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Daycare manager Kate Skye, board chair Rachel Jackson and board member Sharon Jackson sort through bottles and cans at the Arcadian Early Learning & Child Care facility Friday afternoon. [SARAH SIMPSON/CITIZEN]

Daycare’s donation stash stolen SARAH SIMPSON CITIZEN

Upwards of 90 per cent of the bottles and cans that staff and parents with Duncan’s Arcadian Early Learning & Child Care had been collecting over the holidays have been stolen.

Staffers with the non-profit childcare centre were alerted late Thursday night that their storage shed had been compromised and much of its contents were gone. “The locks were snapped off the shed and they left the bottles but all the cans that were in bags are

gone,” said Duncan councillor Sharon Jackson, who sits on the group’s board of directors. “It’s just a devastating blow because that was the big fundraiser.” She explained the group receives See Funds from • page 4

Despite sighs of relief from protesters about a second option, last Friday, North Cowichan councillors John Koury, Al Siebring and Jen Woike sent out a press release taking issue with the recent municipal notice announcing an alternate plot upon which a North Cowichan/ Duncan RCMP detachment could eventually sit. While a parcel carved out of the Somenos Marshland has been the prime contender, the municipality announced Wednesday it entered into a conditional purchase agreement on Option B: a 1.21-hectare plot at the northwest corner of Ford and Drinkwater Roads, immediately north of Cowichan Commons. The trio of councillors said that announcement was misleading. Without acknowledging that there has been considerable community opposition to the Beverly Street location, the three councillors disagreed strongly with the mayor’s assertion that there has been difficulty finding a suitable location. “Council only approved the conditional purchase agreement to give us a ‘fall-back position’ in the event the Agricultural Land Commission rejected our

application for the exclusion of the 1.78 hectare parcel on Beverly Street,” said Koury. “It was never about ‘difficulty in finding a suitable location’. And the ALC exclusion application has now been approved.” Woike, too, saw the secondary location as simply a backup plan. “The community has been waiting for almost a year for the ALC ruling, and we didn’t want to be caught without any options should that application have been rejected,” she said. The councillors maintain the Beverly location is still the best spot for the facility. “Our staff and the RCMP have all indicated that, subject to some engineering studies, the Beverly Street site is absolutely a ‘suitable location’, and to indicate otherwise simply doesn’t hold water,” Siebring said. Meanwhile, members of the Somenos Marsh Wildlife Society think it’s infinitely more logical to build near the Commons mall. “The SMWS believes that it is imperative that the recently removed ALR land remain part of the Somenos Marsh Conservation Area and Important See Marsh Society • page 4

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Former mayor Jim Quaife dies SARAH SIMPSON CITIZEN

City of Duncan officials have confirmed the passing of former Duncan Mayor Jim Quaife. Quaife died at Cowichan District Hospital on the morning of Jan. 9 after a battle with cancer. Predeceased by his brother Tony, he leaves behind his brothers John, Robert, David and sister Betty, his wife of almost 35 years, Marlene, and no fewer than five children and nearly twice that many grandchildren. According to his blog, Quaife was born in Hastings Sussex, England. He came to Canada in 1939, returned to England in 1946 to settle his grandmother’s estate before returning to Canada in 1947, where he graduated from Central High in Guelph, Ontario. In 1951 he moved to Australia and worked as a crane operator and high-rigger for a year before joining the Canadian Army and serving with the 2nd Btn. Queens Own Rifles of Canada for three years. During his stint with the armed forces Quaife did a 14-month tour of duty in Korea that saw three of his buddies killed. He was posted to Victoria upon returning to Canada and obtained his release in 1956. Quaife made his way to Cowichan and worked at the Crofton Pulp Mill for 10 years. He then

Jim Quaife, age 19 and a member of 2nd Battalion Queens Own Rifles of Canada 1953. [FACEBOOK] ventured into local politics, running for Mayor of Duncan in 1967 and serving three terms. “Jim Quaife is, in a very real way, part of the reason I got involved in public life. I was just a kid when he became mayor back in 1967, and he is the very first ‘public official’ that I can remember meeting,” said North Cowichan councillor Al Siebring. “He was so gracious and down to earth that he made a real impression on me at that time. Not that I was very politically aware, but I sensed that he was someone who was committed to

doing good for his community.” Siebring said in later years he had the opportunity to reconnect with Quaife after his own foray into local politics. “I was elected to North Cowichan Council, and I mentioned some of those early impressions to him,” Siebring recalled. “As usual, he was very humble about it all.” Among many others, Quaife is credited with forming Duncan Teen Town, the South Cowichan Recreation Commission, and designing the suspension bridge at Bright Angel Park. One thing stood out above the rest for him, however. “My biggest thrill while Mayor of Duncan was hosting Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II & Prince Phillip for the ‘laying of the cornerstone’ for the new Senior’s & Library building in May of 1971. What an Honour!” Quaife wrote on his blog. In January 1979, Quaife married Marlene and went on to a number of business ventures. In 2008 he took another stab at local politics, but lost to current Mayor Phil Kent. According to his Facebook page, his favourite quote was “Live for today as though it were your last!” Quaife’s funeral is this Friday at 1 p.m. at the Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter Day Saints.

