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WILD WIND CUTS POWER TO THOUSANDS Thousands of Valley residents were left without power as wild winds whipped the Cowichan Valley Tuesday morning, toppling trees like this one across Cowichan Lake Road and causing power outages from as early at 7 a.m. in heavily forested areas like Riverbottom Road, Maple Bay, Genoa Bay, Youbou, Mesachie Lake, Cowichan Station, and Shawnigan Lake and making driving treacherous with strong gusts and flying branches found around every corner. By noon, BC Hydro had issued the following statement: ‘Severe weather is causing significant damage resulting in outages affecting the Victoria and Duncan areas. Our crews are continuing restoration efforts and will be providing updated restoration times as damage is assessed. Thank you for your patience.’ [LEXI BAINAS/CITIZEN]

Shawnigan irate over water contamination SARAH SIMPSON CITIZEN

The message was loud and clear from Island Health: do not use or draw water from the south end of Shawnigan Lake for “residential or commercial use including bathing/personal hygiene, drinking, and food preparation.” The reason? A suspected overflow of water from the South Island Aggregates site into the lake. The affected area, according to Island Health, is south of Butler

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Avenue on the west side of the lake and south of Verlon Road on the east side of the lake. The Shawnigan Residents’ Association is now saying “I told you so” to Environment Minister Mary Polak after warning her for the last three years of this very possibility. “While the breach does not appear to have come from the currently active lot, it underscores what the Association has been saying all along. The proponents and operators of the site, along

with the Ministry of the Environment, have not properly assessed the risks of the operation and have exposed the residents to an unacceptable danger,” said an SRA press release. “It has been foretold all along that heavy rain would endanger the site and the lake. Now in the toxic dump’s first real season, and real test, with the first ‘normal’ rain event, a breach has occurred to force a drinking water advisory.” The Residents’ Association

is again calling for the courts to issue a stay in the dumping permit and for the Ministry to rescind the permit and for Polack to stop siding with South Island Aggregates. Island Health spokesperson Kellie Hudson confirmed the Ministry of Environment had staff at the site on Saturday to assess compliance and that samples were collected at various locations. For much of the last week, protesters have set up outside

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Is it actually sort of good news that a breach has occurred at the South Island Aggregates sites and the folks at the south end of Shawnigan Lake can’t use their water supply right now? It depends on how you look at it, according to Shawnigan Lake director Sonia Furstenau and Shawnigan Residents’ Association president Calvin Cook. Just eight months into a permit, defects in South Island Aggregates’ treatment systems are becoming evident. While the flaws are enough for Island Health to issue a no-water use advisory, coming so early in the game may prove beneficial in the long run, said opponents of the importation of contaminated soil to the watershed. “We expected this kind of failure and it’s better that this kind of failure happened now than a year or five years from now,” Furstenau said. “Now the minister can stop this and stop the damage and start to remediate this site.” That’s one way of looking at it, Cook said. “The other way of looking at it is we never should have gotten here,” Cook added.

“There’ve been so many warnings all along to our various government ministries that this shouldn’t be the site. I mean their own internal scientists have said that it doesn’t meet site suitability criteria. Every expert who testified at the Environmental Appeal Board hearing said it didn’t meat site suitability and yet the government still authorized that permit to be issued.” Until significant change happens, both Cook and Furstenau believe SIA can expect some company at their gates. “There was a small group out last week every day,” Furstenau said. “[Monday] saw quite a large group and the reality is we are in the fourth day of a ‘do not use water’ advisory from [Island Health] and the minister is unbelievably silent on the fact that, you know, as far as she’s concerned, it seems, she’s okay with more trucks coming and dumping more contaminated soil onto a site where the engineering doesn’t work. I don’t know a situation that you can compare this to.” Cook called Island Health’s notice “rather extraordinary”. “It was a ‘do not use’. It wasn’t a ‘boil’... it was a ‘do not use the water’ and that’s deeply dis-

tressing for us,” he said. “This is something that we warned that would happen and sure enough it’s come to fruition. We anticipated it happening in our children and grandchildren’s time and here it is in the first week of the first time they are really active on that site. It’s frustrating because people could see that this was going to be the only logical outcome and sure enough, it’s happened.” They are still waiting for all parties to agree to a date for a judicial review but in the interim, the SRA has asked for a stay placed on the site until that review. “We’re appealing to the Minister of Environment to protect the environment to prevent another incident from happening like we saw on Friday night,” Cook said. Meanwhile, residents and supporters remain vigilant and nowhere ready to back down. “I can’t think of any community that wouldn’t be doing what we’re doing in this situation and for a government to shrug off the fact that citizens cannot touch their water, because of bad decision making and bad policy and bad process on their part is unbelievable,” Furstenau said.

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“With the breach that happened on Friday with the water flowing quite rapidly off the site... their engineering system is failing. According to the permit and the environmental appeal board decision, no water, contact or non-contact with contaminated fill, is supposed to exit the site without going through the treatment system,” she said. “The so-called settling pond, there’s not a drop of water in it, because it’s not working.” Water is escaping “in all sorts

of ways,” above ground and below ground without being treated,” Furstenau said. “ T h i s i s wh a t we h ave objected to from the very beginning. In the environmental appeal board hearings, we had experts say that this was not a suitable site, that it couldn’t be engineered to protect the drinking water and here we are, eight months into this permit, the first rainfall and huge quantities of water are escaping

the site without treatment.” Furstenau said demonstrations and protests would no doubt continue. “This isn’t activism this is just self preservation for the community now,” she said. “I expect that as long as the minister chooses not to act then the people of Shawnigan will continue to act. I can’t see h ow s h e c o u l d expect anything different from us at this point,” Furstenau said. 7265371

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Environmental activist Shelagh Bell Irving was trying to spread the word over the weekend that Island Health had issued a warning about the quality of water coming from the south end of Shawnigan Lake. A warning issued Friday, Nov. 13 by Island Health advised residents “not to use water taken out of the lake from the south end of Lake Shawnigan, south of Butler Avenue on the west side and Verlon Road on the east side of the lake, due to a suspected overflow of water from the South Island Aggregates site.

A dry settling pond is supposed to be filled, but instead a rushing torrent of water breached the site Friday and ran into Shawnigan Lake. [SONIA FURSTENAU PHOTO]

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A clarification from Island Health the following day told residents of that area “not to use or draw water from that area of the lake for residential or commercial use including bathing/personal hygiene, drinking, and food preparation.” Bell Irving said she was busy over the weekend getting the word out about the warning. “Nowhere are any signs posted on the road saying: Do not use the water! I live in the affected area and there’s nothing. I called them in Nanaimo and asked: what if people don’t have cable or TV or Internet? They’re still drinking and bathing in this water and feeding it to their children and their dogs. I can get my water from the well across the street on my brother’s property but how can I tell my dog not to drink off my wharf?” Bell Irving, who, with other supporters, has been protesting for years against the dumping of contaminated soil at a Stebbings Road location was busy all week, trying to draw public attention. Recent heavy rains have brought the situation into high relief, she said. “The river is flowing so hard that people uphill are smelling the stuff from their houses. I’m living a nightmare right now. Everything I’ve been saying for three and a half years has just happened,” she said. Bell Irving and a couple of friends started their latest campaign against the hauling and dumping on Nov. 9. “On Monday, I blocked trucks. I was on the news,” she said, adding that she also spoke to the RCMP that day. “I asked: ‘Will I be arrested?’ They said: ‘Yes, if you block trucks.’” So, she said, she told police, “I am going to follow the law. I give you my word I will not block trucks again.” Things came to a head Tuesday morning. She was served with an injunction at 11 a.m. and told to be in court at 10 a.m. on the morning of Thursday, Nov. 12. When she arrived in court in Victoria, she requested and was granted some consideration due to the timeline. Bell Irving said she was surprised that SIA had undertaken an expensive court appearance even though she had already promised them that she would not block trucks. “I’ve got until Dec. 3 now to get ready,” she said, adding that she expected to have to defend her social media postings. But, that aside, the situation at the pit heated up again Friday when she and her two friends, Jared Huumonen and Carolyn Dowell again went up to Stebbings Road. “My friends, Jay and Carolyn, got arrested yesterday for blocking trucks. I didn’t take part. I stood on the side of the road and recorded it,” she said. Bell Irving, who is not working at the moment and has been involved full time in following the SIA action in court as well as outside the pit said Sunday that she is really grateful to everyone who is financially supporting the effort she and her friends are making. “We’re still trying to get back into the court to get a stay on the zoning issue. But they’re hauling now,” she said. ••• T he Shawnigan Residents Association is planning to offer residents an update on the court actions at its annual general meeting on Thursday, Nov. 19 starting at 7:30 p.m. in Shawnigan Lake School’s Wilkinson Theatre.

