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CADETS HELP MARK GRAVES AT MOUNTAINVIEW These air cadets from 744 Cowichan squadron, from left, Flt. Corp Nick Arzoz, Flt. Corp Jordon Finch and Air Cadet Graham Amon, are on a mission to find veterans’ gravesites at Mountainview Cemetery and mark them with white wooden crosses. See our special Remembrance Day section in this edition, starting on page 15. For video and more photos, scan this image with the Layar app on your smart phone or go to www. cowichanvalleycitizen.com [LEXI BAINAS/CITIZEN]

Garage Showroom doors closing after 10 years LEXI BAINAS CITIZEN

Supporters from across the Cowichan Valley and well beyond it were expressing surprise and shock Wednesday afternoon at hearing the Duncan Garage Showroom must close by Nov. 30. Longevity John Falkner dropped the bomb on his Facebook page and then the comments began to pour in. He talked to the Citizen soon after.

“I had no idea this morning. I was walking the dogs and I got a notice to come back to the Showroom and there the bailiff had a notice for me: vacate the building by Nov. 30,” he said. Asked if he could think of any reasons for it, Falkner said he was dumbfounded. “Well, there’s some back rent but not enough that can’t be fixed, considering that for 10 years you’ve paid it all along,” he said. “I don’t understand. We’ve been sitting

here trying to figure out where it came from. I’m just not fully aware of what the situation is. All I know is I was given a legal document that said I had to be out of the building by the 30th. That’s 24 days. I haven’t sought counsel yet to find out if that can be altered. If it can’t be, then I have to be out by then. If such is the case, the 22, 23, 24 is going to be one heck of a party at the Showroom.” As an impresario, Falkner has to have acts lined up way ahead and

he agreed that there were entertainers already planning to come to Duncan. “I have people booked into April and May of next year. It’s a tragedy, that’s all.” However, despite receiving dismaying news, Falkner is optimistic about the future. “I’m not looking backwards. It’s been fun. I can’t go thinking backwards. This has just made room for a whole new set of adventures. I’m 63, I’m full of energy and I

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Prolific Offender Program delivering results: RCMP

No single cause for sharp rise in third quarter sexual assaults

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North Cowichan/ Duncan RCMP’s Prolific Offender Management program tops the list of successes in the third quarter, Staff Sgt. Jack MacNeill told North Cowichan council Wednesday afternoon. Like in past quarters, he said Mounties were focused on traffic safety, the Bar Watch program, and community relations and visibility initiatives, during the months of July, August and September, 2013, but it was the Prolific Offender Management program that really stood out from the rest. “Our Prolific Offender Management program has seen considerable success, so we feel strongly that this should be maintained and enhanced where applicable,” MacNeill said. He added that one of the area’s more prolific offenders had recently been sentenced to 28 months in prison and another two years on probation as a result of his continued criminal activity. “This was a result of focused police attention on a client who was not willing to change his criminal activities,” MacNeill said. “Police calls for service in the 12 months prior to his current incarceration were 71. There were likely many more files not reported, but directly related to this offender.” The officer noted that what police are most happy with in that case was Crown’s request that the offender’s two year probation period includes a no-go within 40 km of the City of Duncan. With one offender now dealt with, police will set their sights on somebody new. “The list is ever-changing and that’s probably a good thing,” MacNeill said. In the program, prolific offenders can either clean up their lives with the help of treatment and counselling, they can move and leave the community or they can go to jail. “That’s basically the three options,” MacNeill said. Because of the success of that program, officers are branching out to use some of the same philosophies in their domestic violence cases, which MacNeill said make up a large percentage of their workloads.

One disturbing anomaly mentioned during Staff Sgt. Jack MacNeill’s third quarter report to North Cowichan council, Wednesday was the increase in the number of reported sex offences in the North Cowichan/ Duncan RCMP’s service area. The number of instances rose to nine in July, August and September of 2013 from four in the previous quarter. MacNeill noted that while the spike was not typical, it’s not overly worrisome to police either. “I think over time this is a blip and it’s not really a trend,” he told council. “I can say that in the offences that have been reported, there’s a wide range of what would constitute a sex offence,” said the officer, explaining the cases encompass everything from inappropriate touching to a more serious violent sexual offence. MacNeill added that the clearance rate, (the number of cases that have been worked through from their beginnings to their

Staff Sgt. Jack MacNeill explains the ins and outs of the North Cowichan/Duncan RCMP’s Prolific Offender Management Program Wednesday afternoon. [SARAH SIMPSON/CITIZEN] “So many domestic violence situations are repetitive. It’s a cycle that begins with the verbal and escalates with the violence,” he explained. MacNeill said the old routine of attending the scene and taking the victim to the hospital and the offender to jail and having him appear in court the next day to be released on conditions, and then go right back into the same environment where the stage is set for another offence just isn’t working. “Regretfully, frequently, without intervention and without some kind of treatment or without some kind of solution… nothing’s going to change,” he said. In other policing areas, MacNeill said no “alarming trends” are worrying police these days when it comes to criminal activity in the North Cowichan/ Duncan RCMP service area. “Overall we are satisfied with the numbers that we’ve experienced,” he said.

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have read about at UBC, we’re not dealing with one person randomly assaulting victims.” North Cowichan/ Duncan RCMP can be reached at 250-748-5522.

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The tragic death of a flagger at a work site on Beverly Street in October has resulted in orders issued by WorkSafe BC to various companies who were working the site. [CITIZEN FILE]

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Youth vote key as Tribes heads to polls

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Nominations are now in and 10 people are vying for the position of chief and a total of 65 are running for band council in the upcoming Cowichan Tribes election. Current Chief Harvey Alphonse and former Chief Lydia Hwitsum are among those facing off for the top job, along with Stephanie Charlie, Howie George, Ron George, Sharon Lewis, Lorrisa Peters, Chip Seymour, Anthony Stock and Dick Williams. Hwitsum, Charlie, Peters, Seymour and Williams are also trying for council positions. The close of nominations was Oct. 24. For names of all of those nominated for council, go to the Cowichan Tribes website (www. cowichantribes.com) where a list has been posted by electoral officer Maggie M. Paquet. “Successful candidates will have the opportunity to lead seven traditional villages and nine reservations along with the growing number of off-reserve first nations people,” Paquet said in a press release. Getting young voters on-side will be key to the success of candidates’ campaigns, she said. “Finding a way to appeal to the under-30 crowd will greatly help the candidates as that group makes up a commanding portion of Cowichan Tribes’ population,” Paquet said. Indian and Northern Affairs Canada no longer funds elections, though it requires a vote every two years, so Cowichan Tribes will use its own source revenue, the press release states, allowing staff to volunteer to save the First Nation money. The election will be held in the Si’em Lelum Gym on Thursday, Dec. 5 from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m.

Students at Alex Aitken Elementary School get a visit from a thirsty fiveday-old Holstein cow and her handlers Wednesday, when the BC Dairy Association’s Mobile Dairy Classroom Experience came to the school for a demonstration. Everything from what kind of cows are milked to where the milk goes was covered during the hour-long outdoor presentation. For more photos scan this image with the Layar app on your smart phone or go to www.cowichanvalleycitizen.com [SARAH SIMPSON, CITIZEN]

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Responsibility falls to us as veterans’ ranks thin I

t’s a sobering thought that next year, on the 100th anniversary of the start of the First World War, there will be no remaining veterans from that war present at our Remembrance ceremonies. We remember 20 years ago when the Remembrance Day parades were packed with veterans in uniform, most still fully mobile and eager to pay their respects to their comrades in arms who had fallen in battle. We remember — will never forget — their eyes as the Remembrance Day ceremonies progressed with bagpipes, In

Flanders Fields, and the lonely, mournful sound of the trumpet playing the Last Post. One could see the memories flicker in their minds’ eyes even as their bodies remained ramrod straight before the community cenotaphs. Some of those memories they told to us, some of them are gone now that they are. We must now cherish those stories and remembrances for them, and pass them down to those who come after us, generation to generation. It is a sad thing to think that this once-living history has now

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passed into, simply, history. The ranks of our Second Word War veterans are now thinning considerably, too. We must take the opportunity to share their stories with them while they remain with us. We must continue to honour their bravery and sacrifice by showing up to mark their experiences, now our past as well. We must never forget what was given for us, the many who made the ultimate sacrifice. And we must remember these past wars that tore the world apart, so that we do not make the mistake of repeating them.

Veterans and cadets place crosses on the graves of Cowichan Valley residents who served during wartime. [LEXI BAINAS/CITIZEN]

Harper’s Halloween look

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There is something disturbing about Harper, not just his zombie-like demeanour on the road up and as he stands on the top of the hill. As he clambered around and up by stepping on and brushing aside political parties and people such as Preston Manning, Debra Grey, Joe Clark and even Stockwell Day and a lot of others, he climbed the political ladder seeming to care less about the stepping stones. And as he said this Halloween, “I couldn’t care less”. He not only felt that way about the opposition, but the voting taxpayers — only one of 625 electors voted for him (the numbers are on record). Democracy stops at the riding level as from that point on party leaders, premiers and the prime minister will tell the member you voted for how to vote. To move democracy past the riding level we must have secret voting for elected bodies, otherwise we have little pockets of contained, ineffective democracy.

