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Two men wanted after Westholme carjacking attempt SARAH SIMPSON CITIZEN

Volunteer firefighters and other first responders were summoned after this vehicle left the road while rounding a corner on the Indian Road hill last Thursday. One passenger got out on her own, but the female driver had to be helped out by firefighters after the vehicle was secured to their truck to prevent it from sliding further down the slope. Police and passersby stopped traffic to allow for the rescue. [KEVIN ROTHBAUER/CITIZEN]

Bus pass program leaving applicants mired in delays, phone tree hang-ups SARAH SIMPSON CITIZEN

Just a short time after his story appeared in the Citizen, Duncan Manor senior Virgil Baciu got help with his 2014 bus pass.

The pass is a special one, issued through the Ministry of Social Development and Social Innovation’s B.C. Bus Pass Program to aid seniors, those with fixed or low incomes, and those on disability to

travel around and between Cowichan and Victoria for at a significantly reduced rate. While the Cowichan resident is See Disabled man • page 8

Following an attempted car jacking near Westholme, RCMP are encouraging drivers to keep their windows rolled up and their doors locked while traveling. A woman was driving along Chemainus Road near the Halalt Reserve about 10 p.m. on Jan. 19 when a man jumped out in front of her car, police said. “She was forced to stop her vehicle for a man standing in the middle of the road,” North Cowichan/ Duncan RCMP Cpl. Krista Hobday said in a press release. “The woman slowed her vehicle to a near stop, and honked her horn to get the man’s attention.” While the man had the driver distracted, a second suspect emerged from nearby bushes and tried to enter the woman’s vehicle. “Luckily the vehicle doors were locked and the men were not able to get into the car,” Hobday said. The driver then drove around the men, left the area, and called the police. “This was a very frightening situation for this woman, but thanks to her quick action she was able to get away and call for help,” Hobday said. “While this is an isolated incident, it serves as a good reminder to motorists to lock their doors, and be con-

scious of their surroundings at all times.” Extensive searching by officers with the help of a canine unit did not round up the two suspects. One of the men is described as tall and wearing a white hoodie while the second was clad in all black. Police investigation revealed neighbours had seen a Caucasian man wearing a white or black hoodie walking up and down the road at night and looking into windows. “They had not reported these instances to police,” Hobday said. Those with information about this incident are encouraged to call the North Cowichan/ Duncan RCMP at 250-748-5522 or anonymously through Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477).

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$25K to go to restore Beaver Creek Dam SARAH SIMPSON CITIZEN

The Cowichan Lake Salmonid Enhancement Society (CLSES) has been chosen to receive a grant of $25,000 from Shell. All told, Shell gave $1 million to environmental projects across the country as part of its FuellingChange Program. “What a great day for our community to be awarded this grant, the community has really got behind the Beaver Creek Weir Project,” said CLSES President Bob Crandall. “As I understand it we finished first in our category of more than 20 participants across Canada with almost 20,000 more votes than the second place finisher. I really want to thank everyone for their support.” The grant came as a result of an online voting competition at FuellingChange.com. Grants of $25,000, $50,000 and $100,000 were awarded. “The great thing about FuellingChange is that it empowers environmental and not-for-profit organizations’ efforts in realizing environmental initiatives, reaches out to Canadians and gets them involved in building a sustainable future,” said Shell Canada’s President Lorraine Mitchelmore. “FuellingChange is part of the process of being proactive and discovering what environmental projects our customers care about.” More than 13 million votes were

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cast by customers who voted to split the pot between 31 different projects. The money headed to CLSES will help restore the Beaver Creek Dam. The dam is identified as being at a high risk of failure and needs to be brought to current standards. Last year, the federal government has indicated that if the CLSES could raise the funds to make the necessary upgrades that they would leave the dam in place and retain the water licence. To date the CLSES has raised more than $70,000 of which $20,000 has also come by way of a grant from the federal Department of Fisheries and Oceans. The funds will be used to carry out the upgrades to the dam as well as maintenance to the Beaver Creek trail and Beaver Creek spawning areas.

Two vehicles sustained extensive damage after a collision at the intersection of Trunk Road and the Trans Canada Highway late Saturday night. [KEVIN ROTHBAUER/CITIZEN]

Valley horse tail heist a ‘cruel act of theft’: RCMP Five horses are left with truncated tails in the second shearing incident in less than a year at a rural Cowichan property. The disturbing discovery was made Jan. 12 when the horses’ owner went to the barn to check on the animals. “This cruel act of theft will have

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$8M bite taken out of final schools budget Changes in school calendar go public LEXI BAINAS CITIZEN

Trustee Mike McKay officially passed a final budget of $83,001,819 for the 2013/14 school year at the Jan. 15 school board meeting. It’s in a different format from last year, but the total is about $8 million less because the district was given money to help pay down the Cowichan Place loan and that one-time funding is no longer available, according to district secretary-treasurer Bob Harper. The district submitted, as required, a balanced budget to the education ministry late last spring but that now it has to be tweaked to reflect real life in the Cowichan Valley school district, Harper said. “The original budget figures are estimated on data available in March of the previous year. But, come September, we get our actual enrolment from the ministry. They re-jig the numbers and tell us what we are actually going to get for the year based on enrolment,” he said. McKay agreed. “Everything that happens in May is hypothetical because until we know how many students are actually enrolled, it’s a best guess,” he said. Harper explained that he views the budget process as firing at

“a continually moving target” because “we don’t know ahead of time what our Hydro bill is going to be for the end of the month, or for the year. It depends on whether the temperature goes up or down. And that’s without any of the surprises we get in terms of rate adjustments.” By the time the district reaches January, a lot of concrete data has been collected. “We can refine the budget based on what we know of enrolment, what our staffing costs are, and what our estimates are for the rest of the year.” Then assistant secretary-treasurer Jason Sandquist talked about some specific changes. “This is a consolidated budget. Previously we just showed the budget of the operating fund but that includes our capital and special purpose funds now. Our operating budget is actually much less than that. “We made a significant investment to increase our international student revenue and the number of students that have arrived this year exceeded our estimate last May. Of course with that we also increased our expenditures because you can’t increase this revenue without hiring additional services overseas. There are costs for staffing, commissions and

