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Comprehensive community planning team coordinator Darrell Thorne and Gladys Joe man an information table aimed at informing Mulaqw Road residents about how they can join the new neighbourhood watch group.

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Tribes taking action on Mulaqw area concerns SARAH SIMPSON CITIZEN

Mulaqw Road residents got busy filling out surveys while their burgers cooked during Wednesday afternoon’s community concerns barbecue on the Cowichan Tribes reserve southeast of Duncan.

The questionnaire inquired about violence in the neighbourhood — whether residents believed it has gotten worse over the years and if they believe it’s had a significant impact on the community.

Several recent violent incidents in the area saw residents so upset

that they contacted the Citizen, which reported on their safety concerns.

The questionnaire also asked if respondents believed a member of their family was a local gang member.

“Last year our comprehensive community planning team had four barbecues and they are useful in getting the community together to talk about concerns in a comfortable environment in their own neighbourhoods,” said Cowichan Tribes Land and Development staffer Gladys Joe. “It helps gather the community, which doesn’t

often happen anymore.”

A couple dozen residents arrived when the event began at 3 p.m. with more filtering in as the workday came to a close. Each had the opportunity to catch up with their neighbours, have a bite to eat, and to fill out the voluntary survey.

“The feedback that we get is incredible,” Joe said. “It’s anonymous. These events are making the community realize that all this information’s not just going on the shelf. We’re showing them results.”

Calvin Swustus (Swutth’tus), community justice coordinator

and band councillor, stressed it is often visitors to the area that cause the problems and the majority of trouble is caused by a small minority of people.

“Violence just happens on the streets,” he said, adding the various departments within Tribes administration are working to address concerns of the band members, including, but not limited to violence.

“By the end of this week we’ll probably meet and decipher all of the concerns and figure out where we should send them to, whether it is housing or social development

or health services or to the police,” Swustus said.

“It’s a start.”

Swustus pointed to a pair of security cameras that have kept watch on the westernmost part of the street for the last few years.

“They are utilized quite a bit by the police when issues arise,” he explained.

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Conservatives leaving local MP off guest list to riding events SARAH SIMPSON CITIZEN

Nanaimo-Cowichan MP Jean Crowder doesn’t want to join the Conservative Party, but she sure wouldn’t mind being invited to the party when the federal government makes funding announcements in her riding.

Last week Conservative MP John Duncan (North Island) was in town to make two federal funding announcements and Crowder, the Government of Canada’s official member of Parliament for the area, was left off the guest list both times.

“In the first couple years after I was elected I did get invitations to these things but in the last couple of years the Conservatives, specifically, shut us out,” she said.

“It’s crazy,” she said. “I’m the local representative.”

The lack of cordiality irks Crowder.

“It’s just disrespectful,” she said. “I represent the area, I don’t happen to be part of the

Jean Crowder, MP Conservative Party but they, out of respect, should invite the local representative to be present, even if I don’t speak.”

During their stop in Duncan last Friday, Burnaby-New Westminster MP Peter Julian and Newton-North Delta MP Jinny Sims lauded Crowder as both a person and a politician.

“We’re both part of the Jean Crowder fan club,” Julian said.

“I’ve served now with her for

almost 10 years and I’ve been amazed at the leadership and depth of knowledge she brings and the energy that she brings to the position of MP.” Julian said he hopes the community is aware and appreciates how good Crowder really is and how hard she works for it.

“Jean is just an amazing MP. I think she is one of the strongest members of parliament in Ottawa and it is important, I think, for folks in the community to know just how impressive she is and what a leadership role she plays in our national caucus and in parliament,” he said.

Crowder was first elected to the Canadian House of Commons in 2004 and has retained her seat in each of the three elections since.

She’ll have a tough decision to make soon as her current riding has been split in half to make two new ones come October 2015: Cowichan-Malahat-Langford and Nanaimo-Ladysmith. She’s not yet sure which she’ll seek re-election in.

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Police hunt for Duncan man SARAH SIMPSON CITIZEN

The Saanich Police have a warrant for Greig Fredrik Wikoren but they can’t seem to find him.

The 44-year-old Duncan resident is wanted on domestic assault charges and is believed to be avoiding both Saanich and North Cowichan/ Duncan officers.

Saanich Police spokesman Sgt. Steve Eassie said they are hopeful the public may know his whereabouts.

“Despite police contacting numerous known associates of Wikoren, he has not been located,” Eassie said. “It is believed that Wikoren is aware of the police

interest and that Wikoren is actively evading any contact with the police.”

He was last seen walking in the James Bay area about 7 p.m. on Aug. 22 — two days after the alleged domestic violence incident for which he is charged is said to have taken place.

He was with his dog, a large brown and grey lab-cross with brindle markings.

Wikoren stands six-foot-1-inches tall and has a stocky build. He has short brown (greying) hair and possibly has a goatee.

He was last wearing a light/multicoloured button up shirt with blue jeans and running shoes.

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Electoral areas getting new totes as new collection era begins

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Get ready, electoral area residents, your blue bins are being delivered.

