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We’ve gone pink! See our Anti-Bullying Day section beginning on page 11.

Snowplows like this one on Highway 18 have been out in full force, trying to keep up with an inundation of the white stuff throughout the Cowichan Valley. Visit www.cowichanvalleycitizen.com for a gallery of photos sent to us by readers and posted on Facebook. [LEXI BAINAS/CITIZEN]

Cowichan Valley residents took advantage of the snow to show their Canadian pride.

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Snow closes schools, cuts Hydro SARAH SIMPSON CITIZEN

Unyielding snow fell throughout the weekend but Mother Nature offered a particularly blustery blast of the white stuff just in time for Monday’s morning commute.

The result: closed schools, power outages and shops closing their doors for the day.

Len Thew, the City of Duncan’s public works operations manager called the conditions “relentless.”

“Over the weekend we put about 100 manhours of overtime into the snow clearing,” Thew commented on Monday afternoon.

“It’s never ending. To me, I look out there and it almost looks like we’ve done noth-

ing. It’s just never stopped.”

Thew said crews hit the streets at 5 a.m.

Monday to clear routes for vehicles. Many sidewalks were clear by 8 a.m. as well.

The call also went out early Monday that School District 79 Schools were closed for the day. Vancouver Island University’s Cowichan campus followed suit, along with many of the region’s private schools. The administration offices of Cowichan Tribes were closed as well.

While some businesses closed because staff didn’t want to risk the roads, others locked their doors — some briefly, some for the day — after snow-laden tree branches broke and took out power lines. “#snowday. Power out. Offices, Mariners

Market and restaurant closed for now. Plan to be open Tuesday,” the Maple Bay Marina wrote on Twitter.

Adagé Studio’s policy is to close when the schools close, it said on Facebook, so the popular dancing programs were cancelled for the day as well. It gave them time to order costumes for upcoming shows.

“Enjoy the snow,” said their post.

BC Hydro spokeswoman Karla Louwers said at its peak, about 5,400 Cowichan customers were without electricity on Monday — but even more were affected in numerous outages over the course of the weekend.

See OUTAGES, Page 3

Firefighters find a way to watch the gold medal game LEXI BAINAS CITIZEN

Snow, darkness and treacherous roads weren’t going to keep a determined firefighter from the south side of Cowichan Lake from joining their pals on the north side to watch the Olympic gold medal hockey game early Sunday morning.

Nick Sohye of the Mesachie Lake fire department, posted the tale to Facebook later in the day.

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Outages won’t end until snow clears SNOW CLOSES SCHOOLS, From Page 1

Lakers packed a 2012 meeting to voice concerns about primary care. [CITIZEN FILE]

Primary care resumes at Lake Cowichan LEXI BAINAS CITIZEN

Primary health care services in Lake Cowichan started taking appointments this week, and folks in the area can meet the members of the new team at the Community Health and Wellness Fair this Saturday.

Lorne Charbonneaux, leader of the Integrated Health Networks on Vancouver Island, was pleased to announce the service.

“We’re certainly optimistic about the future for the team,” he said. “It was set up especially for Lake Cowichan. It’s unique.

It’s aimed at helping people manage chronic diseases.”

Effective self-management can help keep chronic diseases under better control, Charbonneaux said.

“We’re quite excited about the introduction of this new service,” he said.

The primary health care team and the community’s new nurse practitioner will be on hand at the Community Health and Wellness Fair.

The fair is hosted by Choose Cowichan Lake and will take place from 10 a.m. to

3 p.m. at the Centennial Hall.

The team works in collaboration with other Cowichan Valley family practitioners and nurse practitioners who currently see Cowichan Lake patients. Most of the team is located at the Kaatza Health Centre, while the nurse practitioner is located at the Brookside Medical Centre.

The prolonged, determined effort by Lake residents to deal with their lack of doctors has been rewarded with several successes and this most recent example is just another chance to celebrate.

In 2012, an announcement that one of Lake Cowichan’s two doctors was moving his practice to Duncan acted as a catalyst in the community.

A packed meeting that December showed a panel of doctors and agency representatives that the area was ready to step up and work for a solution.

In 2013, the Cowichan Lake Working Group was formed to develop a model for an integrated health care team.

In addition, the Lakeside Medical Clinic was established in September, set up by Dr. Vincent Rossouw of Beverly Medical Clinic in Duncan.

“In the Cowichan Valley area crews have been working since late Saturday night,” she confirmed.

Crews were unable to stop to watch the Olympic gold medal hockey game between Canada and Sweden early Sunday morning, but their efforts meant many customers were able to.

The bulk of the power outages have come from snow-laden trees leaning on lines, or branches breaking off trees and then falling onto lines.

It’s been non-stop frustration for repair crews, Louwers noted, as the roads have made getting to outages difficult and, quickly as crews are able to clear some

lines, other lines have branches fall on them, resulting in a different outage.

“Until the snow clears from the trees, we won’t expect to see outages end,” Louwers said.

That may well take days after the snow stops falling, depending on if the rain comes or if the temperatures keep the snow from melting.

Residents of Shawnigan Lake and those in the Osborne Bay/Maple Bay/Herd Road area were the hardest hit by outages.

It’s a good reminder, Louwers said, to be prepared for an outage — whether it’s due to wind, snow, natural disaster, or otherwise.

“Keep an emergency kit that’s updated and ready to go,” she recommended.

Generator kicks in just in the nick of time VALLEY FOLKS, From Page 1 “A big thank you to the Youbou fire department for the invite to watch the game. I had a great time.”

Anyone who’s been to the Youbou Regatta for breakfast knows what he’s talking about. The Youbou Fire Department contains some enthusiastic cooks, who just love to welcome people to their fire hall for a spread.

“What a Canadian breakfast: eggs benny,

moose sausages, Canadian bacon with my Timmy’s coffee,” Sohye said.

And that wasn’t all. What would a gold medal nailbiter be without a little extra excitement?

“A great game right up until the power went out with five minutes left but all went well when the generator kicked in and we watched the rest of the game. Again thanks for inviting me to the sunny side of the lake,” the veteran firefighter told his north side friends.

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Four-year terms coming soon for local politicians SARAH SIMPSON CITIZEN

In keeping with the standards used by all of the other Canadian provinces, effective in 2018, local politicians will serve four-year terms if a proposal by the provincial government goes through.

The change comes after endorsements by the Union of British Columbia Municipalities and BC School Trustees Association, but still needs the rubber stamp of the B.C. government, which will introduce legislation during the current legislative session.

Terms currently end after three years.

The change affects mayors and all elected officials serving municipalities, regional districts, parks boards, school boards and the Islands Trust.

Community, Sport and Cultural Development Minister Coralee Oakes announced the addition of a fourth year on Tuesday morning. “My experience as a municipal councillor convinced me that to succeed in today’s complex world, local governments need enough time to plan and complete projects that build strong, inclusive communities,� Oakes said. “I’m confident this change, supported

Runner Channing Knull stands with the flag donated by Port Hardy’s mayor, which has been signed at easch stop along the Wounded Warrior Run route on Vancouver Island. [LEXI BAINAS/CITIZEN]

These warriors keep on running LEXI BAINAS CITIZEN

The Wounded Warrior Run made its way through the Cowichan Valley in brilliant sunshine Thursday, Feb. 20, stopping at the Duncan Branch of the Royal Canadian Legion in mid-afternoon. “This is so important. The reception we’ve been getting everywhere has been wonderful,� said Channing Knull after he completed the Chemainus-to-Duncan leg of the relay. “The weather is great; it’s almost been too warm today.�

He and some other members of the team showed off a special flag given them by the mayor of

Port Hardy. At stops along their run they’ve been getting people to sign it and encouraged Duncan Legion members to join in the show of support.

