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CVRD plays zoning card in bid to stop dirty dirt dumping SARAH SIMPSON CITIZEN

A trailer caught fire at the Riverside RV park on Allenby Road in Duncan Tuesday afternoon. Loud explosions and a roaring noise sounded as propane tanks caught fire. Duncan Fire Department responded quickly and had the blaze extinguished in moments. The flames did not spread to other trailers. For further coverage, see our Friday edition. For more photos of the fire, scan this page with the Layar app on your smart phone or go to the Cowichan Valley Citizen’s site www.cowichanvalleycitizen.com [KEVIN ROTHBAUER/CITIZEN]

The CVRD served notice Thursday to South Island Aggregates that the company’s proposed soil remediation facility violates the property’s zoning.

“We have instructed our lawyers to inform SIA that the proposed remediation facility and land use is not permitted under the CVRD’s zoning,” said Rob Hutchins. “The CVRD takes its responsibilities to uphold its land use bylaw very seriously. Consequently, we are in consultation with lawyers about making an application to the BC Supreme Court to ask that it rule on the CVRD’s authority to enforce the zoning on the SIA property. Our next actions will depend on the responses we get from both SIA and the Environmental Appeal Board.”

SIA’s property is zoned F-1 (primary forestry).

According to the F-1 zone, Hutchins said, SIA can manage and harvest primary forest products.

“The processing and treatment of contaminated soil is not permitted within the zone,” he said.

Rob Hutchins, CVRD chair On Aug. 21, the provincial government issued a permit to SIA, allowing the company to dump and treat five million tonnes of dirty dirt in the Shawnigan watershed over the next half-decade.

The move was not received well by members of the community and those from afar as the watershed is estimated to provide drinking water to upwards of 12,000.

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A community forum at the Cowichan Theatre on Friday, Sept. 27 will give folks an idea about what’s been taking place in and around the Somenos Marsh — the good, the bad and the ugly. Doors open at 6 p.m. [SARAH SIMPSON/CITIZEN]

Flood of community opinion sought on threats to Marsh area A community forum will offer neighbours the chance to learn more about the long-term affects of the Somenos Marsh diking project as well as to talk about the lack of transparency and strongarm decision making employed by the Municipality of North Cowichan, organizers say.

According to a news release issued by Paul Fletcher, the Somenos Marsh Wildlife Society’s executive director, “The flood protection works…will significantly affect neighbouring residents and their properties, and has been done without adequate communication and consultation with the people affected.”

The release says the public forum, slated for Friday Sept. 27, at the Cowichan Theatre, aims to educate the community about North Cowichan’s recent construction in the Marsh, movement towards diking Somenos Creek, and the potential expansion of development in the area.

“North Cowichan has taken advantage of the same flood plain works to apply to remove land from the Somenos Marsh Conservation Area and the Agricultural Land Reserve, posing an imminent threat to the fragile Somenos Marsh ecology,” said the release.

The forum is being co-hosted by the Somenos Marsh Wildlife Society and the Seine Road neighbourhood group.

Doors to the event will open at 6 p.m., and the forum begins at 7 p.m.

Confirmed speakers include representatives from Cowichan Tribes, North Cowichan, neighbouring landowners, the Somenos Marsh Wildlife Society, Cowichan Valley Naturalists and the Cowichan Agricultural Society.

“The forum will offer a muchneeded oppor tunity for all communities affected by local government’s decision making and discouraged by the lack of transparency of the process, to participate in a public forum to voice their suggestions, concerns and arguments to prevent further loss of Somenos lands,” said the release.

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‘Things are not standing still’ on Island Corridor, CVRD told

Reunion picnic for Duncan area schools Ever wonder what happened to all those people from high school?

Those who attended any school in the Duncan school system, including Fairbridge, during the 1930s, ’40s, ’50s, as well as teachers, spouses and friends are invited to a Duncan and area high schools reunion picnic Thursday, Sept. 19 starting at 11 a.m. at the old Koksilah School grounds.

Organizers said they’ve had about 200 people attend previous similar picnics and hope for such a number this year.

Hot dogs and hamburgers will be available, and folks are also welcome to bring their own picnic lunch. Entertainment will be provided by a local musician playing “all the old favourites.”

There is no cost for the event, but donations will be solicited and organizers suggest a $5 per person donation. Proceeds will go to pay for the costs of the event and anything left over will go to the Old Koksilah School Historical Society to help maintain the heritage building.

Co-operative group screening documentary Cowichan Co-operative Connections is back with the awardwinning documentary Shift Change at the Vancouver Island University Campus on Friday, Sept. 20.

“The film examines employeeowned businesses that compete successfully in today’s economy while providing secure, dignified jobs in democratic workplaces and growing healthy commun-

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Stephen Hunt, United Steelworkers ities,” reads a press release about the event. “Visiting the 50-year-old network of co-operative businesses in Mondragon, Spain — and many thriving examples of such businesses in the USA — Shift Change shares the on-the-ground experiences, lessons and observations from the worker-owners on the front lines of the new economy.”

The screening begins at 7 p.m. in the main lecture theatre and is by donation.

“The United Steelworkers strongly believe the further democratization of the workplace through a co-operative model is a key element of success in a modern economy,” said Stephen Hunt, District 3 director of the United Steelworkers. “Our union has an existing alliance with Mondragon to advance worker cooperatives throughout North American, and we are very pleased to now be working with Cowichan Co-operative Connections to raise awareness about cooperatives on Vancouver Island.”

Andrea Rondeau, Citizen

ATTENTION RESIDENTS OF AREA D Cowichan Bay NOTICE OF COMMUNITY MEETING REGARDING NEW ZONING BYLAW DATE: TIME: PLACE:

Thursday, September 26, 2013 7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.

Bench Elementary School Multi Purpose Room 1501 Cowichan Bay Road, Cowichan Bay

All community members are welcome to attend a meeting hosted by CVRD staff to discuss the implementation of the Area D – Cowichan Bay Official Community Plan through new zoning regulations. Topics for discussion will include: • The purpose of zoning regulations; • Proposed agricultural, residential, commercial, mixed use, industrial, parks, and marine zones; and • Proposed general regulations for: º Accessory dwellings and secondary suites; º Agri-tourism accommodation; º Backyard chickens; º Home-based businesses; º Landscaping and screening; º Medical marihuana processing; and º Parking.

For information, contact: Ann Kjerulf, CVRD Senior Planner, at 250-746-2629 or akjerulf@cvrd.bc.ca.

Whether progress is clear or not, the Island Corridor Foundation is making strides in the development of what’s become known as Vancouver Island’s backbone.

