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Staff salary process out of touch says board ANDREA RONDEAU CITIZEN

chief Mike McKinlay said.

The Duncan hall sent 21 members, who were on the scene for about two and a half hours to make sure the fire was out.

Cowichan Valley Regional District board members have failed to come to a decision about whether to maintain the controversial status quo on compensation for senior managers and exempt management staffers.

The CVRD formed the board and exempt management staff compensation committee in response to public outcry against what some feel to be salaries that are too large and going up too fast.

The recommendations from that committee would have seen the current system continue for how staff salaries and raises are determined as well as give small raises for board members and benefits for electoral area directors.

At their last meeting, the board referred the matter to their regional services committee meeting so they could get more information on how those recommendations were reached.

John Van Horne, manager of the CVRD’s Human Resources Division, detailed for the committee (which is comprised of the board members) the rationale behind salaries and how they are reached.

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Hay burns in a barn on a Marshall Road farm last Friday afternoon. The fire claimed the entire barn and its contents, but volunteer firefighters managed to prevent it from spreading to any other parts of the farm. [KEVIN ROTHBAUER/CITIZEN]

Blaze destroys Glenora barn ANDREA RONDEAU AND KEVIN ROTHBAUER CITIZEN

Liz Pontious was doing homework Friday afternoon when she heard her father-in-law Glen call for help, yelling that a barn on

the property was on fire.

“I ran down there with buckets filled with water,” Liz said, but it was quickly apparent more would be required, so she called 9-1-1.

The blaze erupted around 3 p.m. in a 25-by-50-foot barn that

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Stay alert, say police, after report of suspicious man KEVIN ROTHBAUER CITIZEN

Police picked up and questioned a man last Friday evening after a peeping tom was reported in the neighbourhood around Somenos and Moorfield roads in North Cowichan.

The man, described as East Indian, 5-foot9 and slender and wearing a white baseball cap, white sweatpants and a dark-coloured hoodie, was alleged to be peering into the windows of a residence, which spooked the lone occupant. The man was released without charges after questioning.

North Cowichan/Duncan RCMP are reminding citizens to always be aware of their surroundings, both at home and out in the community.

“Sometimes we get comfortable in our familiar surroundings and let our guard down,� Cpl. Krista Hobday said. “You don’t know what another’s intentions are and it is best to be alert and prepared for anything.�

Residents are advised to call the police about any suspicious behaviour in others, especially that involving “stalking or criminal harassment-type actions.� “If you are out and enjoying this warm weather, walk with a friend, stay in lit areas, let someone know your intended route if walking alone and what time you can be expected home,� Hobday said. “If you are home, lock your doors and leave outside lights on if expecting a loved one who is arriving after dark.�

Firefighters hose down the remains of a barn in Glenora on Friday. [KEVIN ROTHBAUER/CITIZEN]

Family camper spared from fiery fate BLAZE DESTROYS, From Page 1 They also called on the Cowichan Bay fire department to provide tenders.

The barn was torn down by the farm owners, but nothing else was damaged by

POLICE briefs â—† NORTH COWICHAN

Missing a ship’s wheel? Contact RCMP before it’s destroyed While investigating a separate incident, North Cowichan/Duncan RCMP recovered a ship’s wheel, and are hoping to track down its rightful owner.

The 24-inch-diameter spoke wheel was seized by investigators on July 25, but they were not able to get any information from the individual who was in possession of it, and are trying to find out who it belongs to. “Found property can only be held for so long at the detachment before it is destroyed if not identified by the owner,� Cpl. Krista Hobday said.

Anyone with more information about the wheel should call the RCMP at 250-748-5522.

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Owners anxious to get stolen custom fishing rods back Two custom-made fishing rods are among several items that were stolen from a boat in the Maple Bay area late last month.

The boat, belonging to a Duncan fisherman, was on a trailer sitting on Walcot

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The missing fishing rods are both brown Hardy 10x10 models, one with a black reel and one with a silver reel. Both had the inscription “Built for Big G� on the handle. “Our boat owner is very anxious to get his fishing rods back,� Cpl. Krista Hobday said.

Anyone with information about the theft should contact the North Cowichan/Duncan RCMP at 250-748-5522 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477).

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RCMP request public’s help in finding stolen Honda scooter Police in Lake Cowichan are asking the public to help them track down a stolen scooter.

The all-black, 2003 49cc Honda NPS50 scooter was stolen from a residence on Grosskleg Way sometime between 5 p.m. on Sept. 10 and 9 a.m. on Sept. 11.

Anyone with information about the theft should contact the Lake Cowichan RCMP at 250-749-6668 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477.

Kevin Rothbauer, Citizen

the fire. “Normally our camper’s in there,� Liz said, expressing relief that it was instead parked beside the house.

She said there are also normally pigs and cows close by, but not on Friday.

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Residents asked: what does Crofton future hold?

ANDREA RONDEAU CITIZEN

The Municipality of North Cowichan is offering one last chance to weigh in on the draft plan detailing the future of Crofton.

“We know that Crofton has a strong sense of community and great potential.

As we look to the future, this plan will be the blueprint for planned growth, leading to a sustainable community that can provide housing, services, business opportunities and employment,” said Mayor Jon Lefebure. “We invite residents to attend this final open house to give us their feedback on the draft plan and the future of their community.”

On Thursday, Sept. 18 the community is invited to the Crofton Community Centre from 5-9 p.m. Project consultant James Tuer will make a presentation at 6 p.m. on

the Crofton Local Area Plan. That plan is designed to flesh out the priorities identified in the Official Community Plan.

“The LAP will also assist in investment and land use decisions for this area during the next 30 years and help to provide certainty for everyone involved in the community — residents, business owners, landowners and developers,” said the municipality in a press release.

