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Lake Cowichan RCMP investigating ATV crash at Nitinat Driver serious injuries: female passenger killed Tamu Miles Gazette Editor

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Lake Cowichan RCMP were called out to the scene of a fatal ATV accident on Ditidaht Territory at approximately 10 p.m. on Aug. 27.

Corp. Krista Hobday says that the Malachan First Nations Volunteer Fire Department was first on the scene, followed shortly by B.C. Ambulance attendants.

There were two individuals involved in the accident, the driver of the ATV, a 52-year-old male, and a 45-year-old female passenger. The female was pronounced dead at the scene.

The driver was taken to a hospital in Port Alberni, and then transferred to Victoria General Hospital with serious injuries.

“The driver is in serious condition, but he’s hanging on,” said Hobday on Aug. 31.

When police arrived at the scene, the female was trapped under the ATV, and police noticed evidence to suggest a second person was involved.

“The officers couldn’t find him,” said Hobday. “They had to call in a dog to locate the second occupant.”

A collision analyst was called in from South Island Traffic to determine the cause of the accident, but Hobday says that the individuals were travelling down a steep, paved hill with a hairpin, righthand turn at the bottom.

“No cause has yet been determined, but there are possible charges pending, depending on the outcome of the investigation,” said Hobday.

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CVRD looking to adopt new curbside collection

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From left: Bob McDonald, Paul Anderson, and Ian Morrison.

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As Ian Morrison, director for Area F, explained in last week’s issue of the Gazette, the CVRD is looking to adopt a new garbage and recycle collection plan for all of its electoral areas.

This would mean borrowing $1.77 million to purchase equipment, including three dual compartment trucks at $260,000 each, and 17,000 totes. The new service, pending the successful completion of the Alternative Approval Process, would see the service begin in June of 2013.

“Residents would receive streamlined customer service and easy-roll totes, see no change to their current bi-weekly service, and have their user fees go down slightly in the near future and stabilize over the long term at a standard inflationary rate,” said CVRD Engineering and Environmental

Services chair Lori Iannidinardo.

For Areas F and I, this would mean no real change to what is collected, or when it is collected. The only real change would be to the trucks that pick up the garbage and recycle, and the totes that are used by each home. Compost is not part of the plan at this time, but could be introduced later on.

At the open house at the Cowichan Lake Arena on Aug. 29, Lake Cowichan resident, Paul Anderson, wasn’t buying it.

Anderson is concerned with the fact that this plan means that there will be a lack of competition to keep rates down because contracts would not be tendered to the private sector.

“So, I don’t see how you’re going to do it cheaper,” Anderson grilled Jason Adair, CVRD superintendent of Solid Waste Operations. “You can’t put it out to tender anymore. If your boys

want a raise in pay there, if they’re union, we’re in for it.”

“User fees went up 60 per cent two years ago, so we’re confident rates would stabilize better than that,” said Adair.

Adair also explained that since 1999, the CVRD has contracted the collection out to four or six different companies, but the competition is just not there anymore.

Bob McDonald, CVRD manager for recycling and waste management explained that there was only one company that bid on this contract before the CVRD decided to take this new route.

“You can tell me anything tonight, but only time will tell,” said Anderson when asked what he thought of the plan being able to lower user fees for tax payers.

Honeymoon Bay resident, Guy Patten, wasn’t too persuaded by the collection plan either.

“I’m not sure,” said Patten.

“They’re pricing it out good, but come the day when the compostables come along then it’s going to cost us a lot more. It doesn’t matter if you do your own composting at home, you’re still going to have to pay for it.”

Patten also does not agree with the CVRD borrowing money to put the plan in action. “They’ve already got a stream of revenue, use it.

But no, they want their cake and eat it too. Then they’re being sneaky and doing this AAP thing, which I think is wrong, wrong, wrong. Count the yes votes, don’t count the no votes.”

Coun. Bob Day and Mayor Ross Forrest were also at the open house.

Day is a little skeptical about the CVRD actually being able to deliver on its promise to bring fees down.

“They’ve done the math and they say it’s not going to up much. I would say it’s not going to go down, that’s all.

They might sneak it down in the beginning. But it’s going to be better for the workers and better for the environment,” said Day. He’s also skeptical about the eventual compost component of the plan. Day says he would not vote for any plan that means trucking organics outside of the Cowichan Lake area.

“Other people love the idea of the organic part because it’s the cool thing to do, but what’s so cool about sticking it in a diesel truck and taking it [miles away],” said Day. “But if the [new CVRD] trucks make it more efficient, then that’s cool, the less time the trucks are on the road, the better.”

Forrest says it makes sense financially for the service to be provided by the CVRD and not private contractors.

“If you contract it out they’re trying to get their money back in seven years, whereas with the CVRD it’s over 15, so you can reduce costs. But, you know, I haven’t listened enough to the conversation to say one way or the other.”

There are three more open houses scheduled over the next month where Cowichan Valley residents will be given the opportunity to ask questions and voice concerns or support.

Wednesday, Sept. 5 at the Eagles’ Hall in Duncan; Tuesday, Sept. 11 at the Kerry Park Recreation Centre; and Monday, Sept. 17 at the North Oyster Community Hall. All open houses will be held between 7 p.m. and 9 p.m.

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Town delegation attending conference on electoral boundary change Tamu Miles Gazette Editor

Lake Cowichan mayor and council have unanimously decided they are not in favour of the proposed readjustment of the south Vancouver Island federal electoral boundaries.

At the Finance and Administration meeting on Aug. 21, the table reviewed a letter from Jean Crowder, MLA for Nanaimo Cowichan, Mayor Ross Forrest inviting them to says no to proposed take part in a public Federal Electoral boundaries. hearing on the matter, set to take place on Oct. 16.

The Federal Electoral Boundaries Commission for British Columbia has proposed splitting the current riding of Nanaimo Cowichan into two ridings: Nanaimo Cowichan and South Cowichan Juan de Fuca. The new riding of Nanaimo Cowichan would include all of Nanaimo, Gabriola Island, the majority of Ladysmith, Youbou, Lake Cowichan and Honeymoon Bay. “I think that someone looked at the map and and thought that Ladysmith and Lake Cowichan were continuous. But they didn’t take into consideration the infrastructure to get there [Nanaimo],” said Coun. Tim McGonigle.

“The one reason I wanted this put on the agenda is really that it’s totally wrong,” said Mayor Ross Forrest. “And do we want to have somebody make a presentation Oct. 16.”

Forrest added that Area F director Ian Morrison is also putting together a delegation for the hearing.

After some discussion as to whether the sending a letter voicing Lake Cowichan concerns on the matter would be enough, or whether a delegation should be formed to speak on the town’s behalf, the table decided that the mayor, or the deputy mayor, along with a letter, attend the hearing.

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Town wants more public input before scratching out a bylaw must be doing a good job of it because the town has not received any complaints.

Another concern council had was the direction animal husbandry might take if a bylaw allowing backyard chickens was put in place.

“I’m just wondering, do we stop at chickens? Do we allow ducks, geese?” asked chief administrative officer, Joseph Fernandez. “It could go on and on. So I think there’s always problems in any issue.”

