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CMP Constable David Pompeo breathed a huge sigh of relief and broke into tears in a Duncan courtroom on Wednesday after his conviction of aggravated assault was overturned in his retrial. It took Justice Lisa Mrozinski 90 minutes to read her final judgment in the sevenyear-old case in which Pompeo was found guilty in 2013 of aggravated assault for shooting an unarmed man, William Gillespie, during a traffic stop in 2009. She said in her opinion, after considering all the evidence, any person standing in Pom-

peo’s shoes would “have a reasonable doubt” Gillespie didn’t have a weapon on him during the incident, particularly considering Pompeo’s experience and training. An obviously relieved Pompeo, wearing a neck brace in court after being involved in a work-related accident last month, hugged his wife and a number of supporters in the packed courtroom after hearing the verdict in his retrial, which began in November. Pompeo and his partner pulled Gillespie over in Chemainus on suspicion of driving while prohibited in 2009.

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A boil-water advisory is in place for Crofton, as of 5 p.m. on April 13, and it’s expected to stay in place for up to three days. The order was the result of a water leak detected Wednesday morning in the supply line that brings water from the Cowichan River to the Crofton pulp mill. The Municipality of North Cowichan obtains water for Crofton from the mill’s treatment facility. The location of the leak has been detected and staff from the municipality are working with the mill to repair the leak as quickly as possible. While repairs are underway, the Crofton mill won’t be using water from the community supply. A statement from Catalyst Paper, the mill’s owner, said the mill has also been shut down for an expected three days as a

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result of the water leak. The cause of the breach, which is located in a farmer’s field near the end of Nimmo Road and Westholme Road in North Cowichan, is unknown. Staff are currently moving Crofton to an alternate source of water, Crofton Lake, to ensure the community has continual

access to water while the repairs are taking place. The municipality is installing signs around Crofton to notify the community about the boilwater advisory, which calls for only water for cooking and drinking to be boiled before use. All of North Cowichan’s fire departments are aware of the situation and are sensitive to the water-supply issues in Crofton. The municipality is also in communication with Island Health on the issue, and updates will be posted at www.northcowichan.ca under “news”. Catalyst Paper intends to use some of the time the mill will be shut down to complete maintenance activities “where it’s practical to do so.” “We are doing everything possible to minimize the impacts of this breach and to remedy the situation as quick as possible,” said Harold Norlund, the mill’s vice president.

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Revisit how officers charged, urges lawyer RETRIAL, From Page 1 The trial heard that Pompeo fired his service revolver because he thought Gillespie was reaching for a gun, and the bullet struck Gillespie in the neck where it is still lodged. While the Crown was looking for a sentence of two years less a day in jail, Pompeo was sentenced in 2013 to two years probation and 240 hours community service. But the BC Court of Appeal set aside the conviction in 2014 and ordered a retrial of the case after concluding, among other issues, that the presiding judge in the trial erred in excluding expert evidence from a witness. The expert witness said Pompeo’s use of force was in accordance with his training, and was necessary. Gillespie, who was in the courtroom to hear Mrozinski’s judgement on Wednesday, said he has had panic attacks every day since the incident, and is afraid of the police all of the time. He said he can’t get a job in the community as a result of the

“People who put their lives on the line 24/7 deserve more careful assessments.” RAVI HIRA, defence lawyer

case and is considering moving elsewhere. “I don’t think he’s very sorry for what he’s done,” Gillespie said of Pompeo after the court ruling. Pompeo referred questions to his lawyer Ravi Hira. Hira said he’s “grateful” Mrozinski carefully considered and assessed all aspects of the case before reaching her judgement. “In my decades of defending police officers, I find it unusual for a policeman like Officer Pompeo to continue to work selflessly in these difficult circumstances as he has for the past seven years,” Hira said. “I would urge the Attorney General to revisit how police officers are treated and charged in these situations in B.C. People who put their lives on the line 24/7 deserve more careful assessments.”

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‘We can’t control this,’ says ICF official on rail funding timeline ROBERT BARRON CITIZEN

If plans to re-establish rail service to the Cowichan Valley and other parts of Vancouver Island are scuttled now, the likelihood of having trains in the region in the future is “unlikely,” according to Graham Bruce. Bruce, the executive director of the Island Corridor Foundation, told councillors in the Municipality of North Cowichan he’s “concerned” that the Regional District of Nanaimo decided to end its fundraising to assist in the resurgence of train traffic on the Island. “It’s a challenge, but I’m confident we’ll find another way [to make up for the funding],” Bruce said. “It concerns me, but it’s not the end of the project.” Officials from the ICF and Southern Railway Vancouver Island, the main advocates for the reintroduction of rail service to the Island, provided an update on their ongoing efforts towards the resumption of both freight and passenger rail service on the Island. Regional districts on the Island have committed approximately

$7 million to the approximately $21-million project, and the federal and provincial governments have said they would contribute $7.5 million each. But the funding from the districts, including $486,000 from the Cowichan Valley Regional District, will not be released until the ICF and SVI have the funding promised from other levels of government in hand. North Cowichan is providing about one-third of the CVRD’s financial commitment, as well as approximately $53,000 per year in permissive tax exemptions, towards the project. The signoff for the cash from Ottawa was delayed by the federal election in October and then earlier this year by the SnawNaw-As (Nanoose) First Nation filing a civil claim against the ICF and the federal government over the line. The ICF filed a response to the civil claim at the end of February, and Ottawa was expected to file by the end of March, but that’s been extended until the end of April. But the RDN unanimously voted to stop collecting its share, almost $1 million, toward the

project two weeks ago. RDN chairman Bill Veenhoof said the decision was made because the ICF has not produced results in the years it has championed the project. Coun. Al Siebring told Bruce that the perception is the train project is “getting further and further behind.” “Everyone wants to preserve the rail corridor, but it becomes less viable each year the [corridor upgrades] aren’t done, and the costs continue to go up as the corridor deteriorates further,” he said. “The community is feeling this project is not going in your direction.” Bruce said he and the other proponents of the railway have done everything that was required of them and met all the conditions to secure the government money for the project. “We would have loved to have come here and say all this has been settled and we’re ready to go, but we can’t control this,” he said. “There are costs to do this, it’s not free, so it’s a simple decision by society of whether they want rail on the Island or not.”

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VIMY REMEMBERED

The Duncan Legion hosted a memorial ceremony to honour those who served and were killed at Vimy Ridge, France, 99 years ago during the First World War. The ceremony was held Saturday afternoon at the Duncan cenotaph. [PAUL BRIAN/CITIZEN]

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OUR VIEW

We cannot keep taking water for granted

he boil water advisory issued to Crofton water users on Wednesday brought home just how important clean, fresh water is to life as we know it. This particular boil advisory is the result of a leak in a supply line that brings the water from the Cowichan River to Catalyst Mill, which treats the water for users in the area. In a few days, the leak will be corrected and things will go back to normal. Many, many places have no such luxury. Lake Cowichan water users

have endured boil order after boil order for years now as they look for funding to upgrade their systems. Other places in Canada have been under boil advisories for upwards of a decade. At any one time, there are more than 1,000 communities where people cannot consume the water from their taps without boiling it first. It seems almost unthinkable that this is the state we find ourselves in, living in a First World country like Canada. It’s not as if water has traditionally been scarce here.

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But perhaps that’s part of the problem. In Canada, we take our continued access to water for granted. Many of us live either on a coastline or in proximity to a lake. We tend to think that water is something that’s always been there and will always continue to be there in the future, no matter what we do. This, of course, is not the case at all. We are badly polluting and contaminating much of the water that’s available to us, whether it’s dumping raw sewage into it as a treatment

method for our waste, like Victoria, or allowing it to be sullied by agricultural and industrial runoff. Or there’s simply the sheer amount of garbage we as individuals throw into it every day. Try going to a beach in Cowichan and take note sometime of the disgusting number of cans and bits of plastic that litter the shore and float in the water tangled in the kelp and driftwood. Just looking at what we send out with the tide it is not hard at all to believe the reports of the giant floating islands of plastic the size of Canadian provinces

Burning wood in the yard not a rural value

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We have owned a small piece of rural property in this area for a very long time. My wife was born here. We certainly do not regard burning wood to be a rural value. The rural values we try to live by include not making our neighbours sick, not threatening their lives and the health of their families with wood smoke, and not damaging their children to save a few dollars on our heating bill. If some think that burning wood is a rural value I would suggest that they may have smoked too much wood.

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that clog areas of our great oceans, killing the sea life that tries to feed on it. The detritus of our consumer lives is killing our planet — not so slowly. It will continue to hit closer and closer to home if we do not enshrine in legislation at every level of government our rights when it comes to access to clean, potable water. Many would no doubt be surprised at the protections we don’t have at the moment. And don’t even think of wholesale water privatization. That’s a deep dive into destruction.

Race track not attractive addition to community So, have you heard about the race track? How did you miss it? Well, because there wasn’t any consultation. Nevertheless, a race track is opening in North Cowichan in August. It will operate dawn to dusk 364 days a year. Being at the foot of Mount Prevost, it will reverberate across this valley and make a racket you will hear on the golf course, on the Trans Canada Trail and at your house if you live anywhere near the area of Tansor Road. Surely there must be a compelling reason our council would approve such a facility — major benefits to the region and so on. No. Nothing offered in the way

of incentives. Well maybe local people voted in favour of it and it was a popular choice. Nope, no consultation, no research, no local participation and no local ownership. It’s the brainchild of a bunch of automobile dealers from Victoria. I asked North Cowichan staff about research into noise levels, noise standards, what they were requiring in the way of noise abatement. Answer, nothing being done, nothing was done, and we don’t have to consult with you as we didn’t change the zoning. Not to mention all the hydrocarbons that will be spewing into the air. They certainly didn’t consult with me or you or anybody locally. This is going to be a step

in the wrong direction for this valley and for what? Who will benefit? Local hotel? No, they are partnering with the Aerie. There’s nothing in this for people who live here and will have to endure the noise of a technical track designed specifically to challenge high performance car engines. It’s intended to bring people from Victoria and Alberta and other places that won’t let them put a racetrack in their backyard. They hope for hundreds of people and hundreds of cars. I’m disappointed and disheartened that this is the kind of development endorsed by council.

