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Deer rescued from icy waters SARAH SIMPSON CITIZEN

A morning walk on New Year’s Eve began uneventfully for North Cowichan residents Garry and Sheila Kerr. “My wife and I were out for a walk on Mays Road with our dog,” Garry Kerr said. “We have a big German Shepherd and we were just walking down Mays Road and the dog kind of indicated something off to my left.” Something had caught the curious pooch’s eye. “I stopped,” Kerr said. “At first I didn’t see anything. Once I saw it, it was a big pond or slough there. A young deer there that had obviously been walking across the ice because it had frozen pretty hard that night and he had fallen through the ice.” Kerr could see the animal was standing up but the frigid water was up past its belly. “He kept thrashing and thrashing and thrashing and he was still quite a ways from the shore,” Kerr recalled. The retired RCMP officer knew the deer wouldn’t survive if left to its own devices so he tried to call a couple of buddies to see if he could borrow a canoe. Nobody was home. Kerr called the fire department but they couldn’t help. “I didn’t know what else to do, I spent 32 years in the RCMP, so I phoned the RCMP to see if they could call a conservation officer.” Within minutes Const. Erin Stevenson arrived and was able to contact CO Mark Kissinger. “Mark came down there right away and put on his big chest waders and just marched right

Garry Kerr carries a stunned deer to the North Cowichan/Duncan RCMP Const. Erin Stevenson’s police cruiser after it was rescued from being trapped in the ice by Conservation Officer Mark Kissinger. [SUBMITTED] out there and got the little guy out of the ice.” Once back on shore the deer was wrapped in an RCMP emergency blanket to keep him warm. After a call to Sandi Trent at the SPCA, the animal was brought to that facility where freshly warmed blankets were waiting. “They were awesome to deal

with,” Kerr said. “We kept him there for maybe an hour or so until he was dry and they felt the best thing to do was try to get him back as quickly as possible to an area he would be familiar with.” Packed into a large dog crate stuffed with warm blankets, Kerr brought the deer back to the area

where it was found, on the south side so the sun would shine on it. A herd of deer was nearby. “I went back just before dark and he was still in the crate but I was a little leery about leaving him there for the night.” Kerr instead brought the animal to an old barn on the property and made up a cozy space.

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“I carried him in and just put him in a big bed of straw for the night so he’d be nice and warm. The next morning I went to check on him and he was gone.” A half dozen deer were in the field just a couple hundred yards away, however. “I’m guessing he was one of them,” Kerr said. “It’s a good news story.”

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Money to keep street lights on goes to AAP SARAH SIMPSON CITIZEN

Members of the Duncan Volunteer Fire Department quickly doused a fire at the Duncan Kiwanis Village on Day Road Monday evening. The damage was contained to one unit. [KEVIN ROTHBAUER/CITIZEN]

One man out of home after Kiwanis Village fire

Alison Nicholson, Area E director

“It’s unfortunate but that’s the way it is. I don’t anticipate a problem. People kind of ‘get’ critical streetlights.”

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“If we want to keep the lights on, we have to pay for them. We can’t run deficits. In order to keep the lights we have to pay. It is small but every little bit adds up.” ALISON NICHOLSON, Area E director

is to look at the Alternative Approval Process and when it would be better to hold off until a referendum. “The board is taking this issue really seriously and we’re going to take a good hard look at how we manage going forward,” she said. “Referendums are expensive. We have to pick and choose carefully.” For this AAP, residents will have until 4:30 p.m. on Jan. 25, 2016 to register their opposition with the CVRD. If 10 per cent of the electorate in Area E — that’s about 340 residents — fail to submit elector response forms, the plan to increase taxes will go ahead. If 340 or more electors do submit forms, the board would be unable to adopt Bylaw No. 3956 unless a referendum is held. Forms, which can be picked up at the CVRD office or downloaded online, must be returned either in person or by mail to: 175 Ingram St., Duncan, B.C., V9L 1N8.

A fire displaced one man from his home at the Duncan Kiwanis Village on Day Road Monday evening. “He’ll be out of there for a while,” Duncan fire chief Mike McKinlay said. It was at the same complex but in a different building than a devastating fire that affected significantly more residents in 2010. By comparison, McKinlay noted, this one was just a small fire in a single room and with the exception of the fellow that was living in the specific unit, residents were allowed to return to their suites. The fire chief said it began in the main living room/kitchen/dining room area of the open-concept unit.

The damage to the room and its contents will keep the resident away for some time. “A single guy lives in there,” McKinlay said. “An older retired gentleman.” Multiple fire trucks, police and paramedics all attended the scene. “We only actually needed one pump and then we had 22 firemen,” McKinlay said. All told, fire crews were in and out in just over an hour. “Everyone was back in by 6:30 p.m.,” the chief said of the other residents. Until then, residents of the building affected were welcomed into the games room of a neighbouring building and kept warm and fed until they were allowed to return home.

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Amidst the controversy already surrounding the Alternative Approval Process, the Cowichan Valley Regional District is unrolling yet another plan to use it — this time for residents of Electoral Area E (Cowichan Station/Sahtlam/Glenora). The regional district sent notice on Thursday, Dec. 10, that it intends to increase taxes in Area E to pay for “the addition of four streetlights in 2014 and an increase in BC Hydro fees,” according to a news release. “This is an issue that came up before my time,” Area E director Alison Nicholson explained. “Four new streetlights were installed and there weren’t sufficient funds in the service function to cover the cost of installing them and running them and it wasn’t dealt with quickly...now we kind of have to go forward or else we have to turn the lights off.” The 2014 budget ran a $277 deficit for this function. “With the increase in the number of streetlights and higher hydro costs it is anticipated that this budget will be further in deficit by $1,500,” said the report. The board does have the authority to increase the maximum permitted requisition by 25 per cent without the consent of the electorate “but this is not adequate to cover the costs of the additional streetlights,” according to a staff report. Area E residents currently pay 41 cents per $100,000 of property value for the service. The potential 55-cent hike would see that jump to up to 96 cents per $100,000 of assessed value. The goal is to more than double the maximum requisition limit from the current $3,000 to $7,000 to cover the increasing costs of the street lighting service. Nicholson understands that people are worried about their taxes. “It’s unfortunate but that’s the way it is. I don’t anticipate a problem,” she said. “People kind of ‘get’ critical streetlights.” Nicholson said the community asks for lighting in areas they think are unsafe, “like bus stops and stuff,” she said. “If we want to keep the lights on, we have to pay for them. We can’t run deficits. In order to keep the lights we have to pay. It is small but every little bit adds up.” But Nicholson admitted it’s hard to know these days what electors will push back against. She did note that one of the CVRD board’s top priorities come the new year

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First baby of 2016 completes family LEXI BAINAS CITIZEN

Kate Sabov is the proud mom of the first baby of the year born at Cowichan District Hospital. Little Oliver Roman Sabov was born on the morning of Saturday, Jan. 2. [LEXI BAINAS/CITIZEN]

Kate Sabov gave birth to her son, the Cowichan Valley’s New Year’s Baby, Oliver Roman Sabov, at 11:39 a.m. on Saturday, Jan. 2. It was a Caesarian birth for the boy, who weighed seven pounds five ounces and measured 49 cm in length. “He turned out to be much bigger than they were anticipating this time around. I wasn’t in labour very long. It was time and that was it,” Sabov said. She looked rested when the Citizen visited her but Sabov confessed, “I’ve been up all night.” Asked if this was her first baby, the new mother smiled. “No, this is my fourth and my last. We are done. Now, I’ve got four boys.” They range in age from Nicholas, 18, and Alexander, nine, to Liam, two and a half years old plus her newborn Oliver. Nicholas has graduated from high school already. “My 18-year-old and my nineyear-old are from a different father. My two-and-a-half-year old and my newborn are from my partner, Daniel Foote. We’re just so happy to welcome this little guy into the world.” Foote was unable to attend

the birth so her sister, Michelle, stepped in. “She flew in from Ontario for this. How cool is that?” Sabov said. She was originally from Ontario herself but moved to Duncan about five years ago. Right after Sabov, three more women arrived at the hospital to have their babies, Sabov said. “The ward was empty but it filled up pretty quickly. This has turned out so wonderful. He was due on Jan. 1 but we were here on the second, so everything worked out really well.” She was surprised that hers was the New Years Baby. “I thought somebody would have had it on the first but some other ladies were diverted to another hospital. And then came Jan. 2 and I was here first thing in the morning at 8 a.m. So I guess I got lucky. I have to say I’m sorry to those ladies. We should all get together and have tea or coffee or something.” Sabov praised the staff on the maternity ward. “It’s really great to have such dedicated people here, putting up with us all and the surprises that seem to be happening all at once because today it’s happening again. This place is filling up.”

