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Cobble Hill water safe, ofﬁcials assure residents Thurber report: Area nitrate levels cause concern, but people’s well water clear Peter W. Rusland

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outh Cowichanians were assured their water is safe to drink, despite Thursday’s release of area well-testing figures showing nitrates above safe levels. “There are no elevated nitrates in wells people are using,” CVRD engineering manager Brian Dennison said in the wake of a Thurber Engineering report on the Cherry Point Aquifer. Data issued April 30 about “Aquifer 197” was shared with some 200 residents in Cobble Hill Hall, during what was perhaps the valley’s largest-ever meeting about water-quality. By night’s end, folks were advised to have their wells tested annually for pollutants, and work through area directors to share information with the Fisher Road Advisory Committee and regional staff. Residents also heard more study, and two more wells — pushing Cowichan taxpayers’ bills to about $70,000 — are needed to Gerry Giles: nail nitrate sources from chemical moving on issue fertilizers, animal manure, plus septic and sewage discharges. “You should know what you’re drinking,” said Dr. Paul Hasselback of the Vancouver Island Health Authority. “I don’t think anyone’s at risk right now.” Cobble Hill Director Gerry Giles and other officials were non-committal about seeking stricter CVRD enforcement and regulation to keep nitrate sources out of the aquifer area. And no project leader has emerged among Cowichan Valley Regional District directors, VIHA agents, and provincial agents involved. Still, calm was urged by Pat Lapcevic, of the forest ministry’s water-protection branch. “I don’t believe your water supply is in imminent danger. What we’re measuring today is likely decades old.” Officials explained nitrate pollution may have started in local composting operations, but recent studies haven’t pinpointed sources in the northwest-flowing groundwater. more on page 5

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A Duncan man is facing charges today in Duncan provincial court in connection with the beating of Terry the Boston Terrier. Brandon Harrison, 26, is facing charges of uttering threats to cause death or bodily harm, criminal harassment and causing an animal to continue to be in distress. Chris and Leigh Davies were witnesses to the inci-

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Cowichan News Leader Pictorial 3 wife, Leigh, when she said she was going to call 911. “He said, ‘I’ll f---ing kill you if you dial 9-11,” Davies recalled in a previous article. North Cowichan/Duncan Cpl. Jon Stuart conﬁrmed the owner of the terrier — who the Davies named Terry — was questioned by an ofﬁcer as well as a B.C. SCPA investigator and arrested April 28 and released on conditions.

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Johel Brothers restructuring under creditor protection Reorganizing: Johel conﬁdent mainstay valley ﬁrm will be able to get back on its feet again Peter W. Rusland

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ohel Brothers Contracting Ltd., a valley excavatingand-development pillar, has filed for creditor protection, owner Dave Johel confirmed Thursday. “We filed under the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act,” he told the News Leader Pictorial, dismissing reports his Lake Cowichan-based firm was bankrupt.

“It’s business as usual. We’re out bidding and going for it,” he said, admitting his company is struggling with tough economic times. “We definitely need some tuning up.” Mechanics of the CCAA action — through accounting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers, and law firm Borden Ladner Gervais — proactively let Johel Brothers legally reorganize to a firm financial position. “It puts a stay on everyone so they can’t hound you while you restructure and regroup,” Johel said. PricewaterhouseCoopers’ website describes the CCAA process as allowing a company to restructure its financial affairs through a formal plan of arrangement. “The CCAA presents an opportunity for the company to avoid bankruptcy, and allows the credi-

tors to receive some form of payment for amounts owing to them by the company.” “It’s exactly what (Crofton mill owner) Dave Johel: Catalyst went tuning up through,” Johel noted of the timber giant’s restructuring, successfully concluded last year, “and it’s basically the same people doing it for us.” “These guys know all the ins and outs.” Johel didn’t expect any immediate layoffs among his 75-some staffers. But he foresaw dire fiscal straights several months ago, crunched his

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At least two different nitrate plumes, of varying size, run under various properties, officials said. Wells drilled near Fisher Road Recycling, Central Landscaping, and greenhouse operations at 1360 Fisher Road show nitrate levels of 28, 98, and 16.3 milligrams per litre, reported Paul Wilson of consultant Thurber Engineering Ltd. Also, fortified irrigation water at 1360 Fisher reached 158 mg/L of odourless, tasteless, colourless nitrates. Canadian drinking-water quality guidelines are 10 mg/L of nitrates, which can harm infants in high concentrations, explains provincial data. Babies, especially younger than six months, exposed to high dozes

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motorcyclist suffered a serious leg injury, cuts and bruises after being struck from behind Sunday afternoon on the TransCanada Highway at Hutchinson Road. And Shawnigan Lake RCMP are recommending charges against the driver of the vehicle that struck the motorcyclist. The vehicle driver was reported to have a blood alcohol reading of four times the legal limit. The motorcyclist was stopped at a red light in the southbound lane at Hutchinson Road when the incident occurred. A witness reported a suspected impaired driver had fled the scene to a residence in the 3300 block of Boyles Road in Cobble Hill. A lone female driver staggered from the car, the witness reported. The 26-year-old was located and taken to the North Cowichan/Dun-

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national Code of Silence Award isn’t likely to be won by Duncan, North Cowichan, or Cowichan’s regional board. Mayors Phil Kent and Jon Lefebure — plus regional Chairman Rob Hutchins — respectively explained councillors, directors and staff aren’t gagged from speaking to the press, a policy some municipalities and regions have adopted, to the disdain of reporters. That’s why Whistler earned the Canadian Association of Journalists’ Code of Silence Award May 4 in Ottawa. The CAJ’s award is presented to the most

secretive government, or publicly funded agency. “Our policy is only the mayor can speak as the voice of council as written in the community charter,” said Lefebure. “If a councillor speaks (publicly) on an issue, they’re speaking just for themselves. “Questions on facts are routinely answered by me and staff. Direction of council is the mayor’s responsibility.” Likewise at city hall. “It’s pretty open,” said Kent. “The mayor’s the spokesperson for the city, but that doesn’t exclude anyone else from commenting. Anyone on council can speak to the press when they want, but it doesn’t reflect the (political) actions of the city.” Hutchins, head of the Cowichan Valley

Regional District, was curious about the CAJ’s award for dubious integrity. Luckily, the CVRD also shuns gag orders. “It’s been a longtime practice at the CVRD for the chair, CAO, and corporate secretary to be spokespersons for the organization on a matter that involves the whole board,” his email says. “However, for matters involving a specific area of interest or expertise, the CVRD has always encouraged committee chairs, general managers, and managers to speak. “As well, in a diverse region such as ours, local area directors often field questions that pertain to their area or sub-regional area.” Concerning the mountain-resort city’s award, a panel of reviewers was

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swayed by two powerful submissions to the CAJ from local journalists in Whistler that tipped the scales, the association’s website says. “Since the Vancouver Olympics, the (Whistler) municipality’s communications have been dammed to the point even a trickle rarely escapes — even when media are actively poking holes to get behind the dam. “Per municipal policy, the only spokespeople are (Whistler) municipality’s mayor, CAO and public information officer,” CAJ brass said. “Experts at passing the buck, the control over information exercised in Whistler rivals that of certain federal departments, and PR at the most secretive private corporations.”

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The purpose of Amendment Bylaw Nos. 3703 and 3704 is to permit residential use on the subject property. PUBLIC HEARING #2 Zoning Amendment Bylaw No. 3679 would amend Electoral Area E Zoning Bylaw No. 1840 by removing “small suites” as a use in the Primary Agricultural (A-1) Zone. “Small suites” are small (90 square metres or less in floor area) freestanding secondary dwelling units on a parcel of land that already has a single family residence on it. The A-1 Zone is composed almost entirely of land within the Provincial Agricultural Land Reserve and the Agricultural Land Commission regulations do not permit small suites without an application being approved. Secondary suites (also 90 square metres or less in floor area), that are attached to or within the main single family dwelling on a parcel will still be permitted in the A-1 Zone should Bylaw 3679 be adopted, and Agricultural Land Commission (ALC) regulations permit these without applications to the ALC being required. The purpose of Amendment Bylaw No. 3679 is to delete “small suites” as a permitted use in the A-1 Zone of Area E. At the public hearings, 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 hearings, 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 regarding the Public Hearings please call Rob Conway, Manager (Public Hearing #1), or Mike Tippett, Manager (Public Hearing #2), Planning & Development Department, at 250-746-2620. The public hearings on June 3, 2013, are to be held by Director L. Duncan, Director I. Morrison and Director B. Fraser as delegates of the Board. A copy of the proposed Bylaws, the resolution delegating the holding of the public hearings, 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 Friday, May 24, 2013, to Monday, June 3, 2013, between the hours of 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday. Phone: (250) 746-2500 Fax: (250) 746-2513

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Bus fees right choice over classroom cuts

Tough call: decision gives kids the best bang for their education buck

rustee Mike McKay and SD79 brass didn’t make the controversial bus-fee ruling on their own. Some two-dozen meetings happened with parents, students, Aboriginal leaders, staff and teachers to carefully weigh various options for carving $3.7 million from Cowichan district’s deficit. SD79 bosses mulled either charging for rides — at $200 per kid, to a maximum of $400 per family per year — or cutting $400,000 from classroom programs. To us, picking the bus-fee option was a no-brainer Money better These are the types of stark tactics McKay and company must use as Vicspent in the toria fumbles for ways to expand our classroom than tax base, and boost education funding. And other tough decisions may be on the road on the way. The reality is our school board must balance its budget, while lobbying the province to up annual per-student funding. The stage McKay is setting for November’s local trustee byelection now includes busing fees, with costs waived for provable hardship cases where parents simply can’t pay to bus their kids. Sounds fair to us. Many students are already being driven to school everyday by their parents burning expensive gas to get them there. It behooves parents to do the math about fuel-versus-busing bills, and maybe consider car-pooling ideas. Meanwhile, some readers will agree walking or biking to school gives kids some exercise they sorely need. Ultimately, the road to learning in a competitive, job-scarce world is getting steeper, at least for the near future. That means belt-tightening, well-aimed sacrifices, and smarter thinking by everyone. Watch your step getting aboard.

We say:

Seeing both sides of: CVRD pursuing own dirt site The case against

The case for Like it or not, contaminated soil is a reality in our society — even right here in the Cowichan Valley. We can’t, in good conscience, just ignore it, or pretend it doesn’t exist and ship it elsewhere. So it is incumbent on local ofﬁcials to make sure it is done in as safe a place they can pinpoint, in as safe a manner as it can be done. This is just being responsible.

Shawnigan residents rally against the proposed Stebbings Road treatment operation earlier this year.

Liberal majority will have the beneﬁts of continuity Tom Fletcher Black Press

ne benefit of the surprising fourth term for the B.C. Liberals is the provincial government won’t be subjected to another big, expensive ideological remake. Taxpayers are spared a bill of millions in severance pay for deputy ministers and other senior staff who would be purged in large numbers in the left-right lurch that has defined B.C. politics for a generation. BC Ferries will continue as an arms-length operation, with ferry commissioner Gord Macatee in charge of service levels as well as fare caps. The service rationalization set out in the past year will continue. The NDP platform vowed to “position BC Ferries as an integral part of B.C.’s transportation infrastructure.” Translated, that means “suck BC Ferries back into government.” That would conceal the growth of subsidy

and facilitate the kind of political and union interference that resulted in the current structure. There will be no $10 million rehash of the B.C. Rail sale and subsequent seven-year trial, to enrich elite lawyers once again. The NDP promised an inquiry for strictly political reasons, to drag their opponents through the scandal one more time. Costly legal confrontations about development projects have been avoided. Jumbo Glacier Resort finally won a 20-year fight for permits. The NDP promised to take them away. A larger ideological battle over private power contracts has also been avoided. The B.C. Liberals have been caught by a sudden shift in power markets caused by cheap, abundant natural gas, but the billions in commitments to independent power producers isn’t the fiasco that critics have described. If all those privately developed run-of-river hydro projects were owned and operated by BC Hydro, the Crown corporation would

Since when did the CVRD become experts at what is and isn’t safe, environmentally? And why is an already overspending organization so anxious to add more expensive responsibilities? Protecting and monitoring the environmental health of communities is the mandate of the provincial government. They have the resources and the knowledge. Let them do their job.

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have to staff them and maintain them all for the next 40 years. There are differing views about the future demand for electricity in B.C., but it can only rise with industry and population growth. A decade of federal and provincial work to end duplication of environmental assessment won’t be undone. NDP leader Adrian Dix’s promise for “made in B.C.” reviews was a strategy to choke resource projects to death under endless procedure. We will have a Seniors’ Advocate office, but it won’t be staffed to duplicate the ombudsperson’s role of taking complaints. That’s good, since the ombudsperson has become ineffective, labouring for years over a massive seniors’ report that sank like a stone. We have 85 seniors’ advocates now. They’re called MLAs, and they definitely take complaints. They have staffed offices in their home communities and in Victoria. When they’re not doing political work that everyone denies is going on in constituency offices, those office

staffers try to help people through the labyrinth of seniors’ at-home and institutional care. A new seniors’ advocate can offer advice at the management level to help the health care system evolve, but only elected politicians are positioned to tell individuals they can’t have what they are demanding. The government should be adding more direct services, not more bureaucrats. There will be many arguments about the failure of the NDP to win against an unpopular B.C. Liberal government that is still weighed down by the harmonized sales tax and other heavy baggage. This election could be the beginning of the end for the old left-right model for B.C. politics. Tom Fletcher is the legislative reporter for Black Press. Reach him at tfletcher@blackpress.ca.

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YOUR TURN

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What’s your advice to B.C.’s new government about ﬁghting between parties? “It’s always good to talk to your enemies. If we all work together, everything works out in everyone’s favour.”

Kyle Fitzpatrick, Cowichan Bay

“The ﬁghting is very tiresome, and behaviour that’s very inappropriate for adults. I voted Liberal, but I didn’t like their attacks ads.”

Lorne Friesen, Mill Bay

What do you think? Log on to www.cowichannewsleader.com and answer our Question of the Week. Results will be published in our next edition.

