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Low hanging clouds offered up moments of rain and snow flurries for the assembled crowd along the parade route and at the cenotaph on Sunday, Nov.11 for the Remembrance Day ceremony in Lake Cowichan. The weather didn’t dampen the enthusiasm and spirit of the estimated 150 plus crowd as lake area residents paid their respect for veterans everywhere as well as their own local heros.

Above, Carol Martel, Janet Tipton, and John Trottier pose with their brother Sergeant Major Gerald Trottier at the Lake Cowichan Remembrance Day ceremony . Gerald grew up in Lake Cowichan and is now stationed in Winnipeg. Gerald placed a wreath at the cenotaph in honour of his twin brother Tom who died in Cyprus while on peace keeping duty April 25, 1988. Gerald has served 600 days in Afghanistan. See page 8 for more photos of Remembrance Day in Lake Cowichan.

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Dennis and Lorraine Cronin pose for a picture in their kitchen. Dennis was diagnosed with colon cancer in September. Lorraine has now taken on the care of her husband full-time and is not able to work. The family is looking to the community to help them make it through this tough time.

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It’s been a rough couple of months for Dennis and Lorraine Cronin. Dennis was diagnosed with colon cancer on Sept. 5, and since then he and his family has been coming to terms with this life altering information.

Lorraine grew up in Lake Cowichan and Dennis moved to the area over 30 years ago after the couple married.

The couple says it was hard to tell their kids, family members, and friends about the news.

“I think we hid for about three days,” said Lorraine. “Everything was so fast.

He went in for a colonoscopy and when he got out the nurse had told us the doctor wants to talk to you over there.

And it was kind of ‘oh crap’ because you knew.”

“They’re pretty blunt and straight forward,” added Dennis. “But they have to be.”

From there, Dennis was immediately instructed to have a chest x-ray and a virtual colonoscopy CT and an abdominal CT, was not allowed to eat for about three days, and then went into surgery on Sept. 24.

“It was like being in the eye of a storm with everything swirling around and you’re just lost trying to absorb it all,” said Lorraine. “When the doctor went in to remove the colon cancer he also removed 14 lymph nodes around the colon, 10 of them were cancerous and he found that the colon cancer has spread to his liver,” said Lorraine.

Dennis’ future is uncertain at this point.

“They would never cure me, but they can treat me,” said Dennis. “It depends on the first round of chemo and they’ll assess it from there.”

“Dr. Anderson has referred us to the oncologist in Duncan for treatment at the CVH,” said Lorraine. “I know Dr. Duta was hoping that there would be an operation on the liver, but because

the tumours are dispersed instead of clustered they can’t.”

Dennis says that after recovering from the surgery his energy level has been pretty good and he has been out hunting with friends, but once the chemotherapy starts in the next week or so he might not be able to carry on with these kinds of activities.

“Dr. Anderson explained that chemo will be every two weeks. He (Dennis) will have a dose at the cancer clinic and he’ll come home with an infusion line attached to a bottle in a fanny pack where the chemo will be a slow drip for two days more,” explained Lorraine.

This cycle will repeat itself, with Dennis going in for a blood test the day before his chemotherapy treatment.

“And that blood test will determine if they’re going to give him chemo because of the blood counts and stuff,” said Lorraine.

Neither Dennis nor Lorraine are able to work at this time as Dennis can no longer work and Lorraine has had to take on caring for her husband full-time.

“He’s my full-time (job),” said Lorraine.

Luckily a trust fund has been set up through Island Savings Credit Union here in Lake Cowichan and this has helped the couple pay their mortgage, and Dennis is applying for CPP disability, but until that comes through they are struggling to pay bills, living expenses such as car repairs, and make sure they have food on the table.

That’s where Bertha Gravelle comes in. Gravelle says that as soon as she found out about Dennis’ condition, she helped to set up a committee that is dedicated to setting up fundraising events to help the couple in this hard time.

They have already had a hot dog sale outside of Country Grocer on Oct. 23, but there are other fundraising plans in the works, and many ways in which the community can help out.

“There are about 15 different things that they’re (the committee) are exploring,” said Gravelle. “We had a hot dog sale recently, which was very successful and the Davey Derby has been very generous; they came up and presented a cheque as well.”

A bottle drive will be happening in Saywell Park on Nov. 17 between 8:30 a.m. and 3 p.m. Returnable drink containers of any kind can be dropped off at the park, and there will be a truck available for pick up if individuals cannot make it down themselves. There will also be two drop off locations before the bottle drive, one at 81 Larch and the other at 194 Elk. Then there is the trust fund at Island Savings. Ask that your donations go to the Dennis Cronin trust fund, account number 224-5785.

“We have in the works, I’m just waiting for more information, we’re going to be having a firewood sale as well,” said Gravelle. “Once I get more details on that I’ll let everybody know.

And there is also a raffle in the works.”

A Facebook page has been set up, which is open to the public and can be found by searching Dennnis Cronin. For those that want to keep informed about upcoming fundraising events, this is the perfect way to stay connected.

“Walter VanHell and his son are in the process of creating a web page,” said Lorraine. “It will show all the different aspects of what his (Dennis’) life is like.”

The Cronin’s are very grateful for the generosity and support they have already received.

“It’s very humbling,” said Lorraine through tears. “Everybody helping, it’s just amazing. Small towns are known for what they do and this one is it. It’s really hard to express just how grateful we are to everybody. The generosity from everybody, it just overwhelms you.”

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Council Notes:

Speed limit stays 50km on North Shore Rd. Tamu Miles Gazette

North Shore Road speed limit will stay at 50 kilometres until Mayor Ross Forrest and town council can look at budgeting for a revitalization project in 2013.

This was the decision at Tuesday’s meeting, Nov. 6.

“We did remove the sign that says 50 km at the cross walk on Wilson and North Shore Road,” said Nagi Rizk, superintendent of Public Works. “And we relocated that sign west of 275 North Shore Road.”

North Shore Road is still a 50 km zone all the way up to Johel Bros. property before the intersection with the Youbou Highway, but Rizk hopes that the removal of the sign helps to eliminate confusion at the crosswalk at Wilson Road.

“But we have not posted a 30 km and we are kind of hesitant to do that because by posting 30 km you have to bring it back to 50 km again and that shoulder on North Shore Road is kind of conspicuous when it comes to where exactly to post it,” explained Rizk.

Rizk is concerned with how close property lines and driveways are to the road and feels that posting extra signage along North Shore only invites the possibility that signs will be hit and knocked over.

“The way it is now, there is no safe place to put those sign posts,” said Rizk.

“My understanding was the delegations that have come to us were looking for a reduction from 50 km to 40 km, and I’m just wondering if that is something that you want to look at,” said Joseph Fernandez, the town’s chief administrative officer.

“We can definitely hire a traffic consultant,” said Rizk. “And they can look at it and come up with the best recommendation,” responded Rizk.

This would tie into finding out whether or not the intersection

at North Shore Road and Wilson classify as a school zone, and after some deliberation council decided that it would consult with the Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure before hiring a consultant.

