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Convicted killer gets day parole ANDREA RONDEAU CITIZEN

The CVRD arenas are resurfaced as many as 2,400 times every hockey season, with more than 400 litres of water used each time. Further benefits from REALice include less work on the refrigeration plant to freeze the water, higher brine temperatures, and less energy required to dehumidify the arena. That adds up to more than $8,000 annual

The National Parole Board has granted day parole for six months to convicted killer Rachel Anne Kleven, 38.

Kleven and her then boyfriend Keith Haynes were convicted for the Jan. 29, 1995 killing of Keith’s mother, Rhonda Haynes, of Cobble Hill.

The pair received second, and first-degree convictions, respectively, for the gruesome homicide.

Rhonda Haynes was bludgeoned in the head with a frying pan, then gasoline was used to set fire to her residence while she was still alive.

She died of carbon monoxide poisoning as a result of the fire.

The Board imposed eight conditions in granting the parole.

Kleven is to have no contact with any member of the victim’s family without prior written permission of her parole supervisor, must immediately report all intimate sexual and non sexual relationships and friendships with females and males, and must not travel to Vancouver Island unless pre-approved in writing by her parole supervisor, as members of the victim’s family still live here.

Kleven must not consume, purchase or possess alcohol, must follow a substance abuse treatment plan to be arranged by her parole supervisor, and she must not

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Providence Farm’s Wendy Davis, right, chats about spring flowering shrubs with a visitor to Cowichan Green Community’s wildly popular Seedy Sunday event March 30 at the Siem Lelum gym on River Road in Duncan. Featuring everything from organic seeds to advice about how to encourage mason bees, the show drew families from across the Cowichan Valley. Go to www.cowichanvalleycitizen.com for more photos. [LEXI BAINAS/CITIZEN]

New ice system saves arenas big bucks KEVIN ROTHBAUER CITIZEN

An innovative energy-saving ice-making system that the Cowichan Valley Regional District has been trying out at arenas in Duncan and Mill Bay this year received rave reviews from icemakers and users alike.

The REALice system, which promises to save money and energy by reducing electricity and gas usage, has been employed

at the Island Savings Centre and Kerry Park Arenas over the last four months, using unique technology to remove air bubbles from water.

The traditional resurfacing process involves pre-heating the water to remove tiny air bubbles so it will freeze harder and stronger. Instead of heat, the REALice process spins the water in a whirpool-like vortex, forcing the bubbles to be sucked

out of the water. The results have impressed everyone so far.

“I was a skeptic at first, as it goes against all we are taught as icemakers using cold water only,” Island Savings Centre facility operations coordinator Brad Coleman said. “After switching and witnessing results first hand and listening to user comments, I’m now convinced that this technology is the right choice for us.”

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Pride flag a ‘powerful statement’

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The City of Duncan’s decision to display the pride flag throughout the Olympics and Paralympics was a powerful statement to LGBT people both inside and outside of the Cowichan Valley, according to several young people who were in attendance as the flag came down last week.

“It’s important because it shows that [the city] is okay with gay people, and that there’s support for gay people in the community,” said Collen Ott, a member of the Community Options Society Gay Straight Alliance. “It felt like everybody accepted us.”

Duncan raised the flag on Feb. 19 in support of LGBT rights and to protest anti-gay laws in Russia.

The flag was provided by Roger Chin and Jim VanDeventer, who sent a letter to city council proposing that Duncan fly the flag.

All members of council were quick to support the proposal.

“When it came up at council, it was a given that we would do it,” Coun. Michelle Staples said after the flag was lowered. “We’re a council that really embraces diversity. It was nice to be sitting at a table where everyone felt this was important for the community.”

A long-awaited truck wash for Youbou that residents are counting on to bring down the choking level of dust and mud kicked up by logging trucks moving through the community is having the last few legal details ironed out before its installation, said Area I Director Pat Weaver.

She urges residents to sit tight just a bit longer.

“They’ve been trying to be patient, I know they are,” Weaver said. “It’s horrendous conditions when the sun shines or when it rains because they’ve either got the mud to deal with or the dust and it’s terrible, it’s absolutely terrible.”

Several recent emails to the Citizen from Youbou residents have expressed frustration that the facility, which had been expected to be in place by now, is still pending.

The site for the truck wash has been chosen, Weaver said, and as it is mostly on Timberwest land the zoning is already in place.

The holdup, she said, is that a small part of the proposed entry to the new facility would pass through property owned

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by Youbou Lands, and an agreement between Timberwest and Youbou Lands is still in the works.

“They’re making sure all the i’s are dotted and the t’s are crossed,” said Weaver.

The truck wash facility itself should get up and running quickly once this is taken care of, Weaver said. The structure has been imported from Germany and it’s just a matter of putting the pieces together, which should take about two weeks.

“I will be so, so happy when it’s here and operating,” she said.

Once in, the was station should be able to give each truck a bath in about two to three minutes, Weaver said, before it hits the streets of town.

