Lake Cowichan Gazette, February 29, 2012

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Lake Cowichan Fire Department need Jaws of Life for rescue on Highway 18

An accident on Highway 18 on Friday, Feb. 24 around 1p.m. resulted in two vehicles ending up in the ditch, with one driver being taken to Cowichan District Hospital by ambulance. The Lake Cowichan Fire Department responded to the call and had to use the jaws-of-life to remove the only occupant of the one vehicle that was upside down in the ditch. Local RCMP say there are no charges pending, and note that snow on the road was a contributing factor to the accident. Local RCMP were also called to a second accident at about the same time on Old Lake Cowichan Road when an eastbound vehicle left the road and slid into a ditch. RCMP say there were no injuries to the driver or the passenger in that accident. These accidents are a reminder that winter is still here and that people traveling on Highway 18 should ensure their vehicles are winter ready.

Local RCMP remind all drivers that snow tires are required on Highway 18 until April 30.

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Teachers’ bell to bell job action and rally Tammy Caruso Gazette

Sean Battye and Brent. Zimmer, LCSS teachers, during bell to bell job action on Monday, Feb.27.

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Monday, Feb. 26 marked the planned day of action for teachers across the province. The BC Teachers Federation is encouraged its counterparts to start their work day at the ¿rst bell, and ¿nish it at the last bell. Meeting were held during the lunch hour, and an after school rally took place outside of the schools to exhibit the disappointment among BC teachers regarding the government’s stance on contract talks.

The day of job action was intended to have as little impact on the students as possible, and the BCTF continues to encourage teachers not to discuss the job action with students.

Teachers in the Cowichan Valley are concerned about school closures, and overcrowded classrooms. Funding cuts to our speci¿c school district have been devastating.

At one time, Lake Cowichan had seven schools in the area, today we have three. Since 2001, 194 schools have been closed across BC and there are more than 12,000 overcrowded classrooms.

There has been some talk as well suggesting that every exploratory class offered in every school in BC must have 30 children enrolled in order to have that class run. This

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A BCTF news release came out on Friday, Feb.24, that stated “In the wake of a labour ministry report today ¿nding that a negotiated settlement is highly unlikely, BC teachers are calling upon the government not to impose a contract through legislation but rather to enable other labour relations mechanisms to achieve a fair agreement.”

The BC Teachers Federation is asking that a mediator or arbitrator be brought in to help achieve a solution to these ongoing concessions.

“We can only conclude that from day one this government had no intention whatsoever of bargaining a collective agreement with teachers” says Susan Lambert, BCTF President.

On Tuesday and Wednesday, Feb.28 and 29, teachers across BC will vote on whether to escalate the limited “teach only” job action to a full-scale walkout. Results of the vote will be made public on Thursday, Mar.1.

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Lake Cowichan Fire Department’s first In brief female firefighter happy to join crew A little of this and that

New Lake Cowichan volunteer firefighter Jessica Knowles is the first female in the department.

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Jessica Knowles is Lake Cowichan’s ¿rst female ¿re¿ghter. Jessica grew up

in this community and — as most young people do — left to pursue life outside of Lake Cowichan.

At 26 years-old, Jessica

has moved home, and brought with her, spirit and a desire to play a major role in her home town community.

“I think it’s a good opportunity to learn a lot of things about ¿re ¿ghting, and do some good for the community,” says Knowles.

Fire chief, Doug Knott says “We are happy about her joining,” and on behalf of the rest of the department would like to welcome Jessica to their team.

“I’m excited for the novelty [of being the ¿rst female volunteer ¿re¿ghter in Lake Cowichan] to wear off.” says Knowles.

Knowles feels that it isn’t a big deal to be a woman doing this. “Anyone can do it, you just need to sacri¿ce time,” she says.

For many years, ¿re¿ghting was predominately for males. In recent years, however, there have been more and more female counterparts joining the ranks.

This job isn’t an easy one.

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do some pretty intense work.

In April, Knowles will attend what’s called a Live Fire in Nanaimo. This demonstration is speci¿cally for volunteer ¿re¿ghters and puts them in a real life situation in order to ¿nd their weaknesses.

“When you get into a stressful situation, stuffs going to come out,” states Knowles.

Volunteer Fire¿ghters are also required to take educational courses throughout their ¿rst two years of volunteering.

Along with volunteering her time, Jessica works full time at King Fisher Homes here in Lake Cowichan, and is also a ¿tness boot camp instructor (hopeful to be teaching some classes in Duncan at the Aquatic Center this spring).

If you are interested in ¿lling out an application for volunteer ¿re ¿ghting with Lake Cowichan’s Fire Hall, you can ¿nd them online at www.town.lakecowichan. bc.ca.

Pink shirt day sends strong message: bullying will not be tolerated

Grade 12, Leadership student Sierra Tjepkema helps raise awareness of antibulying and (right) a student-made Pink Shirt Day poster at Palsson Elementary.

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It’s something that happens everyday in schools, homes and neighbourhoods across the country. Its victims and perpetrators cross all boundaries of wealth, gender, ethnic origin and education. It can be a simple as a push in the hallway or a cruel remark or escalate to a co-ordinated campaign of harassment that causes families to move, kids to change schools or even, tragically for kids to take their own lives.

It is bullying and on February 29th, schools and communities across

Canada will rise up and take a stand by participating in Pink Shirt Day. At LCSS, teacher Adrian Achurch and his Leadership Class will be striving to raise awareness of the how’s and whys of Anti-Bullying Day. “We’re working on getting the message out as to why we wear pink,” explains Achurch. “We want to stop bullying in the schools.”

The Leadership Class, mostly made up of Grade 11 and 12 students will be going around to classes talking about the problem in the days leading up to the 29th. On Wednesday, February 29th they will be holding a bake sale to raise funds for the cause.

Pink Shirt Day is one of those grassroots movements that started small and took off like wild¿re. In 2007, at Central King Rural High School in Cambridge, Nova Scotia, a Grade Nine student was harassed for wearing a pink polo shirt on the ¿rst day of school. Two Grade 12 students, David Shepherd and Travis Price decided to do something about it. They went to a discount store and bought 50 pink shirts, then went home and emailed class mates to encourage them to wear a pink shirt to school the next day in protest of the incident and to show support for the victim (who to this day remains anonymous). The idea caught on and next day at school, when the bullied student arrived there were hundreds of students decked out in pink. As Shepherd later said, “It was a powerful moment, a veritable sea of pink.”

