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Kids suffering in hockey dispute KEVIN ROTHBAUER CITIZEN

At the end of their playoff game against Comox last Sunday, the players from the pee wee Tier 1 Cowichan Valley Capitals skated to the corner of the rink where their coach was seated and raised their sticks to him in salute. It was a simple, unscripted gesture, but one that showed how much the coaches — two of whom are currently suspended by the Vancouver Island Amateur Hockey Association from all minor hockey activities because of a dispute at the executive level — mean to the players. This is playoff time for minor hockey players, and several Cowichan teams are being forced to soldier ahead without coaches, for a problem unrelated to the players themselves. “The heart of our team, which is the coaches, has been taken away from our children at a really critical time,” said Glynis Steen, whose son, Marcus, plays for the pee wee Tier 1 Caps, and whose daughter’s initiation coach is also among the suspended. “For them to say that our kids haven’t been affected by this situation is so wrong.” The players, parents say, are collateral damage in the dispute between VIAHA and the Cowichan Valley Minor Hockey executive. “I think they’ve lost focus,” Steen said of the VIAHA. “They’ve forgotten that this is about the players, and about kids.” Six coaches and at least one manager were among 12 executive members suspended indefin-

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One of several teams missing coaches after the suspension of the CVMHA executive, the pee wee Tier 1 Capitals recreate the salute to their coaches from last Saturday’s playoff game. [KEVIN ROTHBAUER/CITIZEN] itely by the VIAHA, affecting at least four teams and, according to some people, more than 100 players. Two members of the executive, including the past president, have been restored to their positions to make sure games continue. Dylan Livingston’s son, Hunter, also plays for the pee wee Tier 1 Caps. Livingston isn’t behind the bench this year, but he has 17 years of coaching experience, and is dismayed by what is hap-

pening this year. “As an outsider looking in, having been a coach and being a parent, this has definitely affected my kid and the other kids as well,” he said. The pee wee Capitals finished league play at 12-0, and have been aiming all year at a provincial championship. Livingston credits the coaches for all their work, which has included two on-ice sessions every week, as well as dryland

training and video analysis. “There’s no question that a lot of that [success] is because of the time that the coaches have put in,” he said. VIAHA president Jim Humphrey, a Lake Cowichan businessman, says he feels bad for the kids affected by the suspensions, but says he had no choice but to suspend the entire executive, whether they are coaches or not. See Allegations • page 4

If something isn’t done about a dangerous intersection in Shawnigan Lake village, somebody is going to be killed, warned Bruce Fraser. “It’s been a mess for months and months,” said Fraser, the Cowichan Valley Regional District area director for Shawnigan Lake. “This is a serious public safety issue. It’s sort of like the intersection at Valleyview. We had to kill somebody there going left before we actually did anything about it.” Crosswalks at the Shawnigan Lake Road-Shawnigan Mill Bay Road junction are so worn away they are all but invisible he said. Fraser has been communicating with the Ministry of Transportation about the problem since the summer, he said, but just received excuses about their sign painter. Then a few weeks ago a woman was nearly run down as she crossed the road with her grandchildren, in what was once a marked crosswalk. That prompted Fraser to write a letter. His message to the Ministry: “For heaven’s sake, do something here. This is simple. It is putting people at serious risk.” On Monday at 10:41 a.m., a 93-year-old man was crossing the street outside of the two See Leaving walk • page 4

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Soil protest ramps up with $30K from school; billboard erected

$2.7M in critical repairs to start at Kerry Park facility

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As soon as hockey season is over, Kerry Park Arena will undergo a massive overhaul. Work on $2.7 million in critical facility repairs is expected to start in March. “The first priority is to replace the nearly 40-year-old arena refrigeration ice rink slab and installation of the sub-floor heating system, as well as the arena dasher boards during the dry floor season to ensure there is little disruption to the ice season,” said Mike Croft, chair of the Kerry Park Recreation Commission. “The goal is to complete the slab work by mid-August.” The arena portion of the Kerry Park Recreation Centre will be closed during the repairs, which means disruption for box lacrosse, although the Cowichan Valley Lacrosse Association was given advance notice. “Our regular users have been notified of the project work and are working with other local

If it can happen in Shawnigan, it can happen in your community, too. That is one of the messages that the Shawnigan Residents Association is aiming to spread in their continuing fight against the movement of contaminated soil into the Shawnigan Lake watershed, with a new billboard erected Wednesday, Jan. 22 on the Patricia Bay Highway heading into Victoria. “It’s our way of trying to get the word out there,” said Calvin Cook, the SRA’s vice president. The SRA, alongside the Cowichan Valley Regional District, is in a battle with South Island Aggregates, a company that has been granted a permit by the provincial Environment Ministry to accept thousands of tonnes of contaminated soil in a gravel pit on its site in the watershed. The movement of the soil onto the site is currently stayed while the CVRD and SRA appeal the permit. Because such facilities can generate significant revenue, and the existence of contaminated soil creates a need for such facilities, Cook said they realize dirty dirt will be deposited somewhere. But there are some places in our communities that it shouldn’t go. “All we’re saying is they’re not allowed within the ALR, they’re not allowed within a park, surely they shouldn’t be allowed within a community watershed,” he said. “We understand nobody wants these in their backyard, but is a community watershed even a place that should be entertained to put these?” Due to rainfall amounts and the proximity to Shawnigan creek, Cook said, SIA’s property is not a good choice. “It just seems like this would be

Those travelling the Patricia Bay Highway in Victoria will see this billboard, erected by the Residents Association in January. [SUBMITTED] one of the first places that you would strike off the list,” he said. It’s a sentiment echoed by David Robertson, headmaster of Shawnigan Lake School, which announced last week it was donating $30,000 to the SRA’s legal fund. The lake, he pointed out, is a vacation and water sports destination. The school, which is located on the lake, uses the water for a number of programs, including their highly successful rowing program. Robertson said he is still hopeful that those fighting the importation of contaminated soil will be successful. “Ultimately, I actually can’t quite fathom how anybody would be wanting to dump anything that had the least bit of toxicity in it up high in a watershed when we know the laws of gravity,” he said. “The whole idea seems to be so counter to what people are doing from an environmental point of view these days, and so when I heard of what was going on months and months ago we couldn’t understand it.” Robertson said he wrote to the premier on behalf of everyone in the Shawnigan Lake area. The school also has several students on the board of the Residents Association, where they are learn-

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ing the ins and outs of the political process. “As the biggest employer in the area, and an organization that really feels a part of this community, we felt that we had to show some leadership in this whole business, in the fight,” he said. “It would be such a shame for everyone to have any sense of a tainting of the reputation of the lake.” With the placement of the billboard in a spot where everyone coming from the airport and the ferries will see it, along with visibility for many Greater Victoria commuters, Cook said they are looking to generate more support from outside of the Cowichan Valley. It’s particularly important as the group thinks they’re in for a long legal battle against the permit. “We’re going to need as much support as we can get,” Cook said.

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Crosswalk markings on the road have been almost entirely obliterated. This has led to a public safety issue, says Shawnigan Lake area director Bruce Fraser. [LEXI BAINAS/CITIZEN]

Leaving walk unpainted ‘derelict’ From page 1 crosswalks at the four way stop when he was struck by a vehicle. He is in serious, but not lifethreatening condition, according to Shawnigan Lake RCMP. That the man was hit outside of the crosswalk areas just illustrates the danger of the intersection, said Fraser. “There is no remaining evidence on the ground of a ‘designated crosswalk.’ That is the point I have been making these many months,” he said. “The paint faded away long ago and has not been renewed.” “It is totally ludicrous to blame the victim when the circum-

stances are so obviously a result of official neglect and unchecked bad driving behaviour,” Fraser said. Because the road markings are virtually non-existent, he said, drivers tend to treat people in the roadway as jaywalkers who shouldn’t be there, whether they are in the crosswalk or not. “So a lot of people just blow right through the intersection. They don’t fully stop. They treat the people as being sort of like ‘what are you doing in the middle of my road?’” he said. It’s a busy intersection, Fraser said. “Leaving it unpainted for virtually a couple of years is just

really quite derelict,” he said. While a paint job is the first step, Fraser would also like to see further traffic control in the form of a crosswalk light, because what’s there right now isn’t cutting it. “People are paying no attention to the four-way stop signs,” he said. “I’ve seen people blast right through that stop sign as though it wasn’t there.” The Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure confirmed that Minister Todd Stone has received the letter from Fraser. Stone is reviewing that letter, the Ministry said in an email, and will respond once that review is complete.

