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Malahat safety upgrades worth the delays: officials KEVIN ROTHBAUER CITIZEN

Short-term pain for long-term gain.

Travellers on the Malahat will have to deal with delays and lowered speed limits between June and September as another $15 million worth of improvements are done along the highway.

The project will widen the highway and add 2.3 kilometres of median barrier from Shawnigan Lake Road north to the Malahat Summit, the area widely known as NASCAR Corner. The work will also include construction of a one-kilometre southbound passing lane extension and improvements to the Whittaker Road and Holker Place intersections.

Rock blasting and paving will take place this summer, and the barriers are expected to be installed in the fall. The entire project is scheduled to be finished by spring 2015.

“This project will improve safety on a particularly challenging section of the Malahat, and when complete, 50 per cent of the highway will be divided with barrier,” Comox Valley Liberal MLA Don McRae said as he kicked off construction on Monday on behalf of Transportation and Infrastructure Minister Todd Stone. “During construction, I urge motorists to respect our roadside workers

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the Island, this government has shown it is committed to looking at ways to improve the safety of the Malahat.”

North Cowichan/Duncan RCMP are hoping they are in the process of clearing some serious ongoing problems from their communities.

Staff Sgt. Jack McNeill gave some details in his quarterly report to North Cowichan council May 7.

“We currently have before Crown Counsel a couple of very serious drug trafficking charges that have not been made public.

We are very optimistic that when this news comes out and makes its way through the courts we think this will make a significant difference in the drug trade in our area, especially cocaine and crack cocaine,” he said.

The report he gave covers the first three months of 2014 and while at first blush there is more positive than negative in the crime statistics, one area stands out.

“We have had a real spree of crime from garages and sheds.

I don’t know if it’s because it’s spring but people were having their chainsaws and lawnmowers stolen.

Numbers show 18 incidents in the first quarter of 2014.

See WORK WILL, Page 4

See SHAPE UP, Page 3

Comox Valley MLA Don McRae kicked off $15 million worth of safety improvements to the Malahat highway between Shawnigan Lake Road and the summit lookout. [KEVIN ROTHBAUER/CITIZEN] and drive with caution through the construction site.”

Parksville-Qualicum Liberal MLA Michelle Stilwell was also on hand to kick off construction.

“I drive the Malahat frequent-

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The perpetrators of a hit-andrun in Duncan last Sunday were caught, but police are still trying to track down the victim.

The male pedestrian was struck by a black Audi sedan in the parking lot of the Safeway gas station on Trunk Road around 6:45 p.m. A witness told police that the vehicle sped away without stopping, while the victim got up and limped away. His level of injuries is unknown.

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attempts to locate the victim, but to date do not know who he is,” North Cowichan/Duncan RCMP spokesperson Cpl. Krista Hobday reported.

The vehicle was later located in Chemainus with two occupants inside. They have been charged with numerous offences, including possession of the stolen 2005 Audi A4.

Anyone who might know the identity of the injured pedestrian should contact the North Cowichan/Duncan RCMP at 250-748-5522.

Shape up or ship out, offenders CASES, From Page 1 “We are attributing that to a couple of candidates on our prolific offender list. Two of them were sentenced to lengthy jail periods and one of them upon his release has a no-go Vancouver Island condition by the courts. That’s a win for us,” said McNeill.

“We like to see them change their ways, we offer them treat-

ment for substance abuse but if they choose not to go, then there is incarceration or they simply move away. As much as we don’t like displacing a particular problem, if a person is not prepared to shape up, then they can ship out. That is what has happened with two of our most active offenders. You’ll see numbers go down because they are simply not active on the street,” said McNeill.

Police dog-in-training Elton puts the bite on Const. Kiel Pharis, while trainer Const. Chris Alward monitors the situation. Elton was one of the more popular exhibits at the North Cowichan/Duncan detachment’s display in the fields north of Vancouver Island University on Sunday as National Police Week kicked off. Also on display was the Emergency Reponse Team vehicle, the Mobile Command Post, a rigid-hull inflatable boat, and other police vehicles.

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Work will hurt tourism Friend dismisses idea MacKinnon businesses says Stanley just left; woods search continues MALAHAT, From Page 1 Cowichan Valley Regional District Board Chair Rob Hutchins, who has first-hand knowledge of the traffic problems on the Malahat from his days as a volunteer firefighter in Mill Bay, was pleased to see the next phase of safety work get under way.

“This stretch of road has been a challenging stretch of road since it was constructed,” he said.

“We’ve been calling for further improvement on this stretch of highway for decades.”

H u t c h i n s a c k n ow l e d g e d that, as has been the case with past construction projects on the Malahat, there will be an impact on businesses north of the pass.

“Any time you do road improvement, it’s a challenge for the travelling public,” he said. “It’s kind of a catch-22: we have to endure the challenges to make a safer highway. It is a challenge, but there is no other answer.”

The Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure has tried to schedule construction to make things easier on travelers and businesses. Southbound traffic will not be stopped between 6 and 9 a.m., and northbound traffic will not be stopped between 3 and 6 p.m., although there will be delays of up to 20 minutes outside peak times from Monday

“It is a challenge, but there is no other answer.”

ROB HUTCHINS, CVRD board chair

to Friday. Starting June 15, traffic will not be stopped on Friday afternoons or any time Saturday and Sunday. Traffic will not be stopped on long weekends, or on the days immediately before or after a long weekend.

That doesn’t quite alleviate the concerns of some business owners, like Marsha Stanley of Damali Lavender and Winery in Cobble Hill.

“During June, July and August, it’s not just weekends that people are travelling, especially the kinds of people that support businesses that rely on tourists,” she said. “Last year I had people who would arrive and say that they spent two or three hours getting from Victoria. When people go back and relay that kind of story, that means that the next person doesn’t come.”

Hutchins noted that he has heard concerns from residents and businesses, but in order to make the Malahat safer in the long run, the delays will have to be tolerated this summer.

“I’m not sure that there’s anywhere in the country where road work doesn’t have an impact,” he said.

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Friends and family have not stopped searching for Rod MacKinnon, the Lake Cowichan man who went missing May 2.

His truck was found on Fairservice Main, a logging road south and west of Lake Cowichan, and an official search found no trace of the 35-year-old experienced woodsman before it was called off.

A posting on Facebook from Tuesday is typical of the continuing effort.

“Again no leads! Just means that we have to search a little harder.

Words cannot express how grateful the family is to have so many people that truly care,” it read.

Susan Kenyon Lowe, one of the friends who has been out searching, said that it’s tough to be finding nothing but people are still out every day.

“The official search and rescue has been suspended but there are lots of family and friends that continue to go out. I was on the mountain for four days and I’ve been out on every day off. I was out all weekend; I concentrated in the Hudgrove Road area,” she said.

That road is in an isolated section located on the southern side of the Cowichan River, east of the town of Lake Cowichan.

There was a good reason for looking there, she said.

“If you come down the mountain from where his truck was parked, that’s around the area.

If he walked from his truck down the mountain as the crow flies, he could get in and around the Hudgrove area.”

But no sign of MacKinnon has been seen, she said.

