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| www.lakecowichangazette.com Left: Mark Hartshorn lifts the float dock ramp from the trailer it and sections of the new float dock were transported on and moves it to the edge of Mayo Lake in preparation to install it once the dock was put in place.

Below: the work crew for the day, including Bill Swain on the far left, along with other Valley Fish and Game Club members, and Michelle Kehler from the B.C. Conservation Foundation (fourth from right) and Scott Silvestri from the Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resources (far right), after the dock was installed at the end of the day, Thursday, Sept. 13.

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New float dock makes for easy access for locals Tamu Miles Gazette Editor

On Thursday Sept. 13, members of the Valley Fish and Game Club, along with Scott Silvestri, a Fisheries biologist for the Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resources, and Michelle Kehler a project biologist for the B.C. Conservation Foundation, were busy installing a new float dock on Mayo Lake near Skutz Falls.

The project is to allow individuals under the age of 16, and those who are 65 and older or who are disabled, to have access to fishing on the lake.

Funding for the project was provided, for the most part, by the Habitat Conservation Trust Foundation.

“Basically, when you buy a hunting or an angling license part of that gets put aside and put into projects like this,” said

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“It’s a surcharge on top of our licenses,” said Bill Swain, president of the Valley Fish and Game Club. “It was brought on 12 or 15 years ago, but its a fund that keeps growing and all over the province. You apply to this fund for such projects.”

“And the folks that are using this are basically the same ones that are paying for it, in a sense,” added Kehler. “Some of the money also came from the Small Lakes Committee.”

The float dock is one of many projects now getting under way, all of which were dreamed up by Silvestri.

“This is his baby,” said Kehler. “He dreamed it up three years ago, applied for funding through HCTF, they gave it to him, he contracted me over the last couple of years to go out and survey 76

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lakes on the island that are near urban centres. So the whole onus behind this is to improve access and/or facilities at lakes near and in urban centres.”

Kehler adds that fishing license sales are down in the province because people are not being able to find the time for this recreational activity in their daily lives, and the project is one way to encourage families, individuals, and fishing enthusiasts in general to get out to take up the sport once again.

“So as conservationists we gotta get the people that are going to keep looking after the land,” said Swain. “We gotta keep bringing them in, cause the old conservationists, if you look around, they’re getting old, and they’re going to be dying off and we need the new generation.”

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“We have seen improvements, so we know these are the types of projects that we need to put our resources into,” said Kehler.

The Valley Fish and Game Club helped to save the project some funds by donating club members’ time, and Mark Hartshorn of Hartshorn Mechanical in Lake Cowichan offered the use of his excavator, as well as his time, to lift the heavy sections of dock and set them into the lake.

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Slow down! North Shore Road residents want drivers to be aware Tamu Miles Gazette Editor

Residents along North Shore Road are becoming increasingly concerned about the speed of vehicles passing through their area.

Lorne Scheffer is one of the residents who has had enough and has decided he will approach town council to see if anything can be done.

Last week, Scheffer’s son Brendan, who is nine-years-old, walked home from Palsson Elementary for the first time.

“I’d been driving my son to school and picking him up,” said Scheffer.

When Brendan got home, “he was shaking and crying,” said Scheffer. “He was terrified.”

A truck had brushed the youth, almost hitting him.

As Scheffer sees it, there are three factors contributing to the dangerous conditions on North Shore Road.

The first is the speed of vehicles. He says he often sees vehicles doing 80 or 90 kilometres per hour.

“If someone sat and patrolled the road for any length of time, they would see this happens on a regular basis.”

The other is the volume of traffic. “The volume is staggering,” said Scheffer. He says that along with regular vehicles, there are many industrial vehicles including Johel Bros Contracting trucks and others, using the road on a regular basis.

The third is the fact that there is not a lot of pedestrian room on either side of the road, and no sidewalks.

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Road improve their quality of life. It has the potential to save lives.”

At the time, council responded to Barnes saying that they have no right to discriminate against vehicles that use North Shore Road, and stated that the Y intersection at Highway 18 and the Youbou Highway is substandard and has been highlighted in the town’s traffic report because of the grade of its lean. The responsibility lies in the hands of the Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure and Lake Cowichan superintendent of public works, Nagi Rizk, said the matter of dealing with the intersection is being looked into.

“They were asking if we had the kindness to provide them with the previous survey that we did . . . so I just took it upon myself to provide them with some of the information,” said Rizk.

“There has been considerable work done on realigning that Y,” added Coun.

McGonigle. “Unfortunately the Ministry of Transportation and ourselves did not come to a conclusion on that, basically for funding purposes.”

One option the town will be acting on will be to take away the sign that directs traffic to Youbou at the South Shore Road and North Shore Road intersection as part of the South Shore Road upgrades. McGonigle explained that the traffic slowing measures that are being implemented on South Shore Road are in conjunction with the Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure deciding to pave South Shore Road.

“I’m sure that if and when there is some similar improvements to North Shore, we would look at, as a group, something similar to that effect,” said McGonigle. “The scope of that project would probably be similar in financial contributions. So it’s a matter of trying to find the funds for all the projects that we are trying to do.”

Cpl. Olson of the Lake Cowichan RCMP says that they have had the odd call from residents along North Shore Road, but nothing out Cowichan Lake Arena, Multipurpose Room of the ordinary.

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“There is nowhere for pedestrians to walk,” said Scheffer. “It shouldn’t take a child being seriously injured or killed to make something happen.”

Scheffer is not the only concerned resident along the road.

Lisa Barnes, also a North Shore Road resident, has approached council a couple of times expressing her concern about the speeds along the road as well as the heavy volume of industrial traffic.

At the finance and administration meeting on Aug. 21, Barnes told council she would like to see the speed limit along North Shore Road reduced from 50 to 40 km/hour.

One of her concerns is the cross walk used by children going to and from Palsson Elementary, and the fact that visibility of this cross walk is limited for drivers, especially if they are exceeding 40 km/hour.

Another concern is the general lack of visibility on the road due to its many twists and turns, especially on the Lake Cowichan end near the boat launch.

“The heavy concrete truck traffic that use it (North Shore Road) causes unnecessary wear and tear,” said Barnes.

