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ALL SMILES AS CHEMAINUS GRADS SHOW OFF FINERY The graduating class of 2015 from Chemainus Secondary School was all decked out in their prom duds Friday evening, as, before the big event, they gathered in downtown at Waterwheel Park first for a parade in a variety of shiny vehicles through the main artery of town, then for a walk up the path through Waterwheel Park, where friends and family lined the route, cameras at the ready.

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Opening the west: road push on ANDREA RONDEAU CITIZEN

A push is on to improve the road between Cowichan Lake, Nitinat and Port Alberni, with the aim of opening up the area for business development.

Driving the movement is the Huu-ay-aht First Nation, a group of about 750 members which owns 8,500 hectares of land in the

Barkley Sound region on the west coast of Vancouver Island at the entrance to the Alberni Inlet.

The Huu-ay-aht signed their treaty with the provincial and federal governments in 2011, and now operate under a municipal system where they collect taxes to provide services to their people.

The Huu-ay-aht want “signifi-

cant” road improvements to the 120 kilometre stretch to bolster the development of two large industrial projects, a transshipment hub in Port Alberni and a liquid natural gas project at Sarita Bay. These projects are key to the future of the band, said Chief Councillor Jeffrey Cook, because 85 per cent of their people don’t

live on the nation’s lands, and they’d like to lure them home with the promise of good jobs.

Both proposed projects will require materials to be transported overland from the east to the west coast of the Island.

The long-ignored stretch of what they’re calling the West Coast Vancouver Island Road is the preferred route.

“We’ve been talking about the road for the better part of 30 years,” said James Edwards, the band’s executive director, but said upgrade proposals are finally starting to gain some traction.

The province has indicated the development is a matter of when, not if, he said.

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Boosting the signal: CICV expands reach LEXI BAINAS CITIZEN

CICV’s Rick Endres is one of the folks who has worked hard to establish the station as a Valley communications hub. [CITIZEN FILE] ley Community Radio Society, which owes its existence to three friends: Ron McKenzie, Karl Dalskog and Brian Simpson.

They were sitting around the kitchen table over cups of tea about eight years ago, and according to Bishop, “the discussion started, the pen hit the napkin and an idea took form: a radio station for the Lake Cowichan area.”

An Internet operation at first, the fledgling station moved from location to location and finally found a home in the old Lake Cowichan Ambulance building which had been moved to Wellington Road.

The three “founding fathers” filled out all the necessary paperwork to obtain a CRTC licence to operate as a low power “developmental” station.

CICV has been on the air ever since,

times when it will be of great benefit to all the residents of the greater Cowichan Valley,” Cowan said.

“It is a pleasure knowing that the Cowichan Valley has such dedicated organizations like the Cowichan Valley Community Radio Society serving our communities,” he added.

The Lake Cowichan First Nation’s Chief Cyril Livingstone, said the band had also looked carefully at the application to move the tower.

“We are pleased to see that over the long term there is an appetite and desire to have joint programming occur to have our traditional language shared across the airwaves,” Livingstone said. “We feel that this will only enhance our efforts to regain our language and culture and we believe that any and all mediums should be utilized to assist in such a process.”

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except for some dead air due to the occasional equipment malfunction.

Bishop said that the favourable decision from Industry Canada allowing the actual construction of the new antenna and operation of the more powerful transmitter was due in large part to two very favourable letters of support, one from the Cowichan Valley Regional District, the other from the Lake Cowichan First Nation.

The CVRD’s Conrad Cowan, manager of its public safety division, wrote to Bishop, saying, “From a public safety perspective, the CVRD Emergency Program is pleased to know the [society] has the ability to broadcast off the grid in times of a power failure during emergency or disaster events. Broadcasting via their new transmitter antenna will afford maximum listener coverage at

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Mike Bishop of Radio Cowichan is ecstatic.

“More than five years of preparation can be summed up in one word: approved!” he said.

That’s the magic word the volunteer-run community radio station, CICV, has been waiting to hear from Industry Canada, the final link in a long chain of events.

Now preparation turns to installation of equipment that will increase CICV’s broadcast strength tenfold, going from five watts to 50 watts.

That means the Cowichan Valley Community Radio Society’s board and volunteers are busy.

“We are working feverously to relocate our broadcast antenna to its new and improved elevation near the intersection of Deer Road and the Youbou Highway, next-door to Ts’uubaaasatx, the Lake Cowichan First Nation,” said Bishop, who besides being an on air stalwart, is also CVCRS chair.

The power increase sounds tiny but it’s huge for this little station.

Right now, it can only be heard around Cowichan Lake but the CICV gang have been counting on the increase in wattage to increase their audience.

“Only final testing will confirm the coverage area but we are targeting the complete Cowichan watershed starting in Youbou and fanning out south-eastward from Crofton to Cobble Hill,” he said.

Another change is a move to a new spot on the radio dial.

“Because of the power increase CICV has been instructed as part of the upgrade to change our frequency to 97.5 MHz FM. We will be conducting an information blitz when the new frequency takes effect.”

Worldwide listeners will still find a link to the station’s programming at cicv.ca where you click on the old-fashioned radio, give the tubes a second to warm up, and then Cowichan Lake is broadcasting to you.

The Radio Cowichan studios are now located in the former band room at the Lake Cowichan School, after moving from the previous site in the old ranger station in the downtown core.

“This location on the school campus allows for great interaction between station volunteers and the student/teacher population,” Bishop said, pointing out that it’s a community station offering tours and broadcast training to interested students, a recording and broadcast venue to local artists, and perhaps most importantly an off-the-grid link between the general public and emergency services in times of emergency or disaster.

Although they’re staffed by volunteers, there’s always the need for money to support the operation of the station and its many community minded projects.

Donations can be made at any branch of Island Savings to account number 2068823.

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Mulcair derides derelicts, vows protection KEVIN ROTHBAUER CITIZEN

Federal NDP leader Tom Mulcair praised the efforts of departing Nanaimo-Cowichan MP Jean Crowder as he visited the Cowichan Valley last Thursday to reaffirm his party’s dedication to protecting B.C.’s coast and waterways.

“I’m extremely proud of Jean’s work,” Mulcair said.

Mulcair’s visit came just a day after Crowder’s bill on derelict vessels was defeated 145-113 in the House of Commons, with only one Conservative MP voting in favour. Mulcair joined Crowder and Cowichan-MalahatLangford NDP candidate Alistair MacGregor at Verdier Point in Mill Bay to discuss the issue.

“The federal government is responsible for keeping Canada’s waters and coasts safe, secure, and free of environmental contamination,” Mulcair said. “Conservatives have time and time again abandoned their responsibility to protect our coasts, lakes and rivers. The NDP is committed on taking immediate action to protect Canada’s waters.”

Crowder’s bill, C-638, would have brought in tough regulations to ensure that derelict vessels were properly dealt with before becoming a problem. Under the bill, the

Federal NDP leader Tom Mulcair, second from right, was joined by Cowichan-Malahat-Langford candidate Alistair MacGregor, current Nanaimo-Cowichan MP Jean Crowder and Malahat chief Michael Harry as he expressed disappointment that Crowder’s derelict vessels bill was defeated in Parliament last week. [KEVIN ROTHBAUER/CITIZEN] Coast Guard would have been responsible for derelict vessels.

The lone Conservative to vote in favour of Crowder’s bill was West Vancouver-Sunshine Coast MP John Weston, who is planning his own bill on the issue.

“The Conservatives voted down a piece of legislation that would protect British Columbia’s coast from abandoned derelict vessels which are a hazard to safety and the environment,” Crowder said.

“Protecting our coast is also a key

component of our economy, jobs and culture.”

Derelicts have been a major issue on the coast of the Cowichan Valley, with such high-profile examples as the Dominion I, which sat in Cowichan Bay

for years before being removed in June 2013, and the Beaver, a paddlewheeler that sank in Cowichan Bay last summer. Maple Bay has also had concerns about derelict vessels.

“Taking care of derelict vessels and the Island will start after Oct. 19 with an NDP government,” Mulcair vowed.

MacGregor also commented on the importance of protecting the coastline.

“We cannot leave our ecosystems and culture at risk,” he said. “Canadians deserve better and they can trust the NDP to fix the damage done by the Conservatives.”

