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Firefighter honoured for 30 years service JAMES GOLDIE GAZETTE
The Lake Cowichan Volunteer Department recognized one of its longest serving members Monday. “It’s something I’ve done my whole life for the community,” said David Janzen, who is marking his 31st years as a volunteer firefighter. When he turned 18 he joined the volunteer fire department in Youbou and served there for 13 years before moving to Lake Cowichan and joining its department. As a child, Janzen said he had always wanted to be a career (fulltime) firefighter. “But I didn’t live in a city,” he said. “My twin brother and I both applied to work in Victoria but we didn’t get hired because they were hiring within the city, not from outside. That’s why we didn’t get hired.” Like Janzen, his brother became a life-long volunteer firefighter, too, although he lives in Ontario. “If it’s a goal you have, it’s
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worth going after it,” said Janzen. He noted that while over the past 31 years he’s seen changes to nearly every aspect of firefighting — from trucks to protocols to cellphones, beepers and sirens — the camaraderie and bonds between firefighters has remained constant. Fire chief Doug Knott echoed these sentiments and praised Janzen for his years of service. “He’s a great guy. Very dedicated to medical training,” said Knott, noting that Janzen has had his level three industrial first aid certification (which is just one level below that of ambulance workers) for his entire time as a firefighter. “He’s been involved in many medical emergencies for us.” Knott said the Lake Cowichan Volunteer Fire Department has three members with 30-plus years experience, and many more who are around the 25-year mark. “Who would do it if we didn’t have volunteers? It would be a huge cost to the town. We’ve got
30 volunteers here and three junior firefighters,” he said. Knott estimated it would cost approximately $2 million annually to staff a full-time team of firefighters for a town the size of Lake Cowichan. The town currently administrates the department, which services Lake Cowichan as well as some parts of Areas I and F, in cooperation with the CVRD. Like Janzen, Knott said anyone considering becoming a volunteer firefighter should give it a try. “It’s a great experience. It’s a great social experience too. Volunteer fire departments have a social experience that binds them,” Knott said. “There’s also an atmosphere of giving. You’re helping out the community.” Potential recruits can pick up an application form at the Town of Lake Cowichan municipal office or they can drop by the fire station on a Monday night, where the department’s weekly training takes place beginning at 6 p.m.
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Since arriving in Lake Cowichan in 2013, Olsen said while there have been occasional reports of a child feeling like they may have been followed by an unknown vehicle, there has never been a case like this. The RCMP contacted Lake Cowichan School the following day and the school took immediate action. “We went around to each class and talked to all the students and told them what happened and told them what to do if they were in any kind of similar situation,” said principal Nicole Boucher. “And then we emailed the press release to parents and also sent home a hard copy with students to make sure that every parent got one.” Vice principal Brent Zimmer talked with students about the situation and reviewed the appropriate actions student should take. “Essentially if they’re approached by somebody like that just to be loud with their ‘No!’ and get out of there and report it immediately,” he said. Sgt. Olsen agreed with this advice, and said parents should establish protocols and specific locations for picking children up, especially if it’s not the parent who will be doing it. Olsen also had a message for the two suspects.
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“If this turned out to be a misunderstanding by someone who stopped to talk to this child for some other reason, then we’d like that person to come forward and explain to us what happened.” WES OLSEN, Lake Cowichan RCMP
“If this turned out to be a misunderstanding by someone who stopped to talk to this child for some other reason, then we’d like that person to come forward and explain to us what happened,” he said. “If there was some legitimate explanation as to what happened here from another perspective, we’d certainly like to hear it, otherwise we have no reason not to believe this child is not being truthful.” Olsen said any members of the public with information should call the local RCMP detachment directly at 250-749-6668. He said if they would prefer to remain anonymous, they can call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477).
Correction Roy Sandsmark is the owners of South Shore Cabinetry. Incorrect information appeared in the Feb. 24 edition of the Lake Cowichan Gazette (“Scouts thankful for community support”).