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Airiane Rogers has been pushing for backyard chickens in Lake Cowichan since she first moved to the town five years ago.

At their Aug. 21 Finance and Administration meeting, mayor and council discussed a proposal sent in by Rogers, and several concerns were raised.

Mayor Ross Forrest said that his only concern is with the inevitable growing pains that would come along with allowing backyard chickens.

“If we say we’re to allow backyard chickens, there’ll be some growing pains that go with it and at the present time we don’t have a bylaw officer to be monitoring what is taking place. As it is right now, our administrator is doing most of our bylaw enforcement and I think adding more to that is not beneficial to our organization,” said Forrest.

Councillor McGonigle was concerned that one letter does not represent the desires of the whole town.

“If you’re responding to a single letter, or single applicant, is that a true representation of the desire for that?” asked McGonigle.

He did acknowledge that there are people who already have backyard chickens, and Forrest added that if there are people in town who do have backyard chickens, they

I would like a little more investigation, whether it’s an online survey like Survey Monkey for instance, that’s linked to our Facebook page and put the question out there.

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Another question, raised by Coun. Bob Day, was the actual benefit of having backyard chickens.

McGonigle spoke to the idea of local sustainability, the 100 mile diet idea, and the benefits of being able to eat what you grow.

“I would like a little more investigation, whether it’s an online survey like Survey Monkey for instance, that’s linked to our Facebook page and put the question out there,” said McGonigle.

Council decided it would hand the issue over to the APC (Advisory Planning Commission) to research and give recommendations on the specifics of things like: how many should be allowed, the size that should be allowable for chicken coops, etc.

These recommendations would then give council the in-

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Rogers doesn’t see what the big deal is. She says she proposed that the town allow backyard chickens for a year, and at the end of the year council could decide whether or not it is a good idea to draft a bylaw.

“If they get complaints, then it’s not a good idea,” said Rogers. “That would also be a way to get people engaged.

It’s not a hot button issue.”

She adds that she has never seen anything negative in response to this issue.

“People are quick to voice opinions of opposition, and I haven’t seen too much of that yet. I think people don’t care.”

She adds that there probably is not a large percentage of the Lake Cowichan population that would want to take on the responsibility of raising chickens, as they are like pets and need ongoing attention.

“You have to let them out in the morning, you have to feed them, and you can’t go anywhere because you have to be at home at night to let them back in.”

For Rogers, it is also important to let her kids know where their food comes from, and raising chickens is part of that. She says her family grows a lot of their own food.

“Vancouver Island has a food supply shortage,” adds Rogers. “We don’t actually produce much of what we consume. In a natural disaster, we would only have a three day supply.”

She says that although six or 12 eggs per day might not seem like that much of a contribution to a household to some people, that for others it contributes a lot.

“It might not be that much, but at least you are feeding someone . . . and it can offset the cost of food,” said Rogers.

She urges council to look at other cities or towns to see what their struggles have been, and what people can expect. She says she has kept herself abreast with what other municipalities are doing, including Duncan and Nanaimo, and suggests that council adopt Duncan’s policies.

For those with any opinion on the backyard chickens issue, town council would like to hear from you before they make any decisions.

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Flu shot or wear a mask, health workers told Shuswap MLA George Abbott has confirmed he is following his fellow B.C. Liberal leadership contender Kevin Falcon into political retirement.

Chilliwack MLA John Les also announced Thursday that he will not run in the 2013 election, and a Children and Family Development Minister Mary McNeil released a statement

By Tom Fletcher saying she has made the same decision.

Falcon, the three-term MLA for Surrey-Cloverdale, resigned as finance minister Wednesday. Premier Christy Clark said all MLAs have been asked to declare their intentions by the end of the summer, and she will unveil a cabinet shuffle next week.

Abbott said he expects to be dropped from cabinet as the B.C. Liberal election team is assembled, but he plans to continue to work on the election platform as he serves out his fourth term as MLA. With a total of 33 years in elected office at the local and provincial level, and at age 59, Abbott said he will not be making any comebacks in the future.

Abbott served as health and aboriginal relations minister and is currently education minister. McNeil, elected MLA for Vancouver-False Creek in 2009, was appointed to the children’s ministry by Clark last year.

Les issued a statement from his constituency office, saying it was a difficult decision to leave a political career that started as a Chilliwack councillor in 1983 and four terms as a B.C. Liberal MLA. A former public safety minister, Les has most recently served as parliamentary secretary to the premier.

“I trust I have been able to represent the people of Chilliwack well and hope they will forgive any shortcomings on my part,” Les said.

Falcon, Les and McNeil have all confirmed they will serve out their current terms until the election set for May 2013.

Premier Christy Clark issued a statement praising all three retiring MLAs. Commenting on Falcon’s decision Wednesday, Clark downplayed the departures and said the turnover offers a chance for renewal.

NDP leader Adrian Dix contrasted the departure of former leadership candidates Abbott and Falcon with his team, where his leadership rivals Mike Farnworth and John Horgan are staying on along with former leader Carole James. Dix agreed with Abbott’s assessment that Clark is a great campaigner, but added that doesn’t change the fact that the main government initiative since the 2009 election is the rejected harmonized sales tax.

“What B.C. needs is a better government, not a better campaigner,” Dix said.

Other B.C. Liberals who have announced they are not running again include Kamloops-South Thompson MLA Kevin Krueger, BurnabyLougheed MLA Harry Bloy, Vancouver-Fairview MLA Kash Heed, Surrey-Tynehead MLA Dave Hayer, Saanich North MLA Murray Coell and Penticton MLA Bill Barisoff.

Former cabinet ministers Barry Penner and Iain Black resigned their seats last year and have been replaced by NDP MLAs in a pair of by-elections.

Abbotsford South MLA John van Dongen quit the B.C. Liberal Party in March and joined the B.C. Conservatives.

NDP MLAs Dawn Black (New Westminster) and Mike Sather (Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows) have announced they are retiring next year, and Dix said there may be more.

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Don’t worry about the hen-house; get your eggs in a row It’s interesting to watch the issues that local residents choose to focus on.

This week the paper is full of debate over the construction currently taking place on South Shore Road, and we also have a recurring (so I have discovered through interviews and through reading past articles that have appeared in the Gazette starting in 2010) backyard chicken debate.

While I understand both sides of both of these issues, I find that the questions I ask myself have to do with a bigger picture perspective.

Let’s pick on the backyard chickens, for example.

I grew up with chickens for many years and have experienced first hand both the pros and the cons.

I also was a vegan for many years, and watched and read a lot of information about factory farming. The reality of this industry still turns my stomach, and as a result I do try to purchase my meat and poultry products locally.

It is common knowledge that factory farmed hens are kept in deplorable, cramped conditions, meat birds have their beaks cut when they are chicks — causing deformity and other health related issues — and many consider the eggs harvested from hens in these environments as having less nutritional value and taste.

In a place like Lake Cowichan there are many people who are conscious of where their food comes from, but many still shop at big box stores.

And yet, those who do shop at these large chain stores resist the idea of allowing backyard chickens because they claim they are concerned about rats, disease, irresponsible owners, etc.

I’m sorry, but if you are really concerned with the health of the animals you source your food from, shouldn’t you be making sure the food you purchase is local and not supporting factory farms?

