Lake Cowichan Gazette, June 27, 2012

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Community: Honeymoon Bay Days: a weekend full of activities

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The start of a new chapter Tamu Miles Photo

The Lake Cowichan Secondary School and Cowichan Valley Open Learning Cooperative grad class of 2012 toss their caps in celebration of their freedom before the graduation ceremony on Saturday, June 23.

Canada Day celebrations around the lake This Canada Day, Sunday, July 1, the various Cowichan Lake communities will each be hosting events, all of which are open to the general public, and free to attend.

The town of Lake Cowichan will be hosting its events in Saywell Park. The celebrations will begin at 1 p.m., and Mayor Ross Forrest and members of council will be on hand to cut cake, sing the national anthem, and enjoy the talent of local musicians.

Mary Egan, Tanya Gillispie, and Naomi Payton will be performing along with this year’s Lake Cowichan Idol winner Sara Ferguson, and last year’s winner Lindsay Elzinga. Sidney Fothergill and Logan Wallace will also have audiences tapping their feet.

For information about the Honeymoon Bay Days celebrations happening all weekend, starting Friday evening, see page 12.

Youbou will begin their celebration at 10 a.m. with a free breakfast at the Youbou New Hope Community Church.

Arbutus Park will open at 11 a.m., and Pastor Vikki Marrs says there will be free chips and pop for the kids as well as volleyball and other games to enjoy.

If the weather does not cooperate, activities will move indoors to the church where there will be music, and games upstairs for the kids.

Mesachie Lake has timed their Canada Day celebrations for later in the day in the hopes that this will

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John Cummings, organizer for the event, will be emcee for an evening of activities starting at 5 p.m. with a singing of the national anthem and welcome speeches by local politicians.

Celebrations will take place at the Mesachie Lake Skydome and in the hall. There will be a DJ playing top 40 tunes while kids and adults enjoy arts and crafts, face painting, kids games, highland dancers, and even a Zumba demonstration.

Depending on the weather, the Mesachie Lake firefighters might even stop by with the departments pumper truck to soak down the kids.

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CLEC a valuable asset to Lake Cowichan

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The group from Inner Quest Foundation pose for a picture below the main building at the Cowichan Lake Education Centre. This organization brings a minimum of three groups a year to the centre, exposing people from all over the world to the Cowichan Lake area.

Tamu Miles Gazette Editor

As many Cowichan Lake residents know, the Cowichan Lake Education Centre (CLEC) has been around since the late 1980s. Situated on 40 acres of prime lake front property, Dalton Smith, along with other staff members and volunteers, has worked over the years to transform what was a run down campground into a vital education and conference centre, used by groups from around the world.

This past week, Smith reported to council that the centre is already booked solid through to September despite a drop in bookings from universities and other educational institutions in B.C. and a correlating drop in revenue.

At the meeting, Violet Davidson read a letter from Jean Cozens who is concerned that the centre is underutilized and too expensive for many potential visitors. She

suggests making the centre more flexible by opening it up to cater to hostel clientele and lowering its rates.

“During the summer months, when it’s very busy in Lake Cowichan and other places, we are very, very full. Most years we’re busy about seven months of the year.

This year is an anomaly,” responded Smith.

Davidson also expressed concern that the centre is underutilized, and suggested that it could be opened up to forestry students as a place to take courses, or shutting the centre down for part of the year.

“Quietly we bring people to the education centre,” responded Dalton. “The spin off effects over the years have been quite terrific actually.”

He stated that if CLEC did not exist the town would not benefit from almost $400,000 in additional revenue through job creation programs and visitors. The centre brings in $200,000 per year in federal grants, and Smith says that since the centre opened it has brought in $2 million in grants and aid.

At the moment, the centre is in the beginning stages of setting up job creation projects to build washrooms and a dock in Saywell Park, and fixing up the box car at the Kaatza Station Museum.

This past week the centre had a group of approximately 40 individuals from the Inner Quest Foundation, a centre for spiritual and psychic studies.

Brian Robertson, one of the instructors with the institute, says that many of the individuals in the group wait for a retreat that will take them to Lake Cowichan, and many try to return every few years.

He says that people are attracted to the beauty of the facility and the area. It costs between $7,000 and $10,000 for individuals to travel with the group to Lake Cowichan as many of them come from the UK or other overseas countries. But Robertson says the cost of staying at CLEC is comparable, and the service they receive is top notch.

“The food here is better than anywhere in the world.”

Inner Quest organizes a minimum of three courses a year at the centre. “You don’t get centres like this elsewhere,” he says. “We can create a retreat that is cost effective and people come because of what they’ve heard, and they are not disappointed.”

Smith says CLEC is looking to diversify and is in the midst of talks with School District 79 to try and attract school groups to the area, but says that for the most part, the centre pays for itself, and that it is a valuable asset to the community.

Town projects on track Tamu Miles Gazette Editor

At the annual general meeting that took place on Tuesday June 19, council presented its annual report which highlights objectives met in 2011 and those ongoing for 2012.

Though Mayor Forrest and the rest of council were a little disappointed that there were no members of the Lake Cowichan public present to hear the report or respond with comments or queries, they were proud to present a report that shows a balanced budget for 2011 and highlights many of their objectives for the year having been met.

“I think it (the report) reflects a lot of what council has accomplished in the last three plus years,” said Forrest.

“Not only shown by the photographs in here, but also by the messages that are reported in it.”

The report highlights seven areas, including: leadership and informed decision making, excellence in customer service, effective financial reporting and management of assets and resources, transportation improvements, water and sewer utility improvements, improved parks and playgrounds and the establishment of a walkway strategy, and the audited consolidated financial statements for the town.

The report states that mayor and council met objectives in leadership and informed decision making by adopting the new community plan, continuing with town revitalization through the building demolition on Lakeview Avenue, receiving plans for the new library on lands to be donated by the town, reducing the town’s carbon footprint through the use of iPads and the discontinuation of paper agendas, and participating in the consulting and planning process for the new town square.

Objectives for 2012 and 2013 include plans for improvements for the town centre, applying for a grant for the construction of the Renfrew Town Square, implementing a billing system for the

newly installed radio water meters, encouraging public input in the decision making process, and encouraging public attendance to council and committee meetings.