On Wednesday evening, Mary Ashley, Island Corridor Foundation board co-chair, briefed the Cowichan Valley Regional District’s board of directors on the group’s work, which includes many other initiatives other than the restoration of passenger service.

“Things are not standing still in spite of the time it’s taking us to get some VIA rail support to get the train up and running again,” Ashley told the board. “The corridor is becoming a vital part of all of our communities up and down the right of way.”

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Mary Ashley, Island Corridor Foundation board co-chair, talked trails with the CVRD board on Wednesday evening.

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struction of key train stations to the continued work on an Islandlong trail network, “The corridor

is capable of much more than just having the railway,” Ashley said.

She congratulated the CVRD for their work in trail development and said similar work is being done by all five of the regional districts the corridor passes through.

“For the trails that are now in existence, the feedback that we get from the use of those trails is nothing but positive. I really appreciate the initiative you’ve taken in encouraging this and promoting this,” she said. “Our dream of course is that our trails will all connect through all five regional districts and possibly further to the North Island in future, even if we can only take rail as far as Courtenay, that doesn’t mean the trails have to stop.”

Visit www.islandrail.ca to learn more about the Island Corridor Foundation.

Valley issues front and centre at UBCM SARAH SIMPSON CITIZEN

Politicians from the Cowichan Valley are leading the charge when it comes to resolutions at the annual Union of B.C. Municipalities convention this week in Vancouver.

The Cowichan Valley Regional District is tied with Delta and the Cariboo Regional District for most, with each local government sponsoring five.

North Cowichan has two, while Duncan and Lake Cowichan have one apiece for a total of nine from the region.

Duncan’s resolution tackles

workplace harassment and bullying while Lake Cowichan’s deals with equal access to healthcare in rural communities, a big concern there of late.

North Cowichan wants third party monitoring of sewerage installations on and abutting farmland as well as changes to assessments of wine and cider producers.

“It’s a pretty full agenda this time,” said CVRD board chair Rob Hutchins.

“We’ve got several resolutions on the table and we’ve also got many different meetings with ministers of the Crown — everything from

ferries to derelict vessels to a hospice funding request to watershed issues, it’s a variety of different things we’re working on.”

Among the CVRD’s resolutions is one that would pave the way for hospice funding to move from the Regional District’s grants-in-aid program to the Hospital Board budget.

“We’ve got some good resolutions and we hope they’ll get supported by the general membership here,” Hutchins said.

More than 150 resolutions will be considered by the UBCM membership at the convention, which runs until Sept. 20.

Residents Association, CVRD have asked for stay From page 1 since so many people depend on that watershed for their potable drinking water,” Hutchins said.

Both the CVRD and the Shawnigan Residents Association have appealed the permit, and requested a stay to prevent SIA from acting on its permit while the appeal is under consideration. The pair of organizations pledged to work

“People are afraid that their drinking water and environment is at risk...”

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Act. “People are afraid that their drinking water and environment is at risk of being contaminated,” Hutchins wrote in a letter to Vancouver Island Health Authority Medical Health Officer Dr. Paul Hasselback.

“It seems irresponsible to locate a contaminated soil facility in a drinking water watershed that provides water to so many people.”

VIU showing film, booth, Sept. 18 The Cowichan campus of Vancouver Island University will be marking the province’s Reconciliation Week Wednesday, Sept. 18.

From 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. there will be an information booth hosted by

VIU’s Community Cousins. From 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. there will be a showing of the film Muffins for Granny, which examines the personal experiences of Residential School survivors, followed by discussion.

The film will be shown at the Cowichan Campus Theatre.

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Town abuzz over traffic circle’s centre LEXI BAINAS CITIZEN

What goes in the centre of the new roundabout?

For Lake Cowichan residents, who have endured months of snarling traffic and snarling tempers during construction of a traffic circle, it’s a hot topic.

Located in the centre of town, at the end of the bridge crossing the Cowichan River, where two main streets meet, the project, part of a major re-paving of the highway through town, the roundabout has turned into one of the wonders of the world as far as local chatter is concerned.

Both Mayor Ross Forrest and Coun. Bob Day have asked on their Facebook pages for ideas on what to place in the centre of the circle as council is planning its 2014 budget and a temporary planting of shrubs and flowers can easily be changed.

They’ve both had plenty of

answers already.

A lot of replies call for something related to the area’s historic logging industry, with many of those proponents urging council to remember visibility must be maintained.

Probably a good plan since the area’s current logging industry, in the guise of huge trucks carrying logs out of town, will be coming across the bridge and through the roundabout with their usual frequency.

Wendy Klyne posted, “There were thousand and thousands of dollars spent to identify a theme for Lake Cowichan. Logging was mentioned in each and every one.

We have logging equipment in the other roundabout, follow the theme. Take a look at Ladysmith; they have it together. So can we.”

Mag Bruinsma Ryan wrote, “I like the spar tree and climber, something tall and slim to see around. We could turn it into a

pretty neat Christmas tree for the light up. Nice shrubs and low stuff around it.”

Lisa Skramstad agreed, saying, “I like the spar idea with a logger climbing up it with cork boots and rope and harness, like they used to do in competition at Lake Days years ago. True, we are known for our lake and river but we were definitely built from loggers blood and sweat and we should celebrate that always!”

Others, like Erika Blume and Tavera Hauck called for a beautiful, smaller scale tree that could be lit up at night, while John Savage said he liked “the idea of beautiful gardens; low, to keep the visibility good.”

Part of the area cleared to make way for the roundabout included a garden landscaped with rhododendrons.

Councillors are still taking comments so if you have ideas, let them know.

Harvest BBQ to raise the roof at hall LEXI BAINAS CITIZEN

“Help us put a new roof on the hall!” is the cry from organizers of the Cobble Hill Fall Harvest BBQ. This dinner and fun evening runs from 5-9 p.m. at, you guessed it, the Cobble Hill Hall, on Saturday, Sept. 21.

“We used to have a dinner the day after the Cobble Hill Fair but

by Sunday everybody is whacked right out then so we’re holding it Sept. 21,” said George Baird, stalwart supporter of the hall and president of the Shawnigan Lake Cobble Hill Farmers Institute.

“We’re having a pork and lamb BBQ. It’s $40 a ticket but it will be a real good deal. It will be all local, great produce. I love my pork when it’s barbecued,” he chuckled.

It’s definitely time for a new roof for the iconic building.

“It’s over 30 years ago and the metal roof wasn’t done right at the time. Now the screws are working themselves loose and we have a few leaks on the roof. I don’t want to see that hall deteriorate,” Baird said.

