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Cowichan bus fares going up ANDREA RONDEAU CITIZEN

with a very slim build. He was last seen wearing a white shirt.

Police say he is in the early stages of dementia and recently had heart surgery.

The cost of riding the bus both in the Cowichan Valley and from Cowichan to Victoria will be going up Oct. 1.

But there’s good news for some riders as well, as the Cowichan Valley Regional Transit System is also adding a number of runs and routes to the existing service.

For students and seniors fares within the Cowichan Valley will increase from $1.75 to $2. The cost of a 10-ticket package will go up for adults from $16 to $18, and for seniors and students from $13.50 to $15.

DayPASS tickets will go up for students and seniors from $3.25 to $4. MonthlyPASS costs remain the same. Semester passes will go up from $112 to $115.

The cost of using Handydart will actually go down from $2.25 to $2 for both registered users and companions. A sheet of five tickets will go from $11.25 to $10.

“Pretty modest increases,” said Meribeth Burton, BC Transit spokesperson, pointing out that fares have not gone up in four years, while costs of things like fuel have continued to increase.

Riders on the commuter bus from the Cowichan Valley to Victoria will see the biggest fare increases.

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Members of Cowichan Search and Rescue stage at the entrance to Maple Mountain in their search for Anthony Morley. [ANDREA RONDEAU/CITIZEN]

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Public asked to check outbuildings

◆ SENIORS CORNER • Chemainus 55+ drop in centre Country Western Dinner and Dance, Sept. 27, doors open 4:30 p.m., dinner at 5 p.m., followed

by Lonesome 77 Band. Cost $20.

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He is familiar with the Maple Mountain area and hikes there regularly.

On Wednesday and Thursday, Cowichan Search and Rescue was looking for Morley on foot and by air, while police were asking the public to keep an eye out for him.

“We are asking that the public nearby check their outbuildings and fence lines in case Mr. Morley has sought shelter there,” North Cowichan/Duncan RCMP spokesperson Cpl. Krista Hobday said.

Police have checked Island hospitals to no avail.

Anyone who has seen or thinks they’ve seen Tony Morley recently should contact the North Cowichan/Duncan RCMP at 250-748-5522.

• Chemainus 55+ drop in centre So…You Think You Can Dance? Sunday, Oct. 19, 2 p.m., Cost $5 and a donation of food for the Chemainus food bank.

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Cowichan’s wine tour something to savour LEXI BAINAS CITIZEN

Vintners, distillers, chefs and food producers are ready to celebrate their harvest as Savour Cowichan — the new name for the Cowichan Valley Wine and Culinary Festival — is back for another exciting year.

For 2014, 40 artisan food and beverage producers will host more than 50 epicurean events throughout the Cowichan Valley from Sept. 26 to Oct. 5.

Tickets for the marquee events are being snapped up fast.

These include Barge On In on Friday, Sept. 26, the tasting event that kicks off the 10-day celebration with local wine, cider, beer and food hosted under a tent on the water off the dock at the Mill Bay Marina.

Back on the barge on Sept. 27, chef Bill Jones of Deerholme Farm is serving up delicious barbecued bites, joining famous band

Here’s some of what’s on during Savour Cowichan:

Wide Mouth Mason headlining the Sip, Savour & Support fundraiser for the Canuck Autism Network to help families living with autism in the Cowichan Valley.

Other signature events include Cowichan Valley C.A.N. Ride (Sept. 28), Chemainus Tastings at the Chemainus Theatre (Oct. 2), the Cowichan Bay day (Oct. 3), and Savour Downtown Duncan (Oct. 4).

Every day of the festival, it’s possible to visit orchards, farms and vineyards to sample ciders, wines, spirits and beer from the Cowichan region with barrel tastings, tours and new releases.

Participate behind the scenes, meet master winemakers, cidermakers, brewmasters and the sommeliers who love them.

Indulge your taste buds with seasonal fare at restaurants offering drink and food pairings, winemaker’s dinners, chef demonstrations, and more.

• BARGE On In: a special public tasting

It’s all about the ambience. Why not taste a new wine while visiting the many venues during Savour Cowichan this year? [LEXI BAINAS/CITIZEN PHOTOS]

At Averill Creek Vineyard’s hilltop location, it’s a delight to take a break from touring, sit outside and enjoy an atmosphere redolent of old Provence.

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• DISTILLERY tours at Merridale Cider Sept. 27 noon to 4 p.m.

• SIP Savour and Support at Mill Bay Marina Sept. 27 from noon to 5 p.m.

• UNOFFICIAL After Party and Prosecco release at Unsworth Vineyards Sept. 27 starting at 6 p.m.

• BUBBLES and Brunch at Hudson’s on First in Duncan Sunday, Sept. 28 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

• AMPERSAND Distillery Open House Sept. 28 11:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.

• LATE Summer Picnic at Silverside Farm & Winery Sept. 28 Noon to 4 p.m.

• SMOOTHIE Sampling at the Duncan Garage Cafe Sept. 28 from noon to 2 p.m.

• ARTISTS in the Orchard at Merridale Cider Sept. 28 from 1 to 5 p.m.

• GENEVIEVE Charbonneau performs at Blue Grouse Estate Winery Sept. 28 from 1 to 4 p.m.

• PURPLE Sangria Paella Party at Damali Lavender & Winery Sept. 28 from 1 to 4 p.m.

• AVERILL Creek Vineyard Winemakers Dinner at the Quamichan Inn Sept. 28 6 p.m. to 9:15 p.m.

• THE Cowichan Valley Big Ride at Merridale Cider Sept. 28 10:01 p.m. to 11:01 p.m.

• CHEMAINUS Tastings and Theatre Oct. 2 5:30 to 9:30 p.m.

• GENEVIEVE Charbonneau live at Blue Grouse Estate Winery Oct. 3 1 to 4 p.m.

• WINEMAKER’S Dinner: the Pinot Grape and Variations at the Satellite Grill at Arbutus Ridge Oct. 3 from 6 to 9 p.m.

• CITTA Slow Meet Your Maker Cowichan Bay at Hilary’s Cheese Oct. 3 from 7 to 9 p.m.

• BUBBLES and Brunch at Hudson’s on First Oct. 4 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

• COWICHAN Community Kitchen Culinary Festival at Centennial Park in Duncan Oct. 4 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.

• MUSHROOM Foraging Workshop with Bill Jones at Deerholme Farm Oct. 4 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

• DISTILLERY Tours at Merridale Cider Oct. 4 noon to 4 p.m.

• SAVOUR Downtown Duncan Oct. 4 noon to 4 p.m.

• CELEBRATE at Blue Grouse Estate Winery Oct. 4 from 1 to 4 p.m.

• TROPICAL Party & Pizza Day with live music by Tropic Mayhem at Enrico Winery Oct. 4 1 to 4 p.m.

• COWICHAN’S Perfect Pairings Gala Dinner at Hudson’s on First oct. 5 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

• FAMILY Fun Day at Enrico Winery Oct. 5 1 to 4 p.m.

• GENEVIEVE Charbonneau performs live at Blue Grouse Estate Winery Oct. 5 1 to 4 p.m.

THERE ARE also several tours available by shuttle bus. Check the Savour Cowichan website for more details on all of the events and offers available.