The draft plan is the culmination of input received through an open house in November 2013 and a three-day design workshop in March of this year.

The plan details everything from street configuration and plantings to commercial zones and types of housing.

Following the open house a plan will be produced, then taken to the Community Planning Advisory Committee. From there it will go to council.

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Community not satisfied STAFF SALARY, From Page 1 The process involves looking at what other regional districts pay their staff and aiming to be in the middle of the salary range.

Van Horne also pointed out that the salary rates in question have been increasing at a smaller rate than the budget in general, and as a percentage of the budget, have been decreasing over the last decade to 4.83 per cent in 2013.

The system, he admitted, isn’t ideal but “we shouldn’t avoid going with something good because we’re hoping for something perfect out there.”

A number of directors were not convinced.

Dir. Bruce Fraser said that while the system is logical to a point, the CVRD cannot continue to ignore the economics of the larger community in determining how much staff will be paid.

“It’s losing touch with what people feel the external marketplace is,” he stated, saying that it is exacerbating an inequality where government officials increasingly have more than those in the community the government is serving.

“I think that’s what people are telling governments across the country,” Fraser said.

There has to be some consideration of taxpayers’ ability to pay along with consideration of the internal marketplace of regional

districts. “The mechanism is disengaged from the rest of society,” he said.

It was an idea echoed by Duncan Mayor Phil Kent who had chaired the committee, but said he voted against the recommendations.

“I believe this was a Hoover committee,” said Dir. Loren Duncan. “It sucked up the energy, nothing more.”

“I don’t believe the community is at all satisfied with what was accomplished,” he concluded.

After nearly two hours of discussion, Ladysmith Mayor and CVRD Board Chair Rob Hutchins referred the matter of staff compensation back to the original committee, with instructions to look at widening the scope of comparators to the greater community.

“That, to me, is putting the issue off,” argued Kent, but the majority of directors agreed to the referral.

The recommendation for an increase in board compensation, Van Horne said, stems from a need to try to entice and allow more people to serve on local governments.

“There’s an increasing demand on people’s time,” he explained, and due to the level of pay for such a position, many people have to maintain other employment as well.

Recommendations to increase board salaries and provide benefits for electoral area directors passed.

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Teachers to vote on ending strike Thursday LEXI BAINAS CITIZEN

Cowichan Valley teachers are joining colleagues around the province in voting on Thursday on a tentative six-year deal to end their months-long strike.

Full details of the agreement reached between the BC Teachers’ Federation and the BC Public School Employers’ Association were not available at press time but there was plenty of excitement just the same, according to a local teachers’ rep.

Chris Rolls, vice-president of the Cowichan Valley Teachers’ Federation and president of the Lake Cowichan Teachers’ Association, said Tuesday that she received email notification of the prospective deal at 4:30 a.m. that morning.

“We can’t wait to get back in school. It was exciting that the media blackout [during negotiations] actually got to happen on all sides and they got to be left alone to get this done,” she said.

Rolls said she was waiting with everyone else to hear the all the details before sharing anything with her members before their vote.

“My members have always had the faith in our bargaining team and that they knew what members felt: that all we wanted was to get back to work,” she said.

Now, there is the job of preparing classrooms.

“There’s a lot of work that has to go in, especially in primary classrooms. It’s not just a matter

Teachers may soon be off the picket lines, as a tentative deal was announced early Tuesday morning between the BCTF and the BCPSEA. All sides are hopeful it will resolve the current strike. [LEXI BAINAS/CITIZEN] of having desks and chairs.”

In addition, cleaning and maintenance at some Valley schools has been on hold during the strike.

“We don’t know what we’re walking into which sort of complicates things. But I do have great faith that teachers are going to get things done as fast as they can.

We’re going to ask for patience on the behalf of kids and parents with that,” Rolls said.

Caroline Kirman, president of the Cowichan Valley District Parent Advisory Council, said that

parent groups have not been able to communicate well during the summer, so she wasn’t speaking for them, but, as a parent, shared that she was “delighted” at a possible end to the strike and “to see students back in a learning environment and one that is free from any dispute.”

She agreed with Rolls that some accommodations will have to be made as schools ease into high gear.

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Pedestrians are encouraged to find out this Saturday between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. by testing their multi-tasking at Cowichan Valley Community Policing’s Distracted Pedestrian Challenge.

“When you approach an intersection, are you paying attention to what’s happening around you?” a release from Community Policing asked. “Remove your headphones and put away your cell phone so you can see, hear and respond to keep yourself safe.”

In the challenge, volunteers will walk participants through a course while the pedestrian is distracted by activities such as talking on a phone or texting, so they can see how they respond to situations around them, such as cars honking, playgrounds or train crossings.

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ficult for teachers who’ve not had access to their classrooms. Also CUPE and USW workers have not been able to do all of their work over the summer. That’s actually a concern to me as a parent because of the repairs that haven’t been able to be done.

“But, one of the things that as a parent I’m most concerned about is the loss of learning, that students have lost three weeks of this academic year. How can they make that up? Will the government or our board of education be

amending the school calendar to claw back some of the lost time?”

She will wait to hear more, possibly from the Cowichan Valley’s trustee at tonight’s school board meeting.

An exultant Premier Christy Clark praised all sides when she spoke to the media Tuesday afternoon.

“We have reached an historic six-year agreement. That means we have five years of labour peace ahead of us.”

Clark said she thought reaching a settlement through negotiation was “really important” and called it “a remarkable achievement” after “years of dysfunction”.

Around the province, trustees were exulting, too.

“This is wonderful news for the students, teachers, administrators, support staff, trustees and parents in B.C.,” said Teresa Rezansoff, president of the BC School Trustees Association. “The immediate goal is to get students back in classes as quickly as possible. We must then focus on the critical work of strengthening our public education system and rebuilding trust.”