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Trick-or-treaters a delight Through the medium of your newspaper I would like to tell you how impressed I was with the children who came “trick or treating” on Halloween. I had about 125 children come to the door that night and didn’t turn off the lights until 8:30. They were a great bunch this year. The costumes were wonderful and so many of them original. Swamp man was amazing. It was nice to see a good number of the parents dressed in costume too. At first I thought they were teenagers out early but then realized they were parents when they didn’t come for candy. All the children were very

polite and every single one of the young visitors I had said thank you. All in all a very good Halloween. I would like to congratulate all of you and say to your parents, you can be very proud of your children and the job you are doing. Well done. Ann Mitchell Shawnigan Beach Estates

Let’s not complain about wood smoke I sympathize with some people who find wood smoke an irritant. We use a wood heater and only burn seasoned wood. Baseboard heat does not provide enough

warmth in cold weather. A bonus, we can cook on it when we have a power failure. I concur with the two previous gentlemen about the mill. The smell we get from the kraft process, sulphur (smells like rotten eggs). It can be so bad that it wakes us up at night and we have to close the windows. It is very annoying in the summer when we are trying to keep the house cool, we have to close the windows. Particulate matter and chemicals are discharged into the atmosphere, so let’s not keep complaining about wood smoke. Hugo Stead Cowichan

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Ferries should look at management salaries I think the article on BC Ferries in the Oct. 25 edition fails to mention a huge overhead cost in excess of millions per year — that being the exorbitant management salaries. Let’s get that in control first. Barry Dixon Duncan Visit the Cowichan Valley Citizen online at www.cowichanvalleycitizen.com

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The single solution to North Cowichan planning: build on the marsh It was good that Councillor Siebring has come out with his perspective on the voice of the community. “Build on the marsh, it is right and cheap”. The Somenos Marsh Society and much of the community do not think building the new police station is a simple decision. In effect, at our forum and through the paper we offered a way to help council make these complex decisions that affect sensitive and unique ecosystems. We know North Cowichan owns the land, but we doubt this is the only land it owns, in effect we know they own land on the north side of the dike. Is it, too, being considered for future development because it is “cheap vacant land”? Any decision to urbanize a rural municipality brings major challenges. Council cannot see raising taxes as the only means to increase density and commercialization. The cost of the police station is to allow our

local RCMP to function better, we get it. What ways is the council looking at to build this if the ALR decision is against them? Where is the additional money going to come from if another site is required? Will council reassign dollars from other projects that are of less importance, like the reassignment recently of roundabout dollars to a pumping station? How much will be collected in rent of this new building to help offset initial costs? Building on marsh land is not cheap. The land is in its raw state, but what is the real cost of preparing the land and the infrastructure to support the new building? A person contacted me and said in Prince George a police station was built on a marsh and in time they could not open the cell doors. The dollars will come out of taxpayers’ pockets now and in the future. Councillor Siebring said; “the decision…in the 1950s to develop this area were ill-considered at best”, those decisions have resulted in millions of taxpayers’ dollars since. Can we afford another future taxpayer cost

by choosing the wrong site to develop yet again? The Councillor says he is listening — it seems to those who agree with him. I have spoken with hundreds of community people beyond the forum and the dike gathering and not one believes it is the right decision to develop the marsh. Communities voice their opinion by choosing local people to represent them on local councils. Next year the 26,000 who were not at the forum will vote. Remember no one is in favour of tax increases but most are in favour of their representatives using the existing budgets they have without continuously increasing taxes to maintain their need to build legacies to themselves. Phil Jennings, vice president, Somenos Marsh Wildlife Society Find us online:

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Over 40 people braved the weather Friday, Oct. 25 for the groundbreaking of The Cannery, a new 25-unit seaside development in Cowichan Bay. Among them Cowichan Valley Regional District area director for Cowichan Bay Lori Iannidinardo and developer Lorenzo Fantillo and project manager Mike Hamilton of Palladian Developments dug golden shovels into the earth. Fantillo addressed the crowd about the project vision and timeline. Developers said that 50 per cent of the new homes are already spoken for. [SUBMITTED]

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Cowichan Valley’s conventional and HandyDart transit services are free of charge for veterans and current military servicemen and women until Nov. 10 — the week of Remembrance Day. The announcement was made at the Cowichan Valley Regional District’s board meeting Wednesday night. Transit will also be free for everyone on Nov. 11. Visit www.transitbc.com or call 250-746-9899 for schedules and everything else you need to know

If you’ve lost your wedding ring in Lake Cowichan, the RCMP may have it at the detachment. A Good Samaritan turned in a men’s wedding band on Nov. 1 at about 2:30 p.m. “The police would like to return the ring to its rightful owner as

ciate its return,” said the visiting David Parsons at the time. “It was lost as our family was coming down the beautiful river.” It’s not known if the found ring is a match to the one Parsons lost this summer. If you or somebody you know has lost a ring, please call the detachment at 250-749-6668 to identify it.

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Jazz on Sundays at the Crofton Hotel and Pub continues to pack them in every week from 2-5 p.m. and there’s a wonderful lineup on tap for the next few weeks. This Sunday, Nov. 10, it’s the Cameron Wigmore Trio featuring Wigmore on tenor sax, Marisha Devoin (vocals and bass) and

Frances Kelsey numbers included in new report There are 7,450 full-time-equivalent students in the Cowichan Valley School District, according to a report from Schools Superintendent Joe Rhodes at the Oct. 30 school board meeting.

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Brad Shipley (guitar). By Nov. 17 the pub stage will welcome Ralph Barrat & Friends with Barrat himself providing vocals, with Tom Vickery (piano), John Hyde (bass) and Kelby MacNayr (drums). Vocalist Dirk Ouellette and the Not Yet Quartet are up Sunday, Nov. 24 featuring Dave Lieffertz (keyboard), Preston Davies (gui-

tar), John Robertson (bass) and Nick Jarvie (drums). An unusual treat has been lined up for Dec. 1 as Crofton sees their first show by vocalist Kira Carroll who will be accompanied by her dad, super jazz man Phil Newns, on piano, and Ryan Tandy on bass. The cover charge is $5. For more info, call 250-324-2245.

The figure includes data from an audit carried out at Frances Kelsey Secondary School, whose self-paced program and flexible graduation schedule has made counting heads a challenge for school officials over the years. The school is adapting to its new situation, now the district

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Grant funds go to learning assistance Almost all of the $776,000 the Cowichan Valley School District received in this year’s Learning Improvement Fund grant has been allocated. “Each of the schools that

applied got some help,” said Schools Superintendent Joe Rhodes at the Oct. 30 school board meeting. “I think we distributed the resources fairly and equitably,” he said. School Trustee Mike McKay said he thought this year’s funding choices were

“more mature” than those made last year. “More planning has gone into this; some of our assumptions have been revisited,” he said. A great deal of the funding has gone to extra learning assistance or literacy support teacher time.

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Longevity John Falkner, shown here acting as emcee at Duncan’s Got Talent last July, has been a fixture in the downtown Duncan entertainment scene for a decade. [LEXI BAINAS/CITIZEN]

On to new adventures: Falkner From page 1 the Duncan Garage Showroom more than 10 years ago, there was no guarantee that it would become an eternal part of the downtown scene. “The Showroom did its time. It was only going to be a five-year lease with an option for five more. In my life, doing 10 years was okay,” Falkner said. “Now, I’m anxious to see what new adventures take place. Of course, we’ll always

think bigger and better. There are a whole bunch of opportunities that could arise,” he said. Jeff Winship of Duncan, the Duncan Garage Showroom’s landlord, was tight-lipped when asked for a comment Wednesday afternoon. “I’ve been a huge supporter of the Showroom. We’re probably his best customers. But, for business reasons I’m not going to get into it’s not continuing. At this point, I’ve basically nothing to say,” he said.

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More crosses placed each year LEXI BAINAS CITIZEN

Many veterans who fought in a variety of conflicts throughout the years are buried in St. Peter’s historic graveyard. [LEXI BAINAS/CITIZEN]

St. Peter’s marks Nov. 11 with cemetery tour LEXI BAINAS CITIZEN

St. Peter’s Anglican Church is again giving Cowichan residents the chance to tour its historic graveyard, offering its seventh Veteran Cemetery Tour, Tea & display on Remembrance Day (Nov. 11) from 1-4 p.m. The church’s cemetery committee has good reason to present such an event every two years: the tour, which takes place only once at 2 p.m., highlights some of the 252 veterans buried beside the church at 5800 Church Rd. in Duncan. Yes, there are that many military-related graves at this one cemetery. According to Mike Bieling of the Old Cemeter-

ies Society, the graveyards at Anglican churches frequently include a great many veterans and can be a fascinating visit for historians. “St. Peter’s is such an old cemetery that you can find officers who served in India and the Boer War there,” he said. Organizers remind anyone interested to wear walking shoes and dress for the weather, as the tour goes rain or shine. The display indoors includes memorabilia relating to military service and can include photos, newspaper clippings, even medals and parts of uniforms. Entry to the St. Peter’s event is $5 per person, payable when you arrive at the hall.

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Recognition has been slowly building in the Valley’s South End but this year, a record number of veterans’ graves were marked with white commemorative crosses as part of Remembrance Day activities. The effort began a few years back, under the guidance of Mike Bieling of the Old Cemeteries Society, and then the enthusiastic members of the Mill Bay/Malahat Historical Society took up the challenge. Bieling, who keeps a number of useful maps up to date with new entries every year, said that he was delighted at the number of veterans graves that are being identified. “I need people to tell me when a veteran goes into one of our local cemeteries,” he said. “Otherwise, I won’t know about them.” With members of the Royal Canadian Legion’s Malahat Branch and three army cadets from the Khowutzun Squadron, known as “The LG’s own” as it was started by former Lt. Gov. the Honourable Steven Point, the Society’s members organized a three-part event Saturday, Nov. 2 that started at the Shawnigan Lake Cemetery where 24 crosses were erected. Next up, was the old Mill Bay United Church, a historical building and graveyard now owned by the Cowichan Valley Regional district and finally, organizers welcomed a large group to St. Francis Xavier Roman Catholic Church, in Mill Bay where piper Frank Nichol added his special musical atmosphere to the cross-placing ceremonies. Pauline Hyde, a member of the Society and a parishioner at St. Francis Xavier, said finding the information to go with the graves has been an interesting challenge. The church created a special history book for its 125th anniversary celebration in 2011 and that has been very helpful in providing unexpected background material

Jim Wisnia of the Mill Bay/ Malahat Historical Society photographs the official salute by Lt. Bruce Coles and army cadets, Sgt. Mitchell Empey, MCpl. Lee Andrew and Cpl. Natasha Andrew at St. Francis Xavier. [LEXI BAINAS/CITIZEN] for the search for veterans, according to Hyde. “For instance, I’ll read where a woman said she met her husband when he was in the air force, and there I’ll have a clue about his military service,” she said. Hyde was proud to announce that this year, 39 crosses would be placed at graves in St. Francis Xavier’s lovely old cemetery, up from fewer than 20 when they

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took up marking them several years ago. Bieling, arriving to prepare for the ceremony at Shawnigan Lake Cemetery, said he was interested to see that someone had placed a cross for him at one grave not on his map with the notification “Can. Scot.” on it so he’d be able to add new historical detail to his information about that graveyard. At the cemetary of St. John’s Anglican Church in Cobble Hill, where many, many veterans are buried, members of the congregation mark the sites with crosses themselves and this year, will be doing so this weekend.

