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Sahtlam and Lake Cowichan volunteer firefighters team up to eliminate hot spots after a forest fire near a home off Stoltz Road on Sunday afternoon, one of two notable fires in the Valley on the weekend. [KEVIN ROTHBAUER/CITIZEN]

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Firefighters in the Cowichan Valley had their hands full over the weekend as temperatures climbed to record highs, creating perfect conditions for wildfires.

Malahat volunteer firefighters had to call out nearby departments and the B.C. Forest Service for assistance with a blaze near Spectacle Lake on Friday, and the story was similar as the Sahtlam department battled a hilltop fire on Sunday afternoon.

The fire on Friday, which burned about 1.5 hectares on Crown land on the east side of Spectacle Lake, started around 4 p.m., and got to within 500 metres of the nearest home.

Malahat fire chief Rob Patterson was confident that the blaze was human-started.

“There was no lightning, so we can rule out nature.”

The Malahat department called for mutual aid from Mill Bay and Shawnigan Lake volunteer fire departments, as well as the B.C.

Forest Service Wildfire Management Branch.

The Forest Service performed multiple air tanker drops and multiple helicopter drops to help knock the flames down.

The Malahat firefighters were on the scene until 11:30 p.m., when they turned things over to Forest Service crews.

Those crews were still patrolling for hot spots on Monday morning.

“This time of year, it takes time to cool down, and for the last of the hot spots to pop off,” Patterson explained.

That was the Malahat department’s first forest fire of the season, but Patterson doesn’t anticipate it being the last one.

“Things are heating up and drying out, so there will be more fire in the next week or so,” he said.

On Sunday afternoon, Sahtlam firefighters were called to a blaze that flared up at a get-together at an off-grid house off Stoltz Road.

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Angry Maple Bay boat owners converged on North Cowichan’s council chambers last Wednesday to demand answers after the municipality swept down and served their vessels with eviction notices the previous afternoon.

They were caught in a comprehensive attempt to remove derelict boats from the Bird’s Eye Cove area.

North Cowichan council decided that nothing was gained by undue haste and postponed dealing with the situation until Aug. 20.

It all started amicably, according to the municipality’s CAO, Dave Devana, who found himself the target of the furious group.

On June 4, council received a presentation from the Maple Bay Community Association which is concerned about derelict and live aboard vessels in Maple Bay harbour.

A look through the current bylaw showed North Cowichan staff that, in the W-1 zone, the permitted uses are pier, private float, swimming float, walkway and wharf. “So what was specifically not allowed in and around Maple Bay harbour were mooring buoys or derelict vessels, live aboard vessels or just mooring a boat at all,� he explained.

The result was that bylaw compliance and planning division employees went out July 8 with a letter asking all the vessels that are moored on buoys out in that zone to relocate by July 16. “This has caused a great deal of concern and so we’ve been getting a lot of calls in the last 24 hours,�

Devana said.

He recommended that councillors direct staff members to write a report on uses for this zone for presentation to the Aug. 20 council meeting and “that we postpone the enforced relocation of current vessels until council has an opportunity to review their zoning bylaw as it remains.�

Council was quick to approve the idea.

Devana said that if the municipality wants to go after derelict vessels “the current zoning doesn’t allow us to pick and choose which ones we were or weren’t going to regulate. We had to apply the enforcement order on all or none.

We chose to do it to all.�

Coun. Al Siebring brought up two other points for consideration. First he suggested there could be some short-term moorage for people. “And the other question is we need to be careful what we wish for in Maple Bay because there is already a ‘shanty town’ already starting to form at the headwaters of Genoa Bay so they’re just moving around the spit and setting up there. That is considerably

Robert Munroe angrily tells councillors about how his notice was served. [LEXI BAINAS/CITIZEN] complicated because Cowichan Tribes own some of the foreshore there and we have no control over it,� Siebring said.

After council decided to wait until August, three boat owners were given a chance to speak.

Robert Munroe said he tied up his $1.4 million boat to a mooring buoy by choice and necessity. “We who are moored in Maple Bay are not derelict boats. We chose to moor ours outside but I was talking to one marina up and down the whole coast that had one spot my boat could go into right now.�

What brought him to the meeting was the way the eviction notice was served. “When somebody actually goes on my boat without my permission, I find that

very, very bad. I have discussed it with my lawyer and I hope that we can resolve this issue. All the boaters in Maple Bay agree we do not want derelict boats either. I’m very interested to see what your people come up with as a solution on this issue and I’m more than willing to work with you,� Munroe said.

