Lake Cowichan Gazette, July 10, 2013

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RCMP report: street racing under the influence; liquor seizure; single vehicle MVA PAGE 3

Medal for the mayor: Forrest honoured with Diamond Jubilee medal

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Real estate market: Job creation may be key to renewing PAGE 15

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Forrest’s community contributions honoured Medal for the mayor: Lake Cowichan Mayor Ross Forrest has been honoured with a Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal

Lindsay Chung

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Ross Forrest has lived in Lake Cowichan for most of his life, and he has spent a lot of that time volunteering in many different areas.

The town’s mayor was honoured for his dedication to his community early this month when he received the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal July 3 during a ceremony at Government House in Victoria. The awards were presented by Lt.-Gov. Judith Guichon.

Forrest was recognized “in honour of his significant achievements and contributions to the community,” according to the Town of Lake Cowichan.

After receiving his medal, Forrest admitted to feeling a bit uncomfortable speaking about it, saying, to him, it is more of a community award than an individual award.

“I honestly feel everything I’ve accomplished has been through teamwork,” he said. “Getting an individual award, I’m kind of, I don’t want to say undeserving, but I’m just humbled. Don’t get me wrong — I’m very pleased to get it; it’s an honour. I

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Lake Cowichan Mayor Ross Forrest receives the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal from Lt.-Gov. Judith Guichon July 3 at Government House in Victoria.

just feel it is because of many other people.

I think I got it for my accomplishments in the community, so I think it’s a community

award.”

Forrest, who has been Lake Cowichan’s mayor since 2008, believes he received the

award for his many years of volunteering in his community, mostly through sports and organizing fundraising events.

Forrest was born and raised in Lake Cowichan and has spent most of his 60 years here, moving away only for three years in the late 1980s.

Forrest has always been active in the community.

“My parents were always volunteering in the community as well, in different organizations,” he said. “I learned that through them. The hockey team I was involved in, in the early years, we made a decision to give back to the community and we did a ball tournament for 30 years and put some kids through hockey and contributed to the community in that way.”

Forrest, who was named Lake Cowichan Citizen of the Year in 1996, is a past president of Lake Cowichan Minor Baseball, past executive member of Lake Cowichan Minor Hockey and past chair of the Lake Days committee.

Forrest has been married to Tracy for 36 years, and they have a daughter, Jada, who lives in Cobble Hill and a son, Drew, who lives in Lake Cowichan.

The whole family was able to witness the awards ceremony in Victoria.

While in Victoria for the ceremony, Forrest had a chance to tour Government House, and he says it’s a beautiful place. He was especially impressed with the gardens.

“They’ve got beautiful gardens,” he said.

“What surprised me is all their gardens are looked after by their volunteers. They have about 400 volunteers who look after the gardens and landscape.”

Peter Ridley named Honeymoon Bay’s Citizen of Merit Citizen of Merit: Peter Ridley is honoured by the Honeymoon Bay Society for his contributions to the community Tyson Jones

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Wearing a straw hat adorned with a Canadian flag and a tie that was made to match, Peter Ridley was the first person to greet me when I arrived at the Honeymoon Bay Community Hall.

He had a sparkle in his eye that welcomed conversation, and before I knew what was going on, I had been filled in on the previous night’s grand fireworks display, the population of the little town, and the names of half the people gathered at this year’s Honeymoon Bay Canada Day ceremony.

I also had the pleasure of meeting Irene, Peter’s wife of 51 year. She told me not to believe a thing he was saying.

The Honeymoon Bay Citizen of Merit award is presented every Canada Day to a member of the community who is always eager and willing to help with volunteer work that needs to be done around town.

When this year’s winner was announced, I was not surprised to see Peter take to the front of the crowd to accept his reward — but he was.

“I’m really, truly honoured, proud and very surprised about this,” he said while delivering his acceptance speech. “I’m very proud to be a citizen of Honeymoon Bay, and the people are so friendly and easy to get on with here — it’s just miraculous.”

Peter and Irene have lived in Honeymoon

When the company Peter was working for went bankrupt, he and Irene packed up all of their possessions, sold their house where they lived for 28 years, and raised four children, then made the move to Canada.

The couple first lived in Esquimalt, where they stayed for 15 years.

“I was a janitor in School District 63,” says Ridley.

“It’s not what you know; it’s who you know. The head custodian was somebody I knew, so I received a parttime job and worked my way up to working there full-time.”

When the time to retire was upon them, the couple decided to move to Tyson Jones Honeymoon Bay, where This year’s winner of the Honeymoon Bay Citizen of Merit Award, they now own a half-acre Peter Ridley, stands with his wife Irene and the certificate he property and plan to stay for received for his community involvment. the rest of their lives.

