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Four-year-old Tyson Burns picks out the perfect pumpkin for his family from the wide selection at the Old Farm Market south of Duncan on Tuesday. Visible from the Trans Canada Highway, the market’s pumpkin pyramid is always a big draw for Valley residents and tourists alike throughout October. [KEVIN ROTHBAUER/CITIZEN]

The Shawnigan Residents Association is appealing to the public to report any suspicious activity — particularly vandalism — to the RCMP. The request comes after multiple instances in which spray paint was used to tag specific signs in the Shawnigan area with the “SIA” acronym.

SIA stands for South Island Aggregates — the company that’s in an intense battle with the community and the regional district over accepting and treating contaminated soil on property the company owns in the area. Many worry the activity is dangerous given the land’s proximity to the watershed, a source of drinking water for upwards of 7,000 residents.

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“Despite rising tensions over the SIA contaminated landfill permit, the SRA believes there is an expectation that members of our community can respectfully voice their opinions,” said SRA director Anne Marie Thornton in a press release. “We do not know who the culprits are in this rash of vandalism, however, one thing is clear — their behaviour and actions are not acceptable.”

The signs being targeted include the “Save our Shawnigan Water” one as well as the “Welcome to Shawnigan Lake Water Protection Area” sign on Shawnigan Mill Bay Road.

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CVRD wants road to Nitinat SARAH SIMPSON CITIZEN

Eager buyers thronged Duncan’s City Square Saturday to enjoy the great weather and get that Thanksgiving weekend feeling by visiting the weekly farmers’ market. [LEXI BAINAS/CITIZEN]

Fires allowed, but it’s not open season SARAH SIMPSON CITIZEN

The burning window is now open for residents of the Municipality of North Cowichan.

From now until Nov. 15 backyard burning is permitted. But, cautions the municipality, it is up to the public to know the rules before they burn.

“No fire may be burned that produces heavy smoke or fumes, interferes with the normal use or enjoyment of life or property, endangers the health, safety, or welfare of persons or animals, or damages plants or property,” said a public notice

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issued Oct. 11. “Please remember there must be fire fighting equipment available on hand including at least one shovel, rake and garden hose connected to a water source.”

And then there are the more technical rules that must be followed: • Fires can only be two metres (6.5 feet) in both diameter and height and the material can originate only on the land it is burned.

• Burning is only permitted during daylight hours and only then, when Environment Canada says the ventilation index is “good”.

• Fires must be a minimum of 10 metres (33 feet) from all property lines (this requires approximately a half-acre lot) and four metres (13 feet) from any structures or flammable or combustible material.

• Burn only untreated natural wood and brush.

• Materials including oil, tar, rubber, plastic, or fertilizer or any construction or demolition waste, treated wood, grass, leaves or items referred to as garbage or refuse may not be burned.

For more detailed restrictions visit www.northcowichan.ca or call the municipality at 250-746-3100.

The CVRD would like to acquire and pave a portion of South Shore Road in an attempt to connect the regional district with not only its First Nations neighbours at Ditidaht, but also to the acres of provincial parkland in the area.

“To that end, a delegation of CVRD directors and staff as well as Ditidaht First Nations representation went to Minister John Rustad [B.C. Minister of Aboriginal Relations and Reconciliation] at UBCM and had what I can only describe as a very productive and friendly discussion,” Area F (Cowichan Lake South/Skutz Falls) Dir. Ian Morrison reported back to the CVRD board last week.

UBCM — the annual convention of the Union of B.C. Municipalities — takes place annually and gives politicians a chance to rub elbows, talk about issues that affect municipalities throughout the

It’s easy to see the lack of roads serving this very rural area between Cowichan Lake and Nitinat. [SUBMITTED] province and to meet with senior government officials about any number of things, including roads, as in Morrison’s case.

“We could, I think accurately, describe it as a successful discussion,” Morrison reported to the board.

Access to the Ditidaht area of the region is currently by active logging roads only.

Morrison said another meeting followed the one at UBCM, this time with Minister Todd Stone, the provincial minister responsible for Transportation and Infrastructure.

That meeting was also to discuss the privately held industrial road that goes from the end of the pavement in Honeymoon Bay out to the community of Nitinat and the Ditidaht First Nation.

“We had some very frank discussions with him and asked them to look at the feasibility of acquisition and maintenance and hardsurfacing as well and I’m going to suggest we were quite uplifted by that discussion,” Morrison said.

“We’ve assembled a good foundation for discussions moving forward.”

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PLACE: Honeymoon Bay Community Hall 10022 Park Drive, Honeymoon Bay Residents of CVRD Electoral Area F – Cowichan Lake South/Skutz Falls are invited to attend an Open House Meeting on the above noted date. Your Area Director Ian Morrison, joined by select CVRD staff members, will provide information on topics such as: • CVRD Budget • Backyard Burning • Water Systems - Restrictions/Metering Improvements • Fire Protection - Hydrant Line to Gordon Bay • Curbside Collection/MMBC • Matters Important to You Come out and let’s discuss what is important to us in Area F. The Honeymoon Bay Fire Department will demonstrate their skills and display selected equipment and CVRD Engineering staff will provide tours of the Honeymoon Bay Water System treatment building/infrastructure.

Residents in attendance can enter to win a “Bear Proof” curbside garbage tote “kit” installed (value $60).

For further information or to suggest additional topics, please call Director Ian Morrison at 250-749-0134 (home), 250-510-7163 (cell) or email imorrison@cvrd.b.ca.

The WildWings Festival is preparing to swoop into Cowichan for another year.

The festival, which celebrates the return of the trumpeter swans to the Somenos Marsh, is also aimed at raising awareness about the conservation of this important wintering habitat but also to raise funds to help preserve it.

