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Crichton given conditional sentence in sex assaults KEVIN ROTHBAUER CITIZEN
Former Cowichan Valley physiotherapist Campbell Ernest Crichton was handed a two-year conditional sentence on April 17, nearly five months after he was convicted of five counts of sexual assault. Crichton’s sentence of two years less a day will require him to abide by a curfew, confining him to his Mill Bay home between 7 p.m. and 7 a.m. for the first year, and 10 p.m. to 7 a.m. for the second year. He also has a 10-year firearm prohibition and must pay a victim surcharge of $100 for each count, along with a two-year probation order with several conditions. Crichton practiced physiotherapy in the Valley between 1992 and 2011. The assaults were first reported in March of 2011, after which dozens of women came forward with accusations. He was initially charged with 22 counts of sexual assault when his trial began in June.
A crash between a car and a truck at the intersection of Bench Road and the Trans Canada Highway claimed one life on Friday. [ANDREA RONDEAU/CITIZEN]
Crash kills Cobble Hill woman KEVIN ROTHBAUER CITIZEN
A 78-year-old Cobble Hill woman died last Friday afternoon as a result of injuries she suffered in a traffic collision earlier that day. Roberta Louise Calverley was the passenger in a 2003 Hyundai Accent driven by her 57-year-old
daughter, also from Cobble Hill. The car was travelling north on the Trans-Canada Highway when it struck a 1994 Mazda pickup truck at the intersection with Bench Road. As the Hyundai entered the intersection, it was unable to avoid the pickup, which was
attempting to turn left onto Bench Road from the southbound lane of the highway, and the 64year-old Duncan man driving the truck was unable to get out of the way. The driver and passenger in the car and the driver of the truck were all taken to Cowichan Dis-
trict Hospital for treatment, where Calverley died later in the day. Both vehicles were damaged beyond repair. The B.C. Coroner’s Service, South Island Traffic Services and the North Cowichan/Duncan RCMP continue to investigate the crash.
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Nepal: Marshall fears for children KEVIN ROTHBAUER CITIZEN
Susan Marshall isn’t sure if she returned home from her semiannual trip Nepal just in time or too soon. Marshall, who founded the Nepal Education Fund in 2004, got back to Duncan earlier this month, not long before a disastrous magnitude-7.8 earthquake struck the Himalayan nation on April 25. Being home means she is safe and can support relief efforts from here, but if she was in Nepal, she could be more involved. “I just got back a week or so ago,” Marshall said on Monday night. “I guess it was a good thing, but I just think I should be there.” Marshall has been on her computer nearly constantly since the earthquake, trying to stay in touch with her friends and employees in Nepal, and coordinating fundraising efforts here.
“We’re raising money, which is great,” Marshall said. “I managed to get some money there today, but the banks [in Nepal] aren’t open yet.” Marshall first visited Nepal in 2001 when she went trekking with her daughter. “We were blown away by the poverty,” she recalled. She immediately started helping a village school. Not long after her daughter adopted a Nepali girl in 2004, Marshall started the NEF, and now, with the help of donors from around the world, she assists about 160 children in Nepal’s two largest cities, Kathmandu and Pokhara, and surrounding villages. At least two children sponsored by NEF lost their homes, Marshall said. She and her employees have virtually no idea what has happened to the children in Kathmandu, a city of nearly one mil-
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Two Lower Mainland residents are facing drug- and weapon-related charges after unsuccessfully trying to evade a South Island Traffic Services RCMP officer near Chemainus earlier this month. The evening of April 16 started out as a typical one for the SITS officer, who was conducting speed enforcement on the Trans-Canada Highway through Chemainus. He spotted a U-Haul rental van speeding toward his location and turned on his siren, intending to pull the van over, but it wasn’t that easy. “He could not have predicted the actions of the driver,” North Cowichan/Duncan RCMP spokesperson Cpl. Krista Hobday said. The van attempted to get away by crossing the median at Henry Road and driving south in the northbound lanes of the highway. The officer determined that it wasn’t safe to pursue the van, while other northbound vehicles had to take action to get out of the way. Eventually, the van took a side street, hoping the officer had gone away. The road turned out to be a dead end, and they were cornered. Once they were stopped, the two individuals in the van were found with a large amount of marijuana and other drugs, as well as stolen property, break-in tools, and a prohibited weapon with ammunition. Stephanie Joan McMillan, a 25-year-old Surrey resident, and Parker Allan Adams, a 24-yearold from New Westminster, made their first appearance before a judge on April 20, and were released from custody until their next court date.
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CEREMONY REMEMBERS FALLEN WORKERS Brian Butler, president of Local 1-1937 of the United Steelworkers Union tells a crowd at Lake Cowichan’s Forestworkers Memorial Park that workplace incidents are still killing workers across the country. He was one of several speakers who addressed the subject during the Cowichan Valley’sl Day of Mourning ceremony held annually at the atmospheric park. [LEXI BAINAS/CITIZEN]
Trustees slash budgets for clerical, maintenance LEXI BAINAS CITIZEN
The Cowichan Valley Board of Education is working its way steadily towards approval of a budget totaling $81,964,033 for the 2015/16 school year. It took trustees some time to reach that figure, though, as they made some tough decisions at their April 15 education and business committee meeting. First off, they decided not to cut $209,651 from the education assistant allocation and then followed that by recommending that the student/educator ratio be set at 17.3. According to district figures, they are looking at 7,371 full-time equivalent school age students and 76 adult students, down a little from this year. They also looked at the merit of reducing school-based clerical time based on declining enrolment and asked for a review of
the staffing formula before deciding to follow a recommendation to cut $132,000 from the amount of money from that clerical budget. When the annual headache of considering the budget for maintenance for school district properties came up for discussion, the board decided to reduce the district’s United Steelworkers staff allocation by $188,500. Another perennially tough topic for trustees has been transportation costs and this year the board voted to keep the bus fees at the same rate for 2015/16 but plan to increase them by 10 per cent for the 2016/17 school year. After a discussion about providing flu shots to employees to promote wellness, the board reduced the employee wellness/absenteeism section of the budget by $208,000. Trustees also reduced district resources to the tune of $100,000 and cut the technology plan
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Quake: a matter of time before it’s our turn he stories coming out of Nepal since the catastrophic earthquake hit the small nation on Saturday have hit home for some Cowichan Valley folks and should really hit home for us all. For Cowichan’s well-known filmmaker Nick Versteeg it was a chillingly near-miss, as he was in Nepal at the time of the quake, and had missed by mere days being at the Mt. Everest base camp at the time of the deadly quake-triggered avalanche. Duncan’s Susan Marshall, who runs a charity in the country to help educate impoverished chil-
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dren, had just left Nepal about a week before the quake hit. With over 5,000 now confirmed dead at the time of this writing, and the death toll climbing by the hour, the good fortune of Marshall and Versteeg is something to be celebrated, while we mourn for those who were not so lucky. Versteeg, still stranded in Nepal and trying to make his was to the devastated capital Kathmandu, is not totally out of the woods yet as aftershocks continue to rock the nation. Our thoughts are with him. But for those who don’t really
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know Marshall and Versteeg, and those who’ve never been to Nepal and have no intention of ever doing so, the natural disaster and tragedy can seem like a distant thing. But here in B.C. news of a serious earthquake should make us all consider our own situations. We’ve been told for years by scientists that it’s only a matter of time before it is our turn. We will be hit by the big one, it’s just a question of when. We live and work and play on a major fault line where the consequences of the movements of two tectonic plates sliding
against each other play out as the ground shaking beneath our feet. We’re also at the mercy of potential tsunamis that can be kicked up by a quake. Our infrastructure is infinitely better and safer than that in Nepal, but Mother Nature’s power is infinitely more destructive still than our best efforts. Are we prepared for the emergency when it inevitably happens? We must make sure that we have a plan, both personally, and as communities, and we must make sure we know what those plans are. This is a wake up call.
where many lives and careers were ruined by just a rumour. Are we turning what should be called a criminal act into a terrorist attack? I’m not condoning crime, the outcome in lives lost is the same, but the cause is different and the solution is different. The killing of 14 women in the Montreal massacre in 1989 was a crime — the women were killed because they were women. If our young people are being seduced by these terrorist groups we need to find out why! Are their lives so meaningless that they will join these groups? This is where our attention and money should be.
Re: Letter to the editor “Terrorism just the Conservative distraction” The letter writer thinks we shouldn’t be in and can’t win what I assume is a war against ISIS. I do not think the person understands just how high the stakes are. Why the assumption we can’t win? Does the writer understand that thousands of women and girls as young as five are being abused daily, sold in slave markets to ISIS fighters? That any gay people the ISIS fighters find are murdered just for being gay? The women and girls did nothing to deserve being raped repeatedly. Their male relatives did nothing to deserve death. Explain, please, why are we NOT morally obligated to put a stop to mass murder, rape, and slavery? If the letter writer thinks that ignoring ISIS will make ISIS spare Canada, the writer is dead wrong, not to mention thinking very selfishly. Just recently an ISIS fighter in France was caught before he could attack a Paris church with AK-47s. This WILL show up on our doorstep if we do nothing. Maybe the letter writer’s charities should do something about it? Also, I don’t recall David Suzuki being punished in any way by anyone, let alone government. I do remember, however, how David Suzuki called for people who disagreed with him on climate change to be thrown in jail.