Founded in 2006, Wounded Warriors Canada is a non-profit organization that helps Canadian Forces members — both fulltime or reservists — who have been wounded or injured in their service to Canada.

Through a wide range of programs and services, the group helps find solutions where there are gaps in support.

Currently, the primary focus is on mental health and, particularly, the staggering impact of

posttraumatic stress disorder, perpetrated by operational stress injuries.

Overall, however, our mandate is to help veterans in need as they transition to civilian life.

A team of dedicated runners ran a relay for the length of Vancouver Island over six consecutive days from Feb. 16 to Feb. 21.

The journey began in Port Hardy and ended in Esquimalt, covering in excess of 600 km.

Each athlete ran between oneand-a-half and two hours, with the relay averaging 30-60 km each day.

Visit woundedwarriorrunbc. com to learn more.

by UBCM and the task force, will help local governments continue to make B.C.’s communities great places to live and work.�

Duncan Mayor Phil Kent isn’t convinced the extra year is necessary. “It’s a long commitment for someone to make,� he said. “It was not something that I necessarily supported. “I felt that typically if somebody who’s serving a three-year term, if they are looking for longer-term influence and work within civic service, if they execute well and make good decisions that they are likely going to be there two terms anyway,� he explained.

Kent said the issue has come up a lot over the years at UBCM as part of a greater conversation on electoral reform but only this time around was it moved ahead — and even then not unanimously.

Kent also worried municipal elections would end up on the same cycle as provincial elections, thereby opening the door to the possibility of provincial issues filtering down to municipal politics. “That would not necessarily be positive for municipalities,� he said. “But that’s only my view.�

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Ford Road frontrunner leaves door open for potential marshland sale SARAH SIMPSON CITIZEN

Being able to work with regional partners to complete the project on time and on budget, the grand opening of the Duncan-Cowichan Regional Visitors Information Centre in early 2014 was just one of many feathers in the cap of a productive Municipality of North Cowichan in 2013, reports Chief Administrative Officer Dave Devana. [CITIZEN FILE]

2013 a year of getting things done in North Cowichan SARAH SIMPSON CITIZEN

A new UV water treatment facility, roundabouts, community planning and development improvements and work on many other projects highlighted North Cowichan’s 2013, Chief Administrative Officer Dave Devana told council recently.

A presentation taking council briefly down memory lane began with the rapidfire inclusions into the Cowichan Aquatic Centre last year with Areas A, B, C, D, and E becoming members in 2013. The Town of Lake Cowichan joined just last month.

“We will be diligently working trying to get Area F and Area I to come into the pool and try to make it a truly regional facility,” Devana said.

Last year also saw the demolition of the historic Chemainus River Bridge to make way for a much more sound span.

“I’m sure we’re sad to see it go but we now have a new bridge that was 100 per cent funded — no tax dollars were used to build that bridge,” he said.

The 10,000 square foot addition to the municipal hall was also completed in 2013 and staff has moved out of the dark corners of the old basement and into the light and airy new space.

“It was a $3 million project, on budget,” Devana said. “We feel that we did very well in bringing forward the project in a year when construction values were a good value.”

Various other planning improvements, outside accolades, and infrastructure pro-

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jects were also highlighted.

“It was a really very good year,” Devana said. “We are particularly proud of our new Cowichan Regional Visitor Information Centre. This is one of the first projects where we had absolute regional cooperation.”

Forward progress on the Stoney Hill road, Echo Heights and the University Village and Crofton and Chemainus revitalization plans also topped Devana’s list of 2013 accomplishments, in addition to council’s new communications plan, which includes a new website and more.

“We think that we are making a lot of progress on streamlining our development approval process. We know it needs more work,” Devana acknowledged. “Our hope is that we can keep the public more engaged and more informed and hear from them in a more meaningful way than we’ve done in the past.”

Looking ahead, deep into 2014, the bulk of municipal projects are centered in and around Chemainus.

The completion of the Waterwheel Park construction and a new skate park for that community are among the 2014 goals, as are the River Road roundabout, a concept plan for the old elementary school site and the relocation of the Cowichan Neighbourhood House group from the old fire hall so that building can be prepared to be demolished to make way for a new library.

Echo Heights is still on the list as well as other projects around the municipality including Stoney Hill road in Maple Bay.

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Now that the Ford Road site is the frontrunner for the new North Cowichan/ Duncan RCMP detachment, Councillor Al Siebring is eyeing the disposal of one of the other police station site options.

He’s looking to sell the municipally owned property on the north side of Beverly Street between the Trans Canada Highway and York Road — otherwise known as Option A. Siebring thought the proceeds of the sale of the 4.4-acre parcel could be put towards the $1 million price tag North Cowichan will need to pay for the Ford Road land.

“Presumably it has value to somebody.

Let’s get some money back here,” he told council. “I think we owe it to ourselves and to our community to see if we can recover some money from this pot and put into that pot.”

Coun. Kate Marsh wasn’t so sure about the idea.

“I think it would be nice to give some peace to the people who have been working for ages to keep that floodplain at its best and highest use and to try to increase its biodiversity,” she said.

“Let’s leave well enough alone.”

Mayor Jon Lefebure noted it would be

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unwise to sell off the asset prior to the completion of the Ford Road purchase, expect to occur by April.

Siebring maintained all he wanted was for staff to compile a report outlining the pros and cons of selling the property.

Nothing was written in stone, he said.

Council agreed to request the report.

OPEN BOARD MEETING – RESCHEDULED The Open Board Meeting of the Board of Education scheduled for Wednesday, February 26, 2014 has been rescheduled to Wednesday, March 5, 2014 at the School Board offices at 4:30 pm

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Not just Pink Day; respect matters year round T

oday, hundreds — maybe even thousands — of folks in the Cowichan Valley will wear pink shirts and think about what they can do to prevent bullying.

It needs to last more than a day, however.

No doubt some of the people who don pink today will spend a short time being respectful and considerate of others, maybe even advocating it loudly, then resume behaving the way they always have.

But Pink Day isn’t like Halloween, where you can hang up your costume and forget about it for

another year.

The attitudes promoted by Pink Day need to stick with us all year.

While some schools, like Cowichan Secondary, are observing a full week of compassion, it just doesn’t seem good enough.

Respect and tolerance needs to be 24/7/365. Shouldn’t that be the message we’re teaching our youth?

And it’s not just youth. Bullying takes place in the workplace, in the sports arena, and throughout the community.

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annual reminder shouldn’t be necessary, and if we can remember to have respect for every person every day of the year, we won’t need to be reminded every February.

Let’s keep the streets and sidewalks clear The dump of snow we got over the weekend sure made the Cowichan Valley beautiful, but it also made the area treacherous.

Slippery streets and sidewalks make it tough to drive and tough to walk, and few of us have the option to stay indoors.

Make sure you shovel your sidewalk as soon as possible. You might be sure-footed as a mountain goat, but you’re not the only one who uses the sidewalk. The freezing rain that so often hits shortly after a snowfall turns sidewalks into a skating rink.

If someone in your neighbourhood can’t shovel their own walk, help them out. We all need to work together, and there’s no better feeling than doing something for others and getting some fresh air and exercise.

And when the plows are making their rounds, do your best to stay out of the way.

