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Rick Lobb said changes to bus service along the old Lake Cowichan highway are both inconvenient and costly to him. Lobb, who lives on Riverbottom Road, takes the bus to and from work, and had always caught the #7 at 6:35 p.m. from Duncan to get him home in the evening. The bus used to take a route with a number of stops to service the streets, like Riverbottom Road, branching off from Cowichan Lake Road. But bus schedule changes have made that bus an express line that heads straight out to Lake Cowichan, bypassing the previous stops along the way. There is a bus that leaves Duncan at 5:01 p.m., but Lobb said it’s not practical to expect people working a regular work day to use it. “That’s cutting me out of an hour’s worth of work,” he explained. See TRANSIT SAYS, Page 5
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Dressed in the colourful national costume of Mexico, Lucia Marquez Contreras of the Fiesta Latina Folklore Dancers of Victoria entertains the happy crowd at the Cowichan Intercultural Society’s One World Festival Saturday, Oct. 18 at the Siem Lelum auditorium. The event included performances by members of many ethnic groups, the chance to taste delicacies from around the world and a celebration of the Valley’s vibrant cultural diversity. [LEXI BAINAS/CITIZEN]
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Cowichan Green Community President Bev Suderman and Executive Director Judy Stafford accept their award from Real Estate Foundation of BC governor Anna Warwick Sears. [SUBMITTED]
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Funds still needed as lung transplant prospect brightens LEXI BAINAS CITIZEN
Cobble Hill resident Tami Walker is inching closer to getting a lifesaving double lung transplant operation. But, she’s not there yet, friend Peggy Hunt said. “She is over in Vancouver. She’s meeting with the transplant team this morning [Tuesday]. They were thinking of keeping her in but she’s talked them into letting her come home for the weekend and go back on Monday. This is only for testing. “At this point, we still don’t know for sure if she’s bringing home the pager but we think that’s the plan,� Hunt said. The pager is a key part of Walker’s hope for recovery from pulmonary hypertension. It means that the hospital in Vancouver can contact her when appropriate lungs become available. “Then we’d have to wait for the
lungs,� Hunt said. Everything has been hinging on whether or not Walker and her husband, Norm, can raise $25,000 for him to stay in Vancouver and help her with aftercare once she has new lungs. The problem was that the Walkers didn’t have that money. Friends and other supporters are stepping in, trying to help by fundraising. “We’ve guaranteed the money for them, the fundraising team has. That way she’s on the list. The fundraising is going pretty well so far. And they’ve agreed to that,� Hunt said. The Walkers’ trip to Vancouver this past weekend was covered by some of the funds already raised, Hunt said. “At this point we’re still busy fundraising and waiting to hear from Tami on whether she comes back with the pager or not but we’re hopeful,� she said.
Cowichan Green Community takes home prize for Station KEVIN ROTHBAUER CITIZEN
Nominated for the third time in the Non-Profit Sector category at the Real Estate Foundation of BC Land Awards, Cowichan Green Community finally took home the prize from the ceremony last Friday. A cornerstone of the environmental movement in the Cowichan Valley, CGC was honoured for its work in transforming the Station on Duncan Street from a run-down hotel and bar into a beacon of sustainability. Pleased to be nominated once again, CGC Executive Director Judy Stafford thought that, once again, that was as far as they would get. “To be honest, I didn’t think we were going to win,� she said. “We were up against some really great projects.� The other finalists included the Society for Organic Urban Land Care, which has provided landscape training and accreditation for local governments in several B.C. municipalities, and Kettle on Burrard, a 16-storey affordable housing project in Vancouver
with 141 units for youth at risk of homelessness. “When I read about that one, I thought, ‘forget it,’� Stafford confessed. CGC Board President Bev Suderman had some ideas about what made their project stand out, even among such impressive competition. “We were looking at the bottom line, at financial sustainability, as well as environmental and social sustainability,� she pointed out. There was a community-healing component to the project that may have played a role in the decision, Suderman noted, as the Station has taken over a location that had some negative associations for many community members. It has helped CGC develop a strong relationship in particular with local First Nations. “That part of the story probably made a difference to getting the award,� she said. CGC’s first nomination at the Land Awards was for the community garden it helped build at Alexander School on Beverly Street, and the second was for the Kin Park Youth Urban Farm on
Alderlea Street in Duncan. The Station, the project that finally nabbed the prize for the society, is located in the former Phoenix Station Motor Inn, and now features the CGC offices, 20 affordable housing units, two businesses — Cycle Therapy and Harmony Yoga — that share CGC’s philosophies, and a commercial kitchen where cooking classes are offered. A food forest is located outside. The win, Stafford feels, shows that a group from a small community with a small budget can be just as effective as an organization from a big city with a multimillion-dollar project. As a result of their victory last week, CGC has been invited to speak about the Station project at conferences, where Stafford hopes to inspire other groups to do what they have done. “If Cowichan Green Community can do something like this, then anybody can,� she said. “We didn’t have a ton of skills going into it, but it’s been a worthwhile endeavour. We are more than willing to share some of our learnings with other people.�
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Wednesday, October 22, 2014 | Cowichan Valley Citizen
Notice of Election by Voting 2014 General Local Election Public notice is hereby given to the electors of the City of Duncan that an election by voting is necessary to elect one (1) Mayor and six (6) Councillors for approximately a four‐year term beginning December 1, 2014. The persons nominated as candidates and for whom votes will be received are:
OFFICE OF MAYOR ONE (1) TO BE ELECTED
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KENT
Phil
320 Ypres Street, Duncan, BC
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Peter Lockhart
North Cowichan, BC
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Bobby
Area E Sahtlam/Glenora/Cowichan Station, BC
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Roger
North Cowichan, BC
HORGAN
John
2433 Bidston Road, Mill Bay, BC
BEALE
Katelyn
Duncan, BC
NIELSEN
George
North Cowichan, BC
DUNCAN
Tom
Duncan, BC
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Michelle
Area C ‐ Cobble Hill, BC
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Michelle
247 Cairnsmore Street, Duncan, BC
THORNE
Joe
3083 Kakalatse Road, Duncan, BC
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John B.
114 Campbell Place, Duncan, BC
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Sharon
Duncan, BC
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Martin
741 Coronation Avenue, Duncan, BC
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Gordy Gordy
North Cowichan, BC
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Travis
North Cowichan, BC
RESIDENT ELECTORS To register as a resident elector, you must meet the following qualifications: age 18 years or older on Voting Day; a Canadian citizen; a resident of BC for at least 6 months immediately preceding Voting Day [since May 13, 2014]; a resident of the City of Duncan for at least 30 days immediately preceding Voting Day [since October 15, 2014]; and, not otherwise disqualified by law from voting. You will be required to produce two (2) pieces of identification (at least one with a signature). Picture identification is not necessary. The identification must prove both residency and identity.
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In addition to voting for Mayor and Councillors, qualified electors will be asked the following non‐binding community opinion questions:
COMMUNITY OPINION QUESTION 1. Are you in favour of spending time and resources to study the costs and benefits of the amalgamation of the municipalities of North Cowichan and the City of Duncan?
Yes No
2. Are you in favour of spending time and resources to study the options, costs, and benefits of realignment of the existing boundaries of the City of Duncan, either separately, or together with an amalgamation study?
