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The Cobble Hill Quarry, long a favourite hangout, is plagued with garbage. [FILE] tickets have been issued for excessive speed, boats removed from the lake and positive tickets issued for youths wearing life jackets.” Water patrols will continue through the remainder of the summer, in addition to the detachment’s other duties. Calls for service continue to be steady and through July, on pace with previous years. “Please stay safe, drive and boat carefully and respect your fellow neighbours during this sunny, social time of year,” Webb said.

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Jora Dale is pretty proud of his banana tree. The Nor th Cowichan gardener’s tropical tree is the showpiece of his front yard and a talking point for many a passerby. “It’s beautiful,” he said. “A lot of people tell me that.” A birthday present about five years ago, when he first planted it, the tree was only about 18 inches tall. Now it’s nearly 18 feet tall. “It’s never grown this big before,” Dale’s daughter Pavan Dale explained. “He’s really proud of his banana tree.” But something is most certainly different about the tree this summer — something that adds to the family man’s pride and to the neighbourhood chatter. “This is the first summer it has actually grown bananas,” Pavan said. “In this Valley it’s not even possible to grow bananas if you Google it,” she added with a laugh. “People have been walking by and everyone who has seen it is just amazed because it’s actually not heard of to grow bananas here. People are blown away. It’s unreal.” Because it seems to be g rowing with reckless abandon, Dale has taken to pulling out the smaller offshoots and passing them

Given the climate, Jora Dale is thrilled to have these bananas growing on his tree. [SARAH SIMPSON/CITIZEN] off to friends, family and neighbours so they, too, can try their luck. “There’s lots coming up,” he said with a laugh. Since planting the one small tree years ago, about a dozen giant trunks now make up the base of the tree. Clippings have gone as near as the next-door neighbour and as far away as to Calgary with family. “Everybody says ‘no, no bananas here’ and I say ‘yes, bananas are coming’,” the green thumb said. “I’m serious. In the last couple of weeks they’ve been coming up.” He typically cuts the tree’s various shoots right back for the winter months and every spring they begin to grow back.

But Dale said this year he experimented and didn’t trim a few of the stalks like he usually does. It was one of those untouched pieces that is beginning to bear fruit. He’ll do the same next year, just to see what happens. “I’ll leave a few and the rest I’ll cut.” I t ’s n o t h i s p r u n i n g schedule that has the tree producing bananas Dale believes. It’s the heat. “It’s nice and hot this year. That’s why,” he said. “In India you’d see 50 bananas on this tree already.” But given he’s living in relatively cool climes of Duncan, he’s pretty pleased to have just the one.

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Part-time clinic to serve as stop-gap in Lake Cowichan LEXI BAINAS CITIZEN

While a part-time walk-in clinic is scheduled to open in Lake Cowichan as a stopgap solution to the problem of the area losing its two family doctors, efforts are still continuing to recruit a permanent physician for the area. Dr. Tom Rimmer, of the Cowichan Valley Division of Family Practice, said that while the idea of that clinic is great, it is not part of the ongoing push for a multidisciplinary clinic for the west Cowichan communities. The walk-in clinic (brainchild of Dr. Rossouw of the Beverly Medical Clinic in Duncan) is set to open in September. It will only operate part time but will offer patients access to care in Lake Cowichan on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays and half-days on weekends. Lake Cowichan Mayor Ross Forrest said he was happy to see the short-term fix. “It’s great. It would work perfectly having even more doctors come and still having the walk-in clinic.

Dr. Tom Rimmer [CITIZEN FILE] And having some kind of coverage on weekend mornings is huge also, especially at this time of year with the tourists and everybody else.” Asked if his division was still actively working to find a replacement for the two current doctors who are moving their practices

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The Brookside Medical Clinic in Lake Cowichan is set to close, as both of the doctors operating out of the facility will be moving. Replacing the medical services is an ongoing effort in the community. [CITIZEN FILE] to Duncan, Rimmer said, “Yes. We are working with the Choose Cowichan Lake group towards the primary-care multi-disciplinary clinic model. But we’re not the drivers, we’re participants. It’s kind of a VIHA [Vancouver Island Health Authority] initiative. Certainly we want to be supportive of the Lake Cowichan gang and get them physicians and get them medical care out there.” Whether Rossouw’s bridging measure is going to morph into something permanent is hard to know, he said. “At this point, we’re all working at close to capacity in the Valley. We have absorbed quite a few Lake Cowichan patients into our Duncan practices but I know for a lot of people that’s not optimum. They would like to see their own doctors out there. And that remains a goal for us.” There is also an application in for a nurse practitioner at Lake Cowichan and that idea seems to have plenty of steam behind it, according to a reply from VIHA Executive Vice-president Catherine Mackay to a question at the recent health authority board

meeting in Duncan. Rimmer, too, is hopeful. “There’s some funding available for nurse practitioners province wide. We’ve applied. There are quite a few issues with getting that up and running. One being that he or she would need the supervision of a family doc. That’s still missing from the picture and as it stands now, Dr. Rossouw’s walk-in service falls outside the multi-disciplinary model, too,” he said. But, working with a Duncanbased doctor is something that could be arranged, and having a nurse practitioner in Lake Cowichan would make that area more attractive to any GP looking at locating there. “If we had a new grad, who was keen to build something from the ground up, that’s new and teambased, it would be a beautiful starting point. Because, frankly, what a great place to do it: a community that’s motivated and really engaged and a health authority that seems genuinely interested in finding a solution,” Rimmer said. He agreed there certainly seems to be a lot of good will on all sides

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of the issue. “I think there’s been a great deal of collaboration, too. What we’re running up against is what we’re running up against in smallish communities all over the place — and not just small communities, either, there are huge manpower problems in the cities.” Rimmer said that another problem is that the current group of doctors is aging, just like the rest of the population. “The average age of physicians in B.C. is 54 and that has to be taken into account, too. Most of us who are in the trenches now are working pretty long weeks and doing the call and the hospital work but a lot of the younger physicians are saying, “You know what, I don’t want to do that. I want to work part-time.’ “So, it takes more people to fill those spots. One full-time physician retires and more than one person is required to fill the needs of that practice,” he said. Rimmer said he wanted to clarify that any short-term solutions are not moving the goal posts in the big game: that of getting one or more doctors for Lake Cowichan. “The goal of the division really is full service family practice. That is unchanged. That is the model that’s been shown to work best. Anything we can do to help the population of Lake Cowichan access care is good but as we all know the best care comes from that longitudinal relationship with a regular family doc,” Rimmer said.