At Palsson Elementary and A.B. Greenwell School, Pink Shirt Day will also be in full swing with staff and students sporting pink shirts. At Palsson, Principal Fergus Horsburgh plans a whole school assembly for 9:00 AM on the 29th to talk about the history of the day and to remind students of the school’s code of conduct.

“Certainly four key points in our code of conduct address the issue: kindness, respect, safety and anti-bullying,” said Horsburgh. “We want to make them see that making fun of someone over their clothes or what kind of lunch they bring is hurtful and can really stick with a person.”

At LCSS , Leadership student Sierra Tjepkema has headed up the bake sale project.

“I’m making brownies and cupcakes and we’ve got people bringing muf¿ns and cookies as well,” said Tjepkema.

“All the baking will be pink to show support for anti-bullying.”

Does bullying exist even in the halls of our schools, in nice, safe Lake Cowichan?

“De¿nitely,” said Leadership student, Hailee Esau. “I know one boy who changed schools because of it. It’s very important to make people aware that there are kids who get bullied and it’s a serious thing.”

Besides showing support on AntiBullying Day by wearing a pink shirt, people can take action to stop bullying by simply stepping in when they see it occur. If you know of someone being bullied, help them ¿nd someone to talk to about it, not just on February 29th but everyday. As Esau says,” It’s way easier to be nice than to be mean.”

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post and follow events in our community Maybe you have noticed our new online calendar at www.lakecowichangazette.com. It’s de¿nitely not the old one.

The web version of the community calendar has undergone upgrades designed to make it the go-to location for local events. If it’s happening at the lake, look for it here.

If you want residents of the lake area to know something is happening, post it online in our calendar. Unlike the old web calendar, the new calendar requires no login or password, and the form to submit an item is easy to use. You can also request where you wish the calendar item to appear within the Black Press B.C. family of websites and instantly spread the word about your event to Facebook and Twitter. There’s even a spot for an image; say from a rehearsal photo from a high school play. And best of all, it’s free.

Someone here at the Lake Cowichan Gazette will monitor the site, check each item before it posts just to make sure it complies with our simple guidelines, which lead off the submission form.

Basically, please use full, proper and polite English and stick to community events. The calendar is located on the home page of lakecowichangazette.com, halfway down on the right hand side of the page. We think it’s a great way to create buzz about your organization or event, and the perfect bulletin board to stay on top of what’s happening at Cowichan Lake days, weeks or even months in advance. And, did we mention it’s easy to use?

☞ Town council begins budget meetings Lake Cowichan council has just begun budget meetings for 2012. One may think we are late in starting but in actual fact, the budget does not have to be ¿nal until May. For the most part, budgets are planned ¿ve years in advance and Council only needs to review and adjust budget amounts in areas that have been re prioritized. Also at these meetings, department managers provide a list of capital projects for the upcoming 12 months as well as planned equipment upgrades.

Council has the task of meeting with all department heads to review capital plans and anticipated equipment upgrades and decide whether or not to proceed with these requests during this 12 month budget period. This whole process can usually take up to 20 hours of meeting time and many dif¿cult decisions.

To date we have ¿nished the ¿re department’s budget with careful consultation with the ¿re chief. This is the most dif¿cult budget portion to edit as it is not the intention of anyone to short change the needs of a department that plays such an important role in public safety.

If you are interested in budget numbers please go to the town’s website and search under bylaws and you can see the detail of how tax dollars are allocated. Also follow us on Facebook for up to date information on projects and initiatives.

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Ohtaki committee preparing for visit from Japan Tammy Caruso Gazette

Ohtaki Twinning Committee held a meeting on the evening of Tuesday, Feb. 14 to discuss future delegations going to and coming from Japan, as well as home stays and assistant English teachers in Japan.

Angela Long is the current assistant English teacher (AET) from Lake Cowichan that has gone overseas to Japan to aid in teaching Japanese students how to speak, read and write English.

The hiring process for the AETs is a cooperative between Lake Cowichan and our sister city, Ohtaki. Lake Cowichan does the advertising for the position annually and sends the resumes to Japan for them to decide on who they would like to come over.

AETs that are chosen to go overseas to Ohtaki, Japan, are provided with a guest house, a vehicle and a salary for one year.

Long and the Ohtaki community have submitted a request to the Town for Long to continue her stay for another year and the town must sign off that they accept this proposal.

“We don’t have to advertise and we are

okay with her staying for another year,” says Roni-Lee Roach, executive secretary for the town. Roach helps to organize the exchange of students and delegates between the two communities. “The extension of the tenure is welcomed. If they are happy, we are happy.” Roach adds.

A late item [for the agenda] arrived last week before the meeting that has since been accepted by the board. A delegation will be coming from Japan to Lake Cowichan from Oct. 6 to 13. The number of students and adults that will be travelling to Lake Cowichan is uncertain at this time. In 2010 there were over 30 people in the visiting Ohtaki delegation.

The organizing committee is currently looking for home stay families in Lake Cowichan for the Japanese delegation.

The Ohtaki Twinning committee is always looking for additional accommodation for students and adults from Ohtaki to stay when they come to visit our area.

Their stay is one week long. If you would like more information on becoming a home stay for a week in October, please contact Coun. Jayne Ingram at jingram@ lakecowichan.ca.

Travel to Japan from Lake Cowichan is

Ross Forrest, mayor of Lake Cowichan, Jayne Ingram, councillor and Ohtaki committee member Laurie Johnson attended a dinner reception by the Consul General in Victoria on Feb. 21. The dinner was held for representatives of some of the Island communities that have twinning relationships with communities in Japan.

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proposed for 2013. Currently the Ohtaki Twinning committee has two council members on its board; Mayor Ross Forrest, and Coun. Jayne Ingram and two community members; Lori Johnson and Sharon Kelly.

They are hoping to ¿ll one more position but they still meet the quorum so that they can deal with current issues. If you are interested in becoming involved please contact Ingram or Forrest. The next meeting is scheduled for May 8.

Yeehaw! Sadie Hawkin’s Day is a comin’ Diana Hutton Gazette

She was known as “the homeliest gal in the holler”, but her name still lives on today. Sadie Hawkins was a ¿ctional character in Al Capp’s long running cartoon strip, L’il Abner, which chronicled the hijinks of the hillbillies who lived in the mythical borough of Dogpatch, Tennessee.

In November of 1937 a series of strips introduced the character of Sadie, a 35 year old spinster, desperate to ¿nd a husband.

Her father, Hekzebiah Hawkins, equally desperate, organized a footrace in which all the eligible bachelors of Dogpatch were forced to participate. Which ever unlucky groom-to-be Sadie managed to catch, had to marry her.

