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Hudson’s on First — the stylish Duncan restaurant that’s been getting more and more buzz as its young owners spread their creative wings — won a top provincial prize last week. The eatery took gold as best Vancouver Island restaurant outside Victoria in the 25th annual Vancouver Magazine Restaurant Awards 2014. The award was handed out Tuesday, April 22 at a gala at the Sheraton Wall Centre in Vancouver. It follows close on the heels of winning top Young Entrepreneurs at the recent Cowichan Valley Black Tie Awards. To say that owners Daniel and Andrea Hudson are stoked about this latest honour is a real understatement. Andrea took a few minutes out of their busy Saturday to talk about the award and what it means. Amazingly, despite only having been open for a year and a half, this is not the first time Hudson’s on First has been nominated for this glamorous award, she said. “We just snuck in last year. But, this year we were up against some big players and it was a huge honour to win gold. We were amazed we won it. This award has been ping-ponging back and forth between The Pointe at the Wickaninnish Inn and Sooke Harbour House in our category. We were so happy to be able to win it.” The Hudsons are part of a group of enterprising Cowichan business owners who are trying

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what makes this award really special.” Each award has its own uniqueness, according to Hudson. “The Black Tie is a nomination from your community and that’s a huge honour in itself. This one

Lake Cowichan’s health profile highlights one area of real concern, reported Island Health’s Paul Hasselback. Children at the Lake are not as ready to start school as kids on the rest of the Island and around the province, he said. He appeared at Lake Cowichan town council April 22 to give an update on the 2013 local health area profile data, including the Early Development Instrument that talks about school readiness, but warned councillors that many figures and graphs must be viewed carefully. “It’s because the sample numbers are so small,” he said. “However, I wish the trend here was reversed. Regrettably, Lake Cowichan children are more vulnerable,” he said. Mayor Ross Forrest said that he’d had the chance to view the entire report at the Association of Vancouver Island and Coastal Communities convention and was disappointed to see Lake Cowichan’s preparedness for school standing. “We were at the bottom,” he said.

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Andrea and Daniel Hudson are thrilled that Hudson’s on First is a top pick with judges. [LEXI BAINAS/CITIZEN] to build the reputation of the Valley as a food and wine mecca. “There’s been a lot of movement in the Valley. It’s really growing, and it’s all about the experience here. It’s been a good start. We were very surprised at winning this. We knew we could stand shoulder to shoulder with them

but to take gold was huge,” Hudson said. To win this prize, Hudson’s on First was evaluated secretly by unknown judges. “We don’t know if they are coming. It’s anonymous. We just have to be on our game every day, no matter what service. That’s

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The Cowichan’s Valley’s public school teachers have expressed unhappiness at a recent move by School District 79 to cancel recess. “Cowichan teachers are saddened that the school district has chosen to follow the directive of the provincial teacher bargaining agent, BCPSEA, by cancelling recess,” said Naomi Nilsson, president of the Cowichan District

Teachers Association on behalf of her members. “We note that there are only seven schools that require 15 minutes of supervision, and over 20 excluded staff to cover those time slots. That number does not include the principals at those seven schools. We wish that this effort by our school district would, instead, be directed towards the provincial bargaining table to aid in facilitating a fairly negotiated deal.” Letters went out to the fam-

ilies of students affected by the decision. A typical one went out from Chemainus Community Elementary School. “As you are probably aware, the British Columbia Teachers’ Federation has announced that they will commence job action starting Wednesday, April 23, 2014,” it reads. “There will likely be communication and information coming to you from the district around

what this will look like, but there is one area that is unique to a few schools, including Chemainus Elementary: recess. “A part of the BCTF job action includes the withdrawal of supervision services. Unlike our lunch break, which is supervised by noon hour supervisors, teachers have been supervising the recess. As this causes a safety concern and a supervision need that cannot be sustained by utilizing excluded staff, etc., we have no

other option but to cancel recess and adjust our bell schedule by three minutes. “The 15-minute recess was noninstructional time, and therefore we need to shorten our day to accommodate the change.” The changes began Monday, April 28. The school principal, Brenda Stevenson, added in her message that she did not expect the new schedule would impact the bus schedule.