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t’s hard for many younger people to believe that it wasn’t always like this. Big corporate CEOs taking home salaries so astronomical that most people can’t even imagine what that kind of paycheque looks like. The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives released their annual report this week analyzing what the top 100 of Canada’s CEOs were paid in 2014. The numbers are, well, almost numbing. Each one took home an average of $8.96 million, and the very top ones took home a whole heap more than

that. At the apex of the money mountain was BlackBerry CEO John Chen whose compensation totalled $89.7 million. It’s enough to choke an elephant, let alone a horse. The most sobering part of the report, though, is the comparison. They calculate that a typical full-year, full-time worker earned $48,636 last year (a generous number for many workers struggling to make ends meet). The gulf becomes even more clear with the painful truth that Canada’s top 100 CEOs will have already earned that amount by

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the time you’re reading this. In fact, it only took them until about noon on Monday to hit your full salary for the entire year. Well, why shouldn’t they take home big paydays, you may ask? They work hard, right? A lot of people work hard. We’d bet that most of the people reading this paper work hard. With no hope of ever earning even a decent fraction of that wage. Which wouldn’t be so hard to swallow if wages for the average worker hadn’t stagnated or gone down over the past dozen years or so, while CEO

compensation at America’s largest firms is at least 10 times more than it was just 30 years ago. This according to the Economic Policy Institute. It’s the growth of the disparity that’s so shocking. The CEO-to-worker compensation ratio was 20 to one in 1965, but in 2014 had increased to 303 to one. From 1978 to 2014 CEO compensation, adjusted for inflation, rose 997 per cent, while the typical worker’s compensation rose only 10.9 per cent. Thinking that profits should be shared around more equit-

Roundabouts and merge lanes not used properly

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ably doesn’t make you a commie or a die-hard socialist, it just makes you someone who recognizes a trickle-up effect that’s benefited the very few at the expense of everyone else. This kind of wealth gap doesn’t help our economy, it hurts it. The rich have so much cash they can’t even hope to spend it in a dozen lifetimes. When more people make a decent wage, there’s more people spending on more diverse goods. That’s just basic common sense. It’s time to figure out how things went so haywire.

CVRD user fee survey not user survey The CVRD staff has created a user fee survey but the CVRD board directors carried the motion at the Sept. 9, 2015 meeting for “a cost estimate and user survey/consultation program be developed to assess additional diversion opportunities, to be funded by the remaining Multi-Material BC rebate.” The user fee survey for Area G had two user fee options. There was no user survey to ask if we wanted glass pickup, flimsy plastic pickup, yard waste pickup, etc. There was no box to tick for the MMBC rebate of $17 per house in 2014 and $34 per house in 2015 to be given back to the users as was promoted when the

CVRD staff came to the communities to promote the truck and tote loans. There were two CVRD staff following the garbage truck around to put the clear plastic envelope with the letter and waterproof tag and orange notice on all the recycle totes. How much did that cost? What about zero waste by using materials that can’t be recycled? As there is only $721,018 in the MMBC contingency fund how far will it go towards all these CVRD plans by staff for the CVRD electoral areas? At a meeting in Area G in the spring of 2015 the CVRD staff said that new trucks and totes would be needed as the trucks that pick up our current curbside/recycling would not be able to pick

up the kitchen organic waste. I think the figure was $3.2 million for trucks and totes, etc. More loans with more interest. So the totes are not really free. The CVRD board did not direct the CVRD staff to create a survey for curbside garbage. Why are areas A, B and C being given surveys that includes curbside garbage fees when PAN Disposal is picking up their garbage? This is not a recycle MMBC contingency fund diversion! Where is the user survey that the CVRD board directed the CVRD staff to create “to assess additional diversion opportunities, to be funded by the remaining Multi-Material BC rebate”? Lynne Smith Saltair

I read the recent letter sent by Kent Finley regarding people not understanding how to use a roundabout. I am so glad you felt it worthy of printing. It makes me crazy with the lack of courtesy drivers show in a roundabout. I’m sure I travel through at least four roundabouts each day I am out in my car, and I’m amazed how many drivers don’t signal when they exit one. I’ve even seen people on their cell phones exiting the roundabout and of course not signalling. It’s simple people — turn on your right signal when you are about to leave it! You don’t need to signal entering just when you are about to leave. Another pet peeve of mine is the merge lane when vehicles are heading south off Green Road onto the TCH, in front of Baljet’s car dealership. This is a merge lane not a yield lane! In other words, don’t stop and wait for a break in the oncoming traffic, instead drive in the merge lane and build up your speed so that you can then enter the traffic. Most cars will slow down or move to the next lane to let you in. R. Rhode Duncan

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There are so many letters about the disparity between the pump prices and what oil companies are getting for their well production. I always cringe that people can be so naive about market forces, taxes, the drifting worth of the dollar and the bottleneck effect when you have a ton of supply of a raw material but not enough manufacturing to convert it to a consumer product. All the following article is based on being an ardent reader of the business and financial sections of newspapers and the Economist. Let’s deal with Alberta and their immense reserves of oil sands. Right now they are getting an extremely low price for their product, some $10 below the world price for Texas or Brent crude. This is because there is a glut of crude in the world, Alberta’s oil is more difficult to process and they cannot get it out of the province easily because of a paucity of transport systems. Not only is there a lack of transport, there is a lack of processors. Refineries are a NIMBY in the extreme, right up there with nuclear power plants. No new refineries have been built in ages and recently quite a few were offline while they did upgrades and major maintenance. Premier Notley wants to alleviate the bottleneck by building more refineries in the Edmonton area. Next is market forces in that if you have something everyone wants but you can barely keep it in supply, then that means you get to charge what you want, since the price is minor compared to the need. This is where gasoline is right now; there are not enough refineries so they sell every ounce they make. For years refineries had a low margin between their supply and their end product but now they are enjoying a boom time; the supply prices have plummeted and the end product has declined only slightly, just enough to escape the price gouging label. The lower price is quite evident in the States but in Canada, just as crude prices plummeted, Canada’s dollar also did so. So if you can get a litre of gas in the States for say 65 cents (about $2.50 a U.S. gallon), then that equates to 88 cents here but then you have to add all the extra taxes we have in Canada. There is the road tax, provincial tax, sometimes a city tax and the carbon tax plus the GST and PST put

Locals make sure to apply for Co-op grants for 2016 I noted with interest the generous gift that Peninsula Co-op made to the Keating Elementary School Parent Advisory Council after a dishonest volunteer made off with about $40,000. I asked the Co-op how much money had been given to support organizations in the Cowichan Valley and Penny Sopel, from Peninsula Co-op informed me that last year (I am not sure if this is 2014 or 2015) they gave approximately $8,500 to charities in the Cowichan Valley and $370,000 to all the other communities where they do business. I am sure that we all thank the Co-op for their generous gift, but with at least five fueling stations here in the valley, the two per cent of their charity budget that was given to the Cowichan Valley may not be an equitable allocation. They do encourage organizations to ask them for money so I hope that all Cowichan Valley charities take note and get them to the top of your funding request list. Frances Kirby Duncan

on those taxes as well as the product. One more thing, just like there are wheat farmers and there are bakeries, the same mostly applies in the oil business. You have the companies that look for and develop drilling sites, companies that supply tools to those companies and you have the refining companies and then there are the retailers. Just like a wheat farmer can have a bumper crop just when everyone else does and gets a low price per bushel yet as a consumer you still pay the same for bread, the same thing happens with oil made into gasoline. That is, except the baker can vary his product line to suit sales, the refinery is hamstrung by the chemistry of his supply. Refineries have gotten better at turning crude into more desirable products but they still have to make the stuff that has a lower demand, such as furnace oil, in the summertime. This is because crude has various volatiles and oils in it that have to be separated in the fracturing tower and can’t be converted into highly desirable consumer liquids. Five years ago the Canadian dollar was at $1.02 American, oil was $130 a barrel and the pump price here was $1.35 a litre. That fuel would cost you $1.82 a litre with today’s dollar so given that, $1.13/litre seems pretty good. Jeremy Barnes Chemainus

CONTAMINATED soil Fight not with truckers but with permit Thank you to everyone that came out in a peaceful protest today against South Island Aggregates. I would like to make clear we as a community do not have a fight with the truckers who are just doing a job. We wish they chose a better job but it is the government permit we are against and this seems to be the only way to get attention about the destruction of our watershed. This is a 50-year permit but after just three months we had breaches that saw rainwater running directly off the contaminated soil pile and into Shawnigan Creek, which feeds our lake. They have tried to use sand bags to “contain” and redirect rain

water but it is not working. Shawnigan Lake, with 12,000 residents, may be small but how many people from Victoria and elsewhere come and enjoy the lake in the summer? Rent cabins, visit family, ski on the lake? That will all be gone. The community will die as people will get sick from the toxins they cannot control or contain. Think about it, people in Victoria, because Sooke Lake is so close and aquifers go where they want. Join us, stand with us against a government that doesn’t care about protecting our clean water source. Fresh water is a human necessity and we are being denied that. Cathy Bhandar Shawnigan Lake

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Omar Khadr is man of last 10 years Omar Khadr is an example of how great a human being can be. In the first place, he survived life threatening trauma after the compound he was in was totally destroyed by the U.S. army. He was in no shape to throw the grenade as he was accused of. But that was nothing compared to his stay in prison for 10 years and how he was mistreated (tortured) there. Few of the world’s leaders if they could have physically survived would have come out of the torture he received for 10 years anywhere near as gracious and well adjusted as Omar. Omar is “the man” of the last 10 years and a great role model for earth’s seven billion people. Art Seger Duncan

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Risk of fire too high for festival approval

Cheryl Trudell snapped this shot of a bovine in the snow. [CHERYL TRUDELL PHOTO]

