July 2019 Issue 128

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2019 JULY ISSUE 128 35th ISLANDS FOLK FESTIVAL I LOCAL ARTS & MUSIC I SUMMER FOOD & DRINK 1

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Canada Day kids games live music giant cake 1-5pm Transfer Beach Park Ladysmith FREE Colour & Majesty: Acrylics by Jim Jenkins Wonderful Woodturning by Ken Broadland Imagine That! 251 Craig St, Duncan Runs to 7/26 Grand Opening The Art Coop 10-5pm The Old Farm Market 5164 Francis St, Duncan Welcome New Dawg Bakery opening Cowichan Bay Rd. Below True Grain Bakery 8am5pm Mamma Mia! Chemainus Theatre Festival 1-800-5657738 www.chemainustheatre. ca runs to August 31

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Pancake Breakfast Malahat Legion & Mill Bay Lions 8:30-11am 1625 Shawnigan Lake-Mill Bay Rd Followed by Flag Raising & parade everyone welcome $6 Canada Day music dancing games arts & crafts cake 6-8pm Mesachie Lake Hall 9315 S Shore Rd FREE Canada Day petting zoo pony rides music 11-3 Waterwheel Park 3828 Croft St, Chemainus FREE

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Shifting Paradigms 5G awareness raising Two worldrenowned experts Martin L. Pall, PhD, Timothy Schoechle, PhD speak about the biological effects of 5G and the benefits of building a community-wired fiber network. 7pm Duncan United Church 246 Ingram St Suggested donation $20

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3 Week Hand Building for Kids 3-4:30 pm The Clay Hub Collective 2375 Koksilah Rd, Duncan $60 www. theclayhubcollective.com Runs to 7/24

Centre, 1761 Cowichan Bay Rd, Cowichan Bay, $30 per person, www.classicboats.org Plein Air 10-4pm Cowichan Bay Maritime Centre 1761 Cowichan Bay Rd www.classicboats.org $10

Open Meditation Wednesday Buddha Center, 3906 Johnny Bear Rd. 7pm also 10, 17, 24

Master BBQ Class II – seafood and vegetables with Chef Bill Jones 5-9pm Reservations Required www.deerholme.com

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Music in the Park Fox & Hound 6:30-8pm Cobble Hill Commons Park FREE

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Annual Wooden Boat Festival Cowichan Bay Maritime Centre 1761 Cowichan Bay Rd www. classicboats.org FREE

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The Suitcase Project multimedia exhibit cultural dispossession Arbutus Gallery Cowichan Community Centre 2687 James St, Duncan Runs to 7/26

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Children’s Day 39 Days of July 11-3pm Downtown Duncan

Summer Kid’s Drop in Fridays, 1-2:30 pm, The Clay Hub Collective, 2375 Koksilah Rd, Duncan, $30, also 5,12,19,26

Pancake Breakfast hosted by Cittaslow, 7-9am, Cowichan Bay Maritime Centre, 1761 Cowichan Bay Rd, Cowichan Bay, $10 per person, $30 family, www.classicboats.org

Friday Night Flights w/ Farms Gate 4-7pm Blue Grouse Winery 2182 Lakeside Rd, Duncan

Jazzy Tea Sunday 1-3pm Westholme Tea Farm 8350 Richards Trail 250 748 3811 FREE

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Visions Art Studio Tour from Mill Bay to Crofton 10-5pm visionsarttour. ca FREE

Dinner Among the Vines w/ Farms Gate 6-9pm Blue Grouse Winery 2182 Lakeside Rd, Duncan

Nick Nack Paddy Whacks Artisan Flea Market 11am -5 pm Cowichan Bay Rd On the dock beside the Music in the Park Kept Company 7-8:30pm Chemainus Mudroom Also 13,14/20,21/ 27,28 Waterwheel Park 3828 Croft St Youth Leadership & Team building Cowichan Estuary Centre ages 14-18 cowichanestuary.ca

New Heritage Museum Sundays 12-4pm 2851 Church Way, Mill Bay www. millbaymalahathistory.ca FREE Also 14/21/28

Chemainus Valley Blues Fest 1-8pm Waterwheel Park 3828 Croft St

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Salmon BBQ Dinner, 5-8pm, Cowichan Bay Maritime

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Teaching into the 21Century Anxiety & the Waldorf Approach 7:30pm Sol Centre

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Providence Farm 40th Anniversary Community Picnic 4pm RSVP required by July 8 provfarm@providence. bc.ca 1843 Tzouhalem Rd, Duncan Congratulations Marty and Jill!

The Warmland Book & Film Collective: The Back of the Turtle by Thomas King VIRL 5–7pm All welcome warmlandcollective@gmail. com

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Music in the Park Boomshack 6:30-8pm Cobble Hill Commons Park 1461 Fisher Rd FREE Zique French Canadian traditional fiddle 9:30pm Duncan Showroom

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One Friday Night Concert City Square Downtown Duncan 5-10pm FREE Summer Sale begins at Fabrications 125 Kenneth St, Duncan Friday Night Flights w/ Guest Chef Bailey Williamson 4-7pm Blue Grouse Winery 2182 Lakeside Rd, Duncan

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The Magician’s Nephew Chronicles of Narnia KidsPlayz chemainustheatre.ca runs to 8/11

Grande Parade 39 Days of July 10 am Downtown Duncan Buddha Now Nichiren Buddha Centre VIRetreats.com Chemainus Bluegrass Extravaganza 2-8pm Waterwheel Park 3828 Croft St

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Jazzy Tea Sunday 1-3pm Westholme Tea Farm 8350 Richards Trail FREE Guided Mudflat Walks hosted by CERCA starts at the trailhead leading to the Western Forest Products mill pond, 8:45am 250 748 4878 cowichanestuary.com

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Cowichan Valley Green Drinks 5-7pm Red Arrow Brewing 5255 Chaster Rd, Duncan www.greendrinks.org Blisk all-female Eastern European world music 9:30pm Duncan Showroom 131 Station St

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Music in the Park The Ryder Bachman Band 7-8:30pm Chemainus Waterwheel Park

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Music in the Park Double Barrels 6:308pm Cobble Hill Commons Park 1461 Fisher Rd FREE

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Friday Night Flights w/ Holy Cow Indian Eats 4-7pm Blue Grouse Winery 2182 Lakeside Rd, Duncan

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Discovering Your Buddha Nature, Day Retreat Nichiren Peace Center, 3906 Johnny Bear Rd.

Surf and Turf Dinner with Chef Bill Jones 5-9pm Reservations Required www.deerholme.com Abbeyfield Garage Sale Fundraiser BBQ live band silent auction 9-1pm 5905 Indian Rd, Duncan

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Jazzy Tea Sunday 1-3pm Westholme Tea Farm 8350 Richards Trail 250 748 3811 FREE

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The Wanted old time gospel harmonies unplugged vintage rock 9:30pm Duncan Showroom 131 Station St

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Music in the Park The Naden Band 7-8:30pm Chemainus Waterwheel Park 3828 Croft St

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Cowichan Valley Prostate Cancer Support Group Monthly Group 2pm Canadian Cancer Society 103–225 Canada Ave, Duncan FREE Music in the Park Adam Barter 6:30-8pm Cobble Hill Commons Park 1461 Fisher Rd FREE

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Asterix The Secret of the Magic Potion Rated G 7pm The HUB Film Club 2375 Koksilah Rd hubfilmclub@ gmail.com by donation Friday Night Flights w/ Chef Peter Zambri 4-7pm Blue Grouse Winery 2182 Lakeside Rd, Duncan

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Islands Folk Fest family friendly Providence Farm

1843 Tzouhalem Rd, Duncan islandsfolkfestival.ca Windfest racing free style kiteboarding live music vendors Nitnat Lk windfest.ca

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Light Classical Music w/Cowichan Camerata Orchestra 1-3pm Blue Grouse Winery 2182 Lakeside Rd, Duncan Music in the Park Island Rockabilly Bash 2-8pm Chemainus Waterwheel Park 3828 Croft St

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Jazzy Tea Sunday 1-3pm Westholme Tea Farm 8350 Richards Trail 250 748 3811 FREE

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Kelly Hunt from Memphis 9:30pm The Duncan Showroom 131 Station St

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Music in the Park Blue Moon Marquee 7-8:30pm Chemainus Waterwheel Park 3828 Croft St

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Brewmaster’s BBQ Farm to BBQ family dinner 5:30-9:30pm Farm Table Inn 6755 Cowichan Lk Rd farmtableinn.ca $85 Cowichan Valley Cancer Support Group 10:30–12pm Cdn Cancer Society, 103–225 Canada Ave, Duncan FREE OUT OF TOWN 8 Eco Living & Home Tour 10-4pm Salt Spring Books 104 McPhillips Ave, transitionsaltspring.com $25

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July 2019 Issue 128 Cowichan Valley Voice Magazine Publisher Richard Badman Editor Sheila Badman Contact us at: editor@cowichanvalleyvoice.com 250 746 9319 6514 Wicks Rd, Duncan BC V9L 5V2 Visit us online at www.cowichanvalleyvoice.com Distribution Proofreader Calendar Abigail Smith Diana Pink Angela Sheppard Advertising Enquiries Please Contact Adrienne Richards 250 510 6596 e-mail adrienne@cowichanvalleyvoice.com Next Ad Deadline July 15 for August 2019 Issue 129 *Non Profit Community Ad Rates available please enquire.

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OUR COMMUNITY July Events 6-7 Happy Canada Day! 9 Providence Farm Community Picnic - Celebrate 40 Years! 26 One Friday Night 28 Supporting Canadian Made Products 46 5G: Do we need it? Do we want it? What is our best option? 64 Love Food, Hate Waste 70 The Open Door 75 One Cowichan Declares A Climate Emergency 76 A Golden Opportunity 76 Georgia Nicols July Forecast 77 Directory 78-79 LOCAL FOOD & DRINK The Thrill of the Grill 10 ISA takes over Imperial IPA in recent Backlash 11 Friday Night Flights Features Chef Peter Zambri 13 History Glass: The Aviation 15 Cool Nights with Local Wines 16 Kombucha: A Different Brew 20-21 Tuscan Raspberry Mixed Salad 31 HOME, FARM & GARDEN New Roots – A New Beginning For 8 1/2 Acres Farm 14 Hydrangea 101 and Hydrangea Bloom Colour Explained 27 The Search for the Perfect Pillow 32-33 Planting a Woodland Garden 44 Be Kind To Your Bees 45 The Power To Change 54 Saltspring Eco Living & Home Tour 58-59 News From The Incubator Seed Farm 73 LOCAL ARTS The Suitcase Project Exhibit 5 Art Co op Opens July 1st 5 Visions Artists in Their Studios Everywhere in the Valley 8 Summer Line-up for Music in the Park 12 Chemainus Music in July 17 The inspired whimsy of Morgan Bristol 19 Dale Nigel Goble Pop Up Studio 30 Ati Emmerik – Sculptor 34 Birth of the Drum Kit 36 35th Anniversary of the Islands Folk Festival 38-43 The Chronicles of Narnia 48-49 BODY, MIND & SOUL Summer Sense 35 Why We Should Read 37 Breathing To Stay Cool 62 Eating Psychology 63 Will the Wind Fill Your Sails? A Mindset for Mastery 65 The Transformative Power of Rolfing 66 Journeying to Cancerland 67 Intuitive “Woo-Woo” 68 Porque Existen Diferentes Formas de Cristales 68 Green Living Feeling Hot Hot Hot! 72 Medicinal Cannabis Cancer Treatment 73 Yoga On The Dock 75 PETS, RECREATION & NATURE 34th Annual Wooden Boat Festival 22 Whale Report: Early Summer In The Salish Sea 23 Birding Story 24 Windfest for the Northwest 47 Inspired by Others Kids Learn to Play Tennis 50 Natural Leaders: Youth Leadership and Team-Building Training 51 Weir Ready 56 Estuary Mudflats: The Cradle of Life 56-57 Why Fight for the Cowichan River? 61 Lucky Dog The Right Breed… 71 Shooting Star: Her Story 74 Cowichan Power and Sail Squadron Celebrates its 60th Anniversary 75

Torn from gracious homes and gardens, they were forced to abandon businesses and fishing fleets.

In Duncan, between cliffs and railway tracks, their immaculate market gardens rotted in spring rains. Any compensation for property was denied these model citizens, who’d raised nearly $1000 for Canada’s war effort.

Increasingly in today’s world state, cultures are experiencing this desperate loss of the heart’s home, exiled into indignity, incarceration and cultural genocide.

How will their children’s children bear this trauma of body, mind and spirit? What is a Canadian citizen but a richness of diversity?

The Suitcase Project, sponsored by the Cowichan Public Art Gallery Society, opens this July 5 – 26, in CVAC’s Arbutus Gallery, Cowichan Community Centre. Curated by photographer Kayla Isomura, her poignant multi-media exhibit explores the generational impact of cultural dispossession.

Subjects range from infants

The Suitcase Project Kayla Isomura

The Suitcase Project Exhibit “Where are the children gone? Last night we all played in the woods down at the creek, until the frogs sang to the stars. This morning my best friend Yuki’s desk is empty! And Kenji and Mats are vanished!”

On Mon. April 20th, 1942, Japanese Canadian citizens in Paldi, Duncan and Chemainus were given 24 hours notice of transportation to Vancouver’s PNE barns. Crammed into cattle pens in unhuman filth, there they waited months for internment in Interior BC ghost towns.

to 51 year-old fourth and fifth generation Japanese Canadian and American citizens from Vancouver Island, the Lower Mainland and Washington.

The Suitcase Project is touring from the Nikkei National Museum in Burnaby.

In Paldi’s woods, only an old hidden rhododendron and the singing creek bear witness.

Wendy Robison Programming co-chair Cowichan Public Art Gallery Society

Art Co Op Opens July 1st What happens when you take five excited artists and connect them with a community minded businessman. Answer: The Art Co Op, located at The Old Farm Market south of Duncan on the Trans-Canada highway.

Lorne Campbell of The Old Farm Market has agreed to have the old ice cream shop transformed into a retail gallery space featuring local artists. Five artists have been working overtime transforming the stand-alone shack into an elegant gallery.

Grand opening of The Art Coop is set for 10 a.m. Wednesday, July 1. It will be open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. each day (except Tuesday).

Painter Pauline Dueck, potters Janet Magdanz and Bev Russell, photographer Julie Nygaard and

jeweller Morgan Saddington have joined together in burning the midnight oil to make the transformation and be ready for the Canada Day launch.

Pauline, a full time artist based in Cobble Hill, loves painting large colour-saturated images in a realistic yet painterly style — adding complexity with layers of colored glazes.

Janet of Shades of Green Pottery creates mostly functional pieces with hand building and wheel technniques. Her colours reflect those of the earth with sky shades, grassy hues and browns that break into the bold colours of fall.

Julie’s creations applies her lens like a brush on canvas through mixed media. Self taught, she is inspired by the world around her.

This past year she has focused on the urban settings of Vancouver, developing a love affair with street and architectural photography.

Bev Russell expresses herself through many art forms but now is using clay to project her artist voice. Using hand building and basic forms to create one-of-a-kind bowls, she brings texture from many places as well as creating her own. As a part-time designer living in the Cowichan Valley, Morgan Saddington works primarily in sterling silver. She has developed a passion for making chains by practicing traditional silver-smithing and chain maille techniques. Combining research and experimentation she has developed a style uniquely her own.

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Visions Artists in Their Studios Everywhere in the Valley

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newcomer to the Visions Art Studio Tour this year is the well-known and respected watercolourist Harold Allanson, who recently took up residence in Crofton where he has his studio.

Harold’s realistic watercolours are representative of his life experiences and observations, often depicting working friends, people he has met, their lives and their jobs.

The West Coast of B.C., the ranch lands of the Interior Enamelling on Copper and Steel where he grew up and 35 years as a long haul trucker provides him with first-hand knowledge for his paintings.

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to 5 p.m. each day of the tour, and visitors on this free, self-guided tour will meet the artists, see their latest works and be able to choose their favourite pieces.

Participating this year along with Mr. Allanson are painters Sue Coleman, Catherine Taron, Catherine Fraser, Carolyn McDonald, Joane Moran, Bev Robertson, Anna Milton, Linda Yurgensen and Roger Jackson; photographers Nathalie Mansey, Brigette Furlonger and Neil Fatin; silversmiths Michele Heath and Joanne Kimm; jewellery designers Karen Bottcher, Lynn Williams and Rosemary Danaher; wood turner Ken Broadland, glass/ tile/fabric painter Terry Harrison, watercolour pencil artist Donna Birtwistle and potters Lyndsay Hunley and Franziska Ditter.

You’ll find that many of the artists are multi-talented exhibiting allied multimedia pieces, pottery and novelty painted objects.

For more informaiton visit www.visionsarttour.ca.

Submitted by Terry Harrison

Oh Canada, our home and native land...

Happy Canada Day! Alistair MacGregor is the MP for Cowichan-MalahatLangford and the federal NDP’s Critic for Agriculture

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anada Day gives us an opportunity to celebrate what makes our country great. Our nation has been endowed with tremendous natural beauty and rich resources.

Our great institutions have been built by hundreds of millions of Canadians before us. It is up to us to continue the national project for future generations.

As Canadians, we have much to be grateful for. Chief among these would be our Constitution, which has enshrined our fundamental rights and freedoms: freedom of religion, expression, and association; and the rights to life, due legal process, and equality. I believe these rights must be considered as essential to preserving Canada as a free and democratic country, and they must be protected.

Our democracy is also something to celebrate. Not every person in the world can freely and fairly elect their political leaders.

We are thankful to those who fought to create and protect our democratic system, but there are ways we can continue to improve it. Its adversarial nature has lately fallen into divisive politics instead of constructive debate.

Our first-past-the-post electoral

system ignores the voice of a large segment of voters, and electoral reform would greatly help to build a fairer and more representative system.

Our universal health care system is the envy of many in the world, but we need to work to protect and improve it. Decades of cuts, neglect and complacency have left it desperately underfunded and under threat from privatization. In Canada we can take pride in looking after each other, and I am hopeful we can extend our health care system to include national pharmacare and dental care.

Canada’s social programs signify our collective commitment to share the prosperity that is so unequally distributed by the market economy. The safety net provided for those among us who fall on hard times is supposed to provide a dignified minimum standard of living. Our trademark Canadian compassion and commitment to help each other is needed to create a Canada where no-one is left behind.

Canada is a country full of a diversity of cultures, faiths, lifestyles, and opinions. It encompasses a multitude of nations with remarkable histories united in one brilliant mosaic.

From coast to coast to coast, and with the time-immemorial heritage of First Nations, Inuit, and Métis peoples, Canada is a beacon in a world rife with

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For ReservationS 250 748 7450 sectarianism and conflict. We must continue to work towards the path of inclusion and reconciliation.

Lastly, Canada is blessed with an incredible natural environment.

From our wide-open spaces, stunning mountains, immense forests, and protected parks to our lakes, rivers, and ocean coastlines, we are deeply connected to the natural world that surrounds and nurtures us.

We must continue to work to protect this natural heritage by

ensuring that resource projects are sustainable and changing our behavior to become a world leader in the fight against climate change.

I hope that while you celebrate Canada with friends and family, you take some time to think about Canada’s history and the Canada you want to build. Happy Canada Day everyone!

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W Grilled Carrots with charred onion cream Courtesy Bill Jones, Deerholme Farm

Ingredients Serves 4 1 lb (454 g) 1 1 Tbsp (15 mL) 1 tsp (5 mL)

Sauce: 1 cup (250 mL) 1 tsp (5 mL) ½ cup (125 mL)

baby carrots sweet onion (like Vidalia or Walla Walla) olive oil rosemary Salt and pepper to taste white wine minced garlic cream

Method

Prepare the carrots by rinsing under cold water and scrubbing lightly with a brush. Shake off water, place on a plate and set aside. Prepare the onion, by cutting off the top end (retain the root end) then remove the outer skin layers. Cut the onion in half, then quarters. The root should help keep the wedges together. Drizzle the vegetables with olive oil, rosemary, salt and pepper.

Place the vegetables on a hot bbq and cook until the onion and carrots just begin to char. Flip the onion and carrots and char the other side of the vegetables. Remove from the grill and place on a serving plate. Remove the root end from the onions and separate layers. Keep warm while you make the sauce.

Place wine in a non-stick pan and reduce by half. Add the garlic, cream and the grilled onion. Stir to mix and reduce until the sauce is thick enough to coat the back of a spoon. Pour the sauce over the carrots and serve warm.

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The Thrill Of The Grill

hen I think of our far off ancestors, I imagine them huddled around a fire, breathing in the smoke and happily anticipating the taste of food fresh from the flames. Some things haven’t changed much.

Today there is still something about the effects of heat and smoke that transforms food into works of art.

I’m not necessarily talking about meat here (although yes that does leap into your mind). Some of my favourite vegetables are elevated into something truly wonderous when cooked on a grill. Many common vegetables, like potato, carrot and onion and peppers are some of my foundation products to create a great grilled dinner.

Grill technology has also evolved. One of the major additions to our deck was the acquisition of a pellet smoker.

It is the same technology developed for home heating pellet stoves and adapted to a smoker/grilling platform.

The effect is a combination of a smoker and a convection

oven. The smoke produced is relatively clean (pulsed out in small doses) and the airflow allows heat to circulate very efficiently, cooking quickly without charring. This makes the food delicious and cuts out quite a few of the health downsides of charring food over traditional fuel grills. We use it for vegetable, fish and of course meats and sausages. As this style of grill becomes more popular you are starting to see it spread out through the country.

Summer is here and nothing beats fresh local food: vegetables, fish (especially salmon) and pretty much every kind of meat cooked on a BBQ (no matter what kind!).

