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closed for shellfish harvesting,” said Philp. “But people should still be aware that the signs are up and they’re still up for a reason.”

Further, Elysha Gordon of DFO cautions that there are proper ways to harvest and store shellfish.

Voters in North Cowichan will find themselves using electronic voting machines for the first time in the elections this fall.

According to North Cowichan Mayor Jon Lefebure, council made the $15,000 decision to go to them this year on the recommendation of chief electoral officer Mary Beth MacKenzie.

“She brought it forward as a supplemental item in our budget. The additional cost is about $15,000 to rent voting machines that election. We need one for each polling station; for us, that’s six machines,” Lefebure said.

North Cowichan will be using an electronic machine that scans the ballot when it’s put in and records the number of valid votes.

“It is a very quick form of recording the vote and it’s also quite accurate. If someone, for instance, votes for two mayors, it would spit the ballot out and the voter could take it to the official there and trade it for a new ballot and do it properly.”

MacKenzie told councillors that the system would be an improvement to the current system because it is more accurate.

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Alison Philp of South Cowichan Community Policing is trying to get the word out that the coast along Mill Bay is largely closed to harvesting of shellfish, and that the closure is still current, in spite of how worn some of the signs are. Eating shellfish from the area could be a health hazard. [LEXI BAINAS/CITIZEN]

Illegal shellfish harvest a health danger ANDREA RONDEAU CITIZEN

People who have been seen collecting oysters and digging clams along the shores in the Mill Bay area are risking their health.

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“It was one of the people that live along the foreshore here that contacted the Department of Fisheries and found out the real scoop,” said Philp.

“Some of the signs are looking so old and worn out that people are thinking ‘oh, it’s probably not effective anymore.’ Well it is,

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Mill Bay is located within the Sanitary Closure area 19.3, the DFO said, an area that is closed through the entire year due to “sanitary contamination.”

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Debby Skramstad Nickell living ‘a mother’s worst nightmare’ “At two or three o’clock in the morning, I’ll get up and wander downtown just in case he’s come into town.”

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For Debby Skramstad Nickell of Lake Cowichan, life lately has been a combination of worrying and waiting.

She has had no news of her son, Rodney MacKinnon, since he went missing May 2.

“It’s a mother’s worst nightmare,” she said, adding that sometimes she’s not sure how she actually copes with it.

“You sort of feel like a basketball where you’re thrown up in the air and you’re just about ready to hit the ground and explode when someone catches you. If it wasn’t for family and friends I don’t think I’d be in very good shape,” she said.

One of the ways to deal with the pain and tension is to go out and physically look for her 35-year-old son herself.

“Today [Wednesday] we were out. We walked, we four-byed up some pretty incredible roads. We got out and wandered around. I swear to God I’ve lost my voice from calling his name.”

Night times are challenging.

“At two or three o’clock in the morning, I’ll get up and wander downtown just in case he’s come into town. It’s mind boggling the different things that go through your mind. You just act upon anything, any thought,” Skramstad Nickell said.

She said she didn’t know how many people were still out searching but there were lots of them.

“Sometimes I just break down and cry because of the support we’ve gotten. And from people I don’t even know, too. Some of those people on Facebook commenting on Rod’s Facebook page [Search for Rod MacKinnon] I’ve never met before. They’ve even taken days off of work to continue looking for any sign of him.

Words cannot say how someone feels about that.”

She agrees with her friend, Susan Kenyon Lowe, who earlier this week downplayed any idea that MacKinnon has simply gone off somewhere on his own without telling anyone.

“Rod came home to the Lake from Calgary because his grandfather was elderly and having health problems. He said, ‘I can work in Calgary anytime. I have only a limited time with my grandfather and I want to spend it with him.’ That’s why him disappearing is so out of character,” Skramstad Nickell said.

“He wouldn’t have walked away.

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Right now, with MacKinnon still missing, it’s just a case of keeping on keeping on, she said.

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She has been overwhelmed by the way people have stepped up to help out.

They are giving her a little piece of their own hearts every time, she said.

“Food being dropped off. Delivered to the mountain, to the people who were searching. And just the other day a lady I never met in my life showed up at the house and she said, ‘I’m looking for the mother of the lost boy. We’re going hiking and we wanted to get some posters of him so we all knew who were looking for.’ That’s so amazing. That woman didn’t have to spend her day doing that but she chose to. The community is really, really what’s keeping me going.”

Family, too, (her step-daughter, son and daughter, as well as the seven-year-old she’s caring for) is there for Skramstad Nickell.

A nyo n e w i t h i n f o r m a t i o n a b o u t MacKinnon should call Lake Cowichan RCMP at 250-749-6668. Posters will be taken to all campgrounds for the upcoming long weekend.

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COURT docket May 13 Jordan R. Henry was convicted of two counts of failing to comply with a probation order and one count of failing to attend court. He was given three 15-day

jail sentences and two $100 victim surcharges.

Ian G. Sampson was convicted of two counts of failing to comply with a probation order, and received a suspended sentence and six months’ probation.

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING City of Duncan Council gives notice, under Section 892 of the Local Government Act, that it will hold a Public Hearing on Tuesday, May 20th, 2014 at 6:30 p.m. in the Council Chambers of City Hall, 200 Craig Street, Duncan, BC to receive public input on the following:

ZONING AMENDMENT BYLAW NO. 3122, 2014 – for 198 Government Street, (more particularly described as Lot A, Section 17, Range 6, Quamichan District, Plan VIP44627) Duncan, British Columbia. The Bylaw is to amend Zoning Bylaw No. 1540, 1988 to add 'Seniors Center' as a Permitted Use in the CͲ1 General Commercial Zone and within the Definitions section of the bylaw.

ZONING AMENDMENT BYLAW NO. 3123, 2014 – for 468 Duncan Street, (more particularly described as Lot 1, Section 17, Range 6, Quamichan District, Plan VIP39626) Duncan, British Columbia. The Bylaw is to amend the Zoning Bylaw No. 1540, 1988 to rezone the land described above: Current Zoning: CͲ1 General Commercial Proposed Zoning: PͲ1 Institutional The general intent of the proposed Bylaw is to change the zoning of the subject property as the Fire Hall is an Institution, a Permitted Use in the PͲ1 Institutional Zone.

DEVELOPMENT VARIANCE PERMIT APPLICATION NO. DVPͲ2014Ͳ05 – for 468 Duncan Street. The proposed variance to the Subsection 7.6(b)(5) of the Zoning Bylaw No. 1540, 1988 is to permit the following: a. Vary the north side yard setback from 6.0 meters to 5.4 meters for the existing Fire Hall building only; and b. Vary the south side yard setback from 6.0 meters to 5.0 meters for the existing Fire Hall building only.

If you believe your interests may be affected by the proposed Rezonings and Development Variance Permit, you may express your views to City Council at the PUBLIC HEARING to be held at 6:30 p.m., Tuesday, May 20th, 2014 at City Hall, 200 Craig Street, Duncan, BC. If you cannot attend the Public Hearing, you may write to City Council at the address or fax number shown below, or send an eͲmail to karen@duncan.ca, before 4:00 p.m., Tuesday, May 20th, 2014. Your submission will become part of the public record. If you have any questions regarding the amendments, please contact Michelle Geneau, Planner at 250Ͳ746Ͳ6126 or michelle@duncan.ca. If you want to inspect a copy of the applications and related information, please contact City Hall, 200 Craig Street, Duncan, BC, Monday to Friday, between 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., except Statutory Holidays, from the date of publication of this notice to the date of the Public Hearing.