Another boat owner, Nicholas Buchart, explained that he does not live aboard his vessel and was upset at being served with eviction notice. “I don’t have a multi-million dollar boat.

I have a $5,000 boat. It’s not derelict. I was there all morning but nobody came by.

They could easily have talked to me. But they didn’t. I feel violated. I know there are ongoing issues. This is almost a whole conversation about derelict boats and reasons for rezoning but my boat’s nice. “Some people have been on their boats for 20 years and suddenly we have a week to move and a $500 fine if you don’t. I feel railroaded. Please consult with us. We care about the bay as much as anyone,� he said.

Don Bruneski, a float home owner, said, “there is very little doubt that this bylaw has to be rewritten.�

Many float home owners want to tie up a boat and “any visiting yacht is prohibited as well,� he said. “Please communicate.

This was below the belt.� “Referring to the serving of the notices on the boats, I’m sorry about that,� Devana said. “Part of the difficulty came because we have never served [a violation notice on] a boat before. Maybe we were overly efficient and we’ll try over the next month to correct that.�

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The Cowichan Valley Regional District announced Friday that they have selected a new Chief Administration Officer.

As of Sept. 2, Brian Carruthers will take over from interim CAO Frank Raimondo, who is filling the post temporarily since the CVRD’s sudden parting of ways with former CAO Warren Jones in March.

“We’re looking forward to him joining the CVRD staff and taking us forward,” said CVRD chair Rob Hutchins.

Carruthers is currently the CAO for the Regional District of Central Kootenay, and previously held the equivalent position with the City of Williams Lake. On top of that he spent 13 years in a variety of management roles with the Parks and Protected Areas Division of the B.C. Ministry of Environment.

This experience at both the municipal and provincial level helped Carruthers stand out among the 68 applicants from across Canada, Hutchins said. There were even a couple of international applicants.

“Mr. Carruthers is a respected, capable and accomplished leader with a demonstrated record of effective local government experience,” said Hutchins.

Carruthers was selected by an interview panel of five directors, then was interviewed by the entire board.

“I am delighted to be returning home to the Island and I look forward to working with the board of directors and staff in serving the residents and stakeholders of the Cowichan Valley Regional District,” said Carruthers.

Hutchins said the salary for Carruthers will be in the mid-range for such a position, about $170,000 per year.

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Eight members from Sahtlam attended as well as six from Lake Cowichan, along with three Forest Service firefighters. They were on the scene from 1:30 to 7 p.m.

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“It’s easier to stand them down than get up there and realize you should have called them in,” Lees explained.

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transported a couple of overheated firefighters to Cowichan District Hospital.

“They went down to the river to swim, “They were on the side of the hill, fully exposed to the sun. Once your core temand when they came back, there was perature starts going up, it’s hard to get a fire on the hillside,” Sahtlam deputy it down,” Lees said. chief Mike Lees said, noting that a quick Temperatures climbed 33.4 degrees bucket brigade was formed as the fire C on Sunday afternoon, according to department was called.

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The party included a pig roast, and Forest fires like the two last weekend Lees suspected that the fire may have are preventable, both fire chiefs said. been caused by improper disposal of the “Watch what you’re doing when you’re charcoal. in the woods,” Patterson cautioned The fire burned about three quarters “Don’t toss out cigarette butts, and if you see a piece of glass, pick it up.”

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Lake residents give pool big ‘yes’

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Both pool supporters and town councillors are happy that Lake Cowichan residents returned a resoundingly positive result in an informal poll to see if they want to continue paying towards the Cowichan Aquatic Centre.

A vote was held giving taxpayers the chance to tell council what they thought.

It was closed July 2 and the ballots were counted at 10 a.m. July 3.

Lake Cowichan CAO Joe Fernandez reported that the total turnout was 315, with 251 [or 79.9 per cent] in favour of Lake Cowichan continuing to pay into the pool and 63 against with one spoiled ballot.