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annual funding from the United Way and so to give back to the group that gives them so much, each year they raise money — their most successful venture always seems to be a bottle drive. “It’s extremely discouraging,” Kate Skye, the daycare’s manager said. “It’s just so unfortunate that we’re raising the money for the United Way of which we are a member agency, which they then return money to us. It’s obviously for vulnerable children and families that need support so it’s very challenging and it’s disheartening.” Joined by board chair Rachel Jackson, Skye and Sharon Jackson, sorted through what bottles were left on Friday afternoon, and the donations quickly brought to the daycare by folks who learned of its misfortune online earlier in the day. “The plan was that everybody’s been collecting them and the board, next week, was going to meet early and sort through all the cans and get them all set up to take to Encorp,” Jackson said. But with the theft, the trio felt it best to take care of what they still had on hand before thieves thought about a prosperous return. Well wishers hoping to offer their bottles and cans to the daycare are encouraged to take them to the Encorp Pacific recycling centre on Norcross Road and donate them to the Arcadian Daycare Centre account. Those unable to do so but would still like to contribute are encouraged to email jacksononcouncil@live.com

A judge has banned Barry Bradshaw from keeping barking and howling dogs on his rural North Cowichan property, but weeks after the B.C. Supreme Court ruling, the canines remain and their owner maintains he’s done nothing wrong. According to court documents, the municipality and 10 neighbours alleged that Bradshaw, his wife and daughter broke a noise bylaw when between early 2008 and August of 2013, they kept dogs that barked and howled frequently, “often for extended periods of time…at all hours of the day and night,” disturbing the quiet, peace, rest, enjoyment, comfort and convenience of the neighbourhood. Jane Spencer has six acres that back on to Bradshaw’s land. She was among those that were part of the suit against Bradshaw. “The SPCA, the municipality as well as our whole neighbourhood have been working on having his dogs silenced,” Spencer said. “The howling and the noise is awful.” In a Dec. 6 hearing, Bradshaw told the court his dogs barked to protect their property from geese, beavers and predators, and his neighbours’ dogs barked, as well, causing his own animals to respond. Bradshaw also told Justice Doug Halfyard that his dogs barked because of people trespassing on or walking near his property and that he and his wife tried numerous noise suppressing methods including barking collars and segregation. Those effor ts sometimes worked. Despite the late December ruling that Bradshaw couldn’t

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keep noisy canines on his land, the dogs were not ordered to be removed. “They’re still there and they are still barking,” Spencer said. Neighbours continue to log the barking episodes. “If it keeps going on, there’s no victory,” Spencer said. “If anything he’s laughing going ‘Yeah, that’s great, you come and enforce it, I’ll just sit here and wait.’” Halfyard’s decision noted the dogs would likely continue to be a problem “unless an injunction is granted to prevent or restrain the respondents from committing further contravention of the noise bylaw.” Bradshaw maintains “We simply haven’t done anything wrong.” “I’m compliant with it as best I can. We’re being harassed by the people that are being B.S.’d by North Cowichan,” he said. “I feel very humiliated and defamed by North Cowichan when it’s in writing that I’ve asked for help. What should I do?” Bradshaw believes it’s the municipality’s wrongdoing in the past that’s caused his need to protect his now flooded farmland from petulant wildlife. “I’m captured in it because I gave them easement for them in the first place and they didn’t put the drainage in and flooded us all out,” he said. The birds and beavers came soon after the water did. “They’ve taken us to court and told us to stop shooting them and to use dogs,” he said. “We’re not going to chase these geese and beavers and predators anymore because that’s what they want. But they’re going to have to compensate us for that.”

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Seeing a real need to help a friend, Saldana Bauman Skramstad is organizing a special for Aimee Smith, a mother of five who is battling uterine cancer. “She has four kids of her own and one is her husband’s so five in total. Busy lady. I’ve got two and I can’t imagine five. She just had a little girl, who’s nine months old now, and she had some trouble during the pregnancy. But in the last month, they have just found out that she has very progressed uterine cancer,” Skramstad said last week. “She has to go every day for six weeks to Victoria or Vancouver for chemotherapy. So she’s had to give up her job,” she explained. “Her husband is working but it’s hard for him, too, because he wants to be there supporting her. And they’ve got the kids to care for, so it’s a lot on their plates.” The fundraising idea is to help ease their burden, she said. “All they’re going to have is his income so this money will give them some extra financial support along with making it possible for him to take some time off work to help her and help with the kids. It’s a little bit of everything. It’s very sad but there’s a real need to help them out. Let’s make this happen,” Skramstad said. An account has also been opened at the TD bank in Duncan where supporters can make cash donations for Aimee and her family.

Marsh Society applaud alternate Commons site From page 1 Bird Area,” said spokesman Paul Fletcher. “As the SMWS have stated many times, we are not against development but we are against development in ecologically sensitive areas such as the marsh margins. The SMWS applaud the decision to potentially move the RCMP detachment to a more logical site by the Commons, and would hope that the change in venue, should it occur, will not open up the recent land removed to commercialization, high density housing or industrial uses as has been suggested in some of the North Cowichan planning documents.” Council is expected to talk about the issue during its Jan. 15 meeting, which begins at 1:30 p.m. For those who can’t attend in person, the meeting streams online through the Council Live function on municipality’s website (www.northcowichan.ca).

