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School closures leave preschool out in the cold EVICTED: After and before school programs out SARAH SIMPSON CITIZEN

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For seven years, preschool, before school and after school programs have been run out of Drinkwater Elementary.

That run will stop at the end of the school year because Mark Sorenson’s crucial service, which cares for upwards of 40 kids before and after school, on professional days, and “pretty much every day except for stat holidays and two weeks at Christmas,” is being asked to leave the premises.

No, Sorenson hasn’t done anything wrong. He’s being asked to leave because of the new school realignment announced last week.

The space he occupies is needed for the influx of students next school year.

“Lots of working parents are going to be stuck with nowhere for their kids to go,” Sorenson said Wednesday. “We have lots of family daycares in the area but quite often they don’t want to take any after school kids because they have limited numbers. As a parent with two children here, I’ve now got no place for them to go and it leaves me with no job.”

Sorenson said the program is

well established at the school and he doesn’t want to “bash” School District 79 and provinciallyappointed Trustee Mike McKay. “He had to make decisions based on dollars and cents. There’s lots of children who can now come to this school, but now we are being punished because they need the room.”

Running the program from a different location poses challenges Sorenson can’t see a way to overcome.

“Having to transport the children… it’s not going to work,” he said. “It’s way safer for the children to be at the school. For kindergarten and Grade 1, I pick them up and drop them off right at their classroom.”

The best-case scenario, Sorenson said, is for the school district to consider bringing a portable back to the site out of which he can run his programs.

“The wiring is still there from a few years ago when seismic upgrades were done and portables housed classes,” he said. “It’s just buried there.”

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Duncan opposes bid for ALR exclusion for new detachment KEVIN ROTHBAUER CITIZEN

Expressing concerns with both the proposed site of a new RCMP station and the process that led to the site’s selection, Duncan city council voted on Tuesday not to support North Cowichan’s application for an Agricultural Land Reserve exclusion.

North Cowichan needs to take land out of the ALR to make room for the proposed new detachment headquarters on the northeast corner of the intersection of the Trans Canada Highway and Beverly Street — part of the Somenos Marsh. To get the exclusion, North Cowichan needs approval from the provincial Agricultural Land Commission, and Duncan council decided on Tuesday to send a letter to the commission opposing the exclusion.

There wasn’t enough consultation with the public and other local governments, Duncan council felt.

“It wasn’t a process that kept us all informed as to the criteria,” Duncan Mayor Phil Kent explained. “We still believe it should be a collaborative process and as transparent as possible.”

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“It wasn’t a process that kept us all informed as to the criteria,” PHIL KENT, Duncan mayor

bure made a presentation to Duncan council earlier in Tuesday’s meeting, explaining the process and asking for support. He pointed out that land elsewhere would be entered into the ALR to make up for the exclusion.

Lefebure acknowledged the issues surrounding building on

the marsh, but noted that a constructed wetland area would accompany the new facility, which should help alleviate storm water concerns.

“That’s something that should go ahead irrespective of [detachment construction],” he said. “Storm water remediation on that site would be only to our benefit.”

Although Duncan does not currently pay for the RCMP — its share is covered by the province — the city remains a stakeholder in policing services, said Kent.

Duncan councillors questioned Lefebure about alternate sites for the detachment, including the current site of school district head offices, which the district has announced it plans to sell, and Quamichan Middle School, which could also end up on the block if a new secondary school is built. Lefebure was also asked why no public meetings have been held regarding the site.

“Most people believe this is a done deal,” said Coun. Sharon Jackson. “But from what you’re saying tonight, it doesn’t sound like it is.”

“It is far from a done deal,” Lefebure replied. “There could be several challenges down the road.”

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Two events ready to celebrate the nations KEVIN ROTHBAUER CITIZEN

As the Walk of the Nations approaches, the Young Professionals of Cowichan are ramping up their support with a gala at the Quw’utsun’ Cultural Centre this Saturday night.

“Celebrating the Nations” will incorporate a Coast Salish Art Show, tapas-style dinner and silent auction, along with entertainment by the Tzinqua Dancers and the Janalee Trio jazz band.

Tickets are $75, with all proceeds supporting Walk of the Nations and related initiatives.

“The idea is to help support programs founded on building relationships between the communities,” said YPC spokesperson Ryan Bruce. “We are working on building those relationships at a young age. A lot of those programs already exist, so the money will go towards those kinds of programs.”

The gala begins at 6:30 p.m.

Tickets are still available by contacting Bruce at pr@ypcowichan.ca or 250-331-1465.

The fifth annual Walk of the Nations takes place on Saturday, June 1, beginning at Vancouver Island University’s Cowichan

Ryan Bruce, Young Professionals Campus at 10:30 a.m. Walk of the Nations began after the 2008 North American Indigenous Games as a way to continue the relationships that were formed by the games.

BC Transit and the Cowichan Regional District will provide free handyDART service to qualified, pre-registered participants in the Walk of the Nations.

Participants must call Volunteer Cowichan at 250-748-2133 before May 31 to book pick-up and dropoff times.

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Make commute on two wheels SARAH SIMPSON CITIZEN

Monday to Friday is just five days but it’s five days that could forever change the way folks look at their commutes to work.

Monday, May 27 through Friday, May 31 is Bike to Work Week and the organizers at Cycle Cowichan and their friends at ICBC and the North Cowichan/ Duncan RCMP are reminding people to stay safe when they take to the roads.

“The North Cowichan/ Duncan RCMP would like everyone to get home safe,” said detachment spokesman Cpl. Jon Stuart.

“They will be stepping up patrols, with a focus on helmet compliance and encouraging cyclists to be safe.”

Wear a helmet, be visible, be careful and be aware, says the trio.

“At this time of year, it’s more important than ever for drivers and cyclists to be aware of each other and share the road to help prevent crashes,” said

RCMP will focus on helmets, said Cpl. Jon Stuart. [CITIZEN FILE] Kate Woochuk, local ICBC road safety coordinator. “As a driver, always be on the lookout for cyclists and give them plenty of room so they’re able to react to the unexpected. Cyclists should try to be as visible as possible and always follow the rules of the road.”

This is the sixth year the Bike to Work Cowichan campaign has run. The premise is simple: ride

your bike to work. But, for those who enjoy incentives, there is also $1,500 in prizes up for grabs.

To be eligible for the prizes, create or join a team and ride your bike to work.

Stop at the celebration stations for a drink and a snack and to put your name into the running for the awards.

This year stations will be set up from, 6:30 to 8:30 a.m. in the Power Lunch parking lot at 921 Canada Ave. on Monday and Tuesday. On Wednesday, Thursday and Friday the stations move to Charles Hoey Park where they will be are hosted by the Garage Café.

Also on Wednesday there’ll be a station at the Kerry Park Recreation Centre for those keen South Cowichan riders.

The teams that log the most rides will win a meal at Just Jakes/Craig Street Brew pub.

Check out www.biketowork. ca/cowichan_valley for more details.

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The Town of Ladysmith was carbon neutral in 2012 thanks to its purchase of 365 tonnes of community carbon credits through Community Carbon Marketplace (CCM), a homegrown community-based alternative for emissions offsetting.

“Council is very pleased that we are able to become carbon neutral in 2012 by investing in local carbon offset credits,” Ladysmith Mayor Rob Hutchins said in a press release. “Contributing to local projects helps our communities to become both sustainable and resilient.”

Through the CCM, the first online community Carbon market on the continent, the credits were purchased from the emissions reductions of the Cowichan BioDiesel Co-op, Vancouver Island Salt Co., Greasecycle Inc., and the Island Bio-Diesel Co-op.

CCM is accessible by community-based greenhouse gas (GHG) initiatives and local governments, and directs offsetting dollars “to invest in the development of a local low-carbon green economy to balance communities for a

healthy planet,” said the release.

The CCM is a new initiative of Cowichan Energy Alternatives, a community non-profit organization.

“This is exactly the way I believe the carbon market should be working: supporting a paradigm shift to a truly sustainable, globally minded economy in a way that increases the viability of renewable alternatives at a local level,” said Brian Roberts, executive director of Cowichan Energy Alternatives.

To date, 178 out of 182 communities in British Columbia have committed to becoming carbon neutral.

CCM’s carbon credits are now sold out and Roberts is calling on organizations working on green project that reduces GHG emissions to touch base and see if they qualify for the CCM program.

“You may be generating revenue, which until now you haven’t been able to access,” he said. “This is a call for community organizations and businesses to bring their green initiatives to the CCM to determine eligibility to be part of the first online market for exchanging community carbon credits.”

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RCMP to be on the water this summer SARAH SIMPSON CITIZEN

A small cash infusion can go a long way.

Shawnigan Lake RCMP Sgt. Rob Webb and Lake Cowichan RCMP Cpl. Larry Olson thanked the Cowichan Valley Regional District’s regional services committee, Wednesday, for helping to finance their summer policing initiatives on Cowichan’s two largest lakes.

It’s really paying off, Webb said.

“With your support, we’ve been fatality-free on the water the last three years,” the officer in charge of the Shawnigan Lake detachment explained. “Overall, with the help of your funding, we have the extra visibility and the presence when we’re on the water and it brings the lake [activity] down to a dull roar or less. Our boat is very visible and just the presence alone helps out there.”

For the last several years the CVRD has given each lakeside detachment $6,500 to help with the costs of running water patrols.

The funds received mean each detachment can spend between 80 to 100 hours on Shawnigan and Cowichan lakes during the peak usage season. That translates generally to police on the water two out of every three weekend-days from the end of June through to September.

The money tends to be put toward overtime wages, at least in Lake Cowichan, where staff is thin on the ground and officers are typically asked to do boat patrols on their days off, Olson said.

He said both the Mounties and citizens in Lake Cowichan very much appreciate the support.

“Our area doubles [in population] over the summer and the boating activity swells as well,” he noted.

Olson said this year police hope to be more visible to tubers on the Cowichan River.

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Eco Depot lands being subdivided for sale SARAH SIMPSON CITIZEN

CVRD Chief Administrator Warren Jones confirmed Wednesday that the 22-acre parcel of land once eyed for a South Cowichan waste transfer station is in the process of being subdivided and will soon be on the market.

“We are subdividing that property into two along Cameron Taggart Road,” Jones said at a CVRD regional services committee meeting.

About 11 acres of the property

will remain within the Agricultural Land Reserve to preserve it for agricultural purposes.

The other half of the property is zoned for agriculture and that zoning will also remain.

Hoops still need to be jumped through in terms of approval from the province.

