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Chemainus Korean War veteran Bill Boykowich displays his latest honour from the federal government, a certificate signed by the ministers of Veterans Affairs and National Defence. [KEVIN ROTHBAUER/CITIZEN]

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Chemainus’s only Korean War veteran has received more recognition for his service. Bill Boykowich, who was honoured by the government of South Korea with the Ambassador for Peace medal last year, received a certificate of recognition from the Government of Canada earlier this month. The document is signed by

Veterans Affairs Minister Julian Fantino and Minister of National Defence Robert Nicholson, and marks the Year of the Korean War Veteran in 2013. Sixty years after the Korean War ended, Boykowich remains humbled by his part in the war, which included serving on the destroyer HMCS Sioux between 1951 and 1952. “The contribution from the

people of Canada and those who served at war in South Korea has made their country a better place to live,” he said. “I am honoured for the recognition I received for the small role I played in that war.” In addition to the Ambassador for Peace medal last year, Boykowich has received letters of See VETERAN, Page 4

Traditionally, local governments in the Cowichan Valley have not turned to public-private partnerships to build the infrastructure they need to provide the services residents want. T h a t m ay b e a b o u t t h e change. At the very least, the discussion will soon be taking place as municipal leaders look at the reality of having to replace Cowichan’s premier community recreation facility, the Island Savings Centre, as it ages out. City of Duncan Councillor and Chairperson of the Island Savings Centre Commission Sharon Jackson said fellow commission member North Cowichan Councillor Jen Woike broached the public-private partnership, or P3, question at the commission’s last meeting. “It’s something that I think it is our duty to look at,” said Jackson. “I’m cautious because I also believe that that’s why people pay taxes, is so that we

can give them services and there are certain services that people expect and you don’t expect to get money back for them, like soccer fields or playgrounds for children. “We have to have policies around the kinds of public-private partnerships we want and how much public and how much private,” she said. That’s the conversation Woike is looking to have. “I am looking at exploring this idea as a way to generate an additional income resource for the Island Savings Centre,” she said, noting that the centre has already benefitted from a $1 million sponsorship deal with Island Savings Credit Union that gave the building its current name. She would like the commission to explore the possibility of creating new partnerships with the private sector in the future and to create some guidelines as to who the ISC would not be interested in partnering with. Woike See MUNICIPALITIES, Page 4

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Suspect sought in Anti-pipeline event packs in crowd Friday armed robbery LEXI BAINAS CITIZEN

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Police are releasing a photo of the suspect from an armed robbery at the Duncan Thrifty Foods last Friday in the hopes that he might be identified. Around 3:15 p.m., an older man with a knife approached an employee at the grocery store on Beverly Street and pushed an empty bag towards her across a counter, demanding cash. “The employee remained calm and complied having seen the knife and believing the man was serious,” said North Cowichan/ Duncan RCMP spokesperson Cpl. Krista Hobday. The man quickly left the store with the money, but his image was captured by video surveillance cameras. The employee quickly alerted other staff members and called 911. Police arrived with a service dog, and investigated thoroughly, but were unable to locate the suspect. The suspect was described as a Caucasian man between 55 and 60, with grey hair and a slender build. He was wearing a Tilley

Police are seeking this man after an armed robbery at Thrifty Foods in Duncan on Friday. [RCMP HANDOUT] hat, shorts and a short-sleeved shirt. A tattoo was visible on his upper arm. Anyone with information should contact the North Cowichan/ Duncan RCMP at 250-748-5522 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TPS (8477).

A standing-room-only crowd gathered at the Island Savings Centre’s Heritage Hall Saturday morning, March 22 to hear MP Nathan Cullen urge everyone to push back against the Enbridge pipeline proposal. “Nathan is at Ground Zero when it comes to this pipeline,” said Nanaimo-Cowichan MP Jean Crowder when introducing Cullen, who is MP for SkeenaBulkley Valley. The northwestern B.C. representative had a strong message for the huge group about shipping bitumen to China by the proposed Enbridge route. Cullen stated that the province’s northwest coastal waters are known for some of the highest waves ever recorded, adding, “The Queen of the North sank in the area of the proposed route,” which he described as “a slalom course” through a variety of obstacles. “This area is also known as the Great Bear Rainforest and I like my kermode bears white,” he said, referring to the difficulty of cleaning up a pipeline spill. The supportive audience roared their approval when he made

The audience is enthralled as Nathan Cullen, MP for Skeena-Bulkley Valley, calls for increased opposition to the Enbridge Northern Gateway pipeline proposed for northern B.C. [LEXI BAINAS/CITIZEN] point after point about the undiscussed dangers of piping the fuel to and shipping it along B.C.’s sensitive coast. He described an official pipeline hearing at which a woman’s response to the suggestion was to stand up and sing O Canada, stating it said what needed to be said and making special note of the line, “We stand on guard for thee.” A ban on singing at the hearing didn’t stop others from piping up with the anthem later, though, and eventually even the members of the panel felt they had to stand up, Cullen related.

He took strong exception to a federal minister describing as “radicals” and “enemies of Canada” any people who were against the pipeline. “That’s offensive at a deep level. And, it has had the opposite effect to what they hoped in the northwest. We don’t like being bullied,” Cullen said. He also sounded a call to action: “In 90 days’ time, Prime Minister Stephen Harper will make the decision. We must reach out as Canadians, let the prime minister know what he might face if he goes ahead against the will of the B.C. people.”

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Municipalities of all sizes looking at P3s P3 DISCUSSION, From Page 1 also wants to determine if new private partners would be able to lower the residential tax burden while keeping to the commission’s five-year financial plan. The Centre’s replacement is another question. It will be a multi-million dollar proposition, as it houses a hockey arena, theatre, library, art gallery, gymnasium and more. Paying for it is likely to prove a sticky question with taxpayers, as even suggestions that partners start saving now for the replacement costs have met with some resistance. Mark Romoff, president and CEO of the Canadian Council for Public-Private Partnerships, a national, non-partisan organization with membership from across the public and private sectors, said P3s can be a good way for even relatively small municipalities to take some of the cost and risk away from new infrastructure projects. “Clearly municipalities are facing significant infrastructure challenges at a time when fiscal constraints are a reality,” he said. “That’s where publicprivate partnerships have really come to the fore.” There are different kinds of P3s, he said, but the key thing to remember is that at the end of the process, the public will own the building or system that’s been created. “Government always maintains ownership and control,” he emphasized. In general, how it works is this: a private sector firm assumes the responsibility for one or more of designing, financing, building, maintaining and operating a facility for a fixed term — usually 20-35 years. This is a fixed-price contract, so it puts the onus on the private partner to bear the costs if the project goes over budget, for example, so there is pressure to deliver on time and on budget. Results of existing projects have proven that the P3 model can be a big success, said Romoff.