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Senior sick of bus pass runaround SARAH SIMPSON CITIZEN

Virgil Baciu just wants his 2014 bus pass. Every year the Duncan Manor resident applies for a special transit pass that allows him and others on low incomes or on disability to travel between Cowichan and Victoria for at a significantly reduced rate. “We people with fixed income, we get a pass for $45,” Baciu said. In years past, the system has worked wonderfully, allowing the senior to get around with relative ease. He usually receives the next year’s pass in December, before the current year’s pass expires. That didn’t happen this year and so Baciu is left with an expired 2013 bus pass and no way to get around. “This year I didn’t get it and that bothers me and I have nobody to talk to,” the frustrated man explained. A look at the program’s web page

“I’ve tried time and time again. They just push it from one message to the other.” VIRGIL BACIU, Duncan Manor resident

shows a high volume of requests and a note warning those who got their 2014 applications in late that their passes would take much longer to arrive. Baciu maintains his application was sent in on time. “I paid through the bank three months ago and my pass hasn’t come.” With no telephone of his own, the B.C. Bus Pass Program’s automated system available to him through the Ministry of Social Development and Social Innovation has proven difficult to use. When he does find a phone to use, he can never get a human on the other end. “I’ve tried time and time again,” he

Lake Cowichan dives into pool partnership SARAH SIMPSON CITIZEN

Lakers grab your swimsuits. You’re now able to use the Cowichan Aquatic Centre without paying double. Officials with the Municipality of North Cowichan, City of Duncan and Town of Lake Cowichan have agreed to end the two-tier fee structure for residents of the Town of Lake Cowichan. Residents of Youbou and Cowichan Lake South/ Skutz Falls, are still on the outside looking in. “I’m very pleased to have the Town of Lake Cowichan as a participating community so its citizens can enjoy this excellent facility. I really appreciate the efforts made by Mayor [Ross] Forrest and his council in helping make this a reality,” said Duncan Mayor Phil Kent, in a press release issued just prior to the Citizen’s Tuesday deadline. “We welcome the citizens of Lake Cowichan to the Cowichan Aquatic Centre.” There’s no breaking-in period either. The reduced rates are effective immediately. “It has been a long time coming and I’m pleased that we could make this happen as we start the New Year,” Forrest said. “I have heard from many people who want equal access to the pool and now they can enjoy this great facility at an affordable cost.” With just the two CVRD areas left out of the loop, North Cowichan Mayor Jon Lefebure is more hopeful than ever that a deal can be struck to include them as well. “I am hopeful that in the near future we can reach an agreement to eliminate two-tier fees for the citizens of Areas F and I so they can enjoy the Cowichan Aquatic Centre at the same rates enjoyed by residents of the current partners,” he said. Facility users take note: the pool, sauna, steam room and hot tub are off limits this Friday, Jan. 17 through Sunday, Jan 19 to make way for a giant swim meet.

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said. “They just push it from one message to the other.” Despite assurances by recorded messages that said Baciu’s calls would be answered within 10 minutes, he’s waited half an hour on more than one occasion, only to be disconnected before ever reaching a human — or a resolution. All of this on a borrowed phone. “The longer you stay, they say please wait,” he explained. “The longer you wait then it just disconnects.” Baciu is fed up and doesn’t know where to turn. “All the time it says the line is busy. It must mean other people are in the same situation,” he said. “I want to put it in the newspaper and maybe some boss over there can hire some volunteer people or something because the message says at this time of the year they are very busy.” The Citizen’s calls to the B.C. Bus Pass Program’s help line were put on hold and not picked up.

Duncan resident Virgil Baciu doesn’t know where to turn now that he can’t get through to the folks administering the B.C. Bus Pass Program. [SARAH SIMPSON/CITIZEN]

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Pool support shows way through battle lines t’s been a long time coming. Finally, with the inclusion of the Town of Lake Cowichan, most areas of the Cowichan Valley are now partners in the Cowichan Aquatic Centre. It’s been a loud, long fight to get everyone on the same page — and the same fee structure. They are baby steps, to be sure, and there are still a few scattered electoral areas in the Cowichan Lake area that are not part of the deal, but the movement forward and the accommodations being made give us some optimism about the future of regional recreation agreements in our Valley.

We remember well when the Aquatic Centre was being built and only three partners were willing to come to the table in any fashion. The new pool opened its doors with only the Municipality of North Cowichan, the City of Duncan and Cowichan Tribes as partners in the endeavour. It was rancorous to even get that far. Then there was the two-tier fee structure, where those who were not partners had to ante up more money at the door. This went over like a lead balloon with some, who argued

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that even though they didn’t pay through their taxes in any way they should get the same privileges as those who did — something those who were contributing tax dollars to the facility weren’t thrilled to hear. Some even said they’d take their money and head to Nanaimo or Victoria instead of paying the higher fee. The point was, and remains, that if we want these types of facilities and amenities, we have to be willing to pay our fair share, no matter where in the Cowichan Valley they are located.