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The CVRD has before it a proposal to amend a bylaw that would allow the development of a large campground and music festival to be built on the side of the mountain near Youbou. While there may be some merits to this proposal — people enjoying music in the woods — the CVRD has not taken the broader ramifications of this development with the seriousness it deserves. I wrote to members of the CVRD expressing my concerns in October. Hoping to have some of my concerns addressed, I attended a question and answer meeting on Dec. 8 in Youbou. To my surprise, the representatives of CVRD smugly shrugged off the concerns voiced by members of the community about noise levels, traffic congestion, environmental impacts, etc. But most worrisome was that when the CVRD representatives were asked if they had initiated an independent catastrophic fire study before evaluating the benefits and costs of the new development their answer was another smug “No”. And in this the CVRD is demonstrating a potentially tragic hubris. My initial letter to the CVRD pointed out that no less authorities than NASA, the U.S. National Climate Assessment, the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the U.S. Forest Service, the U.S. National Interagency Fire Center, and several universities have all arrived at the same conclusion: “This is the present, and the future, of climate change. Our overheated world is amplifying drought and making megafires commonplace. This is happening even in the soggy Pacific Northwest, which has been hard-hit by what’s been dubbed a ‘wet drought.’ The

wildfires in eastern Oregon and Washington devoured an area nearly the size of Delaware. “The fiery future is upon us. Pervasive drought and record temperatures — July was the warmest month ever physically recorded on planet Earth — have turned forests from Fresno to Fairbanks into tinderboxes. “But the dark reality is that significant future burning has already been locked in. In parts of the west, very large fires will increase sixfold by midcentury. “This year’s combination of warm winter, low snowpack, early runoff, hot summer and fire is straight from the textbook — a good preview — of what climate models tell us will soon be commonplace. So what does that mean on the ground? Instead of a oncein-20-years event, the type of megafires now ravaging Oregon and Washington could be expected to occur one year out of every two. (Rolling Stone, Sept. 15, 2015) And if one might think that B.C. can escape the possible megafire scenario consider this past summer in which the province experienced 171 fires of note (over 10 hectares), saw more than 300,000 hectares burn, spent twice the 10 year average fighting fires, and had to bring in over 300 firefighters, some from as far away as Australia and South Africa. And this past summer we had our share of significant local fires: the Sproat Lake fire in which ash fell on Lake Cowichan, the Skutz Falls fire, and the Lizard Lake Fire in August, which on at least two days blanketed the town of Lake Cowichan with smoke so thick the mountains on all sides weren’t visible. Now consider the proposed development before the CVRD: to locate a new campground/ music festival off Highway 18, up the side of a mountain. The plan calls for 300 perma-

nent campsites, 3,000 special event camping spaces and the arrival of 5,000 vehicles a day on the days of the big music event with as many as 40,000 people. (At this point the proposal calls for 15 big special event weekends.) Is this not a recipe for disaster? With so many people and vehicles crowded into such an inaccessible area how can people living in town and staying at the campsite possibly be evacuated safely in case of a forest fire? How will the fire trucks get access? And consider what the developer’s own fire study reported on the proposed location: “(f)uel loading is moderate-high as a result of more or less continuous coniferous forest cover. Under warm dry conditions, a fire started at the property or at nearby lands would likely spread rapidly to the north. Outflow winds would exacerbate ignition potential and rate of speed.” It goes on to find, “Scoring from the WUI Wildfire Threat Rating system and associated risk assessment modelling tools rate the Wildfire Threat at High/ Extreme at the subject properties.” (Strathcona report). It’s one thing for the project’s developer to downplay the risk of forest fire and to put forward their own fire plan that includes, among other things, “incorporating fire-resistive native shrubs”, “working smoke alarms”, and “during the fire season (April-October) ...: ‘No smoking’” signs. It’s quite another for the CVRD to sit on its hands when so many lives are at stake. I suggest that until the CVRD can reassure the citizens of Cowichan Valley beyond any doubt that their safety in terms of forest fires, now and in the future, has been addressed, the bylaw amendment for this development must be put aside. Michael Colwell Lake Cowichan

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our heads together right now on that. We’ve been working on what we’d like to see down there but now we have to go into fundraising mode. “The CVRD South Cowichan parks department has contributed $2,000 but [we] don’t know how many buoys that will get us. We’re still researching how many we need, how far they have to be spaced apart: all that. It looks like it’s going to be a big job. “So, it will be another little while before they are in place. But, we are very proud that we received the Transport Canada stamp of approval for the idea. It’s a successful model that people can now see [and copy].” Iannidinardo, like many politicians, frequently hears negative comments. “People will say: ‘It’s not my jurisdiction.’ I think this is so positive and everyone was so fabulous working on this. It was a really good experience for me,” she said.

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But the four years of efforts have seen even more cooperation among the groups. “Also, because no one has funding any more, we decided, through the Cowichan Stewardship Roundtable, to put our heads together to see what model we could come up with that would see everybody working on this off the sides of their desks. We decided on a way to manage to do this. I think it’s a model that’s going to have to be used in more and more situations instead of everyone saying: ‘It’s your job, your job, your job’ all down the line. I think we have to be creative and come up with these things. It did take us four years to do that,” she said. Now, however, the project faces a new challenge, according to Iannidinardo. “We now have to pay for the Transport Canada buoys. I didn’t know or expect that. So, we have to do fundraising to get these buoys in place. We’re just putting

Have you been wondering when the annual Investors Group Walk for Alzheimer’s will be held this year? In past years, this popular event has been scheduled for the last Sunday in January, but for 2016, the date has been changed. It is being held Sunday, May 1 at the Cowichan Sportsplex with registration at 10 a.m. and the walk starting at 11 a.m. This walk for memories is a great way to support families in Valley communities who are impacted by Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias and to support research to find a cure. So, get ready to gather friends, family and co-workers to honour the memory or celebrate the life of a person living with dementia. For more information, or to ask about volunteering at the walk, contact Loree l’Anson at goldenpond@shaw.ca or call 250-749-6778.

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Boaters will find some changes in the near future if they are planning an outing in Cowichan Bay. According to the community’s area director, Lori Iannidinardo, four years of hard work have been crowned by a new rule called the Vessel Operated Restriction Regulation (VORR). Ten agencies, including such diverse players as the RCMP, the BC Wildlife Federation, the federal Department of Fisheries and Oceans and Cowichan Tribes have been working together to come up with a model to stop motor boats from entering the eelgrass area in Cowichan Bay, she said. “Now we have the VORR, but that’s not all. We are also putting in a safe navigational channel. Transport Canada, another one of the agencies, actually has the regulatory authority over this. It’ll be from the boat launch all the way around the outside of the marina so there’s enough space for safe passage for two boats.” There have been problems, she said. “Boaters have been having a terrible time with all the boats in the area that are anchored. Now, with this, they actually have to move out of the navigation channel. It will displace some people, but it will make a difference,” she said. “This VORR will mean no motor boats in and around the kayaking place because the motors actually chew up the eel grass. That is a protection area, except for First Nations for food and culture; they don’t have the same restrictions.”

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“My hope is that people will slow down.” That’s what Malahat Fire Chief Rob Patterson wants in 2016. The man tasked with dealing with the aftermath of motor vehicle incidents on the Malahat drive wishes for people to use their road sense. “I dream of a year without a fatal,” he added. Patterson wants to work with the highways department to try to find some solutions and to have a stake in government decisions surrounding the Malahat. He doesn’t want to get stuck with what they tell them they need. “They don’t live here. They just drive by once in awhile,” he said. “I would wish and hope for better communications between the government and local responding agencies.” Patterson said the folks at his department will be in an unusual position come 2016, having to

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Rob Patterson, fire chief train a massive batch of new firefighters. “We’re capped out at membership for the first time ever,” he said. “For the first time since 1978 we have a waiting list. There’s definitely people interested in stepping forward and helping out.” Above all else, the fire chief hopes for a quiet 2016. “I’m hoping the call volume goes down. I’m hoping people are safer. My wish is we can get this Malahat fixed. It won’t happen in 2016 but we can certainly get a start on it.”

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Dr. Paul Hasselback is the medical health officer for Central Vancouver Island. He says 2015 was one of massive change both at a political level as well as within Island Health in terms of the structure. “The good news is that it’s bringing decision making closer to home, which means it’s bringing decision making closer to the issues that are relevant to the people within the Valley,” he said. Out of that, he added, comes ideas on how to address seniors, children, mental health and substance abuse issues. “Interestingly those seem to be the same priorities in most places,” he said. “But they haven’t necessarily been the focus of attention in the health care system for the last period of time.” Hasselback believes the shift to local decision-making will bring with it a dialogue on how best to support all four of those groups in the community and at home. Hasselback noted a lot of the gain that’s been made in healthcare for the last decade has been by keeping people healthy “not as much by treating them once they’re no longer healthy,” he said. “Unfortunately in the last period of time we’ve seen an erosion of those prevention services so I hope that there’s a recognition that, if we truly want to address these issues, not only do we have to look at the services we’re providing but we also have to look up stream

Dr. Paul Hasselback about how do we prevent people from needing those services.” Hasselback hopes 2016 will also see a greater conversation about inclusion. “We talk about ethnicity as being perhaps the most relevant one but things like sexual orientation are getting more attention,” he said. “Certainly riskier lifestyles like those that are using drugs are becoming more commonplace and we need to be talking about how to incorporate them into our conversations let alone our services.” Drugs and alcohol will also be big conversation topics in 2016, he predicts. “New on the horizon is marijuana shifting from an elicit substance to a decriminalized one, which is great for reduction in terms of gang violence and the problems associated with its previous distribution, but it’s going to case new problems,” Hasselback said. “It’s not an innocuous drug and we haven’t had much of a

