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“It’s unfortunate,” said Adair.

“A lot of people do use it appropriately. But there are some people that are choosing to dump their sofas and their beds and their

Western Forest Products operations throughout the Cowichan Valley were closed with flags flying at half-staff Wednesday and a 47-year-old man is in police custody facing murder charges after two people were shot dead at WFP’s Nanaimo mill and two were taken to hospital with gunshot wounds.

Kevin Douglas Addison is facing two counts of first degree murder and two counts of attempted murder.

A gunman opened fire Wednesday morning, first shooting a man in the parking lot and then shooting three others in the sawmill office.

The alleged gunman is a former employee of the mill.

Nanaimo RCMP said multiple 911 calls came in at 6:58 a.m.

Mounties, including an emergency-response team member who was on shift, arrived at the scene within three minutes. The gunman surrendered peacefully and a shotgun was seized.

Police locked down the building and searched for other threats but

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Jason Adair, operations superintendent for the Recycling and Waste Management Division of the CVRD, shows some of the materials inside one of seven recycling collection bins that are now being taken away due to misuse by illegal dumpers of garbage. [KEVIN ROTHBAUER/CITIZEN]

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Cowichan Valley Citizen | Friday, May 2, 2014

Twin totem stolen from school

Health workers OK strike mandate LEXI BAINAS CITIZEN

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A second totem pole has been taken from the front entryway of Sunrise Waldorf School, a year after an identical one disappeared.

“The first totem went missing in April of last year,” Head of School Kevin McDuff said. “We reported it to police but decided not to go public with it in the hopes of sparing the second totem. We are sad to say that the other one was just taken over this past Easter long weekend.”

The second totem pole was taken from the school on Lakeside Road sometime between April 18 and 22.

They had stood on either side of the front door.

The totems were carved several years ago by a group of Sunrise teachers, guided by renowned Cowichan carver Herb Rice, as part of a professional development day workshop, and were refinished not long before the first pole went missing.

Police are hoping to recover the stolen totems.

“The investigation is ongoing and it is not known at this time if the thefts are related to similar

Totems on either side of Sunrise Waldorf School’s front doors were stolen just a year apart. [SUBMITTED] thefts of two totem poles earlier this year from the Malahat Mountain Inn property in the south end,” said North Cowichan/ Duncan RCMP spokesperson Cpl. Krista Hobday.

Anyone with information about the stolen totems should contact the North Cowichan/ Duncan RCMP at 250-748-5522 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477).

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Health care workers at Cowichan District Hospital, Cowichan Lodge, Cairnsmore Extended Care, and Chemainus Health Care Centre are among those who have handed an overwhelming 96 per cent strike mandate to the team trying to negotiate a new contract.

According to Facilities Bargaining Association spokesperson Bonnie Pearson there is no strike on the horizon yet, however.

“We do see this as a very clear mandate from our membership.

We hope that it motivates the employer to come back to the bargaining table. Our objective has always been fair and respectful bargaining. We expect to hear from health care employers and will be in touch with them to find a way back to the bargaining table to reach a negotiated settlement,” she said.

The FBA has been taking the pulse of its members, she said.

“We suspended talks about a month ago to go and talk to our members to see if we were on the right track or not. I think they’ve pretty clearly told us that we are.

This should give us the momentum to find a solution at the bargaining table,” Pearson added.

According to the employees’ group, key issues at the bargaining table are employment security, protection of benefits and improved health and safety provisions.

The FBA is also seeking changes to the ambulance service that would improve and enhance paramedics’ abilities to provide patient care.

Pearson said she is hopeful that the strong strike mandate will refocus health employers on reassuring workers that their jobs will be protected as the threat of contracting out looms large.

The wide range of occupations in the 47,000-strong province-wide bargaining unit includes care aides, ambulance paramedics, health records staff, lab and other diagnostic specialists, sterile supply techs, emergency dispatchers, nursing unit clerks, trades and maintenance workers, activity aides and rehab assistants, IT specialists, pharmacy techs, admitting and booking clerks, administrative staff, cleaning and dietary staff, and many others.

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

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Family of 61-year-old shooting victim in shock FATAL MILL, From Page 1

The Western Forest Products mill in Chemainus flies its flags at half-mast Wednesday after a fatal shooting at WFP in Nanaimo. [LEXI BAINAS/CITIZEN]

no other suspects were found.

All four victims were taken to hospital.

Two were pronounced dead.

Family have confirmed that one of those killed was 61-year-old Michael Lunn, an employee with Western Forest Products since 1980. “All they would tell us at the police department, we had to go down there, [was] that he had passed,� said Lunn’s sister Linda Bledsoe. “He died at the scene.� “It’s just ... it’s unexplainable.�

Lunn was the only boy in a fam-

ily of seven sisters and loved his job at the mill, Bledsoe said. “We were all very close,� she said. “None of us are feeling anything right now.�

Fred McEachern, who lived in Nanaimo, was also killed. A family member who answered the phone at his home said: “Us and the other families are grieving and we’d like to have some privacy at this time.�

Police believe the gunman was acting alone, said Nanaimo RCMP detachment commander Supt.