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District secretary-treasurer Bob Harper says the budget process is like firing at ‘a continually moving target.’ [CITIZEN FILE] agents,” he said. Sandquist also pointed out that the district has not raised as much cash from bus fees as originally expected and some grant money has also been adjusted downward. “On the expenditure side, CUPE and USE workers will now be receiving the increases negotiated in their contracts. That has to come out of this year’s budget so our expenditures will now reflect those, too,” he said. In staffing, the budget has had to be changed to reflect more absenteeism this year. “Also in our utilities we were expecting to have a biomass boiler installed at Lake Cowichan a little earlier. It won’t be in

until the end of March or April so that means there will be more expense for heating oil. We’ve also increased our budget for diesel fuel; what we’re actually spending exceeds what we had in the budget,” he said. Sandquist concluded by saying that this balanced budget includes “all the surplus that we had in the budget from last year as well.” Discussions will get underway soon about the budget for the next school year, 2014/15. It was a decision to send in an unbalanced budget in 2012 that led to the removal of the previously elected board of school trustees in the Cowichan Valley district.

Drafting a school calendar has often been controversial and again this year, the Cowichan Valley School District is putting its plans for 2014/15 out there for public comment. The consultation process started Jan. 15 with Trustee Mike McKay agreeing to send an early draft of the new school year calendar forward to see what the reaction is. Schools superintendent Joe Rhodes said, “We’re only halfway through the school year and yet, because the ministry has changed their requirements for school calendars, we need to come up with a draft calendar for next year to put out for consultation now. “We have to submit to the ministry by March 31 a school calendar that can demonstrate that it’s compliant to their new rule. The only rule they have now is that we must provide X number of instructional hours for our students depending on their grade and age. “They like to vet that calendar and get it back to us as approved prior to the time in May when we put the calendar out formally.” Rhodes said that district staff, led by Sheryl Koers, acting director of elementary education, has put together the draft. “The significant change is the piece around the five-day district closure and the piece around PLCs [professional learning community days] and the piece around parent teacher interviews,” Rhodes said. That could be sticky indeed because many parents may not realize yet that they can only come in to talk to teachers during the day, not at night as had been previously possible. “It’s really unfortunate that we haven’t had the chance to go through the first day-time parent teacher interviews. But we will have done that within the consultation period. We will get the appropriate feedback as to whether that’s a good thing or needs to be reconsidered,” Rhodes said. “But this is very much a draft. We need to reach agreement with the teachers union around when the professional development days actually are. We have put in traditional placeholders for when they have historically been.” Koers added, “The calendar is compliant for the number of hours required. Now it just has to be determined if we have got the days right for people. That’s the part that will go out for consultation.” A copy of the draft is on the Cowichan Valley School District website under school board agendas and minutes.

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Cowichan Valley Citizen | Wednesday, January 22, 2014

Shawnigan man prepping for class action lawsuit LEXI BAINAS CITIZEN

A Shawnigan Lake property owner is urging the provincial government to take responsibility if residents are hurt financially by the granting of a permit to South Island Aggregates to dump contaminated soil in the Shawnigan watershed. Ron Witherspoon is a member of the Shawnigan Lake Residents Association and is doing preparatory work to be ready for a class action lawsuit if things come to that, but at present he’s watching events unfold and gathering evidence. “The association is conducting an appeal to the Environmental Appeal Board. If we lose that action and contaminated soil starts coming into the watershed then we do have evidence of harm and we can take an action against the province for granting the permit and against the SIA if their actions cause a drop in property values,” he said. “I’m proposing to launch a class action suit but you don’t launch a lawsuit until you’ve got irrefutable evidence of damages so we’re not at that stage with the SIA issue yet.” Witherspoon said he has been watching with interest the way the federal government is handling a similar problem in Port Hope, Ontario, where it has designed a program to compensate property owners who have been affected by the dumping of contaminated soil there. He is approaching the B.C provincial government in the hope of getting it to step up and take responsibility for losses by Shawnigan Lake area property owners caused by the dirty dirt situation going on there now and in future. There are several concerns that need to

“...you don’t launch a lawsuit until you’ve got irrefutable evidence of damages so we’re not at that stage with the SIA issue yet.” RON WITHERSPOON, Residents Association member

be considered, said Witherspoon, whose background is in banking. These include losses on the sale of property, loss of rental income and mortgage renewal difficulties. He said he had recently spoken to a Shawnigan Lake woman who was finding it harder than expected to renew her mortgage, and to property developers and realtors who are fielding concerns about possible property purchases in the area, apparently because of the threat of contamination from the dirty dirt dumping. Witherspoon said there is also need for the province to compensate developers and the local economy for the construction of 1,800 new homes which are in the planning stage for Shawnigan Lake watershed and to deal with possible reduction of economic opportunities in the watershed, where businesses, schools and tourism “are likely to be negatively impacted by the stigma of carcinogens in the watershed.” It’s time to gather bits of evidence into a dossier for a possible lawsuit, he said. “If the BC government is of the opinion that there will be no negative impacts from granting this permit, they need to put their money where their mouth is and provide a guarantee to the residents of the watershed. If they are right, this program will cost them nothing,” he said.

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No common sense in schools budget process he budgeting process for school districts is a mess and needs a serious overhaul by the provincial government. It’s not a mess through any fault of the school districts. It’s a mess because of the requirements from the province that they provide a fully nailed down, balanced budget at a time when everybody knows the numbers will still change, possibly significantly. District staff should not have to be shooting at “a continually moving target”, as one district official called it last week.

