Lake Cowichan Gazette, May 15, 2013

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Heritage Days: Local historian and author pens new book PAGES 14 and 15

Minor ball: Laker T-ball Cheetahs vs Fireballs PAGE 16

Who let the fish out?

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LCSS students sweep district speech competition PAGE 5

Roadside suspensions handed to drunk drivers Elodie Adams

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On Monday, May 6 at around 5:30 p.m., a young child who was playing in Friendship Park in Lake Cowichan got nipped by a dog. While there was no break of skin, RCMP say it frightened the child, and they would like to take this opportunity to remind dogowners that dogs must be kept on leash in public places, according to the town’s bylaw.

Later on the same day, RCMP received a report of a motor vehicle accident between two vehicles in the Sooke area. Eventually those vehicles showed up in Lake Cowichan with the vehicle which was damaged in the accident being towed by the other vehicle. Cpl. Larry Olsen said as they were going through the town, RCMP stopped the two vehicles for investigation due to the report received earlier on, and discovered that both drivers were intoxicated to a point that they were both given a 90-day roadside suspension.

RCMP would like to warn people that they should not be consuming alcohol and driving, and to expect road checks to be happening throughout the summer and on long weekends.

On the evening of Saturday, May 11, RCMP received a report of loud explosions out near Youbou. When the police arrived, they found a party going on and some people setting off bear-bangers. Those who were found to be causing the disturbance were warned, but no charges were laid according to the RCMP’s report.

Police remind citizens, though, that even if there are no bylaws in place in the community to regulate EXTENDED MAY 31ST a the use of firecrackers, etcetera, it still isTO considered disturbance and may warrant a criminal code charge for mischief.

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Left: Palsson Elementary School principal Fergus Horsburgh nets a fry to Dakato Lee.

Above: Owen Sharrow prepares to release his fry into Oliver Creek last week.

We know who let the fish out Palsson Elementary school students are excellent at caring for fish. On May 7 they released 181 chum fry into Oliver Creek that they had raised at the Lake Cowichan hatchery.

Normally the fish are raised in the classroom, but a incubator problem required a different procedure this time around.

The students went to the hatchery last fall and fertilized the eggs and had to wait until they

hatched in February.

The students followed the entire life cycle of the fish until they were released last week. Teacher Kim Walters, who has supervised students for over seven years, says the plan for next year is to be back in the classroom for the incubation process.

“We have had a really good success rate every year except this year.” she says.

Raising awareness of MS Crystal Charles, on the left, and Justine Carlow were in front of Country Grocer on Friday, May 10 collecting donations for Multiple Sclerosis.

May is MS Awareness month and theses two young ladies — Crystal Charles and Justine Carlow — were part of a group of local volunteers who were helping to raise funds and awareness of this condition that affects the central nervous system and which currently has no cure.

Canadians have one of the highest rates of Multiple Sclerosis in the world.

Beaver Creek dam needs upgrades to help fish Tamu Miles

Lake CowiChan Gazette

The Cowichan Lake Salmonid Enhancement Society needs your help. Together with Beaver Lake Resort, the CLSES is trying to raise $50,000 to repair and upgrade the dam at Beaver Creek.

The dam was decommissioned by the province last year for several reasons including the fact that it does not meet minimum feedboard requirements and a new spillway structure needs to be constructed to prevent erosion.

The dam was constructed in 1996, and though a report by Northwest Hydraulic Consultants and Levelton Consultants for the Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resources states that there is no immediate danger that the dam will fail, the Ministry did recommend that the dam be removed and the waterway be returned to its natural state or that it undergo extensive repairs.

What concerns CLSES and Beaver Lake Lodge is the fact that Beaver Creek is the spawning grounds for chum, trout and coho, and removal of the dam will seriously jeopardize these fish.

To illustrate the importance of maintained waterflow through the dam, Bob Crandall, president of the CLSES, points to a pool flowing with overflow water at the dam’s base.

“You gotta remember that coho are different in that they don’t hatch and become fry and swim

Tamu Miles

Bob Crandall, president of the Cowichan Lake Salmonid Enhancement Society, stands in front of the Beaver Lake Dam. Crandall is working to raise $50,000 to upgrade the dam in order to maintain the healthy fish populations that spawn up Beaver Creek each year.

straight to the salt water like the chum and all those other species, they hang around for a year,” says Crandall. “That’s why we need places like this; for rearing grounds.”

The ministry has approved a project proposal by CLSES and Beaver Lake Resort to remove the old dam (an earth fill structure consisting in part of an old railway bed), and replace it

with a more stable structure.

“We’re going to be putting in rows of rock blocks,” says Crandall. He adds that the structure will extend much further on either side of the existing dam and will therefore be much more stable for the long term.

And, the project will get a much needed funding boost through Shell’s Fuelling Change

initiative. Through this program, the project could receive the total amount it needs to see completion. All Crandall wants you to do is visit the Fuelling Change website, fuellingchange. com, register, and cast your 33 complimentary votes to Beaver Lake Dam Maintenance. Hint: once you have registered, look in the list of projects for the icon of a little boy displaying his fry in a

plastic cup.

It’s as easy as that. From then on you have an account with Shell, allowing you to collect more voting points by purchasing Shell products.

“They’ll ask you for the date, the station number, and the transaction number on your receipt,” says Crandall. “And once you do that, they give you points, and you can vote again.”

Crandall and others will be working on the dam upgrades from June 15 to Sept. 15 (the window of work opportunity while fish are not spawning or heading out to the ocean).

This also depends on if they are able to raise the $50,000.

Crandall says he is looking into other funding solutions such as applying for a BC Gaming Grant.

At the same time, because of volunteers like Jim Humphries, the engineer who drew up the plans, and donations of rock from Timber West, the two groups are well on their way to making the upgrades a reality.

“Timber West has donated all the required quarry rock that we need,” says Crandall.

The company is also donating truck and driver time and Humphries will be contributing not only more of his time, but also heavy equipment.

According to the Fuelling Change website, the Beaver Dam project has already hit $25,000.

Help CLSES and Beaver Lake Resort reach their goal before June 15 and help them maintain the healthy fish stocks they have been working to build since 1996.

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Town sprinkling regulations to s ’ d o R change again this year

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Tamu Miles

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If you were worried that changes to the town’s sprinkling regulations would restrict your regular lawn watering sessions to the early morning hours, it looks as though you will have to worry no more.