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Tax increases, priority setting top Siebring’s list LEXI BAINAS CITIZEN

An initial meeting about the possibility of forming the co-op drew a crowd that packed the hall in Duncan. Now organizers are again looking for public input. [CITIZEN FILE]

Seniors cooperative ready to consult public on next steps ANDREA RONDEAU CITIZEN

Last October overwhelming interest led to the formation of an elder care cooperative in the Cowichan Valley.

Now, community members are being asked to make their voices heard once again by sharing their ideas on the plan that has been created and make suggestions.

“Now it’s time to once again bring together seniors, care providers and senior-service agencies to share the business idea and get more feedback,” said Rob Douglas, the coop’s president. “We’ve developed a solid plan of how to bring services to seniors, but we want to get their feedback, as well as from care providers, before finalizing a business plan and launching next spring.”

The co-op’s goal, and what local seniors are so eager to see, are support services that allow them to remain living in their homes.

Such services could include companionship, house cleaning, meal preparation or home repairs, to name a few.

Since the initial meeting last fall to gage

community interest, things have been moving fast. Federal funding has been secured, the Cowichan Elder Care Co-operative has been legally incorporated and a feasibility study has been developed.

“These consultations are the next important step, to make sure that the needs of both seniors and care providers are met in the co-op’s plan,” said Douglas.

The plan will be presented to all co-op members at the first annual general meeting on Oct. 24, beginning at 10 a.m. at St. John’s Anglican Church in Duncan.

Leading up to that, the consultation meetings are scheduled Friday, Sept. 26, 10:30 a.m. to noon, at the St. John’s Anglican Church in Duncan, Friday, Sept. 26, 2-3:30 p.m., at the Mt. Brenton Golf Club in Chemainus, and Tuesday, Oct. 7, from 1:30-3 p.m. at the Ladysmith Seniors Centre.

The consultations are being sponsored by Coastal Community Credit Union and Volunteer Cowichan.

For more information go to www.cecc. coop

Al Siebring announced Sept. 17 that he will be seeking a third term on North Cowichan council.

“This past term has been very frustrating for me personally and I seriously thought about not doing it but, equally, I have a certain skill set and I can use it to make the community better so let’s go for it,” he said.

Siebring is again drawing a line in the sand to delineate the focus of his campaign.

He intends, if re-elected, to present two motions to council within 90 days of the election.

These will ask council to establish a firm limit on residential property tax increases so they will not exceed the rate of inflation for the Cowichan region and also that councillors set priorities, on a sliding scale, as to which services or expenditures are really essential and which might reasonably be cut or eliminated.

Putting up such a platform is standard election procedure for Siebring.

In 2008 he called for a second look at the alternative approval process. In 2011, it was a motion to look at amalgamation with Duncan.

“That initially failed but we managed to work that thing through to the point now that both communities will hopefully be asking a question. I feel pretty good about that one,” he said.

Taxes are a key issue for the veteran councillor, who points to “the egregious shift of taxes away from the industrial base and onto the backs of homeowners” and “pet projects like the half-per cent

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When the bully is a teacher, it’s even worse f we ever needed more evidence that bullies come in all shapes and sizes, the story of Langley teacher Daniel Mark Ogloff provides it.

The metalwork teacher at Aldergrove Community Secondary School is in trouble for an incident in which he wrote “I’m gay” on a piece of masking tape and stuck it onto the back of an unsuspecting male Grade 11 student’s jacket.

Not satisfied with this juvenile prank, Ogloff “gestured ‘shh’” to other students in the class and allowed the student’s peers to laugh and take photos, according

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to the British Columbia Commissioner for Teacher Regulation consent resolution agreement documents.

According to the documents, Ogloff considered this “horseplay.” He even allowed the student to leave class with the tape still on his back, exposing him to ridicule from an even wider circle of people.

These actions are deeply concerning and inappropriate on a number of levels.

First, it’s sad that the identification of someone as gay is still considered by so many people — including a teacher in a position

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of authority — to be a slur.

We have no idea whether or not the student is gay. It really doesn’t matter. Ogloff and the laughing students clearly believe that being gay is something to be ashamed of, and something to invite ridicule.

This kind of bigotry has no place in Canada. It especially has no place in our classrooms.

Second, the fact that a person in a position of authority would bully a student is disturbing.

Depending on the psyche of the student in question, he could have done some real emotional and mental damage.

What are you to think when a teacher goes out of his way to humiliate you in front of your peers? We hope some counselling was provided, at the school’s cost, to the poor teen.

And consider the example Ogloff set for all those kids.

Think about what he taught them with this incident.

He taught them it’s okay to bully. He taught them it’s okay to be homophobic.

And, importantly, he taught them that it’s open season on that particular student.

Ogloff has had his teaching certificate suspended for two weeks.

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This is on top of discipline in November of 2013 where he was suspended from work without pay for 10 weeks. He was also required to participate in restorative action with the student, mandatory mentorship with another teacher and to complete some courses.

He disputed the appropriateness of the discipline. This fact seems to indicate he doesn’t understand the seriousness of what he did and that it was not only unprofessional but wrong.

He should really be thankful he still has a job, we’re not convinced he deserves it.

World sends inadequate Ebola response team to Africa Sheret decision cuts off nose to spite face Re: Andrew Sheret rezoning It is surprising the neighbours did not support the rezoning to allow for storage.

I would have thought that these neighbours would have supported Andrew Sheret as an “anchor store” — driving business to the smaller retailers in the area.

At least that was the case for me. The new location and improved inventory has diverted my shopping habits away from the Nanaimo Andrew Sheret to the Duncan location.

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Old ‘legacy’ meter not read for 14 months After charging us for reading a “legacy” meter, which means

an analog, since December 2013 to July 2014, a period of eight months at an average of $33 per month, totalling $264, not including any taxes, interests and penalties — guess what?

They have not actually read this meter since February 2013, for a period of 14 months!

They have now deemed it fair to refund us $55 for missed meter reading fees.

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A deal has been reached between the BCTF and our Liberal government. Awesome.

I can’t help but continue to feel more than a little frustrated, though, and I’ll tell you why; in May of 2012, our local elected school board trustees, in advocating for our public schools and our teachers, refused to submit a balanced budget, even though they were well aware that they would lose their jobs if they did not comply.

How were they, with such an incredible lack of funding, to find a way to balance the budget?

They couldn’t.

And so, they all lost their jobs, and “we” got Mike McKay (appointed by our Liberal government education minister).

We have now lost our middle school. We also pay for school buses. All in the name of balancing a budget (unattainable at that). Forego a quality education, but ensure a balanced budget.

These people were advocating on our behalf two years ago.

In light of today’s announcement, I feel compelled to thank these people. How sad that they opted to be thrown under the bus for all of our children, teachers and public schools, just to stand by their convictions. Honorable really, don’t you think?

Jennifer Rattray Shawnigan Lake

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Opinion Directors should not be blinded by outspoken, ill-informed few First I respond to Blaise Salmon’s recently published critique of the CVRD directors in which he accuses them of an absurdity.

Absurdity is something with which he is extremely familiar as his practice on several fronts is to assert his opinions as being facts. Example: he cites an average CVRD income of $38,000 per annum.

