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Caroline Michalke, who volunteers at the front desk at Cowichan Lake Community Services, works on displaying some of the clothing available at the new Thrift Centre that is located in the community services building at 121 Point Ideal Road in Lake Cowichan..

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that somebody will come along and say we’ve got a location you can use,” said Elliott. “We can pay something, and it seems like it would be beneficial to the owner of a building to have something coming in rather than seeing it sit empty. It would be a huge tax write off.”

While any offer of space would be welcome for consideration, Elliott says one of the most important things is to have a good dropoff location so that it’s not an eyesore to the community.

Already, the area looks just like a shop or “boutique,” with the help of Jackie and Martin Mercier, who Elliott says did a lot to help set up the space.

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Cowichan Lake Community Services is helping one of the community’s most popular thrift stores that closed in May 2012 to reopen, by giving them space at its premises on Point Ideal Rd. The closure of the community thrift store at the United Church in Lake Cowichan left a void, according to Dianne Elliott, a Youbou resident and one of the volunteers who helped in the store for years.

“People in the community were really upset with us closing,” Elliott said. “Everybody kept saying to us that Lake Cowichan needs a place like this, and so on.”

Elliott says they all wanted to continue, but the church itself was closing.

“So we told them that we were going to try and find another location for the thrift store,” she continued, “but we can’t find one, at least there’s lots of buildings that are empty, but the rents are too high.”

It’s taken some months of toil and groundwork, but thanks to a small committee of the younger volunteers who were involved with the now-defunct thrift store, it looks like the community will get its wish when a new store opens.

Elliott is one of the dedicated volunteers who believes and understands the need for this kind of outlet for the community.

“What I really want the community to know,” added Elliott, “is that the money we do raise is going to go into the Community Services to be distributed to this community.”

Thursdays and Saturdays, from 10 a.m. until noon, the Community Thrift Store will be open to the public. Although the women are grateful for the space, it is limited in size and as such, the venue will be carrying only items for babies, young children and teens.

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FACES OF COWICHAN LAKE

Building relationships one connection at a time Elodie Adams Lake Cowichan Gazette If you see a smiling brunette with cascading curls pedalling a bicycle around Lake Cowichan, it may very well be newcomer Emma Girard. The young Vancouver Islander recently joined Cowichan Lake Community Services, replacing former family therapist Darlene Tully, and she is

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It’s great here, I just bike down the trail five minutes to work.

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thrilled with her new job.

“It’s been so warm and everybody is so welcoming here,” said Girard. “I feel like it’s a good fit for me.”

Although she comes to Lake Cowichan from Victoria, Girard is used to small community living. Originally from Cedar, she moved to Victoria where she

has been living for the past seven years while pursuing her university degree, a Bachelor of Social Work, and working in her chosen field.

Girard says she had been doing mainly social work, but wanted to get into counselling when the opening with CLCS came up.

“They’ve really given me an opportunity to learn here,” she said with enthusiasm. “ I had done counselling in my past jobs, but having the opportunity to actually have my own clients coming in, that’s new.”

In Victoria, Girard’s previous experience includes working with youth drop-in centres, at a health clinic, and at shelters.

“My most difficult job was working at Our Place, one of the shelters in Victoria,” she confessed. “There are lots of crises there, seeing people going through challenging times and never seeing them in the good times, so that was a challenge.”

In contrast, what she likes about her present job as a family therapist is that she gets to see people through their difficulties.

“I saw people in crises before, but here I get to actually connect and create a relationship,” she explained.

Although much of her focus right now is on her new role as a family therapist,

Cowichan Lake Community Service’s family therapist Emma Girard.

at the end of a working day Girard goes home to her husband, a landscaper, and their 14-month-old son. It’s been just one month since she started her new job, and the family is starting to settle in.

Like most residents of the area, they are

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looking forward to what the summer has to offer at the lake.

“It’s great here, I just bike down the trail five minutes to work,” she said with a big smile, then added “and I hear that it’s amazing here in summer.”

Healthy Beginnings mom and dad group Support group for parents of children 0-3 years

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Parents and children listen to guest speaker Catherine Dunstan (second from right) about animal safety around children.

Each Monday morning at 10:30 a.m., at the Kaatza Health Unit in Lake Cowichan, parents gather for free drop-in sessions — there will be no group on April 1.

“Every week there are different resource people from the community offering information,” said Cherie Nicholas, facilitator of the program.

Topics range from nutrition and child care to emergency preparedness and safety of children around animals.

The support group is focused on moms and dads with children who are under the age of four and snacks are provided at each group gathering.

If you have any questions you can reach the facilitator, Cherie Nicholas, at 250-748-7272 or the coordinator of the Healthy Beginnings program, Rhoda Taylor at 250-709-3050.

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In the town’s council chambers on March 19, Lake Cowichan resident Becca Shears presented Mayor Ross Forrest with a petition signed by over 400 citizens who agree that the town’s bylaw on keeping chickens should be changed.

A delegation, formed by Shears and Cowichan Green Community’s Judy Stafford and supported by 47 residents who also attended the meeting, were given 10 minutes to present their case before council at its Sustainable Planning and Development Committee meeting. “It was hardly enough,� Shears said regretfully after the meeting. “ We had just 10 minutes between the two of us, and I could have used all that time myself to talk about the educative role having chickens would be and so on.�

The young Lake Cowichan resident became an advocate for changing the bylaw when, early in 2013, she received a letter from the town notifying her that she had to rehouse the chickens she and husband Kyle Althus were keeping in their backyard on Macdonald Rd., or else pay a fine. Shears believes that the town’s bylaws are outdated and don’t reflect the role of sustainability keeping chickens represents in the community. “We’re here to ask you to amend the animal control bylaw,� Shears said to council. “What I’m proposing is that Lake Cowichan makes an amendment, and trusts the residents that want to be responsible chicken owners by allowing them to have six hens, no roosters and no slaughter.�

After thanking council for the opportunity to present their plea, she asked Stafford to speak about the viability of keeping chickens. “As a food security organization, we have a vision for this community to be more self-sustaining,� she began. “We’re

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March is national kidney (health) month in Canada. To help dispel the myths about kidney disease, the Kidney Foundation of Canada (B.C. Branch), B.C. Renal Agency and B.C. Transplant came up with a list of five simple tips that can help people better maintain their kidney health.

As for any disease that debilitates its victims, we are often unaware of the facts about kidney disease and what kinds of preventive measures can be taken.

For example, the first myth on the list is that kidney disease is a rare condition.

