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Former mayoral candidate killed in accident on farm SCOTT BAKER: ‘He was bigger than life’ SARAH SIMPSON CITIZEN

Dakoda Wong is enthralled by a baby water buffalo from Fairburn Farm. The baby water buffalo was one of two very friendly little ones that were a real hit at the Cowichan Exhibition that ran from Friday, Sept. 6 to Sunday, Sept. 8.

For more photos and video from the Cowichan Exhibition scan this page with the Layar app on your smart phone or go to www.cowichanvalleycitizen.com [ANDREA RONDEAU/CITIZEN]

Prominent North Cowichan council critic and one-time mayoral candidate (Rodney) Scott Baker died Saturday following an accident at his Chemainus farm.

BC Coroner’s Service spokeswoman Barb McLintock confirmed the 47-year-old’s death on Tuesday.

“This is still very preliminary as far as we’re concerned but it was reported to us on the weekend,” she said. “Our coroner is investigating.”

McLintock said that after an accident on the Chemainus acreage, Baker was airlifted to Vancouver General Hospital “but unfortunately he didn’t make it”.

WorkSafeBC is investigating and spokeswoman Megan Johnston said the incident occurred at 3137 Henry Rd. “Our preliminar y understanding of the incident is that a worker was attempting to move a boom-supported elevating work platform [similar to a man-lift] from a flatbed trailer and it appears that the worker was struck by the mobile equip-

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Scott Baker died Saturday following an accident at his Chemainus farm. [CITIZEN FILE] ment,” Johnston said.

An engineer has been added to the crew of investigators who will be looking at the equipment and circumstances surrounding the fatality.

“It’s really just the very early stages of the investigation,” she said.

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Police search ends in arrest for Duncan man SARAH SIMPSON CITIZEN

Saanich Police have arrested Greig Fredrik Wikoren.

The 44-year-old Duncan resident had been evading police following an alleged domestic assault on Friday, Aug. 20.

Wikoren was taken into custody in the early morning hours of Saturday, Sept. 8 following a serious car crash according to Saanich Police Sgt. Steve Eassie.

Officers were dispatched to Petwor th Drive and Kerryview Drive just after 11 p.m. Friday night.

“A single vehicle had left the roadway, struck a rock face, and rolled onto its side,” Eassie said in a press release. “Several minutes later, police were contacted by an area resident who stated that someone was on her property, ringing

Greig Fredrik Wikoren, the subject of a police search, has been arrested. [RCMP HANDOUT] her doorbell, and banging on her door.”

Police soon learned the woman on the phone was the victim of a previous domestic violence related incident in which the alleged offender had not been located.

The Saanich and Victoria Police dog units were called in to search for the man who’d been knocking.

“The Saanich Police K9 handler and another officer were checking parked vehicles on the property when a noise was heard in the area,” Eassie said.

“The suspect was observed attempting to hide on the top of a parked recreational vehicle.”

The suspect was taken into custody without further incident and was identified as Wikoren.

Wikoren was remanded in custody until an appearance in a Victoria courtroom on Thursday, Sept. 12.

Man injured in Friday Malahat crash One man was injured after his car flipped and rolled from the Mill Bay exit on the Malahat highway Friday morning.

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Four years will pass without a resolution in the aggravated assault case of Const. David Pompeo.

But the end appears to be within sight.

Convicted of aggravated assault after shooting Bill Gillespie during a routine traffic stop on Sept. 18, 2009, sentencing for the former North Cowichan/ Duncan

RCMP officer has now been slated for Oct. 31 and Nov. 1 at the Duncan Law Courts.

Sentencing had been set for July 23 but was put off until Aug. 26 before another delay saw the matter in court on Sept. 3.

“These continual adjournments are just a bit ridiculous,” Gillespie said. “It’s a bit much now.”

Gillespie says he suffers from severe chronic

pain from the 9mm bullet that remains lodged in his spine.

“Since being shot, I feel like an enemy of the state,” he said.

“My nerves are frazzled to the point where I shake uncontrollably. The whole experience has been a nightmare with no end in sight.

The police will still accept no responsibility and I’m left physically ill.”

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Witness predicts full courtroom in dog abuse, threats case SARAH SIMPSON CITIZEN

A trial date has been set for the man accused of beating a small dog in April and the man who says he witnessed the act is hard at work trying to get laws changed to protect animals in the future.

Chris Davies’s foray into animal welfare came after he says he and his wife witnessed an incident with a small Boston Terrier.

“I think the terrier thing has just completely opened my eyes,” he said.

That incident occurred on April 13.

In connection to the incident, Brandon Scott Harrison faces three charges: criminal harassment, causing an animal to continue to be in distress and uttering threats to cause death or bodily harm.

His trial is set for Oct. 15 at the

Chris Davies. [CITIZEN FILE] Duncan Law Courts at 2 p.m.

Both Davies and his wife Leigh Davies have been subpoenaed.

“We’re pretty sure the courtroom is going to be full that day,” he said.

Davies and his wife also recently met with Nanaimo-Cowichan MP Jean Crowder to talk about a piece of legislation that’s been sitting around in Ottawa for two years.

“There is a private members’ bill before the house. What I’ve asked Chris and some of the folks

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he is working with to do is to take a look at that legislation to see if he thinks there are shortfalls,” Crowder said.

If he’s okay with that legislation the bill will move ahead, if he’s not, Crowder said she’d submit another piece of legislation that would address his concerns.

“It’s a bit of a process but we’re going to see where that goes,” Crowder added.

The private member’s bill comes from Finance Critic Peggy Nash.

Davies has done his research and has examples of legislation from other countries that could be used as templates if Nash’s bill doesn’t meet his needs, Crowder said.

Davies is pleased to have the support of his MP. “From our perspective it was an excellent meeting with Jean,” he said. “She was well-informed, on side and very supportive.

We were just so impressed with her.”

The long and the short of it is that times have changed and laws should reflect that, he said.

“We don’t think the laws are good enough. They’re not strong enough. In 100 years Canada has changed the laws twice whereas in 100 years our perception of animals has completely changed.”

Davies said no longer are dogs and cats outdoor animals meant to keep vermin at bay.

