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Increase of 2.46% will ‘steady’ tax rates: mayor KEVIN ROTHBAUER CITIZEN

Head distiller Rick Pipes checks out a sample of his artisan distillery’s gold medal winning Stair’s Pear brandy. The Cobble Hill cidery is becoming famous well beyond its traditional field with such new products. [LEXI BAINAS/CITIZEN]

Merridale’s pear brandy golden LEXI BAINAS CITIZEN

Artisan distilling is still in its infancy as an industry in B.C. but Cobble Hill’s Merridale Ciderworks saw their artisan Stair’s Pear brandy win gold and best in class at the American Distilling Association’s eighth annual competition.

They beat hundreds of other entries from all across North America.

Stair’s Pear brandy is made from B.C. Bartlett pears distilled in 2007 and aged in new French oak barrels for more than six years.

Merridale head distiller and coowner Rick Pipes said he thinks

it’s still possible “to taste the skin of a pear through the smooth liquor; we think this is North America’s oldest barrel-aged pear brandy.”

Merridale’s Cowichan Cider Brandy, the company’s first release, was also recognized with See MERRIDALE, Page 8

North Cowichan taxpayers will see a 2.64 per cent increase in their rates this year.

Council gave the first three readings to the 2014-2018 financial plan — which includes the 2014 budget — and the 2014 tax rates bylaw on Wednesday.

By law, the council has to pass a five-year financial plan, although only the first year is fixed. The next four are projections.

The 2.64 per cent increase is one of the smaller increases in recent history, Mayor Jon Lefebure noted.

“Prior to the last three years, there were a lot of ups and downs,” he said.

In the past, council has lowered taxes “artificially,” in recent years, Lefebure pointed out, by appropriating surplus funds.

This year, councillors went in with the goal of steadying the tax rate and providing adequate funding for public projects, which meant a slight decrease in the rate

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“I feel we’re in a steady regime right now,” Lefebure said. “We’ve projected out that the tax increase for the next four years should stay in the two per cent range.”

The 2.64 per cent increase means that property taxes will go up $11.98 per $100,000 of assessment, or $37.80 on an average family dwelling.

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Grant to launch seniors co-op ANDREA RONDEAU CITIZEN

An elder care co-op is about to get off the ground in the Cowichan Valley thanks to a huge amount of local interest and a $35,000 grant.

“We think it will be very successful,” said Roger Hart, secretary of Cowichan Co-operative Connections, one of the drivers of the project along with Volunteer Cowichan.

Some of the homework has already been done, as the two groups hosted a series of public meetings to gauge interest, which turned out to be “overwhelming”.

“We were surprised and very pleased,” said Hart. “But then when we reflected on it…with hindsight we shouldn’t have been quite as surprised as we were.”

The Cowichan Valley has a large seniors population at present and those numbers are only predicted to get higher in the future.

“What I think touched a nerve with people was that this allows them to continue to live in their own home and not have to go into residential care and suffer some of the problems we hear about all too often in the media,” he said.

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“What I think touched a nerve ...this allows them to continue to live in their own home...”

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owned by the people who use the services, Hart explained, and therefore quality of care is the top priority.

“It avoids the situation that we heard of recently where a care facility just fired all of their staff,” he said, referring to Duncan’s Sunridge facility, which is in the midst changing ownership, and issued layoff notices to all of its employees. “If you’re a member of an organization that’s not going to happen.”

The co-op will help seniors with day-to-day tasks that can become more difficult as people age so they can continue to live in their own homes and still remain connected to their communities.

Services that may be included are friendly visiting, transportation to appointments, yard work, minor home repairs, snow shoveling, housekeeping and grocery shopping.

Hart is confident of success.

“Not only can a co-op deliver a high quality of care it can do it in a fairly cost-effective way because there is no profit that has to go to some external shareholders that are driving everything in the interest of profit,” said Hart.

The funding, which comes from the Caring Co-operatively Elder Care Project, a national program launched last fall with funding from the federal Social Development Par tnerships Prog ram and the Vancouver Foundation, will be used to do business and organizational planning, consultations with stakeholders and incorporation.

The group is not letting the grass grow under their feet when it comes to making it formal.

Hart said they want to move quickly on incorporation, likely shortly after a meeting on the project May 2.

The group is excited that this is the first grant from the program awarded in British Columbia.

“We hope with this funding we can make the Cowichan Valley a model not only for British Columbia but the rest of Canada on how to do things right,” said Rob Douglas, president of Cowichan Co-operative Connections.

Convictions at the Duncan courthouse

April 11 Hank W. Sampson was convicted under the Motor Vehicle Act of driving while suspended and fined $500 with a one-year driving prohibition.

April 14 Peter D. Crook was convicted of assault with a weapon and sentenced to a 12-month conditional discharge with 12 months probation, and a $50 victim surcharge. He will also have to submit a DNA sample.

April 15 Albert G. Daniels was convicted of failing to comply with a probation order and given a six-month suspended sentence, six months probation and a $100 victim surcharge.

Scott A. Fairbairn was convicted of robbery and given a two-year suspended sentence, two years probation, a 10-year firearm prohibition and an order to submit a sample to the national DNA database. Fairbairn was

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arrested on Jan. 29 for the robbery of the 7-Eleven store at 1006 Government St. Police tracked him down near the scene after he entered the store brandishing a weapon and wearing a disguise, and stole a small amount of money. Charges of disguise with intent and criminal harassment against Fairbairn were stayed.

Kathleen M. Johnnie was convicted under the Motor Vehicle Act of driving while prohibited and fined $500 with a $75 victim surcharge.

Patrick J. Poulin was convicted of failing to comply with a probation order and given one day in jail and 18 months probation, as well as a $100 victim surcharge.

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Volunteers providing expertise ‘we could not buy’ ANDREA RONDEAU CITIZEN

The work of volunteers in the Cowichan Valley saves local governments huge amounts of money, though Cowichan Valley Regional District chairman Rob Hutchins prefers to think of their efforts as “helping build our community.”

“We’re just so fortunate that people look around their community and say ‘what can I do to help out? What can I do to help make it better?’” Hutchins said.

“We’re actually getting things that we could not buy,” agreed Nor th Cowichan Mayor Jon Lefebure.

This is the type of thing encouraged by the Canadian Taxpayers Federation in their Beggar’s Checklist of things municipalities can do to save money.

From the Kinsmen to the Eagles and the Kiwanis, the Lions Club to the Rotary Club, and many other service organizations the contributions of volunteers to all sectors of the regional district are huge, said Hutchins.