“And particularly the empty dump trucks . . . make a horrendous noise.”

Barnes feels that the noise caused by these industrial vehicles shows some disrespect to the residents of North Shore Road, saying that even on holidays they begin work at about 6:30 a.m.

“I feel that they could be asked to use Highway 18. It doesn’t take any longer.

I don’t understand why the excessive use of North Shore Road,” said Barnes. “So I’m asking council to help the residents of North Shore

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Brendan Scheffer shows where a truck came too close to him on his way home from school. The blackberries have since been mowed allowing for a bit more walking space.

speed limit in the area will work for those who want to obey those speeds.

“But others are going to go 20 kms over instead of 10, that’s what’s going to happen. They’re going to fly into the radar and people will start to get a lot of tickets.”

He does agree that the road is narrow and that people need to remember to slow down, especially now that kids are walking to and from school during the week.

“Safety wise, 40 would be better than 50,” said Olson.

Mayor and council decided to bring this matter up at the next public works meeting, and in the meantime, Scheffer plans to address council with his concerns.

“My child’s safety is at risk,” said Scheffer. “I don’t feel safe, that was a close call.”

He adds that he and his family really hope to generate public awareness about this issue and that people slow down when driving along North Shore Road.

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Treat private property with respect

Tamu Miles

A vandalized gate on Vipassana property.

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Five years ago, the Vancouver Island Vipassana Association bought 137 acres situated between the Slopes and Beaver Road.

The association is only funded through donations made by past students, and they are hoping that within the coming years they will be able to begin building a meditation centre on the land, and that they will become a part of the Lake Cowichan community, helping, through the centre, to draw business to the area.

Since the purchase of the land, the new owners have not had a problem with the occasional ATV or motorcycle enthusiasts who have used the property to access trails on either side.

But on Aug. 24, volunteers working on the property were disappointed to

discover that two outhouses and two bear gates had been vandalized.

“I’d say there were six or seven very young kids,” said Daniel Gomez, a volunteer helping to clear trees around hydro poles on the property the day the vandalism took place. “I saw very well because I was working here cleaning up and they turned here and up the property.”

Gomez says the kids looked to be between nine and 12-years-of-age, and they were riding “tiny four wheelers.”

He says he didn’t think anything of it, and kept working near the bottom of the property.

“The next day, I went to check it out and found the outhouses tipped over and the gates broken.”

Gomez says he sees individuals use the property on a regular basis, and he has never had a problem with them.

“They know what they’re doing, they even waved at me once. They’re used to using this as their way through I guess.”

He guesses that the youths tried to access a trail that temporarily had a tree fallen across it as part of the clearing work that was taking place. And when they couldn’t do so they kept going up the property and decided to vandalize the outhouses and fences.

“The grown-ups found a way around it,” said Gomez. “Cause the tree is only partially on the road. Actually two days later, they started doing a path around it and as the days go by, the path gets clearer and clearer. And now it’s clear,

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we cleared all the roads.”

Kyle Althaus, a local resident, who, along with his wife Becca Shears, has been overseeing the clearing of the land and the building of a road that will lead up to the centre, says that the vandalism has not been reported to local RCMP because they are not looking to alienate anyone in the community.

Evie Chancey, an association board member, agrees.

“What would be the purpose of that?” she said. “Our intention [with going to the media] is to be informative. We want people to know that, OK, that wasn’t great, we just want them to try and treat the land respectfully.”

Both Chancey and Althaus said that the matter would be discussed at the next board meeting which took place on Sept. 17, and that whether or not the society will report the incident to the RCMP would be decided then.

However, both felt this was unlikely.

“There was not that much damage,” said Chancey.

“We are hoping that people will be aware of this situation and be more considerate when they’re on private property. What is possible is that a decision is made to close these trails permanently. The Vipassana Association is hoping to allow people to continue to use the land respectfully,” said Shears.

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Plug it in, plug it in Have you considered purchasing an electric vehicle but decided against it because there are no charging stations here in Lake Cowichan?

Well, now you can go ahead with that purchase and you won’t have to worry that you won’t make it to Duncan, or home again, as the Town of Lake Cowichan, along with 71 other municipalities and organizations in B.C., has been granted funding for two charging stations.

These charging stations are part of the $2.7 million Community Charging Infrastructure Fund announced in April by Minister of Environment, Terry Lake.

Mayor Ross Forrest says that when the town applied, council did not expect that there would be many electric vehicles in the area that would be able to take advantage of these stations.

“But there was an opportunity for grants out there and we wanted to be prepared for the future.”

Forrest says that he and council want to give local residents the same opportunities as those in other municipalities around the province.

The location of the charging stations has not been decided upon, but it is likely they will be installed in Saywell Park or next to the Visitor Centre.

“They will have to be reserved parking spots for these vehicles, and there is not a lot of parking to start with, so we will have to make sure it is the right ones,” said Forrest.

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The chalk has barely touched the board It’s only been a couple of years, but in some ways it feels like an eternity since I had to adjust to the beginning of a new school year and get both myself and my children out of bed in the morning, make their lunches, and deal with homework overload at the end of each day.

To be honest I am not one of those parents who rejoiced in the return of the school year, especially when my kids were younger and I wasn’t working, because it meant much more of a schedule, and it interrupted the flow that we as a family had developed over the course of the summer.

I have also never been one to subscribe to the idea that the education system is a one size fits all, or that it should be.

If I had access to more resources when my kids were growing up, I probably would have home schooled them, as I found that both of them struggled in their own ways with various aspects of their education. My son, who is now almost 20, admitted to me recently that he never read a single course related book throughout his entire school career.

Why didn’t any of his teachers notice?

Why didn’t I notice? Why wasn’t

something done? Was it just because my kids got missed among the many faces and needs of students that teachers are faced with each day, or does it speak to something deeper.

Personally, I think it has more to do with how we structure our education system, and the fact that government doesn’t seem to think it’s a priority.

This is yet another example of topdown, as opposed to bottom-up, thinking.

Imagine the ideas that could be generated by teachers, parents, and students, if they knew that those ideas would be given serious thought by government and had a chance of being implemented.