“We’ve changed and we just think it’s time for Canada and the world, in terms of animal cruelty and welfare legislation is concerned, it’s time to change.

People think differently now. We love our pets.”

River safe after sewage leak, City of Duncan says KEVIN ROTHBAUER CITIZEN

The Vancouver Island Health Authority doesn’t believe there are any risks to the public after sewage from the City of Duncan was accidentally discharged into the Cowichan River last Tuesday.

City crews were sent to investigate just after 3 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 3 after a resident reported seeing sewage spilling into the river from a storm water pipe between the Silver Bridge and the Black Railway Bridge. An investigation revealed a compressor malfunction at the city’s Cowichan Way Sewage Pump Station, which caused backup in the sewer main.

The sewer system overflows into the storm water outfall for the mall area if there is significant backup in the main.

“The city crew immediately restarted the compressor and started to draw down the sewage level in the pump station,” said Duncan Chief Administrative Officer Peter de Verteuil in a press release on Friday afternoon. “By 4 p.m., the sewer water level was at a level below the sewer overflow pipe invert and the situation was under control.”

It is estimated that between 200 and 260 litres could have been discharged per hour, but it is not known how long the sewage had been spilling before it was noticed.

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The Provincial Emergency Program, the Ministry of Environment and VIHA were all informed of the incident.

On Wednesday morning, crews collected three water samples: one upstream of the spill, one downstream, and one at the river outfall, to be tested for fecal matter, coliform and E. coli bacteria.

No remnants of sewer debris were located in the river or on the shoreline at the time.

Results of the samples were returned and passed along to VIHA on Thursday. Staff at the health agency are not concerned about the results. Follow-up samples were also taken on Friday morning.

Also on Friday, they city plugged the overflow pipe in order to prevent future incidents. Crews have also been instructed to monitor the station on a daily basis.

“This incident is obviously extremely serious, and I can assure residents that it is the city’s highest priority to prevent such an incident in the future,” said de Verteuil.

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Opposition to Youbou truck wash to hit board table

Baker had businesses in aviation, agriculture

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after moving to the Island from Nova Scotia.

In that time Baker started a number of businesses that operated on the Island, in the Okanagan and eastern Washington.

They included aviation businesses as well as manufacturing, geothermal and agricultural companies.

Baker ran for the mayor’s chair in 2011 on a mission to bring common sense back to the local government.

“People who know me know that when I say I am going to do something, I do it. These aren’t empty words, but real commitments to everyone living in North Cowichan,” he said during the campaign.

Letters and emails totaling close to 100 pages — the majority opposed to the CVRD giving Timberwest $5,000 for the construction of a truck wash station in Youbou — will be presented to the Cowichan Valley Regional District board of directors on Wednesday (today).

On July 10, the board passed a resolution to approve the contribution, taken from the Youbou/ Meade Creek Nature and Habitat Fund, in order to help commercial loggers reduce the amount of dust, dirt and mud on Youbou Road.

At the time, the decision did not sit well with members of the community, including former Area I (Youbou/Meade Creek) Director Klaus Kuhn.

“That problem is caused by the forest industry and should be up to the forest industry to fix,” Kuhn told the board.

When making their July 10 decision, the CVRD requested to hear more feedback from residents about their thoughts on the regional district financing

Dust and dirt clogging the roadway and encroaching into people’s homes has been an ongoing problem along Youbou Road. [SUBMITTED] solutions to private industry’s problems.

Most of the subsequent letters have echoed Kuhn’s concerns.

On Wednesday the board will decide whether to go ahead with the expenditure as planned, or to side with its constituents.

CVRD Corporate Secretary Joe Barry said because the board has already passed the resolution, nothing needs to be done to move ahead with the plan. Something

will need to be done to kibosh it, however.

“If they chose, based on the comments that they’ve received, that they want to rescind the previous motion, that’s the option open to them,” he said.

For upwards of eight years Youbou residents have been choking on the dust and dirt kicked up by commercial logging trucks as they leave the forest and travel out of town along Youbou Road.

More rebates needed to clear the air: council SARAH SIMPSON CITIZEN

Woodstoves “are the probable cause” for North Cowichan’s below average air quality during certain times of the year.

During its Sept. 4 meeting, North Cowichan council learned that data from the municipality’s four air-quality monitoring stations concluded woodstoves are the main culprit and that provincial standards for clean air could be met if more people replaced their inefficient stoves. New stoves could reduce particulate levels in the air by upwards of 80 per cent.

“Concern for air quality in our community will remain an important health and environmental

issue in coming years,” said North Cowichan Mayor Jon Lefebure in his post council newsletter.

He and his council are asking the Cowichan Valley Regional District to increase the number of rebates through its annual woodstove exchange program — a service that offers up to a $350 incentive for the replacement of conventional and inefficient woodstoves in favour of high-efficiency units.

This year the CVRD has issued 100 of 113 available rebates. North Cowichan wants to see the program expanded by 40 more rebates a year.

“Additionally, staff will research regulations on use of woodstoves in neighbouring jurisdictions to

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provide council with advice on whether we should restrict woodstove use under certain conditions,” Lefebure said.

Because of the poor air quality, hospital admittances for respiratory distress are high during certain times of the year.

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Ultimately Jon Lefebure defeated both Baker and fellow mayoral candidate Tom Walker.

Walker was saddened to hear of Baker’s passing.

“He was bigger than life and it was a shame to hear he’s gone,” Walker said.

Baker is survived by his partner and two children.

Funeral arrangements are pending.

COUNCIL MEETING DATE CHANGE Please be advised that the Regular Council meeting scheduled for Monday, September 16, 2013 has been cancelled and rescheduled to September 23, 2013.

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September 23, 2013 (Monday)

City Council has rescheduled the date to accommodate the 2013 UBCM Convention.

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This can be teachable moment for universities ever underestimate the power of mob mentality.

We’ve been reminded once again of what can happen when group-think overtakes individual common sense, and even morals, as we read about students at the University of British Columbia using a frosh week chant that promotes rape of young girls.

The now-infamous “young” chant first made headlines when a video of students from St. Mary’s University in Halifax doing it hit the Internet this month.

