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Contaminated soil headed to Shawnigan APPEAL BOARD: Go ahead given despite stay SARAH SIMPSON CITIZEN

Liam Vanniekerk, 8, returns the ball during an intense game of pickleball at the Island Savings Centre, while his sister, Victoria, 10, provides backup. The Cowichan Valley Regional District, the Municipality of North Cowichan and their employee unions went all out for Family Day, providing free swimming, skating and dryland activities at several facilities throughout the region. [KEVIN ROTHBAUER/CITIZEN]

Society to add soaring 21-foot tower view to Somenos Marsh classroom KEVIN ROTHBAUER CITIZEN

Fundraising is underway as the Somenos Marsh Wildlife Society is planning to add a 21-foot viewing tower to the Somenos Marsh Open Air Classroom.

The SMWS has anted up $5,000

for the project, and is looking to provincial, federal and local sources to help with additional funding. If the funds flow in over the next year, construction could begin in spring of 2015.

“It will overlook an important salmon stream,” said SMWS Pres-

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South Island Aggregates’s application to dump tens of thousands of tonnes of dirty dirt in the Shawnigan watershed immediately, despite a stay being in place, has been approved by the Environmental Appeal Board.

“The main issue is the stay was varied to allow four allotments of material to come in. SIA is arguing that these are relatively benign,” Shawnigan Lake Electoral Area Director Bruce Fraser said, noting the Environmental Appeal Board has accepted that there is enough security on site that if the material does prove to be problematic, it could be dug up without major impact on the surrounding areas.

The Shawnigan Residents Association was both disappointed and concerned after learning the news on Tuesday, Feb. 11.

“As an organization and as a community we are stunned that the Environmental Appeal Board would allow the proponents to dump contaminated soils on their property before this matter is heard next month,” said Calvin Cook, the SRA’s vice president.

SIA has asked the Environmental Appeal Board to allow them to receive 40,000 tonnes of contaminated soil at their Stebbings Road property ahead of the March hearing of their soil treatment permit, which, if allowed to continue, would allow about five million more tonnes over the next 50 years.

Now permitted are barge loads of dredgate from Esquimalt and Prince Rupert laced with heavy toxic contents including fuel, lead and arsenic.

“Although we have no choice but to respect the board’s decision we are in complete opposition and will continue to fight the contaminated soil permit,” Cook said.

Fraser noted that the main hearing is only about three weeks away and that the Environmental Appeal Board has stated it will not let the stay variation influence the hearing.

“The ultimate significance of this remains to be seen,” he said.

“The 25-page decision is again very thorough and clearly differentiates the stay issues from the validity of arguments that must be decided in the main hearing on the permit itself.”

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CVRD buys Stoney Hill parkland SARAH SIMPSON CITIZEN

After 40 years of ownership, Paul Bourke and his family have opted to sell a plot of premier Maple Bay-area real estate to the Cowichan Valley Regional District for use as parkland.

“We used it for recreation — I never cut down a tree or branch of a tree,” said Bourke, a 67-yearold Victoria resident.

As such, the undisturbed 38.8acre (15.7) hectare parcel overlooking Sansum Narrows will be a fine fit for inclusion into the relatively recently established Stoney Hill Regional Park.

Created in 2011 through the CVRD’s regional parkland acquisition fund, the 128-acre (51.6hectare) park borders Bourke’s former land, making for an impressive 165-acre (66 hectare) space atop Sansum Point.

Besides the Narrows, views of Saltspring Island, and the Saanich Inlet are also unfettered from the property’s position 220 metres above sea level.

The land — an investment and retirement project for Bourke —cost the regional district

$925,000.

He said he was willing to sell simply because it was time to let go.

“You got to downsize,” he said.

“Everything’s got to go sooner or later. It will be in good hands.”

Board chair Rob Hutchins said the CVRD is grateful for Bourke’s willingness to sell.

“This land acquisition provides a key extension to the protection of the bluffs above Sansum Narrows, preserving dramatic viewscapes and a place of special significance to many within the Cowichan Valley,” he said.

Still only really accessible from the water, there is no road access to the park from Genoa Bay Road just yet but residents of the nearly-off-the-grid neighbourhood have been working with the Municipality of North Cowichan for more than a year to change that.

In the meantime, the CVRD has requested curious outdoors people respect the private property of neighbours and not to trespass.

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Lock up, police warn after thefts SARAH SIMPSON CITIZEN

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Best to keep an eye on your sheds, carports and garages says Block Watch liaison Const. Jeremy Woods of the North Cowichan/ Duncan RCMP. He said a general spike in property crime has occurred lately and so a reminder may be useful.

“This does not seem to be localized to one specific area,” Woods wrote in a fan-out email delivered Thursday morning to block watch members. “We suspect the persons responsible have a vehicle and seem to move around to different neighbourhoods.”

Woods noted there has been no pattern of violence, “just thefts of whatever is easy to get their hands on.”

To be on the safe side, police recommend giving your home an objective look-over to identify things that may be of value to thieves.

“Keep your valuables extra secure as we work to put these criminals in jail,” Woods said.

Those with information can call the North Cowichan/ Duncan RCMP at 250-748-5522 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477).