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Cyclist frustrated after hit and run A Cowichan Valley cyclist was struck by what’s believed to be a mini van Saturday about 4 p.m., leaving him in considerable pain with a back injury and his bike sheered in half. “I was going right by the entrance to the Save-On on the highway,” explained Daniel Deener. Deener was headed south when the northbound vehicle cut off two lanes of traffic to squeeze out a lefthand turn into the Save-On lot. The mini-van missed the other vehicles but struck Deener. “My feeling is he probably gunned it and I was right in front of him and I guess he couldn’t do anything,” the cyclist said. “I try and really stay aware of everybody around me when I’m on a bike, especially in town. I’m a very defensive rider.” Deener said he saw just the fender of the vehicle out of the corner of his eye but was thinking to himself the van must have stopped because there wasn’t enough room for it to safely make the turn. “That thought wasn’t even out of my head yet when I heard a big bang,” he recalled. “I don’t remember anything after that except coming to.” What bothers Deener more than the collision itself is the actions of passersby, who were admittedly quite worried for his well-being but not nearly as concerned about getting the information of the driver who struck him despite his repeated requests. “People rushed over. I kind of laid on the pavement for what seemed like a couple of minutes to wiggle my toes and fingers and see if my head moved and kind of assess my injuries,” he said. While on the ground, Deener said he saw the van he believes hit him idling about 45 or 50 feet away. “It was just sitting there. People were talking to me so I kind of

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The remains of Daniel Deener’s bicycle after being struck by a car on Saturday afternoon. The driver of the vehicle drove away.

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pulled myself up on my knees and my elbows and I said to the people there ‘would someone please go get the licence number of that vehicle for me?’” Nobody moved. “I asked the people there a total of five times if someone would please go get the licence number.” Still no action from anyone in the small group forming at his side. “I got up on my feet and people were telling me to stay down but I was really concerned that this person hadn’t actually exited their vehicle and come over. Finally I got up on my feet.” The passersby urged him to sit back down but he was adamant he get the licence number. The citizens maintained the van driver was just in the parking lot and would eventually come over. “There were people kind of all crowded around me. Like a shield of people preventing me from getting the information,” Deener said. One man physically stopped the injured cyclist, albeit gently, from getting the information himself but then refused to go get the information from the driver on Deener’s behalf. At one point Deener glanced up and the van was gone. “I guess he just drove away. I was so frustrated. Nobody moved. Nobody did anything,” he wondered. “What’s going on here? We live in a day and age where everybody has a cell phone. Phones were out, people were calling 911, people were snapping pictures. If nobody wanted to walk over there, anyone could have just turned around and snapped a picture. We could have blown it up.” Deener hopes that if somebody did take a picture, they’ll bring it to the police. “I don’t want this person to just disappear on me,” he said, adding all he’s aware the police have in the form of tangible evidence is a piece of the broken van.

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t was shocking to see the attacks play out in France last Friday. So far, the multiple, coordinated strikes have left 129 dead. These cowardly acts did not target the military or the government. They deliberately targeted regular people enjoying the evening out, people who would be totally unable to defend themselves from the violence. This was a strike at a secular culture that the west enjoys and that the terrorists deride as contrary to their twisted, cult-like take on religion.

And like the cowards they were, many of them took the easy way out — detonating suicide bombs strapped to themselves. It doesn’t take guts to end your life and take as many people with you as you can. That’s an act of either a brainwashed idiot or a sadist with a death wish. If they really had the courage of their convictions they would have looked their victims in the eyes — and when I say victims, I mean the friends and families, the whole city of Paris, the whole country of France — and

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stood fast in their beliefs in the face of the consequences of their actions. But then, if they really had the courage of their convictions they would not feel the need to resort to random violence in the first place — they would believe that persuasion of what is right would win the day. Did they, after all, convince everyone of the righteousness of their cause by perpetrating this tragedy? They did not. They only served to strengthen the resolve of the billions of us who refuse to bow before their

poisonous altar, where they steep themselves in the blood of the innocent in the name of a god and a religion they do not truly worship or honour. They did not win on Friday or on any of the days since. Because the truth is that it is all of us who determine whether they are victorious. The terrorists truly win if we give up our lives to fear. They win if we give up our freedoms in the name of security. They win if we give up on our compassion and pull up the drawbridge. I’m referring, of course, to the uneasy calls by some to

Greed is behind fuel price hikes

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As a rebuttal to the letter of R. Calderwood: Greed is the motivating force behind fuel price hikes. Instituting a universal increase (decrease) is just what our federal government wishes to take place and does. Raising prices simultaneously across the country is not truly against the law, which has one eye closed at all times particularly towards the oil companies! One has to remember the government’s slush fund needs to be topped up on a regular schedule. How otherwise can they make such outrageous promises of doing the will of the people? And seemingly, like a conjurer, produce the proper size rabbit out of the hat? I have to say this: oil and government, are in cahoots, and have been since day one. So rest your weary bones, everything is as it seems to be.

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pull back on accepting Syrian refugees — even though this is exactly the kind of senseless violence the refugees are fleeing, not creating. We have screening processes to guard against those few in the tide of millions who would attempt to infiltrate Canada for nefarious purposes. Far too many terrorists turn out to be homegrown anyway. We cannot punish the millions for the actions of a few when all they desire is a safe place to live their lives. That’s all that we want too, isn’t it?

Opponents have resorted to innuendo Having witnessed this process for the last two years I can no longer remain silent as it has devolved into a small group of people resorting to innuendo and “rumours” to disrupt the process for a temporary use permit applied for by the organizers. My son Kelly [Black], the spokesman for the group, has been erroneously and viciously called a liar at a public meeting by a member of this small group and now they are trying their scare tactics on the rest of the citizens of the valley. A dog died from the loud music. No facts just innuendo. An “illegitimate” baby was

rumoured to be born at the 2015 festival. Even though this never happened, what is their definition of “illegitimate “? The current rules for a TUP were put in place in the last two years and the organizers have gone above and beyond to abide by them. Director Nicholson says that the people did not understand them. Really! I would suggest that the director abide by the current process and spend the next three years coming up with a new process that she will have the time to explain to her constituents and will represent the views of the majority of the people of her area and the Cowichan Valley and until then follow the process in place and represent the majority of people, not the vocal minority.

I would urge the directors when voting on this permit to look at it objectively and represent the majority of us who support this well-organized event. I believe that the comment “spawn of Satan” was plagiarized from when Elvis Presley first hit the music scene and someone might want to look into that. Jim Black Shawnigan Lake

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Environmentalists to blame for gas prices I am writing to let R. Calderwood know it’s not the oil companies it’s all the protesters against supposedly “dirty oilsands” that have pretty much put a stop on production and when oil goes down everything that needs oil to work goes up. So maybe you should be getting angry with the environmentalists, considering Canada’s production of oil is the cleanest in the world. Go figure why it’s the only one getting all the attention. Doug Holiday Victoria

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Disappointed with zoning change decision on duplex My husband and I recently had the opportunity, along with quite a few neighbours, to observe North Cowichan council in action regarding rezoning a duplex into a fourplex. All of us opposed this bylaw change. The duplex in question has been operating for at least three years as an illegal fourplex. It has only two addresses, and has been taking advantage of garbage collection, water and taxes as a duplex. When the mayor was asked if the landlord would have to pay any penalty for these back fees, he said that there would probably be no retroactive fees for this infraction.

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and the tables and benches and constant theft from the garden plots, the latter being a totally different group. The police and commissionaires are fully aware of this and are doing all they can in the way of surveillance but they cannot be there at all times. The mindset of these young people is beyond comprehension and this type of mindless damage with the associated cost will continue until they are either caught or grow up (don’t hold your breath). Walt Punnett Duncan

However the biggest challenge is not just raising Canada’s image but to foster governance in parliament to create a respectable functional management system that will make being an elected member something our population will look up to. Too many people look at members as greedy corrupt individuals. Hopefully Justin and team can change that in four short years. Raising a politician’s image is his greatest challenge.

‘Boil water advisory’ Do not bathe! What the people of Shawnigan Lake warned would happen, has! It took less than a year of the 50 year permit granted by the B.C. government to dump contaminated waste at the South Island Aggregates/Cobble Hill Holdings site to reach the lake! When will this insanity stop? Is it not the people in the community that are in charge of their own destiny? The elected officials of this B.C. government have continued to ignore the constituents’ wishes to find another place

AAP bad and referenda too expensive for CVRD Re: Alternative approval process (AAP) The AAP is not an approval process. It is a fiddle that allows local governments to increase taxes for major expenditures. It stinks, based on the premise, “This is not a hot issue, no one will notice if we slip this expense by the public”. A more appropriate name is the “stop us if you can”

for these contaminants, somewhere that will not affect a drinking water supply! Elected by the people for the people. What am I missing here? As a 24-year veteran, I have witnessed wars being waged and will continue to be fought over clean potable water sources and here in my own backyard my government views them with complete disregard. Shame on the lot of you for allowing this permit! Now, do the right thing and revoke it before the damage is too great to repair! Steve Bellingham Shawnigan Lake

process. Yes, AAP saves a referendum, but referendum costs are outrageous, due to the high costs of doing anything in the public sector. Example: $15,000 for a referendum on Thetis Island? Come on! Why not save up proposals in excess of say $100,000 for an annual referendum, timed for elections when possible? Don Graham Chemainus

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Unfortunately some of the dregs of Cowichan society are alive and well and hanging out at Centennial Park. The beautiful new cob oven was spray painted on Halloween night and unfortunately the surface is very porous and cannot be scrubbed in the normal manner. The paint has penetrated and become a major job to repair. This is an ongoing problem in the park with prior damage to the oven (at least three times), the plumbing, the marble slab, the down spouts on the washrooms

The landlord has been fined, so the city planners have been aware of this problem for some time. It’s a good thing that nobody has been harmed throughout this time period (ex. fire). I wonder if the council could be held liable if anything happened. We are very disappointed in the way the council has handled this whole situation. At the last council meeting it was passed and rezoned in the landlord’s favour. At the present time I think it is being rented out as a fourplex. I guess if you want the extra income, you just go and do what you want. Congratulations!