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Shrine at Mr. Everest for the lost lives in Nepal earthquake Bill C-51 not about making us safe Bill C-51 is not going to make us safe. Nothing that takes away any of our freedoms will ever make us safe. To say that the government is not going to prevent lawful protests does not reassure me. Who will decide what is a lawful or unlawful protest? The past couple of months we have been bombarded in the newspapers by the court case of the couple who were going to set a home made bomb off at the Legislature. Over $1 million has been spent on investigating and trying this couple. Any mental health worker would have recognized them as a dysfunctional couple needing help from a
mental health facility and intervened. People like this may not be a daily occurrence to mental health workers but they are not unknown. A mental health worker would intervene and the person would be admitted to a proper facility. Perhaps we have cut back so much on mental health facilities that they weren’t available? Or is this case being used to frighten people into thinking we have terrorists around every corner? I hope people see it as it is — a charade. Terrorists and terrorism do exist and we do have to do what we can to prevent terrorist activities but there has to be a balance in safety and freedom or we will end up in a police state. Some of us will remember McCarthyism,
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Bad deals nothing to do with Harper Conservatives Once again a left wing supporter has engaged in half truths and insinuations to try to make the Conservative government look bad. A careful check of the facts would have probably stopped Rick Faulkner from even writing such a letter. But such was not the case. In his letter he points to the purchase of British submarines, the F-35 fighter jets, lawsuits from NAFTA, the selling of GM shares and the fact that the budget has not been balanced for seven years as evidence of poor fiscal management. So let’s look at the facts. The submarines were bought by the Liberal government of Jean Chretien in 1998. Nothing to do with the Conservatives! The purchase of F-35 fighter jets was begun in 2002 under the Liberals again. Conservative governments have been dealing with the fallout of this since trying to get the best deal they can for Canadian manufacturers and our airmen. Any lawsuits that have occurred from NAFTA come as the result of the agreement signed with the U.S. and Mexico under the Progressive Conservative government of Brian Mulroney. Nothing to do with the Harper Conservatives! The selling of the General Motors shares
Dam solution for water woes More Canadians are becoming aware of the importance of fresh water. There is growing concern about the four years of continuing drought in California with fear of a megadrought developing. It is not only Californians who are concerned but also we who depend on fruits and vegetables grow in that state. Canada is rich in fresh water. It has 20 per cent of the global fresh water resources. However, there is a growing demand to export our water and an accompanying fear of the long-term implications of this exporting. Once bulk water exports are authorized, it will be difficult to reduce this volume of water exports to meet increasing Canadian needs. In the Cowichan Valley, managing the water in the Lake Cowichan watershed for the next 100 years is an increasingly
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was the profitable end of the investment that the Conservative government made in GM’s Canadian operations to save thousands of jobs during the huge recession of 2008. Selling them when the Canadian dollar is low has provided a return of $3.4 billion dollars back into the Canadian economy as the government reinvests in infrastructure, health and welfare of Canadians. Hardly evidence of poor fiscal management! And now the fact remains that the recent budget of the government shows that the budget is balanced and the deficit is eliminated. In uncharacteristic Conservative fashion, the government had to borrow billions of dollars during the recession of 2008 to jumpstart the economy. With good fiscal management they have paid that back and more. Now they are providing Canadians with more tax breaks and incentives than any government in our history. I say good on them and yes I agree, we are lucky to have the government we do. So do all kinds of international economists who agree that Canada came out of that recession better than any other country in the world. I am very thankful to be a Canadian and to live in this vibrant country.
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important requirement. Consideration is now being given to raising the weir at Lake Cowichan by 29 cm to meet the minimum current summer requirements I suggest that this need to store more water in Lake Cowichan be used to study the local water system, including the Lake Cowichan watershed. This would involve a review of the range of water generating capacities of the watershed (dependent on the amount of snow and rain) and the costing of various height options for increasing the level of the weir at Lake Cowichan. Now is the time to go for the solution of a dam rather than tinkering with raising the level of the weir. It is time that a formal study be initiated to develop and manage the Lake Cowichan watershed for the long term. Gerry Masuda Duncan
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Our health care system in Cowichan is in crisis When I first read the March 20 “Canada’s health care system under threat” article, I was ecstatic that FINALLY the dire health care situation was printed in our local paper for all our community to read and learn from. Over a month since it was printed and I cannot find any comments with regards to the article and honestly, I am appalled and disappointed. I LOVE nursing and it saddens me to think I may need to find another job. I am a hard-working, caring RN, just like all the other hard working, awesome nurses at CDH, fighting for you, our community. But our stamina, our drive, our daily FIGHT to keep you and ourselves safe (because nurses still are wives/ husbands, mothers/fathers, who need to be there for our own families) is growing harder day by day. Why, you ask? In 2010 the number of seniors age 75-plus in Cowichan was approximately 6,914. The forecast at that time was a 30 per cent increase by 2016. Our hospital is already bursting at the seams. Cowichan Valley does not have enough nursing home facilities to accommodate our fast-expanding seniors community. Nor do we have enough mental health and addiction facilities to accommodate our young, middle-aged and seniors. We don’t have a 24 hour palliative care response team, we don’t even have a palliative care unit in our Valley. We don’t have enough community nurs-
ing available…NOT because we don’t have enough nurses — we have an abundance of unemployed nurses — Island Health are just not producing any positions. We (Cowichan District Hospital) now get FINED if an admitted patient is not out of Emergency within 10 hours. That means someone may be discharged early or rooms are opened while trying to find nurses to man the beds we don’t have… all for the premature discharges to come back into Emergency a day or two later and for the cycle to continue. Not to mention housecleaning and kitchen — substantial cuts made there already. As stated in the above-mentioned article; “The Harper government will start a $36 billion cut in payments of the Canada Heath Transfer [CHT] starting in 2017 for 10 years in addition to the elimination of the equalization of the CHT which effectively reduces transfers by another $16.5 billion.” We have aggressive/agitated/angry dementia patients sharing rooms with palliative patients, cancer patients, addict patients detoxing, mental health patients with medical issues, infectious respiratory patients, and homeless patients with too many issues to be housed anywhere, staying in acute medical wards months shy of a year…the list goes on. We also, thanks to CDMR/ Island Health, have twice the amount of work in a steadily increasingly unsafe work environment, with less hands to help, because our govern-
ment sees public health care as an unimportant issue. We have old beds that don’t work, toilet doors that open out into the hallway, missing parts on overhead BP cuffs, light fixtures that need replacing or fixing, holes in linen, not enough linen, our windows let cold air in all year round, we run out of urinals and bedpans, TWO SHOWERS for 40 patients etc. Our job comes with morally distressing events that occur every day that we are unable to actively change in a timely fashion because our verbal/written complaints, our professional responsibility forms, our rallies, our persistent voices are ignored, time and time again. Nurses are retiring early, seeking new ventures with less stress and demand on our mental and physical well-being. My community has no idea that front line nurses care for your family member like one of our own. It is not unusual for a nurse to finish their exhausting 12 hour shift only to go home and think about their patients and what more can be done for them, while our own families suffer from our burnout. We cannot win this fight alone. We need you to care for your health, your grandparents’, your children’s, aunt, uncle, friends’, neighbours’, AND, your nurses’ health. We are ALL part of this beautiful Cowichan Valley community, please, let’s help each other out when it is overwhelming to do so alone. Abi Nielsen Shawnighan Lake
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Which MLAs have courage to speak up for the citizens? In any other part of the world, a single entity threatening the water supply of many would be listed as terrorism. Yet, in Shawningan Lake, a community of 8,000, there is a plan to situate a five million tonne toxic soil dump approximately one kilometre away, 100 feet above, beside a feeder creek to the lake, in an earthquakeprone area. This lake is the only drinking water source for the entire area. The soil is to be dumped in a hole that will have an engineered plastic liner that has no longevity record beyond approximately 35 years. The toxic soil on the other hand will not break down for hundreds of years. Residents can be forgiven if they feel under threat from the Ministry of the Environmentapproved “toxic soil in a baggy” solution to their safety. Consider that any breach, even closely monitored, would still
Better put aside a few more billion Tuesday’s federal budget added another $99.6 million to clean up contaminated sites, which are already slated to cost Canadian taxpayers almost $7 billion in clean up costs, according to the Parliamentary Budget Office. Some of these funds could be used to move contaminated soil from Esquimalt Harbour to B.C.’s proposed new toxic soil treatment site above Shawnigan Lake. Shawnigan is a provincially designated community drinking water source for 12,000 local residents.