This is serious business. The Cowichan school board was fired because they declined to submit a balanced budget. This determines resources not only for classrooms but for busing, maintenance and utilities for the year. And yet, the way things are set up with exact yearly enrolment figures dictating funding to a large extent, long-term planning is severely hampered. The budget is due at the ministry in the spring. Reliable enrolment figures aren’t available until the start of the school year in the fall (and even these are subject to change

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through the year). You see the problem. So here we are in January passing the final budget for this school year, with changes in the millions of dollars. That money has to come from somewhere. Even if boards of education leave contingencies to try to help mitigate the impact of budget changes, it can still easily leave districts scrambling to shift things around. Our school district staff does an exemplary job of predicting the enrolment numbers so they don’t dig themselves a giant hole in the spring that must be filled

in the fall/winter. But they shouldn’t have to function like this. We completely agree that some kind of draft budget for the next school year should be produced in the spring. That’s just common sense. But a to-the-penny accounting should wait until the district actually knows how much money will be coming in. That’s just common sense, too. Otherwise, it’s a recipe for shortfalls. Nobody wants to deal with that when students are in the desks and programs are underway.

The strength and good nature of the Cowichan Valley people has been noticed. We have something here, a quality which I want to see retained. Easy for Stephen to stand on the Kinsol Trestle after all the work of the locals who banded together to save it. It’s a massive train that is rolling, and the BC Liberals are in the clubcar. Maybe it’s just the way of the world and I’m shouting into the wind. When do we ever get to shout, full-voice, with a smile on our faces and love in our hearts? Is that the purpose of hockey games? Or demonstrations?

Re: Harper avoids public (letters, Jan. 15) So, we should get rid of Harper, Mr. Nix? The Mill Bay area? Votes NDP. The riding Peter Nix lives in, in Maple Bay? Votes NDP. Except for instances of Reform, they’ve never NOT been NDP in the last few decades. Even if everybody voted to get rid of Harper in those two ridings, so to speak, what would it change? Absolutely nothing. It would still be NDP, and thus be no closer to getting rid of Harper than before. Mining the oilsands ruins the earth? Well, guess what? They were “ruining the earth” centuries before anyone thought to dig them up and get oil out of them. First Nations in the area caulked their canoes with it! It’s like Nature’s great big oil spill, that the oil companies are cleaning up. Here’s a question I’d like to ask Peter Nix: either way, we need oil. It’s vital to our survival, despite the scaremongering. Would he rather have more ethical Canadian oil; or less ethical oil from say, Saudi Arabia, which forbids religious freedom and engages in severe oppression of women, who cannot drive or even leave their own houses without being completely covered head to toe while with a male relative as escort? If his answer is neither, would he rather choose between heating his home, and eating food, as “green energy” initiatives in Britain have forced middle class families to do?

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Applause for Harper visit demonstrators I did not attend the demonstration outside Brentwood College on Tuesday [Jan. 7]. I was not there because there was almost no notice that Mr. Harper would be coming to visit, and he was here mid-day on a working weekday. I heard from people who were there, and respond to their comments. One was the variety of issues that were being raised. Practically every person’s placard was about something different. The number of concerns that people have about the Conservatives are multiple, and growing.

Then, the comments about growth, not grow-ops. Sounds glib and a bit catchy until one considers the recent issue of closing down legal marijuana growers and having the federal government take over. Harper has gone into the growop business in as large a way as possible, and he’s doing it legally, since he makes the laws. He knows where the big money is and he’s going for it on all fronts. When fear and greed become the main forces of motivation, life becomes drudgery. I applaud those people who came together on short notice to stand in the rain and make their presence known to the Harper crew.

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by allowing its courts to invalidate patents for two of its drugs, opening the door for more affordable generics. Shouldn’t Canadians be able to decide these issues ourselves? The TPP would also threaten community-led public policy in that it would include an investor rights’ chapter and investor-state dispute process that would let companies sue governments in secret tribunals when public policies get in the way of profits. The policy could be legal, fair and indiscriminate and still face corporate lawsuits demanding hundreds of millions and sometimes billions of dollars in compensation. An example of this is the $250 million lawsuit by Lone Pine Resources against Quebec’s ban on fracking. What would happen to “buy local” policies? “It is a scandal that a far-reaching deal like the TPP could be signed in the coming months without anyone across the 12

participating countries having seen or had a chance to challenge some of the many new restrictions an agreement will put on our ability to govern in the public interest. The only acceptable road forward for the TPP is for ministers to publish the text now before it’s too late,” says Stuart Trew, trade campaigner with the Council of Canadians, a national grassroots activist and social justice organization. There is a precedent for transparency in a trade negotiation of this size and scope. In July 2001, responding to public pressure about secrecy in the negotiations toward a Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA), North and Latin American ministers published the full text of the agreement in four languages. We need to demand a public discussion on the issues being negotiated on our behalf.

By those rules it was a partisan Conservative event and most likely a pre-election fundraising event. So my question is, who is covering the cost of the travel and staff for it? Will the Conservative Party of Canada be covering the full cost of this event? Also were any civil servants, on the government payroll, used to organize, manage and administer the “support me, I’m your leader (saviour)” rally? If so, will we,

the taxpayers, be reimbursed for those payroll and travel expenses including those for his security team? By way of this letter I am formally requesting that our Member of Parliament, Jean Crowder, look into this and assure, not only myself, but all citizens in this area that not one taxpayer dollar helped fund this event.

Re: Details of TPP deal must be made public As Trudy writes, most of this trade deal is about how government regulates corporate activity, what Crown corporations can and cannot do, how long pharmaceutical patents or copyright terms should be, how the Internet is governed, the sharing of personal information across borders, banking and taxation rules and when a company or investor should be compensated when environmental or public health policies interfere with profits. From information that has been leaked, it has been revealed that public health and access to medicines are threatened under this agreement. Already Canada has been slapped with a $500 million suit by pharmaceutical giant Eli Lilly accusing Canada of violating its obligations to foreign investors under NAFTA

Did taxpayer dollars fund Harper visit? Stephen Harper, the leader of the Conservative Party of Canada, who also happens, by default, to be the prime minister of Canada, visited the Cowichan Valley with a large support team. It appears the purpose of his visit was to preach to his faithful supporters, after all it was a by invitation only event. The common people were not welcome.