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In the month since being elected as the Cowichan-Malahat-Langford riding’s very first MP, Alistair MacGregor’s life has become all about logistics. He’s been back and forth to Ottawa already and is trying to get his local headquarters up and running. MacGregor returned Nov. 10 from his first trip to Ottawa as an elected official. “It was pretty much like going to MP school,” he said of his first week in the capital. MacGregor and about 200 other rookie members of parliament went through a barrage of meetings with administration of the House of Commons — a primer, of sorts, on what’s to come. “I’m thankful to have the experience I do have because a lot of my fellow rookies had the deer in headlights look,” he admitted. MacGregor had been to Ottawa on government business on occasion before, having attended staff forums with other constituency assistants. This time, his attendance was not as a result of being former MP Jean Crowder’s right-hand man. Instead, he was the man. MacGregor has been appointed to serve as the critic for seniors in the NDP’s shadow cabinet. NDP Leader Tom Mulcair made

In one of his first appearances locally as Cowichan-Malahat-Langford MP, Alistair MacGregor places a wreath at the Charles Hoey Park cenotaph on Remembrance Day. [SARAH SIMPSON/CITIZEN] the shadow cabinet announcements Nov. 12 “I’m honoured to be appointed to the NDP shadow cabinet as the seniors critic. Our experienced and united team is ready to get to work on behalf of Canadians as the progressive opposition,” MacGregor said. “The Liberal government made a lot of commitments this campaign. We’re going to hold them to their promises.” Among his responsibilities are fighting for seniors’ priorities including: improved access to health and seniors’ care, expanding home care for seniors

and strengthening retirement security. MacGregor will also hold the position of deputy critic for heritage. “I really like the look of our caucus,” he said. “We’ve got 44 of us and I think 16 of us are new MPs. There’s a good mixture of the veterans and the new ones and I’m really excited to be working with people like Peter Julian [New Westminster-Burnaby] and Nathan Cullen [Skeena-Bulkley Valley], Don Davies [Vancouver Kingsway], and Kennedy Stewart [Burnaby South]. These are

people that are larger than life figures for me and now I get to call them colleagues. I’m going to learn a lot from them.” MacGregor has not been sworn in yet but is still able to carry out all the functions of a member of parliament. “But I need to be sworn in in order to enter the chambers,” he said. MacGregor’s ceremony is slated for Dec. 2. “I’m going to fly to Ottawa on Nov. 30 just to get a few things in order.” Parliament is scheduled to sit on Dec. 3. A new speaker of the house will be elected on that day. Then, on Dec. 4, the speech from the throne will be heard. “I think we’re probably only going to sit until about Dec. 11 and I expect during that week there’ll be debate on the speech from the throne and also the Liberals will probably want to introduce a ways and means motion to get that first middle class tax cut that they were promising,” he said. “That’s going to be an actionpacked week.” After a constitue n cy b r e a k ove r C h r i s t m a s, M a c Gregor will head back to Ottawa at the end of January. “My hope is that in the next three weeks

before I depart, that I have my main constituency office up and running in Duncan so that everyone has that point of contact.” MacGregor will take over Crowder’s office at the Green Door on Ingram Street. “I’m currently standing in the office but we don’t have any of our equipment in here yet,” he said Thursday afternoon. MacGregor said he will repurpose and reuse all of Crowder’s old furniture. “It’s in storage waiting for us, so it’s going to be a nice transition,” he said. Having worked out of that office for years under Crowder, MacGregor should right at home. “I’ll recognize all of the equipment intimately,” he said with a chuckle. “It’s nice to see they’re being smar t with taxpayer resources. We’re going to reuse the same old stuff instead of starting from scratch.” As for accommodations in Ottawa, MacGregor has found a place within walking distance of Parliament Hill and he intends to get some sturdy footwear. “ O t t awa , o t h e r than the cold, is a lovely city to walk around in so I’m going to enjoy that,” he said. 7265383

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During Monday afternoon’s debate at the legislature, provincial NDP leader John Horgan urged Environment Minister Mary Polak to stop operations at South Island Aggregates after a suspected breach at the facility prompted a “no-use water” advisory Friday by Island Health. “After years of being approached by residents, whether they be elected representative, regular citizens or former Liberal candidates, the response has always been: ‘Do not worry. We’re here to protect you.’ Until it rains,” Hansard documents show Horgan as saying. “As you well know, we live in a rainforest. The first rain in the 50-year permit led to a no-use advisory for the people in the region. Can the minister now do the right thing, stop the movement of contaminated soils into the Shawnigan watershed and do it today?” Horgan noted that both the Cowichan Valley

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Regional District and the Shawnigan Ratepayers Association are in court fighting against the soil company currently permitted to receive over 100,000 tonnes annually over 50 years of contamOHNS inated dirt just above the drinking water supply for 12,000 Shawingan-area residents. OUTHWARD “The right thing for the government to do, while these issues are before the courts, is to suspend LAZIER the 20 to 30 trucks a day that are bringing conALTON taminants to an empty minesite and affecting the lives of thousands of citizens,” Horgan said. ARGETTS “Surely to goodness it’s time for the minister Bob Carfra to put people first, stop the trucks and let these Barristers • ICBC CLAIMS people get on with regular lives.” Solicitors • PERSONAL INJURY Polak said “there is absolutely no evidence of a • DISABILITY CLAIMS breach” and if it did occur, it may not even be as Notaries bad as people assume. • Over 36 years experience Public “As we get results back, we will determine • 1st office visit is free whether anything happened at all,” she said. Mediation Polak also told Horgan that politicians should 151 Fourth Street Duncan, BC V9L 5J8 Services stay out of the way and let the scientists do their Call 250-746-8779 www.jsg.bc.ca Toll Free 888-442-4042 6958931 work. “The members of the staff of the Ministry of Health and the members of the staff of the Ministry of Environment dedicate their entire careers to working to ensure that public health is kept safe, that the environment is kept safe,” she said. “These people have the expertise, but they also feel the heavy obligation to ensure that Are youAre tired of tired feeling saggy, saggy, lumpy, lumpy, pinchedpinched or strained? Well you’re you of feeling or strained? Well not you’re not Are youalone. tired of probably feelingprobably saggy, lumpy, pinched orinread strained? Well you’re alone. As you’ve seen onseen Oprah reador women’s magazines, As you’ve on or Oprah in women’s magazines,those careers matter, to make sure that they are not alone. you’ve seenthe on Oprah or read in bra. women’s over 80over perAs cent of cent allprobably women wear wrong bra. 80 per of all women wear the size wrong size doing their part in upholding their obligations for magazines, over 80 per cent of all women wear the wrong size bra. Here’s where the Brathe Lady, in. Here’s Barb whereChapman, Barb Chapman, Bracomes Lady, comes in. British Columbians across this province. They do Here’s where Barb Chapman, the Bra Lady, comes in. that each and every day. They do that independDue to Due the overwhelming response to the previous clinic, Chapman to the overwhelming response to the previous clinic, Chapman Due toisthe response to theMAY previous clinic, ChapRED DEER, MONDAY MAY 26 is coming tooverwhelming NIPAWIN, THURSDAY, 16TH to outfit coming to NIPAWIN, THURSDAY, MAY 16TH toyou outfit you ent of political interference. That is the way it with bestthe possible bra for bra your saidThursday she willshe be will be best yourChapman body. Chapman said manthe iswith coming to Dpossible uncan &forbody. Ladysmith, should be.” seeing seeing clients clients on a one-on-one basis, explaining the benefits of goodof good on a one-on-one basis, explaining the benefits

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Nanaimo cemetery where the sad and senseless take their rest Walker called his One of the more dog to heel, raised and intriguing is that of cocked his gun, and Richard Frederick carefully approached Christmas, whose the logs. marker notes that he was shot on the 24th ’ve mentioned of May, 1903. Born before some of Aug. 23, 1882, he was the nuggets to be just three months found on headstones. CHRONICLES short of his 21st Readers actually birthday. “Beloved are have two chances of T.W. Paterson the pure in heart —” finding gold, so to reads his epitaph, although the speak, in Nanaimo: at the Pionlast word is indistinct. eer Cemetery, Comox and WalThe death of a man so young, lace streets, and at the “new” with his whole life before him, is cemetery on Bowen Road that a tragedy by anyone’s measure. replaced it in 1877. In the case of Richard ChristThese five acres are the courmas, his death is all the more so tesy of the Vancouver Coal Co. because he was the victim, not as the provincial government just of an accident, but of monurefused to cede any of the lands mentally bad judgment. it had reserved for the construcThe son of the Rev. Christmas, tion of an Island railway. Nanaimo Cemetery’s residents Richard had gone bear hunting on a Sunday evening with his enjoy a sweeping view of the friend, William J. Walker. Once city and Newcastle and Protecat French Creek, after agreeing tion islands. This was a factor to meet at a certain time and in determining the location of place, they separated, Walker cemeteries in the Victorian age, proceeding to a spot where he’d by the way, it apparently being previously shot a bear with the the belief that, even after death, hope that he’d be twice lucky. there’s something to be said for This put him a mile from his nice surroundings. rendezvous point with Richard. But to get back to headstones:

As he approached his chosen ambush site, he was startled to hear something growling from behind some logs, and his small dog raced ahead, barking furiously. Fearing that it would be mauled by what he now took, by its continued snarling and sounds of scratching, to be a bear, Walker called his dog to heel, raised and cocked his gun, and carefully approached the logs. Seeing something black move, he fired once. The “bear” fell and lay still. When he rushed forward, he found the body of his friend, Richard Frederick Christmas, aged 20 years and nine months, dead. Beside himself with shock and grief, Walker ran to the home of R.J. Hickey, who saw to the removal of Richard’s body to the Walker residence. In due course Coroner Stanton and Provincial Police Const. Stephenson proceeded to Englishman’s River to hold an inquest — more as a formality than anything else. “No suspicion attaches to Walker, whose state of mind is one that entitles him to the deepest sympathy,” reported