Freeway never improves a neighbourhood John Robertson would have us believe that a bypass is too big a sacrifice to make but destroying Duncan with a cloverleaf is not. I can’t think of one instance where a neighbourhood has been improved with the addition of a freeway, for that, in reality, is what Mr. Robertson is proposing.
allow toxic runoff into the lake before authorities could react and it would take less than 15 minutes for the pollution to reach the lake. This brings to mind other “engineered solutions” such as Mt. Polley, the Love Canal, or the Titanic. Shawnigan residents accept that no solution is perfect but, taking highly unwise gambles, when other more sensible solutions exist, is an “idiot’s game”. Allowing a toxic soil dump in a drinking watershed is a precedent-setting action that threatens all of B.C. MLAs are in a position to oppose this incredibly risky and dangerous project. The people of Shawnigan Lake, and all of British Columbia, are relying on all MLAs to insist on a much more sensible and safe solution to this problem. A petition will be presented to the Legislature on May 13. We will see, at that time, which MLAs have the courage to speak up for the safety of our citizens. Al Brunet Shawnigan Lake
The proposed new contaminated site will supposedly protect ground and surface water with a synthetic liner, rated to last 35 years. The government better budget another billion for the inevitable future costs to clean up the current “clean up”, plus legal costs for the argument about which level of government is responsible. Billions more may be needed for future health care costs resulting from the release of carcinogens into a community drinking water source. Blaise Salmon Mill Bay
If it were built, the demands of the growing population of Vancouver Island would make the “improvements” obsolete and a bypass would have to be built anyway, leaving behind an even more divided town than it is and that is a sacrifice the citizens of Duncan shouldn’t have to make. James Watt Duncan
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Group Connects the Blue Dots with Kinsol event LEXI BAINAS CITIZEN
An enthusiastic group of walkers and runners gathered in Shawnigan Lake Sunday, April 19 to join David Suzuki’s coast-to-coast Blue Dot Movement by making their way to the Kinsol Trestle. Connect the Blue Dots is a national day of action to celebrate, in some noticeable way, the growing number of Canadians who believe in the right to live in a healthy environment. So, they came, they learned more about the possible threat to Shawnigan Lake’s watershed, and then they jogged, rode and walked to the area’s wonder of the world: the restored Kinsol Trestle, which served as a special reminder of what can be achieved by a hard-working, dedicated group.
A few participants in the Blue Dot event take the opportunity to enjoy a five-kilometre run that includes a trot across the scenic Kinsol Trestle on Sunday morning, April 19. [PHOTOS BY LEXI BAINAS/CITIZEN]
Walking was the preferred mode of taking part in the Shawnigan Lake celebration as it allows the little ones to join in.
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Crown prosecutor Leah Fontaine and KEVIN ROTHBAUER CITIZEN defence counsel Michelle Daneliuk had The Shawnigan Lake RCMP are hoping agreed on acquittals for most of the counts to track down witnesses who assisted a due to insufficient evidence. woman after she fell out of a vehicle in Largely similar from complainant to the Mill Bay area earlier this month. complainant, the charges against Crichton The incident took place on Friday, April typically involved him rubbing his clothed 17, between 5:30 and 6:30 p.m. genitals on patients during treatment, and Anyone with information about the touching patients inappropriately. The trial incident is asked to contact the Shawniwas beset by legal issues, largely based on gan Lake RCMP at 250-743-5514 and referinsufficient evidence due to records not ence file number 2015-992. being preserved, either by Crichton himself or agencies like the Insurance Corporation of B.C. The North Cowichan/Duncan RCMP expressed their gratitude to the more than 40 women who came to the police with reports and were willing to participate in the judicial process. “We know it was very difficult for them,” Cpl. Krista Hobday said. “We believe there were many more that chose to resolve the crimes against them in a private manner and those that we will never know about. We encourage every victim See our webpage for details: of a criminal offence to report the socialplanningcowichan.org/affordable-housing incident to the police and if not or contact Joy at: joy.cowichanhousing@gmail.com the police then to someone; help Deadline for your submission is May 22, 2015 comes in many guises.”
CALLING ALL ARTISTS AND HOUSING ACTIVISTS! The newly incorporated Cowichan Housing Association invites you to design a logo for this new organization
Young cyclists find room on the trestle, too.
They’re celebrating with a Kinsol walk.
Calling all Former International Woodworkers of America Members “Together we support our history”
The Kaatza Historical Society (Kaatza Station Museum & Archives, Lake Cowichan, BC) is honoured to be the recipient of the BC and National collection of the IWA archives in recognition of the historic role our community has played. To house this significant collection we are embarking on a fundraising campaign to build an addition to our museum. Can we count on you for support? The IWA began in the Cowichan Lake area in the 1930’s. Through diligence and hard work they started the process of negotiating for fair wages and safe work practices for each and every member of the brotherhood. We have the IWA to thank for raising the standard of living in our logging community. We are asking all former IWA members, families, other Union members and members of the community to join our cause and chip in for some local history! You can be a part of this exciting time by simply making a donation of $10 (or more) to our campaign. Should you wish to make a larger gift please check our website for levels of Patronage. www.kaatzamuseum.com To assist us in our goal of raising $150,000 for the IWA Archives, the United Steelworkers of BC have already made a significant donation to get our campaign underway. We would greatly appreciate any support from all sectors of the Cowichan Valley. Your tax deductible donation can be delivered to the Kaatza Station Museum 125 South Shore Road, adjacent to Saywell Park or mailed to: Kaatza Historical Society PO Box 135 Lake Cowichan BC V0R 2G0 Museum Phone: Museum email: Facebook:
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Thank you for your generosity in supporting our history in Cowichan Lake. Pat Foster Kaatza Historical Society President
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Jim Kerrone began working in the woods at the age of 12
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ou can find real treasure in old newspapers. In this case, it’s an undated issue of The Daily Colonist and an article by its Duncan correspondent, the late Klaus CHRONICLES Muenter. T.W. Paterson Headlined, “Tiny bundle of joy just stayed alive: Memories of good old logging days,” it’s about James Alexander Kerrone. That’s a family name wellknown to anyone who’s familiar with Cowichan Valley logging lore. Jim Kerrone’s story began in Nanaimo with a difficult birth — one so touch-andgo that it was feared he’d never make it even to the cradle. As Muenter explained: “A Catholic priest was...summoned that at least he would die a Christian, and then the tiny bundle of joy was wrapped in cotton and soaked in olive oil, placed in a shoebox and put in a kitchen stove to keep warm...” That Jim Kerrone was around to tell the tale 69 years later speaks of the success of the home-remedy for a birth so premature that he had neither finger nor toe nails and weighed just two and a-half pounds. As it happened, his mother died just five months later, his coal miner father five years later, leaving 11 children of which he was the youngest. It was a brother who assured him that God had seen him through his difficult birth for some good purpose, a belief that Kerrone carried with him through the rest of his life. In fact, he was firmly convinced that logging saved his life: “Logging made a man of me when others were still boys and logging was good to me.” The loggers of old, he explained, were rough and tough on the outside but goodhearted: “They worked hard, slept hard and loved hard but most of them had beautiful souls.” He began work in the woods at age 12 as a whistle punk at a logging show near Westholme. He appears to have been somewhat precocious if we judge from an exasperated Rivers Inlet logger who demanded to know, “What bloody [juvenile] home did this kid break away from?” Luckily for Kerrone, foreman Charlie Walker, a giant Swede with hands the size of coffee pots and a heart to match, took him under his wing: “I would have been
“I would have been an outlaw if I hadn’t met Charlie Walker, who kept his promise to make a man out of me.” JIM KERRONE, logger
an outlaw if I hadn’t met Charlie Walker, who kept his promise to make a man out of me.” As he’d had little formal schooling, Walker saw to it that he began studying, even during lunch breaks on the job. For all of Walker’s paternal oversight, however, Kerrone tired after seven months of working seven days a week and was ready to walk away. But Walker had different ideas, telling him he could leave when he, Walker, said he could leave, and not before. Half a century later, he said with a chuckle, “I still would be there [in Rivers Inlet] if we had not run out of timber.” As it was, they moved to Vancouver where each went his own way; Walker, to Kerrone’s regret, eventually dying in poverty in the U.S. But Kerrone never forgot the big Swede’s kindness and in turn made a point of mentoring those youngsters who followed his own career in the woods. By the time he became superintendent for the Kapoor Logging Co. in the Shawnigan and Port Renfrew region, the former whistle punk had tried his hand at every aspect of the logging trade, including the ultimate, and highly dangerous, skill of high-rigger. That’s the man who climbed and topped a giant spar tree with only spurs, belt and hand-axe. Even today, legends abound of high-riggers who stood upright — even danced! — atop a swaying and snubbed tree while more than a hundred feet from the ground. Among them, Jim Kerrone. As fulfilling a career as logging had been for him, he noted that the industry had come a long, long way from the time when loggers “lived worse than animals” in tents and shacks and when casualties were high because human life had little value. It was these types of working conditions that ultimately led to the formation of unions and improved working conditions and wages, he said. At the time of his interview, Jim Kerrone had his own logging show — in his basement. Described as a “miniature yarding site including a tall spar and a row of small huts,” it and numerous newspaper OHNS clippings on the walls served as vivid reminders of his days in OUTHWARD the woods when, as just a boy in LAZIER short pants and long stockings, he was taken in hand by the bluff ALTON and good-hearted Charlie Walker. By the time of his interview ARGETTS with Muenter, a father and Bob Carfra grandfather several times over, Barristers • ICBC CLAIMS he could say: “I’m lucky. I’ve got Solicitors • PERSONAL INJURY good neighbours, family, kids, • DISABILITY CLAIMS grandchildren. What more do Notaries you want?” • Over 36 years experience Public He wouldn’t, he said, trade his • 1st office visit is free life for all of industry baron H.R. Mediation Macmillan’s timber. 151 Fourth Street Duncan, BC V9L 5J8 Services
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The A+ Project, this year’s Duncan Christian School musical, hits the big stage at the Cowichan Performing Arts Centre Friday and Saturday, May 1-2 at 7 p.m. both nights. You won’t want to miss what the school’s students have up their sleeves this year in this show written by Sheri Atsma and directed by Greg Hollett. Come and find out what happens as these students are forced to look beyond their own needs. Will they have what it takes to courageously step out and make the kind of adjustments that change lives? Tickets are $20 for adults, $14 for students and seniors and $5 for children with pre-schoolers admitted free with an adult. Get them at the Cowichan Ticket Centre by calling 250-748-7529
The Cowichan Valley Arts Council’s annual show and sale hits the Island Savings Centre in Duncan from April 29 to May 3. Following yesterday’s official opening, the show offers art lovers of all kinds the chance to check out the many wonderful selections from the Valley’s huge list of creative talents. The show is being mounted at the Portals gallery and the adjoining Cowichan Suite and is open from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. April 29 to May 1, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. May 2 and from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on closing day, May 3. The entry fee for visitors is $5 each and as always CVAC is offering a People’s Choice award so be sure to pick up your ballot and make your choice. There are two prize packages valued at more than $1,800 apiece being raffled off this year as well, so you have two chances to win on each ticket you buy.
