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Seeds planted for artificial turf soccer pitch LONG TIME COMING:

Project won’t lead to increased taxes LEXI BAINAS CITIZEN

Finally, the soccer complex at Sherman Road is getting a field of artificial turf.

North Cowichan council decided last week to use almost $1-million in gas tax refund money over two years to help fund the much-needed project.

Coun. Jennifer Woike moved that council allocate the additional $416,000 received through the gas tax fund for the year 2014 and a similar gas tax refund for 2015 to construct an artificial turf field for David Williams Field at the Sherman Road soccer park and direct staff to prepare an amendment to the 2014-2018 financial plan accordingly.

Woike also asked that North Cowichan council direct municipal staff to proceed with the phased construction of an artificial turf field at that field as soon as reasonably possible.

Councillors were happy to jump on board and were delighted that new rules have opened up more ways to spend the municipality’s gas tax windfall.

North Cowichan CAO Dave Devana explained that the funds are part of the incremental new money coming from the federal program.

He said that the Cowichan Valley Soccer Association itself would be contributing $300,000, which, along with the $832,000 from the

Excited young soccer players join North Cowichan councillor Jennifer Woike, CVSA president Bill Keserich, Cowichan LMG head coach Glen Martin, and CVSA director Peter de Lange to celebrate the announcement of funding for a new turf field. [LEXI BAINAS/CITIZEN] gas fund and $268,000 from North Cowichan’s reverted land fund mean that no property taxes would be allocated to the project.

Cowichan Valley Soccer Association president Bill Keserich noted that his group had been clear from the start that while they wanted a turf pitch, it must not come at the cost of an increase in taxes.

“We’ve been working on this project since 2008, when the North American Indigenous Games were here,” he said. “We were given a grant by the NAIG games, which

was supposed to be dedicated for when and if there was an artificial turf going in at Sherman Road.

And we’ve been quietly working with North Cowichan ever since on this.

“Nor th Cowichan is really visionary as far as their support of sports in the community, going back even before Rex Hollett and Gerry Smith to Dennis Hogan.

“But we wanted the project to be done without a tax increase and that was why we had to come back to our membership to say we need

to come up with more funding.

That’s how we came up with our commitment of $300,000, which is a pretty sizeable amount for a small club,” Keserich said.

“It’s going to allow us to use this field all year, except for snow. Rain will not deter us.”

Other association members are also excited at the prospect.

The money won’t come out of registrations for the children, either,” said club director Peter de Lange. “It will be separate fund raising. But it’s time to do

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this. The other areas all have allweather fields. We’re the only ones that don’t.”

The soccer season is becoming more and more a 12-month operation because of summer programs, according to Keserich.

“We envision seniors using the pitch as well because there are many teams in the Cowichan Valley and they traditionally play in the summer because they like the warmer weather.

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Beverly Street UCB still on the table for N. Cow council LEXI BAINAS CITIZEN

North Cowichan council decided last week to take a second look at its rejection of two options for land uses along Beverly Street.

The urban containment boundary in the so-called University Village area has been moved so that it’s right up against the dike along Somenos Marsh but councillors were not ready to move forward recently.

However, Coun. Jen Woike decided to try again at last week’s council meeting.

“I think there was some surprise that Option 2 was defeated,” she said. “I know I was surprised.

“After the meeting I asked some questions about what happens now if we do nothing and the status quo is maintained. What they basically came out with is that it would lead to a whole lot of uncertainty for everybody because nothing would be decided.

“I don’t like to work that way. So, I brought forward a reconsideration motion last week. That can only happen at the meeting following the meeting it was defeated at; there’s policy and protocol behind that. I brought forward a reconsideration motion for Option 2, feeling that was the more generous option.”

Woike managed to get them to look at it, but there was still resistance from

With the boundary now at the dike, land use decisions can be made. [LEXI BAINAS/CITIZEN] some councillors, notably Coun. Ruth Hartmann, that by moving ahead without a page-by-page look at the whole plan for the University Village area, that North Cowichan would be ignoring a lot of public opinion.

“We haven’t discussed in detail what was in that plan,” Hartmann said. “I would like to test each one of us on how well we know the plan and what the community wants,” she said, adding, “and we all need to be in agreement, too.”

Hartmann,Coun. Kate Marsh and Mayor Jon Lefebure were uncomfortable having the discussion come up as a late addition to the agenda so that the public were unlikely to know it was even taking place till it was over.

However, Woike was able to get CAO Dave Devana to explain that council

would still have many chances to talk it all over because “you’d still have to move an Official Community Plan amendment to [get the changes in land use] to actually happen.”

Devana said that council not acting could mean that property owners don’t know all their options when trying to sell land, either.

With council acting more quickly “it gives greater certainty about what uses council will support,” he said.

After a quite a bit of debate, a majority of council decided to go ahead with the recommended land use choices.

Woike said this week that it was a worthwhile exercise.

“It leaves that triangle, which was determined for the RCMP station, up for possible park use or something of

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a greener choice but it also isn’t written in stone.

The urban containment boundary has been moved to the dike but it still gives us a lot of flexibility in the future to look at some of the other land uses,” Woike said.

There was some question about another triangle of land by Alexander School; it still is zoned agricultural.

The idea was to include the possibility for some multi-family housing there and Woike wants to learn more about how that could be handled in a flood plain.

“Personally, I would like to see the school district look at using it for some agricultural uses,” she said.

“The Port Alberni school district has an agricultural sustainable food program in Grade 12 where they actually teach the kids about all types of farming.

That piece of land could be looked at for that type of use in future, to tie in with the University Village and the new high school and all the things that are going to happen in this area.”

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Construction expected to begin in April 2015 SEES PLANTED, From Page 1 Cowichan LMG coach Glen Martin is delighted at the prospect of a local turf field because at present, when the Sherman Road grass pitch is unplayable, the senior men’s team must travel to Ladysmith to use the turf there.

“We lose our crowds when we have to go there,” he said. “We get wonderful crowds out on Friday nights here, about 200 people, but that drops to only 50 when we have to go to Ladysmith. The other advantage is that teams can train all the time, too.”

Looking out at the young players enjoying a summer soccer program Thursday morning, Woike said that everyone is thrilled about the prospect of a new surface and

they’ve all had one question for her: when is it going to happen?