Clearing the muddy waters on the marsh

Make Vancouver Island master of its own house

Dear editor Another provincial election is over, and once again, a mostly centre-right electorate on the mainland has chosen a sympathetic government to attend to its needs, while a generally left-leaning population on Vancouver Island has voted itself back into opposition where we’ll continue to be ignored. I have to wonder if there is anything other than political inertia that keeps us locked into this subservient attachment to a province that has no regard for our welfare. There is the recent example of Cowichan education board trustees who were fired for non-compliance with the endless rounds of budget cuts imposed on Vancouver Island while the rest of the provincial government has poured mega-dollars into projects on the Mainland. And who can forget the time VIHA messed around with our nursing homes without any consultation? Vancouver Island has no efficient transportation link to the Canadian mainland like PEI’s Confederation Bridge; just some slow ferries. In fact, after decades of neglect, we don’t even have a decent highway linking our communities on the island. Island hydro service isn’t any better. Our provincial utility can no longer keep its poles vertical or its wires horizontal anytime an organized weather system rolls in from the Pacific. If we can’t follow the example of Prince Edward Island and become our own province to escape all this provincial mismanagement, then some other form of home rule needs to be set up within B.C. so we on the island can be greater masters of our own house. Chris Carss

In my opinion: North Cowichan following own best practices on police station location

’d like to clear up any uncertainty regarding North Cowichan’s application to remove land from the Agricultural Land Reserve for a proposed new RCMP building on Beverly Street and the potential impacts to Somenos Marsh. As a result of the flood in November 2009, North Cowichan, the City of Duncan and the Cowichan Valley Regional District ultimately agreed on the location and alignment of the Lakes Road and Beverly Street dike to prevent future flooding. This was approved by the Agricultural Land Commission. North Cowichan has been actively seeking properties for a new RCMP building for several years. The approximately 1.78 hectare Andrew Leong municipally owned property created on the dry Children’s book author Nikki Tate shares with students her writing success at The Young Authors Conference pre- side of the dyke was identified by staff as an sented by School District 79 at Chemainus Theatre on Tuesday, May 7. ideal location, endorsed by North Cowichan’s agricultural advisory committee and community planning advisory committee, and Engineers have learned from their mistakes, subsequently endorsed by council. and many bridges are now built with epoxyRCMP hoisted on its own petard The site is in close proximity to the City of coated rebar. Dear editor Duncan, Cowichan Tribes and University Hydro went and replaced the failing conIn the bigger picture of whether bike riders Village (North Cowichan), and has excellent crete poles with tried and true wood poles. pose a threat to community safety we must access to the Trans-Canada Highway — all key It’s not a freaking conspiracy. look at the principles put forward by the top considerations. It is estimated it could cost well Rick Jonker, Chilliwack brass of the RCMP. The RCMP professes over $1 million to purchase an alternative site comments submitted at cowichannewsleader.com people in these bike clubs are criminals who to construct a new RCMP building within the hold no respect for our laws. The few with University Village area which would increase Hard to sympathize with Catalyst criminal records were proof of criminals the estimated $8 million construction budget to Chemainus forming an organization. The RCMP at least $9 million. These costs would have to be while breathing its pollution has many officers who have been charged fully financed by North Cowichan taxpayers. Dear editor criminally. Are they, by that interpretation a The current RCMP site is not protected by Metal corrodes, replacing power Recently, with high pressure weather sta“criminal organization?” flood protection infrastructure, and the buildtioned over the coast of British Columbia, poles is not a conspiracy The Supreme Court of Canada has ruled, ing is not meeting minimum RCMP facility the Cowichan Valley has been blanketed on Dear editor in essence, it is against the Constitution of standards. and off with considerable pollution from Re: the replacement of Hydro poles in Canada to deliberately discriminate against The proposed Somenos Marsh Conservathe Catalyst paper mill. It is so bad at times downtown Duncan citizens simply because they are bike club tion Area is currently not a formally protected you can taste it in your mouth. The paper Corrosion of steel inside concrete happens. members while enforcing our laws. The top area. The municipality is interested in working mill’s management is quick to say they need That’s why concrete bridge decks have to be brass in charge of the RCMP felt it was with the Somenos Marsh Wildlife Society and tax concessions more in line with the actual jackhammered and repaired occasionally. within their purview to ignore our laws, the Somenos Management Committee on the resources they use. I fi nd it rather interesting Many of these bridge decks are far away cordon off the road and stop all the bikers following: how they place absolutely no value on the air from electro-magnetic fields. The biggest deliberately because they were bikers. In 1. creating a Somenos Marsh Conservation they pollute on a regular basis. culprit is road salt seeping into the concrete. choosing to contravene the Supreme Court Area which would allow conservation zoning Catalyst Paper’s latest plea to the British of Canada ruling, the top brass at the protection — exact borders to be determined; Columbia taxpayer is for a subsidy on hydro RCMP, under their own logic, became a 2. exploring options to create a stormwater power. After all, it is extremely hard done by criminal organization. management plan for the proposed RCMP site since the HST was dropped. That position Larry Woodruff that will naturally filter stormwater; is rather galling to that average Cowichan Shawnigan 3. working with stakeholders to develop a Valley taxpayer. Heck, you should see my “Do you support a proposal to change the name of plan to manage invasive species. Victoria Day to Victoria and First Peoples Day?” home hydro bills. The never-ending whinThe adjacent Fun Pacific property and other You answered: (98 votes) More letters online ing from Catalyst is pathetic. Perhaps they privately-held properties in the Somenos should start focusing on their business and 95 per cent NO find ways to be more energy-efficient and Also, read fresh stories every day and share your thoughts Marsh area are not included in the proposed Somenos Marsh Conservation Area. less polluting. with the community immediately through the comments To vote on the next Question of the Week, log onto the The proposed Fun Pacific ALR exclusion apBryan Wallis function at cowichannewsleader.com web poll at www.cowichannewsleader.com plication includes a transfer of approximately Maple Bay two hectares of property on the north (wet) side of dike to the municipality and could become part of a protected Somenos Marsh Conservation area. I trust the foregoing will provide some comfort. North Cowichan shares your concerns Here are some tips: Keep it short — 300 words or less; Keep it local — letters raised in We want to hear your opinion on just about any matter of local interest. regarding this ecologically sensitive area and is response to issues raised in our pages get top priority; Keep it clean — attack the issue, Here’s how to send it to us: looking forward to working with all key stakenot the individual. • Email your thoughts to editor@cowichannewsleader.com You must include your full name, home community and a phone number where we can • Mail your letter to Unit 2, 5380 Trans-Canada Highway, Duncan B.C., V9L 6W4 holders to create a protected area for current reach you during oﬃce hours. Addresses and phone numbers will not be published. • Fax it to us at 250-746-8529 and future generations to enjoy.

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North Cowichan Mayor Jon Lefebure wrote this to the Somenos Marsh Wildlife Society.

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Cowichan caregivers ask you to join the Adventure

Ashley Degraaf

The Shawnigan Lake Adventure is not just for walkers.

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satisfied, but perhaps a little bit hungry and footsore,” said the event media release. “Never fear. Foot massages, energy treatments and delicious vegetarian (and free) food provided by local restaurants will soothe the body. And all day live music will feed the soul.” Organizers have all aspects

covered, with the added elements hoping to drum up more participants. They’ve also added an artisan market. “With the market, we’re hoping any interested folks who just want to have a look will also pop by,” said Basu. Event participants will receive

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Pentecostal Assemblies of Canada LAKE COWICHAN CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP 57 King George Rd. Sunday 10:30 a.m. Celebration, Kids Church (3-11 yrs) Tuesday 7:00 pm-Bible Study Friday 7:00 pm Rev -Youth Group Gr 6-12

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463 Ypres St., Duncan Sunday School for all ages: 9:15am Sunday Morning Service :10:30am Master Clubs Children's program : Thursday 7:00 pm Mid-Week Service : 7:00 pm For more information Call 746-7432 or www.bethelbaptistduncan.ca

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a handcrafted souvenir from the market. “We’re really hoping to spread the word as this cause is such an important one,” Basu said of the money raised — funneled to the Caregivers Society, a non-profit society dedicated to supporting family caregivers, those who care for family members or friends with a long term illness or disability. Folks interested in walking can choose a 4-, 10-, 14-, 22- or 27-kilometre trek. Separate courses have been mapped out for rider, including 22- or 77-kilometre hauls. Kayakers are asked to meet at the Shawnigan Lake Community Centre at 8:30 a.m. as are folks wanting to try geocaching. For more information, call 250-743-7621.

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Wednesday, May 29, 2013

Walk of the Nations relaunches this weekend

NAIG legacy: Show of community togetherness moves from a fall to spring event

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ATTENTION RESIDENTS OF AREA D Cowichan Bay

NOTICE OF COMMUNITY MEETING

Ashley Degraaf

DATE: TIME: PLACE:

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rom day one, the Walk of the Nations was promised to be an event that would sustain a lasting legacy created by the 2008 North American and Indigenous Games and act as a community staple. And organizers are working over-time to keep their word. “Everyone sitting around the committee table is working hard and working full-time on this,” said Amanda Marshall of the fifth-annual event slated for Saturday. “They’re doing this as a community passion. “We’re trying to add to the event every year and we’re reaching out to more members of the community,” she added. Previously held in October, the walk is switching to June for the first time, in part to connect better with local schools. Organizers have promoted the walk to children through school presentations and are expecting several schools participating to vye for the School Spirit award. A challenge has also been put out to community non-profit organizations, youth groups, service clubs and local businesses to show their support by bringing staff, board members, rank and file members, the people they serve and families to the walk. Organizers have also beefed up the entertainment portion, which takes place from about noon to 2 p.m. at the Cowichan Tribes Soccer Field, behind the Siem Lelum Gymnasium where folks will congregate after the walk wraps up.

Monday, June 3, 2013 7:00 pm Bench Elementary School, Multi Purpose Room 1501 Cowichan Bay Road, Cowichan Bay

Residents of Cowichan Bay are invited to attend a Community Meeting on the above noted date. Your Area Director, CVRD staff, and other agencies will provide an update on the following issues:

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This year’s Walk of the Nations is aimed at getting more children involved. A line up of youth participants from the Aboriginal Film Festival’s youth awards, as well as many more local entertainers, are set to perform. Local music teacher and owner of Lila Music Centre Cari Burdett and her 100 Voices for One World Community Choir ae on deck too. Organizers have also been pounding the pavement securing more corporate sponsorships and fundraising through events like Saturday’s Young Professionals Walk of the Nations fundraising gala. The event is now associated with the Cowichan Intercultural Society, which has created a walk-focused sub-committee work force. Organizers are working hard to keep the event fresh, but one thing remaining the same is its goal: for folks of all corners of the community to come together and celebrate the rich diversity in the Cowichan region. The thrust of the event, the walk itself, is promoted as symbolizing “understanding, acceptance, respect, and compassion.” For more, google Cowichan Walk of the Nations.

• Community Parks and Trails Update Master Plan • South Cowichan Parks Update- Bright Angel Park • Community Policing • Block Watch Programme • Emergency Preparedness • Watershed Board Update by Rodger Hunter on Shellfish Targets • Cowichan Bay Cittaslow Update • Director’s Report and Q & A Come out and participate in the discussions. For further information please call Director Lori Iannidinardo at 250-510-3504 Phone: (250) 746-2500 Fax: (250) 746-2513 Email: cvrd@cvrd.bc.ca Website: http://www.cvrd.bc.ca

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Providence Farm. • How about a tip of the hat to local natural health advocate Lorene Benoit, who’s book: The Paw Paw Program - A “Christopher Columbus” Approach to Cancer is poised to print its second edition releases June 1. • Debbie Viala has issued a plea for volunteers to staff Duncan’s Red Cross Health Equipment Loan program, and help ensure people receive the health equipment they need to cope with health crises. Call 250-7482111 or drop by the office at 2-5855 York Rd. between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. Monday through Thursday. • Danielle Alphonse has been named Vancouver Island University’s new B.C. Regional Innovation Chair in Aboriginal early childhood development. Alphonse, whose Cowichan name is Qwul’stun’a’wat, is of Mohawk, Cowichan, Welsh and Irish heritage and for the past two years acted as research associate for Linda McDonell who has recently retired as the university’s AECD chair. Exciting things happening for you, your friends or your family that you want to share with your community? Send me a quick email at editor@cowichannewsleader.com. We’d love to spread the word.

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Vancouver Island University’s Centre for Healthy Aging and Engaged Scholarship is hosting a free luncheon to stimulate talk on issues that matter to older adults and their families. Tomorrow at Providence Farm in Duncan VIU’s Dr. Andrea Smilski hosts Alternate Day Program for Older Adults with

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om Boughner had exactly the right energy and compassion needed for folks living in Slave Lake when a wildfire swept through the town two years ago. The Arbutus Ridge resident was recently awarded a Queen’s Diamond Jubilee for his recovery work in helping the town get back on its feet after the May 15, 2011 blaze resulted in $700 million in damage. “They needed a lot of help. This was bigger than anyone could conceive,” said Boughner, 66, of the blaze that the Insurance Bureau of Canada called the secondlargest insured loss in Canadian history. Although there weren’t any fatalities from the fire, 502 homes were destroyed. Boughner was recruited by Slave Lake Chief Administrative Officer Brian Vance, who he worked with from 1999-2008 while both were in management for a pulp mill in Mackenzie. He, Vance and both men’s wives had kept in touch after they moved from Mackenzie. “He’d only been in the job for three or four months,” he said of Vance’s career change to municipal work in Slave Lake. “We didn’t hear from him for about a week or so. It was because he was running-off his feet busy. When I did talk to him, he

Tom Boughner was awarded a Queen’s Diamond Jubilee medal for his work helping the town of Slave Lake recover from a ﬁre called the second-largest insured loss in Canadian history. Ashley Degraaf, courtesy Tom Boughner.

asked me, ‘Are you bored with retirement yet?’” Boughner had just the right skills for the the job. “It was a lot of the same skills applied from when we worked at the pulp mill,” Boughner said, listing team-building/coaching, prioritizing and tactical planning. “Was I receptive to a challenge like this? It just made sense to take this opportunity to help a friend and contribute to a community.” Boughner spent 12 weeks in the community. located 250 kilometres northwest of Edmonton. It wasn’t until a couple days after his arrival he was able to fully assess the devastation. “It was just so graphic in the bright sunlight,” he recalled. “You could see the damaged tree-houses, what was left of the basketball hoops, and trampolines in the yards of where houses had been. One in every three people had lost everything, all their belongings and their homes.” Boughner organized recovery action plans, oversaw government recovery funding, as well as restora-

