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Soil dumping halted pending appeals SARAH SIMPSON CITIZEN

At least it wasn’t eggs? Staff and students arrived to find toilet paper strewn about the front grounds of Cowichan Secondary School Monday morning. The 2014 grad class has taken responsibility and volunteers cleaned up the mess. For more photos, scan this image with the Layar app on your smart phone or go to www.cowichanvalleycitizen.com [SARAH SIMPSON/CITIZEN]

TP festoons school in ‘overboard’ grad prank SARAH SIMPSON CITIZEN

Island Savings Centre staffers noticed it as early at 4:30 a.m. when they began arriving at work. It’s not known exactly when it happened but sometime overnight between Sunday and Monday the

front grounds of Cowichan Secondary School were given the ol’ TP treatment. Toilet paper covered trees, grass, shrubbery, hung from the roof and the bus stop and pretty much anywhere the culprits could get it to stick — which wasn’t too hard given the wet and soggy condi-

tions outside. Later in the morning Principal Charlie Coleman confirmed it was a grad prank. “We have several Grade 12 volunteers cleaning it up now,” Coleman said about 10:15 a.m. “For the most part, it is a very small group of kids who go over-

board and a large group step up to fix it.” Coleman said staff at the school reminds grads that pranks should be harmless fun. “Any costs associated with repairs or clean-up come out of the Grad Class Fund,” he warned.

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A significant battle has been won in the war against trucking contaminated soil from Greater Victoria into the Shawnigan watershed. The Environmental Appeal Board has granted a request by the CVRD and Shawnigan Residents Association to stay a permit issued to Cobble Hill Holdings (South Island Aggregates) to truck 100,000 tonnes of dirty dirt north over the Malahat. The determination was made public on Friday. “We received a copy of the ruling on Friday morning,” CVRD board chair Rob Hutchins confirmed. While calling it a good news story, Hutchins said it’s still just a temporary fix. “This is an interim measure. To my knowledge as of [Tuesday morning] we have not received notification of when the actual appeal will be heard,” he said. Nevertheless, Hutchins said it’s a positive step. “They’re applying the precautionary principle because of See Risks outweigh • page 9

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RESIDENTS READY TO DEFEND OUR CLIMATE Cowichan Valley residents pack City Square in Duncan for the Cowichan Carbon Busters’ Defend Our Climate rally last Sunday. Hosted by Peter Nix, the event included addresses by Duncan Mayor Phil Kent and North Cowichan Mayor Jon Lefebure. For more photos and video of Nix and Kent, scan this image with the Layar app on your smart phone or go to www.cowichanvalleycitizen.com [KEVIN ROTHBAUER/CITIZEN]

Pedestrian critically injured trying to cross busy highway SARAH SIMPSON CITIZEN

A man, possibly with a walker, sustained “serious, life threatening injuries” after being struck by a vehicle while allegedly jaywalking. The incident occurred on the Trans Canada Highway just north of the James Street crosswalk about 7:20 p.m. on Monday night. “It’s that spot,” said North Cowichan/ Duncan RCMP Cpl. Jon Stuart. “Right across from the A&W.” It’s a popular spot for many to dash across the highway, particularly students from the nearby high school. There’ve been near misses but this time, the pedestrian wasn’t so lucky. “Police arrived on scene and

Cpl. Jon Stuart found a male on the roadway in front of a stopped vehicle. A metal walker was nearby at the location, on the highway north of James Street,” said Stuart in a media release. Stuart said after being treated by paramedics, the pedestrian was transported to Cowichan District Hospital, with serious, life threat-

ening injuries. “The male pedestrian was darkly clothed, and was in an area without a crossing,” Stuart said, adding the victim is believed to be a 55-year-old Duncan resident but police have been unable to confirm his identity. Police closed the southbound portion of the highway for several hours while a collision reconstructionist examined the scene. The investigation continues. “There were other vehicles on the roadway that had stopped to render assistance, and several witnesses at the scene that were spoken to,” Stuart said. “It was evening, rain was falling, there was some artificial light in the area but visibility was reportedly poor.”

Man in spinal cord unit after collision SARAH SIMPSON CITIZEN

Three people were taken to hospital and though two were later released, one was moved to Victoria General Hospital, then to Vancouver General Hospital’s spinal cord unit for more intensive treatment following a collision Saturday about 11 a.m. The two-vehicle crash involving a BMW and a van occurred at the intersection of the Trans Canada

Highway and Mays Road. North Cowichan/ Duncan RCMP spokesman Cpl. John Stuart said a witness reported “that a vehicle heading north on the Trans Canada Highway had made a left turn in front of a southbound vehicle.” The result was the van T-boning the BMW. A witness provided medical help until North Cowichan firefighters and paramedics arrived.

The male driver, 38, and female passenger, 17, from the southbound van were treated at Cowichan District hospital and later released. The sole occupant of the northbound vehicle — a 74-year-old man — was transferred to Victoria General Hospital initially, but has since been transferred to Vancouver General’s spinal cord unit. The collision investigation is ongoing.

Two arrested, drugs seized SARAH SIMPSON CITIZEN

Cash, 700 grams of cocaine, and other drugs were seized Nov. 1 after police busted a dial-a-dope operation on Bazett Road in Maple Bay. Nor th Cowichan/ Duncan RCMP spokesman Cpl. Jon Stuart said in a press release that after a lengthy investigation, officers from the detachment’s general investigation section searched the home. As a result of their findings, two Cowichan Valley men, aged 19 and 20, were arrested and police are looking into the involvement of a third.

Charges of Possession for the Purpose of Trafficking are being sought against both men. They’ll appear in court in 2014. A warrant is being requested for the third man. Those with information related to this or any other police matter are asked to contact the North Cowichan/ Duncan RCMP at 250-748-5522, or Crime Stoppers anonymously at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477). “If you provide information to Crime Stoppers that leads to an arrest or the recovery of stolen property or the seizure of illicit drugs, you could be eligible for a cash award,” Stuart said.

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Huth guilty of manslaughter in Tyler Noble death LOUISE DICKSON TIMES COLONIST

Brandon Huth has been convicted of manslaughter in the death of Tyler Noble, a popular 20-year-old man from Shawnigan Lake. Dozens of Noble’s friends burst into applause in the standing-room only courtroom today when B.C. Supreme Court Justice Malcolm Macaulay found Huth guilty of causing Noble’s death on Nov. 26, 2011. Huth’s sentencing has been scheduled for Jan. 24. Macaulay ordered a pre-sentence report to assist him at those proceedings. During the judge-alone trial, Huth, 26, admitted he struck the blow that led to Noble’s death. The two young men were involved in a confrontation near the McDonald’s restaurant on the corner of View and Douglas streets. When Noble was hit, he immediately fell backward, striking his head on the sidewalk. He died in hospital a few hours later as a result of the head injuries he sustained.

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Macaulay found the force of the blow caused Noble to lose consciousness before he fell and hit his head on the sidewalk. Noble’s eyes rolled back in his head and his body stiffened before he fell backward in a plank-like position. A reasonable person, in the same circumstances as Huth, would have recognized that the blow would subject Noble to the

risk of bodily harm, said Macaulay. Most of the key witnesses were young adults and most were intoxicated by alcohol. Some were clearly drunk, said Macaulay. Noble’s blood alcohol level was between 0.18 and 0.19 percent, more than double the legal limit. Huth was also drunk, said the judge. Crown prosecution witnesses testified that Noble was acting loudly and aggressively and became involved in a heated exchange with a man outside Boutique nightclub. Noble’s friend Tom Gow testified that Noble used homophobic slurs and that he tried to calm Noble down and break up the argument. A little later, Gow stepped in during another heated argument, this time with Huth. Gow testified he put his right hand on Noble and brushed Huth with his left forearm, At that point, Gow was hit on the left side of his face. He heard a crunch, looked up and saw Noble’s head snapped back. His arms were by his side. Macaulay found that Gow acted as a peace-

maker. Any physical contact with Huth was incidental. Gow never acted in a physical or threatening manner. “I conclude that as Gow stepped between Huth and Noble to separate Noble from Huth, Huth either warned Gow off by delivering a right-handed slap to the cheek, or as Gow turned towards Noble. Huth slapped Gow with his left hand to get him out of the way. In either event, within seconds at most, Huth then delivered a very forceful punch or partially open-handed blow to Noble,” said Macaulay. The slap to Gow was, itself, an unlawful assault, he found. Macaulay said he did not doubt Noble was drunken and belligerent. “He was not just a boisterous drunk having a good time, but an argumentative and unpleasant one.” Still, in the final interaction with Huth, Noble did not invite or threaten a physical confrontation. He did not consent to fight and did not threaten Huth, said Macaulay. “At most, he refused to comply with the command of a stranger to go home. Instead, Noble continued to be an argumentative drunk.” Macaulay rejected Huth’s evidence that he was acting in self-defence or that he felt intimidated or fearful. Huth sought out a verbal confrontation with Noble, said the judge. Neither Noble nor anyone in his group of friends used force or threatened to use force against Huth. “I am satisfied beyond a reasonable doubt that Huth assaulted Noble with the unanticipated by tragic result that ensued,” said Macaulay.