The report states that the town accomplished excellence in customer service through the installation of a new server at the town office, the organization of a successful Canada Day celebration in 2011, installing the new wooden Down Coe-Jones sign, purchasing a new tanker truck for the Lake Cowichan Fire Department, setting up a town Facebook page, adding new campsites to Lakeview Park Campground, and promoting tourism to the town through meetings with other towns along the Pacific Marine Circle Route.

The town will continue to plan for a municipal complex and study the ways and means in which it can deal with current property leases in 2012 and 2013.

The report states that planned capital expenditures for 2011 were completed, along with all job creation programs.

Councillor McGonigle, now in the position of finance chair, states that “the second phase of water metering has commenced with grant funding provided through the province of B.C. The upgrades may assist in securing further grant opportunities for other needed infrastructure upgrades.”

As many well know, the town has ongoing infrastructure development projects in the works for both sewer and water for 2013 and beyond. During the meeting council took considerable time discussing how to fund these projects.

“Some ways to help finance those is through parcel taxes,” says Coun.

McGonigle. “We currently have a $50 water parcel tax and it has been implemented for a number of years now.”

A staff report suggests increasing the sewer parcel tax to $100 in 2013, and doing the same for the water parcel

tax in years to come. Though this idea has been on the agenda of both the finance and public works committees for a while, council is still in the initial stages of looking at the idea, and they were divided when it came to how much should be charged.

Councillors Hornbrook, Ingram, and McGonigle were cautious, concerned about those residents on fixed or low incomes, and how such an increase would affect them. Mayor Forrest expressed concern that if a parcel tax is not implemented then the town will have to borrow more funds which will affect residents down the road.

Borrowing for these projects also means that the town would not only have to borrow to pay for the projects, but might also have to borrow in order to just pay the interest on these loans, according to McGonigle. Yet he cautioned that all taxation funds come from the same tax base, and that tax base is limited.

There was also extensive discussion about the amount that commercial properties pay in terms of a parcel tax.

Hornbrook expressed the need to look at charging commercial properties per unit, and Joseph Fernandez, the towns chief administrative officer, stated that strata properties are not an issue because they are charged per unit.

The water project the town has planned will cost just under $3 million in the coming years. In order to pay for this through an increased sewer or water parcel tax, the town would have to charge an additional $200-$300 per household, according to Hornbrook, and he expressed concern about the impact this would have on local residents.

Mayor and council will be discussing this matter in more detail at the next public works meeting on July 10, at 5 p.m. Public attendance and input are welcome.

Copies of the town’s annual report can be obtained through the town office.

Trustees not backing down

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Community, teacher, and trustee supporters of the SD79 restorative budget at a rally at the school board office in June.

School Board 79 trustees held another rally in support of their restorative budget on June 20, in Duncan.

Approximately 130 people attended, and this number included individuals from the Council of Canadians, trustees from up island, teachers’ representatives from Nanaimo, Victoria, and Surrey.

Support continues to pour in for the boards budget from across the province, says Duncan Brown, an SD79 trustee, evidence that Cowichan is not the only district facing funding and program cut-backs.

One issue that remains forefront in the minds of trustees is that of the legal right of the province to fire a democratically elected board. To investigate this issue further, the board voted to hire an independent lawyer.

“I don’t know if they have the right to fire us,” says Brown, adding that Minister Abbott could not be fired and replaced; there would have to be a referendum. “It’s important to ask the question.”

The board also passed a motion on their expectations for whoever would replace the board, if they were to be fired. These expectations include an opinion on how much they would be paid, who would pay them, keeping all public business in the open, and posting and publicizing meeting dates.

“Our expectations are that (any replacement) be open and accountable,” says Brown.

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Bottle drive for student employment

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New principal for LCSS Tamu Miles Gazette Editor

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Susanne Tardiff, Katherine Worsley, and Jessica Sandhu pose in front of the forest display at the Visitor Centre.

Tamu Miles Gazette Editor

University students, currently employed by the Cowichan Lake Chamber of Commerce Visitor Centre, have taken it upon themselves to hold a bottle drive on Saturday June 30, in Saywell Park from 10 a.m.-4 p.m.

These students, Jessica Sandhu and Susanne Tardiff, say they are doing this bottle drive so they are able to keep their jobs over the summer.

The chamber needs at least $6,528 to cover minimum wages for two students for eight weeks of employment. To cover taxes, CPP, employment insurance, or vacation pay, the chamber will also need an extra $783.66.

Visitor Centre coordinator Katherine Worsley, and chamber president Rita Dustow recently learned that for the third year in a row the chamber will not receive any funding through the federal governments Summer Jobs Program.

Worsley says that none of the visitor centres in the Cowichan Valley received funding this year.

The last time the Visitor Centre received funding was in 2009, for $2,200. Worsley says that this amount was only enough to cover hiring one high school student at the lowest rate.

Over the last few years the chamber has had to subsidize its student employees.

The chamber serves over 20,000 visitors per year, with 10,000 of these visitors being during the

summer months.

Student employees perform many different tasks and fill many different roles for the centre. Working with Worsley and the board of directors, students have created an area map, area brochure, post cards, and a Pacific Marine Circle Route Power Point presentation.

Students also update the events calendar, help with the weekly newsletter, fill brochure display racks, and place orders for more from businesses throughout the region, and much, much more.

And that’s all besides answering the questions of visitors, both in person and over the phone, on a daily basis.

Many of these tasks help students to develop skills that are transferable to real world jobs once they have completed university.

The bottle drive is not the only way in which local residents can help Sandhu and Tardiff keep their jobs with the centre. On July 8, and 22, they will be in front of Country Grocer selling hot dogs and soft drinks from 11 a.m.-3 p.m.

Country Grocer is supplying all the hot dogs, buns, condiments, and refreshments, as well as the tent.

Help support these students and their desire to stay in the community this summer, doing a job they are passionate about and loyal to. Bring your bottles to Saywell Park on June 30, and your hungry bellies to Country Grocer on July 8, and 22.

For more information, call the Visitor Centre at 250-749-3244.

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Students are officially finished for the year at Lake Cowichan Secondary School (LCSS), but before they were completely done with last minute assignments, exams, and of course the grad ceremony, students and teachers learned that their new principal, taking over in September, has been chosen.

Nicole Boucher is currently the vice principal at George Bonner Middle School in Mill Bay, but come September she will be commuting from her home in Duncan to Lake Cowichan.

Boucher already has a history at LCSS as she was vice principal at the school from September 2003 to June 2006, and says she already has a great working relationship with the teachers and staff at the school.