Sportsmen clubs regularly go out into the woods and clean up the garbage dumped there.

The Valley boasts 17 volunteer fire departments with an average 20-30 members each.

Four of them are in North Cowichan, said Lefebure, and one is

Firefighters at 17 departments in the Cowichan Valley are just some of the many volunteers involved in numerous aspects of community-building. [CITIZEN FILE] particularly dear to his heart.

He spent 11 years with the Chemainus volunteer fire department and credits the experience with launching his career into politics.

“It actually introduced me to understanding public service. I’m not sure I would have taken any next step if I hadn’t joined the fire hall,” he said.

Lefebure acknowledges that firefighters receive a small amount of compensation.

“But if we had to go professional, we would have a massive increase in our taxes,” he said.

There are 200 community parks in the area that are conceived of,

added to and maintained by a host of volunteers alongside the CVRD’s parks staff.

“Whether it’s from Saltair to Cobble Hill it’s the volunteers that come out on the weekend to help add to the park, add amenities to the park, build trails,” Hutchins said.

Lefebure pointed out the savings that a modest amount of funding for the volunteer group Communities in Bloom brings to the municipality.

“Our Parks and Rec director Ernie Mansueti comes forward every year and says ‘Communities in Bloom are asking for $13,000.

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Volunteers populate advisory committees and commissions for everything from parks to planning.

Lefebure noted the invaluable work done recently by the Forest Advisory Committee, which boasts three registered professional foresters.

“They just did an in-depth audit of our forestry operations, for free,” he said, so that the municipality would be able to answer a number of questions that had come from the public about the efficiency and productivity of the municipal forests.

The CVRD’s Emergency Planning has trained numerous volunteers who are ready to gear up in the event of a catastrophe.

“A whole host of people step forward,” Hutchins said.

He said he hasn’t put a dollar amount on the work done by volunteers in the CVRD, but it is doubtless in the millions.

In spite of the boundless enthusiasm Cowichan folks have shown for making their community a better place through volunteering, there are some areas that require the attention of professionals.

Hutchins cited things like engineering services and preparing financial plans, as well as oversight of some of the programs such as emergency planning that are then populated by volunteers.

Things that require technical reports and involve licence and safety issues, Hutchins said, require a certain level of expertise that come with a paid professional.

Lefebure pointed out, however, that more and more the municipality is able to have volunteers contribute significantly to the policy side of even these types of services, making recommendations on everything from finance to land use planning.

This is due to the fact that more and more people are retiring to the Cowichan Valley, bringing their professional backgrounds and expertise with them and wanting to contribute to the community.

“We get absolutely phenomenal input from these people,” Lefebure said.

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New elder care co-op the way of the future obody likes the idea of relinquishing their home and the freedoms they’ve enjoyed as adults and moving into a senior’s care facility.

Depending often on how much you can afford to pay, such institutions may offer a lot of the comforts of home, but it’s still not the same as actually being in your own home.

Also, depending on how much care you need, there’s the frustration of giving up independence and the ability to make decisions for oneself.

That can be exacerbated by unfamiliar surroundings.

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The negative emotions can have physical repercussions.

Sometimes it’s just a lot of little things that add up.

Consider that residents must often give up the ability to prepare their own food, on their own timeline.

It is understandable that care facilities must prepare specific menus on a certain schedule, but it must chafe if you get a hankering for something special, or they’re serving something you just don’t feel like.

How about being able to get out of bed in the middle of the night to go outside to stare at

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the moon, maybe even view an eclipse?

There are, of course, circumstances where living in a facility with round the clock care is a necessity.

But most people would prefer to die peacefully in their own beds, surrounded by the familiar, without a period of time in a care home because they can no longer do the housekeeping, snow shoveling, and yard work as they age.

Perhaps they need someone to check in on them periodically.

That’s why the new elder care co-op being created in the Cowichan Valley is such a great thing.

It helps to give seniors ownership over their lives and their futures — literally.

We were not at all surprised by the high level of interest expressed at earlier meetings on the subject, though the organizers were.

Any service that can help people stay safely and comfortably in their own homes for as long as possible is the way to go.

Such things are only going to get more popular as the Baby Boomer generation moves into the care home demographic.

This could well be the start of something big.

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Cowichan is becoming a place to dump garbage Re: The recent Colonist headline “Malahat First Nation bring your food scraps” “The CRD has been left with no local place....since the licence of Foundation Organics was cancelled etc., because of odour and litter complaints.”

Saanich already has a deal with the Cobble Hill Fisher Road facility and those odour complaints are rife.

Contaminated soil is being dumped at Shawnigan Lake and environs.

Now, a proposal for food scraps at Mill Bay’s back door.

And, in their wisdom, the voters of Cobble Hill, Shawnigan

Lake and Mill Bay rejected a state of the art facility, run by the regional government, at Cameron-Taggart on the Shawnigan Lake/Cobble Hill border....I don’t quite get it.

The Warm Land — warm from what? Maybe we should transfer all of the material that has gone to Cache Creek over the years and bring that back here?

Reg Blackmore Shawnigan Lake

Amalgamation in Cowichan is a sound idea Re: amalgamation The question that was proposed

does need another question. That is, who will gain fiscally, or will it be a straight swap of borders?

I would have thought this process should have been processed years ago but details of the fine print have always been lacking.

Winter clean-up, removal of debris, plus upkeep of the public system, i.e., painting, repairing, sweeping of roads, gardening; all this has to be discussed and agreed to before this would take place.

Yes I do believe that it is a sound practical motion.

George Manners Cowichan Bay For more from the Citizen go to www.cowichanvalleycitizen.com

Letter to Duncan city council: Bravo! You are to be congratulated for your current urban forest initiative, involving a series of public education workshops in support of your 2010 Urban Forest Strategy. Here in North Cowichan, the public are also interested in urban forests.

The Chemainus Residents Association as well as many others have grave concerns about North Cowichan council’s decision to prepare a plan to cut down 20 per cent of Echo Heights Forest in Chemainus to sell off for housing.

Echo Heights, part of a unique Coastal Douglas Fir ecosystem, comprises 54 acres which have recovered nicely from logging decades ago. Reputable scientists and other experts have spoken out about the value of Echo Heights Forest and its economic, tourism, ecological, cultural, educational and recreational values have been documented.

North Cowichan council contends that 80 per cent of the forest will be preserved. Yet scientific research shows that the sections of a forest left standing after cutting (“fragmentation”) also suffer. Chemainus citizens have been calling for preservation of 100 per cent of the forest.