During the North Cowichan discussion, Coun. Ruth Hartmann asked what would be involved in the way of long-term maintenance.

“It would be a fraction of what we spend now, North Cowichan parks and recreation director Ernie Mansueti replied.

Eventually, the “carpet” would have to be replaced but he suggested that rentals of the new field would increase and that those fees could go into a special fund to pay for a replacement rug when needed.

Coun. Al Siebring asked when shovels would go in the ground.

Mansueti said he hoped to get started after the local soccer season is over, going to

tender early in 2015, with a projected commencement date of April 1, 2015, finishing by the fall.

What is involved, he explained, is site preparation, installation of a drainage system and then connecting it to the storm sewer system, installation of a gravel base, concrete paving, curbs, fencing, light bases, sport lighting and landscaping and sports goals.

Then, the artificial turf itself can go in, followed by spectator bleachers.

“The design is ready and we can do it easily in the off-season,” he said.

When the vote was finally called, the unanimous result was g reeted with applause from the audience in the council chamber.

Cowichan LMG won’t have to travel to Ladysmith once the new turf is in. [CITIZEN FILE]

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The Electoral Area Services Committee of the CVRD Board directed that a public meeting be held in the community to gauge the interest of the community before the CVRD Board decides whether this application should proceed to the bylaw amendment stage. In the event that does happen, there would be a formal public hearing in the community at a later date. The purpose of the public meeting is twofold: firstly, to generally familiarise the Cowichan Bay community with the proposed application and secondly, to gather preliminary community input on the proposed application. This community input will greatly assist the CVRD Directors when they consider this application.

At the public meeting, CVRD staff and the applicants will explain the development proposal. The CVRD will then facilitate a question and answer session, and persons who deem their interests to be affected by this application are welcome to provide comments. The applicants will answer questions about the particulars of the development proposal and CVRD staff will answer questions that are related to planning policy. A summary of the proceedings will be recorded by CVRD staff, and will be presented to the CVRD Board. Written submissions regarding the application may be submitted before, during, or up to one week following the meeting.

Prior to attending the Public Meeting, information may be obtained by email at ds@cvrd.bc.ca, or in person at the Planning & Development Department located at 175 Ingram Street, Duncan, BC. Note: The CVRD has prepared a staff report to the Electoral Area Services Committee related to this proposal. You may request a copy by sending an email to the address noted above or telephoning the CVRD office. The report is also available for viewing online at www.cvrd.bc.ca/index.aspx?NID=1282 FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT Dana Leitch, Planner II, Planning & Development Department at 250-746-2620.

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Noise and light are issues for sawmill neighbours LEXI BAINAS CITIZEN

After a lot of talk around the subject, North Cowichan council decided July 16 that Mayor Jon Lefebure should write officially to Derek Haupt, operations manager at Western Forest Products’s Cowichan Bay sawmill to discover what efforts are being made there to deal with concerns from residents who share the estuary with the industrial site.

Goetz Schuerholz, chair of the Cowichan Estuary Restoration and Conservation Association (CERCA), made a presentation to council on July 16, asking North Cowichan to do something about the noise and light pollution.

Schuerholz himself has lived on Khenipsen Road since 1977 and his group is made up of concerned seniors who’ve retired to the Cowichan Bay area for its scenic beauty and lifestyle.

They are a force to be reckoned with, he said, adding a group of just 23 waterfront properties along the estuary is assessed for a total of $21.5 million.

“If you want us to pay our taxes, you have to help us to get a good night’s sleep,” he said.

Residents are really unhappy about the level of noise that continues till midnight or later and, when the sawmill doors are opened for ventilation, the noise increases, he said.

Although the Western Forest Products’ mill is undergoing upgrades, nearby residents are still unhappy about living beside heavy industry. [LEXI BAINAS/CITIZEN] “If the doors are shut it makes a hell of a difference. But unless those doors are nailed shut, it won’t stop. It must be terribly hot inside the mill. I don’t blame them,” he said.

Residents would like to be able at least to enjoy a barbecue outdoors, he said.

Coun. John Koury said he was glad to hear that CERCA was not trying to drive industry out.

“It’s more than just taxes involved,” he said. “North Cowichan is built on industry. People need to know the neighbourhoods they’re moving into when they come here to retire.”

Schuerholz disagreed strongly.

“You cannot have an industrial zone in a residential area,” he said.

“Retired people have the bucks to keep the economy going, not

young people desperate for jobs.”

He also stressed that tourism was an important economic driver and was not being boosted by having a sawmill at the estuary.

Lefebure said that much of Schuerholz’s comments about the mill’s zoning were moot.

“We attempted to get zoning control but the mill exists under an Order in Council [from the provincial government]. We are not going to be able to change zoning unilateraly,” he said.

Haupt, the WFP Cowichan Bay operations manager, followed Schuerholz at the lectern.

WFP is committed to meeting its responsibilities under its zoning and has done so since the mill was built in 1975, he said.

He told council that $50K of roof venting was being installed but

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that keeping the door closed is hard with 110 employees onsite.

He pointed out that the mill pays $200,000 in annual property taxes and $1.8 million in salaries every month. A $3-million upgrade is underway right now. Installing a new system of lighting at the site would cost millions more, he told Schuerholz.

CERCA had also expressed concern about the number of sunken or derelict logs either in the bay itself or covering Mariners Island and Haupt said that WFP tries to get what it can off that island at high tide but only so much can be done without causing even more environmental damage.

Koury said he liked Schuerholz’s idea of increasing tourism.

“I’m not sure we’ve been putting our best foot forward on that,” he

said, suggesting that “punching Khenipsen Road right through to Genoa Bay to make a tourist highway” could be a real benefit to the area.

Brian Butler, president of United Steelworkers’ Local 1-1937, also spoke briefly at the meeting, saying he himself had worked at the Cowichan Bay mill and over the years had seen “a lot of emphasis on environmental issues” there.

He also reminded council that “the jobs there are good, familysupporting jobs” and “the vast majority of B.C. residents want to see B.C. logs milled in the province. I’m glad they don’t want to see that mill shut down.”

Council decided that, even if the municipality may have little power to do anything, the mayor should write to WFP.

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Why is Mars bomber idle while fires spread?

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ith forest fires raging across British Columbia, the snubbing of a local icon has burned deeply into the hearts of many Island residents.

