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The Nutcracker’s Sugar Plum Fairy, played by Nozomi Sawada, and Cavalier, played by Brett Trach, wow the sold-out crowd at The Cowichan Theatre during the show on Dec. 17. For more images from the annual performance, turn to page A18.
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mart Meter installation in Cowichan starts next month — a month earlier than previously stated by BC Hydro’s Ted Olynyk. “Installation in some areas is moving smoother so that allows us to advance (installation) in some communities,” he said Tuesday. But Olynyk told the News Leader Pictorial two months ago, installation of 30,000 or so new meters on valley homes and businesses would begin in February. “Meter exchanges in your community will commence in January 2012 and are scheduled to be completed by the end of May,” Olynyk’s Dec. 21 letter to council says. But Councillor Sharon Jackson said the city voted in October against installing the new meters. “It was passed unanimously by the past council (before the Nov. 19 election) that we don’t want Smart Meters in Duncan,” she said. “This meterless technology is being forced on us. “There’s no middle-of-the-road source that’s told me ‘Sharon, it’s OK, you can believe the government on this one,’” Jackson said of folks fearing radio-frequency radiation from the new meters designed to save power and pinpoint outages. She aims to refuse a new meter on her home. “There’s been absolutely no conversation with people opposed to, and afraid of, Smart Meters.” Jackson was unsure if rejection notes will be attached to meters on city buildings. That’ll be debated by council on Jan. 19, while Duncanites make their own choice. Hydro agents will eventually explain Smart Meter information to council and other Cowichanians nixing the digital units, Olynyk said. “About 500,000 Smart Meters have been installed in B.C. so far, and less than one per cent have said they want a delay in installation,” he said of Hydro’s data from installers, and customer tracking. Cowichan customers will receive installation notices in January, several weeks before installation by contractor Corix, he explained. Ads about installation will run in local newspapers, too. Outside of rejection notes — or locals with locks around their current meters — installation takes about 10 minutes by uniformed agents who’ll knock on the door ¿rst. A 60-second power delay is expected. Hydro can be called at 1-800-224-9376.
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Curbside pick-up of meat waste and other organic garbage starts this year in North Cowichan. Mayor Jon Lefebure explained the municipality’s $310,000 kitchen-waste collection program could save taxpayers some $30,000 a year in regional trash-tipping fees. North Cow’s program will twin Duncan’s current collection and recycling kitchen wastes
that could smell, and attract rodents. Organics include bones, meat refuse and other greasy trash now being collected as regional garbage, then shipped to a Washington State dump. Works crews’ home delivery of green bins and kitchen-catchers — plus the start date and routes — are pending, he said. Organics will be turned into compost at
a Nanaimo plant. Program costs include $153,000 from council’s pollution reserve fund, and an annual hike in garbage and recycling fees to $118 from $114 for five years. “It’s an investment that’ll start paying off immediately because we’ll start getting that annual tipping-fee reduction,” said Lefebure. — Peter W. Rusland
Fishermen Äned in Duncan for angling infractions OverÄshing: Duncan man must pay $2,000 in federal penalties Peter W. Rusland
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News Leader Pictorial ofÄce manager Kim Sayer couldn’t be more tickled the NLP beat last year’s Pennies for Presents total with a tally of $15,800. Sayer’s also reminding folks tins are still Åoating around the community and the Änal total will be revealed next week.
Another record year for Pennies for Presents Ashley Degraaf
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slow start to this year’s cash collecting for the News Leader Pictorial’s Pennies for Presents campaign didn’t stiÀe the annual charity drive. Quite the opposite actually, reports NLP of¿ce manager Kim Sayer. “We’re at an amazing $15,800 with more to go,” Sayer said, pumped pennies have been pouring in and staff and volunteers have again surpassed another year’s total. Last year, NLP cashed in $15,679.13 for six valley charities with about $5,000 of that snagged from the inaugural book sale. This year’s second go at the book sale was again a huge boost to the drive, Sayer said, topping last year’s total with $7,400 raised. “We had no idea it would be such a huge success. What can we say? The people of the Cowichan Valley love books,” she said, adding post-book sale doom and gloom about a slugglish start to cash donations didn’t last long. “Over the past few years, we’ve noticed a decline in coin coming in and beyond that, less paper money and less silver,” Sayer summed of Pennies’ tins circulated
around the community as well as personal donations. “We realize that many families are stretched thin with regard to money allocated to charity.” But kudos are in order to staff and students at George Bonner Middle School, who raised $1,350 toward the drive, Sayer noted. “(Teacher Sue Murray) has been a great advocate for our Pennies program and has encouraged her class every year to collect and beat their goal from the prior year. “Khowhemun, Bench and Alex Aiken schools also collected another $1,250 between them.” Another boost to the campaign was the use of Island Savings Centre’s new coin-sorting machine. “In previous years, we’ve relied solely on volunteers and staff for rolling each and every coin that’s collected,” Sayer said. “We processed about $6,000 in coin through that machine and that’s a lot of coin.” Donations from coppers, silver and folding cash plus the book sale proceeds will be shared by the valley’s four food banks: Cowichan Valley Basket Society, Lake Cowichan Food Bank, Chemainus’ Harvest House and the south-end’s CMS Food Bank, as well as Cowichan’s Salvation Army, and Cowichan Women Against Violence.
Duncan man is one of two recreational halibut anglers who landed ¿nes totalling $5,000 in Duncan court after pleading guilty to charges of over¿shing, and obstructing Fisheries agents, the feds said. Duncan’s Campbell Egles-McKinnon, pleaded guilty in January to exceeding the daily limit for halibut, and obstructing a Fisheries of¿cer during crimes committed Aug. 23, 2010 in Paci¿c Rim National Park, Fisheries of¿cer Stefan Beckmann said. Egles-McKinnon was ¿ned a total of $2,000 for both offences. Nolan Wilks of Port Renfrew pleaded guilty Oct. 6, 2011, to disturbing Stellar sea lions, breaking Marine Mammal Regulations, Beckmann said. Wilks also pleaded guilty to exceeding the daily limit for catching halibut, and obstructing a ¿sheries of¿cer (Beckmann). “Mr. Wilks was ¿ned $2,000 for disturbing the Stellar sea lions, and $500 for each of the other two counts (over¿shing and obstructing).” Egles-McKinnon wasn’t charged for bothering the endangered sea lions as boat skipper Wilks admitted to throwing ¿sh heads at them, Beckmann said of the protracted action. “The case is concluded,” he said last week, “but it took a while to go through the hoops in Ottawa.” Egles-McKinnon was aboard Wilks’ 26-foot boat when Parks Canada warden Danielle Thompson told Fisheries agents a recreational ¿shing vessel was harassing Stellar sea lions near
Carmanah Point. The crew, she said, was observed chasing the mammals from their haulout point by coming within 10 metres, and tossing objects at them. “Clearly there was intent to chase them off the rocks — I believe for kicks,” Beckmann said. A Parks Canada order bans people within 100 metres of Carmanah Point. Stellar sea lions are listed under the Species At Risk Act. Beckmann said he failed to ¿nd Wilks’ boat until later that day at a Port Renfrew dock. Wilks and Egles-McKinnon had ¿shing licences, but were found with 18 halibut. The daily allowable limit is one ¿sh. Both men were also charged with obstruction of a ¿sheries of¿cer by making false statements, and interfering with evidence. “The case is concluded Most anglers but it took a while to go are lawabiding, through the hoops in BeckOttawa.” mann said, but these two men lied about where they got the seized halibut. The culprits’ tales spanned being given the ¿sh by a Native, to getting them from another boater. Some halibut were stashed under a docked boat, he said. The ¿nes were court-directed to the Port Renfrew Salmon Enhancement Society. Halibut seized were handed to a Victoria Food Bank, and the SPCA’s Wild Animal Rescue Centre.
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Offers include a Manufacturer Rebate of $0/$0/$500 and freight and air tax of $1,600/$1,550/$1,600 but exclude variable charges of license, fuel fill charge, insurance, registration, PPSA, administration fees and charges, any environmental charges or fees, and all applicable taxes. Taxes are payable on the full amount of the purchase price. Bi-Weekly payments are only available using a customer initiated PC (Internet Banking) or Phone Pay system through the customer’s own bank (if offered by that financial institution). The customer is required to sign a monthly payment contract with a first payment date one month from the contract date and to ensure that the total monthly payment occurs by the payment due date. Bi-weekly payments can be made by making payments equivalent to the sum of 12 monthly payments divided by 26 bi-weekly periods every two weeks commencing on the contract date. Dealer may sell for less. 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Bill Turner. “It’s a gift that will make a lasting difference for current and future generations.” When the property, valued at $1.85 million, came on the market, TLC partnered with the Cowichan Valley Regional District and the Cowichan Land Trust to purchase the property. To make a donation to Sansum Point in time for the 2011 tax year call 1-877-485-2422 or visit conservancy.bc.ca.