North Cowichan is moving toward irreparably damaging a long-term asset for short-term financial gain. Ironically, North Cowichan has recently been honoured for its Climate Change and Energy Plan which calls for more, not less municipal forest.

Thank you, Duncan, for setting a good example for the proper treatment of urban forests.

Kathy Wachs Chemainus Residents Association

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Children will bear the pain of legalized pot

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n view of the ongoing discussions about the decriminalization, and ultimately the legalization of marijuana, I cannot help but see an important casualty in this battle that has received little attention: young children.

Children do not get to choose their parents, social standing, living conditions, food allocation, educational opportunities or personal safety boundaries to name just a few. Children are dependent on their parents and so it should be.

Most parents try to nurture and provide for their children and generally will do what they can to see their children grow and be prepared to face the life ahead of them.

What does this have to do with the marijuana issue? Well, quite frankly, a lot of people would have us believe that marijuana is a non-issue, a mere herb that some enjoy recreationally to deal with the stresses of life or just to enjoy a “natural wholesome high”.

Proponents of the legalization of marijuana have been able to sell marijuana as something that should be embraced as progressive and its use should be left in the arena of personal choice, and certainly not be scrutinized by authorities. After all, it’s only pot and even political leaders have tried it.

That may sound fine and it is working to sway the opinion of many to be sympathetic to the cause. This is, however, a poor representation of the complete picture.

In my years in the field of law enforcement I have yet to see the upside of marijuana use.

Marijuana is addictive, impair-

ing and expensive. The negative physiological impacts of the drug have been scientifically well documented and I am too familiar with its fallout in the lives of people, especially children.

Many are helpless to escape the second-hand smoke that affects them. But that is just the beginning. Not only is their brain development negatively affected by the second-hand smoke, but they are lacking in the food department. It costs money, money that is not spent on groceries for the kids and consequently the little ones go without, or are stuck with poor nutrition.

And there is a dark upside to little Johnny not making it to the soccer field on a weekend morning because I would not want to see a stoned parent or caregiver operating a vehicle with him in it, something that happens often

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for some young ones. They can’t say “Hey, I don’t want to be in the car with you driving, your reactions and perceptions are off”. So the little ones soldier on.

In my job, one of the most difficult things is to see children suffer for reasons far beyond their control. I have been to many houses where liquor and drug addiction have turned their home from a place of refuge and nurture into a place to be escaped and survived. Children deserve better.

To think that the tax revenue generated by legalizing marijuana will somehow outweigh the price paid by the children

negatively impacted by yet another addictive impairing substance is brutal.

For sure more people will smoke and become addicted to marijuana should it be legalized.

This will mean that more children will be adversely affected.

How good are the parenting skills of stoned adults? Probably not very.

The old saying “drugs are not bad because they are illegal, they are illegal because they are bad” has never been more true.

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Merridale now working on vodka, whisky MERRIDALE’S PEAR, From Page 1 a silver medal.

They were thinking of going into distilling back in 2005 and by the summer of 2007, they had their distillery open.

Brandy and Merridale’s apples were a natural fit.

“There’s that famous calvados brandy from Normandy and we’re growing apples from Normandy anyway,” Pipes said.

Adding a pear brandy was not a big step, Pipes said. He actually prefers the taste to apple.

Merridale is riding a wave with popular products, based on quality.

“We likened it to the idea you wouldn’t go to the grocery store to buy grapes to make your wine, why do you use grocery store apples to make cider? The distinction is the body and the flavour,” he said, adding, “That same distinction in the cider comes through in the cider brandy.”

As Merridale moves towards distilling vodka and, now, whisky, it is important to remember that quality ingredients affect even those products in a remarkable way.

“I remember learning about alchemy back in science class and I coined the phrase ‘distilling is not alchemy’. The concept of vodka, for instance, has always been, you are going to distill it so intensely that you are going to take all the flavour out anyway. But, people like smooth tasting vodka and you get that from good quality inputs. That’s why we started making vodka.”

It’s a very marketable product, too.

“I always say to people, ‘how often do you buy a bottle of brandy?’ But vodka?

You drink that regularly.”

After entering in Seattle he waited,

Merridale Cider’s Rick Pipes taps one of his barrels last summer, demonstrating the clarity of the distilled product. [CITIZEN FILE] and by the end of March he got an email saying the pear brandy had won.

It was a nervous wait, but well worth it; proof that the route he was travelling was the correct one.

“At Merridale, we’re focused on fruit,” he said.

With apple and pear brandies and vod-

ka now out there, he’s working towards a malt whisky, which will be made unique because it’s aging in a cider brandy barrel.

“We’ve given it a rounder edge, like an apple,” he said. “But it is a true whisky and it will be six years old when it’s released.”

Koury, Siebring vote against budget N. COWICHAN, From Page 1 Al Siebring voted against the five-year plan. Koury felt that his questions about the 2014 budget hadn’t been answered by staff, among other concerns.

“The problem is that we’re budgeting

this year’s budget on last year’s budget, not last year’s actuals,” he said.

Siebring voted against it because he didn’t support the tax rates bylaw, feeling that too much burden is being placed on residents as opposed to industry, and that the increase could be brought down

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Gale bringing renewed vigour to Forest Centre LEXI BAINAS CITIZEN

Chris Gale is already a well-known face around the Cowichan Valley but he is hoping that even more people will get to know him soon in his new capacity as manager of the BC Forest Discovery Centre.

That facility is in need of a little revitalization and Gale wants to be the catalyst to forging a new future for the 50-year-old nature/ theme park.

Gale is full of enthusiasm and new ideas.

“We’re really excited about revitalization,” he said.

“We’re going to bring this place back to the way it used to be.”

Special events like the Bigleaf Maple Syrup Festival and the Christmas and Halloween Express train runs can really pack people in but when they are over there are challenges.

We asked if part of the problem in getting people to visit the Discovery Centre on a regular basis was that the forest industry fading from view but he had a surprising answer.

“You know what? I understand it’s coming back now. The president of the Truck Loggers’ Association — they have a building here — was on the radio the other day and he went on and on about how the forest industry is coming back on the Island. And how if you want to live on the Island, get a job in forestry. So, apparently things are getting better that way. I’m looking at the possibility of a job fair here in our parking lot, putting some tents up and something

Chris Gale is bringing all his energy and some exciting new ideas to the challenge of revitalizing the 50-year-old BC Forest Discovery Centre. [LEXI BAINAS/CITIZEN] like that. It’s just the place for it.”

He has plans to balance the expense of keeping a big centre going with trying to offer prices low enough to attract people.