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Locals back in Dragon’s Den KEVIN ROTHBAUER CITIZEN

CBC’s Dragon’s Den is catching up with some of its favourite stories from past seasons this week, and Cowichan Valley inventor Sam Koffski and his son Sid are among those who made the cut.

Koffski’s 3D sawhorse bracket caught the eye of Dragon’s Den investor Arlene Dickinson two years ago, and his product quickly found its way to Home Depot shelves. The brackets have been selling well, Koffski was told in a recent email from Home Depot vice president Jeff Kinnaird.

“They said they have sold thousands of them and expect to sell tens of thousands,” Koffski said.

“They’re quite optimistic about it.”

Out of more than 1,500 entrepreneurs to appear before the Dragons, producers selected nine to revisit for this Wednesday’s episode, Koffski related.

“To be one of the nine out of 1,500 is a pretty big honour,” he said. “I was as surprised as anybody.”

Brandon Carl Huth is appealing his manslaughter conviction in the November 2011 death of Shawnigan Lake’s Tyler Noble.

In November 2013, after an 11day trial, B.C. Supreme Court Justice Malcolm Macaulay found Huth guilty of causing Noble’s death during a confrontation near the McDonald’s restaurant at View and Douglas streets. When Noble was hit, he immediately fell backward, striking his head on the sidewalk. He died from head injuries in hospital a few hours later.

Macaulay found the force of the blow caused Noble to lose consciousness, his eyes rolling back and his body stiffening, before he fell in a plank-like position. A reasonable person would have recognized that the blow would subject Noble to the risk of bodily harm, the judge said.

On March 4, 2014, Huth was sentenced to two years less 10 days in jail and three years probation. He is serving his sentence at the Vancouver Island Regional Correctional Centre.

Huth, who is representing himself, filed his notice of appeal on Monday. In the four-page notice, Huth points to areas where he says Macaulay erred.

These include Macaulay’s rejection of Huth’s defence of

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self-defence and his rejection of Huth’s credibility.

Prosecution witnesses testified that Noble was acting loudly and aggressively, and became involved in a heated exchange with a man outside the downtown Boutique nightclub. Noble’s friend, Tom Gow, testified that Noble used homophobic slurs and said that he tried to calm Noble and break up the argument.

A little later, Gow stepped in during another heated argument, this time with Huth. Gow testified he put his right hand on Noble and brushed Huth with his left forearm. At that point, Gow was hit on the left side of his face. He heard a crunch, looked up and saw Noble’s head snapped back. His arms were by his side.

Macaulay found that Gow acted as a peacemaker and that

any physical contact with Huth was incidental. Gow never acted in a physical or threatening manner.

The judge also found that Noble did not invite or threaten a physical confrontation. He did not consent to fight and did not threaten Huth.

Huth argues that Macaulay erred by misapprehending Gow’s evidence, particularly his cross-examination.

“The assertion that Thomas Gow was an innocent intervener was inconsistent with the available video evidence from the McDonald’s video camera,” Huth writes in his appeal.

Macaulay also failed to properly consider the evidence of other witnesses who testified that Noble was the aggressor.

Huth asks the appeal court to acquit him of manslaughter or failing that, order a new trial.

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Kleven’s motivation considered ‘high’: board CONVICTED, From Page 1 consume, purchase or possess drugs other than prescribed medication taken as prescribed and over the counter drugs taken as recommended by the manufacturer.

She must follow psychological counselling arranged by her parole supervisor to deal with her risk factors, including unresolved emotional issues and she must not associate with any person she knows or has reason to believe is involved in criminal activity or substance abuse.

This is not the first time Kleven has been granted parole.

On Dec. 5, 2006 Kleven was granted day parole, which was reevaluated every six months. On Jan. 5, 2010 full parole was denied but day parole continued.

On Aug. 24, 2011 that parole was revoked because of a series of illegal acts including purchase and use of illegal drugs and stealing over $12,000 from her employer.

In August of 2012 Kleven was reviewed for day parole but it was denied.

Since that review the Parole Board noted Kleven has participated in the Survivors of Abuse and Trauma program to help cope with her emotions. She has not been involved in further substance abuse and continues to attend Cocaine Anonymous.

They also noted she has not been involved in another relationship; a pattern of inappropriate and abusive relationships has been a problem in the past.

“Your motivation is considered high as is your reintegration potential,” wrote Parole Board members Bent Anderson and Linda Cross. “You have the support of your CMT and community parole for day parole. They believe you have addressed the concerns noted by the Board in the previous decision and have regained credibility.”

Kleven will participate in a 12week substance abuse treatment program before moving into second stage housing at the same facility.

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Protesters sound alarm over health accord KEVIN ROTHBAUER CITIZEN

Ernie Mansueti, North Cowichan

Staff, users ‘completely satisfied’ with switch NEW ICE, From Page 1 savings at each arena and a reduction of 35 tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions.