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Cowichan Cat Rescue calling for cat food
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owichan Cat Rescue’s trying their hand at a new way of collecting donations. Organizers are calling their latest drive “cram the van” and are asking Cowichanians to come out Dec. 31 to Duncan Pets to ¿ll a Caravan with cat food. “Our efforts are focused on ¿lling a Dodge Caravan with cat food, to stock up for the upcoming kitten season as well to collect donations to help pay off our considerable vet bills from 2011,” said organizer Lisa Aeichele. “It has been brought to our attention that the community may be misinformed and people tend to believe we get our vet services free. “This is not the case and our outstanding vets need to be paid.” Cowichan Cat Rescue’s mandate includes putting a halt
to Cowichan’s feral cat population from breeding. “The impact is far greater than just stopping kittens from being born in the wild,” Aeichele said. “These cats are fed, ¿xed and treated for any ailment they have. What we are doing gives them the ¿ghting chance they were denied when they got thrown away like garbage.” In 2011, CCR spayed 76 cats for low-income families. Its feral cat program ¿xed 450 Cowichan cats. “Our budget this year required $50,000,” Aeichele said. “We have received a portion from grants (approximately $15,000) but the rest, well those dollars come from adoptions and donations.” Cram the van takes place from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Duncan Pets just off the Island Highway next to the Money Mart. — Ashley Degraaf
Wrap up Curbside Recycling for the Holidays! Unlimited amounts of the following materials are accepted on your regular scheduled day for curbside recycling: •
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Clean Plastic Containers (coded #1-7) and Bags
• Clean Tin or Aluminum Cans, Foil Pie Plates *Items that cannot be recycled include: Foil-based wrapping paper, envelopes or gift cards with foil-lining, cellophane, bows, and ribbons. **STYROFOAM cannot be recycled at curbside, but can be taken to either Bings Creek, Peerless Road or Meade Creek Recycling Drop-off Depots for free recycling. For a complete list of acceptable items for curbside recycling, please visit our website at www.cvrd.bc.ca or call the CVRD Recycling Hotline at 250-746-2540 or in Ladysmith 1-800-665-3955 COWICHAN VALLEY Phone: (250) 746-2500 REGIONAL DISTRICT Fax: (250) 746-2513 Email: cvrd@cvrd.bc.ca Web: http://www.cvrd.bc.ca
175 Ingram Street, Duncan, BC V9L 1N8
CITY OF DUNCAN 2011 CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY SCHEDULE CITY OFFICE CLOSURE & GARBAGE COLLECTION The City Hall office, 200 Craig Street, will be closed from Monday, December 26, 2011 to Monday, January 2, 2012 and will reopen on Tuesday, January 3, 2012 at 8:30 a.m. -
The last day to make tax payments in person in 2011 will be Friday, December 23, 2011 prior to 4:30 p.m. Online payments and payments in the drop box at City Hall made prior to December 31, 2011 will be accepted as being “on time”. For your own protection, please do not place cash payments in the drop box at City Hall. If you have not claimed your 2010 or 2011 Home Owner Grant and you are eligible, you must claim it on or before December 23, 2011 prior to 4:30 p.m. After that date no changes to your 2010 Home Owner Grant can be made.
The Public Works office will be closed, Monday, December 26, 2011, Tuesday, December 27, 2011 and Monday, January 2, 2012. In case of emergency please call 250-746-7192. GARBAGE COLLECTION If your collection day is: Tuesday, December 27 Wednesday, December 28 Thursday, December 29
It has been changed to: Wednesday, December 28 Thursday, December 29 Friday, December 30
BEST WISHES FOR A SAFE & HAPPY HOLIDAY SEASON FROM YOUR CITY COUNCIL & STAFF
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Caelan Smith-Richards, 4, and brother Evan, 7, heft their copper gift to the News Leader Pictorial’s Pennies For Presents drive that’s already topped its $15,000 goal.
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Another recordbreaking year for Pennies
Thank you: Cowichan community never ceases to amaze us with its generosity
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e feel it every year. That small ball of anxiety, wondering whether this will be the year we don’t exceed last year’s total in our Pennies for Presents campaign. And every year, this community shows us, once again, how generous it is. By the morning of Thursday, Dec. 22, we had exceeded last year’s total for Cowichan’s Pennies campaign. The total currently stands at about $15,800. And that’s not counting any You help us donations we receive before Dec. 31. That cash — raised via our annual help local used booksale plus penny drives at local groups schools, business and other institutions in the community — all stays right here in the Cowichan Valley. Our local food banks all receive a cut, along with the local Salvation Army and the Cowichan Women Against Violence Society. We can’t thank you enough for your unwavering support of this campaign. And huge thanks also go to the many volunteers — such as Don Jenner, George Minckler and Ellie Smith — who spent hours at our of¿ce, sorting through coins and then rolling them for counting. We couldn’t do this without the donors, and we couldn’t do it without our dedicated counters. So thank you to each and every one of you who helped the campaign this year, and all the years past. Those spare coins in your wallets go a long way toward helping this community care for all its residents. And your tireless support of this campaign goes a long way toward proving just how fantastic a place the Cowichan Valley truly is. Thank you.
We say:
The good and the bad of this week in Cowichan This we don’t
This we like We’re thrilled to hear Duncan is pushing ahead with a facade makeover program. When a town boasts as much charm as Duncan does, it pays to make it look its best. The renovations to Craig Street are a great example of how to turn something good into something even better. A town that looks welcoming attracts tourists and businesses — and retains its residents.
When a program is as successful as the eco-energy home improvement grants handed out by the province and the feds, it seems like a no-brainer to keep it going. But as it stands, Cowichanians have until March 31 to take advantage of Ottawa’s retrofit rebate. This program is good for homeowners, the economy, and the environment. Keep it going.
Energy-efÄcient home upgrades should be encouraged.
NDP Adrian Dix leader buoyed by 2011 Tom Fletcher Black Press
Here are excerpts from my year-end interview with B.C. NDP leader Adrian Dix: TF: There was a lot of cheering at your convention Dec. 10 when federal NDP leader Nycole Turmel said that B.C. shouldn’t have to pay Ottawa back the $1.6 billion HST transition payment. That hasn’t been your position. Isn’t this a “I’m moving the mixed message for the public? political debate in a AD: No. In the positive direction.” federal election campaign, the NDP advocated for that position. And of course it was the late Jack Layton who put forward the argument that B.C. would not have to return the money, would we have voted at that time to get rid of the HST. Obvi-
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ously, while the NDP did extremely well in that election, we didn’t win. Mr. Harper won. He says we have to pay the $1.6 billion back and the Liberal Party of B.C., Ms. Clark and Mr. Campbell’s party, signed a very bad deal for B.C. that we’re stuck with. TF: You replaced Carole James this year. At the root of that situation was a complaint about a policy vacuum in the B.C. NDP. I put it to you that that vacuum still exists … AD: [laughs] I guess I can’t count on your support. TF: I’m making a list here. Increase corporate taxes to 2008 levels. Bring back a corporate capital tax and use that to fund student grants. Have I missed anything? AD: In January and February, many people criticized those proposals, especially the one returning corporate taxes to 2008 levels. And then the government adopted, brieÀy, those proposals in May. So I’m delighted that I’m moving the political debate in a positive direction. I defy you to name any opposition leader in any
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jurisdiction in Canada who has been as speci¿c on taxation as I have 18 months before an election. You’re going to see our detailed program in advance of the election. At the NDP convention I spoke at length about the key issues of our time, about the things that I’m campaigning for right now, including improving skills training in our province, addressing issues of inequality, addressing the fact that raw log exports are out of control in the province. I get criticized on some days for being too speci¿c and too policy-oriented, so I’m delighted to hear your criticism that I’m not speci¿c enough. TF: The B.C. Liberals leapt on your recent statement about potentially increasing income taxes for high earners. This sounds like [federal NDP leadership candidate] Brian Topp’s suggestion of a new top tax bracket. Is that what you were saying? AD: On personal income taxes, I think because the B.C. Liberal Party has continually increased costs on middle class people, for example, shifting the hydro burden onto residential customers, and subsidizing industrial customers. They’re raising
MSP premiums, raising ferry fares, raising longterm care fees, they have speci¿cally gone after the middle class. I don’t think there’s really personal tax room there for middle-income people. That’s my view and my position. TF: So does that mean increasing taxes for higher income people? AD: No. I think what you have to do is ¿rst of all look at the ¿scal situation closer to the election and be clear about that. ••• The interview also touched on the NDP teaming up with Bill Vander Zalm, and the future of socialism. You can ¿nd the full text on the News Leader Pictorial’s website by pointing to the Opinion tab and clicking on B.C. Opinions. Tom Fletcher is the legislative reporter for Black Press. Reach him at tÀetcher@blackpress.ca.
Wednesday, December 28, 2011
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YOUR TURN
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What was the best gift you gave or got this Christmas? “The best I gave was a necklace I made from an antique watch for my girlfriend.”
Colin Brouwer, Lake Cowichan
“I gave, in my boyfriend’s name, to The Land Conservancy’s save-an-acre campaign in Jordan River.”
Hannah Watler, Maple Bay
What do you think? Log on to www.cowichannewsleader.com and answer our Question of the Week. Results will be published in our next edition.