This year’s festival starts Thursday, Oct. 17 with a kickoff and WildWings Ale release party at the Craig Street Brew Pub in Duncan starting at 5 p.m.

Next up, on Saturday, Oct. 19, it’s time to go outdoors for Arms Around the Marsh.

Join hands with friends and neighbours to show your support of the uniqueness of Somenos Marsh. It all starts from the corner of Beverly Street and the Trans Canada Highway, with the chain of people spreading around the edges of the marsh.

Organizers are hoping participants will walk or bike to this event if possible.

The next day, Sunday, Oct. 20, you can help map the marshes at a daylong workshop hosted by the Cowichan Land Trust and the B.C. Wildlife Wetlands Education Program in the Thrifty Foods Community Room at Beverly Corners.

The event takes place from 9 a.m.3:30 p.m.

This free workshop offers the chance to learn GPS techniques that will help identify conservation needs in your community and protect your important wetlands.

Pre-registration is required and can be completed at: www.mapourmarshesduncan.eventbrite.com There’s also a tour of the Somenos Garry Oak Protected area from 10 -11 a.m. Meet at the end of York Road in the Timbercrest subdivision and join the Cowichan Valley Docents on an educational nature tour around this unique area, an ecologically

and culturally significant area that borders the Somenos Marsh.

Like birding? Mark Saturday, Oct. 26 on your calendar for Birding on the Boardwalk.

Meet at 10 a.m. at the entrance to the Somenos Marsh boardwalk, on the Trans Canada Highway just north of Beverly Corners.

Jo i n l o n g t i m e b i r d e r a n d Somenos Marsh enthusiast Derrick Marven on a nature tour along the boardwalk focusing on local and migratory bird species.

Note: This event is weather dependent and may be cancelled if there is to heavy rain.

On Sunday, Oct. 27, Just Jake’s in Duncan hosts a WildWings art exhibition and auction from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m.

It’s a chance to view and bid on locally created wildlife-inspired art. There will be nibbles and a cash bar to enjoy. Partial proceeds will go the Somenos Marsh Wildlife Society. The exhibition will be on display until Nov. 24.

Open house to talk budgets, burning SARAH SIMPSON CITIZEN

Area F (Cowichan Lake South/Skutz Falls) residents mark your calendars: on Oct. 19 you are invited to an open house at the Honeymoon Bay Hall to talk about…whatever you want!

“Please come and join your neighbours for a coffee/tea and perhaps a donut and some stimulating conversation,” Area F Dir. Ian Morrison said. “Your opinion

is important and valued and worth sharing.

There is always something we can learn from one another.”

The open house begins at 10 a.m. and the regional district’s engineering staff will offer tours of the Honeymoon Bay water system treatment building, production well, and associated infrastructure, for those who are interested.

T he volunteer fire department will also be

Area F Dir. Ian Morrison. [CITIZEN FILE] on hand to display their equipment and demonstrate their skills as part of a region-wide volunteer firefighter recruitment drive.

Beyond that, it’s a great opportunity to get to know your neighbours and what’s important to the west Cowichan community.

“Topics of discussion m ay i n c l u d e C V R D budgets, backyard burning, the new automated curbside collection program, water and sewer systems, CVRD parks and other matters of importance to residents and taxpayers,” said

Morrison. “Issues and matters outside normal CVRD or local government jurisdiction will be discussed as time permits.”

Those who show up at the open house are eligible to win a bear-proofing kit valued at $60 for their new curbside collection tote. Honeymoon Bay Hall is located at 10022 Park Drive.

For further information or to suggest additional topics of discussion for the open house, contact your area director at imorrison@cvrd.bc.ca or morrison.director@ shaw.ca

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First Nations court aims to stop repeat offences SARAH SIMPSON CITIZEN

Respected elders, chiefs, mayors, councillors, judges, Mounties, and other dignitaries gathered in the Comeakin Room at the Quw’utsun’ Cultural and Conference Centre on the morning of Friday, Oct. 11, for the official opening of Cowichan’s First Nations court.

More than 100 people gathered for the occasion, which was highlighted with remarks from BC. Justice Minister Suzanne Anton, B.C. provincial court Chief Judge Thomas Crabtree and numerous Vancouver Island chiefs and elders. “Today we need to acknowledge our strengths, our successes, our culture and the times-tested ability to work together,� said Cowichan Tribes Chief Harvey Alphonse in his opening address. “It’s time we harmonize Crown policies, actions and decision making with a new legal order,� Alphonse said. “A legal order that respects the Gladue rights of First Nations. This approach will bring together aboriginal advocates, aboriginal justice workers, aboriginal community workers and the legal community.�

With this new way of doing things, he added, the First Nations court pro-

poses to bring sentencing options other than jail that can be traditional, cultural, holistic, restorative and create a more healing approach to sentencing.

I t wo n’ t b e e a s y, h e admitted. “In all cases when new ways of doing things take place, no doubt there will be challenges, there will be mistakes, but more importantly, there will be learning. With adversity comes opportunity and the opportunity is here today,�

Alphonse said.

Since May, a First Nations court based on the successful New Westminster model has been operating in Cowichan.

Not every aboriginal must attend the court for their sentencing but for the ones that do, they can expect a lot more involvement throughout the completion of their sentence.

An elders’ advisory panel has been selected based on the advice of local chiefs.

That g roup has been trained in the court system but they also bring with them the knowledge of their traditions and cultural practices.

Cowichan Tribes elder Ernie Elliott sits on that panel. “I consider it a real honour and a privilege to be sitting as an elder with the First Nations court,� Elliott

told the crowd. “I don’t have a law degree, I’ve never studied law, but what I depend on is what my elders have passed onto me from our ancestors that I try to share with our people who are appearing before the sitting judge,� he said.