That’s the heart of the idea of regional recreation. Something for nothing is great, but not very practical when we’re talking about trying to build a community. Neither is a strict user-pay model. If we stuck to that we wouldn’t have anything — no schools, no rural roads, no recreation facilities. There’s still significant resistance to the idea of paying for recreation facilities regionally. But it’s time to stop clinging to the old grudges and entrenchments and move forward with partnerships and progress.

generate immense economic benefits for the Cowichan region. Without Duke Point and the other two terminals, BC Ferries could finally provide cost certainty for residents and businesses throughout coastal B.C. Finally, the improvements in freight shipping from a new container terminal would lower the costs of trade for coastal businesses, attract new investments in value-added industry, and improve the availability of consumer goods for islanders. Until we return to treating BC Ferries as an extension of the highway system, such long term planning is simply not possible.

In response the editorial “New site for RCMP detachment a no-brainer”. I think an apology is needed to be sent out to those that are involved in the process of finding a new site for the RCMP detachment. If it was a “no-brainer” I am sure that they would have picked a site, built a detachment and moved on. Being that this is not the case I believe a little brain work is needed. They need to consider call volume and where these calls are coming from. Every kilometre out of town is another couple minutes tagged on to response time. Another issue to consider is the number of people that do not have transportation (or funds for taxi or public transit) who currently walk to or from the current location. Property size is another issue. The site will have to be big enough for future growth. Another point that has been brought up over and over is the cost. As a taxpayer I understand that in order for me and my family to live in a community like ours with the amenities that are currently available to us, then there needs to be funds to support this. That being said if we can save some money then why not? I am sure there are going to be people that will be upset no matter where they decide to put the new detachment but to call the whole process a “no-brainer” — I would not. There are a lot of issues to consider and I am sure they will make the best choice for the whole Cowichan Valley.

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Ferries must be included in highway system Sustainable economic development throughout coastal B.C. requires an efficient and stable transportation system. Currently, our coastal transportation system is in tatters and is a major hurdle to long-term investment in the coastal economy. It is clear we need to reincorporate the ferry system into the provincial highway system. By doing so, we can begin long-term transportation planning and make significant public infrastructure investments that will guarantee long-term, efficient transportation throughout coastal B.C. One such proposal that could

be considered is the construction of a toll bridge across the Saanich Inlet, and the closure of the Duke Point, Mill Bay, and Brentwood Bay terminals once the bridge is completed. The existing Duke Point-Tswassen sailings could be incorporated into the Swartz Bay-Tswassen route without any modifications to the existing terminal infrastructure. The Duke Point terminal could be sold to a port operator and a container terminal could be constructed there. The resulting increased sailing frequency along the stunning Swartz Bay-Tswassen route would increase tourism to the island. The new bridge would mean a 40-minute drive to Swartz Bay from Duncan, and would

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I read, with great interest, your article on the bomb explosions in Bombay Harbour, because my father was injured in that explosion. He was chief engineer on board a Royal Navy ship (I’m afraid I don’t know the name) that was at anchor in the harbour. His ship was very badly damaged and subsequently sank. Many were killed. As survivors were scrambling to leave, a friend and colleague asked, “Where is the chief?” and someone replied, “He’s lying in the gangway with his head blown off.” Luckily for my dad his friend went back and found him. He had severe injuries but fortunately not as bad as had been described. He spent a long time in hospital before being repatriated back to Britain, and eventually joining another ship. However, he always maintained that the accident saved his life, because all his shipmates from the damaged ship were transported to the U.S.A. to join a newly refitted aircraft carrier. While waiting for it to be made ready, they had a wonderful vacation and were treated like heroes. My dad, hearing about it, was extremely envious. Sadly it was sunk with all hands on its first voyage out, making my dad the only member of his original ship’s crew to survive the war. He went on to serve to the end of war, and was on three ships that were sunk and lost. He lived to age 90 — a very lucky survivor indeed.

The first time a prime minister comes to Cowichan in 60 years, yet ordinary citizens were not even told of his visit, not invited to ask questions, and protected from view by police officers? Wow, is this a democracy? So when I learned that the prime minister was coming to Brentwood College on Jan. 7, I asked carbon busters to come. And come they did — between 200 and 300 met me at the Brentwood entrance to ask questions to Harper about climate change. I am so ticked off! I have worked for many oil and gas companies, only to quit when I realized that greenhouse gases will destroy my kids’ future. But Harper has not changed his life or his climate change policies one bit. I think he is brain-dead. Brentwood College is a school for goodness sake. Are students not encouraged to ask questions? What a farce! Shame on Harper. Shame on Brentwood for supporting this travesty of a democracy. And shame on us if we let it happen without protest. Since I did not contribute to Harper’s campaign, I was not invited to see Harper. What a surprise. Instead, I gave his wellheeled guests a list of questions as they drove in, like: When will you understand that Canada cannot have a strong economy if our climate, and society, is destroyed by

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Harper will find little support for him here If Prime Minister Stephen Harper thought that he could sneak onto Vancouver Island to quietly drum up support, he was in for a rude awakening. Though there was only a short time to spread the news of his upcoming visit to Mill Bay, it was still long enough for over 100 concerned citizens, from babies to seniors and students to professionals, to come out to let him know that we are not letting him get away with thinking that all is well here. There is so much dissatisfaction with his lack of concern with the environment and our future, and it is only going to get larger. I suggest that in the future he stays away from this part of the country. He will find little support for him here. Valerie Russell Maple Bay