At the Public Works Committee Meeting on May 7, mayor and council reviewed changes to the town’s Municipal Lawn Sprinkling Regulations and voted to change them to better suit the needs of working families. The regulations they were working from, proposed in November of last year, had been set to allow sprinkling between 6 a.m. and 10 a.m. only.

“As you will recall, council approved this and some people have been looking at it now, and . . . there’s been an outcry,” says Chief Administrative Officer, Joseph Fernandez.

“I can understand the concern if people don’t have the option,” says Superintendent of Public Works, Nagi Rizk. “Because they work in the morning and they don’t come back until the afternoon.”

To help solve this issue, Coun. Bob Day proposed that the watering be allowed from 6 a.m.-8 a.m. and from 6 p.m.-8 p.m.

Even numbered addresses would still water on Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, and odd numbered addresses on Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday, as was the case with the previous regulations. This schedule proposed schedule was passed and will be in effect beginning June 1.

However, another issue had to be tackled. “I think that the reason we did this was to also accommodate Public Works,”

New watering regulations for the Town of Lake Cowichan go into effect on June 1.

says Fernandez.

A discussion followed about when the hours for watering should be for Public Works, and how to define the days that watering take place. The issue here is that Public Works, when watering the town’s green spaces, is not really at a fixed address.

“Central Park, for instance,” says Rizk, “which street address is that going to be?”

Rizk also pointed out that town green spaces do not all get watered at once on the same day, and that shifts for Public Works employees do not generally begin at 6 a.m.

So after much discussion Coun. Day proposed that Public Works be allowed to water from 7 a.m.-10 a.m., Monday to

Friday.

Fernandez was worried about the example this schedule would set for the rest of the community and several times proposed a two or three day schedule.

“If I was running a crew, I cannot see trying to water every park at the same time on three days. I think I’d like to have a bit of freedom to move sprinklers and such,” says Day. “I would appreciate very much the flexibility,” says Rizk. “We’re not watering Monday to Friday in the same park. We don’t have the same front lawn that you have.”

Rizk also pointed to the fact that Public Works has a due diligence system in place and that if there is another water shortage, watering would be drastically reduced.

In terms of public use, or overuse, Mayor Ross Forrest says he trusts that the newly installed water meters will help curb usage as people become more aware of their own consumption and the cost associated with it.

The town has a few tidbits of advice to give when it comes to watering your lawn.

Use soaker hoses or drip irrigation for gardens and potted plants. If using a sprinkler for this purpose, position it so that it is not watering paved areas. Water deeply and less often to promote healthy root growth, and remember that lawns only need 2.5 centimeters, or one hour per week, to stay healthy.

The new watering regulations will go into effect on June 1, and will remain in effect until Sept. 30. Check the town’s website (town.lakecowichan.bc.ca) or Facebook page for updates and more information.

Private bike rack not for public use Tamu Miles

Lake CowiChan Gazette

It’s not that Curves owner Christine Callihoo wants to discourage people from riding their bikes and maintaining a healthy lifestyle, she just doesn’t want you parking your bike at her private bike rack in front of her store.

Callihoo’s business is located in the Peter’s Centre on South Shore Road. The centre is located above two of the busiest bus stops in town and Callihoo says that some of the people commuting to and from Duncan using the busses are parking their bikes at her bike rack at the front of her store.

“There’s usually three bikes out there that don’t belong to any of us here,” says Callihoo. “People just come in the morning and leave their bikes and catch the bus.”

Callihoo says she got the bike rack to accommodate her clientele, but with it being used by non-members, this clientele is not being able to make use of the bike rack. Many of the illegally parked bikes are even chained up, making it impossible for her to move them to accommodate her clients.

“I don’t want it to just be for Curves members,” says Callihoo, “but for people at the Peter’s Centre.”

To try and deal with this issue, Callihoo has sent three letters to the town office requesting that a bike rack be set up at the east bound bus stop below the Peter’s Centre. At the Public Works meeting on

May 7, council reviewed one of these letters and discussed what could be done.

“If we want to adopt some kind of a plan to encourage people to leave a bike for the day, I don’t think the bus stop is the place for it,” says Nagi Rizk, the town’s superintendent of Public Works.

“I don’t mind encouraging people to use their bikes, use the transit and go to work out on their bicycles, these are wonderful ideas, but we have to look at the general plan and make sure that it’s the right thing to do.”

Coun. Bob Day argued that when issues like this arise, the public is sending a signal that something needs to be done.

“When bus users ride their bikes and park them somewhere to catch a bus, they’re telling us ‘we need a bike rack’,” says Day. “And when a business owner tells us that her bike rack is full of bus riders, she’s telling us, her bike rack is full of bus riders. And we should probably push some buttons and get some bike racks near bus stops.”

Day and Coun. Tim McGonigle also pointed out that there is not much difference between a park and ride for drivers and a bike rack for cycling commuters, and that cyclists should also be accommodated.

In the end, mayor and council decided that ultimately it is Callihoo’s responsibility to make people aware that her bike rack is private property. To this end they suggested that she put up a sign to make people aware of this fact. They also noted that there are no funds in the budget this year to construct a bike rack, and that

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Coun. Bob Day before they move ahead with any plans town staff will have to investigate through talking to the CVRD and Transit to discover what the options are when it comes to placing bike racks at bus stop locations.

“I would be glad to do that if it’s the policy of the CVRD,” says Rizk, “to have bike racks at the bus stops.”

In the meantime Callihoo will put up a sign, but she is getting frustrated with the lack of respect. She says that it might come to the point where she has to move the bikes to the bus stop herself and leave them there for the owners to deal with when they return home.

“For me it just seems like you have a bus stop so you should have a bike rack,” says Callihoo. “It seems like a no-brainer to me.”

What do you think? If you want to see a bike rack at the east bound bus stop below the Peter’s Centre, let us know via our Facebook page, or by sending us a letter to the editor. Email editor@lakecowichangazette.com.

KAATZA HISTORICAL SOCIETY Annual General Meeting and Regular Meeting May 21, 2013 - 7:00 p.m.

Bell Tower School, Saywell Park, Lake Cowichan, B.C. GUEST SPEAKER: Robert Turner - Author of “Canadian Pacific Esquimalt Nanaimo Railway”

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This weekend starts the community events season The May long weekend brings with it the first major community event for the Cowichan Lake area.

Heritage Days kicks-off the beginning of the summer season and the start of the many local community events around the lake. The organizing committee of Heritage Days has once again put a lot planning into making the weekends events inCommunity of clude something for everyone.