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BC Ferries wages have gone out of control The reason for increase in ferry fares is because the wages for both management and union employees has gotten out of hand.

There are over 900 BC Ferries employees, a combination of both management and union employees, making over $75,000 per year with a 100 per cent fully funded employee benefit plan paid for by the taxpayers.

A gift shop cashier is paid $24.49 per hour, boarding attendant at vehicle ticket booth is paid $24.85 per hour, a coffee shop attendant is paid $23.35 per hour, and a third cook is paid $27.51 per hour. On top of this, the union employees will receive a wage increase on April 1, 2014, and April 1, 2015, as per their union contract.

The rates of pay are outrageous, as a green chain worker in the sawmill earns $25.93 per hour, and a choker man in log-

ging makes $26.94 per hour under the United Steelworkers contract.

A listing of the 900 employees was available on the website for a short while for taxpayer reference, but has since been removed due to the BC Ferries workers’ union taking the issue to court to have the report removed from the website, to hide the fact that wage rates are out of control.

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This year, School District No. 79 has changed the format of parent teacher interviews on Feb. 26.

Instead of being run after school and into the evening, they will only run until the dismissal bell.

The reason for the proposed change is to allow the District to utilize their days in lieu as staff development days. These days are in addition to the three days per year organized by teachers for their own professional development. Teachers believe evening parent teacher interviews are more valuable to student learning than district lead staff development days.

As the District may opt for this afternoon interview format in the 2014/15 school year, we wish to inform you of your options as a parent in terms of expressing your opinion on this matter. You can email Superintendent Joe Rhodes’ administrative assistant, Tracy Jones, at tjones@ sd79.bc.ca or contact the board office directly at 250-748-0321.

Additionally, you may attend the March 5 Board Meeting, 7 p.m. at the Quamichan Campus of Cowichan Secondary School.

Teachers believe that parents are an integral part of their child’s education and the role they play in enhancing the communication between home and school. Evening interviews work for most parents, as many work during the school day.

Please take the time to express your views on how the district can best support your child’s learning.

Naomi Nilsson President Cowichan District Teachers’ Association

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PUBLIC CONSULTATION ON THE 2014-2015 SCHOOL CALENDAR

A reader sent us this photo of what local road crews have to deal with in the snowy weather.

The snowplow driver on this North Cowichan street had to back down a hill and around a corner because he couldn’t get through. ‘They are doing a fantastic job of keeping our streets and roads clean in North Cowichan,’ said the reader. ‘They deserve a medal for their patience.’ [SUBMITTED]

Break-ins on the rise in east Duncan neighbourhood On Feb 18th the shed beside our home was broken into. Irreplaceable items were stolen. We made a police report and the police told us that we were the third house in our neighbourhood that day to report break-ins.

The neighbourhood includes McKinstry, Wharncliffe, Marchmont, Watson and Beech, or you can say the blocks east of the Trans Canada, north of the Cowichan River, south of Trunk and west of Campbell.

How about old forestry plantation for RCMP? This fiasco for selecting a better location for the RCMP must come to a sensible conclusion soon. I go by the old forestry plantation [south of Duncan on the Trans Canada Highway] each day and just a rough guess tells me that there is no better location, The site is already level, a gravel base, Plus the bonus of being on a secondary road; The sewage and water connections alongside

I want all my community to be aware of these crimes and that even items secured in a fortified shed with cut proof padlocks are not safe against thieves. We need more streetlights on certain areas of that neighbourhood, but most of all we need certain people to stop thieving!

If anyone knows information about these crimes or others, call the RCMP or Crime Stoppers. As a community, we have to turn these people in. Stop these thieves from becoming even harder criminals.

You are invited to give your advice and comments to the Board of Education about the proposed 2014-2015 School Calendar at a Public Meeting on Wednesday, March 5, 2014 at 7:00 pm at the Quamichan Campus Multi-Purpose Room.

NOTICE OF THE SITTING OF THE PARCEL TAX ROLL REVIEW PANEL • Burnum Water System (Electoral Area B – Shawnigan Lake) • Any speci¿c properties being assessed parcel taxes in 2014 for the ¿rst time The Cowichan Valley Regional District has prepared the 2014 parcel tax assessment roll as required

by Section 202 of the Community Charter. Owners of properties located in the above service areas may view the roll at the regional district of¿ce in Duncan during regular of¿ce hours as of February 21, 2014. The Parcel Tax Roll Review Panel will meet to hear requests that the roll be amended.

DATE: Tuesday, March 4, 2014 TIME: 2:00 pm PLACE: CVRD Boardroom 175 Ingram Street, Duncan BC V9L 1N8

Linda and David Whitehouse Duncan

the property, enough acreage to satisfy their space needed for all their vehicles, it is classed industrial, What more is needed? does the present owner want too, much knowing it is for government use?

Please get the place built in this location; I’m sure the neighbours won’t mind.

Perhaps unknown to me a deal has been cooked up already for another location?

Property owners may request a correction to the parcel tax roll only with respect to their own property and only for the following reasons: • there is an error or omission respecting a name or address on the parcel tax roll; • there is an error or omission respecting the inclusion of a parcel; • there is an error or omission respecting the taxable area or the taxable frontage of a parcel; • an exemption has been improperly allowed or disallowed.

In order for a request to be considered by the Panel, the request must be in writing and received at the above address, Attention: Finance Division, by 8:00 am on Monday, March 3, 2014.

Inquiries can be made by calling Mark Kueber, General Manager, Corporate Services, at 250 746-2500. email mkueber@cvrd.bc.ca

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Sunfest seeks local bands and volunteers LEXI BAINAS CITIZEN

Sunfest is now calling for local talent to round out its lineup for this summer’s huge country music festival.

According to Sunfest spokesperson Charlotte Fisher, it’s easy to apply online.

“You visit our website,” she explained. “There is a link there and under the About Us, there is a spot there for artists’ submissions, and all they have to do is go online and submit all their info and any links to videos.”

Sunfest is looking for every kind of act, solo and group, that fits into the country genre.

“If it’s a person with a guitar, if it’s a banjo band: just send an application in,” Fisher said.

Sunfest gets applications from everywhere, with acts from Wales, Poland and France expressing interest in playing this year’s show.

“Really what we’re looking for right now is more local and regional type talent, people from Vancouver Island, the Cowichan Valley and a little bit from the Lower Mainland,” Fisher said.

Everything has to be submitted to the website by April 1 in order to be considered for this year’s Sunfest.

In other Sunfest news, it’s also time for volunteers to apply.

See sunfestconcerts.com for all the information.

Mai Ikemura plays Sleeping Princess on her violin Sunday afternoon . [LEXI BAINAS/CITIZEN]

Young artists shine at first gala LEXI BAINAS CITIZEN

Despite the snow that blanketed the Valley on Sunday, Feb. 23, a large crowd of friends and supporters filled the Duncan United Church for the first of three music festival galas.

The piano, instrument and speech arts gala is traditionally the first of the three, giving superlative performers from the just-completed Cowichan Music Festival season the chance to demonstrate why

they were a judge’s favourite.

It also gave festival organizers the opportunity to hand out many awards and scholarships to help nurture the Valley’s talent.

The next two highlights concerts fall next week, with the vocal and dance gala scheduled for 1:30 p.m. on Sunday, March 2 and the final highlights showcase on Wednesday, March 5, starting at 7 p.m.

Both events take place at the Cowichan Theatre. Call 250-748-7529 for tickets.

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“So exhilarating that it makes you rejoice to be alive.”