Mulcair took the opportunity of being in South Cowichan to weigh in on the issue of dumping toxic materials in the Shawnigan Lake watershed.

He recalled Prime Minister Stephen Harper proudly committing $1 billion toward cleaning up the contaminated Giant Mine site in the Northwest Territories in 2013, and wondered why that wasn’t taken as a learning opportunity to avoid similar situations in the future.

“Instead of repeating the past, the federal government has to step up to the plate and work with the provinces and territories,” Mulcair said.

Cowichan Lake algae non-toxic, expected to be short-lived Both area residents and local volunteers saw and smelled a problem as thick masses of brown algae appeared in the waters of Cowichan Lake recently.

The Cowichan Lake and River Stewardship Society is now supplying more information about what led to it.

According to the society’s Parker Jefferson, “this algae growth was present throughout the entire lake, [with] residents of local communities complaining about strong rotten organic odours coming off the lake.

“Officials from the B.C. Ministry

of Environment have indicated that there are no toxins associated with this algal bloom, and that typically these blooms are short-lived, and have minimal effect on fish. However, the town of Lake Cowichan recently had a boil water advisory issued due to the water quality in the lake,” he said. That boil water advisory was lifted May 14.

Volunteer researchers from the Stewardship Society first noticed the algae in their weekly readings of water quality on May 3, and data collected on May 10 confirmed that the lake water was not nearly as clear as it normally would be, Jefferson said.

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“At this time of the year, depth visibility is normally 10 to 12 metres; however measurements over the past two weeks have indicated that this has been reduced to about four metres. Local residents claim that they have never seen such a situation in over 40 years,” he said.

Algal blooms are not unusual in smaller lakes in Canada, but are rarely developed in larger lakes. A similar algal bloom was noted in 2008 on Shuswap Lake, and again in 2010 on Mara Lake in the north Okanagan, according to the society.

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Effort needed to rid us of broom scourge S

o let’s talk broom.

Scotch broom to be precise.

That yellow scourge that visitors to the province see lining the roadsides and overtaking clearings everywhere and exclaim that it’s so pretty.

Locals know differently.

Broom is an invader that we’ve so far failed to repel, and it creeps further and further into untouched areas every year.

The Invasive Species Council of British Columbia tells us that southern Vancouver Island is the epicentre of this outbreak.

So what’s the big deal?

This plant is not natural to this area, but it sure thrives here.

That’s a problem for native species, which tend to be pushed out by its onslaught of exploding seed pods. Each mature plant can have as many as 3,500 pods, each containing five to 12 seeds. What chance do camas and others have against such a prolific spreader?

Not much, as it turns out.

Broom also increases the risk of wildfire, providing fuel for the flames.

And the stuff is horribly stubborn and hardy in our Island climate, which seems to be perfect

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for it to thrive.

It doesn’t just take one cutting to kill this miscreant. You have to go back year after year.

And you have to get it before the seeds mature enough to be viable. So, basically, right now is when we should be out in force tackling this problem.

And while some groups and individuals have taken on the task and done good work, it’s not nearly enough. That’s obvious just to the naked eye on a quick trip around the Valley.

We’d like to see some regulations requiring anyone who owns cleared sections of land

— vacant building lots and the like — to be responsible for making sure broom on them is cut down or removed.

By far the worst offenders are BC Hydro and the province itself.

Our power utility owns a veritable network of broom corridors, where the plant has been allowed to run unchecked deep into otherwise untouched lands. The broom, of course, fails to stay just in the Hydro rights-of-way.

Our highway shoulders are likewise a perfect corridor for the stuff to go forth and

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is ridiculous. We do, after all, bring our children and grandchildren to our cottages and RV sites. We are as respectful of the environment and nature’s beauty as anyone, perhaps more so, as that is one of the reasons we come to the lake.

The Nantree/Peri neighbourhood is a relatively pristine area of forest and natural flora.

The alternative development of 25 lots and construction of residential housing with sewage treatment plants would have a far greater effect on the environment and the riparian ecosystem than cottages and RVs used for three or four months of the year.

Re: Solar power in the Cowichan Valley In a recent letter Ms. Wallace states that Germany receives less hours of sunshine than the Cowichan Valley.

Germany is a big country; a country average is misleading.

More to the point, what are the average hours of sunshine where the solar generators are located? For example maps by ecosmartsun.com show that the east Kootenay and Okanagan enjoy between 2,200 and 2,600 plus units of solar energy yield while Cowichan receives between 1,800 and 2,000 units.

(To reduce B.C.’s dependence on conventional power sources these higher yield areas are the obvious locations for solar generation, not Cowichan.)

No doubt there is similar range of solar energy yield across Germany and the high areas are seeing the majority of solar generation. If individuals choose to generate solar energy after crunching the numbers, speculating on future hydro costs or for ideological reasons that is one thing. However solar energy generation is definitely not an area for local government “investment”.

Local government has a mandate to provide basic services, but not electricity. Tax dollars are not paid to local government to fund forays into ventures that are far from their expertise nor are taxes levied to subsidize private solar installations. Anyone who thinks that government can efficiently generate and distribute solar power must be happy with BC Ferries, BC Hydro, Canada Post and other such government ventures.

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multiply.

If these two entities, our province and Hydro made a concerted effort to curb the spread of broom it would be much easier to get a handle on it.

There is no quick fix. At this point the contagion has spread so widely that it will, realistically, be years before we can really make inroads.

But the more people to lend a hand and try, both in the physical cutting and in putting pressure on the broom enablers to do their part, the sooner progress will be made.

Happy cutting.

Taxpayer carries burden of government advertising blitz RV owners not contaminating the lake Re: Water quality matters… keep sewage out of the lake; May 8, 2015 The writer refers to the Nantree/Peri Road area of 35 lots where 25 lots have been used seasonally either with cottages or RVs for over 50 years.

There is good reason for that as the area is in the flood plain and traditional septic field systems often flood in the winter.

Only 10 residences were built with septic systems, which by today’s standards would not be approved.

A group of owners, in consultation with the CVRD, has asked that seasonal recreational use be recognized through a zoning

or amendment process currently underway.

There is no evidence that seasonal owners are damaging the shore, the lake or drinking water any more than residential owners with outdated septic systems. RVs do have holding tanks and while pit toilets are not the most elegant way to handle sewage, they have existed for thousands of years.

Properly constructed, according to established guidelines, they are an effective means of waste disposal and indeed are in common use around the lake on private property, regional parks, forestry campsites and provincial parks.

The suggestion that we are willingly contaminating the land, the lake shore and the lake

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Zoning history at the Lake

between the piscine here are many reovirus and the much people in the more serious disease, Cowichan Valley Heart and Skeletal dedicated to returnMuscle Inflammaing our wild salmon tion (HSMI), so their runs to their previous decision to move the abundance. smolts to open water And they were heartwas a sound one. ened to hear news of a COMMUNITY The Minister “shelcourt decision against REPORT tered behind Marine the Minister of FishJean Crowder Harvest’s evidence” eries and Oceans for said the judge, noting failing to protect wild that the Minister presented no fish stocks. evidence.

On May 6, 2015, Justice Rennie The judge pointed out that his of the Federal Court ruled that role was not to judge the merits the Minister for DFO could not of the science but the “reasondelegate her authority to Marine ableness of the Minister’s exerHarvest to determine whether cise of discretion”. or not introducing smolts carryAnd that is where the real story ing the piscine reovirus could be lies. In its submission, DFO said harmful to wild fish stocks. (Reothe Minister depended on guidvirus is not harmful to humans.) ance from expert advisers and The Minister had tried to argue scientific criteria when setting that under the Fishery (General) licence conditions.

Regulations (FGRs) and the But the judge noted that the Pacific Aquaculture Regulations, Minister said nothing about Marine Harvest had the right to the science used to help detertransfer live fish to their oceanmine those conditions and used based pens in the Broughton “unsupported statements of Archipelago.

But Justice Rennie did not see it science.”