Yes No
To register as a non‐resident property elector you must meet the following qualification: age 18 years or older on Voting Day; a Canadian citizen; a resident of BC (as per s.52 of the Local Government Act) for at least 6 months prior to Election Day [since May 13, 2014]; must not be entitled to register as a resident elector; must have been a registered owner of real property in the City of Duncan for at least 30 days immediately preceding Voting Day [since October 15, 2014]; not otherwise disqualified by law from voting. The identification documents must prove both residency and identity, and at least one must contain your signature. Types of acceptable identification are the same as for resident electors. In addition, if more than one individual is the registered owner of the real property, only one of those individuals may register and the person registering must do so with the written consent of the number of those individuals who, together with the person registering, are a majority of registered owners. Persons qualifying as Non‐Resident Property Electors who will be applying to register at the time of voting, must complete an application form, must provide at least two documents that provide evidence of the applicant's identity and must provide a copy of Land Title registration or a Tax Notice which provides proof of ownership. At least one of the documents must contain the applicant's signature, such as a Driver s Licence. Note:
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GENERAL VOTING DAY GENERAL VOTING DAY will be open to qualified electors of the City of Duncan on Saturday, November 15, 2014 between the hours of 8 am and 8 pm at the Duncan Fire Hall, 468 Duncan Street, Duncan, BC.
ADVANCE VOTING OPPORTUNITIES ADVANCE VOTING OPPORTUNITIES will be open to qualified electors of the City of Duncan on Wednesday, November 5, 2014 and Wednesday, November 12, 2014 between the hours of 8 am and 8 pm at City Hall, 200 Craig Street, Duncan, BC.
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Cowichan Valley Citizen | Wednesday, October 22, 2014
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Comic Book Expo organizer Katrina Espetveidt displays some comics in front of the sandwich board advertising this weekend’s big event. [SUBMITTED]
Comic Book Expo coming to Cowichan KEVIN ROTHBAUER CITIZEN
Fans of comic books and associated hobbies will have their day this Sunday as the first-ever Duncan Comic Book Expo takes place at the Cowichan Exhibition Grounds. Comic collectors in the Cowichan Valley often have to journey out of town in order to find what they are looking for, said Katrina Espetveidt, one of the organizers, and a former employee of the late, lamented Collector’s Choice comic book store. “People were sad when it shut down,” Espetveidt said. “There’s a huge fan base here, and they all go to Victoria and Nanaimo to get comics. We have a group of friends that go all over the Island, and we wanted to bring that to Duncan.” A local comic book club started up about a year ago, and members are hoping to reach out to more of the community with this opportunity to discuss, sell, buy and learn about comics. “We want to start small and grow into some-
“There’s a huge fan base here, and they all go to Victoria and Nanaimo to get comics. We have a group of friends that go all over the Island, and we wanted to bring that to Duncan.” KATRINA ESPETVEIDT, organizer
thing bigger,” Espetveidt said. Among the exhibitors at this weekend’s expo are comic book dealers from Victoria, Nanaimo and Parksville, as well as local businesses. 4Cats Arts Studio will be on hand with tutorials about manga and watercolour drawing. There will be demonstrations of T-shirt silk-screening and a button press. With Halloween just around the corner, visitors to the expo are encouraged to wear costumes, and prizes will be awarded. There will be free comics and goodie bags for kids in costume.
That amounts to about $300 a month in lost revenue. Further, Lobb said, the change means people from his area coming home on the commuter bus from Victoria or the Greyhound from Nanaimo are also out of luck. The new express caters just to the Town of Lake Cowichan, he said and he would like Cowichan Valley Transit to reinstate the old service. “At least everybody gets home,” he said. The recent changes to the bus schedule and routes came after BC Transit and the Cowichan Valley Regional District held a number of open houses and hosted online surveys, said BC Transit spokesperson Meribeth Burton. A preview of the proposed changes was also offered over the past 12 months, [CITIZEN FILE] she said. Lobb said he didn’t know about the changes until this month, just before they went into Steve Drane Harley-Davidson® effect, and immediately called transit and CVRD Vancouver Island's only authorized Harley-Davidson® retailer authorities. “We are aware of the customer who feels he was better served before the changes,” Burton said. 2940 Ed Nixon Terrace “BC Transit and the CVRD will continue to monitor our customers’ responses to the new schedVictoria, BC V9B 0B2 ule, and as is common practice throughout the 250-475-1345 130 B.C. communities we serve, if refinements are required, we will do our best make adjustments to SteveDraneHarley.com ensure transit in the Cowichan Valley Regional District is the efficient and effective solution for our customers.” sales • service • parts • collectibles • accessories Lobb said that’s not good enough. “In the meantime people are going to be losing money, some people will probably lose work,” he said. TM
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Wednesday, October 22, 2014 | Cowichan Valley Citizen
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Huge number of candidates is inspirational o doubt about it, it’s a daunting task for us here at the newspaper to try to get to know a little about each of the candidates for municipal office. With 87 of them, we’ve got a lot of work ahead of us to give the community the information they need to help them choose who they want to vote for on Nov. 15. But we’re not complaining. The number of people who have chosen to throw their hats into the ring is a ringing endorsement for democracy in the Cowichan Valley. What it will do is haul local
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have been inspired to run for office, so will the general public be inspired to go out and cast their ballot on voting day. With so many choices, nobody can claim there isn’t at least one or two people they can endorse. Bravo to everyone who has stood up and put their names forward. Now it’s up to the public to take up the democratic torch. We encourage everyone to attend an all-candidates meeting if they can, and go to the Citizen website (www.cowichanvalleycitizen.com) and read our profiles on the hopefuls.
With such a long list (there are 17 candidates just for school board) it can seem intimidating to try to sort one from the other, especially if you just show up on voting day. The ballot can sure look long with so many names swimming around. So we recommend that you begin to make a list as you read about the candidates, or see them in person — perhaps even hear them respond to a question you might have. Take your list with you to the polls and voting is a quick and easy procedure.
After attending a town hall meeting and as a longtime member and employee of Island Savings I don’t understand why any of our members would be against the proposed merger/partnership with First West. We should be thankful for a board of directors that doesn’t have their heads in the sand and is able to recognize a timely, economically favourable opportunity. After all, a credit union is a co-op, and that’s exactly what’s proposed, another co-op, on a slightly larger scale. If we weren’t living on an Island, would people be so geographically obsessed with what “local” means? All we’re doing is expanding our horizon. To use Don Skerik’s words: “I ask that all Island Savings members come to the aid of our Credit Union”... just vote “yes” instead of “no”.
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Traffic circles tangled in misconceptions An article previously published in local papers erroneously states that motorists entering traffic circles must yield to vehicles coming from the left. This creates a situation that increases the danger and frustration of using traffic circles. A string of 10 vehicles using this rule will follow one another into the circle while a vehicle attempting to enter from the next entrance must wait while all the vehicles in the string pass like elephants nose to tail. The correct rule of the road on single lane circles is 1. to keep right and travel counterclockwise through the circle, 2. yield
to vehicles already in the circle, 3. when two vehicles approach neighbouring entrances at the same time, the vehicle to the right has the right-of-way. The rule of yielding to the vehicle on the left applies to multiple lane traffic circles where the vehicle on the left has the right-of-way to move to the right providing that it is safe to do so. Using the correct rules is much like a four way stop or uncontrolled intersection and provides as smooth accident free flow of traffic. Therefore if a vehicle yields to the first or any other vehicle in the string of vehicles which is any part or all in the circle, then the next vehicle in the string of vehicles must give right-of-way
to the vehicle on its right that yielded to the preceding vehicle of the string. This would not be a problem with vehicles entering from opposite sides of the circle at the same moment, only at adjacent entrances. Don Parker Cowichan Bay
A million dollars spent to ruin our parking lot On a busy day in Chemainus, the Waterwheel parking lot is jammed with buses of all sizes, and many cars and trucks. This was the reason why building a library on the lot was not a good idea.
