Lake Cowichan Gazette, April 25, 2012

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Tamu Miles Gazette editor Duncan Brown, a local school trustee and representative on the District 79 school board, says that even within the proposed budget, which has been sent to the district’s finance committee to be costed, there are approximately 17 teaching positions that will have to be cut in the Cowichan district next year.

The restorative budget is an effort by board members to reinstate and enhance services that have already been lost over the last 10 years. These include programs such as “Intensive behaviour programs (IBIT), resource teachers, learning assistance teachers as well as teacher librarian time, and all elementary counsellors,” says Brown. All of these effect class size compositions and the learning conditions for students.

But Brown says that there are many more services that have been cut and that need attention. “The substance intervention program that we had for students, was a small ticket item cost wise, but very valuable I think.

Custodial time has been cut by eight weeks, so we’re looking at some of that to be restored in the coming budget. Our bussing routes have been cut way back and this is causing access and time problems for our bussing department and school start times.” Brown explains that school start times are dictated by the scheduling and coordinating of bussing routes and the ability for busses to get children to schools.

Making sure that the high school in Lake Cowichan can offer a reasonable course selection is also an issue. “Right now in Lake Cowichan, we are looking for base-line funding for our secondary school.” Both LCSS and the Chemainus high school are having a hard time offering core programs to students. “We want to make sure we can offer a reasonable course selection.” Brown refers to not only courses like physics, calculus and other courses, but electives as well.

Brown says that he doesn’t want to guess at how much restoring these programs will cost as yet, as the budget is presently being looked at by the finance committee, but it is subject to change and negotiation through the budget process. “There may be some savings yet, too, that we can find within our structure. We do expect it will exceed our revenues at this time and our hope is that we can balance this budget with more funding from the ministry.” That being said, even with the proposed budget, there will still be a shortfall of $2.4 million, and if teaching positions are cut the district would still be short $800,000.

Brown feels excited about the approach the school board is taking and hopes that they can come to some agreements with the province. “The projections if we

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Roselyn Baird feeds one of the lambs brought to the library by Tarka Clayton last Thursday. The lambs were a surprise for the children during one of the bi-weekly story time visits at the library. Oscar Martinez Munier, inset, deciding whether or not he is enjoying having one of the lambs suck on his fingers.

don’t take this approach are scary for me. There are some that are concerned with this approach but not doing something is, to me, what we should fear the most.”

Funding projections for 2012, which were drawn up by the board’s secretary treasurer, show that over the next five years there will be a loss of over $4 million. Most of these cuts will be seen in transportation, operations and maintenance costs.

In response to questions about what these cuts would mean to teachers and administration, Brown says “What’s interesting is if you look as we go out, our demands are actually compounding because our demands on the system are increasing, yet our funding levels are dropping. So this is an attempt to work with the government to change that projection.”

Trustee Cathy Schmidt, isn’t on side with the plan to present the ministry with a restorative budget, and says the risk is too high.

“It is really scary to think that our board is moving forward with the thought that the minister is going to actually come up with some extra cash to support this restoration budget. And that is really scary to me because the minister has made it so clear that the dollars are the OWN IT

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Schmidt believes a balanced budget is doable and that there are surpluses this year to work with.

“I am fully prepared to look at the original draft the secretary treasurer gave us, with the figures that I received as far as what we have as a surplus. I have every intention as an individual trustee to go through those numbers and see if I can put together a balanced budget.”

Moving forward, the proposed restorative budget will go to a budget committee, made up of senior administrators, trustees, and representatives from all partner groups such as the Steel Workers Union, Teachers, CUPE, Parents, First Nations, and Métis. and this committee will look at all revenues and areas for saving.

They will then compile a priority list of all programs and services and senior administration will decide what can and cannot be cut from next year’s budget. The budget will then go to the board as a recommendation and there will be a public forum where parents and local PACs can debate and input ideas and concerns.

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Canada says goodbye to long-gun registry

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Local Cowichan Lake hunter target practicing at Valley Fish & Game Club.

Tamu Miles Gazette editor The official end of the long-gun registry came on Tuesday, April 5. The Senate passed Bill C-19 by a vote of 50-27, and royal ascent was given on April 6. For many, the long-gun registry was one of the more controversial, and some might say divisive, law enforcement measures in Canadian history.

Wes Swain, a member of Wilderness Watch, teaches firearms safety courses in the Cowichan Lake area.

Swain says that the biggest affect that ending the registry will have on Lake Cowichan residents and Canadian’s in general, is the money that will be saved. Since the long-gun registry law was put into place in 1995, Swain says the government has spent approximately $2 billion dollars on staff and the inputting of registered gun owner’s data. Swain is not against registering firearms,

and in fact registers his own, but says, “we can do that on our own without the government spending $2 billion dollars.”

To those who have concerns about whether Bill C-19 will only allow criminals easier access to firearms, Swain says that those who are intending to commit a crime with a firearm find them on the black market, and if they steal them they grind off the registration number anyway. “I don’t think it (the end of the long-gun registry) will change things in our society. If someone crosses that line—if they snap—it doesn’t matter if the gun is registered or not.”

For Swain, who has a background in environmental sciences and wilderness law, and who was in charge of hunting education law for the province until this past Feb., hunting is a part of our collective Canadian heritage. “We are an outdoors type of people. Firearms and shotguns are tools for outdoor recreation and hunting.” He says that many Canadians hunt deer, moose, and other animals to feed their families, and that with the end of the long-gun registry, “It has gone back to the way it always was.”

However, the end of the registry does not mean that we can all simply walk into a store that sells guns to purchase a firearm. Those who wish to possess and use firearms must be 18 or older and must still take the firearms safety course and pass the subsequent exam.

Both courses must be passed with a minimum of 80 per cent. Individuals must then acquire a Possession and Acquisition Licence—a federal document—from the RCMP. This includes filling out an application form and being subject to a criminal record check.

There are three different classifications of firearms, all of which require attaining a licence, and all of which require the individual to take a firearms course in order to purchase a firearm. The first is the one discussed above, called the Canadian Non-Restricted Firearms

Course (CFSC), which applies to long-guns such as ordinary rifles and shot guns.

The second is called the Canadian Restricted Firearms Course (CRFSC), which applies to hand guns. This course can only be taken if the individual has completed the CFSC and is a restricted course. On top of this, owners must acquire an authorization for transport in order to take the weapon from the store to their residence. The weapon can only be used at a gun range and must be locked in an opaque case. The gun must be placed in a locked gun case or closet, be equipped with a trigger lock, and be stored with the registration and ownership documents. To transport the weapon to a gun range, the owner must acquire a separate transportation permit.

The final classification is for machine guns, hand grenades, cut off guns and other such weapons, and is called a Canadian Prohibited Firearms Safety Course.

Swain says it is very hard to acquire a licence for these kinds of weapons and that the licence is meant for those weapons which are family heirlooms. These weapons cannot be used for hunting or be fired at a gun range.

As far as Swain is concerned, the key to ensuring safety when it comes to firearms, is education. He has taught the Firearm Safety Course to approximately 60 people since Jan. and expects that by the end of April, that number will sit around 90. He allows only 10 people per class and says that it is more about the individual learning how to use and properly store a firearm, than the passing of the course. He feels that Canada’s gun laws are under control. “We have a great country. May we always have to prove our right to own firearms.”

And though Judge Marc-Andre Blanchard extended a temporary injunction ordering the Conservative government to continue registering long guns in Quebec on April 20, the rest of Canada seems to be adapting to the new law with no major concerns.

Teachers vote to adopt resistance strategy on Bill 22 Tamu Miles Gazette editor After a province wide vote conducted from April 17-19, the BCTF voted 73 per cent in favour of resisting Bill 22, the controversial Education Improvement Act. A total of 21,625 teachers voted yes, and 7,846 voted no. Susan Lambert, the BCTF president characterizes the result as a strong vote of confidence in the action plan crafted by delegates to the BCTF’s Annual General Meeting in March.

Lambert noted that Bill 22 virtually wipes out class-size and composition limits and says that learning conditions will undoubtedly suffer as schools come into a year when public education will face a $100 million funding short fall.

Erika Blume, the LTCA president says that Cowichan Lake students will only be affected for a short time by the job action “and I hear that community members have volunteered to take over for the soccer team, so that is great! The withdrawal of extracurricular activities is always a difficult choice for teachers to make. Everyone needs to remember that teachers volunteer their time with these students because they love what they do, not because it is a required aspect of their job.”

Blume says that although parents and students will have to take on more of the planning and coordinating of the graduation ceremony, which is usually organized by the teacher, students and parent volunteers anyway, it will proceed as planned and students do not need to worry. “Planning and coordinating

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Local teachers hold an information line along Lake Cowichan roads on Monday, March 5 of this year.

graduation is not a job requirement. It has been done by Michele Taylor every year because she loves LCSS students.”