I just don’t see how the logic adds up.

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Slow down and look Re: It is not the crosswalks that are the problem, Aug.29, Letters Thumbs up Anne. Is everyone in that much of a hurry when they can’t take time to stop?

No one sees it more than us when people who can’t — or won’t — stop at the crosswalk at the bottom of our hill on King George Street. People put their foot-to-the-metal once they come out of the roundabout, full speed ahead. There is no thought of the person who is going to start walking across the crosswalk.

This was obvious last week, when a white Chev got to the bottom and the driver ended up yelling at the lady walking her dog.

Now that school is about to start, the path will be used more than ever.

Please slow down and look! It would be appreciated.

The repainting of the King-George Road crosswalk looks great and you can’t help but see it now.

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be commended. I am confident that bus shelters on these very spots will also be forthcoming. But I am at a loss to understand why we need two bus stops some 30 feet apart at some of the corners. But then isn’t that a delight? None of Lake Cowichan’s citizens will be able to complain that they have far to catch a bus, that I am sure will run every five minutes to accommodate our huge ridership.

And, what a great way to utilize tax dollars rather than to save them to upgrade our sewer system that I am sure will run into the millions of dollars. It is to their credit that they have justified and prioritized the beautification of the street over spending our taxes in bringing up to standards the “important” infrastructure of the town.

What I am most in awe of is the fact that they have not built themselves new town offices. In these days with the economy booming you would think they could afford it all. Oh well, an increase of 60 per cent in taxes in the next three to five years will probably help considerably to fund their legacy of spending so wisely.

Bert Lievre Lake Cowichan

Town is looking out for Keep up the good work our interests I would like to congratulate the mayor and town council in their astute decision approving the changes and improvements to the main street in our town.

The red faux brick extrusions in particular must be applauded. I am sure that they will reduce the multitude of unreasonable speeders that drive thru our town and all those accidents we have to contend with.

Council must also be forward thinking enough to probably be planning bus stops in these desirable places. This must

Re: Huge waste of tax dollars, Aug.29, Letters Sandy Kell has invited us to join in and write so here I go. I am shocked at some of the public’s negativity towards this project.

For starters, our road and sidewalks were in poor, poor condition. In early Feb. 2011 the ministry gave approval for repaving in 2012. On February 22, 2011 the mayor invited us (the public) to come up with ideas before the paving started that would be useful. From that point on, at every public

meeting, this issue was raised.

Public meetings are advertised the in local newspaper, Facebook, the town’s website, and our sign at the entrance of Lake Cowichan. In early Nov. 2011 the drawings were available for us (the public) to view and to comment on. When I attended the public meeting on Jan. 16 the completed drawings were there for our (the public) input.

At the next public meeting in May a power point presentation was made. The has utilized social media as well as the website to publicize the road improvements. With a population of approximately 3,000 people — and at one public meeting I counted 38 people in attendance — I would say most of the residents didn’t care to give their input on the improvements.

I guess what I am saying is we (the public) were invited to be “the powers that be” so those who did not go to town hall, attend a meeting, or write a letter, in my eyes, should not complain.

Lastly, regarding turning left on King George Street, I don’t believe it was better before. According to Cowichan School of Motoring — and I called to confirm — it is illegal to pass on the right hand side of a vehicle turning left!

In closing, I will say to Johel Group, Duncan Paving, the traffic control, Public Works, and the Town of Lake Cowichan, “Keep up the good work. Our town is looking beautiful.”

Laurie Johnson Lake Cowichan

Here we go again For those of you kids who are puzzled, frustrated, and angry at the inconvenience and seemingly ill-plannedness on our main route out of here, I empathize totally.

Just for fun, try this on for size.

Three years after moving here from the mainland, they widened, the road in front of our home.

Total chaos for three months with work going from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. and difficult driveway access.

The front of our lot was expropriated — no choice. All our fruit trees taken out for side-lot access.

We were assured by our local council that work was necessary and would make a more appealing entrance to the town.

Right. Neither they nor we had much say in the matter as is the case now.

I took up my anger and frustration with a senior Highways executive and got both some understanding,needed advice, and help, but of course no change of direction.

The decision had been made long before as I suspect is the case here now.

Nice that they informed us of plans, but I am quite sure no public input would, as now, have changed matters.

Now they are narrowing the road. Apparently a Dept. of Highways decision.

Three years after the first road “improvements” our finished basement flooded for the first time and had to be completely restored.

We are dreading the possibility of this happening again.

We are told this improvement session is to slow the logging trucks down.

Well, kids, we have never had a problem with the logging truck drivers. They are good drivers, they leave our driveway clear and I have certainly never seen them roar by here like the RVs, campers, trucks with boat trailers, motorcycles, and sports cars.

We live near the road. It has not been fun this past two months. The only reason we’re still here is we wonder what’s going to happen next.

Vi Davidson Lake Cowichan

Changes about town get people expressing opinions Our streetscape project is on schedule and is close to completion. The changes for South Shore Road are becoming more evident daily.

By the time the paving is complete, pedestrian crossings installed, and the road markings painted, we will Ross not only have a new look, Forrest but safety will be much better for the increased traffic we are experiencing.

If nothing else, this project has certainly gotten people expressing their opinions. We had asked the public to comment on how this project was going to change and affect our downtown core, long before we were to proceed. Apathy must have prevented comments at that time as silence was the norm; only a few people took the time to come in and review the plans.

From the comments we are receiving, many of you are excited and positive about what you see taking shape in our community. However, we are also receiving some negativity from people who have a hard time with change — fair enough.

We realized that opinions would be mixed on this streetscape. We also knew that when the Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure approved the paving of this stretch of road, it would be the opportune time to make changes.

We (council and I) attended different meetings to discuss our options and it was unanimous that we embrace changes. A decision was made to revitalize our main roadway and downtown. Unfortunately, there has been

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some inconveniences for motorists, residents, and store owners while the work is taking place and I would like to thank all of you for your patience and understanding.

The final result will be worth the inconvenience.

There was unprecedented activity throughout town once summer arrived. The population increased, new businesses opened and renovations on existing buildings occurred. It has not been an easy process for our community to get away from relying solely on the forest industry. Our economic decline for the past ten or fifteen years has been difficult to reverse. It has become evident that changes had to be made.

New ideas have us optimistic that we are starting to see new opportunities for our town. Having a positive strong commitment to our community will see benefits for the future. A healthy, vibrant town is appealing to new home buyers and investors in our business community.

Summer Nights has been a great event for Saturday evenings during the summer months. These events provided opportunity for local entertainers to showcase their abilities to people of all ages. My wife and I have been able to attend a few of the shows and they provide a very relaxing, entertaining way to spend a Saturday evening.

CICV Radio and all volunteers deserve recognition for providing many families and people a low cost, entertaining night.

Recently, 118 volunteers cleaned the Cowichan River.

The Cowichan Lake and River Stewardship Society organizes this important event annually. Seventy- five of the volunteers cleaned the upper river on Saturday, Aug.25 and another 43 cleaned the lower river the following day. During this two day clean-up over 1.7 tons of garbage and 5,000 cans and bottles were recovered

from the river floor.