Fortunately none of the most serious blazes have threatened Vancouver Island communities, but with most of the province classified at “extreme” risk, forest fires elsewhere have forced evacuation orders of Hudson’s Hope and West Kelowna.

The question that is currently screaming in the Alberni Valley is this: why is the Hawaii Mars water bomber sitting idle on Sproat Lake?

Despite its world-renowned ability to scoop up and drop 27,200 litres of water at time and a 53-year legacy of dousing forest fires across North America, this year the provincial government opted not to renew it’s contract with Coulson Flying Tankers, the Hawaii Mars’ owner. Instead the province went with Abbotsford-based Conair for aerial fire suppression, gaining the services of four smaller turbine-powered aircraft.

Early into the forest fire season, it appears the situation in B.C. will be particularly serious this year. Halfway through July, 624

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fires have been documented by the province’s Wildfire Management Branch, encompassing 105,697 hectares. The spread of forest fires this summer has already eclipsed the 2013 total of 18,259 hectares, and appears to be approaching the average burn total of 141,000.

According to Coulson Group of Companies CEO Wayne Coulson, the Mars bomber’s firefighting contract in 2013 amounted to $750,000, yet this year the province decided to go with Conair’s smaller, more modern aircraft for $1.8 million. After the deal was made Steve Thomson, minis-

ter of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource operations cited the bomber’s “operational limitations” with respect to performing multiple drop patterns in B.C.’s mountainous terrain. The decision to go with the Abbotsford company was made while considering the “more cost-effective, efficient options available due to advances in airplane technology,” Thomson said.

Although there are 11 different B.C. air tanker groups contracted by the province this year for forest fires, more support is needed.

Instead of looking to the Hawaii Mars’s experience, the province

barked; if he was, he suffered terribly and my heart breaks to think of it.

So, to the unspeakably brutal and ignorant person who did this, you will never retrieve any of his feathers or whatever other part of him you thought you needed more than he did. You saw something beautiful and destroyed it, for what?

Today, coincidentally, two wonderful things happened that make me proud of the place I call home.

Like many others on the Island I raise registered Guide Dogs from eight-month-old puppies to 16-month-old dogs that then go off to Guide Dog “University” where they are harness-trained and are matched with a blind person. My job is to teach them basic obedience, to lead me forward and to stop me at crosswalks, curbs, stairs, and doors, ride buses, elevators, escalators, go to restaurants, stores, movies, everywhere a blind person would go.

Last week we were training through the Accessible Pedestrian Signals (chirps) at Trunk Road but my dog could not walk me to the button without either walking me into an overhanging limb or taking me off the curb into the road. We went to City Hall about it and today I got a personal call to say that the tree had been pruned. Imagine that, a personal call! Duncan City Hall, you rock.

And yesterday at the dog park, during recreational play that all working dogs need, I dropped my dog’s specialized leash, a very expensive one provided to me by Guide Dogs designed for different training scenarios. I posted a lost notice for the leash and today the leash was delivered to my home by the wonderful woman who found it and found us. Imagine that, to my home!

Duncan people, you rock.

Thank you, Duncan. A great place to live.

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called upon a company from the Yukon to supply two airplanes for fire suppression.

Meanwhile an online petition in support of the water bomber has grown to collect over 17,500 in just a few days, calling on Premier Christy Clark to renew the Mars contract.

A capable firefighting asset sits still on Sproat Lake, sparking many locals to wonder if there is much more than cost effectiveness and efficiency involved in the province’s decisions around controlling forest fires.

Eagle poacher won’t get their hands on this bird Someone murdered a beautiful adult bald eagle on my property, part of a mating pair as the distressed mate has been circling my place for 24 hours.

This bird was probably shot yesterday when my partner heard a single gunshot very close to our home, then could not stop our dogs from running to a back corner of their enclos-

ure and barking.

My horses all spooked and would not go near the far end of their pen as something was frightening them.

I took my dogs out to the area they had been pointing to and there he was, huddled under a large bush, a magnificent bird with a large bullet wound to the back of his right shoulder. I do not know if he was alive and struggling overnight while his mate kept watch and the dogs

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Politicians worry more about gamesmanship than governance

or place fraught with difficulties and imponderables: a financial swamp”. As a taxpayer and retired public servant I took the use to mean this application of the word.

Using my marsh perspective; I have heard there is a petition now underway to support greater land use on the land north of Beverly Street and recognize the dike as a legitimate boundary.

This suggests a bias to development and a bias consistent with some on council but not with community members who have shared their perspective with the University Village planners.

Land on the south side of the dike has large skunk cabbages, horsetails and bulrushes growing even in this time of low precipitation. They are getting moisture from the land they are on. Additionally there is standing water at the York Road pump station. Dry would indicate to me these plants would not thrive and there would be no water with the lack of rain we have seen this year.

We elect people not to play the game of politics but to conduct the business of governance. The role of the public servant is to provide truth and options (yes plural) to any debate to allow

In recent articles in the local papers a North Cowichan councillor stated, “Brace yourself.

The howls of protest are likely to start again” and on his personal blog titled a section “drawing a line in the swamp”.

This same councillor wrote a letter to the editor titled “Expanded boundaries does not mean development” in which he suggests that the Chair of the Somenos Marsh Wildlife Society is “disingenuous” and “less unbiased”.

Both articles are great examples of political gaming or drama, i.e., the need to win every issue. I too admit I have a distinct perspective, in fact there are at least three competing perspectives I represent; as a taxpayer, as a retired public servant and as a member of the Marsh Society.

The mention of a swamp is interesting as there are two meanings for this word; the first is a geographical ecosystem and as this is only used once to describe the marsh not the meaning I took from the blog. The second meaning is “a situation

Education has deteriorated over the years The fact that education today is less edifying to its recipients than that of yesteryear is largely attributable to teachers of the ’80s and ’90s [including many close friends of mine] who drove a bus called Education 2000.

Ed 2000 was intended to create a system in which exams were not to be emphasized — indeed, eliminated — for fear they would cause angst amongst low achievers. Students were “streamed” from one grade to the next without “passing” or satisfying any

basic standard of achievement.

How such low achievers were to deal with underachievement once having graduated was not contemplated.

It also made teaching much easier to perform while much harder to evaluate.