Peter has always been a Bay for five years. They shared their 15th member of the Honeymoon Bay Society, but anniversary as citizens of Canada with the he had to leave the group this year because country’s 146th birthday. of health reasons. Though he is no longer a Peter was born and raised in England. director of the society, he is always out with After leaving school at the age of 15, he the work parties, helping in whatever way is became a line draftsman for shipbuilding possible.

— this was one of Peter’s favourite jobs while working in England. Before moving to *** Canada, he worked for British Leyland, the makers of the Austin Martin and Jaguar.

“I was drafting small parts,” said Peter.

“I was just making door handles and other small bits; I never got to design the car Another award that is given out every body.”

Canada Day by the Honeymoon Bay Society

Wear receives bursary

is a $500 bursary, and this year, Jordyn Wear was the recipient.

Wear has lived in Honeymoon Bay her whole life, and she attended Lake Cowichan Secondary School.

She is currently going into her third year at Vancouver Island University, with a goal of getting her Bachelor of Arts with a major in English.

“I’m hoping to get a career that involves writing, but not only that — I want to help people with their writing. Maybe teaching or editing, something like that,” said Wear.

When she is done school, Wear plans on trying her luck and searching for a job in Vancouver or Victoria, but says she will always come back to Honeymoon Bay.

Tyson Jones

Jordyn Wear was this year’s recipient of a $500 bursery from the Honeymoon Bay Society. The Lake Cowichan Secondary School graduate hopes to go into a career that involves writing.

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As the temperature rises and more and more people are out on the water, the Lake Cowichan RCMP is reminding boaters to stay safe.

Cpl. Larry Olson said boaters need to be aware of regulations and ensure they carry the proper licences and safety gear at all times.

He encourages people to slow down when close to shore; ensure they have a spotter when towing a water-skier; keep focused on the area in front and around them to prevent collisions with other boaters, skiers or swimmers; carry life jackets and ask passengers to wear them; and always abstain from alcohol when operating on the water.

“Just like operating a motor vehicle —you’re not allowed,” said Olson.

“There is a limit, and you face similar charges as an impaired driver in a vehicle.”

RCMP members were on Cowichan Lake over the long weekend, checking boaters for safety gear and operating licences, and ensuring that boat operators were not impaired.

Cpl. Warren Potter was patrolling the water with three members of the South Island Integrated Marine Unit out of Victoria that weekend. On June 29 and 30, they issued 45 warnings, laid eight charges and towed one boat off the lake.

The boat was towed because it was unsafe and had a dead battery, explained Potter.

“It was almost dark, just before the fireworks,” he said. “It was a young male and female aboard, and they didn’t have any navigation lights, no safety equipment and a dead battery. It was the worst one I’ve ever seen as far as noncompliance.”

Potter says most the warnings issued were safety-related, such as failing to have a watertight flashlight and/or flares, oars, a bailer, a whistle, a heaving line or a fire extinguisher. He says it’s very important for boaters to ensure they have life-jackets, as well as their Pleasure Craft Operator Card (PCOC) and their boating registration.

“These are the main things we look for,” he said, adding that charges on the water are usually related to not having life-jackets or a PCOC and registration.

*** Two Lake Cowichan men have received driving prohibitions, fines and tickets after street racing last week.

Two Lake Cowichan RCMP members observed two vehicles street racing on Wellington Road in Lake Cowichan Thursday, July 4 at 10:49 p.m.

Two Lake Cowichan men — one 30-year-old and one 26-year-old, one operating a 1998 Chevrolet Cavalier and the other a 2004 Ford pickup truck — were immediately pulled over by police.

As a result of a thorough investigation, the two men were deemed to have been operating these motor vehicles while under the influence of alcohol, according to a press release from Olson. Both were served a 90-day driving prohibition, and the vehicles were impounded for 30 days.

As for the initial offence, the two men were each served with a violation ticket for driving without due care, an assigned fine amount of $368 which also carries a seven-day vehicle impoundment.

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BC Hydro rates still rising and no end in sight

There’s a new sheriff in town Metals, which wants to power its for BC Hydro, and it didn’t take Red Chris copper-gold-silver mine. long for the political range war to Bennett said the company is not resume. only paying for the last section The new sheriff, Kootenay to Iskut and the mine site, but East MLA Bill Bennett, found pitching in for the main line as well. himself on the barricades as soon Ottawa paid $130 million to get as he got the hugely complex remote communities off decades of responsibility for energy and mines. dependence on diesel generators.