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This spring five local women celebrate 50 years in Beta Sigma Phi. Theirs has been a journey of life, learning and friendship in the organization. The Cowichan Valley is home to nine chapters of Beta Sigma Phi sorority with members from Lake Cowichan to Mill Bay, and as far north as Nanaimo. Recently we had the pleasure to host a celebratory tea in honour of these five women who have been instrumental in maintaining the presence of our group in the Valley. Eileen Curtis, Mary Fitzgerald, Wendy Keserich, Alice Pearson and Pat Woike have participated in all aspects of their chapter’s operation, taking executive positions on a regular basis. Unfortunately Pat was unable to attend the tea but she was honoured nevertheless. The Duncan Guide Hall on Cairnsmore Street was the location of the tea on March 1, which was attended by approximately 60 guests. Hats and gloves were optional! We all enjoyed a lovely array of sandwiches, squares and other goodies served along with tea and coffee in bone china tea cups! Special guests were asked to make a few remarks and bring greetings. We were pleased to welcome Sharon Jackson on behalf of Duncan City council, Jon Lefebure, mayor of North Cowichan, Leslie
Ann Baird our local Beta Sigma Phi council president, and representatives from both Victoria and Nanaimo city councils of Beta Sigma Phi. Billie Vandelinde did an admirable job of speaking about each of the honourees. The afternoon was a wonderful time to share stories and enjoy one another’s company. On April 29 at our Founder’s Day Dinner we will honour these same ladies with their Golden Circle Ritual and pins. A special evening for us all to celebrate. Beta Sigma Phi is a cultural and social organization primarily, but has always been active in fundraising for local causes and school bursaries. Later this spring we are hosting a conclave for many Island and Lower Mainland members to come together in the Valley to celebrate with us at “Ain’t it Nifty – We’ve turned Fifty!”. Beta Sigma Phi has been active in the Cowichan Valley since 1965, beginning with the Ritual of Jewels Chapter. This was the same year that Canada adopted a new flag, the maple leaf. Lester B. Pearson was prime minister and W.A.C. Bennett was premier of B.C. How times have changed, but we are thankful to all the women who brought Beta Sigma Phi to our Valley because our goals of life, learning and friendship remain the same.
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A defensive driver always signals TIM SCHEWE SPECIAL TO THE CITIZEN
During the question and answer portion of any group presentation that I give, someone always asks about the use of turn signals. They are either curious to know what they must do or are being sarcastic about the drivers that they see around them that never signal. It’s usually the latter but when asked to articulate, most drivers don’t know exactly what is required of them by law and what a defensive driver will choose to do for safety. Regardless of the fact that you may be the only vehicle on the highway, you must always signal a start from a stopped position or when making a lane change. If you are turning, you are only required to signal if your turn will affect surrounding traffic. Oddly enough, a semaphore arm may still be a legal method of giving a signal in addition to hand and arm signals or signal lights. In my defensive driving classes I was told that I must always signal any start, turn or lane change. A lane change was considered to have happened if I moved more than half a vehicle width to the left or right. This meant that I had to signal left and then right if I moved partially out of my lane to drive safely around an obstruction at the side of the road. If you always signal correctly and make a driving error you will show your intention to surrounding traffic. This may be enough to prevent a collision. Finally, ask any emergency vehicle driver and they will tell you that when they are asking for right-of-way with lights and siren activated, signal your intention to get out of the way and then follow that signal without fail. They will worry about getting around you safely after that. Tim Schewe is a retired constable with many years of traffic law enforcement experience. To comment or learn more, please visit drivesmartbc.ca
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Community solar enterprise could be Valley’s energy future DAVID SLADE SPECIAL TO THE CITIZEN
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recently watched a screening of the film The Future of Energy hosted by One Cowichan and Transition Cowichan. The film took a different angle than most previous films I’ve watched, where emphasis was on our failure to see and be the change that many believe is urgently needed. This film is one of hope and optimism, highlighting instead the opportunities and successes of groups, industry, and individuals to engage and invest in technologies such as solar electric that have the potential to both reduce our dependence on fossil fuels and provide jobs and meaningful return on investments, here in our community. Many examples were given of homes, businesses, and whole communities that had gone off the grid, or become carbon neutral by using solar and wind energy to meet their electrical needs. There are challenges of course in the way large rooftop solar outputs can affect the grid and in the fact that in our coastal climate there are many days when “the sun don’t shine”. But worldwide investment in solar panels has expanded to the point where systems are costing half of what they did five years ago and research and improvements
A community-owned solar array could be the future of energy production in the Valley. [CITIZEN FILE] in lifespan and efficiencies are bringing the technology into the mainstream. In spite of overwhelming scientific consensus and the facts that the world has just come through the warmest six months on record (condolences to Eastern Canada) and Arctic sea ice is once again at a new record low for the time of year, there are those who still maintain that climate change is not happening and/or the burning of fossil fuels has nothing to do with it. One such individual tried to rain on the parade by citing negative growing pains of renew-
able energy expansion, misrepresenting the expected lifecycle of solar panels and finally suggesting that we would be better off to wait for thorium powered nuclear reactors to save us, rather than invest in technologies that are practical, affordable, and available right here, right now! I am a well driller and a grandfather, not a scientist, but I have great faith in the many scientists that stick to their area of expertise, stay current with scientific progress, and don’t allow oil based ideologies to cloud their objectivity. These scientists are shouting from the rooftops that
we need to pursue every available option to stop pumping carbon into the atmosphere, and we need to do it as fast as possible. To that end, many individuals and businesses in the Cowichan Valley are embracing rooftop and larger type solar arrays, but there are many people who do not have a suitable rooftop, and/or do not have the finances to purchase an entire system for themselves. Myself and a few other optimists have started discussing the possibility of creating a community owned solar array located on a public building such
as a rec center, campus building, local government office or recycling facility. Such an installation could have the ability to allow individuals to own as few as one solar panel that would feed green energy into the grid, pay a dividend to the owners, be transferable, be located in a place that would optimize performance and payback, while moving Cowichan towards a sustainable energy future. The fact that I have solar panels on my roof gives me a nice green feeling, but in reality my roof is not perfectly suited for solar panels. My impact on reducing the need for more hydro-electric dams or fossil fuel powered generating plants AND my financial return on my investment would be greater if my array was located on some other Valley rooftop that had better solar potential. If you have any interest in being part of such a community initiative to push Cowichan Valley sustainability please email me at gosolarcowichan@gmail. com and get on the list of potential owners of a community solar enterprise. If you want to know if thorium powered nuclear reactors are going to pop up and save the day, you will have to talk to a real scientist but my research suggests that you shouldn’t sit idle, or hold your breath waiting.
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Encore! Victoria Festival honours Women’s Choir Encore! Women’s Choir was recently honoured for offering the most outstanding choral performance overall at the Greater Victoria Music Festival. Last week, the talented group sang in the Choral Highlights concert and received both the Commonwealth Community Choir Award for most outstanding community choir, and the Victoria Choral Society Award for most outstanding choral performance of the festival. Director Christine Dandy said, in announcing the award on Facebook, “We had a wonderful time and were thrilled with the warm reception we received in Victoria. I’m so proud to lead such a great group.”