Fernandez explained what was at stake and why council had decided to take the temperature of the electorate, even casually. “The Town of Lake Cowichan entered into an agreement with the City of Duncan and the District of North Cowichan early in 2014 for equal access to the Aquatic Centre by residents of the Town, in return for a payment of an annual fee for the first year of $2,986.�

The fee is to be adjusted by the Consumer Price Index for the subsequent year of 2015, 2016 and 2017, if the agreement is renewed after the first year. “For 2014, residents from the town are not required to pay the higher twotier fee to use the pool unless the town decides to withdraw from the current arrangement by year end,� Fernandez said.

A “yes� or “no� vote was asked of the voters based on the question: “The Town of Lake Cowichan has signed a one year access agreement for use of the Cowichan Aquatics Centre at annual cost of $2,986 for 2014. Are you in favour of continued participation in this agreement from 2015 to 2017 with annual cost increases based on CPI?�

Lake Cowichan Mayor Ross Forrest was delighted at the decisive result. “It just makes it a lot more clear. I wasn’t expecting it to be that decisive, I actually thought the town was more split on it. That’s why we had a hard issue with it ourselves at council. I’m happy it turned out the way it did,� he said. “For some people that don’t use it, maybe they wonder why they should be paying for it, but nobody is going to be over-taxed with this,� he said. “If it had passed or was defeated by 51 per cent then you’d have to wonder was a decision really made on this or not?�

Asked what is council’s next step, the mayor said, “We’ll talk about it at some upcoming council meeting. We’re in till the end of this year with our grant-in-

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Whether it’s for competition or simple exercise, reasonably priced access to the Cowichan Aquatic centre is important to Lake Cowichan residents and a good turnout in a recent poll is helping local council decide on continuing funding for the facility. [CITIZEN FILE] aid. This would become a next year’s budget item for us. We have to come up with just under $3,000 a year. It’s not like a huge item whichever way you look at it.�

He doesn’t anticipate any hiccups. “When it comes up next year, there won’t be any problem putting this on our budget. When we know that 79.9 per cent of those that voted thought this was something we should be paying for.

That helps us,� Forrest said.

Forrest said he hasn’t used the pool yet, although he enjoys swimming, “but I have no problem paying an extra $2 a year on my taxes just to help people use it. I think it adds value to our community.�

It’s long been an argument in the Cowichan Valley’s far-flung communities that in order for them all to attract new residents they have to be able to offer amenities.

Lake Cowichan resident Ted Gamble has been pushing for membership in the pool group for some time and he was thrilled with the vote. “Someone told me there were 1,500 eligible voters so that’s about 20 per cent that turned out and voted in favour. It’s

a pretty good litmus test,� he said. It’s a good thing, too, that there was such a strong vote. My wife and I worked hard talking to people almost every time we went out walking with our dog and stuff. Everywhere I met people I found a way to bring up the vote. I tried to encourage people to get out and exercise their democratic rights. It’s great to participate.�

Gamble said he’d heard before that councillors were split on the idea and had wanted to test the waters. “I kept saying that all along: they’re doing the vote for a reason. They kept saying it was non-binding but nonetheless, it was being done for a reason and it is going to be taken as directional evidence,� he said. “I’m very happy. It really is a good thing for the community both now and in the future. These rural communities need to attract healthy middle class families now. People do their research.

Ladysmith has its own pool right there at very reasonable cost. For a place like Lake Cowichan, it’s a barrier if you have to pay twice the amount to get into the pool that we have access to,� Gamble said.

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Tinder dry: fire prevention better than the cure he fire departments have been kept running of late with the stifling heat turning everything tinder dry.

So far, we have been lucky.

Numerous bush fires haven’t turned into infernos thanks to the efforts of our volunteer fire departments in beating the flames back.

Just last weekend saw blazes break out in both Sahtlam and on the Malahat.

The one on the mountain even came perilously close to the Malahat fire hall itself.

Then there are all the call-outs for smoldering bark mulch.

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Most of these fires are personcaused. We’ve been fortunate not to have any lightning storms to spark blazes.

Even in this heat we see far too many people flick their cigarette butts out their car windows. Or they just drop them as they walk down the sidewalk.

Don’t do that.

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extinguished before they do so.

It’s basically like tossing a lit match into some kindling.

This kind of foolish carelessness is causing a hazard and a waste of time for our busy fire departments.

While temperatures look as if they are going to cool down a bit by the end of the week, there is no significant rainfall in the forecast to change the fact that things are dry, dry, dry.

It’s something we must consider carefully before doing anything in the woods, especially lighting a fire for any purpose.