By the following year, Sadie Hawkins dances had sprung up at college and highschool campuses across the U.S., with most being held in November. The shock-

ing premise of these events (remember, this was 1938) was that girls could actually take the bold step of asking boys to dance or come out on a date.

Feb. 29, or Leap Day occurs once every four years, when the Gregorian calendar has to add a day to catch up the extra 6 hours in each 365 day year. Legend has it that in 5th Century Ireland, St. Bridget complained to St. Patrick about young women having to wait so long for their young men to propose. St. Patrick complied by allowing tradition to be reversed every Leap Day, when a woman could legally propose marriage to the man of her choice.

In Scotland in 1288 it was made into law and any man who declined a Leap Day proposal was made to pay a penalty.

So with a combination of hillbilly humour and Irish Blarney, Sadie Hawkins Day was born. Come on girls, let’s celebrate. Dust off them white dresses, choose yer partner and grab yer shotgun, the weddin’s on!

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OPINION & COMMENT

Pink Shirt Day All About Putting A Stop To Bullying

On Wednesday, Feb. 29 communities and schools across Canada will be participating in Pink Shirt Day. Schools in the Cowichan Lake area have many events happening at their schools and in the classrooms to make sure students of all ages understand what the pink shirt day is all about. In an effort to lead bully free lifestyles, schools will show presentations about the history of the day and to explain that bullying isn’t just physical abuse, but includes hurting people by being mean spirited as well.

It’s a great idea to start with the schools and younger students and stop this kind of behaviour before it can become a problem in years to come.

Peer pressure may inÀuence some kids decisions as they get older and the sooner they are made aware of how hurtful their actions can be to someone, the sooner we can start to put an end to the problem.

As one student said, it’s way easier to be nice than to be mean. Wouldn’t the world be a better place if everyone had that attitude.

1High Five Congratulations to Jessica Knowles, the ¿rst female ¿re¿ghter of the Lake Cowichan Fire Department. Perhaps her joining the department will be the catalyst that encourages others of her gender to become involved with the local ¿re department.

Taxing times for B.C. government Falcon has again dangled the prospect of raising general corporate income tax from 10 to 11 per cent, but not until 2014.

Business experts applauded the hard line on spending, noting the contrast with Alberta’s big spending and Ontario’s big spending hangover.

NDP ¿nance critic Bruce Ralston says Falcon’s two-percent spending target is “unrealistic,” and the whole program is motivated mostly by two by-elections this year and a general election next year. He said the proposal to raise general business taxes is a repeat of his effort to save the HST, and it won’t happen if the B.C. Liberals win in 2013.

B.C. Conservative leader John Cummins made the bizarre claim that it’s an NDPstyle “tax and spend” budget, and inaccurately accused Falcon of raising taxes on small business. He also joined the NDP

chorus of outrage over ICBC, BC Hydro and medical premium increases.

Some other hot topics in the budget: • Selling assets. The big one here is B.C.’s liquor wholesaling monopoly, run out of warehouses in Kamloops and Vancouver. Falcon insists the private sector does this kind of work more ef¿ciently, and union contracts will be protected in a bidding process.

The NDP argues that selling off a monopoly puts this governBy Tom Fletcher ment cash cow at risk, and points to private retail stores with higher prices and lower wages.

The proposed sale of 100 surplus Crown properties has raised cries of “selling the silverware to buy groceries.” But land sales are nothing new for governments, and Falcon prefers that to raising taxes.

• Carbon tax. The last scheduled increase goes ahead in July, adding another penny on a litre of gasoline, followed by a freeze

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VICTORIA – Before this week’s budget debate is drowned out by the shouting over the teachers’ dispute, here’s a look at the main points and the arguments unfolding around them.

The setting for Finance Minister Kevin Falcon’s ¿rst budget is what he dreaded when Premier Christy Clark handed him the job. Recovery is painfully slow, with mining and petroleum growing and forest products struggling to hold and build on gains made in Asia. This and the $3 billion dismantling of the harmonized sales tax moved Falcon to limit overall spending growth to an average of two per cent for the next three years. That means little or no increase to all areas except health care, education and social assistance.

Despite holding the line on public service pay and not replacing 2,000 positions over the next three years, Clark and Falcon had to postpone the elimination of the 2.5-per-cent small business income tax to get to a balanced budget by 2013. And

and review of the whole climate program.

Ralston says the climate plan is “in tatters,” along with dozens of other policy areas that are also under review after 11 years of B.C. Liberal rule.

NDP leader Adrian Dix vows to keep the carbon tax and its offsetting personal income tax cuts, direct carbon tax revenues to transit and rural energy-saving retro¿ts, and hike the general corporate tax rate from 10 to 12 per cent to pay for it.

• HST. Asked what he would have done as ¿nance minister, Ralston suggested getting rid of the HST sooner. Dix continues to misrepresent the HST as solely a transfer to big business, ignoring the small and medium-sized businesses that have a year left to take advantage of input tax credits.

Simon Fraser University economist Jon Kesselman has estimated that poor people will be worse off when the HST ends, while the rest of us will see a very small net bene¿t.

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Letters to the editor: Your say Letters to the editor are welcome, but writers are requested to keep their submissions to 350 words or less. All letters must contain the name, address and signature of the writer, and a phone number where they may be reached during business hours. Thank you letters will not normally be considered for publication.

Gratitude for community help Dear Editor Re: Bottles for brains.

Whether you donated your bottles, your money or your time to help with the Bottles for Brains bottle drive I appreciate it.

To be honest, the gratitude I feel is impossible to truly explain. Each and every individual who took part is helping me get my life back. It’s a special thing to know that when you really need it, willing help is all around waiting for you.

All you have to do is ask. You don’t ¿nd that in just any place or community.

I am so grateful for everyone who helped out in this but I do need to recognize a special person; Laurie Johnson. Laurie I don’t know if you truly understand the impact your generosity and selÀessness has on people’s lives. Whenever I tried to say thank you, you just brushed it off like it was no big deal. “Don’t worry about it, I love this stuff,” was a line I heard a lot. But not just anyone loves to organize massive bottle drives, to spend hours and hours collecting and sorting or to turn their front lawn into a makeshift bottle depot.

I’m just one of many who have received help from you.

I know for you it’s not about recognition but please take a moment to really comprehend the good you’ve done for so many people. If you ever need help in any situation I’ll be there. I’d say all you have to do is call but instead I should probably say just Facebook me.

Lake Cowichan is blessed to have you in their community.

In life it’s easy to get down when facing adversity but when it comes to situations and moments like these I am grateful for it. The perspective I’ve gained is life changing and for all the help I’ve received I can’t wait to pay it forward tenfold.