“I feel connected to that staff. They are a lovely group of teachers.” She adds that she thinks there is only one teacher she does not know and with whom she will have to get acquainted.

Dani Garner, the current vice principal, and Boucher have worked together in the past, and Boucher says “we have an excellent working relationship and I feel we will be a strong team.”

As far as making any changes or adjusting any objectives the school may have, Boucher says she has ideas but she does not want to charge ahead. “Any ideas I have I would have to present to the staff first. Certainly before dreaming up things, I would have to find my place.”

She plans on maintaining Peter Jory’s (the current principal) Plan 100 initiative that focusses on the successful graduation of all LCSS students.

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Nicole Boucher, the new principal at LCSS. She will start her position at the school in the fall.

Jory says that Boucher is a thoughtful educator who understands the history of the school and the community.

“She is universally well liked by the teachers and the kids,” he says and adds that he thinks that Boucher and Garner will make a great team.

“It’s a great opportunity for Nicole and I think she will be well received. Since she was last here she has had several posts and I think she is completely ready to take it on.”

Boucher, who has three sons and who, with her husband, manages to juggle career and family says she is very excited to be back in the Lake Cowichan community.

She was even in attendance at this year’s graduation ceremony which took place on June 23.

Garage sale for the animals Tamu Miles Photo

On Saturday, June 23, the Lake Cowichan Animal Rescue Society held a garage sale in the building used for storage by Countrywide Realty.

Countrywide donated all of the items in the building to the garage sale, as the folks at the realty office were looking to clean out the building and make room for more items that get left behind after the sale of a home.

Left, Marg Livingstone holds up a stuffed animal, one of the items for sale. Rescue Society president Michael Bedard and his wife Barbara gathered many items from the community to raise much needed funds to help care for local abandoned or sick animals.

On August 4, the society will be hosting its annual Giant Garage Sale in Saywell Park. There will be 30-35 tables, plus a concession stand and an auction.

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TO COMMENT We welcome your original comments on editorials, columns, on topics in the Lake Cowichan Gazette or any subjects important to you. Only letters that include name, address and day and evening phone numbers and that are verified by the Lake Cowichan Gazette can be considered for publication. Letters to the editor and articles submitted to the Lake Cowichan Gazette may be published or distributed in print, electronic or other forms.

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State of the print industry In an age where the publishing industry is having to reassess where it is going and adapt to more and more readers accessing their information in an online format, the industry is having to either adapt or face the reality of extinction.

In an article printed by the Newspapers Community Association for British Columbia and the Yukon (BCYCNA), Warren Buffett states that the loyalty that community newspapers experience from their readership will allow these newspapers to stay strong well into the future.

This is good news for a community paper such as the Lake Cowichan Gazette. Even so, small papers such as this one still must make use of Facebook and other social mediums to engage readers and keep them informed, which in itself is a task now added to the daily workings of any newspaper.

The article, found on the BCYCNA website, states that national newspapers are losing sales and are cutting editorial costs in an effort to increase revenue, while local newspapers are beefing up editorial which retains newspaper readership.

Local newspapers enjoy this loyalty from their readership because a local paper reflects the communities in which they reside. If it were not for local events, community initiatives, committees, schools, and other such organizations and events, a local paper would be moot.

However, with cutbacks and consolidations happening across North America, the resources any media outlet has to cover the news and events of any community are dwindling, just look at the CBC for example. Since budget cuts for the company were announced, many of the CBC’s programs have been cut and long-time radio personalities and reporters have been let go.

This means that media outlets, especially those in smaller communities, are relying on the public to bring them their news in an effort to keep the public at large informed, and keep their readers engaged.

As well, this local input and story sourcing allows publishers, editors, and other staff to more effectively juggle the many hats they must now wear.

We here at the Gazette appreciate the effort made by Cowichan Lake residents to keep us informed, so we can keep the public informed. If you have a newsworthy story, an event, or know of an individual that should be highlighted as contributing to the community in some way, don’t hesitate to send us an email at editor@ lakecowichangazette.com, or phone us at 250-749-4383.

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Choosing work instead of welfare VICTORIA – The B.C. government has taken some modest steps to tighten up the province’s income assistance system, and to encourage people to work when they are able to.

With Premier Christy Clark

By Tom Fletcher swooping in to take credit, Social Development Minister Stephanie Cadieux unveiled changes that included fixing the worst mistake in B.C. Liberal policy. Cadieux acknowledged that B.C. was the only province that clawed back all earnings from employable welfare recipients, and she announced that from now on they will be able to earn up to $200 a month without penalty. The exemption for disabled people is increased from $500 to $800 a month.

Another important change is requiring welfare recipients to file income tax returns. People can now do temporary work when it comes along, report the income and take advantage of the various tax credits that come from participating in society instead of just living off it.

Any experience earning money is valuable experience.

With baby boomers starting to retire in big numbers, the expected labour shortage has begun across Western

Canada. And yet, increasing numbers of foreign workers are coming in to do farm and other work, while many young people are unemployed.

Finance Minister Kevin Falcon took note of this during his budget preparations. Increasing numbers of young, employable people were applying for welfare in southern B.C., while jobs go begging in the booming northeast. Falcon mused about setting up a program to provide training and plane fare for these people, an idea quickly dubbed “welfare air.”

Another effort to get young people working is Jobfest, a rock-themed road show currently touring northern B.C. towns. It attracts young people with music and souvenirs like drumsticks and guitar picks, and offers them skills assessment using sexy iPad apps and graphics that depict carpentry as cool.

If Jobfest and welfare air sound a bit desperate, it’s because they are. They illustrate our society’s problem.

We have a public school system where students pass whether they do the work or not. The culture assumes self-esteem is more important than achievement. The teachers’ union constantly sets an example that the way to get what you want is to stamp your feet and demand it from government. What do we expect young people to learn?

And how easy is it for B.C. to slip into a Greece-like tailspin, where a majority expects to be carried on the backs of the shrinking minority who do productive work? Old-timers might recall when Mike Harcourt’s NDP government took over from the allegedly miserly Social Credit regime and raised welfare rates.

They compounded that mistake by relaxing eligibility rules and making it easier for employable people to stay on welfare. After a couple of years of this wealth redistribution, 10 per cent of the B.C. population was on welfare, with more piling on every day. Faced with the results of this staggering blunder, Harcourt lashed out at “cheats, deadbeats and varmints” scamming B.C. taxpayers and launched a crackdown on fraud. Later the NDP cut the basic rate for single employables to $500 a month.