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Buckerfields to terminate MMBC deal, start own recycling program ROBERT BARRON DAILY NEWS

Kelvin McCulloch has served notice to the province and Multi Materials B.C. that he will terminate the contract that was signed for the private Ontario-based group to deal with his company’s recycling requirements.

McCulloch, CEO of the Duncanbased Buckerfield’s Ltd., said the company intends to “go back to the drawing board” and develop its own recycling program that will comply with the provincial regulations.

He said the legislation that gives MMBC control over the province’s recycling programs also allows for individual companies to develop their own programs, and he intends to do just that. He encouraged other B.C. businesses to follow in his footsteps as they try to deal with the impact of the controversial issue.

McCulloch said he’s also continuing to consider taking the

“Despite all the opposition to this move, I believe the government plans to continue on this course because there never was a plan in place to do anything else.”

KELVIN MCCULLOCH, Buckerfields CEO

province to court over its plans to turn over its Blue Box recycling program to MMBC, but he needs at least 20 other businesses to join the lawsuit in order to split the legal costs.

“It’s time we found out exactly what we can do and what we can get approval for,” he said.

“Despite all the opposition to this move, I believe the government plans to continue on this course because there never was a plan in place to do anything else.”

Buckerfield’s joins a growing

Bacteria, toxins, can cause illness ILLEGAL SHELLFISH HARVEST, From Page 1 “Bivalve shellfish should only be harvested at the water’s edge when the tide is going out, and shellfish should be iced, refrigerated or frozen immediately after harvest or purchase, and during transport, until they’re ready to be eaten,” she said in a press release.

“These animals are highly sensitive to the quality of their marine environments. Because they feed by filtering microscopic organisms from the water, harmful bacteria, viruses and biotoxins from their surroundings can build up in their tissues and

Cowichan Sportplex Funding Survey The CVRD is considering whether to provide long-term funding to support the Cowichan Sportplex and is seeking community feedback on this proposal. Take the online survey to learn about the Sportplex, understand the financial implications, cost sharing options, and register your opinion to five survey questions.

To access the survey visit us online: Website: www.cvrd.bc.ca Facebook: facebook.com/mycvrd Twitter: @mycvrd Paper copies of the survey are also available upon request at the CVRD Office Building at 175 Ingram St.

Karen Burley Director of Corporate Services 200 Craig Street Duncan, BC V9L 1W3; Phone: 250Ͳ746Ͳ6126; Fax: 250Ͳ746Ͳ6129

list of businesses from a number of sectors all across B.C. that are joining forces in an effort, called the RethinkIt-BC campaign, to have the government reconsider its upcoming changes to the province’s recycling program.

The businesses fear that the switch to the private-sector MMBC to handle the province’s Blue Box program will result in job losses, business failures and increased costs for B. C. businesses and households.

A spokesman from the Ministry of Environment, which is responsible for the program, said MMBC is registered under the B.C. Society Act and is in “good standing” with respect to its obligations under the Act. “No business is required to join MMBC,” the spokesman acknowledged.

“If they wish, a business or businesses could form their own organization and come up with their own plan.”

For more information please contact: Jacob Ellis, Senior Policy Advisor Tel: 250-746-2520 Email: jellis@cvrd.bc.ca

“Cooking bivalve shellfish does not destroy many of the toxins that may be present...”

ELYSHA GORDON, DFO

may cause illness in people who consume affected shellfish.”

Cooking shellfish does not completely safeguard against getting sick, either.

“Cooking bivalve shellfish does not destroy many of the toxins that may be present when shellfish are harvested from a closed area,” Gordon said.

For that reason, it is actually illegal to harvest shellfish from a closed area like Mill Bay. Further, a tidal waters sport fishing licence is needed to harvest shellfish recreationally.

Locations of all of the closed areas are available on the DFO website (www.pac.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/fm-gp/contamination/sani/area-secteur-19/19.3-eng.html)

ATTENTION RESIDENTS OF AREA D COWICHAN BAY NOTICE OF COMMUNITY MEETING DATE: PLACE:

Thursday, May 22, 2014 TIME: 6:30 p.m.

Cowichan Estuary Nature Centre 1845 Cowichan Bay Road, Cowichan Bay

Residents of Cowichan Bay are invited to attend a Community Meeting on May 22, 2014. Your Area Director, CVRD staff, and other Agencies will provide an update on the following issues: • Recreation Funding • Curbside Collection and Recycling • OCP/Zoning Update • Sewer and Water Issues • Director’s Report and Q & A Come out and participate in the discussions.

FOR MORE INFORMATION Contact Director Lori Iannidinardo at 250-510-3504.

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Former South Cowichan Eco Depot properties go up for sale

Eye exam, glasses for every child in district LEXI BAINAS CITIZEN

Children entering kindergarten in the Cowichan Valley school district this fall who need glasses will now be able to get a free pair.

It’s all part of a program called Eye See...

Eye Learn and the school district has signed an agreement with the BC Association of Optometrists to take part, Schools Superintendent Joe Rhodes announced at the school board meeting Wednesday.

“I was approached by the head of the Optometry Association for B.C. as a result of a conversation with Dr. Trevor Miranda, of South Cowichan Eyecare. We met, he presented the program and we’ve said, ‘we’re in!’”

Rhodes is excited at the opportunity.

“Optometrists in the Cowichan Valley will provide, free of charge, eye exams for every kindergarten student who comes into our system and if they find they are in need of prescription eyeglasses at that age they will be provided free of charge,” he told Trustee Mike McKay and the audience at the meeting.

“What we know is that a lot of early learning challenges are related to vision. It will make a real difference. [The optometrists] know that up to 40 per cent of students in kindergarten have some degree of eye problems,” Rhodes said.

The idea came from the optometrists themselves.

“They approached us. They’ve started a pilot program in Coquitlam and they have now reached out to a couple of rural school districts. We’re very optimistic that this is another thing that’s going to add to making a difference here,” he said.

“That’s really exciting and I think it’s a great opportunity for all kids as they come into our system to have a proper eye exam and if they need glasses, they will be pro-

For sale signs will be going up immediately on two properties on Cameron Taggart Road owned by the Cowichan Valley Regional District.

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At a board meeting Wednesday night interim CAO Frank Raimondo reported that the properties, formerly slated for the building of the now-defunct South Cowichan Eco Depot, have cleared all the necessary hurdles and will be formally offered for sale.

“The concept is that early diagnosis is important.”

JOE RHODES, schools superintendent

vided,” Rhodes said.

“They focus on the kids in their first year coming into public education. It’s not done in the school. Families have to go to the optometrists themselves but we are making up a list of the optometrists that are participating in the program,” he said.

Most often the problem is hyperopia, which is farsightedness, according to Rhodes. “The concept is that early diagnosis is important.”

The Eye See…Eye Learn program provides comprehensive eye exams by local optometrists (or eye doctors) to kindergarten students in participating school districts.

According to the program’s website, the exams are covered under provincial health insurance which means that there is no out-of-pocket cost for the eye test.