This has resulted in many high school, college and university graduates that cannot spell, cannot design a grammatically correct sentence, cannot add or subtract, let alone make change, without a computer. Even with computers providing answers on demand to questions, required essays and calculations — where are these folks when they have to think for themselves? Answer:

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for an unbiased and sustainable solution. Our community has seen distinct perspectives at community events and through the paper on development on the marsh and where the urban containment boundary should remain.

In the game of politics one must incite conflict as part of the game to be able to give more credence to your point of view and make others look like the bad guys. Words such as “brace yourself”, “howls of protest” and “drawing a line” are typical “game pieces”.

Taxes and environmental issues are two critical debates within our communities. Let us this fall judge those we elect on their effectiveness of conducting the business of governance, which includes listen to all perspectives (biases), and not on how well they play the game of politics. I encourage all people to continue to read local papers and see the various perspectives brought forth and most importantly have your voice heard in the fall election by electing people who will effectively conduct the business of governance.

Phil Jennings North Cowichan

unless they simply suffer the consequences of their inability, someone has to amend their work for them — be it editorial or arithmetic/mathematic.

With over 40 years of HR experience I see the changes: it is like “night and day” — or perhaps more correctly: like “day” then “night”.

Perhaps it is time to sever teachers from most aspects of education save for accepted methods of instruction and leave course development and methodology to experts in each field of study.

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Exceptional auto repair from Duncan business deserves praise We would like to express our appreciation to Budget Brake and Muffler Auto Centres (Duncan) for the exceptionally fine service they provided on Tuesday, June 3.

Our friend Michael was returning home after picking up a very large load of our groceries around 2 p.m. when the car engine started smoking.

He pulled over off the highway near Allenby Road while we called around to find a repair shop who could fix the problem so the groceries (and Michael too) could get home.

A very accommodating individual, Kevin, at Budget told us Michael could bring the car over and they’d deal with it right away!

After Michael got to the garage, he was extremely impressed with the thoroughness and efficiency with which Kevin and Eric went about diagnosing the problem and then solving it.

In just over one hour, the repair work was done and the groceries were on their way home!

Michael kept telling us, “These people are sooo nice!”

Indeed they were and we think others should know that they are too!

Prad and Ranjana Basu Shawnigan Lake

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Friday, July 25, 2014 | Cowichan Valley Citizen

BAVARIA HAS GONE SOLAR… WHY NOT US?

Duncan resident P. Foot is visiting Bavaria, and has spotted solar panels all over the little street where she is staying. “Why don’t we see this all over our valley?” she asks. “Sun is not a prerequisite, but the will to change is. Where are the government incentives? Hydro does not want this perhaps?” [P. FOOT PHOTO]

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Hospice puts on a great golf event year after year As a proud sponsor of the Cowichan Valley Hospice Society golf tournament since its inauguration seven years ago, the Duncan Lions Club/Sassy Lion Thrift Store congratulate Hospice for their wellorganized, fun golf tournament.

The simpler format this year speeded up play and made for a very enjoyable Saturday afternoon in spite of very

Pay attention to crosswalk lights Dear fellow drivers…

Since only about 10 per cent of you seem to realize to stop, did you know there is an actual cross walk by Duncan Christian School at Beech and Trunk roads? The flashing lights mean to stop; we don’t just stand there for the fun of it. What kind of

warm temperatures.

The prizes, side games, auction items, meal and Norm Jackson’s great emceeing made for a wonderful day.

We look forward to next year and again wish to be a major sponsor of this worthwhile organization and the valuable service they offer to our community all year long.

Gordon Farrell Former Sassy Lion Thrift Store manager

hurry are you in to stop for the 30 seconds it takes to let us cross the road?

While I’m at it, the speed limit is 50km/h by the way. Give your selfish heads a shake.

From a fellow pedestrian.

Sarah Ward Duncan

Cowichan Valley Citizen | Friday, July 25, 2014

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

OFFICIAL COMMUNITY PLAN AMENDMENT BYLAW NO. 3803 ZONING AMENDMENT BYLAW NO. 3804 Applicable to Electoral Area A – Mill Bay/Malahat NOTICE is hereby given that a Public Hearing will be held as follows to consider the above-noted Amendment Bylaws: DATE: PLACE:

Tuesday, July 29, 2014 TIME: 7:00 p.m.

Kerry Park Recreation Centre, 1035 Shawnigan Mill Bay Road, Mill Bay

Of¿cial Community Plan Amendment Bylaw No. 3803 proposes to amend the South Cowichan (Electoral Area A – Mill Bay/Malahat, Electoral Area B – Shawnigan Lake, and Electoral Area C – Cobble Hill) Of¿cial Community Plan Bylaw No. 3510 in order to designate Lots 2 and 3, District Lot 101, Malahat District , Plan 2942 and Lots D, E, and F, District Lot 101, Malahat District, Plan 2929 to “Multi-Family Residential” and “Parks and Institutional”, as shown on Map 1.

Zoning Amendment Bylaw No. 3804 proposes to amend South Cowichan Zoning Bylaw No. 3520 (Applicable to Electoral Area A – Mill Bay/Malahat and Electoral Area C – Cobble Hill) by: 1.

Adding a de¿nition of “Building Footprint” 2.

Adding a new CD-11 Zone (Village Comprehensive Development 11 – Falcon Ridge) 3.

Rezoning Lots 2 and 3, District Lot 101, Malahat District, Plan 2942 and Lots D, E, and F, District Lot 101, Malahat District, Plan 2929 from R-2 (Village Suburban Residential 2) to CD-11 and P-1, as shown on Map 2.

MAP 1

MAP 2

The purpose of Amendment Bylaws No. 3803 and 3804 is to permit the subject properties to be developed for up to 98 housing units comprised of single family homes, townhomes and condominium apartments.

Associated with the amendments is a commitment from the applicant to transfer 2.83 hectares of the site to the CVRD as park land, construct trails, install park furniture and contribute $25,000 towards a public playground.