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tion of water, sewer, gas and electric and other services — all on top of boosting the town folk’s morale. He recalls many stories from his time there. One story in particular stands out. The town’s Catholic church was left unscathed, and the fire sort of jumped over the building and burnt a couple blocks

of houses beyond it and an exotic dance establishment, Boughner explained. “I went to mass quite a few times when I was there and it was just this eerie feeling looking out of the windows and just seeing the fire’s devastation,” Boughner said. more on page 18

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taken away from her in the prime of his life,” says Peter. When Hugh died, Helen was taking care of Peter, just a toddler, and another son, Hugh Donald, who was just 13 days old. Tragically, his brother would die in a drowning accident when he was just 21. “My mother had a tough life,” says Peter. Ironically, Helen’s maiden name was Gordon when she met Hugh Gordon. They would marry in Toronto in November 1938. He had attended Royal Military College in Kingston, Ontario, obtained a degree in accounting and then went to work at a prestigious firm in Montreal. But then came war and Hugh enlisted in the RCAF. Helen went to stay with family in Regina while Hugh was sent west to Victoria. On the fateful day, their pontoonequipped plane was heading south, homeward bound, when they passed over a luxury yacht. According to the newspaper account from the Victoria Daily Times, a witness described the crash: “The plane made a big circle over the yacht as if inspecting it. Then it made a second circle at a lower altitude. After this, it headed south again. “It hadn’t gone more than 1,000 feet when it seemed to dive right into the ocean. It struck with a terrific crash and spray flew up 60 feet.” Boaters in the area came to the rescue, but the only thing they managed to save was a

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eter Gordon never knew his father. The Duncan man was just 16 months old when his dad, Hugh Lockhart Gordon, perished in a plane crash along with four other men. The date was Aug. 14, 1940. All five men were members of the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) and were on a routine flight from Alliford Bay in the Queen Charlotte Islands to Patricia Bay in Victoria. They never made it. “I’m not morose about never knowing my father,” says Peter. “I just never had the chance... Apparently I’m a dead ringer for him, the mannerisms and everything.” May 3 was a special day for the Gordon family and their friends who reunited in Campbell River. They’re coming to scatter the ashes of Peter’s mother Helen, who died a year ago at age 101. She had been married to Hugh for less than two years when he was tragically killed. “She deeply loved him (and) she had him

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Lessons for a lifetime Taken to heart: The last QMS class under its legendary original headmistresses celebrates 50th anniversary Ashley Degraaf

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ary Martin remembers fondly the final addresses of Queen Margaret’s School headmistress Nora

Denny. “Let us not be so bound up with our own affairs that we cannot see the need of other,” said Denny on that sunny day, June 9, 1963, of the all-girls private school’s motto, Martin recalled. “Everyday, all through the years since QMS started, children have heard the words, ‘Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might,’ and they have sung the response ‘That God in all things may be glorified,’” said Denny, remembered Martin, who now resides in Richmond. She along with 13 other graduating girls of the class of 1963 — the last year under legendary founding headmistresses Denny and Dorothy Geoghegan — celebrated their 50th reunion May 5. “One thing is certain, the class of

1963 took Miss Denny’s lessons to heart,” said Martin, noting the gals called the gathering the QMS Old Girls weekend, which included the Chapel service on Sunday morning as well as a banquet held at the Ocean Front Hotel in Cowichan Bay where they stayed for the weekend. “The class is comprised of those that have had careers in the private sector, retired teachers, health services, Canadian Foreign Service Officers, community service, social justice advocates and those that have served on provincial and federal boards.” QMS was established in 1921 by Denny and Geoghegan with fourteen pupils. The class of 1963 consisted of 17. In 1953, Queen Margaret’s was incorporated as a non-profit society but Denny and Geoghegan remained as headmistresses until 1963. “Miss Denny and Miss Geoghegan provided a vivid demonstration of how women could be strong, independent and self-assured,” reads the school’s website. “Although not stated in so many words in the historical text of the

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He and Vance can’t help but talk about the irony of the church still standing, as well as the shape the ‘V’ shape the fire came through the town in. He will also never forget how a long-time local and chief of medicine who worked at the town’s hospital came up and hugged him upon finding out who he was and his role in the recovery plans. “I was a newcomer and he was a life-timer,” said Boughner. “The community welcomed me with open arms. It would have been a lot of hard work and no results if they hadn’t.” Boughner’s work hasn’t gone unnoticed. “Tom played an instrumental role in our recovery during our most challenging times after our disaster,” writes town mayor Karina Pillay-Kinnee in a letter. “With his leadership, inspiring and positive disposition and team approach we were able to accomplish an unprecedented task of coordinating the demolition and

clean-up of one of the largest disasters in Canadian history. As well, he brought our business community together and brought confidence to our residents regarding the rebuild.” And for those very reasons, Boughner was awarded the Queen’s Jubilee as well as a medal from the town. He received both at a ceremony held at an Arbutus Ridge strata meeting earlier this spring. “The president said he saw my mouth drop,” Boughner said of the moment he discovered the awards. Boughner’s now an emergency preparedness crusader in the community. He acts as Arbutus Ridge’s head of emergency and he’s also done several presentations to CVRD committees, Cobble Hill planning commission, and St. Edward’s Knights of Columbus, explaining the efforts of the Slave Lake restructure, to name a few. “I bring this experience and perspective to everything I do now,” he said.

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lades, Hyundai continues to ride here in the 2000 model year. high in many segments. Indeed, among mid-size CUVs, Except where the Veracruz plays. the Santa Fe ranks number one Hyundai launched this vehicle in in nameplate awareness, sitting 2007 as a stylish alternative to the above key competitor, Toyota A long established wholesaler of fine Persian and Eastern imported minivan, which they see inhasHighlander. The Veracruz strughandmade wool andcould silk carpets been seized by creditors. Their assets ordered be sold by auction itsare decline as to buyers became less liquidations. gles at number 16. and enamoured selection with these of So new, in selecting name for this Anless enormous semi-a antique and dreary domestic haulers. all-new, 6/7-passenger interantique rugs in all colours and sizes from Iran The Veracruz joined a growing mediate Hyundai wisely LARGE WOOL ANDCUV, SILKS segment that included Chrysler steered away from â€œthe all-new Pacifica, GMC Acadia/Saturn Veracruzâ€? and instead chose the Outlook/Buick Enclave, and Santa Fe XL. Mazda CX-9. At first glance, the new XL and All offered three rows of seating; the recently launched five-pasa pickup truck. engineers found that heating cent more horses, 11 per with a large ATV strapped all were pricey. senger Santa Fe Sport look like The TorqueFlite 8 also does ďƒ&#x;uids as soon as possible cent more torque and an exto it, the Ram pulled up and away with column or ďƒ&#x;right? oor improved fuel companyâ€™s efďƒžciency by now pected 22 per cent better fuel down gentle withoverUnfortunately for the Veracruz, twins, except for a noticeable Did Hyundai get it AcThe signature ume. By adding 215grades mm to shifters supplanted by a 1.7 per cent purely by cutting economy than the 3.7-litre V6 no discernable sense of the it came along at a time when increase in length. But there are cording to company research, â€˜fluidic sculptureâ€™ design has tak- all length,transmission and 100hunting mm*Available to rev the rotary knob mounted to the parasitic losses. it replaces. thefeatures Hyundai was still perceived as some key differences. exterior styling was the number enRam carepickups of such wheelbase, Hyundai to features left of the centre stack. This The 2013 are blandness, The second and engine choice is range for morewas power.able*Available the builder of cheap and reliable From the B-pillar back, the XL 18 reason fordial purchasing although inoverhead the carve cubic metre â€œe-shiftâ€? is simple to the preavailable in a choicenicely of long executed the proven valve out another Even though our SLT was of and use, evenSanta with work or shortSport, box and three cab even5.7-litre V8 with 395 basically seats vehicles, and a $40K crossover has its own bodyside character viousseegeneration Fe. For renders moreHemi stylpassenger volumeentry andlevel, 240thelitres gloves on. styles, Regular, Crew or hp and 407 lb/ft of torque, were big and supportive with just didnâ€™t fit in with the rest of lines, unique side windows and the all-new 2013 five-passenger ishly in the larger XL. Especially of cargo space. Appreciated by those who Quad. with a stated 12 per cent fuel dozens of cubbies and storage the lineup. differentDECEMBER alloy wheels. 1, In2back styling to tonumber in rear. will be stanWhich allowed themthroughout, to add a PUBLIC AUCTION: SATURDAY, PM Sport,know trucks jumps is the ability The eight-speed consumption improvement areas scattered Which was evident then, andFROM are dual exhaust outlets and a five. Ishift would similar reit delivers a real third row. from suspect Reverse toaDrive dard onMore the newimportantly, 3.6-litre V6 over the 2012 version of the which is what those who will VIEW 1 PM quickly and willsizeable be optionally avail- in Hemi. Standard gravitate to the SXT or SLT continues to more show from in lukewarm flush-mounted sult for the when XL. towing or increase interior vol-transmission Continiued next page Plus many other corporate contracts:tow hitch.

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new 2013 Ram 1500. costs and that means combinJim Robinson, Story and photos by Jim Robinson, optionally available on the 5.7-litre Forgetting trim levels, there ing expected brawn with new Metroland Media/WheelMetroland Media/WheelsTalk.com Hemi V8 later this year. are literally hundreds of ways levels of weight saving and sTalk.com NASHVILLE, Tenn.: When it The quad cam V6 is used widely across to outďƒžt light pickups due to fuel economy. When it comes to pickups, comes toeverything pickups, â€“details are Chrysler lineup and, theeverymyriad ofthe needs and uses.model It starts with the in usethe of an details are thing â€“ something not lost on engiproduceseight-speed 305 hp and 269 lb/transA new wrinkleRam, these it days automatic something not lost on engiare ever-rising mission, the ďƒžrst Iitknow neers when to the neers whenit comes it comes to the new 2013 ftfuel/operating of torque. More importantly, of- of in

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Their assets rising costsbyand that liquidations. executives expect the 3.6-litre with are fuel/operating ordered to be sold auction and no less than seven trim lev- narrow roads in that part of the state speed as selected manually from the means combining expected brawn eight-speed will be the segment leadAn enormous selection of new, semiantique and els (SXT, SLT, Outdoorsman, Big tenaciously. console or key fob. with new levels of weight saving and er in light trucks, beating out current Horn, Sport, Laramie and Laramie Later towing a big trailer with a large With the air suspension, Ram claims antique rugs in all colours and sizes from Iran fuel economy. leader Ford F-150 with its 3.7-litre Longhorn). ATV strapped to it, the Ram pulled best in class step-in height or 553.4 WOOL It starts with the useLARGE of an eightV6. 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and will be optionally available on the 5.7-litre Hemi V8 later this year. The quad cam V6 is used widely across the Chrysler model lineup and, in the Ram, it produces 305 hp and 269 lb/ft of torque. More importantly, it offers 42 per

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Hemi. Standard transmission is a six-speed automatic. Lastly is the 4.7-litre SOHC V8 with 310 hp and 330 lb/ ft of torque mated to a sixspeed automatic and aimed primarily at ďƒ&#x;eet sales. Ram is offered in 4X2 and 4X4 versions in short and long boxes, three cab sizes (Regular, Quad and Crew) and no less than seven trim levels (SXT, SLT, Outdoorsman, Big Horn, Sport, Laramie and Laramie Longhorn). Starting price for the base SLT 4.7-litre is $26,995; but because of the hundreds of ways to mix and match, overall pricing is too complicated to detail here. This is what Chrysler Canada told me ofďƒžcially. â€œEssentially, the V6 with eight-speed is $1,200 over the 4.7 and another $200 for the Hemi 5.7 with six-speed. difference, except in the So $1,400 for a Hemi over suspension. the 4.7. But SLT Thebase FWD did on nottheexhibyou can actually choose the it any front end plowing V6 or the Hemi for same but AWD hadpacksome. pricethe (again different For some reason the ages, etc.).â€? suspension on the FWD At the press launch in Nashville I spent daynoseemed a the bit whole tauter, in the 3.6-litre SLT trim, tably in the in tight, downwhich is one step up from the hill switchbacks which base SXTthere. and what I thought abound will prove the most popular I think it is probably choice, especially in the Crew due to the AWD addCab version I drove. ing 100 has kg, Ram just claimsunder the 3.6-litre thus more the same gruntweight/comas a V8. With just my and I pression onco-driver the springs aboard, it certainly felt very and shocks. strong on the combination of Steep ascents under load mostly secondary south resulted in the roads transmisof Nashville. sion shifting down signifThe ride, not the power, was icantly in order to make the best part. Even without the climb. the optional air suspension, On the flat andthe fast Highthe Ram tracked narrow roads in that south part of the way 101 of state Sotenaciously. noma, it was a different Later big trailer story,towing with a the Trax (in

gravitate to the SXT or SLT are looking for. The interior of the 2013 Ram Laramie Longhorn puts many premium luxury sedans to shame featuring real wood trim imported from France. But if you want premium luxury-like ďƒžttings, the Longhorn has without doubt the most opulently equipped interior offered by any vehicles under the Chrysler Corporation banner. The optional air suspension ($1,500) offers ďƒžve ride heights that raise or lower the body over a range of four inches. It changes ride height at speed as selected manually from the console or key fob. With the air suspension, Ram claims best in class step-in height or 553.4 mm (21 in), ground clearance 274 mm (10.8 in), best departure angle 27.8 degrees and breakout AWD) having sufficient angle powerof 24.2 for degrees. sharp lane Little details, as noted above, changes with the hoards are a big deal with pickup of wandering Califorbuyers and the Ram has nians their cellphones sweatedon a lot of them. talking not looking. With the and eight-speed transDespite being visually mission, there are active shutters in frontthan of thethe radiator. smaller EquiWhen closed, they help nox, the back seat direct was air awaythan from the engine baya more ample for to improve person myaerodynamics. size. ChevroThey automatically open let looks at Trax as the when needed. junior of its There are member some 45 safety/ three-member CUV driver aids on every Ram,fleet that includes Equinox in most standard. With middle 16 per cent of Canadian the and Traverse vehicle sales being pickups, at the top. a lot is riding Chevon Iobviously see it as making the 2013 Ram, and cials rolet dealers a ofďƒž one-stop in Nashville were buoyed by shop for five small vethe fact their sales are up 28 hicles each designed to per cent so far this year, which satisfy the wide range of they see as encouraging. wants andbeneeds. Could this the Year of the Ram? Either way, Chevrolet

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Leeroy staggers back into Duncan with a punk edge

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He’s selling the truth and staggering into Duncan Thursday. Touring his punk-fuzzed eighth album Truth Be Sold, Leeroy Stagger is set to take listeners “on a journey through Stagger’s punk rock past and roots rock present.” “Leeroy Stagger is an extraordinarily talented singer, songwriter, and player. And I’ve

utterly enjoyed the process of collaborating with him on the new record. He has a unique combination of street smarts and a comprehensive world view that is rare among the current crop of today’s young artists,” said Los Lobos veteran Steve Berlin, the Grammy award-winner who produced Truth. “Truth Be Sold includes brand new material

and selections from Stagger’s songwriting vault that were hand picked by Berlin and re-recorded in Portland, Oregon’s Mystery Machine Studios,” an event media release states. Stagger plays the Garage Showroom starting at 8 p.m. Tickets $15 advance, $18 at the door. Call 250-748-7246.