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Ranjana Basu of the Cowichan Family Caregivers Support Society was on hand at the CVRD’s first board meeting of the year, Wednesday, to update directors on its Young Carers Program’s activities over the last year and to ask for continued financial support. “With the resources that we have now we can continue to provide some minimal services and continue to raise awareness,” Basu said. “But in order to actually reach young people…we need someone who is dedicated to outreach — someone who can spend the time necessary to reach young people and their families so that we can develop some successful strategies that we can share, we can use to reach more families and share with other communities across Canada. We need more funds in

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Virgil Baciu has now gotten his bus pass, but he is just one of many mired in the system. [CITIZEN FILE] mated message on the phone, Cracknell was able to get through to a human in early December. “It was very difficult to get through to them,” Cracknell said. “I made sure all my contact information was correct and they said they’d send me the information in early December and it hasn’t happened.” Cracknell managed to get himself to the disability office and asked them for help. “They said they couldn’t help me. It’s still within their ministry but it’s a different branch of it,” he explained. A kind woman at the office got in touch with a man at the bus pass office who did phone Cracknell. “He said he’d do something about it. That was still this past Monday,” Cracknell said. “I haven’t received word about what he was going to do.” He still checks his mail every day for the application papers. But, with a two-week processing period and then a wait for the mail to come, Cracknell figures it’ll be some weeks before he sees his new pass. “Even if I do get that application I’m still looking at another month according to their message, before I can get the pass. When I try to get help I’m told that it’s not their department,” he said. “The disability office won’t assist in the meantime.” While grateful for the help he has received, like Baciu, Cracknell is running out of places to turn.

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‘Downtown where the folks are broke, downtown where your life’s a joke,’ sing some of the chorus of Little Shop of Horrors. [LEXI BAINAS/CITIZEN]

The three girls urge Audrey to give up her bully of a boyfriend and take up with good-hearted Seymour instead. For more photos from the show, scan this image with the Layar app on your smart phone or go to www. cowichanvalleycitizen.com [LEXI BAINAS/CITIZEN]

Murder, greed, and aliens set on world domination joined hands in Shawnigan Lake School’s presentation of the musical Little Shop of Horrors but it was not all mayhem and blood-letting. Ask anyone who attended and they’ll probably say they found themselves humming “Little shop, little shop of horrors” in true nasal, girl-group style hours after the performance was over. The music is really catchy and the show is fun, despite its dark, even scary themes. Almost from the get-go, we, along with the hero, Seymour the beaten-down employee of a failing flower shop (Sean Buckley), realize there’s something ever so slightly sinister about the cute little exotic plant he brings to work and calls Audrey II after the girl of his dreams, the equally hapless Audrey (Shanti Thurber). But, buoyed by doo-wop tunes straight from the stoop, we go along with the show and watch the grisly action as the voracious Audrey II claims such cretins as the increasingly greedy flower shop owner, Mr. Mushnik (Isaac Higgins) and Audrey’s vicious boyfriend, Orin the dentist (Michael Kim). Buckley and Thurber are totally believable as the over-humble

Seymour (Sean Buckley) sings about his hopes for a brighter future in Shawnigan’s Little Shop of Horrors. [LEXI BAINAS/CITIZEN]

Seymour and Audrey, a couple of young people with very modest dreams. Higgins’s Mushnik is a sneaky manipulator and Kim’s Orin is a nasty piece of goods indeed. He makes excellent use of his size in presenting his role and, without actually slapping his girl Audrey around, he gives the impression that Orin does regularly, just for the enjoyment he

gets out of terrorizing her. Fanah Msubo, the voice of Audrey II, has big shoes to fill. The character in the movie was sung and spoken by a legendary, hugevoiced R&B singer. Msubo does a great job and also manages to come across as seductively manipulative as well, convincing Seymour first to mutilate himself and then continue to feed his threatening charge. The puppeteers managed the plant’s increasingly bulky body well, even on opening night when we attended. This is not a stage-filling, castheavy blockbuster of a musical. There are only a few opportunities for the chorus. The other major characters are three sharp-tongued streetwise gals called Chiffon, Crystal and Ronette (Hannah Reynolds, Tai Williams and Danielle Tija) and they fulfill the difficult job of explaining and even influencing the action without actually being caught up in it. The Little Shop set was simple but very effective, the orchestra behind the curtain was equally so and the fact that the performance was being staged on the floor of what is basically an auditorium was no issue at all as black curtains surrounding the audience made everyone feel part of the action throughout.

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Valley dance fans are in for a special treat when Ballet Jörgen brings its Romeo and Juliet to the stage of the Cowichan Theatre Saturday, Jan. 25. And they’ll get to see nearly a dozen local dancers in the production as well. One of those is Joisan Fairwell, who said Tuesday that she’s excited about the opportunity to dance again with the company. “I did it last year with them, too. I was in Swan Lake. it was a really great experience. It was a lot of fun,” she said. Fairwell and the others didn’t know by Tuesday exactly what they are going to be doing in Romeo and Juliet. “We don’t find out until we get there for rehearsal. It’s not like we have a big role or anything but it’s really fun to be there on stage with the real company. “We have a rehearsal Friday and then another Saturday and then the performance as well that night.” Last year was a thrill, she said. “It was a great experience. We had the opportunity to watch their actual ballet. It was really cool to see that.” The hard work of the dancers really made an impression. Bengt Jörgen, company founder, speaking from Ontario, shared how his signature choreography of this classic lets the sunshine in to brighten a sad story. “It looks like a ballet but it almost feels like theatre,” he said. “I think that Romeo and Juliet is primarily a love story. Sometimes that gets lost in the tragedy of the whole thing, particularly the ballet because the music is so powerful. It almost becomes a steamroller of the nuance of part of the detail. You have just this big broad emotions that sweep over the stage. “I think what we have successfully done — and this production has successfully toured across the world since 1997 to New York and China and Hong