The crunchy brown grass, the

trees and twigs are becoming perfect fuel for a blaze.

All it takes is a spark.

If for some reason you do need a fire, keep it small, clear the area around it and make sure you have enough water on hand to put it out if need be. And when you are finished with it, make sure there’s nothing left but cold, soggy ashes.

If you can’t do all of those things, don’t light a fire.

The danger is too great and the potential cost devastating.

So while we’re thinking water conservation, we should also be thinking fire prevention.

As your article of July 4 states, vessels can dump their sewage in Cowichan Bay, Genoa Bay, Maple Bay, Chemainus and Ladysmith with the one restriction that they must be moving at a speed of at least four knots. If they cannot discharge at that speed, then the discharge must be made: • during an ebb tide, while the vessel is en route at the fastest feasible speed and into the deepest waters that are located the farthest from shore, or • while the vessel is en route at the fastest feasible speed and into the deepest and fastest moving waters that are located the farthest from shore.

A petition is in progress to have the Saanich Inlet designated a zone where no such dumping is allowed under any conditions in order to protect it from this pollution. The same protection should be sought for other coastal bays and inlets that do not flush easily with tidal action including Maple Bay, Genoa Bay and Cowichan Bay.

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Neighbourhood is the wrong place for festival No to Rock Festival in unsafe location. Who is this “neighbour” that thinks that a narrow, twisty road with only one access through now very dry underbrush is the place for 500 people to party?

And don’t think that the “river tubers” will not join in!

Somebody is doing this to make money.

The numerous property owners, many who have lived here for decades are seriously nervous about vehicle accidents and fire!

The majority of us signed a petition saying “no”. How is it that someone can hold such an

event in a neighbourhood?

Louise Bergman Duncan

Glenora Farm applauds Rock of the Woods When Glenora Farm (a residential community for people with special needs and their caregivers) hosted the “Rock of the Woods” festival in 2012, all residents and neighbours were very impressed with the amount of energy Dave Bain and his team put into meeting all our concerns and wishes about safety, volume and other issues. The crew did a wonderful job of setting up the festival, running it for three days without incidents, and tidying

up the grounds afterwards. Their dedication to making everybody involved feel good about the event deserves applause.

An essential part of ROTW’s allure is its setting out in the country. With an attendance of 500 people, it is not comparable to Sunfest (attendance in 2012: 13,000), and ROTW would lose a lot of its character and atmosphere in a setting like the Cowichan Exhibition grounds.

We very much enjoyed these joyful, colourful and peaceful days in July 2012 and wish Dave Bain and his team all the best in establishing this festival in and for the Cowichan Valley!

Markus Heinz Glenora Farm

Justin Fryer Maple Bay

Will take a lot to get railway track up to snuff I watched a slow moving, fourcar freight train just south of Duncan’s black bridge pass me yesterday. The screeching of the tracks was very loud, but it was the movement of the tracks and ties that astounded me. Six to eight inches of vertical shift to some of the ties off the rock bed was startling! All at a walking pace. It will take a lot to bring it up to safety standards.

Don Jamieson Duncan

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DISBELIEF on hearing that a roundabout was mooted for the Lane Road/Drinkwater intersection. DISMAY on hearing it was true!

I use this intersection a lot and have never found any problem with it. Nor has my wife.

Any supposed problem is going to be a driver. Not the roads.

Conversely, the Lane Road/ Sherman junction can be trying at times. Still no reason to build an enormously expensive roundabout there either.

The function of roundabouts is primarily to keep traffic moving.

The U.K. has thousands of them and, without which, traffic there would come to a halt.

It seemed appropriate then, to seek an answer from the Cowichan office as to the why? We were given this by a member of the engineering office.

He told us that there had been several complaints from residents on Drinkwater, that cars were travelling down that road at too great a speed and the council, in their wisdom, (I would not think this word appropriate) had decided that such a roundabout would SLOW the traffic.

So, a simple half million dollar “solution” to an amazing and questionable problem.

Such wanton waste of money is beyond my belief. Just in case it is suggested that other parties are paying some of it, that is our tax money too.

Recent letters have bemoaned the increase in property taxes.

Not too difficult to decide the cause and wonder where they will go next year.

Incidentally, there is a new roundabout at the top of Drinkwater.

On the numerous times I have used it, it has been a very lonely place.

I once saw two other vehicles but usually, I had it to myself.

What did that cost and why?