The federal court decision went that way. And as part of his decion to say that “The precautionsion, he referenced the Cohen ary principal recognizes, that as Commission into the Fraser a matter of sound public policy, River Sockeye — that diseases the lack of complete scientific on fish farms posed some risk certainty should not be used as a to wild salmon and that “DFO’s basis for avoiding or postponing number one priority in conductmeasures to protect the environing fish health work” should be ment, as there are inherent limits protecting the health of wild in being able to predict environstocks. mental harm.”

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Re: “Speak up against RV zoning at the Lake” May 8, 2015 The area in question is a 35 lot subdivision bounded by Marble Bay, Nantree and Peri Roads subdivided into half acre lots in 1961, prior to the CVRD’s existence.

Few, if any, records exist, however evidence suggests the lots were marketed and sold as unserviced seasonal recreational properties.

Indeed the majority of the lots have been used for that purpose ever since, primarily in the summer months. The CVRD zoned the area “residential” in 1975, as it did 90 per cent of the lakeshore.

Unfortunately, it would appear little investigation was done to confirm the suitability of this, and other areas, for actual year-round residential use.

Specifically in our neighbourhood, lot size and winter flooding has proved detrimental to residential construction. Indeed the entire area is within the 100 year flood plain.

Nevertheless 10 houses were constructed in the late ’70s and ’80s apparently with septic systems which by today’s regulations would not be approved. The remaining properties are family cottages or RV sites.

Clearly our recreational properties, as well as similar lots on both sides of the lake, have been in contravention of the zoning bylaws. In order to address this situation a group of property owners approached the CVRD to resolve the situation.

We were advised to submit a rezoning/zoning amendment application as the only mechanism to address the problem. CVRD agreed that the interface of residential and recreational use is a problem not only around Lake Cowichan but other high intensity recreational areas on Vancouver Island and the interior of B.C. The current process of CVRD planning staff’s review as well as public meetings, is to come to a reasonable solution which all Nantree/ Peri owners can live with and perhaps can be applied to other areas.

Harvest to move fish from a diseased stock as long as it did not require treatment.

The judge found that the licence was inconsistent with the FGRs and that it relieved Marine Harvest from its obligation under the law to test for harmful disease since HSMI does not manifest until five to nine months after smolts are transferred to the sea.

The judge found that although the Minister could delegate authority to Marine Harvest to determine if a transfer of fish was permissible, the delegation was not proper because the licence gave unlimited discretion to Marine Harvest to determine the transfer and supervisory control over the assessment should have remained with the department.

The ultimate decision is that parts of Marine Harvest’s licence were declared invalid and to have no force and effect.

It is suspended for four months to allow the Minister to make the necessary regulatory changes for licences.

Whether you support finish aquaculture or not, I think we can all agree that DFO’s main responsibility is the preservation of fish stocks and this decision raps the Minister’s knuckles for forgetting that.

Jean Crowder is the Member of Parliament for NanaimoCowichan. She can be reached at her Duncan office at 250-746-4896.

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Alberta NDP win due to vote split

LETTERS to the editor Stop spending Saltair taxpayers’ money I hope the residents of Saltair turn out Thursday, May 7 to show their appreciation to Director Mel Dorey for once again increasing our property taxes far higher than the inflation rate. The following increases since 2010 with inflation rate in brackets: 2010 9.46 per cent [2.35 per cent], 2011 2.69 per cent [2.30 per cent], 2012 6.62 per cent [0.83 per cent], 2013 9.23 per cent [1.24 per cent], 2014 5.48 per cent [1.47 per cent], 2015 10.23 per cent.

For comparison, this year Nanaimo tax increase is one per cent, and Victoria 2.2 per cent, but Mel cannot take all the credit. A loud round of applause goes to the secret society called Saltair Ratepayers, [their meetings are closed to non-paid members].

I believe they should change their name to “Saltair tax raiser association”. Online definition of ratepayer association is, “a group lobbying to demand local government to restrain its spending, and end/or curtail tax increases, and to steer clear of direct involvement in local politics, and not align with candidate at any level of government”.

The Saltair group is very active at encouraging new property tax levies, and were very active at getting voters

out to re-elect Mel. Thursday night we will get to hear of future grand plans for our tax dollars. Transit and kitchen compost are two that are on agenda. I made some phone calls about transit. We have seen the empty transit bus travelling Chemainus to Ladysmith, with monthly operating cost $22,000, times 12 equals $264,000 a year, 16 riders a day, or perhaps eight people doing a round trip, costing $46 per rider per trip, minus $2 fare, means $44 subsidy per rider per trip...Such a deal!

I called local taxi for estimate of trip from Chemainus to Timmys in Ladysmith, best guess was $25-$30.

The winners in this scheme would be Ladysmith and North Cowichan as Saltair money would reduce their transit levy. And all of Area G including Thetis island would be paying... that’s how transit levy works. But if transit is such a good idea, why is there no transit from Nanaimo to either the airport or Duke Point ferry?

I suspect it has to do with the high cost/low rider volume. Once again, the push for transit is coming from the Saltair tax raiser group.

Then the subject of new levy for compost pick up. Most folks in Saltair use the backyard composter they got through the CVRD a few years back.

And the white elephant in our midst,

the old school....if it were a car, it would have been sent to scrap yard years ago. CVRD received a cost estimate July 2014 (yes, last summer) that stated a new roof cost of over half a million dollars. Add to that replacement of heating system and other maintenance, and there will likely be demands of seismic upgrades especially after the earthquake in Nepal.

One million dollars and counting. Subdivide building off from greenspace, and work with new owner to re-zone building and save the community from further tax increases.

On the subject of water, last summer Mel agreed to give it away for free to a commercial water truck business until a local person heard about it and called CVRD. Then when they started charging for water, it was half the amount that Ladysmith charges commercial operators.

We were misled three years ago into thinking grant money would be available to offset the cost of upgrades we need to the water infrastructure.

CVRD recently told the community we will not be receiving grant money as our situation is not urgent, it is elective surgery. We pay $340 extra a year for 15 years. Such a deal!

Tom Hockin Saltair

I find recent comments about the NDP win in Alberta annoying and insulting.

The comments were made without ever doing an analysis of the election results.

The Alberta NDP won only 25 seats on their name alone. This was no orange crush. The other 28 seats that the NDP won were won by vote splitting between the Conservatives and the Wild Rose party.

One has to wonder, which party would the votes have gone to if there was no Wild Rose party in the provincial election? Remember all Wild Rose candidates were disgruntled Conservatives.

In summary, news headlines about the NDP win should have read, NDP wins in Alberta because of vote splitting.

Joe Sawchuk Duncan

Bus fees not a big imposition Re: bus fees I am at a loss to understand what is the issue with bus fees.

Fees are not $200 for ALL as they are based on family income. Families with income under I believe $35,000 pay no fees at all and there are many options for paying, it does not need to be paid all at once.

I am happy to pay $20 per month or 50 cents each way for our child to safely ride the bus as I am very aware there is no way I would be able to transport her for such a small amount when insurance, gas and vehicle maintenance are factored in, $1 a day for busing is less than the price of a coffee at Timmy’s.

Busing takes cars off the road, helps reduce vehicle exhaust emission and it eliminates congestion around the schools. Its very simple — pay the bus fees or we will loose even more from our children’s classrooms.

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Liquid Waste Management Planning – Amending the Central Sector Plan The Cowichan Valley Regional District, working with partners the City of Duncan, Municipality of North Cowichan and Cowichan Tribes, is in the process of amending the current Central Sector Liquid Waste Management Plan (CSLWMP) to relocate an existing treated wastewater outfall from the Cowichan River. As part of this review, the CVRD and partners are consulting with community members, stakeholder groups and partners about environmental, technical and cost considerations.

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- The need for the project - Expected costs for property owners - Potential opportunities to reduce costs More About the Project Why is this happening now? Reduced summer water flows in the river, the changing course of the river in the area of the existing outfall, and a commitment to Cowichan Tribes in part of a lease agreement to remove the outfall from the river, are just a few of the factors combining to make this project a priority.

Dear Minister Polack, I am writing to request that you rescind the Environmental Appeal Board decision to permit dumping of millions of tonnes of toxic waste in the Shawnigan Lake watershed.

The “science” presented by the proponents was neither independent nor peer reviewed — it is not science and does not provide a proper basis for the permit.

The finding for the permit on “the balance of probabilities” means that it is a gamble.

