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Weekend’s Sunfest tops 40,000 fans LEXI BAINAS CITIZEN

A massive crowd, part of 40,000plus for the weekend, packed into Cowichan Exhibition Park on Sunday as Sunfest concluded with a much-anticipated appearance by country legend Tim McGraw.

“It was fantastic, our best Sunfest ever. And we’re planning on an even better event next year,” said spokesperson Charlotte Fisher. “We had some great improvements this year and we’re working to add to those. We’ve been listening to everyone’s comments.”

By supper time Sunday, the entire site was ready to party, with lots of fans surging forward to enjoy lively Cassadee Pope and then raucously greeting Aaron Pritchett who now lives on Gabriola Island and even introduced his son Mason to the crowd.

Then, it was time for McGraw to take the main stage to wind up the huge country music festival.

The star lived up to his billing, performing many of his past hits and current songs to uproarious applause and walking out along the thrust stage to get up close and personal with his fans, even lifting one handicapped fan onstage with him for a special moment.

Even before the evening’s shows started there was plenty of buzz both on the site and off as country fans drooled over Saturday night’s announcement that superstar Keith Urban has signed on for Sunfest 2015.

Dean Brody was the headliner Friday night. He’s currently up for a host of awards and was riding high when he arrived in the Cowichan Valley. He started with Crop Circles, working his way through his list of hits.

Even before Brody got there, Blackjack Billy proved they were the perfect party band, rounding out a great set with lively crowd sing-alongs.

Friday night was a great night for the ladies as Canadian country crooner George Canyon proved he’s more than just a pretty face with a set that impressed music fans from every age bracket before making way for the headliner, Jake Owen.

Owen charmed the crowd, telling them about his time in the Cowichan Valley, talking about how he’d been waterskiing on Cowichan Lake and how he was enjoying his first visit to Canada while presenting his hits that included his No. 1 song Beachin’.

Eager fans crowd the Sunfest mainstage Sunday, Aug. 3 reaching out for headliner Tim McGraw as his show brought to a close the exciting and jam-packed four-day country music festival at Cowichan Exhibition Park. See page 3 and www.cowichanvalleycitizen.com for more photos from Sunfest. [LEXI BAINAS/CITIZEN]

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Dean Brody headlined Saturday night. [LEXI BAINAS/CITIZEN] George Canyon was a big hit. [KEVIN ROTHBAUER/CITIZEN]

A barefoot Jake Owen was a huge fan favourite and highlight of Sunfest on Friday night. For more photos of the performers and the spectators from Sunfest go to www.cowichanvalleycitizen.com [KEVIN ROTHBAUER/CITIZEN]

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A large group of enthusiastic volunteers plant indigenous species at a lakefront site on the Lake Cowichan First Nation reserve as they join Gerald Thom in completing his last-ever project for the Cowichan Stewardship group on Saturday, July 26. The property, which had been overgrown with blackberries and many invasive plants had previously been cleaned up, ready for the big day. [LEXI BAINAS/CITIZEN]

River steward Gerald Thom spent final day on lake conservation LEXI BAINAS CITIZEN

It may have been his last work for the Cowichan Lake and River Stewardship Society but Gerald Thom was enthusiastically working lakeside Saturday, July 26, only hours before his death in a tragic plane crash near Nanaimo.

“Gerald’s last day was typical of his constant involvement with the stewardship of our watershed,” Society communications director Parker Jefferson said July 29.

“He woke early, packed his barbecue, food, tools and tent into his truck and drove to the current Shoreline Stewardship Project site, on the lands of the Lake Cowichan First Nation. There he led a large group of community, First Nations and CLRSS volunteers in planting over 800 native plants in an area the group had earlier cleaned up, removing blackberries and garbage.

“He worked tirelessly in the hot sun with everyone else until the job was done. His wife Caroline helped grill the hamburgers we all enjoyed at lunch break: just another day in the quest to restore our lakefront riparian areas.”

As a tireless champion of the watershed and community, Thom “inspired children with his talks at the local school about how important a healthy watershed is for their futures,” Jefferson said.

