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With the hot, dry summer, the fire danger ratings are high and extreme in the Cowichan Valley. Campfires are banned.

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Directors lock horns over staff salaries ANDREA RONDEAU CITIZEN

The Cowichan Valley Regional District board put off a decision on a series of recommendations that would preserve the status quo on staff and board salaries and how those numbers are determined after several board members expressed their dissatisfaction.

“I see it as a big problem,” said Dir. Loren Duncan. “We’ve decid-

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The recommendations came from the board and exempt management staff compensation committee, a body that was created after public outcry about what some allege are excessive levels of pay, particularly for senior management.

After hearing from an outside consultant, as well as an exam-

ination of policies, the committee recommended reaffirming the existing process for determining exempt staff salaries.

This means providing the same annual general wage increase that is provided unionized and nonunionized employees, and conducting a compensation survey of comparator local governments every three years to maintain the targeted position at the 50th per-

centile for relative salaries.

The committee further recommended providing benefits (family, MSP, extended health and dental) to electoral area directors.

The board was also advised to maintain municipal directors at their current pay levels and raise the pay of the board chair and electoral area directors to the same level of 16.5 per cent above the median for their comparators

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Big bucks bring big changes to park ANDREA RONDEAU CITIZEN

Think you’ve seen everything there is to see at Bright Angel Park? Think again.

The park, located 10 km south of Duncan in Glenora, has been under construction this summer, and the Cowichan Valley Regional District announced last week that many of the new amenities are now complete, as the rejuvenation project hits the midway point.

“The angels are looking down upon it,” said an enthusiastic area director Loren Duncan. “It went from being rundown and threadbare.”

Finished projects include new washrooms fitness stations, an outdoor classroom amphitheatre, an accessible trail loop, nature playscape area, habitat protection fencing and parking areas.

Still to come over the next six months are a new playground, playfield upgrades, general landscaping, site furniture, and improved signage.

This is the first significant work that’s been done to the park since the CVRD took it over in 2000, Duncan said and it’s an “overwhelming improvement”. The park has been maintained on a shoestring budget that did not allow for upgrades, and has seen huge use by the community which was a two-edged sword.

“It’s loved to death,” said Duncan,

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Bright Angel Park is a favourite spot with many families in the Cowichan Valley. Now, there even more amenities to love. [CITIZEN FILE] explaining that overuse had contributed to some deterioration.

Funding for the project came in 2012 by way of a $400,000 from the Community Recreation Program through the B.C. Ministry of Community, Sport and Culture and $60,000 from the Federal Gas Tax Fund.

The park is open to the public as the work continues.

“CVRD Parks and Trails staff advises the public that this project is still underway, with park construction activities limited to areas adjacent to the upper playfield during the next few months,” said Brian Farquhar, CVRD Parks manager. “Park visitors are asked to follow the direction of signage in areas under construction to ensure an enjoyable and safe experience while visiting the park.

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Work not a failure DIRECTORS, From Page 1 He said he did not support all of the recommendations in full, but that he would have to think twice about taking on the chairmanship of such a committee in the future if the board was not going to trust its findings, but rather go back to the drawing board and come to their own conclusions.

He pointed out that he wasn’t sure there was an outcome that would both compensate the CVRD’s highly skilled people fairly and make those who think they get paid too much happy.

Dir. Ian Morrison said he took exception to the hard work of the committee being called a failure just because it didn’t come to the conclusions that some of the directors may have wanted. Reaffirming that the CVRD’s process is legitimate is in itself a legitimate conclusion, he pointed out.

“Whether the public is happy with the level of salaries, that wasn’t the question posed to the committee and it’s going to be communication that solves that,” he said.

The subject will be coming back to the board table at their September meeting, with the reports the committee used to form its recommendations.

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The Cowichan Valley’s Alec Henry, left, is part of a 20-person crew making a sweep Wednesday morning of the field beside the highway at the Cowichan Exhibition Grounds, picking up after a hugely successful Sunfest hosted 40,000 music-lovers over the weekend. Rhino Labour provided workers from Victoria and Nanaimo for the big task of getting the venue back into pristine condition. Henry said he was also part of a crew over the weekend that did sweeps of the site during the festival. There has been some concern expressed by folks who saw garbage still strewn around the site after the huge event wrapped on Sunday, but organizers have assured that they’re on top of it and crews have been working hard to restore the property to it’s pre-Sunfest state. [ANDREA RONDEAU/CITIZEN]

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In addition to a private security firm hired by the promoters, the Sunfest grounds were patrolled by a large contingent of RCMP officers and auxiliary constables from across Vancouver Island last weekend.

The RCMP were involved in traffic control, crowd management and other patrols on the grounds, protecting the public and ensuring that order was maintained.

North Cowichan/Duncan detachment commander Insp. Ray Carfantan was directly involved in the job, making foot and bike patrols and booking prisoners.

Carfantan was impressed with the way

the many groups involved in the festival worked together.

“Success at these events is a result of the cooperation between policing, municipal and other levels of government, community partners, and the organizers, starting in the planning phase months prior to the event,” he said.

As many as 28 officers and auxiliaries were on the site at any one time. A mobile command post was brought in from E Division Headquarters, along with two ATVs from the Shawnigan Lake RCMP and bicycles from the North Cowichan/Duncan detachment. Personnel were on hand from North Cowichan/ Duncan, Shawnigan Lake, Sidney, Victoria, Sooke, West Shore, Nanaimo and

Oceanside, as well as a visiting auxiliary from Fort St. John. All policing costs are covered by event organizers.

Over the five-day festival, 65 police files were created, including 35 for open liquor, a new violation this year. The 30 other files marked a decrease from the 36 generated last year, despite the event being larger and guests arriving a day earlier.

“I have been involved in policing at Sunfest for four years,” Cpl. Jon Stuart, the site commander, said. “Every year we learn and make improvements to our plans and infrastructure, and every year it gets better.”

Planning is already underway for policing at Sunfest 2015.

Prolific offender faces 7 new charges KEVIN ROTHBAUER CITIZEN

A familiar face is back in custody with the North Cowichan/Duncan RCMP detachment.

A designated Prolific Offender, 37year-old Ronald James was originally charged with threatening to kill a 25year-old woman after shooting her with a pellet gun on June 1. He was released on numerous conditions as police hoped to curb his criminal behaviour.

“Mr. James now finds himself in custody awaiting his next court appearance for breaching seven of the 11 courtordered conditions he was bound by,” detachment spokesperson Cpl. Krista

Hobday said.

James now faces additional charges of possessing a weapon, possessing an imitation weapon, possessing drug paraphernalia, breaching his order to not go within 10 kilometres of Duncan,

possessing a controlled substance, possessing a knife outside his home, and possessing a noxious spray.

Prolific offender management is a key focus of the North Cowichan/Duncan detachment.

“The Prolific Offender Management Team and a committee of community partners are working together to reduce crime in the community by focusing on offenders who, through criminal activity, are causing the most harm to our community and to themselves,” Hobday said.

The detachment is currently actively monitoring three designated Prolific Offenders.

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Sunridge employees vote to join union — again

ANDREA RONDEAU CITIZEN

After an uncertain few months that saw them fired and rehired, employees at Sunridge Place have voted to join the Hospital Employees Union.

“We have been engaged in a bit of an organizing drive at Sunridge Place,” Mike Old, HEU’s communications director, said.

The workers who were directly involved at Sunridge all lost their jobs at the beginning of June as a result of contracting out, which happened at about the same time as the ownership of the facility changed, he said.

“The subcontractor is a company based out of Kamloops called CareCorp [Senior Services] and they hired some of the old staff back and hired some new staff as well. The staff approached us about joining Hospital Employees Union. The workers voted overwhelmingly on Tuesday [Aug. 5] to join the HEU. We found out Tuesday night about it,” Old said.

At Sunridge Place, 264 HEU-certified staff members received notice Feb. 17 that the facility on Bundock Street in Duncan had been sold to Park Place Seniors Living, which contracted out the task of providing workers to CareCorp.

They were told they’d be out of a job June 2. Their union contract ended with the change in ownership.

After being approached anew by the workers, HEU followed a standard pro-

While it reduces costs for most areas, a new funding formula for transit adopted last week by the Cowichan Valley Regional District Board did not meet with approval from all partners.

The previous funding model was based on population, assessment and the number of partners in the transit function.

The new model is based 100 per cent on assessment, and will be phased in over three years.

This will reduce costs for the City of Duncan, the Town of Lake Cowichan, the Town of Ladysmith, Mill Bay/Malahat (Area A), Cobble Hill (Area C), Cowichan Bay (Area D), Sahtlam/Glenora/Cowichan Station (Area E), Cowichan Lake South/Skutz Falls (Area F) and Youbou/Meade Creek (Area I).

Costs will go up for the Municipality of North Cowichan at a rate of $1.11 per year for three years, and for Shawnigan Lake (Area B) at a rate of 38 cents per year for three years.

Voting against the new model were Dir. Ian Morrison (Area F), Dir. Pat Weaver (Area I), Dir. Gerry Giles (Area C) and Dir. Bruce Fraser (Area B).