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“...it’s really good news. It will mean jobs.” ROSS FORREST, Lake Cowichan mayor

Lake abuzz over new Fields store LEXI BAINAS CITIZEN

Passenger service from Victoria to Courtenay on the E&N rail line was discontinued several years ago until upgrades could be made to the rail line. Money is waiting to do that work say ICF officials, but they can’t get started until VIA Rail negotiates an agreement with them. [CITIZEN FILE]

VIA foot-dragging holding up repairs LEXI BAINAS CITIZEN

The Island Corridor Foundation and its supporters are longingly staring at $20 million dollars to upgrade Vancouver Island’s rail lines that is sitting just out of reach, all because VIA Rail won’t come to the negotiating table. And VIA Rail says it won’t come to the table because the ICF hasn’t upgraded the rail lines. Frustration is the name of the game and it needs to stop soon, according to Graham Bruce, executive director for the Foundation. “We’re looking to try and achieve some kind of agreement by the end of August,” he said Wednesday. “The $20 million from the federal, provincial and regional governments was all contingent on a train service agreement with VIA Rail. It is the difference between rail continuing or not on Vancouver Island,” he said. The problem is that VIA is not answering requests for talks leading to an agreement. But, in an answer to a specific question at the VIA public annual

general meeting in May, the VIA board replied, “VIA Rail had to stop service along this route because the tracks were deemed unsafe both by VIA as well as other authorities. We stated at the time that we would resume service as soon as the track was brought back to safe operating standards and that is still our intent. The parties involved have the ability to restart the transservice agreement that was in place at the time. However, if that train service agreement needs to be modified in any way, it will require resources that VIA Rail does not have at this time.” However, the ICF has other ideas and wants to talk and Bruce is concerned about what could be described as disrespectful treatment from VIA. “I would say so, when you consider it was as a result of a telephone conference call and a letter by VIA to Southern Rail and ourselves suggesting that maybe we would like to be creative and look at an alternate proposal and totally set our minds to that and develop a very creative train service proposal for VIA and send it

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to them just about the end of the first week of April. “I think in a respectful way, whether you agree with it or not, you should at least reply to it in a decent period of time. That is just unacceptable,” he said. Bruce is still hopeful but wants to sit down at a table with VIA. “I believe there is a way to accomplish all of this. What the ICF is looking for is for VIA to sit down with our rail operator Southern Rail and conclude this new train service agreement,” he said. It’s frustrating for ICF officials who have done their part. “It’s not complicated. We really feel they need to apply themselves at this instant.” Bruce said he is also hoping that the public can step up, as they have in the past, and inundate both government and VIA with letters calling for speedy action. Information on how to get involved is available on the Island Corridor Foundation website, islandrail.ca by clicking on VIA Rail Negotiations. This gambit has been tried before by the ICF.

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“It happened spectacularly well with the issue of raising the infrastructure funding. It’s taken a lot of effort to put together that $20 million package. For this last piece, we’re hopeful that the same level of buzz can be created, that people will respond with writing to those officials,” Bruce said. Waiting is hard on everyone as seen by online comments from supporters. “We’re so close to putting this all together. They really need to come to the table,” Bruce said. “We’re all ready to begin [working on the infrastructure and rail bed repairs] but this VIA Rail agreement is required to release the infrastructure funding. We have $20 million but we can’t start to work until we have a VIA agreement.” Service on the rail line was discontinued about two years ago due to the poor condition of the tracks and rail bed, leaving the well-known Dayliner and its prospective passengers languishing and sidetracking any plans for a new-style commuter service between up-Island points and the Victoria area.

There was a tremendous buzz in Lake Cowichan Thursday morning as residents saw signs in a big empty building on the main street saying that a Fields store was on the way. The iconic site beside the municipal hall housed the Lake Cowichan Co-op Store for decades and then The Bargain Store! but that, too, closed recently. Lake Cowichan Mayor Ross Forrest was excited. “There are a bunch of Fields signs on the windows there. I drove by and saw them. I think it’s great news because The Bargain Store! was a very-much needed store in town and I think this will be offering a similar service,” he said. Forrest didn’t have any details about when the store might get up and running. “I have heard that they are aiming for a Sept. 1 opening. That would be great, earlier would have been nice, but it’s really good news. It will mean jobs,” he said. On the Fields website, company president Jason McDougall didn’t mention Lake Cowichan specifically but commented in general on the corporation’s push to keep stores open in western Canada. Describing Fields as “a fixture in small towns for decades,” he said that the aim of the company is to “bring in the merchandise that makes the most sense for each community we serve.” Meanwhile, on Facebook, Lake Cowichan residents are already passing around the news and speculating on where to send in resumes for work.

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We must act now if rail is to have a future rustration over getting the Island Corridor up and running again is palpable. And no wonder. Millions of dollars are sitting there, waiting to be used, but it all hinges upon an agreement that it seems VIA doesn’t actually want to reach. The Island Corridor Foundation, a conglomeration of communities along the E&N rail line from Courtenay to Victoria, has anteed up and acquired the track, with the vision of slowly putting rail back on the map on Vancouver Island. It’s been a move that has been

overwhelmingly supported by the majority of the Island community and local politicians. It’s an alternative to the Trans Canada Highway, and proponents hope it can become a model of green transportation, taking both freight and passenger traffic from one town to another. Long term, the vision is for a thriving railroad with commuter and tourist trains, as well as cars to take some of the weight now carried by transport trucks that tear up the roads. As a basis for a public transit system, the rail line is an invaluable resource that, should it be

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squandered now, could never be recovered. The hurdle the foundation is currently trying to overcome is that the rail line is old. Track, ties and bridges are coming to the end of their lives and need to be upgraded and replaced. Provincial and federal dollars which have been set aside for this task are contingent upon reaching an agreement with VIA to provide service. Now, VIA seems to want the track to be upgraded before they will commit to an agreement. Very Catch-22.

Which came first, the chicken or the egg? We see this as a bit disingenuous. After all, VIA knows that the money for the upgrades depends upon them signing on the dotted line. It makes one wonder if they really want to come to that agreement. Meanwhile we’re left with an unusable rail line that just deteriorates further and further as the months go by. It’s time to put the pressure on. Everyone needs to write and express their dissatisfaction with the current state of things, and

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their desire to see the rail line get up and running again. It is the public will (and the hard work of a core of devoted train proponents) that brought about the success of the Island Corridor Foundation to begin with. We need that groundswell of support again. The hope is to create such a furore that it cannot be disregarded. There are some who do not believe in the future of rail. The ridership will not be there, they argue. We don’t believe that. If we want rail to have a future we must ensure it now.