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Mardi Gras gets a world-folk makeover with Matuto next Tuesday. [SUBMITTED]

Matuto brings Mardi Gras to the Orca LEXI BAINAS CITIZEN

March 4 is Mardi Gras: that legendary Fat Tuesday when revelry is king.

At the Orca Showroom at the Silver Bridge, they’re bringing in Matuto, a special band that really knows how to have a good time and loves to see a crowd dancing up a storm in an all-ages show at 8 p.m.

“It’s kind of Mardis Gras meets Appalachian meets Brazil meets fun,” says Longevity John Falkner, the hotel’s entertainment guru.

“This band brings to mind the Mardi Gras feeling only done on different instruments than you might think, so very cool.

They were on the Island with a date open, so I grabbed it,” Falkner said last week.

They’re getting great reviews.

“This band aims for the heights of worldmusic sophistication,” said the Chicago Sun Times. “The joyous, ebullient music of Matuto merges the forro folkloric music of Brazil with the sounds of all-American bluegrass,” said the Chicago Tribune.

“Weird and Wonderful… Unorthodox and Delightful,” said Jazz Times Magazine.

“Oh yeah, extremely danceable,” adds Falkner.

Appalachian fiddle tunes bounce with a northeastern Brazilian lilt while the onestring berimbau resonates with a strangely effective blues riff. Look for exciting melodies and lyrics with some bite to them.

Tickets are $20 in advance or $22 at the door.

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YOUNG MUSICIAN OF THE WEEK

Jesse Cook will heat up the Cowichan Theatre on March 8.

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Jesse Cook’s ‘grown-up’ tour wraps in Duncan LEXI BAINAS CITIZEN

With several European and Asian tours, multiple Canadian tours, a highly successful public television special, and a recent five-month U.S. tour under his belt, award-winning guitar phenom and Valley favourite Jesse Cook will bring The Blue Guitar Tour to a close on March 8 at the Cowichan Theatre.

He’ll be featuring tunes from his exciting album of the same name: a special disc that was recorded on a pair of vintage microphones.

Cook searched extensively for them just so he could copy the mood of recordings from the Miles Davis era.

“I wanted to make a record that was more personal,” the performer said in a release announcing his Duncan appearance. “Something intimate with more space to it than my previous work, the kind of music that I would want to listen to after midnight. I guess you could call it my grownup album.”

The show will include songs from his more familiar work as well as material from the new album.

Joining him on stage are the musicians that have become as familiar to fans as Cook himself: Chris Church, Rosendo “Chendy” Leon, Nicholas Hernandez and Dennis Mohammed.

“What I found is that the longer the five of us played together, we really gelled and had a sense of what our domains were,” Cook said. “Each member grew within their domain to make it something really big. We all learned to fill our space.”

The show begins on Saturday, March 8 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $45 each. Get them online at cowichantheatre.ca or call 250748-PLAY and order now.

The work of South Africa’s Handspring Puppet Company is a War Horse highlight. [SUBMITTED]

War Horse gallops into Cowichan Theatre LEXI BAINAS CITIZEN

War Horse is coming to the Cowichan Theatre.

No, it’s not the live “theatre event of the decade” but it’s the next best thing: the broadcast of the English National Theatre’s multiple award-winning production already seen by over four million people worldwide since its premiere in 2007.

This eagerly-awaited broadcast will take place at the Cowichan Theatre Thursday, Feb. 27, at 7 p.m.

The Daily Telegraph loves the show.

“Genius isn’t too strong a word to describe this astonishing production,” said one of its reviews.

Based on the novel by Michael Morpurgo,

War Horse is the story of young Albert and his beloved horse, Joey. Steven Spielberg made War Horse into a movie in 2011.

When Joey is requisitioned to the British army during World War I, like thousands of other horses, it spurs Albert off on a treacherous mission to find his horse and bring him home.

The show features ground-breaking puppetry work by South Africa’s Handspring Puppet Company, which brings breathing and galloping horses to life on stage.

Tickets to the presentation are $24.50 for adults, $22.25 for seniors $17 for students and $16.50 for children 12 and under.

Get them at the Cowichan Ticket Centre at cowichantheatre.ca or by calling 250-748-7529.

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Tracey Bernatchez of Vancouver Island Insurance, second from the right, delivers pink shirts to George Bonner Elementary principal Chris Clark and students Ella Giles, Josh Reid, Nirva Megevand and Josh Reid prior to AntiBullying Day events at the school. [KEVIN ROTHBAUER/CITIZEN]

BC Chamber program helps businesses get up to speed LEXI BAINAS CITIZEN

Businesses scrambling to get up to speed on the province’s new workplace bullying and harassment legislation are getting help from a special online program offered by the BC Chambers of Commerce.

What’s great about it is that employers and their workers can take specific program that suit them any time any place.

The new program, called Respect in the Workplace is being pushed hard by the BC Chamber.

“It’s all about educating and empowering people to know what to do and to do the right thing and not feel they need to stick their head in the sand and not get involved,” said Brad Blaisdell, managing director or of Respect in the Workplace, a program connected to Sheldon Kennedy’s Respect in Sport program. “A lot of these issues can be dealt with when they occur if people are willing and able to stand up and know what to do and feel safe to do it.”

According to Blaisdell, managing director, it’s time for businesses to get moving.

“With regards to Bill 14, it really covers three key things with regard to what organizations need to do: One, to develop policy around discrimination, harassment and bullying in the workplace.

“It’s all about educating and empowering people to know what to do and to do the right thing.”

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Two, set up procedures for each employee to understand basically the route they take if they witness or experience themselves discrimination or harassment or bullying. Three, ensure they provide pro-active training to each and every employee regardless of the size of the organization.

The law came into force as of Nov. 1 but a lot of businesses are not aware of it, or are just realizing it, and Respect in the Workplace can help.

“We’ve set up an arrangement that enables members with the 126 various chambers in the province of B.C. to take advantage of our online interactive training program,” Blaisdell related. “It’s designed to be delivered to each and every employee in the organization at a reduced rate. The BC Chamber expressed interest once they saw what we were doing.”

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and receive consistent messaging that has no restrictions as far as geographic locations. “As long as people have Internet access, which the majority of people do, they are able to complete and get certification that they have successfully completed the program.�

Businesses are asking questions and the Respect in the Workplace provides answers, he said. “Once people understand it, they realize this is the right thing to do. I want to ensure my employees are safe in an environment where there is minimal risk around these issues happening.

And they are pretty receptive to it,� he said.

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the template set up by Kennedy and Wayne McNeil, whose Respect in Sport program has already made an impact nationwide. “Today, there are over 80 sport organizations in Canada that mandate Respect in Sport, so if you are a coach or a parent within your sporting organizations, you need to be certified in that program in order for you or your child to participate. “Since that time, the two other programs: Respect in School and Respect in the Workplace were developed with the same platform, the same technology that Respect in Sport generated.�

Because there’s no specific start time, people can come and join up at any time.

No one has to shut down their business for a day while everyone gets classroom training.

The program also offers one-on-one privacy. “If people are considering a classroom-based facilitated session for their employees there could be fear and anxiety as far as people wanting to openly participate when they are in the same room with the individuals as they may be having issues with,� Blaisdell said.

Once people are certified, the atmosphere at the workplace changes. “We have a lot of good statistics following implementation with the change that organizations see and it’s very positive all around. And it’s a very cost-effective way to do it,� Blaisdell said.