“We’re moving forward as quickly as we can on that,” Jones said. “Staff are intent on bringing those two pieces of property to market as soon as we can. We are intent on selling it and get-

ting that money back into the bank to do other work.”

In January, CVRD officials the proceeds of the sale would likely go to the renovation and expansion of the Peerless Road waste and recycling facility in Ladysmith, which was next in line for upgrades. That work is currently being undertaken.

The sale of the property will be the final chapter in the Eco Depot debacle, one of South Cowichan’s most controversial issues in the last few years.

Cowichan Valley Meat Market “With your support, we’ve been fatality-free on the water the last three years... just the presence alone helps out there.”

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“It’s not unheard of to have 1,000-1,500 people on that river in one day,” Olson said. “We hope to use some of this money as well to do some boat patrols on the river.

That would curb a lot of some of the activities, mainly the consuming of liquor.”

The South Island Integrated Marine Unit (a bigger boat based out of Victoria) will also be making return visits to the both lakes as well this year, after being well received last year.

“Visibility, be it police cars or boats, is what people want to see, and you’re helping to make that happen,” Webb told the committee.

The CVRD has not yet formally authorized cash infusions for the two detachments’ water patrols but it was included in the 2013 budget.

The issue was referred to the electoral area services committee for further consideration.

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OUR VIEW

Time to take another look for new police site attle lines are being drawn and we think it’s time for the Municipality of North Cowichan to seriously reconsider their plan to build a new North Cowichan/Duncan RCMP detachment office on Beverly Street.

At this juncture there seems to be little to be gained by pushing forward with the idea when the Duncan part of the equation has now officially opposed the notion.

That’s essentially what they did this week in refusing to support North Cowichan’s application to the Agricultural Land Commission to see if the parcel proposed

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for the construction can be removed from the Agricultural Land Reserve.

North Cowichan has stated that the application doesn’t mean they are totally committed to the plan, but it is the first step towards finding out if it’s viable.

But it appears that whatever the commission concludes, the community has already spoken loud and clear.

Almost from the start there has been opposition to the idea. The land is not only in the ALR, but sits adjacent to Somenos Marsh, an important wetland area.

Proponents for the marsh have

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been vocal in their opposition, while others have objected to using agricultural land for nonagricultural purposes — even though any removal of the site from the ALR would come with other land being designated in its place.

This doesn’t have to turn into a big fight, where community members become angered with their elected officials (the South Cowichan Eco Depot debacle still haunts our memory).

There was some good thought put into the proposal, and there are a number of reasons why the piece of land would be a logical

choice for the project.

One, it is located in the right area, straddling the North Cowichan/Duncan boundary and close to the biggest population centre within the detachment’s coverage area.

Sorry folks who are advocating for the new building to be constructed some place like Chemainus — it simply doesn’t make sense to choose such a location.

Two, the land is already owned by the municipality, thus residents wouldn’t have to foot any extra bills to purchase property.

With the many complaints about rising taxes, it was an

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excellent instinct by staff and council that should be applauded.

However, on balance, we think council should now look to come up with a new plan. No location is likely to make everyone happy, but making this many people unhappy is just a bad idea.

Nobody disputes that a new detachment office is needed, and it’s frustrating to have to go back to the drawing board.

But surely other locations have already had some discussion and could now be reconsidered.

We think doing so will save everyone some headaches.

Council shouldn’t kowtow to Catalyst Mr. Bryan Wallis’s letter to you concerning the ongoing cry from Catalyst Paper about their being over-taxed is very pertinent to today’s economic slump.

He makes a series of very good points. It is quite absurd to keel over every time they ask for tax relief. Our last council made an expensive error when they last kowtowed to Catalyst and reduced their taxes by half with nothing back for North Cowichan.

Our then-council should have had Catalyst pay in kind for their tax debt. They should have taken as much land, mainly sea front, from Catalyst just as they would

from me if I failed to pay my taxes.

What made them let us down, timidity? Absentmindedness?

Ignorance or, heaven forbid, some form of financial advancement? (The last being highly unlikely.)

Let us look at Catalyst from a wider perspective. First, if they do go, we can do what happened at the Harmac Mill at Duke Point.

The municipality takes over Catalyst’s assets just like they would from me, but the assets then can go to the workers who maintain the work of the mill.

All through this prolonged depression the banks, the energy producers and major manufacturing have been reporting excel-

lent profits but hardly a penny of this goes to reinvestment; the major source of new jobs, nor to the shareholders who are the main supporters of the industrial markets.

It seems to be a senseless series of cash grabs coupled with no leadership or courage to reinvest.

Washington is now an oligarchy controlled by lobbyists and we probably have a trickle down effect on our own parliament and mindless senate. This is probably overstated but in essence true. It is time to reestablish strong unions and more protection for the individual entrepreneur.

John Anderson Chemainus

Mike McKay, like all of his Liberal cronies fails to understand that the closing of Yount School (A.B. Greenwell) is not just the closing of a building, it is the closing of one of the four last viable “organs” in Youbou. With the demise of the school will shortly come the closure of our community centre, as the only thing that keeps that running is the after school program.

Over this past two years we have lost our second grocery store, our pub and cold beer and wine store, our restaurant and now our school. And to make matters worse our own regional district rep doesn’t seem to care.

My emails and phone calls to Pat Weaver, to start a residents association, anything to revitalize our community, go unanswered. All we seem any good for is for people to drive out to our mill site and camp sites and dump their old couches and unwanted cats.

And now that the Liberals are in power we can forget about any help from them. As Chris Carss so rightly put it in his letter in the May 17 issue “some other form of home rule needs to be set up within B.C. so we on the island can be greater masters of our own house”.

Here in Youbou, the school and community centre are the heart of our community, but now that the children will be bused and the building closed, we might as well roll up the carpet and lock up the doors cause this town is dying, fast.

Chris Leischner Youbou Send us your letter: write 300 words or less on the topic of your choice and email us at the Cowichan Citizen at news@cowichanvalleycitizen.com

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However, the formula was never designed to meet the needs of our schools. It was implemented to limit the provincial commitment to our public school system. Predictably, this approach has been successful and has managed to strip hundreds of millions of dollars from our classrooms.

This school year our communities in Cowichan assembled in school gyms in our Valley while schools and programs were pitted against each other — competing for resources everyone needs and deserves. As it has every year for many budget cycles, we watched while the dwindling funds were funneled to the wealthiest and more influential segments of our community. As always, their voices are the most strident and eager.

Parents who have the means will duly remove their children from the public schools and enrol them in private schools which provide much better conditions, largely due to public subsidy. With the attendant enrollment drop, we will see our public schools suffer further from the ongoing funding cuts and a widening of the educational gap between the “have” and “have not” schools.

Our district has responded not by addressing the cause of our troubles but by adding fees for busing and establishing business model academies for the well heeled. This will only aggravate the inequality already built into a floundering system.

The head count funding formula along with the district’s encouragement has had our school communities bickering over who will bear the burden of further downloading of costs and hardships on our families. This will feature most severely in the introduction of busing fees. Only under this arbitrary funding model would we have our employees and families arguing over whether we can afford to ensure our kids enjoy the safest, most economical, environmentally responsible and equitable access to schools.

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Funding by student numbers and the policy of public funding for private education has enforced drastic pressures on our children and their prospects. We have accepted quietly the premise we are not all deserving of the same experience in school with no consideration for the possibility that none of this is necessary — it is merely planned to diminish our public schools.

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To Environment Canada: I have reviewed the draft Sustainable Development Strategy (www.ec.gc.ca/dd-sd/default. asp?lang=En&n=07544BAB-1#s4) and consider it shamefully lacking in any real commitment to act on climate change. Why? Because the words used do not show any substantive resolve to act; rather, they show how the federal government is not responding to this historic crisis in any substantial manner.

Indeed, the entire draft document is a denial of the urgency and impact of climate change on the next generation. And yes my anger is personal — I am trying to protect my kids while you are busy denying reality due to political pressure.

The simple and verifiable scientific truth is that we must phase out the use of fossil fuels quickly — we do not need “aspirational” goals as suggested by Mr. Harper (and not even a proper word in my dictionary). Instead, you should be discussing how NOT to burn twothirds of existing known deposits to avoid catastrophic changes in or climate — and hence in our economy and society.

For example, why does this document not recommend that the government no longer sell leases for the exploration of new deposits of fossil fuel?

Your draft document does not suggest any meaningful action to be taken by either by Environment Canada or the federal government. Instead, I see glossy words that suggest you are dealing with this issue.

For example, your report mixes issues of air quality with climate change; a totally deceptive tactic that ignores the fundamental difference in impact on our society between these two issues.

And yes, I see the heavy hand of your government that clearly does not have the will or the morality of acting on this coming tragedy. The Greeks used the word “tragedy” to mean that something terrible happens, when it could have been prevented — unlike a disaster, which is not preventable.

As the carbon dioxide level in the atmosphere increases beyond 400 ppm, you treat climate change as a “political strategy” that needs to be handled rather than dealing with it with honestly and in a nonpartisan fashion.

And so I, and future generations condemn you.

Peter Nix, M.Sc. Environmental Scientist, retired Cowichan Carbon Buster

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Other operators also effected From page 1 hopes McKay and SD79 staff will be willing to sit down and talk.

“I’m just hoping they would consider trying to work something out with us. We’re very thankful for the time we’ve had here.”

“I understand it’s a tough decision for them. They’ve got to make the budget work, but I think this has been overlooked,” Sorenson said.

SD79 Secretary-Treasurer Bob Harper said the school district’s intent has always been to use surplus space in schools for childcare facilities, but with some

Bob Harper, SD79 school closures, it means the remaining schools will fill up.

“That’s kind of the spot we’re in,” Harper said. “Our

No. 1 priority is obviously the public school system and to the extent that we can, we’ll work with [Sorenson].”

The issue isn’t unique to Sorenson, however.

Harper said there are other operators asking about space availability as well.

It’s not an automatic any of them will get new space in a new location.

While Sorenson’s portable idea seems good at first glance, it’s not viable financially, Harper said. And that, at the end of the day, is what it’s all about.