The wheeled recycling totes will replace the yellow and blue bags used for recycling. The totes are designed to work with the Cowichan Valley’s new collection truck.

“Electoral areas currently receiving garbage collection will also receive a new grey tote to be used for garbage,” said Jason Adair, superintendent of the CVRD’s solid waste operations.

Aside from the change from bags to bins, current service levels will stay the same, but cost less than before thanks to an automated system.

“Automated curbside collection systems are in place throughout the province and have been very successful at increasing worker safety, increasing efficiency, and boosting recycling rates by as much as 30 per cent,” Adair said.

“It’s a significant step towards achieving our goal of zero waste

First it was John Duncan — Conservative MP for Vancouver Island North, who made a $157,000 funding announcement at Rotary Park on Wednesday last week.

Then it was federal NDP Leader Tom Mulcair who joined NanaimoCowichan MP Jean Crowder for a visit at North Cowichan’s Kinsmen Neighbourhood Park last Friday morning.

MP Duncan was back later Friday afternoon in Cowichan Bay for another funding announcement — $203,000 for recreational fisheries conservation in the Cowichan region.

A parade of federal politicians is making its way through Cowichan.

NDP MPs Peter Julian (BurnabyNew Westminster) and Jinny Sims (Newton—North Delta), also swung through Duncan Tuesday afternoon to do some outreach in the community on green energy and jobs.

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NDP MPs Peter Julian (Burnaby-New Westminster) and Jinny Sims (NewtonNorth Delta) said prorogation or not, they were headed to Vancouver Island this week. [SARAH SIMPSON/CITIZEN] was planned long in advance for a meeting of B.C.’s NDP MPs. “We planned this last May,” said Sims, the official opposition’s employment and social development critic. “We have elected MPs on the Island and we wanted to have a caucus meeting on the Island for the B.C. MPs.” Most of the caucus meetings happen in the Lower Mainland, Sims said, but this time around they figured they’d switch it up.

For Julian, the federal NDP’s caucus chair and energy and natural resources critic, a chance to visit Cowichan Energy Alternatives in Duncan was one he didn’t want to pass up.

“Vancouver Island has a lot of initiatives and innovations,” he said. “There are some alternatives here that are examples for the rest of the country.”

Sims noted the Island also acts as a microcosm for the entire

province’s issues and concerns — everything from the employment rates to the environment and more.

“When you look at the Island a lot of challenges that are faced in B.C. — you can see them reflected on the Island,” she said.

That, and it never hurts to get to know the voters, the pair noted.

“This is an area that’s going to get a new riding and we’re interested in reaching out,” Sims said.

Julian made no bones about the party’s desire to touch base with Island voters ahead of the next federal election.

“There’s also no doubt that if we’re going to defeat the Harper government in 2015, Vancouver Island is going to be part of the strategy. The harder we work on Vancouver Island the greater the possibility of electing more New Democrats and defeating Mr. Harper.”

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The festivities run from noon until 4 p.m. and will feature live music by Blind Elmo, Joey Clarkson and Amber Handley.

The Kerry Park Junior B Islanders will also be there for kids to train with as well as pass and shoot on the goalies.

The public will have a chance to check out emergency services vehicles including fire trucks, police cars, the police boat, and RCMP ATVs, said Shawnigan

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“It should be a great time and [we] would appreciate any support for this worthwhile ride,” Webb said.

Webb said more activities are still being planned but barbecued hot dogs will be for sale by donation.

Folks won’t want to miss the dunk tank, however. Dunk tank activities will take place beginning at 1:30 p.m. with a host of local business and sports personalities willing to take the plunge for the cause.

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

While the services levels will remain the same, collection days might be different for some residents.

“The new collection trucks are more efficient and are therefore able to cover more ground in a day,” Adair explained. “As a result, collection days may have changed.”

He said totes will be delivered to residents with a user guide, a new curbside collection schedule and a sticker attached to the lid indicating their first automated tote collection day.

“Residents are asked to please continue to place out their current containers until this date,” he added.

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Residents realize area cameras are about safety From page 1 at the east end. “But they’re like $17,000 apiece. If we can, every couple of years, add more cameras it’s good for safety.”

The residents understand and are all right about Big Brother watching them, he said. “They all realize it’s about safety and the only time anybody looks at [the footage] is if something does happen and even then only the one employee…and police.”

The barbecue allowed the band’s

community safety coordinator Angela Underwood to inform residents of the street’s 32 units that she hopes to establish three block watch groups there.

“We tried to get it going last year but got too busy,” Swustus said. “We’re going to try again.”

The neighbourhood of mainly duplexes has been around for less than 10 years. Close access to the highway makes for convenient trips to town but proximity can be a bad thing too when it comes to access to alcohol, which

often fuels violence, Swustus explained.

“Some of the issues people are talking about is we’ve got a bar just a five minute walk from here, which doesn’t help the community,” he said. “And on our own land base we have a liquor store on the mall on our land.”