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Platform to join 800-foot boardwalk From Page 1 classroom by the Society, joining 800 feet of raised boardwalk, improvements to the parking lot and other amenities, and a recently completed viewing platform, funded by Cowichan Wheels.

“The SMWS have been actively restoring the OAC classroom site since 1989 when the property was a commercial property with a large parking lot,” the society said in a media release. “The OAC now shows no sign of its commercial past and has now become one of the more popular walking and wildlife viewing sites close to Duncan’s urban core.”

Cowichan Valley company Macdonald & Lawrence Timber Framing Ltd. — the same contractor that refurbished the Kinsol Trestle and built both the new Maritime Centre addition and wildlife viewing tower in Cowichan Bay — will design and build the viewing tower at the Somenos Marsh.

The platform floor will be approximately 21 feet above the ground and 12 feet square in order to allow for group presentation. It will be seen clearly from the Trans Canada Highway, boosting the visibility of the entire OAC. “The structure will provide a 360degree view of the Somenos Marsh Conservation Area, enabling visitors to view wildlife on Somenos Lake to the northeast,” the SMWS said.

As with the rest of the OAC, the tower will include interpretive signage in both English and Hul’qumi’num, focusing on fish

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This rendering of the proposed 21-foot viewing platform shows the structure to be built by Macdonald & Lawrence Timber Framing Ltd. [SUBMITTED] habitat and the role of the marsh in salmon life cycles.

“SMWS volunteers and supporters will play a large part in the management, construction and acquisition of materials and services,” the release said. “As with past projects, and the SMWS’s belief in the regional economic benefits of wildlife viewing, efforts will be made to spend all money locally using Valley area suppliers and

contractors.”

The viewing tower will incorpora te eng raved steps and floorboards like those used to construct the OAC boardwalks.

Past projects have raised $40,000, with 1,000 engraved boards being purchased.

For more information or to donate to the project, contact the SMWS at info@somenosmarsh. com or 250-732-0462.

Cowichan Valley MLA Bill Routley was set to respond to Tuesday’s Speech from the Throne by Lieutenant Governor Judith Guichon with a half-hour speech of his own in the provincial legislature on Thursday.

The Speech from the Throne mentioned amendments to water-rights legislation that Routley planned to discuss, saying they focus on “out-dated notions of commodifying water.”

“I see our water as a public resource, and something that should be managed in the public interest,” he said.

Amendments to the Water Act, Routley noted, will continue in the first-in rights spirit of the bill that was adopted in 1909, something that he feels needs to be changed.

“Those rights will still be there in the revised act,” he said.

Local groups ranging from the Shawnigan Residents Association to the Cowichan Valley Regional District and Cowichan Tribes all have position papers on the Water Act, and Routley planned to highlight their positions in his speech.

Routley also intended to bring up the issue of dumping contaminated soil in watersheds with relation to immediate concerns in the Shawnigan Lake area.

Contamination in Cowichan Lake, he said, was one of the things that got him involved in

politics initially.

“My speech will focus on how we will die within 72 hours without water, yet we humans are doing such terrible things to it,” he said.

Routley had other issues with Tuesday’s Throne Speech.

“A lot of it is smoke and mirrors, which this government is very good at,” he said.

The speech was “certainly not inspiring,” in Routley’s words.

“It was recycled information from the past,” he said. “A lot of the programs have been already introduced.”

Routley couldn’t understand how the plan to sell liquor in grocery stores was beneficial, either.

“I haven’t had any of my constituents come in and say that what we really need is more liquor stores,” he said.

In a press release, Premier Christy Clark praised the Throne Speech’s focus on controlling spending and creating jobs.

“The way to create jobs is to grow our economy, elevating British Columbians from all walks of life,” she said.

“In this session we will continue to deliver on our plan for a strong economy and a secure tomorrow,” Clark said.

“Governments in the Western world face a stark choice: finding new ways to grow their economies, or managing decline. British Columbians chose a strong economy, and we will deliver.”

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Directors question freeze in first budget look LEXI BAINAS CITIZEN

Cowichan Valley Regional District directors kicked their 2014 budget around the boardroom last week making only a few preliminary decisions.

Admittedly, the talks have started a month early this year, but the idea was to give CVRD staff some idea of what the board was thinking so they could come up with some more concrete figures when the rubber meets the road.

Grants-in-aid, always a contentious subject, will not be debated

until the end of February according to district Chief Administrative Officer Warren Jones.

However, board members were finding it hard, even at such an early stage to stick by their previous order of zero increase budgets for each department.

North Cowichan director Barb Lines said she would have preferred to see details of what zero increases would actually look like rather than just hear recommendations.

Duncan Mayor Phil Kent agreed but said, “we would all like to

“I think we’re going to be having to look at catching up next year...”

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do things but we have to set priorities.”

Area F’s Ian Morrison said he saw a “significant shift” in the driving force behind the budget, which seems to be solely looking at reducing the drain on the taxpayer.

“It wasn’t long ago staff was looking at building up operation-

al reserves; they were to smooth out the bumps,” he said. “That does not seem to be a priority any longer. I think we’re going to be having to look at catching up next year for the essential freeze we are putting on the budget this year.”