I had the privilege to accompany two others in a drift boat all the way to Skutz Falls. Seeing how pristine our river is, provided me with a much stronger appreciation of what a jewel our heritage river is. Having witnessed the many different aspects of riparian habitat along our journey, I became aware of how vigilant we must all remain in getting the message out there to all users of our river to enjoy, but also protect.

The clean-up volunteers did an outstanding job. The efforts of the stewardship group who put in countless hours protecting our entire watershed should also be recognized. My compliments also go out to our two, tube-rental companies for their efforts to educate their customers.

Unfortunately, we have had to deal with a few bylaw violations recently. Please keep in mind that these are not personal decisions we make. Everyone has their own opinion on certain bylaws and whether or not they should be adhered to.

I have heard some uncomplimentary remarks made about our employees who enforce infractions as they happen. Our employees did not create these bylaws.

These bylaws were created by council over many years.

Most of the time we are forced to act on a violation once a complaint is made. I find it unfair that violators take out their frustration on the messenger. All I ask is, if you have been requested to stop a violation, think about what you are doing and ask yourself if you would approve of others violating these laws as well. The town is just trying to serve our citizens as a whole, not individually. If enough people believe we have a weakness in a particular bylaw, chances are with proper cooperation we can address it and make appropriate changes.

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The construction of the Lake Theatre was a sign of great progress in the small community of Lake Cowichan when it was built. In later years it sat empty until it was renovated into the apartment building that today borders the Tipton Outboards business on North Shore Road.

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PAGES OF HISTORY There was a time, in years past, when movies were shown to the public at various community halls, boarding houses, church halls and theatres around Lake communities.

Long before the invention of videos, television movie channels or big multiplex cinemas, one could enjoy an evening or Saturday afternoon at the movies. “Going to the show,” as it was called at the time, was a big event for everyone.

Adults, families and children of all ages would eagerly await the weekly newspaper announcement of the upcoming show.

Friday and Saturday nights were the most popular times.

Children could take in the Saturday afternoon matinee while their parents often chose to attend on Saturday evening.

Friday night was [unofficially] the choice for teenagers. A quarter would get you in and buy a bag of penny candy to boot.

In 1927, the very first movie (or silent moving picture as they were then called) was shown to an appreciative audience in the Lake Cowichan area.

With no theatre build-

ing here at that time, it was shown at Rundquist’s Boarding House, which was located at the bottom of the hill below today’s St. Louis de Montfort Catholic Church. A local lady, Mrs. Morley, accompanied the silent picture on the piano while the audience sat on hard benches, eyes glued to the portable screen.

A few years later, Clarence Whittingham of Youbou started showing movies in outlying logging camps around the lake and in 1935 showed the first talkie called Red Hot Wheels. It was shown in Lake Cowichan’s original community hall — now the site of the present day seniors’ centre — and was filled to capacity at each showing.

The movies presented were well received by the community, as it was a treat for the locals to be able to spend a night out without heading to Duncan. Televisions were at that time unheard of, so the shows were popular events.

In 1944, Industrial Timber Mills built a small architecturally designed theatre in Youbou. Called the Woodland Theatre, it featured plush wine coloured upholstered theatre seats with matching suede drapes that hung on either side of the stage. The walls were covered in fine wood panels decked with period sconces. It was a thrill indeed, to watch movies like Seven Brides for Seven Brothers and other musicals and family type movies.

The Woodland, which oper-

ated until 1950, closed when a theatre was built in Lake Cowichan.

Clarence Whittingham and his father-in-law Ernie Proteau who cut all the lumber used from beach-combed logs built the new Lake Theatre. The new theatre was located on North Shore Road just a few steps from the Riverside Inn. Whittingham and his business partner Allan Castley owned and operated the Lake Theatre for the next 20 years.

They were constantly kept on their toes and earned every cent they made when each Friday evening boisterous teenagers whooped it up during the entire movie.

When the projector broke down, as it usually did, the theatre would immediately blacken. Everyone quickly ducked their heads so as not to get hit on the head by hard candy, which many of the boys invariably flung across the length and width of the theatre.

If caught the culprits were kicked out right then and there and often barred from attending future shows. But, where there’s a will there’s a way.

Many often managed to sneak right back in and continue raising cain resulting in their being booted out two to three more times in one evening!

The owners knew every kid and were hard to fool, so the culprits had to constantly think up new ways of sneaking back in undetected. Slipping in the side fire door exit was a possibility, although the two men were wise to it all.

If you were a preteen or teenager back in the 1950s or early 60s the theatre was the place to be. In fact, it was the ONLY place where one could have a little fun without parental supervision.

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Creating a home for performing arts Tamu Miles Gazette Editor

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From left: Dad Steve Boddam, paramedic Jamie Hockin, baby Ashtyn, big brother Lyum, and Mom, Laura Foglia.

Baby can’t wait Tamu Miles Gazette Editor

At 6:25 a.m. on the morning of Monday, Aug. 20, Laura Foglia and Steve Boddam welcomed the arrival of their second child, Ashtyn.

But wait, there’s a twist. This baby wasn’t born in a hospital or at home, he came into the world at the Lake Cowichan detachment of the B.C. Ambulance Service.

“We were paged at 6 a.m.,” said Jamie Hockin, the lead attending paramedic on shift at the time.

“They said someone was in the parking lot, so we went outside.”

Foglia’s water broke while she was still in her vehicle being assessed by Hockin.

“My partner [Rob Sutton] brought over the gurney and we got her [Foglia] into the ambulance, but we didn’t have enough time to transport her to the hospital. A couple of minutes later the baby was born.”

This was Hockin’s first experience with delivering a child, but he says he didn’t have much trouble staying calm.

“It’s a bit hard to remember,” he said. “But I wasn’t freaked out.

There wasn’t much I could do, it wasn’t an emergency, it just sort of took care of itself.”

Despite his humble view of his actions that morning, Foglia and Boddam are very grateful.

“He was awesome,” said Foglia.

“He was really calm and just did what he needed to do.”

“He was pretty darn amazing for his first go of it,” said Boddam.

“He did really, really well.”

Baby Ashtyn was seven pounds 11 ounces, and 19.5 inches long.

Foglia says he was a little smaller than her three-year-old Lyum when he was born.

“It all happened kind of fast,” said Foglia. The family had gotten in their car to go to the hospital, when she realized they would not make it; the baby was coming too fast.

“So we went to the ambulance, and Steve called 911. Ashtyn was born 10 minutes later.”

Boddam says that he was able to maintain calm until the moment Foglia decided she wasn’t going to be able to make it to the hospital.

“Then I panicked a bit,” he said.

Once they arrived at the ambulance station, “I was busy running back and forth from the car to the ambulance calming our three-yearold down. He was crying because mommy was hurt,” said Boddam.

“I did get to see the baby born, which is what I wanted.”

The couple went to the station on Wednesday, Aug. 29 to express their appreciation to Hockin. They brought along with them some muffins and coffee.

“We spent a good hour together,” said Hockin. “And let the threeyear-old check out the ambulance and stuff.”

“That made his day, or his month,” said Foglia, speaking about young Lyum.