Today it stands at $610, and the NDP looks poised to repeat history. Surrey MLA Jagrup Brar did a monthlong publicity stunt in January, living on welfare by wandering from shelter to food bank with TV cameras trailing behind.

Brar would have been better off if welfare air had been available. Instead of learning to live off the burgeoning urban handout industry, he could have gone up to Dawson Creek or Fort St. John and worked as a labourer.

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Summer Nights long days of volunteering In 2007 my husband and I retired to the Cowichan Valley (specifically to the Stoltz Pool area) and since that time we have experienced the remarkable energy and the commitment to community that is abundant in all parts of the valley.

However, the people of Lake Cowichan have to take the prize. In the summer of 2009, I attended a Lake Cowichan community meeting from which sprang the incredible team now called the Cowichan Lake and River Stewardship Society and they continue to work for the sustainable future of the lake and region.

Then along came Summer Nights. This cooperative of not-for-profits extended a welcome to the Cowichan Valley Arts Council (of which I am president) through its member groups, the Kaatza Lakeside Players and the Kaatza Art Group, and away we went. This band of hardworking volunteers single-handedly organized a series of nine, free, Saturday night concerts in the Central Park for the summer of 2012. Why? Because they saw the need for family-oriented, downtown entertainment during the vacation season in their beautiful park.

Yes. The organizations including the Cowichan Valley Arts Council, will make a little money — but take it from me, the hours of

work required will far outweigh the monetary reward. These folks just plain care about their community and their region. Thanks to all the wonderful people who work tirelessly for the community called the Cowichan Valley.

Judy Brayden Lake Cowichan

Support for restorative school district budget I would like to offer my sincere support to the Cowichan School District Board of Trustees for presenting their restoration budget to the government.

They have done what many politicians do not, followed through on a campaign promise. This shows great courage considering the threats made by the government to fire them. I have learned from personal experience how constant cuts have affected the education system.

My children were victims of the Yount School closure and the A.B. Greenwell School debacle.

I would strongly urge the Minister of Education to consider this budget carefully and work to compromise with the Cowichan board.

Removing them from their positions would deny the families of the Cowichan school district their democratic rights to have locally elected representation.

Melinda Brown Lake Cowichan

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1971: It was British Columbia’s centennial year and the Lake District Centennial Celebrations Days. The new Centennial Hall would be the focal point for community events.

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The novel idea of a wooden quarter, worth 25 cents, which could be used at any participating business in Lake Cowichan during the June 4th, 5th, 6th, 1971 Lake Cowichan Centennial Celebrations, was a hit. Although many were redeemed most were saved as souvineers.

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The excitement throughout the village was palpable. Many months of preparations and hard work by the townsfolk were almost complete. The new community hall, aptly named Centennial Hall, would be the focal point for the upcoming community events scheduled for June 4, 5 and 6, 1971. It was British Columbia’s centennial year and the Lake District Centennial Celebrations Days had finally arrived.

One of the main events was the pioneer banquet. It was also one of the most historically important events to take place in our community. Many centennial events and festivities were planned throughout the community including the banquet for area pioneers and other early residents. It was also the year the Lake Cowichan community hall, Centennial Hall, was built, mostly by volunteer fundraising and labour.

Receiving one of the invitations to the banquet was pioneer family member Trevor Green who later recorded the event in his daily journal.

Upon arriving at Centennial Hall, the Greens and others who had received invitations, found the parking lot nearly full. Once inside the Greens found a table near the stage, with pioneer family member Charlie March and old-timer Joe Buote (for whom the corner Chicken Joe’s was named because Joe, who lived near the corner, kept chickens and sold the eggs). Trevor described Joe as a “wry and witty octogenarian” who had lived at Honeymoon Bay for 20 years. Each table, wrote Trevor, was filled with “a galaxy of old friends and acquaintances,” many unseen in years.

as head cook at the elementary school At one of the tables sat John and cafeteria and at many other venues.

Vera Saywell, long time principal Her menu included “sweet Sherry and schoolteacher ,who Saywell Park followed by roast beef, vegetables, was named after. The Howe’s were hot rolls then a dessert of pastry shells also in attendance — Gladys Howe filled with strawberries topped with was born across the street from the whip cream”. old Riverside Inn and has been cited After dinner emcee Henry Lundgren, many times as being the first white (whose son Allan is baby born here. Her presently a regular husband Art, who for volunteer at Kaatza many years operated Station Museum) a butcher shop in “attired in a town, accompanied mustard coloured her. Seated nearby frock coat,” were Colonel and presented each Mrs. Boyd (Liz) who of the (mostly) attended pretty well elderly guests with every event the town a specially minted hosted. The guest list also included Mrs. Trevor Green Centennial Medal.

A few of the medal Fred Reed and her recipients included son Jimmy (presently Andy Atchison, Ken Gillespie, Mrs. a regular reader of this column). Many years prior, Mrs. Reed, the former Miss Voas (who was the former Mrs. Roy Scott and mother of local resident Bob Marguerite Marsh, had arrived from Scott), Joe Buote — who, according to England with the Ashburnham family Trevor, “maintained a constant flow of to take up residence near Honeymoon wry and barbed comments” throughout, Bay. Trevor enjoyed visiting with her and Mrs. Marie Morton, thought to be because of her delightful bubbly “good the oldest of them all. spirits”.

Entertainment, which followed the Seated at the head table were local banquet, was presented by the local MLA Bob and Mrs. Strachan, his Scandinavian Club and included Worship the Mayor of Lake Cowichan, Nordic dancing and a rendition of a Moe All and his wife, the former Rene “song to the pioneers composed by the Castley. Henry and Ann Lundgren versatile” Henry Lundgren and Bertha and other members of the centennial Lowe (mother of Bonnie Willey). committee were also seated there.

Later upstairs, some of the pioneers Being a well-attended event, those along with others enjoyed a drink and listed were just a “mere fraction” of entertainment at the Hog and Horn — those who Trevor noticed. according to Trevor, an attempt at a The dinner, deemed “excellent” was prepared by the most sought-after cook/ replica of an Old English Pub. —Research: Kaatza Station Museum caterer in town, Mrs. Doris Johnson. and Greendale Journals.

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Youth’s goal to write for Coho released into Beaver Lake print achieved

“When the pump kicks in, you know Beadnell is getting low,” explains Crandall.