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More stars added to Sunfest lineup: Brody, Pritchett, Owen, Canyon

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With ticket sales already shooting out of sight, the next six artists rocking Sunfest 2014 have been announced. Jake Owen will headline Friday night of the festival while seventime CCMA winner Dean Brody takes over on Saturday night. Joining the acts — and of course mega star Tim McGraw — are George Canyon, Aaron Pritchett, Blackjack Billy and Cassadee Pope, the Season 3 winner of The Voice. Pritchett is set to open for Tim McGraw on Sunday, Aug. 3. Even at Sunfest 2013, fans were voicing the hope that they’d soon see Aaron Pritchett back for a Cowichan visit. Sunfest is happy to oblige, according to executive assistant Charlotte Fisher. “We had a great response to him and we’re really happy to have him back. When he was here a few years ago there was a little glitch in his show so we thought we ought to give him another shot. People loved him; he puts on a great show, very high energy,” she said. Dean Brody is another big, big name. “For the last two years he’s won Canadian Country Music male singer of the year and for the previous two years, he won album of the year, so he’s really taken over the Canadian country scene. And he’s a another B.C. boy,” she said. According to Wideglide Entertainment, the promoter facilitating the concert, Jake Owen, who has had great success in the past decade with hits that include Barefoot Blue Jean Night, Eight Second Ride, and The One That Got Away, is considered one of country music’s leading vocalists. His newest album Days of Gold is set to be released Dec. 3. And who doesn’t like George Canyon? The multiple Juno and awardwinning country star is sure to get folks up and moving on Friday, Aug. 1. “With hits like What I Do, and Just Like You, under his belt, Canyon will be sure to dazzle the audience with his warm and unique entertaining style,” Wideglide says. But if fans are still waiting for more, the wait will be short. “We do have a couple more big names that we will be announcing, one of them before Dec. 1. The other one we’re waiting on. We don’t have quite the timeline but we’re hoping it will be within the next two or three weeks,” Fisher said. So people will know what they’re getting when they open those Christmas gift packages? “Exactly. It’s easy gift shopping and it’s such a great deal,” she said. Those folks who are hoping to

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engaged at Sunfest and then last year their family and them had their wedding the week before Sunfest and they honeymooned at Sunfest with all their friends and family. “We have people that are planning their family reunions for there. Last year we had people who were coming out from Norway for a family reunion who bought tickets to Sunfest to go with their family. It’s definitely becoming more than just a country concert,” she said. Check out sunfestconcerts.com for full information on camping and ticket packages.

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Ferry service changes going wrong direction he changes in the works at BC Ferries will be a disaster for Vancouver Island and the Gulf Islands. We also fail to see how anything in them will improve ridership — something that should be a key step in trying to increase the amount of money in BC Ferries’ coffers. Instead, these changes — charging seniors, cutting runs — actively discourage ridership. Not to mention that they increase the chances people will spend all their cash on the boat and not in the shops and other businesses on our islands — or

even the Mainland, for those who are travelling in that direction. Tourism is a huge part of the economy on Vancouver Island and the Gulf Islands. We’ve all heard loud and clear over the last several years that getting people over to the Island has become a more difficult prospect when they are faced with the ever-increasing fares to make the trip. The bottom line is that we want people to come here and shop, stay, and spend their dollars. That’s why we think it’s an atrocious idea to trap people on a two-hour ferry ride with slot

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machines, encouraging them to spend on board, not at their destination. What’s next, turning the ferries into floating casinos? More luxuries and distractions on the boats are not what is needed in the long term to get the ferry service to where we want it to be. We think many people would jump at the chance to take a trip on a bare-bones boat without the frills and gimmicks if it meant their fares would be cut significantly. Instead they’re adding window dressing. It won’t help matters at all, for

either tourists or regular ferry users from the Islands like commuters, that there will be fewer sailing options, either. Less convenience never means more users. Just look at any bus system you like. Once again, slot machines really don’t make up for the fact that you can’t get home when you need to. Where does the province think the future of BC Ferries is headed with these kinds of changes? As the infrastructure ages, the pinch is only going to get more severe. We noted with interest that in

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their announcement they point out that taxpayers have funded coastal ferry services to the tune of $1.4 billion over the last 10 years (italic ours). It’s a chunk of change, for sure, but we couldn’t help but immediately wonder what the taxpayers have shelled out for highways over the last 10 years. It’s a much higher number than that, certainly. We continue to maintain that ferry service should be treated like highways — an essential service to residents of this province. Some inland ferries already are. Why not us?

Mayor to be proud of Isn’t it refreshing to have a mayor and council to be proud of? And to know that one is part of such a caring community of familiar faces that congregated in Duncan square on Saturday to support carbon busting? And that evening, the VIU lecture theatre overflowing to hear why it is so important to avoid genetically engineered foods by a scientist who was once part of the GE industry. All these local citizens care about our planet and want a healthy future for our children. They are prepared to come out and show that despite the overwhelming pressure of industry

lobbyists who convince our government that things are safe, ordinary people know that something is wrong and we have to do something about it. I am so proud to be a Duncanite! P. Foot Duncan

Climate change from Admiral Locklear III Re: Mr. Ridgway’s letter “Cowichan, carbon and committees” I have no confidence that anything I say will convince evidence-deniers like Mr. Ridgway that climate change is a threat.

So just maybe this quote from Admiral Samuel J. Locklear III, the commander of the United States Pacific Command will be more persuasive? The admiral said “global climate change was the greatest threat the United States faced — more dangerous than terrorism, Chinese hackers and North Korean nuclear missiles. Upheaval from increased temperatures, rising seas and radical destabilization “is probably the most likely thing that is going to happen”. Peter Nix Cowichan Carbon Buster Check out the Citizen online at www.cowichanvalleycitizen.com

I am certain that North Cowichan council is just as tired as the rest of us in dealing with the Echo Heights Forest issue. It has been more than 2,830 days since that first ill-fated charrette was held by the planning department that caused hundreds of us to begin our fight for the forest. Council can easily put this issue to rest by passing a motion to preserve all the 54 acres. It should also instruct staff to begin to focus on matters more critical to taxpayers such as: • A plan for the Benchlands, municipal property on River Road and other areas suitable for intensive close-in development; • Delight-your-customer training for all staff levels, especially in planning, rather than the current mode; • Prepare a plan to build a new RCMP facility adjacent to the municipal complex on the TCH; • Sustainability training at all levels in order for staff to perform well in a new era; and • Strategic reviews of all departments’ functions and spending including efficiencies with neighbouring governments. Council must step up and begin to provide clear direction to staff; otherwise it will continue to be mired in similarly contentious issues in the years ahead at great cost to taxpayers. Mark Kiemele Chemainus

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n early November, — Pacific salmon and the Environment orcas. Commissioner My colleague, Ranreleased one of his dall Garrison (Esquiannual reports on malt-Juan de Fuca) Canada’s progress recently introduced a in protecting the motion calling for an environment. action plan to protect Or more accurately, the southern resident COMMUNITY our lack of progress. killer whales under the REPORT As New Democrats Species at Risk Act. Jean Crowder said in our response They were first listed to the Commissioner, as endangered in 2003 “In addition to Canada not meetand the federal government has ing its international commitfailed to develop a plan to save ments under the Convention on the dwindling population since Biological Diversity, the report then and now there are only 81 reveals that the Conservatives whales living in the Salish Sea. have cut scientific capacity and Garrison worked with local compromised Environment Canstakeholders to develop an action ada’s ability to properly impleplan with broad-based support ment management plans.” to address key threats the orcas In particular the Environment are facing including implementCommissioner pointed out the ing programs to decrease chemConservatives’ failure to protect ical pollution in the Salish Sea, at-risk species and Canada’s improving Chinook enhancebiodiversity. ment programs, plus measures For those of us on the West to reduce noise levels and other Coast the Commissioner’s focus disturbances orcas face on a on the length of time it is taking daily basis. As a key indicator of to identify critical habitats and ecosystem health protecting the how that makes species more habitat for orcas means protectvulnerable raises concerns about ing the habitat for everyone. our marine environment and the The Cohen Commission reporttwo species that define it best ed a year ago and the federal gov-

Storms not due to climate change Peter Nix once again provides misinformation to promote his global warming agenda. In his recent letter in the Cowichan Valley Citizen, self-appointed global warming guru Peter Nix once again tries to alarm with his tales of catastrophic weather conditions and enormous costs due to global warming. As usual Peter provides no empirical evidence to substantiate his claims, and simply provides the same old misinformation he’s been on about for years. His favorite of late seems to be the cost of dikes along Beverly and Lakes Roads. In his world the flooding in that area is due to global warming. The reality is, that exact same area flooded some 50 years ago, only worse, well before global warming was even a thought. Sorry to burst your bubble, but that is empirical evidence; the condition pre-existed and has nothing to do with global warming, just rain and high tides. Peter goes on cite the Calgary floods as due to climate change when in fact the flooding was due to heavy snowpack and rain. If Peter could be bothered to do any research he would have found Calgary also flooded in 1879, 1897, 1902, 1915, 1923 and

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1932. Climate change? I think not. Peter further cites Hurricane Sandy in New York as another example of disaster caused by global warming. The reality is simple, the storm struck during high tides and a full moon, nothing to do with global warming. The list of storm activity and hurricanes in the New York area is extremely long and dates back to the 1600s. Here are a couple of examples: 1821 Norfolk, Long Island Hurricane, 13 ft. storm surge; 1938 Long Island Express hurricane 18ft. storm surge; 1954 Hurricane Hazel wind gusts 113 mph. Peter’s contention that cutting trees down will cause endless global disaster and huge financial consequences is pure fantasy. There’s nothing wrong with having concern for the environment, but when you resort to spreading misinformation and alarm, your credibility suffers. Peter Nix credibility, still zero.