The family is getting to know their new addition, and Foglia doesn’t expect to get much sleep over the next couple of years.

As for Ashtyn being born on the front doorstep of the ambulance station, “It was an experience I never thought I’d have,” said Foglia.

Having just opened in March of this year, Judith Quinlan hopes that Studio 261 on South Shore Road becomes a central hub for music and performing arts in Lake Cowichan.

“This is all new,” said Quinlan. “September is when we plan to get going full tilt.”

She has many ideas she is beginning to set in motion, all with the basic concept of appreciating and sharing the love of music and the performing arts.

“I live in Honeymoon Bay, so I first opened a studio there. But I’m hoping for this to become a place where if anyone who’s looking for any sort of music lessons they come here first. If we can’t provide the lessons here, we’ll know who can,” said Quinlan.

So one of her ideas is to start a performers’ registry where Cowichan Lake area residents can find the type of entertainment they need for any event.

“Because there’s nowhere anyone goes. And there are a lot of talented people in the area and people just find them by word of mouth.”

To that end, she has someone helping her build a website that will include available acts, as well as the list of music teachers at the studio, and an arts calendar that is just meant for the Cowichan Lake area. Quinlan hopes the website will be

launched in mid-September.

The studio space is available for free to any art group, and Quinlan says she only charges 10 per cent of the admission to events. For example, the Kaatza Lakeside Players auditions for A Christmas Carol will take place in the studio on September 11, 12, and 13, and Quinlan herself is part of a women’s choir that practices there as well.

The women’s choir was started in January, and the group meets every Monday evening from 6 p.m.-8 p.m.

Quinlan says they have 10 members right now, but new members are always welcome.

“We have lots of fun and we are definitely looking [for new members]. It’s not an audition choir . . . it’s just for fun.”

As for music lessons, for both kids and adults, the music teachers who have committed to working out of Studio 261 are Darryl Alsbrook teaching guitar, Mary Lowther teaching clarinet and flute, and Quinlan herself who teaches piano, vocal, and theory.

“And we’re looking for more teachers. I’m especially looking for a drum teacher and a fiddle/violin teacher,” said Quinlan. “So I want to put a call out to the community, if anyone out there wants to come and teach.”

Lessons with instructors are pre-booked, as the studio does not have regular open hours, however there are blocks set aside for after school lessons.

“For example, on Mondays

Darryl is teaching guitar, and I’m teaching on Tuesday afternoons and sometimes Friday mornings, and Mary doesn’t have any students yet.”

Quinlan adds that Lowther lives in Mesachie Lake and is willing to teach at her home or at the studio.

“Darryl, same thing. He lives in Youbou. So this is kind of nice for the music teachers who are little away, because it gives them a place to have their Lake Cowichan students,” said Quinlan.

Teachers set their own rates, but Quinlan says that the average is about $20 for a half hour lesson.

“We’re all willing to do group rates and family rates,” she adds.

Another ongoing event Quinlan has put together at the studio is what she is calling Friday Coffeehouses. On set Fridays at 7 p.m., throughout the fall, there will be different art or performance related activities for all to enjoy.

These activities include movie nights happening on Sept. 21, and Oct. 19; spoken word/poetry nights on Sept.

28, and Oct. 26; theatre games on Oct. 5 and Nov. 2; and music night on Oct. 12 and Nov. 9.

For more information, to book a lesson, or to request use of the space for either rehearsals, meetings, performances, gallery shows, or workshops, call Quinlan at 250-749-3728.

Mayor dives in for river cleanup

Submitted by Kyt Cuthbert

Mayor Ross Forrest and Cowichan Water Board Co-ordinator, Roger Hunter, spent their Cowichan River Cleanup Day with local professional guide/River Guardian, Kenzie Cuthbert.

Lake Cowichan mayor, Ross Forrest went diving for bottles and cans during the annual Cowichan Lake and River Stewards Cleanup on Saturday, Aug. 25.

Forrest spent the day with Roger Hunter, Cowichan Water Board coordinator, and Kenzie Cuthbert, a local professional guide.

They spent the morning between the Cuthbert’s

property and Skutz Falls.

“It was absolutely fantastic,” said Forrest.

“There’s no houses, nothing from there to Skutz Falls. It’s so peaceful.”

The group collected four bags of garbage and recyclables, and didn’t finish up their day until around 5 p.m.

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The past two months flew past us in a blur of parades and weekly bottle sorts. July kept us very busy, having royalty duties every weekend but in August we slowed things down, preparing for back to school and pageant season.

On June 30, we headed to the little town of Honeymoon Bay. Here we set up the float for our first time (getting soaked in the process) and earned a first place ribbon.

The next parade was on Canada Day, Photo submitted in Sidney B.C., also Lady of the Lake embassadors smiling despite the rain before the Honeymoon Bay Days parade. first princess Sydney’s birthday. It was a T.V, and signing our first autograph! around on one leg due to a former beautiful, sunny day and a supportive The last parade of the summer was injury. The float took a little more time crowd made it a very memorable held in Youbou. It was yet another to set up but was worth it when we experience. beautiful day and we took home first were awarded first place.

Duncan Days were the following place.

To wrap up July we packed our bags weekend. It was scorching hot day and Looking ahead into September we and headed to Seattle for the Seafair we earned a second place ribbon. are attending our first out of town Torch Light Parade. This fantastic Our fourth parade took place in pageant in Peachland. We will be sure weekend held lots of laughs, while Nanaimo, for Bath Tub Days. With meeting new royalty, visiting the Space to tell you all about it sometime this Lady of the Lake Alicia hobbling fall.

Needle, exploring the streets, being on

Locals will be vying for roles in local production Theatre season begins again in Lake Cowichan, for the Kaatza Lakeside Players, with auditions for A Christmas Carol, the haunting ghost story of Christmas, by the immortal Charles Dickens.

Location for auditions is Studio 261on South Shore Road, north side of the road, just down from Centennial Hall.

Studio 261 is owned by Judith Quinlan, a Lakeside Players member. The studio provides space for local productions and performance groups.

Auditions will begin on Sept. 11 and 13, at 7:00 p.m.

There are 29 roles available, which will be portrayed by 12 actors and actresses. On Sept. 12, at 3:00 p.m., there will be auditions for a youth choir, ages 12 to 15 years.

Dena McPhee, the Lakeside Players’ Artistic Director is excited about this presentation.

“A Christmas Carol was the first production for us in 1985. Twenty seven years later, we are pumped to retell this classic tale with a new twist for performers, technicians and especially our wonderful audiences.”

The twist of which Dena speaks, is the presentation being performed as a radio play, adapted by Anthony E. Palermo.

The production will transport audiences back in time to old London of the 1800s by using voices, shadows, images, songs, and wild sound effects to transport audiences on the eerie and exciting journey of Ebenezer Scrooge through a haunted Christmas Eve of long ago.

Who can forget Scrooge’s sour and gruff voice, or the creaks as he climbs his stairs, the rattle of Jacob Marley’s chains, the haunting voices of a ghostly choir or the echo of Tiny Tim’s crutch.

Set design and lighting will be as important as sound effects. Imagine the city of London drenched in fog, a scene of Christmas morning along cobblestone streets, the cheery GLENDA BURG Vice-president

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Hopefulls auditioning for last year’s Kaatza Lakeside Players production.