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“It’ll be much the same for 2016,” says Duncan Mayor Phil Kent, looking ahead at the city’s priorities. “We had a pretty active year in 2015 — a lot of capital projects and development applications and things like that. It was a very, very, active year, lots of review of bylaws and policies and things like that. It will actually be much the same this year,” Kent said. With the Kenneth Street development now complete, and the Dakova Square building well underway, capital projects inside the City may not be as obvious but work just outside the city’s borders will benefit residents in 2016. “We have projects ongoing with the flood mitigation both with the regional district, Cowichan Tribes and then the continuation of phase two of flood mitigation with North Cowichan,” Kent said. “Those projects are underway now and will probably be completed before mid-year.” Desk work also figures in for Duncan council in 2016. “We were undertaking a good part of this year in a review of our zoning bylaw. A draft has been developed and now we’ll have to go through the process of vetting that bylaw and putting it out for public review and putting that bylaw in place,” Kent noted. “We’ll be starting the review of

Duncan Mayor Phil Kent our Official Community Plan.” The mayor said he isn’t sure how far along the process will get in 2016 but developing the review process will begin this year, as will preliminary work on an amalgamation study with the Municipality of North Cowichan. “It’ll be a busy year,” he said. Kent also said he foresees opportunities with the Telus fibre optics installation that’s been taking place around town. “I think there’s some opportunity certainly there for some economic development and it certainly is an advantage for business and for residents as well to have that kind of high-tech telecommunications in the community,” he said.

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Two significant milestones mark 2016 for the Cowichan Women Against Violence Society according to executive director Jane Sterk. The new year brings with it the 35th anniversary of the society and the 25th anniversary of Somenos Transition House at its current confidential location. CWAV is planning several events to celebrate and will invite the community to participate in the broader conversation about violence and abuse. “After 35 years of doing this work, we think there is a tectonic shift happening that may lead to change at the individual and societal level in our attitude toward and strategies for dealing with violence,”

Jane Sterk, executive director Sterk said. She predicts issues related to violence against women and girls, sexual abuse on campuses, family and domestic violence, violence toward aborig-

inal women and violence toward trans and gender-fluid people will dominate 2016 nationally. “The national inquiry into murdered and missing aboriginal women will bring greater understanding of the systemic causes of violence and abuse of aboriginal women and girls,” Sterk said. An independent investigator analyzed complaints about UBC’s inadequate response to sexual harassment and assault which will challenge universities across Canada to address the systemic causes of sexual assault on campuses, and professional sports teams, police forces and the military will continue to confront the domestic and gender-based violence and to show leadership on “be-more-than-a-bystander” initiatives, she said.

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Cowichan Valley MLA Bill Routley said he will work to hold the B.C. Liberals’ feet to the fire on a number of issues in 2016. “Next year my priorities include continuing to hold government to account for refusing to listen to our Cowichan Valley communities on issues such as the Shawnigan Lake contaminated soil dump and our Cowichan River watershed management concerns,” he said. The goings-on in the south end of his riding really irk the NDP MLA. “There is something very wrong with a Ministry of Environment process that permits a contaminated soil dump uphill from our beautiful Shawnigan Lake and right next to a connecting stream,” he said. “Particularly troubling is the conflicting experts reports, one acting for the community, saying it may be fractured limestone under the site and contaminated water may leech through!” Routley predicts the people of

Bill Routley, MLA Shawnigan will continue the fight to win their battle. “They will fight on no matter how long it takes,” he said. “This is a community that will never give up on preserving and protecting clean water.” His hope for the new year is simple. “I really, really hope government will finally listen to our communities who are united in voice and action in demanding the protection and action for our watersheds.” Water will continue to be a critical issue throughout the Cowichan Valley, Routley noted.

“Even though we get lots of rain, without snow pack on the mountains we could end up with more water restrictions and trucking fish up the Cowichan River in the fall again as we have done at least five times out of the last 10 years,” he said. “This is a problem that could be resolved by listening to the community and holding back a little more rain water with the weir at Cowichan Lake.” Routley also aims to hold the government accountable for various scandals. “Scandals such as the Liberal Quick Wins strategy which involved the Chinese head tax, the firing and re-hiring of health care staff, and the broken children in care system, et cetera, et cetera,” he said. “Sadly we have a government that lacks accountability with delete, delete, delete of government documents.” While not in Victoria leaning on the government, Routley said he would continue to advocate for the people of Shawnigan Lake and the protection and the safeguarding of their watershed.

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It’s no secret what Shawnigan Residents Association president Calvin Cook’s priority is heading into 2016. Like many in Cowichan’s south end, it’s the preservation of Shawnigan’s drinking water by forcing the shutdown of South Island Aggregates’s Stebbings Road soil treatment facility and landfill. “I’m hopeful that in 2016, in January, in the judicial review, that the judge will hear all the evidence that was supposed to have been presented during the Environmental Appeal Board rulings and understand that this risk is unacceptable and overturn that permit,” Cook said. “We feel we have a very, very strong case but in the interim, material is being brought into the site. We feel strongly that the permit was obtained through fraudulent activity and therefore it’s not a valid permit and we’re looking forward to that opportunity to going into court to prove that.” Cooks dares not make a prediction on the outcome. “At this point we feel we have a strong case but certainly I wouldn’t want to make any pre-

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It’s been 100 years since the Metropolitan Opera last staged Bizet’s, Les Pêcheurs de Perles (The Pearl Fishers), and opera lovers can enjoy it Live from the Met: in HD on the big screen at the Cowichan Performing Arts Centre on Saturday, Jan. 16. It’s highly unusual that this emotional tale of love and jealousy set in the exotic Far East is performed anywhere so this is a real treat. Soprano Diana Damrau stars as Leïla, the beautiful Hindu priestess pursued by rival pearl divers competing for her hand. Her suitors are, naturally, a tenor and a baritone. Just as naturally — this is opera, after all — they are friends. Tenor Matthew Polenzani and baritone Mariusz Kwiecien take up the challenge to perform the moving duet, Au fond du temple saint. The announcement that this beloved

Two friends fall in love with the same woman in ‘The Pearl Fishers’. [SUBMITTED] composition is on the menu will draw folks to a concert all by itself and opera buffs of all generations will argue passionately about who has best performed this beautiful piece of work. Our personal favourite is still Jussi Bjorling and Robert Merrill, recorded in 1950, but we know there are feisty folks out there who will take up the cudgels for other singers.

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out exactly which roles might suit the student you have in mind. To recommend your students or register for an audition to gain a role and perform in your local presentation of Sleeping Beauty submit the application form, either as a recommendation or for an audition or both. All completed forms will be evaluated for a potential role in the production either by recommendation or by audition. After you’ve checked out the web page, if there are still questions, you can contact the Sleeping Beauty local participant program coordinator, Clea Iveson, by phoning 416-415-5000 ext 4928 or emailing education@balletjorgen.ca

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Valley dance students have been able to audition for parts in a Ballet Jörgen performance. Those who have been there before already know that candidates need to learn the choreography quickly, listen well, follow directions and retain them easily. They must have good stage presence and carry themselves well. Boys must be willing to wear tights. What they are looking for is a variety of young dancers of different sizes and ages. They are very specific about their requirements so go to www.balletjorgen. ca/index.cfm?pagepath=Education_ BJC_Community/Sleeping_Beauty_ Local_Participants&id=43995 and check

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Dona Wilkie is in Grade 7 at Tansor Elementary School. She has played the violin for seven years, and is studying with Garth Williams in Level 6 of the Royal Conservatory. Dona likes the sound of the violin, and finds it fun and a challenge to play well. She also enjoys playing violin with her father in his blues band.

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In this Met production, conductor Gianandrea Noseda will be adding his romantic touch to a score from a composer who is best known for another much-loved and passionate opera, Carmen. Remember you must be in your seats at 9:55 a.m. Adult tickets are $27 each, with seniors paying $25, student $23 and children $16. Order yours online at cowichanpac.ca or call 250-748-7529. 7375643

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Amahl (Reuben Broadway) plays his flute as he looks up at the bright star overhead and wonders what it portends. [LEXI BAINAS/CITIZEN]

Audiences on their feet for superb opera event ‘Amahl’ LEXI BAINAS CITIZEN

In a special 60th anniversary season production, the Cowichan Symphony Society decided to take a chance and present a live opera for Valley Music lovers. They chose the Christmas-themed family favourite, Amahl and the Night Visitors as their offering and, right from the first note of the opening performance Dec. 30 at the Christian Reformed Church, the audience was treated to an hour of mystery, magic and marvellous music. The small cast featured strong singers throughout the lineup. Reuben Broadway, fresh from his triumph in Elf: the Musical at the Chemainus Theatre, showed his versatility by taking on the difficult role of Amahl with impressive maturity. Heather MacGregor contributed some beautiful singing and was convincing in her part as the loving mother, exasperated by her son’s flights of fancy but willing to take any risk for him. The three kings — Ted Rhodes, Ken Hiles and Tim Kyle — were

great foils for their peasant hosts. Rhodes, in particular, shone as the childlike, eccentric and slightly deaf King Kaspar. Kenneth Broadway was a balancing presence as the page. The dancers — Kassidy Beaudry, Mia Boulton, Izmet Barranco and Danny Mosquera — added a note of gaiety to the scene and the entry of the chorus of shepherd families was electrifying as the small group of excellent singers appeared to come from everywhere, filling the building with their exuberant music. Music director/flautist/percussionist Joy Ann Bannerman, pianist Rykie Avenant and bass player Barb Cleary provided instrumental support without ever overwhelming the singers. It’s never easy to present opera in English but the lyrics came across well and the action on stage was easy to follow, making the story really family friendly for the allages audience. By the end of the first night, the production had earned a standing ovation and we add our congratulations for a fine job all around.