Mark Fisher.

Two men remain in hospital with gunshot wounds.

“It’s just ... it’s unexplainable.�

LINDA BLEDSOE, shooting victim’s sister

One man was airlifted to Victoria General Hospital in critical condition.

Another man, Tony Sudar, was taken to Nanaimo Regional General Hospital and is in stable condition.

Sudar is the company’s vice-president of manufacturing. “This type of extreme violence is extremely rare,� Fisher said at a news conference Wednesday after-

noon. He said it was too early to speculate on the motive for the shooting.

Joe Kaila, who works at the mill, said he was outside when he heard a loud explosive noise. “All I heard was a big bang. I thought one of the gas tanks blew up,� he said as he left the site. “First I thought it was a shotgun, then I said, no. ... Everybody was shocked.�

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April 28 Bryon R. Percival was convicted under the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act of producing a controlled substance. He received a 10-year firearms forfeiture, an order to submit a sample to the national DNA database, and an 18-month conditional sentence, as well as a $100 victim surcharge.

Sponsor policy in the works

Four Cowichan Valley projects took home honours from the Island Commercial Building Awards.

The Waterfront at Mill Bay and the Cowichan Lake Library took home Awards of Excellence, the North Cowichan municipal hall addition won an award of merit, and the Cowichan Health & Wealth Centre of Duncan won an honourable mention.

April 29 Jason J.E. Brown was convicted of failing to comply with a probation order. He received a suspended sentence, six months’ probation, and a $100 victim surcharge.

Jeffrey R. Dau was convicted of possessing property obtained by crime. He received a conditional discharge and six months’ probation. Charges of failure to attend court and failure to appear were stayed.

Aaron J. Fisher was convicted of assaulting a peace officer and mischief. In the first conviction, he received a year’s probation, a $700 fine and $210 victim surcharge. In the second, he received a year’s probation, a $50 fine and $15 victim surcharge.

John L. Harmon was convicted of assault and uttering threats. He was released on his own recognizance on $500 bonds on both counts.

Charles F. Joe was convicted under the Employment Insurance Act of 18 counts of making a false claim. He was charged $520.30 on each count.

Vladimir I. Mititiouk was convicted of failing to comply with a probation order and sentenced to a day in jail with a $100 victim surcharge.

Darrell M. Tkachuk was convicted of failing to comply with a probation order and sentenced to a day in jail with a $100 victim surcharge.

Sherry A. Williams was convicted of five counts of theft, and ordered to pay $8,900 in restitution, along with a six-month conditional sentence and two years’ probation.

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Local governments in the Cowichan Valley have not shied away from private or corporate sponsorships to help pay for infrastructure and programs, but there is no written policy to direct officials when making sponsorship decisions — yet.

The most prominent example of corporate sponsorship is the Island Savings Centre, renamed after the bank when they donated $1 million, delivered in $100,000 per year increments that go towards programs and services.

Discussion has taken place recently at the Island Savings Centre Commission, said chair Sharon Jackson, about public-private partnerships, including sponsorships.

Opinion on their desirability tends to be divided along party lines, she said.

“The people that generally vote Conservative think it’s fabulous and the people that don’t vote Conservative are extraordinarily cautious,” Jackson said.

However, some who may not be willing to consider a wholesale public-private partnership to do something such as replace the community centre, may be willing to look at the idea of sponsorships.

“Sponsorship is interesting,” Jackson said.

Not having a policy in place to decide what types of sponsorships may be desirable is a problem, though, she said.

“What happens if the neo-Nazi party wants to sponsor the Island Savings Centre? Or a drug company wants to sponsor Island Savings Centre? What kind of

sponsors do we actually want to partner with?” she questioned.

There also needs to be some discussion of what is up for sponsorship, as some people find the idea of corporations putting their names on some public assets to be unpalatable.

“There was huge pushback when the centre was re-named Island Savings Centre,” Jackson said. “It was okay when the lobby, for instance, was the Telus Mobility lobby or something like that but renaming the whole centre — there were a lot of people who were very angry about that.

“So when they bring that policy forward we’re going to have to have that discussion because there were people that resented that very much because it was a community centre, built and paid for by the community, and it was sort of seen as a takeover. And yet other people thought ‘this is great, it’s a million dollars’.”

The sponsorship is bringing in a tangible benefit, she pointed out.

“Island Savings Credit Union gives $100,000 a year. So that $100,000 can go into building improvements or into programming that we otherwise wouldn’t be able to do. So it is saving taxes,” she said.

Other areas of sponsorship have been going strong in Cowichan communities for years.

Things such as citizens and companies paying for park benches or theatre seating, and being rewarded with a plaque with their name on it for their donation, has been a popular way to add to public areas.

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Garbage dumping problem unacceptable

ast week we decried the illegal dumping of mountains of trash on logging access roads and the sides of our highways, and even in a farmer’s fenced-off field.

This week the Citizen learned that the Cowichan Valley Regional District is more or less being forced to discontinue their neighbourhood recycling bin program due to how much trash is being abandoned at the seven unmanned receptacles. (It used to be 13, but the hosts of the others asked for the bins to be removed because of the garbage problem.)