When it comes to field trips and other such activities, Blume says that those field trips that are part of the planned curricula and where teachers assess the student, will still go ahead as planned.

“Other activities should stop.”

Many parents and students are concerned about report cards and whether they will be completed at the end of the school year, but Blume states that “The LRB ruled that report cards will be completed by the end of April. The CVTF will be in discussions with the school board to determine what the report

cards will look like for this session.

Formal report cards will be completed at year-end. Teachers have been assessing and reporting to parents throughout the school year. I have heard from many parents that they have had more information on their child’s progress this year, than ever before. Although emails, notes in agendas, letters, and phone calls are not considered formal reporting, these are the many avenues parents have used to keep current about their child(ren)’s progress this year.”

Though many parents are empathetic to teachers’ demands for class size and composition limits, some fear that the demand for wage hikes overshadows

this issue. “Wages is not the key issue in our struggle for fairness nor has it ever been by any group except the media and government,” says Blume. “Rules around class size and composition have been eliminated by Bill 22. Teachers have no ability to address the many needs of students in their classrooms and now class averages will be set at 30 students. Bill 22 has eliminated the ability for teachers to negotiate a fair collective agreement and has silenced any opposition to this matter through punitive fines. The government’s treatment of teachers is draconian. They deserve to be treated with respect not the contempt this government has for them and the profession.”

Blume says she feels lucky to live in a town like Lake Cowichan because, “parents take the time to discuss their views and educate themselves about our issues. Parents and students have been very supportive of teachers because they value all the hard work, time and effort of local teachers. The LCTA would like to thank each and every parent who has supported us in our job action.”

The plan calls for other actions which include mounting a public awareness campaign to educate B.C. residents about the impact of Bill 22 and to mobilize opposition to it. It also opens the possibility of another vote in the future on a full withdrawal of services. Lambert says that Bill 22 “adds insult to injury by requiring teachers to be complicit in the stripping of basic rights and protections in our collective agreement.”

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Wednesday, April 25, 2012

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Council reluctant to put controlled substance bylaw into place Tamu Miles Gazette editor As part of the meetings that took place on April 17, town council discussed the implementation of a controlled substance bylaw. Councilor Bob Day says that many municipalities are reluctant to put this bylaw into place. “This is a brave by-law because if you’re going to have it, you’ve got to enforce it.”

Each municipality has its own interpretation of this bylaw, but for the most part it deals with protecting the health and finances of home owners, neighbours, and other community members whose properties may have been the site of a grow operation, as well as the enforcement of bylaw regulations. A draft of the bylaw has been written with the title being “A Bylaw to regulate, prohibit, and impose requirements respect health and safety on property.” The draft states how, and by whom, the bylaw would be enforced, defines hazardous conditions, details health and safety regulations, the duties of registered home owners, and the consequences faced by those who do not comply with the bylaw.

The bylaw will now be referred to the RCMP, who in turn will read it and give recommendations. “It took a bit more of a soft approach,” says Day. “It’s really only there to protect people. We don’t want houses to explode and we don’t want people to be buying houses in town that are totally molded out with mildew. So it’s just another tool that can be used to prevent things like that.”

Day admits that council does not deal with these kinds of issues every day, so it was important to get the input and recommendations of the RCMP and the fire department.

Only first and second readings have been done on this bylaw, and it has since been referred to legal council.

Council muddling through street vending issue

Council is trying to figure out what to do about the inevitable street vendors who make their way into town during the summer months. Being as this is a small town, Council does not see the logic in charging vendors

Federal cutbacks will not jeopardize library Internet access Tamu Miles Gazette editor In 1995 the federal government began what is called a Community Access Program (CAP) which allows those living in rural communities free internet access through library points across Canada. For many communities, funding cuts could see the end of this program. Not so for Lake Cowichan, says Joy Adams Bauer, the Communications officer for the Vancouver Island

$30,000 to set up a hotdog stand. “We are sort of at a crossroads—the whole table actually—in thinking ‘is it fair for somebody to go out into the street and sell a hotdog and a coffee in Saywell Park,’ because all the other coffee shops aren’t afforded that,” says Day. Local businesses, much like the many other small communities on Vancouver Island, rely on summer customers and Day says that it is not fair to these established businesses to watch sales decline because of street vendors.

Council has asked staff to go out into the community and bring back recommendations for two locations where vendors could set up during the summer. Nothing has been decided yet, including whether to charge for a vending licence, and “we are just sort of tiptoeing into the policy,” says Day. Should a water tax be implemented in Lake Cowichan?

Water metres have already been installed at most Lake Cowichan homes, however Day says that the issue before Council at this time is whether or not to charge for water consumption. People in the area are worried about paying for water because they think they will be paying the same prices as they do for gas. However, “A water metre is more of a conservation tool,” says Day, “and that’s how Council decided to approve this.”

According to Day, Lake Cowichan more than doubles the amount of water used by the average houshold in B.C. It has been four years since Council decided to go ahead with this plan, and they did so in part because they have received a grant to go forward with it. They have applied for other grants in the past and were turned down. However, this one was approved because of its conservation aspect.

Because the town uses surface water, VIHA has mandated that by 2015 Lake Cowichan will have to install a secondary filtration system on its reservoir. This filtration system will come with a price tag of $4 million.

In order to pay for this system upgrade, the logical thing to do, as far as Council is concerned, is apply a water tax. Any grants they could be eligible to receive Regional Library.

The funding was initially put into place to provide Canadians with affordable public Internet access and the skills to use it. Industry Canada states that “The mission of CAP is to assist Canadians in both rural and urban communities to take advantage of emerging opportunities presented by the global knowledge-based economy.”

The non-renewal of the program last month by Industry Canada means Vancouver Island Regional Library (VIRL) won’t receive the $95,000 in annual funding which they are usually provided. However, Bauer says that VIRL has been planning for this eventuality. “We knew the funding would not be in place

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would require them to pay for at least 50 per cent of the upgrade.

No-one is being billed at this time, and Council is currently looking at how billing would be done. Right now they are assessing usage and trying to come up with fair billing numbers. Day says there is a complication to billing for water usage. This complication comes about if people cut their usage, which would mean that the town would not generate the funds it needs to pay for the system.

Fire Department Services redevelopment Council is looking at ways to balance out fire department costs. Currently firefighters are being called out to a disproportionate number of calls when compared to the RCMP or ambulance paramedics, and this is placing a heavy burden on fire department funding.

“Every time there is an accident on the highway and the dispatch feels it needs more than just one ambulance, the fire siren goes off and 17-30 guys race down to the firehall and shoot out a couple trucks—a rescue truck and one fire truck—and no matter where it is, it could be three quarters of the way to Duncan, the Town of Lake Cowichan tax payers pay for it.” He says this is neither right or wrong, but that more and more the ambulance system is relying on the fire department to be first on the scene.

Firefighters are taking on duties such as traffic control, offering aid to ambulance attendants, and many others.

“The town of Lake Cowichan pays for all that. We’re looking at ways of say, billing the ambulance system, and/or billing the Ministry of Health.”

When looking at the five year financial plan for the town, which is a condensed budget projecting expenditures over the next five years, Day says that council has to take into account the fact that the fire department will need to purchase a new fire truck sometime in the future. Council is also looking at purchasing a $350,000 rescue truck. For the purchase of this truck, they are exploring funding options such as grants and Day says that all equipment such as this is one third funded by the CVRD.

forever and we will be absorbing the cost.” The system’s 38 branches will continue to provide Internet access at current levels despite the funding loss.

The Cowichan Lake Vancouver Island Regional Library has two CAP computers which provide library members with the ability to surf the web, catch up on work, burn CDs, or just play games. Both computers are equipped with an office-like suite of applications, called OpenOffice.org, and the computers even have a largeprint feature for those who are visually impaired.

Bauer assures that Lake Cowichan residents will not see any change to the library’s services and there will be no interruption to the internet.

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Are we afraid of change?

With the decline of many of B.C.’s renewable resource industries, many communities, including Lake Cowichan, have been forced to generate new sources of revenue. Over the last 10 years, Lake Cowichan has seen a lot of change. Driving through town it is apparent, even to a newbie like me, which buildings are new and which have been here for quite some time.

When change occurs, community members seem to have mixed feelings. In some cases change generates excitement and gives hope. In others, it creates debate and even a divide between family members, close neighbours and friends. It has been interesting to watch this phenomena once again unfold before me as I come learn about Lake Cowichan and its people.

Everywhere I go, the construction of the new Tim Hortons location is on everyones’ lips.