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Cowichan Remembers Stories for this section were written by historian and columnist T.W. Paterson. For more from him, go to www.twpaterson.com Additional contributors: Paul McNicholls, Kathryn Gagnon, Lexi Bainas, and Kevin Rothbauer. Saluting at Shawnigan Lake are, from left, Denis Lainchbury, Dwight Grieve and Bill Cairns. Photo: [LEXI BAINAS/CITIZEN]

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As per Section 890(4) of the Local Government Act, the Cowichan Valley Regional District Board of Directors has reviewed Zoning Bylaw No. 3520 and Zoning Amendment Bylaw No. 3759, and found them to be consistent with the policies of the South Cowichan Official Community Plan Bylaw No. 3510. Therefore, a Public Hearing has been waived and the Board has directed that this Public Notice occur in its place. Bylaw No. 3520 received second reading, as amended, and Bylaw No. 3759 received first and second reading at the October 23, 2013 CVRD Special Board meeting. NOTICE is hereby given that the CVRD Board of Directors will consider reading a third time the above noted Bylaws at the regular Board meeting of November 13, 2013. 1. Shawnigan Lake Zoning Amendment Bylaw No. 3759 would amend Shawnigan Lake Zoning Bylaw No. 985 (1986) by: 1. Introducing an increased floor area limit of 85 square metres (914 square feet) for small suites and secondary suites; 2. The following new zones are created: A-2ASmall Lot Agricultural (Special) – for the Island Daylily Farm site A-6Agricultural Institutional – for the Girl Guides Camp Creina RR-2Rural Residential 2 – for Goldstream Heights and Cougar Ridge area RR-4Rural Manufactured Home Park – for Burnham Manufactured Home Park RR-5Rural Manufactured Home Residential – for Shawnigan Station Subdivision R-4AVillage Manufactured Home Park Residential 4A – For Shawnigan Lake Mobile Home Park 3. The entire eastern portion of Shawnigan Village, presently zoned R-2 (and one parcel is A-2) will be rezoned to R-3. 4. Four parcels of land in the Burnham-Empress Road area will be rezoned from A-2 to R-2. 5. Three parcels of land in the Nora Place-Shawnigan Mill Bay Road area will be rezoned from R-1 to R-2. 6. New daycare regulations are introduced, which link the number of children permitted to the size of the parcel of land. 7. New home-based business regulations are introduced for the following new zones: A-2A, A-6, RR-2 and RR-5. 2. South Cowichan Zoning Bylaw No. 3520 will replace Electoral Area A – Mill Bay/Malahat Zoning Bylaw No. 2000 (adopted in 1999) and Electoral Area C – Cobble Hill Zoning Bylaw No. 1405 (adopted in 1992). The intent of Zoning Bylaw No. 3520 is to implement the 2011 South Cowichan Official Community Plan and provide a modern and robust land use bylaw for the future of the affected Electoral Areas. Zoning Bylaw No. 3520 would be one comprehensive Zoning Bylaw with common terms and conditions for the two Electoral Areas, and it would also maintain distinct regulations for each community. Zoning Bylaw No. 3520 divides the lands and water surfaces within Electoral Areas A and C into 68 different zones. These zones are classified under the following general land use categories: Agricultural, Rural Resource, Rural Residential and Recreational, Village Residential, Rural Comprehensive Development, Village Comprehensive Development, Rural Commercial, Village Commercial, Industrial, Parks/Institutional and Water. Regulations within each zone typically include a list of permitted uses, minimum parcel size for subdivision, density (typically the number of dwelling units permitted per parcel of land or dwelling units per hectare), setbacks for buildings and structures, maximum permitted building height, and the degree to which land may be covered by buildings and impervious surfaces. Some zones contain other regulations – for example, requiring a parcel to be connected to community water and sewer services. In addition to the specific regulations concerning each zone described in Zoning Bylaw No. 3520, there are general regulations that apply to all lands and water surfaces, related to land use, siting of buildings and structures, subdivision, off-street parking and off-street loading spaces. There is also a list of definitions, for terms commonly used within the Bylaw. Subject Property Location: Zoning Bylaw No. 3520 affects all lands in Electoral Area A – Mill Bay/Malahat and Electoral Area C – Cobble Hill. Zoning Amendment Bylaw No. 3759 applies to some lands within the area on the map below, as described above.

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his is the Chronicle’s third year of attempting to provide readers with something, anything, more in the way of information behind those names chiselled in stone on the Valley’s four cenotaphs. By introducing several in each Remembrance Day edition of the Citizen it’s hoped, ultimately, to compile a register, ideally with photos, for year-round public display and a website. Today, we’re indebted to Frans Vandenbrink and Wes Everitt whose late wife Hilary compiled a booklet on the First World War names on the Chemainus Cenotaph. As he’d promised me a year ago, Frans graciously sent the following information on Chemainus’ Second World War casualties, just in time for Remembrance Day. I told the story of Flying Officer George Glover McGladrey, RCAF, DFC, who has a headstone in the Chemainus Cemetery, earlier this year. That brings us to Leroy (Tom) E. Jacobson. A Chemainus boy, he was attending high school in Washington State when he enlisted with the U.S. Army and was serving as a second lieutenant with the 1st Infantry Division when he was killed on D-Day, June 6, 1944. Previously awarded a Purple Heart, he’s interred in the Normandy American Cemetery at Colleville-sur-Mer, France. P/O Norris Hart, son of Robert Shaw and Mary Ann Welsh Hart, was 25 and with the 242nd Squadron, RAF Volunteer Reserve, when he died, Nov. 5, 1940. He’s “remembered with honour” on the Runnymede Air

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Plaque to honour local Masons killed in Great War

mmediately following the official Remembrance Day ceremony at Charles Hoey Memorial Park, Temple Lodge No 33, A.F.&A.M. will unveil a plaque, the Lodge’s second, to commemorate and honour the four members of the Duncan Lodge who gave their lives while fighting with the Canadian military in France during the First World War. As this year’s Worshipful Master and Lodge historian Mark Anderson notes, “Among B.C.’s Masonic Lodges of the period, Temple Lodge No. 33 had the highest percentage of its membership serving in the Canadian military during the First World War. The average rate of military enlistment among B.C. lodges was eight per cent, Temple Lodge No. 33 had approximately 40 per cent of its membership enlisted in the Canadian military.” This will be the second plaque to honour the Masons’ war dead, the first, of solid bronze, having been moved indoors for safekeeping for fear of its being stolen. The subscription drive for that plaque was instigated by Lodge members James Greig and Harold F. Prevost, both of whom later served as mayors of Duncan. “We intend this new plaque on the Canada Avenue frontage of the Duncan Masonic Temple to be a permanent public reminder of, and tribute to, those four members of the Temple Lodge No. 33 who paid the ultimate sacrifice while serving in Canada’s military during the First World War,” Anderson explained. Mayor Phil Kent and Councillor Dr. Martin Barker will represent the City of Duncan and refreshments will be provided after the ceremony. Mark Anderson, Worshipful Master-2013, Temple Lodge No. 33 has kindly provided the Citizen with this personal insight into the four martyred Masons: Alan Robert Bell, surveyor, was born in Surbiton, Eng., April 11, 1885. Educated at

Bradford College, he came to Canada in 1910, arriving in Duncan after working on a ranch in Alberta. Proposed for membership in Temple Lodge No. 33 by Worshipful Brother William Mourdant Dwyer; he was an articled pupil surveyor at the time. He was accepted April 8, 1913 and raised to a Master Mason, Feb. 24, 1914. He joined the 88th Regiment upon the outbreak of war, immediately upon his return from a survey of Nootka Island. Alan Bell was among the 30th Battalion reinforcements who were assigned to the 7th Battalion with which he was serving with when killed in action in the Battle of Givenchy, June 18, 1915. William Harrison Ingram, nephew of Mr. and Mrs. W.C. Duncan for whom Duncan is named, bookkeeper and Mason, was born at Dunfanaghy, Donegal County, Ire., Jan. 11, 1888. He was 23 years old when accepted as a member of Temple Lodge No. 33. He was 25 years old when he was killed in action, April 24, 1915. It is likely he was a casualty of the Battle of St. Julien which is commemorated by the city street of that name. Previously, he’d forsaken bookkeeping for Cowichan Merchants Ltd. for surveying Archer Robert Payze, carpenter, formerly of Whitechurch, Eng. was 29 when his application to join the Duncan Lodge was accepted in February 1914. He’d been raised to a Master Mason by the time he enlisted. He died of his wounds after seeing action in the area around Festubert (so far as Anderson’s research has determined to date). James Osman Slade Young, Somenos farmer and Master Mason (having originally belonged to an English lodge) was born in Liverpool. The fourth son of Col. and Mrs. T.F. Young, Victoria, he joined the 88th Regiment and was soon sent overseas. He’d just returned to his machine gun unit after having been badly wounded when he was killed, possibly in the infamous Battle of Passchendaele, Oct. 30, 1917.

In the Cowichan Valley region, Remembrance Day services will be held in Duncan, Cobble Hill, Chemainus, Lake Cowichan and Ladysmith