“The kids are playing hockey; they’re on the ice,” he said. “They’re playing the game they signed up for. My other option was to suspend all of the CVMHA, so none of them would be playing. That was the choice I was given by VIAHA.” Humphrey would not go into detail about the allegations against the executive because they are currently being investigated, and said details would come out later this week. He said they included “some very serious things” and revolved around “irregularities in a committee meeting.” The 16 other associations on the Island, he said, did not want to play CVMHA teams at all this year. “Cowichan Valley Minor Hockey have not been good ambassadors for hockey this year,” he said. “We’re trying to help them be good members of our society.” The indefinite suspensions handed to the entire executive were par for the course, according to Humphrey. “In Hockey Canada, that’s how all investigations are done,” he said. “It’s not just how Jim Humphrey does it or how Vancouver Island does it.” Parents say this is a case of “guilty until proven innocent,” but Humphrey disagrees. “Nobody’s saying they’re guilty,” he said. “This is the process that hockey always uses, in minor and junior hockey.” The fact that the suspended

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members are coaches as well is unfortunate, Humphrey said. Executives with VIAHA and BC Hockey are not permitted to be directly involved with teams. Parents of the effected players have asked to meet with Humphrey regarding the suspensions, but say they have received no response. Steen said she feels “powerless” because no one from VIAHA is engaging with them. “As a parent who has paid registration fees, I am a member of VIAHA, and I feel like I’ve been given no information. I’m concerned and sad that these people have been taken away from our bench.” Humphrey doesn’t believe the suspensions to the executives will have an impact on volunteer levels in minor hockey. “You can’t have kid organizations without volunteers, but they have to realize there are procedures we’re all bound to follow,” he said. Despite his lengthy experience behind the bench, Livingston, however, has other thoughts. “Based on the stuff that’s happening this year in our association, I’m not sure I want to coach again, not for Cowichan, anyways,” he said. “If I have to have a lawyer in my back pocket and deal with stuff these guys are dealing with, it’s not something I want to do.”

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Mountie Pompeo appealing aggravated assault conviction

Crash causes power outage in Maple Bay

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The Mountie who was found guilty of aggravated assault in the 2009 shooting of an unarmed Duncan man is appealing his conviction. Const. David Pompeo was convicted in February 2013 of shooting Bill Gillespie during a traffic stop in September 2009. Last December, Pompeo was sentenced to two years probation and 240 hours of community service. The appeal hearing began in Vancouver court on Monday and continued into Tuesday afternoon. Speaking before Tuesday’s session, Gillespie made it clear that he wasn’t impressed with the arguments of Pompeo’s lawyer, Ravi Hira, to that point. “Basically, he’s retelling what

was said in the trial,” Gillespie said. “They’re saying the judge didn’t do good by Pompeo.” Judge Josiah Wood presided over Pompeo’s initial trial, which began in September 2012. In the decision he delivered last December, Wood said that while he was satisfied Pompeo believed it was necessary to shoot Gillespie, the officer’s belief was not based on reasonable grounds, but instead on fear-induced stress. Gillespie is ready to be done with the process. “I’m tired of this,” he said. “What’s been going on is an argument about a lie. They’re lying that I was reaching for my pocket. The judge [Wood] didn’t believe anything he said.” The result of the hearing was not available at press time.

More than 250 BC Hydro customers were without electricity after a vehicle struck a power pole near Providence Farm. The lights went out just after 5 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 1. The outage affected those south of Donnay Drive, east of Quamichan Road, west of Paige Road and north of Sahilton Road. The juice was restored about 7:10 p.m. Sarah Simpson, Citizen

Lake Cowichan RCMP search for stolen ATV Lake Cowichan RCMP are searching for an all-terrain

vehicle that was stolen from the area on the weekend of Jan. 17-18. The blue Yamaha Grizzly 650 was taken from the Skutz Falls Road area near the intersection with Cowichan Lake Road sometime overnight between the Friday night and Saturday morning. “It appears the suspect(s) pushed the ATV to the Trans Canada Trail before starting it and riding it east to another location where it is believed to have been loaded into a vehicle,” Lake Cowichan RCMP said in a press release. Anyone with more information about his crime is asked to call police at 250-749-6668 or call Crime Stoppers anonymously at 1-800-222-8477. Andrea Rondeau, Citizen

Lake Cowichan RCMP are searching for this ATV, after thieves made off with the machine overnight on Jan. 17-18. [RCMP HANDOUT]

Regional District prepping master plan to combat invaders SARAH SIMPSON CITIZEN

CVRD staff have identified nine invasive species with “particularly high health, ecological, and environmental risks,” within the region and are looking at developing a master plan on how best to manage them. Giant hogweed is one of the plants being eyed, according to Keith Lawrence, a senior environmental analyst with the CVRD. “The impacts from being burned by giant hogweed are very significant,” he said. “The scars can last for several years.” Yellow iris, and Daphne/Spurge laurel also both have health risks. Others, he noted, include blessed milk thistle, various knotweed species, carpet burweed, tansy ragwort, poison hemlock, and Scotch broom. Lawrence told the CVRD’s regional services committee on Wednesday night that staff is researching both regulatory and non-regulatory invasive plant management options.

Among the regulatory options include the development of bylaws under the Weed Control and Local Government Acts. Some non-regulatory options include making a public outreach and education plan, and application to be identified as a Regional Weed Committee under the B.C. Invasive Species Council. “The CVRD can play a key role in addressing invasive plant issues and thereby safeguard against the potential negative impacts on communities,” Lawrence said. “We are really looking to seek guidance from this group in terms of which options we’ll go with.” Costs associated with an invasive plant species management plan depend largely on what options the board opts for. “The more resources we’re given, the more we can do,” he said. Board Chair Rob Hutchins told a brief story of a child in his town that suffered greatly as a result of contact with a noxious plant. “Not taking any action is not tolerable,” said Hutchins said.

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Hockey dispute: something’s gone terribly awry e think everyone involved needs to take a few minutes to refocus on what’s important: the kids on the ice. While details are still sketchy, as everyone is talking around the allegations that have led to the suspension of Cowichan Valley Minor Hockey Association officials, rather than laying them out on the table in public, what we do know for sure is that the upheaval has trickled down to the players already. In large part this is due to the fact that six team coaches are among the executives who have

been suspended. Strong words are being used to describe the as-yet-unproven and as-yet-undisclosed allegations, though they seem to be bureaucratic in nature. And Vancouver Island Amateur Hockey Association president Jim Humphrey’s statement that “Cowichan Valley Minor Hockey have not been good ambassadors for hockey this year,” and that other associations did not want to play Cowichan teams this year are shocking. Whether the allegations, whatever they may be, are proven to be true or not, Humphrey’s state-

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ments along speak to an environment in which something has gone horribly awry. And it’s all at the adult level. Yet the kids on the ice, who want to be focusing on their games and championships, have been thrust into the middle of this debacle. Whatever the outcome of the investigation that’s currently being conducted, it seems clear that something in the organization needs to change. It seems likely that we haven’t gotten to this point simply because of a single incident or point of contention.

It’s time the adults involved went back to the basics and refocused on what it’s all about: the kids. That’s the goal, after all, isn’t it? Teaching the kids in the Cowichan Valley the great sport of hockey. That’s what the association exists for. What happens behind the scenes should be done in such a manner that it can remain there, the duck’s feet paddling away below that water keeping everything quietly afloat. Taking centre ice should be reserved for the players.

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just have to look back to the Clayoquot protests to see that people do have a right to protect their environment and say no to corporations. The fact that the Northern Gateway project and use of tankers on our coast to move the oil is not even for domestic use, but foreign use, makes it not worth the risk to our environment to allow this to proceed. As to people having no respect for anyone or anything in this day and age, all you have to do is look to PM Harper to see where it is coming from. He seems to respect no one or anything but his own agenda.

Re: Harper avoids public: is this really democracy? (Jan. 15) by Peter Nix. I’ve had it up to here with his usual, tired, old, carbon buster diatribes. As for his being upset about not being invited to the gathering at Brentwood College on Jan. 7, I contribute to the Conservative Party of Canada and I did not receive an invitation. But, hey I don’t go into a hissy fit and accuse the PM of being brain-dead. Mr. Nix has only one agenda on his plate and if he doesn’t get his way, no matter the political party or prime minister, he will continue to write his “buster” letters or columns and demonstrate his lack of respect for democracy. Mr. Nix won’t be on the invitation list for my next birthday party, my 80th!