Unfortunately the Appeal Board is not gambling with it’s own money, but with the money of the people who use the water. We drink it, cook with it, wash our dishes in it, shower in it etc. I have lived at Shawnigan for many years, and have trouble sleeping when I think about this toxic mess above us. A community watershed is not a suitable place for toxic waste, and an engineered system is not the answer to an unsuitable site.

The site is not only at higher elevation than Shawnigan Lake, it is also higher than Sooke Lake, Victoria’s water source. The Shawnigan and Sooke Lake aquifers are contiguous. Surface flow is toward Shawnigan, but once contamination gets into the underground layers it’s anyone’s guess where it will go. The site is doubly unsuitable for a toxic waste dump.

The Cowichan Valley Regional District offered to work together to find a suitable site in the region. The offer remains on the table as an honourable and practical alternative.

Please revoke this terrible, precedent setting decision.

E.E. White Shawnigan Lake

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The Cowichan Lake area learned on May 4 that children in the area are disproportionately not ready for school, many are living in poverty, and retaining youths in the community is also an issue.

Cindy Lise of Our Cowichan Communities Health Network, the new name for the group that emerged after Cowichan Lodge closed, said the group has been helping to spread the word about a massive 207-page state of the region report from Island Health, covering the 12 determinants of health.

“We’ve now got this network. But we need to find out what we need to tackle,” she said.

“We’re bringing the profile to you. We need to know if we’ve missed anything.

What else can we do?”

Paul Hasselback, Medical Health Officer for Vancouver Island, went through the sections of the document that were most germane to the Cowichan Lake area, noting that income and social status is one of the most important and that a weak, less sustainable economy is more sensitive to problems.

No area in the Cowichan Valley is successful in retaining its youth but Lake Cowichan is especially hard hit in this regard.

And in Lake Cowichan “one in every three children is living in poverty.”

There’s been a huge jump in that; the area really got hit harder by the recession than other parts of the Valley, he said.

However, the Cowichan Lake area is

Our Cowichan’s Cindy Lise talks about the group’s need for direction from the community during a meeting at Lake Cowichan to discuss a wide-ranging report. [LEXI BAINAS/CITIZEN] pretty good when it comes to children in care; it has the second best rate on the Island, he said.

Lake Cowichan Mayor Ross Forrest, one of a group of high-level representatives of governing bodies and agencies who attended the meeting, told Hasselback that more availability of affordable housing at the Lake may be skewing the area’s demographic to include more low-income families.

Hasselback agreed but said that an

important part of helping people achieve a better social environment overall is a community that takes time to focus on the family.

Civic participation in elections is also good in Lake Cowichan as is satisfaction with public transit, and residents’ standards of personal health practices and coping skills, he said.

But when it comes to getting children ready for school, Lake Cowichan is in trouble, with their little ones seen as the

most vulnerable on the Island.

It’s not the first year he’s pointed that out but he reiterated that there is a need to tailor programs to what the community needs.

Comments from the public after his presentation showed that there was a lot of concern about the community’s young children and distress at discovering how many students at Palsson Elementary School had been going to school hungry.

Food bank representatives say they don’t necessarily see those families and the meeting also heard that there are more children using the “hungry kids cupboard” at that school.

However, it also appeared that now the community had heard about that situation, there’s a willingness to try to address it.

In addition, school district efforts already underway and programs planned to start in the fall should have a beneficial effect on the area’s children.

Another subject, aging in place, also came up, as over the years Lake Cowichan people have expressed a wish to be able to stay closer to the area they love.

Again, Forrest said that the Town of Lake Cowichan was looking at the situation.

“We got a grant to hire a consultant to look at this. There is an age-friendly workshop for everybody on Saturday, May 23 from 2-4 p.m. at the Over 50 Centre in Lake Cowichan. It’s not just about getting Lake Cowichan a home or housing, it’s everything to do with aging. I would encourage everybody of all ages to attend the workshop,” he said.

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OPENING, From Page 1 “We want to make sure the when is soon,” said Edwards.

The goal is to have the road designated a public highway and brought up to safety standards and either have asphalt laid or have the surface chip-sealed.

Saying that “the road isn’t great, perhaps is an understatement,” Edwards said.

At some times of the year it’s not really even passable, he said, and is certainly not suitable for those looking to go camping or hiking in the area.

Attracting such visitors is also an important part of developing the entire area economically, he said, including Lake Cowichan, and Nitinat.

Fixing the road will also significantly improve access to medical and emergency services, Edwards said, especially if a disaster were to occur.

The current lone highway into Port Alberni has both safety and congestion issues, he pointed out, and a secondary route is smart development.

The vision is to pay for the upgrades with both private and public funding.

“We do see that this is going to take a partnership,” Edwards said.

The CVRD is being asked to voice their support for the project and be part of a group meeting with the province to sell the idea.

Directors were enthusiastic about the possibilities.

Coun. Tim McGonigle from Lake Cowichan said he could see that the area “would most definitely benefit,” while Dir. Ian Morrison said of the proposal, “This is music to my ears.

The proposal will come back to the board for action at a later date.

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Naval officer Horace Lascelles’s career was short, but exciting The vengeful jouryear. His three-andnalist sued Lascelles one-half years in for false imprisonthis capacity are ment, our hero setamong the more tling the affair out exciting in provinof court with what’s cial history, it being believed to have been the Forward’s pria sizeable cheque. mary duties to act not as a man-of-war o fewer than CHRONICLES but as policeman, 14 Vancou“revenooer” and ver Island T.W. Paterson coast guard for the landmarks owe their length of the B.C. coast. She origin to one man: Lt.-Cdr. continually risked uncharted the Hon. Horace Douglas Laswaters and storms to aid celles, RN, seventh son of the third Earl of Harewood. With a distressed mariners. Once, handle like that, it’s no wonder she was so long on lifesaving patrol that she and her comthat mapmakers have broken pany were given up as lost. it down into its components.

In short, Lt. Lascelles (and Nanaimo’s Harewood Dishis men) earned mapmakers’ trict, Plains and Lake honour respect. his family title and estate; A studio-staged portrait Kelsey Bay area’s Mount Hareshows him in civvies, derby wood, his father. Also found hat in the crook of his arm, there, in recognition of his Prince Albert jacket and vest surname, is Mount Lascelles.

— the picture of sartorial Queen Charlotte Sound is home to Lascelles Point. Doug- splendour, aristocracy and money. His dark wavy hair las Bay (also off Kelsey Bay) (very un-navy-like in its honours his middle name. length) parted in the middle, Then there’s Thynne Peninsula, Forward Harbour (named atop a bushy fringe-beard, and eyes staring straight into the after his ship) in memory of camera, show a man comforthis mom, Louisa, Countess of able with himself and with his Harewood. We won’t go into position in life. As indeed he those features named after his should have been, as an officer brother and four sisters. and a gentleman of means.

Lt. Harewood arrived at His association with Esquimalt as first officer of Nanaimo began in 1861 when HMS Topaze in 1860, being his friend, Dr. Alfred Benson promoted to command the gunboat Forward the following (Mount Benson), acquired

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AT‐LARGE ADVISORY DESIGN PANEL VACANCIES Duncan City Council is accepting applications for two (2) at‐large appointments to the Advisory Design Panel for a two year term to commence June 15, 2015 (tentative date).

The Advisory Design Panel exists to review and advise Council on major Development Permit applications (commercial development over 200 square meters, or residential development with 5 or more units) and other matters referred to it by Council or staff. The Panel may be requested to provide guidance on design‐related policies, such as updates to Development Permit Area Guidelines.

Citizens who are interested in volunteering their time to sit on the above named Panel are invited to obtain a “COUNCIL ADVISORY COMMITTEE/BOARD APPLICATION FORM” and a copy of the Terms of Reference from the Corporate Services Department at City Hall, 200 Craig Street, Duncan, BC or on the City’s website at www.duncan.ca under the City Hall heading “Meetings and Minutes”.

Persons wishing to apply for an appointment must have a demonstrated background or experience in development or design. Experience may include:    

A person with recognized qualifications in sustainable building design or sustainable community design (i.e. an accredited member of the Canadian Green Building Council or Built Green builder) A planner, qualified as a member of the Canadian Institute of Planners A member of the Urban Development Institute (UDI) or a land development economist A person with expertise in accessible design.