For now, all I can use is words, but over the years I can’t wait to show everyone how much I appreciate everything. Until then, Curtis Knippelberg Duncan

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Dear Editor Re: New roundabout So the town’s Public Works committee wants to put in a roundabout at the intersection of North and South Shore Roads.

I went by the town of¿ce and was informed that the installation of lights at that location was not feasible because, and are you sitting down for this, “ the bridge could not take the weight of two logging trucks.”

I cannot imagine that the engineer who designed the bridge in 1951 did not visualize two logging trucks on the bridge at the same time either standing still or rolling.

I was also told that all the residents who attended the meeting were in favour of a roundabout.

Well, everybody that my wife and I talked to think it is illogical to construct a roundabout at that location. Roundabouts have their use at some locations but not this one. Neither the traf¿c volume nor the accident stats warrant construction.

The reason given by town hall was that ICBC will pay for it is ridiculous. The insurance rates are high enough without insurance money being wasted on roundabouts because the town asked for one.

Is there enough room to construct a proper roundabout or will a portion of the park be sacri¿ced? Don’t forget that this roundabout has to be constructed in accordance with highway speci¿cations. Minimizing the diameter of the circle to ¿t the available space will not be allowed as was done on the King George and Cowichan Avenue roundabout. What will the town have to sacri¿ce in order to accommodate the construction of a proper roundabout?

What would the cost be to the town to put in traf¿c lights with sensors in the left turn lanes at that location instead of a roundabout? If the construction of the roundabout at King George Road and Cowichan Avenue is an indication then the people required to use this road for access to the grocery store or to Duncan better get ready for traf¿c delays.

Petitions against construction of this roundabout are being circulated around town for those interested.

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Dear Editor Re: Downtown revitalization planning Mr. Bert Lievre has written yet another letter complaining about any government expense that does not directly bene¿t him, including the roundabout, the arena and the downtown

revitalization. He presumes to speak for “people living in Lake Cowichan retired on a ¿xed income”, but he certainly does not speak for me!

My life, like everybody else’s, has been made richer by infrastructure and services built with tax dollars paid by previous generations. I have bene¿tted from schools and hospitals generously provided by thoughtful and progressive elders, and from public roads, transit and facilities they built to better the lives of those who came after them. Mr. Lievre presumably has done so as well without realizing that by doing so he has incurred an obligation to pass these amenities along to the generations to come. I will dare to suggest he also cashes his pension cheques.

To accuse our mayor and council of not being able to “live in the real world” and “spending our hard earned dollars as if it were their own” because they are using tax revenues to maintain and improve those amenities is simply unfair.

They were reelected by acclamation because they have been prudent and dedicated stewards of our community; were it otherwise we would have de¿nitely had an election. I have been politically aware for half a century, held elected of¿ce myself and strongly disagree with Mr. Lievre’s opinions. We are fortunate to have a responsible council that works well together for the preservation of our community.

I once dealt with a constituent who objected strenuously to paying school taxes because he had no children in school. He simply refused to accept that his obligation to pay his share was a result of the education he received himself. I suspect he and Mr. Lievre would have gotten along rather well, but reasonable citizens understand that we who have gained from this great society have a duty to pass it along in at least as good a condition as we found it. We may let our own houses fall into disrepair if we choose but we are collectively obligated to repay those whose taxes nurtured and enriched our own lives.

As a retired person in Lake Cowichan living on a ¿xed income I want to thank our mayor and council for doing such a conscientious job. I feel safe in assuming the mantle of spokesperson long enough to acknowledge our forebears for the ¿ne society they built for us to thrive in, and to assure their memory that we are prepared to pay the cost of basic maintenance so their gift is available to others in the future. The Lake has a generous and caring population so, thank God, Mr. Lievre will

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Square dancing popular here in the 1950s and 60s

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Àoor trying to follow the direcelected: president, Doug Reimer tions of the caller (one of the (teacher); vice-pres., George teachers) we tripped and missCapella and teachers Sophie stepped, stalled and staggered Heycock and Lucile Palsson trying to get the hang of it. With taking the secretary and treasurer each step, we knew we were positions. one step closer to the end of According to the clubs new the embarrassing spectacle. We rules, “The club met every 2 wondered why we couldn’t just weeks and after a short meeting play ball or games. held a dance.

How long the Limit on numbers of members; age limit lessons went on of 18, no liquor, is long forgotten, men pay and women as are the dance bring sandwiches steps that were so for two. Meetings seriously taught to and dances were children who could held at the Honeyhave cared less. moon Bay Hall “What were the and the Mesachie teachers thinkBy Rolli Gunderson Lake Hall.” (Kaatza ing?” we may have Station Museum wondered. Did they Archives Fonds). actually think we’d The Lively rather square dance Lakers was also an active square than play? Later, looking back, dance group with members one can see that the experience taking part in parades and other couldn’t possibly have been as events. Like the Mesachie bad as young minds may have Mixers, they were ardent square thought. In fact, it could have dancers. been fun if we’d just gone along After recently viewing old with it. Who knows, maybe photos of local adult square some of the kids grew up to be dance groups and noticing square dancers! that so many of the members The Mesachie Lake Square were school teachers from Lake Dance Club known as the Cowichan Elementary school Mesachie Mixers was one of including the elementary school the earlier square dance clubs in principal himself, it was little the area, having held their ¿rst wonder that the square dancing meeting in 1951. Club elections teachers felt it important to were chaired by Lake Cowichan give us school kids the opportuElementary School principal nity to be square dancing pupils.

Len Plater with the following

Several members of the 1960’s era Lake Cowichan Lively Lakers Square Dance club pose on their parade float entry during an annual Lake Cowichan celebrations weekend. Names written on the back of the picture were Don and Irene Leischner, Muriel and Stan Halloran, Rae and Lloyd Peterson, Audrey and Johnny French, Norah and Oscar Mangelson, Gary and Marg Mangelson, Cy Bourne, “caller” Wally Sanderson and Billie and Norm Gravelle (Norm standing on the right).

Rolli Gunderson Photo

As I recall it, not many kids who attended Lake Cowichan Elementary School in the late 1950s or early ‘60s were impressed when one day they were marched down to the “cement Àoor play room” and forced, (well maybe the word

forced is a bit strong) to learn to square dance.

In addition to the corny music and the strange dancing, the fact that each kid had to dance with another kid of the opposite gender, seemed about as bad as it could get — keep in mind that

the kids were only 10 or 11.