Cobble Hill Hall contains a lot of top grade wood that would be irreplaceable today, and more.

“There’s still horsehair under the dance floor,” he said.

On the big night, there’s more than food.

Music is by the Sweet Ginger duo and there will be prizes for the best Western theme outfit, so shine up those boots and that fringed jacket, whisk the dust off your hat and mosey on down for a great time.

Tickets are $40 each. Get them from Cowichan Press in Mill Bay Centre, at the Cobble Hill Fair, from members of the Shawnigan/ Cobble Hill Farmers Institute and Agriculture Society or by calling 250-743-9882.

Driver Dan McQuinn shows off the truck that he will use to collect trash and recycling as part of the CVRD’s automated curbside collection system being implemented soon. [SARAH SIMPSON/CITIZEN]

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Automated curbside collection will begin for the CVRD’s electoral area residents on Monday, Sept. 23.

“The new program is going to keep neighbourhoods looking really neat and tidy; no more rocks to keep the yellow bags from blowing away,” said Jason Adair, the CVRD’s superintendent of solid waste operations.

Eighteen thousand totes and a specialized truck have replaced the old operation and it means a higher-efficiency system for collectors at a reduced rate for most taxpayers.

Annual 2013 curbside bills have already been reduced by between $1 and $11, depending on the electoral area, Adair said.

“We’re really pleased with the new trucks and totes and have been getting some excellent

feedback from residents over the course of the tote delivery cycle so far,” he said. “Many have cited the ease of use and remarked upon the roominess of the recycling totes. We’ve also tried to address some concerns that folks have had.”

Some collection days have changed because the trucks can get to more places in a day.

A sticker on each tote will alert residents to their collection day.

Adair reminds citizens to place their totes on the side of the road with the arrows on the lid facing the center of the road.

A brief instructional video describing automated tote usage is now available online at www.

CVRDrecycles.bc.ca/curbside.

More program information can be found on the aforementioned website or by calling the CVRD Recycling Hotline at 250-746-2540.

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Past time for conversation about marsh future oon the big bird migrations will begin as fall closes in and temperatures drop in the Cowichan Valley.

We are fortunate here to be able to view a plethora of winged fowl taking flight in magnificent formations.

There is something awe-inspiring about watching the wingbeats of a group of birds collectively soaring high above.

We owe our viewing opportunities to the often unsung parts of our landscape known as wetlands.

Sometimes wetlands can be taken for granted.

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From a distance, they can often look like a whole lot of not much to see.

This is a world of tangled grasses and often scrubby trees, along with soggy footing, at best, mud, and cloudy, shallow water.

But when you get up close, all that changes.

Marshes and wetlands contain some of the worlds greatest biodiversity — amphibians, birds, insects, flowers, plants and bushes to make a biologist grin with delight.

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through the hard work of the Somenos Marsh Wildlife Society and the boardwalks they’ve installed at Somenos Marsh, there is great beauty to be found and much fascination to enchant the beholder.

But wetlands serve a purpose far greater than providing a delight for the discerning eye.

Wetlands act as water storage and natural flood control.

It’s not uncommon in areas that have suffered flooding to learn that we humans used fill, dikes and other techniques to allow us to build on these naturally boggy areas.

Such is the case where flooding hit Duncan residents in 2009 in an area adjacent to, surprise surprise, the Somenos Marsh.

Wetlands also work to naturally purify water and help retain sediment. Fish depend on wetlands as do many medicinal plants.

All in all, wetlands are a vital part of a viable, life-sustaining ecosystem.

Preservation of these areas may seem inconvenient when community boundaries begin to butt up against their margins, and so-called “growth” (the construction of more houses and businesses) is prioritized over

Truck wash proves your opinion counts

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the new sterile image — it would be the former not the latter.

When Mr. Dewar talks about benefits of this proposed merger to the Duncan-based credit union I have my doubts based on recent management activity. However, if this merger did occur I have no doubt that the watered down Island Savings administration would move to Victoria or Vancouver after starting in Duncan 62 years ago.

We chose to become members of Island Savings Credit Union as we identified with the “island” and “locally based” component.

Are we local members being abandoned by our credit union?

Now and then we all wonder if any effort of ours as a member of our community is going to make a difference. We often think of politicians that, “They always do what they want anyway, my opinion does not count”.

Not so. It was the pressure caused by the many letters written by you that became the turning point with regard to the Nature and Habitat Fund. It was the sheer magnitude of letters opposed to the use of those funds for a truck wash that moved the CVRD to rescind its previous motion. We should congratulate ourselves for taking action and not passively giving in to pressure. I thank all of you who expressed your concern and frustration at an ill-conceived proposal. Your letters made a difference.

Youbou has struggled since the demise of the sawmill. Our employment base has evaporated. As if that is not enough, the senior governments have downloaded much of their responsibilities to our local government and representative. Now we were supposed to contribute to the cost of a truck wash. But we refused with good reason.

The dust and mud on our public roads is not the responsibility of our local representative, not the responsibility of the CVRD. It is the responsibility of the Ministry of Transport. They are the ones that issue the permit for Timberwest to use the public road. It is up to them, together with Timberwest, to find a solution to the dust problem.

Thank you all again. Just don’t ever forget: your opinion does matter.

Craig Meredith North Cowichan

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good long-term planning.

What needs to be recognized is that the most valuable use for these lands is to allow them to continue to regulate and sustain our environment, rather than the quick buck that can be made from the real estate.

There have been serious changes in the area of Somenos Marsh in recent years, and more are proposed.

It is certainly worth a community conversation to try to solidfy what we want for the future of the marsh. Only from this foundation can we make good decisions.

Dewar shouldn’t take member approval for granted Island Savings CEO Rod Dewar should not jump to any quick conclusions on its credit union members’ acceptance of a merger with a Mainland credit union. I think if he did a focus group he would find that the membership in Duncan — where the credit union got its start — is mystified by many recent management decisions.

The first is the relocation of the conveniently located insurance office out of the downtown core.

The result was an obvious loss of insurance business to the credit union.

The second is the recent move of the flagship branch out of the City of Duncan to leased land and building on the Cowichan Reserve. The former Duncan branch building and land are owned by the credit union. Why move from this convenient location? We are left to assume the taxes are lower.

Another unanswered question is why the former Duncan branch building was demolished.

The new branch has the ambience of a hospital waiting room.

Finally why is management changing the much-loved Island Savings logo at a cost of tens of thousands of dollars? Once again, if you asked the members whether they like the colourful logo representing Island life or

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Editorial an apology for rape culture I just finished reading your opinion on the rape promoting chant that is making headlines for being used across campuses at major universities in our country. I put the paper down in a rage.