His saddlebags bulge with reports AltaGas, owner of one of those on BC Hydro’s seemingly runaway private power projects in the costs, along with Premier Christy region, puts in $180 million to get Clark’s “core review” to cut $50 connected to the grid. The line will million a year from government open up more mining and hydro operations. possibilities.

NDP energy critic John Horgan The cost overrun traces back highlighted the latest BC Hydro mainly to the shortage of hightroubles in his assault on the B.C. skill labour such as geotechnical Liberal budget. First there was a engineering that the remote region $140 million already faces. cost overrun on And this is the Northwest before natural Transmission gas pipelines and Line, under LNG plants gear construction from up.

Terrace to the Bennett takes BC Bureau

By Tom Fletcher tiny village of over from the Iskut and adjacent last sheriff, Rich mines.

Coleman, who put BC Hydro Then BC Hydro revealed through the wringer in 2011. results of an audit of its earthquake Coleman soon abandoned his idea preparedness. “Condition red” was of putting off the Ruskin and John the key message. Basically, the Hart upgrades (again) to keep rates sprawling utility has disaster plans low through the election, and saw for each of its dams or other power the B.C. Utilities Commission jack facilities, but no overall way to get up the rate increase to seven per the provincial power grid back up cent to help slow the ballooning after a major earthquake. debt.

Horgan recited his list of BC What’s ahead for rates? The Hydro sins after a decade of utility is looking for 32 per cent in meddling by the B.C. Liberals: the next three years, says energy huge deferred debt revealed by lawyer David Austin. He calculates the Auditor General, enormous that only 2.5 per cent is attributable liabilities for private power to increased private power costs. contracts, and more rate increases Among other things, BC Hydro that Bennett has already admitted needs regional emergency centres are on the way. And now they can’t capable of functioning after a Japaneven keep us safe from the big one. sized quake, plus expansion.

Bennett fired back. About $2 Bennett came clean on billion of that debt is for seismic another reason for rate increases upgrades for the 80-year-old Ruskin – the government’s increasing Dam in Maple Ridge, and the dependence on taking a “dividend” equally frail John Hart Dam on as BC Hydro’s lone “shareholder.”

Campbell River, built with wooden The newly updated budget tells pipes. Major BC Hydro works us this annual “dividend” is past slowed down after completion $500 million and rising fast: $545 of Revelstoke and Mica dams in million this year, $611 million next the 1980s, and now work is more year and $684 million the year after. expensive.

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Province needs doctor enticement Lake Cowichan is not unique in its struggle to provide health care for its residents.

Ladysmith and Chemainus have been fighting — and slowly losing — a generations-long battle to keep their hospitals as hospitals. And our local issues can pale compared to struggles faced in more remote communities like Alert Bay. Even residents of the Duncan area have been on guard for fear of slow erosion of health services to Nanaimo and Victoria.

But fear of having to drive long distances for specialized services is one thing. Fear of finding immediate emergency treatment is something else.

The dilemma facing the Lake Cowichan area is something else again: a community of about 6,000 people should be large enough to attract and support a small handful of family physicians. Lake Cowichan is facing the prospect of having none at all.

The problem is not largely of the community’s making and the community is doing more than its part to address it.

We are confident CHOOSE Cowichan Lake will

continue to identify doctors and find ways to sell them on the community.

The Cowichan Valley Division of Family Practice has a track record of finding creative ways around flaws in the system. We believe their concept of an integrated community health care team will go a long way towards improving access to health care in the lake area.

And they may, as organizers hope, be an added incentive to attract doctors.

But they aren’t doctors. And the lack of doctors at the lake is a symptom of deeper problems with the health care system around the province.

Two factors act as disincentives to bringing doctors to small communities. One is income potential.

Another is the opportunity to grow their skills.

A system needs to be put in place that turns these disincentives to incentives. Rural communities should be the obvious first choice for young doctors, not the choice of last resort.

—Cowichan News Leader Pictorial

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Dick Orman

“The friendly people, and the fireworks in Honeymoon Bay.”

“The warm weather has finally come, the rain is gone, and the community starts to get together more.”

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Lauren Malec “The river, It’s so beautiful.”

area that backs up the flow into the river and causes the lake to rise. The weir is clearly not responsible for high lake water levels in the winter, as it is under water during these times.

We then visited the Stoltz Bluff restoration project and saw how the willows have established on the new banks.

Silt deposition in winter is no longer a problem here and we now have the benefit of greatly improved spawning success that was demonstrated last fall when 400,000 chum salmon returned, a huge improvement from the average 140,000 run that was expected.