OK! Let’s get serious about Berkey’s Corner blunder mall. Duncan has six major malls, Superstore, Save-On, London Drugs, Shoppers, Thrifty Foods and Wal-Mart, all within a two-mile radius of the City of Duncan. It has everything else, including the hospital in here and don’t forget schools, too. So let’s just develop another mall in it. If you can’t visualize the problem, I can’t help you. In this concentrated commercial jungle it’s all connected by the uncontrolled hula hoop intersections and creating the convoy calamity. Traffic, traffic, noise, noise, noise. I don’t thin we need another drive-thru or major mall in this two-mile radius, get it? Let’s make Duncan a parkland area, not a parking lot!

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Don’t change something just because of one person I am writing today in response to last week’s topic of wood burning in the Cowichan Valley. Miss Lawson has an unfortunate health condition affecting her respiratory tract. Hers is a situation that no one would wish to have. Her desire to curtail burning in general is something that, put in her shoes, I may well consider. Let’s put aside for this dialogue that proper burning practices by offenders would help with some of what Miss Lawson complains of. The reality is, our world and the Cowichan Valley has people from all walks of life, and we all have our own requirements, health and otherwise. Miss Lawson, in seeking relief from her condition, is asking a very large group of Cowichan Valley residents to change their lifestyles and more in order to assist her in seeking relief. I do feel much sympathy for Miss Lawson. What she is asking though, goes beyond being a good neighbour. To ask people to change their heat source for their house, or to quadruple their labour efforts in order to clear their farm acreage of windfall or storm damage is not only unfair, but poorly considered given the sheer numbers involved. We have seen much of this in our society, where one person, or a very small group creates a cause to get behind based on a particular need or idea. The cause being based on their

need is presented as just and sincere. They have an action plan to aid their cause. The majority of people don’t really have a point of view on whatever topic is presented. (This means they don’t care.) The people negatively affected by the action plan do care. Typically these people come forward and speak out as I am doing today. As I mentioned earlier, I do have sympathy for Miss Lawson and her condition. In terms of the general population, she is in the minority with her situation. I would never expect or ask her to change her lifestyle to accommodate my particular health requirements. I suspect this is the case with most people in general. In larger towns and cities, wood burning stoves are not as common and open burning on properties is almost non-existent. A new location away from a rural lifestyle that she finds aggravating to her condition may be an option for her. Perhaps then she may experience less particulates in the air? But then there are more cars, trucks, buses and businesses. What to do?

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immediately. They had taken some cash and 35 infant carriers that had been donated by people from the Valley and Victoria. They arrived with the right kind of help at exactly the right moment. “The people who had been forced off the island had to pay their own way and many of them

did not have the money. If they didn’t have that they risked being arrested. We were able to provide money for the ferry trip and food on the ferry,” Taylor said. “We also had these carriers and within 15-20 minutes they were gone. We were fortunate because in our work at the health unit we know how to use them; we could show them how to put them on.”

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reece’s Lesvos has turned from a place of hope to a place of despair, say Cowichan residents Rhoda Taylor and Pat Partridge. Taylor and Partridge spent two weeks working on the Greek island over Easter, helping desperate refugees from the Middle East war zone. They’ll be sharing their story in a talk entitled The Lesvos Connection on Monday, April 18 at the Duncan United Church, starting at 7 p.m. As refugees continue to flow into Greece and beyond by taking the risky Aegean Sea route from Turkey, they face additional challenges due to the implementation of a European Union agreement with Turkey. It’s had a devastating impact on refugees on Lesvos, the pair said. Taylor and Patridge, who work at the health unit in Duncan and have been friends for 30 years, left Canada on March 18, arriving in Greece the following day. Taylor said she had been asked about going to the island; it happened to fit in with her holidays and she decided to do it. “I thought, why not? I can’t do everything but I can do this. The door opened and I stepped through it,” she said. She then asked her friend

Taylor said a surprise came when they saw what some men did with the big wraps. “They took them to carry the three- and four-year-olds. They expected to be walking for hundreds of kilometres and they tied them on and carried the children on their hips.” But that was the end for the open camp. “People who arrived after that were incarcerated,” she said. Support services from outside groups were withdrawn, too, which made the plight of the refugees even greater. “They were lining up for hours for food and being held in the detention centre. Although I understand you can’t do it anymore, we were actually able to provide them with supplies through the fence,” Patridge said. “We gave food to a family with a new baby, we handed out sunscreen, lip balm and information, too.” What both women found was that the refugees were “incredibly gracious and patient”. Taylor said it was emotional to see people leaving the area. “They came by the volunteers, they wanted to thank us, to shake our hands and especially to say don’t worry.

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‘These are desperate people’ REFUGEES, From Page 10 “They were so concerned that we would worry about them,” Taylor said. Partidge said the Greek military and police were surprisingly gentle and patient with the refugees. “Partly because we were little old ladies, we were able to have conversations with them, too. They didn’t necessarily agree with what was being done.” Another problem was that the Greek government, faced with trying to deal with the refugees, has very little money of its own to spare because of the financial crisis in the country. What also emerged from their trip was that no one there expects to see any improvement in the refugee situation until the war stops. “These are desperate people who feel they have no options. Some of the worst injuries we saw took place in supposedly safe countries, too. The Greek police thought that until the conditions change where the people came from, they would continue to come to the island and to try to come to Europe,” Taylor said. After returning to Cowichan, the women learned the camp has become overcrowded to a degree that’s hard to imagine. “There is no more indoor accommodation; they are sleeping on cement. They don’t have basic hygiene; it’s getting increasingly hot. We even saw profound sunburns in small children when we were there, which broke my heart,” Taylor said. One of the hardest things to see was the unescorted young boys sent away from their homes in a desperate attempt to safeguard them. Mothers and grandmothers

had frequently sold their jewelry to find the money to get these boys away from the threat of recruitment by ISIS, especially boys who were tall or mature-looking for their ages. When some of these boys are deported from Greece, which doesn’t happen often, they are individually escorted, not because they are violent but because they are very likely to try to commit suicide, Taylor said. The event on Monday in Duncan should be an eye-opener for Valley residents. “We brought home some of the fake life jackets. The refugees were sold life jackets that wouldn’t work. We’ll have some on Monday so people can experience that,” Taylor said. Partridge said it was heartbreaking to see it. “They sold water wings for children and those little swim rings for infants. Those aren’t life jackets. That’s not going to work in the Aegean Sea.” The two women will have lots of information, but no photos to share. “We don’t have a lot of pictures because it’s not actually safe for the refugees and it’s not ethical either. But we want people to be aware of the impact. We want people to be aware of the ways they can help, offer support. “There are a lot of small NGOs that have no overhead. We also have a family over there we are really concerned about; he was a translator with the American military in Iraq. They have a six-week old baby; it’s an intolerable situation. On Monday, it’s not a fundraiser but we’ll share everything we know,” Taylor said. Admission to the event is free.

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eautiful British Columbia is a bit more beautiful in the Cowichan Valley. Olivia Nelson, 18, of Duncan was recently selected as one of 12 British Columbians to compete in the Miss Teenage Canada beauty pageant in Toronto this July, after competing provincially in Vancouver on April 2 and 3 and being crowned Miss Teen Vancouver Island. “I love adventures and experiencing new things,” said Nelson, adding that the nationals will include approximately 70 young women competing from across the country. “This is my first one,” she added. Nelson found out about Miss Teenage Canada from Facebook and her interest was sparked. She submitted her resume and then did an interview over Skype in February about her interests. “That’s about learning their personality and what they stand for and who they are,” Nelson explained. Those chosen then went to the provincial competition in Vancouver, which included 21 competitors from around the province. They were mainly from the Lower Mainland, with only three from Vancouver Island: Nelson,

Olivia Nelson of Duncan is headed to the Miss Teen Canada competition in Toronto, Ont. in July. The 18-year-old was recently selected as the only entrant from Vancouver Island to qualify at the national beauty pageant competition. [PAUL BRIAN/CITIZEN] and competitors from Comox and Victoria. It included a personal interview, a judged bathing suit competition, and modeling evening gowns onstage, a process which went well for Nelson. “I love challenges and competing and performing. Those are my passions,” Nelson said, adding “I love meeting new people.” Nelson, who has been home-

schooled her whole life, said the flexibility of her academic schedule allowed her to dedicate time to gymnastics and dance, which kindled her passion for being onstage and performing. “I did it through Regent based in Victoria and so home-schoolers get together and do projects together or field trips just like a normal school but we do our work

at home,” explained Nelson, who works as a stylist in Duncan and is interested in potentially pursuing a Bachelor of Arts degree in the future. From age three to 14, Nelson did gymnastics with Duncan Dynamics Gymnastic Club and later did several years of dance at Carlson’s School of Dance. These talents will be useful in Toronto during the week of competition July 17 to 24, where part of the judging process includes a talent show. Nelson plans to perform a solo dance to the song ‘Seven Years’ by Lukas Graham. “In Toronto it will last a week. It’ll be my first time going out of province,” Nelson said with a laugh. “It includes everything like provincials, but everything will be more intense.” Miss Teenage Canada 2015 was won by Sarah Wojcik of Red Deer, Alta. Another aspect ahead of competing at the nationals will be fundraising $400 by July 7 for Free the Children humanitarian organization, which Nelson plans to raise by organizing car washes, garage sales and bake sales. She will also be very involved in the community including taking part in local parades. Nelson is currently seeking sponsors to help with the costs

of travel to Toronto, food and accommodations, which she estimates will be approximately $3,000 and welcomes sponsors to contribute to help out. She has also already incurred some significant costs in the application and competition process. “There is the option of advertising or just out of the goodness of their hearts,” Nelson explained of potential sponsors. Nelson said she’d be delighted if she’s chosen as Miss Teenage Canada. “I’d represent Canada as a teen and then I would participate in events all over the country,” she said, adding thanks to her father Trevor and her whole family for their words of wisdom and financial and day-to-day help in pursuing her dreams. Nelson is also thankful to friends who’ve given her advice and helped out and hopes that if she wins she can serve as an encouragement to others to work hard and follow their dreams. To find out more about Nelson and help out visit www.gofundme.com/missteenagevi2016. You may also follow Nelson on Twitter at www.twitter.com/ TeenVanIsld2016. To find out more about Miss Teenage Canada visit www.missteenagecanada.com.