Grilling is the perfect choice for warm weather entertaining, a communal activity that brings smiles to faces and another amazing way to celebrate the food of the Cowichan Valley.

Bill Jones is an author, chef and food consultant Deerholme.com

he ISA – no T it’s not some paramilitary branch

of the American government. India Session Ale! You see there has been a movement in the craft beer industry to producing higher and higher alcohol content India Pale Ales. Like the pendulum swings, there was bound to be a back lash.

ISA takes over Imperial IPA in recent Backlash

Let’s go back in history and chat for a second about India Pale Ale. This British brew was made with higher hop additions for a specific purpose: hops are anti-bacterial and stop beer from spoiling. When you are sending brew from your home town in the UK to India, what better way to stop spoilage than to bump hops up to a higher level.

India Pale Ale is a traditionally brewed bitter beer. Troops overseas during the time of the British Raj and the East India trading company developed a taste for hops and a nostalgia for their time of spicy food and hoppy refreshment. Humulus lupulus et purus piper: that’s hops and chilis for those not fluent in Latin.

Leap forward if you will, past the high alcohol by volume IPAs to a relatively new style: the India Session Ale. Session of course is that word loosely tossed around with people who drink multiple beers at a sitting, but really it describes a low alcohol beer. It describes a beer that is usually high in flavour, low in carbs, and you could have more than one of. A session beer is a beer for the connoisseur.

the catalogue of session beers.

Sure, the ISA is a reaction to the imperial ales of late (high alcohol), but who can argue with the idea of a full bodied, low carb, super hoppy beer that you can have more than one of without losing vertical hold?

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Usually session beers weigh in at 5% or less alcohol by volume but like a welter weight fighter, they can still pack the punch of flavour and body.

One such beer is Small Block Brewery’s Dagmar India Session Ale. With eight separate hop additions from the start of the grain mill until the tap, this 4.5% beer nearly as light as a corn and rice-based macro brew but in an all natural, full-flavoured brew.

Dagmar is a great accompaniment for Indian cuisine (I know you are surprised), Thai, Mexican and strong flavoured meats and stews. Drop by the tap room at 5301 Chaster Road for a sample, pint, or a 4-pack to take home. www.smallblockbrewery.com

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Summer Line-up for Music in the Park

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ourists, newcomers to the Valley, young families, seniors and everyone in between – come to Music in the Park in Cobble Hill on Thursday evenings from 6:30 to 8:00 p.m. Bring a blanket or lawn chair or just sit on the luxurious park grass to enjoy a relaxing evening of great musical entertainment and to share some special time and a picnic with friends and neighbours. As an added bonus, the Cobble Hill Farmers’ Market opens across the street starting at 5 pm, and there will be two or three food vendors.

Cobble Hill Events Society is excited to announce the fourth summer musical line-up for Music in the Park at the Commons. Here is a description of the July artists.

Fox and Hound are a local country cover duo with roots from the Cowichan Valley. They play classic country hits, the most current #1 tracks, and everything in between. Megan Barrett and Chris Eriksen are sure to deliver another enjoyable performance that will get you out of your seat and wanting more.

Boomshack, composed mostly of graduates from Vancouver Island University’s jazz program, is returning for a third concert. Their tight rhythms of rock, Latin, jazz and reggae are sure to keep you tapping your toes.

Double Barrels, performing for the first time at MITP, is a high energy trio, providing entertainment across wide ranging spectrum of musical genres ranging from rockabilly and country to blues, rock, funk & soul.

Guitarist, Brett Smith-Daniels

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(known for his work around BTO, the Rolling Stones and more), drummer Dana Patrick-Tower and bassist Duncan Richter-Sly are well known around the Victoria

Adam Barter

area music scene.

Adam Barter of Victoria is returning by popular demand with his soulful vocals and gritty guitar music that captivates his audiences.

There is nothing like the great outdoors and music to bring people together. When 5 year-olds tell their parents, “We have to go to Music in the Park! All my friends will be there,” we know we have a great communitybuilding event. The best seat in the park is wherever you like to sit. Though there is no admission, we hope that each participant will drop a donation in the box and thereby, keep us moving ahead for the next season.

Watch for more information on Facebook, Cobble Hill Events Society or Music in the Park. Be sure to mark Thursday nights on your calendar for Music in the Park, South Cowichan’s big backyard party in the little village.

Submitted Ann Baty

Music In The Park July 4 Fox and Hound July 11 BoomShack July 18 Double Barrels (cover band) July 25 Adam Barter

Chef Peter Zambri

Friday Night Flights Features Chef Peter Zambri

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eter Zambri, the chef, mentor and inductee into the BC Restaurant Hall of Fame, creates authentic, full-flavoured Italian food. No tricks, fresh local ingredients & undeniable flavours.

When it comes to Italian cooking, chef Peter Zambri comfortably commands the space between innovative and authentic.

award-winning, specializing in Classic Italian cuisine.

“Best Italian Restaurant in B.C…. maybe Canada”, is just one of the many accolades bestowed on them.

They also have won both Best Wine List and Most Diner Friendly Wine List on Vancouver Island for their unique selection of Italian Wines.

Peter’s culinary journey started at the Windsor Arms Hotel in Toronto followed by time in Vancouver and Whistler and a three-year period at the venerable Sooke Harbour House. He then spent three years in Italy eating & learning & working until he returned to Canada and the idea of opening Zambri’s in Victoria became a reality for him in 1999.

Peter Zambri and Bailey Williamson, our winemaker, have been friends for years and we are thrilled to host him as our guest chef for Friday Night Flights at Blue Grouse Winery on July 26th from 4pm to 7pm.

Zambri’s Restaurant is an

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any folks in the Valley are familiar with the name 8 ½ Acres’, a name synonymous with quality, farmfresh food. The farm changed hands from previous owners Mike Shelton and Talyn Martin early in the year when new owner Sarah Chapman and her family purchased 8 ½ Acres with, as she puts it, “many dreams, a little experience, and lots of enthusiasm.”

Sarah has dreamed of owning an organic farm for more than a decade. This dream began as a child with her love of the great outdoors, enriched by hiking, mountain biking, skiing, camping and generally playing in the soil. In the last few years the opportunity to work with and learn from other dedicated farmers has helped her to develop practical and management skills and an appreciation of both the hard work and the rewards of agriculture.

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8 1/2 Acres is a family-owned certified organic farm located on Somenos Road at the base of beautiful Mt. Prevost. They grow a wide variety of quality fruits such as rhubarb, strawberries, plums and apples, vegetables from asparagus to zucchini, herbal tea blends, culinary herbs and non-GMO eggs from pasture-raised chickens. One unique product is their delicious ‘Annie May’s’ pies, named after Sarah’s grandmother who passed in 2017. Throughout her 80 plus years Annie May was an “excellent pie maker” and all 8 ½ Acres’ pies are made using this family recipe.

As this is Sarah’s first season owning the farm, she faces a steep learning curve. Running the farm mostly singlehandedly

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is a challenge. But Sarah is “grateful to the small village of friends and family who show up and help on occasion.” Although farming solo is daunting, she also feels that the Cowichan Valley has an extremely supportive community of agrarians “willing to share their knowledge, especially with new farmers,” as well as community organizations, venues, and individuals such as farmers’ markets, the online Cow-op food hub, and local chefs, who support and promote the sale of local farm produce.

You can find 8 ½ Acres’ products year round at the Duncan Farmers Market, at their roadside farm stand 6776 Somenos Rd open Sunday and Thursday 11-7pm and, of course, on-line every week through the Cow-Op online farmers’ market (www.cow-op.ca).

Massi Munn is a Summer Intern at Cow-Op for 2019.

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ith the Valley in bloom it’s not hard to be taken under the spell of floral beauty.

Such was also the case for a 1916 cocktail with a long-lost ingredient that resurfaced to popularity in the recent revival of classic cocktails. The Aviation cocktail is a fantastic vehicle for gin with it’s sweet, sour, and floral profile. For years it was nearly impossible to make due to the scarcity of maraschino liqueur and the unknown presence of a fourth ingredient.

There are two popular variations on the Aviation. Both use gin, lemon, and maraschino as their main ingredients. It’s a fabulously balanced cocktail that is a great pre-dinner sip.

If you can get your hands on some Crème de Violette, you can recreate the cocktail in its original glory. The addition of the Violette (which requires a very light hand) will add an incredible depth to the cocktail, and perhaps more importantly, lends a beautiful violet colour to the drink.

For much of the 20th century, and into the 21st, most people were familiar with the Savoy Cocktail Book’s recipe for the Aviation. This recipe kept the cocktail on the minds of those in the know, yet still somewhat elusive due to the lack of

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availability of maraschino. In the cocktail craze of the late 90’s and early 2000’s, Hugo Ensslin’s pre-prohibition era version was discovered in his 1916 book Recipe for Mixed Drinks. The addition of this fourth ingredient sky-rocketed the Aviation’s status and has firmly reinstated it as a popular classic.

As with all cocktails, you should feel free to play around with the proportions until you find one that suits you. This is especially true of The Aviation – maraschino and violette are both very strong flavours. Some people prefer a little, others like a lot. For example, Simon Difford’s version uses ½ oz each of lemon and maraschino, with a ¼ oz of violette. Beautiful and aromatic every time, The Aviation is a captivating cocktail for those who those dare to take time to stop and smell the flowers.

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Aviation – Savoy Recipe 1 ¾ oz Gin ¾ oz Maraschino Liqueur ¾ oz fresh lemon juice Shake all ingredients with ice. Strain into a chilled cocktail glass. Garnish with maraschino cherry.

Aviation – Ensslin Recipe 1 ½ oz Gin ¾ oz fresh lemon juice 2 dashes maraschino 2 dashes crème de violette Shake all ingredients with ice. Strain into a chilled cocktail glass. Garnish with maraschino cherry.

39 Days of July a Cowichan Valley Summer Festival downtown Duncan That time of year when the Duncan Cowichan Festival Society, celebrating their 40th anniversary of being a society, presents the 8th annual 39 Days of July 2019 Cowichan Summer Festival in downtown Duncan, with music in the park on the Buckerfields Stage every day for 39 days from noon till 8pm weekdays and 11am 8pm weekends with 13 extra concerts in the City Square to prove we all do live in ‘a rather fun place to be’. For full schedule visit www.39daysofjuly.ca.

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Cool Nights with Local Whites Blue Grouse Winery 2018 Quill Off Dry White

This medium bodied wine boasts generous aromas of granny smith apple, peach and citrus. The palate picks up flavours of sweet peach, pear and honey to complete this nicely balanced wine. Enjoy with spicy Asian or Indian cuisine, lightly poached pears or taking in the sun on a warm summer day. $22

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Chemainus In The Park Waterwheel Park

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FESTIVALS & EVENTS Kept Company

Tuesday July 2 7PM-8:30ish

Chemainus Valley Blues Fest - 2 Days!

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Entangados

Tuesday, July 9 7PM-8:30ish

Chemainus Bluegrass Extravaganza Saturday July 13 2PM-8PM

The Ryder Bachman Band

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The Naden Band

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Chemainus Music in July

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t may be that Chemainus will be setting a world record for a community of its size this summer.

The record in question would be for the number of professional music performances within a two-month period. July and August will be a busy time in Waterwheel Park, with more than forty performances scheduled to take place there.

The summer music season starts at 7:00 PM on Tuesday, July 2, when Kept Company will kick off the 2019 Music in the Park concert series. This great band will perform folk, jazz, swing and pop music with a great deal of pizzazz. The Tuesday-evening concert series will continue for nine wonderful performances until August 27, and will welcome some amazing guests, including a visit from the Naden Band of the Royal Canadian Navy, on July 23.

The Chemainus weekend music festivals will commence with two days of the blues on July 6 and 7, starting at 2:00 PM on both days.

The annual Blues Festival will feature no fewer than eight bands, including plenty of well-known names in the genre. Performers such as David Gogo, Mark Crissinger and Auntie Kate & the Uncles of Funk will entertain on the Waterwheel Park stage.

The following weekend, on Saturday, July 13, the ninth annual Chemainus Bluegrass Extravaganza will take place in the park. Five bluegrass band will provide their sweet harmonies for a full afternoon of fiddles, banjos, guitars and mandolins. Bands include Scout Mountain, Genevieve and the Wild Sundays, and Bluegrass Fever.

On July 27, Chemainus will play host to the Vancouver Island Rockabilly Bash. The old-time, rock music of the fifties will be performed by five outstanding bands of the genre, including Hank Angel and his Island Devils, Chevy Ray and the Fins, and Slim Sandy and the Hillbilly Boppers.

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Blue Moon Marquee

A Blue Moon rises over Waterwheel Park Folks will be hopping at Waterwheel Park in Chemainus throughout July with a sterling line-up of performers in the Music in the Park series presented every Tuesday evening at 7 p.m. by the Chemainus Valley Cultural Arts Society (CVCAS).

Local duo Blue Moon Marquee, who plays on July 30, will showcase tunes from a new album Bare Knuckles & Brawn.

Guitarist A.J. Cardinal and bass/ percussionist Jasmine Colette are fresh off another European tour. “Try not to dance to Blue Moon,” said CVCAS impresario Kathy Wachs. “Their gypsy blues has been winning over audiences and we can’t wait to hear the sounds from their new album.

The Tuesday concerts under the trees in downtown Chemainus starts on July 2 with Kept Company, a Vancouver Island group that plays swing, jazz, folk and pop. Next up, on July 9, is Entangados from Argentina.

They may dress like clowns, but there’s no clowning around as they combine ska, salsa and Balkan music. Dancing shoes will be required when the Ryder Bachman Band arrives on July 16 with their bluesy country-fried tunes. Then on July 23, the annual crowd favourite arrives in the form of the Naden Band of the Royal Canadian Navy.

The summer music series continues through August.

Admission to all the concerts are by donation.

depicted in his recent works are of the Corvine family – aren’t meant to fly, so much as make us ask how flight is even possible.

One, from a series of bird paintings by Morgan Bristol

The Inspired Whimsy Of Morgan Bristol

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locks with feathered hands, birds that ‘could be’ crows with four legs and stiletto beaks... Morgan Bristol, who will be featured artist at Rainforest Arts for the months of July and August, presents a world of insightful whimsy, art that delights and informs.

“I like to have a bit of character, comedy, in there so that people may have a little laugh, or see something in there that they can identify with,” he said at his studio, next to La Petite Auction House at 9686 Chemainus road, which he and wife Dawn Geddie operate.

Bristol’s modest work space seems a combination repair

shop, and painter’s studio. That reflects his dual artistic persona: as a metal artist on the one hand; painter on the other, the painter in him only having emerged in the last year-and-a-half.

“I was trained as a metal artist, a jeweler” he explained, “and everything was sort of tactile and 3D, so this is kind of a new venture for me and I’m thoroughly enjoying it,” he said of the 2D work, which will be included in his Rainforest show.

There’s a sense of joy in most of his works, be they threedimensional, or two. Clocks aren’t meant to measure time, really, so much as to make light of it; crows – if indeed the birds

He’s especially excited to have his paintings featured.

For someone who picked up the brush and spatula such a short time ago, he has created pieces that are innovative and captivating.

“As far as the paintings go, I was never a lover of flat images. I always wanted to do something to those flat paintings, so that said, in this batch, I work in texture.”

His paintings are built up in many layers, Bristol explained, using just about any material that comes to hand. He listed paint, caulking material, gyprock mud, even tar as ingredients he uses to change the ‘contours’ of his paintings ‘until I get something that I like.”

Morgan Bristol’s art will be featured at Rainforest Arts, 9781 Willow Street, Chemainus, in July and August. The gallery is open from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily. More information at RainforestArts.ca or info@ rainforestarts.ca. His July 1 opening will feature live music and, of course, Bristol himself.

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Kombucha: A Different Brew

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point in its favour.

f you have an interest in food and nutrition, and have not been living under a rock, chances are you have heard of Kombucha. It is being touted as a wonder drink, a magic elixir with a list of health benefits longer than your arm. This is not uncommon.

On a semi-regular basis, a new substance will seem to appear out of nowhere and be presented as the answer to perfect health. People buy it for a while, and then, often as not, it vanishes quietly back into obscurity.

Kombucha is produced by adding sugar to steeped tea. It is then fermented using a culture similar to the ones used to produce yogurt and sourdough bread. Fermentation is a chemical process in which carbohydrates like sugar or starch turn into alcohol or acid. This mixture is covered and allowed to ferment for a minimum of seven days. A variety of flavours are created by adding fruit juices, flower essences, herbs, and spices such as ginger. Length of fermentation time can also affect the taste, acidity, and the amount of alcohol in the mixture.

This is not the case with Kombucha. It is believed that it originated in the North-East region of China about two thousand years ago. Although most of us are hearing about it now for the first time, it has been present in other cultures for many years. It had a resurgence in the early nineteen hundreds, when Joseph Stalin drank it because he believed it would ward off cancer. This is one of the reasons people are drinking it today. The fact that it has survived over such a long period of time is definitely a

Everything that goes into the making of Kombucha, has beneficial properties, starting with tea, which is full of antioxidants. Yeasts contain vitamins, minerals, sterols, and proteins. True, it is made with sugar, but most of this is consumed in the fermentation process.

But it is the bacteria that can have the most immediate and noticeable effects.

Fermentation produces probiotics. Studies have linked probiotic consumption with many health benefits, including reduced cholesterol

I Inspired by his studies as a Holistic Nutritionist, David Khang founded Platinum Naturals in 1996. David set out to develop supplements offering two promises: to be as close to nature as possible, and to be as effective as possible.

People started to “feel the difference,” and word of mouth launched Platinum Naturals.

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levels, improved immunity, and even weight loss.

An over-abundance of harmful bacteria in the gut can be brought on by poor nutrition, an excess of processed foods, or as a result of medications, and can manifest itself in a variety of ways. Skin disorders such as Eczema, mood imbalances, digestive disorders such as Irritable Bowel Syndrome, to name a few, can result. The ability to efficiently break down food is compromised, resulting in gas, bloating, diarrhea, and nutritional deficiencies. The immune system is weakened, leaving the individual vulnerable to urinary tract and other infections. Without a strong immune system, every contagious disease floating around is picked up. Adding good bacteria to the system can rectify these deficiencies, and drinking Kombucha is an effective and enjoyable way to accomplish this. The gut is the engine that runs the body. By keeping it in optimal balance, many other systems run more smoothly. Our mood is better, and more stable. Our skin looks great. Our energy levels are high, and we are getting all the nutrients from the food that we consume.

Bottled Kombucha is available in most grocery stores. Some people choose to make their own, although this is a time-consuming process, and one must be meticulous about sterilization to guard against possible contamination. A more recent option is the “on tap” Kombucha available at health

food stores such as Lynn’s Vitamin Gallery in Duncan, BC. Their brew is sourced from the excellent Cultured Kombucha of Victoria, and comes in a variety of flavours such as Citrus Ginger, Blueberry Jasmine, Raspberry Lemonade, and Peach, to name a few. You can bring your own bottle to fill, or make a one-time purchase of a sixty-four ounce “Growler” or thirtytwo ounce “Meowler”.

After that the only charge is for your subsequent refills.

This is an economical and environmentally friendly system that involves zero packaging and waste.

Making positive changes to improve health often involves making sacrifices: Giving up things we like, doing or consuming things we don’t like. Fortunately, this one is easy. Kombucha is a healthful, delicious, and more sophisticated alternative to sugary drinks such as pop.

Unlike wine and beer, you can drink it at work and still keep your job. As for the many claims made regarding its healing properties, some are more likely than others. Is it the answer to every problem?

Probably not. But it definitely has very real benefits. There really is only one way to find out for yourself what this fermented beverage can do for you- take some home and see for yourself. Chances are good that you will be very happy that you did!

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ome Celebrate our maritime heritage at the Cowichan Bay Maritime Centre for our 34th Annual Wooden Boat Festival on July 6th and 7th.

Welcoming all visitors to the festival this year will be 15+ award worthy wooden boats, ranging from 12 to 40 ft in length, for a total of 331 ft of wooden boats on display. Activities for all ages will be running on the 6th and 7th and Masimba Marimba will be playing to keep the energy and excitement high.

Kids can work hard on boat building, reeling in the big one in the kids fishing derby and racing remote control boats. Out on the water, races including the brown bag dingy race, seagull poker race and others are open for everyone to participate. If you don’t have your sea legs though, not to worry, watching the races will be sure to keep you entertained.

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To satisfy all those who are competitive, our silent auction will run both days, where a wide variety of local goods and services will be up for grabs.

And for the artists out there, please note the addition of a Plein Air at this year’s festival.

Registered artists will set up throughout Cowichan Bay on July 6th and complete a painting or sketch. Final artwork will be displayed around the Centre on July 7th. Attendees can vote for their favourite in this fun, outdoor art challenge.

Finally, to bring together the festivities of July 6th a salmon BBQ dinner will be served and to kick off the second day of the festival, July 7th there will

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by Cittaslow Cowichan Bay followed by a ‘Best of the Bay’ Chowder competition. Both breakfast and dinner tickets can be purchased in advance by contacting the Cowichan Bay Maritime Centre by phone or email.

New to the festival this year will be the boat Spray. Spray is 15’ 6” long and 4’ wide at the beam; built in Lake Cowichan by the loggers for their families to enjoy picnics and fishing. This boat is one of the last of its kind.

Her first restoration was done in 1983 and then in 2018/19 she was expertly restored by Santino Marazzo and Angellos Glaros who took a year to make sure the work was done right. Come down to the festival on July 6th and 7th to see Spray and the other exquisite wooden boats on display. Visit classicboats.org for complete festival details.

