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Lake Cowichan dodges bullet on medical pot

LEXI BAINAS CITIZEN

Unlike some Island communities, the Town of Lake Cowichan is not facing the problem of deciding what to do with medical marijuana grow-ops.

Deputy Minister of Agriculture Derek Sturko wrote recently to Lake Cowichan’s CAO Joe Fernandez to explain regulations affecting the production of medical pot on the Agricultural Land Reserve.

Medical marijuana growth is now explicitly identified as a farm use in the ALR, which local governments “can regulate, but not prohibit,” Sturko said.

In addition, production facilities located in the ALR and licensed by Health Canada fall under the Agriculture Ministry’s Guide for Bylaw Development in Farming Areas.

The province is trying to straighten out some difficulties caused by inconsistent bylaws in some communities, the deputy minister said.

“I acknowledge the resources required to amend local government bylaws but I would appreciate your participation in this endeavour,” he said.

Luckily, Lake Cowichan, with no ALR land within town boundaries, is unaffected.

Sunridge workers are looking for their first collective agreement. [CITIZEN FILE] right to apply for Section 55,” Wilson said.

“The employer in this case did apply on May 27. And then we did meet with a mediator, Christina Bains on June 2.”

Wilson said he didn’t know if talks would continue next week because the two sides seemed quite far apart.

“None of this can be confirmed until the mediator writes a report. That report can recommend three things: terms of settlement, a binding process of mediation or arbitration or it can recommend that the parties exercise their right to strike or lock out,” he said.

Wilson said he expected to see a recommendation for continued mediation or arbitration talks.

Wages and benefits are still the sticking point.

“We have been negotiating with them since September of last year and we have settled all the language and rights kinds of issues. Money is the final issue. We expect the mediator’s report next week,” Wilson said.

Sunridge is not the only HEU group electing to take strike action against CareCorp if needed. The New Horizons facility in Campbell River will also be affected, he said.

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Employees at Sunridge Place are backing their push for a first contract with a strike vote.

They voted overwhelmingly — 97 per cent in favour — on May 26 to do so after mediated talks between their Hospital Employees Union bargaining committee and their employer, CareCorp, failed to produce an agreement.

The strike vote was called by HEU’s bargaining committee, according to spokesperson Bob Wilson.

“During the four days of mediation held in May at the Labour Relations Board, it became clear that CareCorp has no intention of addressing members’ concerns over wages, benefits, retention, and workload,” he said.

“That’s why it was so great to see members get behind their demands by supporting their bargaining committee’s call for a strike mandate.”

In response, CareCorp immediately applied for a special process under the Labour Code called Section 55 First Collective Agreement mediation.

That set June 2, 9 and 10 as tentative dates for the parties to sit down with mediator, Christina Bains.

Sunridge has been the site of a series of labour wrangles between HEU and the facility’s various owners and contractors.

The employer there contracted out everyone but the registered nurses in June of last year.

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New Cowichan breweries tip of iceberg KEVIN ROTHBAUER CITIZEN

There’s something brewing in the Cowichan Valley. More than one thing, in fact.

The shockwaves from British Columbia’s craft beer explosion are being felt in the Valley.

With one brewery about to open, another well in the works, and the potential for more, this could be just the tip of the iceberg for local beer fans.

For more than one reason, the

intrepid brewers in the Cowichan Valley have their work cut out for them. For one, this is wine country, and it might take some convincing that there’s room for beer in Canada’s Provence. For another, beer drinkers here definitely have their allegiances.

“We want to get people drinking craft beer,” says Lance Steward, an owner of both the Craig Street Brew Pub and the new Red Arrow Brewing Company.

“This is a Lucky Valley, but

Duncan’s new Red Arrow Brewing Company has several alternatives to Lucky for Cowichan Valley beer drinkers. [KEVIN ROTHBAUER/CITIZEN]

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Red Arrow in Duncan is so close to opening that the taps might be pouring as this story goes to press.

The brewery has its roots in the Craig Street Brew Pub, a venerable drinking institution in the Cowichan Valley on its own.

Lance and Liz Steward started the pub in 2006, 15 years after first opening their restaurant, Just Jakes. Chris Gress came on board as the first brewmaster.

Gress was recommended to Steward by Sean Hoyne, then the brewer at Victoria’s Canoe Brewpub and now the operator of his eponymous successful and highly regarded craft brewery. The Stewards hired Gress on the spot the first time they met him. “ We i n t e r v i e w e d about three brewers before we got to Chris,” Lance Steward recalls.

“He showed me the little shack in his yard where he was brewing beer like some kind of mad scientist.”

The first equipment was ordered from the Dominican Republic, and Gress and Hoyne assembled it together at the Craig Street location. Although there were some initial hiccups, they proudly say they’ve never had to dispose of a batch — and they’ve brewed about 350 since 2006.

“One thing about Chris’s brewing is it’s so systematic, so clean,” Steward says. “There are no flaws in his beer. It’s authentic.”

Warren Hulton, who used to run the kitchen at the Brew and Just Jakes started helping Gress out, and gradually lost interest in the

‘Craft Beer Revolution’ author Joe Wiebe is excited to see the Cowichan Valley get on board with craft brewing. [KEVIN ROTHBAUER/CITIZEN] kitchen. He eventually took over brewing at the pub, while Gress started looking into starting his own brewery in Victoria. Those ventures never materialized, and finally Steward suggested they open something together in Duncan as equal partners.

“I tricked about 20 other people in town into giving us a whole pile of money,” Steward explains.

“And Chris runs things.”

Red Arrow is located in, and named in honour of, the old Arrow Custom Cycle building on Chaster Road. Inside the ivy-covered brick structure, in addition to the brewing equipment, are a tasting room and shop, with a sizable patio outside.

The goal is to turn Red Arrow into a destination brewery.

Initially, they will be bottling 650mL bombers and filling growlers, and they eventually want to can some of their brews. There are four Red Arrow flagship beers: an India pale ale, umber ale, kolsch and hefeweizen, and plans for new seasonals every six weeks or so. Fans of Craig Street Brew Pub will be pleased to know that Craig Street’s Arbutus Ale and Cowichan Bay Lager will also be available in bottles.

“It fills in the gaps,” Steward says.

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Joe Wiebe, a.k.a. the Thirsty Writer, is a beer columnist for several publications and the author of Craft Beer Revolution, the award-winning and bestselling definitive guide to craft breweries in B.C. The book’s second edition came out earlier this year, and includes 40 breweries that weren’t in the first edition that came out just two years ago, an indication of where the industry is going in this province.

Wiebe is a fan of Craig Street’s products, but is glad to see more craft beer action taking place in the Cowichan Valley.

“It’s been great having a place in Duncan, a stop between Victoria and farther up the Island, but because they’re not distributing beer, they’re off the radar,” he says. “This will be a chance to put Duncan into the general awareness of the craft beer community in Victoria and Vancouver. It will expand the profile of Duncan as a craft beer spot.”

Wiebe is excited to see what Gress can create under the Red Arrow banner.

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Red Arrow taking aim in Duncan; Riot begins in Chemainus NEW COWICHAN, From Page 4 “Red Arrow is going to be a bit more interesting, more challenging. I’m hoping we’ll see more interesting and cutting-edge brews. They’ve got a solid foundation to build from,” says Wiebe.

Red Arrow’s appropriately named Heritage River Hefeweizen pays tribute to the Cowichan River, the source of one of their key ingredients: Duncan’s award-winning water, which was named the best in Canada in 2010.

Red Arrow would love to incorporate more local products in their beers, but as of right now, some of the key ingredients — that would be hops and malted barley — are a little difficult to come by. That hasn’t always been the case, so it could change.

“There were lots of hop farms on the Island in the early days,” marketing manager Adam Ball points out.

The Red Arrow people do have a list of about a dozen hop farms in the area, including some on Thetis and Pender Islands, and there are thoughts about creating a “hop cooperative,” which would give brewers access to several varieties of hops to work with.

Other local produce, such as blueberries and blackberries, could be easier for Red Arrow to acquire and work with in their seasonal beers, and they have certainly considered some of the possibilities.

“It’s definitely something to look at,” Gress says. “We want to do something local and supportive and connect with these people.”

Competition between craft breweries is remarkably friendly. It’s not at all uncommon for brewers to collaborate on beers.

Aly Tomlin and Ralf Rosenke toast the future site of Riot Brewing in Chemainus. [KEVIN ROTHBAUER/CITIZEN] In fact, Vancouver’s Parallel 49 Brewing Company earlier this year released the Brews Brothers pack of 12 beers, each one brewed

by Parallel 49 in conjunction with another B.C. Brewery.

“It’s a community of people that communicate with one another,” Steward relates.

So Red Arrow isn’t at all dismayed that another brewery is planning to begin operations in the Cowichan Valley later this year.

Aly Tomlin and Ralf Rosenke, a pair of B.C. beer community veterans, and a third partner, Morgan Moreira, will realize a dream more than five years in the making when the first beers are poured at Riot Brewing in Chemainus.

“It’s been a really long go for us,” Tomlin laughs. “It’s a tough thing to open a brewery when you have no money of your own.”

Tomlin has worked at Granville Island Brewing and R&B Brewing in Vancouver, and has been in the industry since she

was 19 or 20, in roles ranging from assistant brewer to general manager. In 2004, she attended the Siebel Institute of Brewing in Chicago, the oldest brewing school in North America, on a full scholarship.

“I was the only girl in the whole class,” she recalls.

The duo had wanted to start a brewery in the craft beer hotbed of Vancouver, but weren’t sure they wanted to spend the rest of their lives there.

“We were planning to open in Vancouver, but we knew if we opened there, we’d be stuck there,” Tomlin says. “So we wanted to get out while we could.”

They contacted Cowichan Valley Regional District economic development manager Kathy Lachman, who put them in touch with North Cowichan manager of planning and sustainability Brian Green. Immediately, both Tomlin and Rosenke and the community realized it was an ideal partnership.

“Chemainus seems like a really

Red Arrow’s Chris Gress gets some work done in the brewery. cool town,” Tomlin says.

They found a developer and are in the process of designing a brewery building, complete with lounge and patio, that will go in the Village Square commercial area. If all goes well, the brewery should be open before the end of 2015.

“We’re still hoping for this year,” Rosenke says. “If it’s around Christmas, it will be a Christmas beeracle.”

Riot plans to kick things off with a lineup featuring an India pale ale, a hop-forward Northwest pale ale, and a pilsner all in cans, and English dark mild and Belgian blond ales in bombers.

Seasonals and new releases will also appear in bombers, such as barrel-aged beers and sours. They will also be filling growlers and one-litre Boston rounds. The fiveyear plan includes the addition of a distillery.

Tomlin and Rosenke were involved in the creation of CAMRA BC — the Campaign for Real Ale Society of British Columbia,

a non-profit dedicated to the promotion of craft beer — and hope to start a chapter in the Cowichan Valley. Like Red Arrow, they want to advocate craft beer, and not just their own products.

“We want to be community based and extremely beer-education based,” Tomlin says. “It’s nice being involved in the industry and having so many contacts.

We’re pretty fortunate that way.”

Having a pair of production breweries right here in the Valley is a boon for locals, whether they are into craft beer or not.

“It’s a great opportunity for residents of the Cowichan Valley to expand their craft beer awareness; people who have been going to Craig Street, but not getting into craft beer from further afield,” Wiebe says. “They can try more styles, get a foot in the door. Generally, the more options people have, the more interest there is.”

There’s no reason to stop at two.

Smaller communities in the area, like Cowichan Bay, could support their own storefront breweries as well, Wiebe suggests.

Cumberland Brewing Company in the Comox Valley, he says, is a perfect example: drinkers can enjoy a beer brewed onsite and pizza from the restaurant next door, and fill their growlers. They don’t have to package anything for retail sale.

A farmhouse brewery, similar to Sorrento’s Crannóg Ales could also thrive in the region.

They grow their own hops and barley and do their own malting.

With its agricultural bounty, the Cowichan Valley could certainly accommodate something like that.

“There’s definitely room for more,” Wiebe says.