The resulting ice proved to be clear, hard and strong, and none of the user groups, including the Cowichan Valley Capitals and Kerry Park Islanders junior hockey teams, had any complaints.

“Our staff and users are completely satisfied with the switch,” Kerry Park facility operations coordinator Tony Liddle said. “In fact, if we hadn’t told users about it, they wouldn’t even have noticed the change. On top of that, we are already seeing reductions in our gas and electricity usage.”

According to the REALice website, more than 250 arenas around the world are using the system, including the Malmö Arena in Sweden, which hosted the 2014 World Junior Hockey Championships, the Hartwall Arena in Finland, which hosted the 2013 World Championships, and the Ice Palace in St. Petersburg, Russia, the home of the KHL’s SKA St. Petersburg.

Other arena operators in the Cowichan Valley have been keeping an eye on the project.

“The results of cost savings while keeping good ice is the breakthrough that will positively impact all arena ice facilities,” said Ernie Mansueti, director of parks and recreation for North Cowichan, which owns Fuller Lake Arena.

Rob Frost, who oversees ice-making at the Cowichan Lake Sports Arena, added that his facility will also consider REALice after the data from the Island Savings Centre and Kerry Park are analyzed.

The alarm was sounded on Monday.

As the 10-year-old Canada Health Accord came to an end on the last day of March, local members of the Council of Canadians and the BC Nurses Union voiced their concerns about the future of health care in the country with a rally in Duncan’s Charles Hoey Park, part of a series of similar demonstrations across the country.

According to spokespeople for the demonstration, the Conservative federal government has refused to meet with premiers to negotiate a new accord, and will cut $36 billion from public health care funding over the next 10 years.

The 2014 federal budget, they add, proposes to eliminate equalization from health transfer payments, replacing it with a per-capita transfer, which benefits provinces with younger and more centrally located populations, like Alberta, while hurting provinces with older populations, like B.C., or more isolated populations, like Newfoundland and Labrador.

“The average Canadian doesn’t pay attention to see what’s happening,” said Brenda Hill, a registered nurse at the Cowichan District Hospital and spokesperson for the BC Nurses Union. “[The federal government] keeps saying that health care isn’t sustainable. Well, it isn’t sustainable if you don’t fund it.”

The state of health care in B.C. is evident, Hill said, in the desperation for a new hospital in the Cowichan Valley, and in the situation at Sunridge Place, the seniors care facility where workers have been told they will be laid off by June.

“Taxpayers fund all the beds at Sunridge, but they get no say when they lay off all the staff there,” she said.

Joining in the protest were members of the Pulp, Paper and Woodworkers of Canada, who are holding a convention in Cowichan Bay. “We’re supporting this protest against the federal government withdrawing funds from our medical care,” said Paul Zarry of Local 2 (Crofton).

Hill encouraged all residents to voice their concerns about the changes to federal funding of health care.

“Health care isn’t a business,” she said. “It’s a treasure for Canadians, and they better pay attention.”

Protesters representing the Council of Canadians, the BC Nurses Union and other concerned groups gathered in Duncan’s Charles Hoey Park on Monday to speak out about changes to federal health care funding. [KEVIN ROTHBAUER/CITIZEN]

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Health funding changes classic downloading ven Kiefer Sutherland is worried, and he’s American.

The grandson of Tommy Douglas — father of our much beloved Canadian health care system — is voicing an ad for a group concerned about the expiration of our health accord. The clock officially ran out on the accord Monday, March 31.

Concern has hit closer to home, as well. A rally on Monday afternoon in Duncan drew a good crowd of Valley citizens who raised their voices in protest of the lack of action on the part of the federal government to renew

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health care’s binding promise between federal and provincial governments.

Canada’s universal health care system is one of the things a majority of our citizens is most proud of.

Support for its continuance crosses most political lines, and it is seen by many as a pillar of our Canadian identity.

Yet the federal Conservative government has allowed the health accord with the provinces, the deal that defines the national plan and provides a great deal of funding for it, to run out, with no apparent sense of urgency to

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renew or renegotiate. This seems irresponsible at best.

At the same time, the next federal budget eliminates equalization payments for health, which have ensured that levels of care across the country have remained comparable whether you are in a “have” or a “have not” province.

These are replaced by a per capita formula that will see most provinces lose out.

Per capita simply doesn’t make sense if the goal is to create universally good healthcare.

Provinces such as the Maritimes with aging and shrinking

populations can be in greater need of health care than a province such as Alberta with a growing and younger population.

B.C. needs to look out, too, with our large population of seniors who demand plenty of health services as they age.

It’s classic downloading.

The federal government “saves” billions of dollars, but that cost will now have to be bourne by the provinces if they want to keep their quality of care up. We certainly believe that people will demand it.

You can bet, however, that the “savings” will not be passed on

Roundabout efficient; River Road next please

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Roundabouts are a very efficient way of controlling traffic; accidents are extremely rare and everyone keeps moving.