He said band management is talking about what could be done if the community asks for the liquor store’s removal.

“If they ask us to move it, we have to, I guess.”

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Mammal Rescue Centre needs your online votes SARAH SIMPSON CITIZEN

Calling all Hydra lovers!

The folks at the Vancouver Aquarium Marine Mammal Rescue Centre — the facility caring for Cowichan Bay’s orphaned baby harbour seal and dozens of others like her — is one of five finalists in this year’s Jamieson Laboratories’ Call for the Wild competition.

Call for the Wild distributes $100,000 annually to registered non-profit organizations involved in the protection of Canada’s iconic wilderness and wildlife.

This year the Marine Mammal Rescue Centre made the short list and is in the running for a share of the money.

At the close of the competition, Jamieson Laboratories awards

a donation to each organization based on their percentage of votes cast on Facebook.

So, the more votes they receive, t h e m o r e c a s h t h ey ’ l l g e t .

“Rehabilitating rescued animals requires a lot of time and resources, and we wouldn’t be able to do it without the community’s support,” said Lindsaye Akhurst, manager of the Vancouver Aquarium Marine Mammal Rescue Centre. “Thanks to generous donations and our dedicated volunteers, we are able to return animals like Hydra, and hundreds of other distressed marine mammals, to her natural habitat.””

So, head on over to www.facebook.com/jamiesonvitamins and cast your vote.

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Fall a perfect time to enjoy fruits of our Valley all is a fantastic time to be out and about in the Cowichan Valley.

We don’t have the spectacular masses of leaves changing colour that are the hallmark of the Maritimes and central Canada, but we do have a harvest that’s second to none.

And we know how to celebrate it with panache.

The next couple of weeks in the Cowichan Valley are the perfect opportunity to get into the swing of it.

Starting Friday (today) the Cowichan Exhibition lights up the Valley.

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This annual milestone always has something for everyone.

Whether your favourite is the demonstrations of logging equipment, blacksmithing and tractor pulling, or strolling through the animal barns, admiring the quilts, baking and flowers or enjoying the midway the fair has it all.

And what would a trip to the Ex be without a taste of fair food?

If you go once, we guarantee you’ll put it on your calendar again for next year.

Things like seeing the wide variety of animals and plethora of produce make really special

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memories for the kids, and remind those of us who don’t live as close to the land anymore that the Cowichan Valley is a breadbasket for us and our Island.

Speaking of the finest in food and drink, the Wine and Culinary Festival also begins this weekend.

Folks outside Cowichan are just beginning to recognize what a special place we live in when it comes to teasing the tastebuds.

The wine trail in Cowichan is truly something special, and we boast some of the best chefs in the world. This is an excellent chance to either learn, or remem-

ber to appreciate, Cowichan’s culinary delights.

On Sept. 14-15 Saltspring Island throws their annual fall fair. If you’ve never been, you’re missing out.

For small-town atmosphere this one can’t be beat.

Whether it’s the sheep dog demos or gorging on corn on the cob and pie, there are plenty of fair favourites to enjoy.

Later in the month the focus moves to apples, with the Salt Spring Island Apple Festival.

Back in Cowichan there’s another chance to taste some of the finest from the Valley’s chefs

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with the James Barber Fundraiser at Providence Farm.

At the heart of it all is the bounty of the Valley.

Whether it’s grape vines or fruit trees, strawberry or zucchini patches, they grow great in Cowichan.

It is so important to grow and eat local food, for our nutritional needs and for our economy and food security.

It is truly one of the highlights of our region and deserves the attention and accolades of a wider audience.

And of course, it’s all a lot of fall fun for everyone.

The Trans Pacific Partnership, why secret?

Canada just took part in the 19th round of negotiations for the Trans Pacific Partnership.

Who knew?

Do you remember the election debate over the Free Trade Agreement with the U.S. in 1988 or the public debate over the North American Free Trade agreement in 1992-93? Why is it that governments no longer think it makes sense to make the economic and social benefits of deals like the TPP understandable to the public? Is it a good deal for us?

The TPP is like NAFTA on steroids and involves 12 Pacific Rim countries. The negotiations

have been kept secret but leaks of draft copies have revealed the true intent.

Although the TPP is called a trade agreement it is more of a corporate rights agreement.

Only two of the 26 chapters under negotiation have anything to do with trade. The other 24 include how a government regulates corporate activity, what Crown corporations can and cannot do, how long pharmaceutical patents or copyright terms should be, how the Internet is governed, the sharing of personal information across borders, banking and taxation rules and when a company or investor should be compensated when environmental or public health policies interfere with profits.

The TPP threatens communityled public policy with the inclusion of an investor rights’ chapter and investor-state dispute process that would let companies sue governments in secret tribunals when public policies get in the way of profits.

The public policy could be legal, fair and indiscriminate and still face corporate lawsuits demanding hundreds of millions and sometimes billions of dollars in compensation.

The Council of Canadians is calling on the federal government to end the secrecy and make all TPP chapters public.