NOTICE OF INTENT TO CONSIDER THIRD READING To: 1. South Cowichan Zoning Amendment Bylaw No. 3749 - Applicable to Electoral Area A – Mill Bay/Malahat and Electoral Area C – Cobble Hill 2. Zoning Amendment Bylaw No. 3758 - Applicable to Electoral Area B – Shawnigan Lake 3. Zoning Amendment Bylaw No. 3750 - Applicable to Electoral Area D – Cowichan Bay 4. Zoning Amendment Bylaw No. 3751 - Applicable to Electoral Area E – Cowichan Station/Sahtlam/Glenora 5. Zoning Amendment Bylaw No. 3753 - Applicable to Electoral Area G – Saltair/Gulf Islands As per Section 890(4) of the Local Government Act, the Cowichan Valley Regional District Board of Directors has reviewed Zoning Amendment Bylaws No. 3749 and 3758 and found them to be consistent with the policies of South Cowichan Official Community Plan Bylaw No. 3510; Zoning Amendment Bylaw No. 3750 has been found to be consistent with Cowichan Bay Official Community Plan No. 3605; Zoning Amendment Bylaw No. 3751 has been found to be consistent with Cowichan-Koksilah Official Community Plan Bylaw No. 1490; and Zoning Amendment Bylaw No. 3753 has been found to be consistent with Saltair/Gulf Islands Official Community Plan Bylaw No. 2500. Therefore, Public Hearings for the above noted Amendment Bylaws have been waived and the Board has directed that this Public Notice occur in place of hearings. NOTICE is hereby given that the CVRD Board of Directors will consider reading a third time the above noted Bylaws at the regular Board meeting of November 13, 2013. 1. South Cowichan Zoning Amendment Bylaw No. 3749 would amend South Cowichan Zoning Bylaw No. 3520 by introducing a general regulation that does not permit medical marihuana grow operations that are licensed by Health Canada on any parcels of land other than those located in the I-1A and I-1B Zones at Bamberton in Mill Bay/Malahat. Additionally, for parcels upon which Health Canada-licensed grow operations are permitted, minimum setbacks from some other land uses would be established as shown below: For parcels upon which it is a permitted use, buildings and structures for medical marihuana growing and processing shall not be located within: (i) 50 metres of a parcel boundary in the Primary Agricultural (A-1) Zone; (ii) 100 metres of a parks or institutional zone; (iii) 300 metres of a residential or comprehensive zone. 2. Zoning Amendment Bylaw No. 3758 would amend Electoral Area B - Shawnigan Lake Zoning Bylaw No. 985 by introducing a general regulation that does not permit medical marihuana grow operations that are licensed by Health Canada on any parcels. Additionally, for parcels upon which Health Canada-licensed grow operations may be permitted, minimum setbacks from some other land uses would be established as shown below: For parcels upon which it is a permitted use, buildings and structures for medical marihuana growing and processing shall not be located within: (i) 50 metres of a parcel boundary in the Primary Agricultural (A-1) Zone; (ii) 100 metres of a parks or institutional zone; (iii) 300 metres of a residential or comprehensive zone. 3. Zoning Amendment Bylaw No. 3750 would amend Electoral Area D – Cowichan Bay Zoning Bylaw No. 1015 by introducing a general regulation that does not permit medical marihuana grow operations that are licensed by Health Canada on any parcels. Additionally, for parcels upon which Health Canada-licensed grow operations may be permitted, minimum setbacks from some other land uses would be established as shown below: For parcels upon which it is a permitted use, buildings and structures for medical marihuana growing and processing shall not be located within: (i) 50 metres of a parcel boundary in the Primary Agricultural (A-1) Zone; (ii) 100 metres of a parks or institutional zone; (iii) 300 metres of a residential or comprehensive zone. 4. Zoning Amendment Bylaw No. 3751 would amend Electoral Area E – Cowichan Station/Sahtlam/Glenora Zoning Bylaw No. 1840 by introducing a general regulation that does not permit medical marihuana grow operations that are licensed by Health Canada on any parcels. Additionally, for parcels upon which Health Canada-licensed grow operations may be permitted, minimum setbacks from some other land uses would be established as shown below:

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Stories of loss, survival, haunt the battleﬁelds CHURCHILL: receiving the news, Britain’s prime minister wept PAUL MCNICHOLLS SPECIAL TO THE CITIZEN

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From page 18 gentleman by the name of Jimmy James. I’ve been back to see him on several occasions since and he is always very pleasant company. In 1942 Jimmy was a very young Royal Air Force flight sergeant serving in Egypt. In August 1942 the war was going badly for Britain and it seemed a certainty that Rommel’s Afrika Korps would break through to the Suez Canal. Churchill travelled to Cairo determined to find a new army commander for his beleaguered forces. Field Marshal Alan Brooke, the Chief of the Imperial General Staff, advocated for a relatively unknown general still in England by the name of Bernard Montgomery. Churchill, however, wanted General William Gott. Gott was already serving in the Middle East, was highly respected by his men and had a fine fighting record. The only concern centred on whether he was mentally and physically up to the task after being in almost continual action for nearly two years. Brooke argued his case, but Churchill was the boss and Gott was promoted. To facilitate a quick return to Cairo Gott hopped on a transport plane carrying casualties from a forward desert airfield back to the Nile delta. Immediately upon takeoff the obsolete Bristol Bombay aircraft was attacked by German fighter planes. The pilot tried desperately to gain control

Paul McNicholls stands in front of the memorial to my father’s regiment in Anzio, Italy. [PAUL MCNICHOLLS PHOTO] of his stricken and burning machine. With the aircraft just feet above the desert floor, once the airspeed was low enough, the pilot ordered the rear door be opened and all those in the back to either jump or be pushed out. As flames engulfed the Bombay the Canadian copilot and medical orderly made their escapes through the hatch in the cockpit floor. Finally the badly burned pilot brought the plane to a halt and also made his way out through the floor hatch. He expected to see a trail of survivors strewn across the desert. Tragically the rear door had jammed and all those in the back, including General Gott, had been incinerated. The pilot of the plane that fateful day was my friend Flight Sergeant Jimmy James.

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General Montgomery was summoned from England and assumed command of the army. He finished the war as Field Marshal Sir Bernard Montgomery in command of all British and Canadian armies in Northwest Europe. Incidentally the final resting place of Montgomery’s nephew is in the churchyard of St. Peter’s, Quamichan. Years later Jimmy became friends with General Sir Ian Jacob. During the war Jacob had been one of Churchill’s senior staff officers. Sir Ian told Jimmy it was he who received the call at the embassy in Cairo advising of General Gott’s death and he had immediately gone upstairs to inform Churchill. He said upon receiving the news, Britain’s prime minister wept.

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Chaster exhibit tells tale of escape to Allied territory KATHRYN GAGNON SPECIAL TO THE CITIZEN

he Chaster Family Donation exhibit was unveiled at the Cowichan Valley Museum & Archives Monday, Nov. 4. Ruth Chaster and her family recently donated a framed document featuring photographs of members of the Chaster family who served in the military. The document creates a record of their service to Canada, British Columbia and the Cowichan Valley. The family has taken the time to record their experiences, both harrowing and humorous. On loan to the museum is the uniform worn by Ruth Chaster during her service in the Royal Canadian Air Force from 1943 to 1946. After completing basic training in the Royal Canadian Air Force, Women’s Division, she had hoped to be assigned as a Motor Transport Driver but was required to remain in General Duties. Ruth was inspired to join the military by her older brothers, especially James Barry Chaster. James Barry Chaster, of the Royal Army Service Corp, recalled a foggy night on Jan. 3, 1942 when, as a 21-year-old pilot, his mission was to fly a Lancaster airplane from the 207th Squadron stationed near Nottingham. It was an experimental flight with a new navigation system that allowed flying in dense fog. Suddenly, as the crew neared their target, they flew out of the fog into a perfectly clear sky. The plane was easily detected by a German Hienkel fighter plane pilot who quickly opened fire and caused major damage. Barry’s crew parachuted out of the plane but Barry stayed and attempted to fly the wounded Lancaster back to England. Another round of machine gun fire decimated the cockpit and Barry was forced to parachute out of the plane, landing in Holland.

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Like many stories from this time, the journey back to Allied territory was treacherous but inspiring. Four members of his crew died, two were captured and incarcerated in a POW camp. Barry was assisted by many people as he escaped from occupied Europe. Some of the good Samaritans who helped him paid for it when they were sent to concentration camps. Barry did make it back to England, via Holland, Belgium, France, Spain and Gibraltar, but he compared his experiences to those of his crew and friends as “a walk in the park”. The exhibit will be on view until Nov. 16, including Remembrance Day, Monday, Nov. 11, following the ceremony at the cenotaph. The Cowichan Valley Museum & Archives is located in the heritage designated Duncan Train Station, 130 Canada Ave., Duncan. Contact curator Kathryn Gagnon at 250-746-6612 or cvmuseum.archives@shaw. ca for more information. Museum hours: Wednesday to Friday, 11-4 and Saturday 1-4. Admission is by donation.

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t’s easy to accept Hollywood’s por trayal of “history,” to think that the world wars and Korea were won exclusively on the battlefields, in the skies and on the high seas. Aside from the apocryphal “Rosie the Riveter,” and our shamefully belated recognition of the vital role played by the Merchant Marine, we have all but overlooked the essential services provided by civilians. One of these lesser-known agencies is the Air Detection Corps. Two years ago, Bob Thompson, Saanich, wrote a great letter to the Times-Colonist in which he praised the efforts of thousands of unsung volunteers during the Second World War: “I’m always surprised by the number of my friends, many of whom were in the Second World War, who had never heard of the Air Detection Corps. It was comprised of unpaid registered volunteers, including farmers, fishermen, loggers, housewives, men too old for service and teenagers. By the war’s end, there were 24,000 [sic] volunteers across Canada...” Before wide-scale use of radar, and because of Canada’s vast areas of unpopulated coasts and wilderness, the threat of undetected enemy aircraft was a real if slight one and an alert system was set up with its headquarters in the Winnipeg area. “Volunteers were provided with a poster showing photographs of all known enemy aircraft,” he continued. “Every plane (RCAF, commercial or private) that was sighted had to be reported by the volunteer, with as many details as possible. The information was sent by telephone to the operations room manned by RCAF personnel.” The Canada in WWII website informs us that the ADC was insti-

An unidentified Aircraft Detection Corps volunteer. —Canada in WWII tuted in May 1940. Divided into three regional units, east, central and west, with almost 2,700 active observation posts (including vessels at sea, such as fish boats), particular attention was paid to the east and west coasts, the latter in particular after Japan’s entry into the war. Because volunteers had to report in by telephone, telephone companies allowed ADC messages to be transmitted without charge. An efficient radar system didn’t come into effect in Canada until 1942 and complete installation took three years to implement. Because “enemy air raids against Canada were so few...ADC volunteers had little opportunity to distinguish themselves. But their reports were useful to locate lost aircraft and the information they provided increased the efficiency of rescue missions.” At the time of disbandment at the end of 1943, the ADC had 33,000 volunteers who have been fondly christened the eyes and ears of Canada’s wartime defence systems. At war’s end, 24,000 sterling silver pins and certificates of appreciation were issued by the government.

REMEMBRANCE DAY MONDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 2013 A PUBLIC SERVICE in memory of those who have given their lives as a result of World Wars I and II, the Korean War, and all subsequent engagements, will be held at the CROSS OF SACRIFICE in Duncan at 10:55 a.m. on Remembrance Day. The general public and organized bodies are requested to be in position at the Cross no later than 10:50 a.m. At 11:00 a.m. the fire siren will sound to commence two minutes of silence and will sound again at the expiration of this time. It is particularly requested that all moving vehicles be brought to a standstill during this time or that vehicular traffic try to avoid the area during the ceremony. All organizations wishing to attend as units and to order wreaths are requested to advise Alice Smithson, Poppy Campaign Chairperson (telephone: 250-746-5013). Any member of the public wishing to lay a wreath is welcome to do so. The form of service will be brief and will ALL be held at the CROSS.