“His efforts helped to create the Shoreline Stewardship Project, working with all levels of government and many volunteer groups to raise the necessary funding to restore riparian areas and create public awareness of the importance of riparian areas.”

Georgina Livingstone of the Lake Cowichan First Nation was delighted to see the work being done on the site.

“Gerald is such a great guy. He loves the lake,” she said July 26.

Gerald Thom was a huge proponent of the project before his death. [CITIZEN FILE] “We removed I don’t know how much garbage from here on Earth Day and now we’re really starting to get this cleaned up and replanted,” said Aaron Hamilton, operations officer for the band. “It’s a really great first phase for the redevelopment of the site. We look forward to seeing what we can do to becoming major players in the local economy.”

Thom himself took a moment out from working by the lake to talk about the riparian repair effort, which was continuing at several sites around Cowichan Lake.

“This is one of nine we’re doing as part of our lakeshore stewardship thing.

We’ve got the Cowichan Valley Naturalists here today, we’ve got the Retread Hiking Group and, of course, our own volunteers and our First Nations, too.

“This is a beautiful place; it’s a unique opportunity. It was really overgrown with blackberries and invasive plants so

replacing them with all native plants, we can restore the habitat and make something that’s nice to look at as well.

“And we’ve still planned it so there will be beach access as well for swimming. I know there are also plans for a cultural interpretive site here in the future. This is the first step, clean it out and replant.”

The group has already done a about 150 metres of shoreline at Honeymoon Bay’s Paradise Village RV park. Next up are sites on private property.

“The idea is that we’ve got a three year plan to visit most of the residents around the lake to explain the importance of the riparian zone for habitat, filtration and water purification and try to encourage them to use native plants and leave as much of the riparian zone intact as possible. That’s going to keep our water quality in place forever, and our fish stocks.

“We don’t want to become Shawnigan Lake. Cowichan is a beautiful clear, clean lake and this is a number one priority for our group,” Thom said.

He then pointed out that there are about 25 backers funding the project.

The main ones are the Pacific Salmon Foundation, Environment Canada Eco Action, the Habitat Conservation Trust Fund and the federal Recreational Fisheries Conservation Partnership Program, he said.

Judy Brayden of the Stewardship Society said that Thom was devoted to maintaining the lake in good shape.

He enjoyed Cowichan Lake, particularly the Shaw Creek estuary, she said.

“I remember when he went there, when we did field trips there, he was like a little kid leaping up and down.

He was so excited about the ecosystem.

The other people were thinking it wasn’t very special but he was so excited. It was great to see,” she said.

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Lake’s food bank has no place to call home ANDREA RONDEAU CITIZEN

The Lake Cowichan Food Bank Society will be homeless by Aug. 26 if the community doesn’t step up to the plate and help them find new accommodations.

“It is a dire situation,” said Katherine Worsley, the society’s treasurer, as she, along with President Betty Sanddar and Cindy Vaast, secretary and coordinator of hampers and volunteers, reached out to the community for assistance.

The food bank is currently renting space at the Lake Cowichan Christian Fellowship Church, but the church is moving and has notified the society that the food bank will not be able to make the move with the congregation.

The food bank serves about five per cent of the Cowichan Lake area’s 7,000 residents, Worsley said, though the numbers fluctuate with the time of year.

“That’s a lot of people that count on us,” she said.

They have been in their current location for 15 years, and the food bank has been in operation for close to 25 years.

The volunteer-based organization does not have a lot of funds to pay rent or hydro bills, and is hoping that someone in the community will step up with a suitable location that won’t break the bank.

In spite of the hurdle in front of them, the society is asking anyone with extra fruit or garden vegetables to contact them so they can be distributed before their next distribution day on Aug. 13.

They also gratefully receive donations and are a registered charity.

If you know of a space where the food bank can move, call society President Betty Sanddar at 250-749-4802.

Drifting tug boat removed from Maple Bay A derelict tug boat has been towed out of Maple Bay. The 70 foot Trojan was adrift off Maple Bay Peninsula when Transport Canada Navigable Waters made the decision July 29 to place a removal order on the ship.