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Corporation, PPP Canada, that can provide advice and guidance on P3 projects. It also has a fund, said Mark Romoff, president and CEO of the Canadian Council for Public-Private Partnerships, that can support qualifying P3 projects. Some of the criteria looked for are delivering value for money, substantial risk transfer to the private sector, and the establishment of public benefits. Find out more about PPP Canada at www.p3canada.ca NEXT UP in our Beggar’s Checklist series, a look

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Sharon Jackson, Duncan councillor The Council now has a portfolio of over 200 public private partnerships that are either finished or in the works, he said. Romoff said the communities of Delta, Kelowna, Sidney and even the Town of Goderich, Ont., population 7,500, have

benefited from P3s. A recent press release from the Council also touts the broad economic benefits of P3s to Canada’s economy, citing $51.2 billion generated and 290,680 direct full-time equivalent jobs created through P3s between 2003 and 2012. Romoff cautions that not every project is suited to the public-private partnership model. The critical feature must be value for money, and if an analysis finds that municipalities can get a better deal if they build in a more traditional way, that’s what they should do, he said. While the most popular types of projects are currently water and wastewater systems, Romoff said, P3s have been used to build everything from a paramedic command centre in Ottawa to a recreation centre in Moncton, NB. With the pinch of finances and aging infrastructure hitting communities across the country, Romoff said P3s are increasingly on the minds of municipalities of all sizes. Jackson agreed. The longtime councillor said that while in the past Duncan hasn’t gone to the P3 model she can see the topic coming up more and more in the future. “As money gets scarcer and corporations are looking for ways to ingratiate themselves with the public, I have no doubt that this conversation will be coming up more frequently at every level of government,” Jackson said.

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You’ve heard of Seedy Saturday. Well the Cowichan Green Community is holding a Seedy Sunday, March 30, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Si’em Lelum gym at 5574 River Rd. The CGC is inviting all seed savers and gardeners to a day-long event to celebrate the start of the growing season by coming out and meeting seed producers, garden professionals and more. It’s an exciting opportunity for both novice and experienced gardeners to share in the diversity of seeds. There are also a number of workshops. Entrance to this event is only $2. Exhibitor and vendor registration for the Duncan Seedy Sunday is now open. To register online, email info@cowichangreencommunity.org If you’d like to register in person, drop by the CGC office at 360 Duncan St. between Tuesday and Friday from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. or call: 250-748-8506.

Veteran altered birth certiﬁcate to join navy NATIONAL, From Page 1 gratitude from former U.S. Secretary of Defence Leon Panetta and former President of Korea Lee Myung-bak. The letter from Lee in 2010 included an invitation to visit the country as part of the Revisit Korea Program it has run since 1975. Unfortunately, the invitation came in the mail the same day Boykowich and his wife, Fran, learned that she had terminal cancer, and the trip never materialized. “It’s too bad,” Boykowich said. “We just didn’t make it.” Boykowich joined the navy in 1950 at the age of 16, altering his birth certificate to get in after deciding he had enough of farm life in Alberta. He spent five years in the navy, including his time in Korea. While Boykowich is honoured to be remembered six decades after the war ended, he would like to see more recent veterans getting the same respect. “The guys who come back from Afghanistan are getting a raw deal,” he lamented.

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Architect designed Duncan Elementary at peak of his career Editor’s note: Duncan Elementary School is celebrating its 100th anniversary Saturday, April 5. The iconic building is a stunning monument to the history of the city of Duncan and the Citizen is pleased to present piece about the man who designed the eye-catching building. A tea and open house on April 5 from 1:30-4:30 p.m. will mark the milestone. CAROLYN PRELLWITZ SPECIAL TO THE CITIZEN

The front page of the Cowichan Leader dated Aug. 28, 1913 reported: “Duncan can now boast a public school building of which any city might well be proud. The first thing that strikes one about it is that the general appearance of the building from the outside is distinctly handsome. In so many school buildings in this province all thoughts of beauty of design has been sacrificed to utility and the result is a collection of extremely plain buildings. The architect is to be congratulated...” The architect was William Tuff Whiteway. Born in Musgrave Harbour, Newfoundland in 1856, he moved to the West Coast about 1882, first settling in Victoria. He then moved around a bit — Vancouver, 1886, San Diego, 1887, Port Townsend, Washington, 1888, back to the

east coast, St. John’s, Newfoundland and Halifax, 1892 — before settling permanently in Vancouver in 1900 where he remained until his death in 1940. Whiteway was a prolific commercial architect with most of his commissions in downtown Vancouver. His best known work is the Vancouver Sun Tower (1912) which had the distinction for a few short years of being the tallest building in the British Empire. Whiteway designed a number of school buildings between 1900 and 1908 — the second Vancouver High School, renamed King Edward (1904); Grandview School, Vancouver (1905); Macdonald School, Vancouver (1906); Admiral Seymour School, Vancouver (1907); Kamloops Public School, renamed Stuart Wood School (1907); Lord Roberts School, Vancouver (1908); Lord Selkirk School, Vancouver (1908); and Sir Guy Carleton School (1908). By 1912 Duncan had achieved incorporation and was a growing residential community of about 1,000 inhabitants with a thriving business centre. A new school was desperately needed as its 1891 two-room wooden schoolhouse was outdated and too small for the number of schoolage children in the area. Whiteway, meanwhile, was

The design of Duncan Elementary drew rave reviews in 1913. [CITIZEN FILE] at the peak of his career as an architect, and one with a great deal of experience in school design to his credit. No doubt the fledging Duncan school board were impressed and fortunate to have him accept the commission to design their new school. Whiteway’s school plan was perfectly suited to the majority ex-British population living in Duncan in 1912. The form and decoration of the building were purely Georgian revival — a square, symmetrical shape, central door, and straight lines of windows on the first and second floors. Distinctive features such as the use of grey and red brickwork, a fanlight window over

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fications leaving the second floor of the school completely unfinished. The two lowest bidders were then asked to submit amended tenders based on the revised specifications with the result that the Island Building Company, Ltd., Duncan was granted the contract. Construction of the school began almost immediately and was completed as per the new specifications, i.e. with an unfinished interior second floor, in time for school opening Tuesday, Sept. 2, 1913. A letter from Whiteway read at the school board meeting of Friday, Sept. 5, 1913 “thanked the Board their courtesy and cooperation in bringing the building to a successful issue”. Duncan Elementary School was the first important public commission in Duncan and the most impressive building in the community at the time. One hundred years later, Whiteway’s design is still viewed as a work of considerable architectural merit. In this respect, the City of Duncan must be acknowledged for designating the school as a Heritage Building in 1982, thus preserving the design as one of the finest examples of early school architecture in British Columbia. Carolyn Prellwitz is the secretary of the Cowichan Valley Schools Heritage Society.

