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Remembrance Day: WWII Lady Warriors PAGE 13 During the AAP meeting at Lake Cowichan Wednesday, Nov. 4, John Harmon of Honeymoon Bay, irate about tax increases, asks why the Cowichan Valley Regional District doesn’t instead charge industrial users like Catalyst a usage fee for the water they draw from Cowichan Lake. He learned then that the province doesn’t allow the CVRD to tax people for the use of water. [LEXI BAINAS/CITIZEN]
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Others, who said they didn’t live always easy to show on the map. duce the bylaws. “Put it to the taxpayer. on their Cowichan Lake property The audience included residents If you really believe in Another often repeated quesin winter, asked for better notifi- tion was: “Why am I, as a Lake A large and angry crowd turned from Lake Cowichan, Youbou, cation about the AAP, since they Cowichan resident, being asked out at the Cowichan Lake Sports Honeymoon Bay and Sahtlam, these things, put them to don’t get Valley papers where to pay for dams in the delta area?” Arena to grill regional represent- along with observers and polit- referendum.” S 3.8 PREMIUM FOR CHANCE TO WIN WIN! ENTER FORallA Aaround CHANCE TO they live. icians from the Cowatives about recently-announcedENTER The CEO had his work cut out ALL-NEW 2016 Several times throughout the on that one, given the groans Valley. bylaws and the controversial ichan THE LORNE SHEFFER, Meade Creek resident v i s i t w w w .w i n a t u c s o n . c a f o r y o u r c h a n c e t o w i n % evening, Carruthers explained from the audience, but he tried Although questions ranged all Alternative Approval process 2.99 NTER FOR A CHANCE TO WIN WIN! NTER FOR Apush CHANCE TO that the regional district has only to convince them that, “It’s a colover the place, it soon became being used to them through. THE ALL-NEW 2016 two choices when dealing with lective process, it’s about comThe Cowichan Valley Regional clear that no one, including i s i t w w w .w i n a tHEATED uCEO c s STEERING o n . c aWHEEL f o r yREARVIEW o u r CAMERA cCarruthhance to win regional directors and staff, like trative body would be in charge things they want to do. They can munity. You may not all benefit Brian HYBRIDv District’s BLUETOOTH BLIND SPOT DETECTION TO TOgo toUP either a referendum, which directly but the schools and busiwhen such diverse groups as UP ers took most of the heat as he the AAP. Carruthers reiterated many North Cowichan, Duncan, Cow- can cost up to $100,000, or they nesses you go to may benefit.” answered questions about the $ AAP, which 10 per cent times throughout the two-hour ichan Tribes and the CVRD were can use the AAP. By law, they People who tried to make prac76requires 0% 96 ethat e involved. v v e n have no other choices. Another said havof an electorate to quash a bylaw session that if enough people tical suggestions for raising e IN TOTAL PRICE ADJUSTMENTS IN TOTAL PRICE ADJUSTMENTS nt t Amountmaps available themoney, 2014 Veloster Turbo Manual Amount on on the 2014 Veloster Turbo Manual One person said that available the like Honeymoon Bay’s by sending in ‘no’ ballots, and express their opposition, the ing North Cowichan’s mayor, on the CVRD website made it Jon Lefebure, at the head of the bylaws cannot go through. He John Harmon, who suggested also about the arts and culture 18" RAYS UPGRADED SUSPENSION ER RALLY EDITION also urged several people who CVRD board led to a conflict of hard to understand who was charging Catalyst and others for and flood management bylaws. EXCLUSIVE MATTE B&M RACING BLUE PAINT affected by the flood manage- consumption of water from CowHoneymoon Bay director Ian wanted to talk about Catalyst and interest. UP TO UP TO ment bylaw and who was not. Still another said that if AAPs their weir application to attend a Morrison the ichan Lake, got an unpalatable $ quarterbacked % w 2 016 79 0 84 cWIsoNn t1.6heTAPllr-eNemisession u m AWD Carruthers said that, because scheduled by that com- can be used so easily, then voters event and regional district Tuheavyanswer.FINANCING PURCHASE PURCHASE FINANCING C L O SI NG D AT E FOR UP UP TOTO 96 MONTHS FOR 96 MONTHS should be able to use that process the area chosen was the Cowpany on the following evening. weights Kate Miller and John-Elze e ven SELECT MODELS v toeintroONON SELECT MODELS Nove m be r 3 0 , 2 0 1 5 IN TOTAL PRICE ADJUSTMENTS INadminisTOTAL PRICE ADJUSTMENTS ichan River watershed, it’s not totherecall their director. inga were also on hand See ALTERNATIVE, Page 12 n tOne man asked which Amount available on the 2014 Veloster Turbo Manual Amount available ont 2014 Veloster Turbo Manual 19" ALUMINUM ALLOY LEXI BAINAS GAZETTE
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A new service club has been formed, or rather resurrected, in Lake Cowichan. The Kinette Club is back after a lengthy absence in the community. “There’s not a lot of new clubs popping up, many of them are actually closing so it’s exciting to have a new club opening especially in such a small community,” said club president Kristal Mayo. They know it will take a lot of hard work and dedication but Mayo said she and a group of like-minded women are up to the challenge. “We wanted to get together but we also wanted to do something where we could give back to our community at the same time,” Mayo explained. “We’ll be doing things like raising money so that we can support our community and help make it stronger.” Kin Canada’s mandate is essentially to serve your community’s greatest need, Mayo explained. “We don’t really have anything that we’re specifically focusing on
right now but the community will see us out there volunteering and hosting events going forward,” she added. Thus far the club has 10 members, many of whom were born and raised in the community. Several of the women recently went for training to learn how to run a successful Kinette Club. They returned to the Lake full of hope and optimism. “We’re still working on accumulating [funds] but we’re looking forward to being able to give some money too,” Mayo said. Regular national fundraising initiatives by all Kinsmen and Kinette clubs also support cystic fibrosis and the Kinsmen Foundation which can assist people with special needs. While the club is still in its infancy, Mayo said she’s glad it’s up and running and she’s already seeing benefits. “It’s quite rewarding,” she said. If anyone is interested check out their Facebook Page: Kinette Club of Lake Cowichan to learn what membership entails.