Hanna Seinen wins Walden scholarship Hanna Seinen will receive the fifth annual David Walden memorial scholarship Friday, May 1 at the Duncan United Church as the Cowichan Valley Music Teachers’ Association holds its yearly Pianofest. Seinen will also perform a short concert of classical songs, so, if you enjoyed her performance in Pirates of Penzance or missed it and would like to hear her, this is a great chance. Each year young people pursuing post-secondary studies in music compete for the $650 bursary. Past winners of the scholarship are Myles Anderson, piano, 2011, Talietha Sangha, musical theatre, 2012, Ben Hillier, piano, 2013, and Zander Felton, classical voice, 2014. Pianofest itself is a feast for the ears that carries on through morning and afternoon sessions Friday, May 1 and Saturday, May 2. All events are free. David Walden’s stay in Cowichan covered only three years, but his impact was enormous. A respected music educator, he was also a composer of hundreds of hymns, children’s songs, choral works and musicals. He was also an actor, featured as Dr. Miredo on the Mr. DressUp TV show, and in stage productions including Cats and Les Misérables. He became an active member of the CVMTA shortly after arriving in the Valley, and members enjoyed the benefit of his enormous experience, talent, humour and overall warm and loving nature.
Take a peek inside research laboratory Have you been wondering about the big white trailer parked at Mason’s Beach in Shawnigan Lake? No, it’s not part of the Valley’s lively movie scene, it’s a mobile water treatment research laboratory and you can visit it and learn about what’s going on at an open house Wednesday, April 29 from 5-7 p.m.
The Encore! Women’s Choir took home top choir honours from the Greater Victoria Music Festival last week. [SUBMITTED]
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Whodunit? ‘Mousetrap’ cranks up tension ANDREA RONDEAU CITIZEN
Giles Ralston (Victor Dohai) takes a dislike to the eccentric Christopher Wren (Chris Cope). [ANDREA RONDEAU/CITIZEN]
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The Chemainus Theatre Festival’s new production of Agatha Christie’s The Mousetrap will leave you guessing until the end of this satisfying murder mystery. At 60 years old, the world’s longest running play, it’s not impossible that you’ve seen it before and already know whodunit, but anyone who does should keep that secret to themselves and let their friends enjoy this excellent mystery in all its twists and turns. Even if you do know who the murderer is, this production is worth nabbing a ticket to see it again. Clever plotting and dialogue as characters say at once too much and too little, along with a subtle tension ably created from the rising of the curtain by the wonderful cast, leaves the audience contemplating each character in turn, wondering what they’re hiding. And they’re all hiding something. Just as in life, some of the secrets are benign while others connect to a dark past, where a little boy died. Pattie Allan as Mrs. Boyle and Leala Selina as Mollie Ralston both give standout performances, as the highly (and hilariously) critical older woman, and the young woman embarking on a new life, respectively. Chris Cope and Matthew Hendrickson give over-the-top Christopher Wren and Mr. Parvicini just the right notes of oddness and foreigness to keep the audience guess-
Just how strange is Christopher Wren (Chris Cope)? His presence creates tension for Mollie and Giles Ralston (Leala Selina and Victor Dohai). [ANDREA RONDEAU/CITIZEN]
ing. Are they just eccentric or are they enjoying being stranded at a guesthouse, cut off from the rest of civilization with a murderer in their midst too much? Major Metcalf (Bernard Cuffling), Miss Casewell (Ruby Joy) and Giles Ralston (Victor Dohai) seem normal enough types, but is there something else lurking behind the ordinary exterior? Will Detective Sergeant Trotter (Jay Clift) be able to sort the guilty from the innocent in time to prevent the killer from striking again?
There are moments of humour, but this show works because of the atmosphere of distrust and fear that winds ever tighter with every question and challenge from the detective sergeant. It leaves even husband and wife looking at each other as if they were strangers. Monkswell Manor becomes more and more claustrophobic as the occupants increasingly wonder who they can trust. The Mousetrap runs until May 30. You can get tickets by going to chemainustheatre.ca or calling 1-800-565-7738.
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Nikolai Lampson plays second violin with the Cowichan Consort Orchestra, honing his skills with Consort mentor Wendy Robb. Nikolai has been playing for six years and looks forward to accompanying four opera singers and choir this Saturday night in Mendelssohn’s ‘Elijah’. From a very musical family, Nikolai practises violin as much as he can, while attending Grade 10 at Island Oak High School in Duncan. COURTESY COWICHANMUSICTEACHERS.COM
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Brats ready eclectic show LEXI BAINAS CITIZEN
“It was 20 years ago today Brenda’s Brats began to sing in Mill Bay. “They’ve been singing now for quite a while, “Always guaranteed to raise a smile, “We’ll send an invitation for you, “The choir you’ve heard for all these years, “Brenda’s Brat’s yearly choral show!” If those words sound familiar then you already know some tunes from the Fab Four are part of the choir’s two shows Saturday, May 2. Brenda’s Brats concerts always offer an eclectic mix of contemporary and traditional choral pieces as well as showcasing the many talents of the choir’s musicians. These shows are full of fun, so be prepared to hear a lively clarinet solo or a rocking electric guitar as you take in the groovy stagecraft organizers are promising. As usual, the performances are being held in the lower level of the Pioneer Mall at the corner of the Trans Canada Highway and Shawnigan/ Mill Bay Road.
The Mercury Players will reprise ‘Kiss the Moon, Kiss the Sun’ for the South Island Zone Theatre Festival next week. [CITIZEN FILE]
Valley actors ready to compete at festival LEXI BAINAS CITIZEN
The Mercury Players and the Shawnigan Players are performing at the South Island Zone Theatre Festival at Cedar Hall in Yellow Point, which takes place from May 4-7. The event is one of 10 regional festivals in B.C. where the best of the best performances are selected to compete at the Theatre BC Destination Mainstage showcase in July. Over four nights, five different theatre groups perform popular plays that are among their seasonal best. On May 6, the Shawnigan Players bring Shakespeare’s beloved tragedy Romeo and Juliet to the stage under the direction of Alex Gallacher. If you missed it last summer, it’s a great chance to enjoy the swordplay, witty Shakespearean wordplay and, of course, the balcony scene that’s made audiences swoon for centuries. The Mercury Players are up the following night (May 7) with Kiss the Moon, Kiss the Sun, directed by Marinus Vesseur and Alex Gallacher.
It is written by Norm Foster, who describes his play as “the moving story of a friendship between Robert, a mentally challenged man, and Holly, a pregnant young woman.” Again, it’s a chance to see a fine performance if you missed its Cowichan run last year. Festival show times are 8 p.m. for all performances; doors open at 7 p.m. Tickets can be purchased at $20 for one night or $60 for all four nights. They are available at the door at Cedar Hall, 2388 Cedar Rd., by phone at 250-245-7516 or by emailing reservations@yellowpointdramagroup.org. For more information about the entire event, go to www.yellowpointdramagroup. org. Another performance of Kiss the Moon, Kiss the Sun is scheduled for Sunday, May 3 at 7:30 p.m. at The Hub at Cowichan Station, Koksilah and Lakeside Roads. Entry is by donation as this is the dress rehearsal for the festival. Everyone is welcome and it’s a good-sized hall so check it out.
Brenda’s Brats. [SUBMITTED] This adult community choir, under the direction of Brenda Braaten, uses these shows to raise money for youth music programs in the Cowichan Valley; previous bursary winners will also be performing in the show. If you’re an alumni member of the group, why not contact the choir and come along sing some of the old tunes for this special anniversary event? Concert tickets are $15 each and it’s a good idea to get them in advance from Valley Vines to Wines in Mill Bay, by emailing eartraining@shaw.ca or by phoning 250-710-2392.