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Award creates culinary buzz EATERY, From Page 1 is an anonymous judged event. Many of them come through and want to see consistency, like a Michelin star guide. Then, there are other ones, like Trip Advisor, which we’ve won the top place in that involves the public voting for you. It’s a different public every time. It’s really neat to have an array of awards that come from different sources.” A plaque is now prominently displayed in the restaurant’s foyer to mark the win. “We also have a nice write-up in Vancouver Magazine. That’s pretty much their most sought-after issue. Everyone holds onto it because it lists the best of all the restaurants in B.C. Then, we went over to the Sheraton Wall Centre, which was a lot of fun. They put on an amazing spread. There were 800-900 people attending, all the top restauranteurs and chefs and then they put on a big after party. It was red carpet all the way. And, of course, we have bragging rights,” she said. News of the award was not widespread in the Cowichan Valley Saturday, but it was starting to get out and the buzz is sure to grow now. The Hudsons aren’t resting on their laurels. “We’re going to keep on top of what we are doing. Now we know we’re at the top so we have to really focus on consistency and elevating what we do,” Hudson said. “We’re very seasonal, we change our menu regularly, with local produce; we have a very knowledgeable small staff. That’s what sets us apart. We really pay

attention to all the details. That’s what we’re going to continue doing and slowly add more and more organically as we can. Hopefully that will keep us up there for next year.” She said many Valley producers are focusing on putting quality ingredients out there. “We want to do even more promotion of the producers we are using. So we want to continue that,” she said. But there’s more. And foodies can join the fun. “We’ve also just started doing cooking classes. They are selling out very quickly. May is almost sold out already. “Each class is going to feature a unique technique that is appropriate to the month’s seasonal ingredients. May is all about spot prawns and asparagus and edible flowers because we are also working with the Cowichan Garden Club and sponsoring their show. “Then as the summer and then fall comes along, those will change, maybe be all about preserving or pickling, charcuterie and then braising meat and roasting in the winter. Each month that we are doing something, we’re partnering with a different supplier,” she said. “In May, we’ll be partnering with Cowichan Bay Seafood and really doing that cross promotion. I think it’s a really important thing: showcasing the ingredient and what can be done with it and our establishment and their business,” Hudson said. “So it’s a win-win all around. And it’s seasonal every month. That’s very exciting.”

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Around Cowichan’s council tables ◆ NORTH COWICHAN

N. Cowichan residents to vote on amalgamation question Voters in North Cowichan will be asked in November what they think of amalgamation with the City of Duncan. North Cowichan municipal council agreed April 16 on a slightly modified plebiscite question from the one the City of Duncan has chosen, according to Mayor Jon Lefebure. “The city had included ‘amalgamation or restructuring’,” he said. “That was pertinent to their situation in Duncan because they are involved in one boundary expansion exercise already and for them there could be more. But for North Cowichan, there was seen as no need to in any way complicate the plebiscite so it was the same motion but without ‘and restructuring’.

So it is just the straightforward: North Cowichan and City of Duncan: are you willing to spend.” Lefebure also added that there is not money available right now to do the study of the costs and benefits of amalgamation.

Decision on bylaw complaint to wait for bylaw review Because of complaints by residents, the subject of the storage and use of commercial vehicles in residential areas has come before North Cowichan municipal council but any decisions on it will have to wait a bit longer, councillors decided Wednesday, April 16. “Staff advised council that it could affect several zones and since we were in the middle of a zoning bylaw review that it would be best to have staff review it as they did the zoning bylaw review,”

Mayor Jon Lefebure said. “So, we’re expecting to have results from the zoning bylaw review within the next six months and at that time there will be a recommendation from staff on whether or not there should be any changes to that part of the zoning bylaw.

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Apex wins bid for new Lake Cowichan Town Square Lake Cowichan council awarded the $431,455.64 contract for the Town Square project April 22. The winning bid was Apex, and the project is to be completed as stipulated in the design drawings, council decided. Lexi Bainas, Citizen

Fifty-one per cent measured as vulnerable always very interested in the information gathered by the EDI. “In looking at EDI results for Lake Cowichan it says that 51 per cent of the children coming to school are vulnerable on one or more of the five scales they look at,” said Brenda Reed, early learning coordinator. “When you break that down, 26 per cent of the children are vulnerable on the physical health and wellbeing. That means they are coming to school either hungry or tired or are lacking some gross motor skills they need to be successful in school. We at the school district have been working towards supporting the families out there in order to address that situation.” Koers said various groups including the school district, the health authority and Success by 6 are actively working on the situation. The big yellow Bubbles & Books bus, a

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MMBC to hit ‘Citizen’ with $50,000-plus bill hat Cowichan Valley business can afford to take a $50,000-plus hit? Every business owner out there just winced. Which is what we’re doing here at the Cowichan Valley Citizen, since that’s the bill that’s due next month as the B.C. government implements its ill-conceived Multi-Material BC program. MMBC will take over existing recycling programs previously run successfully by municipalities. As far as we can tell, nobody was crying for a change.

Especially not one that will see control of recycling handed over to a group of multi-national corporations based in Ontario. That said, the municipalities in the Cowichan Valley thus far don’t seem too concerned about the implementation of the program, as they will receive compensation from MMBC. But they should be concerned. Everybody should be. The Citizen, and every other community newspaper on Vancouver Island and across the province, will have no choice but to take action to try to stem the bleeding on our bottom line.