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On the shame of owning an IPhone: In the Aug. 30 edition Sharon Jackson opines that “everyone in Canada that owns an iPhone (I am one of them) should be dying of shame that there are nets around Chinese iPhone factories to prevent workers from committing suicide by leaping off the buildings”. I fully agree.

My question is, after that moment of shame, does the iPhone owner decide to carry on using the device? In which case, one hopes the shame will not wear off. Or, better yet, make the choice to research other phones and switch at the earliest opportunity.

Meanwhile, iPhone users may be interested to know, as well, that Apple has patented an application that “would allow government and police to block [on Apple products] transmission of information, including video and photographs, whenever they like.”

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Did anyone think about safety of the kids I am writing in regards to the SD 79 changes.

Now that the changes are actually in effect — the amount of people they will affect is going to be incredibly high, and not in a great way.

For example, all the teenagers in the Valley now attend school for approximately an hour after the elementary kids.

Many working parents depended upon older siblings to watch the younger ones after school. Now what?

We don’t have after school care programs in the Valley. There were a few with very limited space last year, with one or more closing down due to needed space in the elementary schools to accommodate having Grade 7 students. Please tell me what more than half the working parents in the Valley are going to do with the young kids after school?

Many working parents also depended upon teenager/junior and high school students to do after school babysitting; because it is affordable, handy with neighbour kids and because there aren’t many facilities for after school care. Now who will do it?

Not everyone in the Valley is lucky enough to have family or friends locally that do not work and can help out — or a work schedule that allows for this.

Many of the older students will not be

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able to attend after school activities with the new time change, and/or work after school jobs. This change alone will really hit many families locally!

Two years ago the buses stopped in my area. In turn I had no choice but to quit my job to ensure my children safely arrived at school, apparently walking four kilometres with no sidewalks on dim country roads is okay in the minds of the school district. I don’t think so! We have many cougar sightings on these roads and trails. Can you imagine being a teacher and having little cold wet kids that just walked four kilometres in the winter sit in your classroom all day? I think not!

Tansor School in particular — I am sure other schools are having the same issue. Tansor was opened many, many years ago as a tiny little school that was built with a tiny little parking lot.

Two years ago when the buses stopped the parking lot became total chaos!

And the road leading to the school is very dangerous for walking children.

Since then there are sidewalks, however these sidewalks make no difference when you have cars parked along the skinny little road for a half kilometre down — the kids are still walking the middle of the street. Now top that off with an extra grade full of students, no buses and new kids enrolled due to Somenos School closing.

IT IS CHAOS. Someone is going to get hurt. This parking lot was never meant for 200-300 cars picking up/drop-

ping off children.

I realize changes are inevitable but were they thought out? Did anyone think about the safety of our children and the working families of the Cowichan Valley?

Kristi Jones Duncan There have been many school changes. [CITIZEN FILE]

Money goes to increases rather than work The City of Duncan each year hires a number of university students to work on the public works crews.

This is extra help in catching up on major jobs that are not done on a regular basis.

One of these jobs is to remove weeds at the curbside of the city streets, weeds found along the sidewalks and the street pavement.

This was not done, but what is done on a regular basis is giving city hall employees pay increases, giving city council pay increases, and giving the public works crews pay increases.

What is the use of paying property taxes when simple things like cleaning weeds cannot be done with your taxpayer dollars? Unbelievable! One big joke!

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Zanatta is the Cowichan Valley’s first vineyard, and they’ve always got a great tasting selection. [CITIZEN FILE]

Celebrate what can be done with the humble grape during Cowichan’s Wine and Culinary Festival. [CITIZEN FILE]

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Linda Holford of Rocky Creek Winery is eager to get people to experience the Valley’s wine and culinary scene. [CITIZEN FILE]

Wine and Culinary Festival shows off Valley’s best KEVIN ROTHBAUER CITIZEN

Wineries and farms throughout the Cowichan Valley will have their best offerings on display this coming week as the Wine and Culinary Festival takes over the region.

The ninth annual event runs Sept. 7-15, kicking off with MNP Grape Stomp at the Cowichan Exhibition on Sept. 7 from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m.

The Grape Stomp is exactly what it sounds like.

“We’ll have between seven and 12 teams, all in costume,” said Linda Holford of Rocky Creek Winery, a member of the festival committee. “It’s basically about who can stomp the grapes the quickest. It’s a chance to go and see what it is to stomp away and get messy.”

Sept. 8 will feature the “Freedom to Farm” long table at Dragonfly Farm in Glenora presented by the Island Chefs’ Collaborative. Tickets for the gourmet six-course white linen dinner, prepared by

some of the Cowichan region’s top chefs, are $100. This is the first time the ICC has held a long table in the Valley, and Holford is pleased to have it as part of the festival.

“It ties in beautifully,” she said.

On Sept. 11, the Meet Your Maker event will take place at Providence Farm. Tickets are $35, or $45 with a souvenir glass, to spend time around the people who produce the nectar of the Cowichan Valley. “It’s a chance to mingle with winemakers and winery owners,” said Holford.