As he and Lowe scoop the As Bob Crandall, presifry with nets into a bucket, dent of the Cowichan Lake and then into water filled Salmonid Enhancement containers in the back of Society, fishes the last Crandall’s truck, he explains 2,000 coho out of the tanks that the fish are not fed for 24 at the Lake Cowichan hours before they are reHatchery, he’s already leased, so they are motivated thinking about the fry to find food in the wild. (young salmon) that will Once loaded, Crandall and have to be salvaged out Lowe drive out to Beaver of local streams as water Lake where they are met by levels lower and streams Frank Worsely, the grounds begin to dry up. manager at Beaver Lake ReCrandall is concerned sort. Joe Balmar, and a couple about the different speof other residents also wander cies of salmon that end up over to give a hand and watch caught in pools in sections the release of the coho fry. of Beadnell Creek.

Worsley loads up the two He uses special nets, water and salmon filled conconstructed in the ancient tainers onto the back of his First Nation’s style by exTamu Miles Photo John Deer Gator and brings perts on Salt Spring Island, Kevin Lowe, top left, and Frank Worsthem to the dock, where the to scoop the fish from the ley, lower coho fry into Beaver Lake. water is a cooler temperature rivers. than along the shoreline.

He says that he rescues “You have to check the temperature of the tens of thousands of fry each year, but does leave a certain percentage to die off naturally or water the fish are in and the temperature of the lake,” says Crandall. “If there is more than a to be eaten by raccoons or other small animals, five degree difference (either way) it can kill at the request of the Department of Fisheries them.” and Oceans.

Crandall instructs Lowe and Worsley to lower But on June 15, Crandall and Kevin Lowe, a the containers full of fish into the lake from the volunteer at the hatchery, are focussed on movdock, and slowly allow the water in the containing the remaining coho fry from the hatchery to ers to rise to the temperature of the lake before Beaver Lake. releasing the fish.

The tanks at the hatchery are fed most of the These fry were harvested from salmon in the year by runoff from Beadnell Creek, and the rest of the time from a pump which brings water fall, and will remain in the lake until sometime from the small creek that runs next to the build- between November and January before they make their way towards the ocean. ing.

Tamu Miles Gazette Editor

Gilbert Lewis

LAKERS CORNER Over a year ago I had a goal set: I wanted to become a reporter.

At lunch time at school, I would always act as if I was a news reporter and my friends would laugh and go with the flow, as if I really was.

Since then I have gone on to try and achieve this goal. I want to become the top journalist.

At the beginning of this semester, I was planning on taking Japanese 10. Then an opportunity came into my life, and my goal was in action.

My social studies teacher, Noni Battye, asked me while helping me search for a course, “What do you want to become when you get older?”

I answered, “A journalist.”

“Hmm . . . well, let’s try this,” she said. “I can set you up with a course that will give you the experience of being one. As well, I can talk to our local newspaper and see if you can write for them on things that happen around here at LCSS.” Those words had me star struck.

I wasn’t able to move. I was in

shock, and full of excitement. I said to her, “Really? Sweet!”

I played it cool so when I got home I could let all of my excitement out. Those very words have got me where I am today.

A couple months have gone by and here I am. I have written nine articles, and this one you are reading is now my tenth. Ten was my goal to have been done by the end of this semester.

My goal has been achieved.

I have covered various topics.

Some of my story headlines include Lights! Camera! Fashion!, Fun in the sun at LCSS, and many more.

A couple of weeks ago, I walked down to the Gazette and asked them a question.

“May I write for the paper during the summer?”

Their answer was yes and my heart filled with joy, and excitement. This is a moment that will never be forgotten.

My dream and my stick-to-it attitude, have gotten me where I am today. It may sound corny, but dreams do come true. Don’t be afraid of doing something you want to do.

Lakers Corner will now be turned into Youth’s Corner. A column that will be telling Lake Cowichan citizens about what’s going on around town from a youth’s point of view.

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The rest is still unwritten . . . Grad 2012 Tamu Miles Gazette Editor

It was a thankful, and sometimes tearful, class of 2012 that said goodbye to the teachers and staff at Lake Cowichan Secondary on Saturday, June 23.

The hall was decorated in a classic decor with pillars, tulle, and attention to detail. The theme “the rest is still unwritten” was made evident through a large gold pen and inkwell, and an open book, suspended from the ceiling and framing the stage.

The gymnasium was full of supporters; family and friends who cheered the students on and took every advantage for a photo opportunity.

Principal Peter Jory opened up by thanking all those who worked so hard to make the event possible, including teachers, staff, and parents. “We have not walked on this whole journey together, but have done some key stretches side by side,” he stated. “And we are here now, to celebrate, to recognize, to thank.”

Jory took some time to reflect on the class of 2012, and their presence within the school as the evening started. He commented about the students’ use of the school’s lobby, and how they treated it like an extension of their living rooms at home.

“Their personal items resided for days at a time on the picnic table. The key feature of course was the cubbies, with their names on them, just like kindergarten. Frankly I like that they were comfortable here in our little school.

I’m not a huge fan of clutter, or for that matter noise, but it seems within reason a rather small price to pay for them to feel welcome. I happen to prefer it when our students are here as opposed to somewhere else.”

Jory referred to the group as a powerful one; a group of individuals who know how to get things done. “We have students that will go on to university and do post graduate work, and maybe even cure cancer or solve the global warming issue. There are students who will be writers, and musicians, and artists of various types. We have students who will transition right away into trades and be the glue that holds your town together. We have students who will be the caretakers and caregivers; who will look after you when you are sick and when you are old. We have students who will be the managers and the leaders, who are darn well going to change something, and change it soon, or look out.”

When Jory was done, the students and the audience were addressed by other guest speakers beginning with Duncan Brown and Eden Haythornthwaite from the School District 79 board of education, and Joe Rhodes from the Ministry of Education.

Each took a turn congratulating the class and thanking those who helped to make the event possible, and who helped the students make it to graduation.

There were, of course, nuggets of wisdom passed along to the grads to take with them as they head out into the world.

Rhodes started by sharing a couple of gems he says he picked up along his journey through life. He quoted his English teacher in high school who once shared a piece of poetry that has stuck with Rhodes over the years. “If you walk upon this earth with anger then the footprints of your life will be no more than those of someone walking along the ocean at low tide. But if you walk up on this earth in kindness, then the footprints of your life will be like those left in the permafrost; forever embedded. So choose kindness.”