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the Nanaimo Free Press. “It has been learned that the deceased had a propensity for playing practical jokes. In view of this no blame for the accident attaches to Walker, who did

what, under the circumstances, would have been done by any other man.” Also among the thousands who take their eternal rest in Nanaimo Cemetery are Mary and E.S. Ironside, victims of one of the worst shipwrecks in provincial history. Actually, the Canadian Pacific liner Princess Sophia sank in Alaska’s Lynn Canal, Oct. 24, 1918, but because she sailed out of Victoria and because most of her 343 casualties were Canadians, she’s looked upon as a B.C. shipwreck. One of the most memorable photos of the past century is that of the Sophia, her bow impaled on Vanderbilt Reef; it was taken just hours before she slipped off, with the loss of all on board. As the Ironsides were said to have been exceptionally wellknown in the Pacific Northwest, there was a “profusion of floral offerings,” and their funeral was well attended. Just two of the many great stories that the tombstones tell in Nanaimo Cemetery. www.twpaterson.com

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From left, Holly McGimpsey, tenor drummer, Gord Jones, side drummer, and Allie Savory, tenor drummer of the Cowichan Pipes & Drums take a minute out of the preparations for their performance at Cairnsmore Place Nov. 11 to greet resident May Wishart Rosemus, who celebrated her 100th birthday on Friday, Nov. 6. More photos from the Remembrance Day concert: cowichanvalleycitizen.com [LEXI BAINAS/CITIZEN]

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The Matraea Centre is holding a silent auction fundraiser to get closer to their $25,000 fundraising goal for Syrian refugees. On Thursday, Nov. 19 from 7:3010 p.m. You can head to the Silver Bridge Inn to bid on a host of items. The goal for the evening is to raise at least $3,000, along with $2,000 in other donations. It’s all part of the larger plan to collect $25,000 before the end of December, which will then be matched by the Canadian government, for a total of $50,000 to send to

the region around Syria that is struggling to take in millions of refugees fleeing the conflict at home. The Matraea Centre has partnered with the Cowichan Intercultural Society and PLAN Canada in the endeavour. Businesses, schools, organizations, groups and clubs in the region are encouraged to raise $500 each to donate towards the cause. “The money we raise will help women, children and families in need,” said Matraea Centre managing partner Rupert Koyote in a press release. “There are millions of Syrians suffering in the midst of this crisis.”

ov. 20 is National Child Day. It is a day to celebrate children and reflect on the Rights of the Child as adopted by the General Assembly of the United Nations, 1989 and signed by Canada 1990. Rights include: health, education, culture, play, and freedom to speak and be heard. Children need and have a right to nurture and nourishment. Article 24 of the declaration states the right of children to nutritious food. Let’s look at that. The beautiful Cowichan Valley is a potentially wonderful place to grow up, yet demographics of our community noted in the Local Area Health Profile, the BC Child Poverty Report Card and School District 79 EDI results are distressing. They indicate that many children are disadvantaged within all socioeconomic levels. Dr. Stanwick, Island Health’s Chief Medical Officer has a vision for the children and youth on Vancouver Island. “I’d like to see every child supported to reach their potential regardless of their family circumstance,” he said. He lists availability of cheaper, calorie-dense goods, more meals eaten away from home and less physical activities, as detrimental to health later in life and contribute to the rise in childhood type 2 diabetes (Island Health Magazine, Fall 2015). Dr. Paul Hasselback, the Medical Health Officer with Island Health, urged the CVRD to take up the challenge to create a strategic plan for the wellbeing of children in the community. He said, “Twenty per cent of our children are living in poverty and that is not acceptable.”

(Cowichan Valley Citizen, April 17, 2015). Many local families do not earn a living wage. In a two earner family, the living wage rate would be $17.04 each, per hour. There is a rise in statistics of children using local food banks. Those working with families know of the struggles parents face in juggling priorities regarding buying nutritious foods or paying the rent and bills. Article 27 of the Declaration states, “Children have a right to a standard of living sufficient to meet their physical and mental needs, and that governments should help families who can not afford to provide this standard.” Families with a “good enough” standard of living would not have the need to go to food banks and parents would not have the need to stress over how to feed and clothe their children. Yes, children have rights! Many community members generously support food banks and also wonder what else to do to bring about more social sustainability and ensure that basic needs are met. What can be done? We can: • Learn more about the rights of the child • Reduce judgemental attitudes about poverty. • Support programs like community kitchens and community gardens • Do random acts of kindness. A local pay it forward story captures the financial stress of one parent. She was discreetly given a $25 dollar gift card for the grocery store she was shopping in. The small amount would not buy much, yet the emotional appre-

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ciation was overwhelming. In the bigger picture lobby for systemic change such as: • Affordable high quality child care where nutritious food can be provided. • More affordable, decent, safe housing. • Implementation of the “living wage” • Implementation of a poverty reduction plan. • Encourage every level of government to keep social issues on their agendas and to thank them when they take action. • Listen to the children; they can help with community solutions. In 2007 Social Planning Cowichan established a Regional Child Care Council, which was involved in creating a report on Child Care in the Valley. Five recommendations were made based on the findings of the local research. In 2014 the Child Care Council transitioned to independent status, now called the Children and Family Council, and work collaboratively with Success By 6 and Aboriginal Success By 6. This month, when you see someone wearing a “heart string” (a pink heart on blue ribbon), ask them why they are wearing it. You can make heartstrings and pass them out to family and friends. Let’s keep the culture of caring for children visible in Cowichan. To Learn more visit: The Child Rights Education week website http://crew-sede.wix.com/ nov2015: Link to Paul Kershaw Generation Squeeze website: www. gensqueeze.ca First call Poverty Report Card: http://still1in5.ca/?page_id=23 For more information or any questions, contact Laura Court, Coordinator Success By 6, 250-701-3647.

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vidual services at COS, youths are often interested in the groups offered within the agency. With the funding from the United Way we are able to staff ongoing groups such as the art group and the gay straight alliance. We also periodically offer a number of other groups such as grief and loss, anxiety, and psycho-educational workshops. As a staff, we are very appreciative of the community’s support to our programming and the ability of the United Way to help us improve the lives of youth and their families. Please donate to the 2015 campaign. Remember, this is your community, your campaign. United Way: 250748-1312 or www.cowichan unitedway.com

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The cast of ‘Nunsense’ will leave you in stitches, the director says. [SUBMITTED] moments I can’t wait for the audience to see because they’re not going to expect what comes out of Sister Marionette’s mouth. Maybe Amnesia isn’t all that innocent” Those who only know Egan as a talented singer/songwriter are in for a treat. “Mary Egan is an excellent comedic actress,” Schmidt began and then shared some of the remarkable accomplishments of the group. “ T h e s e f ive wo m e n a r e super-powerful. They managed to block, choreograph and sing this entire show — a full hour and a half musical — in 18 rehearsals. I’ve never had this happen before. Maria Ridewood said to me one day, ‘Our job as actresses is to show the director how hard we are working between those rehearsals.’ And that is incredibly true. It was stunning to watch how quickly these ladies were moving forward. I’m a bit in awe.

That makes my job a joy. “With so few rehearsals, and choreography as well as music, it’s no easy task. But, they dropped their scripts last Sunday (Nov. 1),” Schmidt said. It’s been a director’s dream. “These ladies have just been a gift. We sit there and laugh till we can laugh no more. I said to the sisters: ‘That will probably be the biggest struggle for you: making sure you don’t crack up at each other.” But having the structure of the play already bolted firmly together early leaves time for polishing it to a real lustre, she said. “These characters have relationships. When we started to build what those were we saw a significant blossoming start to happen. They’ve done everything I’ve asked of them and then did more.” Schmidt and her colleague, Laura Cardriver, have been work-

wanting to be a nun-ballerina. That’s got to be hard.” Every member of the cast has had a Schmidt specialty thrown at them, too. “Of course, they all had to learn tap dancing,” she said. “They’ve got their big tap number.” Schmidt also thanked the Mercury Players for believing in the show. “They’ve never done a musical before. So, when we were getting ready to order the rights and royalties, it was not like a play, where they would pay $800-$900. This was $2,600. They took a huge risk but I strongly believe this musical will sell itself, with the five powerhouses that are in this show. I hope people know already that they are in for one amazing show.” The problem is probably going to be that they’ll be turning away eager folks from the door so if you’re hankering after some special entertainment, get those tickets now. Evening performances are scheduled for Nov. 26, 27, 28, Dec. 3, 4, 5 all starting at 7:30 p.m. with two Sunday matinees, Nov. 29 and Dec. 6, starting at 2 p.m. All performances are at the Mercury Theatre on Brae Road in Duncan. Tickets are $20 for adults, $15 for seniors and students. Tickets are availa bl e a t Te n O l d Books in Duncan, from cast members, by email from mercuryplayerssociety@ gmail.com or by phoning 250-746-6897. 7265400