With a theme of “The Year of the Train” it events seems appropriate that many of the events are centered around the Kaatza Station Museum and add to our the history of the trains that once served the area that it holds. summer Railroad history buffs will be sure to enjoy the train display that marks the 100 years since the season first passenger train came to Lake Cowichan, but many locals will appreciate seeing this important part of the history of the area as well.

A book signing by Bill Gibson, local author of the book, Black Smoke and Timber about the history of Cowichan Lake trains and celebrating the history of our area will also be of interest to anyone curious about the history of the Cowichan Lake area.

Of special note, and perhaps a bit of history in the making itself, will be the signing of the Protocal Agreement between the Town of Lake Cowichan and the Lake Cowichan First Nation at noon on Saturday at Saywell Park.

This agreement is an effort to improve their relationship and how the two can work together with mutual respect and understanding.

With many events planned to include all members of the family, this weekend is the perfect time to get out and enjoy all the events that will be happening and rejoice in the fact that we survived another winter as we get started on another summer of fun community events happening all around the lake.

Smolts now dying in a drying Cowichan River after bureaucrats failed to act Cowichan River fish smolts are already dying due to warm weather and drying river beds.

One stakeholder blames the coho-, Chinook-, and steelhead trout -smolt deaths on talk but no action by senior bureaucrats with B.C.’s forests ministry.

“If we had control (of river flows), we’d act today,” Parker Jefferson of One Cowichan said in Thursday.

That local coalition of watershed folks, First Nations and Cowichan politicians wants Warm Land hands on the river’s tap, and storage needs behind Cowichan Lake’s weir, to prevent salmon from dying — as happened during last fall’s spawn.

“The watershed board needs to keep the flows going, but government wants to hold water back (in the lake) to adhere to

the (1950s Catalyst mill river licence) rule curve.”

But stakeholder and trout fisherman Joe Saysell explained the catch-22 about Cowichan’s fish.

“If we let water go now, we could run out of water later, especially if we don’t get any rain,” he said Friday, with an eye to fall’s spawning needs.

“We had a dry spring and very little snow pack.”

But if the province allowed the lake’s weir to be raised from the current 15 inches to 18 inches, “we’d have good flows to cover steelhead reds, and prevent all other fry from dying.”

“The real answer is to raise the weir to 18 inches so we can store more water — at 18 inches we could have let more water go right now.

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minister) could order that weir raised by three inches right now.”

While Saysell said some smolts will die “99% of the fry are OK at 15 inches.”

Boosting storage to 18 inches would have little effect on lakefront properties, he explained, and would allow a slow lowering of the river level to help spring smolts and “not create these puddles of fry.”

A dry river also spells lost trout-fishing tourist dollars as that season shrank from three months in the late 1950s, to just 10 days this year, Saysell explained.

Meanwhile, Jefferson said he visited the river’s north arm Thursday with Cowichan Tribes’ member Tim Kulchyski.

They viewed “the stranding crisis” where “baby Chinooks

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Cowichan River smolts are now dying due to low flows and warm weather. Local stakeholders are demanding a water release from Cowichan Lake’s weir to save the baby fish.

are doomed”, Jefferson’s email to the News Leader Pictorial says.

“This arm of the river is now dry. According to Joe Saysell, who is working on this in the upper river, we have never seen the river this low at this time of year,” Jefferson says.

Saysell drifted the river Wednesday with former federal environment minister David Anderson, Jefferson says. Anderson, like many other locals, has indicated he’s baffled and angry about river-flow inaction by the provincial government.

—Cowichan News Leader Pictorial

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A.B.Greenwell School students learn about the election process

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From left: First place winner in the district Grade 11-12 category Sarah Jones, third place Grade 11-12 finalist Ashley Pastor, Grade 9-10 semi-finalist Lauren Frost and second place Grade 11-12 finalist Tyler Doxtator.

LCSS senior students sweep district Hector McIntosh speaking awards in Duncan Late Shawnigan Lake school teacher Hector McIntosh left a trust fund of $7,500 to the Rotary Club to do something to further education for young students. Rotarians Ray Bush and Bud Fulton thought of a speech competition and Donna Dawe and the Rotary Club of Duncan continued the tradition May 13 with the 32nd-annual Hector McIntosh Speech Awards at the Travelodge Duncan. A dozen finalists from Grade 4 to Grade 12 competed in four age groups, judged by Duncan Toastmasters, with $4,370 in scholarships and bursaries given out.

For the first time in the 32 years one school swept the finals in one category — the Grade 11-12. Lake Cowichan Secondary School was that one school with three Grade 12 students taking the top three spots.

Sarah Jones won first place and a $1,250 prize. Her speech was a humourous look on relationships. Tyler Doxtator won $875 as second place winner with his speech on speech theatrics. Ashley Pastor took home $500 and third place with her tongue-in-cheek speech on first world problems.

Grade 10 LCSS student Lauren Frost’s speech on the influence of music lyrics on the teenage psyche was recognized as a “winner” but Frost’s speech was three seconds too long and was then not eligible to win. But Frost has been invited to speak at Toastmasters and was given a $250 cash award.

Teacher Adrian Achurch was the teacher sponsor and coordinated the speech presentations at LCSS and the students going to the Duncan district finals.

A.B. Greenwell Grade 5 student Alyssa Miner casts her vote.

A.B. Greenwell’s Grade 3,4 and 5 class took part in Student Vote which is a program that the classes took part in that teaches the students about government and the voting process. The program is run parallel with the provincial election for those under the age of 18.

“The students have learned about the concept of government and the different types of government around the world, about democracy in Canada and the fundamental rights and freedoms that exist, as well as the associated responsibilities, the roles and responsibilities associated with the three levels of government and understand how government policies and services influence their lives, about B.C.’s political parties and they researched their party platforms, about their electoral district, the candidates and local issues,” said Jann Drake, principal of the school.

“Students were empowered to organize a parallel election in the school and share their knowledge and enthusiasm with their families. Students learned about the voting process and evaluated the leaders, party platforms and local candidates before making their ballot choice.”

Students will analyze the results of the general election and student vote parallel election — that took place on Monday, May 13 — and then they will reflect on the outcome and their participation. The students will do a culminating project of a scrapbook showing all that they know about the election process.

This will be the seventh Student Vote program in British Columbia. Nearly 100,000 students are expected to cast a Student Vote ballot. For more information on the program go to studentvote.ca.

The doctor is out but ‘Choose Cowichan Lake’ keeps working to bring one in Committee is determined to attract new physicians to the Cowichan Lake area.