Well, the policy changes proposed for the Cowichan District, as discussed at length on page 5, could do more to inhibit parents’ voices. So if you value the policies that have been put into place by a board that was democratically elected, and whose policies were developed over many years, you might want to get your two cents in before Sept. 26.

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Hiring, pay freeze as B.C. deficit climbs BC Bureau

The B.C. government is freezing management salaries in government, Crown corporations and agencies, and imposing a hiring freeze on direct government jobs to deal with a

By Tom Fletcher rising deficit forecast.

Finance Minister Mike de Jong delivered his first quarterly financial update Thursday, showing a deficit forecast up $173 million. That would bring the deficit to $1.14 billion by the end of the fiscal year next March, due mainly to lost revenues from falling natural gas prices.

The hiring freeze doesn’t apply to health authorities, universities and other services beyond direct government staff, which is budgeted to shrink by 2,000 positions through attrition in the next three years. The pay freeze doesn’t apply to unionized positions, but de Jong said B.C.’s bargaining mandate for unions is also being reviewed.

The current mandate calls for wage increases to be financed by savings in other parts of unionized operations. It has so far not produced a settlement with the biggest union representing direct provincial employees, the B.C. Government and Service

Employees’ Union, which has staged a series of one-day strikes since rejecting a 3.5 per cent wage increase over two years.

De Jong said he intends to present a balanced budget in February for the 2013-14 fiscal year, when the government will face a May election. To do that, the government has to make up for an expected $389 million drop in natural gas revenue that year.

The government uses gas price forecasts from five private sector agencies, but none fully accounted for the surge of shale gas production that has depressed North American prices. B.C. producers have ramped up despite the softening price, to prove reserves needed for liquefied natural gas export facilities proposed for the north coast.

NDP finance critic Bruce Ralston said he predicted the gas price drop last spring, but former finance minister Kevin Falcon ignore him. And Ralston scoffed at de Jong’s claim that his ministry will find more savings in travel budgets and other discretionary spending.

“Travel budgets? That’s an old movie,” he said.

De Jong said a fall legislative session is “unlikely” as he and other ministers appointed in Premier Christy Clark’s Sept. 5 cabinet shuffle learn their new jobs and work on balancing the budget.

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Is this democracy?

What Policy Committee?

In my opinion: Public must be included in policy changes

In my opinion: A single unelected person will transform policies If you say the word policy to most people — and I was certainly one of them — you can cure insomnia in a flash, but as a school trustee, I learned very quickly policy creation, revision and improvement are the heartbeat of any elected body.

For those elected to care for our schools, policy rescues us from our prejudice, our self interest and our lesser inclinations.

Policy is exciting. Over the years, Cowichan School District has nurtured a wide range of policies and bylaws which help us govern and provide our community with a profound sense that we can all expect equal process.

Every child, parent, employee and community member stands in the shelter of these policies.

Hand in hand with Former School Board the School Chairwoman says to Act, civil have your say regardand criminal ing policies before it’s too late. legislation and collective agreements, the policies of an elected body — if followed — serve us equally. In Cowichan, it has been the practice for trustees to develop and revise policy with our partners in the school system (our employees, our parents, our students and more recently aboriginal organizations) all under the wing of a Policy Committee which met monthly.

This collaboration has been valuable. It allows our policies to reflect the diversity of interests, experience and knowledge we are lucky enough to enjoy in our valley.

Our trustees — I am one of them — are no longer at the table. We have been fired for simply attempting to appeal the allocation we received from our province as inadequate. Of course the Ministry of Education has put their own man in place to sign off on the decisions now made by senior staff. You would think they would satisfy themselves with having free reign without the inconvenient interference of community but evidently, that is not

from the employee groups as At the recent School District well as District Student Advisory 79 Board Meeting of Sept. 12, Council and the District Parent notice of motion was given of the Advisory Committee. new Draft Policy 1500: Policy New Policy 1500 provides Development, and the official the board “may refer to the trustee approved it. At the next Policy Committee” and “may board meeting on Oct. 3, this provide parameters to the Policy draft policy could become the Committee to guide the review or new district policy, and could development.” There is no stated potentially change all existing commitment to include the Policy policies within School District 79.

Committee Here are some at any stage, quotes from the nor is there recommendations clear, stated within the agenda reference to documents of the There is no stated including Sept. 12 meeting.

The new Policy commitment to community values or 1500: Policy include the Policy alignment to Development, board’s “will enable the Committee at the goals and Board to adopt, any stage, nor objectives. rescind or amend policy in a timely is there clear, Essentially, the new manner” and stated reference to Policy 1500, “will enable the board, with including community the one that other a two-thirds values or alignment governs policies, like majority, to adopt, rescind to the board’s goals Policy 2445: of or amend policy and objectives. Closure Schools, or without providing Policy 1010: an opportunity for Individual public comment.” or Group The public Delegations to the board, to name has the opportunity, right now, just two, could be changed without to provide input on the proposed the public’s input and knowledge. amendment to the secretaryReviewing, updating and even treasurer, by Sept. 26. changing policy is a good thing, Comparing the old and new but doing so without including the policies, the old Policy 1500 public could mean the public is left provides for policies “based on to react to, and not be part of, any community values” and that change. are “consistent with the board’s What do you think? Sept. 26 is goals and objectives (Mission the last day for submissions to the Statement).” secretary-treasurer.

There are constant references to the Policy Committee and their role — Chris Rolls in all stages of policy development, President, Lake Cowichan from policy considerations, to Teachers’ Association, Vice drafting, to recommending and President, Cowichan Valley adopting. The Policy Committee Teachers’ Federation has, in the past, included members

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sufficient.

It is the intention of the current unelected people to gerrymander our policy book.

In order to appear to be doing this appropriately, they are set on Oct. 3, to pass amendments to Policy 1500: Policy Development which will place the authority for changing all district policy strictly in the hands of the board.

In times past, if a revision was to be made or deemed necessary it would be referred to our Policy Committee.

The Policy Committee would consider the changes and seek further comment from the community before making recommendations and sending them back to the trustees. Thus, by the time trustees saw the changes they could be assured the outcome had been the result of consultation.