If a child then requires a pair of glasses, they will receive them free of charge courtesy of the participating sponsors.

According to Eye See...Eye Learn, “the program was developed to raise awareness among parents of the importance of having their children’s eyes checked upon starting school. Children, who cannot see the board, focus on a picture or follow words in a book may struggle to achieve their full learning potential. Vision problems can also impact their hand-eye coordination for physical activities and even impact their social development. In fact, 80 per cent of learning comes directly through vision.”

Under the agreement, the school district will distribute a letter to its parent communities with the objective of reaching as many kindergarten children as possible.

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Businesses in Chemainus will now be part of a business improvement area.

North Cowichan council adopted a bylaw to set up the area at its May 7 meeting.

Municipal CAO Dave Devana explained that it’s a move to boost the revitalization of the Chemainus core by collecting a fee from enterprises there.

“This is the businesses advocating on their own to tax themselves. They brought

it forward. Then we [North Cowichan] will collect that money and give it to them.”

A counter petition process asked businesses if they approved of the promotion scheme and only 55 [37 per cent) of the 148 property owners were against it.

They represented 11.5 per cent of the value of the parcels.

These results meant that there was nothing to stop the municipality from going ahead with the bylaw requested by the business community.

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OUR VIEW

Kids deserve the best start we can give them little boy sits at the back of the classroom.

At the chalkboard up front the teacher is explaining how to read, or how to do basic addition and subtraction.

The boy fidgets in his chair, seemingly uninterested in the lesson.

When the teacher asks him to read the word on the board he leans forward a bit, looks overwhelmed, then cannot answer the question.

Chances are even he doesn’t know that his difficulties are not because of any kind of learning challenges but because he can’t

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see the words and numbers like his fellow students can.

His eyesight didn’t change overnight and he doesn’t know the difference.

Maybe an alert teacher will catch the problem, maybe one won’t.

Now, in the Cowichan Valley School District, children and their families won’t have to rely on that maybe.

We applaud the decision by District 79 to partner with B.C.’s optometrists to get all kindergarten kids an eye exam, and a pair of glasses free of charge if they need them.

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School can be hard enough for some kids without being left behind just because everything’s blurry.

It’s ridiculous when there’s such an easy fix. Eyeglasses, after all, are hardly a new technology.

We must do everything we can to ensure our children have the opportunity to succeed.

In spite of our public, universal school system, it is no secret that some kids still have advantages over other kids right out of the gate. Some of that can be about natural talents or learning disabilities, but some of it is about

the kind of home life they have or socio-economic status.

No kid should be disadvantaged because their parents can’t afford to get them a pair of glasses if they need them.

This is a good step.

Next up, getting kids dental check-ups if they haven’t already been having them.

The negative effects that poor dental health can have on people are well-known.

Dental problems that kids experience often just continue to snowball as they move towards adulthood.

Correcting them later certainly

Eco Depot still not welcome in community

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doesn’t get any cheaper.

We have a system right now where those at the bottom of the scale can get good care through programs such as welfare.

The working poor, however, who fall just above them on the economic scale, struggle.

Many will argue that these folks are adults and responsible for themselves and their own situation.

The same cannot be said of children. We have to step up for them.

Kids can’t go out and get a better job or some overtime so they can pay for their fillings.

Process makes a mockery of community planning Municipal planning at its best!

A year after the muni obtained the multi-acre old Chemainus Elementary School site and held a community “input” meeting as to its future, recent announcements indicate that a skate park is a go.

As a participant of that meeting, I recall many creative visions proposed for the site including multi-function parkland, single family residential housing aimed at the senior demographic, rejigging of local streets and yes, a skate park.

At the time assurances were given that when a concept plan for the entire area was ready the

community would have additional opportunity to respond.

Thus it is with profound disappointment in the process that I note recent announcements cover only a skate park with no reference as to how it will integrate into the eventual end use of the larger site. Attendees at an additional and recent skate park meeting hosted by the muni were told in no uncertain terms that the function of that meeting was to deal only with the design of the actual skate surface with input neither desired nor accepted on issues relating to the skate park’s impact on the larger site and local community. This was in spite of 80 per cent of the attendees being local concerned homeowners.

In this sort of planning you only get one chance to get it right. To drop up to 9,000 sq. ft. of concrete into the middle of this unique and valuable site without an overarching community supported plan in place makes a mockery of the “consultative planning” process and is an insult to those who have taken the time and effort to contribute.

Short of abysmal planning and communication skills on the part of the muni, one can only speculate as to what hidden agenda requires this indecent haste. We as taxpayers need to hold our officials to a higher standard of logic and transparency.

Allen Schernus Chemainus

It appears from recent letters there may be some people who feel enough time has passed since the 2011 Eco Depot referendum to simply ignore the results and build anyway.

Those people could not be more wrong.

It would be sheer lunacy for the CVRD board to “resurrect the south end Eco Depot” on Cameron Taggart Road. The location was rejected by a full 65 per cent of those who voted (2,669 to 1,451). Justice Gaul of the B.C. Supreme Court ruled on Dec. 31, 2012 that the CVRD could not have built a “utility” (waste transfer station) on the land in the first place.

Under the new South Cowichan zoning bylaw 3520 it would be explicitly prohibited. Also, the CVRD board voted to subdivide and dispose of the property. Currently, the subdivision process is awaiting final approval and, barring any unforeseen circumstances, “for sale” signs should hopefully be up by this summer.

The saga of the Eco Depot is over, but it will not soon be forgotten. I will be forever grateful to all the wonderful people who put their lives on hold for a year and a half to write emails and attend meetings, sign brigades, and protests to keep that beautiful old road and the surrounding area rural and peaceful.

Barane McCartney Shawnigan Lake

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steady job, a a small number of regular payemployees. cheque, 9 to 5 That includes a and 40 hours a week. fundamental pillar of That is the stereotypa secure retirement: ical work ideal but it workplace pensions. is not the reality for At the same time, many workers in our household debt has community. increased.

COMMUNITY Most of the new jobs As long as interest REPORT created in Canada in rates stay low, it may Jean Crowder the last year were partbe manageable, but if time, precarious or interest rates increase, low-wage. families will feel the squeeze on And in April, Canada lost 29,000 their budgets. jobs, many of them full-time.

In the last 35 years, average While most of the effect was felt incomes have remained stagnant in Eastern provinces, British Col- or fallen and not kept up with umbia lost jobs in the food and increases in the cost of living. retail sector.

We have to do more to create Thanks to Conservative budget good, sustainable full-time jobs cuts at Statistics Canada we in this country. don’t have all the information we New Democrats would start need to understand where new by investing in the upgrading of jobs are coming from. roads, bridges and transit sysIn 2012 the Conservative govtems across the country. ernment commissioned Statscan That would improve the infrato do a skills gap survey of 25,000 structure all businesses depend employers that cost $4.6 million, on to get their people to work but it has not been released due and their goods or services to the to lack of funding to analyze the market. results.

Target tax credit for job creNew Democrats have asked the ation to small businesses.

Parliamentary Budget Officer Those are the businesses linked to continue the analysis of this to the communities they serve data since it may be useful in and that often need help to scale clarifying what skills gaps and/ up their operations and increase or labour shortages currently job openings. exist in Canada.