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Cheeky Amahl questions King Kaspar (Ted Rhodes) as King Balthazar (Ken Hiles) and King Melchior (Tim Kyle) look on. For more pictures from the show see cowichanvalleycitizen.com [LEXI BAINAS/CITIZEN]

Kassidy Beaudry, Mia Boulton, Izmet Barranco and Danny Mosquera, line up to entertain the kings as the village puts its best foot forward to entertain the illustrious visitors. [LEXI BAINAS/CITIZEN]

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Get ready for Girls Night on stage in Duncan The show entitled Girls Night: the Musical, scheduled for Tuesday, Jan. 12 at the Cowichan Performing Arts Centre, has been cancelled, according to the promoter, Jeff Parry Promotions. If you had tickets booked or paid for, please call the Cowichan Ticket Centre at 250-748-7529 for an exchange or refund.

You can join the jam at the Crofton Hotel Has the new year put you into a jazzy mood? A series of Jazz Jam sessions begins on Saturday, Jan. 9 at the Crofton Hotel, a venue that’s become a jazz hotbed in the past year. This event will be held every other Saturday afternoon for all levels of jazz players and singers. If you are interested, bring your own sheet music and instruments and get ready for a fun afternoon. Piano, sound and lighting are provided.

Clover Point Drifters headline Coffeehouse Start the new year off in lively style by attending the Cowichan Folk Guild Coffeehouse on Saturday, Jan. 9 with a concert by the Clover Point Drifters. The event is held at the Duncan United Church at 246 Ingram St.

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in Duncan. They’re a bluegrass band from Victoria with a repertoire that consists primarily of traditional bluegrass songs, with a sprinkling of country, folk, blues and pop melodies served up in the bluegrass style. The band includes Mike Kraft on banjo, harmony vocals, Larry Stevens on dobro, lead vocals, George Robinson on bass, lead vocals, Dan Parker on mandolin, lead vocals, and Alan Law on guitar, lead and harmony vocals. Doors open at 7 p.m. and there’s an open stage to kick things off starting at 7:30 p.m. Admission is $10 or $5 for CFG members.

Rhodes and trio boast eclectic jazz lineup Nico Rhodes finds inspiration in every genre, but his music is his own. He and his trio are promising a wildly eclectic musical ride on Sunday, Jan. 10 at the Crofton Hotel Pub as the Jazz at Crofton series continues. They’ve been to Crofton before so fans will already know to make tracks to this show. The fun is back at the pub every Sunday from 2 to 5 p.m. Musicians are invited to join in a jam session during the last hour. Admission is $10 per person but get there early, it’s an intimate venue. Lexi Bainas, Citizen

Vince Vaccaro is a name known to fans of the Rock of the Woods music festival held in the Cowichan Valley, and now he’s headed to the Duncan Showroom. [CITIZEN FILE]

Vince Vaccaro heads to Duncan LEXI BAINAS CITIZEN

Thursday, Jan. 14 at 8 p.m. at the downstairs Duncan Showroom, it’s Vince Vaccaro. He’s returning for the new Showroom experience, with a special guest, Sam Weber. He may have been born in Montreal, but Vaccaro has deep roots in Cowichan too. His music reflects a deep connection with the coast and the surrounding environment, and, especially since the death of his father, the performer is looking to appreciate what’s near and dear.

Whether backed by his band of roots rockers, or performing solo acoustic, Vaccaro’s offerings are always honest, as his fans know. “The songs are about life, they’re about all the colours that exist out there. I’m experiencing the world around me and writing about it. My loves and passions are for the ocean, for the beauty of this place we live in, for so many things…its hard to sum it up,” he says on his blog. Vaccaro has appeared at such Island festivals as Rock of the Woods and Rock the Shores and shared stages with many great Canadian and international art-

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Under modern conditions, the ignorance to conditions of life in Canada has been rapidly giving way to a fuller understanding of the vast possibilities of this mighty land. British Columbia, for some years, seemed to lag somewhat behind the other provinces of Canada, in the matter of the attracting attention of Great Britain and Europe. Today, British Columbia attracts more attention than any province in Canada. It was, until lately, the largest province in the Dominion, and it is acknowledged to [be] the richest in potential wealth of all the provinces. British Columbia is famed the world over for its enormous potential wealth, its minerals, its forests, waterpower and fisheries; for the awe-inspiring grandeur of its mountain peaks and valleys; for the splendid opportunities for sport of all kinds which it affords, such as mountaineering, big game shooting and fishing, and last, but no means least, it is famous for its mild and equable climate. Vancouver Island has its full share of these attractions. It has come to be called ‘The playground of Canada’ from the fact that the conditions of life on this island are as near ideal as a man could desire...” Finally, the editor begins to get to down to business: “In all Vancouver Island there is no more attractive centre than the Cowichan district. This district, which comprises some 300 square miles, in all, is situated 40 miles north of the city of Victoria, the capital of British Columbia, by rail, and 41 by road...” (To be continued)

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period of abysmal (Part 1) ignorance of the “...It is true that average Englishman the population of the with regard to the Cowichan district British Empire is largely made up Then came the of people of means period of which one to whom it is not may call ‘The lady altogether necessary of the snows’ perto work for a livCHRONICLES iod. At this time the ing...”—Cowichan Old Country was Leader, 1912. T.W. Paterson beginning to know t the dawn the whereabouts of the variof each new year many ous portions of the Empire, of us reflect upon the but had but a very vague idea year just past and our hopes, of the conditions prevailing in plans and prospects for the them. It is only within the last future. It was in this optimistic vein, 104 years ago, that the five years that the outlying portions of the British Empire Cowichan Leader published have been appraised at their a special edition intended to true worth by the man in the inform and to entice potential street in the United Kingdom. newcomers from afar (not just On a smaller scale the same Canadian but those of other ignorance prevailed in the nationalities) by promoting East of Canada about the west the Valley as a place where until a few years ago. The boys one could live, comfortably of the family who ‘went west’ and prosperously. It’s necessary for us to under- were considered bold adventurers indeed. The west was stand that, in 1912, the provregarded almost as a different ince was just coming out of a country to the east, and as for decade-long boom, its greatest British Columbia, since it was economic ride since the Carinecessary to pass the Rocky boo gold rush. And that the Mountains to get there, it was Cowichan Valley had been considered almost in another predominantly settled by genhemisphere. trified Britons with pensions. Within a decade a marvelThat all this was about to lous change has taken place. violently end with a world war was as yet unforeseen and The world ha[s] grown smaller — the distance from east to partially explains the Leader’s west of this continent has congilded promotion of a way of tracted. The transformation life that was really achievable has been brought about by only by those who came with the building of railways east adequate financial means. and west and north and south, Readers will note the drauntil the country has no less matic changes which have than three transcontinental occurred in a century. But, systems — one of which has before getting down to the spanned the continent for sales pitch for Cowichan, the 25 years and more, while the Duncan newspaper thought it other two [then under connecessary to put to rest popustruction and doomed to banklar “misconceptions” about ruptcy—Ed.] will join Atlantic this westernmost Canadian to Pacific within a couple of paradise... years; and by the enormous “In the year 1912 it is hard advances which have been to realize that it is only a very made in the field of engineerfew years ago that a leading English daily paper referred to ing science, making it possible Vancouver Island as ‘an island to build mighty liners which can cross the Atlantic Ocean on the west coast of South in less than a week. America’.That was during the

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Why are you on wrong side of road? TIM SCHEWE SPECIAL TO THE CITIZEN

Public Open House #2

BRIGHT ANGEL PARK RECREATION REJUVENATION PROJECT & PARK MANAGEMENT PLAN

The South Cowichan Parks Commission and CVRD Parks & Trails Division are hosting the Public Open House #2 to invite public input on the Bright Angel Park Recreation Rejuvenation Project. The CVRD has received grant funding from the Province of BC to rejuvenate NOTICE OF INTENT TO AMEND ZONING BYLAW specific park facilities at Bright Angel Park which must ZONING AMENDMENT BYLAW NO. 3773 (Cowichan Bay Marine Zoning) be completed by March 31,D 2015. (APPLICABLE TO ELECTORAL AREA – COWICHAN BAY)

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quences, but for these drivers, repeated decisions to drive improperly had become the new normal for them. In their view, the action had no concerns until I arrived and issued them a ticket. I’m sure that Carel Scott would concur with my decision to ticket these drivers. She was on her way home to Nelson following an evening at Ainsworth Hot Springs. Paul Erikson had stopped in this manner to retrieve his mail and left his vehicle’s headlights on high

beam. Ms. Scott could not see the road due to the glare and assumed that she had to pass by to the right of the stationary SUV. Her vehicle left the road, rolled down an embankment and she was injured. Mr. Erickson was found fully at fault for the collision. The moral of this story is that what you might consider to be a meaningless breach of the rules for your convenience could have significant consequences for other road users. The next time you are tempted to park on the wrong side, exceed the speed limit or slide through a stop sign, think again. You are not the only one using our highways and you have a duty of care to others. Tim Schewe is a retired constable with many years of traffic law enforcement experience. To comment or learn more, please visit drivesmartbc.ca

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Jane Sterk , executive director of Women Against Violence Against Women, accepts a cheque for $750 from Bill Meyers, president of the Duncan Kiwanis Club. [SUBMITTED]

f you watch one of Canada Post’s community mailboxes for a day you will probably see someone drive up and cross over to the wrong side of road to get out and retrieve their mail. If the driver’s arm is long enough they don’t even have to get out to open the mailbox! Who cares about this sort of behaviour? After all, the mailboxes are often on quiet residential streets and doing this doesn’t hurt anyone. I ran into this rationalization often in traffic policing. Drivers would explain away their failure to follow the rules as being unimportant because they had done it many times before and nothing bad ever happened. My dilemma was, after many years of investigation collisions, I knew that this wasn’t always the case. I had seen the conse-

I had seen the consequences, but for these drivers, repeated decisions to drive improperly had become the new normal for them.