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The ‘Rumors’ are true: show full of laughs LEXI BAINAS CITIZEN
A Neil Simon play and a stellar cast of Mercury Players regulars? That was more than enough to bring out a good crowd for the opening night of a seven-performance run of Rumors at the Mercury Theatre on Brae Road in Duncan. As is often the case, it took a few minutes for the actors to get their shoulders comfortable in their new garb but in a remarkably short space of time it was obvious that this play was going to be full of laughs. Some of the comedy is subtle, some of it close to slapstick but all of it is well crafted by this talented and enthusiastic crew. The story is simple: the first guests Chris and Ken Gorman (Jennifer Lally and Marinus Vesseur) arriving to celebrate Charlie and Myra Brock’s 10th wedding anniversary find him upstairs with a gun shot wound. That is the beginning and ending of the real information they have: everything else is conjecture. They decide to try to cover up the worrying incident and don’t tell the next arrivals Claire and Lenny Ganz (Deanne Atwood and Michael Terides) the truth right away. That starts the rumour mill spin-
Lenny (Michael Terides) spins a surprising story to account for all the details of the strange happenings at the Brock household as the Mercury Players present Neil Simon’s Rumors. [LEXI BAINAS/CITIZEN] ning and by the time Ernie and Cookie Cusack (Andrew Cherry and Leslie Sanchez) and Glen and Cassie Cooper (Bruce Bunting and Lauren Cooper) arrive, stories are all but bouncing off the walls. Muddying the waters is Glen Cooper campaign for state senator; his friends want to shield him from any ugly publicity. Plotwise, that’s about it. But in true Simon fashion, the play is
crafted like one of those infernal Chinese puzzles that get more difficult to solve the harder you pull at them. There’s tons of scope for some great acting, though, and audiences will be delighted with what’s on offer. Vesseur’s Ken pops up and down like a calliope, and he’s hilariously out-of-sync with the action after a strange incident offstage that
leaves him deaf for a spell. Watching Terides grow into his role as Lenny was one of the treats of opening night. Not only does he carry the day at the end but along the way, he provides plenty of unexpected fireworks. Lauren Cooper plays the beautiful, young wife of the hopeful senator; her seamless transformation from spoiled pain-in-the-neck to sultry siren in an effort to punish
her husband for possible infidelities is one of those small touches that make watching this play like running your fingers through an expensive jewel box. Diamonds just keep on popping up. Lally’s and Atwood’s characters learn the details early but are overwrought and flaky; their solution to everything seems to be to get everyone another drink while Sanchez’s bad back goes out almost as much as Vesseur. Cherry delightfully carries off the unexpected combination of guest and waiter with surprising aplomb while Bunting’s harassed politician portrait is exactly as it should be. Tom Provencal provides the final notes in this fugue. Along with his sidekick, Bethany Wademan, they play a couple of suspicious cops who arrive to talk about a car crash and find they’ve got their feet in what appears to be quicksand as the tale around them gets murkier and murkier. What happens in the end? We wouldn’t dream of giving it away. But you need to get yourself to the final performances on April 30, May 1 and May 2. Tickets are $20 for adults or $15 for seniors and students. Get them in Duncan at Ten Old Books, First Chiropractic Clinic, Solitaire Press and HalliDee’s Halifax Donairs on James Street. Showtime is 7:30 p.m.
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Roy Henry Vickers and Robert Budd are headed to the Old Firehouse Wine Bar with ‘Orca Chief’.
Storytellers bring ‘Orca Chief’ to Old Firehouse LEXI BAINAS CITIZEN
First Nations people view their environment in a special way and an event in Duncan next week looks at how environmental activists and scientists might learn from First Nations stories. Famed artist Roy Henry Vickers and author Robert Budd’s book Orca Chief is front and centre at an interactive event on Monday, May 4 at 7 p.m. at the Old Firehouse Wine & Cocktail Bar. At a time when the future health of British Columbia’s coast is the subject of fierce debate the book provides a poignant fable about marine conservation and respecting the sea, event organizers promise. Thousands of years ago in the village of Kitkatla, four hunters leave home in the spring to harvest seaweed and sockeye salmon but they damage the sea floor with their anchor and the action begins. A total of 19 original artworks from Vickers bring an exciting underwater world to life. The story’s aim is to remind everyone that every action has consequences for the environment, and to urge people to live by the motto “take only what you need”. Orca Chief, a visually and emotionally powerful tale from two revered storytellers, is the third volume in the series of illustrated Northwest Coast legends following two bestsellers Cloudwalker (2014) and Raven Brings the Light (2013). Vickers is a painter, printmaker, carver, design advisor, speaker, author and well-respected leader in First Nations communities. The recipient of the Order of British Columbia, the Order of Canada, a Queen’s Golden Jubilee Medal and an Honourary Doctorate of Letters from York University, he is the owner of the Eagle Aerie Gallery in Tofino. He has lived on B.C.’s coast his entire life and currently resides in Hazelton, B.C. Budd, known as Lucky, is a historian as well as an author and has digitized many high-profile oral history collections. He is the author of the book Voices of British Columbia, which was shortlisted for the 2011 Bill Duthie Booksellers’ Choice Award, and currently lives in Victoria.
The Men’s Choir will join forces with the Women’s Choir and the Youth Chorale for a concert this Sunday. [CITIZEN FILE]
Concenti Choirs combine for concert LEXI BAINAS CITIZEN
Concenti Men’s and Women’s Choirs are presenting A Spring Serenade on Sunday, May 3 at the Duncan United Church, starting at 2 p.m. These choruses, all directed by Sheila Johnson, will be joined by the Cowichan Valley Youth Chorale, which she also directs. Concenti Singers have a long history of excellence, dating back to their earliest days way back in 1983 when the
group was started by Johnson and her late husband, Jim, even then a widely respected pair of music educators and performers. It is the only choral group in the Cowichan Valley still under one of the original directors. The May 3 program includes several interesting new pieces, according to Johnson. “Two examples are an Estonian piece sung in the original language by the women, and Finnan Haddie which will
be sung by the men, and includes a part for penny whistle,” she said. The Youth Chorale will be bringing back distant memories for former Concenti members as they perform two or three pieces from the Concenti choral library. Tickets are $15 each. Get them at Volume One Books and from Concenti members, or call 250-748-4075. Children under 12 are admitted free so bring the family to enjoy this choral delight.
Vinnick brings powerful voice to St. Mike’s LEXI BAINAS CITIZEN
Suzie Vinnick is back. All her fans will be rejoicing that the beloved blues diva is returning to Chemainus Saturday, May 2 for a concert at St. Michael’s Church Hall on Willow Street starting at 7 p.m. Appearing under the auspices of the Chemainus Valley Cultural Arts Society, Vinnick is touring her Me ‘n’ Mabel
album and is sure to delight music lovers with fine presentations of great songs backed by her superb acoustic playing and arranging. The performer has never been afraid to show her vulnerable side in her material and reaches her audience in a unique way. Tickets are a mere $15 per person and you can get them at Chemainus Foods, from Chemainus Valley Cultural Arts Society members, or at the door.
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Suzie Vinnick is heading to Chemainus for a Saturday show. [SUBMITTED]
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Featuring: Alexandra Hill, soprano Anna Tamm-Relyea, mezzo-soprano Ted Rhodes, tenor and, in the role of Elijah, Gary Relyea, bass. Tickets available at Volume One Book Store in Duncan, from members, and at the Door. Adults $15, Students $10
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Arts • Mercury Players present Neil Simon’s comedy ‘Rumors’ April 30, May 1, May 2, 7:30 p.m., Mercury Theatre, Brae Road, Duncan. Tickets $20 adults, $15 for seniors and students, Ten Old Books, First Chiropractic Clinic, Solitaire Press and Halli-Dee’s Halifax Donairs on James Street. • The 45th Annual Cowichan Valley Fine Arts Show April 28-May 3, Island Savings Centre. Info: www.cowichanvalleyartscouncil.ca • Ladysmith Camera Club presents “Dogs in Motion”, a how-to by Doug Bell, Saltair photographer on his methods and techniques to create captivating animal action sequences. Tuesday, May 26, 7 p.m., Hardwick Hall, High
The Duncan Choral Society PRE SEN T S
MUSICAL MEMORIES SATURDAY, MAY 9TH 7:30 PM CHRISTIAN REFORMED CHURCH 930 TRUNK ROAD
TICKETS AVAILABLE AT THE DOOR AND FROM CHOIR MEMBERS Adults $1500 • Students $1200
COWICHAN STATION/ SAHTLAM/GLENORA OFFICIAL COMMUNITY PLAN SAHTLAM COMMUNITY MEETING DATE
Thursday, April 30, 2015
TIME
7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
PLACE Sahtlam Fire Hall, 4384 Cowichan Lake Road, Sahtlam
CVRD Water Systems Flushing Notice
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then facilitate a small group exercise. Participants are invited share of Sahtlam’s special places Marchto31, 2014 photographs to April 4, 2014 Douglas Hill Water and features and System their experiences living in Sahtlam. Burnum Coffee, teaWater and System light refreshments will be provided. Residents may experience some air in the lines and
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Street at 3rd Ave., Ladysmith. Non-member $5 dropin fee. Info: www. LadysmithCameraClub. com • See the twoartists show, w i t h wo r k s by Maple Bay Painters’ Bonnie Schmaus and Catherine Taron, Va l l e y M e d i c a l Centre, 335 Jubilee St., from April to June. • Warmland Calligraphers meet on the second Tuesday of the month at 9 a.m.-noon, Mellor Hall, Cowichan Exhibition grounds. Info: warmlandcalligraphers@shaw.ca or http://members.shaw.ca/warmlandcalligraphers. • Cherry Point artists weekly painting sessions (September to June), Thursdays, 9:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. at Cowichan Exhibition fairgrounds. Experienced and beginners welcome. Info: Jack 250-746-4795 or Olive 250-746-8020. • Cowichan Valley Artisans year round studio tour: 14 professional studios to explore. From Mill Bay to Ladysmith. www.cowichanvalleyartisans.com for details of each studio’s hours. Admission free. • Enjoy ‘Ways of Writing’ - short stories, memoirs, poems - Wednesdays, 12:24-3 p.m. at the Seniors Centre in Lake Cowichan. More info: 250-749-4176. • Tzouhalem Spinners and Weavers Guild meets the second and fourth Tuesday of each month, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., St. Peter’s Anglican Church, 5800 Church Rd., Duncan. Everyone welcome. Info: www.tswguild.wordpress.com or Alison 250-746-6330. • Basics of Soapstone Carving. The one-day course includes the soapstone, use of tools, approximately eight hours of learning, and you will take home your carved soapstone work. Shorter and advanced courses available. Courses usually run on one of the weekdays and Sundays. Call Brian or Linda 250-743-4155. brianclark@shaw.ca • Cowichan Valley Heritage Quilters meet Mondays at St. Peter’s Church Hall, Maple Bay Road, Duncan, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. $1.50 drop-in charge, $10 annual membership. All skill levels accepted. New members welcome. Info: Darlene 250-748-9738. • Valley Writers meet alternate Monday mornings to share their works and improve their skills. New members welcome. Call Stephen Watson 250-746-7637.