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HELPING HAND The Forrest & Friday Novice Lakers presented Steve Carlson, owner of Tim Hortons in Lake Cowichan, with a signed team photo, thanking him and the company for funding their Feb. 13 trip to Vancouver. The team participated in a scrimmage match during the first intermission BRIGHT ANGEL PARK RECREATION REJUVENATION of the game between the Vancouver PROJECT & PARK MANAGEMENT CanucksPLAN and the Toronto Maple Leafs. [SUBMITTED PHOTO]
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It’s been a banner season for the Lake Cowichan Midget C Lakers, as the team capped off an impressive year by taking home both the tournament and league banners at last week’s Vancouver Island Amateur Hockey Association Mid-Island Playoff Championships in Port Alberni. The Lakers won both games over the weekend, first defeating Cowichan Valley 3 5-1 and then trouncing Oceanside 3 in a lopsided 13-1 contest. Of the 16 games played this season, the Lakers won 14, tied one and had one loss. That single loss was actually against Oceanside 3, which head coach Mark Rowbottom said may have contributed to the big win on Sunday. “I think that drove them to want to beat [Oceanside]. And that probably explains the score,” he said. “The kids were passing the puck, moving the puck, controlling the zones, backchecking. Our goalie made big saves when he had to and it was just really good hockey to watch.” This season was Rowbottom’s first as head coach and he said he couldn’t have asked for a better group of players. “Because they’ve played together so much, they just gel as a unit. And they’re all good kids. They get along, they’re all friends, which I think helps a lot.” Rowbottom said since the beginning of the season he made sure his players focused on earning sportsman points each game, which are given to teams that accrue less than 16 penalty minutes. “I don’t think that’s ever been done by a midget team,” he said. Rowbottom also noted seven of the players, who are aging out of the midget division, will be
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OPINION OUR VIEW
Senate gets it right with focus on prevention E
at right and exercise. Easy to say, and we’ve all heard it a million times. Tougher to actually do on a day-to-day basis. But it’s exactly what we should all be doing to stay healthy, which is why it’s so heartening that the Lake Cowichan healthcare team, the members of which we are profiling in the Gazette, is focused on helping us do just that. Prevention of illness is always better than treatment after we are sick. Just ask anyone who’s sick right now. Historically, our healthcare
system has been largely focused on helping people who are already ill, whether it’s providing medications or surgeries. But we know that many of the illnesses that we are now treating with that system grow out of lifestyle choices. It only makes sense to try to target those choices to get at the root causes before someone ends up in hospital or at the doctor’s office. Healthcare in Canada is still largely about treating sick people. But over the last few years there has been some progress on shifting some of
the resources and attention to prevention. Last week a new Canadian senate report came out looking at obesity in our country. The numbers are not encouraging. The number of obese children has tripled and the number of obese adults has doubled since 1980. That’s just a 30-year span. Imagine where we will be if we continue on the current trajectory without change. The report makes 21 recommendations, some of which have already proven controversial in certain circles.
One of those recommendations is a tax on sugary drinks, which has already, unsurprisingly, drawn the ire of the Canadian Beverage Association. After watching how many kids walk around with four-litre bottles of pop that they drink in a single day we think it’s the least we should be doing. We also applaud the idea of rewriting the Canada’s food guide without the food and beverage industry being allowed to stick their oar in. Let’s face it, the only reason they want to have a say is to put stuff on there that shouldn’t be.
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There are also several recommendations that encourage more funding to get us off our couches and moving. The report states that only 15 per cent of adults are getting the recommended 150 minutes of activity per week. If we want to reduce the cost of healthcare in the years to come, we must take these ideas seriously.