Giles said that while costs will go down in her area under the new funding model, she voted against it because she supported a different model that she felt was more fair.

“I didn’t think it was fair to Shawnigan Lake,” Giles said. “It is going to increase in North Cowichan but then, so too has the coverage in North Cowichan increased. So they are getting actually better service and I can’t say the same for either Cobble Hill or Shawnigan Lake.”

Shawnigan Lake pays a significant amount towards transit, she said, but gets “very little service.”

Morrison said while this new model is certainly easier to understand and explain, he would have preferred something closer to what they had, which takes into account

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Costs go up in only two areas with the new funding model, but several directors still opposed the change, preferring a different formula. [CITIZEN FILE] more variables, while still reducing costs for some areas.

“I’m certainly not opposed to costs going down in my area,” he said, but “I don’t believe that the assessment model is doing anybody any particular favours.”

This formula, he said, was picked because it had the least number of losers, and those that did lose, didn’t lose too badly.

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“We had applied to the Labour Relations Board about a week and a half ago because we had collected enough signed membership cards, which is the step you need to take to show the Labour Relations Board that there is support in the worksite. Because of that they [the LRB] ordered the vote, which took place on Tuesday,” Old said.

There are about 180 staff members that were eligible to vote.

“Now we have to sit down with employees and help them set up an HEU local.

They will form a bargaining committee and we’ll be approaching CareCorp to negotiate a first collective agreement.”

“At the end of the day the choice is up to the employees and they chose to become members of the union,” said Old. “We’re hoping that CareCorp respects that decision and that we can just move on and do what we can do to keep things moving smoothly at the facility.”

CareCorp was contacted Thursday morning for a comment but did not respond by press time.

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This summer is not the time for a campfire hile the hot, dry weather has created a water crisis on our rivers, it has also created another type of hazard.

Conditions are perfect for a fire to get out of control.

Yet, in spite of warnings and regulations, people are still not taking the danger seriously enough.

Lake Cowichan town councillor Jayne Ingram posted on her Facebook page her disgust with people in her area tearing down campfire ban signs and extreme fire hazard signs.

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had campfires with the ban on,” she lamented.

“We are only trying to keep our community and Valley safe from a forest fire like a disaster in Kelowna.”

Her words deserve serious consideration.

In these tinder dry conditions it wouldn’t take much for a blaze to spread and destroy land and property, even take lives. Fire danger ratings for the Cowichan Valley are high and extreme.

And yet the Citizen’s publisher saw someone this week in a local parking lot toss a still-lit cigarette butt into the bark mulch in

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This kind of thoughtless action can have serious consequences under these kinds of conditions.

It’s worth considering that 80 specialized personnel from Australia are now being brought in to help with wildfires burning in British Columbia.

“The high number of active wildfires in the province is stretching our firefighting resources,” said Minister of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations Steve Thomson. “In addition to the support we have already received from other Canadian provinces

and territories, we are grateful for the assistance we will be receiving from the Australian State of Victoria.”

In other words, the last thing we need are more fires to try to deal with.

On our front page we have a photo of a bush blaze that, thanks to our volunteer firefighters, was quickly doused.

But if someone hadn’t happened to be walking by the spot where the fire ignited, it could so easily have been an entirely different story.

We must cooperate to protect our community from this threat.

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Pool a bargain for those outside core munis Do you feel further ripped off at the news that Lake Cowichan is getting out of the two-tier system of fees at the pool for under $2 per household?

North Cowichan and the City of Duncan taxpayers have been paying down $16.5 million and $1.7 million respectively in construction debt since 2008.

Areas A – E were released from the two-tier system in 2012 in return for an annual grant from the CVRD of $119,000.

There are 1,631 residential taxpayers in Lake Cowichan.

Town council has “agreed” to pay $2,986 to escape the two-tier system so they will pay $1.83 on

an average house assessed at $203,000.

Areas A – E, in return for the $119,000 in grants are paying just $0.0297/$1,000 of assessment or just $6.03 on a $203,000 home to escape the two-tier system.

Residential taxpayers in the MNC pay $0.498 per $1,000 of assessment, broken down into $0.244 for operations and $0.254 for debt.

On a home assessed at $203,000 to run the pool and pay down 91 per cent of the debt MNC taxpayers pay $101.09.

The City of Duncan taxpayers pay $0.4169/$1,000 or $84.63 on $203,000 of assessment running the pool and paying down nine per cent of the debt.

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are not paying down the debt but more to the point, they are not paying a fair share of the operating costs.

Pool operating cost tax levies on a $203,000 dollar home in North Cowichan are $49.53. That is eight times what the CVRD residents are paying and 27 times what Lake Cowichan residents pay.

Is it any wonder that the Mayor of Lake Cowichan, or for that matter the rest of the CVRD outside the borders of North Cowichan and the City of Duncan, are so happy with these arrangements?

Talk about a bargain!

Alex Currie (Sr.) Chemainus

The Cowichan Watershed Board recently quoted a 2011 survey of Cowichan households which indicated that 92 per cent of respondents agreed that it is important to conserve water.

Realistically, who would disagree? But, as has been said in the past, there is an elephant in the room — the Crofton pulp and paper mill, which draws their water directly from the Cowichan River.

We’ve been challenged to reduce our personal consumption by 25 per cent and it has been noted that residents in Germany use 120 litres of water per person per day.

Personal water consumption is only part, maybe a small part, of the water drawn from the Cowichan aquifer.

We need to know how many litres per day that the Crofton Mill draws from the Cowichan River. If water consumption per person per day in Germany is held out as a standard, then how much water does a pulp and paper mill in Germany consume per day per ton of product produced?

It’s not wise to accept a challenge when we do not have the full picture.

Chris Ellaway North Cowichan

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Chemainus needs River Road traffic circle I feel it is high time we got a traffic circle at River Road and Chemainus Road.

There isn’t an intersection in North Cowichan with a more pressing need. River Road is the main entrance to Chemainus for those coming from the north and is the main route for those head-

Spending must stop in Lake Cowichan Where is the Lake Cowichan town council hiding the money trees?

It would seem our current town council has become very adept at spending money on decorations and things the community can’t afford! Like a town square with ANOTHER band shell? Why? Oh I forgot, the mayor says this will encourage people to move to Lake Cowichan! Not likely, particularly when you note how many empty commercial buildings there are, not to mention the businesses hanging on by a thread. Worst of all, where are the jobs to bring people to town, particularly families?

Then there is the long line of plantings down the centre of the main thoroughfare requiring watering and weeding.

How much extra water are we going to pump through the dozens of sprinkler heads now in place while the residents are leaving their lawns brown to ensure we don’t end up with

ing north. There are more and more people living on the road and traffic on both River Road and Chemainus Road is steadily increasing.

When approaching Chemainus Road and stopping at the stop line one has no view of traffic coming from either direction; when creeping out to view the traffic the cross walk is blocked.

One must wait for a break in the

extra bills made possible by the water meters? On this note, I just received my bill for overuse of water. I have not watered my lawn. Our garden and lawn are suffering severely with lack of watering. What makes it even more painful is to drive up past Irly Bird heading to the intersection and see the sprinklers watering the median and the road literally running rivulets of water while the residents do their best to conserve water. What hypocrites our council is. Taxpayers pay while the council spends!

Now let’s talk about the new library. Property given away, taxpayers funding the library board. No tax revenue from the property. In other words asset gone, no return.

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traffic and dart out onto the road often chancing an accident.

Must we wait until there is a serious accident before getting our traffic circle?

Fred Greeves Chemainus

Why are we watering playing fields?

Jack Peake, Lake Cowichan lion for an upgrade to the old town hall. That old town hall site should be bulldozed and begin a process of elimination of all buildings along the foreshore of the river not adding structures.

I also find it laughable that up near the arena we have double sidewalks, old sidewalks 10 feet from the curb and an ugly gravel area in between.

Oh and then there are the fancy new street lights while the old ones still light up. Up goes the

It is great that most of us are doing all we can to conserve water! My elderly mother is doing her part and only flushing the toilet when absolutely necessary.

I have a very large vegetable garden and water totally by hand.

Why are we watering the playing and school fields?

Sally Lennox Duncan

electricity costs!

Please don’t let anyone tell you that tourism is the answer. Never will the tourist dollars take the place of real, decent paying jobs that the forest industry used to provide. Any and all efforts should be put into finding ways to encourage and promote Lake Cowichan as a place for some light industry to locate to.

The time is now for some new blood around this council table and probably the bureaucrats’ offices as well. Whatever, a stop must be put to the useless spending.

We have recently been hit by parcel taxes purported to upgrade sewer and water systems. So where is the hundreds of thousands of dollars coming from for all the frills and foolishness? Now we see mayor and council are getting raises. Have they earned them? I think not!

Time for change folks and for the right reasons. Fun and games are over.

Jack Peake Former mayor and councillor

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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.

Residents with ODD numbered houses may hand water on ODD numbered days ONLY. Residents with EVEN numbered houses may hand water on EVEN numbered days ONLY. All sprinkling of lawns and boulevards is hereby suspended.

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Senator an inspiration PATRICIA MASSEUR GUEST COLUMNIST

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n a time of public criticism and scandals surrounding the Canadian Senate, it is inspiring to talk with our own B.C. senator, Mobina Jaffer.