Turning left from River Road onto Chemainus Road is a nightmare; visibility is very limited in both directions and the through traffic is, on average, 10 to 20 km/ h over the 40 km/h speed limit.

When our present mayor was canvassing for votes, he assured me that was one of his top priorities and I only hope he honours his commitment.

I notice that all of the detractors live somewhere else, not in Chemainus, and certainly not on River Road where traffic has increased dramatically in the last few years.

Nobody likes to see their taxes go up and these people see no benefit to themselves and it seems rather selfish to me.

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to taxpayers so that we’ll have more to drop into the provincial coffers.

It is disturbing and extremely disrespectful that these massive changes are being made without any discussions to put a new accord into place.

This kind of unilateral action is clearly ideologically driven and threatens the core of our health system. Can it be long before the suggestion is made to allow more private, for profit care to take the “burden” (that they’ve created) off of the public system?

This needs to stop now. Renew the health accord.

Roundabouts a great road improvement It must be spring. Just like the NHL playoffs, Vancouver Island’s season of roundabout-bashing has started up again for another year (Other views, March 26).

This is nothing new of course.

Local roundaphobes and traffic light huggers have been taking pot shots at this innovation ever since North Cowichan announced plans for its first traffic circles nearly 10 years ago.

It is one thing to complain about the cost of these circles and to question where some of them are placed.

However, I think it’s absurd to suggest they are obstacles to the free flow of traffic, or “concrete

planter(s)...for unsuspecting drivers and snowplows...”

If there are any real obstacles on our local arterial roads, it is the proliferation of stop-controlled intersections outside North Cowichan that often create traffic jams.

By all means, let’s have more bike lanes, but they don’t have to be at the expense of other road improvements. If circular intersections are “make work projects” to some, then so be it.

The economy has been more-orless in recession since the stock market crash of 1987.

When times are tough, capital projects are a good way to get people back to work.

On the short term, building a roundabout creates more jobs

and injects more cash into the local economy than throwing up a few stop signs or traffic lights.

Circles are also better for the environment and the economy on the long term because they help reduce wasted fuel and air pollution caused by idling engines.

Vancouver Island jurisdictions have a long history of underspending on transportation in order to find favour with those who don’t like to pay for improvements.

Some of the results have been fiascos like the Duncan strip, the Malahat Drive, our largely unused rail line, and the entire BC Ferries system.

I think North Cowichan is trying to reverse this trend and plan

for the future, even if it means making some road mobility improvements in areas that don’t seem to need it just yet.

We can be sure that traffic volumes along Drinkwater Road and Beverly Street will increase with ongoing urbanization.

Meanwhile, local opponents to transportation progress should beware.

After years of procrastination, it looks like the City of Duncan could be the next local municipality to incorporate the roundabout into its transportation strategy.

Chris Carss Chemainus www.cowichanvalleycitizen.com

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Trash this bad recycling plan while we still can The B.C. government is trying to fix something that isn’t broken — and it’s making a mess in the process.

Towns in B.C. have successful recycling systems in place, but the province has thrown everything into confusion by mandating creation of a monster called Multi-Materials B.C. Since MMBC began ramping up, one protest has followed another, as municipalities and businesses began to realize the effects it would have on them.

Premier Christy Clark has called the creation of the new organization a “bumpy road.” Business groups across the province have allied under the banner Rethink It B.C., to demand the government delay implementation and sit down to talk about changes to the new entity.

MMBC was created after the government changed the provincial recycling regulations in 2011 so that responsibility for recycling packaging and printed paper moved from municipalities to the industries that produced

the material.

The theory is that the companies that profit from products that produce waste should have to pay the cost of recycling that material. Proponents say the added cost will also be an incentive for those companies to reduce the amount of packaging they use, as not producing waste is a better solution than recycling it after it is produced.

B.C. picked MMBC as the organization to manage the new program, beginning May 19. It will be funded by fees collected from companies that use packaging or create printed paper, instead of being funded by municipalities.

Lana Popham, Saanich South New Democrat MLA, this week said: “They are setting up a system that’s dangerously close to a monopoly. This will inevitably lead to a decrease in quality of services and increase in price.”

This is a B.C. initiative, but it is being run by a board of directors representing Unilever Canada, Walmart, Tim Hortons, Loblaws, Coca-Cola and Procter & Gamble.

Does anyone expect them to put B.C.’s interests first?

The province has already responded to the horrified outcry from small businesses and exempted them from paying fees to MMBC if their revenues are below $1 million a year, they produce less than a tonne of packaging each year or they are single outlets. That excludes the majority of businesses, but means the remaining ones — and their customers — foot the bill for everyone’s recycling.

MMBC’s fees will be much higher than those in other regions.

Newspapers would have to pay 20 cents per kilogram, compared to 0.42 cents in Ontario. Corrugated cardboard would be charged 29 cents per kilogram, compared to 8.4 cents in Ontario.