Join us for discussion and input atwill Open House #2:a third time, as amended, NOTICE is hereby hereby giventhat thatthe the CVRD Board will consider reading is given CVRD Board consider reading a third time, as amended, and adopting theBylaw aboveat noted Amendment date Saturday, Junenoted 8, 2013 time 9:00 a.m. 3:00 p.m. and adopting the above Amendment the -regular Board meeting of December Bylaw the regular Board meeting of Parking January 13, 2016. 9,place 2015.atBright Angel Park Lower Area As per Section 890(4) of the Local Government Act, the Cowichan Valley Regional District Board of for more information, please contact: Directors, having reviewed the above noted Bylaw and finding it to be consistent with the policies Graham Gidden, CVRD Parks & Trails Planner, Parks & Trails Division, of250-746-2620 the Electoral Areaor D ggidden@cvrd.bc.ca – Cowichan Bay Official Community Plan Bylaw No. 3605, has waived the Public Hearing and directed that this Public Notice occur in its place. Bylaw No. 3773 was presented at two public hearings on February 19, 2015, and April 14, 2015. 2105.

NOTICE OF INTENT TO ISSUE TEMPORARY USE PERMIT PROPOSED SPECIAL EVENT TEMPORARY USE PERMIT NO. 1-E-15TUP (ROCK OF THE WOODS MUSIC FESTIVAL 2016-2018) Public Notice is hereby given that the Cowichan Valley Regional District Board will consider a resolution to issue a Temporary Use Permit at its regular meeting of January 13, 2016. If approved, the Permit will allow a four day music festival in 2016, 2017, and 2018 at 4383 Irvine Drive, shown outlined on the map below and legally described as The South ½ of Section 7, Range 9, Sahtlam District, Except Parts in Plans 32322, 39629, 47605, VIP61662, VIP70150 and VIP83982 and EPP34957 (PID 009-828-303).

The Regional District therefore intends to proceed with those portions of Bylaw 3773, as presented at the Public Hearing in April, that apply to Cowichan Bay Village including the smaller water lots near the shore including marinas, and other lands within the Cowichan Estuary Environmental Management Plan area. The only significant change to Bylaw 3773 in respect of those lands is that a number of redundant definitions will be removed from Bylaw 3773. The removed definitions are not necessary because none of these terms are used within the body of either Bylaw 3773 or the parent Zoning Bylaw 1015. The zoning provisions as they would apply to Cowichan Bay Village and other lands are identical to those presented at the April Public Hearing. A copy of the Amendment Bylaw and relevant support material may be inspected at the Regional District Planning and Development Department office: 175 Ingram Street, Duncan, BC From Wednesday, January 6, 2016 to Wednesday, January 13, 2016, between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday. A copy of the bylaw and supporting material may also be viewed on the CVRD website at the following address: http://www.cvrd.bc.ca/index.aspx?NID=1282.

FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT Mike Tippett, Manager, Planning & Development Department at 250-746-2620.

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The Regional District intends to proceed with those portions of Bylaw 3773 as it appeared at the Hearing of April 14, 2015, with the exception of the proposed zoning over the open water surfaces of Cowichan Bay. The open water surface zoning cannot be proceeded with at this time because the Province of British Columbia has indicated that some of the proposed water industrial zones will require adjustment prior to Provincial approval. This will involve considerable additional work on behalf of the CVRD and its partner organizations in Cowichan Bay.

A copy of the proposed Temporary Use Permit and relevant support material may be inspected at the Regional District Planning & Development Department ofﬁce: 175 Ingram Street, Duncan, BC From Monday, January 4, 2016, to Wednesday, January 13, 2016, between the hours of 8:00 am and 4:30 pm, Monday through Friday. A copy of the draft Permit and supporting material may also be viewed on the CVRD website at the following address: http://www.cvrd.bc.ca/index.aspx?NID=1282. All submissions in response to this Notice must be received by 4:30 pm, Tuesday, January 12, 2016. Fax: 250-746-2621 Email: ds@cvrd.bc.ca Mail and/or deposit at the Regional District ofﬁce, 175 Ingram Street, Duncan, BC, V9L 1N8 Please note that all correspondence submitted to the CVRD in response to this Notice will form part of the public record and may be published in a meeting agenda that is posted online when this matter is before the Board or a Committee of the Board. The CVRD considers the author’s address relevant to the Board’s consideration of this matter and will disclose this personal information. The author’s phone number and email address is not relevant and should not be included in the correspondence IF the author does not wish this personal information disclosed. For more information on disclosure, contact the CVRD FOI Coordinator at 250-746-2507 or 1-800-665-3955. FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT Rob Conway, Manager, Development Services Division, Planning & Development Department at 250-746-2620.

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Hildemar (Herb) LANGE Herb Lange of Duncan died December 29, 2015. He was 86 years old. Herb was born September 13, 1929, to Alma and Emil Lange in Makowiec, Poland. He was the last survivor of their many children. Herb was smart, hardworking, adventurous and funny. Above all, he was a devoted family man who will be dearly missed by all who knew him. After World War II, teenaged Herb moved to Freiburg, Germany where he worked as a labourer. In April 1954 he boarded the Seven Seas for Canada. Herb arrived in Quebec and settled in Ontario to work for a farmer, Cyril Jack. Herb became fast friends with Cyrilâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s son Bryce, who helped Herb learn English and adapt to life in Canada. In 1956, Herb moved to Duncan to be close to his cousin Otto (wife Adolfini). He moved into the â&#x20AC;&#x153;stagecoach barnâ&#x20AC;? on Third Street and took an apprenticeship with A.V. Richardson Construction. Herb thrived in the construction field and became a soughtafter carpenter; much of his handiwork remains today around southern Vancouver Island in various houses, apartment buildings and hotels. Herb loved to be outdoors. He was a skilled hunter and fisherman, and enjoyed taking his children and grandchildren mushroom picking on the weekends. Herb also enjoyed tending to his garden and fruit trees, winemaking, puzzles, and long evenings playing crib. Herb and his wife Erika were married for 52 years and enjoyed a full life together in the house he built on Miller Road. Their home was always open to family and friends and was a memorable centre of holidays and gatherings over the decades. Herb is survived by Erika and by his children Gary, Brigitte and Mark (Roslynn). Herb has seven grandchildren: Nicole, Curtis, Nicholas, Richard (Brittany), Alicia (Travis), Ashley and Tyler. Herb met his great grand-daughter Madison in the weeks before he passed. Herbâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s family thanks Pastor Paul Roggow for his many visits and spiritual guidance. Herbâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s family also thanks Doctor Janke and the nursing staff at Cowichan District Hospital for their attentive and gentle care of Herb in his last days. Herb did some carpentry work in the existing hospital many years ago, so in lieu of flowers please consider a donation to the Cowichan District Hospital Foundation to help build a new facility for the valley. A funeral will be held on Saturday, January 9, 2015, at 12 p.m. at Trinity Lutheran Church, 2704 James Street, Duncan. Following the service, Herb will be interred at Mountain View Cemetery at 6493 Somenos Road. The family invites everyone back to the church for light refreshments and time to reconnect and celebrate Herbâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s life.

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Lois Fenna

Lois Fenna, nee Whyatt, died on October 22, 2015. She was born at Hull, UK in 1931, graduated in Medicine at Manchester in 1955, and married Donald Fenna that year. They immediately moved to Australia. There, Lois worked as a family physician and had three sons. When the eldest was 12, the family moved to Canada when her husband accepted a position in Edmonton with the University of Alberta. There she completed a M.Sc. in Ecology and Natural History, also teaching physiology and anatomy at a local college. Subsequently she established a Nature Centre where groups of school children learned about ecology and natural habitats. In 1990, Lois moved to the Cowichan Valley, where she lived until her death. During the 1990s she traveled three times to Kenya for extended periods, where she worked with the African Canadian Continuing Education Society (ACCES), an organization that supports Kenyan children and young people to obtain an education. She was a very active member of and volunteer with many Cowichan Valley community organizations, including the Naturalistsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Society, various programs at Providence Farm, and a term as President of the Historical Society. Lois was a dedicated environmentalist; an avid hiker, cyclist, and outdoors person; and an enthusiastic gardener. She is survived by three sons, Alan, Erik and Neil and 6 grandchildren. Donations in her name gratefully accepted by the Cowichan Valley Hospice Society.