“We’ve got to do it in a fiscally responsible manner,” said Forrest. “If the statistics indicate that that there’s a serious problem there then I can understand it but because someone doesn’t like someone driving too fast by their house and they raise an issue, we can’t automatically hire a consultant. Should we look into the matter, absolutely, but should we spend $10,000 on a consultant to correct that problem? If we don’t have a problem, we shouldn’t be.”

Coun. Bob Day expressed the fact that he thinks Lake Cowichan residents should see sidewalks along North Shore Road at some point.

“I’m just wondering if in the 2013 budget, if not that budget the next budget, we should consider a revitalization plan with new sidewalks engineered in the planning, and safety issues be addressed in that,” said Day. “We do not see the necessity to reduce the speed below 50 km,” said Rizk. We do see the necessity to put some kind of a sidewalk, whether there is space there or not, from River Road to the town boundary. We do have pedestrian safety, we do have ample parking between the town section of North Shore Road, from the Riverside Inn to River Road. The issue becomes from River Road to the town boundary. And I have recommended that, yes, we should look into improving pedestrian safety.”

Mayor and council decided to leave the issue of a revitalization project along North Shore Road until 2013, but they did also decide that staff would look into getting an electronic speed sign for along North Shore Road to help reduce traffic speed in the meantime.

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This pickup truck was driven by Duncan’s Gregory Thomas Howlett who died when the windshield was hit by a brick-size rock tossed by an oncoming logging truck along Highway 18 Wednesday, Nov.7.

Freak flying rock kills Duncan driver on Highway 18 Peter W. Rusland

News Leader Pictorial Gregory Thomas Howlett, 52, of Duncan has been identified as the person killed Wednesday when his pickup truck’s windshield was hit by a rock tossed by a logging rig, near Skutz Falls turnoff along Hwy. 18.

Police are looking for the logging-truck driver whose rig — headed in the opposite direction of Howlett’s pickup at around 9:30 a.m. — may have thrown the rock that became a big, deadly bullet.

“The piece of rock that went through his windshield, and hit him, was about the size of a standard building brick,” Barbara McLintock of the B.C. Coroners Service said of the tragedy about 500 metres west of Skutz Falls Road.

“This was truly a totally freak accident.”

That rock was likely clinging to the load of logs when it shook loose from one of two eastbound rigs, headed toward Duncan on Highway 18, she explained.

Witness reports to the RCMP indicate the deadly rock fell from the first of the two eastbound logging trucks, bounced off the road, then entered the driver’s side windshield of Howlett’s westbound pickup going toward Lake Cowichan.

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RCMP control traffic at their roadblock set up on Highway 18 by the Tansor turn off on Thursday, Nov. 8. They were stopping logging trucks to see if the drivers had seen anything relating to the fatal accident on Wednesday.

Howlett’s shocked yet uninjured wife somehow managed to gain control of the pickup after Howlett was hit through the shattered windsheild.

“She did an unbelievable job of gaining control of that vehicle and stopping it.”

Lake Cowichan highway was closed for several hours during the fatality attended by Lake Cowichan RCMP and ambulance paramedics.

Howlett was transported to Cowichan District Hospital with serious injuries. He died a short time later.

The logging-truck driver did not stop at the scene. It’s likely,

police say, that rig’s driver was unaware the accident had happened.

Lake Cowichan RCMP, RCMP South Island Traffic Services, and the Commercial Vehicle Safety and Enforcement team were working to confirm the identify of the logging truck, and driver involved.

The identity of the second logging-truck driver was also unknown.

Police are asking for public assistance in identifying the logging truck driver. Call the South Island Traffic Services at 250-416-0352.

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Passing of the torch more than symbolic

Veteran John O’Reilly pass the torch to LCSS students who are cadets.

Maybe it is the poppies, perhaps it is the sight of veterans in their uniforms, but there is definitely a feeling that comes over you during the Remembrance Day ceremonies.

While the actual ceremony on Nov. 11 is always a thought provoking sombre event, it was interesting to attend the Remembrance Day Assembly at Lake Cowichan Secondary School on Thursday Nov. 8. There was a quiet hush, you could have heard a pin drop, as the Legion Colour Party, Legion members

and air and sea cadets were led into the gymnasium where the students had assembled.

One of the more moving moments of the ceremony had to be the video presentation put together by the school’s info-tech class. As they were watching the video I am sure many of the students were imagining what the soldiers were experiencing at that moment. In many cases, the soldiers in the video presentation were not much older than some of the students in the room.

Most of the veterans must have watched the video with real memories of the war they were in and buddies lost in some distant land. The students were quiet and respectful a, perhaps lost in their own thoughts of what they were seeing and the how much they have to be thankful for.

The ceremony included the passing of the torch by local veteran John O’Reilly to one of the cadets. Surely a sign of what the Remembrance Day ceremony will become in the future.

evaluated.

Poaching on the Fraser? Cohen didn’t get around to that. His biggest concern was climate change, warming sensitive river waters and affecting ocean conditions.

During the Cohen commission hearings, the 2010 Fraser sockeye run came in gangbusters, with 35 million fish. One leading theory is that ash from an Alaska volcano fertilized the ocean, producing

algae that supported more salmon feed.

Could it be that salmon ranching from Alaska, Japan and elsewhere is simply depleting the food supply? That too is inconclusive.

Finally, Tides Canada, a U.S. front group that diverts attention from U.S. salmon and oil tankers, spent $25,000 to publicize Cohen evidence. But only as it relates to B.C. salmon farms, and how bad they are.

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Salmon mystery is far from solved Before the 1,200-page, $25-million Cohen Commission report on the Fraser River sockeye salmon

By Tom Fletcher fishery slips beneath the waves, allow me to dip my toe into the river of data that has flowed by in the past three years.

If your information on this hugely complex subject consisted of skimming a few news stories or watching protesters on TV, you will likely conclude what urban people have been indoctrinated with for years. The whole issue is salmon farms and whether they are bad or catastrophic.

“Freeze new salmon farms on sockeye migration route: Cohen” said the headline on a Black Press report. Those who read past the headline would learn that Justice Bruce Cohen recommended a freeze on further salmon farms around the Discovery Islands group near Campbell River until 2020. It’s up to the industry to show by that time that the risk is “minimal,” or farms there should be shut down.

A B.C. Salmon Farming Association spokesman said only nine of 70 B.C. salmon farms are in that area. There are no current applications for more.

Let’s say you decide to plunge in, and download the full report from www. cohencommission.ca. If you go to Volume 2, page 102, you will see a series of graphs that show sockeye runs from rivers other than the Fraser, from Washington all the way up to Alaska.

It’s not a pretty sight. From Washington up to the Central Coast, the Skeena,

Nass and up to Yukon’s Klukshu and Alaska’s Alsek, most runs show a decline starting in the 1980s or early 1990s.

This includes runs that migrate down the west side of Vancouver Island, away from salmon farms. Alaska doesn’t allow farms, preferring “ranching” – a strategy that floods the ocean habitat with millions of hatchery fish.

These are commercially fished and marketed as “wild.”