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The CVRD can hardly be blamed for taking out the recycling sites. The costs to take care of other people’s mess are driving the program out of business.

The dumpers are effectively doubling the bill for the service.

Both the processor and the hauler are fed up with the garbage they’re having to deal with, when they’re paid to handle recycling.

Take a look at the extra photos on our website (www.cowichanvalleycitizen.com) for a clear picture of just how bad things are.

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The discontinuation of this program will be a loss for Valley residents.

It was convenient for people to be able to take their recyclables to a drop-off point closer to their home than the main transfer stations.

It was also a good way to decrease traffic at those transfer stations.

Then there’s the fact that even with the bins the dumping of trash along roadsides and in the bush is a big problem.

Without the bin locations, it doesn’t take a genius to guess that the covert illegal dumping

will only increase.

That means the CVRD — all of us — will still be on the hook for clean-up costs. Presumably these will be less than running the garbage-riddled bin program.

So what’s the solution?

In last Friday’s editorial we stated out support for a dramatic increase in fines for those who are doing the littering.

Make the dumpers pay thousands of dollars instead of hundreds of dollars.

Perhaps then the fee at the transfer station will look more attractive in comparison to what will befall those who get caught.

Let’s talk about the true cost of Island rail project

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We still think this is part of what needs to be done.

Clearly some education is needed as well.

Looking at the piles of items that get dumped almost always turns up numerous things that could have been recycled or disposed of without any fee involved.

Then there’s the idea of having a couple of clean-up days per year, where residents can put out any garbage they like to be collected for free by a local government. This type of program has proven very successful in other places. Let’s try it here.

More regulations not the answer to garbage woes Re: illegal garbage dumping I agree with your editorial comment that “the Cowichan Valley is not a garbage pit”. It is one of the most beautiful places on earth. However, I disagree with the suggestion that the solution to illegal dumping is more bureaucratic regulation and government involvement.

All four local governments in this Valley already have the regulatory power to deal with these problems. The reality is that they do not do so effectively.

The cost and complication associated with the prosecution of bylaw infringements means that the legal remedy is rarely pur-

sued. It costs a local government thousands of dollars to prosecute an infraction that might result in a fine of a few hundred. Many of the fines remain uncollected because the offenders are frequently judgment proof.

Excessive regulation results in a focus on rules and an avoidance of common sense, reasonable behaviour and good manners.

I have some familiarity with the subject. As a lawyer, I have prosecuted and defended bylaw infraction cases for close to 40 years. Community involvement is a far more effective solution than regulation.

Something as simple and inexpensive as placing large dumpsters in easily accessible

and central locations where refuse could be dumped for free, might be a start.

This does not require the hiring of expensive consultants and the conducting of various studies.

We do not need another EcoDepot. The cost of such an initiative is miniscule in comparison to the cost of more bureaucratic regulation and largely ineffective enforcement.

Most residents of the Cowichan Valley take pride in our place. Let’s provide a practical incentive for the small minority that presently does not, to do the same. Let’s “Clean Up Cowichan”.

Brian McDaniel Duncan

How many pockets does a taxpayer have? According to the CVRD you need five to fund their Island Rail project.

First pocket: municipal. A permissive tax exemption means no property tax payable and the money actually flows the other way with an initial (there’s more to come!) grant from the member municipalities of $3.2 million for capital improvements.

Second pocket: provincial, as the CVRD has convinced the province to put up $7.5 million tax dollars for capital improvements.

Third pocket: federal, $7.5 million for capital improvements.

Fourth pocket: feds again, this time for an annual operating subsidy.

And that fifth pocket, well the CVRD and their member municipalities formed Island Rail as a charity, so any dollars still in those pockets, well, it’s Cops for Cancer or Island Rail, you choose!

And this is just the start for basic track and bridge repairs.

For the train to travel at a reasonable speed, all those uncontrolled crossings require upgrading, and with trails with kids and pets within three metres of the tracks in many places (Nanaimo, Ladysmith, Chemainus, Duncan, Shawnigan, Langford), high fencing and safe pedestrian crossings for the entire corridor are required. The CVRD should provide the full cost of the project — the impact on our municipal, provincial, and federal taxes — and let taxpayers vote.

Doug Orr Ladysmith www.cowichanvalleycitizen.com

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Changing assessments make method of reporting questionable

so a house assessed at $300,000 would have paid a general assessment of $552. In 2013 the general tax rate was $4.09 per $1,000 of assessment and the taxes would have been $1,227. Do the math.

In a period of time wherein the economy has only grown on average by 2.34 per cent per year or 11.7 per cent cumulative, North Cowichan has raised residential taxes by 222.2 per cent ($1,227/552 x 100).

I wonder how many taxpayers in North Cowichan got wage and salary increases that match?

This talk about averages is but a smoke screen.

The increase in the general tax rate is the only true measure as assessments are variable within the MNC and other municipalities with which comparisons are being made.