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The T101’s celebrate after a quick Harbour Seal kill of Chemainus

South Island Whale Report Ocean EcoVentures has been offering Whale Watching and Marine Eco Tours out of Cowichan Bay since 2003 and this year’s sightings have been the best to date. Typically our spring sightings are at 7580%, this spring we’ve been over 97% whale sightings since March 1st. We’ve been predominantly viewing Biggs Killer Whales and Humpback Whales with many days where we encounter both species on the same tour. The Biggs Killer Whales (mammal eaters) that we’ve been encountering almost everyday are here in huge numbers, last night our boat was the only boat with 30 Biggs Killer Whales socializing in the Strait of Georgia. The endangered Southern Resident Killer Whales have not been documented in the Salish Sea since May 6th. We received some great news from Tofino; J Pod one of the SRKW pods was viewed close to Tofino and they had a newborn calf traveling with them. Hopefully the Southern Residents are finding the salmon they so desperately need on the outer coast.

As of June 1st some whale viewing regulations have changed in our area. These changes affect the viewing of Biggs Killer Whales and the Southern Resident Killer Whales in designated critical

habitat. SRKW critical habitat stretches from Swiftsure Bank west of Port Renfrew to Victoria and throughout some of the lower Southern Gulf Islands. In the critical habitat area pleasure boaters have to maintain a 400m buffer from all killer whales. The professional whale watching vessels are able view Biggs Killer Whales (a.k.a. Transients) at 200m and Southern Residents at 400m in the designated critical habitat area with a special permit from Transport Canada. Outside of the critical habitat area, which ranges from Galiano Island to the northern tip of Vancouver Island and beyond both pleasure boats and professional whale watching vessels can continue viewing all Killer Whales at 200m. One of the best new regulations that was championed by the Pacific Whale Watch Associations is the “1km GO SLOW ZONE” around all whales. The newest acoustic science tells us that speed is the primary driver of sound for cetaceans. As long as vessels are traveling at 7kph or less the vessel sound is the same as rainfall hitting the surface of the ocean or strong ocean currents.

Check out the changes to the viewing regulations on DFO’s website and if you are on the water this summer and “See A Blow Go Slow.”

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wice a day, across mud flat and shallow water, over fifty Great Blue Herons do their Tai Chi dance for breakfast, catching small fish for themselves and hatchlings. Every spring in Cowichan Bay, the herons join a chorus of other birds that live in or fly-through the Cowichan Valley, but few know the variety of birds that make the

trip. Birding in the Cowichan Valley is a rich activity that can draw you out into new areas and put you in contact with the rich diversity of the valley and yourself. The time of year is not important. Resident birds are here all year long, but a constant stream of migratory birds fly in and stop at a variety of locations.

Somenos Marsh and the Trout Hatchery offer walking trails and many species of birds visiting the water and the surrounding trees.

A variety of ducks ply the waters and rest along the shores, adding colour to the scene. Overhead,

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Birding Adventures In Cowichan Bay the calls of thrushes and robins fill the air, punctuated by the buzzed pecking of woodpeckers in the trees. The birdsong is loud and constant early morning and evening as the light and shadows move to provide cover for the activity of many birds.

The throng of songs dies away as the sun rises higher in the sky, the temperature warms and the shadows thin.

The light does not affect the shore birds, raptors and herons as much. In Cowichan Bay, the Mergansers hatch and swim their broods along the edges of the

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water while the Osprey hunt from the tops of pilings in the estuary.

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Stoney Hill Last Stand Gallery Throughout the summer, a variety of other raptors fly and hunt in the area. The Cowichan River estuary is a good place to see goshawks, falcons and hawks, as well as the occasional bald eagle. As summer fades and the Osprey leave, the bald eagles come out in force and gather returning salmon at the mouth of the Cowichan and along the other rivers and salmon streams all through the valley. It is common to see over a hundred eagles vying for fish at one location in the Cowichan estuary in October.

This is also the time when the swans begin to change and the Trumpeters fly in and dominate the shores there.

The shore and marinas in Cowichan Bay have regular visits by heron and kingfishers throughout the summer. So many Cowichan Bay locations are good for bird watching and bird photography that it would take months to visit them all.

Come out any time of year to slow down, listen and watch the wonderful world of sky life that is part of this extraordinary valley.

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The stand will feature local produce, and preserves like Captain Paddy’s famous mustard, treats & plants, plus a selection of over 50 pantings and sculptures on display at any one time. “I’ve got on display local Native art, a sculpture by Tom Faue entitled “wave study” , paintings by legendary poet painter Bill Bissett, masks

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Providence Farm Community Picnic Celebrate 40 Years!

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he 1960s and1970s were a period of change and turmoil in much of the world.

The tumult encouraged a number of efforts to build community to establish a better way of working together. It was in just such an atmosphere that 1978 saw a group of people with varied backgrounds and interests get together to discuss building community at the old St. Ann’s School and farm in Duncan.

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From 1978 to 1979, meetings took place with the Sisters and other interested persons, and

by July 12, 1979, agreement had been made to establish a registered charity named the Vancouver Island Providence Community Association (VIPCA) – named in memory of Sister Mary Providence, the founder of the school in Duncan in 1864. The mission of the newly established VIPCA was established and therapeutic programming began. The farm site became known as Providence Farm.

In 2009, at the celebration of Providence Farm’s 30th Anniversary, the Sisters of St. Ann generously and formally gifted the farm property to VIPCA For the past 40 years Providence Farm has continued to operate as an independent, working, therapeutic, secular organization serving adults and seniors with a variety of mental health challenges,

developmental and intellectual disabilities and age-related illnesses. Work centers around the focus on renewal of body and spirit through the people caring for the soil, and the soil nurturing the people.

Over 40 years the farm has seen many changes, many challenges and success but most importantly had the privilege of interacting with so many members of the community. With the common goal of supporting our clients, we have had the pleasure to interact with families, caregivers, volunteers, members of the health authority and related agencies, donors, community leaders and general supporters.

In celebration of our 40th anniversary we would like to invite anyone that has had a connection with Providence Farm over the past forty years to revisit and reconnect with Providence Farm through a community picnic. We would love to share a meal with all our friends old and new to mark this milestone. Please bring a dish to share and join us at the farm. Entrance is by donation (donations over $25 receive a tax receipt) and please make sure to RSVP to provfarm@providence.bc.ca before July 8th so we save a seat at the table.

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Hydrangea 101 and Hydrangea Bloom Colour Explained Monica Dockerty, Dockerty Gardens horticulturist and Dinter Nursery employee.

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here are few flowers that have as much old-fashioned charm as hydrangeas. Blooming early summer late into the fall, hydrangeas are an easy to grow shrub if given the correct conditions. Coming in a range of sizes, bloom types, colours, and leaf shapes, there is a hydrangea for every kind of gardener.

Perhaps the most recognizable hydrangeas are mophead varieties (Hydrangea macrophylla), which produce ball-shaped flowers in shades of deep fuchsia to true blue.

Traditional mophead varieties bloom on the wood produced the previous season and should be lightly pruned immediately after flowering, or in a perfect world, not at all. Removing dead, diseased, or damaged wood is always recommended. If a mophead hydrangea shrub has crowded growth cut out some of the oldest branches at groundlevel. Many newly introduced hydrangea varieties bloom on both old and new wood, so if pruning is not your forte look for a reblooming variety (the Endless Summer series is a good place to start).

One unique trait of mophead hydrangeas is their ability to indicate soil acidity. Blooms have blue sepals when the shrub is in acidic soil and red to pink sepals in neutral to

basic soils. A hydrangea can even have different coloured blooms on the same plant if the root system is in soil with differing pH levels (eg., acidic on the left side, but basic on the right side).

Aluminum also plays a huge part in flower colour, but that’s for another time. If you desire blue blooms the most reliable way to achieve this is by watering your hydrangea with aluminum sulfate. If you desire pink to red blooms adding lime to your soil will create a more basic soil and the desired colour transition.

For hydrangeas that bloom on old wood expect flower colour changes to take at least a full growing season.

Mophead hydrangeas and lacecap hydrangeas will both change colour based on soil acidity. Lacecap hydrangeas have a different shaped flower, with clusters of small fertile florets with scattered showy sterile florets forming a ring. Both shrubs grow best with some protection from hot afternoon sun in medium to moist soil.

Oak leaf hydrangeas are like both lacecap and mophead hydrangeas in that they bloom on old wood, though oak leaf hydrangeas are a better option for dry shade. Their blooms are either white or pink, often fading to burgundy as the seasons change. Oak-shaped leaves fade to red in fall, and beautiful papery bark offers winter interest.

For those that love to prune the PeeGee hydrangea or Hydrangea paniculata is for you. Blooming on new wood, these hydrangeas can be pruned hard in spring, and can tolerate more sun that any other hydrangea, though dappled shade is still their preference. Panicle blooms of chartreuse, white or pink last

well into fall and fade gracefully to shades of burgundy and deep pink.

Smooth leaved hydrangeas or Hydrangea arborescens require the same pruning as PeeGee hydrangeas but produce a mophead type flower. Bloom colours range are creamy white, pure chartreuse or pink.

These hydrangeas grow best in moist soil and dappled shade.

Climbing hydrangeas also fill a niche in the garden, thriving on the north side of a building and offering beautiful winter structure.

Hydrangeas are no longer only for the large garden, with many new dwarf varieties being offered.

Hydrangeas are great as cut flowers and some varieties offer beautiful pure white blooms that many brides are seek during wedding season.

Some hydrangeas have mostly sterile florets, so if you want to attract the bees be sure you are planting a variety with fertile florets. Plant your hydrangea in the right place, give it the space it wants, and plant one that suits your gardening style. You won’t be disappointed.

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One Friday Night Submitted by Ian Locke

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he clouds have parted and the heat is on; Summer is here!

That means we are closer than ever to our annual Duncan Day festival, a festival to celebrate all the things we love about our little town, right in the heart of the majestic Cowichan Valley!

To kick off the celebrations this year, Downtown Duncan will be hosting our very first “One Friday Night” event on July 12th. We’ve invited two amazing bands and some of our favourite local food and drink providers to feed, water and entertain you and your friends at a FREE concert in the City Square.

Headlining the night is The New Groovement, hailing from

Victoria, they bring a seamless blend of funk, hip hop, soulful vocals, and some clever MCing, all highlighted by an electrifying brass section. This group is something you really just have to see to believe and will leave you with an experience that you won’t soon forget.

Also bringing the funk is The Funky Lowdown featuring guitarist Kelly Fawcett who, on top of bringing the hometown flavour, will be back in the City Square playing later this summer with The Beautiful Maladies, a tribute act to the music of Tom Waits in this year’s 39 Days of July.

Food and beverages will be provided by Taco Revolution, Omnom Crepes, Hudson’s on

First, Red Arrow Brewery, Stillhead Distillery, and Blue Grouse Winery, you’ve got your pick of yummy eats, cold beverages, and amazing music all in one place!

The festivities begin in the City Square at 5 pm and will wrap up by 10 pm, entry is FREE and drink tickets are just $7. Tell your friends, tell your mom, tell everyone on your street and in your office. Don’t miss out on this summer party event!

Next up is, Saturday, July 13th, where our cozy little downtown core will be closed off to cars, welcoming in thousands of patrons, both from Duncan and from the surrounding communities to come experience a full day of fun in the sun.

It all starts at 8 am with a pancake breakfast, because who doesn’t love pancakes? Then the annual Grande Parade will wind its way through town featuring dozens of dazzling and creative floats. As you make your way through town, you can find exclusive deals at all of your favourite local boutiques, or,

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check out the motorcycle show and shine after you grab a snack or refreshing drink from one of many fantastic vendors. For the little ones, there will be an ample supply of games, rides and activities; I hear a rumor there might even a petting zoo (don’t worry adults also allowed) and tons more to keep the whole family occupied all day!

If all of that isn’t quite enough, don’t forget to check out the Duncan Farmer’s Market for even more incredible local offerings and the 39 Days Of July bringing live music and entertainment in the park all day long. Can’t wait to see you all there!

For more information check out Downtown Duncan on Facebook or go to our events page at downtownduncan.ca

One Friday Night Free Concert In City Square City Square, Downtown Duncan July 12, 5pm-10pm

Jim Jenkins on Display

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im Jenkins was born in England and is a long-time resident of Vancouver Island. Jim has a passion for the outdoors and all its beauty which is evident in both his paintings and photography. As a self-taught artist, he has found a balance between his paintings and his photography. “I love to travel this wonderful province of ours, we are very fortunate to live where we do and it is vital to protect our wildlife and their habitats. Inspiration for my art comes from a great passion for nature and the outdoors, Bears are a major part of this passion. I am a strong believer in co-existence with all our fellow creatures and hope I can raise this awareness throughout my everyday life and my art.�

different groups that work together to preserve and protect our wild spaces as well as being an accredited member, in good standing, with the Commercial Bear Viewing Association of B.C. Through his images and art he shares his respect for the environment and the inspiration he receives from it. Jim will have acrylics on display at Imagine That Artisans till July 26.

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Cowichan Bay Farm, Night

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Come visit us while enjoying the music at the 39 Days of Summer Festival!

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ngstudio, located in downtown Duncan at 165 Station Street is the new home of graphic artist and designer, Dale Nigel Goble. dngstudio operates Cowichan Bay Farm, Day as a full service graphic design Appointments to view the studio Monday through studio and artwork during Friday from 8am - 5pm the week can also be made and features POPUP by calling 250 715 8841 or SATURDAYS when emailing info@dngstudio. the studio is open to the com. public from 10am - 5pm.

Featuring paintings, sculptures, limited edition woodcuts, silkscreen prints, and sculptures as well as t shirts, tote, bags, and a wide range of art cards, postcards, and magnets featuring the artwork of Dale Nigel Goble.

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dng Studio Pop Up Studio on Saturdays 165 Station Street Downtown Duncan Appointments available 250 715 8842

Tuscan Raspberry Mixed Salad

Recipe courtesy Grant Easterbrook, The Olive Station, 225 Canada Avenue Downtown Duncan

Ingredients

fresh mixed greens (spinach, romaine & arugula) raspberries candied pecans red onion crumbled Goat Cheese Tuscan Herb Olive Oil Raspberry Balsamic Vinegar

Directions

Toss together fresh mixed greens, raspberries, candied pecans, thinly sliced red onions and crumbled goat cheese.

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Dress to taste with equal parts of Tuscan Herb Olive Oil and Olive Station Aged Raspberry Dark Balsamic Vinegar.

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Benefits: Wool is a perfect fit for someone who seeks relief from overheating, and requires soft yet resilient support. Since our wool pearl pillows are customizable, they are also great for someone who wants to adapt and reshape as they go. Our Eco-Wool batting pillows come in light, regular, or thick densities to fit your preference.

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re you someone who is perpetually hunting for that perfect pillow? Trying to find that “just right” feel?

At Resthouse, every day we meet people who face this dilemma. Studies show that a high percentage of sleep issues are caused by an unfit pillow, so why is it so hard to find one that actually works?

A part of this struggle could be caused by a misconception that a “one size fits all” pillow exists. In reality, we all are going to need something a little bit different. Therefore, picking your pillow wisely is so important to ensure you find one both comfortable and personalized to your specific needs.

Problems People Face With Pillows When we ask about the issues people are having with their pillows, they often say that their pillow is quickly losing its loft and is no longer supportive enough. A pillow needs to stay at the correct height in order to work for the long run. Here are some of the other reasons we are hearing that pillows that don’t work: -Too firm or too soft -Not malleable enough -Pillows that cause allergies or sensitivities -Strong chemical smells emitting from materials -Pillow causes overheating -Keeping an old and worn out pillow too long -Pillow is no longer a good fit due to an injury

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Some other pillows to consider

The Search for the Perfect Pillow... (with a Happy Ending) Choosing the Correct Pillow Can Make all the Difference At Resthouse we offer two basic categories of pillows.

First there are customizable pillows, which allow you to add in or take out filling to adjust the loft. These are a favourite amongst our customers as they keep you aligned and supported no matter what position you’re sleeping in. We also carry formed and contour pillows.

They are designed for specific sleep requirements or for people who like fixed support.

Selecting a Pillow It is important that you are able to sample a pillow before purchasing it. Exploring the different feels and functions of each pillow, and in the position you’d actually be using it in, is a must. This allows you to make your selection with confidence. For the extra fussy pillow people, or for those of you who like to tweak and adjust regularly, looking at the customizable options will give you the extra control over your pillow dynamics.

Consider the Pillow’s Fill When searching for a new pillow, it is important to also consider what’s inside of it.

Not only will the fill of your pillow determine the density and the kind of support it will offer, but it will also establish how it feels to sleep on. Let’s take a look at the options.

Shredded Latex: One of our most popular fills, made from tree rubber.

-Fully customizable -Promotes air circulation -Springy and buoyant -Temperature neutral Benefits: The shredded latex fill is malleable and easily shifts around to adapt to your preferred loft and shape.

Ideal if you are someone who sleeps in multiple positions throughout the night.

Wool: Pearls or Batting -Customizable (wool pearls only) -Temperature regulating -Anti bacterial, anti microbial -Soft yet supportive

-Alpaca pillows are the newest addition to our line up. Alpaca fill is suited to someone who wants a springy and soft pillow that offers more warmth, but still regulates temperature efficiently. If you are partial to down, you’ll love the feel of alpaca.

-A Contour pillow has different elevations on each side, so it is perfect for someone who seeks consistent support for their neck and head. It is also a great choice for someone who has specific sleep requirements due to an injury.

-Soap shape pillows (latex) are versatile, lower loft pillows that offer excellent shape retention. The latex is temperature neutral, and promotes airflow for a consistently comfortable sleep.

With a little bit of help, and some great options, it is possible to find that “just right” pillow, especially when you can access its insides to adapt the inner fill. Let’s ditch the belief in a “one size fits all” pillow fix, and instead take some time to explore and find the pillow with characteristics that match your needs perfectly.

Tips for Maintaining Your New Pillow (so it will last) Consider your pillow’s lifespan and work within it.

We recommend you replace your pillows every 2-3 years.

If you maintain your pillow though, it could very easily last longer.

-Customize your pillow regularly to best fit your comfort needs -Invest in an extra pillow protector. These can be great to deter dust mites or moisture build up -Use organic cotton pillow cases with a breathable thread count, to ensure proper air flow throughout the night: 180 - 400 Thread Count are ideal.

-Rotate your soap/contour shape pillows regularly to help keep them lofty and supportive.

-If you have purchased an alpaca or wool filled pillow, it is beneficial to place it out in the summer sun, to refresh and regain some of the fiber’s spring.

Consider a Body Pillow.

This long narrow pillow runs the length of your body, supporting both the arm, hip and upper leg throughout the night.

Benefits of a Body Pillow -Side alignment consistency throughout the night -Pillow carries the weight of the upper limbs and stops them from bearing down and collapsing -Prevents collapsing onto stomach or back -Promotes an open upper arm positioning for ease of blood flow and circulation -Excellent stability for injury recovery and healing -Soothes and helps you fall asleep faster Resthouse has been selling quality natural pillows and bedding since 2014 Resthouse Sleep Solutions 126 Station Street Downtown Duncan 250 597 7378

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Ati Emmerik – Sculptor Suzan Kostiuck Owner of Excellent Frameworks, Home of the EJ Hughes Gallery

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xcellent Frameworks – Home of the EJ Hughes Gallery is happy to introduce the works of Ati Emmerik into the gallery this summer.

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A sculptor born in Rotterdam, Ati’s works excude warmth and are described as solidified feelings. Her works are a balance of form, figure, and imagination that create a beautiful tension with this solid medium. The process of designing bronze for this self taught artist have been fascinating years of discoveries in her studio.

From polishing, patinating, making molds, and stone carving using various material to give shape to soapstone, concrete, and bronze, Ati has created works that have found homes in the Netherlands, Belgium, France, Germany, Curacao, the United States and Canada.

We have three of her sculptures available at the gallery, with more available

upon request. “Anna” is a solid bronze that was inspired by a random moment for the artist. Ati heard a man call a woman’s name, “Anna”, while travelling and she was immediately inspired to create a sculpture of this unseen woman. The result is a gentle form that can only be enjoyed in person.

Ati’s sculptures can also be viewed at “Gem O’ the Isle Sculpture Garden” located in quaint Cowican Station.

Be sure to stop by either the Gallery or the Sculpture Garden this summer for the Shakespeare Festival to enjoy this international artist’s works. Show runs at the gallery through July.

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joy and spiritual awareness can flourish during the season of summer.

The element of Fire and its correlated season of summer are associated with assertiveness, excitement, and exuberance, making it a great time to take action to create positive changes in one’s life.

Summer Sense Submitted by Denise D’Fantis, Cowichan Valley Acupuncture Matraea Centre

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s the Cowichan Valley continues to enjoy warmer temperatures, summer has finally arrived, and along with it we are seeing an abundance of fresh produce, thriving greenery, clear blue skies, and lush landscapes.

According to Traditional Chinese Medicine, an ancient and documented form of medicine dating back over 2,000 years ago, each season is ruled by a natural element. The ancient theory of The Five Phases (or Elements) was introduced approximately two thousand years ago, and embraces the concept that the structure of the cosmos reflects the five natural elements: Wood, Fire, Earth, Metal, and Water.

The season of summer belongs to the element Fire. Fire symbolizes “maximum activity” which means that it is a time of heat, outgoingness, and moving outward in nature and in our lives.

Summer is about expansion, growth, activity and creativity.

It is during summer, the most “active” time of year, when we witness the rapid growth of plants, plentiful insects and birds, and the heating up of the earth and environment.