Is that net or gross? Does it include the “incomes” of those whose “business expenses” cover what for you and I are living expenses? Does it include your income? Does it include the hidden incomes of the many millionaires in the Valley? He is ingenuous at best and disingenuous at worst — enough said.

Now to the issue at hand. Most, if not all, private, public and NGO companies use similar methodology to determine their compensation policies.

They research what like companies of reasonably similar size and scope of operation, and/or companies with like positions, offer in compensation. Then, based on that real information, decide what it takes to retain and recruit effective personnel.

A very few outspoken, yet ill-informed, residents protest that excluded CVRD incomes should reflect incomes prevalent in the Valley. They opine that excluded CVRD incomes should more closely mirror those of the folks they live beside and that comparisons should be made from within the Valley.

Sounds well and good — but here’s the rub. Where are similar organizations and/

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What other organizations have operating budgets of $60 million and capital budgets of $18 million? What other companies manage such a diverse portfolio of programs? What other organizations employ and manage hundreds of employees?

Nary a one! Unless, of course, one could pry loose from Catalyst the details of its compensation plan — and good luck with that. There just ain’t no reasonably similar organizations in the Valley.

What the nay-saying few must grasp is that folks with the education and experience necessary to run an organization like the CVRD — engineers, accountants, planners, etc. — just do not live in the Valley or, if they do, they are elsewhere employed.

This is not to say that there are not bright, well educated folks in the Valley, it is just that the particular expertise required for excluded CVRD positions is not employed here.

Nonetheless, if research proves excluded salaries are out of line, the board can freeze them until they are in line. However, if reducing costs is the true underlying concern, then the directors should yet again turn their minds to reducing or privatizing some programs and services.

But would that be real economy? Mind you, that is another issue altogether.

Director Giles recently cautioned that the board should not be blinded by the views of a few.

Despite that sage caution, some directors still choose to pander to the few, illinformed nay-sayers.

Could it be in the hope of re-election thus securing their own, not inconsiderable [and recently improved] incomes?

Such individuals should not be honoured with election.

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Some of the donation should go to public schools

A) Yes B) No C) They should restore to pre-2013 levels

I recently read that the Shaw family has donated $19 million to Shawnigan Lake private school.

Eleven million dollars for a new library and $8 million to a managed fund to assist students not otherwise able to attend the school.

This managed fund will dole out $500,000 per year to assist 20 students per year. I applaud the Shaw family’s effort to assist worthy individuals who might not otherwise have the means to receive a private school education.

However, I am not as enamoured with the $11 million dollars being donated to the private school for a library. This donation might be better served helping out the majority that attend the public schools.

Mr. Shaw, I think you owe it to the people who helped you achieve the wealth you enjoy today and give back to them by supporting our public schools also. There is a great responsibility on those who have been blessed with great wealth to take care of those less fortunate.

Tell us what you think!

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Friday, September 26, 2014 | Cowichan Valley Citizen

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Rain has bought 8-9 days more river flow ANDREA RONDEAU CITIZEN

Just because we’ve had a bit of rain doesn’t mean the drought is over and we can stop worrying about the water crisis in the Cowichan River.

That was the message Kate Miller, manager of environmental initiatives planning and development for the Cowichan Valley Regional District, was giving this week as the CVRD announced a new website they’ve created that gives the public information on the current water shortage.

“What we really want folks to know is that when they look out the window it looks like the rainy season has come [but] we’re still in really serious drought situation here,” said Miller. “It’s easier to communicate if you’ve got lots of brown grass.”

But that is not our environment and the drought shows in different ways here, she said.

And while the recent rainfall has made a big difference in fire safety, reducing the fire risks in the Cowichan Valley, it has only bought the Cowichan River eight or nine more days at the current significantly reduced flow rate before the water

storage in Cowichan Lake runs out.

Water is stored in Cowichan Lake by a weir that can control flows in the summer when things get dry, ensuring enough water for fish survival, waste dilution and Catalyst mill in Crofton.

This summer, flows have already been reduced below the recommended optimum levels to try to conserve the supply, but if there isn’t significant rainfall in the next few weeks salmon stocks are threatened and Catalyst mill may have to shut down temporarily.

“We’re most definitely not out of the drought situation quite yet,” said Miller.

Conditions are changing fast, she said, and the website is a way that people can keep up with the day-to-day shifts.

There is information on the website about three key indicators: water supply in Cowichan Lake, water temperatures and water quality.

While much of the data is presented in a simple format that will be easy to understand for the casual viewer who wants to take a glance and move on, there is also the ability for those who want to dig a bit deeper to drill down on the issue, Miller said.

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Island Savings and First West Credit Union have announced that they are moving forward with next steps in their proposed merger but members must vote on the idea before it actually goes ahead.

Since it is a democratic cooperative, Island Savings members get to vote on special resolutions before the organizations can legally come together at year-end.

Voting will take place by mail-in ballot or in person at any branch of the iconic Duncan-based credit union from Nov. 5 to 12 with results announced on the Island Savings and First West websites on Nov. 14.

When the Island Savings and First West boards announced in fall 2013 they were entering discussions, First West board chair Shawn Neumann and Island Savings board chair James McKenzie noted several aspects of the arrangement including that Island Savings would keep its name, local leadership, local decision-making and community focus and protection for employees due to no layoffs as a direct result of the merger.

No branch closures are to result from the merger as First West and Island Savings have no branch overlaps.

The merged corporation will become one of the most extensive credit union networks in B.C., extending from the central and south Vancouver Island and Gulf Islands, through to the Fraser Valley, north to Kitimat and throughout the south central Interior.

Island Savings CEO Rod Dewar is buoyant about the idea.

“This is great news for Island Savings and for the 70,000 members who do business with us,” he said. “With First West, we can offer Island families and businesses some of the most competitive products in the marketplace — without having to give up the local decision-making, local name and local community investment Islanders count on from us.”

Rod Dewar, Island Savings CEO, is buoyant about merger. [SUBMITTED] McKenzie said, “Our members are attuned to the economic realities around us. That’s why our credit union has been able to steer through the economic challenges of the past five years and still remain strong. We want to preserve this successful financial legacy and we can do that through this innovative partnership.”

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Missing 22year-old found KEVIN ROTHBAUER CITIZEN

Jakob Taylor, who was reported missing earlier this week after his family hadn’t heard from him for more than a week, has been found safe and sound.

Police didn’t release any further information about where or when the 22-year-old Taylor was located. He left his home on Monday, Sept. 15, and police issued an alert to the media on Sept. 22. They announced early Thursday afternoon that he had been located.

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Cowichan Valley Citizen | Friday, September 26, 2014

No fare change since commuter service introduced in 2008 COWICHAN BUS, From Page 1 A single cash trip will go from $7 to $8, but 10 zone A tickets will go from $63 to $72 and a zone A commuter pass jumps from $165 to $192. Zone B commuter passes rise from $200 to $232.

“There hasn’t really been a fare change since the service was introduced in 2008,” Burton explained.

Fares are determined by the Cowichan Valley Regional District board.

As for the new runs and routes,

they range from South Cowichan to Lake Cowichan and Cowichan Commons.

South Cowichan will see new service to Cowichan Station and the Braithwaite area, and more service to Arbutus Ridge. There will also be more direct two-way routing to major destinations on new Routes 8 and 9, which will replace Routes 10, 12 and 15.