The event also features an allyou-can-eat pizza buffet, wine sampling and live music.

On Sept. 12, the Chemainus Theatre will host Chemainus Tastings from 5:30-8 p.m. Patrons can sample local food and wine while they enjoy the music of Dave Leiffertz on the baby grand and the art of Arthur Vickers. The event is free, and the first 50 visitors will receive a Chemainus goody bag.

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“The main event for the wineries is on the 14th and 15th, when you can tour around,” said Holford.

“Come by the wineries and see what we’re doing. Tour around the region in a festival atmosphere.”

At 1 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 14, Rocky Creek will play host to a panel discussion, led by Terry David Mulligan, the host of Tasting Room Radio and Hollywood & Vines TV with Jason Priestley.

The discussion will hinge on what the Cowichan Valley can do to spread the word about its wines.

“It’s not just about Rocky Creek,” Holford emphasized. “It’s also about the Island identity.”

The events listed here are just a taste of what is happening during the festival.

Other events taking place over the week include winemakers’ dinners, and several events at the Teafarm. For a complete list, visit wines.cowichan.net

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From fun family favourites to new and exciting things to see and do, the 145th Cowichan Exhibition has it all and the fair its just around the corner.

Though the midway opens on Sept. 5, the fair kicks off Sept. 6, runs through Sept. 8, and offers something for everyone according to Shari Paterson, executive director at Cowichan Exhibition Park.

“Every year we want to do something different so that when you come to the fair you always have the opportunity to see something you haven’t seen before,” Paterson said. “But we don’t want to let go of the staples of the fair.”

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“They’re very fun, very cool,” Paterson said.

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NOT THE PLACE TO DUMP YOUR USED TIRES Sean Aarvold waits for some assistance with a giant tire he lugged up from the river bottom during the annual clean-up in Lake Cowichan on Aug. 17. Volunteers hauled all kinds of garbage out of the river at multiple locations in the town.

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New shuttle service rolls in to Ex From page 10 Also new this year is a special nod to the fair’s younger patrons.

“We’ve really tried to put together an awesome area for the kids,” Paterson said.

“We have a kid zone when you first come in the park and there’ll be crafts that kids can do there and each kid can get a passport and can get it stamped at different stations. Each one of the stations is educational,” she said. “We’re very excited about that.”

Music lovers will be happy to know that Cowichan favourites, the Smiley Family Band, Maxwell Smart and the Culprits will take the stage.

While parking is available and free at the site, some people just don’t want the hassle of bringing their car, Paterson said. That’s why this year a shuttle service will run from Duncan (from Superstore Gas Bar and the Island Savings Centre) to the fairgrounds. For $5 each way, a purple mini bus will take folks to and from the Mays Road grounds.

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Many families are drawn to the fair’s midway rides. [CITIZEN FILE] possible without the efforts of a group of dedicated individuals behind the scenes.

“There are lots and lots and lots of volunteers,” Paterson noted.

“People come out of the woodwork and want to be part of it and want to make it the best it could be.”

Paterson also said the weather will hold up for the weekend’s festivities.

“I do believe it,” Paterson said.

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New Freedom Gospel Choir forming in Cowichan

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Paws are out walking for the cause Sunday Recently members from TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) chapters in Duncan and Ladysmith gathered for an inspirational walk. Check out TOPS free of charge. For more, call Area Coordinator Dianne Connerly at 250-743-1851. [SUBMITTED]

Kids behaviour talk packs the house SARAH SIMPSON CITIZEN

Renowned occupational therapist Kim Barthel, of Victoria, is speaking to a packed Cowichan Theatre on Saturday, Sept. 14 on the topic of reframing challenging behaviour.

The Cowichan Valley Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder Society is hosting the workshop, much to the surprise and delight of Shelley Rattink, intake coordinator and family resources consultant for the Sundrops Centre for Child Development at the Clements Center.

She’s been trying to get Barthel to come to town as well.

“I invited Kim to speak in September and she emailed me back and said she was already coming,” explained Rattink, noting the Clements Centre Society’s child development team “will certainly look at bringing Kim again in the future,” because with more than 600 people registering for the September workshop, the need is clearly there.

“That means a lot of people in the Valley

are either struggling with behaviour challenges in their children or they are interested in hearing Kim speak about sensory issues in children.” Rattink said.

She explained that a lot of people with autism, attention deficit, FAS and attachment based challenges struggle with sensory processing.

“That means that how their sensory system interprets the environment around them may be either hyper- or hypo- sensitive which often results in the behaviours that we see,” she said. “Kim’s work for many years has been around educating for this and for providing intervention strategies.”

Barthel’s workshop runs from 9 a.m. until 3 p.m. at the Cowichan Theatre on Saturday, Sept 14.

Don’t fret if you miss this chance, citizens.

Barthel will return.

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Are you and your pets eagerly watching for news of that “fur”tastic event called Paws for a Cause?

You haven’t got long to wait.