The draft changes now being tendered by the senior staff include a provision which would allow modifications to be made to any policy without any public consultation (and it actually says this in so many words) as long as a two thirds majority of the board can be achieved to this end. These very changes had already been suggested by senior staff to previous boards who rejected them as undemocratic.

Apparently, the efficiencies this course offered was not as enticing to those who were elected by the community as it now is to those who are not. We will now witness unilateral changes to our precious policies and practices.

A single unelected person who will have no trouble securing a two-thirds majority of himself will transform policies created and honed over many years. How can anyone truly believe the changes the current unelected managers seek will improve on the views of those who are most effected by the codes the district has operated under?

However, there is still an opportunity.

We have been allowed to comment on this harsh path and if you think you cannot entrust unfettered changes to our school closure, property disposal, delegation and committee membership policies among many others, to people who will never face the citizens in an election, tell the Cowichan School District. And do it before Sept. 26. It may be your last chance for some time to come.

Town of Lake Cowichan Notice of Tax Sale NOTICE is hereby given that the following properties will be offered for sale by public auction in the Town Council Chambers, 39 South Shore Road on Monday, September 24, 2012 at 10:00am unless the delinquent taxes and interest are paid before that time.

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18 King George St. N. 127 Larch St. 52 Arbutus St. 80 North Shore Rd. 235A North Shore Rd. Cowichan Lake Rd. 8023 Greendale Rd.

L9, Plan VIS3326, PID 018-869-793 L32, Plan 7070, PID 000-277-126 L36, Plan 7070, PID 005-820-723 L4, Plan 10439, PID 000-840-700 LA, Plan VIS3438, PID 018-960-316 LB, Plan 44661, PID 006-130-453 L1, Plan 8047, PID 005-635-241

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1,929.20 4,453.81 5,363.79 8,369.78 3,327.51 16,381.82 8,650.24

To meet the requirements of Section 407 of the Local Government Act, properties purchased for tax sale must be paid immediately by cash, certified cheque or bank draft.

Prospective purchasers are hereby notified that purchase of a tax sale property is subject to tax under the Property Transfer Tax Act on the fair market value of the property when the transfer of title occurs following expiration of the redemption period.

Dated at Lake Cowichan, BC this 17th day of September, 2012

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Wednesday, September 19, 2012

THE LAKE COWICHAN GAZETTE

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This 1950 photo shows the Youbou Volunteer Fire Department fire hall which was built in 1946. On the roof is a 5 horsepower ARP electric siren that was on loan to the department from the B. C. Provincial Government.

To Fire Chief Doug Knott and Members of the Lake Cowichan Fire Department: We would like to take this opportunity to extend the warmest of thanks to all the crew that came out Saturday, September 1 to Úght the Úre on Highway 18 by our property.

It was the Labour Day weekend and right at supper time and yet a big crew left their families and got there very fast to deal with what could have been a very dangerous situation.

It was great to see how quickly they were able to get it completely out.

Thank you again for your quick action. It s good to know we have you there when we need you.

Nils C. Olson Lexi Bainas

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PAGES OF HISTORY It was 1945 when one of the last remaining landmark buildings of the early days when Youbou, then called Cottonwood, underwent an extensive remodeling job. The building known as Youbou Apartments had started out in 1926 as Gordon’s (grocery and general) Store. Prior to the advent of the apartment building, the general store business was owned by Mr. Stanley Gordon of Lake Cowichan and had served the community of Youbou for several years before closing its doors.

The company (British Columbia Forest Products lumber mill) owned the apartment building which was located along the lake shore just across the small bay from the Youbou mill. The building was divided into six suites of different sizes on three different levels. The first tenants in the new apartments included Youbou’s lone policeman, three Yount schoolteachers and two Red & White grocery store staff.

Another new building was the fourteen bedroom “staff house for female employees,” which was completed and ready

The present day Youbou fire hall was built closer to the (now empty) mill site, a few blocks from the site of the original fire hall.

for occupancy in late 1946. The companies of seven men each. company owned building boast- Each company was headed by ed wood walls in “strikingly a captain with one company pleasing pastel shades and was only “turning out” every week furnished with three piece bed- for fire drill. The department room suites,” a clothes closet, area covered the community and steam radiator (heater). The of Youbou as well as the large building also featured a lounge BCFP company lumber mill. area and “complete laundry In addition to the electric facilities in the basement”. All alarm at the fire hall, the fire this and just a few steps away alarm system included four from where the occupants were employed.

More than a decade ago the so-called new fire hall was built in Youbou, replacing the one that had served the community for fifty-odd years. While the newest one was located close to the Built about 1946, the 14-bedroom Youbou now non-ex- Apartments building, once the location of istent lumber Gordon’s Store, offered deluxe accommodation mill, the old to female employees of the nearby British one was locat- Columbia Forest Products lumber mill. ed a few blocks away on Youbou Road. Built alarm stations throughout the in 1946, the (old) fire hall sat community: head office, Cedar adjacent to the vehicle garage, Drive, Youbou Apartments and which housed the community Yount School. Four additional company owned ambulance. fire alarm stations were later Officially known as the B.C. placed at Coon Creek Road, Forest Products Cowichan Di- “Falens Place” and Frog Rock vision Fire Brigade, the origi- on Youbou Road. nal brigade was organized in September 1946 with three

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On Friday, Sept. 14, this elk was seen lounging in a backyard residence located near the intersection of Renfrew and Coronation Streets.

Myra Martin, a neighbour of the resident called the Gazette for a photo. Apparently the elk had been relaxing in her neighbour’s yard for approximately an hour.

Martin did not know what to do about the elk and planned on calling the conservation officer.

The elk was sighted two nights before over at the Seniors Centre.

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Large living room for entertaining, nice cedar ceiling in bathroom, new roof, paint & newer flooring.

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Two bedroom unit located close to downtown Duncan yet tucked away on a quiet side street. Building is in immaculate condition – great location – great price.

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53 Somenos Street

$169,500

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THE LAKE COWICHAN GAZETTE

1st Mike Watson

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2nd Brian Rommens

1st Woman Sandy Leone

1st Walker Nancy Zegarchuk

Sunny skies and enthusiasm make for fabulous event Tamu Miles Gazette Editor

Tamu Miles Photos

Two of the Cowichan Valley Dragon Divas show off their fabulous attire at rest stop seven, located at the Red Gate Pullout.