Tamu Miles Lake CowiChan Gazette Choose Cowichan Lake is a committee whose mandate is to improve the level of services and opportunities for the Cowichan Lake community through advocacy and promotion. As such, the committee is working with VIHA and the Town of Lake Cowichan to promote the area to physicians who may want to open a practice here.

This committee, upon learning the news that Dr. Kibonge will no longer be moving his practice to Lake Cowichan, and that Dr. Kerswell will be moving his practice to Duncan in the fall, held an emergency meeting last week to try and come up with some solutions.

Though there is not much they can do in the immediate future, the committee did send out a press release which stated, in part:

“The committee sees these two decisions as a temporary setback but we are determined to carry on and work even harder to try to attract new physicians to the Cowichan Lake area.”

The position will continue to be posted on the VIHA physician recruitment website, and as was written in the May 1 issue of the Gazette, many of the services provided by Brookside Medical Clinic are also provided by Island Pharmacy here in town. These services include vaccinations, prescription refills, and much more.

To help attract a doctor to the area, Choose Cowichan Lake states that they are “working closely with the VIHA Physician’s Recruitment Centre in Nanaimo and the Cowichan Valley Division of Family Practice in Duncan.

We continue to advertise to new medical

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residents and to spread the word through social media.”

However, Brenda Warren of VIHA’s Physician Recruitment program explains that VIHA has very little influence when it comes to private practice physicians.

“Generally speaking,” says Warren, “physicians are independent business people and are not employees of the health authority. It is the decision of the physician where she\he chooses to practice.”

Choose Cowichan Lake invites local residents to spread the word to family and friends.

“We invite everyone in the Cowichan Lake area to help by telling friends and acquaintances that we are looking for new physicians to set up practice in our lovely community,” states the press release.

To check the status of the position, residents can check the VIHA website by going to viha.ca/careers/physicians/ permanent/family_practice/.

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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING OFFICIAL COMMUNITY PLAN AMENDMENT BYLAW NO. 3564 ZONING AMENDMENT BYLAW NO. 3565 Applicable to Electoral Area I – Youbou/Meade Creek DATE: PLACE: TIME:

Monday, May 27, 2013 Youbou Community Hall (Lower Hall) 8550 Hemlock Street, Youbou BC 7:00 pm

Official Community Plan Amendment Bylaw No. 3564 proposes to amend Youbou/ Meade Creek Official Community Plan Bylaw No. 2650 by adding a new Tourist Recreational Commercial Policy to the Official Community Plan that would permit the occupancy of the Cottages at Marble Bay to occur on a year-round basis. Bylaw No. 3564 would also add new development permit guidelines for the upland portion of the property that is currently undeveloped.

Zoning Amendment Bylaw No. 3565 proposes to amend Electoral Area I – Youbou/Meade Creek Zoning Bylaw No. 2465 by creating a new zone, the Lakeview Recreational Zone (LR11), adding definitions for building footprint and recreational residence, and amending Schedule A (Zoning Map) to rezone Strata Plan VIS 5772, Block 180, Cowichan Lake District and Remainder of Lot 1, Block 180, Cowichan Lake District, Plan VIP78710 as shown on the map below from C-4 (Tourist Commercial 4 Zone) to Lakeview Recreational 11 Zone.

1945 Lady of the Lake, Delores Traer (Kitching) in 2002, while visiting her old family home in Mesachie Lake.

1946 Lady of the Lake, Delphine Williams (Johnson).

Lady of the Lake 1947, Ruby Tasa (Salmon).

Lady of the Lake 1948 , Marjorie Turner (Clarke).

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When tickets bought votes for Lady of the Lake If approved, OCP Amendment Bylaw No. 3564 and Zoning Amendment Bylaw No. 3565 would permit both seasonal and year round residency on the subject properties. Under the existing zoning, the cottages can only be occupied by any one individual or family for up to a maximum of 22 weeks in a calendar year.

A covenant would be in place that would prohibit further subdivision of the remainder of the lands until such a time as the subject properties become part of a CVRD Community Sewer System and a CVRD Community Water System. A covenant would also be in place regarding the establishment of an east-west trail corridor on the upland portion of the property that is undeveloped.

A public hearing was held for the subject amendment bylaws on October 18, 2012. In response to concerns raised at the hearing regarding traffic and road safety, the applicant has proposed a contribution of $50,000 to be used for future road and intersection improvements or pedestrian safety upgrades. The contribution would be secured by a covenant and would be payable prior to subdivision of the undeveloped land. The CVRD Board has directed that a second public hearing be held so the public can comment on the contribution and the proposed amendment bylaws.

At the public hearing, all persons who deem their interests affected by the proposed amendments will be afforded an opportunity to be heard or to present written submissions on matters contained therein, before representatives of the Regional Board. Prior to the public hearing, written comments on the bylaws may be faxed to 250-746-2621, e-mailed to ds@cvrd.bc.ca, or mailed and/or deposited at the Regional District offices up to 4:30 p.m. on the day of the hearing. For further information, please call Dana Leitch, Planner II, Planning & Development Department, at 250-746-2620.

The public hearing on May 27, 2013, is to be held by Director P. Weaver, Director I. Morrison and Director M. Dorey as delegates of the Board. A copy of the proposed Bylaws, the resolution delegating the holding of the public hearing, and other documents that may be considered by the Board in determining whether to adopt the Bylaws are available for public inspection at the Regional District Planning & Development Department office, 175 Ingram Street, Duncan, BC, from Wednesday, May 15, 2013, to Monday, May 27, 2013, between the hours of 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding Monday, May 20, 2013, being the Victoria Day Statutory Holiday.

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PAGES OF HISTORY On Labour Day in September 1951, the eighth local annual sports program was held at Lake Cowichan (known then as “the Foot” by people of the surrounding communities), under bright skies and sunny weather.

It was reportedly attended by record crowds who ventured from near and far to take in what was the forerunner of Lake Days.

As always, the highlight of the affair was the parade which began on Renfrew Avenue in downtown Lake Cowichan and was led by the Canadian Scottish Band.

The centre of attraction, reported the UBO Bulletin, was undeniably the Lady of the Lake float — a large boat trimmed in royal blue with sails of mauve and bouquets of yellow asters waving above the girls, who were clad in long white gowns.

Riding on the float was the newly crowned 1951 Lady of the Lake, Miss Shirley Mackenzie, who

had the honour of being the first contestant from Youbou to win the crown.