Exhausted directors, many at the end of a 12-hour day, moved a few items forward and referred the others to the next meeting.

Regional tourism will get no increase this year, and neither will the regional parks, the Kinsol trestle, and regional parkland acquisition sections of the budget.

Directors agreed to spend $30,000 to develop community economic development profiles with an eye to encouraging investment in the Valley and $20,000 for updating the area agriculture plan, plus $5,000 for developing an incubator farm program also got a green light but everything else, including talk about a communications officer for the district and help for the arts and culture division will have to wait.

There will be several more meetings before a final budget is approved at the end of March.

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Hard zero stand may not be prudent course his is why just saying you’re going with zero increases or are going to freeze spending isn’t necessarily a great idea.

Sure it sounds good, particularly in an election year.

Nobody wants to hear that they’re going to be hit with a higher tax bill.

But without knowing what that big zero means in practical terms, that’s all it is: a soundbite.

Zero increases, in some cases, aren’t necessarily even the responsible thing to do.

What if you have vital equipment that is failing?

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What about costs that are going up outside of your control?

What about opportunities that, if you don’t take them now, will be a huge loss forever after and have future generations cursing your name?

We sympathize with the Cowichan Valley Regional District directors who are now just beginning to come face to face with the reality of such a directive as they begin their budget discussions.

Of course we expect the folks on this local government body to act in a responsible manner with our tax dollars.

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We think it’s a good idea to instruct staff, as they are putting the budget drafts together, to try to hit as close to the zero increase mark as they can.

They should be made aware that big increases for departments are unlikely to be approved.

We share Director Ian Morrison’s concern about the consequences of not building operational reserves.

As he states, this type of thing is designed to “smooth out the bumps” that are inevitable in the road of local government.

We don’t want to see the region-

al district left scrambling.

It’s also not a great idea to starve a budget one year only to have to inflict big increases the next to try to make up for shortfalls.

That’s just robbing Peter to pay Paul — or possibly early campaigning.

That’s more opportunistic than prudent.

There will always be those who don’t want to pay for anything and will accuse the district of needless waste.

But we believe most people are smart enough to understand prudent budgeting.

Our tax dollars hard at work (overtime).

It’s Monday, Feb. 10 at about 9 a.m. I look outside and see about .5 cm of snow that had fallen over night. It is Family Day, a B.C. holiday. The schools are closed and many people are enjoying a long weekend. The traffic is light.

At approximately 11 a.m. I see a snowplow drive past my house scraping the road.

It’s drizzling, not snowing, and the temperature is well above zero.

By 2 p.m. the snow has washed from my driveway thanks to Mother Nature (free of charge).

I will guess this is not the only snow removal truck on the road and that a snow removal crew is being paid, probably overtime.

What an incredible waste of taxpayers money. Surely there are many community necessities where our tax dollars can be better spent.

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Russia not why we support the Olympics Along with the joy that is bound to come with the start of the Olympics, this year, it is also being met with a great deal of controversy.

The anti-gay policies of the Russian government have sparked opinions from people from all across the globe.

Over the last few weeks I have heard the question, “Well, with all that’s going in Russia, should we really be supporting the Olympics this year?” more times than I can count.

Though it may be a valid argument for some people, this question has always seemed a bit ridiculous to me. People seem to

think that we watch the Olympics to support the country that is hosting them; when in all honesty (unless they are in Canada), I could care less where they are.

Sure it’s exciting to see the culture and pride of another country, but that’s not really why we watch.

We don’t hold our breath during Patrick Chan’s final skate, or yell until we lose our voices during the men’s gold medal hockey game because we love Russia.

Our excitement stems not from our support of a country’s law, but from the love and pride that we feel toward our athletes.

From the moment that they enter the stadium during the opening ceremonies, to the day that the torch is extinguished,

and every hearty pounding moment in between; they are why we cheer.

The Olympics are about the way your heart swells when you hear O Canada, or how you can’t help but smile when you see someone sporting red mittens.

So should we support the Olympics even if we don’t agree with their government policies?

Well, if we know what the Olympics are truly about, should we even be asking that question?

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Signal lights a necessity not an accessory I would love to thank Don O’Keefe for his letter. I have found more drivers who do not use signal lights than do.

Signal lights are a necessity NOT an accessory and yet so many can’t seem to find the light indicator on their steering console.

We cannot guess where you are driving so please let those around you know!

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Pompeo shooting trial saga has left bad taste Re: Mountie appeal hearing wraps up (Feb. 7, 2014) This appeal is another example of Constable Pompeo’s poor judgment.

His sentence resulted in no real punishment even though he was found guilty of aggravated assault. His actions have caused permanent and painful injury to Bill Gillespie.

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We are being punished for the way we vote I would invite EVERYONE to take a look at the B.C. provincial ridings map.

It explains very clearly why the BC Liberals are attacking, with such obscene vigor, those who rely on the BC Ferries. With the exception of the Comox Valley riding, every single area affected by the cutbacks is an NDP riding.

EVERY ONE! Think about that, and here’s more: where is the toxic soil from Greater Victoria to be dumped,

sentence. It was a disappointment to me that the Crown chose not to appeal the sentence as the public deserves to be protected from any police officer who is unable to carry and use a gun responsibly.