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What that will mean is less or even no space for free or discounted ads. These types of ads are done to help out our many non-profit organizations in the Cowichan Valley. So the end victims of the MMBC program will not only be the newspapers that tell you about your community and the people in it, but also the Canadian Cancer Society, the MS Society, Providence Farm and the United Way. We don’t want to do this. These are important organizations that do great work in the community.

But we have to keep our doors open and keep paying our staff and that means, when we are being charged for every sheet of newsprint we put out, that we have to make those costs back. In other communities, the cost at the newsstand will go up. We don’t object to recycling programs. In other places where there are similar programs newspapers are exempt or costs are a fraction of what we’re being told we have to pay here in B.C. The stated goal of the program is to eventually cut down on the packaging and waste we produce as a society, by having the produ-

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cers of this waste pay the bill. Most of us would welcome the idea of not having to remove two or three layers of packaging when we purchase an item. The swirling country-sized islands of waste in our oceans will thank us for it. But newspapers like the Citizen are produced on almost entirely recycled paper as it is. We’re doing our part. Cutting down on packaging and waste is a laudable goal. What the B.C. government isn’t acknowledging is that newspapers are neither of those things.

Local governments should beware P3 pitfalls Re: P3 community centre I have concerns about our elected officials pursuing a P3. Do they have the expertise to fully assess the risks and benefits? Complicated contracts lead to a long and costly procurement process for P3s. The federal government has tied capital funding to the use of P3s. If our elected officials seek funds from the Building Canada Fund they will have to show that the option of using a P3 has been fully considered. Monitoring and holding private partners to the performance

specifications is actually quite costly and difficult to achieve. Any details not specified in the contract become the responsibility of the government, since it’s the government that ultimately carries the responsibility for the service. Ronald Aspin has studied the transfer of risk to the private partner and found “when it comes to engaging public-private partnerships it would appear local government is the most vulnerable to exploitation by a better skilled and more experienced private sector in terms of recognizing and allocating risk”. An example of this is the Canada Line where the private partner carries 10 per cent of the risk as compared to the public

90 per cent. The impact of international trade agreements is another issue. Would we want a foreign country operating our community centre? And if we didn’t accept their bid would they sue us under NAFTA’s Chapter 11 or a similar law under CETA or the TPP? The long-term lease payments entered into with a P3 constitute a government liability and so need the consent of the electorate. Educating the public to make an informed decision will be an absolute necessity. Donna Cameron Duncan

Not only a front page story, complete with photos, but even a tsk tsk editorial...can anyone be surprised that this is going on? After all, our provincial government has decided that we are nothing more than a convenient dumping ground — take a look at Shawnigan Lake, for instance, or there’s the threat of a fullfledged incineration facility at Duke Point, and the Fisher Road facility in Cobble Hill wants to increase its consumption of garbage (or “recycling” if you prefer). Is it any wonder that certain elements of the citizenry feel that it’s okay to litter? Because let’s face it, everyone is doing it, and our so-called representatives in the Leg could care less. Like it or not, the entirety of Cowichan, and the rest of the Island, better get used to being “dumped” on. Even the business community, those stalwart supporters of the provincial Liberals, are up in arms over still another long, hot season of delays on the Malahat at the worst possible time, courtesy of those who we didn’t vote for, and, consequently those who refuse to hear us when we don’t like what they are serving up. After all, all those trucks need a good safe highway to transport all that grunge. Yes it sucks that anyone would do what this reprobate has done to the farmer’s field, but whoever it is has one heck of an example, courtesy of our elected government, to live up to. Wendi Galczik Cobble Hill For more from the Cowichan Valley Citizen, check us out online: www.cowichanvalleycitizen.com

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Let’s be realistic: the future of rail travel A response to the letter of April 23 from Graham Jones I read the letter from Mr. Jones (April 23) expecting some realistically positive endorsements for the future of rail traffic on Vancouver Island. What I did read was, in my estimation, a very negative and myopic view of what should, or should not, be possible. If one wants to be “realistic” consider these few pointers: a. A long term view: The population of Duncan, not to mention other cities on the Island, is expected to rise in the coming years and the fact that we have this corridor is a big plus for the future transportation needs on Vancouver Island. b. Bus service vs. rail service: We have seen, unfortunately, many examples in the past years

of tragic events on the Trans Canada Highway, which have not only snarled traffic, but, at times completely halted it! This rail line is a secondary corridor which is also available. c. Time, speed and noise: I’m afraid that Mr. Jones actually contradicts himself when discussing this matter. In paragraph three these factors are a “hazard”, yet, later in paragraph six we are mostly a “rural” environment, and, I presume, therefore the hazards mentioned are not so much of a problem. In any case, one cannot be overly presumptive and prejudicial about speed which is, after all, a major safety factor. d. People (both local and visitors) and commerce (trans Island): This letter goes into great detail regarding the necessity, or not, for people on the Island regarding their travel needs. But no mention is made

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of the prospects put forward many years ago by the proposers of this project viz: to get as much of the heavy commerce off the Trans Canada Highway, especially from “up-Island” and back on the tracks again. Once more, we need a long-term vision for the future of commercial transportation in regards to an Island’s developing economy. This is certainly not an “either-or” situation rather a “both-and”.