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Korean War vet honoured with Peace medal ON BOARD: ‘You’re too goddamned busy to be scared...too scared to be seasick’ KEVIN ROTHBAUER CITIZEN

ore than 60 years have passed since the Armistice at Panmunjom was signed on July 27, 1953, but the people of the Republic of Korea haven’t forgotten the men and women, including more than 26,000 Canadians, who fought for their freedom. The Korean government has consistently honoured the veterans from other countries who served during the three-year Korean War. This year, Korea has presented the Ambassador for Peace medal to veterans around the world, including Bill Boykowich of Chemainus. “It is a great honour and pleasure to express the everlasting gratitude of the Republic of Korea and our people for the service you and your countrymen have performed in restoring and preserving our freedom and democracy,” reads the official proclamation presented with the medal, and signed

by Korean Minister of Patriots and Veterans Affairs Park Sung Choon and Chairman of the Korean Veterans Association Gen. Park Se Hwan. “We cherish in our hearts the memory of your boundless sacrifices in helping us reestablish our Free Nation.” Boykowich served in the Royal Canadian Navy for five years, including time in Korea between 1951 and 1952, as a stoker in the engine room of the destroyer HMCS Sioux. Boykowich enlisted in the navy at 16, hoping to see more of the world. With a good eraser and a good typewriter, he changed the year on his birth certificate from 1934 to 1932, making himself suddenly old enough to serve. “I grew up on a farm in Alberta, but I could see there was more to life than milking cows,” he recalled. Although Boykowich ended up in the navy, that wasn’t because he had any marine experience prior to

his service. “The only other boat I was on was a stoneboat,” he laughed. “We had two horsepower.” Boykowich spent most of his time in Korea below decks, but tha t didn’t mean he wasn’t in on the action — “You’re always involved when you’re part of a crew,” he said — as the HMCS Sioux fired 3,566 4.7inch shells during the war. He has a photo of himself holding the last one fired, painted white, with English text on one side and Korean on the other. Besides the fighting, the Sioux ended up battered by Typhoon Ruth for 36 hours, facing winds in excess of 220km/h and waves more than 16 metres in height, and ended up sidelined in Hong Kong for a four-month refit. The hard work below decks seems to have made it easier to cope with the rough seas. “You’re too goddamned busy to be scared, and too scared to be seasick,” Boy-

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kowich remembered. After the war, Boykowich lived in Ocean Falls, where he met his wife, Fran, who was visiting from Winnipeg. They later moved to Victoria, where Bill worked in a plywood plant before eventually being offered a position at the Crofton mill, where he stayed for 33 years. In addition to the latest medal, Boykowich was also honoured with letters from then-U.S. Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta and then-President of Korea Lee Myung-bak in 2010. The recognition aside, Boykowich counts himself lucky to have seen more of the world than his high school classmates — many of whom have still ventured no farther than Edmonton — and to have served an honourable cause. “I feel I was pretty fortunate to do what I did, when I did.”

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Letter from the front reveals the real face of war T

his Remembrance Day is the 95th anniversary of Armistice that marked the end of the First World War, the socalled Great War, the war to end all wars. It didn’t, of course, which explains all those names of the dead of the Second World War and the Korean War on the Duncan Cenotaph. Monday, many of us will gather at Charles Hoey Memorial Park to honour those hundreds of men, and a single woman, who are memorialized in stone, and to pay tribute not just to those who died in the Canadian armed forces but to all who have served our country in uniform in war and peace. It’s a solemn ceremony, naturally, and an emotional one, no matter how many those present have attended before. Because of that tone of reverence in the week leading up to Remembrance Day, we tend to downplay war itself. I mean, in focusing on the personal sacrifices and contributions of those who served Canada in times of war, we seem to skim over the very nature of war. Well, war is hell, as an American general told us. It’s winner-take-all, at all costs. Its victims, military and civilian, are beyond calculation. Regardless, from time to time, Canada goes to war. And we go to war to win. I have lightly edited the following letter from Lt. W.E. Maitland-Dougall, written home in November 1914. Just two months into the war, he describes the artillery action for which he was awarded the Distinguished Service Order (DSO). He tells how he and his gun crew blew apart and maimed dozens of German soldiers with high-explosive shells and deadly shrapnel . He describes this with total indifference to the pain and suffering he and his men inflicted, indeed with pride in a job well done. To those of us whose experience of gore is limited to the movie/television screen, his comments will border the bloodthirsty. But that’s our take, we who’ve never personally known war and who find it difficult, repugnant even, to accept that nations go to war to win. And you win by killing the enemy. Lt. Maitland-Dougall: “You’re in for rather a long-winded screed from my reed, as the poets say, today, if I get time...I went up to a house to do forward observer two days ago, on October 31, with a telephonist and a field telephone before daylight. My house was in our own front line of trench[es] at rather a salient point which the Germans want to break back. I was about 300 yards from the German trenches, which I could see plainly, plump out in the open. I set the telephonist in the downstairs room, dug into the floor, so he was safe from rifle fire, and sat up in

Canadian artillery. --Wikipedia the upstairs room, where I looked out round a barricade of a bed and mattresses, keeping back in the shade so that they wouldn’t see me at the window. “While I was making these preparations, a party of 21 infantry came into the house by a communication trench. They were all wounded and said that shell kept coming at intervals and fell right in their trench, hardly ever missing it, and these shells had wounded them and more, and had killed a certain number...Soon after I saw the square, grey shield of a German gun in their trench 300 yards away. I watched it and shortly afterwards it fired (I suppose, with a very reduced charge) and just with very little noise lobbed the shell across the 300 yards into our trenches. I saw it fire once more, and then sent a message by telephone to say I’d spotted a gun, and could I come in and report further. Answer came, ‘Yes,’ so I left the house and nipped across the open places that are all sniped, back to headquarters. “The General gave me leave to borrow a gun and try and ‘out’ the German gun. We took the gun as far as possible with horses and then man-handled it on. I knew the ground and the sniped places, so I led them up fairly safely to the place I’d chosen behind a road that had two hedges. Then I poked the gun muzzle through the backmost hedge and made all arrangements

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such as bringing up all the ammunition. “The enemy’s trenches and gun were 500 yards away from my gun... “Then I cut a gap in the thin hedge between us and the enemy’s gun, because one can’t fire high-explosive shells through things, or it goes off and kills the detachment instead of the enemy. We had about 12 rounds of high-explosive shell, and its use is to destroy material chiefly; shrapnel is chiefly for killing. We were now ready when just as we were going to loose off, out of the trench on both sides of the gun came the Germans at the attack. About 60 came out, and I suppose they were going to come out and attack all along the line, supported by the gun they had placed in their firing line by night. “I think I saw a bit red. I fired three highexplosive in about as many seconds into the thick of things, and as the smoke cleared away about 10 Germans ran back to their trenches, and about 40 were either stretched out or crawling back. I gave the mess two shrapnel rounds (real beauties) and eventually in the evening there were some 20 dead lying there, and I suppose another 20 got back wounded while 15 may have escaped. As the smoke cleared, too, I saw the gun had been knocked out also. The remainder of their trenches, however, loosed off at us a bit, so I sent the detachment behind a house nearby and went there too.

“A lance-corporal had sometime previous to this...pointed out another gun to me in the German trench...so about 5 minutes later, we snuck out again, switched the gun over to the new line and I cut a fresh gap in the hedge in front. We gave that place five high-explosive shell, of which three detonated properly on the raised bit of trench, but of actually how much damage we did the gun, I do not know. The whole German line in front now (where it was brave enough) had their heads up out of their trench to shoot at us; so as it was a glorious opportunity, and [as] our guns at these ranges is most deadly, I ‘swept’ them as far as I could go, both ways, with shrapnel — lovely, low bursts they were — that must have fairly plastered their trench and, incidentally, their uplifted heads. I fired one or two high-explosives, too, during this sweeping, for luck. “It got pretty hot about then; I remember watching one bullet come through three spokes of the right-hand wheel and pass between me and the fuse setter; but was mostly too busy hopping round trying to observe past our flame and smoke and dust to notice many of the bullets. “...I went to the headquarters of the battalion...While I was there, a message came in that a German machine gun that was causing some trouble had been located firing out of a house through an old shell hole in the same. I made them point me out the place which was very clear, and I then returned to the gun and laid it on the house. I worked my way back to my observing house and had hardly taken up my position in my observing window when the shrapnel burst one after another in the shell hole. A moment later the high-explosive hit it. There was a mass of dust and smoke and the house fell in, not only roof, but walls and all. It made rather a fine finale. “Perhaps they saw me in my excitement, but anyhow, shortly after, a machine gun turned onto my window and about 100 bullets streamed in [in] as many seconds. It wasn’t nice for they go through thin brick walls and tiles like paper. They did the same thing later on in the day. I chucked the window and observed through the innumerable holes the bullets had made in the tiles, and wasn’t sorry when the day was over. “Generals, and other fellows in general, are very polite about my mild venture though it seems rather boastful to say so. The Colonel says he’s sent in a special report about the show and it looks as if I run a risk of some sort of undeserved glorification. [He received the DSO three months later.—TW]

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olin Donald was a young midshipman in the equally young Royal Canadian Navy, assigned to the British armoured cruiser HMS Minotaur doing convoy work in the North Sea, when the First World War ended. In a letter home he describes the historic surrender of the German Grand Fleet. We reprint it from Memories of the Chemainus Valley with permission of the Chemainus Valley Historical Society. “Censoring is over at last, thank heavens! So I can write you a decent letter. The much vaunted ‘Der Tag’ has at last arrived, and we are just returning from meeting the Boche fleet. You can’t imagine what a magnificent sight it was. “To start at the beginning, we left Rosyth at 4 a.m. this morning, and steamed east in our respective squadrons. At daybreak the Grand Fleet (about 50 ships all told and some 30 light cruisers) joined up in two lines, each about 15 miles long. We were the third ship of the starboard line, and therefore had as good a view as anyone, the only trouble being that the weather was a bit hazy, as is usual up here. We met, or rather first saw, the Boche at about 10 a.m., sticking

King,’ etc. It was quite thrilling. “And I believe that when the Boche Admiral came to the Queen Elizabeth to arrange terms, the stewards refused to wait on him. I think it was rather uppish of them myself, as we have to be polite to the

Boche, though we can’t be friendly.” As did his Chemainus boyhood chum and schoolmate, Edmond Rollo Mainguy, Colin Donald made the RCN his lifetime career and served through the Second World War.