In fact, according to these organizations’ statistics, one in 10 Canadians lives with some level of kidney disease, and the number continues to rise.

There are many things to learn about kidney disease, but as one local Cowichan Lake resident found out, kidney disease can be on your doorstep and cross the threshold when you least expect it.

At 69-years-of-age, Carla Boe of Skutz Falls needs a new kidney. “My kidney started down 15 or 20 years ago,� said Boe. “It’s been slowly going downhill, and about three months ago a nephrologist told me that I’d be on dialysis by the end of this year.�

Lake Cowichan residents may know the Carla Boe that is a canine-lover and walking encyclopedia on training,

the Cowichan Leader Pictorial to run the same ad, she was told they couldn’t run it because of legalities.

In fact, it is illegal to run an ad in the newspaper as a potential buyer of an organ, but it isn’t illegal if the organ is donated, which is where the confusion comes in. “That’s one of the things the transplant people ask, and ask again,� Boe said about the issue, “to make sure that the live donor hasn’t been paid.�

Gazette File Photo As a widowed senior citizen Carla Boe, pictured here in 2011 with her without children, Boe admits dogs, needs a kidney transplant and a donor. that she feels very alone when it comes to her health, especially health and nutrition for dogs. She has with the certainty of what she faces in been sharing her wealth of knowledge the very near future. through classes at the Cowichan Lake “You have to find a live donor,� she Recreation. But lately, she has been presaid, “and that’s not the easiest thing to occupied with her own declining health, do, to come along and even begin to ask and when she heard the news her doctor for something like that.� had for her, decided to take the matter of Which is why these organizations are finding a kidney into her own hands. “I need a kidney, I’ve got chronic kid- trying to get the word out about the need ney disease,� she told the Gazette. “I’ve for donors.

Dr. Greg Grant, provincial executive had good luck with newspaper ads in the past, so I thought, I’ll run it in the news- director of B.C. Transplant, says they are starting to see positive results. papers.� “Increased awareness of organ doBoe placed a small classified ad that ran not only in the Cowichan Valley nation combined with programs like Citizen but in other weekly newspapers, the Living Donor Paired Exchange are soliciting responses from places like starting to have a positive impact on the Abbotsford, Dawson Creek, and Prince transplant wait list,� Grant said in the George. However, when she contacted World Kidney Day news release.

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On behalf of Legion Br. #210, Lake Cowichan, we would like to thank: All the businesses and individuals for their generous donations of prizes, All who helped with the Derby, and thank you to the food crew, that made the 18th Annual Russell Smith Memorial Frostbite Derby such a success.

Thanks to all the fisherman!

Yours sincerely, Co-chairs, Jim Scholey and Jim Marwood

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It was standing room only in Lake Cowichan’s council chambers on March 19, when a petition with over 400 signatures of residents — who are for allowing chickens to be kept — was presented to the mayor by Becca Shears (below, right).

actually in a food crisis, and nobody really talks about it. As an island, as a community, we do not grow hardly any of our food.�

Stafford’s message to council pointed out how communities need to work together to achieve a status of self-sustainment, and of how keeping chickens is a small but vital part of that vision. “All the regulations that are coming down from the province and the feds are all going against this movement of people who want to grow their own food,� she said. “The only thing we can do is, we can control at this level, in our own backyards, in our own communities, we can take control of our food.�

After both women spoke, council moved that the subject be added to the agenda for the next Finance Administration committee meeting in April, and that further investigation should be carried out to see what other communities

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are doing about the same challenges.

At the same time, Forrest suggested inquiries also be made about the time or man hours municipal staff in other communities allocate for things such as enforcement, etcetera. “Anyone who would like their name added to the petition can email the mayor (rforrest@lakecowichan.ca), telling him you would like to be added to the list of people that want chickens,� Shears added, at the end of the meeting.

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Democracy is alive and well, just ask the 30 per cent who vote

Bob Day, councillor, Town of Lake Cowichan, says that the 70 per cent of people who do not vote, leaves the issue of democracy to the 30 per cent who do.

Last Thursday I attended the talk by Mr. Jerry Berry titled Your Taxes, Your Future, Your Community. I used to think that whenever the topic of taxes was advertised it would attract a mob of people.

Sixteen people attended this informative session paid for by the CVRD. Of the 16 in attendance, three people were CVRD staff, five were elected officials and eight were a mix of partners of the above mentioned and the general public. Given that politicians, staff and spouses are fairly well informed on the topic of taxation, I would say the audience consisted of maybe one or two people who came

out of curiosity hoping to gain some insights into taxation.

A frequent contributor to the newspaper who questions governance on a regular basis was in attendance and oddly enough, this individual left part way through the presentation. In his last submission he ended with two questions: 1) Democracy? 2) Is it really still alive?

Democracy in the Webster’s dictionary is defined as “government in which the supreme power is vested in the people and exercised by them directly or indirectly through a system of representation usually involving periodically held.”

In answer to the question “Is it still alive?”, well that may be up to each individual to interpret. I think as long as you have the opportunity to vote, write a letter, be a delegation, talk to your local

politician, that it probably does.

With only 30 per cent of the eligible voters, on average, voting in municipal elections, one could easily assume that only 30 per cent believe democracy exists. One could term this group as a special interest group. One could also say the 70 per cent that do not vote have left the issue of democracy in the hands of the 30 per cent. I see a problem there.

I will leave you with this interesting fact to ponder. Eight cents of every tax dollar is collected at the municipal level through property taxation and the other 92 cents is collected by other levels of government through income tax and consumption taxes.

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Small parties stake out election turf BC Bureau

By Tom Fletcher

VICTORIA – As the NDP widens its lead over the governing B.C. Liberal Party in a new poll, the B.C. Conservatives and B.C. Green Party are hoping an early rollout of their policy platforms will help their support grow.

An Angus Reid Public Opinion poll released Thursday showed the NDP the choice of 48 per cent of decided voters, up one point since February. The B.C. Liberals were down three points to 28 per cent of decided voters.

The B.C. Conservatives and B.C. Greens were both up slightly in voter intention, tied at 11 per cent support. The poll surveyed 809 B.C. adults March 18

and 19, claiming a margin of error of plus or minus 3.5 per cent.

The B.C. Conservatives released their “pre-election platform” Thursday, describing it as a “living document” that could change before the May 14 provincial election. It devotes much of its 28 pages to criticizing the province’s 20-year record on taxes, spending and debt.