She is a woman of many accomplishments. Admitted to Canada as a refugee in the 1970s, she and her family fled the brutal regime of Idi Amin in Uganda.

She obtained a Canadian law degree and was the first South Asian woman to do so. Her legal practice and the values of equality and justice her parents instilled in her, made violence against women her first point of action.

Appointed to the Canadian Senate in 2001, she is the first Muslim and the first African-born senator. During her tenure as a senator, she has held the post of special envoy representing Canada in the peace process in the Sudan. Senator Jaffer currently serves as the chair of the Senate’s Human Rights Council and continues to pursue her life-long commitment to human rights issues and the inclusion of women in development issues.

“Without women and their realistic views, their rootedness in the life of the community and region, peace will not be possible,” she says with absolute certainty.

Whether sitting down with regional officials or with the village men, her first question is always, “Where are the women?”

“Women offer a perspective that is grounded in their lives,” she says, reinforcing her views. “It’s not about power struggles but about how they can access clean water, how they can keep their children safe.”

She maintains this dialogue is the basic building block for community development and grass roots democracy.

She spoke publicly against the mandatory burqa in Afghanistan because she believes this form of dress works against peace and the development of community. She emphasizes that the burqa is a visible sign of separating women from society.

“It doesn’t allow them to see or be seen, to play a role, to even literally watch over their children and see where they go. This absence of women ultimately leads to the deterioration of a community and halts progress.”

Senator Mobina Jaffer When asked about the same controversy in Canada, she was emphatic.

“You can’t regulate what people wear in a democratic society. We need to see the controversy is not about regulating a burqa, it’s about whether and how we integrate refugee and immigrant women into Canadian society. The most important place to start is language. You can’t integrate into a society without speaking English or French fluently enough to communicate with your neighbours.

We need to make sure learning the language is encouraged and easily available because it serves as a first connector to other Canadians.”

Last month she spoke in Duncan to the Queen Margaret’s School graduating class and outlined in graphic detail how having a world of cell phones and electronic devices has cost other women and girls their safety, their livelihood and often, their lives. She used stories of real people she had met and tried to help, to compare our electronic benefits to their real life cost. It was a powerful presentation.

Responding to recent Senate controversies, Senator Jaffer said it is discouraging. Still, she remains optimistic that her current work on human trafficking, a malaria free world and the inclusion of woman will lead to important improvements in Africa for women and children.

She feels privileged to be a senator and have a platform from which to work for a better life for others.

At a time when it feels like responsibility and integrity seem to be all but forgotten, Senator Jaffer leaves us with insight, hope and the encouragement to fight for a better world for all of us.

Patricia Masseur is a student at Queen Margaret’s School in Duncan.

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Anna Moreira is a cartoonist who attends Cowichan Secondary School. The Citizen is pleased to introduce her work. Look for more cartoons from Moreira in the Citizen in the future.

Hand watering for one hour?

Yeah right Further to the article in the Cowichan Valley Citizen of Aug. 1 regarding Stage 3 water restrictions, the article reads that the people living in the Municipality of North Cowichan and the City of Duncan can hand water “on any day between the hours of 6-9 a.m. or 7-10 p.m.”. Note the absence of hand watering duration.

However, the citizens of Lake Cowichan can hand water only “for one hour only between 6-8 a.m. or 6-8 p.m.” every other day.

As a citizen of Lake Cowichan I can only say one thing: yeah right!

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Conserve with Water Challenge Re: Friday’s excellent piece “Cowichan River crisis: counting down to zero”, please encourage readers to join me and all of Cowichan’s local governments in the Cowichan Water Challenge!

Visit www.cowichanwaterchallenge. ca and sign up to “Save Some for the Salmon” with our simple water-saving pledge. There are also helpful tips on the website like a water usage calculator, cash

discounts, and links to all the current watering bylaws, depending on where you live. We have beautiful water in the Cowichan — please dive in to help conserve it.

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Trojan finally gone from Bird’s Eye Cove Thank you, Municipality of North Cowichan, Canadian Coast Guard, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Pacific Region, and anyone else involved in the removal of the unsafe rusty old tug, Trojan, from Bird’s Eye Cove.

Since its arrival here a few months ago, the unsightly and potentially dangerous craft has caused great concern to other boaters and also local land owners.

Trojan has now left the cove — we are grateful that the possible danger to other boats, to wharves, and to the seashore has been averted.

Thanks to Cowichan Valley Citizen for this opportunity to express our gratitude.

Appreciatively Bird’s Eye Cove Boaters Group Bridget Bruneski Duncan

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Police nab Malahat speeders SANDRA MCCULLOCH TIMES COLONIST

Julie Horncastle, a former scavenger hunt winner, and Mike Crawshaw, sales manager at Duncan’s Metro Toyota, show off some of the egg-citing entries already sent. [LEXI BAINAS/CITIZEN]

Worldwide scavenger hunt hits Duncan dealership LEXI BAINAS CITIZEN

Did you know that Duncan was one of the locations on the Greatest International Scavenger Hunt the World Has Ever Seen?

Neither did the participants from around the world until last Saturday.

They have until the end of this week to get a dozen Easter eggs to Metro Toyota.

They’ve been coming in to the Duncan car dealer all this week, according to sales manager Mike Crawshaw. Crawshaw bumped into event organizer Misha Collins, an actor who has appeared in shows such as Supernatural, last year in Parksville and suggested Duncan as a stop on the world tour.

Julie Horncastle of Abbotsford, a member of the Vatican Cameos, last year’s 12-person winning team, was on hand Tuesday, Aug. 5 to check out what had arrived and was amazed to see the haul of eggs collected on a table.

The scavenger hunt can see competitors

searching for items all over the world. One of them is located on Mt. Fuji.

Another challenge was to get a world record number of people dressed as French maids in one room, and they’ve done that, she said.

The whole event is a fundraiser for a charity called Random Acts. Collins decided he would try to get his fans to break the Guinness Book of World Records at the same time, Horncastle said.

The winners are flown to amazing destinations, she said.

The 2014 winning team will be flown to King’s Landing in Croatia where they will set sail on a pirate ship captained by Collins himself and be treated to a survivor-style weekend adventure of revelry, mayhem and wonderment, according to the scavenger hunt website.

But, for now, the eggs are arriving by hand and even by courier, putting Duncan on the map, Crawshaw said.

Fifty-two speeding tickets were handed out on the Malahat in six hours Monday, July 28, as police focused on a construction zone at the summit that has a speed limit of 60 km/h One motorist was tagged for going 121 km/h in the 60 zone. Normally the highway at that point has an 80 km/h limit but it’s been lowered due to construction.

That motorist and two others, including the driver of a pickup pulling a fifth-wheel holiday trailer, were given violation tickets for excessive speeding — 40 km/h over the speed limit. They each got a $483 ticket and their vehicles were impounded.

Others got speeding tickets carrying fines of $368.

“They usually don’t pay attention to how fast they’re going,” said RCMP Cpl. Ryan Bacica of the Integrated Regional Safety Unit. “Even when there’s no construction, the speeds are crazy. It seems with the warm weather, people are going faster.”

Because of the number of violations, police will focus more on the Malahat, he said.

Flaggers at the construction site are concerned about their safety, telling officers that at times the traffic is “pretty crazy — they’re pretty concerned,” Bacica said.

Police are concerned about anyone, including themselves, whose jobs take them onto busy highways, Bacica said.

He asked that motorists slow down and

also move over if they see police on the shoulder talking with a motorist.

“I don’t want to get run over,” said Bacica.

“People go by you so fast, the suction can pull you right onto the highway.”

Malahat Fire Chief Rob Patterson was shocked to hear that one of the excessive speeders on Monday was a pickup pulling a fifth wheel. “Holy Moses, really? If somebody does something inadvertent in front of you, you’re not going to have a way out,” he said.

Patterson was one of the people who urged the province to do further improvements on the highway such as adding more medians to prevent head-on crashes.

Cpl. Dion Klassen of South Island Traffic Services, based in Chemainus, said most people drive between one and 15 km/h over the speed limit.

“They start to get our attention when they’re over by 20,” said Klassen.

His unit has to impound vehicles for excessive speeding at least once every two days, he said.

Motorists don’t seem to be getting the message; they’re not slowing down even though they’re seeing tow trucks on the side of the road preparing to haul cars away, he said.

There’s no one spot in Klassen’s jurisdiction that’s a hot spot for speeders, he said: “We catch speeders virtually anywhere.”

He echoes the need for drivers give police at the roadside more room. “That’s the biggest area we need to see improvement.”