Although there were exceptions — a few of the boys liked it — many of the kids considered it a form of torture (well, maybe not actual torture, but you get the drift). As we stumbled and maneuvered around the dance

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Property taxes fund our local services: should we consider other options problem is that the province claws back every dollar raised, by taking it away from the provincial transit subsidy. Why bother? It makes no sense.

What about federal and provincial grants, you might ask. Those are usually

By Ian Morrison limited to speci¿c programs and infrastructure projects, and can’t be applied to I get it. I am lucky enough the day to day operational to own two properties in costs of services. Grants are Honeymoon Bay, and yes, I usually a “one time only” have to pay two property tax funding source, and we often bills every July. have to provide matching We all understand that the funding of our own. That’s money to pay for the services right again. Property taxes. we receive, has to come from Yet, I think we’re looking in somewhere. Most know that the right direction, and here when it comes to things like is why. ¿re protection and animal In 1971, when you considcontrol, 911 service and ered the total of all the taxes parks, by-law enforcement collected by all levels of and recreation, we all pay for government, local governit through our property tax ment accounted for spendbill. Then there are the extra ing about 17% of all the tax services we may receive — dollars available, providing that we often get a separate local services. That gave bill for in the mail — from the federal and provincial our local government. These governments about 83%. may include things like Fast forward to 2011. Local community water or garbage government’s share dropped and recycling collection. to under 9% of total tax There are still other services that appear on the property Ian Morrison dollars available. Senior governments keep 91% of tax bill that we didn’t know the tax pie, and continue we pay for. Examples might to download services to be street lights or transit, local government. They imagine the garbage on our or the catch all “other local don’t download any money roadways and in our forests government” services that or ability to raise revenue if the Meades Creek facilwe may never use. These locally, except again, through ity charged for everything, include items such as planproperty taxes. and solid waste collection ning and development, Electoral area directors services weren’t subsidized environmental initiatives, attended a seminar two by our property tax dollars. economic development, and weeks ago where these Local governments across even building inspection. tax matters were highthe province are struggling There are costs to operating lighted. The speaker stated to ¿nd the right balance of town hall and other governvarious charges and user fees that before too long, local ment facilities, and these all governments will be delivto offset the cost of providseem to have staff working ering health care services. ing services. Simply put, the in them most week days.

Guess what? The Cowichan shortfall is covered by the Now we have all had Valley Regional Hospital local government portion of to pay user fees when we District is already taxing us our annual property tax bill. interact with local governmillions of dollars, saving That’s it. Under the current ment and there are probably for a down payment on a legislation, there are no too many to list. We pay at new hospital. the waste transfer station. We alternative sources to turn At this seminar, we were to when it comes to funding pay to go public skating. We shown many of the concepts local government. Now, it is pay to rent the community I have shared in this article true that local government hall for a wedding. Yes, we today. We know that local has the ability to place a also pay for our building permit, apply for a rezoning, small tax on gas at the pump government is doing more today with only one primary for transit services. The and even when we get on a revenue source; property tax.

The challenge we all face is that people on ¿xed incomes, our seniors, and the working poor, face the day that sometime soon, they won’t be able Monday to Thursday: to afford to pay the property 8:30am - 3:00pm taxes needed to fund the services we are all accusFriday: tomed to. This is a reality 8:30am - 5:00pm many are already facing CONTACT: today. I believe the answer Editor: editor@lakecowichangazette.com lies in fair sharing of the “tax Office: office@lakecowichangazette.com pie” between all levels of government. Local governPh: 250.749.4383* ment’s allocation of avail*messages checked regularly able tax dollars should rise Fax: 250.749.438 to levels approaching that of our parent’s generation. I’m PO Box 10 | Lake Cowichan | BC | V0R 2G0 not suggesting an immedi-

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transit bus. User fees are an attempt to recoup at least some of the cost of providing the services we use. Yet, in most cases, this amounts to a small portion of the actual cost of providing the service.

How do they make up the difference? That’s right!

Property taxes.

You might want to suggest we raise the user fees to cover the cost of the service.

Make these services a true user- pay system. Unfortunately, the cost of a bus ride would be so high, and nobody would use it.

Consider that yard waste and many other items accepted at the waste transfer station is free, yet many residents continue to dump their recyclable waste in the bush. Just

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ate return to the 17% of the early 1970s, and de¿nitely not solely be on the backs of property owners either.

I will suggest the federal and provincial governments must ¿nd new and innovative ways to properly fund local governments. Other jurisdictions allow for municipal sales taxes. Still others have local government income taxes. Some cities issue municipal bonds. Our roads and sewers and buildings and bridges are getting old and many are past their normal useful lifespan. I’ve read about and heard experts talk about Canada’s infrastructure de¿cit being in excess of $100 billion. Federal and provincial governments are reducing personal and business tax rates, and either cutting services or downloading responsibilities to local government, and by default, forcing the burden on to property owners.

Local municipalities and regional districts are mandated to pick up the slack and provide some of the services previously cut by senior government.

This will only work if local governments are given some of the ¿nancial tools senior governments have. The only tool we have in our toolbox to generate signi¿cant revenue is a hammer called property taxes. We can’t keep hammering property owners every July, when we all pay our tax bills.

We need a new and innovative approach to funding local services. I feel a responsibility to share what I have learned with the people who elected me.

I don’t believe the answer is to just raise taxes. Tax revenue doesn’t even need to be divided equally either.

Our tax system just needs to be fair.

Imagine this: If while reading this article, the federal government magically disappeared. How long would it take you to notice? One week? Maybe two? Certainly, when your bene¿t cheque fails to arrive in the mail. Consider then if our provincial government magically disappeared. How long until you notice? Three days, maybe four? Perhaps sooner if you need a hospital or an ambulance. Now, if local government magically disappeared, we would know almost immediately. Why? No ¿re department, no clean water, no sewer, no street lights, and no recreation facilities, to mention just a few. This makes me ask the question, “Who really is the senior level of government?”

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International students celebrate Mardi Gras Fine arts program necessity at LCSS

One room at Lake Cowichan Secondary School smelled like mom’s kitchen as they were cooking up and serving pancakes during the Pancake Tuesday lunch.

There was a Mardi Gras theme to the event so some of the cooks were dressed up for the occasion. From left are Jesko Sothmann, Yui Suzuki, Lisa Pilcher, Yannick Roller, Beverley McCarron (teacher) and Josh Ammon get ready to serve pancakes Gazette Photo

Tammy Caruso Gazette International students at Lake Cowichan Secondary School celebrated Mardi Gras with pancakes on Tuesday, Feb. 21 — Shrove Tuesday (also known as Pancake Day and Mardi Gras) — the

day preceding Ash Wednesday, the ¿rst day of Lent.