As party leader John Cummins has signalled, the platform promises the elimination of the fiveyear-old carbon tax on fossil fuels. It emphasizes the disproportionate impact the tax has on rural and northern parts of B.C., but does not specify if offsetting income tax cuts would be reversed to make up the revenue to the province.

The B.C. Conservative pledge to balance budgets is emphasized, but the platform doesn’t identify any reduced spending or tax in-

creases. It decries the low health care spending relative to other provinces, and also calls for an unspecified increase in justice system budgets.

The B.C. Green Party’s 40-page platform contains many promises, from creating “green-collar jobs” to doubling B.C.’s park area to 20 per cent over the next 100 years.

The Green platform is also described as a “living document,” released last November and updated at the end of January. It also lacks costing for an array of costly policies, including 24-hour medical clinics in rural areas and replacing all existing income assistance programs with a “guaranteed liveable income” for everyone.

The Greens also vow to reduce taxes on businesses that promote health, phase out medical premiums and eliminate gambling in B.C.

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Affordable taxes trump cheap swim Dear Editor Re: Pool pleas met with open ears, March13.

Well kids, bless your little either misinformed or financially naive hearts if you believe that $4 per $100,000 assessment will cover costs on entry to the Cowichan Aquatic Centre consortium.

For the record, seniors, fixed and lowincome home owners and young families looking for affordable housing will go for low taxes over a cheap swim every time.

Betcha.

Vi Davidson Lake Cowichan

What is the hold up on a truck wash station?

Dear Editor Re: Environmental issues . . . Youbou dust problem, March 13. This letter was also sent to Pat Weaver, Area I director.

At the last Area I Parks meeting, March 12, Area I Director Pat Weaver made a comment implying that she wanted to hold off on any further action with regards to the dust and mud in Youbou, until everyone had calmed down from the Area I Nature and Habitat Fund Advisory Committee meeting (held Feb. 28). That did not sit well with me at the time and now it is time, although a bit late, to let her know.

The dust problem is not a problem that will go away. The logging companies are not going to do anything about the problem unless we keep after them to do so. A truck wash has to begin now. I understand the Advisory Committee has not met since the first meeting to discuss the problem further. I understand that research into the truck wash has not continued any further.

What is the hold up? Do you think we should sit back calmly and wait?

The quality of life is deteriorating here in Youbou. Because you don’t live in Youbou and don’t see the extent of the dust and mud everyday does not mean it doesn’t exist.

Let’s get on with working toward a solution, now.

Marcia Stewart Youbou

Time for action not deception Dear Editor Re: Environmental issues . . . Youbou dust problem, March 13. This letter was also sent to Pat Weaver, Area I director.

TimberWest stop doing this to us! We have had enough. All day long, back and forth — our lungs, our homes, our vehi-

John Waddington A street sweeper on Youbou Road fills the air with clouds of dust. Letter writers suggest that it is time for action by local government to put an end to the dust left behind from logging trucks.

cles, our lake are covered with dust.

Why is there no action? Area I Director Pat Weaver, your community is waiting to hear from you. How much more do you expect us to take? How any reasonable person would perceive that progress is being made is beyond me. You people in charge are in denial. Call a public town meeting to explain to us why we should take any more of this assault on our health and property, why public money should be used to correct actions of a corporation and why you have failed us, while telling us you are so concerned and will find a resolve. Please don’t make this an information only meeting and deny our right to speak out and question your commitment.

Time for action not deception, Don Beldessi Youbou

Dust problem should settle soon Dear Editor Re: Environmental issues . . . Youbou dust problem, March 13. This letter was in reply to Marcia Stewart.

I appreciate you taking the time to share your concerns with me. I want to assure you that I have the same concerns, of the dust and dirt along Youbou Road. It is priority number one for me.

Since the meeting I have made numerous calls and have had meetings with CVRD staff, TimberWest, highways and Main Road (the contractors) to move this forward. The impression left with me at the Nature Habitat meeting was that everyone wants a long term resolution for the dust and dirt problem. I felt approximately 30 per cent of those in attendance opposed any contribution by the community to part-

ner with TimberWest to build a truck wash.

Gerald Thom at the meeting stated that he knew a truck wash was a priority to TimberWest and would be built anyway without a contribution from the community. In a follow up phone call conversation after the meeting with my Timber West contact, he made it clear that was not the case.

At the same time I have been talking to highways as they have the authority to order the logging companies to fix the dust and dirt problems. As for the truck wash, all the questions received at the Nature Habitat meeting were forwarded to TimberWest, and they replied in a candid and forth right manner. They have supplied the location, design, build, maintenance and operations for the proposed facility.

As I stated at the meeting my TimberWest contact has indicated this operation could become a reality in six weeks from the time of an agreement. I want to assure you I am not sitting back calmly and wishing for a solution, I continue to work for you and the residents of Area I Youbou/ Meade Creek to bring about a long term resolution for the problem that has plagued the community plagued the community for over a decade. I believe the committee will have their questions answered and relative back ground information to enable them to meet in the next two to three weeks to make the best decision on behalf of the community for the Youbou Road dust and dirt problem.

Pat Weaver, Area I director Youbou/Meade Creek

Better ways to spend tax dollars Dear Editor Re: Your taxes, your future, your community, March 2

The CVRD March 21st public meeting to inform the tax payers where and how our tax dollars are spent was — in my humble opinion — an insult to my intelligence. I will admit that I did not remain for the full meeting due to the fact that the presentation was reminiscent of being in a Grade 8 class. That local taxes have increased over the last many years was a fault of senior governments unloading services to local governments is a given fact. The reasons, amounts and impact of senior governments does not address the concerns of taxpayers, who see their local taxes rise every year.

The CVRD tax dollars for public meetings would be better spent finding solutions to the rise in taxes. As an example I offer the following.

The CVRD boast to fund some 120 services. Has the CVRD so extended their tentacles in providing services, that it has resulted in over taxation? Is it perhaps time to ask the paying public which services are most important to them? Are some services tuned for self interest groups or a minority of users? Why not list every service offered and the cost.

Formulate a list to be offered — in a democratic way, by referendum — to the electorate to decide if the services should be retained.

I would not be overly surprised if the result would eliminate, and in effect lower taxes, many services that benefit few people. One question that should be asked is “Should services not be directed to the majority of users?” It sometimes seems as though elected officials are not interested in lowering taxes or making services efficient and equal.

Other examples are waste management and reducing the cost: How about offer incentives to eliminate waste by offering different levels in collection fees? If you fill one can a week then pay X amount of dollars and if you fill one can every two to three weeks, your cost is reduced by 2030 per cent. It would seem fair to reward those that would create less waste.

