secret, but pretty soon one could see the mothers, girlfriends and kids following them and saying goodbye. The Perths went to Niagara for more training and then to Camp Borden. In 1941 they returned to Stratford and attended a church service and what a difference, they were now soldiers. They left for England 833 strong in October and this was the last time my sister and many girls would see their

husbands. In 1941 it was easier to pass the medical and I joined the Royal Canadian regiment. In 1943 I went to chemical warfare in Ottawa and then off to Petewawa camp where I joined the artillery. When I arrived in England I joined 664 Squadron air observation post and found myself with the 4th Canadian armoured division. On the night of May 4, 1945, 25 of us took one side of the Oldenberg airport in Germany. I was an artillery signaller and I was on the 19 set when the cease fire came through at 7:58 in the morning of May 5. About 10 minutes later divisional headquarters came on the air and asked the we find a vacant field and empty all guns. I sent one of our pilots up and we found a vacant field and we emptied the guns of two 25 lb field regiments and one medium regiment. My was was over and I opened up a bottle of wine we had taken from the Oldenberg winery. It wasn’t a good move as it cost me 10 days guard duty. I had joined the army as a private and after five years was still a private. It seems I celebrated too many statutory holidays that the army didn’t know about. I joined the army with a nickel and came out with a nickel. I had spent 95 per cent of my money on wine, women and song and the other five per cent I wasted. I consider my time in the army as an interesting experience and after five years never got a scratch. I would do it all again.

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CNR engine 6004 (shown in 1943) drew the Continental and was destroyed in the wreck. The Korean War era rail tragedy claimed the lives of soldiers before they even left Canada for the battlefields and embroiled a future Canadian prime minister in a court battle that would help to define his career and would forever change rail regulations. [WIKIPEDIA PHOTO]

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o railway history buffs British Columbia’s worst railway disaster is known as the Canoe River train wreck; to lawyers studying Canadian legal precedent, it’s the Canoe River case. Neither sobriquet even hints of the fact that it was the Korean War, then raging, that precipitated this tragedy... November 1950. For the third time in less than half a century, Canada was at war, this time in Korea. This time, it was different only in that it was called a police action; but all the inevitable horrors of human conflict were at full play and all the resources of the Canadian

government were called upon to meet our commitments to the UN. Caught almost flat-footed in peacetime with only a rump of a professional army left from the Second World War, just five years earlier, a call was put out for volunteers. Thousands responded and began training at Camp Shilo, Manitoba, Wainwright, Alberta, and Fort Lewis, Wash. Nov. 21, 1950, 23 officers and 315 men of the 2nd Regiment of the Royal Canadian Horse Artillery were heading from the Prairies to the coast to embark for Korea, all packed into 17-car west-bound Passenger Extra 3538. At mid-morning,

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having crossed into British Columbia on the CNR transcontinental mainline, it approached Canoe River, near Valemount in the Rockies and began to ascend a long, winding curve — as, from the opposite direction, the 11-car Vancouver-Montreal Continental Limited entered the same loop, on a downward grade. As fate would have it, this 180-mile-long stretch of mountainous track was the only part of the CNR mainline in that region not protected by automatic block signals. From a nearby embankment, a forestry worker saw the impending collision and tried to warn the Continental by frantically waving, only to get a friendly wave in return. There was no further warning, no chance even to begin to brake before the locomotives met head-on, killing both engineers and firemen in a screaming meshing of opposing steel and sparks, splintering wood and, worst of all, escaping steam. The locomotive of the troop train was lifted up and over its tender to come down atop the second car, crushing it. The effect on the other wooden passenger coaches was equally catastrophic. Positioned as they had been between heavier steel cars, the resulting effect was not unlike that of their suddenly being squeezed like a concertina. Some cars imploded, some were upended and pitched from the tracks in a screaming of grinding metal and wood and glass and scalding hot steam that seared then froze the flesh in the -18 C temperature. In just seconds, 17 of Canada’s Korean army contingent, one as young as 17,

most of them in their early 20s, were dead or dying (one made it as far as a hospital), 60 more injured. The final toll, besides the four trainmen, was 17 soldiers killed. Killed without ever having made it to Korea. Killed without ever having left Canadian soil. The cars at the head of the train had taken the greatest impact, their wreckage reaching as much as 50 feet high, and described by a survivor as not being recognizable “as anything but a jumble of twisted steel and splintered wood”. In the three hours that it took for a hospital train to arrive from Jasper, Dr. P.S. Kimmett who, with his wife, a nurse, was a passenger on the Continental, took charge. Those of both trains who weren’t injured overcame their initial shock to do what they could in six-inch-deep snow to help those who were hurt but alive with little in the way of medical aids. Injuries of those aboard the express were minor but not so those of the soldiers. Making the sense of horror all the more excruciating were the cries of the injured and the fact that some of the victims had been dismembered and their body parts, some still in uniform, were scattered about — as they discovered when they tried to extricate what they thought to be a victim, or a whole body, from the carnage. Four of those killed were never found, likely consumed in a fiery explosion that occurred the next day. How could it happen? See FUTURE PM, Page 31

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Future PM takes the case CANOE RIVER, From Page 30 How could two CNR trains have been on the same track at the same time? Who was responsible? Obviously, somebody had to be responsible. Somebody had screwed up and killed 21 men! That somebody had to be punished. Not surprisingly in a bureaucracy such as Canada’s national railway, that someone was at the bottom of the hierarchy: the telegraph dispatcher who’d taken but failed to relay correctly the Kamloops dispatcher’s order that the troop train pull onto a siding. That dispatcher was 22-year-old Alfred John Atherton and his trial for manslaughter began in Prince George six months after the tragedy. The Crown based its case on the fact that Atherton, having been alerted to the eastbound express, was to have relayed the order that the troop train pull over at Cedarside until the track was clear. But he hadn’t done so, according to the eastbound’s conductor. Missing from Atherton’s telegraphic dispatch were the crucial words, “at Cedarside”. So the westbound troop train had carried on westward towards disaster. Enter no less a personage than John Diefenbaker, future Conservative prime minister, then an MP and a practising criminal lawyer. Initially, he declined Atherton’s father, who lived in his constituency and wished to have him serve as his son’s defence counsel. But Diefenbaker was tied up with Parliament, his wife Edna was seriously ill and he wasn’t a member of the British Columbia Bar. As is so often the case, there’s a fascinating story within a story as to how he did become Atherton’s counsel. Years later, he explained the circumstances (with several discrepancies) in his memoir, One Canada. He was in Australia, he wrote, attending a Commonwealth parliamentary meeting when the train wreck occurred, which he read about in the press, and an Australian colleague had suggested that it would make for “a likely case” for him. To which Diefenbaker had replied that he wasn’t qualified to practise law in B.C., thus he was unqualified to become involved. And his thoughts returned to the prospect of rejoining his wife Edna for several days in Hawaii on the way back to Canada. Instead, he received a cable informing him that she’d meet him in Vancouver. There, a second cable awaited him, this one from a doctor that Edna was in a Saskatoon hospital, dangerously ill (with leukemia). She was, in fact, near death by