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Lack of respect goes both ways In response to Mary-Ann Bennett’s letter regarding protesters’ behaviour at the PM’s visit. There appeared to be a few that were overzealous and intimidating in their methods of protest. I wasn’t there but did see it on the news and the other 150 or more protesters appeared to be there in a peaceful manner. The point is that these people took the time to show up and let the PM know that they’re not happy with the way he is ramming his policies down Canadians’ throats. PM Harper is a total autocratic governor and is slowly and systematically destroying our country and life

as we know it. His gutting of the environmental laws, hidden in a series of omnibus bills, which he called un-democratic before he was PM, and his attack on anything to do with science, will affect us all down the road. Laws in effect for decades, to protect Canadians, have been dumped without discussion to make it easier for corporations and foreign governments to operate. The fact that people brought their children to the protest is good because these are the very people PM Harper’s policies will affect the most in the future. I know we are a resource-based economy but sometimes we have to say no to certain projects to protect our environment. You

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Corinne de Lange, owner of Cowichan Sound & Cellular, presents a cheque for $700 to Colleen Fuller, manager of the Cowichan Valley Basket Society. The funds are from Telus Critter sales in November. The Critters were sold in-store and at Cowichan Valley Capitals games. Critters and stuffed animals were tossed onto the ice for donation to dozens of children in the Cowichan Valley this past Christmas. [SUBMITTED]

Amalgamation outreach must come from Duncan I am responding to Councillor Barker’s guest column published earlier this month. If it was amalgamation Councillor Martin Barker was talking about then he has my attention. I’m not sure North Cowichan politicians need much by way of convincing to discuss it either. It’s a good discussion, and he should have it often with his council and with the citizens of Duncan. I’m certain it would be a nonstarter for North Cowichan, with the largest municipal land base on the Island, incorporated among the oldest in Western Canada, with six times the population of Duncan, to foist the amalgamation question onto Duncan’s agenda. North Cowichan must see positive signals from Duncan to begin these long discussions. Talk of reforming CVRD governance structures, (not certain this was Councillor Barker’s intention), is great coffee talk but would be a waste of valuable, local public resources. The CVRD may evolve in time on its own with population growth and political will but the province will not do away with regional districts.

John Koury I support Councillor Barker on amalgamation. North Cowichan can wait for the signal but it cannot remain idle. North Cowichan continues its work on local area planning flowing from the new Official Community Plan. The purpose is to create a climate for managed growth and gold standard service delivery. We strive to achieve our goals from foundations built in the Five-Year Financial Plan, capital investment plan, the economic development plan, the agricultural plan, and the environment plan, which all benchmark back to the OCP. This painstaking (and people wonder why our council meetings are so long) work is far from “fragmented”. Councillor Barker complains of North Cowichan’s Tax Revitalization Bylaw (a form of tax-free zone). I told council “I don’t like” the

revitalization bylaw but I support it. I don’t like revitalization. I want to move our communities away from the need to be revitalized to what the academics now call “resilient”. I call it a nice place to call home. Revitalization bylaws are in place to attract short-term, (not short-sighted) investment in areas that we want certain development and economic activity to take place in. Developers ought to take advantage of the incentive program before it’s gone. Duncan council ought to consider directing its staff to chart a similar course and work with North Cowichan staff to learn the steps we took to get into a position where we could offer these incentives. Duncan will learn through the process if it can sustain a short-term loss of fees to generate immediate investment in its core. Even if Duncan doesn’t venture down this road, all North Cowichan can do is stimulate a momentum of investment, hope it sticks, to produce the intended consequences of creating jobs, affordable housing, shopping, eating, and comfortable living in the core. John Koury, Councillor North Cowichan

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Assessments shouldn’t lead to ‘ranking’ list Foundation Skills Assessment is not what you think. And so here we are. My son is “required” to take the Foundation Skills Assessment, as he is in Grade 4 (grades 4 and 7 are tested). Not a big deal right? Well it is if your child is in a public school and you VALUE that school, which we all know is heavily underfunded. Teachers are worked to their breaking points with much larger class sizes, many more special needs children in each class and with little to no teaching assistance — compared to private schools. Am I worried about my son’s results? No. Why? Because I am confident that my son has been taught well, and is bright enough to do very well on this assessment. For me, that’s not the point. So what is my issue you ask? My issue is that the results of this assessment are posted by the Fraser Institute in order to “rank” our schools. Ever taken a look at the Fraser Institute’s “report cards”? Before you do, I ask that you just take a wild guess as to which schools are ranked the highest — private or public schools? How many “special needs” chil-

dren do you think make it into private schools? How many economically “average/below average” families do you know who can afford private schools? Many people wouldn’t even stop to ask themselves these questions, and how the answers correlate to the discrepancies in how well our children “appear” to fare on these assessments. They would look at the ranking system and believe (falsely) that our public schools are somehow inferior, which is EXACTLY what the Fraser Institute wants you to believe. This “ranking” system is misleading and frankly, ridiculous. The assessments start in just over a week. I have some decisions to make. Jen Rattray Shawnigan Lake

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Summerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s coming â&#x20AC;&#x201D; will sightings of Caddy come too? Wilfred Gibson sightself into a giant eagle, ed a strange animal swooped down and â&#x20AC;&#x153;frolicking among the carried off Cadboro. log boomsâ&#x20AC;? at Mill Bay For punishment, he and ran closer for a betturned her to stone ter look â&#x20AC;&#x201D; leaving his â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Victoriaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Gonzales camera in his car. Hill. In turn, Saurus pringâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s almost was made a sea serhere, meaning pent and â&#x20AC;&#x153;banished for CHRONICLES that summer, a billion years to the T.W. Paterson too, is almost around depths of the oceanâ&#x20AC;?. the corner with its Okay, not very scipromise of â&#x20AC;&#x201D; we hope â&#x20AC;&#x201D; balmy entific if entertaining. As for weather for outdoor recreation Cadborosaurus, the credit for and...a return of Cadborosaurus. that double-barrelled moniker For many summers (although goes to the 1930s managing edinot for some time), Victoriaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s tor, Archie Wills (ergo Cadborofabled sea serpent, affectionately saurus willsi), of the Victoria known as Caddy, frolicked off Daily Times. For years, the Cadboro Bay, inspiring legends, Times offered a standing reward jokes and, thanks to an enterof $300 for a â&#x20AC;&#x153;legitimateâ&#x20AC;? photo prising chamber of commerce, of Victoriaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s very own serpent. world-wide publicity. The first reported sighting of To sceptics Caddyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a myth, Caddy is that of seaman James F. an illusion, a hoax. When they Murray who was fishing off the do grudgingly concede that Victoria breakwater in the fall of the many creditable witnesses 1928. Caddy, said Murray, â&#x20AC;&#x153;moved whoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve reported sighting Caddy fast, at about eight knots, 25 may have seen something, they yards from me, then submerged suggest floating logs, groups of and came up seemingly only secsea lions or seals. The Royal B.C. onds later almost a mile away.â&#x20AC;? Museum has credited such sightOne of the most credible ings to â&#x20AC;&#x153;bull sea lionsâ&#x20AC;?. encounters occurred on All of which is quite probable, Oct. 5, 1933 when the clerk of the of course. But is it not also poslegislature, Maj. W.H. Langley, sible that sea serpents do exist? and Fred Kemp of the Provincial Most experts in the relevant Archives, swore theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d seen the fields of biology, ichthyology and monster. The same month, a teleoceanography readily admit that graph lineman working between the worldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s oceans retain myster- Jordan River and Port Renfrew ies yet. Why not Caddy? claimed to have shot a serpent. According to Indian legend, He said that when struck in Caddyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s origin dates back to the head by his .30.30 slug, it when â&#x20AC;&#x153;Vancouver Island first thrashed wildly, thrust its head emerged from the seaâ&#x20AC;?. At that 15 feet above the surface and period the Islandâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s sole inhabit paddled off. was a beautiful Indian maiden, Prior to 1959, no fewer than Cadboro; she was so lovely that 600 people reported sighting the gods preserved her from the mysterious creature. But no â&#x20AC;&#x153;the touch of menâ&#x20AC;?. But a reckvalid photos were taken although less brave named Saurus wooed well-known public school phoand won Cadboro and they tographer Wilfred Gibson came eloped by canoe for the Olympic close. He sighted a strange Mountains. animal â&#x20AC;&#x153;frolicking among the Whereupon the angered god of log boomsâ&#x20AC;? at Mill Bay and ran air and water transformed himcloser for a better look â&#x20AC;&#x201D; leaving

his camera in his car. Another obstacle to obtaining a photograph is the condition of the witness, as explained by a Cdr. Clayards. At the time of his encounter with Caddy, he was security officer at Esquimalt Naval Base. He said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t mind admitting that I was terrified, especially when he snapped his jaws. If I had had a camera, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m quite sure I wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have been able to use if as I was so [trans]fixed by the strange sight...â&#x20AC;? Either Caddy has an itchy fin and travels about or he has numerous relatives, as similar creatures have been reported around the world. Several other parts of Vancouver Island and B.C. have claimed their own serpents (including Shawnigan and Cowichan lakes), the most famous of these â&#x20AC;&#x153;impostorsâ&#x20AC;? being Kelownaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Ogopogo, said to inhabit Okanagan Lake. He/she answers to the same description as Caddy, as reported by dozens of â&#x20AC;&#x153;sober and reputableâ&#x20AC;? persons who sighted it in one two-year period alone. In February 1953, the Colonist reported, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Qualicum Bay embraces personal private monster.â&#x20AC;? Nicknamed Qually (for Qualicum Baysaurus, of course), it was first sighted in 1951. For three successive years, it appeared about springtime and was seen by â&#x20AC;&#x153;30 or 50â&#x20AC;? people each time. Robert Milne said heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d viewed the monster each time, once from as near â&#x20AC;&#x201D; almost too near â&#x20AC;&#x201D; as 20 yards. â&#x20AC;&#x153;From a distance it looked black, but from nearer at hand it looked a tawny colour. When I was out in the boat, I got a good look at it. It looked like a serpent of some kind. It was twisting and squirming about, sometimes under water, sometimes above. Its head was small in proportion to its body. The thickest part of the body seemed just about the width a man could