New Democrats would also like Since the economic downturn, to see more support for innovathe number of unemployed tion in clean energy and green people has increased by nearly technology.

300,000 — and youth unemployIt makes sense to invest in jobs ment is unacceptably high at 13.4 that do not harm the environper cent. ment and are sustainable in the Some 1.3 million Canadians long term. can’t find a decent job near their Job creation and the economy home. will remain a top-of-mind issue And far too many employers for many Canadians in the have been abusing the tempormonths to come. I am interested ary foreign worker program to hear your ideas on how we can — hiring people from overseas create more jobs, please email to fill positions when Canadians me at jean@jeancrowder.ca are ready and willing to work in Jean Crowder is the Member of Parliathose areas. ment for Nanaimo-Cowichan. She can Fewer and fewer workplaces be reached at 250-746-4896. offer benefits, or limit them to

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Possible environmental drawbacks of park It was enjoyable to read the Friday, April 18 issue of the Citizen, with its several articles or letters about our natural surroundings and how they interact together.

There are some sensitive aspects, which T.W. Paterson brought up; “Let there be a light to shine far again atop Mount Prevost.” He refers to a previous topic of establishing a park on Mt. Prevost.

“Suggested park developments include road and trail upgrades and maintenance, increased parking, park amenities including washrooms, and safety restraints at both peak lookouts. The goal is to make the spectacular views more accessible than is the case at present.”

In discussing this state-

ment he brings up the issue of destructive effects on the present flora and fauna. It would seem necessary to have that examined before going ahead. This is the perfect time of the year to observe the rare and delicate glacier lily, which grows in numbers on both peaks — the only place in the Cowichan Valley — and for only a couple of weeks in May. This was publicized two or three years ago and remains just as important today — a striking example of caring for, or abandoning, in our slow progress towards total destruction, Mother Earth.

I appeal to the relevant authorities to go up to the summit and find this beautiful resident — if possible, accompanied by a knowledgeable person.

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PUBLIC NOTICE - SALE OF LAND 361 ST. JULIEN STREET PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to Section 26(3) of the Community Charter that the City of Duncan intends to dispose of the following lands: The City-owned property at 361 St. Julien Street (Lot 19, Block 9, Plan 1063, Section 17, Range 6, Quamichan District, PID 008-072892) to H.D. Meakin Project Management LTD. for $230,000.

The property is located on the west side of St. Julien Street between Trunk Road and Coronation Avenue, one block west of the Trans Canada Highway.

Any person(s) who wishes to comment on the proposed disposition may appear in person or by agent, the evening of the Special Council meeting on Monday, June 2, 2014 at 6:00 p.m., or submit written comments to the Director of Corporate Services prior to the meeting by email at Karen@duncan.ca or by mail to 200 Craig Street, Duncan, BC V9L 1W3.

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Find out what fellow Cowichan Valley citizens are up to around town Brian Jarvis, ICBC’s vice president of claims, presents Cowichan Collision owner Ron Mellson with the award for outstanding customer service. [SUBMITTED]

G.T. Collision Centre owners Jason Stevens and Ted Stevens, receive an outstanding customer service award from Scott Kozak, senior vice president at Mitchell International. [SUBMITTED]

Cowichan Valley students did well at the Provincial French Public Speaking Competition on Saturday, May 3. Top of the heap was Cobble Hill Elementary’s Felix Wilson (Grade 6), who took third place.

Other Cowichan Valley finalists were Maxine O’Leary and Dorian Anjeleigh from École Mt. Prevost, and Anna Paula Moreira and Maddie Pirie from Cowichan Secondary School.

The Lieutenant Governor presented Duncan’s Felix Grosse with a Silver Youth Award through the Duke of Edinburgh program.

Two local c.a.r. shop VALET auto body shops, Cowichan Collision and G.T. Collision Centre, received 2013 AutocheX Premier Achiever Awards for outstanding customer service.

Aidan Thorne, 22, Glaucia Desrochers, 28, Rachel Gonyea, 25, Hanna Seinen, 16, Jacquelle Stratton, 15, Helene Daviau, 17, Elena Zaffino, 13, and Jessie Johnson, 25, are the winners of the second annual Youth Voice Awards, part of the Cowichan Aboriginal Festival of Film & Art. These exciting awards, created by local singer and music teacher, Cari Burdett, were judged by a panel of local professionals including Genevieve Charbonneau, Michelle Tremblay, Wendy Robison and Burdett herself, who pointed out, “The Awards are not focused on winners,

Cobble Hill Elementary’s Felix Wilson takes third prize. [SUBMITTED] instead focus is on mentorship, opportunities, and artistic development.”

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VOTING MACHINES, From Page 1 Also, MacKenzie said, people who make a mistake can get another chance and have their vote recorded.

“Although it does save some money on labour at the polls, in total it will cost us $15,000 more than the conventional hand-counting system. Although it does mean the people working at the polling stations can go home at a reasonable hour, I think the really big thing is the accuracy,” Lefebure said.

Voting machines are definitely not a new thing, and MacKenzie told council that renting them at this stage was preferable to buying them outright.

“The technology seems to change so quickly that she did not want us to make the commitment to this level of technology at this time.”

Longer terms for municipal politicians are a factor, too.

“If we’re going to go to four years from now, it could be light years different,” he said.

This will also affect school trustee elections if a person is voting at a North Cowichan polling station.

“The machine will count all the different votes,” Lefebure said, adding that it’s going to feel different for candidates on election night.

“A little part of me will remember the old days with the lows and highs. During that last election, due to a random collection of circumstances, we had one poll that took a long time to come in and it just happened to be the Chemainus poll that took me from being a loser to

Mayor Jon Lefebure being a winner. The other results were in three hours earlier. So for me and the die-hards who stuck with me right to the end we went through the very low moments when we were behind and then that last one came in and we had surged to a slim [16 vote] victory,” he said.

“Now, I assume we will know by 9 p.m. and it will all be done.”

If tied, winner drawn from hat MacKenzie is now moving forward on a plan to bring in the voting machines and made a report to council May 7.

Although council has approved the rental of the machines, the Local Government Act requires that local governments authorize the use of voting machines by bylaw.

In addition, if voting machines are used, the bylaw must include procedures

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If after a judicial recount, the results of the election are still tied, the winner will be determined by lot, which means, in essence, drawing a name out of a hat.

This procedure is quicker and less costly than conducting a runoff election. This provision has been in place in North Cowichan for several elections, MacKenzie explained to council.

Coun. Al Siebring laughed, “If I’m tied with someone, I’d rather lose than face another election.”

Unintentional spoiling of a ballot will be dealt with simply, she said.

Coun. John Koury asked if there would be some way that a voter who objected to what he or she was facing could somehow present an officially spoiled ballot as a protest and MacKenzie said that option is still open but she would try to discourage anyone who simply wanted to spoil ballots, because they cost 20 cents apiece.

North Cowichan administrator Mark Ruttan agreed.

“If they just stood there and tore them up, we could say: that’s enough, you’re not getting another because that’s not unintentional.”

MacKenzie also told councillors that she expected to see a composite ballot with everything on the one sheet.

“If there are not too many candidates it will be an 8.5 x 11 ballot,” she said.

Before the election, staff will undergo stringent training on how to use the machines, said MacKenzie.