Saniya Abilmajineva performs as Juliet in Ballet Jörgen’s Romeo and Juliet. For video, scan this image with the Layar app on your smart phone or go to www. cowichanvalleycitizen.com [CHARLENE MCINTOSH PHOTO]

Kong — is make it quite distinct bringing a great deal of softness and sunniness to it. “What we’ve tried to do is show that it really couldn’t have ended any other way and been a love story that was worth telling.” And there’s more than doom and gloom. “I like the sense of humour that rests within the story, the sweetness and softness of it. This is a more gentle treatment of it than you would see in most ballet productions,” he said. Romeo and Juliet are, after all, young people, exuberant and naturally upbeat about their love. The world is full of possibilities at that age. “That is a big part of the essence of

the story and we’ve really tried to find that balance. I think we did. It is a more intimate work than normally seen. I know when we toured it to New York, the critics really praised it for being one of the sunniest, if not the sunniest, Romeo and Juliet that has ever been staged in New York. They were not commenting in a negative way but that we brought a whole new perspective to the story. “We’ve tried to capture the depth and nuance. It’s two lovers who are 14 and 15 and until the very end there are some really great moments. They experience life and love.” And they think nothing they do will have consequences. “We’ve tried to capture that in the story. We think we’ve done a good job. We love it and audiences have loved it for a long time. It continues to be one of our signature works. We’re really happy to be bringing it to Duncan,” he said. By contrast to all this brightness, the ballet’s score also includes the famous March of the Knights, in which composer Prokofiev really put the B in bombastic. That thrilling music is still used by sports teams the world over and it also has showed up as background in many TV settings. Jörgen said he and his troupe were happy to be coming back to the Cowichan Theatre. “We liked it last time, we really did. Nice space. Nice folks. Nice audience.” As they did last time with the hugely popular Swan Lake, Ballet Jörgen will be having some local performers take part in the production of Romeo and Juliet, Jörgen said. Tickets are $42 for adults; $36 for students and $32 for groups of 10 or more. A few eyeGO seats are available at $5 each for card-carrying students who go in person to the Cowichan Ticket Centre. Hurry and try your luck. Everyone else can book online at cowichantheatre.ca or call the centre at 250-748-PLAY.

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aspects which would appear to me to be in urgent need of immediate attention. In this connection I do not include the general physical condition of your elementary school buildings, which, as I am sure you are aware, is far below that usually found in communities commensurate in size and importance with Nanaimo. 1. The lighting arrangements are unsatisfactory in all your elementary schools. In some, however, they are passable, but in certain rooms in the Thomas Hodgson School and in the Middle Ward School and in all the rooms in the South Ward, lighting conditions are the worst that I have ever seen. In some of these class-rooms at two o’clock in the afternoon I found it almost impossible to read from the back of the room what was written on the blackboard or to read what the pupils had written in their notebooks for me. The effect upon the pupils’ eyesight is so serious that immediate installation of electric light [!] in South Ward School and the correction of the present conditions in the other schools is imperative. In

this connection I may point out that these buildings are of such an unusual design that the services of an expert in lighting will be necessary to secure satisfactory results. An amateur would, in all probability, merely cause you useless expense. 2. For the second time in 20 years’ experience in inspecting schools I have found double desks very generally used. With your present enrolment every child could be provided with a single desk by cutting down all double to single size and by purchasing about 20 new single desks. In this day and generation it is scarcely necessary to point out the unfortunate physical and moral results arising from the use of double desks. [I leave it to readers to make of that statement what they will.—TW] 3. In practically every elementary class-room in your system there are some pupils who are unable to profit by the ordinary type of classroom instruction. The majority of these children are decidedly below normal mentality but a few are pupils See Not flying • page 15

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Show boasts piano, power, panache

Not ﬂying Union Jack seen as serious failing

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Power and Panache: that’s what Chemainus Classical Concerts organizers are calling their upcoming show by pianist Elias-Axel Pettersson on Sunday, Jan. 26 at 2 p.m. Pettersson will be performing some Mozart, Gershwin and Liszt before the intermission and then round out the afternoon with a wide variety of selections from Frédéric Chopin. Check out the list on chemainusclassicalconcerts.ca; there’s a full program there. The Swedish-American pianist is quickly establishing himself as a formidable soloist and chamber musician. He has garnered prizes on the international level and has been heard on national radio. Pettersson holds a music degree from the Université de Montréal, where he is currently an assistant instructor and has studied with a galaxy of fine musicians. He premiered Michael Mauldin’s Petroglyph for Piano in 2011 and frequently champions contemporary composers. He has three albums on Axel Records. Asked why he chose these particular selections for his program, the pianist said, “The Gershwin is close to my heart, and I am proud to present the first of the set of four, which has rarely been performed in public (it was not published with the famous set of three preludes). I believe it is a B.C. premiere. “I also consider including works where I think I have something personal and unique that hasn’t been said before. I find it my duty to not only present the ‘classics’, I want to introduce something new. This can take many forms. I have premiered works and have performed many 20th- and 21stcentury works. I look for something that speaks to me. “I am of course excited to present Liszt’s Mephisto Waltz, which I learned many

from foreign countries with an adequate education in their native language but not, say, English... In both of these groups the solution is the employment of a specially trained teacher who would give these children an opportunity to progress along the lines where profit is possible. The employment of such a teacher would, in the aggregate, save money for your district through permitting the regular teachers to devote their time to normal pupils and

thus reduce retardation. 4. The Schools Act provides that the Union Jack should be flown at all schools in the Province. I am informed that this practice has not been followed in Nanaimo for a number of years. I am also informed by pupils who have been in school four or five years that they have never seen the flag flown at school.” Such were some of the issues facing school trustees, 80 years ago. Readers can judge for themselves how far we’ve come. www.twpaterson.com