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Forum to introduce candidates for chief SARAH SIMPSON CITIZEN

Cowichan Tribes members of voting age can get to know what the candidates for chief are all about on Thursday, Nov. 28. A chief candidates forum is slated for that evening, between 6 and 8 p.m. at the Si’em Dining Hall on River Road. “Members of the community will be asked to submit written questions and the questions will be themed during the first hour,” said a public notice issued from the desk of Tribes General Manager Maureen Tommy. “Candidates will then have to draw a question and will have three minutes to answer.” It’s best candidates speak

‘Noxious’ compost smell has industrial park tenant fuming

briefly because the facility is only booked until 8 p.m., Tommy noted. Cowichan Tribes members head to the polls on Dec. 5 to elect their chief and council. Elections are held every second December on odd numbered years. The candidates for leader of the band include: Incumbent Chief Harvey Alphonse, along with Benedict Rob George, William Perry Howard George, Sharon Lewis, Lorissa Peters, William Chip Seymour, Anthony Stock, and Richard Williams. More than 60 candidates have thrown their name into the ring for one of the 12 councillor positions. For a complete list visit www.cowichantribes.com

NOTICE TO ELECTORS WITHIN ELECTORAL AREA B – SHAWNIGAN LAKE OF AN ALTERNATIVE APPROVAL PROCESS OPPORTUNITY FOR CVRD SERVICE ESTABLISHMENT BYLAW NO. 3737 Annual Financial Contribution Service (Shawnigan Basin Society) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Board of the Cowichan Valley Regional District proposes to adopt “CVRD Bylaw No. 3737 – Shawnigan Basin Society Annual Financial Contribution Service Establishment Bylaw, 2013”. BYLAW SUMMARY If adopted, Bylaw No. 3737 will allow the Cowichan Valley Regional District to provide the Shawnigan Basin Society with an annual financial contribution of up to $50,000 per year, or an amount equal to the amount that could be raised by a property value tax of $0.0323 per $1,000 of net taxable value of land and improvements. The purpose of the contribution is to assist with costs associated with watershed management and public safety issues within the Shawnigan and upper Koksilah Basins. The maximum cost to residential property owners within Electoral Area B – Shawnigan Lake with a residential property assessed at $100,000 would be approximately $2.98 per annum, as set out in the table below. The complete bylaw is available for review at the Cowichan Valley Regional District office, located at 175 Ingram Street in Duncan, during regular office hours, Monday to Friday, 8:00 am - 4:30 pm, excluding statutory holidays. A copy of the bylaw is also available on the CVRD website at www.cvrd.bc.ca. Calculation Table Net Taxable Value Maximum Annual (Land & Cost Per Residential Improvements) Property Owner $100,000 $2.98

Number of Electors in the Service Area 5700

10% of the Electors 570

ALTERNATIVE APPROVAL PROCESS AND ELIGIBILITY The Regional District may adopt this bylaw unless at least 10% of electors within the proposed service area indicate that a referendum must be held by submitting a signed Elector Response Form to the Regional District ofﬁce no later than 4:30 pm on Monday, January 6, 2014. Elector Response Forms must be in the form established by the Regional District, and only those persons who qualify as electors of Electoral Area B – Shawnigan Lake are entitled to sign. Service area electors may qualify as either resident electors or as non-resident property electors, as follows: Resident Elector – You are entitled to submit an Elector Response Form as a resident elector if you are age 18 or older on the day of submission, are a Canadian citizen, have lived in BC for at least six months, and have been a resident of Electoral Area B – Shawnigan Lake for the past 30 days or more. Non-Resident Property Elector – You are entitled to submit an Elector Response Form as a non-resident property elector if you are age 18 or older on the day of submission, are a Canadian citizen, have lived in BC for at least six months, have owned and held registered title to a property within Electoral Area B – Shawnigan Lake for the past 30 days or more, and do not qualify as a resident elector. NOTE: Only one non-resident property elector may submit a response form per property, regardless of how many owners there may be. If less than 10% (570) of the service area electors submit an Elector Response Form, the bylaw will be deemed to have the approval of the electors and the Regional District may proceed with adoption. For the purpose of conducting the alternative approval opportunity, the number of service area electors is calculated as 5700. A copy of the bylaw and Elector Response Form is available from the CVRD, 175 Ingram Street, Duncan, BC V9L 1N8, Phone 746-2500/1800-665-3955, e-mail kharrison@cvrd.bc.ca OR on the CVRD website at www.cvrd.bc.ca.

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Centurion Lumber’s Ronnie Doman spread the word Tuesday morning, warning nearby coworkers of something they probably already figured out themselves — the Chemainus Industrial Park area smelled putrid. “It is 9 a.m. and the smell is noxious at our #1 mill here in Chemainus,” he wrote in an email copied to the Citizen. “It is extremely intense. It is likely only a matter of time this morning before you are hammered by this gross disgusting smell full of who knows.” North Cowichan Mayor Jon Lefebure said he has a pretty good idea about where the smell is originating. While all agree it’s likely coming from Chemainus Composting Inc. — a source of ongoing odour issues over the years — Lefebure said it’s probably not the material being processed at the plant that’s the problem. It’s the finished product. Lefebure said he has investigated one recent complaint and tracked the odour to a large pile of finished compost. “It was a tall conical pile that a large loader was filling a dump truck with,” he explained. “It was finished compost that they were selling to someone and I found it quite a strong, unpleasant odour coming from that pile — not from the building where the process

“I know they’ve moved their compost pile to the far side of their operation, away from the businesses as much as possible but we’re still getting complaints obviously.” JON LEFEBURE, North Cowichan mayor

was happening but from the finished compost.” Since the issue began several years ago, the operators have worked hard to mitigate the smell, enclosing their operation in a fabric and concrete block building with negative air pressure and a bio-filter. “The company has gone beyond what they are actually required to do,” Lefebure said. “We had really

hoped that it would solve most of the problems but I think the businesses that are being affected would tell you it hasn’t.” And while there are provincial regulations regarding composting and the CVRD is responsible for administering those regulations, the finished compost isn’t regulated by any level of government. In other words, it can smell as wretched as it wants and not much can be done about it. All the politicians can do is let Chemainus Composting know the complaints keep rolling in, Lefebure said, and work with them to see if there’s anything that can be done. “I know they’ve moved their compost pile to the far side of their operation, away from the businesses as much as possible but we’re still getting complaints obviously,” Lefebure said. For Doman, it’s an issue threatening to kill his life’s work. “We are trying to create new business in a struggling forest industry and have a mill show and tell tour going on at our #1 mill right now to try and create new business and provide jobs,” he said. “Apologizing left, right and center to the visitors is not working.” Attempts to contact Chemainus Composting representatives Dan Larazo and Blair Nicholson were unsuccessful before the Citizen’s press deadline.

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Cowichan Valley Citizen | Friday, November 20, 2013

A witness photo of the scene after a car struck a power pole on South Shore Road in the Lake Cowichan area Wednesday afternoon. [SUBMITTED]

Young Caleb Kroffat died after collapsing outside the Island Savings Centre Friday, Nov. 8. Community members are now rallying around his family in their time of grief, with two fundraisers in the works with the goal of providing some financial assistance. [CITIZEN FILE] A stay has been granted that means SIA will not be able to dump any more contaminated soil at their site pending appeals. [CITIZEN FILE]

Risks outweigh ﬁnancial interests: panel From page 1 the potential risk to the environment and so that until they’ve actually conducted the full hearing, [SIA] cannot proceed at this time,” he said. The appeal board panel ruled that the inconvenience caused to SIA’s financial interests, if a stay is granted, does not outweigh the risk of harm to water resources and human health if a stay of the permit is denied. “Given that the contaminated soil that is permitted to be received and landfilled at the facility may include persistent and highly toxic chemicals such as dioxins and furans, there may be harm that could not be remedied if the eventual decision on the merits of the appeals does not accord with the result of the stay application,” the panel said. The stay will remain in place pending the board’s decision on the merits of the appeals. “We applaud the EAB for supporting the application for stay and look forward to the matter of the appeal being heard before the board,” said Shawnigan Residents Association Director Calvin Cook. “We maintain that the serious flaws in the permit and risks associated with the contaminated landfill in our drinking watershed identified by experts in the field of environmental science must not be overlooked.”

2 fundraisers aim to help Kroffat family KEVIN ROTHBAUER CITIZEN

Multiple fundraisers are in the works to help support the family of Caleb Kroffat, the 11-year-old boy who died suddenly after collapsing outside the Island Savings Centre on Nov. 8. Caleb’s cousin, Kyle Hicks, has set up a page on FundRazr, hoping to raise $10,000 for the Kroffat family. As of Tuesday morning, $3,715 had been collected, with 36 days left. “It is absolutely devastating,” Hicks posted on the page. “Jason, the father, is their only income at this time, and I would like to give whatever I can to them in this time of grieving, so they don’t have to worry about money in such a horrific, untimely disaster. I ask from the deepest place in my heart to help me help them, so they don’t need to worry while they say goodbye to their child.”

To donate, visit fundrazr. com/campaigns/0dfn2 The Island Return it Recycling Centre on Norcross Road will host a bottle drive this Sunday, with all proceeds going to the Kroffat family. Cowichan Valley Capitals players and volunteers will be on hand in the OK Tire parking lot next to the bottle depot from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. to receive donations. Cash donations will also be accepted, and more volunteers are welcome. Caleb Kroffat was found unconscious outside the Island Savings Centre on Nov. 8, between periods of a Capitals game he was attending with his family, including dad Jason, mom Renee and twin brother Ethan. Despite the efforts of bystanders and BC Ambulance, he was pronounced dead at Cowichan District Hospital. As of Tuesday morning, no cause of death had been announced.

Driver who knocked out power was on cell phone SARAH SIMPSON CITIZEN

New details have emerged with respect to a crash that cut hydro to about 354 Cowichan Lake area customers between 1 p.m. and 7:20 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 13. “Alcohol was involved,” said Lake Cowichan RCMP Const. Andrew Burn in an email to the Citizen. The 27-year-old Victoria driver had been talking on his cell phone when the vehicle collided with two power poles before rolling onto its roof into a ditch. The power poles were knocked down and the lines fell onto the truck.

While the crash occurred near Ashburnum Creek Bridge along South Shore Road, the outage affected many on Wall Street, Pauls Road, Beach Drive, Gordon Bay Provincial Park, Charles Place, Wordsworth Avenue and many in Caycuse. The male was not injured as a result of the collision. He does face hefty fines, however. “The male was issued an immediate roadside prohibition from driving and violation tickets for driving without due care and attention, using an electronic device while driving and transporting a loaded firearm,” Burn said.