Your editorial is an apology for rape culture. It makes excuses for the men saying it, and the ones encouraging others to repeat it. Sure, you imagine that some are feeling “privately ashamed”, but you then state that you “don’t think for a moment that anyone involved really thought about the lyrics”. That is exactly why this is a problem!

Those lyrics show that women are still treated without as much dignity or respect as the other sex is treated. Those lyrics add to the objectification of young girls, promote rape (by the way, there IS no other meaning to “no consent”), and gives encouragement to the would-be rapist.

Your editorial mentions mob mentality, and uses it as an excuse to why men joined in. This chant about raping underaged girls, when said in a large group of men, only enforces the societal double standards, sexist, and misogynist viewpoints that exist in our culture about women.

Did you know that one in four North American women is sexually assaulted in her life? How about half of all rapes take place on dates?

Or, that girls and young women, aged 15-

Nuclear safety: we’re not buying it We would like to respond to the letter printed in the Citizen opinion column “Nuclear power can be harnessed safely”

by Heather Kleb the president of the Canadian Nuclear Association.

Very briefly Heather, my family and I would like to ask you on what authority and experience do you have to guarantee that nuclear energy is safe?

Anything that is so toxic that it has to be buried in the ground for thousands of years should at least prompt some kind

Nuclear power is the future Nick Caumanns is correct!

Let me add: power generation from fossil fuels produce 65 per cent of world’s CO2 emissions. Nuclear reactors produce ZERO. Fukushima’s reactors were designed in 1950s, current designs are much improved.

Wind, hydro and solar power cannot in the near and beyond future replace fossil fuel and nuclear generators. Sixty-four new reactors are now under construction worldwide and over 250 on the planning

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Now imagine a large university campus, with parties and drinking, and many men fuelled by their group mentality that “no consent” is just funny line in a song they sing, and no problem if something does happen because they’ve got the whole frosh team behind their backs. I believe your editorial has gravely underestimated the power of mob mentality, and how repeating the same ideas over and over as a group can become truths over time (cults know this, and it works for them!).

Repeating=desensitization=lack of empathy=viewing woman as less than=treating woman as less than...you see where this goes.

As a woman, and one of those “one in four women”, I find it offensive and disgusting that you could state that the Stanley Cup riots were “a far more serious example of what can happen when people get swept away by a crowd”. Anything that promotes the raping of anyone, regardless of its intentions, is far worse than vandalism of material goods.

Next time you think about writing, “we don’t think there was any intentional malice” as an excuse for many groups of men chanting about the rape of girls, realize you are only apologizing for the culture of rape in our society, and not holding it accountable. There should be no excuses, ever.

The Cowichan Valley Citizen is a division of VI Newspaper Group Limited Partnership. A copy of our privacy policy is available at www.van.net or by contacting 604-439-2603.

Hospital parking fees tacky I’ve gone to visit family and friends in hospital emergency wards in Victoria and Nanaimo. I’ve noticed that visitors and patients are now required to pay to park near the emergency entrance.

One should be able to get in the emer-

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Noah Robertson Cowichan

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The so-called ‘Great Strike’ really was a lockout, part 4 Sunday evening, Aug. 17, 1913, 1,200 miners attending a meeting in the Nanaimo Athletic Club were surrounded by troops armed with rifles, bayonets and a machine gun.

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s strikers’ frustration Further acts of mayhem grew, so did their turnoccurred in Extension that outs, with rallies of as night. Strikers claimed that many as 700 and 800 including their women and children had men, women and children in been abused by strikebreakers, Wellington, Nanaimo, Ladythat the company had placed a smith and South Wellington, searchlight so that it could be resulting in the complete directed onto strikers’ houses. withdrawal of strikebreakDuring yet another confronCHRONICLES ers, at least for a time, in both tation between the warring T.W. Paterson Wellingtons. sides, strikebreakers who’d At Wellington, a miner’s wife taken shelter in the entrance who was said to be “a veritable Amazon of the mine opened fire with rifles, in build, vigour and strength” busted her wounding a striker. When a message that husband out of jail with an axe then, with several miners had been killed reached several hundred others, marched to Lady- Nanaimo, hundreds of angry strikers smith to stone the strikebreaker-occupied marched five miles to Extension where Temperance Hotel. they attacked some of the homes of comIn the early morning hours of Aug. 13, pany officials, strikebreakers and Chinese 1913, after a stick of dynamite was detonminers and destroyed colliery property ated without causing injury (both sides including the electric locomotives used blamed the other), the crowd attacked underground. company-owned houses occupied by (To this day, J. Knight photos of the strikebreakers and damaged much of damaged homes and machinery are in Chinatown. wide circulation among photo and postSeveral hours after the rock-throwing card collectors.) affair at the hotel, several sticks of dynaAttorney-General William Bowser, mite tied together were thrown at the who’d already sent reinforcements to home of Alex McKinnon. He’d drawn the Cumberland, dispatched 300 militiamen animosity of the strikers by returning to Nanaimo and they landed at Departure to work after cutting a deal to cover his Bay on the morning of the 14th. He wasn’t mortgage payments. As he attempted to done. Having interpreted as an ultithrow it back into the street, the dynamatum an offer by the miners that they’d mite exploded, blowing off his arm and commit to keeping the peace if the police wounding him in the face and chest. (A were withdrawn, with its tacit underlying year-long police investigation would message that without recognition they result in three arrests and two convicwouldn’t guarantee to keep the peace tions — none of them a striking miner.)

— i.e. stay within the law — his reply was blunt: “Victoria, Aug. 15. When day breaks there will be nearly a thousand men in the strike zone wearing the uniform of His Majesty. This is my answer to the proposition of the strikers that they will preserve the peace if they are left

unmolested by the special police.”

Sunday, Aug. 17, J.J. Taylor, a senior officer of the UMWA, was arrested on an E&N train in Duncan. He’d been en route to a special meeting to be held next day in the Athletic Club, Nanaimo, to consider a proposed agreement between the union and the Vancouver-Nanaimo Coal Co., owners of the Jingle Pot Mine.

That evening, an estimated 1,200 miners in attendance were surrounded by troops armed with rifles, bayonets and a machine gun. They were initially ordered to disperse but, after brief negotiation, allowed to resume their meeting. Upon their voting to accept an agreement with the VNCC, they were marched single-file to the courthouse in groups of 10 between fixed bayonets. There, 43 alleged rioters and ringleaders were placed under arrest.

Wrote a disgusted union sympathizer: “Nanaimo and the surrounding districts experienced an epidemic of military imbecility that is scarcely equalled in history. The floor of the Athletic Club was torn up in an effort to discover armouries of rifles.