I will take a greater interest in the next elections than hitherto.

F.W. Knox Duncan

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Anti idling bylaw nonsensical I sympathize with Nicole Gollinger and the $75 fine she received for idling. This is beyond ridiculous and another way for Duncan city council to drive people away from downtown.

Most people know how much gas costs and don’t generally try to waste it needlessly idling.

This nonsensical bylaw was promoted by Councillor Sharon Jackson to reduce emissions.

It has no merit, doesn’t reduce emissions and is a complete waste of time. Anti-idling bylaws were originally created for large distribution centers like Texas where hundreds of big rigs would be idling all night. They weren’t created for small towns of one square mile in size.

Of course the whole thing is completely laughable considering the traffic under this administration has become a complete nightmare. Traffic is regularly backed up for blocks at the Government Street/Trunk Road intersection and even on the occasions when it’s not backed up you’re forced to sit there idling endlessly waiting for a light to change. Do I even need to mention the highway that passes through Duncan and the massive amount of idling required to travel a few blocks?

Mark Williams Duncan

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Boys Chorus brings ‘pure energy’ LEXI BAINAS CITIZEN

Just finished Grade 7 at Drinkwater Elementary School, Makisha Manhas played flute in the band class. She also plays recorder and ukelele. This enthusiastic young performer loves to make music and can hardly wait for September to continue her studies.

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Spend an evening with the All-American Boys Chorus when they present In the Summertime! at the Cowichan Theatre Saturday, July 26 starting at 7:30 p.m.

This internationally acclaimed choir brings its troupe of young singers to Duncan in a show that’s sure to delight Valley music lovers.

The 31-voice ensemble, aged from nine to 15 years, will present audience favorites ranging far across the musical landscape.

Love Broadway? Their show tunes include selections from West Side Story and Beauty and the Beast.

But that’s far from everything.

There will also be medleys featuring the California sounds of The Beach Boys and the Mamas and the Papas, pop tunes from Michael Jackson and Chicago, swinging songs from the big band era and jazz classics.

The chorus, which calls itself America’s Most Beloved Boys Choir, has been described as “outstanding, pure energy and simply wonderful,” by music director Wesley Martin.

“We’ve also developed a strong reputation for theatricality: for doing more than just standing there and singing,” he said.

“Throughout our 44-year history, the AllAmerican Boys Chorus has provided boys — more than 1,000 of them to date — with

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Veterans of concert tours in North America, Europe and Asia, these 32 internationally acclaimed choristers will present a fun, perfect-for-summer concert of audience favourites–from the California sounds of the Beach Boys to Broadway selections from The Lion King and West Side Story. The concert will also feature hit songs from Chicago, the Jackson 5, the Mamas and the Papas, and a “tip of the hat” to summer jazz classics like Route 66 and On the Sunny Side of the Street.

Saturday, July 26. 7:30 pm Cowichan Theatre 2687 James Street, Duncan, BC Tickets $20 (adults), $16 (seniors & students), 5 & under free Tickets available at the theatre box office 250-748-7529 or www.cowichantheatre.ca/tickets

The All-American Boys Chorus have entertained enthusiastic crowds all over the continent. They are coming to the Cowichan Theatre for an exciting summer show July 26. [SUBMITTED] the training, motivation and opportunity to develop and exercise leadership qualities within an exceptional program of choral music,” said the group’s Executive Director Anthony S. Manrique.

The group has completed 54 concert tours of North America, Europe and Asia.

“In 2013, we experienced an absolutely wonderful trip during which we performed in New Zealand and Australia. And we’re thrilled this summer to be returning to Canada,” Manrique said.

The Chorus has appeared on the Disney

Channel, with Josh Groban at Disneyland, in the Pasadena Tournament of Roses Parade, at the Calgary Stampede and Edmonton Klondike Days and in TV commercials for KFC, Mazda and Cartoon Network.

Tickets are $20 for adults, $16 for seniors and students and admission is free for children five and under.

Go online to cowichantheatre.ca/tickets/ or call 250-748-7529 and reserve your seats today for what should be a super summer show.