We stopped for a shore lunch at the Black Bridge railway crossing in Duncan where we saw how the river has been channelized into two, 90-degree bends within a few hundred metres which causes tremendous gravel and sediment accumulation in the area as the high winter flows slow down to make these changes in direction.

This is the start of the area affected by flood control diking and the river has been forced into a narrow channel from here to the estuary.

Nearly all of Duncan is built on the flood plain of the Cowichan River. There are concerns a logjam occurring at the Black Bridge area could have serious flooding consequences for the downtown and Allenby Road areas.

Current diking projects are taking the importance of wetlands into consideration in

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Parker Jefferson

Last week I was invited on a watershed tour led by the Cowichan Watershed Board.

We made several stops during our adventure starting at the lake and ending on the shores of Cowichan Bay. Along the way we discussed the many issues facing us in our watershed and learned the facts surrounding these issues.

After fuelling up with coffee and some pastries from a small local establishment in Lake Cowichan we proceeded to Lakeview Park on the shores of Cowichan Lake.

We were shown the swimming dock that has been built away from the shore that provides lake access for recreation while preserving the riparian ecosystem. This approach will be used this summer in Saywell Park when the blackberries are removed from the foreshore there and replaced with native plants and a dock instead of an artificial beach.

We learned that 70 per cent of our lakeshore riparian area is in a natural state which is very good and how these areas need to be preserved. We are fortunate to have very good water quality in our lake as it flushed fairly quickly and provides all of us with excellent drinking water.

We noted that the weir was at full storage and there was still plenty of beach area exposed at the park. It was evident that the water goes much higher in the winter as could be clearly seen

by the high water mark.

We noted the difference that would be seen with a 30 centimetres increase in the lake level above the top of the weir and that mark would still be well below the winter levels in the lake, with plenty of beach area available for recreation.

Our next stop was at the weir where we saw the signs marking various high water events that have occurred over the years in the fall and winter and were amazed at how high the projected 200-year flood would be, nearly to the top of the control structure.

We then crossed over to the lock and saw how it operates.

We were happy to hear that some hard work by our community leaders has led to much quieter operation.

We could see that the water was just at the top of the weir, where we hope to be able to keep it until July 31 this year, weather permitting.

Our next point of interest was the Greendale Trestle footbridge.

We could easily see how this is the constriction point in the river that leads to the lake levels rising in the winter months.

We were shown graphics produced by engineering firm Kerr Wood Leidal Associates that explained clearly how the elevation of the riverbed at Greendale is actually higher than it is at the weir, and the bedrock channel is very narrow.

Like a kink in a water hose, only so much water can get through this area, and when heavy rains come this is the

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What is your favourite thing about Lake Cowchan in the summer?

Guy Patten

Jessica Sandhu

“I like it here all the time. It’s a real nice place, it’s a safe place.

You can wander around here any time of day or night, I love that.”

“Definitely swimming, tubing down the river, and boating.”

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A wonderful, informative way to spend a sunny day In my opinion: Tour of our entire river system shows where the pressure points are and what must be done

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the boardwalk (swimming dock) at Lakeview Campsite and Park.

their design and more water is being allowed to flood into off-channel habitats to provide rearing areas for fish that have been cut off for many years by narrow river channel dikes.

Our final stops of the day were in the estuary where we saw the effects of agricultural and industrial activity on the wetlands.

We learned how the eelgrass restoration work has been very beneficial to the marine ecosystem. We also looked at some of the small creeks entering the bay that were found to be very polluted with fecal coliform last fall.

We all found this tour to be very interesting and informative.

I support the idea of a self-guided tour with some interpretive signage along the way to tell the story of our beautiful watershed.

We all found this to be a great leaning experience and a wonderful way to spend a sunny day.

Parker Jefferson is a member of One Cowichan

Should we pay for tourists’ sanidump?

Dear Editor

Once again we are in the middle of tourist season with RVs (and trailers) coming and going. The sani-dump station (next to Centennial Hall) is very busy with only a ‘donation’ box for payment.

I checked it out over the longweekend’s long line-ups. I even saw a guy washing off his truck.

There are no meters and no idea of what goes in — or out!

As the proud owner of property in this town — who just paid his taxes, including a $200 surcharge for water and sewer — I ask the mayor and council to get a handle on this abuse of our system.