OPEN BURNING BANNED NOVEMBER 15, 2013 UNTIL MARCH 15, 2014 Open burning releases a hazardous mixture of cancercausing compounds and other toxic substances in the form of smoke pollution, seriously impacting local air quality and human health. Hospital admission rates, simply for kids here with respiratory problems, are consistently more than 20% higher than the provincial average - as smoke gets trapped here by our unique geography. CVRD Smoke Control Bylaw No. 3716 restricting backyard burning within CVRD Electoral Areas A, B, C, D, and E is now in place, and effective immediately. This bylaw is similar to those in other local municipalities. Please take a moment to check out free drop off alternatives, and familiarize yourself and your neighbours about the new rules and penalties of up to $750.00 for burning in CVRD electoral areas. The following are simply highlights of the bylaw if you must burn next Spring: Open Burning is only allowed: th th th th; 1. from Oct. 15 – Nov. 15 or Mar. 15 – Apr. 15 2. when the Provincial air quality ‘Venting Index’ is rated as “Good” (see websites below); 3. for untreated natural wood, prunings, or branches only (no leaves, grass clippings, garbage or construction waste; 4. a minimum 10 metres from the property line; 5. if it is limited to one pile 2 metres (W) x 2 metres (H); and 6. when it is conducted and concluded between 7 AM and sunset of the same day. For detailed information on all CVRD burning bylaws, rules and alternatives to burning, please visit: www.ClearTheAirCowichan.ca or call the CVRD at 250-746-2500 or after hours Bylaw Enforcement at 250-746-2560. C OW I C H A N VALLEY REGIONAL DISTRICT 175 Ingram Street, Duncan, B.C., V9L 1N8 Phone: 250-746-2500 x Fax: 250-746-2513 Email: cvrd@cvrd.bc.ca Web: http://www.cvrd.bc.ca

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NOVEMBER 19 INTERNATIONAL MEN’S DAY First off, I’d like to take the opportunity to correct an oversight I made in my last column. I originally indicated that we are involved with a local Health Network. I would like to specify that our alliance at WCMSS is with the Cowichan Communities Health Network rather than the CVRD Health Network. This year’s International Men’s Day theme (formulated in the UK) has been “Keeping Men & Boys Safe”. This may seem like a strange theme to many of us since boys and men are usually considered to be the aggressor. But are you aware that males have the highest suicide rate in Canada? Or that the suicide rate for males is three times that of females? Do you know that men are much more likely to isolate themselves than women? With alienation, it becomes easier to suffer a sense of hopelessness and despair; hence, men’s vulnerability towards higher suicide rates compared women. The question I’d like to explore with you today is what can we do to protect boys and men from being at risk of journeying along this path? For starters, it is helpful to reach out to any men in our lives who are in a low place. We can simply be with them. We can ask them what they need. We can show them compassion and empathy. We can warmly invite them into our homes to enjoy a meal together. West Coast Men offers men several services that we have found to be helpful including our weekly Men’s Circle (Wednesday nights at 7 p.m. at the Cowichan Station Hub. This is a great place for men to connect with other men in a safe way; a place to be truly witnessed). We also offer one on one counseling support, which is often a good place for a boy or man to start to discuss what’s up for them. What’s been causing them to feel down? Our Healthy Men program through Leap2Life Wellness Coaching offers men an opportunity to discuss their present lifestyle and what’s not working. We then set up an action plan to help you to move forward with more energy, less pain and a new life outlook. Call us to learn more! We have our Dads Make a Difference Program that invites men to learn about being a good father. It’s a very supportive group for men around all sorts of domestic issues. We have started an Elder Men Group where men over 65 can connect to tell their stories, express what’s happening in their lives, and not be alone. We also offer a workshop called Respect & Compassion that focuses on healthy communication with self and others. I think that we all need to recognize that every day is a great day to recognize our importance as human beings. If you ﬁnd that you are being very hard on yourself, then please reach out for support because you deserve joy and love in your life. Grant M. Waldman, Executive Director/Wellness Coach WEST COAST MEN’S SUPPORT SOCIETY (250) 597-2801 | Toll Free (855) MEN WORK (636-9675) 213-80 Station Street, Duncan | www.westcoastmen.com |

Glenora’s historic Keating Farm is one of the properties owned by The Land Conservancy which has been placed under creditor protection by the B.C. Supreme Court. —TWP 4,000 acres scattered from Glenora’s Keating Lake to Sansum Narrows, he was also said to be one of the “largest landowners in what is now the city of Los Angeles”. After living in Torquay, Devonshire, he and his family resided in Los Angeles before settling in Victoria where he commissioned architect John Gerard Tiarks to design him a new home in 1894. That same year he engaged Tiarks to transform the modest Blyth house, which he’d already doubled in size, into what the late Jack Fleetwood termed “a palatial home befitting his status”. Tiarks, for all his youth (he was just 27 at the time) had a remarkable 13-year career. He worked with the illustrious F.M. Rattenbury who is best remembered for Victoria’s Parliament Buildings, served on Victoria city council and designed 75 buildings (mostly residences) in British Columbia before his accidental death in 1901. The Keatings’ needed room for their six sons and two daughters. To serve their spiritual needs, Keating added a 35x28-foot chapel, Tiarks basing what became known as the Great Hall on Worspring (Woodspring) Priory, a 12th century building just north of Weston Super Mare, England, where he took his architectural training. In March 1894 the Colonist gave a project report on Keating’s latest home: “The Drawings for an addition to Mr. Andres Keating’s residence at Koksilah which has just been completed, show a strikingly beautiful dining room all in cedar panels, in which the mantel and overmantel form a striking feature, but the Great Hall, with its huge fireplace and mantel shelf nine feet high...is certainly the only hall of its kind in the Province. The roof, with its heavy timbers, the windows, which are leaded in panes of clear glass and indeed each and every part of the addition are a faithful reproduction of one of the ancient English Dining Halls.”

The most prominent feature of the Great Hall is its vaulted ceiling supported by carved beams that arch across the room. The intricately finished panels of first-growth fir and cedar yet brandish their 1894 finish. A “wicket” window in the dining room behind the Great Hall permitted food to be passed through from an adjoining kitchen since demolished. Illuminated by kerosene lanterns (the brackets are still in place), the Hall must have been very dim when the Tudor-arched windows didn’t admit daylight. Another curious feature of the house is the fact that Keating chose to retain the humble Blyth farmhouse, likely because he’d already enlarged it, by spanning it and the new addition with a common, high-peaked roof. In the attic you can see the pre-1894 roof still clad in its original cedar shakes. A large porch facing the Shawnigan hills to the south and Tiarks’ trademark Tudor siding completed the project. Of the 12 outbuildings, the hay barn may be the oldest, perhaps going as far back as ’94, too. The handsome gambrel-roofed dairy barn, which yet contains much of its original equipment, is circa 1949 as denoted by the date scratched in the cement, and there’s a “heritage” orchard. The 24-room Victorian farmhouse became known for the lavish entertainments hosted by its owners. But it all ended with dramatic suddenness in the early hours of Aug. 15, 1901, when the Canadian Pacific Navigation Co.’s flagship Islander slammed into an iceberg in Alaska’s Lynn Canal. Among the 42 men, women and children lost were Andrew Keating and two of his sons, Arthur and Julius. Mrs. Keating returned to Los Angeles where she died in Santa Monica County in 1906. The last of the Keating children, Mrs. Elvera Link of Los Angeles, died at the age of 102 in July 1989. The names of Keating’s heirs and descendants disappear as owners from Land Registry files in 1911. There’s some confusion as to whether the property reverted to the Crown for taxes the following year. Robert MacAdam held the title until May 1917, followed, in May 1919, by Peter Fidies who was succeeded just five months later by Arthur W. and Ruby Complin of Parksville, the Leader reporting their purchase of the 24-room house and 30 acres which had been leased to H. Milne for a year. Besides a career in banking and life insurance, Complin had participated in the Klondike gold rush, lived in a log cabin at Dashwood, V.I., and could “tell tales of mushing with dog team, shooting the rapids of the Yukon River in his canoe and panning for gold in the northern wilds.” Within a year of the Complins’ arrival, some of the so-called Keating Estate’s lands and timber were advertised for sale “at reasonable prices” by Duncan’s J.H. Whittome & Co. The Complins sold to Hugo and Wanda Tews in 1943, in whose family it remained until the property was purchased by The Land Conservancy in 2005. Mr. Tews, for many years a longshoreman before he operated the Keating property as a dairy and poultry farm, won many awards for his produce at the Cowichan Agricultural Exhibition over the years and many of his prize ribbons and stooks of award-winning grain are displayed in the farmhouse today. Perhaps it was he who converted part of the dining room adjacent the Great Hall into a bedroom and the rest into a workshop — by driving dozens of spikes into the beautiful wood panelling on which to hang tools. www.twpaterson.com

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Nominate your favourite business for chance at best on Island bragging rights Which is the best business on Vancouver Island, in which category? Organizers and sponsors of the 14th annual Vancouver Island Business Excellence Awards (VIBEAs) want to find out, as the call for nominations has been issued for the popular event, taking place Jan. 23, 2014, at the Vancouver Island Conference Centre in Nanaimo. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Business Excellence Awards has been a canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t-miss date on the calendar of events on Vancouver Island since our very first one in 1999,â&#x20AC;? said event founder Robert MacDonald of Business Examiner

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Consort contest: prepare your audition to play or sing with a real orchestra LEXI BAINAS CITIZEN

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It’s a Wonderful Life this Christmas at Chemainus ANDREA RONDEAU CITIZEN

Angel Clarence (David Marr) front, must convince George Bailey (David Leyshon) that he’s got a wonderful life with wife Mary (Alison MacDonald) and children Zuzu (Hannah Jane Z.) and young George (Finnlay S.). For more photos, scan this image with the Layar app on your smart phone or go to www.cowichanvalleycitizen.com [ANDREA RONDEAU/CITIZEN]

The Chemainus Theatre is tackling a beloved Christmas classic this year, as they stage It’s a Wonderful Life, directed and choreographed by Peter Jorgensen. The musical version to be performed in Chemainus follows the story of the original 1946 film about a man who examines his past and the many sacrifices he’s made. George Bailey sees what life would have been like for the people in his life if he’d never lived (with the help of angel Clarence), as he contemplates suicide on Christmas Eve. Taking on a piece that starred the likes of James Stewart, Donna Reed and Lionel Barrymore provides its share of challenges, said Tim Dixon, who plays George’s father Peter, greedy banker Mr. Potter, and the sheriff in Chemainus Theatre’s production. It’s Dixon’s first return to the Chemainus Theatre stage since he was in the venue’s very first season, and he’s excited to be back to help tell such a well-loved tale. “You have to find your own way to tell the story,” said Dixon, acknowledging that he found it tough to set aside the film and its iconic performances. “I watch the film every year, for me it’s a Christmas tradition,” he said. As such, when he first started looking at the script he had Barrymore’s voice as Mr. Potter “echoing around in your head.” His solution? “I go right back to the text,” Dixon said. “What does this per-

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George Bailey (David Leyshon) shares a moment of joy looking at the stars with wife Mary (Alison MacDonald) in It’s a Wonderful Life, the Chemainus Theatre’s Christmas production. [ANDREA RONDEAU/CITIZEN] son sound like?” After some experimentation and work with dialects he discovered “how Potter sounded in my own voice.” Then there’s the addition of more than a dozen Broadway-style songs to the story, led by musical director Nico Rhodes, accompanied by musicians Alicia Murray and Marisha Devoin. The songs were not written expressly for It’s a Wonderful Life, but they do capture the emotions and help advance the plot, Dixon said. “It’s been wonderful,” he said. “The music adds another level of expression.”