When I was in my early twenties Salt Spring was just starting to experience a real estate boom and was adjusting to the growing numbers of tourists who invaded the island each summer. New buildings were quickly being constructed, and new businesses were opening. These changes were sometimes hotly debated between the public and the Islands Trust.

Though I never participated in these debates, I was affected by them and definitely had opinions of my own.

My favourite memory of this occurred on an April fools day sometime in the early ’90s. On the hill heading south out of Ganges, towards Fulford, someone had put up a sign in the night that read something like “McDonald’s, Coming to Salt Spring this August!” The person who had erected the sign went through a lot of time to make it look genuine—I could not tell it was fake unless I got out of my car and really looked. Well the town went into an uproar for about a day, myself included. There was no way Salt Spring was going to get a McDonald’s. We liked our island just the way it was, thank you very much!

Since that time, Ganges has grown exponentially.

Thrifty Foods has come to the island, Country Grocer has renovated and upgraded their store, Mark’s Work Warehouse has bought up one of the old buildings in

town and built a new, two story establishment. Dairy Queen even tried to make a go of it for a while, but they only lasted about a year. (It seems that Salt Springer’s really don’t want a fast food joint on the island.)

Each one of these changes was met with resistance and eventual resignation, and each one of them has contributed to the economic viability of the island even

if they have also changed, to some degree, what many of us saw Salt Spring to be. I have come to think that when it comes to this kind of growth or change in our little communities, we must pick our battles wisely and not be afraid to try something new when old methods and ways of thinking are no longer a viable option. editor@lakecowichangazette.com

Late-night work rules eased BC Bureau

VICTORIA – B.C.’s labour minister is defending changes to the workplace regulation that required employers to provide a secure barrier for night-shift employers who work alone.

Changes took effect Sunday that

By Tom Fletcher allow another option for operators of gas stations, convenience stores and other 24-hour businesses. Rather than have a security barrier or more than one employee present, the regulation allows employers to put in video surveillance and a call button for employees.

The original regulation is known as Grant’s law, after

Maple Ridge gas station employee Grant De Patie, who was run over and killed in 2005 when he tried to stop a driver from leaving without paying for gasoline.

Labour Minister Margaret MacDiarmid said Monday the main provision of Grant’s law is mandatory prepayment for gasoline, and that remains. WorkSafeBC offered the new option after four years of consultation, she said.

“With a small family-run business that may be open late at night, it’s often somebody from the family who is working there,” MacDiarmid said. “If they’re forced to put in a barrier that may cost upward of $50,000 or more, the business is going to fold. So they were listened to, and those other safety measures will be taken. WorkSafeBC is

going to be auditing starting in May as I understand it.”

NDP labour critic Raj Chouhan objected to the government’s claim that there have been no more incidents since the regulation went into effect in 2005.

Video surveillance does not provide immediate protection for people working alone at night, and there have been close calls, he said.

“When somebody comes in and threatens a worker working alone at night, all they have now is some kind of a bell that they can press and it goes to somewhere,” Chouhan said. “In one incident where I have spoken with a person, this worker called, and it went to the manager’s cell phone. The cell phone was off in the middle of the night. There was no help.”

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Tim Hortons set to open mid July Tamu Miles Gazette editor Greg Adams, owner of several Tim Hortons franchise locations in the Cowichan Valley area, says he hopes to have the Lake Cowichan location open for business by the middle of July. Walking or driving down N. Shore Road, one can see that construction workers have already started to pour forms only days after council approved Adams’s application for a development permit to begin the project.

Mayor Forrest and the town council are excited about the project. Forrest feels that any business that comes to Lake Cowichan is good for the town and will help to generate more business within the community. Adams did not have to go through much of an application process in order to build because “we don’t have any bylaws to not allow something like a fast food place. There are no zoning requirements that needed to be changed or anything,” says Forrest. However, “The town did make a few changes with their application.”

These changes included some issues with traffic flow and access and a couple of changes to do with the appearance of the building as well as the Tim Hortons sign.

But Forrest sees the addition of Tim Hortons to Lake Cowichan as part of a larger picture. He is very proud of the new library which is set to be built behind Forest Workers Memorial Park and which will be part of a project that includes the creation of a new town square. The town has applied for a grant from the Island Coastal Economic Trust which will pay for one third of the development and building costs.

Forrest says he would like to see the empty buildings around town fill up with new businesses. He thinks that investments in infrastructure, such as the town’s plans to improve and upgrade curbs, gutters, and landscaping throughout town, in conjunction with the Department of Transportation paving Shore Road and increased traffic on the Pacific Marine Circle Route combined will help to encourage economic growth. “And maybe Tim Hortons will be part of giving people a reason to stop in town.”

When asked what can be done about the empty buildings and to help the many small businesses that struggle to survive in Lake Cowichan, Forrest points to tax exemptions given to local businesses who invest in upgrading their buildings. “We have a bylaw now for a business tax exemption. For instance if you did $50,000 worth of work on your building and your assessment went up, we have a tax exemption in place now.

Your taxes won’t go up.”

Councillor Bob Day agrees with Forrest and in fact puts the responsibility back in the hands of business owners.

The town is responsible for things like roads, sidewalks, sewer, water, and garbage, he says. “I don’t think we’re responsible for opening businesses. Do you want us to buy the buildings? Do you want us to open the businesses?

Do you want me to collect tax payer money and invest in inventory and re-facing? Do you want me to force that person

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National Day of Mourning April 28, 2012 10:00 am Forest Workers Memorial Park in downtown Lake Cowichan.

In remembrance of all workers killed or injured on the job.

TIm Hortons’ construction site is active. Crews are building forms for the foundation of the new Lake Cowichan restaurant on North Shore Road.

to open a business?” He notes that five years ago the town was borrowing money to make payroll and that the Lake Cowichan has seen tough times, but it has come a long way.

Day says that Country Grocer paved the way for businesses like Tim Hortons. Once Country Grocer had finished building, the liquor store made upgrades and the town decided to upgrade Darnell Road. But he admits that many of the businesses in town are run down and that Lake Cowichan is not the kind of place that will attract a lot of business in the first place. “If successful businesses, in my opinion, were located on main streets with logging trucks going down them, Walmart would be on every street, in every town in America.

This is not the style and business where you’re going to see a lot of businesses come and relocate.”

Adams says that with almost anything in life, there will be someone who has something negative to say. If there had been a major outcry from the Town of Lake Cowichan, against the new Tim Hortons location, Adams says he would have listened. As it is, he is excited about the project. He’s had many people approach him to say that “they are happy, and even ecstatic that we are coming in. Someone even told me that it was the best thing to have happened to the town in a long time.”

Tim Hortons will be accepting applications for employment sometime in the beginning of May. There will be signs about town and the business will be looking for everything from cooks and store front employees to managers. He predicts that staff numbers will fluctuate between 30 in the winter, to over 50 in the summer. He already has a few Lake Cowichan residents as employees in one of the other Tim Hortons locations in Duncan and says that the construction workers who have started building at the Lake Cowichan location are all local residents.

The Kaatza Station Museum will host coffee/tea and refreshments after the ceremony.

a comic drama by Norm Foster directed by Dena McPhee

May 3, 4 and May 10, 11 at 8 pm May 5 - Matinee at 2 pm May 12 - Dinner Theatre, Dinner: 6 pm, Show:

8 pm Students/Seniors/Members: $12.50 General Admission: $15.00, Dinner Theatre: $30.00 Lake Cowichan Centennial Hall 309 South Shore Road Tickets available at: Lake Cowichan: The Footwear Centre, Curves and in Duncan: Portals@Island Savings Center "...a refined piece of theatre that tugs at the heart strings while tickling the funnybones."

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The Prevention Connection – Smoke Detectors Save Lives?

In the case of a house fire silence can mean death. A working smoke detector is an essential piece of safety equipment for your home and as of May 2010 is a legal requirement for all homes in British Columbia.

A Recent study by Surrey Fire Service and the University of the Fraser Valley shows that 70 per cent of homes that caught fire did not have a working smoke detector. A further study of 50,000 fires in Western Canada shows that the death rate per 1000 fires was 74 per cent greater when By: Lt. Ryan K. Smith a working smoke detector was not present. It is estimated that if all homes were equipped with PREVENTION CONNECTION working smoke detectors we could save over 70 lives per year in Western Canada alone.