Now, the perfectly good parking lot has been torn up. Close to $1 million of taxpayers’ money has been spent to “beautify” the area, wiping out more than 40 parking spots and putting in curbs that will make it much more difficult to navigate your way through. We had a big, flat, versatile parking lot. Now we are $1 million poorer and stuck with a “pretty” but “pretty useless” parking lot. Steve Parson Chemainus
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he Cowichan Valfewer can access it ley needs more today. affordable child That means too care spaces. many families are Like many places in dependent on ad hoc Canada, families here child care — asking can spend more on family members to fill child care than they do in or using unlicensed on rent. caregivers whose COMMUNITY According to the Canpremises are not REPORT adian Mortgage and inspected or a blend of Jean Crowder Housing Corporation, both. the average monthly That means children rent of a three-bedroom apartmay not be receiving all the ment in Duncan in April 2013 benefits of early childhood eduwas $837. cation, leaving them ill-prepared The monthly cost of care for a for entering kindergarten. Or it child under three years old was may mean their family earns less $850 to $900 in 2011. The univerincome because the parents cansal child care benefit, praised by not take on a full-time job. Conservatives as a way to help That’s why New Democrats parents pay for the cost of child announced a platform commitcare, is only $100 a month. ment to a new, national child Between 2007, when Social care plan, one that ensures Planning Cowichan released its affordability for all parents, first report on affordable child regardless of income. care, and 2011 the Cowichan ValModelled on the successful Queley lost 421 child care spots. bec child care model, the goal is Less than half the families to ensure parents only pay up to needing affordable child care $15 a day for child care with suscould access it in 2007, so the loss tainable long-term funding that of that many spaces means even allows provinces, businesses and
Several months ago I attended a public meeting at Shawnigan Lake where the CVRD tried to sell the idea of continuing and increased funding to the Cowichan Sportsplex. This is one of the spending proposals being put to voters next month. After the presentation, which contained exaggerated use data on the facility but little useful information on salaries and
annual spending, all of those present at the meeting voted “no” to the proposal to give this group regular tax funding. The rejection was because a third party wanted more taxes from the public yet did not offer full disclosure where the money was to be spent or what their long term spending plans are. The CVRD representative promised to provide that information but never did. I am still waiting to find out what are the salaries and wages being paid to
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parents to plan ahead. This will not be a one-size-fitsall plan. New Democrats will work with provinces and First Nations to ensure a program that responds to local priorities. In Quebec, subsidized day care paid for itself, with 70,000 more women entering the workforce and a boost to the provincial economy of $1.75 for every dollar invested in child care. Guaranteed funding will also give day care providers more security, allowing them to invest in capital improvements to increase the number of child care spaces available. As our population ages, more of the eligible workforce will have to be earning income and paying taxes for all Canadians to continue to enjoy our high standard of living. So it makes sense now to invest in a universal child care system. We can’t afford to wait. For more details, please follow the links on my website, www. jeancrowder.ca Jean Crowder is the Member of Parliament for Nanaimo-Cowichan.
all Sportsplex employees using our tax money? Once a private group gets full access to public funding from the CVRD it is a virtual guarantee that they will get tax money year after year. It will also increase annually with little public oversight and outside the mandatory reporting of salaries and financial reports that is required for direct CVRD spending. W.E. (Bill) Dumont Cobble Hill
Everyone knows that John Koury is a federal Conservative so it is just plain silly for David Gordon to try to link his local election platform to some big bad plot engineered by Stephen Harper. How ridiculous! Is he going to say the same about other candidates who might have federal and provincial affiliations and link their platforms to Justin Trudeau and Thomas Mulcair? Let’s try to keep municipal politics as non partisan as possible and base our decisions on the person and their platform please! Reed Elley Chemainus
Claimants releasing a bunch of hot air Re: Peter Nix letter, Oct. 17 Eureka! I found it! A certain fix for the unwarranted release of CO2 by humankind into the atmosphere. This one action alone would minimize both further humanogenic climate change
and global warming not to mention the Lord only knows what other catastrophes. It simply requires that the vocal claimants of the devastating effects of climate change stop talking about it. All the CO2 they exhale while talking so much is fueling disaster on our planet. I beseech them to cease this thoughtless behaviour and instead become saviours of the world. Pat Mulcahy Saltair Carbon Mythbuster
Offers of help restore faith in mankind While out and about Oct. 5 we suffered a breakdown while traveling in a group 50-60 kilometres south of Lake Cowichan and Port Renfrew. Those who know this road will know there is nothing out there but the road and there is no cell coverage. We were overwhelmed with the kindness of many strangers who stopped and offered their assistance. It renews your faith on mankind. Alex Currie Chemainus
Let’s stop the runaway tax increases. Limit them to no more than the rate of inflation!
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Fall Tips for Drivers: ICBC says “Leave Your Phone Alone” Kids are back in school, the weather is getting cooler, and the days shorter. All three have implications for our roadways and how we drive.
These events happen each fall, but it never hurts to remind motorists about paying closer attention behind the wheel as conditions change. That’s especially true today, as people become more reliant on By Blair Qualey their smartphones and staying in constant communication. John Dickinson, ICBC’s director of road safety, says too many drivers automatically reach for their phone when they hear it ring or a text message comes through. It’s a bad habit that needs to be broken. “Getting people to leave their phone alone while driving will go a long way to making our roads safer, and in reducing claims costs and insurance rates,” Dickinson says. An Ipsos Reid survey commissioned by ICBC
shows that 84 per cent of B.C. drivers who own cell phones agree that texting while driving is risky, yet 25 per cent admit to doing it. That’s why, among the other driving tips being laid out this fall - including slowing down in school zones and stopping for school buses when the lights are flashing - the provincial government and ICBC have stepped up their campaign against distracted driving. Drivers are four times more likely to crash if they’re using their phone while driving, says Todd Stone, B.C.’s Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure. Statistics show distracted driving is the secondleading cause of car crash fatalities in B.C., behind impaired driving. On average, 88 people are killed each year in our province due to driver distractions. “We are asking drivers to leave their phones
alone and stay focused on the road. A text or a call is not worth risking your life over,” says Stone. ICBC is also distributing decals for motorists to display on their vehicles as a statement to others that they don’t use their cellphone while driving. They’re also meant to encourage other drivers to make the same pledge. That said, simply staying off the phone while driving isn’t enough to keep our roads safe. Motorists also need to watch for pedestrians who may be distracted by their smartphones or other electronic devices as they cross the street. That includes children as they travel to and from school. While parents are encouraged to teach their children about safety on the roads, including remove headphones and putting away smartphones to stay alert when crossing the street, it doesn’t always happen.
On average in B.C., five child pedestrians aged five to 18 are killed and 290 injured in 270 car crashes every year, ICBC says using data from 2009 to 2013. While distracted driving isn’t always the cause, it’s certainly a risk. That’s why drivers need to be diligent. That means yielding to pedestrians: It’s not only the right thing to do, it’s the law. The best advice always is to drive defensively. Play your part in keeping our roads safe. For more safe driving tips and information visit icbc.com. Blair Qualey is President and CEO of the New Car Dealers Association of BC. Email him at bqualey@newcardealers.ca.