The Cowichan and District Walk, part of the province-wide Scotiabank and BC SPCA Paws for a Cause campaign takes place Sunday, Sept. 8, starting at 11 a.m. at a new venue this year: McAdam Park, off Wharncliffe Road in Duncan.

Registration opens at 10 a.m.

The very popular walk-with-your-pet event is a major fundraiser for SPCA activities and participants can think of the happy antics of the many thousands of animals saved through their efforts.

The goal is to raise $1 million dollars for the animals of B.C. and this event combines animals and their owners with exercise in a win-win situation.

The BC SPCA does not currently receive any provincial or federal government funding is reliant upon donations to help save the lives of abandoned, abused and neglected animals in communities around B.C. If you prefer to register by mail ahead of time, download a registration form at spca.

There’s a new choir in town — or there will be.

Ann Antonides has announced that she is gearing up to direct a new community choir, which she’s calling the Freedom Gospel Choir, this fall.

Accompaniment will be provided by Tanya Gillespie.

Antonides brings 25 years of experience conducting school and church choirs, as well as a recent stint conducting the Duncan Choral Society, to the job.

Gillespie is a guitar and piano instructor as well as a performance coach in the Valley.

The music planned for this group will include spirituals, African freedom songs and a historical overview of Gospel music, Antonides said.

“The songs were a source of lament, hope and praise through troubled times and still speak to singers and audiences today,” she said.

Rehearsals begin Tuesday, Sept. 10, and run from 7:30 to 9 p.m. They will continue until May 2014. Rehearsals will take place at St. Andrews Presbyterian Church in Duncan.

For more information, call Antonides at 250-748-5752.

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The so-called ‘Great Strike’ really was a lockout, part 1 It devastated families, divided the miners’ right to join a communities, set trade unionunion or to improve working ism on the Island back by more conditions. than a decade and left memories Previous attempts to unionize — for many, bitter, bitter memhad failed in the 1880s and ’90s. ories — that survived for several The American-based United generations.

Mine Workers of America ugust 2013. As you stand (UMWA), which began labourin brilliant late summer ing for collective bargaining CHRONICLES sunshine at Ladysmith’s rights in the Island coal fields T.W. Paterson First and French Streets, you’re in 1910, wasn’t the first worksurrounded by busy traffic, ers’ organization to attempt to neat and well-maintained businesses, the do so but, unlike its smaller, less affluent historic Eagles’ Hall and some roadside predecessors, could offer strike pay from artifacts dating from this 49th parallel its large coffers swelled from the dues of city’s heyday as a shipping port for coal hundreds of thousands of American minfrom the Extension mines. ers. (Even that treasury would be chalIt taxes your imagination to picture this lenged when, having committed financial intersection as it would have appeared in support to Island coal miners, the UMWA August 1913. subsequently became embroiled in a That’s when Ladysmith was a city major, lengthy and bloody strike on home besieged, having been placed under the soil, in Colorado. equivalent of martial law by order of the Ostensibly, the Great Strike started over provincial government. That’s when the the matter of safety underground which Eagles Hall was headquarters to hunhad always been an issue, particularly dreds of armed soldiers, uniformed police- since a disastrous explosion in the Extenmen and civvies-clad special constables sion mine killed 32 men just three years who patrolled these very streets amid before. But working conditions, wages sand-bagged machine gun emplacements and union recognition were also key facwhile on the lookout for, and often protors. As was the toxic alliance of intransivoking, confrontations with hundreds of gent mine owners and a conservative angry, striking coal miners. provincial government who interpreted We remember it, a century after, as the the more radical socialistic principles Great Strike. It could be argued that it espoused by some miners as evidence of a was really the Great Lockout. That’s the plot to bring about revolution against the way it began, in September 1912, as a capitalist system. lockout, when Vancouver Island’s mine owners collectively refused to recognize See Strike left • page 19

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Strike left ‘terrible legacy’

Ladysmith’s venerable Eagles Hall. Who’d think that it was the headquarters for the militia when the city was locked down by army, police and special police during the Great Strike? —TWP

From page 18 This time, events and emotions and the competing agendas escalated until the coal mining communities of South Wellington, Extension, Ladysmith, Nanaimo, Wellington and Cumberland were brought to a virtual standstill for almost two years.

Two years! It ended just in time for even greater conflict, this one distant, the First World War. But it left a terrible legacy. The Great Strike devastated families, divided communities, set trade unionism on the Island back by more than a decade and left memories — for many, bitter, bitter memories — that survived for several generations.

Coal mining is a dangerous business. It’s the nature of the beast. But Vancouver Island mines were said to be more dangerous than was necessary for reasons, we can only assume, of day-to-day economy vs. the periodic costs of having to repair the damage resulting from cave-ins, explosions, floods and fires. The human cost, however, was appalling: 640 miners killed in Nanaimo-area mines, almost 300 more in the Cumberland colliery.

That we know of. Those who died of their injuries later, sometimes much later, went unrecorded.