The goal, Elliott said, is to prevent repeat offenders and help direct offenders along the right path to becoming productive, upstanding members of the community. “Our role, as I see it, is to assist the judge in handing down a sentence that is culturally appropriate or modified.� Elliott explained. “We stress that they’re not off the hook just because they’re appearing before a First Nations court. They still have to accept responsibility for their actions,�

Elliott said. “The elders remind the accused who they are, and how their actions impact the community and their family.�

Most of the cases since May deal with shoplifting, assault, and domestic abuse, he explained. “What we try to do is share with that individual the fact that that’s not in our teachings, that’s not how we conduct ourselves.

We need to respect each other as people, as human beings,� he said.

Cowichan Tribes Chief Harvey Alphonse sits beside B.C. provincial court’s Chief Judge Thomas Crabtree during the official opening of Cowichan’s First Nation court. [SARAH SIMPSON/CITIZEN]

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Vandals, your ugly scrawl is not wanted here e suspect the current spate of vandalism that’s marking up signs in the Shawnigan area is actually unconnected to anyone on either side who’s truly passionate about the contaminated soil dumping at South Island Aggregates.

Why’s that, you might ask?

The placement of the graffiti — which seems at first glance to be protesting SIA’s dirty dirt dumping — makes little sense.

The signs that have been targeted are those belonging to groups that are trying to stop the dumping after all.

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your own signs, is there?

We also rather doubt that SIA, which was granted its permit and is moving ahead with its dumping, is heading out at night to tag signs with their own initials.

No, it’s far more likely that some particularly brainless folks have taken up the excuse, rather than the cause, and driven around with some spray paint and immaturity.

A group of good ol’ buddies egging each other on without thought or care to those who are going to have to clean up their mess.

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Because here’s the thing we wish the vandals would consider before they go on their spraying spree: somebody’s going to have to scrub away their stupidity.

And while it only takes a few short minutes — seconds even if the taggers aren’t concerned about being artistic (which they most definitely were not in this case) — it takes a lot more time and effort to clean it up.

We applaud the community members who went out under their own initiative and cleaned up the signs last week.

It’s like when vandals hit schools; if the Cowichan Valley

Regional District or the school district has to start cleaning it up it can get expensive, fast.

That then comes out of their budgets. Their budgets come from the taxpayers.

So you see how this sort of thoughtless graffiti hurts the whole community.

It hurts the whole community far more than it hurts those at whom the vandalism was directed in the first place, in most cases.

And as we said, the actual target here is unclear.

If we thought the vandals were truly trying to make any kind of

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coherent point we’d say it was a failure.

It’s great that people are standing up for what they believe in on this issue.

People should be passionate about the safety of their drinking water and their community environment. They should be passionate about their local economy.

But if you want a billboard, you should pay for a billboard and sign your name.

It’s not okay to appropriate somebody else’s sign with your ugly and senseless scrawl.

Grow up.

Consumers can’t read smart meters Consumers: what BC Hydro didn’t tell you in their last letter Walk around your house and find your electrical meter. If you’re lucky enough to still have one, your pre-existing analog meter has a series of little dials that turn like one-handed clocks.

Just like the odometer on your car, these dials indicate a number displaying the amount of electrical distance you have travelled, or used. And like the odometer, each dial or ring represents the next number in the sequence — you can see how many miles or kilometers you’ve driven by reading the array of numbers at any time.

Same with your electrical meter — you can take a reading at any time to see how many watts of electricity you have used so far.

Each dial shows the rotation of the pointer so you can easily do your own readings, here’s how: For each dial, write down the last number the pointer has passed, being careful to observe the correct rotation and there you are, you have your current meter reading and you did it yourself.

Apparently BC Hydro values this ability at $35 per month, so why not do it yourself and take the credit for it on your account?

It’s such easy money, don’t ya think?

Oh! You can’t find the little

dials? Too bad, you must have a so-called smart meter. These are impossible to read in this way unless you have specialized digital and wireless electronic equipment. You will need a computer and an Internet service connection, which you must pay extra for yourself in order to read your new smart meter.

I guess BC Hydro didn’t tell you about that, sometimes they don’t really know what they’re getting themselves into.

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Passenger rail in Canada has been flat for years compared to other modes of transit.

Furthermore, Via Rail has a huge unfunded pension liability and also 50 per cent of its engineers are eligible to retire in the next three to five years.

Also note, that the E&N rail lines on Vancouver Island are not mandatory as are some of the lines in N. Ontario and the Maritimes.

We, the taxpayers, are finally getting some figures from the ICF. $1.9 million in taxpayer operating cost subsidy when it was up and running with 40,000 riders per annum translates to an approximately $45 taxpayer subsidy per ride.

Compare this with the Cowichan Valley commuter bus (taxpayer operating cost subsidy of approximately $11 per ride).

Island Rail will have to be subsidized by four times as much.

ICF wants our property tax dollars and yet doesn’t show us their audited financial statements for the last five years, inclusive of the amount paid to Grannekke Mge (Graham Bruce’s Co.) Paul Williams Ladysmith

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ernment. In November of 2011, the NDP Minister of Education fired one school board for conflict of interest, holding too many in camera meetings, and avoiding to have public discussions on possible school closures

to meet budget funding.

The minister appointed one person to oversee the board. This person would hold the position until the next scheduled election for school trustees.

Note that in Nova Scotia, this

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he federal govnow includes ensurernment is a ing that CSEC takes labyrinth of difall necessary steps to ferent departments, protect the privacy of many of them referred Canadians. CSEC is to by acronyms like not allowed to use its CIC for Citizenship powers to direct its and Immigration Canattention at Canadada. One of the most ians, either here at COMMUNITY secretive departments home or abroad.