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e. Finally, working with all stakeholders: The rather barbed retort in paragraph nine regarding “experience” was not only uncalled for but rather facetious and misinformed as Via Rail is unlikely to commit itself to a joint enterprise without first knowing all the facts. The fact that the First Nations, municipalities and mayors (such as Graham Hill in View Royal, to mention but one) plus business leaders, are all presently much involved belies this concern. This letter of mine is just one person’s view and I would hope that others would step forward with many more “realistic” and, I would presume, very positive views of what could be eventually a long-term, valuable project for everybody living on Vancouver Island.

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A duo of the brighter young stars on the south Island jazz scene will shine on the Crofton Hotel Pub stage Sunday, May 4 starting at 2 p.m. Bassist John Lee and guitarist Andrew Janusson, each launching promising music careers, will perform interpretations of classic jazz standards plus some original tunes. Lee, who g raduated from Berklee College of Music in Boston last spring, and Janusson, who is in his final year in Vancouver Island University’s jazz studies program, have each

been regulars in the jazz at Crofton weekly series, but this is the first time they’ve played together as a duo. Lee, also an accomplished drummer, has shared the stage with such international musicians as Cyrus Chestnut, Ingrid and Christine Jensen and Phil Dwyer. Janusson studies under guitarist Pat Coleman and bassist Ken Lister and has performed extensively up and down the Island. The weekly jazz series runs Sundays from 2 to 5 p.m. Musicians are invited to sit in during the last set of the afternoon. Admission is $10 per person.

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way home again. They’re all there from the classic story, the famous cast of witches, good and bad, the Scarecrow, the Tin Man and the Cowardly Lion, the Munchkins, and the Wizard himself. Along with Bruce, look for Colin Wylie as Hank/the Scarecrow, Brandon De Pol as Hickory/the Tin Man, Dale Winters as Zeke/ the Lion, Graham Fielding as Professor Marvel/the Wizard of Oz, Annette Jamieson as Aunt Em/Glinda, the Good Witch of the North and Lillian Laird as Almira Gultch/the Wicked Witch of the West. The Wizard of Oz is codirected by Dena McPhee and Lindsay Anderson, both multi talented veterans. The Wizard of Oz is the 63rd production for the Kaatza Lakeside Players. Tickets are available at Footwear Centre in Lake Cowichan, and at Michaela Davidson’s Art & Gift Gallery and Portals at the Island Savings Centre in Duncan. Ticket prices are $20, or $15 for members, seniors and youth under 18. A special Mother’s Day Tea service on Sunday is $30, and a $50 family pass for four is available for the Saturday matinee (1 p.m.) show only.

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Murder in Green Meadows. It’s a psychological thriller and the Shawnigan Players are presenting it in a six-show run starting May 1 at Queen Margaret’s School. Evening performances starting at 7:30 p.m. are scheduled for May 1, 2, 3, 8 and 9 with a 2 p.m. matinee on Sunday, May 11. Director Maggie Sullivan is delighted to be finally getting to this play. “I’ve been wanting to do this one for a long time but I could never get a full cast for it. I actually had to drive one man kicking and screaming into it, but now I’m set,” she said. She’s had the Green Meadows script for some time. “When I had my own theatre at my home I used to order all kinds of scripts that looked interesting and this was one of them. I hung onto it, hoping I’d be able to do it one day and I am. It’s finally coming to fruition.” She describes the show as a psychological thriller. “But it’s also about physical and mental abuse as well; it covers a lot of areas. And it also has a moral,” Sullivan said. A couple have moved to their dream home in a modern suburban housing development, designed by Thomas (Erin Butler). He and his wife Joan (Jessie Mann) appear to be living the American dream in their new neighbourhood but in reality theirs is a loveless marriage with Thomas harboring a rage below the surface. The circumstances of their moving from their previous home are also shrouded in mystery. They quickly become close friends with another couple, Carolyn (Deanna Attwood) and Jeff (Nick Brown), who have moved in across the street. The friendship starts when Carolyn and Jeff arrive one morning without warning to greet their new neighbours. There is nothing idyllic in these relationships, though, and the plot takes many twists and turns as it

writhes to its conclusion. Tickets are $20 each for adults and $15 for students and seniors. Get them at Mason’s Store in Shawnigan Lake or Ten Old Books in Duncan.