Vagabonds Earnest about great community theatre All-star local cast: Brand-new theatre company staging greatest plays of all time

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n the spirit of Mickey Rooney and Judy Garland, a group of local actors/actresses is getting together to put on a show. They’ve crossed paths, costarred, and dabbled in many local productions together. So, it made perfect sense to team up. That, and they all had the same desire to stage Oscar Wilde’s The Importance of Being Earnest. Cowichan’s brand-spanking new Vagabond Theatre Company (VTC) rolls out Wilde’s famous farce at the Neighbourhood Playhouse May 30. “We’ve all been around the valley as individuals for a long time, acting in different venues,” explained Vagabond’s Jim Cleough, who plays Wilde’s charming, idle, decorative bachelor Algernon. “We’re like Mickey Rooney and Judy Garland and the, ‘My dad’s got a barn, maybe we can put on a show.’” The crew consists of director, stage stalwart David Holmes and dreamteam cast of Cleough, Michael Terides (Jack, Earnest Worthing), Maria Ridewood (Lady Bracknell), Corrina Cornforth (Gwendolen Fairfax), Jennifer Lally (Miss Prism), Lauren Cooper (Cecily Cardew), David Brockhurst (Lane), Marinus Vesseur (Rev. Canon Chasuble), Tom Provencal (Merriman) and

Meagan Gagnon (Rose). “We’ve really got the best of the best,” boasted Holmes, who’s acted as Algernon twice and directed the show in Britain. “A lot of people have been asking how did I get these people and I just phoned them and asked and they said ‘yes.’ “And this really too is one of the greatest plays ever.” “We’re all diving into a number of different pools,” said Cleough, who co-starred with Terides in Mercury Theatre’s Arsenic and Old Lace. It’s evident Wilde’s trivial comedy is dear to Holmes’ heart. It’s also crystal clear the cast is having a ton of fun taking a trip back to the Victorian London era. But it’s not all fun and games. Challenges have come in creating the set for both Algernon’s apartment and country house garden courtyard. “That’s been the trickiest part,” said Cleough. “How can we create a garden space in front?” That’s namely why the crew chose the old Maple Bay elementary school, turned Bay Studios and Neighourbood Playhouse as their venue. “The Merc doesn’t really lend itself to this kind of production,” said Cleough. The thrust set was among the challenges, as was recreating Wilde’s British character’s much slower speech, Holmes added. “Everyone speaks like a living text

Corrina Cornforth and Michael Terides star in The IMportance of Being Earnest, the ﬁrst offering a new Cowichan theatre company. message,” said Holmes of modern banter. “We have to slow their speech down.” That, and finding costumes to replicate a period-appropriate wardrobe. Cooper found a lace frock from downtown Duncan’s secondhand Eclectic Avenue, that Holmes approved at the crew’s most recent rehearsal.

Holmes is pretty pumped about the production, which hasn’t been staged since the Chemainus Theatre’s 1999 version starring the late thespian Jeremy Tow. Holmes said folks should also stay tuned for the company’s future plans as he’s got “lots of great ideas and things in the works.”

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Your ticket What: The Importance of Being Earnest When: May 30, 31 and June 1 at 7:30 p.m. with a 2 p.m. matinee June 2. Where: Neighbourhood Playhouse, Maple Bay Tickets: at Solitaire Press Ltd. or from cast members

Teen songsmith Schmidt staging beneﬁt concert to help Coach Hunter Peter W. Rusland

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friend in need is a friend indeed, in musician Parker Schmidt’s world. The young Cowichan songwriter and his sidemen are staging Friday’s fundraiser concert to help Hunter Brockenborough get medical treatment in Texas for a rare bone condition. “It’s going to be amazing,” said Brockenborough, nicknamed Coach Hunter by Cowichan Bulldogs’ atom players, including brother Gavin. “I like Parker’s songs and his singing.” The 10-year-old Alex Aiken elementary student will enjoy Schmidt’s tunes targeted for an courtesy Parker Schmidt upcoming CD. Ten-year-old Hunter Brockenborough, left, is getting a “We were already planning to helping hand from singer Parker Schmidt, 14. do a show May 31, but decided to

change it to a fundraiser to help Hunter,” said Schmidt, 14, who’ll be backed by bassist Brin Porter, and guitarist Travis Charuk. “I’ll play my acoustic guitar on some songs I’ve written, and some everyone knows so they can sing along and have a good time.” Friday’s fun will raise funds for Hunter and mom, Linnette, to visit San Antonio’s Children’s Hospital in August for exploratory consultation with doctors about Hunter’s painful condition called KlippelFeil syndrome. “In the clinic, they’ll assess Hunter’s eligibility for the titanium-rib project,” she said. “Hunter has entire C-spine fusion, which means his neck is completely fused together. He’s got what’s called a Sprengel’s deformity in each shoulder, that are pushed up and in.” Coach Hunter also has a few fused ribs, plus two cysts in his brain, “one of which is pretty seri-

ous,” Linnette said. “His rib cage isn’t expanding as he grows so his lungs aren’t growing and maturing. When he gets sick, it’s bad. As he grows, he experiences pain because of the fusions.” One solution, she explained, could be insertion of an apparatus through Hunter’s back and into this rib cage. “It’s adjustable so they can expand his rib cage as he grows, and that would help him tremendously.” Medical costs are still sketchy, Linnette indicated. “Because they don’t do this surgery here in Canada, we can appeal to MSP (coverage). If not, I’ve spoken to sources with the Shriners, who are very interested in what’s going on with Hunter.” So is Parker, whose show proceeds plus ongoing donations will help cover flight and hotel bills during Hunter’s first airplane ride.

The Quamichan Middle School Grade 8 student said he’s penned some 30 tunes in the past eight months, and recently recorded some songs in Seattle with Grammy producer Ryan Hadlock. Numbers on deck Friday include It Might Be You, Hey You, and Angel Inside Of You. “I’m happy Parker’s doing it, and it helps me a lot in getting there,” said Hunter, apprehensive about his treatments. “I’m a little scared, but I’ll tough it out.” Donations can be made at Duncan’s TD branch under the Hunter Brockenborough account. Your ticket What: Parker Schmidt’s Fundraiser for Hunter When: May 31, 8 p.m. Where: Duncan Garage Showroom Tickets: $15, $12 advance. call 250-748-7246.

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Chemainus Theatre Festival’s Good Timber a terrific local history lesson Review: Chemainus Theatre production captures the glory days of Vancouver Island logging Peter W. Rusland

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he Klondike was one thing. Falling coastal forests was another. Good Timber, Chemainus Theatre Festival’s musical-history lesson gave viewers a terrific glimpse into that colourfully crude, sadly bygone era during Thursday’s debut. We left understanding how the dangerous, dirty job chewed and spat out men too weak, or too stupid, to tame our tall timber. Sub-dubbed Songs & Stories Of The Western Logger, six multi-instrumental musicians with The Other Guys Theatre Company strummed and sung their way into our hearts, spinning poetic yarns from the late logging icon and inventor Robert E. Swanson. Violinist Sarah Donald’s frollicking fiddling nicely complemented lyrics by Swanson and others, set to music by fellow stage players Collen Eccleston, John Gogo, director Ross Desprez, Kelt Eccleston, Mark Hellman, musical director Tobin Stokes — and a few other guys. Toss in a kaleidoscope of heritage still photos and film footage, and the magical result was a field trip back to B.C.’s bunkhouses, backwoods, and brothels that spawned true Canadian legends, including some in Cowichan. And the production had local angles of woodwork around Chemainus, Ladysmith, Lake Cowichan, and Hillcrest. Timber’s program packed a cool glossary of logger lingo including bull cook (floor sweep, bedmaker); board hole (hole cut in stumps for spring boards); skid road (road logs are dragged on); hi-ball (go fast); hay burner (horse); donkey (logging engine with drums); powder-monkey (man using explosives in the woods); jack (money); tongs (used to load logs

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Members of The Other Guys perform one of 22 tunes in Chemainus Theatre’s musical history lesson Good Timber: Songs & Stories of the Western Logger. on rail cars); gut hammer (dinner gong); and punk (signal man on a yarding crew). Timber’s musical talk also mentioned high demand for chewing tobacco during the tune When Snoose Was King. The ensemble’s Snoose song was among 22 falled including Legend of the Spruce, Chokerman’s Lament, The Apes of B.C., Climax Courage, Gal From The Soo, and Camps of the Holy Ghost. From blues and Celtic to folk and old-time, Timber’s tales were backed by guitars, saws, hurdy-gurdy, metal percussion, harmonica and more, in keeping with its rough-hewn theme. But Good Timber didn’t duck the fallout of all that logging, showing clear cuts arranged by company brains. Short-sighted destruction spelled the beginning of the end for a frontier lifestyle forged by brave, hardy guys awed by massive cedar, fir and spruce stands that took days to cut by hand — until chainsaws and steam power caught up. Indeed, The Other Guys a staged delightful, audio-visual education for all ages and greenleanings. The curtain falls on Good Timber June 1. Heritage-education musical rating: 10 skidders out of 10.

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One woman’s pitiful life is fantastic thought fodder in Albertine In Five Times starring Sherry Lavoie (left) Leslie Sanchez, Maggie Sullivan, Anna Roberts, and Jessie Mann.

Albertine a rough ride worth taking Review: Albertine In Five Times an existential masterpiece for our abusive times

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et aside your troubles and listen to Albertine’s. Your issues may pale beside playwright Michel Tremblay’s life-long suffering mother and wife — whose pain is potentially shared by everyone — depicted in Shawnigan Players’ penetrating return of Albertine In Five Times. Director Alex Gallacher’s allfemale cast hit a homer during Friday’s staging that — after a

three-month hiatus following six shows — heads to Ladysmith’s South-Island Zone theatre competitions this weekend. Albertine should win. Viewers had nowhere to hide in a darkened Duncan Garage Showroom as an elderly Albertine (Leslie Sanchez) leaves her rocking chair and summons her past selves, at various ages of adulthood. Four former Albertines appear, seated on simple black boxes while discussing the trials and complex tribulations of their anguished life. It’s not a pretty journey, but it does offer a thin ray of heavenly hope. By play’s end, we feel emotionally drained having shared Albertine’s regret, guilt and fear — and relating some of her issues to our own.

That trying trip is co-hosted by Sherry Lavoie’s naively happy Albertine; Jessie Mann’s furious nag; Anna Roberts’ numb, demure Albertine; and Maggie Sullivan’s pill-addled cynic. They brilliantly conjured each caged Albertine, enough for us to use them as a barometer of our existence so far — demons, delights and defeats. Those with courage for self-examination should find Albertine In Five Times the right non-medical prescription. Albertine will next be staged for judging May 31 at 7:30 p.m. in the Ladysmith Little Theatre, 4985 Christie Rd., 250-9240658. Tickets are $20. Zone theatre-competition awards will be presented June 1. Existential-drama rating: 10 hopes of 10. 1x6-leader net ad.tfn - Composite

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Bratz Unplugged: Musical brothers Todd and Jeﬀ Smiley play rock and folk-blues favourites Thursdays at 8 p.m. in the Cobblestone Pub, downtown Cobble Hill. No cover.

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Wednesday Blues Caravan 2013: Showcase night. 8 p.m., Duncan Garage Showroom, 201-330 Duncan Street, Duncan. Tickets $20 advance, $22 at the door. Call 250-748-7246

Friday Open Mike Night: Open to all ages and talent levels, 7 p.m. at the HUB in Cowichan Station, donation $5. Email hillbillymoose@hotmail.com to reserve a time slot.

Chemainus Wednesday Market: Locally made and grown products, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Waterwheel Park.

Parker Schmidt’s Fundraiser Show for Hunter: Help Hunter get the medical help he needs. 8 p.m., Duncan Garage Showroom, 201-330 Duncan Street, Duncan. Tickets $12 advance, $15 at the door. Call 250-748-7246

Drinkwater Elementary Zumba Party: Certiﬁed Zumba instructors will lead a Latin inspired dance workout for all ﬁtness levels, 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. in the Drinkwater gym, $5 advance, $7 at the door. Chemainus Town Hall Meeting / Think Tank: Hosted by the Chemainus Chamber and Business Improvement Association, 5:30 p.m. at the Seniors Centre. Alzheimer’s support: for the family and friends of people with Alzheimer’s or related dementia, 3 p.m., Duncan United Church, Ingram Street, Duncan. Call 250-748-4062 or 250-743-5461, email jhope@alzheimerbc.org Jazz at the Old Firehouse Wine bar: Easy listening trio jazz and Sonja’s wine and snack recommendations from 7 to 9 p.m., 40 Ingram St.

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Medford Singers Bursary Winner Jacinta Green performs Suite IV in E Flat on cello during Medford Singers presentation of Musical Fare on Sunday, May 26 at Duncan United Church. Program: Strategies to help parents improve communication, and manage common challenges, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at Margaret Moss Health Centre. Website: www.triplepvip.ca for info Climate Reality: presented by Valerie Russell, hosted by the Cowichan Bay Maritime Centre, 7 p.m. by donation, 250-746-4955 for info. Cherry Point Artists Weekly Painting Sessions: Every Thursday, 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., Cowichan Exhibition Centre, 7380 Trans Canada Hwy, Duncan, starting September 13. We welcome

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A Co-operative Vision for Prosperity in Paradise: a talk by Adrian Legin, CEO, Coastal Community Credit Union in the VIU Cowichan Campus lecture theatre, 7 p.m. Admission by donation, email douglas.robert.g@ gmail.com for info.