BCSTA had two representatives at the bargaining table.

Right now, teachers are preparing for their Labour Relations Board-sanctioned vote.

“I’m guessing the results would be released Thursday night but I don’t know for sure,” Rolls said.

Check http://bcparentinfo.ca/ latest-news/ for updates on the situation.

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Perpetually plugged in? It might just hurt you e hear a lot about distracted driving (though far too many people still think it’s okay to text/talk on the phone/put on makeup while they’re behind the wheel) but not so much about distracted walking.

However, in our electronically plugged-in society, pedestrians locked in their own little bubbles are an increasing problem.

Most of the time it’s treated as something of a joke — a funny video or photo on Facebook or YouTube of the person who was too busy playing Angry Birds to notice that the dock was end-

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Or we shake our heads over the post about the person who walked into the lamp standard because they were too busy texting to notice it.

People bumping into other people in their distraction doesn’t attract much notice nowadays, except when it turns into a confrontation or fight.

People with their heads bent down, eyes glued to their phones is such a common sight that we don’t even remark on it much anymore.

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ahead of them they are often wearing headphones or ear buds, at least partially blocking out the sounds around them.

Like the noise of that car engine coming up behind, or the sound of the siren that should be alerting them to look around and make sure they stay out of the way.

Drivers used to have to worry mostly about children darting into traffic after a loose toy, or jaywalking pedestrians.

But now there’s a whole other category of people with which to be concerned — those who are plugged in.

We wish people would begin to recognize that neither they, nor anyone else in their lives, will die if they put their cell phone away for a few minutes.

How many times have you seen two people sitting at a restaurant table together only to be completely ignoring one another in favour of their gadgets?

What a waste.

And ironic. The very devices that are supposed to bring us closer than ever are alienating us from one another.

But the very least we can do is look up and tune in long enough to keep ourselves and others safe.

ley would like to explore?

There is no need to muddy the issue with wording about extensive costs and changes of boundaries. Just ask the simple question. “Would you like your local governments to look at the feasibility of amalgamating the City of Duncan and North Cowichan?”

The communities of Alberni and Kamloops successfully amalgamated and are better for it. I hope that our representatives can look beyond their selfinterests and do what is right for the whole. Let’s at least find out what the man on the street wants.

Re: “Cut to mill hours could close doors: manager” Windsor, Detroit, Pennsylvania, rural British Columbia have a common thread — that of being abandoned by their respective governments in the name of free trade.

Jobs moved overseas en masse (think log exports) decimating local economies and enabling other countries to become more prosperous, not always lifting their citizens from poverty but, in one instance, to build a military of unfathomable proportions instead.

The middle class in North America has contracted dramatically; the number of middleincome workers has plummeted.

The upshot is far less economic activity and diminished payroll taxes to government coffers to finance government programs, thus impoverishing us all.

The sawmill at Cowichan Bay provides much-needed employment for the local economy. If the Cowichan Bay Western Forest Products mill were forced to close due to a small number of noise concerns it is feasible to think the logs could simply be exported to enrich other countries’ economies.

Many jobs would be lost. Support and supply jobs are fiver for every mill job, meaning 600 to 700 jobs and the economic prosperity they create would be lost. Please, let’s instead do what can be done to try to lessen the noise and carry on in peaceful coexistence.

Incidentally, an acquaintance who lives in the area in question tells me the mill isn’t the real noise culprit — the neighbour’s barking dog is.

Richard Odo Cowichan

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Driver is distracted trying to read iWatch Just ask the simple amalgamation question This is my first letter to the editor. I have always been content to let others in the community voice their opinions in the media while I did my bit through community organizations like Rotary, the Chamber and the United Way. However, I find myself frustrated and confused by the whole topic of amalgamation.

This idea has been debated since I moved to the Valley in 1986.

It seems to me, as well as virtually everyone that I discuss this topic with, that our community would be better served with a joining of our local governments.

I admit to not having all the facts and figures to make a definitive decision.

That is why we elect people to serve on our behalf. They are supposed to represent us in collecting the facts and making decisions for the betterment of our communities.

My fear is that some of the local councillors are serving their own interests, i.e. a job, over the interests of the community.

Surely someone who is committed to doing what is best for the citizens they represent would want to know what those very people would like.

What harm would come from a question on the ballot asking if amalgamation is an issue that the people of the Cowichan Val-

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There’s no conspiracy here

I support the B.C. teachers and I want a return to the class size and composition structure that was illegally stripped from the teachers’ contract in 2002. I think B.C. children deserve a well-funded public school system with small classes, well-maintained facilities, suitable classroom resources, and teachers who feel respected in their work and optimistic about education. I fear, however, that what Christy Clark and the BC Liberals want is something which I see as much more sinister. I don’t believe they have any intention to adequately fund the public education system. Instead, I believe they are trying to manipulate the current crisis in our education system to bring in legislation which would further support and entrench a two-tiered education system.

During the last round of bargaining (2011-2012), according to Justice Susan Griffin, the BC Liberal government did not bargain in good faith. It seemed to her that the government was trying to force a strike so that they could gain “a political advantage in imposing legislation that the public might otherwise not support.”

This finding was directly supported by Melanie Joy, the chair of BCPSEA during the negotiations.

She said that the conditions the government set were so restrictive as to make a deal with the teachers almost impossible. When BCPSEA and the BCTF did manage to come to agreement the BC Liberal government reacted by “replac[ing] the elected school trustees on the BCPSEA board with its own public administrator, 2) appoint[ing] a government negotiator in the midstream of current BCTF bargaining, and 3) replac[ing] the senior staff at BCPSEA.” Just as in 2012 Fassbender and Clark do not want a negotiated end to the strike. But I don’t think they want to legislate the teachers back to work either. They want to break the union and they want to use the strike as an opportunity to bring in legislation to expand private schooling in B.C. They may even, as some speculate, intend to introduce an education voucher system here, like many American states have.