CVRD Water Systems Flushing Notice The Cowichan Valley Regional District (CVRD) will be carrying out flushing of the water systems listed below on: Dogwood Ridge, Cherry Point & Satellite Park Water Systems Tuesday, April 7, 2015 to Friday, April 10, 2015
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Music • Cowichan Camerata String Orchestra, director Garth Williams, presents “A String Bouquet” Friday, April 24, 7:30 p.m., St. Edward’s Church, 2085 Maple Bay Rd., Duncan. Tickets $15 adults, $5 children, $30 family. Info: www.cowichancamerata.org • Concenti presents “A Spring Serenade” Sunday, May 3, 2 p.m., Duncan United Church. Admission $15, children under 12 free. Tickets at Volume One Books, from Concenti members or call 250-748-4075. • Cowichan Consort Orchestra rehearsal Mondays, 7:30 p.m. Sylvan United Church. Come play with us. All strings welcome. Info: 748-8982. • Cowichan Consort Choir Wednesdays, 7:30 p.m., Sylvan United Church. Come sing with us. Info: 743-7445. • Chant Circle at the Art House (1756 Wilmot Ave., Shawnigan Lake) first Thursday of the month 7:308:30 p.m. By donation. Vocal experiments, techniques and world chants in a safe, sacred and playful environment to explore the power of the voice. Info: www.MoonDanceArts.ca • Enjoy a jam of old time music every second Thursday at Twisted Sisters Tearoom, 9885 Maple Street, Chemainus. Info: Steve Heizer at 250-722-3115 or Peter Sussman 250-929-8226. • Chemainus Seniors Centre choirs: Men’s Choir, Mondays, 9-10:30 a . m . , L a d i e s C h o i r, Mondays, 11 a.m.12:30 p.m., mixed choir, Fridays, 1011:45 a.m. • Jubilate Choir rehearses Monday nights 7:30 -9 p.m., St. John’s Anglican Church Hall, Duncan. Early and contemporary sacred songs, Eastern European, African songs and more. New members welcome. Info: 250-701-0687. • Cowichan Valley Music Teachers Association meets monthly for fellowship and professional development. Info: 250-748-8196, www.cowichanmusicteachers.com • St. Michael’s Presents Classical Concert Series 2010-11, monthly concerts October-June. Brochures and season tickets now available. Info: 250748-8383 or www.smpconcerts.ca • BRATZ Music Jam Sunday evenings 9 p.m. to midnight at Roadhouse Pub, Grand Motel, Duncan. Bring your instruments or your ears. No cover. Info: 250-715-8115. • Anyone interested in getting together to play ukelele or penny whistle call Sherie: 250-748-8769. • Cowichan Valley Community Band meets every Monday from 7 p.m.8:30 p.m. Info: Sherie 250-748-8769. • African Music Workshops and classes with Ted Wright of Marimba Muzuva. Learn to play the joyous and energetic rhythms and melodies of Southern Africa. Beginners welcome. All instruments provided. Info: Ted 250-743-2106 or email: info@bopoma. org • The Cowichan Valley Youth Choir, directed by Sheila Johnson, accepts members aged 8-plus by audition. Two levels: Junior Choir and Concert Choir. Boys with changed voices (tenor or baritone) encouraged to come out and sing. Rehearsals on Thursdays. Info: 250-597-0114. • Cowichan Valley Concert Band rehearses Thursdays in the Cowichan
Secondary School Band Room. New members welcome. Info: Norma 250743-4484 or Kathy 250-748-8052. • Freestyle Adult Show Choir for adult singers. Call 250-743-1450 and see www.minstrelsmusic.ca • Community Song Circle, Thursdays, 7:30-9 p.m., Lila Music Studio, 322A Gibbins Rd., Duncan. More info: 250-701-0978 or joythroughmusic@ shaw.ca • Cowichan Valley Community Band. Interested? Call Sherie 250-748-8769. • Song Circle every 3rd Thursday of each month, 7:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. Everyone welcome. Call Lynn at 250-746-6561 • Jubilate Choir rehearses Mondays, 7-9 p.m., Sunrise Waldorf School. Sacred and lighter music. All welcome. Info: 250-748-4505. • Beginner’s Hand Drumming Classes with Karin Lewis Monday evenings 7 p.m. - 8 p.m. at SoulSpeak in Duncan. Drop-ins welcome. For details please call 748-6750 or email: playfulrhythms@msn.com • Escape Artists art show and sale will be held at The Loft art gallery in Mill Bay from March 6 to April 2, 2010, with an opening on March 6 between 2 and 4 p.m. to meet the artists.
Dancing • Learn to square dance. Lessons at Girl Guide Hall, 321 Cairnsmore St., Duncan. Info: 250-748-6056 or 250-748-9140. • Cowichan Valley International Folkdancers meet Mondays, 7:309:30 p.m., Mill Bay Community Hall, beside Kerry Park Arena. $5 dropin fee, $80 yearly membership. First night free. Call Kate 250-743-5068 or Lyn 250-743-2686. • Cowichan Ballroom Dance Club welcomes all fellow dancers to regular 6:30 p.m. Wednesday night practices at Valley Seniors Centre. Info: 250-597-1132. • Cowichan Valley Scottish Country Dancers, 6:30 p.m. every Thursday at Chemainus Seniors Centre. Singles and couples welcome. • Cobble Hill Dancers 2011: Classes in country, latin and swing and social ballroom. Held in Cobble Hill or Mill Bay Masonic Hall. Friday is practice night, 7 p.m., Mill Bay Masonic Hall. Info: Barry or Diana at 250-743-7915 or visit www.cobblehilldancers@shaw. ca • Cape Breton Stepdancing Classes, Wednesdays, 7:30-8:30 p.m., Yum Yoga Studio-1701 Pavenham. Info cowichan fiddlers@gmail.com or 250-709-9662. • Argentine Tango Classes: Teens through Seniors. No partner required. For schedule call 250-743-5995. • Belly dance classes. Call Lynene 250-746-1077. Beginner to advanced. • Square dance lessons every Sunday, 7 p.m., at the Girl Guide Hall on Cairnsmore Street, Duncan. Brushups welcome. More info: 250-746-4127, 250-748-9140, 250-748-3675. • Clogging dance classes Mondays and Tuesdays in Cobble Hill and Wednesdays at Chemainus Seniors Drop-In Centre. All levels. Call Ev 250-743-2902. • Dance & yoga combo class Tuesdays, 7-8:30 p.m., YUM Yoga & Dance Studio, Cowichan Bay. Drop-ins and pre-registration welcome. Call 250-746-0390.
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The 2013 class of the North Cowichan/Duncan Sports Wall of Fame. [CITIZEN FILE]
Wall of Fame looking for the class of 2015 KEVIN ROTHBAUER CITIZEN
Cowichan forward Dan Cato charges past a Langley Hurricanes defender during last Sunday’s B.C. quarterfinal. [KEVIN ROTHBAUER/CITIZEN]
On to the semifinals! PROVINCIAL TOURNEY:
Cowichan frustrates Langley Hurricanes KEVIN ROTHBAUER CITIZEN
Cowichan LMG and the Langley Hurricanes had never played each other prior to last Sunday’s provincial quarterfinal at Ladysmith’s Forrest Field. But Cowichan head coach Glen Martin knew that any team that qualified for the tournament, let alone advanced to the quarterfinals, had to be a good one, and he prepared his team for that. The Hurricanes didn’t seem to expect the same from Cowichan, and appeared to be caught off guard early on. They never managed to recover as Martin’s team got an early goal on a header by Paddy Nelson, and cruised to a 2-0 victory. “I think we surprised them with how good we were,” Martin said. “You’ve got to be on from the start.” Cowichan prevailed thanks in large part to excellent defence, something Martin wanted to concentrate on after the team’s first-round game against Abbotsford went to penalty kicks.