Saturday Walk of Nations: Start in front of the Vancouver Island University and ﬁnish with food, music and cultural performances at the Cowichan Tribes soccer ﬁeld, 11 a.m., www.cis-iwc.org/services/ walk-nations

Beverley McKeen: an evening of your favorite oldies, newbies, and originals at the Cow Bay Pub, 1695 Cowichan Bay Rd., 6 to 10 p.m. Acoustic Jam: at Twisted Sisters Tearoom in Chemainus at 7:30 p.m.

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Shawnigan Lake Adventure: 4k, 10k, 14k, 22k and 27k walks as well as cycling, kayaking or geocaching. Fundraiser for Cowichan Caregivers. Info and registration at shawniganlakeadventure.com

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FRUMENTO, Joseph Roland February 3, 1922 â€“ May 22, 2013 Joe passed away peacefully at home May 22nd. Joe leaves behind his son Earl (Frieda), daughter Donna (Keith), granddaughters Sarah (Greg), Jennifer (Chad), nieces and nephews. He is predeceased by his wife Catherine, brother Pat, and sister Lil. Joe began working as a Log Buyer for BCFP in the mid sixties. He was hired by Herb Doman and became Vice-President of Doman Industries, where he enjoyed a very successful career. Joe was highly respected by all he worked with. The last five years of Joeâ€™s life were spent in Cobble Hill on Keith and Donnaâ€™s property where he was able to enjoy his â€œlove of lifeâ€? and the nature that surrounded him. The family would like to thank his wonderful caregivers, Lou and Elaine for making his final days so happy. Also Dr. Watson, the RNâ€™s, and Care Aides. A gathering of family and friends will be held at a later date. We love you Dad â€Ś and will always miss you. Condolences at www.hwwallacebc.com

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HOLDEN, Glenn Lindhurst September 1, 1929 May 14, 2013 In the early hours of May 14, 2013 Glenn began his last flight. Predeceased by his son Gordon, father William J Holden, mother Elsie D Green and James Green. He is survived by his daughter Victoria, wife Andrea, daughter Sherrie, son Micheal, daughter in law Lynn, 6 grand children, 3 great grand children, brother Robert, nieces Beth, Lisa and nephew Robert Glenn. Glennâ€™s favorite music was by Frank Sinatra and Tony Benett, â€œI Did It My Way and Fly Me To The Moonâ€?. It could be said both surely influenced his life. Glenn was born in Pasadena, California. He moved to Cowchan Station, Vancouver Island in June 1940 with his brother when his mother married a Canadian logger William N Cox. Thus, began a new and exciting life for a 10yr old which included the benefits of a blended family with the pioneer Cox and Dougan families. His early life was enriched by the adventures of learning the value of being able to live and work in the coast logging and fishing industries long before societal changes determined it was not beneficial for youngsters to be engaged in employment. Glenn extracted the maximum from the life he chose to live. He had the equivalent of a PhD in most of his endeavors whether it was cooking Texas style or in remote B.C. for his hunting and fishing guests or flying. In 1949 his love of flying began when he joined the U.S. Air Force and was stationed in Arabia. There, he was able to work on his off hours with ARAMCO and save enough money such that on his discharge he began flight training in For Worth , Texas. He eventually joined Delta Airlines then Braniff Airlines. As captain he flew many hazardous flights to Vietnam during that war and many other destinations around the world. Once while flying en route to Europe in a Boeing 747 he called his good friend Charlie Dougan living in Cobble Hill to step out on his porch as he was about to lower his altitude and wave his wings. Glenn was a master fisherman and loved hunting. He built his own aerobatic aircraft and joined in local Texas airshows. Once he flew his Piper Super Cub from Texas, was caught in a hail storm on his return flight and severely damaged the fabric covering before landing safely. He usually announced his arrival to the Island by barnstorming over the selected family members house He eventually returned permanently to the Island and his many friends to continue what he loved, fishing and hunting. His family wishes to thank Dr. Terlien and Dr. Holden of the Cowichan District Hospital and the Royal Jubilee hospital for their sensitive care during his illness.

MACHELL, Beatrice Emily (Betty) March 25, 1920 â€“ May 20, 2013 After a brief stay in hospital, Mom passed away at the age of 93. She was predeceased by husband Bob in 1996 and grandson John in 2002. Survived by children; David (Pat) Mission BC, Harry (Shirley) Aldergrove BC, Linette (Gary McRae), Surrey BC, Judy (Frank Raimondo) Cobble Hill BC, Jim (Fiona) Cowichan Bay; twelve grandchildren, and twelve great-grandchildren. Born in Barrie, Ontario, she graduated as a Registered Nurse from Peterborough ON in 1943. In 1944 she married Robert James Machell. She moved to Matsqui BC to help out with the family farm after the flood of 1948. In 1968 she moved to Cobble Hill. Betty worked as a graduate Nurse at Cowichan Lodge from 1978 to 1985. After retiring, she was a member of the lodge auxiliary until moving to Langley, BC in 2006. In 2009, she returned to Cowichan Bay to live with her son, Jim and daughter-in-law Fiona where she stayed until her passing. The family wishes to thank all the staff on 2 West at the Cowichan District Hospital. Very special thanks to her primary home-caregiver, Donna; as well as Jane and Candace. A celebration of Bettyâ€™s life will take place at 1:00 pm on Saturday June 1, 2013 at HW Wallace Cremation and Burial Centre â€“ 5285 Polkey Road Duncan, BC. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Cowichan Valley Hospice Society. Condolences at www.hwwallacecbc.com

H.W. Wallace 5285 Polkey Road 250-701-0001 BRADLEY, Lawrence Douglas May 24, 1936 â€“ May 16, 2013 It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Lawrence Douglas Bradley on May 16, 2013 at the age of 76 following a difficult battle with cancer. Beloved husband of Shirley (Bobbi), loving and cherished father of Debbie (Peter Becke), Cristine (late Stephen Munger), Michael, Julie (Tim Agnew), Karen (Dennis Blackie), and stepfather of Kelley (Sandy) and Todd (Barb). Larry is survived by his dear sister Brenda Anne Maunder (Les) and mother of his children Ruthmary Harris. He was sadly predeceased by brother Kenneth James John. Larry will be affectionately remembered and dearly missed by his grandchildren Meghan, Hannah, Carson, Tait, Rae, Justin, Jackie, Kelly, Rachel, Leah and Mychal and by nieces and nephews Ken, Colin, Catherine, Maria and Rosanna. Step-grandchildren Nicholas (Karen), Amy, Meghan, Kelly and Bryan, and great grandchildren Conrad, Emmett and Wolfgang will remember Larry fondly. Larry was a hockey playing dynamo who attended Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, NY on scholarship for his athletic abilities. After helping RPI win the prestigious NCAA title he graduated from civil engineering and came back home with his young family. Eventually he established an illustrious and successful professional Ottawa-based career as a leader and partner in the consulting engineering firm Cumming Cockburn Limited. His retirement years were happy and fulfilling as he and Bobbi thrived with their friends and community on Vancouver Island, BC and South Florida in the winters and at Golden Lake, ON during the summers. Larryâ€™s pride and joy was his family. His children grew up under his robust influence, being carried up ski hills, skating on local shoveled rinks, listening to Johnny Cash, learning how to transplant trees, lay sod, split wood and how to love life. He followed with great satisfaction the various adventures, misadventures and life accomplishments of his children and grandchildren. He looked forward each year to getting back to Golden Lake where he recharged his battery, continued to build, fix, renovate, plan the next engineering project, and pursue the elusive â€œ0â€? handicap at any number of local golf courses. Larry will be missed enormously and cherished forever. He leaves us with memories that will make us smile throughout our lives. At Larryâ€™s request no funeral service will be held. A private interment of ashes will take place at Golden Lake, Ontario and a celebration of life will be held in Ottawa at a later date. Condolences or tributes may be made at www.Remembering. ca or www.firstmemorial.com. If desired, in lieu of flowers, donations may be made to St. Johnâ€™s United Church in Golden Lake (3230 Lake Dore Road, Golden Lake, ON, K0J 1X0). .

SMITH, Colin Arthur Beddall 1923-2013

Love and admired by his family, he will be especially missed by cherished wife and best friend Alice of 66 years, daughters Sandra and Anita (Kim), son Craig (Linda). His life was one of Service to Community - Colwood Fire Department, R.C.A.F., B.C. Police, R.C.M.P., & Royal Canadian Legion. In Lieu of flowers, donations to Parkinsonâ€™s Society are welcome.

BOTKIN, William T. â€œBillâ€? to all, this much-loved man passed quietly in the night at the George Derby Centre at 96. Born on a Saskatchewan farm, he navigated Halifaxes with 158 Squadron, Bomber Command. Sometimes shot to pieces, they made it back while many died around them. The courage it took to keep flying made them genuine war heroes. On leave he met Elizabeth â€œJeanâ€? Miller, whom he married and loved for life. They were partners, raising a flock of children lucky to grow up in the warm home they created. They toured North America dancing, clearing dance floors as people sat to watch them doing what they loved to do. They were deeply involved in the community and in the arts, with Dad singing in choirs and prominent in Masons and Shrine. Youngest son Terryâ€™s death hit him hard, Jeanâ€™s death was devastating, and the inevitable has happened. He is survived by children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren and the warm memories of those who knew him. We will miss him terribly.

HANSON, Dorothy Irene

MACHELL,(nee Beatrice Emily (Betty) Jenkins) It was with great sadness March 25, 1920 â€“ May 20, 2013we announce the passing of Dorothy

a brief in hospital, onAfter May 13th,stay 2013 at Royal Mom passed away at thebyage Jubliee Hospital. Survived her loving Michael Hubert of 93.husband She was predeceased Hanson of 38 Bob Years, sons Mark by husband in 1996 (Marie) Loveless, Evan (Susan) and grandson John in 2002. Loveless and their sons Zachary Survived by children; David and Clement of Cumberland, (Pat)Barbara MissionEppis BC, Harry sister of California and brother Ted Jenkins of (Shirley) Aldergrove BC, Duncan. Predeceased by her Linette (Gary McRae), Surrey parents Mary â€œMollieâ€? and JudyJoyce (FrankWood. Raimondo) William Wallace Jenkins, and BC, sister Dorothy Hill BC, BC, Jim (Fiona) was born on October 7, 1942 Cobble in Victoria, at St. Josephâ€™s Hospital. Dorothy was a Secretary at St.Bay; Josephâ€™s Cowichan twelve Hospital and typed the specification the first BC Ferry. Dorothy was grandchildren, and twelve for great-grandchildren. the Secretary for the Cowichan Symphony Society Board for Barrie, she graduated as a Registered 19 Born yearsinand was Ontario, a Legal Secretary for James Whittome Law Nurse from Peterborough ON in 1943. In 1944 she married Firm for 25 years. DorothyJames enjoyed many She interests such as being BC a member Robert Machell. moved to Matsqui to help of the Maple Bayfamily Yachtfarm Club,after the Duncan Probus Club, out with the the flood of 1948. InCowichan 1968 Lawn Bowling Club and the Cowichan Symphony Society. She she moved to Cobble Hill. Betty worked as a graduate enjoyed skiing, gardening, duplicate bridge and lawn bowling. Nurse at Cowichan Lodge to 1985. AfterGolf retiring, A Memorial Tea will be heldfrom at the1978 Duncan Meadows Club she was a member of 2013 the lodge auxiliary until moving to on Sunday June 16th, at 2:00PM. In Lieu ofBC flowers, if In wishing may made toBay the Langley, in 2006. 2009, donations she returned tobe Cowichan Victoria Heart to live with herHouse. son, Jim and daughter-in-law Fiona where she stayed until her passing.FIRST MEMORIAL FUNERAL SERVICES The family wishes to thank all the staff on 2 West at 250-748-2134 the Cowichan District Hospital. Very special thanks to www.mem.com Condolences may be shared online at: her primary home-caregiver, Donna; as well as Jane and www.dignitymemorial.com Candace. A celebration of Bettyâ€™s life will take place at 1:00 pm on Saturday June 1, 2013 at HW Wallace Cremation and Burial Centre â€“ 5285 Polkey Road Duncan, BC. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Cowichan Valley Hospice Society. Condolences at www.hwwallacebc.com

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LEGALS NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND OTHERS Re: Estate or ARTHUR RANDY BARNARD, Deceased Date of Death: August 4th, 2012 Creditors and others having claims against the Estate of Arthur Randy Barnard, late of 2892 Oak Street, Chemainus, BC, are hereby required to send particulars of their claims to the Administrator at 600 - 1070 Douglas Street, Victoria, BC, V8W 2C4, on or before June 26, 2013, after which date the Administrator will distribute the estate among the parties entitled to it, having regard to the claims of which the Administrator has notice. The Canada Trust Company, Administrator

CHILDREN CHILDCARE AVAILABLE Babysitters available for 1-2 children, ages 2 and up. Gibbins Rd area is preferred. We have taken the babysitting course through Island Savings Centre and have had 2 years experience babysitting. We are 12, 13 & 16 years old and are very responsible from a Christian up-bringing. Please call our parents for an introductory interview. Anneka & Chelsea 250-748-5060

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By its Solicitors: Jones Emery Hargreaves Swan NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND OTHERS Re: The Estate of John Montague Cunningham, Deceased Date of Death: October 31, 2012 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Creditors and others having a claim against the estate of the above deceased are hereby required to send particulars thereof to the Executor, MICHAEL G. COLEMAN, Q.C. of the firm of COLEMAN FRASER WHITTOME LEHAN, Barristers and Solicitors, 202 58 Station Street, Duncan, British Columbia, V9L 1M4, (Telephone 250-748-1013) on or before June 30, 2013, after which date the Executor will distribute the said estate among the parties entitled thereto, having regard only to the claims of which the Executor then has notice.