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Wednesday, October 22, 2014 | Cowichan Valley Citizen
Wylie enters mayoral race ‘Wasted’ municipal money with vision for the future has Crevels running for council LEXI BAINAS CITIZEN
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Kyle Wylie is running for Mayor of Lake Cowichan. It’s been a journey arriving at this point. “After spending seven months in Central East Africa on business, I returned last spring to my hometown of beautiful Lake Cowichan,” he said. “I noticed some good and some questionable changes in our community, some of which left me questioning why. My parents had taught me some very valuable principles, one being: ‘You should never complain about things unless you are willing to do something about it.’” That is how he’s arrived on the hustings. “I am excited to be back in Lake Cowichan and happy to do my best to serve the town as much as possible.” He’s quickly become re-involved with a number of different groups. He is now vice president of the Kaatza Lakeside Players and has been appointed as an interim director of the Lake Cowichan and District Chamber of Commerce. Since graduating from Lake Cowichan Secondary School in 2002, he’s honed his management skills in business on Vancouver Island, and in other countries around the world. “I look forward to starting and raising
Lake Cowichan’s Hubert Crevels has never tried running for office before but what he’s seeing around town lately has been the impetus for a campaign. “I’m concerned about council wasting money; all those traffic islands and so forth when there’s stuff to be done.” There are far more important things to be spending the money on, he said. “Well, there are sidewalks that are losing their edges; lots of older people in this town have trouble walking on those sidewalks. They have deteriorated badly,” he said. “I also have heard of quite a few waterline breaks and sewer repairs are going on all the time. They keep on breaking and have to be replaced but instead council puts down traffic islands. “I have no objections to the roundabout but those islands, they are too much.” Crevels has some projects he’s hoping to get his teeth into if elected. “The town boat launch has been broken for about a year and a half. The concrete under water is completely broken up so when people back up their boats, suddenly boom! There’s goes the trailer. “We need to look at it right away because this town lives on tourism and if tourism
Kyle Wylie, candidate my family the way I was raised, right here in our town,” he said. Wylie called for more open communication between residents and the municipality. “I know that we need to find ways to keep costs down and make municipal businesses positive assets instead of burdens to our taxpayers. We need to find a way to help fill vacant businesses and draw light industry to the area.” Wylie said.
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Hubert Crevels, candidate goes we will lose even more,” he said. Another thing he would like to see is the removal of a lot of four-way stop signs on side roads. “Most of the four-way stops in this town don’t make sense. We don’t have the traffic for all of them. I would like to replace them with yield signs,” he said. He also thinks that, if Lake Cowichan’s speed limit is 40 km/h on the main street, it should be all over town with a sign at the entrance to the community so everyone knows the score.
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Cowichan Valley Citizen | Wednesday, October 22, 2014
George Gates steps up with bid for council seat
Island Savings + First West Partnership “Did you vote?”
“Not yet, I have questions!”
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This will be the first time George Gates has run for councillor in North Cowichan but he’s certainly not an unknown face around the Valley. “I’ve been involved with the Chamber of Commerce for eight years and worked my way through director, vice president, president and now past president,” said the proprietor of three local businesses. He’s raised two kids through elementary and high school as well. “But now that the kids are sort of flying the coop and I’ve done my tour of Chamber duty I think it’s time to move up. Some people might not say it was more putting a target on my back,” he said. Gates wants to bring a can-do attitude to council. “I’m not going to re-invent the wheel; I just want to make sure the tire’s not flat,” he said. He’s definitely not a member of any taxbusting group. “I don’t think our taxes should be lower. Based on others around B.C., ours aren’t extraordinary. I don’t think we should be paying more but basically I think we have what we have and live where we live because we pay fair taxes. My only question would be, okay, how are we spending them?” Gates is behind doing a study for amalgamation and wants to see “better control and firmer management on our water supply.”
Setting the record straight. Good news spreads quickly, but sometimes fiction George Gates, candidate Where he thinks council runs aground occasionally is when they flip-flop on decisions. “I’m of two minds about public consultation. I find it very frustrating that we can’t make things happen because of going back to the table on a continuous basis.” It’s about getting the facts first, he said. “Once we have all of the input, we need to make a decision and get on with the day.”
Tom Walker brings wealth of council experience to table LEXI BAINAS CITIZEN
Tom Walker needs no introduction to North Cowichan voters. But this time, he’s not running for mayor. After being urged to try for a return to municipal politics, Walker, who works with various organizations, came to a decision. “I thought if I could come back as just a councillor I could keep my finger in other things and still participate on council. So that’s what I’ve decided to do,” he said. In this election, though, Walker has some specific ideas. “One thing: there’s going to be quite a turnover because there are only two incumbent councillors running. So, I think the experience I have will be very valuable. I have been three years away so I’m not taking on a role of criticizing this past council. I’m more for coming up with solutions and adding in my experience.” Being on council is not as easy a job as people think, he said. “I remember when I first got elected. You face a real dose of reality. I can say I’ve been there, done that.” There is no doubt that taxation will be an issue in the election and for Walker, that means residential taxes. “I have a suspicion that we’ve probably shifted a little too much onto residential from heavy industry and some of the other tax classifications. At one time, we overly depended on industry. Now I think that
spreads even faster. When it comes to our important merger with First West Credit Union, we want Island Savings members to have the facts.
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Island Savings will lose its head office in Duncan and close branches
Island Savings will keep its head office in Duncan and regional office in Victoria—just like Valley First in Penticton and Envision Financial in Langley today—and this merger will actually help us keep our 16 branches open.
Decisions will be made in Langley, BC instead of on the Islands
Keeping local autonomy and decision-making was non-negotiable for your board. Island Savings’ local president, leadership team and regional council will be making all of the same decisions that Island Savings management makes today, right here on the Island.
Stop by your branch and ask any Island Savings employee: this partnership is good for our members, our communities, our employees and our Islands. For more of the facts, please bring your questions to your trusted Island Savings advisors. Tom Walker, candidate they’re back into making a bit of a profit, the pendulum should balance out a little better,” he said. But there will be lots more to talk about, too. “I’m not a one issue person. I can’t come up with a promise like zero per cent tax increases for the next four years. I don’t think that’s a reality but it needs to be back to common sense and balancing.”
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Wednesday, October 22, 2014 | Cowichan Valley Citizen
Spending prompts Waller’s campaign Traffic circles top Behnsen’s issues LEXI BAINAS CITIZEN
Ron Waller was born and bred in
Chemainus before his career took him far afield. Now he’s back and wants to
represent Nor th Cowichan folks on council. “I have decided to run mainly because I believe we need change,” he said. “I’ve been highly critical of our North Cowichan council, especially some of the special projects they do: for example, the artifi- Ron Waller, candidate cial turf being put at Sherman Road soccer field. “I asked a councillor they voted, ‘Didn’t you check into it? Everywhere else in the world they’re taking out artificial turf. It looks good, but $1.1 million is a lot of money for something that’s only going to last 10 years. Why didn’t they put the grant money into the new skateboard park in Chemainus and then put the other money into operations to reduce taxes? Things like that bother me,” Waller said. He is annoyed with what he sees as wasteful municipal spending. “I was driving in Chemainus the other day and there was a worker there and I asked: ‘Are you putting a sidewalk up the rest of Pine Street?’ And he said: ‘Yeah, we’ve got the money in Chemainus so we have to spend it.’ “Wrong answer! Whether it comes from federal, provincial or municipal funds, it’s the taxpayers’ money. There’s no such thing as free money.” Although he knows most about his home community, Waller has been making the rounds, assessing North Cowichan’s strengths. “We have to look at the municipality as a whole, to look at what the various parts bring into it. Every area brings something special to the family,” he said.