There is no reason to wallow in the holiday blues
Time to bite the bullet and Äx our pool funding formula
Dear editor From the top of the Malahat to Ladysmith and west to Lake Cowichan, our community shares about the best of everything that Mother Nature can bestow upon us. It is such a shame to see different parts of that community at loggerheads with one another. If one draws a line from Saltair to Shawnigan Lake, and another from Lake Cowichan to Cowichan Bay, they intersect, roughly at the Cowichan River and the Trans-Canada Hwy. That’s approximately one kilometre from the Cowichan Aquatic Centre! A circle drawn with the centre on Duncan, includes both Saltair and Chemainus, and Mill Bay, Shawnigan Lake, Cobble Hill and Cowichan Bay and comes within two or three kilometres of Cowichan Lake. If the location of the pool had been planned for it to be central, it could hardly be better situated. It’s time to bring some harmony back to that larger community by harmonizing the two-tier pool fee structure- immediately. Let’s be friends again. If the pool stakeholders can relent, bite the bullet, and share the pool, perhaps, in the future, the CVRD lettered areas might consider joining Duncan and North Cowichan in mutual support of recreational funding. Surely, it would be ¿nancially advantageous to the south end to come and share the existing pool instead of shouldering the high cost of building a competing facility, Surely, also, those who are driving to distant pools can reduce their carbon footprint and driving cost also. Everybody bene¿ts and the pool can easily handle the increased traf¿c of happy and satis¿ed area residents. Lastly, stakeholders would bene¿t somewhat by reducing maintenance cost losses. It certainly should be some kind of win-win situation that a new, more businesslike North Cowichan council could embrace and agree to quickly. G. & R. Croy
In my opinion: Here are some steps to get you through
“I just don’t understand Christmas. Instead of feeling happy, I feel sort of let down”. —A Charlie Brown Christmas, 1965 eople have very different experiences of the holidays: Happiness, peace, joy, fun, celebration, hope and/or sadness, loneliness, worry, let-down A lot of our feelings, happy or sad, have to do with expectations. What is it we are hoping for or dreading? What is our state of mind? Are we open to what might occur and ready Andrew Leong/¿le to just notice it without blame or judgment; and A writer today suggests the New Year would be a great time for Cowichan politicians to solve the Aquatic Centre maybe even curiosity? funding issue once and for all. We may not be able to control what happens, but we do have some control over our response to it. A mindfulness approach to the holiday time can As I was waiting for my order to be ¿lled, Lake Cowichan Lodge with our 12 year old bring a very different experience: a young high school student came up and grandson Jackson and his father Mitch then • Prepare yourself by developing awareness returned a loonie I had apparently dropped. As headed off to the arena for what we thought of your breath, your level of stress and how it I carried my coffee to my table, I developed would be two days sitting in the cold uncomthe shakes in my right arm and made a mess fortable hockey arena. We remembered it well manifests. • Notice your thoughts. Are they open or conof spilt coffee on my table. I sat down to rest from having been there often during our 27 before getting up to get some serviettes to years in the valley. Wow! We were blown away tracted? • Practise being in the present moment rather clean up the mess. As I sat down a male in his when we saw the magni¿cent refurbished Lake late 30s placed serviettes on my table. I was Cowichan Arena. Congratulations to everyone than lost in thoughts of yesterday or tomorrow. • If this is a time for remembering someone impressed with these two acts of kindness. who had any part at all in making this transforwho has passed away or lost to you, how do you I am becoming increasingly aware of my mation possible. Everyone from out of town want to celebrate or take care of yourself? Plan this loss of physical capabilities as I age. These went home impressed with your new comtwo acts of kindness gives me con¿dence that munity jewel. Every aspect of their visit to the ahead of time. • What will you contribute to this time that will I can keep getting out of my apartment and Lake left a favourable lasting impression. It’s bring happiness to yourself and others? con¿dent that, if I develop problems, someone amazing what a community of commited vol• What habits bring you down? What can you do will come to my help. This allows me to keep unteers can achieve when they set their minds North Cowichan instead? my independence longer before being con¿ned to it: the Island Savings Centre, the world’s • How do you respond to members of your famin a senior’s home. largest hockey stick and the Chemainus murals ily? Can you ¿nd a way to escape the stickiness of I would like to publicly thank these two Good are perfect examples. Caring community inspires seniors Samaritans for their help in my time of need. Dick Drew some family relationships? Maybe take a breath, get exercise, eat healthy food, minimize alcohol, I hope I was able to convey to all readers how Maple Ridge to keep stepping out get enough sleep. important it is to help seniors in need. This Dear editor • If this holiday time brings ¿nancial stress, community goodwill helps to increase the qualRecently after my gym work and swimming Let’s make 2012 the year Duncan consider simplifying. ity of life we enjoy in the Cowichan Valley. at the Island Savings Centre gym and pool, I • If other people’s opinions of you are more gets more friendly to the disabled had a coffee to rest before the long walk home. Gerry Masuda important than your own, think, “What you think Duncan Dear editor of me is none of my business.” Dec. 3 marked the 30th anniversary of the • If you get caught in communication patterns ¿ rst observation of International Year of DisLLake Cowichan should be proud of abled Persons. that are win-lose try taking a breath before you respond and smile. See where the power really is. iits community jewel Let’s make 2012 the year that curbs outside • If you do not have family, friends or loved ones Dear D editor doctors’ of¿ ces and pharmacies in Duncan “Can we make the world a better place this Christmake a plan to meet with other people so that you Last weekend we drove from our home in are modi¿ed so that when you arrive at your mas?” are not alone. Maple M Ridge to Lake Cowichan to cheer on destination thanks to a caregiving driver you You answered: (30 votes) • If you are alone, set yourself up with something our o grandson’s peewee hockey team the Delta are able to get into your wheelchair or use 56 per cent YES Jets J They were competing in the Lake’s two your walker to get into the building. It makes it to do and watch your mind, go for a walk, sing a song, watch a movie or connect somehow with day d peewee tournament. It had been more than easier for everybody. To vote on the next Question of the Week, log onto the someone in hospitals, the street, or nursing homes. ¿ve years since my wife Aline and I had been Barb Park, co-ordinator web poll at www.cowichannewsleader.com • Think about the true meaning of Christmas or in i or seen the old arena. We checked into the Stroke Recovery Association, Cowichan branch whatever other holiday, and perform acts of kindness both to yourself and others. • Acknowledge feelings of sadness and grief, experience them fully and let them go without traumatizing yourself with stories of the old days and old wounds. 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Wednesday, December 28, 2011
South-end Rotary hands out almost $12,000 South Cowichan Rotary Club president Glenn Terrell dished out early Christmas gifts last week to three local volunteer organizations and projects, on behalf of the organization. Terrell, at the south-end Rotary Club’s meeting Dec. 21, presented cheques totaling $11,500 to the CMS Food Bank Society, Cowichan Valley Hospice Society, and Cowichan Community Kitchens. Organization representatives Lou Thornton (CMS Food Bank), Gretchen Hartley (Hospice) and Lori Iannidinardo (Community Kitchens) were on hand to accept the dough. “You make a concrete difference to many lives in crisis and need,” Hospice’s Hartley said. “Your leadership allows us to leverage these funds as we seek help from the rest of the community.” During the past 20 years, the South-Cowichan (Mill Bay) club has supported local organizations with more than $250,000 of donations. — Ashley Degraaf
FAITH
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Paramedics assist the driver out of his vehicle as North Cowichan South End ÄreÄghters use the Jaws of Life to open the passenger side door after a crash at approximately 6 p.m. on Boxing Day at the intersection of Beverly Street and the Trans-Canada Highway.
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(Corner of Ingram & Jubilee) “Blessed and happy is he that ariseth to promote the best interest of the peoples and kindreds of the earth.” To learn how the Baha’is are working toward building unity and peace or to attend a tranquil, devotional gathering call 748-6996 www.bahai.org
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St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church is a family of people who are discovering the signiÀcance of following Jesus. Come, whoever you are, whatever your strengths, needs, faith or doubts. Sunday Worship Services 9:00 am & 10:30 am (nursery & Sunday School is available at the 10:30 am service only) www.standrewsduncan.org
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Meeting Instead of KerryatPark Mill Bay Community Hall Community Hall... we will be at: 1001 Shawnigan-Mill Bay Rd Se’Shen Furniture Next to Kerry Park Arena SuiteSundays 1-5311 Trans Canada at 10:00 AMHwy (howEveryone about thatWelcome for a twist...
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Cowichan News Leader Pictorial A11
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Honesty saved a life this month
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y the way, did you hear: • Nigel’s Smith’s survival was touch and go for a while there. The Duncan man was returning from a recycling trip to Bings Creek with his wife Gina when he realized his wedding ring was missing. Gina says they returned to the centre to discover a Good Samaritan had turned it in to staff, who quickly returned it. “They all had a good chuckle when I said they saved a man’s life today,” Gina said. “ It’s great to live in a place where people care. We will be sure to pay your kindness forward if given a chance.” • Jason Finlayson tells us the Vancouver Island Real Estate Board Zone Christmas Luncheon was held Dec. 2 at Duncan Meadows Golf & Country Club. Cowichan Valley realtors donated a pile of unwrapped presents for the Salvation Army’s yearly toy drive and $775 to the Cowichan Valley Basket Society. Cliff and Barbara Moberg helped Finlayson bring the gifts to the Salvation Army. He also announced a $3,000 bursary to Vancouver Island University Cowichan Campus and Century 21 realtor Wendy Shaw made a plea for donations of tents and warm clothing for those residents lacking adequate shelter. • All Battery owners Chris Coburn and Stephen Isbister have opened a Duncan store at
Name: Larry Poholko Occupation: Capitals volunteer Age: 44 Hometown: Duncan If you get a chance go see: Footloose (the original) I’m listening to: rock’n’roll At least once everyone should: check out a Caps game Most people don’t know I: love bananas Proudest or happiest moment: becoming a volunteer and helping Biggest fear: heights If I was appointed king of the valley I would: tell everyone to be nice to one another Before I die: I want to get married Words I live by: be nice and have fun
1-5311 Trans-Canada Highway south of the silver bridge across from Smitty’s restaurant. Third partner and accountant Jason Zimmel is running the local branch with sales manager Nathan Kamerbeek. • Duncan CA student Nicole Collin passed the national uniform evaluation for the Institute of Chartered Accountants of B.C. A total of 427 B.C. writers successfully completed the exam, which was written over three days in September. • A group of Shawnigan Lake School students recently travelled to Montreal’s McGill University to participate in one of Canada’s most prestigious model United Nations conference, the Secondary Schools’ United Nations Symposium. Johnny Brynelson, Babak Mohammadi Yekta, Johnny McCann, Max Ogle, Liam Brister, Otis Downey, Maddy Torrie, Jesse Wray and Hwi Eun Ban were the only Vancouver Island students to participate in the massive North American event. • Chemainus Tours carriage horses Barney and Fred were spotted in the Nanaimo Old City Quarter throughout December giving Harbour City visitors horse-drawn trolley rides. Exciting things happening for you, your friends or your family that you want to share with your community? Send us a quick email at editor@ cowichannewsleader.com.
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Wednesday, December 28, 2011
Deadline looms for eco-grant refunds from feds, province Krista Siefken
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here’s still time to make your home more energy ef¿cient with cash from both the provincial and federal governments. Cowichanians have until March 31 to take advantage of the LiveSmart BC and the feds’ ecoENERGY Retro¿t – Homes partial rebate programs. But while that deadline is still months away, you’ll need the time if you still have work and energy audits to complete. “You’ve got to keep an eye on that deadline because after the ¿rst energy audit, you have to get all the work done, and then have a second energy audit,” explained Cam Drew, “You’ve got to keep manager at ThermoWindows in an eye on that (March proof Chemainus. 31) deadline.” Work can include everything from updating insulation and weatherproo¿ng, to upgrading windows and heat sources — all eligible for the eco-government grants. “We’re hoping (the federal program) will be extended but we’ve seen it staggered over the past couple of years,” Drew said. “There are times when the LiveSmart program is running, but not the ecoENERGY, times when the
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ecoENERGY program is running but not the LiveSmart, but sometimes, like right now, the two are together.” Which means more cash for homeowners who do the necessary upgrades. Those improvements are determined by an independent third-party energy auditor. “They’ll let you know areas you could improve and receive a rebate for, and give you an EnerGuide rating,” Drew said. Those audits run in the neighbourhood of $300, but are eligible for a $150 rebate from the government. And after the work is complete, the auditor comes back in — at a cost of about $150 — and updates the EnerGuide rating. “The rebate is based on that score, and what work you do,” Drew said. For example, upgraded windows are eligible for about $70 to $100 per window. A new, energy ef¿cient heat pump is worth considerably more. The auditor completes the necessary paperwork, and as long as it’s submitted before March 31, homeowners can expect cheques from both the provincial and federal governments. And, of course, there are other bene¿ts, too, from environmental to long-term ¿nancial. “With the new pricing from BC Hydro — an increase of eight per cent, with another eight per cent increase scheduled — people are paying more attention to energy,” Drew explained. The increase in upgrade work is such that Drew’s added two install staffers, and he sus-
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Wednesday, December 28, 2011
Duncan eyes business-frontage upgrades
2012 Regular Council Meeting Schedule North Cowichan Council gives notice that Regular Council meetings will be held at 1:30 p.m. the first and third Wednesday of every month in 2012, with th st the exception of January 4 and August 1 . Meetings will be held in the Council Chambers of the North Cowichan Municipal Hall, 7030 Trans Canada Highway, Duncan, B.C. You will find a schedule of regular Council meetings posted on the website (www.northcowichan.ca) and on the Municipal Hall bulletin board.