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ravo to Buckerfield’s. Kelvin McCullough, CEO of Duncan-based Buckerfield’s, which has eight stores in B.C., including Nanaimo, Duncan and Parksville, says the company has no intention of paying for the provincial government’s plans to have Ontario’s Multi Materials B.C. take over its blue box recycling program May 19. It’s always heartwarming to see David stand up to Goliath, and Buckerfield’s is one of many businesses who have decided to stand up against Premier Christy Clark’s heavy-handed move to dismantle a program that works,

and works well, in favour of MMBC, a move that could be accompanied by job losses and will result in increased recycling costs for all concerned. Even the B.C. Chamber of Commerce, which has unfortunately chosen a path that seems to automatically guarantee rubber-stamping government policy without first soliciting members who would be adversely affected, has acknowledged there are a number of legitimate concerns. The B.C. chamber needs to remember it represents businesses in this province and should never be a pom-pom waving pol-

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icy cheerleader for the provincial government, whether it says it is “free enterprise” or not. The MMBC deal is causing concern for businesses, particularly the newspaper industry and companies that produce or distribute flyers. The British Columbia Yukon Community Newspapers Association is strongly considering pulling out of the blue box program entirely and starting its own, which poses significant cost issues for the program moving forward. Newspaper is the most valuable recyclable in the box at $120 a ton. That loss in revenue

would have to be made up somewhere, and that would be residential taxpayers and businesses. As BCYCNA president Hugh Nicholson says: “Without newspaper recycling, the blue box programs would collapse. This is a Trojan horse, not a gift horse.” This shift to MMBC is part of a larger change in provincial regulations that would see the responsibility for managing the recycling of packaging and printed paper shift away from governments and taxpayers and on to industry and their consumers. As part of this new “producer-pay” model, businesses sell-

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ing packaged goods or supplying printed paper have to now be legally and financially responsible for the costs of recycling. We applaud Buckerfield’s for taking this stand and raising its voice above the chorus taking the provincial government to task for the change. Yes, it is going to be costly for business to implement, but it is taxpayers who will also be hard hit. The May 19 start date is just around the corner. Let’s see how finely tuned the government’s hearing is to the marketplace.

Severance about one per cent of tax requisition The $335,000 severance payment to CAO Warren Jones amounts to about one per cent of the CVRD’s $30 million annual tax requisition. The CVRD board has a target overall tax increase for 2014 of 0.9 per cent. It would appear they have blown their whole increase for the year, and then some, on one item: paying Mr. Jones not to work. Can we assume the board will now freeze all wages and other expenditures for the year, in order not to overshoot their target tax increase? They should, but of course they won’t. However, appearances must be maintained. Expect some inter-

esting number fudging when the final budget comes down at the end of March. Blaise Salmon Shawnigan Lake

Roundabout will be costly garden planter It is a waste of good people’s time and energy to “engage” or try to make sense of local government on their plans. North Cowichan Municipality plans to build in 2014 a $450,000 ($1.5-million!) roundabout at Drinkwater and Lane Road — not a priority nor necessity — 98 per cent turn right. (A concrete planter in the middle of the country road for unsuspecting

drivers and snowplows, etc., to run into again.) Everyone’s taxes are going up again for the next five years! Why is North Cowichan installing costly garden planters with irrigation along Beverly Street instead of needed bike lanes, turning more roads and streets into costly obstacle courses. Bike lane goes halfway and then stops. Excessive number of roundabouts often referred to as “make work projects” for highpaid municipal staff and costly equipment. These projects do not make good sense. Tell council… if they care council@northcowichan.bc.ca Joyce Behnsen North Cowichan

As British Columbians, we are disgusted at the thought of yet another service contracted out to another province. First it was food in hospitals to Calgary (from a province that prides itself on growing its own produce), next they disastrously contracted out the cleaning services, again out of province. We sold out the ferries, that was always supposed to be our highway to the Mainland, and now we are set to contract out our own blue box recycling program, run locally by B.C. municipalities at an average of only $35 a year. None of those earlier programs have run as successfully as our original. The province has a perfectly well run system, that employs local people. Apparently this is an association from other provinces, run by big corporations with their executives, six of whom are out of Ontario, and one out of Montreal! Something badly wrong with this picture! If the past is any indication they will likely sack existing staff and rehire but at a lower rate. How is it that this comes to light when they are ready to change in a couple of months’ time? In each of the instances above, it ends up with the new company increasing costs and cutting services, while the executives reward themselves with extra bonuses in spite of poorer performance. This is at least two votes the Clark government will not be getting. Paul Watkins Mill Bay www.cowichanvalleycitizen.com

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We’re not even supposed to know TPP is happening First of all I would like to thank Nancy, Trudy and Donna for bringing this very important issue to the public light. The Trans Pacific Trade Agreement or TPP is a very complex and diverse issue so let me try and briefly sum up what the treaty encompasses and how it is going to affect you, the general public. So the TPP is an ongoing free trade agreement that is currently being negotiated by 12 countries, representing 40 per cent GDP, making this the largest economic trade agreement ever. It encompasses everything from trade, medicine and even Internet regulation. A lot of this has to do with law around intellectual property, to quote one of the objectives from the leaked IP chapter of the TPP, to “reduce impediments to trade and investment by promoting deeper economic integration through effective and adequate creation, utilization, protection and enforcement of intellectual property rights, taking into account the different levels of economic development and capacity as well as differences in national legal systems”. There are already some great examples of “protection and enforcement of intellectual property rights” under some other trade agreements previously mentioned by Nancy; the NAFTA agreement that allowed U.S paper company AbtitibiBowater to file a lawsuit against Canada in 2008 resulting in a $130 million payoff that came right out of your tax dollars. Or there is the more recent pharmaceutical giant Eli Lilly hitting, once again, the

There’s a lot not being said about credit cards I read Robin Walsh’s comment re: credit card fraud [March 21] with some interest. First of all, it was stated that banks have invested heavily in PIN technology to prevent fraud. Why then is it that when my bank sent me a new card it had this swipe technology that requires me to do nothing other than swipe my card over a scanner? Seems to me that they defeated the very technology they spent so heavily on by adding this feature. If we are so pressed for time we cannot punch in four digits rather than swipe, then we are truly a society that is in need of help. I sent it back for a card that requires me to take

Thank you John Mowat Steven [Re: “A dark age dawning”, Citizen, Friday, Jan. 10] I am writing to express my gratitude for John Mowat Steven, for the writing of his letter, for the inspired flow, for the eloquence of authenticity, for the grace in allowing the benefit of the doubt, for the truth,

country of Canada with a $500 million suit for invalidating American patents for two of its drugs, opening the door for cheaper generics. These are two great examples of injustices that are already happening under current trade agreements; the TPP would only further open the door for companies (just in case you missed that) to sue an entire country for essentially getting in the way of them making a buck (or several hundred million more bucks). Now there are many more issues we could address within the TPP, and I really do encourage anyone reading this to get online and find out what’s going on because it’s really scary stuff. But there is a larger issue at hand here: we were not even supposed to know this was even going on! At all! This entire agreement was meant to happen completely out of the eye of the public, who, by the way, it directly affects. And this isn’t an isolated case of playing keep-away from the public. It literally happens all the time. In what functioning democracy is the public not only unable to give input in their government’s decisions, but not even informed at all? There needs to be an immediate public inquiry into what’s going on behind the curtain regarding the TPP and furthermore there absolutely has to be a demand that we as the general public have the means and access to keep ourselves informed on what the government is doing. Taylor Edison Duncan

three seconds more to conduct a transaction. It is true that there are fraud protections but depending on who you speak to you are still liable for $50-100 of fraudulent transactions. You have to put months of effort into proving you did not make the purchases in question. If your card is lost, stolen or compromised, all the information needed to make online purchases is in the hands of the person who finds or stole your card. You do not need a PIN to do online purchases. So while the comments made are more or less accurate, there is a lot not being said that is reality when it comes to credit card security. Alex Currie Chemainus

for naming “the manufactured culture of endless growth and consumption” the “cause of the demise impending upon us all” for the heart of the matter, for the Citizen newspaper for publishing John’s letter in particular. Thank you. Juanita Haddad Cowichan Valley