This legal saga has left a bad taste as it seems that both the police and the court system are protective of each other. Why did it take over four years to bring the case to conclusion, but less than two months (including at least a two-week holiday period) to schedule and carry out a twoday appeal in Vancouver?

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by way of a Liberal government writ? In a long-time NDP riding! Where is the most dangerous highway in B.C. located?

Through several NDP ridings!

I recently saw a letter suggesting that the government hates teachers. Not really. At least no more than any other unionized work force! The BC Liberals don’t even try any more to hide the fact that we are being punished because of the way we vote.

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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, February 17, 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. 3105, 2014 – for 225 White Road, (more particularly described as Lot 3, Section 18, Range 6, Quamichan District, Plan 1619, Except Part in Plan 121 BL, PID 003-410-552) Duncan, British Columbia.

The Bylaw is to amend the Zoning Bylaw No. 1540, 1988 to rezone the land described above: Current Zoning: R-1 Urban Residential Proposed Zoning: R-2 Suburban Residential The general intent of the proposed Bylaw is to change the zoning of the subject property to allow the replacement of the existing non-conforming duplex with a new duplex residential building.

DEVELOPMENT VARIANCE PERMIT APPLICATION NO. DVP-2013-06 – for 225 White Road. The proposed variance to the Off Street Parking and Loading Bylaw No. 1556, 1988 is to permit the following: a. To reduce the minimum distance of an access from an intersection from 15 meters to 9.1 meters, to permit the driveway for the proposed development to be located 9.1 meters from the intersection of White Road and Jubilee Street. b. To permit two of the required parking spaces to be located stacked one in front of another.

If you believe your interests may be affected by the proposed Rezoning and Development Variance Permit, you may express your views to City Council at the PUBLIC HEARING to be held at 6:30 p.m., Monday, February 17, 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 e-mail to karen@duncan.ca, before 4:00 p.m., Monday, February 17, 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 inspect a copy of the applications and related information, please contact City Hall, 200 Craig Street, Duncan, BC, Monday to Friday, between 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., except Statutory Holidays, from the date of publication of this notice to the date of the Public Hearing.

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Maybe owners should try garbage bag This a reply to your article concerning the dead puppies found in a garbage bag.

We would like to say this is the most disgusting news we have read concerning animals in this area. Please, should anyone be aware of a large gold Lab that may have been pregnant, notify

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FSA testing shows B.C. excellence Every year the Ministry of Education tests students in grades 4 and 7 with standard tests in reading, writing, and arithmetic.

Ostensibly, the purpose is to analyze trends in how well our system stacks up against the past, the good old days of the three R’s, and against the rest of the world. Since the information is collected publicly, those results are made public. Various groups, government and private, are free to use those for analysis.

One group, the Fraser Institute, publishes comparative statistics at the school level, effectively “ranking’ schools against one another. For kids the FSA is just another test. My kids did them and it seemed no big deal.

Some have taken exception to the Fraser Institute report, and would like to throw the baby out with the bathwater, saying the very test should be banned.

It’s instructive that the initial outcry against the tests preceded the first ranking report and that the alarm was raised by the teachers unions. Why would teachers object to testing? Some say that teachers object to the

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Here’s why I think the teachers unions are against this testing: it shows teachers are doing a pretty good job. B.C. has a great ranking educationally, and that’s bad if you want to reduce class sizes and increase wages and benefits. While school rankings can highlight differences, it’s mostly a red herring to stir up opposition.

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“We should have dozens of search and rescue folks running a joint exercise with RCMP,” Bradley said.

“We’re going to have our swift water teams involved, our high angle ropes teams, and if the weather is good there should be search and rescue aircraft that should be involved.”

Bradley noted RCMP would also be on hand to go through the criminal components involved in some searches.

“It’ll be a pretty big operation.”

Skutz Falls will not be closed to the public during the exercise, which is slated to run between 9 a.m. and 4:30 p.m.

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Here’s a twist to all those stories we’ve heard about high housing prices on the West Coast. A Duncan developer is asking $1 for his five-bedroom, 1940s-era character home.

The catch?

It doesn’t come with any land. And whoever buys it has to move it.

Duncan developer Alan Jackson, owner of South Island Fireplace Ltd., bought the property two years ago for its development potential. It sits on two lots already zoned for multi-family use.

He’s aiming to start building an eightunit rental development on the site in May to have it ready for tenants by the end of September. That means the twostorey, 2,400-square-foot house at 462 Ypres St. in Duncan has to go.

Since posting an advertisement online on UsedCowichan.com several weeks ago, Jackson has received about 60 inquiries.

Those have been whittled down to three or four “deserving” families, he said.

Jackson will meet with potential owners to see who is best suited and able to take the house.

Excavation and foundation work on a new site, plus the cost to move the house, could total about $40,000, Jackson said. It would cost him about $15,000 to demolish it.

Jackson bought the property and two others after selling another company he owned. He decided to create new rental housing, something the city is keen to see developed.

Previously owned by the province, the house had been used as a group home for young people. It went through substantial upgrading and has sprinklers throughout, he said.

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“This house has good bones,” Jackson said. “It would be an absolute shame not to recycle this house ... It could live on for the next 100 years.”