Cratchit fireplace, the shadowy darkened graveyard and the eerie Ghost of Christmas Future.

Lakeside Players would like to invite the community to help create these timeless scenes with their imagination and creativity. Share your innovative techniques with sound effects; the clip-clop of horses, the squeak of rusty hinges, the crackling of fireplaces, the sounds of dancing feet, laughter and tears — there is no limit to imagination, innovation and creativity in the theatre.

Helping behind the curtain is as important as performing under the lights. Preparations backstage with props, blocking, spiking and various other tasks, are all important jobs. Without the stagehands who perform these activities, actors could not create their visual story.

Whether you wish to perform in front of the curtain, or assist behind the scenes, come to the auditions, Studio 261, 261 South Shore Road, 7 p.m. on Sept. 11 and 13 and 3 p.m.

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Fire department given go ahead to raise funds for river rescue boat On Aug. 21, council finally gave its support, in principle, to the fundraising efforts of the Lake Cowichan Fire Department for the eventual purchase of a 12 foot Zodiac rescue boat and equipment.

At this meeting, council was able to air any final questions it had about this initiative and the water rescue training that fire fighters have been participating in over the last couple of months.

At previous meetings, council had expressed concerns over whether or not it should be the fire department’s responsibility to respond to water rescue calls, liabilities to the town for these calls, the possible need for the organizing of a local search and rescue organization, and any ongoing related costs associated with training or boat maintenance once purchased.

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“Our concern was, one, when we were doing the budget, we had said we didn’t budget for a boat — we had said no — and we had a concern because there would be ongoing costs that went with it, and those questions were answered at the meeting we had, that we wouldn’t be buying the boat for them, and the training is something that is required anyway. They are still going to be answering calls to the river anyway, and training is required,” said Mayor Ross Forrest.

Fire Chief Doug Knott responded to concerns about why the boat is necessary, saying that it would be used for several reasons.

“A boat is a safer way to operate [in river rescue situations] . . . we’ve certainly used one over the years many times, borrowing and using our own stuff and we should

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be practicing what we preach. Some of the stuff we’ve borrowed was not the best of stuff. And if you go to the WorkSafe regulation, anytime we go within 15 feet of water we’re supposed to have some type of training and protection.”

With the blessing of council, the fire department has started it’s fundraising campaign, and Knott says they need the support of the community. He estimates that it will take two or three years to raise the funds needed.

Donation jars have been placed at locations around Lake Cowichan, and the department expects to work in conjunction with the local RCMP for future fundraising events.

The next event Knott has in mind is a possible bike rally for kids in Oct., and a possible rally at the fire hall.

Watch the Gazette for updates.

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Nanaimo Mountie finds a new passion as he trains for this year’s Tour de Rock Chris Bush Black Press

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Fernandes is representing the Nanaimo RCMP on the Canadian Cancer Society Cops for Cancer Tour de Rock 2012 team.

At 59, he is also one of the oldest riders to tackle the Tour, but he’s motivated by his quest for a new athletic challenge and the fact that his two-year-old granddaughter was diagnosed with leukemia in September.

Raising money to fight childhood cancer seemed like something he could do to fight back.

“You get this feeling of helplessness, where you’d like to help, but there’s nothing you can do. In my case, there is something I can do,” Fernandes said.

Fernandes retired from the RCMP after 36 “I like to years of service – 30 of them in Nanaimo – challenge myself. serving as a general duty officer and in several I’m not afraid to other positions.

When he retired in 2009, he immediately breathe hard.” signed up as a reserve constable and still shows – Chris Fernandes up for work each day.

Fernandes has always been athletic and taken on sports that were sure to test his ability and endurance.

He is a member of Nanaimo Search and Rescue and was one of the original members of the B.C. RCMP dive team, now known as the RCMP Dive Recovery Team.

For Fernandes it’s no big deal to hike to the top of Mount Benson in Nanaimo or hop on a bike and put 50 kilometres under his tires.

“I like challenging myself,” Fernandes said. “I’m not afraid to breathe hard. The way I see it is if I stay in shape well enough and I see something and I want to try it, I can still do it.”

His newfound love for cycling came as a surprise to him, but it was evident at the end of the first 20-kilometre training ride in March when the trainees returned to the Parksville RCMP detachment and Fernandes opted to cycle back to his home in Nanaimo instead of catching a lift back to town.

“Other than riding to work, I hadn’t done a lot of biking,”

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Chris Fernandes sets sights on the Canadian Cancer Society Cops for Cancer Tour de Rock trek, which begins in Port Alice on Sept. 23.

Fernandes said. “This has been kind of a bonus because I’ve actually found another sport that I really enjoy doing.”

But even someone in Fernandes’s physical condition is tested by Tour de Rock training, especially on “speed nights” when riders train to produce high bursts of speed over a 36-kilometer course, much of it uphill, to build stamina and lung capacity.

Fernandes previously fundraised before for Vision Quest and for Nanaimo Search and Rescue and hopes to raise at least $10,000 during this year’s Tour de Rock for pediatric cancer research.

“As much as I can,” he said.

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A&W employee, Hailey Hudson, stands in front of a window full of donators’ names at the Lake Cowichan location on Aug. 23. Funds raised went towards the Multiple Sclerosis Society of Canada.

People were given the choice of donating $1 through the purchase of a teen burger, or making individual donations of whatever denomination.

Researching the wild side of the Cowichan Lake area “It’s about the state of how the wildlife were when the Cowichan Lake area was first colonized and sort of how its affected the growth of the community.”

He says that the wildlife in the area was one of the major attractions that first drew pioneers to the area.

“And it’s basically been one of the major sources of our tourist industry ever since. Logging, fishing in the lake, and hunting are basically the top three reasons why people actually Tamu Miles come to Lake Cowichan.”

Jack Siemens with his display at Kaatza Station Museum.

In his display, Siemens focussed for the most part on wolves, bears, couTamu Miles Gazette Editor gars, elk, and of course, fish.

He was curious about the wolf population Jack Siemens is a biology student studying at the University of Victoria, but he has also been because he had heard stories, but had not come the student employee at the Kaatza Station Mu- across anyone who had actually seen any wolves in the area. seum over the summer.

He says that a friend called up the conservation Siemens was born in Duncan, but lived in Haida Gwaii for a number of years before returning office.

“And it turns out that yes, there is one wolf to the Cowichan Lake area. Over the summer he pack that sort of roams between here and Port has been residing in Youbou.

He took the job at the museum because he Renfrew. So that’s the reason people see them every now and again,” Siemens explained. didn’t want to flip burgers all summer.

For his research, Siemens relied on museum Siemens says he has gained some valuable archives, but he also sourced information from skills working at the museum.

“Definitely gotten better at doing any sort of Duncan and the surrounding area.

“The downside is that it turns out we don’t acresearch that’s not over the computer. Before, my skills in that were rather lacking, I usually put tually have a lot of artifacts that relate to hunting off any sort of look-in-the-library-for-what-you- or wildlife. We’ve got some fishing wands, not much else,” said Siemens. need-to-find at UVic.” “Instead of hunting rifles or anything like that, He also says he has developed better people which I kind of expected somebody to donate, skills.