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haron Jackson won’t name downtown buildings she wants spiffed during a facade make-over program under debate at city hall. But the veteran Duncan councillor backs a program proposed by the Duncan Business Improvement Area Society. “Anything that makes downtown prettier and more welcoming is a no-brainer,” Jackson said. Talks are Àuid about exactly how council might match DBIA dough to upgrade core building frontages to attract shoppers and boost civic pride, she said. “The Duncan BIA is prepared to invest $10,000 annually into this program and is hopeful the city would match that investment, further increasing the incentive,” said DBIA president Garry MacGregor. “We strongly believe this small investment has the potential to have a very positive impact on the downtown business community.” So does Jackson. “It’ll go ahead for budget discussions,” she said of the matched-funding idea after last Monday’s council meeting, “but some members of council aren’t convinced that’s the way to go. “Some want to freeze property
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The heritage-look Alderlea commercial condo project touted for Duncan’s Canada/Trunk Road corner is the type of character council and DBIA hope for in their facade upgrade program. taxes for a year.” The facade-revamp plan will be revisited in early 2012, she said, dismissing contrived facade themes downtown. “Our of¿cial community plan guidelines are heritage colours but we don’t want to end up looking like Whistler. “We want a variety of building designs, not just Victoriana.” DBIA brass gave council a proposed Facade Improvement Program Guide and application form for feedback. That FIP includes a project review
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Seniors Good Life
Cowichan volunteers keep the past alive Peter W. Rusland
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owichan history lives through its artifacts — and its avid volunteers. “We couldn’t survive without them,” said Kathryn Gagnon, curator of the busy Cowichan Valley Museum and Archives. “Our volunteers are extraordinary because they could spend their time anywhere, but they bring all their expertise here — without them very little would get done.” Meet retired teacher Greg Shea, 59, who moved to the island in 2009. Helping the mostly grant-funded facility quenches his thirst for knowledge about Warm Land’s history and geography. “Cowichan’s history is quite amazing,” he said, citing his English lineage matching that of early ‘long stockings’ who settled in the Warm Land as it mimicked the old country’s climate and topography. Then there’s Cowichan’s human past. “I’m very interested in First Nations, and non-First Nations history here,” Shea said. “The more I read and interact with the Cowichan Historical Society, the more I want to learn.” Ditto for stalwart volunteer Ellen Lukaitis, 81. The retired nurse has been a museum helper since 1989 when late husband and city councillor, Martin, volunteered Ellen’s service. “It was the best thing he ever did for me,” she said of the Dun“We couldn’t survive can freeman who led the city’s without them.” heritage committee. “I love it.” Rewards for Lukaitis include social ones. “You meet so many people from all over the world — France, Italy, Hawaii. “People seek out museums wherever they go, and everyone’s impressed with our good little museum that’s well laid
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Long-time Cowichan Valley Museum volunteer Ellen Lukaitis dresses a mannequin for a Christmas display in preparation for the annual Downtown Duncan Christmas Lightup celebration. out.” Gagnon’s corps of unpaid volunteers works in the train-station housed museum, and the Cowichan Valley Archives on city hall’s third Àoor. “Our archives have retired librarians and retired lawyers,” she said of the archives’ 15 or so busy bees. Their hive houses original valley photos, letters, documents — plus paper and micro¿lm copies of the Cowichan Leader, and the News Leader Pictorial. “They build this amazing base of knowledge, and help with hundreds of research requests we get every year.” Data meets displays down Canada Street in the museum.
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That’s where some 35 volunteers lovingly mount a revolving array of exhibits. “They’re just invaluable; they greet visitors and handle tourists’ inquiries,” Gagnon said of her heritage helpers. “There’s a core of volunteers who come all the time, and there are others we call on for special events. “It’s like having a human-resources department.” Shea described Cowichan’s heritage resources as vital. “If we don’t value our history, we’ll lose things, and future generations will ask ‘Why?’” The museum can be reached for volunteering or donations at 250-746-6612.
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Seniors Good Life Cowichan woman searching for grandmotherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ring Ashley Degraaf
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ahtlamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Alana Harleyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ring just doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want to stay put. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the ring that wants to go on vacation every once in awhile,â&#x20AC;? Harley said about the silver belt-buckle piece passed down through her family. Harley recently misplaced the ring and is on the hunt to get it back. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s breaking my heart,â&#x20AC;? Harley said last week. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The thing that really bothers me is that if someone Âżnds it, it might just look like a trinket to them. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not like a diamond ring or anything but thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a lot of sentimental value.â&#x20AC;? Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a long history associated with the silver band. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the ring that wants â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was my grandmother to go on vacation every Kittyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ring that she passed on to my mom when she was 19 once in awhile.â&#x20AC;? and moving to Canada from Ireland,â&#x20AC;? Harley explained in an email to the News Leader Pictorial. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Mom was looking for a better life. They came from a very poor family and she was originally coming to visit her sister but met my father.â&#x20AC;? The silver was then slid onto Harleyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Âżnger after Kitty
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said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;After losing a bit of weight, it slipped off my Âżnger in the last week and I have torn the house apart looking for it and I cannot Âżnd it.â&#x20AC;? And itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not the Âżrst time the jewelryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s gone MIA. â&#x20AC;&#x153;My mom herself actually lost it and panicked about it just like me,â&#x20AC;? Harley said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was just gone. It fell off her Âżnger too.â&#x20AC;? Two years later, Harley was helping clean the family car and found it under the seat. After Kitty passed away, Harleyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s mom tucked the ring away. Or so she thought. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It went missing again,â&#x20AC;? Harley said, adding after another year, she was the one to Âżnd it again, this time in a cupboard. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Maybe one of my kids will Âżnd it and theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll be the one I pass it on to,â&#x20AC;? Harley said. If the ringâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s found in the community, sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hoping whoever Âżnds it will get in touch with her. After tracing her steps, sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s thinking it could likely have fallen off at Wal-Mart in the parking lot or inside the store or at Tansor Elementary School where her three kids attend. Sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s posted a picture of the ring on Facebook, looking for leads. â&#x20AC;&#x153;My aunt in Ireland already commented saying â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;I remember that ring on my mammyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Âżnger,â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;? Harley said. Anyone with information about the missing ring can call Harley at 250-748-1177.
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Seniors Good Life Krista Siefken
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lizabeth Chanter is in good company. Her book, The House on Becket Lane, has been compared to classics by Jane Austen and Charlotte
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Elizabeth Chanter wrote her Ärst book — The House on Becket Lane — long-hand. Chanter ultimately opted to self-publish with iUniverse.
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SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS
Don and Valerie Ehrman and family are pleased to announce the engagement of
Daniel Joseph to Jamie Victoria daughter of Ben and Shirley Popadiuk of Calgary, Alberta. Wedding to take place July 14, 2012 at the Westin Bear Mountain Resort, Victoria, BC
Congratulations and all our love to
Danielle Park and Richard Lord Married October 22, 2011 at Cherry Point. Richard is the son of Heather and Peter Lord, Duncan, and Danielle is the daughter of Veronica and Lance Park, Saskatoon.
Doug and Nancy Walker are pleased to announce the marriage of their daughter
Danielle to Jesse Billings on July 30, 2011. Welcome to the family Jesse! Wishing you both years of happiness, love and laughter!
Special Announcements Advertisements appear in the Leader Pictorial the last Wednesday of every month. Please contact us at 250-746-4471 or email: sales@cowichannewsleader.com for further information. Deadline to book space: Monday prior by 9:00 am.
Howard and Betty Atkinson Married 70 years January 3, 1941 Congratulations on another year together on your journey through life. With love from David and Nancy and your grandchildren and great grandchildren
Phil and Elly Morris nee Stafford Married 40 years! December 27, 2011 A Celebration Party was held Dec. 10 at Sahtlam Fire Hall with friends and family. Also celebrating their daughter Kateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Marriage in Mexico to Kevin Hanna. Thanks to all who attended both the party and the wedding. Phil and Elly.
Bob and Teresa Flood are pleased to announce the marriage of their son
Ryan to Tessa Brady daughter of Scott and Cheryl Brady. Family and Friends wish them a lifetime of happiness. The wedding was held at St. Lucia on Thursday, December 1, 2011
Kate Morris and Kevin Hanna were married in Mazatlan, Mexico on November 23, 2011. Congratulations from their parents Phil and Elly Morris of Duncan, BC and Lloyd and Beth Hanna of Oshawa, Ontario.
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Cowichan News Leader Pictorial A17
1952: Layoffs
DATELINE: COWICHAN
Weather and poor market conditions hit hard at the Western Forestries shingle and planer mill in Honeymoon Bay where 60 workers were laid off following the closure of the operation for an indefinite time.
1952: Busing
1952: Commerce
School District No. 65 Cowichan had begun a one-month trial to make its school buses available to bring children from rural areas to evening school events at Duncan High School.
Past president of the Duncan Chamber of Commerce E. M. Waldie became its president after the current president Mr. C. R. Porter, ex-manager of Sunny Brae Dairies, moved to Victoria.