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Duelling doctors intrigued Nanaimo newspaper readers All Dr. Cluness could do was “smooth down the pillow of death...”—deceased’s husband. t was most unprofessional: two doctors duking it out in print with all of Nanaimo for an audience and the likelihood of humiliation and loss of his practice for the loser. But so it was, in Nanaimo, in December 1881. It began with a letter to the editor of the Free Press by A.W. Gamble, M.D. He accused Dr. D. Cluness, coroner and surgeon for the local collieries, of challenging his (Gamble’s) competence in treating the late Mrs. S while she was giving birth to twins. Gamble chose to go public via the newspaper because, he said, Cluness had refused to see him one-on-one and, “If I were guilty of malpractice in this case and he knew it, it was his duty as a coroner to summon a jury and have the matter properly investigated.” Gamble proposed arbitration by a third physician and that he and Cluness each post a bond of $100-$500 which would go to the party deemed to have proved his case: “The proposal I think is a very fair one... I want no newspaper warfare[!] in the matter but require of the Dr. a congenial reply, will he accept the proposition or not?” His proposed “bet,” as she termed it, drew a response from Margaret Guillion who’d helped nurse Mrs. S for 10 days. At all times, she declared, Gamble’s instructions had been strictly followed, and all the nurses were experienced. She didn’t wish to say more “but any certificate I can sign would not be favorable to Dr. Gamble. I have nothing to say in his favor.” Most damning was a letter from William Sinclair, husband of the deceased who chose to identify himself publicly: “...First may I plainly state that in my opinion had Dr. Gamble allowed me to bring Dr. Cluness in to assist when I wished to do so, my children would not [be] motherless today. This he prevented me from doing by menacing behaviour and by cursing and swearing and running down Dr. Cluness, completely cowing both me and the nurses [whom] he also attempts

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Firsts fall to Velox, Thirds advance KEVIN ROTHBAUER CITIZEN

The First Division Cowichan Piggies’ season came to an end in last Saturday’s Island final, but the Thirds captured their Island championship and will carry the Cowichan banner into the provincial playoffs. The Firsts lost a hard-fought battle with Velox 14-11, while the Thirds prevailed 36-27 over their own Velox opponents. “Realistically, our goal was to make the B.C. final this year,” head coach Gord McGeachy said. “To lose in the Island final was a major disappointment for us. It was still a great season, but not exactly what we were hoping for.” Both teams settled into a physical, defensive battle early on in the match, and it was Velox that got on the board first, capitalizing on Cowichan’s mistakes to go ahead 7-0 about 30 minutes in. The Piggies made it 7-3 when Owen Wood kicked a penalty goal on the last play of the first half. The Piggies were optimistic going into the second half. “We had the wind at our back, so things were looking pretty good,” McGeachy said. “We were starting to play a bit better.”

Ian Manly is tackled by Velox players in the First Division final. [KEVIN ROTHBAUER/CITIZEN]

Gabe Farrell scored an unconverted try to put Cowichan ahead 8-7, before the teams went into another scoreless 20 minutes. “Then we started to make some mistakes, dropping the ball, putting ourselves under tremendous pressure in our end,” McGeachy said. Velox went ahead again on another try with about 15 minutes left to play. Wood kicked another penalty, but that was as close as the Piggies would get. “We spent the last 10 minutes in our end, making mistakes and taking penalties,” McGeachy said. “It

came down to the team that made less mistakes on the day.” P l ay i n g r i g h t b e f o r e t h e Firsts took the field, the Thirds played a “tremendous game,” in McGeachy’s words. Velox fields two First Division teams in addition to their Thirds, and several First Division players were available to suit up for the Thirds against Cowichan, but the Piggies weren’t intimidated. Ryan McAvena opened the scoring, and Ryan Spooner added two tries to give Cowichan an early lead. Velox came back with 20 unanswered points to lead 20-17 at halftime. The Pigges dominated the second half, however, and used tries by Jordan Weisner, Andrew Wright and Pat Large to regain the advantage. Velox added a late try to get within nine points before time ran out. The Thirds will host Vancouver’s Kats Rugby Club for a provincial semifinal this Saturday at 1:30 p.m. “They finished third in their league in Vancouver, but other than that, we don’t know anything about them,” McGeachy said. “We’ll do what we do well, and try and figure out what they do well and stop them.”

Third Division Piggies players celebrate with Andrew Wood after his try, which would stand up as the game-winner against Velox in the Island final last Saturday. [KEVIN ROTHBAUER/CITIZEN]

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History was made last weekend as the Cowichan Secondary Thunderbirds won the Plate Final — equivalent to a fifthplace finish — at the provincial high school rugby sevens tournament at UBC last weekend. The result was the best at the B.C. Sevens for the Cow High boys in more than 15 years. Cowichan went into the tournament seeded 12th overall and fourth among Island teams, and went on to out-perform everyone else from the region. It was also the first time since Cow High’s girls team started playing in 1995 that the boys finished higher than the girls at the provincial sevens tourney. “The T-Birds played sensational sevens and peaked at the right time,” Cowichan head coach Ron Glass said. The T-Birds opened the tournament on Saturday with a 33-12 win over Langley’s