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Protesters gathered outside of the Brentwood College gates last week when Prime Minister Stephen Harper came to Cowichan. [CITIZEN FILE] greenhouse gases, and that local renewable energy sources, not pipelines, will provide more long term local jobs for Canadians than will fossil fuel? But we all know that Harper’s real purpose in coming was to rub the back of his financial supporters, and to bolster sup-

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port for this new riding. No question about it — and, of course, no questions allowed. But speaking of democracy on a positive note, local politicians did come to protest; including CVRD Directors Loren Duncan, Lori Iannidinardo and Ian Morrison, as well as Duncan

Councillor Michelle Staples — big thanks for their political courage. And thanks also to the RCMP for protecting our right to protest. Local politicians at our rally helped demonstrate that Harper is the real anti-democratic radical; for example, his support for oil pipeline companies will contribute to the destruction of our climate and society. Hey, how radical is that? Ironically, protesters are the conservatives; in the sense that we want to “conserve” our climate. We call it climate justice. Millions of lives are being destroyed by the lack of action on climate change. But instead of acting on this historic crisis, Harper visits rich Brentwood supporters, and thanks them for their money and for ignoring this very apparent tragedy. You have to be really uncaring, or delusional, not to see what is happening in the world. And yet Harper claims to be religious and moral. I am really angry! So fellow citizens, let’s use our anger constructively to elect politicians who will phase out the fossil fuel industry. And yes, for all those critics out there, those of us who consume fossil fuels (like all of us) also need to conserve and switch to renewable energy as quickly as possible. First item on our agenda, get rid of Harper as prime minister. Peter Nix, Maple Bay Cowichan Carbon Buster

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eptember 1919. The first Armistice Day was less than a year past and, after four years of bloodletting, it was a time for healing. Hence a goodwill visit during CHRONICLES his Canadian tour by T.W. Paterson the Prince of Wales — he, who, almost 20 years later as King Edward VIII, would renounce his throne for “the woman I love”. “We wish to express the very great pleasure it is to us, to be afforded the opportunity, and we desire on behalf of our citizens to extend Your Royal Highness a sincere and cordial welcome to our city,” said Mayor H. McKenzie who, with a contingent of decorated veterans, greeted HRH’s arrival by train. “Many of our people are from the Motherland, and they very highly prize its institutions and government. We are pleased that our city is today honoured by [your] presence and we hope and believe that your journey across the continent has disclosed to you that our Dominion is loyal to the throne and person of His Majesty, and we believe that your journey through our country will assist in a most important manner to strengthen the ties that now so firmly bind together all parts of the vast Empire over which His Majesty rules so well...” All these years (and another world war) later, we’re still a member of the Commonwealth, we still have strong ties with Great Britain, we still have a Governor General and Lieutenants-Governor. But we don’t wear our feelings of nationalism and loyalty to the crown on our sleeves anymore, and some of Mayor McKenzie’s rhetoric borders on the cloying and leaves one feeling, um, uncomfortable: “With the feelings of pleasure and pride, we beg to assure you that in no place throughout our vast Dominion can be found more loyal subjects than the citizens in Nanaimo.” At least, Nanaimo residents were courteous enough not to upstage the royal visit. Earlier, in Duncan, as many as 3,000 people had gathered to greet HRH at the E&N station, where a raised dais had been placed before the station platform, beneath an attractive archway erected by members of the Great War Veterans Assoc. Suddenly, as the train approached, there was “a whirr in the air as Pathfinder II circled down and passed over the cheering concourse. So great was the excitement,” reported the Cowichan Leader of the arrival of the city’s first aircraft, “that the near approach of the Prince’s train was almost unheeded.” Because of the unexpected excitement, the royal visit — scheduled to be just 10 minutes — lasted half an hour before the train could proceed to Nanaimo. Then the crowd moved on to the fields of the nearby Evans farm (today’s Island Savings Centre), to examine their aerial visitor. At least 40 of them (including the late Jack Fleetwood, I recall him telling me) capped a memorable and historic day by taking advantage of the opportunity to soar aloft

tion which lie before us all. The future of your city is I know a bright one, and in wishing your citizens all success in their various callings, I look forward to finding Nanaimo, on the occasion of my next visit, even more smiling and prosperous

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for a small fee. Edward’s arrival in Duncan was a tough act to follow but Nanaimo did its best. Mayor McKenzie and City Clerk Sam Gough expressed the Hub City’s pleasure in his visit and its significance in marking the end of the Great War: “In common with the rest of His Majesty’s subjects... we celebrate...with joy and thanksgiving the conclusion of the World War which had plunged the world into sorrow and suffering; and we pray that the peace now so happily inaugurated, may by the grace of God, be a lasting one, and the horrors of armed conflict among the civilized nations of the world shall never again occur.” Well, we know that the war to end all wars didn’t end global conflict. But we are still bonded by our common heritage with Great Britain so, perhaps, there is some hope for peace in this world. After presenting medals to several veterans and the widow of Sgt. Peter McCorkindale, the Prince expressed his appreciation of the city’s warm welcome and carried on his royal way, secure in the knowledge that “in this part of the Island, British institutions are safe in your keeping and it is a special pleasure for me to be able to pay a visit to a City which more than played its part in the great effort that the Empire was called upon to make during the last four years in the cause of humanity and justice. “Now that the war has been brought to a happy and victorious termination, I feel sure that the same spirit which carried you through those dark days will help you to solve the many problems of reconstruc-