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And then the great strip was born... Dateline 1952: 1952: Commercial approved on new route Ann Andersen
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ust more than 60 years ago the main route through Duncan ran along Allenby Road, past the Cowichan Merchants’ (then Eaton’s) corner and up what is now Government Street to join Somenos Road. That route was a tight squeeze through the downtown area, and logging trucks would often get stuck at Eaton’s corner, holding up traf¿c for hours. Along came a pristine new road designed to avoid the downtown core — a relaxed, semi-rural route on the east side of the busy city. Until, that is, private owners along it speculated there was a buck or two to be made from this new traf¿c. And Duncan city council readily agreed. Result: the Duncan strip aka The Nightmare Island Highway. In December 1952, city councillors approved re-zoning of the A. C. Sutton property just north of the Cowichan River for a motel. Hot on the heels of this successful zoning application came several more, and aldermen acknowledged this was the opening stage in a general movement affecting city property along the new highway. Shortly afterward, the entire block as far as Dobson Road, formerly Garnett Road, was zoned commercial. Soon, properties as far along as Coronation Avenue were added to the commercial strip.
Pictures of the Past
Dorse McTaggart took this picture of the Thunderbird Motel, in Duncan (ca. 1962) at 5845 Trans Canada Highway, built by Bob Evans and his father Eddie in 1954. The building is no longer standing. —We want your historical photos of Cowichan people and places. Email a high resolution jpeg along with your phone number and a brief explanation to editor@cowichannewsleader.com. Or drop by during regular office hours and we’ll scan it in. More heritage photos are available for viewing online at www. cowichanvalleymuseum.bc.ca.
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Thursday Lucy Mistreated/How We Survive: two young rock bands that write their own material, and want to rock the real world, 8 p.m., Duncan Garage Showroom, 330 Duncan Street. Tickets are $12 advance, $15 door. Call 250-7487246.
Joe Charron solo: Canadian singer/songwriter extraordinaire, who once called the Cowichan Valley home. It has been quite awhile since he has played these parts. Some new songs needing to be heard and some favourite ones too. With special guest Angela Jameson on cello., 8 p.m., Duncan Garage Showroom, 330 Duncan Street. Tickets are $12 advance, $15 door. Call 250-748-7246.
The Nutcracker Andrew Leong
The Royal City Youth Ballet’s The Nutcracker once again wowed Cowichan audiences at its two sold-out performances Dec. 16 and 17 at the Cowichan Theatre. Clockwise from left are Drosselmeyer, played by Leigh Taylor, mesmerizing Clara and the rest of the children with his magic tricks; the beloved Sugar Plum Fairy, played by Nozomi Sawada, dances in the sleeping mind of Clara, played by Isabella Lyons, who spends her night dreaming about the Nutcracker; and Mother Ginger, played by Matt Waldie, gets big laughs for her entrance on stage.
Consider Arabian Nights a cultural whoopee cushion Peter W. Rusland
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ure community theatre, with all its intended puns and pratfalls, was rehearsed at the Mercury Theatre last Tuesday toward this week’s wacky run of Arabian Nights: The Pantomime. Shawnigan Players’ directors Karen Dyck and Bruce Stevens could have a year-end hit on their hands if festive folks drop shopping and making merry for an evening of commercial-free laughs. It’s not that their colourful gags are new — it’s how the Players’ dare present them as humour at their own expense that’s cool. Nights is draped in lovingly made costumes courtesy of Jan Ovans and Sue Cook, aboard pivoting wooden panel sets constructed by Stevens, David Brockhurst and the cast. Two humps up to Players who made the show’s cantankerous camel, Humpy (containing Max Menu and Tristan Sparks). Humpy personi¿es the zany plot about how Ali (Lauren Cooper) pursues pompous princess Jasmina (Bella Pope) while the evil Vizier (Alex Gallacher) aims to thwart their marriage, and claim the desert kingdom throne. Enter Popeye-like swab Singband (Brockhurt),
and royal-incognito Bob (Emily Brockhurt) who help rescue Ali from the Vizier’s cave, and lead him into the royal salon. That cave’s populated by an amazing set of dancing skeletons, and a love-starved genie (Leslie Sanchez), lending a comically surreal feel. And intended farce wallops us with enough bummer jokes, cross dressing — spotlighted by Bill Levity as busty Dame Barber — puns, and melodramatics to pack a pyramid. That’s the main idea of pantomime. Nights also mildly mocks local icons including Duncan council, SunFm, the arts council, Cowichan Aquatic Centre’s two-tier user fees, and more. It also invites viewers to laugh, boo, hiss, clap, and even comment out loud during the stage high jinks. Arabian Nights, just like the valley’s stalwart troupe, is for fans of all ages. The Players’ love of theatre shines in their annual pantomime gift to Cowichan, intended to break the crush of Christmas before New Year’s. Drop your egg nog and iPod, and head to the Merc for the Players’ cultural whoopee cushion of the year — booing the Vizier, and cat-calling Dame Barber is that much fun. Arabian Nights: The Pantomime runs until Dec.
Peter W. Rusland
From left are the genie, played by Leslie Sanchez, Emir, played by Jim Cleough, and Domo, played by Lionel Laviolette. 30 at 7 p.m. — with a Dec. 31 matinee at 2 p.m. — in the Mercury Theatre, Brae Road.
Pantomime musical-comedy rating: 8.5 turbans out of 10.
Wednesday, December 28, 2011
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Your Cowichan Valley events calendar Thursday Lucy Mistreated/How We Survive: two young rock bands that write their own material, and want to rock the real world, 8 p.m., Duncan Garage Showroom, 330 Duncan Street. Tickets are $12 advance, $15 door. Call 250-748-7246.
Friday Joe Charron solo: Canadian singer/songwriter extraordinaire, who once called the Cowichan Valley home. It has been quite awhile since he has played these parts. Some new songs needing to be heard and some favourite ones too. With special guest Angela Jameson on cello. 8 p.m., Duncan Garage Showroom, 330 Duncan Street. Tickets are $12 advance, $15 door. Call 250-748-7246.
Saturday Georgia’s Birthday Party and New Year’s Eve Celebration: for anyone else who has a new years eve birthday come on out and celebrate the birthdays together, and if we are still up at midnight, we can bring in the new year with glory. Entertainment tba, 8 p.m. (ish), Duncan Garage Showroom, 330 Duncan Street. Call 250-748-7246.
Children’s New Year’s Celebration & Slumber Party: This momentous, sugar free, media free, fun filled event is a fundraiser for the Protect O.U.R. Ecovillage Forever campaign. Children are invited to enjoy a New Year Celebration and slumber party of their own and parents receive a tax receipt, 4:30 p.m. to Jan. 1, 11 a.m., O.U.R. Ecovillage. For more information go to www. ourecovillage.org and click on Courses & Events. Mount Brenton Golf Club Lounge’s New Year’s Eve: featuring live music from Luv Train. Starts at 7 p.m., includes dinner, party favours and champagne at midnight. Tickets $45 at the lounge. Dance-only tickets available after 10 p.m. for $10. Call 250-246-4948. Trekking 4 Transplants New Year’s Celebration: Two former Cow High students are embarking on a bike trek across Canada in May 2012 to raise awareness of the need for registered organ donors, and raise money for the Transplant Research Foundation of B.C. That’s why they’re hosting a dance at the Eagles Hall on New Year’s Eve. Tickets are $20, and all proceeds go toward the cause. Email trekking4transplants@gmail.com.
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The Hope King Hour: Start the new year with a little Hope, with 90 minutes of great entertainment from Hope King on the first Sunday of each month, 2 p.m., Duncan Garage Showroom, 330 Duncan Street. Tickets are $10 advance, $12 door. Call 250-748-7246.
Monday Rooftop Runner: Forging a mix of menacing mood and moving melody out of their adopted city of Berlin, Germany, RTR are Canadian singer-songwriter brother duo Benedikt and Tobias MacIsaac. 8 p.m., Duncan Garage Showroom, 330 Duncan Street. Call 250-748-7246 for ticket information.
Tuesday Dress Rehearsal Tuesday: various musicians drop in and play a few of their new works, while others get on stage for the first time. It is about community — no fear, no attitudes, just people getting their legs. Drum kit and amps are set in place for this evening, 8 p.m., Duncan Garage Showroom, 330 Duncan Street. Tickets are $5 advance. Call 250-7487246.
Wednesday
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Steve Carlson, Tim Hortons’ general manager for Cowichan Valley, presented Erin Generous, executive director of Cowichan Valley Big Brothers Big Sisters, with a $9,180 cheque, on Dec. 8, from the sale of Smile Cookies sold in September from the four valley Tim Hortons locations.
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at Eagles Hall At the end of May 2012, former Cowichan Secondary students, Kibby Evans and Daman Milsom, plan to embark on a bike trek across Canada. This trek aims to raise awareness for need of registered organ donors as well as fundraise for the Transplant Research Foundation of BC (TRFBC). A New Years Dance will be held at Eagles Hall with all proceeds benefiting the TRFBC. E-mail us at trekking4transplants@gmail.com for more information! Tickets available at Sports Traders in Duncan for $20 each.
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BELL, Clarence Murray Born in Eden, Manitoba February 4, 1944, passed away suddenly December 5, 2011. Survived by his loving wife Kathy. Children, Jeff, Sandy (Mark), Dave and Tracy (Nathan), stepchildren Jerry, Teresa (Herb) and Melinda (Chris), 14 grandchildren and 2 great grandchildren. Also survived by sister Hazel (Jim) and brother Alan, Manitoba. Clare and Kathy enjoyed many years camping and travelling to Mexico. He loved his family and was the best husband, dad and grandpa ever. We loved him so much and we will miss him forever. A beneďŹ t concert by Ken Lavigne will be held Sunday January 15, 2012, 4:00 pm at the Gill Bunch Theatre, Brentwood College, Mill Bay, BC
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COMING EVENTS COWICHAN SECONDARY DRY GRAD COMMITTEE asks for your bottle/can recycling donations. Please recycle at Cowichan Valley Bottle Depot on Norcross Rd under the name Cowichan Senior Secondary Dry Grad 2012. Thank you in advance for your donations!!!