“Later that evening, officers boarded the vessel to ensure there was no one on board and that there were no hazards in relation to the inner vessel,” said Cpl. Krista Hobday of the North Cowichan/Duncan RCMP. The detachment acted as liaison.

The tug was towed to Ladysmith at 9:25 p.m. that night.

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CVRD takes aim at sport tourism ANDREA RONDEAU CITIZEN

Big sporting events bring big bucks to the communities where they are held, and the Cowichan Valley would like a bigger piece of the pie.

The Cowichan Valley Regional District board voted last Wednesday to begin the process of setting up a new body that will encourage sport tourism in the region and actively pursue the hosting of multi-sport events in the area every four to six years.

“Sport tourism is an economic driver,” CVRD director Gerry Giles told the board in her capacity as chair of the regional sport tourism select committee.

The 2008 Nor th American Indigenous Games brought $10 million to the community, a number that soars to approximately $23 million when the numbers from Tribal Journeys, which stopped in Cowichan that year in connection with the Games, are taken into account.

The 2005 B.C. Seniors Games brought about $2 million to the community and the B.C. Summer Games in 2018 are expected to net about $2.6 million for the Cowichan Valley.

Indirect benefits of hosting such events include instilling a sense of pride in people, Giles said, and encouraging more people of all ages to get into sports and physical fitness.

“It improves our quality of life,” she said.

In spite of the successful bids Cowichan has put forward in the past, the region would benefit greatly by having a permanent body to deal with the details of applying to host such events and helping to coordinate them when they come.

The North American Indigenous Games, which came to the Cowichan Valley in 2008, brought about $10 million to the community. The CVRD would like to attract more multi-sport games to the area. [KEVIN ROTHBAUER/CITIZEN FILE] There is also a big need to help the Cowichan Valley’s sport organizations when they host tournaments and events.

“Our local sporting groups are under a lot of stress,” said John Elzinga, another member of the committee.

These organizations often have a tough time finding enough volunteers to help with hosting duties and if someone could offer aid in providing hosting packages, a list of available accommodations, or even just help in accessing and providing adequate equipment for all of the visitors would be extremely helpful, he reported.

The committee recommend-

ed that the board establish a sport tourism function under the umbrella of the Economic Development authority and that funding not to exceed $55,000 be provided to support the new group, which would be made up largely of volunteers under the direction of a possibly part-time staff person.

Giles said that it is likely that once things get underway, funding for the group can be found from legacies that most multisport events leave to communities after they are finished.

The board greeted the proposal with enthusiasm.

“From an economic stand-

point, every part of the region is touched [by hosting sporting events],” Duncan Mayor Phil Kent said.

Dir. Ian Morrison, who has just returned from attending NAIG 2014 in Regina, Sask. agreed that the economic benefits are there, especially in a changing Valley economy.

“These are our new dollars,” he said. “I’m convinced.”

The board endorsed the recommendations, but postponed implementation until a review is done of the Economic Development authority, as Geoff Millar, longtime head of that commission, has announced his retirement.

NOTICE STAGE 3 WATERING RESTRICTIONS EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY - July 30, 2014 Due to record low flows in the Cowichan / Koksilah River basins and forecast of a hotter and drier than normal summer, all users of the following CVRD water systems are required to comply with the following STAGE 3 watering restrictions: • Bald Mountain (Woodland Shores) • Dogwood Ridge • Honeymoon Bay • Mesachie Lake • Youbou Watering by HAND may be carried out ONLY for ONE HOUR per designated day during ONE of the time periods noted below: Between 6:00 a.m. and 9:00 a.m. or 7:00 p.m. and 10:00 p.m.

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Multi-sport events can help Cowichan prosper ost it and they will come.

And they’ll bring their money with them and spend it at Cowichan Valley businesses.

That’s the thrust of the desire by the Cowichan Valley Regional District directors to put together a permanent body that will be in charge of getting more sporting events to the Cowichan Valley, and it’s a great idea.