In the Lake Cowichan area there will be new service to Cowichan Commons and on-request services to Youbou and Honeymoon Bay.

Duncan and North Cowichan will see increased service to Cowichan Commons and new service to the Boys Road area east of Highway 1 and the northern portion of Chemainus Road to Highway 1.

For Handydart customers, 2,500 hours of new service per year will be added. Introductory service will start in Ladysmith on Tuesdays and Fridays, while service hours will expand in the rest of the Valley.

The changes come out of an “intense” bout of public consulta-

tion last fall with riders and stakeholder groups, Burton said.

“Areas like Cowichan Commons, people told us over and over again that they felt like because it’s a relatively new area we weren’t covering it as well as they’d like,” she said.

They looked at what areas were being well-serviced and which were not, as well as which runs were being most used.

“It’s not a cheap service to run and we need to be using our resources wisely,” said Burton.

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This Stanley was a ghost town It never really amounted to all really appreciate visitors and that much beyond two hotels, preferred to avoid them (includa general store and a cluster of ing, probably, me). miners’ cabins and shanties.

The original miners may have his has been my week moved on quickly but some of for ghost towns. First, on those who followed stayed to Thursday evening, Gord work this rocky ground with Hutchings’ great presentation gold pans and rockers then on Anyox to the Cowichan Hiswith hydraulic monitors; hence CHRONICLES torical Society. On Friday, in my Stanley’s birth at the confluT.W. Paterson mailbox, the current issue of ence of Chisholm and LightBritish Columbia History Maganing Creeks. The town never zine and an article on Stanley, in Barkerreally amounted to much beyond a genville country. eral store or two, two hotels and miners’ Much as I’d love to, I’ve not been to cabins and shanties. It was in one of these Anyox on the B.C.-Alaska border, but I old cabins that, for 40 years, from the ‘50s have been to Stanley in the Cariboo. That on, the Crawfords made their home in the was in 1977 when I did a road tour while summers while he patiently reworked the researching the series of books I was tailings of those who’d tried before him. writing on communities that, for various He’d separate the boulders (reassembling reasons but mostly because of their onethem in neat piles) with a jet of water horse economies, have withered away, from his monitor (think of a powerful fire often to the point of invisibility. hose) then wash the remaining gravel, We humans tend to think that, once we sand and mud through a sluicebox for plant our footprint, it’s there to stay. The whatever traces of gold had been missed reality can be anything but. Gold miners, by his predecessors. ever fickle, ever seeking that pot of gold at I’m sure the Crawords didn’t get rich the end of the rainbow, often abandoned doing this, summer after summer, but it even paying claims and the efforts of supplemented their pensions, satisfied their hard work upon the merest rumour them, and allowed them to comfortably of another, richer strike, in the hope of winter “outside” for years until their something bigger and better. Or the ore health began to fail. Tom died in 1990, really did run out. aged 83, wife Lil three years later. I doubt Towns by the score — some of them, that Stanley has known their like since such as Phoenix, qualifying as cities and the buildings that were there in their — have come and gone throughout B.C. time have since tumbled down.

When driving through the Westholme I recall him as being friendly and willValley at night I never fail to marvel that ingly answering my questions about his there’s not a light to be seen on Mount own mining efforts and those of the argoSicker where, just over a century ago, nauts before him. I remember him showtwo copper mines supported a rumoured ing me Stanley’s small Chinese cemetery, population of 2,000 souls. Now, even in its marked by about seven shallow and overheyday, there wouldn’t have been lights grown trenches. These were the graves of on the eastern slope, because they’d have miners whose bones had been returned been just over the brow of the mountain. to China as was long the custom. I’d not But the absolute darkness reminds me heard of that until Tom Crawford told me. just how fleeting Humankind’s efforts can I now know that the Crawfords are back be, no matter how ambitious they are. in Stanley, there to stay in its little cemStanley on Lightning Creek, near Wells etery. James Caughlan urges those who and just off the Quesnel Barkerville road, visit their final resting place to “please was the scene of a frenzied but brief gold continue the custom of placing a stone, rush in the 1860s, and again, to a lesser like the many that Tom gleaned for gold, extent, in the 1930s. Retired teacher James on their grave. But, before doing so, check W. Caughlan’s article brought back memit carefully, just in case. Tom would enjoy ories of my visit with Tom Crawford. I that.” don’t recall meeting his wife Lil, perhaps www.twpaterson.com because, as Caughlan explains, she didn’t

T The Stanley cemetery as it appeared in 1977; the empty graves of the Chinese miners were nearby. —TWP

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Cowichan Valley Citizen | Friday, September 26, 2014

MUSINGS of a Magpie Mind (Bits and pieces of history, travel and trivia, collected over the years by Bill Greenwell)

Scotland....Quebec.... and a common cause

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s a typical ex-Northern Brit, with the blood of Saxon and Norse invaders still traceable and ambling through my ancient veins, I always felt a touch of gratitude to my coalmining grandfather for adding a little extra colour to the mongrel mixture.

He had the sense to court and marry a lass, not from the sooty Northumbrian pit village in which he lived, but instead, he chose his bride from the Henderson clan, just north of the border.

I felt comfortable knowing I was part Scots, because the more I learned about their culture, legends and native resilience, the more determined I became to put boots on the ground and see the lowlands and highlands for myself. I found a glorious country, with a unique history and a fascinating mix of language, pride and sense of self.

So a little while ago, I watched with mounting apprehension the events leading to their secession referendum.

The future of their homeland was at stake. A “yes” vote would have created an independent nation, foreign to England, Wales and Ulster and the unique 300-year-old union of the United Kingdom would have become history.

It was close. As Canadians enjoying an independent society, we can understand and sympathize with those Scots who wish to free themselves from what they honestly believe is an English yoke. Even though its weight is light, the mere hint of control from elsewhere is anathema to their national pride. They perceive an historic

wrong and this was their opportunity to set it to rights, and to do it at whatever cost.

The separatists ran a canny campaign and played on the traditional Scottish loathing of the Conservative party and the current Tory rule in Westminster. And I’m sure that this scenario reminded many of us of Quebec’s efforts in 1980 and again in 1995 to adopt similar tactics to win independence by referendum. Those were both hard-fought unity battles and as in Scotland, the losers were promised greater autonomy. A key devolution for Quebecers was the vow to recognize their province as a distinct society.

That promise was never kept. This disappointment is one of the reasons their sovereignty cause continues to simmer. But it no longer flourishes like it used to. That’s why some of the leading lights in the movement, still totally disaffected by the status quo, spent time in Scotland watching the campaign in action and admiring the way it was planned and executed.

They had a lot to learn from the mis-

takes made years ago.

The Scots are expecting the U.K. government to keep its word and deliver, but I doubt if it can, because already there’s a backlash south of the border from groups who believe that too much was promised. So the wrangling begins.

Meanwhile over here, Quebecers enjoy power in more jurisdictions than the Scots ever had. Surprisingly, so do all of Canada’s provinces.

However, the other day we could almost hear a sigh of relief from the British capital on Scotland’s “no” vote.