The remains of two â&#x20AC;&#x153;sea serpentsâ&#x20AC;? proved to be those of baleen whales; this finback was harpooned off the west coast of Vancouver Island when whaling was yet an industry. â&#x20AC;&#x201D;TWP reach his arms around. At a rough estimate, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d say it was 30 or 40 feet long. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t a seal. I go fishing every day, and Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve seen lots of seals. It wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t a sea lion, or any animal Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve ever seen or read about. If I hadnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t seen it myself, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d still be sceptical,â&#x20AC;? he concluded. But no photographs. Months later, it seemed that Caddy had literally come to the

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He was so popular that the Rolling Stones included some of his songs in their first playlists. In fact, some experts consider a big chunk of the British pop music invasion of the early 1960s was a revival of his style. Even the Chemainu s T h e a t r e wa s s o snowed under with eager requests following last year’s raging s u c c e s s ( t h e s h ow played to more than 40 sold-out crowds) that Buddy Holly is back for another round. Budd y: the Budd y Holly Story returns by popular demand to the Chemainus Theatre Festival starting Tuesday, Feb. 11. “I think there were a lot of people who didn’t get to see it,” said the theatre’s Artistic Director Mark DuMez. “And there were a lot of people who came repeatedly, so they’ll get the chance to come again, too.” It stars Island-born Z a c h S t eve n s o n a s Holly and it’s a role he fills to a T. Stevenson becomes

Zach Stevenson as Buddy Holly. [CITIZEN FILE] Holly: the brash confidence, the fierce talent that influenced generations of singers and songwriters. It’s all there in this show, along with a well-told story of his own life backed with super music that just will not fade away. The show runs until March 8 but don’t wait to get tickets. These performances packed the house last year. Book online at chemainustheatrefestival. ca or call the box office at 1-800-565-7738. And while you’re at it, why not book dinner at the Playbill Dining Room? It will be your first chance to see it since the complete renovation that’s taken all of January.

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It’s what Chemainus Theatre Festival Artistic Director Mark DuMez calls “the kind of season we dream about.” “I really like the octane, the alchemy of this season,” DuMez said, before taking a look in detail at what’s coming. Spring is comedy season at Chemainus. This year, it starts March 21 with Jeeves in Bloom and follows the adventures of zany 1920s lad Bertie Wooster, whom DuMez describes as “a chocolate Lab puppy” and his unflappable valet, Jeeves, who will be played by Bernard Cuffling, as they invade the English countryside in an adaptation from the famous stories by P.G. Wodehouse. “There was a Hugh Laurie/Stephen Fry series on BBC and there have been other tellings of these stories. It all starts with Wodehouse, who had a lovely wry interesting way of writing about English eccentrics. “This is a compilation of Jeeves stories and it’s actually part of a possible trilogy so we’re starting with Jeeves in Bloom. It’s just fun. There’s a newt lover and an airy young woman who’s got her head in the sky, a curmudgeonly old English lord and a demanding aunt,” he said. Next, there’s Waiting for the Parade, running from May 9 to June 1. This story follows five women whose lives are all affected by the Second World War as they keep the home fires burning. “There will be a lot of talk about world wars next year with the 100th anniversary of the start of the First World War. It’s just such a good Canadian classic that really showcases the talents of some amazing women,” he said. Fans always want to know as soon as possible what summer blockbuster musical is going to hit the stage because tickets always fly out the door. This year, it’s Les Misérables. DuMez takes a deep breath before starting to talk about this production. “We’re in the middle of casting and pre-design. We’ve actually opened up extra tech time and extra build time for the show to try to support it as best we can.”

Grab a brochure and pick your shows and dates for this year. [LEXI BAINAS/CITIZEN] It’s going to be a Chemainus Theatre Festival style staging of the Les Mis that was on Broadway. “It’s going to be intimate and epic at the same time. I think the value there is: when are you ever going to be that close to that music sung in the way we take on those kinds of shows?” DuMez asked. And fans have even more to get excited about. Peter Jorgensen, who directed It’s a Wonderful Life and Fiddler on the Roof is taking this on. “He’s got a lovely way of meshing an ensemble together,” said DuMez, echoing what audiences have seen for themselves. A show like this is a logistical challenge at an intimate theatre, though, and the heavy thinking is going on right now. “We’re still debating about how many instrumentalists but we’ll have more of an orchestra than we’ve ever had before.” They’re talking about a cast of 18-20 people, too. “That’s going to be some large singing coming right at you from just a few feet away.” The musical runs from June 20 to Sept. 7 but popular times sell out quickly so better check your calendar and your plans and get ready to book your seats. By Oct. 3, the family comedy Over the

River and Through the Woods hits the stage. Nick, a single Italian American is rushed off his feet by a couple of sets of meddling grandparents, with hilarious results. Writer Joe DiPietro also penned All Shook Up and some others for the Chemainus Theatre but what DuMez said he’s really looking forward to is just some great contemporary comedy. “It’s got those zinger one-liners. It just rolls but what’s beneath it is a look at aging and family and how we come together as a community in our families and what our legacies are. It’s not just a light fluffy piece but it’s very funny the way he gets there.” Finally, the Great Detective steps up to deal with a holiday crisis in the Canadian premiere of Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Christmas Carol. Mystery and mayhem along with the turkey and figgy pudding? You bet. “This was developed in Seattle and ran for two Christmas seasons because it was so wildly popular with that company. It’s kind of a find; this is one of those hidden treasures in the season,” DuMez said. “Holmes sleuths his own future as if it were a mystery. Where Scrooge has fallen in love with money, Holmes has See New performance • page 11

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Romance is in the air as the Palm Court Orchestra welcomes soprano Shadan Saul Guerrero and tenor Sunny Shams for a Valentine-themed concert Sunday, Feb. 16. Selections from opera, operetta and Broadway musicals will be front and centre and it all starts at the Cowichan Theatre at 2:30 p.m., under the direction of the inimitable Charles Job. The afternoon’s selections include arias from Puccini’s La Bohème and Franz Lehars’s The Merry Widow, The Land of Smiles, and The Count of Luxembourg. Of special note will be performances of Richard Tauber’s My Heart and I from his London show Old Chelsea plus You Are My Heart’s Delight, which Lehar wrote especially for Tauber, a renowned tenor from the Palm Court age. Shams, who hails from Sidney, is a real Valley favourite and is fast making a name for himself as one of Canada’s upcoming tenors. He has performed in Italy, Spain, and the Czech Republic and with both the Vancouver and Victoria Symphonies. Mexican-born Guerrero started her singing career at Vancouver Community College. A graduate of the UBC Opera

Old time gospel sound anchoring coffeehouse The Cowichan Folk Guild Coffeehouse on Saturday Feb. 8 features Andrews & Lawrence. Andy Ruszel and Larry Lawrence deliver down-home finger picking and two-part harmonizing in the tradition of the Monroe, Stanley and Louvin Brothers.

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Studio, she has performed roles in The Merry Widow, La Bohème and Suor Angelica in the Bard on the Beach Festival, and with the Vancouver Symphony. Job is delighted that the Palm Court has secured Guerrero and Shams. “They will melt your heart with solos and love duets from opera and operetta. The music we all love continues,” he enthused. The orchestra itself, now completing its 27th season, will also perform the Gold and Silver Waltz, selections from Richard Rodger’s musical The Girl Friend, Johann

Strauss’s Die Fledermaus and will also premiere a recently discovered work by British composer Haydn Wood, one of Job’s real favourites. “Everyone who has a song in their hearts and who enjoys a good tune played well will enjoy this Valentine concert,” he said. “For the Palm Court Light Orchestra that is the very essence of light music.” Tickets are $32 for adults and $14 for students. Get them from the Cowichan Ticket Centre or by going online to cowichantheatre. ca and ordering them there.

But you could also hear original songs by Andy Ruszel. This duo’s gospel roots are deep. Ruszel, whose daddy was a railroad man, went to a little white church on Sundays and grew up on a dirt road outside of Toronto, while Lawrence absorbed the musical traditions of Kansas City, his childhood home.