“We did tighten our defence up,” the coach said. “We were a little more compact as a team. It was difficult for them to get through.” From the game plan to the formation, everyone on the squad was on board with what Martin wanted to accomplish. “The boys bought in,” Martin said. “They really played as a team.” The concentration on defence didn’t limit Cowichan’s scoring chances, as they bombarded the Nanaimo net with shots, most of which went just high or wide. Craig Gorman had several opportunities before he finally buried the ball for an insurance goal late in the match. Dan Cato also had a brilliant chance, but hit Langley’s replacement keeper — who was summoned off the bench after the starter was handed a red card for tackling Nelson outside the box — square in the chest. The Hurricanes’ frustrations were evident as they gradually turned on each other as the game went on, looking less and less composed. “It looked like we wanted it more,” Martin said. “I’m sure they wanted it too. We outplayed them, outworked them. We deserved it.” On the Cowichan backline, defender
Tyler Hughes was quietly brilliant, going into what his teammates call “pro mode” to shut down Langley forward Nick Soolsma, the former Toronto FC player who was the leading scorer in the Vancouver league this season. The lone negative for Cowichan came toward the end of the game when speedy winger Romaie Martin was hurt in a collision with a Langley player. While his loss will be felt as Cowichan continues in the tournament, Martin knows someone will step up. “That’s where the depth of our team comes in,” he said. “The next guy has to come off the bench.” Cowichan will move on to the semifinals next weekend, when they will visit Burnaby club Estrella de Chile, yet another squad LMG has never met and Martin knows virtually nothing about. “I’m kind of expecting more of the same thing, a highly skilled team,” the coach said. This is Cowichan’s second trip to the provincial semifinals, the first having come in 2013, when the team lost to West Vancouver FC. Martin hopes that his team can replicate the effort that led to victory last Sunday. “If everyone works that hard for each other, we’re going to be hard to beat.”
After there were no new inductees in 2014, the North Cowichan/Duncan Sports Wall of Fame is once again seeking nominations for this year’s class. Members of the public have until May 29 to submit the names of individuals or teams who have made contributions to sports in the community as athletes, coaches, administrators, builders or teams. “Each year I look forward to unveiling the new names we add to this wall,” North Cowichan Mayor Jon Lefebure said. “Sports play an incredibly important role in our community. It brings us together, teaches us important values, and contributes to health and wellness. Regardless of the competition, we all win.” Athletes should have competed in minor, high school or other amateur sports in the community and earned honours at the provincial, national or international level, or excelled in the collegiate, professional or international levels. Teams should be minor, high school or other amateur groups that have represented the community in provincial, national or international competitions. Coaches, administrators and builders should have worked with individuals or teams in amateur sports that have competed at the provincial, national or international levels, or made significant contributions to local athletics through sports organizations. In the first six years of the Wall of Fame’s existence, 35 inductions were made, including 29 individuals, four teams and two families. Nomination forms are available online at www. northcowichan.ca/WallofFame, or at the North Cowichan Municipal Hall, Fuller Lake Arena or the Cowichan Aquatic Centre. Nominations will go before the Sports Wall of Fame nominating committee and will be announced in October.
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Three members of the CeeVacs Roadrunners running club completed the Boston Marathon on April 20, including one who set a personal best time for that distance. Shannon Lebeuf finished in three hours, 32 minutes and 36 seconds, her best time for a marathon. Glenn Goodwin completed the distance in 4:31:42, just one second ahead of fellow CeeVac Colleen Vanderheide. It’s an honour just to qualify for the Boston Marathon, the oldest annual marathon in the world, first run in 1897. “Before being allowed to enter the Boston Marathon, runners must first qualify by running a Boston-qualifying marathon under a specified time for each category,” CeeVacs spokesperson Ken DeEll explained. “Only the fastest in each age category are chosen to run the marathon.” Also this season, the CeeVacs Roadrunners finished third in the Frontrunners Island Race Series, which runs from January to April. The CeeVacs placed behind the Prairie Inn Harries and Comox Valley Roadrunners, edging out Nanaimo’s Bastion Running Club by nine points. The club, which has just over 100 mem-
bers, had 14 runners in the top 10 of their respective age groups, including three firstplace finishers. Jill Ramstead beat out her closest competition by 107 points, while Vanderheide and John Pringle also won their age groups by finishing first in all seven races in the series. Brenda Niziol, Bev Gruhn and Hazura Sangha placed second in their respective groups, with Gruhn also setting a new course record for her age group in the Bazan Bay 5K. Other top 10 results were set by Teresa Lewis-Schneider, who was third in her age group; Cory Ramstead, who was fourth; Ben Marrs, sixth; John Weber, seventh; James Griffin, eighth; DeEll, ninth; and Danna Hadden and Jim Ramsey, both 10th. The Island Series consists of eight races ranging in length from five to 21.1 kilometres (a half marathon), including the Cobble Hill 10K in January. “Clubs and individual runners accumulate points during the series,” DeEll explained. “Clubs’ points are calculated from the number of club participants and runner finishing position in their age category. Runners get points based on their time to complete the race and medals or ribbons are awarded for the top 10 positions in each age category.” For more information on the club, visit ceevacs.com
CeeVacs Shannon Lebeuf, Glenn Goodwin and Colleen Vanderheide celebrate completing the Boston Marathon on April 20. [SUBMITTED]
The Duncan Skating Club celebrates an historic season at its annual awards night. [SUBMITTED]
Skaters clean up at Super Series KEVIN ROTHBAUER CITIZEN
The Duncan Skating Club brought home a huge haul of medals from the Vancouver Island Super Series in Parksville earlier this month, then wrapped up the season with a landmark awards ceremony. In Star 2 Group 9 at the Super Series, Leva Schneider earned silver, while Jessica Mosewich collected bronze. Presley Murphy claimed bronze in Star 3 Group 3, as did Keilen Russell in Group 5, and Rylee Smith took silver in Group 6. In Star 4 U13 Group 1, Peyton Kong finished sixth, as did Grace Haugen in Group 2. In Group 3, DelRae Olson was fifth and Riley MacDonald finished sixth overall. Sonja McCormack took first in Star 4 13 & Over. In Star 5 13 & Over Group 1, Haley Dragicevich was fourth, Stephanie Hleck was seventh, and Hannah Kushner was eighth. Baylee Hopwo placed first in Group 3, with Anna Brancato in fifth. Courtney Vanderstap placed seventh in
Junior Silver Women. Dragicevich was third in Pre-Introductory Interpretive. Hopwo placed third in Silver Interpretive, while Brancato was fifth, and Vanderstap was fifth in Gold Interpretive. Travelling to the competition with the Duncan group was one skater from the Cowichan Lake District Skating Club: Morgan Shyshka competed in Star 2 Group 9, where she took bronze. At the Duncan Skating Club’s awards night, four skaters were recognized for completing a total of six gold tests this season, possibly the first time in club history that has happened. “I am not sure if we have ever had six gold tests passed in one season,” coach Lorraine Francisty said. Vanderstap passed her Gold Interpretive test in December and Gold Dance in April, Brancato finished her Gold Skills test in December and Gold Interpretive in March, Hopwo completed Gold Skills in March, and Cecilia Faustino finished the Gold Skills test in December.
Caitlin Evans carries the ball for the Storm against the Sirens. [KEVIN ROTHBAUER/CITIZEN]
Crew, Ravens shut out Wild KEVIN ROTHBAUER CITIZEN
It was a difficult weekend for the Cowichan Women’s Football League’s Wild as they were kept off the scoreboard in backto-back games on Friday and Sunday. The Crew shut down the Wild 32-0 on Friday, thanks in large part to the outstanding defence of Nicole Pugh, who had two interceptions to go along with some superb flagging. Marilou Sullivan also had an interception to go along with her two touchdowns. Alita Mattin, Jessica Lines-Wikkerink and Willy Toews also had single touchdowns, Mattin and Lenneke Vinoly added sacks, and Kerynne Bain chipped in with a twopoint convert. On Sunday, the Ravens defeated the Wild
31-0. Dana Thorne led the Ravens with two touchdowns and an interception, while Nikita Kitagawa, Jamie Russell and Rikki Wylie also scored, Wylie’s TD coming on a 100-yard run after an end-zone interception. Veronica Smith added a convert and an interception, and Emily Salmon had one pick. Also on Sunday, the Blue Steel Brew got by the Law 26-18. All four BSB touchdowns were scored by Jessica Knowles, with Mila Main adding a pair of converts. Kirbee Crisp had two sacks and Monni Savory grabbed an interception. The Sirens were initially credited with a 37-7 win over the Storm on Sunday, but the result was overturned due to a roster issue with the Sirens, and the game will go in the books as a 25-0 Storm win.
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Four Duncan Christian School athletes competed in the BC Christian Schools track meet in Abbotsford on April 17. Leading the way was Mikayla Cook, who won gold in the senior girls long jump and silver in the triple jump and 100m. In the senior boys division, Josh Dixon fin-
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Cook jumps to gold at Christian Schools meet ished fourth in the long jump, fifth in the 200m and eighth in the 100m. Competing in the junior girls division, Danielle Groenendijk was seventh in the long jump and 100m, while missing the final in the 200m. In the junior boys division, Lucas Neudorf competed in both the 800m and 1500m races.
DCS’s Mikayla Cook won gold in long jump at the BC Christian Schools track meet. [SUBMITTED]
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