It also comes with all its appliances. “I want it to go to a good family lock, stock and barrel.”

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While surfing the MS Society website, Jill came upon information on the MS Walk and thought this would be something she could do to help make a difference.

As Jill stated, “By joining the MS Walk I felt I would be helping to bring awareness and funds.” She added, “And to maybe one day be able to say, I used to have MS. That would be cool.”

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This will be the third year team Keep Smyelin Together participates in the Duncan MS Walk. In the first two years her team of over 15 family and friends has raised over $7,800!

The MS Society’s mission is “To be a leader in finding a cure for multiple sclerosis and enabling people affected by MS to enhance their quality of life.”

Since its founding in 1948, the Multiple Sclerosis Society of Canada has acted as a key partner to the MS

The Cowichan Pipers and Drummers Society would like to acknowledge the generous support of the following individuals and organizations for our 15th Annual Robert Burns Celebration and Silent Auction, held on January 25th at the Duncan Travelodge: Ted Rhodes & Stephen Shields Ruth Zbitnew The Kathy White Dancers Red Door Cafe Cowichan Golf & Country Club Pacific Northwest Raptors Island Bagpipes Cowichan Symphony Society Thrifty Foods Duncan Cowichan Theatre Chemainus Festival Theatre Glenterra Vineyards J & V’s Burgers & Pizza Canada Safeway Duncan

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The Society provides programs and services to help those affected by multiple sclerosis to achieve the highest possible quality of life while living with the daily challenges that MS presents.

The Duncan MS Walk is a family oriented event.

All routes are wheelchair accessible.

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The TD Bank is spending $7,500 to partner with the Cowichan Valley Arts Council’s youth outreach program as part of a new three-year program.

The bank’s first year grant of $2,500 will be matched 100 per cent by a second grant from artsVest, the funding arm of the federal government’s Department of Canadian Heritage.

CVAC’s youth outreach program is a 2year mentorship and support program for Valley high school arts students who wish

to develop their creative skills towards further study.

“The program replaces a one-time high school graduating scholarship and involves 12 emerging arts students, in Grades 11 and 12, working in the categories of performance, literary, technical and visual arts.

Arts council members mentor the students in their chosen art forms,” said coordinator Wendy Robison.

“The students also have workshops, and exhibition and performance opportunities in the Portals gallery space and out in the community.”

This concert that celebrates love features two young singers in duets from Puccini’s La Boheme as well as the operettas of Franz Lehar, Sigmund Romberg and Ivor Novello making this the most romantic of concerts.

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For the record: don’t miss the bands In the Wednesday, Feb. 12 edition we incorrectly reported the date of the bands competition taking place as part of the Cowichan Music Festival.

In fact, the bands competition will be taking place Thursday, Feb. 27, beginning at 9 a.m. at the Cowichan Theatre, so make your plans accordingly.

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hat, precisely, do we ary building styles. mean by the term, It’s inevitable that buildings “heritage� houses or come, buildings go. Usually, buildings? Are we referring to however, citizens recognize the their age? Their historical sigaesthetic and ambient values nificance? Their architectural of keeping and maintaining the style? The fact that they’re visbest of the old. It’s what gives ible leftovers of an earlier time cities and communities their and place? character and makes them, by CHRONICLES A heritage structure, somost definitions, livable.

T.W. Paterson called, can be any or all of Speaking of definitions, that these things. In the most of cultural inheritance, as accepted sense, heritage houses or buildgiven by one dictionary, likely comes closings are those that represent a personal/ est to the mark. Our cultural inheritance professional, societal, cultural or even a is our history at the community level. national character; they’re the icons of It’s part of our DNA as Canadians. No, past times, purposes and lifestyles. we can’t save everything just because it’s To those who appreciate them, they’re old. Nor should we try. But we should, more than the survivors of what we term we must, endeavour to save those houses progress; they contribute something and buildings which we recognize to be unique and tangible to their existing architecturally or historically significant, environment. Older homes usually mean as symbols worthy of note of our march mature landscaping and tree-lined boulethrough time. vards, an ambience of peace and quietude Hence the Cowichan Heritage Society by which many of us measure livabilhas commissioned a two-volume archiity. Psychologically, they can serve as tectural and social history of the Valley’s anchors in an ever-changing world. most outstanding “heritage� houses and In short, many people regard heritbuildings. Volume One, covering Duncan, age as being more than a nostalgic or a is to be published this year, Volume Two, sentimental yearning for an idealistic covering the balance of the Cowichan past — those so-called good old days that Valley, in 2015. It’s an ambitious project, never were as rosy for those participating one that has taken years to bring to the in them as they are seen to be by those of point of near-completion by a handful of us who follow. dedicated volunteers.

A city setting, of course, is denser — the One of the first to take up the cause maligned asphalt and concrete jungle. of Heritage was the late Elaine Holm.

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Elaine Holm wasn’t always right, but she did set the ball rolling From Page 14 work as a realtor here in 1973, 26 years after her arrival in Canada, and after years of working for a government travel bureau. She first set eyes on the Cowichan Valley in 1967 while attending a nephew’s wedding. Upon becoming interested in numerology she changed her name to Alisen Bonn, the byline that appeared with her photographs published in the Duncan Pictorial, 1968-72.