“What I have found in a very short time is that we have missed the boat on corporate sponsorship,” Gale said. “So that is something we’re addressing. I will be going around to every business, knocking on doors and trying to sell our corporate passes. What makes them good value is that any business or corporation can buy them

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“And, when I look in the books, I find we have 10 of them sold. So, I’m going around to every business and I hope to sell at least 100 in the next month or so. That will give us some money to do things with,” he said.

In addition, the centre is going to closely examine all its pricing and see if there are ways to develop more local interest in the facility.

“One way to do that is to look at something like Be a Tourist in Your Home Town some week and then offer a cheap price to anyone who lives in Cowichan,” he said.

“We’ve discovered that 82 or 86 per cent of the people in the Cowichan Valley have not been here, which is a sin really. We’ve got to get them coming,” he said.

Gale praised the group of people who already know and love the centre.

“You know, we had 7,000 hours of volunteer work last year. It’s unbelievable the amount of people who just love this place. The old forestry guys, they are just here non-stop. Some of them come every single day and just work on stuff. It’s really neat.”

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Rachel and her five-month-old son Olsen, along with other family members, will be doing the Hike 4 Hospice on May 4 in memory of her mother. [SUBMITTED]

Hike 4 Hospice: Rachel’s story

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y (almost) five-month-old son Olsen, my partner, mother-in-law and I will be participating in the Hike for Hospice on May 4 at Providence Farm for the first time. We want to participate in this wonderful fundraiser for hospice care in our community as this is such an important service, and I want to ensure that others can receive the support that I did. Here is our story.

My beautiful mom was diagnosed with terminal cancer in April 2011. She was given a very grim prognosis. How blessed were we to get to spend many wonderful months with her before she made her journey to the other side!

During this difficult, scary, emotional time my mom was connected with Hospice. Through all of the doctor’s appointments, scans, treatments, ups and downs, it was a true gift — a sanctuary of safety for my mom to go and have someone work their magic on her (therapeutic touch).

My mom always looked forward to these appointments, and would talk about them often. She was hopeful to volunteer for Hospice one day.

My mom passed away on July 20, 2013.

I was devastated. Not only had I lost my mom, but I was five and a half months pregnant with my first child. We had been so hopeful that she would meet my son, Olsen.

While my family was in the hospital (we ended up having to be in Victoria), I received a phone call from one of the Hospice counsellors in Duncan. Although I had a great deal of support from friends, and family it was such a relief to talk to someone who could genuinely empathize with what I was experiencing. It gave me great comfort knowing I had their support.

During my first appointment at Hospice, the counsellor I was chatting with offered therapeutic touch. I was so surprised!

I had a misconception that this service was only offered to individuals who were ill. Therapeutic touch has been nothing short of a miracle during my healing journey. It has been such a gift to have a warm, empathetic, experienced, kind, open individual help to move the grief through my body. Like my mom, I have so looked forward to my appointments.

It is such a relief to have a safe place to go where it’s encouraged to just “be” — whatever that may be on the particular day — angry, sad, happy, silly…

I would strongly recommend Hospice to anyone experiencing grief. It has been such a gift to me, my son, and our family.

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◆ COMING UP IN COWICHAN

North Korea’s struggle for freedom focus of LINK event Cowichan’s Cammy Lockwood wants to spread the word about conditions in North Korea, and the struggle for freedom that is taking place there.

To that end, she is hosting Liberty in North Korea in Duncan Tuesday, April 22 at 7 p.m. at the Island Savings Centre board room.

“North Korea is a world away from our Cowichan Valley,” said Lockwood in a press release. “We blissfully go about our days, enjoying our freedoms, complaining about our garbage pick-up schedule and that nobody at city hall does anything about it.

“When thoughts of North Korea do cross our minds, they are met with despair at how desperate the situation is and how there is nothing that we, here in Cowichan, can do about it,” she said.

“But the story of North Korea will be one of hope,” Lockwood continued. “Right now the people of North Korea are starting to make some changes. Now more than ever our help is needed.”

Find out about what you can do by meeting representatives of LiNK, a grass-roots organization that is mandated to bring awareness and change to North Korea.

Volunteer nomads travel throughout North America to share what the situation in North Korea is like, Lockwood said, and what people here can do to help.

For more information contact Lockwood at cammy@lockwoodfarms.ca

Dine Out For Life: HIV/AIDS fundraiser coming to Cowichan On Thursday, April 24, fighting HIV and AIDS in your community is as easy as picking up a menu.

This spring, over 75 of Vancouver Island’s best-loved restaurants will come together to take part in Dining Out For Life, an annual

fundraiser that supports island programs and services for people living with and affected by HIV/AIDS. This year Valley restaurants Genoa Bay Café and Amusé on the Vineyard as well as Tree House Café on Saltspring Island are taking part in the fundraiser.

One key area of support that directly benefits from Dining Out For Life is nutrition.

“Nutrition plays a crucial role in keeping the effects of HIV and AIDS in check,” said Gill Scadeng, nutrition program coordinator at AIDS Vancouver Island. “It’s wonderful that people can come together over a great meal knowing they’re helping to provide nourishment and care to others in their community.”

For one day, participating restaurants will donate 25 per cent of food sales to AIDS Vancouver Island, an island-wide AIDS service organization. The annual event, now in its ninth year, has raised more than $200,000 for programs and services across Vancouver Island.

Dining Out For Life Vancouver Island is part of a larger international effort involving AIDS service organizations serving 60 cities and regions across North America. In 2013, Dining Out For Life events across the U.S. and Canada raised more than $4 million dollars for HIV/AIDS nutrition programs.

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They are also still soliciting for donations for the silent auction and the bake sale.

“This is an important fundraiser for dry grad and an opportunity to clean out your house of saleable items,” organizers said.

“Please donate.”

Shellfish and Seafood Festival now has more than 18 events The eighth annual BC Shellfish & Seafood Festival – happening from June 13 to 22, 2014 – is expanding this year with a greater focus on expanding culinary activities, educational events and tours, helping to showcase the importance of the Valley’s role in the shellfish industry in British Columbia.

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The festival expansion is driven by Comox Valley Economic Development and Tourism who has taken on a greater role in their partnership with the BC Shellfish Growers Association.

One of the biggest changes for the 2014 BC Shellfish & Seafood Festival is the move of events including the shucking and chowder competitions, tastings and demonstrations from Marina Park to Filberg Lodge & Park on the afternoon of June 21. These events are always crowd favourites The move is designed to allow for more participants, both local and from out-of-town.