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inappropriate with lines like “u is for underage” and “n is for no consent.”

It really makes you want to ask what the heck they thought “no consent” meant other than rape.

But that’s the whole point.

They weren’t thinking. At all.

We don’t know for sure but we imagine what happened went something like this: frosh week leaders needed activities for students to do during orientation.

So they went on the Internet, or looked through previous leaders’ materials and came across the chant.

It’s probably been done for

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years. Clearly it’s spread across the country.

Many a past student is likely privately ashamed right now after reading the recent press coverage, remembering when they chanted the same thing as newbies wanting to fit in.

Many other universities are probably equally as guilty of using the chant as the two that have made the news.

We don’t think for a moment that anyone involved really thought about the lyrics, and intended to promote raping underaged girls.

We don’t think for a moment

that all the students who chanted along condone such crimes.

We hope that this doesn’t destroy the students’ university careers, because as heinous as the chant is we don’t think there was any intentional malice involved and we think this is a chance for them to learn an important life lesson, as cheesy as that may sound.

For the student leaders who dug up the chant, we’ve all had occasions where we’ve leapt before we’ve looked and haven’t thought things through.

They should have twigged as to just how offensive the chant

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is, but we bet the memory of this will cause them to show more critical thinking in the future.

The students who joined in to be part of the group will hopefully pause next time to think for themselves.

Mob mentality is a powerful force, not just among young people. In 2011 Vancouver suffered through the Stanley Cup riot, a far more serious example of what can happen when people get swept away by a crowd.

This can be a chance for students to acknowledge the danger and maybe have better tools to resist next time.

Contractors should tell the truth I am a female senior living alone in my own house, and back in May I decided to get some gutter work done on my house and garage. I thought I was allowing plenty of time to do these needed repairs before the winter rains arrived.

I called a company who advertise free estimates, and within a few days two strong young men arrived, took lots of measurements and promised to call me back with an estimate. I called them again in June and again in July and a third time in August.

Each time the woman who answered the phone promised that they would get back to me.

This wasn’t a big job, and I presume this is why nobody bothered to call me back. But I wasn’t asking for any deals — I was quite prepared to pay whatever the job was worth.

In the end I bought all the parts and started to do the work myself. I’m not unhandy — in my younger days I built a log cabin with hand tools, and have done many renovations.

But I am getting older, and I found this job was one of the most frustrating and difficult jobs I’ve ever done. It’s nearly finished and I’m sure in another few months I won’t feel as angry as I do now.

Which is why I am writing this letter. I’d like to say a few words to contractors who make

promises they have no intention of keeping: shame on you. If the job is too small for your exalted attention, say so.

If you are too busy to do a small job, say so.

Shame on you for not having the guts to tell the truth. Shame on you for abandoning a senior to her own devices, forcing me to climb ladders with arthritic knees, struggle with picky little connections with bad eyes, and cramp up my hands turning dozens of screws.

I really worry about what I will do as I age more and can do less.

Contractors like these do nothing to help allay those fears.

Judith Quinlan Honeymoon Bay

Re: A new watershed function for Shawnigan Lake I find it rather ironic that Director Fraser needs to set up a new function, especially when he has claimed that the management costs of the CVRD need to be reviewed.

Setting up another function costs money to maintain it and monitor it. Draft Bylaw No. 3737 is setting up a function that will cost the taxpayers $50,000 annually. The function will supply funds to the Shawnigan Basin Society to look into various aspects of the piecemeal approach for watershed management.

This is fine. However why not use the existing South Cowichan groundwater function?

This function, which has a limit of $100,000, has been set up to perform everything that the Shawnigan Basin Society needs to do. Why do we need to set up a duplicate function?

I was able to secure $25,000 per year for five years from this function; this funding has allowed Dr. Mazumder to continue to do his research on the water quality of Shawnigan Lake.

So I would challenge Director Fraser to work with the electoral area directors from areas A and C to come to some sort of arrangement to fund the society through this existing function, instead of creating a duplicate function.

I would like to offer my best wishes to the Shawnigan Basin Authority on their tasks that lay ahead of them.

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Nuclear cleanest, and the safest Your editorial regarding the dangers of nuclear power is misleading, misinformed, inaccurate, poorly researched, not to mention your clear bias.

You begin with an opinion, make a number of unsubstantiated claims and then draw unfounded conclusions.

Your main source of evidence is the Fukushima reactor earthquake damage. You say “all it takes is a cursory look” at the incident to see what a bad idea nuclear energy really is. The problem is that in taking a cursory look you missed the actual facts of the case.

First, there has yet to be a single recorded death or health issue that stemmed from the actual reactor damage or radiation leakage. On the other hand, the earthquake and tsunami directly killed or injured approximately 20,000 people.

The “leak” you mention did happen but the accuracy stops there.

SOME water leaked from a 300,000 holding tank, was largely contained by a spill

Can’t make illegal act legal Seeking Congressional approval to launch an illegal attack on Syria is like asking your family’s consent to commit a crime.

So what if they approve, or not?

The endorsement of cronies cannot make an illegal act legal, anymore than it can turn an immoral act into a moral one. International law —

Visitor Centre an antiquated idea Re: Cowichan Visitor Centre This million dollar boondoggle must have been conceived by people who have not done much travelling in the past few years.

Eighty per cent of the world’s population has a smart phone and 89 per cent use their phones throughout the day.

The majority of today’s tourists will be accessing Trip Advisor, Urban Spoon, and the Cowichan

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dam, except for two small puddles formed by escaping through a rainwater overflow valve, which was quickly closed.

The water is radioactive but largely with beta radiation and is only VERY mildly radioactive in the gamma spectrum.

Literally you would have to lie naked in the puddles or drink the water to get really sick. You could work for many days around the puddles and never even get close to a serious dose of radiation. Except of course they’ve already been pumped back into the tank.

By the way, the earthquake that caused all of this “was the most powerful known earthquake ever to have hit Japan, and the fifth most powerful earthquake in the world since modern recordkeeping began in 1900…” (http://en.wikipedia.org/ wiki/2011_Thoku_earthquake_and_tsunami).