There are dozens of brands of detectors on the market. They are categorized into two types, Photoelectric and Ionization. Both are equally effective and acceptable for use in British Columbia. Detectors can also Mom & Dad Group be powered by your in home electrical system, batteries, or a combination of both. This provides optimal protection in the event of a power outage A group for Moms & Dads which are common in the Cowichan Valley during our winter months. with children under 4 The minimum requirement is to have at least one smoke detector on All children welcome each level of your home as well as a detector located on the outside of Drop-in • Snacks any sleeping areas. For optimal protection consider installing one in each Mondays - 9:30am & 11am room of your home. Your detectors should be tested each month and your Kaatza Health Unit, 58 Cowichan Ave. West Vancouver Island Health Authority batteries replaced every six months even if they are still working. Smoke May 7: BC Council for the Family, David Sheftel. detectors should be replaced completely if over 10 years old or shows May 14: May is Childcare Month. Are you looking for signs of wear or damage.

Childcare or would you like to offer Childcare?

Remember, smoke detectors save lives. For more information on smoke Cowichan Childcare Resource and Referral May 21: Victoria Day. No Groups detectors or fire prevention please visit our webpage or Facebook/Twitter May 28: Shelley Rattinck of the Sundrop Centre pages: (formerly Clements Centre) Web: www.lakecowichanfire.com We now have 2 Groups!

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THE LAKE COWICHAN GAZETTE

Pages of History

There isn’t much known about the life of Bill Young, who lived here during the hungry 1920s and dirty 1930s. What is known is that he left his home in Ontario at age 18, headed to the American southwest looking for adventure (which he

By Rolli Gunderson found in abundance) before making his way to Lake Cowichan in 1927.

In the 20s and 30s life at the Foot (as Lake Cowichan was then referred to) was rough and tough by city standards but no worse nor better than any other rural logging community. Having already worked as a logger in the woods, Young would have had no problem finding work as the Cowichan Lake area was filled with many small “gypo” logging companies scattered here and there. The life of a logger was very hard and could be cut short in an instant should the worker be in the wrong place at the wrong time. Those who survived the dangers and hardships were tough men hardened by the job, their experiences, and the lives they led. Those experiences combined with his days amid outlaws and robbers are what legends are made of.

In October of 1939, as he lay on his sickbed at King’s Daughters Hospital in Duncan, a group of old friends crowded around his bed in the Coronation ward. They had come to visit the old timer, who turned 83 that day.

Amid the chatter that ensued, cards and gifts were left unopened as the patient quickly began to entertain his visitors. His stories of the life he led during his Wild West days, prospecting for gold and the outlaws he encountered during that time were legendary. The visitors were kept enthralled with stories of his days among legendary figures such as Jesse James and Billy The Kid with his many-notched gun, who Young claimed he knew by sight.

Later, he told a Cowichan Leader newspaper reporter “something of his life in remote and dangerous parts of the old (American) west, making free with names that to the ordinary man carry the suggestion of the fantastic and legendary.”

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Photo and research Kaatza Station Museum

The Riverside Inn March 1927. The Inn later burnt to the ground and was rebuilt amid the ruins. The bridge, which was in the approximate location of the present day bridge, later collapsed. Adventurer Bill Young, a resident of Lake Cowichan from 1927 until his death in 1940, would likely have crossed the bridge and frequented the Inn many times during his time here.

His exploits from Ontario took him overland to California, south to New Mexico, Nevada and across the Rio Grande “to that land of hot tempers and quick knives—old Mexico.” Coming north again he rode the range to the Territory of New Mexico “whose meager and seldom-enforced laws made it the gathering place of vicious rabble from the two continents.” It was in this territory that his mining partner was shot down and indifferently tossed into a gully by Col. Fontaine’s Mexican Rangers.”

It was there that he came to know several infamous outlaws by sight. Being what he described as a nervous youth, he was in awe of these men while at the same time

terrified of them and the lawlessness of the land.

When he’d had enough he headed north to the lower mainland of B.C. There he settled in New Westminster, Port Moody and Vancouver (which was then called Gastown) where he worked as a stagecoach driver, labourer and other related employment. After missing a great opportunity to make lots of money as a land speculator in Gastown’s earlier days, he fled to Vancouver Island.

On February 2, 1940 at age 83, he died in the Duncan hospital. His last sight of the outside world he had traveled so freely was that of the evening mist and the wood smoke as it drifted past his hospital bed window.

Marie Penty celebrates 95th birthday

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Marie Penty, 95 years-old, holds her gift — a framed photo of the Seniors’ Centre — from the Cowichan Lake Seniors Centre.

Tamu Miles Gazette editor Marie Penty is a long-standing member of the Lake Cowichan community and it showed as she celebrated her 95th birthday on Friday,

April 20. “My birthday was really yesterday,” she said, but she “had a good time. People have been very kind to me.”

Penty is a historian for the Seniors Centre as well as for the United Church and her own family genealogy. Her favourite birthday gift this year seemed to be a framed photograph given to her by the folks at the Seniors Centre.

She proudly held it up while having her picture taken.

Penty moved to Lake Cowichan in the fall of 1968 and began teaching at J.H. Boyd Primary School. She lived in a teacher’s residence for two years before purchasing her own home in town. Since her retirement, Penty has volunteered for local churches and Kaatza Station Museum and has worked as the “session clerk and recording secretary of the United Church for 22 years.” In her speech to those gathered to celebrate with her, Penty said that “Lake Cowichan has been a good place for me to put down my roots. The natural beauty that surrounds the village holds a strong attraction for me. Since coming here, there have been two new things that I appreciate very much.

These are: Highway 18 and the United Church building.”

Frank Hornbrook gave a speech called the Shuttle of God’s Purpose and the Seniors Centre line dancers gave a performance to honour Penty, who says that she still has six years before she has any bragging rights when it comes to age. Her eldest sister reached 106, another reached 100 and she had two brothers who lived into their 90s. As one guest said, “longevity seems to run in her family.”

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THE LAKE COWICHAN GAZETTE

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Lake Cowichan volunteer dedicated to serving the community

Calling all Rhymin’ Simons Diana Hutton Gazette If you’re a poet (and the public don’t know it) the Cowichan Lake Branch of the Vancouver Island Regional Library invites you to come out of the closet and share your talent.

On Tuesday, May 1, from 6:30–8 p.m., the branch will open the floor for budding poets to share their stanzas, verbalize their verses, and launch their limericks. Branch staff will host this open mike poetry night to give local poets (and wannabes) a friendly venue to come out and share their work.

Poetry reading events like this have maintained their popularity throughout the ages. From the ancient Greeks, to the genteel afternoon soirees of the Victorian age, to the beat poets of the 50s and 60s, poetry is still very much alive and well.

So come on out and share an evening of spoken word. Everyone will be welcome to share a verse or two and enjoy the variety of talent our area has to offer. Refreshments will be served, but please bring your own coffee cup to keep the Styrofoam pile to a minimum.

Be it lyric, rap, or sonnet, there’s a verse with your name on it, Strut your stuff and share a stanza, at our first extravaganza!

For more information call the branch at 250-749-3431.

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Marlyn Charney poses for a photo outside of the IRLY Bird Home Centre.

Tamu Miles Gazette editor If you go into the Lake Cowichan Community Services building, located at 121 Point Ideal Road, chances are you will see Marlyn Charney sitting behind the reception desk. Charney has been a volunteer with Community Services for the past eight years, and loves everything about it. So much so, that she has put in double duty by sitting on the board of directors for the past seven years.

Charney retired with her husband to Lake Cowichan 16 years ago and at that time began working part-time, and on call, at the Lake Cowichan branch of the Vancouver Island Regional Library. She worked for the library for about five years, but having a job began to interfere with her ability to travel and spend time with her grandchildren. “So I said, ‘No, you know what? This is done,’ and I looked around for a place to volunteer. And I really liked Community Services, and the people, (and) the fit was good. I’ve been volunteering ever since.”

Charney is the on the front line helping to connect those who are in need with the many programs and services the organization has to offer.

“I answer the phone, I photocopy, I fax—mostly for employment—and we have Red Cross so if people come in and they need equipment, I take them to the Red Cross room and get them set up with the equipment they need.” She answers the transit line and gives passengers information about bus schedules and costs to travel between Lake Cowichan, Youbou, and Honeymoon Bay. “We keep a scrap book so I go through the local papers, the Duncan papers and the Gazette and clip anything that’s relevant to Community Services or the staff.”

Charney has nothing but good things to say about the people she works with. “The people that work there really have the communities interests at heart. That’s their priority, is to help in the community. They genuinely care and they go above and beyond their job descriptions. All of them.

They cover for each other, they don’t say ‘well that’s not in my job description.’ If I’m volunteering and I have a problem that I can’t solve I can ask anybody there. They’re very appreciative of all their volunteers, and their volunteers stay a long time.”