Environmental protection: I have mentioned in the past that the car is probably one of the worst polluters. The more a vehicle stops and accelerates, the more pollutants are generated. Why not an extensive study of all stop signs. The possibility of eliminating stop signs on main arteries and leaving those on cross streets, in my mind, would eliminate some of this pollution. It is true, a study would entail a one time cost, but would probably be worth it to those who are concerned about the environment.

The speaker at the afore mentioned meeting did make one comment. He informed us (those that did not already know) that voting in elections has had less participation than in the past. It would almost seem that participating in local government meetings is next to nonexistent. Without the participation of a number of our elected officials the CVRD meeting may have had 14 people.

Human nature, or is the public fed up with a form of governance that pays lip service to the electorate? Democracy dictates not only a vote at the ballot box but also a vote to determine where our tax dollars are spent.

Bert Lievre Lake Cowichan

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The adventure of sport fishing in the early days Rolli Gunderson

PAGES OF HISTORY From as far back as the 1880s the Cowichan River and lake were known worldwide as one of the most spectacular and abundant fishing locations in the world. Granted, it was usually the rich and (sometimes) famous sport enthusiasts who took advantage of the situation.

Considered an adventure beyond the average person’s grasp, it was royalty, British gentry, rich businessmen, politicians, industrialists etcetera, who came from near and far for a leisurely fishing trip planned in advance by local guides.

Due to the natural bounty of fish in the local waters — and with no limit on the number of fish taken — they were guaranteed to catch as many as they wanted.

Hundreds of fish per fishing party was the norm, while 30 catches was considered a poor day. Locals who hunted and fished as a matter of necessity, also plied the lakes, river and streams at will.

Most of the area was virgin forest so one best be “hale and hearty” to take on the challenge. The Riverside Inn and later, the Lakeside Hotel (which was situated a couple of miles up from what is now North Shore Road) catered to the well-off visitors who arrived by canoe or stage from Victoria and other south Island locations. Many visitors requested a week

or two of camping and fishing at various points around the lake. The hotel or guide looked after the details while the paying guests fished, hiked and enjoyed the magnificent scenery.

Many reports in the British Colonist (forerunner of the Victoria Times Colonist newspaper) stated — in glowing terms — of the fisherman’s paradise that could be found at “the Cowichan.” One such report dated May 1887 hailed the area as the best place in B. C. to fish, boasting “the lake teems with fish and the shores (of the lake) are alive with game.

“Comfortable accommodation is afforded at the Lakeside Hotel.”

At that time, the Riverside Inn was less desirable for the discerning visitor as it was often filled with working men, namely loud, rough, loggers. The hotels also provided boats for hire (rental) and full stabling service for guests who arrived by stage.

Victoria resident Dr. West, spent a “fortnight” (two weeks) fishing in the area from his base at the Cowichan Lake Hotel. During that time he, and his fishing party, “sent down one day’s catch, about 120 fine specimens of trout,” for his many friends in Victoria. He heaped praise on Mr. Angus Fraser, his “genial host,” and proprietor of the Riverside Inn, for arranging another successful sport fishing holiday. He went on to explain that even the poorest of fisherman could be sure of taking in a good catch.

For those arriving from Victoria, and other points, stage service to the lake could be “conveyed” by contacting James Keir of Duncan either by letter or

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A good days catch is displayed by an unnamed fisherman in the front yard of the first Riverside Inn. The hotel porch can be seen in the background

telegraph. Charles Green, who built the first Riverside Inn, ran ads in the British Colonist promoting the area’s unique attraction.

The local fishing season of 1895 opened in May of that year with reports that “fish have not been so plentiful in years with very fine baskets of 20 to 30 pounds per rod taken from everywhere

from the head of the lake and down the river.”

So magnificent was the 7.5 pound trout, caught by E & N Railway assistant passenger agent, Mr. Reynolds, that it was “put on exhibition” at Joe Levy’s Restaurant in Victoria.

Talk about fish stories, one could write on the topic forever!

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Crews work on new sidewalks along South Shore Road in Lake Cowichan last week.

You’ve likely driven by South Shore Road and noticed the intersection realignments and new curb extensions. This is one of the road improvements ICBC invested in last year to help make Lake Cowichan roads safer for everyone.

“Road improvements deliver real value to everyone on our roads, from drivers to pedestrians,” said John Dickinson, ICBC’s director of road safety. “We’ll continue to invest in road safety initiatives that help us reduce claims costs to keep rates as low as possible for our customers.”

As road improvements are implemented, it also requires drivers to adopt new driving behaviours, such as adjusting to traffic pattern changes and understanding the rules of the road. The majority of crashes are preventable and have more to do with driver error than road engineering. Drivers need to do their part by making smart driving decisions and avoiding crashes.

Safer roads projects completed are the pedestrian safety improvements including curb extensions, crosswalks and other speed reducing features along South Shore Road in partnership with the Town of Lake Cowichan. ICBC’s contribution was $100,000.

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Bill Bergen (left) and Gary Eve, Mesachie Lake Volunteer Fire Department’s fire chief, peruse the new site for their firefighter training.

The site is just half a mile from the MLVFD and thanks to a lease agreement with TimberWest and help from CVRD’s Safety Manager Sybille Sanderson, the department can begin technical practices. It also becomes an area where they can practice driving and parking their large trucks in a safe place without other traffic to worry about.

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More fun activity ideas for your family over the spring break Diana Hutton

Lake Cowichan Gazette The end of spring break draws near. For the lucky few, money and work schedules have allowed for such blissful interludes during the wet, grey days of March. For many families however, spring break means scrambling to come up with child care and/or coming up with activities that are close by, easy to pull off and above all cheap (or better still, free).

The following are some more ideas to create some fun, magic and memories over the hiatus from the hallowed halls of learning.

Get crafty, by stringing old beads and buttons into funky jewelry.

Mix up some salt dough (two parts flour, one part salt and enough water to make thick dough that’s pliable but not sticky). Create amazing animals, crazy cars or beautiful beads (use a toothpick to poke a good sized hole in for stringing later). You can let them air dry on a rack or wax paper, then bake them on tinfoil or a baking sheet at 225 degrees for about an hour. It’s best to flip them over halfway through the baking time, or better still move them right onto the oven racks so they bake all the way through.

When you’re done, you can paint them with acrylic or poster paint and later glaze them with a clear acrylic coating.

sandwiches and a thermos of co- easy dinners down the road.