The organization says the higher fees are because MMBC will serve apartment buildings, while Ontario’s program serves only houses, but the cost differential is still excessive.

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Newspapers are among the industries most worried about the new system. Peter Kvarnstrom, chairman of the Canadian Newspaper Association, warned that the added costs are so significant to an industry that is already fragile that they will force layoffs in newsrooms across the province.

B.C.-based magazines will be penalized because they will have to pay for recycling, while international publications that are printed elsewhere and shipped to the province, pay nothing. In essence, a B.C. magazine will be subsidizing Vanity Fair.

Everyone, including the critics of MMBC, can get behind the idea of reducing waste. But the province needs to listen to Rethink It B.C.’s call for solutions to very serious concerns.

Here’s another case of obfuscation via the government and its employees.

In England for many years this liquor question has been settled by combining liquor sales within the large grocery stores.

There are no barriers to go through plus all stores scrutinize for underage hopeful purchasers.

While we over here have a department of the government anxious not to let go of the golden goose. It is the profit margin that the public do not know is amassed that cannot be let go of!

There are of course far too many outlets as also there are far too many public means of gambling, another favourite cash scheme for the slush fund!

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Laughter blooms with new Chemainus show LEXI BAINAS CITIZEN

“Can it be the trees that fill the breeze with rare and magic perfume?

“Oh, no, it isn’t the trees, it’s love in bloom.”

Crooner Bing Crosby warbled his way to the top of the charts in the early 1930s with this over-the-top ditty, Love in Bloom, and looking at it’s opening lines, it’s easy to see why the Chemainus Theatre Festival’s latest play is called Jeeves in Bloom.

The play, an adaptation of P.G. Wodehouse’s famous Jeeves and Wooster stories, takes place in the country, too, but, again, it isn’t the trees that cause the ecstasy.

Love is almost overpoweringly in bloom for at least two of the characters of this winsome, witty and wonderful play and with Jeeves to unravel the tangled skein all the delighted audience has to do is sit back and enjoy the experience.

This is a one-set play with a small cast but although its premise may seem slightly limited nothing holds these excellent actors back from exploring every aspect of the comedy they are presenting.

Sure it’s Wodehouse and sure the lan-

guage is polished but it’s also downright hilarious. A slightly surprised audience found themselves laughing uproariously on several occasions, particularly at the physical antics of Bertie Wooster’s hapless chum, the newt-loving Augustus Fink-Nottle, played by Jesse Martyn.

Veteran actor Bernard Cuffling is in his element as the all-seeing, all-knowing and, thankfully, all-problem-solving Jeeves.

Warren Bain’s Wooster is a silly fellow with a remarkable sense of self-preservation, Ella Simon’s Madeline Basset lives and breathes Love in Bloom, Linda Goranson is the flustered society publisher Dahlia Travers to her fingers’ ends while Ian Farthing manages to assume the parts of Thomas Travers and the excitable French chef Anatole without ever tangling the reins.

Since Mark DuMez directed this little gem, it’s surely no surprise to anyone that this production moves smartly to its conclusion, incorporating a host of his signature touches.

The only problem with Jeeves in Bloom is that it’s only around for a short time. The show closes April 26. Get those tickets now by calling the box office at 1-800-565-7738.

Players tackle emotional subject matter in ‘Sisters’ LEXI BAINAS CITIZEN

A production of Wendy Lill’s powerful play, Sisters, to be presented this spring in the Cowichan Valley by the Neighbourhood Players, is aimed at widening the discussion about abuse at residential schools.

Director Mike Moroz said recently that he thinks it’s time to bring such emotional and Canadian-based subjects to the forefront.

“What I found was Sisters, which looks at a group of nuns who teach at a residential school,” he said.

“The play really begins with one of the nuns, who’s been a long-time teacher there, burning it to the ground. We then spend the rest of the play establishing why she would do that and those emotions are very powerful.”

Sisters is a fascinating look at how cultural institutions can create all sorts of pressures on people to conform and become things they never intended to be, according to Moroz.

It’s a play bound to strike chords in the audience.

There have been documentaries about people working in emotion-ridden situations, how they develop shells around themselves almost as a protection and react in ways they never expected. Moroz said these subjects come up in Sisters. “‘How did I become this thing? This isn’t what I wanted to be, this wasn’t what I intended and yet here I am with a lot to answer for,” he described.

“It’s not just for me about the nuns themselves, either. The piece is also about the rest of us, who knew what was going on, who knew what the institutions had as a purpose and who also did nothing. After all, the last residential school closed in our lifetime. There are lots of people still in Duncan who attended a residential school,” he said.

For the Neighbourhood Players, who last presented the grisly Blood Relations, about Lizzie Borden, this new show takes the group further along a special path.

The phrase “truth and reconciliation” has been in the news regarding the mistreatment of residential school students but the discussion needs to be broader, he said.