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ARTS Calendar Arts • Chemainus Sketch Group, Jan. 11 Meet Up with guest artist Marylin Ridsdale, Fuller Lake Arean, 10 a.m. Paint along. • C h e m a i n u s S k e t c h G r o u p, Jan. 20, Geometric Design on Wood, wood available on site, Fuller Lake Arena, 10 a.m. • Ladysmith Camera Club presents “Buying/Upgrading a Photo Editing Computer”, a smart shopper’s guide to choosing the right hardware with Brad Grigor or Turning Point Arts, Saltair. Tuesday, Jan. 26, 7 p.m., Hardwick Hall, High Street at 3rd Avenue. Non-members $5 drop-in fee. Info: www.LadysmithCameraClub.com • Chemainus Sketch Group, Jan. 27, Still Life, chance to practise drawing skills, Fuller Lake Arena, 10 a.m. • Cherry Point artists weekly painting sessions (September to June), Thursdays, 9:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. at Cowichan Exhibition fairgrounds. Experienced and beginners welcome. Info: Jack 250-746-4795 or Linda 250-597-1108. • Warmland Calligraphers meet on the second Tuesday of the month at 9 a.m.-noon, Mellor Hall, Cowichan Exhibition grounds. Info: warmlandcalligraphers@shaw.ca or http://mem bers.shaw.ca/warmlandcalligraphers. • Cowichan Valley Artisans year round studio tour: 14 professional studios to explore. From Mill Bay to Ladysmith. www.cowichanvalley artisans.com for details of each studio’s hours. Admission free. • Enjoy ‘Ways of Writing’ - short stories, memoirs, poems - Wednesdays, 12:24-3 p.m. at the Seniors Centre in Lake Cowichan. More info: 250-749-4176. • Tzouhalem Spinners and Weavers Guild meets twice a month at St. Peter’s Church Hall, 5800 Church Rd., Duncan. Second Tuesday - 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and fourth Tuesday - 7 to 9 p.m. Everyone welcome. Info: www. tswguild.wordpress.com or call Alison 250-746-6330.

Church Hall, Duncan. Early and contemporary sacred songs, Eastern European, African songs and more. New members welcome. Info: 250-701-0687. • Cowichan Valley Music Teachers Association meets monthly for fellowship and professional development. Info: 250-748-8196, www.cowichan musicteachers.com • St. Michael’s Presents Classical Concert Series 2010-11, monthly concerts October-June. Brochures and season tickets now available. Info: 250748-8383 or www.smpconcerts.ca • BRATZ Music Jam Sunday evenings 9 p.m. to midnight at Roadhouse Pub, Grand Motel, Duncan. Bring your instruments or your ears. No cover. Info: 250-715-8115. • Anyone interested in getting together to play ukelele or penny whistle call Sherie: 250-748-8769. • Cowichan Valley Community Band meets every Monday from 7 p.m.8:30 p.m. Info: Sherie 250-748-8769. • African Music Workshops and classes with Ted Wright of Marimba Muzuva. Learn to play the joyous and energetic rhythms and melodies of Southern Africa. Beginners welcome. All instruments provided. Info: Ted 250-743-2106 or email: info@bopoma.org • The Cowichan Valley Youth Choir, directed by Sheila Johnson, accepts members aged 8-plus by audition. Two levels: Junior Choir and Concert Choir. Boys with changed voices (tenor or baritone) encouraged to come out and sing. Rehearsals on Thursdays. Info: 250-597-0114.

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Music • Inviting female voices, teens to seniors, for The Rivernotes Choir, meets Mondays, 6-8 p.m., Lake Cowichan Senior Centre, 55 Coronation St. Info: Judith Quinlan 250-749-3728. • Like to sing? Join Medford Singers. Rehearsals Wednesdays, 6:45 p.m., Duncan United Church. Men welcome. Director Simon Leung. Info: Michele 250-748-0287. • Encore! Women’s Choir meets Monday evenings, Duncan. Seeking motivated women ages 18-plus who read music and enjoy singing repertoire that is challenging, yet fun! Info: Christine Dandy, 250-715-1568. • Cowichan Consort Orchestra rehearsal Mondays, 7:30 p.m. Sylvan United Church. Come play with us. All strings welcome. Info: 748-8982. • Cowichan Consort Choir Wednesdays, 7:30 p.m., Sylvan United Church. Come sing with us. Info: 743-7445. • Enjoy a jam of old time music every second Thursday at Twisted Sisters Tearoom, 9885 Maple Street, Chemainus. Info: Steve Heizer at 250722-3115 or Peter Sussman 250-929-8226. • Chemainus Seniors Centre choirs: Men’s Choir, Mondays, 9-10:30 a.m., Ladies Choir, Mondays, 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m., mixed choir, Fridays, 10-11:45 a.m. • Jubilate Choir rehearses Monday nights 7:30 -9 p.m., St. John’s Anglican

Dancing • Traditional Square Dancing to live music by Shady Grove Dance Band. Caller Peter Sussman. The Hub Koksilah Road, Cowichan Station. Everyone 12 and up, bring a partner or find one at the dance. Admission: $5. Dances first Friday of every month, 7:30 p.m. Info: Peter Sussman 250-929-8226. • Learn to square dance. Lessons at Girl Guide Hall, 321 Cairnsmore St., Duncan. Info: 250-748-6056 or 250-748-9140. • Cowichan Valley International Folkdancers meet Mondays, 7:309:30 p.m., Mill Bay Community Hall, beside Kerry Park Arena. $5 dropin fee, $80 yearly membership. First night free. Call Kate 250-743-5068 or Lyn 250-743-2686. • Cowichan Ballroom Dance Club welcomes all fellow dancers to regular 6:30 p.m. Wednesday night practices at Valley Seniors Centre. Info: 250-597-1132. • Cowichan Valley Scottish Country Dancers, 6:30 p.m. every Thursday at Chemainus Seniors Centre. Singles and couples welcome. • Cape Breton Stepdancing Classes, Wednesdays, 7:30-8:30 p.m., Yum Yoga Studio-1701 Pavenham. Info cowichanfiddlers@gmail.com or 250-709-9662. • Argentine Tango Classes: Teens through Seniors. No partner required. For schedule call 250-743-5995. • Belly dance classes. Call Lynene 250746-1077. Beginner to advanced. • Square dance lessons every Sunday, 7 p.m., at the Girl Guide Hall on Cairnsmore Street, Duncan. Brush-ups welcome. More info: 250-746-4127, 250748-9140, 250-748-3675. • Clogging dance classes Mondays and Tuesdays in Cobble Hill and Wednesdays at Chemainus Seniors Drop-In Centre. All levels. Call Ev 250-743-2902.

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• Canadian Firearm Safety course (PAL/RPAL) starts Friday, Jan. 8, Duncan. Registration and info: canadianfirearmsafety@shaw.ca or Mike 250-748-0319. • Love horses? Cowichan Therapeutic Riding Association needs dedicated volunteers in lots of different areas. Help our special needs riders to reach their goals in the ring. No experience necessary, training provided. Info: 250-746-1028, email info@ctra.ca, website www.ctra.ca • Friendly Visitors wanted! Volunteer Cowichan program connects an isolated or lonely senior in the community with a Friendly Visitor. Interested? Call 250-748-2133. • ShoDai Peace Chant new location Nichiren Peace Centre, Johnny Bear and Cambrai Road. Meditation Thursdays, 7 p.m., Discovery Sunrise Sundays, 10 a.m. Website: www.vi retreats.com. Info: 250-710-7594. Email: peace@ viretreats.com • Duncan United Church Thrift Store, operating for 20 years, supports outreach programs. Great bargains, reasonable prices. Open Fridays, 9 a.m.-1:30 p.m.

Seniors • Chemainus Seniors Drop-in Centre pancake breakfast, Jan. 9, 9-11 a.m. • Chemainus Seniors Drop-in Centre Burns Night and birthday party, Jan. 16, 5-8:30 p.m. • Chemainus Seniors Drop-in Centre soup and sandwich, Jan. 20, 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. • Chemainus Seniors Drop-in Centre blood pressure clinic, Jan. 20. • Chemainus Seniors Drop-in Centre muffin mornings Wednesdays and Fridays 9:30-11 a.m. • Dance to music from the 50s and 60s at Valley Seniors Centre, 198 Government St., every Wednesday, 3-5 p.m., $5. Info: 250-746-4433.