the time he reached her side. Nevertheless, her thoughts weren’t for herself but for the young railway telegrapher who’d been charged with manslaughter after a calamitous train wreck in British Columbia. She believed that the higher-ups in the CNR were passing the buck for any responsibility and scapegoating young John Atherton. The real issue, as she and many others saw it, was not the so-called incomplete telegram but the fact that those old wooden passenger coaches in which the soldiers were riding had been sandwiched between heavier, stronger coaches of steel, which proved to be a major factor in the resulting human carnage. Couldn’t he, a crack criminal lawyer, help Atherton? Diefenbaker agreed with her but pointed out that joining the Bar in B.C. cost a hefty $1,500. To which she replied that she’d already given her word that he’d take up Atherton’s defence. As it happened, Edna Diefenaker didn’t live to see how the trial unravelled. Diefenbaker’s interviews of Atherton weren’t promising: “Everyone’s hand seemed to be against him.” The CNR, he believed, was railroading its hapless telegrapher. As he put it so colourfully in his memoir, “Atherton had only one passport and that was marked ‘prison.’” He contacted the B.C. Law Society and paid his fee, to learn that he had to pass an “intensive examination” of provincial statutes; if he failed, there’d be a waiting period before he could try again. He needn’t have worried: the examination was almost farcical, challenging at best to a first-year law student — “or even one who wasn’t” — and he was sworn in as a barrister legally licensed to practise in B.C. In Prince George for the preliminary hearing, which was well attended because of the public interest, Diefenbaker found himself up against the deputy attorney-general, Col. Eric Pepler. When Atherton was committed for trial at the Spring Assizes, Diefenbaker arranged a continuation of his bail and began his preparations for the trial in May. He spent weeks studying “the inside and out” of transmissions of railway dispatch messages, a procedure which dated from 1908, until he “knew the rules better than anyone else”. Not only had they been loosely drawn but, in his mind, were so holed that “two teams of horses could have walked through them”. (They would be revised as a result of the wreck.)

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Things look dark for the accused FUTURE PM, From Page 31

The Canoe River cairn, erected to the memory of the 17 soldiers who died in the Canoe River train crash in Canoe River, south of Valemount, British Columbia. [WIKIPEDIA PHOTO]

Once in court, Col. Pepler asserted that Atherton’s failure to advise the westbound troop train to pull over at Cedarside was the sole cause of the crash. Atherton, the operator at Red Pass Junction, had handed the order he’d written down to the conductor of the troop train, and the Blue River operator had done the same for the Continental crew. Atherton assured Diefenbaker that he’d included those two vital words, “at Cedarside,” in his order. Tellingly, the Blue River operator was sure that he hadn’t, which explained why the express train thought it had the right-of-way and why the crew of the troop train expected to meet the express at Gosnell, 25 miles west of Cedarside. The collision occurred south of Valemount, less than a mile east of Canoe River station. By that time the single precedent that Diefenbaker had turned up for a previous broken telegraph message was the work of a seagull having dropped a fish on the snow-covered wires! It did help his case that the telegraph wires in the Valemount area had been freshly covered with snow the night before and that there’d been a communications gap several days before the wreck.

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as identified by his rank, one who’d served in the First World War, but his manner in court was that of some senior officers who were “superior” not just in rank but in attitude. The case involved 17 killed soldiers yet Pepler was in effect absolving the railway of any culpability by trying to lay the entire blame on young Atherton. Diefenbaker sensed that jurors could see this conflict of loyalties which Pepler was unconsciously reinforcing with his supercilious manner. It was during Pepler’s questioning of a senior CNR official that he struck. This witness admitted that the composition of the train, the placing of steel-framed wooden passenger cars between all-steel cars, had been his department’s doing. (This, despite a 1947 order by the Board of Transport that part-wooden passenger coaches not be placed between steel coaches. As with most regulation, however, there was a loophole: wooden cars with steel underframes didn’t qualify as “wooden cars”. Nevertheless, even the CNR had discontinued using them for regular passenger service, relegating them solely to the transporting of military personnel.)

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If human failure were involved, Diefenbaker contended, it was that of the Kamloops dispatcher for not noticing Atherton’s omission of “at Cedarside” in his repeat order. But Diefenbaker had an ace up his sleeve, one which he never revealed until after he’d retired from law practice. Whenever he had a jury trial, he’d place an agent, in this case an articling law student, in the courtroom to monitor the reactions of the public galleries. He believed their emotions, as revealed by facial expressions and comments, were likely to be those of the jurors who also were ordinary citizens not members of the legal fraternity. In this way he had a key to what he thought the jury to be thinking. He then let Pepler have the stage through the first morning, neither interjecting nor asking questions of the various witnesses. At lunch, his agent informed him that the spectators were mystified by, even indignant at Diefenbaker’s silence. He was supposed to be a top defence lawyer; why didn’t he say something, anything, on Atherton’s behalf? What he’d been doing was studying his opponent. Not only was Pepler a former army officer

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FRESH FACES AT LONGTIME TRADITION Air and Sea Cadets stand at attention during the ceremony to raise the Poppy Campaign flag at Duncan City Hall on Nov. 1. [KEVIN ROTHBAUER/CITIZEN]

‘Superior’ attitude of prosecutor turns the tide curve that obscured train crews’ view of the what lay ahead, and, within two years, ordered 302 new all-metal passenger cars. Too late for the 21 men who died in the Canoe River train wreck which ultimately proved to be beneficial to Diefenbaker’s legal and political career while going down in Canadian history as a tragic sidelight of the Korean War. Ironically, the RCHA suffered more casualties in this incident than in its first year of action in Korea. A memorial cairn and monument have been erected near the crash site as has a monument at CFB Shilo where a memorial parade is held each year. Because they were on active duty when killed, the names of the 17 servicemen who died at Canoe River are inscribed in the Korea Book of Remembrance, on the Wall of Remembrance in Brampton, Ont., and on the Korea Cairn in Winnipeg’s Brookside Cemetery. However, because they never made it to the Korean war zone, they have not been awarded posthumous Canadian Volunteer Service Medals — an injustice according to one of the survivors who has unsuccessfully campaigned to have the medals awarded. 7298232