The Mercury Players are bringing the hilarious musical Nunsense back to the Valley. A cast made up of Maria Ridewood (Mother Superior), Jennifer Lally (Sister Robert Anne), Kari Cowan (Sister Leo), Angie Brockhurst (Sister Hubert) and Mary Egan (Sister Amnesia/Marionette) has director/choreographer Cathy Schmidt purring with delight as rehearsals continue for opening night on Thursday, Nov. 26. “This g roup of ladies has impressed me so much. Their learning and ability to work together, how quickly they formed their relationships, the trust they have in each other, the positive feedback we give each other. It’s just been unbelievable. I mean: wow!” she said. Of course, Nunsense is an awfully fun vehicle to drive together. “It’s so full of comedy but there are also those touching moments when we have everybody thinking a character is tough and then she unexpectedly displays a moment of endearing innocence; that leads to a new connection with the audience. But we also have an awful lot of comedy,” she said. Schmidt said audiences will really be surprised by Sister Marionette. “She’s a puppet, operated by Sister Amnesia (Mary Egan). It turns out that Amnesia has a friend, Sister Marionette and the puppet makes an appearance, joining in a song.” She chuckles reminiscently. “Oh, boy. It’s one of those

ing all along with the actresses but now, Mark Ridewood has joined the production as a drummer. “So Monday was the beginning of a new adventure for us all. That’s kind of fun. Laura’s been working amazingly with the cast. The harmonies are so hard in this show but she’s been wonderful. It’s been a pleasure to watch.” Car driver ag reed with Schmidt’s assessment of the actresses. “They’re such a talented group. We end every rehearsal laughing our heads off,” she said. Stage manager Janet Vanyo is another valuable member of the team, too, according to Schmidt. “I respect her so much; just having her on the show I just know that nothing’s going to go wrong. We’ve done a lot of shows together and when I asked her to come on this one with me, she didn’t hesitate,” she said. Most of the show’s actors are well known around the Valley but Cowan, the youngest, may be a revelation for theatregoers. “She’s 18. She was in Oklahoma and also in Pirates of Penzance. She’s done some stuff with Chalkboard Theatre as well and used to sing with Sheila Johnson’s choir. And in her role, she aspires to be a nun-ballerina. She was a little bit nervous about that because a dancer she is not! But she’s been practising and it turns out she’s got the most beautiful balletic arms. She’s just enveloped herself in the role of

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‘Elf’ delivering Christmas cheer to Chemainus Theatre LEXI BAINAS CITIZEN

The holiday-season blockbuster at the Chemainus Theatre this year is the Broadway musical, Elf. Kids and grown-ups will love this modern take on Christmas with its festive music, energetic dancing, and physical comedy all whirled into a story about finding the place where you belong. Director Mark DuMez is excited about this big show. “It’s got abundant wishes, a grand journey, and tons of joy to fill your stockings,” he said. “You can even take ‘Elfies’ on set before the show, right when Santa’s coming to town. This is Christmas-maximus!”

This show is a polished, highenergy classic and includes a bevy of festive and playful songs. Brad L’Écuyer joins musicians Alicia Murray and Nico Rhodes in perfor ming 18 resounding pieces, such as: Christmastown, World’s Greatest Dad, Sparklejollytwinklejingley, A Christmas Song, and Nobody Cares About Santa. Chemainus Theatre regulars will see many familiar faces plus a few new actors in this top-notch cast. Stepping into the tights of cheerful simpleton Buddy The Elf is Andrew Cohen, while his love interest is played by Alison MacDonald. Buddy’s search turns up his father Walter (Timothy E.

Brummund), as well as his stepmother (Sarah Carlé), and pre-teen half brother (Reuben Broadway and Ben Williams). But when he realizes no one believes in Santa (Hal Kerbes), Buddy’s real mission begins: to bring back the holiday spirit. If you enjoyed the motion picture — or even if the story is all new to you — you’ll be pleased to know that the premise of this musical stays true to the movie while offering some amusingly fresh tweaks. T h e f u n b e g i n s F r i d ay, Nov. 20 and continues to New Year’s Eve. Tickets for matinée and evening performances are available. Call the box office at 1-800-565-7738, or order online at chemainustheatre.ca

Cowichan Valley music students Gillian Duta, nine, Felix Wilson, 13, and Kaleigh Stroink, 21, each won a Gold Medal for scoring the top mark in B.C. on the Grade 1 Voice, Grade 3 Voice and Grade 9 Harp examinations, respectively. Their teachers are Kathy Lassche, Iris Cooke-Chislett and Marilyn Rummel. They received their awards at the annual Convocation & Gold Medal Awards Ceremony in Vancouver on Sunday, Nov. 1. Regional Gold Medals are award-

ed each academic year to Conservatory examination candidates in Preparatory A and B and Grades 1 to 10 who achieve the highest mark in their respective province or designated region. Eligible candidates must score at least 80 per cent on their practical examination and must have completed the co-requisite theory examinations for their respective grade and discipline. Lexi Bainas, Citizen

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Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar & Grill by Lanie Robertson is a lyrical and dramatic look at legendary jazz singer Billie Holiday. It’s hitting several stages in Chemainus and Crofton later this month, starting Nov. 27. Starring Glaucia Desrochers as Billie and directed by Michelle Tremblay, this show also features musicians Karel Roessingh on piano, Nick Mintenko on drums and Ron Joiner on bass. “It’s a very enter taining show,” said Tremblay. “We have a talented singer/actor and some beautiful musicians. The quality of the music is already very high and to have this level of performers makes it even better,” she said. Desrochers is well-known around the Valley as a fine singer but this is her first foray into action, according to Tremblay. “It’s been a lot of work to do the theatrical part of it because the acting part of Billie Holliday is a challenge. Billie has a special way of talking, a melody and a tempo, and then we also had to study how she moved, how she portrayed herself on stage.” The autobiographical script contains plenty of humour but also presents plenty of challenges because it’s Holiday telling a lot of her own, sometimes grim story. Right from the start, there was the extreme difficulty of finding a performer who can

both act and sing the part, according to Tremblay. “My big job as a director has been to make this piece work for her as an actor,” she said. “It was hard to find someone who could be Billie Holiday. We were lucky. She’s got talent and she’s working hard, really applying herself to it. The piece is tremendous, the way it is written. The emotional stakes are always high all the time and even though it’s written with a lot of humour you need to consider her whole life. “It’s not necessarily an easy vehicle for a person who’s acting for the first time in her life but she’s doing really well.” Tremblay said that, as a director, she’s been going with her star’s strengths. “We’re using what she offers; she’s naturally already bringing herself to the stage. We’re using her to portray this beautiful character of Billie. It’s coming along well. She’s open to everything. And, the way it’s written it has a lot of layers but it’s humoristic, too.” That helps to carry the show through its darker portions, according to Tremblay. “Billie Holiday suffered a lot of pain in her life, and it comes up in her songs. She uses her singing to overcome feelings of inadequacy and not being treated well. Of course when you look back to the ’50s, that’s how it was then. There are themes of self-worth and survival. Billie’s always looking for love but her love stories always end sadly. I’m hoping this will

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Wednesday, November 18, 2015

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Red Robinson, above, started spinning the platters at Vancouver radio station CJOR as a teenager and history took it from there. [SUBMITTED] The show Red Rock Diner was nominated for a 2015 Jessie Award for Significant Artistic Achievement — a testament to the talents of the cast and band of this dynamic production. Robinson is indeed making a personal appearance during the show so fans can get the inside scoop on the beginning of rock ‘n’ roll. He’s no stranger to the Cowichan Valley. Born in Comox in 1932, Robinson spent his childhood

summers in Chemainus. He was inaugurated into the Rock ‘n’ Roll Hall of Fame in 1995. So, get your questions ready for Robinson and get ready to hear about interviewing early rock legends when they performed in Vancouver. Tickets are $40 each or $38 for seniors. Get them at cowichanpac.ca/event/redrock-diner or call the Cowichan Ticket Centre at 250-748-7529.

Charlotte Yarnold has been studying music with Connie Masson since she was seven years old. She has learned piano, theory and voice, but her true love is singing. She is now in her final year of high school, and has enjoyed many years of performing in the Cowichan Music Festival, as well as concerts and recitals.

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Suddenly, it’s 1957. The Cowichan Performing Arts Centre is bringing the Arts Club Theatre’s beloved tribute to Red Robinson to Duncan on Friday, Nov. 20. Red Rock Diner takes to the big stage at 7:30 p.m., presenting a show about the early days of the legendary Vancouver DJ and even presenting the redhead himself in a question and answer session at the show. Red Rock Diner is an infectious musical that captures the excitement and innocence of Vancouver’s burgeoning rock ’n’ roll scene, taking everyone back to 1957. You’ll be humming along as five teens come of age while deejay Red Robinson spins those platters, enjoying such rockin’ favourites as Great Balls of Fire and Jailhouse Rock along with ballads like Diana and Crying. Created by Dean Regan, Red Rock Diner is set against a backdrop of Vancouver’s Hastings Street and includes Ward Music Store and Woodward’s department store’s iconic “W”. Every scene of Red Rock Diner is filled with high-energy music and dance while offering a glimpse into Robinson’s career. He was the first deejay in Canada to play rock ‘n’ roll music on regular rotation and began his radio career on CJOR while still in high school in 1954 and, during his radio days, met all the greats including Elvis, Buddy Holly and the Beatles.