Liberal agenda to bankrupt, privatize BC Hydro Congratulations to those taking civil action against the B.C. government over the imposition of the smart meter project. I also believe that legal action should be taken. But I’ve come to believe that the Liberals are acting criminally. I believe they are betraying the public trust by acting on an agenda that will bankrupt and privatize British Columbian’s public power company. And that the smart meter is the getaway vehicle in this heist. I am incensed that a govern-

ment that was tasked with protecting the public interest has burdened our children (without our informed consent) with a debt at BC Hydro of approx $75 billion. Much of it appearing to be committed to Liberal corporate friends, in the form of sweet heart deals, alleging to commit “we the people” to purchasing the power of our own rivers, at well above market prices. This unnecessary debt will bankrupt our public utility. It will have a huge financial impact on British Columbian families and everyone and every activity that relies on reasonably priced public power. I believe this sea change may have come about through misconduct, cronyism

and breach of trust and perhaps criminal breaches of trust. This government that was supposed to be protecting the public interest has quietly delivered the people of this province into corporate bondage. And given themselves a healthy raise. Certainly in a province where the RCMP can diligently pursue those who ride bicycles without helmets, the members could find a little time to investigate the possibility of such a large scale public fraud as this one appears to be. After all didn’t they nail that NDPer Glen Clarke to the cross, over some sundeck repairs? Tom Pickett Saltspring Island

Trade agreements are initiated and pushed by multi-national corporations to free up trade (from restrictive regulations) for benefit of the largest MNCs at the expense of the common good. Governments’ negotiations with corporate interests are in secret with limited discussion and debate during the drafting of the legislation in Parliament. Official government propaganda justifies these trade agreements due to increased exports, providing greater investment, and thus more jobs. None of these reasons are justified by the facts. Impact of the trade agreements are not generally reported in the mass media. It can be assumed that if there were large benefits, the government would have widely publicized these benefits. What is increasingly evident are the negative impacts on public and the environment such as: out sourcing of jobs overseas; undermining of labour rights, safety and environmental protection; surrender of sovereignty by municipalities in drafting policies in the interests of the common good but which may restrict private profits. In summary, there appear to be few benefits for we the people but high profits for investors, mostly foreign. Gerry Masuda Duncan

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Tax increases out of control I would like to suggest to the taxpayers of North Cowichan that they give serious consideration to the principles and policies they want in candidates in the next municipal election when it comes to taxation and spending at municipal hall. That election is 15 months away and we need serious candidates who recognize that the taxpayer is not a bottomless pit. Today’s priority spending by the MNC in my area was to send a truck with two people to power wash fire hydrants! Really? This is what we should be spending our tax dollars on at this time? In 2008 the MNC general municipal taxes were $1.84 per $100,000 of assessment. In 2013 they were $4.0927. Do the math. 224.3 per cent higher or an average of 44.9 per cent per year over the last five years. Now ask anyone at the muni and they will try to tell you it was driven by Catalyst that taxes have so increased. Not true. In 2009 taxes increased by 16.45 per cent over 2008, in 2010 over 2009 by 17.45 per cent. In 2011 when the download started, it was 13.39 per cent and in 2012 13.86 per cent. These were the “Catalyst” years. In 2013 the increase over 2012 was 7.3 per cent. The CVRD is somewhat better at 124.5 per cent over 2008 and 24.5 per cent average over five years but still way out of line. It should be noted that in 2009 CVRD taxes showed negative growth. These increases in residential taxes have occurred in an economy that has shown an average annual rate of increase of 2.34% per cent. Recently, Ian Morrison of the CVRD board, called for an audit of CVRD salaries in excess of $75,000. A recent letter to the

editors suggested that the CAO of North Cowichan gets paid more than the premier of B.C. I suggest that we need a forensic audit of all spending in North Cowichan and the CVRD, as clearly the politicians cannot effectively manage our finances. The roles of various officials in the muni are to run the operations subject to council approvals but it seems to me that there is not enough analysis, rigor and challenge in the budget process as spending is clearly out of control. Salary increase for most people not working for the municipalities of B.C. are nonexistent or minimally tied to the CPI. How can people be expected to pay their taxes, their mortgages and feed their kids when taxes are increasing at this rate? When will seniors be tossed from their homes because their taxes are too high and they do not qualify for the deferral program? It seems odd to me as well that miraculously the muni found $550,000 of taxpayer money — because it came from reserves does not mean it is not taxpayer money — to buy waterfront land is Chemainus at the time the tax bills were delivered. That represents 1.3 per cent of the 2013 budget and roughly 18 per cent of the 7.3 per cent increase imposed on taxpayers in 2013. We don’t need people in office tied to developers. We don’t need people in office that think development of 20 per cent of Echo Heights will keep taxes affordable. We need serious people who recognize that if they keep on this path they will force people out of their homes or cause them great economic hardship. Enough already. Alex Currie Sr. Chemainus

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Forest practices over the years have made big changes to both Cowichan Lake and Cowichan River. [CITIZEN FILE]

Forest practices impacting our watershed As so astutely observed by the Cowichan Valley Citizen editorial (Aug. 2, 2013), progressive control of the Cowichan Lake weir discharge is a matter of good public and environmental policy. Cowichan water sustains and nourishes every aspect of our collective well being. As neighbours, we need to share responsibility for enlightened water management. We must staunch every leak, conserve every drop, and learn to be profoundly mindful of this vital resource. At times, we must even sacrifice private convenience for the common good, and do so with magnanimity. By the same token, it is time for private forest land operators to recognize the responsibility they owe to downstream neighbours by improving their practices. Over many decades, industrial logging has inflicted tremendous damage to the upper reaches of the Cowichan watershed. The loss of full-profile, richly biodiverse, mature forest ecosystems has led to a cascade of hydrological difficulties. For example, upslope runoff has become more rapid, or “flashy,” and cumulative sediment loading in the lower Cowichan means that river channels require dredging at great public expense. Soils that once cloaked uplands, nourished forests, and stored water have been swept down-

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stream where they now choke fish habitat and increase the flood hazard. The thick verdant forests that once sheltered melting snow and slowed the release of water through the seasons are now but a thin and impoverished shadow, unable to protect essential watershed processes. The good news is that this decline in hydrological function can be reversed. Determined changes in forest management practices can eventually restore to us a healthy watershed. It is time we all did our bit. Roger Wiles North Cowichan

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Leadership vote date set for 2014 The BC Conservative Party, which suffered disappointing results in the last provincial election, is leaving eight months to choose a new leader. Former party leader John Cummins resigned from his position in mid-July.

The party will choose a new leader on the weekend of April 11, 2014. Par ty President Dan Dennis said in a news release that they are giving candidates time to prepare themselves and campaign. He said several members have already expressed interest in running. “I’ll leave it to each of

them to make their own announcements, but I have every confidence that this race will inject new energy, new ideas, and new personalities into our Party as we start gearing up for the 2017 election.” Dennis said the race is a critical step in establishing the Conservatives as a credible alternative.

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Young man likely using performance enhancers A 19-year-old man who died suddenly in a Parksville fitness club had been taking steroids, caffeine and ephedrine, according to a provincial corner’s report. However, the report said, “toxicological testing was negative for any substances.” Cory Robert Ives, 19, of Errington, died Oct. 22, 2010. The official cause of death is cardiac arrhythmia, a heart attack. Family members told investigators Ives had been taking steroids, caffeine and ephedrine, the report said. “Examination of Mr. Ives’ room revealed a bag of hypodermic needles, marijuana, injectable testosterone and clomiphene citrate, which is a substance often used by performance-enhancing athletes.” The coroner classified the death as natural and made no recommendations.