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Newcomer meets neighbours over lost cat SARAH SIMPSON GAZETTE
Relatively new to town, Philecia Isaacson Bachynski took to social media this week in the hopes that somebody might have spotted her missing cat. Bachynski’s black kitten had been missing from her Neva Road area home for about 24 hours, she figured, when she posted on a Facebook page called Lake Cowichan Town Gossip. “He is five months old, never leaves the yard. So this is new, and he could be lost,” she wrote. “If you see him let me know and I’ll load the kids up for a stroll with cat food to call him.” It took all of 40 minutes for the reply she was hoping for. “AhA! I think I found your cat, it’s up our tree. My dog chased it up there it’s about that age and crying it’s eyes out,” replied nearby resident Gwen Evans. It turned out the kitty was just about a block away from home, and indeed sky-high, about 40-feet up in the branches of a tall tree next door to Evans’s house. Bachynski later learned the distressed cat may have spent two night up in the tree crying. But, with the help of another one of the Facebook page’s group mem-
bers, Trevor Shand, it wasn’t too long before the animal was back at home, snoozing in the window sill with it’s momma. “Trevor walked all the way from his house with a ladder,” she explained. Bachynski said she joined the Facebook group before her young family moved to town. The page connected her with Shand and his girlfriend, also relatively new to town and who also have children. “I don’t really know a lot of people up here,” she explained. “That was our first time meeting. We had been talking about meeting up so our kids could play so it was good to put a face to the name,” she added with a laugh. Neither really thought it would be during a cat rescue though. Shand was a godsend, Bachynski noted, as the other attempts she had made to find help didn’t pan out. “There were some friendly resources in the community that just weren’t available at the time,” she explained. But Shand, his ladder, and another man she didn’t get the name of, were able to coax the cat down the tree low enough to complete the rescue.
“I gotta say tho, he was hanging on for dear life, lol scared stuff and all!” Shand wrote on the Facebook page. With the cat 10 feet higher than the ladder could reach, it took a little doing to get it down. Eventually the kitten found itself clinging to the edge of a branch, holding on with only its front paws — but still out of the reach of its would-be rescuers. “He was hanging there screaming and getting tired and we were all telling him to just let go,” Bachynski said. “We held out a coat and he landed right there on the jacket. I’m so glad we got him down.” A few days later, the kitten appears to be no worse for wear. “He was a little bit sore from being up there in the cold and rain and wind but he had a good nap. He’s running around really good now,” Bachynski said. Not surprisingly, the kitten has stayed pretty close underfoot since it’s ordeal. As for the animal’s name, that’s up for debate. “My husband likes to call him Darth Vader but I just call him Black Kitty. We’re not very good at naming cats,” Bachynski said with a giggle.