REPORT is called CSEC — ComSo it is very concernJean Crowder munications Securing that the Commisity Establishment sioner’s latest report Canada. shows that there may have been The secrecy is there for a reaactivities directed at Canadson. This is the organization that ians, or in other words, domestic protects Canada’s digital secursurveillance. ity, keeping important data safe Coming on the heels of the from cyber attacks. It does this international furor that accomin part by eavesdropping on elec- panied news that the United tronic communications.

States has engaged in spying on In 1996, legislators recognized both its own citizens and people that CSEC needed a watchdog to in other countries, this is very ensure it conformed with the law troubling. and to also hear from Canadians I’ve heard from many constituwho might be concerned that ents who are concerned that CSEC was engaging in unlawful their own communications and activities. privacy were not being protected.

So the position of CommisIt is clear to me that Canadians sioner of Communications expect privacy and that if the Security Establishment Canada government wants to violate that was created. privacy, it must go to the courts The Commissioner’s review to get permission to do so.

New Democrats will continue to demand answers on why the federal government is breaking the law.

But we are also taking steps to help better protect the privacy of people’s information.

Bill C-475, an Act to amend the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act, will create strong data breach notification mechanisms. Any organization that has a data breach, including governments, would have to inform citizens immediately, not through a press release.

As well, Bill C-475 would increase the enforcement powers of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada and the Federal Court to help ensure organizations comply with the law.

By increasing the obligation that all organization have to protect the privacy of Canadians, we can continue to build a culture of privacy that forces the federal government to abide by the law.

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Travelling theatre takes aim at corporate manipulation LEXI BAINAS CITIZEN

Morning Musicale An intimate & interactive classical concert series with pianist Sarah Hagen and special guests.

Monday, Oct 21 / 10:30am To celebrate the launch of the series, we’re offering 2-for-1 tickets for this show only.

Enjoy coffee, tea and treats and chat with the musicians before the performance.

Info and tickets at cowichantheatre.ca 2687 James Street, Duncan BC (250) 748-7529

It’s theatre without a net on a timely theme: how corporations manipulate us without our even knowing it.

Theatre for Living and the VIU faculty association are bringing Corporations in Our Heads to the Cowichan Campus of Vancouver Island University on Thursday, Oct. 17 starting at 7 p.m.

It’s truly theatre with no actors, no play and no script.

Organizers call it “a project about the corporate messages that live within our collective psyche.”

According to group “joke master” David Diamond, messages from corporations “tell us hundreds of times a day in ways we may not notice anymore how to relate to each other and to ourselves: what to buy, how to feel, how to perceive and the kind of person we can aspire to be.”

So, is it possible to use theatre to become aware of these messages, possibly change our relationship with them and live healthier and perhaps more sustainable lives?

“This project hopes to be more than just an investigation,” Diamond said, adding that the aim of

Sometimes we don’t realize what’s being done to direct us towards certain actions. This show meets that idea head on. [SUBMITTED] making each performance event relevant to its community is a way to open local eyes to local issues.

“Each event is the community’s creation,” he said.

“We are touring a process in which the whole evening of theatre emerges from the audience. It sounds heavy, but it’s a great deal of fun,” he said.

Diamond co-founded Headlines Theatre (now Theatre for Living)

in 1981 and has directed more than 500 projects on issues from racism to intergenerational conflict to addiction.

The event lasts for two and a half or three hours, so come out to Room 140 at the VIU Cowichan Campus (beside the Island Savings Centre) ready to blend your own experiences with corporate messages into part of a story that grows as it is told.

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Valley ready for some sax LEXI BAINAS CITIZEN

Cobble Hill saxophonist Wayne Kozak, tenor man in the legendary Powder Blues Band and sought-after session and performance musician for decades in Vancouver, reunites this weekend with former ’70s Vancouver bandmates Bob Murphy on piano and vocalist Joani Taylor for a show at

Sylvan United Church in Mill Bay on Saturday, Oct. 19 beginning at 7:30 p.m.

Tickets are $15 in advance for adults and $12 for students and seniors or $20 at door.

He’s also performing at the Crofton Hotel Pub on Sunday, Oct. 20 from 2 to 5 p.m. as part of the weekly jazz series. Ten dollars gets you in the door there.

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Ballet Victoria’s version of Frankenstein is a love story LEXI BAINAS CITIZEN

Paul Destrooper, the creative wizard at Ballet Victoria, is trolling the dark side for more material this fall as he brings his company’s gothic version of Frankenstein to the Cowichan Theatre.

It’s hard to decide who is the more creative spirit: Destrooper or the legendary Dr. Frankenstein himself.

The doctor set out to bring new life to inanimate bodies and in the process created a monster that, though he really wanted to be loved, was rejected by all who saw him. Ballet Victoria’s artistic director had a vision of exploring that sense of isolation in dance and has instead ended up creating a ballet of epic proportions.

Frankenstein: A Zombie Love Story premieres at the Cowichan Theatre in Duncan on Friday, Oct. 18 before touring in Victoria and Vancouver.

The Frankenstein story has been a favourite for stage and screen because it offers lots of scope for interpretation.

“Creation begins with inspiration,” Destrooper said. “As the dancers and I worked on Frankenstein, it became clear that this truly needed to be a love story. We were inspired to create a gothic romance filled with grace, beauty, goose bumps and the touch of humour that we bring to everything we choreograph.”

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where a young couple, who died as they were about to be married, are buried.

The spirit of the bride follows as her groom’s heart is harvested and taken to the laboratory.

As the story unfolds, the doctor, realizing his mistake, tries to destroy his creature but fails miserably.