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Five runners who went from the northern to the southern tips of Vancouver Island raised $25,000 for the Wounded Warriors organization. They ran last month in a relay-format, including stops in the Cowichan Valley on their way south. The organization supports Canadian veterans struggling with PTSD among other issues. Wounded Warriors is proud the money raised is triple what they thought they would raise and they’re planning for bigger and better things next year. [LEXI BAINAS/CITIZEN]

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Marilyn Weiland, Dave Ehle and Georgie Weeks-Heyd take time for a fun picture while rehearsing the famous ballroom scene from the South Island Musical Theatre Society’s upcoming show, My Fair Lady. The crew starts setting up this weekend for opening night April 4. [LEXI BAINAS/CITIZEN]

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The 30-member cast of the South Island Musical Theatre Society’s My Fair Lady is back, readying the long-awaited show for its presentation at the Cowichan Theatre April 4-12. The show had to be postponed because of the illness of Sarah Lane, who is playing Eliza. A vote among the group showed that everyone wanted to wait for her so new dates were found and the show was rescheduled. Once the cast reassembled, earlier this month, Lane’s comments were exultant. “We’re back! What a totally fabulous day it was seeing the family, playing, singing, laughing, and coming together after what feels like forever! The orchestra, led by the inimitable Hilary Coupland, was absolutely spectacular and as beautiful as ever. For those of you who I haven’t personally thanked yet, thank you for all the support and it’s so good to be home,” she said. SIMTS President Cathy Schmidt has also expressed delight with this year’s production. “We started rehearsals on Sept. 17. The cast is amazing and our leads, Sarah Lane and Alex Gallacher, are stellar and we also have Bob Norris as Colonel Pickering and Ian Rothnie as Alfred P. Dolittle. Our choruses of the maids and butlers and all are just wonderful. It’s great, too, to see some faces from last year’s production and from years past,” Schmidt said. “We’re really balanced with men and women this year which is extremely nice and we’ve got a lot of new costumes this year, instead of recycling them from previous shows. We’ll have lots of glitter on the stage for people to enjoy.” Schmidt, as an enthusiastic choreographer, loves My Fair Lady. “The dancing is so fun this year. We have a lot of new people with us in this show,

“The cast is amazing and our leads, Sarah Lane and Alex Gallacher, are stellar and we also have Bob Norris as Colonel Pickering ...” CATHY SCHMIDT, Society president

including a lot of men, which means we can have lots of partner work. Our ballroom looks amazing. We had some struggles with posture but my entire class is now walking up straight and tall and they’ve been wonderful. “We’ve got some great numbers set up that we think the audience is going to love. My favourite, other than the ballroom, is I’m Getting Married in the Morning. The cast is very good with that one: they love it and have so much fun. I can’t wait for the audience to see it. It’s nice to have Ian doing that role,” she said. Watch for a life-sized flower cart that Eliza can dance in as well, according to Schmidt. My Fair Lady takes place on a large set, which, of course meant a lot of work for the construction crew. “We have a two-storey Higgins’ house and both storeys are used so we have spiral staircases and everything. The build has been big but I think once everybody sees it on stage, they’ll know it was worth every minute of the work involved,” she said. Four evening presentations are scheduled: April 4, 5, 11 and 12, all starting at 7:30 p.m. with a matinee on Sunday, April 6 starting at 2 p.m. Tickets from the Cowichan Ticket Centre (250-748-7529) are $32 for adults or you can get them for $27 from a SIMTS member. Opening night, Friday, April 4, offers bargain $20 per person prices to help the cast get the production off to a good start. Students can get in that night for $8.

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Posey wins gold LEXI BAINAS CITIZEN

The Valley’s Bryn Posey, 17, has earned herself a gold medal by scoring the highest mark in B.C. on her recent Royal Conservatory of Music examination. She studies with Kathy Lassche. Regional gold medals are awarded each academic year to candidates who achieve the highest mark in their respective province or designated region. Eligible candidates must score at least 80 per cent on their practical examination and must have completed the co-requisite theory examinations for their respective grade and discipline. The Royal Conservatory of Music is one of the world’s most respected music education institutions.

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First performances go well for Valley singers

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The Valley’s two contestants on the popular YTV Show, The Next Star SuperGroup, are giving their best this week and next as the judges prepare to cut their first groups. Parker Schmidt is singing with Electric Ave and their first effort, Eleven Past One’s The World Is Ours, won lots of applause from the audience. Lynnea Bruce, with the girl group, Neon Crush Club, also wowed the crowd with the Selena Gomez number Love You Like a Love Song. But the competition is keen: the other boy band, calling themselves Young Reckless, sang Troublemaker by Olly Murs while the rest of the girls, who are grouped under the name Lux, performed What About Us by the Saturdays. Romance and drama were already making an appearance on the show as well as fans got to see the cast relaxing in their SuperGroup house as well as going through the process of choosing

The brightly coloured paintings are so exuberant that they draw you in when you visit the Open Heart Art show at Portals. [LEXI BAINAS/CITIZEN] Parker Schmidt, right, and his fiveman band Electric Ave, sing on The Next Star: SuperGroup. [SUBMITTED] a name and style and rehearsing. Over this week and the next, the judges first heard the girl groups go head-to-head and then the boy groups face off the following Tuesday before announcing who’s going home. Then, the final two prepare for a fantastic finale show that will see the judges pick the next SuperGroup.

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Bright and brilliant artwork by enthusiastic artists who are part of the Clements Centre’s Open Heart Art and All Fired Up Pottery programs were featured recently at the Cowichan Valley Arts Council’s Portals gallery. The artists themselves were in attendance on opening day and CVAC board member Judy Brayden said the sight of them taking show visitors around to see their self-portraits and other work was very moving. “People loved them. A lot of these are sold, too,” she said. The show continues to March 28.