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Local farmers more important than ever

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A 2006 report by the B.C. Ministry of Agriculture estimated that the province produces just 48 per cent of the food residents consume.

The only area where we are more than 100 per cent self-reliant is in the production of fruit.

And we still import fruits that cannot be grown here due to climate.

The area of production where we are the lowest is in grains.

Vancouver Island isn’t immune to these troubling statistics.

So what’s wrong with importing such a large proportion of the food we eat?

The places it comes from can be problematic.

Imports from countries such as Mexico or China or Central American nations may have been grown under environmental conditions we would not allow here in Canada.

But by far the largest portion of our imports comes from California. That is extremely problematic, as the state to our south is experiencing one of the worst droughts on record.

The lack of rainfall is a ser-

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ious issue now heading into its fourth year. In January, the state declared a State of Emergency.

Unprecedented rules calling for a mandatory average water conservation rate of 25 per cent for all state residents has gone into effect.

But of all the surface water in the state, about 80 per cent goes to the agricultural sector, according to an article in the New York Times.

If severe drought continues, it can’t help but start to have a big impact on the industry.

And an impact on the industry

can’t help but be felt here.

From strawberries to broccoli, we import it from California.

A report commissioned last year by Vancity called “Wake up Call: California Drought & B.C.’s Food Security” detailed the severe consequences of our reliance on imported produce from the United States.

It predicted massive price hikes for said produce due to the declining growing conditions.

It also detailed the declining production in B.C. In total, area in the province producing vegetables has decreased by 20.4 per cent

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exit when the vehicle following them attempted to pass them on the left, the driver was pushed off to the shoulder, luckily no one was hurt — this time.

The driver of the vehicle then yelled, cursed and made rude gestures to the tractor operators.

During the spring and summer months please slow down, back off a little, take the time to enjoy the beautiful rural area that you are driving through.

These people are feeding you; give them a little respect on the road. These people are your neighbours; 13 per cent of all farm related fatalities are traffic related.

Re: extreme climate change Authoritative agencies recognizing the real threat of climate change now include the World Bank, U.S. military, NASA, International Monetary Fund, PricewaterhouseCoopers, The Economist magazine, and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, along with heads of major international religions, including Pope Francis. Over 80 corporations — including Microsoft, Bank of America, Coca-Cola and General Motors — recently dropped their affiliation with a major U.S. legislative alliance (ALEC) over the group’s anti-climate efforts.

Google Chairman Eric Schmidt said his company was also leaving ALEC because climate deniers were “just literally lying” and those working against climate action were “making the world a much worse place.” (Businessweek) Even conservatives now must acknowledge that humancaused climate change is a real threat to our environment, our economies, communities, and possibly our health and safety.

Readers might be interested in a presentation at the Island Savings Centre on June 14. The presenter, Dr. Guy McPherson, has received wide coverage for his views, and also he has been criticized for failure to apply accepted scientific method in support of his predictions, including of extreme, rapidly escalating climate change causing possible extinction of the human race within two or three generations from now.

Readers might benefit from attending, listening, learning, and questioning.

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between 1991 and 2011.

Clearly that’s not the direction we need to be headed.

But we can turn it around.

In talking to our local farmers it’s clear that here is a smart and innovative bunch dedicated to taking Cowichan Valley farming into the future.

Sustainability is a watchword.

And gradually, more and more consumers are coming on board.

Should prices of imports rise as drastically as predicted, the numbers of people buying locally grown and produced goods will also rise. Let’s make sure our farmers are still here.

Back off when following farm equipment on road It’s spring in the Cowichan Valley.

The smell of fresh cut hay and the smell of manure in the air.

This also means tractors are on the rural roads. Inside every one of those tractors is a person, someone’s husband, son, brother and yes, girls even drive tractors, so it could be a mother, sister or daughter.

I have been a farmer’s wife for 15 years, the mother of a wanna be farmer for 14, and I myself have driven every piece of farming equipment we own on main roads for the same amount of time.

My husband (then boyfriend) was severely injured 18 years

ago while driving a tractor on Herd Road.

This season already we have been given the finger, sworn at, yelled at and swerved at, all while driving at minimum a 20,000-pound vehicle — that’s if it doesn’t have any attachments.

These vehicles drive slowly usually around 35-40 km. They cannot stop as quickly as your car, truck or SUV. Every farmer you talk to that drives equipment on paved roads has experienced at least one near devastating accident — probably this season.

We had an incident on Osborne Bay Road; recently we were moving two tractors to a field and both tractors turned on their appropriate left turn signals and were approaching their

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To the chief and members of the Mill Bay Fire Department: It is with gratitude that I write to thank all of you for your moving tribute honouring the memory of Peter Balding. We were very grateful for the presence of representatives of the fire halls from Ladysmith to the Malahat.

The setting was so meaningful, as the fire hall truly was Pete’s second home. The speakers nailed Pete’s dedication and his personal touch with a balance of humour and sadness at his passing.

The choir was especially touching with its gentle renditions of such beautiful songs. It was difficult to hold back the tears.

Thank you for all your efforts to create a memory that will last forever. You showed us the deep respect you held for Chief Peter Balding.

Thanks also to the many people from the community who came to show their support for the family.

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Two point seven four billion cubic feet per day entering this plant results in 320 million pounds/day of CO2.

For comparison in 2013 B.C. vehicles used 17.760 million litres of gasoline and diesel per day amounting to 96.4 million pounds of CO2 per day. LNG — 3.320 times CO2 levels, all extra and nobody knows or cares?

Does “green” actually stand for “foliage” — cover for natural gas industry/government? Or does “green” mean “ignorance”?

Nothing here suggests concern about environment!

Our government working for our future, our tribes protecting our environment, our environmentalists protecting environment — yeah right!

June equals Men’s Health Month.

This is an invitation to the men of the Cowichan Valley to take care of yourselves.

Whether this means going for an annual physical, getting your teeth checked, going for a hike in the woods, eating healthier, connecting with friends and family, doing something that you have been putting off for too long — like speaking with a counsellor, etc.

This is also an invitation to everyone else who has men in their lives: please ask them to take care of themselves. Please feel free to contact West Coast Men for support.

We have many resources and connections in the community.

We will be at the local farm market on June 20.

Please come by to say hello.

All the best!

Grant M. Waldman West Coast Men’s Support Society

Bob Conibear Duncan

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GREAT GREEN GROWING GARLIC Garlic is already sending its leaves skyward in May in the market garden farmed by Della James and Ron Ingram at Old Road Farm.

While the couple has gone into goji berries in a big way (see page 30-31) they also offer garlic, strawberries, tomatoes and several other specialty items.

[ANDREA RONDEAU/CITIZEN]

Watermain Chlorination South End Water System As part of an ongoing program of providing quality water to our customers, please be advised that the Municipality of North Cowichan, Utilities Department, will be undertaking routine watermain flushing in various areas of the South End water system between Monday, May 4 and Tuesday, June 30, 2015 inclusive.

Users may experience some chlorine odour and flavor. There may be short periods of low pressure and discolouration of water. Commercial establishments, such as laundromats and beauty salons will receive advance warning of flushing in their area if a request for such notification is received.

Municipal staff will try to minimize any inconvenience. Your patience is appreciated. For further information, contact the Operations Department at 250-746-3106.

In no case can responsibility be accepted for any damage arising out of the use of discoloured water.

Agricultural Land Commission chair and CEO Richard Bullock is out, with six months to go on his fiveyear contract.

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The B.C. government has “released” Agricultural Land Commission board chair and CEO Richard Bullock, and will pay out his five-year contract until it ends in November, Agriculture Minister Norm Letnick said May 14.

Bullock will be replaced effective immediately by longtime Saanich mayor Frank Leonard, who was voted out after nearly 20 years in last fall’s civic elections.

Letnick said with new regulations taking effect to manage the Agricultural Land Reserve with two zones, it was time to

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make a change and let Leonard and the board choose a new CEO. The B.C. government has been at odds with Bullock since early in his five-year term, when he stopped appointing commissioners to six regional panels around the province.

Energy Minister Bill Bennett, who pushed through the twozone system under the auspices of his “core review” of government services, said a year ago that Bullock found the regional panels to be “a pain in the ass” and preferred to run the commission from its head office in Burnaby.

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regional appointments in legislation along with the two-zone concept.

Leonard takes over as the ALC deals with a vast Interior “zone two” with relaxed rules for second residences and nonfarm activities.

Commissioners are also expected to deal with applications by a British manufacturing giant buying B.C. Interior farms to turn back to forest for European Union carbon credits.

Letnick said the regional panels are up and running, and he doesn’t expect the change at the top to cause delays in making decisions on farmland use or exclusion.

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In our new location just one minute South of Duncan, you will find 10,000 square feet of one-stop organic, planet friendly, family friendly, fair trade, market-style shopping... with heART!

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Our downtown “baby” store is much smaller and will have less selection than our “mama” store on the TransCanada but it will have all the organic essentials -- and more. With the volume purchasing power of our bigger store on Hwy. 1, it makes it possible for us to keep prices affordable and the selection exciting.

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Cowichan civilians fought WWI in the fields

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NOTICE OF PROPOSED PROPERTY DISPOSITION PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to Section 26(3) of the Community Charter that the City of Duncan intends to dispose of an interest in its land located at 820 Wharncliffe Road.

Description of Land: Lot 1, Sections 15 and 16, Range 7, Quamichan District, Plan 23647, Except that Part in Plan 47242.

Nature of Disposition: 5‐year lease.

Entity Acquiring the Property: Cowichan Pre‐School Association.

Consideration Received by the City: $1.00 per year.

Please direct any enquiries to Karen Robertson, Director of Corporate Services, 200 Craig Street, Duncan, BC V9L 1W3, or by email to: karen@duncan.ca

fulfill orders promptly. From e tend to think of f Ottawa, Minister Martin the First World War O Burrell made it plain what as those names on B was the Duncan Cenotaph, casw needed of Canadians: “One great outstanding fact ualties, for the most part, of confronts us. This is a war the fighting in the infamous c for trenches of France and f the triumph of government of the people by the Belgium. m people and for the people.

But there was a second p Democracy is literally on war zone, this one right CHRONICLES trial... at home, known as the T.W. Paterson “We have sent and are Patriotism and Production sending our sons and brothers, but movement. we cannot all be in that fierce battle For all of the appeals to enlist in line. It remains for us, who are left His Majesty’s armed services, there behind, to broaden our sympathies was an equal need for farmers to feed and bear each other’s burdens, and to the nation, the armed forces and the direct our efforts to sustain those who Motherland. The pages of the Cowicare bearing the brunt of the fight. We han Leader,1915-1918, are filled with cannot do better than by ensuring a news, editorials and exhortations for full measure of the necessities of life those at home to produce, produce, to those who are in the front. It is our produce, not just for local consumpduty not less than Britain’s, to see tion but to feed the British populace that not a sailor in the fleet or a man who were enduring a blockade by in the trenches shall lack a single one German submarines. of those things which he so surely With the Valley’s youngest and needs. finest off to war, farmers were chal“Russia, that great producing lenged to meet and to exceed posted country, must necessarily yield less quotas while shorthanded, and it with its millions drafted in the war. became the practice in the last years Belgium as a producing factor is of hostilities for high school students obliterated from the map. Britain, (those who were expected to pass) to always unable to sustain itself, will be granted leave to work in the fields. have strongest needs. That beautiful Those who participated received a section of France where, little more medal, too, one that’s likely to be a than a year ago, I saw the countless collector’s item today. stocks of golden grain, is now scarred So overwhelming was the response with deep-dug trenches. Surely, sureby home farmers that, as early as ly, there is need for all we can do...”

April 1915, it was reported that the Newspapers and popular magademand for bulletins, pamphlets, zines were filled with how-to artirecords and reports from the federcles on growing vegetables, raising al Department of Agriculture had livestock and home egg production. exceeded the printers’ capacity to

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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING The City of Duncan gives notice that it is seeking public opinion on the following Liquor Licence application for a structural change to the Old Firehouse Wine and Cocktail Bar at 40 Ingram Street to accommodate a new outdoor patio.

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By the end of the Second World War, Canadian exports were 57 per cent of wheat and flour in Britain as well as 39 per cent of bacon, 15 per cent of eggs, and 24 per cent of cheese.