Given the secretive actions of the CAO and the mayor when it came to revealing actual 2013 results to the elected council and this continuing false comparison of what the MNC is doing to taxes, when can we reasonably expect some clarity and openness for this and future administrations?

I see that the CFO has once again acted on form and suggested that the residential property taxes in North Cowichan are competitive based on an average home.

The issue with reporting that way is that average homes change with assessment, something BC Assessment is not so sharp on doing given recent experiences.

Clearly if your house is worth more, you pay more, but the real common denominator is not the average house but what the general tax rate is based on — $1,000 of assessment.

In 2008 the general tax rate in North Cowichan on a single family residential property was $1.84 per $1,000 of assessment

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A) Yes, the mess is awful B) No, I use those C) No, people will just dump their trash somewhere else Tell us what you think!

To be part of our poll visit: www.cowichanvalleycitizen.com Look for the results of this week’s poll question in next Friday’s edition of the Cowichan Valley Citizen.

Last week’s question: On April 25 we asked you: What should the punishment be for illegally dumping garbage?

A) The $100-$500 fine 3% B) $1,000 fine 13% C) Fine and clean-up 84%

Send us your letter Write 300 words or less on the topic of your choice and email us news@cowichanvalleycitizen.com Include: your name, a town you hail from and a phone number.

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Alex Currie Chemainus

Proof of address problem with election act This is a response to your Our View opinion column April 23.

I think it’s important that you cover all the facts. You missed an important point, proof of residence, which apparently affects many potential voters.

A few examples are university students living away from home to go to school or persons on the street with no fixed address.

I noticed when a Conservative minister who is in support of these changes omitted this point repeatedly as well when interviewed she had to be reminded of this fact many times during the interview. For some reason this point seems to be forgotten or overlooked.

Jo Oliver Duncan

Hockey pool great fun A note of thanks to the Cowichan Valley Citizen personnel and corporate sponsors of the 2013-14 Hockey Pool. Congratulations also to the co-winners. It was fun and added enjoyment to the NHL games. I will certainly enjoy my very comfortable, new chair as I sit in it, in front of the TV, and watch “my� Montreal Canadiens on their quest for the Stanley Cup! “GO HABS GO !�

Ron MacLean Chemainus

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But what has finally brought the axe down on the program for good are the costs associated with the illegal dumping.

“The program was becoming unmanageable,” Adair said, explaining that their processor was looking to double their fee from $100,000 to $200,000 because of all of the contaminants in the recyclables.

“The processor has outright refused some material at times because it’s so contaminated,” he said.

Further, because the company that does their hauling was having to bring an extra bin to take away the garbage littered around and inside the bins, they were also looking to double their fee.

There were also complaints both from the public and the host sites about people loitering around the bins in a bid to collect anything that might have value before it was recycled. People looking to drop items off sometimes felt intimidated, Adair said.

Maurice Gaudreault of Country Grocer at Valley View Centre in Cowichan Bay said the bins that have been located at the centre haven’t bothered them at all, but he can see the CVRD’s point of view, as he’s certainly noticed the issues with people dumping their trash at the site.

“Unless you’re going to hire somebody to watch them 24/7 it’s not going to stop,” he said.

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“There was a lot of good material in there, but when it gets covered in oil and just broken glass or windows, it just contaminates all the good stuff that’s in there. The majority use it very well. They go there with their cardboard and they separate it and they try really hard and then just one or two per cent can have the negative impact,” he said.

People will now have to rely on their curbside collection, and the three CVRD recycling centres at Bings Creek in Duncan, Peerless Road in Ladysmith, and Meade Creek.

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Chinatown fixture Jung Sue Lem Bing liked living in Canada

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sk anyone who has lived in Duncan, or the Valley, for more than 50 years about Chinatown and you’ll likely hear warm reminiscences of their having endCHRONICLES ed Saturday evenT.W. Paterson ings out, at a show or a dance, at the Pekin Restaurant or the Blue Room.

I’m from Victoria so I know little more about Duncan Chinatown than what I’ve read over the years, in the Cowichan Valley Museum Archives and in old newspapers. It was my re-reading The Way It Was, Ian MacInnes’s 2004 saga of growing up in Duncan, that prompts today’s Chronicle, a look at one of our most prominent Chinese-Canadian citizens, Jung Sue Lem Bing.

But, first, a glimpse at a typical Saturday night in Chinatown. (Ian’s books, by the way, are all highly readable, enjoyable and informative, and available in the museum gift shop.) In the late 1940s, and while serving a teenaged apprenticeship as a mechanic in the early 1950s, he and his friends would invariably find themselves after an evening out in Chinatown. Usually it was to Charlie’s pool hall, then to the Pekin, which, he tells us, was better

by tales of Cupcake’s legendary temper, he never witnessed anything more exciting than an occasional argument with a mouthy customer, and those were “more in fun than in anger”.

More than the good food, it was Cupcake’s reputation (and the hope of seeing some action) that drew customers in droves, he thinks.

Which brings us to Jung Sue Lem Bing.