We’ve had some success with putting together bids for events — notably the BC Seniors Games in 2005, the North American Indigenous Games in 2008 and the upcoming BC Summer

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Games in 2018. NAIG brought our community about $10 million, while the Seniors Games brought in about $2 million.

That’s nothing to sneeze at.

The volunteers and municipal staff members who put these bids together deserve a lot of praise for their hard work and dedication.

But it will be more effective if we can have a specified group that will be going after such events at regular intervals — every four to six years has been suggested for hosting a multisport event.

It’s not just about the economic

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benefits either.

There are other great things for our communities that come out of hosting such events.

They bring people together and instill a sense of pride.

They can also act as an inspiration for people to get involved in sports of all kinds.

The health benefit to the community of an active population cannot be underestimated.

Cowichan is a great place.

We offer a locale that is second to none.

Sports are already a big part of our Valley culture.

The new CVRD-led body will

be designed to help our existing sports organizations, too.

Everyone’s looking for volunteers and they are no different.

The lack of same impedes their ability to host tournaments and the like, and the new group will be able to lend them a hand.

Seems like a win-win.

Particularly when it gets up and running and expenses can be aided by legacy funds from events we host.

Perhaps it will even help put to bed the endless wrangling over paying for recreation facilities.

We think the time has come for this idea to flourish.

I want to pass along congratulations to David Bain and the crew who put on the Rock of the Woods music festival last weekend. Apart from some heavy traffic and some loud music that extended past 1:30 a.m., the event did not hugely impact my farm.

The road signage urging slow speeds and your policy of not allowing parking on our roadways was appreciated, and seemed to work.

We are a small community who live where we do because we like our country lifestyle.

Interestingly, your letter indicated that our Area E “decision makers” are currently working on creating a Temporary Use Permit for large events held on private properties. Again, this is news to us.

I hope my elected director, Loren Duncan, will exercise some community inclusiveness and at least ask his constituents what they may think about these proposed changes before he modifies our lifestyles again.

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Cyclist on wrong side of road increase risks Cycling is increasingly popular in the Cowichan Valley. This plus the fine sunny weather has brought many cyclists out onto our local roads.

I have observed quite a few cyclists riding on the wrong side of the road, facing oncoming motorized traffic.

Although this contravenes section 183 of the Motor Vehicle Act, these cyclists presumably think that they can see upcoming vehicles better and avoid potential collisions.

There are some significant problems with riding on the wrong side of the road. Motorists are not expecting cyclists

to be there. Because the cyclist and motorist are heading toward one another, there is less time for reaction, especially around bends in the road. And finally, the physics of collisions mean that the severity of the consequences of a collision goes up by the square of the speed difference between the colliding bodies.

To illustrate the last point, consider a cyclist travelling on the wrong side of the road at 20 km/h.

If a motorist approaches at a speed of 50 km/h, the speed difference between cyclist and motorist as they (hopefully) pass one another is 70 km/h.

If that cyclist was on the correct side of the road, travelling

in the same direction as the motorist, the speed difference as the motorist passes the cyclist is 50 - 20 = 30 km/h.

The impact energy of a collision between the motorist’s vehicle and the bicycle rider will be more than five times greater for the case of the cyclist travelling on the wrong side of the road!

Cycling is a healthy activity, and can be very safe. There are rules governing cycling for a reason. Ride on the right side of the road, wear your helmet, and dress in bright coloured clothes.

Flashing lights front and rear are a great idea as well.

Paul Gowland Maple Bay

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North Cowichan should be commended for their strong action regarding moored boats and the mayor should not be apologizing for safeguarding the marine environment.

The romantic notion of mooring where you will dates from a previous century.

Just because “we’ve always done it� is not sufficient reason to continue.

In the same way that in the past, we painted boats with lead paint and then scraped it off into the sea, we now do things differently as we appreciate the complexity and sensitivity of our ocean ecosystems.

It is not a right to own a boat.

Like any other major purchase from a home to a recreational vehicle, boats come with expenses and responsibilities.

We would certainly not countenance people storing their RVs, no matter how well maintained, on public land or a regional park, and it is time we questioned the free storage of people’s boats on the waters of Maple Bay. We need to ask how many, if any, boats should have permanent moorings in Maple Bay? Should liveaboards be a permitted use?