Rod MacKinnon has been missing for a week and a half. Friends and family of the 35-year-old are continuing the search the woods in the area where his truck was found, though official searching has ceased. [SUBMITTED] “You keep on, though. You just go out and look and see if you can find anything unusual or unnatural, of course keeping an eye out for him.”

Lowe also shared her opinion of some talk about MacKinnon that’s been starting to circulate.

“There has been some speculation that he has simply taken off. I do not believe that because I knew Rod and I know how close he is to his family. He simply wouldn’t do this. Absolutely not. He would get some word to his mom. He’s a caring, loving person. Something has happened to him,” she said.

Healthcare workers back to bargaining table LEXI BAINAS CITIZEN

It was back to the bargaining table last Thursday as 47,000 health care workers province wide try for a new contract with the assistance of mediator Vince Ready.

The 11-union Facilities Bargaining Association announced that

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Lowe said she didn’t expect any more official search time to be put in unless further evidence emerges.

After not finding him already, “the question would be where would you set up that search?” she said, adding that friends and family are going on instinct now, based on what they know of MacKinnon’s skills as a woodsman.

Cowichan Valley Search and Rescue personnel were out in force as soon as they were notified of the missing man and over the weekend that followed they were joined by other SAR teams from across the Island.

“Search and rescue did a fabulous job when they were there.

There was one person there all night all the time in case he tried to make it back to where his truck had been found. If he had gone to get gas or something and was coming back up the mountain.

The area was not left unattended for those whole three days,” she said.

The search for MacKinnon has also reminded local people that Darreld Rayner, another Lake Cowichan resident, has never been found.

“Darreld Rayner went missing seven years ago to the week off the same road, Fairservice Main.

He went missing May 7, 2007 and this is exactly the same area. It’s kind of creepy, and a lot of people have commented on that,” Lowe said.

Lake Cowichan RCMP said they had no update on the search for the six-foot-three inch, 209-pound MacKinnon, although they are still looking for anyone with information to contact the detachment at 250-749-6668.

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“Our objective is to negotiate a fair and respectful settlement that improves working and caring conditions on the front lines of our health care system,” said Pearson, who is the secretarybusiness manager of the Hospital Employees’ Union, whose approximately 480 members at units at Cowichan District Hospital, Cairnsmore, Cowichan Lodge and Chemainus are anxiously watching the negotiations.

“With the assistance of Mr. Ready, it should become clear whether we can achieve this outcome at the bargaining table,” she said.

The main issues at the table are job security, protection of benefits, health and safety and changes to the ambulance service.

The current collective agreement with the Health Employers Association of B.C. expired on March 31. The current round of bargaining began on Jan. 14 and broke off in late March.

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Council eyes cuts to yellow menace

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Joanne Sales, founder and director of Broombusters, was able to whip up North Cowichan councillors May 7 over the yellow invader that plagues the sides of roads and any other open space it can find.

Given the opportunity, it was clear the whole group would have grabbed the appropriate loppers and headed out to “cut the bloomin’ broom.”

Because, Sales said, that is the whole point: to effectively eliminate the invasive Scotch broom that is such a scourge on Vancouver Island, it must be cut down, not pulled up, while it is blooming.

Which means now.

“It only works in May. You have to cut the plant down at ground level. It will die. Don’t pull up the roots, stop trying to do it when the seed pods form and don’t do it in the rainy season. It’s a very small window.”

Sales urged council to take advantage of the volunteers who were just waiting to be sent to work.

“Do you have a contingent of

volunteers ready in the Cowichan Valley?” Coun. Al Siebring asked.

“Yes, we do. But even if you only get five people out, you’d be surprised how quickly it comes down. People love to cut down broom,” she replied, adding, “You have to decide on specific areas. It’s not a free-for-all,” she advised. “It can be done. It’s not that hard.”

She suggested that a chipper was all that is needed to get rid of the blooming broom that was cut down.

Councillors directed staff to come back with some recommendations, given that municipal land, equipment or workers might be part of the project.

Coun. Ruth Hartmann, who said she had been pulling broom up by the roots, was glad to learn how to attack it correctly.

Coun. Jennifer Woike urged speed. “I’d want to see that report

by May 21. Then we could initiate the process and get going while we still have time,” she said.

On Friday, the provincial government announced a grant of $7,000 to North Cowichan to help fight invasive species.

Clipping Scotch broom at ground level while it is blooming is the best way to kill off the invasive species, according to Broombusters, an Island group that is pushing for a concerted effort to help eradicate the plant. [LEXI BAINAS/CITIZEN]

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Municipal administrator Mark Ruttan said that on March 19 the residents were given the opportunity to gather a petition by May 30 to stop the process and repeal the bylaw. Since the area had, by the May 7 meeting, managed to get enough people, Ruttan saw no reason to hold up their request.

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Better driving the key to a safer Malahat he biggest improvement that can be made on the Malahat highway has nothing to do with construction crews.

Making the highway safer is a laudable goal.

But there’s something that can be done immediately that wouldn’t cost anyone a dime.

If more people would obey the rules of the road and drive more safely on the much-maligned highway there would be far fewer problems.

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It’s often not a pretty picture.

There are a certain number of drivers who seem to feel that speed limits are for other people, or just shouldn’t exist at all.

These folks tend to be absolutely convinced that they are the epitome of great driving, too.

Everyone else on the road is a problem.

Not only do they figure they have the right to go as fast as they want, they get annoyed when someone has the gall to not share their mindset.

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person who’s holding them up, presumably thinking that if they tailgate closely enough they can bully the driver in front of them into getting with the program.

At highway speeds, this is an incredibly dangerous way to drive.

Add to that roads slippery with frost or snow, or the pouring rain that the West Coast is famous for and it’s a recipe for disaster.

Then they get to the passing lanes, designed to let the faster drivers pull ahead of the slower ones.

Everyone who’s ever driven the highway and found themselves

behind a tanker truck struggling up the hills has been thankful to see such a lane come into sight.

But all too often poor driving strikes again, as speedsters aim to pass as many people as possible in one go. It often appears as if they think they’re in a video game, not a real life situation with real life consequences should something go wrong.

For instance, that car they almost force off the road at the end of the passing lane, because there really wasn’t time to get by that one more vehicle, doesn’t just disappear off the edge of the screen.

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In real life, hitting a barrier or the rock wall has permanent repercussions.

The really crazy thing is that you’ll often see these same drivers, perhaps a car length or two in front of you, when you descend into Goldstream Park or pull up to a stoplight in Mill Bay. It’s astounding that people are willing to risk their lives — make no mistake, that’s what they’re doing — for so little.

Don’t be in such a hurry. It’s not worth it; too many fatalities have proven that true.

Each of us plays a part in making the Malahat safer.

Alcohol causes way more problems than pot There have been a few letters to the Citizen recently regarding the harmful effects of marijuana.

I feel that the relatively few negative effects of marijuana are being grossly exaggerated while the negative effects of our most widely abused yet wholly accepted substance — alcohol — are being overlooked.

In the healthcare sector I work in, I rarely encounter patients whose conditions are caused by pot. I would guess that in seven years, I’ve had less than 10 potrelated patients, and all of those patients have merely suffered short-term anxiety that wore off within a few hours.