What’s not different is the feeling created by the story. “Family is at the core of this and we can all relate to that,” said Dixon. “This is a very powerful, touching play.” It’s a Wonderful Life is about the same themes that permeate the Christmas season, he said; it’s about the good we can do in life. “It’s a good reminder that giving up things sometimes doesn’t create an immediate benefit, but it impacts and creates the community soul,” he said. Even with the addition of the music, Dixon said families shouldn’t worry about an excessive run-time for the show. They’ve condensed certain scenes and the performance should come in at around two hours. “I don’t think people will be squirming in their seats,” he said, also hinting, “We’ve got some lovely surprises.” The Chemainus production stars David Leyshon as George Bailey, Jeff Hyslop as Uncle Billy, Alison MacDonald as Mary Bailey, and David Marr as Clarence. Barbara Pollard, Graham Coffeng, Sam Wainwright, Gordon Roberts, Becky Hachey, Damon Calerwood, Cameron Dunster, and Sayer Roberts also star with, Stephanie and Hannah as daughter Zuzu and Lorne and Finnlay as young George. It’s a Wonderful Life runs from Nov. 22 to Dec. 31 with matinee and evening shows. For tickets and more information go to chemainustheatre.ca or call 1-800-565-7738.

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Head Into the Woods with the cast of Chalkboard Theatre’s upcoming production. Twentyseven young actors have taken on roles in the musical. [LEXI BAINAS/CITIZEN] Madeline Starr studies voice with Cari Burdett. Madeline is a joy to teach in the lessons, always prepared and practiced. She is learning to trust in her voice and her confidence is beginning to soar! Bravo Madeline for sharing your beautiful voice with the Cowichan Valley.

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Chalkboard Theatre is presenting a cast of 27 young Valley actors in Stephen Sondheim’s musical Into the Woods at the Bunch Theatre at Brentwood College Dec. 6-7. Rehearsals are well underway and the performers are eager to hit the stage. “This is the most enthusiastic cast I’ve ever worked with,” said music director Laura Cardriver. The show weaves together four wellknown fairy tales: Cinderella, Rapunzel, Jack and the Beanstalk and Little Red Riding Hood into an amazingly complicated, often hilarious storyline that offers the performers lots of chances to shine. While he’s at it, Sondheim develops several themes including: taking responsibility, what to do when confronted with a choice of right or wrong, opportunism, of course and the sobering thought that even fairy tales don’t always end happily for everyone involved. It all starts when four people go into the woods on a desperate quest and what happens after that has to be seen and heard to be believed. Tilly Lorence and Michelle Tremblay are co-directors of this production with Cardriver as music director.

There’s more than one version of Into the Woods, with one especially aimed at youthful casts but audiences at the Bunch can enjoy the real deal, according to Lorence. “We are performing the full version. We decided to go with Brentwood because of both the professional setting and the intimacy of the theatre. Brentwood’s set designer James O’Leary also greatly helped us out by designing our set. This has been a real labour of love and we are getting lots of community support,” she said. Tremblay, too, is excited about the imaginative set, which, she said, will offer a lot of scope for the actors while looking beautiful. Along with O’Leary, Helga Trinczek is bringing a high level of expertise to set and costume design, creating the imaginative, colourful world of these familiar tales. Even though the production’s budget is small, she’s been able to find or make quite astonishing costumes for the production. There are performances at 7:30 p.m. both Dec. 6 and 7 with a 1:30 p.m. matinee on Saturday, Dec. 7. Tickets are $22 for adults, $18 for students. Get them through the box office.

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Maestra Tania Miller will conduct the Victoria Symphony orchestra Friday, Nov. 29 in an evening designed to kick off the holiday season in style as the Cowichan Symphony Society presents the symphony in J.S. Bach’s Christmas Oratorio starting at 7:30 p.m. Special guests for this concert include Nancy Argenta, soprano; Aiden Ferguson, mezzo-soprano; Stephen Hededus, actor and bass baritone; Benjamin Butterfield, tenor and the Vox Humana choir. The chorus has been around since 2002, establishing itself as one of Victoria’s premier chamber choirs and an ensemble of great diversity and flexibility. Their repertoire covers every historical period and style, from the earliest polyphony to contemporary commissions. Argenta, too, is a versatile soprano who has appeared at many leading festivals and tours widely as a recitalist. Her discography of over 50 recordings includes Bach’s St. John’s Passion, Mass in B Minor, Magnificat and Christmas Oratorio, Purcell’s King Arthur, and Mozart’s Requiem, Magic Flute, and Don Giovanni. Butterfield began singing at school and in the choir of Christ Church Cathedral in Victoria. Performing in local festivals and variety shows he pursued formal voice studies widely before being appointed to the faculty of the University of Victoria. He is currently on the faculties of Opera Nuova, Opera on the Avalon, the Vancouver International Song Institute, the Amalfi Coast Music Festival and most recently Yellow Barn Chamber Music Festival in Vermont and manages to keep up with an active national and international performing calendar. Tickets for the concert are $40 for adults, with the reduction to $25 for rows A,B, and C. Student tickets are $20 each and children get in for $5. Call the Cowichan Ticket Centre at 250-748-7529 to order.

at the School Board ofﬁces at 4:00 pm.

Brentwood College School is again warmly inviting music lovers to come in from the cold to the Bunch Theatre for the annual Concert for a Winter’s Eve on Friday, Nov. 29 starting at 7:30 p.m. Featuring the students from the various aspects of the school’s performing arts programs, this event is always a favourite. Tickets are $7 each and are on sale from the box office now. Lexi Bainas, Citizen

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Jacobus (Jac) van den Berg August 10, 1928-November 18, 2013 .

HAGAN - Jim (James) Gordon It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Jim on October 5, 2013. Jim is survived by his daughters Kristine and Karen, son Craig, grandchildren Samantha and Damian. He will be missed by his family from next door; Savanna, Harley, Tatum and Main, his friends Ramona, Jordan, Ed and Walter. Jim is predeceased by his Daughter Patricia Hagan. Jim was born on June 4th, 1943 in Glenby, Ontario to parents Stuart and Mabel Hagan. Jim was a logger and machine operator and lived in Port Renfrew , then Duncan, BC were he passed away. Jim was member of the United Church. Jim had a good spirit and a kind nature. He was always ready and willing to give a helping hand to those in need. Jim lived his life for his children and others around him.There was a Memorial Service held for Jim on Oct 10, 2013 at First Memorial Funeral Services in Duncan. The family wishes to thank the neighbour Ramona, Robyn, Ed and Jeff for being their help with Jim. Online condolences may be made at; First Memorial Services www.mem.com FIRST MEMORIAL FUNERAL SERVICES Duncan, B.C. Condolences may be shared online at www.dignitymemorial.com

THORNE, Elizabeth, Doreen “Betty” Mar 23, 1933 - Nov 18, 2013 In Loving Memory .

Betty passed peacefully on the afternoon of Friday November 15th. Born in Vanderhoof, Betty is predeceased by her father George Hadden and husband Wally Thorne. Betty will be greatly missed by beloved sons Bob and Norm, her mother Hulda Hadden, sister Georgina “Georgi”, her grandson Aidan with whom she enjoyed a very special loving relationship, nieces Caitlyn and Amanda, Thorne family members, plus her dear friends which included Ed and Nita Elliott, Barb Chadwick, her pets and last but not least…Lorna and the gals at the Laundromat. Betty was a fan of music and Tom Selleck, and she certainly loved to chat and read. Betty spent endless hours in her backyard tending to her various plants, fruit trees and gardens. It is safe to say that Betty possessed a Green Thumb. It will be in her backyard that close friends and family members will meet this Friday at noon to share words, food and memories. Betty will be remembered for her laughter, caring manner and spirit of generosity. In lieu of flowers donations, in honor of her many pets that she loved dearly can be kindly made to the SPCA or a charity of choice.

Dad had left the earth to join with his wife Hermina (Minnie) (December 7, 1931-September 5, 1993) and his daughter Astrid (February 11, 1957-June 7, 1997). He leaves behind his daughters Berna (Norman), Marietta (Bert) and Emma (Dan) and his son John. He also leaves behind 13 grandchildren and 6+ great-grandchildren. A Graveside Service will be held at the Chemainus Cemetery on Saturday November 23, 2013 at 2:00 p.m. Followed by a gathering at the Horseshoe Restaurant.