While summer is ruled by the element Fire, its expression is found not only in the greater environment but in the human body as well. Personal growth,

During the season of summer, the hottest of all seasons, it is important to avoid becoming overheated and or dehydrated. While simple water provides much hydration and relief from the warm summer weather, common foods may also assist with hydration and the prevention of heat exhaustion or heat stroke. According to Traditional Chinese Medicine, food and spices are known to contain a specific “quality”, or “energy”. For example, some foods, such as ginger root are very warming, while others, such as cucumbers are cooling.

During the summer months, cooling foods may provide relief from the oppressive heat in the environment.

During the warm summer months, relief from environmental heat may be found in the following “cooling” foods: Cantaloupe, bananas, figs, lemons, peaches, pears, persimmons, strawberries, spinach, summer squash, chard, napa cabbage, celery, cucumbers, and carrots. The consumption of these foods may “clear heat” from the body and cool it down during hot summer days.

It is important however to avoid the overconsumption of cooling foods, which can contribute to indigestion, sluggishness, and bowel imbalances. Similarly, a diet comprised of predominantly raw food (which is by nature considered more cooling than cooked foods), may lead to gastrointestinal problems such as bloating, indigestion, cramping, etc. It is important, even in the summer months, to consume a balanced diet, including both

cooling and slightly warming or neutral foods.

As we move through the season with all of its treasured activities and vacations and projects, it is important to enjoy the simple and free days of summer. As John Lubbock states in The Use of Life: “Rest is not idleness, and to lie sometimes on the grass under trees on a summer’s day, listening to the murmur of the water, or watching the clouds float across the sky, is by no means a waste of time.”

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he modern drum kit, or “The Drums” was born out of necessity, and the birthplace, was New Orleans.

Congo Square became the musical heart of the city by the late 1800s. Created for restricting the congregation of enslaved people, it became a melting pot of culture, arts and music. Possibly every strand of America music comes directly from there.

The drums set is not one instrument, but many. A hybrid of instruments from around the world and from cultures that were assembling in North American port cities like New Orleans. The first drum sets emerged in the second half of the 1800s, at a time when drummers, and those hiring them, began to realize that there were big advantages to having one person play a Bass drum, Snare drum, and Cymbal at the same time.

The modern bass drum originated in Turkey at the beginning of the 16th century as a military instrument of the Ottoman Empire. Eventually adopted by European military bands in the 18th century. The modern snare drum originated

in Southwestern Europe in the 15th century, mostly used

by European militaries for marching, and communication of orders. These two drums would come together musically for the first time in European opera in the mid-1800s.

At the same time, a huge influx of immigration into North America brought new culture and traditional instruments from all corners of the world. With the snare and bass drum already established with the arrival of European military, Chinese immigrants would bring Tom Tom drums, gongs, and woodblocks. Greek and Turkish immigrants brought cymbals.

These cultural percussion instruments would become the staple of the early drum set.

In 1865, Africans, and their descendants, were becoming free and were able to contribute more in American music. In fact without the involvement of African society and rhythms, we would not have had this incredible creation of modern music as we know it. Congo Square in New Orleans, is where it all started.

At the end of the 1800s, drummers were starting to experiment with more than one instrument. There was a demand for a variety of sounds from percussionists, and a growing shortage of space on stage to accommodate these instruments.

The introduction of a crude pedal for the bass drum was

Birth of the Drum Kit being developed, and enabled one drummer to sit and play the bass drum and snare drum together.

Music was changing at the turn of the 20th century, with the creation of vaudeville shows and ragtime music.

Blues and jazz music was also being developed at the same time. This pushed players to go further by building combinations of percussion instruments into one contraption. The “Trap Kit” had emerged. For the first time in history, one human body was able to create the pulse, the back beat, the syncopation, and the texture of the percussion part all by itself. The possibilities for more forward, propulsive, linear grooves turned the musical world upside down for next

hundred years.

At a time when music was telling stories, providing laughter, and a beat to dance to, it was important for the musicians to be versatile. That versatility was the hallmark of those early drummers. It was improvised, and it captured the spirit of the moment. That same improvisation happens with the instruments themselves. When percussionists were literally backed into a corner and had to change how their instruments were played, in a relatively short time, it has sparked the beginning of the drum kit as we know it today.

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21 Things You May Not Know About the Indian Act: Helping Canadians Make Reconciliation with Indigenous Peoples a Reality by Bob Joseph

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ob Joseph gives the reader a lens with which to understand 21 sections of the Indian Act – an act of which most Canadians have no knowledge. Some may even not know of the existence of the Indian Act and how it continues to mandate and constrain individuals and families, lives and lands of generations of Indigenous Peoples.

Joseph provides archival documents from Canadian federal government sources instrumental in the creation (1876) and the continuation of the Indian Act, a little changed order of government decreed 143 years ago. The author points out the conflict of interest that is an inseparable element of a law that allows a government to decree itself responsible for every component of the lives of “Indians and lands reserved for Indians” while also being the sole party responsible for settlement of all terms in relation to the land, treaties, and government purchase of land for the Crown.

The facts learned from Joseph’s book will shatter the illusions any may have about the goodness of Canada’s relationship with Indigenous Peoples. The varied backgrounds and experiences of the readers brought up recollections of other governments throughout the world that have used deliberate and systematic forms of exterminatory actions such as slavery, the holocaust, and apartheid to control cultural groups.

The brevity of this book is a strength. Joseph is highly commended for his ability to explain in a direct and understandable manner a complex Canadian federal law and its consequences. The author joins late Indigenous leader George Manuel when he uses fact to try to embarrass the Canadian government to live up to the agreements that we nonIndigenous people have made through our elected governments.

The reason it fails to embarrass the government to act could be that most Canadians are unaware of the Indian Act or its effects.

Bob Joseph hopes to change that.

Bob Joseph defines how Canadians can make a better place for all by recognition of human rights at home. This awareness should be taught beginning in elementary school.

One can start by reading this small, powerful book! No wonder it recently won the Bill Duthie Booksellers’ Choice Award.

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July 9 @ 2pm • Coffee Hour July 25 @ 2pm • Monthly Group Meeting

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The Warmland Book and Film Collective – explore, celebrate and learn from Indigenous authors and film – 2nd Wednesday/each month.

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The Shuffle Demons

35th Anniversary of the Islands Folk Festival

he Cowichan Folk Guild is excited to be celebrating our 35th Anniversary of the Islands Folk Festival this year at Providence Farm on July 26th through 28th, and have put together one of our best festivals yet! As always, it is family friendly with kids performers on the main stage each morning, and the Sparkle Zone running all day long.

Expect higher energy music leading into the nighttime—with bands such as the Tequila Mockingbird Orchestra, the Jerry Cans, and the Fugitives on Friday night; and Carmanah, the Shuffle Demons, and the Jerry Cans once more,

on Saturday night—and a stellar lineup of folk artists performing on five stages throughout the day on Saturday and Sunday.

You’ll want to make sure to catch a workshop on the Heritage Stage and get an intimate look into the processes and experiences of the performers, and take in one of the stripped down acoustic performances on the legendary Chapel Stage.

Several artists in the lineup are returning audience favourites like HuDost, Pharis and Jason Romero, and Ridley Bent, and we have many performers who are brand new to the festival as well. Setting the stage for the weekend is

Kelly Hunt, a young rising star from Kansas City who is receiving a lot of critical praise, and performing on Friday evening right after the opening ceremonies— definitely one not to miss.

Following that, soul singer Khari Wendell McClelland will evoke strong emotions with his flawless delivery of original songs, then it is on to the music to get you moving! Over the weekend you will also see local representation from Blue Moon Marquee, Cara McCandless, and many more, that will show you how Cowichan is able to stand up alongside the rest of the international lineup.

On Saturday and Sunday, tour around the beautiful

Providence Farm grounds and take in performances from artists such as Qristina and Quinn Bachand, Craig Cardiff, T.Nile, the Dimpker Brothers, and so many more. Grab some food from one of the food venders, enjoy a drink in the licensed beverage garden, and catch as many performances as you can.

Everyone is abuzz about the festival lineup this year.

With the countless hours put in by the hard-working and dedicated volunteers, we are confident this year will go down as one of the most memorable festivals.

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2019 ISLANDS FOLK FESTIVAL ARTISTS

RIDLEY BENT is back with his latest release Wildcard the anticipated follow up of Rabbit on My Wheel showcasing the Western Canada based Country artist’s keen fascination for characters whose life on the straight and narrow rarely lasts past the nearest exit to a short, crooked road.

THE JERRY CANS create music inspired by their hometown of Iqaluit, Nunavut, and life in the Canadian Arctic. With a unique mix of traditional Inuit throat singing and rootsrock sung in the Indigenous language of Inuktitut, The Jerry Cans are a distinctly Northern sound. The band is passionate about helping to preserve the Inuktitut language and are committed to challenging common misconceptions about life in the North. Their high energy performances have thrilled audiences in countries all across the globe including Australia, Scotland, Greenland,

Cuba and Norway.

LUCA FOGALE—The honesty in Luca’s voice is impossible to ignore, elevating songs rooted in the folk tradition to soulful hymns about the human condition. With influences from Joni Mitchell to Bob Dylan, Luca’s reflective and sometimes melancholic songwriting pulls the listener into a deeply hypnotic meditation on redemption and transcendence.

BLUE MOON MARQUEE is a Gypsy Blues band born of the wild rose foothills of Alberta.

They currently make their home in an island shack on the coast of the Salish Sea, British Columbia. A.W. Cardinal (vocals/guitar) and Jasmine Colette a.k.a. Badlands Jass (vocals/bass/drums) write and perform original compositions influenced by anything that swings, jumps or grooves.

PHARIS AND JASON ROMERO—Singing vibrant duets, writing deadly songs, playing handmade banjos and loving old acoustic guitars, Pharis & Jason Romero have a classic story. When some scratchy old records and a custom banjo led to their meeting in 2007, they quickly knew they were in for the long haul. They’ve since released six records and toured across North America and the UK. DIMPKER BROTHERS— Following a summer of performing across Canada

both doing their own sets at festivals and venues including: Salmon Arm, Calgary, South Country Fair and many others as well as backing Rev. Sekou.

The band showed themselves to be incredibly versatile and also fell in love with Canada.

Across the country people were dazzled and impressed by the “blood harmonies” these two shared. Performing together since the ages of 8 and 12, Adam and Martin Dimpker display a level of professionalism, musical excellence and audience appeal that is unmissable.

BEN SURES—Ben’s live shows are some of the best you will see , funny stories verging on comedy, awesome playing and interplay between his mostly acoustic musicians and they will be carried on the best kind of emotional rollercoaster, you laugh going up, cry coming down , you go slow and deep and then things speed back up, you get to laugh again and leave the concert feeling really really good.

THE SHUFFLE DEMONS are a high-energy Canadian band that blends virtuosic jazz and funk playing with eyecatching costumes and over the top stage antics to produce an incredible show. A hit at festivals all over the world, the Shuffle Demons are a crowd pleasing, full-on musical group that backs up wild stage antics with phenomenal playing by some of Canada’s most talented musicians.

HEARTWOOD is the brand new and perfect pairing of award-winning singersongwriters Jack Connolly and Genevieve Charbonneau from Vancouver Island’s Cowichan Valley. Jack and Genevieve are outstanding performers in their own right, but when their songwriting talents, charisma and musical chops are combined, the result is roots and folk magic.

OOT N’ OOTS—CFMA and WCMA nominated The Oot n’ Oots make kids music that is, to quote Jerry Garcia, not for kids only. Drawing on diverse influences from the history of rock n’ roll, this is a band with chops, soul, and swagger.

Their original songs are wildly imaginative, brimming with humour and inspiration.

HUDOST—The music of HuDost weaves a seamless tapestry of Folk, World, and Rock that renders tears and laughter in listeners, cultivating the nameless longing that abides somewhere in all our hearts and invoking total celebration. HuDost’s core musicians are Moksha Sommer, from Montréal, and Jemal Wade Hines from Kentucky.

FUGITIVES—Established in 2007, The Fugitives are a folk collective headed by songwriters Adrian Glynn and Brendan McLeod. The band has toured extensively through Canada, Western Europe, and the UK, often joined by renowned instrumentalists Chris Suen (banjo) and Carly Frey (violinist). Over the past ten years, they’ve earned a reputation for unforgettable live shows, brimming with complex harmonies, infectious storytelling and top-notch musicianship.

HANNE KAH—The band and their charismatic female frontsinger Hanne are onto something big. Having just finished their new album, continued on page 42

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FRIDAY NIGHT JULY 26

SPIRIT STAGE

SATURDAY JULY 27

10:30 AM - THE DIMPKER BROTHERS 11:30 AM - SELINA EVENING MARTIN 5:30 PM - OPENING 12:30 PM - HANNE CEREMONIES 6 PM - KELLY HUNT KAH 1:30 -TEQUILA 7 PM - KHARI MOCKINGBIRD WENDELL ORCHESTRA MCCLELLAND 8 PM - THE JERRY 2:30 PM - THE BURYING GROUND CANS 4 PM - HEARTWOOD 9:15 PM - THE 5 PM - HIGH QUADRA FUGITIVES 10:30 PM - TEQUILA RAMBLERS MOCKINGBIRD 5 PM - DINNER ORCHESTRA SOUNDBREAK

ISLANDS STAGE

HERITAGE WORKSHOP STAGE

11 AM - GROUP SONGWRITING WITH CRAIG CARDIFF, HEARTWOOD, HUDOST 12:30 PM - OLD-TIME MUSIC WITH THE BURYING GROUND AND BLUE MOON MARQUEE 1:30 PM NOTHIN’ BUT BANJOS WITH KELLY HUNT AND KAITLIN CHAMBERLIN 2:30 PM MIXING TRADITIONS WITH THE JERRY CANS 4 PM COVER ME WITH SELINA MARTIN, RICHARD GARVEY, ABIGAIL LAPELLE, HANNE KAH, CRAIG CARDIFF, AND T. NILE

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ISLANDS STAGE

10 AM - STELLA SWANSON & THE ROSIE JOYFULS 11 AM - OOT N’ OOTS 12 PM - QRISTINA & QUINN BACHAND 1 PM - LUCA FOGALE 2 PM - T. NILE 3 PM - BLUE MOON MARQUEE 4 PM - RIDLEY BENT

SPARKLE ZONE

9:30-10AM - OPENING CEREMONIES 12 PM - MUSIC WITH LAURA AND OLIMPO 3:30 PM- KIDS PARADE

CHAPEL STAGE

10:30 AM - KELLY HUNT 11:30AM - HIGH QUADRA RAMBLERS 12:30 PM - JOE CHARRON 1:30 PM - CRAIG CARDIFF 2:30 PM - FUGITIVES 3PM - AERIALISTS 4PM - KHARI WENDELL McCLELLAND 5PM - LUCA FOGALE 6 PM DINNER & SOUND BREAK

TZOUHALEM STAGE

11 AM - PHILO RUSS 12 - AUTO JANSZ 1 PM - CARA MCCANDLESS 2 PM - BALKAN BABES 3 PM - BEN SURES 4 PM - LATENIGHT AND THE ENCHANTER 5 PM - JOE CHARRON 6 PM - DINNER SOUNDBREAK

SATURDAY

ISLANDS STAGE EVENING

5 PM - PHARIS AND JASON ROMERO 6 PM - DINNER SOUNDBREAK 7 PM - HUDOST 8:15 PM - CARMANAH 9:30 PM - SHUFFLE DEMONS 10:45 PM - THE JERRY CANS

SUNDAY JULY 28

ISLANDS STAGE

10 AM - LAURA DEVIATO AND THE LELOLAI 11 AM - HEARTWOOD

TZOUHALEM STAGE

10 AM - ABIGAIL LAPELLE 11 AM - T. NILE 12 PM - RICHARD GARVEY 1 PM - BLUE MOON MARQUEE

12 - BEN SURES 1 PM - THE DIMPKER BROTHERS 2 PM - CRAIG CARDIFF 3 PM - SHUFFLE DEMONS 4 PM - CLOSING 10:30 AM - CARA CEREMONIES MCCANDLESS 11:30 AM - CARMANAH 12:30 PM - HUDOST 11 AM - SONGS TO EAT CEREAL TO - ARTISTS PLAYING 1:30 - QRISTINA AND SOME OF THE FIRST COVERS THEY LEARNED WHEN QUINN BACHAND

SPIRIT STAGE

HERITAGE WORKSHOP STAGE

THEY WERE YOUNG. WITH CRAIG CARDIFF, AUTO JANSZ, JOE CHARRON, DIMPKER BROTHERS 12:30 PM - ARTISTS IN THE ROUND WITH CARA MCCANDLESS, JACK CONNOLLY, CRAIG CARDIFF

1:30 PM ARTISTS IN THE ROUND WITH RIDLEY BENT, MEMBERS OF THE FUGITIVES, AND BEN SURES

SPARKLE ZONE

9:30-10AM - FAMILY YOGA 12 PM - OOT N’ OOTS 1:30 PM - KIDS PARADE

CHILDREN’S PROGRAMMING

All weekend in the kid’s sparklezone. Including crafts & face painting, the wall of noise and music, slip’n’slide, serious bubble action, kid-led improv theatre, play space for really wee folks, chill-out space and nursing corner, and a daily kid-lead sparkle parade through the festival grounds.

CHAPEL STAGE

10 AM LILA COMMUNITY CHOIR 11:30 AM RIDLEY BENT 12:30 PM PHARIS AND JASON ROMERO 1:30 PM BALKAN BABES

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which released in May 2019, they want to present their brand new songs to the Canadian audience.

BALKAN BABES are excited to release their brand new album this summer, showcasing it first at Islands Folk Fest... we introduce…Zajedno!

Operating as a collective, without a director, the Victoriabased Balkan Babes showcase a capella music of Eastern Europe and beyond, including Bulgaria, Croatia, Macedonia, Georgia, Israel, Greece and Serbia.

RICHARD GARVEY is guitarstrumming, banjo-plucking, and sing-along-starting performer and community organizer from Kitchener.

His award winning songs explore the highs and lows of love, injustice, and the marbled mess of the human condition. Whether he’s playing to a living room or an

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amphitheatre, Richard brings clever songs and a sly sense of humour to inspire solidarity, hope, and change.

JOE CHARRON first stood on stage in front of 200 people when he was 5 years old at a Huntsville, Ontario festtval .

He remembers being scared to death but the thrill never left him. He has appeared on festival stages such as: Mariposa, South Country Fair, Islands Folk Festival, Burns Lake Bluegrass Festival and Coombs Bluegrass Festival.

ABIGAIL LAPELL—Call it prairie noir or Canadiana desert rock: Abigail Lapell

writes haunting, gorgeous modern folk songs. Her 2017 sophomore album HIDE NOR HAIR won a Canadian Folk Music Award for Contemporary Album of the Year, and was nominated for Contemporary Singer of the Year. A Toronto native, she’s toured across North America and Europe, performing on vocals, piano, harmonica and finger style guitar. Closer to home, she’s completed tours by bicycle, canoe and train.

QRISTINA & QUINN BACHAND have developed their own ‘voice’, exploring various musical traditions, fusing Old-Time, Celtic, Folk and Jazz to create their distinctive sound. With Qristina’s shimmering vocals and inspirational fiddling and Quinn’s old–soul mastery of all things stringed, they clearly hit the mark with the music industry earning multiple accolades including two Irish Music Awards. With a healthy dose of Celtic and plenty of

rootsy goodness, they engage traditional and contemporary listeners with jaw-dropping effect.

CRAIG CARDIFF—With a voice described as “warm, scratched, sad and sleepy,” Cardiff sings songs that expose the human condition, putting a magnifying glass to the clumsier and less proud moments. He can turn any setting into an intimate affair, infusing his music and lyrics with an uncompromising humanism. Cardiff makes it a point to keep the relationship with his fans personal, inviting and accepting any opportunity to make his audience as much a part of the performance as he is.

T. NILE is an award-winning Canadian performing songwriter, producer and multi-instrumentalist. Blending gritty western guitars, soulful harmonies, bright banjo arpeggios, dark beats, and electro-pop accents, Nile

creates a sound at the leading edge of the Electro-folk movement.

STELLA SWANSON & THE ROSIE Joyfuls—Stella Swanson is a thirteen-year-old singer/ songwriter from Comox, B.C. who launched her debut album, ‘I’m Not a Bunny,’ at the ripe old age of eight! Her pet rabbit, Romeo, was the inspiration behind the title track, which earned finalist placement in the John Lennon International Songwriting Competition. The album has sold more than 1000 copies and has garnered nominations from the Western Canadian Music Awards and the Canadian Folk Music Awards.

LAURA DEVIATO AND THE LELOLAI—Singersongwriter Laura Deviato and percussionist Olimpo Ortega return to Folkfest with a musical adventure celebrating Folkloric rhythms of Latin America and the Caribbean! This year they will be accompanied by the stellar ‘Lelolai’, comprised of world class musicians; including the sublimely talented Cuban Pablo Cardenas on piano, the incredibly versatile Peter Dowse on base and the rock steady Cuban conga player Leon Torres.

SELINA MARTIN—Raised on a farm in the Ottawa Valley, now based between Toronto and France, extraordinarily acclaimed Canadian songwriter Selina Martin pushes the boundaries of pop, rock, singer/songwriter, punk and experimental music while writing incredibly hooky pop songs.

AUTO JANSZ—From Winnipeg punk to Victoria roots/ragtime, Auto has earned her musical stripes.

Having toured nationally and internationally sharing the stage with great artists like Michelle Wright, Spirit of the West, Fred Eaglesmith,

Jane Siberry, Doc MacLean and David Gogo, Auto has come into her own with solo recordings and performances that are making the Canadian roots music fans sit up and listen. Irish green eyes and a leftover London accent round out an identity that comes across to audiences as both mysterious and approachable.