In contrast, I cannot begin to count the number of patients I have seen that suffered from alcohol-related conditions.

Car accidents, bar fights, falls resulting in injuries, liver failure, domestic violence, sexual assaults, internal bleeding from gastric ulcers, and depression are just a few of the common results of alcohol that I witness on a weekly, if not daily, basis. I would estimate that alcohol plays a role in at least five per cent of all the patients I see.

Despite this, very few people think twice about having a glass of wine with dinner or a beer after work. As a society, we largely dismiss the vast negative impacts of alcohol and simply accept this as the norm. Would it

somehow be worse to smoke pot after dinner instead? Of course not. It may seem odd or even frightening to people who have never considered such a thing but I believe any reasonable person who gives it some serious thought will realize that smoking pot in the place of consuming alcohol is no more harmful.

Bearing this in mind, I can’t understand why someone would condone alcohol use yet oppose marijuana use. At the very least, I hope that anyone who takes a strong stand against marijuana takes an equally strong stance against alcohol. Anything less is hypocritical.

David Barnes Shawnigan Lake

Re: Changes debated for deadly corridor Having recently celebrated my 65th birthday, I have now officially attained grumpy old man status. As my first act of GOM-hood I feel compelled to comment on the story suggesting that Duncan consider signage, fences and barriers to impede jaywalking across the TCH as it passes through town.

Leaving aside the expense, the futility and the ugliness of all three ideas for the moment, let’s talk about an old concept called personal responsibility.

Throughout the length of the route through Duncan are numerous traffic light-controlled intersections offering pedestrians a safe way to cross “the notorious/deadly corridor”.

(Whoever came up with that gem has obviously never driven in Europe or Thailand.) Everyone knows that jaywalking is illegal.

Everyone knows that there is a risk involved with doing it. Make this really simple: if you jaywalk and get hit, it’s your own damn fault. As the Eagles sang in Get Over It: I turn on the tube/ And what do I see/ A whole lotta people cryin’ don’t blame me/ victim of this/ victim of that Or as another person (probably a fellow GOM) once commented: “there ain’t no cure for stupid.”

Preston Davies Duncan

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Just a matter of time for progress on transportation I’ve seen several views expressed recently in your editorial pages about the viability of a renewed rail service on Vancouver Island.

I think “Island rail service” could be replaced with “Island transportation service” in these commentaries and the same basic opinions would still apply.

In other words, the provision of any kind of safe efficient transportation on Vancouver Island is either no longer feasible, or will take great effort and new foresight due to the machinations of various governments at all levels over the past half century.

We need look no further than BC Ferries, the Duncan strip, and of course, our decaying rail line to see just how far systematic government neglect has taken us into a deep hole.

I’m aware of the Citizen’s enthusiasm for the status quo where Highway 1 is concerned (Here’s to hoping expressway idea really is dead, editorial, April 9), but this old traffic artery is gradually deteriorating over time just as surely as the railway and the ferry service.

Intercity motorists on Vancouver Island are growing increasingly resentful and defiant about the escalating numbers of driving impediments that interfere with the free flow of traffic on the Island Trans

Practice of fracking is threatening our water reserves A local resident recently wrote about the monetary significance of hydrocarbon extraction and exportation. What many advocates of the oil-dependence industry seem to ignore completely is the short-sighted and toxic process with which unconventional oil and gas sources are being extracted. This process is known as induced hydraulic fracturing, or fracking (for short).

There is growing peer-reviewed scientific evidence of the harmful effects of shale gas development. Pro-fracking opinions focus on the big bucks and ignore the detrimental effects on our limited, fresh water systems.

There are a million well sites in North America which have used fracking. A horizontal well in a shale formation can use between 7.5 million to 19 million litres of water. That water used for extraction in gas shale “plays” becomes toxic by the addition of water-based fracturing fluids mixed with friction-reducing additives; biocides to prevent microorganism growth and to reduce biofouling of the fractures; oxygen scavengers and other stabilizers to prevent corrosion of metal pipes; and acids that are used to remove drilling mud. Eighty per cent of this fracking fluid comes back to the surface and 20 per cent stays in the shale excavation “play”. This fracking fluid is highly toxic and contaminates local well water, rivers, and underground water systems.

This is the part which outweighs the financial benefits of present fracking and non-conventional oil extraction methods.

Our North American water reserves are limited. Toxifying our limited water resources is insanity to say the least.

Canada Highway.

Why do you think we are seeing growing road rage on Highway 1, especially through the Duncan area?

The recent proposal for an expressway in the Cowichan area may be off the table for now, but it is definitely not dead. It will rise another day, just like the eternal issues of municipal restructuring and the never-ending hydro power outages we pretend to tolerate on the Island during storm season.

Similarly, BC Ferries will someday be fixed and a new rail line will be provided.

An upgrade to expressway status will have to bring a significant reduction in traffic lights on our main highway, and maybe even a few interchanges and a Duncan bypass.

Our local merchants will adapt when the expressway comes into being, just like they have everywhere else where expressways and freeways have been built.

Reduced promotional signage on the revamped highway will be problematic at first.

However, merchant prosperity is a function of good advertising and service, not road signs.

It will be just a matter of time before everyone sees the light and quits standing in the way of progress.

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Site C dam project not what people want, short-sighted Dear elected officials: This is to express my firm and strong opposition to the hydroelectric dam project proposed by BC Hydro at Site C in the Peace River Valley.

At this time, in 2014, it should not be necessary for me to enumerate the countless reasons why this project is short-sighted and the wrong choice, both for our environment and for the future of society in B.C. Projects like this, and others, such as the Northern Gateway Pipeline, reflect

the short term considerations of special interest groups, privileging them over the long term consequences to the environment, and without due consideration of viable, progressive and infinitely preferable alternative land and water uses.

As elected representatives of the citizens of B.C., you have a duty to do what is in our best interests, and approval of this project would not be consistent with that obligation nor with the majority will.

Cindy Wilson Shawnigan Lake

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No amount of remuneration can justify contaminating underground water beds and surface water courses for coming generations.

As of 2012, 2.5 million hydraulic fracturing jobs have been performed on oil and gas wells worldwide!

Do an Internet search on the topic of fracking and why it is so controversial.

Be wary of industry-backed politicians who would smooth over the dangers of fracking.

Water well testing must take place both prior to and after seismic testing operations. If a well-owner does not test and show healthy conditions were present prior to nearby fracking, then there is no possibility of claiming damages when contamination does eventually occur.

For the last hundred years, water rights belong to the owner of the land.

Tough luck for those landowners and city-dwellers downstream, since liability favors industry not local taxpayers. High cancer rates and damaging side-effects to human and animal life occur where tailing ponds and fracking fluid has escaped into underground and above-ground waterways.

How can we not seriously demand alternatives to oil/gas addiction and its collateral damage?

There is money to be made and jobs to be had, but it requires focusing on developing those alternatives. Industry is not going to encourage that shift.

Politicians serve industry and corporate interests, not the long-term health of the nation. And once again, fresh, drinkable water is becoming threatened by fracking practices.