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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARINGS HEARING #1- OFFICIAL COMMUNITY PLAN AMENDMENT BYLAW NO. 3703 Applicable to Electoral Area E and Part of F – Cowichan/Koksilah ZONING AMENDMENT BYLAW NO. 3704 Applicable to Electoral Area E – Cowichan Station/Sahtlam/Glenora HEARING #2-ZONING AMENDMENT BYLAW NO. 3679 Applicable to Electoral Area E – Cowichan Station/Sahtlam/Glenora NOTICE is hereby given that two Public Hearings will be held as follows to consider the above noted Amendment Bylaws: DATE: PLACE: TIME:

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PUBLIC HEARING #1 Official Community Plan Amendment Bylaw No. 3703 proposes to amend Electoral Area E and Part of F – Cowichan-Koksilah Official Community Plan Bylaw No. 1490 in order to re-designate the subject property located at 4275 Cowichan Lake Road, legally described as Lot A, Section 10, Range 10, Sahtlam District, Plan VIP61405 (subject property shown outlined below with a solid black line) from Commercial to Agricultural.

Zoning Amendment Bylaw No. 3704 proposes to amend Electoral Area E – Cowichan Station/Sahtlam/ Glenora Zoning Bylaw No. 1405 by rezoning Lot A, Section 10, Range 10, Sahtlam District, Plan VIP61405 (subject property shown outlined below with a solid black line) from C-1 (Convenience Store Commercial) to A-2 (Secondary Agriculture) Zone.

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PUBLIC HEARING #2 Zoning Amendment Bylaw No. 3679 would amend Electoral Area E Zoning Bylaw No. 1840 by removing “small suites” as a use in the Primary Agricultural (A-1) Zone. “Small suites” are small (90 square metres or less in floor area) freestanding secondary dwelling units on a parcel of land that already has a single family residence on it. The A-1 Zone is composed almost entirely of land within the Provincial Agricultural Land Reserve and the Agricultural Land Commission regulations do not permit small suites without an application being approved.

Secondary suites (also 90 square metres or less in floor area), that are attached to or within the main single family dwelling on a parcel will still be permitted in the A-1 Zone should Bylaw 3679 be adopted, and Agricultural Land Commission (ALC) regulations permit these without applications to the ALC being required.

The purpose of Amendment Bylaw No. 3679 is to delete “small suites” as a permitted use in the A-1 Zone of Area E. 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, written comments on the bylaws may be faxed to 250-746-2621, e-mailed to ds@cvrd.bc.ca, or mailed and/or deposited at the Regional District offices up to 4:30 p.m. on the day of the hearing. For further information regarding the Public Hearings please call Rob Conway, Manager (Public Hearing #1), or Mike Tippett, Manager (Public Hearing #2), Planning & Development Department, at 250-746-2620.

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The Cowichan District Hospital Foundation is $153,000 richer, thanks to the generosity of Valley supporters.

They flocked to its 24th annual Champagne Dinner and Auction fundraising event April 27 at Shawnigan Lake School.

This event has been an important cornerstone of fundraising efforts down the years, raising more than $1.75 million to back projects at Cowichan District Hospital.

This year, a record crowd of more than 350 guests attended the event and raised more than $133,000 after expenses.

A total of 75 volunteers helped with the gala including students and faculty from the school, supporters, board members and their friends and families.

An additional $20,000 was raised from the raffle of a classic 1951 Ford custom car, donated by Dr. Peter Leckie earlier this year, which was won by a mystery ticket buyer.

Proceeds from this year’s gala are helping to fund the Foundation’s endoscopy

campaign and the new hospital building fund.

The Foundation is committed to raise $1 million over two years to bring the latest state of the art technology in endoscopy to the residents of the Cowichan Valley.

It’s a project whose time has come, according to a press release from Foundation Executive Director Amy Trippe Brophy.

“With additional funding from the Vancouver Island Health Authority, this project will create a new and expanded endoscopy suite at CDH. With increasingly complex methods of intervention, a modern and efficient endoscopy unit is one of the cornerstones of community healthcare.

The project will also free up operating room space and schedules for more surgeries. The site for the new endoscopy suite is currently under investigation with architects and VIHA Planning. The cost of the project is dependent on location and is around $2.2 to $2.4 million,” she said.

Endoscopy involves looking inside the body, primarily in the upper and lower gastro-intestinal region.

Over 2,000 scopes are done a year at CDH; and are increasing in numbers as the population grows and ages.

The wait for a scope is about two weeks if urgent and six weeks if semiurgent and three to six months if elective, according to Brophy.

A portion of the live auction money is also supporting a new Fast Track program at CDH. “Responding to a critical need in our community, the Hospital Foundation has just committed to support a new Fast Track Program for Cowichan District Hospital’s Emergency Room, and now needs the community’s support with funding,” Brophy said. The program will help decongest the emergency room and reduce wait times for the lowest acuity patients from three to four hours to about half an hour.

The total project costs for Fast Track comes to about $50,000.

“The Foundation has already paid for the examination beds and now the hospital needs to construct a dedicated space in ER for Fast Track as soon as possible,” she said.

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The Grade 9 student at Carihi set records in the 3000 metres and the 1500 metres at the Vancouver Island High School Track and Field Championships held last week in Victoria.

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Raven coal mine application rejected The application for a proposed coal mine in the Comox Valley has been returned to the applicant because it is incomplete.

The Environmental Assessment Office (EAO) informed Compliance Coal Corporation president and CEO John Tapics of the situation with the Raven coal mine on Thursday, May 16. As a result, Compliance must revise and resubmit its application if the project is to undergo an environmental assessment.

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Boater faces surgery after collision with whale A Campbell River boater has a whale of a tale to tell after a terrifying encounter with a humpback whale near Kelsey Bay, May 15.

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The Medford Singers are stepping up to the table with Musical Fare on Sunday, May 26 at 2 p.m. at the Duncan United Church .

Simon Leung is again guest conductor with Jo Wright as accompanist to the chorus and the Global Echoes String Ensemble as special guests.

Musical selections range from Jacob’s Ladder, to the Humming Chorus from Madame Butterfly, to Scarborough Fair. In other words, there is something for all musical tastes. Tickets are available at Volume One Bookstore and Duncan United Church office.

Leung, from Victoria, is quite well known to Cowichan choristers as many have taken part in his annual summer choirs.

Though he just returned from his most recent of a series of workshops in Saigon and a concert tour, Leung has taken time out from his busy schedule to conduct the Medford Singers in Duncan, preparing them for their spring concert.

They’re lucky to have him, according to choir member Michele Jedwab.

“I sang in the Victoria summer choir and I loved it. My first real link with him was Bev [the late Bev Medford]. I went with her to a concert in Sidney and after-

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The Medford Singers are presenting Musical Far this Sunday, May 26, bringing in guest conductor Simon Leung and accompanist Jo Wright for the big show. [CITIZEN FILE] wards, we went and met him and he was wonderful. Bev just loved him. They really clicked. Then she joined the summer choir and sang.

Even when she got so sick that she couldn’t sing, she still came to the

concert. She was our biggest fan.

“That got me staying with the summer choir and, of course, Simon’s so positive. He’s always saying, ‘See! It’s so easy. I don’t do hard. It’s so easy!’ He’s so cute

about that.”

Leung lives in Victoria but Jedwab took a chance when the choir was looking for a guest conductor.

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We seem to be expanding our direction and for the most part really enjoying it,” Jedwab said.

“And as for Jo Wright, our accompanist, she’s a lovely addition to our choir. We found her on the music teachers association website. That’s what you’re supposed to do and we did that. Isn’t that fun? So, all in all, it really has been an adventure for our choir this year, a real adventure,” she said.

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Sailing must be in Darbi Aitchison’s genes.

After all, her parents had sailed to Mexico before she was even born and lived there five years while chartering and repairing boats.

But Aitchison had never sailed herself until she was 11, after signing up for sailing classes through the Maple Bay Yacht Club’s Juniors Sailing Program. She was instantly hooked.

Now she’s the non-profit club’s senior instructor, while also doing undergraduate studies in kinesiology with a view to going to medical school. She heads up a team of five instructors who teach up to seven students each in the one-

week course. Courses are offered to children as young as eight and to adults as well.

At first, Aitchison was drawn to the classes by the unique sense of community she found at the Maple Bay Yacht Club.

“I met a whole group of people who wouldn’t normally come together from various schools and areas around the Valley,” says Aitchison.

“Students are a like a big family with everyone helping each other.

It’s not just about who is strongest or the smartest,” she said. “Sailing is all about technique. Even when there is no wind in the bay, you can still find a way to make the boat move, whether you are an introvert or a gung ho sailor.

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Sailing classes also help build confidence and imagination, said Aitchison.

“At first, students may be timid, but as soon as you get them out on the water after their classroom instruction, they quickly create their own fun and will race each other, play pirates or just see who can capsize the most often.”

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Classes attract boys and girls From page 14 to any of the young sailors taking classes. They include weekly movie nights, barbecues, tie-dye days, tubing, regattas, hikes and a camping trip to Tent Island off Chemainus. Some small extra charges may apply.

“The weekend camping trip is a lot of fun with hot dogs, hikes and a pancake breakfast, though, we usually end up towing the boats from Crofton to Chemainus,” says Aitchison with a chuckle.

Many of the yacht club’s regular members will also invite keen young sailors to come aboard their larger boats to look around and some will even take more advanced young sailors out with them.

“The Junior’s program is all part of the yacht club’s commitment to encourage the development of yachting and boating safety in our community,” said Commodore George Marshall.

Summer classes attract equal numbers of boys and girls, and about 80 per cent of them return for more classes either the same summer or the following year.

Students can advance through the Canadian Yachting Association’s fourpart CANSAIL program and also pick up valuable

Students may start out timid, but they quickly start making their own fun. [SUBMITTED] volunteer experience, which can lead to an instructor’s certification.

The program is also being offered to Duncan’s Queen Margaret’s School during the school year and Aitchison hopes public schools will come on board in the future.

The club’s instructors are fully trained and certified by the Canadian Yachting Association. They also hold certification in first aid, National Coaching Certification, powerboat operation, boat rescue/life saving, and a radio operator’s licence.

The club’s fleet includes four single-handed Lasers, four double-handed 420s and five OPTIS, small stable dinghies, which are better suited to younger students.

The Juniors Club holds several fundraisers each year, including firewood chopping, boat washing and a bottle drive to help them to buy new sails or just keep the fleet ship-shape. They have an open account at the bottle depot for any donated bottles.

Most classes, which are for one week, cost $220 and run from Monday to Friday from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

More expensive advanced two-weeks classes are also offered.