B.C.’s North Coast has never had salmon farms. The area has been subject to a moratorium since an NDPcontrolled legislative committee gave its verdict on the problem in 2008.

The popular villain in those days was sea lice. Skeena MLA Robin Austin chaired the committee that called for an end to open-pen salmon farms in five years. Then-agriculture minister Pat Bell approved one NDP recommendation, a moratorium on salmon farms in North Coast waters.

This was after the Pacific Salmon Forum conducted its own four-year study, led by former fisheries minister John Fraser.

Similar to Cohen, Fraser concluded that there is no simple answer to this complex problem. And they agreed that salmon farms don’t explain it. Cohen’s report makes it clear that the problem is far larger than could possibly be explained by salmon farms.

How about logging impact? Cohen concludes after much testimony that stream protection has improved significantly during the time of observed sockeye decline. Impact from extra runoff due to pine beetle infestation couldn’t be

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Ross Forrest

Waiting to pave South Shore Rd. will save money

MAYOR’S REPORT From the start, the intentions of the Town and Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure, were to complete the paving of South Shore Road this year. However, for many different reasons, there will be a delay for completion of the project until the beginning of the 2013 paving season.

Some of the reasons that have factored into this decision were the risk of paving in late October and or early November, costs being well over what was budgeted for and our preference to have a roundabout constructed prior to paving. The ability to save a substantial amount of

money to complete this project by waiting a little longer was the most feasible decision we could make. Our decision was we were only going to change the intersection at South and North Shore Roads if we could find partners to cost share with us. Now that those partners have committed, construction of it prior to paving is the most logical step to take.

Sometimes progress comes with obstacles but this delay is a sacrifice we are willing to make for improvements to our thorough way. The final result now will be much more aligned with what we envisioned from the start. While we look at the negative impact of delaying paving to the positive impact of a less costly, more complete roadway, the positive far outweighed the negative.

The Federal Electoral Boundaries Commission held a public hearing in Nanaimo on Oct. 16. This hearing was to gather opinions on the newly proposed boundaries and electoral district names. They discussed changes

on the proposal to place Lake Cowichan and Areas F and I in the Nanaimo South riding. Most speakers — including MP Jean Crowder, MLA Bill Routley, Area F Director Ian Morrison and myself — expressed our concerns and a preference to be connected with the rest of the Cowichan area, including Duncan and North Cowichan.

The judicial panel were very receptive to everyone who spoke and will be drawing their final conclusion after reviewing all the information received.

Another Ohtaki-Date City delegation from Japan has come and gone from our community. This exchange between the two communities has been happening for 23 years now. The 14 students and ten adults that visited this time bring the total to over 460 people who have come here during this exchange and more than 280 from our area have visited Ohtaki.

Our next delegation will be going to Ohtaki-Date City in July, 2013. Anyone interested in

being a part of this delegation can contact our town office for information. Many great friendships are formed during these visits and it is a great opportunity to learn the differences and similarities between our two cultures.

It was a great experience to attend Miss Hemstalk’s Grade 3 class at Palsson Elementary School and answer questions from her students. Their enthusiasm and honesty made for a real enjoyable time.

Recently the Kaatza Lakeside Players Society asked me to be an honorary director. This group has provided outstanding entertainment to our community for the past 27 years and having my name associated with it is a great honour.

Service clubs play a very important role in a community and we are blessed to have great volunteers. Having recently been a guest at a meeting of the Lions Club, it reinforced my belief how much these types of groups assist with the needs of our com-

Dust still issue in Youbou

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AREA I REPORT We are still dealing with the dust issue in Youbou. Dr. David Hasselback with the Ministry of Health is aware of this and the issue is now on his radar. I am hoping that a measuring device will be installed before next year so that accurate readings can be made of the amount of dust.

This will give us the tools to take to the Ministry of Highways.

Indian Road, off Youbou Road, will be getting new lights to improve visibility and the Ministry of Highways has committed to having them in place by the end of November.

The street lights on Cedar Road were researched and it was determined that these are the original lights that were put in place when B.C. Forest Products owned the land and the townsite.

As much as the budget allows, shades will be installed on the street lights on Cedar Road to protect residents from light interference and still keep our roads safe.

The re-configuration of the Youbou Meade Creek Road — which does not meet the current standards for safety — is in the works. Department of Highways are researching what is needed and have determined that Meade Creek Road has to be raised to make the intersection safe and easy to access. Discussions are ongoing and hopefully this issue

can be resolved in the next year.

Some absentee landlords have become a problem for the community. In some cases the landlords rent to people that have loud noisy parties, do not respect the neighbours, start campfires in an unsafe manner and do not value the environment. We are looking at solutions that will meet the needs of all and help to rein in the tenants.

Parking and blocking the roads to the point where it is unsafe for traffic has also become a problem. I have been talking to the RCMP to see what can be done.

Funding for the Sportsplex has been discussed at length at the board table. Directors from the Cowichan Lake area are not in favour of funding the Sportsplex on an ongoing basis. Use of the Sportsplex has been declining, volunteer numbers and donations have been declining. It seems to me that the Sportsplex staff have a significant amount of work to do to increase usage, volunteers and donations.

If they can prove that the Sportsplex plays an important role in the Cowichan Valley, I think a referendum should be held in conjunction with the next municipal election. The referendum should only take effect on an area by area basis.

This allows those directors whose taxpayers do not support the referendum to opt out.

I want to ensure that our local tax dollars stay in our area.

You can always contact me at 250-749-3120 or on my cell phone 250-701-3145.

Sprinkling regulation not too watered down Tamu Miles Gazette

Joseph Fernandes, the town of Lake Cowichan’s chief administrative officer, put forward two recommendations for sprinkling regulations going into 2013 at the Public Works Committee meeting held on Tuesday, Nov. 6.

Both recommendations included allowing sprinkling from 6 a.m. to 10 a.m. only from June 1 to Sept. 30, and eliminating the 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. sprinkling time that is currently allowed.

The first recommendation was to allow sprin-

munity.

If anyone would like to become involved with our many service clubs, they are always looking for new members. The Lions have a strong mandate to help others and are a good example of how clubs like themselves, the Kinsmen, Lakeside Players and so many others, enhance the community we live in. We appreciate each and every person who volunteers and helps the people in our area.

It was encouraging to see so many local people attending the Our River-Our Future public meeting hosted by a Cowichan organization at the Cowichan Cultural Center. Everyone might have a different opinion on how the flows for the river should be executed, but coming out and gathering information to support your opinion is important.

Bringing people together to educate themselves on this subject is an important step as river flow concerns must certainly continue to be addressed in the future.

kling for even residential addresses on Monday, Wednesday and Saturday, and odd addresses on Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday. It recommended that non-residential addresses be allowed sprinkling on Monday and Wednesday for even addresses, and Tuesday and Thursday for odd addresses.

The second recommended sprinkling on even days for even addresses and odd days for odd addresses for both residential and non-residential.

“Every summer, water use just about doubles while rainfall is at lowest or non-existent,” says Fernandez’s report. “Despite restrictions in place, sprinkling currently occurs at all hours of the day and this year it even extended into October. By not permitting afternoon or evening sprinkling, the spikes in water consumption are flattened and peak demands on the water system are reduced so that extensive and expensive upgrades to the water delivery system can be avoided.”