Paola Rueda Thompson, 14, attends Grade 8 at Cowichan High, the Quamichan School Campus. Paola is an exchange student from Mexico City, Mexico and is taking piano lessons with Susan Davies. Paola has always wanted to learn how to read music and to play the piano. Her lessons end up being in Spanglish (mostly English with some Spanish thrown in) and it’s fun. COURTESY COWICHANMUSICTEACHERS.COM

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The Cowichan Valley Fine Arts Show is fast approaching and if you are an artist who’s new to the area, the Cowichan Valley Arts Council is calling for submissions. “We’re hoping to get some really new and exciting pieces from the artists this year,” said CVAC’s Morgan Saddington. “We can take up to 150 pieces and we do have our stipulation that it can’t have been seen anywhere else on the Island so that’s an incentive for the artists to push themselves.” This will be the 44th annual show. Over that time, it has appeared under a variety of names but the quality of the art on show has never varied. One of Vancouver Island’s largest open art exhibitions and sales, this big event will be held at the Island Savings Centre in the Cowichan Suite and CVAC’s own Portals gallery right next door from May 1-4. This showcase includes a wide range of works by both artists and artisans and continuing again this year is what CVAC calls “The Best of the Best”; 35-plus juried pieces selected from the show will than be hosted in special shows in two venues in the Cowichan Valley, during May and June. Anyone attending the Fine Arts Show will also be able to vote in the popular “People’s Choice”

event as well. Artists are preparing their entries now. All students, emerging and professional artists and artisans, aged 16 or older and who are members in good standing with CVAC, are eligible to enter one piece of original artwork that has not been previously shown in any other venue. All pieces submitted to show will be juried by three professional jurors who will offer comments opening night, April 30, 2014 at 6:30 p.m. “It’s great to be able to hear some feedback from the jurors during the walk and talk evening,” said. “Artists want to hear what appeals, what works and what doesn’t.” Artwork must be original and can come from the fields of painting, printmaking, photography, mixed media, digital imagery, sculpture, jewelry and furniture making, glass, wood or metal working and functional ceramics. Entry information is available on the CVAC website www.cowichan valleyartscouncil.ca or at Portals in the Island Savings Centre opposite the Ticket Centre. In-person registration will take place during a window on Wednesday, April 2 to Saturday, April 5, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. each day, at Portals. No mailed-in registration forms will be accepted.

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Cowichan Valley Citizen | Wednesday, March 26, 2014

Mourning is a personal but not always a totally private thing

mong the numerous issues that North Cowichan council has had to deal with recently was the sensitive one of passing a bylaw that limits personal CHRONICLES items left beside T.W. Paterson graves in Mountain View Cemetery, Somenos Road. Sensitive issue, indeed, as this one drew some very emotional responses to council and letters to the editor of the Citizen. Speaking as a lifelong cemetery groupie who has visited hundreds of graveyards on the Island and throughout southern B.C., I can truly appreciate the feelings of those who choose to mark their loved ones’ graves with more than, say, flowers. Just as I can appreciate, albeit to a lesser extent, the concerns of council for the ease and costs of maintenance and, not to be ignored, the safety of workers. Council finally resolved that “artificial wreaths, or potted plants on the grave plots are permitted from Dec. 1 to Feb. 28...planted shrubs, flowers or use of glass containers are not permitted and all flower/plant arrangements and wreaths may be removed at the discretion of cemetery staff”. Years ago, an up-Island city council wanted to cut the costs of cutting the grass by flattening all standing headstones and monuments in the public cemetery to ground-level so that city workers could finish in less time and at less expense. This would have meant, literally, burying beautiful works of the stonemasons’ and monument-makers’ art, many of the markers being inscribed on all sides. Fortunately, this proposal was met with such an outcry that council had to back down, and this cemetery remains as it’s meant to be, an oasis of peace and respect for its occupants, and an intriguing walk through history for visitors. City workers still cut the grass, of course, one man on

mountain climber, although I recognized the name. Then it struck me. After a lifetime of labour, Nigel Kingscote is finally resting — on his shovel. My point is, you can be truly creative with your remembrances of loved ones in a public cemetery, and not necessarily at great expense, judging by my observations. Mourning, remembrance, however we

term it, is a very personal thing, unique to each and every one of us, and unique to the relationship between the deceased and the griever. We express ourselves in different ways, not always visible to others. For those who chose to remember in stone, the result has been a public statement that speaks to us down through the ages. www.twpaterson.com

Cemeteries are more flexible in the types of grave markers that they allow. This attractive wooden headstone is in the St. Ann’s, Tzouhalem cemetery.—TWP a ride-around mower. I’ve watched him move quickly and efficiently, an artist in his own right, amid the small forest of headstones with their poignant inscriptions and decorative touches. I’ve also seen countless expressions of the love of bereaved parents, siblings and spouses in my cemetery travels, some of them so touching that they tug at the hearts of strangers. My all-time favourite, in St. Ann’s, Tzouhalem cemetery, is a plain headstone, of concrete. It’s that of a boy identified only as David — his name spelled out in marbles. Another grave for a boy, this one in Chemainus Cemetery, is also one-of-akind. The surface of the grave, of poured concrete, looks very much like bedcovers and pillow. A bronze sculpture in the St. Andrew’s, Cowichan Station, cemetery is the most outstanding I’ve seen to date. The grave of well-known Cowichan Bay farmer Nigel Kingscote shows two hands clenching a staff. The bronze is so realistic, I swear I can see the pores and wrinkles! My first impression was, with its Matterhorn-shaped stone backdrop, he was a

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This year we are proud to celebrate the 30year relationship between the SOBC movement and the New Car Dealers of B.C., a partnership that has played a critical part in the growth of the volunteer non-profit organization. The SOBC is dedicated to providing opportunities for individuals with intellectual disabilities

and their pursuit with sports training and competition. Since 1984, the Foundation has raised more than $3.6 million for the SOBC. One of the many ways New Car Dealers support SOBC athletes and programs is during the annual Vancouver International Auto Show. Each year, partial proceeds of the Preview Gala dinner and awards ceremony go towards the Foundation. This year’s gala will include awards presentation for the 2013 Salespeople of the Year and the first-annual Community Driver Awards. The 94th annual Vancouver International Auto Show, which runs from March 25 to 30 at the Vancouver Convention Centre, is also a great family-friendly opportunity to check out cool new models and concepts for the year ahead.

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Plymouth Satellite, funds from which will go towards the MS Society of Canada. The second is a 1966 Ford Mustang Coupe, profits from which will be donated to the New Car Dealers Foundation for causes like the SOBC. If you or someone you know is looking for valuable career information, we also have everything you need to know about your options in our industry. And believe me, today, the options are endless, with positions that include everything from salespeople to mechanics, eCommerce Managers and Digital Marketing specialists. For more information on the show please visit: http://vancouverinternationalautoshow.com Blair Qualey is President and CEO of the New Car Dealers Association of BC. Email him at bqualey@newcardealers.ca..

Living

Wednesday, March 26, 2014 | Cowichan Valley Citizen

Local author to speak on the value of writing memoirs and family histories Local author, historian and newspaper columnist T.W. Paterson will speak on “Legacy: the Gift That Keeps On Giving,” at the Duncan branch of the Vancouver Island Regional Library, 2 p.m., April 3. The title of the presentation is Paterson’s definition for one’s life story or family history written for the family archives. “As an author, historian and pub-

lisher, I take great exception to that put-down of anyone who self publishes, as indulging in ‘vanity press’. For most of the writers I’ve had the privilege of working with over the past 40 years, it’s no such thing,” Paterson said. “Usually, they had something they wanted to say — something that was not only important to them but that they believed worth sharing with the world. Where’s

the vanity in that?” Experience has taught him that one doesn’t have to be a professional to write well: “If you believe in something strongly enough, and you know your subject well enough, the eloquence can come naturally with, perhaps, some editing assistance. I helped a man, in his 70s, with a Grade 3 education, publish his book about a family tragedy. Everyone I know who’s

read it was favourably impressed. And he’s no exception.” Genealogy has become immensely popular but a family tree goes only so far. “No amount of research can fill in all the gaps. That’s why I urge people to record their own life story for future generations of their family if not for the world at large,” says Paterson. “Almost weekly, I’m asked to

interview some elderly person with a great story to tell. But I can’t give them the time that would be involved. “So we’re losing them and we’re losing their life’s experiences that should have been recorded. With today’s technology, there’s simply no excuse for this happening. I want to show people how easily it can be done, and how vitally important it is that it is done.”