In order to be considered, completed application forms must be submitted to: Tricia Mayea, Corporate Services Coordinator, City of Duncan, Corporate Services Department, 200 Craig Street, Duncan, BC, V9L 1W3 or by e‐mail to: tricia@duncan.ca. For further information about the Advisory Design Panel, please contact Michelle Geneau, Planner, at (250) 746‐6126.

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3,000 acres in the Chase River Valley for coal mining development.

Benson didn’t have the necessary capital but Lascelles did, his family having made its fortune in the West Indies sugar trade. With an initial investment of $30,000 (you can multiply that by at least 25 for today’s value), the Harewood Coal Co. was born.

Under the forceful direction of its new manager, an ambitious young Robert Dunsmuir, future coal baron, a small crew exposed a six-foot-wide seam, samples from which were tested in Victoria and said to be of good quality. Alas, to export coal to world markets meant a tidewater terminal, in this case Departure Bay, and a railway across competing Vancouver Coal Co. lands.

Legal, legislative and financial blows doomed the young company.

Dunsmuir, soon to strike out on his own and begin a coal mining empire, quit.

Lascelles’s most exciting time on this coast occurred in 1863 when Lamalchi Indians murdered several whites then retreated to their fortified village on Kuper (Penelakut) Island.

With police and marines, HMS Forward anchored offshore and demanded that those responsible be given up. The Lamalchis responded with a volley of musket fire. For 90 minutes Lascalles poured hundreds of rounds of

solid shot, shell, grapeshot and musket fire into their camp. When a seaman was killed he withdrew and the Lamalchis abandoned their village, which Lascelles ordered burned the next day.

Victoria’s Evening Express criticized Forward’s (Lascelles’s) role in the expedition. The ship’s company (Lascelles) took offence, lured one of the newspaper’s publishers aboard the gunboat and began to steam out of Victoria Harbour. Panicking, the shanghaied journalist leaped over the side; he’d almost drowned by the time seamen could lower a boat and retrieve him. He was put ashore, the worse for wear, two miles from town.

The vengeful scribe sued Lascelles for false imprisonment, our hero settling the affair out of court with what’s believed to have been a sizeable cheque.

With his increasing involvement in the Harewood Coal Co. and other investments, Lascelles returned to the Old Country to retire from the navy.

Once back on the Island, he settled in Victoria and invested in real estate. He was only 34 years old when he died, purportedly of dropsy, on June 15, 1869. He’s buried in Esquimalt’s naval cemetery beneath an imposing marker of red granite. www.twpaterson.com

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Cowichan’s Felix Wilson takes home a top prize from the pan-provincial French public speaking competition. [SUBMITTED] • Ten thousand students from across British Columbia competed, 240 made the provincial finals, and one student from the Cowichan Valley took home a top award in this year’s panprovincial French public speaking competition, Concours d’art oratoire.

Finalists from Cowichan included Macy Wiebe, a Grade 6 student at École Mount Prevost; Sydnae Lowe, a Grade 9 student at École Cowichan Secondary; Jamie Bell, a Grade 8 student at École Cowichan Secondary; Leila Megevand, a Grade 8 student at Brentwood College; and Sarah Rosen, a Grade 10 student at Brentwood College.

Cowichan’s top winner was Felix Wilson, a Grade 7 student at École Cobble Hill Elementary, who won a first place.

“It’s an incredible feat to make it to the provincial finals — taking home a medal is a real achievement. We congratulate everyone who participated; they are all winners. Félicitations!” added Concours d’art oratoire chief judge, Dr. Renée Hamilton-Clark.

• Two Cowichan Valley organizations are among the list of grant recipients announced by the Habitat Conservation Trust Foundation.

Six Vancouver Island organizations will receive a combined total of $470,000 to support fish and wildlife projects on the Island.

The Garry Oak Ecosystems Recovery Team will get a $25,000 grant to fund the western bluebird reintroduction project in the Cowichan Valley.

The second Cowichan recipient is E. Wind Consulting, which has been approved for a $24,000 grant to radio-track western toads to their hibernation sites near Duncan.

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• Cowichan Jacobin Reading Group in cooperation with The Joseph Mairs Memorial Committee hosting “Our Wood Our Oil: The Case For Public Democratic Ownership” Saturday, May 23, 1 p.m., Mercury Theatre, 331 Brae Rd., Duncan. Presenter: author and journalist Mitchell Anderson.

• Inner Peace Movement of Canada lectures Tuesday, May 26, Travelodge, Duncan. Trust Your Intuition seminar 1 and 7 p.m. Talks 90 minutes, $21 at the door.

Learn about life purpose, angels, cycles of life. Info: www.innerpeacemovement.ca • Cowichan Fish and Game Association hosts Canadian Firearm Safety course (PAL/RPAL) starting Friday, May 29. Info: Mike 250-748-0319 or canadianfirearmsafety@shaw.ca • Giant SPCA Garage Sale Saturday, May 30, Sunday, May 31, 8 a.m.-3 p.m., Cowichan Exhibition Grounds.

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

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

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

• ShoDai Peace Chant new location Nichiren Peace Centre, Johnny Bear and Cambrai Road. Meditation Thursdays, 7 p.m., Discovery Sunrise Sundays, 10 a.m.

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• Cowichan Historical Society meeting, May 21, 7:30 p.m., St. Peter’s Church Hall, Duncan. Speaker: Jim Ward of the Cobble Hill Historical Society on a project researching historic Cobble Hill properties.

• Branch 53 Legion meeting Sunday, May 24, 2 p.m., Duncan Community Lodge, Moose Road, Duncan. All members needed, important items for discussion and vote. Mark you calendar for June 21, 2 p.m., Thrifty Foods Duncan meeting room.

• Cowichan Valley Garden Club meets the second Wednesday of each month at St. John’s Anglican Church hall, 486 Jubilee St., Duncan, 7 p.m. Newcomers welcome. Info: 250-709-2608.

• Cowichan 950 Toastmasters meets Wednesdays 7-9 p.m., Island Savings Centre, Duncan. Info: www. cowichantoastmasters.com • The Diggers Club of Cowichan meets the second Wednesday of the month, Chemainus United Church, 7 p.m. Meet other collectors and see and hear about collections. Refreshments served. Info: 250-748-5707.

• Chemainus TOPS (Taking Off Pounds Sensibly) meets weekly, Wednesdays, 5 p.m., boardroom Chemainus Health Care Centre, info: msaben@shaw.ca

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RELAXING DAY IN DUNCAN This pair spends a lovely May afternoon lawn bowling in the sunshine in Duncan at Centennial Park.

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Mobility scooters: use, misuse TIM SCHEWE SPECIAL TO THE CITIZEN

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ife must present quite a challenge when you are no longer able to walk very far under your own power. The mobility scooter is a blessing for those who can afford one. It gives much greater range than predecessors that were powered for however long your arms could push. In fact, I checked a man zooming down the side of a freeway in a shiny new one. The vendor had promised him a range of 17 kilometres and he was testing the truth of it.

Pedestrians, and the law considers the disabled person in a mobility scooter as a pedestrian, often take risks and fail to follow the rules. I’ve even seen scooters being driven like a car, the driver calmly sitting in the middle of the lane at a four way stop, left hand signal light on waiting his turn. Of course, this is not how it is supposed to be done and invites a collision.

When the sidewalk is present and passable, this is where the scooter operator must be. Otherwise, the left edge of the roadway facing traffic like any other pedestrian is where to “walk.”

Having said that, I’ve noticed that many homeowners have planted trees and hedges at the edge of the sidewalk in front of their homes. If proper maintenance is not done, these plants soon encroach on the sidewalk and prevent scooter operators from using it. I’m nimble enough to walk around, but there may not be an opportunity for the scooter operator to follow suit. Take a careful look at your landscaping and trim it if needed. There’s no sense causing a problem for others or having bylaw enforcement knocking on your door.

Tim Schewe is a retired constable with many years of traffic law enforcement experience.

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any medications remove-or deplete-nutrients or even change the way our bodies absorb vitamins and other supplements. Lots of us count on medications for improving good health and quality of life. However, some medications can also decrease absorption and/or increase excretion of the vitamins and minerals we ingest. We know that specific medications affect the body’s nutrient levels in particular ways.