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at Port Augusta Park to mark the 20th anniversary of Lindsay’s disappearance. It was attended by family, friends, the RCMP and politicians. Peterson, who fought back the tears when she talked to the people who came out, said she believed there is somebody in the Comox Valley that has information, that knows something and is urging anyone to come forward. As well, Peterson took the opportunity to rally the community and political officials to help get Lindsey’s Law legislated. If it becomes enacted as law, it will allow the creation of a DNA databank for missing persons that can be cross-referenced with remains that police may uncover or find during the course of investigations.

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Giant Pacific Octopus dies at aquarium just days after arrival Discovery Passage Aquarium added a “little” Giant Pacific Octopus to their collection of sea life on July 31. On Friday, a malfunction in the water flow system at the aquarium, affecting only the octopus tank, killed the new Giant Pacific Octopus. Crew did everything they could to revive him, but to no avail. A brief statement on their Facebook page said, “So sad. The little guy died yesterday, an overnight problem with the water circulation seems to be the cause. Sorry wee octopus. Sorry everyone.”

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MLA and wheelchair racing star returns home with medals Returning home a champion is nothing new for Michelle Stilwell. The Parksville-Qualicum MLA landed at the Nanaimo Airport Monday after regaining her wheelchair racing crown. She earned gold in the T52 classification 200, 400 and 800-metre races at the International Paralympic Committee 2013 Athletics World Championships in Lyon, France. She set a world record in the 800 (2:14.79) and a championship record in the 200 (35.71). Biggest of all, she regained her status as the most dominant athlete in her sport, after she lost for the first time in the 100 metres at the 2012 London Paralympic Summer Games. She regained that status in dramatic fashion, however, after a crash in the final corner almost knocked her out. VI Newspaper Group

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Bike shop owner annoyed at lack of sidewalk consultation SARAH SIMPSON CITIZEN

A Duncan home-based business owner is crying foul because city crews are about to install a sidewalk in front of his property — he says without consulting him first. Dee-Jay Shepard lives on the corner of Coronation Avenue and Bundock Street. He’s run his business, Iguana Cycles, out of his Bundock-facing outbuilding for the last 18 years. Shepard is angry his notice from the city about the construction project amounted to his car being trapped behind cones and a front-end loader sitting next to his house. “There’s been no communication from the city whatsoever,” Shepard said. “There’s been no real consideration from the city of the only one real resident that it’s affecting in a negative way. They don’t seem to want to talk to me or work with me or anything.” Though not opposed to a sidewalk — except now he’s on the hook for shoveling when it snows — Shepard said he would at least have liked some input. He feels the loss of parking will have a negative impact on his business.

“They are responsible to the residents and neighbours and taxpayers. The majority of the stuff they do is good. But some of it I just shake my head and question.” DEE-JAY SHEPARD, Iguana Cycles

Duncan Mayor Phil Kent said the sidewalk is a planned capital project that is part of the city’s overall sidewalk initiative. While the developers of Sunridge Place took care of building a sidewalk for the entire length of the west side of Bundock, the one on the east side of the street stops about midway down the block. “The difficulty for pedestrians there was anyone that was walking out of some of the [apartments] on the south end of that block have a sidewalk but there’s no sidewalk from there to the north side to Coronation,” Kent said. “It made people either have to go out around parked cars, or cross the street.” He cited both safety and accessibility as reasons to complete the sidewalk.

Shepard worries some of his parking will be lost because of the sideway. “Obviously there’s pressure on on-street parking there because it’s quite a high-density area because of Sunridge and the multi-family buildings,” Kent said. As for not being given notice, “We typically will provide notice that construction is going to be happening,” he said. “Always with notice, we hope to do well and sometimes it doesn’t always work out perfectly.” Should parking prove to be an issue for Shepard after the sidewalk is installed, he can appeal to the city to find some other type of solution. “If they did two 15-minute zones, that would really help. But I haven’t heard back from the city. They won’t talk,” he said. Shepard has resigned himself to accepting what will be, but he’s disappointed he couldn’t be more involved from the get-go. “They are responsible to the residents and neighbours and taxpayers. The majority of the stuff they do is good. But some of it I just shake my head and question,” he said. “I don’t have a disagreement with the sidewalk. It’s the whole process.”

Whether he likes it or not, a new sidewalk is about to be installed outside Dee-Jay Shephard’s home-based business on Bundock Street. [SARAH SIMPSON/CITIZEN]

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Photo contest focuses lenses on B.C. wildlife ANDREA RONDEAU CITIZEN

Photographer alert! The BC SPCA is giving shutterbugs even more reason to remember their cameras when they head off to camp in the bush or even just take a tour around their own yards. For the fifth year, amateur photographers are being invited to submit their best B.C. wildlife shots to the Wildlife-In-Focus Photography Contest. “With the nation’s greatest

diversity of wildlife in our own province, we are excited to help backyard and amateur photographers showcase these amazing animals,” says Sara Dubois, manager of wildlife services for the BC SPCA. Yo u c o u l d f i n d yo u rs e l f famous. Some of the photos from previous years have gone on to be featured in the SPCA’s Animal Sense and Bark magazines, lcoal newspapers and the book City Critters: Wildlife in the Urban

Jungle by Nicholas Read. There are two categories: wild settings and backyard habitats. The top three photos in each category will win prizes. Photographers must be 14 years old and up. “Wildlife includes free-living birds, mammals, amphibians, reptiles, fish and insects, but not exotic, feral or domestic animals, or wildlife in zoos or rehabilitation facilities,” said organizers. Learn more at spca. bc.ca/wildlife-in-focus. Tim Doyle aboard his rebuilt boat, the Greylag. [HANDOUT]

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with each passing day,” he said. Doyle said the draw of the shuttle for tourists was the chance to get to Genoa Bay, its marina and café without having to drive. The service has been a hit with yachters who moor at Genoa Bay and want to check out Cowichan Bay without having to navigate fairly rough water in small craft or the hassle of taking their larger boats. “Half of [Genoa Bay Marina’s] moorage is transient and crossing to Cowichan Bay can be a challenge. It can be uncomfortable to go across in a dinghy,” he said. Doyle uses the 12-seat Greylag, a 26-foot former Second World War Canadian Navy captain’s gig he rebuilt and converted to a touring vessel. The boat was reintroduced to the waters of Cowichan Bay after a 25year hiatus. While there is a set schedule for the shuttle, more can be added by request. The one-hour tour service is available on an interest basis. Doyle said because there is limited space, he recommends calling ahead (250-812-7543) to ensure there is space on one of the six daily runs. Greylag picks up and drops off all tour and shuttle customers at the Cowichan Bay Fisherman’s Wharf. Shuttle fares are $15 for adults, $12 for seniors and teens and $10 for children, while tour fares are $20 per adult, $15 for seniors and teens and $12 for children.