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COWICHAN BAY ZONING BYLAW NO. 3705, AND ZONING AMENDMENT BYLAW NO. 3805 (APPLICABLE TO ELECTORAL AREA D – COWICHAN BAY) Notice is hereby given that a Public Hearing will be held as follows to consider the above described Bylaws:

DATE: Wednesday, April 2, 2014 TIME: 7:00 p.m. PLACE: Island Savings Centre, Mesachie Room, 2687 James Street, Duncan, BC The CVRD Board adopted Area D – Cowichan Bay Of¿cial Community Plan Bylaw No. 3605 in April, 2013 and now wishes to enact zoning and development regulations to give effect to the Of¿cial Community Plan in a manner which is consistent with the Local Government Act of British Columbia and the Cowichan Estuary Environmental Management Plan, Provincial Order-in-Council No. 1652. Bylaws 3705 and 3805 apply to lands within CVRD Electoral Area D – Cowichan Bay, except designated First Nations lands, as shown on the following map: Bylaw No. 3705 applies to all lands within Electoral Area D – Cowichan Bay excluding those lands which are subject to the Cowichan Estuary Environmental Management Plan and also excluding lands zoned W1, W2, W3, W3A, W6, W7 or C5 under CVRD Electoral Area D – Cowichan Bay Zoning Bylaw No. 1015, 1986. Bylaw No. 3705 would enact zoning and other regulations in accordance with the Local Government Act including: • Pursuant to Section 903, to regulate the use of land, buildings and structures; • Pursuant to Section 903, to regulate the density of the use of land, buildings and structures, and the siting, size and dimensions of buildings and structures and the uses that are permitted on the land; • Pursuant to Section 903, to regulate the shape, dimension and area, including minimum and maximum sizes, of all parcels of land that may be created by subdivision; • Pursuant to Section 904, to establish different density regulations for certain zones including those generally applicable for the zone and others which apply subject to conditions including the provision of amenities; • Pursuant to Section 906, to regulate the provision of off-street parking and loading spaces; • Pursuant to Section 907, to regulate the maximum percentage of the area of land that may be covered by impervious material; • Pursuant to Section 908, to regulate the number, size, type, form, appearance and location of any signs; • Pursuant to Section 909, to set standards for and regulate the provision of screening and landscaping to mask or separate certain land uses; and • Pursuant to Section 946, to establish minimum parcel areas for parcels that may be subdivided under that Section; • Pursuant to Division 1, Part 22, to enact regulations respecting the keeping of animals; and • Pursuant to Division 3, Part 22, to enact regulations respecting nuisances and disturbances. Zones to be established under Bylaw No. 3705 include: Agricultural Zones A1 Agricultural Resource A1A Agricultural Processing A1T Agricultural Accommodation A4 Agricultural Recreation A7 Agricultural Service Residential Zones RR1 Rural Residential 1 RR2 Rural Residential 2 CR1 Cluster Residential 1 R1 Manufactured Home Park 1 R2 Rural Village Residential 2 R2A Rural Village Residential Semi Detached R3 Village Residential R3A Village Residential Semi Detached RM2 Village Residential Townhouse 2 RM3 Village Residential Townhouse 3 RM4 Village Residential Apartment 4 CR2 Village Cluster Residential 2

Commercial + Mixed Use Zones C2 Rural Commercial 2 C3 Rural Service Commercial 3 C4 Village Commercial Accommodation 4 C5 Village Commercial 5 C6 Village Service Commercial 6 C7 Village Business Park Commercial 7 MU1 Mixed Use Commercial 1 MU2 Mixed Use Residential 2 MU3 Mixed Use Commercial 3 Industrial Zones RUR1 Rural Resource 1 RUR3 Rural Resource Quarry/Aggregate 3 RUR3A Rural Resource Quarry/Aggregate 3A Parks + Institutional Zones P1 Park Conservation 1 P2 Park Recreation 2 P3 Community Institutional 3

Bylaw No. 3705 includes Schedule A – Zoning Designations. At the public hearing, all persons who believe that their interest in property is affected by Bylaw Nos. 3705 or 3805 will be afforded a reasonable opportunity to be heard and to present written submissions respecting matters contained in proposed Bylaw No. 3705 and Bylaw No. 3805 before representatives of the Regional Board. Written submissions will be accepted at the public hearing up to its closure. Prior to the public hearing, submit written comments on the bylaws by: Fax: 250-746-2621 Email: ds@cvrd.bc.ca Mail and/or deposit to the Regional District of¿ce, 175 Ingram Street, Duncan, BC V9L 1N8 until 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday, April 2, 2014. The public should not assume that correspondence submitted on the proposed bylaws prior to commencement of the statutory noti¿cation period on Wednesday, March 26, 2014 will be made available to the CVRD Board. Please be advised that the CVRD Board cannot receive correspondence or comment following the close of the public hearing. For further information, please call the Planning & Development Department at 250-746-2620. FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT: Ann Kjerulf, Senior Planner, Planning & Development Department at 250-746-2620.

Bylaw No. 3805 is complementary to Bylaw No. 3705 because it removes all lands that will be zoned under Bylaw No. 3705 from CVRD Electoral Area D – Cowichan Bay Zoning Bylaw No. 1015, 1986. Speci¿cally, the following zones will be removed: Agricultural Zones A-1A Primary Agricultural – Processing A-4 Agricultural Recreation A-5 Agricultural Market R-2(A) Two Family Suburban Residential Residential Zones SR-2 Semi Village Residential 2 R-3 Urban Residential R-3A Urban Residential – Duplex R-3B Urban Residential – Limited Height RM-2 Medium Density Multi-Family Residential RM-3 High Density Multi-Family Residential MP-1 Mobile Home Park

Commercial Zones C-1 Convenience Store Commercial C-2 Local Commercial C-2(A) Local Commercial C-3 Service Commercial C-4 Tourist Recreational Commercial C-6 Country Village Commercial Industrial Zones I-1 Light Industrial I-2 Heavy Industrial I-4 Aggregate and Mineral Processing Industrial