All Philecia Isaacson Bachynski needed to get to know her new neighbours was a lost cat and Facebook. [SUBMITTED]
What should Yount School become? Meeting LEXI BAINAS GAZETTE
Can Yount School at Youbou find a new future under community ownership? That’s a question being posed by the Youbou Community Association as members eye the nowclosed school. According to YCA member Larry Leischner it will all start with a public meeting in Youbou on Tuesday, Nov. 17 to talk about what has been done at Cowichan Station with an old school. “We’re looking at the Yount building. It’s a very early stage, though. The school is no more, which is a shame. It will probably never be a school again, I imagine,” he said. Residents of Youbou have been making an effort to form into a solid community, he said. “We’ve tried to do a few things. The new coffee shop, Cassy’s, is open in town now, which has been a godsend for the people. And of course the Youbou Church Society has done a wonderful job of managing to keep the church going as a non-denominational entity and a centrepoint for the town. They’ve done a lot of renovations and great work. “The school? We’ve certainly looked at the Hub’s business plan. My wife has done a lot of work in that regard. We really like what we’ve seen there. The difference, of course, is that there is a much different population base in the Duncan area than there is out here. But having said that we’ve
got a seismically updated school, which is in really good shape. So, we are wondering what the appetite would be for us to look at whatever options might be available for using all or part of the school in some way. “We’ve had all sorts of ideas floated. Many of them are very good ones, but of course they are all going to take blood, sweat, tears and money. That’s going to be tough. We have scheduled a meeting on Tuesday, Nov. 17. We’re going to see what sort of turnout we get. There will be a discussion with Alison Nicholson from the Hub. It will be great to have a chat with her. We’ll then have a much better idea about it,” Leischner said. There have been lots of suggestions about what might be done with Yount. “There have been so many schools in B.C. that have remade themselves in so many ways. T h ey ’ve b e e n r e p u r p o s e d . They’ve been located anywhere from small towns — much smaller than Youbou — to schools in cities.” Leischner is more familiar himself with what has been done in the north than on the Island but he agreed that a real advantage is that the school is a quality-built structure. “There is no doubt about that. It’s large, though, and one of the things we don’t want to get into is in someway intruding on the CVRD and Youbou Hall [located across the street]. We would have
to be doing something that’s complementary, not in competition with them.” Cowichan Station’s Hub doesn’t have that problem. The old school building is the hall for that community. “We would have to be able to look at it in a different way. I’ve seen schools in the north that have been repurposed as arts centres. The school in Wells was used for many, many years by the Island Mountain School of the Arts. And now they have their own centre. That school has managed to stay alive because of that. I think Wells has only about a third of Youbou’s population. And Wells is also located at the end of a road, maybe even more than Youbou.” There are so many options. “Could we even turn the school into an artistic centre, a destination, something that could work year round, where people could come to Youbou for all sorts of classes and workshops? A retreat centre. That could be great. We also thought of having musical workshops a la Cold Snap in Prince George where they run their week-and-a-half long music festival where performers that are on stage also provide music workshops for folks who sign up. There are all sorts of ideas for the place.” This is all going to start with a brief tour of the school on Nov. 17 starting at 7 p.m. followed by the meeting in the nearby Youbou Church, starting about 7:30 p.m.
What will become of the old Yount School in Youbou? You can pitch your ideas at an upcoming public meeting. [MALCOLM CHALMERS PHOTO]
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As 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, think about taking a few minutes to ask a veteran to tell you what they remember from that time. The window to be able to do so is closing. We have spoken to many veterans over the years and brought their stories to these pages, and we can tell you without reservation that to hear them speak of their experiences, feelings and motivations for taking up the call to ght for their country is a moving, unforgettable experience that you should have for yourself. It is often said, with great truth, that those who do not understand history are doomed to repeat it. The rst step to understanding is to know our own history. And to know it from such a personal perspective, face to face, helps us to understand it more than any book or archive ever could. We must remember. We must remember the bravery and the courage, but also the ugly realties of war — the death, the pain and the loss that those who experienced it will never forget. It is hard for many of us to imagine conict on this kind of scale. It is certainly something we hope our children and grandchildren will never know of rsthand. 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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CVRD trying to take more of your money Have you heard? The CVRD wants to take more of your taxes. We are now into a process referred to as the Alternative Approval Process (AAP) that will increase our taxes from the CVRD by as much as $50 or more a year. What for? To take on more bureaucracy and trying to run things they should not be involved in. Watershed management i.e. the Cowichan Lake weir, and flood management belong in the hands of the provincial government. Check out bylaws 3918 and 3930 on the CVRD web-
site. You will see the narrative behind these bylaws and you can print off an elector response form to turn in to the CVRD to voice your opposition. At the same time check out bylaw 3931 which aims to collect $130,000 for Arts and Culture. More taxes for things we should stay out of. In the big picture the AAP process is wrong. It is something that is used to fly things under the radar and most residents (the politicians hope) will not have the time to fill out the forms and bring them to the CVRD offices. I was saddened to learn that our local council has no clue about these things and just like
Sunfest is taking no position on the matters. Wake up folks, we are being further taxed to death by elected officials who just don’t care. Consider the fact that the CVRD board chair at the time asked to have the CVRD take responsibility for these matters and the current chair supports. Funny though, neither will be part of the areas being taxed. We have big problems in all levels of government, let’s put a stop to it. Call me if you want more information. If you want your form delivered to Duncan I can do that too. Jack Peake Lake Cowichan
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Street Beat
With Malcolm Chalmers
The Gazette asked: What would be the best use for the town-owned former Logger Hut restaurant?
Bill McMartin “Make a night club, music, bands, a place to hang out and be entertained.”
Deanne Tauscher
Chuck Meanley
Sheri Anderson
Sheila Marlen
“Maybe something recreational for younger people, like the seniors centre except more accessible to them. That would be nice.”
“I don’t really know, move the food bank in to it maybe.”
“Tear it down and put something in there for the community, for recreation, some thing for teens.”