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING City of Duncan Council gives notice, under Section 892 of the Local Government Act, that it will hold a Public Hearing on Monday, August 18, 2014 at 6:30 p.m. in the Council Chambers of City Hall, 200 Craig Street, Duncan, BC to receive public input on the following: ZONING AMENDMENT BYLAW NO. 3127, 2014 – housekeeping amendments. Below is a summary of the proposed amendments: • • • • • • • •

To add “commercial vehicle”, “trailer”, and “wrecked vehicle” to the Definitions section To clarify that storage, collection or accumulation of all or part of a wrecked vehicle must be completely enclosed within a structure To add that the storage of commercial vehicles in excess of 6 meters is not permitted on residential properties To clarify permitted business activity related to a home occupation use within a townhouse or apartment To add “home occupation” under the permitted uses in all multi‐family zones To remove “bed and breakfast accommodation and/or daycare/nursery” under the permitted uses for multi‐family zones To add “Vehicle parking and storage use for a C‐1 or C‐2 Zoned property located within 153 meters from the subject property” as a Permitted Use in the C‐2 Office Commercial Zone.

To clarify the residential uses permitted in the C‐2 Zone.

If you believe your interests may be affected by the proposed Rezoning Amendment, you may express your views to City Council at the PUBLIC HEARING to be held at 6:30 p.m., Monday, August 18, 2014 at City Hall, 200 Craig Street, Duncan, BC. If you cannot attend the Public Hearing, you may write to City Council at the address or fax number shown below, or send an email to karen@duncan.ca, before 4:00 p.m., Monday, August 18, 2014. Your submission will become part of the public record. If you have any questions regarding the amendments, please contact Michelle Geneau, Planner at 250‐746‐6126 or michelle@duncan.ca. If you want to view the related information, please contact City Hall, 200 Craig Street, Duncan, BC, Monday to Friday, between 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m., except Statutory Holidays, from the date of publication of this notice to the date of the Public Hearing.

Note: no letter, report or representation from the public will be received by Council after the conclusion of the August 18, 2014 Public Hearing.

Karen Robertson Director of Corporate Services 200 Craig Street Duncan, BC V9L 1W3; Phone: 250‐746‐6126; Fax: 250‐746‐6129

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NOTICE TO ELECTORS WITHIN THE WHOLE OF THE COWICHAN VALLEY REGIONAL DISTRICT OF AN ALTERNATIVE APPROVAL PROCESS OPPORTUNITY FOR CVRD SERVICE ESTABLISHMENT BYLAW NO. 3816 Annual Financial Contribution Service (Cowichan Valley Hospice Society) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Board of the Cowichan Valley Regional District proposes to adopt “CVRD Bylaw No. 3816 – Cowichan Valley Hospice Society Annual Financial Contribution Service Establishment Bylaw, 2014”.

BYLAW SUMMARY If adopted, Bylaw No. 3816 will allow the Cowichan Valley Regional District to provide the Cowichan Valley Hospice Society with an annual financial contribution of up to $62,500 per year, or an amount equal to the amount that could be raised by a property value tax of $0.00495 per $1,000 of net taxable value of land and improvements. The purpose of the contribution is to assist with costs associated with providing hospice palliative care. The maximum cost to residential property owners within the proposed service area with a residential property assessed at $100,000 would be approximately $0.50 per annum, as set out in the table below.

The complete bylaw is available for review at the Cowichan Valley Regional District office, located at 175 Ingram Street in Duncan, during regular office hours, Monday to Friday, 8:00 am - 4:30 pm, excluding statutory holidays. A copy of the bylaw is also available on the CVRD website at www.cvrd.bc.ca.

Calculation Table Net Taxable Value (Land & Improvements)

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ALTERNATIVE APPROVAL PROCESS AND ELIGIBILITY The Regional District may adopt this bylaw unless at least 10% of electors within the proposed service area indicate that a referendum must be held by submitting a signed Elector Response Form to the Regional District office no later than 4:30 pm on Monday, September 22, 2014. Elector Response Forms must be in the form established by the Regional District, and only those persons who qualify as electors of the service area are entitled to sign. The service area is the whole of the CVRD comprised of the: City of Duncan; District of North Cowichan; Town of Lake Cowichan; Town of Ladysmith; and Electoral Areas: A – Mill Bay/Malahat; B – Shawnigan Lake; C – Cobble Hill; D – Cowichan Bay; E – Cowichan Station/ Sahtlam/Glenora; F – Cowichan Lake South/Skutz Falls; G – Saltair/Gulf Islands; H – North Oyster/Diamond; and I – Youbou/Meade Creek. Service area electors may qualify as either resident electors or as non-resident property electors, as follows: Resident Elector – You are entitled to submit an Elector Response Form as a resident elector if you are age 18 or older on the day of submission, are a Canadian citizen, have lived in BC for at least six months, and have been a resident of the proposed service area for the past 30 days or more.

Non-Resident Property Elector – You are entitled to submit an Elector Response Form as a non-resident property elector if you are age 18 or older on the day of submission, are a Canadian citizen, have lived in BC for at least six months, have owned and held registered title to a property within the proposed service area for the past 30 days or more, and do not qualify as a resident elector.

NOTE: Only one non-resident property elector may submit a response form per property, regardless of how many owners there may be.

If less than 10% (6,670) of the service area electors submit an Elector Response Form, the bylaw will be deemed to have the approval of the electors and the Regional District may proceed with adoption. For the purpose of conducting the alternative approval opportunity, the number of service area electors is calculated as 66,700. A copy of the bylaw and Elector Response Form is available from the CVRD, 175 Ingram Street, Duncan, BC V9L 1N8, Phone 746-2500/1-800-665-3955, e-mail jbarry@cvrd.bc.ca OR on the CVRD website at www.cvrd.bc.ca.

Lt. Gov. Judith Guichon and Malahat Chief Michael Harry prepare to cut the ribbon to open the new libray and cultural resource centre at the Malahat First Nation at a special ceremony on Wednesday, Aug. 6 that paid tribute to the project’s many donors. [LEXI BAINAS/CITIZEN]

Malahat centre ‘greater than the sum of its parts’ LEXI BAINAS CITIZEN

“It’s a beautiful vision becoming reality,” said B.C. Lt.-Gov. Judith Guichon before cutting the ribbon with Chief Michael Harry to open the Malahat First Nation’s Kwunew Kwasun Cultural Resource Centre on Wednesday.

Looking around at the impressive post and beam structure, which was filled to overflowing by dignitaries and project supporters, she said, “You’re right, Chief, you do need a bigger building,” she told the audience, to chuckles from the crowd.

Guichon said the building may be a library but is “indeed greater than the sum of its parts. It’s a place of learning, a place of teaching, a place for renewal and a place for celebration. This centre was born out of respectful cooperation.”

She praised the Malahat Nation for its clear road map for future years, adding, “I imagine that’s a very tough job to consider all members’ concerns and come up with a shared vision. But once that vision is in place it is indeed a powerful tool to guide a future.”

Guichon then shared that her own roadmap involved three Rs: “respect, relationship and responsibility” coupled with a desire to see “healthy people in healthy communities on healthy land.”

The centre was built in partnership with the Malahat Nation, the Lieutenant Governor’s own Write to Read project, the

South Cowichan Rotary Club and many community partners.

Rotary members collected all the books required for the new library, BRITCO donated one module and the community and partners purchased the second module.

Computers were supplied by TLD Computers (London Drugs) and local businesses assisted with installation and construction needs.

Bob Blacker of Rotary International, talked about how the design of the building emerged in one five hour session in November 2012.

He had been questioned about the possibility of assisting the Malahat Nation with a trailer for a library.

A speedy exchange of emails produced a quick answer: We’re in! and the rest is history.

A group of five people got together to discuss a plan and it was soon seen that a great design could include traditional First Nations elements.

“In five hours we came up with the design of this building and it was amazing. A roll of paper was put on the table and the designer started drawing and kept going and it got to be eight feet long,” Blacker said.

Dedicatory prayers and the exchange of a variety of gifts were also part of the celebration.

Chief Harry thanked everyone involved in “building two worlds together and sustaining a legacy.”

Cowichan Valley Citizen | Friday, August 8, 2014

Theatre’s Les Misérables a big epic triumph on a small stage ANDREA RONDEAU CITIZEN

The actors playing, from left, Eponine, Marius, Cosette, Jean Valjean and Javert, all give excellent performances. [LEXI BAINAS/CITIZEN] and unfolds in all its complicated tragedy.

I’ve see bigger productions of Les Misérables performed several times before and have never found myself particularly impressed with the young love triangle of Eponine (Michelle Bardach), Cosette (Vanessa Croome) and Marius (Sayer Roberts), but this production changed my mind.

In particular, Roberts as Marius is very strong and his rendition of Empty Chairs at Empty Tables as he remembers his friends killed in their failed attempt at revolution is simply the best I’ve seen.

The complex harmonies required in the three-part ensembles of the three young lovers, then later with Marius, Cosette and Valjean are

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Eponine, too, comes across as more than just the poor, pining figure she is sometimes drawn as.

Instead we are wisely presented here with a street-smart, edgy young woman who can hold her own in just about any situation.

All the famous solos are there, from Fantine’s I Dreamed a Dream, to Eponine’s On My Own and Valjean’s Bring Him Home.

These are beautifully performed and those who have seen previous Les Mis stars belt out these numbers will nevertheless not be disappointed with the Chemainus production.

But one of the show’s big strengths is the ensemble work where the relatively small cast

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Whippletree Junction has intrigued locals and visitors CHRONICLES alike with T.W. Paterson its legend of being Duncan’s Chinatown reincarnate. This isn’t so, but it makes for a great story.