“I’ve never been super confident around deal- instead we’ve got swords.”

Siemens says that most of the time spent puting with strangers. It’s not like I’m a social cripple or something like that, but meeting new ting together the display was spent making sure people had never been my strong point, but I’m that all of the finishing touches were completed.

The rest of his time was spent researching and better at that now.”

On Aug. 27, Siemens had his last day at the hunting down pictures and news articles.

“The only thing that took any sort of amount museum before heading back to Victoria for the fall semester. As one of his final tasks, Siemens of [continuous] time was writing up all of the arput together a display, which is now featured in ticles,” said Siemens. “And that didn’t take that long because I’m a relatively fast writer.” the main building of the museum.

Siemens’ display can be viewed during the now The display focusses on the history of the wildlife around Cowichan Lake. Siemens picked the resumed winter hours which are 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Tuesday to Saturday through until Dec. 16. subject because it relates to his degree.

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A total of 36 participants enjoyed a sunny day on Aug. 21, and even though it was a little overcast for the second day, they managed to finish before the rain started.

John McCormick, who was one of the coordinators of the event, says that “one of the biggest highlights was the fact that Bruce Chisholm parred the course. I can’t remember a senior ever doing that before.”

Chisholm scored a low-gross of 72 on Aug. 21.

“It’s a tough golf course,” said Chisholm. “But it was just one of those things where everything fell into place. I kept the ball in play, that’s a big thing on that course.”

This score, together with a 79 on the second day of the tournament meant that Chisholm walked away as low-gross winner overall.

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McGovern. A tie for second place low-net was split between Glen Richardson, and Dave Melnick. Third place low-net went to Lance Lingren.

Another highlight, says McCormick, was that McGovern had four birdies on the last round. “Which is really quite extraordinary,” said McCormick.

Winners will be presented with their awards at the Senior Men’s Golf Wind-up on Oct. 9, at March Meadows.

The group will play nine holes of golf before hand, and then Gazette photos enjoy a luncheon.

Prizes will also be Bruce Chisholm, a Senior Men’s golfer, given out for most won the two day Senior Men’s Golf birdies, sandy pars, Tournament, with a score of 130 lowoverall. Awards will be handed KPs, least number of gross out at the wind-up on Oct. 9. putts, and others.

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This week the 15 Retreads, lead by Willa Suntjens, piled into three vehicles and made the 95 kilometre trip over logging roads to visit the Carmanah/Walbran Provincial Park.

We assembled at 8:30 a.m. and took off on the sunny side of the lake up through Youbou.

From the former Youbou mill site we were on dusty logging roads. The road surface was generally better than expected but the following vehicles often had to drop back to let the dust clear. We did not pass forestry trucks, but did see occasional cars and pickups emerge from the dust or around sharp curves. An unnerving experience!

After some time we reached a T-junction beside the Nitinat River. Here, a right turn takes you to Port Alberni or Bamfield and a left turn toward Nitinat and the Carmanah Park. We resisted the urge to pop into Bamfield for a coffee and headed south toward Carmanah. Down past the Nitinat turn off, around the river and up a long climb and eventually, after many curves and bumps, we arrived at the entrance to the

park.

From the Park we hiked down a fairly long steep slope and were already thinking, “oh dear, we have to come back up this at the end of the hike.” About 20 minutes in we reached the first huge tree which has been protected with a board walk. At a junction in the trail we continued straight on toward the Heavenly Tree and Stoltzman Memorial Grove. We reached this grove and found it a quiet and peaceful place, especially as we took time to read the story of Randy Stoltzman and his efforts to save these beautiful big trees.

After this grove, we stopped on the gravelly banks of the river where we enjoyed our lunch break. We again enjoyed the quiet and expansive forest across and the nice clear pools in the river.

After lunch we headed upstream for about 30 minutes to the Three Sisters grove of trees.

We found three huge sitka spruce growing in a triangle. Once again — because of the heavy human traffic — they had been protected with a board walk. They were amazing trees that made the visit worthwhile.

All told we hiked about 7 km. About half of this distance was on a kind of hikers highway.

Yes, we were hiking on boardwalks that were in fairly good shape with occasional evidence of maintenance. Here and there we had steps up and down through creeks. There were good signboards and maps. Of course it was true that we had to hike, slowly, back up the long steep hill to reach our vehicles. That took some effort and perseverance but exactly the 20 minutes as posted on one of the signs.

And so back over the winding dusty roads to Lake Cowichan, satisfied that we had seen a truly amazing part of this island. Hiking with the Retreads has truly introduced us to some wonderful parts of the Cowichan.

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It’s Not ClassiďŹ ed: A little of this and that ☞ handyDart expansion in the Cowichan Valley BC Transit and the CVRD are expanding the handyDart services in the Cowichan Valley. Effective Sept. 4 a four month pilot project is being implemented which will provide an additional four hours per week day and eight extra hours on Saturdays to registered handyDart clients to better service the growing need for public transit.

On Thursdays in the Cowichan Lake area — including Honeymoon Bay and Youbou — pick up times will be between 9 a.m. and 11 a.m. and will return from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Saturdays’ additional bus is running between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. The trips should be booked at least 48 hours prior and priority will be given to non-subscription and non-medical trips.

The handyDart provides door-to-door service and is available to qualified riders. All buses are equipped with low floors and ramps that can accommodate customers with any degree of mobility limits.

For more information on the handyDart service or to book a trip, you can call 250-748-1230 or visit their website bctransit.com

☞ Warm up then run for terry Fox The Lake Cowichan Retreads Hiking Group, in partnership with Cowichan Lake Recreation, will be breathing life into the Lake Cowichan Terry Fox Run. The run will take place on Sept. 9 at 10 a.m. Registration will begin at 9 a.m.

Everyone is invited, to “walk, run, bike, or crawl,â€? in this all ages ďŹ ve or 10 kilometre event, says organizer and Retreads member, Jean Cozens. “It’s time to dig out your runners, invite family, friends, and everyone in the area,â€? she adds.

The run will begin at Saywell Park, and participants will make their way along South Shore Road, up Greendale Road and onto the Trans Canada Trail. Those who wish to complete the 10 km will follow the trail to the marked turnaround spot, and head back towards Saywell Park along the trail. Those who wish to only complete 5 km will turn around at the end of Greendale Road.

Once again there will be a warm up to music provided by a local aerobics teacher. The warm-up and the singing of “Oh Canada� will begin at 9:45 a.m.

For more information, search Terry Fox Run Lake Cowichan on Facebook, or call Cozens at 250-749-6156.

☞ Earthquake rattles Lakers A 3.0 magnitude earthquake shook South Island homes on Wednesday Aug. 29.

The US Geological Society and Pacific Northwest Seismic Network listed the epicentre as just northwest of Langford, or 20 miles south of Duncan.

Reports from those who felt the quake came from Sidney, Sooke, and Greater Victoria and Cowichan Lake.

Are you prepared?

Wednesday afternoon’s minor tremor felt in the valley is a reminder to residents to make preparations, says the Cowichan Valley Regional District’s acting general manager of the public safety department. “One of the things we’re encouraging people to do, this is a good time to get ready and make sure you’ve got things lined up,’’ said Sybille Sanderson.