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Getting a working man’s PhD Paul Brian

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hose are the sounds that greet me at 10:59 p.m. as the buzzer sounds and I step out onto the floor of a car parts factory in Barrie, Ont. The time is early 2012. I’m all ready to start the night shift, with ear plugs, a pair of gloves and work boots. There are two 15-minute breaks and a half hour “lunch” break between me and 7 a.m. My bachelor’s degree didn’t get me far, so I’d obtained a college diploma in television news and used it to score a couple unpaid internships in Washington, D.C. There I bumped into characters like Herman Cain, Zbigniew Brzezinski and the former prime minister of New Zealand. However my journalistic escapades hadn’t translated into related work back in Canada, and eating was still something I was quite fond of, so there I was, ready to do what I was told and watch the minimum wage cheques roll in. I’d done physical work at a number of jobs in the past and now I was back “working on a working man’s PhD,” to quote the best country song of the 1990s (maybe ever?). (If you want a cram course in reality/ You get yourself a working man’s PhD) Boom. Boom. Boom. Vrroom. Beeeep. The pulse is like a heavy beat coming from a nightclub, except in this nightclub you press buttons on massive hydraulic press machines the size of small houses and wheel away bins full of parts and steel scrap. My first night I press buttons on a machine that takes steel pucks and notches them into a clutch component. The press comes down and hits the puck with enormous force when you press the button, but although

it feels like you’re playing the claw candy grabber vending machine game, unlike the game it never misses, imprinting perfect, triangular teeth. And you don’t get to just leave when you get tired of pressing the two buttons after an hour. A buzzer sounds and workers, many of them temp workers hired via staffing agencies like me, crowd into the lunch room joking and talking. Did you notice ---- isn’t back? The place is mainly run on temps who can be let go with a brief phone call the night before, as staffing needs fluctuate. Boom. Boom. Boom. Clanggg. Beep. Because you’d better believe the presses keep rolling, manned and womaned by people who take offset breaks. Several months later I was laid off and then rehired to work in quality control, checking the rectitude of parts that had been red-flagged as having potential issues. It was a bit quieter and slower-paced, being in another area of the factory with less presses. I met a friend who shared my interest in talking about things like reincarnation and free will versus predestination. Despite the low paycheques factory work is oddly reassuring with a set purpose and strict timelines, a helluva workout. Some joking and conversation in between stacking crates of freshly-minted clutch pieces, ABS brake cups or boxes of Honda Civic interior roof racks. The best thing about the work, though, is the people. In the two departments I worked in I had great bosses who were encouraging and upbeat. At Christmas our boss gave us all Christmas cards. Then there was Tony, originally from Newfoundland, if memory serves. In a more senior supervisory position Tony’d often be on a forklift negotiating 20-tonne rolls of steel onto the press loader. “Move! Out of the way!” Beep beep. “Thank you!” he shouts from under a bristle baton moustache. Another time he warns me of the immense

danger of not being conscious around the rolls of steel or trying to manually push the steel sheet when it isn’t loading quite right. “I’ve seen a guy have his arm cut off who did that!” he warned me. I could almost see the blood spurting. Weeks later while putting on his workboots in the locker room, my quality control friend engaged Tony in conversation and the topic of the difficulty of making a living came up. My friend said he agreed it was hard but he was hoping for the best and trying to stay optimistic. “Good f---ing luck with that!” Tony said, closing up his locker and heading out onto the floor. We laughed about it quite a bit, but now that I think of it Tony might have a point. Boom. One night I was using a hard metal rake to settle a pile of scrap in a metal bin. A 30-something chap walked up. He always ran a machine of some kind off in the corner, wore a golfing cap and made wry comments about life and relationships on smoke breaks. He stopped briefly beside the churning press I was working next to and winked. “I bet you never thought you’d be raking scrap metal into a bin at 3 a.m. in the morning, did you?” he said. I couldn’t help but agree. Two months later I’d be writing words on a blackboard in a small village in the Republic of Georgia, after signing up for a volunteer opportunity to teach English. To explore the Hallmark card side of it, I guess that’s the thing I “learned” from working in a car parts factory and the people I met: You just never know where life will take you. On that note I’m moving on from my temporary position here at the Citizen as Lexi Bainas takes back over as arts and entertainment reporter. Welcome back, Lexi and all the best to my Citizen colleagues! Adios amigos.

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Mbira Spirit performs April 26 at the Hub at Cowichan Station (From left: Tafadzwa Matamba, local musician Sinbad on the djembe drum, Tom Jensen on the cajon and Amy Matamba). The Zimbabwe Music Society has been established in Mill Bay. [PAUL BRIAN/CITIZEN]

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Mill Bay-based Zimbabwe Music Society is bringing cultures together one tune at a time. The husband-wife team of Amy and Tafadzwa Matamba are welcoming and hosting the five-woman Zimbabwean acapella ensemble Nobuntu for a week-long cultural exchange and series of benefit concerts supporting efforts to dig wells

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“It will focus on arts and culture and them sharing the traditions and heritage of Vancouver Island and Zimbabwe,” Amy explained, adding this will be their second exchange to Zimbabwe. “We’ll do a bit of performing there as well as going to the rural arts and education centre.” Zimbabwe is a landlocked country in southern Africa with a population of approximately 13 million. It has experienced political upheaval and struggles with poverty. Zimbabwe’s main tribal ethnicity is the Shona (80 per cent). The Nobuntu singers are from the Ndebele tribal ethnicity (12 per cent). “They’re quite fun because they speak with those little clicks in their dialect and the singing,” Amy explained. Amy’s husband Tafadzwa is Shona and comes from Magunje. Amy went to Zimbabwe in 2012 after studying Zimbabwean music in Canada. She was learning the culture and traditions and studying the mbira, a traditional wooden thumb piano that had been banned by the British in colonial times as

“pagan” because of its use in Zimbabwean ceremonies and religious rituals. Amy invited Tafadzwa to tour Canada as a musician in 2012 after returning from Zimbabwe. “That’s how we kind of developed our music, developed our relationship and ended up getting married,” Amy said, adding that their group has also broadened into playing guitar and mixing musical genres like country, blues and reggae. Amy and Tafadzwa have also developed their Matamba Culture, Arts and Education Centre here in Canada and Zimbabwe. Founding the non-profit society is the logical next step. “We really are a society because the work that we want to do is non-profit,” Amy said, adding ZMS will be eventually applying for charity status. Education will figure heavily in the work, building on Amy’s 21 years of experience as a teacher in the Cowichan Valley school district. “The education part is really an important piece for me. We’ve connected already with all levels of schooling up to university over there to start to

work towards keeping the traditional arts and culture there and providing scholarships for those that are doing well in it,” Amy explained. Another key starting point is the plan to construct wells. Currently in Magunje residents have to walk two kilometres to get water, and ZMS has a goal of drilling 10 wells per year starting this fall. In April, 2017, ZMS will also be bringing Cowichan Valley optometrist Trevor Miranda to Magunje to provide eye care for 1,000 people. “We want to build relationships between our community and Zimbabwe so that we help Zimbabwe with health and education and some of the basic priorities of life,” Amy said. For more information on Mbira Spirit visit www.mbiraspirit. com. Mbira Spirit is also asking for the public’s vote on CBC’s 2016 Searchlight Competition for their music video produced and recorded in Zimbabwe. Voting in the first round goes until April 20. To take a look and vote visit http://cbcmusicsearchlight.ca/ entries/69056.

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can decrease rumination, the unhealthy but familiar habit of thinking over and over about causes and consequences of negative experiences. Their study also showed neural activity in an area of the brain linked to risk for mental illness was reduced in participants who walked through nature compared with those who walked through an urban environment. Korean researchers investigated the differences in brain activity when volunteers just looked at urban versus natural scenery. For those viewing urban images, MRI scans showed increased blood flow to the amygdala region. In contrast, areas of the brain associated with empathy and altruism lit up for those who viewed natural scenes. In Japan, scientists found people spending time in nature — shinrin-yoku or “forest bathing” — inhale “beneficial bacteria, plant-derived essential oils and negatively-charged ions” which interact with gut bacteria to strengthen the body’s immune system and improve both mental and physical health. Spending time in nature regularly is not a panacea for mental health but it’s an essential component of health and psychological resilience. Nature helps us withstand and recover from life’s challenges. Even city dwellers can find nearby nature — a garden, local park or trail — to give their overworked brains a break. Every spring, the David Suzuki Foundation challenges Canadians to spend more time outside for health and mental well-being. The 30×30 Nature Challenge asks people to commit to spending at least 30 minutes a day in nature for 30 days in May. When you take the 30×30 pledge at 30x30.davidsuzuki.org/, you’ll receive the latest research on the health benefits of spending time outdoors along with practical tips on how to add green time to your daily routine. Let’s show our brains — and bodies — some love. Get outside! Learn more at www.davidsuzuki.org. David Suzuki is a scientist, broadcaster, author and co-founder of the David Suzuki Foundation. Written with contributions from David Suzuki Foundation senior public engagement specialist Aryne Sheppard.

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Capt. Billy Ettershank thrived on coffee and the high seas T.W. Paterson

Chronicles Upon eventual retirement, in an age when shipwreck was almost commonplace, his record as a ship’s pilot was “as clean as a dog’s tooth”.

apt. Billy Ettershank, retired, was widely respected as a navigator and as something of a character. Born in Aberdeen in 1842, he went to sea at an early age. Five years after the discovery of gold in British Columbia first electrified the world, he arrived here as an officer on a passenger ship. When the Julia continued on her way it was without her second mate who’d succumbed to the lure of the gold fields. But, unlike many of the Julia’s company, he’d been in no hurry to charge off in search of his fortune. You see, he had some unfinished business aboard ship: the thrashing of the ship’s cook for his continued insolence and his lack of culinary skills. This in mind, Billy headed topside in search of the guilty chef — only to find the ship’s

Billy Ettershank nearly came to his end at Barkley Sound when the ship he was on rolled onto her side. [WIKIPEDIA PHOTO] surgeon administering an “artistic whipping”. Regretfully allowing the doctor to complete the operation, Billy shouldered his few effects and slipped over the side. Once ashore, he headed to the Cariboo where, he’d heard, gold “could be washed from the ground in handfuls”. But a year of hard work in ‘El Dorado’ drained his limited resources so he returned to the coast and joined a trading schooner which plied between Victoria, Nanaimo and Alberni. In December 1869, with Billy as mate, the Alpha set sail

for Honolulu with a cargo of lumber. She made it as far as Barkley Sound where, against Billy’s advice, Capt. Tom Brennan insisted on putting to sea in heavy weather. Almost immediately, Billy’s fears were realized and the Alpha rolled heavily onto her side, stranding her company on Flores Island, six miles west of Clayoquot Sound. With snow deep on the ground, almost no food and only the clothes on their backs, the castaways faced a bleak future. Fortunately, some blankets drifted ashore from the wreck.