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Last year they sang, “Gonna stand tall, gonna stand free, gonna stand with all of my dignity,� at the start of a massive rally and walk through town in support of the One Billion Rising campaign to end violence against women and girls — some of the most extreme forms of bullying.

This year, there will also be additional celebrations of what is also International Women’s Day, with the annual Bread & Roses event later on March 7 at the Eagles Hall on Boys Road.

Doors open there at 5 p.m. with a blessing at 5:45, a dinner at 6 and entertainment starting at 7 p.m.

The invitation from the organizers, who include the Cowichan Spirit of Women, Cowichan Women Against Violence, Cowichan Intercultural Society and Benoit & Associates Health, is simple: “Please bring potluck dish, plate, cup and utensils.�

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Managers can still manage LEXI BAINAS CITIZEN

New regulations about bullying in the workplace are designed to “allow managers to manage” but businesses still need to move quickly to establish procedures to make their operations bully-proof, according to Glenn Barned of RGB Enterprises, who offer services in the occupational health and safety field.

He held a workshop recently for members of the Duncan-Cowichan Chamber of Commerce, explaining to them what is involved with fulfilling the new requirements.

“The reality is that the definition on that side is very tight and the actual number of claims that go through is going to be quite small. We know that from previous history in other jurisdictions.”

But the regulations have been tightened.

“It’s important to understand that a doctor can’t just write a note saying: this person is under stress and he’ll go off on a WCB claim because GPs can’t write that note.

“For a worker to go off on a WCB claim, they have to be under the care of a psychiatrist or psychologist and they can say that that person has a mental disorder.

“GPs would have to refer them,” Barned said.

The new definitions of bullying still means an owner or supervisor run a company or department as usual if they do it respectfully.

But, tight deadlines, normal stresses of work and similar situations will not be considered, he said, adding that some conflicts, too, are just part of life, he said.

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Dragon Divas can always use more hands PROLIFIC PADDLERS:

Cowichan crew of survivors holds a membership drive LEXI BAINAS CITIZEN

The Cowichan Valley Dragon Divas are so well-known and hardworking that some folks might think they never need a hand.

But they do.

They need extra hands to help paddle their famous dragon boat and to that end the enthusiastic group of cancer survivors are holding a membership drive. They started earlier this month with a special session at the Cowichan Bay Maritime Centre.

“We are here to recruit new members and welcome back old members and tell them a bit about our society,” said Divas paddler Carla Davies.

“It has been difficult to get members for the Divas lately. I would like to think it’s because fewer women are getting cancer, but a lot of our members have come to the age where they feel they can’t paddle strongly any more.”

Dragon boat paddling is serious exercise but it’s really worthwhile, she said.

“It does take a lot of work and energy, a lot of endurance and strength to do this. It’s not just a Sunday afternoon paddle when you’re competing. Some members have found it’s time for them to move on, so, we are looking for new people.”

If you’re a woman who’s survived cancer and think you might enjoy it, the Divas offer a rewarding community of supporters.

“We don’t care what age you are. We welcome members of all ages. The Angels in Nanaimo have a woman in her 80s that paddles. They help her in and out of the boat but she paddles. She’s amazing. You can be any age. You just have to do some work to get stronger. Upper body strength is really important. And then be ready to come out and have fun while we are spreading awareness,” Davies said.

The generous Cowichan Valley Dragon Divas prepare to present a hefty cheque to the Cowichan District Hospital Foundation. [LEXI BAINAS/CITIZEN]

“It does take a lot of work and energy, a lot of endurance and strength to do this. It’s not just a Sunday afternoon paddle when you’re competing.”

CARLA DAVIES, Dragon Divas paddler

It’s a commitment to fitness, but “you get stronger as the year goes on,” she said.

“Your coach will probably ease you in for a while and then say: get at it. We have to get into festival training mode so you have to have good lung capacity. You have to

have aerobic exercise somewhere in your program for the week and you have to have upper body strength, too.”

It used to be that the Divas had all dealt with breast cancer, but that isn’t the case any more.

“As of last year we are inviting

any female who has had any type of cancer to join us,” Davies said.

“Our focus is still on breast cancer although we touch on many other cancers in the support we give throughout the year to efforts like the Terry Fox run, Tour de Rock, the Cancer Society luncheon and the Volunteer Society luncheon.

We support them all.

“Last year we also got really involved in the Ovarian Cancer Walk and I still wear my ribbon: teal is for them. As we have four members with ovarian cancer now. It’s part and parcel of breast cancer so we kind of dove into that.”

All people have to do to join is visit website at dragondivas.ca. To

belong to the Divas, it’s $25 for a year and if you paddle, it’s another $100.

“We have occasional paddlers who have not had breast cancer who come out and help us paddle,” Davies said. “They pay $5 per session. Some of them paddle every time we go out. They’re very committed, these gals, and we’re really glad to have them with us.

“There is no deadline to sign up. Of course we would like to fill the boat. People are okay to join as long as their doctor says they are fit to paddle. We have women in treatment who paddle with us.

There were a number of us paddling quite competitively last year, too,” she said.

Dragon Divas donate $5,200 to Hospital Foundation

Kathy McCoy of the Cowichan Valley Dragon Divas

Kathy McCoy of the Cowichan Valley Dragon Divas, in helping to hand over $5,200 to the Cowichan District Hospital Foundation, said the Divas’ rowing group works hard to raise funds.

“We [work hard] every year, to raise money we hope to use for international travel. But last year we did not do that so we decided to donate those funds to the Cowichan District Hospital rather than

let them sit. We wanted to see them put to use,” McCoy said.

The Dragon Divas know the money is going to a good cause.

“The hospital foundation is working towards a new hospital and new equipment, so we’re sure this donation will be well used.”

Linda Roseneck, the Cowichan District Hospital Foundation’s administrative director, was on hand to receive the cheque.

In discussion with McCoy afterwards, Roseneck said she thought it was time for the Cowichan Valley to really start to push Island Health for a replacement hospital for the Valley.

Many aspects of health care in the region need to expand and develop but require more space and an updated facility to do so.

Lexi Bainas, Citizen

Linda Roseneck of the Cowichan District Hospital Foundation

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History blank: Who was Madame Bendixen?

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ho was Madame Bendixen?

So asked Victoria writer/historian Charles Lillard in 1996.

His question remains, for the most part, unanswered.

Few pioneer Victorians would have recognized the “coarse and almost repellant” Madame Bendixen of the St. George Hotel as the belle who’d once turned the San Francisco underworld on its ear.

Those who did know her background must have marvelled at the extraordinary change brought about in so few years.

M. Bendixen and his stout wife erected the modest two-storey brick hotel, on the present site of the Eaton’s Centre, upon their arrival in the Crown Colony of Vancouver Island in 1862. For a while the St. George was Victoria’s finest, its “accommodating” host and hostess enjoying a profitable business.

That is, when the madame wasn’t “in one of her queer moods”.

For Mrs. Bendixen, it would appear, was as fiery and loud as she was stout, and not many ventured within range when she was on the warpath. When the town experienced hard times, the landlady’s notorious disposition became even worse, driving what few clients remained to seek other accommodations.

They’d have scarcely believed that, just eight years before, she’d been “one of the handsomest and daintiest of the smart set of San Francisco”. Many times, hundreds of admiring eyes had followed the beautiful woman in the shining carriage drawn by a magnificent team of horses along Montgomery Street. The mistress of a leading Bay City underworld figure, she enjoyed a life of royalty, with the finest of jewels, furs and silks.