When asked what she likes about sitting on the board, Charney said, “Personally, for me, it gives me a really good overview of what’s happening in the community. It’s all very confidential and everything and boy do they respect that. That is huge for volunteering and being on the board. I would say we all 100 per cent agree that we are all very supportive of Carol Blatchford, the director, and she doesn’t ask much of us. But if she does we support her.” She says that because it’s a non-profit society there has to be a board and accountability, but it’s very much a family environment to work in.

Charney has made lots of close friends through volunteering at Community Services. Many of them spend time together outside of work.

“What’s not to like? It’s a community within a community,” she says.

Charney has four grandchildren whom she says love to come to Lake Cowichan and play on her property. She also tries to get to Coquitlam to visit them as much as possible. Her and her husband, Dave, take off in their camper twice a year. They travel south to escape from the rainy west coast winters. Being a volunteer helps to accommodate this as she is not obligated to a strict schedule.

Charney also helps out with the local Christmas hamper and is a regular volunteer for the Great Lake Walk. She was recently named volunteer of the week by Community Services for the week of March 29.

Green Space LITTLE

STEPS THAT MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE

BY: GILDA GREEN

It’s a small world after all

Diana Hutton

Bikes of all kinds are the mode of transportation in most of Europe.

I was incredibly fortunate to have recently spent a few weeks holiday in Amsterdam and England visiting family and just kicking around.

Besides the incredible, historic icons that are literally around every corner, the fabulous scenery, and the absolutely stellar beer, there were a few major differences in the lifestyle over there that made me rethink my own small corner of the planet when I returned home.

We spent three full days tearing around Amsterdam (a city of over 2 million) and during our time there we saw three (count ‘em: three) overweight people. Everyone, but everyone, gets around by bicycle, on foot, or by riding mass transit (trams, buses or trains). All ages, from young mums on bikes with a baby in a baby-seat behind them and two older children in a kind of barrow attached to the front, to seniors, ride everywhere. We saw older business executives in three-piece suits, the young office crowd, and shoppers with carriers and panniers full of groceries. Bicycles are bar none, the number one mode of transport of choice. These were not high-end 12-speeds with shocks and mountain bike tires, they were the old school three (and no) speed, coaster brake bicycles

of my youth. Granted, Amsterdam is flat as a pancake (which by the way are a delicious Dutch specialty) and a concentrated city, but it was still an amazing thing to behold. Though their smoking and drinking laws are hugely more relaxed than ours in the anal west, they appeared markedly more fit and healthy than us.

In Amsterdam and all parts of Southern England that we travelled through, I was struck by the blatant lack of excess stuff people possess. Everyone functions quite well in living spaces much smaller than here and seems to get by with much less. I saw not one dishwasher in my travels, nor a single house with more than one bathroom. In kitchens, there was one cupboard of pots and pans and no appliance garages full of blenders, food processors, coffee and pasta makers. People had clothes that fit in their (one!) closet and a chest of drawers. There were no basements, attics, or garages full of stuff and nary a rental storage locker to be seen.

In England, gas (or petrol) was running about one pound, 45 pence (roughly $2.30) per litre so people—those who actually owned cars— seriously thought through any journeys that they had to make. Great Britain still has a pretty decent train, tube, and bus system, but again people did a lot of walking. They walk to the shops, to the post office, to the pub, and to visit friends. Although the number of overweight people was much larger in Britain than in Amsterdam, you rarely saw anyone who was morbidly obese.

In Britain, laws are still tight on where you can build, so green spaces are everywhere.

Once you leave a city, town, or village you immediately know that you’re in the country.

Urban sprawl is kept in check and small farms are working, flourishing entities. It was lambing season while we were there and the countryside was dotted with flocks. In towns, most people lucky enough to have a house with a yard generally have a vegetable garden where they grow their own.

Britain is in year two of a serious drought and people are taking the problem seriously.

You see rain barrels behind garden sheds and houses and people are conscious of things like running the tap to wash vegetables, brush teeth, or doing dishes. Every single toilet (in both countries) that we ran across was a dual flush model and most every public washroom charged a fee. (Even good old McDonald’s dinged you 50 euros and sadly, cities in both countries are littered with every kind of western fast-food franchise you could imagine.)

Granted, we are not Europe or England and the land and lifestyle there is vastly different from here, but perhaps there are some lessons to be learned. We could definitely start with the beer.

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THE LAKE COWICHAN GAZETTE

Cowichan International Student Program seeks homestays in Lake Cowichan Tamu Miles Gazette editor Cowichan International Student Program (CISP) is putting out the call for homestays in Lake Cowichan. The program, which started in Lake Cowichan 21 years ago, offers short term, one year one semester, and high school graduation programs to international students who wish to study abroad. CISP currently has 30 students that need homestay placements and “it would be nice to place some of them out there (in Lake Cowichan),” says Judy Hershman, vice principal of the program.

Hershman says it’s her job to match students with families and where a student is placed depends on common interests and compatibility. Those who are interested in welcoming a student into their home, need to be willing to incorporate the student into their life, be willing to share daily activities, and act as an ambassador for Canada. Students will need transportation to and from school and to other activities.

They will need not only academic support, but also emotional support especially when feeling homesick.

All students who participate in the program are able to speak at least some English, and almost all will have studied English in their home country. Hershman says that homestay families play the role of teachers; they help students develop what she calls “functional literacy.” For example, homestay families help students deal with how to take the bus, do laundry, and participate in other aspects of Canadian culture.

There are currently 13 or 14 countries represented in the program with students coming from places like Japan and Mexico. Hershman says CISP tries to be balanced with this representation and that students come here for varying reasons. Many of them want to graduate from a Canadian high school (or earn their Dogwood degree) in order to have access to Canadian universities such as UBC, Simon Fraser,

and UVic. Though many of the students are of high school age, and thus do intend to graduate, Hershman says there is growing interest from families of international students who have children in the Grade 5-7 range. These students often come in groups with one or two chaperones who are boarded separately. Though families do not need to have children to be eligible as a homestay, there are often requests for families with school-age children.

If you are interested in becoming a homestay family, you can start the process by sending Hershman an email jhershman@sd79.bc.ca, or by going to the website sd79. bc.ca/programs/international/index.php. She will then send you an application package. The package can be dropped off, completed, at her office. Criminal record checks are required for every member of your family 18 or older. Once this part of the process is complete, Hershman will contact you and set up a time for a homestay visit where she will go over responsibilities, make a note of pets (some kids love them, and others may have allergies) and talk to you about your interests and daily routine.

Homestay families are paid $800 a month, which includes the cost of food, snacks, and transportation. Students bring their own spending money. Homestay families are not expected to keep in touch with a student’s parents, but they are expected to keep in touch with teachers and monitor academic progress, keep the student on task, and be encouraging, just as they would with their own children.

Many families who have opened their homes to international students through programs such as CISP, have formed lasting relationships and are happy to know that they helped to provide a safe, inviting environment for international students to learn about Canada and benefit from attaining a Canadian education.

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Great Lake Walk ladies at Country Grocer: from left, back row, Vera Cairns, Joan Hieta, Chris Haslan, Bertha Gravelle, Helen Evans and Esther Heppner.

Tamu Miles Gazette editor Great Lake Walk volunteers were down at Country Grocer again on Saturday, signing up teams and individual walkers as well as volunteers.

This year the Great Lake walk will take place on Sept. 15, and individuals and groups will walk for charity around Cowichan Lake.

Each year the Great Lake Walk society helps individuals and groups raise money for a charity of their choice. They have helped facilitate fund raising for hundreds of charities on Vancouver Island over the last 11 years and have helped to raise over $750,000. The route is 55.9 km loop of logging road and the gravel shoulder of a two lane highway, but the view along the way is beautiful. The society provides “warm welcomes along the route from the volunteers at the twelve rest stops around the lake.”

They also supply food, drinks, porta-potties, and medical attendants.

On hand at Country Grocer on Saturday, were Helen Evans, Joan Hieta, Bertha Gravelle, Vera Cairns, and the youngest member, Esther Heppner.

The group was giving out free pieces of cake and signing up walkers.

Everyone who signs up is entered into a draw for a free walk, and anyone who finishes the loop receives a Great Lake Walk T-shirt and a beautiful 11” x 14” print by Michaela Davidson.

Evans, who has been on every walk and completed two, says she began participating in the walk to raise money for her son who has developmental disabilities. The money she raises goes to Clement Centre in Duncan. The centre provides child development services and services for those with developmental disabilities.

The society encourages those interested to sign up now. The early-bird registration of $40 runs until July 1. Advanced Registration ($50) runs from July 2- Aug 1, and Final Registration ($60) lasts from Aug. 2 to Sept.