I support the B.C. teachers but even more strongly I support what should be a right accorded to every child: guaranteed access to quality public education. Please don’t let Christy Clark and the BC Liberals dismantle our public education system. Support B.C. teachers. Let the government know that you think class size and composition are important. Our kids are worth it.

Mr. Swiatlowski’s Tax Busters group has already been called out

by North Cowichan Councillor [Al] Siebring for distorting facts, and unfortunately we need to do so, too.

His letter to the Citizen alleges that One Cowichan’s community survey is part of a conspiracy to raise taxes. While there is a question about people’s opinion on local tax rates, we let respondents answer that for themselves.

Feel free to take the survey at onecowichan.ca and you can decide. Results will be released in early October.

Marki Sellers Duncan

Bickering over question outrageous I am outraged and dismayed that our locally elected officials are placing their personal agendas above the wishes of their electorate.

Talk to an average Joe or Joan on the street, and the majority of them will say that amalgamation needs to be looked into. In fact, a survey done by the City of Duncan itself revealed that over 67 per cent of its citizens are in favour of taking a deeper look at amalgamation. Yet, our councils cannot even agree on the wording of a question to be put on the ballot. Councillors, remember that an election is coming up! I hope that on Nov. 15, voters will voice their dissatisfaction with the current council members who are thinking of their own futures rather than the future of the Valley.

George Nielsen Duncan

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We spent many days down town enjoying the music. I feel that Duncan could really use more of this and definitely more than 39 days! After these days were finished we found ourselves spending much less time in town. The atmosphere in Duncan was very festive throughout the entertainment and I feel that Duncan could use more of this to connect our community.

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Demolition order threatens Duncan historic building, part 1 (Part 1) he gabled two-storey building at the northeast corner of Craig and Station Streets, boarded up and unsightly for the past two years or more while undergoing repairs and renovation that have stalled, has been ordered by Duncan council to come down within 45 days.

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ask, how many Valley residents have so much as an inkling of this structure’s long and colourful history? A history of considerable significance, I might add.

Let’s start with Harry Smith, the man who built it with money he’d made from the sale of the Lenora and Tyee copper claims on Mount Sicker.

Harry, one of the few who turned a profit from the Sicker copper mines, opened what we last knew as the Red Balloon Toyshop as the Duncan’s Emporium.

Born the son of a tenant farmer at Tholomas Drove, Cambridgeshire, England in 1859, the youngest of 13 children, Harry emigrated to the United States as a young man and eventually landed in Port Townsend as a customs inspector. It was in that role that he met two of the three men who’d originally discovered promising signs of copper on Mount Sicker.

Their partner having died, Smith bought in with $500 put up by a relative.

On April 30, 1897, during his second year of prospecting the northwestern slopes of this small Westholme mountain, Smith, working alone, discovered and claimed for himself a 30- to 40-footwide seam of copper bearing ore that he named the Lenora, for his daughter.

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A few hundred feet above it, he and one of his partners staked the Tyee.

Unable to develop them to their potential, Smith sold out and moved into town.

In 1899, he opened the Duncan’s Emporium, described by a son as a “general merchandising business,” in the original Odd Fellows’ Building on Station Street (where the Whittome Building is today). In 1902 he built the two-storey subject of today’s Chronicle.

Wanting to advertise his wares, he decided to launch a newspaper above the store with the help of a Victoria printer, Albert E. Greenwood. The Duncan Enterprise hit the street on Jan. 21, 1900.

“Smith & Greenwood, Editors and Publishers,” modestly announced themselves: “We can hardly call this a newspaper in its present form, but it is our intention, if the people of this community will give us their support, morally and monetary, to merge this into a weekly publication and establish a plant in your midst. We conscientiously believe the time has come when this growing community should be represented in the journalistic world, and, while this is true, we fully realize that it is only by combined effort that the goal can be obtained.

“As an avenue for your co-operation,

we might state that our columns are open to discussion on any matter pertaining to the welfare of the community, always bearing in mind that brevity is essential to insure publication, and that personal animosities will not find a mouthpiece in this organ.

“Looking forward to success in this ‘Duncan Enterprise,’ we beg to remain, Very respectfully, Smith & Greenwood, Editors and Publishers.”

The Enterprise, all of four pages, each measuring only 12 inches by 9 inches, was to sell for “20 cents per annum”.

This price, and the newspaper’s name, had changed, to 50 cents per annum and to the Duncans Enterprise respectively, by the second issue.

Even though Harry was his own best advertiser, he informed subscribers in December, “Three more issues will complete the first year of ‘The Enterprise’s’ existence, and it is quite possible that it will stop with the issue of January 13th, 1901, as very few have signified a desire to see it continued, and it has been a source of great expense to the publisher thereof.”

The Weekly Enterprise, as it had been renamed in May, ceased publication, Jan. 12, 1901.

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shared that there had already been a halfdozen tryouts for the female lead — and of such quality as to make the directors’ job of choosing difficult.

Prospective chorus members were in the crowd, singing along when needed by the auditioning soloists to add realism.

Pirates of Penzance is one of the most popular Gilbert and Sullivan operettas; offering light-hearted entertainment and, in these days of Pirates of the Caribbean, directors can stretch the edges of the script to include all kinds of campy fun.

The Heritage Hall at the Duncan United Church was filled with hopefuls last Sunday as the South Island Musical Theatre Society held auditions for its winter blockbuster, The Pirates of Penzance.

Drama and musical directors Gregg Perry and Peter Yelland had their heads together with choreographer Joyce Scott as performers stepped up to show what they could do. It all started at 1 p.m. and by 2 p.m. accompanist Rykie Avenant

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The Cowichan Symphony Society’s 59th season opens Saturday, Sept. 20 at 7:30 p.m. with Maestra Tania Miller leading the Victoria Symphony in a special evening of music by Rachmaninoff, Wagner and Bartók.