Despite this, two of the four reactor cores are fine and will be returning to service and the other two, though damaged, are being cooled down prior to repair. There was no meltdown, no disaster, no real

calamity, unless the 20,000 dead or injured by building collapse and flooding count.

Since 1957, aside from Chernobyl, a total of 11 people have died directly or indirectly from nuclear accidents. A further 58 people died at Chernobyl and an estimated 4,000 died from cancer subsequently. The total is, at worst, 4,069 over 56 years. (http://en.wikipedia.org/ wiki/Nuclear_and_radiation_accidents).

To cite only one counter example: the 1975 Banqiao Dam failure in China left “26,000 dead from direct flooding, 145,000 dead from subsequent famine and epidemics, 11 million homeless.” (http:// en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ List_of_hydroelectric_power_station_failures) Further research demonstrates that every other power source kills more than nuclear ever has.

For safety, I’d rather live beside a modern nuclear reactor (not Russian) than near a “clean, safe, renewable energy” hydro dam any day.

born of the horror of two world wars — says that no nation may attack another without first seeking the approval of the United Nations, a process that entails the presentation of clear evidence and a vote by the Security Council.

If, as some argue, the UN’s “veto” voting procedure is outdated, then that is a battle that Canadians should support.

But to set aside international law in favour

of unilateral aggression on the basis of unproven allegations creates a freefor-all where only the strong survive.

U.S. military might is a precarious substitute for hard-won international laws that safeguard peace and the rights of weaker nations.

Canada needs to make that distinction clear.

website for up to the minute user rated info. Coming from Victoria you have already passed all the sites that it will be promoting.

It would have made far more sense to have small rest-stops in site-specific areas with toilet facilities, picnic benches, wi-fi availability, and water machines for cyclists, incorporated into a simple kiosk arrangement with enamel signs of historic information and photos — totems in Duncan, logging in Lake Cowichan, the Kinsol Trestle in Shawni-

gan, marine history Cowichan Bay, First Nations history on reserve land with attractive signs that would be a location signature for tourist photos.

Even better, co-locate tourist info sites to the excellent small museums located in Duncan, Chemainus, Lake Cowichan and Shawnigan Lake allowing local sites to be promoted by volunteers who really know the community.

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Valley pooches and their owners get to try new paths Sept. 8 as the annual Paws for a Cause fundraising walk for the SPCA moved to McAdam Park in Duncan for the first time. Organizers are still tallying the funds raised. For video and photos from the walk, scan this page with the Layar app on your smart phone or go to cowichanvalleycitizen.com [LEXI BAINAS/CITIZEN]

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Lack of entries, sponsors, cancels Great Lake Walk LEXI BAINAS CITIZEN

Word flashed around Cowichan Lake quickly Thursday afternoon when organizers announced that one of the area’s signature events was being cancelled.

The Great Lake Walk couldn’t attract sufficient people to make the huge effort worthwhile.

Event chair Joan Hieta said, “It is with a heavy heart that the Great Lake Walk Society must announce that this year’s Great Lake Walk & Ultra Marathon has had to be cancelled.

“Deadline time has arrived and there simply were not enough registrations received this year to cover even the basic costs of safely hosting this year’s event. While the Society members can trim certain costs to a bare minimum, safety and comfort of participants and volunteers was held in high regard and costs for this could not be cut,” she said.

But a lack of registrations was not all.

The event also suffered from a decrease in sponsorship, according to Hieta.

The decision had to be made by Thursday, Sept. 5 because of the need to finalize the details of hosting this kind of event: toilets, rest stations, food, insurance, T-shirts, prizes, busses, first aid, supplies and, of course, volunteers.

The Great Lake Walk started in 2002 and over the years participants have collected more than $700,000 for more than 360 charities.

“This event has had tremendous econom-

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ic spinoff for the Cowichan Lake area and will be sadly missed this year,” Hieta said.

Kicking off with close to 800 participants in its first year, numbers declined and over the last few years have stabilized at about 350.

“Unfortunately, this year numbers dropped off to below 160. People are overcommitted and just can’t do it all,” Hieta said.

The walk/run around Cowichan Lake is a grueling personal challenge and their training can begin nearly a year ahead of the event so this year’s cancellation is sure to be a disappointment for some, she added.

But all is not lost.

Organizers are already working hard for the 2014 event in the hopes that participation and sponsorship numbers will climb back up again, Hieta said.

Interested Valley walkers and runners can watch for updates on the Society website www.greatlakewalk.com and look for details of the team option.

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The so-called “Great Strike” really was a lockout, part 2 Premier Richard mines, almost 300 McBride, who doubled more in the Cumberas Minister of Mines, land colliery. Those thought it “intolerable” who died of their that the strikers should injuries later, somemake demands upon times much later, went the mine owners. unrecorded. oal mining is a The B.C. government dangerous busihad recognized these CHRONICLES ness at best. hazards, particularly T.W. Paterson But Vancouver Island that of gas explosion, mines were said to when it passed the be among the most dangerous Coal Mines Act of 1911 which in the world for cave-ins, explostated that, upon the presence sions, floods and fires. of gas or other life threatening The human cost, over 90 years hazards being reported to manof operation, was appalling: 640 agement, the mine, or the section miners killed in Nanaimo-area of the mine in question, was to

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be closed until the problem was rectified.

When Oscar Mottishaw and Isaac Portrey, members of a gas committee, reported five gas emissions in Extension No. 2 Mine on June 15, 1912, it cost Mottishaw, who was known to be an organizer for the newly arrived United Mine Workers of America, his job and he sought employment with a contractor in another Canadian Collieries (Dunsmuir) Ltd. mine in Cumberland. When CC(D) — the same owners who’d fired him at Extension — learned of his new job they ordered the con-

Was this Nanaimo-area miner, identity unknown, a striker or a strikebreaker?

—Courtesy of Tom Teer. tractor to pay him off, claiming that Mottishaw was being paid more by the contractor than was stipulated by company policy.

The company then rebuffed two attempts by miners’ committees to discuss his case.