“I agree we have to do something to reduce it a little bit but we also have to remember that we will be metering and that might be a deterrent to people as well for watering as long as they do now,” said Mayor Ross Forrest.

“We currently allow sprinkling basically all year round,” said Fernandez. “And most places (municipalities) don’t, they have a limited period . . . and this year we had a long summer, people were watering right up into October.”

In the end, mayor and council decided to recommend a sprinkling regulation policy for both residential and non-residential addresses that would be set at 6 a.m. to 10 a.m. from June 1 to Sept. 30, with odd houses sprinkling on Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday, and even houses sprinkling on Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, with no watering on Monday.

“You only have to water once a week, I know that’s the general consensus,” said Fernandez.

When discussing the impact this change would have on those residents who are used to watering in the evening, most of council and those present at the Public Works Committee meeting agreed that due to the drought conditions this year, these changes would be well worth adapting to.

“I think that with the drought we experienced this summer, it’s the right time to hit,” added Nagi Rizk, the town’s superintendent of Public Works.

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COWICHAN LAKE COMMUNITY FOREST CO-OPERATIVE EIGHTEENTH ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING Date: Thursday, November 29th, 2012 Time: 6:30 p.m.

Location: 121 Point Ideal Road, Lake Cowichan, B.C. (Community Services building - side entrance.)

Members of the public are invited to attend the 18th Annual General Meeting of the Cowichan Lake Community Forest Co-operative.

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The Lake Service Garage (Esso), seen on the left in this late 1940s picture was, for 20 years, owned and operated by Henry Nash who retired in 1973. It was under different management when the building burned down in 1975. It was soon rebuilt on the same site. (Most recently the building held the seasonal kayak and tube rental business Orka.

Businesses changed hands and location over the years

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PAGES OF HISTORY In 1967, Henry Nash, owner of the Lake Service Garage, retired then moved away after spending 30 years at the Lake. Dave Fern, a mechanic who had worked for Nash for 20 years bought the business. The sale, according to the Lake News’s paper of the day, “Would be good for the community as the same honest service would continue for the many customers who had dealt with Nash and Fern over the years.”

In November of 1975, the garage burnt down and a new one was built on the same site (on the property across the street from Home Hardware).

Fern eventually retired and moved away, as did Nash.

1949: After the property was cleared and the site pegged out, the construction of the new Anglican Church building at Mesachie Lake began. The 100 seat rustic church was built facing the direction of Bear Lake and featured lovely landscaping. An attractive steeple with bell stood above most of the buildings in the tiny community. Constructed of peeled logs for corner posts and cedar siding

on the outside of the building, the church sat in a most perfect setting.

Wrought iron fixtures and lights were patterned after the chapel at Queen Margaret’s School in Duncan. Three steps lead to the altar with the vestry and alcove on one side. On the opposite side was the furnace and utility room.

The church, which measured 50 by 24 feet, was built not just for the residents of Mesachie Lake, but for the surrounding communities as well. Before it was built, interdenominational Sunday school classes were held at the Mesachie Lake Community Hall. According to the October 1948 issue of The Lake Leader, enrollment in October 1948, reached 37 children.

The church building was later moved to Lake Cowichan.

By August 1947, tenders for the construction of a government liquor store to be built in Lake Cowichan were received by the B. C. Liquor Control Board in Victoria.

Lot 16, Block 6 on Lakeview Avenue which, until this time, was a dead end street, was purchased.

With the announcing of the proposed new liquor store, the town council of the day opened the road permanently to through traffic. The liquor store was to be located behind the bus depot which was in the general vicinity of the present day Subway Sandwiches.

In 1946 a branch of the Bank of Toronto (later to become the Toronto Dominion Bank) opened in Lake Cowichan. It was, for the most part, built to serve what was termed “a major account.” That of Western Forest Industries Ltd. The company operated a large lumber mill in Honeymoon Bay and several logging operations in the area.

The first bank building was very small and was set temporarily on blocks on an empty lot across the road from the Riverside Inn. The wee bank was sorely lacking in almost all facilities that were required by a bank, including a safe. The only option to safeguard the money each night was to hide it across the road at the Riverside Inn. Each night either the manager or his assistant took turns guarding it.

After the Smith Block was built the bank moved into the new facilities along with other tenants including a dentist office, restaurant, clothing, grocery store and hardware store.

The new bank had but one wicket and a couple desks with the premises divided in half, allowing living quarters for the teller-accountant. The shortage of space required that the bags of silver be stashed under the banks counter.

Eventually the bank expanded to include about one third of the Smith Block. The branch closed in the mid 1990s.

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GREAT BACKYARD Fenced back yard with cute gazebo & 330 sq ft shop, which can be enjoyed by both people & pets. Three bedrooms up & a rec room downstairs. Tasteful wood panelling & both bathrooms have been updated. Move in condition.

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Lot 5 March Rd $139,900 Welcome to Paradise! Flat lot across the road from spectacular Cowichan Lake. Stunning views – great weekend getaway or full time living.

268 Castley Heights $75,000 BUILD UP HIGH! • lake views from lot • geo tech report on file 271 South Shore $269,000 COMMERCIAL LOT – corner lot on almost an acre on main road in Town Lot 2 - Wilson Road $120,000 FLAT LOT – for your new home or commercial venture & close to town core. Owner will have a home built to suit your needs.

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Lot 38 Kestrel Drive $125,000 Lot 48 Widgeon Way $89,900 TOTALLY RENOVATED

This .58 acre property provides several options, including building a duplex or renovating the existing home. Due to road location, rezoning to commercial may be a possibility. Vendor financing may also be available.

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2 level 3 bedroom home plus bonus 30 X 30 shop. Open floor plan, excellent finishing throughout – too many features to name them all.

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surrounded by forestry property. Steel construction shop, green house & home is over 1500 sq ft with 2 bdrms, 2 bathrooms & a loft. Make this your permanent home or great for weekend living. Too many extras to list – you have to view to appreciate it!

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First time offered for sale in over 50 years. Three levels, 4 bedroom home located on .89 of an acre. Unfinished basement – 20 x 20 sq ft detached shop/garage & carport. Subdivision off an extra lot is a possibility.

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Almost ½ acre of RV living at Bayview Village. Backs onto forestland with nature all around. Includes a 1991 Fleetwood trailer with metal roof. Shared Two bedroom townhouse within Two bedroom condo with easy lakefront with wharfs, access. Nice carpets, oak cabinets walking distance of all amenities.

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master bedroom & Includes in suite laundry. Would make a great rental.

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great patio and good size storage locker. Quiet and peaceful – this is a 55+ community.

13-300 Grosskleg $179,900

GREAT FAMILY HOME! 5 year old home located close to town & the river. Five bedrooms – complete with kitchen/bar area & rec room on 1st floor with full bath & laundry. Second level has large kitchen & living room plus 2 full baths. Large vinyl deck, 2 car garage & RV parking. Nicely landscaped with small garden shed. A must see!