From left: Gail Nash, Marg Davis, and Carol LeForge keep track of all participants as they cross the finish line at Centennial Hall.

Just over 300 runners and walkers set off in the pre-dawn dark for the 2012 Great Lake Walk on Saturday, Sept. 15.

And though no-one broke the record time of Campbell River man Jason Welland, in 2007 who ran the 56 kilometres in four hours, 35 minutes, and 28 seconds, this year’s winner Mike Watson is pretty pleased with his time of

Wendy Tromp (left) and Lucas Langan cheer on runners and walkers at the A&W rest stop.

four hours, 52 minutes, and 26 seconds.

“There are some things everyone should try once,” said Watson. “I’m not sure this is one of them,” he joked as he waited for the students and other participants from Pearson College to cross the finish line.

Watson is an economics teacher at the college and says this is his first year participating. He says he wasn’t going to come, but was asked to drive the student transport van and decided he didn’t want to sit around all day waiting while the students and other faculty were participating. Which means, yes, you guessed it, he did not train for the event.

“I’ve never run a marathon, this was by far the longest I’ve ever run,” said Watson.

The first walker to cross the finish line was Nancy Zegarchuk.

Zegarchuk says this was her third year participating and each year she has tried to beat her previous time.

The last time she participated, she beat her original time by only seconds, but she was proud to say that this year, she beat it by a whole three

minutes.

“It’s really fun,” said Zegarchuk. “I look forward to it each year.”

There were many volunteers that made this year’s event possible, from the Old Age Pensioners who prepared breakfast in the morning for the participants, the volunteers who set up the Youbou Hall for the morning start, and those who set up Centennial Hall and parking lot for the finish line, to the many organizations manning the rest stops along the routes and volunteers like Rich Elliott from the local Lions Club who spent his day following the last of the walkers around Cowichan Lake.

The Lions Club will be presented with this year’s Perpetual Trophy, a large print of one of Michaela Davidson’s works, sometime in early November.

The print will also include small plaques of all of the winners over the past 11 years.

The St. John Ambulance service was also on hand in the lower Centennial Hall, offering help for everything from blisters to ankle wraps.

“We have a degree in ankle wraps,” joked attendant

Nathan Lebine.

Head paramedic Addie Clark says her team has been working hard to bump up their level of training since June of this year.

In all, the event raised $27,148 in pledges this year.

“That might change a little bit,” said Joan Hieta, one of the main organizers.

Hieta said the closing ceremony on the day of the event went well.

“There weren’t a lot of people, but there never is,” she said.

Lake Cowichan mayor, Ross Forrest, was in attendance and gave a speech before awards and prizes were handed out.

The winners of the Honeymoon Bay Lodge and Retreat Spa Package, as well as the two night stay at Boutique Waterfront Lodge will be announced at the next Great Lake Walk general meeting which is set to take place on Oct. 16.

“We will then contact the winners whatever way we can,” said Hieta, whether that be by phone or through email.

Bottle drive for Bailey: Sick infant needs your help Tamu Miles Gazette Editor

Bailey Anne Lockhart, now three months old, has been in and out of the hospital practically since the day she was born.

Baby Bailey was diagnosed with a coarctation of the aorta, which means that her blood is not allowed to properly circulate. This discovery resulted in open heart surgery when Bailey was just nine days old.

Bailey is now three months old, but she has already undergone two surgeries. The second one was to close up a large hole between the two lower ventricles of her heart.

Bailey’s parents need to raise some much needed funds, so Bailey’s mom, Rebecca Lynn Makow, has decided to hold a bottle drive on Saturday, Sept. 29, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Saywell Park.

“We have already spent over $12,000,” said Makow.

Both she and her husband have not been able to work while Bailey has been going through this ordeal, and they have not only had to pay for travel expenses to Vancouver and back, but they have also had to keep up

with rent and other monthly bills.

“We would like to try and get that back,” said Makow.

“We were saving for a house, but now that’s out the window.”

Currently the family is living in Duncan, but both Makow and her husband, Devin Lockhart, are from Lake Cowichan and are considering moving back here to be closer to family.

Makow says that Bailey has been a trooper throughout her whole ordeal.

“The doctors didn’t give her any pain medication after the surgery, and she was awake and eating the next day.

She didn’t even need a pacemaker.”

Makow says that the stress she experienced before Bailey went into surgery was harder to deal with than the surgery itself.

Bailey was born by Caesarian Section four days before hand, and the family had gone home for Father’s Day. The newborn became cold and her lips turned blue, so the couple took her to the hospital.

Makow says she was instructed to go and pump her breast milk and when she returned Bailey was hooked up to tubes and doctors and nurses were preparing to fly the

infant to Vancouver for surgery.

“I was not impressed,” said Makow. “It was stressful because I was by myself with her in the helicopter.”

She says that only after they landed and her family arrived was she able to calm down and relax.

Bailey is now 9 pounds 5 ounces, which is big, says Makow, compared to the 5 pounds she was when she was born.

“She’s getting chubby cheeks now,” said Makow.

But Bailey has to go to the hospital regularly for check-ups and must be fed four different medications four times a day.

“It’s no fun giving a baby medicine,” said Makow.

“There’s no tricking her now, she just tries to spit it out.”

Makow will be accepting all types of drink returnables at the bottle drive, and will also be able to collect right from your door. She is looking for volunteers to help sort on the day of the drive.

If you cannot make the bottle drive, but would like to donate, or if you would like to volunteer your time on the day of the drive, check out Makow’s event page on Facebook by searching Bottle Drive for Bailey.

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Multiple voices try out for role of Scrooge

Tamu Miles Photos Above, from left: McKenzie Paterson, Sage DePol, Launa Foolkes, Rose Bunting, Bruce Bunting follow along as lines from A Christmas Carol are read by a fellow auditioner.

Left: Ashley Vomacka (middle) and Gilbert Lewis (right) enjoy Edward Lentz’s (left) interpretation of Scrooge.

With three nights of auditions, for both the cast of characters and the choir, artistic director for Lakeside Players, Dena McPhee said it would be difficult to narrow down the list of auditioners to put together a cast for this years Christmas play, A Christmas Carol.