People were encouraged to produce as much as they could at home, including eggs.

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Instructions for canning jams, fish and meats, recipes for preserving fruits and vegetables were among the topics of the day — and not looked upon as being just women’s work, either. Everyone was expected to do his or her share, even young children being urged to help their parents in the garden and with farm chores. The rationale was simple: the more individuals produced for themselves, the less that commercial farmers would have to divert from the war effort for home consumption. And should ordinary citizens produce sufficiently to sell some of their bounty, well, that was okay, too, as it added to the war-strained economy.

As an example of some of the ways in which varied members of the community were engaged, a Parlour Poultry Show was staged by the Shawnigan Farmers’ Institute. There were 18 entries and of the six winners, the ladies held their own with the men, 3-3. Not to be outdone, the Cowichan Girl Guides had their own weekly produce stall at the public market.

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If you believe your interests may be affected by the proposed amendment application, you may express your view to City Council at the Public Hearing to be held at 6:30 pm, Monday, June 15, 2015 at City Hall, 200 Craig Street, Duncan, BC. If you cannot attend the Public Hearing, you may write to City Council at the address or fax number shown below, or send an e‐mail to: karen@duncan.ca before 4:00 pm, June 15, 2015. Your submission will become part of the public record. If you have any questions or wish to inspect copies of the proposed application and related information, please contact the undersigned at (250) 746‐6126 or in person at City Hall, 200 Craig Street, Duncan, BC, Monday through Friday, between 8:00 am and 4:00 pm, from the date of publication of this notice to the date of the Public Hearing.

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CUSTOMER APPRECIATION DAY

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We mentioned in this column last year about a unique method of treating a potent bacterial infection caused by Clostridium difficile. This is an infectious diarrhea which can kill. The method is called fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT). It involves the introduction of donor stools into the rectum of the patient.

It was successful in about 90% of cases. Sounds kind of “icky” but it’s effective.

Protect your skin even if you are spending the day in the shade. Direct radiation from the sun is the most powerful but you can receive UV radiation from reflected rays from surfaces like sand, water, concrete or even grass. So use your sunscreen on a sunny day even if you are spending it in the shade.

Stress is all around us and we can choose how we react to it. If someone cuts us off in traffic, we can choose to smile tolerantly and let it go or get into a rage. Tolerance is a virtue. The opposite can be very damaging.

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So it went, with ever-increasing urgency, for four bitter years. Cowichan men too young or too old to serve, and women and children, answered the nation’s call for home produce.

The term Victory Garden hadn’t been coined but both the intent and the spirit were there throughout the First World War when ordinary citizens became heroes and heroines of the soil for God, King and Country.

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Canadians how best they can fulfill their manifest duty and show the burden-bearers how completely they possess their sympathy... To all the people, and to farmers and settlers in particular, the Patriotism and Production movement that is in progress is blowing its bugle... Its object is to arouse all and sundry to the part they are called on to play... in order to secure increased and improved production, by which alone cultivators of the soil can contribute towards the credit of the country and the empire, the greatest care in the selection of seed, in the

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From the new farmhouse under construction to the tractor run on biodiesel to the use of solar panels to run pumps on the property, Old Road Farm has gone green.

But for owner Harry Williams the choice of all of these renewable energy technologies on his farm aren’t about philosophy, they’re about practicality. Williams sums it up in two words: saving money.

“The idea is to reduce my energy costs,” he said.

“I’m always kind of amazed because the heat from the sun is free,” Williams points out when he explains the careful design of his new family home to use passive solar and solar panels. “It’s kind of a no-brainer. Sometimes I fail to realize why there’s not more guidelines and more encouragement for builders and for people building new houses to do that. It’s free energy. You can get considerable savings. You can get up to 30 per cent of your heat from the sun.”

The house — still mostly an outline of beams and raw floorboards — has been carefully angled to face south, Williams explains as he squints up at what will be a wall of windows into the second floor. An overhang has been precisely calculated to allow sun to angle in during the colder fall, winter and early spring months, but prevent the powerful rays from shining directly onto the façade during the heat of summer.

“All you have to do is point your house due south and put lots of windows facing south and you get lots of heat and light,” he said. “It’s nothing new. People have been doing this stuff for 25, 30 years in different parts of the world.”

Williams sources the wood and supplies from local businesses — a point of pride. The foundation has been poured to provide additional insulation to keep the heat in during the winter and out in the summer. It’s located on a slight rise to catch the sun. The simple sloped roof makes it easy to add solar panels. Ultimately, the idea is to produce enough energy to put some back into the grid.

He runs through the pluses and minuses of each of the alternative energy options — wind, micro-hydro — and explains that solar is the only one that made sense.

“There’s been a lot of improvements in the technology over the last 30 years in solar, and also once it’s installed it’s very low maintenance, you just have to essentially go up there once a year and dust them off,” Williams said.

He’s hoping to move the family into the new house by fall, and they’re all looking forward to not spending another winter in the old, chilly 1923 farmhouse across the orchard, which now belongs to his sister.

Williams has taken over farming the property from his parents, David and Laura Williams, though he’s only able to do it part time. Several days a week he makes the trek over the Malahat to his job as a biologist, but the farm is more than just a hobby.

The goal right now is to make $10,000 to $12,000 a year from the property.

The main source of revenue is the small, 12-member herd of Icelandic sheep, grown for both wool and meat. The wool is sent to Salt Spring Island where it is processed by the Gulf Islands Spinning Mill.

“I’m always kind of amazed because the heat from the sun is free. It’s kind of a no-brainer. Sometimes I fail to realize why there’s not more guidelines and more encouragement for builders and for people building new houses to do that.

It’s free energy. You can get considerable savings. You can get up to 30 per cent of your heat from the sun.”

HARRY WILLIAMS, owner of Old Road Farm

Williams hopes to expand the herd in the future.

He’s also planted willows, whose branches are harvested and sold for people to make goods from them.

He grew up on the land and has kept some aspects of it the same, like the old fruit trees, some of which look more like surrealist sculptures, though they still produce, he points out.

Other aspects have changed. He’s dug ponds to provide water and the barn had to be replaced when he burned it down (by accident — don’t play with matches) as a child.

The peach and nectarine trees clinging to the barn’s outside posts are new.

Williams has also created forested areas on the farm as habitat for other animals, as well as to beautify the property.

“I like to think the larger community benefits indirectly from having a greenspace there and having an intact forest,” Williams said.

He also enjoys experimenting with different plants, pointing out the olives currently growing in the greenhouse.

“I’m a plant guy, I like plants. I hear about some interesting plant, I’ll look into it and maybe try to grow it,” he said.

He’s realistic, though, explaining that the climate makes any large-scale planting of most exotics impractical.

He rents out some of the land to small market garden farmers Della James and Ron Ingram.

They are both inspired by Williams’s energy-saving efforts.

A small solar panel sits on the roof of their shed, the energy it produces used to pump water from the farm’s ponds to their crops.

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Is this the farmhouse of the future? Harry Williams of Old Road Farm is building a new home designed to use solar panels and passive solar, as well as other energy saving design ideas to keep his family toasty in the winter without the massive power bills. [ANDREA RONDEAU/CITIZEN]

The herd of Icelandic sheep, used for wool and meat, is the major money-maker at Old Road Farm. Farmer Harry Williams has plans to expand the herd. [ANDREA RONDEAU/CITIZEN]

“There’s been a lot of talk about how to conserve energy and we wanted to do something that was energy-positive, that was my main interest from the start, was getting into something, you could have a viable business that wasn’t dependent on the grid, and hopefully put some energy back into the grid. We’re building in that direction,” said Ingram.

The only farm equipment Williams runs is the small tractor parked inside the barn that runs on biodiesel, sometimes supplied by the Cowichan Biodiesel Co-op and Cowichan Energy Alternatives.

Brian Roberts, president of the co-op, said that Williams isn’t the only Valley farmer and food producer that uses biodiesel.

The Vancouver Island Salt Co. is one of their biggest local buyers, he said, and Earth Candy Farms on Salt Spring Island is also a user.

“However, price seems to be the biggest barrier and support from local farmers in the Cowichan is spotty,” he said.

He’d like to see that change, as the two local industries are natural partners, Roberts said.

“There’s so much common ground in the sustainable food and sustainable fuel movements,” he said.

“We use that comparison all the time.

We’re kind of like the local, organic agriculture for your fuel tank. Our line is, we eat locally and so do our cars,” he said. “It’s a really challenging thing to get people to think about it that way because even though it is locally produced, it’s better for you it’s better for the environment, all those things, it’s not in your face three times a day.”

Local biodiesel is more expensive, Roberts admits, usually about 20 to 25 cents more per litre. But often local, organic produce is likewise a more expensive option, and people have been increasingly convinced to spend a little more to “do the right thing.”

“In the last 10 years people have really gotten behind the local food movement, and as an agrologist, it’s fantastic to finally see that turn-around,” he said. “I think farmers would all agree it’s been a long time coming and we need more of this kind of local support for what they do, especially living here on an Island.

The exact same thing can be said for local energy, but there is still a massive public disconnect and none more so than in the vehicle fuel market.

“On price alone local biodiesel is definitely the underdog,” he said. “And for price-sensitive farmers who have been struggling for a long time, it’s sometime hard to put your money where your mouth is and support local, sustainable alternatives.”

Roberts said they’re also still working to convince people that biodiesel isn’t just a “lesser evil”, but is, in fact, produced entirely from waste cooking oils it recycles from local restaurants, giving an energy return on energy invested of about eight to one: “As good as it gets,” he said..

He said there are some less expensive biofuel alternatives for farmers that are interested, and they should contact him if they want to find out more.

Roberts said his vision and the vision of the others at the co-op is a world without fossil fuels. “And that’s why the Cowichan Bio-Diesel Co-op and its dedicated members keep slogging on to offer our 100 per cent feel good biofuel.”

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“WE TRY to keep our hands in the growing as

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Started by Bernhardt Dinter and his wife Gertrud in 1973, after having purchased the property in 1965, Dinter Nursery has grown into a mainstay of the Cowichan Valley community.

Bernie Dinter, Bernhardt’s son, still remembers that very first sale on April 1, 42 years ago. The Freemans of Cobble Hill continued to shop at the garden centre for the next 30 or 40 years, over which time Bernie got an agriculture degree in plant science and took over the business.

In the beginning, all the nursery stock was grown at home. To this day Dinter Nursery grows two-thirds to three-quarters of their bedding plants and 80 to 85 per cent of their veggies on the eight-acre nursery site and two leased acres in Cobble Hill.

“I SAW potential in this as a career,” Bernie Dinter. ”BEING ABLE to create something beautiful and useful, watch something grow.”

The potential has turned into something Bernie Dinter loves to do every day. He’s expanded from the original two acres beside the Trans Canada Highway, which was only two lanes when Dinter Nursery opened, enjoying the growth of the area that they saw coming even in the 1960s. The land is zoned agricultural, but because they were around before the establishment of the Agricultural Land Reserve, some of the commercial uses have been grandfathered in.

“This year has been a large jump in business,” Dinter says, estimating they do about 50,000 transactions a year. Dinter Nursery is also one of the only independent garden centres left, he said, as most of the other ones have been absorbed into larger chains or closed over the last few years.

It’s also become a and Island region centre recently, he said.

“We’re drawing people from the greater Victoria area the gulf Island and this year getting a lot of interest up Island, getting a lot of customers from Parksville/Qualicum/Nanaimo, and some dropping in from Courtenay/Campbell River area,” said Dinter. “We’re asking them why and they’re telling us it’s because we’re a one-stop garden centre offering such a complete selection in everything.”

The majority of their customers are private homeowners.

“People always joking say oh, you must love deer and frost because it wipes out the plants and they’ll come back for more, but I find it’s the opposite. If people aren’t succeeding in their garden they just give up and they find another hobby. If we can get them to succeed they’ll be hooked on gardening and they’ll keep coming back as a regular customer.”

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Bernie Dinter relies on his trusted five managers: Della Walter, greenhouse manager; Greta Felske, nursery production manager (above); Marcia Stewart, store manager; Liz Robinson, nursery sales manager; and John Schwartz, water gardening and property management.