Here are some common examples...

Hydrochlorothiazide: Decreases potassium, magnesium and thiamin.

Furosemide: Decreases potassium, magnesium, thiamin and calcium.

Anti-convulsants: Decrease calcium and vitamin D. Stomach acid suppressors: Decrease absorption of iron, calcium and B12.

Prednisone: Decreases calcium and vitamin D. Metformin: Decreases absorption of B12 Certain groups of the general population have vitamin issues as well. For instance, women of reproductive age may need folic acid, iron and calcium supplements. Women and men over fifty can have B12, calcium, vitamin D and magnesium deficiencies. Vegans often need extra B12, iron and zinc. People who continuously do not eat a healthy, balanced diet suffer nutrient deficiencies as well.

Choosing the right nutrient supplements and taking them correctly makes a difference.

Even if you don’t take any medicines, there are several considerations to look at when selecting vitamins and supplements. So do your health and your budget a favour. Always ask one of our Pharmacists or Rekha our Natural Health Consultant about choosing the best vitamins and supplements for you. They are trained to take in to account your age, gender, health condition, lifestyle, and very importantly, risk factors such as the other medicines (whether prescription, herbal, homeopathic) you are taking.

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

• Chemainus 55+ drop in centre pancake breakfast Saturday, May 16, 9-11 a.m. Hosted by the Carpet Bowlers. $5.

• Chemainus 55+ drop in centre pot luck birthday party Saturday, May 16, 5-8:30 p.m. Entertainment.

• Chemainus 55+ drop in centre blood pressure clinic Wednesday, May 20, 9:30-11 a.m.

• Chemainus 55+ drop in centre soup and sandwich Wednesday, May 20, 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m., $5. Entertainment by Centre Belles Ladies Choir.

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

• Lake Cowichan 50 plus activity

centre, 55 Coronation St., holds bingo Wednesdays, 1 p.m., Sundays, 7 p.m. Volunteers welcome. Info: 250-749-6121.

• Attention Lake Cowichan!

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

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

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

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

Many special events throughout the year. Check out Monthly Newsletter at valley-seniors.org and consider membership if you’re 55 years or older. Info: 250-746-4433.Info: 250746-4433 or www.valley-seniors.org

• Bingo for over 19s, Seniors Activity Centre (198 Government St., Duncan), Tuesdays 11:30 a.m.

Early Bird Draw, Loonie Pot, Odd and Even, Number Seven and Bonanza. Info: 250-746-4433 or www. valley-seniors.org • Chemainus 55+ drop in centre new activities: floor curling and darts.

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

• Chemainus 55+ drop in centre line dancing every Tuesday, 9:3011 a.m.

• Weekly bingo, Tuesdays, 11:30 a.m., Valley Seniors Centre, Duncan. Info: 250-746-4433 or www. valley-seniors.org.

• Chemainus Seniors Drop-in Centre ladies exercises Tuesdays at 11 a.m., Come and get fit with Lesley.

• Chemainus Seniors Drop-in Centre choirs. Mens Choir Mon-

days, 9-10:30 a.m.; Ladies Choir Mondays, 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m.; Mixed Choirs Fridays 10-11:30 a.m.

• Chemainus 55+ drop in centre bridge for beginners Thursdays, 1 p.m. Info: Al Taylor 250-246-4134.

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Family caregivers of people with dementia are often called “the invisible second clients” for good reason.

As many Cowichan Valley families have found, their roles as informal caregivers are critical to the quality of life of the person they care for, who generally require increasing levels of care.

“Without caregivers, people with dementia would have an increasingly poorer quality of life and would need residential care more quickly,” explained Jane Hope, the Alzheimer Society of B.C.’s support and education coordinator for the Valley and the Central and North Island.

The support, though, can come at a cost: caregiver exhaustion.

And that’s why the Society is bringing its free Family Caregiver workshop to Duncan on two Saturdays, May 23 and 30.

contact Jane Hope toll-free at 1-800-462-2833 or e-mail jhope@ alzheimerbc.org The workshop is free thanks to partial funding by the Province of B.C., Provincial Employees Community Services Fund, RBC Foundation, Seacliff Foundation, Victoria Foundation, Mott Electric GP, Paul Lee Family Foundation, Djavad Mowafaghian Foundation, Frank and Yvonne McCracken Foundation, Kaatza Foundation, and the Lohn Foundation. They are joined by London Drugs Foundation, Novartis Pharmaceuticals Canada Inc., Pfizer Canada Inc., Morris & Helen Belkin Foundation, Bellringer Family Foundation, and generous individual donors who contributed.

More information on Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias, as well as resources for living with their impact, are available by visiting www. alzheimerbc.org

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Did you know that on May 20, 1932 Amelia Earhart became the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic.

She departed Newfoundland, at 7 p.m. and landed near Londonderry, Ireland, completing a 2,026-mile flight in about 13 hours. Five years later, along with her navigator Fred Noonan, she disappeared while trying to fly around the equator.

The two-part workshop helps caregivers learn strategies to care for someone with dementia and to take care of their own health, to ensure they are prepared to continue to provide care to for their family members.

“We provide practical techniques and strategies that caregivers can begin using immediately,” Hope said.

Topics to be covered include: • Understanding Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias.

• Effective and creative ways of facilitating communication with a person with dementia.

• Understanding behaviour as a form of communication.

• Self-care for the caregiver.

• Planning for the future.

The workshop runs on May 23 and 30 from 12:30 to 4:30 p.m. at St. Ann’s Garden Club at Providence Farm, 1843 Tzouhalem Rd. Pre-registration is required.

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• Chemainus Seniors Centre bridge classes: Monday 1-4 p.m., Tuesday pairs 7:30-9:30 p.m., Friday pairs 1-4 p.m. Duplicate bridge Wednesday, 1-4 p.m. Crib Classes 2nd and 4th Saturday of each month.

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Art donations to grace VIU

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Cow High students show off their works

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Cowichan Secondary’s art teacher Teresa Nicholson is reminding everyone to mark their calendars as the annual art show opens at the school Friday, May 22 at 6:45 p.m.

The presentation of student art continues May 25-26 from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. so there’s plenty of time to drop by and check it out.

Lexi Bainas, Citizen

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“ We Are One” Saturday, May 23, 2015, 7:30 pm Christian Reformed Church 930 Trunk Road, Duncan Christine Dandy, Music Director Rykie Avenant, Accompanist

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A generous donation by longtime Cowichan Valley resident and avid art collector Bruce Blyth is seeing the Cowichan Campus of Vancouver Island University acquiring a painting entitled Howe Sound 2010, by Vancouver Island artist Peter Lawson.

Blyth, a great supporter of the Cowichan Valley Arts Council, saw the painting in 2010 and was so struck by its beauty that he purchased it.

Upon his 90th birthday last year, however, he decided to donate the painting to VIU Cowichan Campus.

VIU Cowichan recently received more significant art pieces as well, with the donation of a collection of First Nations prints from the Salish Weave Collection.

Titled Box Sets I & II, the donation of 18 prints by Victoria residents Christiane and George Smyth represents work by seven different First Nations artists, six of whom reside on Vancouver Island.

The Smyths were encouraged to donate the prints by one of the artists represented in the collection, lessLIE (Leslie Robert Sam), who is a VIU alumnus.

Box Set I & II is a collection of Coast Salish graphic art rendered through the serigraph, or silkscreen printing process.

VIU President and Vice-Chancellor Ralph Nilson, left, joins VIU Cowichan Campus Academic Administrator Warren Weir, right in offering their thanks to art donor and long-time Cowichan Valley resident Bruce Blyth for his donation of the painting Howe Sound 2010, by Vancouver Island artist Peter Lawson. [SUBMITTED] Artists represented in the outstanding collection are lessLIE, Andy Everson, Luke Marston, Susan Point, Dylan Thomas, Maynard Johnny Jr. and Chris Paul.

The donors of these artworks were recognized in a special reception and unveiling at VIU Cowichan Campus held Wednesday, May 6 where campus academic administrator Warren Weir

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Last year, they contributed over $50,000 towards lawn mowing and fertilizer; event planning; equipment; insurance; field paint; compost disposal; office supplies and more! Please give them a thumbs up and a “THANK YOU!” the next time you visit their place of business.