It was nine days before some Indians canoed them to Barkley Sound and they could hike overland to Nanaimo via on old trail. “Had it not been that they obtained a sack of flour from the wreck they must certainly have starved,” reported the Colonist. “The men are all more or less affected by exposure.” They stumbled into the Bastion City on Christmas Day. Even shipwreck on Vancouver Island’s rugged west coast was all in a day’s work for Billy Ettershank and he immediately returned to the coasting trade. Eight years later he was appointed as a ship’s pilot and he served in this capacity for no fewer than 43 years. Right up until he was 74, he “took his regular turn with the youngsters of the profession in bringing in the ships”. Upon eventual retirement, in an age when shipwreck was almost commonplace, his record was “as clean as a dog’s tooth”. Once asked the secret of his seemingly eternal youth, he replied with a chuckle that he owed his vigour to his grandmother. Almost the instant he opened his eyes, back in Aberdeen on Oct. 6, 1842, she’d given him a sip of coffee. Billy said he’d been faithful to the “brown berry” ever since. Upon his

being interviewed in 1924, at the age of 82, he declared that coffee had “preserv[ed] him through the toils and tribulations of the four-score years of his life to date,” and that he expected it to do so indefinitely. The 58-ton schooner Alpha came by her name honestly, having been the first vessel to be built in Nanaimo in 1859. Alpha Passage, west of the entrance to Ucluelet Inlet, was named for her in 1861 as she was active on the west coast. Alpha Bay, in northern B.C. waters, was christened six years later. Alpha Islet, off Discovery Island, Victoria, takes its name from the fact that the schooner, while carrying passengers and coal from Nanaimo to Victoria, ran into it in a blinding snowstorm. Fortunately, she was floated off with little injury and resumed her career until the fateful stranding on Flores Island. The Gazetteer of Canada lists 10 more geographical features named Alpha, by the way, but not in recognition of this heroine, and two B.C. landmarks bear the name Ettershank. Let us hope that at least one of them honours the ever-young Capt. Billy Ettershank, navigator, character and coffee freak. www.twpaterson.com

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or the past 11 years the Mill Bay Plantaholics have held a plant sale in Mill Bay to support a variety of charities and this year is no different. Barb Kohlman, Sharon Martin, Ali Morris, Noreen Carver and Elaine Scott have been very busy and a wide selection of plants will be available for sale. This year the money will be used to support two important activities. Part of the money will provide a secondary school scholarship for Agnes Chazeza, a young women in Malawi, while the rest of the money will go to Somenos House in Duncan. This annual plant sale has become well known to local gardeners as a source of healthy interesting plants at a reasonable price. As well, master gardeners from the Victoria Master Gardener Association are always on hand to provide gardening advice, so if you have a problem with a plant in your garden, put a sample in a plastic bag and take it to the master gardener table at the sale. Or you may have questions on how to grow specific plants in your local environment. The Malawi program that will be supported by the sale is Atsikana Pa Ulendo (Girls on the Move). This program arose from the work of Vancouver Island woman Christie Johnson who worked in Malawi, alongside a Malawian teacher. The aim of the program is to achieve lasting improvements in the quality of life of young girls and women living in poverty and in so doing, spark a ripple effect of reduced poverty, illness, malnutrition, early marriage and gender bias. Last year the students in this program achieved a 100 per cent pass rate in the Malawi School Certificate Examination. When one considers that the national pass rate for this exam is 68 per cent, this is an amazing achievement and is even more impressive when you realize that nearly half of the students in this class are scholarship students, coming from rural village backgrounds of extreme poverty with huge gaps in their educational background. Agness Chazeza is one of these women. She is now in her fourth year of secondary school. Mill Bay Plantaholics provided her with a scholarship to complete her first three years and plans to do the same this year. The second organization that will receive proceeds from this plant sale is Somenos Transition House in Duncan. A program of the Cowichan Women Against Violence Society, Somenos House provides short term shelter and support when women (with or without children) need safety from violence and abuse. Providing a safe, supportive and quiet environment for women and children who are trapped in a violent situation is an extremely important program of a caring community, and Duncan and the greater Cowichan Valley is exactly that, a caring community. So come to the Mill Bay Plantaholics Plant sale and support two very important programs through the purchase of healthy interesting plants for your garden. The sale will be held on Saturday, April 23 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at 2836 Oceanside Lane, Mill Bay (east off Trans Canada Highway at Kilmalu, south on Church Way, east on Welch Road and south on Oceanside Lane). This is a private garden that customers can tour at their leisure. The sale itself will be held at the top of the driveway. For more information phone Elaine at 250-743-0965. Elaine Scott is a member of Mill Bay Plantaholics.

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING Notice is hereby given that a Public Hearing will be held to consider Ofﬁcial Community Plan Amendment Bylaw No. 4013 and Zoning Amendment Bylaw No. 4014, applicable to Electoral Area I - Youbou/Meade Creek

DATE Monday, April 25, 2016 TIME 7:00 pm PLACE Youbou Community Hall (main hall), 8550 Hemlock Street, Youbou, BC The purpose of Ofﬁcial Community Plan Amendment Bylaw No. 4013 and Zoning Amendment Bylaw No. 4014 is to allow a portion of the property shown below to be used for vehicle storage. The land is currently being used for vehicle storage contrary to the zoning bylaw. This application is being made to legalize and permit the vehicle storage business to continue on a 0.5 acre portion of the property.

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Amendment Bylaw Nos. 4013 and 4014 propose to amend the Youbou/Meade Creek Official Community Plan and Zoning Bylaw by re-designating and rezoning a portion of 8976 Youbou Road from Forestry to Industrial and from the F-1 Zone (Forest Resource 1) to the I-4 Zone (Recreational Vehicle Storage Industrial). The subject property is legally described as That Part of Section 25, Renfrew District, lying within the right of way of the Canadian Northern Pacific Railway as shown coloured red on Plan 196RW. At the public hearing, all persons who deem their interests affected by the proposed amendments will be given an opportunity to be heard, or to present written submissions on matters contained therein, before representatives of the Regional Board. Prior to the public hearing, submit written comments on the Bylaws by: Fax: 250-746-2621 Email: ds@cvrd.bc.ca Mail and/or deposit at the Regional District office: 175 Ingram Street, Duncan, BC, V9L 1N8, until 4:30 pm on Monday April 25, 2016 The public should not assume that correspondence submitted on the proposed Bylaws prior to the start of the statutory notification period on Friday, April 15, 2016, will be made available to the Regional Board. Please be advised the CVRD Board cannot receive correspondence or comment following the close of the public hearing. All correspondence submitted to the CVRD in response to this Notice will form part of the public record and will be published in a meeting agenda that is posted online when this matter is before the Board or a Committee of the Board. The CVRD considers the author’s address relevant to the Board’s consideration of this matter and will disclose this personal information. The author’s phone number and email address is not relevant and should not be included in the correspondence if the author does not wish this personal information disclosed. Please contact the Planning & Development Department at 250-746-2620 or 1-800-665-3955, or the Recording Secretary at the time of submission. For more information on disclosure, contact the CVRD FOI Coordinator at 250-746-2507 or 1-800-665-3955. A copy of the proposed Bylaws, the resolution delegating the holding of the public hearing, and other documents that may be considered by the Board in determining whether to adopt the Bylaws are available for public inspection at the Regional District Planning & Development Department office: 175 Ingram Street, Duncan, BC, from Friday, April 15, 2016, to Monday April 25, 2016, between the hours of 8:00 am to 4:30 pm, Monday through Friday. A copy of the Bylaws and supporting material may also be viewed on the CVRD website: http://www.cvrd.bc.ca/index.aspx?NID=1282

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MUSINGS OF A MAGPIE MIND Bits and pieces of history, travel and trivia, collected over the years by Bill Greenwell

Although automation abounds, craftsmanship proves timeless Bill Greenwell

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he age is soon coming, so we’re told, when robots will do all the manufacturing there is to be done. Already the only tasks left for people to do today, on the factory floors of such mammoth operations as the auto industry, is to press buttons, do some finishing and provide maintenance for the tireless contraptions that have taken over almost all of the human skills in that segment of industry. So apart from the owners, the administrators, the bean counters and the specialist supervisors in the big plants spread around the world, it looks like opportunities for employment further down so many production lines are drying up. All too soon our young people will be looking mainly to the expanding service industries in their search for careers. Those without specialized education and new, narrower qualifications, will be reduced, as they are now, to grinding out a living, earning minimum wages. It’s not a pleasant prospect. Happily though, we’re assured that soulless gadgets can never be designed and programmed to produce everything we’re likely to need in the future. No, this bleak horizon of absolute technology