Each of the managers has been with Dinter Nursery for 20 to 25 years, with Felske heading into her 27th year.

“It’s been a real lesson in science and magic,” says Walter. “Between us we’ve got 100 years experience here.”

Walter runs a crew of nine, who do all of the planting and repotting by hand. You get a sense of just how much work that is when Walter says they’ve done three batches of 14,000 tomatoes alone.

One woman does all of the direct seeding.

“We, to the best of our ability, grow our vegetables organically. Never use any sprays. I buy organic soil, we do a lot of organic seed, lots of open pollinated, nonGMO,” she says.

Her biggest foes are the mice who take seeds from one pot and plant them in another.

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able being,” Bernie Dinter.

This year Bernie is also pleased to be working with his daughter, Tamara Dinter (right).

Other members of larger the Dinter Nursery family include Shawn Fullerton, seen above watering in the greenhouses, Corelli Mattice, seen above moving plants from a greenhouse to the sales area, and (from left) Marcia Stewart, Meghan Rogers, Louise Dunaway, and Justis Fox by the cash register with Bernie. in the above photo.

But the area where there’s the biggest growth in demand is edible plants, Dinter says, including fruit trees.

“Gardens don’t have to be just flowers,” he says. ”The younger generation especially is very interested in food plants.”

A move towards sustainability, he says, which is driving demand for things like strawberries in hanging baskets and novelties like Ketchup and fries (left hand page), which is a potato on the bottom and a tomato on the top.

Any surplus veggie plants, which mature out of their pots quickly, are donated to Cowichan’s many community gardens.

Climate change is also driving a demand for things such as papayas, dragon fruit, and olive trees, which are now much more easily grown.

Smaller lot sizes have made Japanese maples, a Dinter Nursery specialty, a best-seller.

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food, there are ways to make it manageable.

“It’s so much healthier,” Stafford said. “There are a million different reasons.”

The drought is also an opportunity to talk about water. Animal agriculture, Stafford points out, uses 70 per cent of the world’s water, and while we don’t need to cut meat out entirely, there should be more of a focus on grains and vegetables. It is also a mistake to cut back water usage in agriculture.

“Water restrictions are understandable, but restrictions on people who are growing food are not the solution,” Stafford said.

“We need to allocate water to people who are growing food and restrict washing cars.”

Cowichan Valley NDP MLA Bil Routley wants to see more leadership from the provincial Liberal

government with regard to the drought situation in B.C., which isn’t as serious as California’s, yet.

“It’s starting to be a trend in California, just as we’re seeing in the Cowichan Valley with the Cowichan River,” Routley said.

“I’m frustrated that the government hasn’t done anything to help the situation.”

The drought in California could be a big economic opportunity for B.C., but the government hasn’t been supportive enough of agriculture to truly capitalize on it, Routley believes.

“It does mean people in California are wanting to buy our blueberries,” he said. “There’s potential that some of our produce could start going south. But at the same time, our government in B.C. is dismantling an agriculture sector that we were once

very proud of.”

Routley and the NDP are particularly concerned right now that the provincial government is allowing international corporations to plant trees as carbon offsets on valuable agricultural land in the Interior, while actual forest land is decades behind in being replanted.

“Companies are buying up acres of farmland and planting trees,” he said. “We need to protect our agriculture land base, and California is an example of that.”

The issue has been bubbling under the surface since 2008, when Bob Simpson, then the NDP MLA for Cariboo North and now the mayor of Quesnel, first raised the issue in the legislature. He’s still upset about the situation.

“It’s bull----,” he recently told Black Press legislature reporter Tom Fletcher.

“This isn’t marginal land.”

Simpson said the land in question includes prime alfalfa fields and historical ranch and forage crop lands.

In one case, neighbours found out about the new use when they saw a helicopter spraying herbicide to prepare the area for tree seedlings.

Agriculture Minister Norm Letnick said last month that reforesting farmland in the Interior is contrary to the intent of B.C.’s agricultural land reserve, and he’s looking for a way to put a stop to it.

Letnick has said that a 2011 requirement for the Agricultural Land Commission to approve covenants for long-term reforestation of farmland would be required before such lands could be used as carbon offsets for the European carbon market.

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The severe drought in California and other parts of the southwestern U.S. might have a few silver linings for B.C., both as a chance to learn some lessons and as an economic opportunity.

“If anything, it comes down again to taking control of our own food production overall,” Cowichan Green Community Executive Director Judy Stafford said. “We can’t wait for a crisis to change. People do change their habits in a crisis.

They band together when there is a crisis. Crises can help move a movement along. This is a great talking point and an opportunity to think about what we’re going to do.”

The agricultural potential in the Cowichan Valley is boundless, and the region could be a leader in the province in terms of sustainable agriculture and food security.

“We need to stop relying on California,” Stafford said. “There is a lot of support for agriculture locally. It’s exciting; let’s do it.

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A Kids Kooking Class promises to not only get children and youth in the community into the kitchen, but to get them involved in food from garden to table.

Cowichan Green Community has received a grant from BC Recreation Foundation to offer the weekly classes at their KinFarm Family Drop In Centre.

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All food preparation will take place in the CGC’s commercial kitchen. Organizers say that the growing of more local food by participants and their families will be strongly encouraged.

“Increasing awareness about local food will help support the local agriculture sector which had a direct benefit to our region’s economy and environment,” said Christine Carter of the CGC. The Cowichan Family Cooking Classes will take a break at the end of June and start again in the fall.

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A visit to the beehives at Many Hands Farm in Westholme is a special treat for families. Here, Curtis Robinson and three of his children show a young visitor and her dad that the farm’s bees are actually very gentle and interesting.

Curtis says that because there are so many different sources on the farm he’s able to keep the nectar flow going for months for his bees.

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A visit to Many Hands Farm is an educational experience par excellence.

Curtis and Kim Robinson and their six children, aged 13 to almost three, (Sierra, Ocean, Indigo, Cedar, River and Sequoia) offer a warm welcome to visitors who bring their families by appointment to see what’s happening at this unique Westholme Road operation.

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It’s a far cry from what Curtis first saw in Alberta where his father farms about a thousand acres.

“I grew up in big agriculture.

Even though I didn’t realize it at the time, some of the farming skills I learned were the best things I ever learned,” Curtis said.

“But, I also saw how it affected the soil and the whole cycle of life. I thought there was a real disconnect between what people were eating and that cycle; it showed their lack of understanding of how it all fits together,” he said.

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Despite his farm background, Curtis didn’t go straight into his kind of farming.

“I run a video production and computer tech company. But my emphasis is now on local businesses that create part of the solutions for the planet,” he explained.

“Being able to create a farm here, I can focus on my local community.

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Permaculture putting down deep roots on Many Hands Farm MANY HANDS, From Page 26 “I want to help local businesses by doing positive things with my video production company,” Curtis said.

Kim also didn’t arrive quickly at agriculture.

“I grew up in Victoria. I went to private school there and came out of an academic background but I didn’t feel I was taught a lot of practical skills. We really want our kids to learn some skills that they could continue on with, use in ordinary life,” she said.

Education begins at home at Many Hands Farm. Kim home schools her kids and they all love talking about what’s growing out in the gardens, the henhouse, the apiary and more.

Rural life has also allowed the children a chance to discover what they enjoy doing, she said.

“We love to bring people in for tours. We’ve been targetting our stuff at families, not just home school families but any people with children. Our kids are passionate about the things they do here, like Indigo with her beekeeping or Sierra with her permaculture. Visiting kids are really able to learn easily from our kids.

Then the children get passionate about it themselves and they are teaching their parents as well.

Children pick up so much.”

Many Hands produces many things, and sells some of them at the Duncan Farmers Market.

“Right now we’re focussed on our permaculture plants, things people can use for edible landscaping,” Kim said.

As far as Curtis is concerned, it’s all about building soil quality.

Soil building increases the chance to grow good food.

He discovered some ideas by way of a project.

“I was asked to go and film a permaculture design project for a friend. My jaw was open the

There’s lots of chances to make friends with the farm’s inhabitants, including this glossy rooster.

Kim Robinson displays the sheet mulch and straw bed made during Sierra’s perma blitz party.

Sierra lifts up the lid while Kim talks about using passive solar to dry various kinds of food.

whole time. It offered a sort of solutions tool set of what you can do in an urban or rural location to make the landscape better. Where some people complain about what’s going on on the planet, I have found a lot of the solutions in permaculture and it gives me a positive outloook for the future,” Curtis said.

“A lot of what we’re trying to show here is models of things people can follow.”

Kim agreed that people need to see examples they can take home and try.

“And you can do it, even if you’re in your 60s and 70s on whatever size property you have available. You don’t have to have five acres. You can do it in your back yard. Just so everyone knows they have options. When they see us doing this with six kids, they say: gosh, if they can do it, we can do it.”

••• They bought the five acres of raw land in 2009 and started in immediately, building themselves a home, cob style.

“We built the house in a year, from 2009 to 2010. It’s cob. It was one of the fastest natural builds to go up. We had quite a few hoops to jump through to get a

mortgage but we got one. We kept the building costs really affordable. When we bought our property it was really degraded soil.

And back there was eight foot tall broom. We didn’t go in and spray it or tear it all down right away.

We waited until we had a plan of how we were going to build the soil up,” Kim said.

That plan does not include farming in traditional rows.

Curtis discovered a deep interest in permaculture that has “changed the lens on how I look at things.

When I grew up in Alberta, everything was in straight lines, weeds had to go. It’s a certain conditioning that you go though. I think it’s hard for people to wrap their minds around. They look here and go, it’s kind of messy.

Why are you letting some of these weeds grow up? I see it that a particular plant may be doing something beneficial for the soil and it’s got it’s place. But it is a struggle to change your way of thinking about how things should look.”

The Robinsons have learned a great deal by working with the enthusiastic crowd at O.U.R. Ecovillage in Shawnigan Lake.

“Sierra has shown an interest

since she was about nine. She went to a course originally with a friend of ours who was head of Permaculture BC. She’s really keen.” Kim said.

Since then, Sierra has actually completed a permaculture course herself, the youngest ever to do so, finishing just before her 13th birthday.

“I studied with Geoff Laughton online like my dad did. But halfway through I got a call from Brandy Gallagher from the Ecovillage. She asked me if I wanted to do my permaculture course up there,” Sierra said.

Kim’s pretty proud of her daughter.

“She’s just finished. She did a 17-day intensive course there, the youngest to have ever completed her permaculture design course.

It was really neat for her to jump in with this group. There were 60 people in the course,” she said.

Curtis added that Sierra had set a goal of completing the course before she reached age 13 and she accomplished it.

Permaculture also involves entire communities examining their resources and deciding the best way to use them sustainably, he said.

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leave the Island and go to another location you understand why systems become unstable. Creating a lot of diversity and supporting things locally is a huge part of the solution.”

Sierra took that message to heart, literally.

“For my 13th birthday party, I did a perma blitz. A whole bunch of people came from the permaculture course along with other friends and family. And they all got together to do a couple of projects in the garden here. It was unbelievable what we got done,” she said.

Sharing ideas at that original birthday party is only an example, though.

The kids also take an active part in 4-H and the whole family is involved in the Cowichan Valley Edible Farm and Garden Tour, which is organized through the Green Community.

Out in the huge and diverse back garden area there is a lot to see and learn.

Visitors can see sheet mulching, where newspapers and cardboard are hidden under a layer of straw to help prepare the soil.

Everything that happens at Many Hands Farm is according to a careful plan.

They’ve already planted 37 fruit trees and have re-made a field to make use of swale technology.

Sierra explains it.

“The water there used to run right down the field and flood our neighbour’s place and then in summer it would get really dry.

What we did was make raised beds on contour so they would catch the water and direct it throughout the whole field. The water would then soak in,” she said.

“The ducks really enjoy swimming along between the beds when there’s water there.”

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Sierra Robinson, at 13, is the youngest graduate of the permaculture course offered by O.U.R. Ecovillage and is enjoying putting what she’s learned about soil building and farm design into practice. [LEXI BAINAS/CITIZEN]

From Curtis’s standpoint, it’s smart design.