Then, unaccountably, she changed almost overnight. Instead of the haughty paramour she became a tower of virtue, even announcing her forthcoming marriage. Retiring to a cottage, she attended church and shunned all association with her former cronies.

Her rejected lover reacted with gifts and kind words then threats. The police, riddled by corruption, turned a deaf ear to her pleas for protection. She refused to yield even when nitric acid was splashed across her gown. After two thugs beat her fiancé unmercifully and she miraculously survived the bombing of her cottage, she had endure “the most scandalous stories” that were spread about her.

Rather than break her spirit, wrote pioneer Victoria journalist D.W. Higgins, who’d known her slightly while in living in California, the terror campaign “only increased her religious fervour and tended to confirm her in a desire to reform”. When next he’d seen her, in Victoria, instead of the “shrinking, timid, handsome girl of several years before, she had developed into a fat, bold and quarrelsome, middle-aged woman”. So dramatic was the change in Madame Bendixen’s appearance that Higgins hadn’t recognized her at first.

For four years, Louis and Fanny Bendixen, who’d invested their savings in the St. George, struggled to keep it afloat. But Victoria was in a recession; businesses foundered and thistles grew in the dusty intersections of Yates and Government streets, the city’s busiest thoroughfares.

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After 27 years, CTRA gala takes one off SARAH SIMPSON CITIZEN

Cowichan Therapeutic Riding Association has cancelled its 2014 gala dinner and auction.

The difficult decision came after the group’s board of directors opted to save valuable staff and volunteer time for program delivery instead.

“Dedicated individuals who have worked tirelessly on the Gala for many years also deserve and need a break,” said Anne Muir, the CTRA’s executive director. “We have decided that for 2014 we must focus on program delivery and the many projects involved in running our organization and maintaining a 100 year old barn!”

While significant man-hours will be saved in opting out of the annual gala, the financial reasons the gala was important still remain.

“Our hope is that the spirit of generosity that has been present at the past 27 annual CTRA Galas is still strong and that you will still consider supporting us,” Muir said.

Today a tourist Mecca, boomtown Barkerville was the final home of the mysterious Fanny Bendixen. - B.C. Government photo Finally, they sold, no doubt, at a loss.

Begbie. Lillard found the references to By this time, not even Louis could the mysterious Mrs. B to be the most stand his wife’s shrewish tongue and intriguing and glumly conceded, “I still he left for California, she moving to don’t know the [real] identity of Mrs. the Cariboo to open a modest saloon in Bendixen.”

Barkerville. Years later, word reached In Barkerville, Richard Thomas Victoria of her death at the age of 70.

Wright devotes two pages to “the enigShe’d admitted to being 44. matic” Fanny ‘Bendixon’ Which brings us to a who arrived in Barkerville 1996 column in the Timesaged about 25, to become Colonist in which the late owner, over the years, of sevwriter/historian Charles eral saloons (among them, Lillard pondered Madame shades of Victoria, the St. Bendixen’s real story. He’d George) and, quite likely, read Higgins, of course, but a brothel keeper. By then what intrigued him most she was thought to weigh were fleeting references to in excess of 300 pounds, so CHRONICLES Mrs. B in W.B. Cheadle’s large that she straddled T.W. Paterson classic Journal of a Trip two chairs while dispensAcross Canada. Written 20 ing drinks to patrons, and years after he and Viscount Milton prompting Judge Begbie to refer to made most history as being among her in a letter as being of “undiscoverB.C.’s first tourist explorers, Cheadle able girth although she was always of described their stay in Victoria in 1864, goodly diameter”. the leading citizens they met socially By then she was known, particularly while staying at the St. George where, to children, for her genial disposition in stark contrast to her previously although her fiery temper lurked, as described notoriety and foul temper, always, just beneath the surface and they were “rapturously welcomed” required little to spark an eruption of by their hostess. At a dinner at the profanity. Her death, in January 1899, Thomas Harris home, Mrs. Bendixen prompted a civil suit over disposition “inveighed against the degradation of of her valuable earrings. dining with le gros boucher,” their host We’ll leave the last word on this mysand the city’s first mayor having made tery woman to Richard Wright: “Even his fortune as a butcher. in death Fanny Bendixon was a woman In his book, Cheadle describes who captured the imagination of many other dinners, others of the city’s and and likely the hearts of many a miner colony’s leading citizens, among them and businessman along the creeks.”

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Brianna Mulder, Hailey Deschenes and Sheryl Sizer were among Kerry Park’s top skaters when the Kerry Park Skating Club hosted the Vancouver Island regional competition earlier this month. [KEVIN ROTHBAUER/CITIZEN]

Kerry Park skaters excel at Island competition KEVIN ROTHBAUER CITIZEN

With the Olympic Games on their minds, figure skaters from across Vancouver Island gathered at Kerry Park Arena earlier this month for the regional competition, and skaters from the home club had exceptional results.

“All of the competitors went into this competition with an Olympic spirit,” coach April Rob-

son said. “They all skated to their best potential, with some meeting their set goals and others setting new one. Congratulations to all who competed, and a huge thank you to all workers and volunteers who made it a success.”

In the Star 1 level, Sofia Ryan earned bronze, and in Star 2, Natalie Urquhart and Megan Kowan collected silver, Zohra Verduin, Jessica Kennes and Alyssa

Casavant earned bronze, and Emma Muller received merit.

In Star 3, Deryn Hotel claimed silver, and in Star 4, Sheryl Sizer placed third, Brianna Mulder took fifth, Hailey Deschenes was sixth, and Taya Deschenes was seventh.

Aleesha Norton was eighth in Pre Intro Interpretive, and Melanie Whittome was sixth in Intro Interpretive.

Surrounded by students, Duncan Junior Baseball president Kevin Olender presents a Winter Ball kit to Mt. Prevost principal Pedro Mengual. [SUBMITTED]

Duncan Junior Baseball awards winter ball kits Duncan Junior Baseball — with the help of BC Baseball, Baseball Canada and Major League Baseball — was able to award Winter Ball activity kits to three Cowichan Valley elementary schools selected by the provincial body. École Mount Prevost, Maple Bay and Drinkwater elementaries were chosen.

“Winter Ball is an initiationbased program designed to be effortlessly introduced into the P.E curriculum,” Duncan Junior Baseball president Kevin Olender explained. “Children in Kindergarten to Grade 7 will learn the basic fundamentals of throwing, catching and hitting in an indoor environment.”

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Duncan player ready for starring role HIT THE ICE: Lynden Eddy

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T-Birds roll to North Island AAAA hoops title KEVIN ROTHBAUER CITIZEN

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A year ago this time, Duncan hockey player Lynden Eddy and his family were engrossed in the first season of the APTN TV series Hit The Ice. Little did he know at the time that he would be featured on the second season.

Hit The Ice brings together 25 young aboriginal hockey prospects under the tutelage of former NHL player and junior hockey coach John Chabot, giving them a taste of what it takes to play at a higher level, including showcase games in front of junior and college scouts.

“We thought it was really cool, like [NHL docu-series] 24/7,” Eddy said.

The Eddys learned about the National Aboriginal Hockey Championships, and Lynden’s mom found out about tryouts for Team BC in Williams Lake. Eddy made the team, and two weeks later was at the national tournament at the Kahnawake reserve near Montreal. Team BC beat Ontario 4-2 in the final, and Eddy finished as his team’s top scorer, second overall.

“After the game, I was approached by John and the camera crew and they asked me to be part of Hit The Ice,” Eddy recalled.

“Obviously it was an easy decision to go on.

That’s the whole reason it started.”