When you need a total break coa or soup and head for Transfer Beach, Gordon Bay, Renfrew or from it all, crank up the tunes and Skutz Falls. There are plenty of have a dance party or exercise great trails and adventures close session to burn off steam. For by. Toss a small cushion or folded alone time, curl up with a good newspaper in an old plastic gro- book or plan your greatest ever, cery bag so you have something fantasy vacation. Write up an dry to sit on while you enjoy your itinerary of where you would go, how you would get there, what outdoor feast.

There’s always fun (and food) you would eat and drink and all to be found in the kitchen. Bake the incredible things you would up some cookies, squares or cup- see, then share your lists around cakes then jazz them up with ic- the dinner table. ing and sprinkles.

Have the whole Cowichan Lake crew help out and make a ginormous batch of Would like to extend an invitation to everyone homemade soup, in the community to join us in celebrating stew, spaghetti sauce or chilli.

Easter with our Kids love cutGood Friday Service ting up veggies and it’s never at 10:30am too early to start and our normal Sunday Service learning some at 10:30am cooking basics.

Big batches in your biggest pot or slow cooker are great because you can freeze leftovers in meal sized portions for

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Gazette Kids (Tianna Cummings, Brianna Bissett, Danielle Bissett, Dillon Lees, Lauren Nelson and Kaylen Sndersson) from Wanda’s Kid’s & Care enjoy getting glue, glitter and stickers to make Easter crafts on March 22.

Cut up old cardboard egg cartons and use pipe cleaners, paints and glued on beads or sequins to make a whole colony of crazy insects.

Clear off the kitchen table, cover it with newspaper and dig out the old paint box and some scrap paper and let your artistic side shine. String a clothesline around the room to display your works of art in your own private gallery.

Take a walk and search out rocks with interesting shapes.

Wash them well, then paint up to create your own menagerie of creatures. Once dry, you can coat with clear acrylic then give as gifts for paperweights, door stops or plant minders.

NEW ELECTORAL AREAS AUTOMATED Get outside! Grab your raincoat, boots and umbrella CURBSIDE COLLECTION PROGRAM and take a walk. Make a day of it by packing up some

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mailbox in the next few weeks for information about the CVRD’s new automated curbside collection program, as discussed in a series of community Open Houses last fall.

In the next few months, you can look forward to receiving new easy-roll totes for all your curbside materials as part of the move to automated collection. The new totes will be delivered to your door at no charge, and will replace the curbside containers you’re currently using. They will come

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The CVRD is joining several communities across BC in the move to automated collection. To learn more about the benefits of this new service, including new totes, lower fees and less waste, visit us on our website at CVRDrecycles.bc.ca/curbside or call the CVRD Recycling Hotline at 250-746-2540 or 1-800-665-3955.

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Supporting the Chamber is an investment in dia, emails, flyers, and by word of mouth the your business, your organization and your com- Chamber informs the community of upcoming munity. events, meetings, membership and benefits, busiMany times we are asked the questions, “What ness and travel information. is a chamber, what does it do for me, and how do Our committees often blaze new and imporI benefit?” tant directions and provide a rewarding experiA Chamber of Commerce is a not-for-profit ence for those who serve on them, another way business association, non-sectional and non- to become involved in your community and to sectarian and does not lend its support to any gain and enhance business links. People support candidate for public office. those who support their comAll elected board members munity. are volunteers. According to At the CLDCC Visitor/ Business Centre you can Wikipedia, “A Chamber of showcase your brochures, and commerce (also referred to business cards. The centre in some circles as a board of is open year round and with trade) is a form of business thousands of visitors coming network, into the centre, your business “For example, a local oror organization benefits from ganization of businesses that exposure. whose goal is to further the We are out there supportinterests of businesses. Busiing, promoting and participatness owners in towns and ing in the local businesses, cities form these local sociRon McKenzie non-profit organizations, and eties to advocate on behalf CLD Chamber Vice-President service groups’ events and of the business community. promotions.

Local businesses are memThe Chamber’s board of bers, and they elect a board of directors or executive council to set policy for directors are an active, engaging and enthusiastic group of volunteers who are willing donate the chamber.”

The Cowichan Lake District Chamber of Com- their free time for the betterment of the business merce is your local chamber and its mission is to community. We are able to operate the visitors’ strengthen business and community in the Cow- centre, which in turn benefits the businesses, orichan Lake area through advocacy, networking, ganizations and community members, through the help of volunteers, part-time students, one participation, member services and leadership.

“We,” the Chamber are “you,” the members. full-time paid coordinator, and funding received It is you who provide the ideas, drive, goals and from the community, municipality, local cormeans to support the Chamber’s mandate and porate businesses and organizations, Tourism initiatives. We cannot operate without your sup- B.C., membership fees, fundraising projects and events. port. You are the Chamber.

Joining your CLCC links you with fellow busiThe policies, programs and activities are determined by its board of directors, elected by the nesses and organizations and provides numerous membership. Board members and a full-time paid benefits associated with the district and provincoordinator organize and execute the Chamber’s cial Chambers of Commerce.

All of this is possible through renewed memactivities to address member needs.

The Chamber is a catalyst — the vehicle bership, and promoting small businesses and orthrough which all segments can work together ganizations and the community starts with you. for the mutual benefit of our businesses and our Your chamber is here to help.

However, without you, the citizens of Cowcommunities. We need to help each other in order to maintain a competitive edge, plan for growth, ichan Lake and the business leaders of our compresent a united voice to government on matters munity, the CLCC becomes a non-working enthat affect us and work cooperatively to share re- tity. That is why “Supporting the Chamber is an investment in your business, your organization sources, information and expertise.

Can you afford not to join? Through local me- and your community.”

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The Lake Cowichan Fire Department was called out to a late morning chimney fire on sunny Saturday, March 23 in the 100-houses area.

The department tweeted on Sunday for drivers to “Take caution driving on Hwy. 18 and the Youbou Road, many elk and deer on the roads this time of year.”

It is a reminder that when a driver along one of the highways around Cowichan Lake flashes their lights to oncoming vehicles, it can mean that there are deer or elk close to the road so drive with caution.

On Saturday evening, March 23, a herd of about 10 elk — eight cows and one massive bull — were sighted just east of the Skutz Falls turn off.

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I recently borrowed a DVD from the library which brought back a slew of memories. It’s entitled Everything Old is New Again and was put out in 2006 to celebrate the concept of the Free Store on Hornby Island. (Warning to persons of the redneck persuasion: This film does contain footage of actual hippies engaging in an alternative lifestyle, also images of granola, armpit hair, and rubber boots that may be offensive to some viewers.)