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Dance fans will have plenty to cheer about as Chemainus Secondary students hit the stage at their school for their annual showcase Wednesday, Jan. 15 and Thursday, Jan. 16, according to their dance teacher Ashley Bell. The doors open at 6:30 p.m. and the show will start at 7 p.m. both nights, she said. “We will have dance hall/reggae, hip hop, contemporary, lyrical, which is a bit slower and some Bollywood and musical theatre and a little bit of tap, some street jazz, too,” she said. “There are some solos and some full class numbers and also some small group dances that the students have choreographed themselves. “The Grade 12s have put together a number and there is a small group in the class that have devoted their time to working during lunch hour and I have choreographed a special piece for about nine students. There’s a large variety,” she added.

According to Bell, The school’s program includes Grades 9-12 and to allow for costume changes in the big numbers, there are a few solos included in the show as well, including a tap dancer from outside the actual dance class. “This is an annual event as of right now because they just have dance class for one semester,” said Bell. “There are actually 36 students in my class including what I call my ‘token males’.” Will they get the loudest cheers? Experience at other dance shows suggests the brave boy dancers are always really popular with the crowd. “ I ex p e c t t h ey w i l l ,” s h e laughed. Tickets for the show are $10 for adults or $7 for students and seniors and $25 for a family of four. There will also be a raffle and a photo booth on Jan. 16. There will be a bake sale, as well, and three door prizes each night. Businesses in Ladysmith, Chemainus and Duncan have sponsored items for the raffle and door prizes.

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Conductor Simon Leung urges his choristers to give it their all as he prepares the Medford Singers for their upcoming show, Winter Song. [LEXI BAINAS/CITIZEN]

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The Medford Singers are celebrating the season with a performance called Winter Song on Sunday, Jan. 19 at 2 p.m. at Duncan United Church. With Stephen Shields accompanying on the piano, conductor Simon Leung had the group in fine voice, working on a medley from Les Miserables when the Citizen dropped in for a listen last Saturday. Leung was also in fine fettle, as usual, with both arms and eyebrows working tirelessly in an effort to spur his singers to surpass themselves. He urged the altos, tenors and basses to provide a firm — and warm — underpinning for that famous song, I Dreamed a Dream. “I like a warm bed,” he said. “I have one of those electric blankets underneath me at home and another on top!” When the basses still weren’t “warm” enough, he told them to step it up. “Otherwise everyone will only listen to them,” he said pointing dramatically to the sopranos as everyone laughed.

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Next attempt, the fellows were there, rich and deep. Medford choristers rave about Leung’s way of helping them make the most of their talents and it was plain they are enjoying getting ready for this show. According to choir member, Michele Jedwab, “there’s a whole range of music this time, too, from Les Miserables to The Prayer, Time to Say Goodbye and even Vivaldi’s Gloria.” As usual, the choir is inviting guests from the South Island Musical Theatre Society, who will be performing songs from their upcoming production of My Fair Lady. “Guest soloists Ann Yelland, Janice Campbell and Elizabeth Barrett will be singing with the choir in the Gloria and we also have a baroque ensemble accompanying us in this,” Jedwab said. Tickets are $15 for adults. Admission is free for children 12 and under. Get your tickets at Volume One Bookstore and at the Duncan United Church office.

Violinist from Carnegie to Cowichan LEXI BAINAS CITIZEN

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Award winning violinist Caroline Goulding makes her debut Jan. 18 with the Victoria Symphony at the Cowichan Theatre, playing Bruch’s beautiful Scottish Fantasy. The program also features Orchestral Variations by Copland; a world premiere of New World: The Golden Door by Oesterle and finally Mendelssohn’s Symphony No. 5 (The Reformation). Maestra Tania Miller conducts. Goulding was born in Port Huron, MI, in 1992 and at age three, began lessons on the violin with Julia Kurtyka and then worked with Paul Kantor while he was attending the University of Michigan. After Kantor took a post with the Cleveland Institute of Music when Goulding was 11, her family relocated to Cleveland so she could continue studies with him there. Goulding also studied at the Aspen Festival and School, the Juilliard School via the Starling-Delay Symposium, the Inter-