What I found was overwhelming, because the number of skilled craftspeople on every continent making beautiful instruments, one at a time, completely surprised me. BILL GREENWELL, columnist

will always be dotted by bright sparks of light, where people with exquisite, traditional skills will continue to craft objects that bring beauty and enjoyment to the rest of the world. So there is happily no way that any robot will ever be able to replicate the eyes, minds and hands inseparable from the many age-old crafts that are still being practised globally, by small enclaves of dedicated men and women, steeped in their traditional skills. And I realized the other Monday morning at a local recital, that nowhere is the traditional human expertise more evident than in the making of musical instruments, those superb, expensive creations, chosen by the world’s leading orchestra members and soloists and cherished for their exceptional hand-made qualities of structure and sound. For years I’ve been enjoying the annual English Proms concerts and much other classical programming, thanks to two TV channels, each with enough endowments and public funding to enable them

soon emerged to provide skilled employment in other European communities. One such place is worth a mention, because the decision to launch a cottage industry making violins saved a little town high up in the Bavarian Alps from economic disaster. The place is called Mittenwald and is well worth a visit. The whole area is magnificent, so long as you have a head for heights. There’s plenty to see and do and the nearest scenic mountain, the Karwendelbebirge, starts pretty well on the fringe of town. There’s a restaurant on the summit, with staggering views, plus a little cable car that does all the hard work for you. Mittenwald had flourished on the main north-south route of the Roman Empire, then enjoyed continuing prosperity into Renaissance times. After that though, things went into decline and families started to leave in droves, until some bright spark, fresh from a trip to Italy, suggested that his clever Bavarian neighbours should turn their skills to making the means of music. Everybody got into the act and soon their workshop established a reputation for superb violins, cellos and even zithers. Today the good folk of Mittenwald will be happy to take you around their Geigenbaumuseum, and if you decide to make something with strings for yourself, you can enrol in the local Staatliche Geigenbauschule. A buddy of mine has a neighbour in Wiltshire, back in England, who did just that, and has since built a couple of baroque lutes for Julian Bream, my favourite guitarist. So happily there’s one feature you won’t find in those old world craft places, or CVRD WaterPARK Systems Flushing Notice BRIGHT ANGEL RECREATION REJUVENATION in the little modern workshops scattered BRIGHT ANGEL PARK RECREATION REJUVENATION PROJECT & PARK MANAGEMENT BRIGHT ANGEL PARK RECREATION REJUVENATION The Cowichan Valley Regional DistrictPLAN (CVRD) will be carrying around the globe, PROJECT MANAGEMENT PLAN out flushing&ofPARK the water systems listed below on: PROJECT PARK MANAGEMENT PLAN and that’s any trace The South Cowichan Parks Commission and CVRD of mass production, The South Cowichan Parks Commission and Parks & Trails Division are hosting the Public Open The Cowichan Parks Commission andCVRD CVRD Lambourn Estates, Douglas Hill & Dogwood Ridge or hint of a conveyor Parks Systems &#2 Trails Division are hosting House to invite public on the the Bright Angel Parks & Trails Division areinput hosting thePublic PublicOpen OpenPark belt. And most of all, Water because a little bit of House #2 #2 to invite public input on Angel Monday, April 4, 2016 to Friday, April 8, Bright 2016 Recreation Project. The CVRD has Park received House toRejuvenation invite public input onthe the Bright Angel Park soul is built into each Recreation Rejuvenation Project. The CVRD has received grant funding from the Province BC&CVRD toCherry rejuvenate Recreation Rejuvenation Project.of The has received Arbutus Ridge Estates, Satellite Park Point one of their exquisite grant funding funding from the Province ofofBC Estates Water Systems specific park facilities Bright Angel Park which must instruments, there’ll grant from theat Province BCto torejuvenate rejuvenate specific park 11, facilities at Angel Park which never be room for a Monday, April to Friday, April 15, 2016 be completed by2016 March 31, 2015. specific park facilities atBright Bright Angel Park whichmust must robot. be completed by March 31, 2015. be completed by March 2015. Burnum & Carlton Water31, Systems Monday, April 18, 2016 to input Friday, 2016 » Bill Greenwell prospered Join us for discussion and at April Open22, House #2:

to flourish without the paralyzing plague of advertising commercials. Watching those celebrated musicians performing close-up on screen, thanks to brilliant camera work, I’ve often thought that it would be wonderful to enjoy, say, a violin piece, sitting right beside the artist, not as I have done so many times, in a distant seat, so far away. Sarah Hagen, one of our top west coast pianists, presents a series of Monday morning concerts each year in the Cowichan Performing Arts Centre, and always has an invited talent alongside to play a program of duets. It might be a clarinettist, an oboe or horn virtuoso. One of her good friends is the principle concertmaster of the magnificent Los Angeles Philharmonic and in their off-season, he goes on tour with a multi-million dollar Stradivarius violin, one of two their society owns. So there we were, my wife and me, front and centre among the small audience seated on the theatre stage. I was less than 10 feet from one of the finest violinists in the U.S. playing a beautiful 300-year-old instrument, lovingly hand-made by a legendary Italian craftsman. The experience was magic, sheer magic, for me and for the little cluster of devotees on stage. So that morning I was able to cross another item off my bucket list, and this in turn prompted me to indulge my curiosity a little and find out more about the art of making the special stringed instruments that are sought after by

the world’s leading musicians, those who have devoted their lives to the violin, viola, lute, guitar, mandolin or cello, and let’s not forget the daddy of them all, the big double bass. What I found was overwhelming, because the number of skilled craftspeople on every continent making beautiful instruments, one at a time, completely surprised me. So I decided to delve into history and found for instance, that the modern violin is attributed to Andrea Amati around 1555. Amati’s oldest surviving violin dates from 1564, which makes it 452 years old, though there’s no mention as to where it is right now. Of course Antonio Stradivari is probably the best known name in the creation of early violins. He was apprenticed to family descendants of Amati in Cremona and went on to make a full range of stringed instruments including a harp or two in his own workshop. Of the 960 violins he crafted, until his death at 93 in 1737, 650 survive today; the oldest dates from 1666. Original Strads have always been highly prized and insanely expensive. In June 2011, the violin originally owned by the granddaughter of Lord Byron was sold at auction to an anonymous bidder for nearly 10 million pounds sterling. Fortuitously the proceeds were donated to the world fund for victims of the Japanese earthquake and tsunami. Fortunately the Italians didn’t manage to keep the art of violin making all to themselves and workshops

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The South Cowichan Parks Commission and CVRD Parks & Trails Division are hosting the Public Open House #2 to invite public input on the Bright Angel Park Recreation Rejuvenation Project. The CVRD has received BUILDING & LAND DEVELOPMENT FORUMS grant funding from the Province of BC to rejuvenate specific park facilities at Bright Angel Park#2which must Public Open House Public Open House House#2 #2 Open be completed by March 31, 2015. The Cowichan Valley Regional District is hosting a series of “Lunch n’ Learn” Forums at the CVRD ofﬁce, 175 Ingram Street. These Forums provide an opportunity for the local building and development industry and CVRD Planning & Development staff to share information and discuss ideas and topics of mutual interest. The Forums include presentations on relevant topics and provide opportunities for questions and discussion. Upcoming sessions and topics are noted as follows. Please bring a lunch and RSVP as seating is limited.

Join us for discussion and input at Open House #2: date Saturday, June 8, 2013 time 9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. place Bright Angel Park Lower Parking Area

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Home and Wellness show The Cowichan Valley Spring Home & Wellness Show is back for another year at the Island Savings Centre. Starting Friday, April 22 from 5-9 p.m., continuing on Saturday from 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. and concluding on Sunday with doors open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. this event promises lots of information and ideas for anyone hankering after renovating their home or even their body this year. Yes, there’s a new wellness section offered this year. Admission is free.

Library throwing Stuffy Sleepover There will be a Stuffy Sleepover on Thursday, April 21 from 6:307:30 p.m. at the South Cowichan Library at Mill Bay Centre. Bring your stuffy to the library for a storytime and crafts and your stuffy will stay the whole night in the library for some overnight adventures. Preregister by calling the branch at 743-5436.

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The annual Spring Garden Party & Sale at Providence Farm is scheduled for Saturday, April 23 this year. From 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., gardeners eager to get the jump on the spring season can take their questions to master gardeners, get great deals on started vegetables, fruit shrubs and native plants, pick up some treasures at a yard sale and enjoy tea and treats. It’s all in the back gardening area at the big farm, which is located at 1843 Tzouhalem Rd.

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Ferne Eileen Smith April 28, 1935 ~ April 4, 2016 Ferne passed away peacefully in her sleep surrounded by her beloved family. She transpired grace through the richness, focus, and confidence that allowed her to flourish in her passions of people and education. Her inspirational teaching affected the lives of those she came into contact with; from assisting to open a school in Swan Hills, Alberta to being a principal while she raised her four children Jim, Norm, Gerry, and Catherine. Ferne engaged in every community she lived in and spent her final years in Ladysmith with her Husband Joe Yablonski. She was a sweet, lovely lady with a fiery wit that will forever be remembered. The celebration of life will be held on April, 23, 2016 at 1:00pm at the Ladysmith Baptist Church.

STRAUTMAN, ARTHUR JOHN (ART) July 18, 1926 – December 24, 2015 Celebration of Life Saturday, April 16, 2016 1:30 pm Chemainus United Church Hall 9814 Willow Street, Chemainus For more information go to www.sandsduncan.ca. SANDS of DUNCAN 250-746-5212

Lloyd Frederick Rayment July 19, 1934 ~ April 2, 2016

Lloyd was born to Frederick and Hannah Rayment in Regina, Saskatchewan, July 19, 1934. He was the youngest of 3 children. Lloyd is predeceased by his parents, and 2 older brothers George and Bill. Lloyd leaves behind his loving wife Marjorie of almost 60 years, his daughter Cathy Thomson, his granddaughter Christianne (Andy), Grandson Johnathan (Meghan) and his great grandchildren Max, Julia, Thomas, Ian and Alex. Lloyd married the love of his life Marjorie Dashkevich April 14, 1956 in Bienfait, Saskatchewan. All week while Dad was in the hospital he kept talking about their anniversary as it would be their 60th! Lloyd joined the Navy after grade 12 retiring after 36 years, living all over Canada with the forces they settled in Victoria in 1967 where Lloyd worked for the Provincial Government Emergency Preparedness Group where he stayed another 10 years. Then officially retiring moving to Shawnigan Lake. Lloyd enjoyed all kinds of sports, he played golf and curled in his younger years, played the piano and had a very beautiful singing voice. He enjoyed watching his great grandchildren play on their sports teams. His achivements were many over his lifetime, he loved to laugh, and he would probably say “there were no disappointments.” No service at this time FIRST MEMORIAL FUNERAL SERVICES Duncan, B.C. 250-748-2134 Condolences may be shared online at www.firstmemorialfuneral.com

Please join us for a Celebration of Two Beautiful Lives;

Diane Frost and Annie Grexton on Saturday, April 23 from 1 - 3 pm at Chemainus Royal Canadian Legion upper hall.