THE TEQUILA MOCKINGBIRD ORCHESTRA are a collection of musicians, linked by common sonic journeys and familial ties. It doesn’t matter much how they got here, but rather that they are traveling with each other.

Now they are here in the room with you, the way music in the folk tradition always is, to bring people together; to share real flesh, blood and feeling.

THE BURYING GROUND is an upbeat blues string band that brings the fire of punk to the technical prowess and distinct sound of such early blues, country and jazz masters as Blind Blake, Bessie Smith, Gary Davis, Memphis Minnie, Big Bill Broonzy, and Jimmie Rodgers. The core duo of Devora Laye (washboard, vocals and saw) and Woody Forster (guitar and vocals) are known for songwriting that illuminates the human experience, and reflects the modern day by touching on mental health, the trauma of war, social justice and good old-fashioned lost and found love.

LATENIGHT AND THE ENCHANTER—Lennon a local rapper and musician, inspired by the belief that the duty of an rapper, poet or any artist is

to critique and say what others feel they can’t say themselves, to give voice to the voiceless, originally performing with his band Subterranean, Lennon has transition over the years into a solo artist opening for the likes of Kyprios, Sweatshop union, Sirreal and Illvis Freshly.

Playing at the Islands Folk Fest for the first time with The Enchanter, he looks forward to delivering a party infused lyrically poignant performance.

CARA MCCANDLESS is a talented and prolific singer, songwriter, and musician who has called the lovely Cowichan Valley home for over 15 years.

Cara’s style is rooted in folk music but throughout her many years of performing, writing music and discovering herself, Cara has hammered out an edgy, funk rock sound that “is as radio ready as it is challenging.”-Mike Devlin; The Times Colonist.

KHARI WENDELL MCCLELLAND is a diversely talented and ever- evolving artist. Originally from Detroit, Khari has become a darling on the Canadian music scene with reviewers lauding his performances as a clever mix of soul and gospel. Khari’s songwriting crosses genres and generations, joyfully invoking the spirit of his ancestors who straddled the US-Canadian border in efforts to escape slavery and discrimination.

KELLY HUNT was raised in Memphis, TN, and grew up performing other people’s

works through piano lessons, singing in choirs, and performing theatre. She has a penchant for masterful storytelling and intriguing arrangement, as researched and complex as they are memorable, punctuated by her articulate melodies and a well-enunciated and creative command of lyrical delivery infused with deft emotional communication.

HIGH QUADRA RAMBLERS— Banjo and fiddle are a timeless partnership of instruments.

With beautiful oldtime vocal harmonies and skilled instrumentation, they weave intricate notes over the droning backdrop of clawhammer banjo. They play a wide range of traditional music, from metis to celtic, appalachian, bluegrass, cajun and roots.

Expect high-energy hillbilly hoedowns to droney, middleeastern inspired instrumentals.

CARMANAH— At home on Vancouver Island, Carmanah have built a large and enthused fanbase, selling out bigger venues and opening stages for international acts like Ziggy Marley, Clinton Fearon, K.D. Lang, Moby and Shakey Graves. Off the island, on their travels both near and far, and consistent with their values, the band lessens their ecological footprint by fuelling their tour vehicle with used vegetable oil procured from restaurants along the way.

PHILO RUSS is a multiinstrumentalist from the Cowichan Valley who has been playing for 17 years. He is in two bands, Vying For Glory and Taboo Parlour, as well as being a solo artist. Expect much more to come in the future.

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Melanie Roberts Garden Gate Flowers & Design (250) 510 - 5339 www.gardengateflowers.ca

fter this last month of rampant spring growth in the garden, you may be forgiven for thinking that reducing work in the garden is a good idea! And a shady place to sit and rest would be most welcome too! If you would like to reduce the size of the lawn, and let a part (or all) of the yard become more natural and lower maintenance, let me introduce you to one of my favourite garden styles, the woodland garden - a beautiful and sustainable landscape that sits lightly on the earth, recycling nutrients and needing little intervention once established.

Planting a Woodland Garden A woodland garden is composed of multiple layers, with small to medium trees (or large if you have the space)

forming an upper canopy, an understory of woodland shrubs and smaller trees, and groundcovers. Combined with small meandering pathways and maybe a seat or two, these can be some of the most beautiful gardens around.

If you already have established trees, congratulations! You can start with determining the shadiest areas and digging up the lawn.

For a small yard, a few small trees and large shrubs would be enough to get started. As the trees and shrubs grow and cast more shade, the garden beds surrounding them can be expanded and filled with shade loving perennials, spring bulbs, ferns and small shade loving shrubs. This is an excellent opportunity to use native plants, such as flowering red currant, salal, ferns, bleeding heart and oregon grape, as well as

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many wonderful tree, shrub, perennial and bulb choices.

These have the additional benefit of providing food and shelter to wildlife, even in a small yard.

The woodland garden is best maintained with mulch, preferably organic rich leaf mulch to conserve moisture and add nutrients to the soil.

The lower maintenance part comes into play in the fall, as leafy debris and perennial dieback can be left in place to replenish the mulch and suppress weeds.

The beauty of the woodland garden is hard to beat, and creating one and seeing it evolve over time is a truly wonderful experience. And if you need a little help to get started, feel free to get in touch. www.gardengateflowers.ca 250 510 5339

Be Kind To Your Bees

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e are now into the hot days of summer. The blackberries have almost finished flowering and the bees are searching far and wide for a food source. This is the time of year that the commercial beekeepers take their bees into the mountains to feed on the fireweed.

July is the beginning of the dearth where many novice beekeepers lose their bees to starvation. A hive can contain as many as 60,000 bees at this time of year and these bees can eat a lot of food. It does not take long for a large hive of bees to eat all of their stored honey when they are not bringing enough resources into the hive. This is a problem on Vancouver Island that other regions do not have as they have more summer moisture and different species of plants, both native and agricultural.

For those of us that cannot take their bees into the mountains the solution is to feed our bees a sugar water syrup. A syrup containing two parts white sugar to one part water is good as the bees do not need to work as hard to evaporate the water. Monitor your bees as to how much

they need as they may be bringing in some other food sources.

July is also a very critical month to get the mites under control. If you wait until after July to treat for mites it is usually too late to save your bees as they will be too weak to make it through the winter. From the beginning of July until October the queen will lay less eggs every week. Unfortunately the mites will continue to lay lots of eggs and they weaken the young bees that will be your winter bees that take the hive through the winter. If your winter bees are weakened you will most likely lose your hive in January.

at 6:30 where novices can ask an experienced beekeeper any questions that they may have. Our meetings start with a guest speaker. To find out who is speaking and what they are speaking on please go to our club website: www. cowichanbeekeepers.ca. On the website you will also find honey vendors and bee suppliers under contacts.

Our club welcomes visitors so please take this as your invitation to come and check us out.

BEE SUGAR SYRUP Mix 2 cups of white sugar with 1 cup of warm water.

Multiply this by the size of pot that you have for mixing.

Put on the stove and slowly heat up stirrimng constantly so that the solution liquifies.

It is important that you do not let the syrup come to a boil as this will burn the syrup. Feed to the bees only after the syrup has cooled.

The syrup solution may be stored at room temperature for a couple of weeks preferably in a dark area.

Feed to the bees as needed.

This is the same recipe as hummingbird syrup except that for hummingbirds we use a 1 to 1 ratio. The reason we use a 2 to 1 ratio for bees is that the bees need to expel the water to use the sugar and it takes less work with a 2 to 1 ratio.

John Magdanz President of the Cowichan Beekeepers www.cowichanbeekeepers.ca

The Cowichan Beekeepers hold their meetings in the Somenos Room at the Island Savings Centre on the third Wednesday of the month at 7 PM. We also have a beginners session that starts

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Supporting Canadian Made Products Submitted by Leah Hayes

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ord is spreading fast!

Through social media, magazines and TV, the news that we need to change our habits away from plastics is sinking in to the masses. The easiest place to begin is with single use plastics.

Single use refers to anything that is used for just one time.

The unnecessary waste it causes lasts way beyond our lifetime, so it’s time to think of a new way. You may have noticed that there are many consumer products coming out on the market that target replacing these single use items. While this is great news, there are some things to think about before you purchase.

Purchasing items from overseas will always be cheaper than purchasing Canadian made products.

Why? In Canada, we have laws that require minimum wages and good working conditions. All small business owners locally that I know pay much more than minimum wage, preferring to train and keep employees with a living wage that is fair for working families.

Regulations in Canada also mean that products produced here are generally safer than those produced overseas. Our Canadian products are tested for toxins and our standards are much higher to provide consumers with piece of mind that they are purchasing a product safe for them and their families. Most recalled items are not manufactured in Canada and it is not often that goods produced here are recalled because of the high standard our manufacturers have.

When you purchase a locally made item, you are being environmentally friendly by saving energy that goes into shipping. When we think of the amount of fossil fuels that get used to ship goods worldwide, it is staggering.

By supporting Canadian made goods, you are helping to grow businesses here, which in turn reduces your carbon footprint.

Each product we purchase is a decision on what kind of world we want to live in. By supporting local businesses and manufacturers, the money you spend is staying in our local economy. You

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are helping families in your community to live vibrant and happy lives. I think that is an idea everyone can get on board with, just like saving the planet! www.enviroglassstraw.ca In honour of Canadian made products - Enviro Glass Straws are giving away 4 sets of straws to four lucky Valley Voice readers. Find 10 hidden Canada flags in this issue and send which pages they are on for your chance to win. First 4 correct entries win!

Email your answers to: info@ cowichanvalleyvoice.com

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Windfest for the Northwest Marty Dovick is the manager at Strong Kiteboarding as well as an avid kiter himself.

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iteboarders from all over the world congregate at Nitinaht Lake because of its steady, consistent reliable wind. This great wind allows for the kiteboarders to excel at their skills and this will get a lot of riders “sending it”. For those not familiar with the term it is similar to “hotdogging” - basically showing off. This is all fun and games but eventually egos take over and there needs to be somebody judging all of this silliness.

This is how Windfest started. It was originally a windsurfing event called “WIRED” which died off as windsurfing became less popular. Windfest started in the early 2000’s by the early kiteboarding pioneers.

Kiteboarding manufacturers would also gather at these events to promote their latest

and greatest gear. It turned into a large gathering of wind enthusiasts to socialize and enjoy their sport together while seeing who can be the best at particular disciplines.

It went on this way until the late 2000s when Windfest died off for a few years.

Unfavourable weather during many events was likely the culprit but a few years later a small group of local kiters decided to revive it! With the help of these great people as well as the support of many local businesses Windfest was back on the map.

the big air where the name says it all, GO BIG. The most important part of Windfest is having fun! It is a contest but the results are secondary to the good time that everyone will be having. Kiters of all abilities will be competing against themselves and their

friends.

If you are not a kiter then do not worry, there is lots to do at Windfest. There will be several live bands playing throughout the event as well as a show on the night of the 27th. This is always a lot of fun and people all encouraged to dress and up bring costumes. The Saturday night show is always a big highlight of the festival. There will be demos from kite and outdoor companies as well as many draws and prizes. Some great food is also provided by the Dididaht village with fresh fish and crab being the most popular options on the menu.

Windfest is hotly anticipated through the season by kiters from all over the Pacific North West. If you kite, windsurf, or just like a good party then please come and check out Windfest! www.windfest.ca

This year’s Windfest will be held from July 26-28th at Nitinaht Lake. It has grown drastically over the last few years and is now the biggest it has ever been. It will have competitors from all over the world competing. There will be racing events where the first to cross the line will win.

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The Chronicles of Narnia

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he Chemainus Theatre Festival is pleased to present the beloved family drama from the classic Chronicles of Narnia series: The Magician’s Nephew. On stage July 13 - August 11.

“This is a story about something that happened long ago when your grandfather was just a child. It is a very important story because it shows how all the comings and goings between our world and the land of Narnia first began.”

From the same creative mind that adapted and directed our popular 2017 KidzPlay production of The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, Chemainus Theatre Festival’s own Artistic Associate & Education Coordinator, Melissa Young has adapted

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another story from The Chronicles of Narnia. The Magician’s Nephew is a must-see family drama certain to delight children and adults alike.

This literary classic is the prequel to the famous adventures of Lucy, Edmund, Susan and Peter. In Narnia, it is 1000 years earlier, but for our world, this story is set in the summer of 1900, London. Digory and his new friend Polly stumble upon a magic portal into another world. Here, they accidentally unleash a force which could destroy both this world, and their own! In trying to defeat this newfound evil, Digory and Polly find themselves in a world that consists of nothingness, and witness the creation of Narnia by the great Aslan.

Fun For Kids Young’s adaptation of The Magician’s Nephew is a four-hander production featuring four actors playing a variety of roles, characters and objects and in this way the style is similar to that of The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe. The plot itself remains faithful to C.S. Lewis’ original story. It is an imaginative, energetic theatre piece with music, movement, and singing.

Wade, Sound Design by John Han and Lighting Design

by Nicole Lamb. The cast includes Henry Beasley as Uncle Andrew/Aslan, Georgia Bennett as Polly, Sarah Cashin as the Queen/ Strawberry the Horse and John Han as Digory.

“It is a fast-paced, energetic theatre piece with many creative twists and turns, that is sure to engage the imaginations of both young and old” says Melisaa Young.

Don’t miss your chance to see this charming classic, filled with imagination! Tickets are already selling fast and theatre-goers are encouraged to purchase tickets as soon as possible. Shows for all ages run July 13 – August 11, 2019.

This production is directed

by Melissa Young, Set Design by James O’Leary, Costume Design by Mira

This KidzPlay production of The Magician’s Nephew is proudly sponsored by 49th Parallel Grocery.

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Inspired by Others Kids Learn to Play Tennis

re you looking for a sport for kids, where they have fun, make friends, and get lots of physical activity? A sport that they can play at any age and in many places in our community?

A sport that builds transferrable skills to other activities and offers opportunities for high performance competition?

If so, encourage kids to learn to play tennis.

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Inspired by Canadian tennis greats and caring and certified coaches, as well as by each other, children connect with people of all ages and skill levels.

The other day Grace Haugen, a former student from the South Cowichan Lawn Tennis Club (SCLTC) Learn to Play Tennis Program enthusiastically partnered in a doubles exhibition match at SCLTC with Daniel Nestor and Frank Dancevic.

Daniel Nestor is an acclaimed Canadian Doubles Tennis Player inducted into the Canada’s Tennis Hall of Fame in 2018, and Frank Dancevic is Canada’s current Davis Cup Coach.

The Learn to Play Tennis Program, follows a Tennis Canada curriculum where activities provide students opportunities to learn and demonstrate responsibility, respect and sportsmanship.

Activities also foster critical and analytical thinking.

Through actively participating in game-based drills that develop tennis skills, tactics and attitudes, children have fun, make friends, meet appropriate challenges, and improve.

Twelve year old Oscar, a Learn to Play Tennis student, exclaimed how awesome it was to know that Grace, now 16 was playing just like them 4 years ago, and that the young opponent, Kayla

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A parent commented, “Although the kids were awestruck by the fame of Daniel Nestor and Frank Dancevic, it blew the boys’ minds to see how good the girls are. As year round participants in the Learn to Play Program, the boys are able to relate to the poise demonstrated by the girls.

Very valuable experience.”

Learn to Play Tennis Program offered by Art Hobbs and Coaching Team www.clubspark.ca/southcowichan Lillian Lamb, Learn to Play Tennis Coordinator at ljlamb@shaw.ca.

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Natural Leaders: Youth Leadership and Team-Building Training

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ometimes I feel like I have nothing useful to say about the environment. I’m not a biologist or an environmental scientist - what can I possibly write that would make any significant impact - that anyone would care to read? So I may as well just sit here, and admire the elegance of the Estuary, where the Cowichan River reaches indefinitely toward the ocean and Great Blue Herons stalk the eelgrass beds like feathered statues.

No matter what, the tide continues- pushing out, revealing abundant mud flats, and then back home to the rocky shore. Looking out, it seems like we live in a perfect moment, here where the herons are perpetually poised mid-hunt.

But to appreciate the beauty of nature means you will eventually encounter the reality of its loss.

We know that we are part of every ecosystem, as evidenced by our ability to have a negative impact.

A watchful heron might catch a salmon smolt on its inaugural journey into the ocean. Or the young fish might escape to the salt water of the sea, and, having

dodged the jaws of whales, seals and bears, return as an adult to the river it was born in.

Every fish or bird has a role, able to affect change on their ecosystem. If you accept that each part of nature has a unique, valuable part to play, then it follows that each of us does as well.

What can I tell you that will make any difference at all?

How about this: on July 2nd, an inclusive group of youth will gather at the Cowichan Estuary Nature Centre for a day of Youth Leadership and Team-Building Training. They will be in nature, listen to the wisdom of elders, and get in touch with the bigger picture of which they are all a part. At the end of the day, they will leave empowered, ready to use their unique skills and voices to engage others in restoring the health of our watersheds and in addressing the challenges of climate disruption in our community. What could be more natural?

We welcome all youth ages 14-18 to join us on July 2nd from 9-4pm; the cost is $25-45 on a sliding scale, and bursaries are available. Lunch will be provided.

For more information and to register, contact camps@ cowichanestuary.ca, or visit website www.cowichanestuary. ca

Karlie Castle, Camp Coordinator Cowichan Estuary Nature Centre

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Open 7 days a week 11-3pm in the SOL-Centre 5380 Trans-Canada HWY Duncan, BC ~ The Summer sun is radiating in full force. Energy is at a peak and nature is bursting with life- the birds and bees sound a symphony of joyful melodies and the sweet scent of aromatic flowers and foliage fills the air… a delightful feast for the senses, to inspire the heart and soul! ~ As the energy and temperatures rise, our crystal friends can offer support to keep us cool and grounded. Aquamarine blends the power of all the Earths waters to help us remain calm and collected in mind, body and spirit. Ruby, the birthstone for July, is the perfect stone to keep us connected to our bodies and the Earth; supporting our overall health and wellbeing. ~ Stay hydrated with Vitajuwel gemstone water bottles- beautiful glass bottles handcrafted with a variety of gemstone combinations that in-fuse your water with crystal energy for vitality, wellness, love, balance and more- come by to test out a sample of the “wellness” water blend! ~ Visit us to find a magical selection of semi-rare crystals and gemstones, oracle decks, eco-clothing, books and more 7 days a week in the SOL-Centre.

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Located in the Sol Centre Adjacent to the Community Farm Store 5380 Hwy 1, Duncan, BC To be notified by email of Waldorf and Steiner inspired events in the Valley, email nicolette111@icloud.com

UNDERSTANDING WATER: Theodor Schwenk, the renowned author of Sensitive Chaos, founded an institute for water research in the Black Forest in Germany. He developed the Drop Picture Method, which displays the characteristics of water clearly for the non-specialist. Today, the Institute continues his work and here presents momentous findings about the quality of our drinking water, groundwater, spring water and river water.

Stunningly illustrated in color, this book offers a unique insight into the world of water.

WATER, THE ELEMENT OF LIFE: Based on spiritual science and on their own numerous experiments, Theodor and Wolfram Schwenk show that our Earth is a living organism, with water as a sensory organ that perceives vital cosmic influences and transmits them into earthly life. The authors’ approach to the current water and envi-ronmental crises goes beyond problem-oriented and piecemeal, band-aid solutions; rather, they suggest that we need a new and radical understanding of water--that we must, in fact, attain a revolutionary new level of consciousness if the Earth is to remain alive and available to human habitation. This pioneering classic on water is more relevant now than ever before.

THE HOLY ORDER OF WATER: HEALING OUR WATERS AND OURSELVES: Pollution, ever-increasing population, industrial pressures, rainforest destruction, and ground water waste have all led to the deterioration of water quality, yet the underly-ing problem is the general lack of understanding of the nature of water itself. Marks’ topics are as diverse: water’s role in the origin of the uni-verse and life itself; cosmic rain and water in interstellar space; water in the traditional myths and religions; the power of water in its many forms in the natural world; vortex energy and living water; water and the human body; water healing; and a history of water pollution. He offers hope for the future and we see that, in the end, one cannot un-derstand water unless it is viewed as a mediator—not only between life and death, but also between the physical and the spiritual worlds.

Sensitive Chaos: A perennial bestseller since it’s initial

publication, Sensitive Chaos is essential reading for anyone interested in the mysteries of life on Earth. Lavishly illustrated.

Theodor Schwenk teaches us about this wonderful connection between water and life. So movingly and well told is his tale that you will not want to put the book down until the end.

Here at the Freya-Sophia Waldorf store we are inspired by the work of Rudolf Steiner and committed to meeting the soul needs of our children and our community by providing books, toys, supplies, resources, classes, workshops, instruction, support and conversation to those who visit us. We are here to help and to support.

Rudolf Steiner was an Austrian philosopher, playwright and artist who lived between 1861 and 1925. influence of Steiner’s multifaceted genius has led to innovative and holistic approaches in medicine, education, philosophy, reli-gious renewal, movement, speech, drama, agriculture (biodynamics), beekeeping and the arts.

We carry a vast selection of titles on these subjects and much more at the Freya-Sophia Waldorf Store.

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The Power To Change

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David Slade is a sustainability activist, grandfather and a mostly retired well driller living on a small organic farm in Cobble Hill.

ur path to energy independence started nearly 10 years ago when we first imagined the home we would build on our Cobble Hill Property. Mike Isbrucker of Viridian Energy Co-op, who was working as a self employed electrician at the time provided us with initial information and guidance to simplify the solar panel installations when the house was ultimately built.