For all the horrendous compounding of tragedy caused by those outdated coaches of wood having, literally, accordioned, the CNR manager said he had no qualms; it was Atherton’s fault with his incomplete message to the trainmen. Diefenbaker, sarcastically: “I suppose the reason you put those men in wooden cars with steel cars on either end was so that no matter what they might subsequently find in Korea, they’d also be able to say, ‘Well, we had worse than that in Canada.’” Everything “broke loose,” Diefenbaker recalled. Pepler sputtered, expressed shock: one didn’t say things like that in a B.C. courtroom! The judge was willing to let it pass if defence counsel meant it was a statement not a question. But Diefenbaker said he’d put it to the witness as a question. Both he and His Honour were interrupted by Pepler blurting out that he wanted to make it clear that the Crown wasn’t “concerned about the deaths of a few privates going to Korea”. “Oh, Colonel, you’re not concerned about the killing of a few privates?” snapped

Diefenbaker. It was pure drama on his part, of course, as he knew full well that Pepler had really meant that the Crown’s charge against Atherton dealt with the death of one of the firemen not the deaths of passengers. But the damage was done. That the Crown’s case had been scuttled by Pepler’s outburst was made abundantly clear when one of two jurors who were veterans of the First World War muttered a curse at the attorney-general. Diefenbaker called no witnesses, concentrating instead on cross-examination for the balance of the trial, and reciting the incident of the seagull who’d dropped a fish on the telegraph wires, while taking every opportunity, real and staged, to remind the jury of Pepler’s military career by addressing him as Colonel. In his hour-long charge to the jury Justice McFarlane pointed out that if they believed Atherton’s story that he’d relayed the troop train’s order as he’d received it, an acquittal was justified. In just 40 minutes jurors returned a verdict of not guilty The CNR installed block signals on the fatal stretch of track, realigned the blind

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Thank you for considering donations to: COWICHAN DISTRICT HOSPITAL FOUNDATION #4-466 Trans Canada Hwy Duncan, BC V9L 3R6 Phone: 250-701-0399 Website: www.cdhfoundation.ca Donations may be made via mail, over the phone or on our website. Donations are tax deductible & finance hospital equipment & patient care. Memorial donations are acknowledged with a letter to the family and loved ones are commemorated on our Memorial Board or Book in the hospital lobby.

June 7, 1926 – October 16, 2015

Linda Jensen It is with great sadness that the family of Linda Jensen shares the passing on October 31st, 2015, of their beloved wife, mother, grandmother, sister, aunt, cousin and friend. Linda maintained her happy, positive outlook on life throughout her two year journey with cancer. A beautiful angel has gone home to rest. Born in Drumheller, Alberta, Linda returned to her prairie roots for a few years, but spent most of her life on the BC coast. Linda worked in the forestry industry, the last 25 years as Human Resources Assistant at the Crofton mill. She leaves behind her devoted husband, Jim, and her loving, bereaved family, including her furry friends, Mitzi and Ziggy. A Celebration of Life will be held November 14th at 1:00 pm at the New Life Baptist Church at 1839 Tzouhalem Road, Duncan, BC. Online condolences may be made at www.hwwallacecbc.com

Hugh Angus Johnson

October 31, 1936 - November 6, 2015 Hugh Angus Johnson passed away in Duncan, BC with his family at his side November 6, 2015 after a brief illness. Hugh was born October 31, 1936 in Stettler, Alberta. He was predeceased by his parents Walter and Crystal (nee Viers) Johnson, sisters Violet Ferguson, Grace Webster, Dorothy Brennan, Mary Johnson and brothers Walter, George, Joe, Carl, Pat and Charlie. He is survived by four great-grandchildren, his daughter and son in law Cindy and Maurice Last and their children Rhowena (Caldwell), Rosalie (Schlosberg), Virginia and Willow, his son and daughter in law Randy and Patty, Randy’s son Christopher, his siblings Marion (Yates), Mabel (Langmo), Ike, Olive (Tafner) and Paul and many, many nieces and nephews. Hugh started life on a farm in the Halkirk region of Alberta and moved with his parents to Revelstoke, BC in 1945. A polio survivor, he left home for a working life on a farm in Alberta, but soon returned to BC for sawmill work in Salmon Arm where his children were born. Hugh moved to the lower mainland when his children were quite young, finally settling in and working as a carpenter in the Abbotsford, BC area for many years before retiring to Vernon, BC. He suffered a heart attack and a stroke in 2007 and moved to Duncan to be closer to his daughter in 2009. There will be a Funeral Service at 2:00 PM on Friday, November 13, 2015 at HW Wallace Cremation and Burial Centre, 5285 Polkey Road, Duncan, BC. Online condolences may be made at www.hwwallacecbc.com

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He is survived by his wife Joan Barber, his son-in-law and family John Vanderkooy of Barrie Ont., and his two sisters Lois Friesen of Victoria and Arvelle Slawson of Brandon. He is predeceased by his first wife Shirley, daughter Kathy, brothers Graeme and Murray. Russ was born in Brandon, MB, and grew up in Maryfield. He enlisted in the Royal Canadian Airforce in 1943 and proceeded overseas as an Air Gunner; he returned from England in the summer of 1945, was demobilized in September 1945 and attended University in Saskatoon. In May 1946 he returned to the RCAF as a Leading Aircraftsman and trained as a Radar Technician. In 1947 he re-mustered to Aircrew serving as a Radio Navigator for the duration of his military service. He retired in Duncan in 1979 after 36 years and then served in the Active Component of the Airforce Reserves for an additional 12 years. His first flying assignment after the war was with 414 Photo Squadron assigned to photographing the Arctic for the creation of the first detailed maps of northern Canada. He served in Training Command, Transport Command and Air Defense Command. He was promoted to Chief of Staff of Airforce Operations upon the reformation of Airforce Command and his final assignment was in Colorado Springs as Deputy Chief of Staff, Plans and Programs, North American Aerospace Defense Command. In retirement he was involved with the Canadian Cancer Society at all levels; Unit, District, Provincial and National. As an adherent of the local Presbyterian Church he became Director of the Agapeland Christian Nursery School. He was President of the Sponsoring Committee of 744 Air Cadet Squadron and he was a Charter Member of the Cowichan Valley Probus Club. He was an active participant in Provincial and Federal conservative affairs. A heartfelt thanks to the Staff at Cairnsmore. A Memorial service will be held at First Memorial, 375 Brae Road, Duncan on Saturday November 21st at 2:00 pm with reception to follow. In lieu of flowers, if wishing donations may be made to a charity of your choice. FIRST MEMORIAL FUNERAL SERVICES (250) 748-2134, Duncan, B.C. Condolences may be shared online at www.dignitymemorial.ca

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COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS COMING EVENTS Abbeyﬁeld Housing Society of Duncan

is holding their AGM Wed., Nov. 18 @ 6:30PM 5905 Indian Rd., Duncan

Refreshments served.