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At the age of 90, after having lived a full life with its share of joys and challenges, Fred Konkung is still out there wanting to make a difference, wanting to lend his hand and his time to making this community a better, caring place to live. You will see him around town or at special events, in his mobile wheelchair, fundraising for three organizations. The Wheels for Wellness Society helps people on southern Vancouver Island who do not have transportation get to and from important health related appointments. Konkung is fundraising to help them get a van with an electric lift for wheelchairs. The Seniors for Community Foundation runs the Supported Transportation for Seniors program with local volunteer drivers, the Seniors Service Directory, Fred Konkung. [SUBMITTED] Meals on Wheels and the local Brain Fitness Program. Konkung lost his first wife to The Happy Denturist MS, so in addition to working to make life easier for the elderly Brian Harris locally, he is also collecting funds for the MS Society. Donations of 30 YEARS OF OUTSTANDING SERVICE $20 will be registered and can be • COMPLETE DENTURE SERVICES • FREE CONSULTATION used for income tax deduction. Stop and take the time to share • PARTIAL DENTURES • SAME DAY RELINES/REPAIRS a greeting or a story, make a • DENTURES OVER IMPLANTS • FERRY PICKUP donation if you can. Not only will it be uplifting, but Konkung 250-246-4674 is teaching that everyone has #7-8377 CHEMAINUS ROAD something they can offer.

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ntil six months ago, Doreen Wilson was still going strong, working at her son’s fruit and vegetable farm. “I did all the flowers, a lot of the raking, sweeping and cleaning,” the 89-year-old says proudly. And then she fell. Not once, but twice. The first fall resulted in no injury, so she went back to her regular routine. “Two months later I was getting back to normal, doing some housework, dusting, and all of a sudden my foot went out from under me and I went down,” Wilson recalled. A pair of old slippers was the culprit. And this time, she broke the femur in her left leg. The great-grandmother now has three pins in her hip and a metal rod in her leg. “I’m a bionic woman now,” she said from her hospital bed, where she’s spent the past two months undergoing rehab and getting falls prevention education and support.

To coincide with national Falls Prevention Week Nov. 2 to 8, this year, the BC Falls and Injury Prevention Coalition (BCFIPC) is launched a month-long public awareness campaign in November for falls prevention in the community. “Doreen’s situation is one that is common among many seniors and with winter approaching, there is an increased risk of losing footing and falling, which raises the risk of injuries that can limit independence,” said Darryl Plecas, parliamentary secretary for seniors. “Many falls are preventable and I encourage older British Columbians and their families to learn more about falls prevention.” Falls are the leading cause of injury-related deaths and hospitalizations for seniors in British Columbia, said Heather Fudge, Island Health’s clinical nurse specialist, seniors and spiritual health. See PREVENTING FALLS, Page 21

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one comes up. It means knowing armland Community Poliwhen the right time is to seek mediccing put on a successful al advice for a weird, new symptom. Seniors Safety Fair event It means getting regular health this past week at the Island Savings check-ups like the experts always Centre. Representatives from various suggest. It means consideration seniors programs and services were of how your home may need to be represented. Nurse Next Door was adjusted or reno’d so that it will fit there with friends from our seniors you as you change. It also means services network — our Intelligent getting over the discomfort of talkAging group. FROM NEXT ing about hearing loss or vision loss, One of the fun ideas was a passport DOOR Chris Wilkinson death, your finances, and important to visit each of the booths, where legal documents like a POA, Repthe passport required an answer to resentation Agreement and/or your appointed a pre-selected question. Our Intelligent Aging Substitute Decision Makers. group chose an important question: How do And as important as anything else, it’s being you age intelligently? involved. Involved in community events. If I were to ask you that right now, how would Involved in hobbies that interest you. Learnyou answer? Go ahead, take 15 seconds and ing new interesting activities that previously think of three things you think you should do eluded you. Pushing out boundaries and learnto age intelligently. ing to challenge yourself each week. Fighting Of course, you’re going to say “exercise” first. isolation. Involved in the lives of people who Then you’ll say “eat well”. And then someare important to you. Involved in your own life! thing else. And then you’ll think, one day soon Involved in life. I’ll start to do those things so that when I’m In my mind, if you can get a grip on the above older I’ll be healthy. If that’s how you’re going things, you are aging intelligently. You are to answer it, then forget it. Do it now, or don’t minimizing risk of early death, Alzheimers/ bother thinking about it. dementia, cancer, loneliness, depression. Anyways, back to the answer. Is there really an alternative? In my opinion, to age intelligently you have to be active, yes. But it’s deeper than activity and nutrition. You must be informed. And you must Chris Wilkinson is the owner/GM for Nurse Next Door be involved. Home Care Services for Cowichan and central Vancouver To be informed means you know where to Island. For questions or an in-home caring consult conturn when issues like urgent care for a loved tact 250-748-4357, or Cowichan@NurseNextDoor.com

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“That’s why we work so hard to identify patients in our facilities who are at risk. We want to make sure we follow best practice to avoid falls,” Fudge said. “But what’s also important is continuing that education in the community so that seniors don’t fall in the first place. Forty per cent of admissions to residential care facilities are because the senior has fallen, suffered a major fracture and is no longer able to stay at home, usually due to mobility issues.” Fudge says small things can make a big difference for seniors when it comes to preventing falls: stay physically active, make your home

safer, get your medications reviewed, get your eyes checked once a year. Wilson considers herself proactive when it comes to falls prevention, but there is one thing she plans to do when she gets home. “I had slippers that were old and had lost their tread,” she said. “So that means I better smarten up and buy myself some good slippers.” More info: findingbalancebc.ca or www.viha.ca/seniors/safety/falls. htm for more information.

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Bonnie Thompson Community Advocate. Passed away November 12, 2015. She is survived by her husband Patrick Hancock, her daughters Penney and Vickie, and four grandsons Cale, Campbell, Cass and Zak. She will be truly missed by her family and friends. MEMORIAL SERVICE to be held NOVEMBER 19, 2015, 1:00 PM at Duncan United Church.

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December 17, 1917 – November 12, 2015 It is with heavy hearts that we announce the death of our much loved mother in the early morning of November 12, 2015 with her daughters by her side. She is survived and will be greatly missed by her daughters Carole Daem (Wayne Wheeler) and Vicki Harknett, her grandchildren Leanne, Tracey, Jenny, Bobbi and Rick, 9 great-grandchildren and 5 greatgreat-grandchildren. She will also be missed and fondly remembered by Wayne and his family. The family would like to thank the staff at The Meadows for their kindnesses to Mum and Dr. Lauren Jackson for her compassion and visits. No service or flowers at Mom’s request but if you wish, a random act of kindness in her memory would make her smile. Online condolences mayy be made at www.hwwallacecbc.com.

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Nelson, Elmer March 10, 1933 – September 29, 2015 Elmer passed away peacefully in his sleep at Cairnsmore Place in Duncan where he had lived since 2011. Before that, Elmer had lived in Chemainus for over 50 years. Most of that time, he took care of his sister Tena who passed away in 2007. Elmer also cared for three siblings who lived on the family farm at Mount Nebo, Saskatchewan. Elmer worked at the Chemainus Mill while farming a large farm in Saskatchewan for many years. His acts of kindness and care to both family and friends were excellent. There will be a memorial service in the Cowichan Meeting room at the Best Western Plus - Chemainus Inn at 9573 Chemainus Road at 10:00 am on November 24, 2015

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Kenneth passed away peacefully at Sunridge Place on November 13, 2015. He is survived by his wife Christine, his brother Roger, cousins and nephews and his very special Dalmatians Isabelle and Jasper. Kenneth worked as a small motor mechanic for many years in the Cowichan Valley. No service by request. The family would like to thank the staff of Sunridge for their loving care and attention that he received over the past year as well as his nephew David for all of his support. In memory of Kenneth and his love for animals, please consider a donation to the Cowichan branch of the BCSPCA. Online condolences may be made at www.hwwallacecbc.com

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January 23, 1935 - October 25, 2015 It is with a sad heart that we say farewell to my dear husband Bill, who went to his just reward on Sunday, October 25, 2015. Proud father of Bobbie Sue Chambers & Scott Chambers (deceased). Dear Grandpa to Mike, Tom and Stephen Scinocca. Dear Bumple to Kelli, Traci, Cheryl, Mitchell, Matt, Nicki, Sara, and Great Grandpa to McKenzie. Brother of Donald Chambers from Brentwood Bay, B.C., and sister Barbara Marriott of Niagara Falls, Ont. Born in Edinburg, Scotland on January 23, 1935, he came to Canada by steam ship as an infant, along with his twin brother Bob, and his Mother Peggy. Bill spent most of his life in management, and assorted other adventures. Car d C Salesman, Realtor, News ad Salesman, Manager of Auto Part Sales. He was very proud to be a Mason (retired), and honoured their traditions. He loved anything to do with automobiles and totally rebuilt many vehicles including a 1926 Star, his pride and joy. Councilman, volunteer fireman, just to mention a few. A wonderful joyful man who loved and honoured his family, and friends. Friends were plentiful and he appreciated all of them from—Niagara Falls, Willoughby Township, Fort Erie, Toronto in Ontario, to Duncan, B.C. Always great at building and creating things & charming all of those he met. He was a fan of Rube Goldburge, making things work in the oddest ways sometimes. He had a very special relationship with his daughter Bobbie Sue and her sons. All his step-children also treasured him as he did them. We thank Dr. Lauren Jackson, for her continued care and support, and the wonderful nurses and all staff at Cowichan District Hospital for their dedicated caring of Bill during his final stay there. Thank you my Bill for all our wonderful life together. Celebration of Life for Bill will be on Saturday, November 21st at Duncan Travel Lodge from 3 pm to 5 pm. Online condolences mayy be made at www.hwwallacecbc.com.