The B.C. Government had recognized these hazards, particularly that of gas explosion, when it passed the Coal Mines Act of 1911. Section 8, Rule 8 clearly stated, “If at any time it is found by the person for the time being in charge of the mine or any part thereof by reason of noxious gases prevailing in such mine or such part thereof, or of any cause whatever [my italics–TW]...every workman shall be withdrawn from the mine...and a competent person, who shall be appointed for the purpose, shall inspect the mine or such part thereof as is so found dangerous... and if the danger arises from inflammable gas...shall make a true report of the condition of such mine or part thereof.

“A workman shall not, except in so far as is necessary for inquiring into the cause of danger or for the removal thereof, or for exploration, be readmitted into the mine, or such part thereof as was so found dangerous, until the same is stated by such report not to be dangerous [TW].”

Even in legalese its intent is plain: Upon the presence of gas or other life-threatening hazards being reported to management, the mine, or the section of the mine in question, was to be closed until the problem was rectified. Oscar Mottishaw and Isaac Portrey, members of a gas committee composed of miners as per government regulation, reported five gas emissions in Extension No. 2 Mine on June 15, 1912. An inspection by the Inspector of Mines confirmed a single instance of gas, in the No. 3 Mine, and he instructed management to contain the area, enforce the use of safety lamps and reduce the workforce until the problem was solved.

But it cost Mottishaw, who was known to be an organizer for the UMWA, which had just established a foothold in the Alberta coal fields and eastern B.C., his “place” in the Extension Mine and he sought employment with a contractor in another Canadian Collieries (Dunsmuir) Ltd. mine in Cumberland. When CC(D) — the same owners who’d fired him at Extension — learned of his new job they ordered the contractor to pay him off.

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Bulldogs quarterback Erik Kenner hands the ball off to fullback Liam Palcu-Johnston during the first half of last Sunday’s season-opening win over the Victoria Spartans. [KEVIN ROTHBAUER/CITIZEN]

’Dogs get by Vic in opener Seen here in a pre-season game against Westshore, Alex Milligan scored twice in the Isles’ season opener on Wednesday. [KEVIN ROTHBAUER/CITIZEN]

Season opener not part of Isles’ plan KEVIN ROTHBAUER CITIZEN

Prior to Wednesday night’s season opener against the Westshore Wolves in Langford, Kerry Park Islanders owner Mark Osmond was predicting big things for his team. Even though the Isles lost 7-4 on Wednesday, Osmond still thinks the squad will be among the best in the Vancouver Island Junior Hockey League.

“It didn’t go as planned,”

Osmond admitted. “We out-shot them 54-30. We just couldn’t put the puck past [Westshore goalie] Matt Chester.”

Scoring for the Isles were Alex Milligan, with two, and Tylor Branzsen and Corey Peterson with one each. Matt Grant, formerly of the Cowichan Valley Capitals, had a pair of assists.

Saddled with the task of matchSee Kerry Park • page 22

KEVIN ROTHBAUER CITIZEN

Despite some opening-day nerves, the Cowichan Bulldogs kicked off the midget football season with a defensive tour de force, beating the Victoria Spartans 10-7 at McAdam Park.

Niko Ceska set the tone for the Bulldogs early on with a reception, showing the Spartans they shouldn’t mess with the Cowichan defence, and providing his team’s biggest highlight of the first half.

“We started out strong but had some first game jitters,” head coach Opie Williams acknowledged. “The heat and jitters affected several players on the team. [The] offence didn’t really start to connect until the start of the second quarter.”

Once the Cowichan offence got moving, however, things looked good. Liam Palcu-Johnston had a 26-yard power run, followed by gains of six and 30 yards by Drayson Price to get the ’Dogs to

the eight-yard line. Price made it within a yard of scoring on the next possession, and quarterback Erik Kenner connected with Darren Aitcheson in the end zone for the touchdown.

Brock Gowanlock missed on the convert attempt, but Kole Lochbaum made up for it with a 50yard punt for a single point.

It wasn’t until the fourth quarter that Victoria got on the scoreboard. The Spartans were marching the ball down the field when Garion Ferguson picked it off at the 10-yard line and returned it 20 yards. The Cowichan offence moved the ball to the 55 before punting. Despite another strong punt by Lochbaum, the Spartans got the ball back to the Cowichan 50. The Cowichan defence forced a third and long, but the Victoria quarterback responded by breaking several tackles to get the first down. A few plays later, a blitz led to a Victoria touchdown and a tied score.

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served to fire up the Bulldogs, who got a 35-yard kickoff return from Aitcheson that started the offence on their own 50. Cowichan moved the ball and was about to punt before an injury gave them time to change their minds.

“We called a timeout and set up a draw of our own,” said Williams.

Palcu-Johnston executed the play perfectly and gained eight yards for a first down. Price got the next carry and got his team to the nine-yard line. Victoria came up strong and forced a field goal attempt, on which Gowanlock made good.

On the ensuing kickoff, a big hit

by Nick Thomas knocked the ball loose while Clayton Key made the tackle, and Aitcheson recovered the ball, giving the Bulldogs possession, and they killed the clock.