The decision turned out to be the right one, as the Hit The Ice experience was everything the TV series promised.

“It was amazing,” Eddy said. “They did such a good job. They treated us so well.

It was probably the best experience of my life.”

Chabot and the Hit The Ice crew guided the players through on-ice sessions, off-ice workouts, and aide range of team-building activities.

“You’re with them seven days, living in the same building, so it created a good bond,” Eddy said. “I still talk to a lot of the guys on Twitter and stuff like that.”

The experience also left a mark on Eddy as a player.

“It bettered me as a hockey player,” he said. “After that, I think I was at the highest peak I’ve been at in my career.”

In addition to Chabot, several current NHLers were involved in Hit The Ice, including Jordan Nolan, Grant Clitsome,

Coming soon to a TV near you, Lynden Eddy (right) fights for the puck during a game between his Nanaimo Buccaneers and the Kerry Park Islanders earlier this season. [KEVIN ROTHBAUER/CITIZEN]

“It bettered me as a hockey player.

After that, I think I was at the highest peak I’ve been in my career.”

LYNDEN EDDY, hockey player and ‘Hit The Ice’ star

Derick Brassard, Pascal Dupuis, Marc Methot, Max Talbot and P.A. Parenteau.

“They weren’t just out there mucking around,” Eddy said. “They participated in the drills and pushed us.”

Beyond hockey, Hit The Ice gave Eddy a chance to connect with his aboriginal heritage — he is descended from the Iroquois nation — and enjoy it.

“I always knew I was aboriginal, but I never really embraced it until Hit The Ice happened,” he said. “Lots of kids have aboriginal heritage, but they don’t want to embrace it. If more people knew about it and embraced it, it can take them down a different path; not just in hockey, but other sports as well.”

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This season has had some ups and downs for Eddy, who just six weeks ago broke his orbital bone, sinus and upper jaw. He also converted from forward to defence — something that happened in the middle of a game when his team found itself short on blueliners but ended up sticking permanently.

Eddy is hoping to play junior A hockey next year and score a college scholarship.

“Honestly I just want to play at the highest level I can for as long as I can,” he said.

Eddy has several role models he can look up to, including some big names from the Olympics. Ted Nolan, Jordan’s dad and the current coach of the Buffalo Sabres, guided Latvia to an impressive eighth-place finish, and one of Canada’s biggest stars was Carey Price. As a Boston Bruins fan, Eddy isn’t supposed to like the Montreal Canadiens netminder, but can’t resist it.

“He’s inspiring,” Eddy admitted. “He comes from a small town in northern B.C., and his dad did everything he could to get him to practices. The next thing you know, he’s backstopping Canada to gold.”

Eddy will make his screen debut when Hit The Ice kicks off its second season this Thursday at 8:30 p.m. on APTN.

Having already gone undefeated against their fellow North Island AAAA senior boys basketball teams, the Cowichan Thunderbirds took their game to another level last weekend as they claimed the North Island championship.

Cowichan topped G.P. Vanier 71-63 in the title contest, jumping out to a lead early in the game and hanging on.

“We got off to a good start,” head coach Sandeep Heer said. “We held them to 23 in the first half. Our defence was really good.”

Vanier made a run in the third quarter, something the T-Birds expected from the host team, and managed to get within five points, but Cowichan didn’t back down.

“It was good to hold onto the lead and pull out the win,” Heer said. “We need close games like that. Going forward, we need that adversity to see if we can make it. I was happy with the way our players took it one possession at a time and never gave up.”

The T-Birds opened with a 78-44 win over Alberni District, taking control in the second quarter after the teams emerged from the first tied at 12-12.

“They came ready to play, and we might have taken them a bit lightly,” Heer said.

In the second quarter, the T-Birds settled down and got their transition game going, opened up a double-digit lead, then continued that trend in the second half. Josh Charles scored 26 points against Alberni.

At the Island tournament, beginning this Thursday in Port Alberni, the T-Birds will be gunning for one of two berths in the provincial championships.

“We’ve got an opportunity to get into the final,” Heer said. “Playing the fourth seed down there [Belmont], that’s a winnable game. Once we get into the semifinal, we’ve got to beat a stronger team.”

In the semis, the T-Birds would face either Dover Bay, who they have already defeated this year, or Mount Douglas, who they haven’t played but are confident they can beat.

“We need to come out with a good start and keep doing what we’ve been doing,” Heer said. “Our defence has been really good, so we need to keep doing that.”

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Brentwood gets ‘painfully close’ to AA provincials, Shawnigan 7th at Islands KEVIN ROTHBAUER CITIZEN

Brodie Smith had his first two BCHL points against Nanaimo on Saturday. [KEVIN ROTHBAUER/CITIZEN]

Caps gain ground in race, then slip back KEVIN ROTHBAUER CITIZEN

One step forward, one step back.

Continuing their harrowing battle for a B.C. Hockey League playoff spot, the Cowichan Valley Capitals pulled ahead of the Alberni Valley Bulldogs with a 7-2 trouncing of the Nanaimo Clippers last Friday night, only to move back into a tie when they lost to the Powell River Kings on Saturday.

The Caps took full advantage of the Clippers’ tendencies to mix things up on Saturday, going 4-for-11 on the powerplay while giving up just two man advantages.

Twelve different players recorded points for the Caps, led by Colton Kehler’s two goals and one assist. Dane Gibson also scored twice, Jordan Topping had a goal and a helper, and Clint Filbrandt and Taylor Allan had singles. Mason Malkowich, Brayden Gelsinger, Jesse Neher and Myles

Powell had two assists each.

Robin Gusse had another strong start, stopping 35 of 37 shots for his 20th win of the season.

In Powell River on Sunday, Gibson and defenceman Valik Chichkin did the scoring, but it wasn’t enough as the Kings scored the last three goals, including an empty-netter. Gusse made another 35 saves, this time on 39 shots.

The Caps and Bulldogs both have 48 points with two games left. The Caps hold the tiebreaker with 21 wins to the Bulldogs’ 20.

Cowichan will play back-to-back games against the Victoria Cougars this weekend, beginning at home on Friday when the team will honour Caleb Kroffat, the young minor hockey player who died outside a game in November. The teams will head to Victoria for the season finale on Saturday night.

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Brentwood College’s senior boys team played some of its best basketball of the season at the Island AA championships last weekend, and nearly found themselves with a berth at the provincial tournament.

“We came painfully close,” said head coach Blake Gage, whose team lost 62-58 to Highland in the battle for third place — and a place at provincials — last Saturday. “The guys played really, really well in the last game. We should have them, but we tightened up in the last few minutes and didn’t execute. I was really proud of the way the boys played. It was an excellent game.”

Brentwood opened with a 63-59 win over John Barsby on Thursday, which Gage called the team’s weakest game of the tournament. On Friday, they lost 79-38 in the second round to a Lambrick Park team that would go on to lose the final by just two points.

Down 14 points at halftime, the Brentwood coaches made the difficult decision to rest their starters for a busy Saturday rather than leave them in for an unlikely comeback.

“We emptied the bench pretty early in the second,” Gage recalled. “The guys we put in played great. I was really happy with their effort.”

On Saturday morning, the shooting of Skyler Rustad, defence of Paul Lee and rebounding of Devin Cvitanovich spurred Brentwood to a 68-52 win over a big, physical Kwalikum team and into the thirdplace game.

In the game against Highland, Cvitanovich scored 19 points and added 10 rebounds, Rustad scored 12 on 4-for-6 shooting from outside the arc, Lee had six assists and five steals on his way to a tournament all-

“I was really proud of the way the boys played.”