LOST AND FOUND FOUND: CAT, 5 yr-old male, long-haired orange tabby named Red. FOUND IN COW BAY. Tattoo TA384U. Lake Cowichan Animal Rescue has him. Call 250-749-4040. LOST: Black Camera bag with Cannon Powershot Sx20 Camera and all our Family reunion pictures. Mistakenly left in Country Cab late Sat. night May 18. $150 reward for return. Please leave message. (250)748-7808 LOST: Pair of eye glasses in brown case. Business cards on the outside held by belt clip. Lost in the Caspa Rd area on approx. May 16th. Please call (250)709-9976 with any information. MISSING CAT, tri-colored (brown/black with orange), named Turtle. Last seen April 4 at Valley View Mall. Please call 778-422-0406

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Annual General Meeting Island Savings Centre, Mesachie Room Wednesday, June 5, 2013 10:00 to 11:30 am All members are encouraged to attend

ARBUTUS TRAVEL CLUB of Duncan

New Members Welcome 50+ Come and join our day bus trips Thursday, June 6 Eco Boat Cruise & Sidney Thursday, July 18 Qualicum & Parksville Sand Sculptures Monday, August 12 Indian Arm Buffet Lunch Cruise Saturday, August 24 Butchard Gardens & Fireworks

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DUNCAN TAXI hiring fulltime and part-time drivers. Need Class 4 License. Fax resume and a copy of drivers abstract to 250-746-4987.

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HELP WANTED An Alberta Oilfield Company is hiring dozer and excavator operators, Lodging and meals provided. Drug testing required. Call (780)723-5051 Edson,Alta. BOOKKEEPER OFFICE MANAGER req’d for small Wages D.O.E. Email resumes to libra_tree@shaw.ca BUS DRIVER Chemainus Tours requires a coach driver. Experience with stick shift busses preferred. Email: jim@chemainustours.com or call: 250-246-5055

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As proud parents, you are entitled to one FREE classified ad in The Cowichan News Leader to announce your baby’s arrival! (Photos may be added for $15.00 plus tax) Please visit our office for a birth announcement form. Office Hours: Monday to Friday 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Unit 2 5380 Trans Canada Hwy, B.C. V9L 6W4 Telephone 746-4471, Fax 746-8529 office@cowichannewsleader.com

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PARKS, RECREATION AND CULTURE DEPARTMENT CASUAL, ON-CALL OPPORTUNITIES COWICHAN VALLEY REGIONAL DISTRICT Join our energetic teams providing a variety of services to the community at the CVRD recreation facilities: Cowichan Lake Recreation, Island Savings Centre and Kerry Park Recreation. Casual opportunities are available now and in the Fall of 2013. Can you skate competently? â€˘ Skate/Rink Patrol, Activity Leader I Do you have food and beverage experience? â€˘ F&B I - Concession/prep-cooking, F&B II - Bartender Do you relate well with at-risk youth? â€˘ Youth Outreach Leader If you enjoy providing pleasant, professional service to the public, have a passion for recreation and events, and are flexible and available to work a variety of casual, on-call shifts, view these opportunities on the CVRD website for complete details including locations, qualifications and application instructions. www.cvrd.bc.ca COWICHAN VALLEY Phone: (250) 746-2500 REGIONAL DISTRICT Fax: (250) 746-2513 175 Ingram Street Duncan, B.C. V9L 1N8

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TRADES, TECHNICAL AUTOMOTIVE TECHNICIANS. Licensed, 4th year and 3rd year Technicians required. Signing/moving allowance, full company benefits, very aggressive bonus/pay plan. Ford experience preferred, but not required. Denham Ford, Wetaskiwin, Alberta. Email resume: Attention: Dean Brackenbury; dbrackenbury@denhamford.com

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LOGGING SUPERVISOR for mid-sized Duncan based contractor. Entails supervising a union crew in second growth logging, road building & rd maintenance. Competitive salary & benefits. Fax resume to 250-597-2554, or email: office@islandfibre.ca.

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TREE SERVICES LIBRA TREE for all your tree care needs. 70â€™ aerial lift, chipper. Insured, Certified Aborist Hazard Tree Assessor, Grant Haynes, (250)748-4449

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Cowichan NewsPictorial Leader Pictorial 31 Wed, May 29, 2013 Cowichan News Leader A31

MERCHANDISE FOR SALE

REAL ESTATE

RENTALS

MISCELLANEOUS FOR SALE

FOR SALE BY OWNER

HOMES WANTED

APARTMENT/CONDO

COTTAGES

OFFICE/RETAIL

SUITES, LOWER

WE BUY HOUSES

DUNCAN DOWNTOWN- lrg bright 2 bdrm, heat, H/W, prkg incld. Shopping, bus, school 5 min walk. N/S, small pet ok. $800. Call (250)246-1457.

DUNCAN- 1 BDRM cabin, quiet area, close to town. $485. Refs. N/S, small pet ok. Call (250)597-3756.

NOW AVAILABLE

LAKE COWICHAN- spacious 3 bdrm level entry suite, priv entrance. Inclds W/D, F/S. NP/NS. $800/mo heat incld. June 15. Call 250-923-6170.

DUNCAN- SPACIOUS 2 bdrm condo, central, 4 appls. N/S, NP. $795. Avail imm. 250-7461019, 250-746-4509 after 6pm

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APARTMENT/CONDO 2 BDRM, 5 appl., adult building, $800/m, no stairs, fireplace, close to bus. (250)7465615 or (250) 710-2756 2-BDRM DUNCAN: Spotless, like new condo in Plum Tree Lane. Ground floor, quiet 55+ N/S property. Small pet considered. Natural gas F/P. New carpet, 5 new appl’s, new paint, in-suite laundry with storage. Parking spot 15 ft. from patio entrance. Flat walk to close shops and bus stop. $840. Avail June 1 or July 1. Call 250-246-1906.

STEEL BUILDINGS, Metal buildings 60% off! 20x28, 30x 40, 40x62, 45x90, 50x120, 60x 150, 80x100 sell for balance owed! Call 1-800-457-2206 www.crownsteelbuildings.ca

MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS

AVAIL IMMED. Central Duncan, bright, spacious, 1000 sq ft, 1 bdrm + den upper, in suite W/D, F/S, storage. Suits responsible tenant, N/S, N/P, refs req’d, $750. 250-746-7389

BASS FIDDLE- solid wood, Ukulele and nice violins. Please call (250)701-2035.

REAL ESTATE

BEAUTIFUL, NEW 1 bdrm, WD, stainless fridge, stove, micro & DW. $795/m incl. heat, hydro, internet, sep. entrance. 10 min walk to CDH. Call (250)748-0231.

APARTMENT/CONDOS 2-BEDROOM CONDO ground floor in desirable Saanichton. Open concept, electric fireplace, custom kitchen. Carpets & laminate. En suite laundry, small pet ok. Low strata fee. Great starter, $235,000. By appointment 1-250-652-1218

CENTRAL CHEMAINUS oceanview modern 2 bdrm, 1000sq ft grnd lvl, 5 appls, private patio, wi-fi, parking, $900. Available now. NS/NP. Call 250-246-4313.

FOR SALE BY OWNER

MUST SEE FLOAT HOME!

BEST DEAL in Lake Cowichan! 1100sq ft Rancher, 2 bdrms possible 3rd, carport, borders creek. Bright, clean, well built w/recent upgrades. $179,000. Call 250-749-6629 or 250-510-6877.

Fully rebuilt, certified, float home for sale. 2 bdrm, 2 storey, 1 1/2 bath, new decks, rails, soffit, & fascia. 100% surveyed and approved by a marine engineer (documents available)

CENTRAL DUNCAN: 1 bdrm condo. South facing, well maintained in quiet area. Large bdrm w/extra storage. Ensuite laundry. Walking distance to shopping & University. 5 appls, N/S. Parking. Near by storage locker. Move in now & don’t pay till June 1st, $750. Call 250-701-0808.

Only $191,600

CENTRAL DUNCAN- Lovely 1 BDRM suites in seniors oriented building, heat included. NS/NP, $625 mo. Please call Art at 250-746-7241.

(250)732-6260

CENTRAL LOCATION, Bach, 1, 2 & 3 bdrms, balcony, F/S, heat & hot water(1 bld only), parking, pet considered, $550$950/mo. Call 250-748-7764.

Located at Maple Bay Marina, by appointment only. info@bcfloathomeforsale.com www.bcfloathomeforsale.com

HOUSES FOR SALE

CHEMAINUS: LOCKWOOD Villas, 1 bdrm, 3rd floor apt., Bright south exposure, new paint, W/D on site, NS/NP, heat inc., available June 25, $625 + DD. 250-416-6701. CLEAN 2 BDRM, walk-in closet in master, 5 appl., $800/m, near pool, track, etc. Immed. possession. (250)746-5615 or (250) 710-2756

COZY 2BDRM, 1bath, well kept, bungalow. Near school & harbour front. Open dining/living room w/gas FP. Large kitchen & master bdrm. Newer gas furnace/HW tank/fridge. Beautifully landscaped private yard. 280 View St. Nanaimo. $225,000. (250)753-7397

CONDO FOR RENT Large,immaculate,quiet 2 bedroom condo available in Duncan, secured building, bottom floor, bright corner unit in an adult oriented 4-plex, wheel chair accessible. Great location! Within walking distance to shopping & restaurants. Wood burning fireplace, insuite washer/dryer, F/S, dishwasher, lots of storage! Non smoker. Indoor cat ok. Available now. $850/m. References required. 250-656-7331

CUSTOM HOME on 3 acres in Cedar (potential subdividable). 1650sq.ft. 3bdrm, 2baths, HW floors, oak kitchen w/tile floor, sun room, greenhouse, pond. 31’x26’ shop, 3pc bath, partial kitchen (potential suite). $525,000. (250)722-2199 or rwhitmore12@gmail.com

FOR SALE by owner- Beach Drive Chemainus- Creekside 1100 sq ft main, open plan kitchen/dining. Oak floors, living room, 2 bdrms up, 2 down 1.5 baths. Finished basement, detached dbl garage. Walk to schools, beach & park. Shopping close by. $304,900. Call 250-246-9370 after 6 PM.

Incredible 5 acre treed PARK-LIKE PROPERTY with Well-Maintained Furnished Home 1500 sq.ft, 3-bdrm, 2 bath. Extremely close to Pristine Cowichan Lake, in the town of Caycuse. Perfect for recreational property or full time living. Motivated seller $378,800. Exceptionally low yearly cost. Not leased land. Call 250-745-3387 smartytwo@hotmail.com

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DUNCAN: $575 / 1br Apt for rent. This older Apt is above the Mediquip building in Duncan. It is next to 49th Parallel Grocery Store and less than a block from CDH. Tenant must provide 3 ref., DD and 12 post dated cheques. Water is covered however tenant must register for Hydro. Lots of stairs in and no W/D hook up. This Apt in not suitable for kids or dogs. Comes with fridge and stove. Call 250 710-4070. DUNCAN (8 km north) Studio apartment, on 8 acres. Laundry, satellite, heat, hydro. $575. (250)748-1310. DUNCAN CONDO, 3 bdrms, 1400 sq ft, ground floor corner suite, 5 appl’s. Central location, N/S. Avail immed. Call (250)746-5049.

Terrace Estates

Spacious 1 and 2 BDRM Suites, modern, new ﬂooring, $300.00 cash move in bonus

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Resident managers on site

CALL NOW 250-748-3321

MUST VIEW Mountain View Terrace Estates

3420 Auchinachie Road ---------------------------------1 bdrm bright & spacious, newly renovated. Availiable now

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3 Bedroom 2 1/2 bathroom $1250 Centrally located. Available Immediately. Close to schools and hospital. Large Master with full ensuite and Walk in closet Contact 250743-2553 or email jar.42@shaw.ca CHEMAINUS 55+ Building. Lrg 2 bdrm suite in 4-plex, 5 appls. $675 utils not incl’d. Ref’s req’d, N/S preferred, N/P. June 1st. (250)245-2472.

CONDO FOR RENT

Quiet 2 bedroom condo available in Duncan, top floor, bright corner unit in an adult oriented building with deck. New flooring and paint. Wood burning fireplace, lots of storage, insuite washer/dryer, F/S, dishwasher. Close to town on bus route. Non smoker. No pets. Available now. $850/m. References required. 250-656-7331 DUNCAN, 3 Bdrm suite, incl F/S,W/D. Refs req. $800+util. 250-748-7808 leave msg.

CALL NOW 250-748-3321

DUNCAN- LRG, 3 bdrm, 1.5 baths, 5 appls, quiet fenced yard, 2 car parking, on bus route, near town, $1100 mo. Call (250)597-3529.

MUST VIEW Mountain View

DUNCAN, Walk to town, Quiet 3 bdrm upper, 1.5 baths, 5 appl’s. Fenced back yard. NS/NP. $1275 incl’s util. Avail now. 250-748-9059

3420 Auchinachie Road ----------------------------------

IN TOWN, reno’d 3 Bdrm, 2 bath duplex, FS, WD. $1050, avail now. ALSO, reno’d 2 bdrm duplex, FS, WD $850 250-701-1937 No pets

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Terrace Estates

1 bdrm bright & spacious, newly renovated. Great move in bonus-ask us! Availiable now

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CALL NOW 250-748-3321

PARKLAND PLACE 620 Dobson Road 250-748-0496 (Art) 250-748-1978 (Sylvia) FREE heat, hot water, parking. Low hydro. Walking distance to: shopping, restaurants, Malaspina College, pubs, Chances Casino. Quiet building with video security. Adjacent to 27 acres of parkland including playing fields, walking trails, swimming holes and fishing. Small pets considered close to a leash free park. SHAUGHNESSY GARDENS

3251 Cowichan Lake Rd.

Clean 1 & 2 bdrm units. Full size fridge, stove & dishwasher. Carpet & linoleum, window coverings, fireplace. Quiet, well maintained bldg with elevator & sauna. Pet friendly. Close to schools & Hospitals. CALL TO VIEW 250.710.7515 250.748.3412

SPRINGRIDGE MANOR Has a new look!

Renovated, fresh paint & TLC throughout. Clean quiet building close to Beverly Corners & University. Includes heat & hot water. No pets. 1 bdrm suite $590

(250)748-3729

COMMERCIAL/INDUSTRIAL --------1000 sq’ - 7000 sq’ Store front with excellent exposure, overhead doors, ample parking, available now. --------Please call (250)748-9622 to view

N.CHEMAINUS, STUDIO suite, furn’d or unfurn’d, on 2 acres. $650. inclds heat & hot water. Shared W/D, patio. Call (250)246-2393. Prime Office Space for lease, Coronation Ave, Duncan. 1000 sqft, parking, wheelchair accessible. (250) 217-1944 michelle.mark@shaw.ca

RECREATION

RV RESORT ON THE LAKE

SHAWNIGAN LAKE very nice 2 bdrm, sep ent, F/S, D/W, W/D, woodstove, new paint, NS/NP, avail now, $800 + portion of hydro. (250)516-8276.