Hardware stores were raided and their stock of sporting ammunition confiscated. Every store that was so raided was said to be for the purpose of frustrating the strikers. At Ladysmith, a hardware store situated beneath the Union hall was raided and, to See 179 strikers • page 20

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Chemainus Theatre proves it can do drama with new show ANDREA RONDEAU CITIZEN

Luisa Jojic gives as stunning performance as Lusia in A Pretty Girl, with Susan Coodin turning in a fine performance as her sister. [ANDREA RONDEAU/CITIZEN]

If you want to see a superb piece of dramatic theatre you should book your tickets now for the very limited run of Chemainus Theatre’s A Pretty Girl.

While the theatre has focused largely on musical and comedic shows in recent years, this proves their ability to produce high-quality riveting drama.

A Pretty Girl tells the story of Lusia in the first days after emigrating to the United States following her liberation from a concentration camp in Poland after the Second World War. The entirety of the small cast is wonderful, from Susan Coodin who plays Rose, Lusia’s sister who has grown up in New York and is thoroughly American, to Harry Nelken as Mordechai, the sisters’ father who moved to New York with Rose.

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her memories as a carefree girl to the woman who has been changed irrevocably by the Holocaust, is a standout.

The quick switches between a young girl untouched by the concentration camps giggling with her friend about a boy she likes, to the closed-off, brittle woman of the present appear effortless and are wholly convincing and engaging.

Without words, Jojic shows the audience that Lusia is as hampered in communicating by her own memories and fears as she is by her limited English. It is as if she will crack like an egg if she starts speaking of her past.

The cast’s work on creating authentic Polish/Yiddish accents shines as it helps to create the time and place of the play.

Barbara Lebow’s script itself belongs with the finest of dramatic theatre. The language, whether American English, broken English or Yiddish is beautiful and rich, the characters real.

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city who resents having to sleep on her own couch when her sister is moved into her apartment on her father’s orders, to a young woman who begins the realize what her sister has endured far away across the ocean and a desire to know about the mother she lost.

One can see her realize the importance of family as Lusia latches on to her for support and guidance.

Harry Nelken as Mordechai hits all the right notes as the family patriarch who is quick to temper, but also would clearly do anything for his family, and is still filled with guilt over having to leave his wife and daughter in Poland.

Norma Bowen as the girls’ mother in Lusia’s memories is a treat to see on the stage as always. Masae Day as Hanna, Lusia’s childhood best friend and Kirk Smith as Duvid Pechenik, Lusia’s husband, are equally enchanting.

As for Luisa Jojic, who plays Lusia, her performance is a tour de force.

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Culture Speaks Easy project complement to earlier mapping LEXI BAINAS CITIZEN

The Cowichan Culture Speaks Easy road show, now making its way around the Cowichan Valley is involved in expanding the online mapping of cultural treasures around the district.

An effort sponsored by the Cowichan Valley Arts Council, it’s giving residents the chance post online a story, a favourite photo or anything else that they feel highlights the culture of the Cowichan Valley.

A website is being developed to showcase the submissions.

It is not directly part of the culture mapping project that was done a couple of years ago but they are both part of the Cowichan Culture Counts website.

“We’re a microsite within that project. I saw that map as a great evolving directory,” Chris O’Connor, project lead, said Saturday, Sept. 7 as he and his Mill Bay project lead Brian Clark hosted a workshop in Mill Bay. “It’s fairly straightforward but in terms of a creative use of cultural mapping I thought there was enough of a gap that there needed to be something filled. This is a resource to complement cultural mapping. It’s a way to use the map to register what has happened and what continues to happen.”

The idea is to flesh out with personal details and photos the basic history of culture already posted.

“Because our map has three parts to it, you can submit photos of cultural events that have happened in the past, events that are happening now and also visions for the future. How do we imagine Mill Bay, for instance, culturally in 15 years, in 20 years? And what’s the conversation about that?” he said.

The question came up of the apparent difficulty of getting the graphic arts and the performing arts under one umbrella in the Valley, a subject that re-emerges every time this sort of conversation is attempted.

The Sunday jazz series at the Crofton Hotel is really proving popular with Valley jazz aficionados.

This shows run from 2-5 p.m. at the pub, which is located near the Saltspring Island ferry terminal in Crofton. Admission is $10 per person.

Sunday, Sept. 22, the band will be the Off-Pulse Quartet, which was forged in the Vancouver Island University jazz course.

Each performer in the young jazz group — trumpeter Josh Agar, guitarist Wes Carroll, bassist John

Pantomime auditions times two One audition has already been held, but Cowichan Valley residents still have two more chances to get in on the fun by auditioning for the Shawnigan Players Pantomime Robin Hood.

Auditions are scheduled from Wednesday, Sept. 18 at Evergreen Independent School from 7-9:30 p.m., and again Sunday, Sept. 22 from 2-4:30 p.m. at the Shawnigan Lake Community Centre.

For those unfamiliar with the

pantomime tradition, they tend to be twisted fairy tales with plenty of farce, evil villains and dashing heroes rescuing maidens in distress.

Men are often cast in the roles of any villainous women.

Producer Bill Levity says everyone from teens to seniors are welcome to come and read for parts or take on backstage roles.

The show will take to the stage Dec. 27-31.

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From left, Joerg Rosenthal, Karen Severson, Linda Billings, Brian Clark and Chris O’Connor talk culture at a workshop in Mill Bay. [LEXI BAINAS/CITIZEN] “We need to highlight that,” O’Connor said. “I have been on the board of the Cowichan Valley Arts Council and, as a dancer myself, my push on the board has been to include performing arts as an arts council vision.”

Asked where do the ideas go and who’s going to do something about them, O’Connor said that the Cowichan Valley Regional District would be at least part of any decisions.

“Part of this project is my presenting to the CVRD directors once we have more data to put into the map. They’ll see it also as a resource that they can draw on, where they can see things within the context of different visions.

The basis is to have this usergenerated. So, if 10 to 15 people submit about a particular kind of vision, that’s really important information, a critical mass: what people see in some other community that they don’t see in theirs,” O’Connor said.

“And also it’s a resource for new people coming into the community or even to register if you’ve been in the community for a while what you think are interesting creative events that are happening. They might not be even events, they could be interesting graffiti or takes on creative

behaviour,” he said.

An example Clark gave the session was the artistic painted doors at Mill Bay Storage.

Karen Severson, a local artist who attended the workshop, said she had actually painted one there years ago.

O’Connor was delighted.