Re: “Time to take MSP off life support” (B.C. Views, Feb. 24). I enjoyed Tom Fletcher’s column on MSP premiums and it brought to mind some research I conducted when I was at Decima Research in the late ’80s. As is true today, there was concern among some that people were over-using medical care, in part because they did not understand its cost. We tested views about costs of the system and looked in particular at differences between provinces that charged premiums and those that did not. The results were surprising. We found that a significant minority of respondents in
SUBSCRIBE TODAY provinces that had premiums believed that their premiums covered the entire cost of the health system. Far from making them more cautious about accessing the system, many of those premium-paying respondents thought “I’m paying for it, so why shouldn’t I go to the hospital/clinic whenever I want.” As is the case today, proponents of premiums argued that it would make people more sensitive to the costs of the services they used; the converse turned out to be true. The only serious attempt to let people know about medical costs directly was Alberta’s disastrous (and never repeated) experiment in informing households about all the medical
services consumed by the household in the previous year. Ian Mckinnon Oak Bay
Marijuana documented for last 5,000 years Tom Fletcher missed the bull’s eye regarding cannabis (marijuana) implying (Gazette, March 1), it’s an “inconsistent” herbal remedy that hasn’t been studied much because it’s been illegal. The plant has been documented medically for over 5,000 years without a single death. That’s safety and consistency on a Biblical scale. Stan White Dillon, Col.
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Street Beat
With Malcolm Chalmers
The Gazette asked: Do you see decaying roadside vehicles as a problem in the Cowichan Lake area? Blair Denman
Debbie Martel
Sheena Maas
“Not that I have noticed. I’ve got a couple of RVs across from me I’d rather not look at though.”
“I find what is difficult is that nothing is done about them until they are reported, so it depends what area you live in, weather it is a high traffic area or not.”
“Yes, it is an eyesore. Virtually every side road you go down has one but if it is on their property it’s hard to say anything to them without making them angry.”
Jane Way “I haven’t seen that many, except outside of town, like on the road to Port Renfrew. If they were in town that would be a drag because it wouldn’t look so nice.”
OPINION
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Premiers do the carbon shuffle
Always ready to volunteer
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remier Christy Clark had her dancing shoes on as yet another “climate change” meeting ended in disarray in Vancouver last week. “This is not the end,” Clark assured reporters after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and the premiers emerged with no agreement on a national minimum carbon price. No kidding. Trudeau declared victory by announcing the unanimous consent to a “Vancouver Declaration,” which basically pays lip service to the concept of “carbon pricing” and kicks another grand federal election promise down the road. As the rest headed for jets waiting at Vancouver airport, Clark expressed the hope that the public would say “they got together and they made progress.” Did they? Let’s take a look. Going into the Whistler-Vancouver stop on Trudeau’s globe-trotting glamour tour, Clark correctly noted that it’s other provinces that need to make progress. B.C. has a clear price on carbon emissions. Clark’s advice for other premiers is to follow Campbell’s example of a revenue-neutral carbon tax, offset by income tax reductions. You won’t build public support for a carbon tax that makes people poorer, she said. Of course that’s what Alberta is doing, at a time when many residents are getting poorer already. Alberta’s NDP government plans to match the rate of B.C.’s carbon tax within two years and spend the proceeds. Other premiers have more creative definitions for pricing carbon. Nova Scotia Premier Stephen McNeil pointed to transmission
lines and power purchases from the Muskrat Falls dam under construction in Labrador, to substitute hydro for coal-fired power. The highest electricity prices in Canada are their “carbon pricing” plan. Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall pointed to SaskPower’s Boundary Dam carbon capture and storage project. It is the world’s first coalfired power station to capture carbon dioxide after combustion. The CO2 is sold to oilfield operators who inject it into declining wells to push more oil out, and the project intends to capture sulphur dioxide and fly ash to process and sell for other industrial uses. Wall is the only Canadian leader to state a couple of inconvenient truths. The purpose of this exercise is to reduce carbon emissions, not to raise tax revenues. And now is the worst possible time to impose more taxes on the oil and gas industry. Clark’s stand-pat strategy on the B.C. carbon tax is going to change this year, as positioning begins for the 2017 election. A B.C. government advisory panel has recommended a 33 per cent increase, conveniently starting in 2018, with annual increases after that. The current seven-cent-per-litre carbon tax on gasoline sold in B.C. is hardly a deterrent these days, as pump prices have tumbled and could stay low for years to come. And with a fragile economy, it seems unlikely that a big boost in carbon taxes will find favour with voters a year from now. The B.C. NDP is trying to rebuild its credibility on climate policy. NDP leader John Horgan tried to revise the party’s history, claiming in year-end interviews that the NDP didn’t oppose the carbon tax, only making it revenue neutral rather than spending the money on green initiatives, as Alberta wants to do. Alas, the NDP’s “axe the tax” campaign going into the 2009
election is a matter of record. The party’s election platform warned that Campbell’s plan “increases taxes for average families by tripling the gas tax” to its current level. Last week the NDP issued a news release denouncing Clark for presiding over increasing greenhouse gas emissions. Tom Fletcher is B.C. legislature reporter and columnist for Black Press. Email: tfletcher@blackpress.ca Twitter: @ tomfletcherbc
I am writing to let the community know that I am deeply disappointed to not have been re-appointed to the Cowichan Lake Recreation Commission for another term. Although I was not even given the courtesy of an official letter of termination, I do with to thank both the CVRD board and Town of Lake Cowichan council for giving me the opportunity to serve on
Bernie Wildy “No I don’t see it as a problem, not around here anyways.”