“Public restrooms and showers for our transient population in the summer and for tourists to shower and bathe in.”
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What is the great furor about the CVRD using the Alternative Approval Process? Do we really want to bear the cost of a referendum for every new initiative? That is the only alternative left to the regional district under the law. The opponents of the alternate process claim it is undemocratic, but cannot logically support the argument. Under the process the public can stop a project if 10 per cent of the electors register an objection. Then the CVRD board must either drop the initiative or submit it to a vote. How hard is that? Only 10 per cent? For a bad idea this should be easy, and if that low threshold cannot be reached why should the taxpayer be required to foot the cost of a referendum? I suspect that much of the opposition to AAPs is from people opposed to the actual initiatives who prefer to attack the process rather than admit they oppose flood control or arts funding. Some at the public meeting seemed to oppose the initiative based on anger and frustration with government in general, and a few from personal animosity for elected representatives. For the purpose of this discussion, however, let us assume they are being perfectly truthful. Why then are they abusing the CVRD board and staff? The provincial government, in its infinite wisdom, created
Change good, majority government bad Charles Dickens would write, “It is the best of results, it is the worst of results”. Proud of Canada — most people saw the writing on the
regional districts to bring the benefits of bureaucracy to the unregulated hinterlands. They wrote the rules and only they can change them. Those rules allow only two methods for regional governments to create new services, direct referendum or the alternative approval process. The former has a significant cost. A district wide vote could cost $100,000. The alternative process requires only public notice of intent on the part of the board and allows reasonable means for effective public opposition. Whether we approve or not these are the rules of the game the CVRD board must play. If a citizen does not like it the proper method of objection should be to lobby the provincial government to change the appropriate act. Abusing our elected representatives for obeying the law is simply not fair. For the record, I do not care for the alternative approval process. Municipalities are not forced to jump through this kind of hoop and regional districts should not either. The people we elect to make decisions don’t need to be micromanaged. If we don’t like the job they have done the appropriate time to tell them so is the next election, and if you feel those do not come soon enough you might mention that to the provincial government when you call about the AAPs. They make the rules. David Lowther Mesachie Lake
wall and were looking for light at the end of the tunnel, voting for change, but watch out, absolute majorities are not good for democracy. Martin Best Maple Bay
he B.C. government declared lakes with trout and promoting the first Conservation Officer responsible angling, but its Day on Nov. 4, to recognize new 30-year service contract the 110-year history of the service also calls on it to contribute to that started out as mostly volunteer enforcement. This is the first “game wardens.” year that has happened, and BC Views This is overdue recognition for Polak said the extra fishing By Tom Fletcher what is essentially a police force violation tickets indicate it is that only receives public notice working. when a bear or cougar has to be killed to protect The CO service also works on cases such as people. the Mount Polley mine breach. It has a commerThe ceremony at the B.C. legislature included cial environmental enforcement unit, a special awards. Chief Conservation Officer Doug Forsdick investigations unit to deal with smuggling and presented long-service medals and two commenorganized crime, and an intelligence analyst. In dations for lifesaving. short, they’re real cops, working with a group One was to CO Jason Hawkes, who rescued a of about 150 compliance officers at the Minfamily of four from their sinking boat on Kootenay istry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Lake last June. He reached them in rough, windy Operations. conditions when they were waist-deep in water, far They don’t get much respect from an urban from shore. public informed by celebrity wildlife protesters The other went to CO Andrew Anaka, for ressuch as Pamela Anderson, Miley Cyrus and cuing an angler from an overturned boat, whom Ricky Gervais. he found “extremely hypothermic” at the base of a cliff at a lake near Powell River on Jan. 22. A Tom Fletcher is legislature reporter and columnist for second angler didn’t make it to shore. Black Press. Twitter: @tomfletcherbc Email: tfletcher@ An exemplary service medal went to CO Micah blackpress.ca Kneller, who caught up with Fort Nelson RCMP officers and paramedics on Sept. 6, as they treated a hunter who had been attacked by a grizzly in a AUTO GLASS remote area. & UPHOLSTERY As darkness fell, Kneller found a second injured hunter, got the group together, built a fire and assisted until a rescue helicopter from CFB Comox lifted the hunters out at 3 a.m. Environment Minister Mary Polak said extra investment has gone into trucks that serve as #2 - 2986 Boys Road, Duncan mobile command centres, so people aren’t sitting in offices waiting for the phone to ring. They patrol more and respond faster, which can be vital. NDP environment critic Spencer Chandra Herbert blasted the government for a “donation” of $100,000 from the Freshwater Fishing Society of B.C. to increase angling enforcement this summer, adding more seasonal CO days. “What’s next, bake sales?” he said. The real story is a bit more complicated. In March I reported that the B.C. Liberal government finally made good on a decade-old promise to turn over all revenue from freshwater fishing licence sales to the society. Its revenue went from $7 million to $10 million once the government finally ended the practice of ENTER AT REAR OF BUILDING skimming some off for the general treasury. Energy Minister Bill Bennett recalled that the ON RENFREW STREET society was established during the first years of Gordon Campbell’s government, a period of what Bennett called “religious zeal” for privatization. The society spends most of its budget restocking