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Let there be a light to shine far again atop Mount Prevost

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t last report, plans to make the peak of Mount Prevost and its iconic lighthouse war memorial more accessible to the public remains a work in progress.

CHRONICLES Among the i’s to T.W. Paterson be crossed are continued negotiations with the province over land accessibility and ownership, and consultation with Cowichan Tribes.

Sparked by the Duncan Daybreak Rotary Club, parks and recreation manager Ernie Mansueti has been carrying the ball for North Cowichan. He recently informed the Rotary’s Dave Darwin of the municipality’s ongoing discussions with the Provincial Legal Services Branch, Ministry of Justice, for a lease or a grant to purchase the site.

This is necessary because the legal title, originally acquired (gratis) from the E&N Railway by The Trustees of the Cowichan Mountain Memorial Society that erected the memorial shortly after the First World War, lapsed and ownership was returned to the province.

Mansueti noted there has been some reluctance on the part of Cowichan Tribes and stressed, “All parties are cognizant and concerned that a proposed park does not alter or destroy the cultural significance to the Tribes people or Hul’qumi’num group and continued dialogue is paramount.”

Suggested park developments, likely to take several years and be paid for with public and private money, include road and trail upgrades and maintenance, increased parking, park “amenities” including washrooms, and safety restraints at both peak lookouts. The goal is to make Mount Prevost’s memorial and spectacular bird’s-eye views of the entire Cowichan Valley more accessible than is the case at present.

All this is fine — so far as it goes. But I think that North Cowichan and the Rotarians have overlooked a key element in Mount Prevost’s rehabilitation and upgrading.

Quite simply, the memorial, built to honour to the Valley’s casualties of the First World War, then expanded to recognize those of the Second World and Korean

“For years, it was illuminated at night with a flashing beacon...”

T.W. PATERSON, historian

wars, was built as a lighthouse not just for its symbolism but in actual fact. For years, it was illuminated at night with a flashing beacon that could be seen from afar. The memorial was, in fact, specially positioned so that its light could be clearly seen from three directions and ships at sea.

But repeated vandalism over the years took care of that. In fact, few people realize that this is the third memorial on Prevost, the first one, a cairn of loosely stacked stone, having crumbled, with the help of vandals, within a few years of its completion. Then the second one began to follow suit even before completion. Hence this one, 37-feet-high and consecrated on Nov. 11, 1929, is of concrete and stone, all hauled up the steep and winding road to the site on a stone-boat behind a labouring team of horses. The workmanship was done by members of the Great War Veterans Association and others.

In March 1934 it was reported that the gas-powered light acquired from the Dominion lighthouse service had been recharged for $12, thanks to an anonymous donor, and was expected to burn for another six months before requiring a refill. The light continued to burn until a coastal blackout was imposed during the Second World War. Subsequent attempts to relight the beacon have been defeated by idiots shooting them out and, in the 1980s, ripping off one of the bronze tablets and throwing it over the edge, a sheer drop; it wasn’t recovered until years later.

Thanks to Al Siebring, the memorial was repainted white in 2001 and, by day, reflects the sun’s rays as though it were illuminated. Plans to reignite the beacon were shelved because of the threat of vandalism.

Today, at least two Victoria manufacturers produce state-of-the-art lighting that would be ideal for this purpose. A public subscription could cover the purchase and installation and, surely, we can overcome vandalism, too.

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They’re back! Western bluebirds return to Valley ANDREA RONDEAU CITIZEN

Once locally extinct, a program to bring the western bluebird back to southern Vancouver Island is seeing significant success with seven birds already returning to the Cowichan Valley this year.

“I think it’s going really, really well,” said Kathryn Martel, a conservation specialist with the Garry Oak Ecosystems Recovery Team Society, which is spearheading the project.

In total, 26 adults and 20 juveniles have been released in the Cowichan Valley to date, with three new pairs to be released this week and more in the years to come.

With those numbers, seven returnees to the nesting area may not seem like a particularly impressive tally, but Martel said it’s reason for optimism.

In 2013 five pairs of the birds nested successfully in Cowichan, raising a total of 31 babies.

“The survival rate of the juveniles is really quite low, which is true of all songbirds,” she said, explaining that these young birds migrate to southern Washington

in the winter and due to their size they are prey for bigger birds, cats and other animals.

The project to bring the bluebirds back to the area has been modeled on a successful project on San Juan Island. The numbers Cowichan is seeing are on par with that project, Martel said.

“To have these birds return this year, and for the juveniles to be coming back and nesting as well, this really is proof that together, we can restore a lost piece of our rare ecosystems,” she said.

“It’s also still early in the season,” Martel said.

She’s further encouraged by the level of interest from the community and local landowners, as their buy-in is key to the longterm success of building a stable

population, as people have to want to host habitat and nest boxes and the like.

“They do tend to show up right back at the nest box that they hatched out of last year,” she said.

Though the group is working to create a strong core population in Cowichan, eventually they’d like to see the birds spread across the southern Island. On that score, things may be a little ahead of schedule.

“Birds don’t always do what you tell them to do,” Martel said, noting that a male western bluebird from the Cowichan batch has been spotted in Nanaimo, and a pair has been spotted in Metchosin.

The lone male did make his way from Nanaimo back down to Cowichan by Sunday morning, Martel noted with relief, as he has a much better chance of finding a mate here where there is a larger population of the birds.

Existing breeding pairs may commit to a nest box in the next week, she said, but the young ones will continue to cruise around and check out habitat and potential mates for the next month or so.

Western bluebirds, including this one, have been hatched in the Cowichan Valley thanks to an ambitious project to bring the birds back after years of being locally extinct. [BILL PENNELL PHOTO]

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Community members are asked to come out and help clean up the beautiful Kin Beach in Chemainus this Earth Day, Saturday, April 26. [CIM MACDONALD PHOTO]

Cowichan celebrating Earth Day Weekend recycling drive aims to mark Earth Month Got a pile of old power tools, small appliances, and batteries taking up space?

On April 26 and 27 at Kerry Park, Island Return It Recycling Centres and UsedCowichan are holding a free community recycling drive to celebrate what they are calling “Earth Month�. “The earth should not be celebrated just one day a year, this is an ongoing mindset.

This is more than a business, to us it is a lifestyle,� said Sophy Roberge of Island Return It. This event in Mill Bay is the second in a series of similar free community recycling drives up and down Vancouver Island.

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Workshops take you inside film industry LEXI BAINAS CITIZEN

Two professional level workshops are part of this year’s Cowichan Aboriginal Festival of Film & Art. Co-sponsored by Economic Development Cowichan and Film Cowichan, these sessions start Tuesday, April 22 with State of the Film Industry in BC and Locally.