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The Vancouver Island Film and Entertainment Co-operative has a sackful of short film proposals and other opportunities, just waiting for someone to take them up. Group spokesperson Lynn Hale urged Cowichan Valley residents to look at them as they are “opportunities to possibly participate in acting or production, including producing and directing.” The ideas may emerge as VIFEC projects, or outside the cooperative, depending on the decision of the writer, she said. One of the big advantages of doing a production within the cooperative is getting commercial general liability insurance, Hale said. However, insurance is available only for a limited number of productions so move quickly to get your proposal submitted to the board of directors. For co-op members, there is a big audition session at the Hub in Cowichan Station at 2375 Koksilah Rd. on Jan. 18. Auditions take place between noon and 4 p.m. Contact vifecmember@gmail.com to learn more. “We may ask you to audition with other actors and would appreciate it if you would be available to read for others. This will give you an idea of what it is like to be on the other side of the audition table,” Hale said. Actors may show up in makeup if they want, as part of the audition will be taped. Folks may want to include this portion in their profiles on the co-op’s website, Hale said. People should also bring a USB device so they can take home a copy of their audition. One of the main reasons for having a co-op is to collaborate and offer support and learning and creative opportunities. “We can work together so everyone uses their skills and talents and help the Island’s reputation as a great place to come and film,” Hale said. “The more of us that know a number of different aspects of movie-making the better and the more you as an actor can create opportunities for yourself the better. We encourage you to make things happen for yourself and for others for the benefit of all.” There are 25 scripts available for a serious group of collaborators to consider and anyone interested should contact Hale at allhalelynn@yahoo.ca for a synopsis. For more about the cooperative: http://vifilmandentertainment coop.weebly.com/index.html

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Key wins keep Caps in playoff spot “We have to take advantage of home ice and put some wins together.”

KEVIN ROTHBAUER CITIZEN

A pair of crucial wins at home last weekend kept the Cowichan Valley Capitals just ahead of the Alberni Valley Bulldogs in the B.C. Hockey League playoff hunt. The Caps edged the Bulldogs themselves 2-1 in overtime on Friday, then got by the Salmon Arm Silverbacks by the same score on Sunday afternoon. “They were key wins, for sure,” Capitals head coach Bob Beatty said. “They were hard-fought wins. “I thought we had a good effort from everybody. Not to use a cliché, but it was a good, solid team effort. Our play away from the puck was better than it had been the weekend before.” The wins marked the first backto-back victories for the Capitals since a three game streak between Oct. 16 and 19. Beatty was especially pleased with his team’s play in the defensive end. Goalie Robin Gusse got both starts, making 30 saves on Friday and 24 on Sunday. “We gave up one goal both games, which is a tribute to our goaltender,” he said. “Friday night, both goaltenders [Gusse and former Cap Connor LaCouvee] were exemplary. We just happened to score in overtime to get the extra point.” Defenceman Jarrett Brown

BOB BEATTY, Capitals head coach

Cowichan’s Daniel Wanner won’t give up on the puck despite being knocked to the ice during Sunday’s game against Salmon Arm. [KEVIN ROTHBAUER/CITIZEN] opened the scoring on Friday with a second-period powerplay goal set up by Mason Malkowich and Clint Filbrandt. The Bulldogs replied early in the third period, setting up the extra session, where Myles Powell needed just 57 seconds to score the decisive marker. Going into overtime, Beatty wasn’t concerned about giving Alberni one point in the standings,

preferring to focus on making sure his team got the additional point. “You can’t turn the clock back,” he said. “We didn’t really want to give them a point, but we were grateful to get the win and the extra point.” All the scoring on Sunday was done with the man advantage. The Silverbacks got on the board at 6:22 of the first, but Matthew

Berry-LaMontagna evened the score late in the frame, and Taylor Allan potted the eventual gamewinner at 12:27 of the second. “Salmon Arm’s top line has put significant numbers up, but we were able to shut them down for the most part,” Beatty noted. “They did score on the powerplay on a scramble we didn’t tie up, but I felt our defence played

quite well.” The BCHL’s trade deadline passed last Friday, and the Caps made a pair of moves, shipping forward Alexis Guilbault back to Quebec and bolstering their blueline by adding six-foot-six American defender Blake Butzow from the Penticton Vees. “We were pretty pleased to be able to pick him up,” Beatty said. “He’s got experience and size, and he’s a good defender.” The Caps have four more home games before they head back on the road, beginning this weekend as they host the Prince George Spruce Kings as part of Hockey Day in the Valley on Saturday, and the Powell River Kings on Sunday. “We have to take advantage of home ice and put some wins together,” the coach said. “I don’t think you can call two in a row a streak, but we’d like to get on a roll.” With 34 points, the Caps are just two ahead of the Bulldogs for the fourth and final Island Division playoff spot. The Bulldogs have two games in hand.

Isles press on after deadline deals KEVIN ROTHBAUER CITIZEN

Showing that they won’t back down despite having their ranks gutted in the last couple of weeks, the Kerry Park Islanders put forth a tremendous team effort in a 6-2 win over the Saanich Braves on Saturday evening. Six different players scored, and only three were left off the scoresheet as the Isles proved they are still a competitor in the Vancouver Island Junior Hockey League. “We may have lost some excellent players, but we still have some excellent players left,” Islanders owner Mark Osmond said. “After what they went through in the last week and a half, with players going out and players coming in, they did pretty well.” Newcomer Adam Page joined Francis Slicer, Hobin Zinck, Brendan Gowanlock, Matt Osmond and Jamie Jensen in putting the puck in the Saanich net. Zinck added one assist, and Ryan Paisley and Tyler Fraser had two helpers apiece. L e i g h t o n W i l l i a m s, n o w ensconced as the team’s number-

one netminder, stopped 33 of 35 shots for the win. The victory came just days after the Isles traded away four key players in the lead-up to the transaction deadline last Friday. Osmond made the deals reluctantly, but wanted to keep the local players happy. “They asked, so I did it,” he said. “I tried to do the best for everybody and for the club’s long-term future.” Forwards Alex Milligan and Tylor Branzsen, the Isles’ top two scorers prior to last week, were sent to the Peninsula Panthers in exchange for defenceman Page and forward Nick Kean. Veteran goalie Jackson Jane was traded to the Nanaimo Buccaneers for rookie puckstop Michael Herringer. And defenceman Nick Hayes went to the Campbell River Storm for future considerations. In a state of flux, with Milligan and Branzsen already gone, but with Jane and Hayes still in the lineup, the Isles paid a visit to the Victoria Cougars last Thursday, losing 7-1. After falling behind 40 in the first period, they played