this commission for the past 10 years. I have offered my name as a volunteer over a large number of years with respect to the arena — the building of the original structure, the skating club, Lake Cowichan and District Minor Hockey Association, the arena renovation project, the commission and more. I will always be ready to volunteer in the community. Rocky Wise Lake Cowichan
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HEALTH
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Free mammograms available next week
Town focusing resources on improving water quality
JAMES GOLDIE GAZETTE
Free breast cancer screenings are coming to Lake Cowichan next week, using state-of-the-art equipment from the BC Cancer Agency. Women over the age of 40 are urged to book an appointment with the agency, which will be parking one of its new mammography screening buses at Saywell Park on March 17 and 18. “We do know that one woman in nine will get breast cancer in their lifetime and that’s why we really encourage women to take advantage of screening,” said Janette Sam, operations director for the screening mammography program. “The majority of women who go in to have a screening mammogram, don’t have any symptoms or problems they’re aware of and so they are quite surprised when they do find that they may have breast cancer. And that’s because we’re able to find these things when they’re so small you wouldn’t be able to find them normally.” The test is similar to the older style mammograms, except instead of using x-ray film it uses digital receptors and computers to examine breast tissue. Two pictures of each breast are taken and sent to a radiologist to be examined. BC Cancer Agency then sends the results by mail both to patients and to their family doctors.
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arly in my life I was taught to make the best out of a bad situation and that is exactly what the town is attempting to do with our current water quality situation. Boil water advisories are extremely frustrating for our entire community, council included. Since studies were conducted in 2006, council has been made aware of the need for a secondary water treatment system and the provincial mandate to have the town meet new drinking water standards for surface water followed. In 2009 we began taking incremental steps to achieve the goal of the mandate without excessive tax increases. Conservation of water has long been a priority of your municipal government and the province. In 2008 the town became a signatory of the BC Climate Action Charter and hence the town committed to creating policies and strategies for taking action on climate change that would help enable the town to acquire external funding for new projects. Despite this commitment there was opposition to the metering program which resulted in a special meeting on July 14, 2009. After listening to the pros and cons on the subject, council narrowly passed a resolution to implement the water metering program with the receipt of the initial grant of $400,000. This occurred only after a resolution was put forward to return the water metering grant which, fortunately for our taxpayers, was defeated. I mention this now because the consequences of returning approved funding could have been devastating for us. Further provincial and federal funding could have been negatively impacted had the town returned the approved funding and ignored our commitment to conservation. Fortunately for us, we were then also able to go on to secure the second phase of the water metering grant. The metering program could not have been implemented soon enough what with the very dry summers we have had lately. We recently completed the first phase of the sewage treatment upgrades with grant funding of a $1 million from the General Strategic Priorities Fund and an additional gas tax grant of $350,000 from the Regionally Significant Priorities Fund. Total cost for phase one of this project came in under budget at just under $1.52 million. These significant grant contributions probably would not have been available had we not adopted the metering program. We recently applied for funding to complete phase two of our sewer upgrades, and with this application being our secondary priority, the application was not successful. Council realized that we had two very costly future infrastructure requirements that we could no longer ignore. One was for expanding capacity and upgrading our sewer treatment plant and the other was for the mandated water system upgrade. We know our taxpayers