“That means you take the resources you can get and store them and use them as long as possible. Here we have lots of rain in the winter time and then long droughts in summer. So, to catch that water resource, slow it down as much as possible and use it as much as possible before it exits off your property is important. You get way better growing conditions and you get stuff that lasts way longer into the season before you have to put in irrigation or anything like that. And we can use existing technology to make changes to the landscape that will be there for a lifetime,” he said.

Appropriate technology use began with the house construction, according to Kim, which was built using the Bobcat.

Curtis then pointed out that the swales and other carefully contoured beds offer more than good design.

“They are raised up so the wind deflects up and over your crops, you’re not getting frost pockets, you’re slowing down the water as much as possible and absorbing it in. And lifting the plants out of what would be a wet zone, and yet giving the roots the chance to reach down and touch the water. You get a huge benefit all around,” he said.

Another idea they are trying is hugel culture beds.

“The idea is to take a lot of organic matter like sticks and wood and instead of burning them in big piles, you return that organic material back into the soil. You build a contour line to hold the moisture but then you put your material down along that contour and bury it with soil so it breaks down like a forest floor. As it breaks down, the soil gets better and better. So after 20 years, you’ll have all that organic matter banked into the soil.”

And there’s more, according to Sierra.

“Instead of a flat area you’ve got a lot more area you can plant over, too,” she said.

Permaculture involves getting a lot of payback for every effort.

“Try to see how many things you can have something actually do for you. If I’m going to put a chicken coop there, is it right close to my garden where I can put my scraps in? Is that nutrient coming back to my garden easily? There could be as many as five benefits coming out of one thing like that,” Curtis said.

Sierra also suggested that visitors could learn about food forestry.

“Just like a regular forest, you have many layers of plants. You’d have a pecan or walnut tree for the tall part, then under it you could have gooseberries for a lower layer then lower down in

your food forest you could have perennial herbs or strawberries,” she said.

The Robinsons also see Many Hands Farm as an educational resource for others, Kim said.

“We’ve started doing workshops here so that people can come out and learn things. Curtis, for instance, is really into beekeeping and so is our nine year old daughter, Indigo. She’s been interested in it for three years. Curtis is on the board of the Cowichan Valley Beekeepers.

The workshops are two and a half hours for $20-$40 a family.

“We’re doing some cob building workshops this weekend: on Friday, Sunday and then on June 14, the following Sunday.

We’re building a cob cold storage here. It’s part of phasing in our plan for our property. That will become a community project.

We’re opening it up as a workshop and charging $40 a family for four hours. Just so they can see how cob is mixed and then the younger kids will build cob fairy houses that they can take home on a piece of plywood,” she said.

Visiting families can join Curtis, Kim and the children in exploring the various parts of the big garden, inspecting the “chicken tractor” coop that moves around to allow its bounty of fertilizer to spread around the garden, the beehives and other aspects that make this farm as unique as the family that lives there.

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One experimental bush and some online research five years ago has turned into a fullfledged effort by farmers Della James and Ron Ingram to supply a growing local demand for a berry native to the Himalayas in China.

Goji berries, also known as wolf berries, have been dubbed a “superfood”, and with that designation interest among the general public has been on the rise for this small, mild-flavoured fruit.

“They’re supposed to be the most nutritionally dense fruit on the planet,” said Ingram. “So they’re really a health food.”

Gojis contain 11 essential and 22 trace dietary minerals. They are a good source of antioxidants, packed with fibre and a good source of vitamin C and beta-carotene.

And you don’t have to worry about slogging through a giant bowl full to get the benefits — a dozen or so on your cereal in the morning is plenty, Ingram said.

Ingram and James are smallscale farmers, but prove you don’t need to have a big plot of land to make an impact.

In fact, they rent their patch of earth at Old Road Farm.

They’ve delved into garlic and heirloom tomatoes, strawberries and blueberries, as well as novelties such as small melons and peppers, but one of their most successful crops and the one they hope to continue to expand on is gojis.

The duo learned from that one first bush that gojis were going to work.

Ingram and James both sound surprised when they describe just how well these small bushes thrive in the Cowichan climate.

Both cancer survivors, James said they were attracted to goji growing because of a niche they saw in the market, but also because of the nutritional and health benefits of the berries themselves and the idea of creating a local supply.

Chinese agricultural practices and standards make James wary of the imports.

“I’m a little bit leery of eating anything that comes out of that area these days,” she said.

“Let’s expand our food choices but grow it here.”

Now, at 300 bushes of their own which they harvest, and about 300 to sell, they are in the forefront of bringing homegrown goji berries to the Cowichan Valley. All of their bushes are grown from cuttings of their own stock.

The pair sell their produce, including both fresh (in season), frozen and dehydrated gojis at the Duncan Farmers Market, where Ingram said they field many questions about the berries.

In season, they also supply gojis to the Community Farm Store in Duncan, where a small “snack-pack” size of the treats sells for about $3 to $4 according to produce manager Bryan Lawson.

“They’re known as a superfood so there’s a lot of people that are interested in them,” said Lawson.

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The Cowichan Farmers Market opened its doors on June 3, and will run from 4-6:30 p.m. every Wednesday until Oct. 28 in the fields between the Trans-Canada Highway, the Island Savings Centre and Vancouver Island University.

“We’ve been talking about it for years, but no one started it,” said Heather McLeod of Makaria Farm on Bench Road, a longtime vendor at the Duncan Farmers Market and one of the main forces behind the Cowichan Farmers Market.

The rationale for starting the market was twofold, McLeod explained. Most of the vendors at the Cowichan Farmers Market also sell at the Duncan market (and many also have farm stands) but the times that the Duncan market is open don’t work for everyone.

“Some people can’t come because they work on the weekend, or their kids are in activities,” McLeod said. “This created another option for them.”

Another market also gives local farms and producers another place to sell their wares.

“As a vendor, our business is growing, we’re growing more vegetables than ever before,” she added. “We need more outlets.”

There is no intention to compete with the yearround Saturday market, but the vendors at the CFM are excited about getting to start fresh.

“We have ideas, and we’re excited to put them into action,” McLeod said.

The CFM will start with between 20 and 30 vendors and will be strictly farm- and food-focused for the first year. There will be plenty of entertainment for shoppers, and partnerships with community groups, such as Wendy’s House, which shares the same plot of land and runs learning programs. The highly visible location beside the Trans-Canada Highway should also help keep tourists in the area as they drive past.

Talyn Martin of 8 1/2 Acres farm on Somenos Road is among the vendors at the new market, and is looking forward to having a new group of shoppers to sell to.

“I think this is a great opportunity for more people to access local food,” she said. “We are trying to provide more venues and access so folks can shop and eat local. It is wonderful to see money going back in to the community and farmers being able to make a living bringing healthy food to the public.”

Martin’s farm has been selling at the Duncan Farmers Market for four years, and the chance to add even more potential customers is exciting for 8 1/2 Acres. They plan to have a wide range of products available, including greens, rhubarb, strawberries, garlic scapes, potatoes, asparagus, tomato starts, herbs, green onions, and more as the season progresses.

“We are lucky to be part of such an amazing and supportive community and look forward to connecting with even more people,” Martin said.

The Happy Goat farm in Glenora has been operating for five years, and owners Cory Spencer and Kirsten Thorainson started making cheese last year. Like Makaria and 8 1/2 Acres, they also sell at the Duncan Farmers Market, as well as in Cedar and at two markets in Victoria.

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“I think this is a great opportunity for more people to access local food. We are trying to provide more venues and access so folks can shop and eat local.

It is wonderful to see money going back in to the community and farmers being able to make a living bringing healthy food to the public.”

TAYLN MARTIN, 8 1/2 ACRES FARM

Shoppers can stop by after work in evening NEW MARKET, From Page 32 It will be nice, Spencer said, to have another market close to home and in the evening.

“It works out well for folks who can’t make it out Saturday, and after work sometimes works better with some people,” he said.

Spencer is also excited about working with McLeod and her husband and farming partner, Brock.

“Heather and Brock are really enthusiastic,” he said. “We’re certainly hoping it’s a success. I guess we’ll find out.”

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Emandare.

As the new name for an old vineyard on Norcross Road, it inspires a question.

What does it mean?

Easy. “M” and “R” for Mike and Robin Nierychlo, the owners, a pair of young enthusiasts who came to the Cowichan Valley to put down roots and are happily doing so.

After moving to Victoria three years ago to get get away from the impersonal atmosphere of the Lower Mainland, they found what they really wanted in the Cowichan Valley.

A small vineyard in B.C.’s own version of atmospheric Provence.

“That’s part of what drew us to wine in the first place,” Mike said during a walk through the vineyard.

“There’s a local community that has formed around us. We’ve got huge roots here already. People have become close enough that we can call them family,” he said.

Robin, 30, and Mike, 31, are looking to help make the Valley into even more of a destination for wine lovers.

“The wine business in general here is so supportive, too. If one of us succeeds, we all succeed,” Mike said.

The pair have also discovered they simply love working outdoors together and are taking an organic and very old-world approach to running their vineyard.

There are eight and a half acres in total on the property, with about six and a half in grapes.

“To start from scratch takes very deep pockets,” he said. “We didn’t walk into this with very deep pockets. We walked into this with a lot of passion and work ethic.”

They looked for a previously existing vineyard on a good site — that’s the most valuable thing — and with the old vines, that are established, for the right price.

“Then you don’t have the original infrastructure to put in place, you can build your own brand around it. This size of vineyard is perfect to support two people.”

The Nierychlos were lucky with their first year: 2014 was an exceptional year for wine in the Cowichan area.

Their prize block of Pinot Noir grapes really delivered.

“It’s the best wine on our property,” he said. “Last year’s was wonderful. I can’t wait to release it. On a vineyard, the land always tells you what grapes to plant,” he said.

The former owner was a grower who sold all his grapes.

Emandare is now producing

Emandare’s Sauvignon Blanc, made from the fruit of some of the vineyard’s oldest vines, is selling really well. [LEXI BAINAS/CITIZEN] grapes for its own wine.

In their own special way, too.

“We’re farming 100 per cent organic on the property. We’re not certified, but you can just look along the rows and see all the weeds. We’re not flinging any weed killer down.

“And we’re making our wines naturally, too. We don’t even put yeast in our wines because there’s enough naturally occurring yeast in the vineyard to ferment your wine. In 2014 we took a crazy risk and decided to do that. And all of our wines succeeded,” he said.

Robin ag reed with tha t challenge.

“We’ll only make wine with the grapes from this property.

That’s our long term goal,” she said.

The vineyard also boasts Siegerrebe (literally “victory vine” in German) grapes, as well as plantings of Gewurtztraminer and Marechal Foch.

“Our Sauvignon Blanc is a unique thing to us. It’s the oldest planting of that grape on the island — all 14-year-old vines. It’s making beautiful wine. We’re super pleased with it. Ours is selling very quickly right now at the Farmers Market on Saturdays.”

Mike loves the idea that grapes are an almost ideal crop.

“I think grapes were made to make wine out of. The old adage is, wine is made in the vineyard,” he said. “When I am out using my weed whacker, I am literally making wine by tending to my vines. The healthier you can get your vines, the less you have to do in the winery.

That’s really what it comes down to.”

The old sauvignon blanc vines become a wall of delicious fruit in summer, too, Mike said.

“It’s hard to keep your hands off it. Wine grapes are tastier than any grape you’ve ever had.”

Robin uses them to make popsicles for outdoor eating during harvest time.

And when it comes to labour, who does all the picking at harvest time?

Volunteers, Robin said.

“Our family and friends.

People love picking. We’re small enough, too. We had four separate harvests last year and they took about half a day each. For each harvest, we had about 15 to 20 people here. It’s a good time: pizza and beer and a good bunch of people. We just have a great time.”

Mike said he works in the winery processing the grapes as they arrive.

“It’s the culmination of an entire year coming in, so it’s very satisfying. And when the fruit’s off the vine, we breathe a sigh of relief .”

Have the Nierychlos ever considered having a little restaurant or cafe onsite?