$339,000 120 Lake Park Road $289,000

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Left: Cadets stand guard at the Cenotaph.

Centre: Parade Commander Suzanne Jones marches alongside of the RCMP and other groups such as the Girl Guides (right) on their way to the Remembrance Day ceremony on chilly Nov.11.

Hundreds gather and silence falls in remembrance

Remembering at LCSS

After the Remembrance Day ceremony the Legion was full of activity. Veteran Ron Wallace gets a kiss from granddaughter Sarah Wallace while grandson Adam Wallace and Ron’s lady friend Mary McKenzie look on.

Top:The Legion Colour Party, Legion members and Air and Sea Cadets enter the gymnasium at LCSS. The ceremony included a video of images and clips from war battles that was put together by the info-tech class. Above left: leadership students Kyle Sowden, Ashley Pastor and Crystal Charles made a special presentation.

Right: LCSS students serve the veterans lunch in the library after the ceremony.

Sea cadets Rebecca Oliver, Kristina Scott-Oliver and Mathew Hall-Marshall with Navy League cadets Jessie and Ella McCoy pose for a picture after the parade.

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PROMOTIONAL FEATURE

Looking for job opportunities? Hit the road, Jack Job seekers are in luck when it comes to the commercial road transportation industry in British Columbia. Trucking companies throughout BC require professional drivers, mechanics, dispatchers and operations staff right now, which means that job seekers with experience and/or training may find work within their preferred region. For those considering training prior to joining the workforce, demand for skilled workers in the industry is likely to grow – to 2020 and beyond.

There are a number of reasons for this.

For truck drivers, the industry is facing a North America-wide shortage because most are 45 years of age or older and nearing retirement (in fact, in Canada, There are many career choices in the transportation industry. according to a report by the Canada Trucking Human Resources Council, 58 border crossings, from Prince Rupert to customer services, accounting, sales and percent of long-haul truck drivers fall in Surrey, with links supplied by trucking. marketing. this age range). Similar shortages exist for And, people joining the industry have Today’s trucking industry is an other jobs, including diesel engine and exciting place to be. Equipment in many many career choices. Drivers, for example, heavy duty mechanics. companies is state of the art, meaning may work close to home as pick-up and Aside from worker shortages, economic increased comfort and ease for drivers delivery or short-haul drivers. Those who growth in the Asia-Pacific Gateway is and opportunities for mechanics to work like the idea of travelling across Canada also driving demand for workers in with technologically advanced systems, or North America can become long-haul transportation. This applies not only to keeping both their skills and interest drivers for an employer or work as ownercompanies in the Lower Mainland, but engaged. Dispatch relies on sophisticated operators. Drivers may haul consumer in other regions as well, since the Asia- tracking and routing systems. Others on goods, fuel, logs, heavy-duty equipment, Pacific “Gateway” is actually made up of the operations side also use information livestock – most of what we purchase or an integrated supply chain of airports, technology of many kinds to deal with consume spent some time on the road seaports, rail and road connections, and everything from licences and permits, to with a commercial truck!

If you already have experience as a driver, mechanic or operations worker, most companies advertise jobs on their websites. Members of the BC Trucking Association from across the province may post jobs under Careers on www. bctrucking.com, and the provincial and federal governments maintain job sites at WorkBC (http://www.workbc.ca/ Jobs/) and Working in Canada (http:// www.workingincanada.gc.ca/ - choose to Explore Careers by Occupation, then by Region). Within your own community, it may also pay to approach a company you’d like to work for, drop off a résumé and inquire if and when they’ll be hiring.

If you’d like to enter the industry but need training, there are also many avenues to explore. Although there is not a standard training course for professional drivers, there are numerous private schools throughout BC that offer programs. For information on transportation trades in BC, including mechanics and other technicians, visit transCDA (http://www. tcda.ca/home). And for information on trucking careers in general, see www. truckingcareers.ca.

Your own community and region depend on trucking. It may also offer the right career for you.

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Brittany Brouwer finds her brother’s name on the newly built Canadian Firefighters Memorial prior to a dedication ceremony in Ottawa, Sunday Sept. 9. The right arm of the statue of the firefighter is pointing to the commemorative wall that is a intended to pay tribute to nearly 1,100 firefighters who have died in the line of duty.

Remembering, honouring her fallen firefighter Tamu Miles Gazette

Many of the loved ones and spouses of those who chose to volunteer in their community as fire fighters live with trepidation every time there is an emergency. They fear that their loved one might not return home.

And that is exactly what happened to Brittany Brouwer on June 20, 2004.

Brouwer’s brother, Dustin Engel, who had just graduated from Lake Cowichan Secondary and was only 19-years-old at the time, was a volunteer fireman with the Sahtlam Fire Department. On his way to a call, Dustin was the victim of a horrible car accident that took his life.

Each year, the Fallen Firefighters Foundation of Canada honours fallen firefighters from the previous year.

In 2005, Brouwer, her mother and grandmother, along with Dustin’s father, flew out to Ottawa to be part of the ceremony and to say goodbye to Dustin.

“It’s always the Sept. 11 weekend, so we flew out on the ninth and the memorial was held on Sept. 11, 2005.

We got a medal saying ‘never to be forgotten’ on it and his name and the fire hall and then birth and death dates.

Then they also give you a black helmet symbolizing honour, and it comes with a black pillow,” said Brouwer.

But as it turns out, Brouwer was able to witness the honouring of her brother a second time as the Fallen Firefighters Foundation of Canada had successfully completed and unveiled the Canadian Firefighters Memorial located in LeBreton Flats, Ottawa on Sept. 10, 2012.

The memorial consists of a wall with the names of all fallen firefighters across the country (1,100 since 1848), and a bronze statue of a firefighter. The bronze for the statue was donated by fire departments from across the country — including the Cowichan Valley — in the form of old bronze couplings.

On this second trip to Ottawa, Brouwer went with her husband Darryl who grew up in Lake Cowichan and is now a volunteer firefighter with the Chemainus Fire Department.

“Even though they were honouring those people who died last year, it was still so we could see his name engraved

on a wall and kind of almost like a finalizing of everything,” said Brouwer.

Brouwer says that to see the memorial and take part in the ceremony was a different experience than when she flew out to Ottawa the last time.

“Whereas last time it was more of a shock, where you’re upset and you’re angry and mad and sad. Where this time I flew out I was older and we’d mourned and accepted that this had happened.

And now it was more of an honour to go out.”

But it was also a day of emotion and coming to really understand just how much firefighters care about the members of their communities.

“They were so amazing. They have their heart on their sleeves, they care so much about you. They don’t even know you, but when I went there the people that I met eight years ago still remembered my name.

“The day before the ceremony they did an official reading of every single fireman’s name on the wall because they wanted everybody to know that they’re still included in the ceremony, which was amazing because, although the ceremony was about the six who died last year, it was really about everybody’s name on that wall.”

Brouwer says that after her brother passed away, it took her years to come to terms with it enough to even get her own driver’s license. And when her husband signed up to be a firefighter, she says she had a hard time accepting it.

“When he wanted to be a firefighter at first I was like, no way, you’re not doing this. I can’t go through this again.