A second myth is that the magnificent oak and mahogany bar in the Pioneer House Restaurant is from the Mount Sicker Hotel.

Again, not so; it’s from the St. Francis Saloon (1890-1971) and is one of two purchased on-site in Butte, Montana. So much for Westholme area’s copper mining ghost town.

The common denominator between Chinatown and Whippletree is Randy and Ernie Streit, primarily elder brother Randy, who demolished the former and recycled — not restored — much of the lumber to build the Cowichan Station landmark.

Hence Whippletree does, in fact, owe its genesis to Chinatown’s demise.

Which isn’t to say that there are no heritage buildings replanted at Whippletree Junction.

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The Chemainus Theatre Festival’s choice of Les Misérables for their summer musical was a bold one, with many theatre-goers familiar with the much-beloved story and songs.

This production answers all of the questions about whether or not the theatre is capable of putting such a show, which is typically performed on a much larger stage with a much larger cast and orchestra, with a resounding yes.

Chemainus’s production is a triumph and sets a new standard for the theatre, from the cast, where there is not a weak link, to the costumes and musicians.

The buzz in the audience at intermission was all about how amazing the voices of the cast were and their astounding ability to do it all off-mic.

One person who’s seen the Chemainus Theatre’s production, as well as a much larger production at a major theatre in Vancouver commented that she was actually able to follow the story much better in the local presentation, and indeed the direction and musical direction of the show is a big success.

Each character is fully fleshed out and the plot proceeds smoothly and with clarity, even though the entire show is sung, with no dialogue as such to help with explanation.

The glue that holds the production together is the stunning performance of Kieran Martin Murphy as Jean Valjean.

His vocals are spectacular and his grasp on the character as he moves from convict who hates the world to businessman to father would grace any stage.

His relationship with Inspector Javert, played by Jay Davis, is a centrepiece of the production

manages to create a full-bodied and robust sound for the big epic numbers that lend the show such a feel of time and place, setting the stage of pre-revolution France among the largely poor and downtrodden.

I was reminded of the sophistication yet accessibility of the music that comprises Les Misérables, something not often seen in popular musicals where a few big numbers too often tow along a slew of less memorable pieces.

And yet the reason this show, based on the novel of the same name written by Victor Hugo, endures year after year, is because the themes remain and the characters are ageless.

From the wonderfully comic and horrible inkeeper Thenardier and his wife, played perfectly by Andrew Wheeler and Catriona Murphy, to Javert, the policeman who clings to his worldview and his conviction that he knows what is right and what is wrong, to the students determined to change the world, led by Enjolras played by Graham Coffeng, you will come away saying “I’ve met someone just like that.”

You’ll also come away humming the tunes from Les Mis days afterwards.

If you’ve thought about getting tickets I heartily recommend it. If you thought you might skip this one — don’t.

You will only be disappointed if you miss it.

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Cowichan Valley Citizen | Friday, August 8, 2014

Fans cheer for Jake Owen’s arrival onstage at Sunfest 2014 at the Cowichan Exhibition grounds on Friday, Aug. 1, 2014.

More than 40,000 attended the festival over the weekend. [KEVIN ROTHBAUER/CITIZEN]

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Country music superstar Jake Owen takes a selfie with a fan’s phone during his performance Friday, Aug. 1. [KEVIN ROTHBAUER/CITIZEN]

Thousands hit Sunfest to see country stars

Tim McGraw

Cassadee Pope

George Canyon

Rae Solomon

Blackjack Billy

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It’s party time at Sunfest and this group if ready to enjoy the evening. Thousands of fans flooded into Cowichan to catch country music superstars including Dean Brody, Tim McGraw and Jake Owen. [LEXI BAINAS/CITIZEN]

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Fire has claimed several Junction structures RANDY STREIT, From Page 11 Cobble Hill Village’s second post office is there, as today’s Junction Cafe. For 38 years, 1912-1940, this flat-roofed, singlestorey structure served as the post office at the southeast corner of Fisher and Cobble Hill roads, beside the gambrel-roofed Cobble Hill Market, then as Dolly Scales’s tea-room and store.

Upon her retirement, the old post office and corner store was relocated to Whippletree where it has served in various capacities over the past 40 years.

Today’s Wickertree Furniture was a fish cannery building in Sooke and many of the bricks in the Town Square are from the famous Bamberton Cement Works on the Malahat.

Unfortunately, the Gingerbread Cottage, a 1908 house that was moved from Victoria and the home of the antique shop Funky Futures Collectibles, was destroyed in a fire in October 2005.

The early morning blaze also damaged its immediate neighbour, Pickle Ridge Rustic Carpentry, which is built from sections of old CPR warehouses in Vancouver. Fire at Whippletree had always been a concern for the Cowichan Bay Fire Department, and it responded with 22 firefighters, with reinforcements from Duncan, Shawnigan and Mill Bay providing tanker equipment and manpower because there were no fire hydrants in the area.

The fire “could have spread to that whole [complex] very quickly,” Deputy Chief Don McKinlay said of the tinder-dry structures. “We’ve always been dreading the day that it would happen. They’re all old wooden buildings...and they’re all basically strapped together there and it would spread real easy.”

Fortunately, the fire, which caused an estimated $250,000 in damage, was under control within an hour.

“Good-humouredly denying that he’d been born in a barn, Randy described his birthplace as a cabin with a dirt floor dug four feet into the ground with the log walls extending four feet above ground level.”

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The story of Whippletree Junction begins with the colourful man behind its creation. Randolph Henry (Randy) Streit claimed to have been born in a log cabin in Clearwater Lake, northern Manitoba, in 1937, although there appears to be some leeway here. Some think he was born in The Pas Hospital, wrote longtime friend Ray Woollam in a tribute to Randy upon his death in 2001. At least there’s agreement upon the identity of his parents, Desiree Noel, of Daulphin, Manitoba and Rudolph Streit of Bern, Switzerland.

Good-humouredly denying that he’d been born in a barn, Randy described his birthplace as a cabin with a dirt floor dug four feet into the ground with the log walls extending four feet above ground level. By age 14, the oldest of seven children was on his way to British Columbia in a boxcar, riding shotgun over his grandparents’ worldly possessions with which they were going to start over again on land they’d acquired at Friar’s Corner, near Langley.

Ray Woollam tells us that Randy’s first job was as a CPR porter (Redcap) before he worked as a telegrapher in Port Alberni and “tried his hands at various camps and projects on Vancouver Island as a logger or diamond driller”.

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COFFEE Time United Kingdom resident Rod Weale is researching the fallen on a war memorial in Cranleigh, Surrey and one of the names on the memorial is Thomas Leonard Briggs.

Briggs was killed in France on Aug. 20, 1918, serving as a Sapper in the Canadian Engineers. He married Annie Marie Stedman, in Quebec on Oct. 15, 1909. They are believed to have had four children, Maude, Herbert, Marjorie and Dorothy.

After Briggs’s death, his widow stayed in Duncan, and is noted as living in Cowichan and Nanaimo. If you know anything about Briggs or his family email the Citizen and we’ll pass it on to Weale.

Dan Little CPA, FCA has been elected president of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of British Columbia. Little will lead the elected council for the 2014/2015 council year and is co-chair of the Chartered Professional Accountants of BC’s transitional steering committee.

Little is involved with the ICABC as a member of the executive committee. Previously, he was a member of the discipline tribunal, the professional conduct and enquiry committee, and the member recognition committee. In the community he has been involved with Brentwood College, Island Savings Credit Union, Duncan Cowichan Valley Crime Stoppers Society, Community Futures Development Corporation, and the Duncan Cowichan Chamber of Commerce.

The Cowichan Valley Regional District has hired Hamid Hatami as general manager of Engineering Services beginning on Sept. 8.

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The Cowichan Valley Car Picnic, first started in 1985, is the best “fun” car event on Vancouver Island and also the longest running.

This year the picnic is moving to a new location: Frances Kelsey Secondary School on ShawniganMill Bay Road.

This show, the 29th annual celebration, will be held on Sunday, Aug. 10.

The entry fee for cars is $15 and all funds raised are used to sup-

port local Rotary Club projects.

The cars, which range from modern sports models to vintage beauties and blast-from-the-past milestones from the ’50s and ’60s have been known to even include a Stanley Steamer or a 1920s Rolls Royce.

The Rotary Club will provide a food concession onsite.

As is traditional at this event, participating cars can join a convoy for a backroads tour before the show. If you are interested, please meet at the Valleyview Shopping Centre (junction of TCH and Cobble Hill Road) at 10:30 a.m.

The convoy will leave at 11 a.m.

This picnic has previously been held at Brentwood College but organizers say they have been advised by the school that the field will no longer be available for the car show, and after thanking their previous hosts, are now getting ready to start a new tradition up the road.

Youbou Regatta set to make a weekend splash The annual Youbou Regatta — a tradition that dates back to the 1950s — continues this year with

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ast month was a feast of family fun and great music in our little town, and August promises lots more of the same. The place to be on Tuesday evenings is Waterwheel Park where you can relax and listen to a wide variety of upbeat sounds — rock, latin and folk, and even ethnic favourites from sunny Mediterranean countries on traditional instruments. There’s something different every week — perfect for summer evenings at seven o’clock, under the trees.