Morton - Archie Edgar April 22, 1923 - November 9, 2013 Archie passed away peacefully in the early morning hours of Saturday November 9th. He is predeceased by his mother Elizabeth, father Archibald Sr. and brothers Jim, Ian and Ken. Survived by his brother Dave(Audrey), wife (Gerry), her children Maggie(Roger), Greg(Annie), Sarah(Ed), precious grandchildren (Travis, Joey and Chance), sister-in-law (Mabel) and many nieces and nephews. Archie traveled from Marathon Ontario in 1957 to begin working at Crofton Mill where he retired in 1988. During his retirement he enjoyed every day to the fullest and loved working in his garden, taking special care of his blueberry bushes. Archie will always be remembered as a man with a BIG heart who was loved by all. In lieu of flowers, donations can kindly be made to the Heart and Stroke Foundation. No Service by request. First Memorial Funeral Services Online condolences may be made at; www.mem.com

KRISTENSEN - Henning September 27, 1935 - November 15, 2013 It is with profound sadness and unbearable grief that I announce the passing of my beloved Husband, friend and partner, Henning. Henning is survived by his beloved wife Monica, his two Sisters Lydia Nicolaisen and Johanna Christensen and numerous nieces and nephews in Denmark. Family in Canada and an abundance of true and abiding friends - he was well-loved and will be truly missed by all. Henning was one of the gentlest, kindest, most warm hearted souls that walked the face of the earth. He loved life - he loved his life and was full of fun. He was a man of many skills and talents, a man of honesty and integrity accepting people for who they were. After a long successful career in the Automotive Industry shortly after moving to the Cowichan Valley Henning opened his own shop Dancia Motors specializing in Volvo repair which he successfully ran with the help of his Wife for 17 years. His customers soon became friends, he loved each and everyone of them and cared for them like they were family. My special thanks to Dr. Pascoe, Dr. Layher, Dr. Fretz, Dr. Bozinovski and the Staff at the Royal Jubilee Cardiac Care Unit in Victoria for the excellent care Henning received. Also thank you to the 911 Operator, the Ambulance Attendants, and each and everyone of the amazing medical staff at CDH who did everything in their power to save my beloved Henning and for their compassion and understanding. At Henning’s request there will be no service. In memory of Henning donations may be made to the Cowichan District Hospital Foundation. I Am With You Still I give you this one thought to keep I am with you still - do not weep I am a thousand winds that blow I am the diamond glints on snow I am the sunlight on ripened grain I am the gentle autumns rain When you awaken in the mornings hush I am the swift uplifting rush of quiet birds in circled flight I am the soft stars that shine at night Do not think of me as gone FIRST MEMORIAL FUNERAL SERVICES Duncan, B.C. Condolences may be shared online at www.dignitymemorial.com

#4-466 Trans Canada Hwy Duncan, BC V9L 3R6 Phone: 250-701-0399 Website: www.cdhfoundation.org Donations may be made via mail, over the phone or on our website. Donations are tax deductible & finance hospital equipment & patient care. Memorial donations are acknowledged with a letter to the family and loved ones are commemorated on our Memorial Board or Book in the hospital lobby.

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STEWART, Dorothy “Joan” .

Joan passed away in Duncan surrounded by her family on October 1 2013. She is predeceased by her husband Robert “Bob” Stewart. She leaves behind her sons Andrew (Christine), Ian, and grandson Brent (Lana) great grandson Sam of Duncan and grandson Alan ( Robin) of Victoria, Sister Betty, Nephew Richard (Cathy) and Patrick and Niece Caroline (Dominic) and Matty of England. Joan was born on August 27th 1927in Amersham England, immigrating to Montreal Canada in 1954 before settling on Vancouver Island in 1955. Joan had many interests including Painting and Yoga. She studied, French, Spanish, German and Russian. She loved the Opera and avidly supported the Victoria Operatic Society. She loved her cats and dogs. She enjoyed traveling and was able to see a lot of the world, but the most important thing in life for Joan was her family. A celebration of life will be held on Friday November 22nd 2013 from 1 until 4 pm at the Maple Bay Fire Hall, 1230 Maple Bay Road, Duncan. In lieu of flowers, please consider making a donation to the charity of your choice. Online condolences at www.hwwallacecbc.com

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ANNOUNCEMENTS AGM Notice is hereby given that the Shawnigan Cobble Hill Farmers Institute and Agricultural Society, Annual General Meeting will be held at the C.H. Community Hall, 3550 Watson St., Cobble Hill at 7:30 pm on Monday, November 25, 2013.

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ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS When you are sick and tired of being sick and tired. Call us. Cowichan Valley AA. Toll free 1-866-233-5255 (24-hours)

The Community Options Society is running its preemployment program for youth 15-30 yrs, that helps to develop skills, build confidence and provides the tools necessary to secure employment. Learn about communication, problem solving, feedback, goal setting, resume writing, job searches, networking and much more.

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We have a limited number of spaces available for the program. Please contact us as soon as possible so we can determine your eligibility and set up an interview.

We are currently accepting applications for Administrative Director. This position commands the full organization of the foundation office. Applicants must have a strong administrative background, a bookkeeping proficiency (familiarity with Quick Books) and comprehensive communications skills to liaison with a board of directors as well as Island Health representatives and community service groups. This is a full time employment opportunity.

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Please email resumes to cdhfresumes@hotmail.com. Deadline for submissions has been extended to November 30th, 2013. The Cowichan District Hospital Foundation is a registered charity whose purpose is the raising of funds to purchase equipment & support patient/resident care & comfort at the Cowichan District Hospital as well as Cairnsmore Place.

Responsibilities will include developing a marketing plan, updating the website, establishing and updating social media options etc. Closing date: November 27th. Email resumes attention Mr. Art Therrien to: atherrien@cisdv.bc.ca a

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NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND OTHERS Notice is hereby given that CREDITORS AND OTHERS having claims against the Estate of Marlene Lavonne Edith Mattin, also known as Lavonne Mattin, Retired, late of #213 - 256 Government Street, Duncan, British Columbia, are hereby notified under section 38 of the Trustee Act that particulars of their claims should be sent to the Executors, care of Ridgway & Company, 200-44 Queens Road, Duncan, British Columbia V9L 2W4, on or before December 5, 2013, after which date the Executors will distribute the estate among the parties entitled to it, having regard to the claims of which the Executors then have notice.

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VALLEY Calendar Miscellaneous â&#x20AC;˘ Shop Mill Bay Centre Festive Fashion Show, Nov. 20, 7 p.m., Whiskey Point Grill, 6 p.m., tickets $20. Fashions by Patryka Designs, Third Addition, Wear Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s At, Pharmasave, Curves and Lucky Paws Pet Supply. Tickets at Whiskey Point Grill, reserve 250743-7227. Proceeds to Cowichan Valley Hospice. Sponsored by Mill Bay Merchantâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Association. â&#x20AC;˘ Eye Opener educational films and Duncan United Church present Take Back Your Power, film on smart meters, Thursday, Nov. 21, 7-9 p.m., Duncan United Church, free or by donation. Community discussion following film. Info: 778-455-0437. â&#x20AC;˘ Cowichan Intercultural Society interfaith bridging event: The Story of Turtle Island, an afternoon of native spiritual practices and teachings, Nov. 21, 4-6 p.m., Duncan United Church hall, facilitated by Rob George and Joanne Circle. Traditional blanketing ceremony, storytelling. Info: Linda 250-748-3112, www.cis-iwc.org â&#x20AC;˘ Cowichan Adult Learning Centre open house, Nov. 22, 1-3 p.m., 756 Castle Place. â&#x20AC;˘ Cowichan Library (Duncan) hosting two genealogy classes with Duncan Family History Centre, Saturday, Nov. 9 (Finding Your French Canadian Roots), and Saturday, Nov. 23 (Goog-

ling For Grandma). Both 3-4:30 p.m. Info: 250-746-7661. â&#x20AC;˘ Free workshop on Chinese culture with Cowichan Intercultural Society, Saturday, Nov. 9, 10-11:30 a.m., Cowichan library, Duncan. Refreshments while making paper Chinese lantern to take home. â&#x20AC;˘ Veteran Cemetery Tour, Tea and Display, St. Peterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Church and cemetery, Nov. 11, doors open 1:30 p.m., one tour only 2 p.m., tea, exhibits open until 4 p.m. 152 graves marked with crosses in 2013. â&#x20AC;˘ Author Dale Burkholder of Thetis Island at Chemainus Library Wednesday, Nov. 13, 11 a.m.-noon for reading and conversation about his novel Looking for God in the Forest, coming of age story set in Cold War era of 1952-63. â&#x20AC;˘ Christmas Chaos craft fair, Nov. 14-17, Island Savings Centre, Duncan. Hours: noon-8 p.m. Thursday, Friday; 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday, Sunday. â&#x20AC;˘ Duncan Volunteer Fire Departmentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 20th annual craft fair, Saturday, Nov. 16, 10 a.m.-3 p.m., Duncan Fire Hall. Info: Elisabeth Ruiter 250-709-1155. â&#x20AC;˘ Youbou Community Church Society craft fair/coffee shop Saturdays, Nov. 16, 23, Dec. 7, 14, Youbou Community Church Hall basement, 10648 Youbou Rd., 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Proceeds to replacing exterior siding to qualify

church for heritage status. Collecting â&#x20AC;&#x153;originalâ&#x20AC;? recipes to compile into book for publication. Email recipes to acapeling@Yahoo.com â&#x20AC;˘ Author Giles Slade speaks at Cowichan Public Library Nov. 16, 2 p.m., on his book American Exodus: Climate Change and the Coming Fight for Survival, about how rising global temperatures will lead to unprecedented waves of human migration. â&#x20AC;˘ Documentary Night at the Library (Duncan) Monday, Nov. 18, 6 p.m., Searching for Sugar Man, Academy Award winner for Best Documentary Feature about Mexican-American songwriter who found audience in apartheid-era South Africa. Entry free. â&#x20AC;˘ Getting to Know Dementia, Alzheimer Society of B.C. workshop for family caregivers and people with early dementia, Nov. 21, 2-4 p.m., Cowichan Library. Pre-registration required, call Jane Hope 1-800-2833, jhope@alzheimerbc.org â&#x20AC;˘ St. Peter Quamichan Christmas luncheon, $10, silent auction, bake sale, Saturday, Dec. 7, 11 a.m.-2 p.m., 5800 Church Rd., off Maple Bay Road. â&#x20AC;˘ The First Christmas Story live nativity pageant, Dec. 22 & 23, 6:30 & 7:30 p.m., 1815 Tzouhalem Rd. Put on by the Duncan Ward of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

â&#x20AC;˘ Raffle tickets at South Island Fireplace & Spas for Tansor Elementary fundraising for earthquake preparedness supplies and emergency shelter. Tickets $20 for chance to win 3 cords of split wood and 7 prizes of 1 cord of split wood. Only 1,500 tickets available. Info: tansorfirewood@shaw.ca â&#x20AC;˘ Cowichan Fish and Game Association hosting Canadian Firearm Safety course, non-restricted and restricted, starting Nov. 22. Register or more info: Mike 250-748-0319.