At the public hearing, all persons who deem their interests affected by the proposed amendments will be afforded an opportunity to be heard or to present written submissions on matters contained therein, before representatives of the Regional Board. Prior to the public hearing, submit written comments on the Bylaws by: Fax: 250-746-2621 Email: ds@cvrd.bc.ca Mail and/or deposit at the Regional District of¿ce, 175 Ingram Street, Duncan, BC, V9L 1N8 until 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday, July 29, 2014 The public should not assume that correspondence submitted on the proposed Bylaws prior to commencement of the statutory noti¿cation period on, Friday, July 18, 2014, will be made available to the Regional Board. Please be advised that the CVRD Board cannot receive correspondence or comment following the close of the public hearing. For further information, please call the Planning & Development Department at 250-746-2620.

Please note that all correspondence submitted to the CVRD in response to this Notice will form part of the public record and will be published in a meeting agenda that is posted online when this matter is before the Board or a Committee of the Board. The CVRD considers the author’s address relevant to the Board’s consideration of this matter and will disclose this personal information. The author’s phone number and email address is not relevant and should not be included in the correspondence IF the author does not wish this personal information disclosed. Please contact the Planning & Development Department at 250746-2620 or 1-800-665-3955, or the Recording Secretary at the time of submission. For more information on disclosure, contact the CVRD FOI Coordinator at 250-746-2507 or 1-800-665-3955.

The Public Hearing is to be held by Director M. Walker, Director B. Fraser and Director P. Weaver as delegates of the Board. Decisions concerning the adoption of Bylaws No. 3803 and 3804 will not be made until the record of Public Hearing is presented to the Board.

A copy of the proposed Bylaws, the resolution delegating the holding of the Public Hearing, and other documents that may be considered by the Board in determining whether to adopt the Bylaws are available for public inspection at the Regional District Planning & Development Department of¿ce: 175 Ingram Street, Duncan, BC From Friday, July 18, 2014, to Tuesday, July 29, 2014, between the hours of 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday. A copy of the Bylaws and supporting material may also be viewed on the CVRD website at the following address: http://www.cvrd.bc.ca/index.aspx?NID=1282 FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT Rob Conway, Manager, Development Services Division, Planning & Development Department at 250-746-2620.

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Friday, July 25, 2014 | Cowichan Valley Citizen

Campfire ban temporarily lifted KEVIN ROTHBAUER CITIZEN

Campfires will be permitted this weekend. [CITIZEN FILE]

Due to forecasts for cooler and rainier weather, the Coastal Fire Centre has temporarily lifted the ban on campfires in the region that includes the Cowichan Valley as of noon on Wednesday.

Campfires and open fires in outdoor stoves will be permitted for the time being. With the long-term forecast calling for a return to hot and dry conditions after the coming weekend, the fire ban is expected

CHURCH SERVICE IN THE PARK Every year we have a great time worshiping in the Park, we decided to do it again this summer. At the Waterwheel Park in Chemainus, a group of us from the Chemainus Pentecostal Church and from the Korean Baptist Church of Vancouver, The River Community Church of Abbotsford, will gather for three great evenings on August 2, 3, 4 for good gospel music, preaching and other amazing things.

With all the pressure and stresses going on in our world, it’s nice to take a little time to praise God for what we hope that all of you will come and join us for the evenings of fellowship and fun, starting at 6:30 pm. If you would like more information please contact us at Chemainus Pentecostal Tabernacle at 250-246-3810. Hope to see you there.

to return prior to the B.C. Day long weekend on Aug. 2-4.

“The public is reminded that campfires cannot be larger than a half-metre high by a half-metre wide,” fire information officer Marg Drysdale said. “Anyone who lights a campfire must have a hand tool, such as a shovel, or at least eight litres of water available to fully extinguish it. Never leave a campfire unattended and make sure that the ashes are completely cold to the touch before leaving the area for any length of time.”

Still banned within the Coastal Fire Centre are Category 2 backyard burning piles, except within the “fog zone,” a two-kilometre wide strip along the west coast of Vancouver Island.

Coastal Fire Centre regulations do not cover areas within the boundaries of local governments with their own bylaws and fire departments, so residents should check with their local fire halls.

Anyone found in contravention of an open fire prohibition may be issued a ticket for $345 or, if convicted in court, may be fined up to $100,000 and sentenced to one year in jail. If the contravention causes or contributes to a wildfire, the person may be subject to a penalty of up to $10,000 and be ordered to pay all firefighting and associated costs.

To report a wildfire or unattended campfire, call 1-800-663-5555 or *5555 on a cell phone. The latest information is also available at bcwildfire.ca, on Twitter @BCGovFireInfo and on Facebook at facebook.com/BCForestFireInfo

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Friday, July 25, 2014 | Cowichan Valley Citizen

Baby boom at the Citizen!

Within a span of just five days last month, three Cowichan Valley Citizen staff members welcomed new babies to their families. Lennox Krishan William Lashman was born on June 21, the first son of ad sales rep Darin Lashman and Danielle Mellson. Russell Allen Rothbauer was born on June 26 to reporters Sarah Rothbauer (nee Simpson) and Kevin Rothbauer.

Both families express their sincere gratitude to the maternity ward at the Cowichan District Hospital, the staff at the Citizen, and their own extended families.

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The Cowichan Sportsplex gets plenty of use year round, hosting everything from sports to big community events like the annual MS Walk above. [LEXI BAINAS/CITIZEN FILE]

Voters get Sportsplex funding option ANDREA RONDEAU CITIZEN

The Cowichan Valley Regional District board finalized a decision last week that will see voters in electoral areas cast ballots in a referendum to decide whether or not they want to fund the Cowichan Sportsplex.

However, a small but significant change from what the directors voted on at a regional services committee meeting in June will see the municipalities left out of the process.

At the regional services committee directors voted to go to referendum on the question area by area, with just one service establishment bylaw encompassing all nine of the electoral areas and the four member municipalities.

“It think the confusion comes with what happens as the outcome of the referendum if there are areas that do not pass it,” said Deputy Corporate Secretary Kathleen Harrison.

Had directors gone ahead with everyone in a single bylaw, if the referendum failed in

one area, the entire referendum failed.

That’s because a single bylaw would depend upon all areas being part of it for the amounts stated in it to be applicable.

If some areas had opted out and the numbers changed, a change to the bylaw would have made it unclear whether the province would grant its approval without the district going back to another public approval process.

Directors chose to have staff draft individual service establishment bylaws for each of the nine electoral areas, which will be voted on at referendums in the fall.

“The clear principle was that each electoral area would have the opportunity to poll its public as to whether they wish to participate. It appears that this now makes this possible,” summed up Shawnigan Lake director Bruce Fraser.