For accordion fans, (and there are lots of them!) the two big days are Aug. 8 and 9 from 11 a.m. ‘til 4 p.m. We’ve got some great talent waiting to entertain you.

But if your preference is jazz, our big festival days are the 22nd and 23rd. There are five great groups in the lineup and lots of Valley folk make a point of being in the park both evenings.

A big favourite with my family are the ArtBeat street parties on Friday evenings. There’s great music of course, plus dancing, good food and a guaranteed good time. Be there on the 8th and do it again on Friday the 22nd.

At the Theatre Les Misérables is getting great reviews and there’s a bonus in their gallery, where Christine Reimer’s landscape paintings are on display. If you want to see the show and stay over to enjoy a little more of our town, check out the Getaway Package at our local Best Western Inn. Just dial 1-800-565-7738 for a reservation.

Of course the big weekly shopping event is our Wednesday market (from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.) which draws folk from all over the Valley who generally bring their summer visitors with them to enjoy colourful open air shopping, from a wide variety of crafts and foods and fascinating merchandise at affordable prices. There’s always a big crowd down there, but there’s no shortage of easy parking for everybody.

And there’s another market to browse on Sunday mornings in the Chemainus Foods parking lot, which runs from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m.

Well...that’s it from me. My thanks to Dee Kinnee (at info@visitchemainus. ca) for keeping me up to date. I can be reached at badger32@shaw.ca if you have an event in Chemainus that deserves a mention. ‘Bye for now.

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Cowichan Kidney Walk set to raise funds, awareness about disease The Cowichan Valley is one of 25 locations across British Columbia that are hosting a Kidney Walk on Sunday, Aug. 10.

“The Kidney Walks are fun, family events that raise critical funds for programs and services to help British Columbians affected by kidney disease,” said Laura Cranfield of the Kidney Foundation of Canada in a news release. “It also raises awareness about the severity of kidney disease, as well as the importance of organ donation.”

The walk in Duncan is taking place at the Cowichan Sportsplex with registration starting at 9 a.m. and the walk starting at 10 a.m.

“This year is especially important for The Kidney Foundation of Canada, as it marks our 50th Anniversary,” said Cranfield. “We are so proud of all that we have accomplished for kidney patients, and hope that this year of Kidney Walks is our most successful to date.”

The Kidney Foundation aims to prevent kidney disease or delay its onset. They provide support services for patients who have chronic kidney disease and promote organ donation to increase transplant rates.

One in 10 British Columbians has kidney disease and the rate of those suffering has grown 60 per cent over the last 10 years.

Risk factors include diabetes, high blood pressure, heart disease, family history of kidney disease, aboriginal, African, Asian or South Asian ancestry and being over 50 years old.

To help decrease your risk you can stay active, monitor your blood sugar levels, monitor your blood pressure, reduce your salt intake, don’t smoke and refrain from regularly taking ibuprofen. Over 3,000 people rely on kidney dialysis to live. The average wait time for a kidney transplant is five years.

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A WALK ON THE LAVENDER SIDE AT BIG FESTIVAL With the soothing smell of the plants wafting in the air, there’s nothing nicer than a stroll at Damali Farm during their annual Lavender Fest on Saturday, July 26. There were shuttle buses carrying people down the hill from the farm house but these women have decided to stroll back through the vineyard instead.

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B.C. champs! RiverCats are No.1 “We had a handful of superstars [in 2005], but this team is better topto-bottom, one-to-12.

You can put pretty much anyone anywhere and have success.”

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The RiverCats are headed for Speedy Creek.

After taking the provincial title at the peewee AA provincial baseball championships in Port Coquitlam last weekend, the Duncan RiverCats are bound for Swift Current, Saskatchewan, where they will suit up as Team BC in the Western Canadian Championships.

“The little team from Duncan did okay,” said assistant coach Western Higbie.

The provincial final was a rematch against Chilliwack, who beat Duncan in the teams’ final round-robin game. The game got off to an inauspicious start for the RiverCats, who had the bases loaded with none out in the top of the first inning, but weren’t able to score. They then gave up three runs in the bottom of the inning.

The RiverCats got those runs back in the top of the third thanks to singles by Jackson Stephen, Connor Caskenette and Hayden Plester, then took the lead in the top of the fourth when Brody Deverill singled and made it home on a single by Morley Scott.

Chilliwack tied the score again in the bottom of the fourth, but in the top of the fifth, Mike Arscott singled, stole second and third, and then was brought home by Stephen, and the RiverCats held the lead once again. They added a pair of insurance runs in the seventh as Caskenette and Plester singled and were brought home

by Gavin Pringle and Arscott.

Billy Ramwell, a.k.a. “the Iceman,” closed out the game, striking out the last two Chilliwack batters to secure the 7-4 win and the B.C. championship.

“When we won, it was gloves in the air, hats in the air, lots of hugs all around,” Higbie said. “They captured the moment and really appreciated it.”

The RiverCats had previously played Chilliwack in their final round-robin game. Both teams went in with 3-0 records and had

STEVE BOSSONS, 2005 Western Canadian bantam champion and assistant coach of the 2014 peewee AA Duncan RiverCats

The Duncan RiverCats celebrate their win at the provincial peewee AA baseball championships in Port Coquitlam last weekend. The team will now represent B.C. in the Western Canadian championships in Swift Current, Saskatchewan later this month. [SUBMITTED] already qualified for the playoffs.

The RiverCats got two solo home runs from Matteo Iorio and one from Caskenette, and excellent pitching from Ramwell, Scott and Pringle, but ended up on the wrong side of a 5-4 final score.

“We didn’t hit the ball well at all,” Higbie said. “Actually, we were pretty sloppy. I think it was because the kids knew we were already in it.”

The semifinal against Vernon was, in Higbie’s view, the best game of the tournament.

The RiverCats scored first after Arscott singled, stole a base and made it home on a hit by Stephen.

In the second, Josh Hill singled, stole second, then scored on a hit

by Luc Wilson. Duncan gave up a run in the bottom of the second, Arscott scored again in the top of the third on another RBI for Stephen, and it was 3-1 after the third.

Vernon made it 3-2 in the fifth, but the RiverCats added another run in the top of the sixth when Stephen walked, then stole second, and finally scored on a single

by Ramwell.

Then Vernon went ahead 5-4 with a three-run homer in the bottom of the sixth.

“That just crushed our kids,” Higbie said.

It wasn’t over yet, however. Hill singled in the top of the second, stole second and third, then

scored on Scott’s single to tie the game. After a scoreless bottom of the seventh, the game was on to extra innings.

In the top of the eighth, Pringle — who struck out 14 Vernon batters over the first five innings — singled and stole second, then scored on a sacrifice fly by Stephen. Ahead 6-5, the RiverCats turned to Ramwell, the “Iceman,” who pitched his fourth strikeout of the game before fielding a grounder for the final out.

“It was very exciting to win against Vernon because we had been down. We came back by doing what we do best, which is hit the ball.”

The RiverCats took home two

individual awards as Pringle was named the top pitcher and Stephen was honoured as MVP. For Westerns, the RiverCats will be joined by Connor Hall and Brodie Comerford, two players from Campbell River, the most sportsmanlike team at provincials.

The RiverCats are the first peewee AA team in the history of Duncan baseball to win provincials, and the first Duncan team to go to Westerns since the bantam AA team did so in 2005, where they won the tournament a year after a combined Ladysmith/Chemainus team did the same.

Head coach Ken Ramwell, who coached a bantam girls fastpitch team to Westerns two years ago, noted that none of his players were named to Team BC after spring tryouts, but will still be representing the province.

“I’m more happy for the kids than for any of us,” he said.

Steve Bossons, an assistant coach with the RiverCats, was part of the bantam AA team that won Westerns nine years ago, and admits it’s exciting to be going as a coach after experiencing the tournament as a player, and he believes this team has what it takes to win.

“Absolutely. In talking about strategy with them, we made comparisons with the 2005 teams a lot,” he said. “We had a handful of superstars, but this team is better top-to-bottom, one-to-12. You can put pretty much anyone anywhere and have success.”

Valley makes it presence felt at NAIG 2014 in Regina KEVIN ROTHBAUER CITIZEN

Athletes from the Cowichan Valley were part of history as Team BC won the two most coveted awards at the 2014 North American Indigenous Games in Regina, Saskatchewan last month.

Team BC became the first team to win both the overall medal title and the John Fletcher Spirit Award, which goes to the contingent that best demonstrates

the spirit of teamwork, fair play, respect and integrity during the week of competition.

Team BC won a total of 160 medals in Regina: 63 gold, 49 silver and 48 bronze, just edging Team Saskatchewan, which finished with 159 medals.

Cowichan Tribes member Wayne Daniels returned home with five medals in canoe/kayak. Daniels claimed gold in the U19 men’s K1 3000m, and added solo silver in the

MC1 1000m, MC1 3000m and MC1 6000m, as well as teaming up with Stuart George to take bronze in the MC2 6000m.