Her two attendants, reported as “her rivals,” were Miss Isabel Edlund representing Mesachie Lake and Honeymoon Bay and Miss Pat Clarke who represented Lake Cowichan. The retiring Lady of the Lake, who also rode on the Lady of the Lake float, was Miss Gurdave Hari Dley, who won the title the year prior as the representative of Mesachie Lake and Honeymoon Bay. In her inaugural speech for Lady of the Lake, Shirley MacKenzie thanked the Youbou Teen Town group and the people of Youbou for their tremendous support, giving special accolades to Youbou residents Alex Toutant who sold the largest number of tickets and Derek White, close runner-up in ticket sales.

(Judges were not used to select the winner in those days. Instead, the title went to the girl whose community she represented, sold the most tickets.)

In the years between 1945 and 1950, the title went to five girls, all of whom won the crown based solely on their community selling more tickets than other compet-

ing communities.

The 1945 winner was Mesachie Lake girl Delores Traer (Kitching) whose father was an employee of Hillcrest Lumber Company. Delphine Williams (Johnson) won the title the following year with Lake Cowichan girl Ruby Tasa (Salmon) winning the crown in 1947.

Ruby’s parents came to the area in the late 1920s and moved to a float house in Bear Lake just after Ruby‘s birth in 1930. She later married Ron Salmon before moving away.

Marjorie Turner (Clarke) was chosen Lady of the Lake in 1948 followed by Carol Lipsack in 1949. A name that should not be omitted here is that of June Eckert (who went on to marry longtime local resident Nels Olson) who won the title of 1944 Lumber Queen, a pageant that was held in Duncan and where June competed against other contestants from throughout the Cowichan Valley.

Three former Lady of the Lake winners (from 1960 back) known to still live in this area include Doreen Towle (Lawson) 1952; Arlene Johnson (Matson) 1956 and GraceAnne Malone (Risdorf) 1960.

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No longer just sporadic visitors in the night, elk often wander through town singly or in groups in broad daylight. This herd of 20-plus Roosevelt Elk was caught on film at about 6:30 p.m. on Saturday, April 27.

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Robert and Colleen Vezina took their hometown newspaper with them on holidays Hawaii in April. Robert is pictured here with Richard who lights the torches and blows the conch shell every evening during the llika on Oahu between 5:30 and 6:00 pm.

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Take a stroll for the soul

Ah spring! The season of rebirth when shaggy creatures emerge from their dim lairs, blinking in the unaccustomed light, sniffing the sweet perfume of new growth and everywhere viewing the green promise of another season… and that’s just the people on my block! The changing seasons are one of those things that re-connect us with the natural world no matter where we live or what our lifestyle.

Of all the seasons, spring especially rejuvenates us and fills us with hope and promise. Just witness the general uplift of people’s moods on a gloriously sunny April morning in comparison to the pessimistic owliness of a cold, grey day in February. We are still animals who are part of the natural world in spite of all our modern trappings, machines and agendas and spring is the perfect time to remember that.

Time spent outside engaging in simple pursuits and tasks is good for the mind, body and soul as well as for the earth and environment at large. People tend to feel passionate about things that they are familiar with and understand; things that they’ve actually experienced. Growing a garden makes us more aware of the food we consume and where it comes from. Hiking a trail puts us in

touch with our natural world and the flora and fauna that inhabit it. We feel a connection and affinity. The experience becomes part of us and so in turn becomes something that we care about protecting.

Even a simple walk through your neighbourhood can be a stress-reducing, mood lifting experience, not to mention helping downsize the monolith now trailing you where every spoonful of ice-cream or order of poutine that you ever consumed has taken up permanent residence (aka: your butt). When you walk (wherever, whenever) don’t let niggling worries intercede. Firmly banish all thoughts of money, dirty dishes, unfinished projects, annoying coworkers, spouses, children, neighbours, political leaders, celebrities and that ridiculous lizard in the insurance commercials and be totally in the moment. Savour each breath that you inhale, drink in every sight, from that breathtaking spray of snowy cherry blossoms to that really weird looking dog who lives on the corner.

Make eye contact or better still, say hi to everyone you pass by (critters included).

Whistle old show-tunes or sing your favourite song right out loud. A little bout of parking the “what will people think” bag is good for your well being and self confidence. Who gives a flying fig what people think? This moment is all about you taking time to completely enjoy some peaceful down-time with the person who knows, understands and accepts you like nobody else. Yourself.

Try to make a little walk around a local trail, the neighbourhood of even your own backyard part of your daily routine. It’s better than a multivitamin for improving your mental and physical well being. Besides, depending on your musical tastes, it’s always good to give the neighbours something new to talk about.

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Mike Bishop of CICV chats with Li Read (centre) and Dave Gordon of Salt Spring Island’s Green FM. Gordon will be the new Saturday DJ starting May 18.

in local radio programming.

One of the requirements of the agreement is that the radio station take on two high school students and pilot them through a kind of self-directed study course wherein they will learn many of the nuts and bolts of broadcast radio.

But that’s just the tip of the iceberg. English students will have a chance to read their poetry on air, student sports reporters will be able to take equipment and cover local games, and live programs like School’s Out, a student program already in place, will continue to

be on the air.

“We’ll provide them with the hands on gear and help with the assessment of how they’re doing,” says Bishop. “And it’s a chance for them to do some other type of education that they can get recognized for.”

CICV is still looking for volunteers and Bishop would like to let the community know that there are many more positions that need to be filled besides being a DJ or an announcer.

“Right now we’re waiting on the results of an application we made to the Canadian Radio Fund of Canada,” says Bishop.

The station applied for a grant of $10,000 to go towards temporary employees, advertising and the writing of a training syllabus.

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On a guided tour of the new facility, Bishop explained that two sound proof rooms are nearing completion.

“Everything is kit form and built off-site,” says Bishop.

This is because nothing can be permanently affixed to school property as the station is technically renting the space.

“The work is being done by one of our announcers,” says Bishop, referring to John Harrison. “He’s the handyman who can, and he did!”

Bishop says that Harrison is new to the area but has become quite involved with the radio and the community at large. Harrison has been working on the new studio in his spare time after work and between jobs.

“Peters’ Irly Bird, here in Lake Cowichan, are being very gracious and making the [supplies] available to us at a reasonable cost,” says Bishop.

“They’re also sourcing out donated materials for us.”

He indicates the sound-proof windows that will be going to between the two studios as an example of donated items.

The space also has a large common room, good for bringing in and recording bands, as well as plenty of storage, office space, and even a lunch room.

This move came about because of a cooperative agreement between the station and the high school, and is one that will see an even greater student involvement

include a librarian; someone who will organize all of the LPs into their respective genres.