Under this formula, however, the municipalities have no obligation to go to referendum or participate in the funding.

The matter has been forwarded to municipal councils for their consideration.

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News Cowichan Valley Citizen | Friday, July 25, 2014

DAVID GOGO DEBUTS

It may seem amazing to think he’s never played at the Islands Folk Fest, but Friday night was David Gogo’s debut at Providence Farm, delighting fans with a solo set before bringing on his band.

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Friends band together to help injured pal in hospital LEXI BAINAS CITIZEN

Friends of a Cowichan Valley boy are working hard to help his family as he recovers from injury.

“Our children’s close friend Gage Polsom was injured in a serious bike accident a few weeks ago and is at the Children’s Hospital in Vancouver,” Nadine Gendall wrote to the Citizen.

The 10-year-old was camping with his grandparents at the beginning of summer, she said.

“As he was out riding his bike on the first night of camping he took a bad fall and the handlebars went into his abdomen and he’s ripped his pancreas. He’s been in there [in hospital] over a month already.

He’s got a really long way to go and my children as well as their best friends were just distraught, couldn’t figure out what to do, how to help.

“First they were going to sell

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some lemonade but then they started going through the house and decided to organize a garage sale. They spent this last weekend organizing it, getting it all together and selling everything they could.

“It was all done so quickly because they didn’t even know till now that Gage had been hurt.

He’s friends with my son; they play hockey together. We just wondered where the heck he was,” she said.

From that, the huge fundraising effort has been born.

“Out of their little garage sale, and spreading the world on social media, they’ve just started a huge wave of support. Now, we’re going to have a few different fundraisers going on for Gage and his family,” she said.

Next up is a burger and beer night on Tuesday, July 29 starting at 6 p.m. at the Black Swan in

Shawnigan Lake, accompanied by a silent auction. Tickets are expected to sell quickly and support has been “overwhelming.”

“However, people can just come to support it as well that evening.

If they want to make donations or set up a basket to help Gage, that is possible, too.”

Gendall and a friend took some of Gage’s best friends to the hospital Vancouver on Tuesday in hopes that a visit would lift his spirits a little bit.

By Tuesday night, she was able to report on the Facebook page: “We took a trip to visit and we’re so happy to see him making progress. It was such an uplifting day,” she wrote. “Honestly, he was having a good day and made it so that they could just hang. He even kicked the grown-ups out so they could just play.”

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Cowichan has had its own share of land disputes

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he recent momentous Supreme Court of Canada decision recognizing First Nations title to a specific tract of land has been termed one of the most significant decisions the Supreme Court has ever rendered in an aboriginal rights case.

Land title conflicts in Canada go back CHRONICLES almost to T.W. Paterson the arrival of the first Europeans and the Cowichan Valley was no exception.

In June 1865, the issue was brought to the boil by, of all things, settlers’ pigs which, allowed to roam freely, ravaged their Cowichan neighbours’ crops.

“The old story of the settlers’ pigs destroying the Indians’ potato crops has again come up,” reported the British Colonist, “and His Excellency [Gov. A.E. Kennedy] is anxious that a difficulty which may lead to something more serious should be adjusted while there is yet time...

“But what is to be done? His Excellency prescribes fencing in the pigs. Some of the members of the House [of Assembly] say–fence in the land... All things...considered, the latter course approaches nearer what is required.

“To fence in the pigs would be virtually to put a stop to hog raising, one of the most profitable occupations of the settler in the outlying districts. It was shown clearly yesterday in the House that so long as pigs could roam over waste or unfenced land there was no great outlay to keep them; but let them be confined within a fence, and the owner would have to go to the expense and trouble of raising feed for their sustenance.

“On the other hand, it was contended that if no steps were taken to keep the hogs from molesting the potatoes, serious disturbances would arise. Well, we can neither afford to discourage the settler nor precipitate a war with the Indians. While, therefore, allowing the pigs in the outlying districts to roam about untrammelled, the Executive should see that the native crops are not interfered with...

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Pigs vs. potatoes led to early disagreements in the Valley COWICHAN HAS, From Page 18 “The House has really no business with enclosing Crown or Indian lands; yet this is what must be done if the hogs are to be kept away...”

The newspaper adamantly opposed spending public funds: “... We do not expect to witness the Executive pay fencing in of the Indian lands; but we do desire that every aid consistent with the responsibilities of human beings should be given to the native tribes. Let them be impressed with the necessity of enclosing their cultivated

Gage’s friends dressed up to promote the garage sale. [SUBMITTED]

Piggy banks emptied in support FRIENDS, From Page 16 Gendall said she’s been astonished at the response from the people to the fundraising efforts.

“I spent the weekend in tears and they were tears of joy. I can’t believe how many people came out to rally support for Gage. He is really one of those little guys who’s completely memorable from the second you meet him.

“But, you know, the boys and their sisters decided they had to do something. They just couldn’t sit back knowing that the family needed help.”

If you’re interested in joining the effort, check out a Facebook page Gendall has created entitled “Help for Gage Polsom”.

“We’re also trying to organize a three-on-three hockey event because he’s such a connected member of the Kerry Park Islanders. He’s the heart of any team he’s on,” Gendall said. “He’s just one of those kids,” she said.

So far, the fundraising has gone well, according to Gendall.

“We’re not disclosing the amount we raised but we had complete strangers leave $50s and $100s for Gage. We had two little boys from his hockey show up with the entire contents of their piggy banks,” she shared tearfully.

“It’s been something. We live in a great place. I said to my husband: I don’t think we can ever leave.

I want to live in a place where I know that, if anything should happen, people are this amazing.”

Some pioneer farmers had to contend with neighbours’ foraging pigs. --TWP patches in the same manner as the white man’s. [The settlers fenced their own gardens!–TWP] Let every instruction and advice be rendered them; but let not the Government show a disposition to assume any of their duties or responsibilities. The Indian if

he is ever to do himself or the country any good, must be made self-reliant, and the sooner this policy is inaugurated the better.

“Let him be taught that it is his duty to fence in his own land, and that as [fencing] will be rather a novelty to him, the Govern-

ment will grant him every aid, so far as advice or instruction goes. But on no account let him feel that he is both helpless and neglected.”