Crystal Charles and Rhianon Morrison of Lake Cowichan were part of the B.C. squad that won gold in U19 girls volleyball, while a trio of Valley athletes — Benecia George and Seleana Jack of Cowichan Tribes and Brittany Brown of Penelakut — took bronze in U18 girls soccer.

Duncan’s Rick Brant served as Director of the Aboriginal Sport, Recreation and Physical Activity Partners Council, a joint effort between several prominent Aboriginal organizations in B.C. that oversees Team BC at NAIG. “This was a complete team effort,” Brant said. “We assembled an amazing group of athletes, coaches, volunteers and mission staff, and from day one they made

their presence felt in Regina. The Aboriginal sport delivery system that we have created has shown tremendous success. But we simply couldn’t have reached new heights at the NAIG without the support of our three partner agencies, the provincial sport organizations and the significant investment the provincial government has made towards Team BC and our ongoing sport development programs.”

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Duncan midgets finish third in B.C. BATTLING WITH THE BEST: RiverCats fall to

eventual champions

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A veteran of seven provincial baseball championships, Duncan RiverCats head coach Jim Frost felt that last weekend’s midget AA tournament in Mission — where his team placed third — was by far the most competitive he has seen.

“On the last day of the round robin, the potential was there for all 10 teams to finish with two wins and two losses,” he recalled.

“Even though the players were disappointed with losing in the semifinal, it was a great accomplishment just to make it.”

The RiverCats went 3-1 in the round robin against the best teams in the province before falling to the eventual provincial champions from Ladner in the semifinals.

“Every game was a battle and they played four tense must-win games in a row and won three of them,” Frost commented. “I couldn’t have been prouder of them and felt fortunate to be able to coach such a great group of kids.”

Duncan’s only loss of the round robin, and second loss of the entire season, came in their tournament opener, a 7-1 defeat at the hands of Aldergrove.

“Aldergrove was the top-seeded team in the provincials and it

was a pitchers duel between both “Even though the players teams’ aces,” Frost said. were disappointed with RiverCats starter Jordy Frost pitched five strong innings with- losing in the semifinal, it out allowing an earned run before was a great accomplishment having to come out of the game just to make it.” due to the pitch count with the score 2-1, while Aldergrove’s JIM FROST, midget AA RiverCats head coach starter went the full seven innings with 14 strikeouts, giving up just one run on a homer by Duncan’s semis and the loser going home Zach Komst. empty-handed.

The RiverCats got in the win Jordy Frost started again and column by edging Kelowna 9-8 in pitched the full seven innings, a back-and-forth thriller. giving up just five hits and preAdam Sakuma played the hero venting any base runners until for the Duncan team. Leading by the fourth, while catcher Komst one run going into the seventh, called a great game behind the the RiverCats gave up three runs plate and had two hits, including in the top of the inning to drop a double off the top of the fence, behind 8-6. Jordy Frost walked to and was named MVP. start the bottom of the seventh The Duncan team’s excellent and Jaysen Paddle singled before defensive performance was led Keir Baknes singled to score by first baseman Spencer Martin Frost. Sakuma then singled to left and leftfielder Paddle, who made to bring in Paddle and Baknes for a diving catch in the seventh to the tying and winning runs. stymie any thoughts Vancouver Baknes finished the game with might have had of rallying. Robthree hits, while Reiya Tomida ertson paced the offence with two pitched five excellent innings to hits. earn game MVP honours, aided Tired from playing two games by left fielder Paddle and second the previous day and with their baseman Blair Robertson, who pitching staff limited by pitching threw out runners at home. restrictions, the RiverCats went Duncan’s third game was a 13-2 up against Ladner in the semifive-inning mercy win over Mis- finals. Whitelaw pitched four solid sion. Adam Fukakusa pitched the innings of relief and centrefielder complete game and collected MVP Tyler McWhirter had an excellent honours, while Ethan Whitelaw outing with several catches on the went 3-for-4 to lead the offence. run. Jordy Frost had three RBIs The RiverCats and their Van- and Robertson had two, while couver opponents found them- Derek Hayes brought in one run selves in a do-or-die situation as a pinch-hitter. Another great as the round robin wrapped up, all-around game earned MVP with the winner advancing to the honours for Paddle.

RATS CLAIM HUGH SMALL CUP Cowichan Storm and Cowichan River Rats players celebrate after the 2014 Hugh Small Cup “Battle of the Sexes” game at the Cowichan Sportsplex, won 7-6 by the River Rats.

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is playing host to the mosquito AAA tier 2 baseball championships with games on Friday, Saturday and Sunday.

The Cowichan Sportsplex fields, meanwhile, are the location of the Western Canadian U16 girls softball championships until Sunday.

Capitals complete goalie tandem with American star KEVIN ROTHBAUER CITIZEN

The Cowichan Valley Capitals have rounded out what looks to be one of the top netminding duos in the B.C. Hockey League this coming season with the addition of Alex Corley, a product of the elite Shattuck St. Mary’s Prep School in Minnesota.

Corley will make a tandem with Lane Michasiw, who committed to the Capitals after winning the Telus Cup national midget championship with the Prince Albert Mintos.

“I can’t wait for the season to start and get out there and get back on the ice, I can’t describe how pumped I am,” the 5-11, 165pound Corley said. “I really felt that it was a really good fit with the organization. Coach [Bob] Beatty is awesome, I thought the whole staff was great and when I went up there for a visit it just kind of felt like home up there; I can’t imagine many junior hockey towns are better than Cowichan.”

Corley, who turns 18 in November, has played the last three seasons with the midget AA and AAA teams at Shattuck St. Mary’s, the alma mater of such NHL stars as Sidney Crosby, Jonathan Toews, Nathan MacKinnon and Zach Parise.

In 2013/14 with the midget AAA program, Corley played in 31 games with a record of 23-6-1, a goals-against average of 1.19 and save percentage of .940 and eight shutouts.

Over three seasons at the academy, the Westminster, Colorado native compiled a record of 6710-3, with a 1.08 GAA and .942 SPCT. “Alex had a great season last year at Shattuck’s and is well prepared to start his junior career,” said Beatty, the Capitals head coach and general manager. “His stats speak for themselves along with a strong technical package and good size.”

Corley is looking forward to joining the Caps and helping to make the team competitive in the BCHL. “I like to think of myself as a pretty solid, technically sound goalie but also I think the big thing that separates me from a lot other guys is that I thrive on making game changing saves and I like to steal quite a few games.

“I haven’t met the other goalie Lane, but I’m obviously a team player and I’m all about winning and doing whatever it takes to get to that point. Between me and Lane I think we will be one of the hardest teams in the league to score on.”

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Rough start slows Mustangs at provincials KEVIN ROTHBAUER CITIZEN

Opening day jitters and a tough schedule proved to be the undoing of the Cowichan Valley Mustangs at the bantam AA baseball provincial championships in Burnaby last weekend.

The Mustangs lost their first two games on a busy Thursday, but got themselves back into contention with wins on Friday and Saturday before bowing out.

“We had one flat day; we felt a little bit of nerves and pressure on our first day,” head coach Mario Iannidinardo said. “Every team plays one doubleheader day, and our doubleheader day happened to be the first day. We ended up losing to teams we had beat previously in other tournaments.”

An unstoppable juggernaut throughout the summer leading up to provincials, the Mustangs fell behind 4-0 in the first two innings of their opening game against the Vancouver Yankees, although they took the lead with a huge seven-run output in the bottom of the third. Unfortunately, Vancouver surged back ahead with seven runs over the next three innings.

Cole Anderson finished the game with a home run and a single, while Zach Waddington had a double, a single and two stolen bases. Cam LeSergent and Jake Winter also had doubles, Bran-

“The frustrating thing is that we were just warming up to go on a rampage and blow teams out of the water. The kids had a good last two games for sure.”

MARIO IANNIDINARDO, Mustangs head coach

don Langer had two singles, Kale Eddy had one, Brady Radcliffe had two walks and a steal, and Andrew Strobl finished with one steal. Pitching duties were shared between Langer, Anderson and Matt Miller.

Later that day, the Mustangs were edged 4-3 by the Cloverdale Spurs, despite out-hitting the Spurs 10-4 and holding a 3-1 lead in the top of the second. Waddington finished with two hits, while Langer, LeSergent, Anderson, Winter, Eddy, Miller and Tanner Cummings had one each.

LeSergent and Eddy handled the pitching.

“In the first game the pressure got to us,” Iannidinardo said. “We made lots of errors, and our bats weren’t on. In the second game, our bats were just flat. Our pitching was decent in both games.”

O n F r i d ay, t h e M u s t a n g s doubled up on Rutledge 12-6, led at the plate by Eddy, who nearly hit for the cycle with a single, a

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double and a home run, and Miller, who finished with a double and a homer.

LeSergent also had two doubles, Strobl had two singles and a twobagger, Winter had two singles, and Anderson, Yu and Waddington each had one single. Langer and Yu did the pitching.

Finally, the Mustangs edged the Burnaby Braves 8-7 on Saturday. The contest went into extra innings, and Tanner Cummings won it by dodging the tag on a suicide squeeze play.

Yu and Eddy blasted back-toback homers, with Yu adding a double, while Anderson also had a home run and two singles. LeSergent finished with two singles and a double, and Cummings and Waddington had two singles apiece.