“The other thing that really intrigued me about the script of this play is the level of engagement in the discussion about truth and reconciliation — that engagement is primarily one-sided. The community as a whole also has to heal and so the discussion now needs to broaden out. It needs to become more engaging to the rest of the community as well. It’s powerful stuff.

We’re hoping that the script can provide that,” he said.

So far, it looks like the play will hit the boards in Cowichan at the end of April.

Firm dates are pending.

The cast of the play includes two young actors Moroz has worked with in the Cowichan Valley and five from the Victoria area.

There will be several shows in Victoria as well as in the Cowichan Valley.

Madeline Basset (Ella Simon) is thrilled to wring a proposal from Bertie Wooster (Warren Bain) but Jeeves (Bernard Cuffling) is already plotting how to extricate his employer. [LEXI BAINAS/CITIZEN]

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Sarah Willson, seen here with Marvin Thorgeirson of the Duncan branch of the Royal Canadian Legion, following the award presentation, read her essay at the event. [LEXI BAINAS/CITIZEN] He served his country as a member of the Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry. Do you recognize him? —TWP

Kelsey student wins regional honour

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LEXI BAINAS CITIZEN

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or years, I’ve made a ber of the Princess Patricia’s practice of selectively Canadian Light Infantry. rescuing old photographs, That, of course, could simply scrap books or other such permean that he’s a Canadian and sonal memorabilia from garage that he could be from anywhere sales, flea markets, antique in the country. What makes me shows and thrift stores. suspect that he’s a local man Particularly those of an is the piece of cardstock used obvious military theme as to mount his photo for framing CHRONICLES it strikes me that a man or (which is missing).

T.W. Paterson woman who has served his It’s cut down from a Bastion or her country in uniform Theatre poster promoting the deserves better than to be sold as a comOscar Wilde play, The Importance of modity to a stranger.

Being Earnest, and stars Alison MacLeod, Even when I’m that stranger.

Edwin Stephenson, Kim Horsman, Ian From time to time, I’ve been able to iden- Deakin, and Elisabeth Orion as Lady tify the people in the photos, and, rarely, Bracknell. been able to return them to rightful Written in hand is, “Cowichan Theatre, owners who claimed they’d gone astray Jan. 28 & 29. Adults $6.50, Students/OAP and really did matter to their families and $5.00. Tickets on Sale Now!” descendants.

The typography, paper stock and the It happens. Photos, scrap books get seat prices suggest the late 1970s or early thrown out by mistake, or given to thrift to mid-’80s to me. stores for sale for their frames or their If anyone has any information to offer collector’s value when someone dies. on this unknown soldier, I’d be pleased There are descendants who just don’t care to hear from you. You can phone me at to keep Granny’s “junk,” or who see dol250-748-5707 or, preferably, email me at lar signs in what had been another famfirgrove@telus.net. You can also use the ily member’s most personal and prized mail via the Citizen office address or possessions. even drop it off at the Citizen, on Jubilee Whatever the case, to the thrift store or Street. the flea market, they go. I’m not the only My easiest ID to date was that of a one who finds them intriguing and cares young WWI soldier posing with his parenough to give them a home, I know, as ents and his sister, or perhaps his girl the Times-Colonist will confirm. The Vicfriend, in the family orchard. The seller toria daily has begun a weekly series of said she thought it and related photos publishing old photos and postcards with were of a local family. what little information the contributor Indeed they were, as the late Bob Doucan provide, in the hopes that they’ll be gan confirmed. Thomas James Thompson identified by readers.

Jeffery of Cameron-Taggert Road, Cobble Sometimes it happens, and today I’m Hill was killed in action while serving giving Chronicles readers the opportunwith the 72nd Bn., less than two weeks ity to help me identify the soldier in the before Armistice. accompanying photograph in my collecwww.twpaterson.com tion. As is clearly visible, he was a mem-

Kelsey Secondary School student Sarah Willson’s essay on the meaning of Remembrance Day has earned her third place among thousands of entries from across the Royal Canadian Legion’s BC/Yukon command.

She received a special certificate and a cheque for $150 last Sunday at the Legion’s Duncan Branch #53, to the applause of her family and a large crowd of Legion members.

Youth committee chair Marvin Thor-

geirson said that Willson’s journey to the upper echelon has seen her enter her essay locally in the Valley last year, where she won first place, then duplicate that win at South Vancouver Island Zone and then go on to BC/Yukon level. There, she emerged in third place, he said.

Willson plans to attend the University of Victoria with the aim of earning a Fine Arts degree in creative writing.

Her essay called on everyone to think with respect of the families of fallen soldiers and try to relate their daily struggles with our own lives.

Popular comedian returning to Duncan LEXI BAINAS CITIZEN

Popular comedian Ron James is back at the Cowichan Theatre Sunday, May 11.

It seems like a long way off, but if you want good seats, it’s a good idea to get them now.

With six critically acclaimed one-hour comedy specials under his belt and a television series entering its fifth successful season, James is a Valley favourite.