SUITES, UPPER 2 APARTMENTS for rent, heat included, $450 & $575. D.D. N/S, no partiers, N/P. To view, see Kim at 5209 Trans Canada Hwy, Tues - Sat. New applicants welcome.

Spots available at great rates. Daily, weekly, monthly. Pool, Hot tub, exercise room, laundry, putting green, hiking, fishing. Free coffee in one of the best clubhouses on the island. Nanaimo area. www.resortonthelake.com 250-754-1975 or

LARGE 1-BDRM, in beautiful house on wooded acreage. 15 mins to Duncan, 5 mins to Lake Cowichan. N/S. $625. inclds utils. (250)749-3854.

RV PADS

DUNCAN: 2-BDRM, 1200 sq.ft., 2 baths, newly reno’d. W/D, F/S, D/W. Private entry, nice patio area. $995/mo. Avail June. 1. 250-746-9744.

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TOWNHOUSES

LK COW. 2-bdrm townhouse. $600/mo. NS/NP. Avail immediately. (250)886-2720. LK COW: 3 bdrm townhouse (#5-215 Madill), 1.5 bath, 5 appls, single carport, newly painted. $750+ utilities. N/S, sm pet ok. Call 250-477-4524.

TRANSPORTATION AUTO FINANCING

HOMES FOR RENT CHEMAINUS: 2-3 BDRM, FS, WD, DW, no pets, cat ok, NS. $950. 250-748-0393 CROFTON- 2 bdrms, 1000 sq ft, F/S, W/D, fenced yard, newly reno’d, open concept, located in family mobile home park. Avail now, $850 mo. Call or text for appt only. 250-2461810 or 250-210-1006 (Cell). DUNCAN, large newer 2 bdrm, upper floor, 3 appl’s, shared laundry. Avail now. $1100 incl’s hydro. Pet considered. Ref’s req. (250)737-1613 LOVELY MAPLE Bay area home: modern exec. style home, 4 bdrms, 3 bthrms, large living & dining, tons of light. Partly furnished. $2200/month. Avail. June 16th. Tel: 250-748-6429, Email: aerismongolia@gmail.com MAPLE BAYAMAZING NEW KITCHEN with granite, 3-4 bdrms, 2 bath, new 14 jet bathtub w/blue pearl granite counters, 2400sq ft. New updates! 5 appls, 2 airtight wood stoves, forced air furnace. Priv setting. Paved driveway, lrg pond, lrg orchard. $1675. Call 1-780-381-4217.

OFFICE/RETAIL DOWNTOWN DUNCAN 2500 sq.ft. 6 separate offices, reception, conference area & kitchen, 2nd floor, AC,. $1175/mo. 604-820-8929. DUNCAN: RETAIL/OFFICE space for lease, highway exposure, A/C, ample parking. 250-746-5657 or 748-8671 DUNCAN, office/retail, downtown 950 sq.ft. ground floor, completely reno’d. Reception area, 3 offices. Avail now. 604820-8929

Green Door Society 900 sqft space, incl. 4 office spaces, reception, washroom, 2 parking spaces & triple-net. $1600/month Also, one small office upstairs $330/month. Beautifully Restored Heritage Building and grounds. 250-748-3701, 250-510-1209 WANT TO GET NOTICED? Prime retail/office space for rent in highly visible historical building on corner of First and Roberts in Ladysmith. 1687 sq. ft. 2 bathrooms, small kitchen, new flooring, A/C. Available June 1st. Call 250-245-2277

STORAGE 1400sq ft BUILDING in Cowichan Station. Running water, counter or work bench, several appls, walk-in cooler. Suitable for storage, small business stock or small project. Avail June. 1. $500. (250)752-1213. DUNCAN - STORAGE in secure private garage near CDH, approx 14 x 17 with shelving, plus space for small car. Availble April 1. $135/mo. Call after 6 pm 250-748-8855

A1 AUTO Loans. Good, bad or no credit - no problem. We help with rebuilding credit & also offer a first time buyer program. Call 1-855-957-7755.

SUITES, LOWER 2-BDRM GROUND-LEVEL, Duncan. Avail. now. Priv ent, close to shopping, schools. 482 Chesterfield. $595/mo. Text me at (250)896-4248. 7 minutes north of Duncan. 1 Bdrm level entry. 2 acre property. Private drive & parking. Full kitchen, W/D, full bath. $750. incl. heat/hydro/cble/internet. Small pet consid. Now. 250-746-6481. CHEMAINUS: BACHELOR, kitchenette, W/D. Private bathroom & entrance. Walk to town. $600 utils incld. Avail now. Call (250)246-1546. CHEMAINUS: June or July 1, $600+DD; 1 bdrm, Heat/HW incl. NS/NP; Ref’s req. 250416-0616 COBBLE HILL, 1 bdrm bsmt suite, $800 incls cable & hydro Avail July 1. 250-710-6730. COWICHAN BAY. 1000 sq ft, ocean view, 1 Bdrm, F/S, W/D. NS/NP. $900. Hydro, cable, wireless incld. Avail now. (250)246-7109, (250)701-1209 CROFTON: 1 bdrm, D/W, microwave, W/D. Private entrance. Patio, garden area. Quiet. At least 2 ref’s. $650. Call (250)246-2661. CROFTON Quiet Cul-De-Sac bach. Suite, nicely furnished, N/S, N/D, No pets, W/D Refs required & DD (250)246-4192 DUNCAN: 1 bdrm suite, $625. F/S, heat, hydro, basic cable incld. NS/NP, No partiers. Avail now. Ref’s req and DD. 250-748-1825, 250-701-7605. Duncan: 2 bdrm ground level suite close to bus stop, schools, mall. N/S, N/P. $800/m, includ. heat, hydro, water. Ref. req. 250-710-8612

DUNCAN, 6128 Pinnacle Rd. 2 bdrm, $1025 or 1 bdrm, $725. incls; W/D, F/S all util’s. NS, NP. Avail. immediately. Ref’s req. (250) 748-7119.

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CARS 2007 CUSTOM Chev HHR. Excellent condition. Loaded. White. 119,000 km, mostly hwy driven. On-Star. $11,900 firm. 250-755-5191.

A32 Cowichan News Leader Pictorial Wed, May 29, 2013 32 Cowichan News Leader Pictorial TRANSPORTATION

TRANSPORTATION

CARS

RECREATIONAL VEHICLES FOR SALE

1994 SLUMBERQUEEN 10ft. Camper. Exc. cond. Fridge, stove, oven, heater, toilet, shower. $3,800. Phone 250245-7259 after 5p.m.

SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES 2006 VOLKSWAGON GLI sport model, 130k, 5-CD stacker, 200HP, 4cyl turbo, 32 m/per gal. $39,000 new; asking $8,000obo. (250)755-6631

2004 Touareg Blue, V6, grey leather interior, 8 rims, 4 summer tires/4 winter, well maintained, 162,000 km. Asking $14,995. (250)701-4221

TOWING

CASH

For Scrap Vehicles Call

Tight Line Towing (250)709-5692 2009 AVEO LT 5 door, 4 spd auto, as new. 47,000 km. Baljet sold & serviced. Olympic edition. 15” wheels, new. 6 spkr sound, sat radio, sunroof, power tilt steering, Best offer on $8900. 250-746-7932

MOTORCYCLES

SOUNDERS TOWING

Cash

for Unwanted Vehicles

“Prompt Service”

(250)252-1224 TRUCKS & VANS

1999 CHEV Silverado 4x4 Z71, 5.3L, ext cab, loaded. One owner, no accidents. $6,900obo. (250)716-1061

$1800 Cozy Sidecar. Very good Condition (250)246-3762 RECREATIONAL VEHICLES FOR SALE

1980 Quality 22 ft. Motor Home only 75 K. Fully equipped for travel or as a permanent home in a RV site for only $400 monthly for all services. See on Day Rd. north end $7000 obo (250)732-4585

2005 Ford E350 Cargo Van, white, 575,000 km. Decent body, 6.0l diesel. Motor does not run. Comes with cargo partition. Spray-in bed liner on cargo floor. Great parts vehicle, as is where is. Best offer takes it home 250-245-0350.

2010 CHEVY SILVERADO 4x4, quad cab, loaded, auto, running boards. 50,000 km, lady driven. $24,000. OBO (250)732-5928

MARINE BOATS 2004 25’ Keystone Hornet Lite travel trailer, 1 slide out, sleeps 6, shower/tub, walk around queen bed, A/C, microwave. Suitable to tow w/ 1/2 ton truck. Low mileage, never been off island, winterized annually. Exc. cond. $12,900 obo. Call 250-245-7883.

19’ FIBERFORM I/O board, on trailer, Asking $950. ALSO 1987 Mazda B26 4x4, needs work but good bush truck $120. 250-929-3480 25’ CATALINA Quality Fixed keel, sailboat, well equipped. $10,800. Also available 1 4HP & 1 5HP out boat, $480 each. Call (250)743-5827. PRISTEEN 17’ 2006 Glasstron Bow Rider with trailer & bimini. Engine has less then 40hrs. Moving must Sale! $10,000. Call (250)745-8100

2000, 26’ Golden Falcon 5th wheel, 3 way fridge, slide out, new hot water 10gal tank, queen bed. In exc. cond. Stored in Ladysmith. $7200 firm. Call (250)580-2566.

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Wednesday, May 29, 2013

QMS rewards excellence in many sports Athletic awards: Famous grad Parker the guest speaker at banquet

Don Bodger

News Leader Pictorial

uliet Westlake, McKaylee Catcher and Cate Broere shared the brightest part of the spotlight when Queen Margaret’s School held its annual athletic awards banquet last Thursday at the Quw’utsun’ Cultural Centre. Westlake received the Senior Athlete of the Year award while Catcher and Broere were the respective junior and midget division winners. Steph Parker, the QMS head girl in 2008 who just finished her career as captain of the UVic Vikes soccer team, was the keynote speaker. Several of the school’s equestrian winners were absent from the banquet, as they were competing at Thunderbird Show Park in Langley. The Burton Trophy, the senior equestrian award for riding progress in Grades 11 and 12, went to Claire Champernowne. Catherine Rankin received the Dunlop Trophy junior equestrian program award for Grades 9 and 10 and Emily Cake won the Vernon Trophy for Grades 7 and 8 in the midget program. Other major winners included: Nao Tada, the Spirit of Royals Award for attitude, commitment and encouragement; and Caleigh

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Top athletes from Queen Margaret’s School honoured last Thursday, from left, include: Cate Broere, McKaylee Catcher and Juliet Westlake. Coels, the Coaches’ Award for the same qualities, sportsmanship and dedication to sport. Sports captain plaques were also awarded to Coels, Ania Esquivel and Tada. Physical education awards went to Robin Fleming for midget, Crystal Leung for junior and WanXian Koh for senior. Individual sport winners were: Midget field hockey — Alexandra Barnes (most improved), Fleming (most valuable); senior/ junior field hockey — Leung (MIP), Laura Milne (defensive

player), Emma Benson (offensive player), Abby Wadsworth (most valuable); Midget volleyball — Valentina Bernal Verlazvo (MIP), Christine Coels (spirit), Sayaka Kashiwa (MVP); senior/ junior volleyball — Caleigh Coels (MIP), Madison Sonne (spirit), Tada (MVP). Swimming — Kylie Sears (most dedicated), Lalaine Gower (MVP); Wrestling — Esquivel (MVP); Midget basketball — Rowan Harris (MIP), Zjaya Doman (inspirational), Broere (MVP); junior basketball —

Leung (MIP), Catcher (spirit), Andrea Sandoval (MVP). Badminton — Leung (MIP), Phoebe Chang (MVP); junior soccer — Harris (coaches’ award), Sandoval (defensive player), Broere (MVP); senior soccer — Alanna Gerke (coaches’ award), Catcher (MVP); Track and field — Charlotte Gibbs (spirit), Wadsworth (MVP). Equestrian — Scarlett Foss (highest percentage in competition); Olivia Austin (improved), Cassidy Ruelle (valuable), Alley Millar (classical dressage).

Midget Thunder’s offensive weapons sharp Don Bodger

News Leader Pictorial

acific Homes Midget A Thunder lacrosse team returned to action last Wednesday after a 10-day layoff and took only one period to get back into form. The Thunder hosted the Juan de Fuca 2 team at Kerry Park Arena and coasted to an 11-3 victory.

The team showed some rust in the first period, but did manage to score the first goal. Juan de Fuca kept pace for a 2-2 tie after the first. Cowichan picked up the pace in the second period with five unanswered goals while shutting out Juan de Fuca for a 7-2 lead. Four more goals in the third period to Juan de Fuca’s one put the finishing touches to the victory.

Braylon Lumb tallied seven points to lead the Thunder’s potent offense on a goal and six assists while Taylor Martin racked up six points on five goals and one assist. Tyson Black also had a big game by chipping in two goals and three assists. Brandon Corby (2) and Chris Branting scored the other goals. Mathieu Jung recorded three assists and single assists went to Steven Robertson, Liam Clinging and Corwin Trent.

Clarification Notice: Member Profile Arbutus Ridge Farms. Ltd The Duncan Cowichan Chamber of Commerce wishes to apologize for misquotes made in the Member Profile for Debra and Don McMurray of Arbutus Ridge Farms. Ltd in the May 22 issue of Chamber News. When writing the member profile for Arbutus Ridge Farms Ltd., we based some of the information on wrong assumptions. It should have read: “Arbutus Ridge Farms ships on a regular schedule through distributors on the Islands and Mainland twice weekly, we can respond quickly and ship more frequently when requested. We do not add preservatives and our products are prepared like you would make at home.” The Chamber deeply regrets these errors and apologizes to Debra and Don McMurray and Arbutus Ridge Farms Ltd.

Andrew Leong

A tight pack of cyclists makes its way onto Herd Road from Lakes Road during the B.C. Masters Cycling Association’s Maple Bay 64K road race.