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The Jubilee Community Garden’s Garden Pals will also receive $400, Cycle Cowichan will get $300 for Bike to Work Week, and the Cowichan District Hospital Foundation will receive an in-kind donation of a print.

Two requests from Cowichan Energy Alternatives, for $4,000 for a video promoting the Community Carbon Marketplace and $3,500 for creating increased use of biofuels, were approved after consultation with the Environment Committee.

A grant of $6,600 to the Duncan Summer Festival Society to assist with the Grande Parade and entertainment in City Square is subject to review and approval at the May Committee of the Whole meeting.

Council also denied several grants, the largest of which was a request of $20,000 from the École Mt. Prevost Parent Advisory Council for the community playground project.

Also denied were requests from the Cowichan Valley Basket Society ($5,000), the Cowichan Valley Arts Council for a fiveday workshop on Japanese fabric dying and woodblock painting ($2,000), from the Duncan Daycare Society ($1,200), the West Coast Men’s Support Society ($1,000), the Cerwydden Seniors Society ($200), and a seniors carpet bowling team hoping to participate in the Canada 55+ Games in Edmonton (no specified amount).

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The Chemainus Valley Historical Society has received $40,000 in an arts and culture grant from the provincial Creative Spaces program.

Norma Greer, a spokesperson for the group, said she and her group were delighted, and this amount added to several other recent infusions of cash will help the group expand their Waterwheel Park facility.

“We had applied a year ago and got $50,000 and we applied again about six months ago and now they’ve given us a second amount.

It’s fantastic,” Greer said.

That was also topped up by the Municipality of North Cowichan, with an additional $20,500 to go with the $150K the municipality has already put towards the project.

“It’s about a half a million dollar program and every dollar we get helps. We knew we would hear something at the end of March.

I’ve been on tenterhooks waiting,” she laughed.

“The money is going towards the expansion. We are starting right now, this week, framing the two upper levels and building that in. We’re doubling the size of our museum and we’re also adding the tourist information centre. It’s going to be part of the building, but a separate unit. We will own the building, though.”

The info centre will be added on the eastern side of the museum building, sacrificing a deck but adding a new aspect to the entire facility, Greer said.

The museum has a lot of items and needs space.

“We are so chock full that we can’t move right now. We’ve been getting more and more as we’ve developed our ideas in the museum. We get a lot of compliments on how we are displaying everything. That always amazes me because it’s done almost 100 per cent by volunteers. We’ve had top people from museums around the world compliment us. The last one was from a big museum in Toronto; he said he’d never seen such good displays as ours.”

Construction will be going on throughout the summer.

“We hope to be finished the build by next year. Then we’ll be reorganizing all the displays in 2015 and getting it ready to have a grand opening in February of 2016. It will be 25 years in 2016 since the museum opened. We’re tying it in with the anniversary date.”

“Council also has committed $150,000 for the visitors centre part of it,” said North Cowichan Mayor Jon Lefebure. “So that is going to be really nice: a new visitors centre right in the middle of the park, close to where the buses unload. The centre will be brand new, too, rather than a 60- or 70year-old building. It’s going to be very nice.”

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She said, on announcing the grant and two others to Island operations, “Keeping arts and culture alive in B.C. is supported by these community organizations. I encourage everyone to take an interest in the work done by these groups.”

The Chemainus Valley Museum has many displays of early historical artifacts and showcases, among many subjects, early Japanese settlement, and also includes a more-than-a-century-old Bible belonging to the first midwife in Chemainus.

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Polio struck terror in the hearts of parents (Part 2) that initially and, alas, By 1934, “almost half of naively, treatment consisted Canada’s disabled populaof exposing polio victims to tion could be traced to polio�. “the sun all morning, with a lthough he was anyminimum of clothing...� thing but middle Canada was among those class, Franklin nations which were hardest Delano Roosevelt was the hit and the recurring crises most famous victim of the presented a vicious learning CHRONICLES so-called “middle class curve for federal, provincial T.W. Paterson plague,� polio. Too, he was and territorial governments an adult when struck down, challenged (there was no again in contradiction of poliomyelitis’ Medicare program in those days) with better known name, infantile parproviding medical assistance and alysis, because it targets susceptible hospitalization, and for the medical children. profession struggling first to achieve (We can thank FDR, by the way, for effective treatment then prevention. the ongoing and phenomenally sucNot to mention the families, particucessful March of Dimes which was larly those living in smaller and outbegun in the 1930s as a fundraising lying communities with little medical campaign for a polio vaccine.) infrastructure, who were overwhelmed Canada has suffered repeated epiemotionally and financially. demics of this highly contagious nerve While considerable progress had and muscle-wasting virus (especially been made in combatting other infecin 1910, 1927 and 1953) that destroyed tious diseases, polio was a wild card, lives and devastated families. Today striking randomly at first then in clusit’s totally preventable thanks to ters, usually in western Canada before improved hygienic awareness and the working its way across the country. famous Salk vaccine.

With a cause and a cure unknown, Locally, from 1927-1958, we had the with its often deceptively flu-like Queen Alexandra Solarium in Mill symptoms that could (but not always) Bay, on the site of today’s Brentwood quickly lead to a permanent loss of College. Solarium came from the fact mobility and impair the ability to

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breathe, it struck terror in the hearts of parents.

Unlike in the U.S., where efforts to deal with recurring epidemics came mostly from the private sector, in Canada (1927-1953) the provinces worked commendably if not altogether efficiently. The problems were immense and the first attempts to produce anti-polio serums (collected from the blood of recovered polio victims and tested on hapless laboratory monkeys) and stockpiled in public depots across the country, were failures. So much so that, by 1934, “almost half of Canada’s disabled population could be traced to polio, a poor testament to the efficacy of the so-called answer to polio�.

Another 4,000 known cases were reported in 1937, some of them bulbar polio (the most severe form which can impair breathing), from B.C. to Ontario, and 119 deaths. In all of Canada there was a single iron lung available, invented just nine years before

by Harvard medical researcher Philip Donker and in service in Toronto’s Hospital For Sick Children.

Little wonder then that panic took hold that summer and public schools were closed.

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POLIO STRUCK, From Page 1 That was especially true in Toronto which was hardest hit. For its part, the Ontario government paid for construction of 27 iron lungs over six weeks and rushed them to where they were most needed throughout the province. To deal with rehabilitation, the province then created a program of standardized treatment with up to three weeks’(!) hospitalization for paralytic cases.

Patients were then turned over to their parents who’d been given a crash course in caring for their paralyzed child.

Think about it! Three weeks of rudimentary instruction on how to care for your crippled child, some follow-up visits by a nurse, and you were on your own!

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See what washes up on the tide in Cowichan Bay this weekend How much junk and trash accumulates along the shore in a year? What are the different kinds of clams in the mud at the beach? What fish and other creatures live in the eelgrass just off shore?

The answers to these and other questions, along with lunch, music, and art can be found at Low Tide Day in Cowichan Bay on Saturday, May 17.

Low Tide Day is a free family event that combines science education, food, music, and environmental stewardship.

The day begins at 9:30 a.m. with the beach cleanup check-in at Kil-pah-las Beach just east of Cowichan Bay Village. At 11:30 a.m. the teams return to the beach for lunch and live music, then at 12:30 p.m. the science activities begin.