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eral meeting, Thursday, Nov. 19, 10 a.m. Elections to take place. â&#x20AC;˘ Winter Nights Coffee House, 50 Plus Activity Centre, 55 Coronation St., Lake Cowichan, Nov. 21, 5:30-8:30 p.m. with the Goodtime Boys and the Four Cowichan Lake Tenors. Coffee, tea and snacks for sale. Admission $5. Info: 250-749-6121. â&#x20AC;˘ Chemainus Seniors Drop-in Centre Drop-in Centre pot luck birthday party, Saturday, Nov. 21, 5-8 p.m. â&#x20AC;˘ Lake Cowichanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 50 Plus Activity Centre hopping from Monday to Friday, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Home-made lunches 11 a.m.-1:15 p.m., Tuesday savoury pie day, Thursday sweet pie day, Friday dinner specials. Fall Bazaar Nov. 7, Christmas Banquet Dec. 5. Info: 250-749-6121. â&#x20AC;˘ Chemainus Seniors Drop-in Centre Drop-in Centre Menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Bake Sale, Saturday, Dec. 5, 10 a.m. to noon. â&#x20AC;˘ Chemainus Seniors Drop-in Centre Drop-in Centre Concerts on Screen Sundays, Dec. 6, 13, and 20, 2-4 p.m. â&#x20AC;˘ Chemainus Seniors Drop-in Centre Drop-in Centre Christmas Dinners, Friday and Saturday, Dec. 11 and 12. Doors open 5 p.m., cost $15 members, $20 guests. Entertainment by the ladies and menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s choirs. Tickets on sale at AGM Nov. 19. â&#x20AC;˘ Chemainus Seniors Drop-in Centre Drop-in Centre New Yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Eve Dinner and Dance Dec. 31, doors open 6 p.m., dinner 7 p.m., dancing and fun to Andy McCormack. Tickets $30 on sale at AGM, Nov. 19.

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tre, Duncan. Refreshments provided. Info: cowichankayakandcanoe. wordpress.com â&#x20AC;˘ Cowichan Intercultural Society presents Art Healing Series, Wednesdays, 2-3:30 p.m., Mill Bay Library. Meet to paint, draw, sketch and create art pieces. Info: Francoise francoise@cis-iwc.org or 250-748-3112. â&#x20AC;˘ Duncan Badminton Club, Tuesdays and Thursdays, 8-10 p.m., October through March Multi-purpose Hall, Island Savings Centre. Recreational and competitive. All welcome. Info: 250-746-4380. â&#x20AC;˘ Youth rowing program, Cowichan Bay Maritime Centre, for ages 10-14. Get some rowing experience with summer staff Thursdays 4-6 p.m. and Saturdays 10 a.m.noon. $10 drop-in fee, call ahead to reserve a place: 250-746-4955.

Meetings â&#x20AC;˘ Shawnigan Residents Association annual general meeting, Thursday, Nov. 19, 7:30 p.m., Hugh Wilkinson Theatre, Shawnigan Lake School. Election of officers, financial report, legal report. â&#x20AC;˘ Fall Sports Fishery Advisory Committee meeting Thursday, Nov. 19, 1 p.m., Valley Fish and Game Club. â&#x20AC;˘ Cowichan Historical Society meeting Nov. 19, 7:30 p.m., St. Peterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Church Hall, 5800 Church Rd., Duncan. Speaker: military historian Bill Hampson on the history of the Canadian Scottish Regiment and its 100th anniversary. â&#x20AC;˘ Vimy Hall Annual General Meeting, Thursday, Nov. 26, 7:309 p.m., 3968 Gibbins Rd. â&#x20AC;˘ ACOA meeting at Duncan Alano Club, 107 Evans St., Duncan, Fridays, 7 p.m. â&#x20AC;˘ Support group for stroke survivors and caregivers every Friday, 1-3 p.m., Cowichan Library, Duncan, multi-purpose room. Different topic each week. Membership $20 per year (less than 50 cents a meeting). Contact: Chris Rafuse chrisrafuse@shaw.ca or 778-455-2095.

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B.C. champs! T-Birds back on top KEVIN ROTHBAUER CITIZEN

When the gold-medal game of the 2015 AAA provincial high school field hockey championships went to a shootout, few teams could have been better prepared for that situation than the Cowichan Secondary School Thunderbirds. After all, the T-Birds had to win three consecutive shootout games when they claimed the Bridgman Cup title in October — including a semifinal victory over Handsworth, their opponent in the provincial championship game last Saturday. While there were some justifiable nerves, the Cowichan players repeated their Bridgman Cup success, getting goals from Sophia Murray, Brittany Smith and Sarah Goodman while goalie Robin Fleming held fast, allowing just one ball to beat her, and the T-Birds brought home the championship banner for the first time since 2005, winning it as one of three host teams, along with Frances Kelsey and Shawnigan Lake School. Fleming admitted she took some inspiration from her team’s domination at the Bridgman Cup as she went into the shootout for provincial gold. “I just remembered how nice it was to win,” she said. “I wanted to do that again. Obviously, I was really nervous going in, but I had a lot of confidence in the girls on my team that we could do it.” As much experience as Cowichan had with the shootout format this year, it is still something they have to get used to each time. “It’s so different,” Murray said. “All it is is you and the goalie, and you only have eight seconds, so you have to pick something and go with it.”

The Cowichan Thunderbirds celebrate winning the provincial AAA field hockey championship last Saturday. [KEVIN ROTHBAUER/CITIZEN] Murray, also one of Cowichan’s captains, was thrilled to have been able to help her team return to the top of the game in B.C. “It feels amazing,” she said. “It’s the best feeling all year. We had a perfect season, we won all our tournaments, but the banner was what we were looking for. I couldn’t be more proud of my team. I really feel we deserve it.” While the players admitted to some nerves in the final, and particularly in the shootout, coach Perri Espeseth said her belief in the team was never shaken. “I felt pretty good,” she said. “The whole tournament I felt pretty good. I was watch-

ing the CIS [Canadian university] championships in Victoria the week before. It’s a very tense tournament with a lot of things happening. After all that heightened anxiety and intensity, I went into the AAA tournament relaxed, confident and composed.” Over their six games, the T-Birds didn’t allow a single goal in free play, a testament not only to Fleming but to the defenders in front of her. As well, Espeseth noted that several different players did the scoring for her team. “It wasn’t just one or two or three people scoring our goals. Multiple people scored.

We didn’t rely on one person.” The T-Birds will lose six players, including captains Murray, Jenna Ellison and Brittany Smith, but will have a good foundation of returnees to build on. “It’s exciting to know that we’ll be able to compete again next year,” Espeseth said. Espeseth was a senior player on the last Cowichan team to win a provincial field hockey title, 10 years ago, and she was proud to give something back to the community that she came from. “All my coaches brought me up to want to give back the way they gave back,” she said.

Kelsey plays to best-ever finish, Shawnigan wins consolation KEVIN ROTHBAUER CITIZEN

The Frances Kelsey Breakers played to their best finish ever at a provincial field hockey championship last weekend, placing sixth, as well as being the runner up for the fair play award, which went to 16th-place Chilliwack. “To make it into the top eight was awesome,” coach Ali Andersen said. “The girls worked hard all year to try to get a good result at provincials. We were definitely a team to contend with.” Already guaranteed of a top-eight finish, Kelsey faced Cowichan in the first round of the playoffs and lost 1-0. “Unfortunately, our pools crossed over,” Andersen said. “We were really hoping for a first-place finish in our pool, because first played second, and we were hoping to avoid playing them.” The score of the game against Cowichan could have been 8-0 if not for the outstanding play of goalie Amy Osmond, Andersen noted. Kelsey bounced back to beat West Vancouver 2-0, then, despite a depleted roster, only lost 1-0 to Gleneagle in the fifth/sixth game. Among Kelsey’s best players in the tournament was sweeper Helen Brancato, who Andersen called “fundamental” to the team’s performance.

Goalie Osmond is one of three players graduating, although Grade 8 player Niki Leech is waiting in the wings. The team will also lose Marina Ellison and Rachel Price. “I’m looking forward to next year,” Andersen said. “It will be exciting, especially since our girls had the goal of wanting to be a contender this year, and they did it. People are always talking about Cowichan, and they deserve it, but we want people to start saying ‘Kelsey, Kelsey, Kelsey. Look out for them.’” The defending champions from 2014 Shawnigan Lake School missed the top eight by a single goal, but won their last three games to win the consolation bracket and place ninth. “Despite the disappointment of not coming in the top portion, I’m happy for the girls that they ended on a high,” coach Kelly Koepp said. Shawnigan needed to tie Kelowna in the last game of the round robin in order to advance to the top eight, but lost 2-1. “If we had just kept that second goal out, we would have been in the top half,” Koepp said. “It was a tough lesson to learn.” Even in the consolation bracket, Shawnigan didn’t have any easy games. They had to get past Churchill, then South Delta, for whom there were similarly high expecta-

tions, and finally Heritage Woods, who they beat in a sudden-death shootout after the teams ended regulation tied 0-0. Although Shawnigan won the AAA title in 2014, the team went through a lot of roster turnover and barely resembled the squad from a year ago. “From a coaching perspective, it was one of the most rewarding seasons because the girls came so far,” Koepp said. “Individually and as a group, they made the biggest strides.” This year’s team will lose six Grade 12s, four of whom were starters, and some of the team’s best players at the provincial tournament, including goalie Leigh Campbell and captain Tai Williams. Other top performers for the team were Annika Kleinschmidt, Noa Wischmann, and Amelia Macintosh, a Grade 9 student and the youngest player on the team. All three local coaches commented on the benefits of hosting the tournament together, and the way the Vancouver Island and Cowichan Valley field hockey communities came together to make it happen. “Even though Island field hockey is smaller than in Vancouver, we probably had just as many volunteers and participation and people who were passionate about it,” Koepp said.