William Smithe, a Somenos settler who’d go on to become premier, wrote the Colonist: “...To attempt to fence the numerous private patches, scattered as they are at present over the whole valley would be absurd.”

He suggested that the Colony allocate six 100-acre plots for the Cowichans to garden as these could be fenced in–by them and at their cost, estimated at $2,000.

“Unless something of this sort

be done, I think it best to adopt [a] let them alone system, or if something must be one, let someone in authority order the Indians to fence their potato patches; they stand sufficiently in awe of the powers that be to obey if they fancy those powers are serious and mean what they say.”

Three weeks later, the Colonist reported that Nature had joined the fray, having learned from “a settler” that Cowichan crops were looking very well but “suffering very much from the ravages of caterpillars and grubs”. www.twpaterson.com

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Zach Komst sends the ball soaring during the RiverCats’ second game against Campbell River at Evans Park last Sunday afternoon. [KEVIN ROTHBAUER/CITIZEN]

10-0 RiverCats set to host Island AA championships

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The RiverCats led the second game from the start, but blew it wide open with 10 runs in the sixth to mercy Campbell River 17-6.

Stating pitcher Robertson and reliever Whitelaw did excellent work, with the help of a catch by centrefielder Tyler McWhirter that coach Jim Frost called one of the greatest he has ever seen.

“A line drive was hit over his head towards the fence, but he ran full out and made a diving over the shoulder catch just before it would have hit the fence,” Frost recalled.

Robertson helped his own cause with three hits, matched by Keir Baknes.

McWhirter, Whitelaw, Jaysen Paddle and Derek Hayes had two hits apiece.

The RiverCats will host the Island championships at Evans Park this weekend, taking the field on Saturday at noon against Victoria and 6 p.m. against Campbell River, and on Sunday at 1 p.m. against Comox.

The top two teams will advance to provincials on July 31-Aug. 1 in Mission.

Duncan’s peewee AA team is also hosting Islands at Evans Park this weekend, while the bantam AA Cowichan Valley Mustangs are at Islands in Victoria.

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The Duncan RiverCats ran their summer baseball record to 10-0 with three more wins last weekend in the run-up to hosting the midget AA Island championships.

Last Thursday, the RiverCats trounced Victoria’s AAA team in Victoria behind the solid pitching of Jordy Frost, Ethan Whitelaw and Adam Sakuma. Catcher Adam Fukakusa complemented the pitchers perfectly, keeping everything in front of him and throwing out a Victoria runner who attempted to steal second base.

Blair Robertson opened the scoring with a three-run homer in the fourth inning, while Zach Komst and Reiya Tomida each had a single and a double.

On Sunday, the Duncan team won both ends of a doubleheader against at Evans Park. The first game was going in the wrong direction with the RiverCats trailing 5-2, but a seven-run fifth inning turned the game around for a 9-6 victory.

Sakuma stepped to the mound in the fifth inning and held on to preserve the win.

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Tyson Black, Adam Golia and Colin Winship spurred a five-goal comeback in just four last Friday as the undermanned Cowichan Valley Thunder edged the Saanich Tigers 13-12 to capture the Vancouver Island intermediate B lacrosse championship.

With just 13 runners available because of a variety of other commitments, the Thunder managed to pull off the sweep, having annihilated the Tigers 23-4 in the first game of the series last Tuesday. Down by four goals with less than seven minutes to play, the Thunder found a way to bounce back and prevent a third game.

“This core of these players that I’ve been fortunate enough to coach have done this type of thing for as long as I can remember,” coach Lorne Winship said. “They have an uncanny way of finding ways to win. They are more than the sum of their parts.”

The score was tied 5-5 after the first period and 7-7 after the second. Saanich pulled ahead early in the second and held a 12-8 advantage with time getting tight.

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That’s when the big guns went to work.

Golia set up Black twice, then scored back-to-back goals of his own from Colin Winship and Mitch Page, respectively.

Finally, Golia fed Winship for the winner with less than two minutes and 52 seconds left on the clock, and the Thunder held on for the win.

When the dust settled, Black ended up with seven goals and one assist, Golia had two goals and five helpers, and Winship had five assists to go with his game-winner.

Brandon Corby added two goals and two assists, and Page had one of each. Dallas McLaughlin played a solid game in net.

The Thunder will head to Richmond to represent the Island in the provincial tournament on Aug. 1-4, along with two teams from the Mainland and one from the Interior.

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“They have an uncanny way of finding ways to win. They are more than the sum of their parts.”

Duncan athletes topped the field in the main event at the Cowichan Challenge Triathlon at Fuller Lake on July 13, while a brother and sister from Ladysmith had the top men’s and women’s sprint times.

Jason Sandquist finished first among male athletes in the main event, completing the 1,000m swim, 34km bike and 9km run in one hour, 48 minutes and 10 seconds.

Jill Ramstead had the top time among female athletes at 2:04:24, which was also the ninth-best time overall.

Cameron Chanin and his sister, Courtney, finished 1-2 in the sprint race to put up the best men’s and women’s results.

Cameron completed the 500m swim, 17km bike and 5km run in 1:03:35, while Courtney came in at 1:05:26.

“The race went off really well,” race director Julie Langelo said. “We had lots of fantastic volunteers which always helps. I think [race day] was the hottest day this year so far. We had to have a non-wetsuit swim as the water temperature was 26 degrees, way up from the 22 degrees cutoff [under Triathlon BC rules], as the swimmers can overheat. We have never had to pull the wetsuit swim in the history of the event.”

Participation was down slightly from 2013, Langelo said, but the event attracted many first-timers. There were 88 participants in the in main event solo race, and 81 in the sprint solo, along with eight teams in the main relay and seven in the sprint relay.

The main relay was won by Cycos, while the sprint relay was won by Team Penn.

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Cowichan Valley lacrosse fans flocked to the Island Savings Centre on Saturday evening to catch the first senior A lacrosse played in the area in several years, and they weren’t disappointed.

Although the host Nanaimo Timbermen fell 9-6 to the New Westminster Salmonbellies, the Western Lacrosse Association game was a success for the organization, which said in a release on Monday that they were considering a return trip.

“The Timbermen organization is very excited about the prospects of heading back to Duncan once again down the road,” the statement said.

The T-Men fell behind in the first period, and despite dominating the second, couldn’t bounce back.