In the Spring of 2014, we had the first set of 18 panels installed and on line, producing power for our own consumption and exporting any excess power produced out through the Smart Meter and into the local grid, thus taking advantage of the BC Hydro Net Metering program.

This program allows participants to use the grid like a battery which accepts power when we don’t need it, and feeds power back to our home when the sun don’t shine.

In the Spring of 2015, after just over a year of history with our first solar installation we found that we were still a fair way from net-zero for electricity consumption, so we decided to add another row of 9 panels to the existing array on our shop roof. These new panels were more efficient at 260 watts each compared to the 240 watt panels

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that were previously installed.

We kept an eye on our electricity production and consumption for another 3 years, and were pretty pleased that we were paying only $50 to $100 per year for electricity. However, in 2019 we made the commitment to purchase an electric car and decided that we wanted to be able to charge our car with the sunshine on our roof, and so contacted Mike once again. By this time, Mike was working full time with Viridian and so had additional help with the final installation of 20 more panels, this time on the roof of our house. In the three years that had passed since our last investment, the efficiency of the panels had gone from 260 watts to 310 watts and the price per panel had dropped, bringing the installed cost from $4 per watt down to close to $2 per watt!

The complete system at nearly 13,000 watts is working perfectly and I have been very impressed with the prompt, neat and professional work done by Mike and the whole team at Viridian. I am also very impressed with my BC Hydro bill, which showed that they owe ME over $80.00, according to my April invoice. We are still waiting for our cheque and we are also still waiting for our electric vehicle to show up, but we don’t expect to be purchasing gas or electricity for the foreseeable future.

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WEIR READY

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Since the 1950s, the Cowichan Lake weir has stored water to supply a local mill and to keep the Cowichan River flowing, but it can’t keep up with the longer drier summers as our climate changes. The river fell below acceptable flows five of the past six summers, and this trend is worsening.

WHAT WILL HAPPEN IF WE DO NOTHING?

Cowichan River salmon are already suffering and scientists say some runs could be decimated within 30 years, devastating First Nations’ and local cultures.

The Crofton mill would be at risk. Tourism, swimming, tubing and kayaking would be limited. The entire ecosystem would be affected.

A “band-aid” plan to pump water over the weir may begin this summer but that’s not a long-term solution.

There are limits to how low the lake can go safely, with unavoidable impacts to beaches and shoreline habitats.

Unlike most other rivers, we have an option to tackle this challenge and keep the Cowichan River flowing for generations to come by building a higher weir.

Please take the time to learn more and join neighbours in saying, “Weir Ready!”

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Estuary Mudflats: the Cradle of Life Submitted by Dr. Goetz Schuerholz Chair CERCA

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ud flats are well named, muddy and flat as shown on the photo below! The typical, reflective surface at low tide is created by very high water content in very fine silt, producing a mirror like surface.

The mud is unstable and anyone trying to walk on it may sink up to the knees. Further out you may find firmer ground where incoming rivers have deposited their gravel, sand and silt from upstream areas throughout centuries. Not a good place for heavy humans but teeming with life and a popular feeding ground for birds.

The mixture of very fine silts from tidal waters and alluvium from rivers dropping their load as they reach the sea create the mudflats. At high tide they are covered by salt- and brackish water, at low tide the intertidal mud is exposed, with water flowing through permanent channels. Different habitat types define the ecology of an estuary.

The largest in size are generally mudflats and salt marshes, each composed of different microhabitats. The latter are visually recognizable units providing specific features favourable to one single species or a species group.

Every animal species has unique needs that must be offered by its habitat securing species survival.

These are food, water, cover and space (i.e.:habitatrequisites) in

order to survive. If anyone of these is missing or under stress, habitat quality decreases.

The mudflats of the CowichanKoksilah Estuary, located between the open sea and vegetated salt-marshes, are very prominent. Mudflats contain a high content of organic matter produced by phytoplankton, developing at low tide through photosynthesis, organic matter washed onto the flats from saltmarsh vegetation, and material carried to the estuary by its tributaries, the Cowichan and Koksilah Rivers. The mudflats are crisscrossed by winding channels which are kept open by tidal action. Unless these channels are fed by active water sources, they will dry up at low tide as increasingly noticeable during the past dry summers.

The two most common microhabitat types of the Cowichan Estuary mudflats are areas of pure mud, and areas covered by gravel, pebbles, sand and silt formed by alluvial materials flushed into the estuary. Gravel bars typically develop adjacent to active drainage channels where materials are deposited layer by layer over time. Micro-habitat diversity of mudflats increases the diversity of corresponding flora and fauna.

The shallow mudflats dissipate wave energy, thus reducing the risk of salt-marsh erosion and flooding of low-lying land.

Mudflats also play an important role in nutrient chemistry.

Mudflats are known Key carbon sinks, sequestering carbon much more efficiently than boreal forests. They provide a rich supply of shellfish, a staple food that has been utilized by Cowichan Tribes for centuries until the man-caused shellfish closure came into effect almost 40 years ago. Mud flats are highly productive areas, which together with other intertidal habitats, support large numbers of birds and fish. They also provide feeding and staging areas for internationally important migrant and wintering waterfowl, and are critical nursery areas for flatfish and shellfish.

Mudflats are teeming with life, characterised by a high biological productivity and abundance of organisms, but a relatively low species diversity. The main food source in mudflats is the large quantity of organic material called “detritus”, constituting the first level of the food chain.

An important but sadly underestimated source of organic material are algae which start to grow when the tidal flats are exposed to air and sun (photosynthesis) with out-going tides. It is magic to observe the mud flats greening-up at low tide when mostly mono-cellular algae start to grow with the help of the sun’s energy. These algae form dense mats contributing to the stabilization of sediments which are bound together by mucilage, a viscous or gelatinous solution produced from plant roots, seeds and other plant material.

Together these surface materials build the “biofilm”, a thin layer of organic material mixed with silt hosting millions of organisms which form the basis of the estuarine food-chain.

Microscopic organisms

Inventory of a sample plot by CERCA volunteers as part of CERCA’s 2018 Cowichan Estuary Habitat Mapping.

discharges from agriculture, industry, and urban areas; dredging for navigation and logboom transport and, groundingout log booms. Freshwater shortages cause increasing salinity of mud-flats and sea level rise and increasing storm surges landward migration of high water mark.

Estuaries are amongst the most important ecosystems of all, called ‘cradle of life’ for good reasons. At the same time they are amongst the most threatened ecosystems world-wide, significantly underrepresented by national protected area systems. CERCA makes every effort to contribute to the rehabilitation of the CowichanKoksilah Estuary. Please join us in trying to restore its ecological integrity for future generations to enjoy.

The estuary’s extensive mudflats are greening up with the outgoing tide allowing green algae to grow They absorb CO2 from the air, converting it into nutrients and storing carbon in the process.

like bacteria, small algae, and fungi help to decompose the detritus. These microorganisms and the remaining decomposing plant material become an ideal source of food for bottomdwellers like worms, fish, crabs, and shrimps. Primary consumers, (i.e., species feeding on plants), either living on or burrowing in the mud, feed on these organic materials like barnacles, mussels, oysters, marine worms, burrowing molluscs and others.

Attracted to these numerous and diverse populations are secondary consumers such as shore birds, fish and invertebrate predators like crabs, shrimps and carnivorous marine worms.

As with many food webs, microorganisms at the most primary level on the food chain are responsible for more than one role. They feed on

detritus, cover the mud surface, stabilize sediments, feed larger animals, and add nutrients to the sediments.

Past and present man-caused adverse impacts on the Cowichan Koksilah Estuary and its mudflats include: in-filling and dyking, industrial infrastructure, pollution and diffuse and point source

CERCA offers guided mudflat walks. The first on Sunday, July 14 starting at 8:45 at the trailhead leading to the Western Forest Products mill pond, the second on Saturday, August 17 meeting at 11:30 at the same location. For further information on specific dates and conditions and to register contact cerca@ shaw.ca or by phone: 250 748 4878 We also invite you to visit our website cowichanestuary.com.

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eadlines announcing biodiversity collapse and climate catastrophe can feel paralyzing. Even the most committed environmentalists may not know where to turn for solid information on the kinds of innovative — and dramatic — lifestyle changes that experts say will be need to weather the coming changes.

But there is some good news! Salt Spring Island is home to many creative thinkers who are committed to transforming their ecological footprint and preparing themselves for an uncertain future.

And you are invited to talk to them about how they’re doing it!

Salt Spring’s Eco Living and Home Tour is an opportunity to see what some islanders are doing — and what

Eco Living & Home Tour they’re doing is sometimes surprising, incredibly inspiring, and often outright brilliant. Tour visitors will see some of BC’s most innovative examples of sustainable, beautiful homes and gardens!

The Eco Living and Home Tour is on Sunday, July 28, from 10am to 4pm. Maps for the tour will be available at Salt Spring Books in Ganges

several days prior and the morning of the tour. These maps allow visitors to plan their own tour to see the sites that most interest them, whether it’s off-grid living, tiny homes, container homes, eco building and architecture, renewable technologies, sustainable garden design, electric vehicles and

transportation alternatives, and other planet-friendly ways of living. Off-island visitors will get a feel for Salt Spring’s unique “boutique gumboot” style, emblematic of Gulf Islands culture.

According to Barbara Dempster, a Salt spring eco-home tour host, “The Eco Living and Home Tour showcases multiple ways, both large and small, that homeowners have chosen to lower their carbon footprint while still living comfortably.”

“The Eco Living and Home Tour is one of the least expensive ways to get some great ideas about greening

your house, reducing your carbon footprint, or downsizing,” says Andrew Haigh, founding member of the tour’s organizing committee, whose off-the-grid home has been showcased on the tour. Haigh knows the trials, and joys, of building with the dual considerations of a tight family budget and a minimal carbon footprint: ten years from inception, he’s reaping the rewards of energy self-sufficiency with no monthly hydro bills and landscaping irrigated entirely from household water recycling.

Now in its seventh year, the tour is hosted by Transition Salt Spring, a local group that is a community-led response to global climate change and that has been helping islanders reduce their ecological footprints for over twenty years. Tickets are available at Salt Spring Books now or online at https://ss-ecotour.eventbrite.ca See you on the tour! www.transitionsaltspring.com Submitted by Coreen Boucher

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The Cowichan River is one of only three rivers in BC designated as a Canadian Heritage River.

It is also one of the few salmon-bearing rivers on Vancouver Island that can be made resilient to climate change by storing water to mitigate against droughts.

Cowichan River, Image Barry Hetschko

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ooking down at the Cowichan River from the highway bridge the river looks much like any other Vancouver Island river. Not so! The Cowichan River is a spectacular, blue-ribbon, topof-the-line river. Few rivers on Vancouver Island, or for that matter in the province, come close. None equal the Cowichan, which has been recognized by the federal government as a Canadian heritage River, one of only three in the province.

What makes the Cowichan River so special? First and foremost is its amazingly rich productivity. We have many salmon spawning rivers in British Columbia, and per kilometre of river, the Cowichan is one of the most successful. The Cowichan Tribes know this well; their members have harvested the Cowichan salmon runs for countless centuries past. But trout are present as well. Steelhead, rainbow, cutthroat and brown trout, the

Why Fight for the Cowichan River?

Cowichan has them all.

A century ago my great uncle Ken Gillespie came back to Lake Cowichan from the First World War to earn a precarious income a part-time guide in that trout fishery, poling his clients up and down the river in a dug out canoe. Members of my family have been fishing it ever since.

Fish are not the only wildlife that depend on the river.

The Cowichan is home to a remarkably diverse and numerous bird population, including eagles and ospreys, mallard ducks and mergansers. Larger animals found along the river banks are the Vancouver Island elk, black tail deer, black bear,

Cowichan River Weir

river otters and a host of others.

What makes the Cowichan River so productive? The obvious answer: Cowichan Lake. The less obvious answers: a low elevation U shaped valley with high biodiversity, insect life and nutrients, and one of the rare marine estuaries on Vancouver Island to ease the transition of juvenile migrating fish from fresh to a salt water habitat.

Cowichan Lake is a wonderful natural feature in its own right, but from the point of view of the river not only does it provide water to the river, but it acts to smooth out high and low rainfall fluctuations. Thanks to the lake, rainfall and snow melt

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run-off is slowed down and evened out, unlike other Vancouver Island rivers that go from spate to trickle and back again over a short time cycle.

In essence the lake acts as a reservoir maintaining the flow in periods of low rainfall and to retain water to reduces flows during periods of high rainfall.

In the 1950’s the lake’s moderating effect on river flows was augmented by a weir which makes possible a degree of human management of river flows. The weir allowed water to be held in the lake during the early months of the year, and released during the dry summer and fall months.

Today the river faces

Cowichan River, Image Barry Hetschko

challenges that were not thought of back when the weir was built. Climate change is first among them.

Due to climate change, summer rainfall in the watershed, always slight, has declined further, in fact by some thirty percent over the past thirty years. Also by reason of climate change, winter rainfall is higher, while periods of intense rain are more numerous. The result is that the benefits provided by the weir has declined.

A second factor, land clearing associated with logging in the watershed has also reduced the capacity of the headwater watershed lands to retain moisture in the soil and release it over time into the lake and river.

The combined result of faster run-off from the watershed, higher intensity of winter rains and more extensive summer drought has made the existing weir less effective at maintaining the minimum flow levels during late summer and early autumn.

There is increasing risk that a prolonged drought might

cause the lake level to drop to the point where the flow in the river is below what is needed to enable trout and salmon smolts in the river to survive, and to allow returning adult salmon to reach the spawning beds.

To address this risk, the Cowichan Tribes and the Cowichan Valley Regional District recently applied to the two senior governments for funding to begin engineering and impact studies to re-build the weir to a higher level, with a goal of being ‘shovel ready’ within two to three years.

Human actions over the decades have been responsible for the declines in the river. But a rebuilt weir would give us a clear opportunity locally to counter this global threat.

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He is also a founding member of the Cowichan Watershed Board.

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t’s summertime in the Valley and with the hot, dry weather it’s easy to get overheated.

Luckily we were born with a built in air conditioner, the breath.

Breath Practices (Pranayama) are a simple and powerful way to shift not only our body temperature, but bring balance to our emotions and energy bodies.

One of my favourite summertime practices is the Sitali breath. This breath was “discovered” by the ancient Indian Sages as they observed the elements of nature, (the curling of a leaf in the sweet dew, the gentle inbreath of a cobra), and imitated it, unlocking the power of this technique. Sitali breath can be done anytime, not just in yoga or before meditation, and is especially good on those days that we are feeling overwhelmed, overheated and sticky with sweat.

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Sitali Pranayama cools the body, invites moisture into the being and soothes any excess heat or inflammation in the body. It also brings relaxation, nourishes the nervous system, and reduces excess fatigue.

Instructions ● Sit comfortably in a chair, or cross legged. It’s extra nourishing if you can be outside in nature in a shady space. ● Close your eyes, take a few deep breaths and settle in. ● Curl your tongue lengthwise and allow it to stick out of

your mouth a little (¾ inch). If your tongue doesn’t curl, just allow the tip of it to rest gently at the top of the mouth behind the teeth. ● Inhale deeply, yet slowly across your tongue and into your mouth, as if you were sipping through a straw. ● Exhale through the nostrils, as you close your mouth. ● Repeat Continue for up to 5 minutes on a hot summer day then allow yourself to let go and rest- Notice the difference in your body temperature and in your mind. You might notice that you feel much cooler, and also that there is a spacious ness and a sweetness to your emotions and thoughts.

This pranayama practice is wonderful to do in the heat of summer, creating balance in body, mind and spirit.

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Eating Psychology: A Groundbreaking Approach To Nutrition And Health

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et’s face it, nowadays more and more people are struggling with some sort of food challenge. Improved awareness of eating disorders such as anorexia and bulimia is definitely great progress, but what about all of the other symptoms that do not fall into either of these two categories?

Overeating, endless dieting, weight loss resistance, body image concerns, restriction, binging, chronic digestive issues, obsessive calorie counting, a self-punishment mindset around exercising etc… These behaviors are often overlooked by most and represent a perpetual battle for others.

For years, I went about life riding a very confusing roller coaster of false highs and lows derived from restriction and binging. I clearly had missed the writing on the wall, misreading side effects such as indigestion, nausea, bloating, lack of energy, fogginess, random aches and pains and food sensitivities.

Symptoms on a psychological level manifested as guilt, shame, depression, anxiety, embarrassment, self-loathing, isolation, despair and last but not least, a deep sense of being a fraud. Years

went by before I was able to admit to myself the direct and destructive impacts on both, my mental and physical health. After a few more years and many more discouraging failed attempts at fixing “my lack of will”, I found myself back riding my well-known roller coaster.

“It’s not so much what you eat that matters, but what is eating you!” M.David Eating psychology was born out of 30 years of research and clinical experience and developed by Marc David, a leading visionary, teacher, consultant, and author of best-selling books “Nourishing Wisdom” and “The Slow Down Diet”. This empowering positive approach draws the correlation between our food challenges and everything that makes us human; our relationships, work, money, spirituality, sexuality, search for fulfillment and so much more. The focus is put on the opportunity to grow and transform our eating concerns into a greater understanding of the hidden messages behind the symptoms. It also demonstrates the fundamental role that the mind plays on how we metabolize our food.

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Dorothea Siegler, retired teacher, health enthusiast and member of Cowichan Citizens for Safe Technology

he Cowichan valley is home to many who look for a healthy place to raise their families. When I came to the valley with 2 children as a single parent, I wanted the best possible future for my children. Therefore, I chose a Waldorf school, and was impressed by the location for our home, given the many farms in the ALR in the area, impressed by the friendliness of the Warmland, but I also had someone come to assess how much microwave radiation was emitted from the environs. My one child is insulin diabetic and my goal has always been to limit the amount of toxins in her environment given she has a compromised immune system.

It was with information from a Building Biology practitioner from Sooke, that I learned about why I might not want a smart meter, why I might want wired internet and not wireless.

In 2010, a few years after I moved to the valley, the Interphone study was completed and it found that among those people who were moderate to heavy cell

phone users, they had a 180 percent increased risk of cancer of the grey matter of the brain (in Canada a 248 percent increased risk). In 2005 results from a US Air Force study emerged 20 years after its completion which showed a 100 percent increase in metastatic tumours in rats exposed to microwave radiation (any radiation emitted from cell phones, wi-fi, cell towers etc.), and a 260 percent increase in primary tumours. It was in 2011 that the World Health Organization declared that microwave radiation is a 2B carcinogen in the same category as lead and DDT based largely on these 2 studies.

Recently, Brian Clegg was moderator of a 4 person panel (see Urgent Warning: Media Release: Ontario Doctors Warn of Rising Health Care Costs after 5G rollout) speaking about why we would want to be aware and halt any further deployment of 5G satellites or use of it anywhere in Canada. There is a part of Toronto and Montreal where 5G is going to be used soon.

Brian Clegg has worked in the technology sector for his whole career and for fourteen years was president of Microsoft Canada. He now volunteers for Canadians for

5G: Do we need it? Do we want it?

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Safe Technology to present the latest health effects from wireless technology. Other voices we hear are those that are Electro Magnetically Sensitive (in Sweden this is recognized as a disability) who experience a number of debilitating symptoms.

France and Israel have laws stating that children should not be exposed to wi-fi. Other voices are those from Dr Fiorella Belpoggi at the Ramazzini Cancer Institute which published results in March 2018 stating that microwave radiation is strongly carcinogenic, as well as the National Toxicology Program who published in September 2019 similar results. So we now know definitively that there are health effects from microwave radiation exposure.

Oppostion to 5G is based on the reasoning that we need to know the true costs of 5G before we can assess its potential benefit. Scientists are saying that we have no studies on what the long term exposure to millimeter waves deployed from small towers every 2-10 houses and spreading wi-fi into the whole environment is. But we do know that wi-fi is strongly associated with an increase in cancer and other diseases.

On Tuesday, July 2, Two

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world-renowned experts will speak about the biological effects of 5G and the benefits of building a communitywired fiber network..

Martin L. Pall, PhD Professor Emeritus of Biochemistry and Basic Medical Sciences in the School of Molecular Biosciences at Washington State University, Dr. Pall is an internationally recognized expert on the science behind 5G. His groundbreaking review articles show the mechanism by which humangenerated electromagnetic frequencies cause biological and health effects.

Timothy Schoechle, PhD Author of Re-lnventing Wires, Dr. Schoechle is the global expert on wired fiber networks. He sits on the standards board of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), is a former faculty member of the University of Colorado, College of Engineering and Applied Science, and is Senior Research Fellow, at the National Institute for Science, Law & Public Policy. Tuesday, July 2, 5G awareness raising in the Cowichan Valley; 7pm Duncan United Church 246 Ingram St, Duncan $20 or by Donation.

Will the Wind Fill Your Sails?

A Mindset for Mastery

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ichael Jordon, Bill Gates, J.K. Rowling, and Oprah all have a mindset for mastery.

These icons epitomize what it means to have skin in the game.

They always play to win. Yet, while their stories are inspiring, their achievements seem somewhat unattainable and not too particularly motivating.

A few weeks back I was watching America’s Got Talent - 2019 Auditions and along came Joseph Allen. Joseph Allen also exemplifies what it means to have a mindset for mastery. At the age 21, he holds a raw energy and enthusiasm that evokes both inspiration and motivation.

Howie Mandel saw this – he gave Joseph the golden buzzer.

So, what is Mindset? Mindsets are your beliefs about yourself and your most basic qualities.

These beliefs create the framework for how you show up and interact with the world.

Dr. Carol Dweck in her groundbreaking book Mindset, The New Psychology of Success, asserts that people lean towards one of two mindsets: a fixed mindset or a growth mindset.