• Chemainus Seniors Drop-in Centre — Bingo every Monday, doors open at 4:45 p.m. starts at 6:40 p.m. Loonie Pot, G-Ball, Bonanza, & 50/50 draw. Everyone Welcome. • Lake Cowichan’s air-conditioned 50 Plus Activity Centre open 7 a.m.-3 p.m. Monday-Friday. Bridge, canasta, cribbage, shuffleboard, pool, line dancing, music. Exercises 9:30 a.m. Monday, Wednesday, Friday. Bingo for over 19 Wednesday, 1 p.m. and Sunday, 7 p.m. Kitchen serves home-made lunches, 11 a.m.-1:15 p.m., weekly specials. Banquets, bazaars and bus trips organized throughout the year. More volunteers wanted. Info: 250-749-6121. • Bingo for over 19s, Seniors Activity Centre (198 Government St., Duncan), Tuesdays 11:30 a.m. Early Bird Draw, Loonie Pot, Odd and Even, Number Seven and Bonanza. Info: 250-7464433 or www.valley-seniors.org

Meetings • The Cowichan Valley branch of the Council of Canadians meets Tuesday, Jan. 12, 7-9 p.m., Volunteer Cowichan office, basement of Duncan City Hall. Discussion: water issues, trade agreements, etc. Info: Donna Cameron 250-748-2444. • Cowichan Valley Living With Cancer support group meetings last Wednesday of the month, 10:30 a.m.-noon, Canadian Cancer Society office, 394 Duncan St., Duncan. Anyone with cancer or those affected by cancer welcome. Info: 250-7464134 or Heather 250-748-4381. • Adult Child of Alcoholics and Dysfunctional Families (ACOA) meetings 107 Evans St., Duncan, Fridays, 7 p.m. • Cowichan Valley Prostate Cancer Support Group meetings held the last Thursday of each month from 2-4 p.m. Cancer Society office, 394 Duncan St. Info: Gord Thomas 250-743-6960 or Brian King 250-748-5785.

Each year Queen Margaret’s School holds a Jingle Bell Jog on the last day of school before Christmas break to celebrate the holiday season. Students and staff are encouraged to wear as much red and green as possible and enjoy a fun run before break. Here, Callum McAllister fulfils the brief, giving Santa a lift. [MARY DELURY PHOTO]

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The bantam female Cowichan Valley Capitals celebrate winning the Langley tournament with a 4-2 victory over Richmond. [SUBMITTED]

Bantam female Caps survive close final to win Langley tournament KEVIN ROTHBAUER CITIZEN

The bantam female Cowichan Valley Capitals continued their breakthrough season by winning a tournament in Langley over the Christmas break. The team is undefeated in league play this year, and carried that success over to the Mainland where they overcame a little bit of adversity to claim first place. Cowichan started strong with a 9-2 win over Surrey, followed by a 5-2 setback to Langley’s A team and a 2-2 tie against Langley C1. They surged in the semifinal with a 5-0 win over Surrey before meet-

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Michasiw’s shutout boosts ‘sluggish’ Caps KEVIN ROTHBAUER CITIZEN

Lane Michasiw’s first B.C. H o c key L e a g u e s h u t o u t couldn’t have come at a better time. The Cowichan Valley Capitals goaltender made 32 saves last Saturday to backstop the Caps to a 3-0 victory over the Alberni Valley Bulldogs, making up for a lacking effort from his teammates. “It was great to see Lane get the shutout,” Capitals head coach Bob Beatty said. “It was great for him and the team to see him perform like he did. It gives you confidence when you have two good goaltenders. “The rest of the team was a little sluggish in that game, to say the least. Coming off the break, we had ice after our [Dec. 30] game, then we didn’t skate until game time [against Alberni]. That’s no excuse, but we were pretty flat. If Lane wasn’t as sharp as he was, it could have been a different result.” All the Cowichan goals came in the third period as Kade Kehoe, Patrick Geary and recent addition Josh Adkins found the net. Three days earlier, the Caps closed out 2015 with a 5-3 loss to

the Nanaimo Clippers. Nanaimo scored three unanswered goals in the first period before the Caps got going in the second and third. Adkins had his first two goals in a Cowichan jersey, while Matt Hudie also scored. Ryan Burton assisted on both of Adkins’s goals in his return to the lineup. Storm Phaneuf made 30 saves in the loss. “We kind of hurt ourselves,” Beatty said. “We were a little sluggish, and they took advantage of a couple of opportunities early. We battled back and made a game of it, certainly in the third period, but it was too little, too late.” As has been the case in games between the Caps and Clippers recently, the officials were kept busy doling out penalties: 30 minutes to the Clippers and 22 to the Caps. “They’re getting fairly testy, if you will,” Beatty said. “There is certainly a rivalry building. One thing we have to do is quit reacting to what they’re bringing after the whistle and not get caught up in it. That’s their game, and it works for them. We have to keep our emotions under control and focus on what’s important.” Adkins has compiled three

goals in two games for the Caps since being acquired from Alberni for Rhett Willcox late last month, including one each on the powerplay and penalty kill. “Josh has been a great addition, obviously,” Beatty said. “With three goals in two games, he’s fitting in very well. He’s chipping in offensively and he’s a pretty responsible player.” Adkins will get to see a lot of his former teammates in January as the Caps play four of six against the Bulldogs, including last Saturday’s 3-0 win. Familiarity breeds contempt, and Beatty wouldn’t be surprised if tensions between Cowichan and Alberni reach the same level as between the Caps and Clippers. “Alberni always plays hard,” Beatty said. “There are some things that could certainly bring the intensity level up.” The Capitals will visit the Bulldogs this Friday, then play host to the Mainland Division’s Langley Rivermen at 7 p.m. on Saturday. “They’ve got a big, physical team,” Beatty said. “They’re battling in their division for position. They’ve had a pretty successful year. It should be a good, physical game.”

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Islanders hang on to 3-0 lead over Peninsula Panthers Since coming back from a short Christmas break, the Kerry Park Islanders have held two 3-0 leads over the Peninsula Panthers. In one case, they were even able to make the lead stand up. In the Isles’ first Vancouver Island Junior Hockey League game back after the break, and their last game of 2015 on Dec. 30, they scored three times in the first 14 minutes and eight seconds, then allowed six unanswered goals en route to a 6-3 defeat. Against the same team on Jan. 2, the Isles again potted the first three goals — two in the first period and one in the second — but they were able to avoid a collapse the second time around. “In the third period, I was getting worried,” Islanders owner Mark Osmond admitted about the second game of the home-and-home series. “They were coming on pretty strong. But we held on, and it turned out pretty good.” In the Dec. 30 game, the Isles’ lead began to fall apart thanks to a powerplay goal by the Panthers late in the first period and another with the man advantage early in the middle frame. “After that, the momentum was theirs,” Osmond said. “Our guys rested too much on a three-goal lead.” The Isles thought they had regained some of that momentum when they appeared to tie the score at 4-4 in the third period, but the goal was called back due to an

Kerry Park forward Keenan Eddy shoves aside a Peninsula defender during the Islanders’ 4-1 win over the Panthers last Saturday. [KEVIN ROTHBAUER/CITIZEN] apparent high stick. Ryan Paisley and Keenan Eddy each had a goal and an assist in the loss on Dec. 30, and Tait Aptakin was responsible for the other Kerry Park goal. Aptakin also scored in the win, as did Graham Winship, Kyle Green and Tanner Tiel, while Tanner Browne and Zack Smith each had two helpers. Ty Rennie got the start in goal on Dec. 30 and allowed five goals on 29 shots in the loss. Chase Anderson started on Jan. 2 and

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Cowichan LMG head coach Glen Martin will be leading the Vancouver Island Soccer League squad in the upcoming all-star game against the best from the Fraser Valley league, and he’s taking a bunch of his own players with him. VISL Div. 1 scoring leader Paddy Nelson will be joined by his Cowichan teammates Kevan Brown, Josh Cuthbert, Cooper Barry, Jordan De Graf, Tyler Hughes, Brad Archibald, Steve Scott and goalkeeper Sam Hutchison for the game this coming Sunday at 4 p.m. at Layritz Park in Victoria.

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This will be Martin’s third time coaching in the all-star game, but it will be a little different than the first two. “I’m kind of excited,” he admitted. “The other all-star games I coached were all interleague, but this one is against the Fraser Valley. I picked a very offensive team, so it should be good for scoring some goals.” Sitting atop the Div. 1 standings, LMG will resume the VISL season on Jan. 16 with a visit to Nanaimo. Their first home game of 2016 will take place on Jan. 23 when they host Bays United at the new Sherman Road turf.

stopped 31 of 32 shots for the win. In their last game before Christmas, the Isles played to a 6-3 win over the Westshore Wolves on Dec. 23. David Bittner led the attack with two goals, and rookie Parker Ellis had a goal and two assists. Winship, Caleb Franklin and Keenan Eddy each registered a goal and an assist, and Lynden Eddy and Ryan Paisley had two helpers apiece. Rennie earned the win with 19 saves on 22 shots. Kerry Park is now in a three-way tie for

second place in the South Division along with Westshore and Peninsula. The Isles have 13 games remaining, while the Wolves have 15 to go, and the Panthers have 12. The VIJHL trade deadline is set for this Saturday, and Osmond hopes his team can add some grit without giving up anyone off the roster. “We’d like to pick up a couple of players to round out our squad,” he said. “We’re not looking to move anybody. We’re happy with what we have, but we’d like to add to it if we can.” The roster has also been announced for the VIJHL all-star game at Bear Mountain Arena on Jan. 17. The Isles will be represented there by forwards Paisley and Smith and defenceman Lynden Eddy, all 20-year-olds in their final year of junior eligibility. Paisley is having his best year offensively with 14 goals and a team-high 27 points through 35 games, and Smith is tied with Paisley for the team lead in goals. Eddy is the team’s top-scoring blueliner with 24 points, and is a steady leader on the back end. Both Kerry Park goalies will appear in the game as well, as netminders were determined based on the save-percentage rankings as of Dec. 1, and both Anderson and Rennie were among the South Division’s best three goalies in that stat at the time. The Isles have a couple of key divisional matchups this weekend as they visit the Saanich Braves on Friday, then play host to Westshore at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday.

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