Bill Woollam Duncan

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Performances stand out in touching, funny drama ANDREA RONDEAU CITIZEN

In keeping with the recent string of short-run dramas the Chemainus Theatre Festival has brought to the stage in between their bigger productions, Waiting for the Parade is a phenomenal example of quality theatre at its best.

From the script by John Murrell, which is touching, funny and heartfelt, to the sparse sets and costumes, the production shines.

But nothing shines brighter than the incredible performances by a hugely talented, small ensemble cast of women.

Cailin Stadnyk as Catherine, Syliva M. Zaradic as Janet, Patti Allan as Margaret, Colleen Lornie as Marta and Samantha Currie as Eve bring this play to life. The audience leaves the theatre feeling as if they’ve made five new friends whose lives they’ve shared for a little while.

From the opening notes of music the show sets the period and place — Calgary, Alberta during the Second World War. Currie as Eve is the emotional, innocent one of the group, whose significantly older husband is too old to enlist, though, she tells us, he’d dearly love to.

Stadnyk as Catherine is the wife left behind to fend for the family. Irrepressible and passionate, she takes comfort where she can find it.

Zaradic brings to life Janet, the woman who desperately tries to make up for her

husband not going to fight overseas by becoming the drill sergeant, perfectionist, leader of every war support project she can cram into her day.

Her hidden shame and pain is ably embodied by Zaradic, who manages to take Janet, who’s not even particularly liked by the other characters, and make her someone the audience can understand.

Lornie has the tough job of portraying Marta. She’s often something of an outsider, as she is not only of German birth, but her father has been taken away to an internment camp for his pro-Nazi sympathies, though Marta insists he’s simply mentally ill.

Amidst these strong performances, then, Allan’s standout turn as Margaret is even more noteworthy.

Margaret is the oldest of the group, pessimistic and sarcastic, but clearly with a marshmallow heart that is full of the fear of losing her two sons, one of whom is overseas. Having outlived her husband, Margaret is tough as old boot leather, but will bring both a grin to your face and a tear to your eye.

From rolling bandages to practicing their blackout procedures, Colleen Winton’s direction effortlessly follows these women through the ups and downs of living life on the homefront, waiting for the parade.

This is one not to be missed, theatregoers. It’s only on until June 1, so snap up those tickets (1-800-565-7738).

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Actors reprise roles 7 years later LEXI BAINAS CITIZEN

Does seven years make a difference in how you look at life?

You bet! Theatregoers are now enjoying the results of seven years of growth as five skilled actresses recreate their roles in the Chemainus Theatre Festival’s latest play, Waiting for the Parade.

We spoke to Patti Allan, who is playing Margaret in the production, which runs until June 1 and she let the cat out of the bag about the group’s previous experience. “We did this for the Showcase Festival about seven years ago up in Campbell River/Courtenay in companion with Cabaret.

Coming back to a show is such a treat, because you wonder if you’re going to remember things, and find you do. It’s in there. “But you get to go to the next level, deeper and deeper into these characters.�

So to come back together is wonderful, she said. “We all are in love with each other anyway and what we’ve been saying is that seven years have past, we’ve all grown wiser, our life experiences have all left a mark. “The world has turned, too. Even then a lot of things resonated but the way things resonate now, personally and globally, is profound. We’re really happy to be able to do this.�

Deepening their portrayals of these women is both a challenge and a responsibility. “Because you’re not going right back to square one, you look at and hear the play so differently. I’ve found myself thinking: My God, I never heard that before or I didn’t even pay attention to that the first time,�

Allan said.

Also, of course, there’s the story itself: five women just waiting and waiting. gives talented actresses lots of room to work.

She has a story about that. “Quite a few years ago, me and two other gals started learning Andrews Sisters songs for a show. I said, ‘Why don’t we go and interview some war vets?’ As we were visiting my dad it turned out that my aunt had given him a box of letters that his girlfriend and others had written to him during the war. Somehow he’d saved them and he got to look at them again. “Now these letters were the real deal. I

Patti Allan gives a standout performance as the tough Margaret, who worries about the fate of her two sons. [LEXI BAINAS/CITIZEN] could see the longing that was in them, ‘We can’t wait to have you home again.’ All the hoping and waiting and waiting. We can’t have any idea what that is like nowadays with the media we’ve got,� she said.

The closest comparison is with the people waiting hopefully to hear news of the plane that supposedly went down in the Indian Ocean recently, she said.

In the play, the characters had to deal with life simply continuing. “They were all part of the war effort, but life did go on. There was a bit of fear, a bit of paranoia. One of Margaret’s sons in the play gets into trouble for handing out antiwar propaganda because one, she doesn’t understand it since she thought the Communists were sort of on our side then but the fact that it is such a betrayal and that she wouldn’t be able to show her face again.

There was a certain kind of decorum that had to be maintained. His going to prison was bad enough but that he was a traitor was brutal for a woman who was a really strong Christian gal who had a real sense of what’s right,� Allan said.

For the Valley’s theatre-going crowd, this play is a celebration of five spirited and talented actresses taking up the reins again, bringing their lives with them to offer new and deeper interpretations of what was already a powerful play, she said.

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Lots of locals hit stage for zone drama festival LEXI BAINAS CITIZEN

Luisa Marshall is always a favourite when she hits Duncan with her Tina Turner tribute. She’s back at the Travelodge Silver Bridge on May 24. [CITIZEN FILE]

Marshall brings terrific Tina Turner tribute to town LEXI BAINAS CITIZEN

She’s back!

Last time she played the Silver Bridge in Duncan in 2005, pintsized Luisa Marshall brought the packed house to its feet with her Tina Turner tribute.

Finally, after eight long years, the Cowichan Valley can again enjoy her high-energy show Saturday, May 24 at 8 p.m. in the hotel ballroom.

Marshall’s acclaimed Tina Turner show, Simply the Best, has developed in a unique way.

In 1995, while on stage with her band during a show in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates, she gave in to the persistent request

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of a fan to wear a wild Tina Turner wig while she and her band performed Proud Mary.

The combination of her strong vocals, her rock ’n’ roll attitude and her astounding resemblance to the Queen of Rock brought the house down.

That night proved a catalyst but it wasn’t until late 1999 that she decided to take her Tina Turner tribute act seriously. But when she takes on a challenge, stand back.

By 2003 she was competing and winning the grand prize as the world’s rock ’n’ roll tribute artist champion, beating out participants from across the globe.

There is no doubt that, despite not having Turner’s mile-long legs, Marshall can present an uncanny resemblance to the famous singer onstage, as fans in the Valley who have seen her show can attest.

This time, she will also present songs from other favourite divas including Shania Twain, Etta James, Lady Gaga, Amy Winehouse and Donna Summer.

Marshall has been busy with a lot of things besides music since she was last here, according to husband, Steve.

Marshall had an amazing experience earlier this year. She’s an immigrant to Canada from the Philippines and has a TV show as well as her stage career and was invited to the 2014 Golden Globe awards as a member of the foreign press corps.

“It was pretty cool, sitting 40 feet from the stage with all the stars around us,” Steve Marshall said.