Volunteer biologists from the Department of Fisheries and Oceans will use a seine net to collect creatures from the near offshore environment, then other volunteer biologists will lead Dr. Bill Austin’s “critter count”, a quadrant survey of the animals in the mud. The day will end with activities at the Cowichan Estuary Nature Centre at the other end of the village.

A new feature this year will be a kayak team to collect plastic bags and other small flotsam and jetsam in the shallow waters of the estuary, led by guide Jenny Ferris.

Participants must be at least 14 years old and need to register in advance. For information email info@cowichanestuary.ca In 1999 Cowichan Bay became the first Canadian community to join and the event has been held every May since then, sponsored by the Cowichan Land Trust, the Cowichan Valley Naturalists, the

Low Tide Day is this weekend. [SUBMITTED] Cowichan Bay Improvement Association, and Cowichan Tribes, with support from the Department of Fisheries and Oceans Pacific Biological Station and many local groups and businesses.

For more information, visit www.cowichanestuary.ca or call John at 250-746-6141 or Jeff at 250-252-1400.

Bring your bones to Naturalists next meeting for identification Skeleton in your closet?

The Cowichan Valley Naturalists have a different type of program planned for May 20 at 7:30 p.m.

Becky Wigen of the Anthropology Department at the University of Victoria is bringing a collection of bird and mammal skulls and will speak on teeth, bills, and diet.

Wigen is an archaeologist with a specialty in Northwest Coast zooarchaeology (identifying animal remains from archaeological sites) and has worked on many local sites for the last 30 years.

You are invited to bring any bone that you may have collected, for identification.

The meeting takes place at the Freshwater Fisheries Eco-Centre at 1080 Wharncliffe Rd., Duncan.

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Cowichan’s cornucopia of choirs (plus one) ONLINE: For a short review of each group’s spring concert by Lexi Bainas, go to www.cowichanvalleycitizen.com

The Cowichan Valley Youth Choir delight a packed house at their wind-up concert on Mothers Day at Sylvan United Church. Sheila Johnson directs. [LEXI BAINAS/CITIZEN]

Brenda Braaten leads her cheerfully named gang, Brenda’s Brats, in the first of two concerts at Pioneer Square in Mill Bay on May 3. [LEXI BAINAS/CITIZEN]

A huge crowd packs St. Edward’s Catholic Church to hear the new version of the Concenti Singers, particularly the male voice choir, performing its first concert April 27. [LEXI BAINAS/CITIZEN]

Director Susan Doughty leads the Duncan Choral Society in their final concert of the 2013/14 season, a tribute to Canada, at the Christian Reformed Church. [LEXI BAINAS/CITIZEN]

Another new group, Ann Antonides’ Freedom Gospel Choir, makes a joyful noise in the first of its two inaugural concerts in front of full houses at St. Andrew’s in Duncan. [LEXI BAINAS/CIIZEN]

The enthusiastic musicians of Garth Williams’ Cowichan Camerata string ensemble get down to serious business at their April 26 performance at the United Church. [LEXI BAINAS/CITIZEN]

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Call-ups buoy Cowichan intermediates

Thunder top T-Men’s truculent tactics KEVIN ROTHBAUER CITIZEN

Monday’s junior B lacrosse game between the Cowichan Valley Thunder and Nanaimo Timbermen devolved into something that head coach Neil Gailey would not consider representative of the best the sport has to offer.

“If Nanaimo had come to play lacrosse, we would have had a good game and a good night,” said Gailey, whose team prevailed 19-8 over the visiting T-Men at The Stick. “But they chose to play dirty, and the officials were not calling it equal at the start of the game.”

The T-Men brought just 12 runners down for the game, but had that number cut in half by the time the final buzzer sounded, due to a host of misconducts. For the most part, the Cowichan players managed to avoid falling into their trap.

It was only late in the first period, after the Nanaimo players got away with several infractions, that the Thunder responded in kind.

“We were getting run over and over again, and we started to retaliate,” Gailey acknowledged.

When the dust settled on the entire game, Nanaimo had accumulated 73 minutes in penalties to Cowichan’s 44.

Adam Golia finished his first home game with the junior B team with five goals and two assists, while Graham Winship had six goals and two helpers. Also getting on the scoresheet were Tyson Black with two goals and four assists, Trevor Philp with two goals and two assists, Jamie Jensen and Joey Robb with two goals each, Brandon Clark with one goal, and Curt Gailey with five assists before he was tossed for fighting late in the second.

The Cowichan coaches were again impressed with the play of the intermediate B call-ups, including Black, Mitchell Page, Steven Rob-

KEVIN ROTHBAUER CITIZEN

Even with seven regulars missing from their lineup, the intermediate B Cowichan Thunder still managed to outclass Campbell River last Saturday.

With three midget A call-ups — Mathieu Jung, Brian Robb and Trey Cleemoff — in the lineup and goalie Dallas McLaughlin suited up on defence, the Thunder grounded the Ravens 14-4 to remain undefeated on the season.

The teams were tied 2-2 after one period, but Cowichan pulled away to lead 9-3 after two and continued to dominated in the third.

Jung and Colin Winship had three goals and an assist each, Robb and Tyson Black had two goals and three helpers apiece, and Brandon Corby scored twice and added one assist. Jimmie Johnnie chipped in with a goal and two assists, Cleemoff scored once, and Corwin Trent had two helpers.

Kain Stewart had a good game in net behind the solid defence of McLaughlin, Steven Robertson, Jordan Lysne and Tyler Weidenfeld.

The Thunder will head to Saanich this Thursday, then host the Juan de Fuca Whalers at 7:45 p.m. on Friday.

Cowichan runner Trevor Philp avoids a pair of Nanaimo defenders during Monday’s junior B lacrosse game at The Stick. [KEVIN ROTHBAUER/CITIZEN] ertson and Brandon Brown, who had two assists.

“The intermediate kids who got called up played awesome,” Gailey said. “There was tons of flow there.”

Monday’s game came a day after the Thunder suffered their first loss of the season, an 8-4 defeat by the Saanich Tigers.

“Their goalie, Tanner Hodgson, stood on his head,” Gailey said. “They shut us down;

we couldn’t score.”

Cowichan had just 13 runners available on Sunday, including four inter B call-ups. Graham Winship led the way with two goals, while Black and Colin Winship had a goal and an assist each. Jensen, Clark and Kelvin Philp each had one assist.

Cowichan will play Saanich again this Sunday at Archie Browning Arena beginning at 2:30 p.m.

Members implored to attend crucial Cowichan Valley MHA AGM Thursday KEVIN ROTHBAUER CITIZEN

Members of the Cowichan Valley Minor Hockey Association are being urged to attend a pivotal Annual General Meeting on Thursday, May 22.

The 2013/14 season was one of upheaval for the CVMHA, as its entire executive was suspended in January for what the Vancou-

ver Island Amateur Hockey Association called “conduct that could bring discredit to the society,” after some CVMHA members expressed concerns about an executive committee meeting in January, specifically the way the executive went about replacing the president who had just resigned.

The CVMHA was reinstated after accepting the findings of an

investigation by VIAHA. “Be assured that VIAHA did not take the indefinite suspension to your executive committee lightly,” read a memo issued by VIAHA shortly after the situation was resolved. “Please also be aware that the process in hockey throughout the country is to impose indefinite suspensions while the investigation is being

conducted.”