“That’s a perfect example. I’m not from Mill Bay and I’ve never seen it but now I have a better sense of Mill Bay from those photos,” he said. “Having the image and the write-up is helpful.”

O’Connor then mentioned an incident in Lake Cowichan.

“When we did our dialogue session there, I actually got lost on my way to the venue. But, I passed by this art studio that’s on our map which I had never seen before. It’s a case of understanding the community through the stories and images that residents put forward,” he said.

Posting entries online is easy and quick, according to O’Connor.

“This is a bit of an archaeological project. It involves digging. It’s aimed at answering the question, ‘What is the cultural life of an area?’ Because it’s user generated, that vision is widely spread out, rather than reflecting only one organization. It allows for democratization.”

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Ackerley and drummer Corijn de Roo — has studied under such celebrated Island jazz stars as guitarist Pat Coleman, saxophonist/pianist/composer Phil Dwyer, bassist Ken Lister and drummer Hans Vanderhoeven.

For the fledgling group, formed in late 2012 after developing their own styles and playing with each other in various ensembles, “groove and improvisatory risk are a must,” said Agar.

So, head on over and prepare to enjoy.

By Sept. 29, the way will be clear for the Gabriel Palatchi Trio.

Palatchi is taking Canada by

storm these days, bringing his flair at the piano to Salsa, Latin and global rhythms on the way to cutting two CDs. Kelby MacNayr (drums) and Sean Drabitt (bass) join Palatchi for an afternoon of music you won‘t forget.

On Sunday, Oct. 6, the Rob Cheramy Trio steps up.

Guitarist Rob Cheramy brings his trio with vocalist Linda Wright to Crofton for crowd-pleasing smooth and swinging standards with Linda singing from her heart to yours.

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Legendary Ron Hynes headed to Garage LEXI BAINAS CITIZEN

Ron Hynes plays the Ron Hynes Songwriter guitar, which he’ll be bringing to Duncan. [SUBMITTED]

Cowichan Valley music fans will get the chance to enjoy a special performance by a special Newfoundlander this week.

Even if you’ve never heard the name Ron Hynes, chances are you’ve heard his songs. Hynes’ music has been recorded by generations of music royalty from Emmy Lou Harris and Christy Moore to Denny Doherty of The Mamas & The Papas and Valdy.

He’s playing the Duncan Garage Showroom on Thursday and Friday, Sept. 19-20.

In recent years, Hynes has been

diagnosed with throat cancer and while battling it, he was offstage for some time, worried that his career might be finished.

But he’s back and he’s on tour right now and he’ll be appearing in Duncan for two dates this week.

“That’s part of the story,” says publicist Brendan Walsh. “The other part is that he’s been close with a company named McKenzie and Marr, which I represent.

“They are a guitar company that is in the business of creating really fantastic, performance-grade guitars for a fraction of the cost because of their direct-to-musi-

cians approach. They worked with Ron to come up with a guitar that would suit his needs and they nailed it. The product is called the Ron Hynes Songwriter.”

Hynes will be playing it in Duncan.

“What’s particularly neat about these guitar guys is that they were on Dragon’s Den a little while back and they won. They sat Kevin O’Leary down with a blindfold on him and had sheets draped over two guitars and then in succession put the guitars in his hands. One was a $5,000 guitar and the other was theirs. They asked him if he could tell which was which and he

chose wrong. The rest is history,” Walsh said.

This guitar is a little bit like a Martin B18 — value about $3,000 — but because Ron Hynes said he wanted any guitar with his name on it to be attainable by young singer/songwriters the price is only $550.

“It’s astounding, considering who’s touring with it,” Walsh said.

See Hynes and his special guitar Thursday, Sept. 19 and again Friday, Sept. 20. Both nights’ shows start at 8 p.m.

Tickets are $30 at the door or $27 in advance.

Hair will stand up on your arms From page 14 The hair stands up on the arms during scenes like the one where Mordechai and Lusia bring out their lists of family members from Poland, whose fates they’ve tried to keep track of through the years of the Holocaust.

As Lusia baldly tells Mordechai that most of his family has been murdered in the concentration camps one feels the full weight of the sheer numbers of people wiped out by the Nazis.

But don’t mistake this for a depressing show. There is also laughter and love and the message of hope and endurance and strength.

This production is really something special. Go see it before it closes on Sept. 28.

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IT WAS A SUPER WALK

Enthusiastic participants in the 2013 Cowichan Parkinson Superwalk make their way across Sherman Road heading for the Trans Canada Trail Saturday morning. For video of the walk, scan this page with the Layar app on your smart phone or go online to www.cowichanvalleycitizen.com [LEXI BAINAS/CITIZEN]

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VALLEY Calendar Miscellaneous • Cowichan Toastmasters open house “What We Really Do” Wednesday, Sept. 18, 6-9 p.m.; 6-7 p.m. question and answer, 7-9 p.m. Toastmasters meeting, Duncan Travelodge, info: CowichanToastmasters950@gmail. com, www.cowichantoastmasters.com or call Kim Barnard at 250-743-1785.

• Growing Together Child and Parent Society 20th anniversary celebration Friday, Sept. 20, 10:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m., 490 Cairnsmore St., Duncan. Cake cutting 11:30 a.m., speeches noon. RSVP 250-748-9754 or growing@shaw.ca • Vancouver Island author Ramona McKean visits Duncan library to talk importance of a higher purpose and read from her book Dancing in the Heart of the Dragon, Friday, Sept. 20, 3 p.m.

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

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

• Mini Oktoberfest dance and dinner, Wednesday, Sept. 25, 3-6 p.m., Royal Canadian Legion #53 Duncan.

Tickets $8, info: Ron 746-7805 or RCL at 746-5013.

• Artist Trisha Klus at Duncan library leading workshop Book Making for Beginners, Thursday, Sept.

26, 4 p.m., registration required, 250-746-7661.

• 2013 Salt Spring Island Apple Festival Sunday, Sept. 29, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Suggested starting Fulford Hall. Tickets

The Extension Colliery is in full production in this photo. New homes, trees and small fields now cover the site where, a century ago, striking miners rioted and damaged company homes and machinery. —TWP

179 strikers and sympathizers held without bail From page 10 quote the daily press, a large secret store of ammunition was discovered. If to store ammunition behind a glass case in the centre of the store is to secrete the same, then of course it was a ‘secret store’.”

Arrests, including those of union president Sam Guthrie and the local socialist MPP John Place (for his having possession of a gun confiscated from a special constable) continued in Ladysmith through the 19th. In total, 179 men were

held without bail, among them a Nanaimo merchant for his outspoken views sympathetic to the union. Again — not to promote the strikers’ version of events but to give a sense of the excitement of the day — this quote from Jack Kavanagh, President of the B.C. Federation of Labour: “Martial law had not been proclaimed, yet Russia was never more militarized than was Vancouver Island.