Registration is now open for the summer classes. For more information see the club’s website www.mbyc. ca or contact the yacht club’s general manager, Beth House, at 746-4521 or e-mail clubmanager@mbyc. bc.ca

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Wild food walks ready to take foot Cowichan Green Community’s wild food walks series has proven so popular that this year they are expanding to Cowichan Bay through a partnership with Cittaslow Cowichan Bay. This series of five walks, running May 30, June 13, June 22, July 4 and July 18, will include a coastal walk in Cowichan Bay for 2013, plus an edible plant walk at Rocky Creek Winery.

“We hope these new walks will help to further expand the community’s knowledge on wild foods,” said organizer Vanessa Goodall in a news release.

Other walks will include sessions with wild food experts such as Della (Rice)

Sylvester, an herbalist and educator of traditional indigenous medicines, and the Land Conservancy’s Meg Loop.

Goodall said this is a way for the public to increase their ability to eat foods they can collect from the wild with confidence.

“As an Island community, we import a significant percentage of the food we consume. However, gaining experience and confidence in foraging and preparing wild foods is one of a handful of ways we each can increase our consumption of local products,” said Goodall.

There will also be popular walks “re-visited.”

“Retur ning host Jay Rastogi will lead his famous Wild Tea Walk at the Wildwood proper ty in

Cedar,” said Heather Kaye of CGC. “Foraging for wild mint and grand fir needles, participants can expect to brew and sip tea as they enjoy the beautiful property. In addition, Roger Foucher will tour participants through Kinsmen Park as he shares his boundless knowledge of common ancient wild foods — an experience to not be missed!”

Pre-registration is required. The cost is $20 per walk or $15 for CGC members. Most walks last for one to three hours.

To register or for more information call 250-7488506 or email vanessa@ cowichangreencommunity. org or check out www.cowichangreencommunity.org Andrea Rondeau, Citizen

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SPCA event features special on adoption The Cowichan branch of the SPCA is throwing open their doors for what they’ve dubbed “an animal-themed day of fun” on Saturday, May 25.

The event, presented by Hill’s Science Diet, takes place from 1-4 p.m. at the SPCA branch located at 7550 Bell McKinnon Rd., just outside of Duncan.

In addition to the open house, which includes an ask-a-vet booth and refreshments, the branch will be offering half-price adoption fees on all cats, kittens and rabbits from May 24-26.

“We’re also asking members of the community to help animals in need by dropping off urgently needed items for the shelter,” says Lorie Chortyk, general manager of community relations for the BC SPCA. “Wish list items include cans of Hill’s brand wet cat and dog food, red of black KONG dog toys, watering cans and radios or CD players. The Cowichan & District Branch is also in need of a few digital cameras if anyone in the community is able to help with that need.”

And of course, the open house is a chance for people to meet the animals waiting

Low tide day is a hit with kids. [CITIZEN FILE] for adoption. All animals adopted from the SPCA are vet-checked, vaccinated and spayed or neutered.

Science meets fun at Low Tide Day The whole family can learn about our shoreline and clean it up at Cowichan Bay’s Low Tide Day Saturday, May 25.

“Since it began in 1999, the community beach cleanup has cleared more than 15 tonnes of flotsam and jetsum from the shores and trails around Cowichan Bay,” said a news release about the event. “The good news is that in recent years there has been less litter and dumping than in the past.”

A whole host of activities is planned for the day, beginning with a pancake

breakfast at 8 a.m., followed by a volunteer beach cleanup at 9:30 a.m., and science activities at 10.

In the afternoon there will be music by Jane’s Way, more science activities, a picnic and the opening of the CVRD Marine Gateway, a facility next to Hecate Park for kayaks and other “human-powered” boats.

There will also be the ever-popular critter count led by marine biologist Dr. Bill Austin at Kil-Pah-Las Beach. “It’s science and fun,” said organizers.

The event is sponsored by the Cowichan Land Trust, Cowichan Bay Improvement Associa tion and Cittaslow Cowichan Bay. For more information call John at 250-746-6141 or email cvns@naturecowichan.net Andrea Rondeau, Citizen

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“Will encouraged me to ‘experience cycling’ and it has changed my whole life. I’ve quit smoking and am riding distances that I never would have imagined possible,” Coleman said.

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This news made the fight to end MS more personal and the event even more meaningful for Coleman who rode on the Experience Cycling team.

“No words can explain the feeling of energy and passion on the Saturday night of the event. The compassion and dedication of the volunteers, sponsors and everyone behind the event is just so inspiring.”

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Now that Coleman is very much a part of the MS Society family, his wife Barb is also involved as a volunteer, recently helping out with the MS Walk.

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A unique one-time event is coming to Cowichan as the Blues Caravan hits the Duncan Garage showroom Wednesday, May 29.

The Caravan is a trio of talented acts that sets out annually on tour under the auspices of Danish label Ruf Records.

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This year’s edition features a selection of guitar player/vocalists, with blues demon and Jeff Healey prodigy Jimmy Bowskill from Canada, plus the hot licks of Nashville’s Bart Walker.

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Bushwacking for lost treasure is rewarding, if not profitable

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or years I’ve been pondering what it is that draws me again andagain(weeklywhenscheduling and weather permit) into the bush in search of — what?

Treasure?Ihardlythinkthatchunks of rusty scrap iron and/or mostly broken bottles and pottery would meet anyone’s ideal of lost treasure.

Except mine and my friend Jennifer’s, perhaps.

In reality, the real treasure lies in the looking. It’s magic — the mystery — of chancing upon an abandoned campsite after following, sometimes for miles, an abandoned railway grade through the bush. It’s like playing detective. Who lived here? When?

Whatever became of flask-like cans of Prince them?

Albert ‘bacca, now buried Obviously, we can’t put where they landed after a name or face to any of he launched them from these anonymous pionthe cook car. How do I eers but we can and do know he favoured Prince learn a great deal about Albert? Because on sevtheir lifestyles and habits. eral of them the label is This past Sunday, for yet legible after the best CHRONICLES example, scratching part of a century in the T.W. Paterson beside a short logging damp earth. spur that had been the He also self-medicated site of a cook car, a site we’ve visited withEno’sFruitSaltsandVaselineand several times, I was reminded of the he preferred whiskey to beer, judgunknown cookie who left as his call- ing by the bottles. At another site ing card pocket-sized tobacco tins in the same area, a prized pick and —makins’ as they were known. In shovel Rummings soda bottle and an this one spot there are several dozen amber pumpkin seed flask (so-named

because of its shape) complete with glass stopper. Happily for us, these bottles are intact — rare exceptions to the norm as it seems to have been the practice to break and sometimes burn the garbage to discourage bears, I suppose.

The inside thread of the Rummings and the applied tops tell us that they’re pre-1920s, which fits my research indicating that the first loggingactivitiesinthisareabeganabout the turn of the last century.

Other clues to their being from a logging operation rather than the throw-aways of, say, a trapper or other type of individual, are the camp-sized cans that likely held syrup and jam

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and the enamel-ware (so-called granite- or speckle-ware) cups, plates and cooking pans. (Also found at many logging camp sites, particularly those of a later era, are the hot sauce and ketchup bottles — mute witnesses to the cook’s culinary prowess, I have to assume!)

Something else we’ve learned is that, contrary to popular conception, very few loggers huddled about a pot-bellied stove to keep warm. Cast-iron Franklin stoves, yes, some with really fancy art nouveau scroll-work, but, so far, we’ve found authentic potbellied stoves to be rare unto non-existent.

Something else out there in the woods, this in abundance, is cable. There must be miles and miles of rusted, abandoned steel wire, as they call it in the trade, written off on the spot when it began to fray or to break.

Back to logging grades: We’ve probably hiked several hundred miles on abandoned railways over the years — driven them, too, as many logging roads have simply utilized the original grades. (As we’ve learned in our scratching, loggers were masters of recycling long before the word was ever coined.) At any rate, it’s generally easy to discern a grade even when large trees, as shown in the accompanying photo, have grown up in their centre.

And speaking of recycling, it’s been fascinating for us to see how the original Dunsmuir Colliery railway hardware, all of it imported from Great Britain, found new life in the woods. How do we know? By the pieces of rail cast by “Sheffield,” the “Bulldog” spikes and round rather than flat North American-style tie-plates.

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Logging of old was dangerous work, for six long days a week From page 20 been fascinating for us to see how the original Dunsmuir Colliery railway hardware, all of it imported from Great Britain, found new life in the woods. How do we know? By the pieces of rail cast by “Sheffield,� the “Bulldog� spikes and round rather than flat North American-style tie-plates.

Often, ATV-ers have opened up these former grades to travel. (Perhaps one day an all-terrainer will explain to me the joys of roaring back and forth and around in the bush without actually stopping to do something, without taking the time to appreciate the history, the mystery and the natural beauty that surrounds them.)

Okay, like beauty, fun and adventure are in the eyes of the beholder. As is “treasure.� One man’s junk is another man’s treasure and all that. Particularly, in my case, when it’s junk from the past. By their litter, I once wrote in these pages, ye shall know them. And, in many ways, I have come to know them.

Seldom have we found evidence of a family scene as

evidenced here and there by broken dolls and women’s cream jars, for example. As for male only camps, well, the ‘bacca cans and booze bottles say it all loud and clear.

But please don’t think I’m being critical here or implying that loggers who smoked and drank were sinners. Think about it: They worked hard, often a 12-hour day, in all weather, in the heat, the cold and the wet. They did almost everything with pure brawn. Just look at those stumps with their signature springboard notches. Loggers may have had steam donkeys and yarders to drag those firstgrowth giants to trackside but they had to be fallen first by hand. I’ve read that it could take two men a day of back-breaking sawing to fall one of these goliaths of the forest.

And it was dangerous work, too, for six bitterly long days a week. Often for a month and more at a stretch. Work without the company of womenfolk or family while living in a cramped, stuffy, bare-bones bunkhouse with only a Franklin for warmth and to dry your sopping wet clothes overnight. I prob-

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Oh, one recent treasure (as I define the word): a brass-

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Being hosted by Early Childhood Educators of BC-Cowichan branch, Success by Six (who are celebrating their 10-year anniversary), Child Care Resource and Referral Centre and Island Savings, the event invites families to use recycled materials, duct tape and paint to….well, the sky’s the limit.

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Children and families stretch imagination and creativity with recycled materials, duct tape and paint. Donate items to Island Savings admin. office: info 250-701-3647.

• D o c u m e n t S h r e dd i n g Fundraiser May 25, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., for the Cowichan Music Festival and The Friends of the Cowichan Theatre Society.

Have documents professionally shredded at Cowichan Theatre parking lot, $8 per banker’s box. Cash or business cheques only.