Lochbaum led the defence with four tackles and three assists, while Thomas and Landon ConSee ’Dogs back • page 22

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FC sets sights on return to Jackson Cup final KEVIN ROTHBAUER CITIZEN

With their Vancouver Island Soccer League season opener set for this Friday, Cowichan FC is focusing on returning to the Jackson Cup final.

Island champions in 2011 and 2012, Cowichan was eliminated from the tournament relatively early last spring, but made up for it with a best-ever showing in the provincial tournament. Head coach Glen Martin is aiming for another dominant season this year.

“We’ll have the same philosophy: take it one game at a time,” he said, noting that the team is built for success in the Jackson Cup and B.C. Cup tournaments.

Cowichan finished second in the Div. 1 standings last year, and Martin expects to contend again this year.

“We’re probably still top three,” he said.

“Things haven’t changed much. There’s no reason we won’t finish in the top three.”

Most of the 2012/13 team is back for another campaign, and the team has added some new players, as well as some familiar faces from previous seasons, such as Brad Thorne, Darcy Kulai amd George Thomas.

“We have a very experienced team this year,” said Martin.

The team has also added longtime Sooke standout Steve Scott, a big player who has traditionally been tough for Cowichan to play against.

“That’s a huge signing,” said Martin. “We

don’t have to play against him anymore.”

In addition to the players starting the season with Cowichan, the team expects to get guys like Dan Cato, Colin Knight and Chris Arnett back when Vancouver Island University’s season wraps up in November.

The season opener goes at 7:30 p.m. this Friday, when Cowichan plays host to Lakehill Reds at Keserich Field on Sherman Road.

Promoted from Div. 2 after last season — when Cowichan United won the league but declined to move up and divide the Valley’s top talent between two Div. 1 teams — Lakehill also reached the Jackson Cup final last spring, losing the championship to Bays United.

The bulk of the young Lakehill squad has been together for several years.

“It’s a U21 kind of idea,” said Martin. “It’s been the same group with the same coach since juvenile.”

Martin expects that Lakehill has probably added some experienced players to compete with the senior teams.

“You can’t go into Div. 1 with all young guys,” he said.

As has been Cowichan’s game plan for the last few years, they aren’t going to wait and see how Lakehill plays. There will be no feeling-out period; Cowichan will put the pressure on right away.

“I have a feeling they’re going to play a defensive style,” said Martin. “Our game plan is to get on them.”

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’Dogs back at McAdam Sunday From page 20 ville had three tackles apiece. Price finished with 131 yards rushing, Palcu-Johnston had 58, and Gowanlock had 24 to go with the field goal, as well as two tackles

and four assists on defence.

Kenner was 4-for-10 at quarterback with one touchdown, and rushed for 44 yards.

The ’Dogs will be back at McAdam at 1:30 p.m. this Sunday, hosting Coquitlam, the defending provincial champions and the team that knocked them out of the playoffs last fall.

3 STARS OF THE MONTH! David Bittner fires a slapshot during preseason action against Westshore. [KEVIN ROTHBAUER/CITIZEN]

Kerry Park set for home opener this Friday at 7:30 p.m.

From page 20

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ing Chester, who Osmond calls “probably the best goalie in the league,” Kerry Park’s Leighton Williams made 23 saves.

Regardless of the final result, Osmond was still pleased with what he saw on the ice.

“They showed signs of what we thought the team would be this year,” he said.

The Isles, who play their home opener at 7:30 p.m. against the Saanich Braves, following another road game Friday at the Peninsula Panthers, are expected to improve significantly over last season, when they just managed to squeak into the final playoff spot.

“I’m liking the way we’re looking,” said Osmond. “It’s hard to judge without knowing what the other teams have done.”

Several core players are back from last

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year’s team, including Milligan, Branzsen, Corey and Kyle Peterson, Eric Mansueti, and goalie Jackson Jane, who backed up Williams on Wednesday. Among the new faces are Grant, who has made the move from junior A to junior B so he can pursue his off-ice career, and 16-year-old defenceman Tyler Fraser, who the WHL’s Tri-City Americans have sent to the Island to earn some junior hockey experience.

Braedan Cross is also back with the Isles after being a late cut from the Capitals’ camp.

“I really thought he’d stick with the Caps this year,” said Osmond. “But if he comes here and works hard, things are always changing in teams, and he might get a chance to go back there.”

Osmond bought the team last December and brought in head coach Dale Purinton.

This year, the new group will have the entire season to implement their systems.

Purinton is once again assisted by Jason Jubenville and Robert Davison, while Rob Webb has joined the staff as well.

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

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• Chemainus Legion: Tour de Rock breakfast, meet and greet 7:30 a.m., call 250-246-4532 for advance tickets.

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• 2013 Salt Spring Island Apple Festival Sunday, Sept. 29, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Suggested starting Fulford Hall. Tickets $10 adults, $5 students, under 12 free.

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