“People think radio, and ‘I don’t want to be on the radio’,” says Bishop. “But for every person on the radio, there’s ten people behind the scenes doing the production, the research, the writing.”

Bishop was excited to announce that starting May 18, the station will have a new DJ. Dave Gordon of Green FM on Salt Spring Island came with Li Read on Thursday to meet the CICV gang and see the station in action.

“He loved it, he’s so thrilled and he wants to become involved,” says Bishop. As a result, Gordon will be hosting a Saturday show.

“We’ll have interactive Saturdays,” says Bishop.

“We want people to go to the Honeymoon Bay Market and give reports back, but we never had anyone who was able to be at the desk to receive reports and to sort of tie the day together.”

Bishop says the station will be up and running from its new location starting Sept. 1.

Throughout the summer he and other CICV volunteers will be working to move in all of the station equipment and get the space ready.

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The cast and stage managers of Blithe Spirit present themselves to the audience and prepare to take a bow after the final evening performance of the play on May 10. From left: Annette Jamieson, Norm Hamilton, Alex Gallagher, Eva Fearon, Maureen Akenclose, Jessie Mann, Lauren Frost, Barbara Simkins, and Alex Werk. Missing from the photo is McKenzie Paterson, who played the role of Edith.

Jealous spirits rock the players’ house Tamu Miles

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Well, Kaatza Lakeside Players has done it again.

Their spring production, Blithe Spirit, by Noel Coward was a recipe for laughs and made for a lighthearted evening for all who attended one of the four days of performances from May 8-11.

For those of you who aren’t familiar with the play, it is set in the 1940s and follows the trials of a well-to-do author, Charles Condomine, who, while innocently trying to research the afterlife and the technicalities of conducting a séance, finds himself juggling the jealous antics of both his dead and living wives.

The core cast, Maureen Akenclose as Ruth Condomine, Alex Gallagher as the afore mentioned Charles, Norm Hamilton as Dr. George Bradman

and Annette Jamieson as his wife Mrs. Violet Bradman indeed seemed to work together as a welloiled unit. Throughout the fast-paced and quick witted dialogue, these four handled the banter between their characters with ease and fluidity, bringing the audience into a world of carefully choreographed chaos.

I would have to say that this reviewer’s favourite scene occurred when Charles’ dead wife, Elvira, played by Jessie Mann, first appears on the set.

Through a séance conducted by one Madame Arcati, played by Eva Fearon, Elvira is summoned from the afterlife. This apparition sends Charles into a tizzy and causes misscommunication between him and Ruth as he tries to discern the reason for his deceased wife’s presence and whether or not he is going insane. This scene

had the audience laughing uproariously as not a single beat was missed and the humour laid on as thick as in an episode of Faulty towers.

The end of the play was also a delight as Charles tries to exorcize (with the help of Madame Arcati, of course) both his long-dead wife Elvira and the recently deceased Ruth from his home. I’m sure I was not the only audience member (who was not already familiar with Coward’s play) who did not guess that the lowly servant, Edith, played by McKenzie Paterson, was indeed the one responsible for inviting Elvira’s ghost into the lives of the unsuspecting cast.

As it turns out, she is also the only one who can get rid of them, too!

With the walls lined with an archival selection of past Kaatza Players productions, a meticulous set, and refreshments provided

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A scene in the first act, when Maureen Akenclose (left) as Ruth Condomine talks with Mckenzie Paterson as the maid Edith in preparation for a visit from the doctor and his wife.

by the Lake Cowichan Kinsmen and the Ohtaki delegation, attending Blithe Spirit was truly a fun night out for the whole family.

So for those who could

not make it, or perhaps think that community theatre is not for them, you may want find out what you’ve been missing and book your tickets early for the next Kaatza

Players production. For more information on future productions, casting calls, or anything theatre related in the Cowichan Lake area, log onto kaatzalakesideplayers.ca.

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KAATZA HISTORICAL SOCIETY Heritage Days 2013 “ Year of the Train” Celebrating 100 years since the first passenger train came to Lake Cowichan Come and see our displays, photos throughout the weekend 10:00 - 4:00 COMMUNITY PICNIC Sunday, May 19, 2013 1:00 - 3:00 Book Signing - Author Bill Gibson “Black Smoke and Timber” during picnic

Town enters into new agreement with Lake Cowichan First Nation Elodie Adams

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The announcement of a joint agreement between the Lake Cowichan First Nation and the Town of Lake Cowichan is an exciting development, says LCFN operations manager, Aaron Hamilton.

The operations manager told the Gazette that although the First Nation band has been in Lake Cowichan since “time immemorial,” there has never been an agreement set out between the two parties until now. These protocol agreements benefit from funding from the Union of B.C. Municipalities and the First Nation Summit, funding which Hamilton applied for and obtained.

“The whole premise of that funding is to see First Nation governments collaborate with non-First Nation governments,” he explained, “in an effort to improve relationships and see how we can work together.”

To be made official during Lake Cowichan’s Heritage Days, the agreement follows B.C. government-to-First Nation government protocol agreements which aim to establish a new or ongoing relationship, founded on the basis of mutual respect and understanding.

The idea began as a seed in Hamilton’s mind. He then went to see the town’s Chief Administrative Officer, Joe Fernandez, back in September 2012, to talk about how they could work together in the future. While the town does provide certain services to the band and there have been attempts in the past to put things into place,

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On behalf of the Lake Cowichan First Nation, operations manager Aaron Hamilton has been working with the Town of Lake Cowichan to establish a new protocol agreement which will be signed as part of the Heritage Days festivities.

Hamilton said he thought this was a chance to start fresh.

A joint meeting between the councils of the two governments at the CLEC brought forth some interesting results, the young operations manager said, especially when individuals were asked to determine what their key values are in the community.

“It was so interesting to see the results,” he began. “I think there were between six and eight values that were the same.

For example, we both want to be stewards for the environment, that was one similarity.”

He said the results of the meeting provided the initial framework for the protocol agreement. There will be an pm official signing by Mayor Ross Forrest and Chief Cyril Livingstone on May 18 in Saywell pm Park, as part of the Heritage Day festivities. Forrest says he, too, is delighted to see a formal agreement finally take shape.

“The end objective (of the formal agreement) is to establish the framework for cordial

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relations between the two councils, something that the current and past councils have strived for,” Forrest confirmed. “ It is my hope that we will always continue to have good relations with the Lake Cowichan First Nation.”