The Free Store, for those of you who have never heard the story, was created in 1978 when the Island’s garbage dump was deemed full. The residents were looking at major costs to have their garbage trucked off-island (including two ferry rides) to the nearest dump.

The Hornby Island Ratepayers Association voted to set up a recycling depot (ground-breaking for that time) in an at-

tempt to drastically reduce the amount of garbage that the island produced.

Bins were set up for glass, paper, metal and cardboard and one shelf- lined shed for the Free Store. Much of the depot was designed, constructed and manned by volunteers with donated materials.

Over the years, the depot has evolved but the concept and spirit remains the same. The island now reuses or recycles 70 per cent of their waste. Everything from clothes, dishes, household items, tools, vehicles and car parts, toys, books, livestock, bicycles and appliances are all there, free for the taking.

The depot is a regular part of island life.

That weekly trip to drop off sorted material and check out what’s new at the Free Store has become a way of life.

Word has spread quickly among the many tourists who frequent the island each summer as well. They are thrilled and amazed to visit a store where absolutely everything is free and many make a “trip to the depot” part of their vacation routine.

Thirty-some years later, our own CVRD has set up its own version of the

free store at the Bings Creek complex on Drinkwater Road off Highway 18.

Granted, it is just one tarp-style shed with shelves, but it is a start. I stop in to check it out on my occasional trips to Duncan and sadly, the pickings are often pretty slim. There are several possible reasons why this may be. With the internet, people can now unload stuff online fairly simply through sites likeusedcowichan.com or buyselltrade.ca or give them away at freecycle.org. There’s the ever popular method of hauling it to the curb and sticking a free sign on it (not the best plan when it comes to any sort of upholstered furniture or electrical appliance). Possible though, the free store idea may just not have caught out in the valley . . . yet.

So remember, next time you’re downsizing and end up with a load of leftovers that never went anywhere in your garage sale, consider the CVRD’s free store. It’s open daily from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. You may find just what you need and there’s nothing quite like that smug feeling of saving money and the environment at the same time.

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Cowichan Lake photo debuts on new fishing regulations guide

Elodie Adams Lake Cowichan Gazette

This spring, B.C. anglers will get a glimpse of the beauty of Lake Cowichan when they go to pick up their fishing licence and a copy of the 2013-2015 fishing regulations guide, published by the Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations.

Fish creek mouths with bait and a corky rig, big catch Also working well are No.2 and No.3 wonder spoons and the ever popular gang troll and flat fish. As of April 16, 2013 until November 14, 2013 bait, barbs and trebles are allowed in the lake. Fishing the creek mouths with bait (single eggs, roe, paste or krill shrimp) and a corky rig can produce large numbers of fish including the odd lunker. My favourite way to fish the lake.

Kissinger and Lizard Lakes to the west are good rainbow trout fishing. Try corky and single-egg rig off the docks and beaches. Trolling with small Spratley’s leeches, wooley buggers, flatfish and small spoons.

Fuller, Chemainus, Dougan’s, Quamichan and Somenos lakes are also producing well. These seven lakes have been recently stocked.

Cowichan River trout fishing: Mid-river resident rainbow and brown trout. Single egg copies/stoneflies.

From Skutz Falls to Greendale Trestle is excellent for browns and rainbows — the

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HOOK LINE & SINKER Nanaimo to Sooke has been excellent for winter chinook fishing. Try trolling just off the bottom with a purple haze flasher, glow anchovy head and anchovy or purple haze hoochies. Bold Bluff out of Cowichan Bay has also been excellent with fish ranging from 8 to 12 pounds.

Freshwater: Cowichan Lake fishing is going strong. Try trolling creek mouths and paralleling the shore line staying within 30 feet. Keep your line back from the boat by at least 150 feet.

Top lures of choice are threeinch tomic and best colours are the new iridescent inserts.

Cowichan Fly and Tackle has over 400, three-inch plugs in stock with over 80 different patterns.

largest browns in the river are found in this section. Try single-egg copies and minnow or rolled mudler flies. Flies of choice: single-egg patterns, rolled mudlers, prince nymphs, hairs ear nymphs, pheasant tail nymphs. Stick to the bead heads and weighted flies.

Cowichan River steelhead fishing: April and the start of May: Steelheading is still excellent on the Cowichan mainly for mended kelts. These fish have to feed aggressively after spawning, making them the easiest steelhead to target. A great month to catch your first steelhead! Lures of choice: blades, single-egg copies or small pink worms and flies of choice: large and black or the ever popular egg fly.

Nitinat, San Juan, Harris Creek: All excellent rivers for early summer runs and winter steelhead. Best fished when coming off off high water.

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Rob deLange from Victoria talks about his winning photo of Cowichan Lake on the cover of new fishing regulation guide, left.

The cover photo — a lone angler in a canoe with the backdrop of the mountains surrounding the lake — was taken by Rob de Lange of Victoria on one of his many sojourns at the lake.

“I’m an amateur photographer,” deLange told the Gazette. “and I always have my camera with me. I snapped about 100 photos that day, and I knew they were pretty good.”

DeLange, who works for the provincial government, says he saw the memo about a photo contest for the guide just a day or two after he had taken the photo from Heather Campsite, where he had been staying, at the far end of the lake.

“Lake Cowichan is one of my favorite places to go,” deLange said. “I do all my recreation up there. We camp up there in the summer, and I belong to a four-wheel drive club, and I do fish.”

It was the first year the ministry had put out a call for submissions for the cover shot of its biannual guide. A second contest is underway for the 2014-2016 Hunting and Trapping Synopsis, with a deadline for entries by Oct. 1, 2013.

The Freshwater Fishing Regulations Synopsis contains all non-salmon sport fishing regulations in freshwater in B.C., and is the “go-to” sourcebook for anglers in the province. It is available online at env.gov.bc.ca/fw/fish/regulations/ or from local angling licence vendors.

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Stabilizing riparian zone the natural way

ONE COWICHAN I live on the Cowichan River.

My wife and I first set eyes on our property in September 2006, it was the fall equinox, and it was a beautiful sunny day. It was love at first sight as we walked down to the river and saw it for the first time.

I was retiring and we were looking for just this kind of place to build our new home. The river was low on that day and the swimming hole looked very inviting. The riverbank had a grove of huge fir trees surrounding a little cottage overlooking the river. We made an offer on the ferry back to Vancouver and soon we owned our little slice of paradise.