People with fixed mindsets believe that they are born with a set amount of skills and abilities.

Regardless of how hard a person works, they will be limited by the amount of brains and talent with which they were born.

Fixed mindset people continuously struggle against this limiting view and tend to be defensive and judgmental, have a need to be right, fail to commit or take ownership, and are overly concerned about other’s perceptions.

People with a growth mindset see their qualities as things that can be developed through dedication and effort. They believe that success is more about attitude and effort then talent. They see challenges as exciting, feedback as useful, and setbacks as learning opportunities.

These mindsets can be viewed as on a continuum from fixed to growth, with each of us landing somewhere along the line. A mindset for mastery is at the far end of the growth mindset. It’s like the Mona Lisa of growth mindsets. Mastery is about truly and holistically approaching life and positioning yourself to always “play to win”.

Not only do those who hone a mastery mindset hold a steadfast vision and purpose, they view challenges as possibilities and actively embody and acknowledge the gifts of their influencers and the resources availed to them.

Those striving for Mastery have the willingness to learn, test, make mistakes and course correct over and over with the characteristics of courage, curiosity, compassion, humility and commitment. Mastery comes with the unbridled level of skin you are willing to put into the game.

So here is why a story like Joseph Allen’s is valuable and where his motivational influence comes to play. Each and every one of us can train our brains toward a growth mindset with effort and attention to our thoughts, beliefs, attitudes and actions.

Joseph Allen is not the most talented singer to audition on AGT this season. He is not, by any means, an innately gifted singer. What Joseph does have in spades are the characteristics of a mindset for mastery. IT EXUDES from his very essence.

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250 709 7063 | florie@florievarga.com florievarga.com With his electric smile he shared his unrelenting determination to master whatever he puts his mind to. Joseph genuinely accredited his being a dreamer and a Do’er to the influence of the large blended family that raised him. He bounced as he proclaimed his unrelenting belief in himself, his agency and in his own purpose, “I see myself as someone who can make a major impact on this world and I want to see how much of a footprint I can make on this earth before I leave it.”

Robert Sternberg, the presentday guru of intelligence claims that the most significant factor in whether people achieve success “is purposeful engagement.”

Joseph Allen’s conviction was infectious, he showed up on AGT to have an impact, even if risking “looking like a punk in front of 15 million people” And that he did.

In his original lyrics, he sang…

“In life, moments come and go, take your shot or you’ll never

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Your heart will tell you when it’s time to move, ask yourself what you’ve got to lose.

When it storms when it rains, it falls on all of us the same, but after today the world is going to know my name” Joseph Allen inspires hope and possibility, sharing the influence of a mindset for mastery in a time when this type of motivational and purposeful engagement is greatly needed.

I’ll leave with these questions: • If you decide to wake up tomorrow believing that ‘the wind will always fills your sails’, what would you be motivated to do?

• What attitude or belief do you need to change, so you can put a bit more skin in the game?

• Who are the influencers in your life from whom you can gain motivational inspiration?

Florie Varga, MPA ACC Personal Leadership and Business Coach and Facilitator in the Cowichan Valley.

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dynamic balance of the fascia system. When dynamic balance of fascia system is restored, you can more easily adapt and respond to all movement activities and to your environment. Fluidity, elasticity, and efficiency are optimized in your movements. Injury prevention is greatly enhanced as your whole body becomes better able to distribute your expression of movement throughout the fascia system. In essence, you become empowered to do what you love with greater ease and vitality.

The Transformative Power of Rolfing Empowering you to do what you love with greater ease and vitality!

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olfing Structural Integration (SI) is a direct hands on manual therapy created for treating imbalances in the fascia system of the body. It is the fascia system of our body that is intimately responsible and connected with our ability to achieve dynamic balance in all movement activities, ie, feel good and have fun moving!

Foundational to the Rolfing SI method, is the Rolfing Ten Series, which systematically restores the essential and

The Rolfing Ten Series is built on five guiding principles and structured in ten sessions with a foundational goal for each session. For each Rolfing Ten Series the principles and goals are consistent. The application and intervention however is as unique as the person receiving it and can look very different for different clients based on their structure, learned behaviors and movement patterns.

Principles of Intervention Each Rolfing Session of the Rolfing Ten Series embodies the principles of Holism, Adaptability, Palintonicity, Support, and Closure. Within the context of each Rolfing SI intervention, the principal of Holism values the intimate interconnections of the whole person and their environment, while the principal of Adaptability values the degree of organization and responsiveness of the fascia system in relation to

a change in that system.

The principal of Palintonicity, uniquely defines the relational balance of opposing forces in the fascia system, such as the balance of a person’s orientation to ground and sky, while the principal of Support seeks to establish from the ground up an alignment of the fascia system in relation to the field of gravity.

The principle of Closure is interwoven throughout the Rolfing Ten Series and is of significant importance. Closure allows the person receiving the Rolfing Ten Series to become more available for each new intervention, and to more fully integrate the structural and fascia changes.

Foundational Goals of the Ten Series The Rolfing Ten Series is structured over ten sessions with each session focusing on a different foundational goal.

Each goal builds on the last, which creates a momentum for structural and functional change in the body. *Session One works to initiate greater Inspiration for the person by releasing the ribcage and opening the breath. *Session Two works to provide Functional Bilateral Support, through grounding the feet and balancing the pelvis to support future structural changes. *Session Three focuses on Organizing the Lateral Lines of the body by differentiating the front and back aspects of a person’s structure. *Session Four Initiates Central Line Support, through differentiating and organizing the pelvis in relation to the legs. *Session Five Balances and Enlivens the Front of Central Line, by differentiating and

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organizing the thorax from the pelvis. *Session Six Balances and Enlivens the Back of Central Line, by differentiating and organizing the deep layers of fascia that influence the spine on the back body. *Session Seven Balances and Organizes the Head & Neck in relation to the rest of the structure and the Central Line. *Sessions Eight and Nine works to increase the level of Congruence through the Fascia System as a Whole. To create support for system wide dynamic balance of the whole structure. *Session Ten works to Interconnect and Balance the Deep and Superficial fascia of the Whole body. It completes and stabilizes the Rolfing ten series, and reinforces a sense of uniform dynamic balance of the whole structure.

Rolfing SI and in particular the Rolfing Ten Series is much more than a technique for manipulation of the fascia. It is a grounded, effective and powerfully transformative systematic approach that works to restore order and dynamic balance to the entire fascia system of your body. The Rolfing Ten Series works to restore elasticity, clear fascia adhesions, and reverse the effects of injuries and aging.

When the fascia of the body is in dynamic balance, movement activity can be transmitted through the whole body with ease and vitality, and injury prevention becomes greatly enhanced, allowing you to reclaim what you love to do! www.islandrolfing.com Brett Holland Certified Advanced Rolfer, Visceral Manipulation and Jingui Qi Gong Instructor.

Journeying to Cancerland Rachel Allen enjoys the good life of the Cowichan Valley and loves to inspire those around her.

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have recently had an adventure with breast cancer. In my mind, an adventure doesn’t need to be only happy and joyful.

An adventure is a journey we embark on with a beginning, a middle and an end. Or perhaps the end has not come yet and the adventure is still underway.

Every good adventure has elements of surprise, crisis, courage, perseverance, reflection and growth. Sometimes adventures are fun and have a happy ending. Other times, the adventures are painful with an ending that is difficult to bare.

But bare it we must, as we often don’t get to choose the most impactful journeys in our lives.

The bottom line is that a journey must be taken, whether we like it or not, and the way in which we travel defines the quality of our experience.

For me, many of my adventures have an accompanying scar to help tell the tale. My body shows a smattering of scars from head to toe (mostly from my youthful days of making poor decisions in nature, involving mountain bikes, steep edges or jumping into bodies of water). New scars are like chapters in the story of my life, written on my skin. In the past several months I have acquired two new surgical scars,

3 tiny tattoos and a dyed-blue breast that tell of my year-long journey to Cancerland. This journey tested me to the core of my being, breaking me down to debilitating weakness, yet somehow empowering me to new strengths.

Cancerland is the term of endearment I use for the BC Cancer Center in Victoria where I went for all of my appointments and my 20 days of radiation treatment. Close enough to commute, it became like a new job to get down there and back every day. Everything else in my life suddenly stopped as my focus shifted to managing my health. The fatigue made me weary and it defined my life on a daily basis. It was all I could do to make it to my appointments and back home to try to eat and rest before doing it all over again the next day . Initially, I cried in disbelief through my first appointments.

I’ve never felt so alone as when I walked into the strange facility overwhelmed with devastation.

I am a single-mother without the support of a partner or family nearby. Volunteers, trained to recognize the look of distraught on the face of a new patient, were quick to offer me kindly support.

They helped me learn my way around the facility and offered words of encouragement as well as cups of mint tea to soothe my ragged soul. It didn’t take long for my sense of aloneness to be replaced with calm acceptance of my situation and a feeling that whatever might happen to me, I could handle it. We were all there together, unwell patients trying to get better. Seeing the same people every day, it

became like an extended family. I made friends and talked to people, carefully listening to all the different stories.

Cancerland became my support system.

People understood what I was going through and I was not judged.

I was accepted and treated with respect and kindness by the staff, volunteers and other patients. My favourite part of each day was to search out the therapy dog on duty to get my daily dose of canine love.

During my radiation treatment, I was not able to drive for 6 weeks because of the impairment to my brain and my body function.

Thankfully there are two quality services providing rides down to Cancerland for those who cannot drive or be driven. The Freemasons and Wheels For Wellness Society offer pick-up service for patients commuting from the Cowichan Valley, Nanaimo, Port Alberni and even the Comox Valley. Each morning, 3 or 4 vans would arrive and the patients would pile out, stretching their bodies from the long trip, before heading in to receive chemotherapy, radiation or doctor appointments. A few hours later, groups of patients gather in the comfortable waiting room for the rest of their crew to arrive, and then the vans load up and head home. The compassion and commitment of the volunteer drivers made such an impact on me. I started out feeling isolated and alone, and ended up feeling like I was traveling with friends.

No one is alone in Cancerland, no matter how devastating your situation.

On my second to last radiation appointment, a driver who I got to know, pulled me aside and said something wonderful to me that I will never forget. He said that I was an inspiration to so many because of my positive outlook.

He looked me deeply in the eyes and told me he was honoured to

have shared the van with me and that my caring for those around me and my attitude made such a difference to the people on the journey. He congratulated me to the highest level and I was left stunned. I have never received such a compliment before. Yes, I had come a long way in the past several months. My body was weak but my mind had grown incredibly strong. I moved through fear and came out the other side with confidence to face whatever adventures lie ahead.

Nothing scares me anymore.

I have seen so much. I accept my reality in every moment, whatever that may be. I have come to terms with my own mortality. I have faced cancer and didn’t die. Not yet, anyway.

And if I do, it will be one last adventure that I take on with courage. I may not be able to choose my situation right now, but what I can choose is my perception of it. Whether my journey with cancer is at the end, is yet to be determined. And it honestly doesn’t even matter.

What matters is that I cherish every moment that I have, and love to the fullest every day.

Freemasons Cancer Care Program 250.668.5585 Wheels For Wellness Society 250.338.0196

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espacio.

Los cristales en forma de corazón ayudan a recordar que siempre estás rodeado por amor. Ayudando a atraer amor de otros, así como alimentar el amor por nosotros mismos.

Intuitive “Woo-Woo”

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finally accepting my soul’s purpose. I’m the first to admit it has taken time but I finally figured out what lights me up.

I am a modern day oracle, a conduit and messenger for the divine. I access my intuition to open up a portal to spirit that allows me to be of service. When I am open to the divine realm, spirit will give me guidance to help their loved ones realign with their authentic selves. When we choose to align, and live authentically, we let all things fall into place as they should. Like magic, it all starts to make sense.

Intuition is the doorway to accessing your spirit guides and angels. Like anything, it is a discipline and needs to be exercised and nurtured daily.

Quieting the busy mind with meditation is one of the keys to opening this doorway. Letting go of control and having tremendous trust are the other important factors. Intuition is the language of the soul (spirit) and doesn’t require the logic mind (ego) to give it proof that it exists.

Becoming intuitive (psychic) is becoming more mainstream.

People are developing a deeper sense of knowing that they belong to a greater scheme of things. They are purchasing crystals, smudge sticks, energy work, and using divination tools with the hopes it might spark up that “woo-woo” nature. Trust me, you do not have to purchase anything. Intuition came with you as your birth right. The only difference between you and I, is how we choose to commit

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in the practice of activation.

Intuition is something that must be practiced daily in order for it to activate.

Today, tap into your own intuition and answer the following: • Write about a time you did something unexplainable. You don’t know why you did it but you had a feeling that you needed too.

• Ask a question you would like a simple answer for. Write the first things you hear, feel or see.

This is a simple exercise of letting it go and flow. Intuition should not be over analyzed, criticized or feel like a validation with “I am making this up” attitude. It is not about being perfect it is about learning to embrace it and no longer keeping it a secret. Do not hide this gift but shine your light and be proud about who and what you are about. Begin by telling people you do believe in angels and spirit. See what they say. You might be surprised.

It’s time to come out of the spiritual closet and shine bright in your own “woo-woo” by not giving a “hoo-hoo” about what others might think.

Angel is a modern day Oracle who loves to communicate and guide with the divine. www.sacredsilence. net

Porque Existen Diferentes Formas de Cristales

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a forma de un cristal es mucho más que estético.

Mientras la forma no cambia la energía del cristal, sí mejora su poder energético.

Es como escuchar música, la experiencia de escuchar con auriculares o parlantes de alta definición es muy diferente.

Por eso, saber qué forma de cristal usar puede amplificar y mejorar nuestra experiencia.

Los cristales y piedras preciosas en pequeños tamaños son perfectos para comenzar tu aventura en el mundo de los cristales y los beneficios que se reciben de estos pequeños cristales que caben en tu bolsillo son muy significantes.

Los cristales en forma de pirámide son la herramienta más poderosa para manifestar y amplificar energía. Esta forma sagrada ha sido usada por muchas civilizaciones antiguas, y simbolizaban los rayos del sol. Las pirámides absorben una alta vibración energética y un gran poder de manifestación.

Los cristales en forma de cubo están asociados con el chakra de la raíz y ayudan a reconectar con el poder energético de la Madre Tierra.

Con solo poner el cubo en las cuatro esquinas de una pieza puedes sellar, proteger y aterrizar la energía de tu

Los cristales armonizadores son pulidos en forma cilíndrica para ser sostenidos durante meditación y curar bloques y desequilibrios de energéticos. Cuando sostenemos uno en la mano derecha(yin) y otro en la mano izquierda(yan), la vitalidad espiritual es vigorizada y el balance restablecido.

Los cristales esféricos permiten emitir energía en todas direcciones. La perfecta simetría de las esferas atraen balance, paz y relajen energías en el medio que nos rodea. Meditar con una esfera provee una profunda sensación de un todo, como sí sostuvieran el mundo en sus manos. Las esferas unen todas las partes de nuestro Ser y lo conectan con la energía de nuestro entorno.

Los cristal en punta son los más usados y ofrecen mayor beneficio. Esta forma es muy poderosa para manifestación de deseos, sueños, intenciones y con una mayor eficacia con solo apuntar el cristal hacia el cielo.

Los cristales en racimo ocurren cuando varios cristales de punta se juntan en una matriz. Debido a esta convergencia, los cristales en racimo tienen alta vibración energética, dirigiéndola en múltiples direcciones.

Carolina Brand Venegas es una artista de fibra y cuidadora de cristales en CFS para el alma

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On Friday, July 12th Bopoma Marimba takes the Buckerfields Stage from 6-8pm for two hours of dancing pleasure brought to you by the Community Farm Store!

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Before going to the market, use the tips on this check list to help you waste less.

Chloe Boyle is an employee with CVRD in the Recycling and Waste Management division, and a strong advocate for waste reduction

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armers markets provide an easy and accessible solution to help communities deal with issues such as food waste and climate change.

Food is imperative to sustain life and is also significant culturally and economically.

However, in Canada the way we traditionally grow, process, sell and waste food is having a negative impact on the environment and contributing to the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions that exacerbate climate change.

The global food system produces 30% of all GHG emissions contributing to climate change. Studies show that almost half (47%) of Canada’s food waste occurs at home, two-thirds of which was food that could have been eaten. Food that is wasted ends up in landfills and produces methane, a highly potent GHG. With emissions

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being so high from food production, it is important that we reduce the amount of emissions created at the landfill by wasting less food at the grocery store and at home.

Fortunately, farmers’ markets provide an easy and enjoyable way to interact with food that will benefit everyone. The Cowichan Valley is fortunate to have more than five locally accessible farmers’ markets that sell a wide variety of items such as produce, clothing, baked goods, soaps and artwork. Re-localizing food by shopping at farmers’ markets helps the local economy, builds community, reduces packaging and food waste, provides access to sustainable, secure food and also slows climate change.

Six ways that supporting farmers’ markets can make a difference: 1. Reduce food waste by controlling the amount harvested and sold – unlike supermarkets who often throw away a large portion of ‘imperfect’ produce.

2. Reduce food packaging by having the freedom to reuse glass containers or cloth produce bags.

3. Reduce emissions from ‘food miles’ by offering locally produced and transported

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To bring a reusable bag?

To bring a water bottle/ coffee mug?

To prepare a shopping list/ plan?

To bring reusable bulk containers? items.

4. Repurpose leftover food by turning it into other products (i.e. leftover bread into breadcrumbs) or donate it to the local food bank.

5. Promote local sustainable food security on Vancouver Island by providing a venue for farmers to sell their food.

6. Create a relationship between the producer and consumer thereby creating an additional value to the products.

This summer be sure to visit one of the Cowichan Valley’s farmers’ markets to get your produce and know that, by shopping there, you are making a difference. Don’t forget to bring your reusable shopping bags and containers and only purchase what you know you need.

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Lucky Dog The Right Breed…

Debbie Wood is a certified Small Animal Naturopath and can be reached at 250-597-7DOG.

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re you looking to get a dog? Please do some research before you go shopping. Different breeds have different needs and I am surprised when people are shocked how their new dog does not fit their lifestyle. Can you afford to feed a mastiff?

Do you have the energy to keep a terrier entertained? Is your compound secure enough to keep a husky in? Are you willing to hand your precious doodle over to a stranger for proper grooming every two months?

ALL terriers are energetic.

Huskies like to escape.

Doodles need grooming.

Beagles will wander away and follow a scent. Border Collies need lots of running. Bully breeds usually have expensive health problems. German Shepherds need a confident leader to keep them sane.

Let’s face it, all puppies are cute and they just sell themselves. It’s easy to

pick one out and feel that everything will be great.

Are you already an active person or are you thinking that getting an active dog will make you an active person?

I’d recommend getting a dog based on what you’re doing now.

Some poor dogs end up as fashion statements and suffer due to lack of knowledge about the breed. Do some deep soul searching about your reasons for wanting a dog. Remember that what makes you happy, confident, powerful, beautiful, or scary comes from inside you. Using a sentient being to add a dash of colour to your life isn’t fair to the dog. Go buy a new hat, instead.

Sometimes it’s time to switch breeds. Some people take pride in their breed and continue to get their breed even when it is no longer an appropriate dog. (How could you switch to a Pomeranian when every item in your home has a picture of a Rottweiler on it?) A friend of mine switched to pugs after a long love affair with Border Collies because she wanted to know she could pick her dog up should anything bad happen to her companion.

If you peruse any social media you will see vitriolic shame slung at anybody who considers rehoming their dog.

Ignore it. If you realize that

the dog you got isn’t having its best life because you made a mistake or your life has changed, rehoming could be the best thing for both of you.

It is a difficult and personal decision that only you can make. There are many good groups out there that can help.

If you bought from a breeder they can help. It’s about what is best for the dog.

Getting a puppy on impulse could turn out to be magical, but taking your time and

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he summers are getting hotter and we need to be creative to find ways to keep cool that are effective and don’t just involve turning on the air conditioner Here are some ideas: Inside the house • Installing ceiling fans helps keep rooms cooler and if you already have them be sure to dust the blades before turning them on.

• Keep curtains and windows closed on hot days. Our tendency is to open windows but leaving them closed along with the window coverings will help keep things cooler.

• Close doors to unused rooms, helps keep cool air in and warm air out.

• Get creative about making meals that don’t involve turning on the stove or oven. BBQ is an obvious option but if you need an alternative to grilling use a crockpot or toaster oven instead.

• If you need to cook, use your oven in the morning when its cool to make things like potato salad or pasta salad that can be

eaten cold later in the day.

• Plant shade trees near the house or install awnings.

For ourselves: • Adding peppermint essential oil to water in a spray bottle makes a great spritz for a very effective cooling effect. Just be sure to avoid the eyes.

• Eat cold meals. Salads, cold cuts, fruit, etc help to keep your internal body temperature lower. Popsicles and ice-cream count too.

• Keep a swim suit and towel in the car so when you’re out and about its easy to stop for a quick dip in the lake, river or ocean. We are so lucky to live where we do!

For our pets and livestock: • Just like us our animals need more water on hot days. My goats and dogs seem to love it when I freeze blocks of water and add it to there water buckets.

• Putting a fan in the coop or an exhaust fan in the barn provides air circulation and helps keep things cooler.

• Rabbits have a hard time cooling down and enjoy a frozen water bottle to lie next to or a ceramic floor tile that’s been in the freezer to lie on.

• Chickens love cold watermelon.

• Of course providing shaded areas for all animals to retreat to is essential. I put stripped beach umbrellas out in my runs, keeps them cool and looks like a beach party!

nourishing healthy foods. Often, unfortunately, people succumb due to the lack of nutrition and not from the cancer itself.