Those aboard the armoured cruiser HMS Minotaur witnessed the surrender of the German Grand Fleet. —Wikipedia in line ahead so as to pass between our two lines. They were a grand sight, all very smart in new paint, etc. All looked very large, through the haze, and it seemed such a funny idea that they should give themselves up without a scrap. There were five battle cruisers, leading their line, followed by nine battleships. Of course our fleet outnumbered theirs three to one, and I don’t blame them at all, really, for chucking their hands in. In rear of their heavy ships came seven light cruisers. There, again, our superiority in numbers was enormous. After them came 50 Boche destroyers, absolutely packed and har-

ried like a flock of sheep by 200 of ours. “You can see it wouldn’t have paid them to start any tricks today, even if they had been in the mood. We are taking them in to Rosyth at present, but I think they will be carrying on to Scapa [Flow] in a few days. I hope they keep them up there to give them a taste of things in general. This place is a regular paradise compared with Scapa, though we are not allowed into Edinburgh on account of flu. “ We c a m e h e r e f r o m Cromarty the day before yesterday. That wasn’t a bad place, but not a patch on this. Each place we go is a bit more

civilized than the last, and we are gradually working up to the time when we pay off at Portsmouth. “I suppose the Boche will be anchoring by now. The air is black with all sorts and sizes of aircraft. Nowadays all the battle cruisers and some of the light cruisers carry planes besides those carried by special aeroplane ships. I feel quite repaid for my part in the war, seeing that sight this morning. “Yesterday we were inspected by the King. I could just make him out on the bridge of his destroyer, but was too far away to see what he looked like. We [gave] ‘Three cheers for His Majesty the

We honour those Canadians who fought for freedom and were involved in Peacekeeping missions. Poppies grow profusely in the French fields of Flanders, lending their beauty to the graves of thousands of soldiers. We wear poppies to show appreciation for our peace gained through their sacrifice.

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ere’s a Hollywood script for you: A handsome Canadian airman whose bomber is mortally damaged by flak during a raid on Essen, survives (just) parachuting onto Belgian soil. He evades German patrols looking for him and is taken in charge by the Belgian underground who give him into the care of a beautiful brunette. She helps him to eventually make his way to Great Britain via France, Spain and Gibraltar. He is then assigned new duties as a gunnery instructor (and, dare we say it, an inspiration to young airmen) at Pat Bay Airport. Unlike Hollywood, however, this story of F/Sgt. Joseph Arthur Angus Bruneau Angers, MID, is all true. An advertising salesman before the war, he enlisted in the RCAF in Toronto in October 1940 at the age of 21, completing his training as a sergeant the following August and being sent overseas. Listed as missing in July 1942, he turned up safe, received a commission and was repatriated to Canada at OTU (Operations Training Unit) Patricia Bay in November after surviving the thrilling adventures outlined above. He was released from service in September 1945 but re-engaged in November through April 1947. By then he’d received his MID

(Mentioned In Dispatches) citation and become a chapter in the book, Those Who Dared. Also recognized for her role in helping Angers and other Allied airmen evade the Germans was Mme. Andree DeJongh, with a George Medal. Upon being informed of her medal, he told the Montreal Star, “No award would have been too great for the magnificent young woman who was known as the Soul of the Belgian Underground. For years, she fought against tremendous odds and expected nothing but bullets. “When I first met her in Paris in 1942, she was only 22 years old. About 5 feet 2 inches, weighing about 105 pounds and very pretty, she was a brunette when her clever disguises did not make her a redhead or a blond. [She] was very clever; she always did the unexpected. The Nazis feared her so much they placed a price of 10,000 marks on her head, and sent some of their keenest Gestapo agents in search of her. “She not only acted as guide for Allied airmen from Paris across the Pyrenees to San Sebastian, but she provided food, clothes, cigarettes and other comforts. She organized false certificates of residence, false identification cards with photos and false pass-

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P.O. Bruneau Angers, RCAF, upon his becoming a gunnery instructor at Pat Bay Airport in 1943. —A. Scott ports. When a special seal was needed as a stamp of approval for a phoney document, she found a way to secure one.” So daring was Mme. DeJongh that Angers’ escape from Occupied France involved their sharing a

railway coach with German officers and occupying a flat immediately above that of the regional Gestapo agent. By the time they reached the Pyrenees, however, the Germans had responded to the increasing flow of smuggled

Allied servicemen with patrols everywhere, with the result that Angers and DeJongh were ambushed by two soldiers. “To create the impression they were strong numerically,” he recounted, “the Germans yelled and fired rapidly and haphazardly. Up to this point [the 4,000-foot level) we had been climbing in Indian file. The shooting startled us and the party was divided. I stayed with Dedee [DeJohngh] and we returned to our rendezvous at Urrugne. The others drifted back within 24 hours but my navigator was caught. Two days later we made another attempt and were successful.” Once into Spain, they had to cross the rain-swollen Bidasao River which was shallow but swift-flowing, Angers almost drowning when he fell into a pothole. All were exhausted when they reached the far bank. Mme. DeJongh went ahead to secure transportation, returning with a car with which she “saw us all in safety, bid us au revoir, and returned along her 40th trip over the Pyrenees. When she had gone, we all felt a personal loss.” Upon Belgium’s liberation, Angers traced her through the Underground, learning her real name for the first time and that her father had been shot by the Germans.

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uring the Second World War, the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan forged 131,500 pilots, navigators, bomb aimers, air gunners, wireless operators and flight engineers of young air force recruits from Canada, the United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand. Several thousand were trained at Patricia Bay Airport (today’s Victoria International Airport), built for that purpose. One of the Royal Air Force personnel who served at Pat Bay was the father of Alan Scott, Youbou, who has kindly loaned me his father’s collection of The Patrician: The Magazine of the Royal Air Force, British Columbia that was published by and for the British airmen. This vignette of a visit by six RAF servicemen to a Gerry Wellburn logging show at Deerholme, written by A.E. Armitage, was published in the June 1943 issue of the magazine. “I would strongly recommend all of you to take every opportunity of seeing what there is to be seen during your tour of duty in Canada. I regret to say I did not make the most of my opportunities.” Words to the above effect were written by G/Capt. Robertson, A.M., the first C.O. of this unit, after his return home. How many of us thought, but two years ago, that we should see

B.C.? How many even knew where B.C. was situated? I thought it over. I had gone to the Forbidden Plateau and skied; I have played golf on all the courses in Victoria, and also at Capilano and Shaughnessy on the Mainland. I’ve visited Harrison Hot Springs. I’ve done a little salmon fishing and sailed round some of the “myriad islands of the Gulf”. But there was much more to be seen and done so that I should be fully equipped in future years to shoot that pleasant line, which eager listeners are prepared to accept from one who has travelled to the outposts of the Empire. It was on Monday, April 15th, 1943, that Mr. Wellburn kindly arranged for me and five others to visit his logging camp at Deerholme, which is but a few miles from Duncan. Arriving there at 9 o’clock, after an early start (what a line), we proceeded along what they described as the main road. This “highway,” about 8 ft. wide and paved with timber, extended, we were told, for 31 miles. We turned off it about 3 miles from the saw mills, then being at an altitude of 1,250 ft. roughly on a level with the highest point on the Malahat. The timber consisted of firs, and surprisingly, the odd Arbutus tree. Immediately on arrival, we saw a timber truck being loaded with the aid of the spar tree rigging and

Yes, war is hell. But there were happier moments, such as an evening off for some of the Royal Air Force personnel training to be pilots, etc. at Pat Bay Airport.—Alan Scott a donkey engine. From there we moved to the big show — a bit of top-rigging. The selected fir was about 100 ft. high. In a few minutes, our exhibitionist was up and completing the “dressing.” He then started on the real thing and shortly after we heard the call “Timber!” and saw the head come hurtling to the ground. Alan Heyd had completed his top-

rigging, rested for a few minutes on the stump and then returned to ground level. I walked down to him and remarked that it was a “topping exhibition!” He smiled weakly, but it was obvious that he was exhausted after his energies. I learnt that such a job, which he had completed for us in about 30 minutes, normally takes a couple of hours. He said that there was

not much whip in the trunk from which the top came off — just 6 ft. or so! We moved on to see the felling of trees with a power saw, a fairly simple method — in the hands of experts, of course. Trees with a trunk diameter of 2 ft. could be laid low in 3 minutes without any preparation. Next we saw them collecting the trees for cutting and loading. Returning to the saw mills, we found that the lunch hour had started and the machinery was at rest. (If only we had arrived punctually!) Anyway, it had been a grand show and we returned on the last ferry, keen to relate our experiences. Back in camp we are approached: “Hello! Have you been off for the day?” “Yes,” we reply, “We’ve been up to Duncan vis...” “Oh! then you missed a damned good film on logging and another one on horticulture. They showed you everything. You should certainly have seen it.” “Yes — possibly,” we replied a little sadly — but oh! one can see a film anywhere. We had seen the real thing, we’d shaken hands and chatted with the top-rigger; we’d actually felled a tree, operating the power saw with our own hands. We had started to make the most of our opportunities. What about you?

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SWAN, Leonard Edward 26 January 1926 to 23 October 2013 This beloved man, the patriarch of his family, blessed many lives for 87+ years. Left to miss him is Margaret, his wife of 60 years; Joanelle (Ken), Brian (Pat), Wendy (Nick), and Reginald (Tesa); his grandchildren: Alisa, Janina (Morgan), and Andria Wiebe; Bill and Kristy Fielding; and one great grandchild, also his namesake, Silas Edward. He leaves his siblings Wesley, Donald, and Mary and many dear cousins-both Burdges and Swans-and friends in Alberta, BC, and England. A man of faith, he had many church friends as well as associates in the farming community. Although born in England, Dad loved Alberta where he spent his childhood. Always conscientious and hard working, he started milking cows at 8 years of age. Dad, his father, and Wes had the last raw milk home delivery route in Victoria. He then moved to Cobble Hill where he continued to dairy farm until his â&#x20AC;&#x153;retirementâ&#x20AC;? when he kept chickens and gardened until the last month of his life. A celebration of his life is to take place on 9 November at 1 p.m. at the Duncan Christian Reformed Church; reception following on site. Online condolences at www.hwwallacecbc.com

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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 Extended Care Facility. We are currently accepting applications for the position of Administrative Director. The Administrative Director commands the full organization of the foundation office and accordingly 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. Please email resumes to cdhfresumes@hotmail.com Deadline for submissions is November 15, 2013

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This position requires flexibility of working hours in order to arrange and participate in evening and weekend recreational activities including; workshops, retreats and other recreational events. Closing Date: November 22nd, 2013 at 4:00 p.m. Applications can be dropped off or mailed to: Halalt First Nation, 7973 Chemainus Road Chemainus, B.C. V0R 1K5, by fax to 250-246-2330, or via email to receptionist@halalt.org.