Mardi Gras means Fat Tuesday in French and is intended for excessive eating and celebration before a long period of fasting for Lent.

Mardi Gras started a long time ago and came to America in

1669. It is now a European holiday that is celebrated all over the world with parades, dancing, and festivals.

LCSS international students are comprised of four German and one Japanese exchange student.

“International students bring such excitement to the Lake Cowichan

community,” says English as a second language teacher, Beverley McCarron.

The students are excited to learn of traditions, celebrations, and culture that happen right here in our community, and all around the world.

McCarron is originally from Duncan, but taught in Japan for 10 years. She speaks French, Spanish, and Japanese Àuently, and has lived in France, Spain and Japan.

McCarron has been with School District 79 for four years, but this is her ¿rst year teaching international students.

“As a teacher, I love to teach. As a person, I love to learn.” says McCarron.

McCarron and the International Students at LCSS look forward to more exciting activities and events to celebrate with other students in the Cowichan Valley as they arise.

Jannal Greene puts the finishing touches on her latest project.

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Tammy Caruso Gazette The metal shop at Lake Cowichan Secondary School has been reopened for the 2011 -2012 school year and has been a great opportunity to give students more diverse exposure in their educational efforts.

The shop class at LCSS offers a wide range of basic knowledge including woodwork, changing belts and elements in dryers or a timer on a washing machine, and basic car maintenance.

“I am very happy we are doing a lot in the metal shop, says teacher Pascal Pimenta, “We were shut down but open

now. We need to continue to support these programs.” he adds.

Students in shop class range from Grade 9 to 12, but there seems to be the perfect amount of students to get one-on-one time with Mr. Pimenta. They were all very focused in class, coming in and starting work on their projects with no disruption or horse play.

When showing their projects, they projected pride in their work.

The woodworking students will be working on a shed for the Community Greenhouse project.

The shed will be completed before the end of this school year. There is also a possibility that the students will build sheds for community members that may be interested.

Materials would need to be supplied and a small donation to cover costs would assist in further shop projects.

Next semester the students will begin to work on a truck that the school has purchased. This is an exciting project for the kids. It is important to acknowledge the bene¿t of continuing the Practical Arts program here in Lake Cowichan. Whether it is ¿ne arts, woodwork, or metal, some basic knowledge in these areas is crucial to our students. For some, it may also lead them to a career path not yet considered.

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not give up so many opportunities to Every Friday, at the school lunch get a goal. hour, it’s the students versus the teachThe teachers said that they thought ers. The students are always from the they did pretty good. The school hosts middle school or the high school. the Àoor hockey every “I had a wonderful time.

Friday so it gives the It was an amazing game,” students and the teachers said Pat Biello, the school’s the chance to do something counsellor. that they love, enjoy — and “It was a good game, and a time to thrash though we fought hard to try to their opponents and be win,” Grade 12 student Josh themselves.

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By Gilbert Lewis have fun. The Àoor hockey to try and win. The game at lunch started in 2010. itself was a thrilling with Ever since the lunch-time excitment rising if the ball Àoor hockey came to the would go in, or miss. school, life for the hockey jocks have The students wish they had a second been awesome. chance, because they lost against Events that happens around Lake the teachers. The teachers would be feeling pretty proud because they had a Cowichan Secondary School just can’t get any better then how it is now — wonderful victory. spectacular!

The ¿nal score ended up being 14-7 for the teachers. Students said that they could have improved and next time to

We’ve all heard the rhetoric about banning plastic shopping bags, one of those commodities that didn’t even enter the picture until several decades ago.

Back in the day, in Europe, Great Britain and many other places everyone took their own bags with them when they went shopping. Generations past easily mastered the concept of “BYOB” as in bag, not bottle (although the bringing your own bottle thing has merits all its own, but that’s for a whole other article). So being a relatively sharp crew in general, we should be able to get this one down easily.

As for which bags you choose, you have lots of options. Re-usable shopping bags are available at many local businesses, usually for a dollar or two.

You can also usually ¿nd sturdy bags at rummage and garage sales for even less.

If you’re handy with a sewing machine, you can make your own, preferably

from recycled fabric (old blue jeans make super durable bags). Or you can simply look in your “bag bag” (come on now, everybody has one) and just take your already used plastic grocery bags back to the store to use again.

Most people’s main excuse for not bringing their own bags is “I always forget” or “I left them in the car”. Poor memory is not a valid excuse unless you’re a sufferer of dementia or a latent head injury (…what were we talking about again?). The “leaving them in the car” thing works only if your car happens to be in another town or province (Hello! It’s the parking lot, not a marathon).

Amazingly enough, we manage to remember trivial things like our wallets and keys (not to mention small children and spouses) before leaving the house, so remembering to grab bags on the way out the door isn’t that big of a deal. Once it becomes a habit, it’s nearly impossible to leave the house without packing a small stash of bags, even if you have no intention of doing any shopping whatsoever. This is ¿ne (as one never knows when a bargain may leap into the line of ¿re) but can be slightly embarrassing if one is on the way to say … a cocktail party (although that does lead nicely back to the other BYOB thing).

I keep my bags rolled up singly, in little bundles with a rubber band around each one. Then they’re all housed in (you guessed it) another bag. Try hanging the bag on a coat rack or hook near the front or back doors so you pass it whenever you leave the house.

When you hit the store parking lot just remember; list, money, bags. Try a post-it note on the dashboard (or duct-taped to the bike handlebars for you killer-serious greenies) or better still, tell your spouse, kids or friends that you’ll pay them a loonie for every time you forget. (Money is always a powerful motivational tool, although this one could back¿re if unscrupulous and mercenary family members take to hiding your bags in hopes of making their ¿rst million one loonie at a time.)

You could always try humming a few choruses of The George Baker Selection’s Little Green Bag — which comes off a lot better if you’re wearing a black suit, shades and narrow tie aka: Reservoir Dogs — every time you leave the house as a memory prompter. Do whatever it takes, to make this a habit.

BYOBs are a super easy way to save money, resources and cut back on waste, besides giving you that smug “aren’t I righteous for doing my bit” feeling, nearly everyday.

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Feb. 18 was our 5th Annual Valentine Pot Luck put on by the Cowichan Lake Golden Agers’ Society at the Seniors’ Centre.

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Cowichan Lake Seniors’ Centre Valentine’s potluck well attended try new thing. Come and join us and bring your ideas.