He is back doing what he does best: delivering laughs face to face with his patented, take-no-prisoners style performance and brand new material.

Whether he’s launching blistering attacks on what he calls “the micro-managing Harpercons” who pinch pennies with one hand, while the other rewards gravy train riding senators with backroom cash grabs, or probing the plight of the harried Canadian Everyman, fighting for small victories in life’s daily struggle against forces that mess with his mojo, James pulls no punches.

Fans will enjoy topics as diverse as battles with Bell customer service, professional sports, visiting pandas, international conflict, trash TV, religion, sex, hope, hell

Ron James [SUBMITTED] and apocalyptic weather. James’s comedic perspective is guaranteed to lighten the load of your daily grind in what the Globe and Mail has called, “two hours of nonstop hilarity”.

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Reserved seating tickets are on sale now at $53 apiece.

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Cowichan falls in tight Jackson Cup final KEVIN ROTHBAUER CITIZEN

Prior to last Sunday’s Jackson Cup final, Cowichan FC coach Glen Martin had talked about how closely matched his team and Saanich Fusion were.

He was absolutely right.

The teams matched each other chance for chance for more than 105 minutes in the Vancouver Island senior men’s soccer championship game at Victoria’s Royal Athletic Park, and it wasn’t until the second overtime that Saanich was finally able to score, and Cowichan went down 1-0.

“It was too bad someone had to lose,” Martin said, speaking not just as a coach, but as someone who enjoyed watching the teams battle it out.

“It was actually kind of fun to be part of that game,” he said. “It was a pretty entertaining game. I was glad it didn’t have to go to penalty shots.”

Like his coach, Cowichan captain Jesse Winter wasn’t surprised that the teams were even for so long.

“They’re always close games [with Saanich],” he said. “Today was their day, but we’ll have ours again.”

After an early barrage by Saanich, Cowichan had the bulk of the scoring chances once things settled down. Despite getting shots from in close, Cowichan lofted a few shots over the net, and hit three crossbars in the game: two

by Steve Scott and one by Dan Cato.

Cowichan FC’s Steve Scott slips between a pair of Saanich Fusion defenders during last Sunday’s Jackson Cup final at Royal Athletic Park, a 1-0 double-overtime win for Saanich. Visit www.cowichanvalleycitizen.com for more photos from the big game. [KEVIN ROTHBAUER/CITIZEN] It was immediately after one of those crossbar shots that Saanich’s Paddy Nelson — the top scorer in Div. 1 during the regular season — carried the ball down

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the field, got behind the Cowichan defence and beat goalie Bob Stankov as he stepped out to challenge. Cowichan still had chances to score once Saanich broke the

deadlock, but couldn’t capitalize.

Martin had no feelings of disappointment after the game.

Everyone on the roster got into the game, thanks in part to the

two overtimes, and everyone who played contributed.

“I was proud of how the guys played,” he said. “They played their hearts out. They left everything out there.”

Martin dubbed Scott his team’s “man of the match.”

“He had his best game,” the coach said. “He had five chances to score. He was a handful; he was more of a headache for them than Paddy Nelson was for us. He was too big and too strong.”

Stankov made his share of brilliant saves as both teams kept the opposing keepers occupied — Saanich’s Josh Menzies was named game MVP, and Stankov would have received serious consideration had Cowichan won.

Stankov, who came out of retirement after seven years away from Div. 1 to play in Cowichan’s cup run, set the tone early with a pair of big stops.

“It’s the dream of any goalkeeper to start a Cup final with two big saves like that,” he said.

Knowing they still have the Provincial Cup championship to play for, the Cowichan players were quick to shake off any disappointment from Sunday’s defeat.

“You always want to win, but you can’t be too down on yourself,” Winter said. “This is important, but it’s not everything.”

The draw for the provincial tournament was held on Monday evening. In the first round,Cowichan face will West Coast FC Selects, the fourth seed from the Fraser Valley on the road on April 12.

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Over two busy days last week, Cowichan Secondary’s boys rugby program earned five wins in five games.

Last Thursday, Brock Gowanlock and Ethan Burke scored tries and Kyle Joe kicked a conversion as Cowichan came from behind to defeat Brentwood’s second XV 12-10.

Brentwood took the lead early on by exploiting Cowichan’s defensive lapses, and led 10-0 at halftime. Cowichan found the gaps in Brentwood’s game in the second half, however and took advantage of their scoring opportunities.

On Friday, Cowichan hosted Salmon Arm Secondary for a series of sevens contests, with the Cowichan boys earning the sweep.

Cowichan won 22-0 and 10-8 in two development games. Amish Dobson scored three times in the first game, Cam Modeste scored once, and Joe slotted a conversion. Dobson and Chase Gunderson had tries in the second game.