After working as manager of the Duncan Tourist Bureau she turned to real estate: “I found I had a sense of a house,” she told the Pictorial’s Barb Park in 1994.

“I could tell whether it was wellconstructed. I’d avoid selling houses if they weren’t reliable.”

Following her instincts, she bought an old house without basement, foundation, cupboards or a heating system and set about improving and repairing it through her own labour and with the expertise of hired craftsmen.

Years after, she regretted having sold the house that she’d come to love and which had become “part of my psyche”.

She also found that selling real estate and her background in photography went hand in hand

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and, upon retirement in 1984, she hosted shows related to heritage on Shaw TV and contributed to the publication of Memories Never Lost, a history of pioneer women of the Cowichan Valley.

She then decided to complete and update an inventory of older houses in Duncan that the CVRD had commissioned in 1983.

“I took the basic form and made a few alterations for the city. I photographed the ones that still exist and made up a new file while another volunteer, Doris Benjamin, investigated [related] historical information” through the CVRD and by interviewing relatives of the homes’ builders.

“If there’s a question about a house, the city can see what is historically important. It may help them to make decisions. At least they’ll know the houses which [were built] between 1910 and 1920.”

One house, circa 1881, that she didn’t identify, was dated through her conversation with the builder’s granddaughter and illustrated the problems with accurately dating structures without building permits or other civic records. The granddaughter’s Uncle Phil had been born in the house in 1884, hence,

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The Cowichan Bay Marine Pub is hosting the burger and beer event, which will also feature Celtic band Jane’s Way and a silent auction.

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Holm reasoned, “it was definitely built by that time. We took 1881 as the more or less confirmed date that it was built.”

Subsequent research has shown that Elaine Holm wasn’t always right — but she did set the ball rolling.

At the time of her interview with the Pictorial, Holm expressed the hope that an inventory would be made of homes built prior to 1940, something she was unable to do herself as research was challenging and time-consuming, even with the assistance of the late Cowichan Station historian Jack Fleetwood who was renowned for his phenomenal memory.

She was willing to carry on photographically: “If downtown business people will check out dates and any history on buildings they own, I will come and photograph [them], but [the research] is too much for me.”

Elaine Holm moved to Cranbrook in 1999 where she died two years later. Her groundbreaking work of the ’80s and early ’90s has contributed greatly to our knowledge of Duncan’s older houses.

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Myles Powell had a goal and two assists as the Capitals topped the Nanaimo Clippers 3-1 on Wednesday night. [CITIZEN FILE]

Powell’s three points help Caps beat Clips KEVIN ROTHBAUER CITIZEN

A three-point night by Myles Powell gave the Cowichan Valley Capitals another valuable victory on Wednesday as they battle down the stretch for a berth in the B.C. Hockey League playoffs.

Powell assisted on second-period goals by Mason Malkowich and Brayden Gelsinger, then finished the night off with an empty netter as the Caps defeated the Clippers 3-1 in Nanaimo.

The Caps knew the Alberni Valley Bulldogs, their rivals for the last Island Division playoff spot, were in action at the same time, but focused on the task at hand. “We were pretty businesslike,� head coach Bob Beatty said. “I thought we played a pretty solid game. Obviously you’re not checking the score of the other game while the game is on, and if you are, you’re not sharing it with the players.�

When the night was done, the Bulldogs had also picked up a win, beating the Powell River

Kings 4-0 and keeping the Caps’ edge in the standings at just one point. Both teams have five games remaining.

Malkowich finished the night with two points, picking up an assist on Gelsinger’s goal. Goalie Robin Gusse was near-perfect, stopping 37 of 38 shots for the win. “Gusse made the saves he needed to make,� Beatty said. “We didn’t allow as many scoring chances as we have at other times. I thought we limited their chances pretty well. We didn’t cough up a lot of pucks in our end.�

The Caps have just one game this weekend as they play host to the Merritt Centennials on Saturday night at 7 p.m. Like Cowichan, Merritt is in a dogfight for a playoff spot, sitting one point ahead of Salmon Arm for fourth place in the Interior Division. “They’ll be at full speed, no doubt,� Beatty said. “They’re a pretty good team, and they’re in a tough battle.�

Zach Diewert of Chemainus launches a shot over Duncan Christian’s Alan Park during the first round of the North Island senior boys tournament hosted by DCS last Friday. [KEVIN ROTHBAUER/CITIZEN]

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Propelled by some of their graduating seniors, the Duncan Christian Chargers topped Ucluelet Secondary 88-72 last Saturday to take first place in the North Island single-A senior boys basketball championships.

Doug Groenendijk led the team with 28 points, while fellow Grade 12 Alan Park had 18 points as the Chargers played the last game this season in their own gym. “It felt great to win this tournament, especially with our senior guys, Douglas, Chaz [Milne] and Alan playing their last home game

of their high school careers,� said DCS coach Jim Brandsma.

Nick Kapteyn, who will return next season, was right behind Groenendijk with 26 points in the tournament finale, and guard Jesse Van Wingerden chipped in with nine. “We had great contributions by all the guys on the team,�

Brandsma said. “We set out at the beginning of the year to play as a team and I couldn’t ask more. We have done that since day one and I think this has contributed to our success.�

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Campbell River Christian finished third, and Dwight International School topped Chemainus Secondary 57-44 in the battle for fourth and fifth.