Frankenstein’s monster flees to the graveyard where the Corpse Bride recognizes his beautiful heart and is drawn to him.

It’s all original choreography but the music comes from a selection of composers including Shostakovich, Beethoven and Verdi as well as an homage to Adolphe Adam’s score of the ballet, Giselle.

Tickets are $40 for adults, $30 for seniors and $20 for students with a few eyeGO seats available for card-carrying students who get to the ticket centre in person.

Get the others through the Cowichan Theatre website at www.cowichantheatre.ca or call 250-748-7529.

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A Zombie Love Story The fierce dancers of Ballet Victoria bring beauty to a love story from beyond the grave. Expect the unexpected, after all – it’s the most wonderful time of the year for zombies and monsters….

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Singer/songwriter Danton Jay focuses on sustainability LEXI BAINAS CITIZEN

Danton Jay is headed to Cowichan. To hear his sound, scan this page with the Layar app or go to www.cowichanvalleycitizen.com [SUBMITTED]

Mixed genre singer/songwriter Danton Jay is coming to the Duncan Garage Showroom Oct. 18 with an album about the issue of sustainability.

Brought to life with the help of Juno- and Grammy-winning producer Joby Baker, it’s entitled Morcenx but the idea could be “how green was my CD!”.

Jay said this week, “The album focuses thematically on sustainability issues and the journey one takes to discovering them. I investigated whether messages would better influence people coming from pop-culture fig-

ures rather than from scientists.

The results of a year-long study showed it didn’t matter who people thought was telling them the message, but hearing a message versus not hearing one did make a difference.”

It’s time to get sustainable, he said. “Gaining a deeper understanding of global economic concepts, cultural globalization, and how these alter our biosphere led me to want to make a change.”

Jay will be performing acoustically, using live looping to create the feel captured in his album.

The show begins at 7:30 p.m.

Tickets are $12 in advance and $15 at the door.

Film wins tourism honour LEXI BAINAS CITIZEN

Valley filmmaker Nick Versteeg was honoured recently by Tourism Vancouver Island, winning the group’s Innovator of the Year award for the outstanding film, Once Upon a Day....Cowichan.

The presentation was made at the TVI conference Sept. 25. This video has won multiple awards as well as the hearts of Cowichan residents.

Check out the video at youtube. com/watch?v=XHC9D11xA4c, or scan this page with the Layar app on your smart phone and you’ll get a taste of what all the buzz is about.

Along with Versteeg as the producer, composer Eric Smith also attended the VI Tourism convention dinner held in Port Alberni.

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For 38 years, Lakeview, the life’s work of a forCHRONICLES mer bank T.W. Paterson employee with health issues who’d taught himself to farm by reading government manuals, was the crown jewel of the Valley’s farming industry.

Its primary product, live chicks, were shipped to half a dozen countries including China and Japan prior to the Second World War. But poultry breeding didn’t provide Solly’s only income, he having expanded to include purebred Holstein and Jersey dairy cows. Purebred because it was his motto that, “If one is going to keep dairy cows he should keep good ones.” Certainly, L.F. Solly lived up to his own credo. In 1916, two-year-old Holstein, LF. Snowball Althea, won the silver medal for second highest production in her class in B.C. with an R.O.P. performance of 12,120 pounds milk, 408 pounds fat.

I don’t know how that compares with today’s Holstein production figures but I doubt that they could really be compared on an equal footing as today’s breeding and feeding practices are such a great departure from the grass-fed and sunshine animals of Solly’s day. Curiously, as modern as he was in most respects, he was still using workhorses in the mid 1940s.

By the time of his retirement, in 1945, Lakeview consisted of 210 acres with its own lake (stocked with rainbow trout) although just over half of this acreage was described as semirough and uncleared. Of the rest, 75 acres were for hay production, 25 for poultry range, and there were more than 30 buildings of various sizes, including no fewer than five dwellings for married help (as many as 10).

Victoria-born in 1885, Solly’s introduction to the Cowichan Valley, Westholme in particular, may have been his attending an open house, public relations exercise at the Tyee Mine atop Mount Sicker, in 1905, as his name appears in newspaper coverage of the event. By 1907, after two years as a banker in Victoria, he was in possession of 150 acres straddling the E&N Railway line at Westholme. There, he produced eggs (up to 500,000 yearly) and chicks from three large incubators (White Leghorn, Rhode Island Red, New Hampshire and White Wyandotte as well as many Rhode Island Red-White Wyandotte crosses which were favoured for both egg production and table use), mainly for See Awards, honours • page 14

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In 1966, by then long retired, Solly gave an outline of his outstanding career in agriculture for the forthcoming book, Memories of the Chemainus Valley. Perhaps it was the banker in him, as the achievements, the very highlights of his life, read like entries in a ledger: –In 1931 obtained a Master Farmer’s Award [one of the highest honours of Canadian agriculture—TW] –In 1937 received the King George V

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–In later years, the interests of the Northwestern Creamery Ltd., Victoria, B.C. have been looked after in the field.

For all of Solly’s terseness, if not modesty, his farming career had been little less than spectacular.

With well-earned retirement, he retreated to four acres surrounding his new home where he “incorporated all the native trees and almost all the wild flowers native to Vancouver Island, a beautiful sight in the spring”. In 1978 it was said of Leonard Fordham Solly that “he has brought honours both to the district and himself for his many contributions to the advancement of agriculture”.

Leonard Fordham Solly takes his well-earned rest in the little All Saints Church Cemetery beside the Chemainus River. Each spring, it’s ablaze with wild flowers and native plants.