The financial markets remained intact and their Ministry of Defence still retains the multi-billion dollar nuclear submarine base on the Clyde, so important to Britain’s military role in the world. Life over there has settled down again, but the devolution issue is by no means dead. Although Wales and Ireland are now not likely to initiate a campaign to obtain independence, that urge for freedom in all three countries will continue to create a healthy tension in the Kingdom.

But for those of us of Scottish blood or perhaps just affection for their culture, we’ll carry on celebrating with them whenever we get the chance.

Come next January, all across the world, we’ll be raising a glass to the “Immortal Memory” of Robbie Burns and many of us will be garbed in traditional fashion. As usual, I’ll be kilted in the Henderson tartan to honour “me dear auld grandma”.... that little, plump, rosy-cheeked spirit I remember so well, who brought a touch of Scottish class and lots of love to a young Geordie pitman on scruffy Tyneside, when she said “yes” on their big day, way back in 1904.

(Bill Greenwell prospered in the ad agency arena for 40 years in the U.K. and Canada. He retains a passion for medieval history, marine paintings and piscatorial pursuits. His wife Patricia indulges him in these interests, but being a seasoned writer from a similar background, she has always deplored his weakness for alliteration. This has sadly had no effect on his writing style, whatsoever.)

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Every Thursday night the Cowichan Valley Scottish Country Dancers meet at the Chemainus Seniors Centre and suddenly the joint is jumping with people reeling and jigging around the floor to irresistibly toe-tapping music.

With names like Maxwell’s Rant, Mrs. Stewart’s Jig, Pelorus Jack and Strip the Willow, these dances are country dances with roots stretching back centuries.

It’s a sociable form of dancing in which participants are grouped into sets, typically of three, four or five couples arranged either in two lines (men facing women) or in a square. They work together to dance a sequence of formations.

Each dance is repeated enough times so that every couple dances each position in turn until they return to their starting positions.

It’s high-energy and certainly cranks the heart rate up a couple of notches. Some of the dances can be quite complex and there’s a degree of mental stimulation and challenge in remembering the sequences, positions and who’s on first. As a result, there is a lot of laughter.

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fun, fitness and fellowship,” said Susan Lumholst-Smith, organizer.

“You don’t need to be Scottish or know anything about the dances.

You just have to enjoy great music and some lively activity.”

The Chemainus club has been in existence since 2006 and it draws in people from around the Cowichan Valley. At 30 regular members, it is small compared to larger clubs in Nanaimo and Victoria, but what it lacks in size it certainly makes up for in enthusiasm.

Katherine Miller, a member and a Scottish country dancing teacher from Nanaimo, leads the group through the dances, explaining the sequences and the steps and then walking the group through the dance before the music is played and the participants dance.

“It’s an activity that appeals to all age groups,” said LumholstSmith. “You don’t need a partner or any special clothing — just a pair of soft shoes. We welcome new members so anyone who’s interested should just drop by and join in the fun.”

The group meets from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. For more information contact Lumholst-Smith at 250416-6749 or geoffrey.susan@telus. net

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Blessings for creatures great and small on Sunday their beloved pet or pictures or even the ashes of a beloved or deceased pet, to give thanks and ask for continued blessings.

“Church is the sacred place where the bond of creation is celebrated and we at St. Peter’s celebrate the love we give and receive from our pets,” said Rev. Deborah Rivest, who leads these special events.

It’s a service for all creatures great and small. Treats for your cats and dogs available.

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Friday, September 26, 2014 | Cowichan Valley Citizen

Water, food on special event agenda The Cowichan Valley chapter of the Council of Canadians is inviting residents to a special event on Oct. 1 that will focus on food and water in the Cowichan Valley.

The evening will feature two speakers, Rodger Hunter of the Cowichan Watershed group and Dan Ferguson of the Cowichan Agricultural Society.

“We are lucky enough to live in the beautiful and bountiful Cowichan Valley and also want to see that our valley remains a wonderful place to live, especially in the face of pressure to develop scarce farmland, changes to the Agricultural Land Reserve rules, and increasing threat of water scarcity, as evidenced in this year’s low river levels,” explained Donna Cameron, chairperson of the Cowichan chapter of the Council of Canadians.

The presentations will be followed by group discussions on how the community can work together more effectively to

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The event runs from 6:30-9 p.m. at the Duncan United Church hall on Ingram Street.

It is co-sponsored by the Duncan United Church Social Justice Committee.

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Barb Lines

COFFEE time Georg Stratemeyer, the executive director of Volunteer Cowichan and a community mainstay for 16 years, is leaving the group.

Rhoda Taylor is on it.

“To share memories, to share the funny and the sad times, to celebrate the successes and to acknowledge the transition this brings to us all, I am hosting a Burger and a Beer at the Silver Bridge Travelodge, Saturday, Sept.

27 starting at 5:30 p.m. There will an open mic to share stories,” she posted on Facebook.

Tickets are $25. Contact Rhoda at rhoda.taylor@gmail.com if you are going to attend so she can let the hotel know how many to expect.

North Cowichan’s Barb Lines has decided not to try for another term as municipal councillor in favour of spending more time with her family.

“But, I’m really going to miss my North Cowichan family, too,” she said.

Khowhemun Elementary School and Parkside Academy Childcare Society have once again been awarded a grant from the Royal Bank of Canada so they can operate the Smun’eem After School Program for a sixth year.

An evaluation of the program showed a positive change in students as they demonstrated more responsibility, completed their homework, had more confidence and more engagement in their education.

All students stated they enjoyed the program, especially homework help, gym time, crafts and just having fun.

“The program is an invaluable component of what we are trying to do as a school community,” said Principal Darrell Wright. “It supports families, supports students and really adds to student’s sense of belonging in the school. There is a reason that there is a waiting list to get into this program every year. Families know how it adds to the success of their child.”

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Friday, September 26, 2014 | Cowichan Valley Citizen

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Cowichan Valley Citizen | Friday, September 26, 2014

Church fights leprosy with sale

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Did you know it costs only $3 to cure an adult or child of leprosy?

Twenty-five years ago a small group of St. Edward’s church parishioners, led by Kitty Sarton, organized a plant sale to support Jesu Ashram in Darjeeling, India. Jesu Ashram is now a big centre serving destitute patients with AIDS, tuberculosis, and leprosy. Back in 1989, when we first started our support, it was just a small leprosy clinic operating in the wilderness.

Our first sale was held in St. Edward’s church basement. We sold seeds, plants and flowers, vegetables and fruits, eggs, nuts, and lavender, and took in about $350.

As of 2014, the church has sent 75,000 to Jesu Ashram.

And 25 years after that first small sale, our plant, harvest and garage sale has extended to three venues — two gyms at Queen of Angels School as well as the church hall will be bursting with bargains on Sept. 27.

We have two enormous garage sales, along with our specialties: apple pies and home baking, “Men’s Stuff”, mystery parcels for all ages, plants and produce, and Halloween/costumes.

Of course we also have all the usual departments — books, linen, dolls, games and puzzles, craft supplies, a boutique, office, a silent auction, and toys. This year we are featuring boys toys.

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Tour de Rock rider Elizabeth Avis accepts a cheque for $1,000 from Sunfest, part of nearly $60,000 in gifts to organizations from the huge festival, including donations of $35,000 to the Cowichan Exhibition Society; $12,400 to the MS Society (SCVI Chapter); $7,500 to the VI Paddling Society and $3,500 to Big Brothers Big Sisters Cowichan Valley. [SUBMITTED]

Tour cycles in on Tuesday On Tuesday, Sept. 30 be sure to be at Beverly Corners when the 2014 Tour de Rock rolls into town around 2:30 p.m.