“There was an after-party in the Hilton. I was standing on the stage and I turn around and she’s talking to Taylor Swift, and I get out my camera and then I turn around and she’s talking to John Voigt. It was so neat.”

Tickets for a buffet dinner and show are $49.50 each. (Doors open at 6:15 and dinner ticket holders get first choice of seats.)

Tickets for the show only are $20 apiece with the door opening at 7 p.m.

Order by calling the Travelodge Silver Bridge at 250-748-4311 or go online to www.brownpaper tickets.com and then search Luisa Marshall or phone 1-800-838-3006.

The South Island Zone of Theatre BC is holding its annual drama festival at Shawnigan Lake’s Wilkinson Theatre from May 15-19 this year.

Hosted by the Mercury Players and the Shawnigan Players, the event will see wellrespected adjudicator Drew Kemp faced with the challenge of deciding the winner among five widely disparate featured plays, which are all presented live over the course of the festival.

It’s an exciting event, according to Alex Gallacher of the Shawnigan Players.

“We’ve entered plays in it. We entered Albertine in Five Times last year and The Children’s Hour a couple of years before that. I think 2001 was the last time Cowichan has hosted it. And, of course, this is the first time at the Wilkinson Theatre.”

Gallacher said he was happy to see five different companies entered in the event, even though there are none from Victoria.

It all kicks off Thursday, May 15 as the Shawnigan Players present Murder in Green Meadows by Douglas Post.

Doors open at 7:30 p.m. with the curtain at 8 p.m.

There will be a coffee critique Friday morning from 9:30 to 11:30 in the theatre lobby.

Next up, on Friday, May 16, is the Ladysmith Little Theatre Society’s show, The Last Weekend by Barbara Wheeldon. Doors are again open at 7:30 p.m. with showtime at 8 p.m.

There will be a coffee critique on it Sat-

urday morning from 9 to 11 a.m. in the theatre lobby.

The festival continues Saturday, May 17 with the Mercury Players presenting The Original Cast by Greg Finnegan. Doors open at 11:30 a.m. with the curtain at noon.

The coffee critique will be held Sunday morning, May 18 from 9:30 to 11:30 in the theatre lobby.

Later that day the Yellow Point Drama Group presents The Affections of May by Norm Foster.

Doors open at 7:30 p.m. with showtime again at 8 p.m.

The coffee critique will be held Sunday, May 18 from 12:30 to 2:30 in the theatre lobby.

Last up, on Sunday, May 18, the Parallel Players will wind up the performance schedule with their presentation of the musical The 25th Annual Putnum County Spelling Bee by Rachel Sheinkin.

Doors will open at 7:30 p.m. with the show starting at 8 p.m. and a coffee critique the following morning from 9 to 11 a.m. in the theatre lobby.

Later on Monday, May 19, the event will wind up with a garden party luncheon, catered by Amusé from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. followed by the gala awards show from 12:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.

Show tickets are $20 per person per show or $60 for a festival pass to all shows except the gala luncheon and awards event which are $20 for the lunch and $15 for the awards show.

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Flotation devices for all is safety tip No. 1 It’s not the law that you have to be wearing a personal flotation device (lifejacket) while boating, but Mark Winfield, a Coxswain with Royal Canadian Marine Search and Rescue in Mill Bay, certainly recommends it.

The RCM Pacific Region, which has about 40 stations covering the area between Victoria and Haida Gwaii, responded to about 800 calls last year for assistance.

They went on 52 missions last month, and that number is expected to climb in the months to come.

“The number just goes up in the summer,” Winfield explained.

Their calls range from dealing with boats breaking down to boats on fire or sinking, someone overboard, people going missing and boats taking on water.

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The RCM offers free boat safety checks, and did a handful just last weekend at Cherry Point.

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“Make sure that everyone has a PFD on board,” Winfield said.

“Having a PFD and wearing it, and it should be made the appropriate size, so you don’t give a child an adult’s one.”

Boaters must also have a fire extinguisher and flares. There are laws governing that, depending on the size of the boat.

In hot weather, Winfield said it’s important to make sure you’re carrying enough fresh water, and to make sure you’ve got enough fuel for your trip. “Tell someone where you’re going,” he added.

If you get into trouble dial *16 on your cell phone, or use your VHF. There’s a lot more information people can review before heading out, Winfield said, and people can access it at http://rcmsar.com

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INFORMED BOATERS ARE SAFER BOATERS Boating is a great activity, whether you take to the water to paddle, sail, fish or cruise. Whatever your passion may be, the Canadian Safe Boating Council advises that learning how to boat safely will increase your enjoyment of boating.

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In 1997, the Office of Boating Safety consulted with Canadians to determine the most effective ways of making our waterways safer. One of the key recommendations was to have the operators of power driven pleasure craft pass an accredited test.

As a result, the Competency of Operators of Pleasure Craft Regulations was passed requiring recreational power boaters to earn a proof of competency.

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ROTARY RAISES THE BAR FOR GENEROSITY

Treatable middle-class plague polio is making a comeback Imagine being totally immobilized, your breathing done for you mechanically, only your mind free to move... ’m almost ashamed to admit that I remember CHRONICLES her mostly for her...

T.W. Paterson infirmity. Audrey was a grade school classmate of mine who stood out for the fact that she wore a heavy leg brace and had a pronounced limp.

Naturally, this limited her mobility and, as someone with whom I shared a classroom but not the playground, I never really came to know her.

She was the only visible victim, in my small circle while growing up in Saanich, of that nerve and muscle-wasting scourge of the 1940s and ’50s, polio (poliomyelitis aka infantile paralysis).

Oh, there was another classmate later, in junior high, and a man with whom I corresponded on the history of the Island’s West Coast who was stricken by polio in the ’60s while in his 60s. But that pretty much sums up my tenuous acquaintanceship with polio.

I had a recent reminder of this crippling affliction during a visit to the Cumberland Museum. There, so casually exhibited in a hallway that you can almost pass it by, is a real heartbreaker for those who do take notice. It’s a homely, homemade (of plywood and improvised fittings) iron lung. At first glance, this ungainly respirator draws to mind the Iron Maiden, a torture device from the Middle Ages.

And make no mistake, for any person unfortunate enough to have been placed in the Cumberland iron lung, life, while prolonged, would have been torture.

Imagine being totally immobilized, your breathing done for you mechanically, only your mind free to move. Yes, it kept you alive, just, but talk about a fate worse than death...

But, you say, they found a cure for polio, decades ago, the famous Salk vaccine?

Yes, they did, and it’s proven to be a most effective antidote, and truly a medical miracle. Only last month, India was declared to be polio free, no new cases having been reported in three years.

Which puts polio into the past, right?

Tragically, no. Globally, polio is making a comeback. Last week, the World Health Organization warned that polio could “grow in the next few months and unravel the nearly three-decade effort to

I The Duncan Rotary Club has been exceptionally busy this spring with a number of projects to help improve the Cowichan Valley community. Pictured above is the new convection oven at the Clements Centre, purchased with a $5,000 donation from the club.