“Born [1891] and raised in the rice fields of Canton, China,” he arrived in B.C. with his wife Lung See in 1910 and found work in sawmills in Vancouver, Nanaimo, Chemainus and Duncan. He did return to China briefly, with a Canadian Infantry See WITH THREE SONS, Page 10

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With three sons and a daughter in China, Bing argued that families should be allowed CHINATOWN, From Page 9 brigade in 1917. All that was before he grew prosperous as a farmer on five acres of bottomland bordering, what sounds sur-

prising to us today, Lewis Street.

Today it’s the site of a homeless shelter and apartment buildings; back then, it was the site of Bing’s market garden.

He was 70 when he was inter-

viewed by a newspaper reporter.

What stands out most is his view of Canada after a lifetime struggle to make a life for his family and to be accepted by mainstream (white) Canadians.

For all of the prejudice that prevailed in those times, Bing flatly declared, in 1962, “The Canadian government has been pretty fair to the Chinese.”

He was referring to a govern-

“I think any ChineseCanadian citizen should have the right to bring his family over here.”

JUNG SUE LEM BING, former Duncan resident

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ment that had granted ChineseCanadians the right to vote only 15 years before.

He did have a criticism, however: “I think any Chinese-Canadian citizen should have the right to bring his family over here.” He said that as a man whose own three sons and a daughter were living in China.

That said, he had little sympathy for illegitimate immigrants who, he believed, “should come out in the open and talk things over with the government”.

He sold his produce, mostly potatoes and “Chinese vegetables,” to the restaurants in Chinatown, downtown stores and to Hillcrest Logging Co., Mesachie Lake. He also raised chickens for their eggs. His favourite pastime was managing his five beehives. The honey wasn’t for sale: “All the honey the five hives produce we [he and his second wife, Chan See] eat at home. We like honey.”

Although the Bings had had to work hard to make their way, he said they were happy and that Duncan “is a nice place to live in”. A Chinese Free Mason, he said he knew, liked and was liked by everyone in the community.

A Canadian citizen since 1926, he declined to comment on communist and nationalist Chinese relations, then much in the news, and concluded the interview with, “I am satisfied with Canada.”

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Choir brings Canadian flavour to concert LEXI BAINAS CITIZEN

The Duncan Choral Society is going with a Canadian theme. [CITIZEN FILE]

The Duncan Choral Society is getting ready to wave the Canadian flag.

The long-standing community chorus is presenting a show it calls Oh Canada: Songs of Our Country at Duncan’s Christian Reformed Church Saturday, May 3 starting at 7:30 p.m.

Under the direction of Susan Doughty, the show will feature

Canadian composers and arrangers, from Healy Willan and Nancy Telfer to Connie Kaldor and Rita McNeill, with the choir’s musical selections ranging all across the country in a show that follows this group’s tradition of offering something for everyone.

Many of them are especially atmospheric, giving, in words and music, the flavour of their area. Listen especially for Wood River, The Land of Maquinna,

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Tickets are $15 for adults and $12 for students with children under 12 admitted free.

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Kids Learn to Fish day is set for this weekend. [CITIZEN FILE]

Kids Learn to Fish Day expecting big crowds

The 8th Annual Kids Learn to Fish Day is on its way Saturday, May 3 at Chemainus Lake Park, courtesy of the Cowichan Fly Fishers Association of Duncan and the Freshwater Fisheries Society of BC. “The last two years we have had over two hundred children, between the ages of three and sixteen, and their families attend the event,” said organizers in a press release. “Sometimes it is hard to tell who enjoys the day more; the children or the volunteers seeing the children learn about sport fishing and the environment, all while having fun.”

The entire event is free for the kids. There are a number of fun and educational booths and activities for the kids to go through and participate in, culminating in the chance to catch and release or keep a trout raised at the trout hatchery in Duncan. The kids are also given a free lunch and a participation prize.

Most of the booths are outlined in the Learn to Fish Guide that is viewable on the Freshwater Fisheries website. They include some basic knot tying, rod and reel, tackle box, fish identification and more. The Fly Fishers have added a fly tying station to show the kids some fly tying and lots of flies.

This year there is also going to be an aquarium with fingerlings in it for the kids to see.

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Music and art pair for theatre event A special presentation of creative spirit May 5 at the Cowichan Theatre features music and art.

Johnny Lee will be presenting new works in a series entitled Drawing in the Medicine and photographer David Baughan is showing photographs and faces in an exhibit he calls Seeing.

Folk/blues musician Cheryl Cohen and artist/ songwriter Ed Peekeekoot will entertain.

With appetizers and refreshments and a special opening ceremony at 7 p.m., there’s a lot to make this two-hour event special.

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A new projection screen at the Cowichan Theatre will offer patrons a more colourful experience starting this weekend.

“It’s brighter and sharper than ever. Audiences attending screenings at the Cowichan Theatre, including Met Live in HD presentations, will now see them better on the newly installed Rosco 22’ X 50’ front white vinyl projection screen, which provides a brighter, clearer HD image to the previous screen,” Brian Kroeker, theatre publicist announced Monday.

“The acquisition of the $6,800 screen was made possible by the continued generosity of The Friends of the Cowichan Theatre,” he added.