GROOT, Brent

April 5, 1934 – April 8, 2016 It is with much sadness that we announce the passing of Brent Groot after a brief illness at Cowichan District Hospital. He will be remembered by his loving wife, Afra, his two sons Wayne (Tara), Mike (Lorina), his five stepchildren Diana (Mark), Jeannette Whiskin, Mary Bot, Casey (Teresa) Bot, Carol (Dan) Demong and 15 grandchildren, Kaillyn, Michael Jr., Jarid, Makenna, Shelby, Jamie, Eric, Cori, Mallory, Heather, Teá, Corbin, Emma, Isaac and Lewis. He also leaves behind his brother Cor (Reit) Groot in Creston and many family and friends in the Cowichan Valley, Smithers, Holland and the U.S.A. Brent loved his family very much and his grandchildren were his pride and joy. He also enjoyed playing with the harmonica band, tending to his beautiful garden and walks on the beach. His flower baskets were always something special. No service by request. A celebration of life will be announced at a later date. Online condolences may be made at www.hwwallacecbc.com. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the BC Children’s Hospital.

Theresa Maria Nelson

2244 Moose Rd., Duncan, BC April 17, 2016

10:00 AM - 3:00 PM Vendors call Bonnie at:

250-746-0707

COMING EVENTS CALL FOR ENTRIES 13TH ANNUAL Kitty Coleman Woodland Art & Bloom Festival. Fine Art and Quality Crafts Juried Show. Presented in a spectacular outdoor setting May 21, 22 and 23 Applications for Artisans are available at woodlandgardens.ca or email 2bevzimmerman@gmail.com 250-338-6901 MARINE FLARE DISPOSAL DAY Saturday April 23 9-3 at 5968 Trans Can Hwy (Lake’s Marine) Hosted by Cowichan Power & Sail Squadron and Lake’s Marine. By donation proceeds to CPSS.

INFORMATION

Estate of DUNCAN JOHN MACDONNELL CREDITORS AND OTHERS having claims against the estate of DUNCAN JOHN MACDONNELL formerly of Sunridge Place Senior Care Home, 361 Bundock Avenue, Duncan, B.C., Deceased who died on the 19th day of October, 2015 are required to send full particulars of such claims to the undersigned Executor at #106, 1656 Martin Drive, Surrey, B.C. V4A 6E7 on or before the 31st day of July 2016 after which date the estate assets will be distributed having regard only to the claims that have been received. Roy Cammack Executor

PERSONALS ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS When you are sick and tired of being sick and tired. Call us. Cowichan Valley AA. Toll free 1-866-233-5255 (24-hours) Hi Lee. Thanks for your letter. I would like to hear from you again. The phone number isn’t working. Can you write me and put your return address in your letter and check your phone number. Walter Cain GD LCD Main Duncan, BC, V9L 3W9

FAMILY ANNOUNCEMENTS

FUNERAL HOMES

October 8, 1948 ~ April 2, 2016 It is with the heaviest of hearts that we announce the passing of our loving mother, wife, grandmother, sister, aunt and friend. Theresa was born in Pietramelara, Italy. She moved to Calgary, Alberta in 1955 with her family. From there she moved to Duncan, BC in 1981. Theresa was a gracious and kind loving woman whose door was always open to all. Theresa loved her grandchildren with all of her being. She loved camping, the outdoors, gardening and could cook like no other. Theresa is survived by her loving husband Don Nelson, daughter; Louise (Scott), son; David (Kelly), grandchildren; Brett, Maddy, Keigan, Eric and Alexis, sisters; Madelina, Clara (Ernie), Maggie (Kevin), Jill, brother Nick, many nieces and nephews, cousins and her loving best friend Carol. Theresa is predeceased by her parents, John and Maria Muzzo, brothers Frank and Tony, nephew Leo and her sister in law Diane. A memorial service will be held in Calgary, Alberta on April 23, 2016. Also a service in Duncan will be at a later date.

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Cowichan Valley Citizen COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS LOST AND FOUND

HELP WANTED

LIVE-IN COMPANION

FOODSAFE COURSES Level 1. April 23 & May 21, 2016. $75/person. Location: Island Savings Centre. Register online: www.saferfood.ca or 250-746-4154

to a lovely lady in Arbutus Ridge. Ideal job for a mature person. No personal care or night up time. Meals, entertainment, transportation inclusive. This is a shared position of one week on, one week off at a rate of net $770 per week. Call Unique Home Health Care:

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

CAREER OPPORTUNITIES

FULL TIME

MULTI-MEDIA JOURNALIST WANTED The Campbell River Mirror is looking for someone to join our award-winning team and tell these stories. Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re looking for a reporter with experience in print, digital and photo journalism. Send your resume, portfolio and references by April 14, 2016 to: Alistair Taylor, Editor, Campbell River Mirror 104 - 250 Dogwood St., Campbell River, B.C. V9W 2X9 Email: editor@campbellrivermirror.com Salary commensurate with experience and a competitive benefit package.

250-715-1094

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URGENT! HOME CARE SUPPORT WORKERS HCAs/RCAs NEEDED.

All shifts available. Call Unique Home Health Care: 250-715-1094

HOTEL, RESTAURANT, FOOD HELP WANTED ACCOMPANIST

Looking for an individual to provide musical support in public worship for the congregation with piano and /or organ accompaniment. Must be available every Sunday and all Christian festivals. Applications are invited for the part-time, short term contract. Please forward to St. Peter Church, Quamichan 5800 Church Road, Duncan, BC V9L 5M3.

P/T BAKER Wanted- Fast paced self-starter is needed. Will train. Available to work any days. Apply with resume: Masonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Store, 1855 Renfrew Road, Shawnigan Lake.

WORK WANTED HUSBAND FOR Hire. Nothing but the best - Carpenter, Plumber, Painter, Electrician, Pressure Washing. Just ask my wife. Call 250-709-1111.

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COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS

COMING EVENTS

EXPERIENCED PAINTER needed, seasonal work. Interior, exterior & prep. Call Ken at (250)246-2640.

Family Capacity Therapist

Rapid debt relief. Good people to know in times of trouble. Serving communities throughout Vancouver Island. Call Kyle for a consultation. 1-855-812-6767; Abakhan & Associates Inc. www.abakhan.com

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

GARDENING Dana Joâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Gardening â&#x153;ą CERTIFIED GARDENER Specializing in: â&#x20AC;˘ General Maintenance â&#x20AC;˘ Yard clean-ups â&#x20AC;˘ Design & installations â&#x20AC;˘ (no lawn services)

(250) 715-6519

HANDYPERSONS HANDYMAN SERVICES

30+ years experience in house repairs: indoor & outdoor, carpentry, drywall, painting, odd jobs, cleanup, general help, etc. FOR AN ESTIMATE CALL ROLF 250-710-5712

SALES

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 27, 2016

Voter Registration: 6:30 p.m./Meeting:7:30 p.m. Photo I.D. Required Firehall No. 1 - 1645 Shawnigan-Mill Bay Road LEGALS

Friday, April 15, 2016

PERSONAL SERVICES

FOUND on shelf at Canadian Tire Store in Duncan, 8mm tapes. To identify and claim please call or come in to the Citizen office, 251 Jubilee St., Duncan. 250-748-2666.

EDUCATION/TRADE SCHOOLS

CMHA is seeking a Family Therapist to join its Child and Youth Mental Health Team. This is a 14 hr/week permanent part-time position in the Family Capacity program. Duties include providing therapeutic services to parents and families who are experiencing significant parenting challenges. This involves the intake, assessment, treatment plan, therapy, and follow up aspects of program delivery. Therapy may focus on family of origin issues, family dynamics, trauma, and parenting skill acquisition. This position also works with, and provides direction to, a child and youth counsellor who provides in home and community services. Requirements: Masters level training in Counselling, or a related field, as well as three years experience. Family systems training and familiarity with trauma informed practice is required. The successful candidate will possess family and individual therapy skills; experience in providing parenting programs and working with adults, youth, and children experiencing mental health and addiction challenges. Strong time management and computer skills are also desirable. Apply with a resume to dave.ehle@cmha.bc.ca by Wednesday May 4, 2016

SALES

Advertising Sales Consultant

LEGALS The Cowichan Valley Citizen, has an opening for an experienced multimedia advertising Consultant.

By joining the leading community newspaper serving Cowichan Valley you can develop a rewarding career in advertising and marketing while contributing to one of the most vibrant communities in Duncan, BC. The team environment at The Citizen will inspire you to the highest level of customer partnership and reward your motivated approach to excellence. You should be a strong communicator, well organized, self motivated and enjoy working in a fast-paced environment. Print advertising sales experience is preferred. A car and a valid driverâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s license are required. The Cowichan Valley Citizen is a member of Black Press, Canadaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s largest private independent newspaper company with more than 150 titles in print and online in British Columbia, Alberta, Washington, Hawaii, California and Ohio. Send your resume with a cover letter to: Shirley Skolos, Publisher shirley.skolos@cowichanvalleycitizen.com Cowichan Valley Citizen 251 Jubilee St., Duncan, B.C. V9L 1W8

www.blackpress.ca

HELP WANTED

RESPONSIBLE CARRIERS WANTED & P/T OR ON-CALL CARRIERS

(for emergency situations) WANTED

FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE CALL: 250-715-7783 COBBLE HILL DC519500 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 54 papers Springwood Mobile Home Park DC519506 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 91 papers Cobble Hill Rd Fairfield Rd Fisher Rd Garland Ave Holland Ave Watson Rd Verner Rd DC519508 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 40 papers Terrace Place Mobile Home Park Fisher Rd DC519515 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 63 papers Beatrice Way Bonnie Pl Carlton Dr Cheal Pl Dale Pl Nora Pl Sylvia Pl DC519517 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 55 papers Dougan Dr Hutchinson Rd 1126-1475 Verner Ave 3455-3492 DC519521 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 40 papers Ellison Pl Inverness Pl Judge Dr 4100-4135 St. Catherine Dr DC519540 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 47 papers Cedarwood Rd Cowerd Rd DC519542 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 76 papers Cowichan Bay Rd 1465-1495 Jims Cres Mindy Rd Nelson Pl Robson Rd Sears Rd Wood Rd Telegraph Rd 4327-4390 DC519566 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 36 papers Allan RD Hutchinson Rd 935-1044 Keeling Pl Ravencrest Rd MILL BAY DC519658 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 61 papers Boom Pond Rd. Bucktail Rd Fawn Rd Glendoik Way Misty Glenn DC519660 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 56 papers Brulette Pl DC519670 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 69 papers Baptist Rd Homewood Pl Keparo Rd Meadow Pl Meredith Rd Mutter Rd Voutrait Rd

RESPONSIBLE CARRIERS WANTED & P/T OR ON-CALL CARRIERS

(for emergency situations) WANTED

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HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES

MERCHANDISE FOR SALE GARAGE SALES

HAULING AND SALVAGE

HOME IMPROVEMENTS

MISC SERVICES

COWICHAN Hauling & Moving

TOTAL RENOVATIONS

HUNT Contracting Ltd. We are back in Cowichan Valley building new houses , shops , decks , and renos. Please give us a call for a free quote . Dave Hunt hunt52009@live.com 250-7106741

Carpenter will do additions, Carports, Decks, Siding, Flooring, Painting, Finishing, Plumbing, Fences Pres-washing, plus more. All work guaranteed.