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Callum Bevington slips around a Vic Field player during Saturday’s game. [KEVIN ROTHBAUER/CITIZEN]

U16-1 Lightning fall to Vic Field KEVIN ROTHBAUER CITIZEN

A week after opening their field lacrosse season with a split against Pacific Rim, the U16 Tier 1 Mid Island Lightning suffered a lopsided defeat against Vic Field.

Taylor Martin scored both of his team’s goals at the Cowichan Sportsplex last Saturday as the Lightning went down 20-2 against the Vic Field Titans. Isaiah McKinley also got on the scoresheet with an assist.

Mid Island had better results a week ear-

lier, losing 12-6 in their opener on the road against Pacific Rim, then bouncing back to win 11-10 later that day.

James Taylor scored twice in the first game, and Martin had a goal and an assist.

Rounding out the scoring were Mathieu Jung, Kyle Page and Brian Robb.

In the second game, Robb had four goals and two helpers, Taylor recorded a hat trick, and Page scored twice. Martin and Chris Branting also found the back of the net. Tyler Weidenfell manned the net in both games.

Capitals forward Myles Powell pivots in front of the Alberni Valley net before lifting the puck over Tyger Howat’s shoulder for the team’s second goal on Friday night. [KEVIN ROTHBAUER/CITIZEN]

Weekend split for Caps KEVIN ROTHBAUER CITIZEN

Playing a pair of struggling B.C. Hockey League Island Division opponents, the Cowichan Valley Capitals were able to hold off one team on Friday, but faltered the next night.

The Caps beat the Alberni Valley Bulldogs 4-2 at home on Friday, then lost 3-0 to the Clippers in Nanaimo on Saturday.

“I thought Friday night we were able to recover from a sloppy first period and get a win,” said head coach Bob Beatty. “We were playing a team that was pretty hungry for a win, and we were aware of that.”

The Caps went two-for-two on the powerplay Friday, getting the game-winner from Kyle Horsman on the man advantage, as well as an insurance marker from Taki Pantziris. Mitch Ball had the Caps’ first goal and helped set up Horsman’s effort, and Myles Powell rounded out the scoring. Steen Cooper and Rylan Bechtel each recorded a pair of helpers, while Robin Gusse made 21 saves for the win.

The loss to the Clippers marked the second time this year that the Caps have been shut out.

“We weren’t able to get a lot of offence going,” Beatty acknowledged. “We were playing a desperate team that had lost four in a row, and I didn’t think it was our best performance by any stretch of the imagination.”

Gusse was saddled with the loss despite

making 32 saves. Nanaimo’s Jayson Argue recorded 24 stops for the shutout.

On Friday, centre Adam Moody made his first appearance for the Caps since having his jaw broken in an exhibition game at Lake Cowichan, and Beatty expects him to make more of an impact as the season rolls on. Moody had 32 points in 48 games for the Aurora Tigers of the Ontario Junior Hockey League last season.

“We’re looking to Adam to add some offence,” said the coach. “He’s a good twoway player and a veteran, and he will get better as he gets a few games under his belt.”

On Saturday, the Caps inserted Jake MacLachlan into the lineup after he was assigned to the team by the Western Hockey League’s Red Deer Rebels.

“He’s got good size, he’s very mobile,” Beatty said of MacLachlan. “He’s a young defenceman who will certainly get better with time.”

To make room for MacLachlan, the Caps shipped blueliner Devin Henes to the Flin Flon Bombers of the Saskatchewan junior A circuit. Henes had two assists and 10 penalty minutes in nine games with Cowichan.

The Caps return to the ice on Wednesday with a rematch against the Bulldogs in Port Alberni, then play Friday, Saturday and Sunday.

“We’ve certainly got our hands full this week,” said Beatty.

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Tylor Branzsen chips the puck past Comox defenceman Cody Eliason last Saturday. [KEVIN ROTHBAUER/CITIZEN] Ryan Andre controls the ball in the Saanich end. [KEVIN ROTHBAUER/CITIZEN]

Up-and-down weekend for Isles First loss for Cowichan FC KEVIN ROTHBAUER CITIZEN

An admittedly “crazy� weekend saw the Kerry Park Islanders lose to the Comox Valley Glacier Kings last Friday despite scoring a season-high seven goals, come out with a clear victory against the same team on Saturday, then get shut down by the Victoria Cougars on Sunday.

Kerry Park and Comox combined for six goals in each of the first two periods in Comox on Friday, and four in the third, as offence ruled the day. The Isles had 13 powerplay opportunities in the contest, converting five, while the Glacier Kings were two-for-eight. “It was a crazy game,� owner Mark Osmond admitted. “It was one of those weird shootout games.�

Corey Peterson paced the offence with two goals and three assists.

Alex Milligan had two goals and one helper, and Nick Hayes and Braedan Cross had a goal and two assists each. Tylor Bransen had three assists, and Eric Mansueti had a goal and an assist. Jackson Jane stopped 28 of 37 shots.

At home on Saturday, the Isles got off to a good start with two powerplay goals in the opening frame and held on from there. “We dominated the first period,� said Osmond. “We took our foot of the gas in the second, but it was a good game for the fans.�

Mansueti again had a goal and an assist, while Cross, Cody Short and Taylor Armbruster rounded out the scoring. Branzsen had another two helpers. Leighton Williams made 30 saves.

Hoping to become the first team

to defeat the Cougars in regulation, the Isles instead were beaten 7-0 by the perennial powerhouse.

The Cougars had 11 powerplays in the game, scoring on four of them, while the Isles had the man advantage just three times. “They’re a hard-working team,� said Osmond. “But I think some of the calls against us were a little soft, and there were some noncalls on their part. I don’t mind the calls on us — they were probably warranted — but I think they were doing just as much.�

Jane was peppered with 49 shots, and stopped 42 of them. Victoria’s Connor Beauchamp made 19 saves for the shutout.