Miller and her musicians are in a concerto frame of mind as they prepare for this event that will also feature pianist Anna Fedorova.

It all starts off with Wagner’s, Prelude to his opera, Die Meistersinger, followed by Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 3 and Bartók’s Concerto for Orchestra.

The Meistersinger Prelude is a majestic opener any season.

Written for a large orchestra, its appealing music offers visions of the opera’s upcoming action, and even though the full production of Die Meistersinger would not occur for six more years, it still generated a lot of excitement in its day — the middle 19th century.

Its purely optimistic tone is unique among the composer’s works, so don’t be put off when you see the name Wagner.

Sergei Rachmaninoff was, like the old Chinese curse says, born in interesting times.

He saw the light of day at Semyonovo, Russia, on April 1, 1873, and died in Beverly Hills, California, on March 28, 1943, so his life was quite a journey.

He composed Piano Concerto No. 3 expressly for his North American tour in 1909 and first played the massive work that year with the New York Symphony.

This concerto offers an immense challenge to a pianist’s stamina and endurance and was a major part of the film Shine — a 1996 film based on the life of troubled pianist David Helfgott.

For the orchestra itself, Bartók’s Concerto for Orchestra is a fivemovement piece.

It is one of his best known, most popular and most accessible works. In contrast to the conventional concerto form, which features a solo instrument with orchestral accompaniment, Bartók called this piece a concerto, because of the way each section of instruments is treated.

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Jennifer Lally stars as Shirley Valentine in the play of the same name which will hit the stage Oct. 2, 3, and 4 in Duncan. [LEXI BAINAS/CITIZEN]

Valley actress Jennifer Lally stars in the one-woman play, Shirley Valentine at the Mercury Theatre later this month.

Willy Russell’s delightful play opens the Mercury Players’ season on Saturday, Sept.

27 at 7:30 p.m. and continues with a matinée the next day at 2 p.m. Additional presentations are scheduled for Oct. 2, 3 and 4, all starting at 7:30 p.m.

Directed by Lally and produced by Jim Cleough, this one-woman tour de force is a favourite with actresses.

The heroine, Shirley Valentine, the 42year-old mother of two, whose married name is Mrs. Joe Bradshaw, is an ordinary middle-class English housewife.

As she prepares chips and egg for dinner, she ruminates on her life and tells the wall about her husband, her children, her past, and an invitation from a girlfriend to join her on holiday in Greece to search for romance and adventure.

Ultimately, Shirley does escape to Greece,

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“Trying to claw yourself out of that and make yourself your own again is the best little message out of Shirley that there is: remember to love yourself.”

JENNIFER LALLY, actress playing Shirley Valentine

enjoys an interlude with a local fisherman and decides to stay.

Lally loves the show. She performed it a decade or so ago and is excited to be bringing it back.

“Quite frankly, I’m going through withdrawal. I need something else to do. I thought, it’s time Shirley made a resurgence. So I bit the bullet and asked the Mercury if they would be game to let me do it and they said yes.”

She agreed that this show offers one of a very small bunch of good, meaty roles for women who aren’t as young as they used to be.

“There is a strange grey area for actresses.

You play either very young women or you play older women. For some reason, roles for middle-aged women are few and far between. So, to have something like Shirley Valentine, who is a 42-year-old housewife at wits’ end, is wonderful.”

It’s strange that an actress finds doors closing just she is getting into her stride.

“Then you’re shut down for a 10-15 year wait before you get a good role. It’s very frustrating,” Lally said.

There are lots of roles as cantankerous old dames.

“Oh yes, they are juicy and have a lot of edge to them. You’ll love doing them but it’s such a long wait to get to them.”

Lally laughed and explained that the first time she did Shirley Valentine, back in 2003, “people told me I was far too young to be doing it and now, here I am a few years later, and I thought, why not? Let’s go for it.”

Asked if part of the problem with finding roles is that aging isn’t what it used to

be, with 50 being the new 30 and all that, she said, “Could be. I remember years ago watching my friend’s parents. They were wearing the matching velour outfits.

Those days are gone. Everyone is so much younger now than they were 20 years ago,” she said.

The years have changed how she is bringing Shirley to the stage.

“Because I’ve had that other decade of experience. I’ve had trials and tribulations myself and I understand her more and more all the time. I see it with a lot of other women, too, who get caught in that pattern of going to work, making the meals for the husband and there’s not much else.

“You sit there and stare at the wall and you get to a point where your friends are gone and you don’t know where they’ve disappeared to. And there’s no one left to talk to because now the husband is going through his own issues and maybe just sitting quietly reading the newspaper or whatever. You get to that point where you just need more. This reflects a lot of women’s lives right now.

“It’s kind of a wake-up call. I’m not suggesting that every woman should go off to Greece, although that would be really fantastic, but finding that something that gives you your own self-worth back is really phenomenal. When you’ve lost who you were and suddenly realize it, it’s quite a shock to the system. Trying to claw yourself out of that and make yourself your own again is the best little message out of Shirley that there is: remember to love yourself,” Lally said.

This hilariously engaging play was a hit in London and New York, performed by Pauline Collins, who later recreated her role on film, garnering an Oscar nomination.

This show is by the author of Educating Rita and Blood Brothers.

Tickets are available at Ten Old Books, Solitaire Press and First Chiropractic at a cost of $20 for adults, $15 for seniors and students. There’s a special price of only $10 for the Sunday matinée.

YOUNG MUSICIAN OF THE WEEK Madison Gray has been playing piano, studying for six years, four with Ann Mendenhall and two with Connie Masson.