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Salute to our graduates

Cowichan Valley Citizen | Wednesday, July 16, 2014

COWICHAN SECONDARY CLASS OF 2014 Chloe Boon

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COWICHAN SECONDARY CLASS OF 2014

Britnie Hearsey

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Malcolm Haines

Brooklyn Minnie

Bruce Yin

Cierra Miller

CJ Pagaduan

Cohen Vopnfjord

Cole Gilbert

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Jonathan Lukas

Jordan Pelley

Joseph Pimenta

Salute to our graduates

Cowichan Valley Citizen | Wednesday, July 16, 2014

COWICHAN SECONDARY CLASS OF 2014

Josh Williams

Julia Parmar

Justin Atkinson

Justin Bilodeau

Justin Butler

Justin Van Nes

Kaelan Colbourne

Kaitlynn Woodard

Karissa Percival

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Kurtis Deederly

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Lucas Hubscher

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COWICHAN SECONDARY CLASS OF 2014

Michael Allen

Michael Hubscher

Michael Mann

Michelle Cassidy

Michelle Pewarchuk

Miles Cutt

Mitch Banks

Morgan George

Natalia Garriock

Nic Broekhuizen

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Robyn Simpson

Roderick Thiessen

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Ryan Scott

Sam Gillman

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Seth Davis

Shania Pronk

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Shawn Manj

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Sydney Mitchell

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Tiarnan Murray

Tommy Kien

Tony Foster

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Cowichan Valley Thunder defender Alex Hayton delivers an outlet pass during a game against the Westshore Bears late last month. [KEVIN ROTHBAUER/CITIZEN]

Hugh Weir, who grew up in Saskatchewan but now calls Chemainus home, is one of several Nanaimo Timbermen players with connections to the Cowichan Valley. [BOOSHIE PHOTOGRAPHIC]

Junior B Thunder wrap up season with loss to Westshore

T-Men set to battle ’Bellies in Cowichan

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The Cowichan Valley Thunder wrapped up the junior B lacrosse season last Thursday with a 17-11 loss to the Westshore Bears in Langford.

The Thunder trailed 5-1 after the first period and 11-5 after two before matching the Bears with six goals in the final frame.

“We played flat,” coach Lorne Winship said.

Adam Golia finished the game with three goals and three assists, while Colin Winship had three goals and two helpers, and Graham Winship scored twice and sent up two others.

Tyler Clint had one goal and three assists, Tyson Black had a goal and two assists, Luke Anderson had a goal and one assist, and Kelvin Philp had two helpers and Alex Hayton added one.

It was the final game for Anderson and

captain Brandon Clark, both of whom are aging out of junior eligibility.

The Thunder had already sealed up the Pacific Northwest Lacrosse League’s regular season title, but won’t be competing for the playoff championship because not enough players could commit to playing in provincials.

Graham Winship finished as the PNWJLL scoring leader with 93 points on 54 goals and 39 assists in 16 games. Tyson Black, a first-year intermediate player who was called up for 15 of the junior B team’s 16 games, finished second in league scoring with 67 points in 23 goals and 44 assists.

Black and the rest of the intermediate B Thunder started their best-of-three Island final against the Saanich Tigers on Tuesday evening. The intermediate Thunder and Tigers split their five regular season games with two wins, two losses and one tie each.

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“Playing these games in other cities is a good way to try and grow the game, so it will be good for some of Cowichan’s minor lacrosse teams to come out and watch a game.”

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TYSON ROE, Timbermen player and CVLA product

Senior A lacrosse will make a stop in the Cowichan Valley this Saturday as the Nanaimo Timbermen bring their quest for a spot in the Western Lacrosse Association playoffs to the Island Savings Centre.

Still in a dogfight for a postseason berth, the T-Men will square off with the New Westminster Salmonbellies in a regularseason game at 6:45 p.m.

Taking the floor for the T-Men will be Cowichan Valley Lacrosse Association product Tyson Roe, who has stepped up to the senior club after spending the last few years with the junior A T-Men. Roe has scored twice and added five assists in 13 games as a rookie, spending 10 minutes in the penalty box, and he’s excited about the opportunity to play in front of a hometown crowd.

“Playing these games in other cities is a good way to try and grow the game, so it will be good for some of Cowichan’s minor lacrosse teams to come out and watch a game,” Roe said.

While not all has gone well for the TMen as they’ve collected just four wins in 14 games, the team knows it’s going in the right direction.

“Record-wise, the season obviously hasn’t gone the way we wanted to it to, but we’ve lost some close games along the way,” Roe said.

Roe got his first taste of senior A action as a junior call-up last season, but it has

still been something of an adjustment playing in the WLA full-time.