Should liability insurance be required to cover possible damage to other boats or property?

How are Transport Canada regulations and bylaw infractions dealt with on the water?

The proliferation of permanently moored boats is a problem in sheltered anchorages up and down the coast.

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Maple Bay should not be reduced to being a storage facility for boats that other users like rowers, kayakers and sailors must wend their way through in the same way we do not expect hikers and mountain bikers to navigate through a forest of recreational vehicles.

It is not time to back off from marine environmental protection.

I am a local family daycare owner and I have been in the business for about 25 years.

I believe that all ECE teachers that work with children should be supporting this teachers strike!

And I also believe that this would make a huge impact with everyone involved! Being an ECE teacher also has important roles and our job is just as important as being a school teacher.

We are in this because we all love children and want to teach and guide them, give them the best start to life and help them prepare for school and to fit into society.

If we want to consider ourselves as teachers and step away from being called glorified babysitters and get the respect we deserve maybe this is the time we stand up for ourselves, as ECE teachers, and stand by the teachers, and support them, as we’re all in this for the kids’ best interests.

Just a thought, as I know all daycares need to be on board but I do believe this would help make an impact and it would also make a statement.

That us ECE teachers are just that — teachers too!

Gillian Pugh Duncan For more from the Citizen, go to www.cowichanvalleycitizen.com

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The visual improvements to the building are outmatched only by the rejuvenated energy bursting from the space.

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Duncan when they both parDawson City had peaked by the ticipated in amateur theatrical time of the Days’ hitch in the productions. Upon publication of Yukon. But it had been a great his bestselling Ballads of a Chee- seven years, filled with social chako in 1913, he gave her an activities and their participating autographed copy with a cover in and observing firsthand the photo of him sporting a beard. throes of the Klondike gold rush, Beatrice, who’d never known one of the greatest in history. By him to be unshaven, thought 1913, with two young children, that the publisher probably she and Athel decided it was thought the beard better suited time to return to civilization. But the image of someone writing not for long; after operating the about the Klondike gold rush.

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It was theatre under the trees in downtown Duncan Tuesday evening but, despite the clamour on the streets, there was lots of glamour onstage.

The Shawnigan Players gave Shakespeare lovers a delicious taste July 29 of their production of Romeo and Juliet that continues at the Gem o’ the Isle in Cowichan Station next weekend.

Led by Austin Frykas and Breann Landry as the star-crossed lovers, Romeo and Juliet, the excellent cast took everyone on a dizzy dash through one of the

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Hidden gems include Bob Norris as the bumbling Peter and Ashton Arden as Capulet.

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Romeo and Juliet continues Aug. 7, 8, at 9 at 7:30 p.m. Gem o’ the Isle, 2465 Koksilah Rd. in Cowichan Station. The closest parking is at the nearby Hub Centre or at the old St. Andrew’s church.

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Inter B Thunder strike silver at provincials KEVIN ROTHBAUER CITIZEN

A comparatively young Cowichan Valley Thunder team proved it was among the best in B.C. last weekend when they won the silver medal at the intermediate B lacrosse provincial championships in Richmond.

The Thunder played the Coquitlam Adanacs in the gold-medal game on Monday, a day after losing 14-6 to the same team, and came much closer to winning the rematch, falling 13-9.

Trailing 9-6 after two periods, the Thunder fought back to make it 9-8 before the Adanacs pulled away again. Cowichan head coach Lorne Winship called Coquitlam — who allowed just 49 goals while going 15-1 in 16 league games — the best team his group had faced all season.

“You go over there, and you don’t know what you’re going to get,” he said. “We had heard good things about Coquitlam, that they were the team to beat.”

Drawing from a huge organization, the Adanacs can put together a very strong squad loaded with second-year players, one that Winship believes could beat many intermediate A teams. By contrast, the Thunder went into the tournament with a roster made up almost entirely of first-year inter-

The intermediate B Thunder claimed a silver medal at the provincial championships in Richmond. [SUBMITTED] mediates, with just one secondyear player, Jimmy Johnnie, and two midget call-ups in Mathieu Jung and James Taylor.