1. Register online at greatlakewalk.com, or call Bertha at 250-749-3740.

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NOTICE OF OPEN BOARD MEETING The Open Board Meeting of the Board of Education will take place on Wednesday, May 2, 2012 at Quamichan Middle School, in the Multi-Purpose Room, at 6:30 pm.

First and Second Reading of the 2012-2013 Annual Budget will be considered at this meeting.

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Lady of the Lake candidates pose for a photo in front of County Grocer. In order from left to right: Nikki Gibson, The Track Fitness; Crystal Charles, Remedy Salon; Hannah Skramstad, Royal Canadian Legion Branch 210; Darien Robertson, Country Grocer; Sydney Allan, Cow Cafe and Cookhouse; Ashley Pastor, BPO Elks; Chanterelle Arbic, Island Savings Credit Union; Katiera Brown, Lions; Alicia Fall, Island Pharmacy.

Town council to review local health area profile Tamu Miles Gazette editor A Local Health Area Profile was conducted for Lake Cowichan by the Planning and Community Engagement Vancouver Island Health Authority in July 2011. The report was presented to Town Council this summer for their review. It contained some interesting facts on the local area as well as some concerns regarding Lake Cowichan’s economic health as a whole.

Overall, Lake Cowichan scores poorly on almost all of the economic well being indicators. The report states that Lake Cowichan had a higher percentage of people receiving Income assistance (8.4 per cent) over BC at (3.8 per cent) or VIHA (4.6 per cent), and a higher percentage of the population on Employment Insurance than VIHA or BC. Lake Cowichan also has a much higher unemployment rate (9.6 per cent) than B.C. (5.1 per cent) or VIHA (4.8 per cent).

Although Lake Cowichan did not fare well in many categories, Coun. Bob Day says that the numbers in the report should be kept in perspective. As an example, Lake Cowichan alcohol sales were 50 per cent higher than anywhere else in B.C. and 25 per cent higher than anywhere else on the island, but Lake Cowichan is a tourism hot spot in the summer which could account for these statistics. Cpl. Krista Hobday concurs with this perspective saying that from summer to winter, the population of Lake Cowichan is not the same.

Hobday says that alcohol related issues the RCMP deal with are related to people coming from out of town, which may be due in part to the fact that the circle route is now paved. Both Mayor Forrest and Coun. Day point to summer population numbers to account for this rise as well. Day adds that that alcohol consumption goes up when there are ball tournaments hosted by the town. Town Council has requested a breakdown of sales during the summer months as they compare to B.C. and VIHA. Another example can be seen when comparing the low numbers the report gives for students 18 years of age graduating from Lake Cowichan Secondary School [LCSS]––49.6 per cent between 2006 and 2009––to the data that can be found on the B.C. Education website, K-12 reporting: bced.gov.bc.ca/reports/. Peter Jory, the school’s principal, says that he watches this data carefully and compares it with his own. The site shows that for 2011, there was a 98 per cent eligible graduation rate (those who

are eligible to grad as of Sept. 30). Jory admits that LCSS did struggle for a long time, but says that there has been a lot of progress over the last couple of years. As a way of illustrating this, he talked about what is called a 6 year graduation rate (a number the province and districts pay close attention to), which shows that the province sits at 80–81 per cent. Four years ago, when Jory first started, LCSS was around 65 per cent, but since then the school has gone through many transitions, and though he doesn’t know what the 6 year grad rate is anymore (due to lack of funding), he would expect that it has been bumped up. “The numbers [in the report] don’t make sense to me.”

The report also states that the number of women smoking during pregnancy in Lake Cowichan is nearly double than elsewhere in B.C. The community had a lower rate of child hospitalization for respiratory disease, but that child hospitalization due to poisoning and injury is elevated. In housing, Lake Cowichan had a much lower gross rent ($567) compared to B.C. ($828) or VIHA ($769), but that many residents spend more than 30 per cent of income on rent. And though Lake Cowichan Community Services couldn’t speak directly to these numbers, they did say that the community has a very transient population with high numbers of unemployed or underemployed. Community Services says they deal with a lot of people on an annual basis and that many of these people are not able to rent; they are living out of their cars or couch surfing. In the winter these numbers decrease, and in the spring they creep back up again. This report will be put forth on a future Town Council agenda to discuss solutions and methods to create a better awareness amongst the citizens in the community. Anyone interested in the report can view them on the VIHA website at viha.ca/mho/stats/lha_profiles. htm . It should be noted that as the Cowichan Lake area has quite a small population, there can be a noticeable variation in several of these indicators from year to year.

Forrest says that council has yet to discuss the findings of the report and talk with VIHA to find out if there is a relationship between unemployment and health numbers. He acknowledges that there is a need for affordable housing within Lake Cowichan, but “without a developer there is not much we can do about it.”

There is one developer who has come forward with a plan for affordable housing for seniors but he is not sure yet of other requirements for such a development that may need to be met.

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Tamu Miles Gazette editor

Though many mayors around B.C. seem to be blistering over the fact the RCMP will be getting pay raises after a new contract signed between the force and the province in March, Mayor (Ross) Forrest says Lake Cowichan has nothing to worry about.

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RCMP raises won’t effect local taxpayers magic 5,000 mark, the town will not be affected by the increase.

“We pay pretty well a standard fee for RCMP costing,” says Forrest. This cost sits at somewhere around $100,000 per year for Lake Cowichan tax payers.

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Gazette Photo Communities in Bloom were at Palsson Elementary School on Tuesday, April 17 where they had some students assist them with filling planters with flowers that will be on sale during Heritage days. Left, Carol Anne Bonenfant shows, from left, Daniel Ross, Sarah Hughes and Cherish Winia the finer techniques of flower basket planting. Right, Pat Foster presents principal Fergus Horsburgh a cheque for $300 from last years’ plant sales. The money will go toward the School Beautification Program which is designed to keep the school grounds bright and cheery with flowers during the year.

Local Delta Sigma holds garage sale over weekend

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Some of the ladies of Delta Sigma: Tara Fellows, Launa Foolkes, Leah Toivenen, and Janice Shand.

the tents donated for the event by Country Grocer and on the lawn where the garage sale was held on Shore Road. Shoppers were able to pick through clothing items, books, kids toys, TVs, puzzles, and even a jacuzzi. All the items were donated by chapter members, family and friends, and the Seniors Centre.

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The ladies of the local Delta Sigma chapter of Beta Sigma Phi worldwide held a garage sale on Saturday. They were raising funds for high school scholarships and other charities in Lake Cowichan and Duncan.

They say it’s been a couple of years since they last held a garage sale, but they do fund raise every year for Kaatza Lakeside Players and other charities.

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Wednesday, April 25, 2012

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LCSS Girls’ Soccer Home Games: April 30 LCSS vs DCS May 3 LCSS vs QMS

Lake Cowichan Mosquito teams clean-up over the weekend

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Kendall Bergstrom pitching for the Lake Cowichan Grey Hawks.

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Jordie Convey bunting the ball and clearing the way for two runs.

Tamu Miles Gazette editor Two Lake Cowichan Mosquito teams played home games here in town on Saturday. The Lake Cowichan Grey Hawks played at 11 a.m. against the Ladysmith 49’ers and won with a score of 10-6. Coach Ryan Rai says Kendall Bergstrom pitched a strong game and he’s impressed with how well she is doing this season.

Starting at 3 p.m. the LC-2 Lake Cowichan Mosquito team played against the Duncan Rockies and won with a score of 6-5. Jordie Convery got in a bunt, thus allowing the LC-2 team to get ahead by two runs. Coach Convery says Ryder Wise was doing really well and pitched for two innings and Sidney Hall played a beautiful game.

March Meadows Ladies Division golf results The March Meadows Ladies started their golf season on April 5th with nine holes of golf. Anne Wise shot low gross with Sylvia Lingren, a close runner-up. Marion Zboyovsky, Judy Merrett, Sam Jones, Lorraine Oliver and Lynn Girard carded low nets.The only birdie of the day was shot by Anne Wise. Sam Jones won K.P. (closest to the pin).

April 12th the Ladies held their spring meeting followed by nine holes of golf. Corrine Floyd was low gross winner for the round and Wendy Klyne shot runner-up. Low net winners were Judy Merrett, Lorraine Lawrence, Irene Pearce, Margaret Lavigne and Sam Jones. Chip-ins were carded by Sam Jones, Margaret Lavigne and Marion Zboyovsky. It was a great day for golf!

On April 19th the ladies played the starting round of Spring Eclectic and the first round of the Pin and Spoon Competition. Corrine Floyd shot low gross and Wendy Klyne was a close runnerup. Low net winners were Judy Merrett, Sylvia Lingren and Lynn Girard.

Chip-ins were carded by Corrine Floyd and Marion Zboyovsky.