Elias-Axel Pettersson brings the power of piano to Chemainus Sunday. [SUBMITTED] years ago. It’s interesting to see how it has developed in the intervening years just due to my own developments technically, musically and philosophically,” Pettersson said. He sees the Mozart as a mini-opera. “He goes through so many different feeling and characters in such a small amount of time. All the drama is compressed into a five-minute work. As for the Chopin, it is always a joy to play. It fits so nicely into the hands, but not in the way Liszt does. There is work to be done, but the stretching and the distances involved always mirror the musical kernel of truth. The Mazurka is an incredible pianistic representation of the traditional Polish dance. As for Op. 25, they are understandably a pinnacle of musicianship and technique,” Pettersson said. Tickets are available in advance for $15 each for adults (under 18 free with advance ticket) from Owl’s Nest Bakery Bistro and Chemainus Festival Inn in Chemainus, Ten Old Books in Duncan, Mike’s Cafe in Crofton, Valley Vines to Wines in Mill Bay. Some may also be available at the door at $20 each for adults and $5 each for music lovers under 18.

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chan Campus, call 250-746-3534 for info and schedule interview. • 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 Thursdays, 7 p.m., Discovery Sunrise Sundays, 10 a.m. Website: www.viretreats. com. Info: 250-710-7594. Email: peace@ viretreats.com • Duncan United Church Thrift Store, operating for 20 years, supports outreach programs. Great bargains, reasonable prices. Open Fridays, 9 a.m.-1:30 p.m. • The Duncan Family History Centre (Genealogy) is open, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and Wednesday night 7-9 p.m. Free access to Ancestry.com available, 1815 Tzouhalem Rd, LDS Church. Info: 250-746-4122. • Lake Cowichan United Church Thrift Shop, 10 King George North, Lake Cowichan, open Thursdays from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Good clothing for all ages, children’s toys, and household treasures. • The Council of Senior Citizens Organizations is an advocacy group devoted to improving “quality of life” for all seniors. Seniors organizations, associations, wishing to affiliate, or individuals wishing to become members contact Ernie Bayer at 604-5769734 or email ecbayer@shaw.ca.

• Free short film “On the road…to find out” Monday, Jan. 27, 6:30 p.m., Cowichan library, Duncan. Film discusses what happens when people are taken out of their social setting after becoming mentally ill; looks at people taken from communities on Vancouver Island to Nanaimo for mental health services. Discussion with Tom Grauman, Columbian Centre Society. • Bigleaf Maple Syrup Festival Saturday, Feb. 1, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. with syrup producers, exhibits, demonstrations, workshops, BC Forest Discovery Centre. • “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 • Raffle tickets at South Island Fireplace & Spas for Tansor Elementary fundraising for earthquake preparedness supplies and emergency shelter. Tickets $20 for chance to win 3 cords of split wood and 7 prizes of 1 cord of split wood. Only 1,500 tickets available. Info: tansorfirewood@shaw.ca • Volunteer tutors for adults returning to school. Share knowledge, gain skills, help others. Subject areas include English, math and science. Training free, starts Jan. 20, VIU Cowi-

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. • Chemainus Seniors Drop-in Centre choirs. Mens Choir Mondays, 9-10:30 a.m.; Ladies Choir Mondays, 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m.; Mixed Choirs Fridays 10-11:30 a.m. • Chemainus 55+ drop in centre muffin mornings Wednesday and Friday, 9:30-11:30 a.m. Come and meet new friends. • Are you 55 or older and bored? Why not join the Valley Seniors Organization in Duncan? Located at 198 Government St., open 6 days a week, 8 a.m.-3 p.m. Bus trips, carpet bowling, whist, bridge, cribbage, 3 bands, a choir. Info: 250-746-4433.

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No pawns, Caps hold ground against Kings KEVIN ROTHBAUER CITIZEN

Entering a span of seven games where they play the Powell River Kings five times, and with every point of the utmost importance, the Cowichan Valley Capitals needed to set the tone when the teams faced off at the Island Savings Centre last Sunday. And they did, beating the Island Division leaders 2-1. “It was a big win,” Capitals head coach Bob Beatty said. “We have a pretty steady diet of Powell River coming up, so it was good to get a win against them. It was a really strong team effort, and our goaltending bounced back from Saturday night.” On Saturday, the Caps fell 6-4 to the visiting Prince George Spruce Kings, who last weekend became just the second team to secure a berth in the B.C. Hockey League playoffs. “[Goalie Robin Gusse] didn’t have a lot of luck on Saturday, but he played extremely well on Sunday and backstopped us to the win,” Beatty said. The entire team effort was better against Powell River, according to the coach. “There was a lot of push back,” he said. “The guys were pretty assertive; they played a hard, physical game.” Mason Malkowich and Taylor Allan had the goals against Powell River, and Gusse stopped 35 of 36 shots to earn the win.

Cowichan defender Rylan Bechtel moves the puck against the Spruce Kings last Saturday. [KEVIN ROTHBAUER/CITIZEN] The problem on Saturday was pretty clear to Beatty. “We gave up six goals,” he said. “Obviously, you don’t win too many games when your opponent scores six. We weren’t terrible, and the guys didn’t hang their heads when we got down, but it wasn’t enough.” Malkowich, Adam Moody, Dane Gibson and Brayden Gelsinger scored against Prince George,

with Moody and Gelsinger also contributing assists. Gusse had an off night, allowing six goals on 21 shots before Francis Marotte replaced him, making six saves down the stretch. Chemainus product Jesse Jenks earned the win for the Spruce Kings, stopping 31 of the Caps’ 35 shots, but it was Prince George’s scoring ability that most impressed Beatty.