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volunteers who ancouver have transformed Island the museum into Regional the jewel it has Library was honbecome. Three oured with the people were Community Award recognized at of Merit by the the gala by the Canadian Wood Kaatza HistoricCouncil at the UBCM conference Mayor’s report al Society with Diamond Patron By Ross Forrest held in September Awards and these of this year. The were Don Gordon award was in rec(or his over 40 years working ognition of Vancouver Island on museum programs), Bill Regional Library’s use of B.C. Gibson (for his contributions wood in the construction of for his two historical books), its local library here in Lake Cowichan. It was a recognition and Al Lundgren (for the IWA collection and scanning of for incorporating principles the Wilmer Gold negatives). of B.C.’s Wood First Program Congratulations to the three which promotes and supports of you and special congratuthe innovation in manufaclations and thank you to turing and the increased ALL of the volunteers who use of wood in the building design and construction of the have helped make the Kaatza Museum become the special library. This program ensures place that it is today. that the province’s forest Exceptional turnouts and industry is kept vibrant and participation for local events globally competitive, providare becoming the norm lately ing economic benefits to B.C. as citizens are becoming far residents. Lake Cowichan’s more engaged in their comrepresentative on the library munity. This was evident at board, Councillor Lorna the Lake Cowichan Ladies Vomacka, accepted the award Hospital Auxiliary where its on behalf of the library board. fashion show was sold out. Weather notwithstanding, Everyone had a great time the Terry Fox Run this year was a great success for the vol- and this successful fundraiser event raised over $6,500 for the unteers and organizers of this maternity ward at the Cowannual event. Participation ichan District Hospital. Well was up, with more runners done organizers and everyone and walkers and the money who attended the event spoke raised was an all-time high. highly of it. A big shout out and thanks With lake levels up and rainmust go to the many volunfalls forecast for the next two teers and to Jakes on the Lake weeks the boat lock gates will restaurant for providing the delicious hamburgers for all of be in fully raised position and the weir will be shut down the participants. Community for the wet season. The lake involvement in this event conlevels might be at a safe level tinues to grow. now but to safeguard against The 40th anniversary gala future low water level confor the Kaatza Museum was a cerns, Catalyst Paper is being wonderful event recognizing both the remarkable history of proactive by submitting an application that will allow it Lake Cowichan and the many
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CVRD workers great with sewer repair John Lewis and Neil Ritchfield from the CVRD had to come in the torrential rain two weeks ago on a Saturday to determine what was causing a leak in the sewer line connecting several houses on my block. They worked all that day and found that the line in my backyard was cracked and broken so they had to come back three more times to dig a trench and replace the line with a backhoe. We’re talking about my vegetable garden, all planted for the winter, and I didn’t know there was a pipeline underneath. Well, these fine gentlemen took special pains
not to dig up my garden any more than necessary and then they asked if I’d like them to use the backhoe for something else. It just so happened that we were planning on moving the cherry tree to the front so they cheerfully dug a real nice big root ball around the tree and planted it squarely at just the right depth in a three-foot deep hole. Thanks guys. Mary Lowther Mesachie Lake John Lewis, left, and Neil Ritchfield from the Cowichan Valley Regional District went above and beyond the call of duty on a rainy day. [MARY LOWTHER PHOTO]
to pump water from the lake if the need for that should arise in 2016 or 2017. Part of this application involves community consultation and that will began with an informational open house at Centennial Hall on Nov. 5. We have seen a very positive local move to reduce garbage since we began the separation of our organic waste from our mainstream waste which was implemented at the beginning of the year. The data compiled from January to September 2015 with the implementation of organics pickup show some of the following numbers: • Overall garbage collection has seen a reduction of 15 per cent from 2014 to 2015; • We have collected 332,900 kilo grams to date compared to 389,370 for this same time frame in 2014; • 28 per cent, or 93,810 kg have been organic waste and the other 72 per cent or 239,090 kg of garbage; • July was the heaviest month for pick-up with 13,400 kg accounting for organics and 36,190 kg for garbage. It appears that our residents are making a real concerted effort to separate their garbage, organics, and recyclables which can only have a major positive impact on the environment. Thank you for your outstanding efforts and let’s continue to reduce waste. Saturday, Nov. 14 should be an exciting day as we witness the much anticipated totem pole raising at Ts’uubaa-asatx Square. This event is to occur at 10 a.m. Our neighbouring First Nation has worked extremely hard in preparing for this cultural presentation that will truly represent its pride and rich history in the Cowichan Lake area.
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Lake Cowichan town hall scheduled Nov. 30 Lake Cowichan councillors reminded everyone of the winter Lake Cowichan public meeting, where people can listen, learn and ask questions about town matters in a townhall type setting.