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Joyce Behnsen is a regular attendee at North Cowichan council meetings. She’s run for mayor before and now she’s back for another try for a seat at the table. “I have three main issues: roundabouts, money spent on consultants and finally salaries and benefits for staff,” she said. “The roundabouts are excessive. The first few, like Beverly and Lakes, fine, but now, Joyce Behnsen, candidate the one at Drinkwater and Lane is totally nuts. “And generally they are half a million dollars. I don’t believe the stats they just came out with that showed that ICBC is paying the majority either because they always show it as a line on the budget. And, no matter who pays for it, we’re all taxpayers.” She said she knows of residents in the Drinkwater, Somenos, Lane Road areas, that are now “looking at changing out their septic fields. They’ve been waiting for sewer since the mid-60s, they pay for these costly roundabouts, but they still don’t have the sewer,” Behnsen said. On out-of-town consultants, she’s equally blunt. “A million dollars last year. We’re paying them on top of our own staff. Now, they’re consulting on the Trans Canada Highway again. They had a study done in 2005; it made good, strong recommendations.” One was a bypass route, an alternate highway, an idea Behnsen likes. “When you get all the trucks out of town, you’ll get the people who want to be there. The stats are terrible for accidents from Boys Road to Herd Road.” Her final concern is salaries and benefits for municipal staff. “There is an excessive number of staff and they are too highly paid for the service they provide the population,” she said.
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Candidate Jim Fane Controlling taxes, encouraging questions municipal debt business top Mann’s priorities LEXI BAINAS CITIZEN
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Jim Fane of Chemainus has been almost pushed into running for council “I can’t sit on my hands anymore. I just think taxes are out of control. They have no idea of common sense on council. Money is being spent here, there and everywhere. It needs to stop,” he said. He said he strongly supports the way the Taxbusters group is heading. “The bottom line is when the piggy bank is empty, nothing gets done.” Fane wants to scrutinize North Cowichan’s finances “line by line to see what needs to be there and what can be eliminated.” He has been watching council meetings online and has sometimes been shocked at what he’s heard. “About three years ago, when we were told we were $7 million in debt, it was said it was no big deal because Victoria was $23 million in debt,” Fane said. “I don’t know why we’re in debt. Apparently they’ve got enough in reserves to pay it off so why are we spending $1.2 million a year to service debt?” Fane is worried that seniors may be forced out of their homes by rising rates. “Our taxes have gone up 10 per cent a year for the last 10 years. A majority of people in Chemainus are retirees on fixed income. It’s starting to hurt. “It’s unsustainable. We can’t continue to do this,” he said.
Jagtar Singh Mann is back for another try for a North Cowichan council seat. “People have been asking me. That’s why I decided to run again,” he said. His major issue: control taxes. The second plank of his platform is supporting business. The two issues are connected, according to Mann. “When you want to support business, you have to control spending and taxes. Council don’t seem to be making the right decisions right now. I watched them for the past 10 years. They don’t listen. So many people on council don’t even seem to care.” This might be his year, Mann said. “A few of them are stepping down from council. It’s an opportunity.” Mann said he’s really concerned at seeing so many young people forced to look outside the Cowichan Valley for work. “The kids are running away from here, to Alberta, to work. They can’t work here,” he said. Mann might have one interesting solution for providing more work. “People are saying they want a cruise ship port in Chemainus. Why not? They are talking about building a big hotel, too. We need one. But if council only thinks in the old way, like a hundred years back, it won’t happen.” Development should be encouraged, and the City of Duncan seems more inviting to
Jim Fane, candidate Even the business community is hurting, Fane said, and then took aim at the municipal hall. “We have too many employees in North Cowichan. In Langford where they have 30,000 residents, they have less than 100 employees. We have about 260. Other communities seem to be motoring along with less than half.”
Jagtar Singh Mann, candidate investors, making areas like Polkey Road attractive to business, he said. “There should be lots services here. People don’t want to have to drive too far,” he said. And on top of those, there really needs to be a push to build more facilities for old or handicapped people, Mann said. “We don’t have that. People have the money. They want to invest it. But they’re not allowed to yet,” he said.
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COMMON SENSE My name is Jim Fane ane and I am asking for your vote v to become a new face on North Cowichan Council. I believe new faces with the determination to put a stop to automatic annual tax increases and wasteful spending is what the taxpayers need. In addition, the new faces need COMMON SENSE and AWARENESS of the importance of: • Clean air and water • Sustainable Growth • Parks and Recreation • Affordable Housing • Know the difference between NEEDS & WANTS • Adhere to the decisions of the taxpayers Regardless of the level of importance to individual taxpayers, the quality of life in North Cowichan will slowly suffer with the exodus of young families and seniors on fixed incomes. Ask yourself, how much moreYOUR budget can take in increased TAXES and WASTEFUL spending. On November 15, 2014 vote a NEW FACE to council.
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Near-shipwreck is a taste of the future... Unlike this latest high adventure, help was within easy reach in 1938. ell, we CHRONICLES got T.W. Paterson away with it. This time. But it has happened before, with worse consequences, and it will happen again with far greater consequences. It’s like waiting for the Big One. We know it’s not a matter of if but when... I’m referring, of course, to the near-miss between pristine Haida Gwaii and the Russian cargo ship. A fortuitous mix of wind and tide played as instrumental a role as the heroic crew of the CCGS Gordon Reid in halting its drift towards the shore until a tug could arrive from Prince Rupert. This latest incident is hardly surprising when the southwestern shore of Vancouver Island was once known world-wide as the Graveyard of the Pacific, and a wreck for every mile. With hundreds of B.C. shipwrecks to choose from, I’ll just recite two involving oil spills. In May 1938 the Union Oil Co.’s tanker Santa Maria cleared Vancouver after (happily) discharging her cargo of oil at Vancouver. San Pedro-bound and riding high in the water, she made it as far as Victoria’s waterfront where 80 kmph winds roaring in from Juan de Fuca Strait buffeted her towards shore. Upon striking and holding on Glimpse Reef, her hull was punctured in several places, her forward section flooded and it was feared that she’d be swung about by the winds on a falling tide, pull free — and sink. Unlike this week’s high adventure, help was within easy reach in 1938, Victoria being the home of the S.S. Salvage King, one of the largest and best equipped salvage tugs in the world with a trained crew to match. They were quickly on the scene and began to lighten her by pumping her fuel oil over the side. With admirable dispatch they saved the Santa Maria to sail again. Too bad for the wildlife that oil slicks were a cost of doing business in those days. In January 1973 it was Alert Bay’s turn to have a near-death experience when the freighter Irish Stardust spilled more than 100,000 gallons of thick bunker fuel oil in Johnstone Strait that fouled beaches with gooey black scum for 40 miles. Alert Bay responded with an army of adults and school children armed with shovels and rakes
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Tel: 250·746·8123 Email: ken@kenneal.com Website: KenNeal.com Facebook.com/kennealduncan A Russian container ship, shown in this handout image, carrying hundreds of tonnes of fuel was drifting without power in rough seas off British Columbia’s northern coast on Friday, Oct. 17, 2014. [DND-MARITIME FORCES PACIFIC HANDOUT] and Capt. James Caird was charged with failing to report by radio that his ship was trailing oil after striking a rock in Blackfish Sound while bound for Kitimat and Japan with a load of paper products. By nightfall, the slick was drifting toward Kelsey Bay, 50 miles south of Alert Bay. Fortunately, Vancouver Island was spared by strong westerly winds that blew the slick towards Alert Bay and adjacent islands. Angered by reports of be-fouled waterfowl, the environmentalists of the day warned that the Irish Stardust could be a grim omen of the future “once 200,000-ton American supertankers begin carrying oil from Alaska to Washington State”. In 1973, provincial politician David Anderson was our foremost environmental champion; he described the Alert Bay spill as “a fraction of one per cent” of what could be expected if a supertanker had a similar mishap. No matter how good the ships and how well-trained the crews, he was convinced, accidents were to be expected. An unnamed Transport Ministry spokesman put it more bluntly: “...Had this been a 200,000–ton supertanker, we’d be wasting our time even talking about it.” Small as it was, the Irish Mist spill became B.C.’s worst to that date when the