• Cowichan Power and Sail Squadron presents barrister and solicitor Darren Williams on marine law and insurance for the small boater, May 27, 7-9 p.m., Silver Bridge Travel Lodge, Duncan, Q&A session to follow. RSVP appreciated

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• Dr. Colin Bradley presents The Search for Sir John Franklin’s Lost Vessels: HMS Erebus and HMS Terror, Thursday, June 6, 7 p.m., Cowichan Bay Maritime Centre, hosted by Cowichan Wooden Boat Society. Entry by donation. Info: 250-746-4955 or cwbs@classicboats.org • Ladysmith and area 3rd annual Be a Home Town Tourist Weekend, June 15-16. Free events, discounts on activities, attractions, dining. Info: www. take5.ca/hometowntourist or call Ladysmith Chamber of Commerce: 250-245-2112, 250-245-7015.

• Cowichan Valley Ride Don’t Hide: Pedal to the Trestle, Sunday, June 23, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., to raise awareness and support for women’s mental health, put on by the Canadian Mental Health Association Cowichan Valley branch. Cost $35 adults, children under 14 free, 25 km ride begins at Glenora Trailhead Park, events as well. Info: 250-746-5521.

Seniors • Chemainus 55+ drop in centre dance, May 25, 7 p.m. with Happy Hans. Lunch $9.

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• Volunteer Cowichan annual general meeting June 7, 3:30 p.m., Girl Guide Hall, 321 Cairnsmore, Duncan.

• Cobble Hill Women’s Institute meets in the small room of the Cobble Hill hall, noon pot luck lunch, second Wednesday of the month. New members welcome. Info: Jessie Anderson 250-743-9040.

Arts • Ladysmith Camera Club meeting Tuesday, May 28, 7 p.m., Hardwick Hall, High Street at 3rd Avenue, Ladysmith. Non-members $5 dropin fee. Info: www.LadysmithCameraClub.com • Ladysmith Camera Club hosting “Family Shooting Workshop” with live models.

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A beloved and dedicated Muskoka teacher passed away on Monday, May 20, 2013 at Cowichan District Hospital in Duncan, BC after a long battle with cancer and its aftereffects. She will be missed by all those whose lives she touched - students, fellow teachers, friends and family. A memorial service will be held on Saturday, May 25, 2013 at 1:00 pm at the Anglican Parish of St. Peter, Quamichan, 5800 Church Road in Duncan. Flowers are gratefully declined. Donations in memory of Pat may be made to the Canadian Cancer Society.

Online condolences may be offered at www.sandsduncan.ca

After her brave battle with lung cancer, died peacefully in her sleep on May 17, 2013 at 6:45pm. She was predeceased by her mother, Betty Irving in 2012 and her uncle Colin Stansfield in 2013. Patsy is survived by her daughter Shaelan Irving (Mike); son Nathan Irving; grandchildren Aiyana, Brandon, Steven, Abby, Keagan, Aiden & Jen; brothers Robert and Steven Irving, father John Irving, and the entire “Irving Bunch”.

Patsy was a devoted member of The Baha’i Faith.

She is dearly remembered by the Baha’i Community of the Cowichan Valley for her forthright manner and clear vision. Patsy was active in The Red Hat Society, a volunteer at The Chemainus Theatre, and paddled for her Dragon Boat team. She believed in service at many levels—she worked for several years as volunteer coordinator at Maxwell International Baha’i School.

Visitation and prayers were held on Wednesday, May 22 and a funeral service took place on Thursday, May 23 at Sands Funeral Home.

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It is with great sadness that we announce the sudden passing of Neil Corrigall of Aldergrove on May 18, 2013. Neil was born in Comox on July 14, 1951. He is survived by his loving wife Gail and two daughters Michelle, Marcia (Andrew) and his grandson Jayce. He is also survived by his parents Alan and Claire of Honeymoon Bay and siblings Gail (Ron), Darryl (Lylla) and Lynn (Mike) and his parentin-laws Howard and Marg Lloyd of Prince George. Neil was a talented woodworker with a passion for his trade. He was a plant manager and pool table designer at National Billiards for 25 years. In the latter part of his career he worked in commercial property management. Neil was well respected by his co-workers and all who knew him. He was a boisterous, fun loving person and will be greatly missed by his many nieces and nephews, extended family and all who knew him. He was a gentle giant with a big voice and a huge heart.

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Naomi was born in Nanaimo, and, while still in diapers, moved to the family farm on Somonos Rd. in Duncan where her parents still reside. She graduated from Cowichan High in 1990, and went on to further her education at the University of Victoria enrolling in the education program, and specializing in music. She had a great love of children, and was often seen helping them wherever she could.

Naomi was an amazing wife and devoted mother, and loved to be around her family. She was an avid camper, and loved to be out in her little trailer as many weekends in the year as she could. She took great pride in her children’s education, and could be found, on numerous occasions, at the kitchen table working out homework problems.

She was loved by everyone that met her. Her laugh was contagious, her smile was infectious. She was an absolutely amazing woman!

We would like to first thank Dr. Grimes for the endless hours of care. Dr. Booth who took over for Dr. Grimes after his retirement. Dr. Willie Pewarchuk for all his care in regards to her chemotherapy program, and last, but definitely not least, those angels in nurses clothing who work in the chemo unit of The Cowichan District Hospital, Connie, Sharon, and Kim. Without you, this experience would have been a whole lot harder. Naomi was proud to have met you, and have you in her life. The care and love you showed to my wife Naomi during her time there will never be forgotten! We are deeply grateful!

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914 MACHELL, Beatrice Emily (Betty) March 25, 1920 – May 2, 2013

O’NEIL, Yolande (Granaldi) July 12, 1923 – May 16, 2013 Yolande was born in Montreal, PQ and passed away at the Cowichan District Hospital in Duncan, BC. Predeceased by her husband, Ernest in 1990 and by her four sisters, Maria St. Germain, Anna Frappier, Ida Brunet and Eva O’Donnell, Yolande will be remembered with love by many nieces, nephews and friends in Quebec, by many friends in Duncan and Argenta, BC and by her “family” at the Meadows Assisted Living Facility where she lived for the past 3 ½ years.

Yolande & Ernie moved to Duncan in 1966. For many years, Yolande was an avid bowler and a member of the Women of the Moose. In later years, she belonged to an Enneagram group, the Widows’ Support Group at St. Edward’s Parish, the Franco Belles and The First Open Heart Society of BC. Yolande was very kind and considerate and always spoke well of others. She loved to travel and was genuinely interested in people. She will be lovingly remembered and sadly missed by all whose life she touched.

Funeral Mass for Yolande was held on Thursday, May 23, 2013 at St. Edward’s Church in Duncan, BC. Officiated by Fr. Alfredo Monacelli.

In lieu of flowers, donations in memory of Yolande may be made to The First Open Heart Society of British Columbia, 1580 Pembroke Street, Victoria, BC, V8R 1W2 Website: www.fohs.bc.ca Online condolences may be offered at www.sandsduncan.ca

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NOTICE TO CREDITORS

After a brief stay in hospital, Mom passed away at the age of 93. She was predeceased by husband Bob in 1996 and grandson John in 2002. Survived by children; David (Pat) Mission BC, Harry (Shirley) Aldergrove BC, Linette (Gary McRae), Surrey BC, Judy (Frank Raimondo) Cobble Hill BC, Jim (Fiona) Cowichan Bay; twelve grandchildren, and twelve great-grandchildren.

Born in Barrie, Ontario, she graduated as a Registered Nurse from Peterborough ON in 1943. In 1944 she married Robert James Machell. She moved to Matsqui BC to help out with the family farm after the flood of 1948. In 1968 she moved to Cobble Hill. Betty worked as a graduate Nurse at Cowichan Lodge from 1978 to 1985. After retiring, she was a member of the lodge auxiliary until moving to Langley, BC in 2006. In 2009, she returned to Cowichan Bay to live with her son, Jim and daughterin-law Fiona where she stayed until her passing.

The family wishes to thank all the staff on 2 West at the Cowichan District Hospital. Very special thanks to her primary home-caregiver, Donna; as well as Jane and Candace. A celebration of Betty’s life will take place at 1:00 pm on Saturday June 1, 2013 at HW Wallace Cremation and Burial Centre – 5285 Polkey Road Duncan, BC. In liew of flowers, donations may be made to Cowichan Valley Hospice Society. Condolences at www.hwwallacebc.com

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BUSINESS SERVICES 650

250.748.2666

Office, Restaurant & Retail Space Rent

THE GREEN DOOR 900sqft space, includes 4 office spaces, reception, storage, washrooms, 2-parking spaces and triple net. $1600/mo.

Also 1 small office upstairs. $330/mo.

Beautifully Restored Heritage Building.

250-748-3701, 250-510-1209 270064

IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES’ CREDITORS ARRANGEMENT ACT AND 505396 B.C. LTD., 0716973 B.C. LTD., COUGAR CRUSHING & SCREENING LTD., COUGAR SERVICES LTD., COWICHAN LAKE CONCRETE LTD., COWICHAN LAKE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, COWICHAN VALLEY CONCRETE LTD., COWICHAN VALLEY CONTRACTING LTD., DAVINCO INDUSTRIES LTD., D.S. JOHEL INDUSTRIES LTD., ISLAND EXCAVATING LTD., JBC HOLDINGS LTD., JOHEL BROTHERS CONSTRUCTION CORPORATION, JOHEL BROTHERS CONTRACTING LTD., JOHEL INVESTMENTS LTD., AND WINDCHIME DEVELOPMENTS INC., (collectively, the “Johel Group”) On May 21, 2013, the Supreme Court of British Columbia, Vancouver Registry, Court File No. S133713, granted protection to the Johel Group following their application pursuant to the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act (the “Initial Order”).

A copy of the Initial Order and a preliminary list of creditors are publicly available and can be found on the Monitor’s website at www.pwc.com/car-johelgroup. Future Court Orders, proposed compromises or arrangements, notices to creditors and reports of the Monitor will also be made publicly available on this site.

Please direct enquiries to Cathy Miyagi at: cathy.m.miyagi@ca.pwc.com, or to the address below.