Looking for healthy choices? Vegetarian cooking classes on ... Thur, Nov 12 & 26/15 at 6:30 PM Cost: $10 per class

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PRODUCTS WORKSHOP Learn to make Beautiful products for yourself. No toxins! Sat., Nov. 14. 10am-12pm. Sweet Arts Studio, 131 Jubilee St., Duncan. RSVP: 250-748-7494. $15.00 (Gift Provided).

DEATHS

Rattan Atwal On November 7, 2015 Mrs. Rattan Atwal passed away peacefully at home with her family at her side. She is predeceased by her husband Hardial Singh Atwal and son Harjinder Atwal. She leaves behind five children, five grandchildren, two great grandchildren, four siblings and numerous nieces and nephews. She will always be remembered for the love she had for her family, friends and community. She will be missed by all. The family wishes to express their heartfelt thanks to Dr. J.K. Harris, Dr. R. Thompson, Dr. G. Blackburn, Dr. Tanya Clark-Young and Heidi Bovey. The family also thanks the Community Home Care Workers and Community Home Care Nursing – West Team, whom without you she would not have been able to remain in her home. A Funeral Service will be held on Sunday, November 15, 2015 at 11:30 AM at HW Wallace Cremation and Burial Centre, 5285 Polkey Road, Duncan, BC. In lieu of flowers please donate to a charity of your choice in Rattan’s name. Online condolences may be made at www.hwwallacecbc.com

Cowichan Valley Citizen COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS

COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS

COMING EVENTS

PERSONALS

AUTOMOTIVE

VIMY HALL AGM Thursday, November 26th 7:30 - 9:00pm 3968 Gibbins Rd.

ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS When you are sick and tired of being sick and tired. Call us. Cowichan Valley AA. Toll free 1-866-233-5255 (24-hours)

OUTBOARD MECHANIC WANTED- rigging experience an asset. Email resumes to: accounting@ campbellriverboatland.com or phone: 250-286-0752.

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BOOKKEEPER LADYSMITH MARITIME SOCIETY

is seeking a P/T bookkeeper and general office worker for 15 - 20 hours per week in the LMS office. Specific times are flexible. Applicant must be exp. in Simply Accounting including Payroll, A/Rec. A/Pay Bank Reconciliations, Month End Statements etc.

CANADA BENEFIT Group Do you or someone you know suffer from a disability? Get up to $40,000 from the Canadian Government. Toll-free 1-888511-2250 or www.canadabenefit.ca/free-assessment

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CRAFT FAIRS

3rd Annual

Fiesta

World Craft Bazaar Wor aar Over 20 local and global organizations and businesses selling fair trade products. Unique quality crafts, books, cards, calendars, posters, games, toys, clothing, jewellery & food! Tasty ethnic snacks!

Saturday, November 14 10:00 am to 4:00 pm Eagles Hall, Duncan On Boys Rd. just south of the Silver Bridge CHRISTMAS CORNER

CHRISTMAS CORNER

CHRISTMAS CHAOS

PARTS PERSON WANTEDmust have some experience in marine or motorcycle repair. Please send resumes to Box 305 c/o The Campbell River Mirror, #104 250 Dogwood Street, Campbell River, BC, V9W 2X9.

BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES 5 BED adult care nursing home for sale in Ladysmith. Will sell equipment or full business. Leased building, but can be bought. (250)668-4433. GET FREE vending machines can earn $100,000 + per year. All cash-locations provided. Protected Territories. Interest free financing. Full details call now 1-866-668-6629 website www.tcvend.com. HIP OR knee replacement? Arthritic Conditions/COPD? Restrictions in walking/dressing? Disability tax credit $2,000 tax credit $20,000 refund. Apply today for assistance: 1-844-453-5372.

CAREER OPPORTUNITIES MEDICAL TRANSCRIPTION! In-demand career! Employers have work-at-home positions available. Get online training you need from an employertrusted program. Visit: CareerStep.ca/MT or 1-855-7683362 to start training for your work-at-home career today!

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Millwrights Industrial Electricians

CALL AUDETTE: 250-715-7783 OFFICE SUPPORT CLERK

Westernâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s recent capital investment to secure the future of coastal sawmilling has resulted in a need for Millwrights & Industrial Electricians at our Ladysmith Sawmill.

OFFICE ASSISTANT NEEDED in Mill Bay 20 min from Duncan 20 hrs/week Email resume to:

EDUCATION/TRADE SCHOOLS FOODSAFE COURSES Level 1. Nov. 14th & Dec. 12th. $75/person. Location: Island Savings Centre. Register online: www.saferfood.ca or 250-746-4154

sispropane@gmail.com or call 1-888-721-2216

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MAINTENANCE WORKER

SHAWNIGAN LAKE COMMUNITY CENTRE (CASUAL, ON-CALL OPPORTUNITY) If you have experience performing cleaning routines and basic building maintenance and repairs and are familiar with safety routines and building mechanical systems, then this job may be of interest to you. The casual, on-call Maintenance Worker performs a variety of basic tasks related to the cleaning and maintenance operations of the Shawnigan Lake Community Centre recreation facility. Please visit our website for details including qualification requirements and application instructions.