thick bunker oil was widely dispersed by gale-force winds and that which came ashore at Alert Bay was as much as four inches thick. After a brief delay that drew criticism of its readiness to deal with catastrophic emergencies, the federal government responded with two coast guard vessels, a helicopter and “every available man and piece of equipment,” backed up by an offer by the State of Washington to borrow its oil spill cleanup equipment. In light of this week’s incident off Haida Gwaii and of the potential for disaster posed by the increased tanker traffic that will result if the Albert-B.C. oil pipeline projects are built, these comments from The Daily Colonist, Jan. 27, 1973 still resonate: “The Alert Bay mishap has demonstrated pretty effectively that much remains to be done by the federal authority not only to provide regulations to prevent a recurrence but to make available the organization and equipment required to meet such emergencies. And this without delay.” So here we are 40 years later, already dealing with more and larger supertankers and facing the prospect of doubling the increased traffic and the risks. Are we ready? www.twpaterson.com
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Gordon Lightfoot to play sold-out theatre LEXI BAINAS CITIZEN
Gordon Lightfoot’s Cowichan Valley fans have voted with their wallets. A thundering herd rushed the box office as soon as news came out that he was appearing at the Cowichan Theatre on Oct. 24. Within days, the only seats left were on the theatre’s edges and the show sold out entirely weeks ago. The Canadian music icon is marking five fan-pleasing decades in the entertainment business with an extensive tour this year and fans are flocking to see this national treasure in what may be his last visit to Island stages. Born November 17, 1938 in Orillia, Ontario, Lightfoot studied music in California, returning to Canada in the early 1960s where he began performing at the Riverboat in Toronto and in coffee houses throughout Canada and the United States. In 1966, the singer/songwriter released his debut album Lightfoot! Tracks such as For Lovin’ Me, Early Mornin’ Rain, Steel Rail Blues and Ribbon of Darkness brought him international recognition as a songwriter. As a result, cover versions of his tunes were recorded by artists such as Bob Dylan, Elvis Presley, Barbara Streisand, Johnny Cash and Peter, Paul and Mary. The songs became part of the background score for an entire generation. His Canadian Railroad Trilogy
describes the building of the Canadian Pacific Railway and was actually commissioned by the CBC for a special broadcast on Jan. 1, 1967, to kick off celebrations of Canada’s centennial year. In 1971 Lightfoot earned his first top 10 hit with If You Could Read My Mind. In 1974, his single, Sundown, went to No. 1 on the American charts, followed two years later by The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald. Inspired by a Newsweek magazine article, it reached No. 2 on the U.S. Billboard charts. By the 1990s Lightfoot was still touring extensively and released two albums. In 2004, he released his 20th album, Harmony, and appeared as a featured guest on Canadian Idol. Lightfoot’s series of presentations at Toronto’s Massey Hall are celebrated with the release of his most recent album, Massey Hall Moments – All Live, a collection of recordings of the finest Massey Hall performances, recorded between 1998 and 2001. Lightfoot has won 15 Juno awards and been nominated for five Grammy awards. He was inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame back in 1986 and the Canadian Country Music Hall Of Fame in 2001. In May 2003 he was made a Companion of the Order of Canada and is also a member of the Order of Ontario. In 2004 he was inducted into the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame and, in 2012, the U.S. Songwriters Hall of Fame.
Gordon Lightfoot is such a part of the lives of a whole generation of Canadians that they are flocking to what may be his last coast-to-coast tour. [SUBMITTED]
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Band will deliver the Nitty Gritty in Duncan LEXI BAINAS CITIZEN
Owen Laurie, 15, earned Honours on his Grade 10 Royal Conservatory Piano Exam in June, studying with Malea Delange. This year he is continuing advanced piano studies with Ann Mendenhall. Owen plays in the Frances Kelsey Secondary School band and teaches a number of beginning piano students. “Owen has enormous talent and works hard,” says Mendenhall. “I foresee a bright musical future for him.”
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The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, coming to the Cowichan Theatre Oct. 30, changed American country rock music. You’ll still hear of them today as groups reference their music in interviews and even in song lyrics. Once called only “The Dirt Band” they have been around since 1966 in one way or another, with a moveable feast of members. But, constant members since the early times are singer-guitarist Jeff Hanna and drummer Jimmie Fadden. John McEuen brought his multi-instrumental talents back to the band in 2001 after a hiatus and keyboardist Bob Carpenter has also been around for decades. When it comes to roots music, these guys have deep, deep roots. The band’s successes include a cover version of Jerry Jeff Walker’s famous old song, Mr. Bojangles. When it comes to albums, The Dirt Band is famous for its 1972 hit, Will the Circle Be Unbroken? That record featured traditional country singers like Mother Maybelle Carter, Earl Scruggs and Roy Acuff. When they followed up that concept in 1989, the second volume went gold along with winning two Grammy awards. Showtime at the Cowichan Theatre is
Sales have been brisk for the Oct. 30 performance by the iconic Nitty Gritty Dirt Band at the Cowichan Theatre. Hurry if you want to attend. [SUBMITTED] 7:30 p.m. There were a few tickets still left at press time. Go online to cowichantheatre.ca or call 250748-7529 to see if you can snag a couple. McEuen has even more for the Valley, however, offering a wideranging seminar/workshop for local musicians while the group is in Duncan to perform on Thursday, Oct. 30. The workshop will be on Friday, Oct. 31, at 1 p.m. and the cost is only $20 per person. Call the Cowichan Theatre Ticket Centre at 250-748-7529 to register. The deadline for registration is Monday, Oct. 27.
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2014 – 7 PM COWICHAN THEATRE - DUNCAN Tickets now on sale at the Cowichan Ticket Centre, or charge by phone: 250-748-7529. www.cowichantheatre.ca www.rocklandsentertainment.com
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Gogo, Fisher headed to Showroom LEXI BAINAS CITIZEN
Three super shows are on the menu this weekend at the Duncan Showroom. First up is perennial Valley favourite David Gogo, who’s taking to the stage Friday, Oct. 24 starting at 8 p.m. “This is the rockin’ band show,” said Showroom owner Longevity John Falkner. Tickets are $20 each. If you’re pining for acoustic Gogo blues, don’t worry, he’s coming back to the Showroom on Dec. 13 for just such a show. On Sunday, Oct. 26, Nathan Tinkham and Harmonica George McConkey hit the Showroom at 8 p.m. Former members of the Juno-nominated Undertakin’ Daddies, they’ve both got solo careers, but get
COWICHAN THEATRE PRESENTS THE METROPOLITAN OPERA BROADCAST LIVE IN HD
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Grandmother Emma (Margaret Martin) shares some wisdom with her grandson Nick (Giovanni Mocibob). [LEXI BAINAS/CITIZEN]
Jeremy Fisher is headed to the Showroom. [CITIZEN FILE] together whenever time and geography allow. Between them, they’ve played with many fine performers like Ian Tyson, Wilf Carter, Quartette, Lester Quitzau, David Essig, Wyckham Porteous and many more. Tickets for this one are also $20 at the door. By Monday, Oct. 27 you’ll be ready for something different and the Showroom is serving up Jeremy Fisher. He’ll be performing tunes from his new album, The Lemon Squeeze. It seems like a long time ago when he first played the Valley at Sunfest in 2006, but his good looks and onstage charm were a hit here from the get-go, especially with the ladies, and nothing’s changed. “This guy is always a sell out so get your tickets in advance,” is the advice from Falkner. They’re $20 in advance or $22 at the door if any are left. Showtime is 8 p.m.