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New program gets off to Strong Start Tuesday, Nov. 3 was the grand opening of Strong Start at Palsson Elementary School. There was an official ribbon cutting ceremony and cake as they celebrated the start of the Learning and Playing Together program.
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was a bit alarmed when John and Neil appeared at my door and told me that the CVRD had sent them to repair the sewer pipes that ran directly under my freshly planted garlic. They were terribly apologetic about it, but they had a job to do and by the time it was over they left me an unexpected gift: a blank canvas. I had been meaning to reconfigure the beds for years. The four foot beds were too wide and I wanted to reduce them to three, but my inner sloth prevented this from happening. Once the backhoe finished levelling the ground above the new pipes I realized that the regional district had done me a favour. I was out of excuses. So, having measured new three foot beds with 18 inch pathways, popped out the hard pan, laid down top soil and composted the beds, I replanted my garlic and winter vegetables in a more efficient layout, faced with the same old enemies. For instance, what can be done about the terrestrial gastropod mollusc? That, according to Wikipedia, is the correct name to call slugs. I confess to having a few other names for them as well. Last winter I covered some beds with plastic and tarp, reasoning that the soil might
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By Mary Lowther dry out and encourage slugs to seek a more amenable locale. That worked fairly well, but now they’re back. Since slugs are hermaphrodites (you can look that up on Wikipedia for yourself) I’ll bet they’re already pregnant and preparing to dominate my garden demographic. Covering the beds with an impenetrable layer also prevents nutrients from washing away. A new study of mammoth bones found that the more recent samples suffered from osteoporosis and researchers theorize their original owners died from malnutrition, because as glaciers receded subsequent rains washed away nutrients and the soil could no longer sustain nutritious
vegetation. We must ensure this doesn’t happen to us. Covering the soil during the rainy season should help. Composting vegetation grown in drier climates such as coffee grounds as well as plants from the sea should help as well, as long as the compost is protected against the rain. My new beds are joined at one end of each path. Think of a comb, where the long beds are teeth attached to a foot wide spine. The spine allows soaker hoses to wind around from one bed to another and you can grow a few more plants there. Since it is only a foot wide it can easily be stepped over for access as needed. I spread compost and cover crop over my beds before covering with plastic since I believe we’ve had enough rain to support some growth before the soil dries up, and it keeps the stellar jays from eating every last seed of crimson clover. If you are unable to persuade the CVRD to tear up your back yard you can achieve the same result by burying a dozen old bones in your garden and borrowing a few large dogs to dig for them. By the end of a single afternoon you’ll be good to go.
Re: Proposed rezoning and Subdivision-North Shore Road Property-Electoral Area 1 Youbou/ Meade Creek
The owners of the property shown below (5 KM west of Youbou on private North Shore logging road) will be submitting a rezoning amendment application to the Cowichan Valley Regional District (CVRD) which, if approved, would ultimately permit subdivision of this 30 acre property into 9 lots, ranging in size from approximately 1.02ha (2.52 acres) to 2.15ha (5.31 acres). The property is currently held as a cooperative with all 10 owners on title. Each owner would like a separate fee simple title and to continue to use their individual lot in a variety of occupancy types ranging from cabins to recreational vehicles.
At the public meeting there will be display boards outlining the proposed subdivision. The owners’ representatives will be in attendance to answer any questions the public may have. The purpose of this meeting is to provide the community with an opportunity to become familiar with what is being proposed and for the owners to receive feedback before a formal rezoning amendment application is made to the CVRD. If you are unable to attend this meeting written submission can be sent to:
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Lake Cowichan council in hot seat on AAPs LEXI BAINAS GAZETTE
Although it’s the Cowichan Valley Regional District that is going through the alternative approval process (AAP) for two controversial bylaws at present, three Lake Cowichan residents grilled their town council about the situation at the regular council meeting Tuesday, Oct. 27. Former mayor Jack Peake kicked it off, asking both Mayor Ross Forrest and council’s CVRD representative Bob Day about them. “We know now that the one about Bylaw 3930 [which dealt with Cowichan watershed concerns] got messed up, and is on hold till the new year, but we still have the flood control one, which is moving forward and requires consideration under the AAP process. Would it not make sense for the council to express their position on this item and then to hold a public meeting for everyone to understand what they are getting into? These AAPs tend to fly over and above most taxpayers and they don’t understand what they’re all about,” he said. Day replied that the CVRD board had already decided to go ahead with the AAP process and urged Peake to re-read the bylaw. Peake persisted, saying he expected to hear, either right then or in the future, why the town’s representative had endorsed the step. They then got into an extended conversation, in which Day explained that there has been a lot of time, money and effort that’s gone in over a number of years getting the idea to this stage. “This is only part of that process. It’s not an issue that has been going on as you portrayed it. There’s been a lot of conversation... [that] has taken place over eight years with First Nations, local governments, the watershed groups.” Peake agreed that discussions about raising the Lake Cowichan weir had been around for years, even dating back to when he was mayor. “However, I’m not convinced that this weir raising issue should be funded by a few of us in the regional district when two of the issues don’t even fall within our domain: fish and the Crofton mill. We seem to be taking on responsibilities for those organizations and places that we