Soldiers armed with rifles and bayonets searched the trains, looked under all the seats (presumably for machine guns),

and subjected all passengers to an inquisition as to their business. All persons travelling to Nanaimo, by boat, had to pass an examination at the hand[s] of special police reinforced by a file of soldiers. It was impossible to send telephone or telegraph messages out of the city without the military knowing the text of such messages.

There was even talk of the military imposing censorship of the press.

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United’s Kodi Archbold charges after the ball during Sunday’s game against Vic West. [KEVIN ROTHBAUER/CITIZEN]

FC wins in Nanaimo, United falls to Vic West KEVIN ROTHBAUER CITIZEN

The game was low-scoring, as expected, but Cowichan FC prevailed over Nanaimo in last Saturday night’s Vancouver Island Soccer League tilt.

“It was kind of what we thought it would be like,” said Cowichan head coach Glen Martin, who was prepared for a challenging outing. “Nanaimo on the road has been probably our toughest game for the last five years.”

It wasn’t like there weren’t scoring opportunities.

Nanaimo’s goalkeeper robbed Cowichan’s Steve Scott on no fewer than three separate occasions.

“He had three really good chances,” said Martin of the newcomer to his team. “He’s creating a lot of offence for us.”

Scott played a part in setting up the only goal of the match, which was scored by Dan Citra. Cowichan keeper Joel Wilson recorded another shutout, including a key save in the first half.

Cowichan has an important early-season game at 7:30 p.m. this Friday at home to Bays.

Cowichan and Bays tied for second place in Div. 1 last season, and are currently tied for first, the only teams left with 2-0 records. They are also the last two Jackson Cup champions, and it was Bays who knocked Cowichan FC out of last year’s tournament in the first round.

In Div. 2, Cowichan United just about came back from a two-goal first-half deficit against Vic West on Sunday afternoon, but had to settle for a 2-1 loss.

“We went down an early goal: three guys slipped and their team just dribbled around us and scored,” said manager Neall Rowlings. “Same as the week before, as our start was weak and disorganized.”

Centre defenders Adam Taft and Nelson Devana created some offensive opportunities for their team in the second half, and it was Taft who scored, converting on a cross from Jason Ovans.

United plays Div. 1 club Lakehill Reds in a McGavin Cup game in Victoria on Wednesday, then visits Gordon Head on Saturday.

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Steen Cooper carries the puck into the Bulldogs’ end during the second period of Saturday’s 5-1 Cowichan win. [KEVIN ROTHBAUER/CITIZEN]

Caps show some punch KEVIN ROTHBAUER CITIZEN

A pair of rookies made big impressions on the Island Savings Centre crowd as the Cowichan Valley Capitals beat the Alberni Valley Bulldogs 5-1 in their 2013/14 B.C. Hockey League home opener.

Sam Curleigh scored the first two goals of his junior A hockey career, while Daniel Wanner got the fans buzzing when he walloped fellow first-year player Brett Stewart in a first-period fight.

“Sam is a good young player,” head coach Bob Beatty said of Curleigh, who played last season with the major midget Vancouver Northwest Giants.

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of a scoring streak. The goals he got came from simply going to the net and playing physically. He was in the right place at the right time.”

Wanner’s fight didn’t completely surprise Beatty, although the coach wasn’t expecting the Notre Dame Hounds product to get involved so early.

“Not necessarily right off the bat, but I know the type of player he is,” he said.

“He’s a scrappy player who’s not afraid of getting his hands dirty. I thought he handled himself really well.

“He’s in the same category as Sam. They have to earn everything they get.

They’re doing a good job of carving out a niche for themselves with hard work, making things happen.”

Myles Powell opened the scoring at the 4:13 mark of the first period, and the Bulldogs replied 19 seconds later. It was all Cowichan after that, as Steen Cooper converted a powerplay, and Curleigh

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Cooper finished with a goal and an assist, while Dane Gibson had two helpers and fought Alberni’s Jared Wilson late in the second.

“I thought we had a good effort,” said Beatty. “We had lots of jump, we started well, we moved the puck a lot better. All in all, we were pretty pleased with a 5-1 win.”

Goalie Robin Gusse earned his second win in as many starts, making 20 saves on 21 shots, including some timely stops.

The Caps will head to Port Alberni on Wednesday to complete the home-andhome series with the winless Bulldogs.

“They’re going to be hungry,” said Beatty. “They haven’t had a good start, so they won’t want to fall too far behind.”

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Chargers hit the road, back Wednesday for showcase KEVIN ROTHBAUER CITIZEN

Duncan Christian School’s senior volleyball teams hit the road last weekend for a couple of out-of-town tournaments.

The girls team headed to Nanaimo for a tournament hosted by Dover Bay Secondary, while the boys were in Coquitlam to play at Douglas College.

On Friday, the girls opened their tournament with a 25-11, 25-21 loss to Handsworth, the ninth-ranked AAAA team in the province, then beat Frances Kelsey, another AAAA squad, 25-19, 25-19, before losing to Dover Bay 25-17-18.

Continuing to play against teams from larger schools on Saturday, the Chargers lost to Cedar (25-13, 25-18), Ballenas (25-17, 25-19) and Woodlands (17-25, 25-19, 15-13).

Coach Dave Vanderschaaf called the final match “by far the best match the team has played thus far.”

“This year just got quite a bit more exciting with the amount of energy the girls

Stellers slip past Kestrels as ladies field hockey starts up The Cowichan Stellers edged the Kestrels 3-2 in an all-Cowichan Div. 3 matchup on Saturday on the first weekend of play in the Vancouver Island Ladies Field Hockey Association for this fall.

The Stellers got their scoring from Lauren Keller, Olivia Burton and Makayla Sty-

had and from them seeing how well they can play against ‘better’ teams,” he said.

Among the highlights at the tournament were four blocks in one rally by Juliet King, and some strong kills by Brenna Bazinet.

The DCS boys had mixed results in Coquitlam, beginning with a 25-19, 15-25 split against McRoberts Secondary.

They struggled against the loaded Langley Fundamental team — which boasts five Team BC players, while Duncan Christian’s lone provincial representative is Douglas Groenendijk — losing 25-9, 25-14, then played two close matches: a 25-22, 25-15 loss to Richmond Christian and a 26-24, 27-25 win over Moscrop. Finally, the Chargers lost 25-20, 25-12 to J.N. Burnett.