But then I had to have the perception that accidents happen and that was an accident. My brother didn’t chose to die, nobody does. So it took me a while to be okay with it.”

Brouwer has kept the memory of her brother alive over the years on her own by participating in the Great Lake Walk and raising $1,000 which she donated towards the creation of the Firefighters Memorial, and by having a bench installed in his memory at Pt. Ideal last December. The bench overlooks the lake and the marina and Brouwer says this is fitting because he was a sailor and fisherman and loved the water in

Above: Brittany Brouwer points to her brother’s name etched in granite on the monument. Each section of the wall are the provinces of Canada and the words “Never to be Forgotten” are prominently inscribed.

general.

“It was totally meant to be,” said Brouwer.

She adds that this bench was important not only to her, but to others who want to remember Dustin and did not feel comfortable going to the crash site each year.

“I would have people telling me that they wanted to go to the crash site, but they would tell me that they can’t anymore, it’s just too heartbreaking, it’s too sad. I would always go there, but it isn’t a very nice place to remember somebody. You want to remember somebody where they had a great time and it’s more of a happy place.”

Dustin’s ashes were recently placed in a wall beside his grandmother - who passed away in May of this year – in the Cedar Cemetery.

Brouwer says you never get over having lost a loved one, but with time there does come healing.

“It definitely hits me once in a while.

You don’t get over it, but it does get easier.”

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9674 Creekside Rd New Creekside Listing Elegant Waterfront Home

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96 Johel Road

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Lot 22 Kestrel Dr.

100 Cottonwood

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Huge lot in town. Big family home.

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• Waterview • Low maintenance yard • Recreation nearby

• 2.87 acres • Lovely 4 bedroom cabin • Year round creek

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• 1 bdrm & den • Riverfront strata • Commercial zoned • Close to town

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• Water development • Ideal for retirees or snowbirds • 1 BDRM + DEN $249,000 CAN BE RENTED

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ATTENTION DEVELOPERS & Investors – here is a great opportunity to purchase a multifamily site within city limits with full community servicing. “The Slopes”, a new Lake Cowichan subdivision showcasing a variety of beautiful new homes. Close to town & minutes to the Lake with easy hwy. access.

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From left: Laurie Johnson, John Hieta and Val Sangster present LCVFD Chief Doug Knott with a $5,000 cheque for LCVFD’s rescue boat.

On Monday, Nov. 5, the Lake Cowichan Volunteer Fire Department had surprise visitors at their weekly meeting.

Laurie Johnson, Val Sangster and John Hieta made an unannounced visit to the meeting, and they brought a big cheque with them for the group.

Laurie explained that a fund that had been set up to buy special medical vests for John Hieta and Jaimon Rabey, two local boys who had been diagnosed with Cystic Fibrosis.

Fundraising for the vests was a combined effort by both our local community as well as the entire Cowichan Valley. They purchased the two required vests and realized that the fundraising had been so successful that there was still money

remaining in the account.

Over time, Johnson and Sangster had given money to children that have been sick, with most of the money donated to the Cystic Fibrosis fund that has been set up at Island Savings Credit Union in Lake Cowichan. This fund is run entirely on Country Grocer till tapes and helps reimburse expenses for parents of children with Cystic Fibrosis. Over the course of a few years, they have given this fund $5,800, leaving a balance of $5,000 in their account.

When the two read an article in the Lake Cowichan Gazette about how the LCVFD was raising money for a river rescue boat, they knew where the remaining money in the account should be donated..

As Johnson explains, “More than this community raised this money, the Cowichan Valley and beyond helped, “We had people from Nanaimo, Victoria, Cowichan Bay, Mill Bay, Duncan and Chemainus donate,” says Johnson.

“It was unbelievable the donations and support from the Cowichan valley we received. By donating to the rescue boat, it gives back both to our community and the entire Cowichan Valley and even tourists, so everyone will benefit in the end.” she added.

Both Johnson and Sangster had bitter sweet feelings about closing the account, but were happy in knowing that everyone will benefit from where the monies will go.

There is much to talk about at the Lake’s VIRL

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Skylar Anderson shares a smile and her poetry at the Lake’s VIRL.

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A simple letter home, from a son to his father, was the opening piece at this past week’s Tuesday Talk Night. These heartfelt words penned over 95 years ago, by a young man on a battlefield far away were especially poignant at this time of remembrance. Read

by David Ridley, the words came from letters written by his father who was part of the British Expeditionary Forces in Europe, during World War I. It was a

Left: David Ridley shares letters penned by his father during WWI. Right: Randy Liboiron reads a piece he’s written.

Stewart Flinn plays his cittern at the library’s Tuesday Talk.

his father’s letters as it seemed a fitting piece, with Remembrance Day so close.

“The lines about the horses dragging the guns up to the front through the mud were very powerful. My father was just a young man of 23 in 1917 when he wrote that letter,” said Ridley.

Local historian and Gazette columnist, Rolli Gunderson shared tales of Lake Cowichan’s past and some favourite and timely quotations. LCSS student,

fitting beginning to an evening that celebrated words and the common bond they create among people who love them.

Tuesday Talk Night at the Cowichan Lake Branch of Vancouver Island Regional Library lived up to its name and purpose.

From the words of beat poet, Allen Ginsberg, to quotes from Winston Churchill, to the lyrics of Blink 182 there was truly something for everyone.

David Ridley chose to read

Skylar Anderson read excerpts from a short story in progress and sobering lyrics from Adam’s Song by Blink 182.

Newcomer to the area, Stewart Flinn shared several original songs accompanying himself on the cittern, a 10 stringed instrument of Celtic origin which he made himself.

“It was said tonight that it’s not the destination that counts, it’s the journey,” said Flinn. “This instrument is like that, I add a

little more to it every year or so.

It started out as a flat top, then one year I carved an arched top and another year a new neck.”

Poet, songwriter, DJ and writer, Randy Liboiron read a piece he’d written from the book Out of the Warm Land –Volume One, a compilation of work by Valley poets.

The next Tuesday Talk Night will be held on Dec.4 at the Cowichan Lake Library. Everyone is welcome.

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Rolli Gunderson Lake Cowichan United Church members Audrey Towle (standing), Irene Ridley and Sylvia McMahon discuss items that were to be donated to various churches in the community and Victoria. As of Oct. 31 the church building was officially taken over by the United Church of Canada B. C. Conference (governing body) who will decide the fate of the building.

The last rites for an 88-year-old church The United Church in Lake Cowichan rebuilt after a fire but can’t come back from declining attendance Rolli Gunderson Gazette

Upwards of 80 people attended the final sermon held at the Lake Cowichan United Church last Thanksgiving Sunday. They came from near and far, family, friends, former church members and community members, to give thanks and to say goodbye to each other and the church that served them and this community for over eighty years.

For most the end came right after the Thanksgiving Sunday service was finished. It was the last time they would sit together in prayer in the church that many of them loved. There were the memories of years of sermons, fellowship, charity events, weddings, christenings and funerals that had taken place over the decades. Until the last sermon, there where those who found it hard to believe that the church would actually close its doors for good. It was a sad day indeed but also a day of new beginnings for many.