A theory student of Brenda Braaten, she received the top theory mark for the Cowichan Valley. She studied oboe at Mt. Prevost and Cowichan Secondary Schools.

She recently played her Grade 10 piano exam and was a runner up in the David Walden Memorial Scholarship competition.

She is pursuing her studies at Dalhousie University in Halifax.

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Early indicators show Kerry Park’s depth KEVIN ROTHBAUER CITIZEN

Mark Osmond hopes the Kerry Park Islanders set the tone for the 2014/15 Vancouver Island Junior Hockey League season by winning their home opener 6-2 over the Peninsula Panthers last Saturday.

“The boys played well and we had a good crowd,” the Islanders owner said. “That’s the way we want to keep it.”

The Isles opened the scoring 12 minutes into the game when rookie Patrick Poets potted his first VIJHL goal. The Panthers replied with a pair, however, and were up 2-1 by the end of the opening frame.

“The first period was a little flat,” Osmond said. “I think the boys thought it would be an easy game. Of course, that’s not the way to think.”

Head coach Dale Purinton provided a motivational speech between the first and second periods, and his team came back out and dominated the remainder of the contest.

After Cody Short and Matt Osmond scored even-strength goals in the second period, the Isles got a lengthy powerplay after Peninsula defenceman Brett Sjerven took multiple punches at Kerry Park rookie forward Keegan Bissett, who didn’t fight back. Sjerven was assessed seven minutes in penalties and a game misconduct, while Purinton was tossed from the game himself after having some choice words for the linesman who he felt wasn’t doing enough to separate the players.

Short and Nick Kean added goals on the ensuing man advantage, and Tyson Malloch rounded out the scoring with his first of the

Kerry Park Islanders rookie Patrick Poets celebrates his first VIJHL goal during the first period of last Saturday’s win over Peninsula. [KEVIN ROTHBAUER/CITIZEN]

“We’ve got lots of scoring throughout the team.

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season in the third period.

Lynden Eddy finished the game with three assists, while Matt Osmond had an assist to go along

with his second-period goal.

Leighton Williams earned the win between the pipes, stopping 26 of 28 shots. The Isles chased Peninsula starter Michael Frank, who allowed four goals on 16 shots, then scored twice on 11 shots on William Harvey.

The win at home came two days after the Isles lost 3-2 to the Nanaimo Buccaneers on Thursday.

“We were dominant for long periods of time, but we couldn’t get a result,” Osmond said. “It was a little frustrating for the boys. They were playing well

and losing. That’s what happens sometimes.”

Eddy opened the scoring against his former team, but the Bucs rallied to take a 2-1 lead in the second period. Zack Smith evened things up in the third, but Nanaimo answered back with the eventual game-winner.

Chris Carpentier assisted on both Kerry Park goals. Ty Rennie took the loss in goal, making 32 saves on 35 shots.

Through their first four games, the Isles have six players — Smith, Short, Kean, Eddy, Carpentier and Ryan Paisley — averaging at least

a point a game, and several more who aren’t far off that pace. That’s a good indication of the team’s depth, Osmond said.

“We’ve got lots of scoring throughout the team,” he said.

“That’s a good way to be. You want your first two lines to score, and if you get scoring from the other lines, that’s a bonus. I like the way things are going so far.”

The Isles have a busy weekend coming up as they visit the Saanich Braves on Friday, then host the Westshore Wolves at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, and the Oceanside Generals at 3 p.m. on Sunday.

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After several weeks of training camp, the Cowichan Valley Capitals are now just days away from opening the regular season at the Bauer BCHL Showcase in Chilliwack, and it couldn’t come soon enough.

“We’re looking forward to getting the season underway,” head coach Bob Beatty said. “We’re champing at the bit. I can sense these guys are excited to get into some regular-season action.”

The Caps wrapped up the preseason last Saturday with a 3-1 loss to the Victoria Grizzlies at Seaparc Arena in Sooke, dropping their exhibition record to one win and four defeats. Still, Beatty felt the game against Victoria was a better effort than most of their previous exhibition contests, including last Wednesday’s 7-3 loss to the Nanaimo Clippers.

Trailing 1-0 after the first period and 3-0 after the second, the Caps looked to be digging themselves a bigger hole in the third period when they got into penalty trouble early on as Alex Bechtold took a five-minute major and game misconduct for checking from behind and Julien Lepage took a roughing minor.

They managed to kill the two-man advantage off, as they had done with all five Grizzlies powerplays. That gave the Caps some late momentum, but other than Daniel Wanner’s late goal with 3:14 left on the clock, they couldn’t muster any additional offence.

Brayden Gelsinger and Luke Novak assisted on Wanner’s goal. Lane Michasiw took the loss in net as the Grizzlies outshot the Caps 30-21.

Following the game, the Caps got a little closer to their season-opening roster by releasing two more players from camp:

defenceman Kyle Baron and forward Devin Mackey.

Baron will join the Revelstoke Grizzlies of the junior B Kootenay International Junior Hockey League, where the Caps plan to affiliate him and track his progress.

“He had a good camp,” Beatty said. “He came a long way. I think he’ll go to Revelstoke and play top-two minutes, and that will be good for his development.”

Mackey, a 1995-born player, was a victim of the numbers game.

“He had a lot of things going for him, but we felt we would go with younger players,” Beatty said.

The roster situation has been complicated a little by the arrival of Ryan Burton on Sunday, giving the team 14 forwards in camp; they plan to carry 13. Burton impressed at the Caps’ spring camp, but spent early September trying out for the Madison Capitols of the U.S. Hockey League.

“He put up good numbers in midget and was a solid player in our spring camp,” Beatty said. “He’ll add some depth. He can score, and he’s got decent size.”