R.E. Mountain Secondary. Alucious Gray scored twice, Amish Dobson, Jared Champoux and Ethan Burke had one try apiece, and Kyle Joe kicked three conversions. Dobson scored three tries and Joe kicked a conversion in the second game, a 17-5 win over Handsworth. The T-Birds’ lone defeat came on Sunday morning when they lost 59-0 to St. George’s, the defending champions who would go on to defend their title. Cowichan bounced back to beat Earl Marriott 22-12 in the Plate semifinal on three tries by Seth Davis, one by Burke, and a conversion by Joe. Gray led the way with two tries in the Plate Final as Cowichan defeated Argyle 22-5. Dobson and Burke also scored once each, and Joe slotted another conversion. Coaches Glass, Craig Lauridsen and Noah Dobson — a recent graduate of the T-Birds program — were thrilled with the result, and announced the team’s intention to travel to the 2015 Las Vegas Sevens.

Thunderbirds top Breakers in all-Valley boys rugby clash

Born in Duncan and raised in Victoria, Gareth Rees last week became the first rugby player named to Canada’s Sports Hall of Fame. Rees represented Canada in the 1987, 1991, 1995 and 1999 World Cups, and served as captain for the last two. He played 25 test

matches for Canada from 1987 to 2001. In 2007, the International Rugby Board named him as one of the top 12 players in the world for the 20th century, and in 2011, he and Samoa’s Brian Lima became the first players from nations outside the traditional top tier of the sport inducted into the IRB Hall of Fame. Rees was inducted into the BC Sports Hall of Fame in 2008.

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A second-half charge allowed the Cowichan Secondary Thunderbirds to prevail over the upstart Frances Kelsey Breakers in an all-Valley rugby clash last Thursday. Eddy Walt got Cowichan on the board first, but Kelsey roared back and held a 105 edge at halftime. Cowichan went up on a converted try early in the second half, and although Kelsey regained the lead soon after on a botched lineout and scrum by the T-Birds, the second half belonged largely to Cowichan, who surged ahead with three unanswered tries — including a pair by Brock Gowanlock — to win 27-15. “We seemed to come out flat in the second half after losing fullback Landon Conville to the sin bin for 10 minutes,” Kelsey assistant coach Tom Fogarty said. “At this point the game swung in Cow High’s favour as they started to put on the pressure.” T-Birds head coach Ron Glass was impressed with the way the Breakers performed, but still pleased to come away with the victory. “Despite putting up a good fight, the Breakers began running out of energy in the second portion of the second half and the T-Birds ran in three unanswered tries,” he said. “Kelsey has improved immensely and this is due to the terrific efforts of Tom Fogarty and [head coach] Craig Schmidt.” Walt and Gowanlock finished with two tries apiece, while Austen Gamble also scored for Cowichan. Scrum half Colten Smith was named Kelsey’s Man of the Match. “[Smith] showed maturity beyond his years throughout the game, especially considering he is a Grade 9 student playing against seasoned seniors,” Fogarty said. “And he was able to score a try too.” Fogarty is looking forward to battles between the Breakers and T-Birds in the future. “It should be noted that both Kelsey and Cow High have very young teams this season and it will be interesting to see how these young and talented players develop over the next couple of years,” he said. “There is a lot of rugby potential in these young men and I believe they will only get

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Despite a bus breakdown and a 15-minute warm-up, Cowichan’s women’s rugby team managed a close game against Kamloops in the battle for first place in the province last weekend, and almost certainly would have won if they’d had a kicker in their midst. The team had an early start to the day, and was making good time in the bus until they ended up sidelined on the Coquihalla Highway when smoke started puffing out of the back of the bus. “We thought we had to forfeit the game, but thankfully the tow truck driver was able to fix the bus enough to get us back on the road,” Cowichan captain Sherry Spence said.

Arriving in Kamloops with enough time for a brief warm-up, Cowichan managed to score six tries in the game, but had no one to kick converts. “If you scored, you had to kick,” Spence said. “[We had] a few close dropkicks, but none that went over.” Brandi Van Eeuwen and Carolyn Gudmundseth scored twice, and Jessica Wilton and Stacey Collison each had one try. Gudmundseth and Spence were named Players of the Game. The loss dropped Cowichan into second place in the BC First Division, just behind Kamloops, but the team will still have home-field advantage in the first round of the playoffs. Cowichan will host Maple Ridge in the B.C. semifinals this Saturday at 11:30 a.m.