PricewaterhouseCoopers Inc. 250 Howe Street, Suite 700 Vancouver, BC V6C 3S7 Tel: (604) 806-7000 ext. 4241 Fax: (604) 806-7806

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Teaching Opportunities

Penelakut Tribe Employment Opportunity Position: Principal, Penelakut Island Elementary School/Learning Centre Salary: Commensurate with experience and the Penelakut Education Salary Grid Term: Full-time Penelakut Tribe is looking for a Principal for the Penelakut Island Elementary School and Learning Centre. The Principal is responsible for the overall management of Penelakut Island Elementary School and Learning Centre, including development and administration of the school budgets, research and preparation of funding/grant proposals/donations, supervision and evaluation of teachers and support staff, recommend and implement all school policies and regulations. The Principal will be expected to teach approximately 20% of his or her time which includes leading a Guided Reading Group. The school Principal serves as the educational leader to ensure that all students are supervised in a safe learning environment.

Achieving academic excellence requires that the school Principal work collaboratively to direct and nurture all members of the school staff and to communicate effectively with parents.

QUALIFICATIONS, KNOWLEDGE, AND EXPERIENCE: • Experience working in First Nations schools and communities • Knowledge of Professional Learning Communities, possessing strong interpersonal skills and a commitment to collaborative-decision making • A Masters Degree in Education or enrolment in a graduate program • Minimum two years principal or management experience • Knowledge of the BC Curriculum and IEP’s for K – Grade 7 • Knowledge and practical experience with Guided Reading, Read Well, Math Makes Sense, and DIBELS would be a benefit • An understanding of the elements of learning and formative assessment strategies • Strong leadership, communication and managerial skills including conflict resolution • Energetic, enthusiastic and strong organizational skills • Strong computer skills • Ability and commitment to build strong relationships with staff, students, parents and the community • Ability to work with teachers and community on incorporating the Hul’qumi’num language and Penelakut culture into the overall curriculum Submit the following to: Regina Sam, Education Coordinator Email: reginas@penelakut.ca Fax: 250-246-2725 • Detailed Resume, Cover Letter, and 3 References • Copy of BC Teacher Regulation Branch Certification • Copy of Teacher Qualification Service Category Card • Clear Criminal Record Check 270966

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based out of Parksville BC for work in remote logging camps. 12 hr shifts, 14 days on/7off.

Valid Class 5 with Air Endorsement preferred. Competitive wages & benefit package. Please fax resume to Black Diamond Mechanical & Welding Ltd: 250-248-5410

Professional & Management LOGGING SUPERVISOR

Health Care Professionals

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General Help

PART TIME Caretaker for 14 unit apartment.

NO SMOKING; NO PETS. Experience required, includes maintenance and cleaning.

Caretaker suite on premises. Position available Aug. 1, 2013. Apply to CSCHS, PO Box 92, Chemainus, BC, V0R 1K0. Posting closes June 14, 2013.

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QUALITY CONTROL PERSON Southern Mid Island Forestry Company looking to hire a qualified Quality Control Person for a permanent position.The successful candidate will have all or some of the following qualifications: BC Coastal Log Scaling Licence, Log Scaling and Grading Experience, Forest Technology Certificate, Logging Experience. All Candidates must have a valid driver’s licence.

Reply in Confidence to bclogquality@gmail.com

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Instruction & Tutoring

FOODSAFE COURSES Level-One. Saturday, May 25 & June 29 $65/person. Location: Island Savings Centre.

Call (250)746-4154 to register. www.saferfood.ca

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Upgrade your skills.

Find education training in the Classifieds.

Boats, Services & Accessories

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Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday May 23rd, 24th, 25th and 26th.

10am to 5pm

Dynamic and experienced music, art, cultural, health & wellness, life skills instructors who can connect with a variety of people wanted to teach programs at the Island Savings Centre. Some examples could include: acting, drawing, painting, music, you name it and we can make it work. Planning is under way for the Fall 2013 session so now is the time to launch into a new and rewarding experience of sharing your talents.

Please submit ideas and proposals to Jennifer Carmichael at jcarmichael@cvrd.bc.ca

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Teaching Opportunities

EDUCATION

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Annual General Meeting Cowichan Valley Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Action Team Society Monday, May 27@ 11:00 am

Rhodos, Azaleas, Lilies, Perennials, Hostas, Shrubs, Shade Trees and many varieties of Berry Bushes.

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JOURNEYMAN FIELD HEAVY DUTY MECHANIC

Logging Supervisor for mid-sized Duncan based contractor. Entails supervising a union crew in second growth logging, road building & rd maintenance. Competitive salary & benefits. Fax resume to (250)597-2554 or email office@island fibre.ca

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DUNCAN TAXI Hiring full-time and part-time drivers.

Need Class 4 drivers license. Fax resume and a copy of drivers abstract to 250-746-4987

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Position: Special Education Teacher Salary: Commensurate with experience and the Penelakut Education Salary Grid Term: Full-time Penelakut Tribe is looking for a Special Education Teacher for the Penelakut Tribes Elementary School. The Special Education Teacher is responsible for supporting students with a wide range of special needs in our Elementary school. He or she will work with school Teachers, Support Staff, and Parents to ensure that students who have a wide range of learning, emotional and physical special needs have I.E.P.’s in place and all necessary instructional support for successful learning, Kindergarten to Grade 7. The Special Education Teacher is a leader within the Penelakut Island Elementary School and goes into classrooms regularly to provide and support training, mentoring, and program development in the classroom that ensures that the School’s Program and curricula are implemented in a way that maximizes student learning.

QUALIFICATIONS, KNOWLEDGE, AND EXPERIENCE: • Takes the lead on I.E.P. development, collaboration and implementation • Knowledge of the Special Education Program Funding Application and Reporting Guidelines from the First Nations Education Steering Committee (FNESC) • Instructs and supports instruction of identified students, using various teaching methods • Prepares relevant course objectives and outlines for courses of study following curriculum guidelines and related resources to support classroom inclusive, pullout and traditional methods of instruction • Evaluate students progress, records results, and issues reports to inform parents of progress • Participates in staff and professional meetings, educational conferences, and teacher training workshops • Bachelors of Education or higher degree from an accredited institution, or equivalent • University degree in an appropriate field preferred (Special Education or Alternative Education) • High level of attention to confidentiality • Culture sensitivity, with experience in First Nations schools and communities • Ability to recognize individual learning styles and the characteristics of learners • Knowledge and practical experience with Guided Reading, Read Well, Math Makes Sense, and DIBELS would be a benefit • Ability and commitment to build strong relationships with staff, students, parents and the community Submit the following to: Regina Sam, Education Coordinator Fax: 250-246-2725 Email: reginas@penelakut.ca • Resume, Cover Letter and References • Teacher Certification in BC • Clear Criminal Record Check • Other supports indication Special Education specialty

Sales Help Wanted

FULL TIME RECEPTIONIST Required immediately at Ken Evans Ford Sales Ltd. Candidate must possess impeccable telephone manners/skills as well as basic accounting knowledge.

Duties include multi line phone system, posting accounts receivables and payables, cash deposits and other office duties. You must enjoy people, have a positive attitude and display a big smile.

Remuneration based on qualifications.

Please drop resume at 439 Trans Canada Hwy, Duncan and ask for Bernadette or Rhonda

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PRISTINE 17FT. 2006 Glastron Bowrider with trailer and Bimini. Engine has less than 40hrs.

Moving must sell!! $10,000.

250-745-8100.

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PERENNIAL RIDGE FARMS 5605 Jordans Lane (off the Old Cowichan Lake Rd.)

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If you are new to the neighbourhood call one of these representatives for your free basket of gifts.

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2008 Yamaha 1100cc V-Star Canadian Edition.

Perfect condition/garage kept/lots of extras. $8000.00. 250-246-2348. annaph25@hotmail.com 270741

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SIMPLY BLISSFUL SPA Reiki, Shiatsu, Thai Massage & Infrared Sauna. Also available, mobile massage services. 250-510-1209 or 250-748-3701 NEW CLIENTS - Book 1 hour Massage & Receive ½ hour FREE Sauna Like us on facebook 270065

$56,900 OBO · Holiday Rambler Augusta 2011. 9000k, mint condition, fully equipped, Navstar, warranty. 250-737-1069 Duncan.

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GARAGE SALES

REAL ESTATE / RENTALS 415

Chemainus MOVING SALE 9947 Echo Heights, Chemainus Sat, May 25 & Sun, May 26 # 8 am - 4 pm Quality furniture, records, other collections & household items 271335

Revenue Properties

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Revenue Properties

$173,000 COMMERCIAL property in Crofton for Sale by Owner. Building & 5000 sqft lot. Fast Food Restaurant.

1-323-823-6108 or sophiali289@hotmail.com 268704

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Houses For Sale By Owner

FLEA MARKET − EVERY SUNDAY CHEMAINUS LEGION • 9am - 2pm Our regular vendors, new faces, great deals and home cooked meals. Table info: 250-924-8481

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Apartments Unfurnished

EVERGREEN PLACE • Friendly management • Free basic cable and special bonus for good tenants.

To view call:

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Condos & Chalets For Rent

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Houses To Rent Unfurnished

CLEAN 2Bdrm walkin closet in master.

5-appliances. $800/mo. Near pool, track etc. Immediate possession.

250-746-5615 250-710-2756.

CHEMAINUS 271081 2BDRM 5-appliances.

1/2 duplex, 2 BR+ Adult building. den, 2 BA, garage 250-246-2912 $800/mo.. No stairs, $950 mo. NS, NP. fireplace. Close to 250-246-1453 270465 271280 bus. 250-746-5615 CHEMAINUS NEW HOUSE Good •Spacious 1Bdrm with 250-710-2256. 2 7 1 0 8 5 n e i g h b o r h o o d i n Cobble Hill ocean view. Tastefully Close to Duplexes 3-Plexes Duncan. updated, laminate school/mall. 3levels, #3rd Annual Outdoor Market # & 4-Plexes floors, In-suite laun3Bdrm, 3Bath.

Saturday May 25, 10 - 5 pm dry, D/W. Available LAKE COWICHAN 6-appliances. N/S, June 1. $750/mo. 4Bdrm main floor N / P . R e f e r e n c e s 820 Garnett Rd (Off Cherry Point Rd) •1Bdrm New carpets suite. Newly renov- required. $1300/mo.

Antiques, vintage and handmade goods.

271244 DUNCAN: 3444 Auchinachie Rd. 3Bdrm, 2Bath, and paint. Available ated. F/S, W/D. N/P, 250-619-7719.

269918 1500sq.ft. 2006 rancher. Quality finishing with many n o w . $ 6 5 0 . / m o . N/S. Avail. May 15.