The Caps will face the Vernon Vipers in Chilliwack on Friday as part of the BCHL Showcase. The Vipers reached the finals of the Fred Page Cup playoffs last season, losing to the Coquitlam Express, but there have been a lot of changes to the roster since then.

“We know that Vernon has got a lot of fresh faces,” Beatty said. “They’re not as big and physical as they were last year, but they’re expected to be one of the top teams in their division.”

On Saturday, the Caps will continue the Showcase against the Merritt Centennials.

“They have a lot of guys back, and they’ve been picked to be one of the frontrunners in their division,” Beatty commented.

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LMG earns a win with skill, but can still play better KEVIN ROTHBAUER CITIZEN

After a seven-goal outburst in their Vancouver Island Soccer League season-opener a week earlier, a 3-0 win over Comox Valley United in their first home game of the year was almost a letdown for Cowichan LMG last Saturday.

“I was a little disappointed we only got three goals, especially when you look at all the opportunities we created,” head coach Glen Martin said.

After converting on seven of their 12 scoring chances in the season-opener against Westcastle, Cowichan made good on three of about 10 chances against Comox. Brad Thorne, Paddy Nelson and Steve Scott did the scoring, while Joel Wilson earned the shutout.

“The positive part is that we are creating chances,” Martin admitted. “But we should have buried our chances and put that team away.”

Martin has higher expectations for his team, which he felt coasted to victory.

“I think we can definitely play better; our work ethic was not up to our standard,” he said. “Our skill level got us through that game. It wasn’t because we out-worked them. We were not even close to playing to our potential.”

Martin did have praise for the play of goalscorers Scott and Thorne, as well as captain Jesse Winter and striker Dan Cato.

“They had their A-game going,” he said.

Newcomers to Div. 1, Comox also earned some respect from the Cowichan coach.

Although Comox didn’t manage to score on

Dan Citra moves the ball for Cowichan LMG. [KEVIN ROTHBAUER/CITIZEN] Wilson, they did create some chances, and hit the crossbar on one occasion.

“They played hard until the end,” Martin acknowledged. “They’ll do alright, especially in Comox.”

Cowichan will be at home again this Friday to take on Lakehill at 7:30 p.m. at the Sherman Road pitch. Both teams are undefeated, and Martin is hoping for a big crowd.

“I’m looking forward to this game already,” he said. “I think we can play a little harder this time.”

Lakehill has just four returning players from last year, when the team placed sixth in Div. 1, and Martin isn’t familiar with the current roster.

“We don’t know who they are,” he said.

“We’re expecting a young, fast team.”

Cowichan is expecting to have Cooper

Barry and Tyler Hughes back in the lineup after they missed the last game.

In Div. 2, Cowichan United collected their first win of the season, beating the Gordon Head Blazers 4-2 on goals by Kodi Archbold, Kevin Smith, Conor Williams and Nick Crichton.

“We had a good week of training and worked on the system and how we want to play as a team,” head coach Ryan Flynn said. “The guys played it very well; it was a complete turnaround from last week.”

Each of the 15 players who made the trip to Victoria saw at least 35 minutes of playing time, and the bench players were key to the victory, Flynn said.

Crichton opened the scoring on Cowichan’s first possession of the game, just 50 seconds in, converting a cross from Smith, and Cowichan was relentless after that.

“We did not let up the whole game, always pressing, and after the first half the score was 3-1,” Flynn said.

New dad Smith was named player of the game after scoring once and setting up two more goals in the first half and controlling the midfield.

United will host Vantreights this Saturday at Rotary Park, or, as some players have affectionately dubbed it, “The Cage,” at 6 p.m.

“We will have a couple minor adjustments to our team again in hopes to get our first home win of the season,” Flynn said. “It’s a great new venue that allows fans to take in the game from a stadium atmosphere. We hope to see all the fans in support as it is much appreciated.”

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Meetings • Cowichan Historical Society meeting Sept. 18, 7:30 p.m., St. Peter’s Hall, Duncan. Discover the fascinating history of former copper smelting town Anyox, B.C. (operated 1917-1932) with speaker Gordon Hutchings.

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• Cowichan Independent Living, the Cowichan Valley Disability Resource Centre first annual Semi-Formal Dinner and Silent Auction Sept. 27, Quamichan Inn. Enjoy live music with flutist Jane Way, local comedian Nick Schols. Tickets $60 by phone, credit

card or email money transfer or come in to Duncan office: #103-121 First St. Info: 250-746-3930 or www.cvilrc.bc.ca • Lisa Diamond and Areli Hermanson, registered dietitians and authors of book on gluten-free baking to share systematic yet simple approach for every level of baker, Saturday, Oct. 4, 2 p.m., Duncan library. Free.

• Cowichan Fish and Game Association in Glenora hosting Canadian Firearm Safety course (PAL and RPAL) starting Friday, Oct. 17. Details and to register: canadianfirearmsafety@ shaw.ca or call Mike 250-748-0319.

• 7th Annual VSO Craft Fair Nov. 1 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Seniors Activity Centre, Duncan. Table rental $15. Book now.

• Learn to square dance. Lessons begin Sunday, Oct. 19, 7 p.m., Girl Guide Hall, 321 Cairnsmore St., Duncan. Info: 250-748-6056 or 250-748-9140.

• Cowichan Ballroom Dance Club welcomes all fellow dancers to regular 6:30 p.m. Thursday night practices at Vimy Hall. Info: 250-597-1132.