Emandare products are in a few local restaurants already.

“That’s really neat. I delivered some just a couple of days ago.

We’re in local liquor stores, too, which is exciting,” Mike said.

Buildings have been constructed on the property for the winery and tasting room because this is the first time grapes have been processed there.

“We had a lot of friends and family come out to help with that. It was a barn raising,” Robin said.

Having so many friends working on the land spreads the word about Emandare, too, according to Mike.

“Our sales are going up because of that. People who were here during the harvest are chomping at the bit to get our wines because they want to say, ‘I helped. I picked the grapes that are in this bottle.’

They become part of the story,” Mike said.

A visit to the winery itself shows that the Nierychlos want to make their wine the old French way. A group of what appear to be cut off barrels sits ready.

“These are our pride and joys.

We do a lot of our red ferment in what are called puncheons: 500-litre barrels where you take one of the ends out, and turn them upright into buckets. It’s beautiful to watch the ferment happening there.”

“We want to get T-shirts made with ‘I Heart Puncheon’ on them.”

“We use the big stainless steel tanks for our white wines and our rosés.

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One last addition planned for packed vineyard: chickens COWICHAN’S, From Page 35 “You find a lot of stainless in a winery. It’s all about cleanliness; 90 per cent of winemaking is cleaning. I think a Molly Maid would make a great winemaker,” Mike said.

The old original farm shop is now a well-insulated tasting room but it’s also housing some barrels of maturing red wine.

The barrels sitting quietly in their climate controlled room look inert but there’s plenty going on. Because they’re oak, they allow the wine to breathe and some of it actually evaporates.

“We have to top up these barrels every two weeks. You lose about a half litre per barrel a month,” Mike said. “You want some to evaporate because it develops flavours.”

And then what makes it interesting is that the weather varies from year to year, too. You never get the same wine twice.

While water watchers in the region are looking anxiously at the Cowichan River, a hot summer may not damage the grapes.

“Our grapes don’t need irrigating, either. We dry-farm our plants completely. Grape vines will dig deep and find all the water they need, if you don’t baby them. And you get a better wine if they have to struggle a bit. I’d love to dig up one of our old vines just to see where it’s gone to,” Mike said.

“Some of the best wines in the world come from vineyards that

Mike and Robin Nierychlo enjoy meeting people, talking wine and offering samples of their vintages at their stall in the Green Door garden at the Duncan Farmers Market every Saturday. [LEXI BAINAS/CITIZEN] are all boulders and rocks, that look like a dry riverbed.”

Janet Docherty of Merridale Estate Cidery, a force among the Valley’s wine and distilling community, said that while there isn’t time usually for busy farmers to get together to welcome newcomers like Mike and Robin at Emandare, they do have chances to meet and talk.

“A welcoming committee would be nice but we all work in busi-

nesses that are labour intensive and hands-on. But everybody is friendly with one another and wants to be welcoming. And, of course there are meetings of the Vintners’ Association, the Grape Growing Association, the Cowichan Cellar Doors and such.

There’s very much a cooperative atmosphere,” she said.

Asked if starting out in the industry at age 30 and 31 seems young, Docherty laughed.

“Well, you know what, when I started I was young. I was early 30s. It’s amazing how quickly it goes by.”

People like the Nierychlos do a lot of research before buying a vineyard and, with her experience and success, Docherty finds herself fielding a lot of questions from people trying to get into the industry in the Cowichan Valley.

Buying vineyards isn’t something people do every day.

“There is a fair amount of groundwork that goes into it. For the most part, people are really friendly and helpful. We get asked questions here on a regular basis, as regards apple growing or cideries,” she said.

Emandare Winery produced just under 800 cases of wine in 2014.

“We believe this property can do 1,000 to 1,500 cases annually,” he said.

“Our goal is to get our whole property functioning properly.

There’s no room, not a square inch to plant any more. If we want any more infrastructure we’ll have to take out some of our old vines, which would be heartbreaking because they’re beautiful.”

There could be one addition among the vines, though: chickens.

“I can’t wait to have chickens roaming the vineyard. They so help with the soil as well and I grew up with chickens,” Mike said.

The couple do plan to transform their tasting room this summer, adding french doors out to a courtyard but for the future.

They want the land to be their home, where they and their two cats, Mary and Mose, named after Marechal and Moselle, can put down roots as deep as their vines.

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Featuring stunning West Coast architecture and lots of wood and windows, Blue Grouse’s fabulous new tasting room overlooks the vines and surrounding countryside. [LEXI BAINAS/CITIZEN] “Between one thing and another we did quite a lot with wine and finally we said, why don’t we buy a winery? We looked around a lot but had almost given up. One day when I was travelling my wife sent me an email and says, here’s one maybe we should look at. It was this one here: Blue Grouse.

“I’d never thought of the Island, but we’ve got family in Nanaimo, we’ve got family in Vancouver.

We were living in Lima at the time so this was my connection to my side, to my family.”

Brunner’s brother traveled down from Nanaimo for a look-see.

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Owner Paul Brunner has worked around he world, in many aspects of business.

He may be new to the Valley but he’s not new to Vancouver Island.

He came to Canada with his family in the 1960s, landing first up the B.C. coast.

“But after a couple of years, my mother decided she didn’t want to be in Powell River so she moved to Nanaimo. Both my parents passed away in Nanaimo and are buried there. In this whole time frame, I was in Nanaimo for a year or two then the wind took my sail,” he said.

He went first to the Yukon, then the Northwest Territories, then Colorado and then Toronto, working in the mining industry.

A fortunate transfer to Chile coincided with the start of that country’s wine industry.

“I began getting into wine, getting to know it a little bit, started collecting wine. After Chile I spent a brief time in Peru. That’s where I met my wife,” he said.

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all our requirements.

“Of course we didn’t know what we were getting into. We bought the place.”

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“It was a case of, we’d got it, what do we do with it? What we originally bought was a 30-acre piece of property with about six and a half acres in vines.

We bought out the neighbour because we needed an entrance.

Then we bought next to the school because we want to protect ourselves. And then we bought a 10-acre piece that the Green Dragon Farm had for sale on the other side. Now we have 45 acres and we can probably get 15-20 acres under vine. We currently have about eight acres planted. We’ll do another six next year. Then it gets harder after that,” he said.

Blue Grouse has always been renowned for its wonderful old vines. Brunner’s proud of them.

“In fact this was one of two or three of the original test vineyards that were developed by John Harper and team to see if you could grow viniferous vines on the Island. So when Hans Kiltz bought this property in 1988, he found the vines.

“He wasn’t involved in the wine industry either. He was a scientist. But he decided to get into it, to try to resuscitate the vines if he could, which is what he did and then planted more.

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“So you’ve got some Pinot Gris vines here that are probably 30-35 years old and the ones that Kiltz planted are at least 20-25 years old,” Brunner said.

“All of it was bought on original root stock, much of it from France. In fact he brought the last Pinot Noir into Canada from France before the Canadian government decided they didn’t want people doing that any more. So it’s been a long history and a very interesting history and we’re very proud to be part of the next generation,” Brunner said.

But, as Kiltz himself told the Citizen a few years back, when you’re involved in a vineyard, especially one as big as this one, sometimes getting farm labour can be a problem.

Brunner knows.

“It’s brutal. We have a vineyard manager. He does a great job. But in the summer, as you get bigger, get more vine growth, and you’ve got to do more work, and you’ve got to get a lot of help for harvest. It’s a problem. First, because you can’t offer anyone a permanent job. It’s a week or two here, a day there. So you have that problem, and secondly this is a high cost area. So it can be competitive. Like a lot of industries, it’s really about scale and quality. If you can increase your quality, then you can increase your price and you can do more things,” he said.

Janet Docherty of Merridale Estate Cidery is no stranger to trying to secure good farm labour.

“It’s not as much of a problem as it used to be but it is still a problem,” she said. “The labour force in general is a problem.

Agriculture and tourism, in the past, have been considered to be areas that paid lower wages. But that’s changing. As awareness grows in the general public about the importance of sustainable agriculture, more and more people are interested in it. More and more people are willing to pay a little bit more for the food and for the products, knowing where they come from. That means people can pay a little bit more for labour.

“As far as tourism goes, the wages for tourism jobs have improved, too. It’s a major contributor to our economic development, not only in the Cowichan but in B.C. These are evolving pieces.”

Blue Grouse officially re-opened with fanfare at the end of May, showcasing the product in a fantastic new building designed to be the best in West Coast modern and set amid the rolling vineyard.

Delicious tastings of food and wine drew wine writers from all over the province.

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two things: it’s about improving the reputation, showing the investment inside the winery to improve the quality of wine.

But also to showcase the products. We’re making another wine now, called Quill.”

Quill is separate from the Blue Grouse estate wines. It is a blend of Vancouver Island grapes bought from third parties, and Okanagan grapes.

“It not only gives the winemaker a chance to experiment but it also brings the best of both the Island and the Okanagan together. We’ll see how it goes,” Brunner said.

He’s looking to a future that will include the Valley’s many wineries so as to attract the mass of people needed to really grow the industry.

“People don’t come here to the Cowichan Valley to visit me. What they’re going to do is come and visit half a dozen wineries that collectively represent this particular terroir, if you will. Once you get some kind of critical mass, some kind of momentum on that then you’ve got an interesting wine business that lifts all of us up. Hopefully this building and what we’re doing here will lift everybody up, set a higher bar. Then everybody will want to step up, because they want to compete. Everybody’s doing it.

We’re part of that. Without the rest of them, it’s just another building,” he said.

Of course there are also nice restaurants, artisan bakers and cheese makers and other entrepreneurial adventures to be part of the scene, too, but there’s one aspect that’s still lacking, according to Brunner.

“You need to create a destination and that requires three things: farm product — in our case that’s wine — it requires

something to eat, so whether we do a restaurant or whatever, something is needed, and it requires a place to stay. I don’t think the local government bodies get that at all.

“The people in places like Napa, Bordeaux, Burgundy, Tuscany, they put all three of them together.

If you go to one of them, it’s a destination, you get all three.

You’ll get a great restaurant, a great place to stay, to feel part of the vineyard, and they make great wine. It’s a difficulty when the obstacles and laws are against you, though.

“Governments are not facilitating this. For us to put a 10-room place, a nice quality place to stay here, is probably possible but it’s very, very difficult. In the Okanagan last year, they finally got the first licensed facility at a winery where they could serve any liquor, anybody’s wines. It’s a no-brainer. But it took a long time,” he said.

“These folks need to go to Tuscany, they need to go to Napa, to go and see these things. It will mean more revenues for them, more taxes, more jobs, all that kind of stuff.

“If you’re going to use Nanaimo as your benchmark for what you want for wine tourism, that’s what you’re going to get.

But I’ve spent enough money on this business. I’m not going to fight city hall.”

Docherty, too, wishes there was some way to offer visitors atmospheric accommodation, either at wineries, or at least in the area, to help enhance that aspect of the overall experience.

It isn’t easy for people to visit the Valley’s good restaurants for an evening meal with wine if they are staying in Victoria.

“Accommodation is a problem. We don’t have enough of it and up until this point, the Cowichan has not been open to allowing farmstays. I wouldn’t say the wineries are clamouring to have accommodation on the property because there are both benefits and drawbacks to it. Offering that can be work.

“But in terms of what will it bring overall to Cowichan it can bring some incredible things.

And the risk is incredibly low if it’s dealt with properly. These things can be dealt with with bylaws, making sure they don’t go crazy and over run. It’s something they’ve done in Europe forever with great success,” she said.

“I’m hoping to see them open up the doors to that because I just see it as something that will bring great benefits to Cowichan. For ourselves, I don’t know if we will. Quite frankly, my hands are full enough as it is, but overall for the Cowichan it would be a very very wise p i e c e t o a d d ,” D o c h e r t y concluded.