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recognized how the art donations enrich the campus.

“The Smyths’ Salish Weave donations represent the integral relationship VIU has with its Coast Salish First Nations partners, supporters, faculty, staff, and students,” Weir said. “The Blyth donation reinforces the essential connection VIU has with the West Coast in general, and Vancouver Island specifically.”

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◆ COMING UP IN DANCE

The Steps Ahead dance show always offers a wide variety of styles, from ballet to jazz. [CITIZEN FILE]

Dancers show off their steps in show LEXI BAINAS CITIZEN

Dancers at Mill Bay’s Steps Ahead studio are preparing for their annual production, this year entitled Performing @ Home XII at Brentwood’s T. Gil Bunch theatre on May 22-23.

With 150 dancers aged three to 18 participating in a show featuring sections called Under Sea Fantasy and Menagerie, there’s sure to be lots of fun for dance fans, and, of course the families and friends of the performers who always pack the audience.

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Canadian rock and roll icons April Wine took the stage in front of an appreciative Cowichan Valley audience last week at the Cowichan Performing Arts Centre in Duncan. [CHRIS HAWKINS PHOTOGRAPHY]

7:30 p.m. both nights with a 2:30 p.m. matinee as well on May 23.

Tickets are available at theatre. brentwood.bc.ca for $15 each.

This year, like many of the past years, Steps Ahead students have entered for examinations with two world wide associations; the Royal Academy of Dance (ballet) and Imperial Society of Teachers of Dance (tap) with many coming back accompanied by the glow of success.

The troupe is elatedly awaiting February of next year when they will take a trip to California to perform at Disneyland.

Encore! presents poetry in song LEXI BAINAS CITIZEN

The Encore! Women’s Choir is presenting its spring concert, entitled We Are One on Saturday, May 23 starting at 7:30 p.m. at the Christian Reformed Church.

Encore! performs a musical mix from folk to classical — from The Battle of Jericho to Wagner’s Spinning Chorus.

The program presents selections of poetry in masterful settings like Wings, with text

by Victor Hugo, and Love’s Philosophy, a poem by Percy Bysshe Shelley.

Lively selections including Bashana Haba’ah, a piece that imagines a world without war, complement the full Missa Brevis by Nancy Telfer and Oscar Peterson’s Hymn to Freedom.

The choir is excited to debut Light by local composer, and Encore! choir member Deborah Sumner and the stirring Music in My Mother’s House is also not

to be missed, according to choir manager Trish Dandy.

This year’s scholarship student, Hanna Seinen, will also sing a group of three songs as part of her preparation for a performance at the Provincial Music Festival in Powell River in late May. Tickets are $20 at the door, $15 in advance and $5 for children under 12. Get them from choir members, online at encore womenschoir.com or call 250-7151568 and reserve your seat.

End-of-Season Performance The Cowichan Valley Youth Choirs with Choral Director Karla Mundy

Sunday, May 24, 2:00pm.

Sylvan United Church, Mill Bay General admission at the door $10 Children under 12 admitted free

Sunday, May 24, 2015 2:30pm The Port Theatre 125 Front St, Nanaimo

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Ochoa promises Flashes of Brilliance Chemainus Classical Concerts presents pianist Alejandro Ochoa in a show called Flashes of Brilliance on Sunday, May 24 at St. Michael’s Church starting at 2 p.m.

The Colombian-Canadian performer reveals both the fevered brilliance and subtle poignancy contained within great Romantic piano works by Beethoven, Schubert, Lecuona and Brahms.

Tickets to the show are $20 at the door or $15 in advance.

Check www.chemainusclassicalconcerts.ca to find your closest advance ticket outlet.

Lexi Bainas, Citizen

YOUNG MUSICIAN OF THE WEEK

The Medford Singers will perform in Lake Cowichan and Duncan at the end of the month, bringing their show Back to the Beatles to a broad Cowichan Valley audience. [CITIZEN FILE]

Medford Singers head back in music history LEXI BAINAS CITIZEN

It’s time to get Back to the Beatles, according to the Medford Singers.

That’s the lively title of their upcoming afternoon shows, scheduled for Saturday, May 30 at St. Christopher’s and St. Aidan’s Church at 70 Cowichan Ave.

in Lake Cowichan and again Sunday, May 31 at Duncan United Church at Jubilee and Ingram in Duncan.

Both performances start at 2 p.m.

Conductor Simon Leung and the singers are readying an exciting mix of music sure to please every taste.

Accompaniment will be provided by

Robyn Crosby and the string orchestra and band.

Tickets are $17 in advance from Volume One bookstore in Duncan, Salon 87 in Lake Cowichan or from choir members.

Or get them for $20 at the door.

Children 12 and under will be admitted free.

Calligraphers partner with school LEXI BAINAS CITIZEN

Recently moved from Fort St. James to Duncan, Billie Lawrick is a junior level flute student studying with Joy Ann Bannerman. She is working hard at her pieces and is progressing well, Bannerman says. Billie likes folk music and reggae and also enjoys listening to live music.

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If you’ve spent all your life writing by typing on various keyboards you may have no idea of the graceful art you could create simply by putting words on paper.

The Warmland Calligraphers of the Cowichan Valley, now a group of 70 men and women, have been learning and sharing the art of beautiful writing for the past 20 years.

Using the hands-on method of learning, members take on challenges as they progress every month.

The resulting artwork goes into a galleria.

The group’s founder, Betty Locke, has years of teaching experience and usually leads the galleria critique but all members join in discussing the works giving the artists valuable feedback and encouragement, according to member Barbara Qualley.

But it’s not all serious business.

Eight “playtime” sessions a year offer members the chance to learn new techniques or design ideas and there are also several workshops a year with leading calligraphers from across Canada, the U.S. and Europe.

A recent group project was to create calligraphic artwork using poems written by Grade 2 students from Alexander Elementary School.

They resulting creations were framed and displayed at Sunridge Place for two months, and then returned to the eager students in time for Mother’s Day. Interested? Email warmland calligraphers@shaw.ca or call Lucy at 250-748-5518.

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WOODEN BOATS BIG ATTRACTION AT MAPLE BAY The combination of a great atmosphere at Maple Bay Marina: colourful flags draped everywhere, music, food and activities and lots of fabulous boats, topped off with warm spring weather draws droves of salty types out to the annual Maple Bay Wooden Boat Festival last weekend. The vessels themselves ranged from sleek classic cabin cruisers to old fishing boats, offering plenty to enjoy on a walk along the floating docks.

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PUT ON YOUR RALLY CAPS! The Hummingbirds, one of two allgirls teams, proudly display the new headwear they received on Rally Cap Day at Evans Park. Each year, the youngest players registered with Duncan Junior Baseball — and other programs across the country — get their Rally Caps part way through the season to mark different levels of achievement.

[KEVIN ROTHBAUER/CITIZEN]

Evans joins Kay on national 7s team KEVIN ROTHBAUER CITIZEN

Pat Kay in action with the Canadian men’s sevens team. [RUGBY CANADA PHOTO]

After reaching the semifinals of the Plate Competition at the London Sevens last weekend, Cowichan Valley products Pat Kay and Matt Evans and the Canadian men’s rugby sevens team finished ninth out of 22 participating nations in the 2014/15 Sevens World Series.

Kay was a member of the team throughout the season, while Evans, a veteran of the national XV team and professional player with the Cornish Pirates of the RFU Championship, joined Canada for the final stop of the World Series.

Neither Kay nor Evans was part of the scoring in London.

Canada opened with a 17-14 win over Samoa, then beat Argentina 26-5. That was followed by three consecutive losses: 31-14 to topranked Fiji, 29-10 to the U.S., and 33-15 to New Zealand.

A week earlier, at the Glasgow Sevens, Kay scored a try to give Canada a 12-7 lead over Scotland in the Plate semifinal. Scotland managed to score again as time expired, and kicked the winning points on the conversion.

Kay was part of the Canadian team that finished fourth at the Tokyo Sevens in April, picking up an historic 19-15 win over New Zealand in the process.