COWICHAN THEATRE PRESENTS AN ARTS CLUB THEATRE PRODUCTION
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Over the River and Through the Woods is typical Joe di Pietro, with the heart, humour and humanity that make all his plays a treat for audiences, according to cast members Margaret Martin and Giovanni Mocibob. She plays Emma and he plays Nick, her grandson, and neither have ever acted in this play before or worked with any of the cast so it’s a whole new ballgame for both of them. An exciting game. And a full, loveable show that will really please a Chemainus Theatre crowd. Mocibob: When I read this show for the first time I thought it was very touching and funny. I always like that combination: lots of heart as well as humour. But I also thought it was perfect for a Chemainus audience. Martin: Well, it is. Of course, I’m in that age bracket and I know people will really relate to these characters because we’ve all gone through it with our own children. As you say, I also love that there’s some poignancy in it. It’s not just flat out comedy. There are parts of it that are really very touching. Mocibob: Yeah. The other part I saw was that although I think the audience will be able to identify with the grandparents about their grandson leaving the home, I also think there’s stuff there for any young person can grab onto in following Nick’s journey. What guy my age hasn’t had to leave to make a life for himself? Try his wings, carve his own path? Who hasn’t had to do that? It crosses many demographics.
Martin: Also in this day and age a lot of grandparents are raising their grandchildren. That never used to happen as much. Asked what they are personally enjoying most about being in the play, their answers augur well for the show. Martin: For one thing I really love the cast and an absolutely outstanding director [Pamela Halstead]. She knows what she wants and how to get it but in such a hearty, fun way. Also I love coming back to the Chemainus Theatre because I’ve been here many times. It’s like coming home for me. Mocibob: One of the things I looked forward to the most was being a young guy playing with a bunch of older, more experienced actors. As an actor I wanted to be around that. Every one of the others has 20-30 years experience on me so it’s great just to be able to glean as much as possible just by watching them. I’m also enjoying hanging out with them. I remember when I was a kid I would sit and listen at the kitchen table as the adults would play bridge and tell stories and stuff. I kind of feel comfortable. I think I can come to the table and listen. Martin: And we all have so many amazing stories to share, some good and some bad. The whole thing is, I would say, just a lovely experience. You will agree with her when you see the pair, along with the rest of the cast in Over the River and Through the Woods at the Chemainus Theatre until Nov. 8. Call the box office at 1-800-5657738 or 250-246-9820 for tickets.
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Cowichan’s very own Mr. Zero BIG WEEKEND: Achurch earns
back-to-back shutouts in two different leagues KEVIN ROTHBAUER CITIZEN
Someone must have called housekeeping, because Darian Achurch has two clean sheets. The veteran soccer goalie turned in two shutout performances last weekend, first backstopping Cowichan LMG to a 1-0 win over Nanaimo in Div. 1 action last Friday, then repeating the feat for Cowichan United the next day in a 4-0 Div. 2 win over Saanich Fusion. Achurch’s services were required by LMG on Friday because their regular keeper, Joel Wilson, was serving a one-game suspension due to a red card. LMG coach Glen Martin was relieved to be able to call on him. “Every time we’ve called him up, he’s done well for us,” Martin said. “We’re lucky to have him.” LMG’s win over Nanaimo on Friday followed a familiar pattern. “It went how the last three have gone,” Martin said. “That’s four in a row, 1-0. It goes to show, they can’t score on us.” That didn’t mean it was an easy outing for Martin’s team. “It was a tough game,” Martin admitted. “We expected a hard game; we knew they’d be ready to battle.” Nanaimo’s keeper matched Achurch’s performance in the first half, making big saves on Cowichan’s Brad Thorne and Paddy Nel-
Cowichan LMG’s Connor Crichton fends off a Nanaimo player during last Friday’s game, yet another 1-0 win for Cowichan. [KEVIN ROTHBAUER/CITIZEN]
son, and the game was scoreless at halftime. LMG was picking up some momentum, however, down the stretch. “We started playing better in the last 10 or 15 minutes,” Martin said. Steve Scott broke the scoreless draw in the 53rd minute with his second goal of the year on a left-foot shot from about 15 yards out. Tyler Hughes nearly added a second goal on a free kick, but hit the post. As the Vancouver Island Soccer League season approaches the halfway mark, Cowichan LMG remains undefeated. Martin doesn’t think it’s likely his team will hold on to that claim for the rest of the season, and isn’t even considering the possibility. “We just want to win the league,” he said. “If you win the league, it means you’re prepared every game, and the guys are doing a good job of that.” Next up, Cowichan will visit Gorge FC at Hampton Park this Friday. “It’s always a battle down there,” Martin said. “We don’t score a lot of goals down there for some reason.” Achurch continued his perfect play the following day and Jordan Korven scored a hat trick as United shut down Saanich. “In the first half we came out and put the pressure on them right from the beginning,” coach Ryan Flynn said. Korven scored his first of the game, and of the season, 15 minutes in when he converted a cross from Jose Muro. Jacob Ready added to the tally at 30 minutes when he played a ball into the box and it found its way into the net. See KORVEN POWERS, Page 22
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Wednesday, October 22, 2014 | Cowichan Valley Citizen
Islanders hoping they are over the hurdle KEVIN ROTHBAUER CITIZEN
The Kerry Park Islanders didn’t lose to the Oceanside Generals last Thursday, but the result, and the performance, still weren’t quite what management was hoping for from the players. “We still didn’t get the right response from the team,” Islanders owner Mark Osmond said. Coming off back-to-back losses the previous weekend, the Isles played back-to-back overtime games this time around, tying the Generals 3-3 last Thursday, then edging the Saanich Braves 5-4 last Saturday. After a scoreless first period on Thursday, the Isles opened the scoring early in the second with a goal by rookie Patrick Poets. The Generals pulled even with a powerplay goal a couple of minutes later, then took the lead late in the middle frame. Just 18 seconds into the third period, Braedan Cross scored to draw the Isles even, and Poets potted his second of the game to get the lead just before the sevenminute mark. The Generals scored at 8:39 to make it 3-3, and more than 11 minutes of scoreless hockey — including four minutes where the Isles were shorthanded — led to overtime, where the teams again failed to score. Poets, Cross, Nick Kean and Zack Smith all finished the game with two points, and Leighton Williams earned the win with 53 saves on 56 shots. “We should have won that game if we had played the way we know we can,” Osmond said.
Kerry Park defenceman Adam Page jumps on a loose puck during last Saturday’s game against the Saanich Braves. [KEVIN ROTHBAUER/CITIZEN] Kerry Park suffered two injuries on bad hits by the Generals, neither of which was penalized. The Isles lost Cody Short to a broken shoulder blade, and thought they
had lost Abe Lamontagne, although it turned out he had only suffered a stinger and sat out the rest of the game. On Saturday, Cross scored the winner
SLS dominates CSSHL play KEVIN ROTHBAUER CITIZEN
Shawnigan Lake School continues to dominate play during its first season in the Canadian Sport School Hockey League, going undefeated during their second weekend of play this season. Shawnigan went 4-0 in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho last weekend, running their overall record to 8-0. On Friday, Merek Pipes made 16 saves for his first shutout of the season and five different skaters scored as Shawnigan beat Calgary’s Edge School for Athletes 5-0. Kyle Bell, Reid Irwin, Louis Kaumeyer, Liam Kennedy and
Devin Williamson found the back of the net as Shawnigan outshot Edge 33-16. The following morning, Seth Purdey scored the eventual gamewinner midway through the first period and Williams recorded a goal and an assist as Shawnigan beat Banff Hockey Academy 5-1. Noah Crumb, Dominik Faustino and Gavin Yee scored singles, and Ethan Schovanek needed to make just 10 saves for the win. On Saturday evening, Purdey scored both the opening goal and the winner with 1:08 left in overtime as Shawnigan got past Coeur d’Alene’s own Compete Hockey Academy 5-4.