Pat Biello, the school counselor, shared some humorous tidbits about the students. Including some of the responses, anonymous of course, students gave on their exams.

“As you sit here,” he said to the students, “those of us who have had any influence on you wonder just how good a job we have done in helping you prepare for your future. It has been an honour to be part of your lives and one that has left us teachers with wonderful memories.

But don’t think that we haven’t sat in the staff room a time or two to discuss all of you. It was during these times that I had the opportunity to hear my colleagues share stories . . . and share some of the interesting answers given to them on exams.”

Question: What is a fossil? Answer: A fossil is an extinct animal. The older it becomes, the more extinct it gets.

Tamu Miles Photos

Top: the curtains pulled back to reveal the grads dressed in all their finery after having made their entrance to the gym with robes on. Middle left: Pat Biello addresses the grads and shares some funny stories as well as some heartfelt advice. Bottom left: class valedictorian Tana Molenaar-Wilson poses for a picture after the group photo on the steps of the school.

Bottom right: Jade Sangha, Gage Grosskleg, and Dawn Timms as they make their way around the gym during the candlelight walk.

Question: Where was the constitution signed? Answer: At the bottom of the page.

Question: Who is a census taker? Answer: A person going from house to house increasing the population.

“I make fun, but we teachers have taken our jobs seriously and we feel confident that your school days have prepared and readied you to move on. Never forget those of us who have been involved in supporting and encouraging you. Now that you have completed Grade 12, you are moving forward. Your life, is in your hands.”

The students had a chance to thank teachers and parents as well. Kara Foster, Robin Johel, Jorden Matson, and Eric Schilling each addressed specific teachers or staff members who made an impact upon their lives.

Kirsten Carpentier, Jade Sangha, and Shelby Wilcox sent out special thanks and, members of the grad committee presented potted flowers or plants, and their special thanks, to those teachers and staff members who

put considerable effort into the grad event itself.

Finally, the class valedictorian, Tana Molenaar-Wilson delivered a heartfelt and memorable speech, reflecting on her own life and journey to graduation, and sharing a few embarrassing moments of her classmates, whom she has known for so many years.

“If I am going to leave the grad class of 2012 something to live by, it would have to be: think about what you are going to do, before you do it. What you think, could be funny, but it may end up getting you fired. Remember that there is nothing more valuable than life itself, and that the most prized possessions in life hold no price tag.”

After the candlelight walk and the parents’ waltz, the grads were off to have dinner before heading to the prom at Centennial Hall. They will be off on June 30, for their dry grad in Merritt for some white water rafting.

Congratulations, grads of 2012. All the best from the Lake Cowichan Gazette.

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Honeymoon Bay is once again pulling out all the stops for a fabulous Canada Day weekend. For all other Canada Day events happening on Sunday July 1, in the Cowichan Lake area, see page 1.

Starting on Friday afternoon, June 29, and carrying on until Sunday, there will be plenty of activities for everyone to enjoy.

Bay Days has traditionally been held in August, but starting last year, organizers decided to hold it on the Canada Day long weekend, and this year activities will begin on the Friday evening instead of Saturday morning.

On Friday evening, the Honeymoon Bay Community Society (HBCS) will be hosting an outdoor family movie night. Bring a blanket and pillow, or lawn chair, and make yourself comfortable on the lawn of the Honeymoon Bay Hall.

Movie night will begin with cartoons for the kids at 7 p.m., with Betty Boop, Popeye, and the like. The movie, which shall remain a mystery until that evening, will begin at dusk.

Katrine Winia, one of the organizers and a member of the HBCS says there will be tents for seniors, and she stresses that the movie is not a “mystery,” but a family movie that will remain a surprise for the general public until that evening.

Saturday morning, festivities begin at 11 a.m. with the annual parade which will begin at Lily Beach and will make its way up South Shore Road to the hall.

Pre-registration for the parade is not necessary, so if you would like to participate, organizers say to show up by 10:30 a.m. for the marshalling. A small prize will be given to the best float after the parade finishes its route.

This year there will be between 15 and 20 games for kids, with a couple specifically for adults, during the celebrations on Saturday after the parade. Ticket prices are $3 and under.

This year’s highlight is the Pony Ball Races, where both individuals and groups can participate. This game is basically a race to the finish line on yoga balls equipped with handles, and it is expected to be a ton of fun for all.

“I can picture moms and dads racing against their kids,” says Winia.

Purchasing $1 worth of tickets gets you between one and four players.

This year’s Honeymoon Bay’s Got Talent is a little different from

Reaching back to move forward…

previous years, in that it will begin at 7 p.m. on Saturday.

Mary Egan, a local singer/songwriter will be emceeing the event and playing between local musicians who wish to share their talent with the community.

Anyone can participate, and no pre-registration is required.

Merely show up to the event at Central Park, talk to Egan, and get your name on the list.

The talent show will run until the fireworks display, the highlight of the weekend. Fireworks will begin at dusk, around 10 p.m., and can be viewed from Central Park.

Last year the show ran for almost an hour, but usually it runs for between 20 and 30 minutes. For anyone outside the Cowichan Lake area, it is definitely worth the drive.

Free glow sticks will be given out, and visitors are asked to view the show from Central Park.

There will be 50/50 tickets sold between 12 p.m. and 3 p.m., just look for Marian Bates and her volunteer helper.

Proceeds go towards the HBCS. Sunday will begin bright and early with the fireman’s pancake breakfast starting at 8 a.m. at the Honeymoon Bay Hall. The food usually runs out by 11 a.m., just in time for the Canada Day ceremonies to begin.

The ceremony will start with singing the national anthem, followed by the cutting of the cake at 11 a.m.

The HBCS will then hand out the Honeymoon Bay Fire Department Doug Goddard Memorial Scholarship for $500 to a Honeymoon Bay Grade 12 student who plans to, or is enrolled in, three months or more of post secondary education.

To find out more about Honeymoon Bay Days, or other events happening throughout the summer in the area, go to hbcs.ca. And don’t forget to stop by the Honeymoon Bay market on Saturday, located by The Coffee Mill in the heart of Honeymoon Bay.

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On June 12, students at Palsson Elementary participated in an Aboriginal Games Day. With everything from Canoe Racing, depicted in the photo above, to a Hole in One Button Game, shown by Brayden Claxton, Kiely Toivonen, and Owen Sharrow on the right, the kids participated in a full day of activities.