“I’m looking for people who want to work,” said McPhee. “I have to be able to find that tonight.”

The auditions took place in Studio 261, which, while a great venue, was a little cramped for the amount of bodies packed into the studio’s multipurpose room.

“We’re here until the end of Sept. and then we’ll be at the [Centennial] Hall,” said McPhee.

Making sure that everyone had a chance to read from the play was also a challenge, but there was no shortage of voices willing to tackle the main character, Scrooge.

Big fundraiser of the year helps to spread the love Tamu Miles Gazette Editor

The Handmade Hugs Society Cowichan Valley is gearing up for their annual fundraiser at the Christmas Chaos craft fair.

The society and its volunteers make receiving blankets, neo-natal isolet covers, huggable bears and bunnies, slippers, positioning snakes, ice-pack/ hot-pack covers, handmade quilts, blankets and afghans and a variety of other products that make long hospital stays or other emergency situations easier to cope with.

These items are created using donated yarn and fabrics that others have collected for their own projects but find they no longer need.

Christmas Chaos is a four day event that takes place each year at the Island Savings Centre in Duncan, and it is Handmade Hugs biggest source of funding. President, Julie McClure, says the funds are used for items that are not donated, such as ribbons, buttons, thread, and others.

“It’s an amazing venue,” said McClure. “And we make enough to cover our expenses for one year.”

In order to prepare, the society will be hosting what is called a Hugathon (es-

sentially a work bee) on Sept. 22, and Oct. 13, at Glenora Hall. Volunteers will be busy sewing, knitting, and preparing all of the items needed for Christmas Chaos.

Volunteers and donations are welcome. Volunteers are needed to sew, stuff huggable toys, pre-wash and cut fabrics, deliveries, and contacting local businesses, churches, and community groups for donations of either cash, product items, or time.

McClure says she started a Handmade Hugs in Cowichan because she spent time as a patient, as well as a visitor to hospitals, and she understands that a patient needs something to help the hospital setting feel less institutionalized.

“It always felt institutional to me,” said McClure. “There was nothing that made it easier.”

So when her mother-in-law was in a care facility, McClure started bringing in afghans and other personal items.

“I had people stopping by just to look.”

From there she began to look into how she could provide items to those in hospital at little or no cost, and asked hospital staff what items were needed the most.

“What they wanted more than anything was positioning snakes [for in-

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fants],” explained McClure.

There are now many items the society provides for infants, children, adults, and the elderly, and they work with many not-for-profits and businesses in the Cowichan area.

“I’m so proud of what we’re doing and how much we’ve grown,” said McClure.

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From municipal council chambers to office buildings, local businesses and classrooms, we envision all of Lake Cowichan wearing their hearts on their sleeves on national Jersey Day. Post photos of you and your co-workers wearing their favourite jerseys to our Facebook page, facebook.com/lakecowichan-gazette.

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Black Press is proud to be an official sponsor for the 2012 Canadian Cancer Society Cops for Cancer Tour de Rock, with news reporter Kyle Slavin on the 18-member tour team as a media rider. To follow Kyle Slavin’s Twitter updates from the final weeks of training and throughout the ride, follow @TDRKyle.

ON TOUR: This year’s Tour de Rock begins in Port Alice on Sunday, Sept. 23 and ends Friday, Oct. 5 in Victoria.

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MEDIA RIDERS LIVE THE STORY Journalists Kyle Slavin and Erin Glazier join Tour de Rock team Arnold Lim Black Press

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hey started off reporting about Tour de Rock, and now journalists Kyle Slavin and Erin Glazier are part of the story.

Slavin’s journey from writing stories about the Canadian Cancer Society Cops for Cancer Tour de Rock to being part of it started in a high school gymnasium.

At Reynolds secondary school to cover the event for the Saanich News last year, Slavin watched as 115 shaved “Raising money heads and a giant cheque more than $80,000 for kids with cancer for greeted Tour riders has a much bigger alongside ear-splitting cheers. The event moved reward than just the 25-year-old reporter crossing the finish so much he made an important decision that line.” day.

– Erin Glazier, “There was not a dry CTV News eye in the gym. It was the most electric feeling being a part of something so monumental,” he said. “I told the school principal then and there I want to be a part of the team.”

One year and 3,000 kilometres later, he is one of two media riders months into gruelling three-day-a-week training sessions for Tour de Rock, where motivation comes in the form of cancer survivors like seven-year-old Daisy Irwin. “(Daisy) has gone through a hell that no baby or child should ever go through. I

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Kyle Slavin and Erin Glazier are ready to roll for Tour de Rock respect her immensely for what she has gone through and what she has overcome,” Slavin said.

“My whole reasoning behind wanting to do the tour is being on the side of cancer everyone fights for – the optimism, the hope, the getting into remission.”

Seven years later, Irwin is in remission after being diagnosed with two forms of leukemia as an infant and given a five per cent chance at survival.

It is a reminder why the pediatric cancer research is so important to Slavin and Glazier.

Glazier described her choice to join the team as a “no-brainer” after seeing her colleagues experience the life-changing ride.

“Riding a bike becomes a menial task when

you look at the big picture and see how much you are helping (cancer patients) have a normal life,” said Glazier, a CTV reporter based in Victoria.

“When you are going up a hill and hurting it is nothing compared to what those kids go through when they go through the treatment.

That is a big motivator for us.”

With only weeks to go, the 28-year-old Glazier is excited to meet the families and volunteers along the way as she makes the gruelling trip from Port Alice to Victoria over the two-week, 1,000-kilometre bike ride, Sept.

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“The best is yet to come. Raising money for kids with cancer has a much bigger reward then just crossing the finish line,” Glazier said.

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Daniel Wesley belts out the tunes to a large crowd at this year’s NedFest which took place on Saturday, Sept. 15, on the Homestead property in Mesachie Lake.

NedFest rocks Mesachie Lake

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Victoria youth band, The Colts, before going on stage. From left: Ruben Dominelli, Autumn Kennedy, Cairo Kennedy, and Harbour Nolan.