Wednesday, May 29, 2013

Cowichan News Leader Pictorial 33

Shawnigan Lake embraces a triathlon invasion

Subaru series: Competitors thrive from spectator support Don Bodger

News Leader Pictorial

hawnigan Lake’s scenery and reputation for organizational excellence have made it a prime triathlon destination. Shawnigan village was bustling with activity Saturday in the leadup to Sunday’s big Shawnigan Lake Triathlon, the first event in the Subaru Western Triathlon Series, that attracted more than 600 competitors and hordes of spectators. “The biggest thing I took away from this, even though it was a bit wet, everyone had a really good time,’’ said race director Sarah Malerby. “We had a record number of spectators. “One of the great things was seeing all the family support for the participants.’’ Malerby and her team of volunteers did an incredible job of catering to the masses and making it a memorable day of racing for triathletes of all ages and abilities. There was a core group of 30 volunteers and nearly 300 on race day, including some who filled necessary but sometimes very lonely roles in remote locations. “I had a lot of my organizing committee back,’’ said Malerby, returning to the director’s post for her second year. “I don’t really do anything. They are talented wonderful people. I just make sure they do their jobs.’’ Shawnigan Lake is also a place where triathletes want to race, be it the attraction of the water, the Kinsol Trestle, the trails or the overall atmosphere. “We had a huge increase in participation this year over last year,’’ said Malerby. “We estimate about 23 per cent up from last year and we were up 31 per cent last year from the year before.’’ Part of the increase can be attributed to the emphasis on the younger age groups with the inclusion of the Western Canada high school championships. “Just to witness the talent and dedication of that youth group was amazing,’’ said Malerby. “The roads were slick, too. We were a bit concerned about how the students were going to do, especially the newbies.’’ But they passed the test and there were astounding performances from many in the field at the various levels. The elite men’s Half Iron division was won by Justin Birks of Penticton in 4:07:17. He made a successful pro debut by ousting defending champion Adam O’Meara of Victoria, who settled for the runner-up spot in 4:10:53. Brendan Naef of Vancouver rounded out the top three in 4:20:38. Women’s division winner Tenille Hoogland of Ladysmith had the fastest swim time of 24:55 that was even better than all the men at the Half Iron distance. Hoogland’s overall time of 4:37:05 put her nearly five minutes ahead of runner-up Janet Nielson of Victoria, who clocked 4:41:50. The overall winner at the Olympic distance was Wade Carlson of Penticton in 2:09:39. He was second in the Half Iron last year. “It’s a great race,’’ said Carlson. “I love this bike course. It’s actually my favourite bike course of any race I’ve done. It’s got a lot of rhythm to it.’’ Carlson felt his training for the first major event of the season was right on course. “It felt great, nice and smooth,’’ he said.

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Road trip takes triathlon competitors around Shawnigan Lake Sunday for the first event in the Subaru Western Triathlon series. Above left, Wade Carlson of Penticton enjoys the moment with family members after being the first at the Olympic distance to reach the finish. Above right, cyclists Jose Sterling of Shawnigan Lake and Jamie Sawchuk from Victoria hit a turn in the road near Mason’s Beach in high gear. Left, Bob Saunders, a huge supporter of the event through Saunders Suburu in Victoria, clad in his Cowichan Valley Capitals’ jacket, provides some water to Victoria’s Jessica Morris at the finish.

On the run and having fun are young triathletes Maya Munzar, above, the Cowichan Valley’s cowinner of the youth athlete of the year award in 2012, and Emily Allin of Penticton, below. Young people are taking up the sport in droves, as evidenced by the high youth turnout at Shawnigan.

Youth Athlete of the Week Duncan’s Jason Sandquist was second behind Carlson in 2:10:22 and first in 40-44 men. “I am 44 now so it gets harder every year to go fast,’’ noted Sandquist. “I saw the young guys closing in at the turnaround on the run so had to pick up my pace for the last five kilometres.’’ Sandquist’s wife Alison Keple was fourth in 40-44 in the sprint race. “Alison and I used the race as preparation for Ironman 70.3 Boise so our training has been geared more towards the Half Ironman distance. Boise is in two weeks, June 8.’’ Robert Johnson of Chilliwack was the overall winner at the sprint distance in 1:00.98. Full results are at http://triseries.ca/ results.php#. Some of the younger local athletes did really well, including Desirae Ridenour, winner of the girls’ high school super sprint in 47:51, and Maya Munzar, second in the girls’ sprint in 1:10:13. “The swim was very chaotic and I was caught at the beginning in the middle of all the chaos,’’ noted Munzar. “The ride was very exciting, as it always has been, and the run was my best to date. Overall, I had a really good race and was happy with my performance.’’

Dorian Rae Playing badminton effectively isn’t a tall order for Dorian Rae, 17, a Grade 12 Duncan Christian School student. “Being short as I am, I always wanted to play badminton just because it doesn’t really relate to how tall you are like volleyball and basketball does,’’ Rae said. “You only have a three-foot extension to your arm and I’ve always enjoyed court sports and racquet sports quite a lot.’’ Rae recently played in both the North Island and Island high school championships at Duncan Christian School. “It’s definitely a challenge,’’ he said. “There’s no ranking in badminton so there’s no single-A, double-A or triple-A.’’ Rae got into badminton in Grade 10 and has shown a steady progression during his three years. “Dorian’s really quick on his feet,’’ said DCS coach Chad Neufeld. “He’s got good athletic ability. He plays soccer as well so he’s (got) pretty good endurance.’’ Rae mostly plays doubles that brings the teamwork element into play compared to singles and likes to utilize whatever strategy he can to advantage. “You have to know where your opponent is most of the time and play it to their weakest point,’’ he said.

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Royals crowned champions of Bantam A baseball tournament in Duncan Duncan Royals fought their way up from the No. 4 seed to win a Bantam A baseball tournament at Duncan’s Evans Park. Duncan came ready to play and scored a 9-6 win over top-ranked Triangle to claim gold. Julian Forseth led the attack, going

three-for-four at the plate with three runs scored, while Devon Ritchie helped the cause with a pair of hits. In the semifinals, Duncan Royals upset the Duncan Red Sox 9-6 and Triangle eked out a 10-9 win over the Lake Cowichan Lakers. The Royals battled back to earn a tie

in their previous match during round robin play that gave them the last semifinal spot. In the Tadpole division, teams from the valley and Victoria played a four-game jamboree schedule on the Victoria Day long weekend that resulted in many close contests.

Taking Carson’s title away a great achievement

Provincial champions: Cowichan girls’ rugby team members played hard for each other from the start Don Bodger

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t’s been all for one and wins for all this season with the Cowichan Secondary School Thunderbirds senior girls’ rugby team. Cowichan completed an undefeated season by capturing the B.C. AAA title Saturday at UBC following a 10-10 tie in the final against seven-time defending champion Carson Graham. Cowichan won the title by virtue of scoring two tries to Carson’s one after neither team could break the deadlock through two overtimes. Leah Theobald, who scored the decisive try in the last three minutes of regulation, said it’s always been a case of everyone on the team working for each other and toward a common goal. “Everyone works in it, a whole team effort,’’ she said. “That ball gets to every single player. Even our forwards get tries sometimes.’’ Theobald previously worked her magic in the island final with a tying try against Vanier during the final seconds that led to an overtime victory. She never thinks of it as her making the difference, but rather as the last person with the ball after a string of passes put it in her hands. Theobald’s electrifying speed kicks in after that whenever she gets even the smallest amount of daylight down the sidelines. “When I’m getting a try, I know I’m doing it for someone else,’’ she said. “Everyone depends on everyone else on the team.’’ Theobald’s individual talent was still so phenomenal it landed her on the President’s XV. “She really deserved it,’’ said Cowichan captain Sam Jory. “She’s so tough and so reliable.’’ Jory echoed Theobald’s sentiments about the family atmosphere that made this team tick. “We’re all so close, we’re family,’’ she said. “We’re not just a team.’’ Coaches Brad and Alanna Skene have built an amazing program that continues to challenge every year, but the title seemed to always elude the T-Birds. “Obviously, this is a huge deal to me, after 10 years of trying,’’ noted Skene. “After coming so close in the past, winning a championship game by beating Carson is a massive accomplishment for our program. Carson is a dynasty based on hard work, commitment and a search for excellence.’’ The No. 1-ranked T-Birds had an easy time in the quarterfinals Thursday, beating No. 8 Burnaby North 45-10. Cowichan didn’t need its starters for much of the game, giving the rookies a chance to shine in provincial competition. The semifinals brought a much-anticipated battle with island rival Vanier of Courtenay. Allie White’s sudden-death overtime try beat Vanier in the previous island final after Theobald’s late-game heroics. It was looking a bit dicey again after the first half, with Vanier leading 6-5. Hannah Morten crashed over the line in the corner for Cowichan’s lone points of the half. But Cowichan picked it up in the second half to run away with a 24-11 victory.

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They’re No. 1! Cowichan celebrates monumental triumph in B.C. AAA girls’ high school rugby history, above. Below, Cowichan coaches Brad and Alanna Skene and co-captains Brittany Reid and Sam Jory enjoy the moment during the provincial championship banner presentation. Bottom, Cowichan’s Darian Hobday does some tough running against Carson. Adrienne Saari put Cowichan ahead with a excited.’’ try converted by White. Sara Lowes then went The community has on a long run for a try and White converted to been quick to respond to push the lead to 19-6. the team’s achievements Vanier scored another unconverted try, but with numerous “Likes’’ Theobald removed any doubt about the outposted immediately after come by sprinting over the line for the final try the details went up on the that put Cowichan into the final. News Leader Pictorial’s Cowichan had beaten Carson earlier in the Facebook page. season, but knew a one-game showdown was The girls themselves going to require its best effort. were committed from the “We knew they were going to play extremely start, a big reason why hard because they didn’t want to lose their they achieved the ultimate title,’’ said Theobald. success. As expected, the game was a barnburner. “An absolutely amazing Mikaela Fitz-George scored an early try for experience for the CoCowichan, hammering through the Carson wichan team,’’ team memline. ber Fitz-George wrote Carson then made a penalty kick and added on our Facebook page. a converted try for a 10-5 lead at the half. “Hard work and dedicaThe intense battle went down to the late tion since September has stages when Theobald broke loose for the tying led us up to this fantastic points. victory. We’re all so proud The two sudden-death overtimes were of our teammates.’’ phenomenal. Both teams had chances, but “It’s part of (Brad) couldn’t penetrate the defence and Cowichan’s Skene’s coaching,’’ said second try in regulation was eventually enough Theobald. “He makes to win it. us want to go to rugby “I don’t think we were playing to our full because we love the team potential the whole time,’’ said Jory. “We’re a and the team is such a team that needs a kick in the butt to get gotogether family.’’ ing.’’ “Our team’s drive, The T-Birds have pulled out of similar holes resilience and performance under pressure has before and didn’t want this game to be their been unbelievable,’’ added Skene. “The B.C. first loss of the season so they got it going. championship caps a perfect season in which “We always knew we are the comeback we had to come back to win several games and team,’’’ said Jory. “We are really good under experienced four overtimes in playoffs. Our pressure. It kind of helps us.’’ ability to adapt the game plan and play several Cowichan won twice in overtime to prevail in different styles demonstrates the physical atthe provincial sevens tournament, did it again tributes of this team and their mental strength. against Vanier in the island final and held “It may seem that we rely on our offense off Carson in another overtime for its latest to keep those games close, but I believe our triumph. success has been based on defence. This team The T-Birds just seemed like a team of deshates to be scored on and this is a very tough tiny this season. team. Winning both the AAA championships “There is something there,’’ said Theobald. and the B.C. sevens championship speaks “I think it’s mostly the undefeated season that volumes about their combination of character keeps us going. Having that title of undefeated, and athletic ability.’’ it’s a huge motivation.’’ Alanna (Scruton) Skene was on the last CoJory agreed. “Oh, my gosh, a perfect season. wichan girls’ rugby team to garner provincial I couldn’t imagine. We worked really hard so I success way back in 1998. “We definitely have great athletes that are can’t really say I’m that surprised.’’ The girls are going to feel a huge void this from all sorts of different sports,’’ said Jory. It was still an obvious scene of bedlam for week after such an intense practice and game “It’s going to be really hard to come down Cowichan when the final whistle sounded. schedule week after week. from this season. I’m going to miss everyone “It was extremely overwhelming for every“We practiced every week since September so much.’’ one,’’ said Jory. “Everyone was crying and so and we put a lot of fitness in,’’ said Theobald.

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Cowichan News Leader Pictorial 35 Rock-solid performance by Cowichan’s Brock Gowanlock makes him a tough man to bring down for Calixto Martinez of Earl Marriott from Surrey despite the runaway score at the Brentwood College field on Saturday. Andrew Leong

First-round boys’ results typical

Lopsided scores: No. 2 Shawnigan a big winner while Cowichan just happy to be there Don Bodger

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he first round of the provincial senior boys’ high school rugby playoffs isn’t known for producing much suspense, especially for the top seeds. Such was the case again in AAA, as all the favoured teams won handily, including No. 2 Shawnigan Lake School over No. 15 Elgin Park 76-7 Saturday at Brentwood College School. Rival St. George’s, ranked No. 1, whitewashed No. 16 Semiahmoo 67-0. Cowichan, a late replacement for Mount Douglas, went into the tournament as No. 14 and took a 71-5 beating from powerful No. 3 Earl Marriott of Surrey. It was the same story in AA, as No. 1-ranked Brentwood College began its quest for a B.C. title on

home turf by overpowering No. 16 D.W. Poppy 68-3. “Maybe the tournament format needs a bit of a relook,’’ said Shawnigan Lake School coach Tim Murdy of all the blowouts. But the game served an important purpose, allowing him to get the young players some action. “Two things we were looking at: one, to work on a couple of moves and we were able to do that; and, two, get through the game uninjured,’’ said Murdy. Shawnigan plays West Vancouver in the quarterfinals when the tournament resumes Wednesday in Abbotsford. Many believe a showdown is looming between St. George’s and Shawnigan for the title. “We have to get through West Van first,’’ said Murdy. “They’re a pretty athletic team. “There’s some good sides there

(in the final eight). I think it’d be foolish to take anyone lightly.’’ Cowichan was simply overmatched but “just the fact that the T-Birds have made the provincial tournament is fantastic,’’ noted coach Ron Glass. “The team members are overjoyed to have this opportunity.’’ Earl Marriott represented Canada at the world high school tournament in Japan earlier this season and provided Cowichan with a tall order. But the T-Birds never quit and gave up a mere four tries in the first half. Cowichan made several changes at the half but Marriott kept most of its top players in the match. Cowichan’s lone try came from sustained pressure by the backs and forwards that enabled Grayson Lowood to cross the line. Cowichan next plays No. 11 Argyle in Abbotsford.

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