Doug Parker Lake Cowichan

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Taking up where we left off in last week’s column with the conclusion of the $26 journey down the Cowichan River; All settled in their seats of the cedar log canoe, manned by two Cowichan First Nation river guides, was Trevor Green and three other paying passengers. While Trevor and the male accountant were happy to just sit Rolli Gunderson contentedly and take in PAGES OF the lovely views along the riverbank, not so with the newlywed couple. The woman, it seems, was more focused on her appearance while her young husband “paced restlessly about the canoe pointing his movie camera in all directions, disturbing the balance” of the craft. One of the guides, who was naturally concerned with safety while maneuvering the canoe, barked out an order to the picture-taking male telling him to “Sit down immediately!”

Still a few miles before Skutz Falls, the canoe with its six occupants made its way safely through one of the more challenging parts of the river by portaging around the large log jam.

Eventually they reached a lovely area just above Skutz Falls where they proceeded to disembark the craft for

a picnic lunch amid the old growth timber. At that time the falls area had undergone minimal development therefore the beauty of the near pristine forest and river was spectacular.

After the lunch break the guides retrieved a number of ‘rollers’ (logs that had previously been delimbed and coated with slime to make them slippery) that they used to portage HISTORY around the falls.

The party continued its peaceful but spectacular journey which then brought them to Marie Canyon. There, the canoe slid along the river between high cliffs and steep rock walls “that loomed over the narrow channel cut centuries before by the relentless force of the water,” recalled Green many years later.

The most breathtaking and exciting portion of the river journey was, for the passengers, the final portage above the narrow Marie Canyon gorge.

A few miles downstream the river finally widened and along with it came shallow rapids although fewer deep pools. Then the first few homes began to appear dotted sparsely along the riverbank — mostly summer cottages with the occasional cleared area

appearing.

As the canoe and its occupants drifted through a second, but less dramatic, canyon “they emerged into the final stretch above the First Nation village (close to Duncan) where the passengers disembarked. While Trevor returned to his home here at the Lake, the newlywed couple made their way, by automobile, back to Victoria. For Trevor, a lifelong yearning to make the $26 journey down the Cowichan River, via canoe, had been fulfilled. It was a journey he never forgot.

The river and the times changed and by the mid 1930s the cedar canoe journey was no longer made after several of the hand-crafted, cedar canoes were destroyed by fire.

In later years Green and his wife made a partial river journey from Riverbottom area to Duncan with a friend. By then much of the old forest along the riverbank had disappeared causing slight changes in the course of the river. Erosion had taken a toll from the indiscriminate logging that had taken place and the homes along the river’s edge were more plentiful. The mark of progress was seen everywhere.

In spite of the changes, many not so good, Trevor savoured the beauty that remained — the beauty of the “deep shaded pools, moss draped tree trunks and the distant glimpses of the Cowichan Hills remained.”

RCMP report: liquor seizure, single vehicle MVA From page 3 In the summer, another issue for Lake Cowichan RCMP is open alcohol in public parks and in tubes on the river, according to Potter.

“We usually have a problem every summer with open alcohol in public parks, and that seems to be a problem this year as well,” he said.

Potter says people think it’s OK to drink while tubing, but it is a public place, and as such, drinking and open alcohol is prohibited under the Liquor Control and Licensing Act. *** Police officers in Lake Cowichan were pleased recently when a road block

designed to prevent underage drinking at a campsite didn’t catch many teens trying to sneak alcohol into the area.

“We set up a roadblock towards Youbou and searched a few vehicles. Some liquor seizures were made but not that many,” said Cpl. Larry Olson. “They seemed to be going out to have a proper good time. They were co-operative with the checkstops and they seemed like they were going to go about and have a legitimate camping experience.”

The students, believed to be from Sooke, were out celebrating their graduation when they were stopped at the roadblock on Youbou Road June 21.

The RCMP was acting on information provided by the public.

The camping trip went ahead without

any issues.

“We didn’t have any incidents or occurrences out at that spot where they went to. I think it was very successful,” said Olson. *** Lake Cowichan RCMP were on the scene of a single-vehicle collision just east of Lake Cowichan Monday, July 8 at 1:10 p.m. after a vehicle went off the road and into a tree.

The collision occurred three kilometres east of Lake Cowichan, and Potter says the RCMP believe it was medical-related.

There was one driver and two passengers in the vehicle, and no major injuries were reported.

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Members of the Cowichan Lake and River Stewardship Society at the annual river clean-up last year. The society is currently recruiting members to help with the many projects in its strategic plan over the next few years.

Become a steward and help protect your local watershed Stewards of the land: The Cowichan Lake and River Stewardship Society is recruiting volunteers and new members Tamu Miles

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The Cowichan Lake and River Stewardship Society has a lengthy list of water and land stewardship goals over the next few years, and it needs your help to accomplish them.