Tamu Miles Gazette Editor

The Homestead in Mesachie Lake was full of campers, vendors, and of course a stage and V.I.P tent as organizers made the finishing touches to the venue in the early afternoon of Saturday, Sept. 15.

NedFest, now in its third year, once again rocked the residents of Mesachie Lake, as well as visitors from around the Cowichan Lake area and beyond.

A total of eight bands played late into the evening, including Daniel Wesley from Vancouver, 99 Buck, Vinnie’s Last Ride, Weak Patrol, and local bands such as the Joint Chiefs.

Hot Mama’s Burlesque performed for the crowd for third year in a row.

The youngest performers, hailing from Victoria, were The Colts.

These youth, all under the age of 14, had quite the line-up prepared for listeners, as they were the first act to hit the stage.

With songs like “Perfect Situation” by Weezer to kick things off, and “Don’t Stop Believing,”

by Journey, they had crowds dancing in the mid afternoon sunshine.

The band, including Ruben Dominelli, Autumn Kennedy, Cairo Kennedy, and Harbour

Nolan, have been together for about two years.

Caleb Kennedy, from both Weak Patrol and 99 Buck, is their coach and mentor. The kids were excited to play their first event outside of Victoria.

Organizer Doug Eddy, says approximately 200 tickets were sold prior to the event, but he was hoping that between 350 and 400 would have sold when all was said and done.

And with people pouring in throughout the afternoon and evening, it looked like this goal could very well have been the reality.

It will be a couple of weeks before organizers will know exactly how much money was raised, but with a silent auction and even cookie, brownie, and earring sales by Eddy’s daughter, Amber and her friends, the sum should be nothing to sneeze at.

Items for the silent auction were donated by local residents, businesses, and organizations such as Handmade Hugs, Country Grocer, and Mesachie Fire Chief Gary Eve. For more colour photos of the event, search NedFest Homestead on Facebook.

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From Left: Mackenzie Peters, Ember Bateman, Amber Eddy, and Laena Devlin. These girls were selling earrings, brownies and cookies at the festivities on Saturday, all proceeds of which were donated to the Canadian Cancer Foundation. Cookies and earrings were handmade by Eddy and friends.

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Have hair, will shave for donations to cancer research Tamu Miles Gazette Editor

This year’s Tour de Rock will be heading though Lake Cowichan on Oct. 2. The team of cycling police officers, who, each year, travel 1,000 kilometres from one end of Vancouver Island to the other, will be stopping in at Lake Cowichan Secondary School at approximately 11:30 a.m. for speeches and a community barbeque.

This fundraiser for cancer research is known for inspiring individuals around the island to support the effort and do some pretty creative fundraising of their own.

Doug Liske, a Lake Cowichan resident, has decided that he will shave his head in honour of the event.

Liske has engaged Heads or Nails, Link Salon and Spa and Remedy Salon to help him collect donations leading up to Oct. 2, but he has also decided he will use the opportunity to spice things up a bit.

On Sept. 23, a week before Tour de Rock hits town, Liske is hoping to have his hair died and permed in the parking lot of Country Grocer. When you donate at one of the above salons, you can suggest a haircolour for Liske, who says that the most popular vote will be the colour he chooses.

Unfortunately this date is tentative as Liske is not 100 per cent sure he will be able to follow through with it.

He is in and out of hospital at this time.

Liske also challenges local residents to get their own

heads shaved, or even just have their hair cut, in support of the cause.

“Everyone needs to lend a helping hand,” said Liske.

“We need to show those who are fighting cancer that they are not fighting alone.”

Liske says he was inspired to take this action because he himself knows what its like to be ill. Two years ago he spent 27 days in hospital, and spent a year in recovery.

“I was given a second chance. I didn’t think I was going to make it,” said Liske.

Over the last couple of years, he has known two people who have lost their lives to cancer, and one of his friends was lost to a sudden death.

“In the course of my one year recovery, [too many] people I knew died for various reason,” said Liske.

But he says that the moment of decision really came when the boyfriend of Liske’s girlfriend’s best friend was diagnosed with cancer in 2011. This friend found out the disease was terminal in July, and passed away on Thanksgiving.

“That’s when I decided to do this,” said Liske. He added that he has known kids who have shaved their heads in support of cancer research and have endured heckling and teasing. He figures that if they can do it, so can he.

The shaving will take place at the Tour de Rock barbeque at LCSS on Oct. 2, and Liske is hoping that others in the community decide to join him in showing

their support for those who are suffering from the disease and helping to raise funds for cancer research.

There are other ways to donate if you are not inclined to have a haircut, or go so far as to have your head shaved.

At Country Grocer you can purchase a kilometre between Lake Cowichan and Duncan for $100. Your name and the kilometre you have purchased are featured on a banner at the front of the store.

There are a total of 28 kilometres up for grabs. Each kilometre will have two names assigned to it, meaning that there are actually 56 kilometres in total.

Each year the store tries to raise $5,600 through this initiative.

“Sometimes we make it, and sometimes we don’t,” said Jenn Pollner of Country Grocer.

The initiative has just gotten under way, so there are many more kilometres to fill before cyclists reach the finish line for Tour de Rock.

Donations for the kilometre fundraiser are tax deductible, but receipts are only available through the Tour de Rock foundation.

Kilometres can be purchased at any till at Country Grocer, and when the kilometres are sold out, the store will still take donations on behalf of Tour de Rock.

For more information on the tour, visit tourderock.ca.

Retreads test their endurance with new hike bouncing around out on the water presumably trying to haul in fish.

Three hours later we reached a trap shack cabin on a small ridge just above the water’s edge. There, a sign board told us that these shacks were located at a number of points along the rugged shore and were a base for salmon fishing. The sign reported that as many as 70,000 pounds of fish David Kidd were taken from this site in a Kathryn Morrison adjusting her boots at the season early last century.