“That was the best I’ve seen them play in three meetings this year,” he said. “They’ve got a lot of offensive punch. They outplayed us, and we had a lot of scoring opportunities that we weren’t able to capitalize on. That was the difference.” In the battle for fourth place in the Island Division, the Caps remain three points up on the Alberni Valley Bulldogs, who have

one game in hand. Beatty is relishing the race. “It’s good for both teams and the fan base to be in a battle like this,” he said. “Whether it’s for first or for fourth, it makes the games mean a lot. It gets us playing under pressure; it’s a great experience to be in something like that.” The players have responded well to the pressure. “I give them a lot of credit,” Beatty said. “They’re playing extremely hard, and they’re focused on what we need to accomplish.” The Caps will host the BCHL’s two current point leaders this weekend when the Kings return on Friday, followed by the Langley Rivermen on Saturday. “They’re 1-2 in the league,” Beatty noted. It’s certainly a big weekend for us, being that we’re playing the two top teams in the league, statistically, right now.” Sunday’s win might not have a direct effect on next Friday’s result, but it can’t hurt. “Each game is each game,” Beatty said. “I wouldn’t say it gives us an advantage, but we’re playing with a lot of confidence. It takes a lot of mental block away, knowing that we can beat them.” As for the Rivermen, Beatty believes they are as beatable as anyone. “There’s pretty good parity in the league,” he commented. “It’s been proven that any team can beat anybody else on any give night provided they play their best.”

Newcomer Robson boosts FC to win KEVIN ROTHBAUER CITIZEN

Glen Martin’s latest diamond-inthe-rough discovery had a huge debut as Cowichan FC played its first Vancouver Island Soccer League game of 2014. Ben Robson scored the first two goals, which included the eventual game-winner, in Cowichan’s 4-0 win over Castaways in Ladysmith last Saturday. Robson played for Vancouver Island University in the fall, and Martin spotted him — playing back — when Cowichan played the Mariners in an exhibition game. Finding out he didn’t have a club affiliation, Martin snapped him up and converted him to striker, a move that paid off immediately. Robson scored in the 16th and 23rd minutes against Castaways, sparking an easy but vital win for the squad. “It was a good start to the New Year,” Martin said. Veteran Steve Scott scored a huge goal in the 45th minute to put Cowichan up by three goals, but that wasn’t quite enough to

put Castaways down for good. “They came back and played hard in the second half,” Martin said of the visitors. Kevin Jones iced the game in the 87th minute, capping off a strong half in which Cowichan had dominated play but hadn’t been able to generate any offence. “We were playing well,” Martin said. “We had lots of chances and lots of possession.” Filling in for Joel Wilson, who remains sidelined with a concussion, goalkeeper Darian Achurch collected the shutout. “He didn’t have to make any saves, but he had to handle the ball a few times,” Martin commented. Cowichan United’s Div. 2 game against Saanich Fusion 2 on Friday night got off to a rough start when player/coach Neall Rowlings suffered a broken leg early in the match. According to Martin, who was on hand for the game, the injury happened when Rowlings went in on a 50/50 ball with the Saanich goalie, who it was estimated outweighs the him by about 100 pounds.

“They crashed, and Neall lost the mathematical battle,” Martin said. The injury happened to come on the same weekend that Rowlings was named Footballer of the Week by United Football, a joint program of the VISL, Lower Island Soccer Association and Lower Island Women’s Soccer Association. Even without their skipper, United managed to hand Saanich their first loss, winning 1-0 on a goal by Jordan Korven and the goalkeeping of Achurch, who earned his first of what would be two shutouts on the weekend. The Div. 1 squad will be in action this Friday, hosting Vic West in Ladysmith at 7:30 p.m. Cowichan and Vic West are battling with Saanich Fusion 1 for the top two spots and guaranteed berths in the provincial tournament. “It’s a really big game,” Martin said. “It’s the game of the year — for both teams.” Cowichan United will visit Nanaimo’s Div. 2 team on Saturday.

Ben Robson scored twice in his debut for Cowichan FC, a 4-0 win over Castaways in Ladysmith last Saturday. [KEVIN ROTHBAUER/CITIZEN]

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Back in action, Malkowich looking to the future KEVIN ROTHBAUER CITIZEN

This hasn’t been the easiest year of Mason Malkowich’s hockey career, but with the worst now behind him, the Cowichan Valley Capitals forward is now focusing on the future, both long- and short-term. Malkowich missed 18 games in the middle of the B.C. Hockey League season after undergoing hand surgery, but he scarcely missed a beat when he returned, and has resumed being one of the team’s most dynamic and entertaining players, as well as one of the top producers. “It wasn’t fun sitting out and watching the team struggle,” Malkowich admitted. “Injuries are part of the game, and it’s something you’ve got to live with.” Since returning in late November, Malkowich has compiled six goals and six assists in 17 contests, and remains fourth in team scoring despite the lengthy layoff. He was able to keep skating while he recovered, which made it easier to get back in the groove when he was healthy. “The first four or five games were about trying to get my timing back,” he said. “The one thing missing was my timing.” As confirmed by goals in back-toback games against Prince George and Powell River last weekend, that timing has since returned. Malkowich joined the Caps last

Mason Malkowich is aiming for playoff success and a jump to the CIS ranks next season. [KEVIN ROTHBAUER/CITIZEN] off-season to complete a junior A career that included stops with the New England Jr. Huskies of the Eastern Junior Hockey League and the Drayton Valley Thunder of the Alberta Junior Hockey League. Born and raised on the Lower Mainland, Malkowich wanted to play his final season in the BCHL. “It was always a goal mine to finish my career in B.C.,” he said. “I spent a year in Boston, and I was in Alberta the next couple of years. Coming back to B.C. was something I was excited about, for sure, to get in here and contribute

to the team.” Malkowich’s energy and scoring ability quickly made him a fan favourite with the Caps. He has also been recognized by the Cowichan coaching staff, who made him an alternate captain when he returned from his injury. “I was definitely excited to get the ‘A,’” he said. “I felt like I was ready, and I feel like I’m doing a good job. I’m not too vocal; I like to lead by example. Guys at this level know what needs to be done.” Capitals head coach Bob Beatty, who traded for Malkowich last summer, has been pleased with

Malkowich’s contributions to the team. “Mason has added a lot of leadership,” he said. “He’s a player you can bank on in the locker room and on the ice.” Additionally, Beatty points out that Malkowich doesn’t neglect his own end of the ice, and can kill penalties along with providing offence at regular strength and on the powerplay. “He’s defensively responsible, as well,” Beatty said. “It’s not all about goals and assists. I feel comfortable throwing him out there in any situation.”