“Lunch on Clements is a program run by the Clements Centre for adults with developmental disabilities. Clements Centre is given base funding by the province through Community Living B.C.. Most of the funding we receive goes towards staff wages so we have to fundraise for the program for any extra costs such as building maintenance and equipment. The Lunch on Clements program depends a lot on the funds raised through selling baked goods such as our famous cookies and meat pies. Unfortunately our main commercial oven had come to the end of its life. This kind of purchase is not in the budget so we were not sure how we were going to continue with the program. Rotary then stepped forward and very generously offered to buy us a new oven!” said the Centre’s Dominic Rockall.

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“Until it is eradicated, polio will continue to spread internationally, find and paralyze susceptible kids,” said Dr. Bruce Aylward, who leads the WHO’s polio efforts.

Polio is curable when and where an effective vaccination program is in place.

It’s recurring in countries where it was eradicated, such as Syria, Somalia, Iraq and at least seven other nations torn by civil strife. As of April, confirmed polio cases world-wide were running three-toone vs. this time last year. This, in the months of the year when the polio virus is normally dormant, meaning that it could spike in coming months, and WHO officials are debating whether to declare an international health emergency.

According to the Times-Colonist, last week’s decision “means numerous measures will be adopted, including requiring people from countries exporting polio cases to have a certificate of polio vaccination before being able to travel internationally...”

There’s a fascinating story behind B.C.’s repeated jousts with what’s been called the “middle class plague” over the past century.

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The Center for Pet Safety and Subaru partnered together to test how safe 11 different dog seat belts were, and the results were not good.

Crash test dog dummies were used, ranging in size from 25 to 75 pounds. According to the article, only one of the 11 tested harnesses was able to prevent the dummy dog from flying through the vehicle in a crash. According to the study, this was the only harness that was able to prevent the dog being launched off the seat for all three sizes tested. Even with this harness, however, there was significant impact on the medium and large size dummy dogs in the crash test. Unlike with an infant, travelling backwards, there is no way to restrain the head safely.

Unrestrained, or restrained with an inadequate harness, the dog becomes a projectile, injuring not only himself but also the humans in the front seat. An unrestrained 80lb dog travelling in a vehicle at 50kph will yield over a ton of force in a sudden stop or collision!

Dogs do not generally handle heat well. Bring plenty of water and make sure your dog always has access. There are ‘cool mats’ and ‘cool coats’ available that you soak in water to keep your dog cool in the heat. Also bring a shade tent or a shade cloth.

Oh, and bring even more water!

NEVER LEAVE YOUR DOG IN THE CAR! Please never leave your dog in the vehicle this time of year. A car can overheat and cook a dog in only a few minutes. Cracking open the windows, or parking in the shade, will NOT be enough. Every year, dogs (and infants, too) die from heatstroke in hot cars.

The blacktop street asphalt gets very hot in the summer. Put your hand on it to test before you let your dog walk on it! Walk your dog on the grass or on the sidewalk instead of on the street.

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If this is your dog’s first camping trip, it may be a good idea to practice first, in plenty of time before the big trip. Perhaps spend 24 hours in your RV in the driveway, or in the tent in the back yard? Do everything the way you would do it if you were on a real trip, eating, sleeping, walking the dog. If your dog is used to his own bed, bring his bed.

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MUSINGS of a Magpie Mind

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(Bits and pieces of history, travel and trivia, collected over the years by Bill Greenwell)

The remarkable Mr. Thomas Cook

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Despite the economy, this industry continues to flourish, and there’s no doubt that putting your itinerary in the hands of a good travel agent can save many headaches and disappointments. So let’s spare a thought for the guy who started it all, more than 170 years ago.

Thomas Cook was a Baptist preacher and secretary of a temperance society in Leicester, England in the 1830s, and his living was precarious.

So he was fertile ground for the idea that struck him, fully formed, while walking to a meeting of the faithful one day.

Steam-driven trains were still in their infancy, but he later recalled, “What a glorious thing I thought it would be, if steam locomotion could be made subservient to the promotion of temperance!”

He couldn’t help noticing that the industrial revolution, cramming people into the cities, had built up enormous social stresses. Perhaps travel, he reasoned, as a safety valve to relieve the tension of their brutal daily lives, was an idea whose time

had come. And Cook was on the lookout for some sound enterprise that might supplement his meagre funds. So why not use temperance zeal to attract society members to a mammoth gala of celebration? And he would provide the railway tickets for everybody and take a percentage of the price.

He knew that the fledgling railway companies were having trouble finding passengers, so off Cook trotted to present the idea to the local management.

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day. Those hard-faced railwaymen were impressed with the notion and quickly struck up an arrangement to Cook’s liking.

He worked day and night, hiring help, organizing brass bands, making sure that the day would be a credit to the whole temperance movement. Cook printed thousands of leaflets and distributed them to all and sundry, especially on Sundays.

He was the embodiment of the puritanical Protestant work ethic — and it all paid off.

On the big day, 2,000 people showed up for that first Cook excursion, but there were only sufficient wagons to transport less than 600 passengers, squashed together in contraptions that were open to the elements. The day was a roaring success.

The irony of this high-minded initiative is that towards dusk, many of the excursionists had suspiciously red faces, unsteady legs and loud voices, caused it was later admitted, by rum, the very demon which the outing had been designed to attack!

The rest of Cook’s career is a testament to family enterprise, because his son John became the driving force.

But it shows what can be built from a novel idea in a good cause, which quickly became a very profitable service to the travelling world. And the Brits still love their railway outings, particularly if there’s a big steam engine up front.

I’ve been on a couple of memorable ones myself, years ago.

Non-temperance of course.

(Bill Greenwell prospered in the ad agency arena for 40 years in the U.K. and Canada. He retains a passion for medieval history, marine paintings and piscatorial pursuits. His wife Patricia indulges him in these interests, but being a seasoned writer from a similar background, she has always deplored his weakness for alliteration. This has sadly had no effect on his writing style, whatsoever.)

Running and walking, enthusiastic supporters raised $34,000 at the annual Hike for Hospice at Providence Farm Sunday, May 4. A heavy rain didn’t discourage a good crowd from enjoying a morning outside on the trails at the historic farm. [LEXI BAINAS/CITIZEN]

Wooden Boat Festival celebrates history Maple Bay Marina will host the 19th Annual Wooden Boat Festival over the May holiday weekend.

Wooden boats have a longstanding history on the West Coast and Vancouver Island. The people that dedicate their time and hard work to keep them in shape, or restore them, tie us to our maritime heritage. The event pays homage to this tradition; and also celebrates the owners who share a passion for wooden boats.

Popularized by enthusiasts who honour this industry, the event is not limited to glimpses of the

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The public is encouraged to join the festivities and vote for their favourite boat.

“I really enjoy learning each boat’s history and meeting the owners; such fascinating stories,” says Carol Messier, the event coordinator. “I’m also excited to see the remote control modellers back and all the artists who will be in attendance at this year’s festival.”

Admission is free on Saturday, May 17 and Sunday, May 18.

Visitors will enjoy added attractions which include a pool with model boat display and demonstrations, live music and local arts and crafts for sale. Meet the artists and witness their art taking shape.