Marina Ellison and the Frances Kelsey Breakers battled to sixth at the provincial championships last weekend. [KEVIN ROTHBAUER/CITIZEN]

Wednesday, November 18, 2015

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Isles’ winning roll comes to a stop against Victoria Cougars KEVIN ROTHBAUER CITIZEN

Since graduating from Cowichan Secondary in 2008, Crystal Poland has starred for Northeastern University and found her niche as a coach in San Diego. [KEVIN ROTHBAUER/CITIZEN]

Ty Rennie made 25 saves in a losing cause last Saturday night. [KEVIN ROTHBAUER/CITIZEN] have very fast skaters. The difference was that we didn’t bury our chances.” Zack Smith and Parker Ellis provided the offence for the Isles, while Ty Rennie stopped 25 of 28 shots. “t was a good rebound from Thursday night,” Osmond said. “It was for a lack of effort that we lost.” The Isles will get another crack at the Cougars this Thursday evening. On Friday, they head north to face the Oceanside Generals, and on Saturday they will be at home against the Westshore Wolves. The team will honour Nick Collins on Saturday, marking nine years since the Kerry Park minor hockey goalie and volunteer died when he was struck by a car.

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Free Curling 2.0 Sessions What: Learn to curl for all ages When: December 4, 2015 Where: Duncan Curling Club Time slots: 10AM-11AM, 11:15AM-12:15PM, 12:30PM-1:30PM & 1:45PM-2:45PM Register online at www.curlbc.ca/curling-20 Children must be accompanied by an adult. Children under 12 should bring a helmet to wear on the ice.

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The Kerry Park Islanders were hoping to carry some momentum over from their three-game winning streak into last Thursday’s showdown against the Vancouver Island Junior Hockey League-leading Victoria Cougars, a team they hadn’t beaten since the 2012 playoffs. Unfortunately, once again, the Isles didn’t have an answer for the Cougars, losing 8-0. “Same old story,” Islanders owner Mark Osmond lamented. “They played well for about 12 minutes. I thought, ‘we’re in this game.’” At 13:16 of the first period, the Isles took a hooking penalty, and the Cougars took advantage of the ensuing powerplay. By the end of the opening frame, the Cougars were up 2-0, but Osmond still had hope. “It wasn’t that bad,” he said. “We had a couple of chances we should have put away, but we were still in it. The Cougars broke away after that, scoring three times in each of the second and third periods, including two more powerplay goals and a successful penalty shot. “We got hammered on penalties again,” Osmond said. “We played awful. We deserved to lose.” The Isles played much better on Saturday night as they were edged 3-2 at home by the Comox Valley Glacier Kings. “It was a really good game, a very fast game,” Osmond commented. “Neither team has a lot of big guys, but they both

Cowichan to California: Poland helps field hockey players achieve dreams KEVIN ROTHBAUER CITIZEN

Crystal Poland was fortunate to get into elite university field hockey in the U.S., where she thrived as a player. Now as a coach she is hoping to help other young players make the same jump. “During my high school years, I had no clue about the recruiting process in the NCAA,” said Poland, who graduated from Cowichan Secondary School in 2008 and went on to star for Northeastern University in Boston. “Coaches start recruiting players as early as Grade 8. I was very late in the recruiting process in Grade 12 and was lucky to have ended up in the NCAA the following year. I want to prepare high school girls that are interested in college field hockey early and help them with their recruiting process.” Poland is now coaching teams and working with individual athletes in California, helping them achieve their dreams of playing in the NCAA and on the U.S. Olympic team. Having concluded her playing career recently — her four years at Northeastern wrapped up in 2012 — she brings a unique perspective to coaching. “A tough obstacle some coaches face is not being able to demonstrate difficult skills to players who learn visually,” Poland said. “I not only explain in detail how to perform a task, but I can demonstrate all skills from my playing accomplishments and experience.” Poland started playing with the Canadian national team at the age of 17, and earned six senior caps. She racked up an endless list of honours at Northeastern: First-Team All-American in 2011 and 2012, Second-Team All-American in 2010, Northeast Regional All-American and First-Team All-Conference every year from 2009 to 2012, CAA Rookie of the Year in 2009 and CAA Player of the Year in 2012. She finished her career as the Huskies’ alltime leading scorer with 78 career goals and 179 points, twice finishing among the top five scorers in the NCAA, and led her team to two CAA tournament finals and two NCAA tournament appearances. Immediately after her playing career, Poland was invited to stay with the Huskies as a graduate assistant coach for two seasons, and also coached with the Boston Field Hockey Club. Now working in San

“I want to mentor high school players that are dreaming of an education they might not afford without an athletic scholarship. If it weren’t for field hockey, I wouldn’t be the person I am today.” CRYSTAL POLAND, CSS grad and elite field hockey coach

Diego, Poland has a full coaching schedule. She serves as the program director at Wargles Field Hockey Club, and won the North County Tournament championship last year. As the program head coach at San Pasqual High School, Poland guided the varsity team to the Avocado East League championship in 2014 with a 9-1 record, and to the semifinals of the CIF San Diego Section playoffs. This year, the team has again gone 9-1 in league play, and 19-8 overall. She also works with Athletes Dojo as an international field hockey specialist, training elite-level athletes as they prepare for the NCAA, and helping to streamline the recruitment and scholarship process, as well as training current NCAA players. With the USA Field Hockey Futures Program — the pipeline to the Olympic team — Poland works with top athletes from throughout California. Poland wants to help other athletes achieve the same dreams she had, that started in the Cowichan Valley. “I love field hockey,” she said. “The sport has given me a lot over the years: new friends, teammates, an education, and countless life lessons from some of the best coaches. A lot of people helped me over the years and I would have missed an opportunity if it weren’t for all of their support. “I want to mentor high school players that are dreaming of an education they might not afford without an athletic scholarship. If it weren’t for field hockey, I wouldn’t be the person I am today: independent, confident and self-motivated. I want others to have the same opportunity to challenge themselves to grow and become so much more, to strive for their absolute best and achieve their dreams.”

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Wednesday, November 18, 2015

CURLING CHEMISTRY They had only curled together for two weeks, but that didn’t stop the Duncan rink of Emma Woike, Kaelin Ertel, Carly Hardie and Brooke Reintjes, coached by Stephen Wiles, from placing second and being named the most sportsmanlike team at the Nanaimo Junior Bonspiel on Nov. 7. [SUBMITTED]

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Going into their three-game Interior Division road trip last weekend, the Cowichan Valley Capitals set the goal of coming home still in first place in the Island Division, which head coach Bob Beatty guessed would require at least two wins. The Caps won twice, and held on to first place, so mission accomplished. The one that got away — a 4-3 loss to the B.C. Hockey League-dominating Penticton Vees on Saturday — bugs Beatty. “I think, going in, if you would have said we’d come out with four points, we would have taken it,” he said. “But it was a heartbreaker in Penticton. To be honest, that was the best game we played on the weekend.” After taking a 1-0 lead out of the first period thanks to Ayden MacDonald, the Caps had to battle back late in the second to tie it at 2-2 on a powerplay goal by Matthew Hudie. The Vees pulled ahead again in the third, but Patrick Geary brought the Caps even again. A powerplay goal by the Vees with just over two minutes left ended up deciding the game and extending Penticton’s winning streak to 22 games. “We were down a couple of times and we were able to tie it up,” Beatty said. “We deserved better. C’est la vie.” As previously mentioned, the Caps did come home with four points, four more than they’ve had on that same road trip over the last two years combined. On F riday night, the Caps thumped the Smoke Eaters 6-1 for their first victory in Trail since 2009. On Sunday, they finished the trip with a 3-2 win over the Centennials, the first time since 2011 that they had won in Merritt. “They’re tough places to win in,” Beatty said. “So we’re satisfied with the effort.” Forward Kade Kehoe and defenceman Carter Cochrane each had a

goal and three assists against Trail, and Ryan Burton had a goal and two helpers. Chris Harpur, Mitch Meek and Jared Domin also scored, while goalie Storm Phaneuf had 37 saves. The line of Kehoe, Burton and Adam Osczevski provided all the offence on Sunday: Burton scored two goals and set up another, Osczevski had a goal and one assist, and Kehoe had three helpers. Lane Michasiw came back from an illness to make his first appearance in the Cowichan crease since Sept. 27 and stopped 29 shots for the win and first-star honours. Finishing the weekend with three goals and three assists in three games, Burton was named the BCHL’s Player of the Week. Kehoe, who had a goal and six helpers, didn’t even make the honourable mention list. This week, for the third time in the last four Fridays, the Caps will have a date with the Victoria Grizzlies, who beat them in the last two meetings. On Saturday, the Caps will host the Nanaimo Clippers, and next Wednesday, they will be at home to the Alberni Valley Bulldogs. The Caps currently sit atop the Island Division, but the Clippers are just two points back, and even the last-place Bulldogs are only nine points behind. “We’ve got to rectify the situation[ in Victoria] for sure,” Beatty said. “Our next five games, until the end of the month, are all division games. The next five games are going to be crucial. In this division, you could be out of the playoffs in a hurry if you go on a skid.”

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