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

Insured

250-748-9150

HOME IMPROVEMENTS

HOUSEHOLD SERVICES

CUSTOM TILE WORKS Professional installation of ceramic, mosaic & quarry tiles, slate, glass blocks, etc. Repairs. 30 yrs experience. FOR ESTIMATE CALL 250-710-5712

CLEANER with 25 years exp. has a few more openings. Move in-out, after construction. Quick, reliable, insured non-smoker. Ref. available 250 213-6832

PLUMBING

EVERY SAT. FROM 9AM TIL 2PM. Girl Guide Hall: 321 Cairnsmore St. For info phone Pat at 250-748-1200 or Dave at 250-746-3616

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

MOVING SALE. Something for everybody. Sat. & Sun., April 16 & 17. 9am - 3pm. 320 Spruce Pl., Duncan. Rain or Shine.

PETS

MS GARAGE SALES

PET CARE SERVICES Pressure Washing, Window Cleaning, Gutters, Moss Removal, Junk Removal. Free estimates.

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

250-701-1362.

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PERSONAL SERVICES

ALTERNATIVE HEALTH

Barbara Leigh Hypnotherapist Specializing in:

â&#x20AC;˘ Weight Loss â&#x20AC;˘ Smoking â&#x20AC;˘ Phobias â&#x20AC;˘ Anxiety

Techniques include: Hypnosis â&#x20AC;˘ EFT â&#x20AC;˘ TAT

550-2950 Douglas St., Victoria (Upper level Mall)

250-893-3793 free parking

MERCHANDISE FOR SALE

GARAGE SALES

Giant Kiwanis Garage Sale & Flea Market %BUF 4BU .BZ r BN QN Location: Girl Guide Hall Tables: UBCMF Limited number avail. inside.

Flea Market Area: GU 9 GU TQPU

Spots outside on the back lawn.

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CAREER OPPORTUNITIES

*KIWANIS FLEA MARKET*

Sat., April 23, 8am-2pm Donations Welcome (no clothing or shoes please)

DOG SITTER. Reliable, devoted, for small dogs. Short or long-term stays, fenced yard. Chemainus. (250)246-3813.

Team-Family Walkers Support Group 2277 Quamichan Park Rd (off Jaynes Rd) Call Jan: 250-748-5484

MERCHANDISE FOR SALE

Team-Coastal Community Crew 1895 Deborah Drive (off Maple Bay Rd) Call Pam: 250-748-1893

APPLIANCES 10 CU.FT. freezer, $125. White apt. size fridge, $100. White 22 cuft fridge, $300. White 30â&#x20AC;? range, $150. Kenmore washer, $200. GE washer, $150. Maytag dryer, $100. GE Dryer, $150. Built-in dishwashers, $100-$150. 6 month warranty on all appliances. Please call Greg at (250)2469859.

GARAGE SALES DOWNSIZING Sale. April 16 and 17th. 9:00AM to 3:00PM. 943 Cowerd Road, Cobble Hill. Tools Household, Garden Outdoor Items. DRASTICALLY Downsizing for a BIG MOVE. Sunday, April 17th. 9 am - 2 pm. 2976 Wilkinson Rd., Mill Bay. GARAGE SALE. #7-2121 Tzouhalem Rd. Sat., Apr. 16. 9am - 1pm. GARAGE SALE. Sat., Apr. 16. 9am - 1pm. 4779 Wilson Rd., Duncan, BC. Gardening Tools, Bunk Bed & More. GARAGE Sale Saturday April 16, 9 am- 2 pm household items, electronics,books, stepladder and more. 3067 Keystone Drive Duncan

GLENORA HALL ANNUAL GARAGE SALE Saturday, April 16 9 am - 2 pm

HUGE GARAGE SALE

1795 Old Vee Rd., Cow. Bay. Sat. & Sun., April 16 & 17, 8am. Lots off Tools, Truck & 5th Wheel, Household, Etc.

MULTI-FAMILY

Saturday, April 16 9 am - 1pm. 6215 Fairview Way

CAREER OPPORTUNITIES

SAT., APR. 16. 9am-2pm. 9307 Cottonwood Rd. off Fuller Lake Rd. No kids stuff. SATURDAY, April 16, 9am-1pm 3158 Sherman Rd, Duncan Hand tools (incl. drills & wrenches), motion activated sprinklers, hoses & other gardening supplies, extension cords, PVC & misc irrigation pieces, food dehydrator, books & more.

SPRING SALE Saturday, April 16 9am-12noon St. Johnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Parish Hall 1st & Jubilee St.

Crafts, Plants, Needle Work, Home Baking, Spice, New to You. YARD SALE Sat & Sun, April 16 & 17 9am - 3pm. #3-5185 Eleanor St., near Old Farm Market. Rain or Shine. Lots of everything. Everything must go!

APARTMENT/CONDO

AUCTIONS

BIG RENTAL SALECrofton Motel

CHEMAINUS 2Bdrm suite. Partially furnished. $950./mo. includes utilities.250-618-0116

MISCELLANEOUS WANTED FIREARM BUYER

looking for any type, any condition of firearms, whole estates to single, fair market value paid, have all licences to purchase.Call (250)667-4862.

WANTED Scandinavian Furniture from 1950s/ 60s and accessories; and L.Ps

INVITE THE WHOLE NEIGHBOURHOOD to your garage sale with a classiďŹ ed ad Call

1-855-310-3535 CAREER OPPORTUNITIES

Qualifications: Minimum â&#x20AC;&#x153;Red Sealâ&#x20AC;? certified in a relevant trade plus 3 - 5 years maintenance management/supervisory experience. Ability to manage a web based preventative maintenance program, demonstrated decision-maker, excellent interpersonal, organizational and communication skills. Working knowledge of MS Word, Excel and e-mail a definite asset. Please review the full posting and apply at www.marineharvest.ca This position closes on the 28th April, 2016

HOMES FOR RENT Crofton: 2Bdrm grnd lvl suite. W/D,F/S, covered carport, lock in storage. Pets considered Avail now. Call 250-210-0756

ROWAN

Property Management â&#x153;ąFor updated info visit: www.rowanproperty.ca OfďŹ ce (250)748-9090 Weekends (250)246-0110 â&#x20AC;˘

REAL ESTATE

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CHEMAINUS GARDENS. Small 1-bdrm home with wraparound deck & small garden in back. I yr old. Asking $71,000. Immediate occupancy possible. Call 1(604)354-5421.

HOUSES FOR SALE

Custom 5-year old 1515 sq. ft. rancher with remaining warranty. Level entry with over-width doors for walker. Drive by at 3020 Keystone Dr. and make an appointment to view at 250.746.7599 RENTALS APARTMENT/CONDO BEVERLY ARMS APARTMENTS 2562 - 44 BEVERLY ST 1 bedroom - $650 2 bedroom - $750 FREE heat & hot water Close to schools and town â&#x20AC;˘ BAI - Please call Bonnie 250-746-4155. â&#x20AC;˘ BAII - Please call Ron 250-746-4424.

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Rowan Property Management Ltd (250)748-9090. LADYSMITH- 1 bdrm Coach House, balcony w/ocean view, all new appls, priv entry, priv off street prking, in suite laundry. $925 inclusive. Call 250924-4545.

WANTED TO RENT RETIRED GENT

N/S. Financially sound. Seeks 1Bdrm suite. Furnished/unfurnished. Mill Bay area.

778-265-9129

TRANSPORTATION CARS

LAKE COWICHAN- 3-bdrm duplex, avail May 1, f/s, heat incl Laundry rm, garage. $900. (250)715-5810, (250)748-4253

Call 250-380-7022

3-BEDROOM mobile home for sale by owner,. In Lake Cowichan. 1-250-749-3022.

RENTALS

1 Bdrm: $69./night, $385./wk, $799./mo. 2 Bdrm: $89/night, $999/mo. with kitchen, inclds everything! 250-246-9222 or 250-510-8000 1568 Chaplin St., www.croftinn.com

lacknerwayne@gmail.com

Furniture, clothing, kitchen, decorative, books etc.

Marine Harvest Canada is currently seeking an individual to join our team as the full-time, permanent Tradesperson at our Freshwater Farms Broodstock Facility in Duncan, on Vancouver Island. Reporting to the Hatchery Manager, the incumbent will be responsible for the maintenance of the facility.

BLUE REVOLUTION

MISCELLANEOUS FOR SALE 1886 Rocking chair $150., 1856 Baptism certificate $1500., Canadian Scottish ring, size 12 $1500., 1 (250)748-05391846 Dr. Trask label $50., 1932 salt, pepper & vinegar set $15., 1936-37 Victoria College student handbook $115., Sony surround System $75., Blue carnival glass punch bowl & glasses $50., Signed edition Robert Bateman book $30., Gold eagle ring with black onyx size 7 $150., Stainless steel eagle head ring, size 12 $120., Rare WWII Hitler youth school report card with teachers names and Nazi stamp $400. Phone: 250-748-0539

YOUBOU MULTI FAMILY GARAGE SALE Sat & Sun, April 16 &17 9am - 3pm 9981 Swordfern Close

Tradesperson Freshwater Farms Broodstock Facility

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RENTALS

FOR SALE BY OWNER

Marine Harvest is the worldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s largest supplier of farmed salmon and produces 5 million healthy meals per day. We have 10,400 employees and activities in 22 countries. Through our vision of "Leading the Blue Revolutionâ&#x20AC;&#x153;, Marine Harvest aims to be the leading supplier of healthy, sustainable food from the ocean.