have no responsibility for. There’s my issue,” he said. Peake said he was concerned that the approval process “flies things under the radar when people don’t fully understand what they are going to end up with”. He said he was concerned that people didn’t read the CVRD’s newspaper ads about the bylaws. “That’s what bothers me. If everybody is informed, and it goes through, fine and dandy. But make sure everybody is informed about what this thing really says.” Forrest intervened. “If I could just step in for a second,” he said. “Coun. Day is our representative on the CVRD board, with the endorsement of council, and he has the right to vote on things there.” He also said he didn’t see that the town had an obligation to hold public meetings on every subject handled by the CVRD “just so people can gather information. That’s a CVRD responsibility. We realize it affects our taxpayers and that’s why we have somebody who attends those meetings and sits on that board and makes those decisions for this table.” Then Forrest went further, bluntly telling Peake, “It’s just my view, but I’m not going to have this council have the expense of a public meeting because you’re not happy with what the decision is. I realize you’re not the only one, but it’s up to the public to get themselves informed. There’s a lot of information in the papers. It is not entirely our responsibility to continually inform the people that aren’t happy with it.” Day then returned to the original subject. “This whole issue was started to get local control of the watershed a few years back. It’s all part of that process,” he said, then explained that grant money was involved. “While even to me the timeline of the process doesn’t make sense, grants don’t always line up to what regional districts are thinking about doing so if we’re successful in getting a grant and bringing partners together to put funds together to raise and operate a weir and to continue to do that, there has to be a [regional] function to tax or to put those funds into to spend money,” he said. In flood management, there has
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Former mayor Jack Peake to be a regional function created to maintain and keep the dikes working properly. Otherwise the funds for their maintenance would just come out of general government, Day explained. “It’s not fair, in my opinion, that people that live and operate in other watersheds should be paying for things that go on in our watershed. They can deal with their own issues when they have them. We need to deal with ours. And when it comes to fish, that’s part of local control of our watershed, in my opinion,” he said. “Fish should be the first thing on the agenda. It’s like sending the canary down into the coal mines. If we don’t have fish are we sustainable? I’d say we’re heading down the road to not being sustainable. “This is part of the process that is going to get us the local watershed control instead of having people at the provincial level making those decisions. And we’ll still be in partnerships with them, still be partners with DFO. We’d still be under the same initiatives. We’re not going to be catching all the salmon on our own dime and doing those kinds of things. All that’s been considered, talked about. That’s why I was able to endorse this,”
he continued. Lake Cowichan resident Hubert Crevels was concerned that Day might be confusing the two bylaws but Day was ready for that. “My short answer to that: we’re all part of this watershed. What goes on up at those hillsides up there, with logging and everything, has a direct effect on what happens down at the bottom of the watershed. Just like building Cowichan Commons, that perhaps doesn’t have proper drainage. “When you destroy natural habitat, take away it’s ability to absorb the water and it goes shooting down to the bottom of the hill you’re going to have flooding. We’re part of that situation. That’s why I voted to endorse that bylaw separately as well. I didn’t confuse the two,” he said. Lake Cowichan resident Randy Miles then asked, “So we’re maintaining the dike down there? And, when Honeymoon Bay Resort floods out they’re going to contribute to dike it, or to whatever needs to be dredged?” D ay s a i d L a ke C ow i c h a n was “contributing” to the dike management costs and that dealing with flood management at Honeymoon Bay would be part of flood management, too. “If that’s necessary; it’s all part of flood management. It’s a regional issue,” he said. Coun. Tim McGonigle, who formerly represented Lake Cowichan at the CVRD board, then explained that the money to improve the dikes was 100 per cent from grants so, without a process for a continuing function, there is no maintenance money for those dikes. He also explained that the arts and culture AAP was to change the ad hoc status of the financing. “During the last three years, arts and culture has procured funds through the regional grantin-aid process. So the idea of this is to take it from the regional grant-in-aid and put it in a function. You are currently paying for arts and culture through that process as a Lake Cowichan taxpayer,” he said. Peake wanted more information. “Does that money that’s coming under the arts and culture function, is it the same amount that has been funded in the past or is it a higher amount?” he asked. Day replied, “The way it was
explained to me is that it’s the same amount but if money was taken from grants-in-aid to go into arts and culture. Now they are taking it out of that and making it separate. They are also supplying staff that were paid inside Island Savings and re-allocating that time to that function. That’s where you would see paycheques come out of that account because part of that person’s time would come out of that account.” Peake then asked, “Are we balancing here?” and Day said that was it, despite it looking complicated. As talk about the AAP wound down, Crevels asked if it was possible for the two residents at one location to both sign the same form and was told they could not. Day also addressed the subject of people trying to pick up a pile of forms. “There was someone who went to the CVRD and wanted 100 copies. I hate to see this, as much as it goes under the radar for some people who don’t read newspapers. But there is a fear that some people will then treat it like a gas station petition. It’s in the hands of each individual,” he said. Crevels was concerned about people who might not be able to get the form. “Could the town maybe have 100 forms so people could come here and get one?” he asked. Forrest replied, “That would be up to the CVRD. We’ll see if that would be allowed. It’s not a town initiative. We can try to help out; but this is the CVRD. It is not our issue. Let’s make that clear.” Miles wasn’t done, either. “This is all our issue. Bob sits on the CVRD board. This process, AAP, is ridiculous. If you’re going to make everyone go down there and personally take a signed copy or whatever, it isn’t going to happen. It’s a way of shoving this through. If you could just sit on your computer and go: ‘click and send’ like you do for banking, or buy airline tickets, on secure websites, it would be okay. This is ridiculous. I feel like I’m being duped somewhat. I know the opposition to this is huge here,” he said. Forrest shared his frustration. “I’m not saying we agree with the AAP process. But you’re sitting in the wrong forum here with that complaint. You should be going to the CVRD with that opinion,” he told Miles.