Diana Gunderson, the current CLRSS vice-president, is heading up the drive to recruit both volunteers and members and she says that engaging the public in environmental stewardship is the

just the first step.

The society does have a membership drive each summer, so this is nothing new. However, with goals such as visiting 600 lakeshore residents over the next few years to provide education about riparian zones, it is clear that the society will need more than its current 60 or so members.

The goals the society has set for itself came partially out of a Lakeshore Habitat Workshop that took place in April.

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Tourism support dollars hard to come by Grants scarce: Visitor centre and museum scramble to find funding for summer help Tamu Miles

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This year the Cowichan Lake Visitor Centre and the Kaatza Station Museum have been declined funding from Canada Summer Jobs.

These funds help these and other organizations pay the wages of student workers, whom they need in order to provide full service to summer visitors in the area.

Katherine Worsley, director of the Visitor Centre, said that last year the centre received trickleback funding to employ one halftime student. This meant that the Visitor Centre still had to fundraise to employ the two students who worked through the summer.

Since 2010 the centre has received $10,000 from the town.

Areas F and I together have contributed $2,200 toward a new area map and $12,000 toward a fee for service to operate the centre.

“So by the time that we’re done, in all, the funding that we need to try and get in is over $50,000,” said Worsley.

Just to employ the students costs the Visitor Centre $18,000. The current summer employee is Colin Wylie, who is employed due to a program funded by Get Youth Working.

Wylie said that the centre needs more than one employee to provide visitors with the service they need.

“The problem right now with not getting funding, it’s hard to have enough people. In the summer time when it’s busy we need to have at least two people.”

Worsley said that the centre might receive trickle-back funding again this year, but by then it will be hard to find students who are

looking for employment.

“Most of them will have moved on,” she said.

The Kaatza Station Museum has also been declined funding. Barbara Simkins, curator for the museum, said that evidently this is a trend for museums up and down Vancouver Island.

“We’ve had our (funding) cut over the years and there was one year that we had a high school student because the funding was cut back,” said Simkins. “But it’s just gotten progressively worse.”

The museum receives some funding through the CVRD and raises funds through donations and fundraising events.

Currently, the museum has hired one part-time summer student through funds volunteers were able to raise themselves.

MP for Nanaimo-Cowichan, Jean Crowder, said that the funding for the Canada Summer Jobs program was increased this year from $406,509 to $409,205. However, she states that this is offset by more organizations who are applying.

“I’m not involved in the assessment process,” said Crowder.

“I set local priorities for the riding and I name tourism and tourist information centres as part of those local priorities.”

To try and raise the funds needed for the hiring of student employees, the Visitor Centre will be holding a number of fundraisers over the summer, similar to last year.

Junk in the Trunk is a monthly fundraiser happening July 28, Aug. 25, and Sept. 22, in Saywell Park.

On July 19 there will be a hotdog sale at Country Grocer.

“And I still have to determine the dates for the bottle drives,” said Worsley.

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Susan Simmons, a Victoria woman who has Multiple Sclerosis, will attempt to swim the length of Cowichan Lake Saturday, July 20 in the hope that she will inspire others with the disease to swim to stay healthy.

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MS athlete plans to swim 34-km length of Cowichan Lake July 20 The swimmers have charted a course up the south side of the lake until they reach Gordon Bay at approximately 1 p.m. They will then cross the lake and swim on the north side of the south arm close to the shoreline, hoping to find some protection from expected strong winds.

The two swimmers will be escorted by friends and family in kayaks and power boats, which will provide both safe passage and emergency rapid transportation if needed. Family and friends will be hosting a get-together for them at the finish line. The Town of Lake Cowichan is graciously allowing the pair to finish and celebrate at the municipal beach.

Simmons, 48, was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis close to 20 years ago.

To learn more, read Simmons’ blog at http://msathlete.wordpress.com.

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The setting sun casts long shadows on the Good Time Boys as they play at the first Summer Nights concert of this year Saturday, July 6 at Central Park in Lake Cowichan. The Good Time Boys are Tony Robertson, Elven Hedden, Dale Winters, Bruce Eggleson and “Holly.” There will be music every Saturday night at the bandshell from now until Labour Day as part of the Summer Nights series, which is put on by local radio station CICV 98.7 FM The Lake as a fundraiser. The concerts start at 6 p.m. with an open mike.

Injection needed to revitalize local real estate market Five-year drought: Job creation may be key to renewing the area’s real estate market Tamu Miles

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It’s never an easy task to sell a home, but it can be even harder when your house sits on the market for an extended period of time with no buyers in sight.