Cowichan Valley Citizen | Wednesday, September 17, 2014

21st Annual FALL

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Wednesday, September 17, 2014 | Cowichan Valley Citizen

2014 GENERAL LOCAL ELECTION NOTICE OF NOMINATION • COWICHAN VALLEY REGIONAL DISTRICT ELECTORAL AREA DIRECTOR • MUNICIPALITY OF NORTH COWICHAN MAYOR & COUNCILLOR • THETIS ISLAND LOCAL TRUST AREA TRUSTEE

• CITY OF DUNCAN MAYOR & COUNCILLOR • TOWN OF LAKE COWICHAN MAYOR & COUNCILLOR • SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 79 (COWICHAN VALLEY) TRUSTEE

QUALIFICATIONS FOR OFFICE A person is qualified to be nominated, elected, and to hold office as a member of local government or School Trustee if they meet the following criteria: • Canadian Citizen; • 18 years of age or older on general voting day (November 15, 2014); • Resident of BC for at least 6 months immediately before the day nomination papers are filed (April 8, 2014 or earlier); and • Not disqualified under the Local Government Act or any other enactment from being nominated for, being elected to or holding the office, or be otherwise disqualified by law. the office of Trustee for the Thetis Island Local Trust Area (Two Trustees to be elected); will be received by the CVRD Chief Election Officer at the Cowichan Valley Regional District office, 175 Ingram Street, Duncan, BC during regular office PUBLIC NOTICE is given to the electors of the Cowichan Valley Regional District and the Thetis Island Local Trust Area that nominations for the office of hours between 9:00 am on Tuesday, September 30, 2014 and 4:00 pm on Friday, October 10, 2014, excluding weekends.

Electoral Area Director of Electoral Areas: A – Mill Bay/Malahat B – Shawnigan Lake C – Cobble Hill D – Cowichan Bay E – Cowichan Station/Sahtlam/Glenora F – Cowichan Lake South/Skutz Falls G – Saltair/Gulf Islands H – North Oyster/Diamond I – Youbou/Meade Creek (One Director to be elected for each Electoral Area); and,

PUBLIC NOTICE is also given to the electors of the Municipality of North Cowichan that nominations for the offices of: Mayor (One Mayor to be elected) Councillor (Six Councillors to be elected) will be received by the North Cowichan Chief Election Officer at the Municipal Hall located at 7030 Trans Canada Highway, Duncan, BC, during regular office hours between the hours of 9:00 am on Tuesday, September 30, 2014 and 4:00 pm on Friday, October 10, 2014, excluding weekends.

Nomination documents for Electoral Area Director and Thetis Island Local Trust Area Trustee are now available at the Cowichan Valley Regional District office during regular office hours, 8:00 am to 4:30 pm, Monday to Friday and online at www.cvrd.bc.ca to the close of the nomination period.

FURTHER INFORMATION on the foregoing may be obtained by contacting: Joe Barry Chief Election Officer jbarry@cvrd.bc.ca

Kathleen Harrison Deputy Chief Election Officer kharrison@cvrd.bc.ca

Telephone: 250-746-2506 or toll free 1-800-665-3955

PUBLIC NOTICE is also given to the electors of the City of Duncan that nominations for the offices of: Mayor (One Mayor to be elected) Councillor (Six Councillors to be elected) will be received by the Duncan Chief Election Officer at City Hall located at 200 Craig Street, Duncan, BC between the hours of 9:00 am on Tuesday, September 30, 2014 to 4:00 pm on Friday, October 10, 2014, excluding weekends.

Nomination documents for Mayor and Councillor are now available at the Municipal Hall during regular office hours, 8:30 am to 4:30 pm, Monday to Friday until the close of the nomination period.

Nomination documents for Mayor and Councillor are now available at City Hall, 200 Craig Street, Duncan, BC, during regular office hours Monday through Friday, 8:00 – 4:00 pm (for the month of September) and 8:30 – 4:30 pm (during October) until the close of the nomination period.

FURTHER INFORMATION on requirements and procedures for making a nomination can be obtained by contacting:

FURTHER INFORMATION on requirements and procedures for making a nomination can be obtained by contacting:

Mary Beth MacKenzie Chief Election Officer

Alyssa Meiner Deputy Chief Election Officer

elections@northcowichan.ca Telephone: 250-746-3100

PUBLIC NOTICE is also given to the electors of the Town of Lake Cowichan that nominations for the offices of: Mayor (One Mayor to be elected) Councillor (Four Councillors to be elected) will be received by the Lake Cowichan Chief Election Officer at Town Hall located at 39 South Shore Road, Lake Cowichan, BC, between the hours of 9:00 am on Tuesday, September 30, 2014 and 4:00 pm on Friday, October 10, 2014, excluding weekends.

Nomination documents for Mayor and Councillor are now available at Town Hall during regular office hours, 8.30 am to 4.30 pm, Monday to Friday to the close of the nomination period.

FURTHER INFORMATION on requirements and procedures for making a nomination can be obtained by contacting: Joseph A. Fernandez Chief Election Officer

Rajinder (Ronnie) Gill Deputy Chief Election Officer

electionslc@lakecowichan.ca Telephone: 250-749-6681

Karen Robertson Chief Election Officer

Tricia Mayea Deputy Chief Election Officer

elections@duncan.ca Telephone: 250-746-6126

Fax: 250-746-6129

PUBLIC NOTICE is also given to the electors of School District No. 79 (Cowichan Valley) that nominations for the office of Trustee (Seven Trustees to be elected) will be received by the School District No. 79 Chief Election Officer at the School Board Office located at 2557 Beverly Street, Duncan, BC, during regular office hours between 9:00 am on Tuesday, September 30, 2014 and 4:00 pm on Friday, October 10, 2014.

Nomination documents for Trustee are now available online at www.sd79.bc.ca and at the School Board Office during regular office hours, 8:30 am to 4:30 pm, Monday to Friday, until the close of the nomination period.

FURTHER INFORMATION on requirements and procedures for making a nomination can be obtained by contacting: Robert Harper Chief Election Officer

Jason Sandquist Deputy Chief Election Officer

Telephone: 250-748-0321 ext. 222 elections@sd79.bc.ca

250-748-0321 ext. 208