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Summer sees need for blood skyrocket SARAH SIMPSON CITIZEN

Constant demand and hosts of unfilled appointments this summer has left Canadian Blood Services in dire need of donations. A public plea for volunteers to literally roll up their sleeves was issued across the country at the end of July. It has since been extended

until Sept. 3 in the hopes more people will make time to donate. “Every summer is a challenge, but this year the trend is especially concerning as there are 51,000 appointments to fill between now and Sept. 3 to keep blood inventory at an acceptable level,” said Susan Matsumoto, the executive director of

Canadian Blood Services says the need for blood donors is huge right now, as donors have been noshows to appointments this summer. Call 1-888-2DONATE (1-888-236-6283) to book your appointment.

the organization’s donor and clinic services. The next blood donor clinic in Duncan is slated for Aug. 13-15 from 2:15 to 7:15 p.m. in the Heritage Hall at the Island Savings centre. The one after that is Sept. 10-12, same time, same place. Call 1-888-2-DONATE (1-888236-6283) to book an appointment and help save a life.

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New Telus tower ﬁlls gaps; health concerns remain SARAH SIMPSON CITIZEN

The installation of a new cell phone tower in Cobble Hill should mean the end of spotty coverage in the area — specifically along the eight kilometres between Shawnigan Mill Bay Road and Lakeside Road. Telus announced last week the tower would also shore up wireless coverage along a stretch of the Trans Canada Highway, as well as homes and businesses in the Cobble Hill area. “At Telus, we know how important wireless services are, and continue to make significant investments in our networks to bring them to our customers on Vancouver Island and right across Canada,” said Ray Lawson, Telus general manager for Vancouver Island. “We heard from residents and the BC Ambulance Service that this section of our Island Highway was in need of crucial wireless services.” “Our significant invest-

Gerry Giles, CVRD ment gives motorists, local residents and businesses the convenience of making hands-free wireless calls along this stretch of highway, expands access to 911, and allows for great broadband service where it may not be possible to build wired Internet access,” he said. And while it is hard to argue the desire to enhance emergency communication systems, not everybody was keen about the new tower. Cobble Hill Director Gerry Giles said her and others’

initial concern was with the height of the proposed tower. “Had the structure being proposed by Telus for the Rona site been built without modification, it would have been clearly visible throughout Cobble Hill,” she said. “Telus listened to that concern and constructed a monopole, painted green, so it is not really visible in the village or to those driving along the Trans Canada Highway.” With the views saved, there were, and still are, other concer ns, Giles noted. A segment of the population still isn’t happy with the addition of yet another s o u r c e o f m i c r owave emissions. “[The tower’s placement] did nothing to alleviate the very serious health concerns expressed by Valley residents about the radio frequency emitted by these towers and all of the other electronic devices that surround us,” she said.

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Coming full circle: bike shop remembers 1941 purchase SARAH SIMPSON CITIZEN

Experience Cycling owner Will Arnold and Vera Chown find the record showing Chown’s first bike purchase 72 years ago. The shop has changed hands and names but Arnold has kept the books. [SARAH SIMPSON/CITIZEN]

Last week, 72 years after Vera Chown bought her first (and last) bike from a Duncan bike shop, she joined her daughter Shirley Hovind at Experience Cycling so the latter could pick out a bike to ride during her retirement. While Hovind was busy kicking the tires on a new ride, Chown and Experience Cycling owner Will Arnold got to talking. It turned out Chown, now in her 90s, had purchased her bike from E.P. Phillips in 1941. At the time Phillips Bicycle and Tire was at 149 Canada Ave. in downtown Duncan. Phillips later sold the business to his longtime employee Arnold Williams, who renamed the shop Williams Sporting Goods in 1956. The store’s address moved around town over the years and owners came and went until Will Arnold bought out his partner in 1995 and renamed the shop Experience Cycling.

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Vera Chown, her daughter Shirley Hovind and Experience Cycling owner Will Arnold took a walk — or shall we say ride — back into history last week. [SARAH SIMPSON/CITIZEN]

Both men had paper routes. Both started working for the bike shop when they were 13 and both bought the store from their boss at age 30. Chown liked that story. “You’re kidding,” she said. “History repeats itself.” The shop’s long history meant Arnold had a special treat for Chown. “I’ve got the books!” he told her. Together the pair flipped through the handwritten ledger of sales made between 1936 and 1944 until they found her name. There it was, in faded ink — Chown’s purchase. Back in 1941, her brand new bicycle cost $52. “Opening the book up and finding her on that page,” Arnold said. “I thought it was so neat.” Chown was thrilled at the impromptu walk down memory lane. “I would never have known any of this if I hadn’t come with my daughter,” she grinned.

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“You know, they’re still getting stuff out of the river from years and years ago. They still do bring up a lot of stuff. And, of course, we do have the divers coming from Nanaimo...they will find stuff that only they can get out of it.”

Years of annual river cleanups have still not exhausted the piles of garbage and debris volunteers find and bring into the light of day each year. From shoes to beer cans, car parts to appliances, they’ve seen it all. They’re ready to do it again Saturday, Aug. 17. [CITIZEN FILE]

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After years of cleanups at Lake Cowichan, some might wonder if there is anything still left in the river to remove. But according to Lois Atchison of the Cowichan Lake Stewards, the effort is still needed and so the Cowichan Lake Stewards have lined up their fifth annual cleanup and bottle drive for Saturday, Aug. 17 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. “You know, they’re still getting stuff out of the river from years and years ago. They still do bring up a lot of stuff,” Atchison said. “And, of course, we do have the divers coming from Nanaimo again this year and they go to a different section each time. So, if they go to a different spot, they will find stuff that only they can get out of it.” The Cowichan River may be one of Canada’s heritage rivers but it’s also popular with swimmers, boaters and tube riders so cleaning it up after a busy summer is a big job. In previous years, thousands of beer cans have been brought up from the riverbottom but also such items as computers, tires and shopping carts have seen the light of day. Several prime spots have already been cleaned out. “They did a lot one year up in front of Just Jakes [by Saywell Park] and then they moved down another year to work by the Riverside hotel and other areas have also been cleaned up. It depends, also, how many people they bring with them,” Atchison said. So, why not dive in and help with the big job? Everything starts with registration and a free continental breakfast from 9-10 a.m. at the Lake Cowichan Town Hall at 39 South Shore Rd. All participants must register, for insurance purposes. There will be opportunities for all ages and abilities to help out on shore or in the water. There will even be fishing demonstrations and children’s activities this year. Children can help, too, but if they are under the age of 14, they need to with an adult. Volunteers are asked to bring gloves and appropriate footwear. There are lots of chances for people who want to go into the water, but if you want to join that gang, bring your own water gear such as flotation devices or dive or snorkel gear. Organizers are also looking for volunteers with small aluminum or inflatable rowboats for cleanup as well as trucks to haul material to the dump. Many local businesses have contributed to help the effort so there will be prizes for all volunteers and a free barbecue at 2 p.m. Parker Jefferson, of One Cowichan, said that there will definitely also be a cleanup on the lower end of the river on Sunday, Aug. 18. “I don’t know exactly yet where the exact boundary is; it might be around Vimy or Sandy Pool and go down to the estuary. It’s being coordinated by Rodger Hunter and Cowichan Tribes, with volunteers. It’s definitely happening, too.”