You don’t have to know a lot about gospel music to get caught up in the sing-along atmosphere of Andrews & Lawrence. It’s at Duncan United Church with doors opening at 7 p.m. and the open stage starting at 7:30 p.m. Admission is $10 or $5 for CFG members. Lexi Bainas, Citizen

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fallen in love with reason. It’s a great script with high Victorian/ Edwardian language. On top of that, it’s the perfect mash-up of Holmes and A Christmas Carol.” The fun starts Nov. 21 and runs right through to Dec. 22. But that’s not all that will grace the Chemainus stage in 2014. There’s also Freud’s Last Session, in which the crusty psychoanalyst invites another exciting mind — C.S. Lewis — for a chat at his home in London. “We’re going to do a little pilot project in our rehearsal studio, which we are converting into a small performance space — just 60 seats. This is just a two-week run, too, so we anticipate that we may run out,” DuMez said. “The bombs are dropping

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on London and Freud is in the throes of dealing with the cancer that brought him down. It’s an intellectually thrilling debate from two very solid men,” according to DuMez. It all starts Aug. 20. And for the younger set, there’s Munschercise from July 19-Aug. 16. This one is “a little confection we’re putting together. We’re going to look at kids’ health through his stories and do it in ’80s aerobic fashion. We’ve already nodded towards Eye of the Tiger and Tiffany and Whitney Houston.” DuMez said he still can’t believe it’s all happening in one season. “It’s a feast of delights for the cultural connoisseur. Dig in and enjoy yourself,” he urged. Call 1-800-565-7738 or go online at chemainustheatre.ca and book tickets.

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WINTER INTERLUDE CHARMS BIG CROWD Sue Doughty leads the Duncan Choral Society in the stunning song, Winter, Fire and Snow, adapted by Brendan Graham and arranged by Michael McGlynn. The performance took place at the choir’s show, A Winter Interlude, at the Christian Reformed Church. The evening

also included the duo of Amy Stephen and her brother Geoff, who is a choir member. They delighted the crowd with a really eclectic selection of songs, accompanying themselves on everything from the guitar to the harp and accordion. [LEXI BAINAS/CITIZEN]

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Valley students continue to carry off top honours in the Royal Conservatory exams. In voice, Grade 1 level, the gold medalist was Bryn Posey, who is taught by Kathy Lassche. “You take your lessons and once your teacher decides you’re ready, then you take the exam,” Posey said. Asked if she is looking at going into music teaching, or hoping for a career musical theatre or even opera, Posey said, “I really don’t know yet. I just like to sing. I like musical theatre a lot; that’s probably my favourite.” So far, she’s been in a production of Seussical with Mulberry Lane. “It was really fun,” the Grade 6 student said.

Bryn Posey, gold medalist The gold medal is for the Grade 1 exam she took in June but she’s going to be taking her Grade 2 exam quite soon. “We were at the Taylor Swift concert at the end of June when we found out her score,” said mom, Gina Posey. “Her dad phoned on the cell phone to say what it was. She had been so sick when she did the exam, she

had some ear infections and croup and we were just hoping she’d pass. The fact that she won a gold medal for all of B.C. is a wonderful surprise. We didn’t find that out until just before Christmas.” The other Cowichan Valley gold medal winners include, also from the Vocal category, but at Grade 2 level, Cameron Trustham, taught by Iris CookeChislett; at the Grade 6 level of voice, Sarah Wilke, another Iris Cooke-Chislett student, also took the gold medal; and at the Grade 9 level, Mill Bay’s Richard Cunningham who is taught by Victoria Conservatory instructor Signe Murgatroyd, took top honours. Meanwhile, in harp, Hayley Fahrenholtz, a student of the Valley’s Marilyn Rummel, was also awarded a gold medal.

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Friday and Saturday February 7-8, 2014 Cowichan Exhibition Park 8:30 am – 4:00 pm

Opening Ceremonies Friday, February 7, 2014, 8:45 am Master of Ceremonies: Geoff Millar Welcome Reception Speakers

The Honourable Judith Guichon, Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia

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WELCOME TO THE 3rd ANNUAL

ISLANDS AGRICULTURE SHOW Economic Development Cowichan is pleased to host this year’s Welcome Reception. The Welcome Reception is an opportunity to network and connect with people who are passionate about agriculture. It is an opportunity to sample local food and wine and recognize the importance of the variety of food and beverage that Vancouver Island/Coast has to offer. This year, the Islands Agriculture Show is celebrating the International Year of Family Farming. We wanted to reflect this theme at our Welcome Reception and we have done this by visually displaying the history of family farms that make up the rich cultural heritage of our agricultural regions. Museums from all over Vancouver Island/Coast have contributed to this collection that will remain on display for the rest of the show. We are pleased that the Honourable Judith Guichon, Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia and the Minister of Social Development and Social Innovation, and former Minister of Agriculture Don McRae will be joining us and welcoming you to the reception. North Cowichan Mayor Jon Lefebure and Cowichan Valley Regional District Chair and Mayor of Ladysmith Rob Hutchins will also be providing welcome comments.

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New exhibitors, diverse speakers headline Ag Show LEXI BAINAS CITIZEN

The Islands Agriculture Show, Friday and Saturday, Feb. 7-8 at the Cowichan Exhibition, is celebrating the International Year of Family Farming in 2014. Workshops and a trade show offer the agricultural community and other interested Valley people a glimpse into the complex world of agriculture today. The Islands Agriculture Show is an evolving event. Last year, the Alberni area was the featured farm community, but this year the IAS will hold a welcome reception instead of showcasing a single area, according to show Vice-President Kathy Lachman. “The reception will be invitation only and will celebrate the history of family farming. We’re in the process of making up some nice displays for it now,” she said. Meanwhile, everyone is gearing up for the show. “There are lots of new exhibitors this year as well. There is a great roster of them. Some folks come year after year: they just find the show so valuable. “On the trade show side, we tend to get the same folks, of course. There are a finite number of people who service the agriculture sector. But we always fill our trade show floor and we are always so thrilled that companies and busi-

nesses support us year after year. It’s amazing to see.” Exhibitors include agencies such as Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, the BC Chicken Growers ad the BC Egg Marketing Board, many agriculture-based businesses and financial organizations. Where the Island Agriculture Show tends to get the most variety year to year is in its conference sessions. This series of speakers and workshops is extremely popular. Most conference sessions are less than $15 per person to register. “We have a great lineup of sessions for our farmers include Merle Good, who is our keynote speaker. I’m really looking forward to his session,” Lachman said. Good graduated from the University of Alberta with a bachelor of science in agriculture economics. His expertise is in the area of taxation and business arrangements and he has been the provincial tax specialist for the Alberta Agriculture Ministry throughout his professional career. In addition, Raf Korkowski from Community Futures Cowichan is one of a group of panel speakers for a session on alternative funding. Korkowski will be joined by representatives from Vancity Savings and Farm Folk City Folk. “The most popular session so far for registrations is definitely

The trade show, which is open to the public, is always a popular feature or the show. [CITIZEN FILE] Richard Bullock who is from the Agricultural Land Commission,” said Lachman. “Of course, there has been a fair amount of news lately about potentially what could happen to the ALC and the land reserve. I know folks are concerned and wanting to know what’s going on in ensuring that our agricultural land is protected is filling up quickly. “Folks have some good opinions about what should be happening with that. Generally, the consensus seems to be leave it alone but

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we’ll see what Mr. Bullock has to say at what I think will be a full session,” she said. At the Islands Agriculture Show, Friday is Young Farmers Day. “We are so excited every year about that because we have the school kids come through. And they create such a wonderful energy in the place,” Lachman said. “It is neat. They are enthralled. We have Farmer Vicky and Daisy the Cow and they do stage presentations all day on Friday. And the kids just love Farmer Vicky. She does an amazing job. “And we also have the Poultry in Motion display and we always have other activities for the kids to do. Last year, they made bookmarks and they have planted seeds. There are always other things for them to do. So we really encourage the kids to come out Friday and celebrate farming.” While school children come in their classes to the show on Friday, families come through in large numbers on Saturday. Show organizers have been discussing over the past year or so the idea of moving the conference around the island but Lachman was coy about what kind of decision has been made. “We do have an announcement on that but we are not announcing it until the second day of the show so you’ll have to wait,” she

laughed. “The whole idea of the show is to move it around so no matter where you live you get to go to a show nearby to learn about agriculture. It’s definitely a mobile thing.” When this year’s event gets underway, members of the Valley’s 4-H clubs will be a part of it, according to Lachman. “We are actually celebrating the Year of Family Farming and it just happens to coincide with the 4-H centennial this year,” she said. “Marion Davis of 4-H is amazing. She brings her 4-H kids to the show. They help clean up, they help bus the rooms and during the welcome reception they help welcome the guests. They are a lot of help to us. 4-H is very much involved in the show. We are so happy to have them.” The event itself supports 4-H by donating the money raised at coffee sales and this year Vancouver Island University will top that up with an additional donation, according to Lachman. Trade show hours are 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. both days. Adult admission is $5 per person while children get in free. A full schedule of the IAS Conference sessions and registration information is available at the website. Registration includes admission to the trade show and a welcome reception.