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Youbou Fire Protection Service Commission holds AGM Tammy Caruso Gazette

The Youbou Fire Protection Service Commission held its annual general meeting over the weekend with little fuss. Matters on the agenda were dealt with professionally and ef¿ciently.

It was a busy year for Youbou in 2011, responding to approximately 52 calls. Surviving the summer with no major ¿res, and the fall rain was anticipated after such dry heat. Of the 52 calls responded to, there were only two motor vehicle accidents, and one rescue. The majority of the calls (30) were for ¿rst responder medical aids The election for three Youbou Fire Protection Service Commission members took place during the meeting. There was to be three nominees elected by the community and one appointed

by Pat Weaver.

Chairperson, Ken Abbott, has stepped down this year. On

behalf of Area I, Pat Weaver thanked Abbott for being such a long-time, willing participant in the Youbou Fire Protection Service Commission. She said his service to the board has been unequivocal and it is a shame to lose him.

Abbott will be 85 years-old this year and has sat on the commission since 2003. His experience on the board has been good, but he no longer feels he is able to be of assistance.

Jerry Walker, George DeLure, and Bill Gibson returned by acclamation as there were no other candidates to come forward at the election.

Youbou Fire Protection Service Commission members, from left, Pat Weaver, Ken Abbott, Bill Gibson, George DeLure, Gerry Community involvement and Walker, Orest Smycniuk, Youbou fire cheif, listen to concerns presented at the annual general meeting. volunteer roles from our younger Tammy Caruso Photo people are needed in Youbou.

“We have to raise our kids differ- people who attended the meeting, Youbou needs more people to one more individual to sit on the ent, make them think different, none of them were looking for a step forward and make a differ- board. If you are interested or because they are the ones needed nomination to sit on the board ence if they want to see change would like to nominate someone to ¿ll these [volunteer] spots,” that represents their area. This in this community. for the position, please contact says Weaver. is a grave concern for Area I. Weaver still needs to appoint Pat Weaver at 250-749-3120.

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A tisket, a tasket, came from Cabin Fever Market with a full basket Tammy Caruso Gazette

The day after a crazy snow storm in our area, the sun was shining for Honeymoon Bay’s ¿rst indoor winter market making it easy for people to come check out the goods— and for the vendors to set up their tables and socialize like they do in the summer.

Bob Riddler, organizer of the market, was there displaying his wood garden sheds and outdoor furniture, amongst 19 or so other vendors. All of Riddler’s materials are from recycled goods, such as old barns or sheds that have been torn down.

After 17 years of running the Duncan market, Riddler was asked to help start one in Honeymoon Bay. He agreed, but needed to build something to hold his

items in. Riddler built a miniature house for his goods, and the next thing he knew, he was building several more for other vendors. Soon, the area for the outdoor market began to resemble its own little town.

Six successful years later, they have now extended their season into the winter. “We wanted to see how it works. We will see how it goes; we might carry it on,” says Riddler.

Currently there are 16 fulltime vendors at the market, and four to ¿ve drop in sellers, some travelling from as far as Victoria to be a part of the Honeymoon Bay buzz. The market isn’t just produce, as some are. They offer all kinds of items such as painted rocks, baby out¿ts, honey, 50/50 draws and more.

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Retreads: across the trestle and down the trail

Beth Kidd, Willa Suntjen and Peter Ridley on hike below Marie Canyon Trestle.

Vandalized park signboard near Trestle 70.2.

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Twelve Retreads members enjoyed hikes along the Cowichan River during the past two weeks.

The ¿rst hike took off from the Marie Canyon Parking lot, crossed the trestle and entered into the river side trail heading downstream. After some time we stopped high above the river to look back up the busy river round a curve. Further down the trail on a lower area where the river widens out and becomes a bit calmer we found a suitable log and sat enjoying lunch while we watched a lone ¿sherman quietly Àipping his Ày onto the water. We did not see a catch, but were impressed by his patience and persistence.

On around the next bend and we met a large group from the Providence Farm

Alternate School. They were out on a hike and enjoying a picnic lunch and wiener roast. Another two kilometres and we come up onto the Trans Canada Trail and followed this trail back to the Marie Canyon Trestle. A neat three hour hike along the river and up through the protected forests of the Cowichan River park.

This week we set off from Saywell Park up Pine Street onto the Lake Cowichan end of the Trans Canada Trail with a target of reaching the 70.2 mile trestle and joining the Fisherman’s walk back across to the north side trail. The TCT hike to trestle 70.2 is 4.3 kilometres.

As we travelled along this end of the trail we were concerned that the trail is in real need of TLC. It is becoming potholed and

has stones sticking through the surface.

This will cause a problem for the cyclists we expect to come from the Kinsol Trestle as the weather warms up. We were also greatly saddened to see that one of the park signs had been vandalized and that the yellow posts at bridge entrances had been torn up and cast aside. We hate to see such destructive behaviour on our cherished trail system.

The ¿sherman’s walk section of the trail is heavily used at this time of year, so we had no dif¿culty ¿nding our way through the 3.5 kilometres forest path to the north side trail. Then a 4.5 kilometres hike back to Saywell Park. We con¿rmed that we can do a neat hike from Lake Cowichan down the TCT, across through the forest

and back up the north side trail, a hike of approximately 12 kilometres or 3-4 hours.

On the way back we did sit at a picnic table at Cowichan Riverside Cottages while we enjoyed a coffee and had an amicable discussion about some of the clubs decisions.

The club held a meeting last week and the schedule for April, May and June has been worked out and will be printed up soon.

If interested you can pick up the schedule at Cowichan Lake Recreation or call Cliff and Willa Suntjen at 250-749-4144 for information. Next weeks hike is up Maple Mountain where you have wonderful views down the inside channels.

-sunbmitted by David Kidd

Heavy metal rocked the LCSS fundraiser

Don Gordon, left, throws in his donation — the most interesting of the day– an old car-jack from a 1946 Chev and trim from a 1954 Oldsmobile. The bin was nearly full at the end of the day.

Tammy Caruso and Gazette Photos

Tammy Caruso Gazette

Metal donations poured in for the Community Garden Fund-raiser on Saturday held by Lake Cowichan Secondary School’s Michele Taylor. In receipt of old appliances, car parts, and even a whole car, Taylor was excited to be that much closer to the completion of a large project that will bene¿t the students and the community. “I’m so proud of what we are doing here,” says Taylor.

It has taken four years to get the garden where it is today, but with community

involvement and students assisting with composting, as well as the construction, Lake Cowichan is on the brink of opening a beautiful community garden with rentable boxes for residents to rent and grow their own food or Àowers.