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Team discovers four species of bats on preserve CHASE WOODS: Presence of Mt. Tzouhalem roosting caves for bug-eaters makes conservation value of land higher LESLEY MARIAN NEILSON SPECIAL TO THE CITIZEN

When Katy Fulton shimmied through a small opening in a jumble of house-sized boulders on Mt. Tzouhalem, she wasn’t sure what she was going to find on the other side. After a tight squeeze she found herself in a dark space big enough to stand up. Her headlamp shone onto rough rock walls that extended deeper than she had expected into the mountainside. Suddenly the whir and buzz of a multitude of beating wings filled her ears and dozens of airborne creatures careened around her head. Fulton had discovered a colony of nesting Townsend’s bigeared bats. “It sounded like a helicopter was lowering down on my head,” she recalls, a huge smile on her face despite having been startled by swarming bats. “There were dozens of bats suddenly flying around me, turning at the last moment and shooting away. I screamed.” A conservation technician with Nature Conservancy of Canada, Fulton found exactly what she and a small crew of biologists had come looking for. Outside the cave, Todd Carnahan of Habitat Acquisition Trust and Trudy Chatwin, a species at risk biologist with the provincial government didn’t fully grasp at first what Fulton was telling them when she squeezed back out of the cave. “They assumed I had only found three or four bats. Not a whole maternal roosting colony!” Bats are one of the lesser-studied species by biologists, thanks to their nocturnal nature and penchant for flight. Myth and superstition have followed these animals for centuries. But in fact, bats serve as important regulators of insect populations as these adept hunters can each eat thousands of flying insects in a night. The team was scoping the mountainside in advance of a volunteer training workshop run by the Nature Conservancy of Canada

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too many humans or, even worse, totally destroyed, the likelihood of the colony finding an alternate roost is rare. Without a secure network of suitable roosts the bat population will collapse. After Fulton discovered the bat cave earlier in the day, the other biologists squeezed into the cave to see for themselves what had been found. The walls were studded with mother and juvenile bats. The females were clearly lactating, the babies clinging close to their mothers. Gently, bat expert Trudy Chatwin cradled one of the baby bats in her hand, its oversized ears and pug-like face making it easy to identify it as a Townsend’s bigeared bat. Chatwin was the only one allowed to handle the bats, and used separate gloves for each individual in order to prevent cross-contamination. Todd took photographs with only a head lamp for illumination in order to avoid startling them. After half an hour, the team crawled out of the cave and left the colony in peace. “It was incredible to see how complex the bats are, even though they are so tiny,” says Todd. “Most weigh less than 10 grams. Still, they are very social creatures with a highly complex social structure.” The Chase Woods Nature Preserve has restricted public access because of the very high conservation value of the land, a value that is only increased by the discovery of active bat habitat. The Nature Conservancy of Canada requests that everyone respect the off-limits nature of the lower portion of the preserve. If you do come across a bat cave elsewhere in the Valley, do not disturb the bats and report the discovery to HAT’s free and confidential bat roost reporting and advice hotline 250-995-2428 hatmail@hat.bc.ca. For more information about the Nature Conservancy of Canada’s work on Vancouver Island please visit www.natureconservancy.ca/bc Lesley Marian Neilson is with the Nature Conservancy of Canada

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The third annual Kidney Walk in the Cowichan Valley is back at the Cowichan Sportsplex Sunday, Aug. 11. Free registration starts at 10 a.m. with the 2.5 km walk and 5 km fun run hitting the track at 11 a.m. According to Barb Valentine, provincial special event coordinator for the Kidney Foundation

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Left: Curtis Butler has his eyes on the prize coming out of the mud pit during the Cowichan Aquatic Centre’s final Tuff Kidder camp of the summer last Friday. Below: Owen Weld (standing) and Ryder Blackstock work together on a particularly challenging course component. For video and more photos scan this page with the Layar app on your smart phone or go to www.cowichanvalleycitizen.com [SARAH SIMPSON/CITIZEN]

Cowichan has the Tuffest Kidders around

Liam Van Niekerk and Gregor MacKenzie work with their team to manoeuvre together through a hula hoop most certainly not built for four growing boys. [SARAH SIMPSON/CITIZEN]

What superhero is afraid of getting dirty? Not Liam Van Niekerk! Liam and his fellow campers were covered from head to toe last week and they loved every minute of it. [SARAH SIMPSON/CITIZEN]

It was all about teamwork to get up and over the wall during the final challenge of the Cowichan Aquatic Centre’s Tuff Kidder camp last Friday afternoon. [SARAH SIMPSON/CITIZEN]

Samantha Upshaw somehow manages to keep her painted face clean despite crawling under the ropes and through the pit of mud. [SARAH SIMPSON/CITIZEN]

Emily Berg makes her way through the pool course prior to heading outside to the mud last Friday on the last day of Tuff Kidder camp. [SARAH SIMPSON/CITIZEN]

Already soacking wet from events in the pool, Lily Cochrane made short work of moving the wood pile during the Tuff Kidder challenge on Friday afternoon. [SARAH SIMPSON/CITIZEN]

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Ordeal on a grounded ship: woman recalls premonition of danger

Emily and David Dropp survived a shipwreck forewarned by a premonition. —TWP

premonition of impending disaster and shipwreck on the high seas were the elements of a terrifying adventure recounted by a Victoria family, 46 years ago. At the time I interviewed them, Mr. and Mrs. David W. Dopp well remembered the nightmare that, for her, had begun a full week before they boarded the ill-fated coastal liner, Ruth Alexander. “We had been living in Oakland, Calif., for a year,” she recalled. “My husband was a lineman at that time, but the poles were so high there that climbing was hard on him. So we decided to head back to Victoria.” During their last dinner with relatives, Mrs. Dopp mentioned the foreboding that had haunted her for nights. “I don’t know what’s the matter, but I feel I shouldn’t go on board tonight...” Her host replied, “If I felt that way they wouldn’t get me on board ship!” When Mr. Dopp reminded her their trunks were aboard, that they’d given up their home, Mrs. Dopp reluctantly surrendered and they were off to dockside at San Francisco with their three young daughters. But upon reaching the gangplank, she began to shake violently. “I said to an officer standing there, ‘Mister, can you tell me if this boat’s all right? I don’t know what it is but there’s something wrong. I feel I can’t stay on board!” “Oh, there’s nothing wrong with this ship,” he grinned. To reassure her, he ordered a thorough investigation of the ship. When the crew reported “everything fine,” he again assured Mrs. Dopp that all was well, but whispered, “I feel a little nervous myself; you’ve got me kind of worried.” “So we went to our stateroom... I got my little girls to bed and went to bed myself. Dave stayed up for a little while, talking with some of the fellows, I guess... His berth was on the other side... I had just fallen asleep when, at 2 o’clock in the morning, I was awakened by something,