Presented by Gordon Hardwick from Creative BC (formerly BC Film Commission) from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. in the Island Savings Centre boardroom, this first workshop talks about how the film and media arts industry in B.C. is starting to heat up again.

“This is your chance to network with industry contacts, find out about production services, tax credits and what is new in the film, animation and media arts industry, both in B.C. and locally.

This workshop is a must for film makers, writers, industry workers and those interested in finding out more about the opportunities that the film and media arts industry can bring to the region,” urged Economic Development’s Geoff Millar, in describing the series of sessions.

Register online or by phoning 250-746-7930.

There’s also a session on how to pitch your animation scheduled for Friday, April 25 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the Island Savings Centre Green Room.

There’s only room for 18 people so investigate today if you are interested.

The idea behind it all is: does your art tell a story?

Animation starts with a creative concept that evolves into a story, through use of visuals and script.

This pitching workshop is for artists, artisans, and writers looking to expand their creative talents into the world of animation.

Register for an opportunity to present your art and your creative concept to Luke Carroll, a producer of animation content for film and television.

Presentation times will be 20 minutes each. Register online at aff.cowichan.net or by phone at 250-746-7930. You will be contacted with your presentation time.

Selected artists will continue to work with Luke Carroll and Film Cowichan over the year to develop their concept and characters into animated products. When ready these projects will be taken to North American broadcasters for production funding.

ILLUSTRATED BIBLE A WORK OF ART

On Friday March 28, three volumes of the Heritage edition of the hand-scripted and illustrated Saint John’s Bible were on display for the students and public at St. Joseph’s School in Cowichan. Students and member of the public get an close-up and personal view of the bright modern art, the script and even errors made and corrected by the scribes.

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After a knee injury took down goalkeeper Bob Stankov, out player Ben Robson (10, pictured in the Jackson Cup final) had to fill in during last Saturday’s Provincial Cup game. [KEVIN ROTHBAUER/CITIZEN]

Injured goalie leads to end of LMG’s season KEVIN ROTHBAUER CITIZEN

After seven years away from competitive soccer, goalkeeper Bob Stankov returned to Cowichan LMG for the Jackson Cup run, and helped his team to within a goal of its third Island championship in four years.

Unfortunately, he wasn’t able to continue that success in the Provincial Cup tournament.

As Cowichan prepared for its opening-round game against West Coast FC, Stankov blew out his knee during practice last Thursday. Despite a valiant effort by Ben Robson in Saturday’s game, Cowichan ended up on the wrong side of a 3-0 score, and their season came to an end.

“We had to have an out player play in goal, and for a non-goalie, that’s pretty tough,” LMG head coach Glen Martin said.

West Coast FC was the fourth seed out of the Fraser Valley, while Cowichan finished second on the Island.

“It was a team we could have beat,” Martin said. “They’d be about fifth or sixth in our league.”

Joel Wilson started the season as Cowichan’s keeper, but has been out for months with a concussion and wasn’t ready to replace Stankov. LMG had also called on Darian Achurch, from Cowichan’s Div. 2 team, at times during the season, but he wasn’t on the Provincial Cup roster.

With nowhere else to turn, they had to put someone between the pipes. No one had previous experience as a keeper, so Robson volunteered.

“Most teams don’t have a field player who can play goalie,” Mar-

tin noted.

Not surprisingly, it wasn’t the same as having a regular goalie.

“They had no chances to score, but they scored three goals,” Martin said.

It didn’t help that Cowichan couldn’t generate any offence.

“We had chances to score, and we didn’t score,” Martin lamented.

Connor Crichton had perhaps Cowichan’s best chance to score early on, but lofted the ball over the crossbar.

LMG finished second in Division 1 of the Vancouver Island Soccer League to tie for their best position ever, reached the final of the Jackson Cup tournament for the fourth time in five years, and made provincials for the fifth year in a row.

A run of several successful years, however, has raised expectations for the team, and Martin wants to get to the next level.

“Overall, it was a good year, not a great year,” he said. “We’re levelling off.”

From individual perspectives, Cowichan had impressive seasons from throughout the lineup. Veteran Steve Scott and homegrown talent Crichton led the way with 10 goals each, while the team got strong comeback performances

by Stu Barker and Brad Thorne.

Tyler Hughes, Jesse Winter and Brad Archibald were again rocks on the back end. Young additions Robson and Colin Knight breathed life into the squad.

While the core remains strong, Martin plans to make some changes to the roster for next year.

“It feels like to get to the next level, we have to try something different,” he said.

With plenty of support from her teammates, Cowichan’s Karli Longridge carries the ball into contact against Carson Graham during last Friday’s 48-7 Thunderbirds victory. [KEVIN ROTHBAUER/CITIZEN]

T-Birds win latest chapter of Cowichan-Carson rivalry KEVIN ROTHBAUER CITIZEN

Cowichan Secondary’s senior girls rugby team earned a massive victory over a long-standing rival last Friday as they thumped Carson Graham 48-7.

Having graduated several players from the team Cowichan edged in last spring’s AAA provincial final, Carson isn’t quite the same squad, but that didn’t lessen the value of the victory for the Thunderbirds.

“I was really pleased with our preparation and attitude for this game,” head coach Brad Skene said. “Even a game against a younger, less experienced Carson team is still part of the traditional rivalry.”

Cowichan got off to a great start, controlling play for most of the first half and holding off the Carson offence. It wasn’t until the last play of the game that Carson was finally able to get on the scoresheet.

“The players are showing an understanding of the game plan that we are trying to develop and I was impressed with how well our team leaders organized our offence and defence,” Skene said.

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“I was really pleased with our preparation and attitude for this game.

Even a game against a younger, less experienced Carson team is still part of the traditional rivalry.”

BRAD SKENE, T-Birds girls rugby coach

tries for the T-Birds, displaying Cowichan’s depth. Adrienne Saari, Mariah Fontana, Darien Hobday, Sara Lowes, Haeley Lowe, Jessica Pederson, Emily Lindsay and Hannah Morten all scored, and Fontana kicked four conversions.

“It is fantastic to see a scoresheet that has eight different try scores and an even distribution of forwards and backs,” Skene said.

“It means that we have a balanced attack and are being positive in different ways of attacking.”

The T-Birds’ sevens team went on to finish second in the Island championship in Victoria last Sunday, falling just short of defending their title from last season.

Cowichan won their first two

games of the sevens tournament, defeating Stelly’s 31-7 and Brentwood 26-7. G.P. Vanier took the semifinal 17-0.