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Cowichan Pipes and Drums. [SUBMITTED]

Pipes and Drums busy Nov. 11 The Cowichan Pipes and Drums will be performing at the Remembrance Day ceremonies at the cenotaphs in Chemainus, Duncan, Lake Cowichan, and at the Malahat Legion and Extended Care Hospital this Nov. 11. The band had a busy successful summer, which saw them travel to the Monterey Highland Games in California, as well as performing in the Canada Day celebrations, the Duncan Summer Festival, the RCMP Musical Ride, the Cobble Hill Fair, and the Cowichan Exhibition. The band is already preparing

for their major fundraiser, Robbie Burns Night, which will be held on Jan. 24, 2014. The band is composed of volunteers who practice regularly at the Duncan Seniors Centre, and represents the Cowichan Valley at various events and competitions throughout British Columbia. As a non-profit organization, the band depends on donations from various organizations, including the local Legions, the Elks, and generous individuals. For more information, visit their website at www.cowichanpipesanddrums.com

VALLEY Calendar Miscellaneous • Cowichan Library (Duncan) hosting two genealogy classes with Duncan Family History Centre, Saturday, Nov. 9 (Finding Your French Canadian Roots), and Saturday, Nov. 23 (Googling For Grandma). Both 3-4:30 p.m. Info: 250-746-7661. • 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. • Veteran Cemetery Tour, Tea and Display, St. Peter’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. • 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. • 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. • Duncan Volunteer Fire Department’s 20th annual craft fair, Saturday, Nov. 16, 10 a.m.-3 p.m., Duncan Fire Hall. Info: Elisabeth Ruiter 250-709-1155. • 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 “original” recipes to compile into book for publication. Email recipes to acapeling@Yahoo.com • 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

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Gibbins Rd., Duncan. • Cowichan Valley Prostate Cancer Group monthly meetings the last Thursday of every month. Canadian Cancer Society board room in Duncan, 7 p.m. Meet and talk with survivors and others. Info: Gord 250-743-6960.

Theatre • Stephen Harper: The Musical “How to Survive and Thrive in the Dying Days of the Empire of Oil” political satire by James Gordon, Duncan Garage Showroom, Nov. 13, 14, 8 p.m., tickets $20 from 250-748-7246 or longevityjohn@shaw.ca

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There are a lot of beautifully handcrafted items at the annual Fleece and Fibre Fair and crowds of eager shoppers flock to Cobble Hill Hall to admire and purchase them. Organizers said they were delighted with their move to the Cobble Hill facility this year. For more photos from the event, scan this image with the Layar app on your smart phone or go to www.cowichanvalleycitizen.com [LEXI BAINAS/CITIZEN]

waves of human migration. • 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. • 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 • 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 • 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 • Chemainus Seniors Drop-in Centre programmed music Nov. 9, 7 p.m., lunch included, cost $5. Enjoy dancing. • Chemainus Seniors Drop-in Centre pancake breakfast, Nov. 16, 9:30-11 a.m., cost $5. • Chemainus Seniors Drop-in Centre soup and sandwich, Nov. 20, 11:30 a.m.1 p.m., cost $5. • Chemainus Seniors Drop-in Centre blood pressure clinic, Nov. 20, 9:30-11

a.m. • Chemainus Seniors Drop-in Centre dance with Happy Hans Nov. 23, 7 p.m., lunch included, cost $9. • Chemainus Seniors Drop-in Centre Christmas Dinner, Dec. 12 and 13, tickets available starting Nov. 21 at AGM meeting. Members $15, guests $20. • Chemainus Seniors Drop-in Centre annual general meeting, Nov. 21, 10 a.m.

Meetings • Cowichan Valley Chapter, Council of Canadians meet Tuesday, Nov. 12, 7 p.m., Volunteer Cowichan office, basement of Duncan City Hall. Discussion of water issues, trade agreements etc. Info: Donna Cameron 250-748-2444. • Vimy Hall Annual General Meeting, Wednesday, Nov. 20, 7 p.m., 3968

• Cherry Point Artists fall show and sale Nov. 10, 11 a.m.-4 p.m., Valley Seniors Centre, 198 Government St., Duncan. Featuring small, framed and ready-to-frame paintings just in time for Christmas. • Crofton Art Group Show and Sale Saturday, Nov. 16, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Crofton Senior Centre, 1507 Joan Ave. Unframed art, jewelry. Refreshments. • Cowichan Valley Artisans year round studio tour: 14 professional studios to explore. From Mill Bay to Ladysmith. www.cowichanvalleyartisans.com for details of each studio’s hours. Admission free.

Music • Get in the spirit of the season with carols sung by Probus Singers Tuesday, Dec. 10, 3-3:30 p.m., Cowichan Library, Duncan. • Cowichan Consort Orchestra rehearsal Mondays, 7:30 p.m. Sylvan United Church. Come play with us. All strings welcome. Info: 748-8982. • Chemainus Seniors Centre choirs: Men’s Choir, Mondays, 9-10:30 a.m., Ladies Choir, Mondays, 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m., mixed choir, Fridays, 10-11:45 a.m.

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Strange week for VISL clubs KEVIN ROTHBAUER CITIZEN

The Frances Kelsey cross-country team: Julianna McKinnon, Katie Farley, Kara Labelle, Nyah Miranda, Desirae Ridenour, and Halle De Valk Zaiss. Ridenour finished second in the senior girls provincial championship race, while the junior team placed eighth of 26 squads [KEVIN ROTHBAUER/CITIZEN]

Ridenour paces x-country pack KEVIN ROTHBAUER CITIZEN

Racing against girls one, two, and three years her senior, Frances Kelsey’s Desirae Ridenour shrugged it all off as she raced to second place at the provincial cross-country championships in Langley last Saturday. A junior runner in Grade 9, Ridenour raced in the senior event, and finished second out of 232 participants on the 4.3km course, her time of 16 minutes, 14.79 seconds just a step behind

the winning result of 16:13.05. Ridenour had previously won the Island title in Victoria on Oct. 23. Kelsey’s junior team was also impressive, finishing eighth of 26 schools in the girls team standings. “All of the girls ran their best through mud and puddles on a course with hills,” said proud coach Corene Gillis. Nyah Miranda led the team, finishing 26th of 223 junior girls with a time of 18:08.65. Rounding out the team were Katie Farley, Halle

De Valk Zaiss, Kara Labelle and Julianna McKinnon. Also competing in the senior race, where she finished 12th, was Madison Heisterman, a Grade 8 student at Queen Margaret’s School who also trains with the Nanaimo Track and Field Club. Heisterman won the junior girls race at provincials last year, and finished third in the Island race won by Ridenour. “I think next year I want to get top 10,” said Heisterman. “Of course, I’d like to win.”

QMS runner Madison Heisterman. [KEVIN ROTHBAUER/CITIZEN]

Cowichan’s Division 1 team in the Vancouver Island Soccer League won a game it didn’t have to play last weekend, while the Division 2 entry did manage to play their game, but lost 1-0. Cowichan FC’s players and fans gathered at the Ladysmith turf on Friday evening only to learn that the Gorge players got halfway from Victoria before realizing they didn’t know the whereabouts of their ID cards, without which they couldn’t play. Cowichan coach Glen Martin was willing to make concessions, but the league stuck with policy and deemed it a forfeit. Meanwhile the same day, Cowichan United travelled to play Lakehill, where they gave up a first-half goal and couldn’t tie it despite a strong press. In the second half, leading scorer Jordan Korven had to leave with a twisted ankle, and a later red card ensured Cowichan would be behind the ball for the rest of the game. “Therefore we lost, and deservedly so,” said player/manager Neall Rowlings. Both teams will hit the road this weekend, FC visiting Lakehill on Saturday, and United heading to Comox on Sunday.

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OPEN HOUSE COWICHAN ADULT LEARNING CENTRE IS PLEASED TO HOST AN OPEN HOUSE ON FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 22 FROM 1:00 TO 4:00 pm AT 756 CASTLE PLACE. WE INVITE ALL PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE STUDENTS TO VISIT THE SCHOOL, ENJOY SOME REFRESHMENTS (AND DOOR PRIZES!) TOUCH BASE WITH OLD FRIENDS, AND FIND OUT ABOUT OUR PROGRAMS. IF YOU HAVE BEEN THINKING ABOUT UPGRADING, OR GETTING THAT ADULT DOGWOOD (GRADUATION), OR ARE JUST CURIOUS, PLEASE COME IN TO SEE WHAT WE HAVE TO OFFER. IN MOST CASES, OUR COURSES ARE FREE AND TIMETABLING IS FLEXIBLE TO SUIT YOUR NEEDS. ALL STAFF ARE CERTIFIED BY THE B.C. COLLEGE OF TEACHERS. PLEASE CHECK OUT OUR WEBSITE AT www.studycowichan.ca OR PHONE 250 746 0277 FOR MORE INFORMATION. WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU ON NOVEMBER 22.

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DCS is the toast of Valley volleyball field KEVIN ROTHBAUER CITIZEN

In a volleyball tournament chock-full of Cowichan Valley talent, the Duncan Christian School Chargers just missed out on first place, falling in two sets to Langley’s Credo Christian in the final of the invitational tourney hosted by DCS and Cowichan Secondary last weekend. “I am very happy with the way the girls played this weekend,” said Chargers coach Dave Vanderschaaf. “Because of their strong play, I had the opportunity to challenge them on the court and give them new plays to execute, which they did very well. Being able to run new plays and play at a high level in general is very exciting for the girls and makes the game all the more fun for them to play.” The Chargers’ co-hosts, the Cowichan Secondary Thunderbirds, also fared well in the tournament, their sixth-place finish the second-best result among local teams. A narrow 26-24, 26-24 loss to Alberni District Secondary kept Cowichan out of the semifinals, but the tournament still gave the T-Birds a lot to be proud of and a few things to work on. “The girls have come a long ways in their development from the beginning of the year though consistency throughout an entire tournament remains a focus of attention,” said head coach John Bergsma. “Transitional play and serving were strengths throughout the tournament while offence provided some highlights in several of the matches.” Rounding out the local schools in the 16team tournament were Ladysmith (seventh place, Chemainus (eighth), Queen Margaret’s (ninth/consolation champions), and Frances Kelsey (12th). The tournament MVPs were Becky Bazinet

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DCS’s Danielle Groenendijk spikes the ball back at Credo Christian. [KEVIN ROTHBAUER/CITIZEN] of DCS and Shannon Driegen of Credo. Each team also had an all-star, with local representation from DCS’s Lauren King-Nyberg, Cowichan’s Sarah St. Cyr, Ladysmith’s Kaylie McKinley, Chemainus’s Emily Adams, QMS’s Marina Kitt, Lake Cowichan’s Emily Pastor, and Kelsey’s Lauren Barnes. Many of the teams will now focus on their respective North Island, Island and provincial tournaments. DCS, currently ranked ninth in B.C. will be hosting the girls’ single-A provincial tournament on Nov. 28-30. “As we move towards the Islands and provincials, we’ll be working on fine-tuning a few of the little things,” said Vanderschaaf. “I want all the players to be at their absolute best by the time the provincials come around. Having played well against teams like Credo Christian

Carly Dirom sets the ball for the Cowichan Thunderbirds. [KEVIN ROTHBAUER/CITIZEN] and Carver Christian, as well as the numerous ‘big’ schools such as Cedar Secondary, Ballenas Secondary, and Handsworth Secondary, I feel that the girls will be fully ready to compete against a lot of the strong teams that we will be seeing at the provincials.”