Cowichan opened the tournament with a 14-6 win over Quesnel, holding the Interior champions to just two goals over the first two

periods. Game MVP Colin Winship led the team with seven goals and two assists, while Taylor had three goals and one assist, and Jung scored twice and added five helpers. Tyson Black scored one goal and set up four more, and Brandon Corby finished with a

goal and an assist, while Dallas McLaughlin earned the win in net.

The Thunder carried the momentum into their second game, a 17-6 win over New Westminster. Winship again scored seven times and added three assists, while Black

had four goals and four helpers.

Jung finished with two goals and six assists, Taylor had two goals and one assist, and Corby scored a pair of goals. Josh Porter and Kane Stewart had one assist apiece, and Steven Robertson was named game MVP. In their final round-robin game, Cowichan lost 14-6 to Coquitlam.

“We kind of held back in the third game, knowing we had already qualified and would play them again for gold,” the coach said.

Game MVP Corby finished with a goal and three assists, and Mitch Page scored twice. Black, Winship and Jung each had a goal and an assist, and Taylor, Johnnie and Liam Clinging each recorded one helper.

Colin Winship finished with 16 goals and 11 assists over the four games and was honoured as the top scorer, along with receiving a spot on the tournament all-star team.

The coaching staff, which included Neil Gailey, Derek Anderson, Traves Black and trainer Brent Anderson, was pleased with the result of the season, Cowichan’s first in the inter B ranks in several years.

“It was an awesome season,” Winship said. “It was a super group of guys.”

Commitment draws new stars to Cowichan LMG KEVIN ROTHBAUER CITIZEN

Three Vancouver Island Soccer League veterans looking for a change of scenery have found a new home with Cowichan LMG. Cooper Barry, Paddy Nelson and Justin Parish, all key contributors with a variety of teams in the past, attended their first training session with the Cowichan club at Rotary Park last week, making a seamless transition to their new team.

Head coach Glen Martin couldn’t disguise his happiness at seeing the trio in action alongside his returning players.

“They’ve been on my radar since I’ve been coaching, so nine years,” he said. “They’ve been tough to play against for a long time.”

Nelson, a striker, and Barry, a versatile player who can fit in at several positions, came over together from Saanich Fusion, coaxed north by their friend Steve Scott, who signed with Cowichan last year after several seasons with Sooke.

“Steve was the main catalyst. He got us excited to come up here,” Nelson related. “Me and Coop have been playing in the summer

Cooper Barry

Paddy Nelson

Justin Parish

with Steve for a lot of years. We have fun in the summer, so we want to keep that going.”

Both players held Cowichan in high esteem even before they entertained the idea of joining the club.

“When you come to Cowichan, you know you’re in for a game,” Nelson said. “It’s never an easy game against Cowichan, which is tough to find in Victoria; sometimes you get a game off.”

Nelson’s work ethic is a big part of what will help him mesh with

his new squad.

“I’m not a guy to just show up,” he said. “I work hard in practice, and hopefully that carries over to games. Hopefully I bring a bit of leadership. They’re not lacking in leadership, but hopefully I can add to that.”

Barry prides himself on commitment and was eager to join a team that shares that value.

“For me, the commitment of the guys, as well as Glen, was number one,” he said. “There’s no team like it. The guys are such a class act on

the field, too. There’s no animosity, so it’s an easy transition.”

While Barry has been with Saanich for the last five years, Nelson has played with the Div. 1 Fusion squad for 10 years after spending most of his life with the organization.

“It was tough as in leaving the club,” he admitted. “But these guys make it easy.”

Like Barry, Nelson hopes to bring some leadership, although he pointed out that it isn’t something the team lacks, with play-

ers such as player/coach Tyler Hughes and captain Jesse Winter already in the fold.

“They have a lot of it already,” he said. “It will be nice to just fit in to a group of guys who already have that stability.”