The top four teams from the 2014/15 World Series (Fiji, South Africa, New Zealand and Eng-

land) all qualified for the 2016 Olympics, where rugby sevens will make its debut. Canada still has chances to qualify for the Olympics through the North American Sevens Championships and final Olympic qualification tournament.

The Canadian women’s sevens team, which includes 2014 Shawnigan Lake School graduate Hannah Darling, has all but locked up an Olympic berth, sitting comfortably among the top four teams in the World Series standings with one event left, next weekend in Amsterdam.

The Canadian women lost an agonizingly close Cup final 20-17 to Australia at the London Sevens last weekend.

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Athletes race in the final of the senior boys 100m, won by Cowichan Secondary School’s Chase Gunderson. [KEVIN ROTHBAUER/CITIZEN]

Cow High leads Mid Island medal parade KEVIN ROTHBAUER CITIZEN

Cowichan Secondary School athletes led the way at the Mid Island Track and Field Championships at the Cowichan Sportsplex on May 5 and 6, collecting 119 medals over the two-day meet.

In second place was Frances Kelsey Secondary, with 55, while Duncan Christian School was fourth with 17, just edging the 16 amassed by Chemainus Secondary.

Brentwood College School and Lake Cowichan School tied with 14 medals apiece, followed by Queen of Angels with 12, Queen Margaret’s School with 10, and

the Cowichan Valley Open Learning Cooperative with eight.

Among individual athletes, Sion Griffiths of Brentwood finished with a meet-high five medals, including gold in the bantam boys 200m, javelin, shot put and triple jump, and silver in high jump.

Six more athletes collected four medals apiece, including Cowichan Secondary’s Josh Charles (gold in senior boys discus and javelin, silver in triple jump, bronze in long jump), Philip Summers of CVOLC (gold in senior boys 800m, silver in 400m, bronze in 100m and 200m), Danielle Groenendijk of Duncan Christian (gold in junior girls shot put, bronze in 100m,

200m and javelin), Olivia Burton of Cowichan Secondary (silver in junior girls 100m, 200m, 400m and 800m), Danae Gendall of Kelsey (gold in midget girls 200m and high jump, silver in 100m and long jump), and Q of A’s Faith Knelson (silver in midget girls 400m, 800m, shot put and high jump).

Finishing the meet with three medals apiece were Kabir Bellerose of Brentwood (gold in senior boys 200m and 400m, silver in 100m), Mikayla Cook of Duncan Christian (gold in senior girls discus, silver in triple jump, bronze in long jump), Emily Lindsay of Cowichan Secondary (gold in senior girls triple jump, sil-

ver in long jump, bronze in 100m), Andrew Derocher of Cowichan Secondary (silver in senior boys long jump, bronze in triple jump and javelin), Daniel Cheng of Chemainus (gold in junior boys triple jump, silver in 400m and discus), Riley Hogg of Kelsey (gold in junior girls javelin, silver in shot put and triple jump), Ryan Jacobson of CVOLC (silver in junior boys long jump, bronze in 100m and 200m), Emma Dewit of Cowichan Secondary (gold in bantam girls 100m, 200m and shot put), Robyn Zinkan of Kelsey (gold in bantam girls 400m and 800m, bronze in discus), Charlotte

Mackeil of Cowichan Secondary (gold in bantam girls triple jump, bronze in 800m and high jump), Brandon Reymerink of Cowichan Secondary (silver in bantam boys shot put and triple jump, bronze in discus), Robin De Valk Zaiss of Kelsey (gold in midget girls 400m and 1500m, bronze in 200m), Aaron Dewit of Cowichan Secondary (gold in midget boys discus, silver in shot put, bronze in javelin), Hayden Klassen of Kelsey (gold in midget boys 1500m and 3000m, bronze in 400M), and Oliver Castle of Cowichan Secondary (silver in midget boys high jump, bronze in 800m and shot put).

Gold medallists from the Mid Island track and field meet MIDGET GIRLS 100m: Madelynn Pollock, CSS 200m: Danae Gendall, Kelsey 400m: Robin De Valk Zaiss, Kelsey 800m: Heather McKay, Q of A 1500m: Robin De Valk Zaiss, Kelsey 3000m: Divinity Arbic, Lake Cowichan Discus: Brooke Murray, CSS Javelin: Brooke Murray, CSS S h o t p u t : Jo r d y n Wa l l e r, L a ke Cowichan High jump: Danae Gendall, Kelsey Long jump: Madelynn Pollock, CSS Triple jump: Ashley Oud, CSS MIDGET BOYS 100m: Jason Brandt, Q of A 200m: Logan Kits, Kelsey 400m: Ty Brant, CSS 800m: Ty Brant, CSS 1500m: Hayden Klassen, Kelsey 3000m: Hayden Klassen, Kelsey Discus: Aaron Dewit, CSS Javelin: Jaden Dewit, CSS Shot put: Nicholas Young, CSS High jump: Troy Cowan, CSS Long jump: Nathan Lowe, CSS Triple jump: Justin Ladouceur, CSS

BANTAM GIRLS 100m: Emma Dewit, CSS 200m: Emma Dewit, CSS 400m: Robyn Zinkan, Kelsey 800m: Robyn Zinkan, Kelsey 1500m: Julia Cutt, CSS 3000m: Emerald White, Kelsey Discus: Brooklyn Paisley, Kelsey Javelin: Nairee Paulus, Brentwood Shot put: Emma Dewit, CSS High jump: Mackenzie Johnston, Kelsey Long jump: Hannah Geldewys, CSS Triple jump: Charlotte Mackeil, CSS BANTAM BOYS 100m: Jace Hilton, Kelsey 200m: Sion Griffiths, Brentwood 400m: Aiden Pacholuc, CSS 800m: Riley Wainman, CSS 1500m: Isaac Tonkin-Palmer, Kelsey 3000m: Eric Maginson, Lake Cowichan Discus: David DeVries, Kelsey Javelin: Sion Griffiths, Brentwood Shot put: Sion Griffiths, Brentwood High jump: Dawson Tomich, CSS Long jump: Adam Brownlow, Chem.

Triple jump: Sion Griffiths, Brentwood

JUNIOR GIRLS 100m: Teresa Melchior, Lake Cowichan 200m: Denise Roy, Brentwood 400m: Denise Roy, Brentwood 800m: Madison Heisterman, QMS 1500m: Desirae Ridenour, CSS 3000m: Desirae Ridenour, CSS Discus: Robin Fleming, CSS Javelin: Riley Hogg, Kelsey Shot put: Danielle Groenendijk, DCS High jump: Robin Fleming, CSS Long jump: Courtney Witt, Kelsey Triple jump: Courtney Witt, Kelsey JUNIOR BOYS 100m: Nicholas Yu, CSS 200m: Nicholas Yu, CSS 400m: Luke Armstrong, CSS 800m: Brendan Kerwin, CSS 1500m: Brendan Kerwin, CSS 3000m: Jeremy Kissack, Kelsey Discus: Kell Straker, DCS Javelin: Riley Windsor, CSS Shot put: Zack Waddington, CSS High jump: Keiran Marrett-Hitch, Brentwood Long jump: Luca Klotz, CSS Triple jump: Daniel Cheng, Chemainus

SENIOR GIRLS 100m: Taryn Smiley, CSS 200m: Nicole Lindsay, CSS 400m: Nicole Lindsay, CSS 1500m: Kath Harrison, Kelsey 3000m: Belle White, Kelsey Discus: Mikayla Cook, DCS Javelin: Tina Dicarlo, QMS Shot put: Taylor Brouer, CSS H i g h j u m p : Avii Ursulam, Lake Cowichan Long jump: Rachel Jerome, Brentwood Triple jump: Emily Lindsay, CSS SENIOR BOYS 100m: Chase Gunderson, CSS 200m: Kabir Bellerose, Brentwood 400m: Kabir Bellerose, Brentwood 800m: Philip Summers, CVOLC 1500m: Reid Urquhart, CSS 3000m: Reid Urquhart, CSS Discus: Josh Charles, CSS Javelin: Josh Charles, CSS Shot put: Noah Charles, CSS High jump: Ben Williams, CSS Long jump: Kain Powell, CSS Triple jump: Kain Melchior, CSS

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