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We took our lunch and a well earned rest at this point, greeted the other half of the hike and Together with a car load of Duncan exchanged car keys — a critical step Outdoor Hikers, a car load of Retreads for the success of this venture. set off to hike the East Sooke Coast Immediately after lunch we climbed Trail. We met at a general store in the out over a hill that gave us perhaps the middle of East Sooke, exchanged cars best among many scenic vistas along and proceeded to opposite ends of the the trail. Gradually energy started to trail. flag and we found we were having Our end of the trail (east) wound to rest more often as we clambered along just above a beach and gradually up over rock steps onto the next moved into the ups and downs of ridge. Lucky for us, Larry, our leader ridges. Early in the hike we made had brought some extra water with a brief stop to view a petroglyph electrolytes. Larry spends winters chiselled onto the rock a long time ago. hiking in Arizona so knows the Further along we found a marker on importance of extra water. a ridge. The marker announced that Of course another reason to stop was the Canada/US border was 8.4 metres to enjoy the many vistas. While moving south of the point. you cannot view much more than the The ridges became more challenging path immediately in front of your feet as time passed. We stopped or you risk tumbling over a cliff. occasionally on top of the ridges and We came to the junction of the gazed out across the Juan de Fuca copper mine trail and took a look at straight to the Olympic Mountains in the map. On the map the end seemed the distance and a big container ship near. Larry assured us that once we steaming in toward Vancouver. During reached Iron Mine Bay we would have one rest stop we counted 20 small boats

an easy hike out to the parking lot.

We did eventually reach Iron Mine Bay with a great sense of relief. We then found that the hike out to the parking lot on a fairly level service road presented a bit of a challenge.

On our return we discussed how we should report on the time we took. We finally agreed that it did take longer than expected and that the actual time should remain unstated.

We stayed two nights at a Sooke B&B and took the opportunity to explore the area. On the way in we delivered Terry Fox T-shirts to a cousin of Terry Fox. That was cool! Then we made a visit to the famous Sooke potholes.

Jean Cozens, who had done this hike a few times ten years earlier, noted she was younger then. She said the advantage of our hike was that we took time to look around.

Next morning after a wholesome B&B breakfast we went off to walk the length of Whiffinspit Park. Yes, we could still walk. We then visited the Tugwell Creek Meadery. They make wine from honey with berry flavours. They sent us to check out a wood carver’s place and greet his Llamas. Beautiful wood work and wonderful animals. We made a brief visit to French Beach Park and then took a late lunch stop at the Coastal Kitchen Cafe in Port Renfrew.

The next day a check of the CRD Regional Park web site we noted that the Eat Sooke Coast trail is described as a “challenging hike.” We agree.

Seniors shake things up with Texas Scramble Since the greens had been punched for aeration, on Sept. 11, we decided to play a Texas Scramble. Teams of four played in a best ball format for the prizes.

First place was won by the Divot Kings, Frank Magrin, John McCormick, Rick Nott and Bill Cozens. Second place was taken

by Leo’s Gang, Leo Tardiff, Jug Kalar, Dave Gamble and Frank Fraser. In third place was Road Kill, Rocky Wise, Bruce Chisholm, Don Cochrane and John Barger.

Rick Nott and Lance Lingren won the closest to the pin prizes.

The season is winding down, with a couple of regular golf games left and then our WindUp Game and Banquet on Oct. 2.

Duffer O’Doul offers this free golf advice, “Don’t buy a new putter until you have had a chance to throw it.”

—Submitted by David Kidd —Submitted by Rick Nott

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Psalm 8:9 “O Lord, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth�

Psalm 34:8 “Taste and see that the Lord is good; blessed is the man who takes refuge in him�

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The Inside Back: A little of this and that ☞ Lake Cowichan Salmon and Mushroom Festival

This final worship will start at 10:30 a.m. and will be followed by Fellowship time.

☞ Library events

This year’s Salmon and Mushroom Festival is fast approaching. On Sept. 29 and 30 at Centennial Hall in Lake Cowichan, event goers will be able to learn how to identify local varieties, enjoy a salmon barbeque, watch mushroom slide shows, and much more.

The event takes place between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. on both Saturday and Sunday, and admission is only $2, with children being able to attend for free.

For more information, phone 250-749-6291, or visit mayocreekgardens.ca.

The Lake Cowichan branch of the Vancouver Island Regional Library has a few events coming up that you might want to mark on your calendar.

Every Thursday from Sept. 20 through to Dec. 13, join in on Family Story Time from 9:30-10 a.m. This event is for children aged 0-5-years old and their families.

On Tuesday, Oct. 2, the library is hosting another Open Mic Poetry Night from 6:30 p.m.-8 p.m. Bring your original poetry and share in an inviting and friendly atmosphere.

And no Halloween would be complete without the library’s Halloween Puppet Show on Oct. 27, from 1111:30 a.m. All Cowichan Lake families are welcome.

☞ United Church last service and thrift store sale On Sept. 20 and 27, the thrift store at the United Church on King George will host its final sales.

Between 10 a.m., and 1 p.m., is your chance to get your hands on gently used household items, clothing, Halloween costumes, Christmas decorations, and much more. Everything must go!

On Oct. 7, the church invites you to take part in a final Sunday morning worship. Sadly, after many years in the community, the church will be closing its doors for good.

☞ Co-Ed Volleyball Co-Ed Volleyball has started up again and will be running through until Dec. 13. Ages 16 and up.

Join instructor Amanda Sawatsky in the LCSS gym between 6:45 p.m. and 8:15 p.m. for an hour and a half of fun in which you can practice skills, stay active, and meet new people.The cost is $20 for the Sept. 13 to Dec. 13 session, or drop in with purchase of a punch card.

☞ Watch out for internet scam Local RCMP are warning residents to be wary of pop up messages stating that your computer has been associated with child pornography and illegal music downloading causing the computer to lock up.

These warnings, which claim to come from the RCMP or other Canadian government agencies, tell recipients to pay $100 via Ukash (a payment service provider) so their computers can be unlocked.

This payment does not deliver on its promise.

RCMP warn that the ransomware is an attempt to defraud you. Sending money will not fix your computer; it will remain locked. Do not send money. The recommended way to re-gain access to your computer is to seed the help of a computer technician who can remove the malware.

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1st Lake Cowichan Sparks registration will be taking place on Oct. 3 between 4 p.m. and 5 p.m. at the St. Christopher’s, St. Aiden’s Anglican Church in Lake Cowichan. For more information call Lola Sinclair at 250-749-3104, or for Brownies phone Nichole Berry at 250-749-3220, or go to ggcpacificshores.ca.

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