After the miners protested by declaring “a general holiday at all the mines in Cumberland” for Monday, Sept. 16, 1912, management posted notices that they draw their tools, that there would be no work for them unless they signed, individually, a “yellow-dog” contract agreeing to work under terms of the existing agreement for two years.

This drama was repeated at Extension where CC(D) miners had also taken a “holiday” “to discuss the situation as it applied to them,” in the words of an officer of the B.C. Labour Federation. Upon returning to work they, too, found themselves to be locked out as did, by month end, almost 1,600 miners on the CC(D) payroll.

Mines Insp. John Newton’s report for 1913 takes the government’s position: “...A strike was declared on Sept. 16th, 1912, at the mines in Cumberland, and on Sept. 18th, 1912, at Extension...

On May 1st, 1913, a strike was

called by the United Mine Workers of America...which includes the mines of the Western Fuel Co. [operators of the Nanaimo No. 1 Esplanade, Protection Island, No. 4 Northfield and Reserve Mines, and the Douglas Slope], the Pacific Coast Coal Co., and the Vancouver-Nanaimo Coal Co. “The strike has not been called [cancelled] by the Union with the exception of the Vancouver-Nanaimo Coal Co., which on Sept. 1st, 1913, signed with the UMWA and is now working under the agreement.

“All the mines mentioned above had an unexpired working agreement between the operators and their employees which to all appearances was giving good satisfaction, and which did not expire at the Western Fuel Co. and the Vancouver-Nanaimo Coal Co.’s mines until September 1913, the Pacific Coal Co. mines or South Wellington Co.’s agreement expiring in September, 1915.”

An attempt to ameliorate by the federal government was rejected by Richard McBride’s Conservative government in See Owner-controlled • page 10

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You can make a difference!

That’s the message for the Cowichan Valley from organizers of the annual Parkinson BC Superwalk, which is being held Saturday, Sept. 14, starting at 10 a.m. in Duncan.

The debilitating neurological disorder has gained a significantly higher profile in recent years because of the efforts of actor Michael J. Fox. Fox suffers from the illness, but has nevertheless continued with his career.

Interested people can pre-register online or show up on the Saturday morning when registration opens at 9 a.m. with the walk kicking off at 10 a.m. at the Glen Harper Curling Club on Sherman Road.

Whether you participate as an individual or you put a team together, it’s possible to make a difference by gathering pledges, especially if you challenge others or get a competing team together.

If you can’t do the walk yourself, make a donation and cheer on all those walking, or stop by the onsite auction during the walk.

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From page 9 Victoria which was heavily committed to subsidizing the building of the Island section of the Canadian Northern Railway with Mackenzie and Mann. (Sir William Mackenzie was president of the new owners of the former Dunsmuir collieries, with his office in Toronto — as were those of four of the five directors, it should be noted.) McBride, who also was the minister of mines, initially declared his neutrality and objectiveness — his government, having no wish to be drawn into a labour dispute between employers and employees, refused to meet with a miners’ delegation.

We know now that McBride thought it “intolerable” that the miners should seek to make demands upon the mine owners.

In short, he and his government rated coal mining as an essential industry.

By “striking,” the miners were in effect rebelling against the province, the state.

His response was to dispatch units of specially-recruited and ill-trained “special constables” to the coal fields to maintain the peace. With or without instruction from Victoria, as often as not they deliberately provoked open confrontation with the strikers.

When the two socialist MPPs introduced a motion calling for a select committee to investigate the strike, McBride and Co. defeated it, 35-2, although some government members only complied reluctantly.

Instead, the government commissioned an inquiry into coal prices, which had risen because of the reduced supply.

As has been pointed out by other historians, McBride was at the peak of his career. At a time of provincial prosperity, his overwhelming majority government

We know now that McBride thought it “intolerable” that the miners should seek to make demands upon the mine owners. In short, he and his government rated coal mining as an essential industry. By “striking,” the miners were in effect rebelling against the province, the state. His response was to dispatch units of specially-recruited and illtrained “special constables” to the coal fields...

T.W. PATERSON, columnist

enjoyed general popular support. Hence his being able to practice a policy that John R. Hinde termed in his 2003 history of the Ladysmith and Vancouver Island coal industry, When Coal Was King, “intransigent nonintervention”. As the mine owners with their wealth and influence controlled much of the press, much of the news that was published was generally unfavourable, or at the very least unsympathetic, to the miners and dampened public sympathy to their strike.

Over succeeding months and through that winter, with many of the miners and their families who’d been evicted from their company houses living under canvas, exaggerated stories of sabotage in the press fanned public sentiment against them, emboldening the government to station soldiers and police in Cumberland.

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Two worlds collide in one family in A Pretty Girl ANDREA RONDEAU CITIZEN

Sisters Lusia (Luisa Jojic) and Rose (Susan Coodin) get to know each other. For more photos from the show, scan this page with the Layar app on your smart phone or go to www.cowichanvalleycitizen.com [ANDREA RONDEAU/CITIZEN]

A family torn apart, reconciliation, finding lost love, survival — these are all the storylines that attracted actress Luisa Jojic to the Chemainus Theatre Festival’s upcoming show A Pretty Girl, and they are what she thinks will ensnare the audience as well.

“It’s a very beautiful show,” said Jojic. “It’s a very human show; it’s a show about hope, it’s a show about love, it’s a show about possibility and strength.”

The dialogue-driven drama is very different from her two previous roles with the Chemainus Theatre in the Elvis musical All Shook Up and Chickens.

The play, titled A Shayna Maidel in Yiddish, was written in 1986 by Barbara Lebow. It begins 20 years after scarlet fever, the Depression and World War II have divided a family between Holocaust-scarred Poland and far-off New York.

It tells the tale of two sisters, Lusia (Jojic) and Rayzel “Rose” Weiss (Susan Coodin), who are reunited as adults in mid-century Manhattan. The two find themselves sudden roommates with little in common.

Harry Nelken plays their father Mordechai, and the audience is also introduced to Mama (Norma Bowen), Lusia’s childhood friend Hanna (Masae Day) and her lost love Duvid (Kirk Smith) through imaginary conversations Lusia holds as she tries to adjust to her radically altered life in the United States.