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LOST, silver belt buckle ring, may be somewhere in the Duncan area. It has very little monetary value, but great sentimental value as it was my grandmothers. Reward. Please call (250)748-1177
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Local People Local Business Canadian Corporation backing Questions? PHONE OR COME INTO THE OFFICE AT CORONATION AND BRAE. Local people supporting the Cowichan Valley. We live here, we work here, we play here
Jesse & Bell Jesse is a large 5 year old retriever who loves cats and is very affectionate towards them. Jessesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; tag is from Parkland County, Alta. Bell, the tabby cat, has a bushy black tail and white markings on her chest. Jesse and Bell were last seen Dec 10th in the Frayne Road area BUT they are not local to BC so they could be headed in ANY direction!! Please call with any information: Jackie 250-818-3636, 250-929-7871 or Shirley 250-743-6727. Reward. As a community, we can bring these most loved pets home for the Holidays!
KAATZA COMMUNITY Band Kaatza Community Choir is accepting free registrations for all ages for sessions beginning in January. Scholarships/Bursary available. For more information call 250-466-4090.
11 am - 2 pm Bring your trees for chipping (by donation) and your holiday bottles and cans to Cowichan Secondary and help support the graduating class of 2012! Thank you in advance for your support!
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FOUND, Ladies (prescription?) sunglasses in a black zippered Guess case. Can be claimed at the News Leader Pictorial ofďŹ ce next to BuckerďŹ elds.
TRAVEL GETAWAYS LONG BEACH - Ucluelet Deluxe waterfront cabin, sleeps 6, BBQ. Winter special. 2 nights $239 / 3 nights $299. Pets Okay. Rick 604-306-0891
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250-748-3922 www.arcadianchildren.com Babysitter available for 1-2 children, ages 2 and up. Gibbins Rd area is preferred. I have taken the babysitting course through Island Savings Centre and have had 3 years experience babysitting. I am 15 years old and am very responsible from a Christian upbringing. Please call my parents and myself for an introductory interview. Chelsea 250-748-5060
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Become a Psychiatric Nurse - train locally via distance education, local and/or regional clinical placements and some regional classroom delivery. Wages start at $30.79/hr to $40.42/hr. This 23 month program is recognized by the CRPNBC. Govâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t funding may be available. Toll-free 1-87-STENBERG www.stenbergcollege.com FOODSAFE AT Island Savings Centre, Jan. 28th & Feb. 25th courses 8:30-4:30 $65. 250746-4154 www.saferfood.ca
HELP WANTED Alberta earthmoving company requires a Journeyman Heavy Duty Mechanic. You will work in a modern shop and also have mechanics truck for ďŹ eld work. The job is at Edson, Alberta. We require that you have experience on Cat crawlers and or Deere excavators. Call Lloyd at (780)723-5051.
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VOLUNTEERS Do you ever ask yourself How can _I_ make a difference? Contact us, and together we can plant the seeds of change, because Volunteers Grow Community. 250-748-2133 www.volunteercowichan.bc.ca
WORK WANTED HUSBAND FOR HIRE. Nothing but the best. Carpenter, plumber, painter, electrician, pressure washing. Just ask my wife! Call 250-746-4493 or 250-709-1111
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Baby & Community Pat 250-748-6740 David 250-746-4236 Pam 250-749-4165 Diana 250-246-4463 Business & Professional Pam 250-749-4165 Welcome: Myrna 250-746-1977 Website: www.welcomewagon.ca
Casual Food & Beverage II (Cook/Bartender) opportunities are available at the Kerry Park Recreation Centre. The Food & Beverage II cooks, bartends and operates and maintains the Social Lounge, concessions and catered events including cashiering, dishwashing and bussing. If you are a hard working, team player who enjoys providing pleasant professional service to patrons, possess food & beverage experience, and are available to work a variety of shifts, this casual opportunity may be of interest to you. Please visit our website for full qualiďŹ cation details including application instructions. www.cvrd.bc.ca COWICHAN VALLEY Phone: (250) 746-2500 REGIONAL DISTRICT Fax: (250) 746-2513 Email: cvrd@cvrd.bc.ca 175 Ingram Street Duncan, B.C. V9L 1N8 Website: http://www.cvrd.bc.ca
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TEMPLE Wellness-British Trained Osteopathic Practitioner - Osteopathy is a form of manual therapy common in the UK and elsewhere in the world. First Apt-60-90 mins/$100 Continuing Apt-45-60 mins/$50 For more information, home visits, or to make an appointment call AndyTemple at 250-7329421
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2 BDRM apt located in Tansor Industrial Park, F/S, W/D, elec/gas heat, large sundeck, N/P. Avail now. $800. (250)701-1919 or 250-7011914
AVAILABLE NOW 7000 sq.ft. store front with excellent exposure, overhead doors, ample parking. 250-748-9622
MILL BAY: Completely reno’d, 1200 sq ft, 2 bdrm mobile home in adult section (45+), Cedar Creek Trailer Park. Hardwood floors, 1.5 bath. No Smoking, N/P, only pad rental included. (Must be seen). Avail now, $975/mo. Call and leave message @ 250-743-3431 1250-477-6155.
DUNCAN, AVAILABLE immed, large 3 bdrm upper, family room, 2 fireplaces, W/D, garage, N/P, utils incl, $1500 mo. Call 250-510-0993.
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$500/MO STARTING- weekly available, many apartment types, furnished, w/common kitchen. All utils, internet included. FREE local calls, No Credit Checks. Call Motel, 250-748-0661, (Duncan).
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CENTRAL LOCATION, Bachelor, 1 & 2 bdrms, balcony, F/S, hot water, parking, pet considered, $525$950/mo. Call 250-748-7764. CROFTON- BRIGHT 2 bdrm, insuite lndry, parking. (Immed) $780 + utils. 250-210-0756. DUNCAN: 1 & 2-bdrm, 5 appls, close to School, Hospital and bus route. $650-$800 utils. Lv msg: 250-597-4018. DUNCAN, 1 bdrm ground floor condo, 5 appl’s, large patio, N/P,N/S. $750/mo (250)709-5721 DUNCAN: 2524 Lewis St. 2 bdrm condo, second floor, corner unit, 5 appls, new laminate floors. N/S. Avail. now. $875./lease. Call (250)4778046, (250)883-3204.
JEWELS, FURS BUY, SELL, Watches, Estate Jewellery, Gold, Diamonds, Repairs, Custom designs. St. Thomas Gold & Silver, 895 Fort Street, Victoria, 250-3807698.
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DUNCAN: 55+ condo, clean, bright, 2 bdrm, 5 appl’s, gas F/P, storage, secure level entry, walk to shopping, small pet ok. $825. Call (250)746-5669.
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PETS CHIHUAHUA X puppies. Have shots, are healthy, happy. (250)715-6458
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JACK-JILL, 3 mo’s Chih/Pom. Would love to go together. $600pr. 250-715-6458
WE BUY HOUSES Damaged House? Pretty House? Moving? Divorcing? Estate Sale? We will Buy your House Quick Cash & Private. Mortgage Too High and House won’t sell? Can’t make payments? We will Lease Your House, Make your Payments and Buy it Later!
MERCHANDISE FOR SALE FUEL/FIREWOOD 5 CORDS of Mill ends, $295 delivered. Or you pick up, $50 pickup load. Call us at (250)416-0069. FIR and CEDAR firewood for sale, $175 cord. Phone 250749-4180
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HERITAGE PAWN CHRISTMAS BARGAINS! 30% OFF all Jewelry! Roland digital recorder, Homelite pressure washer, laptops, Wii systems, Devinci Cameleon 2 Bike, JVC HD video camera. 430 Whistler. 250-746-9810. heritagepawnbrokers.com
RENTALS APARTMENT/CONDO
Duncan: Studio & 1 bdrm suites avail. Close to Beverly Corners, 4 blk to University, on bus route. Updated; new flooring, new paint & some new fixtures. $550-$625. Heat/hot water incld’d. NS/NP, refs.
(250)748-3729 DUNCAN- SUITS responsible, clean tenant(s), 1 bdrm + den condo. D/W, ensuite W/D, NS/NP. Available Now. References req’d. $725. Call (250)746-7389.
HIDDEN JEWEL Adult oriented, near Cowichan Aquatic Centre, large 1 bdrm, top floor, faces south, lrg balcony. New carpets, appliances, paint. Rent inclds heat & hot water. $675. (250) 748-1304.
MAPLE GROVE APTS. 3271 Cowichan Lake Rd 2 & 3 Bedroom Units _____________________
*Heat & Hot water included *Family oriented *Clean & quiet *Renovated units *Indoor Pets welcome *Onsite Laundry Facilities _____________________
Call (250) 710-7515 to view SHAUGHNESSY GARDENS 3251 Cowichan Lake Rd. Clean 2 bdrm units. Full size fridge, stove & dishwasher. Carpet & linoleum, window coverings, fireplace. Quiet, well maintained bldg with elevator & sauna. Close to Schools & Hospitals. To view call Dorcas
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YOUBOU- 2 bdrm, garden, lrg yrd, prkg, on bus route, pets ? laundry. $575. (250)210-0756
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COBBLE HILL- 1 bdrm cabin on farmland. Call (250)7434392.
DUPLEXES/4PLEXES COBBLE HILL. 2bdrm SxS duplex. 5 appls, newly renovated, separate yards, 850 sq.ft. $1000./mo + utils. (250)743-4767.
NICE BRIGHT, 3-bdrm. Large living & dining rooms. Rec room, nice deck, hot tub, gas F/P. Quiet area, close to schools, on bus route. $1350. Avail. Jan. 1st (250)746-7240.
TOWNHOUSES CRYSTAL CREEK Townhome. Avail now, 3 bdrm, 2 bath, W/D F/S, D/W, $950/mo+ util’s. 250-709-2646
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SALTAIRE, SUNNY 2 bdrm + office, F/S, W/D, woodstove, storage/workshop, pet ok, N/S, Jan. 1, $1050 + utils. Call 250-658-1656.
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CROFTON- 2 BDRM. Fridge, stove & heat included. Car port, laundry. Available Now. $825/mo. 250-748-4253 or 250-715-5810.
DOWNTOWN DUNCAN 2500 sq.ft. 6 separate offices, reception, conference area & kitchen, 2nd floor, AC,. $1175/mo. 250-715-6880.