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SOUTH COWICHAN OFFICIAL COMMUNITY PLAN AMENDMENT HEARING #1 HEARING #2 BYLAW NO. 3666 AND ZONING AMENDMENT BYLAW NO. 3667 OFFICIAL COMMUNITY PLAN AMENDMENT BYLAW NO. 3582 OFFICIAL COMMUNITY PLAN AMENDMENT BYLAW NO. 3910 (APPLICABLE TO ELECTORAL AREA B SHAWNIGAN LAKE) (APPLICABLE TO ELECTORAL AREA G – SALTAIR/GULF ISLANDS) (APPLICABLE TO ELECTORAL AREA G – SALTAIR/GULF ISLANDS)

ZONING AMENDMENT BYLAW NO. 3583 (APPLICABLE TO ELECTORAL AREA G – SALTAIR/GULF ISLANDS) Notice is hereby given that a Public Hearing will be held as follows to consider the above described Amendment Bylaws: NOTICE is hereby given that two Public Hearings will be held as follows to consider the above noted Amendment Bylaws: date

Monday, January 31, 2013 time 7:00 p.m. place Shawnigan Lake Community Centre - 2804 Shawnigan Lake Road, Shawnigan Lake Monday, June 15, 2015 TIME 7:00 pm PLACE Mount Brenton Centre, 3850 South Oyster School Road, Saltair, BC

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South Cowichan Official Community Plan Amendement Bylaw No. 3666 proposes to amend South Cowichan Official Community Plan Bylaw No. 3510 PUBLIC HEARING #1 (Bylaw No. 3910) by replacing the current Community Land Stewardship Designation Policies with new policies that apply to development within the Designation.

Official Community Plan Amendment Bylaw No. 3910 proposes to amend Electoral Area G – Saltair/Gulf Islands Official Community Plan Bylaw No. 2500 by implementing the

Zoning Amendment following changes: Bylaw No. 3667 proposes to amend Electoral Area B - Shawnigan Lake Zoning Bylaw No. 985 by rezoning Lots A and B, Blocks 201, 270 and 281, Plan EPP9371Residential and Lot 26, Lot 201, Malahat District, Plan VIP78459, from Ecological Conservation, Eco1. Adding anMalahat objective District, to Section 7 – Suburban LandDistrict Use Designation to encourage small-scale agriculture accessory to a residential use; Forestry, Agro-Forestry, Density and Hamlet sub zones toUse Conservation/Eco-Forestry CD-1A, Rural Residential CD-1B, Rural Residential 2. Adding a Policy toLow Section 7 to allow the use of Temporary Permits in the Suburban Residential designation for temporary agricultural operations. CD-1C, and Mixed Use CD-1D subzones, as shown on Map 2.

In addition to creating new sub zones, the amendment bylaw also rezones lake surfaces towould not The purpose of OCP Amendment Bylaw No. 3910 is to provide a way for increased agricultural activity to take place in residential areas, assuming that such activity cause Conservancy problems for the neighbours or the environment.

Water (W-1) and includes definitions for “Agro-forestry”, “Conservation covenant”, “Eco-forestry” and “Eco-forestry covenant”.

PUBLIC HEARING #2 (Bylaws No. 3582/3583)

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Official Community Plan Amendment Bylaw No. 3582 proposes to amend Electoral Area G - Saltair/Gulf Islands Official Community Plan Bylaw No. 2500 in order to establish density bonus policies for lands located adjacent to the Saltair commercial core, if land is provided for the expansion of Stocking Creek Park and proposed residential development is connected to a community water system and a sewage treatment system compliant with provincial regulations. The policies would establish a minimum parcel size of 0.4 hectares, calculated prior to park dedication and would permit density averaging. Lands approved for a density bonus zone would be subject to the Stormwater Management Development Permit Area Guidelines of Section 20 of the Official Community Plan.

OCP Amendment Bylaw No. 3582 also proposes to amend the land use designations of part of Lot 10, District Lot 31, Oyster District, Plan 4039, except part in Plan 41287, as shown outlined in a solid black line on Map 1, from Suburban Residential and Local Commercial to General Residential and Institutional.

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Zoning Amendment Bylaw No. 3583 proposes to amend Electoral Area G – Saltair/Gulf Islands Zoning Bylaw No. 2524 by creating a new Stocking Creek Corridor Residential 4 (R-4) Zone and rezoning part of Lot 10, District Lot 31, Oyster District, Plan 4039, except part in Plan 41287, as shown outlined in a solid black line on Map 2, from Suburban Residential (R-2) and Local Commercial (C-2) to Stocking Creek Corridor Residential 4 (R-4) and Parks 1 Zone (P-1).

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The purpose of Amendment Bylaw Nos. 3582 and 3583 is to permit part of the subject property to be developed for one commercial lot, seven residential lots and 1.77 hectares of public park land.

At the public hearings, 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 hearings, submit written comments on the Bylaws by:

The proposed Amendment Bylaws apply to the “Elkington Lands”, subject property shown outlined in black and shaded on the above Maps 1 & 2.

The purposes of the Amendment Bylaws are to:

Fax: 250-746-2621 Email: ds@cvrd.bc.ca Mail and/or deposit at the Regional District office, 175 Ingram Street, Fax: 250-746-2621 Duncan, BC, V9L 1N8, until 4:30 pm on Monday, June 15, 2015

Prior to the public hearing, submit written comments on the bylaws by:

Email: ds@cvrd.bc.ca, or The public not assume that correspondence on the Mail and/or Deposited at should the Regional District offices by 4:30submitted p.m.

• adjust, on the site, where residential uses were permitted; proposed Bylaws prior to commencement of the statutory notification period on Friday, June 5, 2015, will be made available to the Regional Board. Please be advised that the day of the For hearing.

• harmonize zoning with Official Community Plan policy; the CVRD Board cannot receive correspondence or comment following the close of theon Public Hearings. further information, please call the Planning & Development Department at 250-746-2620.

• allow “equestrian facility” as a permitted use in the The public hearing on January 31, 2013 is to be help by Directors B. Fraser, Mixed Use CD-1 Sub-Zone; and Please note that all correspondence submitted to the CVRD in response to this Notice will form part of the record and be published in aBoard. meetingAagenda posted M. Walker, andpublic M. Marcotte aswill delegates of the copy ofthat theisBoard 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 • adjust zoning so that it can be more easily administered. resolution making the delegation is available for public inspection along with 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 The proposed amendment does not increase the permitted number of copies ofatthe amendment bylaws as set or out inRecording this notice. wish this personal information disclosed. Please contact the Planning & Development Department 250-746-2620 or 1-800-665-3955, the Secretary at the time of submission.units, For more information disclosure, contact the CVRD FOI Coordinator at 250-746-2507 or 1-800-665-3955. residential or decrease theonarea for conservation and eco-forestry, A copy of the proposed amendment bylaws and relevant support material may be asPublic those have #1 been established

by No. restrictive Hearing (Amendment Bylaw 3910) is covenant. to be held by the Electoral Area Directors for Electoral Area G –District Saltair/Gulf Islands, Electoral Area F – Cowichan Lake South/ examined at the Regional Planning and Development Department office: Skutz Falls and Electoral Area I – Youbou/Meade Creek. Public Hearing #2 (Amendment Bylaws No. 3582/3583) is to be held by the Electoral Area Directors for Electoral Area

AtG the public hearing, all persons deemOyster/Diamond their interests and affected

by Area E – Cowichan 175 Ingram Street, Duncan, BC – Saltair/Gulf Islands, Electoral Areawho H – North Electoral Station/Sahtlam/Glenora as delegates of the Board. Decisions concerning the the proposed amendments will be afforded an opportunity to be heard adoption of Bylaws No. 3910, 3582 and 3583 will not be made until the record of the Public Hearings is presented to the Board.

From Monday, January 21, 2013 to Thursday, January 31, 2013, orAto present submission onresolution matters contained before copy of thewritten proposed Bylaws, the delegating therein, the holding of the public hearings, and other documents that may be considered by the Board in determining between&the hours of 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday representatives theBylaws Regional Board. for public inspection at the Regional District Planning whether to adoptofthe are available Development Department office: 175 Ingram Street, Duncan, BC From Friday, June 5, 2015, to Monday, June 15, 2015, between the hours of 8:00 am to 4:30 pm, 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

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• École Cobble Hill Ecostravaganza celebrating World Environment Day, Saturday, June 6, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. at the school. Theme: Water. Yours to Protect.

• Koksilah Farmers Institute presents Linda Gilkeson: Canning and Preserving workshop, June 20, 9 a.m.5 p.m., The Hub, 2375 Koksilah Rd. Limited seating. Contact a.auchincloss@shaw.ca for info and registration. $40 fee.

• Love horses? Cowichan Therapeutic Riding Association needs dedicated volunteers in lots of different areas.

Help our special needs riders to reach their goals in the ring. No experience necessary, training provided. Info: 250-746-1028, email info@ctra.ca, website www.ctra.ca • Friendly Visitors wanted! Volunteer Cowichan program connects an isolated or lonely senior in the community with a Friendly Visitor. Interested? Call 250-748-2133.

Seniors • Dance to music from the 50s and 60s at Valley Seniors Centre, 198 Government St., every Wednesday, 3-5 p.m., $5. Info: 250-746-4433.

• Lake Cowichan 50 plus activity centre hosts Music at the Lake, Saturday, June 20, doors open 6 p.m., $5 entry fee, light meals and snacks for sale. Ray Harvey and Jack Gunderson will perform an eclectic program for all ages.

• Lake Cowichan 50 plus activity centre, 55 Coronation St., needs volunteers of all ages. Info: 250-749-6121.

• Lake Cowichan 50 plus activity

• All-ages chess club: all skill levels and ages welcome to play and learn chess in supportive, fun environment. Mondays 6-8 p.m., Duncan library gathering place or available tables.

• Cowichan Fly Fishers meets 1st and 3rd Thursday of every month at the Air Cadet Hall, Gibbins Road.

Doors open 7 p.m. Open to all ages and skill levels. Info: www.cowichan flyfishers.com • Teen Yarn Craft Group, Duncan library, Thursdays, 5-6 p.m., ages 13-18. Learn to knit, crochet. Extra needles and yarn provided.

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centre, 55 Coronation St., holds bingo Wednesdays, 1 p.m., Sundays, 7 p.m.

Volunteers needed. Info: 250-749-6121.

• Attention Lake Cowichan! Rivernotes Women’s Choir meets Mondays, 6 p.m. at the Lake Cowichan Senior Centre. Lots of fun and a great vocal workout!

• Valley Seniors Activity Centre, 198 Government St., Duncan open 8 a.m.-3 p.m. Monday to Friday, 8 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturday. $20 per year.

Carpet bowling, cribbage, billiards crafts, bridge, choir, bus trips on our own bus. Live music Mondays and Wednesdays 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

Dances every 1st and 3rd Saturday evening 7:30 p.m.-10:30 p.m. Open to public for Bingo each Tuesday. Many special events throughout the year.

Check out Monthly Newsletter at valley-seniors.org and consider membership if you’re 55 years or older. Info: 250-746-4433.Info: 250-746-4433 or www.

valley-seniors.org • Bingo for over 19s, Seniors Activity Centre (198 Government St., Duncan), Tuesdays 11:30 a.m. Early Bird Draw, Loonie Pot, Odd and Even, Number Seven and Bonanza. Info: 250-746-4433 or www.valley-seniors.org • Chemainus 55+ drop in centre new activities: floor curling and darts.

• Chemainus 55+ drop in centre cribbage every second and fourth Saturday, 1-4 p.m.

• Cowichan Valley Chapter of the Council of Canadians meets Tuesday, June 9, 7-9 p.m., Volunteer Cowichan Office, basement of Duncan City Hall. Discussion of water issues, impact of trade negotiations, etc.

Info: Donna 748-2444 or email dcameron@seaside.net • Vote to protect Wildwood Ecoforest at the extraordinary general meeting for members of The Land Conservancy of BC, 7 p.m., June 12, Prospect Lake Community Hall, 5358 Sparton Rd., Victoria. Info: savewildwood@gmail.com, 250-246-6727 or find the Wildwood Protectors on Facebook and Twitter.

• The Diggers Club of Cowichan meets the second Wednesday of the month, Chemainus United Church, 7 p.m. Come meet other collectors and see and hear about collections. Refreshments served. Info: 250-748-5707.

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Regardless of how Canada fares in the Women’s World Cup, soccer fans from the Cowichan Valley will have reasons to tune in and watch the final.