You can help the Cops for Cancer fundraising effort by having your head shaved for donations or cheer others on.

Register ahead of time for head shaves at Canadian Cancer Society at 394 Duncan

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Later, attend the Red Serge Dinner at nearby Mr. Mikes starting at 6 p.m. Tickets for the dinner are $40 and include delicious food, as well as silent and live auctions.

Tickets are available for purchase at Ladysmith & District Credit Union or contact Kim Judson at 250-245-6390 or kjudson@ ldcu.ca for alternate pre-purchase options.

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Cowichan Goes to War"

The Citizen is commemorating the 100th anniversary of the start of the First World War and the fact that Duncan and the Cowichan Valley had the highest enlistment per capita of all of Canada.

Incredibly, it’s been estimated that one of every six residents served in uniform during those horrendous years, 1914-18. The names on the Duncan Cenotaph attest to the high cost of that conflict, the so-called war to end all wars.

You can help Chronicles columnist T.W. Paterson by submitting photos and copies of pertinent documents, letters, reminiscences, etc. of family members who served in the WW1 for possible inclusion in Cowichan Goes To War c/o The Citizen.

This invitation is open to all readers whose family member(s) served in any of the Canadian and Commonwealth military services during the First World War, not just those who were resident in the Cowichan Valley at that time.

Publication Date: November 2014 Advertisers and community groups are given the opportunity to promote themselves and support this semi-hard cover commemorative publication.

Join us in bringing this new book of Chronicles to life. Advertising rates are available upon request. Contact your sales representative or e-mail: sskolos@cowichanvalleycitizen.com

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Brentwood grad helps Canada to rowing bronze in France Brentwood College School graduate Ben Coull returned home from the World University Rowing Championships in Gravelines, France earlier this month with a bronze medal.

Coull, who grew up in Mill Bay and graduated from Brentwood in 2010, was

part of the Canadian men’s eight that finished third behind Great Britain and host France on Sept. 14.

While at Brentwood, Coull won gold and silver medals at the Canadian Secondary School Rowing Association Championships, and won medals at the CanAmMex Regatta in Tennessee in 2010. He is currently working on an engineering degree at the University of British Columbia.

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Rachel Pugh puts her boot to the ball during last Sunday’s win. [KEVIN ROTHBAUER/CITIZEN]

Women’s soccer team steps up to fill in for missing striker KEVIN ROTHBAUER CITIZEN

Cowichan’s senior women’s soccer team is missing its leading scorer from the last two seasons, but fortunately her sister has stepped up in her absence.

Rachel Pugh, the older sister of sniper Nicole, opened the scoring in the team’s home opener last Sunday, blasting a beautiful high, hard shot past the Bays United goalkeeper to kick off her team’s 3-1 win.

Nicole Pugh is out for the start of the season with a partially torn ACL from flag football.

“She sees an orthopaedic surgeon soon, so she is hoping for the green light to play, or at least know where she’s at with that,” said head coach Marilyn Pugh. “We missed her scoring ability in the first game [a 1-0 loss to Gorge on Sept. 14] for sure. Fortun-

ately, her older sister filled in for her and got us going. Hopefully Nicole will be back playing sooner than later.”

New recruit Jessica Robinson scored Cowichan’s second goal, the eventual game-winner, and Letitia Turlock added some insurance.

“We moved the ball well during the first half, making it a more passing game rather than kick and run,” Marilyn Pugh said.

“Bays did come back to score one goal on us though.

“The second half of the game, the ladies were tired and did not pass well, defend well, or move well. We still have a ways to go when it comes to being fit to play a whole soccer game.”

Cowichan will be at home again this Sunday, hosting Vic West United at Evans Park at noon.

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Peter Budina is pursued by Port Alberni players as he runs in to score Cowichan’s first try in last Saturday’s 43-17 Piggies victory. [KEVIN ROTHBAUER/CITIZEN]

Piggies senior teams both earn big wins on home turf KEVIN ROTHBAUER CITIZEN

Cowichan’s senior rugby teams both earned wins in home games at Piggie Park last Saturday, with the men downing the Port Alberni Black Sheep 43-17 and the women beating Comox’s second-division side 47-17.

The Comox women brought just nine players down for the game, so Cowichan captain Sherry Spence switched sides along with Bristine Gibbons and Angie Davies to balance the teams and make it a 12-a-side game. Nenagh McCulloch and Michelle Moore were named Cowichan’s Players of the Game by Comox.

A week earlier, the Cowichan women had

travelled to Nanaimo with just 14 players, and despite a penalty to Quinn Battie that left the team at 13 players to Nanaimo’s 15 for 10 minutes, they managed to escape the first half with a 26-26 tie. Nanaimo scored twice in the second half, however, to pull away. Battie’s three tries earned her Player of the Game honours, which she shared with McCulloch.

The Cowichan women will wrap up the exhibition schedule with a tough test against Velox’s premier side in Victoria this Saturday.

The Cowichan men, who had their scoring kicked off by Peter Budina’s impressive try against Alberni last weekend, will also visit Velox on Saturday.

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Dakota Cullum stays out of reach of a Campbell River defender to gain valuable yardage during last Sunday’s win by the junior bantam Bulldogs. [KEVIN ROTHBAUER/CITIZEN]

Cullum’s three TDs spur ’Dogs to victory KEVIN ROTHBAUER CITIZEN

Dakota Cullum scored three touchdowns last Sunday afternoon to lead the junior bantam Cowichan Bulldogs to a 30-7 win over the Campbell River Eagles in an exhibition football match at McAdam Park.

Cullum ran the ball for two of his touchdowns, and caught a pass from quarterback Carson Maertz for the third. Dylan Taylor rumbled over the line for Cowichan’s fourth and final touchdown, and Dane Quayle caught two of the Bulldogs’ three two-point convert attempts.

“It was great to be able to get other players involved in running the ball,” head coach Tim Maertz said. “We had plans to get a couple other players to run the ball as well, but ran out of time.”

Taylor also joined with Hudson Copley-Spencer and Nicholas Young to make some outstanding tackles when the Bulldogs were on the other side of the ball.

“Our defence was solid while getting pressure in the backfield, we were able to hold the Eagles from soaring down the field,” Maertz said. “The Eagles were able to get on the score board, but we held them to just the one touchdown.”

Things got a little confusing late in the second half when the Eagles suffered an injury and had to resort to nine-man football instead of the usual 11-man format, but the Bulldogs adapted quickly.

“Our young men and young woman were able to keep their composure, and fight through the confusion and keep the Eagles from getting very far down the field, and keep pushing the ball on offence,” Maertz said. “It was a great game, our pack of Bulldogs are a great bunch of athletes, and I am so proud of their efforts today.”

The junior bantam Bulldogs will be at home again this weekend, hosting the Victoria Spartans at McAdam Park at noon on Sunday.

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Towering Tyson Roe snagged in NLL draft “I’d been talking to the Vancouver Stealth the past month and a bit, but they were the only team I’d even talked to. When Calgary called my name, I was surprised.”