DUNCAN, large newer 2 bdrm, upper floor, 3 appl’s, shared laundry. Avail now. $1050 incl’s hydro. Pet considered. Ref’s req. (250)737-1613
DUNCAN: RETAIL space for lease, highway exposure, A/C, 250-746ample parking. 5657, 250-748-8671
WANT A Vehicle but stressed about your credit? Treat yourself this Christmas to $500 cash back. We fund your future not your past. All credit situations accepted. www.creditdrivers.ca 1-888-593-6095.
CROFTON, 2 bdrm duplex, very clean, W/D, F&S, NS, NP, enclosed parking, fenced yard. Close to ferry & school. $900. Jan 1/12 (250)246-9569
MUST BE SEEN! Ocean view 2 bdrm, large kitchen, living & dining room. F&S. $775/m. 250-246-4231, 250-715-5524
MOBILE HOMES & PADS DUNCAN- 2 BDRM mobile, storage room, covered deck, on farm. $750. F/S, W/D. Available Jan 1. Call (250)7484859, leave message.
HOMES FOR RENT CHEMAINUS: 2 bdrm upper lvl duplex. Bright, open floor plan, 180 degree ocean view, built-in vacuum, 5 appl’s, large deck, fireplace $900. NS/NP. Call (250)416-0062. CHEMAINUS: BRIGHT, clean, spacious suite with lovely garden, beautiful ocean view, very large bdrm can be divided in 2 rooms, workshop, laundry, non-smokers only, no dogs, cat ok, 10149 Victoria Road, call 604-786-1600 or t a x m a t t e r s @ t a x m a t t e r s. c a $750/mo. Avail immed. Check Craigslist for photos. CHEMAINUS LAKEFRONT lower floor duplex home. 5bdrm, 2 baths, plus storage, big deck. N/S, pet neg, $1400+ utils. Ref’s req. Jan 1. Cathy/Frank (250)246-3035. CHEMAINUS: TOP floor suite, 3 bdrms, spacious, bright and well kept, beautiful ocean view, laundry, workshop, garden, non-smokers, no dogs, cat okay. 10149 Victoria Rd, taxmatters@taxmatters.ca or call 604-786-1600. $1095/mo. Avail immed. Check Craigslist for photos. COBBLE HILL, older 2 bdrm house on acreage, F/S, W/D hookup. Suitable for handy person, rent negotiable. References. (250)743-5177 CROFTON, 1 bdrm house, close to shops/ocean, F/S, $750/m. 250-246-4257 DUNCAN: 55+, 3 bdrm, 2.5 bath, Pet considered, N/S. $1250+ util’s. (250)746-7435.
DUNCAN- (8 km north) Furnished studio apartment, on 8 acres. Laundry, satellite, heat, hydro. $575. (250)748-1310.
EXECUTIVE HOME 4000 sq.ft. Cowichan Valley Hwy, with great view, 4 bdrm, 3 1/2 bath, 2 fireplaces plus approx. 1 acre horse paddock. Available immediately, $2500 per month, utilities not included. For viewing, contact 250240-2891 or 250-248-0015.
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SHARED ACCOMMODATION COBBLE HILL, large room, separate entrance, own bath, laundry. $500. 250-743-4207 SAHTLAM Area - 5 minutes from Duncan, shared kitchen & bath on quiet acreage. Ref. req. $425/m. (250) 746-9390
SCRAP CAR REMOVAL SCRAP BATTERIES Wanted We buy scrap batteries from cars, trucks & heavy equip. $4.00 & up each. Free pick-up anywhere in BC, Minimum 10. Toll Free 1.877.334.2288.
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Many athletes deserving of recognition as honourable mentions tion, as several candidates were given serious discussion before the list was pared. In the interests of mentioning as many as possible, hereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a bunch of others who caused us to notice their talents and made our honourable mention list.
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The list of the top Cowichan Valley youth athletes of the year has become a popular feature in the News Leader Pictorial. In keeping with tradition, this year we present the top 111 youth athletes of the year plus some honourable mentions. Patrick Kay, pictured, was No. 1 in 2010. But since the rugby star has graduated from Cowichan
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Secondary School, his post is vacant. A new champion will be crowned during the 2011 Youth Athlete of the Year luncheon at the Duncan Meadows Golf Course. Profiles of the top 20 in contention will be featured in Friday’s News Leader Pictorial. In the meantime, we present others who garnered consideration. — Don Bodger, sports editor
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t seems the Cowichan Valley is producing a stronger group of youth athletes in a wider range of sports every year. The race for the top places has never been more intense, requiring a painstaking process of consultations with coaches and sports administrators to arrive at the ¿nal list. Today, the News Leader Pictorial presents the athletes who were voted to spots in the chart after No. 20. There are many here who might have normally made the top 20, but it was far from being a normal year. Congratulations to all the athletes for representing the community so well in competition. 21. Erin Cornell — Shawnigan Lake School senior girls’ basketball and soccer player and a proli¿c scorer for the B.C. AA champion ¿eld hockey team. 22. Andrew Larson — Natural athleticism shows as he strives to continue developing his skills in senior basketball and as a wrestler where he placed second at the Simon Fraser University elite tournament and quali¿ed for the national championships. 23. Josh Klassen — An amazing basketball star, volleyball player and competitor in track and ¿eld, bowling and ball hockey at Duncan Christian School. 24. Nikole Simons — Grade 12 Cowichan Secondary School student placed ¿rst in Level 2 gymnastics at the provincial high school meet and was instrumental in the awarding of the ¿rst-place team trophy to Cowichan. 25. Kieran Lauridsen — A B.C. XV and sevens player, the Grade 12 student served as captain of the Cowichan Secondary School senior rugby team and is also an accomplished wrestler. 26. Nick Ridenour — Immediate goal is to make the Brentwood College varsity 8+
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rowing crew and landing a spot on the junior national team is also on his radar. 27. Natalia Garriock — Stingrays’ swimmer brings her best at every meet, including the Richmond FastSwim Classic where she managed six personal bests. 28. Hannah Lauridsen — Won the island championship, second at the Western age class, third at provincials and fourth at both the Western Canada Summer Games and the national wrestling championships. 29. Dayne Ellison — On the verge of making the B.C. Hockey League on a fulltime basis while he develops more fully as a player with the Kerry Park Islanders of the Vancouver Island Junior Hockey League. 30. Kodi Archbold — Allaround athletic ability accentuated by his soccer performances with Cowichan Secondary School and as a high performance player in Victoria. 31. Curtis Gailey — Grade 12 Cowichan Secondary School student played lacrosse for the Victoria Shamrocks in Intermediate A and proved to be a superb transitional player who contributed to the team’s success by playing a regular shift in his ¿rst year. 32. Jeremy Horgan — Continuing to divide his time between home in Mill Bay and Arizona where he’s a pitcher on the baseball team at Notre Dame Preparatory School. 33. Kara Galbraith — Versatile back who plays for the Cowichan Rugby Club and B.C. Under 18 girls’ rugby teams and noted for her lacrosse and soccer skills. 34. Oliver Nottingham — Another great player in the Shawnigan Lake School senior boys’ rugby program as a Grade 11 student with credentials that include roster spots with the Canadian Under 17s and B.C. U17 sevens teams. 35. Jeremy Roe — Cowichan Secondary School Grade 12 student played Intermediate A lacrosse for the Nanaimo Timbermen, exhibiting his
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Outstanding traits put these athletes into the top 45 of the 2011 Youth Athletes of the Year. Clockwise from top left are: No. 21 Erin Cornell, No. 24 Nikole Simons, No. 23 Josh Klassen, No. 42 Austin Palou and No. 41 Kura Jack.
strengths as a good crease man and goal scorer. 36. Cameron Chow — Grade 12 Cowichan Secondary School high jump sensation placed third in the island high school track and ¿eld ¿nals and recorded a personal best at the Garriock meet of 183 centimetres. 37. Heather Derocher — Standoff /winger developed into a very good player for the island AAA champion Cowichan Secondary rugby side and B.C. Rugby Union sevens champs. 38. Connor Martin — Prominent provincial boys’ ¿eld hockey player an integral part of Under 18 national championship effort in Calgary.
39. Jesse Jenks — Made the most of provincial camp experience during the summer to provide the Cowichan Valley Midget Tier 1 Capitals rep hockey team with solid goaltending. 40. Jonathan Courville —
an excellent student and productive part of the Brentwood College acting/drama department who has worked really hard to turn himself into one of the better players on the senior boys’ basketball team. 41. Kura Jack — Returned
to Queen Margaret’s School after spending a year away on the Mainland and fresh from a trip to the Gothia Cup soccer tournament in Sweden with the Canadian team in the summer. 42. Austin Palou — Grade 11 Chemainus Secondary student placed third in both the 300-metre hurdles and 110 m hurdles at the provincial jamboree and returned from the Legion track and ¿eld nationals with a bronze medal as part of the 4x100 relay team. 43. Monica Whitney-Brown — Fourth-year player and captain of the Frances Kelsey Breakers senior girls’ volleyball team an all-star at Duncan Christian tournament. 44. Randall Barton — Grade 11 student, the latest local star integrated into the Shawnigan Lake School senior boys’ rugby team, is a Canada Under 17 player and member of the U16 national champs. 45. Jordan Charles — Stepped right onto the Brentwood College senior boys’ basketball team and made an immediate impact.