This Wednesday, the DCS boys will host a high school/university volleyball night, including a match between the Chargers and Belmont Secondary at 5 p.m. followed

by Camosun facing DCS grad Bennett King-Nyberg and Vancouver Island University at 7 p.m.

ba, while Jill Roberts and Terri Bachynski replied for the Kestrels.

Both Div. 2 entries from Cowichan Field Hockey defaulted in their games, the Cardinals taking the loss to the Sailors and the Swifts to the Blue Jays.

This coming weekend will see the Swifts play the Sailors and the Cardinals face the Lynx on the road, while the Stellers battle the Devils and the Kestrels take on the Demons at home.

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Pat Kay cracks Canadian senior sevens program KEVIN ROTHBAUER CITIZEN

As Rugby Canada centralizes its men’s and women’s sevens programs in Langford for the 2013/14 Sevens World Series, Duncan’s own Patrick Kay has been confirmed as one of the 18 men carded for the national program, continuing his rise on the international scene.

“Being selected for this program is a huge accomplishment for me,” said Kay, a product of Cowichan Secondary School and the Cowichan Rugby Football Club now studying and playing at the University of Victoria. “First of all, it means that the Rugby Canada coaching staff is investing in me, and secondly it helps financially, being paid for what I love to do and having school tuition covered along with some other benefits.”

It has been a goal of Kay’s since he graduated to be carded with the national sevens program. This past summer, he played with the Canadian development squad that finished third at the World Games in Colombia, the highest level of sevens competition he has experienced so far.

“The competition was world class,” he said. “I was lucky enough to play a full game against South Africa, which featured a majority of their players that play on their top national team. We narrowly lost to them by just one try.”

Kay was also in South America in May and June, where he captained Canada’s U20 XV team to second place at the Junior World Rugby Trophy Tournament in Chile.

For the time being, he’s happy to play both versions of the sport at a high level.

“Sevens and XVs are very different,” he said. “I enjoy both of them just as much. I

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still haven’t quite decided which direction I will go with it, but for now I will do my best to go as far as I can with both.”

With the senior program, Kay is training and playing alongside some of the country’s biggest names in the sport, including World Cup veterans. While he appreciates their accomplishments, he doesn’t see them as any different from himself.

“Honestly, I don’t look at these guys any differently,” he said. “I obviously have a lot of respect for them but I train with these guys every day and compete against them. I may have been one or two choices away from going to the World Cup this past year, so it’s not in my best interest to star-gaze.”

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Audrey Park breaks the plane on her way to scoring Cowichan’s second try during last Saturday’s game against UVic. [KEVIN ROTHBAUER/CITIZEN]

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Kerry Park forward Alex Milligan corrals the puck in the Westshore Wolves’ end during the third period of last Saturday’s game. [KEVIN ROTHBAUER/CITIZEN]

First win for Isles on three-point weekend KEVIN ROTHBAUER CITIZEN

Things started looking up for the Kerry Park Islanders last weekend.

After dropping their first three games of the 2013/14 Vancouver Island Junior Hockey League season, the Isles elevated their play on Friday and Saturday and were rewarded with a 6-4 win over the Campbell River Storm and a single point in a 6-5 double-overtime loss to the Westshore Wolves.

“We got three of four points on the weekend, so we were happy with that,” said Isles owner Mark Osmond. “I think we’re on the right track. All the signs are positive.”

Things didn’t start out great for the Isles on Friday as they paid a visit to the Campbell River Storm.

“The first 12 minutes were awful,” said Osmond, whose team trailed 2-0 at that point, and had been outshot 18-3.

After that, the momentum changed drastically.

“At the end of the game, we won and we out-shot them 50-41,” Osmond said. “They went for it, and the goals went in.”

Ryan Paisley and Matt Grant scored to tie the game for Kerry Park, but Campbell River led again 3-2 at the end of the first.

Grant and Francis Slicer scored in the second, and Slicer scored again before Grant completed the hat trick in the third.

Braedan Cross and Alex Milligan recorded two assists apiece, and goalie Jackson Jane earned the win, making 37 saves on 41 shots.

The Isles got off to a better start at home on Saturday, going penalty-free in the first half of the game and taking a 4-0 lead on goals by Milligan, Eric Mansueti, Tylor Branzsen and Cross.

At the 12:32 mark of the second period, things changed when centre Jamie Jensen was assessed a 10-minute misconduct and a two-minute minor for a hit to the head, and

Cowichan’s senior women’s rugby team had a tough return to the pitch last Saturday, losing 43-14 to the University of Victoria at Piggie Park in their first game of the Island season.

Cowichan’s play wasn’t so bad, but UVic was just good enough to hold them off, said captain Sherry Spence.

“I thought the girls that came out to play fought hard,” she said. “And if it wasn’t for the little mistakes, and the fact that we were down a player for the second half, the score wouldn’t have been as bad as it was.

“I think we’re on the right track. All the signs are positive.”

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defenceman Nick Hayes got four minutes for spearing.

“That changed the game a little bit,” Osmond admitted. “It gave them some momentum.”

The Wolves got back in the game with two powerplay goals in the second, then tied the score early in the third with another on the man advantage and an even-strength marker.

“We should have buried them by then,” said Osmond. “But it’s a learning process for the kids; whatever they do, they have to own it and pay the consequences.”

Slicer put his team up 5-4 but Westshore tied it again with less than a minute and a half to play, then won it with three seconds left in the second overtime.

Millgan, Mansueti, Branzsen and Cross finished with a goal and an assist apiece, while Grant had two helpers. Jane started again and took the loss despite a 46-save performance.

Despite the results, Osmond was buoyed by the team’s effort, and called it a “good game for the fans.”

The Isles have a pair of home games this weekend, playing host to the Nanaimo Buccaneers at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday and the Victoria Cougars at 3 p.m. on Sunday.

Both teams boast perfect 4-0 records after last weekend’s games, and Osmond believes the contests could be a good way to see how far his team has come since the season started. Victoria, in particular, as South Division rivals of the Islanders, and a team that consistently dominates the VIJHL. “I don’t know how they do it every year,” he said.

The UVic team was just so quick off the mark.”

Scoring for Cowichan were Ashley Smith and Audrey Park with one try apiece.

Nenagh McCulloch converted both.

Cowichan will get another crack at UVic in November, when Spence is hoping to have more of her teammates available.

“We actually have a deep bench this year, but unfortunately this past weekend due to previous engagements, we had players away,” said the captain. “They all should be here for the game this weekend.”

Cowichan will be back in action at home this Saturday, hosting Velox at 11:30 a.m.

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