Artists expected to attend this year include renowned painters, Jeffrey Birkin and Carol Borrett, glassworks by Laura Filgate of FM Kilnworks, marine artist, Michael Dean, Westcoast Chimes, photo art by Neil Fatin, stained glass art

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In addition, take time to explore the wide variety of products made available by other vendors.

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Provincial championship returns to CRFC KEVIN ROTHBAUER CITIZEN

A 34-12 win over Kamloops at Vancouver’s Brockton Oval last Saturday secured the provincial women’s First Division championship for the Cowichan Rugby Football Club.

Two years removed from their last appearance in the final — a victory over Nanaimo — Cowichan wrapped up a long season by winning the biggest game of the year.

“After such a long season, it’s so nice to cap it off with a big win,” Cowichan captain Sherry Spence said. “We had so many games where we didn’t have enough players, but the players who were out gave it everything they had.

“There were players who helped us make it to the B.C. finals that were injured or unavailable to play, but they still deserve the recognition of being a part of the team. Even though it is just one big game, there are months of games that all made a difference. I couldn’t be more proud of all the people who wear the green and black.”

Kamloops was the only team to beat Cowichan in league play, and Cowichan was eager for the rematch, knowing to expect another hard game.

“Kamloops had a very good team, and we knew not to take them lightly,” Spence said. “When we played them they had some speedy players and were strong in the scrums, and we knew they were missing a few players. But after two weeks of prep with our full team, tweaking a couple things to help us defend again the strong Kamloops team, we felt prepared to play in the big game.”

Kamloops booted the ball right

Cowichan players celebrate their 32-14 win over Kamloops in the provincial womens First Division final last Saturday. [JUDY TEASDALE PHOTO]

“I couldn’t be more proud of all the people who wear the green and black.”

SHERRY SPENCE, Cowichan women’s rugby captain

to the Cowichan forwards on the opening kickoff, and with a clean catch, the battle began. The game went back and forth for the first 30 minutes, Kamloops getting on the board first with a converted try.

Carolyn Gudmundseth responded with one of her trademark long runs to score, and Michelle Moore kicked the convert to knot things at 7-7.

Kamloops added another try when their fullback broke through the line, but Cowichan was able to

shut them down after that. Late in the half, Moore finished a big run of her own off with a try that she converted herself, and Cowichan had their first lead.

Veteran Jamaina McLeod was lost to an injury, but Stacey (Badger) Collison stepped in to take her place at fly-half, while flanker Laura Russell moved to the centres. Russell scored with three minutes left before halftime, and Gudmundseth added her second try 30 seconds before the whistle for a 24-12 halftime lead.

Their nerves finally calmed, the Cowichan players nonetheless knew they had to keep up the effort that led to their first-half success. Spence set the tone for the second half when, instead of catching scrum-half Tanja

Ness’s high opening kick, she let a Kamloops player receive it, then delivered a crushing blow at the 10-metre line. Russell collected the ball, but lost it to Kamloops in a ruck. As Kamloops tried to kick the ball away, they knocked it on and Laura Nutt pounced on it to score.

Closing out the scoring was Brandi Van Eeuwen, who spent most of the game holding the scrum together.

“Brandi is such a calm, levelheaded player, very strong in the front row,” Spence said. “Cowichan never lost any balls in the scrum, as a full eight and with Lauren Nutt hooking we were able to steal at least five balls, then Hannah Lauridsen coming in as a replacement and it was as

strong as ever.”

Kamloops found it all but impossible to get past centres Russell and Bristine Gibbons. The one time they came close to breaking through, Gudmundseth tackled the player and pulled her backwards to stop her from diving over the line.

The B.C. Rugby Union chose Gudmundseth as Player of the Game for her running and tackling, but the Cowichan players would have picked an unsung hero for the honour.

“Annie Zurrer had a stormer of a game,” Spence said. “She was all over the pitch with her tackles and numerous amounts of runs, unfortunately unable to cross the line. In our minds Player of the Game for sure.”

Shawnigan gets by Brentwood in Island AA final KEVIN ROTHBAUER CITIZEN

An injury-racked Shawnigan Lake School team emerged victorious from a close battle with Brentwood College in the Vancouver Island AA girls rugby championship game at Brentwood last Saturday.

The 15-12 score was perfectly indicative of how close the teams were in the competition.

“It could have gone either way,” Shawnigan head coach Mark Hall said. “Brentwood was a muchimproved team from the first time we played them, and I think it is safe to say that we limped into this game with all sorts of injuries.”

Both of Shawnigan’s starting centres have suffered season-ending injuries, and their starting scrum-half played in the centre on Saturday with a sprained ankle.

“It could have gone either way. Brentwood was a much-improved team from the first time we played them.”

MARK HALL, Shawnigan girls rugby coach

Shawnigan got a particularly strong game from five members of their forward pack, led by Chelsea Finnerty.

“We dominated at the breakdown, turning over many Brentwood balls,” Hall commented.

“Our scrummaging was solid but we struggled in the line out as we have all season.”

Brentwood coach Marius Felix had a similar assessment.

“While an even battle for many parts of the game, the difference

was Shawnigan’s ability to win the breakdown battles and turnover possession,” he said. “While this is an issue we can address between now and the provincials, Shawnigan were deserving winners on the day.”

Scoring tries for Brentwood were Nambi Mbaja and Katrina Florez, while McKenna Haz kicked a conversion.

Both teams are heading to the provincial championships on May 22-24 in Port Alberni, and both are considered contenders.

“We have two weeks to prepare for the provincials, and we look forward to working on our areas of weakness heading into them,” Hall said. “It looks like a strong field in the AA with Abbotsford, Robert Bateman, and our rivals Brentwood all looking to win the banner.”

Brentwood’s Avi Sharabi is corralled by Shawnigan’s Amy Hotchkiss and Madison Brattan during last Saturday’s Island final. [KEVIN ROTHBAUER/CITIZEN]

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Shawnigan ramps up for B.C.’s after Japan trip KEVIN ROTHBAUER CITIZEN

Back from a trip to the Sanix World Rugby Youth Tournament in Japan, Shawnigan Lake School’s senior boys XV is now concentrating on winning a sixth-consecutive provincial AAA championship.

The Sanix tournament put Shawnigan up against the top high school teams in the world, with mixed results.

“Six games in eight days against some of the very best sides in the world, so needless to say it was quite the demanding schedule for the boys,” head coach Tim Murdy said.

Shawnigan went 0-3 in pool play, with losses to an Australian school and two from Japan.

They were edged in their first two playoff games by two more Japanese teams, but finished the tournament with a victory over Pucheonbuk High School from South Korea.

“Two of those losses both came literally on the last play of the game, giving up penalties in extra time,” Murdy noted. “So it was a great learning experience on many levels for the boys. We will be a better side as result of this experience.”

Provincials begin May 24 with first-round games at three locations throughout the province, including Brentwood College, and continue May 28-31 in Abbotsford.

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Cowichan boys down to last loss after defeat by Vanier KEVIN ROTHBAUER CITIZEN

A reconfigured Cowichan Secondary team wasn’t enough to hold back G.P. Vanier in a AAA boys rugby playoff game last Thursday.