Jackson Doucet had a goal and two assists, and Faustino and Triston Lebrun each had one goal, while Cael Halvorson made 22 saves in the win. Shawnigan wrapped up the weekend on Sunday with another win over Edge School, this one closer than the last as Shawnigan prevailed 4-3. Kaumeyer had the winning goal and an assist, and Faustino, Kennedy and Lebrun also scored, while Pipes made 20 saves for the win. Shawnigan sits atop the CSSHL Varsity division with a perfect 8-0 record. Their next games are on Nov. 21-23 at the Edge School in Calgary.
at 4:22 of the first overtime after the Isles weathered a push from the Braves early in the extra session. The teams traded pairs of goals throughout regulation, beginning with the Braves scoring twice in the first period. Nick White scored shorthanded at 1:33 of the second, and Lamontagne tied the game just 52 seconds later. The Braves scored two more before the end of the second to again pull ahead by two, but the third period was all Kerry Park as Cam Nickerson scored at 10:04 and Ryan Hogg added a powerplay goal at 16:57. The teams went scoreless for the remainder of regulation, setting the stage for Cross’s heroics. Cross, Nickerson and Lamontagne each finished with a goal and an assist, and defenceman Chris Carpentier had two helpers. Williams got a second consecutive start, and stopped 30 of 34 shots. “It was a good win for the guys,” Osmond said. “Hopefully we’ve gotten over the hurdle of bad games.” The Isles did lose forward Kean, who was knocked out on a clean hit, adding to the woes of Short’s injury. “That could have been a costly weekend for us,” Osmond said. Holding down third place in the VIJHL’s South Division with seven wins, six losses, one tie and two overtime losses, the Isles visit the Braves on Wednesday before playing a home-and-home with the Campbell River Storm on the weekend, in Campbell River on Friday and at home on Saturday, facing off at 7:30 p.m.
Korven powers United with hat trick COWICHAN’S VERY OWN MR. ZERO, From Page 21 “At the half we felt good, but we knew the next goal was big,” Flynn said. After weathering the storm, Korven scored his second at 25 minutes. Strong play on the back line helped Cowichan continue to fend off the attack, and with an assist from Kodi Archbold, Korven completed the hat trick with 15 minutes left. United also got a strong performance out of Tyler Coles, who
stepped in to replace Conor Williams, who was injured early in the game. United, sitting second in Div. 2, just three points back of Lakehill, will be back at Rotary Park again this Saturday, facing Prospect Lake Black at 6 p.m. “I would like to thank all the fans who are coming out to watch,” Flynn said. “It is a great venue to watch the game and the support of everyone is much appreciated by the team. We hope to see the hill full of fans next week.”
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Changes coming as Caps continue to struggle KEVIN ROTHBAUER CITIZEN
Jacob Switzer clears the puck away from the Cowichan net during last Saturday’s 8-1 loss. [KEVIN ROTHBAUER/CITIZEN] putting them in situations we’d prefer to ease them into. They’re in the fire, learning under pressure, and that’s probably not the best fit.” While many of the younger players in particular have been battling, Beatty acknowledges that some players just aren’t pulling their weight.
“We’ve got warriors and great young players, but some players seem to be passengers at this point,” he said. “I don’t know how many second and third chances we can absorb.” Last Friday, the Caps allowed the first goal of the game 39 seconds after the opening faceoff, and trailed 3-0 before captain
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With a record of two wins and 11 losses — including back-to-back one-sided defeats at the hands of the Alberni Valley Bulldogs last weekend — the Cowichan Valley Capitals are likely to make some changes to their roster in the near future, head coach and general manager Bob Beatty admitted. “We have to address the problem,” he said on Tuesday morning. “It’s safe to say the phone has been pretty busy the last two and a half days.” Beatty has been working the phones particularly hard after the Caps lost both ends of a home-andhome series with the Bulldogs, falling 7-3 in Port Alberni last Friday and 8-1 at home on Saturday. “The games were obviously disappointing for everyone involved,” he said. “The fans were disappointed, we’re disappointed, and I hope the players are as embarrassed as we are.” The Caps went into the weekend decimated both physically — Colton Kehler has been playing hurt and Thomas Gobeil remains out of the lineup, while Jesse Neher was just able to return to action — and morale-wise, having lost a string of one-goal games, including several in which they probably deserved better results. Those things combined to wear down the players. “It’s more than morale; it’s confidence,” Beatty said. “We do have a lot of young players, and some young guys I believe in, and we’re
Kyle Horsman got the Caps on the board. After a scoreless second period, Alberni went ahead 5-1 with a pair of powerplay goals just 39 seconds apart early in the third. Neher and Luke Novak scored for the Caps after that, but in both cases, the Bulldogs responded soon after. Cowichan goalie Matt
Zentner made 52 saves on 59 shots, while the Caps had 37 shots on the Alberni net, with Billy Christopoulos stopping 34. On Saturday, the Caps again allowed an early goal, this time just 74 seconds in, and again trailed 3-0 before Horsman scored a powerplay goal early in the second period. The Bulldogs added two goals late in that frame and three more, including two on the powerplay, in the third. Lane Michasiw started in goal and gave up three goals on 11 shots. Zentner replaced him at the start of the second period and made 23 saves on 28 shots. With just four points through 13 games, the Caps sit last in the Island Division and in the B.C. Hockey League overall. They are tied with the Langley Rivermen for the second-fewest goals-for with 31, and have the second-most goals-against with 57. The team still isn’t done with the Bulldogs, as they return to Port Alberni on Friday, hoping to turn the tables. “Obviously we’ve given them a lot of confidence,” Beatty said. “They’re a good team, but I don’t think we’ve played to our potential. We need to adjust our work ethic, and maybe make some personnel changes. There’s no magic solution. If we could buy one, we’d certainly do it.” The Caps will host the West Kelowna Warriors on Saturday at 7 p.m., and the Nanaimo Clippers will visit next Wednesday at 7 p.m.
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Cowichan Goes to War"
The Citizen is commemorating the 100th anniversary of the start of the First World War and the fact that Duncan and the Cowichan Valley had the highest enlistment per capita of all of Canada. Incredibly, it’s been estimated that one of every six residents served in uniform during those horrendous years, 1914-18. The names on the Duncan Cenotaph attest to the high cost of that conflict, the so-called war to end all wars. You can help Chronicles columnist T.W. Paterson by submitting photos and copies of pertinent documents, letters, reminiscences, etc. of family members who served in the WW1 for possible inclusion in Cowichan Goes To War c/o The Citizen. This invitation is open to all readers whose family member(s) served in any of the Canadian and Commonwealth military services during the First World War, not just those who were resident in the Cowichan Valley at that time.
Publication Date: November 2014 Advertisers and community groups are given the opportunity to promote themselves and support this semi-hard cover commemorative publication. Join us in bringing this new book of Chronicles to life. Advertising rates are available upon request. Contact your sales representative or e-mail: sskolos@cowichanvalleycitizen.com
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