The mutual objectives and areas of collaboration the parties have chosen to focus on over the course of the agreement are outlined below: ° Economic Development – sharing information related to key developments; ° Education – informing one another of each other’s history and current status; ° Stewardship – participation on various local initiatives that will aim at the protection and sustainable management of the resources within the Cowichan Lake Watershed; and ° Treaty Negotiations – development of a process to report to one another and allow for exchanging of information regarding the status of negotiations.

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As an engineer, Bill Gibson’s professional career led him away from the Cowichan Lake area where he grew up in the early 1950s. The young Gibson moved here with his family and spent three years living at Gordon River logging camp before moving to Lake Cowichan.

Those formative years would have a marked effect on the young lad, and when he retired, Gibson moved back to the lake, became a volunteer at the Kaatza Historical Museum and has since been delving into the history of the area.

Two years ago, he finished his first book, Rails to Roads and the Million Dollar Camp, a complete historical compilation of Gordon River logging camp from 19501965. Then, because he felt there was still more to say, Gibson penned a second book for the historical society in conjunction with the 100th anniversary (1913-2013) of the arrival of the first passenger train in Lake Cowichan, entitled Black Smoke and Timber.

“While I was writing the story of Gordon River,” related Gibson, “there was a chapter just on locomotives that we had in camp, and I could see that there was a story to be told about logging locomotives.”

With a little nudging from the museum’s curator, Barbara Simkins, who was looking for a way to mark the centenary — an important one as the museum’s home is in the former station — Gibson set out to tell that story. The result is a detailed, historical account, or everything you ever wanted to know about logging locomotives, but were afraid to ask.

“A few of us were talking about how we’re going to promote this 100th anniversary,” Gibson remembers. “And one of the ideas — I think it was my idea, I’m not sure

— was to write a book.

“When I suggested it,” he recalled with a laugh, “I remember turning around to look at the others, and everybody was looking at me!”

The Lake Cowichan retiree can’t say enough about another volunteer at the museum, Wayne Nolan, without whose help the book never would have come to fruition.

“Wayne, who is a walking encyclopedia of trains, volunteered to proof my work,” he said, adding that Nolan would go through his writing as he completed sections and make comments. “At first, there would be just one page of notes, then several, then nine or 10. . . and that was to make sure dates and other information were historically correct.”

Likewise for his collaboration with Simkins, and her inestimable work on finding photographs and material in the museum’s archives that provided him with the historical details and information he needed Gibson says it wasn’t enough to simply talk about logging locomotives, but that it required going back to ask why do we have logging railways in the first place? To write about that part, he explains, meant that he had to make it historically significant and talk about the beginnings of the railway for Cowichan Lake.

“So it ended up being quite a broad topic even though I wanted to really focus on the logging locomotives,” he said. “And I covered both the E & N and CN railways, because they were both here, as well as the engine specifics, equipment and so on.”

Another feather in the cap of the “reluctant” author and the Kaatza Historical Society and Museum.

Gibson will be signing his new book on May 19 at the Bell Tower School in Saywell Park, between 1 and 3 p.m.

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SATURDAY– May 18, 2013 10am-4pm Train Display 100 years since First Passenger Train came to Lake Cowichan IWA Wilmer Gold Historical Photos Display • Hanging Basket Sale 10am-1pm Saywell Park • Late Bloomers Plant Sale 10am-1pm Saywell Park • Kaatza Art Show & Sale 10am-4pm Upper Community Hall 311 South Shore Road • Logging Truck Parade 11:00 Start at Arena, Finish at Saywell Park • Children’s Dog Parade & Show 10:30 Animal Rescue Society, Saywell Park • Stin-Qua the Legend Colouring in the Park, Saywell Park • Hotdogs by Donation 11:00-2:00 • Awards/Business/Visitor Information Centre 11:30 Coffee & Cookies, 125 South Shore • Protocol Agreement Signing 12:00 Saywell Park, Lake Cowichan First Nations, and Town Mayor and Council • Heritage Sports Wall Ceremony 1:00 Cowichan Lake Sports Arena • Kaatza Station Museum

SUNDAY– May 19, 2013 10am-4pm Train Display 100 years since First Passenger Train came to Lake Cowichan IWA Wilmer Gold Historical Photos Display • Kaatza Art Show & Sale 10am-4pm Upper Community Hall 311 South Shore Road • Rhododendron Memorial Point Ideal Road Park Tour (self-guided) Information at the museum • Book signing - author Bill Gibson 1:00-3:00 “Black Smoke & Timber”, the history of Cowichan Lake Trains, Honouring & Celebrating the History of our area • Community Picnic 1:00-3:00 BellTower School, Saywell Park Railway Spike Contest, Ride the self-propelled hand cart, Colouring Contest, Children’s Whistle Blowing, Children’s Scavenger Hunt, Bridge Auger Use Everyone Welcome - Hot dogs, corn on the cob, tea, coffee, juice, cake.

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Spectators and Fireballs’ coach Karen Hoskins cheer on Lyum Boddam (centre) and Anaya Bath as they round home plate in Sunday’s game.

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May 12 marked a special day on many calendars to recognize and honour motherhood. It is a day that normally comes armed with a plethora of gifts to pay homage to the sacrifices of our beloved mothers, ranging in all shapes and concepts spanning from a well planned (and usually never perfectly executed) breakfast in bed to the simple “I love you mom” card that is ever so lovingly signed, sealed and delivered. It was for a select group at Lake Cowichan Little League Park who received an entirely different gift all together, a Sunday morning T-ball game with local teams the Cheetahs facing off against the Fireballs.

It would be a hard fought game with both teams giving a tremendous effort out on the diamond with every swing of the bat or throw of the ball, but it would ultimately boil down to be a game where a measure of success is judged solely on fundamentals and fun which would take precedence over the mathematics of an irrelevant final score.

“There are 40 kids registered for T-ball and we were able to create four local teams that play against each other and we always have fun,” says Fireballs coach and T-ball coordinator Karen Hoskins. “We have very young and special needs athletes as well. It’s a terrific program for everyone and it’s great for the kids.”

Hoskins added that it has been a great experience coaching because each player brings something special to the field. The children learn the basics of baseball as well as how to be part of a team in the community.

Lake Cowichan District Minor Baseball Association will be holding hotdog sale and bottle drive fundraising events in the community that will be headed up by the T-ball teams to help generate money for new equipment for the club.

Retreads visit big trees and Botany Beach A small but select group of Retreads visited the San Juan spruce, the Avatar Grove and Botanical Beach this week.