Hoping to secure a berth in the provincial tournament, the Thunderbirds instead found themselves having to make six changes to the starting lineup due to a combination of injuries, illnesses and discipline, and it all proved to be too much as the T-Birds fell 45-7.

“Losing a player in one position is tough, two is very tough, and more than that a Herculean feat,” Cowichan coach Ron Glass said. “Despite the setback, the TBirds played hard and had good structure, but were beaten in the one-on-one battles. Faster person beats slower person; stronger

person beats weaker person.”

Vanier romped to a 28-0 lead in the first half despite the best efforts of the T-Birds. Reinforcements tried to stop the bleeding in the second half, but the Towhees continued to dominate.

Ben Iwasyk and Sean Barrett were bright spots for the beleaguered T-Birds, and Barrett created the lone try for Cowichan when he stole the ball at the breakdown, attacked the Vanier defence and ran 40 metres before sending scrum-half Cam Horsburgh over the line. Kyle Joe slotted the conversion.

At least five of the six players who were out last week are expected to be back in action this Thursday as the T-Birds go for broke. Cowichan will face the loser of Oak Bay and Spectrum at St. Michael’s School for the last berth at provincials.

Davison tops another tour stop Duncan golfer Callum Davison earned his third win on the Future Collegians World Tour this season earlier this month when he shot five-under to lead the boys 13-15 division at the Mission Hills Gary Player course in Rancho Mirage, California.

Davison, 13, shot a four-under 68 on the first day on the 6,532yard par-72 course. With a threeshot lead on the second day, he shot 71 to hang onto that lead and finish first.

Davison sits 10th in the FCTW season standings despite having played in just three events, at least two fewer than anyone ahead of him in the standings.

Duncan golfer Callum Davison

Hannah Morten is hounded by a Vanier tackler. [KEVIN ROTHBAUER/CITIZEN]

Depleted T-Birds fall to Vanier in AAA Island final KEVIN ROTHBAUER CITIZEN

For the eighth consecutive year, the quest for dominance of girls AAA rugby on Vancouver Island came down to Cowichan Secondary and G.P. Vanier.

It was Vanier’s turn this year, as the Towhees topped the Thunderbirds 21-5 in the Island final at Brentwood College last Saturday.

“It was a very good battle, and we made too many mistakes on offence and defence to win a game against a very strong, athletic and well-organized team,” Cowichan head coach Brad Skene said.

Hannah Morten scored the lone try for Cowichan, who kept the game close throughout, only to have Vanier score a converted try on the last play of the game to tack on seven more points.

The T-Birds had to battle their share of adversity just to keep things as close as they were.

“I was very impressed with the character that we showed,” Skene said. “The week prior to the game we found out that several players who we thought would be back for playoffs would not be back, and the night before we learned that one of the captains is going to be out indefinitely with illness.

“The team that we fielded on Saturday was the best we could but not what I had on paper two weeks ago. I can’t remember an Island final that we had so many Grade 10s play, and this is the first time that a player in Grade 8 or 9 has played. With this said, we still had opportunities and what the team lacked in experience and game time was made up with effort and commitment.”

There is potential for a rematch in the B.C. final. Vanier is ranked first overall going into the provincial tournament in Port Alberni on May 22-24, while the T-Birds are slotted third.

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Former Cowichan Valley Capitals defenceman Shayne Taker is a big step closer to fulfilling his dream of playing in the National Hockey League.

Taker, who recently wrapped up a four-year stint with the University of Notre Dame Fighting Irish, inked an entry-level contract with the Florida Panthers on May 7, according to the NHL club’s Twitter account.

Taker, now 24, 6’4” and 207 lbs, played two seasons on the Capitals’ blueline between 2008 and 2010, accumulating 44 points on seven goals and 37 assists over 84 games. He went on to Notre Dame, where he played 152 games over four seasons, scoring eight goals and adding 39 assists for 47 points.

When the NCAA hockey season came to an end, he signed an amateur tryout contract with Florida’s AHL farm team, the San Antonio Rampage, in April.

Taker played five games with the Rampage, registering no points and finishing at minus-seven.

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Milligan signs on with Selkirk College KEVIN ROTHBAUER CITIZEN

Chemainus Secondary Grade 8 athlete Hannah Tuplin throws a shot during the second day of the Central Vancouver Island Track and Field Meet at the Cowichan Sportsplex last week, including public and private schools from throughout the Cowichan Valley and Gulf Islands.

Grade 8 students were battling to be the best in their district, while Grade 9s were hoping to qualify for Islands. Older athletes qualified for Islands regardless of their results at Central Islands. Visit www.cowichanvalleycitizen.com for full results. [KEVIN ROTHBAUER/CITIZEN]

Alex Milligan is headed to college.

The Shawnigan Lake product and former Kerry Park Islanders star has committed to attend Selkirk College in Castlegar and play with the Saints in the B.C. Intercollegiate Hockey League next season.

“I’m most looking forward to the opportunity to further my education and at the same time continue to grow as a hockey player by getting the chance to play with elite teammates at Selkirk,” Milligan said.

“My goals in my first season with the Saints are to strike a balance between my schooling and hockey while doing everything I can to help Selkirk three-peat as BCIHL champions.”

Between 2011 and 2014, Milligan played 116 Vancouver Island Junior Hockey League games with Kerry Park, scoring 73 goals and adding 47 assists for 120 points, while racking up 274 penalty minutes. He was traded to the Peninsula Panthers late in the 2013/14 season, and scored 17 goals in 13 games to finish the year with a leaguebest 46 goals, while his 73 points were third in the VIJHL, and he shared the award for the league’s top forward.

Milligan also played two games for the Cowichan Valley Capitals during his junior career, and eight with the Valencia (California) Flyers of the Western States

Alex Milligan skates with the Kerry Park Islanders during a game this past season.

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Hockey League.

“Alex is a pure goal scorer who has the potential to be a dynamic offensive player at the college level,” Saints head coach Jeff Dubois said. “He has a great shot and skates very well, so all the tools are there for him to be an impact player with us as a rookie.”

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VALLEY Calendar Miscellaneous • Cowichan Intercultural Society free 10-week workshop series (join any time) Citizenship 101, to prepare permanent residents for their Canadian Citizenship test, March 28-June 13. Includes mock citizenship exam and ceremony. Classes at CIS office in Duncan, Fridays, 7-8:30 p.m.

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• Basic sketching and drafting: Hands on at the Library, Friday, May 16, 4-5 p.m. Free admission. Cowichan Tribes artist lessLIE gives an hour session. Limited seats, register: 250-7467661 or stop by Duncan library.

• Help bring back the bluebirds to the Cowichan Valley. Beer and burger fundraiser and silent auction, Sunday, May 25, 5-8 p.m. Cow Bay Pub. Live music by the Bryon Clayton Thomas Band and the Paul Ruszel Trio. Tickets: Copycat Printing, Volume One Bookstore, or at the door, $20.

• Saving St. Peter’s Fundraising Gala, dinner, dance and silent auction, May 31, 5:30 p.m.-midnight, Duncan Meadows Golf and Country club. Music by The Paul Wainwright Band. Tickets

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