I didn’t know what liner onto her beam, it was. Then I heard flinging passengers men rushing back from their berths, and forth. And then I shifting and smashing found I couldn’t speak. furniture and “almost I couldn’t get my voice! every dish on the boat. “I woke Dave, and Water was rushing all I whispered — I was over the ship, through shaking and the whisrooms, pipes were CHRONICLES per was all that came bursting... T.W. Paterson out — ‘Dave, there’s “The women locked something wrong. in their rooms were Listen.’” screaming all the time... It was Her premonition of danger had awful to hear all the groaning at come to pass. The Ruth Alexannight, too. der had impaled herself on rocks “By Crackey, I thought, “no during heavy fog. wonder I’d been so uneasy in Mr. Dopp threw on his clothes California. For a whole week!” and charged out to learn what When the Alexander heeled happened. When appraised of over, her daughters had looked the ship’s danger he returned to through their almost submerged say, “It’s only the cargo shifted; porthole and cried with delight, they’re trying to get it back.” “Mommy, look at the fish But Mrs. Dopp wasn’t fooled. swimming!” Wave and tide were rocking the Then four-year-old Thelma ship on its perch as crewmen asked, “What’s wrong with this tried to work the ship into deep ship? Can’t it stand up? Why water while patching the ninedon’t it stand up?” To which Mrs. foot gash in her belly. Dopp had no answer. As the flooding increased, On a choppy sea, a flotilla of “There was water all over the small boats and rafts finally boat. All the pipes burst in were able to ferry the Ruth’s dressing rooms. Some women 350 frightened souls to safety. went right off their heads. They “They had to throw my little girl were locked in their rooms, to one of the officers. She cried, screaming... ‘Oh, Mommy, they’re taking “My oldest girl, who was seven, me away!’ I kept saying, ‘We’re woke up and said, ‘Mommy, coming, we’re coming!’ but she what’s all the noise?’ I replied, couldn’t understand why we ‘Oh, it’s all right, you go back to couldn’t all go together...” sleep...they’re fixing something “There’s much more to it,” Mrs. on the boat.’ I had to say someDopp recounted in 1967, “but I thing... And when I looked at her can’t remember it all. What an in the morning — her hair had experience... They finally got the gone dark overnight! She had passengers off the boat...and on had blonde, light hair, believe it the H.F. Then we headed back to or not!” San Francisco. Only then did an officer go “My cousin and her husband through the ship, assuring them had come right down when all was well, another company they heard the news on the ship, the H.F. Alexander, was radio. I couldn’t speak for over coming to their aid. But a storm two weeks, just whisper. It was coincided with the H.F.’s arrival awful.” and it “couldn’t come too close “The worst of it was I went because the wind was blowing through that shipwreck every so hard. We were swaying on the night for months after. I wouldn’t rocks all the time.” want to go on another boat, not Tension grew with each passlike that. I go across to Anaing hour. The day dragged by. cortes but that’s as far as I want The second night. Early on the to go!” second morning wind and tide www.twpaterson.com combined to heave the stricken COUPON

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Jaguars in the hunt at nationals KEVIN ROTHBAUER CITIZEN

The contingent of CVAC Jaguars heading to the 2013 Canadian Youth Legion Track & Field Championships in Langley this weekend is a mixed bag. Three of the athletes are representing Team BC and four more are going as independent athletes. Wearing Team BC colours in Langley will be runners Chicago Bains and Taryn Smiley, and jumper Liam Lindsay, all of whom qualified at the provincial championships in Kamloops last month. It’s a return engagement for Bains, who went to nationals in Quebec last year as an independent, when she was too young to make Team BC. The champion hurdler is excited to be part of a team this time around. “It’s an opportunity to make new friends and travel with the team,” she said. Bains will compete in the 80m and 200m hurdles at Legions, and might enter the 200m sprint as well. She’s coming off a huge performance at provincials, where she won gold at both distances, and set a new provincial record of 11.42 seconds in the 80m, breaking the mark of 11.50 seconds that had stood for 27 years — nearly double the 15 years she has been alive. “The whole summer it was my plan to beat the B.C. record, and I accomplished that,” she said. Thanks to her times at provincials, Bains has emerged as the one to beat at both distances, and she’s hoping to bring home two more gold medals. “I’m ranked first in the 80m hurdles and 200m hurdles, and I want to maintain that and have clean races, I guess,” she said. Smiley came home from provincials with three gold medals thanks to individual wins in the 100m and 200m dashes, and a team victory in the 4x100m relay. It wasn’t until provincials that she really hit her stride. “I hadn’t really had any personal bests all year, and that was frustrating, but I had two huge personal bests in both races,” she recalled. Cowichan’s third Team BC athlete is Lindsay, who will compete in the triple jump and long jump. He’s not concerned about bringing home medals and just wants to perform at his top level. “It’s my first time competing at a national championship,” he noted. “There’s going to be more years to come, so I just want to do the best I can. I don’t think I’m going necessarily to win.” Lindsay, who collected a silver in triple jump and bronze in long jump at provincials, is pleased to be competing in Langley, where

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CVAC Jaguars Ben Williams, Liam Lindsay and Casey Heyd are headed to nationals. [KEVIN ROTHBAUER/CITIZEN]

Chicago Bains and Taryn Smiley are proud to represent B.C. in Langley. [KEVIN ROTHBAUER/CITIZEN] he had success at the B.C. high school meet this spring and at last year’s BC Summer Games. “I really like that track,” he said. “I’m pretty familiar with it.” Competing as independent athletes are Lindsay’s sister Nicole in the 300m dash; Tia Baker, in the 100m, 200m and 400m; Casey Heyd in the 100m and 200m, and Ben Williams in the high jump, long jump and triple jump. Heyd had hoped to compete for Team BC, but narrowly missed the cut. “I’m just proud of myself making it this far,” she said. “I’m excited for nationals. I think it will be a great experience. I wish I could be on Team BC, but that’s not stopping me from going to nationals.”