When I next returned to the river it was October and the early rains had come. The river was very different from what we had seen earlier, much bigger and moving much faster. I moved over in November to start fixing up the little cottage and when the heavy rains came I was surprised by the huge increase in the volume of water running through my back yard.

There were some big floods

that year and it was a bit scary to witness huge fir trees tumbling down the river in front of me with their branches and roots breaking off underwater making quite a noise. The benign little river of summer was transformed into quite a beast. Where the summer flows were moving at a slow walking pace, the winter river in flood was now sprinting by.

In a rather unusual circumstance, our southern property line is defined as the centre-line of the Cowichan River. A legacy of the railway lands, I suppose, and the other side of the river is a park.

By definition, I have half of the river on my property every day of the year and if it moves towards my new house, I lose some real estate. Fortunately, the banks in my area are very stable and have not changed for many years. Still, I started looking for signs of erosion and became quite concerned about what could happen.

The following spring I was fishing up at Stoltz Park in the area that had been stabilized the previous summer. I noticed a young man pounding stakes into the rocks that had been placed on the newly constructed riverbanks.

He explained how willow stakes root and establish if they get near water and these stakes would turn into willow bushes in a few years that will help prevent erosion during high water events.

I took his advice and did the same thing at my place, pounding in some willow stakes at the low water line of the summer riv-

er. The river at my place is about one and a half metres higher in the winter than it is in the summer, similar to the height difference experienced by those who live on the lake.

The biggest difference is in the much greater speed the water is moving at during high water, which causes the erosion. The willows I planted have established nicely, even though they spend more than half the year under water. When the spring comes and the river level drops they sprout their leaves and carry on as if nothing happened. The same is true for the wild roses and grasses that inhabit the low water area of our foreshore, they just spring to life when the water recedes.

When the river stabilizes at the summer level and clears I can see hundreds of coho and steelhead fry taking shelter in the shade of the willows. Over the years the plants on my foreshore have grown strong and are doing a very good job of protecting my property from erosion. I am happy with that and also happy to be supporting baby fish that will have a better chance to survive and return in a few years for me and other anglers to catch.

Next month, the Cowichan Lake and River Stewardship Society is sponsoring a riparian workshop where interested parties will study riparian issues in our community and focus on riparian reconstruction and rehabilitation.

The Society is undertaking a project in conjunction with the Town of Lake Cowichan to rehabilitate the foreshore of Saywell Park by removing the invasive blackberries and replacing them with native riparian plants that can thrive in fluctuating water levels and prevent erosion.

There is a plan being formulated among our community leaders to offer riparian restoration services to all waterfront property owners that might be worried about erosion or just want to restore their foreshore to a more natural state.

These services could be provided at well below market rates.

Riparian experts can plan and design a foreshore landscape that will attract fish, birds and amphibians to lakefront properties because they can offer good habitat. These restorations do not mean waterfront property owners must have at a wall of bushes and trees that will obstruct their view of the lake. The restoration can be designed to frame the view, with low-growing and unobtrusive plants in the mix.

I think this is a great idea and hope these plans can be realized this summer. Our lake and river have always had seasonally fluctuating levels. If we restore our waterfront areas to a natural state and install native plants that will thrive under these conditions we can improve the health of our watershed, prevent erosion, and protect the sizeable investments we have made in our properties.

Retreading the historical fields of Oxfordshire The early morning of March 3 we landed at London’s Heathrow Airport, on schedule.

We hiked, rode the train and then hiked some more to get cleared through immigration and customs. After collecting our copious supply of luggage, we headed by shuttle around the airport to the car rental depot. We were soon installed in a brand new, diesel powered car and off to Beth’s cousin in Oxfordshire where a hike awaited.

After a few unplanned circles we did find our way out of the airport onto the right highway.

Happily, on Sunday mornings highways were relatively quiet but traffic was moving pretty fast.

When travelling at 120 kilometres per hour we had cars flashing past us. We were welcomed at Jacky and Paul’s place and after a brief rest and some lunch were off on a hike.

After a drive through two villages we parked along side a number of other cars, laced up the boots, and were off down a former Roman road right-ofway. We then entered through a neat self-closing gate and headed across fields — something English people can do — to another gate which lead us into a nature reserve area. This took us up a hill for quite a distance.

Once up the hill we rested for some minutes while admiring the

farms spread out to the west and not wishing to admit we were puffing a little bit much after the exertion. It was also an opportunity to take some pictures.

Our path then took us down through the other wing of the nature reserve and we soon got to talking about the long history of the settlement. Villages and houses going back hundreds of years.

Large well known estates and little settlements that would have been for estate workers at some time in the distant past. Generally the land was neat and tidy.

This was a nice hike at the start of our 10 day visit to the UK. Then back we went to Jacky and Paul’s place to learn more about our ancestors, to the local pub to enjoy a pint and then a delicious dinner prepared by Paul.

Jacky plans to visit here in September, and is looking forward to hiking through the Cowichan forests.

Fast forward a few days and we were travelling with another set of cousins near the town of Drumorre in the south west of Scotland. Here we rode up to the southernmost cape and set off to hike around the point.

This experience allowed us to formulate a theory as to why so many Scots had emigrated. It was extremely windy and cold up on that point of land. It seemed like a good theory, but famine and

David Kidd

Looking west of Oxfordshire overlooking farms in a nature reserve area.

lack of work were more likely answers.

Of course one could imagine hiking up over this cape on a summer’s day, enjoying a view out across the Irish Sea to Northern Ireland, and then enjoying a genuine farm lunch, prepared by the local farm ladies.

One more hike, this time about 5 p.m. in the Calgary airport. The airport designers have collaborated with the Canada Border

Service Agency to establish a fitness test between the plane ramp and the immigration line up. We walked for many minutes, finally passed by the agent and were duly entered into Canada only to be met with another blast of icy cold air. If you land in Vancouver you will still face the fitness test which is a Canadian thing, but you may be spared the cold blast.

—Submitted by David Kidd

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Alex Rudzik, Jakeb Shand and Jayson Shand enjoy public skating at Cowichan Lake Sports arena last week.

Cowichan Lake Recreation offers a plethora of classes from free public skating to popular Zumba (Latin inspired dance fitness) to volleyball and bowling In their Spring Playbook guide, which can also be found online at cvrd.bc.ca, there is a full schedule of activities.

You can reach CLR at 250-7496742.

U18 female provincial hockey camp coming to the Lake In a news release B.C. Hockey announced on March 22 that the 2013 Female Under 18 B.C. Cup will be held in Salmon Arm, May 8-12. This will be the first year the event will have a four team jamboree-style competition. Following the U18 B.C. Cup, there will a U18 Provincial Camp in Lake Cowichan, May 22-26.