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Father Mordechai speaks with recently emigrated daughter Lusia, while sister Rose looks on. [ANDREA RONDEAU/CITIZEN] cific point in time, Jojic says the themes remain poignant and familiar to audiences today.

“Family is at the core of this and we can all relate to that,” she said.

Instead of drilling songs and dance numbers to prepare for opening night, this play has seen Jojic searching out and practising a Polish/Yiddish accent.

A further challenge is that in scenes when Lusia is remembering, Jojic uses unaccented English — so part of the time it’s on, part of the time it’s off.

In her quest to produce a realistic-sounding voice for her character, she’s used workbooks, CDs, online resources, and even worked with a dialect coach.

“I tried to source out actual people giving interviews and I found this one woman who is from Chernov, Poland which is where my character is from and she’s

got this great four-and-a-half hour long interview on Youtube and I just had that on repeat,” she said.

It is important to her to be as authentic as possible, she said, in homage to the powerful story.

That’s not to say it’s all sturm and drang, however. There is humour and joy woven into the play as well, just as there is in life, Jojic said.

“It is a very beautiful, powerful, piece that I think everybody should see,” she said.

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Nedfest 2013 a hit at Mesachie Lake LEXI BAINAS CITIZEN

Although the weather over some parts of the Valley initially looked threatening, the skies over Mesachie Lake offered a warm welcome all day to those special music fans known as Nedhedz.

They swarmed to The Homestead for an exciting day listening to bands in the beautiful surroundings while raising money to fight cancer at the same time.

The groups, which all volunteer their time, really stepped up and shook the place with enthusiastic

performances while elsewhere around the site, vendors were selling special Nedfest clothing, souvenirs and food for the crowd that included many folks who’d brought their trailers and tents so they could stay overnight for this great, end-of-summer party.

Folk Guild coffeehouses start with Big Mike LEXI BAINAS CITIZEN

Welcome news, coffee house fans, the Cowichan Folk Guild kicks off its fall season Saturday, Sept. 14.

Robert McCourty, CFG’s artistic director, said Thursday that he’s delighted to be able to have arranged such a special show to start off the year.

The headliners are Victoriabased group, Big Mike and the Riffriders.

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Merryam Rizk stops in after hockey practice to try the fabulous Steinway at the Cowichan Theatre during Culture Days in 2012. [LEXI BAINAS/CITIZEN FILE]

Culture and Cowichan collide LEXI BAINAS CITIZEN

BC Cultural Days hits the Cowichan Valley big time Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 2829 with a wildly eclectic group of events.

In Duncan, the Cowichan Theatre is again welcoming everyone to come out Sept. 28 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. and tinkle the ivories on the famous Steinway grand piano.

“It was so popular last year,” said theatre publicist Brian Kroeker. “Everyone really enjoyed getting a backstage tour at the theatre and then being able to actually try out that wonderful piano.”

Farther west, in Lake Cowichan, the annual Salmon Mushroom Festival kicks off Saturday at 10 a.m. for a two-day celebration of the wild edible treats of the Cowichan Valley’s fields, forests and rivers.

It’s a magical combination, mushrooms and salmon, and it draws big crowds from all over the Island every year to enjoy deli-

cious treats while learning about mushroom habitat and identification from experts.

There will also be various vendors onsite and slide shows and, of course, Café Mushroom.

As usual, a Sunday afternoon field trip is also being organized so be sure to visit Lake Cowichan’s Centennial Hall at 309 South Shore Rd. both days from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

In Shawnigan Lake village, on Sept. 28 from 1 to 3 p.m. there’s a chance to learn about an ecological design project with Oregon expert Mark Lakeman.

Not far away, at O.U.R. Ecovillage on Sept.

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Also in Shawnigan village, on the evening of Saturday, Sept. 28, from 6 to 8 p.m., the art house at 1756 Wilmot Ave. will be hosting an event called Behind the Scenes at the Art House Collective.

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The Headliners School of Rock is coming to Duncan starting Monday, Sept. 30 featuring Murray Atkinson of the Odds and Scott Brown of Trooper.

The Duncan Garage Showroom is partnering with the Nanaimobased school to offer a unique experience for young musicians.

Band rehearsals will run from 6-7:30 p.m. and 7:30-9 p.m.

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Capitals split at BCHL Showcase BACK IN ACTION: Home

opener this Saturday against Alberni Valley Bulldogs KEVIN ROTHBAUER CITIZEN

The Cowichan Valley Capitals came home with a split from their first two regular-season games, both played at the B.C. Hockey League Showcase in Chilliwack.

The Caps scored three times in the third period Saturday evening to bounce back and edge the Prince George Spruce Kings 4-3, then fell 6-2 to the Trail Smoke Eaters on Sunday afternoon.

“We got our feet wet,” said head coach Bob Beatty, who was behind the bench for his first BCHL contests. “I think all the teams are in a similar situation, trying to get some consistency, although some have a few more returning players, and some don’t have a coaching change.

“Was I totally satisfied? No, but we’ve got better weekends ahead.”

Beatty was impressed with the team’s come-from-behind victory on Saturday, and what it said about his team’s refusal to give up.

“The boys didn’t quit, obviously,” he said.

“It was good to have our guys come back

and build a bit of confidence.”

Rookie Colton Kehler opened the scoring at the end of the first period, but the Spruce Kings scored twice in the second and once early in the third to pull ahead. Cowichan eased their way back into the lead, however, as Daniel Wanner, captain Kyle Horsman and Brayden Gelsinger found the back of the net.

“I thought in the second period we were a little bit flat, but our fourth line got us going at the end of the second with a good shift,” said Beatty. “We got some momentum, and in the third period, we were able to execute.”

The Caps were out-shot 29-17 by the Spruce Kings. Robin Gusse made 26 saves for Cowichan in his BCHL debut.

Gelsinger didn’t lose any momentum after scoring Saturday’s game-winner with 44 seconds left to play, and potted the opening goal just 19 ticks into Sunday’s matchup with Trail. Unfortunately, the Smokies scored the next two goals in the first, three in the second, and one more in the third before the Caps got another. Kehler bookended the weekend with his second of the season midway through the third, but Cowichan wasn’t able to mount another comeback.