36th Annual

November 12 - 15, 2015

Wednesday, November 11, 2015

EDUCATION/TRADE SCHOOLS

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JOURNALIST/PHOTOGRAPHER The Gazette, Lake Cowichan, BC

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Seafood store and restaurant for sale in Cowichan Bay; ideal retail opportunity. Present owner willing to train and supply, and will help finance. 5-year renewable lease. Asking $80,000 Inquire: 250-510-4950

BACH. SUITE - DUNCAN 1&2-br; balcony; F/S; heat & hot water; 1 bldg only; parking; pets considered. $550 - $850 per month AVAILABLE NOW CALL 250-748-7764

Mill Bay A-frame 2br/2ba, W/D, F/S. Pets okay. Avail Dec 1/16 $1,200/mos Call 250-746-0399

LARGE FUND Borrowers Wanted Start saving hundreds of dollars today! We can easily approve you by phone. 1st, 2nd or 3rd mortgage money is available right now. Rates start at Prime. Equity counts. We donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t rely on credit, age or income. Call Anytime 1-800-639-2274 or 604-430-1498. Apply online www.capitaldirect.ca

HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES CLEANING SERVICES FOR ALL your cleaning, cooking and laundry needs. Island Domestic has experienced housekeepers. We also do apartments, offices and one-time cleans. Serving Mill Bay to Ladysmith. Bonded, Insured, WCB, registered with DVA. 250-710-0864. www.islanddomestic services.ca

COMPUTER SERVICES ABLE COMPUTER REPAIR In-home service. Seniorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s discount. Nico 250-746-6167

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HOME RENOVATIONS. Deck work, carpentry, flooring, plumbing, eaves trough-cleaning & rubbish removal. Small moving jobs. Sr. Discount. Ian 250-743-6776.

Licensed #LEL0203619. Bonded. Commercial & Residential. New construction, renos, and maintenance. Call James: 250-710-4714 FLOOR REFINISHING/ INSTALLATIONS

FLOORING INSTALLATION Custom installations of solid and engineered hardwood, laminated floor, slate, tile, etc. and repairs. 250-710-5715

HAULING AND SALVAGE

COWICHAN Hauling & Moving

(250) 597-8335 HAULING/JUNK REMOVAL MOVING & DELIVERIES SMALL DEMOLITION JOBS

HOME IMPROVEMENTS FULL SERVICE Plumbing from Parker Dean. Fast, reliable, 24/7 service. Take $50 off your next job if you present this ad. Vancouver area. 1800-573-2928.

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Expanding or Renovating your home/bathroom/ kitchen/basement? Painting, Roofing & Finish Carpentry also available. No job too small. Free estimates.

Richard 250-732-1701

PLUMBING A SERVICE PLUMBER. Licence, Insured. Drains, HWT, Renoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, Repairs. Senior Discounts. After Hour Service. Call Coval Plumbing, 250709-5103.

MERCHANDISE FOR SALE

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EVERY SAT. FROM 9AM TIL 2PM. Girl Guide Hall: 321 Cairnsmore St. For info phone Gloria at 250-746-9678 or Dave at 250-746-3616

MISCELLANEOUS FOR SALE RESTLESS LEG Syndrome & leg cramps? Fast relief in one hour. Sleep at night. Proven for over 32 years. Website www.allcalm.com, Mon-Fri, 8-4 EST 1-800-765-8660.

REAL ESTATE SERVICES

Custom cut firewood CALL 250-710-1640 OR 250-710-1976

MUST VIEW Mountain View Terrace Estates 3420 Auchinachie Road ---------------------------1 bdrm & 2 bdrm freshly renovated bright & spacious, no pets please! Avail Now! Free heat & hot water. ---------------------------Resident managers on site CALL NOW 250-748-3321

OPERATIONAL BEEF Ranch with meat processing facility north of Kamloops BC for sale or joint venture, river frontage. Call 250-674-1514.

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DUNCAN- ROOM for rent on bus route. Heat, light, cable, incl. W/D available. $425/mo. Available now. Call Mike, 250748-8132 or (250)246-0334.

LOVELY 2 bdrm suites in seniors oriented building, Central Duncan. Heat incld. NS/NP. $800. Please call Resident Manager at 250-732-0342.

SAWMILLS FROM only $4,397 - make money & save money with your own bandmill - Cut lumber any dimension. In stock ready to ship. Free info & DVD: www.NorwoodSawmills.com/400OT 1-800-5666899 Ext:400OT.

BUSINESSES FOR SALE

M & M FIREWOOD

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CROFTON- 2 bdrm apt, $750. 5 appls. Refs reqâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d. 1 pet considered. N/S preferred. Avail Nov. 1st. Call 250-709-1379.

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FUEL/FIREWOOD

CHEMAINUS, 1Bdrm.next to Chemainus Village Square. New rug/paint, N/S, gr. fl. balcony, 1 sm. dog (with pet deposit). Avail. Dec. 1. Ref. req. $650/mo. 250-416-0616 or bluechemainus@hotmail.com.

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VALLEY Calendar Miscellaneous â&#x20AC;˘ Remembrance Day service, Charles Hoey Park, Wednesday, Nov. 11, 11 a.m. Info: 250-746-5013. â&#x20AC;˘ 8th Veteran Tour, Tea and Display, Nov. 11, St. Peter Quamichan Cemetery and hall, doors open 1:30 p.m., tour 2 p.m., display till 4 p.m. $5 admission, includes all three events. Take part in all three or just one or two. Funds to support new Cemetery Sign with maps. â&#x20AC;˘ Canadian Firearm Safety course (non-restricted and restricted) starting Friday, Nov. 13, Duncan. Registration and information: Mike 250748-0319 or canadianfirearmsafety@ shaw.ca â&#x20AC;˘ Duncan Fiesta World Craft Bazaar Saturday, Nov. 14, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Eagles Hall, 2165 Jacob St., Duncan. â&#x20AC;˘ Cowichan Intercultural Society presents basic automechanics and tips on how to buy a good used car with Ryan Gough, automechanics teacher at Cowichan Secondary. Nov. 19, 7-9 p.m. Info: 250-748-3112. â&#x20AC;˘ Labour of Love Bazaar and Tea, Saturday, Nov. 21, 11 a.m.-2 p.m., St. Johnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, Duncan, 486 Jubilee St. Handicrafts, baking and attic treasures. â&#x20AC;˘ St. Michael and All Angels Anglican Church Bazaar, Saturday, Nov. 28, 11 a.m.-1:30 p.m., 2858 Mill St., Chemainus. Full Christmas Tea available, baking, mincemeat, preserves, Christmas crafts, gift items and more. â&#x20AC;˘ Cobble Hill Christmas Variety Show, Sunday, Nov. 29, 6:30-8 p.m., Cobble Hill Community Hall. Entry is a donation to the Mill Bay food bank. â&#x20AC;˘ Mill Bay Christmas Variety Show, Sunday, Dec. 6, 6:30-8 p.m., Mill Bay Community League Hall. Entry is a donation to the Mill Bay food bank. â&#x20AC;˘ Love horses? Cowichan Therapeutic Riding Association needs dedicated volunteers in lots of different areas. Help our special needs riders to reach their goals in the ring. No experience necessary, training provided. Info: 250-746-1028, email info@ctra.ca, web-

site www.ctra.ca â&#x20AC;˘ Friendly Visitors wanted! Volunteer Cowichan program connects an isolated or lonely senior in the community with a Friendly Visitor. Interested? Call 250-748-2133.