Bylaw No. 3805 is also intended to amend Bylaw No. 1015 by adding regulations for off-street parking and loading pursuant to Section 906 of the Local Government Act. Parking and loading regulations are currently included in CVRD Bylaw No. 1001. Bylaw No. 3805 includes Schedule A – Zoning Designations. The holding of the Public Hearing is delegated to Director L. Iannidinardo, Director M. Marcotte, and Director L. Duncan. Decisions to adopt Bylaw No. 3705 and Bylaw No. 3805 will not be made until the record of public hearing is provided to the CVRD Board.. A copy of the proposed bylaws, the resolution delegating the holding of the public hearing, and other documents that may be considered by the Board in determining whether to adopt the bylaws are available for public inspection at the CVRD Planning & Development Department ofÀce: 175 Ingram Street, Duncan BC From Wednesday, March 26, 2014 to Wednesday, April 2, 2014, between the hours 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday. A copy of the bylaws and supporting material may also be viewed on the CVRD website at the following address: http://www.cvrd.bc.ca/index.aspx?NID=1282

Sports

Cowichan Valley Citizen | Wednesday, March 26, 2014

Stellers advance to Div. 3 final in ladies field hockey KEVIN ROTHBAUER CITIZEN

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Bighill a big draw for Bulldogs’ spring camp KEVIN ROTHBAUER CITIZEN

Young football players from across Vancouver Island and the Lower Mainland gathered in Duncan last weekend for toplevel instruction from an impressive collection of coaches, including one of the BC Lions’ best players. Two-time CFL all-star Adam Bighill was the main attraction at Cowichan Football’s second annual spring football camp, as more than 70 players from 10 different clubs took part. “It was incredible to have so many players and coaches from all over B.C. all together for one purpose — football,” camp organizer and Cowichan atom coach Devon Lawrence said. “Our Cowichan Spring Camp has really turned into a B.C. youth football camp.” Bighill, the Lions’ star linebacker, was impressed with the turnout. “Adam was amazed and excited to have so many different players attend the camp,” Lawrence said. “He commented that it made the camp that much more intense not only for him, but for the players.” Joining Bighill as guest coaches were Cobble Hill’s Whitman Tomusiak, who recently signed with the BC Lions after a standout career with the Vancouver Island Raiders, and fourth-year Raider Hayden Mebs. Cowichan midget coach Opie Williams was also on hand to instruct the young players. The camp started on Saturday with ses-

Playing out of position at running back, BC Lions linebacker Adam Bighill is mobbed by defence players during a drill on Sunday. [KEVIN ROTHBAUER/CITIZEN] sions at McAdam Park. Players were initially mixed into new groups and run through a circuit where they got to try out every position. This was followed by a safe contact tackling station directed by Lawrence, teaching proper tackling technique where the head is taken out of hitting.

“This is a new program from Football Canada being taught to all football coaches which teaches the players at a young age that the helmet is there to protect the head and not to be used to make a tackle,” Lawrence explained. The rest of the day gave players the

chance to pick their position, allowing them to work with coaches that specialize in the respective roles. Camp resumed on Sunday at Duncan Christian School, where the players were split into their respective age groups and into offence and defence groups. “Each offence and defence was given time to develop positions and plays which they would test using the skills they had learned the day previous,” Lawrence said. Finally, the players put their skills to the test with scrimmages to end the camp. “The peewee game was fast and intense where the combined atom/pre-atom teams focused more on the fundamentals with emphasis on fun,” Lawrence said. Naturally, Bighill was the biggest draw for the young players and their parents, but the camp is also one of just a few for pre-atom to pee wee age players in the province. “They said there are always camps for the older players which take place at places like UBC or Football BC, but usually nothing for the younger players,” Lawrence noted. “That is the reason Cowichan Football opened the camp up to other organizations as having players from a diverse group makes it more exciting as everyone brings something new.” The Bulldogs will begin the spring season this Saturday when all three teams will take part in the Greater Victoria Football Association’s jamboree.

Capitals teams finish fourth at provincial championships KEVIN ROTHBAUER CITIZEN

Marcus Steen made a good point. Although the pee wee Tier 1 Cowichan Valley Capitals had just lost the battle for third-place at the provincial championships in Vancouver, the young hockey player pointed out to his teammates that, of all the pee wee teams in the province, they were the fourth-best. “Those were encouraging words from Marcus, for sure,” his coach, Brett Hopwo, said. “It put it all into perspective. It was pretty mature for him.” The pee wee and bantam Tier 1 teams from the Cowichan Valley Minor Hockey Association placed fourth at their respective provincial tournaments — remarkable results considering how many teams there are in B.C. The pee wee Caps finished with three wins and three losses, playing competitive hockey against every team in the tournament, with their best game coming in a 6-5 loss to a surprising Cranbrook team, which would go on to place second. Cowichan opened the tourney with a 5-4 victory over Prince George, getting goals from Steen, Corson Hopwo, Cody Shepheard, Luc Wilson and Jojo TanakaCampbell. The second game was a 6-2 setback against Burnaby Winter Club, with Shepheard and Kahlil Fontana providing the offence. The Capitals got back in the win column in their third game, an 8-6 win over Vancouver. Shepheard led the way with five goals, while Hopwo, Wilson and Isaac Leik also

The bantam Tier 1 Cowichan Valley Capitals line up outside their bus at the provincial championship tournament in Prince George. [SUBMITTED] scored, and Fontana had four assists. Cowichan edged Kelowna 5-4 next, thanks to two goals apiece from Hopwo and Wilson and one from Tanaka-Campbell. The game against Cranbrook gave Cowichan a chance to make the gold-medal game, and they battled for it, getting goals from Fontana, Steen, Wilson, Owen Easton and Nathan Goliath in the 6-5 defeat. The Capitals’ final game turned out to be for third place, but the exhausted team ended up on the wrong side of a 9-0 final score against Seafair. The Capitals got solid goaltending all year, and the provincial tournament was no different. Sacha Rouselle’s week included a 39save outing against Vancouver, while Will Gurski’s high point was a 50-save performance against Seafair. “In the whole tournament, Will was our

most consistent performer,” coach Hopwo said. The bantam Capitals finished their tournament in Prince George with two wins, two losses and a tie, and were the only team to take a point away from the champions, North Shore Winter Club. “We knew that if the kids looked after themselves, went in with the right mindset and played 60 minutes each game we would be able to compete with these teams,” head coach Derek Topping said. “Even in the games we lost we had our chances to turn the game around in our favour but were unable to capitalize on our chances early on.” The Capitals were shut out 6-0 by Kamloops in their first game, but came back to beat Prince George 5-0 later the same day. Ben Berard scored twice against Prince

George, while Dawson Frank, Kei Lowes and Trey Watson had singles. The Caps lost 5-1 to Burnaby Winter Club, with Kyle Topping scoring the lone goal. They then defeated Kelowna 6-4 on two goals from Berard and one each from Topping, Watson, Braydon Nelson and Dylan Hartl. Finally, they wrapped things up by tying NSWC 1-1 on a goal by Topping. Other players who performed well at the tournament were Brad Bagnall, Griffin Webb, Samson Maclean, and goalies Chris Akerman, who shut out Prince George, and Derek Krall, who had great games against BWC and NSWC. Coach Topping expressed specific gratitude to bus drivers Neville Townsend and Doug Callsen, and to the parents, especially Staci Nelson and Gina Easton, who prepared all team meals.