For Parish, the consistency of the commitment level was one of three reasons he wanted to join Cowichan. His friends on the team, including goalie Joel Wilson, were also part of it, as well as the fact that the players genuinely like each other.

“They work hard for each other,” he said. “That’s something I want to be part of.”

Parish has played in the VISL with Castaways, Vic West, Gordon Head and Bays, so he knows what Cowichan is all about, and believes he can help the team out.

“I’ve played against them a lot, and I think I have something I’ve seen them lacking: someone who can make the final pass, do something creative to create a chance.”

He can already see that he fits in with his new teammates.

“This is my first practice, but it doesn’t feel like it,” he said. “It’s excellent; an awesome start.”

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Masters 60 traditional silver medallist Roger Walker takes aim during provincials. [KEVIN ROTHBAUER/CITIZEN]

Closson wins league

Bowmen host provincial archery championships

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The honours keep piling up for the resurrected Duncan senior men’s fastball team.

Less than two weeks after winning the BC Cup in their first year in action after a long layoff, the Gord Closson Forest Products Fastball Club beat Wheatsheaf 6-2 last Wednesday to finish atop the Nanaimo Senior Men’s Fastball League, taking home the trophy that has been handed out since 1982.

“It was kind of a nice surprise,” said manager Joe DiLalla, who wasn’t expecting to win the league in the team’s first year back.

Duncan pitcher Craig Snyder led the way, picking up 15 strikeouts over seven innings while giving up just one hit, a fourthinning two-run homer by Blake Hunter.

At the plate, young guns Trevor Gicas and Brad Robinson set the pace with home runs. Gicas, who launched a two-run homer in the first, went 3-for-4 on the day, while

Robinson, who hit a solo blast in the third, finished the game 2-for-4 with two runs.

The Closson team compiled nine hits on the day, as Marty Steen went 2-for-4 with two RBIs and one run, Dom Mansueti was 1-for-4, and Dennis Young was 1-for-3 with one run.

With the nucleus the team built this year, there could be more titles in the future.

“We sure do hope so,” DiLalla said. “I think we’ve got a great pitching staff to start with,” he said, referring to the rotation of Snyder, Korrey Gareau and Rick Smith, who stymied opposing batters all season long.

The rest of the team is pretty solid, as well.

“We’ve got great numbers of veterans, and three or four young kids,” DiLalla added. “Hopefully we can add a couple more young kids.”

The team will host the All Chicks tour nament a t the Glenora ball fields on Aug. 16 and 17, followed the next weekend by the Closson Fall Classic.

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Archers from across the province converged on the Cowichan Valley earlier this summer for the BC Archery Association 3D Championships, hosted by the Cowichan Bowmen.

Medals were awarded in nearly 30 different categories, with several Cowichan Bowmen members taking home prizes.

The gold medallists were as follows: Peewee: Conner Harper, Boys Precub Compound: Adam Gazsity, Boys Cub Traditional: Sion Griffiths, Boys Cub Compound: James Luckhurst, Boys Cadet Traditional: Max Watson, Boys Cadet Compound: Kristian Anderson-Davies Girls Precub Traditional: Blayne Maust, Girls Precub Compound: Brooke Tanner, Girls Cub Traditional: Talon Baptiste, Girls Cadet Traditional: Gabi Courtorielle, Girls Cadet Compound: Tea Reimer, Girls Junior Traditional: Jaime Blankenship, Girls Junior Compound: Taylor Baptiste Ladies Longbow: Sarah Martin, Ladies Instinctive: Brenda Montebello, Ladies Bowhunter Open: Shelby Reimer, Ladies Bowhunter Release: Teri Ellis, Ladies Masters 50: Alyson Thorpe, Ladies Masters 60: Valery Gaspard Men’s Longbow: Brock Paton, Men’s Barebow: Grant Macdonald, Men’s Instinctive: Fred Streloff, Men’s Hunter: Frank Aubin, Men’s Bowhunter Release: Bernie Vanglyswyk, Men’s Bowhunter Open: Bryan Harper, Men’s Masters 50: Al Campsall, Men’s Masters 50 Traditional: Ernie Schmid, Men’s Masters 60: Rick Ellis, Men’s Masters 60 Traditional: Cliff Young

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Two rowers with roots in the Cowichan Valley were part of the gold medal-winning Canadian team in the men’s coxed four at the U23 World Rowing Championships in Varese, Italy late last month.