In recent years, the theatre has ramped up its screen offerings, and now include not only Metropolitan opera broadcasts but also plays from Britain’s national theatre, a variety of special films as part of the Reel Alternatives series, showing of productions such as Once Upon a Day in Cowichan and Resilience and the Cowichan Aboriginal Film Festival presentations.

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Chemainus’s Waterwheel Park is a lovely, popular spot in town. [CITIZEN FILE]

Editor’s note:

‘Rock ’n’ roll is here to stay!’ sing the chorus of children from Divisions 1 to 4 at the Crofton Elementary Community School spring show April 30. For more photos from the show, see cowichanvalleycitizen.com [LEXI BAINAS/CITIZEN]

Crofton Elementary students rock ‘n’ roll to familiar tunes

Rocking around the clock is a popular idea with these Crofton Elementary singers. [LEXI BAINAS/CITIZEN]

Today we’re pleased to present the first edition of Chemainus correspondent Bill Greenwell’s community column detailing what’s going on in Mural Town.

Each month Greenwell will be providing this window into Chemainus for readers. If you have

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The Crofton kids sing Twang That Thing at their annual spring musical in the gym April 30. [LEXI BAINAS/CITIZEN]

A miniature Elvis, complete with wig and white suit, joins the chorus for a number as the students of Crofton Elementary Community School present their spring musical in the gym April 30. [LEXI BAINAS/CITIZEN]

anything you’d like included in his column, he’d love to get an email from you at badger32@shaw.ca We’d like to include similar space for other communities, so if you have your finger on the pulse and would like to write a short (250-300 words) column for the Citizen on a monthly basis, give us a call at 250-748-2666.

here’s always something good happening in Chemainus. Some of it is instructional from local experts, but mostly it’s just great, affordable entertainment.

There’s foot-tapping fun to be found all around town, but for those folk with a classical bent, we have something a little more formal, where the audience enjoys every musical note, and fills St. Michael’s little church with applause.

Whatever, there’s always something for everybody and this month is no exception.

But let me first tip my hat to Dee Kinnee and her Business Improvement group for supplying me with most of these details.

First off, for the green-fingered among us, there are four workshops at the Sandpiper Garden Centre. Call them at 250-246-2421.

And Vintage Treasures are running three classes to teach the growing interest in cottage painting techniques. Why not put new life into that old piece of furniture? Just phone 250-589-8182.

If you’re into auctions and the fun of bidding for that special piece, there are a number to choose from. Cam Drew will be officiating at the Rotary Club’s Al Johnson Memorial, this Saturday. Details at mafaza@shaw. ca.

Also this Saturday you can enjoy Tropical Vibe with Keoki at the Willow Street Cafe. The fun starts at 6 p.m.

Another auction, the silent variety, takes place at the Legion Hall the evening of May 10 and includes a spaghetti dinner with

music by Dave Young & Friends (details at 250-246-3133).

Or if you fancy twistin’ the night away, head over the road to St. Joseph’s on the same evening, May 10 and have dinner (with another auction), and the beat will be provided

by Chevy Ray and the Fins.

(250-246-3191). I notice that the Senior Centre is planning a big evening of dance on May 24, with Dan Hughes leading the music.

There are some great ballroom dancers among the group down there. I’ve seen them in action.

(250-246-2111) For fans of more formal music of course, there’s the monthly presentation by our Chemainus Classical Concerts Society. This month they’re bringing a total of nine expert cellists, (that’s right...NINE!) over from Vancouver to play in their usual venue, St. Michael’s lovely little church, on Sunday afternoon May 25 at 2 p.m. This promises to be a very special experience for their enthusiastic audience, but tickets will still be available at the door or call 250-748-8383 to find out where you can pick them up, prior to the concert.

Well that’s all the space I have for now, but it would be remiss of me not to mention the opening of the Waterwheel Wednesday Market on May 28, for the best in home made, home baked and home grown — don’t miss it.

Every Wednesday rain or shine until September. Great produce, products and prices from folk in the Chemainus and Cowichan Valleys.

If you have an event next month and want it mentioned in The Citizen, just drop me a line.

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Too many deaths on the job: speakers LEXI BAINAS CITIZEN

One hundred twenty eight is too many!

That was the message from speaker after speaker at the Cowichan Valley’s annual Day of Mourning ceremony Monday, April 28.

Held at the Forest Workers’ Memorial Park in Lake Cowichan, the event

attracts families of people who have died at work as well as politicians and representatives from unions and WorkSafe BC. The number, 128, refers to the number of workers who died on the job in B.C. last year.

Starting with Ellen Oxman, president of the Nanaimo, Duncan and District Labour Council, everyone who appeared

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Silvers and bronzes key to host’s success KEVIN ROTHBAUER CITIZEN

A host of second- and third-place results vaulted Brentwood College School to fourth overall and first place among school teams at last weekend’s Brentwood Regatta.

Brentwood ranked seventh among senior teams (fifth in senior boys and eighth in senior girls), and third among junior teams (third in both junior boys and girls) to place fourth overall.