The Isles have another homeand-home against the Glacier Kings this weekend, starting Friday night at 7:30 at Kerry Park Arena.

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Whoever scores first, wins.

That seems to be the way it goes in Division 1 of the Vancouver Island Soccer League, especially for Cowichan FC. Unfortunately, it was the Saanich Fusion who scored first in Cowichan’s game at the Ladysmith turf last Saturday.

It took five minutes for the Fusion to score, and that was enough for them to win 1-0: Cowichan’s first loss of the season.

The goal early in Saturday’s contest was the first one allowed by keeper Joel Wilson in five games this year, and 11 league games dating back to last season.

It came on a corner kick, and as of Tuesday morning, head coach Glen Martin still wasn’t sure how it materialized.

“No one’s admitting it was their check,� he said.

After the Fusion scored, they concentrated on defence, only occasionally going up on a counterattack. Cowichan was repeatedly frustrated. “We played quite well,� said Martin. “I couldn’t believe we didn’t score in 90 minutes. I wasn’t unhappy with the effort, but I was disappointed we didn’t at least tie the game.�

Cowichan will head to Victoria’s Finlayson Park for its next two games, including one next Sunday against Castaways, who sit eighth in the nine-team division. “We’ll be really putting pressure on ourselves if we don’t win this game,� said Martin. “This is a big one for us to get some momentum going.�

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• Documentary Night at the Duncan library every third Monday. Film for October The Gentle Bear Man of Emo, story of how wild animals taught one broken man to be human again. Monday, Oct. 21, 6 p.m. Free. Stay and talk about film afterwards.

• Valley Seniors Organization 6th Annual Craft Fair, Nov. 2, 9 a.m,-2 p.m., Seniors Activity Centre, 198 Government St., Duncan. Free mini totem tour. Six foot table rental $15. Info:

Seniors • Chemainus Seniors Drop-in Centre choirs. Mens Choir Mondays, 9-10:30 a.m.; Ladies Choir Mondays, 11 a.m.12:30 p.m.; Mixed Choirs Fridays 1011:30 a.m.

• Chemainus 55+ Drop in Centre soup and sandwich, Oct. 16, 11:30-1 p.m., $5.

• Chemainus 55+ Drop in Centre dance Oct. 26, 7 p.m., $9, lunch included. Music: Esquires.

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Music • Romanza: three world-class tenors, featuring Ken Lavigne, Thursday, Nov. 7, 7:30 p.m., St. John the Baptist Anglican Church, Duncan. Tickets $25 advance (church office, 9 a.m.-noon Tuesday-Friday), $30 at the door.

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JOURNEYMAN Automotive Service Technician(s) in Hanna Alberta. Hanna Chrysler Ltd. offers competitive wages from $30/hour, negotiable depending on experience. Bright, modern shop. Full-time permanent with benefits. Friendly town just 2 hours from major urban centres. More info at: hannachrylser.ca. Fax 403854-2845; Email: chrysler@telusplanet.net.

MAIN ROAD South Island Contracting is looking for class 1 and 3 drivers to plough snow this winter. If interested please call 250746-7510 or 250-391-7310

PSYCHICS

Local logging company looking for a qualified BUCKERMAN AND HOOKTENDER for the Lake Cowichan area.

Full benefit pkg. union positions. Please reply by fax or email.

Fax 250-597-4776 northviewtimber@shaw.ca

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It is with great sadness we announce the passing of Nell at Cairnsmore Nursing Home, Duncan, on Tuesday, October 8th 2013. Born in Abcoude, Holland on June 13th, 1921, she spent the last 55 years in the Cowichan Valley. Nell is survived by her brother Nick and will be greatly missed by her son Rene and his wife Mary, grandchildren Liz (Mike), James, Amanda (Steve), great grandchildren Allison and Eric, and numerous nieces and nephews.

There will be a celebration of her life at Duncan Christian Reformed Church, 930 Trunk Road, Duncan on Saturday, 19th October at 11am.

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White 15 cu.ft fridge $175.

White 30’’ range $150. White 30’’ smooth top range $150.

Almond 30’’ range $100.

Kenmore washer/dryer $300. LG front load washer/dryer $450. Apt size stackable W/D $350. GE washer $150. GE dryer $150.

Inglis dryer $100. GE built-in dishwasher $125. & more!

6-mth warranty on all appliances. Greg: 250-246-9859.

BUILDING SUPPLIES NUMBER 1 GRADE Hand split cedar shakes. Phone for details 250−749−3140.

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FOR SALE - MISC BUTCHER SUPPLIES, Leather + Craft Supplies and Animal Control Products.

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780-846-2231 (Office); 780-846-2241 (Fax).

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THRIFT STORE 7th-day Adventist 3rd & 4th Sunday of October 10 am - 2 pm.

Thursdays 11 am - 1 pm Join us for Bible Study Thursdays 10 - 11 am.

Refreshments 10 am 3441 Gibbins Rd.

´ KIWANIS FLEA MARKET ´ Every Saturday, from 9am til 2pm Girl Guide Hall, 321 Cairnsmore St. For info phone: Pat at 250-748-1200 or Dave at 250-746-3616

FOODSAFE COURSES Level-1. Sat, Oct 19, Nov 16 $70/prsn. Location: Island Savings Centre.

(250)746-4154 to register. www.saferfood.ca

PETS PUPPY PATCH. Vacations or just for the day. Loving in my home care for your small best friend. Judy 250−748−8323.

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RENTALS

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SUITES FOR RENT

CLEANING

EVERGREEN PLACE 1 or 2 bedrooms 2BR/1BA $800 DUNCAN 5 appl non smoking condo avail Nov 1.