Seniors â&#x20AC;˘ Chemainus Seniors Drop-in Centre soup and sandwich, Nov. 20, 11:30 a.m.1 p.m., cost $5. â&#x20AC;˘ Chemainus Seniors Drop-in Centre blood pressure clinic, Nov. 20, 9:30-11 a.m. â&#x20AC;˘ Chemainus Seniors Drop-in Centre dance with Happy Hans Nov. 23, 7 p.m., lunch included, cost $9. â&#x20AC;˘ Chemainus Seniors Drop-in Centre Christmas Dinner, Dec. 12 and 13, tickets available starting Nov. 21 at AGM meeting. Members $15, guests $20. â&#x20AC;˘ Chemainus Seniors Drop-in Centre annual general meeting, Nov. 21, 10 a.m. â&#x20AC;˘ Chemainus Seniors Drop-in Centre muffin mornings Dec. 4, 6, 20, Wednesdays and Fridays, 9:30-11 a.m. Dec. 20 includes sing-along.

â&#x20AC;˘ Chemainus Seniors Drop-in Centre dance with Happy Hans Dec. 31, bar opens at 8 p.m., dance begins 9 p.m. Tickets $20, includes light lunch.

Meetings â&#x20AC;˘ Vimy Hall Annual General Meeting, Wednesday, Nov. 20, 7 p.m., 3968 Gibbins Rd., Duncan. â&#x20AC;˘ Shawnigan Residents Association Annual General Meeting Thursday, Nov. 28, 7 p.m., Shawnigan Lake School theatre. Guest speaker Sean Hern Farris LLP, SRAâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s legal counsel, on contaminated soil appeal. Info: 250-588-7973. â&#x20AC;˘ Chemainus Garden Club meeting Tuesday, Dec. 3, 1 p.m., Calvary Baptist Church, 3319 River Rd., Gunnelle from Sandpiper Gardens demonstrates how to make centerpieces. Christmas theme. $2 drop-in fee, $15 yearly membership. Info: 250-246-1207. â&#x20AC;˘ Feeling stuck in nyour life? Practice using tools based on A Course in Miracles to create a new and joyful life experience. Meet Tuesday, 7-9 p.m., Nitnat Room, Island Savings Centre, Duncan. Cost $20 or by donation. Info: Dawn Green 250-619-5529. â&#x20AC;˘ Cowichan Valley Prostate Cancer Group monthly meetings, last Thursday of the month. Canadian Cancer Society board room in Duncan, 7 p.m. Info: Gord 250-743-6960.

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Mike Brandsma spikes the ball during a drill with coach Peter Day. [KEVIN ROTHBAUER/CITIZEN]

Chargers aim high at provincials KEVIN ROTHBAUER CITIZEN

Their ultimate goals are a little different, but both head coach Peter Day and captain Douglas Groenendijk want to see the Duncan Christian School Chargers improve on their eighth-place ranking when they host the provincial single-A boys volleyball championships later this week. “If we end up sixth or better, that would be a really good performance for us,” Day said. “We could surprise with a couple of good matches.” Groenendijk has slightly loftier aims. “Top four would be great,” he said. “It would be lovely to get first, but anything under top five is not what we’re going for.” The undisputed star of the team, Groenendijk is an elite player in the sport, having started at middle blocker for the provincial team last summer. “He brings what any good leader brings, which is leadership by example,” Day said. “He’s the first guy in the gym, and the last to leave. All the Groenendijks are like that.” Other key players on the team

Megan Berry goes for a spike while Emily Pastor provides back-up during the Lakers’ semifinal with Campbell River Christian. [KEVIN ROTHBAUER/CITIZEN]

Lakers fourth, Chargers second, Royals third at Island tournament KEVIN ROTHBAUER CITIZEN

The Chargers prepare to host provincials. [KEVIN ROTHBAUER/CITIZEN] include setter Yiyi Yan, an exchange student from China who had never played volleyball prior to this fall, and Groenendijk’s fellow Grade 12 student, Alan Park, who delivers timely kills from the left side. Yan and Park were named all-stars in the Island tournament, won by DCS. Langley’s Credo Christian is ranked first, and Day expects them to retain that number when the tournament is over. “They’re always well-coached and disciplined,” he said. “They’ll definitely be the team to beat.” Richmond Christian and second-ranked Centennial could also

contend for the crown, Day said. For fans of the sport, this tournament is a big deal, as the AA and AAA boys tournaments don’t make Island stops. “It’s going to be the best quality of volleyball on the Island for a decade,” Day said. “It doesn’t come often, but when it does, it’s good volleyball.” Round-robin games run from 10:30 a.m. to 10 p.m. on Thursday, and from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Friday. Playoff games go at 5 and 6:30 p.m. on Friday, and throughout the day on Saturday, wrapping up with the gold-medal final at 5 p.m.

Duncan Christian School finished just out of top spot in the Island single-A girls volleyball championships last weekend, while host Lake Cowichan Secondary finished fourth and Queen Margaret’s School kept their hopes alive for a berth at provincials with a third-place result. Lake Cowichan and QMS met in the battle for third place, with a spot in the wild-card tournament on the line. “In our final match for third place, the girls came out on fire and really took it to QMS in the first game, but couldn’t maintain the effort, and QMS bounced back and won a three-set war,” Lakers coach Adrian Achurch reported. Other Valley teams in the tournament included Chemainus, who finished sixth, and Dwight International School, which

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placed ninth. Lake Cowichan began the tournament with an inspired win over Chemainus, a team the Lakers hadn’t played well against this year. Next up was the semifinal against the eventual champions, Campbell River Christian, who defeated Lake Cowichan despite a ferocious effort. For Lake Cowichan, it was the last appearance for seniors Megan Berry, Emily Pastor, Justine Carlow and Shelby Scott, while junior setter Cassidy Longbottom gave the team a glimpse of the future. DCS, who defeated the QMS Royals in a close semifinal, lost the final to Campbell River Christian in three sets. The Chargers will host the provincial championship on Nov. 28-29. QMS played host to the wild card tournament on Tuesday. Results were not available at press time.

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Several former Chemainus Blues players were joined by Ron (Sonny) Collinson’s daughters, Tracy and Sandra, Don Bodger, and Larry Irving as the North Cowichan/Duncan Wall of Fame inducted its class of 2013. Also honoured was Chemainus product and former NHLer Ron Andruff, who was unable to attend the ceremonies. For more photos of the event, and video of some of the speeches, visit www.cowichanvalleycitizen.com or scan this image with the Layar app on your smart phone. [KEVIN ROTHBAUER/CITIZEN]

Close connections in class of 2013 WALL OF FAME: Five

more deserving inductees go up KEVIN ROTHBAUER CITIZEN

This year, at least, all roads to the North Cowichan/Duncan Sports Wall of Fame led through Chemainus. The impacts of all the inductees — four individuals and one team — have been felt throughout the Cowichan Valley, but they all have close ties to the Little Town that Could. Ron Andruff, Don Bodger and Larry Irving all call, or have called it home, and while Ron (Sonny) Collinson is typically associated with Crofton, he had an impact on ball in Chemainus, as well. As for the Chemainus Blues hockey team, their affiliation with the village is right there in the name. Andruff, who would go from the Fuller Lake Minor Hockey system to play junior hockey in Flin Flon, Man., and then on to the pro ranks in North America and Europe, recalled in a pre-taped interview with fellow former NHLer Doug Bodger, growing up in Chemainus, and how a local basketball star opened his eyes to bigger possibilities. “Coming from a village of 3,000 people on Vancouver Island, one doesn’t have a very broad view of the world,” he said.

Watching fellow Wall-of-Famer Bill Robinson, however, opened his eyes to what could be achieved in sports if he put in the effort. “He showed me that you don’t have to come from a big city to have success,” said Andruff. From the Flin Flon Bombers, Andruff was selected as the firstever draft pick of the World Hockey Association’s Winnipeg Jets in 1973, and was picked by the Montreal Canadiens in the NHL draft the same year. At his first NHL camp, he found himself centering a line with superstars Guy Lafleur and Frank Mahovlich, an experience he described as “surreal.” He went on to play 153 NHL games for the Canadiens and Colorado Rockies, helping the Habs to three Stanley Cups. His nine years as a pro also included a bronze medal with Team Canada at the Izvestia Tournament in Moscow, an American Hockey League championship, MVP award and scoring title, and another title and MVP awards in the German Bundesliga. Now living in Florida, Andruff sent his former junior teammate Wayne Bianchin to accept the hall of fame plaque on his behalf. Not surprisingly, legendary local sports reporter Don Bodger had crossed paths, as a fan, athlete or journalist, with all of his fellow inductees. “I’m pleased and honoured to be part of this group,” said the longtime sports scribe. “I have a con-

Earl Robinson and Bob Wilson accept the Chemainus Blues’s plaque from Ruth Hartmann and Andy Hutchins. [KEVIN ROTHBAUER/CITIZEN] nection to all of them.” Bodger grew up as a star athlete in several sports in Chemainus, and became the Fuller Lake Flyers’ all-time leading scorer, along with winning a gold medal for Team BC at the Canada Winter Games. He started his media career with the Ladysmith-Chemainus Chronicle, where his beat included the Flyers team he was still playing for, and after studying broadcasting, he joined CKAY Radio in 1982. In 1983, he started with the Cowichan Leader — now the News Leader Pictorial — and over the next three decades cemented himself as “the Dean of Cowichan Valley Sports Reporters.” In 2010, he was honoured with the B.C./ Yukon Community Newspapers Association’s Ma Murray Service Award. Collinson, who passed away in

April 2013, devoted innumerable hours to promoting and coaching baseball and softball in Crofton and Chemainus. “If it wasn’t for his involvement, a lot of kids wouldn’t have played the sport,” Blair Nicholson said in a video tribute to Collinson. “He gave everything he had to the sport.” From coaching to providing equipment, Collinson did everything he could to make sure kids in the area could play ball. Like Collinson, Irving devoted decades of his life to volunteering in baseball, mostly in the Chemainus and Duncan minor associations. Best known as a coach who took teams to championships at several different levels, Irving also served the sport as a groundskeeper, umpire, equipment manager and statistician, and was the

Baseball BC representative for the region. Over his career, he crossed paths with future major leaguers Ryan Dempster, Jeff Francis and Justin Morneau, as well as local products, like Jason Blackey, who reached the minor leagues. Beginning with their father, the entire Irving clan was involved in the sport, Irving said. “Our whole family was baseball,” he recalled. Between 1968 and 1977, the Chemainus Blues of the Big Six Intermediate League packed Fuller Lake Arena on a regular basis. Consisting largely of players with experience in the junior and minor pro ranks, the Blues were a competitive team in the Big Six league, and became a local institution, and the players — including names like Griff, Lemon, Simmons, Woodruff and Wilson — were larger than life heroes for their young fans. It wasn’t just the fans, either. The players, of course, enjoyed their time with the Blues. “We did have a lot of fun with that team,” Bob Wilson recalled. “There was a lot of camaraderie. The players came from Nanaimo, Duncan, Lake Cowichan, even Victoria, but when we got to Fuller Lake Arena, we bonded and we had a lot of fun.” The five most recent inductees joined 30 previous inductees. All their plaques are on display in the lobby of the Cowichan Aquatic Centre.