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he second part of our Youth Athlete of the Year pro¿les takes us from No. 46 to 75. 46. Prestlee Cooper — Makes a national championship tournament appearance with the Victoria Devils fastball team in Winnipeg. 47. Sydney Hamm — Shawnigan Lake School senior girls’ ¿eld hockey team goalkeeper provides a solid last line of defence. 48. Mairi Horth — Skilled player brings her experiences from Metro soccer to the pitch with the Brentwood College senior girls’ team. 49. Gobind Sall — Grade 12 student at Cowichan Secondary School played for the high performance Cowichan Valley Midget Mustangs baseball team the past couple of years and was a part of Team B.C. 50. Jarod Dorby — Developing into a very sound player for the Cowichan Thunderbirds’ senior boys’ AAA basketball team. Better coordination with his maturity as a player is bad news for the opposition and he’s been known to tower over the rim to dunk the ball. 51. Tessa Michaels — Plays a signi¿cant role in the success of the Brentwood College volleyball team, utilizing her many years of school and club experience. 52. Kevin Gabriel — Grade 12 Frances Kelsey student one of the best linebackers in the Cowichan Valley Football Association and a top linebacker during the summer at the University of B.C. camp. 53. Noah Dobson — A XV and sevens rugby player in Grade 11 at Cowichan Secondary. Despite his main game being rugby, he also brings it to the soccer pitch, playing central defender but also central mid¿eld or striker depending on the opposition. 54. Russell Lederer — Outstanding Frances Kelsey and Nanaimo Metro Under 18 soccer player who receives kudos for his of¿ciating prowess. 55. Ryan Taylor — Attending the ¿eld lacrosse program at Claremont Secondary. A member of the Team B.C. Midget box team, he’s a very hard worker and also referees box lacrosse. 56. Kenielle Coleman — Scrum half in Grade 12 at Cowichan Secondary School a key member of island champion and provincial AAA runner-up high school squad who’s also a Cowichan Rugby Club player and part of B.C. Rugby Union sevens champion side. 57. Graham Winship — Grade 11 Cowichan Secondary student served as captain of the provincial championship Midget A lacrosse team and voted the top graduating Cowichan Valley Lacrosse Association midget player. Also a top scorer with the Cowichan Valley Midget Tier 1 Capitals rep hockey team. 58. Colin Knight — Promising of¿cial, utilizing his soccer experience and knowledge with the Nanaimo Under 18 Metro team and Frances Kelsey senior boys. 59. Drayson Price — Grade 10 student an outstanding all-around football player with the Cowichan Bantam Bulldogs who’s been picked for Team Canada’s Under 15 team. 60. Matt Fracy — Shawnigan Lake 15-year-old wins the WTC national motorcycle trials championship in the advanced class. 61. Shalev Sharabi — Excellent student and anxious to make a big impact with the Brentwood College senior boys’ basketball team coming off an injury that limited his preparation time over the summer. 62. Rachael Bakker — Duncan Christian School junior female athlete of the year winner and recipient of a B.C. Christian Secondary Schools Athletic Association $250 junior athlete award to go towards a summer sports camp. Plays volleyball, basketball and badminton and swims for DCS. 63. Julia Norman — Setter for the Frances Kelsey Breakers’ volleyball team two years running and most valuable player at the Duncan Christian tournament. 64. McLean Chicquen — Grade 11 Frances Kelsey Secondary student named most valuable player in the midget lacrosse provincials and a member of the B.C. midget box team. The pure scorer is also on the Kerry Park midget rep hockey teams and plays ¿eld lacrosse. 65. Zak Edmonds — Grade 12 student a member of
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High-Åying basketball player Jarod Dorby of the Cowichan Thunderbirds, top left, ranks as No. 50 on the list of the top youth athletes of 2011. Fastball player Prestlee Cooper, above, comes in at No. 46. Near left, Cowichan Bantam Bulldogs’ football player Drayson Price is No. 59. Far left, Äeld and box lacrosse player Ryan Taylor is positioned at No. 55.
the high-powered senior boys’ First XV rugby team and Tsunami Under 18 rep side. 66. Kelsi Parker — Standout member of Shawnigan Lake School’s provincial AA ¿eld hockey championship squad and contributed to a third-place ¿nish by the Shawnigan senior eight in the Canadian high school rowing championships. 67. Brett Leighton — Grade 12 lightweight rower at Brentwood College from Mill Bay who made the coxed four crew at the Head of the Charles regatta in Boston. 68. Lindsay Wise — Grade 12 Cowichan Secondary student a strong rugby player and a Maple Bay Rowing Club member. Plays fullback for the Cowichan island and runner-up AAA high school squad. 69. Margaret Batchelar — Grade 12 student played with the Midget B team that won gold at the Canadian open fastpitch international championship. The shortstop is quick and has strong batting skills. 70. Aaron Fisher — A high performance soccer player in Victoria who made a strong contribution to the Cowichan Secondary team en route to the island ¿nals. 71. Jess Wikkerink — A dynamic package of athleticism in volleyball and basketball at Duncan Christian School plus a great bowler, member of the provincial 4x100 relay track team, swimmer and soccer player. 72. Connor Williams — A core member of the Frances Kelsey Secondary senior boys’ team and a Nanaimo Metro player. 73. Tiarnan Murray — Gold medal for the B.C. Under 16 boys’ ¿eld hockey team member during tournament action in Vancouver. 74. Sam Gillman — Plays a central defender position in soccer and has saved his teammates countless times. He is tenacious, relentless, fast and skilled and also possesses a superior understanding of the game. 75. Corey Cardinal — Still in his prime and continuing to move up the ladder at the highest level after starting on the motocross racing circuit at a very young age.
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he back end of the top 111 is still ¿lled with quality athletes who made the cut over a bunch of other strong contenders. 76. Brendan Gowanlock — Standout hockey player moves up from Midget Tier 1 to Junior B. 77. Emily Jones — Excellent player for the Frances Kelsey Breakers’ senior girls’ volleyball team. 78. Katie Lawless — First baseman for the Red Hots Midget B girls’ fastpitch team played nearly every inning of every game at Canadian open international event. 79. Missy Lewis — Frequently in the top two at gymnastics meets, quali¿ed for provincials in swimming and a co-captain of the Cowichan Valley cheer squad. 80. Willy Jeklin — Great depth player for the Cowichan T-Birds basketball team, capable of playing solid minutes and contributing to the scoring. 81. Claire Seeliger — With two more years at the senior ¿eld hockey level for the Frances Kelsey Breakers, she’s sure to become one of the island’s top players. 82. Taylor Quaife — Grade 10 student at Cowichan Secondary School was the Team B.C. goalie for the female box lacrosse team that went to nationals. 83. Abby Carfantan — Powerful hitter for the Frances Kelsey senior girls’ volleyball team and a Metro soccer player as well. 84. Olivia Bakker — An all-star at the Duncan Christian School senior girls’ volleyball tournament and recipient of a $250 award from the B.C. Christian Secondary Schools Athletic Association for a sports camp. 85. Lindsay Moulaison — Grade 11 Shawnigan student had an undefeated run with the lightweight eight in rowing except for second at Brentwood and third at the nationals. 86. Nicole Crowley — Shawnigan Lake ¿eld hockey player has participated in valley and provincial high performance programs over the years. 87. Brittany Mayo — Captain of the Queen Margaret’s School basketball team and the school’s senior athlete of the year also plays ¿eld hockey and volleyball. 88. Sean Lefebure — Grade 12 Chemainus Secondary School student provides the spark for the senior boys’ volleyball team. 89. Liam Kinrade — Thirteenth in Canada for PreNovice dance ¿gure skating with partner Andie Gingrich. 90. Dane Broere — Brentwood College student’s 165 cm leap put him second in the high jump at the Grade 8-9 high school island track meet. 91. Chelsey Cleemoff — Relentless defender a big reason why Frances Kelsey’s ¿eld hockey team made it to
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the provincials. 92. Brock Gowanlock — Dominated at middle linebacker and served as a captain for the Cowichan Bantam Bulldogs’ football team. 93. Tia Baker — Won the 100 and 200 metres at the island high school track meet and went on to second in the 100 and third in the 200 at the provincials. 94. Liam Joyce — Cracks the lineup of the Parksville Royals’ team in the B.C. Premier Baseball League, receiving some pitching time. 95. Chicago Bains — Posted an amazing ¿rst in the 200 hurdles and second in the 80 m hurdles, high jump and triple jump at the junior development meet. 96. Adam Marchetti — Grade 11 Cowichan Secondary student a Vancouver Mainland Football League all-star. 97. Liam Lindsey — Placed ¿rst in the long jump at 5.56 metres and ¿rst in triple jump at 11.64 metres during the island high school track meet. 98. Stefanie Langkammer — Provincial player forms the backbone of Cowichan Secondary ¿eld hockey team. 99. Jimmy Baker — Not afraid to mix it up and get into the middle of the action for the Cowichan T-Birds’ basketball team. 100. Dominique Austin — Senior Stingrays’ swimmer attains personal bests in all but one event at the Richmond FastSwim Classic. 101. Eric Seo — Member of Duncan Christian School volleyball, basketball and ball hockey teams. 102. Zach Diewert — Best of the valley’s Bantam baseball players receives valuable experience south of the border. 103. Emily Adams — Young Mount Brenton golfer played well in tournaments all over the island. 104. Parris Stockton — Puts energy into the Cowichan Secondary School volleyball and basketball teams. 105. Alex Nugent — Chemainus Secondary student a consistent ¿nisher in equestrian competition. 106. Kristian Mousseau — Played on the Midget A2 Thunder box lacrosse team that won the provincial title and also dedicated to the ¿eld game as a player and ref. 107. Laura Kissack — Stingrays’ swimmer has impressive technique and will be one to watch in the future. 108. Cam Blair-Speirs — Cowichan Secondary rugby player also a North Island rep. 109. Chantal Bouchard — Grade 11 student a strong Duncan Christian School and club volleyball player. She’s also a badminton star and swims for DCS. 110. Eryn Gix — Basketball player at Duncan Christian School and ran the fourth leg for the provincial track and ¿eld 4x100 relay team. 111. Alex Degraaf — Goalkeeper the most valuable player for the Cowichan Secondary School senior boys’ soccer team in the playoffs.
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Track athletes Chicago Bains (No. 95) and Tia Baker (No. 93), above, with Austin Palou. Left, Chantal Bouchard is at No. 109. Below, No. 103 Emily Adams.
Colton Lidstone Colton Lidstone isn’t partial to either field or box lacrosse. “I like them for different things,’’ he said. Lidstone, 12, of Shawnigan Lake plays for the Under 12 Mid-Island Lightning in field lacrosse and the Cowichan Valley peewee Thunder in box lacrosse last season. He’s also been picked to join the Seasprays select team heading to San Diego on Jan. 4. “There’s quite a few (players) from Victoria, a few from here, a few from Campbell River and Parksville,’’ said Lidstone of the team’s composition. He usually plays middie in the field game but sometimes moves up to attack as coach Dan Cleemoff rotates positions. “He brings heart, determination, always a digger,’’ said Cleemoff of Lidstone. “He never gives up — a good team player, very coachable.’’ Don Bodger
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