Vic City Rowing Club topped the overall rankings, followed by a pair of Seattle-area clubs: Pocock Rowing Centre and Sammamish Rowing Association, in second and third.

Brentwood regularly tops the school standings, and was thrilled to accomplish that feat once again.

“We were quite happy with our results,” said Debbie Sage, Brentwood’s head of rowing and longtime regatta chair. “We had great results from all of our crews this weekend.”

Brentwood didn’t win any races outright, but climbed the standings thanks to several silver and bronze finishes.

“That’s how we accumulated a lot of our points this weekend,” Sage acknowledged.

Brentwood came second in eight races: the senior men’s school eight, senior men’s eight, sen-

Brentwood College School’s senior JV four crew consisting of Jack Hamilton-Lane, Daniel Martinez del Campo, Jeen Snidvongs, Ethan Smith and cox Tom White heads toward the finish line last Saturday morning. [KEVIN ROTHBAUER/CITIZEN]

“We were quite happy with our results. We had great results from all of our crews this weekend.”

DEBBIE SAGE, Brentwood regatta chair

ior 3V men’s eight, junior men’s coxed quad, junior JV men’s coxed quad, junior men’s four, and junior women’s lightweight women’s eight.

The host school also placed third in two senior women’s races: the

double and school eight.

Nearby rival Shawnigan Lake School earned three medals, finishing first in the senior men’s four, and third in the senior women’s single and four.

Shawnigan finished 18th in the aggregate standings, while the Maple Bay Rowing Club was 22nd in a field of 36 clubs from Canada and the U.S. “We had a very competitive field rowing this weekend,” Sage said.

“A lot of crews stepped up.”

Brentwood’s senior men’s and women’s eights boats qualified

for the prestigious Opening Day Regatta in Seattle this Saturday, where they hope to replicate their strong results from last weekend.

“It will be good, because they’ll be racing against the crews they raced against this weekend,” Sage said. “So we’ll see who comes out ahead.”

Windy conditions threatened to cause problems for the regatta, but organizers found a way to deal with them, running some of the heats as timed finals.

“It was a great regatta, other than the weather shutting us

down on Saturday after 12:30 p.m.,” Sage commented. “We managed to run all the races on Sunday. Everybody raced who was supposed to.”

The 44th annual Brentwood Regatta drew 1,647 athletes — along with hundreds of coaches, volunteers and spectators. Numbers have been similar for the last three or four years, and Sage conceded that they’ve probably maxed out.

“I think we’re at our limit,” she said. “I’m not sure where we’d put them.”

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Shawnigan second at B.C. 7s, Cowichan out of the hardware KEVIN ROTHBAUER CITIZEN

Shawnigan Lake School came within a game of keeping the provincial girls high school rugby sevens title in the Cowichan Valley.

Shawnigan made the final of the tournament at UBC last Saturday, but had to settle for second place after a 33-5 loss to Abbotsford. They would have become the second Valley team to win the B.C. sevens championship in as many years, following Cowichan Secondary’s win in 2013.

Despite the loss in the final, Shawnigan head coach Mark Hall called it a “very successful tournament” for his team.

“Injuries to two very strong players, one in the semi-final and one in the first game of the tournament didn’t help our cause,” he admitted. “I don’t think there was any doubt we were the strongest team at the tournament, but if you don’t win the final you can’t claim being the best team.”

Shawnigan had a perfect record in pool play, with wins over Belmont (31-12), Semiahmoo (48-0) and Abbotsford (347). They defeated Cow High 22-0 in the quarterfinals, then beat Vanier 15-5 in the Cup semifinal.

Cowichan Secondary head coach Brad Skene was disappointed with his team’s result in the attempt to regain the title.

“We played teams who I thought we could have competed against, but lacked the focus and intensity to deal with efforts of the opposition,” he said. “At times, we forget that teams see us as the defending provincial champions and are extremely motivated to beat us.”

Cowichan won their first two pool games, beating McRoberts 20-0 on two tries by Hannah Morten and one each by Emily Lindsay and Mariah Fontana, and McMath on three tries by Denise Roy and one each

by Morten and Lindsay. Roy had the lone score in Cowichan’s 25-5 loss to Elgin Park to end pool play.

After the 22-0 loss to Shawnigan in the quarterfinals, Cowichan was eliminated in the Plate semifinal with a 24-12 loss to Yale.

Roy and Fontana scored against Yale, and Morten kicked a conversion.

Last Thursday, Cow High defeated Ladysmith 41-29 in an XV game. Largely fielding a development team, the T-Birds got off to a strong start before yielding to Ladysmith’s pressure as the first half wore on. The T-Birds regrouped at halftime and took control of the game after that.

Brigitte Reid and Sophia Murray finished with two tries, and Roy, Lindsay and Angelique Amon had one each. Lindsay also slotted two conversions, and Murray kicked one.

A GRAND OPENING Victoria HarbourCats mascot Harvey (above) helps young Duncan Minor Ball players figure out where to look during a photo session with all 50 teams at Opening Day celebrations last Sunday.

Between 700 and 800 people flocked to Evans Park for Opening Day, which featured 20 games on seven fields and a parade of teams, despite the weather not cooperating.