Heyd earned a silver in the 100m at provincials, and is ranked in the top six in both her events going into nationals, which is where she hopes to remain. “To make the top eight would be really cool,” she said. “I just want to have a good race.” Williams’s story is heartbreaking, as he was initially told he made the provincial team, only to lose his spot within days. “It was really confusing,” he said. “They said I made the team, then two days later, I’m cut from the team.” Williams starred at provincials, winning gold in triple jump and silver in long jump, with personal bests in both, and bronze in high jump. Organizers first told him that he qualified for provincials

in triple jump, then had to go back on that after reviewing the results. “I jumped over the Team BC standard, but it was wind-aided,” said Williams, who believes he would have made the standard, wind or not. “It wasn’t my fault the wind was blowing.” Williams plans to make Team BC’s leaders regret their decision. “I want to medal in the triple jump and enjoy the other two,” he said. Like the rest of the Cowichan athletes, Williams is pleased to be competing close to home. “I’m really excited,” he said. “It’s a great opportunity. I don’t really like travelling, so I’m glad that it’s close.”

Before the King Aquatic Club’s July Invitational, Duncan Stingrays Cate Cochrane and Olin and Ty Dahlstrom had never competed off Vancouver Island. Now they can say they have raced in another country. The trio was among seven Stingrays swimmers that headed south to Federal Way, Wash., for the meet at the Weyerhaeuser King County Aquatic Center, which has been home to events such as the 1990 Goodwill Games and the U.S. 2012 Olympic diving trials. Joining them were Lalaine Gower, who hadn’t before competed at such a large event, and three who raced there last year: Jessica and Oliver Castle and Cecilia Johnson. Oliver Castle and Ty Dahlstrom earned personal bests in all of their events, while Cochrane, Gower, Johnson and Jessica Castle had PBs in all but one of their races. Olin Dahlstrom collected three personal bests. “We are excited for our young team of swimmers who are learning to race in unfamiliar environments and achieve success,” said Stingrays head coach Leanne Sirup. “This is a difficult skill to learn and our swimmers made it look easy.” Each of the five Stingrays won at least one heat, receiving the coveted rubber duck award presented to the winner of each heat. Gower and Johnson qualified for five finals apiece, and the swimmers collected 14 top-10 placings between them. Oliver Castle won one silver and four bronze medals, Olin Dahlstrom c o l l e c t e d o n e s i l v e r, T y Dahlstrom received two bronzes, Johnson had one fourth- and one ninth-place finish, Jessica Castle collected a sixth and an eighth, and Gower finished with a sixth and a 10th. Oliver Castle also broke club records in the 400m and 800m freestyles, surpassing his own marks set the week before at AAA provincials. Prior to that, the 400m record had lingered since Kurt Vollmerhause set it in 1982, while Colby Smith’s mark in the 800m had stood since 2002.

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Groenendijk guides B.C. to Western title KEVIN ROTHBAUER CITIZEN

As his school prepares to host the single-A provincial boys volleyball championships this fall, Duncan Christian School star athlete Douglas Groenendijk has kept himself in top form, winning gold with Team BC at the Western Elite Championships in Regina last month. Groenendijk started at middle for the 16/17U provincial team that swept its way through the tournament, winning pool games against Saskatchewan 2, Manitoba Gold and Saskatchewan White, a quarterfinal against Manitoba White and a semifinal against Saskatchewan Green. In the gold-medal game, Team BC beat Alberta White in five sets. Groenendijk went through a rigorous tryout process to qualify for the provincial team, beginning in June with Island zone tryouts in Nanaimo. Some 32 boys com-

Douglas Groenendijk, second from right, celebrates winning volleyball gold with Team BC at the Western Elite Championships. [SUBMITTED] peted for 12 spots on the Island entry in the Baden Cup tournament in Kamloops, which doubled as a training camp for Team BC. Making that cut, Groenendijk headed to Kamloops at the beginning of July, where 68 players worked with Thompson Rivers University men’s head coach Patrick Hennelly before dividing into

teams to compete amongst themselves for the Baden Cup. Once the tournament was over, 30 players were picked to continue training in Kamloops with Capilano University head coach Nathan Bennett and Thomson Rivers libero Matt Kruger. From there, 24 were picked to make the trip to Regina.

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The Cowichan Valley Capitals have traded two of their regulars from last season to a team in the Manitoba Junior Hockey League. Centre Jamie Waddington and defenceman Brett Seldon were dealt to the Dauphin Kings for future considerations on Wednesday, the B.C. Hockey League announced. Waddington skated in 51 of the Caps’ 56 games last season, scoring eight goals and adding nine assists for 17 points, the eighthhighest total on the team. Waddington also took a regular shift on Cowichan’s penalty kill unit. The 19-year-old Coquitlam product got into a total of 57 BCHL games in his career, all with the Caps. Seldon, also 19, came to the Caps late last November in a deal with the Coquitlam Express, and played the remaining 35 games. After registering an assist in his Cowichan debut, the blueliner failed to produce any more offence.

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Jamie Waddington (foreground) prepares to block a shot. [CITIZEN FILE]

Brett Seldon clears out the crease in his Cowichan debut. [CITIZEN FILE]

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Few swimmers from the Cowichan Valley have gone as far in their sport as Natalia Garriock. At last month’s Canadian Age Group Championships in Montreal, the Duncan Stingrays swimmer became just the fifth homegrown athlete to qualify at the senior national level since the creation of the club in the late 1970s. “This is the highest level of competition in all of Canada for the sport of swimming and now qualifies Natalia to race at specific trials to race for a spot on Team Canada for various games, championships, et cetera,” said Stingrays head coach Leanne Sirup. Garriock got her start with the Stingrays in the I Can Swim development program, and has now made her way to the highest level of the sport in Canada. Swimming Canada actually raised the standards for the Age Group Competition this year, but Garriock rose to the challenge. “This is the largest and fastest age group competition that Canada has for the sport of swimming,” said Sirup. “In seasons past, a swimmer needed only to qualify in one event to gain entrance to this competition and in recent years, the competition has swelled to more than 1,500 swimmers. This past season, the new standard was set to make three qualifying times

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to gain entrance. This immediately cut the competition down to 1,100 qualified swimmers with 901 attending this year in Montreal.” At the competition, Garriock recorded lifetime personal bests in the 200m individual medley and 50m butterfly, and four morning/preliminaries personal bests out of her nine races. “This was important for Natalia to race at her best in the morning to earn a lane for finals as she was ranked no higher than 14th in Canada prior to the competition, and only the top 10 make finals.” Competing in the largest age category, the highly competitive 16-18 bracket, Garriock reached the finals in four of her five events, climbing the national rankings in the 50m fly (14th to sixth), 100m fly (24th to 21st), 50m freestyle (42nd to 25th), and 200m IM (62nd to 48th). Finally, Garriock broke the Duncan Swim Team record in the 50m fly for the third time, with a time of 28.62 seconds.

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