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Nambi Mbaja powers past CW during last Sunday’s game. [KEVIN ROTHBAUER/CITIZEN]

Cowichan U18 girls leave Castaways high and dry KEVIN ROTHBAUER CITIZEN

The Castaway Wanderers never stood a chance as they ventured to Brentwood College School to face Cowichan’s juggernaut U18 girls rugby team in the Island semifinal last Sunday. The Cowichan girls, who went 5-0 in the regular season and out-scored their opponents 75-0, held to that trend in their first playoff game, thumping Castaways 67-0. “We used a number of tactics which exposed CW’s youth and inexperience,” said Cowichan coach Brad Skene. “They were stubborn in defence and scrambled well, but our organization and cohesion at

important points of the game was just too much for them. At times, we got away from the game plan and at times our ball control was too loose but generally, we were impressed with the actions and efforts of the team.” Adrienne Saari and Katrina Florez each scored three tries in the contest, while Darien Hobday had two, and Jenn Lemon, Avi Sharabi and Brooklyn Navarrete had one apiece. Sharabi also kicked five conversions and Alison Franks slotted one. With the Island final vacated, Cowichan will go directly to face Abbotsford 1 in the provincial championship at Abbotsford’s CFV Park next Sunday.

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Seen here against the Victoria Grizzlies earlier this fall, defenceman Taki Pantziris was a bright spot during the Capitals’ winless road trip last weekend. [CITIZEN FILE]

Caps go 0-3 on Interior trek KEVIN ROTHBAUER CITIZEN

The Cowichan Valley Capitals wrapped up last weekend’s winless Interior road trip with a 5-1 loss to the Vernon Vipers in their third game in three days. After playing decent hockey for close results in their first two games, the Caps played their worst hockey of the trip on Sunday, but head coach Bob Beatty wasn’t making any excuses. It’s something every team goes through regularly. “We didn’t have the performance required to win in this league,” he said. “Fatigue isn’t an excuse. Everybody plays three games in three days on a weekend. It’s not an excuse, and we won’t try to use it. Statistically, the third game as a whole isn’t that successful, but every team has to do it. If we’re going to use fatigue as an excuse, we have to work on our conditioning.” The trip got off to a reasonable start for the Caps as they showed promise in their play despite a 5-3 loss to the Salmon Arm Silverbacks. “I thought our players deserved a better fate,” Beatty said. “Sometimes factors

beyond your control contribute to the outcome, and that was as much the case on Friday as I have seen it all year.” The Caps took a 2-0 lead on goals by Adam Moody and Taki Pantziris, then conceded five straight goals before Myles Powell scored again with 22 seconds left to play. Robin Gusse took the loss in net, allowing five goals on 22 shots. On Saturday, the Caps were again competitive, but had to settle for a 4-3 loss to the West Kelowna Warriors. “We made a few too many mistakes,” Beatty said. “They had a couple of odd goals, shots they scored on from bad angles, but that’s not to take anything away from Robin. He made some outstanding saves. They weren’t soft goals, but odd goals.” Gusse stopped 26 of 30 West Kelowna shots, while Dane Gibson had two goals and a helper and Steen Cooper rounded out the scoring. Francis Marotte got the start in goal on Sunday and made 24 saves. Pantziris had the Caps’ lone goal and is now tied for third on the team with eight markers on the season. “I thought Taki played his best game of the season on Friday night,” Beatty said. “I think his performance has been improving. He had an injury last year, and he didn’t play a lot at Brown University, and I felt his play would improve over the course of the year.” Steen Cooper and Brayden Gelsinger returned to the forward ranks for the Caps last weekend, and they hope to get injured forward Mason Malkowich and defenceman Patrick Arnold back this coming weekend. Defenceman Trevor Geerin appeared in all three games as he tries out for the Caps. Fans might remember his brother, Jimmy, who played on the Cowichan blueline in 2008/09. Up next for the Caps is a homeand-home series with the Victoria Grizzlies — the teams meet at Bear Mountain on Wednesday and at The Stick on Friday — followed by a visit to the Bulldogs in Port Alberni on Saturday. “They’re three pivotal games,” said Beatty. “With two games against Victoria, and then Port Alberni, who are right behind us in the standings, it’s going to be a big weekend.”

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Cowichan Valley Citizen | Wednesday, November 20, 2013

Isles match 12/13 totals KEVIN ROTHBAUER CITIZEN

Just halfway through the Vancouver Island Junior Hockey League season, the Kerry Park Islanders have already matched their win and point totals from last year. With a 5-3 win over the Saanich Braves at home last Saturday, the Isles improved to 8-12-1-3, which compares favourably to the 2012/13 final tally of 8-36-4. After playing short-staffed in their previous game, a 4-1 loss to the Victoria Cougars on Thursday, the Isles bolstered their ranks with midget call-up Seth Davis and the return of the injured Matt Osmond as they stayed ahead of the Braves in the South Division standings. “It was entertaining,” said Kerry Park owner Mark Osmond. “It was a good show for the fans.” Saanich opened the scoring early in the first period, but Cody Short and Tylor Branzsen answered, and the Isles took a 2-1 break into intermission. The Braves pulled even exactly one minute into the second, but Alex Milligan restored Kerry Park’s edge six minutes later, then added some insurance early in the third. The Braves made it a one-goal game once again, but an empty-netter by Kyle Green secured the result. Corey Peterson assisted on both of Milligan’s goals, while Leighton Williams made 36 saves on 39 shots for the win. “It was a good team performance,” Osmond said. Even the 4-1 loss to the Cougars was an improvement for the Isles, who fell 7-1 in their last visit to Archie Browning Arena. “It wasn’t bad, but it’s always tough playing down there,” Osmond said. The Isles drew first blood on a goal by Francis Slicer, but the Cougars tied the score with just under five minutes left in

RedDogs experiment a success for both clubs KEVIN ROTHBAUER CITIZEN

Alex Milligan, seen here earlier this season against Comox Valley, scored twice as the Isles won their eighth game of the season last Saturday. [CITIZEN FILE] the first, then scored three unanswered goals in the second. The third period was scoreless. Williams stopped 29 of 33 shots in the loss. With two key defencemen — Tyler Fraser and Taylor Armbruster — still sidelined with injuries, the Isles are fast approaching the Dec. 1 deadline roster to get down to 23 players. The Isles have two solid checking lines up front, but Osmond would like to round out two strong scoring lines. The team has until Jan. 10 to make deals after cutting down to 23 players. The Isles will visit Westshore on Thursday, then play host to the Peninsula Panthers on Saturday at 7:30 p.m. Saturday’s contest is the annual Nick Collins Game, where the team honours the minor hockey goaltender and son of volunteers Bob and Jan Collins who died at 15 when he was hit by a car on Nov. 22, 2007.

The bantam Nanaimo/Cowichan RedDogs finished below .500 with a 3-7 record during their first season as a team in the Vancouver Mainland Football League, but both the season and the experiment of uniting Cowichan Bulldogs and Nanaimo Redmen players were successful. “At the beginning of the season, both teams were faced with a big problem: too few players,” coach Rory Kine recalled. “Each team was down in numbers. Faced with a roster of 13 players, the Cowichan Bulldogs had to do something. The Nanaimo Redmen had a roster of 12 players. After some discussions between both clubs, it was clear something had to be done, so bringing both teams together was the logical alternative. “Once the teams came together it was clear it was the best thing to do.” Although most of the players had been in the sport for several years, learning their respective organizations’ and coaches’ systems, it didn’t take long for the united squad to figure things out. The team won its opening game, and was 2-2 after four contests before hitting the mid-season doldrums. Most of their losses, however, were close, while the wins were convincing. “We had to work hard for the victories we did get,” Kine said. “As the season progressed we got better and better. WWe saw a few defeats but all in all each game was close.” Injuries took their toll on the squad, which made 12-man football tough even

with the combined squads, and one game had to be cancelled, but that didn’t put a damper on the season as a whole. “Despite having to combine two teams we played very well, and all the players contributed to the success of the team as a whole,” he said. “The season saw its ups and downs, but all in all, we were a good team and all we needed was a little more time together and the outcomes of some of our losses would have been victories.” The RedDogs wrapped up their season on Nov. 10 with a 14-9 loss on the road against the North Surrey Tigers. “It was one of the best games of the season with Surrey having to fight for every point,” said Kine. “The RedDogs’ defence was at the top of their game, and the offence fought hard and came close to putting more points on the board but ran out of time. We were on the march to score a touchdown but came up a little short.”

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t the recent installation dinner of Kiwanis President for 2013-14 Gerry Newell the membership honoured 9 longstanding members who collectively shared over 285 years of service to the local community. Outstanding among them was Sam Koffski with 50 years of Service. Kiwanis is a global organization of volunteers dedicated to changing the world one child and one community at a time and your local Kiwanis Club of Duncan has been an agent of change for good in the Cowichan Valley for 64 years. Whether is beautifying our city by annually planting the ﬂower beds along the Trans Canada Highway, supporting the Music Festival, children’s sports teams, local charities, student scholarships, managing the Kiwanis Village Housing Society

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