“We may have lost some excellent players, but we still have some excellent players left.” MARK OSMOND, Islanders owner

better down the stretch. Paisley scored the lone goal, and Williams made 38 saves. Despite having lost four players last week and two the week before when Braedan Cross and Taylor Armbruster joined the junior A Trail Smoke Eaters for the remainder of the season, the Isles aren’t throwing in the towel. “We’re not giving up,” Osmond said. “Put it that way.” The team has 10 games left in the regular season and is still hoping to move past the Westshore Wolves into third place in the South Division. The Isles play the Wolves this Saturday at the Island Savings Centre as part of Hockey Day in the Valley, facing off at 3 p.m. On Sunday, they host the Victoria Cougars at Kerry Park at 3 p.m.

Ryan Paisley digs for the puck against Saanich. [KEVIN ROTHBAUER/CITIZEN]

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Flickers off to rough start in VILFHA Div. 1 KEVIN ROTHBAUER CITIZEN

The Cowichan Flickers played their first game in Div. 1 of the Vancouver Island Ladies Field Hockey Association last Saturday, and didn’t get off to the start they were looking for as they fell 5-1 to the Mariners. Amanda Kurianowicz scored Cowichan’s lone goal. The Flickers will be back in action this Wednesday against Lynx I. In Div. 2, the Cowichan Cardinals also had a tough first game of 2014, losing 4-0 to the Sailors on Saturday. Next up for the

Cardinals is Lynx II next Saturday. The Cowichan Stellers won both their games last weekend as they held on to first place in Div. 3. April Keller and Maddie Pirie had two goals apiece and Olivia Burton had one in a 5-1 win over Lynx III. Keller scored in the next game, a 3-1 win over the Pirates, while Hayley Koers and Olivia Yeats also found the back of the net. The Kestrels, Cowichan’s other Div. 3 team, were shut out 2-0 by the Pirates last Saturday. The Kestrels play the Devils next Saturday, while the Stellers face the Demons.

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Jr. T-Birds third at Emerald, set for home tournament KEVIN ROTHBAUER CITIZEN

Leading up to their own Thunderbird Invitational this coming weekend, Cowichan Secondary’s junior boys basketball team placed third in the Emerald Tournament hosted by Vancouver College last weekend. Cowichan opened the tournament with a 42-30 win over Pitt Meadows last Friday, then narrowly lost the semifinal 59-54 against Terry Fox. They recovered to beat Heritage Woods 57-37 in the third-place game. Humza Khan, one of the team’s most consistent players this season, was named a tournament all-star. Going into the tournament, the T-Birds were ranked eighth in the province, just behind Vancouver College and ahead of Terry Fox.

“After Terry Fox defeated us in the semifinal, they went on to win the championship over Vancouver College,” Cowichan coach Lucky Walia noted. “So, the next poll will likely see those slots shuffled a bit.” Following a league game at Shawnigan Lake on Thursday, the T-Birds will host the Thunderbird Invitational on Friday and Saturday. Oak Bay and Vancouver College open the tournament at 6:30 p.m., followed by a rematch between Cowichan and Terry Fox at 8 p.m. On Saturday at 10 a.m., Cowichan will get another look at Vancouver College, who defeated them 45-22 in mid-December. The T-Birds will get their first look at Island rivals Oak Bay at 2:30 p.m. Other games on Saturday include Oak Bay vs. Terry Fox at 11:30 a.m., Vancouver College vs. Lambrick Park at 1 p.m., and Terry Fox vs. Lambrick Park at 4 p.m.

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Doug Groenendijk celebrates a big play during the provincial championships hosted by Duncan Christian School last November. [CITIZEN FILE]

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Chargers’ Groenendijk cracks Province’s volleyball top-15 KEVIN ROTHBAUER CITIZEN

Playing at a single-A school on Vancouver Island didn’t prevent Doug Groenendijk from being discovered by the powers that be in volleyball. The six-foot-six star of the Duncan Christian Chargers was named one of B.C.’s top 15 boys volleyball players in a poll by of Canadian Interuniversity Sport coaches released by The Province last month. “Newer to the sport than most top-end players, but has high-end tools and can

become a dominant force at net,” is how the article described Groenendijk. “It’s sweet, knowing that all that hard work I’ve put into the sport paid off in the long run,” Groenendijk said. Groenendijk hasn’t decided where he will play next year, but he is hoping to play for one of the CIS teams in B.C. Being named to the top-15 list should help him get a spot on one of those squads. “It totally puts my name out there a bit more,” he said. “It helps me out in the long run.”

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