During the past five years, since 2008, the Cowichan Valley has seen a drop in sales with more houses being listed than there are buyers to purchase them.

For the month of May, the Vancouver Island Real Estate Board shows that in the area there has been a 16 per cent drop in sales since the same time last year.

The numbers since 2008 are similar, though not quite as drastic. Between 2008 and 2009, sales in the valley were down 8 per cent, which was the same as between 2009 and 2010. Since 2008 specifically in the Cowichan Lake area — including Lake Cowichan, Youbou, and Honeymoon Bay — between 65 and 43 units have sold per year.

Sandy Stinson, a realtor with Re/Max in Lake Cowichan, attributes the trend to the worldwide economic downturn since 2008.

“It’s been really tough the last five years,” says Stinson. “Prices are down about 30 per cent since 2008. In terms of sales they are down probably about half.”

Stinson says that since the provincial election and the province reverting back to the GST, things are looking up.

“We’ve enjoyed some good activity for May and June so far, but it’s hard to know if it’ll be sustainable. We need jobs,” says Stinson.

In 2012, Stinson says that the Cowichan Lake area stats were up 10 to 15 per cent over Duncan and Cowichan Bay respectively.

“And I think that was because of some newer homes on the waterfront that ended up selling, probably at cost,” says Stinson.

However, she reiterates that the lack of industry is really at the core of the problem here in the Cowichan Lake area. In terms of future, she is optimistic, but says there are many factors involved.

“It’s anybody’s guess. It’s whatever happens in the world and what happens with jobs and what happens with Youbou lands is a big one for our little area here,” says Stinson. “All we need here is about 200 jobs.”

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Linda Bjur stands in front of one of two houses she has for sale in Youbou — this one with a view of Cowichan Lake. Both houses were constructed when the mill was still in operation.

Airport could help with this problem.

“Now that West Jet is coming, as of (June) 20 into Nanaimo, people will have their families on the island and hopefully we’ll enjoy the same sort of prosperity that happened in Comox.”

Linda Bjur has two houses for sale in Youbou.

She has lived in the small town for the past 50 years and says she has seen a lot of change in that time.

Youbou, in its heyday, was full of activity with many families living in the area.

“It was wonderful. Youbou was bustling,” says Bjur.

She also feels that the area needs an injection of jobs and things for seniors, especially, to do.

“I do think it will come back again,” she says.

“But we need to have somebody that does some outside the box researching about what could be done.”

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Peterson swings to victory in local golf championship

Jim Peterson claimed the March Meadows Match-Play Championship after six weeks of qualifying and competition. After 18 holes, Peterson and John Barger were all even and it took an extra hole to decide the winner. John Barger, the runnerup, was last year’s winner.

Another highlight of the day was the fantastic round of 67, five under-par, shot by a guest of one of our memebrs. The young professional golfer, Dean Walters, had six birdies and one bogey in his round.

In regular golf competition, John McCormick was low gross winner and Britt Ellis was low net. KPs (closest to the pin) were made by Ray Bourassa and Bob Vessey. Bourassa, also shot a birdie along with Dave Huggins, Ellis and McCormick. Making sandy-pars ( making par on a hole in which you were in a bunker, or getting out of a bunker and into the hole in two strokes) were McCormick, Huggins and Dave Gamble while Frank Fraser and Barger shot chip-ins.

— submitted by Rick Nott

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RegiStRation & INFO bigmountainhockey.com at the Cowichan Lake Arena Aug. 5-9 Malcolm Chalmers

Odin and Hunter Rowe ready to cast their lines at the B.C. Family Fishing Weekend Kids’ Derby held at Mayo Lake on June 15.

The event was sponsored by the Valley Fish and Game Club.

Wally Baas of the Valley Fish and Game Club reports that there was a great turn-out for the event again this year, with over 100 people enjoying the great weather and fun.

He extends a big thankyou to Island Savings Credit Union whose donation made the event possible.

There were 37 kids participating in the derby which is average for the annual event.

All participating kids received a fishing rod and a tackle box.

Winners of the derby were: • Gracie Dobinson • Jessy McCoy • Emma Marsden

Valley Fish and Game Club targets a good time

At the Annual Steak Shoot and Social, under a sunny sky on June 22, Dalton Arnason and Owen Wood try their hand at golf and shooting, something seen on TV’s Duck Dynasty. Arnason said it was hard to hit the ball as Wood joked that his friend’s swing was off that day.