No damage was reported in the valley or any consequences as a result of the quake. “We were fortunate it didn’t really affect anything up here,’’ said Sanderson.

Minor quakes are recorded in the region all the time, but it’s accelerated in recent days. “There’s been a lot of seismic activity, more than we’re used to,’’ said Sanderson.

Sixteen one day and 11 on another are above the norm. “We are paying attention, hoping we get missed,’’ said Sanderson. “When we get these kinds of warnings, whether it means we’ve got something coming or not, it’s an excellent opportunity (to make preparations).’’ Sanderson said food and water are essential and, with the power likely to go out during a signiďŹ cant quake, people are also advised to have money on hand because ATM machines wouldn’t be working.

For more information: www.cvrd.bc.ca/index.aspx?NID=89 or www.pep.bc.ca/hazard_preparedness/personal_safety.html

☞ Middle Eastern food, not East Indian cuisine To clarify a “This and That� story that appeared in last week’s Gazette, the new Curry in a Hurry take-out restaurant that opened on Sept. 1, is not an East Indian restaurant, but a Middle Eastern one.

Owner Ahamida Khan says that there is a big difference when it comes to the types of curry used, and that she grinds all her own spices for her recipes.

The new restaurant will be open from 11 a.m.-7 p.m. on weekdays, and 11 a.m.-9 p.m. on weekends.

Khan will be serving veggie, chicken, and beef curries, pakoras, a special lemon and mint chutney, and much more.

Call 250-932-3830 for more information or to place your order.

www.lakecowichangazette.com

THE LAKE COWICHAN GAZETTE

Wednesday, September 5, 2012

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The Inside Back: A little of this and that ☞ Missing garage sale tables

☞ Fisheries notice: fishing closure

On Friday, Sept. 14, they will be driving around Youbou, so get your returnables ready and expect a knock on your door.

Funds raised go towards field trips, sporting equipment, the Hungry Kids Cupboard, and directly to teachers to use at their own discretion for class activities or necessities.

Hamilton says she still needs more volunteers. Those interested in helping this worthy cause, call 250-7453537.

On the weekend of Aug. 25, three folding tables went missing from Dameion Poireir’s driveway after his garage sale near the bottom of King George Street.

Poireir says that he only left his property for 10 minutes to retrieve his dog and returned to ďŹ nd the tables missing. He says there was a pile of free items at the very end of his driveway, but these items were clearly nowhere near the tables.

He says he wouldn’t care so much, but the tables were not his, and he has had to purchase new ones for the owners, who use them on a regular basis.

Two of the tables are two feet by six feet and fold in the middle and sport a handle for easy carrying, and the third is four feet long with folding legs.

Poireir has not reported the theft to the local RCMP because he is optimistic that whoever took them, did so by mistake. If you have these tables, or have seen them around town, you can call Poireir at 250-732-1650, or just return them to his driveway, no questions asked.

RECREATIONAL — Fin Fish (other than Salmon) Halibut Fishing Closure Throughout the 2012 recreational halibut ďŹ shing season, the Department has reviewed in-season monthly catch estimates for the recreational halibut ďŹ shery with the Sport Fishing Advisory Board.

Although a new management measure (a possession limit of only one ďŹ sh greater than 83 cm) was introduced this season to try and extend the ďŹ shery for along as possible, estimated catch information shows there has been an overall increase in effort and catch.

Estimated catch information indicates that the recreational share of the Total Allowable Catch will be achieved by early September.

Therefore, recreational ďŹ shing for halibut under the BC tidal water licence will close effective 23:59 hours September 9, 2012 for the balance of the year.

2013 management actions will be developed this fall and announcements will be made in early 2013.

Variation Order 2012–328

☞ Local food bank wants your extra garden produce and fruit The Cowichan Lake Food Bank would like to remind local area residents that now is the time to be donating garden produce.

Cindy Vaast, the Lake Cowichan Food Bank food hamper and volunteer coordinator, says that even though the food bank is not struggling as much this year to provide food items to local families in need, it is always in need of fresh produce.

Now that many people are seeing apples ripen on their trees, and their veggies becoming ready for harvest, Vaast hopes that they will consider making a donation.

If you have fresh fruit and produce items you would like to donate, phone Vaast at 250-749-6239, or email cowichanlakefoodbank@gmail.com.

Food bank day will be on Sept. 12 this month, and fresh fruit and vegetable donations are gratefully accepted no longer than a week beforehand to ensure that they are fresh for food bank users.

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☞ A.B. Greenwell bottle drive On Sept. 15, parents, PAC members, and teachers will be at Saywell Park conducting their annual bottle drive from 9 a.m.-3 p.m.

Volunteers will be accepting all returnable drink containers. Lisa Hamilton, PAC chair for A.B. Greenwell, says they are also hoping to be able to drive around the area and knock on doors for donations during the day Saturday.

☞ Divine Fits play Jimmy Fallon Show Dan Boeckner — who grew up in Lake Cowichan and went to LCSS — and the group he currently plays with, the Divine Fits, will be on CBC FM 92.1 on Thursday, Sept.6 on during the Q Show at 10 a.m.

The group will also guest on the late night TV show, Jimmy Fallon on Friday, Sept.7.

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INDEPENDENT CRAFTSMAN

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JOHN PORTELANCE

250-749-3174 GAS BAR

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GRIFFITHS HOME PLUMBING CENTRE

251 Government St. ,Duncan

250-746-4534

Come enjoy...

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MINI EXCAVATOR & BOBCAT SERVICES

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

Licenced Ě° Bonded Ě° Insured

Landscaping | Septic Services

Reg #12129

73 South Shore, Lake Cowichan

MARKET

Open May thru to

Thanksgiving at the Coffee Mill site

250-749-7233 or 250-510-1113

PETS & SUPPLIES

Cowichan Pet Emporium (1996) Fish • Pet food/supplies • Otter Co-op Livestock Feed • Wood Pellets • Grooming •

MONTHLY VET CLINIC

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

DUMP TRUCK: 1-6 YARDS PHYSIOTHERAPIST

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

250.749.3621

250-749–4454

Judith Quinlan Registered Physiotherapist

TRUCKING

VETERINARIAN

170A Cowichan Lake Rd.

TIRES

Open 7 Days a Week

Store: 250-749–3355 Garage: 250-749–3213

250-732-4570

Serving Lake Cowichan for over 20 yrs

Towing and Repairs

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New vendors or buskers welcome.

Call Bob at:

(1958) Ltd.

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OPEN: Mon.-Sat: 5a.m.-10p.m.

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

Cowichan Motors

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Waterfront Patio Suites King-sized Bed | Jacuzzi Wharf | CampďŹ re Pit | BBQs

Saturdays 10 am - 2 pm

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250-749-6133 14 North Shore Rd. Lake Cowichan

ELECTRICIAN

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

TOP SOIL • BARK MULCH COMPOST • SAND • GRAVEL

Specializing in delivering 1 - 5 yard loads.

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

Cowichan

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“Sharing g the care.� �

OPEN for business 250-932-5552 Dr. Brenda Bern Dr Bernhardt

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