3BDRM house, near CRAWL SPACE CLEAN-OUT extras. Warranty remaining. $339,000. 250-746-0586. 250-246-1399. 2 7 0 7 5 5 $900/mo.+ utilities. hospital, 1.5Baths, 265894 GARAGE SALE 250-748-9977, fenced rear yard, ADULT Saturday, May 25th, 9 am to 2 pm Cell: 250-710-8816. large sundeck. Plus 270696 3538 Twin Cedars Drive, Cobble Hill BUILDING IN enclosed garage. Well Apartments Unfurnished No early birds, please.

Garden Homes CHEMAINUS insulated. Available &Townhouses July 1. $1100/mo.

Available Immed.

250-748-1872.

1Bdrm $625/mo.

Cowichan Bay MAPLE GROVE LAKE COWICHAN, 270804 Heat & hot water incl. No smoking.

CENTRAL 2Bdrm N e w l y r e n o v a t e d APARTMENT Small pet ok.

DOWNSIZING SALE 1200sqft. townhouse. 2Bath Townhome.

3271 Cowichan Lake Rd 250-709-2765 Saturday, May 25 # 9 am - 1 pm N/S, 6-appliances, 1200sq. ft. Private 2 and 3 bdrm units.

Heat and hot water 266052 4409 Telegraph Rd. 3 B d r m , 2 B a t h . entry. Newly renovincluded. Family orientated.

2BDRM, 1Bath, Lake C o v e r e d c a r p o r t , a t e d . D / W , W / D .

Antiques, Collectibles, Lots More Clean and quiet. Renovated units.

C o w i c h a n . C o z y , close to river & Lake Fenced patio area.

Rain or Shine # Absolutely NO Early Birds clean, close to amen- Cowichan. $995/mo. June 1. $995/mo.

Indoor pet welcome. On site laundry facilities.

271161 ities, in-suite laundry, Avail. immediately. 250-746-9744 To view call 250-710-7515 or 748-3412 270994 balcony, D/W, no 2 5 0 - 4 1 6 - 0 2 9 7 / Cowichan Lake Area 269752 pets, no smoking, 4 0 3 - 8 9 6 - 2 0 3 0 / $650/mo. Contact 4 0 3 - 3 4 7 - 2 5 6 7 GARAGE SALE - LAKE COWICHAN SHAUGHNESSY 250-932-8478 2 6 7 0 9 7 (George or Carol)2 6 9 7 6 0 7350 Neva Road. Household items, small generator, miscellaneous items, some outGARDENS side plant pots, some furniture. May 25, 3251 Cowichan Lake Rd 8:00 AM-12:00 PM. Rain or Shine.

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MULTI - FAMILY GARAGE SALE Saturday, May 25 # 9 am - 2 pm 211 & 215 Madill Rd. (condos & townhomes). Lots of Everything!

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Clean 1 & 2 bdrm unit. Full size fridge, stove & dishwasher. Carpet & linoleum, window coverings, fireplace. Quite, well maintained building with elevator and sauna. Close to schools and hospital. Pet friendly.

To view call 250-710-7515 or 748-3412.

Duncan

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KIWANIS FLEA MARKET Now closed for the season.

We will re-open in September.

Thank you for your support.

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Saturday, May 25 # 8 am - 1 pm 4541 Bench Rd. Cowichan Station Great Selection, Fantastic Prices.

Something for Everyone.

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EXPERIENCED FURNITURE DRIVEWAY SALE Saturday, May 25 # 9 am - 12 noon 5886 Brier Ave. Chairs, Tables, Couches, etc.

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GIANT SPCA GARAGE SALE Sat. & Sun., June 1 & 2 # 8:30-3 pm Cowichan Exhibition Grounds BBQ, tools, furniture, etc.

Something for everybody...we have it all!!!

Cash & Credit Cards accepted

Houses To Rent Unfurnished

#40 - 102 Stanley Rd. $700./mo. 1Bdrm and Den in the heart of town, overlooking the Park and the River.

This upstairs unit is very nice and has lots of deck area which wraps around the entire living area. 2 Baths, lots of closets, W/D, N/S, N/P. Room to rent shared River house $500./mo. includes, long didtance phone, hydro, cable & Internet.

10351 Youbou Road $850./mo. 3Bdrm rancher with garage.

147 Sahtlam $800./mo. 2Bdrm basement house.

RE/MAX of Lake Cowichan 81 Cowichan Lake Rd. Lake Cowichan, BC Phone Sandy 250-749-6000

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Appliances For Sale & Wanted

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Firewood

WHITE 20CU.FT fridge $300. White 15cu.ft. fridge $175.

Black 30' Kenmore Glass top range $300.

White 30' range $150.

Almond 30’ range $100. Kenmore washer/dryer $300. Kenmore washer $200.

G.E. dryer $150. Inglis dryer $100. GE builtin dishwasher $125. and more! 6-month warranty on all appliances. Call Greg: 250-246-9859.

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COUNTRYWIDE VILLAGE REALTY PROPERTY MANAGEMENT DIVISION 145 South Shore Road, Lake Cowichan, BC TO VIEW CALL: 250-749-6660 # #1 - 272 South Shore Road. Comfortable 2Bdrm upstairs unit in triplex with large living room, nice view. $550/mo.

FREE Darling kittens. LAKE COWICHAN S h a w n i g a n L a k e . Animal Rescue has 250-743-5801. an orange tabby, 271174 male, 5 years old in foster. Has long hair Dogs (TA384V). He was found in Cowichan ROCK STARS & Bay. If this is your cat CHEEKY MONKEYS call: 250-749-4040.

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Fenced-acreage. Comfy beds, no kennels. www.boardingmydog.com 1-250-932-3007.

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# 8 North Shore Road. 2Bdrm cottage style home with fenced back yard & indoor garage.

Washer & dryer, pet upon approval. $900/mo. # 253 North Shore Road. Beautiful 2Bdrm basement suite in 4 year old home with all appliances - wheel chair accessible.

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DUNCAN, newly renovated, laminated floors. 4Bdrm w/basement. 1.5Bath, F/Squiet area, close to schools and bus route. N/P. $1275/mo.

250-746-6867.

271008

HOUSE on private 10-acres in Maple Bay. 3 floors, F/S, fantastic ocean views.

Pets ok. Available immediately. $900./mo.

250-748-0319.

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BRAND NEW Carriage house. Upper floor 1000 sq. ft. New appliances, rural setting, close to beach. Avail. now. $1000/mo.

250-324-6507.

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COBBLE HILL Large, bright 1Bdrm, basement suite. 4 appliances, separate entrance. Available now. $675/mo.

Includes all utilities.

250-733-0905.

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SHAWNIGAN LAKE, nice 2bdrm above ground, separate entrance, large kitchen, W/D, NP/NS, family neighbourhood Avail. immediately, pictures available $800. 250-516-8276.

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BEAUTIFUL new 1Bdrm, W/D, stainless F/S micro, D/W. $795/mo. includes heat, hydro, internet.

Suitable for single or couple.Separate entrance. 250-748-0231

COBBLE HILL. 2BR. Level-entry. Heat, electric included.

Newer carpet and paint. No dogs. References and security deposit req. $750/mo.

250-743-4154.

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DUNCAN. Available now. 2Bdrm. Ground level. Close to schools/shopping.

Storage. $595/mo.

482 Chesterfield. Text me at 250-896-4248.

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Tocalladvertise call 604-850-9600 250-748-2666

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Clothing & Accessories

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Crafts, Fairs, etc.

CAIRNSMORE CRAFT MARKET Free Admission Sunday, May 26th, 321 Cairnsmore St. Duncan 10:00 am - 3:00 pm (Girl Guide Hall) Crafters, independant consultants & small businesses at this event!Support local hard working vendors! Enter our raffle in support of Angel Choppers Bicycle club. Still accepting vendors.

Contact Jennifer 1-250-858-5336 emeraldjenn@gmail.com https://www.fac ebook.com/events/104263169778098/

HOME SERVICES 740

# #3 - 272 South Shore Road – large 3Bdrm unit in tri-plex with workshop $850/mo.

Cats & Other Pets

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A A A Quality #M & M# firewood guaranteed.

FIREWOOD $ 2 2 5 / c o r d . C a l l Custom cut. Delivered 746-0105 or 732-6163 Nanaimo to Victoria.

269249 Call 250-710-1976 or FIR FIREWOOD 250-710-1640 All loads guaranteed 270026 and cut under legal contract.

Giveaways Well Seasoned Split 1 cord $190 I’M LOOKING FOR Split 2 cords $375 free puppy or kitten to 2 cord rounds $300 good home in includes delivery.

Duncan. Call Doug Log truck loads for 250-737-1833.

269204 271257 delivery in May/June.

Limited supply.

Place ads online @ Order now. classifieds.

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DOUBLE YARD SALE Saturday, May 25 # 9 am- 1 pm 273 Coronation (at Festubert) & 462 Festubert (towards Cow. High) Household, furniture, clothing, books.

Proceeds for our water project in Africa.

250-746-5948

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Landscaping Gardening Lawn Service

GARDEN’S EYE LANDSCAPING Rock Walls, Gardening, Maintenance of yards, Yard waste hauling, Fruit tree pruning, Re-sealing of concrete driveways.

Call Dave @ 250-597-4104 or brewster2369@ hotmail.com

Home Cleaning & Janitorial

Interested in a house cleaner?

Call Lynel at 250-749-4433. $15.00/hr. Referrals available. Duncan and Lake Cowichan.

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Power and Pressure Washing

PRESSURE WASHING -Driveway Sealing -Lawns/Hedges -Small Moves -Dump Runs -Painting and more Please call Troy 250-701-8326 269802

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JUNK & RUBISH REMOVAL 250-246-0333 ayardortwo.com 269209

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Find one in the Home Services section.

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Call 250-732-1701 270005

HOME RENOVATIONS Deck work, carpentry, flooring, plumbing, painting, eavestroughcleaning & rubbish removal. Small moving jobs. Sr. Discount.

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Celebrate Jumpstart this Saturday Cowichan Valley residents are invited to help celebrate Jumpstart Day at Canadian Tire this Saturday. Events begin at 11 a.m.

Throughout May, customers have been encouraged to donate $2 to Jumpstart in exchange for a red ball. This Saturday, stores across Canada are holding special events throughout the day. Activities include barbecues and car washes. All proceeds will go to Jumpstart.

Over the past eight years, Jumpstart has provided funding to Canadian families who cannot otherwise afford to register their children in organized sports and recreation. So far, more than 1,000 kids in Duncan and more than half a million in Canada have been able to participate because of Jumpstart.