Lindsay and Denise Roy each scored twice against Stelly’s and Shania Pronk had one try. Lowes led the way against Brentwood with two tries, while Darien Hobday and Brigitte Reid had one each.

“With our sevens team, we have a mixture of youth and experience,” Skene said. “In the past we have been able to field a very experienced sevens team but this spring, we need to develop an understanding of the game. I was really pleased with the first two games of the day. The players seemed to be understanding the game plan and were executing.

“I was disappointed with our efforts in the semifinal. Vanier was very keen and excited. We couldn’t match their energy and allowed three tries in the second half. I had hoped that this game would be the one that solidified our understanding of sevens.”

Cowichan will still have a chance to defend their provincial sevens title, qualifying for that tournament along with Shawnigan Lake School, Vanier and Stelly’s.

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Pee wee Bulldogs claim first spring win KEVIN ROTHBAUER CITIZEN

The MBRC’s junior C girls quad of Antara Patel, Taylor Kropp, Hannah Austin, Nadya Ellis and Maria Rossouw prepare for their race, in which they would finish second. [KEVIN ROTHBAUER/CITIZEN]

Girls lead MBRC at regatta KEVIN ROTHBAUER CITIZEN

A strong crop of senior girls rowers led the host team at the 38th annual Maple Bay Rowing Club Regatta on Quamichan Lake last Saturday.

“The girls side were the ones making it into the top three in their races,” MBRC head coach Cheryl Thibodeau said. “We have a strong group of senior girls that have been with us for four or five years that have also produced good results in the past.”

The Maple Bay club had second-place finishes from Hanna Hutchins in the lightweight women’s single, Emily Whitaker in the A women’s single, and the team of Antara Patel, Taylor Kropp, Hannah Austin, Nadya Ellis and cox Maria Rossouw in the junior C girls quad.

The club also got third-place results from Rachel Bond in the lightweight women’s single, Finja Hemken in the A women’s single, Whitaker and Hannah Dreger in the women’s double, and Whitaker, Dreger, Bond and Kate Brigham in the A women’s quad. Maple Bay finished fourth in the girls final point standings.

A smaller and less-experienced boys team showed potential for the future during Sunday’s event.

“On the boys side we are lacking the size as most of our boys hover around coxie weight,” Thibodeau said. “They still

worked hard and had some good close races. We’re hoping in the next year or two we will have a stronger group like where the girls are at now.”

Other signs are also pointing to a strong future for the club.

“We are very lucky to have former Maple Bay rower and national team rower James Dunaway back at the club coaching the junior program for the last year and a half,” Thibodeau said. “With his experience we are hoping to build a stronger program.”

Vic City was the overall points winner, with 136 points to 75 for Brentwood College and 67 for St. Michael’s University school.

Vic City also won the girls title with 81 points to Claremont’s 32 and Brentwood’s 29, and tied SMUS for the boys title with 55, while Brentwood had 46.

The weather was cooperative on Saturday. Head umpire Sheree Moffatt had predicted the winds wouldn’t be a factor, and while they did flare up late in the morning to cause a little trouble on the last 500 metres of the course, they eased off and all 50 races finished on time.

Ten clubs and approximately 330 rowers took part in the regatta. Numbers were down somewhat after Victoria’s Gorge Rowing Club folded last summer.

“They usually bring around 75 rowers, so we didn’t run as many races as previous years which made the feel of the regatta a little more relaxing,” Thibodeau said.

Aidan and Brennan Doyle won provincial climbing titles earlier this month. [SUBMITTED]

Shawnigan brothers climb to titles Shawnigan Lake brothers Aidan and Brennan Doyle captured their respective age group titles at the Sport Climbing Association of British Columbia’s Provincial Speed and Difficulty Championships earlier this month.

With more than 100 athletes from across the province in attendance for the meet at

The Boulders Climbing Gym in Central Saanich, the brothers each won both the difficulty and speed climbing divisions for their age groups. They had previously won the provincial titles in bouldering.

Aidan will move on to represent B.C. in the Western Regionals and the Canadian Nationals in Montreal in May.

The pee wee Cowichan Bulldogs earned their first victory of the spring football season last Sunday, beating the Westshore Warriors 16-0 in Langford.

“The players have had great improvement in all areas through their dedication and hard work at practice,” head coach Brian Scott said.

Linemen Billy Bickford and Liam Henning provided good pass protection throughout the game, allowing quarterback Dakota Cullum to patiently move his offence. Cullum connected with Tyson Duffe for a 30-yard catch in the second quarter that led directly to a 35-yard touchdown run by Damian McCuaig-Jones.

McCuaig-Jones scored again at the end of the third quarter. Switching to kicker, Cullum successfully converted both majors.

McCuaig-Jones also played linebacker, joining with Alexander Van Ryk to lead the defence with big tackles.

Carson Maertz checked in at quarterback in the fourth quarter, completing passes, picking up first downs, and killing the clock to secure the victory.

The pre-atom Bulldogs came across tough competition when they faced the Warriors, but battled hard anyway.

“The boys are progressively learning the game,” said coach Ted Harris. “[Sunday] was just another learning experience for them. We play our next game at home on a familiar field; that will mean a lot to them.

I think the new players were a bit blown away playing in the Westhills Stadium.”

The pre-atoms, who were also missing seven players due to sickness, injury, and other reasons, were led on offence by quarterback Jaxson Jones and rookie running backs Ethan Bell and Thoran Koyote, while wide receiver Jeevan Nijjar caught a pair of nice passes.

On defence, Nico Harris scooped up a fumble and made several tackles. The fleet-footed Evan Mayer took care of the outside and stopped several surefire touchdowns. Rookie linebacker Parker Lawrence showed no fear in tackling the bigger Westshore backs.

The atom Bulldogs also ran into adversity as they fell to the Warriors.

“The score may not have been what the team was hoping for, but you can see the team is applying what they are learning in practice which is exciting to see,” coach Devon Lawrence said.

The Bulldogs held their own in the first half, with running back and kicker Jack Napier-Ganley surprising the Warriors with his kicking power. In the second half, the Cowichan defence came together and used tackles by Hunter Williams, Zack Pearson and Koda Lang to turn back the Westshore advance.

“We have the talent and determination on the team and when everything starts clicking, it will be incredible,” Lawrence said.

All three Cowichan teams will be off this weekend, and make their home debuts at McAdam Park on April 26. The pre-atoms will play at 11 a.m., followed by the atoms at 12:30 p.m. and pee wees at 2:15 p.m.