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PIPER LEADS BUT MEMORIES TAKE FIRST PRIORITY Peter Leckie, an enthusiastic piper always ready to help a worthy cause, leads the crowd around the track at the Cowichan Sportsplex in the annual Alzheimer’s Society Investors Group Walk for Memories Sunday, Jan. 26. After hearing Norm Jackson, one of the organizers, speak movingly about the need to support families dealing with Alzheimer’s, participants strode out in the afternoon sunshine. [LEXI BAINAS/CITIZEN]

VALLEY Calendar Miscellaneous • Author Christopher Ward Sherlock reads from novel Maquinna 1788-1789, answers questions about history behind book Friday, Feb. 7, 3-4 p.m., Duncan library. Info: www.maquinnatrilogy.com • “How the Billings Ovulation Method safeguards your health and fertility” Saturday, Feb. 8, 10:30 a.m.-noon, Matraea Mercantile Centre, Craig Street, Duncan. Free for doctors. $25 for women/couples (half returned on completion of course – minimum two chart follow-ups). Registration required: infobillings@shaw.ca • Burger and Beer fundraiser with silent auction with proceeds to Cowichan Estuary Nature Centre, Sunday, Feb. 16, 5-8 p.m., Cow Bay Pub. Tickets: Volume One Bookstore, Cowichan

Land Trust and the Nature Centre. Info: 250-746-0227, email info@cowichanestuary.ca • Xatsu’ll chief Bev Sellars will be at Duncan library Thursday, Feb. 20, 2 p.m., with her book They Called Me Number One: Secrets and Survival at an Indian Residential School. Chance to listen and discuss. • Upcycled & Vintage Fair, Saturday and Sunday, Feb. 22-23, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Bird’s Eye Cove Farm, 5881 Genoa Bay Road, Duncan. Furniture, clothing, crafts. • Friendly Visitors wanted! Volunteer Cowichan program connects an isolated or lonely senior in the community with a Friendly Visitor. Interested? Call 250-748-2133. • ShoDai Peace Chant new location Nichiren Peace Centre, Johnny Bear and Cambrai Road. Meditation Thurs-

days, 7 p.m., Discovery Sunrise Sundays, 10 a.m. Website: www.viretreats. com. Info: 250-710-7594. Email: peace@ viretreats.com

Seniors • Chemainus Seniors Drop-in Centre show “Way out West” a story about Mary and Jethro in Dry Gulch, March 14, 15, 7 p.m., March 16, 2-4 p.m. Tickets $15. Assigned seating. Info: 250-246-2111.

Recreation • New chess club at Duncan Library, Monday evenings 6-8 p.m. All ages and skill levels welcome. • Cowichan Valley Scottish Country Dancing Thursday evenings 6:30-8 p.m., singles, couples, beginners wel-

come, Chemainus Seniors Centre. Info: 250-748-9604. • Calling all chess players, every Wednesday, 1-4 p.m. All levels welcome. Info: 250-743-8740. • Interested in rocks? The Cowichan Valley Rockhounds meet the third Monday of each month, 7 p.m., Duncan Airport. Info: 250-743-3769. • Duncan Badminton Club, Tuesdays and Thursdays, 8-10 p.m., Multipurpose Hall, Island Savings Centre. Recreational and ladder. All welcome. Info: 250-746-4380.

Meetings • Aglow meeting Feb. 1, 10 a.m., Providence Farm boardroom. Info: Karen 250-748-3576. • Cowichan Valley Arthritis Support Group meeting Monday, Feb. 3, 1 p.m.,

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From Crofton to Tanzania: Peng lives her dream LEXI BAINAS CITIZEN

Yun (Annie) Peng’s experiences prove the adage that you can go anywhere from a small town. Peng grew up in Crofton, but has just spent six months in Tanzania interning with the African Medical and Research Foundation. She was one of 10 young Canadians who have just completed an internship with AMREF in subSaharan Africa, supported by the Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development through the Government of Canada’s Youth Employment Strategy. She took on a wide variety of jobs, including visiting communities in the rural Simiyu region of Tanzania to assess malnutrition in young children; helping with AMREF Tanzania’s first fundraising gala to raise money to train midwives; and using the results of her post graduate studies evaluating completed AMREF projects. Peng talked about how she ended up in Africa and some of her experiences there. “Ever since I entered [the University of Victoria], I studied anthropology and always had a dream of going to Africa and working in international development. I never really had an opportunity to realize that dream because it costs a lot of money but the timing wasn’t right,” she said Not many teens dream of working in international development, but she got the idea from television. “I would see these advertisements for things like World Vision and I would watch those shows. I think a lot of people change the channel if they see something like that because it’s quite unpleasant to see the hungry children,” Peng said. “But for me it was different. When I watched them I thought wow, this is something really meaningful and really worthwhile and I would love to be somehow involved in it.” Her dream came true when she found a program that helped organizations hire young professionals and send them overseas for six months. “That’s when I thought: this is

Annie Peng poses with some of the young children she worked with in Tanzania. [SUBMITTED] the time. I either do it now or it’s not ever going to happen. It won’t work if you’re in school and afterwards if you were to get a job and have a family it’s very difficult to just get up and leave for six months,” she said. She had heard good things about AMREF and learned they were looking for a monitoring/evaluations officer. “A huge part of my post-graduate work was the monitoring and evaluating of health projects. So I thought this could be a good match.” AMREF works primarily in four countries: Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania. “They asked me if I had a preference and I thought: hmm, ‘I don’t know. Ethiopia: the food there is great.’ But, I left it up to them. They picked me for Tanzania. I didn’t specifically ask to go there.” Arrived in Africa for her great adventure, Peng felt the heat. “The minute you step out of the airport, it’s like you’re walking into a wall of hair dryers. The funny thing is I went there in June and that month is the coolest time

of the year,” she said. Even with that, on the first day a 20-minute stroll around the centre of Dar es Salaam immobilized her for the next 24 hours. “The city is at sea level, it was hot and humid there. It got consecutively hotter every month until December, when I left, which is actually their hot season and their rainy season. So it rained pretty much every other day; you were just never dry. You’re sweating throughout the night and you get up, have a shower and step out the door to find you’re sweaty again in 10 or 15 minutes. “You find yourself apologizing to people for sweat pouring down your face. I would go into meetings with Tanzanian colleagues and as the two white people we were constantly fanning ourselves like mad, with sweat pouring down our faces and everyone else was just sitting there cool as a cucumber. I guess they were used to it.” Peng’s work involved a lot of research and the monitoring of projects. AMREF Tanzania’s main push is to address some pretty strategic public health issues and she

helped to focus attention on them. They included maternal mortality, particularly when women give birth too young or have a difficult childbirth. Obstetric fistula, a preventable childbirth injury, is another grave concern, she said. “AMREF builds maternity wards and do a lot of healthy motherhood and childbirth campaigns, a lot of fistula surgeries and programs for early childhood health,” she said. Some of the most common childhood killers are malaria, and diarrhea, and, along with dealing with HIV/AIDS, water and sanitation difficulties and promoting the use of family planning, both to reduce the number of children women have and to help women have safe sex and prevent sexually transmitted diseases. AMREF finds itself overloaded with work. “If they could reach all of these goals in all of these areas in East Africa most of their health problems would be solved,” Peng said. S h e e n j oye d h e r wo rk i n Tanzania. “One thing I really appreciate about AMREF’s work is that they

are not about surface solutions. “They don’t often do what you see from western countries where you see people come in and set up a medical camp and offer treatment to locals for a week and then they take off, or they send a whole bunch of food and they feed children for a period of time,” she said. “Those things are good but they don’t really solve the root problem whereas AMREF really tries to work with the government, with the local health authorities to build some infrastructure to deliver better health care.” Peng gave two strong examples. “One of the things they are working on, for instance, is training more midwives, so there could be more people assisting women give birth and referring them to health clinics. “They are also working to improve laboratory technicians’ skills. That’s something you often don’t think about but a huge amount of medical diagnosis is contingent upon accurate laboratory tests for HIV, for malaria, for TB.” Here we take those things for granted. “What I was doing with AMREF was to help them write research and funding proposals to get more grants to help them implement new projects. I also helped write up some of their findings from their studies so they can share their findings with the rest of Africa, maybe the rest of the world. That’s what I did in a nutshell.” Peng said she would like to return to Africa in some working capacity. “One thing with AMREF is that, virtually all of the staff hired by the African AMREF are Africans,” she said. “They have a motto: ‘African solutions for African problems.’ They are really all about hiring local people so in that sense I don’t think I could go back to work for AMREF Tanzania as a foreigner but I would love to continue in some capacity in international development in Africa,” Peng said. “That would be my best dream coming true.”