Jamie Russell of the Wild gets hold of the Storm’s Elia Zanon during CWFL action at McAdam Park last Sunday morning. [KEVIN ROTHBAUER/CITIZEN]

CWFL’s newest teams square off ies Elia Zanon and Brandee Ganter also played well on defence. The two newest entries in the Cowichan In the other morning game, the Crew Women’s Football League did battle last clawed their way back from a deficit to tie Sunday, with a strong second half pro- the Ravens 19-19. pelling the Wild to a 30-6 victory over the “We were up until the last 10 to 20 minStorm. utes of the game and they came back,” The Wild, who emerged from the ashes Ravens player Morgan Rogers noted. of the Wildfire after last season, got strong Alitta Mattin and Marilou Sullivan had performances from their veteran players, fourth-quarter touchdowns for the Crew, while the rookie-laden Storm continued to with Darbi Atchison responsible for the progress and show potential. convert that evened the score. The game was tied 6-6 at halftime, but Both teams’ quarterbacks were fair game the Storm’s lack of experience created in the contest, as Crew rookie Nicole Pugh opportunities for the Wild, who eagerly collected six sacks in her CWFL debut, capitalized. while Lauren James had five sacks for the “It will all come together as the team Ravens. builds on their knowledge and unity,” Quarterback Rikki Wylie pulled off the Storm coach Chris Mann said. Ravens’ play of the game, scrambling as Jamie Russell, Rhiannon Kemmler, Sue she drew two defenders, then launching Glenn, Ginette Bilina and Val Chambers a Hail Mary to teammate Kendall Andjelall scored touchdowns for the Wild. Cham- kovic for a gain of 40 yards. Wylie, James bers added two interceptions, Bilina had and Barbara Smith all scored touchdowns one, and Russell recorded a sack. Scoring for the Ravens. In addition to Mattin and for the Storm was Carly Boyd, who dedi- Sullivan, Janelle Mould also scored for the cated her touchdown to Wendy Erickson, Crew. In the afternoon game, the Blue Steel an original CWFL player who passed away last month. Alisha Kristina registered her Brew topped the Law 27-19. The BSB got a pick-six touchdown from first sack for the Storm, while fellow rookMila Main along with majors from Sam Miiller, Shelby Wilcox and Kara Olson. Olson, Heidi Padjen and Laura Boersen had converts, and Wilcox and Michelle Nederlof had interceptions. COMMUNITY SAFETY Kim Scafe had two touchdowns ADVISORY COMMISSION for the Law, while Rachel HastAPPLICATIONS FOR MEMBERSHIP ings and Leanne Closson were credited with one each. Closson The Cowichan Valley Regional District is accepting applications from interested persons wishing to serve and Crystal Gotto also had two as a member of the Community Safety Advisory interceptions apiece, and Closson Commission in 2014. added a two-point convert and a The Commission advises the Board on community single-point convert. KEVIN ROTHBAUER CITIZEN

Cook leads DCS track medal haul Duncan Christian School came home with five medals from last Friday’s B.C. Christian School Track and Field Championships in Abbotsford. Mikayla Cook led the way with silver medals in the senior girls long jump and 100m dash. Douglas Groenendijk finished with a silver in the senior boys long jump and bronze in the 800m. Rounding out the medal haul was Danielle Groenendijk with a silver in the junior girls 100m.

Douglas Groenendijk also finished eighth in the race walk, while Danielle placed fifth in both the 200m and long jump. Josh Dixon placed sixth in the senior boys 100m and 200m, and eighth in the long jump. Also representing DCS were Yiyi Yan in the senior boys 200m and long jump, and Rachelle VanBoven in the junior girls 100m, 200m and long jump. Coaches were Meredith Reems, Kerissa Mount and John Morris.

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• Cowichan Intercultural Society free 10-week workshop series (join any time) Citizenship 101, to prepare permanent residents for their Canadian Citizenship test, March 28-June 13. Includes mock citizenship exam and ceremony. Classes at CIS office in Duncan, Fridays, 7-8:30 p.m. • Cowichan Fish and Game Association are hosting Canadian Firearm Safety course (PAL and RPAL) starting Friday, May 2, in Glenora. Details and to register: Mike 250-748-0319 or canadianfirearmsafety@shaw.ca • Cowichan Valley Rhododendron Society 2014 Cowichan Garden Fair, Saturday, May 3, free admission, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., Cowichan Exhibition grounds. Gifts for first 100 customers. Free coffee and donuts for first 200. More than 3,000 rhodos, companion plants and gardening supplies. Info: 250-746-6419. • Cowichan Valley Garden Club annual flower show and plant sale, Saturday, May 10, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., Duncan United Church hall, admission $3. Special presentation: Jeff de Jong 10:30 a.m, 11:45 a.m. and 1 p.m., admission $6 (includes general admission). Advance tickets: Leaf and Petal, Duncan, Volume One Books, Duncan. Raffle for Providence Farm Therapeutic Garden. Info: www.cowichanvalleygardenclub.com • Birding in Cowichan Bay, Saturday, May 10, Cowichan Estuary Nature Centre staff teach the basics of birding and best spots at the estuary, 2-3 p.m., free, Duncan library. Info: 250-746-7661. • The Summit: Documentary Night at the Library, Monday, May 12, 6-7:30 p.m. Film examines what happened on one disastrous climb of K2 in 2008. Free admission, Duncan library. Info: 250-746-7661. • Black & White Gala Save Shawnigan Water fundraiser, dinner, dance and auction Friday, May 16, 6:30 p.m., Arbutus Ridge banquet room. Music by Maria Manna. Speakers Sean Hern and John Anderson of Farris LLP. Tickets $75 each, available online www.thesra.ca and Dewar McCarthy & Co. Proceeds to SRA legal action fund. • Basic sketching and drafting:

can), Tuesday, 12 p.m. a.m. Early Bird Draw, Loonie Pot, Odd and Even, Number Seven and Bonanza. Info: 250-746-4433.

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A young boy tries to match pictures of birds with their names at the Somenos Marsh Society table at Earth Day celebrations at Charles Hoey Park last Saturday. The event featured free food, entertainment, booths with all kinds of information and a biodiversity panel discussion. Children attending with their families especially liked the chance to fill out a passport for a chance at draw prizes. More photos: www.cowichanvalleycitizen.com [LEXI BAINAS/CITIZEN]

Hands on at the Library, Friday, May 16, 4-5 p.m. Free admission. Cowichan Tribes artist lessLIE gives an hour session. Limited seats, register: 250-7467661 or stop by Duncan library. • Saving St. Peter’s Fundraising Gala, dinner, dance and silent auction, May 31, 5:30 p.m.-midnight, Duncan Meadows Golf and Country club. Music by The Paul Wainwright Band. Tickets $100 with tax receipt, call 250-746-6262 (Tuesday-Friday, 9 a.m.-1 p.m.), email stpeterschurch@shaw.ca. Proceeds to restoration and preservation of the church. • South Cowichan Community Policing Return It collection days, third Saturday of each month, 10 a.m.2 p.m., Valley View Centre recycling area. For returnable bottles, cans and other drink containers (except milk products). Funds to support community programs

Seniors • Chemainus Seniors Drop-in Centre choral concert, April 27, 2 p.m., featuring the Centre Belles & Men’s Choir. • Chemainus Seniors Drop-in Centre Pancake Breakfast May 17, 9-10:30 a.m., cost $5. • Chemainus Seniors Drop-in Centre soup and sandwich, May 21, 11:30 a.m.1 p.m., cost $5. Entertainment by the Centre Belles. • Chemainus Seniors Drop-in Centre dance to Dan Hughes and His Seniors May 24, 7 p.m., cost $9 (included lunch).

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

and free snacks. Info: 250-748-3112. • Meditation with facilitator Gary Greenstein, meditator in the Buddhist tradition for 35 years, free, no registration necessary. Info: Gary 250-746-86376:30-7:30 p.m., Duncan library. Train your mind to recognize stress and subtle pain in the body, how your speech affects others, recognize negative emotions as they arise, loving-kindness and compassion. • Seniors Dragon Boating, Monday and Thursday mornings 9:30 a.m., Hecate Park. Info: sandysand007@ shaw.ca • Swing Dance Lessons Tuesdays, 7:30 p.m., Island Oak High School, 5814 Banks Rd. Duncan, $10 per class, $12 drop-in fee, private lessons available. No partner necessary. Info: Josef 250709-8583, jgraf5@yahoo.ca • Bingo for over 19s, Seniors Activity Centre (198 Government St., Dun-

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• Cowichan Valley Council of Canadians hosts ‘Plan an Action Meeting’ for those interested in raising awareness about Fair Elections Act (Bill C-23), Thursday, May 1, 7 p.m., Nitinat Room, Island Savings Centre. Info: Donna 748-2444 or dcameron@seaside. net or Cathie 250-597-2417 or ldabctri@ shaw.ca • Monthly meeting of the Cowichan Valley Arthritis Support Group, Monday, May 5, 1 p.m., St. John’s Church Hall, 486 Jubilee St., Duncan. Speaker: Anne-Lise Loomer on how the CanAssist division of UVIC addresses issues affecting those with disabilities and some of the technical solutions and programs that result. • Chemainus Garden Club plant sale Mother’s Day, May 11, Dayliner 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Craft table, books, seeds, divisions, seedlings, cuttings and door prizes. Proceeds to local charities. • Chemainus Garden Club meeting Tuesday, May 13, 1 p.m., Calvary Baptist Church, 3319 River Rd., Chemainus. $2 drop-in fee. $15 yearly membership. Info 250-245-2464. • The Diggers Club of Cowichan meets the second Wednesday of the month, Chemainus United Church, 7 p.m. Come meet other collectors and see and hear about collections. Refreshments served. Info: 250-748-5707.

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