Seniors â&#x20AC;˘ Chemainus Seniors Drop-in Centre Drop-in Centre pancake breakfast Saturday, Nov. 14, 9-11 a.m., $5. â&#x20AC;˘ Chemainus Seniors Drop-in Centre muffin mornings Wednesdays and Fridays 9:30-11 a.m. except Wednesday, Nov. 18. â&#x20AC;˘ Chemainus Seniors Drop-in Centre Drop-in Centre blood pressure clinic Wednesday, Nov. 18, 9:30-11 a.m. â&#x20AC;˘ Chemainus Seniors Drop-in Centre Drop-in Centre soup and sandwich Wednesday, Nov. 18, 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. â&#x20AC;˘ Chemainus Seniors Drop-in Centre Drop-in Centre annual general meeting, Thursday, Nov. 19, 10 a.m. Elections to take place. â&#x20AC;˘ Winter Nights Coffee House, 50 Plus Activity Centre, 55 Coronation St., Lake Cowichan, Nov. 21, 5:308:30 p.m. with the Goodtime Boys and the Four Cowichan Lake Tenors. Coffee, tea and snacks for sale. Admission $5. Info: 250-749-6121. â&#x20AC;˘ Chemainus Seniors Drop-in Centre Drop-in Centre pot luck birthday party, Saturday, Nov. 21, 5-8 p.m. â&#x20AC;˘ Lake Cowichanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 50 Plus Activity Centre hopping from Monday to Friday, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Home-made lunches 11 a.m.-1:15 p.m., Tuesday savoury pie day, Thursday sweet pie day, Friday dinner specials. Fall Bazaar Nov. 7, Christmas Banquet Dec. 5. Info: 250-749-6121. â&#x20AC;˘ Dance to music from the 50s and 60s at Valley Seniors Centre, 198 Government St., every Wednesday, 3-5 p.m., $5. Info: 250-746-4433.

Recreation â&#x20AC;˘ Cowichan Kayak and Canoe Club meetings second Tuesday each

month except July and August, 7:30 p.m., socializing time 7-7:30 p.m., Seniors Activity Centre, Duncan. Refreshments provided. Info: cowichankayakandcanoe.wordpress. com â&#x20AC;˘ Cowichan Intercultural Society presents Art Healing Series, Wednesdays, 2-3:30 p.m., Mill Bay Library. Meet to paint, draw, sketch and create art pieces. Info: Francoise francoise@ cis-iwc.org or 250-748-3112. â&#x20AC;˘ Duncan Badminton Club, Tuesdays and Thursdays, 8-10 p.m., October through March Multi-purpose Hall, Island Savings Centre. Recreational and competitive. All welcome. Info: 250-746-4380. â&#x20AC;˘ Youth rowing program, Cowichan Bay Maritime Centre, for ages 10-14. Get some rowing experience with summer staff Thursdays 4-6 p.m. and Saturdays 10 a.m.-noon. $10 dropin fee, call ahead to reserve a place: 250-746-4955. â&#x20AC;˘ All-ages chess club: all skill levels and ages welcome to play and learn chess in supportive, fun environment. Mondays 6-8 p.m., Duncan library gathering place or available tables. â&#x20AC;˘ Cowichan Fly Fishers meets 1st and 3rd Thursday of every month at the Air Cadet Hall, Gibbins Road. Doors open 7 p.m. Open to all ages and skill levels. Info: www.cowichan flyfishers.com â&#x20AC;˘ Interested in rocks? The Cowichan Valley Rockhounds meet the third Monday of each month, 7 p.m., Duncan Airport. Info: 250-743-3769.

Meetings â&#x20AC;˘ Cowichan Valley Garden Club annual general meeting Nov. 11, 7 p.m., St. Johnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Anglican Church, Jubilee St., Duncan. â&#x20AC;˘ The Mercury Players Society annual general meeting, 7:30 p.m., Monday, Nov. 16, at the Mercury Theatre, 331 Brae Rd., Duncan. Election of officers and membership renewal.

â&#x20AC;˘ Shawnigan Residents Association annual general meeting, Thursday, Nov. 19, 7:30 p.m., Hugh Wilkinson Theatre, Shawnigan Lake School. Election of officers, financial report, legal report. â&#x20AC;˘ Fall Sports Fishery Advisory Committee meeting Thursday, Nov. 19, 1 p.m., Valley Fish and Game Club. â&#x20AC;˘ Cowichan Historical Society meeting Nov. 19, 7:30 p.m., St. Peterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Church Hall, 5800 Church Rd., Duncan. Speaker: military historian Bill Hampson on the history of the Canadian Scottish Regiment and its 100th anniversary. â&#x20AC;˘ Vimy Hall Annual General Meeting, Thursday, Nov. 26, 7:30-9 p.m., 3968 Gibbins Rd. â&#x20AC;˘ Alpha at Duncan Christian Reformed Church, dinner and conversation, ask anything about life, faith and God, Thursdays, Sept. 24-Nov. 19, info: 250-748-2122 or crc.pastor@shaw cable.com â&#x20AC;˘ Cowichan Valley Prostate Cancer Support Group meetings held the last Thursday of each month from 2-4 p.m. Cancer Society office, 394 Duncan St. Info: Gord Thomas 250743-6960 or Brian King 250-748-5785. â&#x20AC;˘ Is food a problem for you? Overeaters Anonymous is here to help. Meetings Sunday morning, Thursday evening. For meeting times call 250-746-9366 or go to www.oa.org/ membersgroups/find-a-meeting/

Arts â&#x20AC;˘ Ladysmith Camera Club presents The Naturalist as Photographer with Ladysmith-based naturalist, author and photographer Bruce Whittington, Tuesday, Nov. 24, 7 p.m., Harwick Hall, High Street at 3rd Avenue. Non-members $5 drop-in fee. Info: www.LadysmithCameraClub.com â&#x20AC;˘ Cherry Point artists weekly painting sessions (September to June), Thursdays, 9:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. at Cowichan Exhibition fairgrounds. Experienced and beginners wel-

come. Info: Jack 250-746-4795 or Linda 250-597-1108. â&#x20AC;˘ Warmland Calligraphers meet on the second Tuesday of the month at 9 a.m.-noon, Mellor Hall, Cowichan Exhibition grounds. Info: warmlandcallig raphers@shaw. ca or http://members.shaw.ca/ warmlandcalligraphers.