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sing cannabis in treating Cancer is becoming recognized as an important option. It can also be used with allopathic medical cancer treatments. Proven to be beneficial for the well being of cancer patients, some of the side effects of radiation and chemotherapy include, fatigue, nausea, extreme body pain and lack of appetite, unlike cannabis treatments. Cannabis strains are specifically grown to bring relief to patients experiencing these debilitating negative side effects.

As well, special strains have been developed for different types of cancer.

Stimulating the appetite is a very important factor for people going through and healing from cancer.

More then ever you need to eat

News From The Incubator Seed Farm Karen Bernard is an educator and writer living in the Cowichan Valley.

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rowing season is in full swing at the Incubator Seed Farm on Beverly Street.

All crops in the field will be harvested for seed to provide farms and gardens with product that is locally adapted for our climate and growing conditions.

The broccoli is a good eight inches high and seems to be competing with the four varieties of tomatoes. The leeks are in their second year and waving their seed heads enthusiastically at any one that walks by. Carruther’s Purple Podded Peas are the queen of the field right now, flowering

In recent years, cannabis studies have been released stating that the cannabis plant itself contains compounds that are a cure for cancer. Cancer patients should try non-toxic cannabis first before moving onto toxic, neuro-damaging chemotherapy.

On the other hand, some patients use cannabis oil in addition to conventional therapies. The fact that cannabis is nontoxic, makes it the perfect accompaniment .

Remembering that the Entourage Affect is whole plant therapy and all the cannabis compounds work in concert. So special strains have been developed for different types cancer and other diseases . It comes down to dialling in percentages of each cannabinoid.

For example a higher THC to CBD has been proven to reduce tumours and the reverse for certain types of cancer. The other compounds support each other and most act as an antidote to THC, therefore regulating the “high” feeling.

When you smoke or vaporize cannabis, you get aprox 15% of the cannabinoids found in the medicine. When you eat cannabis, in lilacs and purples to set stunning royal purple pods.

There is plenty of time to seed for fall harvest and not too soon to be thinking of fall and winter.

Plant now

Melons- Mature within 85 days, Sweet Passion Cantaloupe is drought resistant and cool hardy.

Blacktail watermelon is well adapted to our local climes and can produce up to twelve pound fruit.

Squash- Our Table King acorn squash on a 2’ bush is only 105 days to maturity.

Bush and Pole Beans- From Black French fillets to Tanya’s Pink Pod (which really are pink!), all the bean varieties in stock at the farm will mature within one hundred days.

Phacelia- lovely purple flowers, a flower friend to bees and garden veggies.

Breadseed Poppy- A beautiful blue seed, this flower sets seed that is delicious in baking.

Shungiku- A tiny edible

take it orally, sublingually, or however by mouth you get about 30% of the cannabinoids that actually have medicinal value.

When you take it orally, you can experience the euphoria especially if your body is not use to it. With suppositories, you can get three times what you would get orally. You get 70 percent plus of the medicinal benefit from the cannabinoids. The other benefit is a dramatically reduced amount of euphoria because of the way it passes through the rectum.

The majority of the medicine is making its way into the system, avoiding our liver, and by doing so we avoid much of the high.

With topical applications, there has been some really remarkable results on skin cancer and arthritis, much depends on the strength of the salve.

“We know that patients can consume cannabis over extended periods of time because of the fact it's non-toxic and the fact it's a superfood and highly nutritious. It can be consume indefinitely. You can't do that with prescription drugs and you can't do that with other cancer therapies. Your kidneys and liver give out. I think cannabis stands the potential of replacing All Cancer Therapies.”

If You’re Using Cannabis for Cancer, Do it Right !

• Do your own research and ask questions • Know your source, making sure it’s chemical free and lab tested • Stick with all natural cannabis products, ask for the ingredients list • Work with a professional healthcare provider trained in cannabinoid therapy • Make cannabis, food and positive thoughts an important part of your overall cancerhealing Treating disease like cancer means treating the whole body, mind and spirit. Eat the right foods for your disease! and stay away from the wrong foods!

Reach out to friends, family and work colleagues to ask for help, people love helping. It’s programmed into our DNA. www.thetruthaboutcancer.com www.thesacredplant.com Karla Rothweiler Wild plant medicine maker, advocate of all things sacred and proud Mother. loveplantmedicine@ gmail.com

chrysantemum with mildy bitter leaves and yellow flower. Only 45 days to maturity.

Plant now and again

Arugula - continue to sow through August for a nice bite in your fall and winter salads Swiss Chard- pleasing to the eye and palate.Joys Midnight is a stunning chard that can be sown through July to provide for the fall.

Lettuce- Winter Density is slow to bolt and cold tolerant. Sow now and again as space becomes available through to late August as this little gem will over winter.

Mustard- the spice ramps up in the summer heat with Spicy Curls, but sow in the late summer for a slightly milder fall salad and pesto addition.

Plant in July

Beets - Lutz Green Leaf is a superior winterkeeper and should be sown in mid July.

Plant in August for fall and winter harvest

Radishes- Pink Beauty is a sweet radish that will grow through the cool fall months if planted in late summer.

All seeds are available at the Farm on Beverly Street, the Cow-Op Farm Store and in store at reFresh Cowichan Marketplace.

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Maritime fishers emigrated to BC. Kevin is a professional photographer; his father was an astronomer, so our friend, Georgina Montgomery suggested “Shooting Star” as her new name, and so she became.

Shooting Star: Her Story Cherie Oke is the galley slave on Shooting Star

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y husband, Kevin Oke and I are caretakers of a 1956 converted Nova Scotia lobster boat named “Shooting Star”. The season begins with the Westcoast Work Boat Association’s annual Spring Rendezvous, held at Cowichan Bay Fisherman’s Wharf. Then, usually, there is the Maple Bay Wooden Boat Show on the long weekend, and, finally for us, the Ladysmith Heritage Boat Festival.

It was the May long weekend, 10 years ago, at Maple Bay Marina’s annual Wooden Boat Show that we first saw her. Having spent a happy day sailing with friends, we were suffering boating envy.

While wandering the docks, I spotted a boat that looked like

a Nova Scotia lobster boat.

Indeed, it was, and it was for sale. When we lived in Nova Scotia in the mid-50s, my father had a retired lobster boat on which we’d had many happy days. After looking aboard her, I said, shocking Kevin, “I think I want to buy that boat.” So, we made arrangements to go the following day to Salt Spring.

Dave Irwin, her owner, took us out on her for an hour, and after a long walk in pouring rain, we made an offer. Before we knew it, we were the soon to be owners of a 34 foot wooden boat in need of some updating but otherwise sound and seaworthy.

Dave had been told that she was built in Port Alice, BC in 1962; however, later that year, returning from the Port Townsend Wooden Boat Festival, we gave our registration number to Canada Customs. They said she was registered, in 1956, as “Norman D II” in Cape Sable, Nova Scotia. It’s a mystery how she got to the West Coast, perhaps she, as others had, arrived by rail in the 50s and 60s when many Fresh, Local and All-Natural Food created from the Heart

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“Shooting Star” is 34 ft x 11’ with a 2’6” draft. Her construction is yellow cedar planking with fir framing. Powered by a 6 cylinder Chrysler/Nissan diesel engine, her top speed is about 8 knots. Although we don’t know the owners before Dave or who built her, we do know she was probably built at Cape Sable.

Kevin is a fine woodworker, a definite plus. We did a major redesign of both the interior and the exterior. The cabin roof was raised 5 inches, the galley was relocated, a v-berth replaced two skinny bunks, and so on. Splitting canvas decking was removed and replaced with fibreglass. Most years, she is hauled out for bottom scraping and repainting, and the zincs, installed to protect the propeller and shaft, are replaced.

Occasionally, her hull is sanded and repainted; touchups happen regularly. There are routine

checks of belts and batteries, twice a year oil changes, regular deck swabbing and sundry other housekeeping chores.

Those of us who own wooden boats do so because they have a charm about them, character if you will. “Shooting Star” is solid, built to handle the steep waves of the North Atlantic. Now she cruises the calmer waters of the Gulf Islands and the San Juans with two happy mariners and a Sheltie, Sima.

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hen Natasha arrives for work at Festubert Street’s Open Door integrated youth services centre in the morning, she often finds a young person, sometimes two, sleeping in the entranceway. She gently wakes the sleeping youth, welcomes them inside and offers them a warm drink and a snack. They have the option to stay and use the shower and laundry services or to connect with caring staff.

According to ‘A Way Home’ a national coalition dedicated to preventing, reducing and ending youth homelessness in Canada, over 40% of youth were younger than 16 the first time they experienced homelessness.* Every night in the Cowichan Valley the experience of

homelessness is a reality for many including youth. Whether it be couch-surfing, sleeping outdoors, or feeling unstable in their current situation. Although shelter housing is available for adults at Warmland Shelter or at the new Women’s Shelter, there are currently no shelter services for youth under 19.

The Open Door integrated youth services centre is a newly formed extension of the Canadian Mental Health Association’s Youth Outreach Engagement Program (YOEP). The Open Door is a space where youth ages 12-24 can connect with staff over a coffee and a snack, do their laundry, have a shower, get clothing and access to medical care and counselling services.

This program is currently open for drop in from 8am – 12pm Tuesdays and Thursdays. It is also accessible at others times

Cowichan Power and Sail Squadron Celebrates its 60th Anniversary Submitted by Elisabeth Zoffmann

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ixty years ago, in 1959 the Cowichan Power and Sail Squadron (CPS) was formed. It joined other Power Squadrons that spread across Canada following the lead of the first Canadian Power Squadron founded in Windsor, Ontario in 1938. The most recent count of Canadian Power and Sail Squadrons was 166 nationwide with over 26,000 Canadian Power and Sail Squadrons. Our members promote boating safety and volunteers help writing courses, instructing classes and giving practical boating training.

Every year, our hard-working Cowichan Power and Sail Squadron members, who have many decades of boating experience between them, provide instruction and practical demonstrations to members of the public. In the past 12 months our dedicated volunteers have taught 9 courses to 180 students ranging from the basic Pleasure Craft Operator Certification and Maritime Radio Operator Certification Courses to more advanced courses in Navigation and Radar. Our pass rate for these courses is over 90%.

throughout the week with the assistance of the YOEP. Close partnerships with other community agencies such as Island Health’s Discovery Addiction Services, allow YOEP staff to provide support by connecting youth with long term, ongoing resources not currently offered at the Open Door.

No matter what brings someone through the door, they are always met with caring and welcoming staff eager to offer support in whatever form is needed. It is hoped that the Open Door will prove to be as supportive and meaningful service in its fixed location model as the YOEP has been in its mobile capacity.

As an organization CMHA Why does it matter to you? The requirement to have a pleasure craft operator’s certificate (PCOC) and a Radio Operator Certificate (ROC) is mandated by law. Failure to carry a PCOC while boating, or a ROC while using a radio can result in a fine.

Transport Canada has recognized the CPS as a provider of PCOC and ROC training. Our volunteer instructors are experienced and seasoned boaters who are enthusiastic about quality of teaching and provide advice. So, when you next see that blue, red and white sign by the side of the road advertising Cowichan Power and Sail Squadron courses in the Fall and Spring think about how much more you would like to learn to be a safe, skilled and knowledgeable boater and enrol in a class.

The Open Door Cowichan Valley Branch continues to learn and grow in creative and innovative ways within its youth programming.

Guided by a vision of accessible, inclusive, person-centered health and well-being support for all youth and young adults within the Cowichan Valley. www.homelesshub.ca/ YouthWithoutHome

Many who take our courses go on to become Canadian Power Squadron Members.

Our Cowichan Power and Sail Squadron hosts many enjoyable activities – the recent Mother’s Day Pig Roast with pot-luck contributions is a good example.

The Squadron also hosts onwater events with groups of boaters meeting at local marine beauty spots – the Todd Inlet outing with opportunities to view the Butchart Garden Fireworks is another example. Come join us and share the fun!

Yoga On The Dock

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oga on the Dock began 5 years ago after I started going to Mill Bay Marina in the mornings to practise myself. It was such a perfect setting that I decided to see if there were other teachers interested in sharing their love of yoga on the dock with me and there were many!

Yoga on the Dock has grown into a much anticipated summer event for Mill Bay Residents and

visitors to the marina.

We have several certified instructors and a variety of classes to offer. Suitable for beginners to advanced, there is something for everyone!

Classes are Mon-Fri mornings 9-10 am and Mon & Wed evenings 6:30-7:30 pm. Drop in for 10.00.

We hope to see you on the dock!

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Why We’re Asking Local Governments To Declare A Climate Emergency

By One Cowichan

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his summer will be a hard one in Cowichan. Water restrictions came early this year and we stand a real chance of the Cowichan River running almost dry. Fire crews are preparing for the worst.

Unfortunately, these conditions are what we’ll need to live with now. Climate disruption has altered our weather patterns and will continue to do so.

Alternating floods and droughts, as well as accelerating sea level rise will bring hardship to our valley.

Some of this is sadly inevitable.

There is a lag between putting more carbon into the atmosphere and feeling the impacts, so even if we stopped emissions today, we would still experience more negative effects.

But more emissions make it even worse, so it’s not “too late.” We must both stop our carbon pollution and adapt to more extreme conditions.

When most people think about reducing emissions, they think of pipelines and decisions made far away in Ottawa.

But more than two-thirds of emissions in Cowichan are from transportation, and much of that is due to decisions our

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local councils have made about development over the years.

Every time a local council approves another subdivision where people have no choice but to drive, that adds to our emissions.

We’ve known this for decades, yet councils still approve sprawl. It’s partly inertia – the way it’s always been done. It’s partly what developers want.

It’s also because we as citizens haven’t demanded better.

But time’s up. Climate disruption forces us to change no matter what. Our local governments in Cowichan have a huge role to play in that, from helping deal with the water crisis to shaping more walkable, bikeable, and dense urban areas with accessible amenities that are nice to live in.

Hundreds of local governments across Canada, including Nanaimo, Victoria, and the CRD have declared a “climate emergency” and are instructing staff to bring them options for stepping up their game.

We are asking our local governments to do the same.

Some of those governments have done good advance work analyzing impacts and possible responses. The 2013 North Cowichan climate action plan, for example, has an extensive list of things local governments should do. Now we actually need local government to do them.

Please consider joining this campaign. Sign the petition at onecowichan.ca asking local governments to declare a climate emergency and respond by taking action at the pace that an emergency requires.

A Golden Opportunity Submitted by Martha Lescher

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concerned citizen, I attended the Forest Advisory Committee meeting last month.

I was so disappointed in the lack of enthusiasm shown by a majority of the FAC members in regards to the UBC delegation that I needed to speak up about their offer to colloborate with MNC toward developing a new Forestry Management Plan.

It was quite an initiation for a new Mayor and a predominantly new Council; the largest turnout of people at a Council meeting ever seen in the Valley. North Cowichan Council has been swamped with public input about the management of the Municipal Forests.

How fitting then that in the spring Council received a letter from Dr. Peter Arcese, UBC’s Professor of Forest Renewal, regarding a proposed collaboration on “Developing Forest Management Plans to Achieve Shared Goals.”

Mayor & Council welcomed the opportunity and a few months later Dr. Steven Sheppard, UBC Professor, Forest Resources Management, Faculty of Forests, (who is he?) addressed Council on “Community Engagement on Forest Activities & Engagement in General.”

Dr Sheppard presented 4 or 5 models of public engagement used successfully in other BC communities.

They also invited the UBC Conservation Group to address the Forest Advisory Committee.

Last month, a delegation of 3 UBC Professors presented “Forests to Sustain Economies & People” to the committee. Dr Arcese gave an overview and

sited examples from all across BC of successful collaborative forestry management models.

Dr. Verena Griess, Professor in Forest Resource Management, sited the many ways forests are of value; aesthetics, timber, tourism, biodiversity, soil retention, to name a few.

Dr Brad Seely, UBC Research Associate on the Faculty of Forestry, presented the economics of carbon offset sales which can range from $10 - 40 /ton potentially generating greater revenue than timber harvesting. The cost for the initial phase of consultation would be $10 - $15,000 and could be done relatively quickly.

There were a couple of FAC members who were appreciative and showed enthusiasm. There was NO discussion about the many possibilities they presented and only a couple of questions about carbon offset sales.

I am honoured that our community and it’s forests have been recognized and offered support by the UBC Faculty of Forestry. We have no say over logging on private land which is occurring on Vancouver Island at the alarming rate of 3 sq. meters per second or 34 soccer fields a day. However, our local government is revising our current Municipal Forestry Management Plan. We now have the opportunity to prioritize watershed protection, biodiversity and recreation as goals along with revenue. Please write to the Municipality of North Cowichan and urge them to vote for collaboration with the UBC Faculty of Forestry at the Special Council meeting on July 8.

This is a Golden Opportunity, with impeccable timing, and I think encouragement is in order.

Georgia Nicols M.A. is Canada’s most popular astrologer. A Buddhist, this Vancouver-based astrologer is featured in regional papers across Canada, the United States, and New Zealand. www.georgianicols.com

Aries (March 21-April 19) This month your focus is on home, family and your private life. Enjoy redecorating and making your home feel more attractive and comfortable.

You will love to entertain at home because right not you want the freedom to do your own thing! Physical activities with children, including competitive sports are likely.

Romance will flourish with sizzling physical energy as well. Woot! If visiting relatives are getting you down, your only recourse is patience because patience is the antidote to anger.

Taurus (April 20-May 20) The pace of your days will accelerate now cuz you’re busy! Plan on taking short trips. Expect to do more reading, studying and writing.

Meanwhile, your daily schedule will be busy because you’re juggling errands, meetings and tasks. You might be more involved with parents, especially siblings than usual.

On top of this, increased chaos and activity on the home front require your attention as well.

Oy vey! Stay mindful so that you can keep all these balls in the air. And you can because you’re a hard worker.

Gemini (May 21-June 20) This month your focus is on money matters because money matters. You can see ways to boost your income or make money on the side.

You might entertain the idea of a new job. At a deeper level, you will question your deepest values in life by asking yourself “What really matters?”

Many of you are entertaining the idea of making some big purchases, perhaps to boost your ego because it’s easy to fall into the mistaken idea that your wealth equates your value – which is not true. You are not your bank account and you know this. You are your car.

Cancer (June 21-July 22) This month the Sun is in your sign boosting your energy and giving you a chance to

recharge your batteries for the rest of the year. The Sun will attract favourable situations and important people to you, while fair Venus in your sign makes you charming and diplomatic in all your dealings with others. This is an excellent month to buy wardrobe goodies for yourself, which you might do because fiery Mars urges you to spend money – and make it.

Friendship might be the bread of life but money is the honey!

Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) This month you want to keep a low profile. You want to hide or work alone or behind the scenes. Countering this however, fiery Mars is in Leo pushing you to be active and giving you tons of energy to work and assert yourself with others. So there we have it – two contradictory influences.

This is why you will keep a low profile, and then suddenly, go out in full dazzle and charm everyone! You will also be a fighter for your own rights as well as the rights of others.

“To the gates!”

Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) This is a popular and funloving month! Everyone wants to see your face! Make an effort to catch up on old friendships and renew connections. You can also expect to be more involved with groups and organizations.

This is an excellent time to enjoy the company of artistic, creative people. However, if you feel that someone does not have your back – give them some distance. Life is too short to put up with people who don’t have your best interests at heart. This is a great month to set future goals.

Ideas?

Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) Look at you! This is the only month all year when the Sun climbs to the top of your chart where it shines a flattering light on you. This means that without doing anything special, you make a fabulous impression on everyone.

Chalk it up to smoke and mirrors. Since you create this memorable impression on others, this is the month to make your pitch and advance your agenda. If you need the permission or approval of authority figures, this is your chance to go for the gold!

Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) You need to get outta Dodge.

You want adventure, a change of scenery and a chance to learn something new! Even short trips will be stimulating and pleasing. If you can’t travel far then be a tourist in your own backyard. Why not sign up for a course to learn something different? The bottom line is that you want to grab more out of life, and this is an excellent idea. After all, life is short and fat; and you will never again be as young as you are right now. Factoid.

Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) Hmmm, this month is intense and passionate!

You feel passionate about everything – including sex.

Intimate moments will be affectionate and memorable so make time for your main squeeze. Meanwhile, this is an excellent time to ask for a loan or mortgage because financial situations favour you. You might even receive gifts, goodies and favours from banks or people you know – perhaps an inheritance or a gift from your partner? Just say, “Thank you!” (This will be handy because you want to travel.)

Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) This month the Sun is sitting opposite your sign drawing your focus to close friendships and partnerships. The Sun gives you more objectivity and an ability to view your style of relating to others. This is helpful because you will see how you treat others, which means you can have a better understanding of how to treat them better. (Let’s face it, if you

want to be adored, you have to be adorable.) Meanwhile, disputes about inheritances, shared property and insurance issues might arise. Be nice.

Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) This month you’re working hard to get better organized; plus you’re giving thought to how you can manage your life better. You want to refine and hone your techniques and procedures. Wise move.

If you work more efficiently, everything around you will run more smoothly and you will have less stress and more time to circulate petitions and save the universe. Note: with fiery Mars opposite your sign, you have to be more patient with partners and close friends.

Keep a smile in your voice.

“Every day, in every way, I’m getting better and better.”

Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) Lucky you! This month the Sun is in the most playful part of your chart attracting opportunities for parties, picnics, barbecues, fun-filled sports events, playful times with kids and romance! This is a great time to slip away on a vacation because your motto is: “Let’s have fun!”

This is also a creative month, which is good news for artists, writers and performers. Don’t worry about things falling apart because you’re partying your face off. Fiery Mars is in your House of Employment urging you to be productive, which means this month you will work hard and party hard!

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