Chief Livingstone of the Cowichan Lake First Nations addressed the students, telling them that he was happy to share the games with the kids and in this way share the First Nations culture with the students.

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Head-on collision under investigation Lake Cowichan RCMP are still investigating a head-on collision that occurred on Neva Road on Wednesday, June 13, a 1997 green GMC SUV collided with a white van parked on the east side of the road, throwing the van several feet back towards South Shore Road. No one was hurt, but police and Lake Cowichan firefighters responded.

Constable Darcy Caston, who is heading the investigation, says he does not believe alcohol is a factor, but it is too early to determine if it was human error or vehicle malfunction. Police are not yet releasing the name of the driver or the passengers in the SUV. —editor@lakecowichangazette.com

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Town of Lake Cowichan Canada Day Celebration July 1, 2012

A big win for Lake Cowichan Minor Baseball team

Sunday, July 1, everyone is invited Canada Day Festivities Central Park 1pm to 3pm Mayor’s address & cutting of the cake to be followed by various performers.

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After finishing the regular season in first place with wins against Salt Spring Island, the Ladysmith Cubs, and the Ladysmith Cardinals, the Lake Cowichan peewee team, Sons of Pitches, found themselves going into the finals on Saturday, June 23.

Coach Kelly Bergstrom, and Lake Cowichan minor baseball president Bryan Hill say that it was tense on Saturday, as the Sons of Pitches had to win against the Duncan team, or they would have played against Duncan again in Lake Cowichan that evening.

“Both peewee teams, the Lakers who just got knocked out on Tuesday and Sons of Pitches, have done extremely well this year. This is the first time that I have seen a peewee team make it to the final game in play offs. We go up against Duncan Team 4 sat at 12 and if we win we will be undefeated in the spring season play offs,” said Hill before the game.

The Sons of Pitches won 10-5 against Duncan

Team 4 putting them in first place for the spring league, with Duncan Team 4 coming in second.

Hill was excited about the win, saying that the “Sons of Pitches are the first to represent Lake Cowichan and finish first in spring league since we interlocked with surrounding areas. I am extremely proud of how well all our teams have done this year.”

“All the teams this year have done extremely well and it shows that we have great coaches, volunteers, and kids that all deserve recognition for the great season through all the levels,” he adds.

On Sunday, June 24, all the teams in Lake Cowichan, from t-ball to peewee, participated in a fun day and received awards.

The first exhibition game of the summer season is in Ladysmith on Wednesday June 27, followed by a double header against Salt Spring Island in Lake Cowichan.

David K.,Tanya Gillispie and Mary Egan, Naomi Payon and local talent including: Sarah Ferguson, Lindsay Elzinga, Sidney Fothergill, Logan Wallace Bring your lawn chairs & come celebrate Mayor and Council Canada Day with us!

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Dawn Coe-Jones Amateur Junior Open

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Girls’ low gross winner Shirin Anjarwalla from Nanaimo, with Dawn Coe-Jones at last year’s Open.

The annual Dawn Coe-Jones Amateur Junior Open is coming up on July 5. This shot-gun start tournament will begin at 9 a.m. at March Meadows Golf Course in Honeymoon Bay. The tournament is for junior players under the age of 18, and the handicap factor has to be 32 or less.

This tournament was started in 1986 by Coe-Jones to give back to the kids and to the Lake Cowichan community. “It was a way to showcase March Meadows and show off where I grew up,” explains Coe-Jones.

Coe-Jones was born in Campbell River in

1960. Her family moved to Lake Cowichan shortly after and she began playing golf at the age of 12. Coe-Jones has many tournament titles under her belt, including being a member of team Canada in 2001 which captured the nation’s cup, being the 1995 Chrysler-Plymouth Tournament of Champions champion. In 2003 she was inducted into the Canadian Golf Hall of Fame, and in 2011 the B.C. Golf Hall of Fame.

But her career playing in golf tournaments began back in the 1970s when in 1978 and 1979 she was the British Columbia junior champion, and went on to be the B.C. amateur champion in 1982 and 1983, and the Canadian amateur champion in 1983.

Coe-Jones currently lives in Tampa, Florida with her husband Jimmy Jones and their son.

Coe-Jones still plays on the LPGA legends tour, and coaches her son’s team in Florida.

Each year, Coe-Jones puts together the prizes for the tournament. The top winners in both the boys and girls categories receive trophies, and Coe-Jones tries to make sure that every player goes home with some sort of prize.

To make this happen, she asks fellow PGA professionals to help gather golf equipment and other prizes. She says that March Meadows contributes a lot as well. “They work hard,” she says. “I couldn’t do this tournament without them.”

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11th Annual Great Lake Walk

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Pat Zubatiak and COG members cross one of the beautiful suspension bridges along the Juan de Fuca Marine Trail.

Together, members of the Cowichan outdoor group, hike leader Dave Rife, and eight Retread members joined the challenging four boot hike from Sombrio to Parkinson River on the Juan de Fuca Trail.

To deal with the transport challenge, half of the group went down the trail to the Parkinson parking lot and the other half drove on down the highway to the Sombrio parking lot. You know, the place where those hippies lived for a number of years. Midpoint along the trail we met on some rocks that overlooking the Juan de Fuca channel for lunch. Luckily, at the last minute, remembered to exchange car keys. Bingo, at the end of the hike mud covered hikers were set to head home in their own carpool vehicles.

The old-timers noted that the trail is now in the worst condition they have ever encountered.

We were steadily sloshing through mud as deep as our boot tops, or sidling around the edge of puddles. We had to scramble up and down over roots where ladders no longer exist. This trail is mostly up and down with short 10 metre bursts of even walking This experience lead to the realization that this park, and hence the trail, is part of the provincial park system and as such is being starved for maintenance funds. We discussed a solution: each potential MLA should be required

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to hike at least one section of the trail preferably in the spring, to assure his or her fitness for office.

Complaining aside, these trails are an interesting and enjoyable trip along the marine water front. For the first kilometre we worked our way across rocks down along the beach.

Some were really slippery and we soon realized that the trick was to put boots into the cracks.

Once over the rocks it was up and down, and we crossed numerous streams. Two had really nice suspension bridges. The others were single or double log crossings.

At many points we were able to stand and look out over the channel to the Olympic Mountains in the misty distance. The only wildlife we encountered was a three inch salmander and a number of slugs crossing the trail. However, the other group reported a brief encounter with mother bear and cubs.