Injuries, red card conspire for First Division Piggies’ first defeat of fall KEVIN ROTHBAUER CITIZEN

The First Division Cowichan Piggies suffered their first setback of the rugby season last Saturday with a 54-11 loss on the road against the Port Alberni Black Sheep. The Piggies held an early 11-3 lead over the Black Sheep thanks to a try by Gregor Grantham and two penalty kicks by Owen Wood, but weren’t able to sustain their momentum. “We had a decent first half,” said head coach Gord McGeachy. “We controlled a lot of the possession in the first half, but we got into

some early injury trouble.” That was compounded by a red card late in the half that cut Cowichan’s numbers down to 14, and Alberni scored just before halftime to take a 13-11 lead. The injuries kept mounting in the second half, and things just got worse. “We stopped competing,” said McGeachy. “We gave up too many easy tries. We didn’t show up in the second half, and Port Alberni seized the opportunity. They came at us really strong and turned all our mistakes into points.” The Third Division Piggies were scheduled

to play Castaway Wanderers on Sunday afternoon, but the Victoria club was unable to put a team together and cancelled. The teams hope to make up the match later in the fall. The Firsts will play at home against James Bay this Saturday at 1 p.m., immediately following an 11:30 a.m. game between the Cowichan women’s team, who also had their game cancelled last weekend, and Nanaimo. “We want to get back on track and do the things we do well,” said McGeachy. “We need to be a lot more physical. We got away from that last weekend.”

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The Cowichan Bulldogs closed out the midget football regular season with a win last Sunday, while the bantam NanaimoCowichan RedDogs earned a valuable victory over Comox. The midget squad secured a 91 record and second place in the Vancouver Mainland Football League with a 15-10 win over the Nanaimo Redmen. “It was a very close game and Nanaimo is a much improved team over last year,” said Bulldogs head coach Opie Williams. Cowichan looked strong from the opening play, when, on their first offensive series, Liam PalcuJohnston broke a dive and ran 55 yards to get the ball to the 10-yard line, but the Bulldogs couldn’t score. Neither team was able to get any offence going in the first half, and the Redmen led 3-0 going into halftime. The Bulldogs called on their halo offence to move the ball in the second half, and it was immediately effective as Wyatt MacWatt broke loose for a 30-yard touchdown run. Later in the third quarter, the Redmen messed up a fake punt and the Bulldogs pinned them on their own 30-yard line. Cowichan went to Kain Melchior on the next play, and he delivered with a diving catch in the end zone. A rouge by Darian Slater on the ensuing kickoff made it 15-3 for the Bulldogs. In the fourth quarter, Niko Ceska returned an interception for 50 yards, but Cowichan couldn’t capitalize, and Nanaimo returned the punt 70 yards to score. The Redmen were pressing for the go-ahead major with less than two minutes to go, but a pick by Cory Lewis sealed the victory for the Bulldogs. The Bulldogs have this weekend off before beginning the playoffs on Nov. 17 at home against either White Rock or Victoria. The bantam RedDogs closed out their home schedule with a 34-0 win over the Comox Raiders in Nanaimo. Karl Mattison tore up the field with over 100 rushing yards, including a 50-yard touchdown run. Quarterback Braemon Conville threw three touchdown passes to Nathanael Cogswell, who racked up more than 100 receiving yards. “This was one of the best performances the team has put together this year,” said Kine. “The team was in top form and every player did the job they needed to do both on offence and defence.” The RedDogs will wrap up the season this Sunday on the road against the North Surrey Tigers.

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U16 Lightning offence ignites KEVIN ROTHBAUER CITIZEN

The offence was firing on all cylinders for the U16 Tier 1 Mid Island Lightning in a pair of games against the Oceanside Buccaneers last weekend. The defence, however, only stood out in one of the contests. Mid Island opened the day with a 16-6 victory, led in scoring by James Taylor, who scored five times, while Mitchell Page had three goals, and Chris Branting, Mathieu Jung, Taylor Martin and Kyle Page had two each. Corwin Trent had a strong game on defence and registered an assist, while Tyler Weidenfeld played well in net. In the second game, Mid Island trailed 15-14 going into the fourth quarter, but an offensive burst and solid defensive play by Dallas McLaughlin in the late going allowed the Lightning to finish on top 21-19. Martin had six goals and an assist, Branting scored four times, Taylor and Ryan Dueck had three goals each, Kyle Page added two, and Jung, Brian Robb and Mitchell Page added singles. The U12 Lightning won a pair of games over Vic Field on Sunday, dominating the first one to the tune of a 12-2 final score, then emerging victorious 6-4 in a closer second match. The Lightning got four goals from Wade Mason in the first

Cowichan Valley midget A lacrosse head coach Lorne Winship presents awards to the association’s top graduating players Tyson Black, Brandon Corby, Colin Winship and Braylon Lumb. [SUBMITTED]

CVLA honours players, coaches KEVIN ROTHBAUER CITIZEN

Tier 2 call-up Seth Negaard carries the ball through traffic for the U14 Tier 1 Mid Island Lightning. [KEVIN ROTHBAUER/CITIZEN] game, along with three from Denton MacDonald, two from Cameron Lumb, and one each from Brandon Carlson, Teagan Cunnah and Eugene Sylvester-Alphonse. Jeremy Benson paced the attack with a hat trick in the second game, while Cunnah, Connor Loch-Labelle and Kurtis Smith also scored. Devyn Zunti was impressive between the pipes in both games. Also on Sunday, the U14 Tier 1 Lightning lost twice against Pacific Rim, although they made the second match much closer than the first. Mid Island fell 15-4 in the opener, getting three goals

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from Thomas Vaesen and one from Colton Lidstone. They improved in the second game, losing just 10-8. Jaeden Ashbee had three goals, and Vaesen, Brayden Zunti, Jack Chicquen, Max Kennedy and Caleb Nordstrom also scored. Chicquen added a team-high three assists. Parker Teufel was in goal for both games. The U14 Tier 2 squad didn’t have any games scheduled over the weekend, but had four players from their ranks — Nathan Clark, Seth Negaard, Sam Baxter and Keenan Menzel — called up to the Tier 1 game.

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The box lacrosse season has been over for a few months, but the Cowichan Valley Lacrosse Association handed out its annual awards in late October when it held its annual meeting. The CVLA bid farewell to a pair of longtime volunteers, Lorne Winship and Gina Jung, who stepped down from their positions of head coach and president, respectively, after nearly 30 years of combined service. Winship was also presented with the CVLA’s senior referee award, while Jung received the B.C. Lacrosse Association’s President’s Award. Each competitive team presented an award to its Most Inspira-

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tional Player, with 11 honours being handed out. Recognized were Grady Etherington (novice intermediate), Carter Bouma (pee wee A), Kirk Whittaker (pee wee B), Kaylee Trent (pee wee C), Brayden Zunti (bantam A), Seth Negaard (bantam B), Brody Bonfield (bantam C), Steven Robertson (midget A), James Taylor (midget B), Koltin King (midget C1), and Wyatt Gibb (midget C2). The midget A team, which won the provincial championship, recognized its top graduating players: Tyson Black, Brandon Corby, Braylon Lumb and Colin Winship. Other awards went to Mathieu Jung (junior referee), Eric Johnson (recreation coach) and Mike Gagnon (competitive coach).

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Jordan Coyne dumps the puck in against Westshore last weekend. [CITIZEN FILE]

Islanders save the day late against Saanich KEVIN ROTHBAUER CITIZEN

The Kerry Park Islanders salvaged an overtime victory in the Vancouver Island Junior Hockey League on Wednesday night, edging the Saanich Braves 5-4 after nearly watching the game slip away. Francis Slicer got the Isles on the board in the first minute of the game, and three powerplay goals later, the visiting team was up 4-0. The Braves started to eat into the Kerry Park lead with a goal late in the

first frame, and forced overtime with a pair of markers in the third. Fortunately for the Isles, forward Alex Milligan scored in the second extra period to give Kerry Park a badly needed victory. Goalie Leighton Williams earned the win with a 32-save performance, and picked up an assist on the game-winner. The Isles will visit the Nanaimo Buccaneers on Saturday, followed by a home date against the Campbell River Storm on Sunday, facing off at 3 p.m.

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Darien Hobday shoves aside a Velox tackler last Sunday, while Adrienne Saari provides support. [KEVIN ROTHBAUER/CITIZEN]

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With many of their fellow U18 girls rugby teams struggling to field competitive teams, Cowichan has soldiered ahead, dominating play and getting lots of development in along the way. “The Island teams have very low numbers, so there have been some ridiculous scores or awkward situations,” said Cowichan coach Brad Skene. “A lot of the time, we have been lending the other team players.” Cowichan wrapped up the regular season last Sunday with a 65-10 win over Velox at home. Darien Hobday scored three tries, while Avi Sharabi, Adrienne Saari, Jenn Lemon and Mackenzie Saysell added two

each. Alison Franks kicked two conversions, and Sharabi, Hobday and Lemon slotted one apiece. The week before, Cowichan defeated Castaway Wanderers 53-0. Saari had three tries, and Nambi Mbaja, Shania Pronk, Katrina Florez, Brooklyn Navarrete, Hannah Morten and Haeley Lowe scored one each. Sharabi kicked four conversions. “The players are working very hard and on the way to mastering the skills the coaches have been teaching,” said the coach. “We are scoring a lot of points and getting different players across the try line, but the most important thing is that there is a great deal of player development going on.”

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