KEVIN ROTHBAUER CITIZEN

As a 6-foot-10, 245-pound defender, Tyson Roe isn’t caught off guard very often on the lacrosse floor.

He was taken by surprise, however, on Monday, when the Calgary Roughnecks selected the Cowichan Valley Lacrosse Association product with their first pick, 16th overall in the second round of the National Lacrosse League’s annual draft — the first time a former CVLA player has been drafted.

“It’s hard to believe that it happened,” he said, still wrapping his head around it the next day.

Roe, who played box lacrosse with the senior A Nanaimo Timbermen this past summer and spent the last two field lacrosse seasons with Div. III Concordia University Wisconsin, knew he was on the NLL radar, but didn’t think he’d be picked so early, or by the Roughnecks.

“I’d been talking to the Vancouver Stealth the past month and a bit, but they were the only team I’d even talked to,” he said. “When Calgary called my name, I was surprised.”

Roe’s coach with the Timbermen, Kaleb Toth, is a former star with the Roughnecks, but recently took a job as the assistant coach with the Stealth. His only tenu-

TYSON ROE, Calgary Roughnecks draft pick

ous connection to the Roughnecks was that their head coach, Curt Malawsky, was coaching in Coquitlam when Roe was playing for the junior A Timbermen.

Roe clearly made an impression on Malawsky at the time, and has been noticed by the rest of the Roughnecks brass as well.

“Their GM, Mike Board, said people like me with size and added speed don’t come along very often,” Roe said. “That made me feel pretty special.”

After he was drafted, the Roughnecks’ provincial rivals, the Edmonton Rush, asked on Twitter, “Anyone check to see if Tyson Roe is actually just two smaller players stacked on top of each other?”

Roe admits that his size is a factor — “It gets me noticed more than if I was six-two,” he said. “No one is really close to me.” — but points out that it’s not the only reason he attracts attention.

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“Another kid [Zach Rogers], he’s from California and played for Langley, he was first in all the physical tests, but this was his first season of box, and he went 32nd, so physicality doesn’t take you all the way,” Roe noted.

Roe will head to the Roughneck’s training camp at the end of November, where he will make an effort to crack the team’s 20-man roster. If not, he could end up on the three-man practice roster.

To sign up for the NLL draft, he had to give up his NCAA eligibility after two seasons at Concordia, but it wasn’t a tough decision.

“I’ve had my eyes on this kind of thing since I was 11 or 12 years old,” he said, noting that he is now looking for work or volunteer experience that will help him toward a career in policing. “It was more important to me than staying in school in Wisconsin.”

D.J. Saari, who played in the CVLA as a youngster and was a teammate of Roe’s brother, Jeremy, with the junior A Timbermen last season, was picked in the fifth round, 39th overall on Monday by the Vancouver Stealth. They are likely the first of many Cowichan products to be picked up.

“I’d love to lead the way for lots of Cowichan players to be drafted and play pro one day,” Roe said.

“Hopefully the next one is my brother, but who knows?”

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Seen here playing with the Nanaimo Timbermen in a senior A game at the Island Savings Centre this past summer, Tyson Roe was drafted by the NLL’s Calgary Roughnecks earlier this week. [CITIZEN FILE]

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Road-weary midget Bulldogs happy to be home KEVIN ROTHBAUER CITIZEN

A strong second half wasn’t enough to salvage victory for the road-weary midget Cowichan Bulldogs in a 50-0 loss on the road against the Langley Stampeders last Sunday.

“This was our fourth road-trip game and our third to the Mainland,” head coach Opie Williams noted. “I think it was starting to take a toll on all of us.”

The Bulldogs found themselves down 44-0 as they headed to the locker room after a difficult first half.

“Langley came out strong and firing on all cylinders,” Williams said. “We made mistakes on defence and are correcting them

for this week. Our offence didn’t move the ball well; we had fumbles and dropped balls. You cannot have missed opportunities against a strong team like Langley.”

Williams knew that coming back against the Stampeders was an impossible task, but still didn’t want his troops to surrender.

“At this point the game was over,” he said. “I just wanted the boys to come out with pride and finish the game strong.”

The Bulldogs were able to move the ball and stop Langley’s offence in the second half, with the Stampeders’ only points coming on a

“This was our fourth roadtrip game and our third to the Mainland. I think it was starting to take a toll on all of us.”

OPIE WILLIAMS, midget Bulldogs head coach

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Linemen Tyler Hudson and Justin Young played iron-man football, not coming off the field once, while linebacker Mitch Hinton did everything he could to keep his teammates fired up.

After starting the season with four consecutive road games, the Bulldogs will finally play their home opener at McAdam Park this Sunday, squaring off against the Chilliwack Giants at 2:30 p.m.

Chilliwack is undefeated, but just managed to steal their last win from Nanaimo.

“We have watched film on the Giants and we are full prepared to take advantage of their weakness and shut down their strengths,” Williams said. “It should be a very exciting game and we are looking for all the support from the community.”

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VALLEY Calendar Miscellaneous • “Where is the Mountie” Tour de Rock Scavenger Hunt runs from Sept. 18-Oct. 1. Sponsored by Canadian Cancer Society and Downtown Business Improvement Association.

Entry forms at DBIA and participating downtown merchants.

• Local Author Symposium, Duncan library, in celebration of Culture Days, Saturday, Sept. 27, 3-4:30 p.m., start with group panel, sign up for one-onone meeting with author. Books for purchase.

• 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.

• Thanksgiving storytime at Duncan library Friday, Oct. 10, 3:30-4:30 p.m., children ages 3-10 and their families. Stories and crafts celebrating Thanksgiving.

• Cardboard Challenge at Duncan library Saturday, Oct. 11, 2-4 p.m., children of all ages. Build your cardboard masterpiece ahead and drop it off or come and create one.

• Cardboard Challenge at Chemainus library Saturday, Oct. 11, 10-11 a.m.., children of all ages. Build your cardboard masterpiece ahead and drop it

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Lots of everything, up to and including the kitchen sink was available at the Duncan United Church fundraising fair and sale Saturday, Sept. 20 as these women are discovering as they troll the treasures. [LEXI BAINAS/CITIZEN]

off or come and create one.

• Stuffie Sleepover at Duncan library, Thursday, Oct. 16, 6-6:30 p.m., children to age 8. Come for storytime, then leave stuffies to spend night in the library.

• 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.

Recreation • Art Film Night at Sylvan United Church, monthly double features $5.

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Meetings • Cowichan Valley Arthritis Support Group monthly meeting Monday, Oct. 6, 1 p.m., St. John’s Church hall, 486 Jubilee St., Duncan. Speaker: Valerie

Russell on climate reality, an updated review of where the world is now relative to when first informed by Al Gore’s Inconvenient Truth film.

• Chemainus Garden Club meeting Tuesday, Oct. 7, 1 p.m., Calvary Baptist Church, 3319 River Rd. Guest speaker: Christopher Carruthers, Duncan Lavender Farm. Brag table, $2 drop-in fee.

Info: 250-246-1207.

• New book club at Duncan library.

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• Cowichan Valley Garden Club meets the second Wednesday of each month at St. John’s Anglican Church hall, 486 Jubilee St., Duncan, 7 p.m.