cannot afford to pay on their own. Assistance from other funding sources is critical. However, we have begun a proactive plan to pay our share of the costs. In 2010 we began by implementing a $50 parcel tax to go towards our sewer upgrades. This parcel tax was increased to $100 in 2012 when we also introduced a $100 water parcel tax. Monies collected through these parcel taxes are dedicated solely to these related functions. Our number one priority grant application is for water treatment and it brings me back to our water related issues. We know our citizens are not very happy when they see boil water advisories and that is understandable. We also know that the more than $6 million price for a direct filtration water system is more than our water users can bear to pay alone through taxation or user fees. We are working hard to acquire additional funding that will enable our cost share to be much more manageable. We are thankful for the letters of support we have received from our neighbouring municipalities and our Lake Cowichan First Nation, who have always stepped up to the plate in every instance, including the Centennial Park upgrades funding application that we were successful with under the Canada 150 Community Infrastructure Program. The $500,000 from this particular grant, in addition to monies from the general funds, should see the start of major upgrades for Centennial Park this year. This is a two-year project. I can’t thank our staff enough for the commitment they continue to provide in assuring us that our town’s needs are achieved through minimal costs to our citizens. Having good clean water is imperative for the health and safety of our citizens and that is why we respect the safer standards set forth from Island Health. As much as we regret the all too frequent boil water advisories we also understand the economic ramifications a new water system presents and we are working diligently to achieve the new system at a cost that is palatable to us all. I am optimistic this can be achieved. This should allow for the worst (constant boil water advisories) to become the best (with a new state of the art water filtration system) if we don’t deviate from the course we have chosen. I thank the residents for bearing with the inconvenience of boil water advisories. It is good news for our community that the regional district has been successful in its application for funding to close off a portion of a previous ash landfill at the Meade Creek site and to undertake the required upgrades to the facility for an amount of $2.56 million. The cleanup of the Meade Creek site is long overdue. It is exciting that the Forrest and Friday Novice Lakers got the opportunity to participate in the Timbits Hockey Intermission Feature during the Canucks/Maple Leaf game Feb. 13. Tim Hortons generously paid for all tickets and the transportation for the group that included the entire Novice Lakers Team, parents, local referee Nic Brown, as well as Lake Cowichan’s number one Lakers’ Fan and best timekeeper, Tim Gowenlock. Team manager Jenny Fawcett deserves a huge shout out for securing this once in a life time opportunity for these young hockey players. Congratulations team.
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HEALTH TEAM
Meet the team Kim Magnan, the fitness consultant for the Lake Cowichan Primary Healthcare team, draws on her experiences as a school teacher and later a fitness instructor to help clients get active. [JAMES GOLDIE/GAZETTE]
Fitness key component for Lake’s health care JAMES GOLDIE GAZETTE
From the classroom to the weight room, Kim Magnan has always understood the importance of keeping physically active. Before becoming the fitness consultant for the Lake Cowichan Primary Healthcare team, Magnan worked as a school teacher in Victoria and later taught aqua fit classes at community centres. She eventually added other services to her repertoire such as land fitness, weight training, personal training and Zumba. “As a school teacher I was always teaching P.E. and science,” she said. “This role is kind of my in-between. Not quite school teaching, not quite fitness all the time. It’s [combined] the two, plus a little more paperwork.” Magnan coordinates all the fitness programs offered through the primary healthcare team, plus she meets with clients and shares her expertise the same way dietician Bronwyn Coyne and behavioural health clinician Heather Strong do. To qualify for the free service, clients simply need to be over the age of 19 and be living with
Following the loss of Lake Cowichan’s only doctor, a primary healthcare team was set up to help fill the gap. The Lake Cowichan Gazette is featuring profiles on each of the team members. a chronic health condition. “It’s the cheapest personal trainer rate you can get in town: free,” she said. “We do standard measurements of [a client’s] body and discuss standard health issues that they might have that might affect the way they exercise and then we do some physical tests and assess their fitness. And from there we decided together what classes would be best suit-
ed for them.” Classes are offered throughout the week, ranging from a community walking group to weight training at the rec centre. One class is called Learning to Exercise Again. “After an injury or after being inactive for a while, it’s a nice place to start.… [It’s] a real introduction to the vocabulary, so bicep curls and squats and lunges,” said Magnan, adding the course is a good stepping stone to their weight training program. Magnan said the programs can be modified for each individual client, and group participation is not mandatory. “Not everyone wants to be part of the group exercises, they just need the space to do the exercises,” she said. Common ailments Magnan sees among her clients are arthritis, diabetes and people who are either waiting for joint replacement surgery or have just undergone it. “It’s definitely humbling to see how resilient the people are out here and how willing they are to try exercise when they have so much going on in their health,” she said.