Malcolm Chalmers Photos

Above left: Jim Scholey and Aime Leflock shoot together in a Buddy Shoot at the Valley Fish and Game Club on June 22. A buddy shoot is when on person can take the shot at the skeet and if they miss then their buddy can try — if they both miss then it’s ruled a miss.

Left: Mark Traer takes his turn and shoots at the Valley Fish and Game Club’s annual steak shoot. Trapshooting is typically shot with a 12 gauge shotgun.

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COLWELL, Jim Jim Colwell passed away peacefully on June 26, 2013.

Jim was born in Brantford, Ontario. He married Donna Phillips and together they raised three sons; Michael, Bradley and Jerry. Independent by nature, Jim worked at a variety of jobs before moving into sales, eventually to Edmonton as District Manager of Gates Rubber Co. In 1973, Jim and Donna visited Vancouver Island for the first time on holiday and immediately fell in love with the place. In February 1974 they moved to Lake Cowichan and Jim became the owner of the Lake Cowichan Auto Supply Co. which he operated for many years.

He also opened a garden center and worked in real estate. He belonged to the Chamber of Commerce, the Lions, worked on various initiatives such as placing benches around town, and in his retirement he volunteered at the local Tourist Information booth. Jim believed Lake Cowichan was God’s country and he was blessed with good neighbours and friends.

Jim had many interests, one of which was a passion for water. He and Donna realized one of their biggest dreams when they built a house beside the Cowichan River. On many evenings the two of them paddled their canoe around the big pool, admiring nature, and removing bottles and cans from the water as they went. Jim was also passionate about sailing, and once sailed solo from Vancouver Island to Mexico.

Jim was an optimist by nature and someone who believed in the inherent goodness of others. He never hesitated to stop and help someone stranded on the highway. He was also a master storyteller who could turn ordinary events into riveting tales.

Jim embodied the finest virtues: courage, respect for work, love for his family, and honesty and decency towards others.

Jim is survived by his sons Michael and Bradley, daughterin-law Bernardita, grandchildren James, Nicholas, Steven, Rachel and Amanda, great grandson Rome, and siblings Tom, Joan, Dorothy, Gary, David and their families.

His family wishes to thank the staff at Acacia Ty Mawr for their wonderful care, compassion, and kindness during the past three years.

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Youbou horseshoe player, Jerry Melissa, is on his way to Belleville, Ontario to take part in the Canadian Horseshoe Championships.

Melissa is representing B.C. elder players and is the current B.C. champion. This past weekend he won the B.C. International in Abbotsford — his 5th tournament win of the season.

Your input is wanted. Area residents are encouraged to attend the July 10 community meeting to discuss the health care needs of Lake Cowichan area. Over the coming months the working group — comprised of Cowichan Communities Health Network, Choose Cowichan Lake, the Cowichan Valley Division of Family Practice and VIHA — will host three community engagement sessions, with the first one being held in the multi-purpose room of the Cowichan Lake Sports Arena on July 10 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.

All interested citizens are invited to attend and participate in this session to learn about the concept and contribute their ideas. If you need a ride to the meeting call 250-710-0742.

As well, Choose Cowichan Lake will have an information booth about the community engagement session at Country Grocer from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on July 10. Drop by the booth and share your ideas or questions with members of the Choose Cowichan Lake committee. You can also find them on Facebook.

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The Honeymoon Bay Community Society and the Honeymoon Bay Lawn Bowling Society have bagged up a great fundraising idea. They are licensed to sell a maximum of 50 monthly tickets (great winning odds). Tickets cost $20 for a 4-week month or $25 for a 5-week month. Each week your ticket is entered in draw for one of five gift certificates from Country Grocer valued at $50, $25, $10 or $5. You can help out two great community societies and fill your cupboard! To get your hands on these limited tickets call Guy at 250-749-4700 or Dick at 250-749-3579

Cowichan Lake Recreation is hosting a new, exciting summer camp created to get kids making their own movies.

The program taught by Chris Jaycox is designed as a hands on program for youth aged eight to 13. Participants will produce an animated claymation movie, music video and a short film with props, acting and special effects.

The program is scheduled to run from July 22 to 26 and will conclude with a gala afternoon premiere screening for family and friends.

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There will be some fun ball games to take in July 11-13.

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Should be some good action between the top two teams of the league that are tied for first: the Young Guns and We Got the Runs are two 20-something teams that have taken over the 30-plus-something teams of the Mules and Distillers.

Other teams in the mix, looking for a spot in the top three, are the Youbou Greens with players from 16 to 65-years-old and the Lake Cowichan and Youbou Fire Departments.

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