Martin Barakso, a 2012 graduate of Brentwood College School currently attending Princeton University, and Mike Thornton, a 2010 alumnus of Frances Kelsey

Secondary and former member of the Maple Bay Rowing Club who graduated this year from the University of Washington, helped propel Canada to victory on July 26.

The Canadians, who finished fifth in 2013, slid into first place in the final midway through the race, and held off first Italy, then New Zealand, to take the gold medal. New Zealand finished second, followed by France with the bronze.

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®The Hyundai names, logos, product names, feature names, images and slogans are trademarks owned by Hyundai Auto Canada Corp. ‡Cash price of $10,959/$14,859/$19,859/$24,859 available on all remaining new in stock 2014 Accent L 6-speed Manual/Elantra GT L 6-speed Manual/Tucson 2.0L GL FWD Manual/Santa Fe 2.4L FWD models. Prices include Delivery and Destination charges of $1,595/$1,595/$1,760/$1,795.Prices exclude registration, insurance, PPSA, fees, levies, license fees, applicable taxes and dealer admin. fees of up to $499. Fees may vary by dealer. Delivery and Destination charge includes freight, P.D.E. and a full tank of gas. ΩPrice adjustments are calculated against the vehicle’s starting price. Price adjustments of up to $4,185/$5,185/$3,400/$3,735/$7,500 available on in stock 2014 Accent 4-Door L Manual/ 2014 Elantra GT L 6-Speed Manual/2014 Tucson 2.0L GL Manual/2014 Santa Fe Sport 2.4L FWD/2014 Sonata Hybrid Limited with Technology. Price adjustments applied before taxes. Offer cannot be combined or used in conjunction with any other available offers. Offer is non-transferable and cannot be assigned. No vehicle trade-in required. ʕPrices of models shown: 2014 Accent 4 Door GLS/2014 Elantra GT SE w/Tech/2014 Tucson 2.4L Limited AWD/2014 Santa Fe Sport 2.0T Limited AWD are $20,394/$28,394/$35,359/$40,894. Prices include Delivery and Destination charges of $1,595/$1,595/$1,760/$1,795.Prices exclude registration, insurance, PPSA, fees, levies, license fees, applicable taxes and dealer admin. fees of up to $499. Fees may vary by dealer. ʈFuel consumption for new 2014 Accent 4-Door L (HWY 5.3L/100KM; City 7.5L/100KM); 2014 Elantra GT L Manual (HWY 5.8L/100KM; City 8.5L/100KM); 2014 Tucson 2.0L GL FWD Manual (HWY 7.2L/100KM; City 10.0L/100KM); 2014 Santa Fe 2.4L FWD (HWY 7.3L/100KM; City 10.2L/100KM) are based on Manufacturer Testing. Actual fuel efficiency may vary based on driving conditions and the addition of certain vehicle accessories. Fuel economy figures are used for comparison purposes only. ∆ The Hyundai Accent received the lowest number of problems per 100 vehicles among small cars in the proprietary J.D. Power 2014 Initial Quality StudySM (IQS). Study based on responses from 86,118 new-vehicle owners, measuring 239 models and measures opinions after 90 days of ownership. Propriety study results are based on experiences and perceptions of owners surveyed in February-May 2014. Your experiences may vary. Visit jdpower.com. †‡ʕΩOffers available for a limited time and subject to change or cancellation without notice. Dealer may sell for less. Inventory is limited, dealer order may be required. Visit www.hyundaicanada.com or see dealer for complete details. The SiriusXMTM name is a registered trademark of SiriusXM Satellite Radio Inc. All other trademarks and trade names are those of their respective owners. ††Hyundai’s Comprehensive Limited Warranty coverage covers most vehicle components against defects in workmanship under normal use and maintenance conditions.

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Wednesday, August 6, 2014 | Cowichan Valley Citizen

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