“Playing five games for the senior A team last year I came into this year kind of knowing what to expect, but the game is a lot faster and tougher at this level,” he said. “You can’t take a single shift off or get caught cheating, because the other team will take advantage.”

Roe is the lone CVLA product on the T-Men roster, but several others call the Cowichan Valley home, including brothers Myles and Blake Kenny of Shawnigan Lake, and Hugh Weir of Chemainus. Other notable names on the team include National Lacrosse League players Cody Bremner of the Vancouver Stealth and goalie Zak Boychuk, who most recently played for the Toronto Rock.

Nanaimo sits seventh in the WLA standings with nine points, three back of the Langley Thunder, who currently hold the last playoff spot. The Salmonbellies sit fifth with 10 points.

The T-Men lost 12-9 to the Salmonbellies in New Westminster last Thursday, but bounced back with an 11-9 win over the Coquitlam Adanacs on Saturday.

Ticket prices are $12 for adults, $10 for students and seniors, and $8 for kids 12 and under. All registered CVLA players get in for free. A list of players will be at the pass door.

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48 YEARS OF BEING Caps add pair of QMJHL veterans KEVIN ROTHBAUER CITIZEN

The Cowichan Valley Capitals have added a pair of veteran skaters from the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League to their roster for the 2014/15 season.

Forward Thomas Gobeil comes to Cowichan with 155 major junior games under his belt, while defenceman Julien Lepage has played 202 games. Both are entering their final year of junior eligibility.

Gobeil split last season between the Chicoutimi Saguenéens and Val-d’Or Foreurs, scoring eight times and adding 10 assists in 32 contests. Over his four-year career with Chicoutimi, Val-d’Or and the Baie-Comeau Drakkar, Gobeil has compiled 22 goals, 28 assists, 50 points and 167 penalty minutes.

Checking in at 6-2 and 215 pounds, Gobeil attended the Anaheim Ducks’ prospect camp in 2013.

“Thomas is a true power forward who has the full package,” Caps scouting director Lou Gravel said. “He is a blood and guts type of guy, and has pro qualities. He shoots like a pro, and has a pro attitude.”

Lepage split last season between Baie-Comeau and Chicoutimi, putting up two goals and nine assists for 11 points and 24 penalty minutes in 54 games.

Over his four-year QMJHL career, the 5-11, 175-pound blueliner has six goals and 36 assists for 42 points and 85 penalty minutes in 202 games.

“Lepage is an excellent skating, speedy defenceman,” Gravel said. “He is a character guy with a great first pass and will be a rock on our defence this season.

He has the ability to be an excellent offensive defenceman in the BCHL.”

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Cam LeSergent slides into second for one of his two steals in game two against the AAA North Island Royals on Sunday afternoon. [KEVIN ROTHBAUER/CITIZEN]

Bantam Mustangs sweep four KEVIN ROTHBAUER CITIZEN

The bantam AA Cowichan Valley Mustangs swept their way through four exhibition baseball games last weekend as they prepared for the Vancouver Island zone championships later this month.

The games might not have meant anything in the standings, but they were still invaluable for the Mustangs.

“Yes, they were exhibition, but important as we prepare for zones and hopefully provincials,” coach Tod LeSergent said.

The Cowichan team won 10-7 over Nanaimo’s AA team and 13-5 over Campbell River’s single-A team in Nanaimo on Saturday, then returned home to take both sides of a doubleheader against the North Island AAA Royals, 4-3 and 9-5.

The North Island Royals include players from Port Alberni, Parksville, Comox Valley, Campbell River and Powell River.

Nicholas Yu earned the win in the second game of the doubleheader against the Royals, pitching five innings and giving up just four hits and one run while striking out six. Kale Eddy and James McMahon shared duties over the last two innings.

At the plate, Cam LeSergent had three singles and two stolen bases, Jake Winter had a single, a double and one steal, and McMahon and Eddy had two singles apiece. Matt Miller’s lone hit was a triple, while Brandon Langer and Tanner Cummings also had singles. Cummings added a steal to his stat line. LeSergent, Langer and McMahon finished with two RBIs each, and Miller and Brady Radcliffe had one each.

Before they head to zones, four Mustangs — Yu, Eddy, Cole Anderson and Zach Waddington — will suit up for one of the two Vancouver Island teams at the BC Summer Games in Nanaimo this weekend.