The Thunderbirds also dominated

Chase Gunderson explodes past a pair of tacklers last Thursday. [KEVIN ROTHBAUER/CITIZEN] the seniors games, winning 25-0 and 32-7. Gowanlock, Brandon St. Clair, Josh Jones, Alucious Gray and Mike Hubscher had tries in the opener. Gray scored two more in the second game, with Burke, Nathan Yu, Raul CorpasNavas and Seth Davis also scoring, and

Jones kicking a conversion.

The T-Birds will host Nanaimo District Secondary for a senior XV battle this Thursday at 3 p.m., and on Friday will try to defend their championship at the Westhills Sevens tournament in Langford.

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’Dogs off to strong start with football jamboree KEVIN ROTHBAUER CITIZEN

Karl Mattison battles through the Alberni line during the Frances Kelsey Breakers’ loss to the Alberni Armada last Thursday. [KEVIN ROTHBAUER/CITIZEN]

Win over Brentwood an early highlight for Kelsey rugby KEVIN ROTHBAUER CITIZEN

An historic win over Brentwood College and a close loss to Alberni District have Frances Kelsey Secondary’s senior boys rugby team off to an excellent start in the young season.

Tenth-grader Karl Mattison led Kelsey with four tries in their league opener just before spring break, a 29-15 win that marked Kelsey’s first victory over Brentwood in the school’s history.

“We were fully shocked to have won this game, but the boys have been working extremely hard in terms of making concerted effort to be more prepared this season, and I think it is beginning to pay off already,” assistant coach Tom Fogarty said.

In addition to Mattison at No. 8, the Breakers also got an impressive performance from Jed Leech at outside centre.

Kelsey returned to the pitch last Thursday with a 34-22 loss to Alberni. The young and fast Breakers, with no fewer than seven junior players suiting up, had their hands full with the big and powerful Alberni side in the early going, and the Armada jumped out to a 19-0 lead. The Kelsey players eventually found cracks in the armour, and

Taylor Martin and Masaru Evans scored second-half tries to narrow the gap, but the game came to an end just as Kelsey was gaining momentum.

“I thought that we had a bad start, but I liked the way we kept battling away and eventually started to make some nice hits and expose their weaknesses towards the end,” Fogarty said. “We simply ran out of time. That’s a very promising sign, and we will benefit tremendously from this game in terms of learning and developing our strengths and abilities as a squad.”

Fogarty and head coach Craig Schmidt see things improving for the team from here.

“We have been very impressed with the commitment and determination that this team has displayed so far this season, and we are very excited to be working with such a great group of lads,” he said. “I have to say that Craig has simply been amazing in terms of his dedication to coaching these young men in becoming solid rugby players, and we are very lucky as a school to have such a talented person helping to drive this program forward.

“At this stage I can only see the team getting stronger and more competitive as they get more experience under their belts.”

A week after holding their spring camp with BC Lions all-star Adam Bighill, the Cowichan Bulldogs hit the field last weekend for a preview of the upcoming spring football season with a jamboree hosted by the Greater Victoria Minor Football Association at Bullen Park in Esquimalt.

The teams all had a chance to see what their opponents will look like this year by playing 20-minute half-field mini games against their division rivals.

The atom Bulldogs showed that they will be a force to be reckoned with this season, getting huge open-field tackles on defence from rookie Caden Gendall and veteran Cyrus Upshaw, while linemen Parker Sparks and Hunter Williams shut down anything that tried to get through.

The Bulldogs offensive line was not going to be outdone and made big blocks to open holes for experienced running backs Brock Lamont and Jack Napier-Ganley who both scored touchdowns. Quarterback Aiden Lawrence connected with new receiver Cole Russell for a touchdown in the third game.

“It was great to see the kids using what they have learned in practice and applying it on the field,” atom head coach Devon Lawrence said. “The jamboree not only gave the team their first game experience, but it also lets the coaches see where we need to make some adjustments in both positions and plays.”

The pre-atom Bulldogs also got great results from some of their rookies. Thoran Koyote, Spencer Young, Ethan Bell and Rylan Ross all ran for touchdowns as they played their first games on the weekend.

Jaxson Jones made his debut at quarterback, and also scrambled for a major.

“Once the players got over their first game jitters, the train started to roll,” preatom head coach Ted Harris said.

Veteran offensive linemen Andre Lauzon, Eston Canning and Jayden Strzok and rookies Matthew Beauregard and Ryan Creally pounded holes into the opposing defences to let the ball-carriers through.

On defence, Nico Harris, Josh Reid and Kaylum Billings led the way, while Sawyer Ellison, Parker Lawrence, Dillan Sterling and Jacob Bilina made big open-field tackles.

“It was great experience for the new players and a chance for everyone to put all the skills they have learned so far to the test,” Coach Harris said. “We have a big and talented team this year, with a ton of speed.

“My boys have really gained a lot of confidence in themselves and each other after this weekend’s jamboree. I was extremely happy with all my players’ performances.”

The pre-atom, atom and pee wee Bulldogs will all start the regular season at Windsor Park in Victoria this Sunday against the Gordon Head Raiders.

For more information about the club, visit cowichanfootball.com

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