There were a small group of church members who found that although they had attended the last service, it hadn’t yet “hit home”, that they had not yet fully felt the loss because there was still business that they had to attend to.

There was the final business of physically removing and distributing the entire contents of the church.

There were tables, chairs, an organ and others items of furniture. There were hymn books, choir music scores, pulpit, baptismal font and other religious items. There was also a kitchen full of cutlery, dishes, pans etc., that could be used elsewhere.

The Youbou Church was happy to receive some wall hangings and the church organ which will be repaired then used at the at the Youbou church.

The Lake Cowichan Baptist Church was able to make use of several benches, a pulpit lamp and children’s tables and chairs. The church piano went to Pilgrim United Church in Victoria.

Most of the church tables (made of plywood years ago by Walt Haldorson and Jim Peterson) and chairs were donated to the Lake Cowichan Community Hall while much of the kitchen contents were donated to the Christian Education and Youth Camp at Camp Pringle at Shawnigan Lake. Many of the smaller items were donated to the local Kaatza Station Museum including a church crest made many years

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ago by Walt Haldorson. Several items were returned to those who had donated them. One interesting item was the pulpit bible —given to the church in the 1940s by the Robson family — which is now returned to family member Carol Ann Vessey of Lake Cowichan.

There was also the important job of deciding what to do with the church’s Memorial Fund — monetary donations that were received in memory people who had passed away. It was decided that a memorial brick with the inscription Lake Cowichan United Church 1924-2012, would be purchased and placed at Forest Workers Memorial Park. A memorial bench was also purchased from the Town of Lake Cowichan and placed on Wellington Avenue directly across the street from the church building.

The sum of $3,500 will be donated to the Town of Lake Cowichan to be put towards costs associated with the establishing of Renfrew Square (a town square project) that will be built in front of the new library and adjacent to the Forest Workers Memorial Park on South Shore Road. The remainder of the Memorial Fund will be sent to the Mission and Service Fund for works worldwide.

As for “Where do we go from here?”, long-time church member Audrey Towle, — who has decided to attend the Duncan United Church — commented recently “It hasn’t really 100 per cent hit home yet. I feel that we

have lost our identity. . .What about the community, the weddings, funerals ?”

Long-time church member Sylvia McMahon was christened in the church in 1947 and later had most of her own children christened there. As a youngster she attended the United Church Sunbeams (part of Sunday school) and CGIT (Canadian Girls in Training bible study). McMahon — who served as treasurers of the ladies group — plans to take it easy for awhile and attend her grandchildren’s hockey games on Sundays.

One of the newer church members, Irene Ridley of Honeymoon Bay and her husband Peter, attended Victoria’s Gordon United Church before moving here in 2008. At that time, they decided to find a local church in which they would feel welcome, and they found that the first time they attended the Lake Cowichan United Church.

“We walked in and there was Audrey,” commented Irene recently. They were made to feel most welcome so decided to join. The next time they attended Sunday service Ridley said “Everyone (the church members) was overjoyed when we entered.”

The congregation said, “We were waiting for you.”

“Today we close the door to the past and step through the door to the future,” quipped Towle who, like McMahon and Ridley vow to “take a deep breath, step on through and start a new chapter in our life.”

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Disturbing trend of disowning our environment by government In my opinion: Locally focused environmental stewardship is increasingly more important.

Parker Jefferson, of the activist group One Cowichan, says the recent water crisis could have been prevented if provincial regulators had just managed our weir more effectively.

Locally focused environmental stewardship is becoming increasingly important in our society today. The disturbing trend of downloading and disowning responsibility for our environment by senior levels of govern-

ment has made it very important for every citizen to become aware and get involved.

We have a very large, dedicated and coordinated stewardship community here in the Cowichan Valley. In this column I will try to provide information on the plans, activities and successes of the people and organizations that are working hard to preserve and protect our valley and it’s critical resources and ecosystems.

The drought we experienced this year and the low river flow crisis that occurred as a result have helped to draw our vast network of stewardship groups together with a common purpose. We all agree that by working together we can and will accomplish great things.

We see many challenges ahead as we prepare for the effects of climate change and the depletion of our natural resources that will become more acute in the coming decades. We are looking far into the future and are going to do whatever we can to preserve our beautiful valley for future genera-

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The lifeblood of our community is our watershed. We are very lucky to have tremendous water resources and some of the purest water on earth in our lake. The Cowichan Lake and River Stewardship Society has been monitoring and testing our lake water for years and we are always near the top of the list for water quality. The quality of the lake water has degraded significantly as it travels down the river to Cowchan Bay. We have not been able to harvest shellfish in the estuary for many years due to the effects of this pollution.

The B.C. Ministry of the Environment is currently conducting a comprehensive water quality survey monitoring several points on the Cowichan and Koksliah Rivers to identify sources of pollution.

The results of this survey will be very helpful for the development of plans to improve river health.

Our Cowichan river has both federal and provincial heritage designation.

Our Chinook salmon stocks are used as an indicator species for the U.S.

and Canada salmon treaty and as such we have the resources to monitor these fish very carefully.

We have seen this run improve in numbers from a few hundred just three years ago to an expected return of 5,000 this year.

This is due partly to ocean survival conditions but our stewardship and habitat restoration projects have played a large role as well. The Stoltz bluffs project has been a tremendous success and I will detail this in a future column.

About 1,000 of our Chinooks perished before spawning this year because of the low water flow and their inability to negotiate the shallower parts of the river to get to their spawning grounds.

Many were killed by seals as they waited in the estuary for the river flows to increase. Other effects of the low flow crisis were the closure of the traditional Cowichan Tribes food fishery, wells running dry, inadequate dilution of sewage discharge and Catalyst very nearly having to cease operations.

This crisis could have

been prevented if provincial regulators had just managed our weir more effectively. Our lake is so large that storing water to the top of the weir early in the summer when we had plentiful rainfall could have provided the water we needed this fall to maintain adequate flows for the salmon and all other users.

Early in the summer, representatives from the stewardship community, local government, Cowichan Tribes and the Watershed Advisory Board met with provincial regulators to ask that they save the water we had been gifted from the early summer rains because we were concerned about our low snow pack and the possibility of drought.

The provincial regulators refused our request and would not conserve water over the summer, citing the rules they use that are based on now irrelevant 50-year-old climate data. These rules must be updated.

The stewardship community feels strongly that we must manage our precious water resources as well as is humanly

possible and be able to adapt to quickly changing climate conditions.

We are all together in this movement and the more people who can support this initiative, the more successful we will be.

Lakefront property owners need to understand the effects of full storage in our present weir, which is well below the mean high-water mark during the winter months.

Public consultation will be done over the winter so those affected can voice their concerns and see how they might be impacted.

Studies have been completed and graphical data will soon be available to show exactly where the water will be at full weir storage, mean winter high-water and the 200 year flood on every lakefront property. It is our hope that as public awareness of these details increases, so will the support for this initiative to get more local control of our water. This will be an important first step toward creating sustainability in the Cowichan Valley for generations to come.