Finally and somewhat exhausted, we reached a sign that announced 0.3 km to the Parkinson parking lot. What a relief. Almost six hours to cover the eight km which was not a great rate of travel. Then home to a hot shower, with a brief stop at the Coastal Kitchen Cafe for a welcome coffee.

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OFFICE WILL BE CLOSED on Monday, July 2 in celebration of the Canada Day long week-end.

There will be an early deadline Wednesday, June 27 at 4pm for all display and classified ads.

Have a safe and happy Canada Day long week-end.

If you would like to register for the Great Lake Walk either as an individual or as a team, the early bird deadline is fast approaching.

Walkers have until July 1, to take advantage of the low registration fee of $43. Advanced registration is from July 2 to August 1, and will cost $53. From August 2 to September 1, the cost to register will be $63.

Great Lake Walk chair, Bertha Graville, says that teams are encouraged and she would love to see more businesses in town register as teams and participate. When registering as a team, every sixth person registers for free.

This annual event is a fundraiser for charities in the Cowichan Valley, with individuals and teams being able to pick the charity of their choice upon registration. Since the first Great Lake Walk in 2002, this event has helped to raise over $600,000 for 350 different charities.

The walk circles the second largest body of fresh water on Vancouver Island, Cowichan Lake, a full 56 kilometers starting in Youbou and ending in Cowichan Lake.

The event actually begins on the Friday evening before Gazette Photo the walk with a high-carb dinner at the Youbou Hall.

Walkers Noella Trotter and Connie CroMeat or vegetarian lasagna teau at the finish line last year. and salad will be on the menu.

Tickets for the dinner can be purchased at the time of registration. The dinner will take place between 5 p.m. and 7 p.m.

The next morning, participants will be up at 2 a.m. to take advantage of the breakfast hosted by the Youbou Old Age Pensioners’ Organization number 115 at the Youbou New Hope Community Church.

The cost for the breakfast is $5.50, and will include scrambled eggs, sausage, pancakes, orange juice, coffee and tea. The breakfast is open to the public as well as participants, and tickets can be purchased at the time of registration, or at the church.

Graville says that the walk attracts people from all over Canada, including Vancouver, Victoria, Duncan, and even as far away as Ontario.

“Last year we had 317 people. That’s about what we’ve had on average for the last couple of years. We strive for 500 but we’re not quite there yet.”

Graville says she has been part of the event for about the past six years, and she feels that besides raising money for charities, the walk is a way to promote the town to the world and show people the beautiful scenery of the west coast. “It gets the town out there.”

When the job of chair for the organization came along, Graville says she jumped at the chance. “When I got on the board of directors, I got really wound up in the whole thing. So when the chair position came along, I took it. I love it. I wouldn’t give it up for anything.”

For more information, and to register, go to greatlakewalk.com, or phone 250-749-3740.

Golfing senior makes hole-in-one Bob Vessey pulled off the ultimate golf shot last Tuesday as he hooked his iron shot from the number one tee and right into the cup. Congratulations Bob! The Match Play Championship continues, with Lance Lingren, John Barger, Ray Bourassa, and Ron McGovern making it into the quarter finals.

Rick Nott shot the best low-gross score and Don Cochrane was the low-net winner.

Jug Kalar was KP (closest to the pin) on the seventh hole. Birdies

were scored by Murray Nelson, Rocky Wise, Glen Richardson, and Tom Clarkson. John McCormick got a sandy par and a chip-in par.

John Leach and Glen Richardson also had chip-in pars.

Duffer O’Doul says he probably came last in the scoring but he was first in line at the bar for the traditional libation after Bob’s hole-in one.

We tee off at 8 a.m. on Tuesdays — join us.

— Submitted by Rick Nott

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The Inside Back: A little of this and that ☞ Local businesses and services Bizzy Bees is a new service offered by three women, Kath Ritco, Krystyna Andrianos, and Barbara Choknacki. These three women offer housecleaning, meal preparations, car detailing, and more. They serve the Cowichan Lake area, including Cowichan Lake, Youbou, Mesachie Lake, Honeymoon Bay, and Duncan. Bizzy Bees offers free, no obligation estimates and reasonable rates. They use all their own, environmentally friendly products, and use reusable microďŹ ber cloths.

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In response to a discussion with Doug Knott, the Lake Cowichan volunteer ďŹ re chief, and local RCMP about the many elk that have been hit over the last few months along Highway 18, Andy Newell, the superintendent and area manager for the Ministry of Transportation and Highways, decided to put employees to work and clear the excess brush and foliage from the side of the highway even further back than is normally done at this time of year. It is the hope of the ďŹ re department, local RCMP, and the ministry that this effort will help the keep the elk away from the road and reduce accidents.

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In the June 6 issue of the Lake Cowichan Gazette, it was incorrectly stated in the story “Local Kinsmen Club does their part for the community� that the club “approved three academic scholarships worth $100 which will be presented to students at Lake Cowichan Secondary on June 7.� The actual amount of the scholarships is $500 each.

With the warmer weather ďŹ nally making an appearance and an increase in boater activity on the lake and other local waterways, it is important to remember to be safe while out there having fun.

The Canadian Safe Boating Council (CSBC) would like to remind people that life jackets save lives. It is not only important to make sure that kids are wearing a personal otation device (PFD), but that adults wear them as well. The CSBC states that an average of 140 unnecessary deaths occur each year due to the lack of a PFD. New research shows that the gasp reex which occurs during sudden cold water immersion “has led to more deaths than previously known.â€? The initial gasp which can cause an individual to inhale up to two litres of water, can cause a person not wearing a PFD to sink and

This year the Retreads group has organized the Terry Fox Run to take place on September 9.

This is the second year that the Cowichan Lake Retreads Group has organized the event, and last year they managed to raise $1,671 towards cancer research.

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☞ Lifejackets 101

☞ Terry Fox Run

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

not re-appear. For more information go to csbc.ca or phone 416-622-3358.

Jean Cozens, a Retreads member and organizer for the event, says that she is still seeking volunteers.

The Great Lake Walk takes place the following weekend, and Cozens says the Terry Fox Run is a great way to warm up for that event.

For more information, or to volunteer for this event, call Cozens at 250-749-6156, go to terryfox.org.

TOP SOIL • BARK MULCH COMPOST • SAND • GRAVEL

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Lorne: 250-749-6601 Cell: 250-701-5153

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THE LAKE COWICHAN GAZETTE

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