Francis Marotte got the start in goal and

Colton Kehler, seen here in pre-season action against the Victoria Grizzlies, scored twice in the BCHL Showcase, including the Caps’ first goal of the 2013/14 season. [KEVIN ROTHBAUER/CITIZEN]

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DCS’s Becky Bazinet tips the ball over the net while Victoria Neufeld backs her up. [KEVIN ROTHBAUER/CITIZEN]

DCS tournament opens volleyball season KEVIN ROTHBAUER CITIZEN

Cowichan players celebrate Connor Crichton’s game- and season-opening goal last Friday evening. [SARAH SIMPSON/CITIZEN]

FC sinks Lakehill in opener KEVIN ROTHBAUER CITIZEN

Cowichan FC got off to a strong start in the 2013/14 Vancouver Island Soccer League season, beating Div. 1 newcomers Lakehill 4-0, but in the view of head coach Glen Martin, the team could have opened the game in a stronger fashion.

“I thought our start could have been better,” he said. “We could have been more intense with our play. It took us 28 minutes to score our first goal. I was hoping we would get it sooner than that.”

It was Connor Crichton who opened the scoring at 28 minutes. Cowichan led 1-0 at halftime, but added to that lead early in the second when Brad Thorne scored his first of the match, giving his team some breathing room.

“We’re hard to beat when we’re up two,” said Martin. “We don’t give up a lot of goals.”

Thorne, the eventual Man of the Match, added his second goal, and Cowichan newcomer Steve Scott also scored for the host team.

Scott, signed away from Sooke late in the off-season, got into the game in the second half, and showed plenty of

offensive talent, including a goal that was called back on a phantom offside.

“He could have had a hat trick,” said Martin. “You can tell he can score goals.”

Martin used his bench liberally, getting six of seven spares into the match.

Although he didn’t get a ton of work, goalkeeper Joel Wilson earned the shutout, picking up where he left off last year.

Martin was impressed with the Lakehill team, even if the final score looked lopsided in his own squad’s favour. Lakehill ended up being a good challenge for Cowichan to open the season against.

“They were young and fast and fit,” he said. “They were a little more aggressive than I thought they’d be. We should have been taking it to them harder than we did. They weren’t a bad team to play.

They weren’t intimidated, that’s for sure.

“They’re going to be okay, that team.

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“That’s always a tough team for us,” said Martin. “It’s a good challenge, playing Nanaimo on the road.”

Nanaimo also won their season opener 4-0, beating Prospect Lake.

“They’re always a handful for us,” said Martin. “For some reason, we don’t score goals on them up there.”

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Wasting no time as they prepare to host both the boys and girls single-A provincial championships this fall, Duncan Christian School’s senior volleyball teams started the season last Saturday with concurrent tournaments, just days after the school year began.

Both Chargers teams finished in the middle of their respective packs, while competing against teams ranging from single-A to AAAA. “Both DCS teams played well, overall, to start the year,” said Tom Veenstra, the school’s athletic director. “There were many signs that point to a great year ahead.”

Gulf Islands Secondary School finished atop the girls’ pool, beating Frances Kelsey 25-8, 28-26 in the final match, while Chemainus beat DCS 25-16, 25-17 in the battle for third place.

The Chargers narrowly missed playing in the title match, taking Kelsey to three games in their semifinal before falling 20-25, 30-28, 15-7.

Lake Cowichan placed fifth, topping Cowichan Secondary 25-22, 27-25.

“All matches were close,” Veenstra said of the girls’ tournament. “It could have been anybody on top on another day.”

Belmont beat Nanaimo District Secondary 25-21, 25-21 in the boys final, while DCS finished third and GISS placed fourth. DCS also played an exhibition match against Belmont’s second team, winning 2515, 25-10.

“Strong competitive match play was exhibited by all teams,” said Veenstra.

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Saunders Foundation dishes out donations KEVIN ROTHBAUER CITIZEN

Kerry Park forward Braedan Cross carries the puck up the ice against the Saanich Braves last Saturday. [KEVIN ROTHBAUER/CITIZEN]

Isles still seeking first victory KEVIN ROTHBAUER CITIZEN

Three games into the Vancouver Island Junior Hockey League season, and the Kerry Park Islanders are still looking for their first win.

Things are gradually improving for the Isles, however, as their most recent 20-minute segment — the third period of Saturday’s home opener against the Saanich Braves — was probably the best they’ve played so far.

“We had a good fight back in the third period,” said owner Mark Osmond. “We were pretty happy with that.”

Osmond doesn’t hesitate to admit that, with the talent the Isles have assembled, the 0-3 record isn’t what the team brass envisioned.

“We’re not where we wanted to be three games in,” he said. “It’s going to be a slow process, by the looks of it. We thought we’d be out of the gate faster, but that hasn’t come to fruition yet.

“We’ve got great players. We’ve just got to gel as a team.”

Trailing 4-1 after two periods against

Saanich on Saturday, the Isles picked up their play in the third, getting a pair of goals from Kyle Green and one from Tylor Branzsen, and made the score a more respectable 6-4.

Corey Peterson scored the Isles’ first goal, Branzsen recorded a goal and an assist, and Francis Slicer, Braedan Cross and Jamie Jensen all finished with two helpers.

Leighton Williams stopped 40 of 46 shots in net.

The night before, the Isles lost 6-1 on the road against the Peninsula Panthers. The Panthers led 2-0 before Matt Grant got the Isles on the board midway through the second period, but it was all Peninsula after that.

It didn’t help the Kerry Park cause that the Panthers were 4-for-9 on the powerplay, while the Isles were 1-for-5.

“You can’t play a man short most of a period and still win a hockey game,” said Osmond.

Veteran goalie Jackson Jane made 38 saves on 44 shots.

Showing that the Isles are on the right

track is the fact that they have out-shot their opponents in two of three games so far, including Saturday, when they put 55 pucks on the Braves’ net.

“We’re getting a lot of rubber on their goalies,” Osmond pointed out. “We just have to get more quality shots on them.”

The Isles will have two opportunities to win this weekend as they visit the Campbell River Storm on Friday and play host to the Westshore Wolves on Saturday, both games starting at 7:30 p.m.