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MERCHANDISE FOR SALE

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SUITES & CONDOS $850 #211-360 Bundock Ave, Duncan, BC. TOWNHOUSES & DUPLEXES $950 #1-660 Jubilee St, Duncan, BC. $1150 #1B 3144 Golab Place, Duncan, BC. DETACHED HOUSES $1,100 6115 Marsh Rd, Duncan, BC.

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2003 TOYOTA Matrix- 1 owner, all service receipts avail, new brakes, all oils & filters changed. 8 tires, 4 winters on rims. $4,900. (250)924-4545.

MARINE MARINE ACCESSORIES 3.5 HORSE Mercury outboard. Used very little. $500. MinnCota 30 Thrust. Runs fine. $75. 250-748-5905.

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AUTO FINANCING

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RENTALS

COMMERCIAL/INDUSTRIAL

R FOASE LE 11,402 sq. ft. steel frame warehouse in industrial park area of Cobble Hill, BC. Clear span, ample power and plenty of yard space. Net rent is only $7.50 psf and op and tax costs are $3.00 psf. The yard is paved and secure with fencing around the perimeter. Great opportunity for industrial user who wants affordable space with only a short commute to Victoria, Duncan or Nanaimo.

Contact Peter Tanner at Firm Management: 250-544-2300

We Fill You In... ďŹ l here please Every Wednesday and Friday, we bring you up to date on news and community events that matter to you. Phone: 250-748-2666 Fax: 250-748-1552

Sports

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HIGH SCHOOL SEVENS

Brentwood aims for repeat KEVIN ROTHBAUER CITIZEN

After claiming the Island championship on their home turf last Wednesday, Brentwood College’s girls rugby sevens team has its sights set on repeating as the provincial champs as well. Brentwood powered through a tough field of teams at the Island tournament, then beat Cowichan Secondary convincingly in the title match. “Our kids just had a great day,” coach Marius Felix said. “We were fresh off our spring break, so we had only had one training session, on Tuesday. It was a bit of a rush in the first game against Edward Milne, then we started getting better and better.” Brentwood was led on the field by Mckenna Haz, who scored seven tries over the day, Avi Sharabi, Denise Roy, Delaney Martin, and Marie Leger, a tighthead prop on the XV team who made a smooth transition to sevens. “We are blessed with some very talented players and very experienced players on our team,” Felix said. Cowichan coach Brad Skene was pleasantly surprised to see his team escape a tough pool to reach the title match. “We have a young team and in a difficult pool with Vanier and Belmont, our veterans needed to log a lot of field time,” he said. “We were exhausted by the final and ran out of gas after making it through pool play and a physical game in the semifinal. Before the tournament, I didn’t know what to expect. The goal was to qualify for the B.C. sevens tournament. Reaching the final was not expected. Our athletes raised the level and quality of their games to reach the final.” The coaches came away with plenty of respect for each other’s teams.

Brentwood’s Sophie Falkai keeps a step ahead of the Belmont pack during and Island sevens playoff game. [KEVIN ROTHBAUER/CITIZEN] “Brentwood was well organized and played very well in the final,” Skene said. “I was impressed with their structure and tactics in the sevens game.” “As the Brentwood coach, I’m delighted to see Cowichan’s young players coming along,” Felix said. “A year from now, they will be right on top of their game.” Both teams qualified for the provincial tournament in Victoria this Friday and Saturday. Brentwood is seeded first, and Cowichan goes in ranked third. Felix knows that won’t make things any easier for his team. “When you’re the top seed, you have a target on your back, and your front as

well,” he said. “So it’s about preparing for the pressure to do well. The other teams will be very good.” Felix expects fellow Island qualifiers Vanier and Oak Bay to be better at provincials than they were last Wednesday as they get injured players back. Round-robin games at provincials will take place on Friday at Vic High and Royal Athletic Park, followed by the quarterfinals at R.A.P. The remaining playoff games go on Saturday at R.A.P., Vic High and Westhills Stadium, capped off with the final and third-place game at Westhills Stadium in between Canada Sevens matches.

PREMIERSHIP RUGBY

Sun sets on season opener

Women’s side closes out with heads high

After taking an early lead, then watching it slip away, the midget AAA Cowichan Valley Mustangs never got a chance to see if they could regain it when their season opener against the Nanaimo Buccaneers was called due to darkness on Wednesday evening. Cole Anderson pitched three strong innings and rookie Riley Windsor executed a perfect suicide squeeze to help the Mustangs to a 3-1 lead through four innings. Not to be outplayed on their home field, the Buccaneers mounted a five-run comeback in the fifth inning, and the game was called after the Mustangs batted in the sixth, giving Nanaimo a 6-3 victory. The Mustangs will be at home this weekend for four games at Evans Park. Cowichan will play host to Aldergrove on Saturday at 1 p.m. and 3:30 p.m., and South Fraser on Sunday at 11 a.m. and 1:30 p.m.

COWICHAN CAPITALS

Prospects gather for Caps’ spring showcase KEVIN ROTHBAUER CITIZEN

MIDGET BASEBALL

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Cowichan’s senior women’s rugby team ended the season on a high note last Saturday with a 53-17 trouncing of the Bayside Sharks at Piggie Park. “It was a beautiful day out and it seemed as if everything was finally coming together,” Cowichan forward Sherry Spence said. “Which is unfortunate, now that we are done our season.” Shanise Gelaude took the ball up the wing to open the scoring, and before the first half was over, Rebecca Kerswell added two tries and Ashley Smith scored once, with Quinn Battie kicking a conversion. Cowichan held a comfortable 22-7 lead at halftime.

Kerswell scored two more in the second half, equalled by Carolyn Gudmundseth, and Tyson Beukeboom rounded out the offence. Battie converted three second-half scores. Bayside picked Kerswell and Beukeboom as Cowichan’s Players of the Game. With four wins, nine losses and one tie, Cowichan ends the Premiership season sixth in the nine-team league, while the top five teams are all battling for four playoff spots. “When you look at our season, we had some very competitive games against those teams,” Spence said. Cowichan’s record included a win over playoff contenders Burnaby Lake, and a draw with league-leading Westshore.

More than 100 junior hockey hopefuls will converge on the Island Savings Centre this weekend for the Cowichan Valley Capitals’ spring camp. “There are certainly some interesting prospects that will be here,” Caps head coach and general manager Bob Beatty said. “It’s a younger group than what our fall camp is, but there are certainly some quality young guys that are attending.” Beatty emphasized the value that camps like this one have for building a successful junior team. “At least half our team has come to us through a camp of some kind,” he said. “It’s an important part of the process, for sure. We don’t have an opportunity to see all the teams during the season, and there are only so many games we can watch, and only so many kids we can identify, so when you get to see someone for three or four sessions in a row, you can get a little more familiar with a player.” Most of the camp will consist of evaluation drills and scrimmages, which are open to the public. The first sessions run from 4:30 to 9:30 p.m. on Friday, with more scheduled throughout the day on Saturday and Sunday morning. Camp will wrap up on with a “top 40” game at 1 p.m. on Sunday.

Ashley Smith scores a first-half try for Cowichan during last Saturday’s convincing win over Bayside. [KEVIN ROTHBAUER/CITIZEN]

Friday, April 15, 2016

SPORTS

| Cowichan Valley Citizen

MIDGET A LACROSSE

COWICHAN WOMEN’S FOOTBALL LEAGUE

Thunder fall in first contest KEVIN ROTHBAUER CITIZEN

The midget A Cowichan Valley Thunder opened the box lacrosse season with a 6-3 loss to the Saanich Tigers at Panorama Rec Centre last Saturday. Brody Black scored twice and Dawson Webb had the other goal. Rhys Mazurenko recorded two assists and Nathan Clark had one. The Thunder got off to a rough start in the physical contest, and didn’t get on the scoreboard until they scored twice in the second period. The defence also stepped up in the second, as Saanich only got one ball past goalie Colin Jeffrey. Cowichan added one goal in the third, but couldn’t close the three-goal gap. The Thunder and Tigers are two of just three midget A teams in the Island league, which is rounded out by Juan de Fuca. Cowichan plays two games at Kerry Park Arena this weekend, on Saturday at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday at 6 p.m.

Angie Mann of the Wild tries to slip between Storm flaggers Jennifer Elliott and Carly Boyd during last Sunday’s game. [KEVIN ROTHBAUER/CITIZEN]

Two-way play wins a wild one for Storm KEVIN ROTHBAUER CITIZEN

Rookie Tien Guyen starred on offence and defence last Sunday as the Winter Trucking Storm beat the Wild 24-19 on the second weekend of Cowichan Women’s Football League play. Guyen had four interceptions in the first half, running two of them in for touchdowns, and caught a pass from quarterback Rachel Paddle to score the win-

ning major in the fourth quarter. Hien Tran-Primeau also scored a touchdown for the Storm on a 40-yard catch-and-run play. The Wild scored all three of their touchdowns in the second half, getting two from Keri McKelvie and one from rookie Lindsay Elzinga on a long catchand-run. McKelvie also scored a convert, and Dieneke Pedersen picked off a Storm pass. The afternoon game saw the

Hindsight Fishing Ravens down the Law 37-19. The Ravens played a strong team game, with the offence holding things together in the early going until the defence could regroup. Rikki Wylie and Chelsea Strandlund each scored two touchdowns, while Jamie Russell and Morgan Rogers had one apiece. Autumn Cooper had a convert, and Lauren James added a sack.

The Law lost quarterback Jaimie Olson in the first half. Her replacement, Patti Atkinson, kept things going and threw for three touchdowns. Kim Scafe, Bryn Piper and Leanne Closson all scored, with Closson adding a convert, while Tanya Green had an interception. The Crew picked up an easy win in the standings as the Sirens had to forfeit their scheduled contest.

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