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A SOUND WIN FOR CANADA

Sullivan paces Crew with three touchdowns KEVIN ROTHBAUER CITIZEN

Canada’s Jessica Dovanne outpaces an American player to score the second of her two tries during an international rugby exhibition at Shawnigan Lake School on Tuesday afternoon. Julianne Zussman had three tries, Dovanne and Magali Harvey had two each, and Kayla Mack and Mandy Marchak added one apiece as Canada downed the U.S. 51-7. Harvey and Andrea Burk kicked conversions. Mia Bitzar scored the U.S. try.

The teams will square off again this Tuesday at Westhills Stadium in Langford. Visit www.cowichanvalleycitizen.com for more photos from Tuesday’s match. [KEVIN ROTHBAUER/CITIZEN]

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Marilou Sullivan scored three touchdowns, including one off a 50-yard interception return, to lead the Crew to a 51-0 win over the Wild in the Cowichan Women’s Football League last Sunday.

Amanda Goncalves added two touchdowns and a convert, and Alita Mattin also scored in the victory. Jessica Lines-Wikkerink had two converts, Morgan Kinahan added one, and Jennie Hittinger recorded an interception.

For the Wild, Sue Glenn, Rhiannon Kemmler and Val Chambers all had interceptions, and Ginette Bilina had two sacks.

In the other Sunday morning game, the Roofco Sirens topped the Blue Steel 25-18, using several interceptions to come back from a deficit to win.

Deanne Mearns and Shelly McKay each had two picks in the win, and Tara McCaffery had one.

Mearns also scored three touchdowns, while McKay had one and a convert.

On Sunday afternoon, the Ravens beat the Storm 39-6. Jenna Maureen had two touchdowns, including one where she finished off a 60-yard run by Rikki Wylie.

Wylie also had one touchdown, as did Veronica Smith, Kendall Elizabeth and Barbie Smith.

Wylie, Veronica Smith and Kelsey Scholz added converts, and Wylie,

Mark

Bob

Marilou Sullivan snags one of her three touchdowns right in front of the McAdam Park fence during the Crew’s 51-0 win over the Wild last Saturday.

[KEVIN ROTHBAUER/CITIZEN]

Elizabeth and Morgan Rogers had interceptions.

The Storm’s lone points came on the first play of the game, when

Tyson

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quarterback Rachel Paddle connected with Miranda Mann for a touchdown. Elia Zanon added an interception in the third quarter.

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VALLEY Calendar Miscellaneous • Cowichan Intercultural Society free 10-week workshop series (join any time) Citizenship 101, to prepare permanent residents for their Canadian Citizenship test, March 28-June 13. Includes mock citizenship exam and ceremony. Classes at CIS office in Duncan, Fridays, 7-8:30 p.m.

• Earth Day at the library (Duncan), Tuesday, April 22, 6-7 p.m., join Joy Story from gardening blog Grow Food for a free class on how to stay on track in the garden and have food growing 12 months a year.

• Local author Robyn Gerland shares from her collection of short stories about coming of age in 1950s Vancouver, All These Long Years Later. Free.

Wednesday, April 23, noon to 1 p.m.

• Meditation with facilitator Gary Greenstein, meditator in the Buddhist tradition for 35 years, free, no registration necessary. Info: Gary 250-746-8637.

First class Thursday, April 24, 6:30- 7:30 p.m., Duncan library. Train your mind to recognize stress, subtle pain in the body, how speech affects others, recognize negative emotions as they arise, loving-kindness and compassion.

• Learn from Cowichan Green Community how to grow perennial food plants no matter how much space you have. Free. Friday, April 25, 4-6 p.m., Duncan library.

• Frances Kelsey Dry Grad garage sale and silent auction fundraiser, Saturday, April 26, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Drop off donations Mill Bay Storage, Tuesday-Saturday during business hours.

Parents and students needed for setup Friday, April 25, 3-9 p.m. and work at sale 8:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Info: Deanna 250-715-6816.

• Help and Healing on the Spiritual Path through teaching of Bruno Groening, Tuesday, April 29, 7 p.m., Island Savings Centre boardroom, Duncan. Admission free, donation appreciated.

• Cowichan Fish and Game Association are hosting Canadian Firearm Safety course (PAL and RPAL) starting Friday, May 2, in Glenora. Details and to register: Mike 250-748-0319 or canadianfirearmsafety@shaw.ca • South Cowichan Community Policing Return It collection days, third Saturday of each month, 10 a.m.2 p.m., Valley View Centre recycling area. For returnable bottles, cans and

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• Chemainus Seniors Drop-in Centre St. Georges Pub Night, April 19, doors open 5 p.m., dinner and entertainment, $10.

• Chemainus Seniors Drop-in Centre dance with Dan Hughes and the Seniors April 26, 7 p.m. Cost $9 (includes lunch).

• Chemainus Seniors Drop-in Centre choral concert, April 27, 2 p.m., featuring the Centre Belles & Men’s Choir.

• Cowichan Valley Prostate Cancer Support Group meets last Thursday of each month, April 24, 7 p.m., board room, Canadian Cancer Office, 100-394 Duncan St. No registration required.

Info: Gord 250-743-6960.

• Cowichan Historical Society meeting April 24, 7:30 p.m., St. Peter’s Church Hall, 5800 Church Rd., Duncan. Presentation on the Battle of Vimy Ridge, 1917 by military historian Bill Hampson.

• Chemainus Garden Club plant sale Mother’s Day, May 11, Dayliner 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Craft table, books, seeds, divisions, seedlings, cuttings and door prizes. Proceeds to local charities.

• Chemainus Garden Club meeting Tuesday, May 13, 1 p.m., Calvary Baptist Church, 3319 River Rd., Chemainus. $2 drop-in fee. $15 yearly membership. Info 250-245-2464.

• Compassionate Life Study, 12 monthly sessions following Karen Armstrong’s book Twelve Steps to a

Recreation • Cowichan Intercultural Society free family dance May 2, 7-9 p.m., St. John Church Hall, 486 Jubilee St., Duncan.

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by Pat Haugen, prolific Ladysmith photographer Tuesday, April 22, 7 p.m., Hardwick Hall, High Street at 3rd Ave., Ladysmith. Non-members $5 drop-in fee. Info: www.LadysmithCameraClub.com • Sixth annual Youth Art Show at the Youth Artworks and U Fix-It Bikeworks, open May 6-24, 51 Trunk Rd., during regular shop hours. Showcasing art by youth participants to celebrate Mental Health Awareness Week.

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