Cowichan Secondary School students prepare to enter local Dragon’s Den LEXI BAINAS CITIZEN

Dragon’s Den Cowichan? Why not? Community Futures Cowichan and Cowichan Secondary School have been inspired by the TV show to team up to offer young entrepreneurs a fun contest to test their business ideas and savvy. Their contest includes many of the same exciting factors that make Dragon’s Den such a viewer magnet. “The ultimate goal is to inspire the entrepreneurial spirit of Cowichan area teens by providing them

with the opportunity to be handson with their business skills and ideas in a fun and interactive format,” Cathy Robertson, general manager of Community Futures Cowichan said. Teams will compete in a threestep process where participants will have to demonstrate their skills in the key areas of product/ service development, marketing, and finance. The final event is in late May, when a winning team will be determined by the judges. The contest gets its official kickoff on Thursday, Feb. 6 at Cowi-

chan Secondary School. “There will be a grand prize for the winning idea, but there will also be additional prizes along the way. And it’s not only prizes the students receive. Many local business people will be helping out as both mentors and judges. The mentors will be available to teams to provide advice and guidance for each of the major tasks. The judges will provide that helpful feedback so the students can make changes and improvements,” Robertson said. Community Futures launched the idea as a way to connect stu-

dents on the career path of entrepreneurship, and to connect youth with local business, she said. “For many students retirement is a lifetime away, but for baby boomers it’s right around the corner and they wonder who is going to buy their businesses. This a critical issue in local economies as small business owners create up to 98 per cent of local jobs. By offering this type of ‘real-life’ learning experience the hope is a few students will aspire to become the future business owners of our favourite local businesses,” she said.

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Silver just a start for jr. T-Birds KEVIN ROTHBAUER CITIZEN

Cowichan United’s Daryl Kobe battles in a losing cause at the Ladysmith turf last Friday. [KEVIN ROTHBAUER/CITIZEN]

Crichtons kick it up a notch for Cowichan’s VISL squads Cowichan benefited from the shutout goaltending of Ivan Hutsulyak, who was summoned from the U21 Mid Island Highlanders. “When you’re not scoring goals, every game is going to be a close one,” the coach said. “We’ve got to learn to put our chances away; every game is going to be interesting otherwise.” Now in a battle for the top three places in Div. 1 with Saanich Fusion and Bays United, Cowichan FC will host Prospect Lake in their final league game at 7:15 p.m. this Saturday on the Ladysmith turf. Nick Crichton’s early go-ahead goal wasn’t enough for Cowichan United, who gave up a pair to Lakehill, a team fighting to avoid relegation to Div. 3. Still safe at fourth among the 10 teams in Div. 2, Cowichan was missing six starters, and is trying to get healthy before the Jackson Cup tournament begins later this month. Cowichan United will play its season finale against Westcastle on Feb. 22.

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Tournament all-star Noah Charles shoots for two of his 17 points against SMUS last Friday. [KEVIN ROTHBAUER/CITIZEN] added 12 and Jamie Friesen chipped in with 10. Charles scored a tournamenthigh 28 in a 47-43 semifinal win over St. George’s on Saturday. Khan was second on the team with seven points. This coming weekend, Cowichan will head to the Central Island tournament, which includes host Brentwood College and Shawnigan Lake School as well as Gulf Islands Secondary. Only one squad will advance to Islands. “Moving forward, our plan is to get ready for the Central Island tournament, a tournament that

we are hoping to win, but we do understand that winning is not something we can take for granted,” Walia said. “We are considered the favourites going in to this weekend, but it takes some maturity to focus on each small task along the way, and realize that our opponents will be preparing, and trying to do their best as well.” Shawnigan and Brentwood play on Friday at 3:30 p.m., followed by Cowichan and Gulf Islands at 5 p.m. The third-place game is at 1 p.m. on Saturday, and the championship goes at 2:30 p.m.

The Crichton brothers did all the scoring for Cowichan’s senior men’s soccer teams last Friday, but only one got to enjoy the fruits of his efforts. Connor Crichton scored for Cowichan FC in a 1-0 Div. 1 win over Gorge FC at Saanich’s Hampton Park. Nick Crichton found the back of the net for Cowichan United in their Div. 2 match at the Ladysmith turf on Saturday, but his undermanned team couldn’t hold on and had to settle for a 2-1 loss to Lakehill. Connor’s goal against Gorge came in the second half of a game where Cowichan dominated play but had to battle for every scoring chance. He and Ben Robson entered the match in the second half, then teamed up to provide all of the team’s offence. “It wasn’t that tough of a game,” Cowichan FC head coach Glen Martin said. “We started great; we were all over them. They have a good goalie. We had lots of chances. We came out flying, but we couldn’t score.”

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Caps’ cushion at a single point in dogfight for playoff berth KEVIN ROTHBAUER CITIZEN

Pee wee Caps strike silver at Cactus Cup in Phoenix KEVIN ROTHBAUER CITIZEN

Silver mining was a staple of the Arizona economy for decades, and the pee wee Tier 1 Cowichan Valley Capitals continued that trend when they struck silver, finishing second in the elite division at the sixth annual Cactus Cup tournament in Phoenix last month. The Cowichan team showed from the outset that they meant business, beating the Utah Regulators 8-1 in their first game. Defensive stalwarts Nathan Goliath and Hunter Livingston were both plus-five, and Goliath matched Marcus Steen with three assists. Jo Jo Tanaka-Campbell potted a hat trick, while Isaac Leik and Cody Shepheard each had a goal and two assists. Goliath and Shepheard each scored twice in the next game, a 5-1 win over the Phoenix Firebirds. The Capitals closed out the preliminary round with an 8-4 loss to the Phoenix Junior Coyotes. Corson Hopwo recorded two goals and an assist, and Ty Brant had an assist and was plus-three. In the semifinals, Cowichan faced a B.C. foe in the form of the Semiahmoo Ravens, and came away with a 5-1 victory. Hopwo got in on all five goals, scoring twice and setting up the other three, while Tanaka-Campbell had two goals and one helper. The tournament final was a rematch with the Junior Coyotes. The Capitals held the lead going into the third period, but ran out of gas down the stretch and ended up losing 5-3. Shepheard had a goal and an assist, and Hopwo set up all three Cowichan goals. The trip to Phoenix also included a chance to watch the NHL’s Coyotes beat the Vancouver Canucks, and through head coach Bret Hopwo’s connections the players got to see the Coyotes dressing room and meet Canadian Olympic goalie Mike Smith and Phoenix captain Shane Doan. The Caps returned home to play their final league game against Peninsula, winning 9-0 to finish league play at 12-0. Luc Wilson had an exceptional five goals and one assist, while Sasha Rouselle had the shutout.

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Baker nabs first national medal for Duncan Dynamics KEVIN ROTHBAUER CITIZEN

Gymnast Hayley Baker collected the first national-level medal for the Duncan Dynamics when she helped Team BC to silver at the National Stream Cup in Montreal last month. “I just thought it was amazing,” said Baker, who didn’t realize until after the competition that she was making Dynamics history. “It was a really good experience.” Competing in her first national competition, up against gymnasts as old as 21, the 15-year-old contributed three scores to Team BC’s total, most notably finishing fourth on the vault with a score of 13.40 that missed the bronze medal by a tenth of a point. Baker wasn’t disappointed to miss out on an individual medal, knowing she placed fourth in the country. “I was pretty pleased with it,” she said. Baker also placed 13th on the bars, with some of the judges calling her handstand the best of the competition, and was an alternate on the floor. Next up for Baker is a trip to Langley where she hopes to qualify for the Canadian championships in Ottawa later this year. “I feel good about it,” she said.