Many of the executive members were also coaches or managers for CVMHA teams, and were suspended from those positions as well.

VIAHA felt that the issues surrounding the executive traced back to the 2013 AGM, where 10 of 13 members were replaced, which they said “resulted in the loss of continuity in the overall operation

of CVMHA.” VIAHA encouraged all members to attend the AGM and consider volunteering for the executive, a position that has since been echoed by CVMHA members.

Thursday’s meeting will take place at the Island Savings Centre gymnasium. Registration begins at 6 p.m., and the meeting starts at 7 p.m.

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Shawnigan’s gold-medal winning senior boys coxed fours crew of Sonia Parmar, William Laumann Wallace, Bailey Walker, Bayley Wells and Liam McKay prepare for their race. [KEVIN ROTHBAUER/CITIZEN]

Chemainus Heat hurler Kyle Brown winds up during a game against the Ladysmith Dodgers. [KEVIN ROTHBAUER/CITIZEN]

Fenton tournament celebrates local baseball KEVIN ROTHBAUER CITIZEN

Duncan teams took the top three spots and the host Chemainus Heat were pleased with their fourth-place finish at the 28th annual Chris Fenton Memorial Peewee Baseball Tournament last weekend.

“I think that’s better than we’ve done in quite a few years,” Phil Simpson, Heat manager, president of the Chemainus Baseball Association and tournament organizer, said of the result.

Chemainus lost to the Duncan Royals in the third-place game. In the gold-medal final, the Duncan Angels topped the Duncan Pirates 12-7.

“It was back and forth. The Pirates were actually ahead

first,” Simpson said of the final.

Those teams are pretty equally matched.”

The Heat’s result was especially impressive considering the youth of the roster.

“We’ve got lots of younger players,” Simpson said. “Two mosquito players are playing with us because we don’t have a mosquito team in Chemainus, and that’s better than them going to Ladysmith to play.”

Particularly noteworthy was that there were eight or nine home runs hit over the course the tournament, a huge increase from two in 2013.

“The talent in the Valley is definitely getting better,” Simpson said.

The tournament is played in

honour of Chris Fenton, who grew up in Chemainus and put in countless hours volunteering as an umpire before his death in a car accident. Chris’s mom, Rondeau Fenton, threw out the first pitch on Friday.

“That was really nice,” Simpson said. “She usually shows up some time during the tournament to watch, but this year we had a ceremony with her on the first day.”

Following Chris’s example, teams and coaches were respectful throughout the weekend.

“We had no issues whatsoever,” Simpson said. “Everybody understands that it’s a memorial tournament, and all seven teams are local, so we play each other a lot.”

Rugby car wash fundraiser

Now they have to get there.

In order to cover some of their expenses for the B.C. tournament, the team is holding a car wash this Saturday (May 17) from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the Cow High parking lot.

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Cowichan Secondary School’s senior girls rugby team has qualified for the provincial championships.

Shawnigan Regatta beats the weather KEVIN ROTHBAUER CITIZEN

The well-planned Shawnigan Regatta had a “fantastic” run last weekend, according to the school’s Head of Rowing, Tim Coy. There was a bit of a weather delay on Saturday morning, but organizers still managed to get all the races in thanks to some foresight.

“We had Friday night races for the first time maybe ever, definitely in a long time,” Coy noted.

By Sunday, conditions were perfect, and all scheduled races were run.

“It was sunny and calm, flat water,” Coy said. “It was great.”

The host school collected eight medals over the weekend: gold in the senior girls and senior boys four, silver in the junior boys four and junior boys lightweight four, and bronze in the senior and junior boys eight, senior boys lightweight four, and by Annabel Irwin in the senior girls single.

In both the senior and junior boys eights, Shawnigan placed

third behind Vic City Rowing Club and Brentwood College.

Vic City, now the only club in Victoria, earned the most points in the entire regatta.

“They dominated all weekend,” Coy said. “They have so many athletes, they won a lot of events.”

The weekend included a tribute to former Brentwood Head of Rowing Tony Carr, who was attending his 50th Shawnigan Regatta. Carr was given the honour of presenting medals to the winners of the highest-profile events, the senior boys and girls eights.

“He’s a Brentwood guy, but it’s still cool that it was his 50th,” Coy said.

Along with their rivals from Brentwood, the Shawnigan rowers are now gearing up for the national championships in St. Catharines, Ont., in June.

Shawnigan plans to send 35 athletes to the big event.

“The kids will just keep training for that, and hopefully we’ll get some results there,” Coy said.

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CWFL begins Friday night schedule KEVIN ROTHBAUER CITIZEN

The Cowichan Women’s Football League kicked the season into high gear last week with its first Friday night games of 2014.

The Ravens and Crew proved themselves ready for Friday night play as they defeated the Wild 46-6 and Storm 38-2, respectively.

Rikki Wylie and Sarah Russ each had pick six touchdowns for the Ravens. Wylie’s was part of a three-touchdown game, and both players also added converts.

Nikita Kitagawa had a touchdown and convert, Jenna Carver had a touchdown, a convert and four interceptions, Barbara Smith had a touchdown, and Lauren James recorded two sacks.

The Crew got three touchdowns from Marilou Sullivan and one each from Darbi Aitchison, Morgan Kinahan and Nicole Pugh. Aitchison added two sacks, Kinahan had an interception, Willy Toews had a pick, and Jessica Lines-Wikkerink had two converts. For the Storm, Miranda Mann had an interception, and Katrina Waldron had three sacks, including one for two points.

On Sunday morning, Moo’s Law defeated the Storm 28-0. Kim Scafe led the Law with two touchdowns and a convert, Leanne Closson had one touchdown and a convert, and Crystal Gotto also recorded a major. Toni Williams

Bantam Capitals teammates Dawson Frank and Ben Berard were selected by the Victoria Royals in the WHL draft. [KEVIN ROTHBAUER/CITIZEN] The Storm’s Andrea Kucherawy (32) goes behind her back to flag Kim Scafe of Moo’s Law. [KEVIN ROTHBAUER/CITIZEN] had a two-point convert and Nicki Flynn had an interception. For the Storm, Elia Zanon recorded a sack.

Also Sunday morning, the Roofco Sirens beat the Wild 19-7. Deanne Mearns led the Sirens with three touchdowns and two interceptions, Carmen Brown had a convert, Shelly McKay had two interceptions, and Jessica Kato-Koch had one pick.

On Sunday afternoon, the Crew got by the Blue Steel Brew 27-20.

Sullivan scored another three touchdowns, including one on a

60-yard pick six run. Lines-Wikkerink also scored and added a convert. Alita Mattin finished with a convert and two interceptions, including one in the end zone. Kinahan added a convert, Pugh and Janelle Mould had picks, and Darcie Zibin sacked the BSB QB once.

Mila Main led the BSB with two touchdowns and an interception, and twin Heidi Padjen had a touchdown, two picks and a sack.

Kirbee Crisp added a sack, and Roby Clement had a two-point convert.

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WHL calls on trio of bantam Capitals KEVIN ROTHBAUER CITIZEN

Bantam Tier 1 Cowichan Valley Capitals head coach Derek Topping wasn’t surprised when three players from the team were selected in the Western Hockey League draft on May 1.