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REALTORS WELCOME.

HOUSES FOR RENT

Kae’s Cleaning - House cleaning + yardwork avail. $25.00/hr, min 2 hrs. Call Angie 250-510-5498

1094 ISLAY ST. HOSPITAL HILL.

MAPLE GROVE APARTMENT $100 OFF 1st Month’s Rent 3271 Cowichan Lake Rd 2 and 3 bdrm units.

Heat and hot water included. Family orientated. Clean and quiet. Reno’d units.

Indoor pet welcome. On site laundry facilities.

To view 250-710-7515 or 250-748-3412 www.meicorproperty.com OCEAN VIEW COWICHAN BAY. New 2Bdrm/den, 2 Baths. 2 patios, S/S appli. $1350/mo.

Avail. Oct. 15. Rent to own option. 250−701−0521.

RETIREMENT Apartments, All Inclusive. Meals, transportation, activities daily. Short Leases. Monthly Specials!

Call 877-210-4130 Royal Alexander Apartments 1 & 2 Bdrms, quiet, secure & newly renovated. Over looking lovely garden. Seniors welcome. 2575 Alexander St. Call 250-746-6442 www.royalalexander.ca

Springridge Manor, has a fresh new look. 1 BR ste’s clean & bright $590/mo.

3 BR ste’s totally reno’d $900, near University, ns/np Call 250-732-1839

SHAUGHNESSY GARDENS $100 OFF 1st Month’s Rent!

3251 Cowichan Lake Rd Clean 1 & 2 bdrm unit.

Full size fridge, stove & dishwasher. Carpet & linoleum, window coverings, fireplace. Quite, well maintained building with elevator & sauna.

Close to schools & hospital. Pet friendly.

To view 250-710-7515 or 250-748-3412. www.meicorproperty.com

4BDRM, 3Full Baths. 2500sq. Large rooms. Reno’d kitchen, cov− ered porch & verandah. New plumbing, wiring (cable & internet).

HT pump & insulation. Appliances? $1750/mo. Ref. required.

Storage/work shop/mini man cave. 250−246−7476

SUITES FOR RENT COBBLE HILL small 1Bdrm.

Avail. now. Newer, no steps, suit 1 mature person. Laundry, no dogs, N/S, ref req. $550/ mo. Heat/electric included.

250−743−4154.

DUNCAN lrg 3Bdrm, computer rm, laundry rm, mud rm entrance, new kitchen. Carport w/workshop. Sm fenced front yard & more. Pet considered. $1250/mo. incl. lrg screen TV, hydro and util. 250−701−7923.

DUNCAN Private entr., modern 1Bdrm. Cable/net/util incl. W/D. Hosp. area. Avail immed. $650/mo. quiet person.

250.701.0069 or 250.710.6998 FOR ONE PERSON Cowichan Bay near 4−way. Level−entry bsmt. Bright/spacious. Covered patio/Quiet/private. Ideal for mature lady. N/S, N/P, N/L. $500./mo. util. incl. 748−7704.

LADYSMITH new bright 1 Br oceanfront, laminate flrs, all appls, d/w, laundry, prkg, NS/NP. $700 incls hydro.

Immed. 1-604-984-0836 LK. COW. Cozy 1Bdrm, free laundry, cable, internet, hydro. $550. No parties. Employed and ref. 250−932−2530.

SHAWNIGAN LAKE. large 2 bdrm, above ground, recent upgrades, $900 incl utils, ns, np, w/d, NOW (250)715-6951

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1 bdrm Cottage, very private, w/d, utils, prkg, $650/mth.

Nov.1st or 15th 250-743-9912 2BDRM in Chemainus, near golf course. Suit working couple. 1−250−724−1397.

LAKE COWICHAN, Greendale Rd, riverfront, 1 & 2 br furn cabins, avail Nov.1st-May 1st, mthly rates $850-$950 all inclusive. Weekly rates avail. Greendale Cabins.

250-749-6570

DUPLEXES FOR RENT DUNCAN 3Bdrm 2.5 Bath, W/D, F/S, D/W, Covered deck, fenced yard. Sm. pet ok. Avail.

Oct. 15. $1200/mo. 250−818− 1913 or 250−743−8373.

LAKE COWICHAN 3Bdrm ground floor ste, 1.5 baths, F/S, W/D. N/P, N/S. $950/mo.+ utilities. Available Oct 15, 250-748-9977 or Cell 250-710-8816.

SHARED ACCOMMODATION MILL BAY Completely furnished room in large quiet home. Off road parking. $375/mo. incl. many extras. 250−733−0905.

COMMERCIAL HAIR SALON Fully equipped. For rent.

Phone Ronnie: 250−701−7923

For all your cleaning, cooking and laundry needs.

Island Domestic has experienced housekeepers.

We also do apartment, offices and one-time cleans.

Serving Mill Bay to Ladysmith.

Bonded, Insured, WCB, registered with DVA. 7100864 or 866-749-0213. www.islanddomestic services.ca

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PAINTING/ WALLPAPER

PAVING/SEAL COATING ALLEN ASPHALT concrete, brick, drains, foundations, walls, membranes 250-751-0310 OR 778-269-1113

RENOS & HOME IMPROVEMENT GARIVA PAINTING & FINISHING Repaint, Finishing Carpentry Drywall Finishing, Tile Work Laminate & Hardwood install Ref. avail. 250−324−4011.

LOOKING to expand/ renovate your home/ bathroom/kitchen/ basement? Roofing & finish carpentry also available.

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RUBBISH REMOVAL A YARD OR TWO DELIVERY SERVICE All Gravels, Mulch, Garden Soils.

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P. M. Paint: 20−701−7083

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