March Meadows Golf Course is in excellent condition and only continues to improve. We extend an invitation to join us. All ladies are welcome!

— Norma O’Connell

New coach for LCSS girls’ soccer team Lake Cowichan Secondary School girl’s soccer team continues with new community coach in light of BCTF job action.

Tamu Miles Gazette editor

Kathy Biro says she’s soccer crazy. “When you hear that somebody can’t play (soccer) for whatever reason you just have to step up and give back to the sport.”

Biro, who was born in Alberta and recently moved to Lake Cowichan, took over coaching the Lake Cowichan Lakers girl’s soccer team because she saw a need left by the recent BCTF job action.

Biro has coached soccer for the last 12 years and has played the sport for 35. She heard about the need for a coach through a Grade 12 student who works with her at Country Grocer. “She just happened to mention how disappointed she was going to be that there’s no soccer this year. She told me the story and I said, well I’ll do it.”

Biro believes that the girls will be playing mostly private school teams because other public schools are facing the same issue of not having a coach. They will have played their first game on Monday, April 23, against Duncan Christian School at the Cowichan Sportsplex near Quamichan Middle School on Chesterfield St. in Duncan. Tuesday they faced Queen

Margaret’s girls on the field off Brownsey Street, also in Duncan. Both games began at about 3:15 or 3:30 p.m.

The team is composed of girls from Grade 10 through 12, and out of the 14 players that are on the team, there are varying skill levels. “There’s a couple of girls who give me a good run at practice,” she says. “Which is fantastic. I love that. And then we have new girls as well which is fine. That’s the great thing about soccer, everybody can fit in.” There are also a few guys who have been coming out to the practices, “Which is also fantastic, because if the girls aren’t afraid to tackle the boys they’re certainly not going to be afraid to tackle another girl. So I rate co-ed soccer very highly. It’s very beneficial in my opinion.”

Biro says that playing on the team is flexible and that many of the students have jobs or sometimes can’t play because they are trying to keep up with their studies.

“Barring any work or school issues, they’re there every practice with smiles on their faces. I think they’re just thrilled that they actually can play.”

Biro encourages parents and other community members to come out to practices and games as long as they are encouraging, cheer the girls on, and keep everything positive. “My very first practice I’ve never had so many parents watching me in all of my life.”

However, she does warn that “if your sitting around the field watching you’d better be prepared to come on the field because this is not a spectator sport.” She says it is just great to see people come out and and be willing to sit for an hour and a half through the unpredictable west coast weather.

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MARTIN, John (JACK) William March 26, 1930 – April 17, 2012 Jack passed away peacefully at Nana’s House in Lake Cowichan. Jack was born in Victoria to Clarence and Laura Martin and grew up in Paldi.

Jack was a gifted and talented athlete which many people still talk about to this day. Jack left high school just two weeks before graduation to join the Navy and go on to ďŹ ght in the Korean War. Upon returning home, Jack married his high school sweetheart, Bev Thommassen. At the September 7, 1914 - April 14, 2012 same time, he became a certiďŹ ed draftsman and began Irene Ardley (nee Bateman), cherished mom, adored working for the City of Vancouver. However, Jack got grandmother and treasured friend left us on Saturday, the chance to try his hand at logging on Vancouver April She expected to meetasupanwith Ernie, Island14, and2012. was hooked.

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Lyle Martin and his sister-in-law Martin.

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CREDITORS AND OTHERS having claims against the Estate of James Alan Coe, also known as Alan Coe, Logger, late of PO Box 786, 75 Park Road, Lake Cowichan, British Columbia, are hereby notiďŹ ed under section 38 of the Trustee Act that particulars of their claims should be sent to the Executors, care of Ridgway & Company, 200 - 44 Queens Road, Duncan, British Columbia V9L 2W4, on or before May 15, 2012, after which date the executors will distribute the estate among the parties entitled to it, having regard to the claims of which the Executors then has notice.

MARTIN, John (JACK) William Jack passed away peacefully at Nana’s House in Lake Cowichan. Jack was born in Victoria to Clarence and Laura Martin and grew up in Paldi.

Jack was a gifted and talented athlete which many people still talk about to this day. Jack left high school just two weeks before graduation to join the Navy and go on to ďŹ ght in the Korean War. Upon returning home, Jack married his high school sweetheart, Bev Thommassen. At the 1914 -ed April 14, 2012 and began same time, heSeptember became 7, a certiďŹ draftsman Irene Ardley cherished mom, adored working for the (nee City Bateman), of Vancouver.

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Casey and Jessy and manyBetty great-grandchildren. gentle man with a wicked & sarcastic SheJack waswas alsoapredeceased by her one brother, Sam sense of humor. The family wishes to thank Darlene Bateman.

Pohn,ADonna Arnold Van der Vlugt Sandy Baker service&of remembrance will beand held at 2 p.m., forApril their 28 excellent theChurch, past nine1355 years. at Oakcare Bay over United Mitchell Street. lieubeofno owers, to theofCanadian ThereInwill servicedonations – a gathering family Cancer Society would and friends will be heldbe atappreciated. a later date.

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COLWELL, Donna Marie May 7th 1934 – April 16th 2012 It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Donna Marie Colwell.

Donna passed away on April 16, 2012 in her 78th year. She was predeceased by her son Jerry. She is survived by her husband of 61 years Jim, sons Michael and Brad, daughterin-law Bernardita Fernandez, grandchildren Steven, Rachel, James, Amanda and Nicholas, and great-grandson Rome.

Donna was born in Brantford, Ontario. After living in Oshawa and Edmonton, Donna and Jim moved to Lake Cowichan in 1976 and operated the Lake Cowichan Auto Supply. Donna later opened the Lake Cowichan Garden Centre with her son Jerry. Donna was proud of her gardening talents. She loved the Lake and had no desire to live anywhere else. The family wishes to thank Dr. Peter Postuk, the home-support workers at VIHA, and the staff at Cowichan District Hospital. Our deepest gratitude to the friends and neighbours who helped and supported Mom in her ďŹ nal days.

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$600 2 Bedroom Suite #37-211 Madill Lower suite in popular strata. Washer & dryer, patio, no smoking, no pets. $600 2 Bedroom Suite #39-211 Madill Lower suite in popular strata. Washer & dryer, patio, no smoking, no pets. $880 2 bedroom suite 6402 Summit Rd. Skutz Falls, lower suite. Country setting, patio and includes hydro, propane and washer & dryer. No smoking, no pets.

Check out rentals online www.lkc.ca To View Call:

LAKE COWICHAN: 3 bdrm top floor, newly reno’d; kitchen, paint, carpet. W/D, decks.

Close to town, bus. Quiet N/S, no dogs. $925 incld’s util’s.

Avail. May 1st. 250-642-3707.

TRANSPORTATION AUTO FINANCING

Auto Financing 1.800.910.6402

DreamCatcher Auto Loans “0” Down, Bankruptcy OK Cash Back ! 15 min Approvals

1-800-910-6402

www.PreApproval.cc DL# 7557 WANT A Vehicle but stressed about your credit? Christmas in April, $500 cash back. We fund your future not your past.

All credit situations accepted. www.creditdrivers.ca 1-888593-6095.

CARS BUYING - RENTING- SELLING www.bcclassified.com

PROPERTY MANAGEMENT

DAHLIA TUBER SALE!!

1000’s of tubers, 7540 Bell Mckinnon Rd., left on SPCA driveway, SUNDAY, 10 am to 2 pm, April 22 & 29th. Email: tilladowndahlia@shaw.ca

STORAGE SHIPPING CONTAINERS 20’ or 40’. Buy or Rent. Safe and secure. Easymove Container Services. Serving Vancouver Island.

1-(888)331-3279

www.webuyhomesbc.com

145 South Shore Road | Lake Cowichan |

GARAGE SALES

LIONS’ CLUB HALL for rent $75. Deposit required. Call Eileen 250-749-3345.

www.NorwoodSawmills.com/400OT

FUEL/FIREWOOD

Are you are looking for an opportunity to make a difference in the lives of others and be part of a company that values its employees? Cerwydden Care Centre in Duncan, BC is currently recruiting self-motivated Registered Nurses for full-time, part-time and casual work.

HOT TUB (SPA) COVERS. Best price. Best quality. All shapes & colours available.

1-866-652-6837 www.thecoverguy.com/newspaper?

HALLS

HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES

EXCLUSIVE “THINKBIG” Mechanic Training.

GPRC Fairview Campus. $1000. entrance scholarship. Paid practicum with Finning. High school diploma and mechanical aptitude. Write apprenticeship exams. 1-888-999-7882; gprc.ab.ca/Fairview.