Music â&#x20AC;˘ Country gospel artist Belly Chernoff presents a concert Nov. 7, 7 p.m., Lake Cowichan Baptist Church, and Nov. 8, 10:30 a.m., Lake Cowichan Fellowship Church. No cover charge. Info: Gary Dyck 250-745-3808. â&#x20AC;˘ Inviting female voices, teens to seniors, for The Rivernotes Choir, meets Mondays, 6-8 p.m., Lake Cowichan Senior Centre, 55 Coronation St. Info: Judith Quinlan 250-749-3728. â&#x20AC;˘ Like to sing? Join Medford Singers. Rehearsals Wednesdays, 6:45 p.m., Duncan United Church. Men welcome. Director Simon Leung. Info: Michele 250-748-0287. â&#x20AC;˘ Encore! Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Choir meets Monday evenings, Duncan. Seeking motivated women ages 18-plus who read music and enjoy singing repertoire that is challenging, yet fun! Info: Christine Dandy, 250-715-1568. â&#x20AC;˘ Cowichan Consort Orchestra rehearsal Mondays, 7:30 p.m. Sylvan United Church. Come play with us. All strings welcome. Info: 748-8982.

Dancing â&#x20AC;˘ Traditional Square Dances: come and dance with us to live music by Shady Grove Dance Band first Friday of every month. No experience or partner needed. Ages 12 and up, $5, at The Hub, Cowichan Station. Info: Peter 250-929-8226. Cowichan Ballroom Dance Club welcomes all fellow dancers to regular 6:30 p.m. Wednesday night practices at Valley Seniors Centre. Info: 250-597-1132.

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Three in a row: Islanders on a roll KEVIN ROTHBAUER CITIZEN

The Kerry Park Islanders got off to a flying start in November by winning their first three games of the month and climbing over the .500 mark. The Isles opened the month with road victories over the Westshore Wolves and Nanaimo Buccaneers last Wednesday and Thursday, then returned home on Saturday to defeat the Saanich Braves. The Isles got off to a hot start against Westshore as Zack Smith, Parker Ellis and Josiah Nadon scored the first three goals, and the opening period ended with Kerry Park leading 3-1. The Isles gave up a pair of goals in the second, but went back ahead early in the third on a goal by Ryan Paisley. A late powerplay goal by the Wolves knotted the game at 4-4, forcing overtime. Nothing was decided by the first four-on-four overtime session, but in the second overtime, playing three-on-three, Lynden Eddy sprang Smith on a breakaway and he buried his second of the game to give his team the victory. Chase Anderson got the start and made 30 saves on 34 shots over more than 65 minutes of action. “That game was the catalyst for the week,” Islanders owner Mark Osmond said. “We battled hard. I haven’t seen us play a first period like that, ever. We were all over them. I’m not sure if they weren’t

The Kerry Park Islanders celebrate captain David Bittner’s goal against the Saanich Braves last Saturday evening, part of a 5-2 Islanders win. [KEVIN ROTHBAUER/CITIZEN] ready to play or what.” The momentum from that game carried over to Thursday as the Isles headed north to Nanaimo. The Buccaneers were the top team in the north going into that game and had won three in a row, including a come-from-behind win over Kerry Park on Halloween night. The Isles found themselves trailing 2-1 after the first period, but battled back in the second

to make it 3-3, then scored two goals late in the third, including an empty-netter, to win. Eddy and Corey Peterson each had a goal and an assist, while Paisley, Smith and David Bittner also scored. Ty Rennie stopped 19 of 22 shots for the win. “It’s nice to see what our team can do when they all play at the same tempo,” Osmond said. Unfortunately, the Isles lost Keenan Eddy, their leading scorer

at the time, to a shoulder injury he suffered in the game against Nanaimo, putting a damper on the victory. Back home on Saturday, the Isles put a stop to another winning streak as they dealt the Saanich Braves their first loss in four contests. The score was tied 2-2 after the first period, but the Isles dominated the rest of the game, winning 5-2.

“In the second and third, we took it to them,” Osmond said. “All the guys were working for each other.” Lynden Eddy had a goal and two assists, while Peterson, Smith, Bittner and Ellis also found the net. Connor Bissett finished with two helpers. Rennie was back between the pipes and made 26 saves on 28 shots. Because of injuries, the Isles were limited to just three forward lines and one spare skater against Saanich, but they were buoyed by the presence of a stag party from Victoria, who threw themselves into Kerry Park fandom, wearing — or in one case, painting themselves — Islanders blue and orange, and waving signs cheering on Kerry Park heavyweight Patrick Poets and wishing Keenan Eddy a quick recovery. “I wish I could have those guys there all the time,” Osmond said. “They were freakin’ hilarious.” There may be no better time than now for the Islanders to look for their first win over the Victoria Cougars since the 2012 playoffs. The Isles head to Archie Browning Arena this Thursday, and Osmond is optimistic the team can stretch their streak to four games. “If we play like we did last week, we’ll have a good result,” he said. On Saturday, Osmond’s team will be at home against the Comox Glacier Kings, facing off at 7:30 p.m.