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W Retreads hikers take a break at the rest stop at the waterfall at Holland Creek before heading across the bridge to a trail viewpoint. [SUBMITTED PHOTO]
hile we have been absent from the Gazette for a few weeks we have continued an active and fun hiking program. In the past month we have been to the Mesachie Forest Research area with an orientation visit to Camp Imadene, been up Bald Mountain in the rain and fog, again hiked the east side of
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Cottonwood Creek and up Widowmaker Creek and travelled up to Ladysmith to hike the ever popular Holland Creek Trail at the south edge of town. Thirty people hiked Holland Creek which is a well-maintained but challenging trail that follows up the hills above Holland creek to an up-to-date walking bridge 3.5 kilometres in and then back down the other side. It has a significant side trip up onto a hill overlooking the town and out toward the Nanaimo airport (which is closer to Ladysmith) and out over the Salish sea channels. The Holland Creek hike takes us through a great variety of forest settings and is one of the more interesting we visit. After a climb up a steep part of the trail we break for a well-earned rest at a lookout for the waterfall. Then on again across the bridge up the side trails to the town viewpoint and back down. The downside of the trail is better designed and has a number of steps to navigate. It is close to a suburban part of Ladysmith. Back to the cars and then to our reward. One couple lives at Saltair and has invited us for lunch at their house which has an excellent view out over the channel. We have an enjoyable lunch and then travelled down the old highway through Chemainus, Crofton and onto Herd Road. One of our guest hikers is from Holland (not the creek) so we have to make a stop at Utopia, the authentic Dutch bakery in Chemainus and as always we are amazed at the art work in the remade Chemainus. On our Mesachie forestry trip, Nancy Marshall had arranged an orientation visit to Camp Imadene. We were led around the beach areas where activities were described as we moved along. Then by the outstanding BMX bike park and to the camp site where young visitors camp in cabins. Back past the office and assembly areas and to the other accommodation units. While we did not have a chance to test it out, we were told about the wildplay area that has rock climbing and rappel areas and engages young people in other adventures including caving and canoe trips. This former industrial mill site has gradually taken on a new life as an attractive and functional camp site. We then parked at the forest research gate, hiked through the section that studies growth of forests with some huge older trees. From there to a trail down to the lake at the east end of the research land, along a logging road parallel to the lake edge, up past the office block and back out to the gate and our cars. While we suspect this research station is a shadow of its former strength, we are grateful to know that a number of scientists and their support staff continue to work on critical issues, which includes figuring out adaptation of trees to our changing climate. The hike up the east side of Cottonwood Creek across a bridge and then up the side of Widowmaker Creek is always a pleasure with the forest scenery and busy gurgling creek as it tumbles down over large rocks to our lake. This creek is running clear and does not appear to be contributing to our boil water advisory. Back at the road we noted loaded logging trucks coming out and they were covered in mud, but they were not stopping at the truck wash site that appears not to be operating. We also passed Cassy’s new coffee shop in the middle of Youbou but could not enjoy a coffee because it is not open Wednesdays. We went back later in the week for delicious soup and coffee. This winter the Retreads have not done as well with sunny days as in the past. One Wednesday morning we looked out the window and decided, no, we do not need to hike today in the steady rain. cowichanlakeretreads@gmail.com
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Duncan United Church minister Keith Simmonds, left, and youth coordinator Sarah Prestwich have organized a weekly youth drop-in to be held Saturday evenings at St. Christopher’s and St. Aidan’s Anglican Church. [JAMES GOLDIE/GAZETTE]
Group a safe place to go Saturday night JAMES GOLDIE GAZETTE