The pitching was split between Langer, LeSergent, Anderson, Winter, James McMahon and Miller.

“We came out like ourselves and took over,” Iannidinardo said.

“Against Rutland, our pitching was on, and our hitting was on.

The fourth game was probably our most exciting game.”

With three teams tied at two wins apiece, head-to-head records determined who advanced in the tournament, and the loss to Vancouver eliminated the Mustangs from the playoffs.

“The frustrating thing is that we were just warming up to go on a

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rampage and blow teams out of the water,” Iannidinardo said.

“The kids had a good last two games for sure. We lost out on a good note.”

Throughout the season, the Mustangs relied on their three aces, Anderson, Yu and Eddy, as well as their top hitter and star shortstop, Waddington.

“He’s just an athletic phenom,” Iannidinardo said. “He may not have the best baseball technique, but he compensates for it with his athletic ability. He made highlight reel plays look ordinary. And he was our three-hole hitter. He outperformed my imagination.”

First-year bantam LeSergent was also a big part of the team’s success.

“He’s probably one of the best first-years I’ve ever seen, technically,” the coach assessed. “He has the best hands on the team.”

That’s not to ignore the contributions of the rest of the lineup.

“Overall, the way the whole team came together was amazing,” he said. “Everyone played a crucial role.”

In addition to Iannidinardo, the Mustangs had top-notch coaching from Tod LeSergent, Micah Anderson and Wade Radcliffe.

“We had a great coaching staff,” Iannidinardo said. “All four of us were totally committed to going all the way, to provincials and Westerns if we made it.”

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Another B.C. championship at the Lake KEVIN ROTHBAUER CITIZEN

Yet another provincial curling championship is headed for Cowichan Rocks in Lake Cowichan.

Curl BC announced that Lake Cowichan will be the host for the 2015 Tim Hortons BC Juvenile Curling Championships next March. Sixteen teams of curlers ages 18 and under will compete for boys and girls titles.

It will be the third time Cowichan Rocks has hosted the juvenile championships, having done so previously in 2007 and 2011.

“We like to invite curlers to our community and the kids’ event is a good way to showcase the young talent that is out there,” Cowichan Lake Recreation manager Linda Blatchford said. “We hope that when the other youth in our community see the young people at this level, it will inspire them to get more involved.”

Despite having fewer than 100 members, Cowichan Rocks has hosted several high-profile events, including the previous juvenile championships, the 2005 BC Seniors Games, and the International Tankard in 2003 and 2014.

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• Cowichan Fish and Game host Canadian firearm safety course (nonrestricted and restricted) starting Friday, Aug. 29 at their clubhouse in Glenora. For further details and to register, email canadianfirearmsafety@shaw.ca or contact Mike at 250-748-0319.

• New book club at Duncan library starts Sept. 20, noon. Group to meet third Saturday of every month noon1:30 p.m. Copies of first book handed out Sept. 20 for discussion in October.

Leave name and number at front desk of library to find out more or call library 250-746-7661.

• 7th Annual VSO Craft Fair Nov. 1 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Seniors Activity Centre, Duncan. Table rental $15. Info 250-746-

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• 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.

• Friendly Visitors wanted! Volunteer Cowichan program connects an isolated or lonely senior in the community with a Friendly Visitor. Interested? Call 250-748-2133.

Seniors • Chemainus 55+ drop in centre dance with Happy Hans Aug. 23, 7 p.m., cost $9 (includes lunch).

• Chemainus 55+ drop in centre muffin mornings Wednesday and Friday, 9:30-11:30 a.m. Come and meet new friends.

• Valley Seniors Activity Centre the place to be if you’re over 55. Located at 198 Government St., open 6 days a

week, Monday-Friday 8 a.m.-3 p.m.; Saturday, 8 a.m.-1 p.m. Membership $20 per year. Carpet bowling, billiards, choir, crafts, carving, line dancing and more. Info: 250-746-4433.Info: 250-7464433 or www.valley-seniors.org • Weekly bingo, Tuesdays, 11:30 a.m., Valley Seniors Centre, Duncan. Info: 250-746-4433.

• Chemainus Seniors Drop-in Centre ladies exercises Tuesdays at 11 a.m., Come and get fit with Lesley.

Recreation • Meditation with facilitator Gary Greenstein, meditator in the Buddhist tradition for 35 years, free, no registration necessary. Info: Gary 250-746-8637, 6:30-7:30 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.

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

• New chess club at Duncan Library, Monday evenings 6-8 p.m. All ages and skill levels welcome.

• Cowichan Valley Scottish Country Dancing Thursday evenings 6:308 p.m., singles, couples, beginners welcome, Chemainus Seniors Centre.

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• Calling all chess players, every Wednesday, 1-4 p.m. All levels welcome. Info: 250-743-8740.

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WTT TAKES A SLICE OUT OF THE ODLUM BROWN VANCOUVER OPEN BUT THINGS STILL WERE “ROSIE!” The chance of seeing Vera Zvonereva play in Vancouver was going to be a huge plus for me. I have missed on seeing and having a chance to interview this great Russian player on a number of occasions.

Again, the opportunity slipped by, when she injured herself playing for World Team Tennis a few days before the start of the Vancouver Open. Also, injured just prior to the event, was the little Canadian dynamo, Sharon Fichman. Those two players being out of the tournament took a bit of the glamour away from this year's event.

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However, one must look for a different approach to the event, and I found one. On the second day of the tournament, there were a number of young Canadian women playing, so I said to myself, let's see what future talent is out there. Well, one young 15 year old caught my attention. I decided to watch a totally unranked player by the name of Rosie Johanson, she was playing Wendy Qi-Wen, Zhang, ranked at 876th. I was immediately impressed with this 15 year old from Abbotsford, serves were coming at 96 mph and her forehand was being placed with authority. All players start from somewhere and I thought, this young player may have a bright future in this great game of tennis.

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Marcos Baghdatis to her, you seemed to be in total control of that game. That game took place in the afternoon and Johanson had a fairly quick turnaround and had to play first up on Monday morning on July 28th. As mentioned she lost to the number one seed 6-1, 6-3, but Rosie added, “Zhang had a good serve and volley game and she was in control of the match. However, it was a good learning experience for me.”

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Rosie Johanson I remembered seeing Vera Zvonereva play as a 16 year old in Toronto, in the 2nd round of the Rogers Cup, and she was soundly beaten. But, I could see that there was undeniable talent there, she hated losing any point, and I said to myself then, this player will go far. Of course, Vera did become number two in the world in 2010 and has won 12 WTA singles titles to go along with a number of doubles crowns too.

The finals were played in brilliant sunshine and the crowds at the Hollyburn Country Club were very appreciative of the fine tennis throughout the week. Once again the tournament was a pleasure to cover.

That is not to say Johanson will become another Zvonereva, but I saw some similarities in her play, she won her first round qualifying match 6-1, 6-0, it totally convincing fashion. I decided to get in touch with her and find out more about her tennis life, and thanks to media director Brian Wiebe, I was able to chat with her last week.

Rosie did lose her next match to the number one qualifer, Mayo Hibi, but with that first round win she will pick up some ranking points and that will be a good start in furthering her career.

Johanson stated, “I have been playing tennis for 8 years, and I train at the National Tennis Centre in Montreal.” She trains about 4-5 hours a day, and has great support from her mother and father. Her mother was also involved in tennis.

In discussing her win Rosie, noted” that was the best match of the year for me, there was no pressure I felt very confident.” I mentioned

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SALE

SAVE

$

.00

65

EA.

SAVE

.00

55

SALE

120

SALE

.00

$

$

54.99

Reg. 69.95 DWE1014

“Jet kut” PReMiuM BlAck golD 29 Pc. DRill Bit set

• 5 hP, 160 cc honDA MotoR • 2400 Psi @ 2.3 gPM • Built in unloADeR • 25’ hose • wAnD • 4 tiPs

SAVE

SALE

229

w/ eARth MAgnets

80

$

3/8” DRill

Reg. 129.95

$

79.99

Reg. 129.95

129.99

Reg. 199.95 TRITSPS450

M12 lithiuM iMPAct DRiveR kit

SAVE

.00

75

50.00

SALE

.99

3 Pc. socket DRiveR set

.00

70.00

.00

70

SALE

$

SAVE

5 Pc. nut DRiveR set

SAVE

SAVE

SAVE

SALE

70

$

• 7700 cFM • 2 sPeeD • wheels

SALE

.00

• oil FRee PuMP FoR MiniMAl MAintenAnce • 145 Psi MAx PRessuRe • 2 inDustRiAl M style couPons FoR MultiPle tool use

24” DRuM FAn

• 7.5 AMP • 10,000 RPM • 7 Position DePth stoPPeR

SAVE

70.00

SALE

40.00

SALE

• 5/8’to 2” BRADs • tool FRee DePth ADJustMent • Multi ActuAtion toggle switch • 5 yeAR wARRAnty

SAVE

6 gAllon AiR coMPRessoR

SALE

2” 18g. BRAD nAileR

SALE

1 ½ nARRow cRown stAPleR

$

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