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Register: cittaslowcanada@gmail. com. Info: www.slowcowichan.com/ blog.html • Cowichan Tax Busters Info meeting Thursday, July 24, 7-8 p.m., Crofton Old School House field near ferry terminal. For those concerned about increased property taxes and municipal spending in North Cowichan. Info: Peggy Bran 250-324-6652 or info@cowichantaxbusters.ca • Bring your lawn chair and blanket to Summer Movies in the Park at Kerry Park Sports Field A. Movies start at dusk (approx. 9:20 p.m.) on July 26 and Aug. 9. Admission by donation. Kerry Park Recreation, 250-743-5922.

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Recreation • Municipality of North Cowichan and Vancouver Island Pickleball Association offering beginner lessons at newly resurfaced Fuller Lake courts in Chemainus. All ages welcome to 2hour session either Tuesday, July 22 or Thursday, Aug. 7, 9-11 a.m. No cost, but must pre-register at Fuller Lake Arena or phone 250-246-3811.

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These boys are willing to don helmets and do battle while standing on red-hot plastic cushions outdoors in the middle of a heat wave but lots of other people flocked downtown for sidewalk sale shopping, good food and lots of Friday night fun as Duncan Daze heats up on Station Street. [LEXI BAINAS/CITIZEN]

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‘the whole value of the digging cannot be easily overestimated’ LEACH RIVER GOLD RUSH, From Page 7

a straight line, and in a locality never hitherto reached by white men, in all probability never even by natives. I forward an eighth of an ounce, or thereabouts, of the coarse scale gold, washed out of twelve pans of dirt, and with no tools but a shovel and a gold pan. The lowest prospect obtained was 3 cents to the pan, the highest $1 to the pan, and work like that with the rocker would yield what pay you can better calculate than I can, and the development of which, with what results to the Colony you can imagine.

The diggings extend for fully 25 miles, and would give employment to more than 4,000 men. Many of the claims would take 8 to 10 men to work them. The diggings could be wrought with great facility by fluming the bed of the stream. The banks and benches can be sluiced or rocked.

The timber on the banks will supply to the whipsaw all the timber that can ever be required for the miner’s purposes. The country abounds with game and the “honest miner” never need fear that he can find food enough without much trouble.

A saw mill could be erected at the head waters (or say at the Forks of “Leech’s River,”) and lumber for flumes, pumps, sluices, &c., floated down to the miners, and on the whole the value of the digging cannot be easily overestimated.

I may add, that there is any amount of

and the results of which cannot fail to prove of the highest importance to the prosperity of the colony and the further up-building of the city of Victoria.

2. The formal reports of Lieutenant Leech I shall forward by the first opportunity after its completion, but the intelligence I have to communicate is of too important a nature to bear delay in forwarding to you, even for one hour.

Accordingly, I have resolved to despatch a special messenger with this letter and the accompanying specimens, and after mature deliberation I have selected Corporal Buttle, R.E., as one on whose fidelity and prudence I can place the most implicit reliance. This will necessitate a delay of about three days, but this was rendered necessary at all events to recruit the party after their fatigue, and Mr. Leech, having severely burnt his foot, it will be fully that time before he is again able to take the field. To-day I will remove to a convenient place near the Quamichan Indian village, on the Nanaimo trail where wood and water is convenient and salmon are caught on the River weir.

3. The discovery which I have to communicate is the finding of gold on the banks of one of the Forks of the Sooke River, about 12 miles from the sea in

“five cent dirt,” and with proper tools the average prospect is about one bit the pan.

The gold will speak for itself. Corporal Buttle will return to Camp No. 24 immediately, and I trust that you will deal liberally with the men when the diggings employ the number of people they are calculated to support, and that the expedition will not be forgot in the Governor’s proclamation anent the discovery of gold-fields.

I announce this event with the most lively satisfaction, and trust that our labours are meeting with the approval of the colony. I will communicate the discovery at greater length, as soon as possible. Lieut.

Leech sent a letter to me with an Indian, and I have no doubt but that you have received before this. It announces the discovery, and closes a small prospect of gold taken further down the river.

I have the honour to be, Gentlemen,

The logs of this Leech River cabin were held together by wooden pegs, suggesting that it dated back to the original gold rush. —TWP Your obedient servant, Robt. Brown Commander and Government Agent of the Expedition.

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