Three Cowichan Valley Soccer Association players — 10-year-olds Kennedy Aleck and Kaylynn Rowlings, and sixyear-old Rowan Picard — have won the honour of escorting the finalists onto the pitch at BC Place for the championship game on July 5.

“We get to go on the field and watch from the sidelines,” an enthusiastic Picard said.

The player escorts’ duties are pretty clear: they get to walk hand-in-hand with the players onto the pitch, and stand alongside them during the national anthems.

“I have watched a YouTube video about it,” said Aleck, who admitted she has a bit of anxiety about being in front of the

massive stadium crowd.

A training event this Saturday, the same day Canada opens the tournament against China, should help put some of those nerves at ease.

Fifty soccer clubs and associations from across Canada, including eight from B.C., got the honour of providing player escorts, flag bearers and ball crew for World Cup games. The honour of providing player escorts for the final fell to the Lower Island Soccer Association, who picked players from their member clubs. There are close to 8,000 players registered with LISA, including nearly 200 girls between the ages of six and 10, the requirement for player escorts. They also have to be under 140 centimetres tall, lest they tower over any of the smaller international players.

Twenty-two player escorts were picked at random from all of the eligible players in LISA. Although the number of Island players on the turf could be higher if Canada reaches the final.

“Twenty-three if you count Emily Zurrer,” LISA executive director Karen HoodDeshon noted.

Three skippers from the Maple Bay Yacht Club will set sail this weekend in the Van Isle 360, a two-week race around Vancouver Island that runs from June 6-20. Beginning in Nanaimo, the boats will complete a nine-leg journey around the Island as part of a fleet of more than 50.

Woody Hayes will guide First Sight, a 45-foot Beneteau, First Sight; Bill Bakkan will pilot his 37-foot Beneteau, Sparkle Plenty; and John Schnellback will captain Interim, a 30-foot Ross.

Veterans with between five and 30 years of experience in sail racing, all three are looking forward to the test of circumnavigating the Island.

“It’s probably the most challenging level here in this area,” Hayes said.

The race runs on alternating years with the Vic Maui Yacht Race, but if you ask these guys, the Van Isle 360 is the better of the two. “[The Vic Maui] is not very social,” Bakkan said. “You don’t see anybody until you get to Hawaii. With this race, you have five day races to Port Hardy, and at the end of the day, everybody gets together.”

Stops include the tiny community of Winter Harbour, where the town of 20 people suddenly surges in population with the addition of 50 boat crews, and the salmon farm off Hardwicke Island, which hosts boaters for a barbecue on a barge. In Ucluelet, school children get to tour the boats and take home goody bags.

It’s definitely not all fun and games though.

“It’s very tactical with currents and tides,” Schnellback said. “You don’t get that with all races.”

Schnellback will sail with a crew of six, Bakkan has a crew of eight, and Hayes will take 10 or 11 on board. That doesn’t include the ground crew of two or three.

The large crews are necessitated by the length of the race.

“Especially with the overnight stages, you’ve always got someone down below sleeping,” Schnellback said. “You need enough to drive the boat and enough crew for the next shift.”

Hayes’s boat, First Sight, used to belong to well-known late Duncan lawyer Don Taylor, who took it on the Vic Maui twice.

The boat still flies Taylor’s colours alongside Hayes’s, and Hayes’s ground crew

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The road crews are the unsung heroes of the race, doing a range of chores from carrying food and other gear to lighten the loads carried by the boats, to doing laundry. The boat crew members each pay a share to do the race, but the road crew doesn’t pay anything.

“I can’t imagine anyone doing the race without ground support,” Bakkan said.

“It would be a disaster. No one’s going to be making a lasagna on board.”

The largest boat in this year’s race will be as much as 70 feet in length, with 20 feet being the smallest possibility because of what is needed on board. The Coast Guard inspects each vessel prior to the race to make sure they are fully stocked with safety equipment, and random inspections are conducted throughout the race.

“You have to meet safety regulations,” Schnellback said. “You need stuff the average cruiser doesn’t have.”

Boaters will also give each other a hand, even though they’re all chasing the same finish line.

“It’s competitive, but everybody is on the same page,” Bakkan explained.

“You want to beat them, but you want to beat them fair and square,” Hayes added.

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The Sirens’ first win of the 2015 Cowichan Women’s Football League season put the Crew behind the eight ball as the final standings started to fall into place on the last full weekend of play.

The Crew defeated the Wild 51-6 last Friday evening, but fell to the Sirens 24-18 on Sunday, giving the Crew a 9-3 record on the season, while the Ravens were 9-2, needing a win over the Sirens on Wednesday evening to clinch the league title.

Deanne Mearns led the Sirens to victory with two touchdowns, while Christine Cronin-Switzer also scored. Shelley McKay and Sabrina Desrochers had sacks, and Jessica Kato-Koch and Carmen Zimmer had interceptions. The Crew replied with a pair of touchdowns from Jessica Lines-Wikkerink and one from Nicole Pugh, while Lenneke Vinoly had a pair of sacks.

In their win on Friday, the Crew got three touchdowns from Kerynne Bain and one each from Lines-Wikkerink, Pugh, Alita Mattin and Willy Toews. Sullivan, Lines-Wikkerink and Mattin also had converts, while Bain and Pugh also had two interceptions and Lines-Wikkerink had one. Dieneke Pedersen had the Wild’s lone

Peewee Thunder build rivalry with Eagles

touchdown, while Teresa Melchior had three sacks and Ginette Bilina had a pick.

Friday’s other game had the Blue Steel Brew get by the Law 32-24.

Kara Olson and Jessica Knowles each scored twice for BSB and Michaela Peet had one touchdown, while Sam Miiller and Elijah Espeseth added converts. The Law got two touchdowns and a pick from Leanne Closson and one major each from Rachel Hastings and Jaimie Olson.

On Sunday morning, the Wild got in the way of the Ravens’ title hopes with an 18-14 win. Kyrsten Miller scored her first CWFL touchdown for the Wild, while Rhiannon Kemmler had two. Pedersen had a pair of interceptions and Kemmler added one, while Melchior had one sack. The Ravens got touchdowns from Jamie Russell and Veronica Smith, converts from Emily Salmon and Morgan Rogers, and three sacks from Lauren James.

Also on Sunday morning, BSB downed the Storm 32-6. Knowles and Mila Main each scored twice and Monni Savory had one touchdown, and Main and Paula Phillips had interceptions. Carly Boyd scored the lone touchdown for the Storm, Rachel Pugh had two sacks, and Boyd and Jen Elliott had interceptions.

Closson thumps Wheatsheaf KEVIN ROTHBAUER CITIZEN

After a convincing 6-0 win over Wheatsheaf in their home opener last Thursday, Gord Closson Forest Products will be back on their home field in Glenora next Tuesday against Baker Supply.

Craig Snyder led off the first inning last Thursday with a solo home run, and Dan Whiteford swatted one of his own just two batters later.

In the fourth inning, Brad Robinson came to the plate with the bases loaded, and blasted a grand slam, putting the game out of reach for Wheatsheaf.

“They’re three good hitters,” manager Joe DiLalla said of the home run hitters. “Give them a pitch, and they’re going to put it away.”

Whiteford was 2-for-2 with two walks, and Snyder was 2-for-4 with one free pass. Snyder also pitched seven shutout innings for the win, striking out seven and allowing just two hits.

DiLalla expects a good game from Baker Supply next Tuesday after his team beat them 12-2 in their first meeting this season.

“They’ll come back with a stronger team,” he said. “That’s what usually happens. The second time around, they know better.”

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The peewee A Cowichan Valley Thunder seem destined to run into Vic-Esquimalt when the most is on the line.

The Thunder and Eagles have squared off in the finals of back-to-back tournaments recently, with Vic-Esquimalt winning the first time and Cowichan getting even a week later.

The Thunder swept their way through the first tournament, the Captain Cook, hosted by Juan de Fuca on May 22-24, beating Peninsula, Vic-Esquimalt and Abbotsford. Another win over Abbotsford in the semifinal sent the Thunder the title game, which Vic-Esquimalt won 9-6.

The same two teams met in the opening game of the Wayne Goss Tournament in White Rock last weekend, with the Eagles winning 9-7. The Thunder got back on track with wins over Surrey (13-5) and

The peewee A Thunder celebrate their gold medal win in White Rock.

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New Westminster (13-3) before beating Ridge Meadows 13-4 in the semifinal. Cowichan then defeated Vic-Esquimalt 5-4 in the gold medal game. Dawson Sears scored the decisive goal, Dawson Elzinga had a hat

trick, and Josh Macdonald also found the back of the net.

The Thunder have dominated their league games, compiling a 9-2 record so far this season against Vic-Esquimalt and Peninsula.

Peewee Bulldogs make their presence felt KEVIN ROTHBAUER CITIZEN

The peewee Cowichan Bulldogs may not have won last Saturday, but they left a definite impression on the league-leading Saanich Wolverines.

Neither footbal team was able to mount much offence in the first half, despite excellent blocking by linemen Eston Canning and Carter Court to open space for Zach Pearson and Riley Noyce. The Cowic-

han defence managed to shut down Saanich thanks to linebackers Kaylum Billings, Nico Harris and Spencer Young.

The Wolverines put up a few more points in the second half, but couldn’t do much through the air as Kepler Marshal put the stop on their passing game.

“It was incredible how he was able to make the tackle just as the catch was being made through two blockers for a loss of yards,” coach Devon Mar-

shall said. “That’s a skill that usually takes years to develop.”

In the third quarter, the Bulldogs caught Saanich off guard as quarterback Aiden Lawrence got receivers Jason Boyd and Max Vaesen within scoring distance on three reverse plays.

The peewees will play their regular season finale this Saturday at 1 p.m. against Westshore, followed by a junior bantam game at 3 p.m. Both games take place at McAdam Park.

Lopsided inter B lacrosse wins not useful KEVIN ROTHBAUER CITIZEN

There was little benefit to a pair of lopsided wins by the intermediate B Cowichan Thunder last weekend.

The Thunder beat a drastically undermanned Peninsula team 19-3 last Friday, then defeated a similarly shorthanded Saanich squad 15-2 on Sunday.

“You don’t learn anything from a game like that,” head coach Lorne Winship said. “If we do get off the Island to play in provincials, we’re going to play teams that have played challenging games, and we’re not playing at the pace we need to. I’d rather play be in one- or

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The midget B Cowichan Valley Thunder split a pair of lacrosse games last weekend, beating the Campbell River Ravens 7-2 at the Island Savings Centre on Saturday, then falling 10-3 to Juan de Fuca on the road on Sunday.

two-goal games, win or lose, than be in 10-goal games. Neither team learns from it.”

Peninsula showed up for Friday’s game with the bare minimum of five runners, who all had to play the entire game.

After the first period, Winship proposed dividing the teams up and just playing a fun game, but Peninsula declined the offer. The Thunder ended up putting one of their defenders in goal for the third period.

Three days later, Peninsula folded.

“They did their best,” Winship said. “They tried hard to put a team together and couldn’t get the commitment.”

On Sunday night, they were

hoping for more of a challege from the Saanich Tigers, but that didn’t happen either.

“They showed up with nine runners, and half the guys who showed up weren’t interested in playing lacrosse,” Winship said. “They were just interested in teeing off on some of our guys.”

Winship remains optimistic that Saanich will have a team that will compete with his group.

“When they have a full squad of 18 players, they’ll be a good team,” he said. “But that’s not what happened.”

The Thunder’s next regular-season game is set for June 17 in Saanich.

Facing each other for the first time this season, the Thunder and Ravens battled hard in the first period, but neither team was able to get on the board until Cowichan scored with 15 seconds left in the first period.

The next goal came just 90 seconds into the second frame, and the Thunder were in control for the rest of the game.

Gavin Spencer scored five goals, and Scott McCaffrey had the other two. Nathan Clark, Clayton Raphael and Cole Wright had assists.

Spencer had a goal and an assist against JDF, with David Eastman and Liam Bell also scoring. Wright, Raphael and bantam call-up Brendon McDill had helpers.

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