BLAKE GAGE, Brentwood College boys basketball coach

star berth, and Kadon Ricard came off the bench to score 10 in his final game with Brentwood.

Graduating this year along with Ricard are Harrison Backer, Aidan Carr and Woody Lee, but Cvitanovich, Paul Lee and Sean Monteiro lead a strong returning pack.

“Unlike last year, we’ve got a good group coming back who have played significant minutes this year,” Gage said.

Shawnigan Lake School also played in the Island tournament, losing 57-35 to Highland and 60-37 to Kwalikum to finish seventh.

“We were in the first game for a while, but turnovers just killed us,” head coach Vito Pasquale said. “They put a press on us, and we had trouble scoring.”

Highland poured in the three-pointers to take a double-digit lead early and kept rolling.

“In our second game, we lost the grip on things against Kwalikum,” Pasquale recalled. “We were right in the game until the end when we lost our nerve.”

Phillip Norris led Shawnigan over the weekend, specifically on the glass.

“He rebounded really well,” Pasquale said. “He’s been one of our top scorers all year, but he worked really hard at helping us rebound on the weekend.”

Shawnigan only graduates four players, and with a strong batch of juniors coming up, Pasquale is optimistic about the future.

“For our juniors to go so far and battle as far as they did sure helps,” they’ll have valuable experience.”

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Late push gets Cowichan FC past Gordon Head in Cup tourney KEVIN ROTHBAUER CITIZEN

A flurry of goals — not unlike the flurries of snow that nearly caused the game to be cancelled — allowed Cowichan FC to get past the Gordon Head Blazers last Saturday and on to the quarterfinals of the Jackson Cup tournament, the Vancouver Island men’s soccer championship.

Dan Cato and Steve Scott scored in the last 10 minutes of the game, lifting Cowichan to a 2-1 victory.

“It wasn’t easy, but we pulled it out,” Cowichan coach Glen Martin said. “Every year, there seems to be one Div. 2 team that does that to us.”

A big, strong Div. 2 team, the Blazers played the way Cowichan expected them

to, focusing on defence. Although Cowichan dominated in terms of possession and territory, their good scoring chances were limited to one, an effort from Dan Citra that didn’t find its mark.

The Blazers broke the scoreless deadlock on one of their rare forays into Cowichan territory.

“It was a classic example,” Martin said.

“They had one chance across half, they let go of a shot, and it gets by our goalie.”

The referee barely had time to start play at centre, however, before Cato scored to tie the game, and Scott scored the winner shortly after on what Martin still believes was meant to be a cross to his teammates.

“He definitely wasn’t trying to get a shot in,” the coach said.

Martin credited Kevin Jones for sparking the victory. The supersub was named game MVP despite just playing the last 20 minutes.

“He didn’t score, but he really gave us a boost,” he said. “He stirred it up pretty good.”

Brad Thorne also played an excellent game, running the middle of the pitch for Cowichan.

Cowichan’s next game will be on the weekend of March 7 when they host Saanich Fusion, the top team in Div. 2.

“It’ll be a hard game for sure. We have to

be ready, and we will be, as long as there’s a game.”

Cowichan’s own Div. 2 team will play its first Jackson Cup game that same weekend, hosting Nanaimo’s Div. 2 squad at Evans Field at 2 p.m. on March 9.

Nanaimo finished the Div. 2 season two spots below Cowichan United.

Cowichan’s Div. 1 women’s team had its Doug Day Cup opener cancelled last Sunday, but has another game scheduled for this Sunday, at noon against Saanich FC, a Div. 2 entry, at Evans Field. Cowichan still has five league games remaining.

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Islands are a learning experience for BCS girls KEVIN ROTHBAUER CITIZEN

With back to back losses against host Mark Isfeld and Nanaimo District Secondary, Brentwood College’s trip to the AA senior girls basketball Island championships didn’t last long, but the team had already achieved its aim from the start of the year.

“I was a little disappointed with how we played in the second game, because I think if we had played the way we did at South Islands, we would have had a chance,” coach Jordan Warner said. “But our goal at the start of the season was to make it to Islands, and we ended up accomplishing that goal.”

Most of the top AA teams this season were from the North Island, so it was beneficial for the Brentwood players just to reach Islands and see what those teams are doing

“Our goal at the start of the season was to make it to Islands, and we ended up accomplishing that.”

JORDAN WARNER, Brentwood College girls basketball coach

to achieve success.

“To be able to see them and watch the other teams should give them a sense of what it will take next year,” Warner said.

“Hopefully it motivates the kids.”

Among the players returning next year will be Tajzha Doman and Petra Jackson.

“Tajzha has probably been our most consistent player all year on offence and defence,” Warner said. “Petra made big strides; when we qualified for Islands she really stepped up.”

OFFICIAL COMMUNITY PLAN AMENDMENT BYLAW No. 3781 ZONING AMENDMENT BYLAW No. 3782 Applicable to Electoral Area G – Saltair/Gulf Islands NOTICE is hereby given that a Public Hearing will be held as follows to consider the above described Amendment Bylaws: TIME 7:00 PM DATE Thursday, March 6, 2014 PLACE Mount Brenton Centre, 3850 South Oyster School Road, Saltair, BC Of¿cial Community Plan Amendment Bylaw No. 3781 proposes to amend Electoral Area G – Saltair/ Gulf Islands Of¿cial Community Plan Bylaw No. 2500 by deleting Policy 9.2 which reads: “Development of land in the Manufactured Home Park Residential Designation will comply with the Regional District Mobile Home Park Bylaw”.

Zoning Amendment Bylaw No. 3782 proposes to amend Electoral Area G – Saltair/Gulf Islands Zoning Bylaw No. 2524 by deleting Section 3.11.8 (Minimum Parcel Size Exemption for Manufactured Home Park Strata Plan), and by deleting Section 5.5 (MP-1 Manufactured Home Zone 1) and replacing it with a revised MP-1 zone that would permit site built dwellings.

The purpose of Bylaw Nos. 3781 and 3782 is to amend the MP-1 Zone to permit “site built” dwellings as an alternative to mobile homes (CSA Z240) and modular homes (CSA Z277) that are presently permitted in the MP-1 zone. The only properties currently zoned MP-1 and which will be affected by the amendment bylaws are shown outlined on the side map.

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At the public hearing, all persons who deem their interests affected by the proposed amendments will be afforded an opportunity to be heard or to present written submissions on matters contained therein, before representatives of the Regional Board. Prior to the public hearing, submit written comments on the bylaws by: Fax: 250-746-2621 Email: ds@cvrd.bc.ca or Mail and/or deposit at the Regional District of¿ces by 4:30 pm on the day of the hearing.

The public hearing is to be held by Directors M. Walker, B. Fraser, G. Giles, L. Iannidinardo, L. Duncan, I. Morrison, M. Dorey, M. Marcotte and P. Weaver as delegates of the Board.

A copy of the Board resolution delegating the holding of the public hearing, and other documents that may be considered by the Board in determining whether to adopt the Bylaws are available for public inspection at the Regional District Planning & Development Department of¿ce: 175 Ingram Street, Duncan, BC

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From Tuesday, February 18, 2014, to Thursday, March 6, 2014, between the hours of 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday. Supporting material may also be viewed on the CVRD website at the following address: http://www.cvrd.bc.ca/index.aspx?NID=1282 FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT Rob Conway, Manager, Planning & Development Department at 250-746-2620.

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