Why a small group? Because another similar group was up at Yellow Point Resort enjoying hiking, scrabble games and the extravagant cuisine together with members of the Tread Club from Victoria. Why select?

More of a puzzle. Is it because of the years of experience and tall tales, the wisdom that age brings, or just because we enjoy the great outdoors so much especially during bright sunny days?

To find the San Juan spruce you leave the highway to Port Renfrew and turn hard left onto the Lens Creek Main Road and then right onto Bear Main Road.

Then cross the bridge over the San Juan River and turn down into the campground. There in a corner, close to the pristine river, is this magnificent Sitka spruce with a maple tree growing out one side. While it is a huge tree, it does not quite match the Harris Creek spruce that we have visited so many times.

Next we headed for Avatar Grove. Drive past the turn-off to Port Renfrew and continue until you turn onto the Gordon River Road and cross the bridge high above the river. Another two kilometres and we are at the entrance to the Avatar Grove.

Low and behold, there is a new sign at the entrance to both the lower and upper paths. We scrambled down onto the lower path, holding the rope assist and then wind our way over logs and down more steep slopes until we get into the area of fine big cedar

Bruce Champion, Werner Vogel and Bruce Woodrow take a moment and pause in front of a gnarled cedar tree in Avatar Grove.

trees.

Along the way we see dead trees that are nursing other big trees. At one site a dead tree, likely a fir, has a large cedar growing out of it. At another site a huge dead cedar is still standing but leaning far over and has a hemlock growing out of it. Eventually, we reach our favourite tree with the large gnarls and pause for

pictures. Then back up over the same challenging paths to our vehicle. Was it worth protecting this grove? Certainly. With reasonably easy access and a bit of a scramble we can get down into an old growth forest and see what is happening. We are told if we could get up into the crown of the big trees we would see another unique eco-system formed over hundreds of years.

After Avatar we traveled through Port Renfrew to Botanical Beach where we ate our lunch at the nicely painted picnic tables, and then embarked on the Botanical Beach loop that takes us an hour to cover with only minimal exploring of the tidal pools and interpretive signs.

After a stop at a local cafe we went along the lowlands and

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The hiking took two hours, eating one hour and driving took three hours across a fascinating part of our island home. It was a worthwhile 157 km drive.

We tackle Mount Tzouhalem next week if you care to join us.

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In loving memory of Winnie who passed away peacefully on May 2, 2013 in Victoria, B. C. Born on March 14, 1925.

Long time resident of Victoria, Lake Cowichan and Port Renfrew. Predeceased by husband Cliff and daughter Florence. Survived by two sons Rob (Rick) and Cliff (Karen); grandsons Clayton, Clifford, Sean; son-in-law Ken (Gail); grandsons Mike, Gordon (Rebecca); great-grandchildren Megan and Greg and niece Kathy (Rob).

Winnie also leaves many other family and friends.

Winnie was well known for her generous spirit, her baking (cakes and doughnuts), popcorn balls at Halloween, also her talents of cake decorating for special events and knitting.

Many thanks to the BCS workers and staff at Ross Place, Legion Manor, VIHA staff and the Priory Hospital for their wonderful care over the years. Thanks to Dr. Valerie Cowan for her kindness and exceptional care.

No funeral by Winnie’s request. Cremation. Flowers gratefully declined. Donations would be appreciated to any charity of your choice. Winnie would love random acts of kindness in her memory.

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DRAFT WOODLOT LICENCE PLAN Woodlot Licence #1614 The Licensee for Woodlot Licence W1614 hereby gives notice that the draft Woodlot Licence Plan (WLP) is available for public review until June 17, 2013. The area of operation is within the geographic area of Cowichan Lake near Gordon Bay, Meade Creek, Bald Mountain and Wardroper Creek. The purpose of the draft WLP is to describe where harvesting will occur, identify the forest management strategies to meet government objectives and the performance requirements that are to be met.

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• Lynn Brooks was the winner— out of 350 ticket purchases — of the Ohtaki, Japan Exchange Program’s Mother’s Day basket raffle. Roni Roach, a parent representative, drew the winning ticket on Friday at Lake Cowichan Furniture Store. All of the items in the basket were donated by the parents and the students of this year’s exchange and all the proceeds help fund the students’ trip.

☞ Local businesses and services

• Today is the last day to register for the Lake Days Road Hockey Tournament. Call 250-749-4710 or email lakecowichanroadhockey@shaw.ca • The Lake Cowichan Legion’s Drop-In Dart League — that plays from the last Monday in Sept. to the last Monday in April — had their windup on Sunday, May 5, with a barbeque and prizes handed out.

180 Pins: Sam Jones, William Dustow, and George Rowbottom Most wins, Women: 1st, Sam Jones; 2nd, Bonnie Willey Most wins, Men: 1st, William Dustow; 2nd, George Rowbottom Most High Scores: 1st, Steve Bedard; 2nd, Rick Bates • Honeymoon Bay Community Society and Lawn Bowling Society will be holding a silent auction on Sunday, May 26 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Honeymoon Bay Community Hall. The society is looking for donations of new or gently used items for the auction. If you have a donation please call Jackie at 250-932-6454 or Sharonann at 250-749-4061.

• A Protocol Agreement will be signed between the officials of the Lake Cowichan First Nation and the Town of Lake Cowichan on May 18 at Saywell Park at noon.

☞ VIU’s Cowichan campus

David Ridley

Royal Lepage Lake Cowichan, with the assistance of the Duncan office, held their annual giant Garage Sale for Shelter and barbecue on Saturday. Realtor Wendy Mitton said that they raised $1,598 and all of the proceeds will be donated to Somenos Transition House in Duncan.

• The public are invited to attend a ceremony honouring inductees into the Lake Cowichan Heritage Sports Hall of Fame at the Cowichan Lake Sports Arena, located at 311 South Shore Road, Lake Cowichan, at 1 p.m. on May 19 • The Kaatza Art Group’s show and sale from May 17 to 19 at the Lake Cowichan upper Centennial Hall will support the Lake Cowichan Animal Rescue by donating 20

discover trades day

High school students, parents and all curious learners in the community are invited to discover and explore the education and trades opportunities offered at Vancouver Island University’s Cowichan campus.

VIU Cowichan (2011 University Way, Duncan) is hosting an Open House/Discover Trades Day on Thursday, May 23 from noon to 6 p.m.

The open house will include hands-on activities for trades programs, interactive displays for vocational programs, and short presentations about dual credit programs, trades in B.C. and how to get started at VIU. For more information, call 250-746-3500 or visit cc.viu.ca

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