SERVICE MANAGER - Hanna Chrysler Ltd. (Hanna, Alberta).

Opportunity in a perfect family environment. Strong team, competitive wages, benefits, growth potential. Fax resume: 403-854-2845. Email: chrysler@telusplanet.net.

Come Join Our Team!

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2007 CUSTOM Chev HHR. Excellent condition. Loaded.

White. 119,000 km, mostly hwy driven. On-Star. $11,900 firm. 250-755-5191.

RECREATIONAL VEHICLES FOR SALE

BIG FOOT Sightings! New 2012 Big Foot Campers have arrived only at Mike Rosman RV! 1-800-667-0024 www.rosmanrv.com

SCRAP CAR REMOVAL SCRAP BATTERIES Wanted We buy scrap batteries from cars, trucks & heavy equip. $4.00 & up each. Free pick-up anywhere in BC, Minimum 10.

Toll Free 1.877.334.2288.

250-749-6660

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No matter how you define it, Black Press classifieds can help you find it.

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THE LAKE COWICHAN GAZETTE

Wednesday, April 25, 2012

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☞ Local businesses

Cow Cafe is hosting a Wine Night on April 26 with Deol Estate Winery. There will be a delicious three course meal with ¿ve different wines to taste. Call 250-749-4933 to make your reservation.

It's gardening time at Lake Cowichan Home Hardware. They have a great selection of gardening supplies and patio furniture in stock.

☞ Spring flea-market & a bizarre St. Louis de Montfort Catholic Church, 60 Fern Road will be hosting a flea market on Saturday, April 28 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. There will be snacks available and free tea and coffee.

The Thrift Shop at the United Church on 10 King George Street will be holding their 3rd Annual Bizaare Spring Bizaar. It's a special two-day sale focussing on teens: Wednesday, April 25 from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. and Thursday, April 26 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.

☞ Community Services needs lifejackets for summer program If you happen to be spring cleaning and have some lifejackets you no longer need that are in good condition (no tears) then Cowichan Lake Community Services would appreciate you donating them to their summer youth program.

They need all sizes but there is a big need for youth size large and adult sizes small and medium.

Please call Community Services if you need more information at 250-749-6822.

☞ Art contest

The Nanaimo Regional General Hospital is holding an art contest for selected pieces to be permanently displayed in the new Emergency Department expansion, opening September 2012.

The contest is from April 15 to June 30 and submissions must be received by June 30.

For more detailed information and contest rules go to: http://www.viha.ca/about_viha/building_for_ health/art_contest.htm

☞ National Day of Mourning

National Day of Mourning will be recognized on Saturday, April 28 at 10 a.m. at the Forest Workers Memorial Park, on South Shore Road.The day is in remembrance of all workers killed or injured on the job. The Kaatza Station Museum will host coffee/tea

Cowichan Lake Service Directory

FOR ALL YOUR HEATING and COOLING NEEDS

ACCOMMODATION • Oil, Gas & Electric Furnaces • Heat Pumps • Refrigeration • Duct Cleaning

The Cowichan Lake Seniors' Centre held an Easter Bonnet Parade during their Easter banquet on Saturday, April 14.

The winners are, from left: Third place, Doris Guerette, Second place, Launa Foolkes, First place Margaret Northway,

Need space for relatives?

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BOUTIQUE WATERFRONT LODGE Come enjoy...

Waterfront Patio Suites King-sized Bed | Jacuzzi Wharf | Campfire Pit | BBQs Single off -season rates start at $59/night – $295/week www.lakecowichan.org

SERVICE, REPAIR AND INSTALL

– ONE CALL COVERS IT ALL – For your free in home heating estimate

250.746.1666 Visit www.accurate-air.ca for internet specials!

1-877-222-8876 250-749-0105

CARPENTRY

INDEPENDENT CRAFTSMAN Finishing carpenter with over 23 years experience.

Quality comes first.

• Renovations • Installations • Framing • All Finishing Carpentry • Custom Kitchens • Laminate Flooring • Decks • Fences • Sheds • Additions • Windows & Doors

JOHN PORTELANCE

73 South Shore, Lake Cowichan

250-749-3174

ELECTRICIAN

EXCAVATING

CONTRACTOR

For ALL your renovation needs:

Decks | Doors & Windows | Kitchens Bathrooms | Basement Suites Foundations | Drywall | Plumbing Trained Architectural Technologist

20 years in the Valley Free estimates, Plans

250-746-9956 Leave a message www.davidgaleconstruction.ca

FITTNESS Lake Cowichan

Residential & Commercial

250-701-1755

Shane Baker

250.710.8411

Serving Lake Cowichan for over 20 yrs

MINI EXCAVATOR & BOBCAT SERVICES

Licenced ̰ Bonded ̰ Insured

bomanmasonry@gmail.com

Reg #12129

Landscaping | Septic Services

For ALL your stone work needs

YOUBOU, BRITISH COLUMBIA

COVAL

PLUMBING

After hour service | Seniors’ discounts Renovations | New construction | Repairs Hot water tanks | Drain cleaning Septic Design & Installation Water services 20+ years experience

250-749-4997 250-709-5103

HANDYMAN

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• Hot water heaters • Fiberglass tubs • Acrylic jetted tubs • Pumps • Fish ponds • Faucets • Sprinklers • Repair parts from A - Z

GRIFFITHS HOME PLUMBING CENTRE

251 Government St. ,Duncan

250-746-4534

DUMP TRUCK: 1-6 YARDS HOME INSPECTOR

Spring Specials On Now!

www.bunahhomeinspections.com

Edward Desrochers Licenced Inspector | C.P.B.C. #57177 Thinking about buying or selling your home? Vancouver Island’s most trusted source for comprehensive, objective and professional home inspections and reports

1.888.237.0953 SERVICE STATION

THRIFT SHOP

Towing and Repairs

United Church

Open 7 Days a Week

THRIFT SHOP

Cowichan Motors

OPEN

(1958) Ltd.

Convenience Store • Gas Bar Store: 250-749–3355 Garage: 250-749–3213

Thursdays 10am - 1pm

Gibson’s Driving School

Kevin Gibson 250-709-1771 Door to Door Service Serving: Lake Cowichan Youbou Honeymoon Bay and Duncan Email: kjjgibson@gmail.com

GAS BAR

TIPTONS GAS BAR Gas • Diesel Boat Gas Confections • Bait • Ice

250-749-6133 OPEN: Mon.-Sat: 5a.m.-10p.m.

Sun: 7a.m. - 8p.m.

250-749-7763

14 North Shore Rd. Lake Cowichan

lakecurves@shaw.ca

PETS & SUPPLIES

Cowichan Pet Emporium (1996)

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All your plumbing needs under one roof!

~ New Owner ~

250-732-4570

CALL Ian Balding TODAY

STONEMASON

GDS

DAVID GALE

CONSTRUCTION

PACIFIC-WEST ELECTRIC Scott Thomas

DRIVING SCHOOL

Fish • Pet food/supplies • Otter Co-op Livestock Feed • Wood Pellets • Grooming •

MONTHLY VET CLINIC

PHYSIOTHERAPIST

Lake Cowichan Therapy Open: Mon., Wed., Thurs. #103 - 205 South Shore Rd.

250.749.3621

250-749–4454

Judith Quinlan Registered Physiotherapist

TIRES

TRUCKING

En-TIRE-ly at your Service 250-749-6614

TOP SOIL • BARK MULCH COMPOST • SAND • GRAVEL

170A Cowichan Lake Rd.

Specializing in delivering 1 - 5 yard loads.

Lorne: Cell:

250-749-6601 250-701-5153

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Wednesday, April 25, 2012

THE LAKE COWICHAN GAZETTE

www.lakecowichangazette.com

Trade in, trade up.

Convert any used working device into credit with the TELUS Trade-In Program.

Your credit can be applied to any new phone or accessory A $3 Donation goes toward the planting of a tree through Tree Canada†

BONUS Trade in today and receive an additional $50* toward any new phone.

*Offer valid until May 21, 2012. Limit of one trade-in per customer. Devices will be valuated by eRecyclingCorps at its sole discretion. In-store trade-in credits have no cash value, are non-transferable and can only be used in the TELUS store where the devices were traded in at the time of the trade-in. Products purchased using in-store trade-in credits cannot be returned for full cash value. All trade-ins are final. The trade-in transfers all rights in the device to eRecyclingCorps and waives any claim against TELUS or eRecyclingCorps with respect to the device or the trade-in program. The eRecycling trade-in program is available in Canada only and may be cancelled at any time without notice. †$3 donation is for $0 value recycled devices only. TELUS and the TELUS logo are trademarks of TELUS Corporation, used under license. All rights reserved. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. © 2012 TELUS.

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