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About three quarters of the way up we passed a trail that leads up onto a higher view point that we have followed on previous hikes. This is a great place from which to view Ladysmith and the Salish sea and to have lunch, but today in the rain it seemed unwise to venture into this exposed area. A few minutes later we crossed a substantial bridge over the river and then climbed up to a map and signboard explaining a hike up into the Stocking and Heart Lake areas. A hike we have done earlier from a different starting point.

Up a bit more and we came to the junction where we start down the other side of the trail. Surprise.

We have to go further up before we eventually come to the down hill parts of the trail. After walking by some huge Douglas firs and cedars we carefully climbed down

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more steps and made our way back to the car. We had car pooled in one mini-van.

We had completed a twohour hike along some very pleasant tree lined areas with a fallen maple leaves carpeting much of the trail.

The previous week saw us on a hike through the huge trees and around the perimeter of the Mesachie Lake Forest Research Centre. An educational experience as we admired the huge trees that were spared the axe a hundred years ago. We passed along some beaches on the edge of Cowichan Lake and

passed by a number of interesting research plots on the west side of the research station. The group ended this hike, once again, at the Honeymoon Bay Coffee Mill.

Next we will explore Newcastle Island at the edge of Nanaimo. This will be new territory for our club.

Contact Jean Cozens at 250-749-6156 for more information or to organize a walk in the rain. And note, our Retreads Club is holding a Christmas party on Nov. 30 at the Curling Club Lounge.

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DUSMANN, Rolf Jan. 1, 1927 - Nov. 1, 2012 It is with great sadness that we must share the passing of Rolf Dusmann, 85, of Youbou, BC. Rolf died peacefully at the Cowichan District Hospital, in Duncan B.C., in the early hours of Nov. 1, 2012.

Leaving behind his loving wife June Dusmann, Rolf was pre-deceased by son Hans Dusmann, of Germany.

He is survived by: daughter Sigred (Gunther) Otto of Germany; daughter-in-law Karin Dusmann of Germany (grandson Marc (Bianca)); daughter Didi Walker of Hope, BC (grandchildren Chris, Dale and Ivory (Terry), great-grandchildren Bryce and Nathan); daughter Cori Dusmann of Victoria, BC (grandson Xander); and son Terry Dusmann of Vancouver, BC. Born in Breman, Germany, Jan 1, 1927, Rolf moved to Canada in 1951. After many years working in mines across central and eastern Canada, he moved to BC in 1963, where he became involved in construction, working as a project manager in the pipe laying industry. With a work ethic all could aspire to, Rolf enjoyed the challenges and rewards of his career, coming out of retirement to supervise local job sites as recently as his late 70’s.

Having a ďŹ erce love of music, especially jazz, Rolf loved to dance and socialize. He also took pride in his winemaking, generously sharing with all. A country boy at heart, he loved being outdoors, enjoying both the grandeur of nature as well as the tranquility of June’s garden.

He will be much missed by all of us, and we will hold his memory in our hearts always.

In lieu of owers it would be appreciated if donations were made to Cowichan District Hospital Foundation.

There will be no memorial service by Rolf’s request. A celebration of his life will be held for friends and family in the summer of 2013.

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hank you to all of you. Our family, friends, colleagues, business associates and our community who called, emailed, prepared meals, sent cards, beautiful owers, visited us and kindly donated to Easter Seal Camp Shawnigan in memory of our son Andrew McCurrach.

Thank you to our family, Pamela, Myles, Nadine, Jeri and Judy we are so grateful and thankful for all your support at the hospital and helping us deal with this great loss to our family.

Thank you to my colleagues, our Mayor and Council for ďŹ lling in and being there for me during this very difďŹ cult time.

Thank you to the Riverside staff, Scotty and Debbie for those dinners and deliveries always at the right time.

Thank you to Carol Blatchford. You are a very special person to us and thank you to your staff and friends at Community Services who worked endlessly to prepare and serve a wonderful social at Andrew’s celebration of life. He would have loved it.

Thank you to Andrew’s dad Ian ‌we raised a wonderful son who has touched many people in his short life.

There are no words that can adequately express how very grateful we are to all of you for your kind, gentle thoughts and gestures in our time of need.

Andrew will be greatly missed in our family. Live your life to the fullest, give unconditionally and most of all ďŹ nd only the good in people, Andrew did. “Love you Foreverâ€?

Lovingly and caringly, Jayne and Bruce Ingram

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The inside back: A little of this and that ☞ Local businesses and services

Lake Cowichan now has a travel agency office in town. Amanda Clarke has opened Dream Choice Vacations and Cruise at 99 South Shore Road. The office opened Oct. 15 and Clarke will be hosting an open house on Saturday, Nov. 17.

Cowichan Lake Forest Cooperative will be holding their Annual General Meeting on Thursday, Nov. 29 at 6:30 p.m. at 121 Point Ideal Road (Community Services building-side entrance.) Members of the public are invited and will have an opportunity to ask questions.

Curry in a Hurry is happy to announce their Butter Chicken lovers special, Sundays from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m.

Call them for more details, 250-932-3830.

Valley Fish and Game Club is preparing for their annual Turkey Shoot. It is on Sunday, Nov.24 from 10a.m. to 4 p.m. at the club. There will be a concession available and everyone is welcome to attend.

☞ Get Your Flu Shot. Not the Flu

☞ LCSS Sport Court fundraiser LCSS Parent Advisory Council is hosting a shopping night at the Cow Cafe on Saturday, Nov.17 at 6 p.m.

The admission is $2 and that also gets you entered for some great door prizesfrom the vendors. Vendors include Lia Sophia, Partlite, Epicure, Tupperware, Scentsy Candle and Grace Adele.

Bring your friends, have some fun and do a little Christmas shopping locally. You will be supporting your PAC and the Sport Court at Lake Cowichan Secondary School.

The Sport Court will be available for everyone to use and so it benefits the entire community. LCSS PAC hopes that everyone will come out to help them raise money for this community feature. They have been fundraising for three years for the Sport Court and have almost reached the $15,000 mark which enables them to start applying for various grant money for the Sport Court.

☞ Elk meets truck on Hwy. 18:

The best way to protect yourself and your family from the flu this season is to get immunized.

•Island Pharmacy in Lake Cowichan, at the Village Pharmacy location is having one more clinic on Nov.20 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Call 250-749-0149 for details.

Lake Cowichan RCMP were called to an accident in volving a commercial truck and an elk on Monday, Nov. 5 at approximately 9:40 p.m.

Aliya Khan Photo

Larry — as he has been dubbed — out for his daily walk and paying close attention to the rules so he doesn’t get a jay-walking ticket.

Larry is not the elk in the accident below.

Thanks to Aliya Khan for posting this photo on our Facebook page.

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The local RCMP say the road was closed for a while as the Lake Cowichan Volunteer Fire Department was called out to deal with some accelerants that were on the truck.

The driver of the truck was not seriously injured, but was taken to Cowichan District Hospital for observation.

It appeared that the elk was not seriously injured either — it ran off. There was no blood from it at the scene, just some of hair.

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