Sports

Cowichan Valley Citizen | Wednesday, March 26, 2014

DL Gowanlock leads Bulldogs contingent at BC Senior Bowl

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Defensive lineman B ro ck Gowanlock led the way as three players from the midget Cowichan Bulldogs took part in the 2014 Football BC Senior Bowl and the week-long camp that preceded it last week. The Senior Bowl brings together the top Grade 12 players in community and high school football across B.C. Gowanlock was joined for the camp and game by Bulldogs teammates Eric (Wheels) Williams and Mackey Singh. A fourth player, Landon Conville, was invited, but was unable to attend. Gowanlock, who was named the defensive MVP at the 2013 Star Bowl, was among the standouts throughout the camp, and was honoured as one of the top defensive linemen. “Talking with Adam Bighill, he said that Brock was lighting it up at the day he helped out,” midget Bulldogs head coach Opie Williams said, quoting the BC Lions all-star linebacker. Receiver Eric Williams was the only Bulldog on Team Friesen, which won the Senior Bowl 24-6

Lineman Brock Gowanlock brings down an opponent. [CITIZEN FILE] over Team Kelly. “His speed would have impressed the coaches, but his other talent as a returner isn’t as noticeable in a camp,” Opie Williams said. Singh joined Gowanlock on Team Kelly. “Mackey was one of our dominating offensive lineman, and I hope he was able to show his skills,” the coach said. Opie Williams expected that the coaches representing the BC Football Conference, including

his own former Victoria Payless teammate Shane Beatty of the Okanagan Sun, would be speaking to the Bulldogs players, although he’d be happy to have them stick around for another season of midget. “I was very excited to have these players go to Senior Bowl,” he said. “I would have liked to have more going but that is how it is. They would have put on a great performance and I have my work cut out keeping them.”

Mike Waller (above) and Ryan Rai (below) of the Cowichan Rocks Curling Club provided a shot of local content as the International Tankard, a 52year-old bonspiel featuring players from clubs across B.C. and the western U.S., made a stop in Lake Cowichan on March 8 and 9. [LEXI BAINAS/CITIZEN]

Storm seeking new field lacrosse players of all ages KEVIN ROTHBAUER CITIZEN

The Cowichan Storm are inviting women and girls of all ages to give field lacrosse a try with a free clinic at their registration day at the Cowichan Sportsplex this Saturday. The Storm run a range of girls programs, as well as a senior women’s team. “It’s fun, it’s fast paced, it teaches team spirit, it provides entertainment, it’s a great form of exercise and it’s a great way to make new friends,” registrar Tammy Knowles said. New players are welcome, and the club has sticks to borrow. The clinic runs from 10 to 11 a.m. for players 8-13, and from 11:15 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. for players

The Cowichan Storm senior women’s team in action. [CITIZEN FILE] ages 14 and up. Registration for all levels of lacrosse takes place from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

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Hawks make history with first Mill Bay league championship 2-1 with about five minutes left. The Chiefs managed to even the score once again, sending the game to overtime, where they staved off elimination with the winning goal at 2:31. Game five was eerily familiar. Tied 1-1 at the halfway point once again, the Hawks went ahead 2-1 and 3-2, but the stubborn Chiefs kept coming back. With just over two minutes to go, the Hawks finally scored a goal that the Chiefs couldn’t answer for and held on to win 4-3 The Chiefs had the final series’ two leading scorers in Brendin Schievink (seven goals and two assists) and Jimmy Gordon (1G, 7A). The Hawks’ scoring was more spread out: the top line included Blair Wallace (6G, 2A), Tanner Wiersma (3G, 4A), and Matt Wylie (1G, 2A), and was boosted by all-purpose skater A.J. Dzhevelekyan (4G, 3A). “In my mind, A.J. was the most dominant player on that team,” Johnson said. After the season came to an end, a team of MBRHL all-stars played an exhibition against the junior B Kerry Park Islanders, winning 14-6. The league will be expanding outside of Mill Bay next season with the addition of the Horses, a successful tournament team based at Fuller Lake Arena, and more teams from other parts of the Cowichan Valley are also welcome. Anyone interested in joining should contact Al at 250-999-5463 or 250-743-9902.

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After nearly having to give up on the season before it even started, the Hawks stuck it out and made history with their first Mill Bay Rec Hockey League championship in 20 years in the circuit. The Hawks just about had to fold due to a lack of players, which would have cut the league down to just three teams. But they managed to form a squad, then finished first on the circuit in the regular season, and finally upended the Chiefs to win it all. It may have been the Hawks’ first win, but it wasn’t their first kick at the final series. “They’d been there a couple of years ago,” MBRHL commissioner Al Johnson said. “They took the Titans to the fifth game and lost.” For finishing first in the regular season, the Hawks got to face the fourth-place Bandits in the semifinals, while the second-place Chiefs played the Bruins. The Hawks swept the Bandits three games to none and the Chiefs eliminated the Bruins in four games, setting up a championship battle that would go the distance. The Chiefs won the opener 4-1, but the Hawks bounced back with 7-2 and 6-3 victories. The Hawks appeared to have a stranglehold on the series, but the Chiefs would have something to say about that in the game four barnburner. The teams were tied 1-1 halfway through, and the Hawks went up

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Newcomers Storm win CWFL debut KEVIN ROTHBAUER CITIZEN

The Cowichan Women’s Football League kicked off the season last Sunday with the newly created Storm hoping to make an impact out of the gate while the Crew were looking to defend their league championship. The Storm got off to the start they wanted, winning their first game ever 13-12 over Moo’s Law. The teams played a tight first half, as the Storm got interceptions from Andrea Kucherawy, Joanne Angus and rookie Miranda Mann. The Law, however, got on the scoreboard first thanks to a second-quarter touchdown by Daneve Mackie. The Storm’s defensive dominance continued in the second half as Angus and Lana Mann

recorded picks. Toni Williams scored another touchdown for the Law, but the Storm got going on offence with a touchdown by Angus. As time ticked down, rookie Elia Zanon caught a pass in the end zone to tie the score, and quarterback Rachel Paddle connected with Miranda Mann for the single point, securing victory. Also getting on the stats sheet for the Law were Nicki Flynn and Ashley Chadwick with interceptions. The Crew weren’t as fortunate in their season opener, falling 18-13 to the Blue Steel. Elija Espeseth had two touchdowns for the Blue Steel, while Mila Main had a touchdown and an interception, and Heidi Padjen recorded one pick.

For the Crew, Janelle Mould and Jennie Hittinger had touchdowns, and Mould added the convert on Hittinger’s major. Hittinger and Morgan Kinahan came up with picks, and Darci Zibin had an impressive showing in her first game with a sack and a blocked punt. In the afternoon game, the Sirens defeated the Wild 20-6. Deanne Mearns, Tara Brooks and Christine Cronin scored touchdowns for the Wild, while Mearns, Cronin and Jessica Kato-Koch had interceptions and Sabrina DesRochers added a sack. The Wild got their lone touchdown from Keri McKelvie, while Marika Masters had two interceptions and Val Chambers had one, and Jen Lewis recorded a sack.

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