Harvey will be back in town on Sunday, June 22 when the HarbourCats play an exhibition game at Evans Park against the Langley Blaze.

Visit www.cowichanvalleycitizen.com for more photos from Opening Day. [KEVIN ROTHBAUER/CITIZEN]

Junior and intermediate Thunder return to action at ISC this weekend KEVIN ROTHBAUER CITIZEN

Senior lacrosse is returning to the Cowichan Valley this weekend.

After a year without a junior B lacrosse team, and several years without an intermediate squad, the Cowichan Valley Thunder will field one of each this season, kicking off this weekend.

After opening the season on the road against Westshore on Thursday evening, the intermediate B Thunder will make their home debut against Saanich at the Island Savings Centre at 7:45 p.m. on Friday. The junior B Thunder will take the floor at the ISC on 2:30 p.m. on Saturday.

It marks a resurrection of competitive senior lacrosse in the Valley.

“What helped us was that we had a good

batch of bantams and midgets going through the system the last few years,” said Lorne Winship, coach of the intermediate Thunder and governor for both teams. “We had a really good core of kids wanting to continue with lacrosse.”

Both Winship and junior B head coach Neil Gailey worked with the intermediate A Victoria Shamrocks last year, gaining valuable experience that will help this season. Winship’s son Graham and Gailey’s son Curtis will be key players for the junior B Thunder, along with goalie Nate Clark and defender Luke Anderson, who both played last year with the junior A Nanaimo Timbermen.

Admission for the intermediate game is free. For the junior game the fare is $4, or free for Cowichan minor lacrosse players.

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Friday, May 2, 2014 | Cowichan Valley Citizen

Bulldogs put the bite on ’Cats in home openers KEVIN ROTHBAUER CITIZEN

Playing their first games at home this spring, the pee wee Cowichan Bulldogs continued their winning streak, the pre-atoms earned their first victory of the season, and the atom ’Dogs showed plenty of determination even as they went down to defeat.

The pee wees had to change things up as they played nine-man football against the Peninsula Wildcats, but managed to adjust quickly and pick up a 12-6 victory.

Ryan Coleman set the tone right away with a 20-yard run on the first play, and Dylan Taylor and Nicholas Young were forces on both the offensive and defensive lines.

“Peninsula had a lot of size, and the defence did well getting everyone to the ball carrier, including some good hits by first-year football players Aiden Wold and Sammy Fry,” head coach Brian Scott said.

Peninsula scored the only points of the first half to take a 6-0 lead, but the momentum changed in the second half as the Cowichan players adapted to nine-man ball.

“Since we had to play nine-man, there weren’t enough positions for everyone to start, but everyone did well playing where they were needed, and supporting their teammates when it was their turn on the bench,” Scott said.

Damian McCuaig got the Bulldogs on the board with a 25-yard touchdown run, and Dakota Callum scored on a quarterback sneak from the one-yard line in the fourth quarter.

Fullback Hunter Abel helped make the score possible with some nice runs up the

Atom Bulldogs running back and kicker Jack Napier-Ganley goes for a run during his team’s game against the Peninsula Wildcats last Saturday. [KEVIN ROTHBAUER/CITIZEN] middle and solid blocking on the drive.

The Wildcats managed to get back to the Bulldogs’ 30-yard line in the last minute of the game, but the Cowichan defenders stood their ground and knocked down a pass in the end zone on the third down. The offence took a knee to end the game after gaining one last first down.

Pre-atom coach Ted Harris lauded his players’ sportsmanship and skill as they beat the Wildcats 14-0 in their home opener.

“My players had their best game of the season so far,” he said. “They were on their game and playing their positions well. I think our fans were impressed by how well all the plays were executed by the play-

ers and the sportsmanship that our team showed to the other players.”

Treyton McCuaig-Jones ran for a touchdown on the Bulldogs’ very first play from scrimmage. Throughout the game, the offensive line led by Jayden Strzok opened up big lanes for running backs Spencer Young and Thoran Koyote. Quarterback Jaxson Jones added a touchdown of his own, and threw a two-point conversion to his favourite wide receiver, Jeevan Niijar.

On defence, Jayden Du Temple made several tackles in the Peninsula backfield to keep the Wildcats scoreless.

The atoms managed to keep the score close against the Wildcats as they continued to look for their first win of the year.

“The last few games have been against very veteran football teams where we are mostly first year,” head coach Devon Lawrence said. “That said, the score would have been worse if not for our defence making some huge stops.”

Linebacker Cyrus Upshaw put a stop to the Wildcats’ advance several times with his creative tackling, and defensive lineman Jake Swejda stopped anything up the middle.

On offence, running back and kicker Jack Napier-Ganley did everything he could to break through the Peninsula defence, but did most of his damage on punts that consistently went over the head of the Wildcats’ returner.

The pre-atoms have a bye this weekend, but the atoms will host the Ladysmith Steelers at McAdam Park at 12:30 p.m. on Saturday, followed by the pee wees taking on the Gordon Head Raiders at 2:15 p.m.

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