Osmond sees a good chance for his team on Friday, even though the Storm are off to a 2-1 start.

“We had a good record against Campbell River, even last year,” said Osmond.

Never mind that the game is being played on Friday the 13th.

“It might be a good day for us, even if it’s unlucky for some people,” he said.

Saturday’s home game will be a shot at redemption for the Isles, who lost 7-4 to Westshore in their season opener last Wednesday.

Beatty looking forward to his home debut From page 17 made 24 saves as the Caps were again out-shot, this time 38-30.

“I thought we played a really solid first period,” said Beatty. “I know we were down 2-1, but I still thought we played solid.”

In the end, the Caps were just outworked, the coach admitted.

“We didn’t have a lot of push-back,” he said. “Trail is a hard-working team, and we didn’t seem to challenge them back.”

Beatty is confident that his team will step things up in terms of work ethic over the coming weeks.

“That’s certainly going to be expected,” he said. “I think we’ve got a lot better to offer. We have to get things sorted out this week and get ready for the home opener.”

The Caps will play host to the Alberni Valley Bulldogs on Saturday, with the puck dropping at 7 p.m.

Aside from watching the Bulldogs for about 10 minutes during a Showcase game, Beatty isn’t terribly familiar with

the team against which he will make his home coaching debut.

“We did play them in our first exhibition game, but that was a number of bodies ago for both teams,” he noted.

Still, he’s excited about playing in front of the home crowd.

“I’m looking forward to it,” he said. “I know there will be some nerves all over again. A lot of our team hasn’t played a regular-season game here yet.

“Hopefully we’ll give the crowd lots to cheer about, and hopefully they’ll give the guys some support.”

Cowichan Valley sports organizations once again benefitted from the largesse of the Saunders Family Foundation.

Headed up by Saunders Subaru owner Bob Saunders, the foundation has raised more than $160,000 over the last four years for community groups on Vancouver Island. Much of that money has found its way to the Cowichan Valley.

“Mr. Saunders was born and raised in the Cowichan Valley and attended school there and found it important to give back to his roots,” said Saunders Family Foundation spokesperson Jim ten Hove.

Bob Saunders was at the Cowichan Golf and Country Club on Aug. 27, where he handed out $8,000 in cheques to local groups.

Kidsport Cowichan received the largest donation of $2,000. The Cowichan Valley Lacrosse Association got $1,500. Donations of $1,000 each went to Cowichan Valley Minor Hockey, the South Cowichan Lawn Tennis Club, and Cowichan Secondary basketball. Duncan Christian girls basketball, Cowichan’s volunteer firefighters and the Khowhemun School Garden Fund each received $500.

“It does not stop there, as we get requests all year and the board looks at each and decides on the situation,” said ten Hove.

The Foundation also spoke about a new program called Comfy Kids, which helps families get to Vancouver for children’s cancer treatment.

“Saunders Subaru donated a car, Hub International provided the insurance, Peninsula Co-op donated the fuel and Brown Bros. picked up the ferry costs,” ten Hove related. “Also, Harbour Air is assisting in flights where a vehicle is not available.”

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RCMP break out the family fun Photos by Lexi Bainas

For video from the Shawnigan Lake RCMP’s Family Fun Day, scan this page with the Layar app on your smart phone or go to www. cowichanvalleycitizen.com

Tour de Rock rider Const. Misty Dmytar of the Nanaimo RCMP poses with her daughter, Jordyn, whose face has just been painted into the likeness of a cat. She will be riding for her two-year-old son in the gruelling event.

Little ones learn to aim a fire hose during this demonstration.

Members of the Kerry Park Islanders are on hand to help with hockey games at the RCMP fun day Saturday.

Aux. Const. Bob Taylor fingerprints Owen Corley as part of the Child Find service offered at the fundraiser at the Kerry Park fields.

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VALLEY Calendar Miscellaneous • Free genealogy class, South Cowichan library in Mill Bay Centre, Sept.

12, 6-7:30 p.m., Discovering Your English Roots with Carol Stiles, Duncan Family History Centre.

• Terry Fox Run, Sunday, Sept. 15, Saywell Park, Lake Cowichan, registration 9 a.m., run 10 a.m. No entry fee, no minimum distance, collect pledges or make personal donation. Pledge forms at Cowichan Lake Recreation, Country Grocer, Honeymoon Bay and

Youbou Community Halls.

• Terry Fox Run, Sunday, Sept. 15, BC Forest Discovery Centre, Duncan, registration 9 a.m., race 10 a.m., variety of course lengths, cyclists and dogs on leashes welcome. No entry fee.

• Chemainus Legion: Saturday Mystery Night, Legion Lounge, Sept. 21.

• Chemainus Legion: back by popular demand Jake’s Gift, live theatre, tickets $20 call 250-246-4532.

• 2013 Salt Spring Island Apple Festival Sunday, Sept. 29, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Sug-

gested starting Fulford Hall. Tickets $10 adults, $5 students, under 12 free.

Displays, tastings, pie, apple IDs.

Seniors • Chemainus Seniors Drop-in Centre choirs start Sept. 9 and 13. Mens Choir Mondays, 9-10:30 a.m., Sept. 9; Ladies Choir Mondays, 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Sept. 9; Mixed Choirs Fridays 10-11:30 a.m., Sept. 13.

• Chemainus Seniors Drop-in Centre dance with Happy Hans, Sept. 28, 7

Arts

Dancing Thursday evenings 6:30-8 p.m., singles, couples, beginners welcome, Chemainus Seniors Centre.

Info: 250-748-9604.

• Crofton Art Group Show and Sale, Cowichan Bay Maritime Centre, Aug. 25-Sept. 14, l0 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Meetings

p.m., Lunch included, $9.

Recreation • New chess club at Duncan Library, Monday evenings 6-8 p.m. All ages and skill levels welcome.

• Cowichan Valley Scottish Country

•Environmental Stewardship Bible Study — learn about environmental concerns while building faith. Led by atmospheric scientist at St. Peter’s Anglican Church. Starts Thursday evening, Sept. 26. Info or to pre-register, contact Geoff at 250-710-8011.

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