LMG surprises Saanich in shutout KEVIN ROTHBAUER CITIZEN

Going into their game last Friday against another one of the top teams in Division 1 of the Vancouver Island Soccer League, Cowichan LMG was preparing for a tough, close game. That’s what they got, although the score doesn’t suggest it. “We weren’t expecting a 5-0 win against Saanich Fusion,” head coach Glen Martin said. “But our goaltender was better than theirs, and we took our chances better than they took their chances. “It didn’t really feel like a 5-0 win. They felt like the best team we’ve played so far. It felt like a 2-0 or 3-0 win. It didn’t seem like a 5-0 wipeout.” Cowichan opened the scoring early on, when Jordan De Graf worked a give-and-go with Paddy Nelson and scored in the fourth minute, but Saanich actually had the first good chance of the game, lofting the ball over the net just two minutes in. After De Graf ’s goal, the game went back and forth until

Cowichan striker Cooper Barry fought his way in close to score his 10th of the season in the 35th minute to take the league scoring lead. “He did a lot of hard work for that goal,” Martin said. Josh Cuthbert added his fifth of the year three minutes later on a mistake by the Saanich goalkeeper, and Cowichan led 3-0 at halftime. “It didn’t feel like a 3-0 game,” Martin said. “We just made the most of our chances, and their goalie was shaky on the whole day.” Martin kept his troops vigilant, though, knowing that if Saanich scored the next goal, they would be right back in it. At 68 minutes, Nelson scored his 10th of the year to tie Barry for the scoring lead, pretty much sealing up the win for Cowichan at that point. Nelson scored again in the 85th minute to edge past Barry for the Div. 1 scoring lead. In goal, Sam Hutchison was busier than usual, but was up for the challenge and recorded his sixth

clean sheet of the season, also the best total in the league. Prior to last weekend, the LMG roster was bolstered by the arrival of a trio of players from Vancouver Island University: Andres Algarin and A.J. Kambere came back to Cowichan, where they played club soccer last year, and were joined by newcomer Tyler Leonard. Cowichan continues to sit first in the standings with 23 points, four more than second-place Bays United, who lost to Nanaimo last weekend, and six more than third-place Comox. This Friday, LMG will begin the second half of the season with a home game against Westcastle at 8 p.m., in what is supposed to be the team’s last game in Ladysmith before the new Sherman Road turf opens later this month. Cowichan beat Westcastle 4-0 in the season opener, but Martin isn’t banking on a repeat of that result this go-round. “Westcastle has improved lately, so it should be a good game,” he said.

Andres Algarin takes on a Saanich defender in his return to action for Cowichan LMG last Saturday. [KEVIN ROTHBAUER/CITIZEN]

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Caps continue struggles against Grizzlies, beat Vipers KEVIN ROTHBAUER CITIZEN

Cowichan’s Kade Kehoe breaks past a Vernon Vipers defender during last Saturday’s 6-3 Capitals win over the Interior team. [KEVIN ROTHBAUER/CITIZEN]

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For the second weekend in a row, the Cowichan Valley Capitals started things off with a loss on the road against the Victoria Grizzlies on Friday, then followed it up with a solid win. The Caps lost to the Grizzlies 2-1 on Friday, continuing their trend of one-goal games against their South Island rivals. On Saturday afternoon, they doubled up on the visiting Vernon Vipers 6-3. “Victoria played us tough again,” Capitals head coach Bob Beatty said. “I didn’t think we extended ourselves. I didn’t think we brought our best game.” Goalie Storm Phaneuf was arguably Cowichan’s best player on the night with 36 saves on 38 shots. Patrick Geary had the Capitals’ lone goal. “They’re an extremely hard-working team,” Beatty said of the Grizzlies, who have won four games in a row but still sit last in the Island Division. “When we were taking our time moving the puck, they were all over us. We had three close games with them where we came out on top, and two where we didn’t. They’re a better team than their record, and I’ve tried to make our team aware of that. They’re going to break loose at some point. We’ve got to learn that we’ve got to bring it every night.” On Saturday, the Caps were up 3-0 over the Vipers after 20 minutes, and it was 5-1 going into the third period. Vernon scored two goals in the first eight minutes of the

final frame, but that was as close as it got, and an empty-netter iced the win. “I thought we responded pretty well,” Beatty said. “We played better than we did the night before. We don’t see Vernon very often, but it’s always a passionate game.” Ryan Hogg opened the scoring with his first career goal, in career game No. 55, set up by fellow Cowichan Valley Minor Hockey product Kyle Topping. “It was fun,” Beatty said of seeing Hogg finally reap the rewards of his hard work. “Everybody was so happy for him. I’ve never seen a dressing room as happy as that. It’s been a long time coming. It’s a monkey off his back, for sure. He’s had his opportunities and played well before that goal. Hopefully that will open a crack in the dike and he’ll notch a few more shortly.” Kade Kehoe and Adam Osczevski each had a goal and an assist against Vernon, and Luke Santerno, Rhett Willcox and Jared Domin also scored. Ryan Burton had a pair of helpers. Phaneuf was excellent once again with 38 saves on 41 shots. The Caps will hit the road this weekend, visiting Trail on Friday, Penticton on Saturday and Merritt on Sunday. Penticton has won 19 games in a row, while Trail and Merritt sit at the bottom of their division. “Obviously we want to come back from the road trip still in first place [in the Island Division],” Beatty said. “That will take a minimum of two wins. The last two years, we’ve gone 0-6 on that road trip, so we hope to turn a page in the history books.”

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Field hockey provincials this week KEVIN ROTHBAUER CITIZEN

Cowichan Secondary, Frances Kelsey and Shawnigan Lake School are teaming up to host the provincial AAA field hockey championships this Thursday to Saturday at Shawnigan and the Cowichan Sportsplex. Games run throughout the three days at Shawnigan’s two hockey surfaces and the Sportsplex. All three local teams are in

action at both locations. Thursday: • Cowichan vs. Chilliwack Sportsplex, 7:45 a.m. • Shawnigan vs. Sullivan Shawnigan turf, 9:15 a.m. • Kelsey vs. Heritage Woods Shawnigan turf, 10:45 a.m. • Cowichan vs. McMath Shawnigan turf, 1:45 p.m. • Shawnigan vs. West Van Sportsplex, 2:45 p.m. • Kelsey vs. Sardis Shawnigan rubber, 3:15 p.m.

Friday: • Shawnigan vs. Kelowna Shawnigan rubber, 9:15 a.m. • Kelsey vs Handsworth Shawnigan turf, 10:45 a.m. • Cowichan vs. South Delta Sportsplex, 10:45 a.m. Playoff games will go at both locations on Friday afternoon and Saturday, finishing with the third/fourth match at 1:30 p.m. and the championship game at 3 p.m., both at Shawnigan

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With several players unavailable for last Saturday’s game in Burnaby, Cowichan’s debut in the BC Rugby Women’s Premier League didn’t go as planned, with Cowichan losing 47-0. “Unfortunately it didn’t go as we would have liked,” Cowichan captain Sherry Spence said. “In the week leading up we lost eight starting players due to flu or work commitments, so we made the trek with 16 players, in the torrential downpour, and we arrived later then expected so we didn’t have the warm up we would have liked especially in that weather.” It was a slow, scrum-heavy match, and Burnaby got on the scoreboard early with back-to-back tries. “They had a solid front row, but

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