A single point in a 3-2 overtime loss last Saturday kept the Cowichan Valley Capitals just ahead of the Alberni Valley Bulldogs in the battle for the last playoff spot in the B.C. Hockey League’s Island Division. The Caps lead the Bulldogs 39 points to 38, and both teams have just nine games left on the season. The overtime loss came in the second of back-to-back games against the divisionleading Kings in Powell River, following a 5-4 defeat on Friday night. “Aside from the point perspective, our performance wasn’t lacking,” Cowichan head coach Bob Beatty said. “We did have a flat spot in Friday in the second period where we allowed the two shorthanded goals, but other than that, we were right with them.” On Friday, Jesse Neher scored twice in the third period as the Caps fought back from a 5-2 deficit after two periods to get within a goal. That followed a flurry late in the second where the two squads combined for five goals in five minutes and 12 seconds, the Caps’ markers coming from Jordan Topping and Mason Malkowich. Topping finished the night with two points, and defenceman Valik Chichkin had two helpers. Robin Gusse made 34 saves in the Cowichan net. On Saturday, Brayden Gelsinger scored with 20 seconds left in regulation to force extra time. The teams battled into a sec-

“Aside from the point perspective, our performance wasn’t lacking.” BOB BEATTY, Capitals head coach

ond additional period before Powell River’s Luke Nogard notched the winner. Gelsinger also helped set up Taylor Allan’s first-period goal. Gusse stopped 28 of 31 shots. “We played a solid game Saturday and we were able to get a point,” Beatty said. “We did have some golden opportunities in overtime to score, and we weren’t able to put it in.” The two close games with the Kings continued the Caps’ trend of staying right with the BCHL’s top teams. “I think since Christmas, aside from the first road trip, we’ve been playing well,” Beatty said. “We’ve got to be happy with the way we’re playing overall.” Wins are the first tiebreaker if Cowichan and Alberni end up tied for points, so the Caps will be looking to add victories this weekend when they visit Nanaimo on Friday night, then host Powell River on Saturday and Coquitlam on Sunday afternoon. “It’s good that we’re playing under pressure,” Beatty said. “The guys seem to be responding pretty well. We can’t let up for a shift against any of these teams. Every shift is important, and could be the difference in making the playoffs. We’ve got to get in that mindset.”

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Kerry Park defenceman Jordan Coyne fires the puck toward the Campbell River net. [KEVIN ROTHBAUER/CITIZEN]

Depleted Islanders drop a pair KEVIN ROTHBAUER CITIZEN

The Kerry Park Islanders scored just once in a pair of losses last weekend, but there was no faulting the Vancouver Island Junior Hockey League team’s effort. Already low on players after promotions to junior A, trades and injuries had gutted the roster in January, the Isles lost two more key players on Friday and Saturday, but persevered the best they could. “Considering what we had left for players, especially against Campbell River [on Saturday], I was pretty proud of our guys,” Islanders owner Mark Osmond said. Cody Short, who had stepped up as the team’s top centre following the departure of several veterans, suffered a separated shoulder in Friday’s game, a 3-0 loss to the Peninsula Panthers.

Brendan Gowanlock broke his hand in a fight with former Islander Nick Hayes in a 6-1 loss to the Campbell River Storm on Saturday. “They’re dropping like flies,” Osmond said. Normally in such a situation the Isles would try to fill the empty slots with affiliate players, but with the midget teams in playoffs, APs are hard to come by. The Isles did manage to get Keegan Bisset from the midget Tier 1 Cowichan Valley Capitals for Saturday’s game. The Isles put forth their best efforts regardless. On Friday, they held the powerful Panthers to just three goals and limited former Isle Alex Milligan to a single assist after he scored four times against the Victoria Cougars the night before. “We gifted them two goals,” Osmond said. “For that team,

with all the firepower they have, to limit them to three goals is an accomplishment.” On Saturday, the North Divisionleading Storm scored four of their six goals on the powerplay. “It wasn’t for a lack of trying,” Osmond said. “With the personnel we have, for the effort they put in, you couldn’t ask for much more.” Matt Osmond scored the Isles’ only goal of the weekend with just over three minutes left to play on Saturday. The Isles have four games left before the playoffs, where they will face the Victoria Cougars. This Friday, the team will visit Saanich, and on Saturday, they will host the Westshore Wolves in a 3:30 p.m. matinee at the Island Savings Centre. “We aren’t going to take it easy, even if we are short-staffed,” Osmond said.

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Duncan Christian’s Jesse Van Wingerden goes in alone to score in the final against John Barsby last Saturday. [KEVIN ROTHBAUER/CITIZEN]

Host Chargers finish second at DCS senior boys invitational KEVIN ROTHBAUER CITIZEN

The Duncan Christian School Chargers clawed their way back from a 14-point first half deficit to force overtime against the John Barsby Bulldogs in the final of DCS’s senior boys basketball tournament last Saturday, but were unable to pull out a victory. “Their three-point shooting proved too much,” said Chargers coach John Brandsma, whose team lost 80-75. “That was one of the best games for coming out of halftime resolved to make a difference and working hard to make it happen. The boys played hard and worked together, and it was great. They boosted their confidence in themselves.” Doug Groenendijk, Nick Kapteyn and Jesse Van Wingerden had 19, 18 and 17 points, respectively, in the final. Groenendijk added 16 rebounds, six steals and five assists, Kapteyn had nine boards and four steals, and Van

Wingerden had four steals. In the tournament semifinal on Friday, the Chargers downed Cedar Secondary 92-80. “Our first game against Cedar was a good and bad game,” Brandsma said. “The team played well together, but our defence was not at the top of its game.” Beyond just winning, the Chargers recorded their fewest turnovers to date. Kapteyn paced the Chargers with 39 points against Cedar and added 11 rebounds. Mike Brandsma, one of the youngest players on the team, had 14 points on 78 per cent shooting, Groenendijk had 12 points and a team-high 12 boards, Van Wingerden had 11 points, nine assists and six steals, and Johnny Caron chipped in with seven assists. The Chargers are ranked seventh among single-A schools in B.C, while both Barsby and Cedar are in the AA top 10 on Vancouver Island.

DCS girls win big in finale of B.C. Christian tournament KEVIN ROTHBAUER CITIZEN

After losing their first two games at the B.C. Christian Schools Championships, Duncan Christian’s senior girls team ended the tournament with a bang. The Chargers got big games from several players as they beat Port Coquitlam’s BC Christian Academy 74-16. Danielle Groenendijk had 16 points and 11 rebounds, Becky Bazinet had 15 points and 11 rebounds, Juliet King had 11 points and eight boards, Lauren King Nyberg had 10 points, Rebecca Bakker had eight points and

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Cowichan Valley Citizen | Wednesday, February 5, 2014

Caps’ Moody signs in Div. III KEVIN ROTHBAUER CITIZEN

The first of nearly 600 runners take their first steps during the Cobble Hill 10k late last month. [KEVIN ROTHBAUER/CITIZEN]

Valley runners lead the pack at Cobble Hill 10k KEVIN ROTHBAUER CITIZEN

Several runners from the Cowichan Valley were among the top finishers at the Cobble Hill 10K on Sunday, Jan. 26. At 35 minutes and 46 seconds, Richard Light of the host CeeVacs Road Runners had the best time among local entries, and placed third in the M40-44 division. Two other Valley runners won their respective divisions: Nancy Baxendale in F50-54 at 42:04 and Nyah Miranda in F01-15 at 42:41. Starting and finishing at George Bonner Elementary School, the race attracted 577 entries. Craig Odermatt of Victoria won the event with a time of 33:29, while Lucy Smith topped the women’s field in 36:08. “Clear skies and cool temperatures made for great conditions and fast racing yesterday,

resulting in several age category course records with many runners achieving their personal best times for the distance as well,” race director Ian Milne said. “I would like to thank all our sponsors and of course our 60 volunteers who helped make the event a success. Our objective was to deliver a safe, enjoyable, wellorganized event and I believe we achieved that. Congratulations to both Lucy and Craig, proving that age and treachery can overcome youth and enthusiasm.” Other Valley runners with topthree results included Sophie Miranda (second in F01-15), Cate Broere (third in F01-15), Kaiden Coughlan (third in M01-15), Lena Breitkreuz (third in F16-19), Yonden Sherpa (second in M16-19), Danny Jones (third in M16-19), and Janine Frank (second in F55-59).

Centre Adam Moody has become the latest Cowichan Valley Capital to commit to a college deal for next season. The Ontario native signed on with Utica College, an NCAA Div. III school in Upstate New York, playing in the ECAC West Conference. Missing the first chunk of the season due to a broken jaw suffered in preseason exhibition, Moody has compiled four goals and five assists in 23 games this year. “After coming off a very difficult first half of his 20-year-old season due to injury, things seem to be falling into place for Adam,” Caps head coach Bob Beatty said. “He is finding his stride, contributing at both ends of the ice.” Prior to this year, Moody played for the Aurora Tigers of the Ontario Junior Hockey League, where he had 64 points in 94 games

Adam Moody will skate for the Utica Pioneers next season. [CITIZEN FILE] over the last two campaigns. “We are excited to have Adam on board for next year,” said Utica head coach Gary Heenan. “Adam brings five years of junior hockey experience to Utica. An honest player who works very hard, can pocket the odd goal and is good on faceoffs. “Upon meeting him on campus last month, we were sold based on

the strength of his character.” Another former Cap, Duncan product Cody Adams, played for Utica between 2011 and 2013. Previous Capitals to commit for next season include Jarrett Brown to Alaska Anchorage and Myles Powell to RIT. Duncan native Steen Cooper committed to Minnesota State before the Caps traded him to Penticton.

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