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n a Saturday night in Lake Cowichan options are limited for teenagers seeking a place to hang out with friends. However, one group from Duncan is seeking to change that and has launched what amounts to a weekly youth centre for people in Grades 7 to 12. The project is an initiative of the Duncan United Church, although its organizers emphasize there is no religious component to the programming and they are not concerned with the religious identities of participants. “There’s other youth drop-ins that are connected and affiliated with a certain church denomination but with us it’s just bringing anybody with any different types of backgrounds,” said Sarah Prestwich, a youth leader with Duncan United Church and one of the project’s organizers. “When I was in high school there was a mall around, but we especially wanted a space or a time to get together, do community projects, to talk and just be youth and teenagers, and there wasn’t that kind of space … I really want to give these kids a space.” According to Keith Simmonds, minister at Duncan United Church, funding for the project comes from the sale of a church building when the United Church closed its ministry in Lake Cowichan three years ago. “They asked that when their building was sold some of the money that was realized from the sale of that building would stay in Lake Cowichan to be used for youth in Lake Cowichan. And that’s pretty much where they left it,” he said, noting there were no conditions related to Christianity or trying to convert youth. “They just wanted some programming for youth in Lake Cowichan, they saw that as a need, and they asked that $100,000
from the sale of their church be set aside for that purpose.” Over the past year Simmonds and several colleagues from the church in Duncan met with various people in Lake Cowichan, from the staff at Cowichan Lake Community Services to the principal of Lake Cowichan School to the Lake Cowichan Christian Fellowship, which already has its own youth group. “We didn’t want to duplicate what they were doing and we didn’t want them to feel like we are trying to come in and maybe raid their youth or something,” said Simmonds. What he heard repeatedly was that youth in the area wanted a safe place to hang out and be themselves. It offers a space to host music and open mic nights, board game cafés or discussion groups. Simmonds said the group is flexible and available activities will depend on the interests of the teens who come. Both he and Prestwich emphasized the safe space aspect of the project. “It [means] you are welcome wherever you come from,” said Prestwich. “You have a voice. You are safe here, you have friends who love you. You can be who you are truly and not be judged.” Simmonds echoed these sentiments, noting similar United Church youth groups, including the one in Duncan, draw on a wide range of young people. “Maybe a third to half the kids come from your church congregation and the rest come from the community,” he said. “They’re friends of friends. They’re kids looking for a safe place. They’re kids whose gender identification or sexual orientation has maybe resulted in some alienation.” The youth group is held Saturday nights from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the church hall in St. Christopher’s and St. Aidan’s Anglican Church. The project launched March 5.
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The Honeymoon Bay Carpet Bowlers captured bronze at the Mid-Island Carpet Bowling playoffs last week, which were hosted in Honeymoon Bay for the first time. Although the tournament winners — from the Valley Seniors Organization in Duncan — will advance to the Vancouver Island Championships in April, the tone of the competition was amiable throughout. “Winning or losing doesn’t mean a thing, we’re here to have a good time,” said Chris Vanderstoep, president of the Vancouver Island Carpet Bowling Association. “I don’t care about how good or bad they throw the ball, as long as they’re out here having a good time and getting some exercise, that’s the main goal, as far as I’m concerned, with carpet bowling.” Teams participating in the mid-Island tournament were from Honeymoon Bay, Duncan, Crofton (which came in second place), Chemainus and Nanaimo. Carpet bowling requires players roll weighted balls down the length of a nine-metre green carpet, aiming to land as close as possible to a small white ball called the “jack” (similar to the button or bullseye in curling). It’s an eight-end game with teams scoring up to eight points
The Mid-Island Carpet Bowling playoffs in Honeymoon Bay attracts teams and players from throughout the Cowichan Valley. [JAMES GOLDIE/GAZETTE] per end. Although the game is primarily played by people over the age of 55 who are retired, Vanderstoep said it’s open to all ages and abilities. “I don’t care what age you are or how handicapped you are, we have people playing with canes and what have you, and people who are partially blind they can come out and play. We teach them how to play,” he said. The tournament was hosted by Cowichan Lake Recreation in partnership with the Honeymoon Bay Carpet Bowlers. “It’s also a social activity. It’s not just for watching and playing, but also to get connected with
people in the community,” said Tanya Kaul, recreation programmer with Cowichan Lake Recreation. “We would love to see carpet bowling played at Youbou at the community hall, so if there’s a group out there would like to contact me…we could start up a group.” Gordon Kent from VSO in Duncan said he enjoys the competition and the camaraderie of the game. “It’s a much more friendly game. You can sit with [your] team members and converse, or the opposite team and converse with them,” he said. “There’s a rivalry but a friendly rivalry, and that’s what makes it.”