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The Cowichan Valley’s top two bantam lacrosse teams both returned home from last weekend’s prestigious Hyack tournament in New Westminster with medals around their necks.

The bantam A Thunder defended their gold medal from 2012, while the bantam B Thunder were edged in the final and finished with silver.

Cowichan topped the Coquitlam Adanacs in the bantam A final, as Thomas Vaesen led the way with a hat trick. Brayden Zunti got a pair of assists, Olin Webb had a goal and a helper, and Jack Chicquen, Keenan Menzel and Colton Lidstone rounded out the scoring.

Zunti finished the tournament with eight goals and seven assists, Lidstone had eight goals and six assists, Vaesen had nine goals and three helpers, and Brody Black contributed seven goals and five assists. Every runner on the team earned at least two points in the tournament.

“While our top players dominated we had scoring from all players and we are a very balanced team that way,” said head coach Mike Gagnon. “It shows what a great team they can be and are working hard to their ultimate goal — the gold medal at provincials.”

The win in the final came in the absence of head coach Mike Gagnon, who was in Richmond, behind the bench for the midget B Thunder, who were in the final of their own tournament.

Gagnon gave full credit to his assistant coaches for stepping up.

“We could not have had the tournament we did without having two great assistant coaches, Dam Cleemoff and Rod Lidstone,” said Gagnon. “They took the bench during the gold medal game and all the duties during the daytime

The bantam A Cowichan Thunder celebrate their gold medal victory at the Hyack tournament in New Westminster. [SUBMITTED] during the tournament when we were not playing. They made the difference this weekend.”

Cowichan opened the bantam A tournament with a 6-3 win over Kelowna thanks to an MVP performance by goalie Colin Jeffries. They lost their second game 8-6 to Prince George, but bounced back with an 8-5 victory over Island rivals Westshore and a 13-2 thumping of a suspension-riddled Penticton team.

Finishing fourth in the round robin, Cowichan squeaked into the medal round, but upset the top-ranked Burnaby Lakers in the semifinal, getting out to a 4-1 first-period lead and holding on for a 6-3 win to advance to the final against Coquitlam.

The bantam B Thunder reached the final of their bracket in the Hyack, where they fell 4-3 to Delta.

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Cowichan goaltender Zander Cozine played as well as he has all year, but the clock ran out before his team could match Delta’s last goal, and the Thunder claimed the silver medal.

The bantam B Thunder opened the tournament with a one-sided 10-3 win over Penticton, then lost 5-4 to New Westminster. They regrouped and crushed Burnaby 16-2 to close out the round robin, then got revenge on New West with an 11-2 victory in the semifinal.

Team MVP awards at the Hyack went to Parker Teufel, Seth Negaard, Zander Cozine, Brayden Granthem and Gavin Spencer, while Rhys Mazurenko, Liam Joe, Sam Baxter Nathan, Clark and Michael Shepherd were honoured with Workhorse awards.

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Tadpoles’ talent on display at jamboree tournament KEVIN ROTHBAUER CITIZEN

A young generation of ballplayers showed their skills at Evans Park last weekend in Duncan Junior Baseball’s first tadpole tournament at the facility.

The jamboree tournament is a welcome addition to the schedule for the seven- and eight-yearold players, said Duncan tadpole player agent Tina Baker.

“Other than regionals, there has never been a tadpole tournament on the Island,” she explained. “We got lots of positive feedback.”

The six Duncan teams were joined by a squad from Esquimalt for the weekend, and most of the games were close.

MVPs for the Tigers were Dallas Hallam, Nathan Irving, Carson Lesiuk and Jacob Cyr. For the Hornets, MVPs were Addison Finlay, Damon Lamontagne, Quinn Senych and Landon Deverill.

The Rays’ MVPs were Peter Deschamps, Rahil Khan, Easton Iverson and Joshua Beaton.

MVPs for the Jays were Miles Pa s t u ck , K ayd e D e C l a rke, Liam Klettke and Gryphon Oliver-Fisherman.

For the Padres, MVPs were Kayliah St. Amand, Rylan Nakatsu, T y s o n Wa l ke r a n d Z av i e r Hurson.

The Bears’ MVPs were Aaron Martin, Cole Kincade, Fabian Bradshaw and Dylan Sanders.

Matthew Miller of the Duncan Red Sox slides in to score during a roundrobin game against Chemainus. [KEVIN ROTHBAUER/CITIZEN]

Royals crowned champions KEVIN ROTHBAUER CITIZEN

After upsetting their cross-town rivals in the semifinal, the fourthseeded Duncan Royals went on to claim top honours in the bantam A baseball tournament held at Evans Park over the long weekend.

The Royals got past the Duncan Red Sox 9-6 in one semifinal on Monday, while top-ranked Triangle slipped past the Lake Cowichan Lakers 10-9 in the other.

Having fought back to earn a tie and claim the last playoff spot in their previous meeting with Triangle, the Royals were ready to battle in the final. They scored

Jorden Baker of the Jays bolts to third base during a game against Esquimalt last Saturday. [KEVIN ROTHBAUER/CITIZEN]

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early and often as they beat Triangle 9-6.

Julian Forseth led the offence, going 3-for-4 with three runs, and Devon Ritchie added two hits.

On the mound, Spencer Martin pitched the first two innings, giving up three runs in the first and none in the second. Forseth pitched the third and fourth, surrendering one run in the fourth.

Hayden Lachman closed out the game with three innings, giving up none in the fifth, and one in the sixth and seventh.

Joining the two Duncan teams, Lake Cowichan and Triangle in the tournament were Chemainus and Peninsula.

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Pee wees bring home gold and bronze from Captain Cook KEVIN ROTHBAUER CITIZEN

All three Cowichan Valley pee wee lacrosse teams played terrific lacrosse at the Juan de Fuca Captain Cook Tournament held over the Mother’s Day weekend. The pee wee A2 Thunder claimed gold medal in their division, while Cowichan managed bronze in the B division.

Cowichan improved steadily over the course of the pee wee A tournament, losing their opener to the JDF Whalers and tying Peninsula and Kamloops before beating the Coquitlam Adanacs in their last round-robin contest to get into the playoffs.

The Thunder won a rematch against the Whalers in the semifinal, then advanced to the gold-medal game, where they faced Kamloops once again. After a constant see-saw battle, where neither team led by more than a single goal, Cowichan held on to their lead for the last 10 minutes and clinched top spot with a 5-4 win.

The pee wee A2 Thunder celebrate their gold medal victory. [SUBMITTED] “[We] were impressed with the steady improvement for the team from the start of the tournament to gold medal game,” said Cowichan pee wee A head coach Jay Hammerer.

The pee wee B Thunder won twice and lost once in their round robin, beating JDF and Nanaimo after dropping their opener against Campbell River. Thanks to their goal totals, Cowichan secured fourth place and moved on.

After a loss to the Saanich Tigers in

the crossover game, the Thunder met the JDF Whalers in the battle for bronze, where they won 4-1.

Cowichan’s pee wee C team had a strong performance of their own at the Captain Cook Tournament.

“Our kids played fantastic, showing huge progress since the beginning of the season,” said coach Mark Smith.

“They showed tremendous heart and endurance as they lost ties with only seconds left in each game.”

Midget B Thunder strike silver at Richmond tournament KEVIN ROTHBAUER CITIZEN

Wrapping up a six-game weekend at a lacrosse tournament in Richmond, the midget B Cowichan Thunder gave it their all, but came up a goal short in the gold-medal game last Monday.

Cowichan goalie Marc Gagnon turned aside 44 of 48 shots in the final, but his team succumbed 4-3 to an Oceanside team that rolled straight through the tournament. Thanks to a questionable suspension, the Thunder were down to 10 and a half runners for the final, as Jackson Stanyer played on one leg and many of his teammates were likewise battered and bruised.

Cowichan expects a different result when they meet Oceanside at full strength.

“Although Oceanside is the class of the

The midget B Thunder sport their silver medals after the Richmond tourney. [SUBMITTED] B division, the Thunder plan to surprise them come playoff time,” said assistant coach Rob Webb. “That was the only close game they played; we definitely got in their heads.”

Cowichan opened the midget B tournament with a 4-2 loss to Delta, but bounced back with a 5-3 win over Semiahmoo. The Thunder opened the next day on a strong note, beating Lang-

ley 10-2. A 6-6 tie with Surrey in the afternoon game ensured a playoff spot for the Thunder.

The semifinal allowed Cowichan to exact revenge on the Delta Islanders for the opening game defeat. The Thunder won the rematch 3-1 thanks to two goals

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Duncan’s Wallace dominates downhill KEVIN ROTHBAUER CITIZEN

Duncan mountain biker Mark Wallace outshone the competition last Sunday to claim the top prize at the Island Cup downhill race on Mount Prevost last Sunday.

The 17-year-old took first place in the expert men’s division, finishing the course in four minutes and four seconds, 14 seconds faster than his closest competition.

“It’s pretty big news as far as biking goes,” said Grant Lestock-Kay of Cowichan Cycles, who helped present the event. “That’s unheard of. It’s quite a big margin. He’s still fairly young and doing so well.”

Wallace, who went pro with Devinci Global Racing earlier this year, was followed in the standings by Dean Tennant in second, and Mitchell Thacker in third. The winner of the expert women’s division was Christine Lynch, with a time of 6:35.

Simon Tellier of Oak Bay won the intermediate men’s division, followed by Matthew McLean in second and Max McCulloch in third. Kirby McLean was first in the intermediate women’s class.

First place in the beginner men’s division went to Josh Dziwenka, followed by Myles Harper and Tharen Markle. There were no entries in the beginner women’s class.

This was the second year for the downhill race on Mt. Prevost, and more than 80 riders took part.

“It was pretty much on par [with last year] said Lestock-Kay. “As far as turnout, we definitely had a little bit less, but the weather was quite rainy in the week leading up. We might have had more if that had been different.”

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The drawis scheduled for 3rd business day of the month following the month of the giveaway. Only one $5,000 prize given away in any claendar month. Management has discretionto change terms of conditions at any time. Management has the right to cancel the prrize giveway at any time. Bow Mel Chrysler staff members are not eligible. No two offers can be combined. Programs are mutually exclusive and cannot be combined - all promotions apply to in stock vehicles only no dealer locates or factory orders. GST savings is discount from price, GST still payable. See dealer for details.

461 Trans Canada Hwy. Duncan

250-748-8144

1-800-461-5337

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Cowichan Valley Citizen Wrap | Friday May 24, 2013

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250-748-5555 888-794-0559

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