Andy Lin scored 20 points for Dwight and Kobe Liu had 18. Sam Baker led Chemainus with 23 points, and Zach Diewert dropped in 13.

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Shawnigan edges Cowichan in Central Island showdown KEVIN ROTHBAUER CITIZEN

Shawnigan Lake School junior boys basketball coach Jason Lam is crediting his team’s incredible dedication for last Saturday’s 4038 upset win over Cowichan Secondary in the final of the Central Island championship. “From day one, they’ve been committed,� Lam said. “They come to practice 15 minutes early.

They get warmed up on their own.

They’ve actually started practices without me.�

Cowichan had gone undefeated against Island opponents prior to the Central Island final, and is the only Island team ranked in the provincial top 10. The last time Shawnigan played Cowichan, the T-Birds won by 12 points behind a huge performance by Noah Charles. The Shawnigan players knew to key on the Cowichan star in a rematch. “This time around, we certainly focused on limiting his touches and applying more pressure on him,� Lam said.

Vincent Chen was vital in limiting Charles’s effectiveness, and Nathan Bice had a strong defensive game for Shawnigan.

Still, Charles managed to put up 17 points and 14 rebounds. Cowichan held a 38-34 lead with about a minute and a half to go, but

Brentwood’s Brendan Sullivan gets airborne during the semifinal against Shawnigan Lake. [KEVIN ROTHBAUER/CITIZEN] Shawnigan hit a couple of tough shots and finished the game on a 6-0 run. Lam was thrilled with his team’s play down the stretch. “They were composed and poised at the end when they needed to be,� he said. “They didn’t stop believing.�

Despite missing the Island

tournament, Cowichan, which also got big games from Connor Hayer (10 points), Humza Khan (seven assists) and Jamie Friesen (six points, seven rebounds and three assists), still has a shot at reaching provincials. Coach Lucky Walia said his team will apply for an at-large berth in the

B.C. championships. “Those likely will not be decided until after the various zone tournaments are completed, and they know who has qualified based on their tournament finishes,� Walia explained.

Brentwood College lost a tight battle with Shawnigan in the semi-

final before beating Gulf Islands by six points to finish third. “Our team struggled to capture the intensity we displayed against Shawnigan the day before, but we were able to make some key baskets toward the end of the game and came away with a six-point victory,� Brentwood coach Liam Sullivan said of the bronze-medal game. “It was very much a developmental year for our team, as we had three Grade 9s and one Grade 8 playing significant minutes for us during the year,� Sullivan added. “It proved a formidable task to achieve many victories during our year, however, I am excited for the team next year as we return several very strong players.�

Shawnigan will make its first appearance at the junior boys Island tournament since 2003, and Lam is optimistic after the way his team played at Central Islands. “For a school of our size, it’s quite significant,� he said. “We’re hoping for the very best, and I think we can do well as long as we are focused.�

The top three teams from Islands, Feb. 20-22 at Oak Bay, advance to provincials, and Lam thinks his team could be in the mix. “It’s really a toss-up,� he said. “Anyone can go. That’s why we play the games.�

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Seven wrestlers book tickets to nationals at Alberni meet KEVIN ROTHBAUER CITIZEN

Seven members of the Cowichan Valley Wrestling Club, including five first-timers, qualified for the national championships with strong performances at the Alberni Invitational last weekend.

Ryan Kuruvita, Jeevan Sall, Jimmy Wyld, Aydan Claus and Olive Kiruiro earned their first trips to nationals, while Chelsea Warke and Molly O’Donnell qualified to return to the big stage. They join Nolan Mitchell and Andrea Morris, who had qualified previously.

It bodes well not only for the present but also the future of the club.

“It’s exciting for our club, for sure,” CVWC head coach Nick Zuback said. “All the kids who have qualified are coming back next year, too. None of them are in their last year, so that’s one good thing to see.”

Kuruvita (Cowichan Secondary) finished second in the cadet boys 60kg division, while Claus (Frances Kelsey) placed second at 74kg. Morris (Queen of Angels) placed first in the cadet girls 47kg division, and Warke (Kelsey) wrestled to third at 51kg.

In the juvenile men’s division, Mitchell (Claremont) was first at 51kg, Sall (Cow High) was second at 110kg, and Wyld (Cow High) was third at 60kg. Kiruiro (Kelsey) placed third in the juvenile women’s 90kg class.

Also in the cadet boys division were Kayden Dorma (Kelsey), who placed fifth at 54kg; and Haele Fergusa (Cow High), who was fifth at 66kg. Rayne Hankins (Cow High) finished second in the cadet girls 69kg class, and Owen Pite (Cow High) was sixth in the juvenile men’s 66kg class.

CVWC athletes also performed well in the school age divisions. Jaqueline Wong-

Tyson Roe, pictured here with the junior A Nanaimo Timbermen, and Derek Anderson, pictured with the junior B Cowichan Valley Thunder, were drafted into the senior A ranks last weekend.