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INDEPENDENT CRAFTSMAN FINISHING CARPENTER WITH OVER 25 YEARS EXPERIENCE.
QUALITY COMES FIRST. • RENOVATIONS • INSTALLATIONS • FRAMING • ALL FINISHING CARPENTRY • CUSTOM KITCHENS • LAMINATE FLOORING • DECKS • FENCES • SHEDS • ADDITIONS • WINDOWS & DOORS
JOHN PORTELANCE
250-749-3174 JOHNPORTELANCE@SHAW.CA
Cowichan Pet Emporium (1996) • Fish • Pet food/supplies • Otter Co-op Livestock Feed • Wood Pellets • Grooming
MONTHLY VET CLINIC with Dr. Nancy Holling
170A Cowichan Lake Rd.
250-749–4454
TIPTONS GAS BAR • Gas • Diesel • Boat Gas • Confections • Boat • Ice
250-749-6133
OPEN: Mon.-Sat: 5am to 10pm Sun: 7am - 8pm
14 North Shore Rd. Lake Cowichan
D.B.G. PAINTING Interior/Exterior Residential/Commercial Seniors Discount
Dan Gardner 250-510-0289 INSURED | FREE ESTIMATES
4 Season CEFG
GUTTER Company
A gutter above the rest.
Featuring: Crown Moulding
Fascia Gutters
Call Steve for Free estimate
Locally owned & operated
250-715-6038 250-749-4192
250-749-7763
Lake Cowichan
170 Cowichan Lake Rd., Ste. D
lakecurves@shaw.ca
March 8th, 2016
INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY Join us for a free workout
WE NOW OFFER LIMITED CO-ED HOURS
12 Wednesday, March 09, 2016 | THE LAKE COWICHAN GAZETTE | www.lakecowichangazette.com
You’ll Feel Like Family.
Midweek Specials Wed. thru Sat. March 9 - 12, 2016
Proud to be serving the Cowichan Valley since 1985
Mexican Grown
Asparagus
1
97
Imported
Jumbo Cantaloupe
2
lb 4.34 Kg
Outside Round Roasts
.97
97
100 g
EACH
Aquastar
Cooked Shrimp
In our Bakery...
Peeled, Tail On, 90-130 Count
lb 8.75 Kg
Canadian
In our Deli...
Double Cream Brie Reg. 16.99
9
97
750 g
Buy One Get One
Reg. 9.97
Danone Oikos Coconut Flakes
Greek Yogurt Reg. 4.29 LIMIT 3
1
2L
4x100 g
97 EACH
FREE
Pepsi or Assorted Flavours
EACH
LIMIT 5Total
Schneider’s
Baked Ham
97
Cut From Canada AA Beef
3
In our Deli...
5 500 F O R
Cheese Breads 454 g
2
97
Coco Libre
Organic Coconut Water 500 ml
.77
Offers valid at Lake Cowichan and Cobble Hill Country Grocer locations only
WATCH FOR OUR
FLYER THIS FRIDAY in the Citizen Newspaper
1400 Cowichan Bay Rd, Cobble Hill • Open Daily 8 am - 9 pm 83 Cowichan Lk. Rd, Lake Cowichan • Open Daily 7 am - 9 pm All items while stocks last.
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