Money raised from the metal recycling fund-raiser will be used to pay for the additional materials needed for the garden shed, as well as ongoing expenses such as water and electricity. The goal is to raise approximately $1,000 in order to cover the costs required to complete the project.

The amount raised to date will not be

known until Paci¿c Steel, partners in the recycling program, come to collect the bin and its contents.

Composting like crazy and getting the students involved in a pretty serious recycling program will only further the bene¿ts the garden will offer, not to mention increase the importance of being green amongst students. There is a lot to know about reducing waste, so instilling that knowledge in the kids at an early age is bound to have a positive effect on our earth’s future.

There has also been some noteworthy

assistance from community businesses such as A&W, who have been donating their used eggshells to the high school for the composting bins.

From just a few things in the bin early Saturday morning to having it nearly full at days end, the metal fund-raiser seems to have been successful. However, it isn’t over yet! The bin will be left at LCSS for approximately one week. If you have donations of any kind, old bikes, appliances, coffee pots, please bring them by and help support the community garden efforts.

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Reverend Harold Rowledge, Pastor, husband, father, grandpa, great-grandpa and friend; April 30, 1939 - February 24, 2012.

Harold had a message in over 50 years of ministry in British Columbia, “God Loves You” and “God through His love will give you strength for anything.” He shared this message in the north, east,west and south of B.C. in his loving and peaceful way.

He has predeceased his loving wife Tina of 51 years, daughters Connie (Steve) Dunton, Margie (Don) Street, Cyndee (Rod) Fair; grand kids Kathy, Shawna (Jon), Mike, Nathan (Jen), Matt (Dee), Jon, Tricia, Kim, Corinna; three and a half great-grand kids; sister Elaine (Bill) Gibson and her children and families.

Harold was born in Stettler, Alberta and grew up in Powell River where he was called to the ministry, a calling that stayed with him all his life. When diagnosed with incurable cancer, Harold’s attitude demonstrated the peace he had in knowing that a loving God is in charge. He walked this journey arm in arm with his Savior and Lord.

For all of those who helped, the caring doctors, nursing staff and friends, we thank you for making Harold and the whole family so comfortable. You all have such a wonderful gift and you gave it freely to all of us. We are going to miss Harold terribly, but we know he is eternally at home in Heaven and his pain is gone.

Memorial Service will be held on Saturday, March 3, 2012 at 1:30p.m. at Nanaimo Evangelistic Tabernacle 1300 Princess Royal Avenue.

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145 South Shore Road | Lake Cowichan | www.lkc.ca $600 2 Bedroom Suite #39-211 Madill

Lower suite in popular strata. W&D, patio, N/S, N/Pets $650 2 Bedroom Suite #47-211 Madill Upper suite in popular strata development. W&D, N/S, N/P $700 2 bedroom suite #2-68 Stanley Rd. Very nice unit in six-plex in centre of town. N/S, small pet upon approval $900 2 bedroom suite 279 North Shore Rd. Beautiful open plan, vaulted ceiling, large deck & great lake view. W/D. Small pet upon approval $900 2 bedroom suite 6402 Summit Rd. Skutz Falls, lower suite. Country setting, patio & includes hydro, propane & W/D. N/S, N/Pets. $1400 3 bedroom home 289 North Shore Rd. Lovely newer home, fantastic lake views & large deck & inside garage. Lots of comfort features. W/D, N/S, small pet upon approval Check out rentals online www.lkc.ca To View Call:

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CARDS OF THANKS

THANK YOU from all of Andrea Bates’ family

ROWLEDGE, Reverend Harold April 30, 1939 - February 24, 2012

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In Loving Memory of Merilyn Eileen Furnseth (Lindoff) 1945 – 2012 Merilyn passed away peacefully in Victoria on February 22, 2012. She will be sadly missed by her son Wade Lindoff (Pat), daughter Launa Bray, brother Don Furnseth, granddaughters Erin, Kate and Madi as well as numerous nieces and nephews.

Merilyn grew-up behind the “Fix-It-Shop”, a family business in Lake Cowichan owned by her parents Lars and Lilly Furnseth. She and her husband Gerald Lindoff raised their own family in Kamloops. Merilyn was a passionate and accomplished cook, gardener, and decorator.

She enjoyed gatherings with family and friends and leisure time camping and fishing. When their children graduated, Merilyn and Gerald purchased the Greenwood Inn which they owned and operated until they divorced in 1989.

Merilyn was proudly recognized for superior guest service skills in the hotel industry before graduating with a diploma in health care. She returned to Vancouver Island in 2003 to care for her mother and shortly after was diagnosed with a progressive degenerative condition.

The family wishes to thank the many friends and health professionals for their care and support.

A small gathering of family and friends will honour Merilyn’s life at 1:00 pm on Saturday, March 3rd at 3-5164 Cordova Bay Road in Victoria, B.C.

Thank you to the compassionate and professional staff at Duncan hospital.

And, thank you to each and every person who sent a card, gave a hug or had a kind word or thought for Andrea.

I cannot express how important your love for her was to us.

It is absolutely overwhelming.

Never stop being like you are.

Thanks so much.

S W NE

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Cowichan Lake Service Directory Grubs, bugs and slugs: how to combat a gardener's worst enemies (NC)— Many people begin to think about the upcoming lawn care season before the snow has fully melted. Achieving a blanket of beautiful, green grass can be dif¿cult, especially with saboteurs like grubs and other lawn pests around.

Sometimes bene¿cial insects are mistaken for pesky ones, and;

six legs. They eat grass roots; as they eat, the grass will turn brown and die.

• Once you've identi¿ed the pest, check for damage and then take action.

Most of us have some of these pests living on our lawns year-round, but they only become a problem when conditions ripen for an infestation. You can prevent infestations from happening by following a few simple steps:

This action could include the use of pest control products to repel, control or eliminate the pest.

Though Health Canada has registered many pesticides for use in Canada, some provinces and municipalities have placed additional restrictions on pesticide use on public and private property. Check for restrictions with your local authorities before you use a registered pesticide on your lawn.

• Hairy chinch bugs: black with white wings and two tiny black spots visible on their back, these bugs boast piercing, sucking mouths that they use to feed on the sap of grass plants.

• Look at the problem as a whole and focus on prevention. Look at all available information and consider your options before deciding how to proceed;

Some of the worst enemies of a healthy lawn include:

• Check your lawn regularly. Early inspection leads to early intervention and elimination;

• White grubs: the larvae of beetles, grubs are the scourge of gardeners. White or yellowish, they have wrinkled, c-shaped bodies with brownish heads and

• Identify the pests and read up on them.

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