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Bates (Q of A) led the way with a first-place finish in the school girls 52kg class, while Sarah Gillard (Drinkwater) was second at 39kg, and Sydney Hall (Q of A) was fourth at 31kg.

The top school boys finishers were Antonio Diaz (Q of A) and Aslan Farbaud (Bench), who placed third at 37kg and 35kg, respectively. Farbaud performed well despite being bumped up an age level.

“He could have wrestled at the elementary level, but he wanted to go for a medal as opposed to just practice,” Zuback said.

Placing fifth in their respective classes were Talon Hird (Q of A) at 30kg, Stephan Esquivel (Q of A) at 47kg, Daniel Wanner (Q of A) at 50kg, and Aiden Tuplin (Q of A) at 54 kg. Sixth-place results went to Christopher Gaw (Bench) at 35kg, Rowan Gillard (Drinkwater) at 44kg, and Kyle Holden (Kelsey) at 47kg.

About 20 wrestlers from the club will head to Saltspring Island this Saturday for the Island championships.

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A pair of Cowichan Valley minor lacrosse products came closer to the dream of playing senior A lacrosse last weekend when their names were called at the Western Lacrosse Association draft.

Defender Tyson Roe was selected by the Nanaimo Timbermen in the second round, 12th overall, and goalie Derek Anderson was picked up by the Victoria Shamrocks in the sixth round, 42nd overall.

Both players were drafted by the same organizations where they played junior A lacrosse, and both were called up briefly by the senior teams last season.

“It’s an unbelievable feeling,” said Roe,

who is currently playing NCAA field lacrosse for Concordia University Wisconsin. “I’ve waited so long to play senior A lacrosse and now that I have gotten drafted and it is official, it’s a special feeling. Hopefully I can be an impact player and take my game to the next level while really helping out the team on the defensive end.”

Anderson was somewhat surprised to get picked by the Shamrocks, who had drafted his fellow junior Shamrocks goalie Cody Hagedorn a round earlier, but he’s excited about battling for a roster spot with the senior team.

“It’s pretty awesome,” he said. “Who doesn’t grow up dreaming of being on the Shamrocks?”

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tunity to learn new skills, techniques, strategies, etc., and also gain confidence from what they already know about the sport.”

Dahlstrom and Castle were in the forefront at their home pool last Saturday, setting an example for the other swimmers.

“Our swimmers are students of the sport of swimming, so their leadership skills shone as many participants relied on our Stingrays throughout the day,” Sirup said.

“Another great benefit from attending this camp is that all of the participants gain friends from many different communities and thus making the world of swimming all that much smaller for them.”

Two Duncan Stingrays were among 24 swimmers invited to attend an exclusive camp at the Cowichan Aquatic Centre last Saturday.

Olin Dahlstrom and Jessica Castle were among the fastest swimmers ages 10 and under from the Vancouver Island region (the Island and the Yukon), who got the opportunity to work with different top-level instructors at the one-day camp.

“Those who attended had the opportunity of working with multiple different coaches from different teams,” Stingrays coach Leanne Sirup said. “From this they all were given the oppor-

Members of the Maple Bay Ocean Canoe Club prepare for their inaugural race, the Victoria V12 to V21. [SUBMITTED]

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Jessica Castle and Olin Dahlstrom are among Vancouver Island’s fastest swimmers in their age group. [KEVIN ROTHBAUER/CITIZEN]

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While many sports fans are getting acquainted with freestyle skiing disciplines on TV during the Olympics, Duncan’s Todd Heard is living them.

Heard collected a medal and two top-10 results on the BC Timber Tour in Prince George last weekend, where he was one of seven skiers representing the Island.

Heard won a bronze medal in moguls, and finished in the top 10 in both slopestyle and big air.

Just a week earlier, Heard was in Ontario for the Canadian Open Series in halfpipe and slopestyle, competing against skiers of all ages, including semi-pros. After missing the finals in halfpipe, Heard managed a ninth-place result in slopestyle the following day.

Heard will compete in the BC Winter Games, which begin on Feb. 20, followed by a competition at Silverstar in March.

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Racing together for the first time, the recently created Maple Bay Ocean Canoe Club managed to place ninth out of 15 crews in the Victoria V12 to V21 Race late on Feb. 1.

“This was MBOCC’s inaugural race and we got to introduce the club to the paddling community,” spokesman Joe Lobo explained. “The crew was made up of novice and intermediate paddlers, with assistance from some expert paddlers. All in all, this was considered a novice crew because we never practiced as a whole unit.”

Two six-seater outrigger canoes (OC6s) were attached together for the Victoria race, making up

a V12. The crews raced from the Gorge Paddling Club to a marker just outside the Inner Harbour and back, for a course 10.5km in length. With the experts leading and the rest of the paddlers following to the best of their abilities, the MBOCC finished the course in 53 minutes and seven seconds.

The inaugural MBOCC crew was made up of Lobo, Tiffany Bartlette, Bruce Johnson, Shirley Imada, Carol Henderson, Marcia Roberts, Shannon Carlow, Dan Gellein, Mike and Cara Weirmier, and Darryl and Marion Draper.

Anyone interested in learning more about outrigger canoes can look up the Maple Bay Ocean Canoe Club on Facebook.

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