As a 20-year-old, Malkowich is hoping to play in the post-secondary ranks next season. While he hasn’t ruled out an NCAA deal, he is aiming to play and study in Canada, with the University of Toronto, Queen’s, Waterloo, Western Ontario and Ryerson at the top of his list. “I’ve always looked at hockey as a way to get an education,” he said. “It’s something I’ve worked toward all my career.” Something else that 20-year-olds face in the junior ranks as their careers wind down is the possibility that they will be traded to a contender. With the Caps just hanging on to a playoff berth, Malkowich could have been shipped to a team looking to add to its forward ranks at the deadline earlier this month, but he was happy with the outcome. “You never know what’s going to happen, but I didn’t ask for a trade,” he said. “I wanted to stay here and help turn things around. I’m glad I’m going to end my junior career as a Capital.” As for the postseason, Malkowich is confident that his team will not only make the playoffs, but could be a dark horse. “Teams I’ve been on in the past have made the playoffs, but we’ve peaked too early,” he said. “I think we can catch some teams off guard. I think the town needs it, and I think the team will deliver.”

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Chargers bring home another bronze KEVIN ROTHBAUER CITIZEN

For the second weekend in a row, Duncan Christian School’s senior boys basketball team returned home from a tournament with a medal. A week after collecting bronze at the provincial Christian school championships, the Chargers matched that finish at the Esquimalt Fire tournament, where the single-A school was up against AA, AAA and AAAA competition. The Chargers defeated Saanich’s Parkland Secondary 71-45 in the bronze medal game. Jesse Van Wingerden was named game MVP for his 13-point, nine-rebound performance. Nick Kapteyn put up 24 points and six rebounds, Douglas Groenendijk had 19 points, 11 rebounds and seven assists, and Alan Park scored 10 points. DCS opened the tournament with a 55-47 win over the host Esquimalt High School Dockers. Groenendijk put up 13 points, nine rebounds and nine assists on his way to being named game MVP, while the team also got 18 points and seven boards from Kapteyn, 14 points and four steals from Van Wingerden, and four steals from Michael Brandsma. The Chargers’ only loss was a 72-59 defeat by the AAAA Alberni District Armada — the eventual tournament champions — in the semifinals. Kapteyn earned MVP honours, recording 21 points and 12 rebounds. Groenendijk had 23 points, nine boards and five assists, and Van Wingerden had seven points and eight steals. Groenendijk and Kapteyn were named to the tournament allstar team.

It looked like a sure thing for the Kerry Park Islanders last Saturday. Leading the Westshore Wolves 43 as the last minute of play ticked down during the Hockey Day in the Valley game at the Island Savings Centre, all the Islanders needed to do was kill time. And with a man advantage to boot. “Fourteen seconds to go, I was thinking just dump the puck, but they were thinking empty netter,” Islanders owner Mark Osmond recalled. Westshore gained control of the puck and scored a shorthanded goal to force overtime, then won on a goal by former Isle Kyle Peterson. Disappointed as he was with the outcome, Osmond felt Kerry Park was the better team, outplaying the Wolves in the first period and most of the third. “I was happy with the team’s performance,” he said. “Westshore is a strong team, and we were right there with them.” Francis Slicer had a hat trick for the Isles, with Hobin Zinck scoring the other goal and Nick Kean chipping in with a pair of assists. Leighton Williams made 31 saves on 35 shots. Back at Kerry Park Arena on Sunday afternoon, the Isles lost 7-0 to the Victoria Cougars. The Isles were shorthanded 14 times

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Doug Groenendijk was named an all-star at the Esquimalt Fire tournament. [CITIZEN FILE]

Lauren King-Nyberg was named an all-star as Duncan Christian School’s senior girls basketball team went 1-2 at the Provincial Cross-Zone Tournament on Jan. 10-11. King-Nyberg was named Player of the Game in the Chargers’ first game of the tournament, a 51-14 loss to Langley Christian. She added 14 points, second only to Player of the Game Becky Bazinet, in the team’s second game, a 53-42 defeat by Heritage Christian Academy. The Chargers had a big game off the boards against Heritage, as Juliet King recorded 18 rebounds, Danielle Groenendijk had 13, and Mikayla Lewis added nine. King upped her rebound total to 23 as she earned Player of the Game honours in the final game, a 42-31 win over Agassiz. Groenendijk had 10 points and 24 rebounds, King-Nyberg had 11 points and seven assists, and Becky Bazinet had nine points. The Chargers also split their first two home games of 2014, with a 52-46 loss to Woodlands on Jan. 7 and a 61-31 win over Glenlyon Norfolk on Jan. 14. Against Woodlands, King had 16 points and 15 rebounds, Bazinet had 14 points and nine rebounds, and Groenendijk put up six points and 15 rebounds. Against GNS, Groenendijk led the way with 14 points and 13 rebounds, Bazinet had 10 points and six steals, and King recorded 10 points, 15 rebounds and six steals.

Kerry Park’s David Bittner squares off with Westshore’s Tyson Young during last Saturday’s game at the Island Savings Centre, a 4-3 overtime loss for the Islanders. [KEVIN ROTHBAUER/CITIZEN] the playoffs, so hopefully we’ll give them a go,” Osmond said. Recent addition Michael Herringer got his first start in net for the Isles, and earned third star honours for his 52-save outing. The Isles visit Westshore this Wednesday and host the Oceanside Generals in Mill Bay at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday. On Sunday, the Isles will hold the Vancouver Island Junior Hockey League All-Star Game at the Island Savings Center, beginning at 3 p.m.

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