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• TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) Cowichan Valley chapters meetings: BC 1376, Wednesdays, 6 p.m., Sundance Room, Duncan United Church; BC 4311, Thursdays, 4:30 p.m., Kidz Co 2, 2739 James St.; BC 1395 Thursdays, 8:30 a.m., Brunt Room, Somenos Hall, 3248 Cowichan Valley Hwy.; BC 2933, Tuesdays, 8:30 a.m., Dining Room, 3550 Watson Rd., Cobble Hill; BC 5295, Wednesdays, 5 p.m., 9909 Esplanade St., Chemainus. Info: Dianne 250-7431851 or connerly@telus.net • The Diggers Club of Cowichan meets the second Wednesday of the month, Chemainus United Church, 7 p.m. Come meet other collectors and see and hear about collections. Refreshments served. Info: 250-748-5707.

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Personnel from the Nature Conservancy of Canada and the Cobble Hill Fire Base closely monitor a controlled burn at the Cowichan Garry Oak Preserve on Saturday, Sept. 20. Such burns are necessary for the growth of the Garry oak meadow ecosystem, one of the most critically endangered habitats in Canada. [KEVIN ROTHBAUER/CITIZEN]

Meadows blaze to spark new life KEVIN ROTHBAUER CITIZEN

One of Canada’s most threatened ecosystems got a big boost last Saturday as the Nature Conservancy of Canada conducted a series of controlled burns designed to reinvigorate the meadows of the Cowichan Garry Oak Preserve.

Just over three acres were burned by crews from the Nature Conservancy and the Ministry of Forests, the largest burn ever conducted at the preserve. Burns have been conducted at the site for some time, but only in the last two years have they been more than an acre in size.

“We have been burning in a small way for a number of years already, but those were test plots, research scenarios,” site manager Irvin Banman said.

Setting fire to a plot of sensitive grassland might seem counter-

intuitive to ecology, but it is necessary in order to keep the Garry oak meadows thriving.

“Garry oak ecosystems are fireadapted ecosystems,” Banman said.

Thanks to ample data from more than a decade of research at the Cowichan site, the crews on hand knew exactly what they were doing. Specifically important was limiting below-ground heat penetration that could damage the native wildflowers that are dormant this time of year.

“We know that fire is effective in the meadows because of research that’s been going on about 15 years now, specifically at the Cowichan Garry Oak Preserve,” Banman said.

According to Banman, the Garry oak meadows of Vancouver Island are the most-threatened ecosystem in B.C. and the second most-threat-

“We know that fire is effective in the meadows because of research that’s been going on about 15 years now, specifically at the Cowichan Garry Oak Preserve.”

IRVIN BANMAN Cowichan Garry Oak Preserve manager

ened in Canada, despite once ranging far and wide.

“Most people don’t know that there were about 35,000 acres of Garry oak meadow in the Cowichan Valley when settlers arrived,” he related. “Now in the Valley we have less than 100 acres right now.”

Present along with Nature Conservancy officials on Saturday were firefighters from the Coast Fire Centre’s Cobble Hill Fire Base, along with more personnel from Sechelt. Representatives from Cowichan Tribes were also on hand. The area around the preserve has been Garry oak meadow for more than 2,000 years, and was historically managed, with much larger burns, by the First Nations.

“They did it for specific purposes, such as to encourage growth of camas, which was their main carbohydrate,” Banman explained.

“It’s great for hunting; it kept the landscape open so they could see their enemies coming.

“When the settlers arrived, they looked at it as a bad thing, whereas First Nations knew how to work with it.”

Other parties interested in the

burns at the Cowichan preserve are Parks Canada, who want to do similar burns on Garry oak meadows in the Gulf Islands, and BC Parks.

The Nature Conservancy plans to do at least one burn at the Cowichan Garry Oak Preserve every year, and Banman expects burns will become more common at other similar ecosystems.

“Other jurisdictions are hoping to carry out burns in a more controlled fashion,” he said. “The general consensus around restoration is that fire is needed.”

All the work, Banman emphasized, is “research-driven and research-based.”

“We have a team of experts assembled and access to the water-pumping system,” he said.

We’re not just out there playing with matches. It’s a well thoughtout process.”

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Journalist to speak at Providence Farm Providence Farm is hosting a prominent speaker Friday, Sept. 26 at 8 p.m. as part of its special 35th Anniversary Celebration.

Kathryn Gretsinger is an adjunct professor at the UBC School of Journalism and a CBC reporter. She will be speaking about mental illness and the media coverage of it, and also about “teaching the next generation of journalists to learn from com-

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There’s lots to see and learn about all kinds of mushrooms by checking out the displays and slide shows at the Salmon and Mushroom Festival this weekend. [LEXI BAINAS/CITIZEN]

Wild delicacies will delight Celebrate the wild edible treats of the Cowichan Valley at the Salmon and Mushroom Festival at Lake Cowichan on Sept. 27-28.

Proceeds will go towards the education of Cowichan Valley students in the natural sciences.

This popular event takes place over a Saturday and Sunday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Lake Cowichan’s Centennial Hall (located next to the arena).

Admission is only $2 and children get in for free.

Festival events include mushroom identi-

fications, cooking of delicious salmon and mushroom delicacies, a mushroom slide show, and expertly guided Sunday field trips (registration and payment of a fee is required on site).

Along with a market of local arts and crafts and baked goods, there will also be a variety of local mushrooms plus displays by vendors and groups like the Salmon Enhancement Society and the Cowichan Lake and River Stewardship Society.

For more infor ma tion check out salmonmushroomfestival.com or phone 1-250-749-6291.

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a “Night to Remember”

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OCT 3 TO NOV 8 OCT 3 TO NOV 8

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Family Comedy Meet Nick - a single Italian-American from New Jersey - and both sets of his meddling grandparents over a series of Sunday dinners, as they try to sort out his love life and their destiny through pasta and wise-cracks. This heartwarming and hilarious family comedy plays with old world values, new family traditions and the differences between the generations. Tengo famiglia!

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Less Fuel. More Power. Great Value is a comparison between the 2014 and the 2013 Chrysler Canada product lineups. 40 MPG or greater claim (7.0 L/100 km) based on 2014 EnerGuide highway fuel consumption ratings. Government of Canada test methods used. Your actual fuel consumption may vary based on driving habits and other factors. Ask your dealer for the EnerGuide information. ¤2014 Dodge Journey 2.4 L with 4-speed automatic – Hwy: 7.7 L/100 km (37 MPG) and City: 11.2 L/100 km (25 MPG). 2014 Dodge Dart 1.4 L I-4 16V Turbo – Hwy: 4.8 L/100 km (59 MPG) and City: 7.3 L/100 km (39 MPG). 2014 Dodge Grand Caravan 3.6 L VVT V6 6-speed automatic – Hwy: 7.9 L/100 km (36 MPG) and City: 12.2 L/100 km (23 MPG). Wise customers read the fine print: *, ††, ◆, †, §, ≈ The All Out Clearout Sales Event offers are limited time offers which apply to retail deliveries of selected new and unused models purchased from participating dealers on or after September 3, 2014. Offers subject to change and may be extended without notice.

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Friday, September 26, 2014 | Cowichan Valley Citizen

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Friday, September 26, 2014 | Cowichan Valley Citizen

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