Alternative approval process is democratic, said Carruthers RESIDENTS, From Page 1 “The province doesn’t allow us to tax people for the use of water,” Carruthers said. He also urged people to fill in forms if they opposed the bylaws. “This is democratic,” Carruthers told residents. “You do have a say. We just want
you to decide with all the information. We think an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure, but if you don’t agree, the forms are here. If you don’t want to pay [for a proposed function], you can vote ‘no.’” Several property owners from Youbou to Sahtlam were concerned about silt and gravel in
the river, some expressing concern that it was increasing and others asking why the CVRD was talking about removing gravel from the lower river when they can’t even cut the lawn near the water’s edge on their riverfront property at the upper end. Still others complained about differing requirements on con-
struction, with at least one person noting that the runoff from Cowichan Commons mall was another spanner tossed in the works. Miller tried to address some of these, pointing out that not only is climate change affecting how often floods occur and their magnitude, there is actually a lot of
gravel — more than 18,000 cu. metres — moving down the river annually now. Lorne Scheffer of Meade Creek appeared to speak for many when he urged regional officials to have the courage of their convictions. “Put it to the taxpayer. If you really believe in these things, put them to referendum,” he said.
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WWII Lady Warriors at the Lake
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or 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. Cowichan 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 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 fly-over 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
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By Tom Paterson 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 Islandwide campaign 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 lemon-
ade at the roller skating rink every Friday and 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 commodities — 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. www.twpaterson.com
A SIGN OF REMEMBRANCE
Legion member Terry Olson was at the post office selling poppies last week. [DENNIS SKALICKY/GAZETTE]
Remembrance Day more than a holiday ROSS FORREST SPECIAL TO THE GAZETTE
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t is important that people recognize Remembrance Day, or Armistice Day for the true meaning it represents to all us. Let us not simply treat it as just another holiday from work. My dad was a veteran so I do appreciate the meaning and importance this day held for him and all the brave veterans as they reminisced about the hardships and sacrifices they endured so Canadians may enjoy the freedoms we have today. The courage, service and sacrifices made by veterans must never be forgotten. I can vividly remember our
community having a large contingent of veterans marching on Remembrance Days past with the strongest sense of pride imaginable. Like all communities, that contingent continues to dwindle year after year as our veterans and war heroes sadly pass on. Please take time on Remembrance Day to pay them the respect they so deserve. Royal Canadian Legion Branch 210 does a fantastic job of organizing the ceremony and parade on Remembrance Day so we can gather to pay our respects. “Lest we forget.” Ross Forrest is the mayor of the Town of Lake Cowichan
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In Brief Get crafty in Honeymoon Bay The Honeymoon Bay craft fair is scheduled for Saturday, Nov. 21 at the Honeymoon Bay Hall. It will all be set up from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Vendors are still wanted. If you are interested contact Shelly at 250-749-6896 to book your table.
Farmers Market presents Christmas Lake Cowichan Farmers Market presents a Christmas market Saturday, Nov. 21 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. It’s scheduled for Centennial Hall. You can book your stall now. Eight foot tables are one for $20 or two for $30.
Two floors of Christmas at Youbou Hall The Youbou Christmas Craft Fair is coming up at the end of November at the Youbou Community Hall. Admission is free to this event on Saturday, Nov. 28 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.. Rent a table for $15, or just come on out to do some Christmas shopping from the 27 tables of handcrafted goods on the lower floor and the second hand, handcrafted goods and party show items on the upper floor. There will also be lunch and goodies on the upper floor to enjoy for a break in the action.
Lakeside Players casting Annie The African Children’s Choir received a warm Lake Cowichan welcome when they performed at the Lake Cowichan Christian Fellowship on Sunday, Nov. 1. [MALCOLM CHALMERS PHOTO]
The Kaatza Lakeside Players are looking for their future stars of Annie: The Musical. Auditions for this show are being held Nov. 12 and 13 at 6:30 p.m. at Centennial Hall, 309 South Shore Rd.
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