Female U18 hockey has moved to an evaluation based system this year. Open zone camps to identify players for the U18 B.C. Cup have been eliminated from the program at the U18 level.

The camps will be replaced with a provincial evaluation system. Eligible players (1996 and 1997 birth years) have been evaluated by high performance evaluators at the club team level throughout the season.

B.C. Hockey high performance evaluators continue to attend games in the female Midget AAA League, hockey academies, female and integrated games as well as elite tournaments. B.C. players playing out of province are eligible for the High Performance Program if their guardians are B.C. residents.

Season long evaluation data will be tabulated and the top 80 players (eight goalies, 24 defence and 48 forwards) will be invited to the B.C. Cup. The U18 B.C. Cup will be the first stage in the formation of Team B.C. which will participate in the National Women’s U18 Championships. Female U18 B.C. Cup invitations will be sent out early April once all the evaluations have been tabulated.

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After a short but courageous battle with cancer Shannon passed away peacefully in her sleep.

She, predeceased by her dad Ken, leaves behind her partner and best friend Lionel Souther, and her granddaughter Taylor, the light of her life. Also missing Shannon dearly are her mom Phyllis, sister Corri (Tom) and her only nephews Robert and Aaron.

Shannon also leaves behind two children, Kara and Kyle, and numerous loving relatives and special friends.

In lieu of owers, donations may be made to the Hospice Society.

CAMBREY, Loa Davidson March 16, 1941 – March 18, 2013

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t is with great sadness that our family shares the passing of Loa Davidson Cambrey. Loa and her husband Bob celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary in August 2012.

Loa is predeceased by her parents Edward and Eva Peters of Cordova Bay. Loa leaves behind to mourn, her husband Bob, son David (Marjorie), daughter Loa K. Peter (Jonathan) and her grandchildren, Tristan, Connor, Paige and Noah.

Loa also leaves behind her much loved brother Noel (Linda) and their sons, Mark and Eric Peters.

Loa was born and raised and lived her life in Victoria. Loa retired from the Federal Government in 2007. Loa and Bob enjoyed many happy years at their holiday retreat in Lake Cowichan with many dear friends, where Loa taught anyone who was willing the joys of waterskiing. Loa loved gardening and caring for all the little birds that wintered over at their home. Loa had a wonderful sense of humor and her laugh could ďŹ ll a room. Loa will be sadly missed by her family and friends.

Knowing the love Loa had for her garden and plants, in lieu of owers we request that everyone spread the smile by planting a bulb, shrub or perennial in a spot of their choice.

Celebration of Life to be held Saturday, March 30, 2013 at the Royal Victoria Yacht Club, 3475 Ripon Road, Victoria, B.C. from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m.

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TAKE NOTICE that Lake Cowichan Mobile Home Park Ltd., landlord of Lake Cowichan Mobile Home Park located at 9041 Meades Creek Road, Lake Cowichan, British Columbia, intends to sell the following described manufactured home: MHR# Manufacturer: Make/Model: Year: Serial No. Registered Owner: Location:

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UNLESS before May 6, 2013, you take possession of the manufactured home, establish a right to possession of it, or make an application to court to establish the right.

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Social Worker Sunridge Place A Residential Complex Care facility in Duncan is recruiting for a full-time Social Worker with competitive wages and benefit package. If you wish to be part of an enthusiastic team who are making a difference in the lives of seniors, please send your resume to apply@sunridgeplace.ca Thank you to all applicants for your interest in Sunridge Place, however, only those applicants selected for interview will be contacted.

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° Hop on in to some Easter fun! The Honeymoon Bay Volunteer Firemen’s Annual Easter Egg Hunt is on Sunday, March 31 at Central Park in Honeymoon Bay starting at 11 a.m.

There will be a prize for each age group; 5 years and younger, 6-9-year-olds and 10-12-year-olds, for the closest guess on the amount of candy the Easter Bunny gives out.

The Easter fun continues at Cowichan Lake Sports Arena on Monday, April 1 — no fooling! From 2:30 p.m. to 3 p.m. there will be an egg hunt followed by a free family skate from 3:30 p.m. to 4:50 p.m.

Cowichan Lake Baptist Church would like to extend an invitation to everyone in the community to join us in celebrating Easter with our Good Friday service at 10:30 a.m. and our normal Sunday service at 10:30 a.m.

☞ Community choir receives

recognition award at festival

group for adjudication only. What the choir won was an award of recognition for Adult Community Choir from Cowichan Music Festival that came with a $50 cheque.

☞ Hope blooms with daffodil April is the Canadian Cancer Society’s “Daffodil Month.” Right after the Easter weekend bright, yellow daffodil pins will start appearing on people’s lapels and continue throughout April.

Daffodil month raises nearly $80,000 each year in the Cowichan Valley for the fight against cancer. 2013 is the 75th anniversary of the Canadian Cancer Society, and you can show your support by buying and wearing a daffodil pin in April.

Pins will be available by donation at the B.C. Liquor store, Lake Cowichan Country Grocer, and Island Savings Credit Union. If you would like to have a box of pins at your store or business please contact local CCS volunteer, Marg Davis at 250-749-3869.

☞ Volunteers dedicated to town

Correction Song for the river, March 20 — The Rivernotes Choir did not win the Adult Choir category. They were entered as a non-competitive

beautification

Communities in Bloom is a Canadian non-profit organization that engages “civic pride, environmental respon-

sibility and beautification through community involvement and the challenge of a national program, with focus on enhancing green spaces in communities.”

The CIB Lake Cowichan committee’s hard work pays off when they see the enjoyment that residents and visitors get from the Rhododendron Memorial Garden near Point Ideal Road. The garden is the main focus of the group and their plans to instal a bridge over the wetlands and a permanent watering system remain high on the list.

A new sign was installed at the garden with funds from a grant received by the American Rhododendron Society.

In this past year, Communities in Bloom contributed $300 each to AB Greenwell Elementary School and Palsson Elementary School, to help in their gardening efforts and Lake Cowichan Middle School received $200 for their greenhouse project.

Through the group’s Heritage Days’ Hanging Basket Sale, which consists of flower baskets prepared by local students, $1,314 profit was made it will be distributed to the schools.

“We are looking for new members,” said Pat Foster, chairperson for the committee.

“If you are interested in beautifying and building pride in our local community, we welcome you. The time involved is about six hours per month.”

Foster can be reached at 250-749-3730

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