“You can’t spot a team a 6-1 lead in any sport and expect to win,” head coach Kaleb Toth said.

“We’ve done that before, but it’s a tough thing to do.”

Unfortunately, Toth admitted, that’s been typical of Nanaimo’s play this season.

“We’ve got a young team, and that’s an excuse, but it’s becoming too much of an excuse,” he said.

“And it’s not just the rookies making those mistakes.”

One rookie who stood out on Saturday for several reasons, not the least of which is his 6-10, 260pound frame, was Tyson Roe, a product of the Cowichan Valley Lacrosse Association now making his mark at the senior level.

Roe, who had several family members on hand for the game, admitted he was pumped up.

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“We keep doing this to ourselves in the first period, falling behind 6-1, 5-1, 4-1,” he said.

Toth is pleased with Roe’s progress this season. Although he didn’t figure in the scoring on Saturday, he was effective on defence, and has picked up two goals and five assists in 14 games so far.

“He’s got such size and strength, he can dominate guys when he chooses to,” Toth said. “He’s got a very big upside and I’m looking forward to coaching him for a long time.”

A star in the National Lacrosse League for 13 years, Toth thinks Roe belongs at the top levels.

“He has the opportunity to play a long time in this league, and maybe pro, too.”

Two players who grew up in Ontario but now call the Cowichan Valley home did make a mark on the scoresheet. Hugh Weir scored Nanaimo’s first goal, and Blake Kenny assisted on one of Paul Brebber’s two second-period goals. Blake’s brother, Myles, was 10-for-12 in the faceoff circle.

Adding to the Valley presence was assistant coach Keegan Young, a Shawnigan Lake native.

The T-Men remain outside the playoff hunt, but can still sneak in as the season draws to a close.

“We have three games left, and we have to win all three,” Roe said. “If we win all three, I think we’ll make it, but it’s going to be tough.”

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‘Semi Pro’ inspires newest Cap BCHL who put up good numbers last season,” Caps head coach and general manager Bob Beatty said. “He is a good-skating, puck-moving, dynamic defenceman that can jump into the rush and contribute offensively. He will give us a veteran presence on our side of the red line.”

Allan and Chichkin were picked up by the Caps in separate trades last December.

Chichkin had nine points in 26 games after coming over from the Trail Smoke Eaters.

Allan had 12 points in 24 games after he was acquired from the Alberta Junior Hockey League’s Okotoks Oilers.

Both players also tweeted their responses to the trade with Prince George.

“Would like to thank the @cowichancaps for the experience, and excited to be a part of the @SpruceKings organization!”

Chichkin wrote.

“I would like to thank the @cowichancaps for the past season, made a lot of memories there! I am very excited to join the @SpruceKings!!” Allan tweeted.

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Head coach Glen Martin and player-coach Tyler Hughes (far right) welcome new sponsor Warren Gross of Warren Gross Construction to the Cowichan LMG fold. Gross donated a set of official game balls, supplied by Sports Traders. [KEVIN ROTHBAUER/CITIZEN]

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With four appearances — and two wins — in the Jackson Cup final over the last five years, and three consecutive secondplace finishes in the Vancouver Island Soccer League’s top division, Cowichan LMG is ramping it up for the upcoming season.

“Our end goal is to win the provincial title and go to the national championship,” player-coach Tyler Hughes related.

“We’ve set the bar higher; we have high expectations.”

With that in mind, head coach Glen Martin is making some tweaks to the roster, beginning with a training camp that kicks off at the newly refurbished Rotary Park field next Tuesday.

“It sounds like Coach is working on get-

ting some new recruits, and we’ll have the same core with another year’s experience,” Hughes said. “We’ll be kind of an older, more experienced team.”

Most of last year’s core is expected back, including Hughes, captain Jesse Winter, 2013/14 team MVP Brad Archibald, Kevan Brown, Brad Thorne, Steve Scott, Stu Barker, Dan Citra, Dan Cato, Connor Crichton, Colin Knight, and goalkeeper Joel Wilson, with Ben Robson expected to join mid-year once Vancouver Island University’s season is over.

Martin can’t wait to get camp and the regular season under way.

“It will be exciting,” Martin said. “We’re going to have a strong team. We’ve won our Jackson Cups, and last year was good, but now we want to have a great year.”

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The smooth-skating defenceman was acquired by the Cowichan Valley Capitals from the Prince George Spruce Kings last week, and despite the initial shock, he was able to put it into perspective thanks to a Will Ferrell movie from 2008.

“At least I wasn’t traded for a washing machine like Ed Monix in Semi Pro #hepunchesinbunches,” Pacheco tweeted, referring to Woody Harrelson’s character.

The 5-11, 178-pound Pacheco, who will turn 20 on Aug. 1, was picked up in exchange for forward Taylor Allan and blueliner Valik Chichkin. In 2013/14, he set career highs with eight goals, 24 assists and 32 points in 56 games with the Spruce Kings. In 164 career B.C. Hockey league games, the Kitimat native has 11 goals and 60 assists for 71 points.

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Valley contingent off to NAIG 2014 able, but at least 11 from the region are taking part in NAIG in Regina.

The list includes Joseph Sam in badminton, Wayne Daniels and Janessa Horne in canoe/kayak, Emily Adams in golf, Kaine Dreaver and Jimmy Johnnie in lacrosse, Brittany Brown, Benecia George and Seleana Jack in soccer, Justin Garrow in swimming and Crystal Charles and Rhianon Morrison in volleyball.

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Canadian country crooner George Canyon is easy on the eye as well as the ear.

His indoor shows in Duncan have always drawn full houses but this is his first time at Sunfest and his fans are excited.

Although he’s been lifted by industry accolades, achievements and sustained success, his integrity and dedication to his family lives through Canyon’s songs.

It is also the same force that drives him towards a significant amount of charity work for both juvenile diabetes and supporting Canadian troops.

His inspirational song, I Believe in Angels, still gets heavy airplay and in recent years, and he’s also one of the most recognizable

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Singles like Just Like You, written for Canyon’s son, Kale, and selections like Madi’s Song, for his daughter, show off his love of his kids.

As his fans know, George Canyon is really most at home performing live, making his audience feel like family so watch for him on the Sunfest mainstage Friday, Aug. 1, starting at 7:30 p.m.

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