In fact, he thought there might be more players picked.

“I was expecting there might have been a couple more,” he said. “I had some calls on other kids. The 1999 age group this year is very strong.”

Cowichan’s Ben Berard went in the seventh round, 140th overall to the Victoria Royals, followed

by Dawson Frank, who the Royals nabbed with the 161st pick in the eighth round. Kyle Topping went to the Kelowna Rockets in the 11th round, with the 226 pick overall.

“It kind of surprised me, especially to be picked along with Ben,” Frank said.

Frank and Berard also attend Cowichan Secondary School together at the Quamichan Campus, where they were part of the school’s hockey academy this year.

Coach Topping, whose team finished fourth at the provincial championships in Vancouver in April, had good things to say about all three players.

“Ben is very gifted offensively,” he said. “I think he had 120 goals [in 62 games] this year. He can also play other parts of the game. He’s a good penalty killer, stuff like that. Dawson is such a phenomenal skater; it’s effortless. He’s a power forward who can beat the defence with speed and create plays for himself and his teammates that way. Kyle is a gritty forward who can get in and dig the puck out. He’s definitely the playmaker of the three. He can put the puck in the net, but his vision and his set-up ability make him the player that he is.”

Berard and Topping were on the bantam Tier 1 team in 2012/13, teammates of Josh Anderson and Dawson Haines, who were select-

ed last year by the Prince George Cougars and Moose Jaw Warriors, respectively. Both Anderson and Haines suited up for the major midget South Island Royals this past season, and Anderson got into a pair of WHL games with the Cougars.

For the players from the bantam Caps who weren’t picked in the WHL draft, there are still many chances to play elite-level hockey.

“It’s by no means the end of the road, even for kids who weren’t getting interest necessarily,” Topping said, noting that there are other options, including the junior A B.C. Hockey League.

About 20 per cent of the players who skated in the WHL this past season, he added, were never drafted.

For the trio who were drafted, it was a bonus to see them go to B.C. teams.

“It’s nice for their families to have the opportunity to see them,” Topping said. “It’s as close by as they could hope for. And Victoria and Kelowna are fantastic organizations.”

Berard agreed “It’s good to be close to home like that,” he said.

There are other reasons to be excited about being Royals property.

“Their coach [Dave Lowry] just got named Coach of the Year, so he’s got to be good,” Frank said.

Regardless of where they end up, the Cowichan players have already accomplished a lot.

“I’m very proud of all three of them,” Topping said. “We had a heck of a year.”

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Pee wee ’Dogs sink Seahawks KEVIN ROTHBAUER CITIZEN

The pee wee Cowichan Bulldogs got back in the win column last Sunday as they thumped the Sooke Seahawks 28-6 at Westhills Stadium.

Damian McCuaig-Jones set the tone for the game on the opening kickoff as he returned the ball for a touchdown.

After an efficient two-and-out by the Cowichan defence, the ball was back in McCuaig-Jones’s hands for a punt return touchdown.

“It was 14-0 before the offence stepped on the field,” Cowichan coach Brian Scott was quick to point out.

Still in the first quarter, Tyson Duffe caught a 30-yard touchdown pass from Dakota Cullum, and Cullum caught the fourth touchdown from his own backup quarterback, Carson Maertz, to complete the scoring.

“In the second half we played the lessexperienced guys more on defence and saw great improvement from the third quarter, where Sooke managed a touchdown drive, to the fourth where we gave up nothing.”

A leaping catch by Enrique Esparanza Pizano was labelled the highlight of the game for the pee wee Bulldogs.

The atom Bulldogs put in another good battle, but were unable to put up any points in their battle against Sooke.

“We were down a few players in key positions which can make a big difference in the outcome of a game,” head coach Devon Lawrence said.

William Hardman was the atoms’ standout on offence, stepping in as quarterback after the starter was downed by a big sack early on.

“We have two good QBs on the team, which is great to have,” Lawrence said.

Zack Pearson stepped into the running back position, and was able to pound the ball up the middle for positive yards. On defence, the Bulldogs got big performances from linebackers Riley McFarland and Hunter Williams.

“Sooke is a passing team and Williams was right there to make the tackle,”

Lawrence pointed out.

The pre-atom bulldogs engaged in a physical battle with the Seahawks, and proved they could hold their own.

“There were a lot of huge blocks and tackles by both teams,” coach Ted Harris said. “The hits that were being dished out by both teams were incredible for this level of play.”

Assistant coach Matt Jones kept the players motivated and going back on the field, and trainer Moe Runzer patched up the injured Bulldogs to get them back in the game.

Quarterback Jaxson Jones ran in a 40yard touchdown for the Bulldogs, who had trouble getting their ground game going against the big Sooke defence, and Nico Harris took down a Seahawks running back in his own end zone for a safety to top up Cowichan’s point total.

After battling an illness, Rylan Ross returned to the lineup for his first game since the preseason, and put on a tackling clinic for the Bulldogs.

“Rylan is one of our most inspirational players,” Ted Harris said. “He has a huge heart and great skills. We have some very sportsmanlike and enthusiastic players on our team that are the building blocks of future Bulldog talent.”

All three Cowichan teams have the long weekend off, and will be back in action on May 24, hosting the Saanich Wolverines at McAdam Park.

Logan Swanson, Travis McDonald, Bailey Lamont, Ryan Hennig, Justin Young and Tyler Hudson will attend Team BC camps this weekend. Missing is Kain Melchior. [KEVIN ROTHBAUER/CITIZEN]

Seven headed for Team BC camps KEVIN ROTHBAUER CITIZEN

An unprecedented seven Cowichan Bulldogs football players will be part of Team BC selection camps in Richmond this weekend.

Offensive linemen Tyler Hudson and Ryan Hennig, defensive linemen Justin Young and Travis McDonald and wide receiver Kain Melchior will be vying for spots on the provincial U18 squad, while linebacker Bailey Lamont and offensive lineman Logan Swanson will be in the running for the U16 team.

The Bulldogs players will be among 260 athletes — 130 in each age group — from across the province who will be put through the rigorous process to determine who will represent B.C. in the national championships.

It will be an intense weekend.

“In Richmond they will have two practices — two hours each — a day,” longtime

Bulldogs coach Jeff McDonald pointed out.

“Plus they will have film sessions, lectures, and team meetings to go over systems.

Plus they will have lectures on fitness and nutrition.”

The camp ends with a scrimmage on Monday afternoon. For the Cowichan players, it has already been a long journey.

They’ve been in the hunt for spots on Team BC since the Island combine — one of several throughout the province — which took place on a cold, windy, snowy day earlier this spring.

“The combine is the start of the selection process to make Team BC,” coach McDonald said. “At the combine, the players are tested on speed, athleticism, strength and positional skills.”

The Bulldogs have had players make the cut for the provincial camp in the past, including Drayson Price, who is bound for UBC this fall, but never before has the organization approached seven.

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999

20.2 cuft Bottom-Mount Refrigerator with Swing-Door Freezer • FrostGuard™ technology • 2 full-width adjustable shelves & 2 clear crispers • GE reveal™ interior lighting

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• Also available in black

$

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$

499

30” Electric Self-Cleaning Range • 5.0 cuft oven capacity • Dual element bake • Glass-ceramic cooktop & hot surface indicator lights

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